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THE WEEKLY HEPPNER GAZETTE JANUARY 14. 1892
BLAINE ILL AGAIN.!
Nature of Illness
Known
Not
TAKI-.S HUM I: IX A CAKKIAGL
The Secretary Ii Suddenly S.riHten I'l
lu Ills OIUC.-8 1'he 1 rouble : u ed
by Stomachic iFerilu-rrmenl lit May
Iff Out Tomorrow.
Wabiiinuton D. C. Jan. 6 Great ex
citement was caused in the department
of state this afternoon over the sudden
illness of Secretary Blaine. Tlie nature
of the illness is not at present known,
but it is said to be due altogether to
temporary Btomachic derangement.
The alarm subsided about noun when
the Secretary who was attended by physi-i-nns
from the war and navy departments
was reported resting quietly and being
entirely out of danger. The Secretary
was removed to his home in a carriage,
lie is now reported to he much improv
ed and expected he will lie able to be
out tomorrow.
Iti'iu'l of llto Kligiiiet-r t l'tm I t'n'i
t ruction, Kouie ..ml i;..l.
Washinhton, I). C, .Ian. Ii The hoard
o( engineers ' appointed to investigate
and report upon the project 01 construct
iug a canal to connect the waters ol
I'uget Sound with Lake Washington
reported todav. They say a canal con
necting Lake Samamish and Lake
Washington, with a lock near Lake
Washington to overcome the difference
of 10.0 leet in the level of the two lakes,
is estimated to cost J.ICT.IMO. The
proposed route and the project for a
canal connecting Lake Washington with
Pugot Sound contemplates the construc
tion of a canal J00 feot long, 81) leet
wide at the bottom, 15S feet wi lo at the
water line, and Sib leet deep through the
portage between Union hay and Lake
Washington and Lake Union, with
a masonry lock 400 feet long,
00 :eet wide and 20 feet deop over
the sill, and with a Ii t of about 1 feet,
and draining channels to connect
this canal with deep water in Lake
Washington and ucroBS Lake Union,
and con true! tag a e.mai 07JJ feet long,
80 leet wide at the hol'tom ami 158 leet
wide at the water line, and -'0 leet deep,
connecting Lake Union, along its outlet,
wit . the head ot Milmon hav. From
the hea l ol S Imon "ay two routoa are
considered -i.v the board, one hv way ol
Salmon hay and Sli L-hole bay, with a
lock near the Hound 401) feel long, 50
leet wide and 10.0 leet deep, and a cana.
80 leet wido at tho bottom, lf)8 leet
wide at t e water line and 2t feet deep,
to he constructed arrows the neck of land
lietween the head of Salmon hay and
Smith's cove, with a lock near the
Sound similar to that projected for
Shilshole bay. The construction of a
basin and the formation ol a channel
through the shoals at the outlet of the
locks are also contemplated. The
estimated cost of the proposed
canal between Lake Washington and
Pugot Sound, by two rouios, not includ
ing damages for laud submerged, is as
follows: Smith's cove route, $:i,500,-
000: Shilshole bav route, 2 ,01)0,000.
The Shilshole bav system costs $1)00,000
less than that by Smith'B cove, ' but
upon the other hand, tho latter route
poBBCs-cs advantages iiithatils entrance
is in tho harbor of Soattlo, whereas tho
entrance lo tho other is 5'j, miles dis
tant, and secondly, that tho Smith's
cove entrance and lock are less exposed
to bombardment by an enemy's fleet,
for theso reasons the Smith's cove
route is to he preferred.
The report is signed by Meudell,
llanilbiiry and Simons, the United
Status board ol engineers.
I.oyiil (I irrlu Hum; .llor lliiiniln li'.
Itio I linn U.'lml iin- r, i.
Minn, Mexico, .Ian. 0 The feeling
against General Lorenzo Garcia is grow
ing more intense throughout tho State
of Tamaulapa, owing to the roiteratud
charges that, ho is noL only shooting
down all armed men found on the Mex
ican side of the Uio Uraudo river, but
actually gives orders lor the killing of
children lint over Id years of ago.
This is doing more harm to tho gov
or union t than the rebel Garza, himself,
and a revolt of General Garcia's troops
would promptly occur should the Insur
ants cross to this side of the river and
ollect a union with the Insurgents in
this State.
Hilly I'oolt' loin Hi;, I .loir, I
San Francisco, .Ian. tt Yesterday a
mail poorly dressed and about KO years
of age entered the ollice of William
Footo, the well known attorney. lie
staled that Foote had won a judgment
lor eighty-one million from him ami
that ho wanted tho money. Footo wiih
dumfoiiniled, ami thoughts of Russell
Sage's experience with Noreross in New
York ran through his mind, but before
ho could deny having had such amount
in a suit, as tho man declared, he crank
said: "1 will call tomorrow forenoon
and if you don't pay over the money 1
will use a dynamite bomb on you." He
then waked out of tint ollice and disap
peared very mysteriously. Kioto says
the man was an entire stranger to him.
The police will watch the bunding, and
If the crank appears he will be ar
rested. Mr.diiiiin Win
ill lie llouae
t l. .lor.
Waniiivuvov, I). C, Jan. 4 It is tlefl
nit.lv sclilel tl.at Cnp will not
rail the lloue to order tomor
row when it reconvenes. The
speaker continues to improve in health,
but Ins recovery is very slow, an I has
not yet progressed far enough to make
it sale for him to leave his room. There
see ins to be a general belief on the part
of t lie Democratic members that Mc
Millan will be selected as speaker pro toin.
