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The Lamar register., 1890-11-08
THE ELECTIONS.
RETURNS SLOW AND RESULTS
DOUBTFUL.
E" Scratch. Scratch. Scratch, was
the Order of the Day.

Scratch, Scratch, Scratch" Was
the Order of the Day.
Owing to the great amount oil
scratching both throughout the State and
the country very little was definitely
known on the day after election as to tho
result OF the vote, and 1t will be some time
before the exact result will be known
Colorado.
The returns received on Wednesday are
too tnnagre TO warrant statement rs 70
the result except that it is probable TIA,
Jones, Dick and t'essler are defeated'
In Arapahoe County all was chaos. Six
tickets were in tho field aad few OF them
were voted straight II will require cay
or two to count the ballots.
Returns received up to Wednesday nish'
seem TO indicatethe election OF the hspao
llcan candidates with the exception of
treasurer, attorney general and snpeFin-
tendent OF pu6hc Instruction. Nothing Is
absolutely certain however until more
complete returns are ia. In Arapahoe
County the Democrats have certainly
elected hyc out OF the ten representatives
and one OF the two senators.
Kansas.
The returns from Kansa, although COM
paraiively meagro on the State ard isgis-
latlve tickets, show an unexpected sirong'h
Of the Farmers Alliance. The Farmers
Alliance claim wHIirs election by a small
plurality, and the Republicans are eoHa-
dcnt that Humphrey is reelected by i9.-
90 plurality.
The Farmers Alliaaco and resgomis-
sion Republicans have elected many eaH-
ddates to the Legislature. Tae former
arO bitterly opposed, as a rule, to Senator
Ingalls,, whose term expires in 1871, bat
the latter. while opposed 10 the Republl-
can State standardization, will yoie for Mr.
Ingalls, re election, 50 tAat the senior
Kansas senator will doubtless rciala bis
seat in the Senate The Democratic rep
rcscutstzou in the legislatzrs viii be
small.
AT midnight Wednesday the Republican
central committee conceded the clseslon
Of the entire Farraers' Alliance tiekct,
with tho possible exception o. Niiiits,
candidate for governor, who aay be do
ieated by Humphrey b. a small plurality.
The committee coHcclcs the opposition 70
Ingalls, in the legislature viii have ma
;o-ity. The eicctlon Of six oppssiuoa Goa
gressmaa Is assared-
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Wisconsin.

TIE foature o. the day wss the asuI
o; tho Cathei.es aud I.utLcrsa e.ersy
raarshziuEg their f7rocs aE4iast tae b
&c. law. AIass % the Lziaeras eazFs
he'd =1criia=s last nixh; a. Wh.eh Dsi
GRATIS ur4cis ss,sr di.tributed
Lzsess rc,uras froa tho ssata iu4i.
, plurality % ". 40 aud upward fCr G,
Peek, Democrat The ptua0eFats siu
majority OF the Assessblymea Ara
State Senate IN the lower hgzse
wll, have majority OF tAiEiy or 0ysE,
In tie seazte majority OF iva =
elect sevea oat o. siHe oangrcss1ea.
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Indiana

The entire Democratic State tickej
elected by big nslori,ics, aad ChAirI
Alicheaer Of the Republleaa State osz1
COMMITTEES eeuco1os the defeat Of his 3 ]
By lA.oo1. TIE Democrats also gain
CongreSsm&r.
Prcsitcst HArrisoa and Attorney "a
erai SiIlicr arrived in Indianapolis Al.
u'cioeS Tuesday TO vote. when the vs
dent arst catered The room, lc sPor@
Tho Judges aud c.cFss sereral,y, tEazI
hands with those ,ha; he knew pcrzes /
IN answer 70 a question as 70 hoE ig-
woul4 remain, be UeP.ied that hg "A
rctaru 10 Washington tAls zfieraj
Whea "a thr act q rcsarzlnE bis bail l
tho inspector. sack L.4adcs. onc sf
sudres, s4ia -NTcil. IS II plalz BeH 4
ris7a ssS. Yea. replied the p-ssi
"Aad cniy oogats oac vote" ne Il
1ests vote Vas iae oue hundred and 1
secgad that was cast IN TIE proetset l
the nsHt man who c1enclsei his SUD
was Dzaisl Brosuzn. Dcnoerzi, =
vote eaaec'iea iae prssiaeat's, IS Hres3
voted straight ueSci.
