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A Mixed Victory.
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• in' -. sad ih -p ti* It" :.n 1 t iiat a ii' -11-
parti-:in t'.eki-t vv >- io>t>iiii;it• -d, that
-"iii" vvh" took pai? in that movcim-nt
ha." "lily -u|'pi'i';*d •'• rtain • .uidi
il.it• - and ha." i.tier retrained fp'tn
voting f r "thir- "r have ea«t tln ir
viiti - fur their partisan oppom lit-.
This i« .-prrially ob-rrvahlc in tin'
votes ea-t fer Clerk and Trca.-urer,
vvh"!" 1"1 majority i- .-cured for J. B.
Scolh ld P"puli-t, and 11 "> majority for
F. (i. Blake, the Bepuhlii aii nominee
fur holding the sack. The former
doubtless received the full strength of
the Populist vote, plus the Demo
cratic, and probably all the Silver Rc
publiean vote "f the city; the latter,
it i- evident, received the full Republi
can, plus the Populist vote. Mr.
Troy's 107 majority may he accounted
for on the presumption that he re
ceived the Democratic vote, plus the
Republican support that Mr. Falknor,
bis Republican partner, can throw into
the "pot," when occasion warrants.
In the vote for Allen White and Jos
eph Clieim for Couneilman-at-Large,
probably a fair divide of the two na
tional parties is made, and the result
is a tie.
The vote on Mayor is by no means a
fair criterion of the relative strength
of the two men. Last year Mr. Byrne
beat Mr. Lane, his present competitor,
55 votes, and now the majority for the
latter gentleman is 31. True there is
a falling off of 190 votes in the aggre
gate number cast for Mayor, hut that
does not account for a majority
against the man who has just com
pleted a remarkably praiseworthy
term of office. The fact is that many
voters respected Mr. Byrne's wish for
retiracy from a position which absorbs
much time which is of value to au
active business man. It was only
after persistent solicitation that lie
consented to become a candidate, and
then with a strong personal endorse
ment of his competitor still ringing in
the voters' ears. It is fair to assume
that this course influenced more than
the 16 votes necessary to have given a
majority on the other side.
IT MAY BE THE LAW, BUT IT SEEMS
UNJUST.— Considerable space bas been
devoted in this issue to the findings of
the Superior Court in the case of
Tumwater vs. Pix, it being a case of
importance to the tax-paying public.
The Supreme Court in its deliberations
seems to have lost sight of the equity
involved in the case, and to have based
its decision solely on a technical
point of law, taking the ground that
it was incumbent on the respondent
to appear btfore the Town Board of
Tumwater when summoned and make
his objections. This opinion is not
concurred in by legal gentlemen out
side of the Supreme Court, who hold
that the respondent would by appear
ing before the board, have virtually
acknowledged its right and authority
to make a special assessment against
his property, a right which he has
never conceded, and has endeavored to
resist to the best of his ability, claim
ing that no special work was performed
in front of his premises; that nothing
further was done than to put the
street in passable condition, for which
services himself and grantors have been
paying their road taxes for many
years, and that to charge his property
with any special tax whatever, was
both illegal and unjust.
A WEAK MAN FOR AN EXALTED PO
SITION.—A vigorous protest against
the appointment of Attorney General
McKenna to the Supreme bench - , has
been forwarded to the President from
Oregon and California, signed by sev
eral Federal and State judges and a
number of lawyers of high reputation.
They affirm that McKenna's record as
lawyer, politician, judge and Attorney
General, show that he is not qualified
either by natural gifts, education, or
decision of character, for any judicial
position of importance. This remon
strance will place the President in a
very embarassing position, for it is un
derstood that McKenba has been
promised the place and has already
performed duties that sene to "bind
the bargain," as it were. The Presi
dent, it is thought, will perform his
part of the contract, leaving it to the
Senate to protect the bench from a
lowering of that standard of judicial
ability for which it has always been
accredited.
AN OLD-TIME SALUTATION.—D. B.
Ward, Secretary of the Washington
Pioneer Association has issued an ad
dress to the society urging those who
have been remiss in active co-opera
tion to renew their zeal, which he
prefaces with the following salutation
in the classic of pioneer days, the
melitluous Chinook:
Klow ha yah Ancutty Tillacoom. La la
nika wake nannacli mika;
Pe alta nika luammook sum copa niika.
Which interpreted means: "How
arc you, old-time friend. It has been
a long time since I have seen you.
And I, therefore, now write to you."
THE steamship City of Columbia
lately left New York for the Klondike
region via Cape Horn, with a passen
ger list of 300, one-third of whom arc
women. They came from all parts
of the East, mainly from the farms,
and with the proper training, to en
able them to withstand the hardships
of camp life.
