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, 1889-03-14
OUR RAILROAD.

The Port Townsend Southern rail-
road incorporators must see to it that
the road is built and too without de-
lay. We feel confident that if the
naval station does net come here it
will be because we lack railroad IA
cilities, This is only one of the
many enterprises which we will lose
if this railroad is delayed much
longer.
Capital is waiting to come here.
bnt refrains from doing go OH ac.
count of the fact that We have no
land communications Portland is
or objective point and the sooner
we are connected with it the sooner
will we amount to something in 4
commercial sense. We 60 not wish
the railroad gentlemen to understand
that We are finding fault, far from it,
but we do wish them to understand
the Importance and magnitude OF
this question, not only to the people
resident here, bnt to many who ar.
desirOus of making this place their
homes.
In this read We believe the builders
have fortune, consequently we see
no reason for overcaution in the mat
ter of rapid building of the road.
Our citizens are alive 10 the needs
aud necessities of having Il road, and
will not permit any unnecessary time
to elapse in The completion Of the
same.
, 1889-03-14

In the past few years the fact that
children are much better actors and
speakers than grown people are,
has become well known for the rea-
son that they are less self-conscious
than their elders They are natural
ly imitators, and enjoy doing what
ever they see done. There are sew
eral Juvenile troupes on the road
now that are considered real prodi-
gies. These observations are called
forth by the fact that Juvenile COM
paDy-some of toe pupils in the city
high school-have been rehearsing a
drama for several months and will
appear before the public at the opera
house on Saturday night. Of course
after a performance it will be time
enough for judicious critics to offer
opinions, but competent judges who
have attended the rehearsals assure
us that in some respects the acting
OF this company is remarkable. and
some of the young ladies and gentle
men enter into the piece with much
enthusiasm. An admission fee of
twenty-fve cents viii be charged, and
the front seats will be resel we'd at
fifty cents for those who cannot leave
heme early. The proceeds will be
devoted to purchasing an organ for
the school A good deal of money
has already been expended for cos
tunes and other accessories, and it
will take pretty good house to re-
pay the amount already consumed.
Jago & Niblock have the plan of the
theatre.
, 1889-03-14
ERICKSON DEAD.
Tho Celebrated Inventor 0uistIy Passes
Away.

Captain John Erickson, the world
famous engineer and designer OF the
Monitor, died shortly before l o'clock
this morning, March Sth.
Captain Erickson was only i'll
about week. Physicians were Sum .
moned when be was first taken down,
but owing to the advanced aga Of the
patient, medical skill failed to rally
him.
The deceased was one of family
of engineers; his brothers and neph-
ews having all gained renown in
Europe by the originality of their
engineering feats.
Captain Erickson, at the age of 10
years constructed a miniature saw.
mill and pumping machine that ate
tracted great attention in Sweden at
the time.
In 1889 Erickson came to America
and in 1841 began to build the
Princeton, the first naval vessel that
carried her machinery under hsr
water line, out of reach of hostile
s"ots. This vessel dictated the res
construction of the fleets of the
world. In 1861 Erickson built the
Monitor, completing her in 100 days
from the laying of the keel plate. and
she arrived in Hampton Roads just
in time to defeat, in 1862, the Con-
federate ironclad Merrimac. which
had destroyed the Union frigates
Congress and Cumberland and was
about to sink or disperse the rest Of
the Governments wooden fleet. But
for the Monitor the whole face OF the
war might have been changed and
European interference attempted
Erickson was in his Seth year.
, 1889-03-14

A New York writer declares that
Cleveland is firmly convinced that he
can secure the Democratic nomina-
ton in 1892, and that he, Lamont,
Fairchlld and Whitney will form a
combination in New York to work
for this end. Nothing would better
suit the Republican party than to
have Grover run again on precisely
the same policy that brought defeat
last November. Cleveland cannot go
back on free trade, and if his party
takes him up again it will have to be
with the free-trade elephant and the
whole civil service reform menagerie
go dear to the hearts of the Mug
wumps.
, 1889-03-14
A MINISTER AssAssINATRp.
Detail. of the killing of s.seount Mo

