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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

The house spent the greater part 81 tas
morning session today fn considering the
arid land Bills which. it will be regnenp-
bsrsd were discussed ln committee % fns
whole last week The Bills covering ths
subject were ~. r. JOS bY Lard. n. y =.
by .. =. Bush. and ~. p. 80. ~ john
stou.
Williams moved that all three bills bs
indefinitely postponed.
Warner spoke IN favor 81 the motion
on the line Of economy. In the schefns
for the reclamation ~ the arid lands
granted 20 the state he SAID Is was pro-
poaed % creafe an lrrigsfs1n commits
ssorer with number of Deputies. clerks
afd assistants and 70 appropriate the
kum of apo for the tao ye5irs Tor the
payment oE fae commissioned 8nf his
aids Warner dsct 4rea thai fne passage
Of sarh q hg.i aousg constitute fne grosa-
sat kind ~ a violation - the pledges Of
economy and fetrenenmeat made bv fhs
fusion parry so tao peopls during me lsfe
campaign
Williams spoke against me bsn. SID
Ne.
s~Thaas bgIls are being advocated -
men wuo wussd never sHink ~ gong cEt
fnt9 fke 6eida ard worsinR VITA ptek
and shovel. alEging lrg TAfi0g aitrAes =
fhsge rad ever been ans sart 81 deuaana
on fhe part or the woTkluT CLASSES Ter
this bai I would favor if Sst E9 sFch de-
mann &ta@ WFFf NER& tA&eNe AFtsA NttFAA
fhla h3ll comes fruna sDen q source as
have mentioned. from rGem Nho could mot
De persuaded 70 70 08zl and work for laa1
under the conditions q the blA, ara
opposed 10 the hsll and believe 3s wlii ~
killed. Considering tEs uaTu Eho are back
ok shis h!la. I wg1id oppose g even II 81.
apprQgsF tafiou were oniY -. iHs'e1a -
SsSsss Il s. rot difficult tu sfse "a tnis
g,r0Fyo~9ssors for fne issuance ~ warrants
ia pa nzsUt ~ work z g@na sgitfta taFfun 90
fns snucn~5sspkSssf ttrae check sgafenl-
THESE warrants may he8 ~ FIRST for -
cents on ene 6eltAs. haF viii crop 20 %
eangs. and t@4s5y ssl4 AZ - cs@f6. Gaa
F5A tell ne that 4apgElaE n4en NAL IN
laTtake 20 woFE gu1er fs415 sort cf a 49,
terng xaese warrants wtA bring just
wnaf ire money changers decide they can
yAg for tAeza, Ak ~ sl1E@ IL lEeEs -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

STAMFORD. Coun.. Feb. 3s.-Mrs- Hen
- Ward Eesehsr Is unconscious tns great
e~ part sf re ti-se and ~nGs resting eas-
Is a shoaxas 70 - weaker.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

NEW HAVEN. Germ. Feb. zs-on
Monday next the large rubber factory of
TIE l. Caadee Company ws.I resume op-
eratfons. after a yrDtractesi i1leuess. Tas
factory employs I go han4s.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27
FOR THE CONFERENCE.
International Monetary Bill
Passed by the House.
ONLY THREE NEGATIVE VOTES.

/ Lively Two Hours Debate In
which All Parties Attempt 10 De-
fine Their Posffiou-QniGs and
DtngIey Greeted With thustasna
--Pardon Of sanguiIiy Cat ON Dis
cussion of Cuba in the senate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

Tat unpleasant CafAvTh usth a. SIS ar
rovtag 4u8 8ssagresaAle syruptozns csn -
spee@lly re-3evszs an& sare1 vgra Ds. d.
Javua' E-N a-setaFans
sale al sure. Jzyzs's P2ialass Sazat!ve
gx
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

way look older than yea really are. Nhsa
Ffa1TE Hass Renswsr ~4A completely re-
store fne natural cpleg. as Ia youth, 10
gray. sa-s9 o. cAzcot1Ee4 A4s-.
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PATsTSE Fen. s1s-sp~srsss sss.--ss-aF6srs
SaN h@en discovered sraoxss tae apwzs@ On
tas farm % O. q. 4,agey. 3 few niles
z.uta ot pAso1S~. oae u t.e sEAz12As s4s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

