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THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
VOL. XV.
WE HAVE LEFT
A FEW or TBK
Choicest Lots
is—
MUST
HEIGHTS,
WEST SEATTLE
?iiv*n minute* walk from the Krrrj
Landing.
Hink, Level, Cleared
X« burin# real mum 1: l» ol drst Import
ance to get a
CLEAR TITLE
The title latheae lot- in
GUARANTEED TOT
-BY THK
SEATTL.I:
TM losm & Trust Ci.
W. P. BOYD & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail
DRY GOODS,
GENTS' FURNISHINGS,
FANCY GOODS.
LACES! LACES LACES!
Guipure Flouncings, Chantiliy Flouncings,
Hand-Run Flouncings.
Fin* bur bene, Irish, P«lnt Gua Medici, Florentine, Madras, etc. !a fact, any this %
fou want in a g *»d Fancy Goods Department.
Dress (roods, Black Silks, Colored Silks.
We are showing mine of the beat raise* in DEEM FABRICS to be found in tbe city.
Our Sine* ir< WOOL DEESB GOODS being the best aaaoted. aud offers good in
ducement* to all purchaser*.
DOMESTICS.
Our bobby la oar Domestic Itepartnu nt, wbere w« run furnish anything wanted in
the way of Mtum. fehcetlxir*, Blankets, Toilet Qullta, Conforti in all grade*, suit
able for furnishing th<- finest hotel. Call and examine this stock.
621 and 623 Front Street,
BATTLE, W. T. d&w
SEATTLE, Jan. 31,1889
'JAMES BOTH "WELL, Secretary Bone Fire Insurance Co. of Seattle.
Sear Sir : For the sine kundrtd i $900; dollar* cash, just paid us, we desire to
tb ask you. Tour adjustment and payment of the loss sustained by burning of
our grocery store on Jackson street, almost a week ago, is prompt, fair and to our
entire satisfaction, as yon pay the full face of your policies
Very Respectfully,
dt T MO&FO&D A PRATT.
CHEAP S-A.H.E.
Immense Reduction!
COME AND SECURE BARGAINS.
LATOUR & CO.,
Opera lilookt Front street.
MADISON STREET.
.A. RARE CHANCE!
Cboio loU fronting on Madi*Qn in Mmltwn street •<ldition, onlj- 1300
Kiwy torm*. I'erfi-e? title.
BEES P. DANIELS,
(OverHtr**rt'« Dm* Ptnrw.) Room 3. Starr Block.
VISITORS
A* WEIX A«
Residents of Seattle
Are cordially invited to call at :he office of
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.,
POST BUILDING,
For priatcd matter of thu> wonderful country to mail t> their Eastern friends
We have seme c? the Chotcest Property in oil parts of the City
which we w be pleased to shew intending Purchasers.
We quote the following descriptioa of the •nvtiery as seen from West {Se
attle from ar> article in the S.*n Franc.-co Journal of Commerce:
Our Se«ttl«- friends. we tru*t. will par : n a -tranter within their -ate* of
fenng this gvatnitoas advice, but we uke an exee|*k>nai interest in the triij
» «ynliw»nt «afTMiiiiinf« of this coming " W <wt fr-nri and murt r-in the risk
• tvinif **|cu»hin|r" in our pra:*** -y *0:11\ cLrtky tn our
insoiifrtlt ad t ice by others. He must excuse by we
hare inspected ths» from Alaska to the MexUvui border. He have
«he -an ri«e on the Atpa. and have revelied in tbe i**i.t:e» of Lucerne fr the
•iimmitd Kk n >. we have felt tbe *>ft influence of the Med.teTrane-in a - i <:e
vhted in th, e-fnt c*d hank* of the *!orkm« Rhine. He have -ousbt
..»us and admired tbe fitter >oe:;erv of the Ow HorM aiu! the New hut from
f%o one stmt hare we ever been Mi ! hipeeiMsd with th«* t">eauty of tbe landscape
-»* with tnat viewed from the taKie land of HeM -eattie. 1* i> stmp>y unique
i)a one side of yo<» the maie-tic Rainier points bi-» hoarv crest into the rery
iieaveis*. A tone m tit- grandeur lii-t* » eery bis
eet seem- to .lwarf into pi|tui«> the ottitniiwitig mountains that would e,*e
•w jiutnt- In front <»f yon Mount Baker. another white and flistening mon
ter, though .«on;e h mdred mile* of so awav. thrusts himself Uf*m vou*
#ision. whi ; >t nvh' and left of you the Ca-cadeand the (Nrnpic ranee* form
a background of he n«o«t esqatsite niwikiiiw* tha* the mind of man canoon
eive, wilt! and ru*rjt»<d in their tHithne and ever chanceful in their soft ar.d
xtor»»us tint*. • • • • • Through this property will pass tbe Seattle A
'kniihera K, R., which will at once be rapidly pushed to completion with a
>ep«>t chv«* handv w» the fe"v dip. On either side will extend wharves and
warehouse?, factoneM and stores.
