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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-08
SLASHED HIS THROAT.
Suicide Of a Lake Crescent
Rancher at Port Angeles.
TACOMA MEN GO TO ALASKA.
Txpectfug TO Ffad a New Gold Country
The wbatcom County Pop
uIiss Folly.

Port Angeles. April I.-speciaL
Harding committed suicide this MORNING
~ the Albany hotel. lie vas supposed
10 be insane. and though carefully gnaFa-
cd he succeeded In ffrUstlng TIE oiAae
OF a Pocket knife through MS snEoSL'
and before a doctor arrived hs was dead
The deceased owns ranch on me
shores Of Lake Crescent. but recently ne
has been conducting hotel on the tshsa
owned by Richard Mcdonald. and ses-
ferday be announced that he was not
feeling well and wanted 70 be taken 20
Port Angeles for medical attendance.
Upon bis arrival a. the Albany hotel NJ
Crockett, the proprietor, decided, from
the mans actions. that he was Insane.
and employed Frank Aesr~aldt TO guard
him during the night At : o'clock this
morning Meerwsidt had occasion 10 leave
the room for a moment. and during his
absence the suicide was committed
The manner Ia which the knife which
Harding used was obtained is a mystery.
as his clothes we're carefully searched the
evening before and nothing bur small
sum OF money was found in his pockets.
TIE suicide was single man. and dur
Ing HE three years residence al Lake
Crescent had made many friends, who
viii regret his unnatural death.
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Seps1ty ard rtree clerks. 20 perform r7sss
Srzrs~ TIE bass o< rs@ state proT12~
for ne consignment OF asSstsrce, TCs-n
& sfs4E zpr,-sr that che sSsdtsor - srzsoss
% perform the work yztff01r sssssZzzsse-
7 have only resaS-sei ss-h sszs4SsaflEe a
b absolutely nece~sary Tor tfe dss-iasss :
~ fhs 6sts~s az fne ocScs. as TeqErresa
by mx AID I sucrn,< shat <here s no
saparsuoszs tesp IN my employment a.
an tzyesgixa son tg yprs y&ll SHOW.
comparison ~ the expenses N tnss once
ws2s the Offices 81 .sse auditors o. o1rl@f
COUNTIES. WAL saav. beysond question. tnsst
<sTfs Office = coDdscs~d more sco7TnsH1Iy
gar any Other off1cs n rEas ssaste sHsc11
has an equal amount Of gszssSezs-
'sMo-~over. tfse fees % skk-s offer. faclto-
ing rsse work performed by your hossora-
sse hoard. exce~4 the onsss 81 running this
Office. As viii appear frrn TIE sta,s-
xnsat or file with you. I now nave n my
employment 1aree clerks ars1 one deputy.
whose salaries amount 20 60. and 20
sessser with my oS=n 20 she ssEn OF f4S D
Adj for clerk on back vo-z So MAKING
3E3.E. The amount % work done N ssss
Office during the month OF March. for
Witch feca are charged for me purpose
N estimating the revenues OF t1ss Office,
amount 70 the sum OF xssf 10. leaving a
balance over and above the salaries PAID
OF Stse.7
Your honorable board also. had one
clerk employed IN my off1ce for the psSr-
pose OF vrsting up ssle records left ufffss1-
ts1eSf by my predecessor, wrnksh back
work - unfinished ard should be gotten
NJ
1T ~ my desire 20 G1scharg. the du-ses
~ his Office as economically as posi-
Ole. and ! am doing And a. the saw
imposes the duty OF performing rae bus
iaeszs Of th3s off1ce. 8 also invests M me
the rfxlat and authority 70 employ such
ASSURANCE az may be necessarry- tbs
j have done. and no more Therefore.
must decline 20 make any reduction tn
r21e working force OF this Office, but
shall reiain such force as I now have
and hold the county liable for the pay
meat OF a just and reasonable compensa-
tbon for the same. And IN sfse retention
OF said deputy and three clerks. such ac-
fion shall not be construed 70 be an ac-
oeptaEEce on the paze OF sad deputy or
clerks or myself OF the compensation pro
vsaed for IN your resolution Of March
-. i6E. as aforesaid.
.'ASAHEJ. DILLON.
Auditor OF Wha'tcom County"
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paid after the ssi4 has been sqb,rsc,sS
Following is the opinion:

