ut-arms, hut the minority senators
who have friends holding nsinor |x>si-
F k OM OCR CJ30ULAR U oRFEkl'OXDKNT.
tiont, would have no trouble in keeping
— p r m .lttlic v KVEUY fbjday mobnino .— Treaty W ill be Signed. American* Ac
them in place. The senate Inis always
quire Enormou* Colonial
— AT—
been more lilieral in thia respect with
W ash . I) 0 , Nov 21st, 181)8.
Possession*.
Inside information from Euroi>e con the minority, than the house. A senate
F lorkxcx ,
L ane C ocxty ,
O regon
minor otlicial’s place is usually secure
Paris dispatches of No»'. 23lli say:. cerning the back down of the Emperor
- - - BY • • *
William from his bluff, intended Io as long as his senator keeps his seat, hill
The joint peace commission met at 2 |
make Spain and thia country believe not a «lay longer. In other words, the
o'clock this afternoon. The Spanish
commissioners immediately announced tiiat he was about to take a hand in the senate patronage is controlled by indi
disposition of the Philippines, is the viduals more than party. To deprive
Editor nud Proprietor.
their accept*nee of the American de
cause of lunch quiet amusement in dip- a senator of any of his pap is regarded
mand*.
lomatic and official circles. This bluff ' as u violation of "senatorial courtesy.”
The peace commissioners were in
Florence, Or. Dec. 2, 1898.
separate session all tho morning. The was the emperor’s announcement oil The talk of Representative Dalzell, of
Spanish acceptance has been made ver his intention to vilit Spain, on his way i Pa, who is Speaker Reed’s right hand
E ffort * have lieen made in certain
home from the Holy Land; an an- man in the house, does not bear out the
bally and written acceptance will lie
.
,
i. i •
,
quarter* to ni&ke it appear that salmon
presented later. The Spanish commis- nouncement that resulted in an unex-I op nlon expressed n some quarters that
,
for propagating purposes could not lie
sioneis announced that they were peeled stiffening of the backbones of the | a elasli is likely between the speaker
obtained from the Siuslaw river in
authorized liy their government to reply Spanish Pence Commissioners, hut did nnd the administration on the colonial
sutlicient nuinliers to justify operating
that the American propositions were not change the American policy a iiairs- policy. It is generally understood that
the hatchery at Mapleton. The work
the administration wishes the colonies
n .dinissilite on legal principles and not hreadth. The backdown, which has
that’has been done there in the last 5
to remain under military rule at least a
made
him
the
laughing
slock
in
every
, , he
,
conipiomise
on legal
. ,
..
.. i
two years should
sufficient to show a proper
11
1
e principles.
r
»
On the Spanish part, all diplomatic capital in Europe, except Iris own, was year before congress attempt to legislate
dial all such statements are incorrect.
resi.urces are exhausted and the Spanish his announcement that “on account of for them. In reply to a question as to
In 1890 after repeatedly refusing Io
commission is now asked to accept or the weather” lie hail abandoned his whether he thought immediate legisla-
allow any funds to be expended for
reject tlie proposition. Spain inspired visit to Spain. The “ weather” in tire tion would bo necessary, Mr Dalzell,
that purpose, the lisli commission decid
by reasons of patriotism nnd humanity, ease was a straight tip tiiat his inten said: “ I do not. I think it would be
ed to allow a very *mnll sum to lie used
and to avoid the horrors of war, resigns tions towards Spain were of no more just as well to let the matter lio for
there as an experiment. Sowell srlis-
herself to the power of the victor. She consequence to the U S than tho pres awhile. We Bliouhl have time to study
fied were they with the result that last
accepts the offered conditions in order ence of those German warships in the situation and to determine what
year a larger sum was allowed and in
to conclude a treaty of |>eace. The Am Manila Bay were to Dewey, and would sort of legislation is needed. We can
consequence nearly one million young
erican demands include the acquisition have no more effect ; and that if he was run along witli a military government
salmon were hatched there anil placed
of the whole Philippines and Sulu group looking for trouble lie could find it by until the conditions are thoroughly
in the Siuslaw and its tributaries. If
for $20,000,000, and it is also under meddling in any way with Unde Sam. understood."
the work is commence. 1 in season there
stood that the United States will pur It is stated by memlicrs of the admin
is no reason why the artificial propaga
chase the Caroline group. The question istration that Spain has been notified
The Kidney Complexion.
tion of salmon cannot ho carried on as
that our demand must l>o accepted or
of the debt of Cuba is left unsettled.
successfully on this river as on any of
e' refused in a given time, hut the time
The Paris correspondent of
The pale, yellow, sunken-checked,
the coast streams.
is not given.
