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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
A WOMAN KILLS A DRUGGIST.
Because He Supplied Her Drunken
Husband With Liquor.

old Monroe. Mo. Aug. T.-Mrs. Baird.
wife of a prominent local farmer. Is in
jail for having killed Samuel Elston. a
druggist, for supplying her husband with
whisky Baird has been drinking heavily,
and his wife threatened 20 kill the drug
gist If he gave him any more iiquor FL
ston did not heed the threat, and later
gave Baird quart of liquor. The infuri-
a;ed woman hunted Elston up, and while
ne tried 20 fee she shot him in the back
with a revolver. killing him instantly.
The tragedy has caused great excitement.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
DROVE AWAY THE GUARDS.
Palouse Farmers Resist an Execution
on a NNI-hlsnF.- lran~.

oakcs1SIe. Aug. --SpeciaL--A ju3s-
ment was obtained in q iustice court here
against Rowe brothers. farmers. and an
execution issued on 50 sacks Of oats
Fearing trouble. the constable placed
three men 20 guard them Last night
about midnight the guards were called up
on br twenty-five men. ali armed with
WInchesrcr rtAss.and shoiEuus. and told
60 leave They left at 0Hce- The oats
were shen hauled OF. two four-hor loads
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

being found I've miles north and the same
amour. the same distance south Of the
Mace. These were secured. No arrests
have been made. This IS the second case
OF armed resistance 10 the guards on crops
in Whitman county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

Mt Satanael Mortonson. a well-knowa
citizen Of Ishpeming. Mich. and editor
Superior posten. who. for a long time.
suffered from the most excruciating pains
OF rheumatism, was cured eight years
ago. pv taking Ayers Szrsapariia, hav-
ing never felt a twinEe OF il since.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
poRTLAxD.s HOSPITAL SCANDAL.
DIR. AuSplund Not Dead. and His Re-
covcry = Possible.

coNcrF = fF~-ibfe-
Portland Aug. 17.-There has been no
material change today in the CONDITION
of Drs Holmes and Ausplund. the partici-
pants iu Yesterdays sensational shooting
holmes IS resting easily, with every pros
reet " recovery, while -Ausplund's Condi-
ton is stjlf critical He II doing as well
as could he expect ed under the circum-
stances. Ii3s physicians fear the worst
sets in
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
FRED T. MERRILL IN TROUBLE.
Arrested I'm spokane for Adultery. on
His Wife'S Complaint.

Spokane. Aug III Fred T. Merrill the
Portland bicycle dealer. was brought be
fcre the municipal Judge today on a
charge Of adultery He waived examna-
tion and was bound over 20 the superior
court in the sum OF 81 .00c He says he Will
not fight the suit OF his wife for divorce
II Is believed here that the criminal pro-
ceedings win be dropped.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

First Regiment Band, Leschi Park. this
afternoon
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
,,,,ee,, ,ictoria MoIlIned.

I.ondoa. Aug 17--Facts Taicn rave row
1aaxea ont respecting the meeting ~
,-,,ean Victoria and Emperor William OF
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The Webbing Sisters. OF London. az
Ra~Re's haIl tomorrow night under au-
spies /. @. O. r. Tickets &C and 5oc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

Fred T. Merrill the bicycle rider and
dealer. was arrested al Spokane, in the
rooms ~ May Cassidy. on the 18th. on
ch~~ce OF adultery. preferred by his wife.
Lillian \ Merrill. The latter is a hand
some woman, while Merrill is decidedly
uuprer possessing IN couutenance, one side
~ his face being much distorted. Mrs
Merrill VIII sue for divorce at Portland.
her home.
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\ little higher in price. but
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'snkado" this afternoon and evening.
Madison park.
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Refugees In PitifnI Plight.

That night saw thirty one foreigners.
men women and children. French and
British. IN the ysmen. homeless. their
houses levelled or burnt. with scarcely y
whole tile left Some silver, few tins ~
milk. two typewriters, little bedding
and some instruments. with the clothes on
their backs being the only salvage.
wire was sent of 20 the GhiugkIrg con-
snI, bat when the yiceroy heard OF II. he
ordered the operator TO fetch II back. but
Il vas too late. and the news got through
10 Peklng The district magistrate took
care Of the refugees and treated them an
welt as ne could in his yamen-
The next day was exceedingly trying.
A man had killed chicken the day before
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
THE POTATO A MIssoURIAN.
Claim That 1t Is Native to the
Jackson County Soil.

