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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-27

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The times., 1897-04-04
Sleepy Heads.

How much sleep does humanbeing need?
rule on this subject. The latest author
itative statement comes from Nikola Tesla,
the wizard of the electrical world. He
says that the more sleep a man has, the
longer he is likely to live; and defines sleep
as cumulative storage battery for human
energy. he would advocate spending as
much as eighteen hours per day in this
useful occupation, and thinks that under
those circumstances man might live to be
200 years old.
Leaving out the question whether man
wants to live two hundred years if he is
them in bed with his eyes shut, this is a
valuable suggestion. There is happy
medium in all things, and most people
could very well spend more time in sleep
than they do, with profitable results.
Most great men have been good sleepers.
There are exceptions, of course. Men with
a great deal of nervous energy do not sleep
easily, and they often accomplish fine
things by sheer force of will rather than by
actual strength. But your calm, deliberate,
far-seeing man, whom nothing worries
very much, who can handle innumerable
people and problems without turning
hair, who is interchangeable in his activity
The times., 1897-04-04
Constitutional ReyoIution.

The country appears to be undergoing a
quiet, but effective constitutional revolution.
Nothing much is being said about it, be-
cause effective speech, as far as the peo-
pie or their legitimate representatives are
concerned has been abolished equally with
African slavery. All the same, it is going
on instruCtively, harmoniousiy, and OInin-
ouSly We used to have House Of Repre-
sentatives Without any formal change in
the Constitution, that body has practically
ceased to exist, aud in its place we have
pie, and unanimous institution. The body
and other personality are one Reed.
4 day ago we were inclined to believe
that great as was the power of this politi
cal cannibal autocrat, who poses before
the country as the great altogether Of
what once was. the popular branch of
the National Legislature, it was confined
to control OF legislation within the PIE
cinctS of the chamber now occupied by him
and formerly known as the home Of the
House OF Representatives. We discover our
error and hasten to apologize for it.
As now constituted the House OF Reed
eXerts autoCTatlc power over the Treasury
Department. 1t, or he, enacts legislation
of a retroactive or, in his own fowery
language, retrospective character, and,
although il nomlnally is not law. because
it has TO take a perfunCtory walk through
the Senate and the White Lot before
really becoming SO, the Secretary of the
Treasury promptly adopts an ante-facto
view OF the situation and issues orders 10
collectors of customs, just as if the Ding
ley bill had been signed by the Presi-
dent in the ordinary course of human
events.
Yesterday we felt called upon to de-
plore the eHtinguishment Of the House OF
Representatives Today we offer a mild
protest against Secretary Gage courteous,
but none the less firm, ignorance of the
fact that there is a Senate and an Execu-
tive
or course, this protest is only pro forma.
IN reality the convenience OF having one
solitary Reed to pass legislation and
single Secretary to give 1t anteIegal ef-
feet several months, or perhaps centuries,
in advance of the fact, must he too appar-
ent to warrant argument.
The passing of the President, the Sen
ate, the alleged Members OF Congress
and the people into innocuous desuetude,
and their replacement by one legislative
Reed with Il executive Secretary to match,
is interesting and perhaps pleasant to
those who like it.
The times., 1897-04-04
A Matter of Tia ste.

We are positive in our belief that 10 Inn
portant political issue can be evolved out
Of the refusal OF public man to wear the
ordinary evening dress of civilization on
occasions which call for its use. The great
questions of the currency, the tariff and
the foreign and domestic policy of the
American Government still interest the
people, and, we think, will continue to do
so for the next four years.
mans taste in dress is essentially a
matter personal to that man, and as he
rises to or falls below the level of his
immediate surroundings he is judged and
appreciated.
Probably a majority of the voters of the
United States do not make practice of
dressing for dinner, but we think that a
very fnconsIderable number of them would
object to the appearance of their repre-
sentatfves at the White House in the COS
tune, dictated both by fashion an d common
sense The matter is one outside politics.
1t is really a simple question of good taste
and the natural instincts Of a gentleman.
The times., 1897-04-04

