THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1892.
FROM THE CAPITAL.!
Telegraphic Flashes.
' Presideut-Elect Cleyelanl SensiMy Con-
tiiines Secluded.
HAS TOO MANY LETTERS NOW.
Nine-Tenths of all Communications are
From Office Seeker.
THE AWAITING HOPK DEFERRED
When the Heart Sickens Will be Con
tent With Much Lesgened
Ambitions etc.
It
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, Dec. 9. President-elect
Cleveland very sensibly continues to
seclude himself from the public in as
great decree as possible, but be can not
close the mails against his voluntary
correspondents. From this time until
S bis inauguration Mr. Cleveland's mail
notwithstanding his recent proleet, will
probably average at least 1,500 letters
daily. That was about the number
President Harrison received from iiu
mediately after his election, and
jumped to 2,000 per diem after his ar
rival at the White House.'1 About nine-
tenths of all such communications are
from office-seekers. The balance con
veys, mostly, advice and suggestions,
offer congratulations and give warnings,
friendly and otherwise. .' .
As is customary at such times, people
of all kinds ia every part of the country
are. now "taking pen in hand" to address
the president-elect by post. Whenever
a change of administration occurs a sort
of fever for office-seeking becomes epi
demic among the people. For months
after Mr. Cleveland assumes bis high of
fice the time of his private secretary will
be chiefly occupied with receiving appli
cations for positions under the govern
ment, and the ante-room of the White
House wil) be crowded at all hours with
congressmen and others eager to secure
plump of patronage. The "very hungry
and very thirsty" will swarm upon
Washington like grasshoppers upon a
green vegetable patch. All of them will
reach here in high confidence of sec ant
ing appointments to their liking, and
nine-tenths of tbem will finally go away
disappointed after eating out their hearts
with waiting and nope deferred.
The great majority of those who d
succeed will be obliged to be content
with positions much lower in the pub
lic service than they had expected to
secure. In numerous instances indi
viduals of some local distinction, who
had journeyed here with aspirations for
posts of high honor and emolument
under one administration or another,
have been thankful to get situations
finally as messengers in the depart-
pieuw. History ill inis mailer reueaui
riteeii every time one political party goes
a . 3 nnnllia. .r. i no it. 'Chrtaa ttrhn
"fail on H.uir mnnnv riins low. drift out
of the hotels into the boarding-houses,
finally falling back on the cheap lodging
houses. Last scene of all, which so
often ends this sad, eventful history, is
the appeal addressed by the disap
pointed office-seeker to his congressman
for a loan to pay his car-fare home.
Undoubtedly these place-hunters are
mnat.lv ruu-.nlc nf Rome importance where
they live; but the Iev6r for holding
-nnhtis. nffinA attupba them, and thev
Umlnii pvprvtliintr else to Dursue the
id naivo nhatimni. ii eiihv fHiiLiirH il.
the glamour of the life holds them so
that they are never satisfied to abandon
it. If they fail, as so many do, they too
often become soured misanthropes,
brooding constantly over what "might
have been."
It is announced that President Har
rison's private secretary Elijah Halford
will be appointed as minister resident
and consul general to Portugal, vice
George 8. Matcheller, who resigned .on
the 1st of November.
The Pittsbnrg coroner's inquest into
the death of Isaac Jury, who was a non
union employe of the Carnegie company
at Homestead, who was supposed to
have been poisoned by strikers, shows
death was the result of alcoholism.
Four masked train robbers attempted
to hold up a train on the Chesapeake
railway near Huntington, Va., but were
driven off by nervy passengers before se
curing any booty. Some of the robbers
were won u led. but tnev all escaped in
the darkness.
San Francisco is doing away with
horse cars. During the next year the
syndicate which has been formed to
build the routes, will build 20 miles of
rapid transit lines, 15 miles of this being
electric and five miles cable. Material
for the entire system has been ordered,
and as fast as it arrives it will be put in
place.
Six large well stocked buildings were
destroyed by fire in Baltimore yesterday
Loss $1,650,000. The buildings were
stocked with 17,202 bales of cotton, be
longing to leading cotton firms of Balti
more, and valued at about $850,000, in
eluded in the losses. How the con flu
eration stirted is not yet learned, al-
; hough the origin is attributed to upon
taneous combustion.
THE PANAMA SCANDAL
It is Yet The Leading: Topic in Com
mercial Circles in Paris. '
BARON REINACH WAS POISONED,
Le Figaro Urges the Government to
Place Ren on The Stand.
