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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29
SEATTLE. MONDAY. JUNE 80.


The suit to be tried today before the
supreme court is of considerable interest
10 Seattle, because it will determine Incl
dentally several questions which have
hampered legislation and kept the suthori-
ties in uncertainty as to the best mode OF
procedure. The points raised by the suit
are chiefly whether unpaid street grade
assessments are part of the municipal in
debtedness contemplated by the con-
stitution; whether the contract to
pay for the Yesler and Rinehart
corners, and other land used in
widening streets for general benefit, are
part of such Indebtedness; whether the act
of February %, 1890, authorizing munich
palities to incur indebtedness is constitu-
tional, inasmuch as it applies only to cities
incorporated before the passage of the act,
instead of classifying them by population;
and whether the act of 1891, permitting
ratification of debts by popular vote, is
valid as to debts beyond the limit per-
missible at the time of mourning them, al
though not beyond the limit at the time
of ratification.
OtneI NuilOI points are IdlSeu, cdCu VI
which is sufficiently important to call for
judicial decision, as it effects the validity
of bonds whose virtue must be beyond all
suspicion.
If the suit should be decided against the
city on all points, the proceedings must be
renewed from the initial degree. This
would be most certainly done without
hesitation, as the city will permit
no obstacle to stand in the way of
payment of debt into which
It entered with full knowledge of the obli-
cation it was mourning, and with an
undated determination TO keep faith with
its creditors. 1t would be wise, however.
to defer action until after the next assess
ment is made, in September, as the prop
erty valuation will then remove all legal
difficulties, and the minor objections need
only the experience of the past TO insure
avoidance of them in the future.
So much criticism was passed upon
Harris & Co. at the time the contract was
made with them that 1t seems only Just to
acknowledge now the good faith they have
kept with the city. They have regularly
RENTED the installments on the water
bonds as agreed. and up TO the present
time have paid $500, 900 out of the 1856, 900.
OF that amount $4,000 has been ex-
pended on the water system, and $4,000
in the extension of sewers.
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MATTER OF BUSINESS PRU
DENCE.

The Shelton Sentinel reprints from the
Posr-ISTELLIGEScER a remark Of Exon
gresham Dorsey, of Nebraska, to the
effect that the farmers of his state are
finding it more difficult to get loans from
Eastern capitalists than before the Alliance
movement; and adds to this quotation its
own reflection, namely, that it would ap-
pear that the farmers are to be starved
into submission"
This criticism misses the whole lesson
of Mr.. Dorsey's statement. 1.-THE money
power" has too much regard for its own
interest to hold its resources idle. It is
as ready as ever it was to put out its money
where there is assurance of getting it back;
but 1t naturally declines to lend to those
who are bolstering an impracticable politi-
cal scheme with theory of their own
present or impending insolvency. It
is hardly to be expected that those who
have money to lend viii respond to applica-
tons from districts whose newspapers and
public men are holding them TO view as
frightful examples of bankruptcy and
ruin.
As matter of fact, Kansas and Ne
braska are fairly prosperous, but they are
terribly pinched for ready money because
an impression has been created abroad as
"starve the Alliance into submission" but
ordinary business prudence that actuates
the Eastern money market.
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FOR HUMANE WORK.

The comments of the newspapers of the
state on the dog-and-bear prize6ght which
took place just across the Sound from Sc
attic ten days ago, are uniform in their
tone of condemnation. All of which goes
to show that public sentiment is ripe for
the creation of set of laws that will pro-
tect to the fullest extent the rights-the
term is used advisedly-of dumb animals
in this state. All that is necessary to give
Washington a complete law cover
ing this very important subject is
for somebody to take the lead
and present to the legislature proper
measure at the proper time. The Seattle
Humane Society is in q position to take
charge of this matter and may be trusted
TO do it. In the meantime ii would be q
good thing If the friends of the cause
would organize societies for the prevention
of cruelty to animals in the several COM
munities of the state, and name such local
legislation as the councils of cities and
towns may be authorized to enact.
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cent. for the use Of government money
issued od libitsBs.
Here is a field for diplomacy and other
kinds of statesmanship.

