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Notice for Distribution.
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, &C


County of Walla Walla ID
IN PROBATE I'm the matter Of the Estate Of
MARGAR RET JOHNSTON, Deceased.
NITATION:- On reading and fling the pe-
~ tition Of MICHAEL. KINNEY, Exec
utor, of the Estate Of MARGARET JOHN
STON, deceased, s4tting forth that he has fled
his final acoorlt as such Executor in the mat
ter OF sai@ Estate, and that the same has been
duly audited, allowed and confirmed, and that
,,ortiOn of said Estate remains to be divided
among the heirs Of said deceased, and praying
among other things for an order of distribution
of the residue of said Estate among the persons
thereunto entitled.
It is ordered, that all persons interested in
the Estate of thssaid MARGARET JOHN
STON, deceased, be, and appear before the
Probate Court oksAid county -sf Ws1la Wa,h,
ON SATURDAY, the 9TH day of April, A ID.
1873, at the hour Of O'Clock, P. N. OF said day,
then and there to show cause why an order of
distribution should not be made of the residue
of said Estate among the heirs of the said
MARGARET JOHNSTON, deceased accord
ing to law. 1t is ordered further, that service
of this citation be made on all persons interes-
ted in said Estate. by publication of this order
in the Walla Wall. STATESMAN, a weekly news
paper printed and published i'll the city and
county of Walla Waila, Washington Territory,
for four SUCCESSIVE weeks prior to said 9th day
of April, 1878. rDated Walla Waila, w. T.,
March 1, 1878. 4 R. GgICHARD.
E3-4w Probate Judge.
, 1878-03-02
THE GREAT DTNcsN.

san Francisco, Feb. pa Gail reporter
interviewed Duncan Last night. He said, in
effect:
l did not think was going to fail was
struggling up to the last moment to save N.Y.
self; up to o'clock on Sunday afternoon I
expected aid and hoped to pull through In
such state OF mind Was / when Went home
that evening tha.. my family insisted l Should
not return tG the bank and even wished ME
to leave the city. I refused to leave town
but f,nally consented to 60 to the house of a
tiicnd. l did not intend to wrong anyone
and not one cent of the depOsitors' money
went into my pocket and they would not
have lost anything if could have succeeded
in my plans
Duncan here became greatly excited, his
voice trembied, tears rolled down his checks
and MS nervous prOstratIOn was such that
the reporter was obliged to support and calm
him, he protesting all the lime that he was
not excited. He continued:
Inever wanted to go away from here, but
last week my family partly persuaded me to
leave the city. They made all the arrange
ments. had nothing to do with them and
did not know exactly what they were doing
in the matter. The threats made by some
papers and Kearney's crowd alarmed them,
and they thought would be in great danger
if discovered. l know little about these
things myself, as have been almost depriv-
ed of newspapers and would hardly read
them anyway. Fear of violence alone induced
me to leave the city. did not feel that
had done so much wrong as am accused OF.
invested money for the bank in real estate
and in the safe deposit company l had
taken Il, 900 shares of the safe deposit stock.
and intended to take the whole 20OO0, for
it was good investment and paying hand.
somely for awhile, but after the failure of
the Bank of California everything went down,
rents fell, my real estate deprecated terri
bly,, mortgages called in over 5000 per
month, and had to turn every way to keep
aAoat. Capitalists charged me interest Mt
the rate of 3 per cent. per month, and some
times even as high as one half to one per
cent. per day on large sums on short time
O, these usurers. Everything seemed to
conspire to overwhelm me-
, 1878-03-02

CONSTITUTIONAL CoSvENTIoN.-We have
unofficial information that the chairman OF
the republican central committee for the
territory has announced proposition. sub
ject, OF course to ratification By the conven-
tions, that the republicans will nominate the
district Judges for delegates at large to the
constitutional convention, Il the democrats
Will make no nominations against them. In
return for this. the democrats shall nominate
the three district delegates and the repub-
hcans will make no nominations in opposi-
ton to them. BY this plan six men viii be
chosen without any partissnship. and if the
democrats will select their best men, there
Will be two-hfths of the delegates, at least.
web qualified for the duties assigned them.
We could select three republicans that would
be at least as satisfactory to US and to the
majority Of the party, but whether by any
other plan, that number could be chosen
who would be as satisfactory TO the whole
people, is matter of doubt The PROPOSE
tion would be more than fair to the demo
crats as 1t IS almost certain that the three
judges or any other three competen. repub
hcans could be elected delegates at large. on
q party vote. Should our conventions an.
prove this plan, our opponents will hardly
dare reject it, as it would prove beyond a
doubt, what We have asserted, that it was
democrats and not republicans who were
bent on making q party fight in this election
We regret we had not learned of this matter
IN time to give it more general discussion.
~Otyn.pio Courier.
, 1878-03-02

