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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
FuII Statement on the POISONING.

SAN BERNARDINo, CAL, November IS
Mrs. Mary Barnes, accused with Thomas
Salter of attempting to poison her hus-
band, is still supplementing her confess
sions. Unable to sleep Friday night she
arose at midnight, and in the quiet of
her cell she wrote till morning, giving a
full history of the case, admitting that
Barnes was being poisoned by arsenic.
She also says that Salter wanted to shoot
him, but she refused to allow it. This
confession is now in the possession of
the District Attorney. Salter refuses to
say anything in regard to his connection
with the crime or the confessions OF Mrs.
Barnes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
THE ACT INVALID.
The Obligations of the Arizona Counties
Cannot be Enforced.


Cannot be Enforced.
PHGNIx, A. T., November 15.-The
Republican will publish tomorrow the
substance of a recent decision by the
Supreme Court of the United States,
which invalidates the Territorial in
debtedness, amounting to $3.50, 900. The
decision was in the case of Charles Ed
ward Lewis VS.. Pima county to enforce
the collection of $3.50 coupons attached
to $50 bonds issued by the defendant
county in 1888 under an act of the Leg
islature of that year directing the Board
of Supervisors to issue bonds to the
amount of 100000 in favor of the Ari-
IONA Narrow Gauge railroad. The Leg
islature construed its authority to enact
such law in spite of the restriction
which confined its appropriation of pub
lie money to "the necessary administra-
ton of its internal affairs" Suit was
brought against the county three years
ago, and the verdict was rendered for
the defendant, Judge Sloan holding that
the legislation creating bonds was spe-
cial and contrary to the Harrison act.
The United States Supreme Court takes
no account of this view, but declares
that the Legislature was restricted by
clause which confines it to this species
of legislation only in favor of improve
ments which facilitate the administra-
ton of internal affairs. The decision
closes in the following language:
ave are compelled to hold that the
bonds in question create no obligation
against the county which court of law
can enforce"
This decision affects an issue of $780,
600 by Maricopa county in favor of the
Maricopa and Phoenix railroad and an
issue of $3.50, 900 by Yavapai county in
favor of the now defunct Prescott and
Arizona Central.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
DIFFERENCES SETTLED.
Atchfson and Topeka and Southern Pa
cific will Exchange Business.

Atchison and Topeka and Southern Pa
cific will Exchange Business.
CHICAGO, November 14.-Private ad-
vices were received in this city to-day
from New York stating that the mission
of A. G. Walker, receiver of the Atchi-
son and Topeka, had been successful.
An agreement had been reached be-
tween his road and the Southern Pacific
on all differences that have divided them
for more than a year past. The Atchi-
son and Topeka, it is understood, prac-
tically secures all for which it had been
contesting. It's right to ticket pas
sengers to San Francisco via Los An.
eeles at skort-line rates is admitted and
fully secured for the future. Further
more, the Atchison and Topeka has Sc
cured a guarantee from the Southern Pa
cifc that it will be allowed the right OF
ticketing passengers to San Francisco
and Southern California points over the
Southern Pacific tracks on as favorable
terms as are given any of the Southern
Pacific connections from any other di-
roafiou
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
THE COOK GANG.
Further Depredations by the Indian
Territory Outlaws.

Further Depredations by the Indian
Territory Outlaws.
MUsKoeEE, I. T., November 14.-The
Cook gang held up a farmer and stole
his horses and saddles six miles from
here early this morning. They are
headed toward Port Gibson, and posse
started out tonight. Yesterday seven
OF the gang went to the farmhouse OF
James Dickens near Perry and demand
ed food, which was refused. The out
laws then bound Dickens, his wife and
daughter, and plundered the house.
They were not released until neighbors
arrived in the evening. Elmer Lucas. a
member of the gang under arrest at Fort
Smith, Ark, made full confession Sat-
urday of his connection with Bill Cook.
Lulu Cook, who was arrested last week
at Tahlequah, is at liberty On bonds.
She has written long statement to the
public, charging that the Marshals har-
assed her brothers, Bill and Jim, until
they were forced into outlawry.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22

q Japanese girl of ill-repute, was stran-
gled to death early this morning in q
house on Market street in the same
manner as Lena Taper and Marie Con-
tassoit were recently murdered in the
same neighborhood. She apparently
had been robbed. There is no clew to
the stranger, and excitement among the
women Of that class is very great.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
Murder in Oklahoma.

