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OLYMPIA NEWS ITEMS.
and Appointments
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interpretations and Appointments-
The ". r. subsidy.
OLYMPIA, Wash, July 3-The cor
porations to-day we're Northwestern
Realty Exchange and Investment Com
pany, OF seattlo capital, $4,000. ST.
Paul & Spokane Falls Investment Com
pany. Spokane Falls; capital, 100000.
Arlington Heights Motor Railway Com
pany, of Spokane Falls; capital, $4,000.
The total amount OF state warrants
drawn for the quarter ending
June 30 amounted to si25, ,697sl.
The estimated amount OF outstanding
warrants in excess of the cash on hand
IN the general funds Is S65, ,7iLtsi; mill
iary funds, 81, 56Q.2s, total, sol, SOl.3.
, 1890-07-10

owned by urquhart Brothers, of this |
city, taken from near Cheney, and a /
roadster belonging to DR.. q. 5. Penheld, |
which bad been In pasture on Mr. |
Smiths farm, near Spokane Falls
, 1890-07-10

PARIS, July 6-Tho car has remii,cd
stamp duties amounting TO $4,000 on
the lease OF the new French emonssy at
81. Petersburg. This is looked upon Ms
u unique mark OF his friendship toward
France.
, 1890-07-10

u. T. Jones, the coal expert Of the
Southern Pacific, will leave tomorrow
in the company of Samuel Vinson and
DR.. +. f. Hes, for the Yakima coal
fields, in the Cswhn pass. Mr.. Wood,
the coal expert OF the Northern Pacific,
is now there with u large party, which
was outtitted in Yakima. There 10 no
question but that the coal Is anthracite
and OF a fine grade.
, 1890-07-10

HuRoS, s. d., July 6-The crops
throughout South Dakota have made
moro rapid growth during tho past
week than ever before known in the
state. Reports from all parts of the
state received at the United States sig.
nal office last evening indicate q glow
ing outlook.
, 1890-07-10
FROM NORTH YAKIMA.
The Train Robbers Committed to,Jai
The Coal Fields.

Tho COal Fields.
NORM YAKIMA, Wash, July THE
train robbers were brought before jus
tice Hinton to-day, and waived prelim'
mary examination. They gave their
names as w. Il. Montgomery and John
Milburn, although they are known to
the police as Jersey Billy and the Kan.
sas City Kid" the lattor being only 10
years old. They were committed to jail
In default of bonds, in the sum of 5000
each,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT

ment, including the salaries Of professors and all
other expenses, win aggregate 100000. Among
all the wonderful developments OF the South. the
question of education, the formation Of society
and the establishment Of churches have not been
neglected, and few new towns have been able to
take so decided step, intellectually and reli-
giously as Button, community at the same
time destined to become a great manufacturing
centre. The managers of the Button company
enterprisngly did all they could to facilitate the
foundation of the new institution rec
ognizng the effect it would have upon the COM
munity.
Bluffton is in the Alabama foothills, at the high
est elevation of any town in the state. beautiful.
and picturesque mountains surround the city
site. The air of the locality is fresh and brac
ing, malaria being unknown, and an abundant
supply Of the purest water is obtainable from
mountain springs gushing forth from the sand
stone. Sufficient water for town of 5000 peo-
pie may be had from natural reservoir, $50 feet
above the town, without any expense for pumping
Several mountain brooks, meeting form what is
known as Hurricane creek, named thus on
account of its swifness, assuring outlet for the
| sewerage and the best possible sanitary condi-
tions. Much has been said of the climate of this
neighborhood, it being more even than that of any
other section of the country. The summers are
comfortable and the winters are mild. /. is called
perfection by gentleman who has visited Bluff.
ton during nearly every month in the year. The
average northern visitor who goes to this favored
spot expecting to find torrd heat is surprised tina
the temperature in summer is rarely over $50 ,anC
with this moderate heat come nights SO cool tina
| coverings are always agreeable The sultr.
nights of some portions Of the South are unknown
In this fair land are found growing in perfec
abandon grapes, berries and other fruits indigen
to the soil, while a little care will result il
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Merchants' Week.

