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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
{ntemperance.

Rev.. II. d. Henderson, of Eugene
City, airs the temperance question in
two columns Of the Oregonjon. He
sums up as follows:
|. The human system must have con-
slant amount of stimulus.
, The God of nature adapts the system
to the circumstances in which it is placed,
so that it can receive constantly increasing
amount OF alcohol.
5. As persons receive artificial stimulus
into the system the natural Is withdrawn or
rendered unavailable, so that they are COM
PEELED to depend upon the artificial, conse-
quently they drink on regardless OF conse-
quences.
An objection this theory be correct
the drunkard can never reform. Answer
He may reform. if he will endure the tor
ture OF his thirst until nature reacts and adj
iusts itself to a temperate life. But their
suffering is SO great that probably not more
than one in a hundred VIII ever do it,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
Letter From China.

The Portland Bee publishes inter-
esting extracts from letter written
from Tientsin, China, by Hon. o. n.
Denny. The letter says:
eve have just returned from the
great city Of Peking, the great wall,
Ming Tombs, or tombs of the 'high
cockolorems,' summer palace, hunt
ing park, temple of heaven and other
points of interest in the north of
China. We saw many things which
were novel and of great interest.
We visited the summer palace or the
Emperor's harem, where, during the
summer, he keeps his 200 wives"
In going to the great wall you
have to 90 through the Nan kon pass.
and through this pass all the trains
for Mongolia have to pass. On the
LIST day of this month | counted ll01
camels, and twice as many mules and
iackasses, loaded with tea, rice, skins,
etc. Most of the temples about
Picking are in ruins, and have been
since 1860, when the French and
English made sad havoc with them.
There is great deal of suffering in
three Of the provinces, and thousands
Of poor devils are literally starving
to death. In Shansi they eat the
dead, and lately have taken to killing
those who are nearest death just to
eat them. The government can't
help them much on account of the
difficulties of transportation, even it
was disposed to, and they have not
made any attempt yet, but they say
they will. The Cinnamon have a
country rich in everything, Ifthey
would only adopt railroads, telegraph
and the modern improvements, and
permit its wealth to be developed, it
would furnish all employment, and
be one Of the richest countries on
earth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
Potatoes VS.. Principles.

We were once advised by brother
editor to eat potatoes. He said, don't
allow yourself to worry or get nervous,
but laugh and grow fat, and eat plenty
of potatoes. Now he comes out with
the following:
"Many man thinks it is virtue that
keeps him from turning a rascal when
it is only a full stomach. One should
be careful not to mistake potatoes for
principles" .-Dol2es Wountoineer.
Just so, brother II. Pass the pota-
toes
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
The Weather.
toes.

The heavy storms of the past few
days have Frustrated the telegraph
wires between here and California.
Eastern news is therefore meagre.
Weather reports have been received
from the following points:
SALEM, Jan. Weather cloudy
and warm; wind in the south; some
fog; looks like rain.
RosEBURG, 16.-Weather cloudy;
thermometer so; little wind from
southeast; raining very little.
CANYoNvILLE, Jan. ia heavy
wind from the southwest set in yester-
day and continued till this morning.
About noon to-day it commenced rain
ing, and at present it looks as if it
would continue all night The ther-
mometer registers 45'.
JACKSONVILLE, Jan Raining very
hard since about l. last night Rain
and show falling steadily now, and
prospects for a continued storm are
good. Both lines down south of Jack
sonville; no report beyond there.
GRAVE CREEK, Jan. l6.-Has been
raining in small showers all day; rain
ing very hard just now; has been no
wind to-day; prospects of more rain to-
night.
EUGENE, Jan. l6.-Wcather cloudy;
light eastelly wind; Thermometer As.
Vancouver weather the past week
has been cloudy, with a mild tcmpera-
ture. Sunshine is all we lack of hav-
ing genuine spring weather. That
may seem like good deal to lack in
this country, but the people East
would no doubt be thankful if a cloud
bank was all they had between them
and spring.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
New Boats.

The O. 5. \. Co. proposes building
four river steamers this season. The
Oneo0ta is to be replaced by a new boat
somewhat Of the same style, but
larger and better She will be ready
to take the route between Portland and
the Cascades early the coming summer
The old O"eoDta is now lying at the
boneyard being broken up. The com
pany further proposes to build three
other boats. One, the model Of the
Vide Vest, viii be built at the Dalles
Another, Isl feet in length, will be
built at Cello \ fourth will be built
at Tenino, on the Upper Columbia
River. She viii be 200 feet in length,
and light draft.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
The Chinese Question.

