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sEArrLE's SEDUCTION CASE.
wicked wickersham on Trial for the Ruiz
Of Miss Sadie Brantner.

w
Of Miss Sadie Brsntnsr.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10. Specisl.-Sadie
Brantner, for whose ruin James Wicker
sham, probate Judge of Pierce county,is on
trial here. occupied the stand in court to-
day. She told the story of her seduction
by Wickersham. She says he brought
her here in October, 1887, and stayed with
her in the Eureka lodging house from
Saturday night till Monday when they
went back to Tacoma and aRein in short
time after they went to Olympia where
they remained three or four days. Then they
came to Seattle again and then back
to Tacoma. Miss Brantner directly
charges Drs. Miller and Brown, rracticing
pbysicians at Tacoma with having per-
formed I'm operation for abortion on her
last May. Miss Brantner was on the stand
from, 9:20 A. M until $40 Tonight when
the court adjourned till tomorrow. She
finished her direct examination only.
She narrated in detail every circum-
stance of the alleged criminal intimacy
between herself and Wickersham and
told apparently plain, unvarnished
tale. The c.sse ia exciting great interest
| in seattle and Tacoma and 10 fact all
over the sound, and it promises TO last
snArrLE. Feb. 70 The Women
Christian Temperance JJnion to.
Of Seattle 70 turn out 10
force and attend the wickersham trial
The idea is to support the young sir
whose xr0ng 10 sought 70 he vindicAtec
by legal proceedinss oy thei'
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domestic purposes; also ono from the
California legislature on Chinese in,niRra-

0Omeetlc purp0seej also ono from the
California legislature on Chinese Ia, niRra-
tion.
The committee on public lands reported
the senate hill for the relief Of settlers In
Hettinger county, Dakota, and II was
passed.
The bill Authorisss an exchange OF laHds
On which homestead settlements were
made by mistake for other public hands
with the Northern Pacific railway,
Stewsrt offered resolution thsk was re.
feered TO the Conmittse on oontiugeut ex.
penses, continuing the select committee
on Pacific railroads until the iade6tedness
of all the comPsnies TO the government
shall De adjusted and inetsvctiog the COM
mittee 70 exsmine personally, during the
recess Of coegress. che roads Of the com.
psaies aud the couatry through which
they pass, for the psrpose Of ascertaining
the ability OF the companies to pay such
i~debtedsess, and how II can be 90 ad-
josted ss to advance the development Of
the couatry THROUGH which the roads psss,
and at the same time to 'dfer to the in-
habitaRts reasonable fares and freight
rates.
The senate resu med coesideratiou of the
sunlrv civil anpronriatien bill.
AN amendwents reported from the com
mittee having been acted upon, the senate
took up the amendment TO the printing OF
government work by steam plate printing
machines In the buresu of enRravie0 and
printing which had been reserved from
Yesterday. The amendment allows az a
royal for the use OF machines OF fifty cents
per one Thousand Impressions instead OF
one cent, as provided oy the mousse snd
strikes oTt the provlso OF the btli on that
subject and substitutes for II the folscw'
ing: And unless patentees OF said steam
presses shall accept the rate per thousand
sheets herein, provided said presses sdall
not be need by tue government utter the
close Of the present fiscal year, provided
there shall not oe an increase OF the mum
bers st steam. plate, printing, machines. OF
character now employed In the engraving
and printing bureau. 49,,
long discussion ensued which was In.
terrupted by the presentation by ftatt OF
the conference report on the bill for the
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THE SLIPPERY aEATHEN.

Another Method Of Buying His Way
Into the U. y.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 10. Special. The
steamer Walla Waila brought down ten
Chinese passengers from Port Townsend.
They all want to land on the ground of
having come frou, domestic port,
although the preliminary examination
brought out the fact that
all employed IA cooks at Port Townsend
for seven years. they were unable TO spsak
word OF English and could not describe
the port which they had departed from.
They hold certificates from customs Off.
cials at Port Townsend showing that they
boarded the steamer at that o Mt.
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ective fiue, and getting beyond control
spread TO adjoining buildings. Several
buildings were blown up in an attempt to
check the progress OF the flames, but Of no
avail. The loss 10 estimated between
1900, 900 and 100000 The bridge re-
Gently built BY the county at - cost of &c.
600 was also destroyed.
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sENsl HLE SIR HARRY.
The New Zssland Premier Pats 10 Pre-
oisely and Properly

