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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-17


C000lo1taI OeoioDOaoe A - WAo Wa
- Blsos for Attack - Terta
PA1Is. July l6-Rsar Admiral Human.
Who was in command when the gunboass
Inconstants and Comete crossed the bar
of Nenam river and proceeded to Bang.
kok. has made . brief report Of the Incl
dent TO the government. The kunboats
did not FIRE on the Siamese forts at
the rivers mouth. he says, un-
I'll the forts, without any previous
warning or demand. fired on the
gunboats. II. Pavie, French minister res
idens in Bangkok. has been instructed to
protest against firing from forts - an i'm
defensible act constituting violation OF
international law, irasmuch ~ the
friendly relations established between
France and Siam by the treaty of 1856
remained unimpaired up to this time.
The secretary OF the Siamese legation in
Paris denies in an interview that the.
Siamese were the aggressors in the AFFAIR.
The conflict 10 due, he says. 70 the fact
that French commanders misunderstood
the orders Of their government not to
cross the bar
LONDON. July l6-The Times CORE
spondeut In Bangkok telegraphs: I in
sDected the French and Siamese ships and
she Paknam forts. 1t is surprising how
both succeeded in avoiding hitting each
other. The half hours crossfire must
have been Of the widest character. the
only real damage being done TO one of the
Siamsss ships. on which the shell ex-
pioded. killing ten and wounding . dozen
men, The forts guns were in perfect Or
der. bat not even the sun roofs were dam
aged. Entire ignorance prevails here ~
to the attitude Of England. The feeling Of
the trading community tends toward o
panic, and this 10 not likely to subside un-
til the business men get plain answer to
the plain question: do the British and
Indian governments acquiesce to pos
sible extinction of Siam and the destruc-
ton OF British interests 2"
NEW YoRK, July IA special Bangkok
cable says: Admiral Human has given
the Siamese authorities assurance that no
attack upon this city il contemplated.
On the other had the Siamese government
has agreed 70 make no discrimination
against the ships Of the French, promis-
ing to treat them like the ships Of the
other great powers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-17

Consisting of First and seco,a -
Coaches. Free Colonist Carr. 49,
Library and Parior Dining O.
and First-Ciass SssspssA
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
The Guiding Star.

EDITOR ADvooATE:--In your last issue
I notice the announcement Of the Guild
ing Star, another new organization Of an
educational nature. There is ample
room for all such organizations, for God
knows the people are in great need Of
education in the science Of government,
or we would not be where we are to- day.
In looking over the declaration Of pur-
poses, coming to the fourth paragraph,
we read the following clause: "That the
members of this order shall have our
first support against outsiders" 1t
seems to me that clause would be an in
vitation to office-seekers and political
trickSters. Why make any other quail
6cation for Office than "moral and in
tellectual worthY" 1t appears to me
that with that clause stricken out the
Guiding Star would have declaration
Of purposes worthy Of the name.
J.T.J.
Columbus, Kas., February l, 1893.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

with before. Consider the process of
making judges: First, there is a judicial
position to be filed, for which a number
of candidates offer themselves; OF all that
offer, three or four are put upto be voted
for by different parties; of these one is
chosen, and the others are left. No su-
perhumRn wisdom is assumed for those
who presented themselves to the several
conventions seeking nomination, and
those who were defeated in the election
sink back to the common rank of the
profession from which they were selected,
from which the fact of nomination sepa-
rated them very little if any. But by
virtue Of his election to judicial posi-
tion the successful candidate, partlcu-
-larly if he was 0ur candidate, is assumed
to be endowed with all but omniscient
wisdom, with the sublimest integrity,
the highest conceivable purity, and the
sternest impartiality. If it is not super
stition to suppose that an election to
Office can confer such qualifications
where they did not before exist, let the
reasonable basis Of the theory be shown.
The moment one retires from judicial
Office all this drops away from him, par
ticularly il he continues his career In an
Office Of different character. The re-
spect demanded for the Judge is no
longer exaCted, but he is az much sub
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
Away With SuperstitiOn.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: - Superstition is
beyond all question the master curse Of
the human race. Mere ignorance is a
serious evil only in the view that it gives
rise to unjust, unwise, improper actions,
or to passive acquiescence in unwise, un.
just, and improper measures. Such
actions and such acquiescence have their
basis wholly in superstition, which is
simply the acceptance of theories that
have no foundation In truth. The pre-
vailing superstition of old was: "The
king can do no wrong" 1t is paralleled
to-day in The courts can do no wrong"
The second proposition is no less su-
perstition than the first, having no sup
port in reason. Our courts are little
groups Of men, sometimes but q single
man, selected from the mass, or at best
from q numerous class, the members of
which are not so noted for their exalted
wisdom, or pure characters, as to justify
the belief that the chance selection of
certain ones to be judges ensures un-
questionable integrity and impartiality.
There is no such superstition in rela-
tion to lawyers in general, yet that lawyer
that is chosen to judgeship is sup
posed by virtue merely Of being chosen
to the Office to take on characteristics
that no one thought of crediting him
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

