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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
WATER FRONT NOTES.

Steamer Rcssre VII probably resume
her Alaska ran Monday or TueSeay
Ship Elwen Capt. Ryder. locked al
Smith cove yesterday from San Francisco.
BARK wilma sailed from Smith cove yes
.erday with q cargo Of coal for san Fran
cisco.
steamer City ct Shelton Is row making
the KsuxIchis run IN connection with her
Shelton run.
Steamship Cleveland Is due 20 arrive
Nsra fou.orrcw from San Francisco. with
passengers and freight.
steamship Corona viii SAL today Tor
skssuay and Dyea. Alaska. steamship
AI-Ki Is scheduled to SAL pecemoeF
s,eaner Doctor has been put on TIE
r,,,ts between Seattle. Port Orchard. Fort
WILMINGTON and Silve-6ale. making taily
trips.
shin 81. Nicholas arrived yesterday
,rcsn san Francisco. She viii load re-
urn cargo OF coal at the orsEoa iua-
proyement eunkers-
S.exwer Farallo8. wAich tcft here last
"Wednesday for Alaska. and breaking A
rte.n pine was forced 10 pGt into van
esoyer for repairs resumed her voyage
yesterday.
British ship Gisnericht. Cart Dawes.
wss towaa into Seattle hAreoF yesterday
nv the tug Sea l.soa. She viii compete
ss~e cargo Of wheat with 80 tors a.
.se West Seattle elevator. She Viz SAL
for the United ktngdoTn-
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trations of the contempt the hobo shows
for work. One man. being asked to sweep
the sidewalk In exchange for a meal,
shirked the work and then. seorning four
meat sandwiches and cup OF coffee,
threw them In the garbage barrel Another
asked a business man for enough to get
a bed. and. being advised to 80 down town,
said: There are other fellows working
that" MIR. Allen continues:
when the fact is recalled that the av-
erage age OF this army of tramps is 81, that
they are, with scarcely an exception. able
bodied. that a large percentage of them
are skilled workmen, that all of them are
potential criminals. and that they cost the
nation s1Iooo.0o0 annually. it reveals a
startling side of the hobo question. which
demands serious consideration.
There seem to be but two things the
genuine tramp breads. viz: work, and the
Jail with stone pile attachment-the
other kind of a Jail he rather enjoys. espe-
cialIy il the weather be inclement. Just
what he breads most Is the thing. and the
only thing, that should be given him. And
that from no spirit of unkindness. 1t is
misguided kindness to give an able-bodied
homeless man something for nothing. For
such man the normal condition Is self
support. We have no right to make our
aims temptation to such; we have no
moral right to teach a man that he can
i've without WORK. 10 90 SO Is TO 90 nlHi
and society. an irreparabIe injury. In these
times the fact needs emphasis that TO give
man o meal at the back door Is TO do
the man a positive injury. The spirit
which prompts the gift may belt isn't al
ways-commen6able the gift itself is bare
Turning to the more practical side of
the problem. What ought to be the gen.
eral attitude of the city toward homeless
men? And by the term homeless men,
as here used is meant two classes OF men,
viz: the hobo or man who will not work,
and that much larger class Of unstable
men who do not like the steady grind OF
DAILY toll and who are attracted hither and
thither by anything that promises
change. Towards the former class-the
hobo-a citys attitude should be that or
relentless hostility. When II 10 once settled
that man will not work. the law should
lay its hand upon him and compel him to
work. That means. Of course, that the
work must be provided. 1t should be hard
uninviting, unremitting toll. The chief OF
police has suggested stone pile. He
ought to know what Is best. Neither pri-
vate citizens nor food and shelters have
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any business to do more for the hobo than
To turn him over 10 the constituted author
tiles This viii doubtless be stigmatized
by some as a heartless gospel, but 1t is
not. The greatest kindness that can be
shown a confirmed criminal is to lock him
up: the greatest kindness that can be
shown lazy man Is TO compel him to
work.
The shelters should not deal with the
hobo because such institutions are III
tended for the other and larger class OF
unfortunate and unstable men, and the
two classes should not be mixed. Shelters
that harbor 'hobos' become primary
schools Of vice and crime-no place for a
man who already has temptations enough
to test his endurance. A man for some
cause or other-usually his own folly
gets down; he goes to a shelter. where he
is required to do certain stipend Of work
for meals and lodgings. and where it
ought to be possible for him to maintain
his self-respect and independence; but he
Is thrown into intimate relations with a
class OF men who live by a sort Of science
OF aims and thievery, and who take de-
light in teaching the science TO others The
inevitable result Is the graduation OF a
homeless, unstable man into q hopeless
hobo All OF the arguments for the
classification and separation of criminals
so familiar to the student OF criminoiogy
of whom I am speaking.
THE homeless, unstable men--and they
only-should be the care Qn this city) OF
the Salvation Army Food and Shelter and
the Shelter for Incorporating these in
situations adopt the policy OF refusing alb
solutely to shelter 'hobos.' They Che
shelters) should be provided with means
sufficient TO make 1t possible for them to
lodge decently all casual homeless men.
The policy OF the management should be
such that man would not stay there
longer than necessary. They should not
be comfortable hotels, where men take
up their permanent abode, but shelters for
men temporarily embarrassed. Such
management involves intelligent investiga-
ton and intelligent disposition OF dodgers
after investigation, which, IN my judg-
ment, IS the keynote to success The
charity OF the shelters should no more be
indiscriminate than should that OF the
Charity Organization Society. which So
ciety deals only with men Of families
women and children"
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The Post-Intslligencer cour.eous,y
ASKS OF this writer an answer to the
above question.
Our chief photographer defines
heathcn as AN individual o. the pagan
or uabeiieving nations, or these which
worship idols and do not acknowledge
the true God" There are, then. two
tests to be appiied-the test OF belief
and that OF practice, or the head test
and the life test.
First-Are the people OF Seattle
heather In belief Do they deny the
existence OF the one true God? i, is my
conviction that. for the great majority,
the answer Is very decidedly in the neg
alive. OF the small per cent. OF excep-
uonal cases it is not necessary TO speak
here.
Second-Do their habits warrant one
In applying the offensive word
heaihen" 10 themg II is certain that
there are Tar more people in this city
who do not attend church than there
are who do. II is probable that many
OF these live in hahitual neglect OF Bible
requirements. and that large numbers
transgress the moral law exodus,
xx1-lo, and the higher law OF the Ser
mon on the Mount
That such q condition il very grave.
oAAA Nat 02&t6 ~ lEi4S anu 10 SuFFtF0-
ing generations very great. I fully be-
lieve. Nevertheless. think the word
heather" inapplicable. because the
lowest and v;lest among US has more
knowledge Of God than had the wisest
heather philosopher.
The causes producing this state of
things are. in part. heredity. absorp-
t!on in worldly matters. thoughtless-
ness, and representation in making the
effort known 70 be necessary for at
tanning pure character and happy i'm
mortality.
To the writer. his responsibility for
this greatly to be regretted condition.
and what he can do to bring about
change for the better. are very serious
questions.
". s. HARRINGTON.
Pastor Trinity N. e. Church.
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HALF THE POPULATION CHURCH
6OERS.

