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THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER.
VOL. XXL NO. 61.
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* GLOVES
He LarjrtMt and Best Stock
in the City.
805 FRONT STREET.
It Mill giTiDj? awsv f> K .,nt Satin Lined
Leaihert a~es with each s ilf of
SILVER WARE
MMSttot duplicate them w neri they are all gone.
; w Moral—Bi; Y NOW.
t 719 SECOND Si'.
Martqiuirtors for Stationery and office mijw
frs. F*n<*y iJOfwif. >» aps. Perfumery, spe< laities
Hurtwnl*. i'ntlerr. Etc.
INCOH POKATE L) l«3i
mst
AFFFRS the following advantage*: A Definite
V Contract, Ouarnateed > ash Valuer Annual
(■li Dividends. No Tontine Features Whatever.
Eas Kon-For'eittirv Law. Participating n All
I. So IJW in «'<ise You Cannot Continue.
Other Distinctive A<l vantage. F. A. W \(~
iVtMf*r for Washington, Ore*, n, Idaho and M«n :
Itsa OKn. K. ADAMS < a-hier. 219, JUI
' I*o*7 Building. Seattle, Wub
WIMBIENT
EXTRAORDINARY
That of closing of the
Seattle Dry Goods Store
BY THE
20th of this Month
Anyone desiring Shelving,
and other Fixtures
can have them at a very low
|gure ; meantime all other lines
goods will he sold at a
reduction. Those in search of
bargains in dry goods, ladies'
and gents' furnishings, laces,
bsiery, efc., will do well by
calling at the
Seattle Dry Goods Store
903 Second St., Cor. Marion.
iJVE MEAN BUSINESS.
I'MAKE NO MISTAKE.
if m.
New Neckwear
*Kin»-si line in the cityV
li Puffs, Ascot*, Konr-in-liandt and
Bows.
GLOVES
Gloves, I»rivinar Glove»,
Dress iiioves, best makes
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LEAI'ING HEN'S FCRNISHEIIS.
Second St., lor. Columbia.
/T^£T X A R . FAX rAcrpit RAILWAY co.**
ro Uo iti Mali ftt+Acisbip 14a%
, * P **ORT Rot IK TO JAfA !* mn4 CHrifA.
i 1 of "rumcfi :*TW*EA \ IDCVUT^
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f cfc4r- a. l tatSSrldual p*y*\ y u9imH
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Q*n*ral Pnwon
itUO** Atrut. ti»rr- Jk>r-i b.ocj^
WANT A SITUATION R
Isethe V\am Columns of ibe POST*
H'l l lot.M LK. Double the cir-
? k '* Uo " ul taper in tue Male.
*** l result*.
W. P. BOYD & CO.
Underwear and Hosiery
Splendid
Assortment
Agency and Headquarters for the
BEST MADE
IN THE
WORLD.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN LADIES' KNIT UNDERSKIRTS.
SPECIAL!
A Black Hose for
25e.
Or $1.25 a box. The best
value in every way we have
ever shown, and it cannot be
duplicated in Seattle.
Front Street and Pioneer Place
P. V. DWYER & BROS.,
DEALERS IN PIPE FITTINGS, VALVES.
PLUMBERS', STEAM AND GAS-FITTERS' SUPPLIES,
Bolton Hot WHter Heaters, rump*, <.a*, and Electric Fixtures.
' Rex, the leader, king ot brands—the regal pig, the crowned porker—
"Rex," sweetest iiacon; "Rex," most savory Hams; "Rex,'' best Canned
Meats; "Rex," purest Lard; "Rex," F.xtract Keef, nothing equal. Over
$1,000,000 'Rex products sold in Washing on in 1891. If you want only
the best insist on getting Cudahy's "Rex" goods, otherwise this is not ad
dressed to you.
FT 11E PLATE FRONT
-L DIN Ni:i; SETTS
TUST the thing for those who enteriain on New Year's and
w all others. We make up sets to suit from a dozen pattern®
in Haviland s China and a variety ot other China and
«em:-|K>rcelain decorated and white goods. At prices beyond
competition. Come and see us. No trouble to show goods.
SCHADE. WOODRUFF b CO, -ffiSß.
