The Tacoma Daily Ledger from Tacoma, Washington • 1

TACOMA WASHINGTON SUNDAY JANUARY 13 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL Xin-NO 13 HOSS AND HDSS IN KING COUKTY WILSON CLEARLT IH THE LEAD JUDGE LANGLEY DECIDES IN FA- TWENTY-EIGHT VOTES CONCEDED HIM BY MR VOR OF ONE REPUBLICAN convict Toon Reed also of being a 'corporation but the P-I thinks Mr Reid pure statesman and the logical candidate for president In 1896" Senator Oliver Hail of Whitman county expressed the general sentiment in this matter saytng: this is tiresome The P-I Is adopting the babytEfh tactics of the Tbe senatorial campaign was getting along with unusual cordiality on all sides and Is yet The P-I will hardly succeed in stirring up party rancor The members of this legislature are not the kind of men to be deceived with Cheap trickery unless every Indication is The legislative assemblage swells with each incoming train and boat The hotel rotunda is alive with people elbow-lng their way ip and out exchanging greetings soliciting and otherwise endeavoring to further their ends Only a few of the members have not yet arrived The northwestern counties will caucus tonight at 8 o'clock While the fight is practically between Wilson and Ankeny Senator Roberts 14 working hard for AUen Wilson head- severe Internal Injuries The beating undoubtedly a result of union troubles daiuxg highwaymen A Darlington Held Up and or More OMAHA Neb Jan A special to the Bee from Ottumwa Iowa says: Highwaymen got In their work tonight It was one of the most daring robberies ever attempted It was executed on the Burlington passenger train No 4 near this city tonight No 4 la the through passenger train from Denver to Chicago and carries large quantities of mall and baggage It was not known that the train carried a more valuable cargo of mall or express tonight than usual or if it was It was kept quiet hut it seems as If two bold) robbers knew that the express would make a valuable haul and they planned to bag It They held up the train but molested nothing but the express though after they had finished! this Job they stood for ten minutes and waited for the train to stop long enough to have Passenger Robbed of Train 98000 robbed the mall cars or the paseen- I ger coaches The agent at QhUlIcofthe a small village several miles west of herey says he saw two sac about the depot in the afternoon and: when No 4 arrived at 6:30 they were on the platform but disappeared while the train was standing at the station When the heavy string of cars be- gan to move out'oTthe station0- press Messenger John Page Stepped to the end door at the front of the car to lock It and was just stooping to the end door at the front of thekrysgaine to lock it and was just Stooping to do it when the two men sprang inside The express messenger his assistant1 the mail clerk and baggageman were covered with revolvers and overpow ered Then the robbers looted1 the safe at their leisure and Ailed a sack with coin They left the train as it slackened speed -at a crossing and escaped MORE OF CROOKEDNESS I I I I I are thronged with frtesrHts I forces are well organized and Senator ldef expesses greatest confidence ln Wil- I success A senatorial caucus is talked of for Tuesday night and every effort will be made to avoid a deadlock Senator Belknap Attorney General Jones and Amos Shaw are keeping track of the way tbe wind blows The fourth legislature of Washington will make a record of having attracted more place hunters to -the capital than any previous session There are mors pr f1Jfs-lha holM the peculiar feature ln the fact that so many of the aspirants have heretofore held high state or federal positions or have been members of the legislature themselves There are now many times more applicants than members and the number is increasing Only a few of the members from the extreme eastern sections of the state have 1 not yet arrived The immense throng at the hotel lobby is constantly increasing and the various factions are trying to size up their strength Preliminary caucuses are being held but the chief efforts are to determine to some extent the senatorial and speaker-ship situations Caucuses will be held this evening It is just 41 years since the first legislature of Washington territory assembled in this city and held its session ln the per story of-the Gold Bar restaurant joining hotel