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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-13
TIE pEIAwAKE FRozEN.

CAMDES, n. j., jan. 1.-THE Della.
ware river u noZen over solid from
Coop,T's Point 10 this city. A number
OF freight boats are last In the ice.
There are 100 loaded freight cars for
Philadelphia stalled Mt this place, being
unable TO get across the river.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-13
N. Y. HARBOR.
The Situation Steadily Grow.
Ing Worse.
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COMPACT ICE IN THE NARROwS.
Hundred Of Tons Of Freight BlOCSad.
ed on WharlS.
A VESSEL CRUSHED IL rur ICE.
nopori' from other pincss Of Frozen
nnrbor. ANA interrupted
rrRilic.
COMPACT ICE IN THE NARROwS.
A VESSEL CRUSHED IL ruE ICE.

NEW YORK, Jan l2.-It is many
years since the harbor and rivers OF
this city have been ~ thoroughly
blockaded by Ice as at present, and
Instead OF the situation improving It is
growing worse. So dense ami com.
iact IN the mountain Of ice wedgei in
the Narrows By the ebb tide that no
bOats dared forcc u assage there today.
Ferry.boats run on the go.as.you.
please plan. Long island and New
jersey patrons OF the various ferries
are delayed and harTassed In numer.
Gus ways, md scores OF them will
undoubtedly he forced TO spend the
night In the city. Hundreds Of tons OF
freight are bloCkaded on whaTia aud
lighters. IL will be CUT OF the question
to relieve the extreme congestion until
tnildcr weather.
A driving snowstofm, driven by u
hign wind during the day and night,
aggravated the discomfort ana danger
~ making It Impossible for the pilots
10 see lar enough ahchI 10 seek Out the
best channels. Six boats arc last In
The Ice In the upper harb0r. The
steamship Hueson, which arrived from
New Orleans THIS nIOrniug, reports
having hard time getting up tho bay
Through the ice. Number OF tug.,
sUhoOnvrs aud barges. bluuu south and
tast, are both Ice aud weather bound.
The BtltIsh schooner Cricket, which
arrived from 81. Johle, n. b., De.
cembef 3Jth, wa brushed IN the ice In
North riyer today. The captain and
crew had only enough time to save "a
few personal eiltcls before she went
| down.
Reports from Quarantine etato that
the steamship Massachusetts from
London Is dragging anchor chains and
bclDg forced slowly down tn bay by
huge cakes which hem her In on ali
sides. Two OIL tanks aud two ccal
D1fges, torn from their anchorage nj
ronipkinsyilie, are also being carried
down the lower bay by the Ice. Divi-
sion Superintendent Hempsieai OF the
New York Central said today that
trains were more demorallzed than at
any time since the blizzard. All
Western trains are from iuur to six
hours late.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-13

NANTUCKET, Mas, Jan. l2.-Nan-
tucket has beeu shut Oh from the out.
aide world by an Ice blockade for the
past two duys. Tho cold snap closed
up both harD1r and bay. The ice OK
tends out six miles beyond the break
water. From present indications It Ia
impossible to state when communica.
ton will be open.
CREWS WALK ASHORE ON ICE.
New BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. l2.-lce
In the harbor Ia now Ave inches th ick,
anu crews from several imprisoned
vessels walked on the iceto Fairhaven
shore.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-13
FUNERAL OF KESNA.

,,s General t.!al scotield, commanding gen.
mi ,n W ,ue army, arrived unannounced,
re.s,0 0os ms teat at the end OF tho row
Tbsn u, ior the President and cabinet.
Blr Luz vns diplomatic corps, headed by
va. sunah Paunceiote, arrived and
a, eeeived with the same ceremony
nst,ss House, followed By the chief
sun,suanu the associate Justices of the
s"e Court Of the United States.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16

Of the houses where the police found IRON
bound doors began suits against the Chief
of Police TO prevent his men destroying
their property, and an injunction was
Issued.
One of the first places raided by the Off
GERS was S24 Washington street. and the
owners and occupants of the building were
among the first to bring suit against Chief
Crowley.
The police had torn down all the heavy
menced, and when the Superior Court inter-
fered with their work the Chinese went to
work and replaced the strong doors, defy
ing the Chinatown squad.
1t was Que Of the new doors that allowed
the shooter Of Fong Chong on Monday
night TO escape from the officers who were
in pursuit OF him.
Lum. knowing there was a heavy door
barring The narrow stairway at S24
Washington street and an escape TO the
roof beyond the door, lav in wait for
his victim at the street entrance to
the stairs. AS Fong Chong passed Lum
stepped from the doorway and shot him in
the back. and as the man fell deliberately
leaned over bin and fired two shots into his
body as he lay writing on the street
Thrn Lum ran up Washington street few
yards. turned and ran back 10 the stairway
at s24 Washington street and up the narrow
stairs.
Officer Furlong of the Chinatown squad
had run from the police station on Wayerly
place across to the spot where the wounded
man lay, and saw Lum run mp the stairs
After the highlander the officer went and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
The Heapon Used.

