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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05
Gladstone Fooled Them.

On one occasion two gentlemen, in
vited as guests at table where Mr..
Gladstone was expected, made wager
that they would start a conversation
on subject about which even Mr..
Gladstone would know nothing. To
accomplish this end they read up an
ancient magazine article on some un-
familiar subject connected with Chinese
manufacturers. When the favorable
opportunity came the topic was started,
and the two conspirators watched with
amusement the growing interest in the
subject which Mr.. Gladstone's face be-
trayed. Finally he joined in the con-
yersation, and their amusement was
turned into gnashing of teeth - to
speak figuratively-when Mr.. Glad
stone said: "Ah, gentlemen, per-
ceive you have been reading an article
1 wrote in the---Magazine some
80 or 40 years ago"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

GEN. Grant, when he was in Scot
land, heard great deal about golf,
and, being a guest at country-house,
expressed a wish to see how it was
played. Accordingly, the two gentle
men went out to the park. "The host
teed the ball." says Pearson's Weekly,
and waggled the club with all due
solemnity; and the Generals expecta-
ton ran high, as he observed these
impressive preliminaries. Presently
there was heavy thud, a flight of
turf, and the little ball still sat OH the
tee. Again, and yet again, thud,
heavier than before, with turf still fly
ing, with ball unmoved, with the golfer
perspiring and perplexed. Whereupon
Gen. Grant gently remarked, "There
seems to be fair amount of exercise
in the game, but fail to see the use
of the ball"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05
3,700 MILES IN AN OPEN BOAT.
Dangerous and Som what Fool.
hardy Attempt Which Four Men
Will Make in Qucs: of Gold.

Gold is great magnet.
1t causes men to accomplish SEEM
ngly impossible things. Imagine
four men going 300 miles in an open
boat i'll quest of the yellow stuff
Such is the intention of four sailor
men who have purchased a small
open boat and will soon start from the
Sound, bound for Rampant City, on the
Yukon river. Their names are NJ. j.
Taylor, c. E. Gulick, +. Freeman and
ii. S. Throckmorton.
"Get There" is the name OF their
boat.
Their frail craft is q feet long and
I feet beam, when loaded for the
journey it will be hardly two feet out
of the water.
Gold surely has great power.
Would any other object allure men
to such hairbrained venture.
A moderate-sized wave might crush
the boat like an eggshell should the
feathery craft not be trimmed right all
the time. 1t amounts to about the
same thing as walking along the verge
of dangerous precipice or sitting over
dynamite.
No one expects to see the men again.
With all due Difference to their skill as
seamen who can read the language of
the seas and handle boat like surf
rider, there are too many chances
against them ever reaching terra frma
again. Death by drowning is not
their worst danger. They may get
lost and die OF starvation, as it is not
safe to load the boat very heavily.
They depend upon the buoyancy to
carry them through. Even at the
best there is but two inches of board
between them and death all the time.
The men are New Workers. Throck-
morton heard of the Klondikc while
i'll Spain, and started to work his way
to this country. They all worked
their passage around the Horn OH the
City of Columbia. When the vessel
was blown ashore in the Strait of
Magellan, Taylor swan ashore with %
line. The men, since arriving on the
Sound, have done odd jobs in order to
get stake. They saved every nickel
and bought the "Get There"
In order to keep the inquisitive
waves at bay, canvas arrangement
has been rigyed, which fastens to both
sides OF the boat, but can be dispensed
with during fine weather. They must
live, sleep and cook in those narrow
confines at least two months, on the
closest reckoning. When there is no
wind the men will row.
They will not leave the protection
of the inside channel until absolutely
necessary. The boat will follow the
coast line as far north as Cross Sound,
nearly SO miles above Sitka. The
open water in Dixie's entrance and
Queen Charlotte Sound must be crossed
after reaching Cross Sound. From
there the men will take direct course
for Kodak island across the open
Pacific. They will so into Bering
sea by Unimak Pass. After passing
these dangerous waters they have
1,OOO-mile ride up the Yukon river be-
fore reaching Rampant City.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05
Wainwright's Great Exploit.

