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The evening times., 1897-12-09

The tide of Mckinley prosperity does
not appear t. have rea ached h; gh- water ma rk
just yet Wages in New England cnrton
mills generally are to bc reduced i . per
cent and perhaps more This is something
very orIincus. The world demand for cot
ton goods must have fallen off l.ac.nil,gly
when such /, step becomes necessary. The
English cotton spinners are atou. 10 ilke
like action, and 4 great strike is looked
for in Lance shire. The reason for the sad
Oppression in the cotton manufacturing
industry is not altogether obscure. General
imposition Of the single gold standard la >
doubled the burdens of the lab"ring and
producing POPULATIONS, ana reduced 10y
more Then half the purchasing power Of
their labor and Commodities. Indi1, once
the greatest customer of the English spin
nars, is buying little or nothing since .he
destruction O the Indian mints War, floods
economic causes. have reduced the power
of China to take cotton fabrics, While c:op
shortages in many countries have further
Impoverished the masses oftbeir inha bitants.
II VIII not take many more ubjeC, lessons
% slew the American people eo1ciusiTely
That gold nIonometallism necessarily is the
twin IL starvation wages and erunpn.ic
slavery.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
THURSDAY, DECEMBER ., 1897.
Notes of the Day.

It's not in the least surprising thar Sea"r
Morct. the Spanish minister for the Colonies,
should be delighted with Mr.. McKinley's
message, nor that the Spanish press, alIn.,,t
without exception, should regard 1. as 4
satisfactory outward and visible sign of
the secret understan anding between the Cabi-
nets IF Washington and Madrid, which il
would be iudicious to say anything a bout
Ill public, on account of the eXEspar:. l ion
of Amcricsn sentiment. But SeEu- Muret
interprets the Presidential utteranc.s to
mean tf,a,. The Administration VIII co its
best to keep supplies Of any sort fnIu ea CHI
ing the Cu:,a ms, and SO assis, to wear hem
,ut. in tn. hope that, thereby, Spain may lie
able to reconuuer them. And this. TO be
sure, is neutrality with vengeance. II
isof a breed, ho wever. that is not popular r in
ley in trorble. Iftiie Navy q this IA ti,,n is
to he Used during the ensuing months in The
service of Spain. as il has been exclusively
during the East year. and il III. rev,nrle
htSilue ser ne is 10 I've ueNOtei to tue same
e,nploy oyment, the American people should
not be Compelled to foot the bi,is, ana the
expense ought 10 he paid by the Spanish
government. There does not appear TO be
am better reason to lend our sea power 10
Spain tban there would be tG lend Ter ,ur
Army. This consid Grafton should have
weight when the naval aDDropriaiinn nJlI
Is reported in the Senate.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

The special dispatches from Cuba, pub
ofparticular interest, on account Of the pro
Spanish policy of that journal. According
to Herald correspondents HancO is about
hopeless as to the possibility of accom-
ical autonomy scheme. The patriots sp1n
it, and already have hanged fifteen Of his
enissaries who have approached them to
propose It. The Spanish residents Of Ha-
vana like it as little as the Cubans 1t,
and, moreover. the Spanish volunteers are
il, dangerously sulky mood on several ac-
counts. They suspect design TO make
them take the field, and fighting is the
last thing they would think of doing. There
are 10000 Of them, or supposed to be, aud
Blanco will soon be compelled to utilize
,he-r or give up, since the severe military
disasters of the past two weeks have IN ic.,
Weakened his forces in the field. The Eer-
AID notes the fact that Pando's death in
the battle near Sanc,i Spiritus is ieasseTted
ia Havana, and its correspondent inclIn,s
Ia the belief that 1t may be true, or At
asst that lie has been wounded, his rrmy
routed and communications cut off. at
the captain generals palace there is str sng
evidence that Calamity of some kind Is
being concealed. Gen. Gomez Is repprtel
as concentrating his forces IN Santa Clara
Tor an Important movement in some direc
tipn not UNDERSTOOD; but the fact ADDS
heavily I" the terror that pervades Havana.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
Campaigning without Profanity.
From the Springfield Republican,,

