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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1S8G.—TWELVE PAGES.
•FROM WASHINGTON.
OCBKDISOS OF BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS.
ovi.lon. of the Educational Illll-A Dl«-
on Public Hull ding. Til©
blnklus Fund—Beck*. Silver
HGl-Ulilue.* Trouble.
Washington, February O.-On. motton of
• Mahon*, the Senate took up bills favor-
ay reported and on the calendar provid
er the erection cf public buildings.
Ther of such bills were passed.
Ir t ,“building at Norfolk,. Va., $250,000;
ril nts' e Ala., 8100,000; at Jackson-
ll Fla $15(1000; at Greenville, S. C„
hkki .t Vicksburg, Miss., $100,000; at
rnsta. Ga., 21)0.000; at Fortress Monroe,
f $150.000 at Wilmington N. C $200,-
r. the enlargement of the building at
lepiburg, Va., $50,000. The bill to ap-
tpriate $050,000 for the purchase of a
t'f r a public building at ban Francisco,
I nave rise to some disenssion, started
felr. ltiddleberger, who inquired wheth-
Vhere was not already a public building
Jr*Stafford replied that San Francisco
* from $100,000 to $500,000 into the
bile treasury: that its post-offloe build-
P as an old tumbled down affair, in-
Lient and insecure, and that San 1> ran-
o was entitled to a building that would
Dinmodate the business of the city of
| Pacific coast. . .
kr ltiddleberger characterized the com-
bd reports of the public building com-
v,, ( , as another river and harbor
C e |, y w hich eaeh Senator's selfish-
, in'the interest bis State was appealed
so a general consent for these
uures have been secured.
[r Morrill defended tbs committee, say-
ijjad carefully examined euch case;
Ifnuud that the’ buildings were neces-
1 and that Virginia had not been neg-
he t> 11 was passed, and at 2 o'clock the
Francisco bill was displaced by the
Ltionalbill. ...»
r Blair took the floor and briefly ex-
ned the provisions of tne bill. It
d appropriate for the first year, ho
$7 000,000, for the second year $10,-
|{sip 'for the third year $15,000,000, for
■fourth year $13,000,000, for the fifth
r $11,000,000, for the sixth year $9,000,-
for the seventh year $7,000,000,
the eighth year $5,000,000. The
iev was to be divided among the States
[Territories in that proportion which
[whole number of persons in each State
territory who, being over ten years of
fond unable to read or write, bear to the
blc number of such persons in the United
"tec. So State or Territory shonld par-
iate in the benefits of the bill that did
[provide a free common school system,
I separate schools for white and colored
blrcn should not be considered a viola-
1 of this condition.
fr. lliddleburger offered a [resolution
ch went over, directing the Committee
Public Buildings to report the sggiegate
bunt of money covered by bills favor-
; reported by that committee at this ses-
i, and the places where the buildings
prided for are to be erected,
kr. Cum iron called up the bill to provide
the appointment of an assistant secre-
r of the navy; Mr. Logan submitted nn
[ailment providing for the appoint-
ht also of an assistant Secretary
[war at $4,(K10 [attached to Mr. Lo
ts amendment is a letter from the Secrc-
j of war to Itupresentative Bragg nrging
■appointment of suoh assistant secrete-
[expressing the belief that a fair salary
Lieu officer would be $5,000 per year. |
i amendment was ordered printed, and
[bill went over.
In motion of Mr. Blair, tho education
| was made the special order for 2 o’clock
borrow.
Innsidemble time was expended in do
ing tho bill called up by air. Hoar, pro
ng for tho distribution of public doeu-
Its among the depositories of public
jmients.
Iddleberger having endeavored to so-
I the consideration of the resolution al
ly offered by him, calling for informs-
1 from the committee on public build-
1, and being informed by the Chair
I tho resolution hnd gone over under
Irulos, Hr. Biddleberger insisted it had
Igonc over. He read the Senate rules
] construed them to support his conten-
• lie said he had heard no objection
consideration of his resolution. Ho
[t«l tho gavel to he exercised impar-
r. lie thought one rule was applied to
■ Senators and nnnther to others.
Ir. Frye, who had occupied the chair
n Mr. Kiddlebcrger’s resolution was of-
. said he distinctly heard objection to
Resolution when offered, and had been
■isl to aunounco that it went over nnder
ulus.
UiJillebcrger raised a number of
i of order, which Were successively
Iraled by the President pro tem., and
[ness was then resumed.
1 the course of the debate on the public
[meat hill. Mr. Hoar, arguing for the
|om of making complete contributions
crones, etc., said it was very important
newspaper editors shonld he able to
access to public documents, and not
Ibhged to draw on their inner conscious-
I for their facts.
Iter debate the bill was referred to the
ImiUee on printing for consideration and
frt, and on motion of Mr. Morrill the
pe at 5:10 adjourned.
House l>rocca<linga.
