Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], December 13, 1888, Image 2

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gets in from \V»; \12‘3241 Ly I'.
majority.
A late dispmch >:i_\ .~ that llm livid
House of congro» will lu' I'l‘lvill'iil‘fli
by at. least five 11m} rrii}:
Democrats in ilJt‘ llunw wnm dun;-
ocratic senaturs tn ('nxilihm‘ lilt‘il
hopeless light on thu- tnrili lil‘u'flltl;
There are in this h-rrihry nil ha
than 9,000.000 non-s «if t~.\;(1-llt-I;‘
wheat land. which will pix-duve- fr. 1:
2010 40 bushels (11l :.i-rv.
There is monvy and Hg lllUlli'yl
be made huru in thu luzuvi‘ ::u'l v 53.
business. This you (‘l’.ll my ta: yum
farmer friends in tlw l'ith.
The Silver .‘ll'ltllfm'lu'. bf lxiiilin
says there can bu m. mum that ix
50 years thn lurglwt city on the l’u
cifis coast will he Ln l‘ugt-I Humid.
HOD. David .\lt‘t'll‘tl't‘. ml. Sui
Francisco, cx-btutu wrizitur. um
prominent in the republican lilliinn
al convention funr yours :ign. flit-d n
appoplexy on Saturday.
Mr. Putiuan has a quarrel with th‘
Almighty, because the latter Visli:
punishment upon children to “u
third and fourth generation for viul
ation of physical law by parents.
Congressman Springer is ziguii
agitating his omnibus mhni<sim
bill for the territories. Congress
man Springer will not be so much 1,)
a dictator after March 4th as he i:
and has been.
Michigan ll:mbcr~mcu have inws.
ted largely in timber laud new
Nappa, Oregon. paying as 11533
as $25 an acre for some of flu
18nd. Most of their large purchas:
was, however, bought for $lO an new
In 1840 “'illiam Henry Harrison
received 13,296 phu‘ality in New
York, over a New York mau,\'un
Baron. In 1888 Benjamin Harrison
received 13,793 plurality over an~
other New York man, Grover Cleve
llnd.
An experienced lumber—man from
Detroit, who has been in l’ort'Towm
send for some time past on several
occasions, says that 160 acres of
good timber land, well located, in
this Territory, will be worth SIO,OUO
within 10 years. _
The election was almost a clean
weep for Hon. John B. Allen as to
every county in the Territory. Ho
carried 30 counties; was in the mi~
nority.by only one vote in Columbia
county; 30 in Skamaniu; 65 in
Franklin; and had an even vote with
Voorheee in Stevens county.
The New York Mail and Express
aye: “Ex-Governor Squire, of Se~
attic, is a likely candidate for the
United States senate on the admis~
sion of this promising commercial,
lumbering, banking, fishing and ag—
ricultural territory to the Union as a
state.’
President Cleveland’s last annual
message has been delivered before
congress. It is a verbose document,
and is noted only fornvicious nt
tackupon the protective system—
which the sovereign voters of the
United States have just declared in
favor of—nnd bewailiugthe indis
cretion of Lord Sackville.
Puget Sound is steadily moving
toward the commercial supremacy of
the Pacific. Another indication of
this is found in the recent shipment
from New York to Tacoma of the
largest consignment of goods ever
made to one firm in the West. TWO
special trains steamed out of the me»
tropolis of the East for this coast
last night, one of 23 cars loaded with
dry goods, another of 16 cars loaded
with cofl'ee. The valuation was
placed at $200,000. '
The Republican banner for the
Pacific coast, belongs to Washington
Territory. The vote for Allen was
420 more than the vote for Harrison
in California and 651 more than the
vote in Oregon. Washington is
magnanimous, however. Our peo~
ple give way to California and Ore~
gon on the cabinet position. Soon,
though, we will constitute a state.
and with resources {superior to any
others on the coast will have poles
long enough to knock down the
persimmons.
If the Pacific coast is to make its
wishes known in reference to Gener
al Harrison's cabinet, we believe
there would be but little difiiculty in
securing a practically unanimous
expression from Oregon and Wash
ington in favor of Senator Dolph.
Hi 3 term as U. S senator is about to
expire. and Hon. Geo. H. \Viiliams,
ex-attorney general, or SOmL‘ other
suitable person could easily be elect
ed to fill the office of senator. Pro»
ident Harrison’s Obligation to (Julio
fornia. will be divided between Swift,
Estes and DeYoung.
