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THE WEEKLY HEPPNER GAZETTE JANUARY 7, 1892-
SECRETARY ELKINS.
A Republican Business
Man.
HIS kirORD AXALYZIiD.
ou ll and Itlaine HI I Toeih-r on
Ilia Nolorioua .lnwfltl Claim I
Connection Willi the SI. I- Hull e
New York I'ml. I
There can be noqiiestion that Stephen
Fi. Klkins, whom tlie President bus nom
inated for Secretary of War, is one of
the moat representative Republicans of
his time. We doubt if there could be
found in the country today a man who
typifies more perfectly than he does the
principles and tendencies of the latter
day Kepubiican politician, lie in, as
one of the Republican boys of this city
described himscll to be last night, "a
Republican from the crown ot his head
to the soles of his feet." For more than
20 years he has been devoting all his
energies to the cultivation of Republi
canism as tie understands it, that is, has
few months ago it was discovered that
Mr. Elkins, as a member of the North
America Commercial company, bad
great financial interests at stake in pre
venting a settlement, aud it was only
with the greatest difficulty and after
long delay that his interests were com
piled to give way. It was intimated at
the time that the president's son and
other republican business men were in
terested with Mr. Klkins in this enter
prise, and our Washington correspond
ent hints in his dispatches today that
the president's son has been "let into"
several other of the good things which
Mr. Klkins has control of, and that this
kindness to the son has had some influ
ence in securing the appointment.
We have touched upon only the chief
incidents in a busy career of this emi
nent republican business man, but
enough has been given to show what his
claims to the position are, and lo fore
shadow with sufficient clearness the
kind of a secretary of war he will make.
II In Veel (Jonaacaled and HI,
Mle Prlaonen, But Nil
drained -Haid u Have liren l.i
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STKVIi Iit.KINH.
been making his politics and his busi
ness work together for the good of
Stephen If. Klkins. The h k 1 1 with
which he has directed those energies is
shown by the grand results. He is to
day u very rich man and about to be a
member of the Cabnet. Tlie different
steps by which be has reached those
goals are so full of instruction that we
shall trace them in their order as briefly
and dispassionately as possible
He began his political business career
in New Mexico when, in 18117, he became
a member of the Legislature of that
Territory. Two years later President
Andrew Johnson appointed him district
attorney of the Territory, and he held
the ollice till 1873, when he was elected
u delegate from Mew Mexico to Con
gress, lie served two terms in this
capacity, Incoming during his service
greatly interested in mining ventures,
all of which had special Congressional
grants, or Territorial court decisions, or
some other political complication which
enhanced their value to Mr. Klkins and
other stockholders. One of his most
famous ventures at this time was the
Maxwell land grant, a Mexican bound
ary claim with a bill behind it. Mr.
Klkins worked so zealously for this bill
that it was passed, and the grant was
afterwards sold to a Dutch syndicate for
several million dollars. Prolonged liti
gation and ugly charges ol irregular con
duct followed the salo, hut it was said
mat nir. iMKins nan severed Ins connec
tion with the business before the sc
dills appeared.
In IHiB Mr. Klkins may be said to
have entered unon his career as a nil'
tioiuil business Republican by becoming
a ineiunerol the National Republican
committee, a position which he has held
continuously ever since. Ho had about
the iiaine tinio become tlie warm per
sonal friend and admirer of .lames i.
Blaine. When the Star-route investiga
tion began in 1HKI, alter (larlield'B in
auguration, it was charged but not
proved that Mr. Klkins, in bis capacity
as a territorial Republican business
man, hail been connected more or less
intimately with some of the objection
able contracts. Stephen V. Dorsey, an
other Republican business man, was
shown to have been connected very
closeiy n ith them, and in a statement
which be made in 1884 Mr. Horsey said:
"S. 1(. Klkins, United Hank building,
New York, has probably a larger knowl
edge than any oilier person of all the
star-route mutters and the moneys paid,
(ieoige K. Spencer demanded of the late
J. V. Hosier and myseli $12,000 to pay
Mr. Klkins for the purpose o avoiding
indictment and npisoiMition, and I re
plied that 1 would not pny a penny, and
never did."
In 1881 Mr. Klkins took a most active
part both in tlie nomination of Mr.
itlaine for the presidency and ill the
campaign for his electioii. Alter Mr.
Cleveland entered upon the presidency
and Mr. Bayard had become secretary
ol slate, there whs found in the state
department a claim against Hniz.il for
IoO.OOO.Oih), made by one .lewett for an
alleged discovery of guuuobeds in Brazil.
Mr. Kvarts, as secretary of state, twice
rejected the claim. The accompanying
correspondence showed that Jenett'had
retained .Mr. Klkins as counsel, and that
Mr. I'.laine, while liarlield's secretary of
state, on August 8, 1881, had- written to
Mr. Osborne, the United Stales minister
in Brazil, leversinj Mr. Kvarts' decis
ions mill instructions in regard to the
claims; and that Mr. I'.laine had writ
ten also to Mr. Jewett saving that he
had reopened the claim "at the request
ot Stephen It. Klkins, Esq., your attor
ney." In his letter to Mr. Osborne, .Mr.
Itlaine said: lam not sufficiently in
lorined as to the law ot Brazil to know
how far its formal requirements as to
the mere question of right and title
would nullity this action by its govern
ment, but 1 do know that in justice and
equity a responsibility has been in
curred which can lot be escaped."
