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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
"UNCLE Benz SMITH AGAIN.
Bogus DIR. Graham Now "Practicing" In
San Francisco.

DR.. George III. Graham, alias "Uncle
Ben" Smith, who left Seattle some months
ago on account of the exposure through
the Seattle papers of worse than unprofes-
sional conduct on his part, has turned up
in San Francisco, and is apparently pros
pering at the expense of the people of that
city. His likeness-the same cut that
used to adorn local papers-appear in the
San Francisco journals, over the an
nouncement In big type that ''Dr. Graham,
the only electric and herb specialist on
the Coast, is still treating with unpar-
alleled success. No cure, no pay, etc."
Then follows a statement of the remarka-
bic success attained by the eminent spe-
cialist in the treatment of the most obsti-
nate chronic diseases known to medical
science, a long list of which are enumer-
ated.
From developments in court and through
police investigation CDR. Graham" was
shown to be one of the worst humbugs
and knaves that ever troubled Seattle.
Before the great fire he worked here as a
carpenter. He was known as Ben Smith,
and made great pretentions of religion.
While living here in this role he enticed a
half-witted girl, to whom he posed as
religious adviser, TO live with him in
secluded quarters. He was arrested at
this time, but, there being no law to cover
his case, he was fined 800 by Justice
John +. Miller for vagrancy. The girl
testified that he had told her to call him
"Uncie Ben" Smith, and that name hung
to him while he stayed here.
Afterward the man branched out as a
full-hedged physician, making a speciality
of incurable cases. His medical practice.
If such 1t could be called, was of very
shady nature. Some months ago he was
arrested at the instance of a weak-minded
woman upon a charge of criminal assault.
The woman, who Is one of his patients.
charged that the doctor had taken adj
vantage OF her through his professional re-
lation.
The case was tried in the superior court.
and Graham was acquitted through lack
OF evidence. He had been written I'D in
the local papers, and after the trial he an
peared at the PosT-INTELLIGENoER office
and demanded that an article setting him
before the public in a favorable light be
printed. His demand being refused, he
grew enraged and threatened TO bring suit
for libel. The last seen of him by Posi-
lNTELLIGENCER reporter, to whom he ad-
dressed himself, was when he backed out
OF the door, declaring he would sue for
100000 damages, and emphasizing his re-
marks by loud swearing and vigorous
snaklng OF his umbrella. The doctor how
ever, never instituted his suit Within
the next day or two he disappeared from
the city, leaving behind some unsatihed
creditors and number of credulous pa
tients, who had made advance payments
Tor the treatment they were to receive.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
FROM THE FRIGID NORTHWEST.
A Traveller From Manitoba Talks of the
Blizzard Land.

l.. Remey, of Portage la Prairie, Mani
toba, Is at the Northern, having stopped
off there on his way TO California. He has
been connected for the last fourteen years
with the firm of L. A. Newman & Bros, at
Portage la Prairie, but is now seeking q
new location in the states. In an inter-
view with a PosT-INTELLIGENcER reporter
yesterday, he said:
We have been having pretty severe weather
since the beginning OF this month. The day
after left the thermometer was down to 90 be-
low zero. But the storms have seldom lasted
more than twelve hours, and we have had beau
tiful sunny days, just like this. but frosty.
The crops last season were very good the
yield being twenty-five to forty-fve bushels an
acre. We have some very large farms. One
firm has sown 900 acres and expects to reap
5000 bushels of wheat and $4,000 bushels of
other grain. We have several farms of thou
sands OF acres. The country is pretty well set
tied in our district The great difficulty is in
getting help TO reap the crops, for there are not
enough people in the country 10 do it. Farm
laborers are paid SO month and board for
about two months at harvest time, and large
number of men needed ali the year round
The chief cause of this difficulty is that the
work comes on all at once AT harvest time. They
do all they can with machinery. but men are
needed to run the machinery who understand
cursions for lsborers from the Eastern provinces.
The tendency OF Canadians to emigrate to the
states is mainly in the old provinces In the
Northwest provinces many people moved to
Dakota years ago because they could not
pay their debts, but they have now
had SO many failures of their crops in
Dakota that most OF them are moving back
again, and the Others would come back if they
could. The immigrants to the Northwest pro-
Vinces are mostly English-s peaking people. and
We have very few people OF other natiunaIities
One good thing is that We have no Cinnamon:
they can't stand the cold. The immigrants
from Dakota are going mostly TO Yorkton. on
the Manitoba and Northwestern railroad, 80
miles from Winnipeg. The government gave
the railroad company big land grant, and tina
immigrants sre given farms at moderate rates
with seyeu years 20 pay.
Manitoba would BE better of for free trade
with the states, because we are close to the
boundary, and are far away from the lower
provinces, so that we ship all our implements in
from the States.
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ROBBED AND LEFT TO DROWN.
Pittable Plight of q Laborer-Rescued
by Brave Volunteers,