vulgar sense by personal considerations
Of money, or political preferment, or any
thing of that kind; but corrupted they
are just 1.-THE same, and prevented from
rendering decisions that can be generally
sustained as just and impartial, by edu-
cation, by social position, by PARTISAN
ship and by other associations. No
court ever existed in this country whose
decisions we're invariably accepted with
out question as manifestly just and good;
no abolitionist ever accepted the decisions
of any court sustaining chattel slavery.
More recently prohibitionists have
secuted the idea of being bound by
the " original package" decisions. The
decision Of the supreme court Of the
United States in "the Dartmouth college
case" ia the subject Of constant attack
by lawyers of the highest class, and the
State Bar Association Of Kansas listened
to an elaborate paper in tins line at
recent session. The decision in the
"Dred Scott case," familiar to all who
can recall the final struggle in the anti
slavery contest preceding the civil war,
10 now condemned even by those who
sympathized with the political COM
plexion Of the courts. If space per-
mitted other and fresher instances could
be referred to in which decisions Of
courts Of all grades-high and low-have
failed to command the respect asserted
to be due them, but I forbear for the
present. Enough to say that no class Of
people accept as just and unquestionable
court decisions that are against them.
What foundation is there, then, for the
demand that the Populists shall facili-
tate the submission Of questions relat-
ing to the validity Of the present
legislature to the supreme court Of Kan
sasP Who srpposea for moment that
the demand would be persistsntly urged
il the pRrtissnship Of the judges was not
relied upon to insure decision in favor
Of those who make the demand? The
fact is, there is no law to reach the case,
and the republican supreme court judges
are depended upon to make law for the
case. It is not necessary to suppose, or
to intimate, that the judges would do
any violence to their conscience in MAX
ing the decision, whatever it might be.
But the partisan associations absolutely
incapacitates them from making just
decisions.
If, then, the POpulists want to present
their case to the supreme court, Rs q
board Of arbitrators, let them do so, but
no case should be made up for considera-
tion on the untensble theory that an inn
partial decision is to be reached in
accordance with manifest existing sw
DoEG.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

