5Ut YEAR NO 42. OREGON STATESMAN .TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1901. t FIRST SECTION EIGHTH PAGES. : WRECK: Of THE WALLA WALLA hint Known Dead and Many Mort Are Missing ; v EIGHTEEN jPASSENw AND NINETEEN MEMBERS OF THE ' s - ' -'-CREW UNACCOUNTED FOR Rcv Htnry ErickMn, a Minister, Is ' - Saved, but Hi Wife and Two Chil dren Are Still Misting, While jOne Son Died on a Liferaft from Ex 1 pesure One Lifeboat and a j Raft . Still Afloat -'x' !;!-: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.--As far as can be determined by' diligent inquiry and careful checking and comparison 6f listsdead and missing - 1 f r'om the wreck of the steamer Walla Walla now number fifty-two people. Known dead number nine; passengers .missing, '''eighteen crew missing,, nineteen. ; Tb known ifead are: Mrs. Herman Kiiiwairwr,' passenger; ' Johnj Wilson, qunrteriiMiteri William Rarien, fire man; ' Droley (Or. I II. Druby), passenger; a mm of Rev. Erlckson, and four imkno n ' men. The steamer Nome-City arrived here tonight, wlit six survli-ors of the wreck ir.r the Wall,! Walla." They, were picked up. from it liferaft- Their name are;, .1. ..WIsorT. first officer F, Lupp, second ,iflVer: , .; Rrtiwn, fourth officer; J -ShU-1. pantryman; S. Murello, cook; 'it. Henry Rricksbn, passenger. - Iiv. Krickson, who was J picked up ly the Nome City, was accompanied, by Ills wife and .three ; children, who are y-t unaccounted for. " They were bound lr Whatcom, Wash. J , i .. . The prvsvn-e of so many; officers ori tht. lift-raft in accounted for) as follows; Ti e IVrnt , sc-tid a hd . fourth i officers tr-' on the rear of the Walla Walla, doing nit In thHr power to rescue pas sengers, when they noticed the, vessel sinkings Just previous t6 this they had thrown . i raft from the steamer to' pas str $ crp who had Jumped lnt,o the water. As Ihe bout' ji s tn down th officers lerpit wnd ere piokel up by those w ho. had suc.'c-titd in hoarding the raft. Tht-rewere orlxinally elfrht persona ,on (t)--j raft, thiw meniirtnecl above, 'nn iirtkno-wn holy, ami t'n Jl-yea-old Hon of lli-v. Ir. KiWkxoti. ?hoitty nfier th Waha. Walla went down, l)we on (he raft met one of the lif lMKit and llio. unknown woman was removed fixm .the r.tft to .the boat; Ymnc ICrf. Krom die J from expopure twelve .hour? a fter the Walla. Walla went down. The survivors :iw the atesimer Iinutvb come and ko, out of .Riircka. hut could not h;ill; her. 4 . The. list of anved Includes fifty-thre-i i:iwittftM and alxty-cine of the crew. Tno of '.the miiWtiuf li ftlMMty arrived lift Jlht. noith of Tfinidad. nnd sev eiit.,.h ,... ,w i.r., Jjimii fro,,! them. This li!is one Hfolioat and one' raft yet to 1 ac ounted for. ' JOURNALISTS DEFENDED ' r ' - - -Y By Rev..C. M. Sheldon, of Topcka, Who Believes, in Modern' Papers., '' e- ; TOPKKA, ka.is., Jan t -jTlev. C M. SheKlon inaiVe a viKoroui defense of the FiiodTu n-9paber.'' heij'today; at a te. U of th,. Ministerial Assoc! tioji. a member of .the aaaciciat'ion iead a -.j..i--r. atticklnj; Jmirnulists a a class, saj in their motle f conducting ;nwl.r bred ananby. Jtev. Mr. ., Sheldon, di..'med from this view, say ing . iifwspaiiera formeil a stftmg ajtency for Sod. , MAYOR LOW'S MESSAGE. : - - - ' . : .l Fo-st One Sent to Board of Aldermen Y ! Treats of Blackmail. J NT,V YOltk. Jan. 6 MaVnr' Tw eht his fin?t Message id the tioanl of aldermen tolaj -sj -Th. -ionijf . subject tnat..a of waa i blackmail i In the civil administration; in the stamping outiof whtvb, be staid, he desired' the co-operation of the people of the City, i j "If during the next two. years, ih? mw.ijte fy. "any cltJxen or employe ot tbe ctiy pa- money Uleirltlmately to l .avoid any Inconvenience or to secure hi .rvKe.hr will do It because he want.x to, and not because he must.r f-." .' - ,. ' ' . BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. i The Eugene Forger Makes No Defense and Is Held for Trial. KI "I tN E.: Ore.. Jan. 6,-Mieo. Vernon. ?' "frrehended ti California, rtaa given a preliminary examination I toJa y pn t he charges t forgery and obuining money under false pretenses. -.He niade no defense, and was bound jover to.the grand Jury.- ' CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS. ;; iJ "k .-ft'-'-' "" 1 '-. ', ,.;; '-) -. SUmp Clerks Testify. to the Dishonest .. i. Practices of Nteleyi ' HAVANA, Jan, fc-At the ! continua tion of the trial" of the caiea ariilnr .froBi the Cuban pot office' frauds, to- day.Moya and Mascara, , the two Cu ban Wtanip? clerks testing! they bad received surcharged stamps from Chas. F.;wi.; Nel?yv without racking- a rec ord thereof; that they had sold, them and (had given the money received therefbr to Neeley. the two clerks recalled about eighteen ;; Instances of such payments,! 'aboutl $100 each. Mya paid Nee ley made ; nio secret of these transactions and that Neeley's clerks received the money When Neeley was not present. --, THE RAILWAY MERGER. Minnesota'? Atterrey CeneralBefore United State Supreme; Court. WASHINGTON'. Jan. f W. B. Douglass, Attorney General of Minne sota, and St. p. 'Dunn, assistant coun sel. arrived at Washington 'today for the purpose of asking permission' of the United States Supreme Court to file a petition -of mandamus against the so t'ulled Northern Pacific merger. LENZ CASE SETTLED. Famous BTcycle Rider's Mother Is Paid ' Damages for Death of Her ." ' ' ; 8on in Turkey---; PITTSBURG. Pal. Jan.: 6. A lease famous In Internatlonai diplomacy was closed today, by the payment of $7,50J damages to Mm. Lena. mother Of Frank G'. Lmzr the American wheel man who waa killed by Turkish) offie talsi. The money waa turned? over by the atate department. iioors COME HOME SECRETARY ROOT i ORDERS THE EIGHTH CAVALRY; NOW IN CUBA To be Brought to the United States as Early as Possible Another Mem ber of the Philippine Commission .' is in. v . k ; '. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Secretary Root has directed that the third squad ron of the Eighth cavalry, icomprtelng the entire garriaoti at Puerto Principe, Cuba, be brought to the United Statea at the flrst favorable opportunity. This is practically the beginning of ft gen eral withdrawal of the United States troops to Cuba, preparatory to- the. transfer of the control: of affairs to the new civil government. There will be no further withdrawals 'of troops, however, until the final arrangements are made for the formal transfer of the; government to the newily elected. official of Cuba, . i . l Judge Ida Is III. WASHINGTON. Jan. .Secretary Root; has Ibeen informed J that Judge Me of ther Philllppine Commission, is ill and has .gone to Ja.an to re'uper rate.. He 1 the second member 'of .the i'ommlsskn to succumb tdi hard work, under trying climate conditions. Judge Taft. civil governor of the Philippines, Is now on the way home for the ben efit! of his health. L IN KENTUCKY'S PENITENTIARY. Kansas City Journal:' j! Kentucky makes and consumes a Vast deal of whisky, but there are sections of th.e state whierewhsky drinking Is much x-stricted, femark'td al man; from there the other day. "IB; my section oiie finds ther are neither! saloons nor side doors Where one canhbuy Intox- htcants. ' True, occasionally ai man brings a bot1e of whisky to town, and a little moonshine is sold sometimes from -the alleys, but as a general rop-4 osltlon thejsale of strong drink is ta booed and (ur people are perfectly-ron-t e.Q t that the tax on w h Isk y . should remain just what it is at present." i WILL NOT INTERFERE. ' s - Th:-1lV-V.i , WASHINGTON.1 Jan. .