Hanging by His Ey Teeth.
\li< ii 15. Sl.r: i'ii t tli" W . -11;:iut• •11
• "i :i-)>i.nili !it hi tin' ;..vi'- sunn'
.. ■ ■ lit "I th" trihulnll"ii~ "i' \\ : 1 ii:iin
I'. \Vat»"ii. Survivm »Ii in ml Hi 11 ii~
.■~t.it*. wl.it i! -i rti d hi- party in the
lust campaign ami joined tin' local Mi -
Kinit \ i lull, in li.- 1 ■ • iif holding
mi In tin jilitin Ii" lis- In ill -II a--id
iuii-ly - n king im in ally fmir vi a:'-.
it MI in- that tln i" aii-quite a nliiii
!'■ r i't" lb publican- u 1 n•-!■ party MTI icc
( lis- ii"t In-i n lb prudent up"ii a ili lii-
I•in y ~ i 111 - nature, ami wlm have
• arm 11 tin LIE lit to pnlViimnt 1 y MT
n ire in tin party that Mr. Watson v.as
trying t.. down, ami tin y ran see no
, jii-tier in rewarding traitor- though it
hr to the riiu.-e of the enemy. So
there ha.-' hern hut little ililiieulty in
tiinling val'iil reasons why this obstruc
tion to put;, harmony -houhl he re
moved and the emoluments go to re
ward some faithful follower of the
g. o. p. ltight on the thrtshold of in
vestigation, an liispeetor of the Inter
ior Department iinds that the wife of
I the Surveyor tleneral has been draw
ing a salary of S9OO per year for olliee
work taken to her home and done in
connection with her household duties,
lie likewise reports the discipline of
of the otiiee as very lax; the office
hours not observed ; that the personal
habits of some of the clerks have been
open to grave censure; that clerks are
allowed to enter the office at night to
perform work for individuals for pri
vate gain, and that more draughts
men and a less number of clerks would
add much to the efficiency of the ser
vice. Commissioner Herman, after
consideration of these charges, wrote
ihc Surveyor General as follows:
"In view of the utter disregard of
your clerical force as to their official du
ties, it is believed that the public inter
est will be best subserved by the discon
tinuance of all such force,"and to that
end would advise that their resignations
be asked for. An immediate response
to this letter is desired."
Most of men would realize that there
had been an earthquake when the
house conies tumbling down about
their heads: not so Watson. He
calmly writes the Commissioner that
he objects to having his " character
blackened by ex parte and unfounded
charges," and appeals to that officer
to not allow his " great office to be
used to that end." He then demands
that specific charges be made, and
that he be allowed to answer them,
one after another. He might by that
means prolong his tenure of office till
next spring, when the term is up, but
it is quite probable that this object will
be as apparent to his superior officer
as himself, and a much more expedi
tious means will be employed to end
all controversy. This application for
a chance to " arbitrate," is accom
panied by the following palpable evi
dence of insubordination, a positive
refusal to obey the order of the Com
missioner, to ask for the resignation
of all his clerical employes:
" This I will not do, for though I wish
to hold the office, I do not wish to do so
through injustice to any one. I consider
the charges made by the iuspector as
false and malicious, and to ask for their
resignations would be a practical ad
mission of some foundation for the
charges."
Men are seldom found who, when
up to their business, will deliberately
meddle with a buzz-saw, and we must
therefore conclude that Mr. Watson is
not aware of the fact that he may lose
a finger or two, or perchance his head,
soon as the Commissioner has time to
adjust the official knife. Cabinet offi
cers seldom allow subordinates to
" monkey" with such details as may
be prescribed in the positive tones of
the Commissioner's letter.
The Washington correspondent says
that it is understood at Washington
that if the Commissioner decides
against him, Watson will appeal on
civil service grounds, to the Secretary
of the Interior, and if need be to the
President himself. Can self-assurance
go any further? Is the man daft, that
he cannot make some effort to get'out
of the way of a cyclone in whose
clutches his puny strength will be as
the resistance of a grain of sand?
How he can expect that the civil
service rules will help him, when he
violated one of their first requirements
by appointing and retaining aliens in
important clerical positions, is in keep
ing with his other remarkable pre
sumptions.
No more popular move could be
made by the Administration than to
remove this bunch of egotism at once.
It would please all parties, for no class
of citizenship has respect for a politi
cal turncoat. Arnold was paid for his
treasonable conduct in British gold,
but that ended the contract—none
were so ignoble as to accord him any
praise for his infamous conduct.
