AGAINST MR. CORBETT.
Saaat) Commute Decide That He Is
Net Entitled to a Seat.
Washington, Jan. 17. The renate
committee on privileges and election
today decided to make an adverse report
on H. W. Corbett'i claim to a seat in
the senate from Oregon. The vote was
four to three, on party lines, except that
Senator Burrows, Republican, who was
absent, was counted, upon his author
ity, as being in opposition to Corbett.
There were two votes, the first being
upon the motion to declare Mr. Corbett
entitled to his seat, which was support
ed by Messrs. Chandler, Hoar and
Pritchard, Republicans, and opposed by
Messrs. Caffery and Pettus, Democrats,
Allen, Populist, and Burrows, Repub
lican, of Michigan. Senator Spoon or
was paired with Tnrpie, the former for
and the latter against the motion. The
motion was then made to declare Mr.
Corbett not entitled to his seat, and
was carried by the above vote, reversed.
The voting was preceded by quite a
general discussion, based upon a report
prepared by Senator Pettus, on behalf
of the opposition. This report took
the position that the question involved
is practically the same as that involved
in the Mantle case, and this case
should be allowed to stand as a prece
dent. Senator Pettus made an argu
ment in favor of establishing a princi
ple of action in such cases, and allow
ing it to stand, taking the position that
there was danger in not taking the
same course every time the political
complexion of the senate changes.
The friends of Mr. Corbett are not
sure of a single Democrat, Populist or
eilverite in favor of seating him, and,
with Burrows and one or two other Re
publicans opposed to him, they fear an
adverse vote in the senate. The oppo
sition of the fusion element is diawn
together, because of the well-known
gold views of Senator Corbett. The
case is made more partisan on tiiat
account.
Shot at by Her Brother.
Chioago, Jan. 17. A special to the
Times-Herald from Valley View says:
General Cassius M. Clay's young wife
barely escape! death at 11:30 this
morning at the hands of her brother,
Clem Richardson, at whose house she
has been boarding ever since she left
the general two months ago. He fired
two shots at her with a large pistol, at
a distance of 30 paces, and then fired a
shot at Mrs. Bryant, her mother-in-law,
who was with her. Dora ran to the
home of her sister, Mrs. Kely, a mil
distant, where she is tonight. Clem
declares that he will kill Dora if sh
does not leave the Kelly house.
Discussed at Cabinet Meeting.
"Washington, Jan. 17. The principal
subject under discussion at the cabinet
meeting today was the prospects of the
Hawaiian annexation treaty. The sit
uation in Cuba was briefly discussed.
A cablegram from Consul-Genera)
Lee sent from Havana last night tended
to convey assurances of peace and
quiet. General Lee's cablegram also
stated, it is learned, that, while he did
not anticipate another outbreak, yet he
would not be surprised at one. The
cabinet discussion showed that while
the president decided not to send a war
ship to Cuba at present, he intends to
keep one or more vessels within reason
able dibtance of Havana.
Damages for Sealers.
Washington, Jan. 17. The president
today submitted to congress the report
of the committee appointed under the,
terms of the treaty of 1896 to adjust
the claims of British subjects for losses
sustained through the seizure of sealing
vessels in Behring sea. In his letter
of transmission, President McKinley
coincides with Secretary Sherman, that
our treaty obligations demand prompt
and favorable action by congress. The
president recommends an appropriation
of the total amount necessary to satisfy
the award of the commissioners, which
is $471,151.
Two Weeks Adrift.
Newport News, Va., Jan. 17. After
drifting for two weeks, the barge Coal
King, Captain Nelson, was towed into
port this afternoon by the tug CI. W,
Morse. The Coal King left Boston
December 81, in tow of the tug Luck
enbach. January 1, ber hawser
snapped. Owing to the darkness, the
barge's signal of distress was not seen
by those on the tug, which, with two
other barges in tow, proceeded on her
voyage. The men on board suffered no
inconvenience, being plentifully sup.
plied with food.
Chicago Pension Frauds.
Chicago, Jan. 17. Gross abuses of
the pension fund of the Chicago polios
department were disclosed at today's
meeting of the senate committee inves
tigating the Chicago civil service com
mission and police force. A list was
shown of over 60 ex-policemen now on
the pension rolls of the police depart
ment, who, it is maintained, ' are per
fectly able to do duty as officers, but
who have been retired, it is alleged, to
make room for others who had a polit
ical pull.
