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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-07
PROGRESS OF ARIZONA.
Seventy Thousand Population and $780,
100000 of Taxable Property.

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct en-. o. Murphy, act
ing governor of Arizona territory, In his annual
report to the secretary Of the interior expresses
the opinion that the population of the territory
will reach 10000 people before the end of the
present fiscal year. There are at least, he
says, 1900 Mormons In the territory, engaged
in agriculture and mining. The following
shows the kind and quality OF taxable property
in the territory and its valuation according to
the report of the territorial board for the cur
rent year: Number of acres, 3,343 sos; value of
same, 4,602, III; value of improvements on
same, s., 3O2 ,2l4; value of city and town lots,
sl,672, 259; value of Improvements on same ST.
347 ,44; number Of horses 1892; value of
same, sl,lSS,16S. There are also owned
In the territory 1857 mules, $40 head OF cattle
and 2SS, 727 sheep. There are also 1858 miles of
railway, making the total valuation of all tax
able property in the territory SIS, pc, 466. This
amount, however, the acting governor regards
as entirely too low. He Is of the opinion
that 900 would be much nearer the
facts. The bonded debt of the territory is
given at 100000, and the interest thereon at
si3,s90; floating debt, s190,03o; interest thereon,
$15,360: making total indebtedness OF 1856, 2S0
The indebtedness OF the several counties aggre-
gate g 175,605 The Indebtedness of the cities of
Phoenix, Tucson and Tombstone aggre-
gate slSS,9SS. The average rate OF interest
throughout the territory Is S.2S per cent
The total number of acres entered under the
PUBIC lanu laws during the year Is given as
4S9,i9s. Mining has always been the foremost
wealth producing industry of Arizona, says the
report, and during the last year 1t has been very
active. The mineral exports for 1891, IL il
thought, exceed that of any previous year
The acting governor estimates the copper
output at 3O.0oo,o00 pounds; the gold
output at sl.l32,955 and silver at sl,6S3,5S5
During the year very valuable deposits of su-
perior onyx have been discovered. The quality
IS said TO be frst-class The pine forests of
Northern and Central Arizona cover an area OF
about 200 square miles, or approximately
100000 acres. The common school system of
the territory is said to be firmly established
well maintained, and compared favorably with
any IN the country. The acting governor recon-
mends that Arizona be admitted TO the Union
state upon the adoption Of proper con-
stitution by the people; that all public lands
within her borders be decided by the govern
ment TO the territory or state; that all public
lands be surveyed; that school lands be made
at once available; that the Apache Indians be
disarmed and prohibited from carrying arms:
that mineral lands in the san Carlos reserya.
ton be opened TO occupancy and development
by white citizens, and that the proceeds Of the
sale of the same be held in trust for the Indians
His recommendations of last year were renewed
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Shipping Intelligence.

