The Times-Monntaineer
SATURDAY. ..... .FEBRUARY 25, 1893
AGAINST TAMMANY.
- From leading articles, in Harper's
Weekly it is evidently the intent of
the liberal branch of the Democratic
parly, represented by that periodical
and the president-elect, to cat loose
!; from the debasing influence of .the
Tammany ring of politicians; bnt these
attempts' are always made after an
- important election and never before
When the battle of the ballot is to be
waged Tammany is cajoled by every
possible means, and nothing is heard
in Democratic prints in reference to
' the corrupt practices of the New York
bosses. This was trne daring the last
campaign, and Mr. Uleveland was
hand in glove with Mr. Hill and other
leaders of the ring. ' Bat when suc
cess was secured the Tammany candi
... date for the position of U. S. senator
was bitterly -opposed by Mr. Cleve
land, and the members of the cabinet
' are chosen- without the least recogni-
. tion of New York. This dual plan of
petting and whipping the tiger stamps
these after-election efforts for parity of
. the ballot as dishonest and only made
for personal ends. If Democracy de
sires to . rid itself of the disreputable
practices of the most corrupt politi-
' cians who have ever disgraced fiee in-
" atitutions, it should hold no fellowship
i with them at any tim?, and not quiet
ly submit to their control when an
- election is pending and, after they
have served its purpose, pave its way
' to public favor by completely ignoring
.: them. ..- The editor of Harper's Weekly
and Mr. Cleveland may be honest in
their animadversions about corrupt
politics, but their motives .will be
doubted by all considerate men while
- they follow this dual policy.
There is no doubt in the mind of
any patriotic American citizen that
' free institutions and universal suffrage
have developed in this country a class
of office-seekers whose only ambition
is to manipulate the franchise to their
. personal aggrandisement, and whose
object in life is to feed at the public
crib. Patriotism with them is only
means to accomplish their ends, and
' nothing is too disreputable for them to
call into action to secure success. To
them the people are like chessmen on
.' the board to be moved at will to far
ther their purposes, and their only ob
ject and aim in life is to become expert
. in the manipulation of the game
of politics. Tammany is' undoubt
edly in the front rank of these
spoils-seekers, and . by long years
of experience and careful study
of men and means has become almost
perfect in that line. The evil has
grown with the republic, and now per
meates nearly every political organiza
tion. ' It cannot be stamped out in a
day, but Will take long and continuous
effort to uproot its hold on American
politics. This must be done in a thor
ough, radical manner, and there mast
be no compromise made with it for
partisan ends. If the great mugwump
publication and the mugwump presi
dent had commenced their war on
Tammany last summer it would have
accomplished great good in eradicating
machine politics from elections. By
pursuing such a course very likely Mr.
Cleveland would have suffered defeat
but the people would have bad greater
confidence in the honesty of his mo
tives than they have now, The defeat
of the New York ring would mean
the discomfiture of such influences
throughout the country. But this af ter-
electioa wrath does little good.
in the matter, and has acted in the
manner to suit himself. It can not be
expected - that this will be relished
by Tammany who secured his election;
but, before and after November are
different times, and usually successful
candidates act differently after they
have secured the desired positions.
The Democracy may as well swallow
the pill, however bitter it is to their
taste, for it cannot be changed now.
Democrats must remember that the
Chicago platform was made simply in
attract votes, and that this republic
cannot maintain hr positioo among
nations without a Republican marks
out the policy to be followed. Judge
Gresham is all right at the head of the
state department. He will simply
carry oat the destiny of the party with
which he has affiliated for long years.
The Durham bill, which, passed the
legislature on Friday evening, is a very
important law, and amends the Aus
tralian ballot system in very waDy re
gards. It provides that the candidates
of different parties shall bo in different
columns, and that the name of any
person shall not occur but once on the
ticket. For some reason the Demo
crats attempted to filibuster, 60 as
to insure its defeat: but President
Fulton was equal to the emergency,
and ruled after the precedent; set by
Hon. Thos. Heed, and which has been
supported by a decision of the U. S.
supreme court. As might be expected,
the' Democratic organs in the state are
howling Cazaerism.and have spoken of
the president's action in not very com
plimentary terms. In any delibera
tive assembly the majority should rule,
and not be placed by the tactics of
obstructionists at the mercy of a mi
nority. The amendments to the Aus
tralian ballot law were necessary to
insure a free ballot aod a fair count,
and the ruling of Mr. Fulton will be
endorsed by the people of the state.
The death of Bev. Cashing Eells
removes from active life the oldest
protestant missionary to the northwest.
In 1838 he and his wife started for
the west, and located at Lapwai, where
they preached the gospel of Christ
to the Indians, and ' for many years
lived and labored with these untutored
aborigine Mr. Eells translated into
Nez, Perces the New Testament, and
printed several -copies for distribution
among that people, since that time
the reverend gentleman has lived in
the northwest, and by his consistent
Christian-conduct and benevolence has
made many friends. He lived until
his eighty-third - birthday, and there
are few men who will leave such a
shining record behind them. He was
an ordained minister of the Congrega
tional church, and, perhaps, has been
the means of establishing more places
of worship of that denomination than
any minister on the Pacific coast. His
life was spent for the Master, and
now he has received his reward.
