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ANTOKIA, OlfKdO.N, WKONKSIMY MORNINO, FKIMtJAUY 1, 18!8.
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I)E I.OMIl'S l.l-T 1 1 It CONDKMNFI)
Vpaia R()iitit( Ibe Matrmtm nl tit r
Mmlnltr The lulileit CIim4 lie
lutnc ftt Itio (.lip
Il....ihii. K-li. 11 At i thin ivMilug a
I. it lh U rtiilnalun dMik liur un Ixnint ttm
I'iiIIkI Hint, a crulaT Mulrii' In H-iwniii
li.irlMir M.iny vr. r.' kill'. I or whiiihIkI.
AM liouta Hi" HimiiIhIi I rulu-r Alfuiiiui
XIII .if lug A l the roiix' l
lh . ....ii.n la nut ainr nl
tiii: i.ktti u i iM'i:mni:i.
NV V.irk. I"il 1 " In '"in-r;ii.in
lili a Mmlrld i.rr..M,ii'li til f il.- Ht.
h lt riihlix-t rilllll'r aiilil:
"VnU limy any fipriily a ruitiliig frum
H' ilr H.it i'lu u fi.l f r-'in Ii f u lli.it
i riitlri'ty rmi'li mn in tti IMoat utai
Into tminii'-r H iMir l- l.nifa li tfr W
nro naliiuiii'il. arlrvt-.l, ami a irry llinwil.
Tin- mliilt.ra f.-.-l ni'm- ntfcrli v. I limn
I'rtalili iit Mi -Kinky n M:.'y In-
nlc hunift Hi' ii oho tmv 1m- n (il.ii .1 In
a f.ilp i.aliln v a f'.il.-'
In fi'lv to fnrtli.r iin-atl'iiia i In- mill
lti r aiilil
"Vnnul"-I' )"inny i.'iailnfly prt
vutr iiml In M i ixiihiIiIm i!lil Irual
nr ua.' him "
Thi- WiinliliiKton -nrr "iniih'til cf tin
lli iiil'l an) a that the aim HI -'in iit from
M.i.IrM thut thi- Hiinlh niinlnt.-y ht..l
ilrt Mt'l to r''ly In a Ittlng iimhiut tn
Mlnlaler WoiKlfor'l a rrpr-aiil r.l nia In
lhi If lni i ttr la highly wiilafi.rtury
In Hilinlnlatrntlon ottli-l ila. No nnc I
tnor plcaaril ovrr th" miu'.'.t than lh
inralilmt. Hi- hit lir.'.T Ouuhlisl that
Hwln wonlil ri-pU'lUtr the rrtlon i f Ita
nilnl't'T. Ilia only t-oii '-rn ha Im-. ii that
Hip .l.l.i y In il"ln lliu Inrll'.nl title Ii t
I.miiI In koiiii mitl)url In rohtltvaa wlil.lt
iittlil i u o i-ml'Mrr itmo'it to ilu n.l-nilnlatratlo.-i
I f,.r th.- tfimnlh romtii-mi-nt
hml hn.l an opo-i-tunlty In in.ik"
a tlfartiry rrapin'".
HPAIS WKVKNKHS.
.SVw Vntk. Kill. i;. -Ci:r.i.l. iVmn.
hi-nil i.f thi- i'uImi Jnnl i, hua rtnt-rs-.l
li-tt.T Irnm Orn. r it liom-a. comnvinil. r-In-.lilrf
nf tbo full in army, il.itnl nt
.M.ivnjmwrt, Kihrutry .1 It a.iyaln p.tit:
"Tlu rr la no truth lit thr r.'mrl Unit 1
huv iroa.-il ih.' tnH-h.i tutu t"(imi;ii''y.
tiur rump la In :hr Hmih: Hplrllua dla.