TAToosCH, Oct 6.-5 p. m.-Cloudless: brisk
east wind Bark in tow OF tug Tyee passed ont.
ship in tow of tug Coils passed out at 10 a. m.
tug Tyee passed In at IL q. m; City of Puebla
passed out at p. m; four-masted schooner
passing in.
PoRr CRESCENT, Oct. as p. m.-Cloudless;
light east wind. Tug going in with four masteCI
schooner in tow.
PORT ANGELES, Oct. as p. m.-Cloudless:
light east wind. Tug Coils left for Port Towns
end at $3.50 p. m.
SAN FRANCISCO Oct 6-Arrived--stmr State
OF California, from Portland. Cleared-Nor-
wegian stmr Marie, for Nanaimo; stmr Una
tilla, for Victoria: German stmr Remus, for
Nanaimo: ok Willie r. Hume, for Buzzard's in
let. sailed-stmr San Benito, for Nanaimo;
stmr Oregon, for Astoria
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THE WOLFOF HUNGER
ALI Russians, From the Gar
Down, Fighting Famine.
THE RICH GIVE UP LuxuRIEs.
Relief Coming in Well, but Poorly Dis
tributed-starvation May Aid Mill
lists i'm Bringing About Revolution.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 6-The Grashddnin an
nounces that the officers of the imperial guard
have decided not to drink champagne at any
regimertai banquet and to contribute the
money which would have been so spent to
the peasants OF the famine-stricken districts.
All classes OF citizens here, follow
ing the example OF the car have resolved to
abandon all entertainments during the winter
and contribute the money thus saved for the
furnishing people. Most OF the public officials
announce their intention to devote a
certain percentage of their salary to
the same purpose, aud the work
men have decided to give a proportion of
their humble wages. Even children will offer
their little savings. Collections are being taken
In all the churches on every feast day.
stream OF relief is coming In through wide
channels, but the system OF distribution, it Is
said, is very defective
BosToN, Oct. 6.-Cable advices from Russia
say that entire states being deserted on ac-
count OF the famine. They also assert that a
new law has been made forbidding the sowing
OF seed this fall, SO that the acreage next year
win not be sufficient for the home supply,
still less for export So great is the
distress that people have been driven to pillag-
ing each other, first setting fire to the villages
and then roobing the Inhabitants. By the
united charities of the government and the
people a biscuit day 10 allowed each individual
in the famine district The distress Is a greater
menace 10 the government than all the efforts of
the nihilists Famine may cause a revolution
where love OF liberty has failed Aid is being
sent in by Polish Jews and the nihilist societies
of America. The latter have sent s53,0O0
LONDON, Oct. 6.-The newspapers of st. Peters
burg deuounce the conduct OF merchants and
members of the nobility for seeking to profit
from their stores OF corn while the poor peas
ants are starving. They make a strong
appeal to the government to revoke the
edict prohibiting the export of rye, and sub
Etitute therefor heavy tax on the expectation
OF all cereals. Reports from the Baku districts
and elsewhere are to the effect that thousands of
persons are diving of starvation.
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COD FISHERS FROM BERING SEA.
Cargo Consigned to Anacortes Fish.
Drying Works-Promising Industry.

FORT TOWNSEND, Oct. Especial THE
schooner Lizzie Colby came In from the Goldfish
banks of kadiak and Shumagin islands in
Boring sea, this morning with 5000 fish, about
aquarter of her capacity. The cargo Is valued
at $3.50, and was consigned TO ]. A. Madi-
son, OF Anaeortes, who ssys he viii establish
dryer and pack fish there and ship direct 10
Eastern consumers The same institution will
dispose OF other eodhshers expected home this
month The Lizzie Colby left Proyineetowu. on
the TIP OF Cape Cod peninsula, December ID last
for Boring sea. but had triehtful gales of Cane
Horn aud did not make San Francisco til June
"a, TWO ana half months late for the goldfish
season, but after waiting fortnight for a char
ter finally decided to try their luck on the banks
OF Bering sea, and left July l. The schooner
suffered heavy gale in Sandy cove, Shumagin
island, on September l., but recovered the
boats that were lost and proceeded with the
work They report that some vessels which had
begun fishing early had phenomenal luck The
passage from Kodiak took eight days.
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The Fire Record.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 6-Fire broke out
late this evening in the east divinity hall of the
university and spread rapidly. Ii is now under
control, but it is feared much damage resulted
90 the library.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Oct 6-The business por-
ton OF Columbus Junction, Iowa, and num-
Der of residences were destroyed by fire TODAY.
The losses aggregate $4,000 partly insured.
BRApDocK, Pa, Get. "a number OF frame
houses Were burned this morning and James
AeQuiEk persisted in the names
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AN OLD SETTLER DEAD.
Franklin Matthias, Builder of Early
Seattle, and Solid Citizen.


Charles Matthias, of Chicago, is at the Grand
motel, having come here to settle the affairs of
his uncle, franklin Matthias, an old pioneer of
seattle, who died OF rheumatism of the heart AT
Lake Tahoe, Cal, last August
franklin Matthias came TO this city from Penn.
syivania in 1852, the year the city was founded.
ana ior many years afterwards worked at his
Laue as carpenter and joiner He built some
"a 'ne hrst houses erected in the city, but about
all the monuments OF his skill were DESTROYED
IN the great fire. He was commissary-serpesnt
OF the volunteers during the Indian war of Is55.
ABOUT twenty years ago he stopped working at
MS trade and became the manager Of the Terrv
estate duty he performed for
many years with rigid integrity. At
the same time he began dealing in real estate
ana an became interested in the Ballard townsite
ne formerly owned the site of the souire-Ta ti.
mer building at the corner of Commercis, a.
Main streets, and had few small buiIdina. ~.
IT. II nu. sold II to \. Il. Latimer and Judge John
noyt ne lett here about five years ago. and
went 10 san francisco, then to the East Vet.
lng as ola home, then went South, and finally
went 70 Lake Tahoe, where he had relative.
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The Chilean Situation Unchanged.

