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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19
WORSE THAN THE NEW ORLEANS
AFFAIR.

Discussion of the grand jury report on
the New Orleans massacre has recalled
judicial Illumination on one of the most
horrible exhibitions of popular frenzy that
has ever been witnessed in the United
States. This deed of mob violence oc-
CURED in st. Louis. No., fifty-six years
ago. Hammond. sheriff Of the county.
was murdered by negro whom he was
conveying to Jail.
The negro was captured and lodged in
fail, and there was no room for doubt that
justice would be speedily melted out to
him. But the sheriff had been noted for
his kindness of heart, and for his humane
treatment of prisoners committed TO his
charge, and In all respects was exceeding
ly popular. beloved to an extent that rare
ly falls 20 the lot of public official.
These facts, coupled with common preju-
dice against negro criminals. and with the
further fact that the people had been but
recently alarmed by the famous threat
ened negro revolt under the lead of John
A. Murrell, caused the populace TO be In
tensely excited and furious.
Therefore, as in the New Orleans case,
they attacked the Jail in overwhelming
numbers, meeting, as might be expected.
bat slight resistance from the subordinates
of the murdered sheriff, and seizing the
negro they took him out upon . common
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19
SWISS DEMOCRACY.

Nowhere in modern time has bona fds
democracy, as distinguished from repub-
Mountaineering both words in their broad
and general sense-made equal Roadway
as in Switzerland. To greater extent
than any other nation they seem inclined
10 realize absolute rule by the people di-
rectly, rather than through representatives
acting with any considerable degree of
personal independence.
Thus, by what is styled the 'sreferen-
dum," the rule has prevailed of referring
all changes In Switzerland's constitution,
laws, policy or procedure, to vote of the
people before such change can become
valid. To this just now has been added,
by the assent of both the federal chambers,
another change in the constitution, an ex-
tension of the principle of the referendum,
giving to the people what is called "the
initiative"
By this change it is placed within the
power of any fifty thousand electors of
that country, not simply to demand in
general terms change or modification of
the constitution or laws, but Of preparing
and presenting the exact terms of such
change, which the Chambers, whether
they favor it or not, must submit to the
people, whose decision is made final and
obligatory. The only Independent power
left to the Chambers (the equivalent Of our
Congress) is to submit at the same time an
alternative proposition.
This may do very well for Switzerland,
and might answer for other small, COM
pact communities, but if applied in the
United States, even with limitation to
one hundred and fifty thousand or much
greater number Of electors as essential to
such initiative, pandemonium would be q
paradise compared to the condition which
would soon prevail. We should have time
for little else than elections on proposed
constitutional amendments-the sub-treas-
ury scheme, semi-monthly mutations of the
currency, prohibition, local option, higher
license, woman suffrage, prevention of ex-
pectoration, government ownership of rail-
roads and countless similar projects.
1t is thus made clear that not only in its
local, patriotic and party sense, but broadly
and generally republicanism is preferable
to democracy, just as liberty restrained by
law is superior to unbribled license. The
people, through wisely chosen representa-
tives, can legislate and govern much more
wisely and systematically than through
the medium of public assemblies.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19
A $4,000 Fire at Toledo.
Toledo Tidine


AT about o'clock Thursday morning terrts,
explosion IN the furnace-room of Frank Hof.
mans beautiful residence, on Augusta straat
awakened the sleeping inhabitants OF that nsr,
OF the city. In few minutes fire was seen ia
suing from the rear part of the house. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoffman were the only persons in the
building at the time. Awakened by the snoLs
and the noise Of the explosion, Mr. Hoffno -,
jumped out of bed and ran downstairs To sas
what was the matter, only to Ana rs
beautiful mansion enveloped in flames Ms
Hoffman followed her husband down and ran
out OF the building. Mr.. Hoffman, returning
TO dress himself, though the work of but a few
seconds, found escape by the stairway ept of
lie Immediately rushed to a window ana
throwing 1t open. leaped to the ground. receiv.
ing injuries thereby from the effects of which
at this writing, he is unable to leave his he'd
Lady Hotfman's entire wardrobe was hurned
she escaping with but single dress and her
casket of jewels. 100
The value OF the Hoffman mansion and ron.
tents were fully $4,000. with AN insuranca q,
only 5000 But the loss which Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoffman feel the greatest is thatof a nunnber n
relics OF old-time pictures, one of which was
painted 1900 years ago.
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I. DUNNO AND /. KNOWIT,