The late Mr.. Dana, is his war ramin-
iscences now running in McClure's, testiffes
that he never heard Gen. Grant utter
single profane word in all the difficult
and harassing situations of the civil war
in which Mr.. Dana was with him. Gen.
Horace Porter. in his Campaigning With
Grant, bears the same witLess as to his
own experience with the Union chieftain.
The conclusion seems safe that Gen. Grant
went through four years of as tough war
fare as any general of all time without
losing his temper or using an oath. The
same perhaps, can be said Of his gr,at
opponent. Gen. Lee, although the evidence
on this point is not at our command.
At any rate, between the two, Grant and
Lee, great war was conducted with
less swearing at headquarters than be-
fore in the worlds history.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
BERT CoLwELL,s SAD FATE.
A Once Lavish Entertainer Takes
R.fuue I'm the PoOrhOuse

Refuge In the PoOrhOuse.
waCvioK, N V, Dec 9.--Bcrt Colw--n
has ieen taken to the poorhouse. his
brother Henry, after serving a serm in
State prison, has disappeared. his son
charged with theft, broke ont OF the
Goshen jail and has wandered away, no
body knows whittier. And to this end has
come n fine, generous MARYLAND family.
which, forty years agv, lived In hos
pitahlc splendor at Greenwood Lake, un
an estate DOW worth 100000.
To-day only the four outer walls Of the
old Colwell home are standing. Couruy
old Solouon Colwell followed his wife to
the fairil- hurial tomb, in Trinity Ch1i h
Cemetery, New York, ten years ago. and
this lot was the only property ne owned
when he whs dying. So. with father,
mother, brother. home, fortune-nay, as
it proved. friends too, all gone, poor Bert
Colwtn, broken in health and more hei t
and wrinkled and worn under his fifty
years than many a man of three 3cor.'
and-ten. went his way wearily over the hills
to the poorbOuse.
Solomon Colwell wanted to be king In
the financial world, SO he went to Phila-
delphia in the forties, and prosperity fol
lowed i'll the wake of his business enter
prise, and then he went to New York and
obtained au interest with A T. Stewart.
For years afterward he represented that
great l:ouse in Europe. The entertainments
he gave at his country estate on his return
were The marvels Of that period.
Then came series of business disasters
Expenses were curtailed until finally Sol
Omon ieci New York and went to live with
his brothcr. Affairs grew worse, and they
began 10 pawn the art treasures Then
came sales of a piece nere and II piece
there. The guests took wings ard flew,
and the merry, genial friends vanished.
And the departure of Bert Colwell to the
pooriious.- cn,,s the extraordinary history
OF that family.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
PEOPLE MISSING FROM HOME.
Man OH Bicycle and a SchOoiboy
Wandering.

Marshal Briscoe, white, tw ,nt y-twJ
years old, left his home, l4l2 Florida
avenue northwest. early yesterday at
ternoon. 1t IL supposed he Ven riding
on his tic: :cle, but as he had not re-
turned UP to late hour last night ms
absence was reported tn detective head
quarters. and q message to look out ..
him sent to all the stations
The police have :,een notified 70 ,ooi:
out for Albert Cochran, white, nine ". .rs
old. who left school yesterday at 10 III.
and did not return last night ~ his h,ine'
No. 314 South. Capitol street. The roy
has dark brown hair, and wore dars
suit of o,olhes, light stockings and black
lace shoes.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

irritation on the part Of the Administra- A
ton, cn account OF the Republican sell
out, Mr.. PIatt still seems to keep the upper
hand. ani TO he able Co place his fencf men
in the good places whenever openings &C
Cur I. is lucky for him that he has :.
Senatorial vote at time when an article
Of that sort isscarce and valuab bile, otherwise
his present position might be different.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

