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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
Two Contest Cases Come Up for Hear
ins-One Case Concluded.

Two Contest Cases Come Up Tor Hear
ing-One Case Concluded.
One cash entry, two homesteads, one coal
land cash entry, and TWO final homestead entries
were filed in the United States land Office yes
terday.
The contest case OF John Back against Pear
Pearson, which has been going on for two days.
was concluded yesterday afternoon and the
testimony was submitted 10 the register and re-
ceiyer FOR decision. The land IS situated in Kit
sap county and involves q choice claim of leo
acres. Tie contestant fled homestead entry
on the land and the claimant presumption
claim. The case was brought for the purpose Of
determining priority OF fling.
An ex-parts case was heard last evening
wherein the claimant was Irving F Moreen and
the contestant Orrie BeeInan. The former did
not appear and the case went TO Beeman By de-
fault Moreen filed presumption claim on leo
acres in section 81, township y, range east,
which lies IN Whateom county, and Beeman
afterward fled timber land entry on the same
land. He claims that the land is valuable only
for its timber, inasmUch 1t lies on a steep
mountain side, and is covered by a forest of
trecz
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UNKNOWN MAN KILLED.
Fenniless Old Fellow Ground Under
Great Northern Train.

Ell hFt&N kNoEthcEh AfAib.
3 A vissdlc aged. aisty All be-whiskcred tramp
gss inatantly killed m North Seattle last even
ing bg being run Into aud ground beneath the
wheels a q Great Nortaera construction train.
The unfortunate maa was horribly INITIATED
srd though he Was known hy sght t. thc train
. men. who say ae lived in shack near Ballard
no one seems . know his name.
At5sel eeloek las evening . Great Northern
conslrnctlon train. composed of engine Ma. a01.
cahoose No &c sud four hat ears was standing AZ
she foot oI Vine street The men employed en-
she tTair were gathering up their tools prepa-a.
Cory 90 running the train down 10 Bou.crara
Cor the nlgbL wacn a ganle-,Sgsed tramp
Airy beyond description, with a heavy growth
81 dark brown whlskars and a ed mass ot
hack hair, saanterea BY and disappeared ia
she gloom. brakeman Chas,es AcAaus called
<the attention u his comrades ta tAe sppar.tion,
asa said;
.Iast summer when aas switch az a. la
lard Cor tie seattle. LAKE shore :, Eastern we
came very near sunatug oyeg yhat old dltf,-.
Hes very ceai and Gida't hear Us colasaE. We
ssepaed the train within few feet 81 bal. lie
sale he sssed 81 Ballard whel he diJas I've
anywhere else
Hal an hour later the train vas baia. backed
down this long frSsse. leading near Jalastou's
nall ON the csboose platform vere Conductor
sullivan, brakeman NcAnas and q. A. MeN!l-
izn, l0agshoreman employed =: the ocean
SOC = ben about eSc1ty rods oetow the sulI
afe isrS saTra 81 nan. waking along the tr,s.
sls, wss naads o0t ay AeAnUs The --a.n was
sc'eg about eiSat miles sn hour, and tae brake
ma shouted
ss1set Of tGe trsck."
A. TIE sagae time the sigma for ''dowa brske~''
"a given auj the engineer reversed af, engine
] DC fnAa Aarsd laale al effort ;e cct ~ the
taek aGd eraWted eat GA lie tieS projecting h,.-
sond the rsils, sad tnruet around in a kuer.la.
4 tesi ton He hooked up Just ss tas tsa.,sse
.NAeheG higa. aud tae ear steps Struck alns
srcss tne ieit csr. producing = blow tbs. would
Asse proven sstai. The blow khcC4y1 lhu u-s.
eaf'ctety over and bis iess. being ub.v.sl
tsosad, wsre caught under The wheels ana
ussn the alFs down were crushed ana rasas.ts
W hogrine manner
1As tram came 60 a stop and thc tsalulnsn r.t
tae iaAagsci tnaa on 4 fat car. lie ass ree-l.-
R.sea IS the tramp whom taey hal seoa hat II
y "a .faar before, The train returned 10 fas civ
40 Coroner Horton was notified. Ths f.,sv
- rssaese1 30 Boansy & ssewarts ua4ertak.
rooms. Excepting dlrsy handkerchief AMI
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
ChiIdren's Matinee,