HOKE SMITH AND POPULISTS
One reason given for Judge Oresh
atn's appointment to a cabinet place,
says the Inter Ocean, is his popularity
with the Populists. But if President
elect Cleveland expected to corral Gen
eral Weaver, Mrs. Lease and all the
other Populists why did he appoint
Hoke Smith secretary of the interior 1
General Weaver has a friendly feeling
for Judge Gresbam, and last summer
would have sacrificed his own ambi
tion to become a presidential candidate
if Gresham had consented to lead the
Populists. Weaver . might follow
Gresham back into the new Democ
racy bat for the intimate associations
the Judge will have with Hoke Smith
of Georgia. But the general can never
vieit Washington or be on friendly
terms with the administration cf
which Hoke Smith is a part. General
Weaver and Mrs. Lease have most
vivid recollections of Georgia and of
Hoke Smith. In Georgia they were
greeted with bad eggs, and Hoke Smith
was held responsible for it all.
It was Hoke Smith who sent a re
porter to Pulaaki, Tenn., to rake up
that old scandal about Weaver's
cruelty to the refugees and residents
while in command there in 1864. It
was Hoke Smith who published all
those affidavits against Weaver in his
paper, the Atlanta Journal, and it was
Hoke Smith who sent a reporter along
with Weaver in his tour through the
south, to exhibit these affidavits at
every place where Weaver spoke, to
incense the southern people against
him. It was Hoke Smith who stirred
up the south against Weaver and Mrs.
Lease, and brought about that exhibi
tion of southern chivalry which soiled
their clothes and drove them from the
state of Georgia.
If Cleveland had any hope of win
ning over the Populists with Gresham,
he destroyed that hope when be made
Hoke Smith one of his cabinet offi
cers, we hope, tneretore, that Mr.
Cleveland will not blame Judge
Gresham if the Populists do not flock
to the standard of the new Democracy.
It will be his own folly in trying to
hold on to the old Democracy, the nig
ger-hating, rotten egg Democracy of
Georgia, that prevents the judge from
gathering the third party into the fold.
We take - this early opportunity to
acquit the judge of any shortcoming or
the responsibility for any failure. The
blame must rest on Hoke Smith of
Georgia. '
ThA aVinnrntinn nf 13-rAtiliam ho Ho
incoming Democratic administration is
- rauicauve to a tew sanguine memoers
of the old Bourbon organization of the
disintegration of the Republican party,
and the commingling of the elements
with Democracy. But this is impos
sible from the antagonistic principles
which underlie the structure of the
two great political parties. : Republi
canism is progressive, and marks out
a path for the nation to follow, while
' Democracy lags behind and keeps in
the old ruts of a half century ago. The
modern school of Democracy not
- Tammany hall, ' but the Cleveland
branch of the party shows some signs
of advancement, and occupy nearly the
: same ground that the Lincoln Repub
licans did from 1861 to 1865; but the
organization' in its entirety is where
- Jefferson placed it at the beginning of
the century. . Modern Democracy
idolizes jjincoin ana endorses the war
for the preservation of the union, ap
proves of the reconstruction of the
southern states and the honest pay
ment of the national debt; bat the tra
ditions of the party still hold sacred
the sovereignty of the state, considers
Lincoln a buffoon, weeps over the "lost
cause" and denounces the acts of re
construction as despotic. It is hope
ful to note the fact that the young
men who affiliate with the organiza
tion have .trampled under feet these
"traditions," and stand upon the same
platform - the - Republicans did in
1865 Of coarse they are thirty
years behind the progress of
the party ; they attempt to fol
low, and at this ratio of advancement
in 1922, will have arrived at the
position now occupied by the leading
party. The appointment of Mr Gresh
am to the chief position in Cleveland's
cabinet is therefore simply fulfilling
the unmistakable destiny of the Re
publican party. It has shaped the ad
ministration of national affairs for the
past thirty years, and in all prob
ability will shape the policy of the
country for many years to come.
The appointment of Judge Gresham
as secretary of state is not at all agree
able to very many of the supporters of
Mr. Cleveland, who believe that the
first position in the cabinet should have
been given to a Democrat. This may
be true; but it is very apparent that
Mr. Cleveland has a different oniniftn
The Republicans of Kansas, from
the time of old John Brown, when
they disputed inch by inch the en
croachment of, the Missouri border-
ruffians on their soil and fought des
perately for their rights under the Le
compton free constitution against the
hirelings of the- slaveocracy, to the
present, when the legally elected leg
islature holds the capitol against the
militia of the state and the mandates
of the Populist governor, like the
old Roundheads under Cromwell
"trust in God and keep their powder
dry," believing that eventually the
right will triumph. The blood shed.
in Kansas, during old Ossawotamie
Brown's days, sealed the fate of slav
ery, and the pluck of the present Re
publican legislature will sound the
deah knell to the People's party in
that state. History is simply repeat
ing itself in this renowned battle-field
for human rights.