vermont's share of the direct tax refund
amounted to SIS, 900. But on the govern
ment books she stood indebted for consid-
erably more than that amount on account
of arms furnished to the state during the
st. Adams raid. The Attorney General
being called upon to decide whether this
latter charge should be made an offset to
the states claim on the treasury books.
holds that under the circumstances of the
st. Adams raid. it was the duty of gov
eminent TO render Vermont all necessary
aid, and that the failure of the state to re-
turn arms can constitute no claim against
her share of the direct tax. In such cases
Uncle Sam nearly always gets the worst of
the argument, but in this one there is
hardly any room-none in fact-to ques-
ton the justice of the conclusion. As
well deduct from veterans pension for .
gun or saber lost or destroyed in fighting
the country's battles.
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The clerk of the superior court of the
city of New York-by which more natural
ization papers are issued than by any other
court in this country-recently stated, as
within his own observation and informa-
ton, that the bulk of the Italians, Poles
and Hungarians who now comprise the
larger percentage of our immigrants. come
here not only under contracts for their
labor, but also bound by similar contracts
for submitting to the influence of their en-
ployers as to their votes when they shall
become entitled to the suffrage.
In confirmation of this statement he de-
clares that these people, so soon as they
are landed and located, in pursuance of an
organized system, are marched to the
courts of record in squads and platoons.
where by the aid of delegated managers
and trained witnesses, they are enabled to
make their declarations of intention and to
obtain their first papers. Thus provided,
they depart for their prearranged destina-
ton, which in many cases is in states that
have conferred the elective franchise upon
all who have declared their intention to
become citizens, and after brief residence;
three months IN some cases, four months
In others, six months in others, and so on.
BY conversation with these people
through interpreters, this gentleman, who
is quoted as being perfectly reliable, de-
clares that large proportion of those
who have been most prompt in procuring
their papers, as though it we're matter of
course and necessary part of their pro-
gramme, have admitted that ii is no part
Of their purpose to remain in this country
more than few years; no part of their
purpose TO remain here permanently, but
many of them have left families IN the old
country, whom they intend to rejoin so
soon as they have sufficiently improved
their condition.
With very few exceptions those who
pursue this systematic course are destined
TO the employment Of railroad and other
great corporations. They know nothing
and care less about our language or insti-
tutions. They are the lowest and yerv
worst type Of European population that
has ever sought our shores. They COM
prise. and for some time have comprised
the bulk of the immigration from that
quarter. far ousnumbering all others.
Their volume is constantly increasing. and
in frightful proportions. They are de-
moraliEing the labor of the country, not
only by lowering the standard of wages.
bat by the introduction of bestial habits
turbulent dispositions and revolutionary
methods.
All Of this has been manifest for some
time, and has appealed 10 the best states
manship Of the country for corrective leg
tslation and procedure. But these later
revelations present the matter in a new
and ineomparably grayer aspect That
their employers have no respect for any
law Of this country which runs counter TO
their interests has been made manifest by
their cunning eYasions of the contract
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olives, Riverside oranges, New Jersey silk, owe
some obligation TO this country for the very
protection and safety that the producers OF
the aforementioned articles afford them, and l
fail to find better way TO make them pay Tor
the privileges they enjoy than our tariff system
One might have some sympathy with Demo
cratic pleadings against the tariff on the grounds
that 1t forces monopoly. that 10 enhances the
value OF some articles that the producer needs.
II that be trne, then the tariff should DO so ad-
iustsd as TO remedy these evils, but surely not so
a. 70 enable the man who has Some fasfidious
tastes to import foreign products to the detri-
ment OF our wsge-workers.
The Mckinley bill has been assailed 80 thick
and often that had actually begun to question
the wisdom OF that measure, but thanks TO the
information received from the New YORK Post
and comments and explanations of this eity's
Telegraph, am inclined to believe that every
thinking wage.worker and farmer should bless
the day when the Fifty-hrst congress wisely
passed that benefccnt measure.
NJ H. BLOOM
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labor Law in order to procure the admis-
sion of these people They have no bind
ing or controlling party attachments or
political principles. As one of their mag
mates under oath felicitously expressed it,
I'VE are Republicans in Republican dis
tricts; Democrats in Democratic districts:
for the corporation everywhere and al
ways"
With the material rapidly falling into
their hands, as above indicated, it could
not be long until organizations led by men
entertaining these sentiments could con-
troll every close state and every doubtful
congressional district. But this new
danger, and the manner in which it is be-
ing worked, with utter indifference to the
consequences that must ensue, suggests
that they are not satisfied with their
already enormous power: that they are
impatient Of restraint, and have deter
mined to hasten the day when by control
of purchased suffrage they may be able to
defy the Evil of the Peep lie" and make of
il a mockery.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

