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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28
BOUGHT BY THE AsToR FAM11,y

The old Captain Merritt estate in Greenwich, consisting of one hundred acres, was sold Thursday to c. T. En- melt of New Rochelle, for s1OO,OOO. Mr. Emmett married Miss Chandler, John Jacob Astor's granddaughter, and it is reported that the property was bought Tor Astor, and that he is about to erect d beautiful summer home This state ment could not be confirmed.
 The Merritt property is situated on Long Island Sound and commands a beautiful view. ''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28

oe MISS L. E. Bawden of the day force 1t II lauy operators of the Southern New England Telephone company leaves to-
 s Lor d trip through Pennsylvania ana Will visit Niagara Falls. after whlcn she will go to Kalamazoo. Mich
 10 visit her brother and her sisters wbo
 .siue III Kalamazoo. She will he abroad about three weeks Do
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28

ILLNESS OF MRS. H. c. BOOTH.
 Mrs. H. c. Booth is seriously i'll at her summer residence in West Haven. Dr. W. W. Hawkes., her attending physi- clan, said yesterday that there were signs of improvement manifested. She has been ill about three weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28
WEDDING IN BRANFoPn

invitations are out for the marriage or Miss Edith May daughter of MT. and Mrs. Horace A. Stannard, to Joseph Elbert How'd, both of Branford, the marriage to take place at their resi- dence in Branford Point on wednegday afternoon, September 8.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28
GENERAL MILES IN BERLIN.

He Will Witness the German Army
 Manoeuvres, and Will Return in Sep-
 tember.
 Washington, Aug. 27.-A telegram was received at the war department to- day from Major General Miles an- nouncing his arrival in Berlin. He will witness the German army manoeuvres and will return to the United States about the end of September
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
ESSAi - EAAO biiiouSneSS. 25 cents.
Forest Fire Law.

It may not be generally known that
ON the Oath Of February last the pres
ident approved a law OF congress for
the preservation of forests on the pub
lie domain. There isn't any doubt
but that much Of the destruction of
of forests by fire is the result of care
lessness. Because OF this fact the
heavy penalties that are possible un-
der the new law will commend them
selves to ri! who have watched the
waSteful destruction that has been
wrought IN the timbered portions of
Washington.
The commissioner of the general
land Office. with the approval of the
secretary Of the interior, has issued
circular embracing this new law and
calling upon registers and receivers,
Uniten States land officers, special
agents, etc. to promptly cooperate
with the United States attorney for
its enforcement, The law is in terms
as follows: d, a..sg ID
Any person who shall willfully or
maliciously set on fire, or cause to be
set on fire, any timber, underbrush. or
grass upon the public domain, or shall
carelessly Or negligently leave or SUI
fer fire to burn unattended near. any
timber or any inflammable,- material,
shall be deemed guilty OF misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction thereof
in any district court of the United
States having jurisdiction OF the same,
shall be fined in q sum not more than
five thousand dollars or be imprisoned
for a term OF not more than two years,
or both.
Any person who shall build a camp
fire, or other fire, il or near any for
est, timber or other inhammable ma
terial upon the public domain, shall,
before breaking camp or leaving said
fire, totally eXtinguish the same. Any
person failing to do so shall be deemed
guilty OF q misdemeanor: and. upon
conviction thereof in any district
couat Of the United States having iu-
rlsdictlon of the same, shall be fined
dollars or be imprisoned for a term Of
not more than one year, or both.
In all cases arising under this act
the fines collected shall be paid into
the public school fund of the county
III which the lands VIII ere the ,offense
was committed are situated.-Olvmpi-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
Great Demand for Vessels.

