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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-28
CAROLINA'S FAT BOY.
In the Summer He Is Skeleton, in Win
ter a Monster.

I'm the Summer He Is u Skeleton, in Win
ter a Monster.
There were several side shows con-
nected with the North Carolina State
fair, and | was much taken with sign
regarding a fat boy. 1t was stated
that he was only fourteen years old,
and weighed about four hundred
pounds. l paid my nickel to go in.
and found q lad of that age, but his
weight was not over one hundred
pounds. lie was dressed in costume,
and sat on platform, while the show
man delivered a short lecture at In
tervals.
"See here" I said to him after look
ing the boy over, ARE you deliberately
swindllng the public?"
"How?"
by passing that kid off as fat
boy"
mo, sir.
''You advertise that he weighs about
four hundred pound5?"
Yes"
THAT'S a falsehood. He won't weigh
one hundred"
"When?"
To-day; now; this minute.
"Oh, | see. An explanation is duo
YOU, run a museum in New Orleans.
That boy is one of my freaks. In the
summer he is my skeleton and in the
winter my fat boy. 1t takes him abou'
six weeks to make the change, and he
lust began to pick up flesh last week
He was the most beautiful skeleton yol
ever saw, and if you can only see hin
two months later you'll be delighted al
his rotundity. He'll weigh all of four
hundred in two months from this. "
Eyes, but came in here to see fai
boy"
swell, there he is.
"But he's no fatter than any other
boy of his age. 1t looks to me like a
fraud"
"Good heavens, man, but do you
want all the earth at Once! he gasped.
"Give him time to change, won youl
Here, look at this lock of hair cut from
the head of George Washington. It's
my own property, and not on exhibit
ton, but l want to satisfy you that !
am square A skeleton weighing
forty-two pounds can't change to a
acknowledgement fat boy in an hour
or day. We expect the public to be
lenient with us. Going? Well, good
bye. Come in with your family and
I'll make reduced rates. IN. 7. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-28
THE GREAT PROCESSION.
How the Long List of Humanity Is Ever
Swelling and Swelling.

How the Long List of Humanity Is Ever
Swelling and Swelling.
These life insurance tables that show
the expectation, the average, the prob
ability of life are very curious and in
teresting. In million births the males
outnumber the females $4,000, but the
girls don't die so fast, and by the time
they reach so years the females begin
to Outnumber the men and Outlive
them. Nine thousand more women
live to see 70 years than men, taking
million as the basis. Two thousand
more women than men live to see go
At 100 years there are 79 men to IA
women. The males start out most nu-
merous, and this is right. for it gives
every girl a fair chance for lover and
husband-and it certainly was in
tended by kind Providence that she
should have one. She is entitled to
one, and if | had my way l would make
every old bachelor marry or support
one.
If he wouldn't marry according to
nature, | would make him work for
one. In youth and middle age the
males outnumber the females, because
il takes good number to defend the
country and do the fighting. But the
old women Outlive the old men because
they are needed to nurse us and raise
the grandchildren. They have no bad
habits that shorten life. they do not
drink nor chew tobacco, nor smoke,
nor expose themselves, nor eat in a
hurry. They take life calm and Sc
rene. One hundred and twenty-five
thousand children are born every day.
What squalling and rejoicing if We
could hear it all at oncei just think
ofit-45, 900, 000 of brand new human
beings in a year. But thsy don't stay
long-not many of them. One-fourth of
them die before they are six years Oil.
While 1875, 900 are born in a day, there
are 100 600 funerals going on at the
same time.
What weeping and wailing, what
grief and sorrow, if we could hear and
see it all! Verify the increase of the
human family is mixed with great trib-
ulations. Births and deaths, births
and deaths with the births only little
ahead, and sometimes when war and
pestilence and famine come, the death
rate is ahead. Bill Arp, in Atlanta
Constitution.
pTg1eH 6IBuo!ss!N eqL@ 'sesselo M
-edou 4som eq4 uIoy 5unoG eqL -suon
-asledns I!eq4 moIJ peAom GI!see 4ou
eLB ms!uB5ed u! pIo uMoI5 eAeq oqM
uemoM puB ueIV 'u9IpUQo eql 10 uo!s
-Ieauoo qua Yees o. s! IoqeI A9ql uoqM
LoJ eIdoed eql 5u!qopsI 10 sA1M eA!4
-oege 4som eql 10 quo 4vql Supply ezra
pILoM eq4 4noq5noIql se!Lpuo!ss!K-
In me constitution both of our
mind and of our body. every thing must
go on right, and harmonic well to-
gether to make us happy. But should
one thing go wrong, that is quite
enough to m Ike US miserable; and. al
though the joys of this world are vain
! and short yet its sorrows are real and
lasting.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-28
Palace Hotel

at PULLMAN. are 80 happy. 10 tnem
life ia really worth the living. The Cul-
sine is par excellence, and the tables are
always supplied with the best obtain
able III the market.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
LIFE INSURANCE.
Merrill Out In nm Open
= Letter.