IOrco upon the lgnOrAnG ana bnouRnblesS
reinforces the theoretical purity Of the
Judiciary; is: "The courts do not make
law-they only apply it." This is one of
the boldest of frauds, for the courts do
make law in a very large part Of the
cases presented for consideration. In an
address delivered by Judge Caldwell Of
the United States district court, which
will be found in volume "a, American
Law Reviewed (page 800, he says:
"Ninety y-five per cent. of the disputed
questions Of law which arise in the trial
of a lawsuit, and upon the decision of
which the result of the suit depends, are
determined by a species Of law outside
of your written statutes and constitu-
tion, and which you had no hand in max
ing. The Judge made it, it is Judge
made law. A considerable part of it was
made by judges in England about q
thousand years ago, and the remainder
has been made since that time by judges
in that country and this, as occasion
called for it. When iudge-made law gets
very old it is called common law"
There is a good deal more Of strong
medicine in Judge Caldwell's address,
but there is not room to quote it here.
He goes on to show that this law is
printed in books that it would take over
200 years to read, and If you should read
it all and remember large part of it,
You would gain nothing in the end, for
the judges are making this law "at the
rate Of 10000 cases q year." "Prece-
dents" he says, "can be found to sus-
tain either side Of nearly every question.
Where precedents are wanting, the de-
cision makes the law, and not the law
the decision" / don't see how can
make it any palmer, and / would like to
have those who respect authority so
much knuckle down to the authority of
United States Judge Caldwell on this
proposition.
The superstitious reverence for the law
and the courts rests entirely on the fact
that very few people eyer have an oppor-
tunitY to learn the truth about them.
So far as the proceedings Of the courts
are referred to in the common news
papers, they give scarcely any real in
formation, and the general reader
attempting to get information of the law
from claw book, no matter how ele-
mentary, finds it as difficult to discover
the meaning Of what he reads as though
it were in foreign language.
The simple truth of the matter is, the
courts do not determine the law appli-
cable to the cases presented as it is
found in the statutes or in the prece-
dents. They decide the questions pre-
sented according to. their own best
judgment or the bias Of education, social
position, or partisanship; and as Judge
Caldwell says, "The decision makes the
law, not the law the decision When
the decision is made, that is made law,
which was not law before.
In the very first case printed IN the re-
ports Of the supreme court of Kansas,
it is said:
at is doubtful whether any uniform |
construction can be given the clauses Of
the constitution relating to the COM
mencement and duration of the terms Of
the first officers and the election Of their
successors. which would not conflict with
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

these duplicates printed both faces and backs treasury sealed
As the Of
Pm attached thereto imprinted upon them
engrave printed plate the notes themselves
have duplicated Originally resi-
cent are % 0' these Implications are mere nn'
Page 1o In regard the issuing notes and bonds the committee remark
An these circumstances have satisfied the COMMITTEES that the msede
ought to be adopted which viii the absolutely
% @ 5 e 3 p S as d T % %o to a @ S1@ no ons
should their
sn p another sn sp
BY another distinct separate department and the tEsasu
Page In respect the books and accounts the committee remark
Th books @ units between % The printing
Ereguar kept contain them
rived from such sources"
discrepancies operations the bureau
put best evident the course of things there has
not been such merit commenaon will the
Saps S @ s and suggest
committee inspected the bureau thoroughly
returned herewith and they h also Informally Conferred with and examined
charge have been guilty of any crime or Intentional wrong towards the
so95 @ @ bs b9Psa @ S 5 S %d p
70 sds snn & by Inc persons @ GGneSa WIN & @ nov E Gn out remains
less the frauds been in amount"
have reviewed Mr. sav testimony by ITSELF owing the fact
treasury department the apparent
changes alterations only person the
of the treasury department examined by the committee
The committee quoted largely from the testimony Major
cause he intelligent with great experience in different divisions
the treasury was chief warrant division of treasury department
selected by Secretary Sherman furnish statements books in
formation to the committee
The committee have confined taking testimony to officers and employees
treasury department. report
the statements of treasury employees with the exception Mr.
Savne.
Opportunity given treasury
the examination make such explanations they desired but made
other than the testimony dscloses
COniGt
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
Page 1O In regard to the issuing Of notes and bonds

Page 1O2 the books accounts the committee
"The the subdivisions
tabshment until recently nothing of defects still exisng
reguary hem
alterations considerably diminish confidence the accuracy results
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
The Mite Societr.

Last niglrc at the residence of Mai. and Mrs. J. B. Speer the Presbyterian Mite Society gave another one of it's unique entertainments. An in- teresting program had been arranged, but some of those who were to take part were absent. Impromptu work, however, was brought into service and everything went well The ladies are working hard in good cause and should receive all encouragement and support. Their meetings are pleasant and instructive, and those who have attended once always want to go a secend time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
Shot at a Negro. .