The demand for steam tonnage was
never greater on the Pacific coast than
today, and vessels large enough for the
Alaskan trade are scarce even at this
early date. Many of the larger north
ern transportation companies are not
attempting to charter vessels, but are
closing contracts for the building of
new craft, which will probably be
ready for use by spring.
Sailing vessels are not being over
looked in the scramble for tonnage,
and schooners, ships and barks are be-
ing engaged to sail toward the land OF
gold. Were it not for the fact that
foreign bottoms are prohibited from
engaging IN United States coast trade,
many of the huge and numerous Eng
fish tramp steamers in Asiatic waters
would likely be rushed across the Pa
cific and sent north.
Fully twenty ocean-going vessels on
the coast are engaged or being prepar-
ed to enter the Alaskan business, and
still there is cry for more. Orders and
requests have begun to pour in from
the east for steamers, but, from APP
pearances, most of the eastern travel
ers will have to build vessels of their
own or bring them from ports not on
the Pacific coast of Observation-Disclosures.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
Business Mans Talk to Farmer

"No," said the hardware man to the
farmer, as he tied up the package of
nails IN the paper Gas you say, people
talk about the low price of what they
sell and don't say a word about the
low price of what they buy. Take
those nails now what do you suppose
those nails would have cost YOU ten
years ago? Just about six cents
pound and now you can get the lot of
better goods at 3 cents and the extra
wrapper thrown in. That's not much
you say. Not so much on a little lot
OF nails, perhaps, but ten cents isn't
much on the bushel of potatoes YOU
just brought in, and that's all the diff
ference i'll price from ten years ago.
and yet you grumble at the low price.
Its not the pound of nails that hurts
me. Everything in my store has gone
down the same way. Your wheat and
nay ana chickens ana eggs and butter
bring you substan TALLY the same prices
as they did ten years ago. You farm
ers forget that you have things to sell.
Want TO buy a plough this year?
There's a dandy for $12. Ten years
ago I'd have charged SIG for it. There's
u saved to you at one clip. Theresa
better planter than the one sold YOU
ten years ago for $60-a whole lot bet
ter. Take it along for $40. Remem-
Der the binder sold you ten years
ago for $3.50? Must be worn out now.
eh? I'll sell you so per cent better
one today and throw off the $3.50. You
farmers don't know when you are we'll
Off.-EX.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

The Alaska Packers associa ton
figured on 100000 cases as the prob
able pack Of the big cannerv at Blaine,
but the run has far exceeded expecta-
tons and the company has ordered
aU,OUO eases more, with indications
pointing strongly to another like in
crease, which would make the total
pack of this great outfit 200 600 cases.
valued at 100000. The traps are
all reap:ng wealth for their owners
ard the gill-netters alone are catching
enough fish to supply all the canner1es
On the American side. 1t has been q
glorious harvest in the sockeye world.
The salmon canneries OF Whatcom
county will produce over $1,7OO,OOO
worth of canned goods this year,
Whatcom Blade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
What Tommy Said.

Uncle John-Well, what do you
mean to be when you get to be man?
Little Tommy (promptlv)-A doc
tor, like pa.
Uncle John (quizzically)-Indeed,
and which do you intend to be, an
allopath or hom9opath?
Little TOMMY don't know what
them awful big words mean, Uncle
John but that don't make no differ
ence, cause / amt goin' to be either
of 'em. I'm just goin' to be a family
doctor an give all my patients Hoods
Sarsaparilla, cause my pa says that if
he is doctor, he's obliged to own up
that Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best
family medicine he ever saw in his
life.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
10 Complete the Townsend Road.


PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 9-Resident is
OF this city are much enthused this
evening as the result of telegram re-
celved from San Francisco, in which
the statement is made that the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company has Sc
cured control of the Port Townsend
Southern railroad, and vii. complete
the line to connect with the Southern
Pacific at Portland. The Port Town
send Southern is built from this place
sovthward % miles. When completed
the road will tap the most heavily
timbered section of country in West
err Washington.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

"int me give you q pointer" said
VI f. Gregg, q popular conductor on
tii1 Missouri Pacific railroad. ado
~ 'now that Chamberlain's Collie.
Ci'oier' and Diarrh@a Remedy cures
you when you have the stomach acheq
Wen, 1t does" And after giving this
friendly bit OF advice, the jolly con-
duct"T passed on down the aisle. It is
fact that thousands OF railroad and
travelln" men never take a trip with
out Little of this Remedy, which is
the bes cnre for bowel disorders in the
world. > and so cent bottles for sale
all druggists
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

