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VIII Sncce@d Robert Montgomery -
Receiver of Bank of sumner.

Special Dispatch ~ the Post-1ntesligencer
TACOMA JEne TT r.. Rogers 4 son
q Gsg.4 Rogers vas today Eane3 re-
cetxsf os TIE Bank Of Sumner. In place OF
Robert Montgomery. who was APPOINT
Sd several days ago. The chang was
mace n the request % 3 number - The
nesyis- creditors n The hank. and has en-
& ssef considerable feeling between friends
os Montgomery ard Rogers.
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Chicago Races.

CHICAGO. June Rainy: track slow at
Harlem. Results:
Five furiongs-Streamer won. Cheval
Dor second Mizzouri third. Time, 1:n6is
Six furloDgs-Warren Point won. How
itzer second, Borden third. Time. 1:l9is
One mile and an eighth-Moncreith won.
RanQuo IL. second, Joe Clark third. Time,
2:0i2..
Six furlongs-Daisy +. won. Albert Vale
second, Carrie f. third. Time, 1:174.
Four and one-half furlongs-Rush won,
Ed Upton second. Barrabas third. Time,
:os2.
SIX and one-half furlongs-Tom Collins
won, Ramiro ii. second. May W. third.
Time. I.l7L.
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OLYMPIA. June THE supreme court
to-day handed down opinions in these asses,
STATE of Washington. respondent. vs.
Isaac Johnson and Nick Shty. appellants,
King county; affirmed.
Townsend Gas ard Electric Li2ft Com
pany. respondent. ~. City OF Port TOWING
end. appellant judgment affirmed
James y. Townsend. assignee respond
eFt. rs Z. II. Price. administrator Of the
estate of J. $. Lewis. deceased appellant.
assrg county. reversed
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SPLENDID o,r.ooN rom wuEAr.
Prospects Tor shr Greatest crop Ever
.rawn TIA Nasesgssan

SPECIAL DAspsica 20 the rass Intelligence
wAi.l.A WAf-isA. June The wheat
crop asvsr lacked better ard whea: gvr~
orally "a heading ost thraHEeeut the coufa-
~. Prospects are tef ira rr@atest cr,so
ever grown 81 fAis county Late rains
were ts'Eisly. creating : Nenaerfui Erovrta
81 10Th fsN ani spring grown craps. The
grain - aisoost y"s; danger fram has
soTth winds
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syEcTDRTA. June 7.-~Caps- J. G. Cox,
a gsrornf.ent EsaIer OF tags city, returned
To-Day from OTTAWA and Washington.
~ nj sar 10 went Ia connection WITH the
proposed convention between the Canadian
ard United STATES governments IL regard
10 sealing matters In hs opinion the c0n-
ference Will DC held IN Canada next month
AK. an agreement win be reached 20 srx-
pend r@lagte sealing for few years The
s9sps aston would not affect the Alaska
Commercial. C0Eapany's operations.
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rtn~a for thasst~iuE Rashsrm

VICTORIA Jvne -rAs - .Ysausaa Calh.
che priest p VISITOR lSisiHssv 1ssa a
charge 90 assault against S-s.uae3 n
S'-sfl'z- hsrstster ~ ;>s.< e'.y, arising .sssf
~ ssstrs 81 resre nfasa az llsf-s-u
- Hesl~gs a"rrr"rsar hss aasl-t,s tAe-te
textures sthNl.s aeaass.e.s Enth.an "
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WRANGEL STEAMER WRECKED.
The Iskosts Ptiof chooses Wrong
thnaael Near ehe xke~na

VICTORIA. Juse The new river
steamer fskoct, % the kloudke Mining,
Trading & Transportation Company on
her way - Wranke under her own
steam. VAS wrecked Iuue IN West Inlet.
Creenville channel. seven mites fvoFa the
6ksena river. ny me p.inf running fnto
Bhnd inlet In error She wtil likely rraxa
q total loss There Was no loss ~ lie
Her ma chifrry ard furnishings MI be
saved The Insurance WI cover the huh.
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subscriptions tn Government Bonds.

