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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-08
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Democrats Are Fighting the Ship
ming Subsidy Bill.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. I'm the House the
Senate BILL increasing from fifty TO seventy the
number of army officers who may be detailed at
military colleges, was passed.
The House went into committee OF the whole
on the shipping bill Herbert Of Alabama op-
posed the measure because it proposed an indis-
criminate subsidy for vessels of every character
in the foreign trade. 1t was a natural result OF
the Mckinley bill.
Diugley, reviewing the decadence OF American
shipping interests, said that in such condition
as the country now found itself, with only l2lz
per cent of the foreign carrying trade, with
Great Britsin intrenched on every ocean route,
IL was obvious that IL was utterly out OF the
mower OF private individuals without assistance
In some direction 10 dislodge the shipping OF
Crest Britain II was said that the bill would
not do for our merchant marine what
was claimed for II. We could judge OF that by
what a similar policy bad done for France,
with less maritime people tnan those
of the United States. Within nve
years from the establishment OF subsidy sys-
ten the steam tonnage OF France had doubled
With the widest extent OF coast known 70 any
nation, the United states could reap benefit
from subsidies fax greater than any other nation
Italy adopted subsidy policy in 1888, and In
foTlr years her steam marine increased 10 per
cent The maximum expense OF the Dill for the
first wear viii be saNn,eo0, OF which ali bat
about s30a0oU or 500 90 would come from port
age and tonnage dues Taking the highest rate
OF increase in tonnage estimated ~ result ol
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IN THE SENATE.
Wilson of Kittitas Elected President
The Organization Perfected.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 7.-fSpecial- 1.-The Senate was
called TO order at noon by Senator Parkinson of
Whatcorn, president pro TEN. of the last Senate
Major Barton, president of the late Senate.
called the roll, and all the members responded
except Baker and Drum OF Pierce. He then
read the credentials of the newly-elected SEN
ators, and kinnear moved that Chief Justice
Anders be invited to swear them in. The chief
justice appeared and administered the oath to
the new senator's
Owings of Thurstou moved that the rules of
the last Senate be temporarily adopted carried.
Nominations for president pro TEN. being in
order, Long OF Lewis named Wilson of Kittitas
There was no opposition, and Wilson was
elected unanimously
c. NJ. Barton was unanimously chosen secre-
tary, ana II. d. smith, formerly county auditor
OF Spokane, was chosen sergeantat-arm with
out opposition. The election of subordinate
officers was suspended for the present.
kinnears motion that the rules of the last
session OF the Senate be adopted as the per
manent rules OF this Senate, was carried.
The oath was administered 70 the secretary
and sergeanf-at-arms
Owin2s asked for information regarding the
swearing in Of the president pro TEN, and re-
oueSted someone who had helped TO frame the
constitution 10 give information on the subject.
kinDear said he did not rerpember the law
exactly, aud created considerable Laughter By
saving thar he was IN favor OF swearing him in
all the same. The oath was then administered.
Dyer of King introduced resolution extend
ing the privileges of the floor 10 members of the
press carried.
Adjourned till ! .. N. tomorrow.
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the provisions of the bill, the greatest amount of
eAptnuitare that would be needed in one year
would be 10000, after which the rate OF pay.
ment would steadily diminish.
Dockery OF Missouri said three causes con.
sutU,ed an eiectual barrier against any attempt
70 restore the American carrying trade TIE
hist wss the difference in cost between Amerf-
can ana foreign vessels: the second the greater
running expenses American vessels were under,
ano tne third the harsh and restrictive features
OF our navigation laws. exacting heavy tonnage
oues, consular fees and other dues Further
more, the Republican policy of exclusion of i'm
ports was at war with the interests OF the Ameri
can carrying trade. Dockery opposed subsidies
and all other protection 10 special industries.
ana asked Farquhar, chairman Of the com.
mittee, how much the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. which at one session, he said cor
rupted the employees Of the House, would get
fsrquhar replied that it would get the same
as all other steamship companies.
Dockery said that was no answer, and asked III
Pacific Mail stock had not risen on the possihii-
ity OF the passage OF the bill
Farquhar warmly replied that II ft were SO he
was glad OF I, and hoped the stock Of every
Dockery, retorting. said he wanted to take the
fact home TO the farmers of the West that ss,-
oO0.oco was being taken out of the treasury 10
sustain and support New England shipowners.
George Gould, he understood, was one of the
laboring men TO be benefited.
Dockery then invited attention 70 the restrict
i've scope of the reciprocity advocated by Secre-
The defect that was fatal TO subsidy was alike
fatal TO reciprocity. The farmer could derive no
benefit from reciprocity, because the South
American countries had almost every article
country return to that propitious policy under
which 1t explored every sea and east anchor in
every harbor. Divested of artificial restrictions,
our marine could renew and assert its import.
ance upon the deep.
Pending further debate the committee rose
and the House adjourned.
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Vote on Free Silver Approximations
Is for Unlimited Coinage.

