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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24

Is 70 &c determined on March :. 1t may
also Dc se. down as al assured fact that
the Republicans themselves fully realize
this and viii govern themselves accord
insiy. They are conscious II the vantage
ground they occupy in being able 10 size
up the Ct.eT4Dces and nominees OF Their
opponents. The fus!onlSts. and in having
Ae&Td almost . weeks public comment
on the fusion Platform and the personnel
CT the fUsicn ticket.
The convention viii be called 10 order
IL AimoIy hail at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. The first Item 10 elicit any general
interest VIII De The selection of a pcrma-
heEt chairman. Various names have been
suggested IL connection with that import
ana position, among the most prominent
be.as those OF ex-senator John s. Allen.
E--ls Morrison and John H. Powell. Mr..
Alien declined 70 allow his name 20 be
used Ar- Morrison yesterday morning
made the same statement but later in the
Gay lie Eeconsidered his decision 50 far As
- say That II Ae were elected 10 the DO
sIuon without any effort on his part ne
would serve. Mr.. Powe..s DELEGATION
from the Third ward IS not willing 10 see
Alm taken from The floor Of the conven-
ti0n.
AZ Indications last night pointed to a
bfIVt session While no cut-ar4-dried pre-
arrangement has been made. Vet. on the
oiAer hand' there Is the greatest decree Of
harmony on All sides. II the nomination
Tor mayor should he mad. as now seems
pT0lob-e. on the first ballet or two the
convention can hardly he pr1tracttd. as
Il IVES two years ago. into the small hours
~ the morning waen the contest over
"ie comm toners brought The c0ryeu-
'i.H 1o an Adjournment at / O'Clock a. m
Macy % the men " 70 have taken prom
men, paft IN previous sessions Il The Re
publican '.tE convention VIII today he con-
SH@uoas hy Their absence. ana the reaort-
c.a VINO nave sraHn accustomed To see
tIcln rise go speak in their r. spcctfye del
es~uoAs Viii look fer Them In vain. ST
number * the cid-,.mers are there.
Among taem al be noticed Maj schrack.
Ir Mittea. the Wiestllngs. Jude M-C,I-
Era. Col Edser. Senator Allen. Capt. Bal
IaFd. , l. crawford. Columbus T. Tyler
Boyd J. Talmaa. judge Cam. Judge
Humpafics Fred II. Peterson. f. r. Bur
" e.l. George H. kjturs,r. John X Brown.
ilEs Morrison. 4. T. Ambrose l.. 4 Treen
Councilman Hurd II. : Drew. Edward
Won Iobei, W. T WickWarc. ii. r. Cayton.
Councilman Raymond Ells he Brulor
Frank lianford. Byron Phelps j. NJ Kin
near. Terry King. MAJ. Rineh3rt A. s
Burwelt Aloro Gardner. 4. B. : cwart. A.
G. Bowman. +. q. kiibcurne James Kie-
fer. IT. y. craven. NJ u HAYNES f. 4
Neutelde~, =. j.. Hughes. q. NJ Stewart
Horace r. Compton, +. v. Craven J. T.
Crichton, &. l. Bowman Z. l. Blaine II.
Il. elise. Ira Bronson. 4. NJ. Brookes
Charles kinnear. Charles T.. Crane and
scores Of others.
All the delegations from the various
wards held caucuses yesterday and last
night, IN mCs- II which there was absolute
harmony and uuau-mity. Ir some % these
m further action WAS taken than 70 meet
ofsantZe and adjourn. IN the First ward
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24
CITY CONVENTION TODAY.
Republicans VIII Announce
Ticket and Platform.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CANDIDATES

Opposition TO Mayor Humes Makes an
PoweiI--He says He VIII Not Ac-
cept-ProhabiliticS to the
Chairmans IA p-ResuIt of the Sew
eral Caucuses Held Last Night.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24

L Nil BE- splendid thi-g for Washing
tsn and OreEau.'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24
DENNY
BLAINE
LAND co.

