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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-16

Milwaukee, June Is-Judge Jenkins to-
day ordered all the parties interested in
the Northern Pacific foreclosure proceed
ings 70 show cause on July . why certain
creditors should not be allowed 10 inter-
gene and establish their right 10 prefer
enees- There are ten creditors who have
Joined In the move, but before the matter
Is disposed Of IL Is quite likely that all OF
tho creditors who have been designated
oy the receivers as preferred win take
action. Erom the petition 1t appears that
the receivers were anxious to drop the
question rs 20 liability growing out of the
joint operation OF the Wisconsin Central
lines and the Chicago a. Northern Pacific
By the Northern Pacific The hearing of
the petition OF the Northern Pacific re-
ceiseTs for the abrogation OF the lease OF
The 81. Paul and Minneapolis terminals
vas continued nntii June g.
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THE YAHK DISTRICT.
Rich Strike by the Owners of the
Goidfiint.

A correspondent ~ tho Spokesman-Re-
view from Leonia. Idaho says:
The most important mining event here
this week was the uucovering of the big
ledge on the Goldflnt and has been the
cause Of considerable speculation among
mining men and prospectors. This prop
erty aajoins me Keystone. and the ledge
was uncovered below the Keystone's east
side line. or the west end lire Of the Gold
flint II is no doubt the keystone ledge,
showing the same character Of ore, bat
with a less easterly dip. standing quite
straight as far as shown. and running
firm and solid into the formation.
The finding Of this ledge here proves the
keystone a great contact vein. and not
a bunch or blowout, as was supposed by
many. The ledge on the apex OF the Gold
flint measures - feet across and assays
well in gold. The owners VIII push work
at once.
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salary Fund statute Valid.

Olympia, June 15-Special-The supreme
court today fled an opinion in the Stevens
county case, deciding in favor OF the con-
stitutionality of section Soo6 OF Hilrs code.
enacted March 3. 1890, authorizing county
treasurers to set aside all moneys received
in the treasury In the way OF fees for the
creation OF salary fund for the payment
OF county officers. The law further pro-
vides that should the sum so received be
insufficient the treasurer shall transfer TO
such fund the sum necessary to meet sal
airy demands.
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Totals :. $500 90 $3.50 "a sy7s5l y
What Are Ninar.aI Jands

The United States circuit court of ap-
peals has decided that when school lands
surveyed by a United States deputy sur
veyor are certified by him to be mineral.
and his held notes and plats are approved
by the surveyor general and the commits
sioner OF the general land office. and filed
In the land office. this is a sufficient deter
mination that the lands are mineral In
character to give state the right 10 Sc
lect other lands as indemnity for the loss
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TRAIL CREEK VEINS WIDEN OUT
Encouraging Developments I'm the st.
Elmo and the Nayflower.

A letter from Rossland states that the
tS-inch ore chute in the 81. Elmo has Wild
ened ont 10 four and one-hslf feet and as
says well in copper and gold. A fun force
81 thirty men has been employed TO so on
with the work.
The vein on the Mayfower IN the south
belt has during the last few days opened
up the fun face Of the tunnel The ore IN
this tunnel Is gaiena. carrying 100 ounces
In silver and from 81 to go IN gold. There
are two cars Of ore row on the dunn
sacked and ready for shipment. and as
soon as cars are available IL viii be for
warded 20 Tacoma. From ASSAYS made
from the sacked ore. the owners believe
that the shipment vii pay for the ievel-
opmen' Of The mine up 70 the present time
Twenty men are employed on this prop
erty
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Investigating mil cr.ek

T.x-Nayo- Harry White was in srakara
lsst week or Ais way % Trau Creek. ana
when Interviewed by a saokessnag II Re lew
reporter s8ia.
Seattle r-aaia have gi3enlv awaken :
20 fhe Importance ara richness of thsse
misses aut are Investing heavily 0nfv
yesterday learned 81 a parc base Is ~
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Trail Creek Customs Duties.

