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jft 10WE0 HIMSELF OUT WITH 921,000.
A Denver JBanlt President Victimised Out
J t ef a large Sum.
"f Denver diapatcU : Tlio boldest and
1' ttosfc successful bank robbery ever re
ported in tlio west was perpetrated upon
\ - the First National bank at 2 o'clock this
p * ( afternoon , bywhich the robber suc-
' 5 -ceeded in getting away with $21,000.
The cashier of the bank in an interview
with an Associated Press reporter after
* the robbery , gavo the following account :
" * Yesterday morning a well dressed man ,
light moustache and complexion , and of
medium height , walked into the bank
and asked where ho could see Moflatt ,
the president of tho bank. Lewis in-
[ ' formed him that ho could see Moflhtt ,
who is also president of tho Denver &
Rio Grando railway , at the president's
} - -office in tho Cheesman block. Nothing
more was seen or heard of tho stranger
"until this morning , when he ontored tho
S1 ' railway office and aBked to tee Moffatt
on important business. He was adrait-
1 ? ted to his private room and briefly stated
that ho had discovered a conspiracy ,
iV % whereby tho First National was to bo
h' robbed of a largo amount of monoy.
Moflatt told tho man that ho would bo
Ws
. pleased to meet him in his private office
i | nt 1 o'clock.
| > A few minutes after tho appointment
ho called at tho bank and was shown
into tho president's office. While re-
j maining standing , he inquired if tho
cashier , was iu , and was told that he was
at lunch. Ho thou asked for a blank
check for tho purpose of showing how
- ' tho robbery wos to bo perpetrated. The
check was handed to him and he laid it
upon n desk in front of Moffatt and
\ said , "Iwill have to do this myself , "
and pulling a lararo revolver from his
coat , placed it at Moffatt's head , and in
a decidedly earnest , but unexcited man
ner , said :
"I want $21,000 , and am going to
V "have it. I have considered this matter
W and the chances I amunmnjr , and the
H. consequences if I fail and am arrested.
HK ' lam a penniless and desperate man ,
y > j and havo been driven during tho past
Ei week to that point where I have consid-
ered suicido as tho only means of es-
[ ! * cape from tho poverty and misery in
U which I exist. Yon havo millions , I am
M ifc * determined to have what I have asked
kMs " "l * for , and your life if you , make a noise ,
H W call a man or ring a bell. I will blow
u % * your brains out and then blow up tho
1 building and myself with this bottle of
'
glycerine ( which he nt that moment
y pulled out of another pocket. ) Now
M- make your choice. "
I Moflatt started to argue with the man ,
I , but was stopped with the information
I that it was useless , and that ho had but
I' two minutes in which to fill out the
1- - • check before him for $21,000 , if he de-
| " sired to live. Moffatt , seeing no other
t alternative , filled out tho check and was
I * then ordered to take it to the paying
I' " teller and have it cashed. Moffatt left
R ' * his office , and with tho man behind him
| j- t with n revolver partially concealed in
If f . his overcoat and with the muzzle almost
IJ" against Moffatt's back , marched him be
ll hind the counter and up to the paying
K teller , Keele3r , with the request that tho
check be immediately cashed. They
then romarched into Moffatt's office
without attracting the attention of fif-
j * teen or twenty clerks who were busy at
work within two feet of where they
passed.
' After they had remained in the pri
vate office three or four minutes , the
robber informed Mr. Moffatt that they
were wasting time , and that he had bet
ter step to tho door and motion his tel
ler to come to him , which he did. Moffatt
* * instructed him to bring the money into
his office , and as the teller turned to go
• - - _ -uwavthcrohhertoldhimhewantedtwen-
'
- ty $1,000 bills and $1,000 in gold. The
' money was brought in and handed over
to the robber , who for a fow brief mo
ments had owned the bank , and waiting
until the teller had reached his desk , he
bached out to the front door , making
Mr. Moffitt remain standing in his door
until he had reached the curbstone. He
then raised his hat and walked around
the corner , and has not yet been
* - heard of.
* \ Mr. Moffatt is completely prostrated
! > ' - with the shock. Detectives are ontafter
the man , but there is no trace of him.
Tho man who committed the robbery
\ introduced himself to President Moffatt
g as Oj.J. . , Wells. The name , however , is
ij 3 robnT > Ty-nn assumed one.
* A"moment after the alarm was given
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& 1 by Moffatt a man started rapidly up ,
j . ' Sixteenth street from the bank , fol
lowed by a crowd and several officers.
He was followed to a room in the Hal-
leck & Howard block , where he and two
_ _ > companions were arrested and taken to
' - the btation house. He proved to be a
t& well known business man named Clark.
W The chief 6f police offers $2,500 re-
§ > - ward for the arrest of the robber and
\ • gives tho following description : Apred
* X\ - thirty-two , height five feet eicht inches ,
Hjjp- ' ' . swarthy complexion , weight 140 pounds ,
fe . heavy brown mustache , badly sunburnt ,
5 * , derby hat and wears a long-liuked ,
jg plated watch chain.
! | r-- ' Excitement over the affair is intense.
§ ? \ Up to 11 o'clock to-night there are no
& ; * new developments in tho bank robbery
If case. The police , while diligently en-
ffV ' deavoring to get a clue to the robber.
f are completely baffled.
$ : - Great Joy Over the Proclamation.
' *
4 * - Topefca dispatcn : Immediately upon
gP the announcement that the president
W. had issned the Oklahoma proclamation
pi the officials of tho Bock Island railway
e \ and a corps of engineers started from
this city to make a final survey for an
extension'through ' the Indian territory.
