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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

THE vindlcat,on Of Henry Willard in the
course pursued by him as presi lent of the
Northern Pacific railroad, written by HIM
self and submitted to the board OF direc-
tors recently is one that at once com.
mends itself to the sense Of justice in the
public and shows that he graspcd the gi-
ant enterprise with master mind and
hand. He sustalns bis action through the
four years Of his presidency of the road
by circumstances and facts that are IN
vulnerable and which are more than JUS
tilted by the present condition of the
country, and pertinently asks: "Looking
over the wrecks Of the railway property
with which the country is stlewn, and at
the reign Of terror which has supervened
in the stock and money markets since my
retirement, what, ask, woald have been
the condition of your property today if
the crisis had found you with an untin.
ished line and an empty treasury In
what quarter of the financial world could
you today borrow the money which was
absolutely needful and which was fur
nished through my eforts' What would
have been the attitude Of the last con gress
toward your land grant IL the last session
had found yeu with an unfinished main
line! Need say that the mere appre-
hension Of hostile action in that quarter
would have closed the doors Of every
banking house against ysui" Mr.. Viii
lard recites the various Pacific transpor-
tation lines by rail and water he turned
to the advantage of the Northern Pacific
without which the long stretch from the
bad lands to the western base of the
Rocky mountains could mot have been
made pay running expenses and in which
he sunk his swn private fortune, and
points to the present increasing and profit
able traffic from that source as fulfill
ment of his faith. In closing Mr.. Willard
points with just pride to the fact that
tout of the tens of millions of dollars dis
bursed from the company's treasury dur
| ing my administration not dollar has
been wrongfully applied by any one for
whose connection with the compsny's .
service was responsible"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

oteInaI viGlIInc1 UH sno Yers~.----..
lature Of any state or territory to keep
crook edness out Of the public institutions
and protect the peoples treasury from .
OF its funds, a. we'll as
like diligence on the part of the officers
Of such institutions to keep and conduct
the business IN q manner that will bear
with credit to themselves
Such officers can only escape criticism by
r,g,dly adhering t" the law, having no
favorites, and knowing no friends or fees.
Dong for the whole territory, they are
to the people of the whole
territory for the manner in which they
discharge their duties, and it is almost
an impossihili,y to please everybody. To
favor one Is to discriminate against 9th
ers where all should be treated alike.
Perhaps little Of the reforming influence
Of investigator would improve the man
agement Of all of the public institutions
and be strong incentive for care and
strict integrity IN conducting them in the
future. If nothing is found wrong it will
be a vindication of those who are now un-
der unjust Suspicion or accusation, AMI il
wrong is found it can be corrected and
u,pped in the tender bud before the evil
becomes formida bic and deep seated.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

physical make-u? of the dude but entire
ly too much brain for such q narrow field.
He Is running broad gauge engine on q
narrow gauge track. The space between
the republican and democratic parties is
very small on
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

THE ancient Athenians having exhaust
cd their list of deities erected an altar to
the 'unknown god'' which latter Paul
declared unto them after he ceesed to he
. persecutor and became defender Of
the christian faith. Now the long list of
names for political parties in the United
States has become exhausted and the
Chnstian Union, Of Brooklyn, erects an
altar to and prescribes platform for what
It please6 to term the "unborn party"
for which it demands absolute perfection
in organization without any element Of
human mfr. nifty. Such = party 10 likely
to remain unborn for ages yet to come,
and Is but one OF the vsgaries and ab'
surdlties of church organ which weuld
regulate political parties by ecclesiastical
rules OF government and perfection of ele-
ments. The old Mosaic law might to
some extent oe harmonized with the rules
governing political campaigns but Ger
tainly the rules Of the christian DISPENSE
ton will not apply. The Mosaic law Of
ian eye for IN eye and tooth for tooth"
applies except that it does not 60 quite
far enough, for when one party takes the
eye out Of tho other the assailed party
usually takes out in return both an eye
and . tooth from the assailant. Think of
the application Of ''little children love
one another" to the varlsus political par
ties that are striving for the ascendancy
over each other, or the admonltion that
If, IN the heat Of the strife. your adver
ssry ignite thee on the right cheek turn
TO him the ether also" THIS course 10
neither expressed or implied in the plat.
forms Of any Of tue political parties. The
Christian Union 10 out OF its element in lts
unbofn party movement.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