SAN FRANCISCO. Isine The sub
scriDtion books Of the First National bank
opened for the purpose Of disposing OF the
new government per cent. bonds. showed
that S2a 49, q the bonds had been taken
up 20 noon today.
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VICTORIA. June Passengers on the
steamer Islander. which arrived here to-
day, say thu rumors OF a rich strike on
Tsslin lake lack confirmation. Others say
they are correct.
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Special Dispatch TO the Post-fntelligencer.
EVERETT, June THE annual state
meni of the Everett gnelter for the year
1886 shows that the years output was
%.sA,fo0. During the year 100 men were
employed.
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shnrkey and Rubin sign Articles.

NEW YORK, June 7.-Articles have
been signed by Tom Sharkey and Gus
Ruhiin 10 fight twenty-five rounds before
the Greater New York Athletic Club at
Coney Island on June - Arrangements
viii be completed when Sharkey arrives
here tomorrow.
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PugiTlstic Go at Victoria.

VICTORIA, June Patsy Daley, a
California lightweight. and Waiter Camp
bell. lightweight champion, will meet here
tomorrow night for a twenty round go.
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Ties for SkaEWny Railroad.

Special Dispatch 20 the Post-inteiiigencer
EVERETT. June 1.-The bark Conden
cleared from the Bell mill today for Skag-
way with cargo OF bridge sImbers and
ties for the new Skagway railroad.
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knocking him down In court today the
partisan OF both SIDES packed the build
frg. ard tgls case resulted IN tins CONVICTION
c. scauitz. who vas fined $40 and e0s-s-
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Fs1y3 Campbell "a farm boy os Iafah
l@I}y. I3aSa started faFt Thursday from
$50 "a bicycle via th@ aSoxed ~
teatSoD IS asag38g TIE t3ng distance riding
record - Sc w1Fld PrTar % ssargLag ex~
Cos. ". = NcC0nnesi gave k.sn : cents
] as asxe AZ y as tae extent % his capital
- 49, ~->-.-~-@-~ ~ Axs .-~1, sSIsA
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and Mcfarland. Cmpires. z.
ard Curry.
BROOKLYN 8. Cleveland 5.

NEW YORK. June brooklyn woE IN
q ten-Inn!rg game from Cleveland today.
Attendance 1.sea Score:
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Bst'e-ies- swain ac3 Nctiuira. Tame
s.t sHd SeSrt@ysr- Cmntres. Lynch and
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WASHINGTON. Jane THE f9tt~hures
Won ias'ay by strong rafting. Attendance.
go Secrc:
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Ho.fan .. Cfncinnatf 2.

Batte-zes-Eerne6y and Ryan, NcAliss
ter ana O'Connor. Uu1riress Swartw9o'
ausi Wood
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BOSTON. June ..-Har.lton and Nichols
wen today's game for she home team by
timely batting. while the latter pitched
very effectively. Attendance. 55o. S@ore;
r. u. z.
Boston ~ -. 5000. 2 /:
Cincinnati ...
Observation-Disclosures and Bergen; Dwyer
and Vaughan. Empires. Cushuan and
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sstf efies-t ff-'e ar2 Ir~pl.e. Se,--
'3.lr ana Grassy. Crus.rss- Mcdonald asa
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America Abroad.

The people and newspapers OF Eng
land did not quite lose their heads on
the Fourth of July, but they came very
uear doing so. They seemed to have
imagined that the day was their own
quite as much as it was ours, and they
celebrated it. as well as its meaning,
with degree of heartiness that is well
calculated to make the powers on the
continent think that an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance is fact of the heart as
we'll as a fact in international expe-
diency. The stars and stripes had a
charm for the Euglishman on that day
which may be considered the culmina-
ton of third of a ceutury's steadily
growing friendship. Our national
dag and the union jack caught the
breeze together, and together they
hOated. not only in friendship. but as
though serving notice to the world
that their. interests and sentiments
were Identical Il all made an unus-
ual. though pleasing. spectacle.
The London Telegraph. in comment
ing upon the battle before Sautiago,
says: The prospects of European in
tervention on behalf of Spain have
vanished, and the significant fraterni-
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The Intervention Mill.