The following table shows the amount
or revenue collected by the Dominion
government in the form of customs duties
in the three outports in the Trail Creek
mining Division for the first five months
OF the year The total Is $50. 71sl0. and is
a pretty fair contribution for a COM
munity which a year ago did not number
900 people:
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Rainier avenue line rxtcns,o,

Construction work on the extension OF
the Rainier avenue line began yesterday.
The line VIII follow the shore line OF Lake
Washington a distance Of two or three
miles, thus making OF that line one of the
most picturesque In the city.
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The enormous Increase in the deman nd
for the famous old Jesse Moore Whisky is
because OF it's rich flavor and It's absolu .
purity. Moore, Hunt & Co. sole agents
for the Pacific Coast.
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Duwamsh Dairy ice cream is the best;
made from pure cream. Telephone. Main
i57.
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Great Northern railways steamers
Northwest and Northland. Duluth 10 Buff
falo; finest afioat.
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You positively avoid dust by using Great
Northern railway and their magnificent
steamers.
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sarefal at ~ r. Fase Arnt re~v O.
Gaaes tAss. = So s. aa3 ga
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Z < CANE sas saavea % AFllnSson esek.
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No Fuith in La wyerS.

A Durham miner, aged Seventythree,
visited a Newcastle lawyer. a bachelor, for
the purpose OF making bis will. The Old
mans property consisted of two small cot
tages. which had cost him e150, and Z little
furniture, The lawyer having asked his
client how nc wished to dispose of his.
property, the latter replied:
Ma old woman eeS 10 have all So long as
she's ma widow, Eftcr that ma BARNS gets
ALL"
What age is your Old woman" asked the
lawyer.
''SeveGty-twO," replied the miner.
And how long have you and your Wife
been married?" asked the In wyer.
over fifty years replied the miner.
Thereupon the lawyer suggested to his
client that he should give his wife the inter
est during her life, whether she continued
widow or otherwise.
Kinney. aa wiDnot; aa'll hcv ma aan
way said the miner.
''But surely replied the lawyer, '.yOu
! don't expect your old woman. seyenty-twO
! years old, would marry agaIB?"
! The miner, looking the lawyer full in the
! face. answered, with much solemnity:
! "Wcy. iinny theirs nae knaaing what young
! cheps like yourself will de for money
! London Household Words.
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GOLD TN GUIANA, MONEY IN PHILADELPHIA