Cfforts will be made today to ascertain
the Speaker's preference as to his tem
porary successor and custom makes the
speaker's preference almost tho deter
mining factor in such cases,
(Jiticla Ilie lleiieral. Not K- v ol ill Ion ltl.
Cii'Y ok Mkui o, Jan I Joaquin Gar
cia, the noted general w ho was General
Juarer.'s right-hand man, died here Sat
urday in abject poverty.
rorllattd'a "luli'k lli.,iato i "
Tlie ship Cambrian Prince, Captain
Davis, has been lying loaded in the
Columbia river (or ;ii days awaiting
a favorable opportunity to cross the
Columbia river bar.
l-'rndi Aitllior Aiteniii'N su eide.
Paris, Jan. 4 e Maupassant, the
well-known French author, who is seek
ing at Cannes to recover from nervous
disorders from w hich he is sutl'ttring,
made two futile attempts to commit sui
cide last Friday night.
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Bttltlmort to u Repaired
Bailor to b Cxnlnd,
Vallkjo, Oal., Jan. 6 The cruiser
: Baltimore arrived at Mare Island navy
' yard from San Francisco late yesterday
afternoon. Otf South Valiejo she tired
13 guns which was responded to by a
seven-gun salute from the battery on the
island. An extra force was put to work
and the cruiser was hauled into the
dock under the electric lights. During
the day conflicting rumors have been
prevalent, the general opinion being
that the apparently pacific turnof affairs
in Chili might entirely alter the official
plans in relation to the cruiser's move
ments. But interviews with Admiral Irwin
and his subordinates of every class leave
no doubt that the cruiser Baltimore will
be rushed throu.'h the dock and sent to
sea again within a week or 10 days.
Every man of the crew ol the Baltimore
that could be spared was put to wor.t
this morning scraping the bottom of
trie cruiser ot barnacles, ine extent ot
other repairs will have to be determined
by the examining board, but it is not
thought there is anything to prevent
the cruiser being completely refitted in
eight days. The inquiry which will be
commenced by Judge Advicate Remy
into the attack on the sailors at Valpa
raiso will be very thorough, and may
last several days, as there are about DO
witnesses to be examined.
I.:ly G.t. a V.alttug and Nerer
Iteatthoa Her Destination.
Oitii.mwa, Ills., Jan. (1 Sigourney is
very much excited over tho disappear
ance of Mrs. J. Kaflie, a well-known res
ident. She started from her home some
time ago to visit friends, but has not been
heard from since. Letters from relatives
state that she never reached her destina
tion: and although her family has tele
graphed everywhere she might be, no
trace ol her can be found. The theory
is that she was one of the unknown vic
tims in one of the Kastern railway
wrecks.
The Nun. lotion of ilie Huiiroiue ( oart
Catlne Oreat Kxoitenjelit In Nebraska.
Omaha, Jan. 6 As a result of the sus
pense in the Boyd-Thayer case the ut
most excitement exists throughout Ne
braska. Governor Boyd declares that
the refusal of the supreme court to
announce the verdict Monday, as he
predicted, had no elfect on the case, as
his imonnation as to its conclusions was
obtained irom an absolutely responsible
source, and again Boyd thinks theinves
tigaiion will tail to establish the leak,
lie is preparing to take his Beat, as he
does not think General Thayer will
refuse to give up his office.
. Notorlon M.i. .u h.n.i ... IV II Vir
gin. a Captured l It d.
Wheeling), W. Va., Jan. 0 From El
klns comes the news of the cap
ture by revenue officers ot Bon
Websier, one of the most notori
ous and desperate moonshiners in
the State. He has run an illicit still for
many years in Hardy county, and has
kept the whole country supplied with
whisky. Two weeks ago while Deputy
Collector l'ownell was searching for
Webster, he was tired at from an am
bush, the bullet passing through his
hat.
Ho located the still, returned to head
quarters, organized a posse and raided
Wcbsters. Thoy arrived at midnight,
forced their way into the hou e, and
found him sitting up in bed with a Win
chester in his hand, lie could not lire,
however, having shot all the loads out
during the day. Otherwise there
there would have been some dead rev
enue ollicers. His still and a big lot of
whiskv wore destroyed.
TUB I'OI-K AMI TIIK r.t.UINK.
J'he Tornier Will Not In ii-rnre In
lrreuuh Atiali'4.
London, Jan. 0 Tho Chronicle's Talis
correspondent says : The I 'ope has por
etnptorily declined to advise French
Catholics in regard to adherence to the
republic.
The Berlin correspondent of the News
says: the pastors ol a number ot Ger
man colonies in Russia have appealed
direct to the Uermau consulate in St.
Petersburg, for assistance to prevent
thousands of Germans from starving. It
is said they not only sutler from (amino,
but are exposed to cruelties Irom fanatic
mobs who accuse them of being respon
si hie for the failure of the crops. Sev
oral Germans have been killed and their
houses burned, it is said.
An KugUsli Lady l'roi. ae to Uuulicn e
Hie Moody Itlhle Initiliita.