Last night AIr. Ed. Schober, book keeper for Isaac Dreyfus, noticed a negro man standing on the pave ment opposite his residence on Laurel street as he came out at his front door. He suspected the negro was lOafing around there for no good, consequently MT. Schober decided to watch him. MT. Schober hid him. self under the shadow of tree near his residence and in a few moments he noticed the negro cross the street. Mr. SchOber entered his residence, se- cured his pistol and when he returned to the outside of the house he saw the negro standing in the alley along side his residence and from his posi- ton realized that the negro was in the act of climbing over the fence ev- idently for the purpose of entering his house. Mr. Sehober pulled down on him with his revolver, the negro gave a yell and retreated into che darkness. This alarmed the neigh borhood, and Mr. ". H. Parker tel ephoned to police headquarters for the force to come at once. It was thought Mir. Schober had bagged his game but unfortunately the scoundrel bent on evil intent es- capped. Perhaps though he carries a bullet as an unpleasant reminder of last nights occurrence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
AN OFFICIAL OPINION.
The New Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor Outlines His Pol
 icy.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 9.-As q reply to queries from numerous of the order as to whether they are. under their declaration of principles compelled to abandon the Republican and Democratic parties, and ally themselves with the Populists, whose program and propaganda are nearest to the platform of the Knights of Labor, the official journal of the or ganlzation in it's current issue con talns the following editorial. It may pc taken as declaration of princi- pies on the part of the new Grand Master W orkman and executive board and in spirit is scarcely in line with the views expounded by MT. Pow aefly The official journal says :
 man may be a member of the Or der or Knights of Labor and vet re- nam a member of one or the other oi the political parties; there is no iaW either against a member joining
 NNAAJ hSb EJOilClGcll Jtbl y VI lactlon or fioeking by himself po- iloDcaily Il he chooses; but inasmuch ds the Peoples Party embodies in it's platform an epitome of the Orders phtlcal demands, and inasmuch as mat platform was formulated in a convention '. in which the Order par uoipated through its accredited rep aeSentatlves, it would seem that a eonslstant ~ Knight of Labor would ma himself most at home in that party. An honest man may differ sa oil ele St. Louis and Omaha plat ,or'lis, n but a man who is altogether nohest would feel that he was incon- siseent at least did he, while remain
 s q member of the Order, write or poaA ln opposition to that plat form.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
KICKER COLUMN.
Insurance Rates.

Nothing IS operating at the present
 time to more seriously hamper and
 retard the growth of Pine Bluff than
 the present high and unreasonable lrates of insurance. At present we
 have two larg" wholesale and retail establishments advertising in the | local newspapers to sell out their 1 goods at cost in order to reduce their stock and insurance One of
 these establishments announces that 1 it will retire from the wholesale busi-
 ness because it is unable to pay the high rates of insurance and compete in the wholesale line with Memphis
 and St. Louis houses. Thus it is that the advantages Pine Bluff pos sesses in consequence of its cheap transportation facilities are overcome by the high rates of Insurance. The public must also remember that we have water works, for which the city pays, and also a paid fire depart ment. All of these combined make an unjust burden upon our citizens,
 and the cause should be studied and the remedy applied.
 do not propose in this s'kiek" to discuss all of the causes. At least one, however, deserves to be men,
 tioned. That is the indiscriminate
 granting of insurance by insurance
 agents. The time has been, If 1t does
 not exist at present, when anyone could get policy for any amount for which he would pay. Policies
 would be issued among competing
 agents for $10,000 as quickly as for
 S3,O00. This has put a premium on
 dishonesty. 1 am told that our in surance men have paid out more money in Pine Bluff in the last two years than they have taken In, but if they were little more careful in
 issuing policies their losses would not be so great. But this is only one of the causes. There are others that might be mentioned, but inas- much as this communication is limited" 1 will reserve the others for the s'Kicker Column" at some future time. TAXPAYER
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
Fire.