WHAT CAUSED HERTZ' DEPARTURE
Prominent
tofor
Political Personages ' Here
Unnamed Compromised
In the Scandal. -
A Mormon Colony In Mexico.
l Paso, Tex., Dec. 12. Edward
Stevenson and F. Macdonald, Mormon
leaders from Utah, will leave here for
Mexico with 100 men to establish a Mor
mon colony on 600 acres of land near
Santa Rosalia and 100 miles from Chi
huahua city. The land was granted to
them by the Mexican government.
A Difference ot Opinion.
Seattle Telegraph. We think that the
Spjkane Review is wron? when it says
that Seattle is set agxinst the opening of
the Columbia river. Everything that
will aid in the development of the state
can count upon the support of Seattle
even though it is to be done elsewhere.
All that Seattle asks is something for the
general benefit of the nation shall not be
opposed merely because it will have to
be done at Seattle.
Blaine's Religious Views.
Washington, Dec. . 12. The Rev.
Father Ducey, of New , York, came' to
Washington yesterday, and his presence
has revived the rumors concerning Mr.
Blaine's religious views. Last night it
was the talk at the hotels that the ex
secretary of state is to become a mem
ber of the Roman Catholic church
through the offices of Father Ducey in a
day or two. Fntber Ducey would not
discuss the rumor last night.
Jay Gould's Starting Point.
East Oregonian. It is a popular be
lief that the late Jay Gould owed the
)Ksition he attained in life entirely to
his own talents and exertions, which
transformed him from a penniless boy
into one of the world's greatest financers.
S. P. and W. H. Gould, of this city, are
distant relatives of the dead millionaire,
and during a conversation concerning
him the latter stated that Jay Gould re
ceived a fair start on the road to fortune
by a lucky windfall. W. H. Gould's
father, S. A. Gould, who resides at New
Orleans, received in 1869, a parchment
letter from a firm of attornej'9 inform-
ug him that there were $30,000,000 de
posited in the bank of England awaiting
claims of the oldest heirs of John C.
Gould, of Scotland, who was a wealthy
ship-builder on the Dundee river. Later,
in the same year, Mr. Gould received
another letter, stating that the money
fell to the family of Jay Gould. Not
long afterwards the king of speculators
sprang into prominence, and it is
thought owed his sudden rise in the
financial world to the fortune bequeath
ed him. John C. Gould was his great
grandfather. The Gould fainilv of which
the Pendletonians mentioned are a part,
descended from a brother of the Dundee
ship-builder.
future in Sheep.
Chas. Cunningham, who is in a posi
tion to know what he is talking alout,
informs the East Oregonian that all the
last spring lambs in Idaho have been
contracted for at $2.50 per head, to be
delivered next spring, and sheep which
will then be two-year-old are under con
tract for delivery at $3 per head. These
figures do not indicate any depression in
the sheep-growing industry. In Uma
tilla county the condition of affairs is
the same. Grown sheep are worth from
$3.50 upwards, and lambs command a
proportionately high price.
Germany For Gold.
Berlin, Dec. 12. In the richstag,
Count Meirbach, conservative, asked the
government to assist the bimetalists in
the Brussels monetary conference Chan
cellor Capri vi replied that the German
delegates were instructed not to give as
sent to any proposals that restricted
Germany's right to decide what should
constitute her own currency, and to de
clare Germany is content with her pres
ent system and would not change it.
Caprivi concluded his remarks by de
claring Germany would continue to ad
here to the gold standard.
German People Excited.
Bkrlin, Dec. 12. The town is full of
rumors. One is to the effect that the
imperial message dissolving the reichs
lag will be read today, another that the
army bill will be put into effect without
consulting the reichstag. Public feeling
in the empire is on the verge of an ex
plosion, particularly if the kaiser in
sists on retaining Caprivi. It will be
remembered the kaiser formerly ex
pressed a determination to keep Bis
marck in spite of anything that might
happen.
The Bridenee la Conclualre.
Pittsburg , Dec. 12. The offices of the
Amalgamated association say that the
story that the organization countenanced
a plot to poison non-union men at work
in the mill company is prosperous. At
torneys for the Carnegies, however',' say
the chain of evidence against the lead
ers is growing stronger daily, and prom
ises to be so complete that none of them
will be able to escape.
A Forger and Hla History.
Rous, Ga., Dec. 12. Lord Walter S.
