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News From Hawaii.

Port Townsend. Wash, Dc. 5.-The
barkentine Klickitot, Capt. Cutler, ar
rived to-day from Honolulu with advices
to Nov. 20, four days after the steamer
Alameda sailed for San Francisco. In
an interview published in the Evening
Star Minister Willis is reported to have
said: "You are authorized to state that
no change in the present situation will
take place for several weeks. I brought
with me certain instructions from the
United States government on the Hawa-
iian situation. Since my arrival con-
tiagencies have arisen about which neith-
er the United States government nor my
self were aware when left Washing
ten. have thought best in exercise of
the discretion allowed to submit those
matters to Washington before proceeding
further to carry out my original instruc-
tiors. No one need fear trouble, and no
lawlessness will be permitted"
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sUPERsTITIoNs OF THE SEA.
Signs That Terrify Jack Tars Who
Believe i'm Witchcraft.

Signs That Terrify jack Tars Who
Believe in Witchcraft.
A sense of unreality, weirdness and
sometimes of uncanny feeling actuates'
nearly every one connected with the
sea, this being particularly strong on a
moonlight night, when the water Of the
ocean looks more cruel, If, withal more
beautiful than at any other time, says
the Boston Transcript. Then it is that
ring around the moon is frequently to
be observed, and the sailors believe
that this is a sure sign of bad weather,
while Longfellow, in his Golden
Legend" interprets it thus:
II pray thee put in yonder port,
For I fear a hurricane;
Last night the moon had a golden ring,
And tonight no moon we See."
We have often noticed how quaint
the fiSher-f0lkS are who live in solitary
places near the ocean, and this is true
to a greater or less extent of all dwell
erS by the sea. 1t is believed on Cape
Cod and in many other districts along
the New England coast that a sick man
cannot die until the ebb tide begins to
run. Watchers by beds of sickness
anXiously note the change of the tide,
and if the patient lives until the turn,
he will live until the next ebb The
best educated and most intelligent peo-
pie on the New England coast are not
entirely free from this superstition, and
to them there is a vivid meaning in
Dickens description Of the death Of
Barkis, "And it being high water, he
went out with the tide"
The belief that the ninth or tenth
wave was more powerful than the 9TH
ers has existed since Ovid's time, who
says: 'The wave that is now coming
O'ertOps all the others; it's the wave
that comes after the ninth and before
the tenth" Even nowadays at the sea-
shore you will hear people counting the
waves and saying that the next one
will be the biggest. Fishermen on our
own coast think that the swell some
times noticed during a fog is caused by
it, and they call it the fog-swell; while
in reality it is simply the incoming tide;
but fog is associated with such terrible
disasters in the minds of fishermen that
it is little wonder it is believed to have
power to raise the waters of the sea.
Woman, though bringing good luck
to man on land, is proverbally the oppo-
site on the sea, and at a certain place
the waters Of the ocean are reputed to
enrage themselves at the sight of a
woman. Stormraising witches are
quite well known in New England
There was Polly Twitchell, who lived
in Casco Bay in the seventeenth CEN
tury. She was said to raise storms,
wreck ships, and put to sea in severe
gales. Goody Cole, in Whittier's
Wreck of Rivermouth," prophesies dis.
aster. The skipper says:
I'm scary always to see her shake
Her wicked head"
The ballad recounts that she was
jeered at by the pleasure party, and in
revenge predicted the loss of the boat
which occurred soon after.
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serted his family at Cisco, Tex, a year
ago and eloped with young woman,
has been arrested at Purcell, l. T.
w. H. Cochran. president, and Rob
ert H. Saver, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank OF Del Norte, Col, were ar
rested charged with embezzlement.
Foot Racer Ed Markey was sentenced
to the Iowa prison for three years
for throwing race and gaining $4,-
600. ~a~' -.
Sylvanus Dingess was killed at Din
CESS, W. Va, by Frank Stone, hotel
clerk. The trouble arose over a law
suit.
The treasurer Of Green township,
Ohio, L. v. Schnuerrenberger, was
robbed of 81 300 Of subtle funds which
he had concealed in mattress in his
house
II. c. Yockey, one of the notorious
Dalton gang of outlaws, was shot in
Tulsa, l. T., by Sam Childers, a half
breed Greek Indian, ard viii probably
die.
Thomas Mercer stabbed George Ste
phens in a quarrel over the owner
ship Of some household goods at OF
tumwa, Iowa. Stephens viii die. Mer-
Ger was arrested.
Walter Eggers, twenty years old, is
under arrest at Martinsville, Ind,
charged with shooting and killing his
brother William. The killing was the
result of quarrel.
President Plaut and six directors of
the defunct Madison Square bank, New
York, are indicted, the former for for
gerry, and the other two for receiving
deposits after they knew the bank to
be insolvent.
Henry Wesley, living near Monroe
City, Ind, was hacked to pieces with
an ak in the hands of his stepdaughter,
Lulu Meyers. The girl was being lee
tured by her stepfather for staying
away from home during the late hours
Of the night.
Dow Draper, an ex-deputy sheriff Of
Lenawee county, Mich, and a well
krown citizen, was shot and killed by
a farmer named George CODger, at the
latter's residence. Intimacy with Con-
gers wife is given as the cause Of
the killing.
Byron A. King of Grand Rapids,
Mich, a mason, shot and killed his wife
ard then ended his own life by sending
bullet into his brain from a big re-
volver. King and his wife had parted
two weeks ago after having several
violent quarrelS.
NJ. T. Paulson, arraigned in the Unit
ed States circuit court in Denver for
raising silver certificates from 81 to IS
and $40, pleaded guilty. He said he
had done it while out of work and
money in order to get food for his fam
lily.
The sun., 1893-12-07
IN GENERAL.

