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ATTENTION
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Closing out entirely the I;. R. Mawcs stock nt a
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plrka. ahuvela. gohl pana. rookln
ulrnilla, and pmvlalona of all klmta.
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NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY
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Whiskey
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SHERWOOD
PACmO COAST AQBNTS,
STRAIN BECOJIIKi;
ItY 1RKS0UE
(internment Of fit. I'r a intj fur Ke
lief l:i Maine Mutter.
I lll-INVt SI H. AXIOM OK . -il.OW
I.. in nt 1m i!(4 Vr !np i! hiii'j in do
r tt lit ;. 1 1 llit Is-
l,IJfS!.
New ,oik, M.ir'h l.-'"verr,rnenl ortl- New York. March 1. A dlspUch to the
iluli are. praying for r H f front a ninilti ! Herald from Paris say:
nlilili lin y cannot endure much luiiit-r. j In the lntranalcnt, Henry Locli'fort
It I not encouraging when uffli vri of ! w rlt.-at:
lilvli ink In iltr iliii) li d'l.I'jre lb" "Tu rvully r.ii llif kllUM'.lun, tb X
M .1 in.' inlimirnplir u d"y ami k In. , iiliwlun of I ho il.ilno muit Ui rr(cl
crn ly !' lh Amrrlcnn 'i(ip, Ix-k : un lli flntt liiillla bctwern Hpulu anl the
! ilunmi'l I hut :f tli" t'niii I Mtnlia "In- I ' ri ! 1 -! Ktntra. An for ua, only ae In
Inula ' M iimkr ili' u l auna f'ir j i lam aUKs of Ilia u-lvoina of the
Biln lu wur. II ahull hi ij ilikly, a-ya ' ruhana l..urj lnd"1K;nJ'n j. The ca
tin- llnv.lna rori "P'li.l" rn n (ln Trl- ' limir ipln: haa cauad Iho utath of T un-
Iiimr. Th' " r.ri'alna t.i r''l'ri-a'lil
Ox- aillli'd i "lull llima ! lli"r. t y hnu
llwy ro ullTl. Tlif' urc uturnnrra
if turn uvi-rliiirOi nrj ulih aniltly and un
rrrliiliily In Ihrlr raln.rr muminli Ihi ae
nl.lieia wniilil l.r Ihr Of "I lu ''" PI 'h'
rm-.lli'. n '! Uh- L iill-'J Kt.il-a aa lh
el lunula ol In IpliiK f'.iln out "f hrr
ilri"llr alluallull III I'ul'.i. I'lnl" r lh'
ir.-iMiii airaln lh-y ili n"t accrpl It.
Thi-y i.iiiiiiUIn itiat ihro;iKh and cm
iii i. iiu r Invratlif utlon mhlih ihe navul
mutt uf Inquiry ! inuklni la too at"'
and thi y pn.f. to t-rure that tnatcad
f liiipnrtUI Invi-mlifuilcn lo Irurn Ihe
fiu-la Ihe court la Irylrg So miiko out a
him' uf fnul play.
' Thrre are r-'rertilutrii a nf Ihr mllllury
, arm uf lh govrrnmnit who Jo nol b
1 ItfVr un) Iking uf Ihe klliO They only
' rrlirw thrlr um tburrtrnul mlnda It
: the clnllda whlih the Xliiillr .llaaali r h i
. thrown nwi Ihe relation of Hpaln and
1 Ihe I'nlled Hlalea were rlriiml uwuy, the
International lomplkaUona would nm be:
lenM-ne.l. The oa uf the American war-
: ship iind Us crew hud nothing to do with
! the series of minor military suio .n-
! which Ilia Insurgents ore gulnln In nil
purls uf Ihe lulu nil. Tlmt Is due to th"
' demoralisation of Ihe Spanish troops. tS
j nies keep almost within range of the mil
I roud and telegraph In 8;iM Clara pro-
vlnce. He could not do so If Spain was
abln lo carry on an effettlv. campaign.
