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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-01-02
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pronounced complete success by those
vino participated.
FROM PORTER.
The new year was ushered in with
about an inch Of snow.
We are to have a shingle mill at the
mouth OF the Mox Chehalis some time in
the near future.
Christmas passed off quite pleasantly.
The tree at this place was a success, and
all the little folks were remembered.
Chas. Stark and family started last
Monday morning for California, where
they expect to make their future home.
Rev. Reeves, Christian minister, was
kicked Oh the hip by horse he was
leading, few days ago, and we under
stand was quite badly hurt.
Marriages in this vicinity last week
were Fred IIepler and Dollie Malone,
Ira Lennon and Jessie McMasters, and
j. Hines, of Elma, to Mrs. Mary Nixon.
From Cosmopolis Enterprise:
At the beginning of u new year, resolve
to take more interest in the public affairs
OF the town. Consult with members of
the council and give them some encour-
ageinent in their work. 1t will be al
advantage to them and help them to keep
in touch with public sentiment.
Word reaches us from North river that
during the high water large amount OF
the obstruction at the jam has been
foated down stream, though there is still
enough debris remaining to prevent the
running OF logs. Mr.. Bennett and others
are bound to have clear passage, and
OH Monday morning will start after a
large supply OF powder, which will be
brought up the river in low boats.
From Elma Chronicle:
Ed Damitio went to Aberdeen Christ
mas eve to spend the holidays with his
friends at that place. We rather suspect
that there is crinoline attachment there
for Ed.
On Christmas day, at the home OF Mr..
Thos Stevens, at Sharon, in this county,
MIR. j. w. Hines, of Ema, and Mrs.
Annie NJ. Nixon, OF Sharon, were united
in the holy bonds OF wedlock, Rev. a.
Anderson, OF Oakvile, officiating.
At the home of the brides parents,
three and half miles east Of Elma, on
Christmas day, Rev. +. Sherwood, of
Satsop, officiating, Mr.. Charles Joplin, of
Angwins, Napa county, California. and
Miss Addie Gordon were joined in mat,i-
mony.
From Montesano Vidette:
Daniel Gillies is preparing to start up a
logging camp on the poor farm soon after
the first of the year, to log off the timber
purchased from the county.
The residence OF S. H. Fries, a short
distance west of town, was destroyed by
fire, together with all the contents except
trunk, last Friday. The property was
all insured.
Some one has been guilty of serious
offense in cutting hole through one Of
the government jetties at the mouth of
Preachers slough, in the Chehalis river.
Should the guilty party be apprehended
it will probably go rather hard with him
if convicted, for we understand the pun.
ishment is a fine Of 5000 and imprison.
ment for one year.
From HoQuiam Washingtonlan:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-01-02


CONGREGATIONAL Preaching every Sum
~ day at II a. m and 500 p. m. by the pastor
Rev, George Lindsay. Sunday School at II III
Christian Endeavor. Sunday evening, G:l5.
Prayer meeting, Thursday evening, 1870.
METHODIST. Preaching every Sunday at
NA 1890 II. IN. and $50 p. M. by the pastor, Rev.
s. A. Bright. Young Peoples meeting Sunday
evening at ZOO. Sunday School at $50 p. m.
Young Peoples class Tuesday evening at 1880.
Prayer meeting, Thursday evening at 7:3O. First
Tuesday, 2:30 p. m, each MONTH Woman's For
eign Missionary Society First Thursday after
noOn Ladies and Pastors Union.
NORWEGIAN METHODIST. Preaching every
~ Sunday ut II a. IN. and 500 p. m. by the
pastor, Rev. o. Heggen. Sunday school ut 10
II. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30
DRESBYTERIAN Sunday School at 1915.
L Union Christian Endeaver, Sunday even
ing at 6:15.
CWEDISH MISSION CHURCH.-Corner of F
- and Market streets, in Odd Fellows build
ing. Services every Sunday at 1915 "A. m. and
7:45 p. M; Bible reading at 300 p. III. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday at s:OOT. IN. Rev. J. Sail
strom, pastor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

made by this commission was in the
case OF the Southern Pacific. to the exclu-
sion of the other lines in California. The
act OF party or people in pledging Rail-
road Commissioner to reduce rates, or
to perform any other function whatever,
is unexampled in the history of any State,
save California. l maintain that if the
acts OF body pledged before election to
DO certain things were to be sustained by
the court it would virtually mean a con-
nseatlon of railroad property in Cali
fornia.''
AT the close of Mr.. Herrin's argument
Mr.. Pillsbury. who was to have been the
next to address the court waived his right
to. speak at this juncture, provided he
might be allowed to do SO later.
Judge Mckenna said he could see no rea-
son for not acceding to MIR. Pillsbury's re-
quest, if the other counsel had no objection
to its being granted. For himself he said,
the order in which the arguments might
be made was of no moment.
After brief soto voce discussion among
the barristerial luminaries on both sid es
it was decided to allow Mr.. Pillsbury to
follow Attorney General Fitzgerald. As
sistant Acknowledgement Anderson will
precede his chief in reciting the history of
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