Wichita dispatch : The long looked
for proclamation for the opening of
Oklahoma was received here with dem-
* onstratjons of joy. Flags were hung
[ from the buildings , cannon were fired
and'bonfires built The same enthusi
asm " welcomed the news all over the
south of Kansas. Extensive prepara-
" ' tions aro being made for entering the
country and some of the towns of sonth-
-ern Kansas will be almost depopulated.
The boomers who have been encamped
. " Along the line are making ready to
Spr - move. Cattle men aro hurrying on to
Hj . Oklahoma to get their cattle , as they
m& fear violence to stock and property from
H * ' . their enemies , tho boomers. AtPnrcell
y.
rethere is the same wild enthusiasm.
B ? ( . Claims are rapidly being taken up and
Spjjjj ; there is hardly a good section of land -
kTrfc - ' * * 'm' ' ' ' no ne or raore laimants.
Btt - Fights are of daily occurrence. Tues-
K4 -day night n Swede from Cold Harbor ,
Ife. | Kas. , was killed while contesting a claim.
B5 , j-Ai Twenty-four miles from Oklahoma sta-
Wka ' tion men havo already sold their rights
P ? to claims for $400 and $500. A boomer
wk from Oklahoma says the country is fall <
EpUof people ; that the number is constantly ]
Ejf increasing and that he believes it im- ,
j possible to keep them out. j
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S c Violation ot Inter-State Statutes. ,
g * - -Aw order was made on the 20th by the i
• • WmJ ' inter-state commerce commission setting (
Pp/ ? forth that information has been lodged {
? * with the commission that the Grand }
' ; Trnnkrailroad , of Canada , hasviolated "
and is still violating the inter-state etate
ntes in divers particulars , and citing the *
officials of said railway to appear before j
| | s" tho commission nt Washington on the *
% S -4th of April to answer concerning all
- these .matters and submit to as inve fci *
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GOSSIP FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Fourth Clot * Fottmantert Tlte Sioux Com-
nilnlon Who trill he Public Printer.
Washington dispatch : First Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson was queB-
tioncd to-day concerning the nows-
paper criticisms directed against his
policy in tho appointment of fourth class
postmasters. In answer ho said that
praotically the changes thus far have
been made for othor than political reasi
ons. A largo number of appointments
mado during tho last administration
were bad , and a considerable number
have been found to bo delinquent in
their accounts. Other changes havo
been mado in order to secure better lo-
cations for offices , and in many cases
appointments havo been mado with a
viow to tho removal of offices from the
vicinity of saloons. In every case of
removal there has been good and suf-
fioient cause therefor. ' "Perhaps , " ho
added , "it is not generally known that
my predecessor , within n mouth or six
weeks prior to March 4 , mado over ono
thousand appointments of fourth class
postmasters for the purpose , apparently ,
of forcing them upon this admiuistra-
tion. This course has not been pur
sued to my knowledge by any previous
administration. During tho last several
weeks of President Arthur's term not a
single fourth-class postmaster was ap
points ! except in rare instances , where
tho exigencies of tho service demanded
it , and when Postmaster General Hatton
resigned there wore moro than three
thousand resignations on file in his of
fice. Tho commissions of thousands of
tho appointees of my predecessor wore
of course withheld , and these vacancies ,
with others , are now being filled , as
rapidly as possible.
THE SIOUX COMMISSION. .
A number of Dakota men are still in
tho city and they are worried over the
slowness of tho secretary of tho interior
in announcing tho personnel of tho
Sioux commission which is to negotiate
for the opening of that reservation. It
was supposed that the secretary would
announce their names some time ago ,
but he does not seem to havo given the
subject any attention whatever hp to
tho present time. The Dakota men
fear that the Indian Bights association ,
tho Massachusetts lovers of Indiaus , and
others whoso interests are not identical
with those of the men who wan6 tho
* reservation opened will have undue in-
fluenco with the secretary of the in
terior , and that the result will be tho
appointment of a commission which will
bo moro successful iu its mission than
was tho last ouo appointed by Secretary
Vilas. They aro trying hard to get the
secretary to act promptly , but without
any great encouragement so far. It
seems certain from the present outlook
that there will be no resident of Dakota
or Nebraska among the names finally
selected.
veterans' day.
There was a busy scene around tho
president's house for over two hours to-
day. It was veterans' da3r , and one leg-
ged , one armed and footless soldiers
thronged the corridors. Most of them
wanted offices and all of them were
given a patient hearing. Tho boys havo
come to understand that they are at
homo when they enter the white house
and that a G. A. E. bntton is a sufficient
letter of introduction. More soldiers
were around tho executive mansion than
have been seen there since the Seventh
Indiana visited their commander shortly
after inauguration day. Democrats
along with republicans called to present
office seeking constituents. More dem
ocrats , two to one , were seen at the white
house to-day than there were of repub-
licans there during the last administra-
tion.
THE PUBIiIC PKINTERSHIP.
It was expected that the nomination
of a publio printer would bo sent to the
Benate this afternoon , and many inqui
ries were made of the president by
thoso directly interested in certain can-
didates. It was reported that ex-Con-
gressman Yalentine , of Nebraska ,
would be nominated to this office , and
later that his nomination as commis-
&ioner of tho general land office would
be made , but that jrentleman stated to
your correspondent this evening that
while he might bo nominated as com
missioner of the land office , he had no
idea of being publio printer.
A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Such is Characterized the Letter of Harri
son to Blaine.
New York dispatch : The Herald prints
a fao simile of a letter from President
Harrison to Mr. Blaine , which was care
lessly left by Mr. Blaine at a hotel while
he was on his way to "Washington. The
Herald dovotes a column to comments
upon the letter , which , it says , is practi
cally a declaration of independence.
