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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
A WOULD-BE ACTRESS
She Comes From Portland to
Seek an Engagement.
SENT BACK TO HER FAMILY.
A Woman OF Weak Mind Comes Penni-
less to the Rainier-Her Friends
Trace Her Here.

When small, dark-complexioned woman.
noticeable because of her mysterious Uien and
pretty face, arrived At the Rainier almost week
ago, there was good deal of speculation as TO
who she was. She registered in bold mascu-
line hand as "Mrs. c. Watkins, Portland and
further than that no one knew anything about
her until Saturday. Il was noticed that she
acted peculiarly, and the manager OF the hotel
concluded to present her bill TO her. 1t was
then learned that she had no money. The man
ager had short talk with the woman and de-
eided that she was suffering from mental aber-
ration. She said that her husband resided in
Portland, and telegram was Immediately sent
TO him. The answer was that the woman was
stage struck and had run away from home;
asked the manager TO arrange to have her con-
Quoted to the train, placed in Pullman car in
Charge of the conductor and sent to Portland
Immediately upon receipt of the dispatch On
Ger Brennan was summoned aud he conducted
the woman from the hotel TO police headquar-
tiers, where she was Kept in the chiefs private
ONCE until $50 O'Clock, when she was con-
Quoted to the Northern Pacific depot By Detec-
tive Charles Phillips and put on board the S:45
train
While in Seattle the woman said that she was
going to join Miss Margaret Marshall's theatre
cal company, which will soon go on the road,
and she had valise full of plays which she
said the company intended using.
MISE Marshall never saw Mrs watkins until
last Thursday On Wednesday she received the
following note, which che thought was written
by because OF the masculine hand and
signature:
Miss Marshall-Deor Mcd1m: / understand
you are about to take u com any on the road
saw Mr.. Vessels at the theater and he sent ne
TO see you; and il you have not your company
flied up, would like to become member /
will call on you tomorrow al TO- WATKINS.
My address is room 49, Rainier
The next day Miss Marshall was surprised
wheE a small. dark woman called and declared
that she was watkins"
"Have you ever travelled with a company?"
asked Miss Marshall
"No"
"W hat can you do?"
~ can sing and play some"
Miss Marshall concluded that she could not
use the applicant, and told her that the company
had already been chosen.
At the Rainier hotel the employees were very
reticent about the affair, and just who C. Wat
kins, OF Portland, is could not be found out.
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wrong time-just before the boom struck he
Northwest But the country did not sem
very promising in those days
ssWe now intend 70 re-enter the territory moth
of here and am about to ask bids Tor poles snd
let contracts for the construction of ias
along the Lake shore road to Wooley iunctiu.
This will be the first step towards the extenssn
of our line to the boundary and I presume re
shau ultimately extend into British COLUMBIA.
Idon't know yet whether we shsll operate Z
line along the Seattle u Montana, but II we 10
we shall build our own line and not use tie
one built by the railroad company.
'sFor time was stationed at Victoria. Tle
cables there used to cause good deal of troubA,
for the short route across from the island We
chosen, and tho strong current there rubbed tn
cable against the rocks and wore It through
Now the cable lies in the Gulf of Georgia oni
mud bottom with little or no current
sin the early seventies / was stationed {
Seattle in charge of the division of the line run
ming down to Ashland, Or.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
~ THE HOSPITALS.
80. About the Sick and Afflicted
Nos patients Doing Well.

rvpaoia iever has been the principal feature
:, ,hs hospital cases for the past week, but ha:
IN she .s,,sa as seriously as the condition of
no. s.sssnts seemed 70 indicate Only ntne
NAM partsacases hare passed from Health
dsasn sn.riing's hands in fourteen days, which
record is remarkable .so, A.,..,s ..p,.u
~. p1as p,,,ton about three weeks ago. is stlii
s.ump x :. hospital. and Is attended By bis
wife. -,o was h,ou-At IN prexi
emanuel go, some days age with a broken leg,
aea osns -ell. and vas visited By bis wife yes
terday. ~ the frr, OF Gleason 4
Aeiis, eius -. asyx ago 10 critical condition
sSi.. ss: .s'sd r 4sgsss
W. waains ~s.v critical condition some time
hosp,ss. n :. the dangerous point in typhoid
g.: go, n and shows signs Of recovery.
's sehn Iasts parssr Of Ne steamer Saisn'aaA'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
THE WATER FRONT.
The Flyer Attracts yisitors-The Al-Ki
Leaves for Sitka. Alaska