No MORE TRAVEL BY FREIGHT
TRAINS.— At a meeting of the Presi
dents of the Western roads, lately held
in St. Louis, it was agreed that from
and after Jan. Ist, under 110 circum
stances will passengers be allowed to
ride on freight trains. This privilege,
on Western routes, where passenger
coaches make their trips at long inter
vals, has been a great advantage to
traveling men and the public, and its
withdrawal has caused a loud protest
to be made from all parts of the
West. Unless some good reason can
be given for this arbitrary order it
should be reconsidered. More trains
or less red-tape, is the demand of the
traveling public.
A SINGLE-WHEEL sulky is the latest
thing out in sporting circles. It is to
the ordinary sulky what the bicycle is
to the velocipede, and it is therefore
confidently expected that it will be a
record-breaker.
" SKAGWAY," is the way Uncle Sam
spells the new town at the portal of
the new Eldorado, and what he does
generally "goes" with his nephews.
A Populist : .c Powwow.
A meeting of prominent members
of the I'opuli-t party wa- held at Ta
cnmn, Friday afternoon, of which J. P.
I'av, of King county, wa- made ehair
mrii, and .1. li. lio-- of l'ii ree was
ehi'Selt seeietary.
ii'-pii -i ntativi - were in attendance
fi iii many counties in the wi stern
put of lie State. From olympia we
note as pre-i'iit Sup' rintendeiit of sn
sti'uetiou F. .1. Ilrowne, Land t'um
lni-.-iolier liobt. Bridge- ami W. I*. ('.
Adam-. King county was represented
by .1. I*. ! ay, I'. I\Carroll, Judge Win
sor. Alexander Jones, .I. J. lloliman,
L. W. Way, A. P. Tugwell and C. P.
Dam; Pi ree, by Guvnor Teats, J. 11.
lioss, F. li. Piker, ('apt. F. V. llagan,
John Hartnian, C. F. Owen, W. 11. 11.
Kean, Mrs. Annie Abbott, Mrs. Lizzie
Dover and Mrs. ILittie V. llelden;
Mason, by " Fanner" Todd ; Thurston
bv J. C. Conine; Whatcom bvC. 10.
('line; Adams bv. J. G. Couch ; Skagit
by J. C. Crosby, and Clallam by lOr
nest Burns and Judge Benson.
Speeches were made by Messrs.
('line, Jones, Bridges, Winsor, Browne,
Todd and llogati, the trend of which
was favorable to a " Middle of-the
lioad" policy for the party.
A committee was then appointed to
formulate a report in keeping with the
prevailing sentiment of the meeting,
consisting of C. E. ('line, Guvnor
Teats, A. P. Tugwell, E. Burns, G. F.
Walker, C. P. Dam and Alexander
Jones. An hour was spent in drafting
the following "suggestions'' for party
autonomv:
" We, the committee appointed by
your conference, submit the following
suggestions and recommendations for
your consideration:
" First —We repudiate the idea that
the People's party of the State of Wash
ington has become merged in or is a part
of any other organization. We there
fore advise that the People's party,
otherwise known as the Populist party,
shall he perfected and preserved through
out the State, independent of any other
political organization.
'• Second—That we declare it to he the
right of the People's party, in its con
ventions, to determine the question of
what shall or shall not he the policy of
the party, independent of the dictation
of any other organization.
" Third— We recommend that organiza
tion he perfected in every precinct in
each county in the State, for educa
tional purposes, along the lines of the
Omaha and St. Louis platforms.
"Fourth—That in order to meet the
changed conditions that confront us, a
conference of the People's party be
called.
" Fifth —We recommend to the State
central committee that it, in the usual
manner, call a conference of those who
support the Omaha and St. Louis plat
forms of the Populist party in each coun
ty on January lib, 1898. We further sug
gest that each of said county conferences
discuss the future policy of the party,
and that each be entitled" to elect three
delegates, and as many others as such
conference may desire to have attend
the meeting on the 22d day of February,
1898, for the purpose of determining the
party policy in such city as the State
central committee may determine. We
further suggest that in case either State
or county central committees refuse or
neglect to call such conferences on or
before December 20, 1897, that either
this or some other committee of this
conference have power to issuo such
call."
After a long discussion, as is usual
in such assemblages, a vote was taken
and the report adopted with only a
few dissenting voices.
It may seem at first thought that
the action of the meeting was antago
nistic to the policy which won success
in the last State contest, but mature
reflection impresses the idea that it is
a shrewd move of the leaders of the
party to keep it in a position that will
enable it to be handled to advantage
as a united factor for just such a pur
pose. The weakness of the Populists
always has consisted in its multiplic
ity of leaders, verifying the venerable
adage " Too many cooks spoil the
broth." If by any procedure the party
can be kept intact, or directed by a
few minds of average stability, it will
be in a position, when the emergency
arrives, to unite upon some plan pos
sessing a reasonable prospect of suc
cess at the polls. If this is the plan,
the conference was not without some
claim for political acumen.