[asnixoTon, February 9.—Tho 8peaker
■ before the House the reply of the Sec-
of the Treasury to the resolution ask -
>r a statement of the amount applied
s sinking fund daring tlie fiscal year
|ng June 31, 1885. It was referred.
r[ Secretary gives the following figures
principal, *45,588,150; interest,
B'n., .:!•»; fractional currency, $15,885,
Ib'tal,»»,587,570.275.
r’* Hoomi resumed in the morning hour
fonsiJeratiou of the bill to prevent the
1 u * * u . r taxes as s setoff against States
ag claims against the government
\ C i 011 ;. 'able debate, but without ae-
t l “e House went into committee of the
Jc, with Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, in
Imur, on the “half gallon'’ tax bill.
■ Findlay, of Maryland, took the floor
a carefully prepared speech on the
Jieuil question, which, he said, resolred
;, m ™the question as to whether or
ll!V B *?? Be * nhonld be repealed. In
finding bis speech, which was attentive-
I, *d to ana warmly applauded, Mr.
Ijay, expressed the opinion that in spite
J ktoj** 1 °* ^ 00 B rt *‘’ g°ld would re-
lrltl Earner spoke in favor of tree sUrer
nding setion, the eomnittee roee.
Morrison, of Illinois, from the com.
?n waya. and mean*, reported the
lutinn calling on thetiecretary of the
y for information as to the entn of
claimed in saits against collectors of
1 for duties illegally exacted on im-
merchandise now pending in *he
I? district of Kew York. Adopted.
Huoae then, at 5 o'clock, adjourned.
Hiatuses the Chinee Troubles,
February 9.—The
of the cabinet to-day wna devoted to the
conaideration of the anti-Chinese troubles
in Seattle, W. T. Several cabinet officers
stated that they were in receipt of dis
patches from territorial officers, including
the governor, the latest of which indicate
that the local authorities have the rioters
under control, and are hopeful of their
ability to prevent a further outbreak and to
preserve the peace. The fact that the Chi
nese minister had requested the aid of the
government in the protection of the
Chinese wag referred to by the
Secretary of State. It was decided,
however, in view ot the advices from
the local authorities, that it was not neces
sary at present to order United Statea
troops to the scene of tho trouble, but the
Secretary of War was instructed to have
troops in readiness for immediate transpor
tation in case of emergencies arising which
would require their presence at Seattle.
There were many appeals for Federal as
sistance during the height of the trouble,
but us they did not come through legal
channels, they could not be acte upon.
The Governor sent advices of the situation
to the President, but made uo formal ap
peal for aid.
The Text of Mr. lleck'a BUI.
Washington, February 9.—The following
is the text of the bill introduced in the Sen
ate to-day by Mr. Beck:
That hereafter coin certificates shall be loauetl of
any denomination for which legal tender notes of
the United States way now he issued, and wheo
received at the treasury reissued, as provided In
section 2 of this act, anil all gold and etlver rortlfl-
cates now outstanding shall he reissued when thoy
are received at the treasury of the United States.
See. 2. Tnat it shall be the duty of the treasurer
of the United States, ilium receipt of an lorlgtual
certificate of deposit Issued by a United States aa-
slstant treasurer, at any United States sub-treasury,
stating that there has been deposited there lu gold
coin or standard silver dollars of the United States.
In the sain of Slo or any multiple thereof, payment
of a like amount in coin certificates at the counters
of any United States fasststsnt treasury designated
by the depositor shall be ordered In such denoinl-
natlons as he may request In wrlttug, which shall
ho redeemable lu guluur sliver cuin, alike uplluti of
the Umtod sates.
Sec. 3. That no coin certificates shall be leaned of
a denomination greater than $500, and at leasqtwo-
thtrda of such certificates outstanding at any time
ehall he of denominations not exceeding $50.
RECOGNIZING BY THE VOICE.
DEATH OF GEN. HANCOCK.
THE PASSING AWAY OF THE SOL
DIER AND STATESMAN.
The Causes Leading to Tils Death—Ac
tion of President Cleveland—Mes
sages of Sympathy and Con
dolence—The Funeral.
Wonderful Acuteness of Hearing Acquired
by Telephono Operators.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Speaking of recognizidg people," Bait! a
telephone operator yesterday, "I can re
member a man longer and recognize him
farther off by his voice than by any other
means. 1 sit nt an operating table all day
and know the regulars on my circuit by
their voices. Often in walking along the
street I recognize the voico of a person
whom I never saw before, and know that
he belongs to telephone No. —; and as I
know the names oi most- of my patrons,
I thus become familiar with the
faces of many men to whom
1 was never introduced. As an illustration
of how I have learned to remember voices
I will tell an incident that occarred last
week. I was nn in Chicago and happened
to use the telephone. As soon ns nn answer
came I recognized tho voice as that of an
operator named Brown, with whom I hod
worked in Cincinnati three years before. I
did not know he was in Chicago, and wna
glad to see or rather to hoar him. Hu was
ranch surprised at my calling him by name,
nnd told me he was in n district station
fully three miles from where I wna stand
ing. Yes, it is rather hard to distinguish
the voices at first, bnt with a little atten
tion to the business an operator quickly
acquires a very acute ear."
