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HIS. PATENT is GRANTED.
W. u. Clark Secures the Townsite Of
Nelson.


Grand Forks, b. C., Oct 2s.-Early last
spring ". NJ. Clark made an application
for a patent for the five placer claims
upon which the town Of Nelson is located
Shortly after the application was made,
Narcisse Peone, half-breed. filed an ad
verse to Mr.. Clarks right on the ground
that the land covered by these placers was
agricultural and not mineral. The hear
ing of the contest was set for the 18th Of
this month before the United States land
commissioner at Spokane. When the time
arrived for the case TO be heard, Mr..
Peone, through his attorney, withdrew
his contest, and Mr.. Clark was awarded
a patent TO the claims, which he will re.
ceive as soon as the necessary formality
can be gone through with in the land Of
fee department.
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h'caRn, Oct ea.--The Congregational
, n called 20 judge between ~. G. o.
"'"n and the nay conference Of Caliior-
wa a' to whether the latter was Justified
=, "'Pchding DR.. brown from member
mp on the strength II The finding II the
~ :" 'mnci.co council that suspended him
~ ~ immortality. reachsd a unanimous con
~ n which is a complete victory foF
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Wichita, Kan, Oct. s6,--Fank Moon,
aged so years, and Mrs, Wells were found
dead at the bottom Of 3O-foot well on
Moons farm. near Derby, having been
asphyxhted. Moon had been overcome
while working, and the woman, fearful al
his not returning home. went to the well
late at night to investigate and fell in.
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Spokane, Oct, Authorization reached
Spokane yesterday that Wilson r. Gay
Of the Seattle law firm Of Brady 4 Gay,
has received the appointment of United
States attorney for the district of Wash.
ington. Charles f. Claypool, the young
republican politician and orator. Of Ia.
coma, will be Mr.. Gays assistant.
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Columbus. Ohio, oct. n.-William D.
Ryan spoke a, Mount Vernon to about
1000 people. !. vas 10 a. M when the
urocc..iop formed. Tho press about NY
an was 20 gral a. to make !, difficult fo'
him to leave his carriage. lie was N''!
boa,.s. bu, spoke until u oi'loCk' when
l.. l.f, for Nruatk
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Oakland, CAL. Oct, eT.-An expedition
TO view and photograph the eclipse Of the
sun in India on January % next. will
leave on Saturday for Hong Kong on the
steamer Belgic. Il viii be headed by
Prof. Charles Burckhalter of the Chabot
observatory Of this city.
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HE TELLS A STORY OF HARDSHIP
Tried 90 Drive Stock IN naw.o,
Over the Dalton Trail


Over the Dalton Trail
Seattle. Oct 26.-The steamer CITY of
Seattle arrived here last night from south.
eTn Alaska ports. Among her passen
gers was l. H. Hiedinger of PuyaIIup
Wash, who started from Seattle with
the Thorp party with % horses and 100
head Of cattle for Dawson City, over the
Dalton trail He tells a tale of hardship
and trials. When it was found impossi-
bic to get the stock through, they we've
driven back TO the coast. Before they
reached the coast "a cattle and 81 horses
died The surviving cattle will be driven
over the ChilkoOt pass to Lake Bennett.
where they will be killed. The meat will
be frozen and hauled down the river on
the ice this winter. Owing to the lack
OF food the cattle are 50 thin that their
meat is almost worthless. Mr.. Hiedinger
viii drive 400 cattle into Dawson next
summer over the Dalton trail.
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San ,rmpc,sco. Cal, Oct. si.-The Mer.
chants, Freight Association, organized !"
promote steamship ccmpe'',' .',.., ~,
rsady received unsolicited subscriptions
amounting 10 $4,000.
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Paris. oct. %. Andrew Carnegie wh"
4. herr. ay. that he has Offered the Car.
psp,e amor plate works to the "''ea
state. government. II the offer is not
..o.,,,o,I The firm will sell them abroad
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unlen Ixnl,,InE nam nurnea.