had almost overtaken him when Lum shut
behind him the heavily barred door at the
top OF the landing, aud the officer could
proceed no farther One OF the very doors
which the proprietOrs of the place have
sued Chief Crowley for ordering destroyed
barred the way Of the officer and enabled
the shooter to make good his escape.
FuTlOng procured An AK and after fifteen
minutes work broke open the door, but
Highlander Lum was far away before the
door was broken.
The door was found TO be of heavy wood.
securely braced and bolted. and fitted with
q lock that fell in place when IL was closed
All the time the officers were at work
chopping down the door there were a score
or more of Chinese inside the place, any
one OF whom could have lifted the braces
and let the officers in. but they were evil
IDENTIFY In league with Lum. and proposed
II possible, to see he got away scot free.
They were successful and the police / ave
no hope of ever finding the highbnder.
Yesterday Sergeant Gilien issued new or
ders to his squad, In effect as follows
Break down every door that Is barred
and bolted as a barricade, Injunction or no
injunction, suit or no suit. Search every
ChiDaman you suspect of carrying a con-
cealed weapon, and il you find a weapon on
him. no matter who or what he is, IL the
Consul himself, bring him to the station
Arrest every known yagrant in Chinatown,
81 propose" said Sergeant Glen. 'to stop
this highlander business, and | am satisfied
have squad that can do 1t If the courts
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
A TIMELY "REMINISCENCES.
The Hawaiian Islands Once Under
British Protection.
Hartford Courant.


Fifty years ago this month interestng
news arrived from Honolulu. Against the
protest of the captain OF one Of our ships,
then lying in the haIbor. the Hawaiian flag
had been forcibIy hauled down, the British
flag hoisted In its place, and the islands placed
as far as a formal proclamation could
effect that result-under the protection"
of John Bull The Oh ef actors in the affair
were the British Consul and British naval
officer, Lord George Paulet, commanding
the Carysfort frigate.
Acting OH the advice Of the Yankee cap
tain the Hawaiian King commissioned one
OF his subjects 10 hasten to Washington and
London, relate what had occurred, and de-
mand redress. The Secretary of State was
not in Washington at that time. but the en-
told his story. 'We'l wait the result OF
your mission to England" said Daniel
Webster, 'and then. If that Government
does not disayow the acts OF Lord George
Paulet, Wen make a fuss"
The messenger went to England and Dip
lomatic cores pondence ensued. In the
course OF 1t the American Minister, Edward
Everett, instructed To that effect by the Sec
rotary of State, notified the British Govern
ment that the Hawaiian Islands were not
mere ordinary, everyday islands at the dis
pOsal OF the first conner. they stood in
peculiar relations" to the United States,
and the United States took n corresponding
interest in their affairs. 1--WE might even"
wrote the American dipl0matIst, feel JUS
tilted, consistently with our own principles,
in Interfering by force TO prevent their fall
ing into the hands OF one OF the powers Of
Europe"
John Bull growlei and grumbled, but he
got out, and the Hawaiian flag resumed
business at the old stand.
More than that, the British and French
Governments solemnly coyeHanied and
agreed with each other not To attempt TO prig
the Hawaiian Islands either in whole or in
part, either directly or indirectly. The
United States had an invitation, we believe,
TO become party to this International self
DENYING ordinance. but declined IL
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.
An Amendment Believed to Indicate
Removal.