SENATOR BAyARD referring to remark
lately made to the effect that both himself
and Judge Thurman. at the time the elector-
al bill was passed, thought that it would re-
suit in the seating of Hayes, said that any
such statement was utterly unfounded. He
said he could not of course, be cognizant OF
what was passing in the mind Of Judge Ed
munds or Of his hidden object, if there was
any, in inserting in the bill these pregnant
words "if any," to enable the commission
to decline hearing testimony But he knew
then, and knows now, that if the bill had
been fairly executed, the inevitable result
would have been to place Tilden in the pres
idency. Bayard says there is no doubt that
senator Morton expected that to be the re-
suit, for he opposed the bill in committee
with all the vigor and force of which he was
capable, and fought it in the senate up to
the very last minute. Bayard said that, as
member OF the electoral commission, when
Justice Bradley commenced to read his opin-
ion in the Florida case, he looked at Thur
man. who sat beside him. and nodded to
intimate the confidence which he felt that
Justice Bradley Would vote for Tilden. For
twenty minutes he held this conviction, so
evenly did Justice Bradley hold the scales
posed first going a hairs breadth on one
side then on the other, until he finally landed
on the republican side
, 1878-03-02

RELIEF MEAsrEEs.-Th Washington ID.
C.l Herald. recognized organ of the friends
of silver reconciliation, thus outlines 4
programme for action to follow the success
already gained by them 1t says the de-
pressed business interests Of the country Will
derive no great relief from the passage of the
silver bill unless it be supplemented by 9TH
or financial reforms rs the secretary of the
treasury may still hoard silver for purposes
of resumption. 1t therefore calls upon the
senate to speedily pass the house bill repeal
ing the specie resumption act, so as to pro-
hibit further contraction Of the currency, and
urges the enactment of Bcck's bill to stop
further payment Of the public debt until the
sinking fund is reduced to the limit actually
required by law The article continues as
follows: Then let taxes be reduced to the
extent of S37,000,O00 of the surplus thus
created and we may hope for some tightening
of our present burden. The passage OF the
silver bill is but one of a series OF measures
necessary to the public welfare and We ex-
pect to see it supplemented by the measures
above named and Others replacing national
hank notes with greenbaeks and making the
latter receivable at par for custom duties.
When these measures shall be passed the
country will return to a season of prosperity
such as has never been known since contrac-
ton became our national policy.
, 1878-03-02

CONSTITUTIONAL CoSvENTIoN.-Muchd dit
ference of opinion prevails regarding the
propriety Of making the election OF dele
gates to the constitutional convention az
Walla Walla non partizan affair. At the
outset there seemed TO lie fair understand.
ing on all sides that the political opinions OF
candidates would 90 unquestioned In ascer'
tanning their fitness fnr position, and all In.
dications were favorable for the choice of
the very best men the territory could
afford, 70 perform the important duties at
fendant upon the framing of our state con-
stitution. But little cloud arose above the
horizon, having its origin, as all admit IN
the efforts of few Seattle politicians VINO
were anxious for the emolsments which only
a partizan strife could bring. They were
democrats, and their efforts, says the W AHA
Walla STATESMAN. q democratic paper OF
the rankest type, characterized heads OF the
cocoa nut stamp. They issued 4 secret cir
cuIar, evidently with the intention OF orga.
nizing united democratic campaign TO elect
partizan candidates, while shamming' CO.
lucrative movement with republicans IN
eiectins non partizan delegates. THIS bad
faith on their part caused, when 1t was dis
covered, hasty action on the opposite slae,
which took the shape of call, issued at
Olympia, over the signature Of the chairman
of the republican central committee, for the
holding of conventions and conducting q
reguiaf party rlrU.iurl. Tho now depart
ure was premature, on both sides. and the
number who condemn its deplorable results
is by no means confined to either party. On
the other hand, democratic papers. while
admitting that the republicans would, on &
strict party vote elect ten ont Of the fifteen
delegates, have nevertheless been untlring In
bringing about state of affairs whereby Just
such thing would occur. We opposed the
dragging of politics into the matter, on the
grounds that there would be nothing to gam
By it and everything to lose. When such
momentous question is pending as the franz
ing of laws to govern state. tine people do
not want the results contided to lot OF
delegates who would be wrapped up in ad.
vancing local political schemes or who would
he hampered by pledges to the W Wire-pullers OF
their respective constituents. Sound
Argus
, 1878-03-02

