Oregon City Enterprise.
OHKOON CITY OKKIOKIIN.
Mayor, -
JlmuinlKr,
!hlf of Police . .
MlKlitwalchiusn -Tfrnnurnr,
(!lty Attorney, -Hlreel
rnnimfinilmier, -Hupt.
of WUir Work,
. K. 0. Caufleld
Then, V. Ityan
C'li. K. Iliirnn
. K. I. Hliw
II. K.HIralKht
Frank T. (Irllllih
. W. I.. Hulilo
. W. II llowHI
VHy KliKitmnr,
1). W. Klnnslrd
Coiinellinen-K. Koerner, Frank Hueli,
Jt. I). Wilson, Jamas Husks, II. K. 1 1 nr.
rli.O. I). Uioureite, Arthur Mllln, Fred
A. Milsnsr.
Council meets llmt
nionili In oily hall.
Wednrtdsy of well
KKIDAY, FKBUUAKY 18, 1HIM.
CHAT ABOUT TOWN.
Hervlee will bit held in Bt.Paul's church
on Ash Wednesday, February Ti.
Itev. Dr. WlllUmi will conduct ser
vice In the i;hnM)l at Canemah, Hunduy
I 2 p. in.
Iiev, Dr. Hut lor will preach in tl
chapel at I'arkiiUco mat Sabbath it
8:50 p. in.
Last year's patterns ( wall papr at
reduced prices on 6 mid 10a counters at
Bollomy A hunch.
Ilemomber the firemen's hall next
Tuesday evenlnu at Welnhard's hull
Admission 75 rente.
Tim Woman's KelM Corp have
changed thttir nlulit of meeting to the
first and thlnl Mondays In the monlti
We muni liv room or our imnu-nno
iprlng slock. All trimmed hats just
Lull of the regular price. Mini Gold
muith.
For iili't place to lillch your horses
way from the motor line and a place to
get a 11 rut clan Job of repairing or horte
hoeing call on 8. F. Scripture's abop on
Flftb street.
Karl't Clover Hoot Tea, for Coiislip
tlon It'a the bent and if after using It you
don't aay ao, return the packik-e and get
your money. Bold by C'harman A Co
druitglsta, Oregon City.
Don't annoy other by your coughing,
and rink your li'e by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Congh Cure curee coughs,
colds, croup, grippe and all oilier throat
and lung trouble. Geo. A. Harding.
For Constipation take Karl'a Clover
Koot Tea, the great Wood l'urifler. Curea
Headache, Nervousness, Eruptions on
the face, and makes the head clear aa a
bell. Hold by Charman A Co., druggists,
Oregon City.
Dr. L. L. Pickens, dentist, does al
klnda of dental work. Gold crowna,
porcelain crowna and bridge work a
apecialty. All operation! guaranteed for
6 yeara. Call and got my prices. Ofllce
In Barclay building
Jamei Buckley, a bobo, waa ai rented
laat Saturday by Chief liurnion a charge
of atealingapair t runner from a dry
goods bouae and Juatlce Hcbuebel aoii
fenced him to tar a fine of t'iO in do
fault of which he went to Jail for ten
days.
There are three little thing which do
more work than any other throe little
tblnga created they are the ant, the
bee and DeWltt's Little Early Itinera,
the lant being tin famoua little pills for
etomach and liver troubles. Goo. A.
Harding.
The undertaking businnesa conducted
by W. N. Godfrey, now deceased, will be
continued under the nameofMra. God
frey, at the old atand, corner of Ninth
and Main atreeta, Oregon City'. E. E.
Martin baa been put in charge of the
bualneas aa er agent.
The following aubjecta will be pre
aented at the Congregational church next
Habbalb at 10:30 a.m. ' The Chriatalna
Possessions." 7:30 p. in "Boundless
Love." A good musical program will
be presented at each service and the
public- ia cordially invited
We are anxious to do a little good in
this world and can think of no pleaaent
er or better way to do it than by re
commending One Minute Cough Cure
aa a preventive of pneumonia, consump
tion and other serious lung troubles that
follow neglected colds. Geo. A. Hard
ing. It will not cure everything. It is not
claimed that It will cure but one com
plaint, that is, dyspepsia. We cannot
auy that it will cure every case of dys
pepsia, but it will cure a large majority
of them. Such caHea aa are adopted to
its use will derive immediate benifit.