Gov. Pennoyer has nod stopped ve
toing,- notwithstanding the fact that
the legislature has adjourned, and yes
terday returned four of these, all with
proper messages. House bill 103 is
put on the black list, because it is con
trary to the stats tea jn such cases
made and provided, and prescribes a
method for the foreclosure of mort
gages or other instrument of writing
to secure a payment of money than
that - which is held by the supreme
court to be imperative and exclusive.
Another, house bill No. 110, is similar
in intent to senate bill No. 108, and
he wisely used his veto measure.
The Durham law also meets with his
disapproval, because, it would, in a
measure, destroy the secresy and sanc
tity of the ballot. And doomed to the
same fate is house bill No. 206, be
cause such expenditure of money
would be neither for governments-
purposes nor for the general benefit.
There is undoubtedly great individual
ity in bylvester Pennoyer, and, in
many instances,he is correct; but some
times, by his innate stubbornness and
bull-dog tenacity tor what he con
ceives to be right, he frequently does
injury to public institutions which are
intended to advance the best interests
of the commonwealth.
the Fugitive slave law and Dred Scott
decision to the Chicago convention of
1892, which declared tariff laws un
constitutional General Beauregard died in New
Orleans Monday night after an illness
of two weeks. He was graduated
from West Point, served during the
Mexican war, and was a general in
the Confederate army. He had a
bright record as a soldier, but thi3 was
blackened by the fact that he used the
knowledge gained at a government in
stitution to tig hi against the flag of
his country.
The nexc innovation is the pneu malic
delivery of mails at the rate of a mile
a minute. It will be a harvest for
plumbers when every city in the United
States is undermined by these tubes,
and it will also be a great convenience
to editors when they can simply turn
ou the air and receive their remittances
by lightning-rate rapidity. The world
raoveR. and progress always leads in
the lines of intelligence and honesty
The present anniversary of the birth
of the great Washington finds the re
public prosperous financially and with
a population of 65,000,000, and pros
pects of being augmented by about
90.000 Kanakas. Undoubtedly the
great American, whose memory is re
spected in all lands, would feel proud
of his country could he behold it to
day; bat whether he would feel satis
fied with the manner in which the
legacy of free institutions has been
managed by the recipients is a prob
lem not easy of solution
The limit of the Washington legisla
ture expires on the KKh of March,
and the men: bers seem no nearer uni
fied in the choice of United States
senator than the first day of -the ses
sion. It may adjourn without mak
ing a choice, and in this emergency the
state will have bat one member of
the upper house of congress, and prece
dents are-against the governor making
an appointmeut. It would have been
much better for the senator to have
been elected by the people, than to
have had this exhibition of circumlocu
tion at Olympia.
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet is complete,
and are representative Democrats with
the exception of Judge Gresham.' The
Harrison administration has placed in
.ternational affairs in such a shape that
no very complex problems will be pre
sented for solution. Of course, a bet
ter criticism can be made in 1896 of
the national policy that have been
adopted, than is possible to be outlined
in 1893 of the one to be inaugurated
The president will undoubtedly advise
conservative measures, but whether he
can keep the senate and house from
going wild .on free trade and in the
matter of the currency remains to be
seen. - .-
Annexation of Hawaii seems to be
very popular, and to the American
population of the United States will
probably soon be added the mongrels
of the Sandwich Islands. It is an
easy matter to take these uuder the
protecting care of the republic; but
after they have been absorbed the next
problem will he to govern them. As
it is, the country is too large to be
well governed, and after the Kanakas
are added the problem will become
more complex. But there will be
more territory for land-boomers, and
more opportunities for ' speculators.
This satifies the average Anglo-American,
and it appears that things shape
themselves to Bait his desires.
TELEGRAPHIC.
TELEG JiAPHIO HEWS.
EDITORIAL NOTES
- The biennial session of the legisla
ture is now an event of the past, and
the. members have placed themselves
on record and must render an account
of their actions to their constituency,
A great many good laws have been
passed which the sovereign people will
fully endorse, and not the least of
these is the repeal of the mortgage
tax law and indebtedness exemption
clause. The distribution of the funds
for wagon roads will also be welcome
news to many isolated districts where
the most urgent necessity is some
means of getting to market. Eastern
Oregon,of course, would have been better
pleased if the Raley portage bill had
ssed; but, notwithstanding the de
feat of this desired improvement, the
people will .take an optimistic view of
matters, and say to the legislators of
1893, "Well done, good and faithful
servants.
Governor McKinley, of Ohio, is a
bankrupt, because he had confidence
in the honesty of a friend and en
dorsed his notes. The governor has
turned over all his property to the
creditors, and this leaves him penni
less. This exhibition of honor and
honesty in the great Republican leader
will increase his popularity in the na
tion. He has proved himself au able
statesman in the successful economic
policy advocated by him and adopted
by congress, and by this act of assign
ing his property to make good his en
dorsement he has furnished indisputa
ble evidenoe that he is an honest man.
The national Democratic party, when
it next assembles, should bv resolu
tion publicly thank the Republicans
for training and educating brainy men
to head their' party organization. Such
men as Governor Boies, Governor
Gray, Governor Campbell,- Senator
Palmer and General Gresham should
call out the profound thanks of Dem
ocrats. "The old wheel-horses of
Democracy" will please stand a little
back and allow this Republican quin
tet a chance. . They have had Repubr-
lioan schooling and know how things
should be done.
