davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
CHECKING THE CnOLIRA.
united states Omcers Preparing for Al
Emefgenctes That May Arise.

. SsSeOo OAAC0ED HTeRotl0B 1Oe Ala
Emergencies That May Arise.
NEW YoRK. April 6-The national con.
ference of state boards of health today
continued the discussion of possible plans
for securing . uniform system of inter-
state inspection to be adopted in case of .
cholera epidemic this summer, and q now
committee was appointed for the purpose
OF submitting some scheme to that end.
the committee appointed yesterday having
failed to reach any conclusion. This COM
mittee made report which was finally
passed after being somewhat amended.
The rules adopted provide that in case
OF An outbreak Of cholera during the epi.
demic medical inspectors shall be on each
train, and in case of any symptoms Of tho
disease being developed en- route, he shall
provide for the isolation OF the suspects in
single car. In case the actual disease is
developed, the car shall be isolated at
some way station. Special cars are to be
provided for all passengers leaving
an infected district. According to
the resolutions. ordinary merchandise
and even mails do not require disinfection.
In the case Of baggage, however, and arti-
cies Of wearing apparel it provided that
they shall be thoroughly disinfected.
Similar rules are to be formulated cover
ing lake. river and other means of trans
portation. An amendment was added
requiring railroad companies to provide .
system for disinfect;ng train water closets.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

PORTLAND. April 6.-lSpecial. l-John
Hansen. the engineer ON the Vancouver
motor wrecked yesterday, died at the Good
Samaritan hospital today. An inquest
will be held tomorrow.
Florian Sprauer, . German carpenter
aged So. fell from the roof Of q building
forty feet to the ground today. breaking
all the ribs on his left side, and he died
four hours later.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

LIVES. April. 6.-The fishing schooner
Laughing Water arrived at Breakwater
this evening. having on board twelve men,
survivors Of the fishing schooner Genesta.
of Gloucester. Mass. who were capsized
this morning in q squail of Barnegat Six
men were drowned, whose names are :
Hastings, Clark Butler, two brothers
named Doane and Mckenny.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
MR. MEANY.s DlsCOvEKY.

state UnivsTstty Owns 3eo Acres Of
Valuable Laad In Pierce Ceanty.
TACOMA, April 6.-lSpecial.l-A number
Of people here interested in securing .
favorable site for the Puget Sound Meth
odist Episcopal university, have sst their
hearts on securing tract near Steiiacoom
belonging to the state university. These
pesons. knowing that Representative Ed
mond S. Meany was chairmsn of the uni
vefsity committee at the last two sessions
Of the legislature, called upen him yestsg.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
The khod. Island Kleetio.

PROVIDENCE Z. l.. April 6.-The revised
total vote for governor gives Baker. Dem,
q plurality Of 1856. The composition Of the
general assembly is: Republicans 10.
Democrats IS. doubtful 30. The Demo-
Gratis feel confident of eiecting enough as
semblymen to enable them to elect the
general officers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
Troops start for Ansiers.

AsrLERs, /. T.. April 6.-The Choctaw
militia will neither disband nor attack
Locke. Locke Is still within his fort with
oil the men he wants. The news that
Agent Bennett asked that martial Law b.
declared ~ the only way to preserve the
peace and prevent bloodshed has been
hailed by United States citizens With de.
light.
CAppo. l. T.. April Capt Jones Left
here today with forty vsll-equiped militia
men for Antiers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

SACRAMENTO. Cal, April 6-Henry Gra-
ham, the quack doctor. and his wife, Della
Graham, recently arrested in Tacoma,
Wash. for kidnapping Eide Posey, we're
today held to snsw wer to the superior court
Their bail vas fxed st 5000 each.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

PORTLAND, April 6.-Ths safe Of the
Mount Tabor postoffice wss blown open
early this morning by burglars, who o.
cured $s In cash, $50 in postage stamps
and u. 200 in promissory notes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

The Cherokee council of Indian territory has
tndshuitsiy tabled the DILL 10 send delegation
to IN International congress % eonsadse shs
otatohOod question.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07