Among the many novel schemes
proposed to adjust the chinese difficulty,
that presented in the Senate by Shelly
is the last and most wonderful of ALL
We cannot think that a L. :. Senator
would father such scheme except as
a Joke. The bill will OF course be
treated the same us hundreds of other
vagaries which find their way into
Congress-be referred to some commit
tee with implied instructions for quiet
and decent burial. The title of the
bill is as follows:
a Bill to Provide for Colonizing or
Transporting Chinese" 1t directs the
Secretary OF the Interior to select II
a tract of land in one of the territories,
as remote as possible from white set
Element, to be used exclusively for
Chinese inhabitants, allowing eight
acres for each OF the family, nine for
each child, and forty for each single
man, together with an additional num-
Der of acres equal to - per cent. of the
foregoing as a reserve, to provide for
possible natural increase of said peo-
pie The total size of the tract is to
he determined by means of census,
Immediately after which the Secretary
of the Interior must cause to be col
lected and transported to this reserva-
ton all Chinese found in the United
States; the details to be executed by
a board consisting of two army officers
and one civilian, appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate.
The bill appropriates S250,000 for
these purposes, and also provides that
'the Secretary of the Interior may pay
$40 for the homeward passage of any
Mongolian who wishes to return to
China, but those who elect to remain
in this country must be Immediately
taken to the reservation. The bill also
makes it unlawful for any American
to live within this reservation, or to
employ Chinaman outside, on pain
of forfeiture of citizenship and under
penalty of imprisonment from 3 to %
years"
Finally this astonishing bill provides
that after enactment no subject of
China, except duly accredited agents
of the government, and their families
or servants, shall have the right to en-
ter the United States for any purpose
whatever, and that any one who does
come in defiance of this prohibition
shall be forthwith imprisoned for life.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
The independent.
THURSDAY, JANUARY II, ISIS.
The War in the East.

The gordian knot which Russia is
tying for Turkey becomes every day
more intricate. The sullly old Otto
mon has been narrowed down to the
central positions of his kingdom, and
now bowls for an armistce that he
may collect his scattered wits and de-
wise means towards the best way out
of the difficulty. He will no doubt
get badly pluclled before the powers
have finished with him. Russia has
sacrificed too much not to demand a
quantum of spoils adequate to the
measures adopted to bring the Turk
to subsection. The Turk is badly
dilapidated, Besides all the horrors
of battle, its carnage and spoilation,
the horrible concomitants which
usually follow in the shape Of famine,
pestilence and plague are upon them.
1t is said the sufferings from cold and
hunger are beyond DIES cription.
Pending all this, and while the Rus
sian Generals are still advancing, two
delegates have been appointed by the
Turkish government to arrange an
armistice with the Grand Duke
From this time forth the terms Of
peace will be the principal consider
alton. 1t would seem that other
powers, such as England and Ger
many, who have been lockers on, will,
in view of the horrors Of this war, re-
frain from prolonging it. Speed the
day when universal peace shall reign
again throughout the world.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

The Olympia Standard says the mum
Der Of children of school age in this
Territory is 1919, while the number
attending school is but 7,l27. The
reader must bear in mind that the school
age is from four to twenty-one years.
The number OF children under six years
OF age attending school is comparatively
small; and there are but few young
men who attend district school after the
age OF twenty, and most young women,
leave school to teach or get married
long before they are twenty-one years
of age. The school age should be lin
tied to the ages of six and twenty.
Children under six years of age are too
young to go to school, and when boys
and girls arrive at twenty years of age
they are old enough to look out for
themselves, or should be.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17
Woman Suffrage.

In the Senate last Friday, Sargent
introduced a resolution providing that
the Senate hold session for the pur-
pose Of giving the women advocates of
suffrage an opportunity to be heard.
The resolution was rejected, as follows
YEAs-Anthony Bruce, Burnside, Gamer
on Of Wis, Dawes, Terry, Hoar, Matthews,
Mitchell, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders and
Teller, l3.
NAYs-Bayley, Bayard, Beck. Booth, But
Ter. Christiancy, Cockrell. Coke Conkling.
Davis of w. Va, Eaton, Edmunds, Eustis,
Grover, Hamlin, Harris, Hereford, Hill,
Howe, kirkwood, Lamar. Mcdonald. McMil-
Ian, Mcpherson, Morgan, Plumb, Randolph,
Salisbury, Thurman and Wadleigh, 81.
A similar resolution was rejected in
the House by vote of l07 yeas to 10
nays.
Thus it is seen that the times are not
yet ripe for this proposed improvement
in the system Of American government.
But they are ripening and may some
day, like the century plant, bear aloft
a beautiful coronal to be the wonder
and admiration of generations to come.
Let us hope so, at least
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

