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HT. IIELENB, OltEGOtf, FRIDAY, MAltCH 19, 1897.
NO. 13.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
New of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FBOM TUB WIRES
lutarealliig Colleellon lUimrrom
Ilia Two Hemispheres TnmUi
I Condensed hr,
A bill been Introduced In the
' Now York legislature providing for the
placing of nil the mWHpttois In the
state onilor tho censorship or stipervl
Mion of state authorities
Captiilii-Gonorul Weylor latest edict
lit uid to Imi an order that nil women
arrested in Cuba a "auspicious" shall
bo tried by court-martial. Weylor suy
Hint women are harder to iilwlno than
men, nd that If ho had hi way iio
would kill thorn first and try them af
terward, "
Audit Bandlett, of tho Uintah and
Ouray Indlun agency, telegraphed
Washington authorities there wore fif
teen men who had made location on
the land of the Unoompaghre reserve;
that they hud refused to leave and that
thoro would lie trouble unloat troop
Were sent to eject them.
Tho expense of tho Oregon Soldier'
Home for Fubruory was 11,088, a
shown by bill audited by tho executive
committee. The board estimate the
government fund will keep the house
six months. The term of Uiilloway,
Koliertson and Hunt, a trustee, have
expired, and their successor will be ap
pointed noon.
Mm. Tliomna Drlsooll attempted til
cilo at lleppnor. She first tried to take
carbolic avid, but wa proveuntel by
her huiibiiiid, and directly afterward
took a quantity of rough on rat A
' physician wot immediately summoned,
and, by a vigorous use of the stomach
pump, her life was saved, Domestlo
troubled are said to bo the cause.
A Bwedlah officer cororoitted aulclde
it t!ie Astor limine, New York elty, un
der remarkably sensational condition.
Ho shot himself while tleteetivea were
breaking into hia room to arrest him
for embezzlement. 1U assumed name
wag G. Anderaon, and hia real name
m Gustav Klniiblud. Ho was married
and came from a good family. Ho woe
paymaster ot a battalion of tho Swedish
array.
Greece haa replied to the identical
note of the power and It 1 regarded a
ot a most favorable nature. It i tie
. tiered the crisis will soon be past, a
the Greek note at leant furnishes a basis
upon which a compromise satisfactory
to all conoerned can be speedily reached.
Thoma Oondt, of Beloit, Vi., died,
aged 80 year. From lfillO to 1858 ho
whi missionary to the Hawaiian inland.
He wa the lout of a company of thirty
mlssionarlre who left for the inland
In 1838. He wn the flmt white person
the native of Maui Inland over oaw.
The well-known pioneer and his
torian, Hon, Nineveh Ford, died in
Walla Walla hint week. The cause of
hi death wo old age. He wa 81
year and 8 month old. Hi wo the
lint wagon to drive Into the Grande
- Hondo, and the second acros the
Kockie.
At a St. Patrick' day convention,
held in San Francisco hint night, reso
lution were panned urging all true
Irishmen to unite In discountenancing
tho Corbott-Fiusdimmon fight, which
will take place at Canon on the day
made floored to tho memory of Ireland'
pntron laint.
The navy department ha Issued ad
vertisements calling for over 8,000 too
of Harveyiased teel armor for the three
buttlo-sliips now building. The law
flxea tho maximum price to be paid at
filOO per ton, and tho ofllciala of the
department are now sanguine of return
to their advertisements.
Mr. Henry Ward Baocher died at
her home in Btamfutfl, Conn, on the
tenth anniversary of the death of hor
famous hnnbitnd, and nhe wa 85 your
of age. Mr. Beeoher panned away
peaoefully, surrounded by hor ohildren
nnd friend, Her life had been de
spaired of for several weeks preceding
licr demise. .
ltopresentutive Kruse, ot Clookama
oounty, died at the hospital in Snlum,
where he went to attend th session of
the late attempted legislature. He had
boon confined to hi bed with typhoid
fever for throe week. Representative
Kruse was sent to the legislature by
the Populist party, and wa a member
ot the Davis house.
Joseph N; Dolph, ex-United State
. senator from Oregon, passed away at
hi residence in Portland. His left leg
was amputated about four inches above
the knee a hernio course that offered
the only possibility of saving hi lifo
from blood poisoning from a gangrened
ore in hi loft foot Owing to hi ad
vanced years, the shook proved too
groat and he lived but a short while.