Every child in the city should be treated to a
sight of the dioramic exhibition by the Millar
brothers At Cordray's this afternoon. The views
are entirely new as compared with the exhibit
OF a week ago. and the lecture is instructive
Besides, there is the water king, Beach, whose
marvellous feats below the surface of water is
the talk of the town. The Eureka quartet will
render in their charming style several beautiful
glees and choruses. The regular performance of
Passions slave" viii DC given in the theater.
and judging from its extreme popularity
throughout the week todays matinee promises
TO be well patronzed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
DEATH OF A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN.
Louis C.. Jury, n Law Clerk, Passes
Away Quite Suddenly.

louis c. Jury, young Hsn aged about =
years, died at Providence hospital yesterday
from typhoid fever lie had only been sick
week, and vas not considered dangerously III
until Wednesday night. when be hA1 severe
attack OF henOrrhAge 0f the bowels. TAursdsy
morning he was thought 70 be out OF danger,
bat the same night be suffered another attaeK,
and a. : O'clock yesterday morning he died
HIS death came unexpected 10 his paysici2n-
The young man cane 10 Seattle last spring
from Bonneville, No, and Immediately secured
position IL fhe lay Office Oi J. y. Ae.calfe as
st-nogrspher. He remained IL the employ OF
Mr. Meteaife 8ati. a week ago, when he took
sick 6ad wzsseat u the hospital
vi GeJca.fe spcaEs "a the highest terms Of
the young man Re says t1at he possessed great
energy and ambition. alL had a c301dlGg,
warn-h hearted 9Ispo--;.ea- =: tae instance Of
aF. Aetcaife the remains we're sent % tne under
taking rDoTas 81 B5uney < stewart aad VIII
there BE- head until word Is received from the
decsase1s parents IL. the East.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
what Is Good Baking Powder

70 isa well known fact that Carbonate OF am
monia Is used by bakers in the preparation Of
the finest and most wholesome bread and cake
and has been from time immemorial II l.
among the oldest and NJ the same time most
1ea'tbtul constituents 81 baking powders. IL
Is al evolved IN gas by the heat OF the oven and
leaves no trace ol tseG ~ the food and Il is this
that gives IL its great value a. leaveninx agent
"A the opinions OF the physiciaus- Yo:k
Journal
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. dilspitated watch chain nothing was found OF
tie body. The clothing and the condition Of
the remains showed great neglect o. person-
CoFoner Horton concluded that the case vas
purely accidental one. and unless the body Is
identified today IL viii eli u4n1eIeas psBPer's
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
/eNa% FIRE AT BALLARD.
House of Ship Carpenter Badly Dam
aged by Flames.

A one-story frame dwelling at Ballard, be-
longing 10 William Ingraham, ship carpenter
and deep sea diver. caught Il re from the expEo-
sion OF kerosene lamp about 7;30 Thursday
evening.
The house is situated On HolbrOok street near
First avenue, and beyond the reach OF the fire
protection system of the town, and il was at
first thought the building would surely burn,
but bucket brigade was formed and By 5
o'clock the fire was under control
Mr.. Ingraham was eating his suppe- when the
lamp exploded, and the flames Immediately
caught on TO the partitions and rapidly spreat
into big blaze, reaching the rafters and roof
Most OF the furniture was removed in more or
less damaged condition 20 Il pace OF safety;
what remained in the house was considerably
injured BIZ water and smoke.
The loss Will probably not exceed 800 or $3.50
There Is insurance to the amount OF $500 on the
building and its contents
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
Board of Aldermen.

a meeting OF the board of aldermen was sum
moned for yesterday afternoon but only four
members attended, Messrs. BogariUs, Snyder,
Miller and Korn. Alter waiting for nearly an
hour in hope OF securing a quorum, the patient
four adjourned until Monday night.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07

Paddy Mssgasr, who clsims 10 De the middle
weight champion wrestler nj The Paeisc COST.
called 81 the office c. the P0ST-INrFILr6EScrs
LAST night and stated Jha; he understands P. Z
MCCaerey, Of Australia. las come here with a
view 20 making 4 match You nav Ssr." sid
Neagher, that I an ready TO meet him for suv
amount from S1oo 70 s5Q0as side
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Luther.s nirthdaH Annirers,rr.

