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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
THE CRIME AGAINST A CHILD.


The story told OF the shameful miscon-
duct Of the superintendent Of the Orphans
Home at Poulsbo is fortunately of char
acter exceedingly rare In the state of
Washington. For years her institutions
have been free from any scandal Of the
kind, and Il must be very Notifying TO the
generous people who have subscribed TO
the homo for orphans OF their nationality
to have this odlum placed upon it.
u is to be hoped that swift punishment
VIII follow upon conviction. and that the
directors will take steps - ascertain how
lar the cvl has spread. one Of the most
pathetic features Of the sad case Is the
guidance OF the other little child who, IN
some way. had learned what wrongdoing
was. and by whose good counsel the I'M
happy little girl was led to confess 70 the
matron.
In such case a wlfe's womanliness and
jealousy might DC relied upon to make in
quiry. but in any other wrongdoing 10
which the superintendent and matron could
be parties. Il is manifest how little protec-
ton the children could have where the SUI
perlntendent ana matron were husband and
wife Il f. 4 very convenient. economical
and usually a moral arrangement % have
such a relationship exist between persons
placed as such officials are. Yet the chill
dren would have less chance of a hearing
FOR complaints than Il tho officials were
no; bound by the closest ties and mutual
interest.
An Institution for the care az orphans 81
ways arouscs sympathy. Il IS too readily
assumed that any one Who coaceves such
a project must be actuated by entirely un-
selfish and humane motives, In she case
~ ;he house AZ Pouislo this seems - be
;rse. an3 there IS 80 suggestion OF money
making In connection with It. Ire fault
seems rather ta have been q 100 easy con-
n3enca IA human nature
children who run the streets. -notherlcss.
more er less neglected. and with sesnty
subsistence ara Subjected ~ FAR greater
privaroas and dangers Than ia even q lax
~ conducted pubic Institution. Because.
therefore. t hapqens occasionally that
wrong is 5ono In oae ~ .hem. is 20 -ca-
sea thss tsev should Be closed We have
haa eases somewhat similar 70 taat A.
PoulSho ~ th.s city. OUTSIDE 81 any ins,i-
,ut.oa. aua there has eeea a failure -
convict Better than closfpw M deserving
distributions Is =, convict aa3 punish. There
IS 500 sound maxim wA;eh declares that
a man shan - deemed gnrocen; uall re
has eeea proved guilty. ou; tbs IS TO
ofen extended % tae point q: helping a
azallazsiy g1tlsy person - rsaks loop
ho}a for escape. I; does net happen 81
tAs courts % tals STATE, ~ course. but
wbaa such case as This occsrs the feel
ny CO confidence that punishment a in
eNtsaa}s is not. - strong as e might be.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Corporation Counsel Scott has returned
from Olympia, where he has been IN al
tendance on the supreme court
Assistant Corporation Counsel Frank 4.
Steele viii got 10 Olympia today 10 arg ne
a motion IN The CASE OF Cline VS.. the city
before the supreme court.
A. Stewart Potts. q prominent barrister
Of Victoria, accompanied hv his bride.
passed through the city yesterday on his
way South on hiss wedding trip.
Mrs. Asenath Turner. who died in the
western part OF New York state the other
dav was said 20 BE- the last revolutionary
pensioUer in the state. Her first husband
revolutionary war.
Charles KingsIey's Westward Ho"'
first appeared in three volumes IN 1s55 a
couple of years later a one-volGrae edition
was printed. but the book did not -
come popular TIL ISL. since which time
being published
NJ Moissan recently exhibited the larE-
est black diamond ever found 10 the
Academic 0es Sciences. II weighs 2, 30
car2tss Is apparently without nav, and Is
the size Of a large pear L came from
Rahla. in Brazil, where X was found last
july. The largest black diamonds preyi-
ouSly known. weighed SD, SO ana Loo
carats. and we're not free from flaws
Tom" Ochiltree Is fond OF telling
stories about his ocean trips. but one OF
MS best IS OF comparatively recent origin
very good sort az Britisher used 10 sit
with ne liz the smoking room. tried all
my best Jokes on him. but ne never crack
81 a smile Al last / got angry. and said: :
joke = YOU dred Il at him out OF a gun :
And then that blessed EugilshEnan stood
up on hIs hind legs and said. How can
yoU fire 5eAs cut OF = sUn.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
LINCOLN DAY.

