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Show ' . NORTHWEST EWS SUMMARY. Argentine ports have been declare! ubject to twenty days quarantine by BraziL Terrible snowstorms preval throughout Spain, In some places the snow is yards deep. Mr. Adelbert Hay, the new United States Consul at Pretoria, has arrived m the Transvaal. According to private reports rereived in Berlin, the Cape Dutch are till joining the Boer forces. All theinforination which hasreached the President is to the effect that Great Britian does not desire mediation. It is officially announced that the Boer casualties at hpionkop were e men killed and 120 wonded. The seua.te. in executive session, derided by a vote of 21 to 3S not to reconsider the vote by which the Samoan treaty was ratified. As compared with a year ago there is an increase in the number of every class of farm animals in the United States except mules. Osina n igna the principal General of the late Khalifa Abdulla who was recently taken prisoerby tbe British. has been brought to Suez. DISPENSATION. A NOTES. The president has nominated A. D. Chamberlain of Inez. W'yo., to be register of the land office at Douglas. Wyo. The Lawton fund amounts to S9'v 922. General Shatter reports that he has an additional sum of $1,300 at Sau j s fifty-thre- I s j 1,'ies-tlu- . -s 1 " d, -t 1 1 brow. "Can you rc member the date on which th's happened? asked the pros- ecuting coun.-el-. Ah, Im atraal I cant, the stranger know this it was but returned; thiee days after the Carlisle Castle arrived at Sydney, if its possiule to find out what date that was. The newspapers of the rst week in July were then consulted, and ic was found that the Carlisle Castle arrived at Sydney ou June 30, so that three days afterward brought it to the exact date reqmred. Again there was applause in court as the prisoner was formally ai quit ted. Finally, turning toward the stranger, the judge remarked: "in the interest of justice, I thank you, sir; your presence here today is one of those remarkable dispensations cf proviuence which are seldom met with. That night the acquitted prisoner, the American gentleman ana his servant rode through the buoh in a jovial frame of mind. For reasons best known to themselves, they wished to put as great a distance as possible between the township and themselves before morning, and as they went they planned how they should hold up the mail a second time at no very distant date. But it was the last time the trick was played successfully in that neighborhood, for the distinguished American decamped without paying his hotel bill; moreover. Viscount Thurlton never arrived, and a rat was subsequently smelt and seen floating in the air of the neighborhood of the courthouse a rat which had grown considerably beyond the bud stage. Chicago 1 1 Times-Heral- d. A CAVALRYMAN Leader as Daring as tlie Dreaded Rupert. At NVineeby or Horneastle fight (Oct. 14, 1643), as soon as the men had knowledge of the enemys coming they were very full of joy and resolution, A thinking it a great mercy that they should now fight with him, and on they went, singing their psalms, Cromwell in the van, says the Century. The royalist dragoons gave him a first volley, as he fell wifa brave resolution upon them, and then at half pistol-sha second, and his horse was killed under him. But he took a soldiers horse, and promptly mounting again, rejoined the charge, which was so and performed with so much admirable courage and resolution, that the enemy stood not another, but were driven back on their own body. It was clear that a new cavalry leader had arisen in England, as daring as the dreaded Rupert, but with a coolness in the red blaze of battle, a piercing eye for the shifts and changes in the fortunes of the day, above all with a power of wielding his phalanx with a combined steadiness and mobility, such as the fiery prince never had. Whether Rupert or Oliver was first to change cavalry tactics is, among experts, matter of dispute. The older way had been to fire a volley before the charge. The front rank discharged its pistols, then opened right and left, and the second rank took its place, and so down to the fifth. Then came the onset with swords and the s of the firearms. The new plan was to substitute the tactics of the shock; for the horses to keep close together, knee to knee, to face the enemy front to front and either to receive the hostile charge in steady, strong cohesion or else in the same cohesion to bear down on the foe, sword straight wire, he can start in, and Ill in hand, and not to fire either pistol answt: his questions. I dont mind or carbine until they had broken taking him up on that. through. The stranger was then sworn, and