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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16

An immense stock of new, novel
and elegant Xmas cards aud
booklets
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16

Also the following lines OF goods
suitable for presents, Of which we
show = complete line St our we'll
known moderate prices.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16
Juvenile Books.

An immense stock. ranging in
price from Sc, loc, 15c. 25c upwards.
Large quartos for Csc We lead the
town on such books.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
NEWS CONGREGATIONS.

-
The National bank of Pendleton,
Ore, has closed its doors.
There will be no coal famine in Mil
Eaukee and prices Of coal will not in.
crease.
The sixteenth anniversary Of the
Royal Arcanum will lie celebrated in
Milwaukee June %.
The annual session of the Minnesota
Institute Of Homeopathy is in session at
Minneapolis.
The convention of Wisconsin Catholic
societies this week at Steboygan is at
tended by, enormous crowds.
Chairman McGann Of the labor com.
committee of the house has reported
Monday in September legal holiday,
to be known as Labor Day.
The annual conference of the Minne-
sofa Swedish Lutheran church convened
at Vasa, and will continue till Tuesday,
May 90.
j. A. Wells, wholesale dealer in
gloves, mittens and whips at Indepen.
dence, Ia., has failed. Liabilities $25,.
600. Wells claims ability to meet all
claims in time.
The old West Superior city council
reduced salaries of city officers, who
now demand the regular pay. and being
refused, will test the whole business in
the courts,
Five hundred cab drivers of London
have decided to strike against the ex-
horbitant charges for cab hire insisted
upon by the owners
w. B. Mccormack of Minneapolis
was elected grand master workman Of
the Minnesota grand lodge a. o. U. w,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
BosToN'.s ZIG BLAzE.
Over Two Thousand Persons Made Home
less i,y Fire

Over Two Thousand Persons Made Home.
less by Fire.
BosToN, May IA stretch of smok-
ing, blackened ruins covering more
than a dozen acres shows the scene
Oh last nights fire. Household prop
erty and furniture Of every description
filters the streets and thousands of
those made homeless ty the confagra-
ion are vainly searching the ruins of
their houses in the hopes of finding
something of value remaining. About
half million dollars worth of prop
erty YVES destroyed,
One Hundred buildings,
over two-thiris of which were wooden
structures, were consumed and 20 more
were partially burned. For the most
part they We're occupied Icy the poorer
classes, and $50 families or
More Than 2 600 Persons Are Homeless.
The Boston Base Ball association
and the city of Boston are the heaviest
financial losers. The property of the
former was valued at 5000 and is a
total loss. The city's loss is over $780,
QUO. But one fatality has been re-
ported, three months old baby having
been suffocdted on Berlin street.
About II persons We're injured, none of
them seriously. Nearly dozen In
valids residing in houses now in ruins
were conveyed to the hospital during
the fire. During the night fire started
again on the top of brick block on
the west side of Cabot street and
burned for an hour. The Iullding was
destroyed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
BEIGE STICKS TO IT.


He Stills Claims the Is h of June Will
See the Tariff Eli Through the Senate.
WASHINGTON. May 17.-Ssnator Bricc
stands by his original proposition that
the 10Th of June will see the tariff bill
through the senate. He was discussing
the rumor current about the senate that
another Democratic conference was to
be held.
'What is the use of it, he asked.
Were getting on in good shape, and
we shall come through on schedule
time. A vote taken on the amendments
shows safe Democratic majority. and
the amendments are being dispatched
with as much rapidity rs could be ex-
pected at this stage. You haven't no
ticed any defections in tho Democratic
ranks yet, have you?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
ON THE GREAT NORTHERN.
Five Hundred Feet Of Track and Many
Culverts G0ar.