Hudson, n. J., Oct. s7.-The Union
Knitting Min in this city was destroyed
by FIRE yesterday and many Of the 600
persons employed in the mill had narrow
escapes from death. The loss is over
$2OO,OO0; insurance, 100000.
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Boulder. Mont, Oct %. The total
value Of all assessed property In jefferson
county for the year 1897 Ia $S,s50.SS0, on
which the total tax to be collected
amounts TO 00,2p0.b5.
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wheat-Club, bulk 62ic. sacked csc;
blaestem, bulk 6Sic. sacked CSC.
Hay-nmothy, $ll; wheat hay, 50
Butter-rubs, 20es prints, SOC; cOun.
try roll, l5@lsc.
Eggs, sz.756Soo.
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"Dr.' NJ. Lightfoot, formerly with "Yel.
'lowstone Kid" shot and killed A. McAIa.
hon, sergeant Of the government squad,
over a game Of dice at Tallahassee. Fla.
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II. trouble with the man who knows
49,, I,,,l. i. that he always tells NOR"
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The plant Of the woelfel leather Com
pany az Morris. H., burned Wednesday.
Los se2s 900. insurance sl4a,000.
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nora 90 Mr.. and Mrs. cleveland.

Princeton, n, j., Oct, 2e.--Mrs, Grover
Cleveland has been delivered Of a son.
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The Gilt Edge gold camp has once more
donned her garments Of activity. Messrs.
L G. Phelps and +. w. King have leased
the mill and all the possessions Of Butte
Bros and MOshner of Receiver L. S.
Woodbury. and have a force Of men at
work on the mill, reconstructing the ore
bin and putting all in good shape so that
the work OF unloading the ore viii be
more practical Twenty men are EN-.
ployed at the mine under the efficient
management Of n. J. Littlejohn, praeti.
cal miner Of long experience.
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The Iron Mountain mine. in Missoula
county, Mont, makes the following state
ment to stockholders for October: De-
lsyed returns for shipments in August,
Sl4,eSs.s6; ore sales for September to
date, $S0l4.53; current expenses. for Sep
TENDER, S9aa5.5s; cash on hand Septem.
Der Is, $l2,46466: balance in the treas
ury, $2S,4S6.I7. No dividend win be paid
this month.
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Worst In Ninetees Years.


Atlantic City, \. j., Oct 26.-The sea
here has been the heaviest in years Con,
siderable damage was done here. Trains
ON the Pennsylvania and Reading roads
were abandoned.
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on Palmer Moaasaia.

Twenty tons of ore are being hauled
from the Bull Frog group Of claims ON
Palmer mountain to the wyandotte mill
at Loomis. and it is understood that il
the test proves satisfactory the mill COM
pany will take the property, on which
they have an option.
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/ 3,655,O31 cases to the hospitals and
actually killed 10S,6S7 men, or more
than the whole German army lost, from
all csuses, in overrunning France. Then
there were 81 ,SS2 so debiltated as to
compel their discharge. How many
hundred thousand men are broken
down to-day from that which actually
killed 10S,6S7 of their comrades and
completely wrecked 1882 more?
Then think that, In addition to the
number killed outright, there were $780,
O40 men wounded by the enemy's shot
and shell, of whom 49,205 died of their
wounds and 34,209 had to be dis
charged. That is, the wounded men
were greater in number than the entire
slish, Dutch, Germans and
French-on both sides at Waterloo,
and that those who died, and those who
had to be discharged, exceeded in num-
Der the entire force under the command
of the Duke of Wellington.
These are only a few of the facts that
ought to be thought of in connection
with the size of the penson-roll.
Plenty more, equally significant, can
be given.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT Honolulu.