as he stood in the witness box the Dog as a Mail Carrier. prisoner addressed him: New York Times: A woman called Sir, he said, do you remember on a the 3d of July a man running after at house on Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, the other day, bearing a letter your hat in the street in Brisbane, and addressed to the residing there, bringing it back to you on the pave- - i it had been mailedlady the day previous, ment? "I cant say that I do, replied the but the address was almost effaced. The woman explained that she had a stranger, after a little thought; "no, I young collie which was in the habit of cant fetch it. and playing with articles Do you not remember his saying picking up he found on the sidewalk. She had that he was out of work and his three been out with him when she children were starving? And then can noticed walking he was playing with a letthat you recall giving him a sovereign and ter, which he had evidently found. She saying, Heres a shilling for you? took it from him. and, finding that it The stranger was silent, as if he had not been she called at the wished to remember the occurrence; address and opened, delivered it. It was but presently he shook his head and found about a block away from its said: No, its no use. address, and had probably been drop"Stay! cried the prisoner again, in ped on the sidewalk by a letter cara voice Of terrible tension, for it was rier. The owner talks of getting a pohis last chance, Do you remember, sition as mail carrier for her co.iie. before giving the sovereign, that the man told you that he had fought in Man. whence is he? Too bad to be the Crimean war and could show the work of God, too good for the work wounds that he had helped his coun of chance. Lessing. ot home-give- Ilole-In-the-Wa- ll, e butt-end- sol-eie- Rock-Spring- n evi-a.n.- dc.-pa- ir try, but his country would not help him? Yes, you must remember his showing you the scars one at the back at th- - head, another on his right " breast The stranger interrupted him with a sudden exclamation: I do. I do! The scar on your breast is a lung one a saber cut Your honor, remember meeting this man! 1 nm.-- t apologize; his life war. in my hards, and I nearly let him fall through. He is the man saw in Brisbane. There was a perfoit seusntou in com t as the prisoner she. .died himself and wiped the cuid mo. store from liis CROMWELL AS vice-preside- g, Vis-cou- gold-heade- j Francisco of San Carlos Ezeta, Salvador, has returned to his home in Oakland, Cal., after a trip of four months' duration to Mexieo. Thesenate has confirmed P. F. Barclay to be receiver of public moneys at Del Norte, Colo., and C. II. Nichols to be Indian agent at Colorado River agency in Arizona. From the senate committee on public-landSenator Carter has reported favorably a bill granting 50.000 acres of laud to Montana for the maintenance of an asylum for the blind. W. H. Magers was hanged at The Dalles, Or., last week, for the murder of Ray Sink. He protested his innocence to the last, saying on the scaffold that the law was hanging an innoeeut man. In San Francisco last week two men and one woman were found dead in the rear of a saloon. Their death is attrito asphyxiation, as gas was buted St. Petersburg newspapers express found from a cook store in the issuing immense satisfaction at the Persian room. loan of 22, 500.000 roubles to be floated Daniel Moran, IS years old, a San by the Loan Bank of Persia. Franeiseo boy, who shipped on the Extraordinary precautions have been Thomas at New York under transport taken at the in China to prevent risi ngs. The troops have been the name of Pollard, was brought home in irons. The officers say he was muserved with ball cartridges. tinous. An extraordinary exodus of AmeriRobert A. Jenkius, the absconding cans toward Europe is in progress, acof the Texas & Pacific Railroad cashier cording to the figures of the passport company at Shreveport, La., has been bureau of the state department. taken back to that place from San The secretary of state is in receipt of Francisco after two weeks of skillful a telegram from United States Consul work. detective Ivindriek at Juarez, Mexico, reporting V. R. Wilson has been arrested in that bix Auiericaus have been shot. San Francisco on the charge of having Tbe lower house of the Hungarian embezzled a package containing $000, Diet has provided a supplementary while he was agent for the Great credit of 30,000,000 florins for the Northern Express company, at Frankpurchase of rifles, artillery and ammunilin, Kings county. Wash. tion. Among the passeugers on the quarHeavy snowstorms have prevailed antined Australia from Honolulu, is throughout France, lately, especially Arthur