-The Ifnlteil States Supreme Court toay refused to Interfere in the case of Captain; pber lln M. Carter. The decision was ! ren dered In the proceedings Instituted by Captain Carter for the purpose of se curing a fc rit of .habeas crpui that jaould Yelease him from prison ai Lea venworth, Kan; . The case originated In tlhe fnlted States Circuit C.oirt tor the district of Kansas., by wtilch; pe tttioa for writ was denied. Today's opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller md affirmed the opinion of the circuit court. .1 LIBERTY BELL'S JOURNEY. PHIlLADELPHIA. Jan. . The old Liberty bell, accompanied "by- Mayor Ashbridge and an official escort of city coancilmen and city department beads, started on Its Joarney to the, CharJes ton Expoaltlon at 9 o'clock: this morn lhg. 'As the special train left the Penn sylvania staion a aalute of 21 j guns was fired at the League Island navy yard. t : ;.-.;,. A PECULIAR REQUEST. i l iXEW TOHK, Jan. C Miss Hannah R. Phillips, the educator and physician, having requested it. upon, her death bed, her body has been Cremated and next' Saturday, after a aim pie-service on : the decks of one of the Stamen Island ferryboats, the ashes will scattered upon the waters of New Tork hay.. , -,.'.., PROTOCOL WILL BEAPPnOVED , j - ' , . ArgegUse and Ctlle Appear to Cave foand a Solution OF, THE ( QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN AGITATING' GOVERN i " . MENTSpF BOTH COUNTRIES. The Question of Arbitration' a the Pan-American Conference in-Mexico City Will Com Up for Settle-ment- Tomorrow It May Disrupt the Congress Insurgents in Cen tral America Still Active. . BUENOS, AYRES, Jan. 6. The de claration by Chile, relative to the meaning ; of the paragraphs of the Yahex-Portela protocol concerning the policing of the territory known as the Ultima Esperanza, are satisfactory fiii Argentina. In so much as the princi ples wherein Argentina considered- her self agrieved by Chile; have been pro vided for, the two - Governments wyll approve -- the paragraphs in question thus putting an end to the clatms aris ing from the Ultima Esperanza inci dent. : . . ' f- !' ':, ' '! IN THE SAME STATE.' Valparlso, ChHe, Jan. 6. Replying to, an Interpellation In the Chamber -of Deputlest concerning the rumors : that Argentina had give Chile- 24 hours In which to reply to the question of polic ing in the Ultima Esperanza. territory. Senor Yanez. the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced tha J the dispute between the two countries was in the'same status today as "on Decem ber 25th. "-. -: '- Pan-American. Conferenca . ' Mexico City, Jan, 6. It Is thought now I tha,t the arbitration .Question in the tari-'Amertcan -Conference will be determine! either r tomorrow Or -Wed -nesday. " Whether (r'not a sohatioh vll be the disruption of the conference de pends on whether the 4clegsitloni. .ho favor compulsory arbitration, will ac-. cept a compromise measure to- be !of-, feredi on the . line suggested by-. .vVJ.-J. Kucha nan, of the. United States dele, grutlnn. The terms of the- compmirijsey whlc-h.will ber proposed, Irave mt leen dischwej. -1 . - On Venezuelan Soil. ; Willemstaxl, .Island of Curacao. Jan. 6. eneral : Rivera, the. Venezuelan Insurgent leader, and the Insurgents who had assembled, here, embarked on board tha eunbiwt. I.ilwratdor iluring the ilanml night, and landed On Vene zuelan soil this morning-, near Vealde toro, with arms ond ammunition. It is reported here this afternoon,- that the Uberatdor has captired the Vene zuelan gUnboat Zumbador. .- FLOW OF NATURAL GAS. Struck in ah Artesian Well at Everett, Washington, Yesterday EVERETT, Wash., Jan. C: Today a drill,' used in sinking an artesian well, struck a flow of natural gas at a depth of '500' feet. The stream of irnud and sand was blown into the air 100 feet; by the escaping graa. W. D. loward, one of t he workmen, was, overcome by the gas and died soon , afterward. , ' The . flow ha been auppressed,- but the pressureIs still on. and a rumblin can be, heard at 1 the 'bottom of thd shaft, v ""'.'