Washington still "hangs fare oa
the senatorial question, and the end is
not yt.
Cleveland and Gresham mugwump
and Republican will run the govern
ment for the next four years, and the
country is safe.
Home seekers are looking to the
Cherokee strip as the objective point
of invasion. They can wait a little
while and go over to Hawaii and make
a raid on the Kanakas.
Chairman Harrity has issued a cir
cular, at the dictation of Cleveland,
to Democrats, forcing them into line
on the president's policy.- Will they
be dumb-driven cattle i -
The Scotch-Kanaka princess of the
Sandwich Islands will visit this coun
try very soon, and the people will be
hold an exhibition of American-repub
lican snobbery to foreign royalty.
Secretary of State Foster has re
signed his portfolio to take part in the
Behring sea arbitration which will
convene soon in Paris. He has but a
few days to serve as a cabinet minister
before he would be replaced by another
good Republican, and his resignation
was well timed.
Raf as Hatch, the creature of ad
verse fortune, at ooe time a million
aire, but in recent years poor in this
world's goods, is dead. He was on
the pinnacle of fame in financial cir
cles at three different times, but the
losing venture of Henry Villard in the
Northern Pacific completely wrecked
hiro.frooi which he never recovered.
Judge Gresham may not be honored
by his party as he would have been if
he had refused to accept a portfolio
from a Democratic president; bat he
will never prove recreant to Republi
can principles, which have been en
grafted into him daring many years
of affiliation with the political organi
zation which was brought into exist
ence by the exigencies of the slavery
question.
Governor Pennoyer bas2vetoed the
Durham bill, and President Fulton,
who has been denominated the Csesar
of the senate because be believed tu
the rule of the majority, should receive
no more adverse criticism from the
Democratic press. Democracy holds
sacred the privilege of securing success
by chicanery and fraud, and if honest
legislation triumphs, the party will
make Rome bowl about constitutional
rights. This has been the history cf
the organization from the passage of
Will Defeat the Sundry Civil Bi 1.
Washihtok, Feb, 21 The silver men in
the house claim that they will have strength
enough to prevent the passage of the sundry
civil bill under any parliamentary tactics that
may be adopted to get it through. They say
that they have no hope of getting the Sher
man amendment out of the chances, but will
defeat the whole bill. They say that their
plans are all laid, and the force of filibusterers
against the bill will be almost as strong as
silver to the house. They will Jight it by
every means known to parliamentary proce
dure, and they claim that it will be imposai-
ble to pass it under the rules or get signatures
enough to secure a cloture. In fact, they re
gard it as certain that they Will defeat the
bill. This, of course! would make an extra
session absolutely necessary.
No Opposition.
Washington, Feb. 21 The following
telegram from Minister Stevens, of Honolulu
received Saturday, isJBade public:
"Affairs of state continue hopeful since
hoisting the United States flag in protection
of this government The subjects who were
doubtful are now for annexation. Ihe na
lives show an unexpected regard for the
United States flag. The prudent conduct of
Captain Wiltie and the officers and crew of
the Boston are a credit to the navy." Up to
the hour of ibe meeting of the cabinet today,
Mr. Paul Neumann, the queen'a envoy to the
United btates, bad not called at the state de
partment to see Secretary Foster, and the lat
ter had received no explanation from him of
bis failure to keep tne engagement made lor
last night. -
' Sentenced to b executed.
New York, Feb. 21 Michael T. Sliney
was sentenced by Justice Ingraham, in the
court of oyer and' terminer today, to be ex
ecuted -the week beginning April 10, 1893
Counsel F.- B. House objected, saying the
court could not sentence him, as an appeal
had. taken the case out of that court. The
point ' was overruled. Sliney killed Bob
Lyons in his butcher shop in Cherry street,
Three contradictory stories were told, in one
of which he implicated Bob's brother Jim
Sliney was taken to Sing Sing, where he will
be executed.
SomeJiewl'aits.
St. Paul, Feb. 21 Tbe Globe in the
morning will publish an ioterview with
K. J. Kimberley of Honolulu, who was
present there during' tbe recent change of
government, which contains conMderable
new details. Kimberley is en route to
England and will deliver to the Englsib
government some important papers, giv
lner sonic new facta in connection with
tbe new government in Hawaii. He ex
plained that Eogland had been making
attempts to get possessions ol the islands
for some t.uie. and would have succeeaeo
bad it not been for the ucexpected execu
tion of tbe Aineiicaos' plans. He savs
that on the day of the declaration of the
new government there were not more
than a dozen men who demanded the
change. He lunber asserts that the Ger
man planter?, who for several years have
been trying to have the island annexed
by their government, were very angry ai
tbe organization of tbe new government.
About 100 German and natives started
to drive the "American volunteers away
from the nolice station and palace. Mr.
Kimberlev continued:
"There were a Dumber of English who
sided with the Germans m view ot the
highhanded proceedings of the Ameri
cbds. To show bow strong was tbe pop--uiar
sentiment agaiost the Americans,
men were armed from the German and
English consulates. They moved up to
tne palace at midnight in a solid body.