Representative Hilborn proposed an
amendment to the appropriation bill which
made quite a hutter in the United States
Circuit Court clerks Office yesterday.
The amendment was to the effect that the
Circuit Judge of the ninth circuit may ap-
point bis own clerk. and the measure went
through without any opposition.
There are seven districts in California
and only two Judges, who are authorized
by law to appoint clerk. This law is now
wiped out by the amendment. so that ths
position OF the present clerk, l.. >. b. Saw
yer, is considered very critical. The office
is worth $1,000 year and has perquisites at
tsched. which makes the appointment worth
about $4,000 year.
Sawyer has been clerk for nearly twenty
years. as clerk and commissioner, and IN
the latter capacity was in authority over
now one of the Circuit judges.
judge Mckenna has recently come into
politics and is said to be DESTROYS of select
ing his own clerk while Judge Gilbert de-
clined to remove Sawyer, who did not pro-
pose to resign. This amendment is sup
posed TO be some compromise out OF the
difficulty.
Judge McKenna was seen yesterday, but
declined to discuss the matter.
Clerk Sawyer expressed his surprise at
the step of which he had only been apprised
by seeing it in print. The Office work re-
quired considerable experience, and he
hardly thought that any immediate or
radical change was contemplated. He had
never heard of any dissatisfac ton, was on
excellent terms with the Judges and could
not understand the way in which tie pro-
posed move was being made. Judge Gil
bert was in Oregon, but just before his de-
parture had expressed himself in the most
friendly way 10 him.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
THROUGH THE HEART.
Suicide of e. j. Atkinson, a Drummer
From Chicago.

Some children who were playing on VIII
lard avenue, between McAllister and fulton
streets. yesterday afternoon, between ) and
6 O'clock. saw a man stretched along the
side of fence of vacant lot.
Thinking the man was drunk the children
told some laborers who were grading the
was dead.
A revolver lying on the ground close to
his right hand and wound in the left
breast over the heart told tale of suicide
The police were notified and the body was
removed in the patrol wagon to the Morgue.
In the dead mans pocGets we're found
cards and letters showing that his name vas
L. j. Atkinson. that he was guest at the
Palace Hotel, aud that he WAS a travelling
salesman for George 5. Knapp, furniture
dealer of Wabash avenue, Chicago.
In his pockets were also found cards Of
Mrs. J. ID. Atkinson and So so in coin.
The deceased was very handsome young
man. of blonde complexion and was fault
lessly dressed.
A reporter of THE CALL visited the
Palace Hotel and ascertained that Akin
son registered on February 3, the register
bearing the signature. "E. j. Atkinson.
Chicago" and he was assigned TO room 343
Tha: was all the hotel people knew about
him.
Mrs. J. d. Atkinson could not be seen
last night. as she was not at home, but it
was ascertained that she was the mother of
the suicide and during the day had worried
very much about him. as he had been sick
and despOndeLt on account OF money mat
tiers. The deceased was about 90 years Of
age. Two years ago he left for Chicago
where be obtained the position of travelling
salesman for the furniture firm.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
RAPID TRANSIT.
Its Effect in Building Up Our Great


Springfield Union.
The time Is coming when we shall board
a railway train for Boston or New York
and get there before we get settled into our
seats for a nap. A rapid transit road Is
building between Vienna and Buda-Pesth.
and an electric locomotive is being con-
structed which will cover the distance be-
tween the two cities at the speed of 125 miles
an hour An electric railroad is projected
between Paris and Brussels, distance of
1872 miles, which will be trayersed in eighty
minutes. or at the speed of nearly $50 miles
an hour, and trains will be running within
two or three months. The electric road
now building between Chicago and st.
Louis, distance of $50 miles, is likely to be
an object of national interest, inasmuch as
1t is hoped to have 1t in operation before the
Worlds Fair is over. The projectors are
more modest than the Europeans in their
estimate of the speed TO be attained, but they
fix it at over a mile minute.
1t lie an interesting inquiry what the effect
of this rapid transit between great cities
Will be upon the cities themselves. Ii We
may judge OF the results OF rapid transit
between cities and their suburbs, we must
expect a scattering rather than concen-
tration OF population. The problem of the
cities will take on new phase. between
Chicago and st. Louis 1t is expected that
towns and villages will grow rapidly, and
that the cities Will come 10 be the shops and
warehouses; and the country places the
dormitOries If the people. There need be
no more slums aud crowded districts in the
cities, and many OF the social. political and
economic problems which now puzzle us
will be greatly changed if not solved.
Another point Will occur to many people
in connection with the coming speed OF
travel: How about its safety? IL a
smasb-up occurs at speed OF 125 or $50
miles an hour it is quite safe to say that the
passengers would never know what hurt
them, which might be au advantage or not,
according TO ones point Of view. OF course
the greatest precautions must be used
against accident. Grade crossings would
be entirely out of the question. Perhaps
high and close fences will be needed 20 pre-
vent all approach TO the tracks, and the
most perfect signaling systems will be re-
qured. IL the electric-road people solve
the problem of safety with rapidity it will
not be- long before the people demand that
the steam railroads OF the country follow
suit and guard equally we'll against acci-
dpnf
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
WATERFRONT NOTES.
Departure of the Australia for Homo
Lulu and Sydney.

