The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-29
THE WORLDS ram.

Dlsgraeeful Conduct OF Arkansas-Plana
OF Musical Director Thomas.
ST. LouIs. March IA special to the
Republic from Little Rock says: Major
Adams, one Of the Arkansas Worlds fair
commissioners, has resigned because the
legislature has refused to make an appro-
priation for . state exhibit. Governor
Eagle proposes to send . special message
to the legislature, urging that an sppropri-
alton be made.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-Rsferring TO his APP
pointment as musical director Of the
Worlds fair, Theodore Thomas said today
that he was not prepared to talk about his
plans yet. The Worlds fair being in
tended for symbol Of the worlds achieve
ments the plans for the musical entertain
ment must necessarily be novel, grand
and better than anything presented before.
Within few months he viii return to
Chicago to make this city his permanent
home, and will then devote himself 70 the
work.
The national commissioners are begin
ming to arrive for the purpose Of attending
next weeks meeting.
L. w. Johnson has been appointed to
look after the Worlds fair representation
among the colored people Of the South.
The Erening Neses says: It was learned
today that President Palmer recently sent
to every commissioner the private letter,
stating that it would be useless to attempt
to assemble again, and letter strongly
advised dissolution and discontinuance Of
"hustling" for the fair. These letters have
caused an incessent fire of correspondence
between the commissioners, with the re-
sult thar q r.eefiuO . will Ia hall
Commissioner Mcdonald Of California
in an interview said:
This fair has got to b . national matter or
else we won't have any fair. We shall consider
this financial issue from top to bottom. and IL
We are not accorded proper treatment-well,
you will SEQ no fair. This idea Of .. lobby eo-
ing to Warrington City and decrying the COM
missiouers as lot OF mercenary men, us won't
stand
Mrs. Potter Palmer, president Of the
board of lady managers Of the Worlds fair,
has announced its executive committee.
Mrs. Palmer says she has divided the
country into four parts of equal popula-
ton and selected six ladies from each
part, and that she has divided the honors
as equally a. she could between the politi-
cal parties The executive committee will
meet here April s. Among the members
are Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington City;
Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, Santa Fe, N. NJ; Mrs.
p. P. Rue, Santa Rosa. Cal, and Mrs. e.
w. Allen. Portland. Or.
A Handkerchief Explains . murder.
NEW York, March 2S-It was clearly e.
tablished today that the handkerchief
used as gag and found crammed down
the throat of Carl Emanuel Ruttinger,
whose body was found on the mud fats at
Tottenville, L. l., belonged to William
Wright who was Ruttinger's companion.
Mr.. Taylor, Of the firm Of Seward. Dacosta
& Guthrie, went to Tottenvillo
yesterday with two handkerchiefs
which had been sent by Wrighf's
relatives to this country from London He
went to the police station and asked Ser
geant Thomas Drummond to let him ex-
anime the handkerchief marked NV. w."
which was found crammed down the
throat of Ruttinger. A lawyer made .
careful comparison of the handkerchiefs
sent from London and the one in posses
sion Of Sergeant DTummond and the 9TH
ers were identical in every detail.
Koch's Lymph : success In rexas.
New ORLEANS. March pa 7smes-Dem-
ocyats San Antonio, Tex, special says:
w HuteFeT Tic IcSuit1 OF iaCk Oh ItsuitS Oh
Koch's lymph in winter and in more
northern ATTITUDES, its success in the high
lands of the Southwestern states has been
demonstrated. It has been given .
most thorough trial and has accom-
plished more than was expected Of
it, and has been the undoubted
means of saving thirteen lives and many
more have experienced benefit from its
use. The total number of patients under
going the course is ninety EIGHT, and twelve
have been cured. In every instance the
dose has been the smallest permitted by
Koch, and sometimes as little as one-sixth
Of miIlcgramme. DR.. Jenkins says he
has uniformly obtained better results from
the smallest injections.
Tacoma City Council.
TACOMA. March 2s-[Special. THE city
fou n I'll This eyeripC consiiorad fho v,rov.r,-