Offers for sale two centrally Io-a;-
ell ~narNts. ctner water ffgnt
proTerty. a large amount ~ lie
lau4z. hri lag ists be Ty-sn Rail-
read ateu4c 4ca Western avenue:
bushes property upon First ave-
rue. rst avenue south. Second
aid Third avenue and Yesler Wy.
fou. husiEysa b1eks, Il number u
heautIta residences on Denny ntH.
n uas hEU4 So = 4seu Anne. sesi-
dsrrez IN otrer parts 0f tne cry.
AID q large ard choice list Of resi-
dence pTos erty. We haed.e op'y
psrtee. ftt-s Erarias cur list
b tore 1uy.ng elsex mere.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

The third week Of the great cotton mill
strike in New England has closed, and it
brings no change in the unfortunate situ-
alton. The storm center is still at New
Bedford. with smaller strikes scattered
throughout the other cities. and opera
tives in still others waiting to see the out
come Of the New Bedford workers fight
before they take hand at it themselves.
Operators and mill owners are as deter
MINED as ever and declare that they will
not yield. The manufacturers reiterate
their declarations: That the market for
cotton manufactures has not recovered
from the business depression; that the
opening of cotton mills in the South
has seriously affected the market;
that their properties no longer earn divi-
dends commensurate with their invest
ments; that their operatives are as well
paid as any, and better paid than most Of
them; that system of fines for inferior
work is necessary to protect them against
careless workmen; that the operatives
could live comfortably under the new
schedule il they were good managers.
The answer the operatives make is this:
That the mill owners, having regularly
declared dividends of from ) to 16 per
mule spinners alone of all the operatives
could avoid starvation under schedule
10 per cent below present wages; that
they have been unable to pay living ex-
penses at the old wages; that their homes,
rented from the companies, are desolata
and unsanitary; that the employers now
require them to weave large cuts of goods
at the same price they formerly received
for smaller ones; that the mill owners,
by arbitrary fines, are able to regulate
wages TO suit themselves.
The operatives are full of courage to
resist the reduction. Forty-nine German
families have left town for Texas, where
they have secured employment in the cot
ton mills, and many more Canadians are
to return to their homes across the bor-
der, to remain until the close of the strug-
gle. The manufacturers have made no
signs toward starting up their mills, and
no more is expected on their part for some
time to come.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
DEATH IN THE STORM.
FURIOUS BLIZZARD IN THE NEW
ENGLAND STATES.
Over Score Are KiI1ed-Property
Loss Foots Up to. Hundreds of Thou
sands of DoIiars-Boston a Severe
Sufferer Isolated for Hours.
Deals Wide Destruction.


Lives have been lost, hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of property has
been destroyed and all branches of busi-
ness have been paralyzcd by the fierce
storm which exhausted its fury Tuesday
afternoon on the New England States.
Not in twenty-five years has there been
a storm of such severity. 1t will be days
before anything like an accurate estimate
can be made of the damage inflicted. 1t
will be weeks before the effects of the
storm will have passed away. More than
score of lives have been lost along the
New England coast. At least thirty coast
wise and fishing vessels are reported as
having been wrecked, while as many more
are missing.
The storm, which began Monday morn
ing and continued till Il late hour Tuesday
afternoon, was the most severe in every
way Of which the weather bureau has any
record. About eighteen inches of snow
fell in Boston, with wind blowing from
thirty to fifty miles an hour. The storm
was even more severe in the North and
East
For about eighteen hours Boston was
cut off from all communication with the
outside world. no wires were working, and
all trains and electric cars were stalled.
Hundreds of miles of wires are fiat, and
it will take thousands of men several
days to restore the service to its normal
condition.
AT least sixty horses were killed in Bos-
ton by falling trolley and electric wires.
The streets in many places were literally
covered with a network of live wires, and
as the districts Monday night were in to-
tai darkness it was extremely dangerous
to pedestrians. Few electric cars made
any progress and many filed with pas
sengers were stalled all night because OF
falling wires and deep snow. The steam
trains Jared little better, as nearly all the
tracks were covered with wires and poles,
in addition to snow, making progress even
for locomotive practically impossible.
Add to this the fact that the switches and
signals refused TO work, and that no com
munication could be had with the conduc-
tors of trains on the road, and some idea
of the completeness of the blockade can
be obtained. Superintendent Merritt of
the Western division of the Boston and
Maine Railroad says it is the most disas-
trous storm on his road since 1867.
None Of the New England States es-
| capped the force Of the storm. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont are having the most
severe winter in twenty years. Follow
ing temperatures ranging from twenty to
thirty degrees below zero, the storm came
and completely paralyzed all railroad and
telegraphic communication. Drifts thir-
ty feet deep are reported from the hill
towns, and railroad trains are stuck in
| the snow.
Many mills and factories made no at
tempt to run, and mo school, signals
were hoisted in twenty-eight Of the thirty
three cities in New England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