IL ATTENpANCE.-Prof Anderson
informs us that seventeen out of tho
twenty-three free scholars appointed
are now in attendance at the Univer-
sity, and we learn that Representa-
tive Warbass has made his appoint
ment, but did not hear the young
mans name. BY next Friday there
will be two boys from Cowlitz and
one from Clarke. Two boys from
the river counties are excepting bach"
as they call it, and in this way will
get good education at low cost.
Those boys will yet make their mark
in this Territory. Any boy that will
go away from home and cook his own
meals to get good education, will
be certain to find room enough for
him at the top of the ladder.-Seattle
MteHigencer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

a rich farmer by the name of Henry
Wheelock, was murdered near Chico,
Cal, early last year. Suspicious
rested on an old man named Henry
Green, fifty years of age, who
fled from that vicinity in June last,
and went to Douglas county, Oregon.
He was followed by Deputy Sheriff
Hagan of Butte county, and arrested
the other day in his lonely hut near
Loon lake, 30 miles from any other
human habitation. Officer and pris.
oner sailed from Portland on the An
con for Oroville, where the old man
will be tried for his supposed crime.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

Owing to the STORMY weather be-
tween here and California and over
on the Rocky Mountains, our tele-
graph wire has been down, thus pre-
venting the INDEPENDENT furnish
ing the usual quantum Of Eastern
news this week. However, we have
clipped some from the Oregoaion and
other exchanges, and hope our sub
scribers will not starve for want OF
reading.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

That Mormon ohgarchy at Utah
seems to succeed pretty well in hav
ing things its own way. The legis-
lature of the Territory assembled last
Monday and organized by electing
Lorenzo Snow, President of the Coun-
Gil, and Orson Pratt, Speaker of the
House. Both are members of the
Twelve Apostles. All but three
members of the Legislature are po-
lygamists, and most Of them are
Mormon Bishops. 1t would do an
average legislator of Washington
Territory good to be in Salt Lake
City and hear the Gentiles howl. He
would afterwards be resigned to any
fate his constituents might impose
upon him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

The California Representatives in
Congress, after a great deal of talk
and agitation, have succeeded in ham
mering into the heads of the members
the fact that the Chinese question is
one of vital interest to the people of
this coast. President Hayes as usual,
takes temperate view of the ques-
ton, and it is. to be hoped under his
instructions and recommendation it
will be considered from a rational
standpoint, free from the ignorant
and malicious prejudice which seems
to prevade the masses of California
people.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

The Olympia Transcript publishes the
following: at is reported that Mr.. E.
s. Smith, of Tacoma, who has been East
for several weeks, has been appointed
Superintendent of the Pacific Division
of the Northern Pacific Railroad, in
place of Col. Samuel Black, the present
incumbent"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-01-17