From Havana come word that the
Santa Clara court having jurisdiction
of the charge against Sylvester Scovel,
the New York World correspondent
who wo arrested In the' early part of
-i Fobruary.while traveling In a train be
tween Tunas and Sancti Spirltus, ho
rendered a decision releasing him from
custody. Mr. Soovel is now at liberty.
John He committed suicide at Sum
mit, twenty miles west of Olympin, by
drinking laudanum. He had been sub
' Innt to inaiinn annlla. The boilv Will
rounu in a shack near me cuiup nuui
be had boon working. " . ''
The report that Japan hod gono to
'the gold standard is now said to have
been premature. A bill has been in
troduced into the diet providing for a
change from the silver to the gold stand
. ard, but no aotion upon it ha an yet
been taken.
PLUNGED THROUQH A TRESTLE.
Seven parsons Hurt In an Aeeldeut oa
the Southern Hallway.
Rome, Go., March 10. A frightful
passenger trulu wreck occurred here
early thin morning ori the approaoh to
the high bridge of the Southern railway
over Fort Owen river, Six people wore
injured, but none fatally.
The train wrecked wa a passenger
from Chnttiinooga, composed of one
Pullman sleeper, aduy coach, a moker,
a baggage and an express cor, and five
car of perishable fast freight About
sixty feet from the bridge 1 a trestle
forty feet high crossing the "Western
Atlantio railroad tracks. Heavy rain
caused tho trestle to give way. The
freight cars, bngguge oar and smoker
fell, while the engine Jumred the track
and plunged into the river. Tho wreck
then caught Are. The Are department
and citizens had much difficulty In cut
ting out and rescuing the passenger in
tho smoking car. The Pullman and
day coach did not leave the truck and
were pushed bank out of the Are. 4
The escape of engineer Pitman, who
bravely stuck to hi post, wa miracu
lous. The abutment of the bridge tore
the tender from the engine, which
plunged down the bluff into the river.
The engineer, with his leg broken,
olung to the engine and yelled for help.
No one heard him. Finally he fell
Into the river and then swam ashore.
A NEWSPAPER'S EXPOSURES.
Alleged Corruption In Sacramento City
. Affairs, ;
Sacramento, March 16. The Bee to
day publishes the conclusion to it
serien of sensational stories alleging
corruption in the city council About
a week ago the Bee printed a story to
the effect that Carl von Arnold, a
wealthy Chicago saloonkeeper, had set
tled In Sacramento with the purjiose of
opening a big gambling den and concert
ball. Ho was also to start a new daily
paper. The Bee declared that it had
evidence that Von Arnold was to put
up 150,000 to establish the paper, and
that he bad made contracts with cer-
tain memlior of the board ot trustees
whereby he was to conduct hi gambling-house
without interference from
the authorities. All sorts of denial
were made by tho Implicated people,
hot tho Bee insisted that the evidence
In It possession was beyond dispute.
Today the Boo announced that Von
Arnold wa a San Francisco detective
in the employ ot tho Bee, and that be
had been employed to expose suspected
dishonesty among city oflloiul. Von
Arnold appeared before the grand jury
today and told the result of hi invest!
gation. :
A NEORO BURGLAR.
Ills Arrest Can a Blood jr Kaeo Hlot
In Birmingham.
Birmingham. Ala., March 18. Two
tragic deaths, a policeman shot and a
small race riot, in which doxen per
son were more or less hurt, constituted
tho result of a fight which occurred in
side of thirty minute on the South
Side this afternoon. A burglary was
committed by Will Hunter, a negro.
Plloeman Perdue was detailed on the
case, and this afternoon found Hunter
and arrested bim. Hunter drew
pistol and fired, striking Perdue in the
jaw, inflicting a dangeroua wound. The
negro made a break for liberty, the
otlloer pursuing, and firing as he ran
After firing throe shot, the officer fell
from exhaustion, hi last shot wounding
Hunter fatallv. It dovelopod aftor-
ward that one of Perdue' shots killed
Mvrtle Boland. a 5-year-old girl, who
wa playing in an alley, two block
away. When the police finally took
Hunto in charge, a mob of negroe fol
lowed, threatening to rescue the
wounded tirisoner. A number of white
men soon appeared, and a general free
flirht ensued between tne negoes ana
whites, in which fully a dozen persons
were wore or lofts wounded and several
negroes badly beaten.
