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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-14

TOR ~BENT-Three comfortable rooms on
y Third street. Apply to H.. W. IKE.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-14
Found.

YM1 ANTEU-A girl to do general house work
w MRS. O. j. b. HARRIS,
Corner Douglas I've. and 9th st.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-14
Lost.

n OST, STRAYED OR STOLEN-About two
- weeks ago, white English Fox terrier fes
male dog. Answera to Che name of Eettle. In
formation which will lead to her recovery or
the return will be literally paid for Mt Pierce,
Wright u Cempany's office in Yankton.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

THE common sense sentiment of the
people OF the United States has about
settled down to the proposition that
Grover Cleveland will re-enter the White
House "hands down." at an easy canter.
After our Republican friends have got
through with their hurrah business they
will realize that the solidest facts in this
work.a-day world are that New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana and
the solid South went for Cleveland in
1884, and that they are going to do pre-
cisely that thing in 1888, with the addi-
ton of several other States. Our Repub-
lican friends, by keeping this thing in
mind, will save themselves the shock
which attaches to an unpleasant surprise.
The funeral baked meats OF old Tippe-
canoe times are trifie too stale for this
fresh and blooming year 1888.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
The Work Goes BrayeIy On.

The big five-story block on the corner
of Spring and Second, which would dc
credit to Market street, San Francisco,
or Broadway, New York, for that mat
ter, is nearly finished. Then the big
six-story block on the corner Of Main
and Turner streets is ready to occupy.
The six-story block where the old Trinity
church once stood, on Spring street, be-
gins to show its fine proportions. And
all along the business streets great blocks
are getting into shape. To-day the
old rookeries on the Burdick
property, corner of Spring and Second,
will be demolished, preparatory to the
erection of as handsome six-story
b ock as there is in the State. 1t will be
commenced at once and rushed right
along. There is no let up here in the
real work Of building the city. The
boom will swell to giant proportions, and
that at an early day. Los Angeles will
know no let or hindrance in her steady
growth until she numbers three hundred
thousand souls.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
THAT FREE WHISKY PLANK.
PrOhibitfOnists Opposed to the He
publican Platform.

The Prohibition party does not seem
fated to die in its infancy. On the con
trary, its growth seems steady. Since
the last Presidential election The vote ol
the party has doubled, having increased
from $50, ,626 in 1884 to 294, ,S63 in 1886
During the last four years the party has
been organized in fourteen States: Ala
bama, Arkansas. Delaware, Florida
Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes.
see, Texas. Virginia and West Virginia
In only one State, Louisiana, is it unor.
ganized. The Prohibitionists show fig.
ures to prove that they held the balance
of power in 1886 in fourteen States: Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, West Virginia and Wis
consln.
They expect their vote to be doubled
again this fall. Most of the gains, they
think, will come from the Republic an
party, because it is thought that thous-
ands of Republicans, who hoped that the
Republican party would redeem its
promise in regard to the liquor traffic,
have abandoned that hope on account OF
the action Of the Chicago Convention.
The assertion of the Prohibitionists
that they will hold the balance of power
in the doubtful States this year, and that
their power will not be beneficial to the
Republicans, seems to have some basis
when one looks at the following table,
showing the increase of Prohibition
votes in the States from 1884 to 1887:
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
The Coming Campaign.