sure of its fate. Experienced tactlclans
agree that unless the aerial craft can
report frequently it is defeating It's own
ends.
The region of the Soudan is peculiarly
favorable TO the use OF the balloon. The
atmospheric currents mold IL excellently-
Tie nature OF the ground Is adapted TO very
little other communication lIiaD eau ne
had FROM the clouds, unless one is willing
to ineur the risk OF discovery by the enemy.
But once given the balloon, campaign
ceases to be tediously terrible.
The excitement and the impressiyeDess
of it's appearance are beyond tne power or
words TO express. First OF ali the engineer,
as lie is termed takes his place he Is
given MS letters To deliver. his flags lof
signalling, his code, his pigeons ahd ms
ammunition. A gunner takes his place
opposite. loaded u the teeth.
The giant sphere tugs at its mOOrlngS
like dog in u leash. The ropes are cut
and up shoots tine monster like rocket
This is ti,e ordeal that requires great foFtI-
tuCe and seIf-cOntrOi on the part OF the Oc-
cupants of the car. They must cling 10 the
wicker work tenaciOusly or be SHOT out and
down as if iu.relled from catapuit-'
When the baiioons were tested at Alder
shot such accidents were appalllnSly ire
auent. Eccentricty isa strong point OF this
y, 4
up and down all the time. Sometimes, in
deed, il curves like the letter 5, at others
it turns almost upside down, and at times
it is no easy matter TO retain ones equllib-
RUM Therefore, the occupant must COM
bine experience with agility and at the
same time keep his ceaseleSs vigil. The
penalty OF negligence is one long series or
rriEhtful deaths.
These, cuIsorily considered, are the
more unique of the characteristics or the
Aldershot make of military balloon. Their
coming service in the SOGdan viii be an
event OF no ordinary importance Lieut..
Il. b. Blakcney, who has already proceeded
to Egypt on special service connected with
report upon the experience he gains In
this campaign.
So sure are the efforts OF alta lining
brill antIy satisfactory results that the
plant OF AIdershot has been enlarged IN
anticipation of the demand for balloons
by the army. The gaseous ships will then
be turned out in great numbers and
shipped to all parts OF the British En-
pire.
So far as the telephone and signalling
euuipments of these craft are concerned
they differ very little from the system
now in vogue. The telephone apparatus
is strapped 10 the operators back Ike a
knapsack. He drops nOuth-pIece at
tached TO n coil or wire in the usual
manner. Then the wire is UnwoUnd from
q bobbin and communication established.
1t should lie borne in mind that the chief
| aim of military balIooning is cuInmuniCa-
| ton. Now matter how perfectly the vehicle
| operates, it altogether fails OF its pur-
pose unless il becomes a meciuIn OF in
telIigence. This principle mas been the
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other set of men. So back We tTamped
over that ten-miie road, up hill and down
dale, carrying a good part of our own bag
gage. We caught up with the men a the
landing and got boat, cooked two days
provisions and started. At Tanatamari
Fails we changed boats again, every man
working with hysteTiC energy l have
never seen black men work so hard Not
till we got fairly started i'll our second boat
did they seem TO forget their fear i'll the
least.
We covered the distance that had taken
Us eight days coming up in two days and
night IND Il half, making no stop night
or dES. While we pulled through not more
than fifteen rapids on the way up on the
west bank, we shot fifty on the right bank,
going over one fall that had drop OF seven
feet. AS we would near q fail the men
would strain at their paddles to make the
boat go at top speed, singing meanwhile.
Then as we Shot out into space the song
would stop and the men shout, Into de
brandy, boys. Whoopi Hi IIir' But not
for an instant would they stop padding
Even while the boat was in the air they
made quick strokes so as to be working
the second she struck, because there is al
ways danger of being sucked back and un-
der a fall. AS the boat strikes she throws
out great waves on each side, high above
our heads, hesitates for an instant in the
back swirl and then shoots on into the
current again The falls that we went over
are noted for the number of deaths caused
by them. and there is little wonder, for
time and againtwe scraped the rocks, and
once we received such a shock that 1
thought surely the bottom of the boat was
smashed, but all these gold boats are made
very thick TO withstand just such knocks
SCIam back again in Georgetown, known
among my acquaintances here as the star
jumbo of the colony who routed a whole
gold camp with nnshing on but a suit of
faded paiamas ana ii pair of slippers.
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new process of coating ii with boiling
solution of Oil, the secret of which is
carefully guarded by the British army
authorities at Aldershot, but which will
be purchased by the United States when
the balloon is adopted. II these balloons
are manufactured at AIderShor, where
is stationed the most famous English
regiment in the world. The Royal En-
gineers are detailed TO operate the bal
looms when they see service. The StruC-
ture OF the cont rivances has been so
smplified that there Is no longer the
same liability TO breakage or uniiJness
for use. This tendency to get out OF or
der is at present the bane of the French
military balloon, concerning which such
wonderful prophecies Were made and not
fulfilled
Once the balloon has been unpacked in
London or here it can he inflated and
equipped in a quarter OF an hour. The
sac is tied to stakes driven deeply into
the earth. The car is q very hight bas-
ket which looks heavy and big, but
which man can carry on his head
With ease. This basket is divided into
sections by an ingenious series of slides.
BY means of lever the pass enger can
let one OF the sections fall TO the earth
without iInpairing the utility of the
aerial vehicle in the least. Tie floor OF
the car has n series OF foot pedals and
the ropes run on pulleys. The interior OF
the inflated part is dexterously partitioned
into four or five compartments, so that
bullet-hoie would not let out all the gas.
ABOVE GUNSHOT.
The operator is supposed, however, to
keep his precious craft out of guGshot.
His dcscents are usually for the purpose
OF releasing carrier pigeons, a service
introduced with happy results into tie
balloon equipment. On tie car is a small
ballast compartment, into which a Tcvolv-
ing gun has Eecn introduced. The little
cannon is self-acting, and would play
havoc with any marauding party that
proposed to interfere with the balloon
upon its descent in the enCmy's terri
tory.
The primary requisite of these bal
looms, and one which is Indispensable in
the ScGdan and in all warfare, is speed.
The contrigance rises with particular
speed when favorite current guides
it, aud even in the teeth of unfavorable
winds it holds its own, owing TO the re-
sistancc offered by the angularity and
perforated material of the car.
Steering, contrary to Il general I'M
preston, is not so necessary, because
the balloon is never required to remain
long in the air and its travels, being OF
for transportation so much as comm uni
cation, are seldom very great in extent.
III the event of accident, the balloon
eau be destroyed and scattered with
ease, thereby preventing its capture by
| the enemy, should it reach the ground
| contrary to the intention of the oecu-
| pant. Besides, experience shows that ii
/! is poor policy to send balloon skyward
| for leifg periods during a military can-
| paign.
The. enemy should, as far as possible
! be kept i'll ignorance of the fact that bal
| loon communication is being attempted
| at all. III the next place, as long as the
| balloon is away it is impossible to bC
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guiding one OF the British army balloon
service, and its products are today, per
haps. the most marvellous Instruments of
that character ever devised. But for
fuller details on this head we must wait.
as do military men everywhere. the dis
patches soon to warm the wires from this
seat OF war.
The promptncSS OF the United States
Army IN taking up new things. and tue
cagcrneSs with which the army awaits
results shows the sanguine ones the signal
already in the air for the purposes Gf
peace. as in the Weather Bureau. as well
as of war.
HARVEY LINCOLN
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Dut even that occupation did not make IHe
droWsy. Fiuaiiy ! gave it up and sat up
trying 10 deciue whether 1T were worth
wnlle TO go into the logic to get my pipe.
on the eug eof the clearing, wnere lay the
reruse from cur dinner, saw u small puma
having Il least. slipped quietly into the
logic, stuck my feet into pair Of slippers,
lei, arouuu Iof my gun, airu silppeu lh,o IL
cartridge loaded with buck-shot, with
Tour drains OF powder back OF IL.
L knew that 1 could not get IL shot at
the beast from where l Was, 30 L Slip
ped around back OF my own logic and
walked at right angles TO the beast TO
get between the mems logies and 1T.
Now l Want it remembered that had
on pair OF pajamas that@h had been blue
at one time, but now were nearly white,
and L was Walking as though l were
treaulnE on eggs. AS L passvu the IUsic
in which the ',conInman" was Sieefnng
1 saw one of the men sit up and open
his mouth as though about 10 speak. L
held up my hand and went on silently
around the hut, ana there saw the puma
about thirty yards off. The moon was
shining brightly and / 1elt sure that l
should have his skin.
AS L raised my gun to fire there was
an awful 5eil back UI nae, and tLe puili.t
darted down stream like Il streak-I af-
ter him, for l knew there was little
clearing for him to cross II fcW yards
farther oil, and thought l might get a
shot at him when he crossed 1t. l did
not see him again. 1t was when / TUNED
to go back that l realized that some
thing had happened in camp-it was in
an awful uproar. l walked back by d
little path which took me to my own
logic without crossing the clearing. l
heard the managers cursing the men,
telling them to go back to sleep
Me no go back, boss, jumbo (ghost)
too bad!' .
"Oh, you HER the manager said.
''He 10 tell lie, boss another said.
"Oh, HE God! He come down To de logic
an point she finger at me wen l III she
hammock. Too true! jumbo too bad!
He run she bush. No step on ground
Too much Iumbie, true!''
L tried 10 explain that they had seen
me, but 1T was no good, and the whole
lot OF them built up the fire, and sat
about 1t shivering till morning. Tie eX-
clteInent or the dance had unstrGng them.
In the morning, when they were told tC
go to work, they would not move one step
toward the sluices, but started 10 pack
their canisterS. The managers argueG
and explained, but it was no use.
'Too much jumbie, boss. We go down
river quick, fore sun set
NoaTnount of cursing could stop them, and
| they had al started Tor Portora Laudlng
hy 10 O'Clock, except my man Jeffries
and could see that he was just as anxious
| TO get away as the rest, but he did not want
| To leave me to the jumbo. Better come
MASTER lie said; .'too much junibIc,"
The managers held q council OF war, and
decided that the only thing they could dc
| was TO go back 10 Georgetown for an
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How to start the Thing