PERRY, o. T., November 15.-News OF
q duel reached here this evening from
Sumner, ten miles east of here on Mule
creek. A. r. Yuree, postmaster at Sum-
ner. was shot and killed by M. s. Gard
ner. who was a rival claimant for the
same tract of land. The men quarreled
about Gardner trying to build house
on the land. Yuree ran at Gardner with
an ak, when the latter shot him.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
Sugar Investigation Cases.

WASHINGTON, November 10. Judge
Cole in the District Court, District Of
Columbia, to-day overruled the de.
murrer in the case of DR.. William Nc.
Cartney of Washington and E. r. Chap
man of New York. brokers who refused
to answer certain questions before the
Senate sugar investigating committee.
This was in the nature of trial of the
case, and the decision means that Have
never, Searles and Seymour, recently
indicted, and the newspaper men, Ed
wards and Shriver, first indicted, will
have to stand trial.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
His Last Words.

NEWARK, N. J., November 14.-Peter
Birsch, recently janitor of the Lafayette
street school, who was convicted Friday
of criminal assault on Albertina Martin,
IA years old, and who was to have been
sentenced to-day, died early in the day,
as alleged, of broken heart. His last
words were: IS am innocent"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
AN ELECTRIC DEATH.
The Subject IL to be Thoroughly Tested
in New York.

The Subject is to be Thoroughly Tested
in New York.
ALBANY, N. Y, November 13.-Gov-
ernor Flower is willing to allow experts
to make test to ascertain whether q
man killed in the electrical chair can be
resuscitated. Ever since the adoption
of the electrical execution act by the
State the Westinghouse people, whose
dynamos are used, have declared cleo
tricity was not the cause of death, but
that death was assured by the holding
of an autopsy directly after the body had
been taken from the electrical chair.
No less an authority than Nicola Tesla,
the famous electrician, contended he
could bring back to life man killed in
an electrical chair, provided the attempt
was made Immediately after the execu.
ton. George Westinghouse has always
asserted that electrical death was sham,
and that a New York commission, headed
by E. T. Gerry, had added the autopsy
clause to the law to make it certain that
the man was dead. Within the last few
weeks the agitation OF the subject has
become prominent, and an appeal Is to
be made to the Governor to allow the
next man condemned to be used as q
subject to be experimental on. The
Governor says he will grant permission
to do this. If successful, the expert
ment will bring to life new man, who
cannot be executed, having once suffered
the penalty of death. 1t viii also prove
the the State executioners have been
the surgeons who have held the autopsy
rather than the electrician.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22

OF the commodities mentioned in only
few instances are the rates lower to
Portland than to Spokane-fence wire,
for instance. The average advance on
other articles over the former rate is II
per cent. On candles. coffee and plate
glass the rate to Spokane is made the
same as to Coast terminals.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
1mnortant witnesses Missing.

SANTA Rosa, Cal, November 14.-1he
celebrated case of the People VS.. Mrs.
Elizabeth J. Bryan for the murder OF
her sister, Blind Nancy Meagher. last
February, came up in the Superior Court
to-day. Owing to ali inability to secure
some important witnesses the case was
again continued, this time to December
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
Ericsson's Trial Again Postponed.

New LONDON, Conn.,, November A.
The new torpedo boat Ericsson started
early for the course in Long Island
Sound, over which she is to have her
speed trial, but met with an accident,
which will again postpone the trial in
definitely. She had just started on the
course when an eccentric snapped on the
starboard side.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
Writ of Review Denied.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 1.-THE
Supreme Court to-day denied q writ OF
review applied for by the attorney for
the Blythe Company. The petition was
for a review of Judge Cofey's distribu-
ton of the estate to Florence. As soon
as Alice Edith Dickinson's claims shall
have been disposed of the estate will be
distributed
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
smugxled Cigars Seized.