lIiu ouu Ot ulISg
All the cabin passengers Of the steamer
on this trip were booked for Honolulu, and
among them were: n. l. Avery, 2. Dunphy,
Hubert Dyer, Mrs. }. C. Eames, 5. Ehrlich.
J. W. Ernst, F. 4. Fulton. Miss Fulto 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. Green wood, Miss Green
wood. DR.. Hamilton. Miss a. H. Hasforth,
". l.. Higgins. Hen. W. G. Irwin, NJ
Kabsch, Miss L. b. knight. Miss M. II.
krout, Isaac Moore, ID. NoOnan, Miss L.
Phillips, Dr. and Mrs. j. OBJ. Pratt, Miss
NJ. D. Schenck, Miss Shsfter. Miss Stirling,
a N. Stewart, John St ddard. Miss a. II.
6toddsrd. Miss E. StOddard, DR.. a. j. Stone
and W. L. Thorn.
schooner a lien A left for the Sandwich
Islands yesterday with non-union crews.
The police were on hand when the men
were shipped, but their services were not
needed. Both vessels took cargoes Of
general merchandise.
The steamer City Of New York arrived
yesterday morning from Panama and re-
ports an uneventfnl voyage except a few
days Of rough weather. Among the pas
burn OF Kingston, \. Y. who are cireling
tie United States on wedding tour, and
c. i. Haseltine. Glasgow shipbuilder.
The steamer Crescent City, Captain
Thomas, will replace the steamer Elsie on
the Alaska summer mail route between
Oonalaska and Sitka, making a monthly
tip between the two points and way ports.
The brig Mauna Ala, Captain Smith,
arrived last night from the Sandwich
Islands with cargo Of sugar. The vessel
left day before the Hawaiian revolution
took place, and the crew were surprised to
hear that tho ISLANDS had been practically
annexed to the United States
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
HIGHLANDER WAYS
A Policeman Baked by a
Strong Door.
AN ARREST WAS PREVENTED.
The Injunction That Stayed the Police
in the Work of Removing Bar
riers Against Investigation.

The shooting of FOpg Chong, Chinese
storekeeper, by highlander IN front Of S24
Washington street last Tuesday night, and
the fact that one of tie strong doors that are
to be found in many of the houses in the
Chinese quarter prevented the officers from
reaching the shooter, has led to a renewal
by the police of the war upon the places
where the narrow stairways are barricaded
with doors that defy the sharpest axes and
the strongest arms.
Some months ago Sergeant James W.
Gillen and his squad of ununiformed officers
were detailed in Chinatown for the express
purpose of hunting out aud breaking up
every house in Chinatown where there was
a barred door. Officers B. McManus. G.
Woolweber, T. Furlong. W. p. Dalton and
a. E. Holmes composed the squad, and they
began their work of breaking down the
barbados with locks and bolts in system
attic manner, when they were stopped by an
order of the Superior Court. The occupants
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Sultan OF Lahore has 100000 900 in
jewels.
Uncle Sam pays S9O,OOO.OOO year in
salaries.
There are over 5000 schoolhouses in West
Virginia
Only one full-rigged ship was built in
Maine last year.
Another wild man is reported to be rowing
about Tennessee.
Kansas is the only State in the Union that
produces reeled silk.
Women are employed at railway switches
ana crossings in Italy because they do not
get Intoxicated so often.
Three thousand four hundred and seventy
new buildings were erected in Pittsburg
during the year ending January 81.
The old Greeks used beds supported on
iron frames, while the Egyptians had
couches shaped rude like easy chars with
hollow backs and seats.
A prisoner was discharged Mt Lexington,
Mo-. last week because the officials objected
to the town being at the expense of heating
the jail for only one prisoner.
A young American woman who claims to
have spent several years in the harem Of
the Sultan, saws that among the seventy
beauties" four were Americans, two Eng
lish. four French and six Russian.
The Atlanta Constitution is responsible
atwO-headed woman in Lou isana. who sings
in a church choir, and has two distinct
v0ices-tenor ana soprano.
There are now In New Zealand seventy
eight butter and cheese factories. The
farmers receive about cents gallon for
their milk. The butter is forwarded TO
England. The freight charges for the en-
tire distance of 1900 miles are about 3
cents pound.
An electric engine has been designed for
ordinary passenger traffic on sub-city line
in London which admits OF its motors being
revolved when the train is at staDdstlI.
1t operates on a center rail system, and
many economical advantages are claimed
for it.
Charles Francis Adams of Boston has
offered TO erect monument to the memory
of Miles Standish providing the Wey-
mouth Historical Society will secure a site
in the Wessagussett settlement. where STAN
dish fought his decisive conflict with the
Indians.
II. S. Campbell. resident OF Norh Salem,
Ind, claims to have found a stone in, the
bottom OF creek near his home which re-
sembles in size and shape well-trimmed
horn. The curiosity weighs sixty-seven
pounds. Mr.. Campbell intends exhibiting
il at the Worlds Fair.
One day last week the young son Of a
Mr.. Davis Of Roslyn, Va, is reported to
have found ina rats nest valuable watch.
1t is OF solid silver, 1t is claimed, with
eighteen jewels. a compass and several
other features that are not found IN the
modern watch.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16
Phillips Brooks and the Children.