The Intervention mill is grindiu g
out its usual grist Of ghost stories. "A
Russian correspondent" of the Paris
Figaro writes to that paper that the
government of the czar does not like
the idea of our occupation of the Phil
Ippines. while ''it will hardly, if at
all, brook an American incursion into
Spanish waters" IF the movement Is
persisted in European declaration
analogous to the Monroe doctrine will
result.
The Russian correspondent" is no
doubt Frenchman if not Spaniard.
Otherwise he would hardly assume on
account of Russia or any other power
that we have not an indefeasible right
of war TO 60 to Spain and destroy the
Notifications and shipyards of that
country. We did not object when
Germany was about 70 lombard Port
au Prince. We have allowed Great
Britain to interfere with our neigh
bors in Central America. We even
tolerated joint English. French and
Spanish invasion of Mexico. If prece-
dents are wonted we can find plenty of
them.
Several fine cruisers are being built
in Spain for her navy. 1t will be at
once our pleasure and our duty to
knock them in pieces as they rest on
the stocks. There are more or less
elaborate Notifications at Cadiz, Car
thagena and Barcelona. The purest
motives of our friendship for our be-
nighted Spanish brethren make it
mandatory upon US to go over and de-
stroy them.
In this way we shall act the part of
a stern yet kindly schoolmaster. using
the rod to keep the bad boy from al
together spelling. Peace Is what
Spain chiefly needs. and a complete
thrashing is the thing to satisfy her of
the fact.-J. C.. Tribune.
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Reasons Why Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhea Rem
edy is the Best.

1. Because 1t affords almost instant
relief in case of pain in the stomach,
collc and cholera norbus.
2. Because it is the only remedy
that never fails in the most severe case
of dysentery and diarhea-
3. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure chronic diarrhRa.
4. Because it is the only remedy
that will prevent bilious collie.
5. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure epidemical dysentery.
6. Because it is the most prompt
and most reliable medicine in use for
bowel complaints.
s. Because it produces no bad re-
suits.
9. Because it is pleasant and safe
TO take.
10. Because it has saved the lives
of more people than any other medi-
cine in the world.
The % and soc sizes for sale by the
Arcadia Valley Drug Store.
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IRONTON, MO-. THURSDAY. july "A, 1898

cation OF Englishmen and Americans
on the Independence day in the United
States and London may well give
pause to these continental statesmen
who are credited with a design to die
tate to America the terms of peace. =
This is direct slap at Germany more
especially, and hint TO ali the other
powers. II means that Great Britain
is ready to stand by the United States
in any event. Il means that peace
terms shall be agreed upon between
the parties directly in interest, and
that no nation will be allowed to in
trude itself in the affairs OF the United
States as concerning its dealings with
Spain. This Is bold talk. the more so
because it reflects public sentiment in
calls our Independence day the '.Glor-
ious Fourth of July" and speaks ofthe
and America" These utterauces
mean great deal, because many of
Englaud's highest dignitaries and gov
ernment officials participated with the
Americans in the celebration of the
day. and expressed great satisfaction
at the triumph of American arms over
the Spanish.
Another significant event is the
withdrawal of most Of the German
squadron from Manila waters upon the
landing of the American troops. Ger
many claimed that the concentration
of warships at Manila was to protect
Germans and their interests, but one
or two vessels would have been ample;
besides, the toplofty and naughty strut
of the officers of the squadron, and the
close social relations they Immediately
established with our enemy clearly
proved that they were there for quite
different purpose. When the Amer
lean troops landed Germany had to ae-
knowledge their ability and willingness
to protect her subjects or show a hos
tile disposition toward the United
States. Had she done the latter and
committed the slightest overt act.
Dewey would have Immediately en-
gagged her ships, and it is surmised
that without further ceremony the
British warships would have cooper
ated with the Americans under orders
previously received from London.-k.
c. Times
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After Ten Years.