The Tacoma News is \ez'y much
wrought up because President liar—
lison is a Presbyterian‘gandga chuxoh
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in Mir hi hitht'nl Ligation. il' ~iinplj.‘
rt'giW‘ngi'W‘l w that ('Htilllltlill itinn
('nnlint readily occur.
A Mirna-3144i: no“ «’ptign-r nth-rs a:
prize of $1” 1.» any 1-u-i‘snn who may
limin-(u-rru-v:l} l'l't':ltl“lll ll:u‘ri~ml‘.~
('ixl)iill‘i. Tim {up-9r is zilmut :L— rut-u
in such ::I: «HE-r :m the yum: \Ylllllillt
who ugh“. a] with lu-r Liul young man
ilHlifill"\‘.'I'!lfll1;:lil'l'_\'lzllillx‘ lluni
smnwro t‘ii'l'i-‘ul: hut ii ('le-‘Jnlzuul
won. he should i:‘.;xl‘l‘_‘-' hwr. 'l'hl-ru
will lw .\.»:m- (~1-.;:n gukus no: ”ani
sun's Clllllln'i. int? it is highly pulm
lrh- that nut c-nv will be vurruot.
Tho Punidllvl ’l'r/I-lxnnu says that
tlu-t'l- wu~ (luring Xir\'|‘illil"l' an un—
pn-cmh-nti-d inunigi'uliuu :utu this
Territory. The lurgc-nt zlmnlu-r of
immigrant» was from l).il~:ul:1. .~\u
:igv-nt of the (Hug-:11 hoard of immi
gration is now in Mizanva‘ula. and re
pol‘ts that. Wu :m- on tho mm of u \‘vry
largo immigration from that 512110.
The inquiries :m- as much mmourn—
ing Washington as concerning ()ru
gun. We are now, it is admitted.
getting Ihulurgest number of sub
tlern. If we had 1). board of immi
gration and agents East. the nuuibvr
would be overwhelmingly in our fab
vor.
Many years ago when the Frazer
river gold excitement brought thou
sands of people from California
there were at one time not less than
10,000 people living at \Vhatcom.
A ship company of California de
sired to buy property and build up
acity at that point. The town site
proprietor asked a fabulous price for
water frontage. The company went
over to the island of Vancouver, and
tho flourishing city of Victoria. is the
result. Had the town site man sold
for a reasonable figure there would
in all probability have been at \\ hat~
com to-dny a city of 15,000 or 20,000
inhabitants. There is danger that
the people of some towns hereabonts
may in ways somewhat similar put
dampers on their development.
Congressman Morrow. of Califor
nia, is of the opinion that a large
number of Chinamon are coming in‘
to the United States across the Brit
ish Columbia line. He is therefore
in favor of a committee being ap
pointed by congress to investigate;
and, if needed, favors the passage of
a bill requiring every Chinnmnn to
register his name, and secure a cor
tificate by which he can be identi
fied. The congressman is evidently
correct about the Chinese slipping
in along the British Columbia bor~
der. They are also coming in from
Mexico. A committee of iuVestiga
tion is hardly nveded in mutton-i so
evident. There is no neml of any
red tape work and a large .amount of
expense. If you want. tho exclusion ‘
act effectual, pass your bill, .\lr 1
Congressman. l
Mr. Henley and associates, late of
Woodland, Cal, are looking around
for a suitable site for their proposed
ice works. The plant they propom
to erect her—3 will cost about S2S,IMH),
and will have a capacity of about 8
tons of ice. per day. Our citizens
ought to see to it that they get the
use of land free of cost Their in
dustry will add materially to Port
Townsend's commercial well being
and prosperity. They will manu
facture ice. not only for the local
trade. but to accommodate steamers
touching here. and to furnish the
fishing companies for packing eur~
goes of fresh lish to send inland.
They will furnish employment for a
number of men, and will disburse
considerable money among us. Give
them substantial encouragement.