Shot His Sweetheart and Himself.
Cincinnati, Jan. 17. Louis Alfred,
a compositor at the Enquirer office, to
day shot his sweetheart, Minnie Pact
ton, at her home, inflicting fatal
wounds, and then killed . himself.
Jealousy was the cause.
TJder Lynching Investigation
Genoa, Nev., Jan. 17. Progress i
slow in the Uber lynching case, and
eftorts to secure state evidence have
proved futile. Two persons accused of
participating in the lynching, Mason
urummas ana une Hogener, were
placed on the stand, but firmly protest
ed their innocence. Minor evidence
was given against a number, and
batch of subpoenas were sent today to
Dayton and to the Diamond Valley
rains.
8t. Paul, Jan. 17. A .Butte. Mont.
special to the Pioneer Press eavs:
M. Oliver, a conviot in the Deer Lodge
penitentiary, who has been, granted a
new trial on a oharge of robbery, today
received a. letter from a firm of lawyers
in Bridgeport, Conn., informing him
that he had fallen heir ),f 150,000 by
the deatn or an uncle, Edwin Oliver,
wbioh occurred in that city over a year
ago. . ' '
George W. Finch, 23 years of age,
was convicted at Fort Scott, Kan., of
murder in the first degree in the killing
pi frank BwaSord.
A STATE OF WAR EXISTS.
Hannis Tayler So Trrlarea In Sneaking
of Cuba.
New York, Jan. 17. The chairman
of the organising committee of the
Cuban-American League makes public
letter from Hannis Taylor, former
United States minister to Spain, in
hich he says:
"In every city of the United States
Cuban-American league should be
instantly formed whose primary pur
pose should be to arouse public opin
ion to demand the instant passage of
the senate belligerency resolution now
pending in the house of representatives.
When that demand is opposed by the
orn-out pretext that the insurgents
are not eimttied to sucii action until
they have first established a completed
facto government, the answer should
be promptly made that the law of na
tions requires no such thing, and that
the resolution in question need only
recognize the fact that there is now in
Cuba a state of war.
"Who can deny the truth of that
assertion, when he remembers that
Spain lias hurled in vain against the
insurgent host over 200,000 men and
as expended in vain over $300,000,-
000? At the end of three years Spain's
military power in Cuba is nearly at
an end, while the army under Gomez
in actual possession of nearly the
entire eastern portion of the island.
And yet, in the face of these facts, the
house of representatives, muzzled by
thre present administration, refuses to
recognize the incontestible fact that s
state of war actually exists in Cuba
today.
That denial is now prolonging un
necessarily the present conflict. In the
present state of the cause of Spain,
there can be no doubt of the moral sup
port that the passage of the belligerency
resolution would give to the insur
gen ts. "
The Cuban-American League has
sent out a circular requesting the
mayor of every city in the United
States and the sheriff or ranking officer
every county to at once appoint a
committee is every city and township
or county to organize a local branch of
the league. '
SEA TO BE HARNESSED.
Thomas A. Edison, Jr.'s Plan to Utililt
Power of the Waves.
New York, Jan. 17. Thomas A. Ed
ison, ir., has invented a macnine toi
utilizing the wave power of the sea.
When in place the machine will be
miles out at sea and will consist of a
series of gigantic air pumps. The air
impressed by these will be used to run
dynamos.
For $25,000,000 Mr. Edison can con
struct a plant, he eays, that will fur
nish 1,000,000-horse power, enongh to
supply the entire state of New York.
He says that a powerful syndicate has
the matter of immediate construction
of the plant under consideration. Hie
plans are said to be practically com
plete. The Edison wave machine is a series
of gigantic air pumps. The piston oi
the machine stands upright upon a plat
form whioh is pierced by a long piston
rod. Upon the lower part of the piston
rod is a big flat float, which rests upoi
the water and is movable by the rise
aud fall of the sea. A wave passing
under the float would elevate the piston
power, fully oompressiug the air already
contained in the cylinder. This pres
sure will be transmitted directly to the
storage tank for compressing air. By
an arrangement of oscillators sufficient
air will be admitted behind the piston
to return it quickly to its position upon
the water, where it will be ready to re
ceive the force of the next wave.
MAY BE PUNISHED.
Burning of the Two Seminole Indian
Being Investigated.