A Swedish laborer named P. J. johnson
was rescued from watery grave in White
chapel last evening after having been in
thecold salt water clinging to pile for
nearly three hours. When rescued he was
so exhausted he could not give an intelli-
gent account of himself All he could say.
as he shuddered, was:
81 was drunk. They robbed me and
dropped me in the water through hole"
Officer NJ. L. Powers, while patroIling
Jackson street at o'clock last evening,
heard plaintive human wall coming from
under the Palace theater, a four-story
wooden building which is built out over
the tide flats, the first story of which
Is built below the level of
the street and about twenty
feet above the water. 1t took him at least
twenty minutes to locate the man. As
soon as 1t became known that there was a
imam overheard" there was great excite
ment. About seventy or eighty women,
who inhabit that part of the city, swarmed
around the officer and offered assistance.
Ropes and lanterns were obtained, but ow-
ing to the position of the man, he could
not be reached with ropes, and on account
OF logs and mud, boat would be useless.
The officer finally declared that some one
would have to swim out TO the man and
rescue him. and he called for some one
who was willing to risk his life. Eugene
Walker, a good-natured negro, stepped
forward and said
eff You say so III get him. can swim,
but the water is ALFRED cold"
The officer told him to strip of, and the
darkey soon emerged from a saloon clad
only in small breech clout, and was low
cred into the water by a rope. He swan to
where the drowning man was hanging,
but found him SO helpless he would not
dare swim back with him. Nakao Kuma,
the japanese lightweight wrestler, signi-
fed his willingness 10 help Walker, and in
less than three minutes was in the water,
and was swimming back with the half-dead
Swede between himself and the negro.
They were pulled up, one ct time amid
the cheers of the crowd of 200 or 800 men
which had gathered at the scene
There are numerous trap doors in the
dives and saloons of Whitechapel and it is
more than probable that Johnson was
robbed and then dropped into the water
by the thieves, who sought thus to con-
ceal their crime. Johnson became deliri-
Gus after arriving at police headquarters
and could not give an intelligent account
OF himself. The detectives are investigat-
ing the case and arrests may follow todav
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
PRACTICES OF THE BURKEs.
Experience OF the Cascade Insurance
Company With Them.

More particulars of the methods of the
Burke brothers in the insurance business
were told to a Posi- INTELLIGENCE re-
porter yesterday by w. T. Iyev, formerly
secretary of the Cascade Fire and Marine
Insurance Company. He said:
H. f. and Fl. c. Burke were city agents for the
Cascade in 1889 and 1899 l succeeded J. A.
Gould as secretary IN June, ls9o, and found that
the Burkes owed the company about 81 900, Il
c. Burke, as an individual, owing s225 on notes
About SIX months later we sued them and OBJ
tanned judgment by default against the brothers
aad against II. c. Burke as an Individual. II.
K, raised techuicality as TO our failure 10 post
notice OF the judgment, aud swore that the day
before the Judgment was obtained he had made
at arrangement with me 10 settle the matter cut
Of court The Judgment was set aside and the
case reinstated on the calendar and has never
come 10 trial.
About March, 1891. H. R Burke arranged with
three lodges st Franklin, which all
met n hail, 70 insure The
hail and their parsphernalia in the
Cascade. He was then acting merely as
broker and lot IS a regular agent for the COM
psny. he told ne that premiums would be
paid IN thirty or sixty days and that he would
pay the money to the company as soon as he re-
ce1ved H. Ninety days went by aud the pre-
miers were not paid. so sent notice of can
celia ion Of the policies TO the lodges man
came down representing ell three lodges. saw
the man IL The city who had placed the insurance
arce Tor them with Burke sud then two Of them
came 60 NE. They said they had paid Burke
for al. three sixty days before. Burke came in
While they were IN the oaice snd offered me Sc
IN part payment Of the amount, which Was sos
] refused anything bur fau payment and he
paid tae whole amount next day.
There aru four brothers-H K. II. c, A. ana
J. C~aEa they have made practice whenever
any one OF them got into difficulties ~ blaming
II On the Others, bat they are all alika H. C.
has been sailing safes and acting a. agent FOR
are and aecldeRt insurance companies lately
a. and ). c. formerly ran saloon on West
street, but lett the city some tine ago
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
LAUNDERING at McMurray.