the Custom-house scandal She was i'm
ported from her native land for the pur-
pose of engaging in an immoral calling in
San Francisco. She was brought over last
November by Chinaman engaged in the
business of importing Chinese slave girls
and sold to Wong Sam and woman
named All Ling.
Dong sun Yet was on the witness-stand
in the examination of Wong Sam before
United States Commissioner Heacock yes
terday. She figured in the Custom house
and Treasury Agent scandals, inasmuch as
she exposed the character of Wong Sam,
who is the one man on whose evidence
Major Moore expected to get conviction
in the case against ''Dick" Williams. the
inspector now under cloud. According
to her story Sam is fit person for San
Quentin. His businass is said to be that of
a dealer in Chinese slave girls.
The witness stated that All Ling and
Wong Sam met her at the steamer on her
arrival here. After being sold by the Chi
naman who brought her to this port for
the purpose of leading an immoral life
Wong Sam told her that he and All Ling
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
A GRAND JURY SESSION.
An Indictment for Obtaining
Property by False Pre-
lenses.
Supervisors May Amend the Open
Poker Ordinance as the Jury
Requested.

The Grand Jury yesterday afternoon
indicted James H. Cummings for obtain
ing money and property by false pretenses.
The Indictment was found on the testi-
mony of l.. w. Schelle, w. H. Schooler
and A. Bainbridge and in due form re-
ported to Judge Slack.
According to the testimony and the
documents in the case Cummings in Sep
tember, 1894, obtained from G. Scheele on
an assignment of a promissory note and
mortgage real property to the value of $780,
Cummings represented that promissory
note OF one w. T. McCarty was secured by
mortgage on land in Sonoma County
valued at $4,000 and land in Butte County
worth $25OO. 1t was further represented,
according to the testimony. that n. NJ.
Barstow, an attorney of Napa, had e1-
amined the title to the Sonoma County
land and found it perfect.
The complainant went before the Grand
jury ana stated that the Sonoma County
land was not as highly cultivated as repre-
sented; that it was not near Petaluma, as
Cummings stated, and that the title had
not been examined by Barstow.
1t was further shown to the jury that
the Butte County land was not adjacent to
Bidwell's orchard. as represented and that
the soil was not rich loan.
The Grand Jury was satisfied that Cum
mings made false representations to
Schelle and upon the false pretenses did
obtain valuable property.
The case was once In Judg ge Joachimsen's
Police Court, but was dismissed on the
ground that the land was there for Schells
to examine before he parted with his
goods.
Last Monday the Grand Jury sent COM
munication to the Board of Supervisors
asking that the ordinance against open
poker games be re-enacted to cure defect
in the penalty clause. The Judiciary Com
mittee of the Board of Supervisors has
recommended that the board correct the
ordinance according to the suggestions of
the District Attorney and the Grand Jury.
Early in the session of the present Grand
Jury a communication was received from
the Board of Education inviting thorough
investigation of School Department af-
fairs. The subject was referred to the
committee of the Jury which consists of
Frank P. McLennan, Alpheus Bull Jr.
and C. L. Haskell. 1t is expected that an
investigation will be made in accordance
with the request.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
WHITE SUES ONCE MORE,
He Wants the Lot Mrs. Gala
CHER Left to the Arch
bishop.
The Deed Was Executed Too Near
Her Death, He Says, and Was
Never Delivered.

P.J. White, administrator of the estate
of Ellen Gallagher, has added another suit
to the litigation over the disposition OF
Mrs. Gallagher's property.
The suit is against Archbishop Riordan,
and it is to set aside deed conveying to
the Archbishop lot on Fourth street
valued at $25.O .OO0 The deed was executed
April 5, 1895. and three days later Mrs.
Gallagher died. She had not given the
deed to the Archbishop, but had placed it
in the care of Father Nugent. the defend
ant in the recent. suit. 1t was not deliv-
cred by Father Nugent until after Mrs.
Gallagher's death.
The plaintiff claims that the deed was
testamentary in character. and so was
void because executed within thirty davs
of Mrs. Gallagher's death. 1t is also
claimed that the deed is void because it
was not delivered to the Archbishop until
after the makers death.
The property is situated near st. Roses
Church.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

