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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
splendid Work by an Admirably Dis.
ciplined Force.

The fire department did fine work. In
spite of the fact that it was the hardest
hre to handle that has occurred In the CITY
since the time the city was burned down.
The effective work was plainly to
be seen after the flames made their
appearance on the top floor, but up to
this time there was no possibility of doing
effective work, for the smoke was so dense
the tiremen could not get TO where the
flames were and had to direct their streams
from the outside as best they could.
The draft through the front openings
carried the fire back and up the elevator
shaft to the top spreading the flames from
floor to floor until they burst forth with a
roar through the roof. The immense
draft would fan the water back from the
red-hot walls, and it fell on the untlinch-
ing men Scalding hot.
As soon as the department arrived Chief
Kellogg stationed engine No at the cor
ner OF 1esler avenue and Commercial
street. No. at the slip, foot of Washing
ton street, and No 4 corner of South Sec
ond ana Washington streets. The fire.
boat tied up at the foot of Yesler
avenue. She showed herself TO the
best possible advantage after She
got TO work. There wcs some delay in
handling the big five-inch hose shat had
10 be run out from her to connect with
two three-inch lines at Railroad avenue
but from the time she began pumping she
never stopped once, ana line after line of
hose was run out from her until finally
she had seven streams playing on the
flames with telling effect. The first two
streams that were turned on from the fire.
boat were taken in through the rear of the
basement and the brave tIremen carried
them right up TO the front III spite OF the
volumes of smoke. aad held their ground
until they were completely over
come Win the smoke and had
70 retreat. They then nlaved
on it through the basement windows
engine No. add nc stream an! a third
line ot hose being run from the ireboat.
But the flames kept climbing up and
finally began bursting through on the
upper floors. The streams were then
directed TO the upper stories
through the windows and kent
the flames we'll under control.
Nothing could he better argumen: in her
favor than the fact that though the ilames
spread most rapidly in that portion Of the
building on which she was PLAYING. on
account of the elevator shaft. vet in this
portion the doors and stock were the least
burned.
The land engines handled the ire in the
front Of the building on Commercial street
with the best possible effect. and the fire.
| men he'd their ground while sheets of
glass came ppuriny down on their heads and
backs every now and then. but thev seemed
Ia heed II no more than they woEld a few
tlny hausiones Hook and ladder truck
Ne. vas driven IA 'front.' OF the burning
building. the Immense crane was adjusted
snc a fireman mounted the perpendicular
ladder 10 The height Of nearly three stories.
A line carrying : double pressure
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28
KINGS AMONG SHEEP.
The Great Band Of RambOuillets Of the
WiImans Brothers.

Those who have known the Wilmans
brothers during their residence on the
Sound probably think of them only as
mining men and, after hearing them use
glibly all the terms pertaining to mining,
would not expect to hear them show
equally intimate knowledge of sheep and
how to breed them. Yet any person who
breaches the subject of sheep-particu-
larly French merino sheep-to them will
find them so thoroughly at home with it
that few sheep breeders can give them any
information.
The fact is that sheep raising is the
principal business of the Wilmans BROTH
ers. They own the Woodside stock farm,
three miles from Newman, in Stanislaus
county, Cal, consisting of between 5000
and 600 acres. OF this estate, ZOO acres
is bottom land. bordering on the San
Joaquin river, all in luxuriant alfalfa. and
the remainder is hill range, rank with the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

NENIA, o, june 17--Oa Saturday gIIher,
Palmer. aged -. ana Emma Conklin. age. \
went away together. St.rCh for them was nm
awaiting uut.. THIS morning, when their bodies
were discovered several miles rom tosn They
had iakea poison. In palmer's pocket was
note asking that taey be buried together, hut
giving 10 EXPLANATION OF the suicide
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

PHILADELPHIA, June 26-The sugar trust
and wholesale grocers have entered into
an agreement whereby the grocers will
maintain uniform prices, and the trust
will give those that do so a rebate of one
eighth cent per pound, besides unusual
freight discounts TO protect them from
loss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28
Total OF 1886, With 57,542 for
Seattle.

