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COUNTY ANNEXATION scHEME.



wahkiaku m Proposes to Add Slice Of
Pacific to Its Territory.
sKAMoKAwA. Feb. 1L-[Special. ]-Wah-
kiakum county people held . convention
at this point on Friday to consider the
advisability of applying to the legislature
to enlarge this county by the addition OF
several townships from Pacific county.
Since the county seat trouble IN Pacific
county q large number of the people re-
siding in that portion of that county bor-
dering on the Columbia river have signi-
fed their wish to become . part OF
Wahkiakum county. At the mass con-
vention held here today this spirit was
represented as very strong, and it was de-
cided by the Wahkiakum county people
to meet them halfway and petition the
legislature to annex to Wahkiakum all
that territory now part OF Pacific county
lying south and west of q line commencing
at the northeast corner Of township No. IL
north of range west. Willamette
meridian; thence westerly along said line
to the center of the deep-water channel in
Willapa bay; thence following said deep
water channel to the Pacific ocean.
This line would add strip of territory
one township wide the whole length of
Wahkiakum on the north, extending to
the ocean and including what 10 known as
the peninsula in Pacific county. 1t would
take in Ilwaco. Knappton and Frankfort
on the Columbia river and Oysterville and
Sunshine on Willapa bay. Petitions to
the legislature have been drafted and put
in circulation.
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CoLv1LLE. Feb. 1O-[Special. flames
Murphy, charged with burglary of the
house of E. o. Cox, at the Little Dalles,
last August. has been acquitted by a jury.
The only evidence of guilt was that Muir
ply was in bad company Immediately
after the burglary 10 alleged to have been
committed. Murphy broke Jail few
days ago and tried to escape through the
deep snow. He was onlJ out of Jail
twenty-four hours before no was over
hauled by the officers and lodged again in
Jail, but during his short period of liberty
he committed another burglary at the Old
Dominion mine and appropriated about
$40 worth Of clothing and few dollars in
money to his own use and benefit. He
will be tried on Monday for the latter
offense.
John Donovan, who burglarized the
residence of Peter Ellensohn. at the Little
Dalles, on January II, pleaded guilty to
the charge after the jury bad been ,mpan-
eled and the state had rested its case. Sem
tence has not been passed.
Ed Tyrol, another OF the Little DalIes
robbers, was discharged Thursday morn
ing for the reason that the prosecution
could not secure evidence sufficient to con.
Vict
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NEWSOF WASHINGTON
Mysterious Drowning Of an Old
Tacoma Fisherman.
TRIALS or THREE THIEVES.
4 Littlo Dalles Burglar 0a1g h ne
Colville corrt-Wahhiakum wants
Slice Of Pacific Couaty.

TACOMA. Feb. 1I-fspscial. 1-Maldors
Brown, . fisherman, was drowned this
morning before daylight near vashon isl.
and. Brown lost his balance In changing
his position in boat and fell overheard.
His companion, Charles Holdstorm.
caught the body a. it came to the surface
and towed il to the shore.
An inquest will be held because Of the
peculiar circumstances. Holdstorm says
they left Old Tacoma about o'clock, both
being under the influence Of liquor and
well stocked with some in bottles. When
near Vashon island Brown stepped for.
ward on the fish boat and fell overheard.
Holdstorm says it was some time before
he discovered Browns absence and when
he returned he found the body floating.
This 10 considered strange. He started to
tow the body to Tacoma, arriving here late
this afternoon.
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: isw providing for the appointment Of
ygocinct and ward census enumerators.
Ludden presented . large roll Of psti-
tions asking for the enactment Of the bill
introduced BY him yesterday for the sx-
emption Of church property.
At the request Of Anderson Of Whitman
TIE agricultural college investigating com:
mittee was authorised to employ stem
ographer ct . daily compensation Of not
20 exceed 81. During the consideration Of
Anderson's motion Mcmillan remarked.
sarcasticaliy. that the discussion Of his
resolution had shown that no investi-
CATION was necessary, and he was there
fore Of the opinion that . clerk was not
needed by the committee. This aroused
Neany, who replied with warmth, char
acterixing McAillan's remarks - disgrace
fnl.
Senate bill No. 40. authorizing the state
treasurer 70 receive from the United States
money appropriated for the state soldiers
home. was passed unanimously.
House bill No. IS. providing for an addi-
tional superior judge for King county, was
made . special order for Tuesday next at
10 o'clock.
Adjourned 10 11:55 Monday.
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PORTLAND, Feb. ll.-[Special.] -Charles
A. Bowker, Southern Pacific fireman,
was arrested in Roseburg this morning
and brought to this city, charged
with mans aughter. Several months
ago he took room in the
house Of James Wilson. on East
Burnside street. where he met Helen
Pretty. the 17-year-old daughter of his
landlord. The girl became infatuated
with him and her parents dismissed
him from the house. They continued to
meet, however. and a few weeks ago
Helen disappeared from home. Last We'd
nesday she was brought back and the fol-
lowing day she died. An examination
showed that criminal operation which
had been performed on her caused her
death. On her deathbed she told sicken-
ing story. duplicating Bowker.
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Peter Landin's Thistle Kill srs.