The movement In favor Of Merchan ts'
Week is spreading and for every person
drawn to the city at that time, in SO far is
every hotel, or family, or retail trader bene
fitted. Anything that will draw large con-
course people. bent on the expenditure of
money should be heartily supported by all
merchants. The experiment tried at Lewis
ton and Auburn in February last was pooh
pooled by some of the older merchants, but
when the Merchants Week arrived and
brought hundreds of visitors, most of whom
were purchasers, the tune was changed. Ad-
vertising space in the dailies of both these
cities had to be denied prior to the last mer-
chants days. The papers cried enough, and
the second trade festival was ushered in
with standing roem only on all the trains
entering Lewiston on the 9th and 7th inst.
Much praise is due Mr.. Payson Tucker for
his share in making the affair success
The same advantages are now offered Por
land but with wider scope of territory. Is
there retail dealer who is not DESTROYS of a
store full of people day after day? Is there
any who can afford to be unenterprising
enough to give the cold shoulder to boom
that means dollars and cents for the city {?
We hope not The Merchants Week
movement should be taken up by every BUSH
ness man. It's not a party matter, it's not
any particular newspaper scheme but a
matter started in the best interests of the
Wholesale and retail trade of our city, with
view to closer trade relations with those
who live within business radius of Port
land
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UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHLAND, AT sLUFFToN, ALA.

and fire clay of which there is liberal supply
Brick clay is abundant aud good, but the sand
stone qnarries are considered the best Of all
Within a hundred yards OF the new university
building there has been uncovered a vein of sand
stone, which for building purposes is seldom ex-
celled. This stone will be used In the construc-
ton of the main edifce, and is both beautiful,
durable and easily worked.
Bluffton is located where, about a year ago.
there was only one simple log shack but it is not
so wanting in support as so sudden growth
would seem to indicate. 1t is a natural centre in
the midst OF established furnaces that give steady
employment to many men. There are also other
independent industries which feed the new town,
and negotiations have been completed for the re-
moval OF an establishment from New England
giving employment to large force Of skille
wOrkmen, beside machine shop, foundry, forge
shop and the attendant minor industries that GEN.
tire round the principal business of the place.
Bluffton has a school with 80 pupils enrolled.
There is church already well supported, and a
number of substantial brick blocks and other less
pretentous business houses. In place OF the first
miserable cabin there is ahandsome hotel with ali
the modern conveniences Of elegance and com.
fort, lighted by electricity, which will do much 70
make visits to the place popular. Those who
have made the best the climate say that il
IS superior to that of California or any other
tiou OF the South. With its advantages for edU-
cation and business, Button, it is fOretod will
become summer resort for the people of the
South, and winter resort for those of the North
where the heads OF families may find education
for their children and employment in trade for
their heads.
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secretary of education of the NJ E. church, as
that seemed to embody the most desirable feat.
ures in its future possibilities, its healthfulness
and sanitary advantages, and the remarkable
beauty of its scenery. The people of this locality
have been particularly interested in the educa.
tional question of the South, the Blair bill, and
the expediency of the governments spending
money upon southern schools and colleges, and
they indorse the wisdom of the refusal to pass
any such bill. They maintain that the South is
doing all that any people can do. and the
hurch is doing great deal
The above cut represents the main edifce of
the university of the Southland which Is to be sup
plemented with auxiliary buildings as the growth
in attendance requires. 1t is to be an ideal uni
versity in fact as well as in name. 1t is too com
mon to see inferior colleges dubbed universities
the new institution, on the other hand, will be a
true centre Of educational influences The build.
ing is five stories above the basement as is seen
Ia the musta alton, with front long and
two wings running back 100 feet each. Its mate
rial is Of sandstone and brick, the entire front
wall being constructed of high grade of native
sandstone. Its calculated that the equipment
and conduct OF the Institution will require an en-
dowment of from 81 100000 to $4,000 900, and
when it is regularly at work its annual require
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PERSONAL.