Johnson in 1867 instructed our Minister at
Honolulu to negotiate treaty of annexation,
and such treaty was actually made by Harri-
son, only to be undone by Cleveland and Gresh-
am. This fourth attempt to consnmmate the
acquisition of the Islands was fastened by
the evident hostile designs Of Japan, was
pointed out last week in these columns.
Speaking of annexation, Secretary Sherman
said yesterday :" have been opposed to
annexing territory, generally speaking bnt the
case of Hawaii is exceptional and owing to the
controversy between Japan and the Hawaiian
Republic. aud the likelihood of war between
the two countries, think it is highly proper
that We should annex the Islands at once, and
avoid difficulty"
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered, or
at least brought to the notice OF Europeans.
by Capt Cook, the British navigator, in 1878,
on his third and last voyage of discovery, for
he was killed there by the natives The Group
was named the Sandwich islands in honor of
the Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Ad-
miralty at the time Of tho discovery The
Group is the largest and most important of the
Polynesian family. Tie, Islands are Is in
''"'"DS'' VI ""'eN o'SyF 81 '"""o''S'. "o
largest of TIE Group j. Hawaii, from which
they derive their name. :, The Capital is Homo
lulu. on the Island Of Oahu, city of about
10000 inhabitants built mostly of wood, but
with Government Building. hospitals, library,
and large hotel constructed of stone. Its
streets are we'll kept fanh its general plan is
that of an American city.
The modern history Of nthe Islands is brief.
At the time of Cook 5. arrival the people were
living under the dcspoticru Of feu,lai chiefs
and an idolatrous priesthood. They were de-
bauclel aud licentious ndolent and supersti-
tious, offering human sacrifices to their wooden
gods but not cannibals The people had APP
parently come from Samoa originally, being Of
similar race and language.
About the close of the last century one of the
war chiefs developed greater ability and power
than the rest, and he proceeded to conquer the
others and TO consolidate the Islands under one
Government, whereas before they had beer
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further immigration Of Chinese into the IS
lands, except on such conditions as may be al
lowed hereafter by the United States laws.
Neither are any Chinese to be allowed to enter
the United States from the Hawaiian Islands
Five Commissioners are provided for, to be
appointed by the President Of the United
States. two az least to be residents OF the Is
lands. who are to recommend to Congress such
legislation for the new territory as they deem
necessary or proper.
Tho treaty is to be ratified by the President
of the United States, BY and with the advice
and consent of the Senate on one side, and by
the President of Hawaii. by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Senate. and in accord
ance with the Constitution of Hawaii on the
other. The rati6cations are to be exchanged
at Washing ton as soon as possible. The treaty
is dated June is, 1897. and signed by the afore-
mentioned John Sherman, Francis March
Hatch, Lorrin A. Thurston and William A.
Kinney.
WHAT PRESIDENT M'KINLEY WROTE.
In his message relative to the Hawaiian
treaty President Mckinley said that the in
corporation of the Hawaiian Islands into the
to the events that from an early period OF our
history had controlled and prescribed the
ISOLATION Of the United States and the Islands.
He noted that the performance Of American
interests in Hawaii was first asserted in 1920.
when the United States sent to the Islands a
representative agent. Then followed treaty
of friendship, commerce and navigation with
the King in 1926. lin 1913 the Intervention OF
the United States caused the British Govern
ment to disavow the seizure Of the Islands by
British naval commander, and to recognize
them by treaty as independent State. The
cession of the Kingdom to this country was
formally offered in 1851 and while not ac-
copied, this Government proclaimed its duty
to preserve alike tho honor and dignity OF the
United States and the safety of the Govern
ment of Hawaii. Until 1861 there were CON-
tinued negotiations for annexation for q
reserved commercial union. The latter was
| accomplished by the reciprocity treaty of 1915.
the provisions of which were expanded in 1884.
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governed separately. This man was Kameha.
meha l., the founder of the dynasty under
which the people were destined TO sec great
changes. Kamehameha II. succeeded his father
in 1919, and that year also the first band Of
missionaries, under the auspices of the Amer.
can Board of Missions of the Congregational
Church, set out from Boston, arriving in 1920.
The result was the most marvellous in the his
tory of missions Within SO years these sturdy
New England Purtans had given the Islands
new religion, written language, juris.
prudence; had taught them the science of Con-
stitutional Government, and, in short. had
created for them Christian civilization. Ia.
mehamela H. consorted with sailors and died
debauchee in 1924 in England, where he had
gone for visit. His son, a mere child, was
pronounced King under the title of Kameha-
meha H. The real ruler was woman. the
Vice King, Kaahu Manu-, person of great
ability, who became Christian. and caused
laws to BIO enacted against murder. theft,
gambling aud drunkenness, and regulating
! marriage, and to observe the Sabbath. She
died in 1881, but was succeeded as Regent by
another woman of ability-also a convert to
| Christianity Kiufau, daughter of
| Knmehameha /. In 1888 the King declared
| his minority at an end, and began career of
dissipation that caused reaction against Chris.
tianty in the early years Of his reign, but
| getting into political diligently with both Eng
land and France he stesdied himself, and, acting
under the advice of his Vice King, Khan, he
gave the people Constitution and took the
missionaries into his counsel official advisers.
| On the death Kamehameha III. in 1855. his
cousin, son of Xinsu; under the little of Kane
bameha Nv. He was promising young man Of
81 but, like his predecessors. he fell under disco
lutte influences, and in drunken rage killed his
own Secretary, and Withdrew to secusion,
dying in 1862 He was succeeded by his brother,
| mehameha v. lie distinguished himself by
oyerturning the Constitution and restoring
| heather rites After nine years he died, in
1872 and with him ended the Kamehameha
dynasty.
| It now became necessary to elect King, and
David Kalakaua was chosen, although his
| grand father had been hanged for murder and
he had been q defaulting Government official
His reign was characterized mainly by its cor.
ruption, such as the sale Of lottery and opium
licenses, bribery, and purchase. and sale of Off
ces His chief adviser was Mormon renegade
named Gibson, and things went on till, III 1877
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US Of any maritime enemy having a coaling
station well within $500 miles Of every point
of our coast line from Puget Sound to Mexico
Were there many others available we might
find it difficult to exclude from ALL There is,
however. but the one. Shut out from the Sand
wich Islands as coal base, an enemy is thrown
back for supplies of fuel to distances of $500 to
4.00O-or between 1000 and 5000 miles going
and coming-an impeachment to sustained mari.
time operations well nigh proliibitive. 1t is
rarely that 30 important factor in the attack
or defense of coast line-of sea frontier-is
concentrated in single position, and the cir
cumstance renders it doubly imperative upon
us to secure it If we righteously can"
Then speaking OF the proposed annexation.
Capt. Mahan continues: "This is a question of
principle, a policy, fruitful of many future
acts. to enter upon which in the fullness of our
national progress the time has now arrived"
1t will be noticed, by reference to the map,
that Capt. Mahan ought have called attention
to the fact that the Hawaiian Islands block
the highroad of Great Britain on her new
military route to Australia via the Canadian
Pacific Railway and Victoria, British Columbia.
These islands stretch FROM northwest to
southeast, over distance of some $50 miles
and lie between Is degrees 81 minutes and
% degrees Is minutes north latitude. They
contain about 1000 square miles. The climate
| is remarkably cool and equable for the lati-
| tude, being effected by the ocean current from
Boring Sea which envelopes the Group, and
| the mountains which in Hawaii rise to IA ,OOC
| feet and OH Oahu to 1000 feet. Tho trade
winds blow almost constantly from the north
east, and hence on the eastern slope Of the
mountains there is heavy rain fall, amount
ing at Hilo. for example, to II to 20 feet year
The native products are all tropical fruits
| while the whites introduced the cultivation Of
coffee, cotton, and, above all, sugar.
The prosperity Of the Islands dates from tht
making Of the reciprocity treaty with the
United States in 1875 since which time We have
dominated the Islands as completely IS though
| they were our territory.
The revenue Of the Government in 1880 wa
q little over half million of dollars, derived
chiefly from customs duties taxes on real anG
| personal property. and , poll tax. But thu
| receipts do not balance the expenditures. and
there has been growing National debt. which
now amounts to over 5000 600. !
The financial statistics published at Che clos
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THE Commissioner of Pensions has so
far removed about 500 of Mr.. Cleve-
lands obnoxious Examining Surgeons.
All these have been for cause" for
the good Of the service" 1t is hardly
\ beginning of what should be and will
be done. The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
voices the wishes of the comrades from
the Atlantic to fhe Pacific in demanding
a clean sweep of those who have been
prosecuting, insulting and deriding the
veterans for the past four years They
were chosen with the intent Of battling
and denying veterans seeking for their
rights, and they must be gotten nd Of
before there can be any justice done the
comrades THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
has accomplished great deal so far in
directing the attention of the Admins
tration TO the character of these myrmi
dons Of Ceyeland's soldier-hating policy
We are very confident that the mass Of
facts we shall lay before Comrade Nc
Kinley viii result ia q sweeping order
that will put the last one of the men on
of the way of doing farther harm TO thu
men to whom the country owes every
hing
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SEND Us IN THE DETAILS.

