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Mercer has not renewed acquaintance In
the home Of his boyhos6, and on the
verge OF four score years, with scanty
white hair, very bald head. and quite
feeble. he was happy as child, when &C.
cupied with thoughts of meeting the chums
of over half century ago.
Next to Mr.. Henry l.. Yeslcr, Mr.. Mer-
Ger claims the honor of being the oldest
resident OF Seattle, and also with being
next to Mr.. Yesler in the extent of his res
idence at that city. When Mr.. Mercer ar
rived at Seattle in 1858 he found Mr.. Yes
Ter already established and running q
sawmill. Mr.. Mercer took up quarter
section Of land on Lake Union, between
that sheet of water and the bay, and has
since sung the praises of Seattle's present
and future greatness.
most curious incident resulted in Mr..
Mercer going to Seattle when Puget
sound was in the midst OF a vast wilder
ness. He had an uncle who Tas dreamer,
dreamer of dreams that in after years
came true. Mercer was also possessed Of
this peculiar faculty, and he once
dreamed Of locality which pleased him
much, and which indeed vas what he
subsequently learned was Puget sound
and the beautiful lakes-Lake Washington
ana Lake Union. This peculiar dream
was dreamed when few--qaite likely. in
deed, no human being-had ever set eye
upon either of those lakes! Still, Mr..
Mercer believed fortune aw aited him in
. his Beautiful dreamland, and he therefore
would not be content untl he came out
and saw for himself.
1t was in 1923. He had heard good re-
<Nf yhof t~xv
but he had heard nothing of Lakes Wash
ington and Union. He crossed the conti-
nent from Cardiz. ILL.,, where his father.
with fifteen children, had removed from
Iowa, and with his wife and children
made the journey in six months with q
wagon and team OF horses. On the Co.
lumbia river his wife succIlmbed to ex-
posure to rain and cold, and was buried
near the Dalles. The party was accom-
panied by the Rev. Daniel Bagley. now
also of Seattle. who established the first
Protestant Methodist church on the Coast,
and who is now president OF that organ
ization. One of Mr.. MERGERS four
daughters married a son of the Rev. Bag
ley, g. B. Bagley. and now resides at Se-
attic, together with another sister, Mrs.
David Graham. Another married sister,
Mrs. Parsons, resides at Olympia, ON
farm. The other daughter died.
Last night Mr.. Mercer had his nephew,
Oscar Knox, who closed out his Seattle
grocery business to help make "Uncle
Tommy's" trip enjoyable, and Mrs.
Vaughan, a sister of Mr.. Mercer, whose
expenses are paid by the aged Seattleite.
Mr.. Mercer was right; fortune did await
him at Seattle. where his quarter section
Melted him much more than 100000 He
is of philanthropic disposition, and was
confident of sitting up" all the way back
to Illinois if necessary. His eye is still
bright and his mind is more active than
the average man of his years. He hopes
20 induce all of his friends in Illinois and
Iowa to come 10 Puget sound to live.
Thirty years ago he predicted Seattle's
greatness. He said their sgrit would
make Seattle great"
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

hitch has occurred in the negotiations be-
tween Spain and the United States for q COM
nercial treaty.
BY the collapse OF q scafyold at the old castle
at k9nigsberg, Germany, on Thursday. nine
men were killed.
Judge 4. n. widncy, president Of the Uni.
versity bank, of Los Angeles, Cal, is candidate
for United States senator.
twenty-five miners were killed and eight in
jured by an explosion in the Agraas coal mine
In Hainut, Belgium. on Thursday.
The Atchison's statement for July, including
the St Louis d san Francisco ystem, shows q
net increase of earnings of $l67,5n
Spanish gunboat has been sent TO the rescue
of the crew of spanish ship recently seized by
Moorish pirates near Cape JUDY, Africa
Sir James Homespicrs and Miss Amy Green,
daughter of the late William Arthur Green, of
San Francisco. were married in London Tues
day.
An International anti-slavery bureau ID to be
formed in Zanzibar, i'll which England, France,
Germany, Italy and Portugal will be repre-
sented.
Two men, q woman and two children have
been arrested at Montreal on suspicion of being
concerned in the recent dynamite outrages in
France.
stroycd by fire on Thursday, and as Thomas
Truitt. OF Coulterville, prisoner, is missing, it
Is thought he persisted.
Five quarrymen of Wilson's island left Bay
field, Wis, for the quarries in small boat dur
ing a severe storm Tuesday night, and have
not been heard oil since.
II. d. Converse and his son. who left yuma,
Ariz., some time ago to explore the desert and
New river, and we're supposed to have persisted,
have been heard from. They had endured no
privations
A grand banquet was given at VALPARAISO
Monday night by the American colony to Min
lister Egan on the occasion OF his departure for
the United States. He sails today for a short
visit home.
Feetner, near stevensville, O., after wages
quarrel with his employer on Thursday, shot
and killed him, fatally wounded Mrs. Feetner,
who was Ill in bed, killed Feetner's aged mother
and then committed suicide.
Captain Cremieux Foa, a Hebrew officer OF
Paris, France. who recently wanted to fight a
duel with Marquis de Mores. challenged Lieu
tenant Trochu a few days ago. but the Iatter's
colonel forbade tho duel Foa then went to
Trochu's messroofn and threw n glove In the
latters face, who beat Foa and with the assist
ance OF brother officers threw Foa out of the
door.
Sonora Ruiz Mattorena, aged "a years, OF sail
Diego, Cal, has commenced suit against her
\ daughter, Mrs. A. Burton Beach, alleging fraud
in the securing by the latter from plaintiff of
title deeds aud power of attorney and asking
that the title TO the property in dispute revert to
her. The land was originally q grant to Lieu
tenant Ruiz from the king of Spain in 1904 and
involves the TOWNSHIP OF Enseneda, Lower Cal.
ifornia
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THE CAYUCos BANK ROBBERS.
One Dead, Two in Jail and the Others
Fugtttveo In the Hills.