pearance here was held to indicate that he
would be willing to serve the Administra-
ton, for which he has made such great
exertions, Just as about 10000 other
And if Col. Grant had missed this chance.
as it looked and seemed for some time
that he might, we should still have been
under the misapprehension concerning him
that he was an offices ecker who had been
turned down. But it seems that Col.
Grant has seen new daylight since his late
official career. He is not an officeseekeI
any more.
OF course, it is possible that this re-
have felt that the position of Assistant
Secretary of War was not quite suited to
his capabilities. In that case, his regret
would he entirely natural, and we could un-
derstand it; but If he really has made
tremendous efforts for the A Administ ration,
marching in the ranks with all the other
sons Of Presidents and the eX's and would
be's, and gold Democrats, and capitalists,
and spellbinders, and subscription gath
erers, and district bosses, and campaign
rooters, and old-time Republicans, and
Ohio men. and voters in general who went
for Mckinley with enthusiasm and cash,
and if, after all this. he wants to serve
the Admin stration some more and
doesn't want to rouble Mr.. Mckinley to APP
point him TO an office, the situation is
very nearly miraculous.
The times., 1897-04-04
Probably BIocknded To-day.

There is a general understanding that
the blockade OF Greece VIII begin today
King George, therefore, may be expected
TO carry out his threat and declare war
against Turkey before tonight In such an
event the probability is that there would
be a battle in Thessaly before Tuesday
The Greek army on the frontier is equipped
and proviSiuned with \ view 10 Is less Of
a coast base Of supplies, and is prepared
foI such an eventuality. 1t is stated that
.he powers intend to patrol the Aegean
Sea and prevent any naval action by
Greece against Turkey. If this cold blood
ed scheme Of oppression should be carried
out, it would place the Greek power at on
enormous disadvantage compared with its
antagonist. 1t would in effect constitute
q military alliance between the powers
and Turkey, and would simply enrage
British and other Western public send-
ment. England at least would hardly par
ticipate in such movement, in view OF
lhG IIdIlttLltHteig iGN NtiuNiolA Ntiot lhr5ii'
follow; but the extent to which British
action would affect that Of the other
members Of the Concert is problenatical.
Probably the actual but still concealed
differences between the powers VIII remain
In a state Of suspense until after the fact
OF war between Greece and Turkey. Then
we may expect to see rapid developments.
A general intervention and a congress or
nations to hear complaints, rectify abuses
and perhaps make new delimitation Of
territory on the Balkan peninsula, might
end hostilities and possibly restore peace;
but If something like that could not be
agreed upon the only apparent alternative
would be a war more or less general, in
which Russia and Great Britain would
seem certain to be pitted against each
other
Poor. gallant little Greece has the heart
felt sympathy of all Chrstendom; but that
is Of small account to her when compared
with the enmity of five great political
powers representing dynastic ambitions
and jealousies, and an army Of investors
in Turkish securities.
The times., 1897-04-04
MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED.
Arrest of Woman Accused Of
Killing Ernest Kueneth.

Arrest of a Woman Accused Of
killing Ernest Kueneth.
Chicago, April 3.-After more than four
years and a half have elapsed Ernestine
Dunkey, alias WarniCka, alias Abraham, IS
under arrest in the suburban village OF
Melrose Park, charged with the brutal
murder OF Ernest Kueneth, an aged and
rich farmer Of that place. on the morning
of October 81, 1892, Kueneth was found
huddled in chair before his fire. dead
and mangled, d great slash across his
skull and d terrific wound OF his temple
a blood stained corn knife and stove pO6er
lay near The crime remained a mystery
until recently.
Herman Dunkey, who lived on Fisk
street, this city. Quarreled with his wife
and told friend with whom he worked
a Circumstantial story which pointed to
his wife. the prisoner. Us the murdercss.
The police were informed, and her arrest
followed.
Dunkey betrayed the woman after he
had discovered that she was not his legal
wife and when she deserted him He also
accuses the German woman Of wanting
him to insure the lives of his children by
a former wife and offering 10 kill them,
and OF asking an elder son TO push his
father into the lake while fishing
Dunkey stated to the justice Of the
peace today at the preliminary hearing
that the woman returned to her home the
day after the murder with disheveled anu
matted hair. which proved to be stained
with blood; with blood on her dress, her
face bruised aud scratched and the marks
Of fingers on her chin and throat.
She said she had a terrible fight with
a man and burned her clothing in a stove
He said she confessed that her victim had
only $3.50, and that she killed him because
he proposed marriage to her and broke
his word. although mentioning no names.
and Dunkey said he never thought of con-
Meeting her with Kueneth's murder. Mic
MarZcn, who is now under sentence OF
death here for the murder of Fritz Holz-
hUeler, was suspected of Kueneth'S murder
because he left the village hurriedly after
the tragedy.
The woman declares her innocence.
The times., 1897-04-04
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, APRIL 4
A Great Danger Escaped.