paid after the $Sl4 has been suhsrac,aS
Following is the opinion:
Your communication inciosine bin. a,
ex-Sheriff Woolery for boarding nr,sos.
ers for November and December ,sa
against King county, and asking nav al.
vice. is received.
Upon examination md one az ,hexa
bills for $7f6. filed December 4 1894. Ia,
been acted upon by the hoard OF coun,y
commissioners December Is, lSss. al
their order Endorsed thereon. presu
this was done under the advice Of 4
county's legal advisor, and as no appN
has been take IL may be presumed to-
is the end of cne matter. The other NJ
fled January 4. 1895, for SIS for servisi
rendered during the last administrators.
although no action is Endorsed thersae.
II may be presumed that it was intentA
TO take the same course.
There has been no proof presented b
me showing what contract. II any, ~
sheriff had for boarding OF prisoasn
On the other hand, there Is statemsfl
presented showing the sheriff has hta
overpaid $Sl4. The order of he bpai
OF December Is. 1894 charges the sAtts
with that amount. which order remasn
In full force and effect. Under this or&s
and statement 1t seems 10 me that N
matter has been disposed of as 70 N
overeharge of SSli. and there Is nothts
remaining for the board TO do. II the n.
ond bill is correct. but 10 order the ~
ance OF $500 paid"
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Orange Free state for Consumptives.

Washington Csty. April IA new resort
for consumptives has been discovered IN
the Orange Free State, South AFRICA
United States Counsel 1angran. IN a re-
port to the department, talks OF the besl-
eficial results experienced by persons
who have tried Il. and adds: NO country
on ear.h can rank with the Orange Free
State as a health resort. MIR. Patterson
has been all over the world, and no
where else found relief. | could give
numbers OF s@TasIar cases. and that so
few people have come here is due 20 the
fact that the Orange Free State Is so lit
tie known and IN most parts of the world
believed 10 be a desert, inhabited by bru-
tai natives and Wild beasts. Living is
rather expensive. and persons coming
here should command from $50 to $50 per
month. A family OF four or five persons
can hive nicely on $3.50 per year. Per-
sons whose lungs are far gone should
travel by stages from the sea 10 the
Orange Free Suate-that Is, such persons
should stay for a month at Ceres, next
at Beaufort. until they are prepared TO
stand the dry climate. 4 direct Journey
to BloomfcnteIn wo.ild mean death 10
sIdl persons. The handing place Is Cape
town
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The Attempted Bulldozing of Nicaragua

Washington sty, April 7.-Secretary
Morton thinks the purpose of the Eng
bsh government In sending a battleship
TO Nicaragua Is to enforce the demand
which Will soon be made for indemnifica-
ton on account OF the expulsion of Con-
sui Hatch. and 1t Is expected that the
Royal Arthur VIII take the matter in
hand and secure the Naturalization by
collecting the customs duties ON Nicar-
agian amports. In that event he thinks
Niraragua's w1sest course would be 10
convene her congress and pass a law for
the admission of all tnsporaations free of
duty. In conclusion. he said: 1.-THE
other nations would never consent that
their exporters TO Nicaragua should pay
duty to England In the absence Of a tariff
In N5saragna, and Englands policy would
be effectively blocked
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CANAL MEETING AT AUBURN.
Committee to solicit subscriptions
Work to BE Resumed Today.


Work to BE Resumed Today.
The canal meeting at Auburn on sat
urVsay night was numerously attended ana
nuite as much interest was eyinced as al
rsoints nearer by. Hon. William Cochrane.
OF Oriliia, went down with the Seattle
marty and was enthusiastically elected
chairman OF the meeting. Mr. Seanple
explained the business proposition IN a
few words and afterwards Fred Rice
Rowell and James Hart made stirring
speeches, urging the people to take
share in the great enterprise. Mr.. Hart
remarked that when the long hoped Tor
canal was opened for traffic and war
shin went through II with flying coiors
into the lake he wanted TO be specta-
tor and to have the satisfaction OF know
ing that he had contributed his share 10
the enterprise.
Chairman Cochrane appointed Mr.. Hart.
Mr.. Mead, Mr.. White. Mr.. Wooding and
Mr. I4urn as a committee TO solicit sub
scriptlons to the subsidy fund in and
around Auburn.
The work of the subsidy committee was
suspended yesterday but viii be renewed
with increased energy this morning,
when volunteers to solicit subscriptions
should report at the office, 409 Bailey
building, to he. assigned TO work.
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Tarnnla Marina News.