The; made a demand for tbe surrender
of the Americans and when they refused
to comply shot at them. Tbe Americans
ran at tbeni with loaded guns and delib
erately 6bot back at them. Four Ger
mans were killed. The Americans
threatened to shoot them all if thej con
tinued to interfere, and the men soon
retired. Tbe Americans allowed them to
carry awav the dead bodies of tbe men
who were shot. We afterward bad a
consultation over - the matter, but tbe
German and English consuls declined to
take any further steps in the matter.
The Americans claimed tbe men were
tilled in a street fight with each other
aid no official report of the matter wa9
made. I do not suppose the Americans
would give the islands np to England,
but their will be a protest against their
continuing in possession."
An Areldent at Franklin.
Franklin,- Wash., Feb. 21 lohn T.
Howells and Albert Sttndil, miners at sec
tion 8, above Franklin,' were instantly killed
by the giving away of the staging, on which
they were working in a shaft at 2 o'clock
this morning. Neither was married. The
lesult of the inquest by the coroner was that
the staging was constructed by the deceased,
arid no blame is attached to the company.
Howells. was Welsh, and Stendil was a
Swede. Both were well and favorably known
in Franklin. Howells was a member of the
Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows, and his
funeral takes place tomorrow under their au
spices. Stendil's remains were removed to
Seattle.
The body of A. B. Downy was found under
the first trestle above Black Diamond at 1
o'clock today. The body was viewed by Dr.
D. M. Stone, and an inquest was held by the
coroner, but no verdict was given. The body
was decomposed, showing that it had lain be
neath the lustle for several weeks at least.
It was 1 uiicd on the spot under the trestle.
Lost Ills Reason.
Goldekdale, Wash., Feb. 21 Tbe in
quest was held today on the remains of Rev.
W. B. Smallwood, not Woodhall as previously
reported, the unfortunate man who was lost
in the recent snow storm while on his way
from this place to Arlington. From the ev
idence at the inquest, it seems probable that
Mr. amallwood was not in his right mind
when he left Goldendale. Some days before
bis departure, be made a will in favor ot one
of the member! of his church. He claimed
that he came from Washington, Kan., and
also that he had several children living in
Ohio. In his will he bequeathed every par
cel of his estate, which he valued at $30,000,
to the man at Colambus. Wash., and his
children were not mentioned. He was a to
tal stranger in Columbus when he arrived
in the early winter, and nothing has been re
ceived to confirm the various statements he
made. The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that tbe deceased came to his death from ex
haustion and chill.
pended and some roads are entirely aban
dooed. All regular trains on tbe Boston
& Albany are abandoned. From all over
Massachusetts come reports of damage,
atd the storm is pronounced the worst of
tbe season. In New England like condi
tions are reported. Tbe storm premises
to be more disastrous than the blizzard
lour years ago. Oa the New York &
New England road travel wis almost at
a standstill all- day. Ia Pennsylvania
matters are even worse. The railroads
are everywhere blockaded. The deep
snow enforced idleness at every mine in
the anthracite regions. A brink wind is
drifting tbe snow badly in all quarters.
Trains attempting to run take from two
to five engines. Even then a number
were abandoned. The country roads are
closed by deep drifts and farmers pick
their way across fields. A passenger
train on tbe Reading & Lancaster, due at
Lancaster this morning at 9 o'clock,
stuck in a drift at the junction, and two
engines sent to its assistance are- fast in
a six-foot bank at Peterburg.
The Amtunt Increased.
Washington, Feb. 22 Senator Squire
led tbe Western senators in a fight
which even the appropriation committee
could not withstand, and tbe amount for
the surveys of public lands have been in
creased. Tbe bouse passed a bill for
100,000. Tbe senate committee made it
$300,000. Senator Squiie moved to in
crease to $450,000, but compromised on
$400,000. and Senator Dolpli reported tbe
increase from the committee on public
lands.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Tbe sundry civil bill bas been so load
ed up by tbe senate that there are prave
doubts about it passing tbo bouse a: all
The bill bas been known to fail in confer
ence. It would be vary serious for many
public works if the bill should fail and
necessitate an extra session before June.
MAIL FACILITIES.
. Representative Hermann today secured
increased mail facilities from Burns to
Diamond, in Hrney county, three times
a week. He had also obtained an order
for a new mail service from Blaine to
Beaver, in Tillamook county, commenc
ing April 15.
SENATOR DOLPII IMPROVING .
Senator Dolph, though not able to re
sume his duties in tbe senate, is improv
ing. He regrets his illness, especially at
this time, because he desiied to take an
active part in the Hawaiian discussions.
Land or Kevo'utlons.
Valparaiso, Feb. 22 With an army
of 4000, which bag been mobilized under
the command of General Tavariz, tbe fed
eral revolutionists cf Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil, have begun their march toward
Porto Alegre. General Tavariz began
bis forward movement today. Hit first
object is the capture of aanta Ana, which
was fortified by the Castilhistas a few
days ago, snd when this town comes into
his po session be will establish there bis
base of supp'ies. Then General Tavt-riz'
forces will march toward Port Alegre.