Last Tuesday was a legal holiday In the
state of Connecticut. made so by an act of
the last general assembly and known as
Lincoln Day." in memory of the great
emancipation. 1t was originally intended
By the gentlemen, who advocated the pass
age OF the act. to make the holiday Feb
ruary Y. the birthday OF Lincoln, but they
appreciated the force OF the objection that
il was not advisable TO have two holidays
in a single month and finally October Is
was arbitrarily selected as offering date
not near that of any other OF the several
holidays of the year.
The last legislature OF Washington made
Lincoln's birthday legal holiday in this
state and perhaps it would have been well
IL IL had pursued the course OF the Connec-
ticut legislators and assigned Lincoln Day
TO some month which has no holiday, as
June, August or October. AS ii is now two
holidays viii occur in February.-generally
a disagreeable month IN this part Of the
Northwest-and within ten days Of each
other. Perhaps two holidays in a month is
not too much for people overworked and
living under high pressure, as the Ameri-
cans generally are, but so long as only
eight are to be scattered through the year.
IL would probably have been generally APP
proved il Lincoln Day had been made a
summer or fall holiday.
There are reasons. OF course, why a
mans birthday should be selected as the
time for doing honor 10 his memory. but 1t
is probable that any day in the year could
have been arbitrarily selected as a holiday
in remembrance Of Abraham Lincoln, and
the tributes of respect and veneration
shown him would be none the less heart
felt and sincere because they were not ex-
pressed upon his natal day.
Year by year the people OF the United
States and of the world are getting bet
ter insight into the life and character of
the martyred president, and as his great
and noble qualities are better appreciated
he becomes in the minds of a constantly
increasing number Of people the greatest
man, In many respects, the country has
produced. a holiday in his memory is not
unlikely 10 become a national one, and.
strange as It may seem. the South viii vie
with the North in doing him honor. Should
such an occasion come to be generally OBJ
served it would. of course. be the same
throughout the country. Until that time.
however. IL is not improbable that many
Of the different states wiz establish a Lin
coin Day and that some month other than
February VIII be selected. as has been per-
haps wisely done by the state OF Connecti-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
SEATTLE, THURSDAY, OCT. II


The settlement of the tide lands question
called for careful consideration. When,
two months ago. the matter came before
the council, the people commended 1t for
not acting hastily. But that did not imply
that nothing was 10 be done. We had a
long start OF Tacoma. but we have been
out-dstaneed and the harbor improve
ments are going ahead there. a company
came here Offering to put up a meat pack
ing establishment. but was unable to get a
suitable site and went to Tacoma, where
II has put UP fine building and invested
tio0.000 In the business.
The award OF a contract 10 build "a tor
pedo boat in Seattle gave promise of the
expenditure of 100000 In labor. but there
Is fear that tho trouble about the tide
lands may compel the contractor 20 do at
least part OF the work In some other place
where no such difficulties are 10 be over
come.
We had hoped to have the building Of
two gunboats here but the same obstacle
presents itself, and the work may have 10
be done at place where the arrangements
can be made quickly and effectively.
Caution is necessary where the interests
OF large and growing municipality are
concerned. but there are other means OF
putting money into circulation than selling
bonds. and the fear is that while we are
celebrating between choice OF measures
the opportunities viii slip from our grasp.
No animal has been the subject OF more
ridicule and reviling than the hesltatlng
ass which starved TO death because It
could not make up its mind which Of two
stacks OF hay to eat.
The situation IS often a serious one for
fhe determination CT city council. but
not more so here than elsewhere not
more so than in any extensive CONNER
eial undertaking. There arc at ,east SIX
or eight good business men in the present
council. fully competent 20 manage Inn
portant transactions. capable. shrewd and
conscientious. In any ordinary business
measure presented 70 them as individuals
thelr success Ia their own affairs justi-
fles the belief that they would investigate
a. with ssgaclty and decide with a clear
perception OF the reciprocal advantages
Yet as an organized body they have been
guilty Of regeneration. have iaxly and
:mpotenty procyastlnated and FILTERED
away time IN the discussion OF entirely
petty questions arising out of The main
one.
We have all waited 50 long for the set
element 81 the tide land dimculiy and
held out tho hope 10 the people that With
81 would come manufactures and he en-
p!oyment of labor. that sorne itt,o ign-
patience may DC partoncd. Nobody ques-
sions TIRE integrity ~ the council or SIS
desire 20 do What Is best. hus u Is con
cemned very empSatcaIly Tor rs want
az decidcd and determined course after
every opportunity has been presented for
. thorough consideration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

