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1 5 - YOL. XXXVI No. 19.1 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 183 1 WEEKLY EDITION I 4 EASTERN. News of the Week from Be yond the Rockies. A SPECK O WAB. A War oa Paper, war the Action of the V. 8. hut. Niw York, Jan. 28. Many pa pen tbia morning give much space to the question of a poaaible war between Great Britain and the United Bute. The World publishes interviews with promi nent buKineM men ; all of them believe war impossible. The San, In a doable-leaded leader, says: "The senate of the United States haa paused a measure which, in intention and effect, is a challenge to one of the greatest powers of the earth. Senators who took part in the discussion on Mon day distinctly recognized the fact that the retaliation bill is a notification and a menace, which, under certain conditions of public feeling, would lead to war with Great Britain. In defense of American rights, we are about to take a position from which we shall not recede. The alternative of peace or war lies with Great Britain, Pluck and patriotism rang out in the senate chamber on Mon day. The talk of war was not ridiculous, (or it is justified by the outrages to which oar fishermen have been subject for months at the hands of Dominion cruis ers, and nations have Iieen embroiled be fore this for less cause. Our coasts are defenseless, our b arbors are unprotected, our great cities are at the mercy of the first comer." We have no forts, no guns, do chips tit to withstand an attack of an enemy equipped with the appliances of modern warfare. The enemy that comes may be a ruili.in among nations, a coward, a bully, seliish and ra pacious, and, nevertheless, he may bring guns capable of raking Man hattan island. Let not congress neglect its duty any longer. hue firmly and fearlessly maintaining American rights against Great Britain or against the world, let the senators and the represen tatives in congress remember that firm noss and fearlessness are not the only ways of manifesting patriotism." "A CAUCUS OF PLUTOCRATS." Toronto. Jan. 29. Reierrini to the Washington fisheries legislation, the Globe says : "The United States senate , since it became a caucus of plutocrats has displayed Uttle statesmanship, ant and its decadence in general esteem will be furthered by its retaliatory fisheries bill. When no regular evidence was before them, and with none in rebuttal of the statements of angry fishermen, the senators of the United States have brought Canada up for trial, pronounce her guilty and put a weapon for her pun ishment into the president's nanas, The use of that weapon will injure the American trade at least as much as Can adian. It does not lessen the contempt due to senatorial legislators that their game in me uiniomauc aspect in mo uiu one of alarming Great Britain into bull dozing Canada. , Nothing Certain. Wasiunutos, Jan. 20. Information received from New York frem day to dav. would indicate that it is by no means certain that a virtual lease of the O. R. A N. railroad to the Union Pacific or Oregon Short Line, has been secured A numlter of railroad officials in New York state irositivelv that the lease nearly consummated, while others, and perhaps an equal number, say they can not see that anv progress in that line heinir. or can be. made. It is said that the legal obstacles are too great to be overcome without further legislation. A business man from the northwest, who came down from New York to-day, states he was told by a high railroad official that the '.ease is not consummated, is not tending in that direction, and further, the probabilities are that it never will be. (itml Stone Funeral. New York, Jan. 27. The funeral of General Stone took place to-day. The re mains were interred in the National cem etery at West Point. Til r UREA. T STRIKE. I'orTjr Thousand Men on Slrlks York. New York, Jan. 27. The coal sltovel ers, longshoremen, and freight handlers. along the docks and piers of this city, to the number of 40,000, are out on a gen eral strike against "scab" coal, and Uie Knights of Labor are co-operating with the strike. The result is that the docks and streets ailiarant are almost impassa ble, and the European steamers have been unable to wt in their reeular sup plies of coal. It will be a serious blow to shipping interests. INTERESTING AFFIDAVITS. 