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A dispatch from Morris, Illinois,
says that all the coal mines in that vicip-
ity have suspended operations on account
of a hitch between the employers and en-
ployed. They have banded together and
raised the price twenty-five cents. Alta
meeting OF miners demand was made for
ten cents of the twenty-five cents. This
was refused, and all the men refused TO
enter the mines. Public sentiment is en-
tirely with the miners and it is believed
that their demand viii be granted.
C. j. Schwao, who has been per-
sistently running for the office ofconstable
Of jefferson, Texas, for twenty years, was
this time elected by an overwhelming ma
jority, but only lived few hours to enjoy
his well-earned victory. He came down
town rejoicing, but was shot down in cold
blood by man who has been twice ad-
judged to be crazy and sent to the asylum.
ana has been released both times. The
mans name is joe Howell. He is very
desperate character. Schwab was shot
through the heart and died Immediately.
A statement of the quantity OF gold
and silver coin in tho United Stales at this
date, prepared by the director OF the mint.
shows an aggregate of 81 ,092 1893, ,s62, OF
which S634, ,Gl2,33 Is gold, $3.50, ,9SS, ,465 is
full legal tender silver coin aud sl7, 1875, ,o0s
subsidy coin. The total silver coinage is
therefore, s45s, Isl, ,5ss. On July /, leeo,
the total gold ard silver coin in the United
States was sl,O95, ls4 ,ea0, OF which s36s,
4aG, 4o6 was full legal tender silver coin
and SIC, sos subsidiary silver coin.
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New Track and Warshousss-The Kalama
Crossing-Hospital site Chosen.
TACOMA, sept 80 Especial -superintsr dent
AcCabe. OF the Pacific division OF the Northern.
spent the day yesterday arranging for the i'm
mediate construction Of hop warehouses ct
Slaughter ana Alderton. The surysy for the
Northern's second track to Meeker has been COM
pleted. Superintendent Mccabe says the track
VIII be built st once. In order to better handle
increased freight business, the Northern will
construct new side tracks 81 Tenino, Centrnlia,
Chehalts, Wlnlock and Kalama Contracts for
doing this work have already been let to King 4
Dickinson.
Engineer H. 8. Huson, OF the Northern Raci-
DC, returned TODAY from Kalama He says the
new inciines at that point will be ready for use
IN aoo1t thres weeks. An extra switch engine
will BE- located as Kalama to accelerate the
movement Of trains KAlama ID to have two
dop0ts on the line Of the Northern--one at tho
present site IN Old Kalama aud another In the
southern part OF the town now known e New
Kalama.
General Superintendent Dickiuson. Of Hell
ena, Principal Assistant Engineer Huson. Of
Tacoma, and Chief Surgeon Buckley, Of Mis-
eoulas constituting locating board, today de-
cided 70 locate the Northern Pacific railroad
hospital at this city. In the vicinity Of Wright
avenue and Thirty-nfth street, in the southern
part OF the city. The hospital will be built by
the N rthsrn Pacific Beneficial Association,
composed OF Northern Pacific employees. The
association has built = hospital at Brainard.
Dak.. and another at MissoulA Work on the
Tacoma hospital win be begun next spring.
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ST. PAUL. Sept 80. = Especial = The first
official notice OF changes in connection
with the recent lease Of the Northern
Pacific 4 Manitoba by the Northern Pa
cifc proper has just been given BY circular
issued by General Manager Mel,en and General
superintendent Kimberly. Mr.. Kimberly's cir
culars are IS follows: 'Mr. ). N. Graham is ap-
pointed assistant general suptrintenf, with
headquarters At st. Paul, and will have general
supervision OF the lines east OF Billings, Mont.
with such special duties - may be assigned him.