/ Dunno started out on memorable trip,
With a valiant companion, l. Knowit;
"Let US feel our way slowly" says slow Dunno,
Knowit says, fLet US Just 60 It'll"
And one would go fast and one would 90 slow,
In this trip OF !. Knowit and slow I. Dunno.
I. Dunno picked his way, felt about with his
cane,
And carefully tested the bridges;
/. knowit rushed on like late express train,
Over mountains and rivers and ridges;
He looked back and cried, "Get move on, old
slowl"
"Oh, I'll go my own jog" said old slow I. Dunno
/. Kuowit got tangled and lost In the swamp
And well-nigh submerged in the mire;
I, Dunno he found out, in his leisurely romp,
That the ground was too soft and went higheri
"Ill poke with my cane wherever go,
And stub along easy" said slow l. Dunno.
]. Knowit crawled out all covered with mud,
And banged ana battered with bruises,
Says he, "a fellow with fire In his blood
Can duff in Just wherever he chooses"
" It's better to go kinder mod rate and slow,
And not get banged and battered" said slow L
Dunno.
I. Dunno travelled slow, but he got far ahead
OF the rapid onrusher, l. Knowit.
L. Dunno still said, "Let US carefully tread
/ knowit still said, '.Let us go it."
hnowit brought up in the swamp of Don't
!. Dunno reached the beauHfulland of Getthers.
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at that time west of the city, but now in
the heart of the fashionable residence dis
trict, and tying him TO tree deliberately
roasted him over slow fire, which from
time to time was quenched in order that
his agonies might be prolonged. This
barbarous act was approvingly Witnessed
by thousands of men, women and chill
dren, many of them members Of the best
society.
On impaneling the next grand jury
thereafter. the Judge of the st. Louis
Criminal Court, referring TO this affair, in
his charge thus drew the distinction in
his mind between acts Of individual
violence and those Of mob: aft, on the
other hand" said Judge Lawless, "the
destruction of the murderer of Hammond
was the act, as have said, of the many,
of the multitude in the ordinary sense Of
these words--not the act OF Vulnerable
and ascertainable malefactors. but of con.
gregated thousands, seized upon and i'm
PEELED by that mysterious. metaphysical,
and almost electric frenzy which in all
ages and nations has hurried on the
infinite multitude TO deeds Of death and
destruction-then, say, act not AZ all in
the matter. The case then transcends
your jurisdiction. IL is beyond the reach
of human law"
This, although the individuals who he
the fagots and from time 10 time sahdned
the flames, were not only Vulnerable and
ascertainable,n but were in fact few IN
number and well known. Comparing the
emphatic language Of this charge under
such circumstances. with the guarded and
qualified terms in which the New Orleans
grand jury referred 90 the acts of men who
were disguised and perhaps not recognize
able, and she two documents indicate
very decided advance in official regard for
the proprieties-
II is pretty safe 10 say that no constitu-
ency-not even Tammany Hall-would
in this day and generation invest with the
judicial ermine person entertaining the
ideas advanced by Judge Lawless, or if by
chance there should be judge entertain
ing such sentiments, it is pretty certain
that he would not care to utter them.
This charge shows that civilization has
made Roadway.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19

themselves and the miners. In this situa-
ton it remains for the miners to decide
whether they will do the work of the mines
at the prices that have been agreed upon,
leaving all incidental questions Of mine
management to the managers, or adopt the
other policy, and by contending for ques-
tionable demands throw themselves out
of work and put the mining industry Of
the state into other hands. If they will
adopt the reasonable policy they can retain
the mining work here. There will then be
no further importations OF negroes, for
there will be nothing for them to do, and
those already here will, in the nature of
things, eventually drift to the cities and
into other pursuits.
As the workingmen of this state well
know the Posr-INrELLIeEscKR has always
been and Is friend to the laboring class.
We believe it now to be only friendly
duty to speak plainly and to warn the
coal miners against the bad policy of
urging claims which are incompatible
with the successful prosecution of the
mining industry and therefore fatal alike
to the interests of the miners, the mine
owners and the public.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19
An Irrigation Ditch Eighty Mifas Ion.
Cie-Elum Tribune