8. T. Richardson's Affidavit Coaccratnc the "Invowtis-ntion." Wasiusutojc, Jan. 27. Among the af fidaviu secured by Special Agent Shack" elford, bearing on swamp-land matters, is one made by 8. T Richardson, a law VeratKalom an tba 1Ath nf last October. It recites that daring the session of the leiriHlatnrA in lftHS be was arjDointed law clerk by the joint committee of the legis lature on tmblie lands, to assist them in investigating the management of swamp lands in Oregon. That while so em ployed he marked on a man the filings in which H. C. Owen appeared by records to be Interested, either as original claim ant or as grantee, and said filings, as near as he can recollect, aggregated about 13, 000,000 acres. He says a report of said committee was prepared to be submitted to the legislature, but for some reason unknown to him the report was sup pressed. After the preparation of said map, affiant asceitained that it would be impossible to enter on the same the filings of other swam d-land claimants con dieting with Owen's filings, and thereupon he, Richardson, made ab stracts of the swamp-land filings, specific ally showing the conflicting claims of the respective parties, which abstracts were taken in charge by said committee, and where they now are affiant knows not. The affidavit recites that the filings of tnren were, as a rale, made by succes sions of townships in a lamp, or by nat ural monuments, without respect to the legal subdivisions of the survey. Illalna Poshing Ilia Candidacy. Philadelphia, Jan. 27. The Times' Washington special says : Senator elect Hiscock has been in close conference wich a few prominent republicans of the house, and has startled them with the emphatic announcement that Blaine has not only formally announced himself to certain leaders in New York as a candi date for the presidential nomination, but, with the consent and co-operation of those gentlemen had already commenced the work of securing the New York dele gation. Senator Hiscock admitted sub stantially that his own election is due to friends working upon the supporters of Morton, with that gentleman s assent, and by arrangement with them had re stored harmony in the republican party which would insure the carrying 01 the Lmpire state for Blame. Interstate Commerce Bill. Wasuisuto, Jan. 27. The attorney general still has the interstate bill under consideration. It was referred to him yesterday by the president with a request in the usual printed form to report if there was any objection to its approval. Naw York, Jan. 28. The Northern Pacific railroad officials have decided to loan the destitute farmers along their line a hundred thousand, bushels of seed grain to sow for the coming crop. THE CHEAT STRIKE. Much Delay to Shipping, and Baslnesa Paralysed oa the River Front. New York, Jan. 28. Business along the river front in this city is almost com pletely paralyzed. Very little work has been done since the commencement of the strike of the longshoremen and coal handlers. The strikers are now endeav oring to induce the pilots to join in the strike. The steamer "l-.nn," 01 me na tional line, is only partly loaded. She should have sailed yesterday. She will not be able to leave before Monday. The steamer " Helvetia." which belongs to the same line, has only a small portion of her cargo discharged. The anairs are in about the same situation at the Guion docks. The strikers are quite demon strative and confident of success. literal Convicted. New York, Jan. 28. Bieral, the dis charged employe who attemjrted to kill Beattie, surveyor of the port of New York, bv shot-ting him, some months since, was found guilty to-day. The jury ornmends Bieral to the mercy of court. ANOTHER TBIXK MYSTERY. rec ti) e Th M ordered Man formerly n Reeldent of Oirfon. New York, Jan. 28. Unger, the man suppected of packing the body in the trunk, was arraigned in the Tombs police court to-day, charged with murder. He exhibited stolid indifference, and when asked if he desired to make any state- ment, simplv sneerea anu lurueu um head away. At the request of Inspector Byrnes, be was reraanueu to pwi uvm- ouarters. Uie cniei mysvery ui uio io now is tne ici uia mo