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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-10
HANGED IN HIS BARN.
Suicide Of n Prominent Citizen aud
Pioneer of Asoiiu County.
Aso.in sentinel

The entire community was greatly
shocked on saturday morning last at the
sad intelligence OF the fact that Amor
Wilton. one Of our oldes, and most highly
respected citizens hsd. by his own hand,
caused his death. The surrounding cir
cumstanEes are as follows: On Friday he
visited his soR-in-law, Robert Sangsler,
and on leaving kissed his grandchildren
and babe them al good-by. He then went
20 William Fountains, another son-in-law.
arriving about ; o'clock in the afternoon
and by hls queer actions they suspected
his mind was not iust right. He busted
himself about the barn a good deal in the
early evening, bat was finally induced 20
retire. lie complained OF pain in his
head, and Tor reasons which he would not
tell. protested against going up stairs but
wanted % sleep In the barn or on the par
luE floor, in which be was finally conquered
The suspicious ct Mr.. and Mrs Fountain
by this time being fully aroused, they re-
tired determined In remain awake all
night About II O'Clock they heard him
come quietely down stairs and go out
They got up. and looking through the
window, saw hlR going toward the barn
Mr. Fountain called e. him, asking where
he was going. he rep.icd that be was going
horne. IS his head panied him SO be could
not sleep but he va persuaded TO return
90 bed, aud was heard no more. About
O'Clock ia the morning Mr. Fountain got
up. bHilt a ere aud supposing the old gen.
teman - be in bed, started out to feed the
horses. when he saw sheet waving from
the portieo With beth ends hanging down.
and az the same time he noticed tie
entrance door - the barn was open. which
be vas sure be bad closed the night before.
en- finding the red empty. he imme,.}
ste'y guessed What had happened, aud
wsheUt going near the barn. went FER some
os BIS ncsEhbors who, with him. found Mr..
Whitou hanging 20 3 cgoss-bcsm with his
tses barely touching a soap box which was
living aafWise bat bich had Un 3ogbted{v
s;oos, ease end sud been Kicked over. cor
ouer a. =. Isesgatt was summoned and
belug informed SO the circumstances. san
"a aee5 81 ca.hus $ jury. oas with tae sd
virv ot esht prominent cjiizens Of the
coaaty who were present pronounced it a
sa.riie
NJ Walton Mas born in Connecticut
sn ISIS uloyod g. Minnesota when that
VS. 8 rex country. and fsotn thence 80 the
" .laueste valley. Or, vhe-e tie l.vea tor
= term sc wears Aeoat eleven wears aeo
he came wlsh ais family 10 Asoin caua,e
beeowiuE ere u ogr pioneer settlers lie
was kHoaa iag and S$ie IS honorable
Aa4 aFr .sht Ia all isis dealings. and hosg.t-
ah.a ta 4 EaEit
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s4vrsR.r sss sanrss as they 60. The con-
r..u- have rrs<ss A-rzn-er8erss With san
rrnrrssrg1 rs<ss1s - take 30 toss Q. ccxl
re- sasv ~ sooz SIS the sasrae Ss oF@-esi-
TIE e7x1-4nv whsSs Il r4ss-1tag tts@ ts.Ea-
s,srse...s assgss:ssz 20 tie tawz 90 Hamilton
hmwe t~eu sszayesa ~ sorae extent on ae-
erssns 81 their rss h@srg ale - bold the
se-xsee< az their survevor. and the outlook
:. rs-rse-st j. IN 81 sii the lots Sill be spoken
fer h@gare the rlat Is ug1stra
severaa nsw buildings are going ur n
town. srd business = rgshing Everything
rn<,vex wsfh lie he and Fisa that perfect
esnsss5eree inspires. in fzet tbs scsn i en-
ewing 3 healthy ard substantial DooEn
xhSeh Il orssy The forerGnrse- - The main
boom wh5ch vii appear when the mites
are opened. Real estate Is changing hands
siv@gy ard tie tcwa i never clear Of specs-
listers. Many who visit SesFo. the toxin in
the big trees. are nos satisfied anti they
have seen tAs woniers of the UPPER Ssssst
and when they leave the valley i Is sta The
satisfaction OF owning real estate II the
tswn @. minerals as we2s a.. that OF rail-
roads.
There is eseS Of men a. work on the
TIakhara q Q slcoi iron mine which Is be-
sng Developed about three miles above
town They are driving tunnel aoout 30
feet in lensih. anu VIII. when competed.
- able 70 furnish TIE ore with very siftAe
expense and great rapidlsy.
The steamer Henry Bailey arrived here
last sunday evening. loaded with goods for
Ike up-rIyer merchants They viii be de-
Ayered by fright teams from here. as this
Is IS far Is bo4ts go ap al this season OF the
year.
The steamer Loaise, OF Port Townsend.
ran on 20 sa2g in the mouth Of the sEagit
Saturday morning and was sunk. She was
loaded With has from the Ealyoke farm.
No ore was irinrni
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4 Mlrrnr for tho Voice.

