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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

lfrlng the past summer the COM
~ ilner-general of the land office
Na lad in the States and Territories
there are laage quantities OF UNI
solid public lands, a large force of spec
la gents engaged in detection and
iu tigation of fraudulent entries,
Hflsr the presumption, homestead
Ia timber culture acts. The reports
nj csc agents reveal such a condition
oi acts, that in all probability the
SEQ atary of the interior, in his annual
.r.ulrt, will recommend repeal, not
ou of the pre-emption laws, but of
tl- timber culture act also. Among
Cine considerations which it is be-
lved will be urged in this repeal, are,
first, that practically, the actual set
tier can get titles to his farm as soon
ier the homestead act as under the
pIe-em ption law; and, that there is no
eed of two methods to attain the
same object; that while the laws re-
main, the settler may take advantage
Of each and acquire a title to $50 acres
Of public land, by paying cash for l60
acres, and taking the remainder under
the homestead and timber culture
6 cts, quantity which, it is suggested
q ; greater than a settler should be per-
mitted 10 obtain on such easy terms.
nder The present condition Of affairs,
i'll i claimed that both presumption
and timber culture laws offer pre-
MUM to dishonesty, as is clearly
shown by the great number Of fraudu-
lent entries which have been detected.
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Notice OF Application to Purchase
Timber Land.
LAND OFFICE AT VANCOUVER, W. T.,
Ap,rt,st I1tb 1852

LAND OFFICE AT VANCOUVER, W. T.,
August 11th, 1888
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN COM
" pliance with the provisions ofthe Act of Con
gress approved June 1873. entitled AN act for the
sale of Timber Land in the States of California,
Oregon, Nevada, and in Washington Territory"
John Mclaughlin of Skamania County, w. T., has
this day filed in this Office his application to pur
chase the east y of southeast Il of See IS Town
north, of Range east, of the Willamette merid-
ian. Testimony in the above case will be taken
before the Register and Receiver at Vancouver,
W, T. on Tuesday. the 23d day of october, 1888.
Any and all persons having adverse claims to
the above described lands or any portion thereof
are hereby required to file their claims in this
office within sixty (60) days from date hereof.
l6augll FRED. W. SPARLING, Register.
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Kendall's SPAWN Cure.

Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 26, 1882.
MeSsrs. n, J. Kendall d Co-Ilaving used your
Keudals SPAWN cure, find ii the best remedy
for the horse that has ever been used on this
coast. | have IA fine colt that was kicked last fall
ON the point of the shoulder and for three months
had no use of his leg and by using two bottles OF
your kendall's SPAWN cure he is entirely cured.
enclose - cents. for which please send me ono
of your Treatise on the Horse by mail and oblise,
II TUAVII l. o. BOX 1907.
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KendalI's SPAWN Cure.


Denver Colorado. Aprid ~, 1882.
Or. b. J. Kendall Il Co, Gents:-FouT years ago,
while in the employ of \. =. Pcrley d Co. Dam
verS. Mass, we had horse that became spawned
during the first year of my stay with them, and
remained so for four years, though we used every
remedy We knew of or could hear of, but of no
avail. Some time during the fifth year, for was
in their employ between five and six years. we
We're recommended to try kendalls SpaN in Cure,
and after using II two months the horse was cured
the enlargement having been entirely removed,
and thus believing il To be II valuable medicine
| fully recommend il to all who have occasion to
usp EpSppptflllV. T. III. LYONS
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Farm for Sale.

A farm of 100 acres, with house, barn,
orchard, well: 8 acres in cultivation, acres
slashed; IA miles north east of Vancouver on
the Fatwoods road, q mile from school house,
miles from Brush PrairieP p. o. miles from
Touring mill, P. O. and store. To be sold
on easy terms. Inquire at this office or at
Pioneer. j. III. P1EPER.
August 9, 1888 ID
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Farm for Sale.