Fugitives In the Hills.
CAYucos. Sept l.-Isill Brown. ringleader OF
tho bank robbers, died last night He was a
brother OF John Benjamin Brown, who killed
Lorense r. Skov, aud died sfterward at San
Gu sntin. Altar the shooting those who escaped
scattered 20 that no two met The first to reach
the wagon seems to have been Jap Brown, a
wild youth known as the "fat boy" OF San
Luis. Waiting for no one, he drove Off alone at
left the team and wagon to return to the stable
driverless. After being at large In town all day
he was jailed in the evening. G. A. Dunn, who
walked into San Luis and surrendered, is a resi-
dent of Oak Park He was formerly wanted A.
q suspect in connection with the Greenwood
murder. He has several aliases, Dunn being
one of them. His right name IL Wilson. This
IL the man who gave the robbery away
TO the officers beforehand. The fourth
man, nomed Goss. who got into town afoot, Is
also uniayorably known 10 the officers. John
lsom formerly resided with his parents at
Moro creek, in this county. He seems 10 have
left the stage road at the mouth of MORO crock
and walked mp the creek as lar as the Langlois
ranch. He stole horse there and took to the
hills. Is 10 known that their plans for this
week included tho robbery of Beebes safe at a
lumber yard in san Luis. and tho san Jose
store, at San jose valley, In this county
PAso ROBES. Sept l-lsom and Goss. the
fleeing Cayueos bank robbers, are still at large.
isom soen near hero yesterday evening
Paso Robes officers have joined i'm the chase,
and arrests are expected al any moment
SAN LUIS OsIspo, Cal. Sept Ian inquest
was beli on tho body of the dead robber
Samuel William Brown. today, aud the remains
given 20 his relatives, who brought them 10 this
city for interment Dunn and "Jap Brown
are in Jail here. but both are Understood to
claim immunity as iniorman.s.
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SCARLET FEVER NEAR OAKEsDALE
People as Much Afraid OF It a. OF ChOl-
era-An Afflicted Family IsOlated.

OAKRsDALE, Sept 1.-fspccial. IAN incident
which seems almost incredible occurred within
three miles of Oakesdale recently, and has Just
become generally known. The infant child of
James Clark was taken i'll with scarlet fever.
The neighbOrs, fearing to contract the disease
themselves or to carry it home to their families,
refused or neglected to assist the Clark family
during the sickness of the child, with the single
exception Of one young man, who slept in
Ciark's barn and went for a physician and ran
other errands, but would not 60 near the house.
The child grew worse and died. The neighbors
remained away and the young man came to
oakesdale for a coffin, but neglected to tell OF
the circumstances of the death and the need of
help. The family were thus left alone to care
for the remains and bury them unaided. The
heart-broken father and mother prepared the
body of their darling babe for burial, and buried
1t alone upon the farm. Their sorrow was made
doubly bitter by the treatment they received
from their supposed friends and neighbors, and
to cap the climax their other two children were
stricken with the disease. The facts in the case
were not known in town until after the death
and burial OF the baby, or help would have been
sent from the city. 1t Is hard to believe that in
this enlightened age such 1nhumanity exists,
but it Is nevertheless a fact DR.. Gaines, of
Oakesdale, Is attending the remaining two chill
dren, and says they are now out of danger and
that there is no danger OF the disease spreading.
The only excuse offered by the neighbor of Mr..
Clark is that they feared for the safety of their
own families Last winter the scarlet fever was
very bad in this part OF the country, ana large
per cent OF the cases proved fatal in a very
short time. This, in a very small measure, ex-
cuses the heartlessnsss of the neignbors of Mr..
Clark. But had they sent to the city there are
many here who have had the disease and would
have willingly gone to take care OF the dead and
dying.
The city schools open next Monday, and it
is feared if the fever reaches town the schools
win have to close, as they did twice last season
on account of the same disease. The attending
physician thinks these fears are groundless.
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CHOLERA rs CHECKED
Except in Hamburg, Where the
Officials Are Incompetent.
NO NEW CASES IN ENGLAND.
Large Decrease in the Number OF Cases
and Deaths In Kurope-Dsily Re-
ports From Infected Districts.