The letter is as follows :
Indianapoms , Neb. 1,1880. My Dear
Mr. Blaine : Your letter of tho 21st was
received some days ago , and was both in
its tone and its conclusion very gratify
ing to me. I am sure you have read in
the newspapers accounts of my life since
a sufficient excuse for the delay in ac-
knowledging it.
Yours of the 29th has been received ,
and I hasten to thank you for your ex
pressed willingness to relieve Mrs. Har- .
rison and myself in any way you can.
As to myself , I do not think of any
matter in which I can avail myself of
your kindly proffered help. The mail I
now use sparingly for several reasons ,
and as I will be in Washington long
enough before the inaugural to talk
fully with you , I will not subject you to
the risk of a journey here unless it
should be absolutely necessary. If any-
thing should require it , however , I will -
not hesitate to avail myself of your very ;
friendly offer. I thought I had nearly J
everything settled in my own mind that t
required attention before I reached 1
Washington. If the newspaper reports (
to-day as to Mr. Allison's position are
correct it may unsettle some of my 1
plans. I said to a friend to-day that if :
all seven of the cabinet officers could J
have been found in Alaska it woity i
have promoted harmony in the party in
the states. Maine I c
, believe , is the only
state that has had no protest to offer. \
My health is good. I get out twice a \
day for a walk a hurried run , to be -
sure , but it gives me air and exercise. S
You must not forget yourself that you ,
will need all your strength. j
With kind egardsto "Mrs. Blaine , ,
sincerely * r * ' r'
very yours ,
Benjamin Habbison. I
An ADDointment Asked For. i
Washington dispatch : The Massae
chusetts delegation called on the presiI
dent to-day to present a petition signed 'J
by Charles Francis Adamsand numerf
ous Massachusetts business men asking I1
for the appointment of Edward W.
Kingsley , nt present one of the state
railroad commissioners , to succeed Mr.
Walker on the inter-state commerce
commission. Charles Noyes , ex-speaker
of the Massachusetts house of delegates , (
is also a candidate for this position. T
The friends of Gen. James H. Wilson 6
say that he has assurances that he will s
receive the appointment , and that his 'J
nomination will be sent to the senate 1
to-morrow. i
Europe eats 53,000 barrels of Connpo-
ticnt oysters per annum. * i
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FUNERAL ! OBSEQUIES OF JUSTICE STANLEY
Xrimt : ef Major Xy'decker ' Affairs in Samoa
Miscellaneous Washington Matter * .
Washington dispatch : Capt Schoon-
maker : , commanding the Yandalia , re
ports ; to tho navy department under
date of February 23 , tho arrival of the
Yandalia , under his command , at Apia ,
Samoa , on the day previous. He found
in : port the Nipsic , her British majesty's
ship i Calliope , and the German cor
; vettes Adler , Olga and Eber. Every
thing has been quiet since last reports
from Samoa , sent home , and Com
mander-Mnllan : , having prepared a full
report of affairs in the islands , it would
go ; ' by the same mail. The Trenton has
not arrived. Commander Mullan , com
manding : the Nipsic , reports that on the
14th of February a severe gale visited
the ] harbor , during which the American
barkontine Constitution was driven
ashore ; and became a total wreck. Her
officers and crew were rescued. The
Constitution was owned in San Francis-
cisco. ' Other smaller vessels are re
ported to havo gone ashore on the west
end of Upola island. Affairs at Apia
have been very quiet since the last dis
patch ; to the department. No molesta
tion of foreigners or natives had oc
curred. ' On tho 5th of February , Herr
Brandeis , a German subject and presi
dent ' of a so-called Tamasese govern
ment , is reported to have resigned and
left for Sidney. On the 22nd of Febru
ary ' the Nipsic dressed fehip in honor of
Washington's birthday , and foreign
men-of-war joined in. Indications are
that the Tamasese party is losing
ground.
obsequies over the dead.
, Funeral services over the remains of
late Associate Justice Matthews were
:
held this afternoon at his late residence ,
Dr. Hamlin and Dr. Leonard officiating.
i The president and cabinet , justices of
tho supreme court , many members of
congress , and other prominent persons
were present. Tho remains were carried
to tho Baltimore & Ohio station and
conveyed ( to Glendale , Ohio , for inter
ment. The floral decorations ' seen at
the residence were profuse. ' On the
casket were bunches of Easter lilies and
lilies of the valley , a laurel wreath of
white roses , tied with a purple ribbon
from Justice and Mrs. Field. The
piano was covered with offerings from
friends , the principal one being a masi
sive | pillow of white roses from Presi-
dent , and Mrs. Harrison. On tho face
of , the pillow , in purple immortelles ,
was imbedded the sentiment : "Say not
. ood night , but in some brighter clime
§ j id good morninjr. " A large wreath of
white roses from Justice Matthews' suri
viving comrades of the commandory of
the District of Columbia , Order of the
Legion of Honor , was prominent.
MAJOR IiYDECKER's TBIAIi.
Court-martial was convened at the war
department ! this morning for the trial of
Major G. J. Lydecker , corps of en-
gineers ' , on charges arising from the fail-
ure of the acqueduct tunnel. The pro-
ceedinjjs ( opened with tho reading of the
order ( convening the court charge
neglect , of duty to the projudice of good
order J and discipline which is supported
by ; six specifications , which set out the
faulty work in tho tunnel and failure of
the defendant to exercise care in it3
superintendence. After the specifica
tions had been read Major Lydecker
pleaded noc guilty. Ho denied all re-
Bponsibility j for the character of the
work , while admitting it was defective
in several particulars. Then followed
the j reading of the contracts , orders and
other ( papers connected with the tunnelt
work , after which Lieutenant Townsend t
testified that he had discovered a num
ber of pieces of bad work , and in one
case ( where forty feet of dry packing and
cavities ( were found. The sub-inspector
had been discharged and a change made
in the force of men. Major Lydecker
examined i the reports and went through
the 1 tunnel several times with witnesses ,
when he first reported , and afterwards.