Proofs multiply on all sides going to
show that the incoming tide. of home
seekers will be greater this season than
in any previous one since California has
become we'll known as a health and
pleasure resort. This is the way an ex.
perienced excursion agent puts it: You
people here think the season dull. We
know it to be less SO than any summe,
for the past ten years. All the les
are bringing in more people than ever
before at this time of year. But
we are bringing in actual settlers. They
are people who have been here before
They have made up their minds where
they are going to live. They scatter al
once into the country and are not seer
on the streets. That is certainly a very
plausible way of putting it. But it is 8
statement that carries thorough convic
tion with it. The same agent states thai
his people have canvassed the Eas
thoroughly and the result is thai
they expect to bring more people
here the coming winter than ir
any previous one. And the way in
which this conviction is reached seems
conclusive. 1t is this: Last year care
full account was kept OF those who visited
the semi-tropics, and when these return
ed their intentions were learned. The
agent says fully seventy-five per cent. O
the people brought out and then taker
back by his people stated positively thai
they would return here this winter. Hal
of the remaining twenty-five per cent
were uncertain, and the Other
eighth part of the whole
were emphatic in the declaration
that they preferred the East to Califor
mia. Then the agent says it is the ex
perience of all excursion agents tha
every person who comes here and re
turns to arrange for permanent residence
on the Coast will be good to induce three
others to leave with tbem and spy ou
the land. This sagacious observer says
he has found this always holds good. Ii
the past summer he contends as many
people come into the State as
went from it to tie East. This
is new departure for the record of the
summer months. If we accept the rea
soning as correct it will appear that the
coming campaign will be a most active
one. Well, it opens this month, and We
shall soon know.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

mo election.
AS will be observed, the small vote in
1887 was due to the fact that there were
State elections in only few States. The
two years between 1884 and 1886 show
the actual ratio of increase in the Prohi-
bition vote.
The action of the Republican Conven-
tion in adding to the platform the milk
and water resolution advocating sobriety
and platitudes on the restriction of the
liquor traffic, has convinced the Prohibi-
tionists that they can never effect their
purpose through the Republican party.
The Prohibitionists in doubtful States
have special grievance against the Re-
publican party on account of the treat
ment of proposed temperance legislation.
They say that the Republicans in the
New York Legislature have either killed
on the floor or smothered in the commit
tee room every bill looking to the pro-
motion of temperance. This year they
defeated the Local Option bill introduced
by G. A. Kimball.
"The Prohibitionists of Michigan have
score to settle with the Legislature be-
cause it passed local option law which
| it knew to be unconstitutional, as the
title was entirely at variance with the
provisions of the bill. The law was
struck off the statute books.
'The Republicans of New Jersey have
played the same trick to catch the Pro-
hibition vote. They passed bill enti.
tied AN act to regulate the sale of intox-
icating and brewed liquors. while a part
of the law provides methods to prohibit
its sale under certain circumstances.
The act is believed to be unconstitu.
tional."
"Prohibitionists say that the Republi-
can Conventions of Pennsylvania, New
York, Tennessee, Maryland, Illinois
New Jersey, New Hampshire, Missouri
Iowa and Minnesota, which were held
this year, either juggled with the liquor
question or ignored it."-[N.Y. CONNER.
cial Advertiser.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

The Republican party will find it diff
cult to make the people of the Pacific
Coast believe that they have not played
perfdiously false in the Chinese question.
The treaty accepted by China to exclude
Chinese laborers absolutely from the
United States was SO amended in the
Senate as to render it obnoxious to the
Chinese Government. The consequence
is its rejection, and we are left where we
were, with Republican treaty, through
the meshes Of which from one to two
thousand Mongoliars are entering our
ports every week. The Senate amend.
ments were not material. and the only
sensible conclusion we can arrive at is
that they were passed for the express
purpose of securing the rejection Of the
treaty. The fact is the men who control
the destinies of the Republican party
do not wish the Chinese to be excluded
They want cheap labor, and they are
bound to have it, whether it come from
the Flowery Kingdom or from Eastern
Europe. The flimsy pretext is set ur
that British intrigue at Pekin was at the
bottom of the rejection of the treaty
This is the veriest nonsense. British
statesmen are as anxious to exclude the
Chinese from Australia, which is in an
anti-Mongolian ferment, as we are here
to have them excluded. From the time
that Ravard secured the assent of Charo
to his treaty, the Republican conspira.
tors in the Senate made their minds up
to defeat it by hook or by crook They
have succeeded, and the people will see
to it that they and their party shall bea,
the responsibility.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

THERE seems to be no doubt that
Robert Garrett has become a raving
maniac. The young man succeeded, on
the death of his father, to an immense
patrimony-the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road and telegraph systems. 1t was q
charge far beyond his capacity; but,
with the usual self-sufficiency of youth,
he thought himself equal to the colossal
task. When, however, be came to
measure swords with Jay Gould, in ne
gotiation for the purchase of the Balti-
more and Ohio telegraph system, he was
as clay in the hands of the potter. When
he woke up to the fact that he had been
egregiously circumvented by the Napo.
leon OF operators, his mind gave way,
and he has been going from bad to worse
until now he is stark mad. Better he
had been born to modest fortune equal
to his ability to successfully manage.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Two Ladies' Frightful Fall.

