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LIST or EXHIBITORS.
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•tow Win B* Of*«H to the Pa*-
li« tke Ttesitr Afta* thrlstMi.
•peclal Dispatch to the Pos«-Isteingencer.
TACOMA. Dee. IS—Entries for the an
nua! poultry exhibit doied here .ast night,
and the indications are that this years
anew »U1 e*c»ed In both sise and quality
anything of the same nature in the pa*t.
It is announced thai no less than I.JSA birds,
and probably aa many as 1.5&), will be on
exhibition, making this a notable event on
the Coast in this line. The fact that Se
attle ha* Joined forces with the local fan
c.ers this year, and will send many fine
exhibits for the shew, adds to make the
event sn unusual one.
Bellinghaio bay points, as well as sev
eral places in British Columbia, have sent
in completed entry blanks tilling of what
they trill hava in the ahow. Judjre Hewes,
who will act as of ribbons, will
leave Trenton, Mo., in a few days for the
Sound, and upon his arrival will be greeted
by many old friends hrr*. He awarded
prises at the poultry show here five years
ago. and is noted as a prominent writer cn
poultry questions, as well as one of the
best posted men in th* poultry business
In the country. *
Pet stock. Including rabbits, parrots,
monkeys, etc , is to become a feature of
the show this year, and a large number of
entries are noted in this class The kennel
adjunct to the show Is in rharge of Dr.
D. Peppard. of the Capitar City, and prom
ises to be on* of the most interesting of
the features
Tuesday following Christmas will be the
flrst public day of the exhibit. Judge
HM»M will examine the poultry and dis
tribute ribbons prior to the formal open
ing.
eaOAMI Ml HO EH CASK.
lis Wfwlf Appointed Conniel Prom-
IM (S Pat lp a ktrung FlKht.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA. Dec. IS —The sudden change
1n the murder cise of Charles Groams by
the appointment of three prominent local
aitorneya to defend him. upon the with
drawal of bis original counsel, has added
a new interest to what was look d upon
1-efors as nothing more taan a case of evi
dent brutal killing of an Indian woman
by a drunken Swede. When Judge Keau
named the lawyers who are to appear for
Groaroa. and when he then allowed them
one week In which to prepare to try the
caae. Gruama at once became an object of
more than ordinary Interest. It is now
given out that th« three attorneys intend
to put up a light for their clter.t such as
has not often been seen tn trials under
similar circumstances, and this report has
resulted In a general awaking of Interest
lo the man and the crime with which he is
charged.
Groams la about as harmless a looking
individual aa one would meet In a day's
travel, and hia behavior at the county Jail
sine* hia arrest la In keeping with his ap
pearance. He Is one of the quietest and
most gentlemanly of the dozen or more
men In the jail, and has hut little to say
to any one. On the subject of the killing
he declines to talk at all. but in a general
way ha gives evidence of scarcely realiglng
that he la awaiting trial for a crime the
punishment of which is death.
The jallera and those who have seen
more or less of Groams In the past six
weeks say there Is not Ihe leist sign of
Insanity in the man's actions, but that on
the contrary he appears even mor* than
ordinarily sound of mind, when his sur
roundings are considered. He eats heart
ily sleeps soundly, and in conversation is
plalnspoken «nd not wholly uninteresting.
Groams gives his air* as S3 yoars. and
says he has little recollection of his par
ents. as ha was raised by » n uncle j n
Sweden. He has lived In Tacima for nine
years past, working on the water front s*
a longshoremen He has for years suf
fered with an ulceration of some sort In
I SEASON'S 111
IN
...Fine Jewelry.
Make Your Selections From
pilffiiMl
Diamond Jewelry, Silver Novelties,
Silverware, Rich Cut Glass,
Watches, Rings, Toilet Sets,
French Clocks, Dressing Sets,
Tableware, Leather Goods,
Bric-a-Brac, Umbrellas, Canes,
Etc., Etc. Etc., Etc.
Lowest Possible Prices
Having just established this business, we
have an extra incentive to make extremely
low prices on all lines of goods. We would
esteem it a favor to have you call and learn at
just how much less than usual jewelry prices
we are offering our goods.
Graham & Moore,
JEWELERS,
P.-I. Building. 705 Second Ave.
hit h»ad, snd since his incar-eratioa in
the county ja»! he has retired the services
of a doctor tor this disease.
It t* not known what will be the lin»
defease, new that Groams Is to new hands,
but the nature o? the killing. an£ Groams'
behavior after tie crim* was committed,
seems to preclude any oth»r defense than
temporary Insanity, Induced by heavy
drinking an 4 }*aleu*y. The case will com*
before a Jury in the superior court a week
from tomorrow.
DID JtOT KSOW H WDCim
This lark Canard a Seattle OHeer
to Take aa Extra Trip.
Spuria! Dispatch to the Poet-Intelligencer.
TACOMA. Dec. la.—Deputy United
P'ates Marshal McLaughlin, of Seattle,
has learned a point regarding handcuffs
that he will likeiy not <oon hear the end
of Night before last the deputy brought
three prisoners here from Seattle, two
being Chinese for deportation. The Orient
als had been handcuffed together, and
McLaughlin turned them over to a local
officer in this condition, hurrying back to
Seattle on the same boat that brought
him here. The Chinese were taken to
the county jail, where the handcuff# were
unlocked and the men given the freedom
of the jail corridor.