Vetoed br Governor.
Olympia, March 18. Govornot
Roger decided this afternoon that he
would veto the appropriation of 3B,
650 for the Cheney normal school nnd
187,800 for the New Whatcom I f al
school. He reached this determination
after a carefuV inspection of the general
appropriation bill. His reasons for
vetoing these item arc embodied In a
gtatemont which he gave out.
Kills Approed by the OoTernor.
Olympia, March 16. The governoi
today approved the following bills:
House bill 81 An act relating to as
signment and satisfaction of judg
ment. .
Senate bill 288 An act fixing the
tees to be paid the secretary of state by
oorporotion doing business in thi
state, and declaring an emergency.
House bill 118 Providing for the
dissolution of municipal corporations of
the tihrd and fourth classes; emergency
clause. , ' .
House bill 884 Providing for the
reservations of portions of the publio
highways for bicyolists and foot pas
sengers. House bill 284 For the protection ot
game animals and birds, and providing
a penalty for the violation thereof.
Section So wo vetoed for the reason
that it appears to be an attempt to fine
members of sporting club for belong
ing to such club.
Baby Fatally Bealded.
Tacoma, Wash., March 16. Whll
Mrs. Edmonson, wife of Conductor a
N. Edmonson, was giving her infant
daughter a bath, he left it for a few
moment to procure some cold water,
the water in the tub being too hot.
By ome moan the child fell into the
tub, and wa so badly oalded that it
lifo is despaired of.
The anti-trust law enacted in Georgia
is a very comprehensive and drastic on,
OUR FOREIGN POLICY
Outlined by Sherman to a
London Correspondent
THE NEW ARBITRATION TREATY
No Danger of War With Spain-Ha
Does Mot Want to Annas
Canada. ,,
London, March 16. The Time to
day publishe an . interview its eorre
apondent in the United State ha had
with John Sherman, secretary of state.
Ho say:
After a long conversation with Mr.
Sherman, I believe he ha no very de
finite settled opinions on a foreign pol
icy, lie docs not think that foreign
affair are of the first importance, or
even of high imporatnee. He approves
of the doctrine of arbitration, and may
readily enough follow the president's
lead. He doe not teem sure that the
amendments proposed for the arbitra
tion treaty are of much importance,
though he has been told plainly that
the British government will not pro
ceed with the treaty thus amended.
"Hia intent in Cuba is more direct;
his purpose is clearer, and his sena
torial jingoism bo fallen off him like
worn-out garment He declares there
should be no change of policy in regard
to Cuba, and there will be no war with
Spain, aaying: 'We want none. We
do not believe Spain want war. If
Spain gave me a quitclaim deed to
Cuba, I would not have it'
"Referring to Canada, he repelled
the notion of desiring to annex the do
minion, saying that under the crown
he ooutd have all the freedom ahe
would have if independent, adding:
'It ahe will maintain hor connection
with England, my dream for a remote
permanent future for North America i
three great republics Canada, the
United States and Mexioo. We "hall
not take a stop to alter things. What
is to come hereafter must come from
natural political evolution.' "
ANARCHY IN CRETE.
Pillaging at Canea, Candla and Betl-
mo Continues.
Canea, March 16. Pillaging began
yesterday at Candia, Retimo and at
this place, and has continued today.
Tha hialinn of Nicenhera remain here.
thnuvli hIiitih in tha hone of beimr able
to lave the Metropolitan church from
pillage. The lauding oi European
trnnim was Axnacted todav. The illBur-
genta mantain a ceaseless cannonade at
Spinulonna.
The foreign admirals have not yet
been informed of 'the decision of the
jxiwors on their proposal of a week ago.
Yesterday they telegraphed their re
spective governments asking that do
taohments ot sailor, equal in number
of those already landed at Canea, Reti
mo, Candia and Hitia, do sent imme-
ll.iiialv tn ratinva the oresent force.
whose work i most hamming, com
prising a it doe tne aouoie iuuction
nf nnliiiA and flremen.
The admiral have been instructed to
confer with the consuls as to the best
means of proclaiming the fact that Tur
lrv has irruntod Crete complete auton
omy. The hope is entertained that
uch a measure will help to paoify the
island. .