had bought her. Though native of China
she was told to say that she was born in
California, that she went to China with
her mother when only years of age. and
that her father was a merchant in China
town.
Dong Sun Yet admitted that her life in
Canton had not been the fairest. She had
been slave for five years and was sold as
such for $3.50. Mexican coin. This was
when she was about to EN- bark for Califor-
mia. She was told on leaving that after
serving as slave for four years and half
in San Francisco she would have earned
her freedom. Fortunately the missiona-
ries had heard her story and took her un-
der their sheltering wing.
Another Chinese woman testified that
Wong Sam had asked her to negotiate for
the sale of Dong Sun Yet. On being aues-
toned as to how she knew it was the same
woman that she was asked to sell she pro-
duced picture of Dong Sun Yet taken in
China.
Special Agent Moore was not present at
the examination of Wong Sam Yesterday.
He has been vanquished all along the line
by Collector Wise and is now regarded as
a person of retiring disposition. Collec-
tor Wise, on the other hand, took an ac-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
The right to control the operation of the
road, placing it under the jurisdiction Of

the right to control the operation OF the
road, placing it under the jurisdiction of
Congress.
sThe Government" he said, "aided the
establishment of the railway as National
thoroughfare, transcontinental highway
between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of
this Republic. The project hung fire for
some years, until the civil war opened the
eyes of the people to the need OF such Ma
tional highway, and the scheme was forth
with carried into effect.
In conclusion Mr.. Foote said the ques-
ton to be decided was whether the action
of the Railway Commission in the present
instance could be considered constitu-
tional He claimed he had proved to his
own entire satisfaction, if to no one else's,
that the Railway Commission had no con-
stitutional right to take such action. Con-
gress reserved to itself the power to limit
railway transportation rates, and had not
delegated that power. Regard must also
be had to the princip pies OF natural justice
and equity underlying the case at issue.
The railway, the country's protection in
the day of war and it's comfort in time of
peace, had done much to render California
great and famous. He thought Califor-
MAS hand should be the last to be raised
against an institution which had SO sig
nally benefited the State.
Court adjourned until next Monday,
when the counsel for the Railroad Com
missioners will open.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Saws MIR. searles Doe, Not Care.

To the Editor of The CdU-SIR: In THE CALL
of to-day you have given prominence to q
statement that Mr.. Searles desires to have me
elected president of the Art Association. You
also recommend an opposition ticket, but add
that the members would not care TO oppose
Mr.. Searles' wishes. There is no foundation
for the above statements. Mr.. Searles does not
know that there is to be an election, and has
never given thought to the presidency. He
would be not only surprised, but indignant, to
want to be president, and Mr.. Searles does not
care who is president. Such unauthorized and
false publications do not tend to encourage his
generosity to this institution. l hope that you
will give to this communication equal promi-
nence with the article above referred to- in
order that the members may have that free
dom of choice you intimate they do not care
to assert. Respectfully, H. G. PLATT.
March 13, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
within the Circuit Court room for some

within the Circuit Court room for some
time.
He said that while no court hadlpower
to arbitrarily set aside legislative enact
ment still courts might use their authority
IN applying the provisions of an enact
ment to particular cases. He could not
see how California should be treated by
any other rule than the other States OF the
Union. II the Government has right to
tax one business enterprise it may tax all.
Ii the power exists in the Railway Com
mission to override all other powers, then
the Federal Government cannot be called
supreme nor the Federal constitution the
highest law of the land.
at is pretended now." he continued, ITO
reduce the rates of the whole Southern Pa
citic system and its leased lines. This
seems to strike a blow at the rudimental
principles of justice. Surely taxation
should be as far as possible uniform.
Why, then, should one institution be
singled out for attack?''
The matter of reducing transportation
rates of interstate railways pertained, he
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

the mortgage which the Government holds
against the Central Pacific Company. Ex-
Judge HAYNES will follow Mr.. Pillsbury
and Mr.. CARRIER will close for the railroad.
When this course was finally agreed
upon United States District Attorney Foote
addressed the court on behalf of the inter-
vention of the United States Government
Mr.. Foote looked rather feeble, and several
times during his spirited address his voice
trent bled and became husky. Still his
argument was well worthy of the man,
being perhaps as f1orid and ornate a mas
terpiece of oratorv as has been heard
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
ORGANIZED FOR BUSINESS.

