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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07

The saddest feature of the loss of the
steamer Portland off the New England
coast in the recent storm is that /, was
SO unnecessary. The general manager OF
the company owning the steamer insists
that he had positively ordered Capt. Blan-
chard not to sail AS every soul on the
steamer. over one hundred In number met
common fate, II will never be known
why the captain of the vessel disobeyed
the positive orders given bim. If they were
given. not 10 sail in the teeth of the storm
1t seems incredible that any one should
throw such a weight of shame upon the
name OF one gone to his final account. but
to the sorrowful inquiry or relatives and
friends of those lost: Why did you let
that captain so on sucTi night?' the
manager replies that he gave the captain
strict orders not to sail. Is he a moral
coward. or did the captain disobey orders?
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MIR. LEWIS AND ruE CANAL.

Mr.. Lewis. In the interview publish
ed In yesterdays Acknowledgements
among other things, saId.
There will be fight ever fhc NIosras.a
canal, Tho Morgan h5.} srot a.ne f.y eay-
eminent e~nrvs6'g snt tros os ;he csnai
VII - bitterly fouEhf oy th. atvo-ates =
the Warner Miller ~. walsh provides fer
Its construction ara ~; ga moot - rrf.ste
capital Roth nesslicts, alll Dc. ,pFaayt.F s,e
the friends ~ tee Panama t'arsl t,..s,.-
rany's blL am opposed IN tHs batter tu-o
measures | expect Thar ra,nlns viii ~,
accomplished fer Toe csasi at the saor:
session"
MIR. Lewis does nat state Watcher BE
fsvors the Morgan bil seq net. bat dgrS
say tina; he is opposed 60 thc Warner
Miller bill and the Panama Canal Caaa-
pany's bin lie daes pot seem 10 D.,
aware ~ the fact that the Morgan bill
and the Warner Miller tul sce enc aad
the same. There "a no Sach uaea s:.rs
pending As the Warner Miller biz. the
Morgan bin having hcvo prepared fsr
construction e The canal ry tho ooa.-
rany If which Warner Miller rs the
head. s. long as the Balygr-t'ityss-,
treaty OF iS5a remains in toroe this Soy
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present scheme OF currency reform
worth considering. This Is the provis-
ion which makes bank notes lien on
general assets without other security.
and gives note holders priority over de-
positors in distribution of the assets of
a liquidating bank. The difficulty with
the principle Of basing notes as prior
lien on the general credit Of banks is
that 1t permAs dishonest or incompetent
bankers TO shift responsibility for
redemption on depositors. and so makes
IL a charge on business instead OF On
capital and credit
1t is far better to leave the currency
laws as they now are, with all their i'm
Projections, than TO accept such So
called reforms as the McCleary bill
offers in Its present shape.
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-s--1------s7-----'
An IMPOSSIBLE LOCATION.

Commodore Endicott in his annual re-
| against Puget sound for the location OF
navy yard, The only two harbors
| available there will have to have a mill
| lion dollars or more expended to blast
a channel into them that will permit of
| the entrance Of battleship. The yard
| win then be within four hundred miles
| OF the navy yard at Mare Island, which
! has had some fifteen or twenty millions
| already expended upon 1t.
Puget sound is over eight hundred
| miles from San Francisco. 1t is hun
! dreds of miles nearer Japan and China,
and exactly opposite Esquimalt. where
the English are developing their Pa
cific Gibraltar. II is to be hoped that We
| shall always be friends with England
but the unexpected happens sometimes
Where the materials and mechanics
are to come from in Southern Caiifor-
MIA is known only to Commodore Endi-
no doubt come from Puget sound. But
IL viii be difficult to find mechanics in
an arid. irrigated region which pro-
duces principally oranges, and is with
| out foreign commerce. Invalids abound
in great numbers, but they are hardly
suitable for navy yard workmen.
Another objection to the commodore's
proposed drydock in Southern Califor-
mia is the prevalence of earthquakes.
Even now hundreds of thousands Of
dollars are being expended at Mare Is
land to build new residences, store
| houses and a hospital to replace those
| rendered unsafe by the earthquake Of
| year ago. The commodore woald have
| TO come to Puget sound for timber TO
| build his dock. as a stone or concrete
| construction would be ruined by the
| first earthquake II the commodores
| navy yard should escape the earth
| quakes nothing could save 1t from de
| struction by bombardment unless we
| kept a superior fleet always lying out
side of the harbor I'm war times, for
| his navy yard could not be located eth
! er at San Diego or San Pedro where 1t
| could not be reached from outside by
| range guns.
| We commend tn Commodore Endi-
| colt q careful reading Of the re-
| ports of the two naval com m ions
| which selected the site for the
| Port Orchard naval station. There
| were some very distinguished men
On those commissions, md their
reasoning was logical. When eight
such men nre unanimous in their
opinion as to the best location for
| "a naval station I'm the Northwest. il
should carry great weight Dotwith-
| standing the criticism of IA civil en-
Eineer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07