Earlboro, I. T., Jan. 17. Exoite-
ment is still intense here over the re
cent burning at the stake of two In
dians, and the subsequent fear of an
Indian uprising. Here public senti
ment has favored the lynohers. At
Wewoka, the capital of the Seminole
nation, the sympathy is all the other
way, for it is believed the lynchers tor
tured and killed at least one innocent
man.
United States Commissioner Walter
Jones is holding court in Wewoka, and
the deputies of the court are busy issu
ing subpoenas and warrants in an en
deavor to bring the lynchers to justice.
An eye-witness of the hanging and
burning of the Indians has volunteered
his testimony.
As no attempt was made by the
lynchers to hide, their identity, it is
probable the leaders will be arrested.
They can only be tried on the charge of
kidnapliig and taking the murderers by
force to the Seminole nation. The kill
ing of the Indians comes under Okla
homa jurisdiction.
The Indians are sullen. White men
state that a general outbreak will not
occur, but that there is danger that tha
Indians will avenge themselves by kill
ing, one by one, the leaders of tha mob.
The Chinese Loan.
London, Jan. 17. The Chinese loan
negotiations are progressing. Great
Britain has informed China that she is
willing to find the money required,
t nd the details are being discussed.
The amount'will probably by 1520,000,-
000.
Suffocated by Smoke.
New York, Jan. 17. In r. fire, which
occurred at Thomas Roberts' hotel, in
West street, 'and which did $15,000
iamage, Leslie Stanley . and his wife
were suffocated by smoke.
Baltimore Houses Collapsed.
Baltimore, Jan. 17. Two unfinished
rouses on Twenty-Second street col
lapsed this afternoon and eight work
men were injured. Two are expected
to die.
Press Censorship In Havana.
Havana, Jan. 17. A decree has been
mblished forbiding the publication in
be newspapers of cable dispatches
v thout previous censorship and 12
tones' notice of their receipt. In ad
lition, in the future, the postofflce will
letain all domestic and foreign news
papers not having been previously oen-
jored.
Madrid, Jan. 17. Police precautions
have been redoubled in tha vicinity of
lie United States legation and around
the residence of the United States mm
ADVICES ' FROM SYDNtY.
Reeent Happenings In Australia
ana
the South Sea Islands.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. The follow
ing advices arrived today per steam
ship Alameda from Svdnov, via Hono
lulu: A very severe shock of earthquake
was experienced over the whole of the
north of the island, and as far south as
Christ-ohurch, New Zealand, Decem
ber 8. Its duration was from one to
two minutes, and the vibrations were
from north to south.
A terrible storm broke over the Fiji
islands November 11 and again Decem
ber 13, the wind attaining a velocity
of 85 miles per hour for some time.
Several small vessels wore blown ashore
and wrecked. The Union Company's
steamers had a narrow escape from
similar fates, but put to sea and cruised
about until the storm subsided.
The mountain tribes of Goodonough
island recently attacked Thompson's
station there, and after looting the
store, murdered four boys and speared
a number of other employes. The mag
istrate and a force of 14 armed police
viaited the scene for the purpose of
avenging the murders.
At the Maoquarie islands, December
6, four men were drowned by the acci
dental swamping of their boat.
The bark Loongana, which arrived
December 14, brought the news of the
drowning of Brother Bernard, a mis
sionary, and 18 natives, near the Gil
bert islands. The missionary's party,
in three canoes, struck a shoal and all
were lost.
As a result of a conference between
the ministers of agriculture of the vari
ous colonies, a trial shipment of apples
and pears will be forwarded to London
in the near future.
Reports from the country districts of
Viotoria show that the cyclonio storm
of November 18 did immense damage,
scores of buildings heing blown down,
and many persons being injured.
December 8, Jack Griffiths, of Cobar,
who held the world's record, and Pro
fessor Bax, of New Zealand, engaged
in a club-swinging contest for the
world's championship at Newcastle.
Two-pound clubs were used, and, ac
cording to the conditions, the evolu
tions per minute were to be counted.
After both had swung the clubs for 40
hours continuously, the match was de
lared a draw.
Percy Cavill, upon his return to
Sydney with the mile and five-mile
ohampionships of the world to his
credit, was aocorded a reception by the
swimming association. McKunJ a New
Zealand amateur, recently ran half a
mile in one minute 59 seconds. No
vember 20, H. Craemer established a
new world's record for the mile walk
at Auckland. His time was 6 minutes,
27 8-5 seconds.