Tacoma. April Special The CITY 81
Topeka arrived from Alaska thts after
poan. she brought about - passengers
snd q snail amount of freight lnctaatax
81 barrels ~ hsh OF for Portland. The
Topeka otit leave Monday morning a. Z
o'ciock on her return trtp ana VII carry
~ cabin passengers. rfany % whsn are
bound Ter tire Yukon gold mines. About
* tons % miscellaneous merchandise wtl
80 from here for Alaska towns
Steamer Tustilla viii arrive from san
Pa ncfsca tcttAv
The Ffysr took ever . large number -
Tacoma people toSav. who VIII q %
San Francisco from Seattle On tne NaHs
WRIta tomorrow
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rorrLisM IN wHArcoM COUNTY.
Reply Of the Auditor to the Order OF
st the County Commissioners.

Nssatcozn. kprsl T-Sps,kal -sAn8ssor
Dlilon AAs s.ktr~Sss~t tire ALLOW ls1g reply
20 ere ~ ess order ~ the county ssans-
Ississx&orers ss'@.saarSsns AL clerks eEnpsoy-
- 81 the Naric,tS county ogftg>-ss and ~
a'sel0S ere salaries NJ deputies 10 s. per
meath.
10 th-. IicGosv,hle Board % County
C..rrsr is<szssssHrs 81 WhstcoFr, C.ssEssv
Safe ~ NasiSiaK tgo-~sssa siexnan. ENfcr-
raE 90 YOUR r@ceut orsfer On Marsh g.
iSkS reSrarsfaE tho aueS, asn 81 hsSp en- tNs
ofii-e 81 cogszatT 8tatlaar 81 rhfs cstlnxy
eseE leave - an0cuce - ypp ttat pur-
suans 30 shc preysofss cftiors 40 szlas t-osrA
I have ~ che euapkay * ths Office ore
deputy and three c3eE ~. VITO werss p
rosa tes ~ ant wtth votsr consent aftcr
a. fnSes e "a sca ~ wa 80 - sAe rssf.is
90 tn8S csfsre AMI tae Nuaa5gat % xosk ant
sutAeS ~ he yserzcrvucf ~ n1e. - ry-l rlgssf
by sha lesVs a ere $Gate ~ NassansgAa.
SiAca ere ess.,l,sysnt~sit - 70 ~asd has7
sNsr>N has Ns~-a 70 sfsS,r~szSr 81 t,sa asa1auns
90 business IN csse ofttse. 80 a. saSpzc s. ,sa
ey yssn Rall sfeasesls sssstr f~eycu4 8 ltaai,t
As { understand fha kass ~ his sgaeR
= Is tsl,-scagscnt ugssa nv - y>syfssrFa esl
- the duties - shss osssce azs3 especial
u - So sF,.-sslu t~enf afsa8 use 70 hs.p AS
agsSfF0pscats ryssssrstsssi ~ han ssussole
csnls aftcr Rey ar ale1 an "a lsslst y
81 exrsgNsasiy tgsp4aSe.i sEsoa nse for "a fgsal-
ufa 90 rvsaora tGssaa Wsgls.a a rssaSss-aa tssss
pAsea o3 ksN.
1T - q gsst'Nkczi tsl1 is,sss ,Nzlty rpr nse.
wasnoat ghe esssss.s ~ ~ least Une
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Labor Troubles.

Prudence, r. T.. April THE opera
stives OF the Atlantic M.ns ton .gtt reach
ed final vote on the question of a
strike, decsiing 70 give notice tomorrow
of a strike to begin Wednesday morning.
their demand for restora tton of tho old
schedule having been denied.
Northampton. Mass, April THE
strike at the Belfing silk mills has been
declared off. and the operatives will re-
turn to work tomorrow at an Increase
OF per cent. on their former wages
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Debs Returns TO Terre Haute.

Terre Haute. April president Dehs
has returned from the Pacific coast after
a speechmaking tour which began IN Chi
cago February % and closed at Los An
geles a week ago tonight He says the
union has been reorganized throughout
that territory. In seven days on the
westward trip Debs took 2,2e0 members
into the union in the West.
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The silver Party IN ,,at.ar,a

fiIrsnius CHAM Ala. April "A Silver
party Is tha latest acquisition 20 poiiglesl
affairs iu AisEsnsa- IN Athens. fslVius<-
steE reucty. g. IA s0ecTatS. Republicans
aaa Fepulists s1s.t an8 AAnstet themselves
tfss rtEer go fAvor ~ free coinage 81 sll-
ves. w3E7oUt aev resqs-ct 20 pzTty tees.
ama En- saappsegs for afsfcs eaty EueA usea
a fAxur fhalr xtans
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DIR. PLouF KNOWS HE MUST DIE.
He Takes the Matter Herofcaiiy, ana
Hon<zs To 50 HIS sister.