In Haiti-which is popularity listed as
"sister republic" by the way-their paper
money, gifted with all of the essentials,
bearing the government STAMP" and
guaranty" and by law made "a legal ten
der for all debts, public and private" was
at last accounts selling. or being offered
for sale, at the rate of two hundred and
fifty dollars in paper for one dollar in gold.
In further evidence of Haitien turpitude
and incapacity, if further evidence were
necessary, the Haitiens who were wallow-
ing in paper money wealth were more
anxious to sell than the ''gold bugs were
to buy at these ridiculously inadequate
figures.
It would be well to bear in mind that
this Haitien paper money, a full legal ten
der, was issued in response to an over
whelming public demand for "a volume
of currency fully equal to the demands OF
the great and growing business interests
of the country" They were blessed with
a government which was amiable in
that if in no other respect, and every
demand" was met by fresh issue.
And property values2 Don't mention
i'll Southern California in her boomiest
days wasn't shadow of q circumstance.
Farms, town lots, sugar, produce of all
kinds, merchandise, horses, cattle, all
manner of things in fact, have gone up
taoo hundred aud fifty thousand per cent!
In other words. any kind of real and tan
gible Haitien property that was worth one
hundred dollars before this money mill
lenium set in, is now worth two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, in money which
is full legal tender-in Haiti, and for the
redemption of which-in more dollars of
the Haitien government is solemnly
pledged.
But strange 10 say-perhaps because thew
are an innocent and guileless people; per.
haps because they are fast lapsing into
barbarism-there is not among the Haiti
ems the naughty sense of wealth and in
auence, the exultant flow of exuberant
happiness that might be expected among
people blessed as they are in the matter
of ''per capita circulation" They find
that, in spite of the legal tender clause
their $50 600 worth of produce shrinks to
a bare 500 worth so soon as they put il on
shipboard for sale in foreign country.
And for travel abroad-to attend an Ali
ance campaign of education" in Kansas
for insiance-they find that the entire vol
ume of their currency, with all the govern
ment's faith and credit on top of il. will
not buy them a second-elass ticket on a
narrow-gauge railroad.
The best thing that could be done for
this country and for the Haitiens, Just At
present. would be 10 effect a reciprocity ar.
rangement-an exchange of PETERS and
Simpsons for money-gorged Haitians-
10 exchange pulpitsn for while. II
would be "a thing of beauty and jov for
ever" TO witness the ovation that the Ali.
ance propsgandists would receive in
Haiti. II is surmised that HippoIyte,s
treatment of his political prisoners is
chiid's-piay compared to the dallianee
wherewiih the popalace would daily one
who should suggest that they pay 2 per
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29
The cnmnton Caurt-Martial.

The detail for the eourt-martial 10 try Colonel
Charles E. Compton, of the Fourth cavalry. at
Fort walls walla, on July Is, consists OF Brfga-
dier-General Thomas II. Ringer, Colonel George
L Andrews, Twenty fifth infantry; Colonel
William r. shatfsr, First infantry; Colonel Mat
thew NJ. Blunt, sixteenth infantry; Colonel Pc
ter T. swaine, Twenty second infantry; Colonel
Genus r. Bliss, Twenty-tourth infantry; Colonel
Charles G. Bartlett, Ninth infantry; Colonel Jo-
seph S. Conrad, Twenty first il iantry; CoIonel
James J. Van Horn. Eighth insantry; Iisuisn-
ant-Colonei William NJ. Graham. Fifth artillery
Leutensnt-Colonsl Henry c. cortsin, assistant
adiutsnt generals Major Ahram n. wildriek,
Fifth artillery: Major Tully McCrea, Fifth artil-
lery: Captain Charles Mcclure, Judge advocate
Of the court Colonel Compton IL accused OF
having not exercised sufficient diligence in pre-
venting the lynehing of Hunt murderer, re-
Gently killed by soldiers
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby warned not to pay
any money to parties representing to be
agents of the Seattle Posr-INTELLIsEScER,
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the PosT-
IsrELLIeEscER, viz: J. A. Mcclellan. L..
@. Branson, T. A. Davies and J. III. Willett-
This does not apply to resident agents OF
his paper, who are located in various
Slties and towns of the Northwest, nor to
postmasters, who are in all cases author
ised to take subscriptions for the Daily,
Sunday and Weekly Posr-ISTELLIGEScER-
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A handsome testimonial to the Baltimore
American should be gotten up by the real estate
boomers throughout the country. That paper
has placed them in company than which none
could be more eminent or respectable. In late
issue it presents facsimile of Its first number,
printed lis years ago. 1t contains half-column
advertisement by George Washington, announc-
ing the purchase OF 10000 acres of land which he
had divided up I"platted," in other wordsl and
was ready to place upon the market "See it
rrOuu
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

