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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
Do Conductors Knock Downs?

TACOMA. July 50.-[Special.l An anony-
nous writer IN the Ledger recently charged
a street railroad conductor with knocking
down, and added: 'They all do it," Con-
ductor George c. Mopsy, who was referred
to, failing to force the Ledger to divulge
the name of the author, brings suit for
5000 damages for defamation of charac-
ter. The Brotherhood of Street Car
Operatives feel injured, and pledge all the
money in the treasury, $4,000, to push the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
ALLEN WEIR FOR CONGRESS.
He Gets the Endorsement OF the Jeffer-
son County Convention.

PoRr TOWNSEND, July 30.-[Special. l.
The Republican county convention con-
vened this afternoon and elected delegates
to the state convention at Olympia. w.
W. Rhoenial. OF Center, was chosen chair
man and Elmer Dewitt, of Hadlock, as sec
retary. The convention heartily indorsed
Allen Weir, now secretary of state, for
member of congress Tor Western Washing
ton. The Endorsement elected rounds of
applause and the delegation was unani-
nous in his favor. The following dele
gates were elected to attend the state con-
vention: Henry Landes, Robert ID. Aid
ridge. Edwin r. Blake. Lot b. Hastings.
William Deianty. Alfred A. Plummer.
Frank A. Bartlett, Louis L. Seayey, NJ. y.
Satterlee and John " Scott.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
WILSON'S BRAIN DISEASED.
The Oregon Murderer Not Responsible
for His Fiendish Deeds.

1he oregon Murderer Not Responsible
for His Fiendish Deeds.
OREGON CRY, Or, July 30.-[Special. l.
The autopsy held on Wilson reveals many
points of interest. The brain and it's
membranes weighed sixty-four ounces.
The membranes were in high state of
congestion. evidently ofrecent origin. The
frontal lobes of the brain presented two
distinct points of softening, evidently of
long standing. Inquiry into the past his
tory of Wilson reveals the fact that since
childhood he had been considered strange
in his way, and at many times had done
things for which he could not be held re-
sponsible. His father for years before
Wilson's birth was afflicted with epiieptic
commissions. These facts of parentage and
abnormal condition of his brain would
strongly point to the conclusion that he
was not wholly responsible for his act.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
Fire at Spokane.

SPOKANE, July 3O.-[Special. AT $50
this evening. fire started in the Scandia
saloon, a two-story frame building on
Main and Bernard streets. caused by the
overturning of lamp. The flames quickly
spread to the Chinese laundry adjoining.
The upper stories of the buildings were
burned out. Loss 81 200; fully insured.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31

CORVALLIS, Or, July 3O.-[Special. j
Charles Strange. the German who was SO
badly beaten some weeks ago by burglars,
died last night. The coroner's inquest
and post-mortem examination revealed
that his skull was broken in three places,
and in the judgment of the physicians
death resulted from the blows and the
chances of life were almost imIOssible
under any treatment. The jury returned
a verdict of murder in the first degree by
some one unknown.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
WhatcOm News.

WHArcoM, July 3o.-[Special. THE case
of C. Donovan, Democratic county COM
missioner, arrested for taking pension
papers for security for small debt, was
held over under advisement.
Patrick Henry Winston's speech open
ing the Republican campaign was fine
and unprecedented effort.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
CHILDREN CRUSHED BY LOGS.
Boy Killed and a Girl Badly Hurt
Near Ouilcene.

Near Ouilcene.
PoRT TOWNSEND. July 30.-[Special.l IA
distressing accident occurred near Quill
Gene. on the line of the Port Townsend
Southern railroad. which resulted in the
instant death of 6-year-old girl and pain
fnl injury to 9-year-old boy of Andrew
Matson. The children were in the creek
fishing when a train loaded with logs
passed by. Two logs became loosened, fell
from the cars and struck the children. AT
the coroner's inquest no blame was at
tached to the company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
The losses and insurance are as follows :
Total

f. A. Bacon lost his stock, the value of
which is not fully known, but is fully in
sured. +. Bawn, sr., loses considerable
on breakags, but cannot tell how much.
and others lost to some extent. The total
will reach at least S25,o00. Seven build
ings in all were DESTROYED
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The Duke Of Mauchester Dv;rw

LONDON, July 30-The Duke OF Man.
chester. who in 1876 married Miss Consuelo
Yznaga, and who has been very Ill for
some time past, is reported sinking.
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Smugglers Come to Grief

VANCOUVER, July 80. Special. i The
real estate office of Banks e. Morse is in
the hands of the sheriff. Morse skipped
some weeks ago. Banks is the regis
tered owner of the smuggling steamer
H-I
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Crime in Columbia County.