DowNIEvILLE, CAL, September g.
Miss Annie Webster and Miss Annie
Owens, while going to funeral at Good
years Bar, to-day, with a single horse
and buggy, were thrown over the grade
near here, falling about sixty feet almost
perpendicularly into the river. Miss
Owen was not seriously hurt, but Miss
Webster had her skull broken so that
the brains oozed out. She was rescued
from the river by traveller who was
passing and taken to her home, but little
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
AN HOTEL HOLOCAUST.
A Number of People Burned to
Death In Wisconsin.

SAN Francisco, September 2.-An Er.
ominer special from West Superior, Wis.
says: Early this morning fire was dis.
covered in the American House. Water
was not turned on the fire until the en-.
tire building was enveloped in mass Of
flames. The screams of the frantic men
and women escaping from the burning
building, some in only their night clothes
lent horror to the scene. The fire was
finally gotten under control and confined
to the hotel. At least six persons
were burned to death; perhaps
more. Three bodies were taken out this
afternoon. Only one was identified.
Half a dozen men appeared at the Sec
ond story windows, and three of them
jumped to blankets spread for them in
the street, the others falling back into
the flames. One man carried the pros
trate form of his bed fellow whom he
was unable to arouse, out of the burning
hotel and laid him down. The fellow
suddenly realized the situation and with
a wild yell rushed back into the fire,
Several men who were asleep in the
second story are still unaccounted for,
and it is pretty certain they perished.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
City and Township.
Keen the Object i'm View.

Keep the Object in View.
When the Presidents tariff message was
first given to the country Mr.. Blaine
made great haste in setting the keynote
of the tune to which it was to be whistled
down the wind of popular opinion. Mr..
Blaine knew the note he struck was
false as Cressid, but he thought the un-
trained ear of the masses would not be
able to catch the discord. In this effort
of the Greatest Statesman" he has been
ably aided by the great army of smallest
statesmen with which the party is 80 well
supplied. Gree Trade" has been yelled
into the ears of every voter until he
may we'll be tired Of the sound. And on
the part of the "greatest statesman" or
of the army of smallest states
men there has not been much
attempted beyond this bald, bold and
unsupported howl, "Free Trade" Time
and time again the logical proposition
has been set forth that the Mills bill,
which is the practical application of the
Democratic policy, will leave an average
duty of about forty-two per cent on i'm
ports. 1t has been as cogently stated
that Mr.. Arthur's commission on tariff
revision proposed to reduce the import
duties by an average of twenty per cent.
Democratic writers have written and the
orators of that party have insisted on the
fact that the duties were abolished only
on raw material, and that the purpose
of making those cheaper was to stimulate
industries and create larger demand
for labor. The same writer's and orators
have been instant, in season and out ol
season, in proclaiming that where the
duties were touched on manufactures
in which we compete with foreign manu-
lecturers it was only in the way OF a
moderate and conservative modification
of the tariff; that care was taken to se
lect industries which were no longer in
the infant state, but robust by reason ol
long protection. So it has been shown
that the tariff changes proposed by thai
statesmanlike, conservative and thought
full bill prepared by Mr.. Mills, claimed te
make the necessaries of life cheaper, and
to throw more OF the burdens of taxation
on the rich and less of them on the wage
earners of the country. To all these
propositions the greatest statesman
has bawled Free Trade. The smalles
statesmen have joined with one accorc
in the same false cry. There has been nc
attempt to define Free Trade, none tc
show in what respect the Mills bill
would come under such definition
The mere cry is all there has been at.
tempted in the way of answer to any
statement of facts or logic of reasoning
No! Not all There has been coupled
with this cry by the greatest states
man" and by the whole army of smallest
statesmen the claim that Free Trade
must eventually ruin our country, that
the Chief MaQietrate of the Republic
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
In a Cul de Sac.