A curious fat is noted about the graphic
phone, an invention of Eaison's for rep-o-
ducing the human voice. No one recog-
mixes his own voice. Many years ago
Oliver Wendell Holmes remarked that
when people heard themselves speak they
listened 60 quite other tones than were heard
by those Who were standing around them.
By the aid Of tie looking glass it is possible
for people 10 see how they look. The graph.
ophone j. q looking glass for the voice. II
Is common for older Yeopls To- tell chiidre1.
who are crying or complaining that they 20
not know how II sounds. Bur this appears
10 re true 81 every body Perhaps the
gTaphophooe may serve a useful purpose
IN aiding to correct mistakes of ineleran-
cics Of tone 20 which probably most people
are subject
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Loss OF Life or Newfoundland.

ST piEGge, Oct. S.--one of the men
rescued from the Geographique proves to
be George forsythe, the only known sur
viyor of the bark Zeulette. OF North Shields
The vessel was wrecked September 10.
Captain Thompson and Seamen Beadson
aud Hays were drowned. The next day
the remaining twelve men Of the crew were
rescued by the ship Minnie Swift. OF these
two afterwards died. In fog on October
: the Swift was run into ana sunk by the
steamer Geographiqae. On arriving
aboard the steamer, Captain i-isweil. OF
the Swift, mustered all hands from his YES.
sci and found the following missing: First
Mate Morris, the carpenter. the steward
and wife, one seaman, lady passenger
and Curron and Jones seamen off the
Zeulette. They heard the woman crying
for help aboard the swift when the steamer
sheaTed of from her, but il was impossible
10 help her on account Of the darkness and
the heavy sea
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The oaiiIayute Rcttoms.


A ride of about i've miles brings US to
the Quillayute prairie, the Oldest settle
meat IN this interesting country. Ii il
nineteen years since the pioneers first
settled here. the exact date being July -,
1870 The first rnen 10 brave the dangers
and privaiions OF this PARKWAY country
were Frank T., J. w, and 4. l.. Balch,
NJ. D., u. w. and EphFiam Pullen. twas
q long aud tedious Journey around the
coast from Port Ludlow aud they drove
their stock along the beach from
that point. a distance of over 80
miles by the shore line. The prairieS here
are covered in state of nature with q
luxuriant growth of ferns, which II costs
some labor to kill out But the soil is rich
and produces remarkably. yielding the
most abundant returns to the industrious
farmer. Qui.layuie and Forks prairies are
each about four 10 five miles long by from
one 70 two miles wide, and sre what is
styled Second bottom lands. The heavy
tinlbered lands which surround them are
equally fertile. and have been the last to be
taken. When developed spd favored by 3
means OF transporting their produce this
will be one OF the most productive regions
OF the state.
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THE NEW oyILIAyIrE ROAD.

FoFt Angeles Cosnmonwesl.h-


Messrs. Williams and DeCogreey returned
TO Port Angeles from QaiIisyute. Tuesday
morning. They report that the road passes
through good level agricultural country
its entire length excepting five or six miles
across the divide. which is rough and
broken. No bridges will Dc needed
from the Eiwha river to Jun creek.
back % pysht. and there will be no heavy
grading IN this distance
AT the Elwha crossing, at an elevation
of l25 feet above tide water. the hanks are
seventy and forty feet high on the east and
west sides respectively. and the bridge viii
have a span OF 40 feet. The highest eie-
walton on the divide this side OF Beaver
was / $50 feet. The road viii run from three
10 I've miles back from salt water, mostly
through unSurveyed and unsettled lands.
rs length viii be about sixty miles 10
QGiliayute and forty to Beaver
Three good passes were found between
Lyle river and pysht mountain. This road
when built VIII open for settlement enough
FIRE agricultural land 20 give 10 5000 fam
lilies each good claim, and the additional
taxes in a few years will repay the county
for the money expended IN its building.
Work should be commenced next spring as
soon as possible
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HAMILTON IN THE sKsatr.