A TEXAS LYNCHING.
Desperado Taken from Jail anil Strang Up
Qai.vesvon, February 9.—A Paris, Texas,
special to the News says: At 2 o'clock yes
terday morning a mounted posse of nearly
one hundred masked men, appeared in
front of the jail in this I Lamer) connty. A
dozen of the party jumped off their hones
and knocked for admittance at the front
door. Jailor Baldwin opened the door, and
two men sprang inside. Baldwin showed
fight, discharging his revolver, bnt ’ the
men knocked the jailor’s arm np anil
choked him until block in the
face. Breaking open the cell the
mob seizod It. T. Garrett, a wounded
desperado who killed Deputy Sheriff Clay
Davis, They dragged him to a wagon and
marched to the timber land three miles dis
tant, where they strung him up to a tree
by means of a common baiter. The body
was discovered banging between heaven and
earth this morning. The vigilant* had pre
pared their attack with groat
care, gnnrda being placed in
every street leading to the jail. The jailor’s
wife rang the slarm bell, and many citi
zens tried to reach the jail, bnt were pre
vented by the determined lynchers. Gar
rett had been arrested for disturbing s
Christmas-tree feetivsl et Sbockey'e Prairie,
when eheriff Davis permitted him to mil
his borne before going to jell, subsequently
Garrett raised a ride and brutally murdered
the,officer while the lattcr'e back wes turned.
Garrett was afterward captured in the
woods, receiving deeperate wounds, and
was just recovering from these wounds
when summoned to his awful fate.
A 1
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!•*!* 3
AVOl!
A CHANCE FOR THE NEGRO.
He Is Wanted to Take the Place of the
Striking Hungarians.
PrmBUBo, Pa. February 9.—A member
of the coke eyndicate seys; “The plan now
is to pnt negroes in the places of the strik
ers. Thousands of good stoat negroes can
be procured around Lynchburg Va. Those
now here are satisfied with the present
wages and happy. Not one is taking an
active part it tlio strike, and all wonid be
at work now if it were not for the fear of
bodily barm. The Intention is not to bring
In a large number at one time, bnt as fast
as s family leaves a region a colored family
will take ita place and the change will
not be noticed until it is made.
No attempt will be made to start the works
as a whole bnt as fast as men are willing to
go to work, if they have taken no active
part in the strike, or have not been dele
gates to any meeting, places will be given
them. The demand for ooke, is of course,
good bnt an increased prioe will not be
given the men, for the price of ooke will
not be raised until after the strike is set
tled, if it takes two months.
Mr. Pleasant, Pa., February 9.—The
incendiarism and rioting yesterday had a
depressing influence on the men at the
Alice works, the only plant north of Scotts
dale making any attempt to ran. Many of
the men ebeolntely refused to work, and
this afternoon one of them, Jno. Krebert
by name, brought suit against the auperin-
tendent for trying to force him to work at
the muzzle of a revolver. At Bridgeport a
mob of women chased s workman into the
shaft house end forced the engineer to
hoist him to the surface and made him
swear allegiance to the strikers. Foreigners
■hi coming to ML Plesaant in numbers to
replenish their stock of revolver* end am
munition, preparing, in hours of peace, for
war.
A Hint In Vinriala.
Lynch nr ao, Va., February 9.-A special
to the Daily Advance from Christenberg,
Va., says: A riot occurred at Roland last
night. Twenty drunken negroes attempted
to take the town. The dtuena eaUed on
Lynchburg tor assistance, _ which was
quickly given them. Five of the rioters
wen landed in jail. The town i* now
quiet
New York, February 9, 4 p. m.—The
following official notification of tho death
Gen. Hancock hat just been received.
Governors Island —“Major-General \V.
S. Hancock, of the United States Army,
died at 2:35 this afternoon."
[Signed] “W. D. Whipple,
Assistant Adjutant General.”
General Hancock's death was the result
of a malignent carbuncle on the back of
his neck, which had confined him to bis
bed for several days. No serious alarm was
felt, however until shortly before he expired.
New Yobk, February 9.—In front of
No. 8, Governor's Island, an orderly this
afternoon was pacing to and fro. It was
the late residence of Gon. W. 8. Hanoock,
who had died therein at 2:50 o'clock. If
the General had lived uutil the fourteenth
day of the present month he would have
completed his sixtv-second year, having
been born at Norristown, Pa., February
14, 1824. In the first story front room,
furnished with soldier-like simplicity, lay
the remains of a General who, as
the guard remarked, hail led his
troop to more battles than any
of bis military contemporaries. The death
of General Hancock was not a surprise to
his family, but it was a shock to them as to
his friends. Twenty days ago he started
on business connected with the department
of the Atlantic to Philadelphia, where lie
remained two days, and then proceeded to
Washington. In Washington a boil de
veloped on the hack of his neck. It was
lanced on January 3U, and os the General
was much inconvenienced by its presence,
he returned to New York several days
sooner than he bad designed. During the
first week of February the boil developed
into a malignant carbuncle, which pre
vented rest or sleep. Dr. Janeway was
called in attendance, and it was not until
marked weakucss had resulted trom the
presence of the carbuncle that the surgeon
discovered that Gen. Hancock wns suffering
from diabetes. Dr. Janeway called in con
sultation Dr. Sutheiland, medical director
of the department, and Dr. D. 51. Stimson,
of New York. The medical men concluded
on Monday that the case was assuming n
very serious form. At 10 o'clock Monday
night, before going away, Dr. Janeway
found his patient in good spirits and able
to aasiat himself, and lie left him apparent
ly improved aud in charge of Hospital Stew
ard Robinson. At 0:45 Tuesday morning,
Mrs. Hancock dispatched an orderly for Dr.