M. SELLER & CO,
IMPOKTKKH .rVNJJ JOHBKItS IN
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps. Cutlery awl Platedware
Hotel and Bar Goods a Specialty.
71 I SKCONT) ST.. hOSTON T3T.OCKI.
WATCHES, DIAMONDS
JEWELIiY. CLOCKS AN'lt SILVERWARE.
New and elaborate stock at very low figures at
ALBERT HANSEN'S, 706 FRONT STREET
Sole agency for the ftate for the celebrated PATEK, PHILLIPPE 4 CO. WATCHES.
THE Ctrand Hotel,
(Kl KQI'EAN PLAN*.
E. MYER, MANAGER.
The Only Flret-Class, Centrally Located Hotel in the City.
The Largest and Finee; Sample Rooms on the Coast.
Kim-Rate Restaurant in Connection
- I3IPOKTKK3 A N 1) J OUHEKS OB*
LEVY KM® » ram
SMOKERS ARTICLES, ETC.
11l COMMERCIAL ST. TKKRY-I>FXVV IU ILTKVG.
THE JOHN SCHRAM COMPANY,
(INCOBPORATKD.)
STOVES. TINWARE AND PLUMBERS SUPPLIES, METALS. PIMPS, Etc
I.OISJ AND 1.01-l FRONT STREET,
TEETH WITHOUT A PLATE!
Iktf r»n»rk«Mo op»nUlon loM t~sh or bmilr d«c*r«l twth or roow Iba*
ka I nrfnine**. K«"LLN X BII«1 A pp*«r»nce. are perfect M >*UI«IM
f. r th« c«!ur»i For tn* iEforic*l.ou *Ju.-e*» or coasuil
THE WASHINGTON DENTAL INSTITUTE, Cor. Second and Columbia
BLANK BOOKS. BLANK BOOKS. I
We c.trr* th* lari*«r mwortiwnt In eity. fr\*MlNE 01 H PitK E>.
vf our H*i -opening 81..4NK
LOWMAN .V IIANKOKD STATIONERY AND PHINTINOCO.
♦ U«i KItONT td'HEKT, XKAH CHF UHV.
FOR
Ladies,
Children
and Men
Lewis' Underwear
AND
I)r. Jaeger's Underwear.
SPECIAL!
Natural Wool Underwear for
«50e, 7oc,
)
Extra values and very large
assort ment.
i
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 15, 1892.
AT PEICES
THAT BEAT
ANYTHING IN TP*
ALL SIZES, |
ALL
PRICES, j
(
It DOLMAN DEATEN.
The Democratic Congressmen
Want Appropriations.
HE CALLS IN HIS RESOLUTION.
Afraid to Let It Be Voted on in Its
Present Absurd Condition.
Democratic Policy on the Tariff Ques
tion Outlined—Hanford Moat Promt-
nently Mentioned for Circuit Judge
ship—New Senate Bills.
WASHINGTON Cirr, Jan. 14.— The House
of Representatives of the Fifty-second
congress has not followed the aggressive
leadership of Chairman Holman,of the ap
propriations committee* in declaring that
the appropriations of congress shall be
strictly limited to moneys necessary to
carry on the several departments of the
government. For four hours a fierce war
fare of debate was waged in the House to
day over the proposition of the gentleman
from Indiana, and when adjournment was
taken Hoiman had so far receded from the
strict spirit of the resolution as to ask that
the previous question be reconsidered, in
order lhat he might consider the advisa
bility tomorrow of accepting an
amendment modifying the sweeping
declaration of the second clause
of the resolution. That many Demo
crats, if forced to meet the issue
presented by the gentleman from Indi
ana, will vote against the resolution, there
is no doubt. As it now reads, it is gen
erally interpreted as presenting an insup
erable bar not only to steams-hip subsi
dies but to the sugar bounty, the Nicar
agua canal bill, the World's fair loan,
improvement of rivers and harbors, ap
propriations for public buildings through
out the country and appropriations for
Indian depredations and court of claims
cases. Naturally, therefore, the chairman
of the appropriations committee had ar
rayed against him the friends of all the in
terests and enterprises so vitally affected.