Tno new Looboo0 Rromlor Pueo le Pro-
oissiy asd Properly
SAN Francisco. Feb. 10, Special. die
cussion OF the Samoan question in New
Zealand and Australia has shown that the
p, ess uniformly supports the action of the
United States aovsrnment In appropriat-
ing money 10 protecA Its interests and dec.
laration 10 made that in case Of serious
trouble between America and Germany
over the island, the sympathy of the colo
nies would he with the former. No
matter what position England a..
sumed. Speaking at q public ban.
quet at Wilmington, the capital OF
New Zealand. January %. Sir Henry At.
kinson. premier Of tnat colony, said: ~
rejoice TO look forward to the great union
of ell English speaking races throughout
the world and venture TO say that whether
in the course Of time, England or America
is to be the center, will depend upon our
English statesman. II this is not to be
the case then we must center in the great
nation of America.
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Tho stat. Temperance Alliance.

ALBANY, Feb 2O.-The annual meeting
of the State Temperance Alliance convened
at the w. c. 7. U. hall in this city at 2:2O
this afternoon large attendance being
present. In the evening addresses were
delivered by Mrs. Narcessa Waite Kenny
and Rev. A. Leroy of Astoria.
The Alliance will continue in
session tomorrow and Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
Bsyard on k1ein-LHnd Entry Changes
The Pacific Railways.

The Pacific Railways.
WAsHrsGTON. Feb. 20.-The president
has signed the Nicaraguan canal bill.
The president reception this afternoon
was attended by over 300 persons, mostly
ladies. He looked we'll and seemed in ex-
cellent spirits.
Phelps, United States minister to Eng
land, called at the White House and had
an interview with the president to-day.
Secretary Bayard was to-day shown an
associated press dispatch from Berlin. in
which it was stated the Cologne Gazette
says Germany will demand of the Uuited
State government the arrest and punish
meat of Klein. the American correspon-
dent. The secretary said 1t was the first
he had heard of it. He added he did not
know of klein's existence until informed
of it by the Germans, and said he had for
warded all correspondence received by
him in regard to Klein to the senate COM
mittee on foreign relations. No informa-
has been received at the state department
since the date of the presidents last mes.
sage te congress on that subject.
The house committee on agriculture de.
cided to report adversely on bills intro.
duced last session to punish dealings in
futures In agricultural products and TO
prohibit fictitious and gambling trsnsac.
tions In the price Of articles produced by
American farm industry on the ground
that congress has no Jurisdiction over the
matter.
The senate committee on public lands
to-day considered bills providing that pub.
lie lands now subject to private entry
shall in the future be disposed OF only
under the provisions Of homestead Law. II
was decided to recommend concurrence in
the house amendments and agree to the
conference asked for BY the house.
The senate committee on the president's
message relating 10 the Union and Cen.
tral Pacific railroads held meeting to-
day, and decided to ask that the Union
Pacific funding bill which has been on the
senate calendar all this session as special
order, be re.committed to the committee.
This action precludes the possibility of ac-
complishing any Legislation on the sub
ject this session.
The decision 10 the court OF claims Civ
ing Judgment of 81 .0O2, ,5l7 in favor OF the
| Central Pacific Railroad Company 10 Its
suit q ,ainst the United States was the ad
| justments Of the accounts based on pre-
vious decision Of the supreme court. The
| Judgment represents amounts due the
f! company for government Transportation
! over its non.aided roads, and also ths
amounts OF certain payments by the com
pany iL axcess of that required by tn,
Thurman act.
| Eugene ,. Carrsow. formerly Of Missou
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Senate.

WARRINGTON. Feb. M.-AmonQ the ex.
ecutive documents presented to-day was
one from the department of labor. with n
special report OF statistics on marriage and
divorce in the several states.
Among the mrmorials presented and ~.
fesred was one from the Nevada legisls-
tuse asking for suspension for suits against
mining corporations xnd Individual
miners for cutting timber from govern.
slest Land for Rrewood for mining and
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Killed by a Coal Car,

SEATTLE. Feb. 20, Special.-David II.
Jones, miner, Was killed at Franklin
Yesterday afternoon. He was showing
coal car up an incline when another car
laden with lumber was let down the same
thrown under and fatally wounded about
the head He was removed 10 his home
and during the night died.
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Another Opium Seizure.