Nothing seemed to give him greater
pleasure" said Thomas Ii. Howard. the
superin sndent at st. Andrews parish
than to have children near him. He liked
to get off in one corner among group OF
lttlo children aud play with and fondle
them.
Il remember one instance" continued
Mr.. Howard. with faint smile, when DR..
Brooks dissrranged our plans completely,
and this disarrangement almost resulted in
a small riot. He always attended our Christ
mas festivals, and was always eager to take
All active part IN the distribution of the
gifts and in the festivities in general. This
occasion in particular was the year before
he was consecrated. and the exercises were
going along swimmingly. We had a regu-
larly arranged programme, which provided
for the giving out of the bags Of candy at
the very last.
well. DIR. Brooks was surrounded by a
crowd of the smaller children, the babies I
the mission, and about the time that the ex-
erc;ses were about half over these little
ones began to clamor for candy and the doc
tor couldn't stand their plradings. He SIM
ply got up and commenced to unload the
tree OF its sweets, tossing the bags of candy
to the little ones No sooner had he begun
to do this than the older children. perhaps
grade higher, raised a great rumpus, and
there was nothing for US 10 do but to shut
DR.. Brooks off. call a halt and restore
ar,iarv
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-16

forth to seek rest in some favored country
spot under the grateful shade OF the spread
ing scrub oak. But Claffey had never be-
fore been taken with fever OF change, and
there were foreb0dings among his creditors.
Some doubtful spirits even went so far as
to dsbeleve the explanations of Claffey' 5
friends. Time wore Oh and Claffey Ie-
turned not. The unbelievers began to null
tiply alarmingy and the explanatory
friends began TO take to their holes.
Things grew darker for the erstwhile gay
and festive gOuTmand He W no was wont
for twenty years past TO receive daily his
share of terrapin and yellow label at the
hands of Claffey's ObseQuous gaTcons now
sneaked sadly into the doors OF some COM
mon hostelry and satisfied his inner man
with beefsteak .and ham and eggs.
CIaffey's friends have almost given up
hope Of seeing him again, and now comes
some unknown one and says that Claffey
has written letter in which be deprecateS
the necessity Of his enforced absence. but
states that he considers the air of Canada
IS Of freer feeling than CALIFORNIA;.
Furthermore this same mysterious epistle
locates Claffey at Montreal settled down
among the other rich swels who find the
climate there more bealthtul than that OF
the United States.
j CALL Tenorter yesterday afternoon
visited Edward Ohlen. for a long time Olaf
fev's business manager and right-hand man.
Ohlen's remarks on the subject OF his
former employer were brief and tersely de-
liveTed. The eX-manager greeted the CALL
man with a pleasant smile, but at mention
Of Claffey frown darkened his brow.
DO [ think Claffey is in California at
PRESENT. Well ! wish l knew he was. I'd
ike to see him for little while just to talk
TO him. And there's a lot Of other good
men in this town who'd like TO see him,
TOO"
They'd like to see about SIS, 900 of his
money, perhaps" suggested the reporter
"Humph! more than that, and a good
deal more than that" replied OMEN tenta-
lively. But he wouldn't say Just how much
more. Il is probably $4,000 worth Of bills,
according to the best reports, that Claffey
left unsettled. But the whole affair is
shroUded in deep mystery. and there is only
one thing certain ia Ii all, and that is the
undisputa bic fact that G. E. Claffey.
proprietor Of the Mercantile Lunch. has
went and is not 10 be found.