When Holman's resolution was taken
up he said:
When similar resolutions were adopted in the
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth congresses, the rev
enues and expenditures of the government sub
stantial. y balanced, but now the expenditures
are in excess of the revenues, and the necessity
lor his second resolution was manifest. As to
question of subsidies, the subsidies meant legis
lation for the benefit of the favored classes and
were a feature of government belonging to the
monarchies. He entered into a comparison of
the records of the two parties, and incidentally
remarked that tue Democratic party had alwavs
been ready by a revenue measure strictly for
revenue, to secure incidental protection.
While inveighing against class legisla
tion. he was interrupted by Raines of New
York, who asked whether it would be class
legislation to give to silver bullion owners
$1 for 78 cents' worth of metal. "I simply
answer," returned Holman. "that I am in
favor of free coinage of silver on the same
basis as the free coinage of gold."
Dingley of Maine asked consent to have
as pending a substitute resolution declar
ing it to be the sense of the House that it
is the duty of congress to limit the appro
priations to the requirements of an effi-
cient, honest, economical and statesman
like administration of national affairs;
that the duties of congress be not re
stricted to simply providing means for
carrying on the departments, but to in
clude such other subjects as are directly
or indirectly for the beneiit of the country
as a whole, and not likely to be secured by
private enterprise, such as the establish
ment of agricultural colleges, agricultural
experiment stations, geological stations,
improvement of rivers and harbors, the
maintenance of soldiers' homes and the
pension system for the benefit of those
who imperiled their lives on behalf of the
Union.
Holinan objected to the substitute being
regarded as pending, and l>ingley there
upon withdrew the resolution.
Henderson of lowa opposed adoption on
the Republican side. He said:
The resolution under discussion is not, in
language or spirit, the same as the resolutions
passed by previous congresses. Iu those resolu
tions the fiu.-incinl condition of the country was
expressly referred to with regard to the declara
tion as to bounties and subsidies. At that time
the government was under a heavy aud oppress
ive load of debt, but under Republican manage
ment the government is getting rid of mort
gages. [Applause.] Under this resolution no
private pension bill could be put through, and
uothiug iu the nature of public works could be
entcitained.
What wus the real object putting forward
the resolution ? To what bounties did Holman
refer? He understood, to sugnr. Speaking for
himself, he would say if all the gentlemen on
the other side wanted to cancel the bounty on
s.sgnr he misrht be found voting with them.
Thi» resolution was aimed at something else.
It was a deadly weapon aimed at ;he starving
millions of Russia. If it were adoptei congress
could not make an appropriation to send to that
country the offerings >,f the generous hearts of
our people. Here came the gentleman from
Indian;! making an assault on the unfortunate
inhabitants of Russia. Jews aud Gentiles, in
the presence of famine came forward with full
band- and generous hearts to help their fellow
mortals, and the reform Democrats sa;d the
government should not carry their contribu
tions to Russia.
Henderson then turned his attention to a
speech made some days ago by Dockery, relative
to the financial position of the country. liock
ery had stated that the receipts for the first half
of the present risca year fell short of the ex
penditures by He (Henderson) had
•skel f.>r inf .rmatioa from tie treasury depart
ment, an t I,ad been informed that the figures
for t:ie perusl in question showed «R excess of
receipts over expenditures of 17,100,000, instead
l>f a shortage of <O. Ihe present adminis
tration had paid over |239,©X>,CMO of interest
bearing debt. Not a bondholder had wanted his
money, but the administration had made him
step up and take it. The administration had
saved the |*N'ple *v>.ouo,ooo m interest
Heuderaou then proceeded to contradict tbe
•tn'vmcnt made by IV>ckery la.-t week that the
sinking iund wn tn a depleted con dition. The
.a»: congress had txea sneeringly alluJed to as
the "billion-dollar cougrvs-s." The ordinary in
( reuse of appropriations of the Fiftieth congre-s
"i «T
(*>■•. The ordinary increase of the Fifty-first
over tie Fi tleth bad been $'•7,000,00. All thia
tala about the "billion-dollar congress*' meant
that the Fifty-tirst congress had given 1115,000,-
*»J •, v.j appropriations a id pay meat
toti.e s.oliier-> of the republic, tneir widows,
oh ■ ren aad dependent relatives. The Fifty
first congress hmi revised the tariff. but ia doing
so it had lU'Teated the price of the products of
the American farmer, made it sure that labor
cou i set !a,r aud just f-ooipensatioa, and made
tim for starvation to enter the repnr>-
l.e ai,d remain ur.rter tbe folds of the American
flag. [<.>reat appiauM,]
Replying, Dockery said:
Trie ag-rreaate appropriation of the "bi!lion
dollar cougre.'s" was without j*ra. e s or prec
edent In the h.story of the country. The reeor-1
••bowed that, deducting tne amain? fund and
interest oa the rrnblic debt and the extraordi
aary charge for pensions, there remained more
than I.OV>«VMI increase of approf riat.ona of
lie rifty-atia congress over the Fiftieth. Iha
j .".verarfe increase Sroia tea Forty-fourth to the
j Fiftieth had been about Ia),«0U,uo0. On the l»t
'oi July, tuara had oeea ia the treasury a
surplus of *145,000,000. What had teeome of it?