Jackson county promises to be
famous in history as the birthplace
of the Irish potato, says the Kansas
City Journal. Some of the local
botanists of Independence have dis
covered this fact and have traced
the lineage of the vegetable, which
is now known to every table in the
world as the Irish potato" back to
it's birthplace, Little Santa Fe, in
the southern part of this county.
The botanists give the name of the
plant from which the potato grew
as 'dioScorea batata," and feel con-
fident in their assertion that the
history of the potato can be traced
back to the town of Little Santa Fe.
DR.. Ballard, a well-known botanist
and geologist, had in his possession
recently a plant which he claimed
to be a specimen of the "dioscorea
batata" found at Little Santa Fe.
By tracing the plant some 800 years,
the doctor says that undoubtedly
the dioscorea batata was the pro-
genitor of the so-called Irish potato.
1t appears that the aborigines of
this section knew the art of propaga-
ton of plants by cultivation from
their wild state, and by such knowl-
edge produced the tuber, now so
generally in use and found on every
table.
IT'S a matter of history" said the
doctor, that the potato was first used
as an edible by the Indians near what
is now known as Little Santa Fee,
Jackson county, Mo. From there it be-
came an article of barter. The edible
was so palatable that it's use spread
rapidly and became common among the
Indians in Virginia. The potato fell
into the hands of Sir Walter Raleigh in
Virginia, who recognized a good thing
when he saw it. Sir Walter took it
on one of his trips to Europe, and by
reason of the soil and climate of Ire
land it at once became a stable article
of food. hence the name Irish rotate.
The little town of Santa Fe has never
set up its claim for being the birthplace,
of Ireland's staple food, for outside of
the botanists the matter is not posi-.
bly, known to the citizens of that local
ity That the potato f1ourishes in this
locality more so than in any other Sec
ton of the country is a well-known
fact, and the "dioscorea batata' grows
in great abundance there. By expert
mental tests the plant finally produces
a small potato, from which larger ones
will grow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12

were out. Pepper got a life on balls
and went to third on O'Rourke's sim
gle to center. Irwin got his base on
balls, and filled the bases, and a
run was forced when Camp was
hit. That was the best the boys
could do, for Georges drive to short
cut Camp off at second and retired
the side. Minneapolis failed to score
in their half of the fourth.
In the fifth the Saints hoped onto
Fraser for two more runs. Pickett
hit viciously through Kuehne's legs,
and two wild pitches advanced him
to third. Burnes and Comiskey died
at first, and then little Kraus simply
lifted the ball over the left field fence
for a home run, sending Pickett
ahead Of him. The Millers scored one
in their half ON F'raser's base on
balls and Lally' long single to left.
In the Sixth Irwin got in a hot sin
gle to left, and, Camp hitting to
second, allowed a double play. George
got his base ON balls, and, pretend
ing to be mad, Fraser walked from
the box and refused to play any
more. The crowd missed and Fan
ming took his place. Pickett got a
base on balls, Burns touched him
UP for a home run, sending George
and Pickett in ahead of him. Conlis-
key singled to right and stole sec
end, but Kraus flew out to center
and ended further trouble. The Mil
lers took one in their half on Franks
home run over the left field fence.
In the seventh the Saints failed to
score, but the Millers got into the
game and began hitting like fiends.
Wilson flew out to Comiskey. Then
Tanning started the hitting with a
two-bagger to left. Hulen singled to
right and sent Tanning home, and
then Lally dropped a double into
center. Perry Werden kept up his
batting average at this juncture with
a home run drive over the fence,
scoring Hulen and Lally. Frank got
in a double, but the next two men
struck out, and Frank stuck on the
bag. In the eighth st. Paul took two
on Georges base on balls and Pick
ett's home run. The Millers got two
more in their half on Kuehne' double
to center, Fanning's double in the
same territory, which should have
been an out, but Camp misjudged it
and it went through his hands.
kuehne came home on the play, and
Tanning scored on Hulen' single to
right. That was the tenth and last
run for the Millers. St Paul got three
more in the ninth, and got them
easy. Pepper died on fly to Hulen
and O'Rourke's fly to right was a
muff. Irwin hit to Hulen, who fun
bled, and O'Rourke went to third.
Camp was hit in the back, and took
his base; then George raped a dou-
BILE against the left field fence and
scored ORourke and Irwin. Pick
EFT died at first,and Camp came home
on the throw. Score:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
THAT OF MRS. CoRBETT SHOULD
BE A LESSON TO OTHERS OF
HER SEX.
HIS SUCCESS HER SORROW.
AS HER HUSBAND CLIMBED
FAME'S LADDER HER LIFE
BECAME HARDER.
TEARS IN HER LIFE STORY.
How the Champion PugiIist
Drifted Away From His Do
nestle Ties.