40 Acres, part Lewis River bottom land,
part upland, well adapted for both dairy and
grain farming, within one mile of 10 months
steamboat navigation; 35 acres under cult
walton, six acres i'm one of the best bearing
orchards in the county; house, barn and out
buildings; farm all under fence. The place
will be sold on easy terms. Inquire at this
office, or of j. II. PIEPER,
August 10th, 1885, Pioneer, w. T.
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NOTICE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
WASHINGTON, August 18th, 1888.
Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented to
the undersigned, IL has been made to appear that
"The FIRST National Bank of Vancouver" in the
city of Vancouver, i'll the county of Clarke, and
Territory of Washington, has complied with all
the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the
United States required to be complied with be-
fore an association shall be authorized to COM
mence the business of Banking,
Now, therefore, [, John s. Langworthy, Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify
that The First National Bank of Vanc CONVEX" in
the city of Vancouver, in the county of Clarke,
and Territory of Washington, is authorized to
commence the business of Banking as provided
in Section Fifty-one hundred and siXty-nine of
the Revised Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and
sTT s sssl Of 9sss office this 18th day of Au-
- J. s. LANGWORTIIY,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
No. 3031.
First publication of this notice August 80 1888,
at Vancouver, Wash. Ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
A Great Suit.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Roscoe Conk
ling is conducting a suit for "a, OO0.-
0gO against Commodore Garrison.
The plaintiffs allege that 1876 Com
modore Garrison held most of the
third mortgage bonds of the old Pa
chic railroad of Missouri, which he
had purchased, Mr.. Conkling stated
Yesterday, at from thirty to
forty eight cents on the dollar,
and determined to foreclOse. The
plaintiffs brought suit to prevent this,
and, they allege, he wrote to them,
requesting them to permit him to bid
the road IN when it should be sold
under the foreclosure suit. After
wards, as they allege, they surren-
dered this letter to him, he entering
into an oral agreement that if they
would withdraw their suit and
permit the road to be sold, he
would become the purchaser,
and would then Eanize a new COM
pany, giving thera the same amount
of stock which they held in the old
company. To this they agreed, but
at the sale one Pierce bid off the road,
and, not being able to pay for it, the
committee took his bid off his hands,
and so became the owner, giving in
payment the mortgage bonds. He
then organized the present Missouri
Pacific, but failed, as the plant
IFS allege, to carry out his agreement
with them as to the exchange of their
stock. Conkling's legal speeches are
a mass of verbiage, almost destitute of
ideas or points. The argument he
makes is like an Irishman's definition
OF how to make a cannon: Take a
round hole and wrap brass around it. !"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
A Suit for Divorce,

San FRANCISCO, Sept. 2O.-General
Winfield Scott Keys, son of the cele-
brated General Keys, has applied for
a divorce from his wife on the ground
that she was already the wife of James
O'Brien Kelly, of Sweet Chalybeate
Springs, Virginia, when he married
her, which fact was unknown to him
at the time. Mrs. Keys, who is an
exceedingly handsome woman, is
prominent in society IN this city.
Hermaiden name is Flora A. Hastings
Sheindignantly denies the charge; say
Gen. Keys knew AL the circumstances
of her acquaintanceship with Kelly.
That he only married her after having
satisfied himself that she had not
been previously married; and that in
further proof she can show that her
husband wrote Kelly a letter, warning
him not to harrass his wife, Mrs. Keys,
by any pretensions of a previous
marriage. When Gen. Keys first
saw her he became so enamored Of
her that he. persuaded his former wife
to consent to be divorced from him,
which she Immediately agreed to.
The social prominence of the parties
invests the case with much interest.
The case will be tried in the superior
court in a few weeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
The Failures of the Day.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.-Ramsey. of
the Vulcan iron works, made an as
signment to-day for the benefit of his
creditors. He had a large contract at
st. Louis, and the money due him for
the work done was attached in that
city by his landlord here.
BosToN, Sept. 19.-Beni. Burgess &
Son, sugar dealers, have failed and
made assignment to w. @. Rogers and
+. Haven, Jr. Liabilities approximate
81, 400, 900, of which less than $40, 600
is acceEtances. The principal assets
for unsecured creditors are claims of
100000 against parties in Cuba.
Creditors are scattered.
HILLsBoRo, Pa, Sept. 19.-Mayer
& Co., clothiers, have failed. Liabili-
ties, $4,000; assets said to be suffi-
Gent to cover them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Yellow Fever in Mexico.