Anoh J. Cam; ;,bell has fled his answer
to .x.Goveroer Ordway's chsrges WIN
the attorney general, and It IS likewise =:
published in the Yankton f.ee'; ~ r =
volum,nous, and sets tortn .nst IN .ne
Rravest Of the charges Mr. Ordway 0ne'
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

lHE 1OSlOn programme lnSuRuI2teu ny
Gen. Butler IN this campaign Is enc that
may possibly result in very exciting COM
pllcations. though Nc: probably 50.
HIS plan Is to make combina. ms with
1seeat u sas3s sAa JAsys nothing to lose II any
possible event by it. 1t Is ashfe~d one
on the part of Butler and shews deep cal.
culatlon and thorough knowledge Of the
political system of our government ana
the advantages that may be taken to de
feat the spirit of the law and override the
majority by strategy of the minority. In
states where neither he nor the democrats
have any hope of carrying the electoral
vote he proposes fusion and division OF
the electoral ticket, pooling arrange
ment. On the principle that half leaf
Is better than no bread the democrats
agree to this arrangement and the Butler
party, which Is composed OF the green
hackers and ant,-monopolists, combine as
one party against the republican party.
In states where the republican party Is in
q hopeless minority Butler forms like
alliance with the republicans and they
combine as one party against the demo-
cratic party, and the one will probably be
about as successful as the other. The REL
alive strength of the republican and dem
ocratic parties still remains about the
same and if plurality wouli elect this
fusion scheme would amount to nothing
IN the final result. But it requires ma
iority of all the electoral votes to elect, or
2ol votes, there being 4ol in all. Suppose
that BY this fusion arrangement Butter
should draw of enough from each party
to prevent either from the required 2ol,
"the stone which the party builders re-
iected would become the chief corner
stone." in other words, Butler, with bis
few electoral votes, would hold the key to
the situation He would be in position
to dictate terms, because by throwing his
strenpth to either side he could elect
either Blaine or Cleveland. 1t is not at
all likely that he would hold out and let
the election 60 to the house for the mo-
ment the election should pass from the
electoral college to the house he, like
Samson. would be shorn of his strength
without power and without influence
The democrats would then have the elec-
ton Of president in their own hands
Bu,ler 1s not the kind of . patriot to let
such power slip through his fingers. II
he can draw off enough electors to defeat
An election by them he will be in his glory
and will be on the market to the highest
bidder The democrats will then bid high
on him to prevent his selling out to the
republicans and the republicans win on! 1ld
Cher to prevent his selling out, out to the the
the honse. both of which he will hold over
them There's millions in it for Butler If
he either the .sS,H,t party from securing
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18
THE weekly ALERT.
!. q. wARNoCK,
EDITOR.

THE law for the registration Df voters
in this territory applies to all towns, cities
and villages having over three thousand
lnAab bltants, and it further specifies that
oil the Inhabitants IN the precinct in
which such town or city shall be situated
shall be included in the number Of inhab-
itants for the purpose Of this law. There
ls no doubt but tnat jamestown precinct
contains over three thousand inhabitants,
~ tho city alone contains nearly or quite
that number. Unless 1t 10 necessary to
have the fact ascertained and determined
by actual census it would seem that there
should be = registration Of voters for the
election this fall in this precinct.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18

A. A. Allen, Of Jamestown, is strongly
recommended by the Alert as good ma
terlsl tor Q member of the leg islsture.
He is reported very popuIar.-Fargo Ar.
gus.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01
Had no Bushes. in Europe.