! In September, 1886, Postmaster
General Villas advertised the contract
| for the mail route from Knob Lick to
| Libertyville and to Coffmau. for the
| fiscal year extending from June so,
1887. to July l, 1888. Twenty-Five
! men fancied the job. One, the high
est bidder, thought he could render
perfect satisfaction for $699 a year.
Others reckoned their services at vari-
Gus amounts, ranging down TO S314.
One man offered TO assume the enor-
nous responsibility for 81. This man
was Moses Prendergrass.
Moses accompanied his bid with a
good bond, and the contract according
ly was let to him. He was happy If
he knew more, he would have been
the saddest Individual who ever ac-
cepted a Government contract. But
the sadness came soon after. and poor
| Moses had his fill of it for 10 years.
The officials, of course noted that
the bid was ridiculously low, but in
| cold, matter-of-fact. business way they
overlooked the liliputian size of the
pecuniary consideration proposed by
the Missouri contractor. and with as
much formality as characteriZes the
letting of million dollar contract. the
department gravely prepared the pa
pers aud started Moses on his Govern
ment job at Four Dollars Per Anuum.
Moses could neither read nor write,
but he signed ali the documents with
little cross-mark. On July 1, 1887.
he shouldered his mail bags and began
his first trip. And he whistled and
warbled as he wobbled along. distribut
| ing chunks of good and bad news to
the geod people on the tedious route.
He was to travel from kuob Lick to
| Libertyville and back every day in the
week, except Sunday, and three times
a week to Ceffman and back, Is miles
each way. or 80 in all The run to
| CoFman was not included in the orig
| inal contract, but Mr.. Villas added on
/ this distance. and allowed Moses pro
rata of the contract price for covering
/ the territory. Moses walked every
foot of the journey.
| For three months everything was
lovely. Moses was doing splendid
work, and the Government was well
| pleased. Moses himself was conscious
of duty done. and ne longed for the
end of the frs: quarter, when be would
draw one fourth of the stipend he was
to receive for the entire job. Pay day
came. and Moses received his voucher
Uncle Sam proved a prompt paymaster.
But the warrant was for only One
Dollar and Seventy-one Cents Moses
was startled. A hard summers work
and only S171. One dollar on his
regular contract and II cents for the
additional territory assigned him and
which he was bound. by the terms of
the contract, 10 accept Moses could
not read or write, but. he could tell
figures every time. especially when
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The Reeoncentradoes.

The President in his message of the
11th of April, 1898, asked authority to
use the war power to save the starving
reconcentradCes from death. Four
hundred thousand had been driven into
the towns and surrounded by trenches,
wire fences and guards. Two hundred
thousand of them had died of starva-
ton. Two hundred thousand more
were perishing for food. 1t is probable
that these poor wretches are nearly all
dead, and the policy of the United
States is responsible for their death.
Weyler could not have deprived them
of food but for the aid of the United
States in denying them beligerent
rights and blockading the coast of
Cuba.
When the war broke out what did
the United States do for the relief of
the starving victims of Weyler? They
blockaded the ports of Cuba and thus
effectually cut off supplies from the
feeble and dependent reconcentradoes
and confined the use of all food upon
the island to the army and the rich
Suppose, instead of the policy of star
vation, proclamation had been issued
| by the President of the United States
that the insurgents aud all who would
join them would be supplied with arms
and munitions of war. and that all who
would come within the lines of the in
surgent forces would be fed, would not
every poor wretch who was still able
to crawl have found his way inside the
lines of the forces of Gomez? If that
policy had been pursued Gomez would
have been at the head of fifty thousand
well-fed and well paid soldiers fighting
the battles of their country, and We
would have been relieved from the
sickening news which comes through
the daily press that Gomez and his
army are starving while the Spanish
army is recruiting from the natives Of
Cuba.
We have destroyed the credit of the
patriots by procIaiming to the world
that We will not recognize their rights
and our policy has been to discredit
and belittle them in every possible
manner, individually and collectively
The public press which was loaded FOR
years with eulogies of the patriots aud
spoke of them in stronger terms than
the President himself, now tells Us that
no patriots ever existed on the island.
that the insurgents are only band of
marauders and cut-throats, and must
ultimately be put down or exterminated
by the United States before a govern
ment can be established on the island.
This wicked policy will cost US as much
as it has already cost Spain. In the
last three years Spain has sent 225, 600
of her young men TO overpower these
patriots and to establish order, and she
has failed. Does anybody suppose
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How Leedy BIundered.

