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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-07

Two scandiuav ians 20 Sail From San
Erauciscn 20 New Yark.

san Francisco. Sept 6.-C'harIcs Jensen
and Charles Klein. two Of tho hardest sail
ors that the scandinavian peninsula ever
produced. are preparing 20 attempt the
daring feat Of sailing around Cape Horn,
from San Fragcisco 70 New York. in the
smallest craft that ever attempted to
make the passage. The vessel In which
the trip Is 10 be made is a sioep. She has
a length Of - feet over all. water line
Of IS feet. beam feet 6 inches, draft 3
feet and a depth OF feet from the cabin
roof She has fore and aft compartments,
besides the cshin, and her ran Is inches
high She carries a mainsail and two
iihs.
The trip for which Jensen and Klein
are preparing IS about s"n miles. They
viii keep fhe regular sailing course 10
make time. and Will stop only At Val
paraiso on this side and the Falkland
islands on the other. They VIII not take
tho straits of Magellan. but viii actually
round the horn and take chances with
the dangers Of the trip. They expect 10
START not later tnan Octoher j., and "a
much earlier = possible.
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KATE FIELD TO nE caEMsrEp.
Her VIII Directs That Her Ashes
yepo.e >cnr Her Parents Tomb.

chicago. Sept. When kate Field LEFT
fer Hawaii she advised ~ II. koha@aat.
editor of the Times-F]sraid. that she hat
provided in her viii Tor the disposition
~ hsr remains IN Pho event of death
Difiseut search failed 10 dis over fhs wiii
a-s'a FRIDAY last. Meanw liie iAe bo3y has
haru sing fn vault p Hawaii. j. afs}'s srs
from re VIII that Miss Fieli desired 'hat
her asodv ha crsrs'e3. ami that her ashes.
togetl4e. aith a plain gold ring worn ~
her. - placed in an arm ard depoai ~
above sae eoffi-~ ~ her father and mot her
sn Mount Auhurr cemetery al Canhrsdge.
AiaSs
SIR KohiSast has unieFiak on immediate
iE ,o execute thesa iu~tfi~i ons ard has
.7rrittes, - Consul General Mills AZ Homo
luiH. making provision for the expenso
an.f gfsrect;naE fhst tiie cremation shall tsse
yfaee there u practi ahle. bot tasi + siot
tbe remains shall hn f0rEafsts3 er the
next steamer via san Franeieeo anf over
tant - paxton. wtier" the desired 81 ais1c@i-
fion ~ then VIII fHe made.
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ox WORK AND WAGES.
MAI. NcKIniey's speech tn Work
inguen on saturday.