Janen'sy, os,sbe feared the General was sink
ing rapidly. The Doctor came speedily and
found the General in a comatose state, with
feeble pulse nnd all the premonotory symp
toms of death. The Doctor sum
moned the two physicang already
named, llypodermio injections of brandy
nnd ether and of carbonate
of ammonia and brandy were administered,
These, howover, only alleviated the suffer
ing of the soldier, who gradually sank away
until his death at 2:50 p. m. As stated in
in tho words ot Dr. Janeway, the General
went down to tho close of bis life like a per
son descending a flight of stairs. When
death .came tho three physicians and the
hospital steward were present. Mrs. Han
cock wns then in an adjoining room. Tho
General leaves lis widow and three grand
children, two girls and one boy, named
Maria, Ada and Gwynnc, the issue of the
General’s son Russell, who died December
2(1, 1884, nnd whose death the General has
ever since mourned. Major-General Whip-
S lo will assumo command of the
epartment supported by Lieutenant-
Colonel Jackson until the Presi
dent shall appoint General Hancock’*
successor from Gens. Schofield, Terry or
Howard. Orders as to the funeral ceremon
ies nro expected from Washington to-rnor,
row. Meantime tho body will be em
balmed. In the general orders to-morrow
will be promulgated the announcement of
Gen. Hancock’s death, when tho regulation
mourning will be adopted. The flags were
at once lmlf-masted on the announcement
of his death. Tho Goneral will probably be
interred at Norristown, l’a.
Mrs. Hancock has expressed a detire that
the funeral shall be a simple one without
ost in tat ion. For this reason Gen. Hancock
will probubiy bo bnned without any mili
tary ceremonies. The body will not be
orabulmcd unless it shall bo in a proper
state, which to-night is extremely doukfnl.
Mrs. Hancock for several weeks past.had
been making preparations to go to Florida
with tho wife of Lieut. Eugene Griffin, who
is a neice of Gen. Hancock. The party
was to have left a week ago to-day, bnt aa
tho General's sickness assumed a threaten
ing phase, the trip Sonth was given up. No
member of the General's honsebold had an
ticipated a fatal termination ot hia present
illness nntil Mrs. Hancock became idurtned
this morning.
The General was nnablo to speak to or
converse with his family or attendants ex
cept in broken tones and in scarcely intelli-
jible terms. During the morning, when
its wife became exceedingly alarmed at bis
condition, the General endeavored to ad
dress her, and succeeded in calling her by
some name that has been one of his own in
addressing his wife.
The flags on public buildings in this city
were at half-mast within an hour after the
announcement of the death ot General
Hancock. The news of hia death was all
the more startling from the fact that few
even of his intimate friends had any knowl
edge that bis illness was considered serious.
As late aa Saturday last he was in bis pri
vate office attending to his official duties.
When he went to Washington, two weeks
to-day, a alight eraption on
neek near tne beee of the
brain gave him some nn
and inflammation increased so rapidly
that on Friday, January 29, he hiul it
lanced by Dr. O’Reilly, attending anrgeon
at the headquarters of the army in Wash
ington. The eraption continued to dis
charge freely and the lota of blood waa aneb
as to make a very perceptible difference in
the General's nsnnl robust appearance. Im
mediately after his return to Governor's
Island, a week ago, the General sent for
Dr. John H. Janeway, attending surgeon of
the department, who noon perceived signs
of a carbuncle. Next day the carbuncle
waa developed and it gradually grew worse,
although Dr. Janaway did not eon-
aider the condition of his patient past
the point of speedy recovery until Sunday
night, the 7th insL, when decidedly un
favorable symptoms set in, accompanied
by delirium. The malady had touched the
brain and there appeared to ho good
ground for the opinion that his days were
numbered. Concentrated beef tea, milk
and stimulants were administered. Colonel
Charles Sunderland, medical director on
the Island, co-operated with Dr. Janeway
in attendance of the patient, and the Gen
eral cheerfully assisted Li* physician* by
complying strictly with thor directions.