Beresford, the English forger, who has
occupied his time in the Floyd county
jail in writing a history of his career,
has completed the book and closed a
contract for its publication. He expects
to appeal his case to the United States
supreme court if he can raise money
enough.
Paris, Dec. 12. The Panama canal
scandal continues to engross public at
tention. . All the papers publish long
articles on the scandal, the tenor of
which depends entirely upon . political
points of view of the journals. Le
ingaro urges the government to get
Hertz, one of the partneis in the bank
ing house of which the late Baron Rein
ach was the head, to speak regarding
the connection of that house with th
affairs ot the Panama Canal Company
the inference being that Hers will be
able to explain many points about which
doubts now exist.
In the course of its article, Le Figaro
recalls how, thanks to Clemenceau and
Sarrien, Herz was enabled to bond the
Electric fore transmission company
with a capital of 12,500,000 francs, and
that, through this and other transac
tions in which he was assisted by con
nection with men holding ministerial
positions, he accumulated a considerable
fortune. The paper further says Baron
Keinach spent the greater part of the
last hours of his life with Herz. "
Only a few minutes after leaving Herz,
Keinach returned to his residence and
tnat night died under circumstances
that led the government to make an
autopsy to determine whether he died
from natural causes or committed tni
cide. On the same night Reinacb dieil
Herz started for London, and Le Figaro
expresses a strong desire to have the
public informed aa to what caused bis
sudden departure. Le Temps says the
first examination of the remains of
Baron Reinach proves he died from
poison, j. ne oonrse is unsettled owing
to rumors that prominent political tier'
nonages, heretofore unnamed, are com
promised in the Panama canal scandal
, A STi i)V OF KAJtS.
THE HUMAN EAR ANO THE TALE
ft TELLS TO THE OBSERVER.
an As.
Too Of
ttae Dm-
LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
Tie Panama Canal Mnfldle Graving
- Yery ffincn Worse Rauidly. v
"1
An Interesting Dissertation on
Bondage ol the Head That Is
(an Neglected aa a feature la
Uneatioa ot Character.
' Did any one ever go to any of the thea
ters when the bouse was crowded and
amuse himself or herself studying the
ears ot the audience: It will pay the
observing man to do so Be will realize
then that tnere are ear and earn, those
which indicate character iu its several
degrees individuality tiruineKH c rejoin-I
Don. kindness and its antithesis, and the
various other attnouitw which go to
make up the widely varying specimen
of numanity. -
A study of ears may not be entirely cavskd bt a letter pc bush Kd.
aacisractory One ia apt to find upon
THE LEADING TOPIC IN FRANCE.
Kouvicr, Minister of Finance, Has
Tendered His Resignation.
Still Has Hope. .
Brussels, Dec. 12. To a correspond
ent senator Jones said:. "I have not
given up hope that some plan may be
evolved from the discussion now in prog
ress, and that before the end of the com
ing week. If not, the conference may
adjourn for the holidays. In the latter
event the governments now opposed to
us may see the danger in whi;:h they
stand, and come to an arrangement.
They will discover that they cannot
maintain the present system, but may
want time to find a way out of the diffi
culty. I will speak on Tuesday. My
speech will be academic, for I have been
asked to discuss the question thor
oughly."
A Washington dispatch says : "About
40 democratic members of the next con
gress have entered into a more or less
definite agreement. Their purpose is to
act as a brake on tariff legislation. In
their own language, they are going to
"stand together to keep the party from
acting the fool on the tariff question."
Most of the members are from the At
lantic seaboard, but several are from the
Ohio valley districts. If their ereat
prototype were alive, these forty protec
tionists would be classed as "Randall
democrats." They are entirely confi
dent that they will be able to hold down
the wild and wooly Westerners, and the
members from the cotton districts, to a
very moderate revision of the tariff
without a material effect upon the pro-,
tected industries."
The Blundering Ball t. .
The people of Massachusetts are sup
posed to be as intelligent as those of any
commonwealth in the country. Never
theless they ' made more mistakes that)
the citizen's of any other state in the use
of the Australian ballot ut the last elec
tion. The official count shows that
19,186 blanks were cast for governor,
32,005 for lieutenant-governor, . 39,067
for treasurer, and 40,894 for secretary of
state. The total vote of the state was
400,120, so that the percentage of defect
ive ballots was very large. The blanks
were caused by the voters checking
against individual names, instead ,of in
the party circle at the head of the tick
ets. Just which party suffered most
severely as the result of this blundering
is not positively known.
