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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20

RICHMOND. May Tho cleveland and auti-
Cleveland factions in the Democratic con-
Vehtion met last night. Each chose
deiegases-nt-iarge to the national convention.
ihis morning, however. they got together and
compromised by agreeing 10 withdraw all and
TO allow the convention TO choose two from
each side
The convention met at noon. John r. Ryan
was made temporary chairman. Tho congress
slonai districts have chosen n ne delegates to the
national convention for Cleveland. and eleven
against. Marshall Hanger. OF Augusta, n
Cleveland man. was reelected permanent chair
man, according to the terms OF agreement made
ihls morning. his name being presented
by the ant-Cicveland candidate for
the same position. Holman Conrad and
X. {. Kent were chosen electors
at large. recess was then taken, and at tho
evening session Judge Ray explained the com
pact entered into between the Cleveland aud
anti Cleveland men, and said it was done with
the understanding that the convention should
be allowed to express its choice for
candidate. Therefore he moved that tho reso-
luton requiring that all motions be referred to
committee without debate, bo rescinded.
Bedam reigned while Judge Ray was
proposed to offer, which virtually
indorse Cleveland as tile choice of tho conyen-
ton. General Ftzhugh Lee urged harmony and
announced that he was Il Cleveland supporter.
The following delegates at-large were then
nominated by acclamaton: John W. Daniel, 5.
". Wexford Corbin, Basil Il. Gordon aud John
Good. 1hey are equally divided for and against
Cleveland.
The platform opposes the centrnliziuC ten
denotes of the general government and upholns
tho maintenance of state rights ana local self
government; protests against renewal OF
the effort to pass the force bill,
and declares the government has not
phwer to collect money from the
people except what is necessary TO defrsy the
expenses OF an economical administration. aud
that the burdens of government should be i'm
posed upon luxuries not upon the necessities
OF life: favors the abolition of the internal rev.
cHue system: demands an increase in the volume
of the currency 10 au extent sufficient for the
commercial and agricultural needs Of the coun-
try, denounces the Fity-iirst congress and in
dorses the wise economy, clean and honest
methods and non sectional character OF the lato
Democratic administration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20
Three Missouri Miners Killed.

WEER CITY. Mo, Mey -. Harry D. Rochs.
superintendent: OF the mines, Charles Enlctt and
a man named Hamlin were injured ty a mine
cave in on Tuesday morning and three lives
were lost
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20
Striking Miners Secoiue Eeg1nrs.

DURHAM. May 70 Tho coal miners have de-
cided to continue the great strike which was be-
gun March r. in spite OF the great suffering not
only among the miners but the factory hands,
iron workers and others thrown out through
lack OF coal supply. The result is that many
have been compelled to seek parish relief. and
consequently under the British law have been
disfranchlsed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20

Nine aldermen and the president OF the city
council OF Boston arc OF iuGketlug .r!p 10 san
Francisco. osteasIbly 10 inspect certain sys-
ten OF Underground cso4es ard conduit
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20
THE $4,000 MARK PASSED.
Funds Subscribed In Seattle and District
Now Aggregnte &G.IaI.I2.

The citizens relief committee received
no additional contributions to its fund
yesterday. The contributions from Seat
tie and surrounding towns. however, now
aggregate over s., o00, as follows:
FosrINTfLIaENcER fund nd.............-s3.9t2 ~
Citizens fund ... .............. 26ss ~
Independents subscriptions. s.............. 80 90
Total i.............. .......s Sc I5l 4,
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piedging support to the nominee of the
state nominating convention IN Septern-
Der, were adopted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20
The "POst-Intelligencer' Fund
Increased to S3,312.72.
CoKEDALE MINERS CONTRIBUTE
Three School Girls at Port Blakeley
Collect Sl22 for the Sufferers.
Madison Street Cable Road Employee
Ball Nets S5S-work Resumed in the
Fatal Pit-Dead Mules to Bc Taken
Out and the Mine Repaired at Once.
PErvInrsLY RrrnETEn


IEEFioUsLf BEfOETEn. .-r.--..... --..sN,o3' s.
CoNDuCToEs AND GaIraES or MADISON
FBEET CABLE RAILWAY (uet proceeds
OF bail at Madison street payitionl. .... IS q
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
The Great Actors, Fair.
New York Letter.