County Assessor Frank Paul yesterday
received returns of the census of the dis
trict of Bothell. completing the counts for
King county and fixing the population at
IS, $50. OF this number the city of Seattle
furnishes 57,542 and twenty outside dis
riots 20,933. The census by wards in
cattle is az follows.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28
Three Negroes Lynched In Texas,

GALVESTON, Tex, June IA Ne,cs spe-
cial says: Three negroes were shot to
death at Sturgis, Friday eveifing. They
had confessed to having outraged two
white women the night before.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

SHELBYvHLE. Tenn, June PA mob
today took +. NJ. Bates, the wife murderer
of Powersville, from Jail and hanged him
in the courthouse yard. Bates died pro-
testing his innocence.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

The count in the outside districts gives
the following figures:

The county is, therefore. raised to the
second class and fails by only ,466 of be-
coming county of the first class. Pierce
becomes county of the third class.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28
Loss OF OVER $4,000
Fire Eats Out the Heart Of
Schwabacher Bros. Store.
THE FlREMEN's SPLENDID FIGHT
Spontaneous Combustion Among Oils
and Inflammables.

The Planes Started I'm the Basement
and Burned Fiercely for Hours
The Northern Hotels Roof Caught
bnt Prompt Work Saved tho
Bufiding-BIx Explosion, with Dan
ger to Life-Ffreboats Fart I'm Saw
ing the Day-The Roar Of $4,000
Exploding Cartridges.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

Iae steamship Vega, from Lisbon. via The
Afo,es, suppose! n have been sunk in collision
WIN 'ae Nova Sco'ian bark Fred Il Taylor. has
AF, ar. II New York She was rot n collision
VIII any vessel ea route
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-28

RENO. New. June 97-The tuners! OF he late
ex-tongTes,man u, ". Cassidy took rlsce f-or,
lhe residence OF Richard Ryland this afternoon
Tie remains were escorted II Hillside cemetery
y large ccncouFse OF friends and acouaint.
alceS.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09