4.
The particulars OF the assassina-
tion of Viscount Mori, Japanese Min
lister for Education, are given as fol-
fows by the Yokohama Gazette: Ear.
ly on Monday morning, February
1lth, Nishino Bunjiro visited the
Viscount's residence and requested
to see the Visconnt At first he re-
fused to explain his reasons for de-
string an interview, but finally stated
that his object was of vital impor-
tance, in fact, to inform his Excel
lency of an assault which some one
of the diseontented students of the
university intended to make on him
while on his way to the palace to at.
tend the declaration.
The Viscount came down stairs
dressed for the ceremony at the pal-
ace. The assassin advanced toward
him, and, after commencing to tell
his story, plunged. a knife in the
Viscount's abdomen. Nishino was
at once cnt down and killed by one
o. the guards. From document
found on his body it appears that he
entertained desire to punish the
Minister for entering Ise Temple
without removing his shoes. In con-
sequence of the festivities at Toxic
medical aid was not at once called to
the Viscount, who, when professional
assistance arrived, had tainted away.
He died on the following evening.
Viscount Mori was one of the most
promising Of japanese statesmen.
He was of high birth and for years
had been connec ed with the De
partment of Foreign Affairs. He was
oae OF the sixteen students sent to
England to study in 1866. He
filled many important positions and
IN 1870 was appointed Junior Minis.
ter Resident TO the United States.
He served also as minister to China
and to England. He was warmly in
favor of female education. He pub
lished work on America and its
affairs, besides several other works.
His elder brother was Yokohama
Yasutake, who was a man of great
talents and wide knowledge, and
concerned himself in the cur
rent affairs OF the country. While
Mori was absent in the United States
his brother Yokohama forwarded
to the Public Debating
Council, denouncing the proposed
Corean expedition, and then COM
mitted suicide by harakiri.
, 1889-03-14
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE SECRE-
TARY OF THE INTERIOR.

John tWillock Noble was born in
Lancaster, Ohio, October 26, 1881.
He was the eighth of nine children.
Among his brothers is Henry @.
Noble, prominent lawyer of Col
umbus. o. He passed his early days
in Columbus and CINCINNATI, where
he enjoyed good educational adyan.
tgges. He attended Miami universi-
ty and afterwards Yale college grad
uating from that institution in 1851.
Upon his graduation he studded
law, FIST in the Office of his brother
and that of Henry Stanberry. subse-
quently distinguished as attorney
general of the United States under
President johnson. Mr.. Noble set
tied first in st. Louis in 1856. Not
meeting. with the success in the prac-
tite of the i"w that he expected, he
removed the following year to Keo-
kuk, Ia, where he became prominent
al the war. At the breaking ont of
the war he enlisted as private in the
Third Iowa cavalry. This regiment
was actively engaged from the begin
ming to the close of the war, and dis
tinguisb0d itself in many battles.
Mr. Noble steadily rose in it until he
became colonel He was in the bat
tie OF Pea Ridge, was present at the
surrender of Yicksburg and took part
In the cavalry raid into Alabama
and Georgia. At the close of the war he
was promoted to a brigadier general
ship for meritorious services. He
was mustered out in 1865.
After the war Gen. Noble settled
IN st. Louis, where, on the recon-
mendafion of Acknowledgement
Stan5erry, he was made United
States district Attorney bv President
Johnson. he resigned his position
IN 1870, and has since been engaged
IN the private practice of law. His
firm is that of Noble & Orrick He
has lived in St Louis since 1867.
, 1889-03-14

We are informed from reliable
source, that everything is being done
TO build the Port Townsend and
Southern railroad as rapidly as pos
slbie. Our people must exercise
some patiencei railroads cannot be
built in day; there are many things
that 1t is necessary to take into con-
sideration.
The railroad officials are WELL
aware of the necessity of having the
road completed at an early day, and
are doing all in tbei1 power to see
that the road is not delayed any
longer than is actually required.
, 1889-03-14

On the question of adopting the
conference committees report in ref
erence to the admission of four terri
tories there were strong words FOX
woman suffrage. The women of
Washington may well feel proud
that their rights, if not protected by
congress, have at least been manful
ly and chivalrobsiy advocated. They
may well feel encouraged to make
now a supreme effort to secure their
rights by the organic law of their
new state-Ledger, Tacoma.
, 1889-03-14