DAYTON, July 3o.-[Special Sheriff
Thronson returned from Colfax this even
ing with William Robinson, who broke
jail here July and has si1ce been at
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31
A Cherokee Judge Dead.

TAHLEQUAH, /. T., July 30-Associate
Justice Bighee. OF the Cherokee supreme
court, died today.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
HEROES IN THESE DAYS.
A French Lieutenant walks to Deatl
That Victory Might Result.

- RTouCh LItut6uauC Hulkb 70 oehtb
That Victory Might Result.
1t Is a great mistake to suppose, be-
cause it is many centuries since Leoni-
das fought with the Persians at Their
mopyl@ and brave Horatius kept the
bridge at Rome, that deeds equally he
roic and equally worthy of celebration
have ceased to be done. Though war
fare Is now less matter of personal
prowess than it was In ancient times,
the campaigns OF the present age have
produced many instances OF heroic sac
rifice as remarkable as any OF those of
antiquity.
A recent occurrence Of this sort, says
an exchange, is well worth relating.
The story of it is told very simply in an
''order OF the day." issued by Gen.
Reste, commanding the French forces
in the Indies.
A detachment Of the Ninth regiment
of the marine corps had been sent to
subdue and capture band of Chinese
pirates which had been operating on
the coast Of Tonquin. The pirates took
refuge in a battlemented pagoda-
Here they were besieged by q party
Of the French under command OF Lieut..
de Vatharie. Attacking the pagoda
with axes and other implements the
French succeeded in. .effecting q narrow
breach in Its walls; but this breach was
sufficient to admit only one man at a
time. E.E.tr
Within the pirates awaited the on
slaught Of their assailants. Whoever
went in first was sure to meet death at
their hands, but if the remainder OF the
French passed in after him the pirates
might be overcome.
De vatharie did not hesitate. Put
ting himself at the head Of line Of his
men he bade them follow him, and
forced his way into the breach in the
pagoda shouting: 'vive 10 France!"
IIe was shot down and died on the
spot. But the attack succeeded and the
pirates were captured.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
HOW LAWYERS BILLS ARE MADE
A Little Story Told to Senator Sawyer,
and How 1t Worked.

ANU HOW III WOTkeus
A member of the Chicago bar relates
m interesting bit of experience he had
in naming a fee he should charge the
multi-millionaire Senator Sawyer, of
Wisconsin. II had done twenty days
hard and important work for the SEN
ator. When it came to the point for me
to name my fee said: Senator, let me
tell you little story. A young brother
lawyer came to me the other day in n
great quandary as to how much he
should charge q certain client for q
highly successful piece of legal work
that he had done. At first told him to
go somewhat by the feelings of the
client regarding the good the latter had
reaped. Having said this named five
hundred dollars to my young friend
Well, when his client appeared he was
feeling way up, and taking ont
roll of five hundred dollar bills
remarked: Now, my young friend,
I'll begin to tell off these five
hundred dollar bills, and when I've
told off enough to satisfy you for your
services you say the word The young
man was dumfounded. 'One--two--
three and then the young man
shouted: Enough! That will dot Then
the happy client handed the fifteen hun.
dred dollars to his lawyer with the air
of one who thought he was getting off
very cheap
Senator Sawyer heard the story all
through, and could see that he caught
the point l was trying to make with it
on him. Smiling drolly he said:
Good enough story, but that amt
the way l do business. What's your
bill?'
1.-Two thousand dollars said l, and
without moments hesitation the SEN
ator wrote me check for TINT amount. /"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
ANCIENT FISHES.
A Curious Collection Prepared for
the National Museum.
yertebrates from the sedimentary Depos-
It's OF the Lower Silurian Epoch
Rare Geological DISCOVERIES
In America.

