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J JR. II. K. CUKF,
niYSICrAN and SURGEON.
St. Helens, Oregon.
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Clatskniiie, Columbia county, Or.
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St. Helens, Oregon. ,
dimity suryeyorr Land surveying, town
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oTAT''lnir club are selected, and if there
and on the wamnngion uv.--,
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ooFum Third. W. H. HUliUH'BT,
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OF COLUMBIA COUNTY ITS OB
JECTS AND PLANS
Of Working Fully KIhIiiiI -Orguulaa
lion mill Hulled, llarinoiilou. Wlorte
Crgod-lly w. .. Ill
Having been requested by many ciU-
zcna no to do, 1 undertake with reluc
tance, because of inability, to explain
the objects uml workmen of tlio Colnm-
n W County Republican Club. It is not
0 I ltlttmiliul in ornu nun ..lMUU ..f I..
j tnnn ieupiu
In the conimiinltv against another, nr t
create any little animosities or cause
any heartburnings. Hut People living
in tlio same rouiiiiuiiltv. brent binu n,
I some sir, following the same avocutiona
x or caning in inn. hi ami t o hi.il
differ an to what policies or plan will be
inn new lor mem tiat Ih, do them tlio
IIIOHt IfOutl IIH a IXHIIlll. Wm nil
anil work for the siime final result that
Ih, to ailopt the policy or system that
win oo u an a People tlio iuot good.
Thin in what all I lotiutt iicnnle nr wrniL
ing. now inu inherence between us an
friend and neighbor, ami sometimes
brother or parent and c u d. conies from
our different conception or understand
ing of (lie need of the coniumnitv and
of the different policies proponed. Jn
oll",r """I, we are all traveling for the
,. nloi... t,n ,... lir... ... H.i.i i. i.
?ame P'"u' dilfer as to which is
t"e prowr or best roule. Therefore dif-
ferent want are fotiml and dilferent
remedif prorjoved. ilioxein the com
mtinitv (ice in a the one awociate Midli
ne Ives together and call tlio collective
body a itartv. and those Hceinir the other
dohkewiite; and thus dilferent parties
are organized in our community. Now
the intention or motive of the one are
no more honext than those ot the other:
one may be mistaken or ininiimleretund
and the other may Ihi correct, or each
may lie wrong in judgment in some in
stances and each likewise correct in
fouie. 80 it become necessary (or us,
if we are honest, to meet in social gttth-
I eriliics and present and discus and ear
nestly consider the different plan, and
after careful study to adopt those that
we Mieve are calculated to do the most
good for the people. In order to do this
we organize ourselves into local societies.
commonly called "clubs." Then there
are national societies. Stale societies and
. - , - - ... .
I ferent plans for national iiflairs and for
i uomiLV r iih'ili giM'imiPH. fuivfx'm. nr mi-
owieaiiatrs arm 1 or imai aitairs, ami we;
uub ia mil. iiectfisariiy coiineiueu wii.11 or
a part of the other. Here in Columbia
county the Republicans have undertaken
to organize a county or local society, and
to become a member of this society no
one need necessarily lorswear allegiance
to me pHriy to wlilcll lie belongs natlon-
ally, as there ia notlitnir in the constitii.
tiim of our i lnh tlint renulrea that, nr
h,.ii,i,, fiia-ai !... ...ilnao
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for instance, Democrat lives in Co-
Minima count v : ma Home, in pronerlv.
his family, his interests are in Columbia
county: Hence lie naturally lias a laud
able desire to participate or take part in
the local allairs of Columbia county
Now, as there is no organized or working
Democratic party in Columbia county.
the society to winch lie belongs nation
ally ia not helping to frame or mold the
plans or policies lor our local or county
allairs; therefore our Democratic friend,
if he takes part in his county' affairs,
must art with one or the other of the
parties that are organized and working;
and. our club being only a local or conn
,,,!., A1. ,,- 1 ),,.,, i l1P,,l,r
can loin our club and does not thereby
join the party, but comes and aclt with it
; n.- -ii.....: :..
in coiiiity auuirn. 1110 iuiiuwuik purkiun
of our constitution on this subject is all
there is about it and is sell-explanatory,
viz.:
OIAff.lt: The obiects of this oiirnniza
tion are to closely unite in the Ixmds of
iritTiiiinuip niiu mw.1101 ty iwvt; ijo ioiii-
bers, friends and well-wisliers of the Re
publican party in Columbia county; to
bring its members, tneir lamuies aim
friends together in a harmonious body
that they muv study together and dis
cuss in an intelligent, honest way their
need and demands of our country, and
discuss and adopt such meai-tircs as will
best subserve their interests, and do me
greatest good for the county and our peo'
me.