In another column will be found a
communication on Territorial divis
ion. Inasmuch as there is now no
disposition to delay admission. and
as this would IX" delayed by the agi
tation of the question of division, the
Axons is not in favor of it. There
is doubtless here the material for
two good states. Especially is this
true, with the addition of the pan
handle of Idaho. But all are Well
aware that there has been and will
continue to ho a strong opposition
to the division of the great and pop
ulous Territory of Dakota. The op
position to the division of Washing
ton would I!) all probability be even
greater. In justice to ourselves we
cannot now pursue any course that
would retard our entrance into the
union of states. And the opposition
to division it must he reweznhercd is
not alone in the Democratic party“
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. t : - :. ‘vi‘t-tl- it-.lillv*;=i-!'t("ii
li u-.~. 'l'wgn-lza.thx-t'fipital. is fat"
-:; annual in ihu state. Thi- quoslion‘
m“ m» l'--lu:»\‘::l nt' tln- capital has‘
1».-nu zlglilulul ('t'|l:>liil'l‘2ll)l_\'. and to
'l‘“ 1 this a 521' my; m‘lltéliit-nt in la
\‘ 1‘ Hr di\i»iu:~. lttn lu'fin \‘fivrlio'il up.
'l'n“ Hun" n-zwuus for (-.:pital rum JV
al ..;~ divi~iun urn found in Xc-ln'zhku.
L 3!’ lu i~ vial, a <hen‘t di‘tancn
I‘rvin thw i-‘:.~lv'rlt linw. and lwtll tho
wa-h-i'n :.n‘l wu‘twrn wt-tinns want
tlw capital. Tim t-zhto-rn Would
'ltlllllllt'.~\ Consent to division rallwr
than have the capital mowd mun
Lincoln. If divisions aroovm‘ made
!' 'r [mlitical purposes. no one can
[tl‘t'tllci which party Would come out
nn top. The prulualiilitit-s arr. how
z-wr. th'u thu Duinuorztts with the
tin-at httih' of This“ \vnnld c-unu out
who ail.
1 Thu \\ aila Walla l'uinu thinks
;th:-.x llun. Phiiip ltitz Would llltllit‘ a
Eguod I‘t‘lll't‘ht‘lltitllv“ at \Vixsliitigton
lto nrgu the admission of tha Torri
{tor}; \'u-ry hwy ln- Would it any
{such representatives are not-dud.
l But \Vt‘ are of opinion that noun are
int-wsmt‘y. ’l‘hvnw‘ds of Washing
‘tun in this respect are well known.
'Um‘ griz-vancu has liven the grievance
inf a large part of Hi" nation. 'l'hcrv
{are (‘lllvllgll pcnpla- at. “haltingtnn
llnn‘; to urgt- .‘ul!uln>iull. (lur dolo
gaiu. th:l llnn. Jnlm 15. Allen. will
55mm lm tin-n- to louli after all uni‘
:intvt‘vsls. Lut tho pt‘tllllt‘ z-tay at
{hunt and gut rvady for what is r-‘nro
ito (H “11‘ ~ and that spin-(lily. Wu arv
‘nut “rt-linfd «:.tlu‘r tn urgi- a Dvlnu
cratii' rough-$5 'n do what it has
pi~t>i~u~u:ly ri-t'usod so lulu,r to do.
Now that lln- l)t‘lllt¥t'l’ililc party N’l'S
that it can no l‘mgi-r lump tiu- 'l‘urri
tnry than the union of status it is
ahunt to luillit‘ t-tl'urt It) realm-in it~
so” by giving admission. To New :1
cun‘vnt expression. “It i—i too thin."
A “Pplll’llctul victory has inado pos
sible our admission as a state. Lot,
thot‘ot'oi'v, the liopnhlicau party be
the onu to givo that admission. Gou
vral Harrison has til-UH the friend of
this and ottwt territories. and his
mum», not that of Llovoland. should
tlypt'al‘ on the bill thut ushers them
into statehood.
From all quarters come word of a
large immigration to this Territory
early next year. From lowa 200
families are reported as making
their arrangements now to come.
Western Washington will undoubt
edly get a large portion of the im~
migrants—more than a majority of
them. The territorial vote this your
shows a gain for the western por—
tion of 4.167 over the majority of
1.776 in 1834; and the indications are
that this will soon be largely increas
ed. The wife of Chief Justice Boyle
was right in denominating western
Washington “a second edition of
Pennsylvania.” Our mineral re
sources are of late attracting a great
doal of attention. Among the noted
capitalists from the East who have
been here recently, and left with
most favorable impressions. is Judge
Bond, of New York. The Judge was
here as the representative of a powul
erful syndicate, to look over the iron
resources. Judge Bond is the man
who built up the extensive iron in
dustry at Decatur. Alabama, which
transformed the little town of 2,000
to one of 10,000 in one year and a
half. He is looking for a climate
milder than that of New York, as
well as one free from the malaria
and yellow fever of Alabama. He
was pleased with the Sound country
as to climate and mineral resources,
and we will assuredly hear further
from him—and to our advantage in
the development of manufacturing
enterprises.