fFs~ttTsS uct S-Ths Few saauaill 4,
hiss place - running IN lts {al3 capacity ar-
dsF It's nsw management and Is tarolnEozt
"a f2e lo' # humber vh.gh "a consumed by
tne 'a-Ai tra.5e a. fast rs il can Pc delsvegs.i.
khe >saslt tGm serisnd Cnsi CarapA
ee7 iar ulFu Psltssa VhseA All he used
f2z tae campsav E.Gaea horses. The
i~-f t>gsgs 81 c1yrssgou 'eEg IS l1-
t@ - w. 8 tonss. iorFas a. 81 tie
c ae tEai 9eN gcsu has Aaea as-
sa*vfr. - See a&a.n ssoge tbe ra.fh
~ -. ta whA &. sssAt fset III salsf
eea4 s. o .sr-t--.4ss qsa.t.y am e hsea w
X 20 ae,. eT tAs wasn t2pns. ia sew
wwsAe s0e 4gEvgaN cs tse sunurl Is proc
crSsssug raq-s.iy- considering 3hag ihev arw
NuFhinS uus gn loase Er2aEa ard hAss -
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Nh on the HumptuIips.

ihs lost HumVtulips hunting party. con
s.st.ns ol Dave Keith % this place. Or
Riley, the nrury bothers and George
Jones, Of Olympia, returned here last sat
uFday nisht. They sacceeiea in baggiug
fVe i5ne elk, :o8r o. these being Killed hy
l'r. Riley The party reports fire sport.
hns 'ntHh hard work 10 geJ to and from
tlle huntIng eroHna.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY. AUGUST o. 1880.
A LA JESSE JAMES.
Passengers ON Train Near
Kansas City Made to
DisgOrge.
The Conductors Plucky Action Pre-.
i vents More Extended Operations
by the Robbers.
Burke, the CrOnin Suspect, on the Wa!
to Chicago i'm Care OF Chief
Hubbard.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 5.-Just after the
Wabash Western Express pulled out
Harlem at $50 p. m, two masked men
entered the st. Paul sleeper attached to
the rear of the train and ordered the pas
sengers, five in number, to hold up their
hands, accompanying the request with
the usual revolver argument, and the
further statement that "our man on the
platform" would shoot down the first
who offered resistance. The robbers
then went through the passengers, secu-
ring about $175. When they had finished
this they started for the coach in adj
vance, evidently intending to go through
the whole train. On the platform they
met the conductor of the train, John
Roach. One of the robbers pushed his
revolver under the conductors nose and
with an oath ordered him to hold up his
hands. The conductor supposed from
the nature of their disguise that a num-
Der of railroad men who had taken pas
sage on the train were playing practical
joke on him, and with laugh
them into the sleeper. just
then a gust of wind swept aside the
masks of the robbers and then he knew
that the affair was one of dead earnest.
He had no weapon but he carried his
lantern in his hand and with that he
dealt one of the men a vicious blow on
the head, smashing the lanterns glass
and extinguishing the light. The other
robber fired at him, but without effect
The one who had been struck with the
lantern also took shot at him, but was
also wide of the mark. The robbers
then, with one more parting shot swung
off the steps of the car. The train was
going at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour. The conductor saw the men gel
up and make for the woods. The train
ran TO the next station when the engine
was uncoupled and run back to Harlem
where the deputy sheriff was notified
Two posses were organized to scour the
country, but so far without success.
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The ConnsIlsv,lIe Coke Strike.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 6.-The works
of j. w. Moore & Co., and j. M. Shoon-
maker & Co., are the only large plants
in the Connellsville region that are
working. The strike leaders expect that
the men now working will soon join the
strike. The number of men now idle
exceeds II 900, which is a much larger
number than engaged in the strike of
1886. The operators have little or moth
ing to say. Mass meetings are held at
the places where men are at work.
There was a riot at the Alice mines
Monday morning when a number of the
strikers broke open the doors of the
houses occupied by workmen and com.
PEELED the inmates to flee. Some of the
men and women were seriously hurt.
They were told that if they returned to
work again while the strike was on they
would be severely dealt with.
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Mayes, Men Elected.