The so.ciillol crls s In the autonomist cab -
j Inet Is another thing which Ihu I nltitl
'States has nothing to o. The crUls Is
nol a dangerous one, because GovJn and
! his radlcul colleague have the support
1 of Ihe Mugaata mlnlatry.
(Inlvet, Montnro and SUyns, who are all
that remain of Ihe conservative autono-
mUts, may not Indorse the plan lo open
negmliiilons with tho Insurtivnts and to
ortiT tlonies u place In the Cuban gov-
rrninent. but their rrsUjnutluiia are not
exiM'i ted. The Bugnsla mlnlsto" approves
the x'lii'niii of making t urib.iT concimaion
to the Insurgents and with tills knowlislgc
nimubers of the autonomist cabinet who
! disapprove II are likely lo be passive.
I The Junta In NVw York has also rvjectod
the prtvuslllon. That Is not so Important
a the repudiation of them which w'U
xime f.rvm llomeg. Then nothing will is
main fur the govornment of Spain excel
lo confess the failure of autonomy and
more than autonomy, to restore peace and
aave her sovereignty In Cuba. The con
fession cntmol awult the election of the
eortes In Ayiil.
OllDKHS TO THE FLKKT.
' Chlciigo, March 1. A special to
the
Chronicle from Key West says:
The licet here made up of the New York,
Iowa, .Mnrbleh"nil, Montgomery, Nash
ville, ('nulling, und Erlcscn. as well as
i three battleships, the Indiana, Texas, and
Massachusetts, now at Dry Tortugiis, re
ceived order to hold themselves In readi
ness to start for Havana at tlio tup of
tho dm in.
The Detroit has left here for Dry Tor
tugas. where she will Join tha squadron.
Tho orders came from Long In Washing
ton to Admiral 8lcard and aro snhl to bo
based on Information wired from Havana
by tho captain of Ihe Bacho, United States
coast survey boat, which left Key West
for Havana yesterday. Tho captain of
' the Hache told such a story of tho heated
state of tho Havana public and tho prob
ability of riot at any moment and danger
to Americans now there to Hod therefrom,
that Long at once, mndo the order Indi
cated. A copy of El Dlnrlo Marina received
from Havana saya that Spain 1ms noti
fied tho Vnlted Slates that tho Maine's
remains must not be removed and that
tho work must ho stopped until the kov
(irnnieiit receives the report of the United
States court of Inquiry.
TH3 DOLPHIN.
New York, March 1. The dispatch boat
Dolphin hns been floated In the dry dock
at tha navy yard where sho hns been un
dergoing repair for savorut months. It
Is tha Intention to have the Dolphin ready
to go Into commission by March 21.
THE FIRST BATTLE
W ITH SPAIN
DUastcr tu the Maine Si Cnnsiilcrcd
by the French.
(.IM It VI. (.OMEZ Wll.t. STRIKE
! Mnulioa omtjr kiikiht firin'i rstass
lit t V hilt b tailiunCal Nu
Alffoal fitt.
!
fori ii null- anllura, but It ua ulifi aaved
ttu lit pa of nilllluna of l oniliut.inia, for
It Inauraa the final Irlutrinh of the Imur
r.i tliiii luforr many wei'ka."
(iuMKZ WIM. HTltillK.
New York, ilnnh L-On Iho day the
ohllo aqundron uM n 1re on Havana,
ilinimo (ionnt will bgln an altaik by
land. Iln will k") on fighting until lift
v.i ii. i aurr mli-ra or lolhlng la Uft but
a heap of rulna. Thi-a or'la w-r uaied
In Tampa, Fla., lo a World corn-apondent
l,y Kmlllo Numi, of New York, who com-
' nuinih d the flllbualrrlng exptdUlon which
baa been Undod In Cuba from the atenra
rr Iniunlliaa. Captain 'Iiynanilt Jack"
o llrli-n haa returned tu Tumi with Col
onel Nunra. They left for New York
l.i r t night.
