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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-21
NEWS FROM VICTORIA.
News From Sealing Schooners-Unit
States Naval Crew OF for California


VICTORIA, B. c., March 20.-The Greer
case comes up here Monday.
The first steamer for Nelson, according
to Captain Troupe leaves Dallas today on
the arrival of the train.
The Vancouver sealer Beatrice is re-
ported with so skins, c. w. Upper 273,
and c. D. Rand $50.
NJ ]. Davies, local representative of
Ullmann & Co., New York, is reported as
dead in Texas.
The Mermaid, seventy-fve tons, arrived
today from London, 119 days out, to join
the sealers.
Work on the San Pedro continues very
slow. None of the pontoons have yet
been put under the ship. The pumps
manage 10 keep the fore hold dry by con-
slant work.
\ letter was received Friday from one of
the crew of the Oscar and Hattie, a
schooner in Claoquet. On March l she
had thirty skins. Three other schooners
are at the same place, the Triumph, May
belle and Minnie. The only schooner
with skins was the Minnie. The schooners
X. B. Marvin and Sapphire were in La
Hausett when the letter was written. The
weather has been disagreeable for the past
month.
A number of piles at the outer wharf
have been so badly eaten into by the teredo
that in places they are not thicker than =
mans wrist.
Captain Nicholas and crew, of the United
States steamer Nipsic, came over by the
steamer Umatilla this morning and lett at
10 o'clock tor San Francisco. They brought
the Nipsic up from San Francisco to Port
Orchard. the United States government
having decided to make receiving ship
of her. the captain and crew going TO Mare
island TO join the Adams.
Mrs. Bowman. wife of Henry Bowman
formerly of Burrad inlet, died at Spring
Ridge this morning of heart disease. Bow
man is at present on sealing cruise.
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Mohican and Nipsic Enter Amid Boom
ing of Cannon.

SIDNEY, March 20.-[Special. THE ar
rival OF the men-of-war Mohican and Nip
sic in Port Orchard bay yesterday was eel
ebrated by the people of Sidney in an en-
thusiastic manner. The entire population
congregated on the wharves and beach to
view the vessels as they entered amid the
booming of cannon from the shore. AS
many as could secure boats rowed out
across the bay to inspect the vessels at
shorter range, while those who could not
secure boat accommodations contented
themselves with discussing the future of
Sidney on the shore. picturing her proud
position in the future, a city of hundreds
If thousands in population fundamentally
doubling the price of real estate.
All day the only question talked about
was the arrival of the vessels, their con-
struction and equipment. the assurance
t gave that extensive operations ON the
government dry dock and navy yard
would speedily follow, and above all the
security it guaranteed them against the
possibility of some foreign feet entering
the harbor and levying tribute under pain
# blowing the whole place out of exist
tnce.
Trusten P. Dyer and several other resi-
Ieuts of Seattle and Lieutenant Wyckof
went over on the Mohican as guests of
Commodore Cotton. An elegant luncheon
was served and toasts proposed and re-
sponded to by Lieutenant Wyckoff, Mr..
Dyer and the officers of the vessel. Mr.
Dyer and the other Seattle people returned
on the steamer A. r. Robinson yesterday
to Seattle.
Sidney Gordon, formerly of the Peoples
Broadd1, has returned to Sidney. after an
absence ofover year. Gordon is the man
who led the fight for the removal of the
county seat from Port Madison to Sidney
year ago last fall. He had scarcely re-
turned until he was enlisted in the same
cause again and was out posting up notices
Tor a mass-meeting to discuss the question.
The probability is that the same war will
be fought over again this fall and Gordon
says he may stay and help to fight it out.
He was travelling agent for Bradstreet
while aWay
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News for Sound Shippers.

PoRT TOWNSEND, March 20.-TSpecial. i
Arrived-American ship Highlander, 1.2S6
tons, Captain Edgett, 10 days from San
Francisco. to load lumber at Tacoma as
return cargo; schooner Salvador, 4ii tons,
Captain Peterson, 10 days from San Fran
cisco for Seattle, to load a return cargo of
lumber; bark Carrollton. 1880 tons. Cap
tain Lewis, IL days from San Francisco,
arrived at Nanaimo today to load return
cargo of coal; the tug Discovery towed the
schooner Chehalis, 656 tons, Captain
Watts, II days from San Francisco, to De-
parture bay from Port Angeles. The ship
Wilma, Captain Slater, sailed from Ma
naimo today coal laden for San Fran
ciScn
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BRANCHES or CONGRESS.
Rand Silver Bill in House-Ruszian Ex-
tradition Treaty IN senate.