A short time ago General Porter, of the New
York National Guard, issued an order fixing a
date for an encampment at Peekskill And
now comes the militia company at Ogdens-
burgh, by formal resolution sent through the
proper officers, and asks to have the date changed
SO as not to interfere with their attending an
hibition of Barnum's circus on the day fixed
The general has given the Ogdenburgh braves
an indefinite leave of absence,
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The report of the shooting between white
and colored miners at Franklin yesterday
is meager, but it seems probable that the
ARRAY was 8 mere alteration between in
dividual hotheads and DULLES, and not as
was reported on the streets last night, q
battle between the opposing forces of the
Franklin camp. The call for the militia
probably signifies nothing more than that
the deputy sheriff at Franklin was unduly
alarmed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

The Ohio modification of the Australian ballot
law provides that the names may be grouped
under party designations, and that each group
may be headed with a distinctive emblem. The
Republicans have adopted the American eagle,
the Democrats the flag union p and the Prohi-
bitionists the white rose. The Alliance men
have not yet announced their emblem. The
eagle Is a safe bird
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

Blushing il said to have become q lost art
among the ladies Of Ohio, ever since Dr. T. c.
Minor furnished them with his technical detini-
ton of the process, which. according to the
Dayton Journal, was as follows: ga blush is q
temporary erythema and caloric effulgence of the
physiognomy, aetiologized by the perspective
ness of the censorium when in q predicament of
unequilibrity from a sense Of shame, anger or
other cause, eventuating in a paresis of the
vasometor capilIaries," ETC., etc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-29

OF 5,547 students at the Berlin university this
summer there were 2OS Americans, an unprece-
denied number A much greater number Of
Americans are in that city attending private
clinics, studying Koch's methods. studying art
or music and acquiring a thorough knowledge
and perfect pronunciation of the German lam
guage. During the summer one evening of
each week-Tuesdsy-was set apart a. "Amsri-
can evening"
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The Ioleo State Register says that they have
built and are building between 1000 and 1000
substantial new buildings in Des Moinss this
year, "and still parties wishing to rent cannot
find what they want, place to live in" This
is answer to the Council Bluffs Globe, that "thers
are 1000 vacant buildings in Iowa" Des
Moines, the Register says, is fiourishing.
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Philadelphia is about ready to send petition
containing three hundred thousand names to
the car of Russia, beseeching him to deal
leniently with his political prisoners, and max
ing an especially strong plea in behalf OF the
persecutsd Jews
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poa't miss The grea, discount sale a. Hansen,
7o6 Front street
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-01
IN THE SWIM.
\ Foot Bridge Goes Down and Two Hun
dred People Dnmped-Some >eri-
ously Injured.

BRADFORD. Pa, May 31-At the conclu-
sion of the Bradford Meadyille ball game
the wooden foot bridge across the Tuna
creek adjoining the association park gave
way under the crush of people, preripitat-
ing 200 men and boys into the creek. Six
persons We're quite seriously injured and a
great many others received slight hurts and
u severe shaking UP. Following IS the list
OF those most seriously injured !. r. John
son. commercial traveller. Cleveland, rib
broken and injured about head: Mike My
erS. colored. Bradford. hurt about the head
and internally injured; L. NANCY. Brad
ford. right arm injured Mike Dougherty.
hip crushed; james Granger, right le9
broken, badly injured in the right side ;
William Corey Kendall. Pa. nose anu
cpinal column injured; Al Moorer, leg
crushed and injured about the body; j. J.
Sullivan ear cut off and foot crushed Patsy
Mccarthy, head injured
Others escaped with a ducking and a bad
shaking up.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-01
CUT HIS THROAT.
A Negro Husband Murdered by His
Wife's PaCamour The Murderer Ar
rested and Placed IN JAN.
Special 10 the Gazette.

san ANTONIO TN. May 31-Wiliam
Robinson. an understood mUiarto employed
in the west end suburb, came home last
night al O'Clock and found 4 ibert Frank
lin. a negro bartender. in the room with his
wife Robinson said What are you do
ing here .' Franklin. who is an immensely
powerful man. spraug from the bed with =
large pocket knife in his hand and began u
slash. He gIasped the unfortunate nus
band. bent his head back and cut ms throat
from ear 10 ear. completely Severiug the
windpipe. He then made two deep cuts in
tbs diving mans side. practically disem-
boweling him. then TOOL, the BODY 10 the
Internal on@l tisIc.- and laid it on the rails,
hoping that l train wou.G mEngle 1t beyond
recognition When found by mounted
police a half hour later, Franklin was I'M
concernedly standing 4; TESTS store He
had 4 small knife wound. supposed TO haya
been inflicted by himself after the tragedy.
He was taken 10 the hospital aud to-day
was in Jail The woman fed. but was ar
rested to-day and charged rs an accessory,