ITSELF ard been commented upon only with
gentle rebuke. There IS something awe
inspiring IN the scenes OF grim. silent.
masked mer avenging the wrongs or death
Of a comrade or uetghbor. and in rude but
effective fashion upholding the Mosaic law
with its stern and uncompronising fulr1i-
nations.
But in these carnivals OF british ferocity
there is no redeeu1ing feature. Their act is
not one OF virruous Indignation or swift
justice. They are mere manifestations Of
the same brutality which ingtigated the
original crime. A man who could be
guilty OF such butehery as these two latest
instances afforded could not be trusted be-
fore the temptation or animal recklessness
which led 10 the court Of Judge Lynch.
Yet these acts are pretended to show the
superiority OF the whites over the blacks,
OF the civilized over the inferior raeel II
viii not be suggested that any chivairic
Southerner took part In the outrages-
They were perpetrated, no doubt, by the
poor white trash" who are more despised
By the Southron than the negro. But civil
ization visits its Indignation upon the en-
tire South--its legislatures. executive and
judiciary; and prints upon the noblest of
the race the stigma of the crime.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
THE STATE PRESS.

Tacoma Ledger: Reports from the seal
islands indicate that the seal is disap-
pearing as rapidly as the buffalo did some
years ago. Sealskin sacks will probably
soon be as rare and as expensive as buI-
falo overcoats.
Vancouver Independent: Prunes are all
right They are paying staple even az
present prices. Now that the season OF
drying Is ended and shipping is in order,
let each packer put his output up in the
neatest and best shape for attracting pur-
chasers: then let him label il Clarke coun-
~ Italian prunes.
Olympian: This year OF fairs in this
state should have a salutary influence
with all those counties which have neg
lected 10 hold one. The whatcom fair,
the Ciallarl fair. the Whitman fair, the
Spokane fair and the Yakima fair have
all accomplished a great deal in the mat
ter of showing the agrarian possibilities
of this wonderful state. Don't forget the
Douglas county Observation-Disclosures
Chehalis Bee: II is fortunate thing
for the whole Pacific Northwest that Mo-
ran Bros. of Seattle, secured the contract
TO build one Of the new torpedo boats for
the United States navy This is but the
beginning Of more work of this kind that
viii be done ON the Sound With the great
advantages Western Washington offers.
Puget sound should soon become one OF
the great ship building centers of the
world.
Auburn Argus: The citizens OF Seattle
have come to the conclusion that ii is the
proper thing to encourage and patroniZe
home industries. They are right-eter-
nally right. Now if Seattle folks will
step outside their city limits and encour-
age and patronize the local farmers, in
stead OF buying so largely abroad, per-
haps IL would prove of general local ben
EFT. Reciprocity in this matter will work
wonders.
Hoouiam Washington.an. That subtle
something, which on one can define, which
no one can make or unmake, which makes
statesmen at one time and throws them
In the dSst at another, which sets at de-
fiance one law already made and makes
another of its own. which is nearly al
ways right but not always just, its acts
like the wind. impossible to see, but it's
effects plainly visible: this is known as
public opinion.
Aberdeen Herald: With the last issue
Of the Herald another milestone was
passed, and with this IL begins volume
ten. The history of the Herald is prac-
ticallv the history of the development of
Gray's harbor. AS the harbor and the
city Of Aberdeen have prospered, so has
the paper, and when adversely afflicted
the people then was the paper compelled
TO retrench. but with returning good times
the paper has had it's share of the in
crease the showing of the past year be-
ing very satisfactory.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public Is hereby warned not TO pay
any money 20 parties representing 20 De