Although his condition was alsrming
his poke waa regular, and he rested
ewdly up to last evening and daring the
abandoned. Oliver Russell, the General's
brother-in-law, watebeil by hie bed aide and
did not notice any decided change until an
curl 1 hour this morning. Between 4 and 5
o'clock the General became restless and
wns unable to take cither medicine or
nourishment. Physicians were called im
mediately, aud they sent to this city for Dr.
D. M. Stimson, an old friend of the General,
who arrived at 1 o’clock. In the consultation
which was held physicians wero unani
mous in the diagnosis of what soon after
wards proved to lie a fatal illness. This
was to tho effect that the General was rap
idly sinking from exhaustion, caused by
loss of vitality incident to tho powerful
drain upon his constitution made by the
cnrbnncle, complicated and exaggerated by
chronic diabetes. The General soon fell
into what appeared to be a qniet
slumber. Gen. Jos. B. Fry, who
hud served on Hancock's staff as an
assistant adjutant-general, having heard
that bis old commander was ill, armed dar
ing the morning and together with Drs. Jane
way and Sutherland, Oliver Russell, hos
pital Btowird Robinson, Wurd, tho Gener
al's faithfil private messenger, and Daniel,
his youngcolored servant, were in the room
watching and waiting, when, at seven min
utes before 3 o'clock, tho final summons
came and the great commander, without a
murmur, passed away to join the noble
army of his departed comrade.
THE NEWS IN THE STATES.
SEATTLE PLACED UNDER MARTIAL
LAW BY THE GOVERNOR.
The DUpoalUon of the Chinese—Troops
Wanted, but None Neat n* Yet-A
Texna Lynching—Negroes to
Supplnut tlie Rtrlkere.
The News nt Washington.
WAsHiNoroN, February 9.—A telegram
announcing the dangerous illnesa of Gen.
Hancock vas received by the President
about 1 p. m. to-day, and was road to the
cabinet, then in aession. Juat after the
cabinet adjourned a second telegram was
received at the White House convoying the
intelligence of his death. The President
was at once informed, and the flag on the
Whito House was placed at holf-miwt. The
President soon after issued the following
executive order:
Execctive Mansion, Washington, Febmary 0,
loot., 4 ii'iltitii.—Tillius* of the death of Winfield
Scott Hancock, aenlor major-general of the army
of the United Staten, have juit been received. A
patriotic sod valiant defender of bis country, an
able and heroic aoldlec, a ajiotlesi and accomplished
S ntlcmae, crowned alike with the laurels ot mill-
ry renown and the hi,lint tribute of hie follow
countrymen to hie worth as a clUxen, he has gone
to hia reward. It la filtlng that every mark ot pub
lic reaped! should be paid to hia memory. There
fore. it le now ordered by the president that the
naUonal flag he displayed at half-mast upon all
buildings of cxecuUve doiwrtmonta In tbla city
until after his funeral shall have taken place.
[Signed] Dan'.-. 8. Lakont,
Private Secretary.
Tho President also Bent the following
telegram to Mrs. Hancock:
Exkcutivk Mansion. Washington. D. C.. Feb
ruary 2, INNA—Mm. W. S. Hancock, Governor's
Island. N. Y.: Accept my heartfelt sympathy and
condolence In your terrible bereavement Tho
heroism and worth of your late husband have gath
ered to your aide In this hour of your allltcUon a
nation of mourners.
(Signed) Gncivv.H Cleveland.
Immediately on the receipt of the intel
ligence of the death of General Hancock
the flag on tho Wur Department building
was placed at half-moat by order of the
Secretary ot War, and arrangements were
made for the promulgation of a general or
der formally unnouncing his death to the
tinny, which order wlllbeissaod to-morrow.
The Secretary of Wur also recalled invita
tions he had ssned for s reception to offi
cers of the army, navy and marine eorps for
this evening.
TIUE1' WATCHING THIEF.
[Chicago New*.]
"I hod nr. adventure once that scared me
more than • little,” said a traveler to a Chi
cago News man, “but it was a good lesson
to me, and one that I will never forgeL It
happened several years ago, when I was
quite young, and the position 1 occupied
was one of considerable importance, both
in a monetary nnd commercial point of
view. I was not quite eighteen years old
when I was appointed to take charge of
all the bnainvas connected with receiv
ing and clearing of boats at one ot the
principal eitie* on tho Ulinois canal. The
duties were not particularly arduous, bnt
ns the canal was infested with tough char
acter* whose reputation for uprightness
was not of the heat, and as a good deal of
money wiu token in, it required one to be
always on the alert I know that my pre
decessor had trouble with the drivers, ow
ing to his pompons ways, and I made it my
btuinetia to treat all of them in a friendly
manner, and even be so table with them.
There were two men whom ray attention was
particularly directed to; they were rough,
good-hearted fellowe, but ramor bail it that
they would tuko whrt didn't belong to them
if they thought no one was looking. They
always travelod together, and consequently
knew all abont each other. To this pair of
worthies I directed all my attention, and
was soon on goon teims with them. Any
Jttlo favors I conld render them I did, anil
they seemed to appreciate my efforts.
