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, 1889-07-18
THE NATIONS WARDS.
Major Gwydir Turns over the Indian
Agency to Hal. j. Colo.

Special Indian Agent II. S. Welton of
Washington, d. c., Major Il. D. Ciwydir,
late Indian agent, and Mr.. Hal ]. Cole,
his successor, returned to tho city
yesterday from Fort Spokane, where the
agency was formerly turned over to Mr..
Cole. The new appointee and the
special agent made Il thorough inspect
Jon of the books and the government
property at the agency, and found every
thing in a very satisfactory condit ton.
Mr.. Cole assumed control of the affairs
Of the agency just like an old
hand at the business, and gave
the impression that he will have
no difficulty IN handling the important
charge to the entire satisfaction OF all
who may be,iDtcrested. Major Gwydir
and Agent Welton will leave shortly for
Washington city, to complete the settle
mcnt with the department, after which
the major will visit his old home in
Kentucky. and will then return TO Spo-
kane Falls, where he will engage in
business. He has fulfilled his public
trust in an honorable, upright, straight
forward busincss.l Ike manner, and in
his socialrelatious has won the,respcct
and esteem of all the people, His'm many
friends in Spokane Falls are pleased to
know that he has decided to locate per.
manently in.this city,
, 1889-07-18
BOTH FOOLISH AND CoNTEMPT.
|. IRIyE.

! The CheneyrSentinel copies from the
advertising columns of the REVIEW the
announcement of the arrival and de-
Iparture of trains between Spokane Falls,
davenport and Medical Lake. Acting
upon the assumption that has seemed
to prevail ,aboutthe Sentinel establish
ment for the past two or three months,
FOR since the advent of a young veal
from the East as,its editor, the Sentinel
lsays: "IRtlYis announcement the RE-
lvIEw does not yknowthere is any such
Eplacc'as Cheney OfLcourse not, the
tREvIEw knows nothing, about the in
ktentions'of its advertising patrons, and
lif the Northern Pacific Railway COM
Spany shouldseesfit to,adxertise q sched-
Iule of trains between Minneapolis and
kthe coast, emitting Spokane Falls, the
Observation-Disclosures it andno sensible
IpersonwouIdl lobject.
h.SButothe Sentinel makes itself still
more'ridiculous by saying: eve have
noticed persistent effort on the part of
the Spokane Falls papers, for the past
year,never TO mention Cheney if it could
lbe.avoided. The only time this place
hasrbeeh, recognized by the press of Spo.
,kane Falls is just previous to an cleo
,tion. Very likely, about the commence
ment of the fall campaign, there will be
some very flattering notices of the
rapid building.up and Improvements
lin Cheney, since the fire."
In plain English, this is q
lie. During thepast six months the RE-
VIEW has twice sent special CORE
,spondent to Cheney with instructions 10
write u complete description of the town
and show its improvements and pro.
(gress, without asking dollar in return,
and this was done, In addition to this
the REVIEW has kept a regular CORE
tspondent at Cheney, who has written
several long letters about the progress
and prospects of the town. Further
every man who could he seen in this city
by REVIEW reporters has been ques
toned, particularly since the unfortu'
nate fire, with reference to rebuilding
md all the Improvements that could
be heard of have been mentioned il
these columns, and, moreover the RE-
view has culled from the columns oi
the Sentinel every week, as it does all il:
Washington exch angcs, and every item
of news in it tending TO show the pros
'pority of the town and country has been
either copied In full or the substance oi
1T given. Therefore the veal could not
have noticed a persistent effort on the
part of this paper "never to mention
Cheney if it could be avoided. >
Common sense teaches that thi'
would be bad business pol
icy, if not exceedingly childish and
altogether foolish, for there is no more
rivalry and no more cause of envy OF
jealousy between Spokane Falls and
Cheney than there is between Liverpool
and NyildsG Goose Bills postotlice, while
lonthe, other hand there is every reason
why the utmosts Friendship and business
cordially should prevail between the
metropolis and its thrifty neighbor.
Such feeling docs prevail among the
people, and the. Efforts Of the Sentinel 70
stir up strife between them are regarded
tsitheontempt~
, 1889-07-18
A PLEA FOR THE CAPITAL.