The private soldiers were at the
front from ’6l to ’65. There is ac
c-eringly a meat deal of satisfaction
throughout. the country over the re
sult of the election for governor in
Illinois. Private Joe Fifer was at the
front in that contest. l’reaident«
elect Harrison is also it man who be—
lieves in and honors the private bui‘
(liers. In the war he was often with
them in the thickest and hottest of
the tight. And a few years ago, at
the unveiling of the Morton monu~
ment in the city of Indiunupolis. 'he
paid thorn in grand tribute when he
said that the duty of Indiana would
not be discharged to the soldiers un—
til along side the statue of “the Old
War Governor" there was placed an
other-the figure of a private eol
3dier. and the some dedicated to those
‘zoldiers. The men who saved the
country, and storied both north and
mouth on an unprecedented career of
prosperity, by banishing the curse of
slavery. Wlll no the humiliated during
the coming administration. Every
not no] word of Harrison Show him
to be the friend of the soldier. He is
humanity's friend too, and became a
heroic soldier himself because he
would not ask any man to go where
he himself was not willingr to go.
Perhaps General Hovey is right in
denominziting this “the soldiers ciim—
paign.”
The prevailing sentiment east is
in favor of an extra session of con
gress immediately utter the 4th of
March, for the purpose, especially. of
admitting the territories. Geu.,l:[ov
-oy, governor-elect of Indiana, ex~
pressed the hope of a large number
of people when he said at Washing—
ton n few days ago: "I hope the
president will call an extra session of
congress immediately after the in
nuguration, for the purpose of admit~
ting the territories that are ready for
flzitt-lxmwl."
t‘rvn. llwvvy. gnvvrnor elect of In~
.12.; :1, s:4_\'.~': "I do not lwlieve that the
tariff i-Mw change] ‘.’UH') votes either
\'.':-..\‘. and a Close analysis of the re
turn. I believe. would show that its
influence was rather against us than
f--r as." The General thinks it was
a Sltlilli‘l's. campaign. and that the
st‘tltliu-rn‘ \'Ut(“tlccltlt'll tht‘ election. H"
i< oi“ the opinion that in Indiana, sev
t‘l'lll thousand demacratic soldiers
‘.utwl ful‘ Harirron and for lllmat‘lf.
He also thinks that Harrison had in;
New York a great nuinlwr of votes;
from democratic soldiers. 1
That the climate on this part of‘
tln» Coast. is to be preferred to that of
‘San Francisco there is no doubt.
llixpt-riluents with the two climates
lwill in a little while show that to
anyone. Mr. A. \V. Ross, M. R, of
Vancouver. returned recently from
(:alifornia. Toa News reporter at
Vancmxvor he added his testimony
to that of many others. He reported
wry l-ad weather in San Francisco.
the rain being almost. incessant, and
the cold winds and rapid changes in
n-xnperature made it verv disagreea
ble to persons. accustomed to the
lllLllst hat balmy climate of this
Northwosh
The Alla is of opinion that if any
xlivi>ion is Inudu of California it
>llUllltl be to cut off only the three
mnthc-rn conntivs. Then thew
dumld [m aunt-sod to Arizona and
thi- wholo admitted as a suite. This
would make Alizona u maratixue
rlilit‘ with at least two line sen ports,
nml of such important resources us
to givu it a prominent position in the
l'uion. Thu (.‘lu'ouiclc- opposcs dl
-on any plan, and does not
think tho lull introduced in congreM-z
by (h-ncrul Vauduvor represents the
.suntiun-nts or more than a emull nii
nurit-y of tho pooplu.
Amungthu persons who czuuo to
tho Sound country more than u cou—
mry ago is S. Johnson, a muchvr
living now about. 18 miles from
\\ hutcom. He says that the pam
phlets and books and papers sent out
huvu not over-estimated the country;
that they have not. done justiue to
a. Mr.J.says that. he has wanted
long for railroads, but. now he thinks
we are soon to have such railroad
advantage-s as were never dreamed
of by the most enthusiastic.