--,;.'' ELECTION FRAUDS. Big Colonization Scheme Worked In New York's Seventh District ; sasMMpes NEW YORK, Jan, 6. State .Super intendent of Elections John McCullagft said tonlght,L he had discovered what he believed, was a Vblg r colonization scheme, to be worked tomorrow, in the epeclal election of Congressman from the Seventh Congressional district. He did not know In whos Interest the re -porttd colonization had, been made. ! MORMONS TO ALBERTA. Tre Movement Has Commenced and Is Fostered by Canadians. GREAT FALLS. MonL, Jan. The movement of Mormons from Utah to the Coloales of Alberta is oti. nineteen families passing through this city to day. The Canadian Northwest Irriga tion Company is behind the project to colonize SO. 000 Mormons along- the route of the company's canal In Albert. ! AMERICAN PROSPERITY. Discussed by the London Times Prog ' ' i res of ThiSCountryJDoubteT, 1LONDON, Jan. . The Times de votes a long editorial to a review of the economic situation In the UnitedStates. akes the view that, in spite of the pparesUly tremendous material prog- reas made in America, of recent years, this progress Is Insufficient, to warrant tho view of Its economic result ss either by rV sanguine v Americans or by timid Kun-peans. - The Tiroes contends that the recent prosoerity has led to over-in vestments, and the 'fact .that exchange during the past autumn remained in favofl of Lon don, tends to show that the bilance of trade Is aot.ln favor of the United States. t . 1 TO SELL CANAL. WASHINGTON. jJan. . Edward Lam pre, secretary general of the Pa n. ema Canal. Company, who was sent to the United States to make, a format offer for the 'sale of the company's rights, property, etc, to' this Govern ment.' arrived in Washington tonight. A CASHIER IS SHORT. TREJNTTON, Mass.. Jan.! .T-John Townseno-cashler of the BiLstol Coun ty National Bahltls reported I3S.000 snorj.! in nis account i saidfjto have been due ssThe toifpeej The deficit Is ulatlon lh cottdn futures, j MANY WERE DROWNED. CQRUNA. Spain. Jan. C A bark has tapslT.ed -at the moulu..of thet River Lezero.! and.' twenty-three peopje.'most ly women, were drowneC . ' WHAT'S. IN A NAME? gAN FRANCI.eW'O, ; Jan. . Prlnca David ffawanonoea, of Hawil was marrletl today .to -Miss. Abigail Camp Mi. of San. Jose. ' . A SPECIAL MESSAGE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT - WILL , PREPARE QE SHORTLY. B.ased on Investigation to Be Made by the Interstate Commerce Commis- . .. : t. i . .- .v , si on. ' . i. ; . ' , (From Saturday's StatesmaW;)- : CHICAGO, Jan. 3. The Record -Her-Id wilfaay tomorrow: - 4v : : '5? aid will say i .n The -Interstate iCommerce Commt slm wilt begin series .of Investlga-f ton, which a said to. have for tlieir purpose tbeT gathering of data for) a siieciUt message of PVealdeiif RooseyeHj tt Congress, it Is . said: k tho l-messaae will deal with two subjects, is follows:- Railway combinations.! and the Inter state Commerce Commission and'-leg. islatlon governing trafftcy . Owing to he inability of the Inter state Commerce Commissi on to .get ail tbe facts-.net'esaary. these subjHta were- touchedf upon briefly in the Preal--dont's annual message, and were; left to be handled in ajBUpplenientary ntM-j-age, j . - . '- ' ' . - . ' .". CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS. Offenders' Trials. Began in Havana S esterday4-AII Plead Not GuiltyV H' -JIAVANA, Jan. 4. The trial of the fes arising from the Cilhain ptistofifce embezulements opened today. In "the Audencia Court, before five Judge. One hundred .and ef ghty-two Vltnesses. have