Today there is in the treasury $ . ,***\ooo. and
this included subsidiary coin*. The 111 >.000,009
surplus had disappeared under the operation
of the appropriations made bv the Republican
party.
Referring to the refunding of bonds,
Hooker of Mississippi inquired if the
money was in the treasury with which to
pay the bonds. Why did the secretary ask
the holders to extend them at 2 per cent?
Dxrkery thanked Hooker for the suggestion,
and added sarcastically that he resented the In
sinuation of the gentlemen from Mississippi
that the secretary did not take up these bonds
because there was not money in the treasury.
Hadnotthesecretaryt.il. in an interview ihat
it was because he wished to demonstrate the
extraordinary soundness of the government by
showing that it could float 2 jfer cent, bonds?
Hut the controlliug reason tor this extraor
dinary action, aside iro:a the condition
of the treasury, was the lact taat it
would accommodate the national bank*
and prevent the expense on their
part of exchanging bonds and btiying 4's at a
premium; and this by an administration whose
most distinguished oilicial had in Maine in ISSB
denounced Mr. Cievu.and because he had de
posited m'jneyin national batiks. Under the
Harrison administration 1 15,000,003 remained in
national hanks. In the estimates uot one
dollar was estimated for r;vers and harbors, be
cause there was a deli it of 000.000.
Dingley questioned this statement, and
quoted from Secretary Foster.
Dockerv replied that the estimates prepared
by the clerks to the Senate and House commit
tees on appropriations showed this deficiency.
It wag not shown by the secretary, because he
proposed to disregard the requirements of the
sinking fund act for the next fiscal year. That
explained the discrepancy. The pension esti
mates were the same as last year, although con
gress had last year appropriated ten millions
more than the estimates. If $25,000,000 were al
lowed for rivers and harbors the deficiency
would amount to 157,000,000. He did not take
pride in show.ng the condition ot the treasury
that exhibited increasing expenditures and de
creasing revenues, although the Republican
party was responsible for it, but he wanted to
impress upou the Democrats the necessity for
great economy.
Hopkins of Illinois opposed the Holman
resolution. The gentlemen could not af
ford to vote for it if they meant to give
government aid to the World's fair.
McKenna of California opposed the reso
lution as useless and misleading. If it was
an attack on the sugar bounty that was re
moved from controversy in this House.
If it had reference to the Nicaragua canal
he did not think the Democrats would be
found united on the question. Dolliver of
losva also opposed the resolution.
The time limit having expired, Holman
entered a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the previous question had been
ordered. If it should be found desirable,
ne said, to make the language of the sec
ond resolution any more explicit, it can be
done tomorrow.
"Does the gentleman withdraw for re
pairs?" inquired Mr. lleed. [Great laugh
ter.)
"Yes, sir," replied Holman. "I ask that
it go over until tomorrow."
Leave was asked to introduce a bill plac
ing wool on the free list, but Owens of
Ohio objected and the House adjourned.
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF BILLS.
To Pnt Lumber, Twine, Barbed Wire
and Other Articles on the Free List.