The stupendous brilliancy OF Vain
wright's single-handed fight against
the Pluton and the Furor will, per-
haps, never again be paralleled in
naval warfare.
When the two destroyers bounded
out of the harbor preparatory to
flight, the Gloucester, with the re-
vengeful Wainwright on the bridge,
headed straight for them.
The quick>fire guns began to play a
merciless fire on both Spanish boats
and the screeching shells struck the
enemy nine times out OF ten.
From above the din rose the voice
OF the last man to leave the Maine
in Havana Harbor, almost five
months ago, encouraging his men and
directing the fire wherever he could.
Like two race horses the Pluton and
Furor came bounding on. Schley,
witnessing the fight, signaled Vain
wright to "fall back"
But the spirit OF revenge was strong
i'll the heart of the Commander of the
Gloucester, and he signalcd back:
"Pm afraid I'll strain my guns at
long range; I'll close in."
He continued to close in. Presently
he opened up on the two destroyers
with his five-inch shells. Such gun
merry was never before witnessed in
naval warfare. The guns roared
across the water and sent armor pierre
ing and shrapnel shells into the hulls
of the Furor and Pluton, while the
rapid-tire Hotchkiss rifles barked like
the rattle of musketry.
Every charge bore death and des-
struction to the Spanish, and the two
torpedo boat destroyers slowed down
as several shots pierced their boilers
and engines.
From the humid sky the copper sun
blazed down on the riddled decks and
tangled equipment of the Pluton and
Furor, while rivers of blood ran into
the scuppers and trickled down the
battered hulls.
With last masterly attempt to
place themselves beyond the revenge
full fire of Wainwright's gunners, the
Pluton and the Furor tried to get be-
tween the Spanish cruisers and the
land, but couple Of shots from the
Brooklyn drove them back into the
breech again, and dozen projectiles
went singing through the enemy from
the guns of the Gloucester. Four OF
these struck the Furor below the
water line and she listed to starboard.
Three more shells crashed into the
Pluton and ten minutes afterward both
of the Spanish torpedo destroyers were
beached to save the fragment of the
bleeding crew that remand to witness
the defeat.
Flames burst from the tunnels of
the Pluton, and for half an hour great
clouds of black smoke and bursting
shells went skyward. The Furor sank
almost to her gunwales and died into
silence.
"The Maine is avengedw burst from
the lips OF Wainwright.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

there. He instances the burning of
1000 persons for withcraft alone at
Treves, about the same number at
Toulouse, 800 in three months at Ge-
ncva, 500 on one occasion at Wurz-
burg, 1,5OO in Bamberg, and even the
English and Americans had their
Smithfield and Salem. He thinks
that 1t Is unjust to charge the Span
iards with innate and ineradicablc
cruelty and not to hold the other peo-
pies responsible for those old wrongs.
So he holds that if the American peo-
pie be indeed suddenly seized with
a frenzy of morality and humanitarian
fever which nothing can assuage but
the destruction of the people and pow
er of Spain in such measure as they
can compass, it is plain that there is
nothing to do but for Spain to defend
herself as best she may-"by such
means and with such courage and
constancy and wisdom as the All-pow-
erful and Adjust Ruler of the Universe
may be graciously pleased to bestow
upon us, trusting humbly in the di-
vine favor and protection. For we,
too, believe that we have part in the
divine scheme of things; we, too, be-
lieve that We count for something in
the eyes Of the All-wise and All-mer.
ciful Father, and we believe that He
will not utterly forsake and abandon
us in our time of need"
These are the words, not of Wey-
Ter or Blanco or an Augustin, but OF
man of greater intellectual and
moral force. They represent the view
of the best thought and character of
the decadent nation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

MANY things may come uppermost
in political affairs between now and
election day. The war has made sew
eral heroes in the field, but none in
Washington. There has been some
incompetency at one end of the line.
1t was the accident alone of Cervera's
attempting to escape on the day he
did which changed that day from one
of gloom to one of victory. Such ac-
cidents do not always happen. There
are great scandals to be probed. The
reason WY winter clothing was
purchased for the army. At Camp
Alger, near Washington, it is an estab-
lished fact that 5000 month rental
is paid for an old abandoned farm of
twelve thousand acres where the army
is encamped; and that the govern
pays st cents per loaf for bread, al
though bread retails by the loaf in
Washington for 4 and cents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