which identification will oe uimeun, is still missing. rtahla was born in one oi tne eastern country some years ago, and traveled to California and uregon, ucro u rMKB in business, st the mouui oi toe vwum-v.:- .u--r I jut Julv he came hast. He then had a draft for $1200 from some Or egon bank, which he exchanged for a . L. -.a MnitlM SArASStha German urau, mhbm . . . n a tiMinv in ItDP. ooean to seuie up i" . m.nv lie was away two uwuus jn h fall this time with IT'lUI liens aa - m a m ti Kr, drsft for 11200. which he bad exchanged, and went West again, butre- turned aimee uuuiTOi-v Unsrer. the prisoner strongly insists that BotAe went to Chicago last week. He met August uonio i : i -r. OTrttnemeni inseneu vj thatall the Ume Unsrer was maturinga icheme to get rid of Bohle and secure his m(T2L' ant. were made to-night to . .i,.TLinn,KJn of the Ridge street ?Ir A woman tolvf the po- Kron-lay - Friday e met lVl" ,1 of something from hismto-the sink inth. hallway, and Uiai 5' " .w; K.l n.r . a rtm TTt 1111 ave - a a T hefo. It is thought" risible that ThlS was RnKw" rr,v..t e Pa.l may have contained the manur ed bead of the moroerwi uiau. Gambling in Wneat. , Chicago, Jan. 28. Wheat openea weak this morning. May delivery open-1 ing at 84,'e. and advancing to &4c, but I falling back to 834'c. The afternoon pa-1 pers say r leia, Lindley & Co. are sap posed to have sold about 2.000.000 bush els of their wheat yesterday through a new set of brokers. Trades with this firm which have been open for weeks were settled op this morning. As Field, Lindley & Co, have represented tne Cal ifornia clique, which has been catting a great figure in wheat on the boll side, the discovery this morning that Field, Land- ley ft Co.'s open trades were settling up made a very weak feeling Indeed. It is not believed that the Cahfomians sold all their wheat and it is not believed that they could have sold ii they had wanted to without a very bad break, bat of three to four .million bushels which Field. Lind ley ft Co. held, the theory is that baU was sold yesterday. Cables were de pressed this morning, but this would have been offset by a very considerable de- c ine in r rench rentes, which continues since last night. Ine discovery, how ever, concerning Field. Lindley ft Ce.'s selling caused all other Influences to be forgotten. Attempt to Kill the ArehbUhop. New Yorx, Jan. 28. There has been much excitement at the archiepiscopal palace during the week on account of the reception there last Monday ol a myste rious box of French candies which are believed to be poisoned. Nothing out of the way would probably have been seen about this box had it not been for a sin gular letter which came to the archbish op, warning him against threatened dan gers. It advised Lim to take extra . pre cautions when be went out driving, and to have every box or package which might come to the palace as a present for him examined and its contents tasted before he used Uie in. This package con- tamed a very Jine assortment of candies with a card inscribed "with the compli pliments of Dr. Helmuth." Dr. William Todd Helmuth and bis son, the only Drs, Helmuth in New York, knew nothing about such box, and had sent the arch bishop no present. This made the resi dents of the palace certain that some thimr was wrong, so the candies were sent to the chemist for analysis. It is not yet finished. The letter is believed to afford a clew to the sender of the box, and if the chemist's analysis should dis close the presence of poison measures will be takes for his discovery. Mr. Kmmou Sane. Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. The ver dict of the jury is that Mrs. Emmons, whose case has gained a wide circulation, is sane. THE GREAT STRIKE. Ono Striker nnder Bonds tor Cooapiracj New Recruit. New York, Jan. 29. The longshore- . 