SAN Francisco, November 1.-The
schooner Aloha from Honolulu was
boarded by custom-houee searchers on
her arrival yesterday, and 9 thorough
search of the vessel resulted in the SELF
ure of over 5000 cigars that had been
smuggled on board.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
mia Not Do as He Advertised.

SANTA CLARA, CAL, November a.
George Weston, balloonist, was mobbed
Yesterday afternoon at Cedar Park for
refusing to go up in his balloon and come
down with a parachute, as he had al,
yertised. The balloon was also slashed
with the pocket knives OF the enraged
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22

ROME, November 14.-Frauds have
been detected in the Italian railway adj
to the extent of several
million Ira. A number of arrests have
been made.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22

Bunco Man and Confidence Operator.
Los ANGEsEs, November 13.-Matt
Reece, one of the most daring and sue
cessful bunco men and confidence opera
tors on the Pacific Coast, was arrested
in this city tonight by Detective Good
man, who had lively chase to land his
man. Reece lie wanted in Leadville,
where term in the penitentiary awaits
him. Reece had been hunted by officers
all over the Coast for several months.
He will be held until m officer with =
recuisition arrives from the north.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-22
FOR THE DELEGATES.
Instructions Agreed Upon by the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce.

SEATTLE, November 15.-The Chamber
of Commerce to-day agreed upon the in
structions to the delegates to the Trans
mississippi Congress to be held at st.
Louis November 26. The delegates will
be instructed to oppose free coinage of
silver; favor the building of the Nicara-
guam canal; favor appropriations for the
Lake Washington canal; favor transfer
ring government lands to the State;
favor giving Alaska local or territorial
government; favor the removal of the
bonding privilege to foreign railroads.
CONSPIRACY CHARGED.
Simon Rumpf, formerly jeweler in
this city, who defrauded his creditors
and left the country, had three more
suits commenced against him and Joseph
Mayer to recover on goods sold. w. and
S. Blackinton charge conspiracy on the
part of Rumpf and Mayer to defraud all
persons and corporations that would
trust them.
REQUIsITIoN PAPERS REFUSED.
Governor McGraw to-day refused to
to give Chief of Police Rogers of this
city requisltion papers for Matt Ries,
notorious bunco man arrested in Los
Angeles last week. The Governor held
that the Sheriff was the proper person,
as the State would thereby save S.
day. Ries is under a three years sem
tence to the penitentiary for operating IN
this city, and while his case was being
heard on appeal to the Supreme Court
jumped his bond.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

+ Argus Leader: The Pop organs have
nothing to say about Senator Kyle,s re-
cent junketingn trip to this state. but
eney were greatly shocked because the
governor and several otherstate officers
LOOK occasion to visit the Yankton asy.
lum the other day."
ne e, ABOVE was sent out last Friday
,n1Ny THE MITCHELL REPUBLICAN.
l.hat paper has no telegraphic connec-
tlons and probably at that time had not
heard OF the 'iunket" in question, We
are a little curious to know what THE
REPUBLICAN will say when, in the
course of two or three weeks. it learns
what Senator Kyle did during his
"iunket."
AS The REPUBLICAN has access To
the same sources OF telesraphic informa-
tlon from which the Argus-Leader gen
erously pads its own columns. we have
gathered the facts that Senator KYLE
"iunketed" into Sioux Falls and started
little presidential boom for himself.
then 'iunketed" out TO the Indian
agencies. where as the government
special agents were not on hand, he de-
voted his time to horseback riding and
fishing-in which we are told by the
able correspondent who accompanied
him as private secretary he is especial
ly proficient-and incidentally he dis
covered whole lot of crookedness.
which the department authorities at
Washington say does not exist
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
A LEADER.
That Is About the Only Reason Mob
Failed to Lynch a Murderer
at Des MOines.
Excitement at High Pitch and An
other Attempt May Be Made
to Get Them.l
There Was Also Considerable Talk of
Lynching a Woman at the
Same Time.