BosroS, Dec. 30-Insnrance Commits
sioner Merrill has written an open letter 20
President Beers, OF the New York Life In
suranee Company. one of the three largest
life insurance companies In the world,
pointing out what be calls the unlawful
action OF said company. He charges the
company with issuing misleading policy
aud making unfair discrimination among
insurants. The commissioner saysrecentiy
there came 10 the notice OF his department
a form OF policy issued by this company
called Ordinary Wife Distribution Policy"
Careful examination of this policy. he
says, shows il 10 be not wholly inconsistent
with the spirit OF the statute, but contrary
10 its language. while its provisions render
it unfair. misleading and under its terms
and in the practice Of the company, dis
elimination Is made among fnsarants of
the same class ard insurance Is provided
in q manner not permitted by law.
Besides being unlawful, the terms
and conditions attached render Ii to an ex-
perienced applicant very complicated and
liable to misunderstanding z assd deception.
There Is. he says, no possible advantage in
its intTicacies 10 compensate for the con-
fusion and liability 10 error and disap-
pointment OF the insured. and the only
apparent or conceivable reason for the
manner of constructing the premium is TO
enable the company to evade the law and
continue the forbidden rebate practice. II
is clear. the commissioner says. that this
scheme in its general outline Is such a de-
partare from the established principles of
advance payment or oid-liEsa life insurance
as TO Justify. under the law, restraint of its
prosecution by any company authorized to
operate within the commonwealth. II
these policies are allowed 10 continue. not
alone viii the particular company which
adopts il suffer in the chat acter and quality
Of its business. but all &C mpanies will be
compelled TO struggle losmgly against un-
just competition, or adops similar unlawful
shemes. to the general Decentralization of
and loss 70 the whole hfe-insurance in
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31

Bondsmen Not Liable for Re-
ceiyers' Thefts.
WHERE SETTLERS ARE RossED.
Cash Len with Receivers for which Me-
body is LiahIe--A Test Case
to Be Tried.

WASHINGTON CrTY, Dec. SN--Seeretary
Mobiles attention was today called
ca 3 point in the action OF the land osSces
throughout the West which may result ia
some danger. designed TO protect the
settlers. The point which viii be con-
sidered Is the bonds OF receivers in she land
oflce. The peint was brought 70 light b. q
case in the new state OF Washington.
which may he made a test case. A home
steaeer named Nsff proved up and made
his anal cash payment The receiver ac-
cepted his draft bar made no entry Of the
reeeipt OF the money on the land office
books Neif did not ges the patent on his
land. There is 10 law TO touch the re-
receiver. and ii the test case Is made il
will be seen il the government may levy on
his bond. The precedents are that il can
not. The bond IS for the faithful perform
ance of receiver in handling public
money" and the government has hereto
fore held that money was not public money
until il had been 4 matter of record st the
land Office. so that il left nothing for the
settler II the receiver was dishonest.
A correspondent OF the PosT-lSrEfLI-
aKScEK looked up this subject at the de-
partmens OF the interior. He was shown
many cases stu under inyesFisation. waeFe
settlers had been losers from just this rea-
son. There are claimants who had sent
money to the receiver at Tucson. Arizona,
and had nothing 20 show for il The ag-
gregafe amcnnS there was $36,0p0 which
came out OF settlers in Topeka, kas. The
receiver made an assignment of $50 600 Of
the funds which riehtfully belong to the
settlers. The receiver at Las Cruses, n. NJ,
failed TO receipt for several hundred, and
the homesteaaers have to suffer.
Congressman Wilson Of Washington. who
was looking after the case. was told that il
would be good time TO make a test of the
decision that the bondsmen are nos liable
under the present form of bond. Il is likely
that the secretary os the interior will mod
ify the bond, as Ii was said that he had this
power and il is the policy of the admins
tration 70 give sill the security possible TO
settlers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31