Republican Senators In Caucus '
Washington, Dec. 13. Republican
senators held an hour caucus this morn
ing relatfve to the states in which there
are doubtful senatorial contests, but
reached no conclusion. The caucus will
be renewed this afternoon.
somebody else with whom be is not den
perately in love a pair of auricular ap
pendages wbicb remind him forcibly of
those ne sees when facing his mirror. It
is rather an odd thing that the majority
of men and women however, seldom
see their own ears They can do so
readily with the aid of a quick silvered
glaxa. bnt !!. vanity of tinman nature
seems to stop at the features of the face.
A woman will spend half an hour ad
miring her own pretty red lips and keep
the yonng man v. ::)i ! . aier tickets in
ol pocket waitin : an Dour while she
adjusts ber eyebrows sun get just the
ngbt complexion on her cheek but the
ear are lefi to take care ol themselves.
A wet rag is pnsbed hastily through
their intricacies and they have had their
share of attention There are excep
tions, of course The woman who knows
that ner ears are lovely and bound to at
tract admiration will play with rhem
afftMtlouaUilr and take -are that ber
hair is arranged so that no fraction of
tnem is hidden from view Then there
are people wbose ears stick out like the
bead naps -f a jackass an elongated
malformation. They can't oetp seeing
their ears nnithnr can any one else
A RKMaKKABLK PaIK OF RAKS
It was at Hooley's the other night that
a study was made of the eccentricity of
tbe ear J. he auditorium was crowded
and the jokes of the comedian emptied
into a thousand tympanic cavities What
cavities some of them were too' .There
was a man with a hole in tain ear which
looked as though it might have been one
of the Dine mouths of the Mississippi.
One would bave thought a steamer could
pans through it without sticking, and as
for the the and earwigs, a Large colony
of tbem could nave babitated there all
winter and hardly bave been felt. Be
came- the cavity was large it must not
oe ttoppooed that the owner of tbe ear
was proportionately so. to the contrary
this cavity was the biggest part of nun
He was a little fellow tbe ideal of a
nenpncKral noMiiand. The loudly de
veloped channel of sonnd suggested tbe
probability of his being accustomed to
hear frequent oommaiids to 'go and
light the fire." or 'get up and give the
oaoy paregoric. " He seemed to be happy
this time, for he was alone and there
were oo each discordant sounds to offend
am neanng
Meat nun was a man who bad a de
cided inclination to obewty He was
tall too. and could nave easily tipped
tbe beam at sou pounds. Now, one
would nave supposed that hia auricular
memoers would have been developed
equally with tbe rest of tua anatomy
One would nave been disappointed, now
ever They were almost midgets aJocur
aide of those belonging to the little man.
and looked as tboiurb they mujbt uave
received a shock in childhood from which
tnev nad never recovered. But in pite
or their diiuinntivenesa there was a great
deal of don t-vareuess about tbem -an
independence as to what .they heard and
what they didn't hear A wife might
nave yelled tire and baby and paregoric
at these ears all nigbt and they would
never nave neard it, they were not con
structed after tnat fashion.
A BEAOTiKUL. PAlB Or BARS.
Alongside of him sat a woman who
evidently tbe wife Her ears were
Jong irregular and stood out from the
side of ner bead like tbe dost guards in
a sleeping car They were ears which,
it could oe plainly seen, were accustomed
to being on the alert for some familiar
voice. There was a startled appearance
auout them which, indicated that this
Otoe was in the habit of greeting tbem
with a command or a reprimand more
than anything else. Evidently but few
words of affection or endearment bad
passed through them.
in tbe row ot seats just behind this
queenly interesting trio was a perfect
symphony ot ears They were not the
of men but ot women pretty
voumr women witn eiaoorateiy ncn
dresHex and aristocratic faces. Indeed,
ttuwe were patnciau ears, and tbe blue
blood ; conld almost be seen coursing
tnroagu tbem
I'he irl who sat next to the end bad
the prettiest ears of all. Ibey were
ueauUea. Moderately small, regularly
formed sloping off into an oval at the
icoe and thin almost to transparency
1'nere was a piuky tinge about tuem
wtucn was ample apology for the poets
who sing about coral ears. I hey stood
out from the nead at almost an exact
'angle. They were perfect in every par
Ocular, but tbey were uot responsive
They were acenstomed to hear
ing sweet nothings said and sinipiy
listening for more Tbey ail plainly
that tneir owner was one wrapped up in
the contemplation of her own charms.
and expected all others to be equally so.
and to make it known in words. Loot
ing at those ears one would have de
scribed ber as follows Deep blue eyes.
noae inclined to Koman. red lips, wbite
teeth, clear complexion, little animation
in tbe face. The description would
nave been entirely correct. Chicago
Tribune.