The Stertl Pari: In every society there
will arise some (mentions of policy and
some of other kinds that cannot well be
discussed openly. Plans of work in
campaign cannot be talked in mo preS'
ence of those opposed to us without giv
ing to them the great advantage of know
ing lust what we intend to do and there'
bv giving them the complete power to
clieckinate us. inis nas always ueeu
and always will be so. Now, to manage
these things, the Kepnbltcans nave at
wavs met in public and appointed i
committee, consisting of three or five.
ulin an in secret as a committee alio
there arrange the plan and then tell the
mnai of the Kepublicans what to uo in
that particular matter. Thug the pri
vate business 1b done by ft few instead of
bv the whole body. How, to remedy
this and allow the whole body of people
interested in the same cause to consider
these matters of a private nature, It has
leen thouurht advisable to have some lit
tle secret work in order to enable those
who are posBibly strangers personally to
know that each'is interested in the cause
and a private or secret meeting when
ever the local club thinks advisable for
the purpose of transacting any business
of a private nature, and in this way al
InwttiH whole bodvor mast to havesome
right to discuss ana suggest ami stu.iy
the bntinet, plans instead o trusting it
to a few; and this i the only object for
a private or secret meeting anu me omy
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0b system. It is left entirely to a vote
of every local uivision 01 ine ciuo vj uiw
rtIt xua t.iufl secret work nisi is. nave
or not use mis secret, worn um 10,
private meeting once in awhile. Kach
,ivi,,i0I) mokes its own law or rulea in
..w. - - . ..
this respect Most of onr local divimons
now hold one meeting in each month
the last one private, to which only mem
bers are admitted, and then as a com
mittee, consisting of all the members,
transact, audi nrivate business as comes
np during the month. It is thought to
be advisable to hold the private meeting,
if one is held at all, at the last meeting
monih ag then delegates to the
enoui(i uny inuo uicrbhiiijo mmu,
limlv does not have it to
peddle." 1
division to
recommend to each
,ni,l'ftt east three meet
meetings in each
.. ... . k 1, ,1..;. friondB
n(1 neighbors to attend, and give those
who do attend a cordial, kind greeting
opposing party; are just an noneoi. 3 wc
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are anU th at we so regard them, but think
they are mistaken, and give them an op-
ST. HELENS,
portltnitv to talk with iih nf Ilia
we diller upon and invite them to par
ticipate in the discussion and studies of
our dilferent want and plana, and thus
educate all w bo participate and ail who
hear on these matters wherein we differ,
and thereby enable us all to see what 1
riuht and best. Then, being honest, we
will adopt that which is best.
Tht Admit inn Fee.; It was known
when the attempt was thought of that
to prepare the neceBPary printed matter
and procure books, stationery, hullsfuel
and liuhts eoine exnciise must tin in.
curred, and to meet this legitimate ex
pense 1 thought it was well tn nlace a
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inn aunnHHion iee, 10 ne paid oy eacn
rueinoer, nut mere lias been some objec
tion to this, and it has been considered
best to abolish it and depend nnon such
vvwmary mmnimUmit aa might tie given
lo meet this expense; and the admission
iee nas accoruuiu v been abolished or re.
peaieu since me constitutions were
printed and sent out.
IV Adnantauet of Oraanizino: Bv or
ganizing ourselves into a club and meet
iiik once a week we are enabled to ex-
chunue ideas, to encouraite and aid each
other, and to educate ourselves to talk of
our needs and of the appropriate reine
die therefor and thereby be more able
10 converse and reason with our friend
on the old logs, around hi rireslde, in the
country store and wlierever we see linn,
and show wherein our theories or plans
are for his good and the good of the peo
ple, ii -votes are made" at all, 1 think
it is done by the quiet, effective, truth
ful talks of the friend and neighbor had
in the quiet home or other private place
time after time and after the voter
changed " has bad ample time for ma
ture deliberation and lias carefully con
sidered every arirument presented in
every conceivable light rather than by
great public speeches, and to enable us
to proceed in this way is one of the main
advantages in organizing and maintain
ing our clubs. Then aura in our club sys
tem, if kept up and practiced, enables
ns to work systematically. Kach one
ha his work to perforin, and is held re
sponsible for it and therefore does it.
and one is not trying to do the work of
another and neglecting his own, or all
working on one tliinir and neKlectins
other tilings, thus bringing on chaos and
muddies;" out all is clear, eacn one
knowing what is expected or planned
for him, and therefore what he I to do
and what he is to let alone.