The Eastern exchanges, following the
publication of the Presidents message
asking for legislative authority to enable
him to make efficient retaliation upon
Canada, come to US laden with the
strongest endorsements OF the document
as one of the most vigorous, statesmanlike
and American messages that ever
emanated from the Executive office.
When it reached the Senate, Edmunds
and others betrayed petulance which
showed that the lightning had struck,
and they were so far thrown from their
usual poise as to treat the President with
tell-tale and unprecedented disrespect
by adjourning before the usual time SC
that the document could not be read.
The situation of the Republican Sena-
tors was, indeed, one which was calcu.
lated to make them feel uncomfortable
They had rejected the treaty for mere
partisan advantage. Having tried tc
make the country believe that it subor.
dinated America to British interests, they
were willing to trifle with great interna
tional question in order to injure Cleve.
land.
But now the tables were turned. Mr..
Cleveland's message placed them in the
attitude to either give him the power he
demanded to make retaliation effective,
or to confess that they were insincere
when they attacked the treaty and the
administration upon pro-British grounds.
Of course it was trying position for
Edmunds ct al, and they wanted time
to think out course to meet the dilem-
ma. But they have made their case no
better by the fiimsy defense they have
since set up. They claimed that the
President was fully armed with retalia-
tory power in the law passed in March
1887, authorizing him to prohibit Cana
dian fishing vessels from entering our
ports. As those vessels are not in the
habit of entering our ports the remedy
amounted to nothing. The answer to
their assertion that he had not exercised
that prohibitory power was conclusive
1t would not have been polite
to have made reprisals while treaty tc
adjust an International dispute was un
der consideration, even if cases for re
prisals had in the meantime come up
A proper rule of comfy would be tc
leave the question in status quo until the
treaty had been finally disposed of
MIR. Cleveland did 80. He let the Re-
publican Senators make their party
buncombe, and bided his time. But
when his time came, he let the great ak
fall in the shape of message which has
struck responsive chord in every
patriotic heart and confounded the petty
tricksters who are trifing with the inter
ests of the country in order to gain
party advantage.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

EVERYBODY, even the most rabid
bouncers OF last week, have settled down
to the HERALD's view, anent the report
of Book, Sinsabaugh & Co. They all
agree that mere declamatory report
which involves the honor and reputation
of high official-or even any official
high or low-ought to be backed up by
proofs before it can be considered as suf
ficient to justify dismissal. Assertion is
easy; but the proof is the thing the
public wants.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
A Distressing Tragedy.

CINCINNATI, September "A most dis
tressing tragedy was discovered last night
was discovered by Mr.. Steinlee, Of Delhi,
that his wife and two children, who had
been missing since Tuesday last, had
been drowned, and Mr.. Steinlee's grief is
the more intense because ii is believed
the mother, in fit Of insanity, had drag
ged the children into the river with her.
The children were a girl and boy, nine
and ten years old. The three bodies
were recovered yesterday and identified.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
BLAINE claims everything ond od,,;.

BLAINE claims everything and admits
nothing. In recent speech he pointed
to the increase OF our population as a re-
suit of Republican policy. As if the
Democrats had had nothing to do with it..
We have heard of Democratic fathers.
If it comes to a question of propagation,
we believe the Democrats can hold their
own With Republicans any day in the
week.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Lumber Mill DESTROYED. i.

SANTA CRUz, September 2.-Dougher.
ty's large lumber mill, six and a hall
miles above Boulder creek, was totally
destroyed by fire last night. The fire
started under the large saws and in five
minutes the entire building was in flames.
The watchman saw the fire commence
and turned on the hose and gave the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Wholesale Slaughter of Horse.
Thieves,

KANSAS CRY, September 2.-The re-
port mas reached here that battle
was fought in No Mans Land last week
between eighteen horse thieves and
force Of fifty Colorado settlers, and that
all the outlaws were killed, together with
three of the vigilantes. Several days ago
the gang of desperadoes invaded South
eastern Colorado and stole number of
horses. They fled to the neutral strip.
The settlers organized force to pursue
them, and it is supposed the fight des-
cribed herein was the result.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Typical of Arkansas.