"I am Jin-t bii' k from t'ubai," Colonel
Nunei aatil, "Cuba, whl.h la now almoat
free. Our ale.ua r turrlcd two allotaarnU
'f arma and ammunition. , We nad One
binding on Ortcnte, where w left a large
uuunilty of rlltcs and dyniinitc tor Gar
i la's Minimum!. Then we ul hl-onl and
nleiimrd nloiig Ihu entire length of the
Cuban const tu I'inur del Hlo province
v. here, we placed Ihe em.ilnder of our
turgo In tbo hands of Jener:U Dlus, who
mmniiinil'. our forces In that Hurt of the
iKliiml. Trouble with Spaniards? Of
, course; hut Ppanlanls are not clever
; euoiiKh lo stop an expedition if they
! trlitl. and It never seemed to me that ttwy
j tried very bard. At Key West 1 had
; b.ng talk with Dr. tiulteros, who la the
' siirncun attending the wouaJtd sailors of
j the Maine. He told me that one poor fvl
to asked him the meaning of the Spanish
I sstirds 'mat lo.' The .loctnr told him
i
i
j tb.it It meant "kill him.' The Minor shud
tlnred. '1 Jump-id overboard whoa the ex
plosion took place,' no said, 'and swam
to a tlMising boat. A nan !n It knecked
me off with an oar and said mat lo.'
"That shows you tho .y Spaniards
love. Americans. Every one la Cuba knew
of the Maine ilwster 21 hours ?lcr it
occurred.
"Onrcla is now lics-iKhig liayarn. Gen
eral Pandu 'vl!h neii Is trj'ng t.
fort. Ids way up the Canto river (i dis
lodge lilm. In the o;H'n country between
Mart-la and Havana, Gomes in slowly but
surely working toward tho capliaL burn'
Ing plantations as ho govs. As Blanco re
calls his troops to nroteot Havana, Oomes
draws nearer from tho cast and Hod
rigues and Dlut (rem tho west. They
all expect that the United State will de
dure war. Tho moment that happens
tliey will nuss their forco and co-operate
w-ith the United States fleet. Havana
will full nnd Cuba will bo free."
KNIGHTS TO T11S KHONT.
GhuKill, Neb., March 1. Information
has been received nt state headquarters
from Mujor-G iernl Cnrnnh-in thut he
had tendered tha president the services
of 15.1X10 Uniform Hank Knbthts of Pyth
Ins In the UnitM States when required
for war. ProKp-cis of war causes activity
at slate headquarters. Orders were Is
sued musteriiiff In a new company at
Ttlnlr todsy. Tho order lu Nebraska has
44 companies.
CORONA WILL BE SAVED.
Ca pt ii I n Gootlull Says Ho Can Float
Her.
San Francisco, March 1. It now seems
certain that Ihe steamer Corona which
went nshoro on Lewis Island, January 23.
while on her way to Dyoa and Skngwny,
will bo saved. Captain Miner C. Goodnli
reports that under favorable weather con
ditions he will he able to float the vessel
nnd have her on her way south very
shortly. It Is Captain Goodall'g Intention
to bring the vessel south by easy stages,
stopping nt Victoria to comply with the
customs regulations of that port, as tho
vessel was wrecked In British waters, nnd
then proceed to Port Townscnd, where
her cargo will be discharged and tha ves
sel put In seaworthy condition far tho
trip to San Francisco. On arrival her.
she will be docked at the Union Iron
Works and thoroughly renovated. This
will take nearly a month, after which she
will again b. placed on the Alaskan route.
STARTLING FACTS
ABOUT PENSIONS
Dr. John H. Gardner Would Save the
(iovcroment Millions
TO I'L'KfiK I'KXSIOX KOLLS
Cunifrcai fut fai Xc Ltw Jl!tiaiiiag
Kt-tximioatiot ol fbniul tiis
abiiity rciiui.