One email bottle will be aulllcient to
test it.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial ia espec
ially adopted for emacipated or elderly
people whose food does them but little
or no good because It Is not digested.
The Cordial contains an artificially
digested food and Is a digester ot food
happily combined. Read one of the llttlo
books which yrur druggist ia now giving
away and loarn of this wondorful remedy.
A really palatable Castor Oil can now
be had under the name of Laxol.
The Power
of Schilling's Best baking
powder is wonderful,
ita
An assault waa committed on the per
aon of Mri. Vanover, by an unknown
man near Courtney, this county, on Feb.
Oth. The assault waa of auch a nature
that aeveral daya later a physician waa
aiitrimoned to render medical aid but not
until February 14th, five daya after be
ofrerine waa committed, giving the guilty
party siilllclcnt tune to make his cseaiie.
A warrant waa Issued but the olllcera
were unable to capture the offender. It
ia understood that two other attempt at
annanlt on other women ami glrla were
made by the same man, one prior to the j
1Mb and another laat Humlay, the Utter
lielng on two glrla who made their
eacae. '
It has Wen ascertained that the man
who died at Medford lant Monday from
Injuries received near Central Point, a
few hours previous, waa Peter Nelson
of South Iletid, WbmIi. It, A, Proodfoot,
of Medford. knew him there in 1H01. It
la certain now that be waa murdered
The murderers wore trucked toward the
bouse on the porch of w hich Nelson was
found, be having been led across the
two cattle uiiarda, a waa shown by the
trail of blood. There are some ana
pleioiiN, but no clue that seems to oiler
evidence sufllcieiit to warrant arrest
Effort are being made to apprehend the
guilty parties.
The Enterprise having punned from the
control of Mr. Charles Meserve, the
former editor, to L. L. Porter and by
him leaned to J. It. Ilecgle, all account
due the ofllce are payable to the latter
We trunt our friends will find it convert
lent to nettle these accounts at an early
dute In order that our books may be
lonted up promptly that we may know
the financial status of the business and
at the same time becomo -lersonally
acciuuliitud with the patrons of the
paper.
Mr. Georgo Harding and her dtigh
ter, Mia Imo, anninted by Mrs. T. A.
Pope and Mra. J. G. Pilsbury, gave
"Mother Goose" patty at their home on
Tenth ami Main atret-ta, Ibis city, on
Tuesday evening In honor of Mina Lucy
Stanton, of Koauburg, The houne was
decorated In a manner fitting to the oo-
casion and popular games were Indulged
In, until IDi.'K) when dainty refreshment
were aerved.
A dime social will be given at the
home of Mr. and Mra. Charles Albright
this (Friday) evening for the benefit of
the Congiegational church. An inter
esting program baa been arranged in
which gentlemen only w ill take part, a
sort of anti-Mother Goose entertainment.
A large crowd ia expected and a pleas
ant evening assured.
The steamer Huth, while coming down
the canal Into the basin became unman
ageable and crashed head first into the
bulkhead on the west aide of the canal.
It waa necessary to shift her cargo into
the atern 'if the boat before she could be
released. The damage done to the boat
and the canal ( considerable, although
the exact amount Is not known.
Daniel Williams, at the northeast cor
ner of Center and Seventh atreeta. has a
choice and well selected stock of fmily
groceries which be ia selling at verv
reasonable ratea. His motto is "live
and let live, with honest weights and
measures". Goods doliveded to any
part of the city.
Children and adults tortured by burns,
scalds, Injorya, ecxema or akin diseas
es may secure Instant relief by using
DeWitt'a Witch Haxel Salve. It la the
great Pile remedy , Geo. A. Harding
James Hall, of Portland, waa killed at
Willows Junction last Sunday night by
walking off a car platform, falling down
an embankment. He waa until re
cently In the employ of Wolff A Zwicker
at Portland.
Catarrh Cured. A clear head and
sweet breath aecured with Shilob'a
Catarrh Remedy; sold on a guarantee.
Nasal Injector free. Hold by Charman A
Co., druggists, Oregon City.
The roll call and conundrum lunch at
the Methodist church last Monday night
was much enjoyed by those present.
There was a large audience present who
appreciated the program.