Great Britain ho instructed Colonel
Chormside and Major Bor to remain in
Canea.
tn the Italian warship.
one British ironclad assisted in the
bombardment of the insurgent foroe
commanded bv Captain Koraoa at
Sir Alfred Billiottl haa been author
iaed to proclaim autonomy,0 but with
out detail. The other consul will also
receive similar instructions. A torpedo
boat has started to convey Billiotti'
4 not rtinf inn f,i tha British admiral.
A Russian cruiser bring new that
the insurgent bombarded lUssamo yes
terday. Tho town was set on fire in
several places. Desultory firing con
rtanna. . Foreisn men-of
war have gone to Spinalonna, where the
insurgents and Greek volunteers, with
three guns, are making an attack upon
Chief Koraoas. ine men-oi-war wui
tnn a fiirt.hni homhardinent
No Greek steamer are now allowed
to anchor in this port
The admirals, in communicating with
the insurgents, find consideraDio am
nnliv nwinir tn their ianoranoe of for
eign language. It i feared that the
tntarnrninrs iinnart only what pleases
The administration of the
island i in general oonfusion, owing to
tha conflict of authority. Should the
be landed to keep or
dor and the Greek replaced, further
difficulties are expected over the island.
The Moslems complain that Italians as
sault their women. ;
Petition to MoKlnley.
, London, March 16. The Irish men
Vine i-af nur liamnnt are larselv siuninir I
n.tiinn fn Prmlrlent McKinlev. which
is in charge ot Captain Donelan, an
anti-Parnellite member lor tne east di
vision of Cork, urging that no addition
mo, la tn fViA customs rtntv on oured
.J Ml"""
nairral nnintins out that the present
profit in export is very small, and that
any increase in tne auiio wm ainiost
destroy the trade.
A ConntT Treasurer's Crookedness.
Tnd.. March 18. Ex-Oountv
Treasurer Fair wa arrested today for
embezzlement He turned the office
tn hia anmAHflnr tl2. 000 short His
son, who was deputy, was arrested for
fnnrArv. hut Is out on bail. Seven ex-
county officer have been arrested in
connection with UekalD oounty croon
edness. :-
Irish women are said to have the
most beautiful eyes, complexion antf
hand in tlie world.-,
ON THE WAY TO ALASKA.
AI-KI Urntt Port Townnnnil Crowded to
tlie (luard.
Port Townsend. Wash., March 15.
The steamer Al-Ki sailed tbi morning
for Alaska with 245 Yukon prospectors,
t0 dogs for sledging and 80 pnekhorses.
The using of the packborse over the
divide to the Yukon country has never
before been tried, and old minors who
have repeatedly made the trip are ol
the opinion that horses cannot be of
any servioe.
The Al-Ki was so crowded with pros
pector and their outfit that she was
forced to leave 600 tons of xrcltit on
the wharf here. Never before, at any
season, has the rush to Alaska been so
great
The steamer Willnpa and City or
Topeka both arrived this morning from
Alaska with a low passengers and a
ittle freight. Just now nearly every
thing is going in and almost nothing
coming from Alaska. Among the To
peka' passenger was C. S. Johmon,
ex-United State district attorney for
Alaska, who is on his way to Washing
ton to ask President McKiuley to ap
point him governor of the district, lie
goes well recommended.
Will Meet at Ellenaburg.
Olympia, Wash., March 15. State
Superintendent Brown ha designated
Tuesday, April 27, as the day for hold-
ng the regular biennial convention of
county superintendents. This conven
tion, which is required by law, will
convene at Ellenaburg. Each county
superintendent will come prepared to
discuss any question, which, in his
opinion, concerns the administration of
his office and the welfare of the publio
schools of the state.
The state board of education will also
meet at EUensburg on Saturday, April
24, to outline plans for reading-circle
work and to make necessary regulations
for examinations according to the re-
oent laws of the state.
Patent Convention With Japan. .
Washington, March 15. In response
to very many inquiries that are being
received at the state department from
American manufacturers who are con
templating the introduction of tlicir
wares, now protected by patents, into
Japan, a notice has been prepared stat
ing that the president baa proclaimed
the patent convention recently negoti
ated with Japan, the exchange of rati
fications having taken place at tokio
on the 8th ultimo. Consequently, the
convention goes into immediate opera
tion and it is now possible for Ameri
cans to patent their inventions in Japan
in conformity with the provisions oi
their law.
Floods on the Mississippi.