Many a woman has envied Mrs.
James J. Corbett, wife of the cham
pion prize fighter. in the possession
OF a husband the limit of whose
fame seemed boundless When the
pretty little woman applied recently
for a divorce many other women
We're surprised to learn that anything
could have arisen to mar the hap
piness of what seemed for time a
heaven-made match.
Though born in Amsterdam, N. Y,
Mrs. Corbett, as Miss Lake, was
reared and educated in California.
She has steadily refused to talk
about her matrimonial troubles to
reporters of New York papers, but
she departed from the rule last week
for the benefit of a California paper.
The story of her life since marriage
ought to so long way toward con-
soling women who wish to be mated
to men who are famous or whose
names appear often in the newspa-
pers of the land. When she became
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12

Mrs. Corbett her husband was I'M
known to fame. He was then merely
bank clerk. She was a school
girl of eighteen, just ready to teach,
having graduated from the Califor-
MIA State Normal school. Here is
the story of her life as she herself
told it to the New York CORE
spondent Of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer: 5,ssf s.rt ..
/ Il expected to begin to teach in
the fall, but that summer Jim came
to Santa Cruz and that changed ev-
erything. He was big, handsome
boy then. [ met him one night at
an entertainment, and he began to
pay attention to me at once. I was
fond of him from the first. I did not
know that he was boxer Of course
l heard that he was one of the
Olympic club, but that is fash
ionable, as well as an athletic, club
in San Francisco. Before the sum-
mer was over we were engaged. My
father and mother did not like it at
all. They did not have any particu-
lar objection to Jim, but they
thought we were too young to think
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM.
MfddIetown, N V, FOrger Vo1un-
taFiIy Surremders.

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Aug. IL
George Sanford Price, well-known
ex-temperance lecturer, who fled from
Goshen, near here, ten years ago, to
escape arrest for forgery returned Fri
day night and delivered himself to
Constable Lardy. In 1883 Price forged
a note for 5000 and one for $500. Price
fed, an Indictment for forgery in the
third degree being found against him.
He returned at midnight Friday, and,
although there was no warrant against
him, agreed to wait until the district
attorney could be seen. He broke down
completely and remained in his room
in hotel at Goshen until the constable
returned with the bench warrant and
removed him to prison. He has Sc
cured ex-Congressman Bacon to de-
fend him. During his absence Price
says he has been in constant fear of
arrest. He went through Canada and
the Western states to New Mexico.
He spent five years on a ranch in Me-
braska, but fled one night on the ar
rival of a stranger, although he was
not followed. He says that he has
eluded detectives at every turn His
wife is staying with wealthy relatives
here, and does not know of his return.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
THE GEORGIA GIRL.
She Is Graceful and Pretty Always,
but She Is Radiant in White.