The effect of delayed action upon the
British arbitration treaty is seen to be
exactly what this journal predicted it
would be from the start. Deliberate SEN
atorial study, investigation and debate
have accomplished Just what we knew they
would, and have resulted in exposing the
proposed treaty in it's original form, as
preconceived, carefully elaborated, sweep
ing and an all-powerful measure, treacher-
ously designed to throttle the foreign and
domestic policies, the national ambitions
and aspirations, and the International
rights OF this country, and in all those re-
spects to bind the United States hand and
foct and leave it helpless and cringing at
the feet o9 Great Britain
We never have doubted, when the Ameri-
eau people should come to understand the
true character ana intent of the PROPOSE
ton, that they would rise il righteous
wrath and demand its indignant rejection.
They are doing so by every mail, and by
telegraph, in letters and dispatches, ad-
dressed to Senators. If the full text of
what has been disclosed in executive ses-
sions were placed before the country to-
day. this sentiment Of angry remonstrance
would amount to a condition of national
rage
The people of the United States owe
a debt OF gratitude to the brave Senators
who originally opposed the detestable
scheme and especially to that grand old
Democrat and American, Senator Morgan,
who. forlong weeks almost alone, stcmmed
the tide Of insiStenCe that this measure
should be 'Jammed through before its
real nature could be discovered History
will accord to him the honor and glory
Of having saved the nation he has served
SO long and wen, from an eternal future
of peonage to the political and financial
interest of the British Empire.
The times., 1897-04-04

Many Western Republican papers are
recalcitrant on the subject of the Dlneley
bill. The Chicago News considers it 'of
little benefit to any other section Of the
country than the New England States
The same journal hopes that the Senate
Will use its knife in such way that lit
may not be so entirely for the benefit
of one section of the country and for
summer it may come TO he seen that
the friends OF this conspiracy TO oD-
press and rob the people are not as many
as the monopolies would have us TO be-
Iieye, even among the usually submissive
Republican masses
The times., 1897-04-04
Rnre TnseIfiShnPss.

Col. Frederick Dent Grant Row says that
1t is impossible for him to consider the posi-
ton of Assistant Secretary of War. He
regrets that he is not to serve the Admins
tration, reminding the President at the
same time that he has worked earnestly
in its behalf This action on Col Grants
part is a gem OF purest ray serene in the
gutter of the rush and scramble after office.
For some time Col. Grant has been so
iourning around the Capitol and the White
House, together with other distinguished
visitors who were after something. He
wore ordinary clothes, just as they did,
and very much the same kind offace- There
was nothing to distinguish him from the
vulgar crowd who were besieging the
President with applications for every office
in the Blue Book, from consul general to
sweep lie did not radiate greatness any
where. except in his name The natural
supposition was that he wanted an office.
At last President Mckinley went so far as
to offer him one.
There has been nothing in Col. Grants
past career, any more than in his appear
ance, to cause the public to think that he
would come out in this brilliant way. He
was a West Point cadet and then he was
on Sheridan's staff, where he acquired his
title: after that he was minister to Austria
under Harrison and police commissioner OF
seemed TO love this city very much since
Cleveiands last term began, and his reap
The times., 1897-04-04

Since so large a proportion OF the
American press has been bought up, sub
sidized, or coerced by the gold power, its
influence is not what 1T once was. A
United Press reporter has langushed in a
Spanish dungeon In Cuba for over year
and will die of his privations and suffer
ings if not quickly released. Twenty or
even ten years ago, If thing like that
had happened and become known, there
would have been such a newspaper howl
as would shake the dome Of the Capitol
In these edegenerated days theannouncement
is accept ed quite as a matter OF course.
The times., 1897-04-04
LAST OF THE MAIL ROBBERS.
a Chicago Gang Now Under Lock
and Kew.

