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, 1884-03-13
THE 0LYMPIAN.
arrival Of this Magnificent Steamer
in Port Townsend Harbor.

REvOLUTIoN N PUGET SOUND TRAVEL,
The steamer Olympian, built by the
Harlan am Hollingsworth Co, of vii,
mington, Del, for the o. r. Il n. Co.
arrived at Union Wharf this afternoon
and attracted large and curious crowd
| She Is one of the twin steel steamers
! built for that company, to run on Puget
Sound between New Tacoma and Vic,
toria, and has made the trip from the
Atlantic coast in little less than three
months.
The registered dimensions of this mag
nificent steamer are as follows: Length,
2GI.5 feet; beam, 40 feet, depth of hold
I2.5 feet, tonnage, 14IG.GO. She draws,
light, about s feet inches. The outside
of her hull Is wholly steel, while the in
terror Is constructed mostly of iron. She
Is fitted up i'll style IS fine as money
can purchase, her main saloon being a
veritable palace. She Is officered as fol
lows: Il. S. Ackley, Captain; w. S.
Thaxter, 1st officer; John Dickson, ID
officer; Andrew Hill, 81 officer; Mr.. Pux
lev, chief engineer: Mr.. Kidd, 1st asst;
HIr Bernard, 2d asst; Mr.. Marcy, Sd
asst; Mr.. Smith, head steward; McClar-
ty ID steward.
She uses electric lights, has all the
moderH appliances for safety of life and
comfort of passengers, and is heated by
steam.
The furniture is OF massive mahogany,
richly upholstered in crimson plush, and
the carpet is of the finest Wilton with
velvet finish with dark background
figured, the predominant color being
sage, relieved by red and other bright
culoTs.
All the carpets used on the steamer are
of the same quality and pattern. Fifty
statcrooms, each calculated to accommo-
date two persons, open from the grand
saloon. The lower berth is 40 inches
wide and the upper &c, and each is fur
niShed with spring and hair mattresses.
Each room IS also supplied with a sta
tionaTy cherry wash stand, plate glass
mirror and other conveniences. Among
the number are four family rooms, which
instead of berths are supplied with double
mahogany bedsteads. The toilet rooms
are supplied with marble top stands and
every convenience.
This vessel cost about S2G0,00O, and is
expected to make the run between Ia
coma and Victoria, 40 miles, in eight
hours, including stoppages, carrying 80
first-class passengers besides her crew of
81. Her wheels are 3215 feet in dame
ter. With II L feet face, and her engine. Il
working beam with Il cyIInuot oi 40
inch bore and u feet stroke, is capable
of immense power.
REDUCED FARES.
1t is rumored that fares on the route
will be materially reduced; nothing def
mite, however, was learned The Olym-
plan will be put on the route in very
few days, under the command of Capt.
Wilson and his purser, now Of the North
Pacific. Supt. Dodge, of the o. r. Il n.
Co, and Capt. Clancy, Supt. of its
Puget Sound division, were both here
today to meet The new vessel, and were
gratifed to find her in about as good
condition as when launched
We are greatly indebted to Capt. Ack-
lev and first officer Thaxter, for courte-
sizes.
, 1884-03-13

Clergymen, lawyers. public speakers,
and singers, confirm the opinion of the
general public in regard to Ayers Cherry
Pectorai. All say if is the best ror'"fy
that can be procured for all affections OF
he vocal organs, throat and lungs
, 1884-03-13

For SALE.-A first class upright piano,
blacksmith tools, anvil, vice and bellows.
also one thorough-brace, two seated
spring wagon. For particulars enquire
of II, IL, LATIMER.
, 1884-03-13
Territorial 0mcers,

Governor, VIM. \. Newell, Olympia.
SeersFaEy y. II. owing,
Treasurer. 7. Y. Ford,
Auditor, Il. NJ. Reed.
U. y Marshal Charles Hopkins, Seattle.
Z. = Pros. Attorney j. b. Allen, WaIIa Walla.
Q. 5. Asst - c. II. HInford, Seattle.
Chief Justice, Il. :. Greene, Seattle.
Asso. :. 5. c. Wingari WaIIl Walla.
- Jro p. Iiovt. Olympia.
Pros Atty, Sd Dist.C. NJ. Bradshaw, Pt. Townsend.
Jefferson County:
Auditor, James Seayey, Port Townsend.
Treasurer, Frank \. Bartlett Port Townsend
PrObEts Judge, .J.H.Nan BOkkeieu TT. Townsend.
Sheriff, j. +. Sheehau. Port Townsend.
Coroner, i, : Uoxsi-,
school Supt., j j. Calhoun. Port Townsend.
County Commissioners, Il. D. AttTid-,e, Port Lud-
low; jas. \. Smith Port Discovery; \. \. Plum
mer. Port Townsend
, 1884-03-13