Tbe plans for this movement have not of
course been made public, but it is be
lieved in Anises that be will attempt to
effect a junction with tbe federal troops
further north and then proceed to Uace-
quy and secure possession of tbe western
end o! tbe railway which runs to Porto
Alegre. Tbe federal forces along tbe
frontier are prcpariug to strike a decisive
blow by gaining possession of Uruguay,
which is destined to be the western ter-
niirns of ihe railway,- and from there
their march toward Cactquy is expected
to be comparatively easy. A large force
is gathered near Santo Tome, while 1000
troops are at Cobeda readv to pouuee
down upon tbe Castilhistas at an; mo
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TELEGEAPHIO NEWS.
How in a Mining Camp.
Wenatchee, Wash., Feb. 23 The fol
lowing special was received from Icicle
this evening: "A shooting scrape, result
ing disastrously to a Mr. Peterson, oc
cured in Abraham's saloon at this place
this evening. The affair was the direct
result of a quarrel over mining claims
last night. For some time Peterson and
Lanning have been prospecting for W. R
Abrams, tbo Ellensburgh banker. Last
night they quarreled, and Linning was
whipped by Peterson. Both men were
drinking today, and hostilities were re
newed tins evening. Peterson bad Lan
ning, who is a one-arzied man, down
and severely beaten. Lmnmg called for
help, saying be was whipped, but no ono
interfered. He then drew a guu, firing
two shots, tbe first entering Peterson's
body, the second parsing through the
neck. Dr. Hozsey, of Weoatcber, was In
town, and was called at once. Peterson
is still alive, but in a critical condition.
Ltnning has been arrested. Peterson is
a middle-aged man, and has a wife and
two children in Minneapolis." -
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The Kansas Muddle.
Topeka, Feb. 21 The supreme court this
morning took up the habeas corpus case of L.
G- Gunn, to test the legality of the Republi
can house. After considetable argument it
was decided that tbe burden of proof rests on
the Republican house. Frank L. Brown,
clerk of the Republican house, was then ex
amined: It is understood tbe policy of tbe
Populists is to delay the hearing by the inter
position of all sorts ot objections until the
Populists can pass all tbe bills tbey desire,
and adjourn before the court can reach a de
cision.
Starvation in Finland.
Sr. Peteksbueo, Feb. 211 In cooae
queoce of the destruction of crops by
frosts last summer, famine and disease is
prevalent throughout Finland, aod more
than 200,000 persons are dependent upon
chant v. The towns and villages are
thronged with beggars. At least 100.000
peasants are barely able to find means of
subsist ance. Tbey have eaten most of
tneir draft animals and domestic pets.
Typhus fever ia carrying off hundreds
dally. . '
A Uarlnic Robbery.
San Jose, Cal., Feb, 21 Shortly after
6 this morning the Chinese employed at
Palo Alto left their quarters to go to
worlr. Tbe cook was left alone. Two
white men and a Chinaman appeared
and bound and gagged tbe cook, and
robbed all tbe trunks, securing, it is re
ported, about $4000 in gold and silver
belonging to the Chinese. Tbe robbers
escaped, but officers are in hot pursuit.
Both Were Killed. -
Houston, Tex., Feb. 21 News of a
double tragedy at Fulshear is received. Dep
utv Sheriff Hoffinan attempted to arrest
George Wade for firing in the street Wade
resisted, and in the fight both were killed.
A Mnrderer Captured.
San Jose, Cal., Feb. 21 J. W. Frost, who
murdered Henry J. Roth, at a railroad camp
at Wright's, has been arrested at Los Gatos
by a deputy sheriff and brought to jail here.
Frost claims that he acted in self-defense.
He says that he was taking a walk after sup
per and started to walk through the stable
yard when he was hailed by Roth and an
other man, who called him vile names. A
quarrel ensued and Roth raised a shovel and
struck at Frost's head. He put up his arm to
ward off the blow, and in selT-deiense he
stabbed Roth in the neck. In the meantime
the man who was with Roth disappeared.
rrost asserts mat be was not drunk and had
not taken any liquor for four months. Frost
said that after the killing he started for Los
uatos to give himself up. tie slept under a
tree two miles from town and went into Los
Gatos. He was on his -way to the justice's
nouse when he was arrested.
Two Freight T. ains Wrecked.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 23. A- wreck on
tbe Pennsylvania an I Sehulkill Valley
road between PLcecixviHe aad Spring
City occured last night. Shifting engine
1202, going ctst with an empty train ot
40 coal cars, col ided with an ex'.ra
freight running west, drawn by engine
709, about one and one half miles west
of Spring City. The shitting engine was
totally demolished, and both engines lay
on their sides with 24 coal cais badly
broken up. Watson Weller, John Den
nis and Walter Brunner, employed bv tbe
coal company at Spring City, were riding
on the shifting engine on their way from
Mornstown. Weller and Dennis were
killed, and Fireman McCord and Flag
man Davis, or tbe shifting engine crew,
who reside at Pbrenixville, were seriously
injured. Fireman McCord died Boon
after tbe accident. It was the result of a
misunderstanding of orders. -
A. Defaulting Police Clerk.
Astoria, Or., Feb. 23 Joseph B.