GUAYA1IAS, Mexico, Sept. 22.-Nine
deaths from yellow fever are reported
IN the last twenty-four hours. The
thermometer has risen to 90, and
fears are entertained that under the
great heat and the filthy condition of
the streets the fever will be increased
and spread. Eleven new cases were
reported yesterday. There has not
been enough rainfall to clean the
streets and the hot sun has
tended to increase the deaths and
malaria. The new cases have
driven the people almost
frantic not knowing whether they
should flee from the city or remain in
hopes the worst had past.
Members of the board of health
proved themselves utterly incompe-
tent to deal with the matter. 1t is re-
mOred that Delvalle a millionaire of
this city who fled to the country has
died. No news from Hermosillo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 Capt
Coyerly, of the steamship Coleman,
who landed off Mazatlan on her way
up from Panama, speaking of yellow
fever on the Mexican coast, confirms
the reports OF the burial of the dead
by a band of hired Indians, who he
says roamed from house to house gath
ering corpses as a garbage man would
make his rounds. This resulted in
many persons being buried alive. In
ono case a man, taken up for dead,
was carried away and buried in less
than half an hour. It was rumored
hot nd I, =
was being carried off. Friends hear
ing of this went to the cemetery, dis
inferred the remains, and found the
body turned over from the agony of
suffocatiOn. Information from pri-
vate source states that there have been
eight hundred deaths in Mazatlan
during the last six weeks.
HAVANA, Sept. 22-Twelve deaths
from yellow fever occurred here dur
ing the bast week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
THE DIAMOND MATCH CO.
1t is More a Monopoly than Eve,

1t Is More a monopoly than Ever.
CHICAGO, Sept 20.-In these dis
patches last night, special from Mil
waukee was quoted to tho effect that
the Diamond Watch Co.. very large
concern, had reduced the wholesale
price of lucifers more than so per
cent. The conclusion drawn was that
the match combination was broken.
Investigation by a reporter gives
the reduction different mean
ing. Previous to the first of July.
when the stamp tax was removed from
matches the wholesale price per case
for three gross of boxes was IS. 10. At
one cent per box the stamps on each
case amounted to 81 30 but as the
manufacturers were allowed 10 per
cent. off the actual cost was SIS
which gave the manufacturers ex-
elusive of stamps $4.21 per case
when the tax was taken off the whole
sale price was made s.. So or the added
profit TO the manufacturer of 81, 50 per
case. The result of this increased
profit was a large number of manufac-
turers outside of the combination and
it is asserted that the present reduc-
ton to 81. 5000. So per case is for the
purpose of crushing them out of ex-
lStence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
The Baggage Smashers.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-At to-day's SEES
sion Of the National association of
baggage agents the methods of load
ing baggage and the legal liability for
injury to baggage under the laws of
different states was discussed. It was
decided not to check parcels of less
than 20 pounds weight. The commit
tee on checking system reported in ia
yor of an ordinary reversible check
good either way between two points
for use between points on the same
line; and a joint reversible check for
use between points on connecting lines
and special checks with holder and
stub for marking destination which
it IS believed will greatly simplify and
cheaper the checking system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27

sequently reducing the amounts called
for In acquisitions. The contractors
at present are able to furnish 1, 500, 900
stamps daily, but this is much
less than the number demanded
During the carly part of the present
month the department distributed a
large number of old 2-cent stamps
among the smaller postoffces, yet it
is believed that with the utmost exer-
tons Of the department fully ope-third
of the postoffices of the country will
not have an adequate supply of
stamps upon the date when the law
providing for the new letter rate goes
into operation. The department Off
cials, however, do not fear any serious
obstruction to business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
THE LIBERALS IN MILWAUKEE
Their Political Views.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 21.-The com
mittee on political platform made
their report this afternoon aud Max
Grossman of Milwaukee, made anoth-
er report The evening was occupied
by a heated discussion of these re-
ports, but no decision was reached.
The matter comes up the first thing
tomorrow morning. In Grossman'
resolution is a clause demanding that
all elections be held on Sunday In
the report of the regular committee a
demand is made for the abolition of
the senate and that the use of the BIZ
bic and all religious services of a see
tartan character shall be prohibited
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
The Journalists.


PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 20.-The
eastern journalists accompanying
Wizards party, who left this morn
ing for the East were, prior to their
departure, entertained by the proprie-
tors Of the Oregonian at an elegant
dinner. There were present repre-
sentatives Of the Boston Herald and
Journal, Springfield Republican, New
York Tribune, Sun, and Times, Phil
adelphia Press, st. Louis Republican
and GlObe-DemOcrat, Louisville
Courier Journal, Harpers' Weekly,
Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Tri-
bune and other journals. The party
expressed surprise at the resources Of
the scenery of the Northwest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Preparing tC Absorb.


BRUSSELS, Sept. 20.-The customs
union between Belgium and Holland
is about to be perfected. Bismarck
endorses the scheme, which appears
to be the first step toward absorbing
Holland and Belgium in the German
Scolverein.
GROsswARDEIN, Hungary, Sept. 20.
At a banquet last night Tissed,
Hungarian prime minister, made an
an address in which he said the diff
cuIties involved in the Crotian ques-
ton were not to be solved by street
riots. 1t was necessary to first restore
law and order and then the Diet would
cooperate with the local authorities
by adopting an equitable and concil
atOry result,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
The Knights of Labor DiSintegrat-
ing

PTTTsBURG, Sept. 21-It is stated
that a disintegration of the Knights
of Labor is threatened on account of
the proceedings taken at meeting of
the general assembly ia Cincinnati.
The Pittsburg members Of the order
especially, it is said, will withdraw
from the organization because Frank
K Foster, a pronounced free trader,
has been placed at the head of the
executive board created at Cincinnati.
1t comes from some of the highest
officers of the order in this city that
members of the order in this city who
are pretectionists will withdraw from
it at an early day, and that they COM
pose a majority of the order, but were
outgeneraled by the free traders, who
are supported by the Golden club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Fraud on the Board of Trade.


CHICAGO, Sept 21.-Before the adj
iournment of the board of trade to-
day the secretary raped to order and
announced that some one on the floor
of the exchange earlier in the day
mutilated the signal service weather
reports. Alterations were made in
the figuref, and the statement of the
report SO changed as to give a con
trary meaning to the one originally
intended Before the deception was
discovered a perceptible decline in
corn resulted, number of mem
bers losing thereby. The docu-
nent referred to by the secretary was
the usual copy of the dispatch from the
chief signal officer to the observer at
Chicago, directing him to give as wide
publicity as possible to the fact that
indications pointed to frost Friday or
Saturday night in all the states north
Of Tennessee. A knot of operators
gathered about it when it was posted
ON change, and soon afterwards it
was noticed there were interlineatlons
made after posting by some unknown
person, and note on the lower mar
gin to the effect that the statements
On the bulletin had been contradicted.
and not long afterward the entire bull
etin disappeared mysteriously. The
secretary procured a duplicate copy,
cad it from the balcony and had it
posted again. 1t is known that
portion Of the operators on
he board object to posting sig
lal service bulletins on change,
md it is believed the action to-day was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
The Great Races.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 21.-The
city is filling with strangers from
Maine to Louisiana, and from North
Carolina to California. Quite feat
ure of the show will be the different
state days, while on the goth inst.
Lorillard's champion stallion, Stone,
will be run. Governors of contiguous
states will congregate to make this
what it deserves to be, the great turf
event of the year and season. The
grounds are in beautiful order, rain
being all that Is needed. All things
point to a grand meeting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT
PITTSBURG.
The Result of Violation of Law.