TAHLEoUAH, /. T., Aug. 6.-An cleo
ton Tor members sol OF the a,t legislature ISL 1--WE
delegates and the national ticket, sup,
RO%5tsss OF tsa Bnsh Head lin
the complexion Of the legislature, which
The result of the election is construed
here as fatal blow to the objects of the
Cherokee commission, to which Mayes
and his supporters are very hostile.
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Paul Allowed to Resign.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The postmas-
ter-general sent the following letter to
Postmaster Paul last Saturday:
"George ii. Paul ESQ.,, Milwaukee,
Wis.
''Sir-Your letter of July 20, rendering
your resignation of the office of postmas-
ter at Milwaukee, Wis.,. has been re-
ceived. Before its receipt the civil SER
vice commission had submitted q report
Of examination of your office, upon
which / should have taken action before
this, but your request for delay in order
that you might submit statement in
your own behalf. After the examina.
ton by the civil service commission, a
postoffice inspector was sent to examine
your Office, and his report has also been
submitted to me. Upon these reports
your removal from office has been deter
mined upon, but, as pending action upon
them you have offered your resignation,
I will accept it, to take effect upon the
appointment and qualification of sue
cessor, who will be designated as soon as
possible"
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Cash for Royal Paupers.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-The house of COM
mons has passed the bill providing for
the royal grants.
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"yaluahlen to Cranks.

GALENA, Ills, Aug. GA discovery
was made here that will be of great in.
terest, Itconsisted of three government
postage stamps issued according to law
by the postmaster at st. Louis, for the
state of Missouri in 1916, the denomina,
tions being two of the 10-cent and one OF
the 20-cent series. These stamps were
issued in 8, 10 and 20-cent denomi.
nations, and are among the rarest and
most valuable to stamp collectors of all
those issued by authority of the govern.
ment for use as postage. j. III. Wymer
was postmaster of st. Louis in lS45, and
gave the order for the plates to j. w
Kersaw, a local engraver. The and lC
cent stamps are found on two varieties
of paper. The 20-cent were printed from
an altered plate of the Scent, and are
perhaps the rarest stamps known. The
stamps bear the arms of Missouri, with
est. Louis" above and Postoffice'
below, are rectangular in shape, and
printed in black on blue paper.
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silent Evidence of Misery.

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. 5.-John Jor-
dan, colored, came into the poor com.
missioner's Office with basket on his
arm. He said he wanted permission to
bury his baby in vacant lot, as he had
no money to go to the cemetery, and he
did not want the baby inferred in the
potter's field. The superintendent said
that such permission could not be given
and added: Whats your number, I'll
send for the corpse" "Oh, you needn't
send" replied Jordan, "for I've got him
here" and taking a cloth from the
basket he revealed the wee, black baby,
whose emaciated body told of extreme
suffering. The superintendent was
staggered, but he gave Jordan a note to
the city undertaken and said: 1.-THE IN
dertaker will furnish coffin and bury
the baby. 1t will cost you nothing"
And the father reverently covered the
cOrDse again and left the Office
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
TELEeRAPHIc BREWTIEs.

The body of j. Bruce, the well known
wheelman who was drowned has been
recovered at Westboro, Mass.
Fully 1900 more of Wad-el-jumi's fol.
lowers have surrendered. The British
troops on the frontier will leave for
Cairo Immediately.
In the suit of Schuyler Crosby against
Russell Harrison for libel motion was
argued to compel defendant to answer.
Decision was reserved.
Eleven German naval officers have
sailed for Zanzibar to join Capt. Wiss-
mans expedition. They are sent to re.
place others who are on the sick list.
A force of Egyptian troops have occu
pied Sarras. A garrison will be per
manently stationed at that point tc
guard against repetition Of the recent
dervish invasion.
Privy councillor Kruger has been
arrested on suspicion of completely in
the corruption recently unearthed in the
German navy, for which several nava
officers are now in prison.
Dispatches from Crete say that Riga
Pasha, the new governor of the island
has ordered the withdrawal of the troops
into the forts with the view of prevent
ing collisions with the insurgents.
No decisions will be made in the case
of the foreign professors for the Cath
olic university at Washington until the
matter is brought to the attention of the
state department after their arrival.
1t is said in New York that there is n,
truth in the cable dispatch announcing
that the Madgeburg Sugar syndicate hai
unlOaded S0,00O,O0 pounds of sugar OF
the New York Sugar trust.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Host Church
Berks county, Pa, died in the arms o.
an unknown German tramp, who, &C
cording to the tramp's story, was passine
her on the road and caught her as shi
was about to fall.
AS result of the report of the com
mission which investigated the needs d
the New York postoffice, POSTMASTER
General Wanamaker has directed that
an additional allowance of $4,000 be
granted Postmaster Van Colt.
The Rev. DIR. George Zabriskie Gray
dean of the Protestant Episcopal Theo
logical school at Cambridge, Mass, dice
Sunday at Sharon Springs, N. Y, after
a long illness, from Bright's disease. He
was 81 years of age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09