On November ID, the birthday of Luther. VIZ
wss born in ,s>5. viii b. celebrated throughout
the world ON sunday i'm the religious stu.y
class "a; the Unitarian church, chc retormer.-
.i.e WI be made spectral topic, and she grea.
hymn, fer which Luther wrote the words 4,.s
ulU~ie, BIN Feste Burg l>t Cnscr Gott. vs. p.
l-s .p-s4
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
THE CITY;S AFFAIRS.
Arrival of the Last Money on
the Water Bonds.
THE CITY HAS HAD sl,4I5, 900.
Meeting of the Board of Public Works
superintendent Valid Submits
His Monthly Report.

Yesterday the city treasurer received s42,750
from y. W. Harris & Co., being the last install
ment Of the s955.000 issue OF bonds. The city
has now received from y. W. Harris & Co. the
sum 0; sl,4I5.O0o Nearly all within one year.
Yesterday superintendent Wald submitted his
usual monthly report as follows:
herewith submit my report OF operation and
construction OF the water department for the
month OF October;
Lnts Hi1shinn.an PiLn,rli,Dr S.n.trn-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07

Property-owuers in the vicinity OF south
Second and Jackson streets petitioned Tor side
walks on both streets Referred 10 the street
commissioner. A petition for sewer on Eagle
street also took the same course.
The street commissioner was instructed TO
construct g sewer on the portion oi Fifth street
designated by the city council, and on South
Twelfth street
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NOTicr 10 wArER coNsUNrRs

stree, ;-ofu Ncslyr avenue g. Pike. Union 500
HowetE, t-ou s .. N. 10 H. ? ". Wa.l. >s...
antcuasus
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! Democratic CLIMB Committed.

Last night the King County Democratic Club
met in the new rooms il the Smith block and
elected the following executive committee.
George Beck, Daniel keleher. James F. Me-
Elroy, D. Il. Gilman, ". E. Wilson, A. Erug aud
l. A Nadesu.
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Steamboats, stin Racing.

do nothing under the circumstance, as do no
consider her unsafe
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Why He Feels Twenty Years Younger.

Heppner, Or, July 13, 1891.
The Stark Medicine Company, Portland, Or
GENTLEMEN-Mr. A. A. Wren Of town
quests US to send the enclosed letter to you.
He has been using 0. K. T. with such salts
factory results that he wished to inform
you. Respectfully, SLoCUM-J JOHNSTON DRUG co.
behalf suffering humanity -s testimonial
have kidncy ts6t Of the
over eIFed package X T. st so much
nsed about nan OF IT. that e Ny
other remedies but relief until T. tins ts
nonlai Fou,u ii
A A.
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. ~ tEN II 7 Z IT ftN--tt
Today ol SD oycrcoat VIII set rs purchase t-7
nothing NvSus, F4uson 4 Co, >sa. ~. >.3
Front ,srge'
tuJU ;eftlVs notice Ihege wIll ce no L l.n-
Fsctbc steaI4er 20 Auacov;es and Ec...nE.r
bay points =. &. MARTIN. tTtu. AT
". X. Bur.AaTt. s. a.. 2 A
u Won are so.-S 20 or com -uE nom Tacer..
iaAe 1he tast sal popular steamer Grey Aolul.
For cemetery work ~ sll kinds so 60 CsrAesS
{ Ntc2olss, West AID spring streets.
Get AuESllnt : souvenir spoons. II coffee, t.A
snd orange, a. frgsch Bros. ~ Front street
NJ. 4 A.. - 49, - 49,. A 81.
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GOOD ROADS.

Those who are interested in hav.
ing good roads in towns and cities,
as well as in the country, will re,
joice to know that the city Of
Kingston, n. Y, having passed q
"wide-tire ordinance" to prevent its
paved and macadamized streets
from being cut to pieces by heavily
loaded wagons carrying their loads
upon narrow tires, has come off vic
torious in legal contest, in which
the validity of the ordinance was at
tackled. It is an undoubted fact
that the width of the tires upon
wagons can be SO proportional to
the loads carried as to do no harm
to roads, and in fact so that every
such wagon passing over the road
will improve it rather than injure it
in most cases. 1t is to the best in
terests of all that such ordinances
should be passed and enforced
everywhere. The Importance of
good roads is becoming quite gener-
ally recognized, and it is not fair
that the peoples money should be
taken to build them, only to have
them cut to pieces by wagons carry
ing loads on such narrow tires as to
make the pressure per unit of area
more than any road can stand. Ne
chanics have long ago grappled with
this problem in various ways, so far
as it applies to machinery, and have
found that, when given weight is
to be sustained, enough bearing sur
face must be provided, so that the
pressure will not become too great
for the material to be employed. If
it is a locomotive, enough pairs of
drivers are put under it to attain
the desired total weight upon driv-
ers, without exceeding the desired
weight upon any single pair.
Wagon makers should adopt the
same plan, and if they are not will
ing to do this, then the law should
them to do it.
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Railroad Building.