been called, and about; efgh(ty' re snded today.. : Neeley 3ias gTOVn stouter and was In good sjilrlts, Neeley entered' a plea of not guilty, Rathbone. Moya and Mascara .also pleaded not guilty, and Reeves was granted permission, to wait, until the -next session of theT COurt before, mak ing his plea. MURDERED A SHERIFF. Escaping. Prisoners Shoot the Officer in Cold Blood. r CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jah A. Advicea fiom Casper atae. that Sheriff Ricke'r, who was,, pursuing the Woodward bro thers and two other escaped prisoners was muroejred . in .cold blood. . ; WnMI be reached the : Wbod wrd ranch he was shot down and robbed of his valuables. One-of his deputies is reportexl to have Joined the outlaws and tied with them -to the mountains." I ... ' EIGHTY-SEVEN SAILORS Said to Have Deserted French Ship t Portland in November, ; NANTES, Fra'jie, Jan. XI. Le Petit Phare publishes aa article today, which follows up the charges -of the crimping methods employed' at Portland, Or. Today's article contains extracts- from letters, showing that elghty-rseven French sailors were beaten and de serted ships at Portland during No vember, i. - . WAS FOUND DEAD RAKER CITY, Or., Jait- '3.-AnJrfe Downie. Jr wjs found rtetwl --"tntUm cabin, near Sumpter, 'thl mormnar. Downie was manager of the Downie placer, mine. i : t , It Dazzles thei WerM. -V -' , No Discovery In medicine ha ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been ransed by Dr. King's New 1 Discovery for- Consumption. Its severest tests have been. - on hopeless,, victims of - Consumption. Pneumonia, Hemorrhage. Pleurisy and r I bronchitis, thousanda- of whom it has restored to perfect . health. For Coughs, Cold. Asthma. Croup, Hajr- Fever. Hoarse neen iatd Wbeopinr' Cough it ts the 4uic1test. surest cure in the worliL. It in sold by Dr.. Stone, who guarantees satisfaction or refunds money. . Large bottles SOc. and L Trial bottles free. FOR CHINESE EXCLIS! it radfic Coast Senators 'and Repre " senathes Are Beady WITH A MEASURE ! TO SUCCEED THE CEAftT ACT BILL TO BE ' ; INTRODUCED SOON, -h: Proposed Act is Far More Strict Than - the One It Is to I Displace The Lower House of Congress -Was in Session But a Shert Time Yester 'dsy A Proposed Tunnel Under the ! Bay of San Francisco. v- X WASHINGTON Jan. S The Sena tors and Representatives, ef the Pacifio Coast; who, have been considering the bill for Chinese exclusion, have perfect ed a measure which will be intrdducredj in both Houses in a few 'days. It. is , - - - . much more Comprehensive than any of jthe, bills that , have . been pre sented heretofore on the . subject, - The bill does not limit itself to any term 0f1 years as did the Geary ' Act, buttf pissed in the present i form would be perpetual, unless repealed. i The bill declares 1 that alKt'hlneae, other than eltlxens of the United Statea or thiose who are secured in coming to hnd residing in the United States un der the present treaty with China; f-hall be refused admission anil return ed to the country yhence the came, at the expense of the transportation coin tany bringing ' them The transporta tion companies bringing Chinese to the United. Htates ,hal! detain them .until their right of aJmlsslon shall be rmcer tained .( The only Chinese persons .per mitted, to enter the United States un der the act, are those who have become citizens by birth and naturalization, of ficials of the Chinese Government tertchers,- students, mpifha-nts,; travel ers for pleasure-or cuirslty. returning l.i borers who must have certificates, or domiciled men-h ants. I ngjuurnt a tiny. Washington, .Jan. BpThe Ifouse thtnsacted no business todayTNmmedi- ately after it met, Loudenslager ( N. J4 oh noum-ed the death' of Senator Sewell, and after adopting (he customary res olutions, the House' adjourned. The Senate also adjourned upon, j the- an,-j nouncement of toe death or senator Scwell. ' :, ' : jv' :,.. ''-.: . -A A California- Project. Washington, Jan. fr.