ayes, sir" said the American millionaire
as he consulted the bill Of fare in Parlslan
cafe, 81 delight in travel. When I was boy,
working for 81 a week, / used to think what
n grand thing it would be if had money and
could travel all over the world. | resolved
then that il ever l became rich | would see
the noted places Of the earth. Well, made
money, and here am at Paree on my tour oil
observation. When an American citizen, sir,
gets the travel fever on him, his country, big
as il is, is too small to hold him"
"Yees, your country ees big country,
said his French acquaintance, who sat opposite
to him.
''Big country" exclaimed the American,
striking the table with his hand; sit is the
biggest country in the world"
1--WE been there" said the Frenchman; ait
is full of wonderful sights, niagara for in
stance
''Never saw it," said the American; "never
could find time 10 visit it."
"And de Yosemite Valley" continued the
Frenchmau.
Never had chance to go there" said the
American.
''And de Yellowstone Park"
"Heard lots about it but never could ind
time to visit it."
"And de mammoth cave Of Kentucky"
"Blamed if 1 ever thought of visiting that. .
DE palisades of de Hudson"
''Whewi did intend to see them, but always
had so much to look after you know, and
"And the scenery, magnihque at de White
Mountains"
"Never could find time to take a trip there
by gosh" -,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01

equal portion for the construction and
maintenance of the portion of the track SO
used jointly.
This Section shall apply to persons and
companies rs well as corporations.
SECTION 4. Whenever said William X.
Austin. his associates, assigns or success
sors shall elect to operate said railways or
either or any of them in whole or IN part
nv the use of an endless wire rope or cable
and stationery steam engines, 1t shall be
lawful for him or them to make all needful
and convenient trenches and excavations
in any of such streets under which he or
they nropose to place such rope or cable !;
and 70 Mace in such trenches and excaya-
tions all needful and convenient machln-
erv for operating said railways IN the
manner and by the means aforesaid, and
to erect and maintain at convenient and
suitable points along the line OF the streets
under which such wire cables are placed
steam and other engines and boilers OF
ample and sufficient power and to connect
the same with said wire cables. All such
| trenches and excavations shall be beneath
the surface of the street, which surface
shall be securely supported so as not e
impair the use and enjoyment OF saio
streets by the public. And the framework
of all trenches in which wire cables are
placed shall be constructed in substantial
and workmanlike manner, and the slot o.
aperture opening into such trenches shall
not exceed three-fourths of an inch il
width.
SECTION 5. 1t shall not be lawful TO
said William K. Austin and his associate
and assigns or successors to propel tn
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01

interests of his wife and children. To guard
against this the deed should. be irrevocable.
In Jones VS.. Clifton, 10l, U. S. S. G., 225, It
il held that the power of revocation, though 1t
e1ist. cannot inure TO the benefit OF future
creditors, ard It is held that such power IN
that case would not go to the donors assignees
in bankruptcy, the creditors all being subse-
onent That power however, doubtless would
enure 10 the benefit Of creditors existing when
tLe deed was made, and a voluntary settle
meut without value could be set aside 10 their
favor.
Now the claim Of the Chinese wife, If it were
valid at all, was a present claim 10 support,
and an inchoate claim to dover, and she stood
against Afong's estate as though creditor.
And when she finally came as alleged in the
bill. her claim was settled for by the granting
of a valuable immediate annuity.
| To defeat or embarrass this claim, and to
nroiect against it as far as possible, the future
interests OF his wife and children, were the
objects in view, and the motive for the strong
eat deed possible was apparent. Whether any
deed would be effective against the danger was
moi the question then most to be thought OIL
The consideration Of natural love and affection
for this wife, and these children, even though
held not legal or legitimate was ample. oet
Runn vs.. Winthrop, | Johns Oh. r. 329, 33I
The plaintiff states in his bill that when th'
trust was made, he believed that he still re-
tanned the power of otherwise disposing OF th'
trust property. He may have had such
thought, but the paramount purpose then II
his mind was defence against the Chimes
marriage. If as to other point, he mistook th
r | law, it was not one of those special mistake
, of law, partaking Of the nature of fact whic
; form the few exceptions TO the rule, lgHord"'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01