agents OF the Seattle Post-inteiligencer
errept the following who are the only
authorized travelling agents OF the Post
Inteliigencer. viz: J. a. Mcclellan, J. l.
Higgins This does not apply 20 resident
agents OF this paper. who are located IN
various cities and towns In the Nortn,
west nor 20 postmasters. who are IN All
cases aufhorfzed 10 take subscriptions for
the Daily. Sunday and Weekly Post.intei-
Iigencer City collectors: j. A Cathcart
~. G. Ewing. II. w. Case aud w. IL.
Hanna
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Senator Hill denounces Sunday closing
az the enforcement Of an obsolete law
which is an invasion of the personal lib
erty OF the citizen and an obnoxious
sunlptuary enactment. As his offensive
Law was passed by a Democratic lcgisla-
ture and signed by Mr.. Hill himself, as
governor, 1t is a pity he did not appre-
ciate it's hideousness when It originally
came up TO h.m for approval.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Portland. Or. is said TO have a popu-
lation OF s1.342. This VIII bring that city
within the thirty-ive largest In the coun-
try. II is an increase of Y per cent. over
the census of 1850. Although the increased
population is largely due to an extension
OF boundaries and the taking in OF sur
rounding country. the fact remains that
Portland Is a large city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Gov. Clarke. OF Arkansas, may be al
right. but II begins 70 look as though be
was troubled with the same Blowing pro-
pensities as those which characterize the
pugilis.s he claims TO be after ills bonn
bastfc remark that Corbett and FItzsirn-
mons shall not meet IN Hot Springs, either
IN or on, OF ring: IN fact that they shall
not even shake hands in the state viii
probably give TIRE sports courage.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Kansas she no doubt expected the worse
half OF the family 10 help get the meals.
do the washing. ironing, mending and
look after the baby. and IL Is very prob
able that Ralph viii allow the suit 10 go
fv
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

II is announced that ex-Congressman
Bland Will start out in November on
six months lecturing tour. If he pro-
poses to take free silver as a subject, the
indications are that he will have to put
up his hall rent In advance
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Capt. Williams, in his campaign for the
New York senate, is not going 10 have
things his own way so much as he did
when he was swinging a club and beating
people on the head il they didn't DO as he
tod them. The New York papers are not
mincing matters, and say his election
would prove a disgrace TO the city and
triumph for rascalfty in public Life.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The opening Of a steamship line between
Puget sound and Central America has al
ready resulted in one large order for lun-
Der, and when the line is once in regular
operation there is little doubt the business
will more than come UP to the ezpecta-
tons OF the promoters.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

After the dnlydallying by the powers in
attempting to settle the Armenian ques-
ton 1t would seem that the only satisfac-
tory solution will be for Russia to act as
she did in 1878 and march across me Bal
kans. That would soon bring order out
of chaos.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

There is rumor that Ambassador Bay
ard thinks of resigning because IF the re-
cent structures passed upon him by Lord
Sackville. Should he do it, Sackvi.Ie will
have attained his object, and Don NJ.
Dickinson can add another ass To his in
fernal collection
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The Southern Pacific objects to the Cal
ifornia railroad commission cutting its
rates. but when il comes TO competition
with coast steamships It does II OF it's
own volitior. II California wants lower
rates, therefore, she must get competitive
railroad lines.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
A GUARANTEE