DEs MONIES, May 23.-The mob
around the county Jail which threat
ened to lynch the murderers of Con-
ductor Ridpath, was dispersed about
midnight when an alarm of fire was
turned in, and man was seen running
away, after whom the mob charged.
BE was not caught and was apparently
trying to get the mob away. No un-
usual demonstration occurred during
the day though public sentiment is at q
high pitch and another assault may be
made. The announcement to the mob
that the prisoners had been taken to
Winterset was not believed and there
was much talk during the day of lynch
ing the three murderers and Mrs.
Michael Smith, who poisoned her hus.
band, but no outbreak occurred, the
mob lacking leader.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
ROW AT PRIMARIES.

Fifty Shot. Fired at a California Political
Meeting-Some Fatalities.
HANFoRD, CAL, May 23.-Word has
reached here that battle occurred dur
ing the progress of Republican pri-
mary at the Dallas schoolhouse, about
1S miles south of here, which resulted
in james McCaffrey being instantly
killed by William Ryan, and James o.
Ryan, father of William Ryan, being
morta!ly wounded. The messenger
who brings the tidings of the shooting
says that dozen men were in the bat
tie, and that not less than 80 shots were
fred. Officers and physicians have
gone to the scene of the tragedy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
BRIBERY INVESTIGATION.

Kyle, HuntOn and Buttx Before the Sen.
ate Committee
WASHINGTON. May 23.-The commit
tee to investigate the charges of bribery
in the senate were on hand promptly at
~ a. m. in the room of the committee
on privileges and elections. Senator
Hunton was at the meeting as witness
and remained with the committee about
half an hour, and after he emerged
from the committee room his son, Epha
Hunton, Jr., was called in and asked
20 state what he knew of the alleged ef-
tort to bribe his father. He was de-
tained only about 10 minutes. Both
witnesses were cautioned by Senator
Gray against giving the newspapers
any report of the proceedings, the sena-
tor remarking that when this branch of
the inquiry should be concluded the
proceedings would all be made public.
Certain Buttx Was the Man.
Both Senator Hunton and his son
stated that c. W. Buttz was the man
who approached Senator Hunton. The
narrative did not differ materially from
the story heretofore given to the press
by Senator Hunton.
Senator Kyle was before the commit
tee for more than AN hour and was in
formed that he would PROBABLY be
called again. He put the committee in
possession of all the information in his
power, stating that he was first ap-
preached by Buttz about two months
ago with the proposition to vote
against the tariff bill and receive pay
for his vote, the amount offered being
$4,000. In reply to question Senator
Kyle said he was confident Buttz repre-
sented other parties, and the PROPOSE
ton, if it had been accepted, would
have been made good.
Buttx on the Stand.
Major Buttz was the principal wit
ness during the afternoon. He was &C:
companied by his attorney. E. H. Nc
Gowan. Buttz was lefore the COM
mittee for about an hour and was
excused with the request that he be in
attendance again in the morning. He
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
NO CONTEMPT OF COURT.

Chicago Election Commissioners Dis.
charged on Habeas Corpus.
CHICAGO, May 23.-Election commits
sionels, w. A. Hutchins, P. P. keenan,
and Henry Shomer, who were fined
81, QUO each for contempt Of court by
Judge Chetlain, were discharged by
habeas corpus proceedings, in an opin-
ion rendered jointly ty Judges Tuley
and Sears. The commissioners were
fined by Judge Chetlain for refusing to
produce election ballots before the
gram jury, and this decision frees them
from ali liability to fine or imprison-
mont
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

Sioux Falls Press: In not single in
stance has Senator Pettigrew had any
thing to do with the turning down. of
any Democratic appoin,ee. except at
the request of South Dakota Democrats
But why need our Republican senator
be dragged into Democratic family
quarrels, which cannot but be a source
Of annoyance to him. if not a serious en-
barrassment politically? What is
Kyle down at Washington for any how?
He is the proper channel through which
Democratic protests should be for
warded,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
Liberal RELIGIOUS soo1Er1zs.
Tho First American Congress Meets as
Sinai Temple. Chicago,

The First American Congress Meets at
Sinai Temple, Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 23.-The first Ameri-
can congress of Liberal Religious Socie-
ties convened in Sinai temple, and will
continue to May 25. The congress is an
outgrowth of the parliament of relig-
ions held last year, its principal object
being to obtain closer cooperation be-
tween the various denominations Of
liberal religious societies. The attend
ance includes many leading ministers
and religious writers and teachers of
the liberal religious of the United
States. Independents, Universalists,
Unitarians, Reformed Hebrews, Ethical
Culturists and advocates of higher Or
thodoxy are represented.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25
FRENCH CABINET RESIGNED.