PENSIONS E0R THE VETERANS. bill
to provide for the payment Of pensions to
the survivors of the Mexican war, and OF
the wars with the Creeks, the Scminoles and
the tribes under Black Hawk, and to the
widows of those who served in any OF these,
is again before congress. Why not include
in i. also. the survivors Of the Stevenson
regiment, who did gallant service IN Cai''or-
mia, All Of these veterans, and their widows,
are as deserving of pensions as any others
now pensioned. 1t is estimated that there
are abont 5000 of the veterans of the war
with Mexico still living, and that the widows
of the dead officers and soldiers number 700;
that of the others there are in all moi to ex-
ceed 1900. The total annual pensicn LIST for
the whole number of survivors and widows
would not exceed, it is stated. 81, 800, 900,
and the death list each yea. would materially
reduce this until the grim destroyer had
taken the last veteran and the last widow of
the brave men already gore. Congress can
well afford to pass the bill.
, 1878-03-02

THE FRAUDULENT PREsIDENr.-The Gin
cinnati Times was the first paper in the
United States to name Fraudulent Hayes as
a candidate for president. Here is what the
Times now says of the presidents standing
in the senate:
There is not man in that body who is rscos
nized a. a republican in full standing who can
be depended upon for even a half way defense
of the presidents republican;srn. of the organ
ization Of his administration, OF his civil ser
vice ideas, of his disposition OF the patronage,
or nf his entire course toward the south.
This carries with it, incidentally, the neces
sary implication that Stanley Matthews, the
confidential adviser and champion OF Hayes,
is no longer recognized as a republican. y
When We turn to the other branch of con-
gress, We have only this cold comfort:
The situation is but little better in the house
There is no man there who, when he rises to
speak. is locked upon as one in thorough accord
with the administration.
We suppose it will not be pretended by
any well informed person that the state OF
things is materially different among the peo-
pie in the country at large We have care.
fully watched for some signs of reaction in
the presidents favor, hut have only found an
accelerating tendency in the opposite direc-
tion.
, 1878-03-02

ANDERSON Gradually the
men who stole the vote of Louisiana for
Hayes are reaping their reward. A New
Orleans dispatch, dated February 25th, says
Thomas c. Anderson was called before the
bar this morning. The motion in arrest Of
judgement was over-ruled and when asked
if he had anything to offer, before sentence,
Anderson said that he considered his case
cruel persecution under the forms of law;
that he was in the power of the court and
ready to receive sentence Judge Whitaker
answered that the accused had had far
trial before an impartial jury and that the
verdict was fully justified by the evidence.
He then sentenced Anderson, in consequences
of the recommendation Of the jury to the
mercy of the court, to the lowest term under
the law-two years at hard labor In the state
penitentiary and costs.
, 1878-03-02

. LONDON, Feb. MA dispatch from Con-
stantinople, FetsusfS 81, via Syria gives
the principal points Of the fresh conditions
Of peace demanded BY Russia The dispatch
fully confirms the report from vienna yester
day ~ to the proposed boundaries OF the
new province of Bulgaria, which viii include
the country between the Danube and BAL
kans, and portion of Roumelia between the
Black Sea and Servia, comprising Sophia
and PhilippopOlis, greater psrt OF Ihrace
and Macedmia and the whole valley OF the
Moritza, except Aanin6ple. The conditions
provide fer the asseably of -notahles to elect
a sovereign prince for Bulgaria, whose nom-
nation is to be submitted to the porte and
European powers for sanction The Bulga-
ran tribute TO the Rsrte is TO equal in amount
the net revenue Of the province. The kus'
sian commission Is 10 superintend the Bulga-
rian government 4er 1w0 years and 50O
Russian troops are to occupy the prlnclpaiity
during the same period. The conditions also
require the session of Podgoritza and Anti
vari with territory to Montenegro. Russia
to have power to cede the Dobrudscha to
Roumania in exchange for EoumanIan Bcs-
sarabia, cessions of territory IN Bosnia and
towards Nish to Servia; prohibition OF pas
sage through the straits to men-of-war, ex,
eept in isolated cases; absolute freedom OF
passage of merchantmen, even in time OF war ;
payment Of an indemnity Of fourteen hundred
millions roables, TO cover which Turkey is
to cede Batoum, Kars, Bayazid, Ardahan
and adjacent territory; Turkey also to pay
forty millions sterling in bonds with interest
and sinking fand. which is to be guaranteed
by Bulgarian and Egyptian tributes; the
annotation revenue and Heraclea mines, and
ten millions roubles to be paid Immediately
to indemnify Russian residents of CONSTANT.
nople; Turkey to reimburse Russian capital
invested in Turkish bonds; also to pay for
the maintenance of prisoners of war; reopen
ing of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. 1t
is now believed that Russia will accept four
ironcladslnstead of six, originally demanded.
, 1878-03-02