Schaefer wins the great billiard
match with Ives.
The Southern Pacific removes it's boy
cott against the Canadian Pacific.
An official report on the worlds fair
shows net assets of 1852, ,4S3.
For paying commissions and disre-
garding Western association rules the
Rock Island was fined $3.50.
Mrs. Eugenia Foster of Huntington,
Miss, charges gross miSmanagement Of
the state institute for the blind at Jack
son,
In lis annual message Gov. Tlllman
of South Carolina violently denounces
the federal courts for their action in
certain railroad litigation in that state.
Ten thousand people in the northern
parts of Wisconsin and Michigan will
starve or freeze unless helped. Some
have already eaten their dogs.
James II. Francis, a ticket broker,
fell dead on street at Kansas City,
Mo. An autopsy developed traces of
poison, and the police are investigating.
Having traced Charles Miller to an
Indianapolis dissecting room life in
surarce company will pay his sisters the
policy.
Mrs. Cordelia Kennan of Mexico, Mo-,
died at private asylum for the insane
at Jacksonville, Ill. She was made in
sane by visit to the worlds fair.
The receiver of the defunct American
bank at Lawton, Mich, has declared a
dividend Of So per cent to the depos-
itors.
By direction of Cardinal Gibbons cir
culars urging adoption of the Faribault
system are being distributed in Mary
land.
r. w. Bryan becomes general super
| intepdent Of the Great Northern rail
way, succeeding Mr.. Case, promoted to
general manager.
The teredo navalis, or ship worm, 4
destructive insect known on the Pacific
c. asst, has made it's appearance in Bos-
ton harbor. The rayages Of the pest
are alarming.
| Lieut. Carlin and party are found in
| the Montana mountains and rescued
except the cook, who is probably lost
The hunters suffered frightful priva-
tions.
Labor Commissioner Sovereign of
Iowa is elected general master work
man of the Knights of Labor, to sue
ceed Mr.. Powderly, whose resignation
is accepted.
Miss Lulu Welz was awarded $1O,-
600 damages in her breech of promise
suit at Cincinnati assirst young Stril,.
ley, by whose father she was employed
as a typewriter. She sued for $50, 900
President Edward r. Bacon says
there is no truth in the report that the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail.
road was to extend from BeardstoWn,
Ill, to Quincy. ILL.,, to connecs with the
Quincy, On aha & Kansas City rail-
road. II - :. a.
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CONGRESS IS IN SESSION
THE REGULAR SESSION OF NATION
AL LAWMAKERS BEGINS.
As the Extra Session Disposed of
All the Preliminaries Necessary at
the Opening of Long Sessions, Busi-
ness IL Promptly Begun.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The regular ses-
sion of congress began to-day, and as
the extra session disposed of all the pre-
liminaries generally necessary at the
opening Of long sessions, congress began
business promptly upon convening. The
committees of both the senate and the
house appointed at the beginning of the
extra session reported many bills which
are now on the calendar of the two
houses and In position to be considered
when 1t shall be the pleasure of the men,
bers to take them up. There are be-
tween fifty and sixty bills and resolutions
on the calendar. A large majority of
these bills are of minor Importance and
relate to private pensions and other
claims against the government for small
amounts. These will be disposed of with
dispatch In a majority of instances when
taken up. Many of the resolutions refer
to subjects which were incidental to the
silver repeal bill, and with that measure
out Of the way they will in all probability
be dropped. There are, however, few
bills of general Importance, such as Sen
ator Hills federal elections bill; the bill
reported by Senator Voorhees, to increase
Senator Morgan's concurrent resolution
for the appointment of joint committee
Of the two houses to consider financial
questions; Senator Stewards two resolu-
tions, the first for a committee to inquire
II any senators Are stockholders in ma
tional banks, and the second relating to
the independence of coordinate depart
meats of the government; Senator Pef-
fer's resolution concerning the interstate
commerce, and Senator Palmer's regard
ing pensions to non-residents. 1t Is i'm
possible to say which, If any, of these
measures will be taken up during the
first week of the session. 1t is considered
probable that none of them will receive
as much attention as the Hawaiian
question, which Is not now before the SEN
ate in any shape, but which Is almost
sure to be brought before it in some way
before the close of the week. 1t is prob
able that a number of resolutions of
inquiry will be introduced asking for all
the papers In the case, including the in
structions to Minister Willis, and there
will undoubtedly be a full discussion of
the entire subject, If not during the pres
ent week, later in the session.
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The Markets.