The prosperity of place must be
made; it is not Inherent. Railroads,
the great arteries of commerce, are
necessary TO 5uili mp city, and the
incorporalors of the Port Townsend
and Southern railroad have it in
their power to make this town ona of
the first i'll Importance on the Sound.
Procras.inatiun i'll the bu ldinE OF
the road may r-taro the progress of
Port Townsend to that period when
we will ;inl onrselves left far behind
in the race for commercial prumi-
nence. The railroad officials owe to
the citizens OF this place duty, now
that they have undertaken the build
ing of this road. aud that duty is the
rapid construction of the road. Time
lost now is of more value to Port
Townsend than il will ten years
hence. The railroad will settle bea
yond dJnbt what ;he fulure Will be.
, 1889-03-14
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...,,.orarard-, stories which for years
Constituted the chief stock in trade
of Pupet Sound papers when at
temptiug TO injure the commerce of
Portland. As it happened eff the
coast of Washington Terri ory it will
doubtless be declared that it was the
result OF bad seamanship, or the Wis.
itation of Providence.
Webster gives the definition of
disengenuous as wanting IN noble
candor or frankness," and the word
is specially applicable to the above
extract. The bark Port Gordon was
not lost of Cape Flattery," lntimat
ing. in nautical language, in the
vicinity of Cane FIattery." " hich was
not the fact But, if by the term
"off Cane Flatterv" Is meant. a GREAT
way off from the Cape, we will ac
cent the meaning. The facts are the
Port Gorden was wrecked off tht
month of tha Hook or Hob river he-
tveen Destruction Island and Point
Grenyille, seventy miles south oi
Cane FIatte1v. and but a few mile:
north Of Point EIizahetb Oueenai-
pIt river naar which tbe British barl
:. Sir Jamsetiee FamiIvn wa,
v,ocl-e5 Dao o. 1897 Tho rosi.
, 1889-03-14
HawIey on American History.

The ignorant and foolish talk
about our form of government in
this country 1--WE speak not merely Of
Connecticut, but of the United Statesj
is largely the fault of our popular
education. We fail to teach the
children the history of their OWN
country as it should be taught. Far
be 1t from US to condemn any one
history, when the sale of them il
such an important industry. but
where in the whole list of books 30
called is one, either of the United
States or of Connecticut, wLich sets
out what really is our history in such
way as to show the pupil that our
social and political system is growth
and how it has grown, and from
what If we fail to teach, the child.
rem will not learn. a Connscticus
boy will make better citizen fog
knowing the part Connecticut played
IN the Constitutional Convention
than for knowing the hardest rule in
the book once called grammar.
, 1889-03-14
The President ami Mrs. Harriso

The President AMI Mrs. Harrison
gave an informal reception to Indi-
anians in Washington City on March
7'h. Congressman Fulton, of Kan-
sas, upon that occasion, presented
Mrs. Harrison with unique broom,
made by firm at Humboldt. Kan
sas. The broom itself and handle
are mada OF fine broom SHAW.
AlJng tho handle are engraved plates
of silver, one of which represents
President Harrison ~ eepins DEM
Gratis down tho steps of the depart-
, 1889-03-14

1t is to be hoped, now tbFt MIR.
Bayard has stepped down and out,
that we will Lave foreign policy
that is not mockery. A great nation
like this should have a policy that
would compel respect from every for
eign power. The Samoan difficulty
demonstrates the necessity for a
strong government-strong in its
foreign policy aud strong in its navy.
We cannot always hope to be blessed
with peace; the minutost question
may cause the dogs of war" 10 be
let loose, and havoc run ram
pant over the land.
, 1889-03-14

A telegram was received yesterday
from Mr.. A. w. Bash in which he
stated that the delay in the comple-
tion of the government building here
was caused in the office of the archi-
tect at Washington. Mr.. Bash sug-
gested some concerted and prompt
action on tho part of our citizens,
otherwise the plans may remain in
the Office there fer the next fonr
months. The board of trade will
take action in the matter
, 1889-03-14

Our street commissioner should
give his attention to Washington
street just below Qaincy. The beg
there is a disgrace to the city. and
one tina. is likely to breed disease. A
pool OF green, stagnant water is not
an ornament to any city; such con-
dition gives the city an air of viii
lage. There Is too much lackness
about the way il which many things
are done in the m tnagement of Port
Townsend.
, 1889-03-14

On the morning of April 30, 1889,
at 9 o'clock, it has been arranged that
the church bells all over the country
shall ring to celebrate the event of
100 years ago, when the church bells
throughout the thirteen states rang
out to call the people to pray for the
success and prosperity of the country
uAder General Washington, that day
inaugurated president of the United
States.
, 1889-03-14