VALPARAISO, Oct. 6.-Campos Pedro, Admiral
Jorge Months brother-in-law, is en- route to
Washington City with important documents al
leging that grounds exist for criminal charges
against several political refugees now stopping
at the American legation, but that Minister
Egan has never been officially notified of that
fact.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 6.-Therc lie nothing
In the official dispatches received at the state
and navy departments from Chile to indicate
any change in the situation there so far as the
relations between Minister Egan and the junta is
concerned. The cruiser San Francisco which
was to have gone directly to Valparaiso after
touching at Callao, Is still at the latter port
Some of her machinery has become disarranged
When the necessary repairs have been made she
will proceed to her destination.
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GERMAN DAY CELEBRATION.
Parade I'm Snow at Omaha-General Sigel
the Orator ut Fort Madison

OMAHA, Neb., Oct 6.-six thousand people
marched in the German day parade this after
noon in spite of falling snow. The storm, how
ever, soon ceased, and the remainder of the day
proved pleasant.
FORT MADISON, Ia, Oct. 6.-This city was
given over today to German-Americans, who
thronged here in great numbers In spite of
threatening rain there were probably 10000 peo-
pie in town this afternoon. This morning there
was lengthy parade from the business center
to Central park, where the programme was pro-
ceeded with in spite of rain. DR.. II. A. Stempel,
president OF the day, made the opening address,
and was presented with the keys OF the city by
Mayor Hamilton. Governor Boies was intro
duced, but made no speech. Then General
Franz Sigel, of New York, delivered the ora
ton of the day. This afternoon a concert was
given in the park by the German singing clubs.
This evening General Sigel held a public recep-
ton at hotel, and there was an elaborate dis
play of fireworks.
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THE CALIFORNIA BoopLERs.
supreme Court Rejects One Test Case
and Another Is Begun

sASFRaNclsco, Oct 6-At;ornsy-G General Hart
today filed in the supreme court a lengthy peti-
tion for a writ OF review to test the validity Of
the present grand jury. The petition recited
that a rule adopted in April, lsSa, by the Judge
OF the superior court, TO the effect that in ali
cases grand jurors shall be drawn from a lis,
submitted by the judges OF that court. unless
the list shall be exhausted without securing a
jury, was in force at the time Presiding Judge
Wallace appointed an elisor 70 select the present
grand jury. The petition also reviewed Judge
N1rphy's decision in Diminishing Ricl -rd Chute.
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News of Bering Sea Fleets.

VICTORIA, Oct. 6.-Advices have been received
from Unalaska dated September 10. They
stated that Sir George Baden Powell
and DR.. Dawson, the British Bering sea
commissioners, have returned from a
trip OF inspection to the Russian seal
islands and the coast of Kamschatka and are
about TO investigate the coast of British Column
bia. The United States vessels Marion and
Alert have left, il is thought for Chile. The
United States ships Mohcan and Thetis and
her maiesty's ship Nymphe were still cruising.
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Governor CampbelI Libeled

COLUMBUS, o., Oct Ex-Governor Campbell was
indignant today over an article copied by the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette from the New
York Recorder, relating to his financial condi-
ton, claiming, among other things, that he had
lost half million in Wall street speculations.
The governor telegraphed mis- attorneys in New
York to demand full retraction from the Re
corder, and If refused TO bring suit for libel. A
retraction is also demanded from the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
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Snow in the Mississippi Valley.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Oct. 6-The first snow of
the season fell here this afternoon.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 6.-Snow began falling
here at 8 o'clock this morning and continued
for about an hour. This is the first snowfall of
the season.
ST. PAUL, Get. "a dispatch from Luverne,
in the southern part OF this state, says it
is showing there today and that work in the
field has been suspended.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Oct. 6.-Heavy rains in west
ern Kansas caused all the rivers to rise suddenly
and much damage has resulted in the territory.
Many boomers lost their horses, wagons and
cattle. Over mile of the Santa Fe track was
washed out
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A Cincinnati CIerrvm.n Ku,.s