Sewell, for on the north and west coasts, where has who on a been visit to numbers of small wrecks have ochis son, H. M. Sewall, special agent of curred. the United States in Hawaii. Emperor ICwangsu of China continues Andy Kolarak and Nels Lewis of to issue edicts in liis own name. NankRock Springs, Wyo., were badly injured ing and Wu Chang ofliieials consider at the Union Pacific mines last week. that his immediate retirement is A rock fell on Mr. Lewis crushing improbable. him severely. lie is a prominent A. The Ways and Means committee has O. U. W. member and a man of decided to report a bill establishing a family. tariff system for Porto Rico on a basis A specdv settlement of Mrs. Nettie of 25 per cent of the rates in the reguCraven's lar tariff law. litigation at San B'rancisco, The House Committee on Commerce Cal., against the Fair estate, wdll follow a decision by the supreme court has made the question of Government the trust clause by which annulling as against private ownership of the the late Senator Fair attempted to pul proposed Pacific cab'e a special order the bulk of his estate beyond the imFebruary 13th. mediate control of his children. The interior of China is 'greatly ex James ONeil Gleason, aforiner memcited and progressive Chinese are beg ber of the Twentieth Kansas volunging the American British and Jap unese ministers to intervene and restore teers. was shot and killed in a saloon in ban Francisco last week by an unthe Emperor to dower. known man who escaped. The murThe Hawaiian bill has been pmeti derer had woman a and with quarreled cally completed by the house commit Gleason, who was weut tending bar, tee on territories, and Chairman Kno? to her pretection and met his fate. with a is preparing i A posse of Union Pacific detectives, draft of the revised bill. who have been on the trail of the banThe dowager empress has dismissed dits who robbed the train in the Jung Lu. Generalissimo of the Chinese Wyo., recently, after a forces on accountof hissupposeddisap killed two of them-Ondesperate fight proval of the recent coup d'etat. Othei of the pursuing party was shot, high officials have been superseded. 'but not seriously. There are 5000 cases of influenza i Judge Ellsworth of the supreme Madrid. Oakland. Cal., has refused to court, In Paris there is a rumor in offieia A. W. Hawkins, an English naturalize circles that a rebellion has occurred in answering quesSocialist, because, among the Soudanese troops in Khartum tions propounded to him, he said he did There are only 150 white British there under command of a major. not believe that a republic represented the highest form of government. At Sjdney, N. S. W,a wharf laborei The Republican state convention for has been stricken with the bubonic the election of delegates from Washand the plague attending doctors are of the opinion that lie was inoculated ington to the next Republican nationwith the disease though the bite of a flea. al convention will be held at Ellens-burApril 4. The representation was There is, according to Senator Morfixed cn the basis of one delegate for gan, no good reason why the Nicaragua 100 votes and major fraction every canal bill should not pass both house of Congress and secure the approval thereof, cast for Congressman W. L. of the president within the next thirty Jones at the last election, and two delegates at large. days. The building of a wool warehouse at A dispatch to the Havas News AgenRock Cairo Springs. Wyo., is now an assured from confirms the recy, Paiis, fact. The necessary funds have been a rebellion that bad oecured port subscribed by Sweetwater county wool Soudanese in the Kharamong troops growers. At a meeting last week bids toum. The extension of the French settle- were opened, but all were rejected and ment in China has been finally settled new bids called for in accordance with and the new area will be two and a half plans submitted. Trouble arose in Chinatown, times that of the present settlement. The arrangment will become effective Wyo., last week over a fantan March 14th. game, which might have ended disasThe Mexican Government has receiv- trously for China Charley had not the ed a telegram from General Torres to officers promptly put in an appearance. the effect that absolutely nothing lias Charley took refuge in the Chinese occurred that would give rise to the store, which was surrounded by enreport that six Americans have been raged Chinamen who were threatening to kill him when the marshal and his shot by his orders. deputies arrived. At sunset in a little town la Queensland the proprietor of the best hotel the place could boast of was surprised, not to say flattered, to see a gentle-- j d as to his cane, and man, evidently rich and influential, to judge from his servant and luggige, alight from the coach w.th all the appear-- 1 ance of one who was go.ng to stay a week in the place, lie w..s distinctly an American, with a twinkling gray eye, a long aquiline noa", a clean shaven upper lip and a small goatee, which he smoothed meditatnely as he stood like a long legged Colos.