Chicago, Ills. April IA dangerous gang
which has for three months kept the Chi
cago postal authorities excited and anxious
by the robbery of mail box contents is
now believed to be under lock and key, ,he
last arrest, that of Hiram l.. Leach, being
made today by Postal Inspector Stuart in
q West Side saloon.
Scores of checks mailed by business men
were taken from the stolen letters, and in
many instances the checks We're cashcd by
innocent persons. The gang is supposed to
have worked with duplicate keys to the
mail boxes, as the locks of none We're
broken. 1t is supposed the robbers returned
those letters they opened and found did
not contain checks. Eight other members
Of the gang have been caught.
The times., 1897-04-04

Representative Corliss of Michigan viii
become very popular member, as far
as the pie-counter constituency is con-
cerned, if he should be able TO upset from
10 900 To 100 900 positions under the Gov
ernment now within the classified civil
service. 1t may be doubted if he Will
find the President altogether benign to-
ward such sweeping movement to the
rear. However, let us have all the facts
anything against ClevcIands Administra-
tion, ex cept an allegation that it ever
did anything for a Demo crat, big or
little.
The times., 1897-04-04

The American Chamber OF Commerce, in
Paris, is among the active protestants
against the Dingley bin. Statistics are
offered by 1t showing that France admits
American goods free to the amount of
$50, 900 900 francs, while the United
statesonly admitsSO, 100000 francs W orth
of French goods free. The American
chamber hopes for reciprocity arrange
meut.
The times., 1897-04-04
Cotton Mills Resume Work,

Providence, R. l., April 8. B B. and R.
knights Royal and Valley Queen Mills at
River Point will start on full time Monday
morning, orders to that effect having been
issued from the Providence office of the
company yesterday. These two factories
employ 65,00o spindles and 100 looms,
engaged principally on the finer fabrics,
which have made the product OF this con-
cern famous among American cotton mills.
The times., 1897-04-04

Free trade in imported labor is being
much promoted by the war scare in
Europe. Last week a single vessel brought
over I,I19 Italians, and a general rush
from the continent is beginning. All { his
is agreeable to the trusts, who want all
the protection they can get and also all the
foreign labor possible, to keep down
American wages and increase the foreign
vote susceptible of education"
The times., 1897-04-04
Blown to Pieces in a Mine.

Calumet, Mich, April 3.-Two miners,
Eric Neimi and John TaIoinsari, We're
blown to pieces in the Calumet mine by a
premature explosion Of dynamite. They
were preparing to blast 5000 feet beneath
the surface in No. shaft, when the dyna-
mite exploded. No one knows how the
accident happened Only small pieces
of the remains have SO far been recovered.
The times., 1897-04-04

In advocating clemency for Gen. Rivera
the Spanish Republican leaIer and editor
senor Pi Margall, of Madrid, declared
that to shoot him would be IAN act Of bar
barous warfare, because only baTbarou;
nations kill their prisoners of war" Spain
regularly kills hers, and often INDUCES in
the preliminary amusement of torture. That
seems to constitute Spain 'barbarous" ma
ton, and as such we are not bound tc
tolerate her atrocities
The times., 1897-04-04
md lndomitable in his courage, is very

and indomtable in his courage, is very
apt to be a good sleeper He may not have
any very regular hours for rest, but he can
sleep, whenever he gets chance. He ac.
cumulates energy, just as Tesla says, and
tits there, all ready for him, when he needs
it. The mau who gets his full allowance of
sleep is able to turn every waking moment
to good account; and, after all, the real
work OF the world is accomplished In q
wonderfully short time. The rest OF the
hours are spent, usually, in worry and
bother and fidget, and racing around to do
things the longest way. There never was a
great man who had time TO worry None
of us have time to worry, for the matter of
that We take time that we need for other
things. It is great deal better TO spend
an extra hour or two in sleep than to
spend it in worry, or loafing about in q
semi-somnolent condition for the sake OF
appearances. Tesla's advice is good.
The times., 1897-04-04