You say you are thinking OF running for
office and want MY advice?'' said tie old
campaigner, iu4uringIy
That's it, replied the young nIap II
seem o have good opportunity to get into
politics now, II work at fright, aud don't
want 10 make any mistake that viii queer
nle later. What ought / To 90 firSt"''
Well, times have changed somewhat
since / went into politics. returned the
Old canlpaigner, ''and now I should think
the first thing for you to do would be to
get good photograph OF Yourself tn ken, so
asto make Il good impression upon the pub
lie through the ne wspapers. Many n man
has neglected this and been killed by his
cuts Chicago Post.
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paign is now attracting great at
tcItion. The popular notion OF
such things is wide OF the mark so far
as the present structure of these war
birds is concerned. Not only will the bal
looms be something heretofore unprecedent-
ed in soldering. but they are to be en-
ploycd for Il far different purpose than
the mere self-ey!dcnt one OF rising to the
clouds.
III the balloons for the Soudan simply
carried passengers skyward they would
be useless. Event they could be steered
at will no particular end would be at
taincd from military point of view.
The balloon is primarily designed as i
signal station and as an instrument of
offensive warfare To accomplish such pur-
poses even the French model, excellent
though it he, has been departed from en-
trely.
Our own War Department has instructed
the military attache OF our embassy III
London to investigate the principles upon
which the airy Traveller is constructed.
And in q short time we viii experiment
with this contrvanCe.
PACKED II a BAG.
This new balloon has the unusual merit
OF being very compressible. 1t can be
taken to pieces i'll eighteen minutes and
packed into space no greater than tie
dimensions OF Eortmantcau. This does
not include ordnance, OF course. On its
travels the Balloon might be taken for a
gripsack. Bot when the object has been
unrol!ed and inflated it is bigger than
many an office building.
The enormous bag is as tough as the
hide of a rhinoccros, yet very thin with
al It's great merit is the difficulty Of
puncturing it, result attained by the
The morning times., 1896-05-31
Mystery of the Rifle