HAvIR, Sept l.-There were hffy-nine new
cases OF cholera yesterday In this city ana nine
teen deaths from the disease il the same time.
The epidemic has thus far been confined 10 the
quarters In the city occupied by workingmen'
who pay no attention whatever to hygiene IN
srructions issued for their benefit.
GRAvEsxND, Sept 1.-The surviving choiefa
patients from the steamer dsmma ere now
nearly well. The other emigrsnts who came on
the Gemma pronounced free from disease were
allowed to proceed to London.
HANBuRa, Sept Ian official report OF the
total number OF cases OF cholera and deaths N
the city since the frst outbreak OF the scourge
shows that ASS persons have been attacked by
the disease and that deaths resulted In l77S
cases Municipal reports show lss new
cases and forty-6ve deaths from choiera yes.
terdsy. According TO the imperial board OF
health there were 496 cases aud Isl deaths IL
10 believed that the Hamburg authorities are
either negligent or trying to conceal the true
condition of affairs. The imperial board reports
eventy-three new cases and thirty one deaths
In Altoona on Tuesday and seventy-three cases
and thirty-one deaths In Schleswig.
ANTWERP, Sept l-Yesterday six new cases
OF cholera occurred In this city. and two persons
died from the disease Today there were no
new cases
vienna, Sept I.-Thres cases OF cholera are
reported In Lsmbergeli. Three deaths from the
disease are reported in Wastoerg, and one death
In Troppau
PARIS, Sept L-Twenty-one cascs oil cholera
and ten deaths were reported in Paris yester-
day
81. PETERSBURG, Sept L--oficial cholera re-
turns for all Russia show a gratifying decrease
IN the ravages of tho postiience Yesterday
returns show 1850 new cases and 2,529 deaths,
decrease Of 1.2s5 in new cases and 2ll In deaths.
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rickering's Discoveries on Mars.

NEW YORK, sept l.-Astronomer Pickering
has sent the following from Arequipa. Peru 10
The Herald: Mars has two mountain ranges
3car the south pole. Melted snow has collected
between them before flowing northwsrd in the
equatorial mountain regions. Snow fell on two
,unmits on August aud melted on August :.
have seen eleven lakes near soils Locus, vary
ing In from ~ % 100 miles to ~ by 20 miles
Branching dark hass connect them with two
large dark areas bko seas, but which arc not
blue, There has tocn much trouble since the
NOW melted I'm areas 90 clouds. These clouds
arc not white, bat ysll0wsh and partly trans
parent They now seem 90 be breaking away.
but they hang deusely on the south side Of the
mountain rArge The northern green SPOT has
been photographed. Many Of schiaparellVs
canals have been seen single
Professor PlCkegng has written an iute-ek.
nag article for next Sundays Fosr-IerslLfskN.
err. describing tho AreQuipa observatory and
shy It's site was chosen
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A Wenatchee Fruit Farm.