fUtC 6IHuIOy OKdPulC.
Wild birds take quickly 10 any kindness
shown them. Peter Landln has been in the
hab { Of throwing out feed near his house for q
flock Of quail during the winter. When the
late storm commenced he put the feed under .
box leaning up against the house. The quail
Immediately took shelter under tho box. wnsn
Mr. Landin took them into his house, where
they enjoyed the warmth to the full. One re.
manned in the house for several days. refusing
70 60 out and Join the others till the storm was
over. These quail are especial pets of Mr.. Ian
din and woe be unto the person that molests
them. He pets them 20 they will clean the
thistles from his farm,
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color. They make excellent mothers and
good sitters. being very good natured and
easily managed while sitting. They stand
confinement we'll and are great foragers
when given their liberty.
The boom IS not waning. as some claim.
for there never was what could be called a
boom on the Indian game, but a good.
steady growth and strong demand; it can
not be weighed and found wanting" for
its many good qualities are becoming
known to large number of fanciers and
breeders. and with the tact and skill Of our
American breeders it will soon be in the
front ranks OF our general purpose breeds.
Enough can not be said or written about
this noble bird, for it is majestic in appear
aice, and an observer is at once struck
Win ats beauty and stately carriage.
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The Michigan Breaking Tn.

PoRr townsend. Feb. ll.-[Special. l.
The revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott returned
from Cape Beale, Vancouver island TODAY
with SIX OF the crew of the wrecked
steamer Michigan. Capt. Tozier, of the
Wolcott. said that very small portion of
the cargo had been saved. and tina, the
Michigan was being broken up by the seas
and going to pieces. One of the engineers
who was on the Michigan said that abou.
$4,000 worth Of property could be saved.
including the machinery. if wrecking
steamer went TO work Immediately.
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PROFITS IN BUTTER AND CHEESE.
What the Illinois Farmero Do IN Exam
plo for WashinetOu.

Die 1o4 Wo9010Ge0Os
Following is the report Of the secretary
of the Elgin, ILL.,. board Of trade. showing
the sales of butter and cheese of its menu
bers during the past year, and also the
sales for the past twenty-one years All
of this is produced by the farmers around
Elgin, and illustrates what the farmers Of
Washington can do If they only try:
Herewith present the twenty-first an
nual statistical report of the production Of
but er and cheese in 300 factories owned
and operated by members of this board
during the year 1892. You will notice
that there was an increase in the produc-
ton of both articles, and the average price
for both is slightly in advance of the aver
age price in 1891.
That the members may be saved the
trouble Of writing to the secretary from
time to time for prices butter sold for at
different dates during the year. have en-
braced in this report the weekly call board
prices, with monthly average prices for
1892
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SLIGHTLY WATER DAMAGED1

Over four thousand dollars worth of DRY
Goods, comprising Silks, Satins, Velvets,
Pushes, Dress Goods, Table Linens, Nap
kins, Towels, Sheetings, Muslins, GinghamA
Calicoes, Underwear, Hosiery, Hats, Caps,
Jerseys, Trimmings, Laces, Embroideries,
Blankets, Comforters. The above goods
are only slightly damaged by water and.
will be sold at less than half their regular
price. Sale commences Monday, Feb. Ii. 3
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INDIAN GAME FEATHER.
The Stately and Compact Fowl Ha
Beautiful Plumage.