Chicago, Dec. 5-Wheat firm and quiet:
cfsh, 63a63 1-Sc; December, G3a63 1-Sc;
May, 90 3-Sc.~ Corn Cash, 35 1.4c; De-
cember, 35 1-4c; May. 40a4O 1-Sc. Oats
Cash, 2S 3-8c; December, Is 3-Sc; May,
81 3-Sc. -
Minneapolis, Dec. 5.-Wheat 49, Nay
opened at 63 1-2c; highest, "a 1-0c; low
est, SO 1-2c; closing, 63 SIC; December
opened at 50 1-2c; highest, So 7-Sc; low
est, So 1-2e; closing, So 3-4c. On track
No. hard, 61 3-4c; No. 1 Northern,
60 1-4c; No. Northern, So 3-4c.
st. Paul, Dec. 5.-Hogs steady; q few
buEches offered selling early to packers
at $5a5.15. Cattle-Prime steers, 1926
a3.5O; good steers, $25Oa3; prime cows,
$2.5Oa2.GO; good cows, $2a230; common
TO fair cows, $1.25a2; light veal calves,
$3a4.25; heavy calves, $1.5Oa3; stockers,
1.25a2; feeders, $250a3; bulls, $1a2.
Chicago, Dec. 5.-CattIe-Christma
S5.S5a025; good to choice, $4.50a5.25: j.:
others, $3a4; cows, $1a2.9O; stockers and
feeders, $2a3.25. Hogs-Rough packing,
$5.10a5.15 packing and shipping, S5.2Oa
5.35; prime butchers and medium, $535a
5.45; light, $5.25a5.55.
The sun., 1893-12-07
Fights With Anarchs.

