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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
House Proceedings.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 2l.-IspecIaL 1.-The house met
at 10 0 clock.
On motion of Mcmillan the committee on rules
was instructed to report rules for the govern
ment of the house at ths earliest possible date.
Mr.. Tucker offered a resolution instructing
the chairmen OF all standing committees to posi-
notices of all meetings on the house bulletin
boards. Adopted.
The following bills wers introduced, read arss
and second times by title and referred to the
proper committees:
H. b. Nc 90, by hidden OF spokane-To es.
tablish a general normal school board and dxs
ing the status of normal school diplomas
H.B. No. 81, by westfail of spokane-To es-
tabl .sh a normal school at Cheney.
Ii. b. No 92 by Smith OF Dougias-To create
boards OF public highways and TO provide for the
expenses OF same
II. B. No. 90. by Anderson Of Whitman-To
regulate raj road freight rates.
III. B. No o. by Moore of Skamanfa-Relating
TO school districts.
H. B. No. e5, by Webb of King-Msking It .
misdemeanor tohandle cans OF tsh not plainly
branded.
II. L. No. e6. by Greenberg of Spokane-Re.
lating to the assessment and collection of taxes
in cities of the first class.
Ii. b. No. 81, by Collin OF Spokene-Relsting
to tha election OF Uaited States senators by tho
IL 3. No es, by McElwain of King-Yixlns
fees of justices of the peace.
Ii. b. No. 80, by McElwain OF King-Relating
20 the issuance, service and return Of justices
processes by persons other than sheritfs and
constables.
II. b. No. 100, By McElwain OF King-Relating
TO costs in civil actions.
HB. No. I0i, by Mulkey OF whitmau-To le-
gaize and confirm the acts of cities reincorpor.
ated under the law OF March "a, 1880
H. B. No. l02, by Bush OF Pacihc-To amend
sections 27s and 279 OF the penal code OF 1891.
H. b. No. 103. by Bush of Chehalis-Coucern.
ing the right of eminent domain.
IL B. No. l0i, by Bush of Chehalis-Relating
to liens on real estate.
H. b. No. 105, bv Bush of Chehalfs-Relating
TO liens on real property.
II. B. No. LOG, by Gilman OF King-Rslating 70
wills and the custody thereof aud relating to
the destroying OF wills.
H. h. No l07, By Baker of Pierce-Exemptjng
homestead Improvements in the sum OF $l,0o0
from taxation.
message from the senate announced that
the president OF that body had signed house
billNo Is. and on motion of Morrison IL was or.
dered transmitted 20 the governor at once.
Morrison submitted report of the joint COM
mittee on rules recommending that the joint
rules OF the last session be adopted as the joint
rules OF this session, and the report was adopted
At l. o'clock the house went into Joint session
with the senate. After the dissolution OF the
joint convention the house adjourned until
Monday q. 1850 O'Clock, that time being fixed
in order to give the representatives who desired
to spend Sunday at home opportunity to
reach the capital before the opening OF Mon
dav'a seSsiou
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Committee on Worlds Fair Matters o.
BE AppoInted-schoolE Fund Rili.

BE Appointsd-school Fund Bni.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 2L-t5peciaL AT tho opening
OF the senste this morning a resolution BIZ Frink
of King, providing for the appointment of 3
special committee of three TO consider all mat
ters pertaining to the Worlds fair or thu
Worlds fair commission. was adopted.
The committee on constituti on and revision
reported favorabIy on Eastsrday's bill relative
to the investment OF the public school fund, and
the bill was passed. all present voting in the
Affirmative The object Of the blu 10 stated IN
section l, which says:
At the general election TO be held in Noven.
Der, 1891 there shall bs submitted TO the Quaii-
ned electors OF the state of Washington for their
approval the following amendment 10 section
OF article 10 OF the constitution OF the state Oh
Wash ugson:
.'sec. 5 Nope OF the permanent school fund Of
this state shall ever be loaned TO private persons
or corporations. but il may be invested in na-
tionai- state, county, municipal or school dis.
trict bonds"
The object OF the amendment Is to add school
district bonds TO the list OF securities in which
permanent school money may be invested.
Bills were introduced and referred. as followsa
By Roberts of Walia waIa-Establisaing pub
lie libraries in cities of 5000 or over.
By Forsyth of Cowiltx-Fo amend the coda
relative TO costs IN civil actions before justices
OF The peace.
BY Dyer Of King-Regulating fec. of county
Clerks Tor services rendered ex-ottcio clerk os
the superior court In probate cases.
Senate bill No l., for the relief of local
boards of tide and shore land appraisers, under
the act approved March 26, 1870, was made
special order for Monday The last legislature
failed. through an oversight, TO make an appro-
pration for the services of these boards and Ger.
tfcates OF Indebtedness have been issued by
the state auditor TO the appraisers OF the coun-
ties OF Whatcom, kitsap, Thurston, Jefferson,
sprague. snoaomish and Pacific, amounting
with interest to $4,000.
After the joint session the senate adjourned
until l. 80 a III. on Monday.
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The Iron Hall Swindle.