While the reopened claim was being
thus pressed by Secretary Blaine and
Mr. Klkins, President (in. Hold was ling
ering oem ecu uie anil ilealli. Alter his
death, Mr. Blaine was succeeded in ollice
by Mr. l-'ielinghiiysen. Nothing was
done with the claim during the hitter's
term. When .Mr. Bayard had consider
ed it carefully, he said of it: "Such a
claim, so stated, shocks the moral sense,
and cannot be held to be within the
domainof reason or justice. It would bo
in act of international unirieiidlinoss for
the I'nitod Stales to lend itself in
any way or to any degree in urging,
much less enforcing, such 11 demand ii
on a country with whom we are, or de
sign to remain, on terms of aiuitv. 1,
therefore, return the protest us enclosed
by you, and decline to transmit it to the
t inted States Minister at Brazil, or to
instruct him to present it a ohVillv or
otherwise.
While the Rerhing sea negotiations
with Great Britain were in progress a
San Francisco. Dec. 28. Cantain
Alexander McLean, late commander of
the American sealer, James H. Lewis,
has arrived from Siberia and is quar
tered at Angel island. He brings with
him a fragment of the American flag
which was cut down from the masthead
of an American vessel by sailors of the
raissian cutter "Alert." Captain Mc
Lean lens tins story.
We were twenty-five miles off Copper
island, when, August 2, the Russian cut
ter bore down on us nnd without any
parley, seized the James Hamilton
Lewis, and placed a prize crew on board.
The American flag was floating at the
masthead, and as the halyards wen
jammed and cut, it was no eaBy matter
to get it down. Several attempts were
made, but they were unsuccessful. A
young Hussian sailor at last succeeded
in climbing to the mast-head, lie was
unable to pull the flag down, so he cut
and tore off all he could of it.
I regarded this action as an insult to
tlie American government, and said so,
but the Russians on board Beemed
bound to get the colors down, and the
crew of tha Lewis, being prisoners, were
unable to prevent it. We were sup
posed to be on our way to Vladivostock
to stand trial for being found fitted out
for sealing in Russian wators. Soon as
the American flag was torn from the
masthead, the Russian colors were run
"P.
The portion of the American flag
brought to the deck was torn into small
pieces, winch were thrown overboard.
llie remaining rajged piece at the mast
still flew to the breeze and remained
thereuntil the schooner was formally con-
tiscated at Vladivostock. whore the name
James Hamilton Lewie was obliterated
and a Russian name substituted. We
were never tried by any Russian court,
but were kept as government nrisoners
at Vladivostock for over two months.
e were free to roam about the place,
but could not leave Siberia without the
necessary permission.
1 made a formal protost to the Rus
sian office against the conliscation of our
schooner, but it wag without avail. At
lust they got tired feeding us and gave
us permiBBion to get out of the country,
which we did in short order. As soon
ns we reached Nagasaki, I made a
formal complaint to the United States
consul there. 1 will take the matter be
fore the authorities at Washington and
will begin action for damages against
the Russian government.
II" AlllltllinotMl lIU IlllDllllllU of Killing
(i.ortfo v. Chilli.
Puii.ADm.eiiiA, Pa., Dec. 28 A crank
who gave bis name as J. liotuipartal
entered the private office of 0. W.
Chillis in the Ledger building Saturday
afternoon and told the clerk at the
door that he must see the publisher.
When asked to state the nature of his
business the man said simply: "1 in
tend to kill hiui."
The clerk intercepted the fellow,
whereupon he drew a murderous looking
knife. Several other clerks hurried in
at this moment and the man made his
escape. The occurrence was reported to
police headquarters, and late in the
afternoon they arrested the man at the
Red Lion hotel and took him to the city
hall, where an examination satisfied il,n
doctors that the man was Insane. He
was sent to the hospital.
A Tiller Hleai me r7.u,ei"P of u t'ne
Nei.gi'r on it Nleeplng Oar.
(Iknkva. Ohio. Dec. 28. A
chase took place here recently. While
tho vestibuled sleeper.No.12, eastbound,
was sidetracked awaiting the clearing ol
a freight wreck at King's Valley, a pas
senger awoko and saw a thief running
from the car with hia trousers, which
contained :(50 in cash. He uiirsued
tlie thief to Main's store-room where the
culprit dropped the garments, which
ii--giiiiieu wituout loss. The gen
tleman cooly wrapped his coat about
him and marched back to the car, with
the crowd applauding heartiiy.
Helug rieluforced l.y llnoirter from
Ilia IHrxtiiitn Army.
Bi(oWNNVii.i.K, Tex.. Pec. 28 It is
reportod that a party of armed men are
encamped, near lumpaquez, on a ranch
on the dividing line of Cameron and
llildaego counties. They aro under the
command ol r rancosco Aredandos, a de
serter irom tlie Mexican army, and it is
supposed they intend joining the Gamin
outlaws.
Alamo, the Mexican, who committed
two murders on Padre island, Texas,
and who was arrested by the Mexican
authorities, and was being held pending
the issuance of extradition papers, es
caped with five others from the Mata
uiorus jail last night and crossed the
river to Texas to join Aredandos' band,
llama's men are roportod hiding in a
cliapparral.
