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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-10
The AbySSinian Monarch De-
stroys an Italian Army.
ITALY WILL SEND MORE TROOPS.
The Socialist Deputies Denounee the
Governments Policy.
Emperor William Rcbuked BY the
Reichstag for Prosecuting Socialist
Members \ Great Mass Meeting
Condemns Corruption In Madrid.

Rome. Dec. a.-Nevs was received hera
today from Gen. Baratiori. the command
er Of the Italian troops in Ahyssinia, an
nouncing what appears 10 be a serious
disaster 10 the Italian forces operating
against King Menehk. lie eabled that the
king army, numbering q bout - aGa8 men,
surprised and surrounded yesterday i've
companies Of Italian troops under Mai
IoseiI at Amhaiagi Another body Of
Italian troops under the command of Gen
Armondi advanced 10 the support OF Mai
Toseli. but they were stopped BY the
enemy. a severe battle was subsequently
Fought and the result was not made
known here. The official dispatches say
the losses Of the Abyssinlans Were, heavy.
but no news was furnished concerning the
fate OF Maj. TosellFs command and MOTH
ing was said about the losses OF the Ital-
ians.
Later in the day. in the chamber Of
deputies, the government was questioned
regarding the reported disaster which the
italian troops suffered in Abvssinia and
the matter led 10 warm attacks anon the
governments policy in Africa. Replying
- question as 10 the particulars Of the
battle Of Auhalagi. the minister for war.
Gen. Mocenni, read the dispatch from
Gen. Baratiori the substance Of which IS
given above, and added that the Italian
positions were secure. He admitted, how
although entirely reparable.
S.gnor Imbriano, the Socialist leader
amid interruptions made violent speech
in opposition to the policy followed ny the
government. and the other Socialists also
denounced the African policy of the gov
oTnment.
Mai. ToseIhs column was composed Of
1,30 native troops commanded by twenty
officers. with forty non-Commlsssonef Off
GERS and a mounted battery. II is now
known that of this force Mai. ToselF sew
enteen of the officers and eo0 Of the native
troops are missing. The position OF Gen.
Ar.modi, at Alaksllo. however, is impreg-
nable. and he has provisions for three
months King Humbert tonight conferred
with Premier Crispi upon the situation,
the premier being indisposed and confined
10 his room.
The cabinet council held tonight has de-
cided to give Gen. Baratiori the necessary
means TO crush the AbYssiniaus.
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Port Townsend. Dec. -Special.-Jener-
son county viii go 10 the supreme court
with it's financial Ills. This was the de-
cision reached by the commissioners at
their meeting this week, after they had
called in the other county officers for
discussion of the questions involved. NO
more general fund warrants are being Is
sued. and the board has arranged test
case on which the fight will be- made. and
il seems likely that II VIII go into the
courts as an agreed case. The auditor mas
been ordered To draw a warrant against
the current revenues for 1858. and on his
refusal TO do so the points involved viii
go to the courts for adjudication. There
are several other counties in the state in
the same financial condition as Jefferson,
and they are awaiting the outcome OF the
the proposed test case with consldfranle
interest fudging by the numerous In
quirles received by the county officers
here.
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Oregon CITY. or. Dec e-Charies Mont
naYnery surrendered himself 70 the sheriff
this afternoon. saving that hc rad shot
and. killed Hiram Hall A mile from town.
Jr order 20 escape being robbed. Halls
h1fv was found where designated by
Montgomery and brought % town. Mont
gouery apparently has been under the In
suavca ~ Hall for weeks, and in
d,,eed - mortgage MS Ianf - get money
for both 10 use on the Slletz Indian reser-
,7t.oa lands Three hundred dollars had
disappeared. and Montgomery thought Hail
rad stolen Il and was trying - get 800
more which ne had.
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New Bills i'm the House.