Tht Advantage$ of a Coun'y OrgnnUa
t'on: A local club is probably sufficient
iur uw uiiiiitMiiRie vicinity, uui iuj lnuu1
...w.A i ... rit . 41.- Ma it
(tuic ,Q UVKr HID 1IIC VUUI1V.V bh 11
should be. For instance, the strong, in-
fluential club at Clatskanie is scarcely
heard of in Rainier or St. Helens, while
at Canaan it is not known that the good
w ork is being systematically and rapidly
pushed at Vernonia; and the members
in one place, having no direct communi
cation with those of .other places, do not
know of the wants or plans of other
places; hence member in one place may
lie striving for one thing and unable to
obtain it, while the members of some
other place miirht help them out and en
able them to succeed, if they only knew
of their needs, and tt'cs vena. Now. to
overcome this and like difficulties, we
ran select from our club delegates, one
for every ten members or fraction there
of over six, once each month to attend a
county meeting, and this county meet
ing ran be held once each month in dif
ferent parts of the county, and when
our delegates meet they will enlighten
each other as to the needs of their differ
ent localities and theplansof the different
places. Then one Knowing what the
other wants can lend its asebtance, and
vice renin: and then each club through
its delegate can report what it is doing
and also through its delegates hear what
the others are doing, and in this way a
mighty united etlort win be put lortn,
coming from every part of the county
for one and the fame purpose ; and each
place will know what it can depend upon
from each othor place and in turn what
it is expected to do. Then again the
more enthusiastic we become the harder
we will work, and the harder we work
the more good we will accomplish.
Most of the local clubs now organized
have signified a desire for a county meet
ing to be called to meet at Rainier, Or.,
on Monday, April 2, 181)4, at 11 a. m., for
the purpose 01 organizing a county chid;
and, as there is yet no county organiza
tion, all the club will just have to help
and go to work and show their interest
by electing delegates from their number
to attend the proposed county meeting
and help in effecting a permanent and
efficient conntv organization. Please
try to elect delegates who will attend.
and arm them with a little written cer
tificate of their election signed by the
President and Secretary of the division.
Wilt llelv to Orqanize: It is desirable
lo have a local division in every neigh
borhood where ten can be got together
conveniently for that purpose, and it
will be well for them to be organized be
fore the county meeting, so that they
mar send delegates to assist and help in
organizing the county club. Therefore
allow me to urge the citizens, and to urge
you as one of them, in every part of the
county to get together and set an even
ing for meeting for the purpose of organ
izing, and let uie know in time to come
of the evening you meet, and I will
come or get Borne one else to come and
help you to organize and explain to you
the system fullv, wherever you do not
thoroughly understand it.
The Timet and the Fight: The times
we are suffering and the importance of
the coming campaign nationally and the
knowledge of the fact that in Columbia
mnntv we an forth to do battle withsan
opposing force in every way "worthy of
our f teel " should arouse ns from
our lethargy and buoy us up to be equal
to the emergencies; and Uie enects 01
the Republican party being put out of
power, which we now feel. in our busi
ness and notice on our tables and see
sometimes through Bad tears in the
clothing our children wear, are surely
enough to make us face the bad weather,
the darkest night and the strongest foe
to do what little we may to set all these
matter right and restore our country to
peace, prosperity and happiness, which
wo enjoyed so many years under ; the
plans of the Republican party. Respect
lully submitted in the hope that the peo
ple will take hold and secure for us all
that which is best. . Your oliedient ser
vant, W. J. Rti'K.
St. Helens, Ur.,. March lb, iU4.
A Rhort Journey.
They any Greeu has been wandering la
mind lately."
hi
"Well, he's safe enough: he can't set
far."-Tit-Hita
In alwolutely pure air bacilli could not
survive, but Dr. Sytnes Thompson makea
the Interesting aiiKKeation that minute
particles or organic dust floating in the air
mar serve as rafu for it to live on.
OREGON, FRIDAY,
MARE ISLAND YARD.
WORK ON THE VESSELS BEING
RUSHED DAY AND NIGHT,
Mrs. Urlmthe of Fresno Wins Her Salt
Against the New York Life Inauranoa
Company-Cancellation of Land ge
lectloua A Moral Cruaade.