Memphis, Tenn., March 15. The
"Father of Water" continue booming.
The levee on the Neely cotton planta
tion, ten milea above here, baa failed
to resist the powerful current. : At
Memphis 1,000 acres and tlie bar is
completely under water.
Two great side-wheelers, capable oi
carrying a thousand passengers eacn,
this afternoon issued a nonce oi excur
sions into Eastern Arkansas, giving a
view of the overflowed country and sub
merged plantations. This mean a trip
fifty miles due west from Memphis,
through the top or trees and over
cabins, farms and small villages. Past
high water has offered no uoh oppor
tunity. .." . -' ' 'V ' ' - :r-
'Hot the Original John t.
St John, N. B., March 15. John L.
Sullivan was banged today at Dorohes-
ter, N. B. His crime wa the murder
of Mr. Eliza Dutoher and son, 6 years
old, at Meadowbrook, on the night of
September 11, 1896. Mrs. Dutoner
kept a small tavern. Sullivan entered
for tho purpose of robbery.' Mrs.
Dutchor made an outcry, and the robber
killed her with an ax. He then as
saulted the children, killing the boy
and badly injuring the girl. Bullivan
fired the house and Bed. JNeignoors
rescued the little girl. The charred re
mains of the other two were round in
the ruins. ' ' '
Epidemic of Epidemics.
Denver. Colo., March 15.-A special
to the New from the City of Mexico
says: The republic of Mexico appears
to be having an epidemic of epidemics.
Three have already been reported,
which are carrying off hundreds of peo
ple, in various parts of the country, and
now come new of two more. At
Japan, in the state of Vera Cru, an
epidemic of scarlet fever i raging to
such an extent that the people are flee
ing for afety, while in the same vicin
ity an epidemic of typhoid fover, which
has much resemblance to yellow fever,
haa broken out in a most virulent form.
Reports from several Gulf cities say
similar disease prevails there, and the
nhvsician prediot an epidemic, of yel
low fever, as they say this is always a
forerunner of that disease.
A Robber's Heavy Sentence.
White Plains, N. Y., March 15.
For robbing a man of 40 cents William
Jeffrey wa taken to Sing Sing to serve
a sentence of twenty years' imprison
ment, imposed upon him by County
Judge Lent Jeffrey was in Feekskill
a month ago, and while in a restaurant
assaulted J. H. Harrison for the pur
pose ot robbery. Jeffrey, who is a pow
erful man, choked hi victim and
robbed him of 40 cent
A Virginia .woman named Susan
Smith has been elected sheriff.
Walling Reprieved.
Frankfort, Ky., March 15. It is offi
cially announoed that Governor Brad
ley has refused Scott Jaokson's appeal
for executive clemency, and unofficially
announoed that he haa reprieved Alonzo
Walling to some unknown date. 'Wal
ling' attorney, Colonel Washington,
is confident Walling will not be exe
cuted with Jackson. '
Laureate Austin never reads the pa-
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pern a-nu suuwi uuuiingu. v.. , ..a.y
heaped upon him
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
Will Not Recognize Claims
of Any Commission.
BOLD STAND TAKES BY KINCAID
If the Secretary Be Sustained In His
Position, Much Money Would .
Be Sored the State.
Salem, Or., March 15. Secretary of
State Kincaid today addressed a letter
to Hollister D. McGuire, state fish and
game warden, that should set st rest all
questions as to how claims against tlie
ctate by the various commissions,
normal schools, charitable homes, etc ,
will be treBted by the secretary of state.
Mr. McGuire asked what form of claim
he should file for services and expenses,
and if he might not obtain a certificate
for moneys actually paid out for the
hire of patrol boat and other necessary
expenses.
Answering, the secretary of state
said:
"I decline to file or recognize in any
way claims against the state by the
various commissions, normal schools,
charitable homes, etc They depend
upon appropriations of the legislature
for what they receive, and when there
is no appropriation they have no valid
claim against the state, and will not
have any nntil an appropriation is
made for their benefit. In the case of
those claiming to be commissioner
there is also doubt as io whether they
are legally in office. They can present
their claims to the legislature, if they
think they have any, but they cannot
file them is this office nor receive any
certificate or other recognition of claims
against the state without a mandate of
the court."
Here are some ot the institutions
affeoteed by this ruling, and the mini
mum that the state would save during
the biennial term, if the secretary is
sustained: ,
Normal ftcnooln.