We are inclined to the opinion that
some of our contemporaries are wor
rying: over the admission matter un
necessarily. Ours is not regarded as
u backwoods Territory, although we
do have an immense amount. of {ink
ber. We am known east, and they
want us in as a state as bad as we want
to get in. “'hy so much said about
going east to urge admission? The
party east has been fighting out but.—
tle. 10 these many months.
The editor of the Washington
Farmer is endeavoring to get into
the good graces of the Ellensburg
people by speaking of that place as
"The Denver of the Northwest.”
Certain it is. however. that Ellens
burg is a very promising town, and
has been having quite a remarkable
growth.
‘ Acorrespondent of the New York
Evening Post, in mentioning the
promising places on Puget Sound,
says: “Port Townsend bides her
time. waiting for the coming of her
railroad on which her future de—
pends.”
The Portland papers are inclined
to grumble a :littlo because the large
majurity of immigrants, this way
come to the Sound.
“Science" and the Bible.
Mr. Samuel P. Putnam. of the
National Liberal League, in his lec
ture on Tuesday evening, said the
Bible was acollossai lie, and assert
ed that its account of the order of
creation was not in accordance with
the teachings of science. Rev. J. N.
Denison, who happened to be pro»
eat, challenged the statement, and
said he could prove by several stand
ard scientific authorities that the
lecturer was incorrect. An announce
ment on small posters yesterday.
that Mr. Denison would be present
last evening with his authorities,
brought out a large audience. 'l‘lnl
authorities—some four or live 'ru
uuniber—-were read, showing plainly
that science and the Bible agree ex—
actly on the order in which sea and
land and air animals were created.
Mr. Putnam then read his authority,
purporting to be Prof. Tyndall’s re
ply to Gladstone. After this, Mr.
Putnam proceeded with a long ad
dress in support of Darwin's theory
of evolution, in which he set forth
lst, The eternity of matter;
2‘], The eternity of motion;
3d. The impossibility of a concep~
tion by the human mind of a creator.
alleging that experience and reason
th'l'lUt. warrant snob belief.
He next proceeded to defend the
Darwinian theory in regard to the
missing link, and illustrated his ar~
guinent. That missing link, howev
er, happens to be the link needed to
bridge the chasm between intelli
gent, reasoning, thinking. talking
human beings and the brute crea
tion. Following is what Prof. Hux
ley says of it:
“A great. gulf intervenes between
the lowest man and the highest ape
in intellectual power. There is an
immeasurable and practically infi—
nite divergence of the human from
the Simian stirps. There is an enor
mous gulf between them. No one is
more strongly convinced than lam
of the vastness of the gulf between
civilized man and the brutes, or is
more certain that, whether from
them or not, he is assuredly not of
them. He alone possesses the mar
velous endowment of intelligible and
rational speech, whereby, in the sec—
ular period of his existence, he has
slowly accumulated Land organized
the experience which is almost whol
ly lost with the cessation of indnud
‘nal life in other animals; so that now 1
he stands raised upon it as on a
mountain top. far above the level of
his humble fellows, and transfigured
from his grusser nature by reflecting
llt‘h‘ an l there amy from the Infi—
nizv Suurcu of Truth."—-Huxley:
.\[rm's Place in Nature p 122.
Mr. Putnam placed theologians in
a false position by claiming that
they search for truth with pro—con
ceived notions, and reject what does
not suit llmm; also that scientists
prawn-(l from n dxfl'nrent standpoint
—-notwltlistnndiug the fact that Dar
win spe-nt a lifetime trying to prove
his pro conceived notions about evo
‘lutinn.
.\lr. Putnam then proceeded to
place the ('hristian world in a false
position by reading the old, cast iron
doctrine of predestiuation taught. by
John Calvin, and saying. “That is
Christianity ;” then proceeding to
demonstrate its absurdity. As well
idescribe one or two citizens of Port
i'l‘ownsend, and claim that you are
Idescribing the town. Predestina
‘llull. as taught by Calvin. is not
taught by the Christian world, and
guewr was so taught; it is merely the
teaching of one man. Mr. Putnam
and Mr. Ingersoll are both examples
"of reaction against this doctrine.
l .\lr. Putman asks us to reject. be
lief in a creator. yet design and in
telligent, infinite power and over
night are manifest in Nature, from
'the smallest germ of life to the utter
‘lutljt bounds of the universe. To say
that everything happened so. with
‘out intelligent creative power being
exercised by a creator is to ask reas -
loning humanity to accept an absurd~
lily far more violent [0 common sense
llhan the orthodox idea. Mr. Put
‘man’s unfairness in arraigning the
‘Christian world, however, is what. we
most object to.