CinuAiio.Jan. (1 Lady Henry Somerset,
accompanied only by her maid, reached
Chicago late lust night and wont to the
Auditorium Hotel. She had a long con
ference with Miss Francis E. Willard
and went today to a private house on
the North Side, whore she will rest for
soino tune. Lady Somerset will study
at the Moody Hible Institute and inspect
tlie various missions about the city. Her
idea is toostablish nn institute in Eng
land similar to the Moody institute.
Outbreak of Miuent Kineeted.
Nasiivillh, Tenu., Jan. 0 The spirit
of rebellion is spreading rapidly among
the miners of Coal Creek valley. They
have issued a proclamation saying that
the time to strike for their families and
their homes is near. They have watched
the camps closely and know the strength
and po-uion of the militia. Miners
havo called a meeting for toniaht. and
this will doubtless be the signal for the
outbreak.
t Matt lit 8411 i.e uartliuu (i Craar
With .lie Urlp and ttlioola lilitiattll
on I e Street,
San Francisco, Jan. 4 There wore
04 death yesterday, the largest number
ever roported iu any one day in this
city.
London, Jan. 4 There were 19 deaths
from grippe in this city last week. The
disease is prevalent now throughout
lii cut Britain, whole families are pros
trated, and there aeeuu no prospect of a
change for the better in the near future.
New Yoke, Jan. 4 The number of
deaths reported to the health board to
day from grippe is 14; six male and
eight female. Total miinber of deaths
from all causes, lL'3.
New Yoke, Jan. 4 Robert W. Don
nell, aged 60, of the firm of Dounell,
l.awsou A Simpson, bankers. 100 Kma,!.
way, died this morning In his house, 105
Fast Sixty-seventh street.
San Beunahiuno, Cal., Jan. 4 Lo
renzo 1). Cleghorn, a prosperous farmer,
living near Messina, this county,
commuted suicide this morning
by shooting himslf, Ha had
asked a neighbor to accompany him
to this city, and while waiting ior
me team 10 be harnessed
Cleghorn walked out luto the street and
shot himself. It is supposed lie
was temporarily insane. His Insanity
being brought on by la grippe, from
hicli be was convalescing.
POLITICS RUINED HliLj
A Buffalo Shining Light
Extinguished.
0THKRS ALSO DRAGGED DOWN.
In Atti-mptiui; In Meeure Hie Treaaury
ulilp C'harln J. Hall Wrongfully
Appropriate t'tiblio l.anda and Geta
Into 8erlou Irjuli.t.
Bl'FFAi.o, N. Y.. Jan. 6 To sav that
the city was shocked yesterday to hear
01 me complete downfall ol Charles J.
Ball is putting it mildly. A better fel
low, a more conscientious oflicial, a man
more popular throuirhout the country.
did not live, in the opinions of the peo
ple, in uis inn nuti uas also pulled
down his aged father, who was for years
treasurer of the city of Bullalo, N. Y.
Politics did it. Y'oung Ball was dep
uty county treasurer, lie aspired to be
come treasurer. A year ago he secured
tho Republican nomination, but after a
hot canvass he was defeated by a small
majority. Then trouble began lor him.
lu his endeavors to secure an election,
he used $0000 of the county funds. Ap
parently he made that good by giving
two mortgages, each of $3000, one on
uis own property and one on that of his
mother-in-law.
It now transpires that the latter was a
forgery, and Ball's inability to pay led
to the discovery. Last night Phillip
Mansoeiter, who was treasurer when
Ball was deputy, made good the forged
security, receiving a deed of what pro
perty Ball still possessed. It is learned
that Ball also used $7000 of the Catholic
Mutual Benefit Association funds in his
canvass, he being at that time grand
treasurer of this order. This sum was
made good by bis father and mother,
who are now penniless through his un
wise political ambition. No criminal
prosecution will be made.
t'oi-ti..tl ayn tho Announced Meeting
Will Surely (J, .me Off.
New Yohk, Jan. 6 James J. Corbett
will leave lor Atlantic City, N. J., today.
He will be accompanied by Jim Daly,
his sparring partner and trainer, and
will go at ouce into active training under
the latter's care, :or his coming battle
with Mitchell, which he emphatically
states, win surety com on at some re
sort outside of the city in February.
In the course of an interview yesterday
he said :
"I'll tell you candidly that I'll not
consider any proposals from any one nn
til I've met Mitchell. I am positively
g ling to meet hiin j I would not go into
training it 1 was not, 1 hear some talk
about Billy Madden being desirous
about pitting Maher against me; well, I
did not think it policy to meet a man
who has not demonstrated what he could
do when ho met Ins match. Let Maher
challenge Fitzsimmons or some other
first-class man and if he meets and de
feats him, 1 would only be too pleased to
consider a proposal from him. Only
unuer mat condition will 1 liattle with
the Irish champion. For the present I
win prepare mysell lor Mr. Mitchell,
I. ofl Ang.-H iJoniHrt III -t.bsmpioiisllip
11 .men Kiul Tula Week.
San Fhanlii.o, Jan. 6 Tho baseball
tlirectors have decided that the city of
Los Angeles shall be the third California
city in thi) proposed Pacific Coast
League, thereby shutting out Oakland
and Sacramento. Mr. Vanderbeck, the
pioneer organizer in the Pacific
Northwest league will have charge of
the Loh Angeles club. He will be re
quired to give a bond for $10,000 that
his club will remain 111 the league
for the entire season. The new
league will havo the following towns
111 ltscircuit: Seattle, lacoma, Portland,
San Francisco, San Jose and Log
Angeles, There is also some talk
about an opposition league being
loruieu 111 tins ouue, anu mat ciuos
may be placed in Sacramento. Oakland.