Owing to the scarcity of marketable
beef cattle Oregon City butchers have
advanced the price of beef 2 and 2
cents per pound. This is not due to a
abort crop abroad
The Reduien have changed their place
of meeting to the hall over Holrnan's
undertaking establishment, where they
have refitted headquarters for them
selves. If you want a tine set of teeth, gold
crown, or fine bridgewoik and all kinds
of fillings call on Dr. J. II. Miller, den
tist, 7th St. noar S. P. dopot.
Rev. Dr. Williams' Bubjoct next Sun
day morning, "The Uaos of Lout," in
the evening, "The Law of Love."
For the boat dairy or creamery butter
go to Harris' grocery.
Our hats mtiHt go regurdless of cob(.
$3.00 bats for $1.50 at Mitts Goldsmith's.
Schillings best coffee, tea, spices and
baking powder at Harris' grocery. '
Money to loan on good real estate
security by A. 8. Dresser.
Fresh compressed yeast cakes at Har
ris' grocery.
Dr. Mile' Pain Pills atop Boadacbo.
IT WILL NOT WORK
The Inlllullve mid Itcfereiidum
an Expensive Law.
Nome of Ila Dangerous Feat urea Out
lined From Practical
Standpoint.
Still the wheels grind. The initiative
and referendum baa been ground out and
displayed for analysis by the thinking
men of the nation. Rut this la not all;
now comes the "imperative mandate,"
a scheme atill more wild and irnpractic
able, more dangerous but lesa wildly ap
proved.
The Imperative mandate Is the name
applied by Its supporters to a proposed
change in the constitution which would
provl le that upon the petition of one-fifth
of the legal voters a seclal election munt
be called to vote upon candidates for an
olllce already occupied. For instance, if
there should be dinnatlsfaction with any
public ofllcer, one-fifth of the voters
could, by petition, compel the question
of his countimiance in office to be submit
ted to the peoplu, in order that they
might by their votes manifest their ap
proval or disapproval, ami electa new
officer if they ao pleuaed.
This scheme has some very good argil
uients to supMirt it, but it also pretenia
some features that do not commend it an a
wise measure. There is a prevailing op
inlfin that we already have too frequent
elections, that the business world is too
often thrown into a chaotic state by po
litical strife, that the expenditure of time,
money and labor incident to a campaign
and election, are at present too large for
a healthy state of eoc ely, and that an in
crease of the burdens of that nature would
be aa determined as unneceasary. The
assertion that the people should have in
themselves the power of reuiovirg an
iinsntlnfactory officer sounds well and ap
eals strongly to tbo impulsive and un
reasoning, who follow the lead of the ao-
called reformers. Hut when the second
thought is given the subject and it is
Viewed in all ita phases, ita imprscti
ability and Ineffectiveness ot the power,
if exercised, must be apparent.
To make a change in a county office,
for instance, would require rix or eight
months, at least, fiom the time of the
commission of an art meriting removal.
In order to avoid justice and secure the
probability of the change for the better,
more-time than that would be necesnarv.
After the commission of an act of which
the people disapprove, a petition must,
tie circuited and aigned, presented to
the proper officer, and if found in proper
form and signed by legal voters, a notice
of election must be given, primaries and
convention! must be held to nominate
candidates, an election must be held,
and the new officer, if one be elected,
must qualify. All this takes time, and
even if there should be no contest aa to
the legality of the various proceedings,
still in nine cases out of ten the official'a
term of office would have expired by the
time an election could be held.
It ia not usual for an officer to commit
wrongful acts or to be negligent in his
duties, during tbe first year of biaincum
bency, so that in very rare cases could
the officer be removed before the expira'
tion ot bis term.
It requires no effort of the imagination
to see bow very easily the imperative
mandate could be used by blackmailers.
A disappointed office-seeker or a disrepu
table newspaper publisher could make
charges against an officer that were false,
or even make rightful acts appear wrong
ful in order to get the requisite number
of signatures to a petition for an election.
Only a small part of the whole number
of voters being required to sign the peti
tion, the party in minority could keep
tbe party in power in a continual cam
paign to keep down unfounded charges of
corruption. Astorian.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local applications, aa they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the ear.
There ia only one way to cure deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed con
dition of (lie mucous lining of the Eu
stachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect bearing,and when it is entirely
closed deafness is tbe result, and unless
the intimation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing hut an infl lined condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Curo. Pond for circulars, free.
b J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Populist Resolutions.