Canada'S new penny postage stamp Is TO
tie unique Instead OF bearing portrait of
the queen IL is a neatly executed map Of
the world in miniature, distinguishing the
British empire from the possessions of all
other powers. The British possessions are
printed IN red. and these stand out in bod
relief against a dark background Sur
mounting this picture Is a representation
of the crown. under which Is a bunch Of
oak and maple leaves symbolizing the
unity OF Great Britain and Canada.
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Receipts Under the DinEley Bill.
Omaha Bee,

The treasury statement of receipts from
customs under the Dingley bill will prove
a gr1eyous disappointment 10 its oppo-
nents, who from the time Il was introduced
in the house up 10 the present, have never
ceased to predict that 1t would fail TO
bring in sufficient revenue to meet the
ordinary expenses of the government 1t
has been the custom to raise one-half OF
the money necessary TO conduct the govern.
ment from customs and one-half from in
ternal taxation. The reports show that
the Dingley bin has brought into the
treasury an amount in excess OF one-half
the ordinary expenses OF the government
and that the estimates Of its advocates have
been exceeded
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Engla u DIS Exports.

London ECONOMIST, Nov T.
The shrinkage in the value OF our ex-
ports TO the United States for the nine
months ended September 30 was no less
than f6.3i9oo. the total decrease In ex-
ports for all countries being f4ep3. 0oo.
Apart from the United States, therefore.
we actually had an increase amounting TO
Il, ff6,GD. Some recovery in our exports
to America might have been looked for IN
the last three months II would seem.
however. that goods, particularly woolens
and worsteds. were so heavily stocked tina:
but little demand has as yet become appar-
ent. 1t seems. too, the fact must be
recognized, that manufacturers in the
United States will be able In the future
more fully to meet the requirements for
various descriptions of goods formerly i'm
ported from this country
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07

The hollow checked sick soldier crusade
against the war department has come 10
an ing!orious end The purpose for which
the clamor was rais1d-the election II a
congress hostile to the administration
has failed The public has long ago de-
cid,d that the hysterical rawlings of the
yellow press. with their Who'll sale charges
AGAINST tle management q the war de
partmcnt, were withou, adequate founda-
ton, because the accuser- produced no
adequate evidence 20 sustain them.
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SEATTLE, WEDNESDAY, DEe. q.


