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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-29

y EpEHors AssAUEI.-J1hn Berwick, a
cs-penicT. wao has bsen lodging al John
heister's, e the corner OF Pike and Front
STREETS, vas lodged IA ial late last night
On charge Of intent 10 XII. About :
O'clock Berwick made threats against
the l'ie u Mrs. Meister and she
called mp her husband from the
saloon below When Me.ster came upstairs
ana giih M. Meis5er approached Der
W4eE' 7oon, t1ey found him in the hall
vsT vita larse revolver drawn and
pointed iuTsT,-s them. Meister approached
The nan s11 parleyed with him for a
lev seconds sad t5en attempted IN take
we weapon away froZn him Ia the stFug-
&c taai eusNed The revolver was dis
6 ARE t1e ballet going hzTsalessly into
ne So During DC melee officers Jones
sla FlSiry srrlgcsi. aud. espfuring Der.
WICK. h-a.sz61 tiu down towu 20 AL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-29

SHOT II FAIS.-James Quinn, a sailor,
and several mates. were celebrating the
approach of THANKSGIVING in their own
peculiar msrne7 ia the Thistle saloon late
last night, and one VI them got very drank
Galau sad another Of his COMPANIONS
started 20 take him home, bat a fourth
person. who vas nearly drunk also. OBJ
iecied, aH4 when Qainu insisted and went
cal Oh TIE Sidewalk the cbi scto- swore he
would clean ont the gang aud took Off his
coat and started In. Quinn didn't want 10
n2bI and told The fellow 50. but the latter
struck az QUinn. About this time O.icer
NICK Hanna hove Ia sight, ald the fighter
con luced - disappear he ran down
Washington street, and TIE officer afier
hila. tac fasitive vas commanded to
baf. bat he didn't do il, and the police
man aFed e his pistol In his direction to
persuade him - obey. But he couldn't
BE- luda-ft 90 stop. sud es ,aped ia the
darkness. qGiau WsS taken IN charge hy
Obts- Ryan, but wAs Afterwards released
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-29

T. ,-e h.ndro9s Of cases Ok EEtthel.o-
~ 50 C-2S'r q the skin. thousands q c@scS
or Eczczla. D.ooi Ha-no-s and Skin D.se=scs.
AID hundreds 4 Thousands Of e-scs Of Ssrot.
u,a. Hood Poison and Biood Talut.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12

and for one mare he had been offered $2j 900
| don't think Stanford cared so much for tho
money as he did for the horses. He treated
his horses as though they were human, and
he feels their loss almost as much as though
they had been members of his family. One
of the famous horses which he has left is
named Midnight, and, | understand, he has
been offered fortune for him, but refused
to sell He began to raise horses for fun, but
he now breeds them for the money there is in
them as well as for pleasure
Senator Stanford is too heavy a man TO
ride, and the president, notwithstanding all
this talk has not been on horseback since no
came to Washington. A number OF our
statesmen ride, and ride well, and not few
of them ride in full costume. Henry Cabot
Lodge, for instance, wears top boots and Bed
ford cord breeches, with short cutaway coat
and plug hat Like Secretary Whitney,
Alexander Greger, Don Cameron and VIII
liam Walter Phelps, Lodge has his horses
tails and names banged, and these statesmen
ride in the English style. They bounce up
and down as they 90 over the turf, and some
of the least efficient Of them travel q greater
distance in going in and out Of their saddles
than they do on the track.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
GRKGHR's DRosKY.

It Is the same with the races, only moro
30 and the horseback riding and fancy driv-
Ing which Washington has been affecting
during the past two years is showing itself
this week Hundreds Of teams with coach
men In livery curious drags, and scores Of
lady and gentlemen riders are now seen every
day at the Ivy City race track. After the
races are over some of the society girls fire.
quentiy take turn around the course, and
saw four bellies and dude jumping the
hurdles and going over the bitches at the
close of one of the recent steeple chases. Miss
Kate Bayard did this once in sight Of 4, 900
or 5000 spectators, and she was applauded
more than any Of the races of the day.
Alexander Greger has been at the races
both on horseback and in his curious drag.
He is rare bird, is this Russian secretary,
and he seems to have no end of money. He
keeps fine horses and a number of them, and
he has turned the heads of the young men of
Washington by his riding lie sits horse
well and drives like Jehu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12