those who have visited Wenatchee and ex-
amined for themselves, have the remotest
idea of the wonderfully productive capac-
ity of its soil and climate. We hear about
these things, we read about them, yet how
little we realize or comprehend until we
are brought face TO face with the matter.
When we speak of fruit by the ton we have
very little conception OF the matter, but
when we see the trees growing and break
ng down, the tree. scarlet and lovely in
all their magniEcence. how We wonder az
the provisions nature has made for man.
In speaking on this subject a few days
since to Mr.. q. w. Cooper, of the firm Of
Cooper Bros. who are handling Mr.. John
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PerhsVs, IA perhaps not. However tina. NAV
-, BE AAs no excuse for his misery IL II /. prs.
occsd by nervousness, - long as 10 neg. ects T.,
rein ore fls sniee5,ei nerves through the
usaiam oi improved digestion. He csa seeu~,
it.s ~ tAs Regular use Of H1s,attsrs Storaara
h-tters. grateful tonic ana iraGQuilllzer II
scoal5 never oe forgotten toat the br&in-gBieh
g. tie aes1g uSrters OF the nervous syst@tr--ar,4
tie stoua-Ch lear the Osest relations one To IT,,
other, and that dcti.ity uIdor she wa.s.Aas.a
produce cSrralaave disturbances IN the o--s-,
o! tao8E1L Ssve, however. guietfis 70 yerv5t,..
ness - headaches ~ = reform begun al IN,
iuiat4u head ~ tAe Differs. Take 4 sisn ~
.natsfta- b }iogs sua kidney trouble rhcnrss.
tsti a4a@ tEe luAfntjses % age IaAca L.s,-,,
meas = IA ATS re.lsh .cE t1s tcOd
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The Olympic Peninsula.

East of the sound the land that can be Harmed
is practically all taken, but west of the Sound
the great Olympic peninsula, until lately ainoss
uninhabited, and even now but little known
1t has NOT been surveyed. Out OF the hssr
OF it rise the eternaliy snow-clad Olympia
mountains. On their sides roam the elk
black bear, cougar, and other more or len
noble beasts Over the earth is u mass OF tim.
ber and at its feet a jungle. Fir. spruce, ana
white cedar are in the woods, and In many
waters wild fowl abound. Frost is said nos %
know the country. On the Pacific coast saas
many valleys, and some small prairss u
this absolutely new country the homesteaasm
are appearing in such numbers THAT IL 10 ss'a
that between 100 and so settlers went N
there last year TO preempt the lands along sas
streams and on the prairies. There, entifev
cut of from the world, they will wait until me
lands are surveyed and they can file them
claims. They believe thai a railroad irSA
Gray's harbor or Shoaiwater bay to the strais
OF Juan de Fuca Will soon be buiit pa
all their holdings. IL is likely, for. in sdfnos
10 the timber, that Is the best dairy county
the state. A. Que citizen put IL, They asss
more rain than We on the east OF the sousss
but the presence OF water has never set psSs
considered an objection in the dairy 'raaa
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Two Boats Crews OF the Annie C..
Moore Supposed to Be Prisoners.

VICTORIA, Is. c., Sept 1.-lSpecial THE
schooner Annie C. Moore returned to port this
morning, having lost two boats crews in u
dense fog in the Copper Island neighborhood
A steam launch from the Russian cruiser Zabi-
AKA was looking for them at the time, and Fred
Hackett, master of the schooner. reported his
fear that they have been gobbied up to the au-
thorities. The following dispatch was accord.
ingly sent TO the minister OF marine at Ottawa:
The British Columbia Sealers' Association
fear more seizures by the Russians, and ex-
press anxiety for the distressed crews Few
vessels frequent the Russian coast at this sea-
son of the year, and long detention and harsh
treatment is very probable unless the men are
relieved. A. X. MILNE,
Collector OF Customs.
The schooner Annie Moore had been out ON a
cruise for seven months, and had 964 skins. On
August she lost two boats and six men. They
are: Harde Murray, Charles Royal, James
Harkins. Billy Nesbut, Joe Devoe and Peter
Warren. The men Were lost during heavy
fog about thirty miles off Copper island Two
days after the Z. B. Marvin lost Billy Shields
and his boats crew under similar circum.
stances,
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What the LEDGER" Wanted.

1t Is said the Tacoma Ledger the leading Re-
publican daily OF that city. will bolt the Repuh-
iican ticket because Tacoma did not get proper
recognition III the state convention. There is
really some reason Tor the Ledger 70 tbus exploi.
itself Tacoma has only got one Congressman
the secretary OF state and the chairman of the
state Republican committee. 1t is now thought
II that city hal been given the Nominees for
governor. lieutenant governor, the ,ther con.
gresham, state treasurer, state auditor, attor.
uey general and superintendent OF public in
struoison IN addition 10 what it did gst that the
Ledger would probably have "staid liz
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edge in the bottom drawer, and slots cut
into them fo5 each saw. A bit rack and
one for chisels can be made in the same
way. The plane drawer should be par
titioned for various kinds of planes
Such a chest should stand on casters and
have handle bars at the ends. The top
raises, giving room for plans and other
drawings above the upper drawer. A
smaller chest can be made of pine o.
whitewood, foot deep by Is inches high
and 80 inches long. 1t should contain a
square, saw, Ratchet. rivet hammer,
rivets, brace and bit, chisels, includ-
ing cold chisel, mallet, a pair Of pincers,
spirit level, drawknife, screwdriver,
screws, nails, monkey wrench and va
riety of bolts. Such chest can be car
RED anywhere in q WAGON
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United states. upon the investigations
carried on at Rothamsted. From a report
published By the department OF agr.cult-
ure of the first six lectures delivered I'M
der the Lawes trust. at Washington. by
Robert Warrington, 4. r. s., We learn the
following:
Sir John entered upon his home farm Of
25o acres IN 1884. Three or four years
later ne began experiments. in pots, upon
the effect OF various manures, and these
led TO field experiments.
Ihe foundation OF the Rothamsted
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He Was . Eentuckiau
Cincinnati Enquirer.