PTTTsBURG, Sept. 21.-Benj. Young,
boiler inspector, and Ford's clerk
stated tonight that they had no rec
ord OF the exploded boiler, and that it
had not been inspected because the in
spector did not know anything about
it. He said that the law requires all
persons operating steam boilers to
notify the inspector, but this had
not been done. The penalty for
neglecting to do this is fine of five
thousand dollars and two years i'm
prisonment, besides being responsible
for all injuries and damages sustained
by others in case of explosion. Two
more injured were reported to-day
Martin Ntzhugh, and William Jones,
but their injuries are not of a serious
nature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Fighting Politicians.

DIES MONIES, Sept. 1S.-A sensation
al scene occurred in a street car,
crowded mainly with ladies and min
listers in this city, late last night, be-
tween Gen. J. B. Weaver, greenback
leader, and Rev. D. Lucus, noted
political preacher. Weaver assailed
Luscas in great violence of language,
accusing him of misrepresenting
his record on the amendment in his
speeches, and went toward him. say
ing he was going to make him swal-
low his falsehoods. Lucas retained
his good-nature; but for several min
utes the scene was very lively.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
GladStOne'S Junket.

LONDON, Sept 19.-The recent visit
of Gladstone to Copenhagen was
made the occasion of considerable
comment by the continental journals,
who profess to see in it deep laid
scheme to form a coalition against
the Austro- German alliance English
journals ridicule the idea They de-
clare that there is no political purpose
to effect and say if Gladstone had any
object of this nature in view it was
simply to exercise purely moral in
fuence in favor of peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Coal Miners,

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2O.-A conference
of coal operators and delegates from
the various miners lodges in st. Claire
county, Ill, was held at East st. Louis
this morning. The meeting was har-
mOniOus the operators consenting to
pay the price asked by the miners viz:
d cents per bushel to commence from
date. The machine mine operators
agreed not to undersell the hand work
ing mine operators. Another session
will be held this evening when a COM
mittee from both operators and miners
will be appointed who will have pow
er to arbitrate all future differences
without resOrting to strikes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
A MiIwaukee Sensation.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 17.-Sheriff Da-
wilson, Of Dodge county, arrived here
to-day from Alpena, Mich, with Vic
toria Vidar, who is accused of muir
dering her husband. The family lived
at Westford, Dodge county, and on
the 9TH of July the husband died very
suddenly. The body was afterwards
disinterred, and arsenic was found in
his stomach. Nothing was heard of
Mrs. Vidar till letter came asking a
certificate Of death, as she wished to
marry again
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Pooling Their Issues.

San FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-At the
opening of the second meeting this
morning of railroad managers, T. |.
Potter, of the Burlington & Missouri
road offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting
that the several roads now concerned in the traf-
fc between the eastern states and the Pacific
coast should be worked in harmony and upon equal
rates.
This resulted in the formation of a
committee composed of several of the
freight managers with instructions to
devise plan whereby their earnings
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Ba Sc Ball Bulletin.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 21.-Ten innings,
Alleghenys, Z; Eclipse, 5.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 21-Spring-
fields, 3; Toledo, 2.
New YORK, Sept. 21.-New Yorks,
Cages, 1.
Boston, Sept. 21,-Bufalos, 3; Bos-
ton, 2.
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 21.-Providence,
6, Clevelands, 3.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 21.-Metropoi-
tans, 6; Columbus, 1.
BosToN, Sept. 21-Chapman who
umpired the Boston-Buffalo game to-
day telegraphed his resignation ow-
ing to a general dissatisfaction with
his decisions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
Don t Want the Annex"

MELBOURNE, Sept. 2O.-Newspapers
generally express dissatisfaction with
Lord Derby's dispatch, condemn
ing the projected annexation of
South Pacific Island to Australia;
and they assert that owing to this
policy on the part of the home gov
eminent it is feared that the colo
MES will be flooded with the
French conuicts. In Victoria
parliament, Sewel declared Lord
Derby had failed to appreciate the
danger, and that the colonies them
selves must devise means for its pre-
vention. A conference of representa-
tives of the colonies will be held in
Sydney, n. S. W., the latter part of
November, to consider the question.