New York, March t-Ur. John H Gard
ner, of New York, who waa ton:, time
ago a medical penalon vxAiitlner In th
ervlce of tha L'nllcd Sta'eg jovei ua ent,
la the writer of an article In th. March
number of th. North American Review
In which b. make, a luggeatlon aa to the
method by which he thlnka tho penalon
roll of tha nation might be purged and
the United Slatea aaved tnlllasna of dol
lar every year.
lr. Gardner contend that Mlf tb. olU
rers aelected by the people to eeek out
and properly rompenaate men who were
rilaablt-d In the defense of th. Union had
rxerclaed one-hulf the car. that life In
aurance rompanlea do In avoiding bad
rlnka, the penalon Mil would present a
very different appearance from what tt
does today."
The plan whli h Dr. Gardner suggests
for purging the pension roll Is one which
would Involve measures to correct the
carelessness of the original examiner.
"Her I a method," says Dr. Gardiner,
"by which frauds and pretender can o
gotten rid of. Let congre pass a law
requiring a re-examlnatlon of .very pen- j them during the coming ae ion. A. sur
slnner who bases his claim on physical , vey will be made of the aectlvn from Cape
'Usability contracted while discharging Dyea to St. Michaels, extending Inland
his duty as a Union soldier. A board of ( through various sloughs to the head of
metiers! examiners should be established ( the di lu. Two parties will make, a coin
In every state; two or more boards might j prehenalve survey of the shoila lying oft
I required in some state. Each board j
should be composed of two members, a !
surgeon and a physician. They should be :
selected solely for their eminent and a."- ;
knewledged ability and their honesty and :
standing in the state. They should give,
all their time to their work and be paid 1
a salary of t?.i1 a year. They should .
carefully examine every pensioner In I
Ihelr respective states and report to the .
government exactly the physical condl- j
Hun of each and how much. If any dlsa-i
billly In any case was the reult of ser-!
'
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"They should be Innuenced by nothing
... ...
except th physical facts presented ana
iK- cr
. .,..k. 8..h .n .mi.tl wouin
require about one year to complete It and
would cost the government from one to
three million of dollars. No man can
predict certainly what the result of this
examination would be. My experlene for
twenty years In the practice of medicine
has made me familiar with th. physical
condition of a number of pensioners and
I believe at least one-third of those claim
ing permanent disability will be found to
lie frauds."
CANADIAN TO CUT AGAIN.
But the American Lines Stand Beady to
Meet the Reductions.
Chicago, March 1. The C-tnadlan Pacific
mad Is contemplating another sensational
cut In North Pacific coast rates. When
next it Hpplles the knife It will. If reports
are true, take an addltlonnl cut of $10 off
the rate. It ws understood that this cut
was to be made as soon as tho American
ronds actually put In effect over their
lines the reduced rates it made In the
first place. So fur, however, there has
been no official announcement of the new
cut. Whenever the Canadian. Pacific
makes the announcement, tha American
lines, it Is said, will meet the new rates.
Tho American Urn's eeem prepared to fol
low th. cut down to a doll.ir If necessary
to protect their business. They are ap
parently In tho fight to a finish and ottt
tals hint that, should the contest be Fro-
longed, one Canadian road may find It
self shut out from doing business In
American territory. The agitation In that
direction has begun and congress is In
session.
DIVERS AT WORK.
Havana, March 1. The divers of the
Rlcht Arm got to work tod.iy In earnest.
Captain Everett ws In charge end the
water being lower than usual It was seen
that tho steering hutch was partly clear,
though covered to some extent by one of
the smokestacks. One of the divers suc
ceeded In entering tha after torpedo com
partment, where they hoped to find bo
dies of Lieutenants Jenkins ond Merrltt,
as well os tho remains of tho crow. Tho
Spanish officers directing 'ho divers of
he government of Spain, called upon
Captain Slgsbeo today on board the Fern
and were given all the Information they
needed. ,
MURDER AT PORT ANOELK3.
