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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-08

MiiNaukee WISCONSIN,.
The New York Herald, which is an
independent journal of strong Demo-
cratic prediction, is citing proof OF
the fact that the subservience of the
"aoughface' Democrats in congress
to the Solid South has resulted in
injury to the Democratic party. 1t
points To the fact that while in the
Forty eighth congress (1Ss3-5) the
Democrats had "a majority of II in the
house of representatives, in the Forty
ninth congress they had only Al ma
jority, in the Fiftieth only Ii majority,
and In the congress which may be as
sembled at the summons of President
Harrison the Democrats will be in the
minority. II then shows that between
1882 and 1888 the Democratic party
lost 81 Northern seats in the house,
while during the same period il lost
only six seats in the South.
The Herald complains that the
"Solid South" has ruled the house of
representatives, and the Democrats of
the North have permitted themselves
to be slowed away in the back seats.
1t shows that Speaker Carlisle paid
for his election to the speakership hy
the members from the South with the
majority of the assignments upon the
important committees. and asks this
question: "Can Southern men won
der If year after year certain deep
irritation at that persistent political
anomaly, the Solid South, lodges in
Northern minds, and that it finds ex-
preston at n orthern polls7p
The handwriting on the wall to
which the New York Herald calls at
tention is indeed very plain. 1t hardly
needed further assertion by that
journal that while ''ten years ago
there were II Democratic senators
from Northern states now there was
bur six, TO emphasize the fact that
the sturdy North despises the trucu-
lence of the "doughface" Democrats
who have by recent acts awakened
memory of the dark days preceding
the war when the solid South had the
Democrats of the North as they have
them now, under the thumb of con-
troll. History of those times is yet
fresh enough to make any repetition
of tue surrender of the North to the
South in the halls OF congress obnox-
ious to fair-minded Northern peopIe.
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: powder charge oil isoo - 49,. ~
This will be ca4sshi~ -
! penetrating az the muixx!e -.
than IS inches OF wrought iron ~
will also carry u Pinch. hish-nn...s
rife, hayinga proieetiis OF 1850 pn1rsss'e
propelled by y powder charge ~ -
pousds. and having Il mayzse 49,
sratson IN WRIGHT iron OF 81 inrh.~
A dynamite tube Snd 4 pew~rf~s
secondary battery will complete ~
armament.
Besides these six har5or he fsrs. -.
sells we shall have four searoin : y,
morsslsds. Two OF these. the Ma
and the Texas, are building at Broos-
/ lvn and Norfolk. A third. larger th~,.
eithsir, has been authorized ous ,<,s
yet July planned. The fourth L e.
one slesIgned by Congressman Thonsns
70 which both the senate ana 49,
house have agreed. though with snro~
differences in detail, nos the suks~sse
OF conference. The Maine viii csrr~
four Ioinch and six 6iHch guns az ~
type already spoken ot. The dificujfs
% securing proper ssesi materials ~
this vessel has been great, SO new Il
this country is the industry az huiEIs
Ing large modern iroFsciads wholIv a
domestic materials. Even the rse a
the materials, when properly hi -nishea
is ns,t always skillfui, ana losses A.
thereby occs.sioadd The Texas Il
much less advanced than the Mains
because incongruities we're discovers
which have required the sa0dificafiar
OF her original plans il, order TO carrv
out the purposes OF the department. IS
her construction. She viii carry two
l2-issch and six 6-inch guns. The
thiri aTmorei vessel. provided for 40
year, viii have about 800 tons d.
placement, and viii carry four le-incb
guns Her engines will give her prob-
Ably about III knots speed, and with IA
inches OF solid steel on water. linz
belt extending clear fore and AFT. Sc
will be one OF the most valuable f;rins
ships 10 be found anywhere. ThS
tenth OF our new arTnofcIad vcsseIs
will be the seagoing partly submerged
monitor. It's speed and other detaiis
cannot be positively described unfil
an s.greement Is reached on this SAB
iect by congress, but its plans in zen.
erai have been mainly approved By
naval exDerty
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THE WEST COAST.
4 Rush to the Lower Cali
fornia Placers.
A Persrand CLERK KILLED by an Over
dose Of AorpAine-The Fraser
River Channel