Irl.t, whirr It hua I. i-t .Itirlntt Hip nn
II m. ml ha. our fort',- luv rvn vny nr
llva aln. t thr promnlir it 'iii nf I Ltonmny
hy tlt Hpanlah g.iv.T imi'nt. We iup in It
Hl'.iln'a ruktu-aa anil fu l more aaitKttliii'
of our atncraa h.in vr lM-fnr. Au
tonomy haa hail hi- a Ivitnt me In lUI
nf amir of the Ull'l -a.r.thl.' rlrmi'ltt 111
our rank a. We trint it may wrvr to
atlll purge our army of m.-n of the ilk nt
Miiaan, rnrremviii -tint ..Ih.T. t'nlnnil
Agramonte with i mm .ttl.u-ki ,1 a Hti
lah mnvny three data iiko u?vt capiLn-il
imrk nuilen with iinititi.iitUiii ninl h
reiilm. litiil Htr.utit linn with 110,irl. The
Hpanlah i iiniitiHn.l.-r nnd )' prlv.tt ra were
klll.-.l 111 the drat i-hl.'ge."
I'K l.iMK I'ACKS WIS OHHV
Wiiahlitglnn. Kelt. I.". The litle 8p.tnth
mlnNliT 8"imr Ptipuy IV Uime, nrrom
panliil liy Mmme. lie Lniite. their two
anna ami Spunlah valet, left WiiahinKtnn
at 4 n'l lni k thla nfternonn for New York,
wheni'e they will anil lonmrmw for Llver-
inl. A large delegation from the diplo
matic rorpa, ut-rompanltd by their wlvea,
pnve a henrty an revolr at the at ttlnit to
Ih.'lr late iiaani'lnte.
INi'lPKNT CLdSKI.
New York. Keh. .S.-A e:il fiom
Wtiahliiglnll aava:
A i-iilileKram rerelvej by the aecr.'.try
nf hl.tte from Mlnlafr Win.lf trd lit M.nt
rlil Hiittotmeea that the government ot
Spain hua illan sowed the letter of Ir
Lome In Sennr Cin.il 'j.ta.
Thla dlai'htlm r. aa the .itlmlnt itiMtinn
nlltt-liila ure pteaaeil to rail It, i regttrdecl
aa aallafiii-lnry itn.l the president hna an
Ihnrlied the uim.niit, .ti.-iit that the Im l
ilelit la clnaed.
Till': Ni:V til'NMVT.
Madrid. Felt. l.",.-T!te Cltid.td de Ca.lli.
of the rompnnln Trana-Vil.tntKpte. which
hua Ill-en llttcd nut .ia a rulaer with ten
Ktina, will pioliaMy .trrlve In t'tilian wat
eta hefnre Fehruiiry L'S with a torpetlo tln
t II In and frigate Wttrla, a hnndalilv
ahlt nf Ti tons.
Til Kilt HltlHTS MlSIilCOAUPIOl).
lea Mnlitca. la., Feb. in. -The Mil to
Hihmtt thn women auffrage umendmi'iit
wan defeated 111 the upper house general
aiiHcnibly today.
WOMKN'H ItKUIT tF 81'KKUAUK.
llnatnn, Mnaa.. Feb. 15,-Thi hottae ot
tepreHentatlvi'S hast put it qtiletUH on an
attempt to amend the cntiBtltutlon nnu
given women the right of auffrage. The
commltten on conatltutlotml amemlminta
had reported that petitioner for the
amendment ahould be given leave to
withdraw and thla report waa accepted.
Later, recoiiHlderatloii wni asketl, and the
motion waa finally Inat.
FUANl'KS E. Wll.LAUl) ILL.
New York, Feb. l.V-Tbo World aaya:
Mlaa Francea E. Wlllard la 111 at tho Em
plre hotel, She haa been HUffcrlng from
cancer of the Htomach for aevcral years.
Tho InroaiU of thla (Uncase rntnblncd with
nn attack of grippe have completely shut
tered her health,
INSl'RANCE SUIT DEFERRED.
Ran Frttnclaeo. Feb. 15,-The Injunction
au It Inatltuted by tho foreign luaurance
cnmpanlea ugaluat Commlaaloner C'lunle
hai been deferred until March 7 by XTnlted
fctatea Judge Morrow, by coneent.
Sooth Cirollni Scaator Had a Hard
Time to Get Kccognitloa.