Wai-la Wam,a. The Walla Walla
church people are waging war on saloons,
glimmers anu nouses ot ill-lame.
Land Selections Canceled.
Oi.YMi-iA. The Commissioner of the
general land office ho informed the Spo
kane land office that the lists of State
land selections Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Spokane
district, are canceled because not in le
gal subdivisions of quarter sections. The
amount of land involved is 7,000 acres,
and is assigned to the grant for the Agri
cultural College.
Decrease In Valuation.
San Fbancihco. The Assessor fur
nishes the startling information that the
assessment roll for the fiscal year 1894-6
will be decreased by about $30,000,000.
He estimate a cut from $240,000,000 to
1210,000,000. In explanation he says
the bad times have affected the property
values to a fearful extent.
Chinese Slow In Registering;.
Astohia. It is estimated that up to
date not more than half the Chinese in
this city have registered, and that unless
the applications for certificate come in
more rapidly from now until the date
for stopping registration than they have
so far, the services of another Deputy
t, :n v. ;.. .."
iOHBcior win ue necessary uunng me
latter part of April. It is not expected
there will be any failure to register, and
the Mongolians are simply holding off aa
long aa possible;
Everybody Working at Mare Island.
Vallbjo, Cat. Mare Island navy yard
ia livelier than it has been for twenty
years. W oric is being rushed, particu
larly on the Monterey, Alert and Monad
not It. ltrge force of machinist and
boilermaker work overtime on the two
first named. The authorities look for
even a greater rush between now and
April 1, when the Behring Sea patrol ia
supposed to be in readiness. Up to the
preoeut only the Mohican and Alert have
been repaired. Quite a fleet has been
ordered from different parts of the world
for this duty, and these vessels will re
quire more or less repairs at the island
belore going north.
The Stanford Inheritance Tax.
8am Fbancisco. City and County
Treasurer Widber has filed a petition
for the appointment of an appraiser to
determine the amount of inheritance tax
due from the estate of Senator Stanford.
Similar proceedings are now pending in
Santa Clara, but Mrs. Stanford, admin
istratrix, contend that the Santa Clara
court have no jurisdiction in the mat
ter, and a petition has been filed in the
local court to offset that claim. The act
creating the tax is almost a fac-simile of
a similar law which has been upheld in
New York, and the procedure to be fol
lowed was also determined by the New
York court in the famous Astor cose.
To Operata Portland Street Railroads.
San Fbancisco. The Portland Trac
tion Company was incorporated in thia
city to build and operate ail kinds of
treet railroad in Portland, Or. The
capital stock is placed at $400,000, three
fourths of which ha been subscribed.
The directors are Isaac Hecht, S. Pren
tiss Smith, Frank L. Brown, 8. Schwa
bacher and Thomas N. Strong. D. O.
Mills holds $129,000 worth of subscribed
stock as trustee. Charles H. Ahearn
holds $22,000 in like manner. These
two holdings, with several of those on
the Board of Directors holding ten share
each, practically control the enterprise.
Thomas N. Strong, who subscribed for
one share, is the only Portland man
among tne o nicer.
, Tha Company Must Pay. .
San Fbancisco. The State Supreme
Court has decided the important insur
ance case of Mary V, Griffith against
the New York Life Insurance Company.
Judge E. J. Griffiths, a well-known
Fresno lawyer, some years ago took out
two policies of $1,000 each, giving two
note in payment of the first premium.
Later on Griffiths told the local agent he
could not pay one of the notes at matu
rity, and one policy was canceled. Grif
fiths was accidentally killed before the
second note matured. The company re
fused to pay the amount of the policy on
the ground that the agent had no right
to lake the notes. Mrs. Griffiths brought
suit, secured judgment, and on appeal
tne judgment is amrmea.
Coal Miners Threaten.
Seattle. The Seattle Coal and Iron
Company has made a 10 to 12 per cent
cut in the wage of its employes at the
Oilman mines, and as a result trouble is
threatened, though none ia expected.
The cut affects about 800 men, and the
Italians employed in the mines are wild
and threatening. The men in the "slope"
mine heretofore received 75 cent for a
cartload of clean coal; under the cut
they will get only 65 and 70 cents, ac
cording to the location of tne breast.
The men in No. 4 mine received 65 cents
per cart, but now only get 40 and 55
cent. Common laborers have been cut
from $1.50 to $1.35 per day. Gang-wav
men have been cut from $8 per running
yard of coal to $6.50. Firemen who got
foi per montn are now paia f -10. .
OYSTER CLOSB SEASON. .