One day in the fatter part of ^ngnut tho
basinet* was very heavy ontl lasted from
early morn until nay into the night
When I retired that night in my office,
which was situated close by the canal, I had
in my possession $0,200—a larger amount
than 1 bod ever seen before at one time.
All the men employed abont the canal knew
that the receipts hml been large, but each ■
thing as their taking it from me never en
tored my hoad, and I rested easily. The
next Jay, as usual, I went up to town to
make a report I felt all the way np that
something was not quite right,
but conld not tor the lifo of
me tell what it was, I had no sooner
■tapped into the office where I had to re-
K rt than it came over me Uke a flash that I
d, just before leaving my office, unlocked
the Kite and pnUed oat tho drawer con
taining the money. I remembered, also,
Portland, Oreoon, February 9.—Eight
companies of the Fourteenth Infantry
were placed on board tbo river steamer
Lurliue lust evening ready to go to Seattle
as soon as orders come from tbe President
They number 250 men and nro commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel DcUnssey. When
orders come tho boat will go to Kolorna,
where a special Northern I'acillc train will
be kept in waiting.
Seattle, W. T., February 9.—After tho
firing on the mob by the home guards and
the crowd hud dispersed the Chinese con-
tinned on their way to Chinatown, escortod
by the troops. Denunciations ot the home
guardB wore hoard on all aides, and promi
nent citizens belonging to the organization
wero threatened with hanging by tho mob.
At lust a warrant was sworn out in the Po
lice Court charging the men of the home
gnarda with shooting with intent to kill. A
constable attempted to serve the warrant
bnt Judge Grecno declared that the gnarda
were officers of his court and that he would
not have them molested. Juat before the
warrants were served, however, Governor
Squires had determined to take vigorous
action. It was plain that the most extreme
measures were noecssary, nnd Governor
Squires issued a proclamation with a long
and calm deliberation reciting tbe situation,
and closing as follows:
'Now, therefore, be it known, that I, W.
C. Squires, as Governor of Territory and
commander-in-chief of the military forces
thereof, do hereby assume military com
mand of the city of Seattle, and do hereby
order that no person exercise any office or
authority in snid city which may be incon-
sietent with the laws and constitution of
the United States or the laws of said Terri
tory, aud I do hereby suspend the writ
of habeas corpus and declare martial law
WlillSn Dol.l <■■#«> "
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
easily np to tw evening and dating tbe
greater part of the night so that the hope
of his ultimate recovery was by no means
imiiii.p tuo uiuuej. a n'lui'wucitu, owu,
that just at that moment somo one had
called me and I had gone out of the office,
leaving the safe door opeu and the con
tents of the drawer exposed to the fall
view of sny one who shonld come into the
office. Tossy I felt dizzy end seared out
of my wits almost would express it mildly.
The thoughts of all that might have hap
pened flashed over me in an instant. The
two men I had been warned against I knew
were there, and they probably had made off
with the money I hail so carelessly left
Without eaying e word to sny one I
tumid cu my heels and nn as I never did
before or since to my office. I had been
sway r> half boar, end the ebeneee, I res-
Killed, were very slim for finding the
money. As I neared the office 1 saw,
through * window the fonne of the men I
feared had token the money standing in-
aide near the eefe. My heart sank, bnt I
kept on end fairly staggered into the
office. One glance et the safe showed me
that everything was exactly ee I had left
it, aud I quickly recovered my senses,
Nov for the fanny pert of it: Shortly sf-
ter 1 left the two men discovered the con
dition of things, end each constituted
himself s committee to w.iteh the other;
both thought tho other had plana to rob
the safe and skip, and each was evually de
termined that shonld not be the esse.
Their friendship for me alone prevented
them from rating the money, ana making
themselves scarce. Ever since then I best
all men ss my equal and have no trouble.
Advance Is Wage*.
Boston, February 9.—Notices have been
potted in almost ell tbe cotton mill* of New
Bedford, Concord, Manchester and Lowell
of e general advance of 10 per .cent in
wages from March 1.
within said city.
This, of course, stopped nil judicial pro
ceedings at once. Governor Squires at tile
Bnine time telegraphotl President Cleveland,
stating that the city was in a state of actual
insurrection nnd earnestly requesting aid.
Mnj. A. E. Aldin was appointed provost
marshal, and the military authorities took
complete possession ot the city. Orders
were issued closing nil business houses be
tween the hours of 7 p. m. and Cam,
closing saloons indefinitely, nnd giving
warning that all persona found on the streets
without passes after 7 p. m. would be ar
rested. lly a subsequent order drug stares,
restanrants, hotels and newapaper offices
were allowed to keep open day abd night on
a permit trom the provost marshal. The
following order was issued:
"MiuTAnx HEAuquABTEM, Seattle, W.
T„ February 8.—General Order No. 5.—
All persons willing to enlist in the military
Bervice of the Territory, to serve in the
city of Seattle, are hereby called upon to
report as recruits to the provost marshal at
the court house in this city. All persona
disposed to violato any law of the Territory
of Washington, or any law or treaty, or tho
constitution of the United States, are here
by warned nnd commanded to leave tho
city forthwith.