Cook was arrested here tonight by CMef
Lougb, on a telegram from San Francisco,
for felony and appropriation ot funds,
amounting in all to $8000, in police
court No. 2. Ho ha been living here
under tbe name ot McAllister for three
.Weeks, ar.d during that time lie has been
samblitig and marking faro-boards for
saloons. He has been very quiet and un
assuming, and showed plenty of money,
but. on arrest. Done was found. He
would make no rtatemnt. An i-fficn
left Sin Francisco tonight to Jake
him hack. Cook wss associated with
tho Kelly-Crinimins gang, and '.be
police of Sun FranciFco have bren bunt
ing him fevera! months. Twicej when
recognized bv visitors here, he has
changed his clothes and sawed wood on
the streets. - .
Bflies for lbs world's Fair.
Toronto, Oot., Feb. 23 A couple of
rare b!d relics'for the world's fair passed
through Toronto Junction today, con
sisting of two of the first locomotives
constructed ia Euiope. Tbey were tin It
in Durham, rnglaod, in 1837 aud 183 j
and came from France,.where they wer;
on exhibition. .The government bas
kept these locomotives since tha ari-i
exposition, and it was with difficulty the?
were secured lor the Chicago fair. Thev
are queer pieces of -mechanism as com
pared with those at present in nse, hav
ing vertical cylinders and connection
rods with fireboxes and smokeboxts in
front. The locomotives are accompanied
by a tender aud old fashioned passenger
coach, upholstered in satin.
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Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Tbe South
ern expretson (he Pennsylvania road this
morning collided with an accommodation
train in west fhiiadeiphia. Three cars
of the accommodation train were wrecked
and five -were killed and fifteen injured,
Tbe names have not vet been learned.
A rumor quickljepread tnat it was
President Harrison's special, but this
proved untrue, as the special bad already
passed on tbe way-to New York. Those
killed were in the lat car of the accom
modation train, which was crossing tbe
track of the Southern express and was
hit full in tbe middle by tbe engine of
that tram, smashing it to pieces. Pas
sengers on the express train were uninjured."
Tbe crash of the colliding trains and
tbe screams and shrieks ol the unfortu
nate people pinned down beneath the
broken timbers speeiily attracted an
excited crowd to the scene. Tbe district
police station is but a few squares from
the place where the- accident. occured,
and a cquad of officers were soon 00 tbe
scene, and tbe work of extricating in
jured passengers was soon accomplished.
Ihe accident was due to tbe slippery
condition ot tbe track, making it im
possible lor tbe engineer of the express
to control tbe train. Font wtre killed
and 10 injured, none dangerously. The
kuled are: Mr -and Mrs. E L. Mintzer,
Medina; Mary Reid, Medina; Rev. James
Walker, Lennia. It now appears tbe
president's train was behind tbe express,
and was Delayed half an hour.
Will KiKbt Against Home Rule,
London, Feb 22 It is reported trom
Belfast that the Orange societies in North
Ireland are preparing for a forcible re
sistence to a home rule parliament should
one be established. It is being arranged
that all Irish opponents of home rule
shall simultaneously withdraw their de
posits from tbe postoffice saving banks.
and purchase arms in case physical force
becomes necessary to prevent tbe asser
tion of Irish home rule in TJUter, In-
quiries are already bung made with a
view to contracts to supply tbe latest im
proved weapons, and tbe Orange Club at
Dungannon bas received an offer from a
Birmingham factory of 10.000 Martini
rifles. Excitement is running very high
amoDg tbe . Uister loyalist, and many
declare in event of the enactment of a
home-rule bill a civil war wilffnevitably
A Battle with Cowboys.
Caracas, Venezuela., Feb. 22 A bat
tle is reported to have been fought be'
tween the egents of General Crespo and
Columbian cowboys in the Columbian
state of Casanare. Farmers in that state
attempted to confiscate cattle ot which
Venezuela claims ownership. The cattle
were driven from tbe Venezuelan state of
Tacbira by tbe Contioistic governor.
General Castro, to graze upon lands
which have since been decided to belong
tq Uoiombian territory. The hgnt result
ed from the efforts ot General Crespo's
agents to gain posession of - tbe cattle.
Several persons were killed. -
A Dangerous, Inventor.
Seattle, Feb. 23 Dr. Hannibal G.
Mills, a crank inventor, who has been
here for several days, trying to form a
compny with $1,000,000 capital to ex
hibit bis perpetual motion machine at
the world's fair, 6hot Ole Anderson, pro
prietor ot toe occidental saloon, 10 tbe
left shou der tonight. Tbe wound is
deep, but not dangerous. Mills came in
to tbe salroo aod after taking a drink of
wine, pulled bis gun and shoved it in
Anderson's face and commenced pulline
the 'rigger. The fourtb time it weat off.
aod when tbe doctor saw he bad wound
ed his man be cried like a baby and said
be thought it was not loaded. He came
berc trom Victoria, but registers as a
cosmopolitan.
Evidence T Fearful Crime.