SAN Francisco. Feb. 10. Special
Customs officers searched the steamer
Walla Wsila, from Port Townsend, tnis
morning and found twelve tins of CONTRA
band opium. Patrick Connolly, the ~.
ed smuggling,
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OIsen,s Murderer Cool.

PORTLAND. Feb. 10, Special. The cor.
oner's jury in the case Of Charles Olsen re.
turned a verdict to-day that the deceased
came to his death from pistol shot fred
by Francisco Jachetta, alias Frank Gaget.
Jachetta will have preliminary examina.
tion in the police court tomorrow. He
takes the situation very coolly.
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Secret Service Detective Dies.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. Special.-Col-
onel Henry Fipnegass, ex-detective Of the
secret service department Of the United
States and the fret person appointed to
the Office of secret service detective on this
coast, which position he held for eighteen
years, died at his home this afternoon of q
complication OF diseases. He was menu
Der of Garfield poet G. A. r. and was "a
veAre of ARA
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Another One of Them Da.a hi.

VIRGINIA., New, Feb. 20, Special =
Tricksey Davenport committed suicide in
bagnio this morning by inhaling chlori-
form. She arrived here last month from
Washington territory, was l9 years of see,
aud native of Missouri.
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presence to counteract a. far - possible
the influence Of the crowd which 10
always attracted TO such trials.
examination during nearly the entire day,
and ground covered by yesterday's exan-
ination wss pretty thoroughly reviewed.
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A County Com,nissioner Killed.

VANCOUVER, w. T., Feb. 10, Special -
Bell Of Cedar Creek, while working in his
saw mill, was instantly killed by the
breaking of pulley. The funeral topk
place Sunday and was largely attended.
The deceased was for the last four years
one of the county commissioners of Clark
county. He was energetic, enterprising,
and was mainly instrumental in settling
the northern part Of the county. He came
TO this coast from Wisconsin after having
gone through the late war as an officer.
He leaves wife and three children.
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IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
Affecting Mining ON Agricultural Land,
Patented to the Central Pacific.

Patented to the Central Pacific.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 19.-Iu the case
OF Care Va. Best in the supreme court of
California 1t was decided when the gov.
ernment had patented lands to the Central
Pacific with the understanding they were
agricultural lands the said railroad coulc
not afterwards be dispossessed by persons
settling upon mining claims thereon, even
should the landa prove to .e mineral
unless there was u reservation of mineral
lands other than the general one by the
govern ment
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A DeseruCsIvc Flve.

SANTA Rosa. Cal. Feb 20, Special
The town Of Gumsvills WAS almost en-.
tire!y destroyed BY hre to-day. All the
business portion of tho tewn was burned
-; the ground With the exception Of few
YesidsnceA. The Gre aiASted from = de-
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lDo M. sussr A.y Longer,

day, and the hrAt stases OF oOnsum ptiou brok-
en- In = week, ws hereby guarantees DR.. AckSrs
refund tAe money 70 all who buy, take u o.
l,eT direction, and de- not 6ud eur Nstem eHt
COsrtce, ChNe. McNAb.
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Terrible.

Two-tniris of all deaths in New York city
same proportion holda for noat Oeheg cltiec
Delay. are danxeroue. DR.. .Acker's EngiiSn
end saSy aave year Me. ChaH AsNae.
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SALEM'S SOLONS.
Grist Of Oregon's Legislative
Bills and Legerdemain.
THE wICKERsHAM ;WICKEDNEss.
Seattls wosaen ExcitsA-Ths Christian
Uaaea TO Bsck Miss. Brantns~.