The REVIEW is in receipt of an ele.
gantly printed and well-writtcn pamph-
let entitled: "The Capital of Washing
ton-Reasons for Its Location at Yaki-
ma" This pamphlet is written in a
spirit of fairness and makes a strong
showing in favor of the claim it espouses.
1t contains map displaying Yakima's
central location and showing also the
remarkable typographical fact that all
ofthelpasses through the imo,ntsins, by
which Eastern and Western Washing
ton are connected, converge at that
point. thus making thcplace ofnecessity
a railroad center If these passes are ever
used for that class of thoroughfarcs, and
they undoubtedly will be. II is,pcrhaps
not generally known that a line drawn
by a scale rule from the Idaho line on
the east to the Pacific on the west shows
North YAKIMA to be the exact center to
mile. In other words, II Is thus shown
that from Yakima to the Idaho
line the distance Is just l64 miles and
that from Yakima to the ocean the dis
laDNN Is lltNlStly lllt pul dIltT
all, the matter of few miles is but a
trifling matter and Yakima must base
its claim for capital honors on more sub
stantial grounds than this. The fact
that it occupies a commanding point
with reference to the great mountain
gateways, making IL thus accessible
from all points, is much stronger
ground than exactness of distance be-
tween east and west. In this particular
Yakima has a decided advantage.
The pamphlet just issued by the Yak
ina people is made up largely of ex-
tracts from the press of the territory. It
is a noticeable feature of these extracts
that they fairly represent the press of
the territory, and that from the Argus
of Port Townsend and the Ledger of Ia
coma on the west side, the Vancouver
papers ON the south, the Spanglc Record
and other papers on the east and
the Colville Miner on tho north, the
unanimous voice is for Yakima. These
extracts present the views of their vari-
Gus sections and make truly strong
showing for the central city of the plains,
where rolls the Yakima, and where the
Yakima and Vancouver or Southern
Pacific will cross the Northern Pacific
on its way to Spokane Falls, and where
the Union Pacific extension from Uma-
tilla to Tacoma will intersect the latter,
and where other prospective lines will
converge if they ever choose to avail
themselves of the Natchez pass, the
Cowlitz pass, the Stampede and the
snoqualme. Thisis subject worthy
Of consideration at this time especially
when presented in courteous and gen.
teel phraseology, and in succinc. and
logical argument as in this neat PAM
phlet
, 1889-07-18
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Trade Somewhat Inactive During the
Past Week.