Times says :
distressed-looking people you so often
Prof Ilobt T Hill, of the U S gcolog- meet are afflicted with “Kidney Com-
It may he regarded that Spain w[ll
A n intkrmationai . jiostagc rate of two
cents per half ounce or fraction thereof accept the American conditions. nll(l ical survey, whose full knowledge of the nlex ion
....
i* now in prospect. In the United sign tlie treaty, perhaps even without j subject is unquestioned, said, in a lec-
Their kidneys are turning to a parsnip
States, sixty years ago, it cost six cents a protest. Tims her colonial empire 1 Dire before the National Geographic color. So is their complexion.
to send a letter of half that weight and will disappear forever, nnd the day is Society, on “Cuba and the home life of
They may also have indigestion, or
distance less than thirty miles, while to not far distant when the patrimony of l '10 people”, “The opinion regarding suffer from sleeplessness, rheumatism,
Cubans,
which
is
now, neuralgia, or brain trouble, nervous
send such a letter four hundred miles or the United States, accruing to them d |B
under
prosperity
from
exploiting
the
unfortunately,
quite
prevalent,
is
very exhaustion and sometimes the heart
more cost fifty cents, twenty-five cents
islands
and
with
good
administration,
j
largely
erroneous.
They
are
by
no acts badly.
per quarter ounce, “Tho World Moves.”
will have increased to four-told the sum means a lot of thieves, although, un-
The cause is weak unhealthy '¡idncys.
T he BnoADAXK Inst week called upon tdal of the terrible war indemnity douhtcdly there is a large class of these
Usually the sufferer from kidney dis
on the island. The larger part of the ease does not find out what the trouble
Sheriff Withers to explain why lie France paid Germany.
population, however, is composed of is until it is almost too late, because the
“ hasn’t appointed some populist depu
ties among the two dozen or more
intelligent fairly-wcll educated men, first symptoms are so like mild sickness
VOTERS AT SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
deputies since his taking ofiiee live
w ho have properly interests to guard fi,nt fi,ey j„ noj think they heed a med-
months ago?'' Who is to determine
Considerable misunderstanding hav nnd business aff.irs to superintend, as [ icine or tt dostor nnti, tliey flnJ theln.
whether a man is a impulist or not? ing arisen in regard to the provisions of in any other civilized country. In selves sick in bed.
The Bioadaxe or some other authority? the hill defining the qualifications of mechanical lines, the Cubans have not
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root will build
voters nt school elections which was i progressed as rapidly as they might, for up and strengthen their weak and dis
To make a rami appreciate an ad passed nt tho special session of the | they are essentially an agricultural eased kidneys, purify tlieir diseased,
vantage, let him lie deprived of it legislature, tho Oregonian published a people. As tillers of the soil they rank kidney-poisoned blood, clear their
temporarily after enjoying it for a time. letter from Dr Kuykendall, the author very high, and many of their plantations complexion and soon they will enjoy
The people on the river think a great of the hill explaining its provisions. A are models of their kind. While the tlieir health.
ileal more of the daily mail now than portion of the letter is given below.