Gen. Boulanger announced an intention 10
visit Canada-"that Canada which remained
faithful to the manners and language Of the
mother country" French diplomats in
America represented to him that it would
be ''inconvenable imprudent," after having
assisted at q celebration Of q defeat OF the
English, to go in the character Of French
general to visit an English province. but he
took the responsibility and was most cordially
received. great banquet was given in his
honor at Montreal, presided over by the
governor of that province Also right
royal fete on the old battlefield of Wolfe
and Montcalm near Quebec, The tact Of
Gen. Boulanger and the eloquent fitness with
which he spoke assured him "boom" on
his return to Paris, and was practically the
beginning of his political leadership
We present view of the general in his
room at the Hotel du Louvre, copied from a
large picture prepared for lie Monde Illus
tire, of Paris, by the artist Tiret Boguet All
the halls near his room are crowded daily
with would be visitors, not one in ten Of
whom can secure access TO him, and when he
appears in public his progress is a continued
ovation. His supporters cry "Vive Boulan-
gerp and utter untranslatable cries against
the German cabinet" tmeaning the cabinet
which refuses to be anti GERMANY, while the
students yell "Vive la republiquel Down
with the dictator!" and then they fall to
breaking each others heads like good pa
triots. All this time the more prominent
supporters of the two factions are hurting at
each other such fierce epithets as make our
old war cries of "Copperhead" and "Nigger
thief" seem like little pleasantries and duels
are quite numerous. French duels are pro
verbally safe affairs, except, as Mark Twain
tells us, "when the combatants catch cold"
but there have been some painful exceptions
Thus Robert de Fanconnet had napier run
through his arm the other day. and Count do
Kelman received thrust in the breast which
is likely to prove fatal Young Rochefort,
son Of the Communist, or Radical, editor,
"pinked his man" while fighting in favor Of
Boulanger OF course the popularity Of the
general, still more his theatrical posing, has
offended some Of his former allies, and the
way they manifest a slight displeasurs IL
shown in this article in LIE Parts, edited by
Charles Laurent:
81 plead guilty Of not having known Gen. Bou-
LANCER till today. plead guilty Of having been,
q fancied, periodically reserved toward him.
Yesterday I saw, heard and understood. saw .
man enter the Sale des Seances at the chamber,
q man with low forehead, false look and .
forced smile. who at q chosen moment took Q
high seat and exhibited himself to the whole ~
sembly, especially to the public In tho galleries,
for whom he flied his seat. l have seen all this,
have heard and read all this and say one must
be blind or an accomplce now not to understand
the aim Of the man, who calls himself . patriot
above all things
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
for the Young ladies Of washington to stake

tIV NpuUs VI w uSuhustou w SUNNI
cold, hard cash on the race track. The
favorite method of doing this Is In the
French pools. In the French pools the pool
seller sells tickets bearing the names Of all
the horses which are to run in each race, and
the money that he receives from these Is re-
tanned until the race is over You buy the
ticket bearing the name OF the horse you pre-
fer, and il costs you IS, II this horse wins
you form one of the number among whom
the whole amount is divided, which is among
the ticket holders of the favorite horse
When dark horse wins the race these pools
are very profitable. If one Of the favor ties
wins they do not amount to very much. |
know of n newspaper man who got last year
500 for s., and a young Washington belle,
upon laughing at a certain diplomat for bet
ting on a certain horse WAS told by him that
he would prove in a very satisfactory way
that he was making good bet. lie said: ~
will buy you II ticket at the same time that
buy one myself, and will make you present
of it" The society belle laughed "All right"
through her pearly teeth and took the ticket.
The ticket won $50, and the result was that
she had enough to keep her in gloves TOR two
years.
Among lhe Soou there Is ai~ays pau, anu
there is an element at these Washington races
which bet heavily and which come out in the
loudest Of dresses. This is the element known
in Washington as that south Of the avenue.
One of the nobbiest teams Of Washington is
the tandem which is driven by the son OF
Paymaster Washington Of the navy. A pair
Of dark bay horses with banged names and
tails are used The harness is English and
silver mounted, and there is a little black
footman in white breeches and sop boots sit,
ting on the rear Of the dog cart. He wears a
plum colored coat and wears bug on his hat,
and when Mr.. Horace Washington drives all
Washington looks
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is my remembrance
that it was "heads
or tails" and Nc
Leans guess Of
tails" won him
this cool half a
thousand.
John G. Spooner
was at the races
with his spanking
team Of Kentucky
bays. Mr., Spooner
has not yet picked
up the riding horse
which he is seeking
for his wife He
wants to get Q
Kentucky single
footer, and both he
and Mrs Spooner
are fond Of out Of
door sports.
II is the same
with the wife Of
Senator Davis, Of
Minnesota Mrs.
Davis reputation
for beauty in the
northwest has not
lost ground by her
coming to Wash
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12