HOSEA BROWN, who lives with his
grandson, Ora Brown, on the Apple
gate river, near Grants Pass, Or. has
just celebrated his 105th anniversary
There were present about 200 relatives
and friends, he himself enjoying the
day hugely. being apparently the
youngest there. He is an old pioneer
IN Southern Oregon, having come
from New York state in the sos In
1872 he was stationed at Sackett's
Harbor, N. Y, serving there for a
time. He is thought to be the Oldest
man in the state of Oregon, and the
second oldest in the United State
Whatcom Blade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

Now that the Klondyke has started
the pail, very encouraging reports and
some good nuggets of gold a,e coming
out OF number of the mining dis
ericts IN this state, especially the
Swauk. Prospecting has been stimu-
lated IN the Olympics and other dis
trlcts, and we imagine that something
Will be found practically as good be.
cause nearer at home. as the Klondvke
VIII be developed this season.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
REIMBURSEMENT for Sale

A REIMBURSEMENT of 100 acres of
land close in, can be bought cheap,
owing to the poor health of the owner.
There are four or five acres cleared
and In crops. young orchard beginning
to bear and lots of small fruits, good
house apd other outbuildings, a cow,
horse, wagon and harness, and all
farm implements, household goods
and 14O chickens, and everything goes
for $4,000, If taken Immediately.
They cost twice that to say nothing of
the land, and lots of hard work in
clearing and improving the place.
For further particulars enquire at this
office
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
Delinquent Tax Law Valid.

The supreme court has affirmed
Judgment in the case of the state on
the relation of the American Savings
Union, respondent, VS. the treasurer OF
King county. On June %, 1897, the
relator rendered to The appellant the
amount of taxes due for 1896 on GER
tain property, together with 10 per
cent interest thereon to the date when
1896 taxes became delinquent, also
the fee for a certificate, and asked for
such certificate, in accordance with
the act of the legislature of 1897.
This the treasurer refused to issue,
claiming that the act was unconstitu-
tional, and even if valid did not APP
ply to the 1896 taxes.
The constitutional questions IA sed
are: l. That the part of the act pro-
viding for certificates is not sufficient
ly expressed in the title; 2. That the
provision for redemption results in I'M
equal taxation; 3. That the creation
OF lien rs provided in the act is in
contradiction of article l, section g.,
state constitution.
All Of these objections made to the
act are decided adversely to the appel
lent, as is also the plea that the statute
is retrospective, and therefore void,
and the court holds that the act is APP
plicable to the taxes for 1896, because
such taxes did not become delinquent
until after the passage OF the act. The
supreme court is also unable to see
that, the interest charged on deln-
quent taxes is usurious. It was fur
ther contended by appellant that is
suance OF certificates to counties and
municipalities is impracticable be-
cause of the difficulty OF separating
the different taxes therein enumerat-
ed, but with this contention the court
refuses to coincide.
Closing, the court sees no merit in
the objection that the tax deed is
made prima facie evidence 81 certain
matters specified and that judgment
for a tax deed shall be conclusive of
validity in collateral proceedings
Other points involving the policy OF
the act the court will not consider.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

The Only Question Is Whether There Il
Any Money In It.