All dm Kmpliiyea ot (lie an Anloiilii
Decide III u Dill
San Antonio. Tex.. Dec. 2s At five
o'clock tomorrow morning all tho em
ployes ot ttie San Antonio et Arkansas
Passonger Railway Company operating
department, will strike, tying un the
entire system of 000 miles of road. The
trouble dates back to the discharge of
Conductor O'Brien by Superintendent
anus tor au alleged violation of orders.
The men are acting under instructions
from the chairmau of labor federation
board.
Dangnroualy IVouiuM,
Kkso, Nov., Dec. 28. A man named
Ben Pierce shot Patsy Hamilton, an em
ploye of the Nevada & California rail
road, in the Russ house last night. The
wound is sa:d to be of a very dangerous
charaiter, it lieiug about an inch below
tue mart, ine shooting is said to have
Iwon without provocation. Pierce is in
jail.
Neerelary Putter Recovering.
Waniiinuton, D. C, Dec. 28 Secretary
Foster went for a short drive today. He
stated that he is so much improved in
health that be will attend a meeting of
the cabinet tomorrow.
St. Locim, Dec. 2 The report re
ceived by telegraph that John Anderson
was arrested in Albany, N. Y., is of great
interest to many people in St-, l-ouis,
where the man cut a wide swath as a
matrimonial adventurer. He came to
St. Ixjuis something like three weeks
ago and put up at a small but aristo
cratic hotel on Washington avenue. He
Beemed to have plenty ol money, and
lived high. He said he was a wealthy
ranchowner of California, and wanted a
middle-aged lady of means to join her
fortune with his.
He received many answers, ami came
to an understanding with a Mrs. Purcoll,
who owned a small store and something
like $2000 in cash. While he was
negotiating with her a widow from
liirard, Kas., accompanied by a young
man, put in his appearance. It has since
been developed that Anderson had been
to Ciirard, met this woman, persuaded
her to sell some coal lands and join him
nere. lie nail told her to bring a stout
young man with her to act as superin
tendent of his ranch.
He met the pair and domiciled them
at a cheap hotel. Then he wanted her
to let him have the money she got for
the land, but she refused. He then got
the young man to give him ifOO and say
ing he would go and get the marriage
iiconse and then buy the railroad tickets
for the party, he departed. He went
straight to the station, and with Mrs.
Purcell, lelt for Cleveland, Ohio. The
Kansas widow returned to her home
very much disgusted. When ho reached
Cleveland Anderson robbed Mm. Pur
cell, whom he had married, and leaving
her destitute, disappeared. It was for
tins crime that he was arrested in Al
bany.
He aiso fooled three other women,
One of these, a young girl 10 years old
is supposed to be an iiccomnlioe: nn
other about 18 years old, eloped to Chi
cago witli him several montlm aur.
These two are apparently anxious to
keen their experience secret, and. as far
as known, they do not say that he mar-
neo. mem.
The third, however, is a middle-aged
woman, w nom the police C ill "the mys
tery." She has told the chief of uolice
her name and who she is, but otherwise
ner identity is a secret. She says An
derson married her over a year ago, and
she will put him in the penitentiary for
bigamy if possible. She says he is an
American, although he claims to be a
Hollander. She says be is an educated
man and possesses some property, but
frequently gets into a tight place finan
cially and then his game is invariably to
get into the good graces of some foolish
woman and get her money. She va
she has been on his trail for six months
and will follow him to the end of the
earth to see him punished.
BLIND BOSS BUCKLEl!'
Sayi That NoUuuiunt Pr-p.
for Wr are Baing tUie,
Kul iba Secretary of VVtr I buh-
TVlA InmAi Prtl .iior. I Washington.
i ciiiiuLlJ 1 Jll Lilian Tracy 'aoilicea presented a busy ecene
Dec. 28 Secretary
in London.
GRANTS AN IN I'LKVlhW,
Sjya the Tr.HihfH
Only a. I.ltile rtrl.
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San Francco 14
f I III , li elai an
iil.ir anil HniiNHlf
this morniiig. Within au hour he saw
! Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate
i committee on appropriations, Senator
Cameron, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, Senator Butler, member of
! the same committee, Senators Frye and
Hale, Chief Constructor Wilson, Chief
I Engineer Melville, Captain Phillips, who
I is to command the new cruiser New
York, Lieutenant Mason, execu
tive officer of the same vessel
Commodore Folger, chief of ordnance;
Commander Chadwick and lastly Charles
C. S. Cramp,builder. Notwithstanding
this sign of official activity aiyl the
reports printed of unusual work at the
navv yard, officials of the navy departr
i ment deny that there is the least speck
of war cloud on the diplomatic horizon.
Assistant Secretary Souley said he iiad
already expressed his views as to the
navy yard. When asked where the San
Francisco was bound to he declined to
give a definite answer. He was re
minded that the labt time she
went out for "gun practice," as
reported by the department, she
had next been heard of at Valpa
raiso. He said the vessel had no
orders tor the Chili naval officers. When
asked if the cruiser was bound for Aca
puico he replied that she would not go
as far south as Mexico. He also Btated
that the Baltimore is now possibly north
ot ranamaon tier way to San rranciseo.
lo Ite Ciiuforred
All Who IV a
Vrcueh C'tiurl-Unsue.
id llie Atcublauuj fir
l Recently Fined by a
-Serlou Trouble May
Ihoy Carrie I uiil iliilr Onl.r Ei
il eltly anil Art I.irll -u nit Ovt-r
Slorlo. Wrl le I Ijf 9 on of the
Newspaper Cfirri.Siioudu
Fokt Mkadk, S. D., Dec. 26 In a
recent issue of a New York newspaper
there appeared an article headed, "Sit
ting Hull's Death," which purported to
be an interview with Conrad Disstler.
