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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-28
OFF A HIGH TRESTLE.
South Carolina Railroad Train
Plunges to Destruction.
TWENTY-oNE PERSONS DEAD.
Caused by Spreading of Rails-Every
Occupant of Sleeper Killed-Par-
tial List of the Corpses.

CHARLOTTE, g. c., Aug 27.--One of the most
disastrous railway wrecks ever known in this
state occurred about O'Clock this morning at
Boston bridge, near Statewide, on the Western
North Carolina road. The west-bound passen-
ger, known as ''the fast mail" composed of bag
gage, mail, first and second-class coaches, Pull
man sleeper and superintendent Bridges private
car was loaded with passengers this morning.
The sleeper usually contains number OF pas
sengers from Northern points, and last night
was no exception. Just after leaving Statewide
there 10 a high stone bridge spanning Third
creek, and down into the creek plunged the
train, distance of at least sixty-fve feet,
wrecking the whole train and carrying death
and destruction whit. Twenty-one passengers
were killed outright, nine seriously injured and
twenty badly bruised. The night was dismal
and to add to the horror of the situation the
water in the creek was up. It was only through
the most heroic efforts of those who FASTENED to
the scene that the injured were not drowned
The accident occurred by the spreading of the
rails. The bridge was not injured and trains
are running on time. Twenty-one dead bodies
are now lying in the warehouse at Statewide.
Following il list OF the killed who have
been identified:
WILLIAM WEST, WARREN Fay,
Hv LISsTEE, w. NJ. HOUSTON,
p. BARNETT, sAhUEL GoRMAS,
W. F. wINsLow, CHARLES BENNETT,
w. J. FISHER, J. b. AUSTIN,
T. BRoDIE, J. NJ. SKIES,
Mrs. Pool, JUBE PIPER,
Doc WELLS, JOHN DAVIS,
MI MCCORMICK, DE-. G. w. SASDERLIN.
The state auditor was on the wrecked train.
He was painfully injured
Three bodies have not been identified. One
OF these is an old lady; another is a lady with
ticket in her pocket which reads, "Mrs. George
Mccormick and mother" and the third is also
a lady. 1t is thought that all the bodies have
not been taken out of the debris, which is piled
so high that it is impossible to make thorough
examination Every person in the sleeper was
killed.
Early in the morning as 1t was hundreds of
willing people from the surrounding country
were quickly at the work of rescue. The debris
of the were piled up in great heap. In
its fall Pullman car had leaped over all tie
others striking the ground with terrible force,
and being crushed like an egg she'll Its occu-
pants were extrieated from the wreck, managlsd
in all sorts of ways, only two or three bodies be-
ing taken out intact Engineer West and Fire
man Fry were cut into small pieces.
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WAsHIsGTos CRY, Aug. T.-Assistant secre-
tary Crounse has issued q circular to customs
officers as follows:
In all cases of seizure of spirituous liquors
made on account of violations of the customs
laws in the states wherein the local laws forbid
the public sale Of spirituous liquors, collectors
VIII hereafter hold the articles seized and report
each case TO this department for such action as
viii not contrayene local statutes.
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Conductor Bloom Seen at E,len.bur~

TACOMA, Aug. 2.-lspecial. = Conductor
Bloom, whom the coroner's jury charges with
criminal negligence in causing the fatal acct
dent near Palmer last Saturday. and who is
credited with having fed the country, was seen
yesterday a. Ellensburg by Northern Pacific
employees.
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International Meteorological Congress.
MUNICH, Aug, 1.-THE international meteor
illogical congress Is In session. Among the
Americans present are Professor Harrington,
the new chief of the United States weather bu-
reau, Professors Cleveland and Able and Gen.
eral A. W. Greeiy
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On the electric car line. To those who will bpild
at least $500 house we Will give fine lot
Soxil0 ieeI, on graded street seventv-fve fee,
wide. Call on Z. I. Denny & son, ia Harrison
street, or Henry Fuhrmsn, room u sullivan
block.
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An endless variety of fine gold aud silver
headed canes and umbrellas at Hansen's, 7U6
Front street -
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No visitor 10 Seattle should fail to take A trim
on Lake Washington. Take the Yeslsr avenue
cable cara ana the steamer Kirkland
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The sunday excursions on the steamer KirS.
,AnG are growing iD popularity. IaAs the Yss-
Ter avenue cars
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We take special pride in displaying our stock
snd prices TO all Albert Hansen, 7S Front
street
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-23
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
Labor-Saving Appliances for
Moving Stumps and Rocks.
Hints Concerning the Care OF Fowls in
Wintsr-A Novel and Simple
Rabbit Trap.