The officials of the agricultural de-
partment are satisfied with the gen
eral results of the experiments made
atCornell university, which have shown
the possibility of making butter from
the whey left after the manufacture of
cheese. The only other question to be
determined is whether butter can be
made in such quantities as to pay. 1t
is said to be good butter, qualified
judges being unable to detect it from
that made from pure milk.
The department leaves it to the man
ufacturers of cheese to show whether
butter can be thus made in quantities
sufficient to pay for the labor expended
upon it. In this connection the follow
ing figures from the annual report of
the commissioner of agriculture of
New York, the great cheese-making
state, will go far toward answering
this question:
There was made in that'state in 1892
100, 991, $40 pounds of cheese. There the
80 pounds Of whey for each pound of
cheese, making total of Lib, 1926, 1875
pounds of whey. The average of fat
left in the whey is about 39-10O of per
cent, which, reduced to pounds of fat,
equals 4, s42, 1862. Butter contains only
about SIS per cent. of fat, and these fig
ures show that the whey thus lost is
capable of yielding 4,776,5 pounds of
butter, which at 20 cents a pound
would be worth $995,313
This looks to be matter worth the
investigation of those who have this
whey from which to manufacture this
valuable by-product.
No Soap, If You Please.
1t may be doubted if tub bath in
Jamaica is a luxury. The lighthouses
make a brave show in row of low
brick buildings in the rear of the hotels,
each little house with big stone tank
for a bath-tub. A New York Sun CORE
spondent says of them:
went out to see the baths on nv
first day in Kingston, and was sur
prised to see a sign nailed against the
wall bearing the words:
Gentlemen are requested not to use
soap in the baths"
"Why are gentlemen requested not
to use soap in the baths" 1 asked the
hotel clerk, a dignified young woman
of dark complexion.
Because it soils the water and makes
it unpleasant for the next bather?" she
said.
but do your guests all battle in the
same water?" asked.
''Oh yes" she replied. "You see the
tanks are so large and the pipes are
small. 1t takes all night to fill the
tanks, and the water has to last all
day."
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

STATE Printer Hicks, who practical
ly secured his election through appeals
to organized labor and to the labor1nc
classes, has "ratted" the state Office.
and the Typographical Union is after
his scalp. The average populist is a
great professor, but generally the hard
est on his fellows, with little brief
authority.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

You should call at Hunter and Eat
on's and SEQ the bargains they are off
!tg.
1t you drop in before long and pay
for your JOURNAL in advance, years
subscription to the Ladies Home Ideal
will be given free, provided only that
you ask for it.
Shoes that wear at Hunter & Eatons
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
Call for School Warrants.

NOTICE is hereby given that all unpaid
school warrants included in the following list
Will be paid by presentation at the County
Ireasurer's office at Shelton, Mason county.
Al warrants cease to bear interest on August
Sd 1897: - N''
DIST. NO. OF Warrants Gen. Fund Spec F.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13
ANOTHER export saw mill n,

ANOTHER export saw mill project is
on foot for Tacoma. 1t is stated that
Michigan lumbermen are negotiating
for the establishment of mill of 15O.-
600 or 10000 feet daily capacity, on
or near Gig Harbor. The company
anticipates the construction of a rail-
way on the west side of the Sound.
which will permit the ultimate secur-
ing OF logs from the Olympic noun
talns.-W. G. Trades.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

ALT. w. FREDSON,
Treasurer Mason County
Dated Shelton, Wash, July 90, 1897.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-16
A DEADLY TORNADO.
Two Towns in Texas Almost Conn
plctcly Demolished.

Two Towns in Texas Almost COM
plctely Demolished.
Port Arthur, Tex. Sept. ia tor
nado, terrible in its velocity, struck
this little city. Six people are k ,own
to lave been killed while many others
were injured. Many buildings were
blown down, some being completely
demolished and a large number badly
damaged. From early morning the sky
was threatening and stiff gale blew.
No rain of consequence fell until 4 p.
M, and then it was accompanied by a
heavy wind that increased in intensity
until it reached the enormous velocity
Of eighty miles: an hour. Every build
ing in the town is of frame construc-
ton except one brick, the Port Ar
thur Banking company's building, the
rear end and roof of which was blown
away. The bodies of the victims have
been sent to Beaumont for interment,
no cemetery having as yet been start
ed here. There were many acts OF
bravery and the suspense during the
severity of the storm, was terrible.
Advices from Winnie, Tex, say that
nearly all the houses there have been
blown down and torn away. At Webb
all the barns and one house we're de-
WOAouou. NCtuluS GILL Uc AcdIu 1IOAA
Sabine Pass, as all Geographic COM
munication has been interrupted. Ed
!. Kirscherrer, prominent citizen, was
on a Gulf 4 Interstate railroad train
on his way to Beaumont when the
storm struck this section. EVERY one
on the train thought we would be
blown from the track" he said. 1T
was pitch dark and raining and the
wind blowing like it never blew be-
FORE" 1t is known that much destruc-
ton was wrought at Sabine Pass, with
probable loss OF life. ....-: --
Later-The following telegram has
just been received from Beaumont:
1.-THE relief train has just returned
from Sabine Pass. 1t could not get
nearer than eight miles from, Sabine
Pass. 1t is reported that the new
town is completely gone. Nothing
heard from the old town.. From re-
ports things look bad there
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-16
HUMAN BONES?
Further Expert Testimony in the
Luetsert Case.