...I .'I0
... , 3S,I0
...
... 6.IW0
... a.ijoo
., 2o,mio
... S,tl0
.. .bM
Charitable homes....... ............
Pilot commtasioners and clerk.,...
Fifth and fame protector .
palry anu food commissioner
Railroad commlMiion
Domestic animal commission
Agricultural cullcge......
Total.,
.... lll,4ea
This does not include the deficiencies
and appropriation for repairs, improve
ments and incidentals that these items
UBually carry with them. Including
these extras, the amount of the above
appropriation is approximately $180,
000. .
The limit of debt.
Expenses
County Must Incur Not In.
eluded Therein.
Olympia, Wash., March 15. The su
preme court today reversed the judg
ment in the case of W. P. Rough,
spondent, vs. the treasurer of Klickitat
county, appellant Thi is a suit by
the taxpayer to enjoin the payment of
certain warrants on the ground they
are in excess of the constitutional limi
tation of tax indebtedness. The an
swer sets out that the warrants in the
controversy are compulsory obligations
imposed upon the county by the laws
of the Btato, for services of jurors,' wit
ness fees. Sheriff's expenses m criminal
processes, and expenses incurred at the
general state eleotion. The demurrer
to the affirmative defense waa sua'
tained, a permanent injunction issued
asainst the payment of warrants, and
an appeal waa taken.
The supreme court rules 1 that the
constitutional limitation of county in
debtedness by section 8, article VIII, of
the constitution, does not include those
necessary exenditures made mandatory
by the constitution, provided for. by,
the legislature and imposed upon the
county; that the payment of these ob
ligation is a prior obligation, and that
other liabilities incurred by the county
are subject and inferior to these pri
mary obligations, wbioh must of neoes
ity always continue. ,
Struck in Belf--eienee.
Colusa, Cal., March 15. Mrs. SVank
A. Hoover killed her husband last night
during a quarrel, by striking him on
the head with a piece ot gaspipe, and
his death resulted soon after.
Hoover and his wife had had numer
ous quarrels, and the neighbors were
long ago made aware of martial diner
ences in the Hoover household. The
reason generally assigned was jealousy
on the part of the husband. Ijast even
ing when Hoover returned from his
work he engaged in a quarrel with his
wife at the supper table. The quarrel
waa a lively one, and oonitnued until
both left the house to settle the differ
ence in the yard.
Hoover advanced toward his wifa
j threateningly and to protect herself she
j nicked up a piece of gaspipe and struck
him behind the left ear. Hoover fell
dead. - ' .
Train Wreck Near Colfax.
Colfax, Wash., March 15. The train
on the Moscow branch wa wrecked at
about 6:30 o'clock lost evening, five
mile out from Colfax. The rails spread
on a sharp curve, and five freight oars,
the baggage car and passenger coach
were ditched. A number ot passenger
were on the train, but none were in
jured. The cars were pulled baok on
the track this morning. Some of the
cars are badly damaged. .
hot by His Mother-In Law.
San Franoisoo, March 15. Julian
Pinto, an attorney, was shot this after
noon by hi mother-in-law, in bis
rooms. The woman had been nursing
Pinto, and no reason for the shooting
is suggested, except that Mrs. uitnam.
the mother-in-law, is feeble-minded-
She disappeared after the Bhooting, and
ha not been found. Pinto's wounds
will probably prove fatal. He onoe
served a term in prison for shooting a
gambler named Bush.
POLITICS IN SCHOOL.
A New Branch of Learning for Chicago
Children. .
Chicago, March 15. Chicago child
ren are to receive instructions in the
theory and practice of politics. Men
of advanced thought assert that a move
ment of this kind is necessary to insure
the perpetuity of the republican form
of government, and it is to be attempt
ed In a systematic manner. . No defi
nite programme has been arranged, but
the work will probably be undertaken,
or at least begun by the Oiviu Federa
tion s committee on education.
Richard Waterman, jr., secretory of
the committee; W. A. Giles, principal
of the "Watt Graham school, and others
interested in the subject have been dis
cussing the preliminaries for some time
past So far as planned, the movement
contemplates the addition of a thor
ough and complete course of civic in
the public school curriculum, with the
object of drilling pupils in the theory
of politics and good citizenship, while
the practical part will be imparted by
voluntary participation in auxiliary so
cieties. ."