Foop BY MAIL-A good deal of advantage
is taken of Uncle Sans mail facilities, not
at all reckoned in hberalizing the postal sys.
TEN Of the country. 1t was perhaps never
contemplated that cooked or raw meat should
pass over the routes, although seeds, photo
graphs and light articles Of virtu are trans
mitted daily. There are people, however,
who consider the mail baaa vehicles of con
veyance for everything that can be smuggled
into them. This was illustrated few days
ago by sale of unclaimed packages at the
post office department in Washington city.
One of these received from New York, con-
tanned miscellaneous collection. which, on
being catalogued. exposed roast spare-rib,
a large piece of roast veal, several pounds Of
ierked venison, and several buffalo tongues,
potatoes and onions, a pound of butter, a
loaf of fruit cake, lot of candy, raisins,
nuts, oranges, apples, etc.; several small bot
ties of wine and whiskey, two boxes of
cigars, two Limburger cheeses, etc. There
were also in the same package, salt, pepper,
vinegar, etc, for the seasoning, and cranber-
ries for the sauce; and, in addition, an
abundance OF -four and yeast
, 1878-03-02

JUST So.-A little seven-year-old boy
in New Jersey was telling his brother that
the portraits he was showing were those
of the presidents of the United States.
Said the boy, Most of these were elect
ed, and the other one got in" And this
reminds us that it was Fraudulent Hayes
ana his brother conspira.ors in the l Louis-
lana penitentiary that brought that crown
ing disgrace upon the country.
, 1878-03-02

!. C. DUScaS, the San Francisco savings %
h.rk sw;ndIer. who has managed to elnde the
police for many months, has at length been ,
Captured, and i. now in durance vile; he si had
never been away from the city, and when caught
was concealed in house within block or two ",
Of police headquarters. Duncan was one OF OF
the glorious band of pious rosues, and VIII now
have an opportunity Of holding prayer meetings
in the tenitentiary.
, 1878-03-02

SECRETARY EvARTs should now step
forth and champion the cause of Anderson
and his pals. Evarts is on record, as a
lawyer, As, having said in public speeches
that the returning board was model OF
honesty and patriotism. Let the return
ing board send for Mr.. Eyarts and be
happy.
, 1878-03-02

J. MADISON WELLS, high federal Of
fetal. is now in Jail, charged with the
commission of high crimes, and this re
minds MS that Mr.. Hays declared some
time ago that public officers wonid he ex-
,ected to devote their time to the interests
Of the public service. Here is fellow
who is not at his post, and what Is the
, 1878-03-02

DIvDENDs.-The total dividends paid
last year by mining companies, banks, in
surance and express companies, and other
commercial enterprises on the Pacific
coast, not including the Central Pacific
railroad, was S34 ,366, 900, an increase of
81 ,2o0. 900.
, 1878-03-02

SECRET SEssIoN-At last accounts the
Louisiana returning board had gone into
secret session, and is likely to remain there
for sometime Anderson now knows how it
is himself, and Wells is i'll fair way to
gather knowledge of the same sort When
all these fellows are gathered into the peni-
tentiary, what is to become of their creature
Hayes, for whom they are suffering!y
, 1878-03-02