A RETURNED Klondiker says that
every vacant store-room in this city
could be profitably occupied by some
branch of industry for the manufac
tnre of articles that will he required
by the host of gold seekers that will
start northward in the spring. He
says that slods and sleeping-bugs will
be in special demand, and that it is
not too early to begin tho manufac
ture of those articles to meet the de
mand. These articles may be made
anywhere on Puget Sound, and be on
the line of supply.
" OFF His NUT." —Land Commis
sioner Bridges is reported to have said
that his accidency is considerably " off"
on the existence of good agricultural
lands on the coast above Gray's Har
bor, awaiting those seeking homc
stends. All available land in that
district has been included in the State
and National reserves. He doubts if a
single homestead could be located
there.
THE Moran Bros., of Seattle, have
begun work 011 a job for the Yukon
Company which involves the con
struction of twelve river steamers,
twenty-four barges, and two tugs, at
a cost of about a million dollars. The
firm advertise for ship-carpentcrs,
plankers and calkers, and offer to pay
35 cents per hour for competent men
in those lines.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has des
ignated his daughter to act as sponsor
for the battleship Kentucky, soon to
be launched, and it is said that a bot
tle of Blue Grass whisky, of the " vint
age" of 1880, will be used at the chris
tening of the naval giant.
THE Northern Pacific Railway Co.
were to have met in New York city to
day to declare a dividend of one per
cent, on preferred stock, the first since
April, 1802. A surprising increase of
earnings the past five months, ending
Nov. 30th, is noted.
Vote Cast at the Municipal Election.
CANDIDATES. i %
Mayor— j j I
geo lane 10 10! r.7 279 :!]
John Byrne, C 01 j 111 33 j 40 1 58 ' fl | i 2-18
Trt'ii>uri'r—
F. O. Blake, K s2 52 40 .'.I 72. 41 IS21! ll'
Fred. I*. schomber 54 21! 32 I .701 M : ! '>o<;
Glil'k I
.1. I*. tweed K II 22 25, 58! 50 24 ] 200
.1. 11. scofield V | 95 20 47 45! 04 :$2 : :iloi 104
I Itot 1111 <(Hirer—
.l. \V. mowell K i 70 20 41 4s ! 05 55 j 285 5;
I. If. McDonald, C 01 27 j 52 55 57 20 j 252 1
Attorney—
I'liil skillman 1! 15; 25: 20! 55 55 25 205
I'. M Troy, C 81 j 20 44 50 09 54 5101 107
Councilman-at Large—
Jos. cheim K 71) 25 20 42 05 29! 2501
Allen White, 0 04! 28 58 42 59 28 { 259
Councilmen—
L. I'. Ouilett, C 02 j.... J ....
M. O'Connor, R. 74' .... 12
11. G. Richardson, R j ... 27
Byron Millette, C 45 18
Thomas Swan, R 57
James doherty C 04 7
W. W. Work, R '45!
Rogers as a Steerer,
What sort of a game is his ncci
dencv giving the innocent, gullable
public, when he publishes such a let
ter as this?
OI.VMI'IA, WASH , Doc. 3,1897.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCKISX :
lam reliably informed tliat home
seekers can obtain good government
homesteads in the region between Gray V
harbor on the south and the Straits of
Fuea on the north. lam told by those
who have recently come from this
region that good lands can there be
found which are not difficult to clear.
That it is possible for a person to go
there during the fall or winter and clear
enough land and raise enough crops the
following summer to support a iamily
during the second year. The timber is
not attractive to loggers, the soil is
good and everything, I am toll, is
favorable to the" honest worker who is
seeking for a home upon the soil. The
beat and most practicable route I
think would be first to Aberdeen,
Chehalis county, thence north tc the
lands in question.
Write E. A. McDougall. 1755 E. street,
Taconia, enclosing, say,'2s cents, for par
ticulars. J. K. HOUEUS.
What is to be done with the "25
cents," we can of course only surmise.
It may bean even "whack-up" with
Mr. McDougall, or it may l>e a scheme
to amass a corruption fund to run the
next* Legislature, but in either event
it is patent that the executive lends
bis official position, on purely hearsay
information, to 6tcer home-seekers to
a Taconia man for information on a
subject, which, in all its spurs and sin
uosities, is about as diversified ns horse
trading.
A natural inference would be that
the Governor and his partner is inter
ested in booming coast land realty
and Aberdeen town-lots, but the
astounding success of the former as a
reform politician precludes the belief
that having become a veritable resi
dent of Lngado, with his hc&d in the
region above the clouds, he could by
any possibility descend to gross specu
lations in dirt. It is plain upon re
flection, that his interest is only a
secondary consideration, a share in the
possible benefits from a distribution of
the snipes after they have been bagged
by the man who holds the candle.