. No president OF the United States
within many years has had so salts
factory q report of national progress
to make to congress as was presented
by President Mckinley on Monday. The
document stands as an incontestable
record Of sound and intelligent admins
trafion.
A mere summary of the president s
message will illustrate:
Cuban autonomy achieved.
Spain defeated In war.
Porto Rico acquired by conquest.
Philippine islands acquired by
treaty.
Naval station acquired TN the La
drOne Islands.
Moral support of ChiIe-Argentine
arbitration.
Negotiations against cable dis
crsm ination inaugarated with Ar
gentine.
Proposals tnaugurafes for inter-
national cable protection
Claims of Thomas JenersOn Page
against Argentine adjusted.
Adequate representation mt Brus-
sells exposition arranged.
Aid rendered to prevent rupture
between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
steps taken Ia secure government
control of the Nicarneusn canal.
Protection OF American interests
In PekinE aud other Chinese cities
assured by action of navy and ma
Sines.
Armed difficulties between Italy
and Colombia n.erf.d.
Claim OF American engineer
against san Domingo adjusted.
Adequate representation secured
NJ the Paris exposition.
Reciprocity treaty negotiated with
France.
Extended German discrimination
against American Imports checked.
Renewed and enlarged frica diy
relations established with Great
Britain.
3 International commission secured
10 negotiate settlement of all dis
putes with Canada.
Reciprocity negotiation. begun
with Greece.
Campbell indemnify claim, against
Hayti adjusted.
Hawaiian islands annexed
New treaty and free sone- ar
engagements brought under discus
sian with Mexico
NcCord claim against Peru nd-
Justcd.
Negotiations begun with Peru Ia
prevent fetal nnpaimeut of treaty.
Claims of seniers against Russia
pressed.
Cheek claim against siam aa-
Z justed.
Indemnity claims against Turkey
pressed; also eSeuuasur secured for
Z. =. consul at Erseroum
Scandeila claim against leue,uetn
i adjusted.
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroad matters cleared up
: Weather bureau service extended
N 10 West Indies
BY this remarkable display Of nation.
/ al interests furthered during the pas,
. year. /, viii Ne seen how thorough
iy the administration Of William Nj.
Kiniey and the Republican party has
/. redeemed IFS pledges and executed AIS
I full duty, sac far as has been within Il.
3 power. t. the peoule NJ the United
States
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OF interest 20 deposzsors from TO IL per
cent II is easier 70 get money row at
per cent. than it was at z per cent. even
three years ago. And the director os the
mint indicates that it may become worse.
although he does not say So but he does
say that the production OF gold for 1887
alone was nearly sa4oca.occ and that the
combined value o. the yield OF gold and
silver Ten years ago is now exceeded by
gold alone
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07

THIS winter So FAR has To parallel in the
memory of any bat the eldest irhab.tant
h was most rearly approached In lSa2
hy heavy SHOWS IN the latter part OF De
ceHher and beginning ot January. The
street 1av ,lnes We're Blocked fo- days at a
tine since then the autumn has usually
been We a1d IRE winter mild
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07

What" inquired The rsyc Geological stu
eect do you regard IS the chief end ~
r.an
Wei" answered NJ I5Iykrs ".t de-
per3s on what VIZ Want th@ man sor -
vGu want him 70 80 brain work It's his
head and II you want MIN 20 rcA erraa Is
rs rs et'--Na slEneton Star
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4 man had his purse stolen and unto--
tGn3tely K contained & good deal OF money
One day. 10 his great surprise, he had 4
letter from the Thief iucioSiug d sman per-
tlon u rs property. The letter ran aS fol-
Jews: Sir stoie your mummy Reula &se
IS u0ring at uy consheuse. 50 / send sum
If ,t back. Wen Il noVs aeen. ! vii sead
sum NAV. Boston Journal
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Queen LIS Contention.


~ I|ptso NTIVlt-I ItIilCs1rat-
Queen LII contends that in giving I'D the
Hawaiian crown and the ham sandwiches
she had no thought OF surrender3ng the
crown lands. Consequently she viii ask
the United States government for tndefn-
nifty, damages. repairs. royalties. gate re-
ceipts and q yearly pension. The dusky ex-
queen puts up a good yarn, but the proba-
bnities are that she will get nit:
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1,aes ava setl.@S barrier. n = sense.
sgsy eal@ot earn nearly as mach IS i
1.3 s.-s er ersa .o4~ yea~s aso. Tse New
Ye.A savings EsaaAs naTe re3Eee3 tae rate
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New York Mail and Express
Senator Allan went know what 10 do
with his voice when he leaves the senate.
He can never set IL all into the state of
Nebraska,
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Judging from the prodigious boom IN
The postal business OF the country. Major
General Prosperity conducts an extensive
correspondence
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Easily Worth the Money.

s.. Louis Globe Democrat
Manila bay alone IS easily worth s2o..
5000" 70 the United States for kodak
STATEN.
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Needs the salary.

Kansas city Journal
1t may be true that the Utah man with
three wives should not be in congress. but
IL Is easy TO see bow the salary would be
a great convenience to him.
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The Olympia testimonial fund is growing,
but il would be much more satisfactory il
those who intend giving would hurry I'D
their subscriptions.
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In No Hurry.

Uncle Beaslev are you going to
heaven?' asked the little boy.
II s'posc I'll have 20 some day or other"
answered the cid man. Cincinnati En-
gtfirfr.
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AMUsEMESTs TONIGHT.