San Francisco and Fresno, but it is
stated such u league could not secure
protection from the board of con
trol, as it would lie encroaching
on territory already occupied. Owing
to the cold and threatening weather in
tins city tlie remaining coast chamuion-
ship games lietween the Portland and
San Jose teams will be played oil at San
Jose this week.
The Noordland Tried lu Vain to llmoue
the Drowning.
London, Jan. G The London agent
of the Associated Press in this citv had
reuoived dispatches from Captain
Nickels, commander of the Hed
Star line steamship Noordlaud pro
testing against the charges that the
Noordland made no attempt to rescue
the survivors of tho British bark Chid
well which sank in collision with that
steamer in the North Sea. The Noord
land, Captain Nickels says, had 600
persons 011 bourd. Her bows were atove
by the collision and she was leaking.
Believing the safety of his own passen
gers and crew endangered he put his
vessel about ami returned to Antwerp
Sunday night. CaptainNickels' statement
iscorroborated by Pilot Laming, who was
also on board the Childwell. The pilot
says tho Noordland stood by for an hour.
Two boats lowered from the steamer
failed to reach the Childwell because of
tho heavy sea running. Twelve
of those who lost their lives
were below when the accident
occurred ami the vessel sank so rapidly
that they did uot have time to reach the
wreck. Nine persons, including
the pilot, took refuge in the
rigging from which they were
subsequently rescued by the
steamer Ipswich, belonging to the Great
Eastern company. Three of the crew
took refuge on the end of the bowsprit,
but as the waters rose they were washed
otf and drowned.
No Kree ln.ti S i They K lied a lull
fimter
SAN KrAVi-IK.-i-I .Itlll ft l,t. I l.
Vll, lilt,
urn posiur 01 ine jacKson street Chinese
theatre, was shot and killed on the
street this morning hv an m,ir.,n...n 1.:..
highbinder. Get was'shot from behind,
toe ouuei entering the base of the skull,
rangimr inward, and ruimn., in.i.m
death. The Chinese theat
iLIindUlli'il itd (Itti'iamn t u..
. - v .k ,v ICO I ll ny U1U1U
tree passes to hitibjinterd for attinission
to the thriHlrt mid it id ahim,u.t
au BUklVTOU VIIC
murder is the result of the highbinders'
" revenge. telnet ot i'olice
Crowley has requested assistance of the
v. uiiioso legation 10 put an end to the
highbinders' murders and large rewards
will be ottered.
To f roHMi-utn CaiiHl Dlreutara.
Pakih, Jan. ti In the Chamber of
IVputies the Minister of Justice an
nounced that the judicial examination
of the directors of the Panama Canal
Company was proceeding. An order
was passed demanding that energetic
measures be taken against persons re
sponsible for the present state of the
canal company.
cutting down passes
Chicaqo, III., Jan. 6 Encouraged by
the success of their traffic officials in
cutting down tho number of passes to
ostensible live agents, the presidents of
Western railways will meet today to
consider the matter. Owing to the par
tial agreement early in December, all
the roads have been slow In issuing the
usual annuals. Very few have been is
sued which, in other years, have been
shovelled into tlur pockets of men who
could in?.uence the routing of traffic.
Western lines will be asked to strike
all such names Irom the pass list. It is
known that some of the weaker roads
will refuse, but the strong lines will
ignorethem. The linea are convinced that
they will have ail the traffic they can
handle this year, and they propose sav
ing the blackmail in shape of passes.
Htlmulate the HI001I.
BRANDRETH'sPjrJr.ts are the great blood
purifier. They are purgative and blood
tonic, they act equally on the bowels,
the kidneys and the skin, thus cleansing
the system by the natural outlet of the
body they may be called the purgative
sudorific and diuretic medicine. They
stimulate the blood eo as to enable
nature to throw off all morbid humors,
and cure disease no matter by what
name it may be called. One or two of
them taken every night will prove an
infallible remedy.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar-coated.
flour Ifetiighv ri- t'-amlu , Hull'tnera
t' .lit for Ilae 1 he t'isitr Coudoni'ifd.
London, 3&n.' The Chronicle's St.
Petersburg correspondent says: "It is
reported that the flour recently bought
by the municipal authorities was found
to be adulterated and totally unlit tor
use. It was originally intended lor ex
port and if it had not been for the
decree prohibiting the exportation of
flour the fraud might never have been
discovered.
"The Czar has given offense by de
claring publicly that no famine exists
and there has merely been a partial
failure of the crops. This expression of
opinion is very general in oflicial
circles."
St. Peterbbukq, Jan. 4 In several
provinces of the empire the Zomstvos or
district assemblies have decided to issue
loans at low rates of interest. The
measure is designed for the relief of
famine-stricken peasants to prevent
their selling or pawning their tools and
farming implements.
lha Lint M'li. in by rintolnnt llti rtsun
Today.
Washington, Jan. 5 The President
sent to the Senate today the following
nominations: . "
Interstate commerce commissioner,
James W. McDill, 01 Iowa; vice Thomas
M. Cooley, resigned.
William M. Lindsay, of Kentucky,
vice W. L. Bragg, deceased.