A •• Long-Felt Want."
It is a remarkable fact in the na
tural order of economic adaptation
that when a necessity exists for any
great factor in the world's progress
there inevitably arises just the means
necessary for its development. Histo
ry affords the memorable example of a
Cincinnatns, dragged from the plow to
save Rome, a feat lie accomplished in
twenty-four hours from the vigor and
determination of his immediate cam
paign. Ericsson's bantam warship,
the Monitor, affords another instance
' »
and in our own era, where a little gi
ant slew a Goliah, the Mcrrimae, at a
critical moment in our country's his
tory.
But it is unnecessary to cite exam
ples which support the assertion, and
justify the belief that a simon-pure
Populist paper at the State capital is
a sine qua non for political success of
the present State administration. And
in looking over the State, where can
be found a man lietter equipped for
service than the Honorable Charles E.
Clinc, of Whatcom ? It may be that
his advent is somewhat Minerva-like,
and that he leaps into the ring full
fledged and amply equipped, but that
in no way dims his achievements so
far, nor detracts from the hope of suc
cess in the future.
Olympia affords a wido field for jour
nalistic enterprise. It is an ideal city
just such endeavor. It is the Athens
of our commonwealth, and has never
had an able advocate nor an acknowl
edged oracle of the true faith.
The STANDARD will accord a cordial
welcome to the new paper, the HWt,-
imjion Stale Journal, when it makes
its appearance, sometime in January.
THE President's message is given in
full, in supplement form with this is
sue of the STANDARD. The public will
not he disappointed. Statesmanship
in the advocacy of public measures
was not expected, nor will it be found
in the paper submitted to the present
Congress.
SINCE the STANDARD published its
strictures on the mortality of foot
ball playing, last week, another mem
ber of a noted Eastern team lias been
knocked from life into death, and so
the bloody work goes on.
AN attempt was made to burn the
Moran shipbuilding plant, at Seattle,
yesterday morning, at an early hour.
An incipient bla/.c was discovered l>y
a watchman and extinguished without
much difficulty.
M HEAT was quoted at $1.09, iu Chi
cago yesterday, the highest point it
has attained the past six years.
IN A QUANDARY.
THAT IS THE POSITION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
Iloiv 10 -fieri the llrflrit in Public
Expenditure* Worries the I'ow.
or* 'flint He—flare Discontent of
the i ulihful—Spain's Insincerity.
From Our Kexular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5,1897.
Is it the business of Congress to
legislate for the interests of the whole
people, or only to do what Mr. Mc-
Kinley thinks will be beneficial to
him and to the Republican party?
Such a question would seem to ad
mit of but one answer. Yet Mr. Mc-
Kinley is seeking the aid of Czar Reed
and Mr. Cannon, chairman, of the
House committee on Appropriations,
to prevent the House legislating for
the whole people. Bccauso the Ding
ley tariff law has failed to provide the
money needed to properly carry on the
government, and because he docs not
dare to tell Congress so and ask for
for additional tariff legislation to
furnish more revenue, Mr. McKinley
wants to deprive the people who pay
the heavy taxes called for by the
Dingley tariff of privileges to which
they are clearly entitled! If Reed en
ters the deal—Cannon has already
done so—no public building bill, no
matter bow urgent the need, will be
allowed to go through the House; no
bill providing for the payment of any
private claim ngainst the government,
no matter bow just it is nor how much
those to whom the money is due may
be suffering, will be allowed to pass,
and no river and harbor appropria
tion will be passed. Czar Reed may
bile off more than he can cbew, if be
attempts to carry out these ideas.
Neither lienor Mr. McKinley will be as
strong at this session as they were at
the extra session; their favors have
mostly been distributed. It is well
known that failure to get through a
public building bill for his district has
cost many Representatives their seats,
and next year the Representatives will
all be passed 011 by their constituents.
There has been much talk which came
to nothing about a revolt ngainst Reed
by the House, but in this case there is
likely to he a sure enough revolt, if he
isn't careful, and a successful one, too.
A scrapping match between two
prominent West Virginia Republicans,
Mr. F". A. Scott, who is a member of
the Republican National Committee,
and who expects to become Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue about the
first of January, and Judge Nathan
Goff, who was once in the Cabinet and
who has just declined a Cabinet port
folio, is indicated by the announced
aspirations of both of them a
desire to succeed Senator Faulkner,
whose term will expire Marcli 3,1899.