The Stately and Compact Fowl Has
Beautiful Plumage.
An Indian game breeder writes in the
Poultry World:
The Indian game Is very compact in
body, making it very heavyweight fowl
and excellent for the table, as it Is
abuhdantly supplied with breast meat. far
excelling the Plymouth Rock and other
well-known breeds.
1t is hardy and quick growing. very
kind in disposition, the males quarreling
very little. We have had quite large num-
with scarcely any fighting or quarreling:
in fact, the males are less quarrelsome ac-
cordingly than the females.
A great many people think the Indian
game pit fowl. Except for its name and
shape, it Is as far from pit game fowl as
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cosr o. JArLsrnDS soAnD.

Passage Of Bill Llmltlng the Amount
Go Sixty Goats Day.
OLYHrIA, Feb. 1L-Ssnate bill No 81. I'm
PRODUCED by Foss Of Pierce, has passed
both houses Of the legislature, - follow;
An act entitled m Get fixing the maximum
sum to Be allowed BY the board Of county conn
missioner for the board Of prisoners confined
In the county jsila
Be It enacted b the Legislature Of the state of
Warrington:
Section L That from and after the passage
and taxing effect Of this bill, IL shall b unlaw.
ful Tor the board Of county commissioners Of
sixty cents per day for the boarding OF each
prisoner confined In the county Jail Of their ~
spective counties.
lection 2 That section LIZA Of chapter xC1u
Of the code OF Washington, 1851. b and the
same u hereby repealed.
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Fraser River Ice Rreakinr I'm

VANCOUVER, b. c., Feb. 1.-The normal
temperature has now been reached
ana the snow is fast thawinp
Street cars resumed running this after
noon. Trains on the Canadian Pacific
railroad are running on time again. The
ice on the Fraser river is breaking up.
Steamers can go up five miles. At New
Westminster channel has been cut In the
ice to the south shore, and ferry steamers
are meeting trains on the Great Northern
a.
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Plenty Of Water for Irritation

ELLESsBUnG, Feb. u.-[Special. The
snowfall III this valley has not been heavy.
SO far. only about eight inches has fallen.
but the fall is SO heavy in the mountains
that the fears os scarcity OF water which
were entertained up 10 February have
been dlspeiled, and now there are good
assurances that splendid supply tor irri-
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srokAxE SWINGING AROUND.