Marcus Kenyon, of the McMurray MIL
Company, who is at the Diller, said 10
PosT-INTELLIGENcER reporter yesterday
sour company is putting up dry house
for lumber, and will soon put IN another
bandsaw, which will increase the output
from 10000 to $4,000 feet of lumber day.
We have a splendid belt of timber around
us and have three logging camps fitted up.
The country lies very well for logging and
We can produce lumber more cheaply
than the Seattle mills. for we not only DO
our own logging but save the cost OF tow
ing. A new shingIe mill is about to be
built at Montborne, on Big lake, seven
miles north of u.s.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
THE MINERAL WEALTH.
1t VIII Bring Good Times to This Part
OF the Country.

". X. Gibson, a Milwaukee LAWYER.
connected with the firm of Winkler.
Flanders, Smith, Bottum & Villas.
arrived at the Rainier hotel Satur-
day. He has been AT Snokane
arranging for the transfer Of some Coeur
d Alene mining property. In his early
Gays Mr.. Gibson was private secretary TO
GoYernor Blair. Aichtgan's war governor,
and he has spent most Of his life in Michl-
gan. Last night ne said:
~ ou viii see much better times within
a year. believe, for money is bound to
come in for the development of mines
which are promising so well on every
side The famine in Russia makes
an assurance OF peace in Europe, for the
car 5 nos poweriess TO hight. and on this
continent tAe trouble with Chile has
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
PERSONAL.

J. F. Wardner, of Fairhaven, is at the Raj
nier.
William J. Bowen. of wenatchee, is at the
Grand.
Mrs. F. N. Reynolds. OF walla walla, is at the
Grand.
A. L. Bonney, of Portland, Me-, is at the
Grand.
]. NJ. stoneroad. of Everett, is at the occi-
dental
D. Hamburger. of San Francisco, is stopping at
the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Aver. OF Austin, Mimi,
are at the Rainier.
Mrs. G. G. England and Mrs Clark, OF Sno-
homish, are at the Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Stewart have removed to
the Rainier for the remainder of the winter.
]. L. Dunlap, of Portland, is at the Rainier on
a visit to his cousin, De L Harbaugh, the man.
ager.
Captain William D. Mathews, national grand
master of A. A. Y. NJ Compact of the United
States of North America, is in the city, and is
the guest of William Gross, Cloverdale and
Madison streets, where he will remain during
his visit in the city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
Jones Complains of His Treatment.

Charles Frank Jones, who was COM
mitted to the insane asylum at Steiacoom
a week ago, complains that he has not
been treated fairly. The following note
from him was received last evening by W.
b. Woolery, night iailer at the county
jail:
W. B. Woolery-Dear Sir: According to nv
promise, write to you. All can say is that
an very unhappy here. There is neither Justice
nor mercy in the states treatment of me.
Yours for humanity's sake,
CHARLES FRANK JONES
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
The New School Room.

The assignments of teachers have been
made for the five new rooms to be opened
tomorrow. Miss Williams goes to
the Battery street room, which will
relieve the Denny school; Miss Bell
to the new room in the Rainier building:
Miss Thornton TO the Box street room a
relief for the Mercer; Miss Scheffer to the
corner OF Seventh street and Cherry. a re-
lief for the Central. and Miss Carr to the
corner Of Eleventh and Jackson, a relief
for the South
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
New Undertaking Corporation.

Articles of incorporation of the Cross
Undertaking Company were filed with the
county auditor Saturday. The capital
stock is placed at $50, 900, divided into $50
shares of 500 EACH The incorporators
and trustees are: d. w. Cross, ]. W.
elise, c. A. Walsh. NJ. F. Backus, F. l..
Stinson, Everett Smith and T. C. Miles.
D. w. Cross will manage the business,
which will open up in a central portion
of the city. Greenwood cemetery will be
controlled by the company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
seattle Teutons Organize for the Whole
of King County.