When the railway enterprise was at
fever heat in this country, in the days
of Stephenson, canals were entirely
neglected by the public, but not by
the new railway companies. These
corporations recognized strong COM
petitor in the inland canal, and, rs far
as possible, bought up the interest.
In 1915 the railway companies bought
up Is miles of canal; in 1916, ia
miles; in 1917, SO miles, making a to.
tai purchased in three years of 94S
miles and the policy has been so well
carried out that the railways "have
been enabled in some cases, by means
OF questionable legality, to obtain L.
TIT miles OF canals, so adroitly selected
as to strangle the whole of the inland
traffic."
TO us in Olympia, the construc-
ton of the Olympia and Gray's Har-
bor canal is of vital Importance. 1t
means rejuvenating of the city's life
and the foundation for its growth for
all time to come. No city on Puget
Sound can afford to hinder it's con-
struction, for trade gravitates to-
wards and forces itself through the
shortest way from point to point.
This is the inexorable mercantile law
which no power can eventually frus-
trate." The lower Sound cities have
just as much need of closer relations
with the cities of Oregon, California,
the Hawaiian Islands and the South
Pacific, as we have, and when expenses
are considered, that it will cost no
more under any circumstance what
ever for ships to enter or leave Gray's
Harbor from Puget Sound cities when
the canal is constructed, than it will
be to the Pacific through the Straits
of Juan do Fuca, besides the saving of
the cost on cargoes on the hundreds of
miles difference between these points.
This canal enterprise cannot otherwise
than be boon to all the cities of West
ern Washington. We have given fig
ures to show its benefits and after q
careful examination of the ways and
means for its construction we are sat-
isfied that the project is practical,
feasible and will be profitable to all
who will be interested in its construc-
ton, and especially to the whole Of
the mercantile trade and manufactur-
ing interests of Puget Sound. 1t is,
therefore, to the interest of all earnest
citizens to give it that encouragement
it deserves. ELIAS J. PAYN.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

o. H. P. BELMONT, leading New
York Democrat and a graduate of An
napolis, offered to equip and present
his superb yacht to the government,
and to man it at his own expense, pro-
vided he was permitted to command
it. The offer was refused, but the
next day the government bought SEN
ator Hanna's yacht at large advance
on its cost.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

To the victor belongs the spoils.
The jewels of Spain will gem the fair
brow of Columbia. The tiara will be
composed of the Pearl OF the Antilles,
the Porto Rico opal and the Philip
pines, that bright sunburst of saphires
and emeralds that are richer in golden
treasures than OrmuZ and Ind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

Shortly after breakfast, at Fort
Walla Walla on the 2Sth ult., AZ men
of company A, Fourth United States
cavalry, were taken i'll with violent
pains in their stomachs and nausea.
The afflicted men were ordered sent to
the hospital, but on the way many
dropped to the ground, and lay groan-
ing in agony until medical assistance
from the city arrived. In the even
ing all had recovered except five, who
are in a serious condition. Doctors
pronounce it cholera morbus, but some
think the water has been tampered
with.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

In the late Democratic State Con-
vention at Springfield, Ex-Gov. John
P. Atgeld made an eloquent speech to
which every delegate listened as we'll
as crowded galleries. The ex-Gover-
nor declared that "free silver" was
now as it was in 1896, the issue be-
tween the parties, and he would toler-
ate no backward step from the stand
there taken by the Democrats.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

SOMETIMES" said Uncle Eben, :" er
Young man dat hab lot O. push
makes de mistake eb applyin' it all ter
de bicycle OBJ pleasure Std O. savin'
some for de wheel-barrow oh necessity
-WashingtOn Star.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

AMMUNITION LosT.-It is said that
during the assault upon Santiago 81
100000 rounds of ammunition were
used. OF course, thousands of pounds
were lost, and it can be safely assumed
that fully 5000 shots were wasted to
every one that fairly found the mark.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

Thomas Wright, cook, committed
suicide at Seattle, Sunday, by blowing
his brains out with revolver. Ill
health is assigned as the cause.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-05

TWELVE girls at Kansas wedding
whistled the march.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro- nounced it a local disease, and pre- scribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitution al disease, and therefore requires con stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu- tional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonfuI. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tenn. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure Send for circulars and testimonials. Address.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16
Wanamaker IS Right.
From The New Time

In order for us to have good times the people must not only make money :. but they must also spend it freely. The two things are reciprocal. It is the market that keeps the factories and the stores and pays the wages"
 This is what John Wanamaker said recently. MT. Wanamaker is one of the few rich men in this country with q glimmer of economic sense. The average editorial idiot is advising the people to save their money. They must be saving it; they certainly are not spending much of it. Nothing will so quickly breed hard times as an epidemic of economy. There is a circulating medium of but $23 per capita, and probably $l5 of this is in the banks or otherwise idle. If the people save the remaining $S-which Is not much to save what becomes of our circulating medium? And yet the people are urged to save their money. You might as we'll ask a man to save his breath or dam up the circulation of hia blood. Under our present laugh able system of society the spendthrift is benefactor and the prudent man is an enemy to the public welfare.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16
Georue E. Truman.