Lieutenant Slocura, of the Eighth
cavalry, who was present at tho time
Sitting Bull was killed, now makes the
following statement in regard to the
affair :
Sitting Hull, from hia village on
Grande river, had sent a note of de
fiance to Agent McLaughlin ut Fort
Yates, and as a token of hostility to the
whites he had broken his peace pipe
and had sent the shattered stem to his
agent. lie had gathorod about him
some 1150 fanatical Indians, all imbued
with the mania of ghost dancing and
hud fixed the date of his departure with
his band for the P.aJ Lands near Pine
Ridgo. Tins we learned from scouts
sent out from Fort Yates when it was
found out for certain what hia intentions
were.
Forty-four of the Indian police were
sent out. It wiih no child's play for this
handful of men. They went out with
ordoiB to bring in the noted chief alive,
if possible, but nt nil events to bring
him, and no bedy of men ever curried
out more hazardous orders in a tuore
loyal manner. They left the agency jiiBt
after dark of December 14th, expecting
to make the capture at daylight. Two
troops of the F.ighth cavalry, F. and U,
left at midnight, to be at Sitting Bull's
village also at daylight to support the
police and prevent a recapture.
At day break of the 10th we were ap
proaching the bluffs overlooking Sitting
Bull's village Our horses were in a
swinging gallon. We reached the crest
of the bin tl and, looking down, saw Sit
ting nun's village under us. The police
were occupying Sitting Bull's bouse,
their ammunition nearly gone, but still
keoping up the light. Several dead were
lying around. The urst body we recog
nized was that of Sitting Bull. He was
lying on hia back with a bullet through
his head and one through his left breast.
The manner of Ins death was as follows:
The police entered his village juat at
dawn and going to Sitting Bull's house
they awoko him and told him to iret no
and come w ith them.that they were going
io iiiae nun to me agency, ana tuat it
no resistance n as offered he would not
be harmed. Sitting Bull dressed and
waa led outside. The first lieutenant
was on one side of him and the second
lieutenant on the other; they started to
lead him toward a pony they had ready
saddled for him.
At this moment, Sittin ' Bull began to
yell, and the Indians swarmed out of
their houses and teepees, each witu his
gun in his hand, outnumbering the
ponce neuriv nine to one. Mrs was
opened at 5 yards' distance, and both
lieutenants tell at tho first tire. Bull
Head, as he dropped, lired at Sitting
Bull with his revolver, shooting him
through the head. Red Tomahawk.
who was himself exposed to a murder
ous ttre, turned, and, with his Win
chester, shot Sitting Bull through the
breast. Tho police were then obliged to
seek shelter in the house.
The Indian police at Standing Rock
are indignant at tho slur cast upon
them by tho correspondent. The little
monument on Urunde river, erected by
tho agent and these two troops of the
Eighth cavalry, marks the spot where
he died.
ihry I-in a lruimiier 11 IV I he Train aud
Made the Vouug l.ailleft tHng
usual activity at the naval gun factory.
Cramp also insisted that his force is
not working faster or longer than usual,
llo said Commodore Wilson, chief
inspector, had gone over to Philadel
phia to inspect the progress of
naval work and on Saturday had not
found a single man of 3000 employes
at work. Moreover Cramp did not be
lieve half his force was at work today, as
they are keeping holiday season. At
the Department of State matters moved
along in the usual serene fashion anil
there is not a trace of warlike excite
ment. The officials say nothing has
been heard from Minister Egan since
the 23d inst. Why he did not attend
President Montt'e inauguration Saturday
at tho j they did not know and doubted the
correctness of the report to that
effect. At the War department
neitner Acting secretary (jran nor
Major (ieneral Schofield who would cer
tainly have been in a position to know
had any information of an intention to
appoint (ieneral Milea to command in
the event of war with Chili. In fact the
only sign of warlike preparation
visible at the executive depart
ments consisted in the order
issued Saturday for the immediate
preparation of the new 12-inch gun just
completed at the navy vard here for
transportation to California, together
wnn wuu pounua ot powder and 11,000
shellB. Senor Montt, the Chilian min
ister, called at the department of state
at noon. He had an interview with
Secretary Blaine for half an hour.
11-14 Snipped Drinking- Now.
New York, Dec. 28 Edward M.
Field, neither eats nor drinks and is
growing weaker every day. He passed
a restless night. This morning he re
fused to take breakfast and complains of
pains in the head. He refuses to touch
medicine.
Hewitt . .Involved In
Kyert-tt Laud butt.
II I
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 28 Half a
dozen cowboya took possession of the
south bound passenger train on the In
ternational & Ureat Northern railroad
i0 miles north of here last night. They
boarded the train at Buda station and
their first act was to force a Chicago
drummer oil' the moving train because
he wore a red cravutandahigh silk bat.
They then made a number of young
ladies in the Pullman coach sing for
them, enforcing all demands with drawn
pistols. They ruled the traiu for 20
miles when they stepped off at a way
station.
Liiniion, Dec. as Christopher A.