Los AssELEs. March 7.-As a foil TO
the enthusiasm OF those hayiag faith
Ia the discovery of gold in Lower Cal
ifornIa. there are many here who
know the ground wei and they pre-
dict that the excitement viii die ont
as rapidly as it began. A well-known
resident Of this city said to-day
that he was over the Santa Clara
region 10 years ago. AMI while there
was no doubt the country II mineraliy
rich, and would pay vel for develop
fnent, backed by ample capital, the &C
cumulatloa OF winter water furnishes
q suppay st best for only two months
In the year, and unless practical dry
washer has been found it viii not pay
10 stay.
Gov. Torres. who left here this morn
ing for San Diega, confirmed the re-
ports of the discovery and said his
presence would probably be needed on
Mexican soil, as il was quite likely
some difficulties viii arise that he viii
have to settle.
One miner says it is necessary to Sc.
cure passport from the Mexican con.
sui either at San Diego or at Tia Juana,
which costs about $40 Everything
taken into Mexico also has duty
levied on II, four-horse team oil
geldings being taxed 500.
CRY on Mexico. tvia Gaiyeston)
March THE government has order,
ed more troops TO Lower California
where Gov. Torres viii preserve order
among the miners.
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PASSENGER LISTS,

Oregon & California. passed Med.
ford: G. h. Young. DR.. J. III. Willard
Mrs. McGeorge. Mary Adams. j. III
Dewey. Eugene Willis, Geo. !. Pierce
and wife, A. H. kayton, w. III. Hunt
er and daughter, 4. w. Losa. w. III
Rogers, w. +. Mccarthy, l.. X. Web.
stsr. Lid Back. w. v. Smith, Jno. W.
tiass, Miss Nancy, Thos. siinovan
VIM England and wife, Z. Bergman
and wife. Jno. Lethyon, III. REYNOLDS
Z. A. Bielenb-rg. l.. Hszelton. jas
Gleason, +. l. Wright. ii. NJ Clenton
Mrs J. w. George. Mrs. G. ID. Haven,
Mr.. Spaulting. j. NJ. Ioyens, r. Al
BlcheloF, Mrs. Lima Breynan. SamI.
Elmore. G. w. welch, q. Marks. w
Weigandt, NJ. r. Milon, o. A. Baxter
anu 6 second class
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Seventy Ave I'm the shade-Prospects
for y frodigloas Harvest.


WaLI.A WaLLA. March 7.-Summer
has apparently set in for keeps" the
thermometer registering IS to-day In
the shade. Grain looks magnificent,
and promises an enormous WELD.
Fruit trees are beginning TO bud, aud
IT we do not receive n heavy frost the
irnis crop will be unprecedented in our
history.
Reliable information has been re.
eeisel 10 the effect that ia a few DAYS
trains walt be- run on the Hunt road
SO as 10 make close connections With
all Northern Pacific trains, thereby
dtSpen lug with the vexstious DELAYS
az June ton points which the travelling
public desiring 10 reach this town has
endured 50 many years. Truly Waila
Waiia Is receiving the attention her
| aseFats long age deserved
The BAKER BOY or National bank, the
successor OF the OH prominent insti-
tuition OF baker It Boyer. tas received
their pe9 bank notes from the author
tties, and Cashier I'll. +. Johnson is
very busy attaching his signature
thereto.
BsieS-making ~ the penitentiary
will eusa9ae-sos just a. s.ssss a. the new
machinery Is placed In position. The
nsst 81 < that sn ~ De expected viii
"a IA There arr too naay on hand
/ aud sAsy cannot he sold ilauling
clay iof the seaso.. will begin next
Wednesday. There j. already SUIT
siens far bali 4 Inlsiion on hand, but
tie commissioners tnink they had
better keep ta advance assd have
| plenty GA hand.
| The ciEiEsas OF Athena. formerly
| Ceateeyfsie, Iast acro>s the iine ia or.
egoa, are aoW iaiasgins in q progig-
iuus kick for chan ging she good naae
/ the town wens by to that gsrly girl
/ c04.aptaen,
a susacr that the stFest-cas line will
sua 80 lac cemetery has caused MANY
/ 10 purchase &c 4 cstAte slong Sesstnd
street, sna that, together with the fscl
taSs TIE nva BRICK S.ssosi house Is IA
be ais4llt "a shat loseAiI,y. vii make a
great change Ira th@t quarter, ~esch d
/ rc&iis sne saEost te>lTafsse for residences
IA tt8e g4sy
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JOHN r. IRISH.
He Never Did an Honest Day's
Work In California.