Friees Out in Two!
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON TERRITORY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1889.
A BETTER OUTLOOK
The House Position on the
Territories Changed.
SO CHAJICK rOK >KW UF A ICO.
The Confederate* Arc Oar Raemle*
—A Proposal to Admit Wash
ingtoa by Proclamation.
WajfatSGTo*. Feb. 14 —ln thehou«e
the senate bill was passed providing
for wnts of error to the United states
supreme court in all cases involving
the question of jurisdiction of the
court below.
The senate amendments were Ron
concurred in to tee legi-lative and ex
ecutive approp riaUon bill.
The committee on appropriations re
ported back the fortification.* appro
priation bill with senate amendments;
referred to the committee of the whole.
The conference report on the senate
bill for admi-won of the state of South
Dakota, w ich is total di-agreement,
was adopted and a new cot*f*erc&ce
ordered.
Baker of New York ottered a resolu
tion pi ring the hoa-e conferees the fol
lowing instructions First, to exclude
the terri'on? of Ner Mexico from the
bill; second. to ame id the bill so as to
provide for admission of South Dakota
by proclamation of the president, un
der the Sioux Kails constitution; third,
that the proposed state* of North Da
kota, Montana and Washington be
admitted on the same bads. all by
proclamation of the president or by
formal act* of admission.
Cox of New York offered a substi
tute differing only from Baker's t»ro
pcilion in that it provides for admis
>ion ot North Dakota, Montana and
Washington by proclamation of the
president.
Springer insisted on retaining in the
bill the provision for the admission cf
New Mexico.
Symes of Colorado declared no pe
tition had been presented, and no Dill
introduced to >bow that the people of
Nsw Mexico desired admission into
the Union. He did not see why the
j«eople of New Mexico should be forced
into the Union by having a provision
tacked on to the Dakota bill for politi
cal purposes.
Breckenndge of Kentucky argued
against the exclusion of New Mexico.
Wil-on of Minnesota spoke against
the proposition that the house should
yield in regard »o New Mexico. If it
was known the house was firm in its
position, tbe senate would recede from
its disagreement to the house amend
ment.
Joseph of New Mexico said the old
est territory in tbe Unioncame knock
ing the fourth time at the door* of
congress, asking for admis-ion. He
would rather be a citizen of a Repub
lican state than oi a Democratic terri
tory.
Rogers of Arkansas thought tbe
time had arrived when the whole terri
torial system ought to be wiped out.
He would adopt a constitution amend
ment preventing Utah, a-« an impure
sister, from coming into the sisterhood
of states, and then admit every other
territory as a state.
Baker accepted Cox's resolution as a
substitute for his own.
Breckenridge of Kentucky demand
ed a division of the instructions, and
a vote was first taken upon that por
tion of the resolution instruc ing the
conferees to eliminate New Mexico
from the bill. It was agreed to—yeas
135, nays 101! but at the last moment
Breckenridge changed his vote from
negative to Affirmative for the purpose
of moving a reconsideration. On motion
of Baker the motion to reconsider was
laid upon the table.
The next clau-e voted upon w as that
instructing tbe congress to amend the
bill so as to provide for admission of
Soulb Dakota by proclamation, with
out a further vote on the question of
division. This clause was agreed to—
yeas 137. nays 102. A motion to re
consider and lay upon the table was
made by Baker, ana the yeas at d nay*
were ordered oil the latter motion.
Dreckenriuge interjecU.ii a motion
to adjourn, hut thi-was voted down.
llaker appealed in the name of the
appropriation bills to Rreckenridge not
to filibuster against this measure.
Breckenridge replied that he did not
intend to filibuster any further than
was necessary to secure a full hou-e to
vote upon the- measure. That could
be secur d to-morrow.
McMillan of Tennessee introduced
another motion to adjourn, and de
manded the yeas and navs, which
were ordered. This motion having
been voted down—yeas Hi, nays 142
Dreckenridge followed itupwitn a mo
tion for a recess until 11 :'M to-morrow
and raised the point of no quorum.
Haker and Jfreckenridge then at
tempted to reach an arrangement by
which a vote on the motion to table
the motion to reconsider should be
taken now. but a demand for the regu
lar order from the Republic an side cut
short any agreement, and McMillan
again moved an adjournment.
The motion to adjourn having been
voted down, an arrangement was ef
fected whereby a vote ! on the resolu
tion »bouM be taken at 12:45 tomor
row and the bouse then adjourned.
llrniorraiic Cltiirnt Aasail the Char
after of Their Arca»«r«.
Washisuto*, Feb.ll. —Tn the sen
ate the resolution heretofore offered
by Stewart, for a select commi tee of
•even senators on irrigation ami re
clamation of arid land*, with a clerk
at fo a day, was agreed to.