THIRD AVENUE THEATER--''coon
Hollow
SEATTLE THEATER-'At Gay coney
Island"
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A bankrupt bill has has passed
both houses of congress and will
soon be federal statute. By its
provisions one may be declared O
bankrupt when any of the follow
ing facts exist:
First Where a man has dis.
posed of his property with intent
to defraud.
Second-Where he has dispo.
sed of his property to one or more
creditors with intent to give a
preference to them.
Third-Where he has given a
preference through legal proceed
ings.
Fourth - Where a man has
made voluntary assignment for
the benefit Of his creditors gener-
ally.
Fifth-Where a man admits in
writing that he is bankrupt.
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ally called the polestacker. 1t is sim
Pile in construction, easily handled and
is not patented. Although in use
but two or three years the pole has
become a universal fayorite and can be
seen in many fields. corrals and stock
yards.
The material necessary for the pole
stacker consists OF two poles 20 and 30
feet, or longer, as desired, three pu.-
leys. two chains and Two ropes. The
short pole, usually a dry red pine or bal
sam. is set about three feet in the
ground after STATS have been nailed on.
or pins driven in auger-hoes every Two
feet. which makes a ladder for getting
up and down when necessary TO fix The
top chain or drop the lifting pole. a
short chain is fastened around the
s'andng-polc and left to drop about
two feet. where il hooks around the
stacker. This gives the pole plenty of
play aud enables the man on the stack
or wagon 10 swing ii around III will.
The long pole is chained at the butt end
with chain which regulates the height
OF the stack and holds the stacker in
place after being swung around for the
hay on The wagon. The puleys. ropes
and fork are handled as with other
stackcrs.---Joel Shoemaker. in Farm and
Preside.
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Hard Times.

In these late days the people
cry hard times and eat three meals
a day with pie on the side. Years
ago the people thought white
bread was high life and dainties
were out of the question. They
cry hard times while their child
rem are sent to school we'll shod
and well clothed, while some of
the old ones went three miles
through snow barefooted, never
knew what a pair of boots or shoes
was until he was old enough to
spark the girls. They cry hard
times while they ride in buggies
an OK team or sled was a bonan.
"a to some Of the older ones. They
ride bicycles TO town, and a bicyc-
10 in back days would have turn
ed their hair gray and made them
hunt for tall timber. They use O
riding pillow, when they used to
ride around stumps with one
horse pillow, bark their shins or
the sprouts and average LOSING
one toe nail a week. All take
day OF now and go to the show
4 then nothing OF the kind was eve
heard Exchange.
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HELPFUL FARM NOTES,

DO not put all out doors into wheat
because OF the promise OF the wheat
market.
The future farmer must be educated.
II our boys cannot attend the agricul-
tural college, systematic course OF
agricultural reading Is possible during
the winter evenings, and The time could
not oe better employed
Our country roads are best in autumn,
but farmers are not always then ready
to haul their produce to market. Speed
the day when the roads will be good all
the year, that the producer may be no
longer handicapped as he has been.
When grasses are grown and then
pastured or fed TO stock during the win
ter. and the manure carefully saved
and returned 10 the soil, the loss in fer
tility ia practically nothing and this is
the ideal manner of keeping up the
farm.
1t is now accepted by all that in the
rotation Of crops the farmer only fol.
lows nature. When n pine forest is
cleared oaks at once spring up in their
I place, and vice versa. When o gap oc-
ours in a hedge it is useless to attempt
to refill 1t with plant OF the same spe'
cies, and some other kind must be used
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GOOD FARM cIsTERN.
How to Build One at Small Expense
of Money and Work.