Potatoes extra quality, Columbia river
salmon bellies, Mas river oolachons, Cal
butter, &c, at
PErTYGRovE & BURKErT's.
, 1884-03-13

Just received at the Maison Dore Res
taurant, lot of fine. fat Samish oysters. :
, 1884-03-13

,,.e ysar.... -... Sg.p Three months. 5. ~
~ mouths ...... 5u' one muuIh........ I.,u
Ia Advance.
- PEI week. - cont: payable weekly.
Liberal Advertising rates furnished on application
, 1884-03-13

KIND WORDS. Last fall. it will be re-
membered, Mr.. 4. Z. Fletcher, bank
er, of the firm of Fletcher T. Sharpe, of
indianapolis, Ind, spent a week or
more in Port Townsend as visitor with
the family of Collector Bash. Yester-
day we received a note from that gentle
man, from which the following is taken,
to show how intelligent business men
from abroad are impressed with our
town: For some weeks have been re-
ceiving your weekly paper, and 1 now
enclose S1.50 for six months subscrip-
ton. 1 enjoy the ARGUS very much, and
my short visit with Mr.. Bash last Octob.
er has been a source OF great pleasure to
me. l must confess to IL weakness for
your little city ofPCrt Townsend, and ]
am only surprised that so many years
have gone by since the Puget Sound re-
gion has been settling and your city left
somewhat behind. But you are stirring
them up, l see, and showing enterprise
in advocating Board of Trade, reading
room, &c. | have learned from other
sources of the library movement All !
can say is, keep at it. Stir them up in a
timely manner. Go on agitating the fact
that Port Townsend is the best point on
the Sound for a city; which l think is
true, for she really holds the key to the
situation. The government ought moi
Only to locate land office at Port Town
send, but it ought to erect a good stone
building for all the offices, postoffice
custom house, &c, and do it in a sub.
stantial manner. Wishing you great
prosperity, and that could be in youI
community and become part of it, re-
main, yours,&c." Mr. Fletcher is live
business man, and knows a prosperous
town with future before it whenever
he sees one.
, 1884-03-13

y Delivered by mail or carrier. x.
, 1884-03-13

REVOLUTION IN PUGET SOUND TRAVEL.
, 1884-03-13
CHAS. +. ANDERSON.

I'VE hope this whole unpleasant dis
cussion is now at an end. 1t originated
in a misunderstanding, and inasmuch as
we were misinformed along with others,
and permitted the publication of explain
atory letters, the foregoing communica-
ton is published in order that all sides
may have a full, fair and free hearing.
We therefore drop the matter now, with
out prejudice, and can but hope that at
least some good has been accomplished
in the airing given the iaw-EDs.
, 1884-03-13
The
Daily Argus

EVERY EyENI$" FNcEpT SUNDAY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18

t'WALKING yesterday along the Rue de sew
res. writes a lady from Paris to the London
Truth. 81 saw the following delightful an
uouncement painted on the side of porte
cochere: Madame ZenObie C, third story.
lets out teeth for evening parties and balls. ,
ONE advantage of the long distance tele-
phone will be that the reporters on the Amer
lean daiiv newspapers can tell the English
authorities at once how to manage matters IN
Egypt instead of waiting for the slow pro-
cess of sending paper marked with piue
pencn.-BOSt0n Commercial ButtettH.
"PARDoN me. Monsieur lie Drecteur; but
how much would 1t cost me to call you an
IDIOT" Dormeuil, boiling with fury, thun-
derer, you would be fined 20 francs
Twenty francs" murmured the other soItly-
and with sigh: 'Ah me; it Is too much: TOO
much / cannot, in the present state OF my
finances, afford the pleasure. But II II had
been only 5francs-!'-French Fun.
'.PA." said the bright little girl to her fond
father. "whv can't / go to minstrel snow
some time? | should like to ever so much, and
there couldn't be any harm IN 1t, could there
MY child" answered the kind parent, with
much feeling sit would not do for you TO at
tend a minstrel show at your tender age. l on
are not yet sufficiently versed in ancient ms
tory, and some of the jokes. am AFRAID, WouIu
prove too much for you. OH are not auNahc-
ed enough to appreciate the classics, my
dear. "-LoloeU Citizen.
A WAITER in a Paris restaurant after dis
posing of four drunken men in cab calls 10
the driver: "Take that fellow IN the leit-
hand corner to the Rue de Clichy; the one 10
the right Rue Richelieu, and the two on the
front seat are brothers-take them race
Wagram." Ten minutes later the cabby re-
appeared: Il had to come back, for these
fellows do you see, got all tangled up anu Il 1
don't know one from the other. Please pun
them apart and put them back In the flghV
corners, will YOut'-Le FigdFO.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
AN INTERESTING STORY.