Deputy McLaughlin never thought about
leaving the men handcuffed together until
he reached home, and then it struck him
that he had the kev to the handcuffs in
his own pocket, and that the men could
not be parted until he himself came back
here and unlocked the metal wristbands.
And this he did, too, taking the first train
ytsrerday morning. He lost no time in
getting to the county Jail, called the jailer
and explained that he had hurried back
to Ttcoma to unlock the handcuffs on
those two Chinamen; that he was sorry
he had forgotten about it; hoped it had
caused no inconvenience, etc.
H« via still tehlng how it happened,
vbtn Jailer Ward interrupted him to Bay
the handcuffs had long Bines been un
locked. Wirh a look of genuine astonish
ment McLaughlin asked how they bad
managed to open the handcuffs while bo
had the key in hia possession, and a mo
ment liter everybody laughed as the vis
iting officer was shown that locks on ail
ordinary handcuffs are much alike, and
that a key which will open on® will ordi
narily serve to open a hundred pairs. The
county officers thought the story too good
to keep, and are now wondering how Mc
laughlin explained his last visit her* to
those in bis own bailiwick.
CRIMINAL BLSISESS QUET.
Only Two Small Kobbertes Occurred
barlug the Tweaty-foar Hoara.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelllgencer.
TACOMA, Dec. IS.—There seeing to be a
lull in the criminal busmeus of the city,
and for gome cause only two robberies
have been reported at police headquarters
as having occurred during the past night.
One of these reports comes from two wo
men in the show business, whose quarters
in a down-town lodging house were ran
sacked some time during the night, and
who a:a now short of several dresses and
no end of lingerie, etc., such articles aa
would be found in the sleeping rooms of
theatrical people.
The second report announces the mys
terious disappearance of nothing other
than a billy goat, the same having been
enticed or otherwise prevailed upon to
leave its comfortable home in the south
end. In view of a story recently printed
to the effect that a Klondike company is
being formed to transport freight Into the
mii#s by goat teams, the Impression pre
vails that the animal in question has been
dragged from his warm winter quarters to
be sitld to some prospective Yukoner who
favors the goat team Idea.
Will Xot Act on Bartow's rase.
Special Dispatch to the Post-InteHgencer.
TACOMA. Dec. 19.—The state board of
education has decided to take no steps
toward the revocation of the certificate of
Prof. A. A Partow, charged with seduc
tion and adultery, until after the hearing
of the case in the superior court.
I Killed by lint I'OIIOB.
EI.K CITY. Kan., Dec. 19.-John Strauss
I Is his two sons are dying and Mr.
«nd his daughter are critically 111
from drinking coffee into which rat poison
h.id dropped accidentally. The unfortun
ates were participants >n a social at the
Btrauss heme.
THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGEN'CER. MONDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1897.
SIM HIS IK \w.
OSB Or THE WORST 19 THE BIS.
TORT OF THE STATE.
It Carers Several Haaired Miles at
Territerr-Telefrapk Wire* Are
Praatrate* Sa Sew» Caaaat Get
Thro«*h—Destraetlaa la HeaTy.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19.—One of the worst
sleet storms In the history of Texas pre
vailed in that state today. It is impossi
ble tonight to get any information what
ever from Dallas, the center of the storm
section, as ail the wires were down. As
showing.the extent of the storm, the teie
grapn companies can get no nearer DaUas
on the south than Wac.' Marshall on th»
east. Eagle Pass on t.ie west and soms
points in the southern part of the Indian
territory on tha north, showing that It
covered several hundred miles of terri
tory.
The wires work no further than these
points, and it is thought the destruction
has been heavy. Linemen have been or
dered from all parts of Texas to repair the
damage. Nothing further can be learned
from tha storm district to show whether
damage had been done to anything other
than the wires.
SO EMPLOYMENT IX CHISA.
Amerlcaa Railway Mea Warned ta
Keep Away.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-The first re
port to the state department from United
Slates Consul General Goodnow, at Shang
hai, contains a warning to American rail
road men not to go to China for employ
ment. Says he:
"The American only Invites starvation
who comes here without a definite con
tract of employment with some reputable
firm, made before he leaves America. I
must advise United States railway em
ployes that there is at present no market
for their labor In China, and should more
roads be constructed there will be a mar
ket only If these roads are built by Ameri
cans."
The consul general says he has had many
inquiries from American railway men as
to the chance for employment in China, »o
he describes the small Chinese railroads
instead to show the hopelessness of look-
In* in that direction for work. There are
only two in operation, with a total mileage
of 293' i miles. They employ only twenty
seven engineers. The operatives are prac
tically all Chinese and a foreigner cannot
compete with them. The highest salaried
natives arc the telegraph operators at S4O
per month. Engineers get 120 to S3O. and
train hands and trackmen $6 to $lO per
month. All of this is in Mexican silver,
worth 44 cents in gold on the dollar. The
roads are paying 15 per cent, dividends.