The German Democrats of Seattle met
yesterday afternoon in the Smith block
and organized the German Democratic
Club of King County. A constitution and
bylaws were adopted and the following
officers elected: President, Charles HUI
bert; vice president, 2. Weinhagen; Sec
rotary, William HAITI; treasurer, J. ].
kuehn.
An executive committee. consisting of
member from each ward and the president
ana secretary ex-ofiicio, was elected.
Those chosen are as follows: GEORGE
Gumpel, First ward; f. A. Erdmann, Sec
ond ward; DR.. Rozsas, Third ward; III. C
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
BREVITIES,

The county treasurer collected So, solsio {,
taxes during the month of January.
Lee d Bowden have an order from Phjlsde,
phia for city loans, s., 600 to s50.OO0 snecis
rates for the next thirty days
Yesterday was the eleventh anniversary n
the founding of the Young Peoples Society a
Christian Endeavor. The branches OF tn
society IN this city held appropriate exercise
last evening. The society was started In port
land, Ne, and it now has considerably over
million members
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
THE KENYON BLOCK CASE.
Corporation Counsel Jacobs Argues the
Materials Opinion.

Corporation Counsel Jacobs Saturday
filed an important opinion with the board
OF public works III the matter of the Ken
Won building, ON the corner of Front and
Madison streets. The opinion is based
upon facts as the corporation counsel I'M
derstands them and as they have been
sisted 10 him, and is as follows:
Eaets--Eirst--Tha FL en- Front street. oppo-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01

Night Jailer w. B. Woolery, of the
county Jail. returned from Walla Walla
last evening, having taken Dave Mccoy,
burglar, and William Holmes. would-be
murderer, to the state penitentiary. tie
reports beautiful weather east OF the
mountains. There is no snow at Walia
Walla, and in the Yakima valley wild
flowers are sprouting and evidences OF
spring being everywhere indicated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
The Democratic list is as follows:
Time.
sNext meeting February s
POLITICAL NOTES.

Democrats of the Fifth ward meet tonight
There will be a Democratic meeting at Boule-
ward tonight.
The Central Republican Club will meet at the
Russell house tonight.
Great preparations are being made for the
meeting of the First Ward Republican Club on
Wednesday night.
Latons aud Brooklyn Republicans will not
meet tonight as many of them wish to attend
the meeting of the Central Club.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01

Schaefer, Fourth ward; A. May. Fifth
ward; n. G. Stiegleder, Sixth ward; w.
Conradi, Seventh ward; G. Penner, Eighth
ward: G. Hempel, Ninth ward.
The meeting adjourned until next Sat-
urday night at O'Clock.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
THE POLITICAL MEETINGS.

Gatherings at the Various Clubs
Throughout the City.
All the political ward clubs of both par
ties are now organized and meetings are
held in some part of the city every night.
The Republican gatherings are as follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01

THE PERSONAL Discomfort and the worrv Of
Constant Cough, aud tbs soreness Of Isnes
and Throat y hlcA usual Y s.tena IL are all rem
edled by hI. u Jayne's Exfectorant. s safe
medicine Tor Pulmonary disorders and Threat
a.iscue2A
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01

passed. Accordingly there is hkennood
that large amount Of English capitai
will come this way for investment.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-01
Worse Than a Corncob PIr.

"oTse Than a COrncob Pine.
Texas Siisings
A man has just died in Connecticut who
smoked 1000 herring day. Worse thar
tobacco. No wonder he died.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23
MINBRSVILLB.