Buckley, the famous blind politician of
San Francisco, whose movements for
some time have been a mystery, ar
rived here on Wednesday night on his
way to Wiesbaden. Buckley' consented
to an interview with u correspondent
and gave a most remarkable account of
the state of affairs in California. When
asked about the San Francisco trouble,
the blind man smiled and f.aid :
"it'se. little party light; that's all.
The question is whether the Democratic
party in San Francisco is to bo run by
an ex-chiel justice of tho supreme court,
a reformed stock broker and an unde
veloped young man who bangs his hair
and puts up for a newspaperor whether
the party is to be run bv me.
"The iudill'eience of' the citizens is
such that politics has every show there.
Hub newspaper which has got plenty of
money behind it, but is not successful,
manes a deal of talk- about the public
interest in order to increase its circula
tion it has always been with me when
it could make anything bv it. But now
it's going to fool the pubfic by fighting
me. 1 left San Francisco on the first of
September. I went to Montreal to make
a visit of two months.
"After 1 left William T. Wallace, ex
chief justice of the supreme court, now
head of the superior court in San Fran
cisco, took the law into bis own hands.
He called a grand jury of his own and
had me indicted for bribery. This took
place two montlm after I left. The
charge was not true, legally or other
wise, I having been in Eur.pe
nine, ii mis iiiiin uiinaceli.nl been a
public-spirited citizen, b;ick.-d by honest
popular indignation. 1 should have
had nothing to say, but I put Wallace
on the Superior bench.
"The ex-chief justice bogged me to
put him back into politics, which I did.
Wallace was a rich man and alwav-. h.nl
an itching for ollice. Last year he
wanted the nomination for the Supreme
bench. 1 refused for several reasons:
one waa that the party would not have
mm, tne other was that charges were
made against his integrity with ntfi.
davits. I believe, by a local paper.
"When he was once before a candidate
for office these charges had never heon
satisfactorily answered, so far as I knew,
ana wn.'n 1 relused he was -niter vamrrv
and swore in the presi nee of the Su
perior judges at San Jose that he would
put me in jail. This he tried to do in
selecting the grand jury bv overriding
the law, as he had explicitly laid itdown
nimseii when bupreme nidge. I don't
think a man of this kind, whose first
idea of reforming a city is treachery to
his friends and gratitication of personal
spite, will ever reform the eitv to any
great extent.
ihe same tlimj' is true of the news
paper. I his is a sensational nuner
named the Examiner, hitherto called
by other papers 'Buckley's Morning Or
gan.' Itus is the property of young
Hearst, son of Senator Hearst. He is
a good young fellow, but feather-headed.
This young fellow owes me every possi
ble debt ot gratitude. I mado his father
United States senator. When a vacancy
in the senate for California occurred, 1
had arranged with (ieneral StoiiBinan.
then governor of California, for the ap
pointment oi another num. stoneman
wanted a recommendation for governor
for himself.
"This was all settled with a friend of
Hearst, who came to mo and said he
first wanted the appointment. There
was no reason fur my consenting, but 1
consented on condition that this friend
would fix the matter with Stoneman
and relieve me of any obligation to the
latter, which he did. 1 got nothing for
it.
"The Examiner, since the young fel
low has been at the head of "it, has al
ways been with us when there has been
anything to be gained. Young Hearst
came to me at San Jose last year when
Steve White was seeking the endorse
ment of the Democratic State convention
for the United States Senate and wanted
me to use my influence to put White
down. I could not do it, be being a per
sonal friend ot mine, and making his
fight quite independent of me. Because
I wouldn't do what I couldn't do
Young Hearst, who had been getting
advertising.inforinution mid political aid
for a long time through me, turns enemy
and starts in to down uie.
"I'm willing to leave the thing to the
people," continued Buckley. "I've been
managing the Democratic party
j'risco for 15 years, and during' that
time that city has never had a defaulter.
My business is politics and they say a
politician is a puiitic enemy,
but how is it that San Francisco
has less tuxes than any other
large city in the I'uited States? How
is it that alter 15 years of nearly con
tinuous Democratic administration San
Francisco does notowe one dollar ? How
was it that we came in January, 1883,
with the city UiOO.OOO in debt! at the
end of a year we had paid off' the d.-bt
aud reduced tuxes to i7.. centa? How
IB that the city hall commission, where
millions have been spent, has never had
a charge of any kind made against it?
"How is it that when I could have put
men on the commission who would hive
wasted or stolen hundreds of thousands
1 always nominated, with the help of
my friends, men who were unexception
able ?
"1 left Montreal on the 30th of last
month. I left New Y'ork, and received
on Monday of last week information that
the supreme court of California had de
clared the grand jury illegal, citing
against him his own previous decision
in a similar matter. I also heard the
paper had quit attacking me, but 1 don't
know if this be true, and don't care."
"What about the reformed stock
brokers"
"He is a State senator, Jen v Lynch. !
lie started out to down me all by him
self, because lie love I the dear people.