Cuban army contained a large percent
You can get the regular sixc3 at the
they did before it nils cut down for a
Eugene, Ore., Nov. 19th, 1898. age of colored people, there lire thous drug store, nt fifty cents and one dollar,
So many inquiries have reached me ands and thousands of pure white men, or you may first prove for yourself the
week.
a lt« the provisions of senato hill no. 08, thoroughly Cuban in heart and mind. wonderful virtues of this great discovery,
I t now *ecinH probable that there will passed nt tho special session of the legis Then, too, the colored Cuban himself is Swamp-Root, by sending your nddr
, > i . I,
, , , „ , , i
- -
he an extra session of congress next lature, that I have thought beet to ask _ not . such
a bad fellow. In fact, Cuba is j to Dr Rilmer A Co> Billgl,aillptoni N Y
spring as it is not expected tiiat body tlie use of your columns fur a reply, die only one of the West Indian islands,
for a sample hottie and a hook that tells
will dispose of all the important matters Perhaps the best answer would be to *n which I have found that the colored all about it, both sent to you absolutely
that demand attention at the regular publish tho hill itself. But unfurtu- man will work; in Porto Rico and all (ree j,y niai|. When writing kindly
nntely the hill was never printed and 1 ' l|ie other islands, his wife, like the mention that you saw this liberal offer
session.
T JE C E
"Y Ä T T R pyT *. SPAIN
ACCEPTS
TERMS.
PERSONALS
WASHINGTON LETTER.
W. H. WEATHERSON
am unable to furnish an exact copy of Indian squaws, is forced to perform all
W i found among our exchnngrs this it. Being thoroughly familiar with its the drudgery. In Cuba, as von know,
week a copy of tho “Industrial Free
provisions, I will give n brief outline of the colored man enjoys social privileges
dom” a publication edited ut Edison, them.
accorded him in few other places, hut
Washington and devoted to advancing
First it prescribes the qualifications (here is no danger that the island will
the interests of co^fperative colonies.
of voters at all school meetings and
school elections in all districts in this population is constantly decimated by
W r acdnowi . eixie receiving a copy of
state. I speak of this particularly lie- disease, while the whites thrivo and in-
ths KeniiOentennial History of Oregon,
.
pnhlishc I ! ‘ nuse 80,,,B nave supposed its provisions ! crease in numtiers.
by Horace 8 Lyman. It is
were limited to certain districts. It
It is regarded as reasonably certain
by the university at Eugene and we find
provides
Hint
any
citizen,
mule
or
that
the fifty-fifth congress will, before
it very interesting rending.
female, may vote in any school meeting'the close of the last session, soon to
I ¡„ 'pIIB W est .
j
.
THE REV. IRL R. HICKS.
Annual Almanac and monthly paper,
Word and Works, are now known from
sea to sea. We are pleased to call the
,,
attention of our readers to the Almanac
for 1899, now ready. It is a splendidly
printed al,j i||uitratei| lKX)k „( n 6
pages mid the storm forecasts and dia-
grams and astronomical and scientific
G C Oumpiun returned from Eugene
H IT WHITE STIA!
the tirst of the week.
Landlord Butierlield returned home
Saturday after a brief «Hit to Eugene.
Mrs E C Knowles returned home
Monday alter a weeks visit in Floreme.
J A Lev-age’s f i,nilv intend soon to gn ;
to their ranch on Mercer lake to reman,
a few weeks.
Will Neely and Oscar Oates who are
lugging above Meadow spent thanks
giving at Acme witli their parents.
Miss Patterson who was teaching
school at Point Terrace gave up her
sc hnol and returned to her home in
Eugene Mon.l.iy.
Mr Luv a representative of l,ie nl,°
, .
, Mii|pr Slots A
sale hardware house ot Miller moss «
SL,()tt „(S.„, Friini i8c.i was duing business
jn Florence yesterday,
Warren Andrews, Toot Stinglcy and
a M r Thurman went up Knowles neek
thi* week to commence logging for tie
winter on W H Weathersou’« place,
.
„ ,
Joe Slemmons was in town Sunday,
He had finished working at Mapleton
and was on tiis way home to spend the
winter at his ranch on upper Smith |
river.
CBptain Ballard, a brother of tlie
owner of the shipyard at Ballard, Wash,
spent a few .lavs in Florence the first of !
this week. He came down the beach j
from Yaquina.
Charles Russell and family have )
moved from the Sutton house to tho j
second story of the old variety store
building and are now occupying rooms
over Justice Holden's office.
• Coquille City Herald: E.l Iladsall,
who lias been living on tho Siuslaw for
tlie past 7 or 8 years, has returned. He
lias moved on his ranch and informs us
that he lias come to stay.