A collection Of the Oldest fishes Of the
world is being prepared for exhibition
at the National museum, Washington,
says the Star. They were dug out of
the rocks recently at Canyon City, Col.
Great scientific interest has been
aroused by the discovery, because they
are thousands Of years more ancient
than any creatures with backbones ever
found before. They come from the
sedimentary deposits laid down by
water in the distant epoch called the
silurian. These are from the lower
siluriap, and some notion OF the differ
enceof time may DO got from the fact
that the two horizons" are separated
In the Afssniachtsn -segson by twenty
thousand feet OF sediment.
Where these fishes were found was
once sand beach on the western shore
of vast interior sea, which extended
eastwards from the Rocky mountains,
and covered q large part OF the conti-
nent. Biologists, wandering through
that region so prolific of treasures in
the shape OF fossils, came upon the de-
posits accidentally. The line of the
ancient Beach is still visible, although
it is overlaid by sedimentary rocks Of
subsequent formation. They made ex-
cavations with pickax and blast, get
ting out great quantity of material,
which was brought to Washington.
Thirty millions of years have perhaps
elapsed since the creatures thus dug
ont were living. 1t must have been a
strange world in which they had their
being so far back in the night Of time.
Even the reptiles which fourished and
attained such gigantic dimensions at a
later period did not yet exist. The only
vertebrates were fishes.
These fishes of the lower silurian
were all small-the diminutive types OF
the great fishes which swarmed in the
waters during later period, which has
been called the age Of fishes. They
were clad in armor, being covered with
plates OF bone instead Of scales. Their
skeletons were composed wholly o1
cartilage, like those Of the sharks of to-
day, which themselves represent ar
enormously ancient finny pattern
Under the microscope it is possible tc
see the structure of the bone which
composed the plates. In similar armol
was the huge and ferocious dinichthys
as well as other marine monsters of 9
subsequent epoch, dressed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
COLORADO HOLIDAYS.

Her Watermelon, Peach. Potato and
Grape and Cherry Days.
Colorado has some holidays that other
states have not thought of, according
to an informant Of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat Among these are water
melon day, peach day, potato day and
grape and cherry day. Watermelon
day occurs September each year, and
is celebrated at Rockyford On that
memorable occasion thousands OF ex-
eursionists from all parts OF the state
flock to RoclSyford and revel in water
melons. Car loads OF melons are shipped
in from the district, and they are as
free to all as water and air. The trains
carry back hundreds of very sick pas
sengers at night. Peach day is cele-
brated at Grand Junction with great
eclat. 1t falls September II, and all
the survivors Of the Rockyford water
melon debauch go there to again gorge
themselves Bands Of music and mill
tary companies parade the streets Of
the town in the morning to hold the
hungry crowd in check while the local
committees are arranging the peaches
SO rs to serve the greatest number at
the same moment, and in the afternoon
everybody falls TO, and at night the
mountains Of peach pits tell the tale Of
the days orgies. Then along in October
comes potato day at Monument
Pretty much the same people are to
be seen there as Mt Rockyford and Grand
Junction, and they consume enough
Irish potatoes In one day to check the
worst famine Ireland has ever known.
The potatoes are cooked In every imag-
Unable way--baked, boiled, roasted and
mashed. They are served in great tin
troughs that line the streets, and that
remain stationary all the year. Two or
three monster fat steers lie sputtering
upon spits In convenient proximity to
the potato troughs, and the glutton can
kill himself eating barbecued beef and
potatoes II he wants to. No one will
try TO check him II his appetite runs
riot. Grape and Cherry day IL now q
new institution lately established at
Canyon City, the center Of the biggest
fruit region in the eastern part Of the
state, but the date is not yetmentioned.
That 1t will attract thousands Is attest
ed by the brilliant success OF the other
three feast days have mentioned. The
governor attends each Of these celebra-
tions with his entire staff, and he would
damn himself politically in Colorado II
he should decline to 60 and eat himself
sick.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
The King Got Excited.

For many years it was the custom OF
audiences to stand when the "Hallelu.
jah Chorus" from "Tho Messiah" was
sung. This. arose from mere acciden-
tai expression OF excitement. When
George II. was present at the first Lon
don performance, ut Covent Garden, of
the famous oratorio he became 40 ex-
cited by the "Hallelujah Chorus" that
he rose to his feet, and thus inaugurated
q custom which came down almost to
the present day. ,...
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
An Unusually LiRht Weight.

Florian Grzibek, from Pless, in Sile.
sia, a boy Of seventeen. has been ex
arnined by the Anthropological society
Of Berlin, Prussia. respecting his weight.
He is too light for his size, SO that his
body sinks only half down In the water.
in fact 1t would seem impossible to
drown him without attaching addition
al weights. With six pounds attached
to his feet he sank in water to the
shoulders; with ten pounds 70 the eyes.
fourteen pounds we're required to make
him sink entirely under water. The
young man weighs about one-eighth
less than the normal weight Of man OF
his stature
49,. 4 -. LAk.xa
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-28
PIOCHE NEVADA, THURSDAY JULY 2s. 1899.
A MORAL TALE.
1t Does Not Do to Follow Moral Tales
without Consideration.