London, Dec. 4.-The anarchists Of
London made an attempt to hold meet
ing in Trafalgar square yesterday in
defiance Of the orders of the police
The mounted police charged upon the
anarchist mob, scattering them in all
directions, after which the horsemen
took up position on the south side fac
ing the square, and the police on foot
then began to disperse the mob, who
made but a slight resistance, being COM
pletely overawed by the large number of
police called to the spot. At about 4:3O
p. m. q large body of anarchists made
dangerous rush down Parliament street
with the Intention of reaching Scotland
Yard, the headquarters of the police,
which was said to have been left with
only a small guard of policemen, but the
superintendent of the division of police
men promptly dispatched a strong force
of mounted and foot police to Scotland
Yard, the horsemen reaching that point
before the anarchists and with the
assistance of the police on foot the
dangerous mob was scattered after much
scuttiing. In other parts of Trafalgar
Square the police had their hands full
in keeping the crowds in movement so
much so that additional reinfOrcements
of mounted police were sent for, and they
made several charges down Northumber-
land avenue past the Victoria hotel and
the Grand hotel. The mounted police
also charged through Pail Mall, driving
the anarchists before them. During the
afternoon the police made a number Of
arrests,
The sun., 1893-12-07
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

Capt. Kuehne, who has arrived at
Baltimore from Brazil. says the war
when he left looked like childs play.
Congressman Charles O'Neill, father
of the house." died at his home in Phil
adelphia. He was y years old.
Gen. Thomas Mulcahy, the hero of
eighty-eight battles during the civil war,
died in Omaha from the grip.
Capt. Fondrear, who sailed from Bue-
nos AyreS for Chicago in June in a
small boat. has not been heard from.
Col Nathaniel B. Eldridge died in
Adrian, Mich, aged 81 years. He had
been in congress and on the bench.
After voting and holding Office in
Indiana for twenty. five years, Michael
J. Boland has discovered he is not cit
izen.
Mr.. Ferris, the owner and inventor
OF the Ferris wheel, would like to re-
move this novel attraction to New York,
but has made no arrangement for re-
moving it anywhere.
Alexander Hockaday, who lives in
Harrison county, Ind, celebrated his
114th birthday last week. He says he
has voted at every presidential election
since 1900, a period of ninety-three
years.
Jules Verne, the famous author, is
said to have earned more money by
bis pen than any other living author.
He has taken up his abode in plain
apartments in the old cathe dral town of
AmienS.
Ex-CongrCs Cssman Jacob A. Amber of
Salem, Ohio who was succeeded in
congress by Gov. Mckinley, has been
mentioned of late rs McIkiuley's sue
cessor in the governors office two
years hence.
Mayor George Lockwood Of South
Norwalk, Conn, has been forced to
II sign because Of the popular indigna-
ton that has been stirred up since his
wife secured a divorce from him on
the ground of inidelity.
Mrs. Stephen IHrner, eighty-seyen
years Of age, is the oLly Revolutionary
prisoner on the books of Agent Ma
son at Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Turner
is the widow of Samuel Durham, who
married her in 1925, when she was nine
teen years of age and he was sixty-nine.
Henry S. Swayne died at Blooming
ten, Ill, from hemorrhage of the lungs.
He was a son-in-law Of the late Judge
David Davis, the millionaire jurist. and
was the son of Judge Swayne of Ohio
and brother of Gen. Swaynee
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lie To wanted I'm Grand Forks.

Grand Forks, Dec. 5.-There il nm un-
pleasant rumor current in the city to the
effect that a well known business man,
prominent in church circles, has gone
wrong, end has left the city and perhaps
may not return, although when he left
be said he would not return until spring
His mode of conducting business was to
secure land on con'ratts, then hunt up a
customer to whom he would cell the land
at considerable adv 0pce, taking In pay
mint therefor money and notes. When
the time came 70 give deed he had left
the city. Inquiry ELECTED the fact also
that he had not paid over any money or
turned over any notes to the parties
from whom he received contracts for the
land. Since his departure gentleman
has been seen from whom he borrowed
over a year ago $1,000, giving an unse-
cured note on which there Is now due
over one years interest It has also been
ascertained that the day before he left
this city mortgage Of $500 was placed
on record against his house and lot.
Whether he borrowed this sum 10 not yet
known. OF course the farmers who have
paid this money and given their notes
cannot get their deeds and will lose their
lend
The sun., 1893-12-07
SINS AND SINNERS.