Newspapers Detail T!ie Death of Karon
Relaaeh Political Situation
Critical.
. New York, Dec. 14. Paris dispatches
quote articles from Le Figaro, and other
papers, ' on Hens which read like - a
fairy tale. Much of it is true and much
no doubt is fancy. Nearly all was con
clusions strained and twisted. Freycine.t
intends testifying to the honesty aiid
ability of Herz, who has been a friend of
his many years. Senator Girauit has
tabled the bill to give the widest juris
diction to the Panama investigating
committee to collect evidence, and pro
jo$iiig a refunding to the company o: all
sums illegitimately expended in Paris.
Clemenceau, editor of La Justice, dis
tinctly denied that Hers used the col
unins of La Justice to push his new en
terprise.
He admits Baron Reinach and Rouvier
successively visited him on the night be
fore Reinacb's death, but he was out
and did not see them.' Rouvier had ex
plained to biro on the lobbv of the
chamber that Reinach was being driven
mad by the campaign being organized
by the papers against him, and, as it
was for him a question of life or death,
he winhed Rouvier would accompany
him to see Hers and induce him to use
his influence to stop the attacks. Ac
cordingly Rouvier with the' baron, and
accompanied by Clemenceau, visited
Hers together. Herz declared he could
not render the service required. .
Le (iaulois publishes what purports to
! an account of the last hours of Baron
Reinach. The story confirms in msny
particulars what has already been stated
and credited to rumor. The paper says
that after the final interview lietween
Reinach, Rouvier and Hers, the baron
found all hope of escaping the conce
quence of his connection with the
Panama affair gone. , He returned home
at .midnight, wrote several letters, de
stroyed a number of documents, and
then swallowed poison. The paper tells
the story with great particulars of de
tail. The general opinion ia that Rein
ach was, with Ak ton, one of the "use
ful" men of the Panama scheme. It is
known he handled large sums for the
company, and the Panama investigating
committee are now trying to learn to
whom the money was paid and for what
services.
The revelation made by Clemenceau
as to the visit paid him by Reinach and
Rouvier, on the eve of Reinacb's death,
caused consternation among supporters
of the government. It is said that an
other ministerial crisis is impending,
and that another political upheaval may
be expected at any time. Clemeuceau's
letter has greatly compromised Rouvier
in the Panama affair, and the outcome
is hard to predict at present. Rouvier
will be summoned to explain bis con
nection with the affair to the investigat
ing committee. Herz will also be sum
moned, but it is dovbttul if tie will ap
pear. The political situation is ex
tremely critical.
WI. Dufur.
J. McMillan,
Condon streets are now paved with a
n rOTmrwinnit ftf (minnljltAl OOTk and
1 " - - . - -
bitumen pressed Into blocks and laid like j
Dallas 'Woolen Mills.
The Dallas Observer of the 8th has
this to say of the Dallas woolen mill :
Just about one year ago a stock com
pany was formed here to erect and oper
ate a woolen mill. All went well, (the
building and machinery were put up;
till within the past few months when
bills became due and payable on house
and machinery, an additional assess
ment was levied on the stockholders to
meet the demands. But it was not de
creed that all would pay ; hence attach
ments were placed on the plant by the
sheriff, and the property has been or
dered sold at sheriffs sale by the court."
It is a misfortune to Dallas that Its peo
ple do not come to the rescue and re
lieve tbe concern from its embarrass
ments, alter it has been inaugurated,
and bids fair to be a successful under
taking in the county. Oregon can't have
too many manufacturing establishments,
and to let any, after once in operation,
fail, indicates that there is something
lacking in the spirit of enterprise.
Cause for
Congratulation.
Antelope Herald. We congratulate
the many settlers in this interior coun
try upon being able to prove up on their
land at Antelope. Heretofore many a
man with limited means was deterred
from taking up land in this part of the
country, because the immense costs of
proving up stared him in the face like a
They can uow file and prove
Farmers lantitute at Dnfur.
There i.s to be a Farmers Institute hel
io iiour on uie ii,' ide preeea
mourn, ttiucn inn- iar to tn" -if -unusua
i interest. The sut.-cts that '.-.re to b4
discussed an- tluwc that are of :;al im
inner to ine lanuera esperiHlM SO, IS
that of the sowing of spring ai.'W fall,
heat. The programme as arrant ed wiR
be read with interest.