ELMIRA, n. T., Jan. 21-A member of
the Order of Iron Hall residing in this
city recently wrote to Judge James G.
Young, of Kansas City, chief attorney
general and receiver of the order in the
United States. In reply Judge Young
makes sensational charges of embezzle-
ment and robbery against Supreme Judge
Somerby and other officers of the order.
Among other things he says:
1t ought to be sufficient for the membership
of the order to know that Somerby and his
crowd collected over s1i ,000.0 from the men,
bership. conceding that the books were correct,
though 1t is developing that much more has
been collected than was ever entered on the
books. Out OF that s. 001,0 900 was paid on ma
tured claims, 81, 900 900 is the hands of a re-.
ceiver, and s2,000,OOJ has, to put il mildly. been
msappropriated But the facts are that 81, )00,-
eco mas been actually embezzled, and the other
81. 100000 has disappeared without any possible
excuse or explanation ever yet offered by the Old
Somerby gang. The only explanation that they
offer is that IL was necessary 10 put sl700, ,010
more into worthless hanks in Philadelphia in
order to save $500 900 already there. IL has been
recently developed that the first 100000 taken
from the bank at Indianapolis was carried to
Philadeiphia and there deposited or assumed TO
have been deposited in the. Mutual Banking
Trust and Safe Deposit Company did not remain
there over night. but was divided by the gang
before they ieit the Office aud each one carried
home money. They used 1t and never returned
it, but subsequently placed fictitious securities
aad pretended that the money was loaned. The
bank examiner made an examination which re-
vealed the fact that there is only $57,0Oo III the
bank. He made an assessment OF $4,000 and
gave them forty-eight hours to get the money.
Davis, who had anticipated trouble. then had
100000 OF our Iron Hall choice securities. He
went 10 New York and disposed of them for a
loan OF 100000, drawing check for the amount
These securities are still IN the hands of that
bank and we cannot get them without giving
up $4,000 OF the money now III the hands OF the
receivers. This money was taken to the Phila-
de phia bank, but even that did not save them,
and the bank ordered closed.
Young goes on at length, stating that
Somerby began his career as a swindler
by defraudng II. c. Mckibben, of Kansas
City, out of 5000. from 1864 10 1866 Then
he went to Detroit and swinded the
Chosen Friends of that city out of large
amounts. Afterwara, hiring himself to
the Iron Hall, he ingratia;ed himself into
the affections of creduous women and in
experienced men, and made himself sort
of deniood
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THE JOINT CONVENTION.
BalIoting Proceeds Calmly-Kutter Re-
furns to the AlLen Ranks.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 2i-.speoial. l-The joint con-
vention balloting today was conducted calmly
The interest In the proceeding was undated,
but ex pectation of startling changes was grs.i-
fed by 10 Que except Senator kutter. who re-
turned to the Allen side on the first ballot,
creating a wave Of surprise and a slight demon
slra.ion.
Before the bslOting commenced, President
Luce made the following announcement con-
cernlng his ruling yesterday. permitting the in.
PRODUCTION Of the McCroskey resolution:
Yesterday there were some matters brought
before this joint convention which ala not have
q direct bearing on the subject Tor which this
ioint convention was assembled. he char was
OF the opinion thai, having ta<sn one ballot Tor
SET aior as directed Dy .sw, other fnaiiers could
be acted on, but a!teg lurtGer iuY stlgat.on yes
te.day the chair Is OF the opinion that matters
not having a direct bearing here Got IL
order, and IL is so ruled
At previous sessions of the Joint convention,
the bailo,.ng had been conducted by calling the
rolls Of the senate and house separately, but
today tie practice was followed oil calling Tut
one roll, senators and representatives voting IN
their alphabetical order. Senator Sarseant was
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Two Firemen Killed At Rochester.