We acknowledge a pleasant call this
week from Rev \V A Sniick of Albany
w|iQ 8|ieIllli„g
n( weeks ¡„
Florence and assisting Rev I G Knotts
in holding a «cries of meetings,
AO Fouke has been making a large
lantern this week for the steamer Eva.
It is similar to a locomotive head light
and is intended so furnish light to assist
in navigating the Umpqua.
SCHOOL.,“ SPORT-
The following is a correct report of
the school in Dist. No. 149 of llecela.
Lane county, Oregon for the month be
ginning October 31st and ending Nov.,
25th ,1898:
No enrolled
9
Average daily attendance
8
No days taught
19
Total number days attendance
152
Total number days absence
18
No of visitors
5
Those not absent during the month
are Elman, Cecil nnd Dora Spangli,
Examination was held at the close of
tlie month. Those whose standing iu
mental arithmetic was over 90 were
Clifford Spangli and Burton Cobh. In
grammar, Clifford and Eva Spangli. In
reading, Ollio Hanson and CicilSpangli.
Highest general average was that of
|
F irst C lass A rticles a t M ost
C alendar
1899
“An American Girl”
i
%
*
We carry no shop-worn, or
Auction Goods of any kind.
Some of the latest arrivals
are Hats and Caps, Boots and
Shoes, Oiled Clothing and
Rubber Goods, Hardware,
Crockery and Glassware, Dry
Goods, and Fancy Articles,
which must be seen to be
appreciated.
%
In Dress Goods and Dress
| Trimming, can ba found
1 Serges, Cashmeres, Henrietta,
Full line of Ladies, Gents
and Children’s underwear. |
In Fancy Articles can bo |
< Ladies Cloth, Suitings Water-
found
Fascinators,
Child’s |
Bootees,
Mittens, $
Afc
? proofs.
«
Hoods,
>
Trimmings to match
a
.
.
in
.
> Gimps, Velvets, Silks, Satins
ETC., iu all Shades,
RUCHINGS, tho latest, Bob- ¡ >,
¿2;
&
binet, Hosiery, Ladies’ and <
Gents’ Neckwear ETC.
Mt
In fact, if there is anything you require
that a merchant can supply, call on
Y o u rs T ru ly
0. W . HURD.
CARMAN’S
CHEAP CASH STOKE!
★ Groceries ★ and * Notions.
FLORENCE ¿MEAT MARKET..
'Just Opened..........
Goods as Reoresented.
J. W . C A R M A N ’
'-'•-ofi.
Remember
g irdle them .”
though uot taxpayers.
e t ¿y m li ivltlre«»*«!
P r e v i., h e p t
M
¡ 8 envelop«,
2 5 8 Herbert
X 6 * read* I"” them.
v L ulmi
U s ty u ». .
C
•'■)» "-o™.,. '
alish w
^yvKkecpmb
- oborlband.
penmanship
CeleSraphy.
rjr-
TO
A hou** and In» ¡„ r-i
,
i
ot n Alienada. The
We hare
llOURt 1(5 24 fpgif an I
a half m i
. "
’ °n* •l"ry
" ’’M »•
" » » — « « a...« . :
,
p*r,,cu,#rs ,0 »ny*ldr
f
l»<jui-»attl
« ,nrthlK
r 1 ° ,’Tr i **v
lusonnv* SMg , Cl teago,
.' Star,
thia offica.
O n t t lt f ie e
R easonab le ;
PR IC ES.
Drv Goods,
H O O D ’S
*
W ith S eason ab le Goods, a n d a s u su a l of
first class q u a lity . “ OUR A IM :“ to Sell I
Guard: As returned bv Assessor
Ihn ton and equalized by the county
board of equalization the Southern
pH,.ifie Company w
pay taves in Lane
comity on property value! ns follows •
N« °f miles, main line, 49.76 @
4500 per mile.......................... $183,420
X° ‘’f "liIe" "'“«'•»’"rn Spring-
—
Br“"cl' 17 83 « »3500 per
61,705
Pro rata on rolling slock 58 6J
,llile8 & 519 per mjle
'
29,195
TotMl ni'"il>er of acres including
. co",n“’t ■“H'1'' 408,012 value 534.675
' "llIU oi il“ ‘’ruve,“ehl0
3,400
or school election, in any district in this open, appropriate more than two bil-
say tliRl
matter arc superior to anything that
stale, who is 21 years of age, has resided ' lions of dollars. It has already appro-
ever buen 8een
¡„
25
message to
intbe.lisirictSO
daysm
id
has
property
printed
almost
one
billion,
and
the
war
lxK)k.