We DIsSENr-An exchange proposes
that DR.. Mary Walker be made queen of
Bulgaria. We dissent That place should
be reserved for Mrs. Andrew Jackson
Duniway, the greatest woman OF all time,
and the rival of Mrs Susan B. Anthony
in everything except years.
, 1878-03-02

THE established mail routes in Oregon
altogether exceed 5000 miles in length
and as all have to be travelled twice each
week, at least, and several six and twelve
times, 1t is safe to say that not less than
ten Thousand miles of travel are required
10 deliver the mails each week in Oregon.
, 1878-03-02

JACOB HOOVER, charged with "raising
Pierce county warrants, demands the fullest
investigation and asks that his case be SUBJ
mitted to. the grand jury at the next term Of
the district court. 1t ROW looks as though
Hoover is an innocent man. We hope he
may be able to establish his innocence.
, 1878-03-02

RETRIBUTIoN. When Anderson was
arrested he remarked q. "Let's take a
drink; this is the anniversary Of the day
on which We declared the vote of Louisi-
ana" He did not seem to see that this
was a retribution. The mills of the gods,
though grinding slowly, are beginning to
grind tolerably fine.
, 1878-03-02

observation-disclosures of the returning
board trials. one of the presidents friends is
reported as saying: Mr.. Hayes is capable
of assuming Pecksniifian attitude and say
ing, Gentlemen, if you have sinned, you
must pay the penalty. Remember that
know nothing Of any of these wicked trans
actions"
, 1878-03-02

HARD CURRENCY-Iron is the currency
of the iron region Of East Tennessee. the
metal being worked up into bars, half a
dozen of which can easily be carried upon
the shoulder. When a man wants shoes,
clothing, coffee, sugar, or any or all domestic
articles, he shoulders the bars of iron which
have been given him in exchange for his
labor, goes to a merchant and gets them.
And vet the bloated bondholders tell us that
the workingmen are not willing to take sill
yer dollars.
, 1878-03-02

The Ministerial Association of Walla
Walla district, Columbia river conference,
will hold its second session in Walla Walla,
April Il, Is and 10, 1878 1t is expected
that every preacher in charge will be
present.
, 1878-03-02

suES1DIES-The long columns of names OF
congressman voting against sub sides in the
abstract look very impressive, but nobody is
deceived thereby. The first vote on real
subsidy proposition is likely to show very
different results.
, 1878-03-02

A PLACE OF REFUGE-The Louisiana re-
turning board ran to the New Orleans GUS
tom-house for refuge from the state courts,
according to their habit, but they soon got
word from Washington that the present ad-
ministration is not making business of pro-
tect;ng scoundrels-
, 1878-03-02

prRsoy.L.-It is stated by the EngeDe
Journals Washington correspondent tial =.
y. Crandall and Charles Newell, who nave
been in Washington City Tor three or four
years mast, will soon return to Oregon.
, 1878-03-02

A GREENBAck CLUB has been organized
at Corvallis, Oregon, and already has on
its rolls the names of number Of prom
ment citizens.
, 1878-03-02
MARKED.

DRHMEN-MElERS.-O On February 22d, lS7s,
by Rev. II. W. Eagan, Eugene DeHaven and
Mary Il Meyers, all of Umatilla county,
Oregon
CRIrcHFIELD- BUFF.-On February "a, 1873,
by J. D. Laman, J. P, William Critchfeld
and Jennie Buff, both of this county.
, 1878-03-02

SAN Francisco papers are endeavoring
to create sympathy for j. c. Dune an, the
savings bank thief, by describing him as
a penitent rogue.
, 1878-03-02
Nsnt Aausrtfssntsmtz.


MO PERSON Is AUTHORIZED TO
~ contract debts in my name, and in all
cases where debts are contracted without my
authority payment viii be contested. This is
the second time have given notice to this eff
feet through tie columns of the STATESMAN,
and the notice is again given for the informa-
ton of all concerned. NINEVAH FORD,
WalIa Walla. February 26, 1873. I3-Im
, 1878-03-02

CApErs.--Some one remarks that if there
are to be no army AID no money, West Point
must stop graduating cadets. Shall we no
longer let loose these pups Of war asks the
New York Herald,
, 1878-03-02

WHY IS paper money more valuable than
gold !! When you put it in your pocket You
double it, and when You take it out find it
still increases.
, 1878-03-02

The SMALL Pox prevails to an alarming
extent IN San Francisco.
, 1878-03-02
John BURGESS,
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