That there is doubt about the ability
of the friends of Hawaiian ameXa
ton to secure the Necessary two-thirls
vote Iii tie Senate, is beyond any lues
ton; but that the project itself is In
serious danger, there is not any evidence.
II is ccrtein that there is safe ina jority
in the tive houses, and, if the treaty should
fail, Senator Morgan's annexation bill
ought Ia 20 through without much trouble
OF course, something might depend upon
the attitude of Speaker Reed, who is under
stoGtl tc DE opposed tO annexation, but It
is doubtful il he would fly in the face #
the Administration by antagonizing its
pet anC one worthy na,ionai measure.
If he We're frien lily il would he an easy
matter fol him to take up the Morgan iii
and pass II on general principles, to cover
accidents and save time. As il is, pr )b-
AMY he will not go out of his way to help
the President. In nne way ur another,
:he acquisition of the islands is likely to
be accomplished hefore the end of the
session.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
MINING LAW OPERATIONS.
New laws That Certainly Restrict
tho DroF,es NJ yyorkers

New Laws That Certainly Restrict
the Profits Of Workers.
Seattle, WASH, Dec. o.. The latest news
received here from Dawson City, bearing
date of October IT, says: TIE announce
ment that the new mining laws imposing a
ruyalty tax, and cutting to 100 feet the size
of CLAIMS To be hereafter located here, has
already had q marked effect.
Mine owners are cutting down the number
OF men employed, aud those who intended
to go out prospecting are considering a
mov.ment to the other side of the boundary
line. The Canadian gold commissioner has
announced that lie will accept no locations
OH creeks of more than 100 feet, subject
to the governments reserve of alternate
claimY.
We're IL possible for many to move, hun
dreds would go over TO Alaska to prospect.
1t IL now too late In the season, for the
river may close any day, and then there
Will be no means of transporting supplies
for the winter. Many of the mine owners
say that under leases for the present
year from the Government The royalty
cannot he collected, for the leases stiou-
late that the owners are entitled to a Il :he
proceeds from the mines.
The weather here IL still moderate, and
the river is free FROM floating ice. A few
rnen, well supplied with provisions, have
gone to Fort Yukon, preferring to prospect
under American laws. The river is low.
anu there is little hope that any steamer
will arrive with food.
In the meantime, toat load after load
of prospectors is coming down from Lake
Bennett. soin= Well provisioned, but q ma
jority with short supplies or utterly des-
titute. Owing to the increased iemaad
for labor by nine-Ow ners, on account If
the ROYALTY, it is almost sure that So an
hour instead of $1.6O viii be the ruling
rate of wages here.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

There are two prominent men in New
York whose taste in art does not run in
ihc direction OF newspaper cartoons. We
refer to Eichard Croker and Thomas G.
Platt, of whom now it is said that they have
made a legislative deal to jam through an
lntI-cartoon bill in the legislature at
Albany this winter. Between them they
10 not ioLtt their ability To PASS siich a
measure, nor heir power TO carry 1t over
IN expected veto. 1t Will he rough On
tbe pictorial newspapers, but there is
Hmething tc lie said for the scheme from
the bosses standpoint. The late Mr..
Tweed ascribed mos. of his troubles to
lhe cartponists. He saiG, with mac h
point and pathcS, that, while there
we're great many people ho CO uld not
sr did net read, everybody could look at
Md understand pictures. Since the oreI-
Ing OF the recent municipal campaign in
sew York. Mr.. Platt has grown so tired of
ais well-known and attractive features
hat it is reported be shuts his eyes when
.rei be is compelled to lcok at 4 fnirrUr.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

ton that the President is taking up polit-
ical mortgages with which he became in
cumbered during the campaign, but the
neglect on the part vi the President s
friends to contradict them, and the per-
sistence Of the President In acting as. IL
some q these reports are true, make 1t
difficult to believe that he has not sur
rendered some part Of his prerogativc
The evening times., 1897-12-09

Rooders Of The Times acho may at any
I'm e be unable 10 procure copies OF il at any
pe'rs stand, railroad station or on railroad
t'ainS rtH confer Jor"r upon the manage
mentb by sending to this office Information Of
the fact
The evening times., 1897-12-09

To Judge from recent manifestations in
the orient, Japan would better look a fter
the protection of her own original 1rchi-
pelago, than t. bother with us in the neigh
borhoud Of avail.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
Circulation Statement.