The Iesdisg RspsbIseans Realise That
Allen II Goiag - Win.
6PoKAHs. Feb. 1L-rspeciai.j 1.-The feel
ing in Spokane over the senatorial Eight IL
changing every day. Those who advo-
Gated standing by Turner . week
ago are now blaming him for not
giving up the fight and getting
oat Of It with Ill the honor he can
for himself. and save his party ~ far -
possible. Everybody in Spokane pities
Judge Turner. instead Of condemning him,
for they appreciate that had he
he'd good. honorable advisers he would
have had q chance 70 represent the people
Of Eastern Washington before this.
Nearly all leading men of Spo-
kane insist that the action of
Turner's managers 10 killing him
politically and injuring the Republican
party in this county and the state and
running the chances Of the Spokane dele
CATION individually for any political
honors In the future.
There IL hardly an exception among
prominent Republican politicians and
business men in the opinion that personal
spite II all that continues tho fight.
Many want to honor Judge Tur,
ner at some future time, but they
say his present course is political suicide
md that il would be suicide for the Re-
publican party in this state II his sup
porters had any influence or standing,
which they think the present ones
have not. Nearly every man who can Be
interviewed in Spokane Is anxious that
the deadlock be broken at once.
II the story Il true. which the manager
Of tho Turner campaign who arrived in
Spokane today tells, that all he
IL holding the Spokane delegation
for IL to defeat Allen and elect
. dark horse, the great majority Of peo-
pie say, why not do It now and see
where strength lies. I" Everybody condemns
the proposition of making bitter personal
fight to defeat Allen. They say that
SPOKANE wanted to elect Turner, and, if
that could not be done, any good honor.
able Republican who . majority Of the
Republicans Of the state were satisfied
with would suit them.
There was more feeling shown today
than any time during the fight, and men
who have been holding back came
out openly and denounced the
course being pursued. and advo-
Gated the breaking Of the deadlock
and the election Of Allen ct once. Every.
body seems to believe that Allen will be
elected. and they say the sooner the bet
ter for the good Of the Republican party.
Every Republican bank president and the
heads Of all business houses now
advocate this course openly. All the law
yers feel the same, except . few. The
best men Of Spokane cay this, and hun.
dreds are ready to give interviews.
Among them are James r. Glover,
president Of the First National
bank; r B. Hyde, president of
the Citizens National bank, Attorneys
Wells. Mcbride, McBroom, Dunning.
Herman, Prather, Nendsnhall and A.
w. Strong. City Comptroller Tyler.
w. H. Maloney, Ex-Gov. Cole,
Commissioners Connolly and Finnelly.
DR.. Essig. Ex-Mayor Fatheringham.
Treasurer Prescott, G. +. Clough. Judge
Horton. Judge Buck. Henry Brook. J. X.
Arkly. Alonso NJ. Murphy, A. J. Shaw
and hundreds Of others.
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The Agricultural Colles. Hearings.

The Agricultural College Hearings.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 1L-[Special. THE joint
committee appointed to investigate the
Agricultural college affairs. intended to
leave for Pullman tomorrow and resume
ito hearings there ON Monday afternoon,
but owing to the desire of Senators Cooper
and Shaw, members Of the commission, to
be present next week when legislation
they are interested in comes before the
senate. the departure of the committee
has been postponed week.
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CONFIDENT OF Aliens Election.

TACOMA, Feb. u--lSpecial. l-Chairman
r. G. Sullivan, of the state Republican
central committee, returned today from
Olympia He is confident Of the re-elec-
ton Of Senator Allen. Speaking Of dark
horses. he says there are plenty of them,
but they have no great amount Of strength
individually.
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TIE SEATTLE PosTTEIIGENCER SUNDAY T. f6ss
CATION purposes viii b had. Snew ct the
source Of supply = now ten 70 eighteen
feet deep and il still freezing.
Cruaela~ ~ Overauo Voeeola.

HooU1As, Feb ll-lSpscial 1.-The tug
Traveler, Capt Lawson, left here this
morning Tor . four days cruise in search
Of the barkentine AIaeo and the i've
masted schooner Louis, now out from San
Francisco over three weeks, bound tor
Gray's harbor and Shoslwatsr bay re.
npectivelv.
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Is the plymouth
Rock or other do
cile breeds. Extra
fine shaped birds
are short from
neck to tail and
very broad at
shoulders, tn .
shoulder butts
showing promi-
nentiy, and have
. great depth Of
re ast. ra Their
short, stout, or
ange colored or
yellow shanks,
good broad head
and stout, yellow
or horn cOlored
beaks. The hens
are fair or medium
layers, and their
eggs are large and
rtnG,sk kra.r.~ -
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insinuation vas unwarranted and the rel.
ersncs to the ladies unjusti6able. How
sver vigorous the Language used ct the i'm
terview between the two men, the meeting
ended without breach Of the peace.
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Feeding Starving Quan 1t Payallup.
PUxALLuP, Feb. ll-[Spec,ai.l-Ths re-
cent SNOW and cold have killed nearly all
the quail in this vicinity. INT Fred 8.
Neeker ted those about his place and this
saved them. They now come regularly tor
THAR faed.
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4 Jute Factory for Oregon's Prisen.
SALHM, Or. Feb. 1I-Both branches Of
the legislature have passed bill estab-
fishing . jute factory ct the state peni-
tentiary.
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New Postmaster At EdWall.
WARRINGTON CIrY, Feb. u.-lSpecial1E
Eugene Enlow has been appointed post
master at Edwall, Lincoln county.
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Fort Meade, Polk counsy. Fla