Morgan offered an amendment to
the resolution reported from the com
mittee on privileges and elections,
which wa« laid on the table and or
dered printed. It instructs the com
mittee *0 to Irani'- legislation on the
subject of elections that it shall not
api>iy to any s\«te whose constitution
and laws provide ample security tor
th»- hone-t exercise of the right to vote,
for a just and impartial counting and
return of t'ie votes, and for a just, im
partial, and f.ill ascertainment and
certification of the results, and in
which state those require ents have
been bone-tiv complied with.
Wilson ot i o*a addres eti the enate
in support of the bill relating to im
ported liquors, introduced by Mr. Frye
on the2l-t of December. Irs? and re
ported back adver-eiv from the judi
ciary committee on the 10rh o'" March,
Ins»", and then placed on the caltndar.
No action was taken.
The senate then resume! con-idera
tion of the resolution reported from
the com mi tee on privileges an i e!e>'-
tioQs, and was addre--ed by Coke. He
declared the report of the committee
unjust, one-sided and partisan.
It wa- based principally on
the testimony of three memorailists
Ha*kworth Moore and Scbult*e
a:t<l took no note of the testimony of
27 witnc<*e«, to the erfeet thit Hack
wood and frchulti* were i:>en of in
fatuous character and anwor hv of
credit, and that Moore wa< about as
bad as the others He condemned, a*
the people of Washington county ;»nd
of Texas condemned. all violattons of
the law there, and declared tbat the
attempt to lis the responsibility for
them on that people had no « >pport
except the testimony of ' the infamous
trio and some of their v le-t c »*djti
tors." Tbe-e three rueti had|tried to
make it appear they were forced to
leave the country because of their
polities, whde he declared that when
the memorialists ios. the public offices
THE TlXtf »IL1.1)I)/EKS.
which tbev hid held Irt the county,
they were covered ail over with indict
ment* for official malfeasance.
Coke -er.t to the clerk's iesk and
had read a counter-memorial of the
citizens of Brenha-u, painting in very
dark colors the characters of Hack
worth and Schuitse. denying all their
material allegations arid presenting
the Democratic side of tbe trouble in
Washington county.
Witbo s; concluding his *pee"b.
Coke yielded t<*r other business. After
an executive season, the senate ad
journed.
The senate to-day confirmed the
nomination erf Carroll D. Wright to be
commissioner of labor.
BISM.VKCK/S TiaCKEKI.
The Sanaaaa Conference Delayed—
r.iaine cot ftajard to De*l With
Wi»BIS6TOJ(, Feb. U —lt looks now
wrv much as if the Samoaa conference
at Berlin will not be held by represent
atives of the present administration.
Ooant Areo Valiev, German minister,
calied upon Secretary Bayard yester
day and informed him that the letter's
answer to Bismarck's propo-at for
a conference had twen sent to
Berlin by mail It will reach
Berlin about the 20th. The German
foreign office will probably require
-everal days to consider Bayard's sug
gestion. ai! i the answer, if -eat by
u>%U.witl har-tly reach this country
before the beginning of the Harrison
regime. There seems to be no good
reason why the correspondence
should not be conduced by telegraph.
There is an assumption that Bis
marck's report to the mail- is simply
a trick to gain time to puni-h the Ba
moans before the negotiations at Ber
lin. In wt-il-informed quarters here
there is a supposition that Gerraanv
has already sent men to Samoa to re
venge the killing of a nuruher of men
iu the recent fight with Mataafa.and it
is not at all unlikely we will ultimate ly
hear of another bloody battle. Bay
ard. however, has made most vigorous
i>rotest aaain-t stieh a course, and has
hinted that it will be scarcely worth
while to hold a conference unless Ger
many gives practical evidence of a sin
cere de-ire to promote the preservation
of peace in the i-lands by foregoing
her desire for vengeance.
It is said at the state department
that as there is not the slightest wish
or de-ire on the part of the pre-ident
or Secretary Bayard to embarrass the
incoming administration with respect
to a Samoan policy, it is not at all
likely that the present administration
wdl arrogate to itself the ap]>ointment
of American representatives at the
proposed codference at Berlin; or that
it will take any action whatever that
might tend to commit the next admin
istration.
SO FIGliriNK IN SAMOA.
Tbe Native Armie* Watching Kach
Other—Gunboati at Auchur.
Ar< KLASD, Feb. 14.—The latest ad
vices from Samoa say there has been
no change in the situation since last
report. There has been no fighting,
and Tamasese and Mataafa remain in
their strongholds. The British consul
has warned British subjects not to
supply the natives with arru«, and to
maintain strict neutrality. The Brit
ish warship Calliope has replaced the
warship Royalist. The German and
American warships remain stationary.