The clearing Of land is heavy work
which is frequently left from year to year
because of its hard character. To obviate
the difficulty such work occasions, a New
York farmer, writing to the Ne0 England
Homestead. says:
Il have invented an attachment to my
stone boat by which the team is COM
PEELED to do the loading of heavy stumps,
rocks, ETC., and which facilitates the NOV
ing of large quantities of rubbish, the lev
cling of knobs and filing of cradle holes.
As will be seen In the cut. the right hand
rail Is removed from the common stone
boat and the boat plank is attached to the
boat by heavy hinge. This extra plank
is drawn by a chain attached to the team
the same as the main boat. We
will suppose heavy rock has
been pried out of the earth. The
chain Of the wing is loosened and attached
farther back on the main chain, while the
block at A is inserted to separate the wing
from the boat. The boat is then driven
beside the rock, and as the team proceeds
it will frequently take its place on the
boat without effort on the part Of the
driver, the wing tending to force it in
place. If because of its shape this is not
readily done, little prying while the
team IS in motion will set it where it is
desired. Meadow land which is to be
leveled, must first be plowed, when the
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il so as to tie string in the middle. Make
another notch in rear end of the top for
this small piece, as shown in the figure.
Fasten one end of the string to the front
of the top to pass over the notched stick at
the back TO the brace fastened between the
notches of the bait stick and back. For a
bait use pieces of apples or turnips, or
even corn on the cob. the bait being fas-
tened to the pointed stick on the inside of
the trap. A rabbit entering the trap nib
bles at the bait, shaking the bait stick,
which in turn sets free the brace and the
cover falls. The notches should be only
so deep as to fairly allow the trap to be set.
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least a few inches higher than the other
and open for the escape of steam. Both
may be kept full by pouring water in the
upper tank.
In mild weather the lamp may be ex-
tinguished. Unless the night be very cold
the flame need not be turned up fully.
Two or three partitions with air spaces
around the smaller outdoor tank will save
heat A valuable feature of this method
is that there are no gases or fumes made in
the hen quarters. 1t is possible TO keep
the house too warm. Toward spring the
youngest chicks should be located nearest
the heater. OF course it must be covered
in such way that the fowls will not get
burned
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ployes, but there is nothing particularly
interesting about them.
Coming to courtyard my guide pointed
out number of wagons that looked like
huge furniture vans. I'VE use those to
transport our goods from the vessels and
railway stations. Sometimes We run spe-
cial trains"
what do you do with the animals that
die?" inquired.
I'VE sell their skins and also their skele-
tons though their carcasses nrst go to the
dissecting-rooms." Then tapping me on
the shoulder he pointed towards two gen.
tlemen, one of the present proprietors and
the veterinarian, talking over a sick
monkey.
1t occurred to me what wide and valua-
BILE knowledge the veterinarian must have
gathered while attending on all the cases
Of Hagenbeck. And, if | heard rightly,
he is going to publish his experiences in q
book entitled Diseases of Animals"
Surely nobody else has better right to do
so than he.
The ferce-looking, middle-aged man,
with slight resemblance to Stanley, in
conversation with the doctor, was son of
the original Hagenbeck, who began with
small travelling menagerie. exhibiting at
country fairs 1t was one of the very first,
and met with great success. Then he set
tied down at Hamburg, buying and selling
animals, and by thrift and clever man.
agement his business soon rose to its pres
emit Importance.
"The circuses are good customers of
ours" resumed my guide. I'VE have
the Circus d. Hiver, Forepaugh. Barnum,
etc. A tanner of wild animals is steadily
engaged, he merely does the preparatory,
but, it seems to me, the most dangerous
work / believe he is now at lion, who,
but few weeks ago, haunted the GASES of
the desert Sahara"
was introduced to the tanner, Dutch
man. He swas neither robust nor well
built, but his eyes revealed a strange. hyp-
nothing power. Among other things he
remarked in his broken German:
Il was school teacher in my young
days, but assure you it is much easier to
train animals than children If an ami
mai learns something. it learns it for Its
whole life, while child knows something
today and has forgotten it by tomorrow
But 1t was time that my interesting visit
came to an end and handed my guide fee,
thanking him for his kindness. But he
still continued to talk Would be glad
10 see you again here, though | expect to
leave very soon with one of the expeditions.
We have very much to do this winter.
They are going to give an anthropological
exhibition next summer in Paris, where
the manner of living of all nationalities,
Zulus as well as Chinese, is represented.
And we have contracted to secure a large
number of these colonies. You know we
originally introduced the exhibition of
foreign villages into Europe. We let
band of Hindoos, Japanese, Esqumaux,
and Patagonians travel all over Europe.
Perhaps you have seen one of them"
l departed and it was great relief to
me to breathe again the cool air outside
after q stay of two hours in that tepid
atmosphere which, in spite of its excellent
ventilation, could not lose the peculiar,
disagreeable smell of a menagerie.
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FOR PASSING BOGUS MONEY.
A Self-Styled Engineer Arrested for
Handling Bad Silver.