The most remarkable fair on record. not ex-
cepting the big annual one at Ninji-Novgorod,
nor the horse show whIca seems to hold the
American record to date, will be an Actors
Fund fair in the Madison Square garden May .
For months preparations have been making.
and it is already certain, not only that moth
ing like il has ever been seen, but
that in all probability similar thing
will ever be arranged. One OF its odd
graphs of the leading men and women not only
of the American, but the European stage as
well, duly autographed in many cases, ana
arranged in groups about central picture of
the rheater with which these actresses and
actors have been identified. or the manager
who has been most prominently connected
with their professional careers This festure
alone ought to make the fair attractive. No
window on Broadway draws more curious eyes
than Reitzmanu :. where all attempt at gather
ing theatrical ceiebritle has beel made near
Twcnty-second street, By an experienced Pho
tographer. Il is human nature for men and
women 10 be interested in the everyday person
ality of people who aruuse them behind the
footlights. Actresses and actors wear good
clothes. and have exercised the uplifting OF the
spirit''-by which Phillips Brooks made for him
self handsome out Of a homey mouth, a
rule, with measurable success. Their features
and their clothes have generally some
thing piQUaut and striking III ensemble. II
people viii stop and stare al an incomplete col
lection of American aud English stace iavorite.,
their admiration for q complete arrangement OF
the photographs OF the best-looking and most
talented men and women OF the stages OF Be--
lin, Paris, Rome, NienDs, Nap es, 81 Petersburg
london, Buenos Ayres, CO9enh hagen, Melbourne,
sydney, Calcutta, Bombay, Dublin and Hong
kong is safely discounted. This is what Mana
ger A. ". Palmer contemplates, and the idea Is
novel one, 70 say the least.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
Portland and Seattle Birds
Matched in the Pit.
SEATTLE WINS THE FIRST FIGHT.
came Boosters of Two Cities Meet in
Mortal Combat-The Main Con-
tinucs Till Early Morning.

About 125 sports witnessed the Portland
Seattle cooking main at the Madison
street pavilion, near Lake Washington
last evening and early this morning
There was liberal scattering of visitors
from nearby towns, and about a dozen
friends of the Portland principals were
among the distinguished visitors"
Portland showed up with twenty-four
Nrds and Seattle had a like number To
choose from. The visitors had little the
worst Of it before the main began. having
The disadvantage of the journey up from
Portland. When the birds were weighed
IN and matched Seattle again got a triae
the best of it, but the differences in the
aggregate did not amount to more than
few ounces.
The usual vexatious delays attended the
affair. The main was to have begun at
$50 p. m, but the first pair were not
dropped in until after midnight. Eleven
birds fell in, and the main was still in
progress when the morning papers went
opress.
Joe Taylor, one of the Portland princi-
pals, handled the birds for Portland, and
Wells and Buckwelder were the heelers.
N. NJ. Murphy heeled and handled for Sc
attic. Hank Halstead, of Tacoma, was
chosen referee.
The first match was between a Seattle
red dominick and Portland black red.
Both birds weighed five pounds. The
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
oYerestimated Fortunes.
New York Letter.