Tl.a I..,,, i.i. I. I...... I....I i
nomination tor Congress, and didn't get ' C.utler 1,nJ t-'oU'iis had been snitors for
it .. fc : the same girl and the rivalry changed
'"When are von going back to San ! V!VTi '" int0, w"ef
Francisco"" ' The girl seemed to prefer Collins. Sua-
"About March. 1 think." ; p.cion was directed to Cutler, au l he
"What shall von do on your return"" ! ". UB viuence was in
Romk, Dec. 20 It is the intention ot
the Pope, says the Directiro, to confer
the grand order of the Croaa of Christ
upon the archbishop of Aix, as a token
oi the sympathy of bis holiness with
the archbishop in the Litter's recent
conviction aud fine for writing an in
sulting letter to the French Minister of
Public Worship. Should this informa
tion prove correct, it means that this is
the Pope's defiance to the French gov
ernment, and that a serious outcome
may be anticipated in the near future.
Pauls, Dec. 2ti Newa has been re
ceived from Rome that the pope intends
to confer the grand cross of the Order of
Christ upon the Archbishop of Aix. In
the present atate of public feeling when
a movement is on foot to separate
church and state as one result ot tlie
He Kai UallierlUK In Valuablea When
t..e Cool Condualor Outwitted Him,
Aided by m 3elf-Foeaed Young
Lady Escaped Badly Wiinadtd.
Minnkapoi.is, Minn., Dec. 26. The
members of tlie train crew of the Chi
cago & Northwestern vestibuled limited
train which arrived here at 1:40 p. m.
yesterday afternoon, tell a remarkable
atory of an attempted robbery. The
train had just left Eau Claire and stop
ped at a small station this side of that
place, when a man boarded it. The man
wulked forward to the first coach and
fastened the door by taking a seat cush
ion and placing it againet the lock. He
then pulled two immense revolvers from
under his coat, and the passengers were
startled by bearing him shout in sten
torian tones: "Throw up your hands."
He accompanied his remarks in lan
guage more forcible than polite and
there was a spontaneous exhibition of
Archbishop of Aix's conduct, supported i01"1'3 Hn!er ri"'; .theu adopted
as he was by tetters ot other distin
guished prelates, such a step upon the
part oi the Vatican is significant, and
will be looked upon here, should the
newa prove correct, as a defiance upon
the part of the pope of the government
of this country, mid the reply of the
French government may not be slow in
forthcoming. The Archbishop of Bor
deaux, it will be remembered, made a
common cause with Monsignor Goulhe
in a diocesan letter which he addressed
to all Catholics iu France, in this letter
the archbishop defends the right of
members of the episcopate to join in
ilgrimages to Rome.
the archbishop of Aix was recently
u.i.moiore ro.ger cuiei o uie orn- n, 2000 francs because of a letter be
nance uureuu, auueu to tue geuei.il
denial by Baying that there is no un
Snohomish, Dec. 28 One of the most
important cases ever instituted in this
county was begun before Judge Denny
on Saturday. The amount is very
heavy and the proporty in question lies
almost in the heart of Everett.
Briefly stated the case is as follows:
In 1808 Erskine Kronier tiled a home
stead right on 100 acres of land in sec
tion 30 now a part of liverett. He
proved up on the land and in 1870 se
cured Ins patent. In 1885 Kromer died,
bequeathing the proporty in question to
his son, Victor K. Kromer, a lad now
about 15 years of ago. Kromer left
some money (or his wife, and several
lots in Seattle for his other children.
In his will Kromer provided that his
homestead should not be sold until his
sou had reached the age of maturity.
In 188t the guardian appointed made
application to the probate court to sell
the homestead, alleging that he could
invest the proceeds much more advan
tageously. Kramer's widow appeared
and contested the application, setting
up that the homestead waa community
property, and that she was entitled to
one-half of it.
The probate court, however, held
that as she had accented the money left
her by Kromer in hia will, she was,
therefore, estopped from claiming that
this was community property. "From
this decision Mrs. Kromer appealed to
the superior court, which reversed the
decision of tho probate court, and held
that she was entitled to ono half of the
homestead.
Mrs. Kromer thereupon sold her half
io r. r. rriuay ior ifiouu. f inlay im
mediately commenced an action in the
Superior court, contending for a sale of
the entire homestead claim, alleging
that to partition tho property instead of
the proceeds of a sale would work umnt.
hardship to all parties interested. The
court thereupon ordered the entire
tract sold, and Friday became the
owner, paying $1)500 for the minor heir's
half.
Friday then sold the land to tiie
Rucker brothers and Henry Hewitt. Jr.
for $25,000.
The present proceedings are brought
to set aside all the acts of the Probate
and Superior courts and all the deeds
made to the several parties, upon the
allegation that none of the courts had
jurisdiction in the premises, and for the
further reason that the Rucker brothers,
Friday and Henry Hewitt were oniltv
of fraud in procuring the 'deeds and
orders of the court ; that aa this prop
erty was always the Beparate property
of Kromer, and that as be had be
queathed it to his son Victor, it could
uui oe soiu unui tue neir reached his
majority.
a 'li:re-
of
He ' Onci Arr.tit
Murder.
Pi tnam, Conn.. Dec. 28 Charles X.
Cutler, died here a few days ago amid
surroundings indicating extreme dov-
erry, but leaving an estate valued at
lOO.OOJ, One night away back in tho i
oo s (. haries (Joilina was shot dead while
j crossing a bridge, and it was generally
believed that Cutler waa the murderer.
had written concerning the French Min
ister of Public Worship. Several weeks
ago a number of French Catholics hud
gone to Rome on a pilgrimage and
while there had been maltreated. The
French government took no action in
the mutter and gave rise, to the disgust
which the archbishop of Aix vented on
the head of the Minister of Public wor
ship, lie was brought to trial, and to
the astonishment of everybody, was
heavily fined. His course has now be
come one of international interest and
may lead to a factional political tight in
France which would overthrow the
present ministry.