Herr Brandero. the leading partisan
of Tamasese. ha- been recalled to
Berlin.
INTERNAL REVENtE REFORM.
The H«ui« Committee Taltea I'p the
COWIM Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 —Tbe appro
priations committee of thehoi'«e grap
pled with the revenue problem in
earnest this morning. With little op
position the committee decided to
consider the Cowles internal revenue
bill. When formal reading was com
pleted the members l.<egan to expr-ss
their views and sugjjest alterations.
Just what the result of the considera
tion will be no member felt warranted
in predicting, l>eyond a statement that
it seems probable the bill will eventu
ally be reported favorably, but with
important amendment*, striking out
the "moonshine" sections, or those
provisions intended to mitteate the
right- of administration of the inter
na! revenue.
The vote bv which the committee
resolved to consider the bill resulted—
yeas t>, riavs Later on the question
was put: "Shall customs revenue be
considered in connection with this
bill?" and decided in the negative
yeas 1, navs 12—other mem iters hav
ing entered the room since the first
vote.
Til E AHKKICA* WAV*.
s«*erat Oltleern Promoted—Satisfac
tory Test of the Yorktown.
Washikc.tow, Feb. 14—Secretary
Whitney to-day issued an order de
taching Com moil ore George Belknap
from his dutv as commander of the
Mare Island navy yard, California,
and ordering him to duty in command
of the Asiatic station, to take the place
of Rear-Admiral Chandler, who died
la*t Sunday. No person has been se
lected as commandant of the Mare
Island vard.
Capt. T. M. Kamsey was to-day or
dered by the secretary of the navy to
dutv as commandant of the navy yard
ut Sew York.
A telegram received at the navy de
partment announces the success of
the official trial of the gunboat York
town yesterday. The vessel made 16
per hoar. She ruet the require
ments of 3000 horse-power.
Cliirkamaoga luttlcflelil A««oota-
Washisc t- n, Feb. 14 -At a joint
meeting of Union and Confederate
veterans to-dav a plan of preserving
and marking the Held of Chickamauga
under the auspice* ofjoint memorial
corporation, representing all the state"
that bad troops there, patterned in
general after the Gettysburg associa
tion, wa- cordially received. A 00m
m ttee was appointed to prepare de
tails.
I'anamt Appropriation Will i'asa.
Wasuisutos, Feb. 14.—The house
com no ttee on foreign affairs today
instructed the chairman t* report fa
vorably the senate bill appropriating
$£50,000 for the protection of Ameri
can interest# and ci izen« at Panama.
In view of the fact that work on the
canal ceases to-morrow the committee
is resolved to make an effort to secure
immediate action by the bouse.
THKV Il tTR TK K I»KH t MOSS.
The Maater lUlldrrt Want Worklec
rttn.Attct.rHiA, 14 —At to-day's
session of the National Builders' con
vention, after a number of papers had
been read the following re-olution was
adopted:
WHEREAS, Is has some to the KNOWLEDGE
of thi* hoard that itnaumii efforts ar« be
isf road* on tba part of labor unions io
this au<i other states to have the conspira
cy taw* repealed, therefore t* tt
• j'rt 1, That the to this eon
ttec be iu»iracted to urge spoa delecates
! fn>m other states sad cities th* n*res»i'r
of u«3n« their Influence, personalis, to the
ea i that the ewwfiracy lairs of the var.oua
states t>« not tampered with.
Several resolutions reported by com
mittees were acted upon. One recom
mending the association to use its in
-Buenee for the passing of laws making
it a elonv for any person or organisa
tion to prevent aay American youth
\ front learning any trade or Handicraft
he may desire, was adopted
A v de of thanks wa» tendered Con
grt->man Battorvortb of Ohio for
his defease of the rights of American
citizens.
Paul was -elected as the place
for the next annual meeting, on Janu
| arv 20. MHO. aud officers and directors
I wer« elected for the ensuing year. Ad
journed.
GROVER'S GOODBYE
Cleveland Writes a News
paper Interview.
WELL D«XS. rAITHFI L RCLER
He Srare* the Party Leader*, the
Mugwumps, the Hungry Oflke
Seeker* and all Bit Critic*.
BALTIMORE Feb. 14—The SEA to
m jrrow will publish a long di-patch
from Washington givine a eulogistic
review of President CteTeland*# ad
ministration and a long interview
wilh the president himself on the in
cident* and experience* of the past
four year" The Sun declare* that the
keynote of Air. Cleveland's policy
front the beginning has been to giTe
the people a practical, basines-like ad
ministration, irrespective of personal
considerations. There is probably
no American in public life,
says the writer. who has
a deeper, more genuine sympathy with
the people, aud there has never been a
president mure accessible or one who
Hurrenviered so much of his time to
gratify the natural curiosity and in
terest of tde people than" ha* Mr.
