, 1888-11-08
CAPT. KrDD's TREASURE UsEARrHED.

CAII. MIDI TREASURE pNLhA hhGb'
Fall River, Mass, Nov. 1.-James
NJ. Eddy, of Horse Neck, r. l.. has
unearthed 1900 Spanish doubloons
in his back yard, and calculates there
are 100000 on his farm. His father
was lieutenant governor of Rhode
Island One of his ancestors, who
sailed with Capt. Kidd, returned to
his Horse Neck farm and sowed it
with doubloons. An ong his papers
was a chart locating his buried
wealth. The lieutenant governor did
nothing with the plan, but James III.
Eddy, into whose possession the pa
per came at the same time as the
farm, thought it worth trying.
CLEVELAND GAINS SEVERAL VOTES.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The presi-
Dent to-day granted a number of par
dons in cases of violation of the rev.
enue laws, attempted killings, etc,
among them the following: Elmore
Field, convicted in the district of
Colorado of larceny. The appli"a-
tion for amnesty was granted In the
case of Lewis Larren and G. Madren,
convicted in Utah of polygamy, and
the application for restoration to cit
izenship was granted in the case of
Kirkland NJ. Fitch, undergoing sen
tence in the northern district of Ohio
for enbezzlement of bank funds.
CHINESE ARRIVALS.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.-The
steamship City of Sydney, the first
steamer to leave Hong Kong after
the signing of the exclusion bill, ar
rived late last night, bringing only
twenty-six Chinese passengers, five
of whom are for San Francisco, while
only six are destined for Victoria,
the rest going to Panama, Honolulu
and Havana.
The steamer brings the following
advices:
Cholera has taken a strong hold
on the native population in Pekin,
and deaths are occurring daily.
tits reported that the Chinese
government has under consideration
a scheme of tariff reprisals as an
action for the prevention of Chinese
entering the United States.
There has been a heavy typhoon
in the China sea and several vessels
had narrow escapes. One steamer
was blown 800 miles out of her course
and her coal being exhausted, for
three days used sugar fer fuel.
DEATH OF AN EMINENT JESUIT.
Spokane Falls, Nov. Rev.
Peter Barcelo, S. j., for the past two
years chaplain of the Sisters hospi
tai, died to-day. For twenty-five
years he has been engaged in educa-
tional and religious pursuits on the
coast. He was born in New Mexico
in 1888. He entered the Jesuit or
der in 1861 and after laboring in the
different missions 0f the Rocky
mountains came to Spokane Falls in
1856.
JUDGE SAWYER WILL RENDER A DECISION
MONDAY.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.-Judge
Sawyer will render decision proba-
bly, Monday, in the case of the Chs
nese who claim the right to land
on the plea of having been born
here.
PRISONER SHOT BY DEPUTY.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. John
Atkins, who was arrested for burn
ing the railroad property, while be-
ing taken to jail by Deputy Consta-
BILE McGee last night, made break
for liberty. He was fatally shot by
MCGEE.
CARDINAL NEwMAN's CONDITION.
London. Nov. 2.-Cardinal News
mans condition was somewhat bets
ter during last night, though it is
still grave.
GREAT COAL STRIKE
San Francisco, Nov. "A cable-
gram this morning states that the
great coal strike in the Australian
mines has been terminated.
HARBoR FROZEN OVER.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 2-The
harbor is frozen and navigation is
closed