He had known these visits to be two
months : apart. About'$100,000 would bo
required : to line the tunnel , and while
there were portions of which he was
afraid i , on the whole he thought that the
tunnel < would carry water in its present
condition. i Adjourned.
ABMS FOB COLLEGES.
The secretary of war has prescribed
regulations governing the issue of arms
for military instruction in colleges.
; Such college or university , where an
army officer is stationed will be allowed ,
two three inch rifled guns , or wrought
iron , valued at $4.50 each ; two carriages
and limbers and appurtenances ; 150
Springfield \ cadet rifles and a corre-
sponding i number of bayonet scab-
bards and appendages. The colleges
are required to givo bond equal to
double the value of the arms furnished ,
Ammunition will be supplied as follows :
100 blank cartridges and 300 primes for
three-inch gun and fifty rifle ball cart-
ridges for each cadet engaged in target
practice.
THE BEPOBT APPROVED.
The secretary of the navy has ap-
proved the report of the trial board of
tho Yorktown , and the vessel , including
her fittings and machinery , except tha
electric lighting plant will be accepted ,
subject to the special reserve of § 20,000 ,
and ' to the further reservation of $5,000 ,
to be. held until the lighting-plant shall
be completed and tested. Cramp & Sons
are required , when the vessel leaves their
yard , to place on board all duplicate
pieces and other articles belonging to
the vessel and at as early a day as prac-
ticable to deliver her to the command-
ant i of the League island navy yard ,
when he will be formally accepted sub-
ject to the above sf ? oned condition ,
Delivered to the Sioux Indians.
St. Paul dispatch : A Pioneer-Press ,
special from Springview , Neb. , says ]
Mrs. Gannon , the wife of a settler liv- <
ing near the Dakota line , was in this l
town yesterday asking help in rescuing ,
her husband from the Dakota Indians. \
Gannon and a number of other men ]
were captured by the vigilance commit-
tees a couple of weeks ago on suspicion t
of being cattle thieves. The committee i
finally released them on their promise 1
to leave tho country at once. Yester- <
day three of them , Gannon and two 1
men named Babcock and Bemus were s
found at their homes and taken across i
the Dakota line by masked men , who 1
delivered them to a band of Sioux. The i
Indians have been losing cattle for some i
time and there is little doubt as to the t
fate pj the three .meji. 1
tAinsworth.CN B. ) dispatch ? Masked i
men took three of the ' accused * cattle 3
thieves , Gannon , Babcock and Bemus , i
from their homes this morning across {
the line into the reservation and deliy1
ered them to a band of Indians. It is 1
believed that all thiee were killed , t
They had been released by the vigilance
committee some time ago on their prom
ise to leave , but they failed to keep
their promise.
. i
Twenty-One Business Houses Burned. '
Dixon (111. ) dispatch : A fire which ]
originated in a defective flue in the ,
postoffice at Ashton this morning burned ]
down twe'nty-one business houses and 1
several dwellings with their contents. <
The loss will reaoh $60,000 , with but
little insurance. The town was without
means of quenching the fire and aid was
sent from Dixon and Bochello , bnt it 4
came on too late to be of practical sert
vice. a
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A GREAT DISASTER ON THE WATER.
German and American Vessels ITreched and
lUmiy l.lties Lull.
London dispatch : Further particu
lars of the disastrous storm in Apia have
just been received. The hurricane
burst upon the harbor suddenly. The
Gorman man-of-war Ebor was the first
vessel to drag her auchor. She became
unmanageable and was driven helplessly
on n reef which runs around the harbor.
She Blruck , broadside on , at 6 o'alock
in the morning. The shock caused her
to lurch and to stagger back , and she
sank iu a moment in deep water. Most
of her men were under the hatchets and
scarcely a soul of them escaped.
Tho German war ship Adler was tho
next to succumb. She was lifted bod
ily by a gigantic wave and cast on her
beam ends on tho reof. A terrible
staugglo for lifo ensued among tho offi
cers and sailors aboard. Many plunged
into tho raging surf and struck out ,
some reaching shore in safety. Others
clung to tho rigging until the masts fell.
Of thoso in tho rigging only two gained
tho shore. The captain of the Adler
and several other officers were saved.
Iu tho meantime the "United States
ship Nipsic had been dragging her
anchors and drifting toward tho shore.
The captain , however , managed to keep
control and ran her on a sand bank.
Boats were immediately lowered and
tho whole company were saved with tho
exception of six men. These were
drowned by the capsizing of a boat.
The United States ship Yandalia was
carried before tho gale right upon the
reef. She struck with a terrible shock ,
throwing the captain against a Gatling
gun and he fell , stunned. Before ho
could recover a great wave swept tho
deck and washed him and others away
into the sea. Tho vessel sank fifty
yards from the Nipsic , and several of
the officers went down with her. Oth
ers , perished while making desperate
effortsto swim to the shore. Some of
tho ship's company tried to save them
selves by clinging to the rigging , but
heavy and swift running waves dashed
over them , and one by one they were
swept • away.
By this time night had set in. Many
natives and Europeans had gathered on
the shore , all anxious to render assist
ance i to the unfortunate crews , but ow
ing ; to the darkness they were wholly
unable i to be of service.
Soon after the Yandalia had sunk the
American war ship Trenton broke from
her ; achorage , and was driven upon the
wreck of the Vandalia when she drifted
to i the shore. The bottom of the Tren
ton | was completely stove in , and her
hold ] was half full of water.
