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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-08

don Of The smallest state - the ratio Of
representation. This in the case Of Nevada
and Wyoming II shout 10000 On that
ratio the House Of Representatives would
comprise LOTS members. Of whom WASH
ington would b entitled TO s, New York to
about 100. and Massachusetts, s.
But It will not Be surprising II the more
popuions states advance some such ideaas
this. and Il II well enough 70 be prepared
for it They ere already FESTIVE under the
disproportionate representation Of the
small states in the Senate, and it is almost
inevitable that they will resist any serious
aggravation Of it in = congressional reap
portionment that will be to the same extent
projected into the composition of the elect
oral college. With $1,000 voters in Nevada
or Wyoming fully oifsetting the 6 ZOO, 900 of
New York in the United States Senate, 1t
would be little short Of miraculous If that
state did not resist proposition to allow
the so 600 to Offset 100000 or greater num-
Der OF New York's population in the lower
house and in the electoral college. And yet
there can only be equality by creating q
house Of I.075 members. which would be
preposterous. But preposterous things
sometimes happen in the absence Of organ
lied opposition.
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Another Enshusiaatic Expression Com
corning the Pacific Coast.
Washington Special.
Mr.. Clarkson said: MY tour comprehended
Ill the important cit1es west of Chicago and
north Of Kansas City. No one can understand
how rapidly that great country II developing
until he sees f. Il has not had In any Of the de-
parfments Of the government the oficial facflt-
ties that It IL entitled to. This Ia laryeiy be-
cause Of it, extraordinary growth The post
Offices In the cities that have been doubling
every year or two were looked over. and have
returned with strong recommendations for In
creased allowances for nearly all Of them and
some Of these have already been granted. The
department IL anxious to try and keep mp with
crease Of population and business. made
pretty thorough tour Of wyoming. Colorado,
Montana, Idaho. Oregon, Washington and
California. The development Of the
states In the mountains and on the Pacific slope
is wonderful. The Puget sound country, in
Western Washington, Is the iaest ! have ever
seen. The cities are most wonderful in their
growth. have never seen . country to equal
that region In climate. soil. resources and beau
tv Of scenery. The larger half OF the country
lying west of the Mississippi river IL undergoing
great prosperity. 1t has many great questions
which must soon be met The silver question
has been fairly settled. It IL pretty well salts
neo Win Cnat. Inc que6l0n OF lfygauOn -
now, think, q larger one With all the mountain
states than even that Of silver. and the govern
ment ought soon to devise some vast system OF
water storage SO rs TO utilize the moisture pro-
vided by nature for the immense areas Of land
now useless because Of " ant Of water. or else 1t
ought to enact legislation protecting private
capital In providing such storage. The people
are not talking much Of politics; they seem to
have desire for rest in that. Different from
the East, the West is not yet discussing the con-
test of 1872"
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THE CALLiOPE.

Texas family has q colored servant who,
white very attentive to her dut es, has never
been known to give anybody q civil answer.
Purely as an experiment, the lady OF the house
bought her new calico dress and gave it to
her, saying: 81 am glad to have the pleasure,
Mati!dy, Of giving his drsss" "Yer mout
hab sd . Ion 20 eft yer had any
res, dfoi my feelinga,s v s the gracious reply
~ - FOR u
Lite James hal be n imparfing to the min
User the important and cheerful Information
that his father got new at Of false teeth.
Indeed, james, replied the minister, indul-
pently. "Aud what will he do with the old set?''
"Oh, s'pose." replied little James, athey'll cut
'em dow aud make me wear 'em-"-New York
Ledger.
"Pm onto you" said the mosquito aCome
of" said the Jsrseyman, slapping him. "Gad.
b. g made mash on my wife," cried the mos-
quito's husband, q he few away. and lighting
on an Asbury Park mans nose. drank himself
to death.--Nsw York Herald.
Dude-What beautiful little foot ron have.
Miss Jennie. You have no idea what an attraction
beautiful foot has for me- Miss Jennie-Undef
the circumstances. it is . great pity that you
were not born into this word a. bcotjack.-
TEXAS Siftfngs.
He-Wonderfui shot, that Of Henfy'sI Why,
he hit the bulls eye nine times In succession
yesierdayi She-Yss. but just think OF the
snfferings of that poor bulil Men are such
brutes!-Nese York Ledger.
Mrs. Totling-P. Barnum 10 worth $l100o.-
600. Totling-No wonderi He never had TO pay
20 take his family TO the circus, and spend his
substance in peanuts and red lemonade.-Nn0
York Sim
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DEATH BE ELEcTRIcIrY.