Au K.rly Se.tlemeiit of KiNtlng Trou
bles tixpected.
Washiniiton, D. C, Dec. 20 An early
settlement of existing difficulties with
Chili is confidently expected by officials
nere. hat tne nature oi the settle
ment will be depends entirely upon the
government of Chili. The policy of
waiting has been adopted by this gov
ernment ior the reason that the diffi
culties that led to the present condition
of things occurred under the administra
tion of the provisional junta government
in Chili which might not represent in
any degree the beliei of the people when
matters were fairly put before them, but
it hai never been proposed or conceived
even that Chili would not be held to
strict accountability for the unfortunate
or wanton attacks" by the Valparaiso
mob upon the Baltimore's men, result
ing in the death of two of them. That
will be vigorously pressed at the proper
time and in a proper way.
That time has now arrived. Today
the provisional government gives way
to the new government, under President
Montt, elected since the fall of Balma
ceda and the success of the Congres
sionali8ts. It has been hoped of Presi
dent Harrison and Secretary Blaine that
in the new cabinet the minister of for
eign affairs might be found one who
would not reflect the views of the radi
cal element in the country, which is
evidently bent on refusing to make
suitable reparation for attaiika upon the
Baltimore's sailors and subsequent in
dignities heaped upou Minister Egan
and occupants of the United States
legation.
This hope I as been encouraged bv ex
pressions oi Minister Muni t, who in all
his communications with the State de
partment bus given assurances nf the
pacific intention of Chili's government.
While it is true these assurances have
apparently not been bjrue out by the
action oi the people aud officials of
Chili, Secretary Blaine has been content
with them pending the change of Gov
ernment there. " "
But the authorities have not been idle
under this state of affairs and despite
formal official denials to the contrary
it may be stated with a de. roe fit cnn.
fidence that suitable arrangements have
been made to moot any probable ex
igency that could arise in relations be
tween the two countries; that the Uni
ted States would not be taken at a dis
advantage or by surprise whatever.
Hoavy Mn.iiv, Intett4t, tjid, I'ralna le
lay d and Slock Nullerlng.
Omaha, Dec. 2d All day yesterday a
blizzard prevailed throughout Nebraska.
The western part of the Stato was in the
storm's embrace several hours earlier.
The weather turned intensely cold. The
w uuoiewaia lerritic rate and snow
fell in great quantities. Traffic on all
railroads in the State is seriously re
tarded, nnd in many cases alon' the
western division of the Union Pacific
trains are blockaded. The snow has
drifted seriously. Stock has suffered
intensely, but farmers feel partially
compensated for loss of stock in the fact
that, having their winter wheat well
protected in the interior portion and
the heavy tall of snow occurred before
it turned so cold, consequently winter
Ki.nii m wen protected, The storm ex
tended throughout Kansas, Colorado
Wyoming and thu Ditkotas. In Wyom
ing the loss to stock is reported unusu
ally large, with a complete train blockade.
an unique method of robbing the nas-
sengers. lie ordered them to march up
to a front seat one by one and deposit
I their valuables there. Two or three
nau starteu to uo so anu there was a
watch, two ocketbooks and a finger
ring as a nucleus lor the collection
when the conductor coming forward
started to go through the train. On
arriving ut tiie door he saw the trouble
inside the couch. He showed his gen
eralship by not rushing against the door
which lie observed waa fastened with a
ushiuii trame.
The train was slowing up for the next
station and Howard hastily called the
brakeiuan. He told him that he would
jump off tho train, attract attention by
climbing to the rear of the coach, and theu
the brukemuii was to force the door.
The scheme was carried out. Howard
jumped off the cur, caught the rear plat
term and quifkly opened the door. He
sprang behind a Beat. He also had a
big revolver, which he got ready for ser
vice. The robber saw him and as soon as he
observed Howard's belligerant attitude,
he plunge t a bullet at him. Howard
returned the tire and the robber ad
vanced down the center of the car slowly
waiting for a chance to get a good shot
ut the conductor. Frank Lane, the
brakeman, attempted to force the door
but the brace against it held it firmly.
His gesticulatioua, however, attracted
the attention of Mi88 Mary Schetber,
who waa sitting in one of the front seata,
and she pluckily stepped to the door
and pulled the seat away.
Lane stepped into the car and he alao
had a revolver. By this time two or
three of the passengers who could see
that the chances were now against the
robber regained their self-possession and
they in turn found revolvers, which
they produced. The robber was by this
time in the center of the car, and he was
just preparing to take another shot at
Howard when Lane lired and dodged be
hind a seat. The robber turned and
Howard fired at him, hitting him appar
ently in the shoulder, as one of his arms
dropped t his side. He ran into the
closet and was locked in there, but
jumped out of the window almost as
soon as the door was closed.
The passengers were returned their
money and valuables, which he had left
untouched on the car seat. The de
tectives of the company have started
from Minneapolis and Chicago for the
scene of the attempted robbery, and
every effort will be made to capture the
desperado, lie wore a heavy seal ring
on the little ringer of hia left hand. The
company will offer a large reward for
hie capture.
Ooe.oia .uid Clergymen Overworked In
an Kaatern Towu.