CAUGHT BY A CAVE-IN.
Five Men Entombed In a Tannel Neat
Anaconda.
Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 17. At an
early hour this morning the discovery
was made that five men were entombed
in a tuunel which the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company is constructing for
water-fluming purposes under a bluff
about half a mile beyond the city
limits. A large quantity of powder,
whioh had been carried into the tunnel
for the use of the night shift, was ex
ploded by some means now unknown,
wrecking the face of the tunnel, whioh
is about 180 feet long, and resulting in
a Blide of earth, which closed the tun
nel completely at a distance of about 40
feet. from its entrance. From the mo
ment of the discovery of the accident,
diligent effort has been made to reach
the miners, concerning whose fate the
deepest anxiety has been felt. At 10
o'clock tonight, those engaged in the
rescue work felt sure that the noisejol
the "miner's signal" reached them
from within the tunnel.
It was proposed to drive a three-inch
pipe through the mass of earth that
had filled the tunnel. This plan was
followed and a 20-foot length was suc
cessfully driven. A second section was
attached, and, to the joy of the anxious
spectators, it penetrated the mass of
earth.
Immediately, at 11 o'clock, commu
nication was established with the im
prisoned men. Four of them were re
ported alive and well and one dead.
The work of reaching them is going
on vigorously. The men through the
improvised speaking tube, reported
that they suffered neither thirst noi
hunger, but they wanted candles. II
is not learned how the explosion oc
curred. New Canadian Mining Laws.
Washington, Jan. 17. In a few days
the treasury department will make
known the details of the arrangements
recently concluded with Canadian
Minister of Interior Sifton respecting
the transportation of goldseekers, and
freight to the Klondike, it is learned
that the Canadian government is about
to issue new customs and mining regu
lations for that region.
Ordered to Egypt.
London, Jan. 17. The morning pa
pers announce that the first battalion
of grenadiers, now at Gibraltar, has
been ordered to get in readiness for ser
vice in Egypt The other line bat
talions are under similar orders.
There is evidence of preparations foi
an important campaign. .
A Filibuster Captured.
Havana, Jan. 17. The Spanish gun
boat Algaria has captured off the coast
of Cuba, near Manzanillo, a fishing
smack from Jamaica having on board a
cargo of war material, medicines and
clothing.
President of the French Senate.
Paris, Jan 17. M. Loubet was re
elected president of the senate today.
M. Scheurer-Kestner was defeated for
re-election to the vice-presidency.
No Danger of Starvation.
Seattle, Jan. 17. The report of Ma
jor Rucker, who was sent to Dyea re'
cently for the purpose of reconnoitering
the ground preparatory to starting the
goverment relief expedition and to in
terview persons returning from Dawson
on the need of relief, has been received
here and forwarded to Brigadier-Gen
eral Merriam at Vancouver barracks.
While the exact tenor of the report is
not known, it is stated that it li
oou rages any unnecessary expenditure
of energy and money in oarrying out
tha proposed expedition.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions ill the Leading Cities
of the World.
The wheat traders are at sea and are
atoning three things closely, as they
have a directly opposite bearing on fu
ture prices. One is the Argentine
prospects. The others, the cash de
mand and Leiter's position on the cash
tvhoat that he holds. From the news
Saturday from Argentine, London and
Paris, the prospects are that tliore will
be a good exportable surplus in that
aountry. A direct cable from Rosario
to parties in the trade here from one of
the best posted men on the Argentine
situation estimated the exportable sur
plus at 46,000,000 bushels, or about
Uvo'montlis' supplies for the leading
consuming countries of Europe. A
number of characters have been made
in London to load wheat in Argentine
and freights have advanced sharply.
Arrangements have been made to ship.
17,500,000 iu gold from London to Ar,
gentine; also $350,000 from Franoe
l'he Argentine wheat will be available
in the latter part of March, as it takes
shout six weeks for freight steamers to
make the trip. Argentine offerings in
European markets had a depressing
jffect, European buyers using it as a
jlub to break prices in this country.