WASHISOTOW CITY, Jan. 14.— At an in
formal conference of the Democratic mem
bers of the ways and means committee to
day, it was agreed that several bills drawn
up by various members of the committee
and generally discussed and approved by
the Democratic majority, he introduced
by their authors at once and referred to
committee. As a result, Bryan, of Ne
braska, will tomorrow ask consent to in
troduce in the House a bill providing that
on and after October 1, 1892, the following
shall l»e exempt from import duty, unless
an export duty is laid by the country
whence they come, in which case the
present duties shall prevail:
Timber, hewn and sawed, and timber used
for npi.ru aud in building wharves; timber,
square or sl.ced; wood, unmanufactured, not
specially enumerated or provided for; sawed
boards, p'anks and all other articles of sawed
lumber; hub« for wheels; posts, last blocks,
wagon or gun headings, blocks and all like
blocks or stirks, rough, hewn or sawed; staves
of wood; pickets and palings; laths, shingles,
clapboards, pine or spruce logs.
Bryan will also introduce other Hills
providing for the admission free of bind
ing twine and twine made in whole or part
of jute, hemp, sunt, sisal or other textile
grasses or other fibrous substances; barbed
wire of all kinds and iron rods for fencing;
all salt, tine and coarse, in bulk or in
packages.
While these bills have not been formally
considered by the committee, said Bryan,
there has been so general an expression in
favor of them as to leave no doubt of their
passage through the House, and it is
probable they will also pass the Senate.
A number of other features of the present
law will doubtless be attacked. Cotton
ties and bagging will also receive atten
tion, as will coal, iron ores, kerosene and
a number of other things.
ALLEN NOT A CANDIPAXI,
Mr. Hanford Seems Llkfly to Receive
the Circuit Judgeship.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—
Representative Wilson was asked today if
there was any news upon the judgeship
question. He replied:
I know absolutely nothing in regard to the
present status of this appointment The ap
pointment, insofar as it is controlled at ail, i§
largely controlled by the senators. When I first
arrived in City I called upon Sen
ator Allen and told him if he desired my in
dorsement for the circuit judgeship I would
take pleasure iu doing all I could for him 10
that direction. He told me he WHS not A candi
date and would not be, in any sense of the word.
Many teleerams have been received urging
the promotion of Judge Hanford. of the United
States district court He is in every way worthy
of this position, ant would bring to the place
Judicial attainments excelled by none upon the
Pacific coa-st. The president could make no
appointment in our seenion that in my judg
ment would be more creditable to his adminis
tration than the promotion of Judge Hau-
I'ord to the circuit beucb. Since his
appointment to the district bench ha has
given great satisfaction to the bar and the peo
ple, aud the only objection that can be urged
against his promotion is our reiuctanca to part
* ith his services upon the district bench.
Iu the event of the promotion of Judge Han
ford, who would be made district Judge?
I cannot answer this question, as lam not in
formed. Some telegrams are coming in for
various candidates. As I sa»d above, the matter
being in large measure under the control of the
senators, I will defer in a great measure to their
judgment.
In the Senate.
WARHISGTOS CITY, Jan. 14.—1n the Sen
ate Morrill presented a memorial from the
astronomers of the country in relation to
a chance of management of the new ob
servatory from the navy department to
the civil administration; referred to the
committee on navai arlairs. Among the
bills introduced and referred were:
BT Ve->t— For the impropemeat of the M:«sis
sippi river from the month of the Ohio, appro
priating 111,00.000.
Ky Culiom—To promote the safety of em
ployes aad traveler* by compelling common
carrier* to equip c*r» w.th automatic coup! r»
and roatinaous brakes and their locomotives
with driving wheel b-akes.
A bill w*9 passed appropriating $300,000
for the purchase of ground and the erec
tion thereon in the city of Washington of
a building to be used as a hall for rec
ords, Adjourned untii Monday.
BRISK FIRE IN WAX.
A Wooden Block in the Bnsi-
ness Section Destroyed.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ORTING.
A Notorious Woman Tries to Kill Her-
self at Port Townsend.
Seal Pirates Loot a Queen Charlotte
Village—Election at Victoria—James
Knox Contest* the Election of Kara
Meeker aa Mayor of Puyallnp.
COT.FAX, Jan. 14. [Special.] Sixteen
thousand live hundred dollars' worth of
Colfax property on the east side of Main
street, between Wall and Upton, was
burned to a heap of ashes this morning
between 2 and 5 o'clock. The loss is cov
ered by insurance amounting to $7,450.