OF which Gov. Mcdaniel is the Hero.
The .Man About Town in the Atlanta
Constitution has the following: 81 have
before me a letter from Mr.. S. E. Keller,
of Baltimore, in which there is an inter-
esting story. Mr.. Keller writes that he
lived during the war near Funkstown,
MARYLAND. AS Lee was retresting from
Gettysburg a sharp skirmish occurred III
front of his home. While the fight was
raging wounded Confederate officer was
brought into the yard and laid on the
pavement. He was horribly wounded IN
the stomach, and the entrails were pro-
truding. His death was considered GER
tain. and this fact was announced to MIN.
He replied very deliberately "Dulce est
decorum patria mori-l am in the
hands of my Maker, and Southern soldier
knows how to die" Mr.. Keller adds that
the scene made a profound impression on
him. and he had often wondered what be-
came of the brave Confederate, who was
shortly afterward moved from his house.
He saws. sshis name was Mcdaniel, he
was Major of a Georgia regiment and had
an imnediment in his speech. | have
seen that a man named Mcdaniel is elect
cd Governor of your State, and thought
he might know something OF the matter
of which | have written"
Governor Mcdaniel was himself the
Georgia Major alluded to, and DR.. Roach,
of this city, was the Confederate surgeon
whose prompt and skillful treatment
saved the Governor from death as by a
miracle. The Governor still suffers from
the effects of the wound, and day and
night wears plate that fits over the spot
at which the bullet entered. If this plate
were displaced by accident fatal, certain
" serious, results might follow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
Brewster Censured.

The way public business suffers from
the absence of leading officials from
Washington, in the summer season, is
shown by a communication which was
sent to the Senate a day or two ago. The
communication was from the Attorney
General and was in answer to a resolu-
ton passed by the Senate asking him the
occasion of the delay in answering an in
quirv of the Postmaster General respect
ing the provisions of the law for the pay
ment of salaries due to certain Post
masters. The Attorney General said that
he was away on his summer vacation
when the inquiry was received, and that
after he returned and prepared his an
swer. he concluded to wait awhile before
sending it to the Postmaster General.
thinking, perhaps, he might change his
mind. 1t was six months after the in
quiry was sent to the Attorney Generals
office before the Postmaster General re-
ceived a reply. The reply would not have
been forwarded yet, in all probability, had
not the Senate taken the matter in hand.
Mr.. Brewster is probably the first AttOr-
nev General who was ever notified by the
United States Senate Of neglect of duty.
There are very few men who would not
resign under the circumstances. Mr..
Brewster Will not resign. He will get
out of office only when he is invited to get
out. If, instead of showing his red
wheeled carriage and ruflled shirts at the
seashOre, he had attended to his business
the Postmasters would have had their
money long ago. But how can Cabinet
officers and clerks be blamed for follow
ing the example of the President? A
Democratic administration is absolutely
necessary to restore the condition of
affairs that existed at the national capt.
tai before the era Of Grantism.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
PERSONAL.