Another road is under construction from
Shanghai to Woo Sung, fourteen miles,
and Chinese are doing all of the work:
and on December 18, the first sod wa3
turned on the projected road from Hankow
to Peking, the completion of which de
pends upon the success of the Belgian
syndicate in floating Its loan.
Mr. Ooodnow recounts the ambitions
scheme of Director Shensr. of the Imperial
railways, to create a vasfc system of rail
ways In Central China, and encloses a
map showing the projects. He says
Sheng's plan is to build these roads, as
money can be borrowed outside of China.
H proposes to couple with the railway
loans a government loan of $90,000,000, to
pay the balance of the Japanese war in
demnity. In this way the opt'on of build
in* the Chinese roads would be held out
to the parties taking the government loan,
and the support of foreign government
for the government loan would be secured
by allowing the syndicate to furnish all
the material and skilled labor for the
railroads. Mr. Ooodnow points out that
under these conditions there will be no
market for American railway material or
labor unless Americans furnish the money
to build the railways.
GIDEOX HEMES \\ HONG-DOIXG.
Says That So Fraudulent Patent*
Were Issued to Southern Pacific.
WASHINGTON. Dec. I!>.-F. M. Gideon,
the clerk of the general land office, who
was referred to by Thomas Reddington in
the testimony yesterday as having
changed the land office records so as to
throw 5.000 (Yio acr r t» of government land
to the Southern Pacific road. ha 3 made
a clear denial of the charges. Mr. Gideon
I s ? a resident of Washington, and at his
homo tonight made the following state
ment:
"The story told by Mr. ii
a *uru, ridiculous and unqualifiedly false
fl'id without foundation or color of truth'
The reports of the land office will vind!-
ni .t„ but J Y i!i now Jr *sißt upon the
investigation and stand
1 f J m " s to any and all
outs.;ons as far as my connection with
the Southern Pacific lands, or my oonn*c
• 'V. ui'h th* office, nrc ron^rnf'l
inquiry into the matter
XTr. Gideon was appointed v. the land
office from Kolmmn Jnd In 1W! , n d wa«
-■ * a Hswtrr.ettT of
lard eral'pon leaving th* lar. i of
fice. he wis emploved by the s.-vj'b, r>,.
cific as attorney before "the Jnter'.ar depart
«->*»• -arc.
H«>\v MI i/, WAS si. \ I
Woth M»» nn<t Irnnunrrrn Mu.it by
Or«|i»r of Roilrtenn
WASHINGTON, Dec 10.- The following
cab.e advice* were received at the Span
i-h iecatlon tod.-jy;
Havana. D. 19 _ Absolutely trust
w rt-.y reports p. rmlt us to affirm that
Rulx was Fhm with AranetKren on F-'-
i day by onlfr of Alexander Rodrlgu-s.
After s-veral letters were exchanged b*-
twr- n Ruiz and Arangueren. Ruiat left
II i\ana on Monday t■■> t Arangueren
not upon an official tn!«s{on and orly as
a frler.d. It is not known how Rodriguez
arrived, out th- f •• |„ that that leader
orier-d ;h« shooting of both
"The f»-r-v!ty or such an act and rro
feel n? in 1 cites tter than anvthirg
♦ !~e the faith In autoneirv, the insurgents
be:n< obliged to r« ~.?rt to t-Tror to t>r --
vert the disbanding of their bands Such
Is the antral or St- on nd public opinion
unanimously «j'" <ht • « <=u-"h ;in act a* sav
age and unworthy.
(S.gned) "COXOOSTO."
XKGOTIATHiG WITH n*>l R(;K>T*.
lllnnco «*yi Mnn» trr Krndy to .%«•-
the S(i»ni«h Conce««ion*.
LOKDOH. dm t.-Tt» lfadl | ~orre
tp«r»der.t of the Ptard r<l «av? :
*"* f n. R ~t. o 1- rt s 'hat ne£ Mat ions
with several !n*i j*nt!al !»<nirc*r,' , Pl »
: pr->gr.**!n* so favorably that he hopes to
d '.i-h from th.> re'..:! on .mpcrtant forces
har willing to 3 v ? ! autor.omv
' De !.om» b i« tbe ?overn
| ment that the American if-verrmenr rx
r*' '* to command a "nffl ;ent matorttv *n
«>. v , ;<M , n c r f>pr.--s--T»fs ? ••«••> ' .*{ •.*'
j '" v - " * ■*•••? • v *': t m*r yp
J-ily -»xt. th•. s fCMint x Spain a respite
i for a year.
J spf.*(»rn, Mwrln
! MADRID. Dm H~t4wiMhß Marin
ir' f <•»* > P'-~ • * v,,...
ov *TP"V«:« :v '** • v
f «"!•-«■ th« d-r re— -var-ies < r •*.' »,*«-<ds
• with a *l'w -f autonomy *
r.rr \ t Histio IHM! M*np.
Rothschild and Mirr»hf>»ii.| n OT
tncnarnn Copper Mine*.
r ITT or MEXICO ute of
the Incuaran roprwr m'n#s ?o Rothsrhlld
i '" ' V—'Nva 1 of . A v»rvl mill.