The tire started mysteriously in the hay
mow of Thomas Baker's livery stable,
spreading to the city hall on the south and
to the building of Charles H. Dodd & Co.
on the north, but went no further. The
heat of the flames, leaping sixty feet into
the air, damaged the Fraternity block on
the opposite side, making the total losses
and insurance as follows:
Jmur
_ //>#». mice.
Livingston & Kuhn, city hall. ...$ 5,000 |1,'250
Thomas Baker, livery stable 2,500 1,000
F. J. Burns, saloon 4,'KiO 2,0,*)
Lucy <fc I'allunda, restaurant 1,500 l,<*W
Imnlap & Harr, hay, teed, etc soo 4 *)
J. Lucy, lodging-house 500 300
Fraternity block, windows 1,500 1,500
Inland Telephone Companv 270 ....
C. H. Dodd A Co 500
Sid Benton, saloon 500
Collins house 500
Total 116,500 17,450
The express matter in the office of the
Pacific Express Company was saved, as
were the books of the Washington Loan
and Trust Company.
How the lire originated nobody knows,
but it is suspected that an incendiary did
the work.
The first tap of the bell was sounded
at five minutes past 2, and ten minutes
afterward two streams were playing
upon the flames, but the tire had
got such a start that all* the hay
in the livery stable, about fifty
tons, was in a blaze, and the roof
was also tumbling in.
The buildings were wooden, dry and
pitchy, so the lire leaped around as if in a
pile of kindling. The Charles H. Dodd
building caught and burned slowly, but
the hose kept the flames from spreading
much. The heat was so intense as to melt
or break nearly all of the plate glass win
dows in the magnificent Fraternity block
on the opposite stde of the street. Bv 3
o'clock the progress of the fire was stopped,
and only the ruins were left to burn. They
smouldered under two streams till 0 o'clock
this morning. The horses belonging to
the livery stable were ail saved.
OLDEST SETTLER IN WASHINGTON.
John McClond Settled on the Prairies
of Pierce County in 1H43.
TACOMA, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—John Mc-
Cloud, wiiose claim to being the oldest
living white settler in Washington is con
firmed by ex-County Auditor Edward
Huggins, was in the city today. To a cor
respondent of the POST-INTELLIGENCER Mr.
McCloud, now 76 years old, said:
I WAS born in Scotland, and entered the em
ploy of the Hudson Bay Company when 21
years of age. I was assigned to the company's
principal fort on Hudson bay, and in IS.'*7 was
made one of the yearly brigade sent OTerland to
Puget sound by the Hudson Ray Company.
The party consisted of about forty, and several
members of it were drowned in the Columbia
en route. I reached the Sound in 1838, aud be
came a stoker aboard the company's steamer,
the famous Bearer. I was ashore off and on,
but IS4J is the date of the beginning of my
actual residence. In that year I became one of
the Hudson Bay shepherds on the prairie*
hereabout. At that time we had from 5,000 to
7,000 head of sheep.
Mr. Hngginscame here in the employ
of the Hudson Bay Company in 1819. In
that year Mr. McCloud was attracted to
California by the gold fever, but returned
in 1850, since which time he has resided
continuously in this county, owning a line
donation claim near Muck and also land
at the mouth of the Nisqually river. It is
claimed for Adam Benson, sr., also a resi
dent of this county, that he is next to Mr.
McCloud the oldest living settler in the
state. His residence dates from 1544. Mr.
McCloud was asked the question:
What was the condition, habits and conduct
of the Indiaus when you arrived"
They were just as peaceable as they are today.
They were much more numerous, much health
ier, and from observation and the statements of
others. I know they were not disease i in any
way, were very happy and took great delight in
hunting large game. Many lived to be more
than 90 years old, and were tine specimens of
manhood, some being over six feet tall. The
whites brought to them disorders and disease.
During the Indian war McCloud was
placed in the Fort Montgomery guard
house, near the present city of Tacoma,
because he. having an Indian wife, was
supposed to be in collusion with the na
tives. His companion in durance vile was
Judge Landers, the tirst judge of thin sec
tion, who, as Mr. Huggins, an excellent
authority, says, refused to obey the man
dates of martial law, which had been de
clared, and was arrested on the bench and
flung into the guard-house.