1t Does Not Do to Follow Moral Tales
without Consideration.
A tiger once invited goat to dinner,
says the Detroit Tribune. The goat
was tickled to death at the notice of the
great beast, and wore his spike-tailed
coat and link sleeve buttons in token of
his appreciation.
''Can / help you to some of this veni-
son stealk?" the tiger asked the goat
very cordially.
The goat could not eat venison steak,
but he dissembled cleverly and preserved
a smiling exterior.
"My physician" he protested, "posi-
lively forbids venison steak"
There was nothing else on the table,
and the poor goat was Obliged to sit
idly by while the tiger devonred a hearty
repast. But the goat was not disposed
to deprive himself of the sweets of re-
venge- He accordingly pressed the tiger
to dine with him the following evening.
The invitation was accepted with
thanks, and promptly on time the tiger
thrust his hind legs under the goats
manOgany. t
Can help you" sweetly inquired
the host, "to some Of this fricasseed to.
mato can with brown paper sauce?"
''No, thank you," rejoined the tiger;
my doctor forbids."
$50 sorry" murmured the goat in
secret glee. II fear you will have only
an unsatisfactory meal"
''Oh, I shall do very WE'LL" protested
the tiger. Whereat he fell upon an6
devoured the goat himself.
"Alasl" exclaimed the latter with his
dying breath, II was too funny"
This fable teaches that it is perfectly
proper to take an insult from some peo
pie without resenting it. 1t is all F:
matter of Judgment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26
ANOTHER WRONG RIo-TED-


Tae a.tempt % the republicans Of
Nebraska 10 steal the gcvernorship ~
THAI state has been thwart<d ~ the
supreme court a the United States.
and - ICON - James + Boyd demo-
crsf. can take the oath Of Office
Nebraska vii have again > lawful
government representing the wishes
of it, electors. expressed IL the polls
7 he claim that boyd was not a citizen
Of the United states never rested on .
srsntilIa If eyidercc that any bU. >
partiszn court would listen - bus i
Suf=ieed for the supreme e0urt OF
Nebraska One republican fraud On
the fallot fas thus heen undCne. cut
Eulleley ssiIl remains governor Of
Connecticut Chamber still occupies .
stolen seat IN the United States senate
from New Hampshire and Sanders and
Powers still bold stolen seats from
Montana When these wrongs are
rirhted: when Frank Hiscock makes
his last bow N the United States SEN
ate. AMI when Nessr< Hauley and
Platr. Representatives Of the minority
IL Connecticut. retire from the senate
The American people uill Be no longer
confronted with these parodies on
their institutions sld justice will
have been do1e- All Of these things
viii come In time Albany Argus
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26

doubseLly accepts this declaration -
di>po>ing Of The blaine candidacy
Mr.. Hiaine adds. Il make this an
nonncrmens in due SEASON" Followers
u Mr.. HARRISON will no doubs regari
the - .sun - entirely rips. Dissenting
views will BE- taken Of is timritne>s ~
opponents a HARRISON Nearly al
state conventions have been called. and
the xork Of choosing delegates 20 Min
neapolis may D. kaid 10 he going Tor
ward Little time i left in which 10
organize against the vhite-hou>r can
dldary Senators Cnllom and Alison,
Gov Mckinley tsen- AIgrr and others
may hc pardoned II they take differ
enr view Of what j. due season Due
sra~on 10 them would have heen last
summer. when the frierds Of each were
contributing - the eunningly-tevissd
Blaine boom They threw their politi-
cal fortunes into the Blaine flocdtidc
and now find them strcwn upon the
shore. While the Harrison craft. aided
~ Elaine. has all advantage ~ wind
and tide and extra steam. and Will
make harbor in what Elaine in his let
ter calls due season
Neither NJ Blaine nor Mr.. Blaine's
immediate opportunity seeking friends
hav.. cause for complaint against the
Harrison administration. which has
been decidedly consideratc of both
Mr.. blaine has been reinforced in the
cabinet b. Mr. Elkin>-anl there : no
evidence that the Blaine influence.
when il was in earnest was not potent
with Harrison To eotrrie thns rec
o-nixci and influential the Continuance
~ Harrison in the white house would
be rrefera tie 10 the advent 81 any other
republican and since the terrible cas-
tiration Of 1854 abides As . warning in
Blaine's memory forbitding him 70
essay the campaign anew under any
circumstances. i was part Of the Blaine
snartnesS 20 center opposition % Har-
rison in himself that no serious head
way might b. made against a republic
an who : AZ once his patrDu and his
pro-ege.
Elaine's clever. II not gracious. ma
nenvering has Sroothei Harrisons
rarh to Minneapolis The SECRETARY
has made ingenious use 81 hss trends
and his reward viii te contir nance %
the portfolio q state in his hands
should the beneficiary of his tactics te
reelected 70 the presidency Chicago
Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26