'-1--NttA3I~NA
There was funny scene on crowded
tovington car few days since. A lady
passenger asked the conductor:
Does this car 20 up Main s.reet?"
No madame"
But really think it does"
o, ma m, am sure II does not"
Il was informed that it did" expostu-
lated the lady.
IN tell you what I'll do" sai,. the con-
ductor, pulling out a roll of bills from his
vest pocket, Il III bet you"
Then he recovered himself, blushed and
peat a nasty retreat. He was kentuck-
ian from away back.
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Denny Hill Scheme Impracticab,e.

TACOMA, sept. Especial Principal Assist.
ant Engineer Mclieury. OF The Northern Pacific,
is OF the opinion .has the Denny hill p-oposi.
ton at seattle is tmprecticabte, rs the exca-
waiting and filling cannot be done 80 cheaply as
hrs been claimed NJ. McHenry has figured
OCT the proposition, and finds that the sluIeinr
process in removing the earth to the bay would
c1s. more shac the estimate
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Peoples party electors was defeated Better
Couchman, OF Walworth county. was noIni-
mated for governor; for lieutenant governor,
5. A. Ramsey; for secretary OF state,
l. Norris; for treasurer, George Culver; Tor
attorney general, II. c. Walsh: for auditor, j. T.
Sieoach; Tor congressman, Chauncey Weed and
MI WICKER. Electors were also nominated.
The platform strongly Endorses tariff reform
aHd touches on various other questions Of In
teregt to the state only
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Reward for meMh,rs.r.. Muranrsr.

FRESNO, Cal. Sept L-There wers no new de-
fcloplaents today IN the Nc" hirtor case. There
sere few ruuors. but they were generally SD.
,urd. The vigilance committee seems "a IA
waiting for the capture OF The murde-ers
before deciding ~ take action. Mrs
Newhir.er today ofsFei az additional reward
vi $4,000 fer the arrest and conviction 81 ths
nurasrers, and her family s3Gc3 kto,sp Ia al.
AMOUNT, making - total oi s2o.l02 Tae euthnrt.
aes expect tc have the nen ia custody b,.oEe
faturaay evening"
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station for agricultural experiments is
earlier than that of any other, with the
single exception of that established in
Alsace. The earliest German station, that
at Mockern, was founded in 1852; the
earliest American station, at Middletown,
Conn.,, in 1875. The earliest OF the sys-
tematic field experiments at Rothamsted
were those with turnips commencing in
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THE SMALLPOX AT VANCOUVER.
A Six-MOnths Baby Attacked-The Dis
ease Appears Among Indiana

VANCOUVER, b. C., Sept. L--[Special. James
McPhee and his wife. whose 6months-old baby
was found yesterday 10 have smallpox have
been removed to the quarantine station at
DeadYnans island.
VICTORIA, Sept. Especial 1.-The steamer
Islander, just returned from Alaska, brings
word that smallpox has broken out among the
Indians Precautions are being taken to pre-
vent spread of the disease.
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riusie borden Held for rr,.,

FALL kIykR. Mass, sept L-ArgGr9eut, 8,
.he Borden case osgsn this meyuiaG NJ Jaa.
sinrs, ccunset tor the defense, op-,ue! Wit ri.
hide ol the case, which occupied tho rro-air,.
" .ion. He snaiytei az copsi1erAs q le.,,gS
the evidence G8aueed. Al tae si;era aoe So.
,ioe, District Attorney Knew ton lv.ts,,.ss "a
rfth the argument For the government W
ne had nnlsAe,i Judge nais1el summed vr
And he q the accused 10 answer a; JAe Nsv,-..
ser term. The prisoner was committed e. tns
sounty saiL A.. The witnesses were or5ersa "a
~ present