Handling Bad silver.
A man 40 years old, who gave his name
at police headquarters as Frank Noble,
was arrested this morning about o'clock
on charge of passing counterfeit money.
Last night about o'clock Frank Noble,
alias Miller, as he was known in Seattle,
entered James Harvey's saloon. at the
corner of Commercial and King streets,
in company with person who gave
his name as Patrick Wells They
called for beer, and Noble, or Miller, threw
down bright silver dollar in payment for
the drinks. They ordered again, and Noble,
or Miller, threw down another bright dollar
In short time Wells ordered the drinks.
and he put down what was apparently a
silver dollar. After drinking they sat
down on the other side of the room and
commenced to talk. Harvey stood be-
hind the bar and clinked the coins to-
gether.
The ring was clear. He accidently passed
his hand over the surface of one piece. 1t
felt like lard and he suddenly realized
that counterfeit money had been passed
upon him. He kept quiet and
watched his men. They soon left the
room and did not return for some time.
About three hours later Noble, or Miller,
came back again and called for beer. The
pump worked poorly and he said, "Well
make it whisky"
Harvey took up the money and looked
at it.
Noble said: "If it is not good, put the
whisky back"
Harvey took him at his word and
poured back the liquor Now"
said Harvey, ~ am going to
have you arrested" Noble did
not hesitate, but went to the
street with the saloon-keeper. Officer
Osborn was near, and came at call. No
bic saw that he was in hot water, and
made break for liberty. Officer Osborn
and Harvey were not gong to lose their
captive, and the effort was futile
The prisoner was taken to police head
quarters, where he was examined and
locked up. On his person were S3.65 in
silver, all good. He stated that he was a
civil engineer, and had located on section
SO, in Skagit county. Lieutenant Simms
recognized the prisoner as being in the
city four days ago, but he denied it
stoutly.
The coins passed are in the hands of the
police, and consist of two dollar pieces
marked 1879 and one 1884. The color,
milling and ring is good, but the weight
light, and when taken in the hand feel
greasy.
The prisoners stories and different
names combine to make mixed up state
of affairs
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4 RUNAWAY Girl,

The mother of li-year-old Minnie Nc
C!e-lan was looking early this morning for
her hayward daughter, who she claims
has run away with Stephen Lytz.
Mrs Mcclellan lives near Lake Union,
and last evening her daughtel Minnie
was visited by Lytz, and with him left the
house against her mothers wishes Mrs.
Mcclellan followed and found them in
one of the wine rooms at the Plum
mer house, corner Of Union and
Ihlrd streets. She tried to gain
entrance, but was barred out. All her en-
treaties TO have the girl return home were
useless and when the first opportunity
offered the young couple slipped from the
room and made down the al.ev
IN the rear Of the building.
AS they did this Mrs. Mcclellan
appeared with police officer who gave
chase hut could not lind the girl or fellow
All resorts known 10 be visited by the
young fellow, Who is a sport were sought
bat DO trace Of the flying coup!e
could be found. This is the second time
that Minnie Mcclellan has run away.
Three weeks ago she left home and was
absent for some time. Her mother thought
she was IL Anacortes. and sent word 10
the police. 9ho found her in company
with LysZ and made her return to Seattle.
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attachment will quickly take up load if
the boat be weighted. If there is very
much of this scraper work to do. the edge
of the wing should be shod with strip of
steel, like an old cart tire or piece of saw
blade. The outside rail of the wing also
should be higher than for stone. The
hinge should not be too loose. 1t should
keep the wing on the ground by the
weight of the boat"
In this second cut is shown a plan for
grubbing small timber. originally ex-
planned by a Pennsylvania farmer in the
Country Gentleman He says: ~ use two
pulley blocks in extricating stumps. l
frequently use three. The accompanying
sketch will show the manner of using
pulleys. A third block could be used to
pass the terminal line under to get lower
draft for the team. In the illustration
our object Is to take the tree out root and
branch By means of a chain we attach
the block B, containing two pulleys, to the
tree as high as practicable. The block A,
containing one pulley, Is anchored to
stump or tree close to the ground. Anchor
age should be rather farther from the tree
than is shown in the sketch. One end of
the rope is made fast to the iron loop of
the single pulley block. The other end of
the rope Is first passed over one of the
double pulleys, then over the single
pulley, then over the other double pulley,
and lastly the end of the rope C is made
fast to the doubletree to which the team
is attached. The team is started, while
man back of the tree stands with an ak
and strikes across little ridges of earth
which are thrown up by roots, each time
severing root. till over goes the tree.
"A third block with single pulley, some
times called a snatch block, may be at
tached independently TO the anchor stump
or 10 some other low down anchorage, and
the rope c passed under the pulley be-
fore attaching the team. That will bring
the draft low down and give the team
much better chance to plant their feet
firmly on the ground. BY using a long
cable in place of a chain to connect the
tree and block B an anchorage may be
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A RABBIT TRAP.