at the corner of Main ana Second streets It was ln this city July 4 1851 that the -first meeting to discuss the advisability of dividing the then territory of Oregon was held People north of the Columbia river felt that they were not receiving Just consideration at the hands of the Oregon legislature or in the distribution of the federal offices The bill dividing the territory was signed by Millard Fillmore March 2 1863 and the first of the territorial legislature was held February 27 1864 The territory then bad population of 4000 people Of the members of the first territorial legislature several are still living in this city and vicinity being Ira Ward of Tumwater Judge -R Bigelow of the Easts lde and David Shelton founder I of Shelton Thompson who re He Is Believed to Have Taken 9200000 or More With Him PIERRE Jan 12-4 was ascertained that the actual 'shortage King County Appraisers File Their ankers have combined against him MANAGERS MANY PREDICT THE REAL FIGHT WILL DE BETWEEN ALLEN AND JOHN The Fo: er Badly Handicapped by tbe PBct of His Residence in Southwestern Men Demand a Senatorial Canons and the Closest Economy In Appropriations and Expenses The Loaves and Fishes in earnest 1 iy brought I OLYMPIA Wn Jan The rena- al la opening 'Every train and boat today more legislators of whom there are about ninety now in the capital Adherents of the various candidates have arrived from all parts of the state Added to these are a dozen or more candidate for each of the thirty' or forty clerical positions The lobbies of all the hoteCs are jammed and- the at- mosphere is thick with olgar fumes Estimates of the strengthTof the two leading candidates differ according to the standpoint Twenty-right votes are conceded to Gomgretoman Wilson by manager Van Houten and others of the Ankeny men place the Wilson following from that up to forty Figures that come from Mir Ankeny put his sure vote at sixteen with six -or eight possibilities Mr Wllgcn and his managers do not allow Ankeny over fifteen votes but some of the Wilson workers estimate it as high as eighteen Senator Ide and ex-Representative Ludden the Wiftron generals seem confident that they have a -clear majority- of the republicans They say that as the members continue to come the prospects for the election grow brighter The predominating sentiment is for "Wilson The development of today settle very derisively that Mr strength is waning Senator Ho it of Thurston diroilaTes that the real content is -between John Wilson and John Allen and many others shore Msf v-lew Brock a pioneer of Walfa WalTa over todlay to assist Boberts in conducting I rhB wam the Alien give Merchant alone ef the Walla Walla delegation to Ankeny and place Miller and Morgan ln the Allen codumn But Mr residence in Seattle is a serious obstacle to his aspirations Two senators the governor and most the appointive state offices would bee heavy load for quo town to carry so Isay restdfenita of other porticos of the bomimon wealth Little legislative work will be done until after the senatorshlp is disposed of The Post-Intea-ligenc effort to set up a bogie man with behind John Wilson 1a received here with mingled amusement and disgust by an who remember tbe senatorial fight of xtw yeans -ago In its issue of March 3 1893 the P--L came out in a ooPurnn article under flaming headlines solemnly 'warning the supporters of John AUen that the Union Pacific and the Northern Pacific radlroadts had established boodle headquarters at Olympia to elect Levi Ankeny United States senator and openly charged that $57000 of Mr An- own money had been offered! and was ready at any time for fifty-severn votes Tbe same article accused Mr Ankeny of being interested almost solely in Portland property principally bank stock and railroad ShlareS It sneered at him as a narrow selfisb lazy coupon-clipper and did1 not de-eire to eee state disgraced and the republican party by bis eleotioii Now the P-I- discovers that the same Mr Ankeny owning the same Port- land bank stock and the same Union I Pnnlfl rallmaS Pacific railroad ethanes surrounded by S( FRURCISCAHS UP IB IMS CITIZENS DETERMINED clBAj( OUT THE AUGEAN STABLES TO jaVAT DEASS MEETING HELD STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ggitlafften Denounced cr and Corrnptlonlat Mose 1 Requested to Resign tlie Bee of Police Commissioner-Crsade Agninit Municipal