; •• • -liar? Is 'he r*sv!t of pro!-«rce4
' -*' >r Into *h « rreat which
hi ; be*'- \c-»tr known !-t th ■» co - ;-tm- to ♦»»
c-:* of the capwr on the
; ir'oba.
Steven' part-ea of hav# oome
fvf from Fraoce to rer«ort. ard all aaree
j <>-"■ "s valu* *rd or the error-no is qusntitT
J «( c:e> ;n Ui* M-tsn. RotbacfcUd
2nd Mirrabeaud win Valid two Pnes of
ra.iw.iy, connect with the western
branch of the Mexican National railway,
and the other with the west coast, so as
to have connection with the Pacific ocean.
The deal is one of the m-«®t important ever
recorded in the mining history of this
country, and the mines, under the new
ownership, will be made some of the great
est copper producers in the world.
BRYAS MEXICO.
!• th ® Gaeet of Prealdeat Dlas at a
Distribution af Prises.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. IS.— Mr. Bryan
attended dlrine service at the Union Evan
gelical church, and was also the guest of
President Diss at the distribution of prizes
to the Mexican exhibitors at the Chicago
and Atlanta expositions Gen. Dlaa and
the members of the cabinet arrived at
Alameda in state carnages, escorted by
cavalry, and the scene was most imposing.
It being designed to give eclat to so honor
able an occasion for Mexican industries.
Mr. Bryan was warmly greeted by tne
president and his ministers.
DEATHS.
Sir Frank Lorknood, M. P.
LONDON, Dec. 19. —Sir Frank Lock
wood, Liberal member of parliament from
York City since 18®, is dead.
Sir Frank Lockwood was a son of Mr,
Charles Day Lockwood. of Doncaster, and
was born tn lvts. He was educated at the
Manchester grammar school and Caius
col.ege, Cambridge, where he took his de
gree as bachelor of arts In IS6S. In 15.4
he married Miss Julia Schwab, daughter
of the late Mr. Sails Schwab, of Gingarth,
Anglesea. He was caued to the bar at
Lincoln Inn in 1572, and became a C.
in ISS2 and a Bencher in lift'T. He had been
recorder of Sheffield, and in ISSO was a
ro\al commissioner to inquire Into corrupt
practices at the Chester election. In 1554
he was solicitor general. Prior to secur
ing his stat m par.iament for York City,
he had unsuccessfully contested the seat
in lf&i. His knighthood was effected in
lsyi. Sir' Frank Lockwood accompanied
Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief jus
tice of England, when the latter came to
the United States in the summer of issrt
to address the American Bar Association
at Saratoga.
John Gillespie.
LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 19.—John Gillespie,
territorial auditor of Nebraska, and a
member of the commission which founded
the city of Lincoln and made it the seat of
the state government, died here today,
aged u> years.
Ft MO It AL OF REV, DR. DAT.
Services Over the Dead Missionary
Will R<> Held In Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 19.-The body of the
Rev. David A. Day, the distinguished
missionary of the Lutheran church, who
has served at Muylenburg mission on the
west coast of Africa for nearly twenty
five years, and who died on the steam
ship Lucania last Friday-, one day out
from New York, was brought here today.
At a special meeting of foreign mission
aries, arrangements were made for a ser
vice in the First Lutheran church at Bal
timore on Tuesday next at 2 p. m., with
prominent clergymen and laymen from
the large cities. Interment will be made
at Sclins Grove, Pa., where services are
expected to be heid Wednesday afternoon.
TRIBUTE TO HE\RY GEORGE.
William I.lojd . Garrison Eulogises
the Dead Author.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ID.—William
Lloyd Garrison, the weil known Boston
reformer, addressed the Ethical Society to
day on the life and work of Henry George,
whom he characterized as one of the
greatest men of all tinm. He said In
part:
"Never did knight of old fight more val
ianuv to win back the holy land from
the Saracen than did Henry George to
win bia country from pauperism. Long
after we are gone, men will contemplate
from varying points of view this Alpine
peak of moral forte. The sunset of the
nineteenth century will presage with added
glory the coming of the twentieth, because
he lived, thought and wrote."
CH ARLES B\ lt.\E VERT ILL.
I.lttle Hope of Recovery for Brook
l>u's Baseball Ma an ate.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Charlea Byrne,
president of the Brooklyn Baseball Club,
is lying at his home in this city in a very
critical condition, and while the attend
ing physician says there is no immediate
danger of death, they have little hope of
Mr. Byrne's recovery. A "complication of
diseases has set in. and during the past
two days the patient has been unconscious
most of the time.
This afternoon at the sick man's home
it was said he was resting more easily
that for the past forty-eight hours. Dur
ing the day there has been no change
either for the worse or better as far as
could te seen.
Lewis Georfie Clark's Fnneral.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 19.—Lewis
G'orge flark, colored, distinguished as be
ing the orlg nal of the character of George
Harris in Mrs. Stovve's "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." was given a notable funeral here
today. H s body lay in state for five hours
and Wis viewed by hundreds. He will he
buried beside his wife's grave at Obcr
hn, O.