\Velliugtuu cnnl sells for $19.50 in San
Francisco. Seattle coal for 815.
Thomas Saint patented a sewing
machine in 1760, sixty years before
Howe popularized it.
Lyndon public school will soon be
ready for occupancy. A large new
ball is also to be erected.
The now Canadian Pacific steamer
Islander is on the way to Puget
Sound to compete for business.
I. (J. Ellis of Olympia contests the
election of M. Frcdson of Mason
county for joint representative.
The president has issued an order
extruding the civil service rules and
regulations to the railway mail ser
vxco.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company now has 816,248 miles of
wire and 17.241 othces. In 1887 it
handled 51,463,955 messages. ’
The greatest known ocean depth,
4605 futhoms, was obtained by the
United States steamer Tuscarora, ofl'
the northern coast of Japan.
The population of the United
States has increased 32,000,000 since
1860; during the same period that. of
Great Britain increased only 7,000,u
000.
‘ At Victoria Dr. G. H. Grifin has
been convicted and sentenced to five
years servltude for sending threaten
jiag letters to Hon. R. Dunsmuir. the
coal king.
: Dr. Calhoun says it will cost $5,000
to clean out the channel sothat large
steamers can call at La Conner at
any stage of the tide, and then about
$2,000 per year to keep the sand out
of the channel.
y The Astoria Transcript nominates
iHon. C. W. Fulton to fill the seat ocea
pied by Senator Dolph. \Vhen Oregon
or any other state net: as able a repre
sentative in the U. S. senate aeJ.N.
ll)lulph, it would do well to keep him
1 ere.
00]. J. C. Haines will arrive home
this wpek. He will be tendered an
ovation by ihe military company of
which he is colonel. at. his home in
Seattle. His vindication is another
dish of crow for the officials who per
secuted him for political reasons.
1 The World has an article on what
would happen should Canada be
‘annexed to the United States. It
ltigures out there would be fourteen
inew senators and forty-two new rep
resentatives, and Canada would
probably obtain a place iu the cabi
‘uet. The whole new country could
leasily be divided into twenty-eight
‘states and territories.
" The records in the office of the
isecretary show that two years ago
;\\'estera Washington cast. 1776 more
‘votes than Eastern Washington
lwhile this year its majority over
iEuetern Washington is 5943. From
ithat it is easy to guess in what part
{of the territory emigrants are set
gtling.
; Two new pestofiices have recentlv
lbeen established in Alaska and bids
lare now being advertised for fur
nishing an occasional mail service for
these oflices. The names of the new of
itices are Unga and Afuguuk. l‘hehfost
‘iuasler at the former place is r. J.
‘H. Carr, and at the latter ltev. A.
Warm, both former residents of Se
[little
l The president did not sign a bill
which was sent to him in the last
days of the last session of congress.
The bill permitted persons who have
abandoned and relinquished their
homestead entries to make another
entry. The bill was got through
the senate and house and sent to the
president, but he allowed it to fail of
becoming a law for want of his sig
nature. Senator Dolph proposes to
re-introduce the bill and secure its
passage. it possible, through the
senate at an early day.
At the close of the fiscal year end—
ed J one 30, 1887, there had been
coined under the compulsory silVer
coinage act $250,988,280 in silver do]
lars. $55,501,376 of which werein the
hands of the pgggle. On the 30m
day of June. 1 , there had been
coined $299,908,990, and of this $55,
928,303 was in circulation in silver
coin and $209,387,376 in silver carti
ficates, for the redemption of which
silver dollars to that amount were
held by the government. 0n the 30th
day of November, 1885. $12,570,990
had been coined, $60,970,900 of
silver dollars were actually in circu~
lation and $327,418,146 in certificates,
for which reason the secretary rec
ommends the suspension of the fur
thur coinage of silver.