'By command of Gov. Watson C. Squire.
"Geoags Halles,
“Adjutant General."
In answer to the call for volunteers citi
zens are responding in large numbers, and
recruiting is going on rapidly, Tbe author
ities have plenty of rifles and ammunition
and tbe men organized into companies si
soon as enrolled. At this hour (9:40 p. m.)
the authorities appear to have complete con
trol of the city, but there is an ugly feeling
in the air. Itnmora of all kinds are rife,
and the gravest of apprehensions are enter
tained. Tho Chinese question seems to
have been entirely lost sight of and tbe
only feelings now ore of revcoge on the one
side and a determination to uphold the law
on tho other. Many prominent leaden of
the anti-Chinese sentiment ore openly on
tho side of law and are making every effort
to restrain their late followers.
Tho militia and home guards have been
on dnty continuously since Sundsv morn
ing. They are aboni worn ont rad cannot
stand the strain much longer. Appeal af
ter appeal haa been sent for United States
troops, but for some reason no orders were
issued from Washington nntil hut evening
and then It was too late for the troops to
arrive nntil this morning.
The men wonnded are George Smith, 39
; rears old, shot through tho right arm;
Jcraard Moraine, 25, shot through the
lnoga, probably fatally wounded; Charles
Stewart, aged 30, wounded in the body,
right arm and head—trill die; Christian
Sebroedor, aged 30, wonnded in the left
•honlder; James Murphy, special police
men, shot through the forearm. Many
others were clubbed or received other
elight injuries. Sheriff McGraw bed s bal
let to pain through his cost within half an
inch of hia body.
Washington, February 9.—Tlie President
has been folly advised of the situation of
affairs in Heaitle, bnt so far haa received no
formal appeal for executive interference.
A telegram was received from Governor
Squires last evening notifying him that that
the city had been placed nnder martial law,
and that tbe Governor bed called for vol
unteers to assist in preserving the peas*. A
telegram was received ibis morning saying
that the situation remained unchanged.
Tbe Secretary of War end the Attorney-
General have also received telegrams in re
gard to the tranble. The matter wUl be
considered et tho Cabinet meeting to-day.
If deemed necessary an order will be issued
for United States troops to proceed
to the scene to assist the local authorities.
Olympia, W. T., February 9.—The mayor
and eheriff have enrolled a sufficient force
to prevent any further lawless proceedings
against the Chinese. The leaders of the
mob were this morning bound over for
trial. The Chinamen are anxious to leave,
and will do so as soon is possible. They
remain in their dwellings to-night unmo
lested.
Washington, February 9.—President
Cleveland to-night lasood a warrant in tbe
usual form warning all persona in Wash
ington Territory who are disturbing the
peace to desist therefrom, disperse and re
tire to their homes before 8 o'clock p. m.,
February 19. and notifying all concerned
that the pretreat is a case justifying the use
of force to punish law-breakers and that
the military force* of the government will
be need, if necessary, to enforce this man
date. The proclamation wea telegraphed
to Got. Squirts, et Seattle.
Washington, FebrnaryU. —Gi n. Gibbons,
commanding at Fort Vancouver, Washing
ton Territonr, has been ordered to proceed
at once with troops to Seattle to enforce
the President'* proclamation.
Printer Who Stopped Into a Fortuny
anil Gambled It Away.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
George R. Sims, whom tho President
pardoned yesterday from the Southern Il
linois Penitentiary, where he was sent for
five years for participating in an attempt to
defraud the Government, is well known in
Louisville. George Sims wea one of four
brothers, whose father was a wealthy citi-
zon of Colunikns, Ind. Just previous to
the consolidation of the old Journol and
Courier Sims came to Louisville nnd
worked in the Conner job-rooms os u
printer.
He was a fine workman, and was a gen
eral favorite among his fellow-craftsmen,
and among sporting men with whom bo
fraternized largely. While he was yet at
work in tho Conner job rooms his father
died, and bis fortune of $180,000 was equal
ly divided between the four brothers, their
mother and a sister. Soon after this Sims
waa joined in Louisville by bis brothers.
They led a gay life and gambled continually.
Tbe consequence was that their fortunes
wero soon disipated. George left
Louisville before he had spent all of
his money and wont to Cinoinunti. There
he lost tho remainder of bis fortune at the
faro table in a single play. Uo then ro-
turned to Louisville and went to work at
his trado on the Courier-Journal. He as
sociated with gamblers and sporting men.
generally, and lived at a very rapid rate.
His winnings at faro were sometimes veiy
large, but his financial condition varied,
fluctuating like the stock market. He was
a large man, weighing abont 240 pounds
and not handsome. He alto stammered,
lightly.