Work In California.
San francisco Examiner
Governor Waterman has removed
Mr.. William Fl. Mills from the Yo-
semitic commission and appointed
John p. Irish in his stead.
This appointment is disgrace to
the administration and an afFrcnt to
the state.
Mr.. Mills was removed at the in
stIgation Of Private Secretary Boruck.
a coarse. greedy and revengeful man.
because Mr.. Mills, in the line OF his
work as an officer of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company, saw &c to cut
down the sum which Boruck, as the
owner OF weekly publication, was
accustomed to receive from the corpo-
ration for advertising"
Things are now changed for the
worse in the Yosemite commission,
which is practically an adjunct to the
Southern Pacific Mr.. Mills is a rail-
road man, and so is John F. Irish.
But Mr.. Mills is openly and honora-
bly, in the employ OF the company
He is its land agent, and personally
bears good character.
John p. Irish, on the other hand. is
a mere parasite of Stanford's, of the
Boruck order. He serves his masters
by masquerading as Democrat. His
pen, tongue and vote are equally at
their command. He was imported
from Iowa, in violation of the spirit OF
the Contract Labor Act. The noto-
riety that he's brought him within
range OF official lightning is due chiefly
TO the fact that he is the editor of the
Atta California, a publication owned
by a group of rich men with reyenges
to wreak and jobs to work. Justice
Field Is at the head of the group and
Jerry Briber Morrow at the tail.
Should one of the 4lsa Cs.liforain's pro-
prietors have an enemy TO be assailed,
another cell in San Quentin to be
evaded, and another thieving min
| ing stock deal to manage, it is the
business of the Yosemite Commits
sioner Irish to pour filth on the enemy,
justify the bribery OF juries as a means
of escaping imprisonment, and to lure
the servant girls and laborers from
the savings bank to Pine street The
Ala California, in short, is the Rogues'
club. of which John p. Irish is the
head waiter, who answers the bell on
the run whenever it is touched by the
! finger of q member.
The man has not done an honest
days work since he was landed in
California. His first act was to ally
| himself with the railroad company,
| and his service has been 10 betray his
party to its worst enemies at every
| opportunity. Perhaps this circum-
stance was not overlooked by the Re-
publican governor when the list OF
Irish's merits was under examination.
He has gift of oratory, but he has
never delivered speech from Demo-
cratic platform that has not made Re-
publican votes. Witness his tour of
Oregon and the 1000 Republican ma
jority of June.
The senate should not confirm the
nomination of John p. Irish. He is
in the right place as editor of the AAa
California.
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sUPKEME COURT.
The Vancouver Mission Case At
nrmed--yaIidity Of Lien Law.

OLYMPIA, March 7.--Sapreme court
upon eonvening this morning, rem
dered decisions In the cases of Cath
Ole Bishop OF Nisqually VS.. United
states, anu Spokane Manufacturing
Company Va. j. McChesney ct al, the
two cases In which so much interest
has been taken during the past few
months.
In the case OF the Catholic Bishop
OF Ni.qualiy vs.. United States, the
Judgment OF the lower court was
affirmed. The eonrs decided that the
act OF congress OF August IA, 1913,
granting GO acres OF land To mis-
sionary societies who were in posses
sion OF the same and using it as q mis-
sionary station. August II. 1913, refers
to ana includes only American citi-
zens. Plaintiff in the case did not oc-
cupy the land himfelf, the same being
occupied by the Hudson Bay Conn
pany, which permitted plaintiff TO
conduct religious services in its prem
ises. Painful does not claim he
acted under any Law OF the United
States. but under the rules of his
church and the direction of the Bishop
OF Quebec, a British subject. Hence,
not having occupied it himself on
August IA. 1913, the grant does not
lie: and even II he had occupied 1t,
the act OF congress making grant of
$50 acres TO chgrch societies would
apply TO plaintiff as he was acting In
behalf OF foreigh corporation. I'M
mediateiy after the decision was am
nounced. counsel for plaintiff made
application for a rehearing, which was
granted.
In the case of the Spokane Manu-
featuring Company VS.. j. McChesfty
the judgment of the lower court was
reversed and the case semanded. This
Is the case in the decision OF which the
validity of the lien law was involved.
The point was made that law which
would give lien TO labofer or ma
teriai man. Notwithstanding that pay
| ment had been made 70 the main
contractor, Is unconstitutional. The
court deci ses that tho lien Law passed
ia 1851 Is constitutional, and that
laboters and material men have a lieu
on buildings. even though the main
contractor mas been paid IN full by the
owner.
Petitions for re-hearing were denied
In the eases of Marsh VS.. Wade and
Dacgs vs.. N. r. L. X. Co.
An appeal 10 the supreme court oil
the United states court was granted
IN IN case of N. Z. X. X. Co. VS.. w
Whalfi
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Names 81 the Leaf kind Treatment
by Indians.