On the weak spots they bought liber
ally, export purchases for the week ag
gregating nearly 2,000,000 bushels. So
long as the Argentine prospects remain
good, it will be used as the bearish fac
tor. St. Louis traders in close touch
with the foreign situation have been
selling May and July on a liberal
scale. The latter is about 10c under
May. Were they to Btart to cover the
lifference might be reduced, as no one
but the bears have been selling the new
rop futures. The situation in regard
to supplies in Europe and afloat is not
strikingly bullish, stocks January 1
being 71,620,000 bushels, or 7,685,000
bushels less than last year, which is
about one week's supplies. The in
urease during December was 1,130,000
bushels, while for the same month in
1896 the decrease was 10,000,000
bushels. In the United States and
Canada the stocks, compiled by the
Daily Trade Bulletin, aggregate 85,
389,000 bushels. The decrease in De
cember was only 636,000 bushels, a
itriking contrast with the reduotion of
7,712,000 bushels in December, 1896.
The net increase in the world's avail
able supply during December was 494,
300 bushels, while for the same time in
1896 there was a reduction of 17,712,
000 bushels. The world's available is
157,000,000 bushels, as compared with
184,618,00 bushels January 1, 1896.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 72 73c per bushel.
Four Best grades, $3.75; graham,
(3.30; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 3536c; ohoice
fray, 83 84c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $19.
Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover,
110 11; California wheat, $10; do
aat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton.
Eggs 15 18c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 6560o;
Fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 40 50c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 12o; Young
America, 12c; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
8.00 per dozen; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.506.00; ducks, $4.5Q5.00
per dozen; turkeys, live' 10llc per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 4555c
per sack; sweets, $1.25 per cental
unions uregon, 1.752.00 per
lack.
iops 5iec per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4 6o.
Wool Valley, 1416o per pound;
Eastern Oregon. 78o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton,
8jo; spring lambs, 5o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
lightand feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$4.505.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8. 00;
cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 46c per
pound.
Veal Large, 45o; small, 6W
6o per pound. .
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native
creamery.
brick. 80c; ranoh, 16 18c,
Cheese Native Washington,
13o;
California, 9o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 22c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
8 00; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton
Oats-Choice, per ton, $19 20.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep,
8c; pork, 6c: veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 56c; salmon,
8c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders
and sole, 84; ling cod, 46; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 2)4 4c.
JJresn Fruit Apples, 4090o per
box; pears, 25 75c per box; oranges
navels, $2.25 2. 50 per box,
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada ll18c; Oregon, 12
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
Hops 12 16c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $2224; Cal
ifornia bran, $18.5019.60 per ton.
Onions New red. 7080c; do new
(ilverskin, $2.252.50 per cental.
Eggs Store, 2022c; ranoh, 28
25c; Eastern, 15 iu; duck, 16c per
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, ll)c; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound..
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels.
1.252.50; Mexican limes, $4.00
1.50; California lemons, choice, $2,25
2.50; do common, 75c$l.B5 per box,
Hay Wheat, $18.50 16; wheat and
)at, $18.5015; oat, $1113; best
barley, $1213.50; alfalfa, $10.60
11.50; clover, $10.5012.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 60c$1.85 per
large box; grapes, 2540o; Isabella,
8075c; peaches, 60o$l; pears, 75o
1 per box; plums, 2035a
Butter Fancy creamery, 27c; do
seconds, 25 26c; fancy dairy, 25o
jood to choice, 2324o per pound
Potatoes New, in boxes, 4Sc$l.
IMPROVING WILLAPA HARBOR.
plain Taylor Says It Can He Hone at
Small Expense.
A Washington corresH)iuleiit says:
(n his report recommending the im
provement of Willapa river and Mail
xnt slough. Captain Taylor, of the
wrps of engineers, says:
tllapa river empties into the ra
lie ocean through Willapa harbor
tbout 25 miles north of the mouth of
he Columbia river. The entrance to
kVillapa harbor trom the ocean has for
nany years maintained a depth of over
18 feet at nioan low water, and at the
present time has a depth of about 21
Eeet at mean lower low water.
The mouth of tha Willapa rivor is
sonsidered to be in the harbor about 12
miles in a direct line from the ocean
Dar. From the ocean bar to this point
he depths are ample for any class of
rossels, ranging from 27 feet to as much
is 70 feet at moan lower low water.
Near its mouth the illapa river is
joined by the North river, which flows
a course nearly at right angles to
that of the Willapa. Just above the
junction of these two streams is a bar
having a ruling depth of water over it
about 18 feet at mean lower low
water. The bottom of the river at tins
bar is lumpy, and the materia! forming
it appears to be fine, hard sand ami silt.