WAsHrSGToS CRY, March 20.-Proceed-
ings in the House during the coming week
will be more than unusually interesting. as
the Bland silver bill will be the special
order for three days, beginning Tuesday.
Tomorrow appropriation bill will be called
up and consideration of the Bland bill
commences. A great many members de-
sire to speak on the silver question, and
an effort will be made TO reach an agree
ment between the friends and opponents
of free coinage providing that the debate
and consideration of the bill shall run a
whole week. No understanding will be
reached. however. as the silver ment want
the agreement to include a stipulation
that the vote shall be taken at the end of
the week without any indulgence in tilli-
clustering tactics, but the anti-free coinage
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On its arrival here they drew on him for
the price, about $3.50, but he had left the
country.
1t transpires that he had no money, but
on the strength of the prospective news
paper had borrowed various sums of
money here and at Pc Ell, besides incurring
board bills at both places. Before leaving
he forged the name of John Dobson, of
this city, to a check for S120, which was
cashed by E. W. Prigmore, of Pc Ell. His
present whereabouts are unknown. Jo-
seph claims to have been q proofreader
and reporter on the Tacoma Globe
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Delegates From skagit County.

MOUNT VERNON, March 20.-[Special.l i
The county Republican convention held
at Hamilton yesterday to elect delegates
to attend the state convention at Seattle,
was large and harmonious gathering.
The convention was called to order and
DR.. G. V. Calhoun, of La Conner, was
elected chairman, and E. X. Matlock, of
Mount Vernon, secretary. The following
delegates were elected to attend the Seattle
convention: Captain Jones. Hamilton;
Thomas Caine, Edison; f. p. Hastie,
Skagit City; J. B. Moody, Mount Vernon;
J. A. Power. La Conner, and Major Magee,
Aracortes
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Politics Caused the Tragedy.

SAN JOSE, Cal, March 20.-An inquest
was held this afternoon on the remains of
John Combs, who was shot by C. B. Will
cox yesterday. A number of witnesses
were examined. Nothing was developed
further than was published today. All
witnesses agree that the tragedy was the
result of hot discussion over the issues
of the approaching city election. The YER
dict of the coroner's jury was simply that
Combs death was caused by a gunshot
wound inflicted by Wilcox. James Dough-
erty, who was shot by Wilcox at the same
time as Combs, is still alive. His recovery
is matter of conjecture.
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SALOON POWER IN Politics.
A Tacoma Preacher Makes Bold Charges
I'm His Sermon.


TACOMA, March 2o.-[Special. REV. G.
o. Brown of the First Congregational
church, in his sermon tonight on City
Government and the Christian Citizen"
reviewed the saloon power in politics and
denounced the presence of paid city Off
cials at gambling-houses. The latter
statement is considered to be based on
the testimony of Jumbo" Cantwell that
Mart Dillon (Democrat), while chief of
police, received % per cent. of the rake-oif
of gambling dens for allowing them to
run. The preacher claimed there is not a
city in America where trial by jury is not
farce when the interests of saloon-keep-
ers is at stake. He warned his congrega-
tion that the saloon men would be at the
Tacoma primaries, and cautioned God
fearing men to be there too and defeat
their schemes.
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FUEL FOR WORLDS FAIR.
standard Oil Company VIII Likely Get
the Contract

CHICAGO, March 20-The Standard Oil
Company made the lowest bid for furnish
ing fuel to the Worlds fair on the basis of
three barrels of fuel oil 10 a ton of coal.
The company offers fuel oil at the rate of
20 cents per forty-two gallon barrels dur
ing 1892 and 7215 cents in 1898. The low
est estimate of coal required is IS 600 tons.
and bids from coal dealers ranging from
81. ii TO 1896 per ton have been received.
1t is, therefore, probable that the Standard
company will get the contract.
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Contrabaud Opium Found.