Opinion by the Assistant Attorney
. General on the Law.
Olympia. On application of citizens
of Pacific county Assistant Attorney
General Haight has furnished an opin
ion on" the law for the protection of oys
ters, about which differences exist among
oystermen. The old law of 1877 forbade
dredging for oysters in waters less than
twenty teet at tne lowest eno, and estab
lished a close season from June 15 to
September 1. The law of 1879 changed
the law of 1877 so as to read as at pres
ent. The code of 1881 re-enacted the
law of 1877 as amended by the law of
1879, which made a close season from
May 15 to September 1. In November,
1881, the old law of 1877 was restored as
to the close season. Later the code of
1881 was adopted, restoring the amend
ments made in 1879, which is tlio pres
ent law.
MARCH 23, 1894.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The United States government has
been formally invited to send a troop of
cavalry to London, England, to partici
pate in the royal cavalry tournament in
aiay next.
Senator Dolph ha introduced a bill
extending the time two years for begin'
ning and constructing the bridge across
the Columbia river by the Oregon and
Washington Bridge Company.
The Committee on Naval Affairs of the
Senate ho made a favorable report on
the bill remitting the penalties, amount
ing to $39,000, on the Vesuvius assessed
against the Cramps, the builders of the
vessel.
The Senate Committee on Territories
ha authorized a favorable report upon
the bill introduced by Carey, defining
and changing the boundary line of the
Yellowstone National 1'ark, and also
noon the bill providing for the punish
ment of offenses committed in the park.
The bill places the park within the ju
risdiction of the United State District
Court of Wyoming.
Judge Jenkins of the United States
Court in reply to the notification of the
Congressional committee to investigate
the Northern Pacific injunction says, if
the intention is merely to consider the
legal correctness of his order, he does
not care to appear before the committee;
but, if his personal or official integrity
is to be taken into account, he will meet
and refute the charges.
All suspension of pensions in cases
where payment ha not been already re
sumed or where the pensioner's name
has not been stricken from the rolls will
be removed by an order signed by Com
missioner Lochren. This only affects the
cases of between 3,000 and 4,000 pen
sioners. Pension agents will be in
structed to pay these pensioners their
former rates until otherwise ordered by
the bureau.
The Senate in executive session au
thorized the notification of the Presi
dent of the confirmation of J. Marshall
Wright to be naval officer at Philadel
phia. The Pennsylvania Senators de
cided they would not make any fight
against him, ard the other Senators con
cluded on this they won'..", not follow the
inquiry into the allegation that at the
time of President Lincoln's assassination
he hod expressed satisfaction at the
event.
A star route mail service ha been es
tablished from Sealand by Long Beach,
Iiwaco and Fort Canby to Astoria, Or.,
and back six times a week. This service
will begin July 1, 1894, and continue
four years. A service has also been es
tablished from Gig Harbor to Olalla,
seven miles, and back three times a
week, to begin on the same date. The
special steamboat service from Seattle to
Whatcom has been discontinued, mails
being sent on another route. The post
office at Ocean, San Juan county, ha
been discontinued, and mail for that
point will hereafter be sent to Deer
Harbor.
As a result of the tronbles in South
Carolina, growing out of the conflict be
tween the State authorities and the Fed
eral Courts over the collection of taxes
from the railroads in the hands of re
ceivers, the House Judiciary Committee
ha agreed on a bill which provide that
taxes assessed by State, county or mu
nicipal authorities against corporate
property shall not be classed a debts,
to be passed upon in the first instance
bv anv United States Court, but shall
be collectable by the proper local au
thorities, whether in the hands of a re
ceiver or not. and a tax sale under such
circumstances shall effect the removal of
such property from the jurisdiction of
the court and receiver. The ordinary
rights of application for an abatement
ot tax are not interfered with.
Andrew D. White. United States Min
ister to Russia, writing to the State De
partment, says that it is the intention of
tne promoter ot the Baron tiirscn tund
according to a prominent German news
paper to renew the migration ot ku
sian Hebrews to the Argentine Republic
Tne same paper says that only tne net'
ter class of Hebrews will be sent to the
South American Republic, and that
those of an undesirable class will be
sifted out and sent to the United States.
Minister White does not express any
opinion as to the credibility of the in'
formation transmitted, but simply for
wards it that the immigration autnori
ties may be on their guard. Instructions
have been sent to keep a special lookout
for this class ot immigration at JNew
York and to the other commissioners at
the principal Atlantic seaports.