Carrier j. still in trouble His
lawyer now makes serious charges
against him II thought lie won his
ease 80 h did and that's what his
lawyer j. charging him for Lowell
Citizen
Page BOY ito Where
shall put thish -er dish Of ammonds.-
Jeanes with dignityl-.Im surprised.
HartAur. that at your hage you aven't
learn't 'ow to pronounce the in har-
mon1s--Punch-
-Cculdn-t See the Raise Wife
Dear. our landlord says he Is going 20
raise the rent Husband--Then We
must move wife-.whyy Husband
-.Because I can't raise the rent
Becoming Afraid -Upcreek Why
do they keep bank cashiers in wire
earese They hain-t sfeared on EN-. b
they William Ann--Depositors have
been bitten 80 often that they are b.
ginning 20 be---N. n Herald
--Forethought- ~ s'ffere = :
little bill for : dress ordered the
other day Husband What Why.
you told me you wouldn't need any
more dresses for ; MONTH Wife,
told you that Just after ! hsd ordered
this one Cloak Review
Two Of : Kinda lady who ~
shopping stepped up 70 merchant and
inquired. What does that sign ID yOuF
window mean? Goods sold - : sweep
ing reduction-'- 1T mean~ madam,
that customers are expected TO raise the
dust was the suave reply Detroit
Free Press
Jack Hardup with unwonted en-
thusiasml BY jove, ] zee that some
| fellow Is talking about introducing :
| bill into the house making il . INSIDE.
meanor TO send annoying letters e
anyone Very clever idea that Ill
have my tailor locked up for six months
BY iove--Tit-BitA
| Old Frierd-sHow did you and
your wife come 20 remarry after .
\ many years of separation" Jimson-
well. you see. in the cross suits foI
divorce. she made me out - bad. and
made her out 30 bad. that there
wouldn't anybody else have either d
rs Brooklyn Life.
Richard kcdgrave. artist records y
his diary this amusing recommendation
from An Irishman appointed TO cxamin>
students competing for medals: a
shculd also recommend Margaret $1,000
for . reward Being very young. shs
naturally missed the point Of all tn
questions in the papers. but her n
swers were % lady-liks that thinl
the medal shouId BY given to her"
/ --Tramp-"IIers, I've done u Forl
over ny pay Druggist Done what
en- NOT aware that ! hired you 70 a
enything.- Tramp-.welln now, " tina
amt what I call cooL There you hav
: card in the window which reads 'Iool
~ AL these things for twenty ave cent
each and when man has done IL an
earned about two hundred and fifty dol
larA ron refuse 70 pay. Dshcaesty
always poor policy. ~. ssd yoa'd ~
ssr whaek Mp
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26

subjects o. the Czsr VIII sesk N AsyluR
in AsnerIca-The Russian Autocrnt wiii
Lose some 81 His Heat and Most 1aw-
Abiding Cit1zens-
ODESSA. Feb. IS The proposed emf
grafton to America this spring Of the
German Mennonites settled near lash
kcnd. in Asiatic Russia is the result Of
the new policy adopted BY the Russian
government in requiring the Men
nonites to do military service the
same as other subjects Of the
empire. This is against the Mennonite
creed. the people Of that sect being
equally aversc to lawsuits and TO war
For over 100 years their prejndices have
been respected, and they have been re-
garded as desirable residents Of the en-
pire on account Of their skill i'm
dustry and law-abiding character.
II Is now desired. however to get
rid Of all Germans no matter how
remote their descent. who are not en-
tirely amalgamated with the Russian
population. Hence the measures that
are about 10 deprive Russia Of tho Men
! monte population