Lewis Leland Seriously 111
NEW YOF.K. Th e. 10.-Lewis Leland. «4
years of a.re, a member of the well-known
Leland family of hotelkeepers, was taken
to the N'fw York hospital tonight for trpat
mt-nt. He is suffering from uraemic and
lung troubles. and 1b not likely to recover.
l're«« f'liili K.'iln*Ur* llesln*.
CHICAGO, Doc. 19.—A mpetirft of the
* 'bib. r f Chjcaco. was held today
to arrange for attending the funeral of
Washineton He-lntr, who was the club's
president. Resolutions eulogistic of the
dei --ise'l ar.d expressive of regret w«*re
adopte-1. and committees appointed to &s
--fl?t in the f ineral arrnr.^^menta.
Condition of the Trcnaory.
WASHINGTON D ". I s --Today's state-
n —..f of «V. Of *h" tr. <«nry
show-- • Av:■ >h!- balance, 1237,®4.-
Sli, gold reserve $!3^.75»,01.
Prntrnt \unln«t < uttlna:
ROSTOV. r> f. 1? -T Vr - Central T.ahor
T*n! -n t*d.tv snd condemned the
proposed ff-••Mon of in Fall Tli'/sr
and oth*r N-w Kne'.and mill •-•wns. The
alleged ren*.-.n for curb a r 'it down. S~.rh
ern romp* 1 ' tion, w.t« ridiculed, the de'e
pat-s eta rg t'-"»t this furnished no sde-
O'ja'e s® the textile workers o?
the Nort.i. and particularly thin* of New
Knsland, ,r» vastly to the opera
tives of the P>uth- rn mills.
(0M)I >M;I) HKS.
At " <M o''l > k Saturday r.'sht a slight
ear; .«• k was Mt to Richmond
and Ashland. Va.
Horn- Nat r il bark of Chi-airo,
Ti .th a 4; il of " w.U g' Into liqui
dation at the end of trie yar.
fount- «.« Ca«:*-iiaße forrr.e-rly Mi*" Ann 1
r,v. has ; jr. r;a*» 1 an It*iian at
Wr >r..i -r. *a : ... , are eVv>T. • Jltr.ir* pair.t-
M) by T1 «*".:•■■•• which will he transferred to
the Past* ilanes* Paris hoo'^-e.
Th» revenue rt:*t»r M I>ar.e ha# *»IH
seven > - »r. «h "Vhilr e v»?el#. belonging
to Havana for v<- s*!t>n of the navigation
';■*« by flshinif irt Florida waters wttirit
the r-eerily d d:*tan<*> from land.
Phineas 1". K"-worth, of 't *"e t arl
h;s wife. th* latter 4 niece of t.ae lire
X" iliomaire <»ret ry. of On: ae have
br jueht suit aarvnst Martha « '.ayhu.jrne.
the a'leged cwTon-!j* * low of Gr-g
--ory. to rrcover 50 of the estate.
Tne coram: rt appo>nt«:d by Gov.
A lams, of Colorado, to :nv« -:';& ate th*
Indian tr**:t>.e* in thf vl tn'ry of Li'.y
park have filed a report eoaptetrtf vin
cticat .v.g the aam* war t- r .* ar. l h> lir.g
the lr.e.ans responsible for the tr ut>>,
T.'.e s»r.s*e •üb-comm'.t , *» !m«-«*.ga , "rg
frauia -n is*u«s of iar.i pitto'i und r
tae Pa.:!*. ra. road g*« '* <-*aar--d
Thomas Ked'ing who cla.mei ;o have
icf.rxnat n a® 10 t& a fraurl*. but who
wis f » give the comm''**# any
clrc-i .t.f.rn-.a-i-n on the r-bject.
IE! WELL Eli All.
•ECRETART CHATDI.ER OPPOSES
GAGE'S CTRRESCV PLAX.
He Thlsk* Further Agritutiea of tbe
Currency Qeeatlon WobU !Cot
Oaly Fall to Brlag the Ufl»l«-
tioa, bat Would Be Harmful.
WASHINGTON. D"C. 19.—Senator Chan
dler. of New Hampshire, has written *
letter to the Washington Post, ia which
he says:
"If the secretary of the treasury and hla
•ingle gold standard associates will cease
their demand for imoossible currency
legislation, congress will pass the n?ce*»-
sary appropriation Mi's, probably take
care of Hawaii and Cuba, there will not
be a serious party division during the ses
sion and there will be an adjournment in
May. Business will revive, the balance
of trade will continue In our favor and
the Republican party will In November,
K*. elect a majority of the house in tha
Fifty-fifth congress.
"On the other hand, if Secretary Gaga
continues to press upon congress a bill,
the object of which he says is fir«st to
commit the country more thoroughly to
the gold standard, and the immediate re
suit of which is to throw doubts upon the
sincerity of the president's declaration in
ravor of continued efforts :o secure bi
metallism. a political turmoil will arise
in congress which will split the now
united Republican party into fragments,
while it will unite and consolidate the
now incongruous opposition.
"It ia not feasible to ret'r* the green
backs. There is more probability that a
bill will be sent to the president to in
crease their amourt. It Is not rvossible
to secure the passage through either house
of a bill makinq- the greenbacks into gold
notes or authorizing bond* payable in gold.