PALoEsE Fes @-Spaeta1-(sros
sgz3rr rs saye zlasse tSs4r Appearances two
weeks e@rl3sr g1su IEsual
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27

OLYMPIA Fea. a-Speciat The s.
preTa@ cg1rt A&s set FTsdAy. MRreh -. as
motion cay.
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CHARGES AGAINST LOBBYISTS.

-.sv. vas saksu 20 e'cioek. when woriI
~. IN. spprop-lztloz bisi vas Continued
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27
GIVEN Its QUIETUS.
Final Thrust Administered to
the Railroad Bill.
HOUSE WILL NOT RECONSIDER.

supporters Work Hard. Eut the Ma
jcrity Against Them steadily In
ereases-Dispeusary Biii win HE
Reported Adversely Todas-Nan
Patfen the Only Member Of the
Committee Fa~erabte-strong Eff
fort to he Made 60 Kill It.
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DOLLAR
n n ~ Pac House cd nc
II / of the A pa
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to that
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The advocate., 1897-08-25
Kansas Gleanings.
The peIoit CaII Is twenty yearg oId.

LdLOb NSNIeI HAS q uOW 0bdgO HNAh'
The Plttsburg Commercial Club has
fOrty-six members.
Governor Leedy will speak at Le-
compton, September IL.
w. p. Morrison has sold the Ster-
ling Democrat to j. M. Flowers.
The Santa Fe is laying a double
track from Emporia to Newton.
Topeka's new bridge will be com
pIeted, the contractors say, by Decem-
ber /.
A car Of Sedgwick county wheat sold
in st. Louis last week for 81 per
bushel.
Samuel Clevenger, Of Leavenworth,
has been appointed a deputy grain In
spector.
A. A. Doerr has sold the Larned
Tiller and Toiler to c. s. and Harvey
Eckert.
Farmers are making every possible
effort to get their wheat on the market
at once.
Corey county POpullsts will meet in
county convention at Burlington, Sep
tember 13.
The primary election for postmaster
at Oskaloosa resulted in victory for
Curt Patrick.
To,,,o, ID Ca1loc,ho,s has hoo,,n uuh
lication Of the Rice County Breeze Gn-
dependent) at Lyons.
The Harper joint war is a fake. A
graduate of a journalistic" school Is
summering at that place.
Even Will White admits that the
Lyon county Populist ticket is made
up of clean, honorable men.
The Salvation Army Is concentrating
its efforts at st. John and is being re-
warded with very large audiences.
Shawnee county reports more school
children than any other county In the
State. Stanton has the smallest num-
Der.
Judge Spillman has been unani-
mOusly renominated by the ReDubli-
cans in the Riley Marshall dis
triCt
Chase county POpuhsts will hold
their county convention September IL.
Delegates are appointed by school dis
tricts.
A railroad eighteen miles In length
Is to be built from South Haven, Kas.,
to Blackwell, Okla, for the use Of the
Frisco.
The Santa Fe has issued an order
prohibiting It's employees from using
beer, wine or liquor to any extent while
on duty.
Barney Kelly did not succeed in Sc
curing an appointment as chaplain in
the regular army. Baker and Leland
indorsed him.
GOodland Republic: "It has not yet
been determined that there is enough
gold in the Klondike to buy this years
Kansas crops"
Harry Leedy, Of Strawn, COffey
county, and r. b, Leedy, Of Neosho
Falls, Woodson county, are brothers of
Governor Leedy.
Charles ]. Kerndt, who has been the
leading business man Of Cheyenne
county since it's organization, died Of
apopleXy, August s.
The Judicial convention in the
Thirty-fourth district has been
changed from Hoxie to Hill City. The
date Is September is.
Topeka merchants are much opposed
TO cheap excursions to Kansas City
II encourages people to spend their
! ". f.. 4.
The advocate., 1897-08-25