TACOMA. April 6.-[Special. Tho an
nual meeting Of the Woman's Missionary
Society Of the Oregon Presbytery adj
journed today until Sunday. when the
Rev. q. +. Hawes, Of Portland. will de-
liver the annual sermon. In the evening
G. X. Thoburn, president Of the Puget
Sound university, will deliver an address.
Among those participating today were:
Mrs. Frazer, of Seattle; Mrs. Wilson, Of
Albany, Or: Mrs. Hawes. Mrs. English.
Mrs. Wallace. of Portland; Miss Kate
Hagan. of Tacoma.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
TO MEASURE INTENSE HEAT.
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PYRoMErERs

DIFFERENT CLASSES Of h'fr'i<is''
Information has been sought from this department
regarding promoters or instruments Tor measuring
,emneratures beyond the range Of ordinary mer-
crrIai ther1nometers A dozen more kinds or
such Instruments have been devised Some OF the
earlier ones worked the principle OF the unequal
expanslon OF two solids with heat Daniels nid
Whitewe counted the number OF seconds required 10
melt zinc rod nveeighths Of an inch In diameter;
two and a half seconds meant l4co seconds Fahr
slx seconds l. 100, seven 1000. and 30 on Inc melt
ine point OF zinc Is given by some authorities as
7s2 Bell noted with gauge the varying pressure
OF air In a copper tube expanded py heh'' Hes
nault the famous French chemist invented TWO
pyrometers, good for temperatures peiow 'ha' NJ
which iron softens One consisted OF an iron TUBE
,hrougb which hydrogen gas passed over an
ox,de Of conner and the amount OF water produced
by the union OF oxygen with the hydrogen Ihui
Gated the heat which promoted the uhioH' Nes
nault's other instrument an iron bottle niied
with mercury and provided with valve IN 's
neck with expansion the quicksilver would over
flow Difference In weight before and AFTER neat
ing indicated the extent OF that influence
One Of the promoters now In the market anu
registering (say the advertising cataiogues up "
5000 degrees Fair. employs the Saintghoh Sys'e"
OF a circulating nuio. Water Is forceh through III
iron pipe swiftly enough to prevent evaporation
and at n uniform rate. When entering ana emery
ing It's temperature 10 taken by separate ,her-
mometers The manufacturers not only supply SELF
recording apparatus but also provide. "heh re-
ouested a mechanism which merely SHOWS the
amount OF difference. and not the water teinpera-
lures themselves. 49,,
With extreme heats advantage IL taken OF the IN
creasing resistance offered to current OF electricity
Gent through n PLATINUM wire, wound on Porce'
lain cylinder and inclosed In an iron tube Up 10
800 degrees Fair, such an Instrument may pe iei'
In furnace permanently above that 1t must De IN
serted temporarily. say for three minutes ana
thus n temperature higher than that OF "eiuihg
iron and near that OF melting platinum may be
registered A perfect and trustworthy scale Is at
tached this pyrometer
still another instrument resembles the thermophe'
Rars Of different metals platinum ana iron OF
n,atInum and palladium. in close contact give eiec
tr,c currents of varying intensity with varying tenn
nerature at the point Of junction. ana ga'Vaho-
motor reyeals the force OF the current
Professor Thomas Egleston OF the Coiumpa
School of Mines in this city, who has tested nearly
every modern form Of pyrometer. expresses pref
erence for the type last described, ana speaks
highly of the lie Chateer instrument, platinum
rhodlum couple whose Indications may DE read sew
eral hundred feet away from the source OF the
heat which 1t tests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.

SALTS OF COPPER REDUCED TO PURE METAL BY
PETROLEUM vAPOI.
Accident recently revealed to the managers OF
the Baltimore Copper Works a fact which may
have some value in refining the metal there handled.
At this establishment the reverberating furnaces
are connected with great chimney by means OF
long underground passages. called "cuiVer's' IN
which more less oxydized copper as wen as
sulphides arsenides ard other compounds Is car
red off In the form of dust and smoke reese are
deposited In the cuvertg. and are subsequently
collected 10 be worked again. Amid an ac-
emulation OF such stuff. few days ago. 'here
were found irdescent, mosslike masses. Hhch upon
examination proved to be pure copper no" 'he
transformation effected was mystery In''.
II was discovered that petroleum. which saturated
the soil in the vicinity (having escaped from a
neghboring refinery had entered the culVef's
through n crevlce. Under the Influence OF hish
heat It was volatilIzed and the resulting gases had
reduced" the oxides and sulphdes into pure metal.
1t is probabl that this revelation VIII be turned
to advantage in future operations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
THE TROLLEY FOR CANALS.
r1,prHEn DISCUSSION or MINOR QUESTIONS IN.