Seattle, March 1. A TlmC3 special from
Port Angeles, Wash., says that Charles
Hendricks was shot and killed this morn
ing from ambush by Fred Edwards, who
then committed suicide. The men wore
neighbors and quorreled over a trivial af
fair a few days ago.
1I0RE TROOPS
FOR THE NORTH
Government to Make Investigation
for the Safety of Alaskan Trade.
MANY SURVEYS TO HE MADE
Stifcli tor Suitable CkjaecU fur Etrii
' to the Takua aad O.kcr Alaaaat
bcrtanix-i to bt Dtijii
Waahlngton, Mxrch L Tha government
work In th. way of eaUbllihlng a record
of channel, anchorage, harbor, naviga
tion water bodle and other Important
features of geographic In Alaaka will be
carried on this cummer and expedited aa
rapidly aa possible. Superintendent
Prtlchelt, of th. coaat and geogetlo sur
vey, has completed plana for a, season In
Alaska. When tb. season opens Lieuten
ant Helm, wilb tbo coaat survey steamer
Uedney and steam launch, will begin th
work at Cock's Inlet. As Ih. tc leave
the vicinity of the mouth of th. Yukon
river, a seocb will be mvle for anchor
ages and harbors south of the delta and
for a channel Into Kusilvab slough. This
feature of the field campaign Is of tn
g greatest Importance to navigation, as at
present vessels entering the Yukon have
to follow tbo channel running; from a
point many rotUs north of Ihe delta. Ex
perts, however, expect to find an easy and
direct entrance to tha Yukon. It these
anchorages and harbors are found, Imme
diate publicity will be gtv.;n the facts,
so navigator may take advantage of
the river's mouth. The lower portion of
Copp.-r . xU vJV How.,.bfojiU.ig i.romlnent
through extensive gold discoveries, will be
Investigated and the practicability of Its
navigation definitely determined. Other
parties will make detailed examinations
of Chllcoot, Dyea and Skagway pusses,
THE DANUEKS OF 8KAGWAY.
Gn,Ihlc D"f t Conditions There
br Dr- a B- Ete8'
llr fl R r... ., . 1 . vAdtuMiaV
t J""'
' from Skagway on the Oregon, where he
'
i had gone In hopes the sea voyage would
.
I bDtnt hl ""n- The doctor during his
! u ,0 8kaway had seen mining life in
various forms In that famous country.
Ho was In Skagway at th. time the sick
ness, now prevalent there, spinal menln-
I gitis, broke out, and was of much usslst-
I nee to the sufferers. He was keen last
night by an Astorlaa representative and
In speaking of the disease said:
"When I left Skagway between IS and
20 had died of spinal meningitis and sev
eral others were sk-k. I did not hear of
a tingle case that recovered. It Is Invar
iably fatal and lasts from three to nine
day a The sickness, so far, Is confined to
within four blocks wide and eight blocks
long. The disease Is Infect iojs tut not
contagious. No two fatalities have been
known to occur la the same family. There
are also several people there suffering
from lagrlppe. When milder weather
seta In the danger will be passed, but
there aro already many persons Raving
und many more of the citlicns talking
of moving their business away from
there. The condition of affitrs la appall
ing, and the people see the danger that
confronts them. The cause of the sick
ness la du. to a strata of air that conies
down from the mountains and meets the
moist and milder air that comes out from
the gulches. The effect produces a chill
and may be more accurately described by
saying that It Is like rushing In about
five minutes from an extreme cold to a
milder climate. The Indians will not live
In Skagway In the winter, idany cases
reported as being froien to death died
from cerebro spinal meningitis. As I said
before the condition of affairs Is appalling,
desperate. There aro between three and
four thousand dead horses lying within a
radius of twelve miles of the town, and
when warmer weather sets In no ono can
foretell th. disasters that may result from
the decomposition of these carcasses. One
noticeable feature of tha town Is the list
less condition of tho people. They sit
around In their cabins and In tho h'oteU
and boarding houses without hope or am
bition, their state of mind, no doubt, being
produced by the sickness now ravishing
the town. Yet people will not stay away
from thero; tho prospects of becoming
rich, magnet-like, draws them thither.