The Yosemite and Merced Railway
Elects Officers and Officials.
The directors of the Yosemite Valley
and Merced Railway Company met Thurs
day in the Mills building and elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows:
o. D. Baldwin, president; James Cross,
vice-president; American Bank and Trust
Company, treasurer; Theodore Reichert,
secretary.
E. T. Preston was elected general coun-
sci, A. L. Stetson, general manager, and
G. A. Wulkop, traffic manager. An ex-
ecutive committee consisting OF Messrs.
Baldwin, Wulkop and A. L. Stetson was
appointed to manage the business affairs
of tine new corporation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
He SruA 7lov-

contended, to the Federal Government
and not to the States in particular, nor to
any State-constituted commission. He
cited the law to the effect that Congress
was the proper authority to pass upon
such matters. The Government, in con-
stituting the railway company legal cor
poration, supposed that its roads would be
run in a manner conducive to the general
good of the people of the entire Republic.
The corporation was to hold itself in readi-
ness to transport troops, munitions and
mail matter as we'll as freight and pas
sengers. To do this the roads would have to
be kept in perfect order, whatever the cost,
and their owners were responsible under
this head to the Federal Government. He
cited dicta of Justices Field and Waite of
the United States Supreme Court in sup
port of this view.
The railway, he went on to argue,
should be subject to the public control in
so far as its business might affect the pub
lie interest. A diminutlon in its revenues
might work an injury to the republic,
either by forcing the railway into the
hands OF a receiver, or by rendering it un-
able to make any contributions to the
sinking fund. With the. railway thus
crippled, he said, many evils might with
reason be apprehended. Who could tell
when war might cast its blighting shade
over this country? In such an event the
utility of the railway to the country at
large would be luminously apparent.
How, save by means of the railway, could
troops, ammunition and supplies be con-
veyed across the continent to places where
they might be most urgently needed.
Congress" Mr.. Foote went on to state,
"has given evidence of its intent to retain
the right of supervising the business of the
transcontinental railway and of regulating
its rates in case they might require adjust
ment. This right still remains with Con-
gress, and has never been transferred to
the jurisdiction of any other tribunal"
Mr.. Foote gave an outline of the rail
ways history, dwelling particularly upon
the events in connection with its incorpor-
alton, as tending to show that the Federal
Government had retained in express terms
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

United States Circuit Court yesterday
morning, closing his three days speech
with scathing denunciation of the prac-
tice in vogue on the part of political par
ties in exacting pledges from candidates,
whereby they engaged to perform certain
public acts after their election.
Zone of the Railway Commissioners, a
defendant in this action" continued Mr..
Herrin, was pledged by his party to
secure a reduction of freight rates. 1t is
remarkable fact that the only reduction
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Wong Sam Is Exposed as an
Importer Of Chinese
Women.
SAD STORY OF DONG SUN YET.
She Was Sold as a Slave in China and
Brought to California to Follow
a Life of Shame.

Dong Sun Yet is pretty Chinese girl, 20
years of age, and now central figure in
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

tive part in the prosecution, which was
conducted by Assistant District Attorney
Slessinger and Lyman I. Mowry.
The case will be continued at 10:30
o'clock to-day
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
"Texas Steer at the Columbia.

The sale of seats for Hoyt's "Texas Steer" at
the Columbia Theater next week began Thurs
day with a rush, and the management conf
IDENTIFY pred let big business for the entire en-
gagement. Everybody knows the fame of
'"Texas Steer" and from the sale of seats so far
it seems as though everybody intended to see
it again for the second and perhaps third times.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

1t is computed that there are in
London some $4,000 families in such a
miserable plight that each family has only
one room to live in.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
STATE RIGHTS DENIED.
District Attorney Foote Says
Congress Alone Can Fix
Freight Rates.
ARGUES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
Probability That Counsel for the Rail.
road Commission Will Open
on Monday.
ARGUES FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Chief Counsel Herrin concluded his ar
gument in the Southern Pacific case in the
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-30
An Editor and His Snap.

An editor who died Of starvation aft
er making DR.. Tanner ashamed of him
self, was being escorted to heaven by an
angel who had been sent for that pur-
pose.
"May I look at the other place before
we ascend to eternal happiness?"
Easily" said the angel
So they went below and skirmished
around before taking in the sights. The
angel lost track of the editor, and went
around hades to hunt for him. He
found him sitting by furnace flaming
himself and gazing with rapture upon a
lot of people in the fire. There was a
sign on the door which said, "Delin-
Quent Subscribers.
Come" said the angel, "we must
be going"
"You go on, said the editor, "I'm
not coming. This is heaven enough for
me-"
Now is the time to subscribe to the
East Aurora Citizen-cash in advance.
And now is the time to settle your sub
scriptions. East Aurora Citizen.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-30
Oddities of Marriage.

Half the weddings in the country are
celebrated on Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday has more than the average
number. Friday is not favorite, as
few marriages are celebrated on that
day. Widowers are more inclined to
marry than bachelors, and widows more
inclined than spinsters. Both facts are
eloquently in favor of the comparative
advantage of matrimony. For one bache-
lor that marries between the ages of so
and 80 seven widowers remarry between
these ages These are marriages out of
an equal number Of each class The ao-
tual number of bachelors married will
be greatest only in proportion as they
exceed by seven to one the actual num-
Der of widowers living at these ages
Under the same conditions, for every
spinster married between 80 and IS two
widows are remarked. Philadelphia
Times