West Virginia Democrats laugh at the
expectations of Messrs. Goff and Scott,
and say that they have no doubt of a
Democratic majority in the next legis
lature. Meanwhile Goff and Scott are
preparing to fight each other. They
were both in Washington this week and
both saw Mr. McKinley. Having
already more factional party fights
than he knew what to do with, Mr.
McKinley tried to nip this one in the
hud by asking Goff to become Attorney
General when Mr. McKenna is
nominated for the Supreme Court,
but that gentleman declined and said
that nothing but a scat in the Senate
would tempt him to give up his
present life-time judicial position, but
lie may change bis mind. Senator
Elkins is at present posing as a friend
of both Scott and Goff, but it is be
lieved that it will be found when there
is a show of hands that lie is on the
side of Scott.
Senator Mallory, of Florida, has
pronounced views on Cuba which he
doesn't hesitate in announcing. He
said: "Spain's apparent willingness
to grant automony is but a pretext of
delay against positive action of our
government. It ought not to deceive
any one familiar with the record of
Spain's oft broken pledge to the peo
ple of that oppressed island. Ido not
know what action Congress will take,
and I am not in the confidence of the
administration. As far back as 1858
a U. S. Senator from my State ad
vocated the independence of Cuba,
and the arguments then made arc
absolutely applicable to-day. He gave
a detailed account of the perfidy of
the Spanish government, which would
serve without modification at the
present time. The autonomy farce
has been tried before." Senator
Mallory thinks there can be only one
right settlement of the Cohan ques
tion, and that is the independence of
the island, and he regards it as tbe
duty of this country to aid in bring
ing it about, forcibly if necessary.
It looks now as though no attempt
will he made to pass a bill providing
for the retirement of the greenbacks,
even in the House. The reason is Re
publican opposition, which is out.
spoken, especially among Repre
sentatives from the west and middle
west. The only way a hill providing
for the retirement of the greenbacks
could be put through the House would
be to get it endorsed by a caucus of
the Republicans, aud then it would
not be certain, as there would probably
be enough Republicans who would re
fuse to attend or be bound by the
caucus, in addition to the solid vote of
the Democrats and l'opulists, to dofeat
the bill. DKM.
BUSH PRAIRIE BREVITIES-
Sju'-inl ('orrcKpon.lt'iirp of theStutiUrd.
The Hying angel went to Olvmpia
011 horseback Sunday.
G. <l. Ashley is convalescent from
an attack of i>ncumoiiia.
l'lie dance at Sam St range's last
week was quite a success.
Mrs. Murray has found her .$25 dog
1 that strayed away last week.
John .Mcleod's new house is nearly
completed, and Mr. M. will soon
move in.
Miss See held school last Saturday
to make up for the Friday after
Thanksgiving.
Louie Dickgicser and a party of
Tumwater boys, went out to Black
river 011 a duck bunt last week.
Sarah Strange has moved her house
hold effects into the Rubinscn house,
lately purchased by A. C. Stevens.
Emmet Patterson is getting to be
an expert cyclist. His latest achieve
ment 011 the steed of steel, was to reel
oil a mile in 15 minutes.
RIP VAN WINKLE.
Large amounts of wheat are at
Waterville awaiting shipment along
the river, owing to the Great Northern
blockade. Steamer Ellensburg has
advanced wheat rates 3 cents per
bushel, catching dealers with large
amounts on hand bought at close
margins.
TIIE Bucooda school has been closed
in consequence of a prevalence of sore
eyes—granulated eyelids, it is called,
and is contagious.
IN the Superior Court of the Stale of Washing
ton in and for Thurston county.
Land Mortgage Bank or North-1
Western America, Limited, a |
corporation, and William 1). j
Wood, Trustee, 1
Plaintiffs,
v.
Edward T. Young, Josephine
Young, Thomas iiurke,
Thomas N. Alien as Trustee,
Edison (Jvueral Electric
Company, llcury W. Lamber
tou and Margaret I*. Lamher
toti. as co partners, doing bu- Notice of Sale,
siness under the name and
style of Wiuotia Deposit
ttunk; A. H. Chambers and
It. Frost and C. J. Lord,as ex
ecutors of Alexander Farqu
liar, deceased, Ellen M. Far
quhar, Mary A. Shannon,
Mary A. Shannon as sole ex
ecutrix or George I). Shan
non, deceased, Kobert Frost, |
Mary L. Frost, A. 11. Cham-1
hers aud Mary A. Chambers, |
Defendants. J
Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue
of an order or sale and special execution issued
iu the above eulltled action on the 17th day of
November, 1*97, in pursuance of a judgment aud
decree of foreclosure of mortgage, entered in the
above entitled Court on the Ith day of November
1897, and to me directed aud delivered, I have
duly levied upon the following described proper
ty situated iu Thurston couuty, Washington, and
w ill sell the same at public auction on the 18th
day of December, 1897, at 11 o'clock A. m. of said
day al the front door ol the Court-house in Olym
pia, Thurston county, Washington, to the highest
aud best bidder for cash, to satisfy said Judgment
In the sum of f9M,uvs.o3 together with costs, In
terest up to date of sale, ami increased costs.
