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The record-union., 1891-04-10
Sea Postal system.

New YORK, April 9.-The steamship
Havre, from Bremen this morning, was
the first to arrive with mails sorted under
the recent sea postal system arranged
with Germany The plan worked ad-
mirably, the mail being taken off at
Quarantine and brought directly to the
city by tugs, so the city letters were taken
out by carriers on the first delivery and
outside letters left on the 10 O'clock mail
trains. 1t is estimated that the arrange
ment has made saving of six hours at
the pOstoffice here and from six to
twenty-four hours in outside deliveries,
according to the destination of letters.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Fire Mt spokane.

SPOKANE (Wash.), April GA fire at
Cotton yesterday afternoon destroyed the
Duff Hotel, a drugstore and a dwelling.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $500. The
hotel was crowded at the time, but no
one was injured.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Gold in Honduras.

LONDON, April 9.-It is reported hero
on reliable authority that gold has been
found in large paying quantities in Hon
duras. The Observation-Disclosures Com
pany, working on the Guyape River,
panned out over 100000 in two weeks
work
The record-union., 1891-04-10
QUINTON'S DEATH.
A Leader of the Maripuris Tells
Why he Was Killed.
HE SAYS BRITISH TROOPS FIRST
MASSACRED HIS SOLDIERS

A Wells Fargo Express Messenger
Robbed and Shot at the Villa Lat
redo, Mexico-Many Persons In
jured in Riot of Republicans at
Aptos, Portugal-The Argentine's
Cabinet Decree Relating TO the
Currency Received Favorable Rec
ognition.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

MILwAUKEE, April 9.-An engine on
the north-bound freight train on the Wis
consin Central road jumped the track
near Vernon this morning. 1t tipped
over, pinning down engineer McMul1en,
fireman Moore and brak eman Seipp. Ali
were terribly scalded. Moore is dead and
the others are not expected to live.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Confessed the Crime.

SOMERSET PENN, April 9.-The con-
fession was made public to-day of Dave
Nicely, who with his brother Joe, was
hanged for the murder of farmer. Dave
said he and his brother were at the farm
er's house with the intention of robbing
it. While there he fired off pistol with
the intention of soaring the inmates, but
said he did not shoot the farmer. While
he did not say as much, it is thought Dave
intended to convey the idea that Joe, his
brother, committed the murder It will
be remembered that both men died on the
gallows protesting their innocence.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
willows Election FRAUDS case.

MARYsvILLE, April 9.-The case of
the Willows election frauds in Colusa
County was recently transferred to Yuba
County, and Judge Davis to-day set
Wednesday, May 10th, as the date for the
The record-union., 1891-04-10
The Ellen A. Reed spoken.

LONDON, April 9.-The ship Ellen A.
Reed, from Tacoma for Bristol, was
spoken March 18th in $50 south, $50 west.
She reported that three of her crew had
been lost overheard and that some of her
spars had been carried away.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
A Coal Dealer Fails.

SAN Francisco, April S.-Frank Bar
nard, coal dealer, failed to-day. Liabil-
tiles, $4,000. The creditors estimate that
the assets will pay from twelve to fifteen
cents on the dollar. The failure was
caused by the recent heavy influx of
coal
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Swanson I'm the Asvlum.

STOCKTON, April 9.-Charles Swanson,
who mYsteriously disappeared from Sac
ramento a few days ago, was sent to the
insane asylum here, after an examina-
tion by physicians.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Express Robbers.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 9.-Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express messenger was
robbed and shot night before last at the
Villa Laredo. The driver of the express
wagon was bound, gagged and thrown
by the roadside.
The record-union., 1891-04-10

The timber on our railroad lands
amounted to $4,000, 600 ties, or an average
of 1894 per mile of railroad, in use in this
country in 1889; $40 ties per mile, or a
total of GO, 10000 were annually required
for renewals, and Il, 100000 for new con-
struction.
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Victims of La Grippe.