The newspapers making of a baby in the
Junior branch Of the Astor family heir to $780,
OoO,o1o is only an example OF the absurd over
estimate of numerous great fortunes in this
town For example, il Is current delusion
Hundred" is master or mistress OF
many million. This belief is based
UPON the assumption of the otherwise
STYLED smart set itself that its only claim 20
distinction is its great wealth. And surely il
must he that, If anything. for il Is NOT eiuca-
ton. intelligence. refinement, cultivation, or
like qualities which 80 TO make the really best
society," in any city; 20 that il must be the
wealth But wealth Is something that the
public al least statistieally. can put its finger
on. Ii IS tangible. because it is taxable,
sni the books are open TO whoever
chooses 20 read. Everybody knows the multi
millioaaire7. and very few even OF these are in
the"Eour Hundred" Jay Gould sad Russell Sage
are not. William Waldorf Aston, the present gen
Grafton OF Belonts and a dozen more of the
richest families in town are more out of the
"FoGr Hundred with tolerance, IL not with con-
tempt Ia the self-Styied smart set" there
are not more than twenty who are multi
niillouaiTes, snd Of the remaining $50 there
are not nfty who are worth million
an.ece. That brings the large remainder TO $50
who are worth from $4,000 u $4,000, and no
more. II mere money could give o5e claim TO
assume 10 he All ''aristocrat, there are hundreds
upon hundreds OF merchants, bankers. brokers
aud other business sud professional men of this
city. - Aom one hardly eyers hears OF, whose an
nual incomes are larger than the entire fortunes
Of at least a hundred IN the smart set These
very rich people enjoy their fortunes in their
oWn way aae are not on parade as professional
''sris,ocrsts-"
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fight went against Portland from the be-
ginning. The birds fought nineteen min
utes and made game struggle all through
The second fight was between black
red from Portland and the gathered Ar
kansaw Traveller, of Seattle, both weigh
ing five pounds two ounces. The Portland
bird was the favorite and won in ten min
utes
The third battle was one of the gamest
ever fought in the chicken ring
and lasted thirty-fve minutes. Both
birds weighed in at five pounds
fourteen ounces. Portland was slightly
/ the favorite at the start, and the bet
ting was very lively. The visitors bird
was black red, and the champion
Of Seattle was an Irish gray dominick
with white tackle. The gray drove the
red before him at the start but little
later developed lack of sand and the
odds against him increased. Portland
took hold like bull dog. First one
went down and then the other, the odds
changing with the fortune of war.
Finally the gray bird, by lucky heel
stroke, laid the red dead in the pit. Port
land gave up the battle without ceremony,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
GOSSIP OF THE PRIZE RING.
Corbett to Spar Three HeavyWeights-
Tho Maher- Fitz simmons Battle.

On Tuesday evening, the 18th, Jim Cor
bett will give an athletic entertainment at
Madison Square garden, New York, meet
ing three heavy-weights in succession,
three rounds apiece. The men will prob
ably be Joe Lannon, Jim Glynn and Joe
Godfrey. third-class fighters.
On Wednesday evening. March 2, Peter
Maher, champion of Ireland. and Robert
Fitzsimmons, middle-weight champion of
the world. will fight in New Orleans. The
New York Sun says:
There have been several offers to lay money on
the fight but in this city the hackers of the
antipodean want odds of s. to So. The admirers
OF the Irishman would be foolish to give any
such odds. Ii they will wait until about the
time OF the battle they can send their money to
New Orleans and do much better. Fitz,immons
is a remarkable favorite with the Southerners,
who are the most enthusiastic sporting men, so
far as fighting is concerned, in the country, and
ii Maher's friends Will hold off awhile they will
stand an excellent chance of obtaining even
money.
The New Orleans sports do not forget Makers
advantage of fifteen pounds or so of weight,
but they hold Fitzsimmons to be the cleverest
man who ever put up his hands, and claim TINT
his facility will more than stand off tho others
extra pounds. AS to power in hitting, they will
take chances on Fitzs being able to punch as
hard as Maher, and, so far public form goes,
Maher is hardly in it, for he has not met a
really good man yet Nor do the Southerners
question the New Zeaiandcrs gameness, as
some other persons do. They know that he is
the most conscientious OF trainers, and insist
upon 1t that "red headed Bob" is as pristine
cinch as there can be in prizefght While it
is true that Maher has not met frst-class man,
or anything like one, what he has done has
been neatly and speedily executed, and 1t is the
tact that he has at no time since his arrival in
New York been at his best, or near it, in
strength or mind He has drunk a tremendous
amount of beer and mixed 1t with queer oppo-
sites. For the coming match, however, Peter
has gone to work in dead earnest, and he knows
that it will be do or die with him.
No other paper in the Northwest will
have so good an account of the Maher-
Fitzsimmons battle as the PosT-INTELLI-
GENCER.
On the same night. in the same city,
Tom Ryan, welter-weight champion of
the world, will fight Danny Needham,
whom he once whipped easily.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
The New York Typhus Epidemic.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The physicians of
the health department this afternoon dis
covered two more cases of typhus fever in
an Essex street lodging-house. They are
Russian Hebrew immigrants. Four cases
are reported from Newburg, N. Y, all of
them having landed from the steamer
Massalia.
Three more cases of typhus fever were
discovered this evening. The victims
live in different parts from that in which
the other cases were discovered.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. 13.--One of the
Italians who came on the fever ship Mas
salia, is in the hospital here with typhus
fever. Five others of the Massalia's pas
sengers are quarantined in boarding
housa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
Mrs. Blaine VIII Got Her Dixorc.