canton. - sept 6-Tne Wrstsrn Penn
srlgHniE delegation teddy numDered
ottr nTe elourand people The i'm
ucHae aeicg silous frarn Senator Quay
county ln the morning we're to.-
lmaa hr fwo -rafn la.0ta from pits
burg anH yiotnlty. ARD the excursion ~
rae ttrtehflrg ueNsItt5'efz at - IN fh@
sftnrfssnN. t'uuares#feau " A- Stone
chairman or The Visiting delera tion. pre-
.eut~d NJ fF. 4. Carney. "a rolling H,i
nau. uoted sn re @ouuefls O labor or
etrizstfors 80 Hpeke. When quiet W.
restored Mai Mckinley snanisei 1he vis-
ffors for the honor shown oins and saIf
-eI'r - Tsislsgs thoroughly typinfs
tht. national ides % a great America -
eomrnan wealth il sha. T. represents t0n
equality ~ al ghlea lies as ne basis of
popular COS eminent. II emphasizes tle
American fprIt- U@fa sre aOE ki1as s1nen tn
every department Of ir1gsffy. profaantofs-
= men. lev a;31 per n4sn-fne EAttvn-Syor
ara ra1turaIaxe-i c!'tz@n--s1l eaHal lu pris
Nrgs and power before shs is~. All al.t=
.nferest eG q t1e a0vsrnEnen- of L9e 1Qan-
t~s. and 81 WIN equal volcs fl cc1fToi
fne snd Shipping ira destiny q car Efeat
republic Here - ssrikfoS pTo'@-
agafr.st ms unworthy e~1Tf On rn~ laf
a. tfosa wso would divide osu cir.zens IT,
20 c.sazes ard s-rfkszse ca'rfe o. .,stia4
~ -Fcn sn ua-Arner4eaa aEEs-ai 70 ga a@es''a
ana yvs.tsl3fge &1EkIF-g eaa Isrfrr stamp
vestn f2ieat1s sod aassi Indignation Eas Si7-
anurss8A ~ fee sff9rf - array gas
sR tfsst ~ tss thar eala = asoa@2f@flon ~
fore ue today. h@xe 10 fYny.at4Ay #.t"
su~a Appeals. Hnve yoas t'f'th q -N"'
no0D
..paf-3atfe.n IL 4 uesa7ar sentiment. - OK
arts. Fsa, never 6 grade la@t~Ad - seek
Ing 20 work .Ae Fnsese4. 4. Wof40 -
vror.tste- on she psrs ~ AL sss ars 70 Try 20
g. EoEx for taa aasses eeAeef.l
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IA MI ~ raa5e Slr s4earv " Jolly -
1sssissF'.ere MI ~esce-ne SIRE travellers an
ssssaa3f ef 80 Cara s..alr Eovsrnss1szs. and
'F~fa- fa-sr "a.. cease rs c1Nsal son11ec-
'ssia ~41sl fhe s1cfTov IS the reareSe szsive
q fFeSsaeTlt taeveiaG1- After viewing re
canaan f4ss Il w@3 BARRY GA - To-
renEo Nnd s'8rt en- = ioog tolr Va ne
Canadian Far.uc 20 Neacoaver IEe Nil
eintaFA o1 f1s steamship Empress q
tsa3Fa on Se9tesuoer a. rssscasnE Ycko-
'safIlSs fo'lEieen 6avs ia.er AZ XoSons TaA
q @ninese ~aFsAio Nj oe in waiting fer
ne Ni'"roy. and Journey ~ Ssx esays %
SsaanShai VIII corao.eea Ms gr3p agotssag
ne word
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oesee 4, So sAe bs,ay of sae srala roesss1T
wse was Rlle8 lasf nigat Ay EnSsntei
InG7er. Several rsrsc-S pvasessed @ know
him. saying that ha na9 been q ProgaiIisss-
eaaraezs- in rhs rEvs- front saloons: SfaA-
ne had been a gsEial felsex. wno spe@-
money igsa-zSly. bGs taz- Re had never
been kroxs 20 work. They Ssif ne E81
}sssu samiEariy known as BsS jim Da
zaen the detectives brought ap a lot o.
river front msn tc see Fhe BODY. none q
sasm could identify the man.
TIE belief % the dsiectlyes new * taaI
tas man Was e stranger in tass comrnufal-
". aa@ tAat he came from san FTanc4s1e-
They nave ascerra4asa 2y Telegraph toA&
the places in san Francisco referred 70
n fbe dead bandits notebook are no"
vacant. 4 number OF detectives and tnr
saerlHs of Sacramento ard loso counties
have s9ent ruost 0. me day n the vicinity
oe sas s--@f7u,e,s tran robbery. trying 20
g7id evidence which might lead % me
identity e 1he TAO missing robbers. oVt
wsth0at any success Th@ opinion = *
pressed bv officers that ne two men ruee
iuto Sacr4mento las uigat On ire tram
theg attempted IN rob James Hume ana
John ThArker % the WsIls-Fargo service.
are here 20 assist In T1e search
An autopsy held upon the remains a.
The bandit today revealed the fact that
IA. had been struck by both of the bullets
fired ~ him BY Engineer fngles. One MI
aim in the right side Of the nose. and pass
81 rarought the head I ne bullet thai Kali
ed tae roober struck him ia the left side
and passed through the body. The name
- ne dead bandit ls supposed 70 be F. ].
Morgan.
While searching in the vicinity OF the
hola-up the officers found a large guam
thy 0f dynamite sficNs, all ready for eA-
plefing.
Tonight a tramp who gave als name a.
Ben t9afTcy ~ "A ne knew fne dead rob-
bar Under the name Of Charles DeI>Ons-
ard thar thev had Travelled through Art
zona and New Mexico together as tramps
Glaffey was taken into eustody ny a po-
lieeIaan. and the belief Is expressed that
IN ..ra... :. NM Nal..a ..l.- ssLln.ss.
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ar early hour. and the remains of the
rnoosT were taken 10 Sacramento shortly
after midnight.
Praise for the Engineer.
The Cnronicse.s Sacramento SPECIAL says:
Everybody Is talking of lasf nights a.
tempted train robbery. and from every ore
comes the WaTmes+ words OF ptaise for
Engineer Ingaes. who killed the leader of
the bandit gang. under circumstances
whi'sh prove the engineer to be one of the
braves men that ever opened a throttle.
Tie FoDber WHO met il}s death at the hands
OF the plucky engineer has been wing a
the moVgSie all day. and the remains have
been viewed by thousands
Naen words Or the attempted robbery
reached Sacramento last night Il aroused
great excitement. and hundreds or people
Hooked - the depot 10 get ige latest news.
a. midnight came word that the boiy
or the dead bandit would be on freight
tram No. p which was due TO arrive at
l@sa'. and the crowd waited The train
came, bat Il did not bring the body. AMI
." special was sent out. consisting of an
engine. a tender and one car
When the. special arrived al the scene
of the robbery number AZ officers were
standing around the dead body Il was
very dark. and some one had gone 20 the
trouble OF starting hrc which threw
a hickering light on the weird scene. TIE
nandti. fine looking. heavily built man.
was lying on his stomach. with his face
eAfHFN 70 one side ard his arms out
st'e,eaed. Close 10 one of his extended
hHRds vas u revolver. The officers had
picked IL up ana examined H. and nat il
oaek again. II vas Colts single-aetlon
revolver. IL csliber. such as is carried by
soldiers IN the United States army. one
cartridge had been exploded. and the pistol
Was covered Rlsa blood The body VAS
pickea np and Brought In 20 Sacramento.
arriving here al o'clock this morning.
II was takeu 10 The receiving hospital
Waen Tire officers who found The body of
the aedi Fohoer alongside o. the railroad
track were examining Il where K lay.
they were startled by a whistle, ard
spflhsing 70 their feet demanded the per
son sounding he summons 10 approach,
anu roughly dressed man entered the clr-
r'e ot hsRt given by the fcw hickcriDg
lamps He was decidedly agfiated and At
once stated that he had taken part in the
hoidup. Ills story was most lgteresting
one.
Nv name Is Edward Burke" De said
Il have been working for man named
Uistine. al Dixon. nIy employment being
bnek.ng sacks. When We got through my
par tner and / started fer Sacramento in
search OF another lob. We had jas. cross
cd The new trestls tonight when ] saw two
men sitting beside the railroad track.
When We came near them said: Hello.
partners. aud Vas going along when thev
arose one armed with a r.iie and The other
. pistol. one of The men wore A mask.
and he asked; 'Wha. have You there?
oniy our blankets replied
Throw them down the embankment,' :
he shouted.
We aif as requested as the guns were
Ieyeled al ua. ana the men then told as
Nnat Was wanted They said they pro-
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Engineer Ingles' Train Robber
Picked Up Dead.
BOTH BULLETS TOOK EFFECT.
Morbid Thousands View the Remains
at Sacramento.
! Tramp Surrenders Himself and
Tells q story of the Hoid-t ~
Officers Securing the Country ina
search of the Dead Bandits
tim Not Identified.