1t is scarcely to be supposed that the
death of Kemmler. the victim of New
York's electrical death machine, will put
an end to the discussion as to whether
hanging or the electric shock is the best
and least painful method Of executing the
death sentence. The details of the Kemm-
Ter tragedy were horrible enough. 1t is no
wonder that one of the witnesses of the
ghast.y scene tainted. 1t will be surpris-
ing indeed, however. II the supporters OF
electrical execution accept this one test as
conclusive and without further effort aban-
don the cause in which some of them have
labored for many years.
1t will be noticed that the scientific men
present at the execution, with two or three
exceptions. agree that Reminders death
was coincident with the first turning on of
the electric fluid. They are unanimously
of the opinion that he possessed no sensi-
bility whatever after the first shock. In
other words they assert that his death was
absolutely painless. The dreadful details
OF apparently returning life and respira-
ton. which have so Mortified the public
are TO these cold observers nothing more
than phenomena readily to be accounted
for and due in large degree to the fact that
the electric current was too quickly cut of.
It is safe to say. therefore, that those
who procured the passage of the New York
law will not abandon their case because of
what they viii term an unnecessarily bunc-
ling Job. It is possible that they will claim
that the death OF kemmler. even with its
subsequent horrors. Is more humane than
death by strangaiation on the gallows.
Whatever they may claim, however, 1t Is
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The New York Tribune, which for some dine
hesitatsd 70 sccept Mr.. Disins's reciprocity sus-
gesttons, has become convinced Of their Wis
dom, and in its issue Of July 80. under The head
Of Broader Protection" says: 1T y easy 70
zee that these proportions ara not antasonistic
TO the protective policy. but would. In fact
broaden and strengthen It, and render It more
effective. The revenue duties which are not
needed for protecson Of any home industry can
be taken OF or put on according TO the Cd
vautages which nay be obtained for American
industries and consumers In negotiations with
foreign powers" This Il precisely the ground
taken BY the observation-disclosures at the outset
OF the controversy. Mr. Blaine's policy would
most completely give our government the whip
hand in its customs dealings with foreign ma
tfnoe
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Tacoma Census Frauds.
Por land Oregouian.

man who was working at Palmer, King
county, WASH, on branch railroad which the
Northern Pacific Is building, when the census
was taken there. gives an account of how 1t was
done, which shows how the population OF Ia
coma was made to appear 90 much larger than
it really il. There were some 400 men at work
on the road In the vicinity OF Palmer, which Is
about ten miles from Tacoma The legally APP
pointed enumerator of that district took the
names of these men, as 1t was his duty to do.
Some days after man arrived as Palmer from
Tacoma TO take the names of the men employed
on the road. He was told that the enumerator
had been around and taken the census. He
said that this made no difference. The men
were in the employ OF the Northern Pacific,
and it was for the nefit OF Tacoma that these
men should be included IN its census, and more
tn the same effect. and he ,ok the names OF all
the men, about 400 in number, and they were
included in the census of Tacoma This 10 q
fact and il is well known that it is not the only
instance of this kind.
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WASHINGTON TERRITORY
INVESTMENT CO.