in the last congress. The replies rs
ceived were simply to the effect that
such questions were parliamentary.
But these gentlemen, together with
the enthusiastic but somewhat fresh
young democrats from Massachusetts,
Messrs. Hoar, Andrews Williams and
Crosby, have not hesitated to denounce
the speaker in round terms for making
decision which they did not like, and
and yet these gentlemen failed entire
ly to strike at the root of the evil.
Speaker Crisp was perfectly right in
his construction of the rule which says
that report from the committee of
which he is chairman may be consid-
cred at any time. There can be no
question but that the committee on
rules in preparing this particular sec
tion of the code fully understood what
they were doing, for later on in the
series it is plainly stated that other
matters may be called up at any time
after the reading of the journal" TX
it was intended that resolutions from
the committee on rules should not have
precedence over the reading of the
journal then it would have been so
stated. Congressman Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, thinks now that this particu-
lar rule was incorporated for the sole
purpose of aiding the silver men in car
rying out their wicked designs upon
the peace and political prosperity Of
the democrats from New England.
The republican members from the
outset have believed that the rule in
question was devised for the sole pur-
pose OF permitting Mr.. Crisp and ma
jority of the members of the commit
tee on rules to control every movement
of the house. in other words, that it
was to take the place of the rule in the
last congress which gave the speaker
the right to count a quorum. They
tried hard to convince their democratic
associates that this would be the re-
suit of the adoption Of the rule, but the
only effect was to make those gentle
men who are now most bitter in their
denuncations of the speakers interprc-
tation of it believe that the minority in
the house desired to defeat it because
it would be embarrassing to republican
schemes.
Every parliamentarian in the house
admits after a careful reading of this
obnoxious rule that the speakers de-
cision was a correct one, and those
among them who are opposed to free
silver do not hesitate to assert that it
places dangerous power in the hands
of three men which they can use at any
time to throttle the will of the majority
as well as to override the sacred
rights Of the minority" for which there
was such fearful contention in the
house in the Fifty-frst congress -
Sioux City Journal
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The negro inhabitants throughout
Clark County, Ark, are secretly plan
ming an exodus to the far parts of Africa.
Miss BETTE FLEIsCHMAN, daughter
of the millionaire yeast manufacturer
and distiller, Charles Fleischman, of
Cincinnati, has broken her engagement
with Count Logothetti because he re-
fues to become an American citizen.
A NEW hotel to cost 81, 200, 900 is to be
erected in st. Louis at once. The ne
gotiations to begin have been in pro-
gress for some time, the movement hav-
ing been set on foot by the Fall Festivi-
ties Association which offered a bonus
of 500, 900 to the builders ofa new hotel
to cost not less than 81, 100000.
A vERITABLE epidemic of hydrophobia
is reported to be raging on the head
quarters of Mud Creek, in the Chicka-
saw Nation, and is said to be spreading
rapidly. One farmer lost fine stallion
and valuable horse, death ensuing in
twenty-eight days after the appearance
of the rabies.
WHILE attempting to light his pipe at
at an electric light, as he was told to do
jok g by fellow workman, a Hun
garian at Johnstown, Pa, was instantly
killed on the 5th. A current of 1000
volts passed through his body.
AT GAINESVILLE, Texas, on the 5th, in
cooking mud pies over an open fire, the
clothes of the 10-year-old daughter of
William Welch caught fire and she
burned almost to crisp.
JEROME and William VanZant, two
prominent citizens of Jacksonville, Ala,
died within an hour of each other on the
5th. Jerome died with consumption,
but William was given dose of NOR
phine to allay some pain, and by some
means the doctor attending him gave
too much OF the opiate and he died in
short time.
THE circulation of gold and silver
coins and certificates, United States
notes, and national bank notes on April
/, was S24.6s per capita for the 65, 1885,
900 people estimated to be citizens of this
country. The total circulation is placed
at 81, sos, Gal $50, which shows decrease
since March of S917, ,372.
JOHN SMITH and w. II. Reynolds, re-
siding near Campton, KY, met in the
road on the 4th. They had few un-
pleasant words, when Smith struck Rey-
nolds twice on the head, from the effects
of which he died within six hours.
Smith helped to dig grave, and as
sisted the neighbors in the interment,
and is now in Jail, bail being refused.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Like Barkis, Mr. Cleveland IN
"willin'." He wastes a good many
sheets of note paper in telling the peo-
pie what they know beforehand-that
he would be the democratic standard
bearer this year if he could get the
Job. - Boston Journal
EY BY a most fraudulent gerryman-
der the state of Missouri has been so
redistricted that pol, 900 democratic
voters will be represented in the next
congress by fourteen members, while
$50, 900 republicans will have to look to
one lonesome congressman for such
legislation as their interests may de-
mand. Such is Mr.. Cleveland's party
of purity and reform! Minneapolis
Tribune.
EB The one-horse statesman Hill
told the people in the south, in the
course of his states rights harangue,
that what can be better done By mu-
inequalities should be left to them.
What have New York city's rulers
done with the powers delegated to
them by the people to prove this? A
politician from some other part Of the
country would better lay down this
postulate. st Paul Pioneer Press.
gWAt present the clear outlook is
for President Harrison's denomination
The reasons are cogent To many
minds they seem conclusive. lie has
nobly borne himself in his great Office.
He has been guilty of no blameworthy
acts. He has committed no serious mis-
takes. In short, the fact that Benja
min Harrison has given to the country
one excellent administration is the
best possible guarantee that he can be
depended upon to give us another. N
Y. Press.
GF5 The democrats are attacking the
Mckinley bill with tack hammer, al
though they promised to use a sledge
when they were on the stump in 1890
But they are wise in their day and gen
Grafton. The sledge hammer would
make no impression on the bill, and it
would only exhaust them to use it.
The lighter tack hammer tactics are
more easily carried out, and will prove
of equal value, that is to say, they will
m AXE no impression at all on the peo-
pie Of the Unied States, who want pro-
trade policy. Francisco Chronicle.
sB The New York democrats also
have gerrymander which allows I'll
900 people in democratic districts TO
elect congressman, but requires 206,-
OoO population in republican districts.
Democratic organs that have been lift
ing up their voices against the Ohio bill
that was defeated look upon this as
fair apportionment. This New York bill
gives the majority of the congress ional
districts to the cities of New York and
Brooklyn, and will enable the demo
Gratis to control 20 of the 81 districts.
The mugwumps Of New York, how
ever, can see nothing wrong about the
bill because they are not near-sighted.
They cannot see corruption ct home
except when it strikes them in their
attempt 70 control democratic con-
yentiont-Chieago Inter Ocean,
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