Concentrations intended for publication
10, The Times should be fersely aud plainly
Written and must in all cases be accompanied
By the name and address of The ,criter Re-
ieeted communications UiH not be prese,ped
and on;p manuscripts Of curious importance
uin be returned TO their authors.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

College President william l.. Wilson
understood that College President Seth
Low considers his contemporary horse
in the matter of sense.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
Some Mems luck.

from the Cleveland I.eader.)
II see Pimley's wife has 3 new sealskin
coat
''Yes, he's had a streak Of iuck''
How was that?''
..Got his thumb smashed tile day after
he toor our an accident policy for $50 a
week" {
The evening times., 1897-12-09
A New Use for Poets.

tFron. the Cleve Gland Plain Dealer.)
Two Boston poets are to walk across the
Atlantic in pneumatic boots. They'll have
to keep sharp lockout fer the razor-hack
whale and the sword fish. A puncture In
mi,locean might prove serious.
The evening times., 1897-12-09

The echoes of the late struggle In the
Empire s,ate and its metropolis still ool-
Hnue. The Jeffersonian Democracy mas
decided TO become permanent and
State as well as city organization. John c.
Sheehan, deposed by Croker, mas step ped
DOWN from the Tammany leadership and
has gone tc the Hot Springs. broken ir
health and spirit. Notwithstanding sorIss
The evening times., 1897-12-09
a sign of the Times

From the Chicago Record.l
II a clergyman marries wife withlarge
feet the women Of his flock quit giving him
embroidered slippers.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.


STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND B
STREETS
90 a N. week days-PITTsBURG EX
hhhEss,parlor IKE and Dining Cars, Harris
1859 A. NJ. PENNS YLvANIA LIMITED
ulImdn Sleeping, Dining, Smoking. aud
Observation Cars. harrisburg II to Chicago.
iand and 1oieco. @ Buffet Parior Car 10
,G5o 4. II. FAST L1xE-rullmau Huffe.
narior Car To Harrisburg Buffet PartoI
8 40 p. n. CmicAGo az a. AM ST LOUIS
Express Car Washington 70 st.
nsburg to St Louis, Nashville Ivia CIR
sannatil and Chicago.
I..u r NJ wEsiE..N EXPRESS-Pnii-
man Sleeping Car to Pfttsburg, Chicago,
anG harrisburg tc Cleveland. Dining Car
SPulnan Sic Sleeping Car. Washington h to
snd aRd b,nins to Ct Louis
man Sleeping Car 70 Pittsburg.
100 q. NJ. for Kane. Canandaigua, Rochee
ter and Niagara Falls daily, except sua-
l05O q. m. for Elmira and Remove daily.
except Sunday. For wliiaInsport daily
Erie. Buffalo and iagara Falls daily.
Wellington TO Buffalo.
ter, Buffalo and Niagara Falls daa2.
Pullman Sleeping Car Washington -
Rochester Saturdays only.
For fhiiadeIDhia, New York and the
East.
400 p IN, CONGRESSIONAL LIN
TED" daily. all Parior Cars. with pha, n,,
s nIar na! ff9 San sdu Zoo Yyas bn 4 Ing
Car. and ll.00 Dining ar from W.
iIingtonj a. ~, l2:46. 3:I5, Az, 900,
Snins anG Gall isG SOB g. ZOO On 1I1S DINING
Car from WilinlngtOnI a. m, 1918, 3ila
40, 40, $50, 1000 and ! so p: M a.h, fa1
m. week days. Express, III . p. N. Week
Boston, without change, SO a. IN week-
For BaIIiinore. .:25. 7:UO. 7:5o, 500.
SdS iS5S. is;5S. & iz;sS s:s,; ss siS iS $40 s:1S
6:hV. 7:lO, 1890, 10 40, ll;.a, and
300 500, 1850. 100 q, n; lS,d5.
4.2O. $40, 6.15, $50, 7.20, 1000,
FOR fopes Crees Line. 7:5o a. m and
For Annapolis. 100. 500 a. NJ. 40
and 5.40 p; m. daily, except Sunday.
sandsys, 800 M snd 81 tapp p Florida
and points on Atlantic Coast Line, 4-3v
a. M. 40 p. III. daily; Richmond only,
1857 q. III. Weekdays, Atlanta Special
via L.chInnnd and Seaboard Air Line,
4.4O D. IN. daily. AccominOtlat tion for
Vuantico, z AS u. III. daily, and 40 y.
ii.. Week days
Seasnore Connections.
For Atlantic City tvia Della ware River
via Market street wharf. 1000 and ll:U0
a. m, l2:45 y. NJ, week days, ana il;oo
D. IN. daily.
Fur Cape May, 400 a. m. week days.
1880 p. IN. daily.
Ticket offices, corner Fifteenth and 9
streets, and at the sta tion, Sixth and B
streets, where orders can be leit Tor the
checIinr uf uaggage TO destipa ton from
hotels and residences.
J.B. Observation-Disclosures ger.
J.R. WOOD, General Z PASSENGER Agens.
The evening times., 1897-12-09
Doubtless,