but She Is Radiant in White.
1t was on one of the broad, shaded
streets of Manchester-by-th
that 1 studied one of the star speci-
mems Of her kind yesterday after
noon, says the Philadelphia Press.
The girl was Georgian, think 1t
is only Southern girls who wear white
muslin to perfection. In the South
white has never gone out, and the
SAVIOR faire that comes of genera
lions of muslin-wearing ancestresses
comes into play grandly in these
days of the revival of traditions of
blue-blooded grandmammas who
found favor in the eyes of Washing
ton or Lafayette gowned in filmy
white with bright ribbons.
This Southern maid, if Southern
she was, wore a frock of white dotted
Swiss, with skirt so wide that every
breeze caught it and flung out it's
folds like a white banner, simmer
ing and shining back the smile of the
sun. Half-inch tucks edged with
narrow Valenciennes cirJled it above
the deep hem and added to the old
time effect which is the main charm
Of these very new gowns. The
bodice was made with a blouse, Of
course, with a tucked yoke above it,
and narrow blue ribbons run in be-
tween the tuckings. The sleeves
were enormous leg O. muttons, with
blue bows on the shoulders and blue
wristbands. The stock collar was
pale blue, so was the sash. The hat
was a very large and very fine white
leghorn, bent down at the sides and
turned up abruptly behind-more
abruptly than the blue-blooded
grandmother, who wore big, fiat,
trimmed hats, would have approved.
1t was trimmed with bows of pale
blue ribbon and f1yaway doves
wings. Little knots of black velvet
lent distinction to the blue and
white, and under the brim in front,
just resting on the hair, was
triple rosette of black velvet and
pale blue chiffon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
CHEATED JUSTICE.
CLEVELAND CITY OFFICIAL EN-
BEZZLER TO THE EXTENT
OF $4,000.
DIED SOON AFTER ARREST
IN A MANNER WHICH MYSTI-
FIES THE POLICE-CORONER
TO INVESTIGATE.
FORGER WITH A CONSCIENCE.
After Years of Fugitive Life He
Voluntarily Surrenders-Bat-
lie In Box Car.
FoRGER WITH A CONSCIENCE

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 11.-George
w. Loehmer, for several years book
keeper at the city workhouse, was
arrested this morning on the charge
of embeZzlement of city money. At
o'clock this evening he was found
dead in a cell at the central police
station under circumstances which
indicate suicide. On June 1 it was
discovered that Loehmer had been
embezzling funds entrusted to him.
The shortage amounted to about
$4,000 He was permitted to retain
his position until his friends made
good the shortage and was then dis
missed. Since then an expert in
vestigation Of the books showed a
further shortage of about $4,000.
Loehmer was arrested at o'clock
this morning. This afternoon he
made a confession, in which he adj
mitted the theft of $4,000. He was
then apparently in good health.
An hour later he was found lying on
the floor of his cell bleeding at the
mouth. He was put to bed and
physician summoned. The doctor
advised that the man be sent to
hospital. When the ambulance ar
rived to remove him he was dead.
The coroner is Investigating the case.
Loehmer was thirty-eight years of
age. He had a wife and two chill
dren, but he abandoned them soon
after his crime was discovered, and
they are now in Detroit. For some
time he had been living with a
woman who is believed to be an
actress, and he was with her at a
house on Diamond park when ar
rested this morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
CARLYLE7S TALK
With Queen Victoria, and How He
Described Her.

Youths Companion.
Carlyle, the dyspeptic and despond-
ent, who disapproved of most things
but silence and natural authority, was
the kind of man who liked to feel him.
self imperyious to such trif1es as flat
terry, suavity of manner, high rank or
brilliant reputation. He said his say
as he pleased about high and low, no
doubt, but it was apt to be pleasant
when he said it to tactful great ladies
who admired him, and gruff to the
more frivolous or Independent, who
did not.
of all-Queen Victoria-of which he
wrote to his sister Jean an account
only recently published, is one which
leaves us smiling to perceive how read
lily he fell under the spell of the polite
little lady imperial.
1t is true that he violated etiquette
so far and so sensibly as to request
permission, being infirm and old, to be
seated during the Interviews permits
sion graclously granted, but he writes
none the less much more like the ar
dent subject than the Independent phil
osopher. 1t was at Dean Stanley's one
afternoon in 1869 that the meeting took
place, with several other notables pres
ent.
1.-THE queen" he wrote Jean Carlyle,
came softly forward, a kindly little
smile on her face, gently shook hands
with all the three women, gently ac-
knowledged with a nod the silent bows
of US male monsters, and directly in
her presence every one was at ease
again.
''She is comely little lady, with a
pair OF kind, clear and intelligent gray
eyes; still looks almost young Tin spite
of one broad wrinkle which shows in
each cheek occasionally; is still plump;
has a fine low voice, soft; indeed, her
nQi0dinnSly narf6pt
1t is impossible to imagine a potter
little woman; nothing the least imper-
ious; all gentle, all sincere, looking
embarrassing : rather attractive,
even; makes you feel too Of you have
any sense in you) that she is queen"
That is a very pretty and no doubt
truthful sketch, so pretty that it is
pity he should mar it's effect by adding
spiteful 4marks concerning almost
everybody. present. especially the. &C.
centric but brilliant Mrs. Grote, whom
he was pleased to term 1.-The most
wooden-headed woman in London"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
TWIN CITIES VICTORIOUS.
nj. p. d p. Team Is Defeated Quite
HandiIy.