To your question. do ! think that
Seattle In a heather cityT' / say. GER
tainsy net. Ny impression Is that Sc
aitie In as much a Christian city as the
average OF great American cities. II
has mixed population. IKE all seaport
towns. and the ministers and churches
cannot he held responsible for much
that Is done. When the statement was
made In the ministers meeting IL was
not At all Endorsed by that body. much
as they wish to see greater attend
arce at church and a better kept Sab
bath.
am not prepared 10 say how many
attend church. But feel very certain
II all vino 90 TO church from time to
time In Seattle were known, that as
many as one-half OF the people attend
divine services In the city.
My own remark in the meeting re-
ferred TO was that IL we took the apos-
toiie attitude, and left of all antago-
nisn TO city management, and went TO
the people with the message Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.'' all these
things would right themselves. IL is
not the minister. but the message, that
must win men Respectfully. etc.
THOS. BALDWIN,
Pastor Market Street Baptist Church.
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THE PROVISION CONTRACTS.
N"Ps- Iwoie Awards Them tO Three
seattle Firms-A Misleading
Dispatch.

The contract for the ie.ooo ra.ions 20 Re
aaen north by the revenue cutter Bear In
saai'ien 10 tho ships supplies. has been
~r"afaed 30 Cooper & Levy. Schwass cher
rses ana the Frye~Rruhn Co. and Capt.
4au'e has ordered the provisions
An Associated Press telegram received
~ 'his city Friday afternoon gave the
IMPRESSION that Lieut. F.. r. Ber.hoif. now
va ~. nus way 20 thu Sound from Washington
wy would command the relief expedition
tn' overland 10 Pcint Barrow.
saen Is not the case. AS has already
sea stated In the Pos.-Intelligenccr. the
sernand expedition win be In command
- Lieut. Jarvis and the makeup Of the
se,.eedision viii be entirely at the opticn 81
:, spt Iotsie. who will. az course. consult
e. - ais choice the wishes Of Lieut.. Jarvis.
ae ,eiiowing telegram was yesterday re-
lie. - ~ ~"S~ A~N
Sone other than commits stoned officers
ss ~ ehastei Or employed men should so on
a.. s overland expedition. The entire sclec-
ss sa OF the personnel IS left 10 you and
Lieut. Jarvis
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BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWS.