We want to have full information to
Nay before President Mckinley as to the
personality and composition Of every
Board of Pension Examining Surgeons
in the United States. Let the comrades
see that these are sent us in their own
Counties We want the names, politics
length of practice, service in army, i
any, professional standing, etc., Of eacl
member.
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out to restore the beathen worship and auto
cratic power of the old feudal days. The Leg
islature Of 1892 WIS corrupted, and lottery and
opium grants passed. aud the Queen had
coup d. etat ready, which was the overthrow of
the Constitution. These things resulted in
the revolution of 1893 and the establishment Of
the Provisional Republic, under President Dole.
1t was not intended at first to have permanent
Government, but merely to step into the United
States; but the course of Cleveland and Gresham
in throwing overheard what had been done by
Harrison and Foster necessitated the formation
of permanent Government under Constitu-
ton. The Republic is now, therefore, four
years old this Summer, and the youngest indie
pendent nation in the world if we do not count
Cuba Libre.
There is a great array Of weghty opinion in
favor of annexation. Admiral Walker, Admit
raj Ammcn. Lieut.. Gen. scho6eld, and many
other military men have pointed out the neces-
sity of the Islands to the United States. Among
these, perhaps more is more highly esteemed
in Europe or America as an authority on naval
warfare and strategy than Capt. Mahan, of our
own Navy. Discussing this subject recently,
| he says:
| ITO anyone viewing map that shows the
| full extent of the Pacific Ocean with its shores
| Oh either side. two circumstances will be
strikingly and Immediately apparent. He will
see at a glance that the Sandwich Islands
stand by themselves in state of COM arative
| isolation amid vast expanse of sea and
again that they form the center of u large circle
whose radius is approximately and very closely
| the distance from Honolulu to San Francisco.
From San Francisco to Honolulu, 2,lOo miles,
easy steaming distance, is substantially the
same as from Honolulu as to the Gilbert, Mar.
| shall, Samoan. Marquesas, and Society groups
! (the nearest inhabited isands), all under Euro.
pean control, except Samoa. in which we have a
| part influence. Too much stress can.
not be laid upon the immense disadvantages to
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SPECIAL EDITION.
The National Tribune Will Issue a
Very Fine Number for the
National Encamrment.