In 1870 and thereabouts, Mr. Huggins
says, the number of cattle and sheep main
tained by the Hudson Bay Company on
the plains in this vicinity numbered over
25,000.
JAMES KNOX VS. EZRA MEEKER.
Serious Charges of Fraud in the Krrrnt
Municipal Election at I'uyallup.
TACOMA, Jan. 14. Special.]—Amnngthe
things charged in an information tiled in
the superior court this afternoon by Jamea
Knox, of Fuvallnp, are the following:
That at the last municipal election at i'uyal
lup, the board of elections threw out three vote*
f.»r Kn«.'X for mayor, in ttia decond precinct, and
allowed three Sl!e«t«*l votes ca.-t bv John Moul
caiiy, Frank Neiaon anrl Charles Wakefield, for
Err* Meeker for mayor; that these men were
residents of Clover Creek, an 4 ineligible; also
that Me'ker bought the vow of one McKay for
f"»j. and that tnree other* illegally voted for
Meu^cr.
Knox asks the court to oust Meeker and
make him mayor. The board of election
gave Meeker and Knot 304.
A PBOSTITITE SHOOTS H EiiSEf.K.
Ida tVilllaoi*. »f Port Towmend, At.
tempts to Commit Sulclit«.
PART TOWWSESD, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—
Ida Williams, a courtesan notorious in
Montana. California and Washington, is
lying at the point of death at her house
on Madison street, near Jefferson, the re
suit of two bullet wounds inUicted by her
self early on Wednesday morning. The
woman < ame down from Alaska about ten
days ago, having taken a trip north for the
purpose ot looking after property mter-
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ests at Juneau. She complained of illnes;
shortly after her arrival, an<l it is pre
sumed pain drove her to the rash act
Conflicting stories are told regarding thi
matter, great attempts having been inadt
to suppress the facts. It is learned, how.
ever, that one ballet entered the woman 't
right temple and the other the left; sid«
near the heart, both bullets glancing. Th«
doctors say the wounds are not necessar
ily tatal. The woman has had a check
ered career extending over a period of sev
eral years. She has made two trips tc
China, and is worth over $40,000.
A Postmaster'* Accounts Not Straight
Colfax, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—Counts
Treasurer G, W. Larue, ex-postmaster ol
Colfax, was served with a summons yes
terday afternoon by Deputy United State?
Marshal Chamberlain to answer to a
charge of failing to account to the United
States for money and property belonging
to the government in the sum of f'JTO.sJ.
The complaint was filed by United States
Altorney Winston, under direction of the
postoftice department. The case will ha
heard at Waila Walla in May. The bonds
men are W. J. Hamilton, Silas
H. W. Livingston and William Hiney,
who are responsible only as bondsmen.
The principal part of the complaint is here
appended:
After reciting that Mr. Larne was duly ap
pointed postmaster of Colfax in April, ISSS, con
tinuing until March 31,1K5'.», It says: Thai ha
did not faithfully discharge the duties and trust
imposed upon him by law, and the rules and
regulations of the postoffice department of the
United Mutes; that he did not pay the balance
of all moneys that came into his hands from
public money collected, postage stamps and
stamped envelopes sold by him, and for money
orders issued by him during the tima
he (Larue) was postmaster at said
Coliax; that ha did not faithfully account to tha
United States for all monies, postage stamps,
stamped envelopes, postal cards, bills, bonds,
notes, drafts, receipts, vouchers, money orders,
blanks, mail keys, maps and other papers which
be, the said George W. tame, as postmaster and
as ageut and depository for the postoffice depart
ment of the United States, received for the use
and benefit of said postoffice department, but,
on the contrary, the said defendant, Gaorga W.
I-arue, while acting as postmaster aforesaid
failed to account to the United States for money
belonging to the United States in tha sum ot
$270.82.
FsirhsTrn Bank Changes.
FAIRHWE.T, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—Alex
ander McKenzie not only succeeds E. M.
Wilson as mayor of the city, bnt also as
president of the First National bank,
having been elected to that position at the
annual meeting of the diretora yesterday.