The bar separates the deep water of
Willapa harbor from the iteep water of
that part of Willapa river below Mail-
boat slough, whioh is a small cut-oti
ah'anuel, leaving the Willapa river
about one-half mile above South Bend,
the principle city on this harbor, and
Joining it again about l4 miles below
theci.ty. Immediately above the lower
end or mouth of Mailboat slough is an
Dthcr bar, having a controlling depth
of about 14 SI feet at mean lower low
water. 'These two bars have existed
with about the same depths whioh they
have today since the earliest recorded
surveys of this harbor were made, ox
oeut that the upper bar has scoured
sway from two to three feet since 1893,
when the government began the con
traction of a dike closing the upper
and of Mailboat slough.
"The principal businesses of Willapa
harbor are the the lumber business and
the fish and oyster business. Located
at South Bend are three sawmills, whose
combined aggregate daily capacity
about 150,000 feet. It is reported that
two of these nulls are to be rebuilt with
largely increased capacities.
"The lumber is mostly shipped to
San Francisco in small schooners, as
deep-draft vessols are denied chartor
for cargo from this harbor on account
of the two bars above mentioned. It
is claimed that, were these two bars re'
moved, the mills located on this harbor
would be able to compete with mills of
Puget sound, Columbia river and other
deep-water Pacific coast ports in the
foreign lumber trade. Whether the
lumber business of this harbor would
be so extended or not may be ques
tioned, but there can be no question
but that the present trade would be ma
terially benefited, as the vessels which
now oarry the lumber experience delays
on account of these bars. One flood
tide is required for loaded vessels to
cross the two bars. Before the harbor
throat (distant about 19 'miles from
South Bend) is reached, the tide
ebbing. ' As insurance companies pro
hibit vcssesl towing to sea on an ebb
tide, they are forced to lie at anchor in
a rather poor roadstead, oalled North
cove, for about 24 hours. During the
winter Bonthwest storms frequently
spring up, and vessels maybe barbound
from one day to a week after leaving
South Bend.
I am of the opinion that the most
advantageous and economical method
of improving - these bars is, to dredge a
channel through them to a depth of 20
feet at mean lower low water. Near
the lower shoal mud flats, which are
covered at a two-foot Btage of tide, ex
tend about miles to the north and
about one mile to the south. At high
tide this forms a wide expanse of wa
ter, and for this reason the channel
through the lower shoal should not h
less than 200 feet wide. The channel
through the upper shoal may he reduced
to 100 feet in width. The waterB ol
the Willapa river carry but little sedi
ment in suspension, its course is short
and for 12 miles above South Bend it
is a tidal stream. For these reasons i
is believed that a dredged chunne
would be fairly permanent."
The estimated cost of this improve
ment is as follows: Dredging at lower
shoal, 250,000 cubio yards, at 20 cents,
$50,000; dredging at upper shoal, 100,
000 oubio yards, at 20 centB, $20,000
engineering, contingencies, etc., $7,000
total, $77,000. '
Northwest Notes.
Antoine Maxine, a half-breed got
into an altercation with John Emanuel
an Indian, at a dance at Little Mission
and fatally stabbed him with a butohet
knife. '
The state boafd of audit and control
has rescinded the'fule: -which It adopted
of taking from the old soldiers whe
are inmates of the State Soldiers1
Home 25 per cent of their pensions,
Sherman county farmers have, . nof
sown as much ground to grain this fall
as Is customary, owing to the fact thai
they were-kept busy harvesting nnti
late, and since harvest have devoted
their time principally to getting theii
grain to market, leaving but little time
to devote to seeding. What grain was
sown .early in the fall looks well.
The action of the .state board
equalization in raising the,. Jackson
oounty assessment 50 per cetit on 'Stocks
of merchandise has oaused a storm ol
critioism and protest in that country,
Merchants are trying to arrange a meet
ing, to be composed of one representa'
tive of each firm, to take action in tin
matter. ' It is proposed that the repre
sentatives shall select three' of tbeii
number to take immediate legal action
to prevent the oounty olerk from enter
ing the 60 per cent additonal ' assess-
ment.