James stewart, OF the North Pacific, YakIm
and Kittitas Irrigation Company, with fo-c.. =,
seven men Ia now engaged in taking sounai1c.
at Cle-Elum lake and making preliminary sr.
rangements for the construction of the dsm
Some idea OF the immense volume OF water ~ n
viii be required to feed the several ditcbss
which win be made by the company can be cor.
ceived when II known that the smallest ditch.
the one now in process of construction, win Ia
sixty feet wide at the bottom, eight feet deep on
q slope, about eighty-four feet wide at the ton
and seyenty-hye or eighty miles long. IL viii
be a small river within itself Mr. Stewart state.
that IL viii probably be at least two years before
IL viii be found necessary 70 confne tho lsks
water,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19
"A Bear $50 Feet Up i'm 9 Tree.

Mr.. Hosg again comes TO the front with a..
other bear. He has killed several this year. This
one was in tree about 80 feet from the ground
when shot 1t is about time Jack Post was kfll.
ing another cougar, as he generally scores one
for every bear killed BY Mr. Hoas
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-19

~Mrs. MlnsIow's Soothing syrup for Children
Ieetnlng koitens the gums, reduces infamnar
uon; a4iays pain, cures wind cole 3 centss
hottie.
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

The explanation of il all was simple
enough Emma Naples was at the bot
tom of the whole affair. She and Captain
Brague had been having most desperate
and unsupported Irritation. and she had
been unable TO give up the idea of going to
the Maennerchur with him. Consequently
she had arranged with him TO meet her at
the ball thinking that she would run less
risk OF detection. and had told him that
she would wear Ia black domino. with a
knot OF Jacks on her left shoulder She
had pretended to me that she was going
with me. and had written at the last mo
men, SO rs not 10 arouse my suspicious.
Then. after ali Just rs she was about 20
start out. her brother in law came after
her with ne news that her sister had fallen
down stairs and broken her leg. She could
not communicate with Captain Brague,
and affairs 80 arranged themselves that he
took ne for her. but did not like TO accosJ
me while | still carried the roses in my
hand Consequently lac had felt bound 10
follow ne when did give what he sup
posed was the signal for which he had been
waiting, ami a. for my husband, his actions
are easily understood. Moreover, the res
taurant being but a short distance from
the Academy and our driver being forced
20 SLOWLY GA account Of the snowy streets
aud the numerous vehicles about the build
ing. nv two SWANS had been able to watch
my carriage aud to keepup with it without
much trouble.
1t j. scarcely necessary TO remark that
/ had involved ;ryself in very serious diff
rulties nave said that just before l
friu,eG I thanked my stars that Penny
had ;oue before Bran came back, but after
! had come 20 myself again, which | did
almost Immediately, fancy. was rather
sorry rhsJ PENN had not stayed 10 see me
swoon. after all For j; might have
brought him round and then everything
might nave been explained then au.! Ehrre.
That J. what occurred to M VIXEN | re
covered. ., least am not sure now that
IL would have made amy particular differ
ence, and am satisfied that it was better
rs 1t was
returned 10 Consciousness again then to
md Bran and Captain Brague bending
over nue. with solemn faces | sat up and
looked around me. was sitting on chair
for a moment nv recollection lowered,
aad then | shook myself together and pre-
pared TO ac, was ashamed Of nv weak
ness, but il was over now, and though the
whole thing was 4 horrid, wretched bore,
aud really quite unjust, | knew that had
10 SEE it through. ! never had been want
ing in resolution and now tina, felt that
! was in difficulties resolved TO- a-ot out of
them a soon is possible. and win rs much
shirt Is | could command waited for
an Instant, until felt tGat could speak
with trmness. and :hen sai,i:
This Is a very unfortunate affair."
Yes. said Bra.i, with deep breath,
at IS"
Captain Brague began TO protest that he
WIS overwhelmed with grief-that he had
taken me for some one else. | stopped him
and babe him tell me quickly AS possible
how he had come 20 follow mt to the res
tanrsrt. had pretty correct idea of he
srutk. bas wanted 10 hear Lis story. and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

