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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-01

MOUNT VERNON, Jan. SL-[Special /
The first case OF smallpox in Skagit county
this winter was discovered yesterday at
Desmond, small logging station on the
Great Northern road. fifteen miles north
OF here and three miles from the Fairha-
ven & Southern junction. David Carter
came from Seattle eight days ago and
commenced work in McEiroy's camp. He
worked five days and took sick. -Four of
The crew skipped out as soon as smallpox
was mentioned and went TO Sedro. The
others stayed around. but refused TO at
tend TO Carter. Sheriff O'Laughiin sent
nurse up today and the nurse found the
SICK man deiirious. 1t is bad case Of
continent smallpox. 1t is not known what
place IN Seattle he came from.
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THE PLUMBERS JOY.
Thermometer Plays With Zero,
and Gives Him Work.
NEARLY A RECORD BREAKER.
Terrible Wind Storm on the Sound
Several Small Steamers swamped
storm Notes.

At O'Clock Yesterday morning the tier
mometer reached the lowest point ever
recorded in this city within the memory
Of the oldest residents. 1t registered de-
grees above zero, and the average for Mon
day night was about 10 degrees. In addi-
ton to this extreme cold there was a
heavy storm out on the Sound Monday
night which wrecked several steamers and
tossed things about generally. In the
city the frost played sad havoc with water
pipes, fruit, vegetables and everything
that was not completely protected, and
yesterday morning nearly everybody had
some loss to charge to mischievous Jack
Frost.
The official thermometer kept by Al
pheus Byers showed maximum tempera-
ture for the twenty-four hours preceding 5
O'Clock last evening, II; minimum. g.;
mean. 10; snowfall, 0; wind, O: clouds, 10.
Some of the private thermometers regis
tered from 2 to degrees below zero, but
this may be due to the difference in the
instruments. 1t might be possible that a
difference of or degrees exised in differ
ent parts of the city, in the more
unprotected portions away from
the immediate influence of the
water the cold being possibly a
little more intense. As no official record
was kept here previous to last year, it is
impossible to make an exact comparison
with the weather in previous years for
this particular locality, but the following
table is the result of observations by r.
NJ. Hoskinson at Port Blakeley for the
thirteen years previous to 1891, and it
shows that the only instance of as low a
temperature in that period was in 1898.
when the same degree of cold was reached !:
Summary FOB THIRTEEN YEARS.
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Made More Unpleasant by the Prospect
of q Coal Famine.

nj coal F8m1n0.
TACOMA, Jan. 3l.-[Special. There was
talk of coal famine today, in addition to
the cold weather gossip. Several reputa-
bic dealers said there were not over fifty
tons of coal in the city today. and if the
cold snap continued for a week there would
be disastrous coal famine. Hoyever. the
bulk of the dealers claimed that there is
plenty of coal and to spare. bus some of
such statements are refuted point blank
by rival dealers.
W. A. Rice, coal dealer, was filing orders
today and claimed to be abous the only
one who had full supply on hand.
At the Bucoda coal agency on Tenth
street it was stated this evenihg that it
was reported that there was not to exceed
fifty tons OF coal on sale in the city today.
4 large shipment of Bucoda coal will ar
rive tonight.
The railroad company is blame for the
scarcity by some OF the dealers. The
Carbon Hill Coal Company claims to have
an average amount on hand.
There is no indication of an advance in
prices. Some dealers quote Goa: at $3.50
per ton. others quote $3.50.
This evening the Pc wer and Light Com
pany, in the Washington block, shut
down for time on account OF q shortage
of fuel Later in the evening the light
plant was started up.
To-Day the thermometer relaxed and the
mercury raised to Is and % above. The
electric lines resumed operation after the
snow was shoveled off the tracks
Some of the "oldest inhabita ats" now
say that in 1873 the Puyallup river froze
over and the thermometer registered be-
low zero
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PORTLAND. Jan. 3l.-TSueciai.l-A. F..
winners. government inspector of lgh.
stations on the Oregon coast, has
submitted his report to Maj.
Handoury. At Umpqua light
tower and dwellings for keepers
are finished. but the light will not be
started at present for lack of funds. At
Hekla head only the foundation for
the tower is done. The completion
oil the lighthouses now in course of
construction will give the coast of
oregon "a fine e system OF lights as can be
desired. And when light shall have
been erected at the North Head ships
bound for the Columbia river will have
nothing TO complain Of
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Twenty-eight Below at Heleoa-SchOols
ClOaed. Business Suspe cd cd

