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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16
The Financial Situation.

'Icau" is a part of the transactions OF the
banks. What the banks have done has
been to take one form of Obligation Of tho
government in exchange for another. This
process has increased the free gold reserve
for the national treasury and obviated all
fear of any disastrous reduction in the gold
reserve.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

1t is barely possible that Mr.. Clevolnni's
alleged project to keep Illinois and Indiana
in the democratic column by making Judge
Gresham the premier in his cabinet will
work, but this new evidence OF muqwumr-
ism is likely to be received with pretty wry
faces by the old Bourbon democrat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

Robert Louis Stevenson, vino is slowly
dying OF consumption at his home in Samoa,
whence he has written some delightful let
ters as well as charming fiction, is said to
be victim Of cigarett, smoking Some
idea of the extent OF his indulgence in this
habit may bc gained from the fact that
while in the Adirondacks he congratulated
himself in letter to q friend, upon having
practically overcome the cigarette habit,
finding himself able to get along with five
boxes OF cigarettes a day"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

1t now transpires that Minister Stevens,
who hoisted the American flag over Hawaii,
was at one time Moino preacher and still
later on an editor but b. finally became q
politician and a diplomat Minister Stew
Gus is thus thoroughly qualified to become
the Pooh Bah Of tho Hawaiian protectorate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

Tapleys Bread Winner" outwears all other
Shoes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

The spectacle presented by the sentencing
of Ferdinand De Lasseps 10 imprisonment
sad one, but it is the just penalty of his
offences. This veteran is now in biz Ssth
year, and be was undoubtedly carried away
by enthusiasm ever the great canal project
which will ever be associated with his
name.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY. FEB. 49,

The ex-quoon of Hawaii wants to sell out
now that eho has no rights as ruler.
Empty thrones do not command q high
figure these days, however, unless they are
sufficiently ancient to Do considered as
relics.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16

Cablegrams from Paris 60 to show that
there has been Il reaction Of public senti-
ment in Franco regarding Do Lesseps case
rapid as it is marked. 1t is oaly few
days oince all France was crying out for the
punishment Of the Panama offenders and
now all France is reported as indignant at
the severity of the sentences imposed upon
the veteran canal builder. The chances are
that De Lesseps will DO par1oned at the
earliest opportunity aud that the sentence
Of imprisonment will never be executed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
Tacoma Herald, Jan. l.

Every other day, or thereabouts, one reads in
the Ledger, the great Mugwump organ of
Tacoma. a dissertation on economy, munich
pal and political The city council and the City
officers are warned against letting extravagans
contracts for public work end pleaded with in u
hypocriticai, Mugwumpian strain to consider
the taxpayers Interest, and to so slow with the
peoples money According 10 facts and figures
purposely submitted TO the pubic below, tn o
LEDGER evidently wants somebody else paid less
IN order that IL may be paid more. IL the tax
payers money is going 10 be speutwithout regard
TO value received. the Ledger wants ii. The sub
Joined facts and figures will show the rich and
poor of Tacoma the rate at which their coin is
pouring into the counting room of the Ledger
from the city treesurers Office: oday issue of
the Ledger omprised ali eight page supplement-
taken up entirely by the publication OF the city
delinquent tax list In addition to this there
were six columns and seven inches OF this de-
linquent tax list in the regular daily blanket
sheet The publication OF this matter dill not
REQUIRE but the Ledger mace it occupy total of
l.3iJ inches Under the city printing contract
awarded the Ledger by an ex;ravagant and in
c5nsiderate ely council the Ledger is paid 80
cents per inch for this matter for the first In
sertion, and 81 cents per inca for each other
insertion. This delinquent tax list VIII be pub
Ilshea three t!mes--Jau. H. q and 25-unless II
ia possible under the law. Tor some indignan,
the reckless expenditure OF thousands OF dollars
for the LETTERS net benefit IL IS easy for any
one 70 figure TIE cost Of l,35i Inches of printed
matter At 20 cents ali inch-Sl,2lS60 Two other
publications at 50 cents per inch each pu5lice-
tion-s2, 10 This makes d total for the three
notifications OF $3.50. Besides the same Issue
OF the Ledger contains other official city print
ing, and county printing which The people pay
for at the same rate. The total cost 10 tbs
Lcdge-, composition, paper, time OF make up
am ali, aid not exceed a total, approx mately,
OF $500 for the frs; publication. The other two
publ cations Will not cost one cent beyond $40
or sl2 the pries OF paper for its highly elite.
exclusive and limited edition. On this JOB the
Mugwump organ. 50 conservative OF the tax
PAYERS money, makes a clean pickup OF 5000
cash. Other newspapers bid 10 do tits printing
from tBo-ihirds to onethird less. Tae price
paid in Seattle Tor the same printing, where the
cost OF composition is the same in Tacoma
under n contract let few weeks ago,
il 10 cents an inch, or lees than half the money,
that is poured iato the economical organ on the
hill
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
NOT ABLE TO AGREE.
The Republican Senators Fail
to Arrange a Programme.
STEWART LEAVES THE PARTY.
Tammany Fighting the Quarantine Bill
-Clumsiness OF the Electoral
College System.

WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. N.-There was
no quorum present at the caucus of Re-
publican senator's called for tonight to
consider the silver repeal question, conse-
quentiy the gathering partook rather of
the nature OF conference. The repeal of
the Sherman silver purchase section was
dropped, as, after a brief expression of
opinion of those present. it was evident
that no agreement could be reached
whereby party unity could be secured.
The senators then endeavored to arrange
the order of business after the anti
option bill had been disposed
OF. Aside from the appropriation
bills the first measure to be brought up
will be the Cherokee strip Next in order
will be the b Is amendatory of the inter-
state commerce law The subject of pas
sing statehood bills were brought up. but
as considerable opposition from the East
ern senators developed. and as it had been
agreed that no measure should be brought
up which would cause a controversy
within the Republican ranks. the matter
was postponed to another caucus.
Since his reelection to the senate by the
aid of the votes of the silverites OF Nevada,
Stewart, who has been the most pro-
age, has declined to participate in the Re-
publican caucuses. Stewart has been en-
deavoring to do missionary work. His
lsbors have not been, according to his own
accounts, in vain. He said:
The silver law repea cannot pass, and the out
look now ia tetter than it has been at any time
since the bill was reported. l have been about
the Democratic aide, but there is no hope that
the Republicans can draw from their side OF the
chamber to warrant the belief that the bill will
meet with success Carey, Warren and Hans
brough, who have voted against free coinage.
will Tot go TO The extreme OF voting for repeal
of tie silver purchase act, and l have found at
lesst half a dozen Republicans inclined
to think that action upon this measure should
he postponed until thu next congress. Why the
Republicans should 90 anything to ease the
burdens of the Democrats is more than they
understand, and they can be counted on as
being opposed to consideration OF the bill. l
feel confident that enough votes to pass the
bill can by no method be gathered together
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. 2l.-In the SEN
ate today the resolution by Wolcott di-
recting the discontinuance of the sale OF
Columbian postage stamps was referred to
the postoffice committee.
The house amendments to the New Or
leans bridge bill were concurred in. The
bill now goes TO the president.
The senate refused to concur in the
house amendment concerning the testi-
mony under the interstate commerce law.
The senate went into executive session
and when the doors were reopened the
anti-option bill was taken up, George ad-
dressing the senate.
After George had been speaking about
an hour to a gradually red uced audience
Senator Pugh of Alabama moved & call of
the senate. As it progre ssed senators
trooped in from the cloak room until there
were forty-seven who responded to their
names. George, however. said he would
prefer to continue his remarks on Monday
and the senate adjourned.
Nominations; bonneville Whitman, of Idaho,
at present consul at Singapore, consul at
Bruges.
Coufrmatons-UnitedS States consuls-Nicho-
las Smith, at Liege: Henry NJ. Moore, of Spo-
kane, at Three Rivers, Canada.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22