The property so to he sold at satd time and
place is particularly described as follows, to-wit:
All of lots one and two of block twelve accord
ing to the plat of the town (now city) of Olym
pla, filed February 28th, 1870, by Edmund Sylves
ter and recorded on page 14. ol Vol. 1 of the Plat
Records of Thurston county, State of Washing
ton save and excepting from said lots one and
two the follow lug tract of ground, to-wit: Com
mencing at the southwest corner of said lot one
aud ruuuing thence easterly parallel with Becoud
street eighty feet, thence northerly twenty-seven
anil one half feet to a point eighty leet east of
Maiu street; thence westerly eighty feet to the
easterly line of Maiu street, intersecting said east
erly Hue of Main street at a point niuety-two feet
south of the south aide of said Second street*
tbeucc south along the east line of .Main street to
the point of beginning.
Also ail of the following lots and blocks In aud
according to the plat ol Young's Addition to the
city of Olympia, Thurston couuty, Washington,
of record in Vol. 4of the Plat Records of said
Ihurston county, on page 8, to-wit: ail of blocks
No*, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
and nine; lots Nos. sixteen to twenty-four both
inclusive in block No. (10) ten aud all of block
No. eleven; lots Nos. three to nineteen both in
clusive in block No. twelve: all of block No. thir
teen; lots Nos. 1 to 29 both inclusive In block
No. fourteeu: lots Nos. two to twenty-one both
inclusive iu block No. fifteeu; lots four to twenty
both inclusive, aud lots Nos. twenty-two, twenty
three and twenty-four In block No. sixtecu, aud
all of blocks Nos. seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,
twenty and twenty-one The total number of the
lots above couveyed In said Young's addition be
ing four hundred and fortv eight lots.
Also all of Block "A" In Bald Youug's Addi
tion.
And also all littoral and shore rights, what
soever pertaiuing to said lauds or auy of them,
and all titles, rights, interests, opticus or rights
of purchase and privilege whatsoever, which
said first parties (said Edward T. Young and
Josephine Youug), now have or may here
after acquire by operation of law, by purchase
or otherwise Iu or to or concerning auy and
all tide, shore aud harbor lands or rights
which now exist or may hereafter exist in
frout of or abutting upon said lots, blocks
aud tracts of land or auy of them, with the
appurtenances.
Also tbe following described property:
All the leMße hola iuterest of said mortgn
gors (Kilwurd T. Young and Josephine Young)
under that certain lease made by 8. Y. Ben
nett aud Sarah B. Bennett, hla wife, to E. T.
\oung. dated on tbe ti/ih day of September.
1893. aud or record In the Auditor's ottlce of
Thurstou county, In Vol. S of Miscellaneous
Records on page 605, which is a lease of the
following described property for a term of Ave
years from the sth day of September, 181*1, at a
yearly reutal of HO per year, to wlt: Begin
ning at the inouth of the slough on the Ms
qually river. Just below the present site
ol the lower shiugie mill on the Pack
srd Donation Claim, in Township is N-
Range 1 East, in Sections 4, 5, S aud V.
and running thence back from said mouth
westward a distance of 15 rods; thence ill a
southerly direction, stid parallel with the west
bauk of said slough 'JS rods; thence east to a
point 40 feet west ofT from the west bank of
said slough; theuee southerly parallel with the
west bauk of said slough to a point lmmetli
ately above the head of said slough; theucc
northerly along the east bank of said alough
to its mouth and point of beginning, so that
the space so described shall include all the
buildings, shiugie mill and bouses, together
with tbe exclusive right to use said slough for
bolts aud other material for shiugie mill pur
poses. Together with all interest iu and to
the mill building, and all the houses, buildings
and other structures upon the property de
scribed In said lease; together with all the
lights and privileges granted in said lease;
aud together with all machiuery, boilers,
engines, tools, dry-kilns and other persoual
property of whatsoever kind aud nature lipou
the preuiiscß described In said lease.
Dated this 18tb day of November, 1597.
CHARLES A. KILLINGS,
Sheriff of Thurstou County, Washington.
Ai.LKN WKIK, H. B. HCNTLKY, Attorneys for
PlaiutiSs.
Date of Arsl publication, November 19.1897.
Summons for Publication.
IN the Superior Court of Thurston county
Washington.