hele00-SCnOOI0
Closed, Business Suspended.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 3l.-A blizzard ragged all
over the Northwest last night and today.
A driving snowstorm swept oyer st. Paul
during the morning. The WIND blew at
the rate of twenty miles per h;Jur, driving
the clouds of snow before 8. Reports
from the Northwest are meager at the
weather bureau, owing to prsstration of
the wires. Those received chow some
peculiar freaks of weather. AZ O'Clock
this morning at Helena it was % degrees
below zero, while at Missoula, little over
100 miles north, it was 10 degrees above.
At the former place there was high wind
from the west. Missoula was simultane-
ously catching a small hurricane from the
east. All through Montana. with the ex-
ceptlon or one point, the cold was intense.
In Portland it was Is degrees above and
in st. Paul Is. In Duluth it was degrees
below, at Winnipeg 10. and jamestown 9,
while at Fergus Falls, Grand Forks and
Fargo it was fully 20 degrees less cold,
with high wind from different points in
each of the six places. The snowfall in
the Northwest was not enough to cause
serious delay, but the high winds caused
drifts and they kept through trains three
to four hours late. This evenings the storm
is more severe in the Dakotas and Mime
sofa, and the temperature is rapidly falling
below zero. Late tonight reports from
many points in the northwest part state
that the blizzard is general and severe.
Glendale, N. Oak, reports severe
change. At 8 &C lock this morhing it was
16 degrees above and tonight IT is 25 de-
grees below. The school has been closed.
Business is at a standstill and terrific
blizzard is raging. 1t is % below at
Huron. S. OAK, tonight with 65-mile
gale. WATERFOWL, s. OAK, reports trains
abandoned because of the storm.
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The Fire Record.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. 31.-At London,
KY, last night, ire destroyed a number Of
business blocks, a church and several res
licences. Loss, 100000.
CHICAGO. Jan. 3l.--Eight hundred pa
tients were imperied by an ugly fire at
the Cunning insane asylum this morning
Fortunately panic was averted and the
flames were extinguished after a loss OF
$4,000 The institution was left tempor-
arly without heat, light or water.
HAvERHILL. Mass. Jan. 31.-The house
of James Addison, at West Newbury, was
burned early this morning. James Addi-
son, aged 40 and his son William, aged l6,
persisted in the flames
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last night, no doubz it will
be perfectly safe anywhere q, the lake to-
day. Lake Union was frozyn all around
the edge. and will probably t5s frozen clear
across if it keeps on freezing soday. Even
the salt water in the Souudaxas frozen in
slush wherever the water vas not too
rough.
C. B. Bagley said it was the coolest
weather he had ever experienced on the
Coast though he had lived in this state
and Oregon over forty years
Last night the following xeather fore
cast was received from signal Officer
Pogue, of Portland: Fair; colder, becom-
ing warmer"
Sheriff Woolery received q telegram from
Gilman yesterday signed ~ Jack Nc
Quade, constable, saying thst a man six
miles southeast OF Gilman had been frozen
TO death during the presest cold snap.
He inquired what he should do
with the body. and the: matter has
been referred TO Coroner Hoeton, who tel
egraphed 10 McQuade to ascertain if the
report were true, and directed him to
ascertain and report the circumstances OF
the death. He was instructed, if he found
that the man had died from the cold, to
bury him there without callikg for further
investigation.
About $50 O'Clock in the morning the
people living in the viciaity of the
Orphans Home. at the cornes of Box and
Harrison streets. were started by q cry
of "Firel Fire!" Rushing out they
saw smoke coming OCT of the
basement of the home and the
attendants were rushing out with the little
inmates half naked. They were all para
lyzed with the cold before il was found
that there was no danger The pipes
of the furnace had parted and
allowed the smoke to escape until
the basement became so fua it was i'm
possible to see what was wrong. A neigh
Dor rushed in and put the pipe together
and the little images were
glad when they were SLOWED to
return to their warm quarters. No fire
alarm was turned in. but THIS was. only
due to the fact that the matroL overlooked
having telephone in the bullying.
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Haiti Ripe for n Revol ution.