yorYED IN THE IDEA
The attempt to use electricity for propehing caha
boats near Rochester was a distinct success put
technical Journals regard II rather as popular
exhibition than such a scientihc test as "ouiu
determI,e all the questions involved In this great
o,,arnrs. These in view of the Importance OF
moving great quantities Of bulky freight cheapiy
ore nov receiving careful consideration from COM
petent persons.
..The Electrical Engineer" for instance. calls at
tention to the extra resistance oHereo ny S'""
vater TO the passage of boats, and the increase
g., ~. raouired mower in a geometrcal ratio for
ererv increase attained in speed. Hence that paper
urges that the canals Of New-York state De ueep
ened 10 nine feet without delay
In ''The Engineering News 1t Is suggested 'la'
n flexible cord cable should De sups"tuieu io'
a stiff mole TO bring the current down from inc
,ro,iey wheel to the In the boat This would
maize II easier to maintain connection WIN the
suppy wire when the boat drifts sideways Inc
bel,ef is expressed, moreover. that TWO "Hes may
orove unnecessary. and that the return curreie
CON he handled by sending II into the wate'
through suitable ground" plate in the bottom OF
the boot St another idea brought forward by
.orbe Engineering News Is that the motor migh'
he % constructed to ride on the overhead wire
low cahIe, and to take hold thereof so az 10 low
Tho boat. This would involve more expensive over
Nod construction, but 1t would render sore"
rroneller unnecessary, and. although the M"e'
,o. Ga already made to work fairly well by steam
rover on craft of this character there are oDJec-
,,ons TO it that have not been overcome. III
.croxv must be used. though large one, moving
slowly or twin screws. which could be smaller anu
MORO easily submerged. are considered desirable
,rh .xtra cost incident to the employment or spe-
c,aI tugs instead Of motors on each boat Is
deprecated by experts
Another point needing consideration and expert
mani Is the feasibility of 'uurnouts for boats
meeting and passing each other. On street ran
TO have the ca at Speciflc0
no,nts but whether boats can be run on schedule
Or not Is quite a different question. Whether one
two or four overhead wires necessary is yet
undecided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
ACHIEVEMENTS OF YANKEE SKILL

PAPER yarn is being substituted Tor other
cheap stock in carpets. and is said to be supero.
IN ..shoddy" and "mungo," both In cost ana
strength or course. the paper Is used only IN me
hodv and on the underside OF the texture. ana not
=, the upper surface. II is said that 30 per cent
~ n carpet may be made Of paper without GUS
TONER suspectng II.
The most extensive pneumatic tube system IN
,he world probably. Is that which 'as recently
heen completed at Chicago. 1t extends from 'he
adouarters OF one Of the great press news sehces
~. -. nsarly all of the daily newspaper oices, anu
~ 20 he used exclusively for sending ehso6es
Is md from said offices. About seventeen mes
70 brass tubes three inches in diameter were USED
steel barge has recently been tried on the ONO
,,,,er in the coal traffic. this being the frst ex-
ner,ment in that line AS wooden vessel COSTS
rr,v 81. 800 or N.4oo and a steel Of the same
,,mcnsons about $500 1900. there would be
un economy unless the latter would last longer,
H., n is believed that II Will last about three times
az long. and will not need repairs during the hrst
s,r ~ its lifetime. A wooden barge after each
.r,n may need repairs 10 any amount, and always
,,st be caulked. at cost OF from 500 TO SO. The
,mosf important advantage claimed for the steel
harge Is that II does away with pumping, which
- "a constant and large expense to the coal trade.
A sensation has been produced In Europe hS The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
PRICES UNDER FREE WOOL.
rom The Rural New-Yorker.