SALRx, Or. Feb. 90, Special.-The
house this morning Passed Dawson's bill,
Increasing the nunber Of railroad com.
missioners from two 10 three ever the veto
Of Governor Pennoyer. As the senate did
the same thing yesterday the bill now be-
comes O law.
Republican members Caccused tonight
and nominated .. p. Faul of Baker City,
George W. Colville Of Douglas county and
Robert P. Glow OF Polk county to be COM
missioners. Glow is democrat, the Law
requiring that only twoof the commission
ers shall be Of the same political faith. Tue
caucus also made the following nomination
Fish commissioners, present incum beuts,
+. C. Reed. e. p. Thompson, r. G. Camp
hell; pilot commissioners, J. A. Brown,
L. Wilson. A. Montgomery; state food in
spector, II. X. Warren.
The senate to day passed the house bill
granting the Columbia Street Bridge
Company franchise to build bridge be-
tween Portland and East Portland and
Tongues compulsory education bill. To.
night 1t passed Representative Northup's 9
bin ccnso lidating Portland, East Portland
and Albina With the amendment exempt.
ing the water bonds from tax.
alton. This is the very ground
on which Governor Pennoyer has
twice this year and once before
VeUOeu Jne DfH allowing Tue rOftiduu Watef
commission to issue bonds and introduce
pure water. The consolidation question
is left to che vote ofthe people.
The senate spent great deal of time
tonight discussing the bill to revise taxa.
tion lsws. Nothing was done, however,
the subject being left to the committee Of
Eve holdover senators with Instructions 10
report to the next session Of the legisla.
ture.
MiLU1oN AND a QUART EK WANTED
To Run che State or Oregon For Two
Years.
SALEM, Feb. 20, Special.--The joint
ways and means committee of both houses
reported the general appropriation bill to.
day calling for nearly 81, $50 600 to defray
the running expenses of the state for the
next two years. II Is one of the largest
appropriations ever asked for in the his
tory Of the state. The present legislature
has appropriated over 100000 OF
which over 800, 900 was for building roads
In various parts of the state. The passage
of those road bills was the result of the
concession made by the Multonomah dele
uates to pass the bill authorizing the
Portland water committee to issue 81 .500,-
600 Of non.taxable bonds to introduce Bull
Run water. II was case OF "You tickle
me and II tickle you."
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Lugene J. Carrsow. formerly Of Nilsson.
ri, was admitted 10 the Spokane Falls bar
yesterday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

doctor, give me suggestion as to
the best way to stand this hot weather"
Well replied a prominent physi-
elan, there are n few simple things to
remember I'll tell You how / do it.
In the first place I get plenty of sleep
| do this by eating light supper, with
ont coffee and with very little fluid of
any sort. and but mouthful of beef
steak. My DAYS work ends with the
day, and after sunset | Just sit around
without my coat and vest. About 9
o'clock ] slip quietly into my bathroom
and soak myself ten or fifteen minutes
in bathtub of cold water. Without
drying myself ! draw on my sleeping
garment and 20 to bed. My tcmpera-
ture has been reduced, and my pulse
has slowed M. This condition is pre-
served by the evaporation which goes
on for half i'm hour or more, during
which | 90 to sleep. Try it. Now, for
the day time. | eat a moderate break
fast. with but little hot coffee or tea.
| avoid the butter and anything else
very greasy. | eat my ill of bread,
toast. tomatoes. cold milk, etc, with a
small piece of lean, rare steak. | do
not smoke, nor drink anything alco-
holic. | occasionally take glass of
some aerated water, like vichy or self
zer wear light clothes and but few
of them, and am not ashamed to carry
an umbrella. The result is that ] suf-
fer as little from the heat rs is possible
during this sultry weather. "-LOHis-
y;IIg Past
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