The following resolutions were
adopted' at the populist convention in
Polk county last week :
"Realizing, that the fusion deal in the
last campaign demoralized our forces, we
belieye it both wise and prudent to place
a full ticket in the Bold to be voted for
at the Jane election. Be it further
Resolved, if any candidate resigns or
withdraws from the ticket in favor of
ny old party candidate, that the county
central committee be end is hereby In
structed to place another candidate in
his place; and be it further
Resolved, that the delegate to the
state convention aie Instructed to vote
first, last and all the time against fusion
under any and all conditions.
Resolved, We denounce Pennoyerism,
Mitchellism and Rryanlsm a tbe relics
of modern political barbarism."
NTAHVATIOX H Cl'BA.
Story
Told by Womaa Who
Witnessed the Hcene.
II M
The following pitiable itory is told by
a woman who lyis been in Cuba and an
demised something of the situation
there:
"Almost within sight of the Southern
shores of this exceptionally prosperous
and divinely favored country, there are
fully half a million men, women and
children on the very verge of starvation,
and unless help be promptly afforded,
death will claim them and claim them
quickly. We have beard and generoiialy
answered the cry of Russia's starring
peasantry, Armenia's widows and or
phans, and the million of famine-strick
en Hindoos, and shall we not cheerfully.
liberally and promptly respond to Cuba's
piteous appeal for bread. Shall
these, our unfortunate neigtibora, be left
to periti from hunger, wi He plenty
ibound within a few mile of their un
happy country?
"The president of the United States
ba earnestly appealed to the generous
American heart, which never yet has
turned a deaf ear to the pitiful cry of the
destitute, the desolate, the distressed or
the hungry, and contributions have com
menced to pour in from every direction,
but so much is needed, so much ia to be
done, so much of miseryand famine is to
be relieved, that, unless everyone does
share, and does it quickly, but little can
be accomplished to stem the tide of t)
Buffering, starvation and death.
" 'Hijita, little daughter!' said the wo
man, who was so weak she could not
even turn over to see me, "I arn dying
I know it. Do not waste any time on
me, but please save my little girls.
have three; they are so hungry, and
have not a crumb to give.' When
asked those who stood around where the
children were, they beconed me to follow.
and when we were out of hearing, told
me that the children were all dead and
buried. " 'She will be with her children
n a very few hours,' said an old man
shaking with fever, 'and ao will I, praise
be to God.' "
OKEUOX POIXTS THE WAY.
The Coming State Election Is of Na
tlonal Importance.
The Philadelphia Press calls attention
to tbe fact that while Rhode Island
April next will bold tbe first election
tbia year for choice of state officers and
to the legislature, the first state election
to attract general attention will be held
in Oregon Jane 6. Tbe Press says :
The latter will be important for two
reasons. It will in the first place give
some indication of the drift of public
sentiment on the Pacific coaBt on the
currency question. The position of Ore
gon on this iBsue is not so clear as it
should be. There Is undoubtedly
strong silver sentiment there, but it was
held enough in check to permit the
state's electorial vote to be given to Mc-
Kiniey in 1890. It will be interesting to
learn from this year's election whether
the silver tendency has been increased
or diminished. Another important point
to be decided by the election is the polit
leal complexion of the next legislature,
which will be called npon to elect i
United States senator. The last legist
ture, which should have performed this
duly, failed to do it, and was prevented
by divisions from organising even. So
the duty will devolve npon the next leg
islature. As the republicans need every
vote in the senate they can get, tbe
party in Oregon cannot begin prepare
tiona too early to insure a republican
majority that will elect the right sort of a
senator.
Pneumonia Prevented.
The gaeatest danger of a cold or an
attack of la grippe is of its resulting in
pneumonia. How to prevent this will
certainly interest almost everyone, es
pecially thoBe who bave weak lungs
No one need fear that their cold will re
suit in pneumenia when Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is used. It counteracts
anv tendency toward pneumonia and
will cure a cold in less time than any
other treatment. Daring the epidemics
of la grippe a few years ago, many thou
sands of bottles of it were used, and in
not one single instance did any case re
Biilt in pneumonia so far as we could
learn. For sale by G. A. Harding.
What Dr. A. E. Salter Mays.
Buffalo, N. Y. Gents ; From my
personal knowledge, gained in observing
the effect of your Shiloh's Cure in cases
of advanced Consumption, I am prepared
to say that t it is the most remarkable
Remedy that has ever been brought to
my attention. It bas certainly saved
many from Consumption. Sold by
Charman A Co., druggists, Oregon City.