Win. K. Morrison, of Illinois, reap
pointed. Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
Estes Rath bone, O.
William B. Hess, of Indiana, consul
general at Constantinople.
William D. McCoy, of Indiana, min
ister to Liberia.
Andrew P. McCoruiick, of Texas,
circuit judge for the Fifth Judicial
circuit.
Matthew T. Allen, United States at
torney for the southern district of
California.
Abrain J. Seay, governor of Oklahoma
territory; Chief Engineer W. Melville,
V. S. engineer in chief, and chief of the
bureau of steam , engineering with
relative rank of commodore; D. S. K.
Buick, of Oregon, as consul at Sonnu-
berg. .
A Winoheater, a ttevoivor ond a Wood
Axe lUed.
Seattle, Jan. 5 There was a terrible
tragody at Marble Mound, Skagit county,
on New Y'ear'a day. Joseph Amerd, a
rancher, was shot by Frank Barnes, a
laborer, three times once through the
heart, once just above the nipple of the
left breast, and once through the right
side at the bane 01" the Moating ribs.
After the shooting was done Barnes
gave himself into the hands of the au
thorities pending an investigation.
On New Year's day, Frank Barnes,
Henry Colby and D. E. Taylor were
working in the woods 011 the outskirts
of Marble Mound, at the junc
junctiou of the Cascade and Skagit
rivers. While they were working a
man was sceu approaching, and when
he came nearer it proved to be Joseph
Amerd, a rancher. He walked right up
to Barnes and said at once :
"Barnes, I waut you to leave the
country at once."
"I am uot ready to go now," replied
Barnes. ,
This seemed to enrage Amerd greatly.
He noticed an ax near by, and, rushing
forward, picked it up and went at
Barnes, who turned and ran, hotly pur
sued by Amerd. , The chase continued
for liO yards, when Barnes came to a tree
against which leaned a. 44-calibre Win
chester rifle. He stopped shoit, took
up the gun and leveled it at his pursuer,
who was some distance behind. A
sharp report was followed by a slight
stagger on tlie part ol Amerd, but he
still kept on coming. Barnes pulled the
trigger again, and the ball found
Amerd s body.
Although bleeding, from two deeo
wounds, Amerd, came at Karnes like a
wild beast. He grubbed the gun by the
barrel and twisted it from the hands of
Ins antagonist.
the spectators ot this awlul tragedy
stood as if glued to the ground, each ex
pecting to see a double murder.
the moment the gun was wrested
from his hands Barnes drew a 4D-calibre
Colt's revolver from his bosom and shot
Amerd through tlie heart. The third
bullet did its work, and the man fell to
the ground a corpse.
Immediately a tor the atlray Barnes
surrendered to John Rusener, justice of
the peace, pending an investigation.
Joseph Amerd went to Skagit county
about one year and a half ago, and set
tled on tinsurveyed government lands.
uuruig tins time he has had several
quarrels with different persons, and
Irom reports it would appear that he was
Known as a quarrelsome character in
his new home. One of the men with
whom he has had trouble was Frank
Barnes. It was this old quarrel that
prompted him to make the desperate
assault upon Barnes that cost him his
life. What the exact nature of the
differences were has not been made
public, but it is thought that Amerd
was jealous of Barnes' friendship with
Mrs. Auiord,
loriuftiat K.ilUK In ttiMirlum
Bktmsels, Jan. 4 Influenza is raging
all over Belgium and many cases of the
disease, uicluding a number of fatal
ones, have occurred among members of
the colony for lunatic at Gheel. All
schools at Malinos have been closed on
account of the influenza epidemic.
On m Surveying CruUo.
San Francisco, Jan. tj I'nited Stales
steamer Thetis, commander Keiter, left
here yesterday afternoon on a surveying
cruUie otf tho- coast of Lower California.
fMORRILL ON SILVER.
Strong Speech Against
Free Silver.
IIS EFFECT ON BUSINESS.
Seattle ICeitul tttioua l'reaeuied to Ilie
ttenate 41 'liorttl Netrt fr'rnm the Na
tional p:lal Appoiotiu nta made
by the I're4i.l -nt.
Washinoton. D. C. Jan. 0 The Pres
ident today sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate:
Walter Wiseman, of .Missouri, to be
supervising surgeon-general of the ma
rine hospital service, of the United
States.
John Hamilton, of Illinois, to be sur
geon in the marine hospital service of
United States.
Duncan A. Mclteath, postmaster at
Snohomish, Wash.
Washinoton, D. C, Jan. fl The Vice
President took the chair at noon. Mr.
Allen presented resolutions adopted by
the Chamber of Commerce of Seattle,
praying that congress bv some liberal
appropriations, enable tho war anil navy
tlepartmcnts to place our country in a
thorough condition of ueiense, so tar as
to be prepared to maintain its national
dignity and protect its citizens in all
parts of the world. Emphasizing those
resolutions, Mr. Allen said that the cit
izens of Washington State feltan interest
in this question inasmuch as they were
2000 miles of shore line along Puget
Sound which could not withstand ior
a single hour an attack by a second class
cruiser oi a second class power. This
was especially significant in view of tho
(act that immediately across the line
there were strongly fortified ports and a
powerful fleet prepared to defend the
dignity of the neighboring naval power
ol Great britain.