DR.. B. B. Foster has gone to New YORK to
take special course of study and will be
absent until next May.
G. A. Florence, the travelling passenger
agent of the Illinois Central railroad, was in
town yesterday.
Surgeon General Jno. b. Hamilton, U. 5.
Marine Hospital service was in the city yes
terday on visit to the hospital and will
leave this morning for Boston.
Mrs. Betsey Hosack of 81 Tying street eel
ebrated her ninety second birthday yester-
day. She received many callers during the
day. Mr.. George B. Griffith wrote a poem
for the occasion.
Rev. Prof. j. B. Thomas, d. D., who lis to
preach at Free Street Baptist church tomor-
row, is one of the representative men of the
Baptist denomination. He is gentleman of
broad views, fine scholarship and a very
pleasing speaker. DR.. Thomas was some time
pastor of a church in Brooklyn, N. Y, after
ward in Chicago and San Francisco and
again in Brooklyn, from whence he was
called to professorship in Newton Theolog-
ical Seminary which chair he now occupies.
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bluff of solid brown ore, rising to the heigh
of 80 feet above the valley. Along this bluff, the
vein-if so it may be caled-is visible to the eye,
without excavation, half mile In extent, varying
ho t az 70 $40 ees th Vein
extends, there IS sufficient mineral In the solid
mass exposed to supply the furnaces OF the South
to be obtaiued elsewhere, for from this immense
Cliff OF iron can be blasted off hundreds OF tons at
discharge, and at the simple expense OF blasting
ana putting aboard the cars. AS amatter OF fact,
from one discharge there were blown off some
ZuO0 tons OF ore. and the visitor sees as part OF
Inis enormous quantity solid iron boulder over
~ ieet In height and feet on either face tnat Is
estimated to weigh 1900 tons. This has been
thrown out, and as it is probably the largest lump
Of iron ore in the world 1t is left monument to
tne magnitude of the deposit. MIR. Davis Kelley,
one OF the Oldest furnace men of Pennsylvania,
when ne saw this great cliff OF ore, said that it
would be folly to tell the people of his state of its
existence. for they would not believe it. Not
Wlthstanding the great quantity Of this ore, its
quaIty Is FULLY up to the standard. On either
been treating similar ore so long that there can
be no doubt OF its value. The entire product
OF one OF these furnaces goes to the Pullman
company to be used in the manufacture OF its
car wheels the product of another goes to the
car works OF Fort Wayne, Ind. Two Of these
always been noted for the high grade Of car
! wheel iron which they put out. The company
located at Butfton has shipped thousands d
I tons TO the leading furnaces OF the South, whose
testimony has universally been that its ore is Of
the best In addition to the practical tests above
cited, such unquestionable authorities as Prof. r
Y. Robinson of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me-
and Prof. McKella of the State University o.
: Alabama have pronounced it the most wonderful
deposit known to them anywhere In the country
while their analyses of indiscrlminaie samples
taken from carload lots show that the ore aver
ages over 90 per cent pure iron. Neither Of thes'
gentlemen were employed by the company, bu
made their investigations entirely Independent o
IT. There is In addition to this wealth OF iron
equally accessible, and within mile of the rail
road, large deposit of the finest quality Of ochr
and a rich outcropping OF manganese yet un
developed. Limestone also is found within a few
hundred yards Of the furnace site, besiie kaolin
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BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDER
MEN.
Adjourned hearing on the Insane
Case Yesterday.
The Board Appoints a commIttee'on
Merchants Week.

Yesterday afternoon the adjourned hear
ing OF the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
was held to take action in the case of Fred
3. Richards.
Messrs. Mccain and Smart were absent.
Notice had been served on Mr.. Richards
and he was present.
Mr.. Charles Thornton Libby, counsel for
the petitioners, repeated the grounds on
which the relatives of Mr.. Richards asked
for his commitment to the Insane Asylum.
DR.. Thayer repeated his opinion that Rich
ards was insane, and DR.. Smithcorroborated
that opinion from his own examination of
the patient Judge Gould testified of his
own knowledge to suit attempted by Rich
ards for 100000, and to his conduct on the
streets that convinced him he was of I'M
sound mind. Mr.. Batchelder Of the Water
Company, testified to the threats made by
Richards that he would shoot Mr.. Wood
man, and to his bringing bill against the
company for $4,000, and to other matters
pertinent to the case. Mr.. 4. f. Tompson
testified to long acquaintance with Richards
and to threats made by him against other
people.
Mr.. Richards denied ever Offering to in
jure any one, but in his remarks he offered
nothing that tended to improve his case, and
on motion of Mr.. Thompson the papers of
commitment were ordered signed. So Mr..
Richards will 60 to the asylum.
This other business was transacted:
ORDERS PASSED. - y.
0rdered-That hereafter, and until other
wise ordered, whenever any person shall filt
with the city clerk a complaint alleging any
person is insane and requires the restraint
of an insane asylum, and shall ask for
hearing before this board, upon sucn com
plant the city clerk shall cause notice to bt
served on the person of whom complaint il
and that hearing will be given by thi
board at time and place which the mayor
is authorized to fix.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Petition of w. II. Williams to erect ,
wooden building on Commercial street, Nos
Oil, to be 20 feet high, 45 feet long and 8
feet wide. Referred.
Petition of M. Blake True to erect wood
en- building on Morning street, No. 80, Il
feet high, % feet long and 10 feet wide
Granted.
Petition of Thomas Fisher, corner of Yorl
and Bracket streets, No. %, to be two sto
ries high. 80 feet long and 81 feet wide
Granted.
Petition of Rachel j. Symonds to erect
wooden building corner of Paris and Port
land streets, to be seven feet high, Is fee
long and Is feet wide, as store room
Granted.
Petition of John Bradford to erect wood
en- building, addition to brick one, on Dan
forth street, No. 101, two stories high, 20 fee
long and 20 feet wide. Granted.
POLICE MATRoN APPOINTED.
Mrs. Georgia S. Perry was reappointel
police matron for one year, with a salary Of
$17 per month.
MERCHANTS DAY.
The order passed by the Common Council
at the regular monthly meeting and tabled
by this board, was taken from the table anG
passed in concurrence, and the entire board
selected as the committee on its part
Adjourned
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-12
A New Insurance. offIce