1 t 1 11 t -A 'I men s ana coai-oanu.eni siriae goes on. and new .complications are. being added lO uie Bliasuon. J snioa vuinn, ui tne executive board of the longshoremen's union, has been arrested for conspiracy, in conspiring to injure the business of the Old Dominion steamship company. The company asks for twenty thousand dol lars damages. Quinn has been released upon five thousand dollars' bail. The men on several railroad dorks have joined in the strike, mere is no pros pect ol settlement. Recuperating in Canada. Nsw York, Jan. 21). The German Savings bank, of Jersey City, has claed its doors. Shoteder, treasurer of the bank, is recuperatinir in Canada, with 130,000. A a AnarthUt Plot. Ciiicaoo, Jan. 30. Police captain Schaack, in an interview to-day, admitted ttiat he had been over a fortnight inves titrating what appeared to be an anar chist plot to save Spies snd his fellow conspirators from death on the gallows. Within a month there has been a marked revival of interest in the anarchist meet ings in this city, and the efforts of police to keep track ol their proceedings has been redoubled. As a result the captain came into possession of a drawing which is recoirnized as the basement plan ol the jail and criminal court building. It was accurate in every particular, even to the sewer and waste pipes. Accurate base ment plans of buildings in Clark street extending to the jail alley were also shown. From certain of these building lines were drawn, which met in the ren ter of Uie jail yard. An investigation showed . that the basements indicated were those for rent or those which could be leased. Captain Schaack's inquiries led to the theory that the lines centering in the jail yard represented possible or projected tunnels. Negotiations had been entered into for the lease of one basement by prosperous shoe-dealers, who stipulated for a division of the basement by a close partition separating the front Irom the back. Boxes were to be delivered and taken from the rear-end entrance. A close watch has been kept but without result and all bones of can- taring the conspirators have been aban doned. Capt. Schaack believes that the design was to cheat the gallows by blow ing op the condemned anarchists and with them the officers delegated to con duct the execution. If the tunnels were designed to enable the anarchists to cape the lines would not reach to the jail yard, but to the jail itaeil. Oregon Matters WaSHiyoTox, Jan. 33. Among the new items inserted Jby the senate com mittee in the sundry civil bill, and which have not been reported, are 110,000 for a salmon hatchery on the Colombia, an appropriation for maintaining post lights on Puget Sound and to fill up the gap in the littoral triangulation between the Or egon line and PortOrford of $3,500; to fill op a gap in the littoral tnangulatloa bet ween Port (Word and Coos bay. $2000 : repairs of the signal service station at the mouth of the Colombia, $500. The ap propriation for continuing the surrey of the coast ' of Oregon, and continuing the survey of the Columbia nver from the mouth of the wtliamettft towards the Cascades has bee increased to 17000.- Th appropriation tor continu ing the exploration in Alaskan waters and the establishment of astronomical, longitude and magnet stations between Sitka and the southern end of the territo ry has been increased .from $5,000 to $12,000. The PresUeat will ilgm. Naw York, Jan. 30. The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: The president will sign the interstate mmtTce m Uie attorney gene- . b exjuninlng tbe bill, shall convince him that some of its parts are unconstitutional. Cleveland has not ex amined it himself as yet, except eo far as is his habit to keep the general run of important legislation proposed in con gress, bat it can be said lie believes in the necessity of legislation by congress to regulate and control the great corpora tions which carry on the commerce be tween the states. PROBABLY A SUICIDE. Raymond, Son of Aagwst Belmont, Killed. New York, Jan. 31. Raymond Bel mont, son of August Belmont, the great banker, and representative of the Roths childs in America, shot himself through the head in the shooting- gallery in the basement of the Belmont resi dence in this city this morning, He died instantly. A man who was witn young ueimoni a. vne ume savs that Uie shooting was accidental. However, the coroner believes it is a case of suicide. Intoxication was the proba ble cause. TUt Great ktrtks. New York, Jan. 31. There is no ma terial change in the great strike of 'long shoremen and coal handlers. The nam- her of non-union men at work is largely increasing, and this will probably be the final solution of the great