We are preparing to issue splendid
number for the National Encampment.
1t will contain IL pages. so as to giTe
the Commander-in- Chiefs address, the
accompanying reports, the proceedings
of the National Encampment, abundant
illustrations, ETC., while emitting none OF
the many attractive features that at pres
ent distinguish the paper.
Every comrade will desire a copy OF
the paper for preservation for its value
as history of the great gathering.
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THE ANNEXATION Of HAWAII.
Historical Sketch-HoW We Annex the Little Republic
Treaty in the Senate-The Presidents MessagePotes Of
Liliuokaanisss

the Americans, Germans, and English residents
of the Kingdom held q massmeeting and for
mulated demands for reforms, which resulted
in soaring Kalakaua into banishing Gibson
and behaving less scandalously than before.
The balance of his reign was more satisfactory,
but was marked by conspiracy to dethrone
him and place his sister, Liliuokalapi, on the
throne in the interest of the reactionary party
1t failed, however. and in 1891 Kalakaua died
in San Francisco of Bright's disease, having
gone there to consult physician.
Liliuokalani succeeded Kalakaua, and set
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Lilinokalani., s.
HISTORICAL REVIEW.

The London Times remarked not long ago :;
"The maritime powerhhA holds PEARL River,
and moors its feet there. possesses the key to
the Northern Pacific"
This remark now practically applies to the
United States. AS outlined in last weeks
issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE the fourth
formal attempt on our part to annex the
Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands has advanced
through its first stage and the treaty has been
sent to the Senate FOR patriotic action.
President Pierce in 1854 and President