Cor-' caption Growing Hourly in In- psrtsnce qxS FRANCISCO Jan Citizens by thousands tonight to yayor sutro's call for a mass meeting to protest against the appointment of Ioee Gunst as police commissioner to denounce United States Attorney Knight for bis refusal to Issue a warrant for the arrest of Hunt-infton for violation of the Interstate commerce law and to denounce the fiaads that were committed at the last election Metropolitan hall was crowd1 to the doors and thousands of people were turned- away The meeting was very business-like Representative cltlzexfs were there Speeches wene made by prominent men and appropriate resolutions were adopted denouncing Huntington a self-confessed and accusing him of taking $36000000 from the English stockholders of the Central Ikciftc and a solemn protest is entered against the passage of the funding bill the speaker of the house is appealed to to protect the people of Call-- for ill a by refusing to give a specie order for a day to the Central Pa-' clfic rallTofed committee Each individual member of congress Is appealed to not to overtook the 200000 protests against this bill Hied by inhabitants of the Paclilc coast Resolutions were adopted demanding that the legal1 authorities of the United States In this Judicial shall issue a warrant for the arrest of Huntington 7 The president is appealed to to see 1 that justice Is done- and that he demand that Messrs Knight and Hea-- cock do their full doty under jtbe law or that they be removed from the offices that they are disgracing and degrading" Other resolutions denounce ex-Gov-' ernor Markham as the tool of the Southern Pacific and the appointment of Mose Gunst as police commissioner is characterized aaa burning shame and a disgrace to the respectable portion of the co mm unify It was resolved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon Ur Gunst and request him to resign the office of police commissioner also that a committee of eleven be appointed to effect a permanent organization to act with other organizations cf like character In securing the reforms so earnestly- desired OASIIEN RETURNS Be Will Staad Trial for Malfeasance ln Office SAN FRANCISCO Jan Ex-Deputy Collector of Customs Caahfn returned this morning from Vancouver C- where he has been sojourning for the past throe years Re win stand trial for malfeasance In office and conspiracy to defraud the government ln connection with- smuggling by the wholesale firm of Neu-b eager Reis who imported dlks and velvets marked cottons ball vra reduced from $75000 to $15000 Nruberger Reis have paid tbe gov eminent $80000 ln back customs Caught la a Collapsing Building NEW YORK Jan The building US West Twenty-sixth street collapsed riiortly after noon today One man has been removed from the ruins bid-hr injured Four other men are supposed to be ln the debris The build-log was being altered for removal when the collapse occurred Two Men Brntmlly Beaten BT LOUIS Mo Jan Henry Aye and John Kraus non-union blacksmiths working Henry winter are in a from a beating givvi them by seven unknown men Aye attained a fractured skull and Krause THROW MONEY which would have been revealed when Taylor the defaulting state treasurer came to transfer his office to his successor was about $170000 in cash It is therefore believed that he must have appropriated about $200-000' more II when he found out how mat- Plat and Appraisement SEATTLE Wn Jan The board of jtlde land appraisers for King county today filed the plat and appraisement of that part of the tide lands of Oommence-jment bay which are in King county I comprising 786 acres at an aggregate I valuation-of $95829 The tract in the stood on the theory that he was I cinltv of point la-laid oult in for it anyway regular blocks but Jthe bulk off the lan1 la blocks Hir 'mins-VoAav Another sensation was sprung -touay i streets running-north and south east which accuses Major Ruth of the I and west There are three north and office of school lands with complicity streets M0 feet wide and a rail- Hbkmlaa Toa fU IA ffl I 4Y6MI0 200 106t WlU0 Wllll0 tll0r0 with Taylor In Juno 2aR It is Jare nine east and west streets back leged he held back the sexnd-aanua I about a mile long from deep water to apportionment of school funds for sev- the meander line which are intended to i wwntth tian vniv arnmttnnri be continued over the Puyallup