PANAMA, Jan. Sit is understood here
that arms will be shipped on trading
schooner from New York to aid the in
tended revolutionary movement in Haiti,
and will be transferred off the Central
American coast. near Colon, to q Haitian
vessel. 1t is also rumored that Monsonto.
prominent Haitian who served under
Crespo. is going to Jamaica to negotiate a
sale of arms With Legitime. Hippoiyte's
enemies assert that the various recent ris-
ings show that the country is ripe for rev.
olution
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A CRISIS IN KANSAS,
The Governor May Order the Militia to
Dust the Republican House.

The Governor May Order the militia to
Dust the Republican House.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 3l.-Speaker Duns-
more, of the Populist house, last night
sent letter 10 Speaker Douglass, of the
Republican house, informing him that
the Republicans had no longer any
excuse for staying outside the fold as
they were doing. saying they would better
stopit. Their further refusal to recognize
the Populist house, he said, would con-
firm him in the belief that the railroads
are sustaining the Republican house and
paving its expenses, in the hope of pre-
venting the enactment of railway legisla-
ton, to which the Populists stand COM
mitted.
Speaker Douglass this after noon laid
this communication before the Repub-
iican house, together with his rely. in
which he indignantly repels the charge
and suggests as the best mode OF
settlement that both sides make up a
case for the highest court at once. The
Populists have not yet replied. Late
tonight the Republicans were wrought up
into high state of excitement by a rumor
that the Popuists will attempt tomorrow
10 remove them from the hall by force.
Each Republican has provided himself
with a revolver. and says he will use
governor orders out the militia TO remove
them they will not resist state authority,
but if the sargent-at-arms OF the POpulist
house, with his numerous deputies. tries
it, they will offer armed resistance.
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Port Towpsend News,

PoRr TOWNSEND, Jan. 3l-TSpeciaI.1-
twenty Chinese merchants OF Portland
who came across from China on the steam
ship Tacoma four weeks ago, and who
were placed in quarantine at Victoria
came over on the Kingston yesterday
and were refused a landing by Collector
WATSON. The Chinese were remanded to
Victoria pending an investigation as to
their being bona fide merchants.
Felix DobeIli, aged 81 years, native of
Switzerland, died this afternoon from
blood poisoning. He had been a resident
of Port Townsend lor ten years
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Luke TateD, negro wife murderer, was
hanged at Camden. AK, Tuesday.
John r H0lca, "A Bohemian expriest, while
in dellriUm az baltimore Monday morning
killed MS two children with an ak
IL a quarrel at Thsyer, Mo-, Saturday nigh.
samuel oachs. merchant. and his con were
Killed by Jim d VISOR, who escaped.
At Cotulla, lex. sunday Sheriff Joseph Tom
linson shot and killed his wife and committed
suicide family quarrel was the cause.
John Brown, trial at Fresno, Cal, for
alleged connection with W. +. Baird in the
iaFgeries which nearly wrecked the Bank OF
MADEIRA, has been acquitted.
Henry Bentley. Los Angeles gardener has
been arrested. charged with poisoning his wife,
Il wealthy Mexican woman Analysis of the
woman's II mach showed evidence of poison
ing by strychnine.
Jesse Buck, a wel-known printer. has been
arrested az san Beruard,no, Cal. for assaGlting
"a 4-yesr Oh daughter OF Nathan r Kellar This
l. Buck second of'use Of this nature and there
i considerable excitement over it.
Insane through business reyerses and loss,
Fred schuman. Memphis, Tenn, cigar dealer
Monday morning poisoned his daughter, aged
y. aad son aged Ii, and then took poison him
sell. The children are dead, and the father is
dying.
Charles Rapp, tailor. ana Lewis franklin, a
travelling man were found deaf at Davenport,
Is, monday morning in the room of the former,
"a gaspipe having burst, asphyxiating them
-Four others occupying aa13injng rooms were
discovered insensible. bat were resusc .tatei
The United states coast survey steamer Thetis
arrived at san Diego. Ca, Tuesday morning
from surveying cruise. The officers were
yreatly excited when they beard OF the
Hawaiian revolution aud Commander Reiter
Immediately teicgraphed TIE news of his arrival
70 Washington Ci!y and asked Tor orders.
TIE British treasury has secured = warrant,
f,r the arrest II Ron. Jab Spencer Ralfour,
now IN Mexico, ami Will ask Mexico 10 send
h.u over the frontier into American territory
covered By an extysdition treaty. Al English
detective will DO at tae spot where h crosses
TIE border sud arrest him Bal oa5 is rvSarced
IS tae head and front OF the Ldbe5a;or Building
Society fraud.
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Thirteen Below at Mount Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON. Jan. 3l.-[Special. AT
/ O'Clock this morning the temperature
went down to IL degrees below zero, by far
the coolest ever known here. The Skagit
river has been full of floating ice for sew
eral days and has been gradually closing
up from its mouth, ten miles below. At
noon il was closed at this point. The
ferry cannot be used, and it is impossible to
get across the river. 1t is thought that 1T
will freeze tonight strong enough to cross
tomorrow. The Skagit froze three years
ago. No steamboats, are running. and
work on the bridge has been suspended.
Several mills and the electric light works
have closed down because of bursted wa
ter pipes.
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Five Below Zero at Victoria.