Governor Leedy of Kansas has been
caught at last. He has eluded the
vigilance of the Republican editor for
several years, and it is sad to think
is tipping is hat to Uncle Sam, he
should be unmasked before his fellow
country. His downfall, proclaims the
Republican editor, is now inevitable,
and with him. and through his folly.
must fall the entire State administra-
ton miracle can prevent it. but
that is his only hope. Three parties
will go down with him, to say moth
ing of the back-set that will be given
to those grand principles and reforms
which they advocate, and which, in
measure, they have accomplished for
the people. The fall of individuals
and parties amount to nothing; but
when they drag down the people with
them. then, indeed, it is high time to
become serious.
The brilliant fights made by the
present administration of Kansas
against arrogant corporations are all
eclipsed. The decisive victories that
have been achieved over the Stock
Yards company, the school book trust.
the coal operators combine, the in
surance octopus and the great red
dragon generally, have all been in
vain. Leedy, the man once greatly
honored by the people, is under
cloud that gives no promise of rift or
silver lining.
In an evil moment Governor Leedy
started for Wichita to make a Fourth
of July Grafton Ia the course of his
journey. by reason of the appetizing
ozone of Kansas, the cravings of n&-
ture prompted him to enter railroad
diniugroom for the base purpose OF re-
freshing the inner man. and there
some evil spirit TEN pied him to bring
disgrace upon the triune forces which
he represents, and which clamored SO
loudly for his reelection only three !
short weeks ago. By simple twist of
the wrist he brought dishonor to the
proud name of Kansas He poured
coffee from cup into saucer. and |
with no regard for the feelings Of the /
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| they meant dollars or cents in or out
of his own pocket, and his quick eye
was not long detecting the size OF the
check.
which continued almost uninterrupted
| II for a decade. The facts in the case
were brought to light. Moses had in
tended to contract for 800. instead of
Four Dollars. so that if his intentions,
instead of his written proposition. had
been accepted. the contract would
have gone to the next lowest bidder
for $317.
1t happened this way: In preparing
his bid. Moses sought the assistance of
a certain friend who had helped him
many times before This was A. =.
Rudy, Postmaster at Knob Lick. He
was to put Moses stipulations down
on paper. because Moses himself was
unable TO manipulate the pen-
Make it four hundred dollars. said
Moses to Rudy. after scratching his
head some moments, as if counting
the miles of the contract territory by
| feeling among his sparse hairs.
Rudy carelessly filled in the amount
at 81. He forgot about the hundred"
after he had finished with the date and
preamble to the proposition. So the
bid was sent in for Four Dollars, Moses
and Rudy thinking all the time that it
was just one hundred times that much.
| The intended price provided reason
able profit. The added territory
meant more profit. Moses was happy.
He saw riches in the contract.
Explanation after explanation was
made by Moses and Rudy as to the
| formers intentions and lack, of literary
abilities, but Uncle Sam cannot always
be explained into q fracture of Govern
ment contracts without a whole lot of
red tape to tie up the wound.
Meanwhile, the justice of Moses
claim had become evident to every
body, and relief bills galore began to
pour in upon Congress. The claim
was Investigated numerous times, and
each time a recommendation was made
that it be allowed. Whenever the
House passed the bill, the Senate
| would find some fault with 1t, and lis
passage in that body was blocked.
And when the Senate agreed to allow
the claim, the House saw fit to pigeon
hole it. So il vibrated this way be-
| tween the two houses through several
terms.
But the tenth anniversary of the
signing OF the contract was fttingly
commemorated in both house and
Senate by the unanimous passage of
the Moses Prendergrass relief bill.
Ten thousand miles of hard travel. 10
years of waiting. were at last reward
ed Moses was voted S37956 in full
settlement of his claim, and President
Mckinley has attached his signature
to the document that will once more
make Moses Prendergrass happy.-St.
Louis Republic.