The ouly point heretofore made
against the Twin City team was that
they had no reputation and for that
reason several of the well known anna
teur clubs refused to play them Fin
ally they secured a game with the Min
nesota Packing and Provision Com
pany and now the Twin Cities have
reputation that may open the eyes of
the others. The game was played yes
terday on the Northern Pacific grounds
and resulted in a victory for the, Twin
Cities by a score Of "a to A. The game
was not only ''for blood" but for SIS a
side, and was played for all there was
! IN 1t. The packing company had young
Com1skey in the box, but evidently he
was playing in hard luck or the Twin
Cities are terrific batters, for they
hammered him very hard throughout.
On the other hand the packing com
pany men were unable to do much with
Lehman and EMcDonough. Batteries
for the Twin Cities, Lehman, McDon-
ough and Rinke; for the NJ. P. & P.
Co., Comiskey and Allen. The Twin
Cities are now after the Spaldings and
any other team that cares to play.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
LYNCRERs TOO DRUNK.
A Little Entertainment Didn't
Come Off.

o,G HE nm-Gifd ,filtdf CIV HIT HTH
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. ia spe-
cial to the Commercial from Lebanon,
KY, says: A mob of forty men went
to the Springfield Jail about 1 o'clock
this morning and demanded of the
jailer the keys to the cell of Matthew
Lewis and jesse Ray, who outraged
Mrs. Shields White recently. The
jailer seeing resistance was useless
handed over the keys and the mob at
once proceeded to business. AS every
body in the mob was drunk none of
them seemed to be able to unlock the
Jail doors. After working at the locks
and bolts without success, they pro-
cured sledge hammers and tried to
batter down the doors. The doors
proved too strong for them, however,
and after hours of hard work, they
abandoned the work and emptied the
contents of their revolvers into the
jail. Returning the keys they told the
jailer they would be back. The mob
was composed of men from Washing
ton and Marion counties, nine, it is
said, being from this city. The sheriff
of Washington county passed through
this city today with Lewis and Ray on
their way to Louisville, where the
negroes will be confined until the ex-
element at Springfield is over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12
TOO MANY OFFICEHOLDERS,
Popular Government in New
foundland n Failure.

q II
Boston Herald.
Mr.. J. Alexander Robinson, editor of
the st. Johns On. F.) Daily News, was
in Boston last week on his way home
to the ancient colony
Mr. Robinson. who has been all
through Canada looking for points
with reference to confederation or no.
with that country, in an interview
stated that though his country had re-
ceived terrible setback by the re.
cent bank and commercial failures, it
and again be prosperous and happy.
He thought, however, that no one
political party on the island would
or could bring about that much de-
said, would have to deal with the gross
political rottenneSS which had broughS
so much undeseryed misery and shame
on the Newfoundland people. Popular
government. Mr.. Robinson said, was a
failure in the colony, was the under
lying cause of the trouble, and was
fast, he thought, becoming a failure
everywhere, and it would ever be sc,
in governments where the duty of CIV
ing favors to friends becomes a neces-
sity. Imagine" he said, "a country
with a revenue of less than So OOO, 600
and a population less than 100000 peo-
pie, where every sixth man is an Office
holder, and nearly all the rest office
seekers; where the total revenue for
the last decade has been swallowed up
in salaries and pensions, and where
loans have been had on almost any
conditions in order to employ or feed
heelers and you have some idea of
Newfoundland politics."
Mr.. Robinson is of the opinion that
temporary loans will do but little good,
but that with proper retrenchment ana
rigid economy Newfoundland will soon
again be prosperous. He thinks the
colony should not cast in it's lot at
present with the Dominion, for the rea~
SON. that the latter country iS-man for
man-poorer than the former, and has
relatively far less resources to the
square mile of land or water. New
foundland, he contends, has q glorious
and assured future; it's immense min
eral resources are almost untouched;
coal, silver, lead, copper and asbestos
are there in abundance, and it still
has the greatest and most varied fish,
cries the world has ever seen.