beautiful medal of pure gold, from
Paymaster General Alvord. The de
sign is very artistic. On it is engraved
the names of the various battles in
which Mr.. Whitehead was engaged
when a soldier in Mexico 1t was re-
ceived on Christmas day. Gen. AL
word, with whom Mr. W., formerly
served, has not forgotten, in his exalted
position, the meritorious services of one
who did his duty in the ranks Such
grateful recognition does honor to the
head and heart of the Paymaster Gen
eral of the American army.
One of the unterrifed Democrats of
Portland comes out i'll a letter to the
Standard, advising the reorganization
of Democratic Clubs He quotes the
old maxim, eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" and adds that the for
nation of such Club will awaken the
dormant Democracy, and enlist in their
behalf such force as will sweep Multi
'nomah county.
William c. Bryant, James Russell
Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George
Bancroft, John Lathrop Motley, George
William Curtis and j. G. Holland are
all men of mark in the world of letters.
They have all of them for many years
been Benedicks. Go, young man, and
do likewise.
1t is feared that the Indians under
chief Moses, who are said to be ac-
cumulating quantities of arms and
ammunition at Priest Rapids, contem-
plate an outbreak in the spring.
Gen. Howard thinks no trouble need
be anticipated.
AT the close Of the present month
Secretary Evarts proposes to give a
grand reception in the State Depart
ment buildings at Washington City. The
entertainment is expected to be the
most brilliant ever known in that city.
Revs. Utter and Thompson, of Olym-
pia, are discussing the subject Of evolu-
ton. The former from philosophical
and scientific standpoint, the latter from
theological standpoint.
The Protection Life Insurance
Company has failed. One by one the
insurance humbugs fall by the way.
These are trying days for institutions
which have no bottom.
The "Three in One" is the name
of a new agricultural machine com
bining harrow, roller, and sower all
in one. 1t was invented by w. w.
Baker OF Portland.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
neatly printed copy of the proceedings
of the Grand Lodge of I. O. G. T., held
last September at Victoria.
Tacoma has no jail, in view of which
the HeraH recommends that offenders
be tied to a stake until the magistrate
can let them off on bail.
The shoemakers in Massachusetts,
are on strike. The Crispin organ
ization has stirred them up ''and that
was the cause of it."
The memory of King Victor Eman-
uel is being honored by his country
men everywhere, and by some of the
foreign powers.
The Willamette Iron Works Corpor-
alton has reelected its old Board of
Directors with Gen, J. w. Sprague
as President.
A law partnership has been entered
into by j. p. Judson and Cal. McFad-
den. son of the late Judge McFadden.
A gold nugget weighing twenty-six
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-07
~ BORDENTOWA's PRIZE FIGHT.
The Lively Battle In Ten Rounds that was
Fought In Bonnparte Park.

BoRDENTowN, n. j., Feb. 6.-Ths quiet lit
America Of Joseph Bonaparte. and because Of
its great Congress. has been excited by a prize
fight under the very noses Of its staid people
The principals in the fight were William
alias Bull Hines. and Thomas alias Hopper
Grady. The fight came of Yesterday afternoon
in quiet nook in the Bonaparte Park. Tho
encounter resulted from rumOrs which Hines
had circulated concerning tho marriage Of
Grady. which Grady construed MS an insult.
The prin lpnls were seconded by Frank McCOr-
brother. the Hopper, Keddy Clark acted as
rcieree. There WIS n larse crowd in attendance
as the men. who were in splendid condition. en-
tered the ring at precisely ga o'clock. Follow
ing is the record:
FIRST Rorsp- The sparrins Was pretty iair on hoth
thnt rtdy wogd win the h-hi hui irss hackers were
slN liin., hc-sSeri apl'aIrl e.nnl'n' and alt
handler aud sent the lati"f 4" lho sr9nnd
StDOSn KOuNp Both stepped lightly 20 the front
a the call Tor time, slhrrins cautiously u inrs ~nt ont
another righthHnder. r,n- Tor nrdv, hut the latter
gave him the 90 BY and caught Hines with his lett
which .nt INN tn grass First bio~i inr Grady
The tMri uurih aud MN rounds were fought without
an, special advantage 10 either both nshng .loWlN aud
going down ioc-care punishment when pressed hard
SnTu InuNn Tho n.hiiu- h"caur little closer. and
Grady nnnliv fought his auts- -oHlst town
1Lr seventh. eighth. Hud ninth rounds All resulted In
knorkdowns lor Grady, ON whom lets were being Freely
breathing heavily Both, however. set I" work IN Nil
Grady showed disposition u ioror the ghuns Grady
got III a heavy lett handler on llness Iigt eye, Grady
followed up his advantage. sending IN heavy blow ON
the lcft eye Hines dad not leave his corner when ne
called Reddy CLARK then announced TINT ls priu
cipa up the AshL and Grady WAS declared the WI
"Time "A uinutes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-07
WIFE snoorINa on coNEr ISLAND.
George Green's Attempt at Murder-The In
jured Woman's Ienicncy.