The new Office of the new insurance firm
of Dow g. Pinkham has been fitted up ana is
open for business today. It's the old Office
of SWEETS Express, IS Exchange street, but
is so completely renovated that one would
hardly know it. The whole interior was
torn out and rebuilt under the direction of
Mr.. John Calvin Stevens. A bay window
has been put In the front. with narrow en-
trance door, The front two-thirds of the
room contains the business Office being par
titioned off by high railing like those in
banks. In the rear of the Office are the pri-
vate offices Of Messrs Dow & Pinkham and
Of Mr.. George P. Dewey, who occupies the
Office in part, two coat rooms, large vault,
and toilet room. The room is fully fur
nished in oak, the walls and the steam pipes
being all painted in harmonious colors. The
room is well lighted and is conveniently ar
ranged for the fire insurance business Of the
hrm. The work Of reftting was done by
blackstone q Smith, John w. Burrowes and
f. N Blackstone,.and the carpets and shades
were furnished by II. j. Bailey 81 Co.
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munifcent harvest of peaches. plums, apples
and other fruits that are commonly expected
in temperate zones. Besides, there
are broad fields of cotton, corn and all grains and
wherever anything like care is taken in farming
the results are remarkable The season is long,
and showers alternate with sunshine to promote
the growth OF all crops. In the midst OF this
region, so well adapted to agriculture, nature has
deposited rich mineral treasures also. The lead
ing deposit of brown hematite iron ore lies be-
tween Rome, Ca, and Shelby, Ala. Here in this
region the iron is mined and delivered in the stock
houses of the furnaces at as low a cost in some
localities as SO cents ton. The Button iron
property Is in the widest of this
iron region, and here nature seems
to have been more lavish with her gifts
than elsewhere. This property lies at the base Of
a range of hills of which Signal mountain is the
highest point. Beginning at the railroad and ex
tending back mile and a half is almost con-
tinuous deposit of ore. In going over this prop
erty enc comes first to the gravel ore banks where
the ore is found mixed with the soil. aad mining it
It Is taken fro tie beds Without taSueing or
deep cuts by simply working bodily into the bank
and removing both soil and ore, which is then run
through washer. the ore being dumped In cars
! for shipment and the earth carried away by the
water. Following along the gravel ore banks, one
wonders at their extent, but all of this sinks into
| / nsignifcance on reaching the point farthest
from the the railroad, where one sees before him
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-12

The University of the Southland, to be located
at Bluffton, Ala, is intended as an active factor
In the solution of the educational problem which
has long confronted the people of the Southern
States. No people are more fully alive to the ne
cesslties of education, no people have greater
realization of its benefits, and none are doing
more in proportion to their means to set in motion
this magnificent power. For anumber Of years
the establishment of schools under the auspices
OF the Methodist church has been going on pre-
paratory, in way, to the university, which is
destine to become the leading educational insti-
tuition in al La ese les
ser schools have been establis he'd as feeders, and
their work has so far progressed that the time is
considered ripe for the birth of the college itself.
For the last two years the gentlemen to whom
the matter was intrusted have been looking
through other towns for the most desirable loca-
tion for the new institution. There have been
fiattering offers from numerous places, but Bluff
ton has been selected by Rev, O. i. Mann, who is
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-12
ARMY of the Potomac.