PoET TowzaEsD. March The fuil
names OF the men lost in the wreck of
the Port Gordon are: Ronald Ban
nantyre. cook. Seotchm4ns john
sackey. nero, steward. OF Liverpool
Matthew Campbell. seaman, OF Green
ock. and Andrew Garcia, seaman,
Mexican. Garcia IL thu man who lost
his life trying 70 swim ashore With 3
line.
Mr.. smith, first officer, speaks in the
highest terms OF the kindness shown
by the Indians who gave the ship
wrecked crew food and shelter. A
tall Indiaa named Williams ard Sab
Chief Howard we're particularly kind.
The next morning after this wreck The
Indians piIotesi the crew 70 Hobs
head Is miles up the coast ard then
carried messages between taptaln
Glib and Mr.. smith. The captain
went south, and ct last accounts was
at Duets village. He expected 70 so
on to the Qaiuanet reservation and
thence to Gray's Harbor, bit two Of
his men were partly disabled and
could not travel horseback.
Mr.. smith declined to make 4 state
ment - 10 the navigation Of the ship,
holding that it was proper to allow the
master to give the statement before
the court of inquiry which viii be con-
yened 10 hear the evidence and render
findings
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a Pen Portrait Of Boulanrer.
PARIS Iatfor


When entered he was sitting ct !
long table covered with books and n,
pert, but he immediately arose, csme
forward with pleasant Bon iour,s
and = hearty grasp of the hand. ana
led me to seat. 1t was the Erss tina
/ had seen him, and observed wiz
some surprise that he was not in the
least like the published portraits that
are to be seen in every part OF Para
He has nothing OF the dspper look q
the photographs and engravings. HI
hair Is not dark and nicely combed. =
you see il in the pictures in littie. =
but it Is iron gray, and il standn
cropped" and erect. His beard, ia.
is tslwny and slightly mixed wit b RrnS;
In physique he Is of medium heiekt.
well filed, and neither stout nor siens
der. He has stronger face aud mon
intellectual head than the popul ar pufs
traits credit him withal, and the iines
IN his face are distinctly markell
there is quite deep line running
across his forehead. His eyes a
keen and gray. His coat was SEMI
military in cut, but not In saiof far.
like his trousers, it was kind Of ~
Lowry brown
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FIRE IN A sHIr's HOLD.
Serious Damage to the Chasca
Bound for Puget Sound.

SAX Francisco, March THE Brit
ish bark Chasca, bound for Puget
Sound and Australia, was badly dam
aged by fire this morning. Fire broke
out among sails stored beneath the
cabin. and the vessel came near being
destroyed. The loss is about S12, 600,
covered by insurance.
The salvage to the tow-boats will be
SIC, 900, as both companies claim TO
have been instrumental i'm saving the
vessel. 1t will take some time
to make the repairs necessary.
and the vessel will thereby prob
ably lose her charter TO take a
cargo Of lumber from Puget
Sound to Sydney, Australia, which
amounts to nearly 5000. The dam
age done by fire on board the vessel is
fully covered by insurance. The yes
sci Is valued at Sc, 900, and is owned
in England. Capt. Young. the master,
was on shore at the time of the fire,
spending his last night with friends.
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OUR TEN NEW ARMoRcLADs.
Progress Made ON Heavy Fighting
Vessels as We'll rs ON Crujsers.