OMAHA, April Sd. E. Kimball, ticket
agent of the Northwestern road, shot and
killed himself this morning. A case of
grippe, from which he recently suffered, is
said have unbalanced his mind.
BROOKLYN, April 9.-Benjamin Hor-
ton, retired dry-goods merchant, blew
his brains out this morning. Deceased was
suffering from the grippe.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Rain and Snow.

SIssoN, April 9.-it has been raining
heavily all day. There is general storm
in this section, with large fall of snow
in the mountains. Trains are running
regularly
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Irish Land Bill.

LONDON, April 9.-In the Commons
this evening, in committee on the Irish
land bill, Fowler Uiberal moved that
the salaries of the Land Commissioners
be placed in the estimates and thereby be
controlled by Parliament.
Healy held that the proposal was vital
one. The Government had rugged up
commission out of Tory nominees and
the attaches of the House of Lords, the
permanent landlords barracks. The
only chance the tenants had was vested
in the control of the commission by Par
lament
Morley also spoke in favor of Fowler's
motion, but it was rejected-1S0 to 142.
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Australian Federation Convention.

SYDNEY, April AT yesterdays ses-
sion of the Federation convention the
delegates adopted the constitution bill
and the session closed amid scene of
great enthusiasm.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Fatal Quarrel Between NIother and Son.

PROFESSIONALLY Qnd.l, April g.
James Coward and his mother quarreled
this morning. She struck him with a
mock, and he fatally shot her in return.
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Clearing the Reservations.

ARKANSAS CITY C1an.), April 9.-Sec-
retary Noble has ordered all intruders
out of the Sac and Fox, Cheyenne and
Arapahoes and Iowa and Pottawatomie
Indian Reservations and instructed the
soldiers to clear the entire country.
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SOCIAL SENSATION.
A Paso RObles Young Lady Elopes
With a Musician.
THE GUILTY PARTIES DISCOVERED
AT REDDING.

F1attering Prospects for Good Crops in
California the Present Season, While
the Poor Outlook Abroad, it is Said,
will Tend to Advance the Price of
Wheat - Further Evidence in the
Olsen Murder Trial.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Bowen and Meyer Post Their Forf

New ORLEANS, April 9-Both Bowen
and Meyer posted $500 forfeit each to-day
for guarantee of their appearance in the
Olympic ring on May 18th.
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HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Deed of a Woman Just Released
From an Insane Asylum.
SHE MURDERS HER TWO CHILDREN
AND SUICIDES

While the Firemen Were Engaged In
Distinguishing Fire at Kingston,
Pa, They Were Set Upon by Men
in a Serious Riot-Many of tho Par
ticipants Seriously Injured.
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Mrs. Mckee Acquitted.

ROME (Ga.), April 9.-Mrs. Mckee has
been acquitted OF the charge of numbering
Mrs. Whimple.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Chicago's Election.

CHICAGO, April 9.-The Board of Elec-
ton Commissioners have commenced to
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Lord Granville Favored Cleveland

LONDON, April "a letter written by
the late Lord Granville is published
to-day which attracts some attention.
The date of the letter and the name of the
recipient are both omitted The letter
reads: Undoubtedly we agree in re-
spect to the action of the President It
is not equally certain, however, that any
expression Of mine might not help Mr..
1 see that the latter is trying not very
successfully, to separate free trade for his
plan."
The record-union., 1891-04-10
Bill Prohibiting the Wearing of Tights