strike. THE QUESTIOl OF A XN EX ATI OX. Senator I-alU Talk. apo. the Snhjeet In Earaest. Chicago, Jan. 31. News' Washington special : In an interview Senator Ingails declared himself, with characteristic em- tli as is. in favor of the annexation ol ian ada. and also of the entire Central Amer- ' - a a ican states. Since his vigorous speecn on the fisheries bill he has received 100 j in DCreM,nJ ' namber. sre still coming in increasimr number. He has received a irood many from Canada, all anony raous, vituperative, vindictive, and inso lent to the last degree, those received from all oarta of the United Mates are comrratuiatorv and enthusiastic. Speak ins of the attacks ot the r.ngusn ana . m , o 11 a Canadian press on him. Iniralls said Thev are seekinir to divert the issue from the gravity of the accusation to the insignificance of the accuser. We have lteen so submissive and so forbearing in the nast that the world is coming to be lieve us a nation Of cowards. There has been so much transfusion of the dry rot of Anelo-mania into onr social system, and nonsense about kindred wool, mat there has been temporary aberration ol intellect and suspension of self-respect on the iart of the American people, who fonretthat Enirland is the only enemy we have on the lace ol the earth, it it time America aaoke to the fact that statesmanship of the nineteenth century requires the unification of this continent under one homogeneous government from the frozen sea to the interoceanic canal, wherever it be built. That canai should lie oar sonthern boundary. I be lieve the settled conviction of the Amer ican people is a continental republic. Tliat is our manifest destiny : the inev name lenaencv tne ioiiucai ion ui the American peeple. It is their only safety, and. instead of wasting our power in petty intrigues with sav ages for a naval station in the Pacific sea. a wiser and more commanding policy would be to establish relations of inter national friendship with our Canadian neighbors on the north, and our Spanish neighbors on the south, and not permit the machinations of Great Britain to fo ment disturbances which will defer such alliance or render it impossible." The O. R. A J. Leoao. WAsiunoTOjf, Jan. 31. With reference to the lease of the O. R. & N. to the Un:on Pacific. Elijah Smith, who is this city, tells me that op to a few weeks ago most of the attorneys who had ex amined into the case, held that the Ore gon Short Line could legally lease the first named line. Judge Dillon, general counsel for the Union Pacific company was very decided in his opinion that this could be done. About the first of this month, however, other attorneys were called in. and aftar a consultation and exchange of views an agreement was reached that it was at least necessary that3fhe Oregon legislature should ex pressly grant the O. K. A N. Co. author ity to lease its road before a legal lease could be effected. Mr. Smith intimates, if he does not so state it in direct words, that if the Oregon legislature grants the authority asked, the lease may be regard ed as a certainty. Xaaalac'a Fronobla Swoeoaaor. WaainxoTos. Jan 31. The finger of rumor points to Congressman Wm. L. 'Feott as the probable successor of Seata - ry Manning ; but Scott Intimate that he woold not take the office, f Notwithstand ing Scott's protestations, it is everywhere believed that; he not only would take it, bat that he would want the treasury port folio if it were to let. and there Is a feel ing that be is to be Manning's successor. Too President's Approval. Wasmxorojr, Jan. 31. The president to-day approved the actj granting pen sions to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, also the following: An act ceding certain public lands to the city of San Antonio, Texas; aa act pronaing lor. a coarse of instruction for cavalry, and light artillery, and for the eoostrveUon of quarters, barracks, and stables of certain army posts. - j . The Flatteries Qaeetlen. New York, Jan. 31. A Toronto dis patch to the Son states that the present position of Canada in relation to the fish eries la regarded in a moch more serious hgbt by the Canadian and Imperial gov ernment than by the leading newspa pers and people generally. It is stated that the governor-general belisves it