The extreme heat of the past few days
has made trade somewhat light and in
active, and the wholesalers and retailers
have not had quite as busy a time as
during preceding weeks. The dealers,
however, are glad of u chance to get
away from their business for n
few days recreation, and num-
Der are taking advantage of the present
lull in the market and arc enjoying an
outing ut the lakes. The commission
merchants have been doing rushing
business in small fruits. White grapes
have made their advent in the market,
while cherries have disappe ared en-.
plums arc plentiful, and arc selling very
low. Wheat is coming in from local
points slowly. Hay and feed command
high prices and IL Is almost impossible
to supply the trade.
The market quotations are corrected
every Thursday morning by NJ. ID. Dob
son q Co., Wholesale commission mcr-
chants, at No. Howard street
Wheat is very cheap at present; the
mills are paying SOC per bushe for it.
Bniled timothy retails at SIS per ton,
wild hay ats Sl2 and oats hay at SIG.
Butchers are paying 81 to 4 cents per
pound for stall-icd beeves on foot; for
dressed pork, to cents; and dressed
mutton, cents per pound. Beef retails
from to 20 cents per pound choiee
cuts, 10 to % cents; pork, l?H TO ID
cents; mutton and veal, choice cuts, l2iI
to 20 cents.
Dressed chickens, 75c apiece,
Live chicksns, SOC apiece.
The fish market Is very active. Trout
and salmon are in great demand, hut
perch, cod, founders and sea.bass lind q
ready sale. The prices range from l2lac
to 20c per pound.
Lard, 5lb cans, 75c; cheese, Ohio
cream 2Oc; York state cream, 25c per
pound.
Flour, per barrel, SO 90 to 81 90
Oatmeal, &c to 6c.
Potatoes, 81 10 to 50 per 100 pounds.
Cabbage, &c to 4c per pound.
Turnips S1.50per foo pounds.
Parsnips 81 to $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Apples, Sl.25 to 81 per box.
Salt, common, Sl,S5 per 100 pounds
dairy 81.
Green coffee, 25 to 80 cents; roasted
coffee, 25 TO 40 cents.
Sugar, granulatcd, 10 to II cents pci
pound; extra c, 0 to 10 cents.
Butter, creamery, 20 to 10 cents per
pound; dairy undIranch, ls to % cents,
Smoked bacon, packing house brands
l2H to IA cents: breakfast bacon, II &c
| ~ cents; hams, 16 to IL cents; home
sugar-vured hams. 1a cents.
California canned goods, $3.50 to So pct
case of two dozen,
! Crackers, to 10 cents.
| Syrups, 10 cents to 81 per gal.
Maple syrup, Slips 10 81 Is per gallon.
Evaporated peaches, IL cents; sun.
dried 12ls cents.
Evaporatcd apples, l2ia to II cents.
| Dried blackborries, l2lS cents; rnsp-
berries, 10 cents; currnhts, 1919 cents.
Prnncs, 10 cents; Italian prunes, ID
cents; French, II cent !. ~
Rice ~ ssnts.
, 1889-07-18
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LIBERALIZED LAND RULING.

The general land office has heretofore
been very stringent in its rulings upon
applications of homestead claimants to
amend their entries to other land than
that applied for 1t has in fact almost
eflectually barred the door against such
applications. In some cases great in.
justice has resulted from harsh rulings
upon the subject in the force of peculiar
circumstances calling for the exercise of
leniency and reason. In some cases
homeseekers have applied for land after
looking 1t over when II was covered with
snow, for instance, and afterward learned
that tho land was utterly worthless for
agricultural purposes. In other cases
entries have been made in expectation
that large irrigating ditch was to be
constructed as proposed, which propo.
sition aftcrward failed. In other cases
-thc cntryman has.inilcd TO obtain water,
after expensive effort In that directions
and on this account has been unable to
live on the land. A vast number
circumstances have arisen in different
parts of the public country land upon
which applications for relief have been
based, but in a majority of cases tho
commissioner Office has decided
against the applicant and denied him
the right to make second entry. The
secretary of the interior is reversing
some Of these decisions and deciding in
flavor OF the applicants. In the case OF
= L',l a,.s,l
Nebraska, II was.set forth that the ap-
plicant placed valuable improvements
upon the land embraced in his entry,
but upon digging well the water was
found to be poisonous and that no water
could be found in that section that could
be used by man. or beast. The commits
sioner nevertheless denied the applica-
ion of Davis for a new entry.
The.seoretary has reversed this ruling
and decided that u new entry
should be alloweds under such circum.
stances. In maliingthis ruling the sec.
retary says: This entryman by his
expenditureiupon the land embraced in
his originapentry and By his efforts tc
established home there, has sufficiently
shown his coed faith in making that en-
htry. The cause he now assigns for hi,
inability to live upon the track
then selected is one that was
tnot apparent upon the face of the
land and could not be ascertained even
after careful examination of the land fol
| the purpose. of determining its fitness fol
"A home and farm. am Of the opinion
that one who has made an entry for land
which is unfit for home and farming
purposes because of the water to he OBJ.
tained on said tract being unfit for use
by reason ofits poisonous qualities, tina,
being fact that in the nature of thing:
tcould not be by ordinary diligence ascer
tained prior to entry should notin just
ice. be held TO have thereby exhausted
his homestead rights
, 1889-07-18
PORTLAND PICKUPs
Trial of Olds for Murder--The Law IL
Constitutional.