His
monthly
journal,
Word
and
that Ima
in
the
district
of
the
value
of
»100,
as
expenses
that
must
lie
provided
for
at
Works,
is
ono
of
the
best
literarv
for uiany
shown by the preceding county assess- the last session, leave little doubt that |,onie and scientific magazines iu tlie’
ment, on which lie or she pays u tax the two billion mark will he reached, country, besides containing his monthly
Total assessed value
$812,395
A voter having I lie above qualifica- But there will he no political cry raised ilorm forcc.,st8 witl, explanations. The
T h s W ea r lia s for sa le o n e v en ts'
tuition in the Holmes Bnriness College lions may, of course, vote at any school against any appropriation made necei- subscription price of Word and Works
of Portland. Thia is one of the leading meeting or election in any district.
sary by the war.
is $1.00 per year and a copy of tho
Imsiness colleges on the coast, having
The bill provides, however, furan-
Coupon
Private
James
S
Sowers,
of
the
71st
Hicks almanac is sent as a premium to
Eiitflish. • , C‘»iiiiiwrf.inl,
And
i d of < voter«
.
i van vote
. i only
t ill
’
’ ShortliMtid
,
r other clUK
who
New York, to || tlie war investigating every yearly subscriber. Single copies
Telegraphic depnrtinent» mid we offer :
tbit tuition on easy farm..
,," 'r,chl w" b lo“ ll,n" a 1000 ¡"habitant. commission tiiat the reason the regulars of the Word mid Works, 10 cents. Price
— — — ———
and there only on the question of the fared better than the volunteers in the of Almanac alone, 25 cents. Send your
is a perfect Itemi,
The San Francisco Examiner and the election of director and clerk. This Gillian campaign,
campaign, and
nnd elsewhere, was order to Word and Works Pub. Co.,
tv, patriotic, up to
date. Subject:
, | 10 rt»gU|nr olliecrs took care of 2201 Locust street, St. Louia, Mo.
W h t lor on« year $2.50 pniJ in ud- section provides that iu districts of less
than
1000
inhabitants,
widows
or
male
thelr
wllik,
t,10
volunteer
officers
vanee.
citizens who are 21 years of age, have took care o( themselves. He is tlie first
GOOD GOODS, WELL ADVERTISED.
resided in the district .10 days nnd “ who private who has told tho commission
GIRDLINti FRUIT TREES.
--------
One of the handsomest pieces of color
have children in the district of school that, but thousands of them have told
Going the rounds of the press is an work issued this year. I.iiliographed
age, may vote nt any meeting for the the same thing to tlieir friends.
A writer in northern frni s who has 'election of directors nnd tlerk. The
item stating that the Royal Baking wil,‘ Iwrder of army and navy emblems
tried girdling to induce bearing in un- above are tlm only provisions ol the
Those who lielieve in tlie dominant Powder Company is the largest adver- e,uBossed in gold. Leave your name
productive Irnit trees gives the follow- ' hill as lo the qualifications ol electors.
power of bread and butter arguments tiser in America.
Of courso, tlie <'t!i your druggist and ask him to save
ing at one of the conclusions reached
Another section provide* llmt all think that all of the democratic and business itself must be an enormous one T°" “ col’y or ’vnd 6 vents in stamps for
( districts with 2000 or more children of populist senators will try to prevent an to justify so great an expenditure in , onv ,0
0 1 HOOD A CO.,
liecaiiRS of the experiment :
proper
"ell<>o1
"«»
bIiuI1
»uWivided
into
vot-
extra
session
of
congress,
in
order
to
publicity.