Division superinteDdents within the territory
named will report accordingly Mr.. Fee Mich
aels is appointed superintendent Of the Manitoba
division. with headquarters 1t Winnipeg, Man. y
Consequent upon Grahams resignation OF his
Manitoba position General Manager Mellen has
decided upon . change In regard TO the mar
asement Of the provincial road, and has issued
the following circular:
ssMr. J. NJ. Graham has accepted another pcsi-
ton with this company aud the ofice OF gen.
eral manager OF the Northern Pacific Mani.
toDa railway 10 hereby abolished. The Northern
Pacific & Manitobs railway, together with the
line from the boundary TO Winnipeg Junction,
Minn., including the Duluth. crookston &
Northern branch, will on and after this date
constitute the Msuitobs division of the North
ern Pacific railway. These changes come into
effect 1t once. and the new officials win enter
upon their duties tomorrow.
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rsdsriok Billings Il Dead.


WOODSTOCK, VT, Sept so.-Hon. Frederick
Billings, ex-presidsnt Of the Northern Pacific
railroad, died this evening.
Frederick Billings ives born in Woodstock.
VT, and was about 20 years old. Hc was grad
uated with high houors at the university Of
Vermont. He found his way to California at an
early dsy. and rose to distinction Is lawyer
and was at one time . member of the 6rm Of
Halleck 4 Billings, the former being the
late General Halleck. Billings acquired :
large fortune In California in connection with
the celebrated Mariposa track, IN which the late
General John C. Fremont was largely inters sted
ct ore time. He subsequently made large in
vestments in the Northern Pacific and Pacific
Steamship companies He was OF one time
president of the Northern Pacific and Z di-
rector In the Pacific Mail. He was
candidate for the goyernorship OF Vermont in
ls72, but was defeated in the convention by
julius Converse. He visited the Pacific coat
wnen the Northern Pacific was completed.
end took an active part In the last
spike driving ceremonies with which Henry
Willard was connected. He was 3 maa os
great generosity in public and private lie. He
built large and handsome library building fer
his university at Burlington and stocked It
with books. This gift was valued at Sl25.o 900
He had been in feeble health the last
twelve years and last December was stricken
with paralysis Since then his death has been
only question OF time. His brother. P. G.
Billings is prominent lawyer in New York.
Billing1 fortune IL estimated 1t s6,0CO,OOO He
left s.veral children.
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American Reltsf Commifeoo a.
and Contributkous DoI1oot6l Il
NEW YORK. sept 0-1he ~ 1onoextu -
publish an appeal to the pooo5o of q s11>5
rom the Aueri-an eommlttoo eor rolIs7 ,71 11SI
famine In Ireland. Il says: s
Tne point Of actua1 sudsrfnx H. ~ u
not yet reached. but tho days q 3r1S7i25 '7;S
nos iar on AZ the last greet tntnlnI g r. = ri
ParneI. Davitt and ofhofS Wa 5S1l7S p
country's appeal for 5ood, plo1eS1
never again to appear q nunr1l - z 6i1S ,i7z
world on behalf Of starving liu16nt = - -
mas nocu sent 0ut md pqoh6h3v n6So F. 5sS
come rom that eourco Until e. 61fn161~n
came desperate. A movement a u lo1f' p
wei-known men not connoq1e6 Ni6& l1f7S =
cieties. to bring - the attention of x1S<l1SS
appalling calamity which thruSfr IlSiSss& Y3
Tins ,s7 IS y ~ q :. -
II has been decided % ofranlrn ux1t = .
nome OF the Ameffcon commioeoo II l1& cS]1i1
OF the famine in Iroland. This connfl75 S71I{
make its work cover both Nor1& 9n@ ~
America. The pereonneI d Che AmeI3eS6 1<11.