ROCHESTER. n. Y. Jan. 2l.-A disastrous
fire broke out tonigh: IN the McKay build
ing. Half an hour after the alarm was
given corner wall fell upon three fire.
men. killing one fireman and injuring two
others. One of these latter died three
hours later The names of the firemen are
Sylvester W. Burns. John Hess. killed
and Alfred Sackett. who escaped with a
broken leg. The building was occupied by
nearly dozen manufacturing concerns.
1t is estimated that the loss on the con-
tents OF the building IS 5000, 900; about half
insured. The loss on the building is S50,-
600, and insurance $35, 900.
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Dan CoughIin's New Trial.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.-At a conference today
between Daniel CoughlIn, his father and
two Of his attorneys it was decided that no
application for bail will be made nor will
q writ OF habeas corpus be taken for secur-
ing defendants temporary liberty. While
no lawyers have been retained for the
pending trial, it is understood that Messrs.
Forrest, Donahoe and Judge Wing will
continue in the defense. CoughiIn was
visited by his aged father this morning.
and the meeting was pathetic in the ex-
treme. No one would recognize the sturdy
detective of fthree years ago in the wrecked
frame and thin and bent form he now pre-
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sleeper. There were only four passengers
In the car, all of whom we're injured,
Prot. Henry W. Rolfe, of the University
OF Pennsylvania, and A. A. Storm, q
wholesale jeweler of New York, the most
seriously.
The scenes in the hospital room at Alton
where the wounded were removed were
most pathetic. Dirty, oil-soaked rags were
cut away from the bodies and laid bare the
horrible work Of the burning oil. The
hands and faces were all scorched and
bleeding. lips and noses all swollen and
distorted. eyes either burned out or flame
eaten and encrusted with blood and
ous1 Many hands were burned to crisp,
hngers missing and arms broken. Several
Victims when uncovered were found 10 be
without cuticle, the flames having cooked
ana burned 1t until it either chung to the
Clothing in removal or fell awav of It's own
accord. Soon by each bier, with anxious,
'ear-ssalned faces and disheveled appear
ance, stood relatives and friends. whisper
ing words OF comfort INTO dying ears, Sob
ning words of cheer that were half choked
IN utterance.
Later second train arrived from Wann
with tour mems bodies, and the same
scenes were re-enacted. Several of the
injured constantly begged to be killed,
that they might be freed from
pain. "Oh. I'm blind" moaned one:
.! feel that my eyes are gone.
On, l could stand all. everything;
but to be without eyes-that is too much.
l want to die. want to die!" And then
loving mother bowed low over the moan
ing form and buried her tear-stained and
misery-convulsed form in the clothing
that shielded her son. Several little boys
were among the victims. and their means
were the most distressing of all.
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Atlantic & Pacific strike Ended.

ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, Jan. N.-After a
week OF investig CATION and talk pro and
con between the striking machinists on
the Atlantic & Pacific road and the super
intendents, the strike has come To an end.
4 committee OF machinists agreed to
accept the compromise offered, by the
company. The strikers wanted So 45 per
day in the shops here and 1910 IN the
shops ont on the road. The company
offered cents per day less and at the con-
terence last evening the strikers agreed to
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not present when the first ballot was taken.
The vote stood:
Seuate-Aiieu Is. Turner & Grirgsq
House-Anen S5, Turner Is. Griggs "a, Tsats ..
Senator Sergeant voted in the second ballot,
which resulted:
Senste-Allen II, Turner 8, Griggse
House-Atien 81, Turner To- Griggs IA. Teats ..
Iotal-Allen 81. Turner "A, Griggs 27 Teass 8.
Senators kinnear and Claypool were rivals in
trying to secure recognition from the chair to
make motion to dissolve. Kinnear was recog.
nized, made the motion, and the convention
dissolved until Monday noon
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Three Killed by \ Boiler ExnIosion.

GOSHEN, Ind. Jan. PA water works
boiler at Naphanese exploded this after
noon, killing three men and injuring two
others. The killed are n. A. Franck, of
the town board; George Parker and Elec-
trician Johnson. The injured are Jonas
and Whistler, boilermakers.
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SuffOcated by Natural Gas.