George Green, who for many years has
been known a. a reckless man. having hecomc
notod through his frequent arrests for nehting
and shooting. ON Monday night last attempted
10 murder his wife. who is "A housekcopor in tho
Wyckon Cottage on Coney Island. His reputa-
tion with the police has been So bad that he has
not iroguented the island much in the pas, six
years except 10 pay orraslo lonal brief visits 20 his
VII" 10 get money; On Monday night he went
Ia her house and demanded money. and ns she
refused him he struck her in the face with his
fists. knocking her down. and while She wns
getting up from the floor he graspnd a shotgun
that stood IN the corner and fred 1t in her face
the gun was loaded nnly with powder. else She
her face, and il is feared injured her sight
Groom ron away and Jumped on hoard the train
ON the Prospect Park and Coney Island Rail-
road thai WAS just leaving. H. Is said To have
boastcd uf his decd 10 some persons on the
train. and 10 have said that he hoped he had put
an end 10 the woman.
Mrs. Green is not severely injured. anl she
has declined To- hnye her husband punished.
Justice voorhees, visited hor on Tuesday To con-
suit her about the case. hut shc insisted ON let
ting her husband 20 free. Green has not been
seen since Mon lay about the island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-07
PRICE TWO CENTS.
YET ANOTHER DEFALCATION,
SIZZLING SsJ.OOO FROM TIE BANK Oh
NORTH AMERICA,
Augustus VI. Turney's Operations that Reach
Hack 60 1919 Lodged In Jan for Iuis
Crime - The Banks Latest Statement

crime The Hanks Latest Statement.
At the opening OF business in Wall street
yesterday il was rumorcd that an officer OF a
trust company had abscondcd. and some Of the
rumor mongcrs boldly announced the United
States Trust Company as the victim. Subse-
puonty this rumOr being denied the Bank Of
North America was mentioned. and 1t was said
that that institution had lost 800 900 by tho de.
falcaiion and flight of its paying teller. At the
bank the officers were extremely reti-
cent. refusing to give the namc OF the de-
laultcr. the amount OF his defalcation,
or the peculiar means by which he concealed
ms lrrcgulcr operations from their scrutiny.
From what they said it was gathered that tho
dcfalcation occurred about the time OF the panio
of 1873. when Mr.. Havemeyer tafterward Mayor
OF the cityl was President How or in what way
the deficiency was concealed from the officers
Of the bank for five years. no explanation was
given, although President Dowd was pressed TO
make the fact public
Il will report the mode OF operations TO tho
Clearing House." he said to a Sun reporter.
"bu; do not think that it belongs to the pub
lie Just yet Call in in day or two"
The name Of the dcfaulting paying teller Is
Augustus VI. Turncy who has boen with tho
bank Tor twenty five years. He Is about IS
years old lives with his family at 80 West 132d
street; and has boon prominent as mcmbcr Of
crttnin how hn covnr,I' liz tro,ia fr"n,
te-p -, ts-S it ,i - .i'H u J.. -. ~ ~ hlnii
, m - :, . 'ut ~ no u,ii'.l llul ne l,at
W iHoii'N H' sl'l' IN Eoh speculation ~ 1878:
Slhr' then ms efforts nav" been directed
toward cunccalmont but how he nccon-
pished his tnsK is inromprchenslbln un-
lns. tho oni ,nrs 81 40 in,,l ,..r, lii,Ii,,
a,1 .,,,i,t NJ y3ii''iGf, ~ Wy ptnA Wtre, plnuy
weil.reenintei bank n general boja1co il struek
each Iuy md this sh'uld show thr cHo,.t cun
dtion II tEN institution. Ii IL Ie"med imnos
sil lr thnt tErft nf ths nnotint cnuiI havn bnen
made i'm The fnce of int"liiy"nt eun"rvision and
fr~uunit eXnIlinntions '''V' """
Th, sto,k oi Tho B,nk Of North Am,ricn is
p,, ntfnrnI nj - ,vh,,,t IL ,. IT,, ,,, Liza 20
IS inO. "' 49, "''''0''' '''''''9' 40 p"i '"iu'
Tho following letter from President Do,vd
gives tho nnly nypi1iiati"n Of tbe defolroti"n
vourhsnird To- the nuilir II viii be nbscryei
NM pr. siInnt Dnvii does n,t m,ntion ,he ra,oa
fthe ,ieinulter: '''' '''''''''' '''' '''''A'
r,.. ,s -, .,,.,,,. ~. ,,o.. ,.., o ,s--
To r fnito 49," s p, IN '"'n M M rep M '" ,h
pubic iGg leouins fact. on The morning OF sainr.
dav. the ~ inst uIon tie comncnoencnt ai an exam
nation D, the henk prparmct the paving teller Of this
@ @uanf ooys,,d uAt hf va, iegusf u " amnnnt d
h , IN ,i ", n,n 'iN KY @ "n,atS ~ ~ , az ns
v,rs anI Was much r"spcet.d and trusted lie IL now
under arrest
since - discovery the bank has hecn thoroughly ex.