Lots In the LAKE SHORE addition TO
KIRKLAND sn only 1000 feet from the
rUslNBS9 cENTE6 ct $50 And ,
rds.
This addition is = small one, fight IN Kirkland
proper, and cleared ana level with water front
only 1000 feet from the business center OF the
time only, - prices within reach OF ali. and on
very easy terms This is very cioice property.
and can BE- b0ngh. for the same price hat prop
erty one mile further on Is SELF 8 for. The
Kirkland company Is new fairly und.r way
with some of is impr vements. and when the
public fu ~ appreciates the magnitude O. Is
operations there will be q scramble to get the
benefits of the great rise in valu 3 sure to fol-
0w. The macniu ~ has ready been ordered.
and In the near future the Ii -gest manufA tur-
Ing plan OF aay kind in the North ives. VIII
b. in full operstion. Tae railro ads are ing
pushed to Kirkland, AID every assura6ce II
given of Q
Great rise In values based upon intrinsic
merit Remember that the Lake Shore Addf-
ton Is now nu the market.
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THE STATE PRESS.

Tacoma Globe: Poor Portland II getting IL
hot and hcayy from the papers Of the little
town down the river 1t has 20 long assumed to
despise- Astoria. The admissions By Portlsnd
Of the desperate condition Of the commerce OF
that city because Of tho lack OF 4 channel are
made the most Of BY Astoria, and IL shown
that al the money the government may spend
on the bar Is wasted unless e "sweeps out .
channel al the way np the 100 miles to Port
land" In fact, q the Cosumbidn puts 1t, TIA
coma and Seattle are on the Sound. Astoria 10
st the mouth of the river. while Portland II In
the soup" The fact IL that Portland has held
the commerce Of the Northwest simply because
she had no rival Now little Astoria Jumps into
the ring. while Tacoma and Seattle, with the
matchless harbor Of Puget sound and unsur-
passed railroad facilities, ara rapidly taking 70
themselves Portland's commerce and disputiug
her claim 70 commercial supremacy.
The Walla walla Journal says: ssNevsr drink
much water ct the city cemetery. They say it's
only At for Irritating. Il used TO BE- good, bat
It's not 20 now" That brings to mind the story
Of the lady Who lived at the foot OF . hill In
North Brookneld. MasG, on whose slope was
small graveyard. At the bottom Of the slope
was the well which supplied her with water.
One day doctor from Boston visited her. and
when he took walk alter dinner was horrided
q discovering the dire possibilities Of the drain
age from the location Of the tomhs into the
we'll He rushed into the house TO demonstrate,
but after he had told his horrible tale. all the
woman said was: "Oh, reckon 'twon't hurt
me. Them's mostly my relations that's buried
up yonder."
The Walla walla Journal has presented an en-
tsrly new joy calculated to excite the envy Of
paper 1t says: "l[iss Cora Jones, an anniable,
pleasant young lady. IL now in charge Of the tel
ephone ONCE, and we congratulate the propri.
etors In having been able to secure such efficient
assistance. Cora is good" In the Office Of
every newspaper from New York to Seattle there
ID one adolescent who would give half his
months salary to be allowed TO put in print
such sweet things about the telephone grill
Major Lacey, Of Virginia, has been pouring
hot shot into General Jubal Early. formerly OF
Virginia, but now of Louisiana Among otaer
things he says: II am told that In the abyssmal
depths of his present degeneration Ear.y is a.
Indifferent to the quality OF his liquor - he 10
to the char. cter of his sssociatea" wherenpcn
the olympia Tribune remarks that sEarly is NO
true virginian II he does not resent the horri-
BILE insiuuation that he does not know good
whisky from bad
The Warrington Democrat sis in possession of
news Of an invention which works admirably,
that win, when brought out, revolutionize the
world In the matter Of certain well-known
and widely used machine"
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A Sensible Precaution.

Though disease cannot always be conquered,
its first approach can be checked. But not only
Is the use OF . medicinal safeguard to be recon-
mended on the first appearance Of malady, but
. wise discrimination should be exercised in
the choice # remedy. For thirty years or
more Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been the
reigning specific for dyspepsia, fever and ague,
. loss of physical stamina, liver complaint and
other disorders, and has been most emphatic
ally Endorsed by medical men q. . health and
strength restorative. 1t il indeed wlse pre-
caution to use this sovereign terrifying agent
it effectually ounteracts 1t, If the maAady be-
Tonga to that large class to which this sterling
medicine is adapted Not only is ii eficacious
but pure and harmless
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A Shark Kills a Whale.