nec essary lor rjigiana to sena forces to pan ada without delay, and that one or two war ships will remain at Halifax to be ready for an emergency. It was intended soms tisae ago to send a number of repre sentative battalions of volunteers from different parts of Canada to take part in Queen Victoria's jubilee, bat now they andenrjand that the Jtrip has been can celed. THE SXIOE PROPHET. There Is some Probability Us at Brig-ham Yeamg- wUl "Rlae from the Dona." WasBntoToir, Feb. 1. Mormons in this city, who are watching the progress of the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill, are ex cited somewhat over dispatches from Ne braska in regard to Brigbam Young's re ported scheme of resurrection. Delegate Caine. of course, denies the story. lie says be saw the Mormon leader buried and placed in a tomb, with a one-ton stone over the entrance, and does not doubt that Brigbam is dead. But another story comes from a resident of Utah, which adds to the remarkable story irom Nebraska, and makes one look upon it with some consideration. Tne gentleman says: 'As every one knows, the death of Briffham Young was most mysterious, The arrangements for the funeral were conducted with the greatest privacy, and not until the body was laid out was any one allowed to it. The body in the coffin, shown only to a few, was an inge niously prepared wax figure. A man was brought from France some time before the reported death of Young, and set to work to make a lite-like head and body of the prophet, as the figure was to rep resent him after death. Ho remarkably well was the work done it deceived many who saw. When it came time for Bng- ham to die, the figure waa prepared for burial. The subsequent mysterious fu neral - arrangements, together with the strange death, can all be easily recalled. Toe Frenchman who made the wax fig ure was shipped back to his native coan try. and the Mormons watched him well Although this guard was kept up, the man told his secret, and it was published, but the Mormons managed to keep it from wide circulation. All have heard it in I'tah, but the Monnons have derided it. Thelreason of Young's disappearance from earth was lor resurrection, ine Mormons thought the United States government would give them trouble, and ere this they had made every ar rangement for an exodus to Mexico The leaders collected money, and bought a vast tract of land, and paid for it in gold. They intended that old Brigham Young should rise from the grave to or- iter uie laiiaiui tuuepnro t iuiw, uu when the land bought came to be pre pared it was found that the Mexicans had cheated them, and sold them a lot of mountains. So great was the chsgrin of Uie elders that the exodus was post poned, and Brigham did not rise." A Railroad Wreck. Near Stillwater, Mojtt., Feb. l.-The Pacific express, of the Northern Pacific railroad. consisting of two trains, .was wrecked bv a broken rail about 75 miles east of Livingston. Mont., to-day. The baggage, express, one emigrant, and one first class car, were precipitated over the bank of Uie Yellowstone nver, and slightly wrecked. All Uie passengers atnonirst whom were women and cnu dren. were miraculously saved from in jury. The Colombia River. Wamiixotoji, Feb. 1. Senator Mitch ell of Oregon to-day submitted an elabo rate r-;ort from the committee on trans porta'i n routes to the sea boards, dec la r log it tielief that the interests of the peo ple of the Pacific northwest imperatively demand the speedy completion of the works at Uie mouth of the Columbia, and the canal and locks upon the cascades of the Columbia river; and it is recom mende 1 that a "liberal annual apppro prUtiou be made therefor, and that the wofk of constructing a railway around the dalles and the Celilo falls of the Co lumbia river, and of blasting open the contracted waterway, so as to secure nav igable watfr. should be entered upon without delay by the United States gov ernment, and your committee therefore recommends that it be done without fur ther preliminary surrey or report, and that an appropriation of f-jOO ,000 be made at the present session of congress for such purpose. " A Pinnwonil ThieC Chicago, Feb. 2. A special to the (News from Memphis, Tennessee, says , that Charles Talbot, night clerk of the Gayoso hostel In that city, absconded last night with diamonds belonging to Fanny Davenport, the actress, vaioea as 35,000 dollars. The diamonds vera Svea to Talbot to place in ine note saie. dbot took considerable money also. There is no doe as to where he has gene. KawYoax. Feb, 2.