San Francisco. sept. g.-The shots fired
hT Engineer ingles a. the train roonsr
lass night both took effect. and shen the
bandit aroppea from the locomotive 10 the
side of the track he was dead. officers
were SeIt 20 the scene OF the hoisl-up AZ
ar early hour, and the remains of the
rnoosr wsve taken 10 Sacramento shortly
after midnight
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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
Casualties.

heavy storm of rain caused con-
siderable damage in Southern ONO
and Northern Kentucky
Fred McComis, ten years old, fell
from a load of wheat at ShelDyVllle,
Ind, and was crushed to death peIore
his fathers eyes.
At Anderson, Ind, Mrs. Samuel
Hicks was fatally burned by natural
gas. The house collapsed and she was
pinioned amid the flaming timbers.
Mrs. Thomas Woodford, aged sixty
four. and her sister, Mrs. Eliza beth
Slemaker, aged sixty-four, were burn
ed to death by the explosion of a coal
oil lamp at their home in Baltimore.
Albert Thurban, aged twenty-four,
an emnloye of the Menominee River
Brewing company, was thrown from
wagon at Menominee, Mich, and al
most instantly killed.
David ellison AN old pioneer OF Ne
poleon, Ohio, while riding from town
on a bicycle met a wagon with nay
rake, and in passing struck It at fuli
speed, resulting In JaWbone ana
three ribs being broken.
William Metcalf and his horse were
killed near Windfall, Ind, by light
ming. Metcalf was farmer engaged
in making hay. A rain storm came up
and he stopped under crab apple
tree for shelter
A row boat containing six people
was swept over the dam across the
Raw river at Lawrence, Kan. land
four lives were lost. The dead are:
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. G. Study, Katie Rey-
nolds, a girl and an infant child OF
Mrs. Hook, a sister of Mrs. Study
The Mallory line steamship Colorado,
Capt. A. G. Burrows, inward bound
from Brunswick, Ga, while proceeding
up the lower bay at New York, struck
q mud scow in tow of a tug bound
out. The steamers bow took in water
rapidly and she had to be beached.
Near La Harpe, H., Sunday two
sons of Joseph Wright, aged sixteen
and eighteen, respectively, were hunt
ing when the elder brother accidentally
shot the younger brother through the
heart.
Several Chinese are believed to have
been burned to death in a fire which
occurred in Chinatown, San Francisco.
The building destroyed was occupied
nv a large number of Chinese, many
of whom We're dazed from the use of
opium, and We're unable to save them
selves.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
Iron. Foreign shores.