As moruiug dawned the German man-
of-war i Olga , which had hitherto with
stood j tho gale , although much battered
by ' tho heavy seas that constantly broke
upon ! her , became unmanageable and
was ' driven upon the beach , where she
lay ' in a tolerably favorable position.
Following is a record of tho officers
and ' men lost :
Eber Captain and all other officers
except ' ono and seventy-six men.
Yandalia Captain , four officers and
Cortv men.
Nipsic Seven men.
Adler Altogether fifteen persons.
Mntnafa sent a number of his men to
] the assistance of the wrecked ships.
They rendered splendid aid in trying to
float ' the Olga.
New York special : Beferring to tho
great naval disaster at Samoa , John C.
Klein , the well known correspondent
recently , returned from that land , said
to-night : "It is not difficult to under-
stand ] how the vessels were wrecked
when it is said none of the men-of-war f
in the harbor at Apia kept steam up nni
:
less occasionally for coudensiug pur1
poses ; , or when expecting to go to sea.
There ' certainly could have been no
scarcity ' , of coal , as has been suggested
as being one reason why tho vessels
could ' not have got out to sea in time to
avoid i the effects of the hurricane close
to : the shore. One hundred and twentyJ J I I
six tons of coal were stoied on shore
!
when I left Apia , while the Vandalia
took down a large quantity last Febru-
ary. . It usually took the Nipsic , Olga ,
Adler and Eber about three hours , how1
ever , , to get up steam. Theso vessels ,
together with the Trenton and Yandalia ,
probably ] had no fires in their boilers
when the hurricane came , and having
but i short notice of its approach , would
be ] at the mercy of the _ storms. The
Nipsic ; was anchored in sixteen fathoms
previous to my departure from Apia
and j always kept three anchors out , but
iu j such hurricanes as at times visit
Samoa j , it is not likely that half a dozen
anchors t would have held her. The liar-
bor ] at Apia is so small that with only
tho j Nipsic and the three German ships
the i vessels were forced to lie quite close
together ) , some of them lying within
200 yards of the reef. At low tide part
of < the reef was entirely bare. With a
heavy ] sea running and having nearly
half ] a mile between them and the shore
it i was not surprising that so many sail-
ors ( were drowned. On one occasion in
January last I saw the Nipsic's whale
boat 1 filled with officers and men , almost
swamped'while attempting'to reach the
shore. On this occasion there was
merely i a heavy swell. Captain Hand of
the I English man-of-war Boyalist , who
came i to Apia from Africa during the
latter I part of my stay in Samoa , was so .
apprehensive of the sudden visit of a
hnrricane ] that 'ho kept steam up con1
stantly by banked fires , in order that. 3
he might put out to sea without delay , . \
where lie would have room to ride out the
storm. Captain Kane , of the English ,
man-of-war Calliope , probably followed
his example , thus when the hurricane 1
came , they were ready to leave danger- t
ous harbor at once. The American and \
German ships in Samoa were always j
forced to save fuel for an emergency. .
The hurricane which last visited Samoa j
previous to the one mentioned occurred
in 1883. Kesidents of Samoa told me
that they usually came at intervals of t j
about years. In the storm of 1883 a {
large American schooner was carried
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over half a mile across the reef and
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landed in the j'ard of the German conj j
snlate , while several large vessels were ]
forced high up on the beach. When I (
left Apia man3'residents expressed their -
fear that a hnrricane would visit the ]
islands in February. All the vessels in (
the harbor having been destroyed or • <
beached there must be great difficulty (
-for residents offApia- communicate 1
jvith the mail steamers at Tutulla , sixty- (
live miles away/the Calliope having (
gone to Sj'dney. Sixty-five miles U a {
long distance to pull a row boat in the
heavy sea , which runs off the shore in \
the vicinity of Samoa. " . (
Klein io be' Arrested. |
It is reported and. believed in well in- - |
formed circles that the German gov
ernment has regnested that the corres
pondent Klein , who left Samoa immedi
ately after the killing of the German .
sailors , and came to San Francisco , will 1
be arrested and returned to Apia to be j
tried before tho American consular •
court for "murderous assault. " <
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Wheeling steel plant , wbioh employs
400 men , was idle for three months unc
til last week because the firm refused to 1
sign the amalgamated scale. 11
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BREACHY CATTLE CAUSE THE TROUBLE.
A Nebraska Parmer Murders His Neighbor ,
Xtuln Takes Hl Own Zlfe.
Croighton ( Neb. ) spepial t j the Omaha
Herald : One of the most peculiar and
shocking tragedies ever recorded trans
pired twelve miles west of this place to
day , resulting in the death of two well-
to-do aud respectable farmers. Androw
Oastalino and John Bosonbarger occu
pied adjoining farms , but as is too often
tho case , bad fences and brcaohy cattle
caused not infreqnent quarrels aud any
thing but neighborly feeling to exist
between them.
Tl)8 morning Castaline's cattlo went
over to Bosenbarger'a place and were
noticed by Castaline's boy. Tho father
immediately started after them. Ho met
Bosonbarger driving them home , with a
gun in _ hand. Castaline started to re
turn with tho cattlo , and Bosenbarger
started to return to tho house.
Ho had gone but a short distanco
when he turned , and without a word ,
shot Castaline. The charge entered the
body under tho left bhoulder and pene
trated tho heart. The shooting was wit
nessed by Castaline's son and two men
who happened to bo passing. He was
picked up and carried homo and lived
but a few minutes. Boturning to his
house , Bosenbarger locked the doors
and proceeded to tho cellar with pick
and shovel ho dug a hole waist deep.
Securing a lot of shavings he strewed
them from the holo he had dus : to tho
adjoining wood work of the wall of tho
building , saturated them with coal oil
and jumping into the holo he had dug ,
buried himself up to the waist. Strik
ing a match ho set fire to tho shavings ,
then shot himself in the head.