reserva- eral months and then only apportioned tVon One of these is named Puyallup a part of it and when the November I boulevard 140 feet wide which the Fuy-eppontlanment bill came due he re- intend to extend for eight miles fused to make thatuntil December 27 ItSS'ldo Aun wldthof 760 feet treats runnlnx- north and south eait mted for -the blocks except where rvti-- it The traffic bridge at Westminster centiy died at Sumner was also- a ttic iL her of this historic body GWernor I JHiction was swept away this after-Stevens delivered his message In person and soon after the legislature organized There were nine counciknen ana seven-i teen members of the lower house Olympia was -fixed upon as the seat of government and has so remained ever I since A peculiar fatality attended the members from Pacific county In the first i place Brown a brother of Free-pan Brown of this city was nominated but died before his election John Scudder was chosen- In place and started for Olympia but died on I the way there Then a special election was called and Henry FJestamd was elected He arrived here safely and was sworn -in The next day he died too Flstand formed one of a group congregated around a stove in a little frame me building at the corner of Main and noon- and fears' are entertained for the safety of the railway bridge at the name point Several small bridges across this stream are also gone Telegrams from the' upper country all state that the Fraser is rising rapidly faster than ever seen before- At Yale the head of navigation five feet of snow was lying on the ground Monday hut today scarcely six inches remain Oonstable Marquette at Mission City states that the river rose six feet: at that point yesterday Ait New Westminster no serious damage was done though the water is nearly up to the wharves The flats FLOODS IH THE FRASER VALLEY THE RIVER ALREADY HIGH AND nrsixo wrrii startling RAPIDITY REMARKABLY HIGH TIDES AS SfSTBD BY MELTING SNOW DO DAMAGE Water Several laches Higher Than st Any Time Daring the Spring Dikes Overflowed and Bridges Swept Away at Many Points Floods In Washington State and Elsewhere VANCOUVER Jan The province Is threatened with serious floods and great damage Is being done ln Tvvrtln Wju7 Tior tnat the Eraser river valley which suffered so severely last spring The floods axe caused by the unusually high tides experienced here' yesterday and today This morning the Delta district was one large lake and in place of vehicular traffic on roads boats were called Into requl- aitlon The tide assisted by a heavy gale from the west drove the water over the dikes and at 10 this morning the water- inside of the embankments was six inches higher than at any time during the spring floods Weejtham island is entirely under water Fortunately the- farmers had time to remove their stock and effects and as the harvest of course is over the loss will not be so serious though great damage bias been done to roads and dikes At the north arm of the Fraser a settlement on the opposite side of the river a similar State of affairs exists The roads are all flooded and several bridges are washed away The water -is over the floors of several tanneries and goods and effects had to be hastily removed Sea island and Lulu island are In places entirely submerged The Goqullaan river which joins the Fraser above New Westminster has risen with marvellous rapidity during the last few days and at noon today WOs eighteen Inches higher than ever before Recent heavy rains and- warm weather have melted immense quantities of snow in the mountains and a usually small brook is now a raging mountain torrent carrying all before the is are dam- -age Fraser says there Is three feet watee-over Sea Island today A dispatch from Steveaton another town at the mouth of the Fraser says the dyke is washed out in a dtozen places and the Island is flooded The water is still rising and a higher tide is-expected FLOODS AND HIGH TIDEL 9 Slides on the Great Northern sad the 8 a Block Those Roads SEATTLE Wn Jan 12 The thaw and heavy warm rain following so quickly on a long frost has caused serious slides on the Great Northern coast lines and the Lake Shore 1 road north of this city and both roads were blocked today On the Great Northern the road between Everett and Edmonds is covered with slides and no trains got through either way passengers having to transfer