PoR1LAND, or, July 16.--Thc second
trial OF Sandy Olds for the
murder of Emil Wcbbcr began this
morning The whole day was devoted
to securing jury. When the court ad-
journed this evening seventy talcsmen
bad been examined aud only three jurors
obtained. Tho principal cause of chal-
lougO was bias caused by recent strict
urcs of the Orcgonian upon the police
force and it, intimacy with Olds,
Peter BOYD, the young man injured
in the railroad accident last Friday
afternoon, died this evening,
In dismissng the libel of pilot Thomas
F. Neil VS.. the ship BurroWdule, United
States Judge Deadly held that tho pilot.
age and towagc law passed by the last
legislature is constitutional. The com
plant that the law was unconstitutional
was based on a flaw in the title.
The clearing house commenced bust
ness here yesterday. The clcuranccs
tamountcd 10 $i6l, ,sio,7s. Ten bank,
ransnct business through the clearing
house.
, 1889-07-18
to help Ellensburg in the hourof dis
.tress. Such conduct is chiyalrousiand.
worthy of praise.
BUNcoMpE An oLYMpIA,

From distance 1t looks n little as
though some of the members,of the con-,
stitational convention were posing for
political effect. II Is well forpublic men
as well as the public to be thoroughly
alive TO the evils,of modern trusts and
combinations of wealth, but it,is'to bc
hoped that the constitutional conven-
ton will not be made.the instrumental
ity for loud talk and individual boom
ing on this subject. Neither should the
constitution itself be made to attempt
too much in dealing with this evil. No
doubt ambitious politicians, If any such
are members of the convention, will en-
deavor to gain party or individualad-
vantage by putting forward radical pro
visions against corporations and trusts
and thus ii will be made difficult for
members of cool Judgment to in
sist upon modification without in
curing the suspicion of be-
II is to be regretted that this state of af-
fairs exists, If 1t in reality does, for
while the future state should have the
most ample power reserved for the exer-
else of control over corporations and
trusts, it will serve no good purpose to
ongraft in the constitution any radical
measures on this or any other subject.
| The constitution of a state should not be
made for to-day or tomorrow, but for al
time. Nearly all of the state constitu'
tions display moro or less the political
issues that were prominent at the times
of their adoption. Those for instance
that were adopted when tho slavery
question was being discussed undertook
to formulate doctrines and regulations
with reference to people with colored
faces. These provisions now appear very
ridiculous. At the present moment
the questions presented by the existencc
of trusts and grasping coporations oc
cupy conspicuous place in public dis
cussions, and our constitutional conven
ton is liable to reveal this fact in man
nor that may in future years appear lu
dicrous. What the people who hav,
thought most deeply upon these ques
tions desire Is broad reservation o
power on the part of the state rathc
than an attempt in the constitution it
self to exercise such power
, 1889-07-18
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.
j. MCDONOUGH.