WAsHINGToS CITY, Jan. I'm the Senate the
morning hour was devoted to routine business,
and at its expiration the financial bill was taken
up. Stewart suggested that some time be fixed
for taking vote on the bill and amendments,
and named o'clock Friday next. No objection
was made, but the matter went over till to-
morrow.
The conference report on the public printing
deficiency bill was agreed to.
The financial bill was then taken up, and
Daniel spoke in favor of free coinage.
Plumb followed. He credited the silver act
of last session with having had the effect of pre-
venting universal financial panic. Whatever
might be said about its shortcomings, its effect
on the immediate situation had been of a mu-
nificent character. He did not share the fears
OF the senator from Ohio (sherman) as to what
would happen from free coinage of silver. Per-
hape he was not as sensitive on that point as
he might have been # he bad not so often
quarter that had not been realized. He Plumb
was not able TO give his support TO the bill re-
ported by the financial committee He was OPP
posed to the first section, providing for the pur
chase OF u 000 00U ounces of silver 1t would, of
course, add to the circulation, but 1t would in
evitably bear on its face disposition to help a
certain class OF persons at the expense OF the
treasury. 1t was in the interest of our trade
and of honest money that the country should
establish as nearly as possible parity between
was increasing at the rate of 21s per cent, while
business was increasing at the rate
of per cent. The circulation should
have q relation to both population
and business There should be interna-
tional bimetalism. He did not hold that free
coinage Of silver was a panacea for all evils,
but hedid contend that ii was long, wise and
much-needed step in the right direction.
Hiscock spoke against free coinage. The peo-
ME he represented never believed free coinage
Of silver would place that metal ON parity with
gold.
SAWYER moved an executive session.
"Oh." said Edmunds, "let US take vote on
this bill now"
Stewart expressed desire that an early day be
fixed for vote, say Saturday.
Edmunds in tone of bitter sarcasm, said !:
ssThe session is drawing to q close, and this
most important and immaculate bill ought to be
got into the form of law at the earliest possible
moment. The country, of course, is suffering
for it. Disaster and bankruptcy are said TO be
impending, and therefore we ought not TO leave
a stone tinturned 10 get an immediate vote on IT, "
After an executive session the Senate ad-
inffrnad
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THE new CODE.


one volume Ready, and Another Nearly
So-Review of Mr.. HIPS Work.
OLYMPIA, Jan. Especial MIR. W. Lair Hill,
OF Seattle, code commissioner, arrived in Olym-
pia this morning, bringing with him 150 vol
umes of the code of procedure and turning them
over to the governor, and presenting at the same
time report az 10 the work of codifying the
laws. Mr.. Hill was appointed commissioner to
arrange, compile and annotate the code of Wash
ington by the late legislature. BY stipulation
code. paper bound, on the desks of the members
OF the present legislature at the beginning Of
the session, and also to incorporate the laws of
the present session in the work. Mr.. Hill has
been engaged during almost the whole year in
The task, spending fifteen hours per day for the
past three months He arranged the laws in
two volumes, the first OF which should include
state, and the second the code of procedure It
is this second volume which Is now on hand,
and the first viii be here in about ten days.
The specimen copies here show the editorial
and mechanical work 70 have been done in q
most complete manner. The volumes are royal
octave, the code of procedure making 6S7 pages
without the index, and the other perhaps more
They are printed clearly in small plea type,
with notes in solid nonpareil. Taking the code
OF 1881 az the basis, Mr.. Hill made an entirely
new arrangement, numb bering the sections and
giving at the same time the number of the old
in brackets Every section enacted since 1851 10
followed by the date of approval by the gov
ernor in italics. Then come annotations which
refer to decisions on similar statutes in other
states. The notes are very copious, covering in
many instances pages
Mr.. Hill submitted also to Governor Laughton
large number of bills intended to reconcile
contradictions and correct omissions in the stat
utes These cover several hundred pages, aud
must be passed upon by the legislature as a mat
ter of form. The large bulk relate simply to
notifications of one word or more, so as to con-
form the reading of the former territorial stat
utes with the new state system. The policy Of
the law is not changed in any instance, though
Mr. Hill fannd considerable in ok.
ing some of the laws conform to the constitu-
ton. There are clerical and typographical err
rors in the copies on hand, but these win be
remedied in the completed edition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-08
RAILROAD MEN AS sMUGGLERS.
Portland Onicers Seize 5000 Worth Of
Opium and Make Two Arrests.