The fire this afternoon was on Third avenue between Louisiana and Missouri streets. It broke out in the kitchen of the Harrington House occupied by Mrs. Holland as a boarding house The cause of the fire was defective fue The roof and one side of the kitchen were burned. The hook and ladder wagon responded promptly and correctly. The hose cart crew misunderstood the alarm and went up West Barra- que street. The telephone signal was correct, The fire company made the mistake. The fire was put out before the hose cart arrived.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
 VagFantS Arrested,

Yesterdays Graphic had, as is al- waXs the case on all subjects of in- terest to our prosperous city, time ly article on tramps, We are glad to notice that our suggestions have been so effectually executed. Through the combined efforts of the police and constables since yesterday afternoon twenty-one persons with no visible means of support have been brought before the administrators of justice and required to give an account of their stewardship. This is right Let the fficers keep it up and Pine Bluff will soon get rid of such annoy ances.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
DEAD CHINAMEN's BONES.
After Much Boiling and scraping They
 are Shipped to San Francisco.

CHICAGO, ILL, Dee. 9.--The task of disinterring, boiling and seraping the bones of the 46 Chinamen who have been buried in Graceland Cemetery for the past six years or more was completed today, and within a couple of days the forty-six tin cases each containing all that is left of a Celestial, will be shipped to San Francisco for transportation by steamer to the fiowery kingdom. where they will be reintePred with imposing ceremonies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
THE SABBATH UNION
WILL HOLD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CON.
 VENTlON IN NEW YORK.
Matters of Great Importance will Be Dis. cussed and President Elected to Succeed the Lamented
 Col. Shepard.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec 9.-The fifth annual convention of the American Sabbath Uunion, of which the late Col. Elliott F. Shepard was for many years President and the most active guiding spirit, opens tomorrow at the Presbyterian Church at Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, the annual sermon being preached by Rev. Dr. D. J. Burrell. 4 large num- her of delegates from different parts of the country have already arrived to participate in the proceedings, al- though the prevailing financial strin- Sency and the inclement weather have operated against as large an attendance as at some of the pre- vious gatherings of the Union. The annual report 10 be presented on Monday will say that the organiza- ton is about to enter upon new and important National work, and that the prospect for the future of the society is most excellent. It proposes to persevere energeticslly in its chosen work of preserving the Christian Sabbath as day of rest and worship. and to that end urges the active cooperation of Sabbath associations in all the states and territories of the country. The con vention will elect President to suc- ceed the lamented Col. Shepard
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
EXTRA INSTRUCTIONS.
rur JURY IN THE ALLlS CASE UN.
 ABLE TO AGREE.
doe sanborn Delivers Some Additional Instructions and Urges Upon the Jurors the Importance of
 Returning a Verdict.
o.ooial ta the GRAPHIe.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Dec. 9.-In- teresf in the Allis trial is unabated. The jury as yet have not been able to agree upon q verdict. Today shortly after one o'clock they were brought beforo Judge sanborn who gave some additional inst~uctions and urged upon the jurors the impor- tanee of bringing in a verdict. He said the case would newer again be more clearly or thoroughly tried than it has been this time. The jury then retired. 1t is rumored here that mon the last ballot the vote stood ten for conviction and two for ac- anfttal. Notking further in regard 10 the matter has been learned. It ls thought that q verdict of any kind is scarcely possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-09
CAUGHT FIRE
While Standing by the Railroad Track at
 Kedron.

Yesterday as the north bound passenger on the Cotton Belt rolled in on the track at Kedron where the depot had been burned the night before, negro woman who was standing by the track where the building had been burned sud- denly caught fire, and before any one could reach her, her clothing was almost totally burned from her body. The attention of two negro men who happened to be standing near by were attracted by her screams and wells, and as soon as they reached her they stripped her body of the burning clothing. Her legs and body were burned and the hair of her head singed all over
 The two negro men who rescued her from her perilous condition did so at the expense of having, their hands burned and their clothing scOrched. It is thought that the woman had been looking through the smouldering ruins of the building for any articles she might find that were not ruined by the fire and that while doing this her dress caught fire, and when the moving train drew up it famed the fire to q blaze and soon her clothing was in flames. She was dangerously though not fatally burned.