Handy ContriVance Described and Illus
trated by the "Prairie Farmer"
Rabbits are the easiest of all animals to
take, for the reason that when in the trap
they invariably sit down before attemnt-
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ing to nlbble at the bait. A boy IN trap
ping rabbits rids the premises OF destruct-
i've animals, provides a nice dish for the
table and has his sport as well. The COM
mon figure A. trap is the simplest form.
The one shown in the cut IS handy affair.
and is easily made as follows:
Nail three boards little less than two
feet long and foot wide together for bot
tom and sides. Nail another one running
up 10 point or with piece nailed on. as
shown in the engraving, for the
back. The apparatus for setting
consists OF two pieces of wood
and string. White one piece. which is
about ten inches long, TO a point at one
end, with notch at the other, and put it
through hole bored in the back few
inches from the bottom. The other piece
make chisel-shaped al both ends and notch
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Shipping Intelligence,

TAToosH, Nov. %. 5 p. m.-Cloudy;
fresh south wind. Ship Hlaria, from
Shanghai. in tow of Tyee, passed in at
lis p. m. Ships signal not displayed
The str San Benito passed in at 4 p. m.
The tug Wanderer is outside bound in.
NEAH BAY, Nov. %, 5 p. m.-Cloudy;
light southwest wind.
PoRr ANGELES, Nov. %, p. m.-Cloudy;
light west wind.
PogT BLAKELEY, Nov. 22.-Arrived-Bk
r. X. Ham.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 22.-Arrived-Str
Emily, from Coos bay; ship Merom, from
Departure bay; blk Palmyra, from Port
ludlow. Departed-Bk Germania, for
Seattle: ship Spartan, for Seattle.
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SENATOR SQUIRE GOES EAST.
Called to Ohio by the sudden Illness OF
His Mother.

Senator Squire last night received dis
patch from his sister, Mrs. Francis Joslin,
at Clyde, o, stating that his mother was
very sick. and asking him TO come at once
if possible. The senator leaves early this
morning for her bedside.
The mother is over 81 years old, and
Senator Squire is fearful that she will not
survive the sickness. 1t will take him
about four and one-half days to reach
Clyde, providing he meets with no delays.
1t was his intention to go East in about
week, as congress convenes two weeks
from today. The unexpected departure
leaves his business affairs unsettled, and
he may come back during the holiday re-
cess Tor a short stay.
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made at greater distance from the tree
as circumstances may indicate. One and
half inch rope is what | use that call a
cable. The rapidity with which a man
can take bitches and tie knots IN the rope
will largely determine the number OF
trees which may be uprotted i'll an hour.
We have averaged as many as ten trees an
hour"
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HEATING POULTRY HOUSES.

Plan Suggested by the EARN Journal
Which Obviates Usual Objections.
The main objections to heating poul-
try house are danger from fire, necessity
for attending TO the fire and the expense.
In the plan herewith illustrated these
objections are overcome and a moderate
heat is obtained at trihing cost.
lamp is lighted and placed outside in
covered pit under tank of water con-
nected by pipes with larger tank or pan
in the building. The latter must be at
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Two Things
IN REGARD TO CATARRH

LIST, 1t Is a Constitution Disease:
and, ed. 1t Requir es a Com
s,itutional Remedy.
These two facts are now so well known to the
medical fraternity that local applications like
snuGs and inhalants, are regarded as 81 best
likely to give only temporary relief To effect a
permanent cure OF Caiarrh requires q constitu-
uonal remedy like
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Which BY purifying the blood. repairing the dis
eased tissues and impartng healthy tone 10 the
Affected organs, gives thorough and lasting cure