PoRT TOWNSEND, March 20.-[Special. !
Twenty pounds of contraband opium
was found buried on the beach in an old
sack today, near Chicago, WILDLY island,
by two workmen. 1t is evident that the
smugglers were hard pressed by the Off
GERS, and when they put in to the shore
they cached the opium and awaited a more
favorable opportunity to get it away.
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Still Killing the Rabbits.

TRAvER. CAL, March 20.-The fifth drive
of the season took place this afternoon
south of town. The weather was cold and
disagreeable and the rabbits kept we'll to
their holes in the ground. Nevertheless
some 1,500 were killed. A large crowd
was present from Visalia and nelghboring
cities. A grand barbecue and drive takes
place here April 8. Each wing of the cor
raj is to be made two miles in length.
The weather permitting, this Will doubt
less be the largest drive ever held in the
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WANTED TO BE AN EDITOR.
A Swindler Gets Money From Various
ChehaIis People

CHEHAIIs, March @.-(Special. l-One l.
Joseph came 10 Chehaiis a couple of weeks
ago, representing himself to be a newspa-
per man. aud as the possessor of some
capital He was desirous of starting pa
per at Pc Ell, on the South Bend branch of
the railroad few miles out, and obtained
the promise of assistance from various
responsible parties. He ordered a news
paper plant Of Palmer & Rey, Portland.
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Blaine, MorrilI and Springer Better

WASHINGTON CITY, March 20-Blaine
passed a comfortable day and continues to
improve steadily.
Senator Morrill, continues to improve
slowly.
The condition of Congressman Springer
continues to improve, but he is still con-
fined TO bed.
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Wahkiakum County DELEGATES,

CATHLAMEr, March 19.-At the Republi-
can county convention held today, II.
NJ. Montgomery, J. G. Megler and S. G.
Williams were elected delegates and Will
lam NJ. Colwell and 0. A. Bowen alter
mates to the Seattle state convention. The
election of new county committee was
deferred until the next county convention.
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PARTY WITHOUT PRINCIPLES.
Democrats Acting only Such Lines
and May Win Office.

WAsHISGTox CRY, March 20.-[special. !
The Democrats profess with their usual
policy of claiming everything in advance.
of being able to elect a president Of the
United States this year no matter who he
is The means by which this result is to
be attained is not so clear. There are
many uncertainties before them, both as
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Bad Weather in California.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, March 20.-The
weather has been cold and unsettled here
for the past twenty-four hours, and very
stormy in the mountains. Occasional
showers have fallen in the valley, and this
afternoon there was a hail storm with
fhunder
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CoUPEvILLE, March 20.-[Special. AT
the Island county convention, held here
yesterday, the following delegates were
selected to go to the convention: Thomas
Cranney and John NJ lett
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Cruiser Boston sighted,

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March GA man.
of-war has been sighted off the harbor. 1t
is believed 10 be the cruiser Boston, on
her way to San Francisco.
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Iowa CITY. Iowa, March 20.-Mrs. Caro-
lima Rumbach, injured in the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific wreck at Blue
Island, H., January =, died here today.
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Tr,nscontineptaI Freight AssociatIon

SAN DIEGO, March 20.-The Transconti-
mental Freight Association will convene
at the Hotel Del Coronado for two or
three days session. 4 number of the
members arrived today.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-12-22
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
o-RAnDMAMMA's KITCHEN.

In er~nndmamma's kitchen things got IN 2 rot
The cream in a pot on the shelf,
Where everything alwags seemed peaceiu4 an
quiet,
Got whirped-for ] heard I, myself
And graz dnaamma sail-such a queer TING u
That Il made some thiags better TO WHIP then
that way
some old, naugfiy eggs, thst refuse to be
eaten
u toast with their brother may te
were st-irpea Of their ciotting and erueis
toafen
Right v-aera all the dishss could see:
And g~raadmamma said, though the poor tnlng'
night ache,
The barber the beating, tho lighter the TX
The bright golden butter was retted ana pattea
And coa~ad to DO shapely and goo !;
But it finally had to be taken and spatted
Right hard with q pa idis o. wool;
When grandmamma carried the round oaiis
away
The buttermillx sulked ard looked sour all day
The water declared that thu coffee was muddy,
But On egg settled that little fuss;
Then iha steak aud the ~griiiron got IN n biooty
And terrible broili such a muss!
And hgtiron spat at grandma in the face
And ] ran away from the auarrelsome place.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. in Wiie-Awake
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A QUEER TRAIN.
IL Is Made Up of a Nelocipede, Express
wagons and a Doll Carnage.