Five Hundred Feet Of Track and Many
Culverts Goae.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, May 17.-The
heaviest rainfall known here in many
years poured down in torrents Tuesday
night The damage done in the way of
washouts can not be estimated at this
time. Many cellars in the business por-
tions of the city were flooded. Five
hundred feet of track on the Great
Northern south of the city was washed
out. Five culverts on the Northern
Pacific are out between Sank Rapids
and Rices. The through train west was
held at Sank Rapids until noon, when it
succeeded in getting on west. Reports
as far west as Alexandria and east
to Milaca show much damage
to Great Northern tracks. The Elk
River bridge ON the Hinckly branch is
in bad condition and 60 feet of the big
fill ut this point was washed away. The
water guage showed precipitation of
five inches. The Great Northern pas
senger train for the west is still here.
Bridges and culverts are washed out
all around us. There is big landslide
on the Great Northern between Nelson
and Alexandria and bad washout be-
tween Dalton and Ashley. The storm
was the worst in 80 years. Sank
Rapids suffered very much from the
washout. Three hundred feet of North
ern Pacific track to the Northern Gran
lite compauy's quarries was washed out
over there.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Fn,,r slnlnnia nrawns.,

BosToN, May IL. -E Twin S. Beach of
New York city, William G. Truesdell
of Newark, N. f., John L. Browne of
Philadellhia and Franklin Whithall of
Philadelphia, all students at Harvard
college, We're drowned in the upper
harbor near Thompsons island Sunday
afternoon. The bodies of Browne and
Beach have leen recovered.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
STILL VERY esHAorlc.
Not Much Progress Toward Settlement Z
tho Slp Coal Strike

Not Much Progress Toward Settlement of
tho Big Coal Strike.
CLEVELAND, May II. Although one
session of the coal conference has been
held. and night spent in caucRsing
has interviewed, the conditions just he
fore the conference met on the second
day were still very chaotic. AT 8
o'clock the miners had another ezecu-
tive session in Case hall to perfect their
scale of wages, which WIS to be pre-
sented to the convention later in tho
form of a simple resolution calling for
rate OF 70 cents in the Pittsbnrg dis
trict, 80 cents in the Central Pennsyl-
vania district, 10 cents in the jackson
and Hooking Valley fields in Ohio, SO
to o5 cents in the Massillon, o., dis
trict, from 10 to 80 cents in Ohio, ana
from IS to o5 cents in Illinois. Back of
these general figures are the rates for
the different subdivisions in each large
district, SO that the matter is almost as
complicated an affair as the tariff BILL
Trying to Unite on a Plan.
The operators held another meeting
at the Hollenden and continued their eff
fort to unite upon plan to be followed
in the convention. A more liberal feel
ing was manifested, but the Pittsnurg
rail men and the Ohioans were still
pretty far apart, the latter contending
that the miners should not listen to the
proposition discussed during the night
to establish rate of IS cents for Pitts
burg, with differential of cents in
favor of the Ohio operators. That prop
osition is for compromise of the half
and half kind, being 10 cents above
what the Pittsburg men are now pay
ing and IA cents below what the miners
demand. The memb ers or the commit
tee of 10 who had Eeen ruled out of the
convention were still present, with the
exception of w. III. Dempster, who
went home during the night. The lie.
sertion of T. I'll. Chapman and r. w.
Hartley, two large coal producers, was
looked upon as Indicative of weakening
on the part of the obstructionists, but
Secretary Patrick ]. McBryde does not
view it in that light. He is still of the
opinion that the Pittsburg rail operators
are determined to prolong me strike.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
Hot Fight Over the Silver Plank An the
Platform.

Hot Fight Over the Silver Plank an the
Platform.
KANSAS CRY, May 16.-The Demo
cratic state convention is in session here
with Governor Stone as permanent
chairman. The principal fight was in
the committee on resolutions over the
adoption of the silver plank. The menI-
bers were willing to pass over the ques-
ton of indorsing the Democratic ma
tional administration, but Governor
Stone with Congressman Bland were
fatfooted for asiiyer plank in the plat
form and no compromise.
sAt6:4O p. ~, the committee on reso.
lutions having failed to report, tho
platform was left in allegiance and the
nominating speeches began.
The committee on resolutions were
not ready. to report, and the convention
proceeded to: the nominations, but be-
fore these were completed the commit
tee on resolutions arrived and were
ready to report. Two reports were sub
mitted. The majority report endorses
the Democratic administration and
favors bimetallism.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
STONED THE SHERIFF.
Some of KeIly's Men Get INTO Troubie al
t Efdap Ia.