CINCINNATI, Oct. 6-Rev. samuel Benedict.
Tor many years rector of ST. Paul's Episcopal
church, OF this city, was accidentally kilisd
In the San Rafael fiat tonight. He had
descended in the elevator from the third
floor to the ground and was stepping out, when,
In some unaccountable manner, the elevator
shot upward. His right leg was ground 10
pieces and he died in few minutes. He was
60 years of age
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A Prominent Californian Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 6.-Captain Thomas z.
Fraser, well-known here for the part he took in
constructing the Lick observatory, died today at
Banning, San Bernardino county
Captain Fraser was born in Nova Scotia about
1850. He came here shortly after attaining his
majority. He became warm personal friend OF
James LICK, the pioneer philantbropist. Cap
tain Fraser Is credited with influencing Mr..
Lick in choosing Mount Hamilton as the site OF
the great observatory. He went to Banning
ABOUT two years ago and bought q ranch, be-
side considerable town property.
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WILLIAM HENRY SMITH DEAD.
Leader of the Conservatives in the
House of Commons.

Leader of the Conservatives in the
House of Commons.
LONDON, Oct 6.-The Right Honorable Will
lam Henry Smith, first lord of the treasury and
government leader in the house OF commons
who has been i'll for some time, died this after.
noon.
Smith made favorable progress toward recov.
cry until yesterday, when he became worse ow-
ing to a recurrence of the govt. This morning
his condition became critical, and he died at 3
p. m.
Balfour viii succeed Smith as Conservative
leader in the commons If the influence of the
powerful Carlton Club and the opinion of the
Conservative party as whole rules in the de-
cision to be made by Lord Salisbury. On the
other hand if the negotiations now pending for
q reconstruction of the cabinet based on the sb-
sorption of Liberal nionists, should be effected.
Goschen will claim the leadership An init
mate friend of Goschen tells the Associated
Press correspondent that Lord Salisbury, during
a critical period of the coalition, gave written
assurance that Goschen should have the leader
ship If Smith retired, the latters health then be-
ing precarious.
Gladstone has wired the following dispatch of
coincidence TO the relatives of Mr.. smith:
have received with grief the news of Mr..
smith death. shall long retain recollections
OF his kindly nature, fine qualities aud dis
tinguished devotion to the public service.
~ hehis oLutth was oOIn IN lS2o. AS a
youth he engaged in the bookselling and news
agent business, aud prosecuted it with such suc-
cess that he was enabled to secure from the GOV
eminent the monopoly of conducting the news
stalls al all English railway stations The
profits of the business were enormous and soon
made Smith very rich man. When Lord Sails
bury succeeded Gladstone as premier smith
was given place in the cabinet, and in August
1885, he Installed as first lord of the treasury
and secretary for war. He was at the time Of
his death the leader in the commons repre-
sentlng the division of Strand His estate cor
sisted of 6,777 acres, two livings, and an annual
income from rentals of fI0,4S5 In addition TO
this he received salarv OF Is 900 as secretary
ior war. he was re- peetable, mediocre man.
He was about 10 be made peer and retire from
active political life. He lett fortune of slO.-
00o,0O0.l '
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Trial of wife-Murderer Vail.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6-When a motion for writ
OF certiorari IN the case of Charles F. Vail. on
trial for wife murder, came up before Judge
Green, IN the criminal court today, Prosecuting
Attorney Breeker moved a noIle proseQui on the
nrst Indictment, and the court received nolls
prosequl dlschargiug the prisoner. He was in.
mediately arrested in court on a second in
dictment
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The Still yexed Bermoo.hes.