guests was DIR. Talmage. 1t was the first
time the renowned divine and the woman
who is to share his joys and sorrows met,
and it was a case where Cupid conquered
Immediately. When the guests parted
there was an understanding between the
preacher and the widow. Correspondence
was continued. but no one suspected any
thing. Saturday DR.. Talmage went to
Allegheny, where preparations for quiet
secret marriage had been made. After
the ceremony the announcement was Civ
en- ont and it created sensation. This is
DIR. Talmage's third venture on the mat
rimonial sea. His second wife died two
years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
FIERCE HEAT IN AUSTRALIA.
Great Damage Done by Fires Caused
by Spontaneous Com bustion.

Great Damage Done by Fires Caused
by Spontaneous Combustion.
The steamer Warimoo, from Austria
lia, brings news of appalling climatic con-
ditions which have been prevailing in
many sections of that country. The pros
trations from heat were so numerous that
the condition of affairs in large cities was
alarming. In n great many instances
work is out of the question and sleep inn
possible. kilograms show that the same
conditions prevail all over the colonies.
The thermometer during the heat of the
day averages about 124 in the shade, and
in long list of towns the lowest figure
found was 40. In the sun it Is 16O, so
it is impossible to work at midday. The
heat has caused numerous fires from
spontaneous combustion, and the houses
are so baked during the day that in the
worst sections the residents sleep in gar
dens and OH roofs. The damage from
fire is very great. 1t would appear from
the press reports that the total damage
will amount to millions OF pounds. In
Victoria colony 100000 acres have been
swept clear and an enormous acreage of
crops destroyed. In other colonies houses
and barns were burned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

Students held an anti-Zola demonstra.
ton in Paris.
The carnival festivities have begun at
Monte Carlo.
Sir Henry Irving will soon present a
new play at his London theater.
The anniversary of the execution Of
Charles l. was celebrated in London.
Serious riots against the plague meas
ures were reported from Sinnar. India.
Lord Nevill was held for trial in Lon
don, England, on charge of forgery, bail
being refused.
The French chamber adopted the bill
for razing the Paris Notifications between
Point Dujour and Pantin.
French newspapers have advised their
Government to be watchful of Ger
many's actions in the East.
1t was reported that Russia would COM
pei Turkey to accept Prince George of
Greece as Governor of Crete.
The approach of the parliamentary sea-
son has been indicated In London lately
by the additional animation of the streets.
The German reichstag. adopted the
measure increasing the salary of Prince
Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, TO
100000 marks.
The engineering works throughout Eng
land reopened, owing TO settlement OF the
strike. About 30 per cent of the men
were employed.
A conspiracy has been discovered at
Teheran, Persia, to murder the Shah,
Muzaffer ed-Din, and install n younger
brother in his place.
The wife of ex-Prime Minister Crispi of
Italy has introduced fad among Italian
ladies OF having calves as pets following
them around in the streets.
The minister Of foreign affairs announc-
ed in the Italian parliament that no off,
cial or agent of the Italian Government
had any relations with Dreyfus, the con-
vict French captain.
The council of foreign bondholders an
nounced in London that ii had been un-
able to obtain the installment due Jan.
26 by Venezuela for the service Of the
external debt Of 1881.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Increase During the Month of Janu-
ary is $I2,5S9,77I.


The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business
Jan. 81 the debt, less cash in the treas
ury, amounted to $1,011, ,701, 1888. an in
crease for the month of S12 $50 III. This
increase is accounted for by the decrease
in the amount of cash OH hand. The debt
is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bear-
ing debt, $S47 ,365, $40; debt on which in
terest has ceased since maturity, 81 ,32S,
540 debt bearing no interest, S3S6,S7S,-
774 total, 81 ,235, ,573, ,124. This amount.
however, does not include $5S1 ,213,933 in
certificates and treasury notes outstand-
ing which are offset by an equal amount
of cash in the treasury. The treasury
cash is classified as follows: Gold. $780,
T31 ,551; silver, S510,616,1 ,160; paper, $780,
452, ,096; bonds, deposits in national banks,
disbursing officers balances, etc, S41,-
33S, ,199; total, 1858, 19S, ,0OS, against which
there are demand liabilities outstanding
amounting to $629, ,326, ODD, leaving net
cash balance. including the gold reserve,
of sob, ,S71 1856.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
State News in Brief.