1 New York Graphic: The world
‘has heard a rest deal about the
‘Young Men‘s (glhfistian Association
and its work. Within the last dozen
‘of years it has spread in all sections
lot this country, and in hundreds of
commendable ways has aided the
great Evangelical churches in their"
‘hristian endeavors. It has openedi
reading and lecture rooms. establish»
ed gymnasinms, organized schools,
started em loyment agencies, occa~‘
sionally helped the needy and in‘
_lnfiny directions gone into the every-1
day life of the big cities to bring it
self in closer and more helpful con
tact with the nuceSQitios of human
ity Its good work has been seen of
all men, and the financial support
the association daily receive, even
from wealthy non-church goers. is a
proof that its labors are appreciated.
The Chinese question. it seems.
will again demand the attention of
congress thos session. Representa
tive Morrow of California said up
ward of 800 Chinamen had arrived at
Victoria. B. (3., since last. August. It
is his belief that nearly all of this
number have gradually worked their
way across the frontier to the United
States. At a meeting of the immi—
gration committee this week Morrow
will urge upon his fellow members
the adfisahility of proceeding to
‘Britlsh Columbia and investigating
‘the matter from that standpoint.
Should he fail to secure the consent
of the committee, he will offer a bill
irequiring that every Chinaman in
‘the United States shall. within six
‘months after its passage, be oflicially
registered and given a certificate of
registration by which he may in'fu—
’tnre be indentified. Those faiiing to
register. or these who cannot, at the
texpiration of the foregmng period.
produce a certificate of official regis~
ltration, may be deported from the
icountry.
In an interview with the Sun's
Washington correspondent. Senator
Sherman, in speaking of the union
between Canada and the United
States. said: “My belief in the fu~
turc common destiny of the two Eng
lish speaking nations of America will
never waver. I was led to form it by
my failure to find a less radical rem~
miy for the perennial occasions of
serious dispute between the two
countries. The fisheries dispute and
question at right of free transit of
American goods over Canadian rail
roads are types of the disputes
that have vexed the two nations for
a century, and will continue to dis
turb them so long as the present con
ditions exist. To get. rid of these
questions we must get. rid of the
frontier. I studied the proposal for
commercial reelprocity only to be
convinced that it was illusorv and
impracticable. Political union is an
other thing. The advantage it offers
is more equal. Canada would get in
it all the advantages reciprocity
promises her. Advantages of politi—
cal consolidatiou with Canada to the
United States is not less palpable
and obvious. If less immediate, they
will be even greater in the long run.
Political advantages of union are
emphasized by the present troubles
over fisheries. railroad transit and
canal tolls. These and other occa
sions of border dispute would be re
moved and the most grave provocative
of dispute and irritation taken out of
our diplomatic relations."
The wife of Gen. Sherman, just
deceased, was a daughter of a. dis‘
tinguished American lawyer and
statesman, Thomas Ewing, who was
secretary of the treasury in 1841.
secretary of the interior in 1849, and
U. S. Senator from Ohio. Gen.
Sherman was educated in Senator
Ewing‘s family until he entered
West Point at the age of sixteen.
He married Miss Ewing in 1850.
Mrs. Sherman belonged to the Ro
man Catholic church, as do her
daughters, and her only son is a
Catholic priest. Her brothers are
ex~Cougressman Thomas Ewing,
Gen. Hugh Ewing and Gen. Chas.
Ewing, all gallant Union soldiers
and a 1 men of superior talents.
Springfield, (Mass) Union: So
far as we have observed no newspa—
per in the country which has repeat- ;
ed the report that General Harrison ‘
will transfer his family altar from his
Indianapolis home to the White
3 House has ventured to do so with any
sign of sneer or disrespect. There
are some things too sacred for ridi
cule. Men may joke about churches
and prayer meetings, but they take
off their hats reverently before the
family altar. A religion which be
gins and flourishes at home is uni—
versally recognized as honest and
sincere.
The value of the principal articles
of domestic merchandise or the year
ending J une 30, 1888. was $683,862,-
104. as against $703,022,923 for the
preceding year. The total value of
imported merchandise increased
from $692,319,768 in 1887 to $723,
957,114 in 1888, being an increase of
$31,637,346, or 4 6 per cent. Of the
imports and exports carried during
the year only 13 44 per cent. was
carried in American vessels.
PRBHISTORIC PEOPLE.