Haveuhim, Mass., Dec. 2(1 The
grippe has been very much increased by
the cold westerly rain storm prevailing
during the last three days. The doctors
say that lully half of the resi
dents of this place are now suf
fering from the disease in a more
or less aggravated form. Holiday
trade has been materially injured by the
prevalence of the disease. Physicians
are all over-worked and clergymen can
not answer half the requests for attend
ance on the sick and perform other min
isterial du iea which devolve on them.
Newton, Kas., Dec. 26 It is estimated
there are 500 casea oi grippe in this
place. The disease has increased with
great rapidity within the last iow days.
The plague is rather light, and no
deaths have been reportod. Physicians
uro not severely taxed.
V Untie Shot lllni in Uie face While
III r v,ro H un 1 1,, e Blr.l.
London, Dec. 28-Tne injuries from
which Prince Christian, of Schleswig
Holst.'in Sonderbiira, is Buffering is the
result of an accident. The queen and
members of the royal family are spend
ing the Christmas holidays at the
Osborne house on the Isle of Wight
The day before Christmas the party
were hunting birds when a flock rose
between the Duke of Connaught and
I nnce Christian. The former fired but
unfortunately did not aim high enough
Three shots entered Peince Christian's
face, destroying one eye.
N w Y'.rk Oily and Surrounding! En
Telop?d Tuday.
Nkw York, Dec. 26-The heaviestand
densest fog that has been observed in
una i-iiy ior years hub hung over
river and bay all day. Traffic on
streets is much impeded, and
the river ferry boats, tug boats
smaller craft are compelled
inuu in, n uuicu reuueej speed
Kin lli in link Two (lliaie of WliUky
and Due nf Milk.
Nhw Youic, Ddc.2ll-Edward H. Field,
who was locked up in Ludlow stret jail,
still persists in refusing to eat. He
greatly alarmed hia physicians. War
den Falion was instructed yesterday to
give him whisky, of which Field drank
two giaasea. F'ield does not talk to any
body. This morning he drank a cup of
warm milk. Field is getting very nerv
ous and appears to be dazed.
Widow Kelly llurnecl to Da till.
Ai.p.anv, N. Y., Dec. 20 Mrs. Annie
Kelly a widow, aged 45 years, was
burned to death this morning in her
grocery store. A kerosene lamp stand
ing on a barrel exploded and, egress
being cut off by the liaiuesshe was suf
iC'ated and burned to death be.ore
i.nisiance could be rendered.
ng S io. Will Face the Trap on N-w
, Vear'n Day.
llAitnisnii!0 ia-i Dec. 20 New Year's
day Captain Jack Brewer and E. U Ful
ford the greatest wing shots in the
world, will lace the traps in this city for
a purse of 5J00 , this sum having been
subscribed by the Harriaburg Sporting
Association, of which Fulford is a mem
ber. Thousands of spectators will witness
this, the filth match, and applications
are already being received for tickets
from New York, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg and other cities.
In view of the intense rivalry existing
-.... anu crewer, tne New
lear s contest will be awaited with
much interest.
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Rio (Jkande Dk Si l, Brazil, Dec. 20
rights between the government troops
and revolutionists are reported at the
border towns of San Juan Baptiste,
santa Ana and Livremento. The gov
erniiient of Uruguay has posted large
bodies of troops on guard along the
rontier to prevent the Brazilian revolu
tionists from crossing the border.
at, , llmo Klt,.uied
Berlin, Dec. 26-The municipal au
thorities of the Baltic port Dantzic have
petitioned Chancellor Canrivi to extend
the time allowed before nuttin., in .
""on theedneetl tariff on grain in
I don't know that there is anything
to do. I think 1 will let Wallace, the
Examiner and Lynch run the party for
a while to see u hat they can make of it.
They will find it's not so easy as t ley
imagine to reform, when their owu un
derpinning is a little shaky, and are
likely to be disappointed."
'sufficient to hold him and the murder
was never avenged. After this episode
in his life Cutler became a recluse and a
miser.
A Urip V.cllni,
Washinoton, D. C, Dec. ,29 Assist
ant Secretary of State Nettleton is con
fined to hii residence with the grip.
, ,, " "p. Al-1 i. i --..wm ta
uiouiii several large ocean steamers are ; 01 wnictl Dantzic now holds 23.
due today, none are reonrted fmm pi i "00 tons.
Island the only arrival beingthe ateam-1 rirur HeTiLT
shin Hpt-imiila fentn vt iV; I
r - .-i. vmu. I lcu
for Ihe Fair.
lin, Dec. 26-The committee of
lAt liaa lln.
in favor of holding an inter
national exhibition in Berlin.
Outgoing mail steamers are employ- thriier.A.n Jti-The '
ing extra caution aud moving down? the : ' el.Ver:'n"S. C01IU"eia d
ha It Ullh nnlt, b ., I), n ! .. . .. .-.vv.
7 euiueieut way on them to
keep them ateering. An object they
I.) Lauiaa Lie seen irOlU tne bridge of I Murderer 111. i .. ,
the ateamer more than 50 yards aw ay r J P "'
All trains on the various railroads are LlU-h""' ' F" -"c Saw
much delayed, but as yet no serious ae? 1 nil t' 1 m,urder his brother Hiram,
cidents have been reported . 0 8erioua d ed of apoplexy this morning at the
r state prison.