Till kkdav Dkc. 29. 1 :30 p.. u,
mtsic. ' '
Prayer .
Address of Welcome,
lief p t:8H,
Ml'SIC.
Benefits to be Derived from
Fanners' Institutes, - A. 8. Robert.
Necessity of Making Our Homes ,
Attractive, Mrs. A. Hatheway.
MUSIC.
Thursday, Dbc. 29, p. m.
Music.
The Agricultural College and its Pur
poses, Pres. John M. Bloss. .
Fanners' Organizations as Political
Educators, P. P. Underwood. '
Music. ' i
Lantern views thrown upon a screes
and explained bv some member of th'
College Faculty.
Friday, Due. 30. 9:30 7a. m.
Music. P
Should Wheat be Sown in the Sprisg j-
or in the Fall, E. Moore.
Music.
Economy as Applied to the Fares,
Prof, H. T. French.
Music . .
Thistles, J. H. Trout.
Adjournment for dinner.
THE DALLES IMPROVEMENT.
All Right Here, But No Mew Frojee
Can Come In.
Washington dispatches today inform
us that several members of congress -'
bave just found out that no new project '
for river and harbor improvements cast
be commenced for at least four yenra, as
far as tbe Pacific coast is concerned. -The
project at the dalles will be ex- i
cepted aa it does not come within the
term of new projects. Where survey
were made this year and fouud worthy
of improvement, it will be fouud neoea- '
sary to provide for a plan of improve- .
ment nnder the next river and barber
bill, and an appropriation two year .
later. It is learned that this arrange
ment wag designed with the full knowl
edge ol the eiiect it would have upon th
improvements, and that it would relieve .
the river and harbor committee from th
pressure that is always brought to bear ,
upon it to provide for new projects, net .
reported favorably by the engineer.
Upon the subject ot the two projects, ,
tbe boat railway and Seattle canal, Mr.' '
Blanchard, of the' house "committee off
commerce, is reported is as saying that'
"neither of these propositions had any ''
place in the river and harbor lll and' '
for that reason he was opposed to then "
in the last session, and made a de- -termined
fight to prevent their being: ia-
corporated in the river and harbor bill
as they might defeat it, jeopardizing all .
the river and harbor interests in th . .,
country. He said that some very emi
nent engineers, who had made private
inquiries aa to the route of the boat rail
way, claimed that it would be impracti
cable. '
One in. particular, who was very
anxious to see boat-railway scheme
succeed, and whom Mr. Blanchard
termed 'a boat-rail wav roan,' said it
would be a failure if constructed at th
-dalles, and the damage to boat railways
would be very great. As to the Seattle
canal. Mr. Blanchard thinks that it is
rather poor policy to force that kind of
legislation,, when nearly half of th
stale is opposed to it. He says he be-
ieves that if a vote of the two states of
Oregon ami Washington were taken a
majority of the people would be found
opposing both the boat railway schema
at the dalles and the Seattle canal."
So far as Mr. Blanchard rs remark '
apply to the boat railway, he would find
himself very greatly mistaken. .
Information Wanted.
Seattle Telegraph. May we invite th
papers of Seattle to inform the public a
to what are the prospects of the canal'
bill at the present sessioM of congress?
We mean the Lake Washington canal
bill. Have they any information for the
citizens on the subject? As the P..-I.
pointed out some time ago, the Great
Northern ' will soon be finished and
thousands of men will be looking for em
ployment, and they could receive H oa
the canal. Is there anything that the -
people of Seattle can do to help Senator
Squire with this bill? We think it is
time that the organs gave the public
some information on the subject.
Chrysanthemums and Carrots.
Review. Chrysanthemums growing
in. the garden of A. W. Lachapelle, snow-
covered but without frost, are a 'curios
ity of the delightful climate of Lake
Chelan. The leaves are still green and
fresh as in summer on the peach, prune,
apricot and pear trees, and Mr. Lacha
pelle has in his garden Belgian carrots,
averaging two feet in length.
To Adopt Penny Postage.
London, Dec. 12. The statement l
published that' the government has
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wood paving. The especial advantage i up on ianu ai. not more man qniMiuru pmuuianj utciuou w iuhj j,.-
ot tbe material Is it elasticity 1 the torraer expense. ' I age throughout tue empire.