The statistics of railroad building
for the year 1891 make a very salts.
factory showing. The grand total
number of miles shows 416S.O4. In
construction Pennsylvania leads with
260.05 miles: Georgia second, with
1918 miles; Washington third. with
22S.15 miles, and South Carolina
fourth, 212.35 miles. Texas, which
heretofore has been up towards the
first in number of miles of new road
built, drops back this year to tenth
place, with only 1888 miles of new
track. 1t is prophesied, however,
that should conditions change, that
in 1892, Texas will crawl up again
and take her old place close to the
head of the states in railroad con-
struction
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APERN1C1oUs EXAMPLE.

john Hoey, president of the
Adams express company, says the
Fort Worth Gazette, dishonesty
using the opportunities that his posi-,
ton gave him, stole S1,OO0OO0 OF
more from the company. Detected
and under fear of punishment, he
restored to the company S225.000 OF
the plumber, and goes free.
If John Hoey had been an express
messenger in the employ of the
company and had misappropriated
$50, making the act grand larceny,
he would have been prosecuted to
the states prison, without the privi-
lege of purchasing his liberey by re-
turning 22I cents on the dollar of
the money taken. It world be
necessary to make an example of
him.
And what kind of an example is
set in the dealing with the president
of the company An example is
something to be initiated by others.
Ihe example that has been set IN
Hoey's case is more dangerous than
that set by the messenger. Why
was he not punished for deterrent
effect upon others ?
Well, mainly because the directors
thought more of the $225,000 they
got as a bride for suspending the
prosecution than of the possible
losses they may sustain in the future
by other presidents doing the same
thing.
The lesson taught by this Sex
ample" is so plain a one that the
dullest mind can learn it: When
you steal, steal enough to buy off
the prosecution by returning to the
victims a part of the plumber.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-31

Few persons have ever troubled
themselves to think of the deriva-
ton of the word dollar. It is from
the German thai valley, and came
into use in this way some 300 years
ago. There is a little silver mining
city or district in northern Bohemia
called Joachimsthal, or Joachim's
Valley. The reigning duke of the
region authorized this city in the
sixteenth century to coin a silver
piece, which was called 'joachims-
thaler." The word Joachim" was
soon dropped, and the name cha
Ter" only retained. The piece went
into general use in Germany and
also in Denmark, where the orthog-
raphy was changed to "daler, .
whence it came into English and
adopted by our forefathers with
some changes in the spelling.
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A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The National League for the pro-
lection of American institutions has
prepared an amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States,
which will be submitted to both
houses of congress shortly after
they resume their session. This
amendment, which, if adopted, will
be the sixteenth amendment, will
read as follows:
No state shall pass any law res
pecting an establishment of religion
or prohibiting a full exercise thereof
or use its property or credit, or any
money raised by taxation, or author
ize either to issue bonds, for the
purpose of founding, maintaining or
aiding by appropriation, payment
for services, expense or otherwise
any other churches, religious de-
nomination or religious society or
any institution, society or undertak
ing which is wholly or in part under
sectarian or ecclesiastic control.
The following states prohibit sec
tartan action in their constitution:
California, Colorado, Florida, Geor-
ga, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisi-
ana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missis-
sippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Dakota, Texas, Washington,
Wisconsin and Wyoming.
In California the Legislature can
make per capita grants to institu-
tons. The constitutional prohibi-
ton in Indiana, Oregon and Wiscon-
SIN covers only religious and theo-
logical institutions. Mississippi
prohibits any testamentary devise,
bequest, legacy OF gift to religious,
charitable or ecclesiastical corpora
tions or societies. Kentucky has
revised the constitution pending the
popular adoption.
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Something for the New Year.