A POINT AGAINST HAWAII
llrii.crt and Tup l Natiuitil ddrt
rcifif Cailioad .laltcn l'p Agaia
Mivilutiea ot lofuliy Tasked.
Wa-lilngloii. Fi b U -Tin- raei utlve
a.-aalon of the annate today -a enllvenel
ly the vlgornua effirt of B.-nator Tlll
iiiuii. of H'Miih t'Mrolimi, to aecure r.iog.
nil ton to make a "ilnt ngulnat the ron
l.titli.n that the IlitWiillun lalnnda wre
.f irat. glc lniKirttii c to th" I'nltMl
K!.-iti a.
iiillll.Ki r nrilipli d thi- thalr. nr4 oihi r
a. natora were ac-klng to make ' re pnrla
on noniltiatlona. wveral coming after
Tillman had rlain. Ilia vole- waa
.Ir.m i... I by thelra uitd It tHgun to look
na If tin- tu-nate might adjourn without
Ma l lug hi iird. Apparently r. allting the
ltimtlnti. the Honih rarollnu ai-nator took
hla t (Hon In the middle alale, directly
In front of the rhalr. and ili-mandd to be
Ilea rd.
'I luive at.HHl here on my feel while
eight or ten n n have la-en ni oKnlf-d."
h aald In atentorlnn tonia, "and 1 want
to know If I nm to lie h.-ard?"
"If the w-nntnr would aeak a little
loiiiler." aal.l Hoar, fanilouale. "he
might be."
Thla remark did nit apparently fall
iigr-nibly main Tlllman'a eara. and he
ri-plliil by iipinllng for protection and
f.ilr tn atmi nt.
"I have la- n a ninnli r of tttia tvwly for
thru- ).ura." he wild, "and I have ul
waya trleil to d'iirt myaelf aa gentle
man and 1 think I am entitled to fair
ttvalmi nt.'-
At thla Kilnt (ialllngi-r. who mniplcil
the t halr. rupiad for or.t.-r. He then e
plalind that hla failure to rcc.gniac Till
man aa due entirely to Inadvertence and
the fad that hla attention had Ik-.ii di
rt ctcd lit another way.
To thla Tillman replbd that the ex
planation wiia entltely aatlsf.n tnry anil
he then proceeded f make hla jailnt.
whlih waa that the alral.glr Importance
of the lluwallan llanda waa overrated.
IN THE HOl'SK.
Waahlngton. Feb. IS. The houae put in
a huay day. The time waa devoted In con
sideration of bllla and Joint resolutions
presented under the call of committees
and sixteen of more or baa public Im
IHirlancc were paaaed. An order was en
ured for the coiiahli-ratlon of the 1niil
bill relating to s.-ctind-clas matter on
March I. 2 and 3. and an order for the
consideration of the bankruptcy bill
which ticglna tomorrow wna mndtllcd so
that the final vote shall taken on Sat
urday Instead of Monday as arrangca
last Week.
DEM' K'ltATS AND l'Oi'S.
Washington. Feb. 15 Addresses on be
half of the ilcmocratlc-popullstle and sil
ver requbllcati parties which are the re
sult of conferences which have been In
progress among the leaders of these par
lies at the capltol for a few weeks, were
Issued today. They seek to unite the
nientliers of the three parties In future
elections iton the financial Issue as the
quest Ion of paramount Imiatrtance, nud
are nn apieal of each party to cnnsnll-
date all along the line for this purpose.
Th address to the democrats Is signed
hy Senntnr James K. Jones, chairman of
the democrallc national committee, and
la endorsed by the democratic enngres
slnital cnmmlttee: that to the Hipullats
by Senntnr Marlon llutler. chairman, and
JS silver members of the aunule and
house :tn I hy Chairman Towne and nlao
by ex -Senator Dtilmlae.
PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Washington. Feb, l.V-The resolution ot
Imiulry offered yesterday by Harris pre
(Ipltatcd a spirited discussion of the I'u
cltlc rallriMtd question In the senate to
day. The resolution called upon the attontcy
general for the reasons which Induced
him to abandon his plan of redeeming tho
tlrst mortgage of the Kansas Paclllc
branch of the I'nlon Paclllc and having
the road operated by the receiver. Harris
denounced the present plan to sell the
road at the bid of the rcorgnnixation com
mittee aa defrauding the government of
nearly $7.0iW,floi!. Foraker explained tho
view taken of the mutter by the admin
istration showing the president was con
vinced that the reorganization commit
tee proposed to pay for the mad all that
it was worth. The resolution was finally
passed In nn amended form.
MINING PROPERTY SOLD.
San Francisco, Feb. IS. The property of
the Royal Consolidated Mining Company
In the Copivcropolls country has been sold
to an English syndicate represented by
J. W. Kemp Vance, of London. The
price paid was Jioo.ooa. The ore, which
Is low grade, Is said to assay about Jill to
tho ton,
RICH GOLD STRIKE.
Redding, Cat., Fob. 13. Another rich
strike is reported iih having been made
In the ltlue Jay mine on Morrison gulch,
a tributary of Coffee creek, Trinity coun
ty, by tho Graves brothers. The new
pocket Is said to be worth $110,000. It will
he remembered that a $40,000 strike by the
Graves brothers caused h rush to Coffee
ireek last summer.
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS.
St. Louis. Feb. 13. The appeal of Hill,
Fontaine & Co. from the decision of the
United Slates court for the district of
Arkansas, In the suit against Henry
White on a deed of trust resulted In nn
affirmative judgment In favor of the de
fendants In the court of appeals Monday,
that court holding that the deed waa volu
beciuaa executed on Sunday.
j The Tragedy Occurred Near Medford
Oregon.
HODV TIIKOWN FKOM TKAIN j
j llf4t4 jui ;Vtt !!' rx -Jlyjterioi
Cac Wkiik Baffles the Deteclitret
Cl.tlies foa.4 Jlear kr.
M'tlford. tjr.. Feb. 1.',. An unknown
man waa brought to thla place early thla
morning tiriconadi.ua, nd dld ahortly
after arriving. Hla head waa horribly
crindti-d with neveral deep ruta on the
a. nip.
Vint Iball. living near I'entral Point,
brought him h'-re. having pli kd him up
on hla porch about two o'clock thla
morning. How he got there la a myatery,
bill It Inter developed that he had been
thrown from a paaaing train and li..!
managed to make hla way there, the ival
ib nee In-lng only a ahort dIMani e from
the tra'k. An autopay a n.l ln.Ueat de
clnj.cd auaplctona of foul plu-, aa a va
line and aai k of clothing were found near
the railroad track, both cut open iind the
contenta a. altered. Alao Ii.hI wua found
on the giirminta and otn'-r tirloiit,tnr.
The Jury ndjourncl till Thuraduy for de
vclopmrnta of further evidence.
Mt'RDKttKR HREAK8 JAIL
l Hi.rlngtleld. Mo., Feb. li-l'eter Itenfro
who broke Jull here In January, Kfl. four
i daya In-fore the dale on whlrh he waa to
have been hanged for the murder ot
t'li.irlea tinrrta. haa ln Murewl to
Springfield by nftlcera who captured him
In I-awrcnce county, Arkanaaa.
DROWNED IN WILLAMETTE.
Eugene. Or.. Feb. IS. William Sughii.
jged SJ. waa drowned thla afternoon In
j the Willamette river near Junction. Ho
wita engaged In running fence poata down
the river and waa working with a boat.
j The boat waa caught In the atroug eur-
i rent and drawn under the drift, togi-lh -r
j with the occupant.
NEtiKO HANGED. .
Zenobla. 111.. Feb. IS In the prcsen.t
t f J'O spectator today George Washing
ton Edward, colored, waa hanged for
the muiler of Roxle William.
SENTENCED SI STAINED.
Springfield. 111.. Feb. lS.-The aupreme
court haa auatalned the sentence of ex
Prcald. nt Spaulillng to the snlli ntlary.
He was convlct.il of embexxllng bond ot
the t nlverslty of Illinois.
THE ZOLA CASE.
Public
Feeling Influenced In Favor of
the Author.