sent to the execution of these negotiators.
They escaped, however, and remained in
concealment till the present mikado as
cended the throne. Then the progressives
got the upper hand, and in 1865 the tycoon
was deposed and the local despotism of the
dsimios destroyed. Japan then became a
nation in the modern sense of the word,
with uniform laws, a strong central gov
erument and a liberal policy in trade and
education. Prince Sanjo was made gov
ernor of an important province and gem
eral of the imperial guard, and in $50 be-
came prime minister
In 1885 he went into honorable retire
fnent Count Ito becoming prime minister,
but the prince continued the faTorite adj
wiser of the mikadO. He receDtly fell
victim TO influenza, and while in his last
illness received from the mikado the high
est rank attainable by japanese subject.
His funeral was the most impressive ever
witnessed in Toxic in the case of any other
than a royal parsonage.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. 2II.-Ridslen Buisilugs.

/ kDew-a Mr.. Scott a generation Or 80
ago who claimed to he q descendant o: Sir
WalteR but in no way did he resemble che
poet. He was. in truth, utterly lacking ia
the good qualities he delighted to rehearse
as belonging 20 his ancestor A lawyer u.
the bar never shot elooJrnce from his
tongue more forcibly than did this man
when dlscoarsing upon the writer 81
"Marmion. a Quaker who was one day
listening to his genealogical boas4ing said
to him: Thou seeslest ve1y proud Of thlns
ancestor. Since tinou ara SO protsi of the
fame that was his mans | only wonder !;
he would have been as pDud Of thee Il
thy grandmother had an opal century
ago, that is no reason why thou shuuidst
be proud of the colored glass in thy ring.
The man thus addressed jumped i1to = cab
instantly and Gisappeared from view.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. aoo.-A Puzzle for Very EittIe Folk.
No. a1O.-NumericaI EnIgma.

A warning proverb containing seventeen
letters, from which the ft.lloving words
may be made:
IA, 6, IS, Z, part of a plartt
Is, 0, 1G, IA, a range ct mountains b.
tween Europe and Asia
5,e,3, 8, 4, q small RAINING stream Of
water.
7,3,9, 4, an Instrument divided at the
end into prongs.
II, II, 3, l, a small collection, Of water
70, Is, IS, I, a whim-
"A, 10, 6, 4, {. vegesable-of a flavor mora
strong than savorp
II. 6, l6. 9, l. beautiful Jewel IL,
mineral.
8, IS, 12, II, a water mark.
II. TO- 10. g, "a natural periodsof time
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

Each OF the words described contains
seven letters. When rightly guessed .as
placed one below the other. take the IL,
letter of the first word, the last Letter
the second word, the first letter of Tia
third, the last Of the fourth, and so On. -..
the name OF a famous traveller Il spel.ri
Cross Words: |. An African quad.....
. a bucolic. s. Pertaining to Turker.
A butchers instrument. > An immense
mass of ice and snow moving slowly dow.
ward g. To shut out. :. y joint ~ I'll.
finger S. To be enough. Miscn!-7a--
10. \ kind of cotton cloth originally
brought frc II China Il Eageruess. -
A vendue.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

There is a charming young widow in
South Minneapolis who retains five-year-
old girl as the only pledge of her dear de-
parted. The little one has Just begun to
learn her alphabet. A gentleman called
upon the widow the other evening. OF
course the fond mother wanted to show off
her child. Taking up newspaper and
pointing to the big letters in an advertise
ment the mother said:
What letter is that"
a." responded the child.
What comes after Az"
3D."
And what comes next"
&C." fsped the little one.
The inquiry was pursued still further,
but along toward the end of the alphabet
the little girl lost her bearings and never
answered question. Finally the gentle
man thought he would put few ques-
tons He began with this one:
What comes after TT"
The child looked him straight in the eyes
as she answered, "a man to see mamma"
Minneapolis Tribune.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

