The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-06-22
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From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, June 16. 1898.


Washington, June 16. 1898.
Not since the shooting of President
Garfield has Washington passed through
such q week of sensational excitement as
that just ended. The awful calamity in
Ford's old theatre, where President Lin
coin was killed. by which twenty-one
men lost their lives and sixty-eight were
wounded sent a thrill of chilling horror
every one, which has since been
by the belief that it was di-
rectly caused by the carelessness and
negligence of one man, and that mans
actions have increased rather than d.
minished that belief. The man referred
to is Col. Ainsworth, who is in charge
of the records and pensions Office OF the
war department, which occupied the
wrecked building. Owing to his appear
ing at the coroner's inquest accompanied
by lawyer and attempting to intimi-
date his clerks who had been summoned
to testify he made very narrow escape
from being lynched. He next caused a
new sensation by appealing to the courts
for a mandamus. which was refused him,
to compel the coroner to allow him and
his lawyer to cross-auestion the wit
nessss, thus acknowledging his fear of
the evidence to be given before the jury.
Owing to legal technicality. brought
out by his application the action of the
coroners jury during its first four days
sitting was declared void by the court.
and yesterday the inquiry had to he
started fresh. An army court of in
quiry will also investigate but not
until after the coroner's inquest Is con-
cluded.
The intense excitement has been bene-
fetal in pecuniary sense to the families
of the victims. 1t has kept the matter
before the public constantly, thus add
ing largely to the subscriptions to the
popular fund for their assistance, which
now amounts to $4,000 and is still
growing. Nearly every one of the killed
left dependent families.
II is remarkable how prone the demo-
Gratis are to do things for which they
have for many years abused the republic
cans. For instance, it is stated at the
navy department that the United States
steamer Dolphin has been dry-docked at
the New York navy yard, in order that
she may be put in thorough order, as
she is to be placed at Mr.. Cleveland's
disposal during the time he
spends at his Buzzard's Bay cottage this
summer. Personally your correspondent
believes it to be perfectly right that the
president of the United States should
have government vessel placed at his
disposal Whenever he travels by water,
it adds dignity to his movements that
is in keeping with the exalted office he
holds and really costs nothing extra to
the government, as the vessel and crew
have to be maintained any way, hut the
have as rule taken. or pre-
tended to take, On opposite view.
An ante-election pledge made by chair
man Harrity of the national democratic
committee was cancelled when Mr..
Cleveland this week appointed Daniel R.
Murphy United States district attorney
for Oregon, in spite of hundreds Of demo.
cratic protests from that state. Murphy
was chairman OF the democratic state
committee of Oregon during the last
and the work he did was to
throw the democratic vote to the Weav-
err electors, although the entire democra-
tic state ticket had to be betrayed and
sacrificed to do it.
Col. A. L. Conger, for some years
Ohio's member of the republican nation
al committee. brings good news from
that state. He says: "All difference
among Ohio republicans have been for
gotten and every element of the party is
united on Mckinley. and / believe he
will be again elected"
Secretary Morton isn't inclined to give
the cabinet of which he is member any
credit for the slight improvement in the
financial outlook, which is this week
perceptible. He thinks it Is all owing to
the fall in the price of wheat, and says:
"It would seem that we have reached
the price at which foreign markets will
purchase our wheat, and it is now going
abroad. Instead, therefore of gold ship
ments, there will be exchangeIfor cereals
and the financial problem will be easier"
Congressman Wilson OF West Virginia,
who is credited by many with being Mr..
Cleveland's mouthpiece whenever he
wishes to sound public sentiment, has
lust given, while pretending to speak in
its favor, state bank currency black
eye, and now the question is being
asked, Ibid he do it purposely. and at
Mr.. Cleveland's request?" It certainly
looks that way. He was speaking Of
the probability of a repeal of the ten per
lSuls IdA III SIdIC UduA NuIISuCyS WHICH
he said: II do not believe that it would
be dangerous experiment. Their notes
would not be legal tender, and no one
would be compelled to accept them I'M
less they so desired" Could stronger
be presented against such cur
rency? What man wants to be paid in
money that he may or may not be able
to pay his own debts with?
The why and where fore.
There is nothing marvellous in the fact
that Hoods Sarsaparilla should cure-so
many diseases. When you remember that
a majority of the disorders flesh is heir
to- are due to impure or poisonous con-
dition of the blood, and that Hoods
is an effective and radical
blood purifier the whole thing is explained
Besides IFS blood purifying qualities,
Hoods Sarsaparilla also contains the
beet Luoun veuefa able etao,ach $0~;c