Washington City. Dec. 9-Among the
public h.ns introduced in the hohse were
the following
BY Wilson, Of Idaho-Es tablshing duties
on wool similar TO those In the Mckinley
law
By Bailey OF Texas-Prohibiting senators
and representatives from soliciting or
recommending the appointment Of any per
son 10 any office. the appointment of which
IS vested in the president or the head of
any department.
BY Cobb of Acknowledging all fast
freight lines. express and car companies.
whether operated by corporations, asso-
Citations, receivers or individuals, in con-
nection with or dependent - common car
riers, etc, subject 10 the act 10 regulate
commerce.
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Washington City. Dec. s--The chief in
terest in the senate proceedings today Gen.
tered IN the speech cf Morgan OF Ala
hama. chairman OF the committee on for
eign affairs. o. the Bering sea award
Canery of Lolislana. reelected al the ex-
ptration OF the short term 20 MI a term OF
six years. WAS sworn in.
The first blll OF the session 10 be passed
was one granting the state of Penusyl-
vanla permission TO occupy the United
States court rooms at Scranton and Will
Transport during certain months.
CuIlorn gave notice that he viii address
the senate tomorrow on the Monroe doc
trine-
Among the bills introduced was one by
VOORHEES, granting a pension OF 800 per
month 10 the widow Of the late Secretary
Of State Gresham.
Confirmation: Rufus H Peckham. Of
New York. associate justice of the su-
preme court Of the United States.
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rx-Troasurer Mccau!ey sick in Bed.

Tacoma. Dec Especial To-day at
o'clock was the hour set for ex-City Treas-
urer McCaIley 70 plead 90 the Information
charging him with using the public funds
in his care for his own profit. Mr.. Mccall
ley ala not appear at the hour set, how
ever. ard the case was continued TN
O'Clock, when the defense presented a GER
ufcate signed by Dr. Smith stating that
the ex-treasurnr was confined 20 his room
hv illness. Mr.. McCauleys Illness is in
nammat.on or the kidneys. on motion the
case was continued TIN Saturday 81 20
O'Clock Attorneys Millgau and Dennis
presented a demurrer to the information.
which. after argument. was oyerruled.
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Neu RilIs In the senate.

Washington City, Dec. "a large number
OF bills were introduced m the senate again
today the most important of which We're;
By Senator Berry-To provide a terrific
rial form of government for Indian terri
tory. with the usual staff of territorial Of
ficers. The territory 10 take the name of
d.anola.
By Senator Palmer-Giv,ng n uniform
pension of SO per month to all who lost
A hand or foot in the late war, and $50
10 those who lost an ertire limb
By Senator Allen-Disfranchising any cit
izen OF the United States who shall solicit
or accept a title patent Of nobility or de-
gree of honor from foreign nation. and
furnishing this act as crime by both fine
and imprisonment.
BY Senator Misunderstanding pensions
10 soldiers and sailors who were captured
and confined in Confederate prisons during
the war.
BY Senator Squire-For a gun factory for
heavy ordnance on the Pacific coast
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pREACHERs FAVOR CHINESE.
The Tacoma Committee OF Fifteen After
Mr.. Riggs Coolies.

Tacoma. Dec 9-The Ministerial Alliance
today indorsed the employing of Chinese
servants in this city. This viii doubtless
result in the matter being seriously agitat-
ed. The committee of fifteen has decided
10 cali on Mr.. Riggs. who Is employing
Chinese servants. tomorrow. and formally
demand that he dismiss and send them out
OF the city. The wership Philadelphia un-
expectedly arrived from olympia this aft
ernoon u was at first rumoref that. this
was on account of expected Chinese trou-
hle but that IS denied.
The colored citizens Of Tacoma are very
indignant az Mr.. Riggs for chasing them
WIN COOLIES in recent interview.
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VIII Permit the Republicans 10 Or
sgauize the senate.

Washington city, Dec. a.-The Populist
senator's have changed their former deci-
SION concerning the organization II the
senate. ard have now agreed among them
selves 70 interpose no objections n The Re
puallcans taking control They viii act
together but W "a withdraw as a h2dy. ana
allow The Reuubl.cans - elect their can
it3st-s f5r tae senate offices. They may
possibly nominate candidate for presi-
dent pro tenn. bue they viii not press his
claims nor continue his candidacy SO as
II materially DELAY organization.
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rortlnnd Mon Chnrged Wan Forgcrv.