The steamer Flyer, which is Goeked at the foot
OF Madison street. attracted an immense crowd
OF spectators yesterday. The handsome new
steamer was dashed alongside the enclosed
wharf OF the West Seattle ferry, and though
none OF the visitors were allowed on board, sll
surveyed aud eomplimented her beautiful
and graceful lines from convenient dis
tances. The boat isstill skeleton, there
being neither carpets nor furniture in
her cabins. The painters and decorators will
rush their work, however, and in compare
lively short time the vessel will be cutting the
waters of the sound between Tacoma and Port
Townsend via Seattle
The steamship Al-Ki left Ocean dock last
night for Sitka, Alaska, with heavy cargo of
general merchandise aud few passengers
Collector of Customs Hatch, for Alaska, who
came down from Juneau on the Mexico on her
last trip, arrived from Portland yesterday and
left on the Al-Ki for his northern post OF duty.
The ship Columbia is loading coal at the
Oregon Improvement Company's bunkers for
San Francisco consumers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
DROUGHT IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Another Poor Crop Causes Many Farm
ers to Go to Manitoba.

ers to Go to Manitoba.
Mr. L f. Diefendorf, of Aberdeen, s. D., is at
the Grand hotel, having come to the Sound on
business trip on the coast. To a PosT- INTELLI-
GENcER reporter he said: Business is rather
dull in our section this year, the continued
drought has made the crops poor around Aber-
deem. There has not been any early frost in
South Dakota, and in other parts of the state,
where there has been rain, the crops are good.
The frost has damaged crops to some extent in
North Dakota.
This is the third year of drought we have
had around Aberdeen and many OF the farmers
have been much Impoverished by the
failure of crops Many of them are leaving
for Manitoba and the Northwest Terri
tory. strong inducements having been
offered by the Canadian Pacific lroad and the
Canadian government The lack of rain is
turning attention to irrigation, and many far
mers putting down artesian wells. The
James river is the only stream in that section
and in dry weather it ceases to be a running
stream. But artesian wells cost average of
$4,000 each, and few OF the people in the country
can afford TO drill them, that they have to
look for outside capital for the purpose. This
year capital has been slow to come in from the
East, but we look for an improvement in that
respect next year. Ii we had plenty of water
for irrigation, we could grow as good crops as
any section OF the country, for ours is natural
wheat-rrowing land -
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Fire Engineer Critically III.

Harry L. Amigh, engineer of engine company
No 2, lies in a critical condition at his resi-
dence l,529 Fourth street, from the effects of an
internal hemorrhage. About O'clock yesterday
morning, while al the engine-house, Amigh was
taken with q violent fit OF coughine which re-
suited In great loss OF Hood. He failed rapidly
and was taken to his room where, later in the
afternoon, "A second hemorrhage followed Late
last night his condition was serious, but hopes
were entertained that change for the better
would ensue.
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CALLED To REST.
~hree Mourning Families Added to the
Long Roll.

p.,hsrA Anna Sporting, sged months, died
8. ssa rasidence OF her pareats, 1,7li Mercer
s...se saturday night The funeral services will
nstd Al the parental residence tomorrow
U.-ss,,s, a. 10 O'Clock. The remains will be in.
sa,red at Lake View cemetery.
raward Anderson, aged = years. died at
rrovidence hospital yesterday at u o'clock.
- s,,,,.ral services viii be held at the under
ny ss.,s,s OF Bonrey & Stewart this after
neon at o'clock.
s.ss decreased was young man OF good habits
.,u.ved 10 DO married in the near future.
,s..ss nns sister in seattle to mourn his loss,
g.. rsmains OF Nellie Dempsey. the 5-ySar old
Nv, ~ Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dempsey, were
S.ss.d Yesterday afternoon at o'clock from the
FAMILY residence, ei2 aeelS,re street, The in
s.rmcnt took place 81 lake view cemetery
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
THEY FAVOR ANNEXATION.
The Canadians Want to Get Under the
American Flag.