When tho firo was discovered
tho neighbors gathered , but worn
unable to stop tho conflagration until
building and its contents were con
sumed. In the cellar , after the fire ,
was discovered Bosenbarger's mutilated
body burned to a crisp from tho waist
up and the remaining portion entombed
in his self-mado grave. Tho body was
dug out. Both barrels of the gun wore
found lying beside him. The neighbor
hood is much excited over the affair. -
Bosenbarger bore a hard reputation.
He was n widower and leaves two daugh
ters at Madison , Neb. He came from
Chicago some years ago , where he has
valuable property. Mr. Casteline was a
pioneer farmer of this county , in easy
circumstances , and a man highly re
spected by his neighbors and all who
knew him. He leaves a largo family.
Condition of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Slows.
New York dispatch : A Hartford ,
Conn. , special says : It is now about
six months since Harriet Beecher
Stowe was brought as a dying invalid
from Sag Harbor to this city. Only the
cara of her physician and the attentive
nursing of her children brought her
through her illness. But Mrs. Stowe
finally recovered of her ailments and is
seemingly now in as good health as
she has ever been of lato years. True
the mental condition of Mrs. Stowe ,
although : well known here in Hartford ,
is seldom alluded to. It is , however , a
fact that Mrs. Stowe's mind is shattered
and she is , nt best in intellectual
ity , now but a mere child. Her
friends will not say she is insane ,
nor that she is an imbecile , but her
mind is almost completely gone.
Her memory is that of a baby
When former dear friends visit her ,
people whom she has known for years ,
she \ greets them with n vacant stare , so
indicative : a symptom in cases of that
kind. Of course Mrs. Stowe's relatives
view ; all this with a feeling of dismay ,
but they havo now become reconciled
to the change , and her whims are treat
ed i with the utmost tenderness. For
some 1 time it was given out that Mrs.
Stowe ' did not recognize her friends be
cause [ of her falling eyesight , but this
excuse is no longer alluded to and the
fact j that she is now no longer capable
is i recognized by every one. It was also
for 1 a long time thought to be an attri
bute of genius when Mrs. Stowe showed
these idiosyncracies , but the genius
which made "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has
departed. ,
The father of Mrs. Stowe , Bev. Ly
man 1 Beecher , passed the closing years
of 1 _ his life with a cloud resting over his
mind. 1 His symptoms were greatly sim
ilar i to those which now affect Mrs.
Stowe. I
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The Female Anarchist Shrieker.
Chicago dispatch : Anarchist Lucy
Parsons ; was the principal speaker last
night at the Twelfth street Turner hall ,
at : the celebration of the eighteenth an
niversary : of the Paris commune. About
two 1 thousand five hundred people were
present ; and they exchanged significant
glances 1 when Mrs. Parsons shouted :
"We want a revolution , whether peace
ful : or bloody makes no difference. A
revolution : must come. " She declared
that 1 she had but one object in life to
make : rebels of them all. At an agita
tion 1 meeting to-day an anarchist named
Cook 1 worked in this expression : "They
have ] hung the anarchists , but they don't
dare i to hang any more. " This met with
so 1 much favor that a motion was made
asking 1 the reporters to make special
mention ] of it.
Enolish Resoect for American Dead.
"Washington dispatch : Officers at-
tached j to the navy department are
highly gratified at information which
reached them of the particitation of the
British authorities and forces in the
funeral ceremonies of Bear Admiral
Chandler , who died in Hong Kong
February 10. More than 1,000 High-
landers marched in the procession , and
these were followed by 1,000 sailors at-
tached to the English men-of-war , each
havinga crape band on his sleeve. A com
pany of Northampshire marines , artil
lery and marine artillery , preceded by
the governor and staff , heads of gov-
ernment departments , consuls , and a
number of residents who brought up ,
the rear. The services at the grave were
very impressive and were conducted
amid the firing of minute guns in the ,
harbor. The service was read by Bev. -
Barker , naval chaplain , Bev. Coates ,
chaplain of the Cordelia , and Bev.
Moore , of Her Majesty ship Imperience. 1
February 14th Commodore Dyer , ac-
companied by Lieutenant Commander
Wert and Lieutenant Wedhams , called
on Governor Sir G. William Des Yaux ,
Yice-Admiral Salmon , General Camer
on , Bear Admiral Maxwell , and Colonels j
Crater and Bobertson , and thanked
them in person for the marked and
spontaneous tribnte of respect paid by J
those officers at the funeral of Admiral
Chandler , assuring them that their con-
siderate action was deeply appreciated <
by American residents in the east , and \
hiehly esteemed by the government at
Washington. i
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Distilled Spirits Production. 1
The total production of distilled spir- -
its in the United States from Julyl , > '
1888 , to January 31,1889 , was 42,759,336 \
taxable gallons , being tho largest pro- ]
duction for a similar period in any year 3
since 1883.
Virginia City , Tex. , has the biggest <
electric plant on earth. It has six 120 i
horse-power generators , and runs a mine >
and mill. e
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BRIEFS BY THE WIRE.
The French cabinet will bo remodeled
to avoid a ministerial crisis.
A large number of foreign Jews have
been expelled from Kieff.
Tho horso Prince Wilkes was sold foi
$30,000 to a Now Yorker.
Levi Lewis , an engineer , dropped
dead on hi3 engine near Chili , N. Y.
Tho Colonge Gazette does not be
liovo tho new penal bill will be adopted.
Tho condition of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe is now that of second
childhood.
Corporal Tanner's appointment mceta
tho approbation of the inmates of the
Soldiers homo at Dayton , Ohio.