THE numbers refer to the letters vhics. -.
the word.
My first takes the lead OF both Peter an Pan.
My next appears second in every braNl
My third In some faces appears w:-- -..h
beauty
As TO make admiration positive d--g
My fourth on the top Ct each ulluts.r is
found
His next brother always will hide .a -as
ground.
Ny sixth has very round face Of his own
But MS voice often sounds like sorruwsgI
moan
Ny seventh, though crooked, stands high 10 h.s
station,
And none is his equal in multipGystilu
My last you encounter midway o'rr the sra,
Yet first upon earth its position must be.
My whole is simple bat beautiful flower.
Shedding sweet smelling fragrance or
meadow and bower.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16


dictatorship of the
tycoon. The strug-
gle became very
earnest soon after
the tycoon made a
treaty with the
American, Com
modore Perry, iD
1884. In 1863
Prince Ssnjo was
one of the nego-
tiators be I W e e n
mikado and the
tycoon, and when
t h e reactionary
party prevailed
the mikado was
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. 213.-Charad o..

I, First syllable "A writing under
seal" Second-"A generation" Both
Slavery"
@ "a railroad or steamboat ticket; 'an
excavation in the earth in mining, or to
reach a supply of water" Both tender
and solemn adieu."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. a1a-G.opraphical rullIe..

Form words t-om the following sstters
/. T, A. A, "A, r, r, p mountain in ASA
.. A, A, Ia, b, d, b, a city in Turkey
3. a, A, A, I, F, F, r, K, G, a country Of
Africa
4. A, A,.A, V, n, II. town in the West
Indies
5. S, S,.U, I, A, a, c, C, a mountln in
Asia
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. 2oS.-A Diamond.

/. In Chicago. .. a covering for the
head. 8. Fast. 4 One who makes 3 SUI
cession of small sounds. 5. An inhabitan.
of certain Spanish province. . The ~
of taking prisoner. {. Spelling $ dos
O. Storms of certain hind. 10. 4 wooden
pin. II. In Indianapolis.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
Japan's Great Statesman.

Prince Sanjo was the Count Oavour OF
Japan, the statesman most to be credited
with the reorganization which has made
Japan modern nation. He was born in
1887, and grew to manhood in the revolu
ton gotten I'D by those who opposed the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

No. 19s-A Missing Proyerb: ~ w
heads are better than one"
No. 199.-Illustrated Rebus: SIN SONS
races the horseman knows not how 70
Tighten the rein"
No 2O0-Anagram: Phiness Taylor Bar
mum.
No. oO1.-A Dickens Enigma: There Il
no playing fast and loose with tkI trutL n
any game without growing the worse fos
is."-Little Dorrit.
No. 202-Easy Diamonds:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
DOEcerei.

Tho dog who ought to fright tho thief With
growing,
Keeps instead the whole house wide awaks
with howlingl
Nevertheless we have heard a musical
Bach.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
No. ai4.-Hidden Game.

/ fear that you have made errors IN
your memoranda of game laws.
9. Did Zou see that Arab Bile his car
fridge?
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

Country Editor-W hats the matter nowf
Personalities out of INK.
We'll, rub the rollers with the Office
towel. food News.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

No. 2O3-Arithmetical: B, c, d, etc VIII
have an acre and half; q. e, |, o, Il, VIII
have three acres; and will have three
roods apiece; W and N will have fourscEea
and half.
No. 2o4.-Behead and Transpose: Sides
idles, side, die, j. e.
No. 205.-Enigmatical Names; Diva
Jasper, Eve, Guy, Lot.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
Ouick Work,

wish to \ ste that the Mutual Life In
surance ComNpy of ksnfhcky through
their state age Gillesate Porter ( Com
pany. have withid>uaSsek' time from the
burial of my deceaS husband, G. W. Ma
gruder. paid me - two thousand dol
lars, being am0M due>n his life, Policy
No 16993. Il fer my cere thanks to
both rhe com yany and tStheir efficient
agents for thR promptness n this matter.
Very respectfully,
Mis-. X. p. MNRUpER.