IL.
LAND OFFICE AT SPOKANE FALLS. VT
July 15, 1850.
NOTICE Is hereby given that tho following.
NAMED settler has He'd notice OF his intention n
Ia make hnai proof in support OF his claim,
anu mat aald proof Will be made before the
United states land Office at spokane Fails,
VIZ: ' "''
MARTIN J, McDoNoUGH
who made homestead entry No. 1850, for tho
se.i OF section %, township 25 N, OF range
a 4. W, NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
MS continuous residence upon and cultiya.
ton Of, said land, viz:
p William Ennis, George Stcinbach, Pctcr
ilonahne and Tom B. Warren, oi Spokane
Falls, W.. y.
., Any, person who desires to protest agains,
he.nllowanco OF such proof, ,'or who kilow,
oi any substantial reason, under the law ani
tho regulations OF the Interior Department I
why such proof should not be allowed. vii
nc given an opportunity at the above men
TONED time and plncc 10 cross -exumi No thf
Witnesses OF said claimant, and to ofier cvi
uencc Ill rcbuttai OF that submitted by claim,
HN'- j. NJ, ADAMS, Register
, 1889-07-18
wEEKHY EDITION.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United states Land ofhce. spkanc Fails, W.
T., May 20, 1850.
Eotlceis hereby giyon that in compliance
with the provisions of the act Of congress of
Juno 3, 1879, entitled "An net for the sale
ot timber lands in the states of California;
oregon, ana Nevada, Washington territory"
Geo, +. Edmiston, OF Spokane Falls. county
OF Spokane, state Tor territory OF Washing
ton, hos this day filed in this office his sworn
statement No. 40, for the purchase OF the
nw4 OF nwii OF sec No. II, IN township No.
"a rangc No. ~, and viii Offer proof to show
timber or stone than for agricultural pur.
POSES aud to establish his claim to. said
land before the register and receiver of this
ofiicc at Spokane Falls, W. H., ON tho 10th
dny OF october, 1850, at 1 P. NJ
lie names ms witnesses. Charles puhorr,
l.. H. Peters .Hansten Warnerr;. Harry a.
Coleman, ali OF Spokane Falls, W.T..
ANY and oil persons claiming adversely
the above described lands .nrc requested TO
file their claims. IN this oflcs on or befos
'"'' ]. NJ. ADAMS, Register.
, 1889-07-18
pEFYISG THE LAW.
A Unitod states OfYlcer Eoslsted by u
Body OF Armed Men.

PORTLAND, July i5.-lohn Murdeth.
aged 20 years, a hostler in the employ OF
l.. j. Jetfery, was thrown from IA horse
Sunday morning, injuring his spine and
causing paralysis of the legs and arms.
He seemed in fair way TO recover this
morning, but died this afternoon.
Frank Williams, proprietor of fruit
stand at the end ofthe motor line Oh the
bank of the Columbia river opposite
Vancouver, while throwing wood down
chute from trestle to the ferry in
cline this afternoon got outside the rail ing
and losing mis- balance fell twenty feet,
striking ON the incline and tumbling into
the river. A young woman waiting for
the ferry ran down and saw him rise to
the surface and then sink. 1t is supposed
he was disabled by striking the incline,
as he was II good swimmer The body
has not been recovered
Word has been received here that
Deputy United States Marshal Harper
of Baker City, who was sent out to serve
an alias execution on two settlers named
Sweitzer and Seward and eject them
from claims they are illegally holding,
was resisted by number Of men armed
with Winchester rifles who forced the
marshal to retire, The land belongs to
the heirs of DIR. Glenn of California; who
obtained judgment against the occupants
and elected them on CT, but they returned
Immediately, broke into the house and
took possession. Another suit was
brought in the United States court here,
and Judge Deadly issued a second oxecu-
tion which was given to Harper to carry
out, with the above result. Warrants
will be issued for the arrest of all the
parties concerned In resisting the pro-
cess of the law, ard United States Mar
shal Meyers will 20 after them, and ii
Clarendon hotel, Saratoga, and Delavan
, 1889-07-18
MURDER IN OREGON.
Woman and Child Murdered ana
the Husband Attacked.

EMrrRs CITY Or, July l5,--Mrs.
murdered on the farm of John Gilman,
near Coquille City, on Thursday night
and buried in II gulch, where they were
found to-day. Tie husband was work
ing up the river and returned home
Saturday. They were tenants of Gil
mans, who wanted them to leave, which
Gilman laid in wait on Saturday and at
tuckcd Eatcnhovcr OH his approach
me, but he escaped aud gave the
alarm which resulted in the discovery
to-day of the remains of his wife and
child and II roady-muclc grave for tho
husband. Gilman and wife were ar.
rested and may be lynchcd.
, 1889-07-18
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VICTIMS OF SHA RKS.