The effort to secure either thing will prob
ably result in the passage of a bill for the
redemption of the greenbacks in silver dol
lars and for the payment of all United
states bonds in gold or siiver coin, in the
discretion of the president, who will he
commanded ro exercise his option for tha
advantage of the government and not for
the advantage of the creditors.
"With such an uproar in congress as
these proceedings wiU create, with certain
congressmen embroiled therein, with pres
idential vetoers, as threatened by Secretary
Gage under angry discussion, it will hap
pen that all business enterprises and funds
and stocks will be disturbed, prices will
'all, insolvencies will increase and the Re
publicans will lose the congressional elec
tions in IS9*> as disastrously as thi'V did In
1890. and beyond the hope of a favorable
reaction In I*9o, at which time, therefore,
a Bryan Democratic president and con
gress will be chosen.
"Whether we are to have one of these
results, political safety, or the other, po
litical destruction, depends entirely upon
the course to be pursued by Secretary
Gage and those who are pressing him for
ward, namely, the gold standard league of
New York and the self-constituted mone
tary conference. How much Secretary
Gage cares for the Republican party is not
known. Whether President McKiniey,
whose good faith toward bi-metalllsm is
coming to a t» st. will stop his secretary. is
not known. It is to be hoped be will. But
no political situation has been clearer than
the present one is to sound eyes since the
Republican party began its marvelous ca
reer, forty-two years ago. There are
times for all things. There is a time to
movei and a time to keep still, and now is
the time to so keep.
"It is simply absurd for the Republican
party in this congress to start a lively
open discussion of the question and the
bringing of yea and nay votes on cur
rency legislation. We ought to await the
progress of international bi-nuu allium, the
advent of business prosperity and the till
ing of the treasury by the normal work
ings, soon to be seen, of the new tariff law.
s>aall we wait for these thin*;.-, or rush uii
to self-destruction? President McKiniey
must decide. Will he act for hl« people or
for his plutocrats? Upon his answer will
depend the events of IS'*n.
"WILLIAM E. CHANDLER.
"December, IMT."
Our Three Great Speakers.
Illustrated American.
Third In the succession of the great
speakers of the national house Is Thom
as Brackett Reed, who Is again about to
take his place at the head of the repre
sentatives. Her.ry Clay, James G. Biaina
and Mr. Reed—these three stand out like
mountain peaks in the long line of the
speakers of the house. Clay and Blaine
were each men of famous personal mag
netism. Tales of the peculiar power they
exerted on men who came within their
aura are to multitudinous that they seem
almost legendary. Certainly a very large
part of their supremacy among men was
due to this strange force. Both Clay
and Blaine were dreamers. A certain Ori
ental imagination was a dominant note
in each. Reed, on the other hand, while
to many a very attractive personality,
does not rule men by ar.y subtlety of
personal magnetism. He Is notably care
less of effect In manner. He Is rugged
as a cliff. While he Is withal a man of
big kindness of heart, he often is relent
less as a serpent in his stinging sarcasm.
He reigns by the sheer largeness of his
uncompromising and unanswerable man
hood. All three of these speakers hava
been too pronounced to bo president. To
Clay and Blaine the presidency was the
most darling ambition. But both at crit
ical moments lost it. Clay because of his
high principle in writing the unpopular
Texas 1» tter about which he said, "I had
lather be right than be president," and
Blaine because of a certain concert of
trilling atoms against him, which altogeth
er made an obstacle he could not clear.
To Reed, however, the presidency is no
such misrnet. But though the question
of the presidency sterns to interest him
but little, p- rhaps for that reason he is,
in some roaring convention, the more
likely to be singled out for It. Ameri
cans are a race who love a man, and at
times this admiration for she«r man
hood becomes an Idolatry with them.
Fifty Yeara Ago.
fresident Polk in the White House chair,
While to Lowell was I>octor Ayer;
Beth were busy lor > titrtan weal
Oae to govern and ooe to heal.
And a* a president'* power of will
ftomet'.raes depends on a liver-pill,
Mr. T'-lk took Ayer's Ptlls I trow
For h.s liver. 50 >ears ago.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills
were designed to supply a
model purgative to people who
had so long injured themselves
with griping inedicines. Being
carefully prepared and their in
gredients adjusted to the exact
necessities of the bowels and
liver, their popularity was in
stantaneous. That this popu
larity has been maintained i 3
well marked in the medal
awarded these pills at the
World's Fair 18&3.
50 Years of Cures.
AT Ajj ewhalFs...
Attractive Prices,
The largest and best assortments.
show
Everything suitable for Christmas gifts.
Whether tor use or ornament.
Handkerchiefs, fans, dolls, toys, games, tooks, Uttj.
umbreilas, suit patterns, Etc.,
exceedingly low prices.
Largest assortments and
Lowest prices on everything
Should crowd our store this holiday week#
Note m
That beautifully dressed Doll now exhibited In <mr shew vtafe*
may become yours if you buy SI.OO In Dolls, Toys, Games or Books b*
fore next Friday, December 24. This Doll was awarded first prli# j,
the visiting class at the Model Doll Show held in the. Palace Hotel, St*
Francisco. Cal., in November. This Doll, valued at tW.OO. will be * pr4a .