New York. Feb. 13. -A Her.tH dispatch
from Pari aaya:
A remarkable ehi.ige waa manifested
yesterday In the lemeanir of the public
toward Emlle Zol.i. In the rrowda who
mllcotod outside tho Palalac de Ju-.oJce
there could not have been more than a
doxen or o who v.'tit with the eipress
Intention of manifesting their feeling for
or against. At It! o'clock there were few
people In the Galerie do Hurley, facing
the Place Da i,i:ilne and when Zola ar
rived at the Qunl ties Orfevrca the num
ber was not r.oivepiihlv increased He
was greeted with a few cries of "A ba
Zola!" and "Vive XoN!" with an ac
companiment of whistles from a s.nali
body of untl-Seinit 'S, but tho notable tact
waa that th-.re were no cries of "Vive
1'Armle:" wh-.-n the military wltnosseg i
rived.
An Incident In the ta.-!- ufternoori pro
vided matter for tnucn gossip. rlnoe
Henri d'Orle.nis present otl himself ut the
court but waa lefuicst entrance because
he was not provided with a special Iht
mlt. Now the question arises to what
can only be one of two things: Either tho
demonstrations of last week. Tho answer
oanonly be one of two things- Either the
police previously employed agents provo
cateurs who are now withdrawn, or the
public feeling tow-trd Zola has been in
fluenced In his favor by tho rca.lma ot
the reporta of tho trial.
PRESIDENT CAM itWV
San Franctaco, Fob. IS. Estrada Ca
brera, the new president of Guatom.iU.
has officially Informed the locil colony of
Central Americans of his succession to
the presidency of that country. A dis
patch received by one of his subjects
reads as follows:
"President Reynu Rarrloa w is assassi
nated on the Sth. As vloe-ptvsldent, I am
now exercising the functions. 1 have is
sued a decree of general amnesty and
ordered tin election.
"ESTRADA CA.lKERV."
DEFINITION OF "ACCIDENT."
Decision In an Insurance Case Decided In
Favor of Plaintiff.
St. Louis. Feb. 15. -In a decision of tho
United States court of appeals affirming
the lower court wherein Mrs. Sarah Smith
obtained Judgment against the Western
Travelers' Association for $3000 for the
death of her husband, Judge Sanborn
gives the Judicial conception of the word
"accident." F. M. Smith died from blood
poison In 1S93 a the result of a sore toe.
the skin of which had been abraded by
tho tight shoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to
collect tho policy but was resisted oy the
hssoclation. A Jury In Judge Adams'
court gave her the full amount of the
policy. Tho association appealed. Judge
Sanborn held that the death of tho de
fendant had been brought about by nn
external agent and It was nn accident.
LOCAL BOARD FOR ALASKA.
Washington. Feb. 15. The senate today
passed a bill to create a local bourd for
the examination of steam vessels In
Alaska.
Almost Reached Agaia on the Chicago
Market.
LF.ITER STILL IN CONTROL
.May Is C.raertl- Short RaMliag t. Get
Ir.M lader Stop-laM Ordeit Ifatd
Haraet Clovd Mroag.
t'hlcago. Feb. IS. For a few minutei
following the opening In wheat It looked
aa If the dollar mark for wheat waa at
laat to b reached. There waa hardly
any wheat offered on thn curb and thla
condition alao prevailed when the regular
market opened. Reporta that U-lter had
contracted with the Lehigh road for tbe
moving of l.fMi.WO buahela of hla wheat
to the xti board came from New York.
They were not aubatantlated hut It
apread ao that May wheat la almoat com
pletely tied up by the loiter Influencee,
and when the market opened there was
a ruah of anxloua ahort to get under
(over.