to steamers or stay on -the trains and go hungry Two bents of a bridge nebr 1 Qath-cart on the Lake Shore road were washed out by a flood coming down-a usually dry gulch All the rivers to' the north are rising and In the Skagit delta together with the big tide have flooded the oat fields In this city' the tide was so high that it rose to the cellars of the buildings 'on the lower side of FYout street The rain stIK continues and the floods are expected to rise still higher1 7 NEAR OLEQUA Fifty Feet of the Traelc Left Saa pended la the Air At 5 last evening a fifty-foot-section of the embankment under the Northern Pacific track one mile of Oleqifa washed out to a depth of twenty feet leaving the rails and ties suspended ln the air A force of men was sent to the scene Immediately' and the wash-out will be repaired andf tbe track on a Ann foundation by 9 o'clock this morning Meanwhile the passenger trains are transferring High Tide Olympia OLYMPIA Jan The highest tide In seventeen years occurred here today completely submerging the long wharf and flooding the lower floors of tbe Tenderloin district on the tide flatsu- Storm Sweep Over Portland PORTLAND Or- Jan A violent wind and rain storm passed over the city tonight Shortly after midnight the wind reached a velocity of nearly fifty miles an hour No serious dam-- age is reported: AND ONE POP VAN DE VANTER DECLARED I ELECTED SHERIFF BY A PLURALITY OF SEVEN Dr Aslcnm Populist Given Office by 123 Pin: lty-Both Contestants Will Appeal Treasurer-Elect Unable to Furnish the Big Bond fSOOQOO the I SEATTLE Wn Jan The election conteets for the offices of sheriff and coroner of King county growing out of the close vote at the recent election were today decided by Judge Lanp iey against the contestant In each- case He declared A Van De Vanter republican elected sheriff over -H Moyer populist by a plurality of seven and pr Askam populist elected coroner over Fames republican by plurality Judge Langley gave liberal con structlon to the law and refused to out theentlre votoof several challenged precincts' as he would thereby disfranchise honest voters who bad observed the law' simply because of the ignorance or carelessness of the election officers who had neglectd to initial the ballots He held that ballots where the same name had been marked more than once should be counted as the intention of the voter was plain the only exception being wheTe the ballot bore some distinguishing mark HO also held that where the cross was put above or below the top of party ticket it might be counted for that tick- et He dismissed the wholesale charges of fraud made by the populists as hardly worthy of consideration Both con- the right to file it at any time before the expiration of his term and has ai ealed for popular support saying the to rectangular divided? by it was impossble andthejlots are ge-n- jerally 100 by -380 feet The valuation I averaresaS ar? acre upward and 1 DEVASTATED BY FIRE Tltj) Bairineu Portion of Wheat-land Burned With a Loss' of 920000 WHEATLAND Cal Jan A big lire cleaned out a large portion of the town tonight the postofflee Wheatland hotel Central hotel Gem saloon barber shop and residence were entirely consumed The loss is estimated at about $lfiW0 or $20000 with but meagre insurance The fire originated in a room in the Central hotel but just how is not known There was no Injury to persons but the loss to the lady postmaster and Wm Amick ln property was ThV dSpSt and the block oppo but by heroic saved site- were nearly "caught work of citizens were Burglars In San Francisco SAN FRAN CISCO Jan The three men Who so boldy robbed tbe house of Julius Franklin Friday morning are still at-large but the search for them has brought to light another robbery equally as daring The of Thomas Brown cashier of the California bank was en7 tered three weeks ago and valuable 'articles were taken from every room in the' house exce Clothing was description of that worn by the men who entered the Franklin house In Brown residence pertinents taken which answers the Brown residence the burglars lighted I diningroom and brought up wine from the cellar and had" a feast They also smoked choice cigars oun4 The police carenilly kept the knowledge of this robbery to themMlveB in the hope of catching the thieves but the plan has not proved successful Reversed by the Supreme Court OLYMPIA