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 21.-As there were
no rigns of life at the home of Henry
O'Neal at O'Clock this morning, friends
broke in to find the father, mother, sister
and daughter lying almost at the point of
death. They were sutiocated by natural
gas. The physicians succeeded in resusi-
tating all but the sister and daughter, who,
it is believed, are fatally affected.
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Dr. J. Eugene Jordan has removed from the
Yesler residence 10 sale Deposit building.
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Louisiana Murderers Lynched.

NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 2L-Last night
mob oyerpoxered the jailer, at Convent,
81. James parish, and took out tso
negroes, Robert Landy and Piekens
George. and carried them short distance
TO a shed. where they hanged them. The
bodies were still hanging this morning.
The ofense charged against them was
murder and robbery.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

Sheridan gave almost no promise
IN childhood of his future brilliancy.
His mother pronounced Richard
Brinsley" to be tho dullest and
and most hopeless Of her sons, "
aud no was sent home from
DR.. Whyte's academy with the rep.
utation Of being an impenetrable
Ounce, who wrote think" for
thing" But no must have been
able 70 think thing or two even in
those days, for at twenty six he had
writton tho School for Scandal OF
which Leigh Hunt observed, ut is q
very concentration and capitalization
OF all that Is sparkling, clear and
compact In the materials of pure
comedy" II should, however be
mentioned that a more judicious of
the youthful sheridan's preceptors,
Samuel parr, one Of tho masters at
Harrow, detected tho latent spark
OF his pupils genius and aided il
BY judicious cultivation. - London
Standard.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06
Clocks In India.

Clocks are regarded as curiosities
by the liindoos, and for this reason
half q dozen or more timepieces are
often found in the apartments of
wealthy Hindoostanees. They arc
not used as timepieces, but simply
for ornament, since the old fashioned
way OF telling the hour of the day in
India, by calculating tho number OF
bamboo lengths the sun has Travelled
above the horizon, is entirely salts
factory TO the natives.
IL Is said that in the country police
station in India, where the European
division of the hours is observed
time Is measured by placing in a tub
OF water a copper pot in which a
small hole has been bored. II is sun.
posed that it will take one hour for
the water to leak out into the Dot SO
as to fill 1t and sink it. When the DO.
hceman sees that the pot has disap
peafed he strikes the hour upon a
bell'hke gong. Ii he is smoking and
iozing the copper pot may have dis.
appeared several minutes before he
discovers the fact, but the hour is
when hestrikes the gong. Pearsons
Weekly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06
A,,.aaaas. ., csareh.

a clergyman ON certain occasion
having spoken OF the church attend,
anee IN a certain town as rathe,
poor. bishop Brooks, In entire un.
consciousness OF his own power Of
drawing, oorrected him, saying that
he had recently preached in the town
ana had found the attendance no.
markahly good On another ooca.
sion no expressed his disagreement
with the assertion that II Is hard 10
get people 10 20 10 church, for the
same reason--it had been his oxferi.
ence that people were glad 10 70 90
church. New York Tribune
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06
Jenouoa Corroborated.

Tho biggeat gsh story of ths seasoi
comes from saltwater, says the Green
wich, N. " Recorder, and strange {,
say bears the evidence OF truth. Abou
month ago Tom Jefferson was fshin,
IN the Hudson md caught on TO u fisl
which pulled iiia out Of his skif. Jof
ferson'o story was laughed at when h,
told 1t and ho was told that he had beer
using too much "bGit." Last weel
Tuesday, William Tobin saw large
fish floating on the water, but not drift.
ing. He secured the dead fish and found
II caught by the gills on u strong hempen
line attached to something In tho bottom
OF the river. IL had in It's mouth the
identical spoon and red rag which JEFF.
ferson had lost. It was pike and
weighed twenty-seven pounds.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

Obstinate people, who in an areu
ment rely moro on muscularity thar
on intellectual power, rest the feet
nat and firm on the ground. walk
heavily and slowly, and stand with
", .ho legs firmly planted and far apart.
turned In toes are ot.en found with
preoccupied, absentminded persons.
The toes pointed and dragged ON the
ground with slow, measured step
give pompous appearance
rerplexity occasions irregular steps
ana abrupt movements, The prudent
walk Is measured and regular, en-.
ureiy free from hurry, agitation or
precipitation. The misers walk is
represented rs stooping, noiseless
with short, nervous. anxious steps. =
Pail Mall Gazette.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