Portland, Dec 9-Jonathan TIce and
George G. Smith. well-known citizens Of
Portland. are prisoners in the county jail
on a charge of forgery. Last Saturday tho
grand jury returned an Indictment charg-
ing them. IN conjunction with r. 9. Mnfllt.
and George ". Edgar, with the forgery of
the sill of Nancy NJ. Love. for the puT-
nose Of defraudlug Lewis Love. her hus-
band Mofft IS serving 3 term IN tho peni-
teutiary for forgery. and Edgar, who is an
attorney. Jumped his bail while awaiting
an appeal 10 the supreme court. he also
having been convicted ~ forgery. The
Love estate IS valued at t35.olo
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san Francisco. Dec s-Eichar5 -. Nc
Donald r.. once vice president Of the de-
fuu~t Pacific bank wss arraiRn0d for
eu7hezglanent in fhe superior court this
morning r. "a charged that Immediately
after fhe failure Of the Peoples Home Saw
Sings hank. % which he was also director,
the defendant abs1racted from the vaults
NJ tht savings bank rarkaEes OF money
s-rracattnv So. ana The defense will prob
ah,- he that she money was taken hy de-
fen1arr's brother Frank whn shipped the
coin across the continent in trunk.
Which was robbed Of its contents 81 route.
Dick Mcdonald vas once tried for per-
jury. bat the jury disagreed.
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Five Vessels Are Out and a
Sixth One Is Going.
THE EvANDAlE AT YOKOHAMA.
Tacoma Preachers IndorSe the EN-
ployment of Chinese.
Mrs. Jameson Leaves TO Reioin Tur-
ner- Port Ludlow MIN 20 Resume
Work After Being Closed for Three
Years.

Victoria. Dec. a.--The Dominion steames
Quadra. which had gone out Of commis-
sion and which Was to enter the dock to-
morrow 90 make coed the damages re-
CeiVcd IN her recent crash on Fulfart
reef, had ali her plans upset nv a telegram
from ottawa this evening. II instructed
her 10 leave as soon a. the crew can be
got together. on search for the disabled
StrathBevis. The Costa Rica was also
sent out by the Duasmuirs today on the
same errand, and the Tacoma, Empress
OF China. Danube and Mischief are all
away on similar errand.
Tacoma. Dec, Ain addition TO ths
steamship Danube. which left Vancoaves
I'm search OF the disabled steamship Strath-
nevis the steamship Costa Rica left Nic-
toria today on the same quest. The Costa
Rlca belongs 10 the Wellington Coal COM
pany, OF Victoria. and il IS thought thau
one or the other OF these ships will soon
find the t.riftlng steamship. Manager
Priehsrd. OF the Northern Pacifc Steam-
ship Company. received word from Vic-
toria today OF the departure of the two
vessels. lie stated later that he did nos
know who had sent them.
IL is probable that both OF them have
gone ont on their own responsibility. ex-
pecting TO be reeompensed by the salvaga
money in case they succeed IN finding tho
steamer. This viii produce considerable
competition between the two boats. as onlg
the boat which first passes a hawseF viii
proht by the cruise, Al the office OF Gem
cral Manager Dickinson the report from
Port Townsend that the Danube had been
chartered by the Northern Pacific rail.
road was denied.
Port Townsend. Dec. 9.-The schooner
Meteor from San Pedro. arrived in from
sea tonight and reports experiencing a
succession OF s0utherly gales during tho
last ten days. Should this weather extend
west No miles off Cape F'iattery II would
doubtless have a tendency. together with
the in-shOre currents, TO send the Strath-
nevis uortherly toward Queen Charlotte
or Vancouver island. The general opinion
OF experienced navigat6rs on the North
Pacific ocean Ia that the disabled steam-
ship will make slow progress in "a north
easteriy direction from where she was
spoken BY the bark John CANDLES.
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Frankfort. KY. pe~. s-G-een ?. swan
ro. register of the land Office. aas been
foaai short ga his accounts. Tire gov
e~nor ordered an exa animation, which DIS
closed shortage ~ s.. go II is now sad
taat Deputy Register Grant has a check
f-v The amount ready 20 paw into the
treasury on the arrival here ot Sgango-
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poouisru. Dec Especial Poison
12ros Logging Company. who are build
tus a logging railroad on the Hoquiam.
lost about SSo Saturday by FIRE in their
logging camp. This amount covers about
800 worth of supplies taken in for winter
,,sa The fire was started through care
lessuess OF the man IN charge. who at
tempted 10 heat quantity Of OIL over a
stove.
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Seattle. Dec. 1o-SreciaI.-If congress
vi NOT authorize you 20 issue more bonds.
come 20 Seattle. This city IS prepared TO
Issue bonds or warrants on the slightest
provocation. 20 any amount, without add
ing 70 ;he indebtednass. Constitutional
limitations cut no figure.
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acruuied tEo hoG-s, Air. M-rEsn asked a
vote on the a1epti3n of lis res1iutsn in
stv1lctIBg the foreign sffasrs committee 10
exzrnine into and report upca the liability
cf the United States TO Great Britain for
the seizures The resolution was then
read and adopted without dissenting
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y q often a mystery how cold ha.
reer, s.raatgnt" The fact is. however, that
uhen the blood IL poor and The system
dervessed, ore becomes peculiarly liable
-. diseases When the appetite or the
strengta falls. Ayers s4rsa p4rilia sa0als
La taken without della.
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oraa,o, murderer sentence,