Important Cuban successes are reported.
The commands of the patriot Gems Betan-
engagements with and beaten the SpaniaIds
in the provinces of Matanzas and Havana.
In the latter the capture of Gen. Rivera
has led to unusual military activity on the
part OF the Cubans, who are determined to
avenge the treachery of Weyler and his
AGENTS
The times., 1897-04-04
NAVY DEPARTMENr ORDERS.
Capt. Shepard to Take Charge OF
the Cincinnati.

the Cincinnati.
Orders have been issued by the Navy
Department as follows: Capt. f. VI.
Shepard is detached from the command OF
the flagship San Francisco and ordered
to command the cruiser Cincinnati. ex-
changing with Capt H j. johnson. Capt.
Shepard's time has nearly expired and he
VIII bring the Cincinnati home from the
Mediterranean, while Capt johnson re-
mains with the flagship
Surgeon G. N Gravatt is detached from
the Museum of Hygiene t this city on com
pletion of his examination, and ordered
to be ready for sea. Lieut. II. Minett is
ordered TO the Wabash, to relieve Lieut.
Z. E. Wright, who is ordered to the Bos-
ton yard. Assistant Engineer j. II.
Rowen, ordered as assistant inspector OF
machinery at Cramps yard. Commander
R p. Leary is detached from command OF
the Katahdin and ordered to examination
for promotion.
The times., 1897-04-04
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Senator Teller is expected home from
the West in about ten days. Itt stated
by the near friends Of the Senator that
1t is his purpose To reach here IN time
to vote on the arbitration treaty. The
fact that he does not expect TO come be
fore the 18th Of the month iudicateSa a con-
viction on his part that the Senate Will
continue TO be grave and deliberate and
that the treaty cannot reach vote be-
fore that time. Senator Teller was one OF
the strongest anita gonists of the treaty in
its original form, and II is believed that
the amendments, numerous though they
have been, have not cured his objections.
The opponents Of the measure confidently
assert that he will vote with them IL he
returns TO the city in time and that If he
does not get here Senator Pasco viii be
instructed to pair him with two Of the
friends of the treaty.
The times., 1897-04-04

Some of the blessings of the Dingley
tariffbill alreadyare effective. TheLowell
carpet mills have been compelled to shut
down in view OF the prospect that the
woolen schedule would destroy their busl-
ness, If enacted into law.
The times., 1897-04-04
Henry Clay Evans Installed.

Henry Clay Evans, the newly appointed
Commissioner OF Pensions, assumed the
duties of his office yesterday. He had
q STEADY stream Of callers throughout thu
flaT
The times., 1897-04-04
BUTLER SENT TO AUSTRALIA.
He Vows He VIII Yet Cheat the
GaliOws.

He FOWs Ht W III tI JHIsdI LIlb
GallOws.
San Francisco, Cal. April 8. Richard
Butler. alias Newman, alias Aehe, the
Australian murderer. has said farswen 10
American soil. He occupied a cell in the
county Jail until late n the afternoon.
when he was conveyed TO the steamer
Marlposa. The Mariposa sail ed lat 8 O'Clock
Despite all the precautions of the de-
tectives Butler expects to cheat justice
before Sydney is reached. To one of his
guards he said: Il will never he hanged
They Will never land Richard Butler in
Sydney alive"
The times., 1897-04-04

James Rankin Young, the barnacled
Washington newspaper man and gosling
Con gressman from Philadelphia, has
evolved an excellentidea. He proposes that
the Government shall perpetuate in bronze
two of his great predecessors in con-
The times., 1897-04-04
sanpuiIsy sad to Be seeking peu,e.

London, April ga dispatch from
Madrid declares that Gen sanguilly has
written to Premier Canoyas with refer
ence to peace negotiations with the Cuban
rebels.
The times., 1897-04-04

Senator Chandler is also counted among
those who will finally line up in opposi-
tion TO the treaty. He has stated that
in general way he approves the treaty
and the idea of arbitra ton. But he con-
siders that because the United States has
great reserve power, and the fact that she
can call into service vast army, are the
principal projections OF the western Hemi-
sphere from being parceled out among the
European powers like Africa. He init
mated also in executive session the other
day that some happier time could be pro-
posed in which TO establish n permanent
court Of arbitration with England than
while the guns of that nation were, in
concert with those OF other great powers,
turned against the struggling Christians
of TUrk-ridden Crete.