A lively tilt occurred in the River and
Harbor Committee between Hermann
and Jones of Virginia. Since Blanchard
is out and Catch ings became chairman
of the committee Hermann had secured
increased appropriation for Yaquina
and Tillamook Bay and the Columbia
1 .TT'tt ii- 1 T 1
anu uiametie rivers, done mauo a
bitter onslaught on Hermann's efforts.
and ridiculed the small commerce of the
first two named places, and moved to re
consider the vote by which Hermann
had secured tne increased allowances.
This led to an excited personal contro
versy. Hermann warmly resented the
criticism ot these waterways, and gave
notice of motions to reconsider on the
Virginia items. The matter was ended
by the committee standing by Hermann
Though the bill is small, yet it is known
that Oregon after a struggle over each
item will fare better than was expected.
Wilson of Washington has secured an
increase for Gray's Harbor from $20,000
to $25,000. ,
De Armond from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported to the House, with the
recommendation that it pass, a bill to
prevent interference in the collection of
State, county and municipal taxes as
sessed against corporation. The meas
ure, the Representative says, is designed
to put corporations in the hands of re
ceivers appointed bv Judge and courts
of the United States in the same condi
tion with respect to the collection of
these taxes aa if no receiver existed. It
often happens that corporations by order
of the United States Courts pass into
the hands of receivers and remain there
for a number of years, during which
time taxes assessed against them ar.d
their property are paid or not paid, ac
cording to the judgment and discretion
and sometimes the caprice of the Fed
eral Courts. Bv this practice corpora
tion in the hands of receivers are ena
bled to defer the payment of taxes
almost indefinitely to the great inconve
nience and prejudice of the States. The
committee is of the opinion that corpo
rations in the hands of receivers should
not enjoy any greater immunity with re
spect to payment of taxes than that
which, is possessed by corporations car
rying on their business outside of ennrl
and without receivers.
BOUND FOR THE POLE
WELLMAN AND PARTY EN ROUTE
FOR THE ARCTIC REGION.
Evangelist Moody Succeeds In Convert
ing Jovial and Big-Hearted 3. 8. C.
Blackburn, Senator From Kentucky
Salvation Recruits at Vaaaar. '
New Yohk. As a result of the ad
dresses to pupils of Vaar College by
Mrs. Ballington Booth, head of the Sal
vation Army forces in America, and Ad
jutant Edith Marshall fifteen young
women students have been enrolled as
members of the Salvation Army Auxil
iary League. Dr. G. H. Kendrick of the
executive staff of the college has ioined
the league, and others are expected to
join. The new members of the league
are the daughters of wealthy aristocratic
lamiiiea ol .new xorit, Brooklyn. Wash
ington and otner cities.
SUNDRY CIVII. UXPSNSKS.
Consideration of the Appropriation Bill
Commenced in the House.
Washington. The House has begun
consideration of the bill making appro
priations for the sundry civil expense
of the government. Only three amend'
ment of importance were adopted: Ap
propriating $43,500 for lighting Hav Lake
channel; $64,000 for a public building at
Buffalo and $90,000 for repairing the
postoffice of New York. The only other
amendment of importance offered was
one by Morse of Massachusetts to cut off
the appropriation for the interstate Com'
uierce commission, ine manner in
which the portion of the appropriation
tor counsel lees was worded led to
spirited debate, in which Cannon of Il
linois broadly intimated this appropria
tion had been placed under the direction
of a commission, instead ot tne Depart
ment of Justice as heretofore, because of
the criticism against Attorn?v-General
OIney that he was in sympathy with
corporations, ine amendment was fi
nally defeated by Haines of New York.
who raised the question of no quorum.
A. DASH FOR THE POLE.
Wellman's Arctic Expedition Hits Started
From New York.
New Yobk. The steamship Britannic,
which sailed for Liverpool, carried Wal
terWellman and the American members
of his party on the first stage of a jour
ney which they hope will terminate at
the north pole. The moat original feat
ure of the Wellman party is the equip
ment of aluminium boats and sledge.
With these Wellman expects to skim the
polar regions and get farther north than
any explorer has yet done.- The travel
ers will go from .Liverpool to Norway.
There they will be joined by ten young
Norwegian scientists. They expect to
sail about May 1 from Tromset for the
Island of Spitsbergen. Headquarters
will be established at Dane s island.
about 700 mile south of the pole. The
dash north will be mode soon after with
the boats and sledges. Mr. Wellman
expects to make about twenty-five miles
a day, getting back to Spitsbergen in
September. The American members of
ihe party are Walter Wellman, Prof,
Owen B. French, astronomical observer
Dr. Thomas B. Mohur. medical officer,
and Charles C. Dodge, artist and pho
tographer.
fJSTOFFICE SWINDLE.