Mrs. John L. Reid of Davenport,
Iowa, deserted by her husband and suf-
fering from poverty, hanged herself.
Sandy Folsom killed Will Durant at
Durant, I. T., and was in turn killed by
Bud Durant, Wills brother.
Banker RockafeIlow was found guilty
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, of fraudulent prac-
ticeS.
Harry Hill, wanted at Atlanta, Ga,
On Il charge of forgery, was arrested
at Cincinnati.
r. B. Pierce is accused of preying
rpon the indianapolis National bank
aLd has been sued by the receiver.
Farmer Thomas, near Columbus
Ohio. was tortured by thieves until they
secured 5000 and a gold watch.
John Anders was found dead in his
ward at Niagara Falls, N. Y. He was
a defaulter and killed himself.
Two Of the eight men who robbed a
fast freight on the Lake Shore road
near Goshen, Ind, have been caught.
A band of cattle thieves which had
operated in Eastern Colorado for fif-
teen years were rounded up by Sheriff
Moses.
Attacked while building a spur at
ST. Charles, Mo-, Missouri, Kansas &
Texas employees routed Wabash men
with streams of wster.
William Hessner fatally shot August
Kline and wourded Arthur Lester in
a quarrel at Lyford, Ind. Hessner
surrendered to the police.
Ex- Banker w. H. Schwramann of Nor
NAL, Ill, pleaded guilty to indictments
for embezzlement and was sentenced
TO a years imprisonment.
Charles Peck was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment for assaulting an
3-year-old girl by a jury at Hillsboro,
III.
James Butts. who was convicted at
Galesburg, ILL.,, Of abdCcting Elizabeth
CherringtOn, has been granted q new
trial.
Emil Stoecken of Gladbrook, Iowa,
was sandbagged and robbed of SLOT.
His assailant is under arrest at Clifford.
Stoecken will die.
s. G. Curtis, aged sixty.fve, who de-
The sun., 1893-12-07
Exclusive PRIVILEGE.

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-John J. Val
entine, president of the WELSH Fargo, has
just returned from New York, and an
nounces that after lively fight between
the Wells-Fargo and the Adams COM
psnies, the former has secured the con-
tract with the Southern Pacific railway
for the exclusive privilege of carrying ex-
press matter over the lines of the South
ern Pacific in California for a period of
twenty-one years, commencing Jan. /.
The Wells-Fargo company has contracted
with President Huntington to pay the
Southern Pacific a cash bonus of 81, 7OO,-
600 and 40 per cent of the gross earnings
of the express company over the South
ern Pacific lines during the term of the
contract.
The sun., 1893-12-07
Bad Jimmy Is Dead.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-James w. Ccnnor-
ton, widely known under the sobriquet
of bad Jimmy" died of consumption
las: night. Connorton's most celebrated
exploit was the killing of Doc Haggcrty
gambler, in Lansing & McGarrigle's
saloon on Clark street Meeting in the
saloon, the two men began a duel with
rev divers. Haggerty received a fatal
wound and Connorton was badly used
up, being confined to his bed for some
time. The malady which resulted in his
death was due, in a measure, to the
wounds he received then
The sun., 1893-12-07
Secession in Redwood.

Redwood Falls, Mimi, Dec. 5.-Gitizens
of Lamberton are endeavoring to have
Redwood county divided north and south,
attaching a few townships from Cotton
wood county and forming a new county,
with Lamberton as the county seat. A
great deal of jealousy exists against the
north side since the new court house was
built here as an effort was made by the
south side against the building of the
court house.
The sun., 1893-12-07
Murderer Recaptured.