The Vice-president : "What does the
senator a9k to be done with these reso
lutions?" Mr. Allen: "I ask that they be refer
red to the committee on the military
affairs."
The vice president laid before the Sen
ate a message from the President trans
mitting an agreement by the commis
sioners with the Indians on the Colville
reservation of Washington State.
Among the bills introduced and re
ferred was one granting pensions to sol
diers in the Seminole and other Indian
wars.
Morgan offered a resolution directing
that the committee on foreign relations
inquire into the progress made on the
work of the Nicaragua canal. The reso
lution was laid on the table, Morgan
stating that he would call it up tomor
row. The senate bill introduced by Stewart
to provide for the free coinage of gold
and silver bullion was taken up and
Morrill proceeded to address the senate.
Morrill criticised the Bpeech heretofore
made by Stewart on the same Bubject
and spoke in opposition to the bill for
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
He was now and ever in favor of main
taining gold and silver in circulation.
and silver to the extremeat boundary
mat. couiu maintain it on a parity with
gold.
He had not voted for the silver act of
'DO, for the reason that silver bullion
was neithor to be paid for nor paid out
in accordance with the safer proposal of
Secretary Windom, and that the amount
ot silver to be purchased was llxed. It
appeared to him a too magnificent
amount; anu also tnat the lull price was
to be paid for the commodity, which
the government could neither sell nor
part from to any considerable extent
without financial revolution and serious
loss.
Morrill went on to say that national
bank notes were rapidly being made to
step uown ana out to give room for
silver paper. The original United States
notes or greenbacks were likely to be
tlie next sacrifice demanded and stored
in order to give the whole field to the
silver paper. No expedients had been
untried and no cost withheld to push or
carry silver dollars into circulation, but
it had been demonstrated that no more
than about $000,000 out of over
$400,000,000 coined could be coaxed or
kicked outside of the Treasury. The
weignt was objected to as too heavy and
the value too light.
In the treasury todav there is over 12.-
000 tons of silver. When and where
was this silver deluge to end. In 10
years more, nutlet the existing statutes,
the government might have locked up in
its sub-treasury vaults silver to an ag
gregate amount of perhaps more than
one thousand million dollars for all of
which its obligations, payable in coin,
would be outstanding, and should this
inundation be further aggravated by tho
unlimited free coinage? No silver certifi
c ttes or sub-treasury notes issued for
silver bullion had been presented for
payment in silver, the bulk had been
paid in gold when so demanded.
The experiment which i now being
made to have the government purchase
on compulsion a fixed monthly amount
of silver had he feared, complicated
and more or less retarded any interna
tional compact relative to silver and per
haps contributed to the degradation of
its value by largely restricting the de
mand to onj country alone. Certainly
unlimited coinage would indefinitely
postpone all hopa of an inter
national compact. Depreciation
of silver had been accelerated
not only by its greatly increased abund
ance but also by its diminished use as
money by the leading commercial na
tions. Silver miners had no promise of
increased wages in case of the free coin
age of silver. Silver propagandists de
clared that they only sought to have
silver placed on an equality with gold.
Knowing as they did that their inequal
ity had boen displayed from age to age.
Morrill concluded as follows: "The
adoption of the silver standard
would be equivalent to a horizontal
education ol the tariff of 5 per
cent., if not more, and the
equal reduction of all pensions,
the parties to first profit bv free
coinage would be the incorporate
owners of silver mines only and the
parties to finally sutler the larg
est losses by it would be the
great mass oi our people, into
whose bauds the depreciated coin and
Treasury notes would tiuallv pass. We
havo paid off more than three-fourths
of our great debt in gold;
when our resources were far less
than now, and 1 am unwilling to
forfeit our well earned reputation and
lose public confidence and all ances
tral prestige of our history by
paying the sorry remnant of this debt
in legal tender of much less value."
rh tlol I Kilclc Game.
Portland, Or., Jan. 4 Two strangers
attempted to pass a gold brick upon a
well-known money lender todav. The
broker called the 'police and trie men
escaped.
LARGE SUGAR BOUNTY.
l.ouU ana I'lauter Will R,ol More
loan 3SO.000
New Orleans, La., Jan. fl The Elm
liamm Sugar plantation oi Leon Giiod-
cbaux, in Assumption parish, closed the
rolling- season Monday, having turned
out the immense amount of 4,250,000
pounds of sugar, on which Mr. Good
chaux will get $85,000 bounty from the
United Slates. it is one ot a dozen
plantations owned by Mr. Goodchaux,
who will be the largest individual re
ceiver of bounty in the United States,
and will receive something more than
$250,000 from the government,
CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED.
Sr. Paul, Minn., Jan. C Governor
Uai.finm lias ra.iaiua.l a ,a lil(,fri-Q m fmm
Charles Emery Smith, minister to Rus
sia, wmcu is suiiicieni to snow mat,
there is widespread suffering in Russia.
Minister Smith states that the proposed
contributions will be accepted with
grateful appreciation.
A FAMILY WIPED OUT.
San Francisco, Jan. Ii New Year's
morning the wile ot Austin dreen in
this city and their three children, all
girls, the oldest being eight years ol ago
returned from a trip to St. Louis where
Mrs. Green bail gone for medical attend
auce. The same day one of the children
died suddenly and in a few hours the
whole Inmily were in bed with the
grippe, tin Sunday last the little one
was borne to the grave, unaccompanied
by either of her parents. Later in the
tiay the two others expired, lestomay
they were buried, the parents being
still unable to leave their beds.