.uowinr the price for labor and the price or
Innings trimmings and the materials tiat 20 ~ ~
make IN the finished suit or garments 10 remain
,ncha nped how much Is free wool going 10 chedpeI
wnoIlen clothing? A labcring man oIce aIsWere 90
this question by saying one-hait' an3tnS' I'm Ii -
70 "a A man who broidcioth 40 sun
thoul;ht free wool would reduce tne coSt h ", s
sult az To go | have found that many nav az
vague indefinite and Incorrect Ideas Oh the eiv I
Of free wool upon the prices as these ansWein ~,
dIcotc Now what the facts Inc uuty upon
cloth Tor clothing. dress goods. underwear ana no
siery is II cents per pound ana upon cua "a .pi
FOR carpets to cents per pound Now with 'h MS
,,ct before us how much would the prices De
changed or cheapened? Let me put IL down, as
seeing the figures Is often convincing where WOrus
fan Taking the weights given above. tne uhlel-
ence on a heavy winter suit would pc VIZ .chta,
on a light suit % cents on trousers io'2 cents, on
undershlrt or drawers, from TO cents, par
socks / cent: woman's dress, 26 cents chid nan
mel dress. sly cents; woman ~ or cni!u SUR
ings to cents pair; broadcloth sui. % cents,
ono ward carpetng, cents. THESE ngures are
based upon the supposton that all the cioths are
made OF wool only. but II the cloths rave mkt,
ure of cotton shoddy then these hgureS woul9
all be less according as there Is more S"o""S anu
less wool. a., . .
Would this very slight difference In the cost or
free wool clothing Induce the people 10 puy so musn
more as TO cause great factories To spring up IKE
magic" employing increased workmen enough TO
consume the extra amount OF proiucts Wnlcn
farmers driven by free wool out OF sheep ralsins
would. have 10 grow to replace the losses caused py
the humiliation OF the sheep and wool INDUSTRIES
any compensation for the millions OF loss tnas
would accrue TO the country by the esuucton vi
Is OO0o 90 sheep and their product. when now CIV
employment to hundreds OF thousandsE Iexas
alone has more than 10000 engaged In sheep indus-
tries Would free wool enable our manufacturers
to export large quantities OF cloth 20 sen IN ma, a
those nations who have not only free WOOL out
low wages,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
FOREIGN WORK AND SCHEMES.

=. 4, ,o,v ,uo wears since the new star in Aurlga
hrst became manifest In sky-photographs since
then IL has undergone many Irregular FLUCTUATIONS
in brightness At the Paris Observatory TINS was
observed to diminish percep;bly In the latter part
~ las, October and then 10 Increase up to NO.
vember S. but at that time 1t had not regained the
hrul,ancv OF October 10. Micrometrc measurements
bv NJ BIgourdan show that this star when Is now
named Tau Aurigae. mas not chahbeu 10 po''''0
sensiby In eighteen months.
Thousands OF photographs of lightning have been
secured during the last few years. but until last
month there was known record made In this
way OF the gobulsr form OF lightning. Such
ono IL said to have been obtained by Dr. Kemp
hill OF Kingstown. England on November y our
ing n terrible storm. This negative exhibits poth
the ordinary slnuous flashes and on the surface .,
hnr,1oniai lines OF light and resembling the course
Of a ball OF wool played with by Kitten.
n, French canals some boats have apparatus by
means OF which they pull themselves along draw
,np in land dischargins behind) chain cable that
Me-. along the bottom OF he canal Formerly the
,rocbInerv previously described this page was
worked by steam: but electricity has beer used,
with a trolley system. for the last t"o "'o"'"' y"
the Bourgogne canal
Not only has petroleum for fuel beer adopted on
many locomotives Of the Great Eastern road. In
England but experiments are also being made Win
f. in some OF the great Lancashire cotton mills
In France they are making much ado over
circular saw with diamonds set In the tectn' lor
cutting stone 1t is good thing 1ut .ne iuga
origin ated n America anu was P"'e"' " '
thirty years ago
canal connecting the Elbe and Danube mas
been projected. 1t would start near Vienna. near
Kornnenburg extend 1913 miles northwestwaru
toward Budwes. and from the latter point Ill rr
Jed for 1897 miles The greatest diiie.eice ~,
level along the route Is 1872 feet IL Is es,linaea
that 100000 forms 132. would cover '"e
rnS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17