some of KeIly's Men Get Inio Trouble at
Eidon, Ia.
ELDoN, Ia, May 1.-THE industrial
army started from Ottumwa promptly
at noon and found the worst river of tho
trip. One hundred boats are camped
half mile beiow the city, the rest
of them being scattered on shoals,
rocks and sand bars for 10 miles
above. The Rock Island road ran
all of its engines out of the city, taking
precaution against an attempt to steal
trains. Deputy sheriffs have orders to
allow no Kelly men to land above the
camp. One boat did SO, and when a
deputy ordered. the men on, the COM
monwealers threw rocks at the sheriffs,
whereupon they were dubbed. Two
were arrested and gave bond for APP
pearance In the mayors court in the
morning. There is considerable excite
ment and trouble is feared.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
OFFERED BRIDES.
Alleged Attempt by a Lobbyist to
Corrupt Senator'S Kyle
anG Hunton.
The Offer Said to Have Been Made to
influence Their Votes on
the Tariff.
Republican Senators Hold Another
Tariff Conference Will Prob
ably Not 0bstrnct.

WASHINGTON. May II. = Senator
Lodge, soon after the. senate met, in
troduced resolution authorizing the
appointment Of five senators to investi-
gate charges OF attempted bribery Of
senators In connection with the pending
tariff bill. and also the charges in long
article published in the Philadelphia
Press on Monday morning containing
allegations relating to the influence of
the sugar trust upon tariff legislation.
He asked for the immediate considera-
tion Of the n soluti. n but Senator Cock
erill of Missouri asked that it lie upon
tbs tatle for y day.
Rum rs Of Bribery.
Rumors of tho use of of money to III
fnence action one way or the other on
the tariff bill have been in circulation
here ut various times during the past
few months but heretofore have re-
ceived little attention. It is learned
definitely today that certain senators
have received limitations that money
consideration could be secured for
their votes against the tariff, though
whether the alleged briber had any
authority for his promise is matter Of
some doubt. The negotiations appar-
emily have gone
No Further Than Intimn,ious
to the Gle ks of Senator's Kyle and
Hunton. These intimations came from
q North Dakota man who is known as
a lobbyist on several schemes. He was
formerly a member of congress from
the southern states and was identified
with so-called carpet bag government.
The amount which it was intimated
Senator Kyle could receive was $14, 900,
and $1,000 was to be retained
by the man making the negotiation as a
commission. Mr.. McF arlane, clerk to
Senator Kyle, says the matter never
went any further than an intimation.
He promptly informed Senator Kyle,
who is now in South Dakota and will
return to Washington Saturday.
Seal of Condemnation on 1t.
The character of the man who is said
to have made the intimations stamps
the whole affair with the seal of con-
domination. 1t is scarcely possible that
any syndicate of persons who could con-
troll the amount of money necessary in
order to make an attempt to purchase
votes would entrust it to the man who
made the intimation to the clerks of
Senators Kyle and Hunton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17

MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia, May 1.-THE
Iowa Constitutional Amendment Lee
ture bureau is an organization just
founded in this city among leading Iowa
temperance workers. The organization
will soon be incorporated and proceed
to work. Its object will be to furnish
material for coming three years cam
paigning. Temperance workers all
over the country are taking quite an
interest in its welfare and have signified
a willingness to help in the work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
xnIED TRAIN wRECx1xA
Desperate Deed nj Tramps at xIinnsseta
City-Au Captured.

Desperate Deed nj Tramps at lIinnsseta
City-Au Captured.
W1KoNA, MIMI, May l7.-A dssper.
ate attempt was made BY three drunken
tramps to wreck the Chicago express
on the Milwaukee road, due here ct
6:82, near Minnesota City, six miles
from here. The tramps got On the
blind baggage at Minnesota and foNted
the tool box on the rear of the tender of
the link pins, which were dropped to
try and derail the train at Minnesota
City. The train crew tried to capture
the tramps. A fight ensued, and after
a desperate struggle two Of the tramps
were captured, but third, the leader,
named Kelly, well known desperate,
escaped. Later he was captured and is
now In Jail here. The names Of the
FIRST two arrested are Mike Roe and Pat
e. Meehan.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

Senators Generally Favor Letting Vote
he Taken the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Republican
senators held second conference upon
the policy to be pursued regarding the
tariff bill. No conclusion was reached,
but the majority showed desire to let
the bill come to vote as soon as oppor-
tunity had been given for reasonable
del ate. Dubois. Of Idaho, was the
leader on that side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Poli.iciau Declared In.an..