Hit Will In. Kit-elected by Ten Vote
Kot-iikor Ouwn on Harrison.
Columbus, Ohio, Jim. 5 The greatest
senatorial contest ever known in this
State is practically at an end. Every
political indication points to the noun
nation oi John Sherman tomorrow
by a majority of 10 or 13 votes
over Foraker, although this, ot
course, is not conceded by the
friends of the latter. Foraker's friends
still declare he has a chance to win, but
Sherman people consider their victory
already assuretl. The press of Ohio of
tniB morning generally consider the con
test at an end. The bitterness ol
the Foraker people towards the
national administration is intense.
There are those who believe that if Sher
man is nominated for the senate it ne
cessitates the nomination of Blaine as
fireBident to swing Ohio into the Repub
ican column. The Foraker people pur
pose to array themselves against Presi
dent Harrison and carry the State dele
gation to the national convention for
Blaine or in absence of his candidacy for
Senator Cullom of Illinois, or some
other declared candidate for the presi
dency. For the first time in the contest
the Sherman people give names and
ngures. tnairman natin oi the state
central committee says that Sherman
will have 50 votes bevond all question.
and that 15 of these will be Senators
and 41 Representatives.
l'he Hi-publlcan Supreme t'ourt Mut-
tttlitH the !teiiill!cn Claimant.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 5 The su
preme court today unanimously decided
thot Bulkeley was governor de jure and
de facto. The court savs that the
declaration ol the result is an in
dispensable adjunct to the choice of
a governor, as it furmeties the only au
thentic evidence of election. (Judge
morns, ine Democratic claimant, has
not been declared elected bv the house)
Unless the declaration is made in the
way provided the process of the election
is not complete. It is found in this
case that there has been no declaration
by the general assembly as renuired by
law, hence Morris is not Governor and
Bulkely is.
Sillsliury W.iuta to Ayol t War, It ill
Will he Finn.
LtVKRl'OOL. Jam. fl Sir Gnnrcm Itarton
Powell, member of the British Bearing
ae commission, Bays: Salisbury told
him he (Salisbury) wanted to avoid war
with the United States, but at the same
time he wanted to be strongand to show
that he is not going to yield a jot of
British rifrht.. Sir (iannrn a., ;.i i.n
thought Salisbury finally had brought the
awawaru uispuie, wnicn miglit result
in war, to arbitration, and it was his
conviction England would win in the
arbitration. The British commissioners,
he declared, had made important in
vestigations, but the friendliness they
had established with Americans and
Russians would yet bear Iruif. All
right thinking men in England ami
America, Sir George added, would be
delighted to find the serious bone of con
tention removed.
Seled tho tll-eoery.
San Francisco, Jan. (i. Internal
Revenue Collector Ottinu aait ti.
Jackson brewery for violation of the
revenue taws, since the death of Wil
liam Fredericks, the proprietor, five
years aim. the hrnuarv lan han
- -----, D ' ucci, man
aged by George Shafer and Daniel Sulli
van ami ii is claimed the books
show that hetiv-pnn 1 Bflfl o...l 1 son
21,000 barrels of beer were producetl
and sold that did not bear revenue
stamps, and that more malt has been
purchased than wa9 shown in the in
ternal revenue books. It is claimed the
einount of revenue of which the govern
ment has been defrauded is $21,000. It
is exnecteil the rtrnnriotnra will fn:Al.
a bond for the release of the property
and business will be resumed pending
the action of the courts.
cu ,w - ' 1
San Francisco, Jan. 0 The Exam
iner this morning prints a statement
that Edward Camnbitll was nni.l icmao
by a wealthy relative of .Sidney Bell,
convicted as the Jacobson murderer, for
affidavits setting forth that his testi
mony on which P.el! was convicted was
false. Campbell is now believed to be
in Chicago, but it is stated .Mrs. Camp-
.-v.. ejiiiuaao i m itui:tlts OI 1110 plot
tt) freo Bell.
Weekly Sink Httteiueut.
New York, Jan. 2 The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes
Reserve decrease, $2,248,000: "necio Hoi
crease, $420,000; circulation decrease
$07,000. The batiks now hold $17,235,1
000 in excess of the requirementss of
the 25 per cent. rule.
1'liyllt.xera Eradicated.
Melbourne, Jan. 2 The phylloxera
board reports that the disease has been
eradicated throughout Victoria.
"I'll Uynl Ore!
San Francisco, Jan. 4 The new
United Stales circuit court of appeals
for the ninth district opened today
with Judge W. W. Morrow, of Califbrl
nia; Judge Hanford, of Washington
and Judge Hawley, of Nevada, on the
bench.
COL J. C. HAINES DEAD.
One of Seattle's Fore
most Men
HIS RECORD IX THE MILITIA.
-iauntdt eiiiililltian. Brilliant Speaker,
A'llit I.aw.er aud Warm Kalends
C'-.r.Ird Off With La Urlite Gompll.
cattttl With Other Ulaeaaea.
Skattlh, Jan. 2 Colonel J. 0. Haines
died at his residence today, after being
ill with la grippe tor several uaya past.