sioux FALLS, S. D., Feb. 13.-The IA
nous divorce case of Blaine VS.. Blaine is
practically settled. The defense will not
put IN an appearance, and decree will be
granted Mrs. Blaine by default. This
afternoon Judge Palmer, attorney for Mrs.
Blame, received notice from McCarty. at
torney for Blaine, of an order issued bv
Judge Thomas, asking them to show
cause why the answer of defendant
should not be stricken out. The defend
ant, SO says the judges order, has disobeyed
every order of the court, and is now in
contempt for having failed TO paw the suit
ices and alimony. The order was return
able on the 10th, but the time will be ex-
tended to the 18th. The order asks for
immediate trial. Attorney for the defend
ant will not go to Deadwood, and will put
In no answer to the order. This simply
means that the case will go by default,
giving Mrs. Blaine decree and probably
custody of the child
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inspire the scattered forces? We regretted
our inability to be directly represented
last fall at either the national Unitarian con-
ference at Saratoga or our Pacific coast Uni
tartan conference, though to the latter a re-
quested contribution of $40 was made with the
expression of our hope that its next session
may be held at one OF our Puget sound cities.
Our congratulations go forth cordially to our
neighboring sister societies at Olympia upon
the completion of their elegant and commodious
new edifice. and at Puyallup in the progress OF
their new church building, and we join them in
the hope that their anticipated dedications may
munities
Thus, friends, we trust that our interest ard
fidelity may be manifest and growing In CO.
operation with our sister churches. we seek to
elevate the standards of life and character, ac-
cepting for ourselves as them the test of, "By
their fruits shall ye know them" We hope
this society will enter upon Its work
with renewed life aud vigor for the coming year.
confident of reapiug as we SOW, and of attaining
u spiritual harvest.
"Aud duly shall appear
The blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
That Famous Aston Baby.
New York Letter.

The failure of DR.. William T. Lusk to send
n certificate to the board of health of the
birth OF a baby within ten days from tho
arrival, as the law requires, has given tho
esteemed and distinguished doctor a quite
unneeGed amount Of gratuitous advertising
In the whole course OF his large and very
lucrative practice his name never appeared
in the papers so profusely as it did in only two
days time. But the unregistered baby was
young John Jacob Astors first born boy, Will
lam Vincent, and the reason why the doctor
failed to make the proper return was that he
has SO much else TO attend to that he actually
forgot il. till reminded OF IT more than two
months after the birth. This lapse OF memory
not only extensively and needlessly advertised
the doctor. but it gave all the news
papers the opportunity to repeat the
highly ford fiction that the forgotten babe
was ''heiT u $il0000,DJO," when probably the
whole fortune OF Grandpara william amounts
TO about onc-tenth OF that sum. IL Is not gen
orally believed by real estate men, who are the
best Judges. that the entire Ast1r property in
this city amounts 10 more than Sl00,000010 and
the great bUlA Of it is in the hands of William
waldorf Astor IN trust, as II were,
for transmission TO MS eldest son.
As nearly all this great property is
in real estate. IL is easily discOvcrahie II Grand
papa william pays taxes on more taen Sl500t,-
TOO OF property and possibly it VIII be found
that his own return IS somewhat less. But
about Dr. Lusk-he IS still in his prime: in
fact. az we reckon men here. be Is still
Young man, with practice probably of &c.
600 a year, and principally among peo-
ule who can afford to pay big fees, even
when they only pretend TO be sick. DIR. Lusk
ike Polk, Janeway, stephen smith, Loornis and
Il half dozen more who might De mentioned,
was originally an inferno on the Bellevue hos
pital staff, begin ming there rs n poor young
doctor, happy TO serve as n junior aud senior a
year for nothing, and then six months more "a
''hOUse' for boeri, lodging and washing. That
hospital has been the practice beginning of
many of the most eminent physicians
and surgeons in this clty-men who
now derive immense incomes from
their own private practice And what
Is creditable 20 these distinguished doctors.
among whom Lusk Is an eminent example, is
that they never break away" from Bellevue.
where they began a. interncs For years they
serve on the medical board Of that public iusti-
tuition, are in their turn visiting physicians and
surgeons, daily for a month at time, and arc
on call at any hour, day night. for any com
plicated or critical case. All this, OF course,
gratuitously: they leave the bedside OF perhaps
their oest-paying patient and gladly go down to
the hospitals TO treat the poorest man OF woman
for nothing. Noble profession!
-
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Tennessee Counle Commi. s.,.,.