The United States Senate is we'll
rid of Riddleberger, who has done
more in the last two years to lower
its dignity than any previous mem :
Der of that body. He should have
been forbidden the privileges of the
floor months ago, for drunkard has
no right to air his peculiaritie5 in
public, whether he be Senator or pri-
vate citizen.-Chronicle, s. f.
, 1889-03-14

Certain points on the Sound must
be fortified, and all military men con
cede that those points are Admiralty
Head, Marrowstone Point and Point
Wilson. Even should the naval sta
tion not be located here, the men-of-
war will necessarily make this their
rendezvous, as the will be necessary
to assist the Notifications upon the
points named. We are the door to
the Souno, therefore must the en-
trance be fortified.
, 1889-03-14

Our attention has been directed to
the condition of the Taylor street
stairs, and upon examination find
them to be entirely out of plumb.
This is a matter that requires imme-
diate care. Tho city cannot afford
to be mulcted in a suit for damages.
We trust that our Street Commits
sioner will look into this matter
without delay.
, 1889-03-14

no douL: Is the cause. Tie interior
ought 70 nave gone T. this coast.
blame, Judging from the caisia"t,
will dominate the adD. Lis;ra'iun.spa--
icy. rs 4 Republican We hope and
trust that lie VIII 2ot pursue the pol
icy which he advanced in Garfield's
administration, for if he does. the Re
publican party cannot hope TO sue
ceed in 1892.
, 1889-03-14

We understand that there is an or
dinance which prescribes that avn
ings shall be 8 feet from the side
walk. Onr street commissioners
would do well to guess the height of
q few that have recently been erect
ed. We do not think they are more
than six feet three inches from the
pround.
, 1889-03-14

The man of destiny has had fall.
How notifying it must be to return
to the perusa! of Blackstone. Cleve-
land and Hayes have been two Of the
most colossal failures of modern
times. Hayes and Cleveland ought
to go into the chicken business to-
gather
, 1889-03-14

Washington Territory is pre-emi-
nently country free from poverty.
1t has no poor people; it mas a
wealth of land, water, forest and min
eral resources that is not equaled by
any other in the Union. 1t will be a
full fledged State tho first of next
Ocfnhar
, 1889-03-14

Now that Washington is to become
a state 1t would be a good idea to
consider the various ballot reform
measures under discussion in differ
ent parts of the country. The Aus
tralian system has many features
that will commend it to the consid-
GRAFTON of our legislators.
, 1889-03-14

As the management of the ARGUS
are sndeavoring to give the people
of Port Townsend first class paper,
they expect in return their patron.
age. Give the home paper the mon
ey you throw away on tramp news
papers.
, 1889-03-14
IMPORT ANT.

With the Sunday morning i~-'r W.
began the publication &C the A~so-
Grated Press dispatches, ana We hope
that the citizens Of Port Townsend
will appreciate our enterprise and
give us that support which this effort
merit
, 1889-03-14
Sale of the o. r. & X. Co.

President Adams, OF the Union
Pacific, and MIR. Harris, rep presenting
the Northern Pacific, are holding .
conference, the subject being the
purchase of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company.
1.-The foregoing press dispatch was
read to President Oakes, and he was
asked If the news was correct He
replied that it was, and said that the
purchase of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation lines of railroads and
boats was a part or the arbitrstion
plan under the terms of which the
Union Pacific will secure az entrance
to Tacoma over the Northern Pacific
Compsny's line.
This arbitration contract is an
agreement between the NortherA
Pacific and Union Pacific companies
to place control of all competitlTe
lines in Eastern Washington and
Oregon IN the hands of liv' MAN.
ayers. to be appointed by tbepartles
to the agreement. A condltia coll
nected with the contract il. he cons
troll of the Oregon Railwa. q Nave
igation Company, and AIS is tbs
subject under discussiorin New fofA -
today. Four ont of six f the Oregon
Navigation executive committee rep
resent the Northern PacifiI and tns
other two the Union Pacihc'a ana a'
all are in favor of the plan tnes
is bound to be consummstea'
, 1889-03-14

When a man in search of a home
or business location goes t" a town
and finds the people brimful Of hope
and enthusiasm over the prospects
of the place and earnestly at work to
build up. the town he soon becomes
imbued with the same spirit.
, 1889-03-14

The following remarks meet our
to dot, and they should
at once find room Ill every mans
thinking cap: An exchange gently
inlina es that more towns die from
want Of confidence on the part of
some men aud lack of public spirit
than from rivalry of neighboring
towns and adverse surroundings.
, 1889-03-14