Mr.. PENTECosT, the Brooklyn reyivalist, IS
going to London to assist Messrs. Moody ana
Sankey.
THEODORE TILTON has left Paris for the
south of France. He seeks more sunny sur
rOundipgs.
MINISTER SARGENT has invited the Ameri-
can residents of Berlin to celebrate W ashlng-
toms birthday at his house in that city.
PROF. j. G.. WOOD, the naturalist, is Bos-
toms latest lion. He is no great affair, but
he is English, and that's enough for Boston.
MRS. GARFIELD has written letter to Mr..
Horn. of Michigan, thanking him for ms
speech in opposition to the Fitz John Porter
bill.
SENATOR CONGER, of Michigan, is the only
member of the Senate who wears dress coat
during the sessions of that body. Ills most
conspicuous predecessor in that respect was
Hannibal Hamlin.
SIGNOR EDMONDO DI AMICIs, the well known
Italian author, is coming to America, not only
to write a book about America, but also to
give course Of lectures. He Is said to have
been guaranteed the sum of $4,000, whatever
may be the result of the lectures.
EX-GovERNoR HENDRICKs, of Indiana,
doesn't play billiards. 'When | came to set
tie up for the first game l ever played he
saws 81 was told it was 49, How so| | asked.
Because YOU were long, was the reply.
And have never tried billiards again.
ARCHBISHOP GOOLD, of Victoria, Australia,
has addressed a circular letter to his clergy,
Imperatvey prohibiting the use OF the Roman
Catholic school rooms except for their legltl-
mate purposes. The priests are instructed
scrupulously to avoid identifying themselves
with any movements of political character
Do LEWIS says that "if Vanderbilt, with
his $500, OOO,O 900, were as happy in proportion
to his wealth he would climb to the top OF
Trinity steeple, face Wall street, yell and
shrek his tumultuOus emotions, and in the
madness of his joy leap into eternity" scores
of people would be willing to see Vanderbilt
thus happy.
NJ DIX LEsSEPS, who announces that the
Panama canal will be opened before 1888, is
more noted for his progeny than for his pre-
dictOns. lie has a dozen boys and girls, all
dressed alike in Ose-titting undergarments
and loose, sleeveless flannel frOcks, which
leave necks, arms, and legs from knee to foot,
bare. They present, even to Parlslans, pc
culiar appearance.
THE Grand Cherif of Ouazzan, who has re-
Gently delighted the Parisians by becoming a
naturaized Frenchman, is not only descend
ant of the Prophet and one of the highest dug
nitares of Islam, but man of much talent
and breadth of character. His wife Is an
EnglishwOman of good family, and so great Is
her husbands respect for her that he has per-
mitted their children to be brought up as
Christians.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
Another Industry Crushed by Pro
lection.


Before the present duty of 20 cents per
bushel was imposed on fiaxseed, and 30
cents uer gallon on oil, the linseed oil
mills were among the most prosperous IN
| dustries IN the United States. The mills
at New York, Boston. Philadelphia and
Baltimore supplied the eastern markets,
| and exported thousands of barrels OF OIL
| to foreign countries. Other mills supplied
| consumers in the middle and western
portions of the Union. The Eastern mills
| obtained their seed mainly from India,
| and IN this country the bulk OF the crop
is raised in Iowa and Kansas. The
freight from Calcutta was amply sutli-
cient to protect the producers against I'M
due foreign competition. In fact, the
tariff has not benefited the farmers, for
since it was laid the production of flax
seed has been almost abandoned in Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois for more profitable
crops. 1t is an undesirable crop to ham
die. and soon exhausts the soil, and can
only be prOfitably produced in this coun-
try in the new lands of the West.
Since the high tariff was imposed on flax
seed. most of the Eastern mills, in which
nearly S2.OOO.OO0 were invested, have
abandoned the business, and sold their
machinery for old iron. They have lost
their investments. the consumers have to
pay 30 cents additional per gallon for
their oil as a bonus to the Western mills,
the exchange trade with India that de-
pended on the buying of India tlaXseed
has been lost to this country, and Eng
Iand,is enabled to mOnOpOlize the linseed
oil trade of almost the whole world, with
the exception of the United States.
A correspondent of the New York Eren-
ina Post says that ''befOre the duty was put
on Iinseed, merchants or shipOwners used
to buy wheat here and ship it to England,
and there sell it, and then load with
freight for Calcutta. Then they would
return to America with a cargo of lin
seed. The Western farmer was better of
than if he raised flaxseed, the railroads
and ships engaged in the transportation
of wheat and linseed did a profitable
business. and the merchants and linseed
oil manufacturers were prosperous"
Were it not for this tariff on linseed and
oil the consumers would secure their oil
much cheaper than they now do, the mills
would do a prosperous business, the trade
that its expectation would produce would
be very profitable to the country, and the
profits of the mills would be obtained
from abroad instead of unfairly wrung
out of our own people, and our shipping
interests would be sustained to certain
extent by this trade. But under the mar
row-minded and oppressive policy of the
protectionists our own people are placed
under heavy burdens to enrich a few
manufacturers and destroy others, our
trade with the world is crippled and our
ships driven from the seas.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
Officers and Men of the Revenue Cutter
Dexter Mentioned.