As good cistern as can be maze IS by
wallng up with brick. and then ce-
menting o make water tight. but when
cheapness is to be considered, a good
cistern may be made in the following
manner: Dig so that it will be larger
at the top than at the bottom. Ike an
old-fashioned dash churn TUNED bot
tom side up. About two and ba.f or
three feet from the top. cut a square
shoulder in the side Of cistern 10 begin
LAYING brick on to make the arch. Ce-
ment it well TO the earth and brick.
then get flat rock. any size 10 suit
your convenience. cut hole in II large
enough for an average-slzed man 10
get through; put il down in cement
over the arch, and you have good,
cheap cistern.
The best filter that I ever saw, is
made in the following manner: Take
good. tight barrel. knock one of the
heads cut; bore an inch and half hole
in the center of the other end. and put
in plug from the outside. this to be
the bot tom. Put small. perforated
wooden box jus, over this. and have the
pipe through which the water runs
come down through the center of the
barrel and terminate in this box. The
box 10 have the bottom side out. the
pipe to come through the Top of the
box. Get some nice clean gravel. put in
layer of gravel and then LAYER Of
charcoal, and so On MI, TIKI '.lrpl is
, half full or more; arrange it 50 Eat the
last layer will be of gravel Just above
the last layer put in the pipe that runs
into the cistern. Cover the bnrrel well
SO that nothing can get into it from the
top. When il rains let the water in:
ii will filter from bottom 10 t&i' instead
Of vice versa. Have the barrel sitting
on two sills, and after lie cistern is
filed, take out the plug from the bot
tom of the barrel, and the water. in
rushing out. will wash out all sediment,
bugs and insects that might have run
in; thas leaving the filter clean and
nice, and ready for the next time
Indiana Farmer.
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ABOLISH ARMY CANTEEN,

ABOLISH ARMY CANTEENS
In reading published letters
from Chickamauga and other
camps frequent reference is made
to the "army canteens. When
ever there Is any drunken rowdy.
ism or disgraceful conduct among
the soldier boys the cause of same
is nearly in every instance attrib-
uted to the "army canteen. /,
is generally the regimental can.
teen that causes so much trouble.
The soldier boys are detailed to
attend to it as on guard duty,
and it is not their privilege
to refuse to act the canteen bar
keeper when they are so detailed.
II is, indeed, "beautifuF' pic
ture to see the sons of honorable
christian parents, who patriotic
ally enlisted to protect the honor
of our country, wearing the re-
gaiiar of a barkeeper, white
and handing out beer
day after day. AS above stated, he
has no choice in the matter 1t is
his to obey. The brewer fur
nishes the beer and ice and allows
the government to pay for beer
sold by their Soldier barkeepers"
1T wholesale rates.
There are enough temptations
n army.life to lead astray the
young boys enlisted without the
government, they are fighting to
busying itself by estab-
fishing beer gardens, etc. Moth
ers and fathers who have sons in
the army should promptly show
their Indignation at such a dis
immoral and unpatriotic
practice and in every way possible
impress upon the proper authori-
ties their hearts desire in the
of the ''army canteen. "
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Tie Church II the War.

!.
Ger. Miles, conf'nander in chief
of the United S .tes army, is a
Baptist.
Rev. William u. Stephenson,
chaplain Of the i.i,st Idaho vol
unteers, destine,' for the Philli-
pines. is Methn st.
Rev. Jalnes Mailley, pastor of
the University Place Methodist
church. is chaplain of the First
Nebraska volunteers, and will
probably be sent to the Philll-
pines.
Gen. Miles has granted permits
s,on to the Y. NJ. G. A. to estab-
fish tents in the various COM
niands for religious, moral and
educational purposes. These will
be provided with papers, maya
zines and other reading matter,
etc.
Rear Admiral Sampson Is a
member OF the Presbyterian
church of the Covenant in Wash
lngton. He was always regular
in his attendance during the sew
eral years that he was stationed
in Washington.
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commissioners Sale.
Geo. Sibley, Plaintiff.

John Fennell, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that, in
pursuance to decree rendered in
the Monroe Circuit court, at the
April 1898, term thereof, in the
above lentitled cause, the under
signed as Commissioner, will sell
at the west door Of the court
house of Monroe county, Arkan-
/ sas, on the
9TH DAY OF JULY, 1898,
during the hours or judicial sales,
the following described property
in Monroe county, Arkansas, to-
wit:
Lot three (3), in block sixty
three (63), in the town OF Brink
ley. Arkansas.
This sale will be on credit of
four months, the purchaser will
be required to give note with APP
proved security. aud lien will be
retained on said lot TO secure the
purchase money.
This sale is to recover a debt of
1926 with interest, also for costs
of suit aud sale. June 25th 1898.
JAS. ENGEL, Commissioner.
G. f. GREENLEE, Atty for Pt'f.