% soush Dzsota Is Jane o. this year. fsF-
Tssenfing himself agent for tbs Citizens
lafe ssaciasioa. Cherokee. iowa He ina
nasdiAfesy proceeded 70 orgAaize TIRE state
isa > systematic manner. aud te solicit lie
insurance lounty agents we're appointed
snsoBg the farmers ana laboring classes.
The attractive feature Of tie plan was
70 issue co-j8int psiscy COW
ering both man and wife. and
IN some instances the entire family Busi-
mss came pouring in a. an enormous rate,
notes or eash being taken for premiums
fEom policy holders. When a note was
taken i wzs sold AT whatever figare the
loca. hank was wiling 70 pay for it. The
work has been fraudulent scheme from
its inception. The amount OF business
done Is enormoas and policies written will
reach 81 10000. The attorney viii insti-
tate proceedings IN the United States
courts for the collection OF fines agasnst
tie company. which sFe s., 600 per policy.
TIE country has bean worked thoroughly
and Turner's receipts must amount 10
many thousands of dollars. The notes, o.
course, are null and void, but innocent
parties hold them to large araouns and
must suffer. Turner is an old offender in
this lima
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
LABon TROUBLES.
Pinkerton Men "a BE Uaed In EvietlnE
Striking Miners.

Pinkerton Men "a BE Uaed in Eyieting
striking Miners.
PUxsArsrrAwNEY. ia. Dec. S0.--One hun
dred and six Pinkerson men arrived here
tonight from New York. Philadelphia and
Chicago, brought By the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittshnrg Coal Company, but for shat
purpose il not definitely known. as there
has been no threats OF violence. Il IL now
over two weeks since the strike was IN
angarafed az Watson and Adrian, invoiv-
ing so men and boys. Shortly after the
strike notices were served on miners occu-
pying the company's houses TO yacate
within ten days. The time viii he up to-
morrow, and the general suppositlon j. the
pinkerfon men are brought here TO assist
in evietsug. II Il also stated that there afe
Go HuneAr;ans and Italians on the wsy
here and that the company purposes put
ting Ihem TO work and protecting them.
srmEFss aEgFMEF.
PfrYsgrRa. Dec. s0--GriTVnen on the
p5stsburg traction road struck this after
uooa because Of the discharge Of twenty
members. Knights of Labof. Cars aFeTun-
mag tonight with men brought from
Chicago and Philadelphia. No breach Of
the r,eace has vet occurred.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
FLEECY SNOW FLAKES
Th.ay are Six Feet Deep on
Dakota Railroads.
a SEVERE BLIZZARD PREVAILED.
1ATnnessta RasIroad Trafse is BIoekaded
"A widesprsad and yery Dis
astsoux storm.

ct. Paul. Dee. So.--Advices here seem to
indicate that the great snowstnrm OF
Saturday extended over large area.
RaTnors we're rife il newspaper offices that
many wires vest of here we're down and
trains delayed. The center OF the dis
tnrpance appears To have been ~ Huron.
where the Hind veered 30 the north and
tie sterna increased untll il became
yeritahie blizzard. blowing fifty mites an
hour. The memorable experience Of two
years ago prevented people from unduly
exposing themselves On the prairies. and
10 bad results are anticipated. The storm
has been marked in places by singular
phenomena At Winona rain descended
in sheets, and the whole city was flooded.
Whsn the rain stopped the mercury fell
rapidly--.s0 degrees In three hours. People
can start 10 business this morning. At
other points disturbances preceeded the
faa Of snow. Duluth was visited by
severe blizzard. nshering IN the heaviest
snowfall OF the season. Much dausage has
been done in the city and the street cars
are biockaded Trains are delayed by
drifts six feet deep in many places.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
cmERoKEE CoMMIssIoS.
Little Accomplishments Report Ready
for Congress.