SAN FRANetsco, May 1T.-vJake Ru.
dolph, the politician who attempted to
shoot Business Manager ]. B. Elliott of
Tne Chronicle, has been adjudged in-
sane and ordered by Judge Levy to be
committed to the Stockton asylum. The
charge of assault to murder, however,
has not been dismissed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
The walrayen Murder.

MANKATo, Miln., May i7.-Dstrict
court convened with IL criminal and
u civil Gases on tie calendar. The
trial of Williai Conway, charged with
murder III the first degree. as being one
of the parties to the killing OF Harry
Walraven last August, was set for
Monday. This and the case against
John E. Layrc OH the same charge are
attracting much interest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Smallpox on Prairie Avenue.

CHICAGO. May II. = Smallpox has
made lis ;p; earance III the house Of
Mrs. ID. o. Stone, one OF the wealthy
society leaders, Annie joyce, "a servant
girl, having developed h. disease. AIRS.
Stone S resi,:tnce is on Prairie avenue,
one G. tie most aristocratic local. hes OF
the city. In the center of the district
live the Fields, the Pullmans, the Har-
veyS and many ether we'll known
peon'e
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
REDUCED Che Estimates.

WASHINGTON, May is. The legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill has been completed by the APP
preparations committee. 1t carries the
salaries of all government officers for
the coming year. the whole amount
recommended in the, bill is SOL, 101. 1873.
being reduction under the estimates of
81 ,2OS, 6S7, and reduction under the
appropriation act for the present year
of S76G. 1919.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
THE ENGAGEMENT RING.

And What Sometimes Follows After Is Is
Received by the Bride Elect.
Somewhat apropos of weddings, at
least of weddings that may be, is story
told by one of the leading statesmen fer q
we'll known jewelry house. It is not
uncommon for brides elect just after the
election to resort to some sort OF clever
artifice to find out the intrinsic value of
the glittering baublo that proclaims her
to be his. Sometimes they do their own
detective work, but perhaps more FREE
quently a curious mother takes charge
of it, under the impression, as she makes
you believe, that if the ring is all it is
pretended to be the giver's character is
like it. The originator of that theory
has never been discovered. The disciples
are legion.
The salesman in question was ap-
preached by woman of the fashion.
able world and her daughter. The lat
ter looked somewhat embarrassed, and
the experienced young man behind the
counter thought he recognized the symp-
toms.
st desire to get a ring for my daugh-
ter" said the woman. The salesman
looked at the young lady.
''Not this one, another daughter. Ii
is to be surprise %
She was shown case after case of dia
mond rings, but mono seemed to suit
her. Finally she said to the daughter,
"Show him yours, dear f" Blushirgly
she took off her glove and slipped O
sparkling ring from Ecr engagement
finger.
81 want to get one exactly like that
How much will it cost"
The salesman looked at tho ring, ard
Tho girl watched him IS bragely as she
could. Ee recognized it rs cao To lad
sold to Asr. Blank a few days before.
''Isn't she cr,,fftty:" lie thought,
"Well, I'll fix her this time, So he
handed thu ring back to TIE t&ushtel
and said;
''.The cost Of this ring, madam, was
q confidential matter betv-eaa fir. Blank
and myself. We h&ycn't another like il
in the house. understood from his re-
marks that he thceght tho ring would
not be valued at its intrinsic worth
However, If you wish to know its val
ue, take it to some pawnshop and null
tiply what they viii offer You for it by
three, and you will get pretty nearly
the correct price.
The mother iionnced out of the store
in great wrath. Her daughter followed,
almost in tears. OF course the store lost
their patronage, but the salesman said
he couldn' resist the temptation to give
them lesson. Philadelphia Press.
serving least.
Dry toast should be served directly
from the toaster. When this is not prac-
tical, pile it on heated bread plate,
cover it with a napkin and put it on
tho hearth or in the oven Toast is given
in-all slight attacks of sickness because
it is so easily digested. The more thor
ough the conversion Of the starch the
more easily and perfectly the system
will manage it, for the change of starch
into dextrine by the action Of heat is
simply doing outside of the body what
takes place in it, in the ordinary course
of digestion, by the action of the d.
gestiye fluids. Therefore when this is
accomplished by artificial means nature
Is spared so much energy. Philadel-
phia Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
WILLIAM HAYDEN EDWARDS.