At the request of the Nkwh, Cuptaln
Lite has written the following brief bio
graphical notice of Colonel Haines:
Colonel I Lain b was the most prom
inent figure in the National Guard of
Washington, not only because of the
service of his splendid regiment under
his command, during the disturbance of
King county, aud in having the right of
his regiment passed upon by the Su
preme court ol this State, and hecan be
and was justly termed and styled tlie
"Father oi the National Guard," for
under his moulding aud creative mind
the militia laws for years were passed.
He has devoted more time ami spent
more money on the National Guard
than any other man in it,
He was a man of strong individual
ity, force of character and executive
ability, and had u firm holti upon the
respect and esteem of his officers and
men.
Colonel llainos was a graduate of the
Lake Forest Military Academy, located
at Lake Forest, 111., and also ol the Wil
liams College, taking the honors of his
class.
The Colonol settled in the territory in
lb80, an .' entered upon the practice ol'
law at Seattle, where he has resided un
til his death, lie enlisted as a private
in L Company in 1884 he was after
wards promoted to captain, and then
rose to the ollice of colonel of the First
Regiment, in which he always took an
untiring interest, and his life and honor
seemed bound up in its cause.
As a lawyer he had few equals and no
superiors, and as an orator he stood
foremost of all his competitors, lie was
a man who drew men to him, and in
the political arena he was a gladiator
and not to bo outdone or lay down his
helmet till success had been obtained.
He had friends all over the coast, and a
national reputation as an orator, lawyer
and militiaman. He was a man oC
most unconquerable will, and he was an
intellectual giant, with the patriotism ol
a Washington.
His pilgrimage is at an end, and the
hearts of this people are filled with grief,
that he has been thus stricken down, in
the very Hush of manhood.
W. J. Fii-e, Captain Company C.
Colonel Uobt.iaon of thn Oakland la
Kltikina (it'nal v n 8treui;llieiia.
San Franiuhco, Jan. 2 The Post this
afternoon says : The consolidation of the
California and Pacific Northwest leagues
on the plan outlined Thursday appears
to be assured. The managers at their
meeting Thursday night decided to pool
issues and all that remains in the way
of accomplishing the amalgamation is
the expense of transporting players.
The draft oi the schedule prepared by
Manager Harris was satisfactory to all
parties concernod and will probably be
adopted.
Colonel Robinson, of the Oaklands,
w ho some time ago announced himself
to be in favor of joining the two leagues,
is now naturally opposed to tho scheme,
as under the new order of things the
Oakland club will be frozen out. Rob
inson disapproves of the idea to shut up
the Haiglit street grounds during the
absence of the San Francisco club. He
advocates an eight-club league and
thinks the Oakland club should play at
the local grounds while the San Francisco
team is away from home. He said :
"As for dropping the Oaklands from
the league, 1 will not stand it."
It will bo interesting to know how
Robinson proposes to force the league
into retaining tho town across the bay.
He would not even have redress in the
courts as the California league is an or
ganization that expires every year. In
January the managers form "a partner
ship for twelve months and at the expi
ration of that time the majority of the
members may make any combination
they gee fit.
The Only Patton, Portland's short
stop, leaves lor the East today to attend
the funeral of his brother, who died re
cently. Joe Shea, formerly oi the Seat
tle club, has been engaged by Captain
Glenalvin to guard short stop, and Will
Lang lias been signed to play centre
field in the place of Abbey.
BL & 0 EXPRESS WRECKED.
Wnmci.iNo, W. Vn., Jan, 0 A terrible
accident happened to the Baltimore &
Ohio Chicago limited express today neai
Kill fulfill lit YV Va A i.nl. 1
" " , ' n. iiut;& uuupr
one oi the baggage cars broke down
nulre tot: nam was running miles
an hour. The entire train was
rnmnhttolv Hai.ail.1,1 rtl,nVla a t .
Uu...u, uuwiDB a ijLjiegniB
exoress ntpsseiiorpr nf VawarL- ni.;A
and George Halsam, baggage master!
o: llaltimore. were Willo.l am)
Engineer George Scham is dying.
'1'hirtei.n nniu0tirai-a nu.. .nM A 1
. i iuuiu ui teas
hurt, butdetails are not yet to hand.
BIG FAILURE.
San Francisco, Jan. 6 The firm ot
Lowenthal Livingston & Co, com
mission dealers, filed a peti
tion of insolvency todav, liabil
ities amount to $308,00,1 ; assets, $183,
000. The largest creditors are the
London am! San Francisco Bank,
$01,000; the First National Bank.
01 San Francisco, $21,000;
R. Crooks & Co. , Liverpool, $ 100,000 ; and
several Glasgow and Liverpool ship
owners in sums ranging from $7000
to $l:,000. Losses on wheat dealings
are the chief cause of the insolvency
proceedings.
Patwenjer) Frum America Washed
More C.oely Thin Kter.
Dublin. Jan. 2 Since the explosion in
Dublin Castle Thursday last, the police
have been vigilant in watching for
suspected dynamiters. Custom ollicers,
too. have developed extra activity in
searching the etlects of passengers
landing at (jueenstown from transatlan
tic steamers. Thev always made the
point to seize under the law any arms
or ammunition brought into the country
by either residents or foreigners, but
since Thursday's atfair they are stricter
than ever. Tnomas Ryan, an United
Mates army pensioner, who was a
itassenger on the Cunard steamer
i.truria, which arrived at Queenstown
was taken into custody on the charge
of concealing a loaded revolver and a
supply of immunition.