Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

couple OF Americans opcheu n uteI
saloon In Monterey. Mexico, and
adorned their sign with portrait OF
George Washington. The portrait
however, did not long fomain there,
Tor General Reyes, COVER nor'of Nuevo
Leon, declaring that Washington was
too great and good n mau to have his
likeness used for such purpose,
ordered II 10 be removed.
The senatorial seat which Plumb
vacated by his death, aud to which
Perkins succeeds, observes the New
York World, has had an eventful
history. General Lane, who held II
first, committed suicide. Governor
Carney, who occupied 1t for u brief
period, found It a grave for his political
hopes. Il. q. ROss, who went out OF
politics after tho johnson impeach-
ment proceedings, Is now a pr inier In
New Mexico, poor forgotten and
politically dead. Plumb died before
his time. The other Kansas senatorial
seat has had but three occupants In 30
years--Pomeroy, Ingalls, aud PETER.
Writing to the New York Times OF
he late Sir William White, British
ambassador at ConstaniinOple, Mr.
Harold Frederic, the wcll.known cor
respondent, says: Gle was the one
English ambassador Of many who have
ambled In tho past twenty-five years
through tho spacious corridors Of Con-
atantinople, who was able 10 pick his
way erect and untroublod through tho
network OF intrigue and counter in'
trIgue ceasulessly woven by French,
Russian, Austrian, and Turkish dip
lomaoy. Ills wide iami larity with
the language and habits Of mind OF the
different races with whose representa-
tives he was brought into contact, Gu
abled him easily to parry aud check
each move made by Russia aud her
sympathilers In the Intricate game OF
cross purposes that has been played
with untiagging pcsistence on the
Bosphorus for the las. 100 years, but
with removed and increased activity
during the last TO-"
Eight hundred and slxty-one post
Offices woru robbed by burglars In THIS
country last year What particular
attraction postoiliccs havs for burglars
isn't apparent to the non.proftssional
eye, but these statistics seem to show
that they have iondness for these es'
tabllshments.
Lieut.. Fred Rourke Ia cited as hav-
ing stated that tue Pine Ridge Indian
are feeling ugly and that nothing re-
strains them from engaging In san
othcr' outbreak against the poor, inno-
cent, inoiIensive white people except
the fear OF their supplies being cut OIL.
Now, we thought that 1t had been nd.
mitted all round, after investigation,
that last winters raid was an attack
upon the Indians by tho whites. Per-
haps Lieut.. Rourke did not read up
ON the leading features Of that cam
naign.
A Cincinnati woman who boarded n
street car the other day aud had to
stand, refused to pay her fare unless she
was provided with seat. When the
conductor insisted on her paying, she
snappishly asked: "Can you change n
$50 blllg" Eyes" he replied. "Let
me see the change then" she answer
cd. SO he took out sl9.05 change and
showod 1t Go her. But shs didn't pro-
duce the bill. After gari ng at him and
the change for moment sho handed
him nickel.
The police at 81. Petersburg, Russia,
have.sent notice toall the saloon keepers
In the nelghborhood OF the factories,
that they will he heavily hned II they
continue selling spirituous drinks to
laborers on trust or beguile the iaborers
to drink In amy other way. 1t appears
from this that the saloon IL not supreme
In the Cars do minion as IT Is in some
parts OF our own country.
1t was recently stated In the tele'
grams that the Catholic Church wai
behind the Cara revolution and sup
plying that notorious individual with
the sluews Of war. A Laredo specia
to the New York Herald contains
some startling statements ON the sub
Ject. 1t says; "The papers found II
the saddle bags Of Pablo Munoz, on'
Of the captured rovolutlOnists, throw
great deal Of light on the situation
II proves conclusively that the Clerlca
party Is furnishing the money will
which the campaign Is being conduct
ed. In all the iorays made by GaIa
he has not stolen or plundered tn
snialles, article. On the other hand h.
has paid cash at top prices for what h
has needed. Where all his money wa
coming from has been puazling tn
American and Mexican authorities
IL IL now ascer,ained that Monies d