with which tho fathers skillfully relieved tbs
routine of work and devotion. Hence it is no
wonder that some of the aged Indians who may
now be found in Southern California mourn
over the decay of the missions and speak OF
the days when the Franciscans ruled the coast
as Of the Golden Age of their people.
WHAT LED TO DECAY.
The history of the missions after Serra's
death may be condensed into paragraph. For
twenty years the missions grew with great
rapidity. By 1904 nineteen missions in all
were established, in which were gathered 20,-
600 Indians. The Indians formed villages
about the mission buildings. They were al
lOtted land, but unfortunately for them, they
received no grant of this land, nothing by which
they could prove ownership or any legal title
to the improvements which represented the
hard labor of years. The feeling against the
Fathers was grOwingin intensity. The Spanish
civil and military authorities looked lustfully
upon those leagues of fine estates They cir
culated charges of cruelty against the priests
in fogging Indians. They poisoned the minds
| of the home Government with suspicion of TN
due ambition of the mission Fathers to erect
an ecclesiastical kingdom in far off California
in which the worst features of Jesuit rule
! should be perpetuated. The year 1884 saw
! the missions secularized and placed under
control of tho civil authorities. This of course,
4 in Spanish country, ruled by men sent out by
tue central government, meant spoilation and
speedy ruin. The Governor was authorized
to levy on the missions for his needs as upon
| any other State property
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01

1t may be we'll here at once to contradict
the absurd statements which have of late APP
peared in one or two of my contemporaries,
relative to the mode of life Prince Edward
would adopt during his stay at Heidelberg
Ear from going there to live in great style,
and to deligh. the German shopkeepers with
lavish expenditure, the Prince went for study
and health 5nd recreation, and his august
parents very wisely sent him to the house Of
a simple German professor, where he coult
obtain all these advantages without being
tempted toape the doings of the grand lady
of Austria. The English people will certain.
~ much more appreciate the wise course the
Prince Of Wales is pursuing with regard t
his sons education than sympathize with til,
greedy shop-keepers of Heidelberg, who fee
disappointed at their golden dreams having
failed TO become life
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01
THE WORK OF spoILArIoN.

Thus in ten years the valuable herds which
had been accumulated under the care of the
Francscans dwindled away, large part of
them slaughtered for the hides and tallOw: the
Indians who at the time of the edict of secu-
larization were estimated to number 10000 in
a single decade were reduced to 5000. The
others retrcated to their mountain homes and
resumed the precarious life from which the
priests had rescued them. A few priests still
cling to their old homes, but the heart was
gone from their work. The buildings were
allowed to fall into decay, the fields were titled
only by a small body of Indians, all the sys-
TEN which wrought such wonders in the pre-
viOus half century was lost. Finally in March,
1916, under the corrupt rule of Governor Pic
Pico, the mission property was declared liable
to bankruptcy. PicO sold many valuable tracts
for a song; leagues of rich land he gave away
to his friends; right and left he scattered the
accumulations of the Fathers in the few months
which remained before the occupation of the
country by the United States Government. He
not only ruthlessly despoiled the missions, but
he left legacy of litigation over false titles
which has been one of the curses Of the State.
After the missions had been stripped of nearly
all their lands and herds, a decision was
passed by the United States Land Commits
sioner, restoring the church buildings and the
remnants Of land to the Catholic Church. But
/ they are now only sad reminders of their for
mer wealth and glory; the churches in ruin and
decay and the lands worked by some humble
retainors of the once powerful mission.-N. Y.
Tribune
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01
Toward the close Of summer in New Y,

Toward the close Of summer in New York
State the minister passed one of his people
cleaning corn. ooh, Mr.. Johnson" said lie
"a fine, dry day for corn" Eyes, parson,
but death on the wheat" Next day it was
raining, and the minister drove by. "Splen-
did day for wheat, Mr.. Johnson" "Ah,
yes" with a groan, "but death on the corn!"
The Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia,
recently bestowed upon the Heir-Apparent
to the Russian Crown, has, since its fOunda-
ton in l7Ol, been given to five women,
namely, the Expresses Elizabeth and Cat
herine of Russia, the Duchess Augusta of
Wurtemberg, the DOwager Queen Elizabeth
of Prussia, and the present Empress Queen
AupuEFn
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01
The Kaiser's Country Home.