The Kansas Colored Free Silver
League elected delegates to the ma
tlonal convention Of the league, to be
held at Quincy, Ill, August rs.
Ex-COngressman Hudson is attorney
for Montgomery county citizens who
are endeavoring to prevent the estab-
llshment of a county high school.
Kansas City Star: Republican pa
pers are commencing BreidenthaPs
new banking law It Is the same
bill that the Republican House rejected
in 1896"
Farmer Robinson seems to be as good
hand-to-hand fighter for reasonable
rates against railroad attorneys as
Governor Leedy proved to be three
years ago.
q. R. Moses, of Great Bend, is Chair
man of the Executive committee OF the
National Irrigation Congress, which
meets at Lincoln, Neb., September 2S,
20 and 30.
The article In last weeks Advocate
headed "State Office Aspirants," which
was credited to the Wellington Voice,
should have been charged to the Well
ingtOn Journal.
The Populist Police Commissioners
Of Topeka at their meeting Saturday
night instructed the force to renew
vigilance in the enforcement Of the
! prOhibitOry law.
Ex-Speaker LObdell (Rep), who has
bought the Tribune at Kansas City,
Kas., says that he will resign his seat
in the Legislature. He is the member
from Lane county.
In the nomination Of ]. P.Gutilius for
County Clerk Of Jewell county, the
POpulists recognized a man whose un-
firing efforts in the party interest de-
serve consideration.
The MankatO Advocate and the Jew
ell County Record published at Jewell
City, have been consolidated. Mr..
Honey is making the Advocate one OF
the best papers in the State.
Brown county will hold its thirtieth
annual fair, August 81 and September1
2 and 3, at Hiawatha. This association
Is one of the oldest In the State and
1t is noted for its excellent exhibits.
In the Lincoln -Ellsworth-S Saline-Ot-
tawa Judicial district Governor Leedy
had q majority of 993 last year. This
gives David Ritchie, the POpulist nOmi-
nee for Judge, comfortable margin.
The Salina Union opposed the nOmi-
nation of David Ritchie for District
Judge, but 1t now tenders him loyal
support and 1t Is safe to say that it will
be an important factor in his election.
Hutchinson Gazette "The old con-
stitution made by Washington, Frank
lin and the other old men of the Revo-
luton is a mighty weak article COM
pared with Federal Judge on fish
ing excursion"
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York, which is the special
charge Of Federal Judge Williams, re-
fuses to pay to Mrs. Ida Connor, of COf-
feyville, the amount of her deceased
husbands policy.
Barber county POpulists will this fall
elect a successor for Representative
Patton, who has resigned. His success
sor will be found voting in the peoples
interest all of the time, as Mr.. Patton
did at the last session.
Republican candidates for county
Office in Shawnee county will be as
sessed $10O each this year. Last year
the assessment was $500 each. This
will not be cited by Republican papers
as an evidence Of prosperity.
Winfield Free Press: Everything
has now simmered down to business
The advocate., 1897-08-25