From the New York Times,
We should be glad to entertain a doubt
about the stories coming from Washing
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07

THE Post-Intelligencer is entitl ed to
vote of thanks from the people of the
State of Washington for its great New
Year edition of fifty-six pages issued
last Sunday, and all who can afford to
do so should offer more substantial en-
couragement by purchasing a few
copies to send away to people who
might be induced thereby to become
residents of or investors in the noble
state which so worthily bears the name
of the great first president of the re-
public. The publication of so great
a paper at time when the state and
the country generally are in the midst
of the greatest financial depression for
many years, is more than evidence of
exceptional newspaper enterprise; it is
not mere "boom edition." but an en-
cyclopaedia of facts conservatively set
forth and based upon the most careful
researches Of well known men in all
sections of the state, and from begin
ming to end it reflects the implicit faith
of the publishers in the greatness of
the states resources and the stability
OF its credit. The Post-Intelligencer's
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07
THE NEED OF NEW REVENUE LAW
The report of the retiring state audi

The report of the retiring state audi
tor, Hon. John E. Frost, ought to open
the eyes of the Legislature to the press
ing need of the early enactment of
laws that will be an incentive to the
prompt payment of taxes, rather than
a virtual invitation to delinquency, as
the law as it now stands undoubtedly
is. The report shows that the total
Indebtedness of the state is So, 1876, 03S.72,
of which only 100000 is bonded the
large remainder being in the form Of
outstanding warrants which draw in
terest at the rate of eight per cent. At
the time the report was rendered, Oct.
81, cash on hand, exclusive of school
funds, amounted to S191, 1857, and
"taxes due from counties and delin-
Quent" reached the enormous total of
1855, 905.50, or over half The amount of
the states floating debt. During the
two years ending Oct. 81, 1895, the in
crease of warrant indebtedness amount
ed to $767, 1851, or only about $4,000
more than the increase Of tax delin-
quency during the same period, the
delinquency having grown from $685.
600 Oct. 81, 1894, TO 1856, 9O5.5O Oct. 81,
1896, as above stated, or very nearly
three quarters of a million dollars in
two years. The receipts from taxes
during that time were $435, 1851 less
than during the two years Immediate
ly preceding, a decrease of 29.8 per
cent, while the value of taxable prop
erty, as equalized by county boards,
diminished 7,445 1886, or only "a per
cent and the tax levy remained I'M
changed. The auditor makes some very
pertinent comments upon this condi-
ton of affairs, and some very practical
suggestions upon which the legislature
should not be slow to act. He states
that as direct result of the extreme
leniency of our laws about fifty per
cent of the taxes in this state have
become delinquent, while the average
in the United States is less than ten per
cent. If eastern investors are honestly
advised by warrant brokers of the true
condition of affairs the fact that they
are still willing to buy our state
warrants at their face value shows
that there is no lack of confidence
in the states ability TO pay, and that
the investors must have an abiding
faith that the latent common sense of
tue people will in time assert itself in
the enactment of laws providing for
the application of practical business
methods in the conduct of state and
county affairs. Every man who fails to
pay his taxes is responsible for portion
of the public debt, and it would appear
from the auditors report that this res
possibility is pretty generally distribu-
ted. The truth of the auditors obser-
walton that "the finances of the state
cannot be placed upon safe and salts
factory basis until the revenues are sure
and stable," ought TO be apparent to
every citizen. The enactment of q
practical revenue law is the most inn
portant duty that confronts the legisla-
ture.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07
RACHEL S. DILL,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Seattle. Wash. Nov. 13. 1904