Wn Jan 12 The supreme court has reversed the lower court -ln the Spokane case of Hyde vs Haller Hyde bought property for $63000 and paid $400001 'Mrs Haller died before payment of the balance and devised a life estate In her portion of the property to her daughter with the remainder to the children of this daughter born or un-born -The property depreciated and Hyde took the position that lie could not get good title from the minor heirs ana -wanted his money back The superior court decided for him and tbe supreme court reversed holding that the executors could give title She Wedded an English Lord IONDOpf Jan- The report that May Yohe the American actress had been married to Lord Francis Hops brother of the duke of Newcastle turns out to be correct The Hampstead parish register shows that Miss Yohe and Lord Francis Hope were married there on November 27 last Lord Francis- Hope was bom February 3 1866 -and is the only brother of the duke of Newcastle As the duke has no children it la said that the family of Lord Francis Hope once offered him $1000000 If he would sever all relations with the American burlesque actress Coast Herbert May Come Here BERLIN Jan 12 It is rumored here that Count Herbert Bismarck the eldest son of the chancellor will be appointed German ambassador at Washington in succession of Baron Von Baurma Jeltsch Funeral of Mrs Wm Waldorf Astor NEW YORK Jan The funeral of MraWm Waldorf Astor was held today at Trinity chapel Mrs William Astor was not seen St the funeraL Mr -and Mrs' John Jacob did not come I Second streets now a part of hotel He was suddenly seized with a soughing spell and fell over dead But even In those days of primitive politics gSS2 1 "1 thit it wm flooitea matlon for another election He mounted a horse and made the trip The result was most curious and could never be accounted for because when he re-turned although he was generally known as a resident of Thurston county he brought back a certificate of elee tlon from Pacific county He was sworn at South Weetmlnsttr were flooded and the water is nearly up to Great' Northern iraok though it In this city several boat bouses flooded water nearly overflowed several wharves but no serious has been done so liar Advices justi received from Mburne a settlement at the mouth of the of I (farmer has the short end of it always the same influences as tihbse that silt- I JJhe senatorial question bothers me lit- asn bsw far populists not In It r8 1 triligent legislation la what I am inters ested ln and what I am here changed into an angelic form and la The counties held a full the only in the state fitted by In- I caucus tonight and unanlmoueCy passed Btinct and divine inspiration' to be a three reSolntionia The fixwt demands round) sd him two years through some mysterious operation hu h77hAf Then it was too late for the county treasurers to make requisitions and $90000 went with Taylor They were close business associates Bwet-'ln (he Lead In Tdaho BOISE CITY Ida Jan The senatorial situation remains unchanged Sweet apparently has his nineteen men solid This is just one majority of the republican members present Others however have refused so far to go into the caucus The Shoup men manifest great confidence The caucus adjourned last night until Monday night Murderer' Ashford Dead VANCOUVER Jan George Frederick Ashford the fiend who murdered his wife and Infant child and attempted to murder another child died this evening In Westminster jail thus escaping the gallows The man was unconscious for the last few days so no statement was made Chief Justice Hoyt OLYMPIA Jan Judge Stiles of the supreme bench will be succeeded Monday by Judge Merritt Gordon of this city He will return to 14s home ln Tacoma and practice law Following the custom which penults the member of the bench having the short teem to bear the honors of chief justice Judge Hoyt will assume the duties of that officer after Monday Judge Dunbar who 1s now chief justice will administer the oath to the members of the lower house when the session opens and Judge Mbyt will perform the same duties in the senate Remnant sale tomorrow 838 Fac Av Buy Pepsin-Phosphate Gum 4 Horse Power Engine and 'Boiler for Sale Cheap done at anxious to Me this session and -1 am It said George Witt populist representative from Lincoln county who arrived ln the city last evening and spent the evening In