The Utica (N. Y.l Globe of July 0th contains the following sketch us well as an excellent half-tone engraving oi Florence's one solitary soldier, George E. Truman:
 ''In this, as in the civil war, Oneida county and Utica have their heroes on the field. In the present conflict George E. Truman, popularly known in and about Utica us Doe Truman, is play ing we'll his part. He is one of Roose- velt's body of Rough Riders, and was in the hottest of the fire in the gallant charge on Spaniards at Sevilla, and is now in the ranks at Santiago. When last heard from he had escaped with out a scratch from the Spanish guns.
 "Doc' is the younges. brother of Mrs. E. D. Klock. of this city, and was born 30 years ago in Sauquoit. He obtained his education at the Sauquoit Academy. He was exceptionally bright at school, and in graduating carried off first honors in all his classes. From Saueuoit he came to Utica and was em- ployed as bookeeper for E. D. Klock. h Utica he was very popular with the young people. Being of genial, affable temperament, he made friends everywhere and was regarded CD a good fellow by all.
 About eight years ago he went west and joined his brother, ". C.. who was engaged in mining operations in Ari- zona. Since that time he has seen much of western customs and has familiar ized himself with all the details of life upon the plains. For three consecutive terms his brother has been sheriff of Final county, Arizona, and Doc has seen considerable service as deputy sheriff during that time. When Roose- velt's Cavalry was organized he enlis- ed, being one of the kind of men want ed. He is unmarried and has nothing to interfere with his service"
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE Second Judicial District Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Pinal. William Bell, plaintiff, vs. Febronia Bell. defendant.
 Action brought in tho District Court of tho Second Judicial District in and for the County of Pinal, in the Territory of Ari- zona,
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to Febronia Bell.
 You are hereby summoned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiffs in the District Court of the Second Judicial District in and for the County of Pinal, in the Territory of Arizona, and answer the complaint filed with the Clerk of this Court, at Flor ence, In said County. within ten days (ev- elusive of the day of service), after the service upon you of this summons, if served in this county, but if served out of the County and within this District, then within twenty days. in other cases thirty days.
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the complaint as above required, judgment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and Che Seal of said District Court at Florence this 17th day of Juno A. D., 1S9S
 [sEALl DANIEL c. STEVENS.
 Clerk.
 By ALBERTT T. COUPON, June i8-tf Deputy Clerk. A.Orfla, Tucson, Attorney for Plaiutig.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16

As Parson Whit emore was at Casa Grande on the 3rd and at Gila-C Crossing on the 10th, he has decided to remain here on the 17th. He leaves for Colorado Springs on Monday and spends Sabbath, the 24th, at the latter place, gives an address before the "Indian School Service Institute" on the 25th and returns so as to spend Sabbath, the 31st, at Casa Grande. The Bible study class will be brief Sabbath evening next and followed by sermon ats :15. Prayer meeting at the Parsonage on Tuesday evening. All are welcome.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16

TWELVE MILES EAST OF SANTIAGO, CUBA, June 20.
 EDITOR TRIBUNE: On June 24th, about 3 m, the Rough Riders on the left of tho advance, and the 9th, 10th and part of the. -1st- U. s. cavalry (s total of about 1500 men) were attacked on the right. TAo Rough Riders deployed to the left, going down & sharp grade of about 100 yarda into a bottom. We were then thrown out in to skirmish line toward the left. The men often could not see each other when three paces separated, the under growth was so dense. My company tB troop was in it's position on the left of the regiment when the battle commenced, and had not yet got down the grade. The firing first commenced on the right, but as Co. B came down the hill firing came from the front and left front. About half mile ahead of us the lowlands closed into a V shape. with heights on both sides. The rattle of musketry and whiz of bullets oc- cupied our attention, but not man hinched. There was not Spaniard nj sight-just think of itl We were virtually ambushed, but orders were given to advance, and the boys went in, firing at smoke and sometime Spaniard or bunch of them as we got closer. When about 200 yards from them they abandoned their entrench- ments and from what we hear retreated to Santiago. The Spaniards numbered 4000. We lost 8 men now dead, miss- ing and g wounded us we now hear it. The Spanish loss, according to dead found, was from 60 upwards.
 Best of good wishes.
 GEO. E. TRUMAN.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16

Rev. I. T. Whittemsre was made the recipient of surprise party Thursday evening at the parsonage in honor of his 74th birthday. The affair was gotten up by his daughter, Miss Ella, and proved genuine surprise to the venerable gentleman. The evening was delightfully."- spent with music, conversation and refreshments. Those present were Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Brockway, MT. and Mrs. W. J. Bley, Mir. and Mrs. A. T. Colton, Mrs. J. T. Bartleson, Mrs. E. J. Bates and Mr. Geo. P. Cook.
The Florence tribune., 1898-07-16
District Attorney Cassiday instituted

District Attorney Cassiday instituted a suit this week in the name of the county against John Miller, chairman of the Board of Supervisors; F. A. Chamberlin, clerk, and P. R. Brady, Jr., Treasurer, to enjoin the making and issuance of warrants on the salary fund ahead of other allowed claims on such fund. A temporary injunction was issued by the Court Commissioner which will prevent the payment of claims out of their regular order.