-0'Nea, another one of tne Doodle aioermen, wno was concerned In the Broadway steal of Jake Sbary, has been found guilty, and will go to Sing Sing. The Trank Mystery. " 4 Nkw York. Feb. 2. The coroner's a B-a a a mm .a at Jury charges fed ward unger wuu in murder of August Bohle, which states the frank mystery, as Unger confesses his crime. THE TEXAS SEJCATORSIJIP. neoooda Senator Masey. Arms, Tex., Feb. 2. Oa the last bal lot to-day for U. B. Senator, Keagan re ceived seventy-one votes and Maxey fortv-nine. Keagan's election was then made unanimous. John II. Reagan, the new senator, is a democrat, and has served in the forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, and forty eighth congress, and is now serving in the forty-ninth. He succeeds 8. B. Max ey, whose term expires March 3 of this year. LETTER LIST. Following is the list of letters remain ing in the postoffioe, at Salem, Oregon, Feb. 2, 1887. Parties calling for Uiem will please say "advertised" : Amanda Mrs BarUettOwen W Barnard J T Bilyeu Miss Addie 2 Beaty J W Befshaw Frank E. Bodamer J. Boyd Jas. Budd D C Chapman EW Davis W II Dose, Dona's Land's; Fullerton J II Gardner J C- Hall Mrs W A Haines Reuben II else A Huytck EE HaUenfiU W N Haut Mrs M 2 Howell Mrs J U . Judson W II Kays A J Kirkland Mrs. A Krouschuabb Geo Mattison Chas Miller Mrs M A Morton Mrs C B McMeekin Jss McCallister J 0 Phillips Jss Ranch Peter Rector J W Ragftdala Miss 8 Rappinfleld J W Standish Jenny Simmons W 8 Shulds Geo A Stroop Samuel SmiUi H II 2 Taylor Mrs B P Trullinger E W 6 Watchershausen J A Watkins Josie Watkins Mrs Mary Williams Caleb Wood Rev J II Odell Postmaster. Chance II O Cox Mrs Ephrin Davis J W Devere J S Ford Mrs Thos Geaman Lillian Gilson L 1) Havlock J A Haines Mrs Hawley Miss N 2 Henry w A HamkeTP 2 Hornerclile Al Hogan C B Hawley AQ Jones Thos Jones 8 A Kays Cass Kellennan John King W C Knott C A Mark Mike Mitchell C F Morton Mrs O McBearnill Jno McDougal Mrs Oglesby Mrs Kate Percy W r Putman J W Rayne Miss Agnes Redman Zach Robinson Wm KolinsWS Saylon Mrs J Stangeld Miss M Simmons Geo 2 Simmons Jas Snyder Adam Smith Geo Smith F Thies B Wait J H Warren W Watkins Mrs Mary Willard J R Witiel R A W. II. W0ME5 AT THE POLLS. All day yesterday women were to be seen hustling to the polls. Many, how ever, when they got to their booths found they could not vote for some -tech nical reasons. Many of these disappoint ed ladies besieged City Clerk Belvine, and the old gentleman had a hard time of it. One Lady entered the city clerk's office, and getting the ear of one of the clerks for a moment said: "Just torn op your assessment books, young man, and see why 1 bavn't a vote. Now, be iiuick about it. I have been paying taxes or years, and it's a funny thing if I bavn't a vote. The clerk tamed op the assessment given by the lady, and after sera tin lx in g it for a few moments asked in a somewhat bashful manner.' "Excuse me, are yon Miss or Mrs.?" "Well, I am a Miss " replied the woo ld-be voter, "The fault is not ours' said the clerk, "the assessor has not given it in the rolls whether yon are a spinisterora widow. I suppose be did not like to ask yon about it.'' The lady's eyes flashed; she glanced at her com panions who accompanied her, and spoke after this fashion: "That is the meanest excuse I have beard ; I think it a mean, dirty shame that I havn't a vote after all the bother I have been pat to, I wanted to vote for Mayor Howland because I would Just love to see him elected." With this the lady and her companion left, the former disgusted with her abort career in municipal politics. Toronto Globe. , SOT TOO MUCH TO ASK. Tramp (whose request lor food haa . been denied) Well, ma'am, would yon 1 let me sleep in the ten-acre lot back of the barn if I won't make any noise? Woman Ye-es, I don't mind lettin' ye do that. Tramp (appealingly) Well, one thing more, ma'am, before I say good night. Would yon have me called at 7 aharn? i I want to catch the limited cattle train weft