Nelson Bennett owns a majority of the
stock of the bank and Mr. McKenzie is
his agent here, besides himself being a
stockholder in the bank and a man of con
siderable means. Mr. C. P. Francis, who
had been cashier of the bank sinoe ita
organization, resigned to accept the posi
tion of assistant manager of the bank of
Fairhayen, of which Mr. C. W. Waldron
is proprietor, and which will move into
new and elegant quarters in the Waldron
block early next week. Mr. Francia is
succeeded as cashier of the First National
by Mr. B. B. Seymour, late assistant
cashier of the Citizens' hank.
Forgery In Camminga-Snhnls* Salt.
TACOM*, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—An im
portant letter, said to haye been written
by ex-Manager Cummings, of the Tacoma
Railway and Motor Company, was re
cently tiled by President Schnlze and
others with the superior court in an ac
tion to set aside the findings of the arbi
tration committee, which found in Cum
mings' favor. Cnmmings and thirty
others have prepared affidavits alleging
that the letter was not written by him.
About 175,000 is involved, President
Schnlze, for the railway company, charg
ing Cummings with fraud.
Profits of the Smelting Business.
PORTLAND, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—The oM
smelting works built several years ago on
the east side proved worthless, and about
100 tons of ore bou&ht for smelting has
since lain alongside the abandoned build
ing. Probably a ton or more has been
thrown into the river by small boys. Two
months ago C. S. Chase, of the Linnton
smelter, having been told that he could
have the ore for carrying it away, shipped
it across the river, and in fifty days cleared
SIO,OOO. As the work cost hirn jnst |7V),
he and his associate, W. A. Alkorn, have
made a line profit.
Pirates Raid ■ Queen Charlotte Village.
PORT TOW!*SENI>. Jan. 14.— [Special.]—
Reports from Alaska say that one of the
sealing vessels ordered out of Bering sea
put into a native village on Queen Char
lotte island and plundered it of all the
curios and furs, and in fact everything of
value. Among the booty secured was a
large stone box in elaborate style, and in
the box was the body ot a dead infant.
The natives are greatly incensed, and will
no doubt retaliate on some innocent pros
pector when an opportunity offers.
Leading Fairhaven Citterns Sign Pledge.
FAIRHAVKN', Jan. 14.—[Special.]—T. E.
Murphy, the temperance worker, has
closed his labors here after a series of
meetings even more successful than those
of his father. Many well-known citizens
signed the pledge, including Hon. H. Y.
Thompson, the well-known attorney of
the Fairhaven T.and Company and (Jreat
Northern railroad: Judge I. N. Maxwell,
W. W. Sly, T. W. <»illetteand manv others
prominent in social and business circles.
Olynipla News.
OI,TMRIA, Jan. 14.—[Special.]—Secretary
Weir will visit Seattle tomorrow to exam
ine the affairs of the insurance companies
of that city.
Z. B. Brown, of Willapa, Pacific county,
was today reappointed by Governor Ferry
lumber inspector for district No. 6.
The state land commission has selected
S.HOO acres for entry as a part of a grant of
20,000 acres for charitable, educational,
penal and reformatory institutions.
An Oregon Murderer flanged.
RAKKRCITY, Or., Jan. 11.- Advices re
ceived here today by mail from Canyon
City, Or., state that Ming How. a China
man, was banged there last Friday for the
murder of a fellow-countryman last Sep
tember. The drop failed to break How's
neck, and he died in convulsions after
twelve minutes of terrible suffering.
A Tacomsn Makra a Target of His Wlf#
TAC<">MA, Jan. It. Special.] M. f>. Kas
son today charged Spe< i*l ofth-er John
Morrison, employed by the Tar-oma Land
Company, of loitering about bit house
and shooting at hi* wife when she wenf
out of doors. Morn- «n's arrest «as
ordered by the police court. s
Killed hy th* < »r» At Orting.
TACOMA, .lan. 14 .-—(Special.)—Coroner
Frank was summoned to Orting today to
inquire into the death of an unknown
man, eaid to have been killed by the cars
at that place.
The Victoria Election.
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 11.— The irunlcl
pai election passed off quietly tviay.
Heaver wa« mayor, receivin • «Ja
voles; Smith. 313.
-ale of Bryn Mawr lots opeus Monday.
£*:• of Brya Mawr lot* opens Monday.