Frederick Weilan of Ida was gored by
bull and seriously injured.
Writ Thompson of Stockbridge found
fourteen rattlesnakes bunked up for win
ter in haystack.
James Way, freight conductor, was
overcome by gas in the st. Clair tunnel
and nearly lost his life.
Jonathan Lamb, living eight miles west
!. of Utica, fell from straw stack and sus-
tained probable fatal injuries.
The Grand Rapids Board Of Trade will
endeavor to secure eX-President Cleveland
TO speak at its annual banquet.
Curtis G. Reynolds, a prominent young
clothing merchant Of Dundee, will head a
party of gold seekers who will start for
Alaska shortly.
John Kneisel, 16-year-old son of Peter
Kneisel of Victorsville, has been missing
for week. No clue. He was last seen
driving home from Blissfield.
Banker Mathew Wilson's handsome
residence at Muskegon, which cost $25,-
600, has been sold to G. III. Hills, son Of
Lumberman G. +. Hills, for $4,000.
The Norrie group of mines at Ironwood,
the entire ownership OF which is now
vested in the Oliver Mining Company, has
given notice of an advance of about 10
per cent.
G.. w. Miller, w. f. Bixby of Kalama-
ZOO and William Coons of Findlay, o.,
have organized the Michigan-Ohio Oil Co.
with $4,000 capital. The company has
an option on 300 acres of oil land near
Findlay.
Simeon Kent, who was last week ac-
quilted at Mason on a charge of assault
ing his brother with intent to kill. on the
ground that he was insane when the shoot
ing was done, has been taken to the asy-
lum for dangerous and criminal insane at
Ionia.
Private Conrad Hallauer Co. A, 10Th
infantry, stationed at Fit. Brady, was dis
charged by special order of the Secretary
of War, after serving thirteen years. Pri-
yate Hallauer has fallen heir to a $4,000
fortune by the death Of a brother in Cleve-
land, q.
Leo Deuster, son Of John Deuster of
Sutton's Bay, aged IL, was struck in the
head by log and his skull crushed. He
managed 20 make his way TO his home
and ray recover.
austin Bailey, a well-known and eccen-
tic negro, was found lying dead in a
renee corner near the Ann Arbor county
house. He had become lost in the storm
and froze to death.
Ann Arbor fishermen say the Huron
river ponds are full Of very large carp.
One weighing fifteen pounds was recently
spearcd. Many weighing Eve and ten
pounds are common.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
TALMAGE'S SECRET MARRIAGE.
The Announcement Thereof Created u
Sensation Among n is Friends.

The recent marriage of Rev. Dr. L. De
Witt Talmage was n great surprise to his
friends and relatives--eyen to his son.
Mrs. Charles Collier, whom he married,
is a handsome widow of 80 and one of
the most charming women in the society
of Pittsburg's twin city. Last summer
she visited New York, being one of a
party of friends who spent several weeks
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
Saved nv the Father

A terrible deed was attempted by Mrs.
Truman A. Spencer of Neebish island.
The woman suddenly went insane and
tried to burn her 2-months-old babe in a
red-hot cook stove. She was about to
deposit the baby on the glowing Goals
when her husband happened to come in
and frustrated the attempt. Mrs. Spen-
Ger will be sent to the upper peninsula
hospital for the insane at Newberry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL RECOUNTING OF HER
LATEST NEWS.
Lad Gave Officers Ten Mile Chase
Father Saved His Baby-A Mothers
Heroism-Fatal Accident at Coral
Would Like to Know.
Ran Ten Miles.

Lew Cotter, a farmer boy who lives
near Morenci, and who has Il local repu
tation as runner of great speed and
endurance, displayed his agility the other
day. Cotter had been arrested and asked
the officer il he might get II coat. He
made n break for liberty and was only
captured afeer hard chase of ten miles,
in which he was pursued by men mounted
on swift horses. The horses were almost
exhausted when Cotter was finally run
down. The chase lasted little over an
hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
Strike Oil i'm Michigan.