THE murderer Deeming arrived at
Melbourne, on the 1st, on the steamer
Ballarat. An immense crowd awaited
him. but the wharf and the streets were
strongly guarded by the police, and he
was safely escorted to Jail. The crowd
hooted the prisoner, but attempted no
violence.
THERE were eight persons, and per-
haps nine, drowned from the steamer
Golden Rule, which was burned at the
wharf in Cincinnati on the 31st.
A WIDESPREAD and disastrous cyclone
spread destruction to life and property
throughout Nebraska, Iowa, western
Missouri and Kansas on the 1st.
FIRE early on the morning OF the lst
burned Churchill & Kroech's lumber
ward. r. S. Bowers coal and gasoline
shops and win Griffith's barn at Shenan-
doah, Ia; also, barn and eight horses
in the country belonging to Edward
Day. The losses are large. Both hres
were caused by lightning.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09

Hon. CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw in the
course of services commemorative of
Ten. William Tecumseh Sherman in the
New York legislature, closed eulogy
OF the dead soldier with these words:
Ihls soldier, citizen and patriot, this
model husband, father and friend, held
place in every heart and a seat by
every fireside in the land. His death
carried a sense of personal bereave-
ment to every household and plunged
the country in mourning. The impos-
ing catafalque has attracted the curl
oslty OF thousands, as it has borne to
me tomb eminent citizen or soldier, but
me simple caisson rumb bling over the
pavement, and carrying Gen. Sherman
10 the side of his beloved wife and
aoored boy in the cemetery, drew
.ears from millions. His name and his
lame, his life and his deeds are among
the choicest gifts of God to this richly
endowed republic, and precious legacy
!or the example and inspiration of COM
ing generations"
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
OPPRESSIVE RULES.
The Present Speaker Is Moro Arbitrary
Than His Predecessor.

ITeueCeSSOE
The discussion of the speakers rul-
ing in the preliminary skirmish over
the silver bill has opened the eyes of
the democrats to the fact that the
statements made by ex-Speaker Reed
and other republicans when the rules
were being discussed had more force
than they were disposed to believe at
the time. Republican speakers in at
tacking the code of rules submitted by
Speaker Crisp and his colleagues on
the committee pointed out forcibly to
the house the fact, which is admitted
now, that the result of the adoption of
those rules would be to place in the
hands of the committee on rules more
arbitrary power than the code under
which the last congress carried on busi-
ness ever gave to Speaker Reed If
Reed was car then he was sort of
a unitarian despot, while under the
rules of the house to-day there is a
triple-headed despotism which can
give the last one points and beat it out.
Gen. Tracy, Bourke Cochran, and
Lockwood, of New York, all expressed
the greatest surprise that Speaker
Crisp should rule in such an arbitrary
manner, and they wanted to know
whether or not the existing rules are
really more arbitrary than those which
we're ased for the guidance Of the house
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09

THERE is said to be school of instruc-
ton in existence in Chicago for pupils
desiring to familiarize themselves with
the uses of dynamite, with branches In
most of the larger cities. 1t is needless
to add that the instruction is impaired
under anarchistic influence, and that it
embraces destructiveness without re-
gard to the sacrifice of human life as its
chief tenet. European countries are
getting actively alive to anarchistic
plottings, and the United States is be-
coming haven of refuge for horde of
dangerous characters who need sup
pressing.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
DESTRUCTIVE OVERFLOW,