The Oaksdale Sun relates the details OF
a successful raid upon the farmers OF
the Lone Pine district with the ancient
note swindlc which has been exposed
thousands of times in the papers during
the past fifty years. The detectives eX-
plain numerous methods by which this
swindle is perpctuated. 1t can be done
upon the plan mentioned by the Sun,
but the method most commonly
employed is the use of blank
contract, so drawn and printed
as to read as a simple contract, but with
dividing space down through the cen
ter. BY carefully clipping the docu-
ment in two promissory note is OBJ
tanned with the genuine signature at
tached. Orange Judd's American Agri.
culturalist, as far back as 1870, printed
fac SMILES of these contracts nnd, warned
farmers not only to be careful what they
signed, but better still, to sign nothing
fthat may be presented by stranger
This warning has been repeated from
time 20 time in every newspaper in the
United Statessb but each recurring season
'the thieves bob up in some locality and
find ready victims. 1t is great mis-
fortune, for it oripples many an honest
farmer and defeats his plans for the i'm.
provement of his home. People in gen.
eral are not disposed to sympathizc
very deeply with the victims OF any of
the old confidence games that have been
so fully exposed that every man and
woman should be prepared 10 resist
them. But, inasmuch as there seems to
be no means Of preventing this species of
crime, by putting, honest people on their
guard against it, n law might be devised
forbiddiug the purchase of negotiable
paper without'first notifying tho parties
liable for its payment. This would re-
suit in some Inconvenience, but would
SUPPRESS one dangerous practice OF
tswindling.
, 1889-07-18
IDAHO CONVENTION.
stili Hammering Away at a Constitu-
tiOn--S pecchcs,

BOISE City, July 1G.-Thc constitu-
tionul convention to-day considered the
bill OF rights. King of Shoshone county
moved 20 strike out So much OF the see
tion upon liberty of conscience as spec
tally relates to polygamy, arguing that
liCcntiOuS practices are never defended
on religious grounds. The motion was
rejected without division, Ainslcc dem
ocrat) of Boise county offered mn ud-
ditional sentence, as follows: "Bigamy
and polygamy arc forever pro-
hibited IN this state. The
legislative assembly shall provide
by law for the punishment of such
crimes" Adopted ON motion of Clark
democrat, of Ada county. The section for
bidding compulsory payments for the
support of churches was amended by in-
scrting cor pay tithcs." The remainder
of the session was devoted to consider
alton ofthe section permittinga u verdict by
nine jurors out OF twelve. Eloquent Judge
Claggctt Gepublican) OF Shoshone
county, made magnificent speech in
favor OF the proposition. Colonel Reed
(domocraO Of Ncl porccs county op-
posed it with great effect. Without tax
ing vote the convention adjourned to
Wednesday morning Mrs, Duuiway,
by invitation, addressed the convention
oil woman suffrage this evening.
, 1889-07-18
NEWSPAPER MEN.
There are so Many OF Them Tha'
ThcY Stay at Home.

SAN ,FhANcrsco, Jnly 16-The Cali
forniu State Dental Association COM
menced its twentieth annual session at
the Palace hotel this morning. Dr. W..
Decrow presided,
A telegram yccciyed to-day states that
the Associated Press party, which was
expected to leave for the Pacific coast
this week has been postponed owing to
the fact that it was not possible TO ar
range for'so large u party. within the
the Western Associated Press occurs in
Detroit tomorrow, and 1t is probable
that an invitation will be telcgraphed
by the state board of trade, inviting
the members of the Western Associated
Press and New York Associated Press,
embracing every leading daily papcr in
the country to decide upon "a date and
visit the coast at any time in the future