The Emperor of Germany is now residing
at Babelsberg, his favorito country house,
where he will remain till September 10, when
he goes to the Rhine provinces for the autumn
maneuvres. Babelsberg, which is not a large
house, is in the modern castle style SO COM
mon in Germany, and was built about forty
years ago. The rooms are comparatively
small, and are simply but most comfortably
furnished. They are hung with portraits of
the Hohcuzollen family and their royal rela-
tiycs. There are very fine pictures of the
Queen and the Prince Consort and the late
Car Nicholas. One room is hung with land
scapes by tue Grown Princess. The grounds
of Babclsberg are by far the most picturesque
of all the numerous Royal residences about
Potsdam. They were laid out under the
superintendent Of Prince Puckler-Muskan
(the original of Mrs Leo Hunters friend,
Count Smoritork,) and slope to the Havel,
which here forms broad lake. The adioin-
ing domain of Gleinicke is the summer re-
sidence of Prince Frederick Charles.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01
Bn Anthorltn.


PoRT OF Honolulu.
Be it Enacted by the King and the Legs
Iative Assembly of the Hawaiian lslahus'
in the Legislature of the hlngdom as
sembled:
SECTION l. The compensation OF the
Pilots at the Port of Honolulu shall De as
follows For all mail steamers of one
thousand tons register or upwards. fifty
dollars in and same out: for all transient
steamers of one thousand tons and up
wards seventv-fve dollars in and same
ont; for all vessels of war two dollars per
foot on draught of water in and out; fol-
all sailing vessels under two hundred tons
register. one dollar and half per foot IL
and out: all other vessels and steamers
five cents per ton in and same out; fol
anchoring vessels outside twenty. dollars
IL hrnuo6t into hnrbor this charge shall b'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-25
PERSONAL.

J.H. BosLER, of Carlisle, has organized a
S200. 600 land and cattle company in Iowa.
SARAH BERNHARDT's nerves are unstruns
and she has left Paris for recreation at the
seashOre.
BISHOP SIMPSONS memory is to be kept
green by the endowment Of a memorial pro-
fessOrshIp in Dickinson College.
Mr.. BAYARD, in declining an invitation to
20 to Richmond, Va. to speak, wrote that
New York is plainly the battle ground from
this time on till Nov. 4.
LIEUT.. FITCH, who married one Of Gen
Sherman's daughters. was rendered bankrupt
by the failure of the Harrison Wire Works, in
st. Louis, few days ago.
Mr.. CASE has sent Jay Eye-See to Lexing-
ton, KY, which is hOnored also in the pres
ence Of Mr.. BOnners exquisite bundle OF
canine nerves and muscle, Maud S.
MISS CARRIE WELToE, who recently was
frozen To death on Pixies Peak, has left be-
tween S2O0.O 600 and $250,oO0 to the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals. Mr..
Bergh is sole executor
THE rector Of a parish in London has not
been seen within the limits OF his parish for
seven wears He receives salary of nearly
$1,000 wear. while his duties are performed
by n curate. to whom the rector pays 500
year.
REV. FATHER DE MARIO, of San Francisco,
has invented an altar lamp which Will burn
in the daytime. The lamp is said to resemble
a small engine and to measure nearly Tour
feet in height.
DUKE GwIN. ex-United States Senator and
now a man of venerable appearance, Is IN
Washington. 1t is said that he Is the agent OF
NJ. de Lesseps and that his business at the
capital is to keep an eye on persons who seek
government aid for the Nicaraguan canal.
Mr.. ENGLISH. of Indiana, said the other
day TO an interviewer who had questioned
him as to the political outlook: Il am taxing
no interest in politics; my private analrs aO-
sorb my attention." 1t was Mr.. English who
90 graciously helped the Republicans to win
Indiana four years ago.
JOAQUIN MILLER is now the lion OF New Or
leans, and has been given the liberty OF the
Crescent City on condition that he shall Wrlto
no poetry during his sojOurn. He promises
instead 20 study up the sugar interest, ana IS
going to visit John Dymond and ii. L. herno-
chan. the two most prominent sugar planters
in Plsquemines parish, and will then take
run through the Teche country.