Tha Scheme of a Stamp Dealer and
-. Thrifty Poatmaater.
St. Louis. The postoffice inspectors
have within the past fe days unearthed
a new and entirely novei scheme by
which Uncle Sam's Postal Department
is believed to have been swindled out of
a large sum of money. Three men are
said to have been implicated in the
unique scheme. One of them. H. L.
Scott, was arrested last evening. Charles
H. AlcK.ee! of the McKeel Stamp and
Printing Company is also wanted, but
he is said to be in New York, The au
thorities refuse to divulpe the name of
the third man, but it ia believed to be
postmaster of a small Illinois town. Mc
Keel is a dealer in stamps of all kinds.
and he or his agents are said to have
?one to some fourth-class postmaster in
llinois and to have made a bargain with
him to cancel so many Columbian stamps
ot large denominations lor mm. I hey
are alleged to have made a bargain with
him whereby they received a part of his
percentage on condition tney send stamps
to a large amount through his office; the
stamps would be affixed to package
large and heavy enough to warrant the
use of a stamp of the value desired. The
package would be mailed at the postof
fice in question, the stamp would be
canceled by the postmaster, and would
reach McKeel again, more valuable from
a collector's point of view than it had
been originally.
BLACKBURN CONVERTED.
Tha Senator Succumbs to Evangelist
Moody's Revival Eloquence.
Washington. Every United States
Senator found in his mail yesterday a
little package of religious tracts encir
cled by a rubber band and bearing on
its face the words " Compliments of J.
S. C. Blackburn." This was the popular
Kentucky Senator's device for announc
ing to his associates that he had aban
doned forever his old life and entered
noon a new and untried existence as the
result of the convincing eloquence of
Evangelist Moody, who hog been hold
ing revival meetings in Washington for
a month, very early in tne course of
the Moody meeting the Kentuckian be
gan to exhibit remarkable interest in
them. He became a regular attendant,
Baton the platform night after night
within a few feet of Moody, and it was
noticed that the two had frequent con
versation together. Then Mr. Black
burn began to invite some of his friends
to the meetings, and everybody under
stood that he was very much impressed,
out tne uiea mat loviai "Joe" Black
burn, who had for his whole life led the
gay existence which is peculiarly adapt
ed to the Kentucky temperament, should
realty oecome converted by Moody's
teachings and enter the work of evan
gelization himself even in a small war
never entered anvbodv s head. The
grave and aggressive Senators from the
aged Alo-rill down to the youthful Du
bois are wondering which of them is to
be influenced by Joe Blackburn'schange
of heart and how far the eloquent and
big-hearted Kentuckian' enthusiasm
will carry him.
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Washington.
Spokane's lost grand jury cost the
county $3,000.
The Everett paper uuli will ship 100
ton of paper to Australia.
Bids for the Great .Northern tunnel at
Everett will soon be cailed for.
A Ritzville man ha a curiosity in the
shape of a squirrel with eleven legs and
four heads.
There is some talk of closing the Day
ton public schools on account of lack of '
funds. The district ho a floating debt
of about $12,000.
The Hayton ditch, which cost $18,000,
and which is designed to drain an area
of low land extending from Mount Ver
non to Fir, is completed and in use.
Thirteen teams and sixteen men are
at work upon the track at the State Fair
grounds at Yakima. The track is to
j cost (8,700. Something like 10,000 yard
oi earui nave to ue uiuveu.
The Snake river fruit crop for the
coming season promises to be the largest
and finest ever grown in the valley The
yield will be extra heavy, and the spray
ing will insure a crop free from blight.
The question of building a county
poorhouse is being discussed in Walla
Walla. The county already owns land
purchased for that purpose. The poor
are now cared for by contract at St.
Mary's Hospital.
A new form of faith cure administered
by the " Come-outers " is monopolizing
the entire attention of Tennessee Flat,
Whitman county. Hands are laid upon
the maimed, halt and blind with re
puted wonderful effect.
The Spokane people's tabernacle has
given out 22,360 meals, furnished lodg
ings 9,050 times, allowed 3,792 men the
privilege of bathing and washing, and
dispensed 2,155 garments. This has been
done at a Binall expense to the city and
county.