Cleveland. Iu a conversation with the
writer, the pre4dem remarks that his
afternoon receptions srere the pieas
antest incidents of his official life.
The close or the administration finds
him as busy, and perhaps even busier,
than when he was ui office. Much oi
hi* tiuie i> consumed unneces-ariiy by
the want of consideration displayed
by congressmen in introducing per
sons who merely call to nay their re
spect-. the al u-rnoon receptions were
set aside lor this cla-s of visitors, but
the majority of congressmen pay little
attention to the rule.
HE SSCBBKO THE PARTY LKABK&S.
Notwithstanding his patience under
these exactions, and tne fact that al
most his entire time during the day
has been given up to the public, the
president has been criticised for being
exclusive, and com{4aints have been
made that be would not give the rep
resentative men of his partv an op
portunity of consulting frilly w»h
him. It is known to his friends tnat
the president feels acutely thh? charge.
He has all along t>een animated by a
high and serious sense of his uuty to
the people, and thus has often
prompted bin to a course of action
in opposition to the wish or opinion of
personal friends.
OLO aides Ft'Tcss or THK PEHOCRACT
It may i>e stated that the president
is thoroughly satisfied with the practi
cal outcome of his administration and
its effect on the fortunes of the Demo
cratic party. He is very earnest iu
predicting a great future tor the Dem
ocracy and in asserting his unquali
fied devotion to the party, "li is a
grand party." sail he, "ana was never
in better shape than at pre-ent. When
we consider the condition it was in be
fore the tariff istuie was formulated,
tbe want of unauimity, the wiue di
vergence of views on many points aud
the party's united support it gave me
during the campaign, who can doubt
thtit its status has been improved and
that it his a glorious future before it."
TARIFF BKFOKM THE UVfXu ISil'K.
The president is as firm now as he
ever wa» in the opiniou that tariff re
form is the great living issue for the
Democracy. He regards it as an
iosue in harmony with the spirit and
traditions of the party, and one involv
ing numerous benefits to tbe people.
He believes that sooner or later the
toiling masses wdl be thoroughly
aroused to an indignant perception oi
the burdens unjustly imposed upon
them by the tariii'laws and of the fact
that the taxing power of the nation is
being recklessly used for the benefit of
a favored few. *
LOKI» SACKVU-LE »10 IT
He does not tolerate t ie idea that
tiie Democracy was beaten on the
tariff i-»ue last fail. "Had certain
conditions been eliminated from the
campaign," be pay*, "we would have
•on a decisive victory." So far as he
is individually concerned he has no
ragrets at laying down his trust, tie
thinks the deleat of the Democracy is
to be deplored, because of the iujury
resulting to the public interest", but
personally he expresses a prolound
sense of relief at the prospe't of a
speedy release from tue ordeal to
which he has been exposed during the
past four \ears.
HE roRt.OT Hlti BESEFACTOK.
One of the most trying features of
his positiou has I**ll that in the dis
charge ot his official duties he has been
called upon frequently to offend per
sons whose friend-hip and good opin
ion he valued. The insensibility with
which he has so often been accused is
a trait of cbiuacter which has no exist
ence. He haMiad to light for the light
at almost every step of his otficial pro
gress, and he is naturally tired o the
continuous wear and tear ot the con
test. It is an open secret that he ac
cepted t'e Democratic nomination
la>t summer with genuine reluctance
and after earnest etJbrts toescaj* it.
tTTER LOfM OF AMBITIO.V
His supposed political aspirations
for the future do not exist. There 1*
no rivalry on his part between himself
and any bo »y else, "i am in no one's
waybe savs. "I shall be delighted
to oc relieved of the cares of the presi
dency on the 4th of March next. On
purefy personal ground- there will be
no happier man in tbe United States."
THE MCOWCMJH VEXED HIM
With reference to the civil service
system he is as hrm and decided as in
«.*is view* on the tariff quest.on. He
believe* civil .service reform has come
to stay. He has treated it solely as a
practical question, and has been much
bampere<l and embarrassed bv
the vagaries of sentimental reformer
and theorists who have been contin
ual!} urging hhu to this or that for
inert sensational eitecl, which he did
not regard as judicious. He has en
deavored to Kive the civil service
scheme a fair trial, and expresses him
self as iuiiy satisued with the reavdts.
HK EREt.U OS Tit K Btt»t Of MKKCT
The worst tvpe of bureaucracy was
deve.opeu aiwtr tue spoil- sv»u;n» of
loriuer aumUMtnuoDi. When Mr.
Cleveland came into office, he found
the departments tilled with sn-
Ciiiu|)ri«uti who had found
permanent lodgment there through
favoritism. He na* doubts ahetbe;
sufficient clearing out has been done
U,-u :*-erve the best interests of the
government and to give wider scope
tor civil service reform through U»
method* in lilting the places ot inef
ficient with capable men.
