, 1889-01-17

I
Louis Block to p. j. Gill. all his inter
est in Mountain Goat and North Sta
claims, Bald Mountain, Eagle district
SINKING OF THE TACOMA.
She Was Overloaded ami Went to tint
Bottom of KoOtensi Lake.
Following is an extract from q !ettel
brokers, from A. B. Henderson. ol
kootenai Lake, giving description OF th'
inSinv of the Tacoma in the lake:
1.-The Tacoma is no more. She has gone
TO Davey Jones' locker. She now lays al
the bottom of Kooteuai Lake. She we nj
down with q cargo Of steel, nails and
Gro bars. The cargo belonged to G. b
Wright & Co., and its lUss will be missed
very much in this camp, as the tools can.
! not be replaced this season. The sunken
boat lays about one and a half miles from
the west shore and opposite the mouth of
Coffee creek. three miles south of Warn
Springs. She went down under full sail
have seen but one man, u Frenchman,
that seemed to know anything about the
sinking of the boat and he was two miles
away at the time she went down. Soon
after she disappeared from sight he saw
two or three little specks bobbipg up and
down on the waves. He turned his boat
and after hard pull he saw that the little
dark specks were two men struggling in
the water and clinging to three little
boxes. Each man had box under his
arm and the third box between them. In
this way they managed tn keep their heads
above water. They were the men In
charge of the ill.fated vessel. The French
man said the boat was overloaded. While
cutting through heavy swell the
boat filed with water and sank"
A committee OF New York clergy men,
recently appointed to take some action
With reference to the observation OF tn Q
centennial celebration Of the iuaugurati on
Of Washington, has prepared an address
to the churches OF the country suggesting
April 30 next at 8 A. M. A copy has been
mailed to every minister in Spokane Falls,
and the request will no doubt DO complied
with, This 10 the address:
The undersigned, on behalf of q large
body Of clergymen Of this city, called to-
gether by the chairman of the executive
con mittee on the centennial celebration OF
the inauguration of George Washington
as president OF the United States, beg
leave to submit to the ministers and
churches of the United States the follow.
ihk ttuttuchb uuu oukkCebkou III iCGutu w
the religious observances appropriate to
the one hundredth anniversary Of the es.
tablishment of constitutional government
in our country.
FAITH or OUR FoREFATnERs.
1.-The 30,h of April. 1899, will be the
centenary of u most i'm portant event, the
beginning OF the free and happy govern
ment under which we live. Ihat begin
ripu tpua tnost uus nirinus IL Was fhp in
of George Washington AZ pres
ident of the United States. Naturally he
who was universally reco cognized as our
first soldier and first citizen. was unani-
mously chosen to he the first t. hold the
office of chief of state. He and the emf
nent men whom he drew around him gave
an Impress to our institutions and the pro-
ceedings under them which has never been
lost. II is difficult to estimate what we
owe to the 6rst administration of the gen.
ersl government. which ploughed its way
through an unknown sea and was exposed
to cross currents OF every kind, yet held
its course steadily to the end and opened a
pathway which has been followed by all it's
successors through the complete century.
This happy beginning was not an accident,
but due to causes which our fathers dis
tlnctIy recognized.
when the signers OF the declaration
of Independence mutually pledged to each
other their lives their fortunes and their
sacred honor in its support, it was, as they
are careful to say, with a firm reliance
upon the protection of Divine Provi-
dence.' In the address which General
Washington made at his Inauguration,
after speaking of his conflict OF emo tions
In accepting the Office, he said:
" 1T would be peculiarly improper to
omit in this first official act my fervent
supplication to that Almighty Being who
rules over the universe, who presides in
the councils of nations. and whose provi-
Dental aid can supply every human de-
to the liberties and happiness of the peo-
pile Of the Uuited States a government In.
stituted by themselves for these essential
and may enable every instru-
ment employed Ia its administration to ex.
ecute with SUCCESS the functions allotted
10 his charge.
WASHINGTON q PRAYER.
But even these weiehty words were
not enough to satisfy the first presidents
sense OF our dependence upon God. He
renewed the subject in the closing para.
graph;
timents ~ they have been awakened by
the occasion that brings us together. ]
shall take my present leave, but not with.
out resortine. once more to the benign
Parent of the human race In humble cup.
plicatiou that since He has been pleased
70 favor the American people with oppor.
tunities for celebrating 10 perfect tran.
guilty, and dispositions for deciding with
uuauimity on form OF gov.
srnment for the security Of their union and
the advancement Of their happiness. 10
His divine blessing may be equally con-
spicuous in the enlarged views, the ten.
perate consultation, and the wise meas.
uree on which the euccess of thia govern.