The Cape Colony assembly, after
heated discussion, voted to grant a
leave of absence to Hon. Cecil Rhodes.
NJ. Ca1vignac. the Socialist mayor OF
CarmauX France, has been arrested
on the charge Of acting against the
government.
Complete returns from the election
for members of the chamber of repre-
sentatives i'll Belgium show that there
were 195 CIericals, IS Liberals and 70
Socialists chosen. This gives the Cler-
ica1s in the chamber majority OF %
votes.
The Japanese government has estab-
lished silk-inspection port at Hioga,
and meeting of the Japanese silk
manufacturers has been called at
Kobe, to effect the diversion to that
port of the silk export trade now cen
tered at Yokohama.
A portion of Woodsworths library,
5000 volumes Of which were sold in
1850, will be put up at auction soon III
London 1t contains many Dresenfa-
ton copies, one Of them Matthew Ar
nold's ''Strayed Keveller, 1S49, very
scarce book.
There are 1887 students at the uni
verSltY az Athens, ana the HumUeI III
creases yearly. OF these, 6O4 are for
eigners, chiefly Greeks who are Turkish
subjects The number Of professional
men turned out is far in excess OF the
needs of the country.
A dispatch received at Athens from
the island of Crete says that the Turk
ish authorities there are gradually eX-
tending the military zone and occupy
ing new positions daily. Many OK
cesscs are being committed by the
Turks.
An association of tradesmen who are
formally allowed to use tie royal arms
as an advertisement, has been formed
in England, in order to prosecute peo--
pie who put up the signs, under royal
patronage" and display the lion and
the unicorn, with no warrant to show
for it.
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to have q casket containing JeWelry
worth $4,000 stolen from her room. II
is said an acquaintance formed on the
boat going over is suspected.
William M. Under, wealthy cloth
ing merchant at Bloomington, Iowa,
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed almost at his own door steps near
midnight by unknown men, who made
no attempt to rob him, but at once ran
down side street and escaped.
Charles Stark, who was captured
while hiding in a car near Springfield,
Ohio, has confessed that he. murdered
Avis Luderman, the barkeeper from
Milwaukee, whom he accused OF init
macy with Mrs. Stark.
Louis Vonesch, farm hand, forty
years of age, an Austrian by birth,
committed suicide at Birch Greek, six
miles north of Menominee, Mich, by
cutting his throat. No cause is as
signed
Franklin Porter and Edgar Hark-
ness, members of the Good Citizens
league of Terre Haute, Ind, were bad
ly beaten by saloonkeepers because
they insisted upon giving evidence in
liquor cases.
Miss Della Hutchinson of Humboldt,
Kan, mysteriously disappeared. Later
her body was found in the Neosho
river with large stones tied to it. Sus-
picion at once pointed to Jake Rogers
and he was arrested.
Horace Lewis, plasterer, and Eu-
gene Lee, a saloonkeeper, had duel
with revolvers at Kokomo, Ind, after
ouarreling over dice game. Both
shots took effect. Lewis being shot in
the groin and Lee in the abdomen.
They were arrested. Both are colored.
Lewis may die.
The confession of Christ Eckerlebe,
held at Bellevue, Iowa, for the murder
of Minnie Xell duplicates her brother
as his accomplice and prime mover in
the crime The motive was the con-
templated division of the estate which
the murdered girl insisted upon hav-
ing, she having just attained her ma
jority.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
miscellaneous.