ROYAL Baking Powder,
Highest of all In Jeavenlnt
Strength.), S. aoverameat Report
AU naln banished by Dr. Miles' Pain Pllla.
THE CATTLE KINGS.
ONCE A GREAT POWER IN THE WEST,
THEY ARE NOW DISPLACED.
Small HUttM KalMirs Ut btin Oat the
Larger On Big Knn(n ood Water
Holes Penned In How tbe Bonanza
tattle OutflU Made Enormous Profit.
The great cattle ranges of western
Korth Dakota and Montana, where for
nearly 20 years, tbe bonanza cattle out-
lit nave ncld complete sway, and where
cattle bave roamed the vast prairies at
will, like tbe buffalo a quarter of a cen
tury ago, are passing out of existence.
Tbe destbknell of the large cattle
torn pan les bas been sounded by tbe in
numerable settlers who bave taken up
vacant government land in tbe great
grazing region, built "shanties" in tbe
vicinity of every natural spring and
water bole, fenced in thousand of acres
of grazing land and driven the immense
herd of the bonanza cattlemen from
place to place, until there la no place
left for tbem to go. All tbe years that
tbe vast prairies of the west bave re
mained onaettled bave been worth mil
lions to tbe cattle princes. Hundreds of
thousands of cattle bave been imported,
placed npon tbe ranges at a cost not to
excd $19 a bead for tbe 2-year-old
steera, allowed to roam at will for two
years, at an average animal cost not to
exceed f 3, and then sold in the market
at Chicago for an average price of 15
to (50. Tbe free ranges offered by the
million of acre of nnsnrveyed and on
occupied government land bave been
turned into millions of Sollars in cold
casb by tbe cattle kings, but the tide of
immigration to tbe west bas sealed
their fate and they are ready to go.
For 20 years nearly a vast region ly
ing along tbe western part of North Da
kota and tbe eastern strip of Montana
measuring 100 miles in w idth and 150
miles in length bas been entirely given
np to tbe interests of tbe cattle kings.
Thons:andB of bead of cattle have been
grazed year after year, coantless train
loads of beeves bave been shipped to
market and millions of dollars have
gone into tbe pockets of tbe cattlemen.
Pierre Wiebanx, the Montana stock
man, said to be tbe largest single owner
of cattle in tbe United States, bas num
bered bis total possessions of cattle at
60,000 bead. Tbe Btrry-Boice Cattle
company has owned and grazed each
year not fewer than 80,000 head, and
there are nnmerons companies that bave
essayed to keep on tbe ranges an annual
total of from 10,000 to 85,000 head.
Tbe vastness of the business of tbese
cattle companies way be estimated from
the fact tuat tbe annual shipments for
the post few years bave been from 3,000
to 0,000 bead for each of tbe large com
panies. Tbe annual profits of the larger
companies, after deducting the original
cost of tbe cattle and tbe cost of their
maintenance npon the ranges, are from
(75,000 to (150,000 all that from the
tree ranges of the government, given
without taxation or any return what
ever.
To understand the situation that bas
existed up to the present time it must
be remembered that this broad region
which has been given np to the interests
of the cattle growers haa not been in
tersected by a fence, disturbed with a
plow or graced with a field of grain up
to a few short yean ago nothing for
miles but short nutritious grass, which
cured on the prairie, as clover in a stack,
and aerved equally well for food in dead
of winter as in the beat of summer.
Forth upon this vast area every spring
have been poured streams of gaunt, ill
shaped, long horned and lean ribbed
southern cattle. Left to roam at will,
they have thriven and waxed fat, until
in two years they bave become sleek
and fat and comely to the eye. During
all that period they bave been as free
and un trammeled as were ever the buf
falo. But at the close of tbe maturing
period they have been rounded up,
driven to railroad stock shipping pena
and loaded upon the cars for a trip to
market Their places are taken by fresh
importations from tbe south. And so,
year after year, bave the processes been
repeated, until the profits that were
known to have accrued from the busi
ness bave tempted thousands of small
holders of cattle to settle in this region
and engage in the beef business on a
smaller scale.
The presence of these smaller opera
tors is the inevitable doom of the cattle
kings. Their vast herds are no longer
allowed to roam the ranges undisturb
ed. Tbe bhi all ranohmen have bcilt
fences and inclosed the water holes.