The Woman's Club, of Englewood,
and similar organization have become
interested in the movement and are
studying the subject with a view of
being able to assist the Civic Federa
tion's committee with practical sugges
tion for giving the matter effective
form. ' ,
EXPORTS OF PRODUCTS.
atement for February and the Past
Eight Moothe.
Washington, March 15. The month
ly statement of the principal articles of
domestic exports for the month of Feb
ruary and for the eight months ending
February 28, last issued by the hureaa
of statBtios, shows that during Febru
ary the exports were: - .
Breadstuff, 115,009,857, a decrease,
as compared with January, or aoout
$3,700,000; cotton, $17,190,738, a de
crease of about $11,850,000; mineral
oils, $4,661,148, an increase ot $500,
000; provisions, including cattle and
hosrs. $12,408,811, a decrease of about
$600,000.
For the eight months, the exports of
breadetuffs are given at $136,951,789,
as compared with $94,224,249 for the
same period last year, cotton, $186,668,
701, as compared with $140,324,625
for the corresponding period last year;
mineral oils, $41,784,365, a compara
tive gain of about $500,000; provisions,
including cattle and hogs, $18,778,164,
a comparative loss of about $500,000.
The total exports of these four arti
cles during February amounted to $49,
167,354, a net loss, as compared witn
January, of about $13,000.
For the eight months the gains were
about $85,220,000.
Fire ou a Cruiser.
New Tork, March 15. Fire invaded
the cruiser New York on Tuesday
while the vessel was lying off Tomp-
kinsville. The forward magazine is
surrounded by coal bunkers. In it were
2,000 pounds of gnnootton and 6,000
pounds of powder. Smoke poured from
the magazine and an alarm was given.
For the first time in the history of the
ship the automatio fire alarm bad
failed to work. -
Water was turned Into the coal bunk
ers and there was no stint in the quan
tity, so that before the cruiser had
passed Governor's island it bad taken
into the hold such weight of water
that it gained three feet in draught and
had to be sailed with great caution.
Arriving at the navy-yard the New
York was pumped out
. An examination was made, wnen it
was found that the fire had not origi
nated in the magazine, but in the coal
bunkers adjoining.
The Railway Mall Clerk.'
San Francisco, March 15. Local pos-,
tal employes are perfecting their plana
for the twenty-second ausual conven
tion of postal clerks, which will meet
here Tuesday. Postal Inspector Irwin
has left for Redding, where he will
meet the Eastern delegates and escort
them to this oity. At the opening ses
sion of the convention, addressee will
be delivered by Mayor Phelan, Super
intendent of Mails Flint and President
Waring, of the convention. In the
evening a promenade concert win rw
given after the business session, and on
the following day the delegate will be
guest on a trip around the bay on the
steamer TJkiah. On Friday an excur
sion to Santa Cruz and the big tree
will be made, and on Saturday evening
a reception will be given at the Baldwin
hotel. Business session will oe sand
wiched between the junketing trips.
Corn for India Sufferers.
Chicago, March 15. The movement
to secure corn for India' relief, hereto
fore in charge of Dr. B. G. Holibe, of
Jacksonville, and Dr. J. P. Bousing
ham, appointed to represent the Chi
cago Ministers' Association; was today
consolidated with the Chicago commit
tee appointed in connection with the
board of trade. Hon. C C. Bonney ia
president and E. C. Keith, of the Met
ropolitan bank, is treasurer of the com
mittee. All these foroe will co-operate with
the mayor and other of San Francisco
in loading the ship furnished by the
secretary of the navy to carry grain
free to India. The corn will also be
carried free to the Pacifio by the rail
roads. - '
Store at Halsey Robbed. .
Albany. Or.. March 15. The store
of M. V. KoonU. at Halsey, wa enter
ed by burglars last night The safe
was blown open and $60 stolen. The
strong box within the safe, which wa
not ODened. contained $1,000. The
robbery wa not discovered until the
store waB opened this morning. -There
hi no clew to the robbers.
The Royal College of Surgeons, In
London, has decided to confer degree
upon women.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
The Labor. Exchange May
' Settle the Question.
IT WILL PROVIDE A MARKET
A Brief Statement of Facts Concerning '
an Organisation That Is Rapidly
Clalnlng Prominence.
Bjr G. E. Kellooo, Vancouver, Wash.