Fosenurg. Dec. Sam Brown, who rnur-
as-ed Alfred Kincaid IN Oakland. or. last
Are7ist. was sentenced this afternoon to
harg January 81, ISS
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Olympia. Dec. -special-Ths state
treasurer has called for general fund war
rants s57s 70 a.7ID. amount sls.5az. and
military fund warrants LIB 70 LTD.
amount sg.94s. Tae can natures Decem-
Der %
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GREAT MASS MEETING IN Madrid
IT., Protest Against the Corrupt Ad-
ulnistration Of the city.

Madrid. Dec. "A gigantic denons'ra-
ron took place here today against tAe
srrtses II tre municipal administration ~
gfsa-fa The gathering took place on the
psaza del Torres. AL the shops we're
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The Last but one OF the Missing
steamships Heard From.

san Francisco. Dec. 9.-The Merchants
Exchange has adyiccs that the overdue
steamer Evandaie arrived st Yokohama to-
dav. The steamer was one month in max
ing the voyage.
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HIcyciiEts' eyeglasses, Miss y. Wfizin-
ski. Graduate Opiieian. soi Front. corner
Columbia, In drug store
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visit the bargain tables az Cowley's
basement Store, southwest corner Second
and Columbia
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-03-27
Grating Wax.
Ironduquoit. N. j.

A California exchange saws: Learn to
make your own grating wax. The
writer uses the following recipe: Take
four pounds resin, one pound bees-wax,
one-half pint raw linseed oil; melt
together in an iron pot and stir we'll.
When melted pour into vessel of cold
water, and work we'll with the hands.
If the wax is found to be too hard
melt again, adding little more oil; if
too soft, little more bees-wax. There
is a great difference in the quality of
resin and bees-wax, and you cannot
always get good wax by following this
or any other formula strictly; hence you
must keep trying until you get it right,
even if it takes half dozen MEETINGS.
In waxing your graft use brush or a
paddle if you prefer, but that requires a
lamp of some kind. The writer prefers
to put it ON with the fingers. A heater
job, with less wax and in less time, can
be done in this way. A glue kettle is a
good thing in which to keep your wax
melted.
1t is good idea to work about half a
pound of Spanish whiting into every
five pounds of wax after you have it
melted and worked, as 1t prevents stick
ing and the hot sun is not so apt to soften
it. but it is necessary to keep lump of
tallow in your kit to grease your hands
occasionally.
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hear a good deal about the usefulness,
the beauty, the symmetry and the profit
of the Florida "raZor back" His days
will no longer be days of unconf1ned joy,
but he must take his place with the
Berkshire, the guinea-hog and other fine
bloods, in furnishing food for the hungry
Americans.
For some time to come the "raZor-
back" will be the petted idol of many
households, and his familiar grunt will
be as salve upon blister. His pleas
ing countenance will make hundreds of
grown folks and children as happy as
fly in a sugar barrel, and his sides, in
stead of being used as spy-glasses, will
be relished as the most substantial of
all our Florida products
Here's to the Florida "razor-back!"
With all his faults we love him still.
May his shadow never grow less. nor his
tail shorter. In this hour of adversely
and frozen oranges and vegetables, he
will come forth as benediction and a
blessing, and all our people will admire
and relish him. He will fill manv a
'long felt want" and cause our ''aching
voids'' TO feel mmeasurabiy full.
Every farmer, and in fact. every
citizen should secure some Of these
hogs, and with corn and plndars and
peas a. potatoes fatten him for home
consumption, and next year they will
have a smoke house at home and be in
much better circumstances, freeze or
no freeze, than they are now. We
must live at home, with home made
hog and hominy, and the 'razor-
back" will prove a wonderful factor in
this devoutly- wished-for condition
of affairs.
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Fence Him in and He Is All Right.