cause he has not taught the required
time.
The AtchisOn Globe (Rep.) says of
Attorney General Boyle Boyle is
great favorite with men of sense and
is referred to as the best educated
young man In Kansas politics, besides
being a man Of unusual ability"
Attorney General Boyle now holds
that In cases where contracts have been
made between school boards and book
companies for text books, where
county uniformity has not been
adopted, the contracts cannot be en-
forced.
Jackson county's Republican Super
intendent will help the American Book
Company In its efforts to prevent the
substitution of books adopted by the
Text Book Commission in districts in
that county with which it has con-
tracts.
Many papers of Kansas are edited
by ex-teachers, persons possessed Of
large experience in school work. These
papers are almost unanimously defend
ing the action of State Superintendent
Stryker in the examination question
matter.
County Attorney Dickson, of Lyon
county, has notified all of the jointists
to close. They will probably do so.
Those who have paid the license in
augurated by the city authorities will
find that evidence against them is
abundant.
The Board Of Railroad Commission
ers will undoubtedly do all in its power
to put in effect again the carload rate
on stock They will give justice to all
parties to the fight, which means that
the position Of the railroads will not be
sustained.
Missouri Democratic editors are en-
deaVoring to arrange big free silver
day at Kansas City some time in Oc-
tober. Bryan will be invited to speak.
Senator Teller, Governor Leedy, Sena-
tor Allen and others will be invited
to speak.
1dbCb OCnCCA HCOplG ellO etohlLG LOA
reduction in coal rates from Engle-
vale through the Board Of Railway
Commissioners. The Missouri Pacific
has conceded a reduction from 100 to
80 cents, but it will not be accepted, as
60 cents is the rate demanded.
The papers Of the State head the re-
port of the POpulist State Committee
meeting with "Breidenthal Retires."
It will not be due to lack of effort on his
part if Taylor Riddles name is not as
familiarly and favorably known at the
expiration of his term Of service.
A union meeting of the evangelical
churches of Topeka was held at the
First Methodist church recently at
which satisfaction was expressed at the
manner in which the liquor law was
enforced in Topeka. Governor Leedy's
action was strongly commended.
Division Master Mechanic Ester
brook, of the Union Pacific, located at
Ellis, was shot and killed last week by
a discharged employe Of his depart
ment. Threats of lynching became so
prevalent that Leach, who did the
shooting, was removed to the Salina
Jail.
Cottonwood Falls Reveilie: "Some
Of the State papers are scoring the
teachers examination questions, fol-
lowing the Institutes, on the ground of
being catch and puzzling questions.
The teachers of Chase county found no
trouble with the examination ques-
tions"
Kirwin Independent: "The Smith
County Pioneer man and the Rocks
County Record man can simultane-
ously write an editorial exactly alike,
,,,orJ For uyord PM narhanS the
Evening star., 1897-01-16
The Controversy Between Generals
Bragg and Longstreet
GENERAL BOYNFONS CONTRIBUTION
What He Says Of the So-Ca|led
Crucial Dispatch"
THE MOVEMENTS MADE

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
While The Star has shown that an old
dispatch of General Forrest recently repub-
lished, and surrounded with sensational
features. could not have related to the
controversy between General Bragg and
General Longstreet which arose Immediate
ly after the battle of Chickamauga, there
was dispatch of General Forests, writ
ten the day following the one recently
given. which General Longstreet undoubt-
edly regards as the foundation of his con-
tention. The revival of the subject is in a
form to insure wide attention, and this will
perhaps give interest to the official history
of the very pointed controversy which
arose between these eminent officers i'm
mediately after the battle of Chic ckamauga.
The dispatch OF General Forrest which
has been printed was written in the fore
noon of September p, the morning after
the close of the battle at Chickamauga, and
similar one followed it little later.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

The Army Of the Cumberland during the
night of the 21st had concentrated at Chat
tanooga. and the purpose Of Gen. Rose
telegraphed to Washington. The right
wing of Gen. Bragg,sryarmy had been
pushed on the 22d northward along the
Chickamauga valley, and across the roads
which led over Missionary Ridge to Chat
tanooga. and Longstreet''s wing 0eft) had
been ordered to follow. FORESTS cavalry
was sent through mcfarland and Ross
Vile gaps and advanced toward Chatta-
nooga, followed bye Mctlaw's division of
advance of LongstfFet$, column, on the
main road from Rossvilie, sent a dispatch.
which reached Bragg about 5 O'Clock at
Red House bridge on 'the Chickamauga.
ana which is thus referred to in the official
records q I
70 HEADQUARTERS.
Gea Patton Anderson a courier just passed re-
ports the cnemy evacuating Chattanooga. He comes
~ MARCUS J. WRIGHT. Brigadier General.
Before the receipt of this dispatch. but.
as is now claimed in the controversy, as a
result Of this word from Forrest, Gen.
Bragg changed the plan, which Gen. Long
street supposes he had, of moving his
army directly north. crossing the Tennes-
see, and moving upon Rosecrans' lines of
communication, and issued the following
order:
>
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE
RED HOUSE September ~. 1Sts.
The army will move upon Chattanooga at a. m
tomorrow. The Right Wing by the Shallow Ford
and Mission Mills roads from Chicamauga Station:
the Left Wing by the Rossville road All baggage
will be left in camp.
By command of Gen. Eragg
GEORGE wM. BRENT, Asst Adiutant General.
AS result of the Forrest dispatch. which
came from the head of Gen. McLaw's col
umn on the Rossville road both Wheeler's
and Forests cavalry were ordered to
cross the river. the former below and the
latter above the city, as will be seen from
the following order:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE
RED HOUSE September % 1863
Gen Wheeler Commanding Cavalry Corps
Gencrai:-The general commanding directs that
Evening star., 1897-01-16