IL Is Made Up Of a Velocipede, Express
wagons and a Doll Carriage.
Harry is his own engineer. conductor,
brakeman and fireman. Ilistrain isall
made up ready to start
AT the head of it is a velocipede, upon
which he rides when the train is in mo
ton; for how could an engineer take
the passengers through safely without
seeing the track ahead?
While il is not the usual place fortha
brakeman, in this case it is very con
venieBt, because he can put on the
brakes at the same time that he is a.
tending 10 the duties of the engineer
The engine must be some new motor
for, look as carefully as possible, we do
not see any smoke. That really does
away for the need Of a fireman.
The most inconvenient part Of having
10 attend to SO many duties is when the
tickets az 20 be taken. Even that Is
not so bad. He stops the train, and
then goes back just as all conductors
do, and when he has taken the tickets
returns to his engine and continues the
trip.
II is not a very long tra'a Follow
ing the engine Is an open baggage-car
something like a boys express-wagon.
1t is loaded with baggage Of various
kinds.
Back of this is another q similart7
this one. and in it are two ladies
They are no doubt going on a long
journey.
The last car very much resembles q
a dolls carriage, in which are W
ladies, elegantly dre,se4 This must oe
a ~palace-car.
This train has no SMOKER. Indeed u
is not needed, as all the passengers ane
ladies.
The track is not like an ordinary rail-
road. 1t is made wholly Of stone ana
is very smooth. At a little distane'
one could not tell it from n stone side
walk. Mrs. j. S. Lowe. in Our Lute
Ones.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-12-22

SD. for fhev have not tho mental nc
auiremenis which would render an p
peal to their intelligence and reason
etfectual. They must be treated IN TINS
respect as we treat our children. The
means of indulging the vice OF intoNi-
cation mast be kept from them. This
is the idea of the international agree
ment 10 which our government has
lust given its assent and Endorsement
Under the blighting influence OF IN
toxicatng liqpors-and espeeiaily OF
the vile aad poisonous qualities sup
piled to them by constituencies traders
these savage races det%eriorHte in-
stead Of advancing To ciyiiiz them,
to raise them to a higher plane Is the
duty Of the governments which have
assumed control of their affairs. The
first step in this work must be 70 pre-
vent the importation OF the vices Of
civilized lands-and the worst of these
Is indulgence in distilled liquors. u IS
trne that they make mild intoxicants
out Of the Juices Of the c%oeoanut, and
in other ways; but these are not hall
so baleful in thei effects as are the
rum and whisky of the trader. Hence
the latter are to be kept ont Of theii
way. Happy viii be the day when the
people OF this nation shall waken TO a
full appreciation o. the fearful evils
wrought by alcoholic intoxicants, and
rouse themselves to crush out their
manufacture and sale and thus pulver.
I've the rufn poyer-TOledo Blade.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-12-22