There
is
no
fallacy
more
Lowell’ Mass,
"First—That girdling at the
flow
of
'
'"H
wards,
to
conform
as
nearly
as
have
their
friends
who
hold
positions
dangerous
than
that
success
can
he
Men,,on
,hi’
P
“P»rj
Tus
"
sst
.
season checks the downward
|s»sil.le to existing city wards, nnd that under ths senate, keep them until the gninedbyadvertisioganarticleofindif-
sap and forces tree to from fruit buds.
“Becond—That gridling will not injure > “> h ntiiei. must vote in 1.is own ward, end of next year. It will be rsinembei- ferent merit. But by giving nn article
the tree (except that injury wlileh may Tlie hill had nn emergency clause so il ed that no one party having a majority
tho highest quality like the Royal!
Hood's Sa.-ssparilli |$
ion s’ from overbearing) if properly done 14 now 1,1 »’'L’vt.
in the senate, the patronage of Hint Baking Powder, which when tlie lionse-
ll will la) seen that in districts of 1000 body is distributed proportionately to keeper has once used she finds if she'
«ny time between June 1st and June
America's Greatest Medicine
15th.
I or more inhabitants nil voters must the voting strength of each party, deairca tho best food she cannot do
for tha Blood and the
'•Tljird_Proper girdling consists in
l,ll‘
qualification*, nnd all However, it is not likely that the pal- without, then the greatest measure of
taking a ring of hark ono fourth inch have the name right*. Iu such districts ronage of the senate will be a factor in gucccM is altaine<| by keeping it coutin- ' Best that Money Can Buy
Hence take only Hood's
or more wide entirely around tho tree, voters must have the pro|«rty qualitlca- deciding whether there will 1« “n ually liefore tho public. Great merit ,
cutting clean to the wood, hut no tion. Ill dielrld* of let* than 1000 extra session ol congress. It is true an,j ^ „ i advertising are loti, essential
inhabitants an elector with the alone that if nn extra session it held, M«re ,0 roake a product a great success. The
deeper.
lu k lng Powder .ovsses.ing the
“ Fourth—That
productive
tree* qualification, esn vote at any school will he a rc-organi.alion of the senate.
meeting
on
any
question.
Butin
these
which
would
give
the
majority
the
big
first,
the
proprietors have wisely used hT.Vw« w'r'Xn m in"«” *’
should not he girdled, as the prime ob
smaller
districts
it
is
also
provided
tiiat
positions,
such
aa
secretary
and
sergeant
tlie
second,
and the result is apparent
ject in girdling is to bring unproductive
parent*
ol
school
children,
if
actual
--------------
-
-
-
-
througho.it
the
land. The Royal comps-
trees into l*esrittif, and some varieties,
with
,i _ I
W a NTSD— «KVKRAL T K IT T W O R T IIY r R K « O N l I N
. . .
.
( sv.u
i i v m , . * «ni|»
i . uri».*
w Aznliwl.l,,.
. „„ ----
hernia oí Uinilief, widows or lathers, tht«
with . D
rw
*ii,1
|„ ‘ lhe H . n M
nJ ,he
Mute t.i nmnrt<e our bitHinv««. hi their oun n y believe that there is no medium for Olyraia«
Mine
•U’ rv.
m
- îui
Î u
lr * '’f
the
like Rolin’e (?) Pippin, are so unproduc
taltlr at
at the
the b!l
tall ,,r
Manila
R.,,,'»,?..
,'*r
,h,>
Frlmtul
u f , “ u rX " r m
may vote at any .chool meeting for the
tive that almut the only wav lo ever
M .Ä Ä S L '!
"» » " w . ..»™ ¡ M K S Ä B S S I 'S thL?.,'Ll
*’”* pen»»’« -dvflulU»,
h,>,k
get the trees to bear profitably is to election of directors and vleik, « t n k • -vv*r
Ir» 1*»» x«l«r\. Monthly
„ ____
__
F rv la h t n a il
R esorts from Washington
President McKinley’s next
congress w ill lie the longest
been sent by any president
year» past.
IS NOW F IL L E D
*
|
Otlio Hanson, 95*4 |>er cent,
Average deportment 100.
Parents mid friends are cordially in
vited to visit the school and note for j
themselves the progress of the pupils.
D elia D M orris , teacher.
THE S P CO ASSESSMENT.
*
*
•ars, parati