mistee containe The iolioWfne naness 0E111s
man, General Jsmeo Grans Wll6on: k6G1r1 ~
yer Cleveland; vice ohairmen. 1Sn1s U452SSSS I
George khret Colonel Ellioo i. Gh1nnfd
Phillips, 5r; treasurer. New Yo<k Sd S2r "a
tary. Arthur Dudley vinto1 Ohounm1 r. -
pew has accepted the chaffmo6cN1o "a ~ -
COMMITTEES o. tEanspoEtasion. 4kS e.
appeals for immediaee oontxibu11oue' q - 4.
provisions and elothinE
DUBLIN, espk 1a-The ineoeonn Il - :. ,1.
spiracy caeee 4 divided today bcevon ~ Hf7f
court OF justice here end tho uo61 61h0rSG Is,i
a. Tipperary. Applfco11on M tk6 Sss
made before Judoo Ho1mos. of IL 80 1sii51
ior writ e prohibit tns 3ippesesy n1Si1
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He Makes 4 Flying Trip to the
Fertile Skagit Valley.
ANOTHER ROAD COMING WEST
Frederick Billings. ex-President Of
Northern Pacific, Il Dead.
Thas Union Pacinc Will Not Build 60
Their State chinamsn Put to work
on Astoria Road.

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THE GREAT RAILROAD OCTOPUS.

n ost Gigantic Union OF TRANSPORTATION
Companies-Terms Of Alliance.
81. LOUIS Sept so-Following il the sub-
stance Of the articles OF agreement recently
formed BY the Southwestern steamship and
Railway Association. The signers are Jay
Gould. president OF the Texas Pacific; II. II.
Clark, general manager Of the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain companies; G. r. Hunting.
ton, president Of the Southern Pacific: A. Man.
vel, president Of the Atchison ana San Fran
cisco compautes; J. Waldo, general trafic man
sger Of the Missouri Kansas 4 Texas: Robert
Mallory. PRECEDENT Of the New York and Texas
Steamship Company; s 81. eesmon, presidont
Of the Cromwell Steamship Company: ". B.
Doddridse. general manager Of the St Louis,
Kansas 4 TexAe: Geoxgs b. Nettleton. psest.
dent Of the Kansas City, Ebrs Scott Nemnhfs.
The agreement provides that the association
shall cover all interstate trafic having origina-
non Of destination ct points where there Is
competition between the members L does
not cover or relate TO any frafac which begins
or ends within the limits Of states disconnected
from continuous transportation through or into
other states. This paragraph Il believed to fully
comply with the Texas antitrust law. All ac-
ton OF the rate committee IL subject to review
and approval BY the executive committee. and
no change in the rules will be published till
thus approved. It IL the Fundamental princi-
pie Of the agreement that the president, vice
presidents, or general managers. whose names
are afdxed will assume the responsibility a.
executive officers Of their respective companies
for the maintenance of the provisions Of this
agreement By al oficers and agentS of their
respective companies or the transportation
lines with which they have trafac arrange.
ments.
Article provides that the sgreement shall
take effect september ], 1890, ana continue there
after subject TO ninety days written notice to
the chairman Of the desire Of any member TO
withdraw therefrom.
The strength of the agreement lies in section
of article {. The r2te-making and rate-chang.
ing power il taken away from the traf1ic man.
ayers and vested in an executive committee
composed Of the highest officers OF the com.
panies interested. Freight traffic managers
may make rates in the first instance, check
them up and recommend their adoption to the
board Of control. which 10 to review and approve
the same before they can be published. When
once published they cannot be changed except
BY q unanimous vote of the board Of control, or
by giving ninety days notice of Withdrawal
from the association. The agreement ID be-
lieved to be one Of the shortest and strongest
documents Of the kind ever formulated.
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The Tariff RopOrt Adontad-Thraa RI.