ally an immense crowd had a~ssarh1-,
on the streets, the lawns. porebes =,
comics and windows, even those az a.
executive mansion i.sels beng crow a
10 excess
a central figure was that Of the nr..
idenf. Abraham lincoln. who. Nh
b.rcd lead unfuried End waved n.
nat,cn's Tag in the midst Of ~.
cherrs gut suddenly there was -
rncxrec,ed sirht. 4 small tov lea,s4
forwaut ant sent streaming to The n,
the ha1ut If the boys ia sr + tt,s
In ga lag which had tsn eae.e
from the confederate. ana uhi.h
u%rcliu, the prcsia nt's e,c9r lsaa.T
had oBtainei poss s-ioH st. ana
sidered an additional token ot triam,t
to unfurl on this all-important dsr
yainlv did the servant who had fol
lowed hln TO the window plead VITA
him 10 desist. No. Master Tad M
pet Of The White House. was not to X
prevented from adding to the Iowa
demonstration of the hour.
To his surprise however, the crowd
viewed it differently. Had it aoated
from any other window in the capita
that day. no doubt il would have been
the target Of contempt and abuse; butt
when the president, understanding
what had happened, turned with Al
smile on his grand plain face, and
showed Lis approval by gesture and ex
preston. cheer after cheer rent the am
II yas. surcly enough. the expression
Of peace and good viii, which. OF all ont
commanders, none was better pleased
to promote than the eommender-in.
chief.
Tad, as lie was called at home, wa,
his fathers idol and constant com.
panion. Scarcely a day but he could
be seen trudging along the country
roads near their summer home or In
the city itself, his small figure in com.
cal c ontrast to the presidents tall lark
form. In these walks they had chats
which were to the boy as precious
memories. His early death was !
calamity. for on his return from Eu.
rope he promised everything fine, man.
" and noble his father had hoped foE
A characteristic incident, which he
himself related to the writer, occurred
a day or two after his entering. ten.
porarily, a foreign school. A rather
snobbish young gentleman Of rank, not
knowing who young Lincoln was IN
quired, as boys will Of each other, who
his father was. Tad, with the slow.
reflective smile which was his sole point
of resemblance to his father, answered.
"a wood-ehopper."
''Oh, indeedg was the rather sneer
ing answer. And for a day or two the
high-born lad turned the cold-shoulder
to the NEW boy"
Judge of his feelings when. very soon,
the American lads prestige being
known to al the school, he found that
he had made himself ridiculous. Tad,
however, was too much of a little gen
tleman not to accept the friendship
however tardily offered -llarper's
Young People.
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FACTS AND FINDINGS.

IN England penny cups of coffee are
told near large factories by temper
ance workers
THE number OF shops licensed to sci
spirits in India about equals those
which sell opium.
The man who negleets TO teach hin
children sound temperance principles
helps the barkeeper.
RUSSIA has prohibited the sale o.
ether and its compounds, because Of
the spread of the ether drinking habit
A GERMAN proverb says: ''lntemper
ance drives reason out of the head,
money from the pocket, the elbows
through the sleeves, and health from
the body"
THERE are now nearly one hundred
asvlums and retreats in the world fol
the treatment of alcoholism. Heredity
is the chief factor in nearly sixty pei
cent. Of the cases.
THE bishop of Chester, Eng, advo
Gates the trial in England of the essen
tial features of the "Gothenberg sys
tenn, in use in Sweden and Norway
The new government is pledged to deal
vigorously with the drink evil.
GEN. BoorH, the Salvation Army
leader, has three hundred and eighty
men, mostly broken-down drunlSards,
at enc time, working on his farm a few
miles ont Of London, and they are de
scribed as a decent, industrious, useful
and enthusiastic lot of people now.
THE Young Abstainers' union of Eng,
land, the object of which is the promo
ton of total abstinence from intoxi
eating liquors among the sons and
daughters of the upper and middle
classes, has now eight branches and 5
membership of over eight thousand.
TIE constant use of beer gives the
system no recuperation, but steadily
lowers the vital forces. Our observance
is that beer-drinking in this country
produces the very lowest kind OF inc
briefly. closely allied to criminal insan.
ity. The most dangerous class OF rul
fans in our large cities are beer drink
ers
TUE fact chat drunkenness is increas
ing among the women OF Stockholm
leads to an inquiry whether the Goth.
enburg system, which has helped te
make the public house respectable, is
not responsible for the development Of
the drink evil among the better half o.
the community.
Il East Riding. England, is a prac
tical illustration Of the church public
house, of which much has been writ
zen. It Is a public house open to all
providing light refreshments and non.
alcoholic drinks for sale. 1t has a Ii
bray and games. and is the headquar
tiers for various clubs OF men and boys
INVESTIGATION into the way that
public money is expended in Boston
shows that over Si60, 600 are spent IL
the city hospital. Of which amount
almost $1,000 went for alcoholic
drinks. Il is said that no doctor out
side begins to lose the number of pa
tients carried out from this hospital
more than one out Of nine. The com.
parison between that and the temper
ance hospital records would suggest
to the physicians in charge that the
day for alcoholic prescriptions is fast
passing away