| Augusta shortly after the death Of the
Emperor William The cut here given Of
this extraordinary court Is said to be faith
| ful representation Of the scene. and It will be
seen that while the formalities Of court 70
ception are vigorously complied with the
dressing is Of the most somber character.
Gen. Boulanger Ii the great man Of the
hour in Paris, for he has appealed to the PEG
! pie and they have elected him as deputy from
Dordogne by 50, i9S votes to 81, 7+5 given to
n. Clerjounie, the Conservative Republican
But according to the peculiar system Of
French representation, he has been voted for
In other departments SO his majority is So
600 to 100 900, and he comes back to Paris the
conquerins hero Of the hour. We say
"comes back" bnt 1t is only in the political
sense, for it is another oddty Of the French
system that a man need not live in the dis
trict he represents, and, as matter Of fact
Boulanger did not even visit the department
In which the vote was nearly unanimous for
him It Is Just as II Gen Grant in 1889 had
appealed to Illinois, and been elected to con
gress by two or three districta "But twas
famous victory" II Is taken to mean that
the people indorse his former vigorous i'd
ministration Of the war department., and
especially his brutally frank statement that
he expected an early war with Germany, and
intended to he fully prepared for it For
that statement the conservative administra-
ton put him out and down Now he Is up
again; 5000 people turned out to cheer his
passage from the Hotel du Louvre to the
chamber Of the assembly, and SO the timid
cabinet officers are ''all Of a tremble," a.
they say In Paris
The present politics Of that mercurial
capital are wonderfully like those Of Louisi-
ana were from 1870 to 1877; they are much
the same sort Of people as the Orleanois, and
are in a condition even more unstable or
course, an ovation In which 5000 people
took part could not end without fight; but
the police authorities had their arrange
ments so we'll made that only dozen or
twenty people were knocked down. day
or two later the students of the Quarter
Latin made a big demonstration against
Boulanger and carried things with high
hand till they reached a market square
where the butchers set on them, and the
general rabble coming to the latter's assist
ance, the anti Boulangistes were soundly and
satisfactorily whaled AL this the reader
should understand. turns on the question BE-
tween Radical and Conservative Republicans,
the war party Of Boulanger and the peace
party now in power, with President Sadi-
Carnot as its head AS the word Boulanger
means "baker" the wits Of Paris make many
passable jokes about the butchers support of
him.
Gen. Boulanger visited the United States
in 1881 as head Of the military embassy rep
resenting the French army at the Yorktown
centennial, and with him were the most
prominent descendants Of Lafayette and
Rochambeau. Col Bosom, the Count de
Noailles, Marquis de Lestrode and many
others After the ceremony at Yorktown
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
SECRETARY wHITNEY's TURNOUT.


saw Mrs. Whitney at the races in a vic
toria. She had a stiff coachman and foot
man on the drivers seat in front of her, and
the secretary himself came out, carrying in
his carriage the crutches which he has had
to use since he was thrown from his horse at
the paper chase during the late deadlock in
congress. Whitney's coachman and footman
wear cream colored coats, and their dark
breeches nave red cords running down the
sides They wear black hats with rosettes
at the side of them, and they sit as stifiiy as
though they were made of wood.
A Washington coachman, to command a
good salary, must have back as straight as
a rail. He must carry his arms close to his
sides, and he must know how to hold the
whip in fashionable way. AS a rule, his
fare looks as though it was petrified with
dignity. and if coachman would smile
while on the seat he would probably be
bounced. Whitney's coachman and footman
are fair type of those of the capital, but
don't think that they have the stiffness of the
Anglofied automaton who drives Secretary
Endicott's team.
The president himself has a black coach
man, and fine looking one, too. He is
a tall broad shouldered ebony giant, with
face like a sable funeral, and the darkness Of
his skin Is set Off by his livery, which looks
like Jersey cream three days old. He drove
Mrs Cleveland and some of her friends out
to the races, and the presidents bride was
as usual the observed of all observers.
One of the finest rigs seen, however, was
Allison Majors, who. by the way, is the
livery stable keeper of Washington who
hired out to Booth the horse upon which he
escaped on the night of the assassination Of
President Lincoln This team is milk white
in color and spirited in action 1t belongs, l
think. to Mrs. Major, and is one of the most
striking teams Of the capital.
John Mclean, of The Cincinnati Enquirer
came out In Brewster brougham, and no
tlced that his horses were clipped, and that
their names and tails were banged. His liv
cry was not far different from that of the
president, and his coachman and footman
we're colored MIR Mclean likes fast horses
and he is enough of a sporting man to make
q bet rather than to take a bluff He
matched Joe Hickey, of St Louis, for $780,
one night here year or so ago, and won. 1t
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
Especial Correspondence.