TH* FAMtSHIMU vrnCS-S«K«*S
The president recognises the feel
ing A>( the great mil>>> ot Democrat!*;
othe-'eefcer-. whoexpet *ed places and
recognition, and the disappointment
and irritation which resulted trom hi*
inability to satisfy them. It » a
matter of deep regret to him that he
couM not do so. bur he bad a
higher public <ia'y to perform—
the purincation and elevation ot tbe
public service and tbe elin> inatm »
from party politics as far a* possible
of the degrading use «f pat on Age.
He is verv earnest it. advo
cacy of «he civil service
sv iem as being a thorougt l.
practical reform and in no
democratic. He thinks the work of
hi? admthktratiun has bxed this re
form as a oermanent feature of our
system of government, and that no
partv can afford to ant&gomre it
openly.
A stmi lis THA* HI a rinm.
So far •« hi« own status in the party
as affected by his attitude on tbe civil
sendee question is concerned, it may
be said that he reearrfs himself as a
better Democrat than many of his
critics.
rms WCTH am Him.
The pre-i ieot is especially arralined
at the effect of hi* administration in
the pro<perity and happiness of the
Southern people, both black and white.
He believes in making no dis
tinctions between any of the
-ections. and he deprecates
strong' v the revivsl of animosities,
which were supposed to be dead and
bared. He is satined that the race
problem can be worked out by the
people of that sevtion without outside
interference. He soeaks in terms of
grate? ui appreciation of the heartv and
uniie-d support accorded him by the
members of his cabinet.
TBK AI'WISHTFCATIAS's vnrani.
Tbe article
view of the jobbery ami scheming
that permeated every department
of the public service under
former regime, and w*»ich seemed
to have become a permanent teature
of odicial life in Washington, no more
honorable epitaph could be applied to
the administration now drawing to a
close than the emphatic declaration of
the president to tbe writer. "We have
nothing to hide. "
TBK IVPT srATK urrrrtoS.
WASBIXQTOW. Feb. 14.- The last of
the state receptions of "'resident Cleve
land to official society drew an unusu
ally large crowd to the White Ho«»e
to-night. The reception was to the
army and navy. The decorations
were elaborate and beautiful.
HALF-RItF.ED INStKUKCTION.
Krilitanr« of S»ml- Indiana In North
ern Dukiita to a Tai Collector.
CapfccitV FERRY. r»ak., Feb. 14.
< onsideraUe excitement exist* regard
ing the halt-breed situation at St,
Julha. It seems that v gorous at
tempts are being made on the part of
the Kollette county official- to collect
taxes from wh balf-breed« as are al
leged to I* regularly taxable Yester
day aifair* culminated in direct oppo
sition to the policy of the county of
ficials, snd assumed the appearance of
an outbreak. SheritT Fiynn and a
poase of one man ma te a descent upon
the settlement and succeeded at lir-t
in making a few collections. Later,
however, the half-breeds assembled
from all directions, heing joined by
others from the reservation. Pressing
about the sheriff and his man they
ferced him to di gorge his collections.
The sheriff, realizing that he was no
match for the increasing numbers of
the savages, retreated to ftt. John and
called upon the local militia for assist
ance. Major McKee immediately
placed his command under arms. In
the meantime a rumor states that a
message has t>een sent to Gov. Church
requesting him to give the soldiers at
Fort Totten orders to march to St.
John, if needed. The halfbreeds are j
loud in denunciation of this attempt j
to collect tax, or rob them, cs they
say, and claim they will resist to the ;
last minute. Sheritf Flynn has been
notified that he will be .-hot on sight if
he again makes a similar attempt.
The alarming part of the situation
se» rus to be that a large number of the
4000 halfbreeds on the reservation are
preparing to take a hand in the mat- j
ter, and bloodshed is feared. The lo
cal militia company at St. John is
marching to the scene of the disturb
ance.
THE LY.VCHKRS KKCONSIDKK.
A Nluliilppl Mob Hefreta That a
Preacher Influenced Them.
St. Lons, Feb. 14.~The body of a
railroad brakeman. Jame> Jenkins,
was found yesterday in Water Valley,
Miss., with the throat cut. A notori
ous dive-keeper, Wen. Harris, was ar
rested for the murder. As Harris was
being removed to Jail, he was taken
from the officers by a mob, but re
taken. Later he was again captured
by the mob. and was being strung up
when Kev. Mr. Hudson appeared and
after an impassioned appeal for the
due course of the law the crowd re
turned Harris to the calaboose.
La»t night another mob attacked
the jail and forced an entrance, but
found that Harris had been sent to
Corteyville It is said another mob
will go to Cefleynlle to hang Harris.
MAKVLA Nl> B AUN BCIINKKS.
Operations Conducted In Systematic
and SclfiitlHe Jitjle.