If you are blessed with llttlo ones. If not, this beautiful Doll is M
lifelike that it requires but a slight stretch of Imagination to supply
what you lack in happiness.
Store leu Mils hi Mint
E. W. NEWHALL & CO.
Cor. Second Ave. and Madison St.
HE IS A YUKON VEIIH.
GEO. R. All VMS THE FIHST AMERI
CA.\ TO PEXETRATE ITS VALLEY.
He Was a Member of the llasslan-
Ameriean Telegraph Espedftlon
la IMiS, and Recugnl*e» Seattle's
Prestige In the Northern Trade.
Nearly thirty-three years ago Maj. Rob
ert Kennicott, of Cleveland, Ohio, sailed
from San Francisco for St. Michael, at th<;
mouth of the mighty Yukon, in command
of an expedition for the purpose of explor
ing the coast of Alaska for the Russian-
American telegraph line. With him was
a youth of twenty summers, strong, hardy
and energetic—George R. Adams. Tho
party of thirteen tailed for the North on
the bark Golden Gate and late In Septem
ber established winter quarters at Una
lakllk, at the mouth of the river of that
name.
Lieut. Adams, for that was his title In
tho service in whioj} he had enlisted, was
placed in charge of the first expedition to
penetrate the Yukon valley. Ho was the
first American to set foot In the Yukon
basin. With a half breed Russian and an
Indian guide, he penetrated the Interior
during the winter of ISC6-6 as far as Nu
lato, making a portage fr&m the head
waters of the Ur.alakiik river to the Yu
kon.
Mr. Adams lived in Alaska for twelve
years following this. He Is in Seattle to
day purchasing a stock of merchandise
with which he will engage In business in
Dyea. C. C. Crow, a large property owner
nnd stockman, of Crow's Landing. Cal., is
interested with him in the venture. Mr.
Adams, white as to his hair and mustache,
but 6tlll a very vigorous and energetic
man, will have charge of the business at
Pvea this winter and next spring. As soon
as the horde of gold hunters moves toward
the Interior, Mr. Adams will Join the van
guard for the Klondike.
Mr. Adams' experiences in Alaska and
his knowledge of the Yukon country would
makn several volumes of very Interesting
reading matter. Rack of the plain story
of hardship and danger which Mr. Adams
can tell when he feels like Indulging In
reminiscences, is a story of romance
whl-h Is a part of the history of Alaska.
To tell this story, one would have to de
scribe the death by his own hand of MaJ.
Kennicott, who was in charge of the
party, and whose failure to reach Fort
"iiikon, where he expected to meet an
other party from the Fraser rivw, so
preyed on his mind that he took a dose nf
strychnine. Another incident In that mem
orable campaign was a long, mind-killing
wait at St. Michael for the steamerg which
w-.>re to bring supplies to the little party,
and the ravings of two men who, when the
steamers arrived aftor all hope had van
ished. succumbed to the terrible mental
strain and were put in irons and sent back
to the states, both total wrecks.
But all these things are not often
thought of by Mr. Adams, whose present
mission is one of a money-making nature
s'"l whos® belief In the superiority of Se
attle as the s'arting and outfitting point
for Alaska led him to cr>m» her# to pur
cha*-.» his stock of merchandise.
"While I am loyal to Stn Franefse©. | n
W:;. h city I have lived for many years I
am .horoughly convinced that Seatt'e will
dojuliy 90 per cent, of the Alaska bus!-
' 1 ri « ht a t the Butler
Of course, th* railroads enf-rir.* s.in
' Sa nta Fe and th# Southern
Pue.fle, as w*!l as the tributaries of thes»
lines, will pul! for San Francisco and m"
or ,e-.s business will *o that way. Still the
ltr< it majority of those who will mako ■
!n A '^ k « wl " come to ge*
Btar * naturally they will pro
lltx hve ' 8 Wl ' h prov,iilon » ar.d out
-When J determined to enrage in A'a*
ka merchandising, r thought that if T
"r «« ««.?«
in <K!» » V ,n nrn P* season to rrt
tarrv ir V>\ "" and still be some dis.
fx,},**'.?'-'"* ssrss
Sow h ° f , l>ro,, r' !ve "4
»» to run ttrlv ""-If ■««» •<>
or th, pw,,,,,
"" ' N,r,h »«'«
this City tne starring point, ail of Them
w have plenty of business."
!« -- ,rT !* * d!l that "hort ige of food
a* ?t. ViR \Vh**n h< or-
edition to explore the Yu
*°P. b l ?" n fro ® Lnalakllk. food was ex-
scarce at St. Michael. sJJr
Z : '* 55 »>® r poor.d. and tL
mo*.wiling to pay that ungual price.