notes which have become uncIean and I'M
fit for use; calendar.
The senate bill was passed for tie aboli
ton of post trade-ships.
Biount of Georgia reported the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill, and it
was placed on the calendar. Then the
floor was accorded to the committee on
commerce and the quarantine bill called
up. Raynor. in advocating the bsI, said
that personally he would be in favor of
suspending immigration from infected
ports until all danger from the disease was
past. A number of amendments of various
import were moved and defeated, when
Cochran offered an amendment providing
that nothing IN the act shall be construed
to authorize any Federal officer to relax,
modify or suspend any rule, precau-
ton or regulation adopted b. state
or municipal authority for the ex-
clusion OF diseases, or permit the
entrance or discharge Of any vessel
where quarantine regulations have been
established by such authorities until the
vessel shall have complied with the reeu-
iations After some discussion and at
tempt to leave the word modify" out, the
amendment was agreed to, 81 to SIS.
Throughout the day the confusion in the
house was very great, and its elimination
was reached when the amendment was
offered. Dickerson of Kentucky therefore
moved that the committe of the whole
rise. This was agreed to, and then, on
motion of Raynor the house took q recess
until II o'clock on Monday. The effect of
this action will be to bring the bill up
MOndav
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
THE CLUMSY ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
Fourteen states Fail to Comply With
the Complicated Law.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 2l.-Certifcates
of all the state votes cast for president and
vice president ought to be in the hands of
the president Of the senate by Monday
next. As a matter of fact fourteen states
have failed so far to comply with the law
by sending on electoral certificates by mes
senger. and many of those states which
have complied with the law have done so
in slipshod manner. If the late election
had been close official asccrtainment OF the
result under the constitution and laws
might have been almost impossible and
the whole government might have
been thrown into chaos. Many of the
packages brought by the messengers had
nothing on the outside to indicate the con-
tents. Two states sent the votes to the
president Of the United States" instead
of TO the president OF the senate" and
Idaho sent her vote to the secretary of
state" 1t is marvel of good luck that
none of these packages were torn open and
thus rendered invalid. Many states failed
to indorse on the package what it con-
tanned. They may contain the electoral
vote or they may not. The president of
the senate has only the word Of the mes
sengers to assure him that these packages
actually contain the votes of the states as
represented. Some one might have
changed the packages on them.
Senator Henderson. of Nebraska pres-
dent pro tenn of the senate, is, in the alb
senCc of Elce-President Morton, custodian
of the electoral certificates. He said this
afternoon:
All the states tran mi:ted the electoral votes
by mall and ali have bean received by the
president OF the senate. The follow ing states
have not yet sent the electoral votes by messen-
ger; at least they have not been received by the
president OF the senate: Colorado, tennessee,
Florida. Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana,
North Dakota, Oregon. Rhote Island, South
Dakota, tennessee. Washington ami Wisconsin.
Senator Henderson advocated before a
presidential election the issue of an au-
thentic circular of instructions addressed
to the electoral college of the different
states. so as TO avoid these perilous mis-
haps. 1t is understood Vice Presiden.
Morton will be in his seat as presiding
officer OF the senate on Monday next. the
'eventtui' fourth Monday in January.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22

The Father of Several Of Belle Bfi.
toms Children.

LONDON, Jan. 2i.-Isadore Wertheimer,
the well-known London character, who
figured in the Dunlo divorce case, is dead
[isadore Werlheimer was the son Of London
art dealer Belle Billion. the concert hall
singer, now Countess OF Cancarty. was u one
tine his mistress, and he was the father OF
several OF her children. lie took Belle TO
Tr0uyitie AZ one time aad Intro
duced her 10 Leopold Rothschila's family,
causing lively scene. After Lord Duaio's
marriage 10 Belle Biltoa Wertheimer remained
on good terms with both. Lord C.aGcgriy tried 20
get divorce from Belle Billion for his son. some
OF her former pGramours went back on Belle,
but Isadore was true blue, and after the recon
citation the count tae countess aud Wertheimer
continued their intimAcy.l
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
PUGET SOUND WINTER
Seattle Got Off Easy in the
December SnOwstorm.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY,
An Observation Station Secured for
Seattle Through senator
SQaire's Endeavors.