1t is reported from bumpers pass that few
days ago an enormous shark attacked q whale
and terrific semi submarine conflict took place
which was watched with deep interest and anx-
fety by many persons. The shark finally by
desperate rush tore the intestines out of the
whale. which came to the surface q moment
later dead. Tie water for several acres around
was purple with bloody foam and the unde-
voured internal machinery Of the giant NAM
NAL. The shark after msking h, arty lunch OF
the remains - said to have rolled his bris bit
green eyes longingly on the assembled specta-
tors, struck the Water three times with his tail
and vanished.
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Seattle Evening Pres!

Uc8sGO Iv0uIu8 IIeb9s
With the LIST of September Mr. Samuel r. Fra.
zier, the we'll known Journalist who has man.
aged the Press during the past year, will cutter
upon the general practice Of the profession OF
law, In which he achieved success in Pennsyl-
vania In parting with Mr. Frazier the Press
does so with regret for it is TO his faithful and
well directed enerey. unders adding of the diff
6cult intricacies of Newspaper work, and to his
strong character that much of the present sue
cess Of this journal 10 due. The good wishes of
the proprietor, of his colleagues and of his sue
cess I, win follow Mr.. Frazier into his new field
when he cnts rs ft.
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General John II. Palmer, Democratic candi-
date for the United States senate from Illinois,
has set Grover Cleveland and his friends to
thinking In recent speech the general dog
matically decIcred that 1.-THE next Democratic
candidate for president must come from the
West" he did not say 80, but doubtless thinks
that the name Of that man will be or should be
John IL Palmer But II will not
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The Demented Traveller.

u0uIA, AIIzs hepHUIfcdn-
The sad announcement is made that va have
not had the last of that lunatic, George Francis
Train. IL is sad to state, but he has made ar
engagements to make an attempt to lower his
record for trip around the word. He viii
leave on the steamship China. and cal.
culaes that he can make the circuit of the
globe in fifty-seven days. We don't know what
the prooaoaiitiss are that man may be killed
on such nip, but We shall always regret that
they are not larger.
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1ND1FFERENCr.

Ask not to be forgiven for thy crime!
How gladly had / seen thee sill in death;
could have moaned, Joy goes with her last
breath;
Sorrow shall stay By me until the time
y hen shall know the history sub ime."
Now, when look across the lonely heath,
To see the summer stud each swsying wreath,
Or win er clotne it with his frosty rime,
feel how full my lifeis Of despair,
Through thy unfaithfuiness. cannot hate!
But thas in the dead years, I thought thee fair
Seems utterly unreal. Too late--too late
That piteous cry OF thine, I'm mercy, spareI''
would to God could commiserate.
Alice Gray Cowon.
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Mnswumps a Libel on Humanity.


How do the Democrats of this state like the
sneers Of Governor Hill and other Democrats,
and Harper's Weekly and other mugwumps,
that the admission OF new states IL ..making q
few mining camps of ignorant people into
states for the benefit of the Republican psrty?"
Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson says
toey are libel on an intelligent class of people
and unworthy of Americans. So they are. Mr..
Ciarkson. and Democratic abuse of that kind
acts a. q boomerang in Washington.
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The -urner-wilson Feud.
spokane spokesman

The friends CT Judge Turner had their coats
of yesterday aud were hard at work ora.uiziue
their forces II was evident that they mean
business. and it was also evident that Congress-
man Wilson, ii he 10 IN love with Washington
life and wishes 10 continue 1t, must do some
vigorous hustling- The call TO Judge Turner
was signed b. over 100 Republicans. ana IN q,
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stencil Of the Opium Refineries.
New Westminster Colpnh,.