Dr. Henry L. Curtis and his brother Jonathan
Curtis, of San Francisco, are at the Grand hav-
ing stopped off here on their way home from the
East, where they have been on six weeks tour
To observation-disclosures reporter DR.. Curtis
eaid:
"we went East over the Central and Union
Pacific roads and returned over the Canadian
Pacific One thing we noticed after leaving
Chicago was that on the American side OF the
boundary the plains were dotted with little set
dian side you see nothing but the bare plains,
without sign of settlement for mile after mile
l take that to be sign that the settlers are al
most all eager to get under the United states
Aar
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
FROM sKAGIr HEADwATERs.
Settlers Sell Mining Claim Bridge
do

D. E. Taylor, III. n. Bacon and John Russner,
of Galena City, Skagit county, and George w.
Boles, of Mount Vernon, are at the DIller.
Messrs. Taylor, Russner and Boles, together
with w. E. McClanahan and Reese Jones, have
just closed the sale of the Johnsburg galena
claim, in the Cascade district, to l. w. Getchell
and F. w. Dunn for $1,000 Messrs Taylor,
Boles and Bacon are about to erect a small cable
suspension bridge across the Cascade river,
near its mouth, in order to connect their
ranches, on the south side of the river, with the
trail on the north side. Said Mr.. Taylor:
"We have taken up claims on the south side
of the Cascade in rich, level land, with mild
climate. We have not had as much cold weather
as you have in Seattle, and are at no higher ele-
walton than the highest hill in the city. There
has been about five feet of snow in the noun
tains, but expect this last chinook melted il
all away. We spent the summer pros pecting in
the mountains at an elevation of about $500
feet, but expect 10 spend the winter very com.
fortably on our claims. Considerable develop
ment is being done in the Cascade district"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
TWAS COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
A Thiefs Defense for Stealing His Mis-.
fress' Purse.

On complaint of Nellie Adams, a resident OF
the Grant street zig zag," John Black was ar
rested yesterday By Officer John Corbett on 9
charge of robbery. Black is not unknown to
the police, although he has but recently arrived
in the city. The woman was also placed in Jail
as witness, and the case will come up for hear
ing today before Justice Won Tobel.
Black claims that the woman is his mi.tress
anu that her purse is theirs in common. He
says he asked her for s. and she refused, when
he grabbed her and took the money from her BY
force
The woman then rushed out and shouted
"Policef whereupon Officer Corbett arrested
the pair and teoG them both to police head
quarters
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16

Owing to lack of travel, the trustees OF the
Anacortes Hotel Company have decided to
place the Hotel Anacortes in the hands OF
private parties. and nave il run on more econ
omical basis during the winter months.
The Hotel Anaeortes has been run chiefly as 8
frst-ciass resort house, far above the average.
inducements will be offered to reliable per
sons-experienced man and wife preferred-to
take charge of the hotel and run ii on their OWL
responsibility.
For further information, apply TO
V. J. KNAPP, Secretary,
Aranortas
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Excursion Rates East.

First-class round trip tickets. SIX months
limit, good going one way aud returning an
other: also sing e trip tourist excursion tickets
now on sale at reduced rates via the Great Rock
Island aud Albert Lea routes For full par
ticulars cali on ticket agents. or address Charles
Kennedy, G. A., So First street, Portland, Or.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16

Are you going East this fall or winter? If so,
take the Northern Pacific. Are your friends
coming West to visit? Then suggest to them
that they take the Northern Pacific, as it is the
only direct line to Puget sound and Washington
points. No change OF cars or rechecking OF bag
gage. Be sure your tickets read via the North
ern Pacific railroad
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16
The Welsh Festival.