space being empty. and glass screens OF the right
color are placed between the respective slides and
the light in his lantern The three are then pro-
jected the screen. and by very delicate adj
tustment united there.
In the camera the effect Of the red screen Is 10
stop the green light: and the negative thus
made therefore, the res; of the lights and shades
are normally recorded but the greens do not affect
the sensitive film which. when washed. Is trans
parent in these places. In the operation OF making
a slide from this plate. the positive is strongly I'M
pressed opposite these transparent places and be-
comes Opaque Hence, In the lantern. red derived
from the red gass behind the slide is Impaired
more or less freely to most OF the picture. but Is
effectualy withheld where there were greens In the
original subject In like manner. in the slide mace
with the aid of green screen those portions IT.
which there any red in the original become
opaque; and from the colored glass in the Lantern
more less green shines through the remaining
portions OF it. BY the blue or violet blue screen
yellow Is prevented from affecting the third mega
tive and on the SLIDE the yellow is turned into
black The color Is restored. however In the three
fold projected picture by the cooperation OF req
and green from the other two slides. Since Helm
holz upse: the old ideas about the three primary
colors. II has beer known that yeilo" Is a prouuc'
OF green and red In his collotype work. Mr.. Gray
uses ink Of a color Complementary to- and not ideh-
teal with. that Of the screens employed In secur
ing negatives.
These screens are made Of white glass coated with
dyes 20 the selection OF which Mr.. Gray has de-
voted much study and experiment In some OF MS
earlier work he employed liquids confined between
transparent films OF some sort; but these are in
convenient to handle though in some respects pref
cradle to stained glass. In photographing down IN
the red end OF solas spectrum some astronomers
especially scnstize their plates for req ana yeo"
by chemical treatment. Mr.. Gray does not WIN
red screen therefore, he finds an exposure several
hundred times longer than with volet-blue screen
necessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
CREMATTNG CARRIAGE AT THE FAIR.
THE EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY AND SANITARY AID

THE EFFICIENCY ECONOMY AND SANITARY AD-
vANTAGES OF THIS SYSTEM.
City authorities In England have more thoroughly
mastered the ar, Of disposng Of garbage than
those In America. For sanitary and other reasons.
destruction by fire Is considered moro desirable
than other methods; and crematories for city
waste are to be found in all the principal English
towns. The subject Is receiving wide attention In
this country. however. and the report, recently
published, on the workings OF this plan on the
grounds Of the Worlds Fair at chicago VIII there-
fore possess much interest
The rubbish refuse from stores and restaurants
street sweepings and excreta from prves. was first
forced into tanks at sewerage station and treated
with chemicals The liquid portion was then drained
off and allowed to into the lake. and the solids
were compressed by machinery into cakes that were
carted to the furnaces. This latter stun, called
sludge for convenience contained about IS per cent
of moisture and AZ per cent OF dry matter. The
oily fbrous and focal material which was com
bustible, amounted to only rs per cent. ana the
rest was ashes earth lime and other mineral prod
ucts Mos, OF the waste paper about the grounds
had been separately disposed Of Dead animals.
from the size of rat to that OF a camel were In
cluded In the garbage. and none or these was 100
large TO go into the furnace door without cutting.
The fuel employed at the crematory was oil.
broken into spray. and the flame was drawn DOWN.
ward SO as to lave the matter lying on the CRATE
hars which were OF interlocked frecay brick.
Underneath receptacle for the ashes. All
the gases and smoke passed from the first COM
bustion chamber into n second one where the
products Of the former were thoroughly consumed.
The discharge from the chimney therefore was a
thin coloress. inoffensive gas. which was utterly
imperceptible few yards away feature OF the
plant at Chicago not always to be found else
where is this "fume cremetor." which makes the
operation inoffensive.
The character Of the garbage at Jackson Park.
saws the engineer in charge. W. s. MacHarg. was
not what II would be under regular municipal
regime BY sorting out the ashes and selling them
for filling low grounds. double economy would be
effected. BY proper screening. much other Vaiu-
able material could be separated Further there
Is a chance OF getting phosphoric acid out OF the
ashes. and this could be sold for fertilizng. and
the heat Of combustion could be utilized with
steam boiler In some sort OF municipal work some
Of the English "destructors." Mr.. MacHarg says,
are actually sef-supporting The work In jackson
park cost. for fuel and labor. about 60 cents per
ton In five months about 5732 tons were destroyed
The largest days work called for the disposal OF
2lsI tons of sludge-cake and 3Sl. tons OF other
garbage.