tional Church DIR. s. NJ. Newman Tuesday
night conducted An Evening With Brown
ffg."
The Presbyterian Church building at Ia
koma Park will be dedicated next Tuesday
evening at 1:30 o'clock A number of th.
Presbyterian clergy of the city will be pres
ent and will participate in the exercises
Tie dedicatory sermon is to be delivered by
the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, u. D.. of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
and the dedicatory prayer vii, he offered
by the pastor. Rev. John Van Ness. Spe-
cial music has been prepared for the occa-
sion.
The fourth quarterly meeting OF the Ana
costa M. +. Church VIII be held tomorrow.
Rev. DR.. Raymond p. Stricken. pastor OF
Hamline NJ r. Church, will represent the
presiding elder. DIR. l.. r. Wilson. and
preach. Tuesday evening DIR. Wilson, the
presiding elder. will hold the quarterly COM
ference. AT this time successor 10 the
present pastor. James McLaTen. who has
had very successful term OF five years,
will be chosen.
Bishop Donohue of Wheeling is TO ofHciate
at St. Stephens Church tomorrow.
At the fourth quarterly conference of
Saint Padrs NJ. E. Church, presided over
by DIR. Luther b. Wilson, presiding elder
of Washington district, the following
church officials elected for the ensuing
year: Trustees. Joseph +. Birch, jr., Adds
Il. Browne, Luther Caldwell, DIR. Joseph
Is. Harmer Bishop John F. Hurst Mason
n. Richardson and Fred f. Tasker; stew
ards, Mrs. A. f. Beiler, V. S. Farwel Mrs.
Ella II. Hurst. Willis f. Roe Crecording),
Benz. II. Stinemetz, jr., Mrs. J. Eddy SOM
ers and Alfred e. True tdistricu. A resoiu-
ton was unanimously adopted requesting
the presiding bishop of the Baltimore con-
ference to return for another year the
present pastor, Rev. Stowell l.. Bryant, and
also the presiding elder, Rev. Luther b.
Wilson, D.D
There is good deal of interest manifest
ed by the Presbyterian clergymen of the
city, as well as by those Of other de3om-
inatiins. in the plan which is being tried by
Rev. DIR. Hamlin, the pastor Of the Church
CT the Covenant, in having a service of an
hours length Sunday afternoon in place
of the usual evening service. The first
service was held last Sunday, and the at
tendance Of such a character as TO
lead those interested in the change to be-
lieve that ii would prove to be a great
success. The pastor breaches short ser
mon, and some of the best-known soloists
in the city will contribute to the musical
portion of the service.
Rev. Granville S. Williams. the pastor
of the Metropolitan Baptist Church. COR
ner 9th and A streets northeast, has been
with the church one year, and tomorrow
he will preach sermon appropriate to the
anniversary occasion
Evening star., 1897-01-16