The Union Pacific 10 the oriy tr4nsean.. nsa:A
lire running two tarouga trains daily from tia
North vest 20 Omaha Kansas City, st Louis aat
C6icAgo aud ali poinls East Modern &c uip-
rnsuL iass time and the best of ssrvica Ticxss
c1.ss - sscoaa ssyVsk n T. Aagun, AGENT
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washingsen Psnsion,

WAsHINeroH CITY, Feb. u--[Spscial. +
Pensions have been granted 70 residents Of
the state Of Washington ~ follows:
Original-John c. jarrett, Thomas Men. John
Hyiaud. Isaac Bethurum.
AddltiOnaa-DauleA Aoxandoe.
Original widows, etc.-Oilve Gilbert
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Bieamist Pever,s sents.ee,

AsHLAxD. Feb. u-(Special l-Lorrein
N. Powers, who Was on Thursday found
guilty Of bigamy, was today sentenced to
two years in the state prison. A motion
for . new trial was denied.
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THE ENGLISH CROWN.
SULTAN CITY, Feb. 5. lso3

SULTAN CITY, Feb. s. 1893
To THE EDITOR: Viii you kindly reply
through the columns OF your valued paper TO
the following query: Was the crown OF England
at any time IL its history actually stolen or pur-
Joined, and in whose reign? u not was such
an attempt ever made by thieves, and by what
lady were they frustrated In the attempt, who
cried Treason! treason!" a. they were carving
on the crown? CHARLES BARBOUR
There are q good many English crowns now
in existence. and some OF the older ones have
been broken up ksgiisa crowns have been
stoei.e $50 - lpUned. Queen Victoria had
Que e4p41Z - ior her coronation. aud
pcs.iu - 1f4o 81 wales may have . new
oae. D - 1oega of Charles H., Col.
Thomo 4e41t = Mpeed Irish adventurer and
rn.1af1 y..5 BAN ions. successfully exc
catcd Qvk ~ - the king's crown, globs
and toieves we're pursued. cap
iurel 80 Srestored. although IN the
suugg - - Grown jewels were lost.
Col o nDoDDned III the tower, but
MAS re did king. who feared the
veBgsae ~ )ends.
The 0tS - Seine. France. has 70
fused ID lrowski. forua>rly Nine.
dc ssuet J divorce from her srs-
band in [ be custody OF her child,
ca the s eign diplomatic repre-.
sentative enatls % the French
Law. zs@$ss; A%
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SeiLs. France, has re-
lrowski. fermsrly Nine.
divorce from her srs-
e custody OF her child,
Deign diplomatic repre-.
enatls - tho French
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-10
LATE KILOGRAMS
9nator Coke is at home.

Senator Coke is at home.
Lord Mayor Of London installed.
Palomas, Mex, sacked by In
dams.
Steel rails are cut s. ton by the
Carnegies.
German elections show radicals
losing ground.
Michigan has five cases eff Texas
fever reported.
More fighting in Matabeleland ;
1000 natives killed.
Marquis Of Queensbury marries
Miss Ethel Weldon.
Brazilian insurgents form pro-
VisiOnal government.
The Sultan of Morocco proceeds
against the Riff Arabs.
Twenty-Five of the Spanish An
arChists are under arrest.
German cruiser transfers Chief
Maatafa to Martial Island.
Prince of Wales celebrates his
birthday at Sandringham.
The big marshes on the Kanka-
kee river, Ind, are on fire.
County treasurer of Niagara
county, New York, is short $4,000.
1t is reported that arms are be.
ing bought in France FOR the Siam
csc.
Hawaiian affairs are troubling
the authorities at Washington
who would like to undo what was
done at the time OF the revolution