uALLATIN. Tenn, Feb. ia deplorable
tragedy IS reported from Portland. a small
Town IN the northern portion of the coun-
". Elves Pardue, a well-known vonn,
farmer, and wife were found this morning
lying dead on the floor of their
oea-chamoer with their threats cut
from ear to ear. The circumstances
are such as to create the belief that the
deaths were both the result of suicide
Near Mrs. Pardue was the bloody razor
with which the CHASTITY deed had been
committed. The fact that the razor Law
nearest her led to the conjecture that she
was the last to use the instrument of
death. In fact this theory is supported
by the note said to have been found
In the room written by Mrs. Pardue's
hahd and signed by her, in which she
stated that she and her husband had no
friends, and as he had concluded to COM
mt suicide, she would take her own life
rather than live without him. The connie
were married only year.
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MILITIA PICKETs FIRED ON.
Tennessee Mine Strikers Get Drunk and
Murderous on Lincoln's birthday.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 13.-The labor
4 people at Coal Creek held numerous con-
ferences yesterday and today. One thing
which has caused these conferences was
the proposition of the Tennessee Mining
4 Company yesterday to conduct a mine
at Briceville on the cooperative
plan. The miners are not fully
decided yet what to do, but indications
are that the offer will be accepted 1t is
said that if the offer is not accepted the
company will sell the property to the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company,
penitentiary lessees. who will put con-
vlcts to work. There has been good deal
OF confusion in and around the military
camp during the week, and hundreds of
SHOTS have been fired. 1t is evident that
Tue parties doing this sought to scare the
militia out, but troops put them TO flight
win a gatlng gun. The miners deny that
,hey have anything to do with the disor-
der but say if any of their number are
hart from shots from the camp they will
kiil every soldier there. So the matter
stands
\ IL mas been learned here that on Thurs
say night about 10 O'Clock a number of
drunken men, thought to be miners, fired
upon the pickets of the state troops ct the
ooai creek convict camp. A gatling gun
was turned on the men, and two OF them
crippled. Several houses in Coal Creek
were hlled with leaden missiles, and
Tue tenants were badly frightened.
commander Anderson has telegraphed for
more ammunition and arms. Five hum
s'ed miners did not work yesterday, but
lsa meeting to celebrate Lincoln's
sIsaday Some very fiery speeches were
.uaoe, and the miners were told TO
e,eno themselves against the troops and
m'pe them of the face of the earth
mere was any bloodshed. Crowds of
lAeh were seen among the hills and
sto1Ad Coal Creek tonight, but the usual
ssynsht quiet prevailed today. There
way sS To attack on the troops last night,
V4', as many miners are not working and
some are drinking freely. it is feared that
"Sa0'e may occur tonight.
81 JOSEPH, No. Feb. f3-The Grand
-s.ahd road has come 10 an understanding
van the grievance committee, which
ITsFeement the road agreed to sign if the
r rA.oh Pacific would. II is believed the
ended
q Louis, Feb. 3.-Superintendent Full
U the Pacific Express Company, says
nc mas communication from twenty-nine
passengers TO the effect that they joined
.1e brotherhood under misapprehension
Aoa viii withdraw.
ptNplANAPoIIS. Feb. l3.-The strike ofthe
~ s4ihahdle iaachinists is still unsettled.
.ue men We're informed this morning that
sa'eSs they returned TO work Immediately
sey would be discharged. The men re-
,ssed to 90 to work, and now declare that
sA.ess the company grants their demands
e'y maeblnist on the Pennsylvania sys-
s ,sla between indianapolis and Altoona
vii be called out.
ptN1kR, Feb. 1S.-The conference be-
zen the grievance committee of the
=. -'niAen and switchmen and the superin-
-ueht OF the Denver & Rio Grande has
s1''ed satisfactorily 10 both sides The
e,'s'ance committee of the telegraph
sSFols presented schedule for in