The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-10-26

The country sis pestersd with an I'M
usaai number Of lunatics. The teIegrnphic
reports tell Us that great many Of them
want to assassinste the president. No
other president has ever been 20 closely
| guarded from dangerous cranks ~ 10 Mr..
Cleveland now. The precautions taken
for his protection are unprecedented.
There seems 10 be an epicemic Of lunacy
at present, and demented persons gener-
ally make the White house their mecca.
An average Of two Of them each day have
called 10 see the chief magistrate during
the last month. Most Of them are harm
less, but few are disposed to be violent.
Ordinarily 1t il very difficult for crank
to approach the president. Just now It
Is practically impossible. Each visitor at
the White house must undergo rigid
scrutiny before being admitted. Then
there stands at the presidents chair q
Cerberus in the person Of trusted en-
ploye named Loeffler; his orders being
that only members Of the cabinet shall
be admitted, there is no chance TO get by
bin. But the portal is further protected
by an attendant placed there within the
last few days for the express purpose oil
looking out for cranks. He carries gun
which he would not hesitate to use Il
there was occasion. But for the treat
ment OF lunatics Of all sorts at the White
house the suariier in modo Is preferred to
the }orfiter inre, and Mr.. Thurber smooths
their ruffiei feelings and gets rid OF them
in nearly every instance without the
slightest disturbance.
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The Denver News publishes sensa-
tional story to the effect that DR.. T.
Thatcher Graves. the famous poisoner,
who. was supposed to have committed
suicide in Jail, is not dead. It is main
tanned pine log occupied the coffin in.
stead Of his body. The story is given on
the authority Of Charles N. Chandler, a
weslthy citizen Of Thomas Centre, Conn.
Graves old home, where he is supposed
to be buried. Chandler and fellow.
towusmsn. Stephen Morse, are now in
Denver. They declare that the coffin was
opened at the grave against the protests
OF the widow and found TO contain pint
log, and that the supposed dead doctor IL
now enjoying freedom in foreign coun.
try. A rumor has been current some
time that the body carried fr,m the
county jail was really wax, and that the
parties to ths deception were some high
officials and secret organization. This
rumor IL strengthened by the refusal to
allow the remains to DO viewed except by
the most intimate friends, and by the
further fact that the widow refused to
allow the remains to be enbalmed.
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A brief description Of the terrible scene
at the Battle Greek railroad wreck on the
goth inst in which twenty-six persons
were instantly killed and twenty-segen
more SO horribly burned and mangled
that de III may ensue, is given In the fol.
lowing p ,ragraph: Were you to build
a raging fire, and above 1t grid iron, and
on that place City human beings you
could get some idea OF the scenes which
were enacted Oh, it was frightful and
the memory Of it can never be erased
from my mimi. One poor woman was
pinioned In the wreck to her waist. In g
frantic endcavor to extricate her man
pulled of one OF her hands. 1t was the
most terrible sight ever saw. All about
Us were men, women and children held
fastin burning embers, slowly roasting
before the eyes of would-be saviors. saw
one poor child with rod pierced clear
| through his body. He screamed in his
torture. He was dragged from the wreck.
Other sights equally painful were to be
seen in every direction. The horror OF il
all was beyond description. No mere
words con do it justice"
Secretary Carlisle, In reply to Senator
Stewards resolution asking for informa-
ton on the state Of the treasury, says
"The actual expenditures for the first
quarter Of the present fiscal year amount
to sos, 45S.127, and il continued at the
same ratio for the balance Of the yeaf
would be about s2o.s36.5os in excess Of
the estimates for the year. and would also
show an excess Of expenditures over the
supposed actual receipts for the year esti-
mated. Of $76,3l8, 1888. - A simple
calculation will show that with the small
working balance in the treasury, and
which has been decreasing in varied
ratios for several years, II there be no Inn
portant internal receipt Of revenues for
the remaining three-fourths Of the present
fiscal year and no legislative reduction OF
the expenditures. there may be contem-
plated deficit at the end OF the year Of
$50. 000, 900 in the revenues and $50 ,oOo,-
900 with reference to the estimates"
So
The people OF the great breadth Of
country directly interested In the success
of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany will rejoice at the news that Willard
has been incontinently kicked out OF the
controlling councils Of that corporation.
The chief interests Of the road have been
snbordinated TO the Willard spirit OF plum
der so long and so continuously that the
chief purposes for which the company was
organized have been only scantily realized,
while the millions made by the operation
of the line and the use Of its grant have
gone down deep into the private Golfers Of
Willard and bis henchmen who were
never actuated by generous impulse In
the work of their management. The
Ives spirit will now predominant and the
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