-ucf Rhodes, in trousering of a very broad check pattern, surveying the pride of the proprietor's heart, namely, the ho-- I tel. I guess it's not unlike ray stables in Connecticut, he said presently, as the pioprietor came down to meet him. You must have line stables, then," was the replj, offered gentiy. in the hope of turning away not the great man himself, but only his wrath. "We have, sir; our stable yards are considerable. And I say it in praise of your shanty that it reminds me of I suppose my stables in Connecticut. you can give us a loose box for a week, maybe? The landlord recognized the free and easy American with plenty of money the kind of man who was never slow to give offense because be was master of the situation by reason of the almighty dollar; he recognized the colonel and the "general,' the man wau travels as he lists the wide world over, and gets re..dy respect and deference from everybody. Certainly, he replied; for a week or a3 much longer as you like. Well, I guess I only want to stay a week. You see, I arranged to wait here for Viscount Thurlton, who is going to join me next Thursday, and then were going to the new diggings just to reckon things up a bit to see whether the place is worth working on a large scale, as we do it in Amen ica. But I say, boss, this place Is real dull after Brisbane; isn't there any theater or place of amusement? I reckon I shall die of dullness right here. full, so that the distinguisued looking American was accommodated with a seat on the bench, where he not only had a good view of the proceedings, but was tun and known by everyone a3 tbe friend of Thurlton, and a vvtaRhy American who was going to buy the uevv digging township to work it" as an ordinary man might work a pot no pitch. The pri cicr was sfunlitg in the dock with lua i v es met dow.. lisivn-ito the ioi.cia..ive lie raised luru. Ires-ntifrom ut direct about iv) spodlv tbe juuge, and when his eye lei upon the stranger He pauocd and gripped at tbe air, and in the dock. When at last he Was brought round he stood up. and. pointing to the stranger, gasped for breath and tried to speak. What is it, nty man? said the ask again, judge. Steady yoursilf. have yoti anything to s.i in your defence?" sail the pi isoner "Oh, your lioro-,at last, "I am saved cimd at the last moment. 1 have all only said that I was in Brisbane at the t'me of the robbery, and there is the man who can prove it. All tjes toilovved the direction of his finger and rested up.u the stranger, then who started, locked eonfu-eirritated, and finally bewildered, as if he fancied the prisoner must be mad. If that gentleman will answer my questions, resumed the prisoner, I think I shall he able to prove to everyone that I was in Brisbane at the time I said. The stranger shifted in his seat nervously, and at last said in tones of annoyance and expostulation: Yorr honor, Ive never to my knowledge set eyes on the prisoner before, and I don't tee how I can fix up his innocence. Besides, I guess I didnt come here to be questioned by every son of a gun that holds up a mail coach I beg your pardon, your honor, but youll allow the annoyance is considerable, anyhow. His honor admitted it wa3, but straightway appealed to the strangers better feelings on behalf of the prisoner until he was somewhat mollified and remarked: Waal, if he thinks its The landlord, already under the dispatronage oi Viscount tinguished Thurlton, became oily, almost greasy, He explained that in his manner. there was no troupe at the theater at present, and that the only excitement wa3 the trial of a man wuo was supposed to be concerned in a daring coach robbery committed some little time before in the neighborhood. Ah! That would be interesting, I should like to said the stranger. see that. Stuck up the coach, did he? Well, they say he did. but he himself swears that he is innocent, and that he was in Brisbane at the time the ooach was stopped. If you would care to hear the trial, sir, I can get you a seat easily. I guess I'll take you up, returned the stranger, and it wa3 agreed that the proprietor should escort the great man to the court house on the morrow, and by his influence secure him a good seat, Just to enable him to while away the time until Viscount Thurlton came along. It so happened, however, that when they arrived the body of the court was n, |