The prairies have been made to yield to
the mowing machine, and the former
free grass has come to be cut and stack
ed aa hay, until the ranges in many
places are bare of feed for the herds of
the larger companies. These conditions
are responsible for the closing out of
the cattle princes. There is no longer
room for their thousands of beeves. Fif
teen thousand cattle, the property of
one of the larger operators, succumbed
to the severity of the weather for no
other reason than that the ranges had
been denuded of grass by the numerous
waller ranohmen. This was a warn
ing that the most obstinate must heed.
And so the cattle companies that for
merly numbered their possessions by
the thousands of head may now number
them easier in hundreds. The small
ranchman is the man upon whom the
market of the future must rely for its
beef. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
On of HI Depth.
"What, " said the girl with loose hau
around her ears and a epasmodio man
ner, is yonr opinion of the ultimate
destiny of the human race?"
Did I er understand you to say
the ultimate destiny of the bnman
race?" inquired Willie WishiuKton.
Yes."
Why urn if you want my candid
opinion, I should say that uh that
It's a long ways off." Washington
EAGLE CREEK P0PILITS.
They
Resolve to Holt Foslon Either
Directly or Indirectly.
Eaolb Cbesk, Or., Feb. 16. The
people's party of Eagle Creek met Satur
day and adopted tbe following resolu
tion :
"Whereas, The people's party has
been delayed In its great work of reform.
In being betrayed by some of its leader
into fusion and Bryanism; therefore
be it
"Resolved, We ntterly reject fusion
and Bryanifm in any and every form;,
but favor straight populism to the very
letter.
"fiecond We fully Indorse the Omaha
platform, and nrge that a thorough sys
tem of education be at once begun and
persevered in.
"Third We fully indorse the action of
the Nashville conference, and tbe
national organization committee, which
met In 8t. Louis, January 12 and 13. 1898.
"Fourth We pledge ourselves to bolt
any convention that adopts or sanction
fusion, either directly or Indirectly."
GREAT EXPLOSION
(Continued from'First page.)
not accounted for. The cause of the
explosion is yet to be Investigated. The
Spanish captain-general and army ai4
navy officers rendered every assistance.
Captain riigsbee andmoet of his officer
are on board the City of Washington.
Others are on a Spanish gunboat, and in
the city. I am with Sigsbee, who haa
telegraphed the navy department."
(Tbe Maine which was built at the
Brooklyn navy yard in 1890 was one ot
the best vessels in; tbe new nayy. She
was of 0C82 tons displacement and cost
the government $2-.533,000. She carried
a crew of 874 men.)
Wkalers ia DlitreM.
Sas Fancibco, Feb. 13. Lieuten
ant H. G. Hamlet, on the revenue cutter
Bear, which was taking a relief expedi
tion to distressed whalers at Point Bar
row, writes of the landing of the relief
expedition and their trip np to the Artie
The letter waa brought to Seattle by tbe
Lakme today. The Bear touched at
Dutch Harbor on her way up. She. left
there a part of her cargo, to be taken op
again next spring. The ire so badly im
peded tbe ship's progress that tbe expe
dition was forced to land at a village
called Tununk, near Cape Vancouver.
There it started to carry supplies over
ami with a guide, who promised to gat
them to St. Michaels within 10 days.
The Bear returned to Dutch Harbor, and
will follow in tbe spring to Point Barrow.
Oppottd t Armed Eioort.
Washington, Feb. 13. The Bi'nluh
government shows a disposition to refnse
to allow the United States troops who
will escort the war department relief
expedition to Klondike to pass through
the Northwest territory. Correepondenoer
between Psunceforte snd Meiklejohn
acting secretary of war, shows that the-
objection of the British government is-
based on the fact that 55 of the enlisted
men composing the escort will be armed.
The Dominion anthorities want the
United States to consent to an escort
composed of their mounted police. It iav
said at the war department that the
success of the expedition depended on.
the consent of the Dominion government
that United States troops accompany it.
The Bark Colons Loit.
Victoria, Feb 14. The bark Colomat
for Dutch harbor, Alaska, is reported
lost, with the entire crew. The vessel
sailed from Tacoma on December 26, and
was consigned to the Alaska Commercial
company, llie Comma has been on the
trade between Portland and China for
many years and bas been considered one
of the successful ocean carriers. She
made about one trip each year and waa
a regular and welcome visitor to the
Columbia riyer.
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