Secretary Folger has issued the
following order, says a Herald dis
patch, in regard to the actloh
of the officers and men of the cutter Dex-
ter on the occasion of the wreck of the
City of Columbus:
The department asks the revenue ma
rine service to take note of the bravery
and humanity shown by the ofncers ana
men of the cutter Dexter, at the wreck OF
the CITY of Columbus, of Gay Head, Mar
tha's Vineyard, on the 18th ult. By their
timely efforts, made at a personal FISK,
nineteen persons were saved from death
and humanely cared for. While all
worked together with zeal and efficiency,
more prominent therein are reported the
names of Lieuts. John L. Rhodes, W ar
ringtOn d. ROath and Charles ID. henne-
dy. The first named was most consplcu-
Gus in daring and exposure Of sell, Volun-
tarllv leaping overheard at peril OF MS
life to save two benumbed and helpless
persons in the rigging. .
The public has given deserved praise OF
the gallant conduct of the force upon the
Dexter. 1t merits the especial notice and
thanks Of the department, and they are
hereby given.
AS for Lieut.. Rhodes, his action is not
only TO De duulIeu DuJ " NC MAJ ASU ~
emulation by such token as the depart
ment has to offer. Therefore, at the sug-
gestion of the department and by the dI-
rection of the President, it is
Ordered-That Second Lieut.. John u
Rhodes, of the United States revenue ma
rine service, be advanced twenty-one
numbers in his grade, so that his name
shall be upon the register next after that
of Second Lieut.. Samuel K. Mcguire in
the list of Second Lieutenants.
That the names of the following officers
shall be entered on the records as having
received the thanks of the department
Capt. Eric GabrlelsOn, First Lieut.. War
rington d. ROath, Second Lieut.. John U.
Rhodes, Third Lieut.. Charles d. Kennedy,
Chief Engineer A. L. Harrison, First AS
sistant Engineer A. F. Rockefeller and
Second Assistant Engineer c. w. Beck
with.
That this circular and order be read on
board of each revenue marine vessel by
the commanding officer at general
muster of his officers and crew as soon as
it may be done.
CHARLES J. FOLGER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
Mr. Snringer,s Work.

1t is stated that Mr.. Springers lnyestl-
eating Committee are not discovering any
facts not already known. That may be
true. The committee are not fairly
at work vet. 1t was not expected
that they would discover anything not
known to some of the government officials.
They have spread before the country some
very interesting information respecting
the way United States Marshals and their
deputies committed frauds in Georgia,
South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri.
They got this information from the At
torney Generals Office. 1t had been filed
away there, and If Mr.. Springer's COM
mittee had not looked it up the country
would have known nothing about 1t.
The Republicans would not have
given it out. They do not propose
to publish facts calculated to bring their
administration of affairs into disrepute.
1t doesn't appear that the offending
officials i'm the States named have
been prosecuted for their wrong doing or
that there was any purpose to prosecute
them. An investigation into their AFFAIRS
was made as matter of course, but de-
tailed statement of the result of these in
vestigations was not made public. In his
annual report the Attorney General adj
vised that Marshals be paid salaries be-
cause Of the abuses of the fee system, and
called attention to instances without CIV
ing names, where the government had
been defrauded. Mr.. Springer's COM
mittee will make the country
acquainted with the men who
have been engaged in wrOng-doing,
and will recite their wrongful acts. They
will furnish the Democratic party with
some excellent campaign material. Their
work. when it is done, will 90 a long way
towards convincing the country that the
Republican party has already been too
long in power for the country's good.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-18
BRIGHT BITS.

To all mankind death is but a question OF
time: with womankind the length of her life
is often merely question of veracity.-B0st0H
Transcript.
THE two-headed lady on exhibition says
that two heads are better than one, or else she
would not be receiving S2j week salary
Philadelphia CAL.
ssNO.D said the man who looked on with UNI
concern at a fight in the Philadelphia Board
of Aldermen. SHAT seems nothing to me. Pve
run an opera company.
s'IsAAC," says a German merchant, mark
M efelyding in der sthOre dree hundret und
6fetv Der cend. Here comes state House
clerk yOt wants drust. "-ChTisttdR at Work.
"JUDGE, desire to be excused from jury
service" 'sWhy," asked the court: BE
cause can only hear with one ear "Oh,
you'll dO.v said the Judge. 1--WE only hear
one side of the case at time"
THE Basket, the organ of the undertakersi
complains of depression in the colin industry,
and the Philadelphia Record quietly remarks
that production is not the trouble III
this case. What is needed is more consump-
tiOu."
WIRE lath and glass shingles are now being
manufactured, ands by and by 1t VIII be So
that a dutful father will have to go clear up
into the primeval lumber camps to pick up
something with which to caress his errlng
Burlington Hdaokeye,