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:oA 1T ..Om .ne ouaaoLe Hos ana placed on the
IIs 49, ~ ne ais0 ssseFseo snet the oln would
,ss ,euuc1 .as revenues ana increase taxAtiSn On
'css 1ts ms caicuiauons we're g fault the
1910 sase % ou'y unuer tnts coufe4ence Dill
And tne aoministrasive Dill on d0tiable articles
Wonid ue - Per cent, lnseead OF 45z1 per cept
unues tne existing law Carlisle went on TO
kave ~ uRures g @ tna increased taxation under
sne coniererce Dill. ~ order 70 compensate
Toe lne enormous tncfesee OF taxation tax of 2
cehh poands amounting 70 $6,600.O0O, was to
% nken on tobacco The removal of that tax
Wouio relieve no men, and wouid be beneficial
NO nobody except the manufacturer and retail
81 coming 20 the question OF > bounty on
sugar ne SAID u would amount, on the basis Of
the present production, to between seven and
ei7ns miilons year This was the 6rst time
10 the nissory OF the country that Il was pro-
POeu 20 PAY bounty 70 d0mestic
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no RAILRoADs FOR cALIToRNIA.
Seattle 10 the Objective Point Of the
Union Pacif1c-scarcity OF Men.

Union Pacif1c-scarcity of Men.
eAN FRANCISCO, Sept 80.-Two prominent
Western rGilroad officials, Chief Engineer
Bogue, of the Union Pacific, and General
Manager St John. OF the Chicago. Rock Island
4 Pacific, were in the city yesterday. Both of
them were requested TO express an opinion
about the probable extension OF their respective
roads into California and the new roads they
are building now.
Mr.. Bogue said: "The Union Pacific has
made surveys into both Northern and Southern
California, but so far a. know extensions into
the state have not been decided upon. any
thing has been done since the surveys were
made, am ignorant Of it. The surveys into
Northern California were completed some two
years $50, but prefer not 70 speak in detail
about them The surveys into the southern
part Of the state were made not long ago.
Three surveys were run al from Pioche, New,
southward. One rams to Homer and another TO
Ludlow, points on the Atlantic 4 Pacific road.
The third survey runs TO the Southern Pacific
road All of these surveys were made to furnish
to the directors OF the company information
shout the state. Farther than that, don't care
70 speak at the preseat time. Tne company il
building about SIS miles OF new roads. One
piece is an extension fr m Milford to Piccne,
distance OF las miles Iswil be completed by
February ], lo9l
aAnoshef new road is the line from Portland
y
on il now aad want 1000 more very badly We
are also buiiuing branch of twsny miles ia
Oregon, Letw en- La Grande anu Elgia; also an
extension Ia wyoming our Cns yesne 4
Northern road sor = dis.ance OF hirfy Ia ies- It
will go ~ far rs F.sher wnere conlec- on will
De made with the CnieAso & Northwestern. A
short exIezss on In Idan0 10 also being mad.
and one Ia New Mexico, through the Maxwell
land graft, sor d4saAsce 0. fifteen miles. start
Ing from irinidsd."
Mr. 81 John said: 'The Rock Island 10 now
cSntempiatinx 80 extension west OF Colorado
sprinss and il It should turn out 70 b true that
the Atchiseu has bought our western connee-
tons fnto Ogden. which You probably know are
the Colombo Midland aud the Bio 0rands
Western, that Of ttself would mot b reason for
us 70 make an extension 70 Ogden. We viii
make eRafic arrangements suaicient 70 answer
our purposes. Refusal 10 give % favorable ar
sangements would compel m to protect our
solves II some way. The question Of N exten-
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oeo ceple of re annual zspost q ths oomnis-
sioner q labor.
:. - jednt tesolution w1s passed spsropriatiuG
eI4ooo ~ enab1c the posfmester general to test
ess1an towns and villages ths systems 81 iree
deliverE
01 mot&on of Morrow Of California the bill
~ pagsea feltuquishtns - the city and county
6 ~ branclsco the stnte's title 70 land located
nsas ~ 3xseidio military reservation.
z1e III was ptm0d ior tho appointment Of an
eoolel0nl 5nstice cf the supreme court of Ari.