PORTLAND, Jan. Police Officers Blanchard
and Roberts arrested two men early this morn
ing having in their possession 80 five-tael cans
of smuggled opium. About ten days ago Collec-
tor Earhart received notice from the Sound that
large shipment of the drug would likely ar
rive here soon. He detailed Officer Blanchard
to watch for the drug, ard about l o'clock this
morning Blanchard saw two men driving an ex-
press wagon toward the north end of the city.
Calling Officer Roberts, he took stand, and at
O'Clock saw the wagon drive up Eleventh street,
passing the officers at the corner of G.. Blan-
chard ordered the men to stop, and after search
ing the packages in the wagon and finding that
they contained opium, the men were taken to
the police station, where they gave the names of
Tom Collins and William Bishop. 1t is said,
however, that their real names are Bradt and
Roach the former a freight conductor ON
Northern Pacific train and the latter brake
man for the same company, and they ran to-
gether between Partland and Tacoma. They
were taken before the United States commits
EACH which was furnished. The value OF the
opium seized is about 5000. 1t is said that the
men have been engaged in this illegal traffic for
some time, and that their profits have been very
large.
United States officials stated this afternoon
that If the cases of the two smugglers arrested
this morning are thoroughly investigated
number of prominent PortIanders viii be i'm
plicated. Should this be done sensational de-
velopments viii no doubt come 10 light few
men are already on the anxious scat, and IL is
said that the conductor and brakeman have been
offered large sum of money 70 leave the state.
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The schoolbook Briberv C..e..

OLYMPIA, JAN Especial l-All the criminal
cases against Edwards and others charged with
attempting to bribe members of the state school
board, were this morning continued in the su-
perior court upon the application of J. w. Rob-
inson, their attorney. The absence from the
state of J. w. Womack was the ground. From
the records it appears that womaek. who was
indicted with the other representative of the
American Book Company, has never been ar
rested, but an effort is to be made TO bring him
within jurisdiction by extradition proceedings,
and IL is also said that there soon 10 be some
very interesting developments In these causes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-08
JUMPING ANACORTEs LOTS.
Alleged Discovery of Mineral . Pretext
A Building Burned.

ASAcoRTEs. Jan. 7.-Ispecial.l-J. L. Romer,
George Campbell and Sam STAIRS have located
two mineral claims near Lake Cranberry,
diagonaily crossing section 23. The ledge is six
feet In width and crops out in several points ex-
tending 70 Guemes island. Surveyor L c. Rob
erts has asked TO set stakes and run lines for
other claims, but the croppings are not con-
siderable comment and excitement among real
estate men. The ledge carries little silver and
trace of gold. Opinions differ as 70 what title
the location will have.
A fire last night destroyed building on the
water front valued at $50, uninsured The tire
company saved block OF buildings by strenu-
GUS efforts The women occupants escaped hall
naked and sought shelter at friend 5 house.
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what the Idaho Senators are Doing.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 7.--(special l-Ths
Idaho senators are in the agonics of making
recommendations for federal appointments.
They have selected for Judge of the United states
district court Judge Littleton Price, of HALEY,
and for marshal Joseph Pinkham, OF Boise City.
In addition to the two senators these candidates
have the Endorsement of senator-elect Dubois
Senator Mcconnell, who win hold his seat
only two months, is going to make all the record
he can in the short time given him. He will In
troduce two public building bills which will be
buried with the others on the list. He wants
one at Boise City and one at Lewiston. He will
also introduce bin providing for the cession tn
the government of that part of the Nez Perca
reservation lying north of the Clearwater rixer.
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here anything fresh in the
to-day1 Yes. Marriott's
smoked "Queen' hams and
! .re always fresh and delicious
ber when buying anything Of
"a that the Queen brand
no more money than other
4 but the difference in flavor
|n]isy well repays you for your
Some dealers may say, ave
81 the Queen meats; they are
Ii but We have some just as
d Do not believe such state
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Colored People Ask a small Favor.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. IA unique measure
was introduced today In the Senate, in the shape
of bill by senator Teller, at the request of some
coiored peoples association in this city. 1t d.
reefs the secretary of the treasury topay to GER
tain agents to be named hereafter $50,000.00o, to
secure land in Lower California for permanent
settlement of colored people of the United
States who wish to establish a colored colony
there. The money is TO be returned to the gov
ernment with interest in forty years.
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The Options Bill.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 7.--Representative
Funston, of Kansas, today introduced in the
House q resolution, which was referred to the
rules:committee, setting apart Tuesday. wednes.
day and Thursday of next week for considers
ton OF the options bill
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TACOMA, Jan Especial Thirty three OF
the foIty-nine applicants 10 practice medicine
and surgery who appeared before the state medi-
cal examining board viii be granted diplomas.
In addition four more of the class may be granted
diplomas tomorrow, makingthirfy- IN all
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Censns OF California.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. THE census Of CAL
ifornia has been completed and shows the white
population OF the state to be 1,l1l,55s; Chinese.
716Sl; Indians, 1855, colored, II, ,4S7; Japanese
1,0p9. Total population, l,2Os, ,130.
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Purchase NJ srlver