A coal train was wrecked near the horse
shoe curve Glen Carbon, early Thursday
morning The wreck crew was early at the
scene and began clearing the track. Traffic
was delayed several hours in consequence.
No one was hurt
Joseph Bixler, of fremont who formerly
lived here, but who is now employed at the
fremont iron works, arrived here this morn
ing TO put up some machinery at the Oak
Hill colliery.
The Lehigh Valley train leaving here
from the Peoples Railway depot for 0rwigs-
burg in the evening, was held until after the
entertainments and lectures were over dur.
ing the past week at the County Institute.
They take the Minersville passengers to the
Mine Hin crossing from which place it is but
a short distance to Minersville, This is an
accommodation greatly appreciated by those
who attend the Institute and would no doubt
Increase the number who remain over to
hear the evening entertainment lit had been
made known.
James NJ. Weiser has received a new hearse
from Cincinnati. new means of transporta
tion other than 10y railroad must soon be
adopted TO take twelve days for goods to
reach here from Cincinnati is entirely too slow
travelling for the present age. That the
shipment was a hearse was no reason why so
much time should have been consumed on its
way to make it as slow as funeral"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23

Aod a Rgepy Mew Kearl

THE largest lot Of Toys, Fancy PLUSH
Goods, Dressing Cases, Manicure
Sets, Work Boxes Necessaries, Smok-
ers' Sets, Whisk Holders and thous-
ands Of articles too numerous to men,
tion in plush and silverware lines.
Over 500 finely dressed Dolls 25 per
cent. less than any house in this or any
other county. Iron Toys, Steam En-
gines, Hook aud Ladder Trucks, Elec-
tric Motors, strong enough to run any
toy; large House Cars, Doll Carriages.
Rocking Borses, Blackboards, Sleighs,
Building Blocks and all latest games.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23
Greeting
To all Our
Many Patrons

A VERY few fine Music Boxes that
"A will play fifty tunes or more. Call
aud see them. Tool Chests, Bureaus,
and Wardrobes for children. A large
variety of fine Christmas Dishes and
Bisque goods at prices never before
seen. Ladies' fine writing paper. Fine
Christmas and New Year Cards in
satin and plush-the latest novelties.
Also Books suitable for the Holiday
trade. Air Guns for the boys--best in
the market at lowest prices.- Fancy
Safes and thousands of other articles.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23
morn Thar- IIe Cnnld stand.

Justice-Why did you assault this
man, who did not give you the slightest
provocation?
Prisoner had plenty of provoca.
ton, may it please your honor.
"What was it?"
"He asperated me by going around
with a happy expression on his face,
while have to scratch gravel to get
money enough to pay my house rent
Texas Siftings.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23

Dec. 26 aud 27-"Tho Confederate Spy; or
The Blue and Cray under the auspices of
Henry Horncastle Camp, No. 40, Sons of
Veterans, in Fcrgusons theatre, for the bene-
fit Of Soldiers Monument fund.
Dec %, "Callie's Christmas - juvenile
Operetta, in the Welsh Baptist church.
Jan 2lst annual supper of the Welsh
Baptist church in Robb ms opera house.
Feb. i3.-First annual bali of Gen Har.
rison Lodge, X. Of p. in Robbins opera
house
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{ Tirvin, Duncan & Waidley's

A new lot of Mirrors-French bevel and German
plate glass. Also elegant assortment of Lemon
ade sets and all kinds of Table Glassware, Fancy
Engraved Lemonade Sets for SIPS, including tray
Our stock for holidays is complete. Call and see
our stock of Plush Goods Ornaments and Toys.
Our Candy Counter is quite attraction these days.
and sales increase the festive season approaches.
Our patrons will do well to make their Xmas pur-
chases early and avoid the great rush which immedi-
ate1y precedes the Great Holiday.
q south Main sire q
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23
EIeetrie knnwny nunetin.

Hereafter the electric railway cars viii
leave the corner of Cherry and Main streets
at $50 a. m. daily and every 20 minutes
thereafter until midnight, at which hour the
last car win leave for Girardville. On Mon
day November eth, 1892 the fare for any
length of ride between Shenandoah and
Girardvile win be reduced to FIVE (5J cents.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, ITS
THE KIND THAT CURES"

Gold and silver watches, diamonds, precious
stones, solid sterling and best plated silver
ware, b. & II. banquet and parlor lamps,
brQnzes, optical goods; everything in great
variety, at Holderman's, corner Main and
Lloyd streets. If
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-23

HAih'"ibhttTlHS I'll NcStb ia.
"iNell, you got the oliice?'
YES"
what did it cost you?"
That's a hard question. You see, J
broke my leg running for il, and that
cost considerable, then my brother-in.
law was killed making a speech for me,
and | had TO bury him; then | barbe-
cued all my cattle, killed three mules
ridin' around the country, mortgaged
the farm, and got divorce from the
family; so, you see, it kinder foots up"
Atlanta Constitution.