The world renowned success of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and their continued popu-
larity for over third of century as stom-
achic, is scarcely more wonderful than the
welcome that greets the annual appearance of
Hoste,ter's Almanac. This valuable medical
treatise is published by the Hostetter Company,
Pittsburgh, Pa, under their own immediate
supervision, employing 6o.hands in that de-
partment. They are running about II months
in the year on this work. and the issue of same
for 1892 will be more than ten millions, print
ed in the English, German, French, Welsh,
Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian
and Spanish languages. Refer to a copy of it
foryaluable and Interesting reading concerning
health, and numerous testimonials as to the
efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
amusement, varied information, astronomical
calculations and chronological items, &C.,
which can be depended on for correctness.
The Almanac for 1892 can be obtained free OF
cost, from druggists and general country deal
ers in all parts Of the country.
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BREVITIES.

Chill has large order for firearms
in France.
Cent coins are legal tender only
in sums of twenty-five cents.
A man who will lie on his knees
won't tell the truth anywhere.
1t takes more than eloquence to
make the devil let go of people.
Cattle on the Rio Grande are kept
alive upon nopal or prickly pear.
Salton lake will become a sea $50
miles long and and 800 feet deep.
The less a man who won't pay his
debts, prays in the church the bet
Ger.
These are days when the tramp
and the pumpkin are both getting
seedy.
A survey is being made in Mexico
for new railway extending from
Saltlllo into very fine mining re-
gion.
The Matte tribe in South Africa
has captured numerous Portuguese
settlements on the northern coast of
Mozambique.
The largest chicken ranch in the
world is said to be on an island in
Puget Sound. Its owner claims to
have 100000.
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The duty on -four from this coun.
try to Cuba will be reduced on Jan
l, owing to the reciprocity treaty, to
81 barrel. just now it is Sc 20 a
barrel. The difference accounts for
the statement that three months
supply of breadstuffs has already
been engaged by the eager exporters
to be rushed at once into the Ever
Faithful Isle" SIS soon as the customs
barriers fall down. The Cuban mer-
chants have engaged freights for
100000 barrels.
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
ELECTRICAL POSSIBILITIES.

At recent dinner of the British
Institution of Electrical Engineers,
Prof. Crookes referred to the pres
ent state of electrical science, and
INDUCED in some remarkable specu-
Iations. Little is known concerning
this mighty agency. Some regard
it as kind of matter, others as a
form of energy, while others still re-
ject both views. It has been COM
puted that in a single cubic foot of
the ether which fills all space there
are locked up 10000 foot-tons of
energy which have hitherto escaped
notice, and the latest researches
give the well-founded hope that this
vast storehouse of power is not
hopelessly inaccessible. We may
not unreasonably expect in the fu-
ture to see our rooms lighted by
electricity without the use of wires.
1t further appears that a true flame
light and heat without
the consumption of material-mav
be produced without chemical aid,
and the question is asked whether
the conditions necessary for its prac
teal application can be obtained By
tapping the ether. If so, the ex-
haustion of the coaI-felds may be
viewed with indifference. The dis
covery of the varying vibrations
ranging from wave-lengths of thous-
ands of miles down to a few feet
also reveals the bewildering posi-
bility of telegraphy without wires,
posts, cables, or any of our present
costly appliances. 1t is vain to pic
ture the marvels of the future and
progress, as Dean Swift observed,
may be too fast for endurance.
ONE WAY TO CUT BRASS.
This chemical method of cutting
sheet brass has been given: Dip a
quill pen into strong solution of
bichlorlde of mercury in alcohol, and
with it draw line across the brass;
then, after drying, draw over the line
with nitric acid. The brass may af
terward be broken across like glass
cut with diamond. The explana-
ton is that the mercury salt is de-
composed, the free mercury amalga
mating the zinc of the brass and the
nitric acid attacking the copper.
The latest estimate places the
number of American bison at 1896,
distributed as follows; 254 in cap
tivity in American geological parks
200 wild ones in Yellowstone Park,
protected by the Government; SIS
wild ones in other parts of the
United States; and Z in parks in
foreign countries.
A French inventor has attached |
a tiny incandescent lamp to an Or
binary pencil for use by reporters
ard others having to take notes at
night. The light is not affected by
rain or wind The battery is carried
in the pocket, the wires passing
lown the sleeve.