May, which tloaed yeaterday at '
Sa'i opned today at SS4V Even at
thla aiibntanttal advance the mark-t waa
almoat bare of offerlnga and the price
waa puahed up to JMJ. A peculiar fea
ture of the mivanie waa a number ot
top-i.Mi ordera on ahort wheat. Wheat
lgan to come out after the "call" prlc
and MS, had been paaaed. but the ofTer
Inga were latterly accepted and the mar
ket did not heaitate mu h until V haa
bi-en reachetl. Thla price brought out a
lot of wheat from rommlaaion on the
houae. and May dropped to There
It hung for a time. Argentine cablea re
peated yenterday'a reporta of poor thread
ing returns and lower exportable esti
mates. A little before midday the price ahot
up again under the renewed demand from
the short and May got to ' before a
reaction came, loiter had sold no wheat
during the day. On the contrary he waa
credited with buying a little. Thla added
to the belief that he la In control of the
May altuatlon. and started buying again.
May closed RtViWi.
WHITE rA33 RAILROAD.
Montreal. Feb. IS.-C. II. Wllklnan. iep
resentlng the Rrttlal Yugon Company,
say the conatr jct'nn of a railroad
through the White Pas from the heaa
of Lynn canal io I -ike Bennett w'M te
begun Immediately by hi company. Th.
road, which will I mile In length, will
be complet ed wit'iln SO daya of the be
ginning of the work.
The Hritlsh Yucin Company, of hlch
, the Duke of T---k la presl.icni. abio hold
j a charter fram the dominion government
ror the constr ictlm of tho road through
White Pass. The announ.t tnent ioti
week ago jf ;he ttoivmment's having
negotiations with Messrs. Mann and Mac-
ken'xle determined tne British Yt'kon com
I pany to build tne roid over Whit Paaa
at once
The width of the traog will be thre
feet six Inch?. The grade over the pas
will be S per .vnt and ut point wbcr.
the grade la tho steeit what I known
a the "A. B. T." tall will oe laid. Th!a
rail, which la usd In th- H.mi moun
tain In Europe, haa notches for the grip
to a cog-wheel and U a part of the loco
motive. Mr. Wilkinson aaya the road will
be completed by tho mlddlo of tne sum
mer.
l P. FAST 'I RAIN.
Denver. Feb. 15. Colonel George Ady.
general agent of the Vnion Pacific rail
road, has received a tebgram from head
quarters, nt Omaha notifying him that
beginning tomorrow the Chlcigo special,
the fast train Inaugurated by the Gulf,
I'nlon Pacific and Northwestern roads,
will leave Denver daltv iii tu m in.
.stead of 3:30 and will arrive at Chicago
ai s:w p. m. tne rollowing day. the same
as heretofore. This reduces the running
time one houre.
SMALL SEALING FLEET.
San Fnniisco. Feb. 13. -The sealing
fleet this season Is very small and the
outlook is not enoo'tr iging. Cnptaln
O'Leitry of the schooner Geneva jeports
that "teals ure very scarce and wild and
the weather very unsuitable lor sealing.
Captain Nelson of the schooner Mary
Taylor lost seven of hla men by death and
had to put Into port for ropal.-a. He also
says that few seals are to bo found nnfl
predicts a light catch. It Is stated that
the Cox and Marvin sealing fleet of Vic
toria will not be put In commission this
year, although sailors and hunt.'rs have
been engaged. It Is not known whether
tho precautions taken by the United
States to prevent poaching have had any
thing to do with the retirement i f this
fleet of British sealers.
OBEYED THE ORDER.
Nelson. B. C. Feb. 15. The steamer
Nelson, from Kusknnook. a new tow;n
at tho head of Kootenai lake, formerly
Gout River Landing, has brought down
the body of Dennis Connors, who was
murdered on Sunday night by a man
named Doyle. Without any provocation
Doyle drew a revoler and pointing It at
Connors said:
"Dig up, or I'll shoot you."
Connor replied:
"Fire away."
Doyle fired and Conners fell dead and
Doyle escuped.
SENSATION IN BLACK DIAMONDS.
London, Feb. 15. A dispatch to the
Dally News from Odessa says that a te
cret police Inquiry undertaken at the In
stigation of the minister of marine has re
vealed a large and sensational scandal
in connection with the coaling of the
Black sea fleet. The Russian admlrelty
paid for 60,000 tons of coal which -was
never delivered. The eoaJ contractor,
who Is a Jew, together with several naval
officers at Sevastopol, has oeen arrested.
MORTGAGE DEBTS
Washiagtoi Supreme Court Makes at
Important Ruling.