The proposed Eisteddfod festival which was
to have been held on Christmas day by the
Welsh people, has been given up on account of
the fact that the Welsh residents of Black Dia-
mond are TO celebrate
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The Ruoyant East.

Mr.. Edward Biewett who returned from New
York on Friday and is now at the Rainier hotel.
said yesterday: "The situation in the East is
very encouraging, and everything seems to be
looking up. Money is no longer tight
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16

leave Seattle daily st 7:t5 a u. over the North
err Pacific ioT the East same - during sum.
mer. Firstelass accommodations IN Pullman
aud diping-ssr service No changes at Puy.
allnn.
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CALL TO THE BATTALION.

Drill November 20.
The following special order viii be issued this
morning:
Especial Order No. AL
HEADQUARTERS FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY,l
SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 10, 1891.
/. Companies b, ID and Z OF this regiment
will assemble at the ArInory in Seattle on Fri
day, November 20, 1891, at o'clock p. N. sharp
for instruction in battalion drill
Field and staff will report TO the colonel, and
non-eommissioned staff aud band to the adju.
tant ut the same hour and place.
Adjutants call will be sounded at $50 p. m.
sharp BY order OF COLONEL HAINEs.
CHARLES EsPLIS, JR.,
First Lieutenant and Adjutant
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Eirss-eiaSs llrail service between seattle and
Olympia. The Northern Pacific runs three
trains daily between these points Rate only
s. Round trip s27S
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-16

Nine. de CSmoE. - Douthi., block, settles
lovers Quarsels reanites the Parted for~teIl.
the future aud gives lueky numbers
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II in trouble of any kind, call on Nine. de
Canon, tFuest fortune teller in the eIy. Is
Doufait. a.ock
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Money 10 lean on improved farra and city
proneSty Buildgng leans nagottated. Re asop-
able rates and isyeFable terms J. X Edmiston
Oface ia barking az IA OF Seattle savings bank
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BREvITIEs.
Talents for Land Settlera.

Mrs. Ruth Owens, notorious woman, was
arrested last evening upon a charge OF drunken
ness,
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Highest Leavenng PowerU Govt Report Arg IL 1859
Roe! R BSxa:s9
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE:

onerous, and the profession viii gain much in
character and dignity by the greater formality
observed in examinations.
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Biz eas ia EiEia snd Msltham watches at
Frisch Bros, 80 Front street, seattle
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Piper's ane candies iresh daily. go second 81
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Turkish baths. IL Columbia street
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Arlington hotel Special rates for regular
boardsrs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07
PROGRESS IN MECHANICS.

EDrsoN's Photographic doll now speaks
Formerly it could speak but thirty.
THE finest grades of razors are so deli
cate that even the famous Damascus
sword blades can not equal them in
texture.
ELECTRICAL mining apparatus and tho
magnetic treatment OF iron ores are ex.
citing no small degree of interest among
mining engineers.
The COLONIZATION process for the ex-
traction of gold from its ores has been
greatly improved within recent years,
and now promises to be adapted to the
treatment of low-grade non-concentrat-
able ores.
ONE Of the recent improvements in
the manufacture of window glass is the
introduction Of process OF dipping the
sheet into a mammoth bath tub contain
ing q mixture Of various liquids. Its
results are instantly seen. Itremoves
all dirt and detection, and the glass be-
comes as clear and pure as it was before
it went through the flattening oven.
A NEW meat-chopper for domestic use
is distinguished by the fact that the
meat is cut by an action like that Of a
pair Of scissors and is not torn apart;
neither is it ground into greasy pulp.
Tho forcing screw feeds the meat up to
a knife with eight radial blades revolv-
ing between a fixed two-bladed knife
and cutting plate Of novel construc-
ton. Tho plato has number Of grooves
converging toward central aperture,
the ribs between tho grooves having
sharp cutting ecs-es The work il we'll
and rapidly d one.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07