VICTORIA, Jan. 3L-Hopes entertained
esterday that the cold snap had run its
course were disappointed last evening
when the mercury began dropping. 1t
lowered just above zero for an hour or
two, and then went below. The lowest
accurate records show degrees below
zero, but the weather grew warmer toward
morning. 1t started 10 snow again at 10 80
this morning, but the snow fell for only a
short time. Zero is the lowest ever before
recorded in the province. The mercury
has been running from 20 degrees below
freezing to zero. The steamship Flint
shire, of the Northern Pacific line, is still
off Albert head, the weather being toe
stormy for her to proceed.
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degrees below in Sa2perton suburb.
Throughout the district II degrees below
was the average, while at Yale ninety
miles up the river, 20 below was indicated.
The Frazer is frozen still, and parties
crossed on foot this afternoon, though
some went through and had a ducking.
The first man who crossed walked in
stocking feet. The stockings were torn by
the ragged ice, and when half way over he
took them off and made the rest of the
way barefooted reaching the city side with
his feet badly frozen. Waterpipes are
burst by the score. Conservatives ruined
and great damage done to bottled goods in
shops. The oldest inhabitants say there
has been nothing like this since the
country was settled.
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PoRr ANGELES. Jan. 3l.-fSpeciai. To
Gay our city was to have voted on bond
Proposition to bond the city for So, 600 for
The purpose of buying the plant OF the
Washington Electric Light Company. upon
which the city now hes lease. for SO. 900
and extending the plant: but owing 10 the
failure OF The rubber stamps. ordered bv
The clerk from Seattle. To reach here, the
election did not come off as ordered. The
city had alreaoy gone Ia large expense
getting ready to hold the election. but
without the stamps the same could not be
held, II is understood that the proposition
vii be resubmitted.
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tirs at Sauk.

MovSr VKRxoS, Jan. 81 Special The
lesioence of County Commissioner John
sa'teF, Of Sank, was burned 10 the ground
a>t thursday. All Of the furniture was
uesiroEed. y barn, which was full OF hay.
aaght ire from the burning residence,
snd the barn and contents were consumed.
Mr. suffer : residence was the finest in the
sauk neighborhood The loss will amount
"F-.',0' no insurance. The origin of the
Ere is unknown
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Forty Below Zero in Montana.

HELENA, Mont. Jan. 3l.-This state is
now in the throes of the coolest wave ey-
perienced in seven years. Within four
days sixteen inches OF snow has fallen.
The stockmen are uneasy. 1t was 30 de-
grees below zero here last evening. AZ
Great Falls il is So degrees below, and al
Glasgow. in the northern part Of the state,
An degrees below
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Eminent British Swindiers on Trial.