-r-Representati ve Kahn, of San FrahclsctJ, today intro duced a bill for a submarine tunnel uh der Kah FrancisVir lia.. with openings .n troat, Island where t he Unfted. Statea military! reservation is located, '.and permitting the transportation of freight and Taasettgers betweeni San Francisco and Oakland, s i- i . -,- " - :: '"- - ' - "I- i ';:. 1 " '- Civil Government, ' Washington. 'Jan., S.-f Repj-esentatlve Cooper, of; Wisconsin,! chairman of the Innular Committee of the House, will intnwtnce a bill providing a system of Clif: Government for j the Philippines. Provislons aie incorprirateit regulating corporate franchises, establishing reg ulations 'for. mining, timber and land cetera tionsv and establishing prelimin ary steps by which self government shall be undertaken by the people of the Island i." " 1 - - A Philippine Bill. j Vashlngton, JanJ Senator Lodge chalirmon of the Committee on - the Philippines, tomorrowi will introduce a bill 'for -the temporary government of the Philippine drafted a fter. many ton, sul tat Ions with the War IVpartment officials, directly Interested In I the . In sular .ff airs and the government of the lhll!pplne. The bill will not be b part of the Philippine revenue bill. Which haa passed the House, hut will be an lndcendent meaite.l The4 bill does not attempt to establish a new; fdrm of government In the I'bUlpplnes, hut confirms the action of President Mc Klnley. In creating. a Commission. It also glyes the Itesldent authority, while there Is armed, resistance Inr any part of the (slanda to the United States, to regulate and control the Interests of commerce. 1 , - ; , One of the most Important provliiions In the bill is that .empowering the: Phil ippine; Commission; to purchase the religions orders and dispose of them on proper terms to actual ocsnipants. . A. Cure for. Lumbago." . ;,..;;. W. C. Williamson.-of Amherst, Va, ays: -For more- than & year I suffered from lumbartv I finally tried rChamber I .tin's Pain'flalm and it gave me en tire relief, which ail other remedies had railed to do." Sold at STONE'S drug stores. .' . -. t PRODUCTION OF GOLD. What the Northwestern States Have Added to the World's Wealth . Last Year. , WASHlNGTOX. Jan. 4. Prlimlniry estl mates of the Director of ,the Mint, on he prwl action of I gold) snd stiver In the United States during the calen dar far -901 indicate only av alight gain oer the production of the pTece! ing year. The yield of Alaska fell off by about a million dollars.- Colorado made a slight gain In gold, and otrar producers were nearly stationary. The yield of silver exceeded that of the previous 1 year by about 2,000.0im fine ounces, The production In the North-; weft is as follows: State. Gold. JrUlvcr. (Value! (Fine Ounce! Alaska. . S6.904.40O 1.2TS.S00 . .02300' , ; i.t;;.so , ;o.2oo : .5.00. 4.0io.j0 I4.6fn).tii0 600.0 , 3:30,000 Idaho.. .1 , Montana.. . Oreron -. . Washington "THE NEW UNIVERSITY. Carnegie's Gift , Will Be Accepted The, Institute' Incorporated. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Secrelary ' Hayand a number -of gentlemen Inter-". e,-ted In the Carnegie project of a Na tional University met at the State De partment today, and. formed an lncor- poratlon known- as the Carnegie ln rtltute." tl is andei stood' that Carnepi- has removed thei obstacles that exlst,el to the acceptajtce of his S10.000.M0 do nation to the cause of education, an Uiday's action" was the first stepvfo ward giving legal form and Substance to the prtiofiltion. v r -..f The articles of lncorioratIn of th Carnegie Institute were Jilt! with the IIUhI with I ity today. recorder f deeds in this -The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, as the best In jtlie world, extends rourwl the earth If the. one perfect' healer of ?utsxCorna Hurns, Hrulse. Sores. Scald. Roils. tHcers, Felons, Aches. Prflns and all Skin EruiHions. Only InfafliMe 1 He cure, 25c a box at cfs Drug Store, f SPECIAL SESSIO: OF THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE WILL BE CALLED. To Take Action on the'Railwsy Merger Threatened by the Northern Roads ': . 