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Seattle, WASH, Nov. IL, 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in sup
port OF his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk of the Superior
Court, at Friday Harbor, Washington, on
Monday, December 18th, 1896, viz:
JACOB RI. RYMAN,
Homestead application number 1876
for the Sw Sw Sec. 81: n NV I: NV /
Ne Sec. %, Twp. 81, N R2W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
VIM. Hambly, G. H. Williams, John
Kittles and Thomas Dixon. All of East
Sound Washington.
WIN. D. OTooLE, Register.
Date first publication Nov. 10, 1896.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07

THE ISLANDER is pleased'to call at
tention to the advertisement of "The
Cultivator and Country Gentleman"
which appears in this issue. 1t is one
of the oldest, ablest, most interesting
and reliable agricultural journals in
The United States. Send for a sample
copy and judge it's merits for yourself.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07

IF reports that Antonio Maceo, the
Cuban general, is still alive are con-
firmed by his appearance in due time,
or Whereabouts, upon the scene of action
cats with only nine lives will have to
take back seat, and the Spanish army
will have to do something besides cele-
brate his supposed death before the
'pacification of Cuba" is accomplished.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-07
Closing Out Sale!-
We Mention a Few PriCeSL

Good Ingram Cal pets reduced from 40 to 20
Cents yard; Heavy Union Carpets from oo 10
35 Cts All Wool Carpets, very heavy, from 70
to 30 Gents: Tapestry Brussels from so TO so Cts
Best Body Brussels from Si.40 to 80 Cts. Mo-
uuette and Velvet Carpets from Sl.7O to SO Cts
Mattings, $50 rolls now marked at to 70 Cts. a
yard. Floor Oil Cloths and Linoleunis at job
bers prices Rugs of all kinds and all sizes, at
prices to make quick sales. Lace Curtains at To
cents pair. Chineie Dfaper1es at ~ PAIR ana
Table Covers at so cents.
In Bed Room Furniture we have full size
Piece Suits with "a x 20 German Bevel Mirrors
for $50 Our Suits at $780, $3.50 and Sl5OO
are beauties and can not be sold elsewhere for
near the same money. In Dining Room Fur
niture we have the best foot Ash Extension
Table for $3.50, and Sdeboard for s.. 90 that ever
left the factory. In Cane Seat Dining Chairs we
offer some special bargains at 20 CENTS 80 CENTS
and Sl.O0. We sell a 30lb. Wool Mattress or
Heavy Excelsior Wool Top Mattress for $l.50.
Heavy Woven Wire Springs for 81 .25, and good
Feather Pillows for 20 a pair. A big line OF
Bed Lounges, COuches and ParlOr Furniture at
Just what it cost to make them up. Sofas with
backs and Couches as low as s. each: We have
Settees of all kinds which must be sold; also
Ladies' Desks, Tables Book Cases, Cabinets,
etc.
.SMNz. Buy Your -
IN Christmas and Holt
WRW day Gifts From Us.