RARV,g Skin and Scalp and beauti-
S1ADA y fed by Cuticura Soap. Absolutely
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CONFESSION OF A BRUTE
The Murderer or Mrs. ReyersOn
~ EdgertOn, Wis.,, Tells of
His Crime.
Texas Bandits Hold up an Express
Train on the Fort Worth and
Denver.
Louisiana the Scene Of q Bloody Duel
Murder and Suicide I'm California
Grimes.

EVANSVILLE, Wis. Aug. 6.-John Met
calf, in Jail here. charged with the MUIR
der of the old lady Rsyerson at Edger-
ton on July %, has confessed to the sher-
if. He says the old lady came to his
house Sunday evening to get some cof-
fee; he was drunk and got into dispute
and struck her to the ground. He went
into his house for few minutes and on
returning found the old woman lying
dead where he had felled her. He
picked her up and carried her to her own
house and threw her on the bed. He
then took an ak and broke open the
chest and secured $40 and went home.
He denies that he outraged the old lady.
There is great indignation at Edgerton
and good prospects of lynching.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09

BUFFALO, Aug. 5.-Natural gas was
struck on the property of the Lion
brewery, in this city, with a pressure of
900 pounds to the square inch. Some
time ago gas was found at Lang's brew
cry, and this induced drilling on the
property of the Lion brewery, with the
result stated. The success following the
drill of these wells has caused consider
able stir, and movement is on foot to
put down other wells in the city. Elk
ports say that there is sufficient ground
Tor expecting that sufficient gas under
lies the city to supply its wants.
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SIXTH
POINT

Remem6er--Its circulation is 100000 day--over
million a week-and it costs by mail IS cts
month, four months 81 oo,-one cent a day.
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Adr,ft without Food or Water.

EAsTPoRT, Me-, Aug. 6.-The Spanish
bark Victoria, which left Havana, July
10, for st. Johns, N. B., with a cargo OF
sugar, struck on MUIR lodges, near Grand
Manan, during dense fog, and sank
Immediately. The crew of fourteen men
and the captain took TO the boats with
nothing but the clothes which they wore,
and without food, compass, or drink.
They drifted about for two days when
they landed on Wolf island, whence
they rowed to Eastport. One OF the
crew had q leg broken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
A CELESTIAL ROW.
Five thousand Chinese Coolies Engas
I'm Terrible Conflict.

Five thousand Chinese Coolies Engage
I'm Terrible Conflict.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6.-The Japan
Gazette received by the steamer City of
Peking contains an account of a terrible
riot between two factions of the Chinese
coolies at Sang Kong, Siam. About
5000 men engaged in the conflict.
Spears and firearms were used and
many persons were killed. The coolies
were more or less under the influence of
liquor and fought like demons. Spears
were thrust into the bodies of wounded
men and their bodies held aloft, the
coolies in the meantime yelling hideous-
ly. The Siamese troops charged the
rioters and after bayoneting a number
of them quelled the disturbance and
captured 900 of the rioters, who were
afterward fined and released,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09

DIR. John W. Brown, of Oceana, W.
Va, writes I have prescribed Ayers
Pills in my practice, and find them ex-
cellent. urge their general use in
families"
"For number of years I was afflicted
with biliousness which almost destroyed
my health. I tried various remedies,
but nothing afforded me any relief until
/ began to take Ayers Pills."-G. s.
Wanderlich, Scranton, Pa.
al have used Ayers Pills for the past
thirty years, and am satisfied i should
not be alive to-day If it had not been
for them. They cured me of dyspepsia
when all other remedies failed, and their
occasional use has kept me in healthy
condition ever since."-T. P. Brown,
Chester, Pa.
Having been subject, for years, to
constipation, without being able to find
much relief, at last tried Ayers Pills,
and deem it both duty and pleasure
To testify that have derived great ben
eft from their use. For over two years
past ] have taken one of these Pills
every night before retiring. would not
willingly be without theme. w.
Bowman, 26 East Main St., Carlisle, Pa.
ayers Pills have been used in my
family upwards of twenty years, and
have completely verified all that is
claimed for them. In attacks of piles
from which suffered many years, they
afforded me greater relief than any med.
icine / ever tried. Thomas X. Adams,
Holly Springs, Texas.