Eleven thousand pounds of oleomnr-
garino were seized at Now Haven by
the revenuo collector.
Tho queen of Holland has consented
to perform the duties of regent of tho
kingdom.
A new building collapsed in Bing-
hampton , N. Y. , killing ono man and
injuring several others.
Tho manager of the Standard Oil com
pany , Detroit , Michigan , is short in hit
accounts § 10,000.
A now organization for the purpose ol
encouraging tho manufacture of the
finer grades of silk in this country haa
been started at Patterson , N. J.
A disease called black knot has at
tacked tho plum trees of Boss couuty ,
Ohio , and farmers havo already cut
down and burned 50,000 trees.
Business on tho Isthmus of Panama
is utterly demoralized and but two pass
enger trains and tho same number ol
freight trains run over tho road eaoh
way daily.
Tho visible supply of grain for the
week ending March 23 , as compiled by
tho secretary of tho Chicago board ol
trade , is as follows : Wheat , 30,2GG,00fl
bushels ; corn , 17,051,000 ; oats , 7,338,000 :
rye , 1,509,000 ; barley , 1,003,000.
At Watertown , Dak. , an old feud ex
isting between Ed and John White ,
brothers , culminated in a quarrel. John
boing assisted by Patrick Donnell. Ed
drew a revolver and shot both , bul
neither fatally. All threo have been
arrested. 4. * fe v
. Near Mt. Yernon , Ky. , James Bakei
shot and mortally wounded Moses Gat-
liff. Gatliff s wife had run away with
another man. Gatliff pursued and cap
tured her at the depot where they were
to take the train. Ho began beating
her , when Baker remonstrated and Gat
liff shot at him. Baker then shot Gat
liff , wounding him fatally , and sur
rendered to the sheriff.
Registration Not Thought Necessary.
Albany ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The gov
ernor returned to the assembly to-night ,
without approval , Mr. Masses' bill which
proposed to extend the provisions of tho
general registration act for cities so
that it should apply to the town of
Fiskhill. The governor thinks that the
bill is a concession ; that there exists no
necessity for the registration of electors
in the conntry districts of tho state.
The situation in Fiskhill , ho says , is no
different from that which exists in all
the large towns and villages in the rural
districts. If registration is demanded
in Fiskhill it is equally demanded else-
where. There should be passed a gen-1
ernl law applicable to all the towns of
the _ state. There was universal com-
plaint at the recent presidential election
all along the interior counties borderJ
ing upon other states that non-residents
voted in onr state in large numbers. It
is claimed that there was an apparently
concerted plan of colonization carried
out whereby residents of Pennsylvania ,
Yermont and other states voted in our
rural counties which adjoin these states.
The governor says that such a reform is
as important as any of the ballot reform
schemes now being urged.
Tho assembly then took up the
woman's municipal suffrage bill. Thero
was a distinguished audience present in
the gallery , including many women.
The bill was at once put on its passage
without debate. All the discussion that
ocenrred was in tho shape of five min
ute speeches explaining votes. Messrs.
Saxton , Longley , Tefft and Ainsworth
declared themselves strongly in favor of
municipal suffrage for women. Mr.
Connolly opposed the bill , believing
woman's sphere was the home , not pol
itics. : : The bill was rejected ayes 56 ,
navs 43 , not the required sixty-five votes
in the affirmative.
Against Halstead's Confirmation.
The senate was in executive session
nearly three hours this afternoon ,
says ' a Washington dispatch , occu
pied almost entirely in considering the
nomination of Murat Halstead to be
minister to Germany. There were only
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five speeches made , two of them by
Hoar and Spooner , in support of con
firmation , and the others by Teller , Ev-
arts ; and Payne in opposition. Senator
Teller ' read Halstead's famous letter to
Secretary < Chase , concerning Lincoln
and ! Grant. Senator Payne was verj *
bitter : in his tone. He saidif the nom
ination had been to Bussia , with the
proviso that the nominee should go on
to Siberia and never return , he would
gladly ; vote for confirmation. Senator
Evarts' speech was a long one , and is
said ! to have been emphatic in its oppo
sition. Senator Spooner in the course
ofhis ( speech in favor of confirmation ,
said , that if newspaper men were for all
time l to be held to account for opinions
expressed < in the heat of campaigns , but
j few could hope to pass unscathed into
the golden realm of office-holding. Sen
ator Sherman , desiring to respond to
remarks made against Halstead , the
senate adjonrned until 12 o'clock to
morrow , leaving the question still pend-
ou a motion to reconsider yesterckvy's
vote for rejection.
During the afternoon a motion was
entered by Mr. Plumb to reconsider the
vote by which the nomination of Lewis
Wolfley to be governor of Arizona , was
confirmed. It is said that additional
charges have been preferred against
him , relative to actions while revenne
officer on the Mississippi some years ago.
Another Railroad to the Coast.
Denver dispatch : Articles of incorpo
ration were filed with the secretary of
state to-day for the Colorado & Pacific
railway with a capital of two millions.
It is proposed to bnild a railway and tel
egraph lines from Grand Junction , Col. ,
down the Grand river to a junction with
Green river , through the territory of
Utah , tho states of Nevada and Califor
nia , and the territory of Arizona , thence
to the month of the Colorado river at a
point where it empties into the Gulf of
California , thence to the cities of San
Francisco , San Diego and Los Angeles.
The incorporators are all Colorado men.
The principal office will be located in
Denver , with branches in Boston and
New York.
Michigan and New York mine most of
our salt The states use $13,000,000 bar
rels yearly. It costs $2.75 per ton to
mine Michigan salt. English salt is
shipped here and sold at $5.95 ner ton.