An efTo-, Is being made 70 -eorganize the
CaIe1or.su Society at New Westminster.
Through trains now run daily between
PossIand and Nelson. making the Trip IN
five hours.
Hon. John Foster McCreight, % the su-
rreue coart OF British Columbia. has rs-
signed after eighteen years faithful ser
vice.
Willie Oliver, scr Of Mr.. Joseph Oliver.
engineer OF tAe steamer Edgar. New
Westminster, IN company WITH George
Iawrsso-7 wen, duck shooting recent
~ and while changing places ia tho
beat IN some way the hammer Of be xsn
caught or something. CAUSING Us dis
charge TIE contents OK the gun struek
x,s,rx Oliver in the right arm. badly
iaceraftsg it Fortunately the artery was
not touched. II IS thought the BOY NJ a
VIII be- saved.
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HAPPY COPPER RIVER MEN
Twenty-six Leave ON the Wole0ss-
Haying Quilted Here, They
Cheer for Seattle.

A cheering crowd was carried out yes
terday AZ noon on the steamer Wolcott.
eapt. Snow, bound for the Copper river.
There were twenty-slx passengers, twelve
q whom we're In the Massachusetts party
which has been Quitting In this city. That
I'll were immensely pleased with the treat
ment accorded them here was evidenced
o. the hearty cheers given for Seattle and
The officials Of tho transportation company.
The plans OF the party have already been
published. SO far as known. In the Post
In,clligencer.
Following is list Of the wolcott's pass
fingers.
From San Francisco--w. S. Army. y. r.
stevens. r. p. Reed. w. l.. Macdonald.
Y. A. kulsley. c. Il. Renaud. william
isaance. e. W. Greenlaw. NJ. u. Love. p.
q Temple. +. l.. Sargent w. Reed. J. J.
anorpe. w. r. Bowes.
from Scastle-Jamos A. Pierce. Fl. A.
Bent John g. Scott. John ]. Murphy. An
grew Scott. Grant uoag. F. Herbert
haines. William a. Lee. Rarthomolen Cor
Ess Frank l.. Hildreth. N. A. Call, M 4.
Tanner.
Inc next steamer for Copper river will
me Alliance. scheduled 10 sail from
here December Is
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cArARRH OF The STOMACH.
4 Pleasant. staple, lIat safe anA Ef-
fectual Care for 10.

Cassrrh OF the stomach has long been
considered the next thing 70 incurahle
The usual symptoms are q fun or eicas-
ing sensation after eating. accompanied
sometimes with sour or watery risings. =
formation Of gases, causing pressure on the
heart and lungs. and difficult breathing:
headaches. tickle appetite. nervousness and
= general piayed-out. langaid feeling.
There is often foul taste IN the mouth.
coated tongue. and IL the interior Of the
stomach could be seen it would show
Shiny. Unframed condition.
The cure for this common and obstinate
trouble is found IN . treatment which
causes the food to be readily. thoroughly
digesssd before II has time to ferment and
frritate the delicate mucous surfaces OF the
stomach. To secure a prompt and healthy
digestion is the one necessary thing 20 do.
and when normal digestion Is secured the
catarrhal condition viii have disappeared
According 20 Dr.. Harlandson. the safest
and best treatment is TO use after each
meal tablet composed of DiAstase. Asep-
tic Pepsin. little Nux. Golden Seal and
fruit acids. These tablets can now be
found a, all drug stores under the name OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. and not being
patent medicine can be used with per-
feet safety and assurance that healthy ap-
petite and thorough digestion will follow
their regular use after meals.
Mr.. n. ]. Booher. OF s-l0 Dearborn ST..
Chicago. ILL.,. writes: "Catarrh is local
condition. resulting from a neglected cold
In the head. whereby the lining membrane
OF the nose becomes infamed and The
poisonous discharge tasrefrom passing
backward into the throat reaches the stom-
ach, thus producing eatarrh OF the stom-
aeh. Medical authorities prescribed for
me for three years for catarrh OF stomach
without cure: but today I am the happiest
Of men after using only one box Of Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets. | cannot ind appropri
ate words TO express my good feeling. I
have found flesh, appetite and sound rest
from their use
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is the safest
preparation as we'll as the simplest and
most convenient remedy for any form OF
indigestion. catarrh OF stomach. bilious
ness. sour stomach. heartburn and hioating
after meals.
Send for little book. mailed free. on stom-
ach troubles by addressing Stuart Co.
Marshall. Mich, The tablets can be found
al all drug stores.
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sam Francixco Steamers