Great excitement exists at Coloma over
the recent discovery of petroleum in that
vicinity. Surface indications of oil APP
pear on Paw Paw lake, well-known
summer resort, and Frank Britain of
Chicago has undertaken the organization
of company to develop the find. He
considers that rich oil field exists there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

gal. One asserts as a matter Of law that
the bonds of the United States are re
deemable at the option of the Government
in silver, and the other as a matter Of
morals that to restore to its coinage such
silver coins as legal tender in payment
OF the bonds, principal and interest, is not
in violation of the public faith nor in de-
rogation of the rights of the public cred
itors. He would not dwell, he said, on the
legal aspect of the question. There was
not lawyer in the United States, nor in
any other country, who would venture on
his professional reputation to deny that
the bonds could be paid in silver. That
went without saying. The Republicans
in this matter must Justify themselves, il
at all. upon the proposition that in their
consciences they believed that gold was
the money of the contracts.
Mr.. Henderson Qicp. Iowa., the one
legged veteran, and Mr.. Dalzell CRep.,
Pa) closed the debate with fiveminute
speeches in opposition to the resolution.
Mr.. Henderson recalled the Presidents
declaration in his New York speech. His
declaration" said Henderson. means
that the best money in the world shall be
paid to the bondholder, the plcwholder,
the hodholder. the penhoder, the pension
holder and all who toll and all who
sweat"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

Edna May Chase, despondent school
teacher, committed suicide by cutting her
throat at her home In Brooklyn. She
was a member OF Plymouth Church and
belonged to one OF Broklyn's old families.
1t Is believed she was influenced by re-
cent suicides i'm Washington.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

The new Jamaica cable via Turks ISL
and and Bermuda has been opened. 1t
gives the United States and Canada a
competitive route for cablegrams to the
West Indies, connecting as 1t does with
the service of the Commercial Cable and
Postal Telegraph companies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
Escape from Burning Home.

The home of w. l.. Squires, near South
Haven, burned one night recently. Mrs.
Squires and her baby were alone in the
house. She occupied a room in the upper
part Of the house, and when awakened all
chances to escape from below were cut
off. Mrs. Squires tied the bed quilt to-
gether, fastened one end to bed post
and, taking the baby on her back. slipped
to the ground. She then ran in the snow
barefooted to her nearest neighbors, sixty
rods away, to give the alarm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
Crushed by the Cars.

Chas. Chapple, potato dealer, aged 40,
tried to catch moving freight train at
Coral, lost his hold and fell under the
wheels. His right leg was crushed below
the knee, his head cut, injured internally,
and he died two hours afterward. He
leaves widow and seven children.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
A SECRET PACT EXISTS.
Russia's Occupation of Port Arthur Is
Explained.

Explained.
1t Is supposed that Great Britain's with
drawal from Port Arthur and her ceasing
to exert pressure for the opening of the
port of Ta-Licn-Wan, which actions are
regarded as incredible and suicidal to
British interests and prestige, were owing
to her disbelief in the existence of secret
treaty between Russia and China.
The Chinese Government, however,
quotes this treaty as the reason for Rus
sia.s presence at Port Arthur, and Rus
sian dispatches to the tsung-li-yamen al
lege that the occupation OF Port Arthur
is in accordance with the treaty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
What Does 1t Mean.

Residents of Mosherville and the sur
rounding country are greatly excited over
the purchase of much farm property south
and east of there on the banks of the
Kalamazoo river. An agent has been
through the county securing options on
all the property fronting on the river He
will not divulge the name of the firm for
whom he is working, but is putting up the
cash where he can make purchase.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
washtennw BECOMING Moro Wicked.

Crime in Washtenaw County is on the
increase, SO careful investigation of
the Jail record shows. In an interview
Sheriff Judson said: This year there are
twice as many prisoners in Jail as last
year at this time. The number of drunks
has been about the same. The number of
drunken students is less, while the num-
Der of citizen drunks is slightly on the in
cp~lse"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

The Odd Fellows Mutual Aid Associa-
ton voted to go out OF business. It's as
sets amount 20 $3.50, and its liabilities TO
100000, consisting Of unpaid death
claims. The association was formed twen-
ty-eight years ago by men prominently
connected with the Odd Fellows, but It
never had any Official connection with the
order.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10
"Cashier,, Ia Dead.

Cashier" the horse that made great
record on Michigan, Ohio and Indiana
race tracks last fall, died at Brooklyn of
lockjaw. His owner, Clark Carpenter of
Blissfield, refused $1,000 for him at the
close of last season.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-10

Case Against Sheriff Martin for Shoot
ing Miners i'm Pennsylvania.

The trial OF James Martin, high sheriff
of Luzerne County, Pa, and his eighty
deputies on charges of murder and felo-
NOUS wounding, was begun in the county
court house at Wilkes-Barre Tuesday.
Sept. 10 collision took place at Latti-
mer between Sheriff Martin and his arm