The French-Flagstaff' Mining Cora
pany has' determined to adopt the us
of cyanide,'' which is necessary to treat
the ores from the deep levels of the
mine. The company also intends to
put in dry crushing rolls, instead oi
the 10 stamps additional, as projected.
and will suspend . mill operations foi
a month or two, to admit of grading re
quired by the new installment of ma
chinery. Meanwhile drifting will be
pushed aotively north and south from
the main shaft at the 600-foot level
Lewis county tax collections for th
month of Nerambar war ovtr 87,09
"t riiiiNtsa Tnnor.
Among th discomforts of life ana tne
fullness thereof, Wiling to ever, i.,.,..., .
tbcre is that which t an so mslly niitiK ,r
entirely cure, tlx wonder Is why we endure
nd suffer o much. rum tug i
little aches, which are tne wear a. -the
physical structure of num. then an
always rvinclies good, belter am
choice should always be for the !"" ' '
tile m lien. wlii. li are the wear ami 'tir
surest and the cheapest. ! ''"' ' V
acute Mulcting wil h iliciiiyitism,mMii algi. ,
iatica or luiiiiwgo, or won u -
incuts of sprains mid bruises, or oi "".. -and
stillness, the eltlcacy of H. Jacobs Oil
nd the III Iness tliorcol ill so iimur
the fullness tnereoi m "
) mid perfect cures make it stand "" "
H-st remedy for imin. Why then should
i i.. .,l..i..if tmiiur tor It WW
mote
.1... i...
.... ... . , it
i niiiiiu in, iiiw " - " ....
.. ......l .... , .u i. t-ili. r hi ffoi lie l.'i iv i.
.. Iii number e cases
aggravations of discomforts and pain are
from delay. Why should we sutler I
v.m linn i in mortal i zed the raven,
Whittier the robin and Longfellow the
snow bird that sung to the moult runx.
tiik iim SCAHK.
i. .i. .ii. ,,,,, ,tln eiiisiislrinctit with
Si, mil over ('nb Is to some exlflll innm-m
mimniK" ii"-i " .. .,
. . . .' . . l ...n.li, II. I NITI
n .... u - i ( t.Hi.iiHMsin which i not
.in tHiiii ftihitr nitt intii nm it '"
il ,(Ml(iV nn aunt ' . " i
lu-ctu'd M tlw outfit, 'liift man x "r"r.
i r, n ""'"",.".; ,. ..I".,,,
.... i..i.. p.. iii. ii v. iiiiirrui I'l . mi ii.-
K'wm, malaria, suiney v....-..,
ml nvrvuusiivM.
A motm tho natives: of Mexico tliore
are, according to Lumbolta, about 150.
000 Burvivors ef the Aztec race.
AN OPCN LCTTER TO MOTHERS.
re or ssacrllni In the comls our rllit to th
exclusive w "I Uif "' t-Ar",l.,K,r' " V.
PlTCIll'.R'aCASTOKlA, ttnuur unit "
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ol llyaiuils, Binncniicu,
wa8tlieorlKlnntorof"PITCItKR'.SCASrOKIA,"
the same that has home sad iloes now hear th
lac simile signature of CI1AS. II. RltTeilKK on
every wrapper. Tills is the original "I'lTCIlKK'S
C.VS IOR1A " which has been lucil lu me nonies
of the mothers of America f.ir over thirty vmrs.
l.ool Carefully nt the wrsnper ami see that 11 is
the kinj yon .n aiwi.M tnughl, ami Ima the
slKimtur of C1IAS, H. l'I.UTCtll'.R on the
wrupiier. No one has authority from nie to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. It. Fletcher Is President.
Hunk 8, tfyf. 6AMU1SI, PlTCllltR, M.D.
I know that my life was saved by Pisi.'s
lire for I'on.niiniitioii. John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, 1SIB.
Statu or Oiim, (MtyokToi.kho.i
l,ecSCnCNTV. I
I'kank ,1. chunky makes onlh tlml he Is the
senior partner of the llrmol K. J, CiikncV A ( o
itnliik' iiiisiiiess in nie illy m iniiMiip, iiuiiij
ami Staie afoi esnUl, and thai the said firm will
ijr the sum of (INK IIHNIUtKli IKII.I.AKB tor
i nch anil every eai of Cataiikii that cannot he
cured by the use of Hall's i'atakhii nwa.
r ha.iii j. i i i r. r. i .
Sworn to before, mo ami subscribed In inv
presence, this tltli day of December, A. It. IKS.