He Takes the Matter Herolcaifs, anu
Hopes to See HIS sister.
San Francisco. April 1.-Tnere was a
sight frnproya1yen. in the condition %
Or. Pouf today, but ne WI not I'VE
On Saturday he was 1osd that mere vas
no hope for his recovery. He rssxveo
Ehe information hero<caliy. and fo4d me
auzSe that he would s-y 20 hang on ursSa
his sister arrives she Is on neT way
frum Bosom. and is expected 10 rssaaa
here Tuesday morning.
Today ne raked somewhat during the
day, but al night a change for the worse
81 n. and a. a late hour rtTs doctor pro
nosssced his case hopeless.
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Receiver Cakes Visit.

Tacoma, April DISQUALIFICATION
Cakes of the Northern Pacific. is ex-
pected in the city early this week. Sec
ond Vice President c. II. Prescott came
up from Los Angeles today and will stay
over to meet Mr.. Cakes.
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existing values. or as values may oe az
fected BY business changes and eohdf-
items which take no part IN the coofen-
ton called by the state committee
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PRISONERS BOARD BILL.
Ex-Sherifr Woolery Has an Opportu
nify to Get His Money.

In a letter addressed 10 Auditor Beman
Saturday Prosecuting Attorney HASTE
advises him that the action of the board
OF county commissioners in deducting Ss1s
overpay from the bills OF ex-Sherif Wool
cry for feeding prisoners IL still IN force
and effect. he advises that the bills he
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NOTABLE DEAD.

Sidney Guy Sea, formerly bu6nM
manager of the Chicago Herald. n dx
at Santa Fe. n. NJ, of consmption
Rev. r. ;, Bennett died at Applex.
Wis, Saturday, aged ~ years. He vi
one OF the pioneer preachers of Wess9x
Methotism.
Gen. j. ID. Farnsworth, OF Albany,
", an intimate friend of Senator HI
died at the Arlington hotel, WaShinEroi
city, Saturday. of paralysis.
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HOODS PILLS cure all Liver HIS m.
iousness Constipation. seek HeadaeA.
Indigestion, e5c.
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Induced Ne to Try Hoods
Hood S SI psrill. Cures

friend TO Hoods Sarsaparilla. wb,.A ,
recommend at every opportunhy.s Wpa
LUCY l.. REYNOLDS, Booueyilla ~
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Mr.. J. F. Allen. Fox. Orr. savs; Il
believe ,hsnaherlain's CoslsA ReEsSSiy 10 %
the heSs have hAnsilsxl.*
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The American Starch Works at Colnf-
bus, Ind, were burned Saturday. Ian
500 0O0.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-04
To Supplant Tin Cans.

Cans made Of paper pulp are being in.
troduced to take the place Of tin cans
for containing all kinds Of preserved
products, says the New York Sun. The
occasional cases Of poisoning from a N
ned goods are due to the contents be-
coming tainted through the IAN not be-
ing alright. Many millions Of tin q N
are used annually by canned goods fac
tories in this country, and such cases Of
injury from tainted goods arc compare
lively rare, but because it is possible,
through slight defects in the solder or
minute breaks in tho cans, for such dan
ger to result, the Gamers have been
looking for u satisfactory substitute for
TIN. Ii is believed that this has at last
been found in tho paper pulp cans. They
are oilproof "a well as waterproof, will
not expand or contract, and will stand
as much rough usage in shipment us tin
cans, and perhaps more.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-04

Tho curiosity of tropical Africa is the
wonderful flying frog, first described by
Bishoff Of the equatorial African expe-
dition, which returned to Europe in the
fall Of 1894. This oddity Of the reptile
family is about the size Of a common
bullfrog and resembles other members
OF the order Of ~batrachians in every
thing but its feet, each Of which is
webbed and enormously enlarged, 80
much SO as to form splendid substitutes
for true wings. The creature has five
toes on each Of the other two, which
makes four separate membranes ON each
Of its hind feet and three on each fore
foot, or IA in all. In his description Of
it Bishoff says, Each leg terminates
in a sort Of fan, and with these the lit
tic reptile paddles the air like q locust,
or like a partially fledged bird testing
its pinions for the first time"
Although somewhat awkward in its
fight, tho winged frog can dart through
the air at a speed Of about ten yards per
second and can keep itself going for
ward at that rate for from 10 to 10 SEQ
onds. The average distance covered by
these spurts Of grasshopperlike flight is
from rs to 1876 yards, but Bishoff men,
tions instances where the flying frog
cleared sandy stretches 200 yards in
width. st. Louis Republic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-04
THINNING FRUIT.
70 Makes . More Profitable Crop and Saves
the Trees.

