The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-03-07


Mountain Meadows murderer. never
mad. O confession. He and Marshal
Nelson tried In vain TO obtain from
him a bona fde confession, but Lee per-
sistently refused TO make one. The
confession published extensively at
the time of Lees execution was CON-
posed by himself. Nelson and a news
paper correspondent, assisted by Lee,
whose approval it received 1t was
not, however, by any means his confess
sion. Howard SAID the reason he re-
fused to confess was principally because
his favorite wife, who was with him
at the time. was also red handed in
murder.
new YORK, March 6.-The munich.
pal elections held throughout the State,
Yesterday, show that the Republicans
more than hold their OWN, while Green
back and Labor Reformers make sub
stautial gains, generally at the expense
of the Democrats.
LITTLE RocK, March 6.-About one
hundred and fifty buildings were des.
troyed by the Hot Springs conaagation
nearly ell the business housss and resi-.
dences. 1t is estimated that one thou.
sand people are made homeless,and aid
is asked for the poor. Only one first
class hotel. the Hot Springs House, was
lost with two or three smaller ones.
LOUISVILLE, March 5.-A Stanford,
Ky, special to the Courie, Journal
says: A terrible tornado with q width
of four hundred yards swept through
Casey county Saturday afternoon, do
ing frightful damage in the neighbor-
hood of Rich Hill and Mount Olive.
The whole of the family of Vincent
Wesley, near Rich Hill. consisting of
himself. wife, two grown daughters
and boy named Sloan. nephew of
William Sloan, and William Taylor, q
neighbor stopping at his house, we're
killed outright. Another man. named
Richardson, had his collar bone broken
and shoulder frighttully crushed. Mrs.
Wesley's body was blown four humid
red yards and hor clothing entirely
stripped of. The two daughters were
carried fifty yards, and were found
clasped in each others arms. The ia.
ther and nephew were fearful man.
gled and all must have been killed by
the first force of the tempest. The
dwelling, stables and outhouses were
blown entirely away. the legs being
scattered for many yards along in the
vicinity of Mount Olive. Mrs. Nor.
gan, the wife of John W. Morgan, was
killed. and the dwelling. outhouses,
etc, of F. Floyd, completely swept
away. Timbers were scattered in ev-
cry direction In the village of Mt.
Olive several houses were swept away
and the remainder otherwise injured.
Fences were blown away along the
whole course of the tornado; post and
rail fences being drawn out, torn into
splinters and utterly destroyed Large
trees were twisted from their roots and
carried hundreds of yards. Consider
able numbers of horses. cattle and 9TH
er stock in its course were killed.
Probable damage $4,000.
CHICAGO, March 5.-A Washington
special dispatch says the President has
decided to veto the so. callsd pine log
bill, which provides for holding extra
sessions Of the L. 8. Courts in the
South to hear cases of seizure of logs
by the government. His reasons are
approved by his constitutional advisers.
and are that every person in the Sec
items named for holding the court is
more or less interested In the lumber
trade. and that the United States could
neither prepare its argument, secure
witnesses, nor enforce the process, be-
cause the House has. since last October,
held back the bill making appropria.
tions for the U. s. Courts and Mar.
shals.
CLEVELAND. O., March 5-The fune.
nal services of the late Senator Wade
at Jefferson, Ohio, were simple, short.
and largely attended by friends Of the
deceased.
WASHINGTON, March Horace Da.
Wis to-day presented resolutions of the
California Legislature asking q repeal
OF oil laws permitting the acquisition
Of government lands except by actual
settlers in limited quantities, Also ask.
ing an appropriation for the completion
Of the stone dry dock at Mare Island
the establishment of tri-weskly mail
service between Chico and Reno vie
Summit, Red Clover and Dkattville,
and an enactment granting q portion Of
the Presidio Reservation to the City Of
San Francisco - public park.
Davis handed to President Hayes in
pers m. copy of the resolutions drafted
by Swift, and adopted by the Californis
legislature. on the Chinese question,