Sims secured enough money to pnrehaso
tho Southern Stock-Yards Hotel, then in
the southern part of the city, which he ran
for several years. In a fracas which oc
curred at the hotel bo received a bullet
wound in tho hand whioh deformed that
member so that he could not again work
at his trade. He failed in the hotel busi
ness and found himself flat nn his bach,
financially.
He went to Chicago, and was next hoard
of as a divorce lawyer, advertising liberally
throughout the country. He achieved con
siderable nnsavory notoriety in that lino,
nnd was at last compelled to abandon it, as
the law wot fast getting a grip on him for
illegal doings. He then became n euide
jewelry fakir and confidence man gener
ally.
llis last venture was when ho became a
pension lawyer in Indianapolis, and sc
outed an illegal claim of $30,000. He wa»
detected in tnis frond and tried, receiving
sentence of five years in tbe peniten
tiary.
It is related ot Sima that whilo at work
on tbe Ooarlor-Jountal he visited a faro
bank at No. 80 Fifth street, ran by one
Featherly. He lost all bis money, nnd be
coming enraged, seizod the tablo with its
gambling paraphernalia and broken tho en
tire lay-out to pieces. The room wero filled
with men whom he defied nnd who did not
venture to interfere. Tbo lost work ho
done on the Courier-Journal for two weeks
n sub, and hisflnal “take” was to set
np the head and skeleton of nn eloction
table.
While young he married a Min Ballard,
of Lafayette, Ind., an estimable yonng lady
whoso father waa a well-to-do and promi
nent oitizun of that place. While ho prac
ticed low in Chicago as a divorce lawyer his
wife carried on tho business of a physician
for females, advertising largely and selling
patent medicines.
While a private In tho Union nnny,
Sims and a comrade found a coffee sack
containing $250,000 in greenbacks. Tho
lucky fellows ditl not know what to do with,
their find, and carried it for several days.
They became frightened, and finally decid
ed to surrender the money to the Oolund
of their regiment Thoy did so, and short--
iy after the war was over the Colonel built
an elegant house at Nashville, and gave
every other evidence of being a man of
great wealth. Often. In hit later life Kims
would sit and swear at himself for furnish
ing the money to bay a palace be conld
never occupy.
George Sims served througbont tho re
bellion in the Federal army, and was pro
moted for gallantly to the rank of captain,
which position he held when mastered out.
After the war Sims conceived an ingeni
ous method whereby he oonld secure a pen
sion. He tied hi* arm in an awkward po
sition and kept it buond in this way nntil
it I
kept it bnond in this way
became stiff. He then applied for nnd
received a pension. It was found that he
waa perluq>a maimed for life, bat after con
siderable treatment by skilled physicians
tbe e:m wea lighted.
DODGING A STAR.
At San Andreas, a Mexican waa diacov
and in the middle of the night leaving
chicken house with a sack on his back. On
beholding the owner fit the promises be
quickly said: “Don't shoot, excise me,"
and without farther parley dropped bis
plunder and departed.
“In the Blaht, lmiglnlnr tome (ear,
llow eeejr ie a btiAh supposed a Ih at.*
aa Shakespeare has it in "Midsnmmcr
Night's Dream.” Bat imagination nevor
played a sober man h more mortifying
trank than the astronomical one related in
larper’s: A railroad engineer, recounting
his experiences, said that ha had thus for
escaped smashnpt, but that he thought he
was in great danger one nighL Said he;
“It was a clear autumn evening, and I
was running a passenger train in Virginia
We were a little behind time, an 1 1 ware
whooping the old machine along at a good
pace.
"There wea a strip of cypress forest to go
through, and the road, on clearing it. topk
a sharp tarn to westward. Juat aa we made
that tarn, my liver came np between my
teeth, for there, ooming straight down tbo
track, wee another engine, with her heed-
light flaming in my eyes.
“I blew ‘down brakes,’ and bad my en
gine ravened before I'd drawn half aknaSh
end sent the train back on a deed ran to n
switch station, abont a mile behind us.
“I got it on a siding, and wailed for the
other train that I supposed to be just on
top of ns, bnt she didn’t show np. I got
the agent to wire np the line to see if there
were any sneciaU or wild engines in the
way, but the answer wee that the line was
clear. The passengers got ont and began
to talk and ask questions, and aa for me, I
wet dazed. I thought of runaway locomo
tives and train-wreckers and tramp*.
Everything was qniet around the bend, no
far aa I conld see and hear.
While standing on the station platform I
happened to glance westward across a clear
ing; there wee the headlight shining through
the cypresses, as serene and steady as yon
please.
’It waa the planet Venus.
'I got away from there in e hurry, end I
didn't allow the passengers to discover what
vm the matter.
“Why, if it hed got around that 1 had
laid over to let tbe evening a tar go by, I'd
never have heard the leet of it!”
-Mr. John Bld.Ulph Martin, tho hu*Uiwl of
Victor!* WoodhnUe to • UnUr In n Undine London
firm which datMbnck to the timn of KUaabeth. If*
belong* to nn old tally In flu
ntrMMljr well c ‘ ~
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The Queen
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with n pmre OutilUn accent."*