600 tlef nhe nal ll,efsr sald =
ysmlnsng haldef ~ lhe du'nnsbi
isdnllne w. 90 elsFaht sl''f'n ff''rf
handling ~ = hahdesHhe Httlih alde
sssnaf "Well The fhen who TIT
ll,al no ssahf wwlh . dollaf ~ ihe
wmid liia tirn Nas slfnfle We
lel li,e owbef n The III Into bic eofi
Adabne who let him have Y ~, .
nlneiy nine yeaf ieaan NJ double The
fenlai he would have charged st
honest man Then 90 accommodate
Inc architect made plans f6f = sys,
900 btbldInR, iiese figures bsine ftf
The irokef, who was ~ get 7 pef
cent fn negotiating n $4,000 han
ffmn aH easlafn party ~ course
The owner ~ The lot, The architect
and The moief all know " would be
put ~ fu $4,000 Az This j0octufe
he transfers his lease and ownership
~ q friend The work proceeds
until some $4,000 " expended, aud
then there Ia n halt The original
scbemef gets out ~ the way with
about $1,000 for his trouble The
lender ~ the money investigates,
and finding that 10000 additional
will complete the job finally con
cludes to take II Oh the hands ~ the
friend, who IL 80 oonsiderate as 10
demand nothing for 10 doing.
"Of course the money lender is The
victim, because be thinks he In get
ting t26, 900 for sis, 1900. He doesn't
exactly understand ~, but is pleased.
The owner Of the land In happy, be.
cause bo gets double rent for The
land tho architect is happy In that
he IL paid $500 besides his regular
commission the brokers ret n in
stead Of tho legitimate q per cent.
md the schemcr and his friend have
upward Of $1,000, Sharp practice,
,bl know lots Of houses built on
wind here In Chicago Chicago |
Nail.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

A mule team behind which made
. journey early one cold, frosty
morning under the shadow Of Mount
Shasta were quite the slowest have
had the misfortune 10 meet Neither
Of them would pay tho slightest az.
tention TO the heavy rawhide whip
which the driver carried. His only
means Of aocelerating their speed
was by what he called ''heaving a
rock at 'em." for which purpose no
had his pockets full Of small stones
that no threw at intervals, hitting
ono or other Of the mules ON tho
beck, whercupon the team would
quicken their steps for time. A
heavy blow from tho whip failed
every time 70 produce tho effect that
was Instantly accomplished by tho
contact Of one Of the smallest Of
lhese pebbles with the rough gray
hides before us. San Francisco Cali.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

Hair is merely an appendage I,
the skin, and its loss has no effect a
all on the individual, except as Il
may render the head sensitive tc
cold But this is easily remedied by
artificial coverings in the samo way
as we supply other bodily losses by
false teeth, false legs and false arms
After all, what lends greater dignity
to man of mature years than a well
shaped bald headi IL is natures !
crown bestowed upon the active.
useful, intellectual life. Cor. New
York sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-06

did you ever see a talking dogf''
queried Simon Petrie, q member OF
the Ananins club, which was holding
an informal session at the Southern.
Tho president of tho club put his
head out Of the window, saw no sign
OF thunderbolts, and bade Mr.. Petrie
proceed. II had, when ! lived in
Dallas land Colonel Bill Sterritt will
make AFFIDAVIT to what I tell YOU,
one Of those long, woolly dogs with
short legs, commonly known as a
bench legged fee. / also had par
rot which / was teaching to talk.
Well, sir, that dog used to watch the
proceedings with so much interest
that ! finally concluded to try my
skill on him. In less than month
! had him taught TO say Good morn
ing. He pronounced it with
slightly Frenchy accent, but quite
plainly. You never saw a dog 50
proud of an accomplishment in your
life. He went about repeating 1t all
day.
"Ono morning he was sitting ON
tho sidewalk Ia front of tho house
when q fellow came along who had
boon making night Of it with the
boys. He snapped his fingers TO
Fido, and the latter babe him good
morning. 'W-what's thatf said the
fellow. Good morning, said Fido.
The fellow sat down on the edge Of
the sidewalk and looked at the dog.
which kept repeating his salutation. |
went out to SEQ what was the mat. |
Eer. The fellow pointed TO tho dog
and said, Mister, that dogs a-tallsin.
Dr. I've got the worst aggregation of
monkeys ever exhibited IN Dallas
,ounty. '"-st. Louis Globe Democrat.