A meeting of the executive committee or
the Army of the Potomac reception was held
at the office of the Northern Banking Com
pany yesterday, and these officers ap
pointed
Chairman-General John Marshall Brown.
Secretary-C. W. Roberts.
Treasurer-George III. Libby.
Finance-Frederick Roble
lnvitati0n-General Selden COnnor
Reception-Mayor Melcner.
Banquet-H. III. Shaw.
/. Press-George g. Rowell.
Excursion-T. j. Little.
Parade-George L. Beal.
Printing and Badges-G. f. French.
han and Rooms-C. j. Pennell.
Music-S. Thurston.
Police-W. III. Green
Memberships. w. Thaxter
Iransportation-D. b. Kicker,
Decoration-G. Il. Brown
CarriageS-J. s. Douplass
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.
SMITHS BENEFIT.

oM1Ah bENEtII.
The benefit concert rendered to Mr..
L. E. Smith by the various musical
organizations, the Portland Cadets. Mr..
Rexdale, author, Mr.. R. B. Whitcomb,
reader, Mrs. Morrison, Miss Lizzie M.
Brown, Messrs.. Stockbridge and Lambert,
Kotzschmar. Goold and Harvey Murray, was
asuccess. There was large audience present.
Messrs. Glynn and Barnum took the place
OF the Portland Male Quartette which was
unable to be present All the artists acquit-
ted themselves admirably. and the Pinafore
choruses and grand orchestra of fourteen
pieces, were heard for the first time in pub
lie. and were excellent, and gave foretaste
of what we may hear later when the opera
is given.
Miss Brown and Mrs. Morrison were pre-.
sented with bouquets after rendering theiI
solos.
THE RIVALS.
The great Jeffersen-F Florence combination
will appear at Portland theatre next Tues.
day evening. and the sale of seats will begin
this morning. The Boston Herald says:
1t is well understood and acknowledged
that the Bob Acres of Mr.. Jefferson has cast
the Bob Acres of Mr. Sheridan almost en-
tirely out of sight. But who misses or re-
grets the loss of the original? Mr.. jefferson
has taken the outline that the dramatist la
beled Bob, and has clothed it and enriched 1t
with so much of the warp aud wool of his
own genius, has thrown around it so many
beauties OF his absolute dramatic art, that
we hail Jefferson and not Sheridan, as the
creator of the part.
7 GILMoRE's CONCERTS
The list of leading artists who will appear
on the 25th and Goth insts. in the Gilmore
band concerts at City hall will be found else
where. They are guarantee of the bril-
liancy of the proposed entertainments. Get
tickets at Stockbridge's now.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-12

Ira f. Clark & Co., at their clothing house
No. 4S2 Congress street.-The reliable snot-
cash dealers-make challenge to the nnblic
ID our advertising columns. The challenge
Is that their prices on spring goods cannot
be beaten. Blue suits in all grades, spring
overcoats, trousers in all colors and STYLES,
A bag of marbles or kite is given awav
with every boys suit. They also offer a
large line of mems and boys hats Call in
and examine their stock.
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+. 81. Morse and E. w. Guptill, successors
to Morse. Pinkbam & Co., will continue the
fire and marine insurance business at the old
stand. No. Exchange street, underline firm
name of Morse & Guptin. They are agents
for the following reliable companies: North
British & Mercantile of London, Hamburg,
Bremen of Germany. Union of Philadelphia,
Security OF New Haven. Conn, Meriden of
Meriden, Conn, Providence Washington
Fire and Marine of Providence, R. l., Ma.
tlonal Life Insurance Co., of Vermont, land
the Fidelity g. Casualty Co. plate Glass and
Accident of New York. The interests OF
their customers will be carefully looked
after
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument AS
ISOLATION.

AT special meeting of the executive CON-
mittee of the Soldiers and Sailors Monu-
ment Association, held yesterday, the finance
committee was ordered to examine and audit
the accounts of the late treasurer, Henry W.
Hersey. Esq. and to take charge of the
funds of the association.
Mr. George Fl. Libby, city treasurer, was
chosen treasurer of the association.
Mr.. Philip Fl. Brown and the secretary,
Mr.. Roberts, were chosen a committee to
prepare a suitable memorial of the late treas.
urer of the association.