for Congress.
Sr. LOUIS. Dec. 30.-What purpOrts to be
a synopsis of the Cherokee commissioners
report to congress is printed here Ii char
acterizes the diiatory tactics of the Chero-
KEGS as g-oss discourtesy 20 the govern
Inent and denounces the action OF the cattle
men in making fictitious bids for Indian
lands The report recommends that the
government avail itself Of its undeniahie
right. under section IS of the treaty OF 1856.
to settle civilized Indians on unoccupied
lands in the Cherokee nation, on proper
payment OF such sum as shall be
agreed upon by the Indians. or In case
OF their disagreement, the price Per acre 20
be fixed py the president By the pay
naent Of s.. 500 $50 60 the Cherokees fully
i000a, 600 acres now occupied by tribes
west OF niEaety-six degrees could be opened
To settlement while on the other hand
$4,000 expended for the Cherokee outlet
would only secure 100000 acres. inferior
in quality to the lard now owned by the
government but occupied by the Indians,
who have no title to the soil but only the
right 10 occupancy at the governments
pleasure. The commissioners alss suggest
the opinion that the alleged Cherokee
meeting y with laws passed and admins
tered by white men who are really United
states eisfz ms, has become extinct by virtue
Of iong-continued inter marriage between
Indians and whites. and asks If strict
sense Of justice warrants the disposition Of
Indian aunnities and other revenues
equally among white United S,aaes citizens
and fuli.hlo0d Che~okees
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
TAnIrF NOMINATION.

Arguments Relating "a Reduction OF
nHsy on Different Articles
wAsHgSezoS cETy, Dec. Sl--Nany state
rsenss were iasa before the commission re-
latsnr 10 the reduction in the daty on dif-
fsrens chemicals.
II. p. Rasenrarten. Of Philadelphia -,
vocssed the restoration Of the duty on gni-
nsae.
~. T.. Ferris, sf New York, urged that
The auty he kept np Oh castor OH
Feraw0Ile. manufacturer q giyeestne
aua alcoholic varnizhss. srggiei is favor of
sasossshinx the tar en- al aieahoi-
]. Carroll Beckwitii. rFezsssnt Of tss sa-
tionsi Free Art Ieague. advocatsd HE fsial
abs.ision Of the anty on works Of arr
Tomorrow gentlemen interested IL the
.uzaufsrture os glAss ard Of ekTthenwAre
nj fe heard
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noRE NoIsE MAS pANGER.
The Recent Battle About the Plating OF
south Pierre.


ST. PAUL, Dee. 30.-News received here
this morning from Pierre Is that the half
breeds did not shoot TO kill in The sffair at
Bad river with the settlers. TIE owner
ship OF go acres south OF BAD river, over
which the trouble was reported. has been
In controversy for some time Citizens OF
Pierre and newcomers have insisted that
they have rs much right 10 the reservation
opposite Pierre as have the haif-breeds and
real estate dealers The matter eliminated
by about City meE crossing the river with
twenty loads OF lumber and taking possess
sion of the plated portion, mile square
They plated this out aud named it South
Pierre. Meanwhile band OF thirty half
breeds collected, who rode in, hourishing
their weapons and ordering tbs settlers 70
leave. The storm WAS then raging and the
settlers readily gave way, but viii return
today with increased forces. About 30
shotsEwere fired by the half-breeSss in the
air for the purpose of intimidating the set
tiers, bat no person was hurt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
NEGROES VIII LEAVE.
The Barnweli Traged-g Investigated by
the Core F,er.

The Barnweli Tragedy Investigated by
the Core Her.
COLUMBIA, s. c.. Dst,. S0.-A coroner's
inquest into the death sd the eight negroes,
lynched at Barnwell, vas held Saturday
night at the scene Of I'll e tragedy. II was a
terrible sight which he iarymen looked
upon. On the left SID OF the road we're
tbs bodies Of Bipley ! ohnson and Mitchell
Adams. charged with the murder ot iIef-
ferman. On the opposi le side were the bodies
of the negroes chargefl with implication in
the murder of young Isobert Martin. They
we're tied to trees N the roadside, their
bScks 20 the saplin ,gs, the ropes passed
around the tree sna bodies OF the mon.
When shot the weig 1t of the bodies bad
swung down on the opes. They occupied
all sorts o. grotesql ie and revolving posi-
tons. The testsmos y Of physicians is in
chief as follows;
sixteen balls in Ia E hcsiy OF Peter Bell one
bali "a tie bagk cs tb. meek 81 the base of the
ssa J. sEed O.; HsFrv johnson, teuT balls IA the
body, ssed S.: Rob forell, six oails IN the head
and baay either nasf tess woH!a h&se been fatal.
ssei G.. Judge bone :. eight balls one Ia the
brain, aged =; R4hs e PAeaix. four bsils IN tie
bsly, aesd =; RIPPLE. tohnson, eight balls IA fhe
sody. one "a the fac = &ged -; Mitchell Adams.
ave balls. one ihsou 81 the osain sged s.
On this testims gny the jury returned q
yerdlct that the eight men came % their
death from guns hos wounds iaaicfed by
SeEae party or pa TleS unknown. After the
inquest the negrC es were notified that they
might remove q te bodies II they desired.
The fanlslies ~ Ripley Johnson and
Mitchell Ai&ms removed Their bodies 10
their homes, b ct the other SIX remains
were treassl as murlerevs and ouscasts,
aud there wer none % mourn them.
Neither whites oE negroes wanted % re-
uoye the eodis - The town declines 20
bury them bss .aase they we're killed out
outside the linn Is but effeFs collins i tie
negroes vii b ary them. The remaining
geevoes aeclar they wsA pun Ep and leaTe
the eaantrr ThAn assarf no retAfafion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
AIectnrer.s Eealness.