The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 25 per cent i'll
favor of the creditors of the Farmers
National bank of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. A. e. Rhinebart, an enthusiast
tic wheelwoman of Denver has won
distinction by riding ten centuries IN
ten days.
Joshua Beman of Mertone, Ind, shot
himself in the foot while intoxicated.
Blood-poisoning set in and he died III
few hours.
J. Edward Addlcks, the gas king of
Delaware, is to head the corporation to
work for gold in the gravel beds of the
Cariboo.
The belief is growing stronger at
Tacoma that the Vanderbilts will con-
troll the reorganized Northern Pacific
railroad and make it the final link of
Vanderbilt system to extend from
ocean to ocean.
Mrs. Catherine Calf, wife Of Thomas
A. Gait, president of the keystone
Manufacturing company, died at Ster-
ling, ILL.,, of blood-poisoning the result
of an injury to one of her feet several
weeks ago.
Admiral Beardslee, commanding the
Pacific station, called from San Fran
cisco on his flagship, the Philadelphia,
for Port Angeles, Wash. This place
has been fixed upon for the basis of
operations for the Pacific squadron
during the drills.
The railroad from Tokao to Wallace
and Burke, in the Occur d Alenes, has
been sold at foreclosure sale to Messrs.
A. Maryins, Charles S. Fairchild and
Charles A. Beaman of New York, the
purchasing committee of the feorgan-
ization committee of the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company.
NJ. A. Schram, a Chicago travelling
man. and representative of house in
which he is a stakeholder, was bella
bored over the head with an umbrella
at Cleveland by Mrs. John Frowlin,
whom, it is alleged. he insulted. Five
hundred people witnessed the specta~
Gle.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

A very strong demonstration has
been made by the women OF Berlin
against what they consider the Unjust
ice of certain new laws affecting their
interests. There are probably no more
conservative than those of Germany;
and. whether they are at home or
abroad, they are justly looked upon as
Datterns of domesticity. 1t need not,
therefore, be supposed that they want
to vote or that they are complaining
because what so many of the adj
yanced sisterhood call their sphere,
is limited. All that they ask is that
they shall have control Of their own
property and equal guardianship OF
their children, demands which certain
ly seem just and moderate, although
to a government like that of Germany
they doubtless appear as if they s;l-
yored Of revolution.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
PeonIe in Print.

Prof. Kekule, of the University OF
Bonn, is dead at Berlin.
Haydn Roberts living about mile
and a half west of Peru, Neb., killed
his wife and late committed suicide.
Cardinal Laveletta, sdean of the sa-
cred college, is dead. He was created
cardinal i'll 1868.
Messrs. Rhodes, Hammond, Philips
and Farrar, Of Johannesburg fame,
are between them said to be worth
81, 000, 100000.
Sim Francisco, a Butler (NIo { lawyer,
who is the proud father of recently
arrived pair of twins, has named the
Youngsters "Gold" and "Silver.
Flinders Petrie has returned to the
service OF tine London committee OF the
Egypt exploration fund, and has been
appointed executor-in-chi of the eX-
Dloratiuns.
George Samuel Creel, pioneer Of
MCLEAN county, wealthy farmer ana
landowner, died at his home in Holder,
aged seventy-two. He was born IN
Warrenton, Va, and went to that coun-
ty in 1S4S. He leaves one daughter.
Mrs. Henry Leyhe of Warsaw, I'LL,
IQOIuCI OIs OdpldlAS CAANe ~ -
lam Leyhe of Alton, two of the most
prominent steamboat owners on the
Mississippi river, is dead, aged sixty
one years.
Prof. Ernest Curtius, the we'll known
German philologist and archaeologlsf,
is dead. He was born at Lubbock III
1914. He was at one time the tutor OF
Prince Frederick William of Prussia,
and was noted for his researches IN
Greece.
Emperor William is preparing a hunt
for whales. When he reaches the wa
ters of Norway it is his intention to
kill several of them. He will approach
the monsters in torpedo boat, and
hurl what are known as explosive mar
poems at them.
Maurice Grau, the impresario, who
may conduct opera both in New YORK
and London, is eminently fitted for the
position. He speaks English, French.
German, Italian and Spanish, all as II
they were his own language; he knows
all about the management OF opera
and is an ideal impresario.
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Evil Doings.

w. Childers, a prominent attorney,
while in his office at Purcell, Ind. T.,
was attacked by two negroes and IA
tally stabbed.
Patrick Carney, sixty years old. was
kicked to death in Chicago by Jacob
Wilson. The killing was the result of
a family row.
Mai. w. c. More1and, ex-city attor-
ney of Pittsburg, entered plea of
guilty to the charge of embezz1ement
of SIG, 900 of city funds. His assist
ant. w Fl. House, pleaded not guilty
and was placed on trial.
Miss Graves of New York, young
lady stopping With her brother at the
Berkeley hotel. Piecs dilly. is reported
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nue. to the expo T. N. BLACKSTOCK.
sltlon. Sheboygan,
Many of the Chairman of Finance
leading citizens Committee.
Of the state have shown an active in
terest i'll the semi-centennial project.
Their names insure it's success. The
exposition companys officers will be es-
lected from the many patriotic and re.
sourceful business men who have Civ
en- Wisconsin worldwide reputation
for enterprise and integrity. The semi
centennial exposition will be worthy
the confidence and patronage of the
people of the entire state.