The Tavares Herald pronounces a
panegyric on the razor back, the much
abused, long suffering razor back. |
think that just now the razor back will
be more appreciate d. The oranges are
frozen and gone, but the razor back, like
the poor, we have with us ALWAYS.
We admit that there are many good
points to a razor back-almost too many
points in fact, and in his prope- place
he is valuable. His proper place is
tightly fenced field, but the trouble is to
keep him there. Here is what tie
Herald says:
For 10, these many years the Florida
"razor back" has been target of ridi-
Guile and sarcasm. His transparentsides,
needle-pointed brlstles, twenty-seven
inch rooter and a waggling appendage
equally as long, have caused sages and
critics and philosophers to gaze on him
in establishment and to describe him in
language truly pathetic as well as
humorous.
The "razor back" is admitted to be
a queer specimen of the swine family,
but his peculiarities are genuine, no
question has been raised as to his rights
and privileges. and save an occasional
meal for his country enemies, he has
been considered unpalatable and left to
grunt at his own sweet will over the
root of the palmetto.
There are times when all things come
into use, and since our "little cold
snaps" opinion has considerably
changed concerning these hogs. We
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Bad Weather Elsewhere.
Editor Florida Agricu1turist:

EUIUOF FIOTIO8 A&TICU
We of this section of the frozen North
can look out of our windows on banks of
snow lying from three to five feet deep
in the highways and under fences, and
on east slopes of hills six to eight feet
deep, with mercury standing at IL deg.
above at this writing, p. m. On the
morning of the 18th the mercury
registered 3 deg. above zero.
We regret very much and sympathlze
with the people of Florida in their loss
of the orange crop and the injury to
their groves for some years to come, We
feel it also financially, as we had got a
good trade established with your people.
J. d. WHIPPLE.
Ironduquoit. N. j.
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chemical manures in the hills were fatal
to the sweet potato plants.
In 1894 replanted this experiment
acre to sweet potatoes, marking it out
exactly as the year before, and fertillz-
ing all hills alike with yard manure, at
the rate of IL tons per acre. A good
stand of plants was secured, and consid-
ering the drouth, the crop was fair-15O
bushels per acre of good tubers, besides
say SO bushels of smaller size. The eff
feet of the chemical fertilizers used on
the various plats in 1893 was visible in
the growth of plants and yield of crop in
1894. Where the most chemicals were
there was most of crop. Especially
where in 1898 the most nitrate Of soda
was applied, (which then was fatal to
the plants,--this could be distinctly seen
promotive of growth of potato vines in
1894.
Here is proof that the chemicals
placed in this soil in 1893 h ad not leached
away nor evaporated, but were utilized
by the plants set the next year. The
chemical manures which in 1898 acted
as plant poisons became, when their
strength was modified by solution in the
soil, nutritious plant foods. Hence we
may use concentrated manures with less
risk Of harm and with surer help to the
crop by placing them in the soil some
months before planting. Last Novem-
Der fertilized one third of This expert
ment acre with unleached wood ashes,
at the rate of one ton per acre, drilling
the ashes in shallow burrows ana cover
ing by ridges This spring the rest of
this acre will be MANFRED at the same
rate, one-third of it with the ashes and
the other third with high-grade COM
mercial manure. This acre will be
again set to "sweets," expecting that
the yield from the full-ma nured third
will exceed that of either of the Others
For the sweet potato, the pure bone
black phosphate, muriate of potash and
nitrate of soda, or else wood ashes, are
preferable to yard manure. The latter
may give crop, but the tubers will be
apt to rot. With me, for growing pota-
toes unleached ashes give as good results
as any have tried.
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the wild and
of America through