NEw ORLEANs, Dec 39.--A nicasrsAe's
Bonhagn. Tex, special says: I. ". Caskey
delivered q lecture last night at the Main
street Christian church on the subject,
"The Inner Life OF Jefferson Davis.
Caskev was an acquaintance of Davis for
years. IN the course OF his remarks Caskey
said: '.It is said history repe ats itself. If
this be correct then the first instance Of
repetition know OF is that the life OF Jesus
Christ is repeated to great extent in the
person OF Jefferson Davis"
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nE. pcKs az FIvE.


An Opinion IN CalaReI nndIeyss Action
AgAt mxt aba N~wHpaPeFs-
Ma 1ogx !. Dee 89.--3adge Lawrence Of
tae sapreme court. handed dawa short
oplnion IN hAmbers to-day in which he
says IA ef,s Z that Casoud William W.
n&s5ssy, VI 20 s. saing halk-4-sioSaa Nev
YeeS seRs papess Scr alleged sIasa IN the
psys5cats8a as Blocks or Five seEters,
cannes exF ses iav0Es from the eanFt whsa
be Fersssge E.Eiv rcfssses ~ obsg tts orders
4hEs declT zen eeuses she motion bg psstEs>
- a. vssa e the order feF substituted ser
vjse 80 - s1s ia essfer fer hss examination
aefese III "a 10 saAhe the asse1aaat to pre-
pareAn = aswer. The iadse says - be keeps
sitho9t ne isrr.surisl Anasts os fhe State
md Feff .srs te aaey tae order os tae cossTt
he cane Z - heard aHrm&tveIy "a oplo-
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CHARLESTON, s. c.. Dec. o.--Prominent
eolered men of Charleston and vicinity
have issued call 10 the people OF South
Csrelina, reciting the hutchery OF eight of
their race at Barnwell. and calling on the
colored people TO send Representatives to
a convention to be held in Columbia Jan
nary ?. for the purpose of consulting and
formulating plan By which the laws can
be enforced and order preserved.
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fraza kingulafa. and T. n Rarsen. repre-
sentative, wko Is 5 candidate sor the United
sszsss senetcrShsp to succeed Ingalls,
h3ve IN tie pass teen paid yarioas s1ms OF
foasseF and noses 70 insinsaee iegts alton ia
fsvor of insurance companies. Clerk Cub
aaeg, cf the House COMMITTEES GA insur-
anee. was paid during the last session
regular SALARY 20 report &c insurance men
tie ioSngs Of the COMMITTEES. The hearing
viii be continnea Eriaav.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-31
ELEoTRlcAL ExEcuTIoNs.
New York Courts Decide the Manner
Constitutional.

RocHEsrKa, \. ", Dec. 3o.-Jcseph
Kemmler, the murderer sentenced to death
bv electricity. appealed to the general term
claiming that his sentence was unconsti-
tuslonai, as it provided an unusual and
cruel manner Of death. The court held
shat the evidence went TO show that il was
not q cruel method of iuflicting the death
penalty. that it was therefore constitutional
and remanded the prisoner 70 undergo
punishment. kemmler's only chance Of
escape now is through the clenency of the
governor, which is not likely to be exer-
ci-efl
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LLEWELLYN 4 Co.,
-AeENrs
WEST SEATTLE
Land and improvement Company
South side Cherry Street, between Front and Second
south side Cherry Street. between Front and Second
some Choicest Property in all of tbs City
which we viii be pleased show Intending Purchasers


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