nations capital passes. 1t is the Mecca OF
the wayfaring man in the plight of sick
ness, prodigality. or Indulgence: of the NAL
treated woman, stranded and alone: of the
petty prisoner just released from incar-
ceration; of the hungry and friendless of
both sexes. An average of twelve a day of
all classes of distressed human beings re-
lated their sorrows to the sanitary officer
last year. and nearly all of them were Civ
en- helping hand in one way or another,
sent to hospitals, furnished transportation
to their homes. provided with meals or
raised from whatever slough into which
they may have been plunged, either through
recklessness or misfortune.
Mr.. Frank has been doing this part of
the official good Samaritan for nine years
and for eight years previous to hts incum-
bency as sanitary officer ne held down the
desk of station clerk in enc of the most dis
reputable police precincts in Washington.
Yet he preserves his optimism He can
Evening star., 1897-01-16

usually in pretty bad fix physically, and
i don't have TO question him much to te-
come convinced of the genuineness of his
hardships- He generally has a bone feIon
on each thumb. and perhaps one or two
on the fingers of his right hand. and Is
often Tar gone in scurvy from bad and in
sufficient food.
Occasionally he turns up with all OF his
teeth gone and his features missing or dis
placed oy the beatings of brutal shippers
and mates There is always something
the matter with him that demands a course
OF hospital treatment. and we invariably
see that he gets 1t. and, when he u veil.
we see that he Is not compelled to walk to
his home. I'd like to have onally-con-
Quoted ffteen-minute interviews with some
Of the blackguardly ruffians In command
OF the oyster boats who have MANNED and
innicted All kinds OF other misery upon
Evening star., 1897-01-16

spot fraud as far as he can see him. Yet
he whistles cheerfully between narrations
of wretchedness.
.The fakir with the narrowing yarn -
said Mr. Frank 20 a Star reporter the other
cay, lis learning to give this Office a good
deal of searoom- He sheers off when he
makes out our lights, and is hull down on
the horizon before We can put a shot across
his bows. He used to heave to and speak
Us. boldly requesting provisions tow.
but now he claps on ali sail and gets him.
self far in the offing when he cons our
standing signals through his binocular. Ii 5
good thing, too The fakir used TO get
his anchor gear good deal mixed up
here
I'D in Nautical Terms.
II will be noted that Mr.. Frank deals a
good deal in nautical phrases. They come
natural TO him, for he spent his young
manhood as a marine engineer, both in the
navy and in the merchant service. In one
exceedingly important particular his knowl-
edge of the sea has been a handy thing to
have at his fingers ends since he assumed
the office of sanitary officer. During the
winter months. scarcely a day passes that
some woebegone man does not turn up in
his Cfiice with tale of frightful abuse as
"shanghaied hand on an oyster dredger.
IL Is a part of the sanitary officers business
to give such men. If their stories are found
10 be genuine. lift to their homes or
70 see that they get treatment in one of the
District hospitals II they are sick.
The kindly consideration which the
abused oyster dredger is accorded at the
sanitary office has become a tale of COM
mon report among professional hoboes
who never saw oyster boat in their
lives, and one of these occasionally navi-
gates TO Mr.. Franks office. where he be-
gins gruesome yarn to the end that he
may secure transportation to this point or
that. To such a one Mr.. Frank listens
with an assumed bovine eye and open
mouth although in precisely four seconds
he knows that the wilmer is liar and a
fraud
No man can talk with any degree of in
telligence about life aboard ship who hasn't
been to sea, and Mr.. Franks eyes twinkle
when his fakirs get the cathead mixed up
with the after cabin. When they are all
through, and he has gotten their names
descriptions and other information con-
Cerning them down pat in black and white
he directs them to the location of the
door of his Office in a remarkably per-
suasive tone OF voice.
Oyster Boat Ruflans.
There are enough cases of outraged
oyster dredge employees who come here for
relief" said Mr. Frank. ito keep us pretty
busy attending to their distresses without
our giving ear 10 the professional frauds
except TO have them run in for vagrancy
IL they are particularly wholesome and ac-
complished liars, which some of them are
ard imDudent into the bargain. The man
who makes his escape from an oyster boat
and makes his way to Washington is