Further Expert Testimony in the
Luetgert Case.
Chicago, Sept. 13.-The state put in
It's time proving that the bones from
the vat in the sausage factory We're
those of human being and the evil
dence which was produced was
strongly against the prisoner. Prof.
George V. Bailey, PSYCHOLOGIST of the
Field Columbian museum, testified
positively that of the bones shown
him in the court, one from the foot,
one was part of a human rib and one
was a fragment of the humerus of the
forearm. The witness did not qualify
his evidence in any degree, driving his
testimony home with the assertion:
'"rhey are bones from a small person,
probably a woman" After Prof.
Bailey, came DR.. Robert A. Howe,
who has for many years been connect
ed with the leading hospitals of the
city. and he gave the same evidence
as Prof. Bailey, also saying that the
bones were from the frame of a small
person, probably from a woman. Por-
tons of q skeleton were brought into
court and the witnesses showed the
jury just where the fragments Of the
bones were to be found in the human
body. Police Inspector Setback took
the stand and identified the bones
that had been shown as those that
were taken from the vat in his pres
ence by the officers working under his
direction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-16
MORE FEVER CASES
W-FINGERED-JACK TIGHT
49, ENING HIS GRIP. -
The Board of Health Officfally An
nOunces Seven NV Victims of the
Dreaded Epidemic - Authorities
Claim That the Situation Is Not
Alarming and Are Confident Of
Their Ability to Stamp Our the
tiOns.

New Orleans. Sept. 13.-The board
of health has officially declared six of
the suspicious cases of fever on St.
Claude street to be yellow fever. A
couple of hours subsequently the
board announced another pronounced
case Of yellow fever at Miro and Es-
planade streets, also in the lower part
of the city, but mile or more away
from the infected square. The an
nouncement of the first six cases of
yellow fever was not unexpected, al
though it was hoped from the delay on
the part of the experts that these
cases were simply of bilious malaria.
No general alarm has resulted here,
although the news rapidly spread
through the city. The authorities do
not believe that the situation is ma
terially worse than it was four or five
days ago, and they are still confident
of their ability, with modern sanitary
appliances, to successfully quarantine
the infected districts.
Among the suspicious cases reported
yesterday was that of a boy named
Roy, living at Miro and Esplanade
streets. Doctors Lemmonier Toustre
and Matas were sent to make care
full examination Of the case, and they
pronounced it to be unquestionably
yellow fever, and as having apparent
ly had its origin in Scranton, Miss,
or in the vicinity of that town. AS
soon as the report was received the
board of health took charge of the
fcuse, quarantined the inmates so that
no one might come in close proximity
to the premises and set to work thor
oughly to disinfect the neighborhood.
TO correspondent of the Associated
Press President Olliphant said: "Of
course have made the announcement
of the existence of seven cases of yel-
low fever in New Orleans with sincere
regret, but there was no alternative
left me under my pledge to keep faith
with the public here and elsewhere.
do not think, however, there is any
occasion here for serious alarm unless
conditions shall grow materially
worse. We shall have to await devel-
opments. We have had a. total Of
eight cases and one death, the origin
of all of which may be traced to the
infected towns on the Mississippi
coast. They may all be classed as
importations. 1 see no occasion for
any panic in New Orleans. The gen.
eral health of the city is good and it is
rapidly being put in fine sanitary con-
dition. There is no present appre-
hension of an epidemic, and 1 have
reason to hope that we shall continue
to be masters Of the situation.''
A number of additional suspicious
cases were again reported to the board
of health. In each instance ply
sicians were at once dispatched to in
vestigate. Their reports have been
uniformly that the suspicious were
groundleSS.