Ottumwa, Ia., Feb. 23 Tbe fire
which burned Adolpb Neise's bouse, wife
and infant yesterday proves on evidence
before the coroner's jury to be a frightful
crime. Tbe jury ordered the arrest
Noise and bis wife's sister, Hattie Fautz.
Ihe story of tbe other children is to the
effect that tbe mother was lying on tbe
bed witb her bead crushed wben the fire
was discovered, and that the floor was
sprinkled witb come fluid, supposed to
be kerosene. Their father covered their
faces so they could not see the flames.
Mrs. Neise'a life was insured lor $5000.
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Ills Cabinet Chosen.
Lakewood, N. J , Feb. 22 Mr. Cleve
land announced this evening that be bad
completed his cabinet by tbe selection of
Ricbbrd Olney, of Boston, for attorney-
general, and Hilary A. Herbert, of Ala
bama, for secretary of tbe navy. This
will mske tbe new cabinet : -
Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana, secre
tary of state.
John O. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary
oi cue treasury.
Daniel 8. Lamont, of New York, scorn
tary of war.
Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama, secre
tary of tbe navy.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, secretary of
the interior.
J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, sec
retary of agriculture.
Kicbard Olney, of Massachusetts, attor
ney-general.
Wilson 8. itisael, of New York, post
master-general.
A Disastrous Bllaaard.
New Yobk, Feb. 23 Throughout this
slate. New England and Pennsylvania a
fierce blizzard raged today. In this city
heavy snowfall this afternoon gave
place to a gale, which banked and
drifted tbe snow badly. In tbe state tbe
train service id many localities is ant
A. Keformed H -Kb. way man.
San Antonia, Tex ., Feb 23 Jud Pow
ell, alias Charles Thompson, who pleaded
guilty before Judge Maxey, of Austin,
yesterday, to tbe charge of train robbery,
has been confined in jail here duriog tbe
past si x months. He, with five others of
the most desperate men in southwest
Ttxas. held op u Southern Pacific traiu
near Fiatonia, east of here, In 1887, rob
bing Wells-Fargo's express of $35,000.
besides receiving a large amount of
money and valuables from tbe passengers
Four of tbe robbers ' have tince been
ki led while resisting arrest. Tbe only
one of them yet sentenced for tbe crime
is "Bill Reeves, who is' serving a life
sentence in the Detroit penitentiary.
l'owell proceeded immediately to Mod
ten, after tbe robbery, gambling all of
his id-gotten wealth away on tbe journey
Arriving at Helena, Mont., he deter
mined to better bis ways. He entered a
Duaioess college tbere, from which be
graduated witb honors. He then ioined
the cburcb and became an active religious
worker. Three years ago be became su
perintendent of an extensive ranch near
Border City,- Mont . He went under ihe
name of .Charles Thompson, and became
tbe accepted suitor of thq daughter of the
owner ot tbe ranch of which be was su
perintendent. A few days before tbe
date . of bis proposed marriage United
States Marshal Frick got on his trail and
arrested bim. This was six months ago.
Powell bas been a model prisoner during
his confinement here, and says be is de
termined to live a i hristaiu life. Tbe
wealthy ranchman's daughter, to whom
he is betrothed, has remained true to the
prisoner, and tbe two corref pond regu
larly. They are to be married as soon as
Powell's term in the penitentiary is com
pleted. Sentence is to be passed upon
tbe prisoner next Saturday. It is ex-
peted be will get off easy.
Fifty Fools Frara n Clnb.
Buidgeton, N. J. Feb. 22 A suicide
club was formed here with about 50
members last night. John Pierce,
prominent cigar dealer, was chosen pres
ident, wito iiidward Cummiogs as sec
retary. Tbey paraded tbe streets, each
waariug a red ribbon with tbe skull sod
corssbooes upon it. A supper Is to he
held each year on Washington s birth
day, wben tbe member who draws the
b'ack ball must die wlthiu a year. Tbe
first supper took place last night.
Tbe Floor Collapsed.
Toronto, Feb. 23 During a Masonic
entertainment last evening ia Odd Fel
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lows' hall, at Weston, 10 miles from
here, the floor suddenly collapsed and
hundreds of persons were precipitated
to tbe lower floor. Severn I sustained
serious injuries, among -tbem W. Forsy-
tbe, leg broken ; Dr. rerasoo, leg broken ;
Mrs. f ryers, sbouldtr broken; woman,
name not learned, seriously injured in
ternally, may not recover. .
Presidential dominations.
Washingtoh, Feb. 23 Tbe president
sent to tbe senate tbe nominations of
Benton Harchett, of Michigan, to too
ceed Judge Jackson as United States cir
cuit judge of tbe sixth district; J E.
Cochran, of Nebraska, consul to San Sal
vador; R B Llewellyn, ot Utah, probate
judge, Ban fete county, Utah. .
Smallpox at Weak Bay.
Port Towhsrnd, Wash., Feb 23 Ooe
case of smallpox bas been discovered
among tbe Makab Indians on Keuh bay.
Quarantine regulations have been adopt
ed and steamers will not receive or land
passengers at that port. Much apore
bension is felt less the Indians epread
the disease along the Sound,
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