Sunduy last wo passed ten crafts, all
crowded with freight and passengers.
They arc flocking In there In all kinds
of conceivable vessel scows, barges,
sailing boats anything that will trans
port them to the country. It would be a
blessing and a philanthropic act If aome
one could stop the frantic ru9h and in
due, tha people to stay away from there,
as they ar. more liable to meet with mil
fortune than they are to meat with
riches."
PRINCIPAL TOPICS
AT THE MEETING
Cabinet Dk-.se, Maine Disaster
aad Outrages in the South.
SECRETARY LONG'S REMARK
Said ipii' lep'iibilit is the rUvtas
liciilcat l riimisjud Coart of U
jirj tu ruvt Assistance.
Washington, March L The main Inter
est of the day In connection with th.
Maine Inquiry centered In th. statement
by Secretary Long, following th. cabinet
meeting, that In bis personal opinion any
official participation by the Spanish gov
ernment In th blowing up of tho Main
wa now practically eliminated from th.
situation. This statement was not of
formal or official character and was mad.
by Long as b walked away from th
White House.
As usual the various cabinet officers were
besieged with Inquiries aa to the questions
before the meeting, and In response to
thos Importunities the secretary casually
summed up the situation In a few words,
stating that most of the time had been
given to the outrages on colored post
masters lit the south. Naturally the Cu
ban situation had been gone over, hs
said, but there was no actual develop
ments, and he felt that public excitement
over the subject had materlilly abated.
Then he added the statement. In the sam
passing way, that any participation by
the Spanish government In the blowing
up of the Maine was pru-ticaily elim
inated, tn his Judgment This Inst re
mark was speedily given wide circula
tion apart from the quiet frankness whlcH
had accompanied it. It Immediately
started much comment and discuaabm snil
when Mr. Long returned lo the depart
ment after lunch be found that what he
had intended to convey was g'ving Ui
force of an official declaration that
Spain's responsibility for the -I'SiUiter hd
been eliminated.
Mr. Long was much surprls-d that so
much attention had been given to but
passing slluslon.
Aside from this Incident the d ty broug&t
forth but few developments of Import
ance relating to the Maine. No Ulpat' h?s
of any character from Key West, whero
the court of Inquiry is sitting, nere given
out during the day, and, as the I ule of
publicity Is still In force, presumably
nothing came from that quarter.
The vessel movements announced dur
ing the day were devoid of significance.
The two outrage on republican post
mastets In the south were discussed. On.
occurred at Lake City, S. C., and the othejf
at Ada, Ga. Freeman, postmaster at the
latter place, was assassinated before he
entered upon the discharge of his duties
as postmaster. The president, It la said.
Is very much disturbed by these acts,
though he views with satisfaction the fact
that the whole southern people have ex
pressed Indignation.
The first Impulse of the offlolaU tn
cases like those cited. It is sal.l, is to
bolbh the oSU.e where the outrage oc
curs, although It l realised that tiuch a
step would deprive of their postal facili
ties large numbers of cttixens who hava
nothing to do with the killing. The presi
dent, therefore, finds It difficult to lay
down any rigid rule that could be applied
in any cases. The office at Luke City has
been abolished, but so far nothing has
been done regarding the caso at Ada.
Orders went out from the navy depart
ment late this afternoon to put tho Iron
clads Mlantonomah and Kahtsdln In com
mission on the 10th.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE BOARD.
Washington, March 1. Tha Indications
are that the Maine court of inquiry Is
either far from reaching any conclusion,
or eLie is disposed, with a view to meeting
future criticism, to collect all evidence,
whether It be deemed essential or not,
and to call to its assistance the aid of
experts. It had already be3i a matter of
comment that, with all ihe ability com-
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