While the various political parties
and the people generally are wrangling
over the financial and labor questions,
there is being established in our midst
an organization, known as the Labor
Exchange, which claims to be able to
transact business without legal tender
money by basing its medium of ex
change on the products of labor, and
eventually to furnish employment to
the idle by supplying a market for the
products of their labor
. This is not an entirely new organiza
tion. Though it has been operating
successfully in several cities, no sys
tematic effort has been made to extend
its workings, nntil within the last year
or two. Now, however, since a number
of branches have proven the practicabil
ity of the plan by actual business
operation, the idea ia being taken np
in every tate in the Union and over.
200 branches have been established.
A an example of what is being done
in this line we would call attention to
the San Francisco branch,. located at
No. 823 Davis street, which haa done a
wholesale business of $28,000 within
the last eight months, wholly without
money. Xhe manager, JUr. Henry
War field, has compiled a labor ex
change directory of the different busi
ness bouses that have investigated the
plan and now accept "labor checks" at
their face value, as being as good as
money. Every business nearly is repre
sented, and the list completes the cir
cuit of necessities of man, so that tha
holders of labor exchange checks are in
a position to supply their .want with
out regard to money. .;
Any useful article may be deposited
with the exchange, and the depositor
receives therefor a deposit check which
is "not redeemable in legal tender, but
receivable by the Labor Exchange Asso
ciation in payment for merchandise, for
all services and for all debt and dues
to the same; and it is based upon and
secured by the real and personal, prop
erty in the keeping of the association."
The property held for the redemption
of certificates cannot, as per charter, be
mortgaged nor pledged for debts, nor
can it be withdrawn, but may be ex
changed by the association for other
property of equal value.
The branches in different sections of
the country exchange surplus produots
with each other. For example, there
are such things as socks and cigars from
as distant a point as Beading, Pa., at
the San Francisco exchange, broom
handles from New Whatcom, Wash.,
fruit extracts from Fresno, as well as
fruit from as far south as San Diego.
A consignment of shirts and overalls is
being negotiated for with a branch in
Ohio; a lot of dried fruit was recently
shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in ex
change for pork; and groceries were
tent to Armona in exchange for dried
fruit ' The branch at Los Angeles ia
putting up a shoe factory; Forest
Grove, Dr., has- a tannery; Ulatne,
Kan., a grist mill; Bed Bluff, Cat, a
spico mill; Salem, Or., has a brick '
yard, warehouse and wharf; Vancouver,
Wash., proposes to make coffins, and
the Oregon City, Or., branch will
operate a rook crusher.
To make the subject more clear to the
reader, an illustration of its workings
is given: Some farmer owning timber
land might out some logs and deposit
them in the exchange, taking labor
checks in receipt therefor; the owner
of an idle sawmill would rent his outfit
to the branch and accept "checks" as .
rental; some men, now idle, .would
work the logs into lumber; unmployed
carpenters would manufacture the lum
ber into coffins, furniture, etc., and re
ceive "cheeks" for their labor, ; The
articles thus made would be sold on the
market or exchanged with, other
branches for provisions, clothing, etc.,
which would be again exchanged to the .
farmer, mill-man and . mechanics foM
their "checks." It must be remem
bered that no "check" can be put into
circulation until some labor or the
product of labor has been deposited
with the branch, and whenever the
"checks" are redeemed the value goea
out and the checks are canceled.
It will be seen that all branches of
business will soon be represented, and
when the producer can market their
products and supply their wants (with
out the use of legal tender) by a me
dium of exchange based upon, and at
all times equal to the wealth produced
a grand step will have been taken to
ward the solution ot the greatest prob
lem of the age. '
Under this sytem, farmers would
not be clothed in rags while tailor and
weaver starved; weaver would not go
barefooted while shoemakers and tan
ners needed clothes; and carpenters,
painters, bricklayers and plasterers
would not be idle while.people suffered
for shelter.
Every American citizen should in
vestigate this. v
A Throe Friend Sapedjtion,
Jacksonville, Fla., March 15. The
steamer Three Friend is reported to
have left Kodriguea key, ninety mile
south of Miami, today, with a large
expedition for Cuba. The Three
Friends has a deputy marshal on board,
or did bave, and unless he haa left the
steamer he has been taken along.
The ostrich farm, of Major A. J.
Tiffin, at Merritt' island, Fla., is
uocesa.
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