In an article entitled “Cruising in
Western Alaska,” a correspon ent
says: I was very desnrous of call
ing at Green Island. which is one of
the group in the entrance of Chm
gach Gu f, for the purpose of secur
ing a mummy from one of the caves
there for the National Museum, but
the absence of an exlperienced pilot
made it impracticab e to do so. In
a cave. or caves. on the island men
tioned. as also in those on the Four
Mountain Islands west of Ounalaska.
I am told by those who have seen
them are numerous corpses of a race of
these islands long anterior to the
coming of those found here when
the Russians first came. They are
said, those in the Green Island caves.
to be closely and tightly wrapped in
several thicknesses of fur skins,
while those 1!] the F our Mountain
caves are simply clothed in dog-skin
parkas (a garment made like a shirt,
with ahole made in the upper part
just large enough for the head to go
through.) They difl‘er from any of
the native peep e of the present day
in that their hair and beards were
red, and the skins of their bodies
black. Who and what these people
were. and whence they came, is a
question which wifl probably never
be solved.
‘ BLACK COD BAKER.
Victoria, B. 6., Dec. ll.—The
schooner Mary Ellen arrived this
morning from the black cod banks
with a large catch. The weather
was extremely stormy during the
trip, and only a few days’ fishing
was had. The black cod was found
in large quantities. A [ermanent
station was established. and men and
boats left to prospect the banks dur
ing the winter. Fishing for black
cod will be extensively engaged in
during the coming year.
THE TATOOSH CABLE.
San Francisco, Dec.ll.—-An Ea:-
aminer special from Washington
says: Gen. Greely, chief signal of.
fleet of the army, has been notified
that the Tatoosh island cable was
broken yesterday, and asking him
what arrangement would be made
for repairing it. Gen. Greely wrote
to the chamber of commerce of San
Francisco and the Portland board of
.trade regarding the matter. Hestatx
ed that the cable was venom, andl
that a new one could not baurchas‘l
ed for less than 34500, m added
that be bad no appropriatic avail -
able for the purpose. In othelvordg,
the expense must be borne by zivate‘
parties or congress must be as“; to
especialiy appropriate the amott.
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SEARCHING rO3 WUALI-Jfi IN Asm wmc
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FIVE YEARS.
During the past season the steam
Whalers in the Arctic have visited a
portion of the ocean lying to the
eastward of Point. Barrow. This is
the first time since 1853 that. any
vessels have been able to go so far
through the ice. In the year men~
tioned the British exploring ship En
terpnse, Captain Collineon, wintered
in Camden bay, latitude 72 deg. 8
min. north and 145 deg. 29 min. west.
longitude. -
Since the time that fishing for how
heads has been the occupation of
whalemen in the Arctic ocean the
masters have endeavored to follow
the big fish that are supposed to run
along_ the northeast shores of the
American continent, rarely going,‘
however. beyond Return reef. This
past season the veteran whalernan
Captain Bauldry in the steamer Orca
reached a point. but titty miles from‘
Herschel Island. near the mouth oil
the Mackenzie river. He obtainedi
but \one whale, and he states that.l
there was considerable difliculty iui
catching the fish owing to heavy
drift ice. The Lucretia and other
steamers were behind the Urea a
short distance. but they caught noth
ing. .
Capt. Bauldry says that he andl
the other captains met natives from
Herschel island and points to the
eastward of the Mackenzie river.
Their facial appearance is said to
be similar to that of the North Am
erican Indians. while their language
is almost identical with that of the}
Greenland aborigines. They Werel
very reluctant to visit the steamers,j
and expressed _great surprise at- the
machinery and other gear, stating;
that they had heard of the “big ca-‘
noes” but had never seen one. The
shore of the ocean is lined with im
mense piles of driftwood, some of
the logs being very large in size. It
was stated by the natives that the
driftwood is brought down to the sea
in the spring by the Mackenzie river,
and is then carried by the current to
the westward. For some time past
the whaleman have been told by na
tives that quantities of whalebone
could be procured at Herschel island,
but as they never reached that point
the story iadoubted. This year. how
ever. a venturesome boat steerer has
gone with a party of natives in a
whaleboat 'to visit the island and as
far eastward as he can get. The re-‘
sult of his journey will be known to
the whaleinan in August next, when
they arrive at Point Barrow. and it is}
safe to state if whales or whalebone}
are to be had at Herschel island that i
a vessel will endeavor to reach that
point.
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