A. A. Phillips, as Receiver of the First National
Bank of Ulympla, Plaintiff, vs. John H. Wil
son. Nellie A. Wilson, Thomas C. Hansen, Ly
dia 8. Agnew, W I. Agnew, Arthur Tooley,
Daniel Uaby. W. I. Buford. Post lutelllgencer
Publishing Company, a corporation. Ellen T.
McCabe, administratrix of J. S. McCabe, de
ceased, Oregon Improvement Company, a cor
poration, Maria O. Baker. Lombard Invest
ment Company, a corporation. Samuel P. Wi
man, as administrator ot Magdallna Hosuic
der, deceased, Sarah P. Ferry, executrix of
Kllaha P. Kerry, dereased. A bram 11. Hyatt
and Usborn W. Bright, Defendants.
The State of Washington to the defendants
Arthur Tooley, W. I. Buford, Maria G. Baker,
Lombard investment company, a corporation
Abram M. Hyatt and Osborn W. Bright: You
are hereby aummoncd to appear within sixty
days after the date of the first publication of this
summons, to-wit: within sixty days after the
MB of October, 1897, and defend the above en
titled action In the above entitled court and an
awcrthe complaint of the plaintiff and serve a
copy of your answer upon the undersigned, at
torney for plaintiff, at hla office below stated;
and In esse of your failure so to do. Judgment
will be rcudered against you sccordlug to the
demand of the complaint, which has been tiled
with tbe Clerk of said Court.
The object of said action is to foreclose a cer
tain mortgage given by jour eo defeodauts,
John 11. Wilson and Nellie A. Wilson on the
Sad day of September, 1898, to the First National
Bank of Ulympla, to secure a debt of |7tx> aud
mortgaging the following described trsets, lots
aud parcels of laud ailuale iu the couuty of
Thurstou, State of Washington, viz:
Lots No. ten (id), eleven (11). twelve tig), thir
teen (13), in block No. one (1) of Bay View addi
tion to tbe city of Ulympla, as the seme are des
ignated on the plat of said addition on file in the
Auditor's otfioe In Thurston county, Statu of
Washington; also ihose certain iota aud parcels
of land known as lots Nos (13, 64. 65, and 66, con
taining 4 Jg-106 acres, more or less, and situate
In the Parker and llsjs' addition to Ulympla,
Waahlugtou. on what was formurly known as
the J. 11. Dickenson's Donation Claim, west aide
of Budd'a Inlet.
AII of the above described property is In
Thurstou county,
T. X ALLEN,
I'laiutlfTs Attorney
P. O. address: Ulympla, Thurston couuty,
State of Washington..
Hate of first publication, Oct. 8, 1897.
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We Undersell^..
EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE..
And because you are going to buy a gift for Christmas is no reason why you
should not look at the real value of the thing rather than the price 'you are
asked to pay. We sell our fancy Christmas things just as reasonably as the
everyday goods.
WE SUGGEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
FOR LADIES FOR GENTLEMEN FOR THE HOUSE
A Dress A Suit of Cothing Curtains
A Silk Waist Ilat , Portiers
Skirt Slippers Table Covers
Gloves Handkerchiefs Napkins
Handkerchiefs Overcoats Spreads
Jacket Ties fancy Towels, etc.
Cape Suspenders Far Boys and Gin*.
Umbrella Shirts Suit or Dress
Mittens Gloves Mackintosh
Slippers Mackintosh Hat or Tam O'Shanter
Shoes Hosiery Shoes, Handkerchiefs
Etc., Etc. Etc., Etc. Ties, Scarfs
An inspection of our large and well assorted stock will con
vince you that you can do better at
THE MOTTMAN MERCANTILE CO.,
THE RELIABLE ADVERTISERS.
F.W. CARLTON,
Jeweler Optician
i
HAS RETURNED
And will be in business opposite his old stand,
in the Chambers block.
WATCH REPAIRING AND EYES TESTED FREE
Bargains in all Kinds of Goods.
| saOLYMPIA'S LARGEST i f
| MILLINERY STORE / I
IS NOW RECEIVING THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF 3
| THE SEASON'S HIGH NOVELTIES, >
\ AND POPULAR-PRICED GOODS. J
C EVER BROUGHT TO THIS CITY. S
A Ask to see our 75c Walking JT _ , „ £
J Hats and Sailors. Tams from 2oc to $1.20.
E Stamped Art Linen and Hemingwav's Embroidery Silks. No
W trouble to show goods. Call and inspect the stock of V
£ MISS M. A. WHEELER, |
J 410 Chilberg Block, Main Street. 9
W. Chambers & Co:
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Meat Dealer.
BEEF, LAMB, PORK, VEAL AND MUTTON
Highest price paid for all kinds of fat stock.
Fourth and Washington Streets, . Olyinpia, Wash.
Telephone No. 93.