ST.. PAUL (Minn.), April 9.-The Nc
Hale bill, which prohibits the wearing of
tights on the stage in this State. and COM
pelling the use of at least short skirt,
passed the Senate this morning.
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Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Speclal 10 the RECORD u MON.
OMAHA (Neb.), April 9.-An Omaha
Bee special from Herman, Neb., tells of a
horrible tragedy that occurred there to-
day, Mrs. Andrew Doll killing her two
children and then suiciding. A year ago
she planned the same crime, but was
frustrated, and the unfortunate woman
was sent to the insane asylum. A short
time ago she was. released apparently
cured.
This morning, before the children, a
girl and boy, aged and 9, We're dressed,
she took them to the kitchen and with an
ak crushed their skulls. She then re-
placed their bodies in bed, nailed the
doors shut, and after taking a dose of
concentrated lye, called out of the win
dow for the neighbors to come and see
her children.
When the door was forced open the
sight was sickening. On the bed lay the
mangled forms of the two little ones,
while in the kitchen the insane mother
lay writhing on the floor. She died in
great agony in short time.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
ELABoRATEsYsTEM oFswINDLIN,
Two Parties Connected With 1t Ar
rested in st. Louis.

Two Parties Connected With 1t Ar
rested in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 9.-The police have
unearthed an elaborate system of swind-
ling that has been successfully practiced
i'll st. Louis and other Western cities by
organized gangs of San Francisco conf
dence men, and the arrest of Henry Hoff-
man and Bert Braymer will involve, so
the police assert, the proprietor of the
best and wealthiest pawn brokerage es-
Establishments in San Francisco and rep
utable attorney at kingfisher, Oklahoma.
1t appears that Hoffman and Braymer's
system is to play the "dissipated youth
and had-to-leave-home'' racket and pre-
sent to some well-knOwn and wealthy
person pawn ticket bearing the name of
Ed. III. Lichenstein of San Francisco for
costly articles and ask for "a loan" on the
ticket. Hoffman and Braymer have been
given twenty-four hours to leave town.
1t was at first supposed they were
working Independently, but letter from
the Sheriff of Belleyille shows there is
gang of them in this vicinity, and letters
found on their persons indicate the gang
is well organized and apparently well
supplied with pawn tickets.
An unmailed letter found in Braymer's S
pocket, addressed to Lichenstein, is said
to indicate that he is concerned in the
swindle. r. j. Kester, the Oklahoma at
tOrney, is concerned, in so far as he adj
vises members of the gang as to the
movements of the others.
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Women Elected Police Judges.

ATCHIsoN (Kan.), April 9.-Two Kan
sas towns elected women as Police Judges
Mrs. Mary L. Burton, formerly editor
of the KdnSan, and at present Postmis-
tress at jamestown, and Mrs. Jessie Nc
Cormick of Bundall, Jewell County.
Both are strong Prohibitionists.
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New Railway Incorporated.

PORTLAND or, April 9.-The con-
ference having in view the opening of the
Columbia River resumed its session this
morning and resulted in the incorpora-
ton of a company to be known as the
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad
and Transportation Company. The dura-
ton of the company is perpetual and it
has full power to carry on all business
pertaining to the operation of railway and
transportation companies. The head of
the Office is to be located at Portland, Or.
The capital stock is fixed at 81, ,OOO, 600, di-
vided into $4,000 shares of S25 each.
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Corner N shad.

PHILADELPHIA, April 9. = The New
York packing firm and a number of Full
ton Market fish merchants have formed
a syndicate to corner the shad market,
and are now negotiating to buy up the
entire product of the Delaware River and
Bay shad fisheries. The price of shad at
present, according to a statement made
by Superintendent Gray, is 81 25 a piece.
But in two weeks, he says, shad can be
bought for half that price. When the
fisheries down the river begin to send in
their catches the market will become
glutted and shad can be bought for 50 a
hundred. The intention of the syndicate
is to prevent this.
The record-union., 1891-04-10
New York Harbor Defenses.

New YORK, April 9.-The New York
Board of Trade and Transportation to-
day adopted resolutions that Sin view of
the almost defenseless condition of New
York harbor, and the great losses that
would arise from an enemy's attack on
this great entry port of the United States,
we respectfully petition the Legislature
to pass concurrent resolution requesting
the President of the United States to call
the attention of Congress to the exposed
condition of the sea approaches to New
York City and Brooklyn, and ask imme-
diate action by Congress looking to a
better protection of the same"
The record-union., 1891-04-10
American Association Games,

CHICAGO, April 9.-Following are the
results of the Association games to-day:
At st. Louis-The ST. Louis Cincinnati
game was postponed on account of rain.
AT Baltimore-Baltimore7 7, Boston 8.
At ouisville-Louisville Is, Columbus
At adelphia-Athletic s, Washing
TO /
The record-union., 1891-04-10
QUICK WORK.