The stencil from the opium factories became
20 overpowering yesterday that the chief al mo-
lice felt IL his duty to interfere aud advise the
owners to heignten the chimneys above the
premises This was done. but the Alteration
mace very httie difference in the condition of
the surrounding air II il queer kind NJ thinc
to exist in the mi ist of British Chrfatiap civ,
uzed and intelligent community
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A project is on foot to tow an iceberg into
Boston harbor. malicious Democratic paper
hints that this is in part owing to Senator
sherman's declination of an invitation to at.
tend the G. A. f. demonstration in that city
next week
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Seattle Far Ahead.

According TO reports received by 3. q nup A
Co. from their agents this city had Nav /
larger number OF business houses than Tacoms.
The report gives Tacoma 764 business concerns.
Spokane s0s and Seattle Loss There Il No ores.
ton about the conservatism Of tLese reporfs
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Oregon Won't Get . Recount.

The census officials do not incline toward
recount, because there are, no doubt. other
states who would join IN q like demsnd and
the CEN us people would find themselves in
whirlpool OF discomfort and coneressIons, rres.
sure. which would make life burdensoms 70
them =
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Maiden. Mass, takes the plum for increase of
population in that state. In 1880 1t had L. on,
and this year the figures have run up to q. lo3.
gain of nearly 100 per cent.
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They are applying the electric motor with the
overhead trolley system for the propulsion Of
canal boats in the Fat. The relieved mules
approve of the innovation.
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The Warrington Posi- gives these figures - 70
the comparative population OF the Central
American states that are now warning upon
each other, and states of our union Of about
equal area.
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Now rH& A TITS e NOkf6 GBN
RAILROAD is now running trains between
Anscortes and 6EDRO
The GREAT ORTIZ ERIN RAILROAD
is in actual op. ration from Fairhav n TO Sedra.
The sE TLG, l. AKt BHOkE q EAT
EkN is building passenger pots and freight
houses at 6edro, and laying track from sedro
north.
Tn GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD
Is builSing up the famous Skagit val ey from
- BRO, and 1t 10 very much rs though
they were going to make the 6EDRO =
SPOKANE FALLS Iiue their main ne t.
the coast. Look on any map and you Will mo-
tce that the pres mt end Of thu 6rea North
ern railroad in MONTANA and SPOKANE
FALLS ami SEDRO are on about the same
parallels of altitude.
The sEDKO LAND IMPROVE
~ TENT co. has just been formed, with add
up cspital of $1U .000 imposed of leading
cap talists in Seat lie and NV York.
Do you appreciate whist O. these railroads.
mills and the naturat resources around So
drc, backed by capita cal d.?
Lots in the first plat of 6ADRO at drst
prices for short time.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY
INVESTMENT CO.
Onscas in ompanysa Building. northwest
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certain that the idea Of executing the death
sentence BY means Of electricity isrsgarded
with much less favor by the press and the
public than It vas week ago.
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Total. s,2l0,l6s I7,43i. i16
It will be seen that the total for the four states
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Four Years on Clutches.
For fifteen years was afaicted with rheu:
matlsm, four yearsOf which was compelled
to 60 on crutches. Words are inadequate TO
express the suffering endured during that
tence lit was not living, i tried every known
remedy without receiving any beneht. 4
finally began on Swift's Specific g. >. 81,
which from the first gave me relief. ana to-
; well man. / candidly believe that 8. s. 8.
is the best blood puri6er on the market TO-
day. j.. d. TAYLOR, Cuba Mo.
T~eatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mail
ed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlantis Ga
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III PosT NTELLIGENCER,

uGGvs ~ wook - cent1
80 ~ ~ onlr6o1 = ven = the new one.
1I1Icm n rou1tonaces - Po8T-INTELLI-
GUucx ~, Geoea4
9InS1ern 06icoe--A- Frank Richardson, ec1s
1l911n 6Gena a u and Is Tribune budding,
m Youk; ~ Chambef Of commezcs, Chicago.