Baltimubk. Feb. 14. A gang of
barnburners whose identity has not
been discovered are creating a reign of
terror in Frederick and Carroll coun
ties. Over a dozen barns have been
burned, the owners first receiving
notice to remove the implements and
stock. The incendiaries use a ball of
wet phosphorus, with gunpowder in
side When the phosphorus dries
spontaneous combustion and an ex
plosion follow. No possible reason
for their deviltry is known.
REVOLT AGAINST POWIiERLV
The Knights of Labor Becoming an
I ndergrnund Society.
Chicago, Feb. 14.—The circular sent
from Philadelphia some time ago look
ing to the re-orgai ization of the
Knight"of Labor as a secret l»ody and
opposed to Powderly has been actively
pushed. It is claimed tb.tt more than
JO local assemblies have already
changed their form to a secret organ
ization.
A Kentucky Battle.
M'H'iiT Stitkmso, Ky., Feb. 14.-
Three constable* of Menifee county.
With a pos-e of four, went into the
woods today near (be Montgomery
county line to arrest K. A L. I» aughn
and rix other*. The po-*e were bred
upon and <hey returned the tire. The
battle continued some ti:ue, but no
details of the result have tseen re
ceived.
To liestore the American f lag.
PrrT*MJ*u, Feb. 14—Com mitteesof
the National .Shippers' and Industrial
League pa*»ed through here to-night
en route to Indianapolis to pre-ent to
President-elect Harmon a vigorous
demand thai the incoming adtuinia
'ration take step* to restore the Amer
ican fl<g lo the position it once occu
pied Hpon the hwh was.
The F*m«l(« Hloclltt*.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15— The fourth
day of the b cycle content is ended.
1 he ><vre at 1 a. tn. stood:
Ptatdey —. <>< BaMwtn
W»M1« xm
Armatuiiu - I"• Hart "&>
M -.viiaar ... m saailur W*
Brvwu IJs , >ak» HO
uewia .23»»
!*•» and *ur*«r.
SEW YORK. Feb. t4.- JUSTICE O'Bri
en tn the -uprt-me court io-<;ay denied
without any comment the motion
ra .ue > n behalf of Henry 8. I ve* and
II. Htavner, for a change of
ret<oe in the Mg suit brought against
thesa by t' e Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Day too railroad.
\r(t »o L*atib( S''rtfc Carolina
( M»auvrr*.N. 0.. Fe*. 14 -Kmigra
tion agent* have been <lr«.tii"Jf the
country of able-bodied negroea.
Farmers hate become n asperated an
have determined to-t"p it, and ha*e
armed themselves The militia ha
been called on, in anticipation of
trouble.
A Trnltrr n«ld f«r • 10.000.
L »ci*YiU-k Kv Feb-14 —Tb« four
vear-4,1d i rot'roc hUr Basqae Bonlta,
ov Mact'» HawMetonum mnre ha*
been soUl for 110.000 Hbe will be
taken to Cuba.
HARRISON'S STAFF.
Colored People Want a Good
Attorney-General.
TKLLKR FOR TUK
Caaala* St. Clay Yi«it« «en Har
rl*»»—ProhthiUowUt* Tvytag t«
Kiciad* Wanui Stlfnfliit,
Ixwasarous. Feb M Aa im
portant conference of colored :um
was held here to-day. It gathered at
the instance of Prof. J. M. Langston.
>eren «tate- were represented, South
Carolina, Georgia. Virginia, Tennessee,
Kentucky. Florida and Mi<souri,
and letters were read from
other Southern snu»s. A confer
ence was had w:b clos-d d >ors.
and an address to Mr. Htnim was
formulated. In >mt>-Unc( the ttlJm*;
says that they are loyal to the Repub
lican partv, and reside in stales which
upoa a fair election, would give their
electoral votes to the Republican narty
bv a I arse majoritv, but soffli are
the umtw trntupar** and fraud*
brought to "near again -t the i oters
that the desires of the Republican
mams are coc-tanUy thwarted. "We
cannot doubt that you agree with us
that the fifteenth amendment .should
be maintained with fairness and vigor,
and that you desire that such objects
shall be accomplirhed in the interests
of millions' of American ciuaens. who
to-dav in tbe South are practically dis
franchised, and cause we repre
sent and plead before you. Owing to
our preseut and prospective condition
under your administration «if the gov
ernment.we are profoundly interested
in the constitution of vour cabinet,
especially as concerns the attorney
general. It is absolutely necessary for
the appointment to tin- position which
we name of a man, who, in addition
to great learning in the law. is free
from undue feeling and bia*. Such
being our opinion, we have ventured
to bring it formally and earne-tlv to
vour consideration.
During the afternoon the address
was presented to the general. It was
supposed the conference would also
oppose the appointment of tien.
Mahone to the cabinet, but nothing of
the kind was done.