Something that no man understands is
why a rifle, clanIped in an immovabie vice,
will not put the bullets in the same hole
every tune, even If the wind does not inter-
fere. A correspondent OF Shooting and
Fishing tells how he put rifle of 80
caiiber into vice and fired it ten times,
the sights being always aimed directly
at mark. The bullets went all over a
four-inch circle ut fifty yards. Theo-
retically all ought TO have gone into the
same hole. A man who holds his rifle
gripped hard at one time and easily at
another VIII not shoot as well as one
who takes the same hold Of his rifle
every time The best results are obtained
from bench rests when the man puts
his shoulder against the rifle butt-Chi-
CagO Inter-OCean.
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A TrifIins Accident

A curious story is told OF Walter Savage
Landor: "a paradoxicaI old Jacobin. Il
seemed TO me that there was nothing really
genial about the man Landor. Alfred
Tennyson tells rae he used 20 meet him at
Mr. John FOresteT'S chambers in LincoluS s.
G-fieds: that one day, while LandoF was
reciting some poetry, member OF the
company tumIIled down stairs and broke
his leg. and that Lander the while went on
spouting without showing any special con-
cern."-''My Condolences" by +. Locks
LampSOn.
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For the wellordered wardrobe

A cake of magnesia and clothes brusb
are a frugal woman's best friends. After
brushing dusty gown and then with
maguesla rubbing both sides of any soiled
spots, IL should be hung away for a
day or two, and then the spots will he
found to have disappeared Philadelphia
Times.
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No Improvement. .

Say, it was a great idea to put the
District messenger boys on wheels | sf W
one going like the wind today
HUH He probably struck gGod bicycle
read and was trying to complete century
run before delivering his message - Truth.
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Entortnininu tt,n u.by

81 wish knew how to act when meet
baby. / always feel like fool.''
'.All you have To do is to act the way you
feel. Life.
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SIGNAL PLACE
In MID-AIR
Balloon Now Used by the Brit
iSh to Be Utilized Here.
PACKED TN A HANDBAG
Made Buiiet-Proof by Secret Pro-
Cess-When Expanded 1t Is
as Large as House.
Copyright, 1860

Copyright, 1860
EagHEg HE extremely novel type of military
AEa balloon which the British army
VIII employ in the Sogdan cam
paign is now attracting great at
tention. The popular notion Of
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HE COUNTS
$5,OOO,OOO
Daily Work of MIR. Gilpin,
New York Clearing House.
NEVER MADE AN ERROR
Yet He Has Handled the Almost
InConceivable Sum OF 1Wen-
ty-Fiye Billion Dollars.
Copyright. 1870. !

Copyright. 1SJo.J
80 HIRTI-rWO MILLION DOLLARS
80 IN go!dis vast suEn, representing
nearly sIxLy-six tons OI the pre-
cious metai; yet such was the
sum that was transferred re-
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q OTA HC I4l4s1s M. isfItlhh GHlaila,
u May i2.-i have justarriyed at the
piace where the root oi All evll'
Is taken out OF the grOand. and
where Eien die ur feNerS at all