A Robbery Committed and the Party
Arrested in the Space of an Hour.
RENO New, April 9.-At half-past IL
this evening Al. Whites faro game was
robbed by masked man Just as the
dealer, Jimmy Conroy, was in the act of
counting the cash preparatory to closing.
Two other persons We're present When
the man entered the room he pushed aside
one man. covered the dealer with re-
volver, grabbed $500 in twenty-dollar
pieces and escaped. In less than half an
hour he was arrested just as he boarded
the overland West-bound train, and a sack
containing the money was found upon
him. He was landed in jail in less than
thirty minutes after the robbery.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09
LAND SOLD FOR TAXES.

The new law for the assessment and col
lection of taxes is so elaborate and covers
such an extent of contrlbutory territory
that it is not an easy task to follow all its
intricacies and say authoritatively that
each one reaches a perfect conclusion
without kink on Che way.
1t may be asserted very positively, how
ever, that so far as superficial view can
be depended upon, it is an admirable and
symmetrical compilation of the most sue
cessful systems of other states, modified
to agree with past practice and, without
disturbing an existing condition, open the
way to wise action in the future.
The most important change in the law is
that relating to the action upon realty on
which taxes have become delinquent. The
necessity Of an amendment has been re-
peatedly urged in these columns. 1t has
been pointed out that in older states it is
very easy to trace ownership of property.
In new states, where so many people buy
land on partial payments. in transient
way. and, if they don't ct once realize,
abandon or neglect their purchases, it is
very difficult to tx ownership. The enor-
nous number Of unknown owners
yearly appearing on the delinquent list is
proof of this.
The new Law provides that two years
after tax becomes delinquent the county
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09

The Supreme Court of Missouri has rem
dered a decision that is novelty. It
amounts to declaration that the State
Central Committee Of a political party is
accepted as the chief executive machinery
of the party, and as such may interpose in
any case affecting the party's welfare, and
its decision must be recognized as conclu-
sive. The decision related to contest
over nomination for congress in st. Louis.
Both Patrick O'Malley and J. ]. O'Neill
claimed to have been nominated in the
primaries. The State Central Committee
recognized O'Neill's claim and ordered his
name printed on the official ballots.
o'Malley applied tor q mandamus to COM
pei the secretary of state to issue to him a
certificate of nomination. The court re-
fused his application and declared that the
decision of the state committee was con.
elusive. Under the new ballot laws this I,
decision of great Importance.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09
coNNEcrIcUr PEcUL1ARIr1Es.

The lower house of the Connecticut legis-
lature 10 responsible for the longest day on
record in the temperate zone. That body
convened January /, and is still continu-
ing the first day Of its session. Conse-
quently, up to date, it has scored q day of
1,464 hours. And the end is not yet. More
over, with slight notifications, Connecti-
cut is controlled by the organic law which
was hidden in the historic Charter Oak,
granted by Charles II. in 1862, which gives
her the Oldest Of the state constitutions, If
not the most republican in form.
How far it deviates from that standard
may be inferred from the fact that the
town Of Union, which cast IS votes at the
last election, has representatives in tho
lower house of the legislature, while New
Haven, which cast 1890 votes, has but
the same number Representatives. More
over, there are Ii cities and large towns,
which according to the last census, con-
tanned more than half the population Of
the state, and these have Representatives,
while the remainder, with less population,
have 231 members. This, it must be con-
fessed, is an un-American state Of affairs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09