ST. LOUIS, September IA special
from Little Rock, Ark, says: The disas-
trous and fatal waterspout which visited
that city Thursday night broke out at
Palarm, twenty miles west of there. The
storm was seen gathering and fears were
entertained of cyclone. The cloud ap-
peared to dissolve discharging an i'm
mense volume of water and sweeping the
country bare.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Dragged to Death.

HELENA, Mont, September 2.-It was
learned here to-day that sheep.herder,
named Smith, met his death in most
shocking manner. He lay down, and
to keep his pony from straying, he put
the lariat around his neck. The pony
became frightened and dragged the man
to death.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Mr.. Blaine calls a AZ per cent W

Mr.. Blaine calls a AZ per cent war
tariff an "old landmark" which the
Democrats are seeking to remove. The
old landmark was tariff of from to 25
per cent. This satisfied the fathers of
the American system and the projectors
of "infant industries" for a period of
more than fifty years. The original Nor
Democratic party is simply going back a
step towards the "old landmarks"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Fixe at the Dalles.

The DALLEs, Ogn., September g.
This morning destructive fire occurred,
consuming property amounting to $685.
900. The fire started in an alley back of
a furniture store and auction house, and
spread very rapidly. consuming two
blocks of frame buildings. Several per-
sons were injured by falling walls.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
A Persistent Suicide.

MIDDLErowN, N. Y, September p
William j. Mccoy registered at the Mad
ison house Friday night from San Fran
cisco. He took laudanum with suicidal
intent, but took too much. Next morn
ing he shot himself. The ball entered
the left breast. The surgeon thinks it
just missed the heart. Letters found in
his room show that the act was premedi-
tated. He will probably die,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
An Indian Rattle.

Galloway last night received letter
from the foreman Of his ranch in Paradox
Valley, confirming the rumor of fight
between baud of Southern Utes and a
band of Piutes. The latter number
about 200. The battle occurred near
Lazal mountains, and when a courier
left for Grand Junction the battle was
still raging. The ranchers have all gone
into the settlements.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
Attempted Safe Cracking.

PHOENIX, A. T., September 2.-An at
tempt was made last night to burglarize
the office OF Wells, Fargo & Company at
Tempe, by drilling through the outside
casing OF the safe and filling the hole
with powder and igniting it, but the ex-
plosion did not affect the inside safe.
The thieves were frightened away with
out accomplishing their object.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
MIR. Carnegic,s rcstimonv,

Mr.. Blaine told his hearers the other
night that ''the wages of the American
laborer cannot be reduced without the
consent and vote of the American labor
er himself" Mr.. Blaine must have got
that idea from Mr.. Carnegie, but, as the
New York World says, Mr.. Carnegie's
workmen can give Mr.. Blaine informa-
ton on that pint. Without their con-
sent and against their protest and in
spite of their strike their wages were re-
duced 10 per cent.-[Buffalo Courier.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
A Threatened Indian Outbreak.

DENVER, September 2.-Major Charles
Whitehead, special pension examiner.
arrived in Denver, and reports that when
he departed from Lander, Wyo., last
Wednesday, there was considerable ex-
citement on account of an expected out
break among the Shoshone, Sioux and
Arapahoe Indians at Washakie, on the
Shoshone reservation. The hostility of
the Indians is attributed to their appre-
hension that the Government intends to
remove them to the Indian Territory forci-
bly,, if they do not consent to the terms
OF the present negotiations. Agent Jones
has called for military assistance, and
ordered the garrison at Fort Washakie to
prepare for an attack. The settlers are
also making preparations for defense.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
SeCtiOn MEN KtIIed,

ST. LOUIS, September "A special
from Bonneville says: Six section men
were killed at small station near this
city, yesterday, by a freight train jump
ing the track. The caboose attached to
the freight was filled with passengers, all
of whom escaped serious injury.