The post-rnteliigence hereby guaran-
tees It's advertisers q bona fide paid circu-
lation. Daily. Weekly and Sunday, double
that of any other newspaper published IN
the state OF Washington Advertising
contracts viii be made subject TO this
euarautGR
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The supreme court OF the United States
has convened with one chair vacant. The
delay in filling it has possibly been occa-
stoned by the fact that Senator It'll Is
said. after all, to have a knife In his
sleeve for Mr.. Hornblower.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The Spiritualists in convention at Phila-
delphia protest against the alleged gen.
eral persecution OF spirit mediums. They
evidently believe in protecting at least
those mediums who deal in good spirits.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

dispatch says the Democratic Iroquois
Club at Chicago has closed up its rooms
and now VIII have no permanent place
in which to hold it's meetings. Probably
the want is not one that will be seriously
felt for a good many years.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

FftZsimmons spared in an exhibition
at Corpus Christi, Tex, Tuesday hight be-
fore packed house. and there was no
interference. 1t is not easy TO see why
Gov. CulberSon didn't stop Il.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Every report from the North IS only an
addition 10 those already received to the
effect that unless there is a restriction
of the butcheries the sealskin sack is
bound TO go.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Wat Hardin's campaign for governor in
Kentucky is now a good deal like that OF
a cattle driver who has reached the four
corners and is having hard time TO keep
the CRITTERS" from boiling down the
cross roads
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Even II Theodore Roosevelt has not
made himself very popular. he has per-
haps brought his name into general use
in what may hereafter be called Roose-
Welt movements
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

II would be a strange condition of az
fairs IL a man could be convicted Of a
murder committed outside Of the penf-
tertiary and could not be convicted If the
same was committed inside OF its walls.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Il looks now as though Coxey might not
get a single vote in Ohio, as there IL a
scheme on foot 70 challenge the general
when he comes up on election day to put
IL his ballot
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Fort Wayne: Ind. has Just celebrated
the Tooth anniversary OF its existence as
a city. II would be interesting to know
how many politicians 1t has raised in all
that time.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The fertile mag nation which marched
the British troops across Brazilian terri
tory 10 Venezuela VIII now have an op-
portunity OF marching them back again
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KFWARD.

A reward Of $40 will be paid for inforrna~
ton leading 70 the arrest and conviction
OF any one stealing copies or the Post-
Inteliigencer delivered 10 subscribers
throughout the city,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Alexander Hamilton would have found
a splendid field for work in clearing Up
the complications IN the finances OF the
city Of Tacoma.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The inactivity OF the city council tn
settling the ride land trouble is Of the
mastery order
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

pr. Mamie Stevens. a Kansas woman.
las sued for = 5fvorco from Ser husband.
Ra1pa stevens. on ERE ground. among other
lhlnxs. shat Re ~iald arouui ana would
not hep BIER Ess che meals" As Mamie
peson6ea % the wonaa's Federation o.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The trouble with the sultan Is that the
note In which he promises to eject re-
forms he IS always asking % have re-
ueWed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

The Pouls5o Orphans Home revelations
indicate thai there are some people loose
who ought not 70 be
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

This Is the time when the FISH o, Buz-
zarYi's Bay are painting the waters red
They have another years lease OF Hfe
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Brother Bennett IS IN a ginger cam
palsn bel1re BE rea.ly exne-tea Il.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

Electricity promises 20 do most every
thing. bat il viii never succeed n taking
mo place q the dark horse
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17

EEAtUIt BIaefrer-
laura, ] have Just spoken with vozir
parents And only think, Your father
sad 10 rnes N,an y0a feed a wife Tell
me. laura, have yoU ever suffered from
hgnEer when yog have heen out with
ms p