The foreign commerce for Puget Sound
ior February, as reported by the custom
department, show a total valuation of
exports amounting to $647,569, includ
ing 675,810 bushels of wheat, worth
$361,090 ; 75,240 barrels of flour, worth
$189,603; 1,413,635 feet of lumber,
valued at $14,684, and 80,000 lath, valued
at $140. The imports of dutiable goods
were $57,644; free of duty, $26,097. Value
of merchandise imported in the district
and transported to interior ports with
out appraisement, dutiable, $12,272;
free of duty, $178,226; total value, $190,
498. .
Shrewd detective work has led to the
arrest of Indian Charley Waterman of
the Skookum reservation, charged with
murdering Joseph Nadier, the Syrian
peddler, November 8, 1893, near Hoods
port, Mason county, on Hood's canal.
That day Nadier and a companion, K.
Cafuri, a Syrian peddler, Btopped at In
dian Charley's house, and exhibited
good to the squaw, during which Char
ley took a rifle and slipped ont of the
house. Half an hour later the two ped
dler walked the trail along Skokomish
river, Cafuri fifteen feet ahead, when a
shot fired from the dense forest passed
through the body of Nadier from side to
side, killing him instantly. Cafuri, fear
ing ambush, returned to noousport ana
gave the alarm. Indian Charley gave
the first information ot tne snooting to
the neighbors, but at the inquest claimed
he was drunk at Union City at the time
f the killing. The Turkish Minister at
Washington, D. C, ordered George Hall,
the Turkish Consul at San Francisco, to
make a searching investigation, and
aided by J. A. McDonald, the Prosecut
ing Attorney of Mason county, and
shrewd detectives, evidence was secured .
to prove the guilt of Indian Charley and
threat he made to Indians to whom ha
confessed the murder. The arrest was
made the other day. and conviction is
deemed certain. Nadier was 23 years
old, a native of Svria, Turkey in Asia,
of good family, and leaves a child widow
with his mother in Syria.
Oregon.
Prof. Kanematz sent a handsome silk
exhibit to the Midwinter Fair from Co
quille City. It ia a fine display of the
product, and include a large skein of
twist or manufactured silk thread in ad
dition to the raw silk, floss, cocoons, etc.
The Foot's creek placer fields, the
largest placers in Southern Oregon, are
in full blast, with the advantage of an
unprecedented water supply. The mines
of Lance & Bon, R. A. Cook A Sons.
Goldsworthy A McKnight, Carr Bros.,
Hosmer, Anderson & Sanders, Raphael,
Morat, Bailey & Son and Swacker A Son
are running day and night, and will have .
a season from six to seven months. Be
sides these mines quite a number of
gulches heretofore not having much wa
ter are being ground-sluiced bv ranchers.
The season's gold output on Foot's creek
this year will probably be doubled and
reach even $100,000.
The Hammersley mine contest has
been settled and the receiver discharged.
Hammersley pays Drew A Co. $2,500 for
their interest, and takes possession of
the mine. Kingley A Bull, who claimed
an interest in the mine, are left in the
cold, and George R. and Riley Hammers
ley get full possession of one of the best
mines in Southern Oregon. This prop
erty was bonded by Hammersley Bros,
to Eastern parties, and a failure to meet
the payments caused the suit, the out
come of which has been watched by
mining men all over the State. The
mine will be running to the full capacity
of the mills within a week. This ends
one of the worst muddles in the annals
of Southern Oregon mines.
Under an order of the Circuit Court
the Corvallis carriage factory has been
sold for $19,601 to C. T. Brace of St.
Louis, who represents the Paddock
Haw ley Iron Company and the claims
of other Eastern firms, aggregating $10,-, .
000. This amount is $1 in excess of the -claim
of the London and San Francisco
Bank, which was prepared to bid the
amount of its claim, and will have the
effect of releasing the sureties, who were
also stockholders in the corporation, but
owners of stock will lose everything in
vested in the enterprise. The estimated
value of the property was $75,000. Of
this $45,000 was material and finished
work within the building. The purchas
er are willing to turn the property over
to any one who win tnrnisn good secu
rity for the amount of their claim, and
will give them ample time to make the
payments, it Is not yet dennitelv known
whether the factory will ht, pnntinnarl in
operation or stockholders be given an
opportunity to enect a new organization
and resume operations. The sale was
apparently bona fide, and the cash was
paid over. . An, effort will be made to
have the sale confirmed at onoe, bnt it is
understood objections will be urged to
its confirmation nntil the regular term
gf court, April 8.
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