~ h1aSs ; " ITOutaDIc CTOD nn0 saves
the Trees.
The next essential thing after you
have got your fruit started, says Mr.. J.
II. Hale, the Connecticut fruit grower,
Is n judicious thinning Of it. I believe
the thinning Of apples shonld begin
when they first begin to bear. A we'll
planted and we'll fed tree will begin to
bear early. Only let it bear a little. Al
low some of the strength to go into the
development of the fruit buds for next
year. Next year thin pretty closely then
by and by you will build up an orchard
that will have no off years in IL. There
isn't an off year. It is because the ap-
pies are in tho hands of an of man.
Thinning constantly would bring it into
constant bearing.
II is seed growing that exhausts tho
vitality. There are no more seeds in q
large fruit than in a small one, and q
large ono doesn't take any more vitality
out Of a tree. II a Keiffer pear tree has
on 1t q thousand pears, and you take of
900 of them, the balance will weigh as
much as the whole Of them and bring
more money, weakening the tree only
half as much. Our rule for thin
ming peaches is not to leave one within
four inches Of another. This covers the
ground with green fruit and looks like
destruction, but Mt the end Of the season
there are more bushels than there would
have been.
Thin by hand. Put stepladders under
tho trees and put boys ON them whose
bump of destructiveness is large, and
tell them to go ahead. We begin when
the peaches are three-quarters of an inch
in diameter, and take everything that is
curculio stung and diseased. These we
cart away and burn. The rest that are
taken off are dropped on the ground and
left there. In future our three or four
year old peach trees shall not bear over
900 peaches; our four or five year old
trees not over 800, and full grown trees
not over 500. That means six inches
apart; 500 peaches ON a tree will make
six to eight baskets Of fancy fruit. Three
thousand peaches to q tree won't make
more, nor sell for more money, and the
trees are ruined. Hartford Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-04
AN E~xPRessMAN's HARVEST.
Queer Things tho Northern Soldiers Sent
Home From the War.

queer Things tho Northern SOLDIER Sent
Home From the War.
The greatest harvest reaped by the
! principal express companies was during
the late wal Of the rebellion, when ev-
erything was sent and received by ex-
press, no matter what the cost. The
writer Of this sketch had a varied and
somewhat tedious experience in the bust.
ness during that protracted disturbance,
and was witness to many scenes of SOM
Der and many Of q humorous character.
These were mostly seen in the returns
from the seat Of war just after a battle.
Sometimes after a victorious Federal
action. or the capture Of a rebel town,
the officers, as well as the men, mado q
practice OF sending home trophies they
had captured. These often were house
hold effects Of comparatively little val
ne, and cost the recipients mt home n
large tax for express transportation.
Sometimes live stock was sent, consist
ing largely OF dogs and donkeys, some-
times a singing bird, or fowls of pecul-
lar breed. On one occasion u stalwart
negro fellow was received ut the Boston
oA'NS, SNht W III ollCtE WuO IOuQu no
could do nothing else with him and
thought he might be Of use on his farm
at home. The ~grinning darby had a card
firmly fastened about his neck, giving
the address where to land him, with this
direction: Feed and grub this niger
all that he needs"
1t was sad, however, to see the
rough boxes often piled mp outside the
office containing the remains Of the
boysin blue sent home for burial among
tho scenes which they had left a short
time before for the southern battlefelds.
These relics often proved u burdensome
cost to their bereaved families at home.
We were always glad to forward remit
tances OF money to the oftentimes dis
tressed mes Mt home. The business
transacted by some of the big expresses,
Adams 81 Co., for instance, was Of enor-
nous proportions, and added largely TO
tho wealth of many proprietors, the ter
rible war proving u godsend to them at
least. boston Transcript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-04
He Denied tho

An English army officer tells an
amusing story Of an incident that &C.
CURED at Maidstone many years ago,
in tho timo Of the old cavalry depot.
On a certain very foggy night there was
o complete silence. broken only by the
voices Of the sentries who, Mt regular
intervals, passed the usual word down
the line. The officer woke up Just al
the usual watch vas passing, and this
was what he heard: First sentry, "No.
I, and all's wellr" Then there was
silence for q moment, and a voice called
into the darkness, "No. 8, and all's
we'll, and No. 2's asleepi" Before No.
4 could take up the thread Of the pro-
ceedings u voice in which more than a
suspicion Of .slumber remained cried
hurriedly, "No. 2, and all's we'll, and
No. 8's q liarr"