Wausau, Wis, Dec. 5-William Odette,
who escaped from the tounty Jail on Dec.
/, while waiting sentence for numbering
lis brother on Nov. 8, was found at his
hcme, ten miles east of this city this
morning. His feet were badly frozen
as he had walked all night in the snow
without shoes. August Keuger, who es-
capped with Odette, who was serving time
for larceny, has not been found as yet.
The sun., 1893-12-07
A Mine Reonened.

Ishpeming, Mich, Dec. 5.-rhe Lake
Superior Iron company resumed work Mt
No. 6 and No. Z shafts this morning
with 300 men. By Jan. this company
will be running full force of men, al
though at low wages. There is apparently
nc prospect of other mines reSuming be-
fore spring. There is great destitution
amcrg idle miners of Ishpeming and EN-
gaunee, but the suffering will be relieved
without appealing outside of the county.
The sun., 1893-12-07
The Dynamite Got Warm,

Huron, s. D., Dec. 4.-Word comes
from the southern part of the county
that the farm residence of W. Fl. Smith
was destroyed by dynamite. A party of
we'll diggers were working for Mr.. Smith
and used dynamite to loosen the dirt in
the well. This failed to work on ac-
count of the cold. 1t was taken into the
house and placed by the stove to warm.
1t soon got too hot and exploded. None
of the occupants of the house were in'
jured.
The sun., 1893-12-07
Bob InreraoII,s RefnrtN

Washington Star: 1t is conceded by all
good men and true that a joke should rest
OK is prodded, ergo the following:
Bob Ingersoll in the olden days when he
and the Deity were on better terms, fire.
quently delighted secular audiences with
ters. On one such occasion he had vast
assembage before him, chiefly of Repub-
lican proclivities, to whom he eloquentIy
craze, so rampant just then. But sup
pose," said he, ''that. you do set all the
presses in the country printing greenbacks,
how, are you going to get them out of the
hands of the government even then?"
"Steal EMP yelled voice that ratified
the chandeliers.
Quick as a flash came back the ever-readv
Bob: Il am not talking to Democrats"
The sun., 1893-12-07

Milton, Pa, Dec. 4-Col. J. D. Potts,
one of the most prominent railroad men
in the United States, died here at 8
o'clock this afternoon, at the age Of
sixty-four, after an illness of two weeks.
Col. Potts was known most widely
through his connection with vast trans
portation enterprises of Pennsylvania
and neighboring states, but was also in
timately associated with manufacturing
internStS
The sun., 1893-12-07
Exfrn Police.

Allentown, Pa, Dec. 4.-Recorder
Stephens and his clerks were busy all
day recording commissions and certif-
Gates of twenty-five newly appointed
special policemen for the Lehigh Valley
railroad. The commissions arrived late
Saturday night at President Wilbur's
office from Harrisburg, by special mes
senger Recorder Bruce of Northamp-
ton swore in twenty-five more new po-
licemen Saturday night. The destina-
tion of the policemen is unknown, but
is believed to be Wilkesbarre. More
appointments are expected.
The sun., 1893-12-07
RAanIf Nf m SnrAa,

Emporia, Kan, Special-Harry Dell,
who has Just arrived here from Admire,
Rorth Of here, reports that Monday a
party of twelve young men of that vi.
cinity bought two large. kegs Of beer
and some whisky and started out on a
di I'll ken spree. Three men, he says,
died from the effects. He did not learn
their names,
The sun., 1893-12-07
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences OF the
Past Week, Boiled Down and Arr
hnEed for Rapid Heading, From
Home and Abroad.
AT WASHINGTON

The annual report of United States
Treasurer Morgan reveals some unex-
pected facts.
Postmaster General BisSelrs annual
report shows an estimated deficit Of
nearly $5,O0O,0OO.
The new tariff bill is given out in
full. 1t makes reductions all along the
line and adds large number Of arti-
CleS to the free list.
The withdrawal of Minnesota gold
lands from homestead entry will not
be recommended by the general land
commissioner. A statute stands in the
way.