Well write it down till
everybody sees it
Till everybody is sick of
seeing it
Till everybody knows it
without seeing it.
that DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
cdy cures the worst cases of
chronic catarrh in the head,
catarrhal headache, and "cold
In the head"
In perfect faith, its makers,
the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association of Buffalo,
N. Y. offers to pay $500 to
any one suffering from chronic
catarrh in the head whom
they cannot cure.
Now if the conditions were
reversed-if they asked you to
pay $500 for a positive cure
you might hesitate. Here are
reputable men, with years Of
honorable dealing; thousands
of dollars and a great name
back of them and they say
1--WE can cure you because
we've cured thousands like
you-if we can't we'll pay
you $500 for the knowledge
that there's one whom we
can't cure"
They believe in themselves.
Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't
any trial preferable to catarrha
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07
Ara You In Need9

Are you in need of good advicei Do you
suffer from palpitation Of the heart; have
you spells Of dizziness; do you feel listless,
and do you frequently get tired without
cause or exertioEl Do you suffer from
rheumatism, neuralgia, and other mysterious
and unaccountible backaches and pains in
limbs and joints and bonesa Do you feel
nervous; are you sleepless at night, and do
your dreams disturb youl Are you excit-
able and does your heart beat unevenly,
sometimes hardly beating at all and at other
times humping like an enginel Do you
worry over little thingss Are your kidneys
disorderei and your liver inactivel Are
you troubled with indigestion and constipa-
tioni Are you annoyed by any urinary diff.
fcultyl Do you want to be cured Of all
such weakening ailmentsl Then use DIR.
John Bulls Sarsaparilla. 1t will make you
strong and perfect in every part
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07
State OF ONO, Crrr OF TOLEDO, | ~.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of tho firm Of +. J. Cheney
Il Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm viii pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of Catarrh
that can not be cured by the use Of Halls
Catarrh Cure FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before rae and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day of December, "A D. 1856
lsEAL] A. w. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Send for testi-
monials, free. F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold ny Druggists, 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07
JESSE JAMES SON.

The Promising Young Heir Of the Famous
Western Highwayman.
With all that has been written about
the famous Missouri outlaw, Jesse
James, little has ever been said about his
family or domestic relations. BY those
not familiar with his history it is gener-
ally supposed that when the Ford boys
did their dastardly work the great ban
dit was single, and that save his brother
Frank. his race was extinguished with
him. This impression is wrong, how
ever, for Jesse was married and was the
father of one child. boy, who was an
infant when his father was killed. This
boy now lives with his widowed mother
in a modest little house on Troost ave-
nue. in Kansas City, Mo. He is called
Jesse James, JE He is now about thir-
teen years Of age, and is an elevator boy
In the American National Bank build
ing in that city. He is steady and in
ustrious lad, and his small earnings are
all that his mother and he have to exist
on.
Young James has been fairly we'll ed
ucated for q boy OF his age and opportu-
mites, but he is great student and has
learned many things himself. He is an
omniverous reader. and nearly all the
standard authors Of romance and history
are familiar to him. When his father
was killed young Jesse was too small to
understand what kind of q life his par
ents had led, but since he has attained
to boyhood's estate he has read every
thing that has been written about the
train robber. He is not only familiar
with every detail of his fathers life.
but he is also familiar with the history
of every other outlaw that ever existed,
and he can talk as glibIy about the dar-
ing deeds of Robin Hood and other
bandits of We olden time as he can about
the more recent exploits Of the Younger
boys and Jim Cummings. Moreover,
the dates and localities of every historic
robbery that has ever been committed
are ut his tongues end, withal, though
Jesse. Jr., is very reticent and is 10th
to talk to strangers.
The boy has also many interesting
relics in his possession that are con-
nected with his fathers life. such as
reyolvers, spurs, masks, favorite brides
and saddles of the dead outlaw, and .
great scrap-book that contains clippings
of nearly every thing that has appeared
in print about his father. To those
who happen to know his identity the
SON of the famous outlaw is an object Of
great curiosity, and among the boys of
tho city he is regarded with awe. and
wherever he goes young Jesse always
commands their respectful hceage.--
Kansas City Tina~