OLYMPIA. Jan. 2L-tSpecial. Tho feature OF
the weather during December was the unprece.
dented snowstorm of the 10Th. 2lst and 2ad. Tie
storm was fret felt in wesiern Washington on
the night of the Goth, and by midnight OF the
I'd mantle of snow varying from half an inca
TO d inches deep, covered almost the sntiro
state
In Western Washington the meaa Temporal
ture for the month was $40 deg: this Is only
seven-,eushs OF one degree below the norma.
The warmest local noathly mean temperatufs
was AIS at Nashon; the coolest local monthly
mean was $40 at Silver Creek, IN Lewis county
The highest temperature at any station dur
Ing the month was oS az Vashoa on the 10th,
and the lowest temperature recorded was 10
above zero at East Sound on the I'D. The waYfn-
est weather was experienced IN this section on
the 10th, 26tn and 5lst, while the coolest days
were the 2Jth, 2lst and ed.
The average rainfall for this portion OF the
state was s. inches, or l27 inca less than the
usual December preci piiation. The heaviest
local monthly fall was 1902 inches az Mean bay,
Wills the least was 81 at Olga The greatest
twenty-Iour hour precipitation occurred ss
Olympia on the 2lst and 22i, when Ass inches
fell. mostly IN the form OF snow.
There was an average of clear. q partly
cloudy. 20 cloudy ana - rainy days daring the
month. The winds were mostly from the east
and south. The maximum velocity of tho wind
for the month at Tatoosh island was 81 miles
per houf from the east IN tho 2lst: at Port An
geles il was s. miles from the northeast, on the
same date: at Fort Candy it was q miles. from
southeast. on the 2ith, and az Olympia 1t was -
miles, from southwest. on the 18th.
In Eastern Washington tho mean temperature
was 2S.S: this is S4 dec. cooler than the normal
December temperature. Tie warmest local
monthly mean was So at Clyde, in Walla walla
county. while the coolest monthly mean was
pa, at Wsterv;l.e. The highest temperature at
any station during the month was IS, at Walla
Walla, on the I'd. and the lowest deg. below
zero, 81 Col!ax on the 18th.
Ihs varmest weather was felt generally on
the lst, ID. Sd, 2t. 18Th, 9th and Slst The cold
est weather occurred during the snowstorm
from the 2o,h to the sd.
The average precipitation for this section WAS
225 inches; this is 81 inches more than the
normsi Pine Hill reported the heaviest local
monthly fall, VIZ. Gil inches, while the least
monthly fall was Ii inches, at Mckee.
The greatest "A hour precipitation was 40
inches at Pine Hill. There was average OF
clear, partly cloudy, Il cloudy AMI l. rainy
days during the month. The winds were gen.
orally from the southwest
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
IN THE HOUSE.
Tsmmany Begins It's Fight on the Ma
tiongI Quarantine Bill.

WAsHINGroN CITY, Jan. 2I.-In the
house, on motion OF Hermann, Rep. OF
Oregon, the senate bill was passed extend
inc until January /, 1894. the time within
which entry may be maize of forfeited
lands along Tie Northern Pacific railroad
between Waila WaIia and Portland.
B2nkhead Of Alabama. chairman Of the
committee on public buildings AMI
grounds. reported back SCOTS resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury
for information regarding the amounts ap-
rFoprated for public buildings and the
condition OF work: adopted.
Bacon OF New York. from the commit
tee on banking and currency reported the
hi! - provide for speedy redemption 81.
United States currency and national bank
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
WHEAT TOOK A JUMP.
When Buyer Got = Cipher Dispatch
Raising the Price to 55 Ia.
Colfax Commoner, JAM IL

Raising the RrIC0 TO Do La.
COfax Commoner, Jan. IL
An error made in telegraphing dispatch in
cipher caused 60,000 bushels OF wheat to change
hands in Colfax last Saturday at an immense
profit to the farmers considering the state OF
the market, aud at considerable loss to j. NJ
Russell & Co, the grain merchants OF Portland
Wheat has been steadily on the raise for weeks
1t was down to AZ cents for q time, and the
farmers who had housed their grain for stiff
market began to look glum at the prospects,
but suddenly the market took on the rose.col-
ored hue of health and prices have gone up
notch by notch until 1t sways gently about the
mark of So cents, with excellent indications of
q continued advance.
J. II. Larson is the Colfax grain buyer for the
]. NJ. Russell Company, and he was not greatly
surprised when he received u dispatch il cipher
from his house to purchase quickly as much
wheat as he could compass at 55i4 cents. Agent
larson, with al eye to business. went out
among the holders OF wheat and found them
determined to hold on for the higher prices that
seemed to be slated for the near future. He
tried an offer of So cents, and found il too low
and 81 cents was not enough to satisfy the
farmer; but when he kpraug the offer of 80
cents the wheat moved toward him like a
charm, as it were. He bought right and left,
and in a short time had $1,000 bushels on his
hands. Mr.. Larson smiled to himself, I'M
doubtedly, AT having made a quarter of a cent
per bushel on the figures of his house
He telegraphed the hattering report to
Russell d Co., telling them the wheat
had been purchased for So cents. and was ready
tor shipment. Mr.. Larson's astonishment may
be better imagined than described when ho re-
ceived an answer saying that Russell & Co.
would not accept wheat at such figures; and
that their instructions in cipher were to "buy
up wheat at 52l cents
The agent had bought up $4,000 worth of
wheat at a rate per bushel of % cents higher
than his house had offered. Nevertheless, he
had followed instructions, and now comes the
very important proposition, "Who made that
mistake?" Was it made by the company's own
employees, or is the Western Union Office at Port
land responsible? The local wheat men are
satisfied, matter of course, but Mr.. Larson
was not jubilant this morning when he boarded
the train for Portland with the object OF chasing
down the error which caused him to give his
notes on $1,000 bushels OF wheat for 81, $50 more
than his house was willing to pay.