, 1886-09-30

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France and Turkey are both opposed
to Engiaud's occupation Of Egypt.
add aTe supposed 10 ue backed by
Bismarck in their demands for evac-
uation, and Russia IS believed to be
counseliug Turkey in the matter.
Altogether E-gland seems to have
few friends The whole situation i
daily becoming more Interesting
NarNEe TumoTs are ahoat. and all
parties are neryously awaiting for
fresh developments.
There Is q person in Boston by the
neme OF Downs At one time lie was
Z sensational preacher IN that city.
He was put out Of his ministry for
adultery. and he opinion Of the
church has been SUSTAINED by the
counts He would long since have
dropped ont Of public notice had il
not been for the efforts of certain
newspapers TO keep the scandal alive
by reporting all his antics, for the
purpose Of supplying edifyIng read
ing for their subscribers The sean
ial viii die away, and the man Will
sink into the obscurity where he be
longs, as soon as the newspapers viii
cease to report his dOiugs and say
inss. The keeping alive Of the sub
iect can be OF no benefit TO anyone,
least OF all tC the wretched man him
self. and u those who were dragged
down from respectability by him.
Work on the coast branch of the
Postal Telegraph Is being prosecuted
with 3 yiCOr which assures 4 success
ful termination of the enterprise. the
realization of hope long felt for I
competitive service in this important
branch of business. At present FIVE
construction parties are engaged IN
stretching the wire between Portland
and New Westminster. The poles
are OF cedar and strong and substan
tial. On these are strung two iron
and two copper wires. which will
make it one OF the best equipped lines
in the country. This company viii
have connection with the eastern
hemisphere and the whole world by
their line along the Canadian rail
way and the cables to Europe. Its
completion viii inaUgUrate a new
reduced system OF rates. and bring
the chained lightning within the
grasp Of ordinary people.-StGldard.
| Sometime last winter when tho re-
publicans Of this territory Were max
ing it extremely uncomfortable for
John L. Wilson, who was promised
| by Voorhees, q reappointment TO the
receivership of the Spokane Falls
land Office. an Office which he Occu-
pied by the grace OF God and Presi
dent Arthur, and when it became ap
parent that Wilson could not be
pulled through, Delegate Voorhees,
agreed with one Jesse H Barker, q
/ Spokane county farmer. to have
/ Barker appointed receiver OF the
land office III Spokane Falls upon the
condition that Barker, during his
term of office, pay to John L. Wilson,
the then receiver, 500 a month
This can be proven. Voorhees, would
not only betray his friends but he
would receive pay for so doing Vote
I for him, democrats. and II lie don't
turn your stomachs wrong-side ont
they are copper ined.-Columhia
I Chronicle
We have seen, says the Olympia
| Partisan. the circular issued in Spo
kane Falls the night Chas. S. Eoor-
hees delivered his address, yilhfying
Hon. c. VI. Bradshaw. and we feel
confident. from the style of the com
position, and the use of quotations
from TeDnyson and Shakespeare, that
it is the joint production of c. S.
Voorhees, and j. VI Adams, inspired
and embellished by a republican
traitor. 1t Is vIllial Gus. ard Is evi
dence of the straits to which the dem
ocracy are reduced in their attacks
upon Bradshaw The democrats
charged that Armstrong was the rail
road candidate and for that reason
he was beaten by VOORHEES,: they now
charge that Bradshaw was defeated
for the nomination two years ago, for
the reason that he was railroad man.
How these stories do hang together
There Is 4 lie out somewhere. and we
declare it to be, when they charge
that Bradshaw was ever, at any time
the candidate of the railroad. It
viii not work. The people know
| better.
The scrub sycamC:e's rIl-do-this-
| and-Ill-do-that tour over the terri
tory prompts the people 20 ask what
he has accomplished for them during
the two years which have elapsed
| since he secured 4 seat in congress
IN return for a batch of similar
promises, none of which have been
| fulfilled. The records show that he
has done nothing whereby the people
of the territory have been generally
benefited, upon the strength OF
which he comes before them and asks
for re- election. Out upon such mis-
representations. Our people viii
send 10 congress 4 man who has been
one of them for thirty years OF more
and who Is familiar with their wants
and needs; one who VIII labor early
and late for the advancement of our
material interests: man who Will
represent the whole people and not
allow himself TO be carried away
astride a hobby. To- the injury and
detrIment OF measures which would
be Of practical benefit - the people
OF the territory; z man TO whom We
can point with pride Is the repre>en-
tatlve- IN the congress az the United
States, OF this great and grOwIag
commonwealth, and his name is C.
N Bradshaw PalORse Gazette
4 dispatch to the CdH from Otta-
Wi says: Prof. Wiggins. who claims
TO have foretold the Charleston
earthquake, Is daily growing more
positive in his prediction that much
greater disturbance. also OF subier-
ranean origin. viii visit the southern
section OF the country on September
% II may lie asserts. visit Southern
Europe as we'll. The earthquake
wave Is to move from east to west.
reaching as far north as San Fran
cisco On the Pacific coast. On the
Eastern coast there will be no trouble
beyond severe storms and possibly
hurricanes, His performance Is an