WASHINGTON. May lit never rains but
It pours, and Washington is now having its
spring races and Barnums circus during the
same week. There is no place in the United
States where circus is better attended than
W Washington. Every one goes, from the pres
ident to the pages Of the house and senate,
AMI the gravest Of statesmen are the keenest
" see the svolutions Of the scrobats.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
YOUNG wAsHINGroN's TANDEM.

got a splendid photograph Of Bancroft
the other day, while he was sitting on his
kentucky horse in a blue velvet riding
jacket. He had just taken his cap off his
head and was resting, for he had apparently
been riding fast. His white beard shone out
the more like silver against the fresh green
leaves of the spring, and he sat moro like a
young man than an old one. What a mus
cular frame this old historian must havel II
is now eighty-eig years since it propelled
him on his knees and hands across the car
pets of his fathers house, and all the time
since it has been in continuous motion. There
is not much fat about Bancroft-he is
made up of skin, bone and sinew. He still
works, and walks as well as rides, and he
seems to have the perpetual motion Of the
wooden legged man of the fable, who started
to walking and never could stop, or the rest
lessness of Eugene Sues Wandering jew,
who travels on his way year in and year out,
from generation TO generation.
Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania, is
one of the leading horsemen of the capital,
and he has several rafting good teams here.
He has number of fine horses ready for the
present season on his farm at Cape Charles,
Md, and he earns well up into the thousands
of dollars every year off of his horses
Senator Stanford's black team is seen every
day on the streets of Washington, and one of
the losses he has felt most during the last few
years was that of several weeks ago, when n
fire broke out on his Palo Alto farm in Cali
fornia, and number of his horses were
burned to death. One of his mares that died
Mt this time was worth $4,000, and she had
made record of 2.Al9. Some of the fastest
horses in the world persisted in these flames,
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Cour,, instituted by the dowager Empress
Augusta shortly after the death Of the
Emperor William The cut here given Of
this extraordinary court Is said to be faith
full representation Of the scene, and 1t will be
seen that while the formalties Of court 70
ception are vigorously complied with the
dressing is Of the most somber character.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12

ington She is the most beautiful woman
among the wives Of the senator's, and shs
looks like the Diana Vernon of Walter
SCOTS novel Rather tall and well formed,
she sits her horse as though she were a part
Of il, and her beautiful complexion shines
like the bloom of the peach as she gallops
about the Washington country roads She
is as kind hearted and amiable as she is beau
tiful, and she keeps her good looks fresh by
out of door exercise and by plain living.
Ethel Chase Sprague, Marguerite Cameron
and Mamie Bayard were at the races, and
the diplomats were out in force.
noticed number Of the ladies betting,
and 1t Is by 40 means an Questionable thing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
Russia's Railway Accidents.

The Russian courts are severe in dealing
out punishment for railway accidents The
court at Odessa has sentenced the local
director and the engineer Of the Steam Tram
way company there to three months inn
prisonment and to pay compensation Of
&, 900 rubles for an accident which occurred
on the line Chicago Herald.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12
.ALLOy HORSEBACK
Everybody Rides at the Ma.
tons Capital.
THE REST ATTEND THE RACES.

Curious Drsg-Mrs. Davis, Of Minne-
sofa - How the Ladies' Bet on tho
Speedy Horses-Ibancroft ON Horseback.
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CERNANY'S PRIDE
The Young Man Destined to Rule
The Fatherland.
SOMETHING ABOUT BOULANGER.

He Il Talked OF Almost a. Much In
Europe as Il william. the Son OF Fred
erick-The Mourning Court Reid by
tho Dowager Empress at Berlin.
All Europe has an intensely practical inter.
est and the rest of mankind a natural curios-
ity. concerning William, the son Of Emperor
Frederick, who must soon DO emperor Of
Germany The purveyors Of information
have told us much; and the net result Is to
give Us very unpleasant impression Of the
young man. That be was deformed from
birth. having . withered arm and shapeles
hand. that he Il very sensitive about his de-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-12

During fast gallop you could easily roll q
baseball under any of them, and some Of
them bounce so high that pumpkin or q
big cannon ball might be shot between them
and the saddle If the road be particularly
rough.
Senator Don Cameron frequently taka
long rides out into the country, and some Of
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-04-28
Tho Chlnaman,s perotIon to Rice.

The Chinaman's devotion to his rice
says Canton correspondent, is as great
as an Englishman's to his dinner, and at
their regular times for ''chow"-11 in
the morning and 5 in the afternoon
nothing can take him away from his
bowl Of rice. As all the city life is al
fresco, one sees miles Of feeding China
men il he progresses through the streets
at their meal hours. In each open room
or shop the scene IS the samoa circle Of
dirty heathens gathered around table,
shoveIing the rice into their mouths as
fast as chop sticks can play, the edges Of
the bowls being held to their mouths
merely as funnel to direct the stream.
One can stand in the shops. vainly wait
ing to purchase, and surly Chinaman
will only come forward when he has nm
ished his bowl Of rice. and hasa sublime
Indifference to trade, profits, and cheat
ing when it is his rice time.