The Breaking Up of the Ice in the Salmon
River in the Province of Quebec Accom-
panied by Vast Amount of Damage
Bridges and other Property Carried
Down Stream on the Ice.
MONTREAL, Can, April 5.-Early Sun
day morning Salmon river, in Hunting
don county. overflowed its banks and
inundated the village of Dundee. Then
the ice began to break up in the river
and with tremendous rush the chan
mel was forced open and huge masses of
ice came tearing down, carrying with
them the steamer Grenada, to mile be-
low Dundee.
Next came The large iron highway
bridge from Fort Covington, n. Y, a
mile above Dundee, floating on top of
the ice and rushing along at great
rate of speed. This was followed in the
same manner by the Grand Trunk rail-
way bridge from near the same place
and the f1ume of one of the Fort Coving-
ington mills. These were followed by
masses of lumber and debris from the
bridges, trees, etc. The large number
of boat-houses along the banks of the
river were either carried away or
ground to bits.
The cause of the food was the break
ing away of Myers milldam near Fort
Covington. All traffic on the Grand
Trunk line between Fort CovingtoD
and Massena is suspended for the pres
ent. The Canadian Pacific bridge
across the Yamaska river was carried
away by the ice jam Sunday night. The
ice crushed the piers above the bridge
and swept the structure to pieces. All
traffic on the Grand Trunk between
Fort Covington and Massena is suspend
ed. and it will be several days before
repairs can be fully made,
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 1st the duchess of Pastrana
died suddenly. She leaves her great
wealth to the Jesuits.
On the 1st Prince Bismarck was II
years old.
EX-GOv. JOHN w. HoYT, chairman of
the Russian famine relief committee of
the United States, is sending out an APP
peal addressed to the mayor and council
Or other chief authorities of the incor-
porated cities and villages of the whole
country. 1t is striking picture of the
Bufferings in the famine districts
Hon. WARNER MILLER, president of
the Nicaragua Canal Construction Co.,
announces that Henry Nj. Flagler, John
w. Mackay, Austin Corbin and Andrew
Carnegie have become largely interested
in his company.
THE supporters of President Diaz,
who favor his reelection, held great
demonstration in the City of Mexico on
the 1st. 1t was participated in by all
classes On the I'd the storming and
capture of Puebla under President Diaz
was celebrated.
GEN. JAMES w. SINGLETON is lying
seriously i'll at his home in Baltimore,
Md. Gen. Singleton was born eighty
one years ago. He served two years in
congress and went to Richmond at the
instance of President Lincoln to confer
with Jefferson Davis just before the
close of the war.
On the I'd Alexander Allan, senior
member of the house which runs the
Allan line Of steamships, died in London.
On the Cd Asa Potter, ex-president of
the Maverick national bank of Boston,
was arraigned in the United States cir
cult court, and pleaded not guilty to
each of nine indictments charging him
with making false reports, carrying
false entries, embezzlement, etc.
On the 4th Walt Whitman's will was
read to his relatives and several friends.
The exact terms of the will can not be
learned. 1t is known, however, that
the poet made his sister executrix, al
lowed his housekeeper the use of his
house in Camden, N. j., for year, and
appointed DIR. Buckle, of Ontario, Can,
and Horace Traubel, of Camden, his lit
erary executors.
HOUSE committee on the improvement
of the Mississippi river decided, on the
4th, to appoint subcommittee to con-
slider and make a report upon all bills
before the committee bearing on the
improvement of the Mississippi river,
with view to determining the mode
of action to be adopted. Among the
measures to be considered is the bill
that passed the senate recently, which
appropriates SIS, 750, 900 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi from st. Paul
to the iettieS.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09

THERE is more practical benefit to be
gained by farmers from the organiza-
ton of an association for the improve
ment Of the highways of a state such as
that which has been formed in Illinois
than any number of alliances created
Tor political purposes. The condition of
the roads is potent factor in the bust
ness of a farmer. Bad roads may pre-
vent the advantageous marketing of his
crops and cost him heavily in the break
ing down of his stock and the wear and
tear upon vehicles. Good roads all the
year round would mean many dollars in
ms pocket, and might be worth the diff
ference between a profit and loss.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09

ANOTHER instance has arisen wherein
the soldiers of Uncle Sam have found
1t necessary to make vigorous COM
plant of the quantity and quail
ity of the rations served them.
This time it is at Fort Sheri-
dan, Chicago, and a searching inves-
tlgation is in progress. The govern
ment ration is more than ample for all
the requirements of plain, nutricious
diet and where the soldiers find short
comings it is usually to be traced to
those who superintend and manipulate
the mess, often to their own pecuniary
advantage.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-09

The cattlemen of Wyoming, Nebras-
ka and Montana, tiring of submitting
to the operations of an organized gang
of rustlers, whom it is found impossible
to deal with by legal methods by reason
of the perfect organization of the gang,
are said to have put an armed party in
the field, who will make a business of
hunting down and promptly hanging
the entire outfit. There are times and
occasions when it becomes necessary
for decent men to become law unto
themselves for self-preservation.