'I-"-: - '. Governor Hunt's StstemenL , From aturday's Statesman.) -ROISE, Id Jan. 3. Jovernbr Hunt, when .asked if he would take any ac tion in the n.uU-ter of the proposed-. con solidation of v the Northwestern faH- ways, eall: - ' p-:- "No action will b' taketi In the courts, of blaho,, to fight proUseii tierifer. It Is not my purjsiHiui ca II the legislature': In extrav- , sessionL make a taw covering' the case,"; ';. Matter Is In Court,"- v aaningron, anv tetMuor t os- er of W'iashinirton state. authorir.eM the stateriient JJt. because' .the matter Isj now in the.-ourts fof- adjudication, he has made ' nh comments : wbate'-r ,. on i the i.utjet of the transiontlnental railroad merger.' !. ",-'.. J '"-, . ; ' - . Exposure to Wet, 4 T - ;J l:unpn!i ahdecid, l'n-arlably resulta In a sudden hill, -which if not atleiit-d to immetlialelyi will chuw u ill. . Ity mltlhir a tcasoinful ut Perry Davis'; 4ainrkliler in half a srlass of warm water .or milk, the whole system will Im heated-: and the; danga-r of cold avoided. 1 Avoid substltutofi, ther .. Is ut one Painkiller, lvrry Davis'. Price 26 cents and 60 ents. - ' . 1. 1 CLAIM OF CLARK AND 7 f . : BUCHANAN FOR WORK Caused Something of Flurry jn the V County Commissioners' Court Yes terday, When a Warrant Was Or dered to ls.ue. The isyment of the claim of Messrs. Clark and Jtuchanan In the county commissioners courts erealed "some what of a discord in lite proceedings of the court which- have' sc far during H term, h been condioted In t'r--feet harmony, During the .session of -last Saturday the .court made an order, that no warrants should be Issued in payment of any claim whatsoever, un til the clerk had made the proper entry the court land the signatures of 'alt members, of the court; tri a majot'lly thereof, had been affixed to the .dsy's proc-edlngs. When th ;abfye -men-tloned claim was allowed jby: the court a warrant was ordered Issued In pay ment of the same inrmedlatelvi when the clerk protested that such : action would bi It direct violation to thn or der of the court on Saturday and! en tered of record. The court Insisted, however, uipon the issuance and jpay- mnt of the warrarrTirn4lhjalened to rf-lnd the previous, order,! executed on Haturday, If the warrant -was notfbon-i pred, County Clerk W. W. Hall. In or der to preserve peace and decoriii la the court, issued the warrants and it was ; .presented to the; county ' tejfas-urer- where a check fas drawn fof Its payment. ' -'i., ;:-';... ; - - I .. An Attack of Pneumonia Warded Off. "Some time ago my daughter Canght a. severe cold, She complained of paths in her chest , and had i m.- bad t-oagh. I gave' her Charnberialn's Cough Remedy according to direction, and in two days she-was .well and able -to go to school. I have used this rem edy In my family for the past .seven . years and have never known It. to fall. aays Jamen Prendergitst. : merchant, AnnaJto Hay; Jahmica, t India . is lands. The pains ln. (be chest Indies t- evT a n ta rrTMi . ti Inor ntl rr aw ;rAi ewn - w,- s)s etf vm,Mi',gj eatenTae j" s l r nla, which In this init-tnce wa Uu doubted! y warded off by Chamberlajn'a Cctirh : Remedy. It counteracts aoy tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. Sold at STONE'S drug stores, f Semi-Weekly Statesman. $1 a year. lhvStoo '" - i HO to I