~ "* *«tflanir.g to form in the Una
•fckl * r v,r when with the *ti -,; an a * 4
• m 1.-, startsd in a skm can >* f or its
headwater*. He found an easy portage
f. >m the source of the river to Nulato
bas% ° f ration*
at thai point, he returned to Urulakhk Ut
provisions. After securing thesa heiu.-
t d again for Nulato, this tine ot«7*
frozen surface of the river with
teams, which he had obtain* at f»
Romanoff. Several times the Jourwj til
made between the two points for
visions, which were very scare* tad )m
to get. During that winter Lieut. AAus
and his two companions were force* »
subsist larsdy upon supplies obus*
from the Indians. As they procstdetfo,
ther up the Yukon they found that m
natives were short of food and soai t
them even on the verge of atamtti
Still they were willing to spare a tmt
fish now and then, which, when botn,
was often found to he putrid Dse*
all that winter and the following j*
Lieut. Adams did not see a fresh t«p.
table. When, as occasionally happen
the Indians would bring him a para%
or a moose steak, there was t tm.
More often, however, a diet of beaaioq
plentifully salted, was the rule.
"Even under *uch circumstances," at
Mr. Adams last night. "I grew stout u;
hearty. It was when we returned te C&-
laklik In the summer of IS6S and W4
until the surface of Norton sound vui
glittering sheet of ice. and still Um #»
ply boats did not come, that the utt
terrors of a winter in that latitude vat
out food dawned vipon us. W» held
arranged to scatter over the COM®,
hoping to live with the natives during Ik
winter. I had prepared to set oat «t
trip down the coast alone when a MB
came up and the let waa broken. Ai*
days later the steamer Wright, vfcd
was tho flagship of the expedttitt, ik|
the ship Nightingale appeared in thtU-j
bor, laden with supplies and bring#st!aj
tirst intelligence from civilisation we isi
enjoyed In fourteen months. Of eeirs
we were overjoyed. The strain, hovew,
was too much for two unfortunat* hi
lows, Green and Cotter. Both bee»
ra\ing maniacs and were put In tow
Roth dl<>d some years later without kit
ing recovered fully from that awMw
perlcnce."
WANTED THE PEACH.
A SI. Louis Falhrr Who DrtvM
Ills Daughter's Sailors.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
North St. Louis is going to extWß*
Not long ago it produced a man rt
notified his daughters that thsy •«*
have to marry and "get out"
.-pei-ified time. Yesterday anothor cc s
turned up In Frank Bierman, who iwtf
upon driving away his daughter*! «Wj
with a revolver, shotgun, rifle or ut»
kind of a weapon.
Bierman. who lives at 3X3 Oris*
street, has a daughter that is ■PJJ*® ,
in that neighborhood as a "peach.
form almost divine, eyes in whow *»»
depths tho light of love shines UJu iijw
in a tropic fky, cheeks like the petiJ*
the flower, and tresses In which
beams seem to play at hlde-and-ss««*
linger even when the day is dont.
as fair a siren as ever tempted North-
Louis swains Into the treacherous**
of love to be wrecked upon t-h# rocs
matrimony. And the North PL
youth Is wholly aware of the net, •*
has attempted to pay coiijt to h«*. •»
to be driven away by mennaa, » f"
armed with a revolver.
But the Nortli St. Louis ywth u
avenged. QJIQ of thtm, Henry SM
ing, to i>e definite, was the favorlt#
fsnd tho old man drove him *VS7. *
Bald, by lir'ng a revolver nl»
The wife ind daughter obj?cte«.
}{lerman ibuscd his wife and sea™™
daughter. They had him arrßßt _.,
when his case came up in polloe conn
was continued.
CliatiKf of Crof Report 9y*t*+
Washington Dispatch.
The crop report system Is to
In the discussions in congress thlii <*»■»
••"•cslon. John Hyde, the statistic!*"
THE agricultural department. WHO RS
m'ide a long report on the
clarea that the system in force
last few yearß In cumbrous and J®
rf" c like and needs to be overhauled
tlrely. «««^
It appears that nearly 200,000
n iy report simultaneously upon t- 1 *
dition of certniri selected crop*- Mr- - J
nays that this indefinite mulMpilcsti
crop reporters who receive no P a ?
n-it s<■< 'ire i '.r< ful reporting or ® cc
Careful co-ordination of the facts in
handling of -u< h an *normou§ nuni.
returns Is Impossible In the short ti
lowed from the time the returns ar
celve-J until the bulletin Is Issued.
Mr. Hyde says that a
of a corps of intelligent and e *P f
co'>"Tespor.'b*nt* who should be l**®
turn for their work would be a
provrmen: ever the present gfß
Is no doubt that this re.-immenda-"®
receive the attention of congresa
1 hrri* Arf Otkf ri»
H,-»'-kaße Review.
"I want to know," writes ff «rt
man who !« visiting Spokane, /,
man is a e< : n- 1. major
her#-? Ho a- do they come by
That Is r.ot a c rrect stateo
aijo have generals.
TO CTHK A < f>l « ** °** ''Lj
Take Laxative Ttrumo , 0 c**
Druggists r-fund money U
2Sc. Genuine ha* Ij. B. Q. <> 3
.
The Daily Pos:-In:ell!*ei««r is . m
Mi* i> ortiani. Or.. * l
Morrison s-reet. Portland *
stand and Northwest r»sw« v~ -
First street.

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