Vessels as We'll rs ON Cruisers.
WAsuigoros. Feb. 25.-~The interest
felt in the unarmored cruisers and
torpedo craft. now one after another
approaching completion. has natar-
ally diverted attention from the more
slowly progressing arniorclads. OF
these there are no fewer than 10 au-
thorized or already under construc-
tion, without taking account of the
Ii single tufret moaitors in ordinary,
Wnich could perform some service, If
needed, In harbor defense.
The i've double-turret iron monitors,
the hrst OF which Is nearly ready.
have side armor not as thick as il
should be. except in the case of the
Puritan. but their turrets are covered
with llH ia hes of steel. They all
carry four I0-ineh steel breech-loading
rides. firing projectiies that weigh 500
pounds with a powder charge of $50
pounds. Ihis gun viii pierce %
inches OF wrought iron at the muzzIe
anu ia at the distance of a mile. aud
! at this latter distance the 30 inches of
tree6oard expo ed by the Puritan
makes hara mark 10 hit, while in
% inches. This is the real source OF
tie reliance which may be placed even
on the four wilich have bat seven
inches of side arnlor. AS 10 the Pu-
rtfan, which ha> Il inches OF si,ie ar
NOR. a a harbor defense vessel she
need not fear 10 a tack any opponent.
Their guns. which are of the best mod
eFn type, can be CROUCH. INTO play Ut
. distance which gives the ei.eniy a
most uiffselilt target, with shots likely
10 glance from the low cylindrical
turrcts. Double bottoms, water tight
apartments, and protective decks
AID their defensive eli1cisncg, and
their light draft will give them an ad-
vantage IN maaenyer la many harbors
over deep-draught hostile ariuorciads.
Indeed, IL may be said that the mon
iior type underlined gives the ba.i< of
searsy perfect hafbur defense vessel.
As there Il no ilec-Ssity for those great
space alto gances for coal and pr.yi,-
ions ahsch the seagoing armUr clad
must have. every thing can be made TO
turn en afmor ami armament, sup
plies and fuel being furnished from
the shore up To the time of conflict.
Ia the sixth coast defense arnor.lad
authority for which was gwen Two
years ago. a SUM of 81 000 600 icing al.
lowed Tor It's construction, we find abe
best features OF the monitor type in
sIoIueed. The bids for il viii be
oi'en.d IN few weeks, as the speciil-
cations have just teen compieted at
TIE navy dep irtmesit. She is 10 have
length OF 20 feet. breadth Of SO.
aIii a depth vi little over ifL, with
displacement of 400 tons. Her steel
arfnos sIll be is inches thick al the
fa4xialnni. aiid her engines are to de-
s-sop 800 indi- aied hor g. rover. She
y 10 carry le-inch breeeh-loasiisg
fiae weighing exclusive Of the carriage,
at least i07 tons. and throw
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and when sober an excellent and
faithful workman. He would 60 Cd
% sprees though. and when he was
drunk he was rs vicious as \ man well
could be-
Three or four times he had been ar
rested for hurting people IN his drunk
en- frenxies, and had got of with q
light sentence each time His last Of
Tense was more serious than usual aud
he cot the long term. He didn Z mind
il mach and carried his chain and
bali rs If they had been paper.
He jokesi with his jaiIers. and
seemed IS happy breaking rock on the
streets as he was when he was the
schoolteacher OF the district. A par
tiesalarly nice and pretty yoang lady
passed the chain gang at work every
morning on her way TO school Dave
knew her slightly before he got into
trouble, and without thought Of the
irons on his ankles raised his hat. She
had the good sense not to be offended
and the next morning she answered
his . How 90 ron do2"
The other prisoners bothered Dave
q good deal about his mash, but he
talked ID her every morning, never
theleSs One evening, when Dave
was returned 70 Jail sitter his day in
the streets, he asked TO see the
sheriff
He sstonishesi that funci;onary BIZ
saying that he was going 10 be mar
RED. and asking permission 70 have
the ceremony performed at the jail.
The sheriff of course granted the re-
quired permission, and the following
day the ceremony was quietly per-
formed.
The story got out and Dave and his
wife were the pets OF the town. He
still had good part of his term TO
serve, but the citizens wouldn't have
their hero breaking rock in the streets.
But they could not very well take one
work. so the town council held a
special meeting and abolished the
chain-gang.
Dave Was made trusty at the Jail,
and the ladies of the town saw that
the remainder of his term was made
pleasant. When he got out he had all
the work that he could attend to.
His wife kept him sober and industrl-
GUS, and so the story ends as happily
as such novelties always should.
Fresno is one of the few places
where the ball and chain is still in use.
A dozen melancholy tramps and lar
cenists hang about the city hall. turn
ing up the sods in a half-hearted way.
They keep n 10 or f2-pound.. ball tied
TO their ankles until Il occurs TO them
to kick it of, and then they strike for
the foothills. Every week or so one or
more get away.