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"The Eril Eje 9j
Tho original source of most super- W %
stitions , und of all idolatries in which K
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tho idol is not deliberately mnnufuct- HI
ured by human hands , is now recog- ' B
nized to bo the sonso of surprise , of Wm
sudden fear , or admiration , felt by Bl
the "untutored mind , " asthoLichflf
field school would havo called it , for l B
anything unusual. It may be a fln
romnrkablo tree , or a rock with a HI
defined form , or an oddly-shaped Bl
stone , or a shell with its convolutions SI
reversed , or a curious fruit llko tho SI
coco-domer ; but it strikes tho savage * 5f
imagination and is thenceforward • S |
surrounded by some oi tho instinct- M
ive nwo felt for the supernatural. A m -
regular worship , us Sir Alfred Lynll p *
lias shown , often grows up round gm
such a curiosity , or it becomes , as in • vlat
the case of tho shnligram , sacred g
over a great tract of tho world and if
among entire races of mankind s
Now , nothing is more frequently J
unusual , or so to speak , surprising , *
than the human eye , which varies , in - \
occasional cases , from tho normal
type to a degree that has never yet „ , . •
been quite satisfactorily explained.
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Why is one eye lishy , while another . * 11
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flashes firo ? Thero are oyes which > f I
do literally "beam , " and they so 'I
common as to have given riso to a I
separate description in most Ian- 9 , fl
gunges ; there are ej'es which in anger "
seem to emit light from within Mr | fl
Gladstone's do there aro eyes , H
generally steol gray in Europe , but ,
often black in Asia , which never * I
cease to menace , even when tho fuco fJ
is gentle or at ease , aud thero are V. I
e3es into which a look of almost in- f. ' H
tolerable scrutiny can bo thrown , JJ |
eyes , as Lord Beaconsfield described | < I
them , "which" would daunt a galley H
slave. " The writer saw a remarkablo
pair of them once. lie was waiting fl
with a crowd of passengers on tho H
French lrontier of Italy , all under or- H
der to pass through a barrier in a H
single file. The Emperor Napoleon H
had been warned about some pro- H
jected attempt by carbonari , and a H
special agent had been dispatched H
from Paris to examine every pnssen- H
ger by the train. The eyes of this H
agent were absolutely different from H
thoso of any human being tho L\ \
writer ever saw , and tho Italians , as / „ H
they passed under their fire , visibly U
quailed , every third man , perhaps , L\
throwing out his fingers to counter- L\
net the malefic effect of their influence. M
Even the English , 'who had nothing L\
to fear , did not like tho eyes , which | H
this writer will remember at the L\
Judgment Day ; and one , presumably M
an actor , said audibly : "My God. M
that is Mephistopheles alive ? " M
Spectator. JLw
Jlowa Mine Was Discovered , H
The discovery of the Amulet mine , M
on Lynx creek , reads more like fiction Lm
, than reality. As it has never been _ , , H
j in print we will give it : In July , M
. 18SG , F. E. Doggett , with pick and
j . shovel on his shoulders , was climb- LM
jingtheLynix J Creek mountians on Lm
his way to examine a quartz mine. H
Becoming weary in the ascent he H
stopped beneath the friendly boughs H
of a juniper tree to rest. Alter recu- H
perating for some time he took up H
his pick , and in throwing it on his Lm
shoulder it slipped from his hands , H
and , in falling behind him , its H
sharp point stuck him in the leg H
causing great pain. Picking it up H
with a vehement imprecation from H
the pain it caused him , he stuck it in * H
the ground , saying it could remain H
there , and started to ' walk away. H
He had gone but a short distance H
when he relented , and , returning , H
pulled it from the ground , bringing H
with it some bright and shining H
metal. In his anger he had un- H
knowingly struck it into a blind H
ledge , which he located as the Amu- H
let mine , and from which there has H
been over $ . " 50,000 worth of high H
grade ore shipped. From a careful hH
examination made of the second 3
class ore , which has been allowed to W Ll
remain on the dumps it is estimated H
that it contains fully 2,000 tons. H
Samples were procured from this kU
promiscuously , and sampled and H
assayed at the sampling works , giv- |
ing a value of $35 per ton , or total H
value of the ore on the dumps of |
§ 70,000. Arizona Miner. H
Stewing Ojsters in a Street Car. H
One day a man stepped out < f j H
Booth's place and boarded a south H
bound State street car. In his hand H
he carried a quart can of oysters. H
He took a seat near the center of the H
car and carefully slid the can under j H
the seat near the stovepipe. The H
conductor had deadened his fire with H
fresh coal while going around the H
loop , but as the car bowled along H
State street the coal caught and H
burned up right merrily until the H
stove lid became red hut. Then the . H
appetizing odor of cooking oysters : H
was distributed through the car. j H
The man who owned the bivalves. ; H
did not realize what was happened ! H
until it was too late , and when he ] H
alighted at his destination he carried { kW
home a dry stew instead of a quart j H
of raw selects. Chicago Herald. { H
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Going .Esop One Better , Lm
In a crowded street car a well H
dressed rather foppish appearing L\ \
young man sat beside a very shabbi- Lm
ly dressed , tired looking working- H
man. Every seat in the car was Lm
taken. A woman got in , "Now , " H
whispered a morolizer to his small Lm
son , "we shall find out who is the H
true gentleman. " The poor work- H
ingman and the richly dressed fop H
both saw the woman , and the latter H
hastening to rise , lifted his silk hat ; H
with his gloved hand and politely 'j L\
requested the woman to take his t H
seat. This fable teaches that a man H
may occasionally be a gentleman , to H
the infinite confusion of moralizers , LM
even though he be a well dressed H
dude. It also teaches that the tired H
workingman did quite right to keep H
his seat. Buffalo Express. H
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