HALIFAX, N. s., Oct. GA special cablegram
from Bermuda says A tremendous wind and
rain storm has been raging for two days. All
incoming steamers experienced very rough
weather. 1t took the mail steamer Quart Castle
seven days to make the run from st. Thomas,
bermuda. The steamer ran short of coal, and it
was with difficulty she reached port, having
burned the vessels woodwork
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Spokane Races.

SPOKANE, Oct. 6.-The second day OF the fair
opened with large attendance. The weather
. was perfect aud the track was fast. Goldie won
the unfinished three-minuts trot in the first
heat, having taken two heats yesterday, Minnie
K. second, Mary A. third. Time, 1884.
Hercules won the half-rnile dash, Smooth.
wire second, Sam Hamilton third. Time, 49,.
In the 2:29 trot Little Frank won, Nick L see.
ond. Best time, 2:25
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Shielding the Libertine Prince.

LONDON, Oct. 6.-The coroner writes to the
Times, protesting against the comments of the
press in the matter of the Lydia Manton in
quest, comments which inquiry from their own
reporters would prove to be unfounded. The
courtroom, he says, was filed with reporters as
well as other members of the public
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Failure OF English Merchants,

LONDON, Oct 6.-Arthur Levy & Co., mer-
chants with branches at Liverpool, Manchester
and Bradford, announced recently as in diff
culties. today filed petition in bankruptcy. and
areceiving order was consequently made.
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Renounced a Throne for a W oman.

VIENNA, Oct. Cit is reported that the heir to
the crown of Roumania has renounced the
throne and insists upon marrying Mile Vaca-
riso. The king has invited to the capital the
youngest son of Leopold of Hohenzollern, with
the idea, 1t is supposed, of making him heir to
the throne
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THE LUCY LOWE LOSES TWO MEN.
She 10 Engaged in Recovering Steel
Rails ON the California Coast.

PUSTAs DEL REYES, Cal, Oct GA two
masted schooner was noticed on Sunday morn
ing anchored in dangerous place close to the
shore in blight, about two niles north OF the
life saving station. She had steam up and
moved about occasionally in the same vicinity.
Her object was mystery. Yesterday it was as
certained that she was engaged in an attempt to
recover an immense cargo of steel rails belong
ing to an English ship which had been wrecked
at that point several years ago. The name of the
schooner is the Lucy Lowe. Two of her seamen,
named Johnson and Hanson, started in a small
boat yesterday to fix buoy. The boat capsized
and both were drowned.
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Impossible to Compromise with Parnell

LONDON, Oct. 6-John Dillon has published
correspondence which has been going on be-
tween Parnell and himself, in which the latter
proposed that Parnell and Justin Mccarthy ap-
point an evenly divided committee to distribute
the Paris fund to evicted tenants. The CORE
spondence shows that Parnen refused to agree
to the appointment, insisting that he himself
must consider the claims of evicted tenants in
conjunction with Mccarthy.
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OTTAWA, Ont, Oct CIT has been decided TO
reinstate all those officials of the department OF
the interior who were suspended as the result of
the revelations made before the public ac-
counts committee
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The Gar at Copenhagen,

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 6.-The car and czarina.
the king and queen of Greece and other mem
bers of the imperial family OF Russia and of the
royal family of Greece arrived here today
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Socialists want RussIa's Annihilation.

BERLIN, Oct 6.-Herr Bebel, q prominent
member OF the socialist party, delivered speech
today, In which he declared that Russia
should be trampled to the ground at all
costs. Everybody would contribute to the
victory of the German flag and drive the
Russian out of Europe. Russia, he declared.
ought to be revolutionized, both externally and
internally, in order to eliminate the perpetual
menace of war. Herr Bebel also declared that
Poland should be made an independent state.
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Draak Poison for whisky.

GALEsA, IL, Oct. 6.-Conrad n. Peters was
killed today by drinking poisonous mixture
he thought as whisky. Three companions also
drank OF it and are seriously i'll. One named
Mckeague, will probably die.
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Terrific Gale In the Irish Co..

LIVERPOOL, Oct GA terrific gale prevailed In
the Irish sea last night Three vessels were
wrecked near Holy head, the crews being saved.
The storm is increasing In violence. having
reached the force OF a hurricane, and its area is
extending.