The GoverDment Defra ated on an Unin.
portant Question.
PARIS, May 28.-In the chamber Of
deputies during the debate on the ques-
ton as to whether the minister of pub
lie works had the authority to allow the
employees of the state railroads to at-
tend the congress Of railroad men, the
premier demanded the adoption of the
order of the day pure and simple. The
motion was rejected by vote of 275
to 225.
After the defeat of the government
in the chamber the ministers proceeded
to the Elysee pallce and handed in
their designations to President Carnot.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

In a course OF Il recent editorial in
Weighing against the Populistic tenden-
cies of certain Democratic senators.
Harper's Weekly says:
What the Democratic party needs is
purging that will leave it free of the
taint of Populist disease in the South
and Of the Hill and Tammany disease
i'll the North.
Yet the Populst Democracy in the
South and Hill and Tammany Demo-
Gratis in the North alone made possible
the election of Grover cleveland, and If
these two elements were eliminated
there wouldn't be much left of the
Democratic party except Cleveland and
the handful of mugwumps, who still
cling to his coattails under the delus-
ion that he is better than his party.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

salu Wuen ne leIJ Jne committee room
that he had been sworn to secrecy and
could not reveal a word of the proceed
ings, but fragmentary references to the
proceedings leave little room for doubt
that when the report on Buttz' testi-
mony is published it will make very
racy reading. He first demanded q
transcript Of the testimony of preced-
ing witnesses, but compromised by &C.
cepting a proposition that the reporter
should read portions oflthe testimony of
the other witnesses which reflected
upon him in any way. He explicitly
denied any intention on his part
To Corrupt tho Senators.
1t is also understood that he politely
declined to answer some of the more
pertinent questions put to him by MEM
bers of the committee. Other wit
nesses of the afternoon session were
Duncan McFarlane, Senator Kyle's
clerk, and James w. Walker, an at
torney OF this city, who gave Buttz a
letter to Epha Hunton, Jr. Mr..
Walker stated that when Buttz had
asked for q. letter to Mr.. Hunton he
had said he wanted to employ him as
attorney in land case and had given
no other reason for wanting to know
that gentleman. Mr.. McFarlane told
how, after Senator Kyle had referred
ButtZ to him, he hal talked with him
and made notes upon his conversation.
He confirmed Senator Kyle's statement
and said explicitly that Buttz had made
direct proposition to bribe the sena.or
to vote against the tariff bill. He also
submitted his notes on his conversation
with ButtZ.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

The editor OF the Populist Plain Talk
at Vermillion goes a little farther in
expression than his brethren. but he
only goes the logical length of Pop
principles when he says of the Coxey-
ties train stealing:
The Missouri Pacific WAS outwitted
and nobody will shed many tears there
at. Jay Gould stole the road away
from the original owners and Saunders
evidentally thought it no worse to steal
a ride from Topeka 10 Salina than to
steal the whole road. Nh body mourns
when a railroad is beaten. Mostevery-
body rejoices and with good reason.
All that can be got oul of a railroad is
clear gain and he who gets it is rather
10 he congratulated than censured.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

The following is from what purports
to be an interview with Senator Kyle in
the Sioux City journal:
AS To the South Dakota situation he
was more reticent, but stated he be-
lieved all rumOr as to fusion was idle
and without foundation. 'sThere will.
beyond all doubt, be three full tickets
in the field" said the senator. land
while there is that sympathy between
the Democrats and PoDulists in South
Dakota which naturally exists between
minority parties as opposed to the ma
jority, there is absolutely no ground for
supposing any scheme Of fusion was re-
garded by either party as feasible
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-05-25

MADISON, Wis. May 23.-The Baetz
and kuehn treasury cases. which were
to be argued before the circuit court
during the afternoon, have been post
poned until later in the week and nav
come up Thursday. About $1S5, 900 in
terest is involved, the state claiming
that amount from ex-treosurers.