6Unas
o. noeion of Mckinley concurrent rssolu.
e9on Nee anreed % directing the clefk of the
hoq0 e nuMbef consecuttvcly the paragraphs
q the enrolled sariIf bill.
The speaker laid beiofe the House the bill 70
define and regulate the jurisdiction Of Unsted
siesss csurtl; referred % the Judiciary com
mitteoI
The request Of the Senate for ! conference on
the bill 70 promote the administration of Justice
e the unitsd states army was eransed. Ad-
jonsnsd
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THE LOCOMOTIVES FIREMEN.
Board of Adjustment Meets In Annual
Seesi0n st Tacoma.

TACOMA. Sept 50-lspeciaL 1.-The board Of
adjustment Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen convened In annual session this morn
ing ct the Grand Central hotel, and will remain
in session four days, during which time the
board will be reorganized. new officers elected,
and the bylaws and constitution revived. The
primal duty Of the board il the adjustment Of
differences between employer and employe.
At the conclusion Of the addresses Of welcome
and responses ~ the opening session. the board
was barqueted as the Delmonico restaurant BY
Mount 1acomal dse, No 192 The board is
composed a. follows: Chairman. Earnest Nc
Kean. Tacoma: secretary and treasurer. G. f.
Watson. Brainard, MIMI; James NulliRan, Mis-
soula; J. 4. Pschett, Ellensburgh: J. r. Riley,
Helena; I. r. Hogan. Glendale. Montana; H. A.
Morse, SpYague; G. g Chase. Grand Forks. Dar
kota; g. w. Poor, Dickinson, Dakota; =. 7.
Boleyp, Fargo. Dakota
October the sessions will be terminated BY
. reception, banquet and hall In the Mason
block. to be given by the ladies auxiliary of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers Of this
city.
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WOODSTOCK, Ont. Sept a0-While Birchall
was being taken to jail at midnight he made
the only comment on his conviction. He said:
"Hers il how do you do. ! have had pretty
tough luck al through" He slept
soundly aud arose ct the usual hour
this morning. ate . hearty breakfast.
and appeared not ct all depressed.
Mrs Birchsll did not learn last night Of her
husb and . convic ion. This morning she WAS
told Of The verdict and bore up bravely. No
one 10 allowed to see Bsrchall without an order
from the sheriG Close watch is kept over MIN.
Many believe he viii cheat the gsiiows BY COM
yuirIlng suicide.
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YEAs-SS

The following pairs were announced: Tellep
and Berry, Dolph and Brown, Farwell and
PAYNE. Quay and Faulkner, Morrill, and Vance.
Davis and Gibson, Hiscock aud Jones fArk. {.
Higgins and McPherson. Squire ana George.
Turpie and Washburn, ve,t and Stanford. In
addition Call and Eustis were paired with Pet
ugrew and Paddock, who voted in the mega
tive.
So the conference report was agreed to. and
now the tariff bill needs only the sgnasures of
the presiding officers OF both Houses and the
Lres,at mt of the United States.
RE House concurrent resolution 20 correct
the enrolment the tari q bill was agreed y.
The conference report was agreed to on the
signal service bill.
The House bill TO enable the postmaster gen.
sral 70 les, III small towns and villages the prac.
ticabissy o. tae free-deiivery system was passed,
slso he House oil TO SCI apart certain tract of
lsud is California as forest reservation. Ad.
jou:ned.
NoMINATIoNs.
George s. Batcheiier. n New York, CONSUL
reneralto Pofsa2 al: Hoa Mefcal ., of Maine.
United States consul At Bermuda; Oscar Maim.
rsse. of Minueso ., uaited States consul at
Denis. spain: Amos J. Stevens. postmaster as
Aberdeen, ash
lx.. Bafchsiler Is st present assistant seere-
fary of STATE