An elderly griXZIed man sat ON th>
string Of Il wharf below CocntieS slip
the other evening Just as it vas grow
ing dark, and gazcd i'll a melancholy
sort of way over the several acres of
canal boats living in that part Of the
East river. says the New York Mail
GIld Express.
Things is gettin' wuss and wuss
here all the time he remarked at last
to a companion.
How is that - inquired the listener.
How? How enuff," was the 9ruif
response. Hey We seen a fight round
here fer more'n a week? OF course We
amt ! amt seed but one in morcn a
month, and that wuznt good one. |
kin remember wen we ulster have 'em
every might've or three of 'em
Yes, sir; b'gosh, an they wuz good
ones, too.
But there amt no more fun round
here any more. There amt nothin'.
Why. if YOU listen YOU can't hear n
sound on any of them boats; nary a
sound. Wy, | kin remember a few
Years ago, wen YOU could hear fifty
'cordeens Goin' on them boats. Every
canaler that wuZnt a fighter had n
'cordeen or a poll parrot, and eff you
didt care for hghtin', why, You could
have dance on the dock or some of
the boats, while the cap'n played on the
'cordeen. Similarly, if you wanted
hghtin', Yer could have oceans Of it.
But there amt no more of H." con
tiuucd the veteran, with Il sigh. There
amt no tightin', there amt no parrots.
there amt no 'cordccns nor dancin',
there amt no fun. there amt 10 moth
in. and b'sosh, think Ill give up the
huh thing an go to drivin' truck
With this the old man struck his
pipe so viciously against the string
piece that the head of it broke off and
fell into the water, after which the
veteran plunged into n deep and de-
iected silence as he meditated ON the
DAYS that are not any more.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

The location is excellent, the table uurA
ceptOnable. and the people charming. But
those who come for a short time cannot
now expect such good lUck. BY the time
this is in print the city will he 80 full that it
will have to be taken to the station house.
Speaking of hours for returning to one ;
lodgings, | know that | hurt myself at the
hotel where | first stopped by getting in
the first evening at 1890 o'clock. The con-
ciergC was II Violet-eyed French girl. She
gave TIE the key and the One-franc candle
with which Intensified the gloom Of my
ID width boys size rootl. She looked at me
rcproachtully. She was panied to see a
man with such noble micn and such q
scope Of brow go to bed at 1880 at night.
She mentioned it in puro English to me
and | could see that | had lost Aood
friend. | could only promise her that it
should not occur again. | did so. and now
whichever am tempted to retire early |
can sec those blue reprOachful eyes again,
and my solemn promise mad" TO thHt sim
pie, gentle girl while the hot candle grease
ran down over my arm comes back to me,
and | smother the wish and scorn the
temptation.
will now pause in my literary career to
go and get shaved again What like about
the French barber is this: it you do II OF
like his lathcr YOU can spit il ont.
+. s. Before mailing this ! learn that the
beautiful Algerian girls who dance the
stomach dance or gastric calisthencs re-
erred to above are natives OF Paris and
tive on tho Rue de finE tum.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
A Ride Across Europe.

A correspondent in Paris sends m,
an interesting account Of Lieutenant
Asseycff's ride from Lubni, in Poltava,
to the Paris Exhibition. He is only :.
years old When he determined to 90
to Paris lie followed the Gar Nicholas
method of laying ont route, with a
difference. He did not use n ruler: ho
took n thread, and, stretching it across
the map from Imlni 10 Paris, marked
off his route in straight line. Then
he started on horseback alone. Lieut.
Asseyeif rode one horse and led an
other. on the Turcoman system, riding
each horse on alternate DAYS. One
stecd was half-Erglish and halfDon
Cossack the other was Of pure Rus
sian breed. He rode on an average II
little over fifty miles day, and COW
cred the whole distance in thirty DAYS
The cost of riding across Europe with
a couple of saddle-horses was only
E30, Of about twenty smllmGs day
If it can he done rs cheap as this,
equestrian tours will become common.
- Pan NAN ia. rite
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

allowed to pay taxes and vote the Pro
hibition ticket. while the ruling ele-
tnent holds office and runs the saloons.
Being in d prohibition State, Dubuque
has only 23S saloons. which are open
every day and Sunday. They have been
going to be closed up. next year" since
1880.
The principal industries are lead
mining, loating on the levee, joining
secret societies, running for Office, and
lead mining. Lead was discovered
years ago, and, although the mines
have pctered out, mining still goes on.
A large number of men prospect six
months every year and talk about it
the remaining six months. This gives
their wives a good excuse to take in
washing.
Dubuque has handsome opera
house and is lively show town. Mile.
Cora Bellies European Novelty Com
pany comes four times year, one min
strel troupe every month is warmly
Welcomed and last year there were
two performances OF Uncle Toms
Cabin" When there is nothing else
on the boards the amateurs play The
Colleen Bawn."
Dubuque is noted for pretty girls;