The general had a number of callers
to-day. Among them were Dan Metv
Cauley, H. Guxman, Nicaraguan
minister at Washington, anil Milton
B. Butler, who was president of the
electoral college of Nebraska.
CAKStm M. CLAY CAUK.
Another distinguished visitor at Gen.
Harrison's to-day was Hon. Ca«*iu*
M. Clay, ex-minister to tiussia and
second cousin to the fatuous orator.
The venerable gentleman lunched with
Gen. Harrison and his family and
passed au hour or more in converaa
.ion. He said to the correspondent*
that his visit was entirely social.
TKLLKR roe TIL R IKTEiiIoR.
It is being talked in well-informed
circles her* that Senator Henrv M.
Teller of Colorado is stated for the in
tenor department. Information that
Gen. Harrison has had Teller's name
under serious consideration for sev
eral weeks comes from reliable and con
servative authority, and it is asserted
with considerable confidence that the
tender has actually been made to Mr.
Teller.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
Woman Suffragists Win la Another
Nklriulah.
l.ot isvilmc. Feb. l .«. The national
conference of probihitionistscontinued
to-day A plan to reorganize the
party was ottered ny W. Thomas
Miles of t'h cago. The leading feature
was to make a four-fifths majority
necessary for the adoption of any
principle by the party. The woman
suffrage division of the party saw in
this a blow at their principle and
warmly opposed the plan, which was
finally defeated.
THE NKWSPAPKK I'll BLISHKKS.
A Combination to Abolish Stilkas
and Printers.
f Ss* York, Feb. 14.—The American
Newspaper Publisher*' Association
conclud- d its session to-day. rieveral
interesting papers were read. The ex
ecutive committee was instructed to
keep the memtiers ported en the
progress made by type-setting ma
chines and on differences tietw'e<»n eti»-
ployes and employers. O dicers were
elected as follows: President. James
W. Sfott, i'h>cago lit raid. vice-presi
dent, Col: Taylor. Huston Globe; secre
tary, F. K. Misch, Han Francisco;
treasurer. W. M. Laffan, New York
Sun.
riRK IN A CHPPBK MINK.
All Hut One of the Calumet A tlaela
Shafts Cloned.
Caumit, Mich. Feb. 14 All the
Calumet A Hecla shafts except No. 5
were sealed yesterday afternoon, as
the miners at work in shafts No. 2
and 4 were forced to come ur> on ac
count of gas and smoke. There is
still tire burning in the sections, but
no encroachment* upon the new tim
ber is being made. The sbafr,t are
being banked, and the old proi-#-"» of
smothering will he pursued. How
long the mine may remain do ted is
now indefinite.
Nevada Antl-Lotterr Hallot* Ir
regular.
Viroism, Nev.. Feb. 14 ~ Tho bal
lot* cast in Washoe, Elko and prob
ably other eastern co iniies of the
»t-»te against the amendment to th«
constitutionauthoru ng a state lottery
are found to be two inchea
short of the length pre
scribed bv the commissioners of
election, '("be pro-lot'ery advocates
here asMprt they wiil coiMe-t the elec
tion and demand th «t anti ballots not
of the pre*orii»ed size be (brown out.
The majority in the *t»te against the
tottery was 300. The ansi->ottery bal
lots cast not conforming to the pre
senbed size probably exceed *<».
Nearlv complete return* show that
the -tale coiistit'iti-.n authorizing •
state lottery has lieen defeated.
Katrlwin l*«mw Bankrupt.
Ha* K*Asr|t« o, Feb 14 Henry H.
IVar»on. inoiri«lulljr and a- a inero
ber of the firm of Pearson A Arnold,
)e«»*e* of the Btdd'ar'rf hotel, h«s ap
plied to the superior court to Ni ad
jud«?e*i an in-oirent debtor Tb<» in
*olrent'» stated liabilities amount to
►«et*een *.V-> OflO and #f».00»», the ma
jority belli K flue on prouvasory no ten
and the b»lan<-e on open bool: ac
counts.
Hmallpm Srare In V| r ||«U ( Itj.
V mount, N'er.,
general alarm here at a report that
many of the guest* .'earing the Ona«by
biMoe, I.'arson, on the di«C<«w,r of
-mallpux there had -ecured lodiings
in trjnou- localUtea here. The board
of health thi< afternoon r**»»l*ed loes
tabii-h a atrict quarantine of premises
where tlie di«»a.«e ma* appear.
To I»n»'a Weaihar.
Has Faasciaco, Feb. It.- Indica
tions for -'4 h or* for Oi«».on and
Washington Territory : it tin or -now.
• ioda -biftine to *»ut* er!v; cooM* in
ibe eastern portion. sightly «H««
in the nea'prn n^ion
The -teaßMtr s«wi-a, fhinft »ifid
from Q teen-toen for Bosun February
10. hat been towed back with a broken
shaft.
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