becoming acquainted with his brother members farm-ersaof eastern Washington demand a cement law 5- -elation for the common people and we are -going jhfrvtt It The farmers of eastern Washington are Ln terrible financial straits brought about-by vicious legislation "Wid they now demand legtsia-i tlon that will give them a show for their lives With wheat at 25 centa bushel and freight at over l4 cents the a repubtioan caucus to nominate a senator the second favors a house caucus to nominate a speaker the third calls for a reduction of twenty per cent in salaries of employes as compared with the Scale paid during the previous session The northwestern counties caucused but did nothing more than make each acquaints ance The organization of the two bouses will be effected entirely free from senatorial lnterfirence- This disposition is seen on every ride The popu-Xsts have agreed upon Gbaries GUne of Whatcom as their candidate for speaker Finch editor of the Aberdeen Recorder is in the lead for Chief clerk of tbe house His competitors are Porter of Douglass Nation of Fierce and Judge Soott of Jefferson For sergeant-at-arms of the bouse Major Don Lov-etl of Tacoma a Grand Army man with a record of four yearri service and fifty-one battles has much the best chance B- Hartman of Olympia' and Mr MMroy of Seattle also are ln the race A Corner the retiring superintendent of schools of Whitman county was a passenger on this Multnomah and is an active candidate for secretary of the senate His excellent qualifications and admirable reputation give him a prestige Senator HaU is taking particular Interest in Corner's campaign Nicklin A Oowlfs and W- Gavnnaugh are after the same prize The way appears dear for Joe Mitchell of Tacoma to be sergeant-at-arms of the senate Representative J- Taylor came down today fTOm Orting Senator was here a few hours tnrt went back to Tacoma on the afternoon train AWAY Jffiying 2d hand goods when you can buy new goods of us at nearly the same is cheap that is not eood Partly worn out goods be as Rood as new We have all grades of Furniture Floor Coverings Drap-enes and Children's Carriages We do upholstering and repairing and employ onlv the best workmen anddothe work properly HOLMES BULL FURNITURE CO 923-925 St Swore off on Rum Jan 1 Yet the of our popular hair dressing have not diminished RUM AND QUININE is net a beverage but is a most thorough scalp cleanser and effective tonic It arrests falling of the hair and promotes its growth No objectionable features have been dit covered in this delightful lotion By its use hair will xot grow on a billiard hall Half Pints £0c Pints $100 STEWART HOLMES DRUG CO federal senator Nothing is cbldi about the $60000 Mr Ankeny accoamntodlated the P-I with every unbiased and well inflanned person knows the railroad pooling bill which Mr Wilson voted fbr and says be would vote for again wtas recommended by the Interatate commerce commlatton Its provlslozis are very aitrict and simply authorize railroads to make ommnbn rates under the supervfeian of the Interstate camanJeeiou BusSnesr houses all over the United States recommended It The measure is designed to prevent ruinous fluctuations and unfair The men who voted for it in the bouse include Thomas Reed William Wilton H- Doolittle Messrs Boutella and MITliken of Maine Hitt of Illinois Galudha A Grow and every brainy and Independent representative not infested with demagoglsm Populist CSoffeen of Wyoming wag one of its supporters Mr Van Voorhis the Intimate personal friend and fellow townsman of John Hogte tbe Zanesville Ohio owner of a majority of -P-J stock worked for the bill and voted 'for it So did Congressman Linton of Michigan £jo did Mr Sibley of PennsyCvtania Of course these points are interesting only to expose the absurdity of the strained effort The very article it copies from the Spokesman-Review to make out Mr Wilson a "railroad because be the pooling bill was probably sent from the office for that purpose rise why does the P-L print it so conspdc-uouriy on lts first page with flaming headlines: as if it were genuine piece of newia'-: The argument 4 to be sure: OLYMPIC IRON WORKS Shop wentieth St and Pac Ave LAKE IRON AND STEEL EIGHTY-TON ROLLING MILL now under construction An advantageous manufact- nrisg location Special inducements offered to those PERRY General Agent room 5 Colombia Building.