-a. . iii.r.rti-i..,
seal Notary Public
Hall's Talarrh fure la taken Internally, nd
nclsdlrcctlv on t lip blood and mucous surfacos
uf the system. Scud fur testimonials, free.
r.j.i tinsel iv vai., mivuu, v.
fold by rtriiRBltls, 7.ic.
Hall's family Pills arc the best.
A tier heliiK swindled by all others, send usstamn
ONl.Y reiiewer of manly atrciiKili. MAHON
I'll KM H A I. CO., P. O. liux 747, Philadelphia, I'a.
rur particulars or kihk wniomon s Treiwiirt wte
A Boston genius has invented a lire
machine that will squirt out fires with
siind instead of water.
BEWAliE OF MORPHINE.
Special forms of Buffering lead mnny
a woman to acqturo tho morphine
habit Ono of these forms of suffering
is a dull, j srsistent puin iu the side,
accompanied by heat and throbbing'.
Mas. Lucy Feaslkv, IXibyCentcr, V t. ,
says: "I was very
miserable; was so
weak that I could
hardly get around
the houne, could do
nothing without
feeling tired out.
"My monthly
periods had stopped
aud I was
so tired
and nerv
ous all of
the time. I
.was trou
bled very much with falling of the
womb and bcarlng-down pains. A
friend advised me to take Lydla E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; I have
taken five bottles, and think it is thn
best medicine I ever used. Now I can
work, and feci like myself. I used to
be troubled greatly with my head, but
I have bad no bad headaches or palpi
tation of the heart, womb trouble or
bearing-down pains, since I commenced
to take Mrs. 1,'inkhaiu s medicine.
gladly recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to every suffering- woman. The
use of one bottle will prove what It
cau do." '
lull'
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ERIE MEDICAL CO.
on kmiiaka st
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actual horsepower)
Price, only $185.
l&HfflRPEg.
I imi"i".a ran?
i H" '.u orrup. castes tiooi!
tn time.
.pom By drmiglsts,
hom( pnonrcTa and I'iirr rno'ni
All Kaatern Huron, so-called. u,,.n..
light colored andoi heavy body, ! niH.lr. r, '
Klucose. "I'm Ciiirclrii iron" is u,,i (l
Miliar Cans and la sirlolly pure. It is li,r KiL
livtlrT-eiH grocers, in cans iiiiiv, Mantnac
lured uv I lie Pu mi Coast Hyaercn. All sen'
nine "I'm i.iiMiru I n iu" bats l he iimuuiae.
Hirer's name ltlhorsihed on every n.
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Both tlio mtdliod ami results when
Syrup of Figa is tukrn ; it is ilfiimi'it
iiml ivfrcHlYtng to tlio tusto, ami acts
gently yet promptly on tlio Kidneys,
Liver uiul Howels, cleiiiiHes the, fjh
torn effectually, ilitipeln coMh, Lend,
acliest ami fever and cures habitual
const! putinn. Syrup of Fis i tlio
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
tluced, plouHinjf to tlio UiHto mid nc.
ceptahlo to tlio Htoinncli, jirompt in
its aotiou and truly beiielieiul in its
elTeots, preiinred only from tho most
healthy and ngvoealiloHiiliKtuiiccs, itg
ninny excellent qualities commend it
to nit una hitvo lnauo it tlio moat
popular remedy known.
Syrup of l'ijs is tor Rale in &0
cut bottles by all lending time;.
gluts. Any reliable tlniggiHt who
tuny not have it on hum! will pro-
urn it promptly for imy ono who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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8AM HAKISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, A. tW tOM. H.1-
Dr. Sanden's
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No mors rheumatism; no more lame back,
kikney troubles, nervous tleblllty, eic.
1 he cause ol all nlsesst ami weakness is over
come by ih Is great llfr reiiewer, Dr. Hsiiili n's
McclrlC licit. II pourscieoTieiiy uiiiuoe iiouy
for hours at a time, hiithtliiK up vilallly ami
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YOUR LIVER
Is It WroiiK?
Get it Right.
Keep It Right.
Moore's Revealed llemedy will do It. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get It from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
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RODS;;;
raclnff and lncnlln, nt.1 A. Bllnr
r.,V1i"Li'r burlf'l treasures. M. II.
O W L E B, Dux ut, Southliigton.Oona,
N. !'. x. i;.
No. 4. '
writ Ills to advai'ti..!-. nlauat
mention this pap.,, .f