THE PERIOD OF REDEMPTION
Mast Be taiforai-Cold Call Coat rati
Stasis JUtot leys' fees - .tortgaa
Seearitjr Keata ltd Trofits.
Otympla. Waah., Feb. 15. An Import
ant decision waa rendered by the atate
supreme court today In the ca of nnla
va. Moe. Involving tha eonatructlon and
validity of several acta of the last legis
lature relating to mortgage debt.
The court held that there must be an
appraisement In all casea which cannot
be waived In the mortgage; but that th.
mortgage la not compelled to bid mora
than the amount of hla debt In any case,
nor mire than W per cent of th. appraise
ment that I leaa than hla debt. If the
mortgagee cover aeveml parcel he may
segregate hla bid and bid a part on each:
that the court can control th. appraise
ment and tornpcl a fair one. That the
preliminary estimates mentioned In sec
tion 3 and 4 of the act are Intended aa
appraisement, a well a the appraise
ment In section i within the meaning ot
section II. In order to make th. period of
tedemptlon uniform In all cane, and that
teferenee to nale without appraisement
In ac tion 1 mean sale without valua
tion In section 17.
The opinion alio hold that th. court
may or may not enforce a stipulation for
the Immediate posaesslon of th. property
with the right to the rent after default,
as the justice of each case seema to de
mand. The act prohibiting deficiency Judg
menta and confining the remedy to prop
rty mortgaged In any action on debt ia
held unconstitutional, aa being an un
warranted Interference with the right to
contract.
The act prohibiting the gold coin con
tract Is held void as being a subject upon
nhkh the state cannot legislate, it be
longing to the general government ex-
cluslv?ly.
A reasonable attorney fe. tha statuta
allowing the court to fix regardless of th
stipulated fee. Is upheld.
Sales of mortgaged lands In alt cases
are to be made nn year after the rendi
tion of the decree of the same a on or
dinary judgment, with the fame period
of redemption from th. time of rendering
judgment or decree.
The effect of thla decision Is that mort
gage security can be taken safely a at
any time heretofore, th. only qualifica
tion being that the mortgagor cannot en
ter Into a binding stipulation In th.
mortgage to give Immediate possession
after default, but that the court can di
rect the application of rents and proffla
to the debt. If the justice of the case de
mands It.
NO NEWS FROM CLARA NEVADA.
Seattle, Feb. Ii No further news has
Oeen received concerning the reported
loss of the ateamer Clara Nevada In Alas
kan waters. Owing to the many conflict
ing rumors, hopes for her safety have not
et been abandoned.
"DAKOTA SUM'S" TRIAL.
He Is Identified as the Man Who Killed
Orvllle Hayden.
Colfax, Wash.. Feb. 15. Robert Mc
Donald, otherwise known as "Dakota
Slim." was brought before Justice Kirk
land this morning tor a preliminary ex
amination for the murder of Orvllle Hay
den, at Farmlngton, October 22, 1S97.
McDonald Is the man a mob attempted
to lynch last month. Several witnesses
were examined. The principal witness
Dan Couch, positively Identified Mc
Donald, who held him up and robbed him.
and afterwards held up young Hayden.
when the latter waa shot. N. T. Coffin,
a detective, told the story of a confes
sion made him by "Blackey," stating that
himself and McDonald were highway
men, and that he tired the shot killing
Orvllle Hayden.
TO WALK TO DAWSON.
Logan, Utah, Feb. 15. A man giving his
name as Benjamin Caldwell who has ar
rived here, claims to be walking from
Denver to Dawson City on a wager ty
Millionaire Stratton of Colorado Springs
and another Colorado capitalist named
Moffltt. The conditions nre that Cald
well must walk the distance starting with
10 cents In his packet. If ho succeeds he
will receive tS&jM from Stratton, from
whom he has a card of Introduction. No
time Is set for hla arrival nt Dawson, but
he exiiectcd to reach there bj' Tune 1-
Royal makes the lood pan,
wholesome and dsllcloua.
atmu. asaiaa aowoca Co., am voaa.
Absolutely purs