- severe blow has been dealt to popular
sympathy for the labor cause in New York.
A document was brought to light few
days ago which was formal report Of an
investigation, an expression Of indignant
horror and protest in respect to House
Of Correction In that city. It vas found
that some Of the brighter young inmates,
neglected social waits, incarcerated for one
or another petty offense. were being taught
one or another useful trade a. wise and
Iaudablc means Of ef7ecting their reclama-
ton from career Of vice.
This committee found that these boys
were taking great interest in their avoca-
tions and were exhibiting high order Of
aptness and dexterity. In proportion to
the extent to which this was true were
they shocked and indignant And with
out qualification or exception they pro-
tested and demanded discontinuance Of
the practice.
1t is not conceivable that such views
represent the demands or the sentiments
of respectable and reasoning men Of any
class or station. 1t cannot be that any
such will contend that these neglected
young creatures must be consigned to en-
forced idleness rather than prepare them
for some useful pursuit. And the same
reasons that would debar them from one
must apply to all. No such doctrine can
be maintained. and the leaders who advance
it will ruin or greatly injure the cause
which they profess to aid by propo unding
such ideas.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09
he state Of Warrington. Port townsend, on

the state Of Warrington. Port Townsend, on
Puget sound, is the principal American town
near by, and the headquarters of the scanty
force Of customs officials who are supposed to
guard against the smuggling, and who are en-
titled to the presumption that they are doing
their best In this direction. Victoria has only
10000 population, Vancouver fewer still, and the
Islands only hero and there . house. Deer
abound on these islands, which are heavily tim
bered, and the waterways between them feel the
keels of but few vessels--of none at all, except
the smallest craft, outside the main channels.
It would be hard to imagine a more difficult re-
gion TO police, or fairer field for smugglers.
Old London itself has scarcely . greater tangle
of crooked and confusing thoroughfares than
this archipelago possesses, and these waterways
are so narrow and sheltered that mere oarsmen
can safely and easily travel many Of them. II
r. . smugglers paradise.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09
ANorHER wARNING.

Under the head of 1.-THE North Pacific
Metropolis" the San Francisco Alta sounds
another note of warning to the business
men and property owners Of that city.
Calling attention to the fact that Seattle
has grown from village of 1858 popula-
ton to well-buiit city with cable and
electric lines and 1924 people in the last
ten years, or more in a decade than Port
land, Me-, in $50 years." it warns San
Franciscans to be on the qui rire.
1.-THE Union Pacific, Northern Pacific
and Canadian Pacific all center in there"
says the Aita, "and within year the
Great Northern will be steaming into the
city limits" And again: "In all proba-
bility the next census will show popula-
ton of nearly if not quite q million in
Washington and the metropolis will have
100000 or more in 1900" The China and
Australian steamship lines of the Cana
dian Pacific will be practically lines to this
financial, trade and rail competing center,
the Alta thinks.
In view of all this, that paper gives no
tice that San Francisco "cannot afford to
be slack about opportunities" Prop
erly," the alta claims, "the metropolis of
the Sound should be to San Francisco
what Boston is to New York" And then
adds, "But it is we'll to remember that
there is young giant growing in the
north country, and that he is ambitious
and energetic" And thus the article
closes: sit is well to encourage him
lmeaning this northern giant, but it also
will not do to let him seize all he aspires
to seize" But just how it is to be pre-
vented is not made apparent.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-09

A private letter received from Dallas,
Texas. within few days contains . para
graph which carries with it q lot OF signifi-
canoe. Dallas has been One of the most
active cities of the South, but its growth
depends chiefly upon the cotton crop. It
has no wheat to fall back upon if the cot
ton crop is short. 1t has no timber, coal.
iron or limestone to swell its commercial
Golfers. It is not port with q splendid
harbor or the promised terminus of three
transcontinental roads. "It is estab-
lished," says the letter-writer referred
to, 'that our population has dwin-
died down by 5000 or 5000 within the
last month or SO. Mechanics are leaving
for want of employment, which demon
strates that city to live and prosper must
have factories, the means of profitably en-
ploying its laboring population. People
cannot live on suburban lots, they must
have business to sustain themselves"