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 7--Silver offerings to-
day amounted to 1855, 900 ounces, Of which 62l,-
coo ounces were purchased, at prices ranging
from 81 0492 to $l.0I525
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The International Monetary Conference.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. THE international
monetary conference met at the state depart
ment this afternoon. 1t was called to order by
Secretary Blaine, who made brief address Of
welcome. Senior Romero, of Mexico, was chosen
temporary chairman. AS all the delegates had
not arrived, adjournment was taken, subject to
the call of the temporary chairman.
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IN THE HOUSE.
shaw Elected sFeaker-The Odhcers
Chosen and Their Comrensation.

OLYMPIA, Jan 7.-tSpeciai. 1.-The House was
called TO order at u n by Secretary of state
Weir. W. Z. Chandler, assistant clerk of the
last House, called the roll, and all the members
responded, except Andrews Of King, Nomina-
tons for temporary speaker being in order,
Reavy Of Kittltas named Gandy of Spokane,
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.Mrx. winsiow's Soothing syrup for Childish
Teething'' softcns the gums, reduces fDhamms-
ton, aiIays pain, cures wind collie - cents
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Governor Laughton will deliver bis message
to the legislature tomorrow, and the reports oi
the state officers will be submitted at the same
time.
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There is for the present a lull in the senatorial
battle. The Calkins people do not know exactly
what to do. The result of today's elections sur
prised and dismsyed them, and they will have
TO seek some new chance OF making political
capital. A delegation of Tacoma people arrived
today to work for Calkins. They were reinforced
by Ex-Governor Moore and ex-Delegate Brents
who came tonight
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-31
Robbery at HadensviIle.

Robt. Fletcher, drummer for the
house of Carter Bros, Louisville, was
robbed few nights ago at Hadens-
vile, KY, of his watch, $40 in
money, pants, vest and valuable pa
pers in his pockets. Mr., Fletcher
went by private conveyance from
Guthrie to Hadensvlle and Keys
burg. Returning he reached Ha-
denSville at late hour. The negro
driver advised him to stay over at
HadenSville and take the train from
that place next morning, as ii was
raining and very disagreeable travel
ing. Fletcher stayed with r. T.
Hollins. About o'clock next morn
ing he was awakened by some noise,
but could not tell what. The light
was burning in the room and getting
up he found that his clothing, watch,
pocket book, railroad ticket, ETC.,
were gone, and one window up. A
long pole or scantling was found at
the window, also pair Of old shoes
Left by the thief and Fletcher's over
coat dropped on the outside of the
window. Next day his pocket-book
was found, emptied of its contents,
between Guthrie and the State line.
pointed to the driver of
the vehicle, and on investigation as
we are informed, ii was found that
the driver, who lives at the State I
line, returnedlhome after o'clock
with his clothing very wet from be-
ing out in the rain. We understand
that Mr.. Fletcher offers $50 reward
for the watch and Thief.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-31
CRIMINAL COURT.
The Slayer Of Tim. Hanley Given His
Freedom.

Argument was concluded in the
Croker Hanley murder trial last
evening and the case went to the jury
at dark. On assembling at the court
house this morning a verdict Of not
guilty as charged in the indictment
was returned by the jury and Jas.
Croker was given his liberty.
1t will be remembered that in a
row in Shutdown, on the night of
November ], 1887, Tim Hanley, an
Irishman, was stabbed by Jas. Crock
er and died from the effects of his
wound. Croker was tried some
time during 1899 and the jury failed
to agree. The defendant was placed
under bond and the case was contin-
ued from one court to another until
the present sitting, which has decid-
ed it for good and always.
VIM. n. Woodson, who was admit
ted to the bar the first of the week,
made his maiden speech in defense
Of Crocker, and the lawyers who
heard it say the eff TT was good
one, and would have done credit to a
much older attorney.
Elisha Gilmer and VIM. WhitlCck,
both colored, were arraigned, charged
with forgery. This is the pair ac-
cused OF forging Mrs. F, b. Shelby's
name to a check on the Farmers and
Merchants Bank for $22 90 and at
tempting to pass it on Joe Rosenfield.
The draft WIS drawn in favor of Geo.
Henry.
The jury about noon returned a
verdict Of guilty and fixed the pun
ishment of Gilmer at eleven years
and that Of Whitlock at three years
in the penitentiary.