LONDON. Jan. 3l.-Sir Henry Isaacs, for
merly lord mayor of London; Joseph
Isaacs. his brother; Horatio Bottomly and
Charles Dolan. all officers of the Hansard
Publishing Union, were put on trial today
for defrauding the company out of large
amount by buying bills and disposing of
them 10 the union at heavy advance.
The company became insolvent in 1891.
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Eioht Relow at Anacortea,

ANAcoRrEs, Ian. 3l.-fSpecial. IA north
erly gale, accompanied by snow, ragged
yesterday evening and last night, during
which the thermometer registered the
lowest ever known. At Z o'clock this
morning it was degrees below zero.
About three inches of snow has fallen
since Friday. At O'Clock this evening
the thermometer registered 5 degrees
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The Italian Rank Scandal.

ROME, Jan. 3l.-A list of ex-ministers
and deputies whom MonziIli, director of
the bureau of industry and commerce.
charged with completely in the bank
scandals, gave to a reporter as having been
subsidized by the banks now in trouble
include Baron Nicotara, formerly minister
of the interior. and ex- Minister Amadei,
and also Deputies Honragna. Geppa, Dez-
robbi, Sionetti, Mazzinio and Mardocci.
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Homests adj Poisoning Case.

on trial on the charge of conspiring to
poison Homestead workers. occupied thu
stand nearly all day. He made a general
denial of the charges against him. He adj
mitted that he engaged Cooks Gallagher
and Davidson to go to Homestead, but
said it was not for the purpose Of putting
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Twenty-six Below in the Paiouse.

CoLFAx, Jan. 31.-[Special. Jack Frost
is peeping out over the Palouse country.
The mercury went down last night to IS
degrees below zero. and has not been much
higher today. The prospects are that to-
night will add or degrees, making one
of the coolest nights ever known in East
ern Washington. Snow covers the ground
TO depth of ten inches.
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Ihe Hnnors ErenIv Divided.

LoNDoN. Jan. 3l.-The jury in the Gooch
divorce case has returned verdict that
Lady Alice Gooch and her husband. Sir
Alfred. have both been guilty OF adultery
and the petition of Lady Alice for a judi
cal separation on the ground of Sir AL
fred's iniideIty is therefore denied.
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IL BELOW Az wEsIMINsrER.
such Cold Weather Never Before known
in British 4 oi unit ia.

NEW WESTMINSTER B. c., .Jan. 81
Especial. THE records of Capt Peele.
who has taken observations for the United
States signal service for the last twenty
three years, do not show cold snap APP
preaching the present in that time. The
thermometer last night went doxn to II
degrees below zero in this city and II
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A City Cannot rurchas. Tide Land.

OLYMPIA. Jan. Special. The tide
. .' commission has rejected he applica-
Won OF the city of olympia to purchase
sGe lands on the city front. The annl,ca-
s1aa vas aIed oy i. L. O'Brien a. MAYOR
,as' year, for the purpose of holding The
lands Tor the benefit OF tie city. TIE COM
A''sion decides that city cannot pur-
eaAse under the statute.
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A Tacoma Pool Contest.

TACOMA, Jan. 3i.-[Special.l- IA pool
contest for prize of 800, given 100 points
OF George A Burbanks against Eddie Tod
vine, began tonight. Burbanks ran 150 and
Todvine al
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A Saw Octopus Formed

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3l.-Hamilton Dis
ston confirms the report telegraphed from
New York that there had been a combine
among the saw manufacturers Of the coun-
try, which will 90 into effect Wednesday.
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firing salute on Inauguration day. The
governor sent the following reply:
No permission will be given to use state
cannon for firing salute over the Inauguration
OF Wall street plutocrat as president OF the
United states.
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ELLEssBuEa, Jan. 3l.-(Special TODAY
has been the coolest of the year. The
mercury has been from 2 10 10 degrees be-.
low zero ali day. and indications are that
il will be colder tonight.
Two immense. dazzling sun dogs were
seen illuminating the sky all afternoon.
They attracted general attention.
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.. iiAeoN'. Jan. 2L-LSrec.al. Receiver
- , = SpFagae. OF the Tacoma aad ruva!lnn
s1"Foad Company. today peutioned the
superior court TO SET the railroad
Eoperty, alleging that with te most
''ala economy i cannot naY exnenses-
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san Francisco. Jan. 3i.-Arthur Walker
and Frank Purcell fought at the Palo Alto
Club tonight. Purcell won In the fourth
round.