Montana celebrated her advent in
to the union by passing a law sup
pressinS-faro, stud-poker, keno and
other unfair games. A very pretty
beginning.
, 1889-03-14

Go where you will" says William
Window. and wherever an office is
to be filed an Ohio man will be
found ready for the opportunity"
Window was born in Ohio himself,
and he proposes to viBdicate his the
ory
, 1889-03-14

Whitelaw Reid is spoken of as next
minister to the Court of st. James.
He would do honor to the country,
and wouldn't be likely to get an at
tack of Anglo-mania as has his pre-
depaSSor
, 1889-03-14

pattern after them if they hUpe to
make Port Townsend city of any
magnitude.
, 1889-03-14

We hecrd of nan yesterday who
does not expect presidential ap-
pointmaDt. He is in jail.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-09
c. ?. Tracy { Co
NOTICE.

Tothe unknown heirs of Robert Lilly
deceased, j. b. Floyd. The unknown
heirs of Hiram Mullins, s. w. Nevifi
and Same with NJ. Wilson & Co., War
rem Anderson; the unknown heirs of
James Brown; the unknown heirs of
Floyd Ellis, If..rris Hoyt; the unknown
heirs Of u. S. lIinchman, Jesse X. Ir-
win, Alvin Irwin; the unknown heirs
of Joseph Mcdonald, X. w. McCul-..
Tough; the unknown heirs of John Per-
ry,. Pittsburgh National Bank of Com
merce, John Rogers, James A. Spratt,
G. +. Thomas; the unknown heirs of
John Chafin,5 Vim. G. and ii. II. Ban
croft, Stuart Wood, J. b. Brumley the.
unknown heirs of w. a. Dempsey; the
unknown heirs of Andrew Dempsey:
the unknown heirs of Jacob Marcums
the unknown heirs of james Mead; the
unknown heirs of Alexander Runyan,
$. s. yinson, +. NJ. Vinson; the I'M
known heirs of Joseph Blair; the, un-
known heirs of NJ. A. Cartright; the
unknown heirs Of Lewis Dempsey, ST.,
Mark b. Duncan the unknown heirs
Of Jacob MarcHm, Jr.; the unknown
heirs of VIM. Mead, VIM, Il. Mead /: the
unknown heirs of James Mead, ST.,
j. ID. Sergeant; the unknown heirs Of
VIM. Mounts; the unknown heirs of
Anthony Lawson; the unknown heirs
Of A. j. Mullins, Louden Bailey; the
unknown heirs Of VIM. Smith, (Craw-
ley) Spratt, j. and l.. Lichenette; the
unknown heirs Of A. r. Thompson; the
unknown heirs of Avis Maynard; the
unknown heirs Of Malchi Station, w. J..
Williamson, the unknown heirs of
Asberry Hurley, Up. Christian, Isaac
Boliyer; the unknown heirs Of w. IA /.
Dempsey, Mark Dempsey; the unknown
heirs of Samuel Rnnyan, Edward
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-09
Our Southern RiYal.


1t does not seem likely that the
United StateszwiA much longer
remain the Mecca of all emigrants
and the only great foreign field
for the profitable investment of
European capital, since on the
other side of the equator, at the
Southern end Of this Continent,
there is a country which is attract
ing much of the surplus wealth
and population which long came
to these shores alone. The mar
yelous development of the Argen-
tine Republic continues, and its
story would be a wonder to. us,
were not our history composed OF
such things.
- The Government of the Argen-
tine Republic is largely a copy OF
our own, and its people are dis
posed to be very friendly with us,
bit it is painful to an Americans
pride to state that the two great
est countries of this continent are
almost strangers to. each other.
For everything it wants not pro-
duced in its own land, the Argen-
tine nation goes to England, and
never comes to the United States
repealed from our ports by the
heavy duties which render ex-
change with us without profit
Americans wishing to visit the
Plate region find it best to 90 by
the way of England, and oul
small trade in that country must
be transacted through the London
banks, leaving a profit imthe hands
of the English money-changers.
Buenos Ayres is expendine
twenty millions dollars on its
ports and the largest ocean steam
ers, which We're formerly forced
to anchor twelve miles away, can
now load and unload at the city's
margin ain twenty-five feet oil
water. Last year 10000 steam
vessels, aggregating 100000 tons
entered the ports of the. Argen-
tine Republic, yet among them
there was not one merchant vessel
flying the flag of the United
States, ECourier.Journal