The American Consul General TO Ger
many Dies at Berlin.
BERLIN, May 17.-The, United States
consul general, William Hayden Ed
wards, died during the night of brain
fever. Mr.. Edwards had been ill for
months. He leaves a widow and two
children. The burial will take place at
Potsdam. George FL. Murphy, the
United States vice consul for the grand
duchy of LuSenturg, will assume
charge of the United States consulate
here until successor to Mr.. Edwards
shall have been appointed. Mr.. Ell
wards was appointed from Ohio.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
selected An E,c.mpmen. site.

JAMESTOWN, N. D., May II. Gov
ernor Shortridge and Adjutant General
Topping are in this city for the purpose
of locating the spot for the encampment
of the state militia. After examining
the fair grounds and other choice loca-
tons they decided that the old Fort
Seward grounds on the bluff northwest
of the city was most suitable. The
question of the location is now settled,
but the time has not been definitely fixed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
suicide instead of Accident.

AMIGO, Wis, May .17.-Suicide was
the verdict brought in by the coroner's
jury in the inquest on Albert Borrow
elk. The muzzle of the gun had been
placed in his mouth and discharged.
He leaves young wife. No cause for
the act is known,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
TwENTY-FIrTu ANNIvERsARY.

EsanseI:cst Lutheraas Of Amsrias Are
Celebrating at York. Pa.
York. Pa, May 1.-THE celebration
of the ,twenty-fifth anniversary ofthe
organization OF the board of home mis-
sions, foreign missions and church ex-
tension by the general synod of the.
Evangelical Lutheran church in the
United States began in st. Paul's
church, this city. Ministers and lay
men of the Lutheran church are present
from all parts of the United States.
The jubilee celebration will continue
until Friday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
stabbed His Mother 10 Death.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 16.-Eugene
Brady lost his reason and stabbed his
mother to death with two butcher
knives He then sprang from a second
story window, but escaped injury. It
required the combined efforts of six
policemen to get him into the patrol
wagon. Mrs. Kelly, who was also
stabbed by the maniac, is in critical
condition
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Elown out of The L Ike.

STAPLES, Mimi, May l7.--Word was
brought Gull Lake today that during a
heavy wind storm last night the
steamer and barge Of the Gull River
Lumber company was blown out of the
water and left 40 feet out on the shore.
The crew had narrow escaDe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Coal very Scarce. :

DIES MONIES. Ia., May 16.--The min
ers' strike here will close the electric
light works and leave the city in dark
ness in course of few days. Much
damage is also threatened to brick fac
tories. The niue operators are deter
mined to hold out and so are the
winners
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
Chicago Live stock.
SsssU"kV saSe osVCNs
CHiC,G, Nav I,

CHiCtGl, Way 10, 1871
CATTLE-Steady; in demand. Prime to ex-
ira native steers, $40 4.cO; medium. S4O0 9 l.a0
others, s3750 i.9a; Texans, $35O0kl0.
HOGS Aarkes activ, and steady TO
about nickel higher. Rough and heavy,
y440I4.Ss mixed aud packers, SitOa5lO
prime heavy and butcher weights. s .tsc bl5;
assorted light, Sa0koal0.
SHEEP AND LA " BS-Selling Ed.l0c bt tier
than last week. Top sheep, u Becky top
lambs, sk75a5.i5; spring lambs $50aG1 81.
Receipts: Cattle, 3.0JO; hogs, li,t0G sheep
Enn -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-17
chicago Grain and rrovIsion..

CHICAGO, May 10, lSJL
WHEAT-Firn. Cash, i9c: July, t7c.
September. 5SlSc; December. $3.50.
CORN-Steady. Cash, 370311sc; July, S73lc;
September. 3S9sc.
OATS-Higher. Cash, a3l4c; July, 30I4cs
September, 1850.
PORK-Steady. Cash. Sil95: July, Si2.0.
LARD-Steady. Cash, $780, July, Sdgj; Sep
TENDER. SB97N.
SHORT RIBS Steady. Cash, s6.2G July.
eU.175x September. Se.l7If