rhssaip CITY 90 Puehia sailed for San
francisco yesterday morning with ;hc so,.
s@uine Passengers from Seattle. J r. n
noe T. Latino Cria Icnsx. 8. With
Nsn' Gsorge Flax. Ada w!nterburne
=. - A Whyte, W. Z. Ellison. II. gu,~
ss. Mrs, a. J. Hays, e A Marks and
-. a. Leach. g. /. Beck. Julius Brpssy
~ VILE. ;. p. Young M Fiahsrty, Ir-
D w Young. NJ Borna,ein. NJ Daily. j.
:s,. Davis. j. NJ Ping. = r Aivort and
Ta's. n. P. Cullen. - q. Cullen. u. III.
10y, Thomas II. Peterson. Joseph Nicknr-
NJ. Miss Minnie Reeves. John O'canneli.
-. shepherd, Il. c. Johnson, = T. f,rick-
oeorse 7. Barrett, :. r Crosses. W
ca 1870. r II Milford. Walter Hartman,
49, bergman. Maggie Boyd. Miss Ane~r-
samuel Tate, John Ferr~r n. MAJ
sha wife. Mis- Long, l.. 4. smith and
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Your favor incuiring my opinion as
10 Seattle being q heather city is at
hand.
In reply I beg to say that I was not
present at the ministers meeting re-
ferred 10. and therefore cannot dis
cuss the assertion on its merits. /
would certainly not be disposed to In
duIge in hypothetical figures. And !
might also be inclined TO say that Sc
attic, as far as the majority OF her citi-
gems seeking first the things pertaining
to the kingdom Of God In Christ is con-
cerned. is far from being a sanity city.
IL the Post-Inteiiigencer Is really de-
sirous OF discussing what should char
acterize a Christian city and throw the
weight of its great influence in that d.
rection, shah be pleased. gratuttously.
to lend what little ability may possess
In the furtheranee OF SO noble a cause.
Yours very truly.
JAMES F. BEATES,
Pastor Holy Trinity lEnsIsh) Lutheran
Church.
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Proposes to Put Two Small Steamer
an the Yukon Route.

PORTLAND. Nov. a.-The Oregon &
Alaska transportation Company has been
organized In this city for the purpose of
running a line of steamers between Port
land and Dawson City. The following are
the directors:
Col. John MeCracken. J. c. Ainsworth.
Charles E. L.add. Gov. w. p Lord. NJ c.
George. f. w. Murphy. of Portland. and
John q. Baker. of Tacoma.
The company has already purchased one
ocean steamer and has an option on a
second. number OF river boats win be
built for the Yukon
Col. McCracken. president OF the COM
pany. today said:
"a steamer has been secured on the At
lantic coast and as soon as some slight
changes can be made In her passenger ae-
commodations she Will clear for Portland.
We also have an option on q steamer now
on the Pacific coast, which We expect TO
close within the next week. The total
freight capacity OF both these steamers.
exclusive or their coal, will be i,soo tons.
and they will have accommodations for
500 passengers They viii ply between
Portland and st. Michael. connecting at
the latter point with the company's river
steamers for ell upper Yukon points"
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MY experience In Seattle. after resi-
oencs OF only two months. Is OF course
ons Hnssed. but ] have no hesitation
~ answering the above question "a the
negative Comparing st with Eastern
Cites where I have resided. 1, seems
neither better nor worse Perhaps the
proportion OF taosa men attending
ensfcn here may be trifie smaller, but
5aoss WAC do attend atone for the
snasiness o. their numbers by their
enthusiasm IL a city IL Christian only
when a majority OF It's Inhabitants are
enurfh-goers. then every city in
1nristendom is heather, for probably
hot one could stand the test. Who are
70 De rerkonfc IN such q census7 The
WORD christian" is loosely used 70
cover great mass % human beings
who agree on few matters ard differ
on great many. I. might mean only
ffaercn members, or IL might include
the vast population outside the church
which is In sympathy with the church's
aims hus from various external circnm-
stances feels Itself unable To affiliate.
And are We 10 class the Hebrews, the
votaries Of theosophy, ethical culture,
1aFssfian science and other orgs MIA
tons whose leading ideas are Christian,
as 5eathen? The fact Is that never
since king David was forbidden by the
Lord TO number Israel has the practice
OF counting heads been regarded as a
lair test OF the strength OF religion IN
any community. The true criterion In
not numbers. but iufiuence. What mat
ter IL cut of s0.JG people only ~ 900 or
even lo,6a go To church, as long as the
proportion OF membership il on the I'm
crease? In Christianity the minority
rales-rules not by numbers nor by
force Of sword or Law. but BY its moral
strength IL lis the salt of the comuau-
nifty. While In entire sympathy with
the Intention Of this inquiry, which Is,
OF course, the arousing of our clergy
and churches to greater zeal in the sal
walton OF souls, TO the question itself
] am constrained to answer Nc. There
are heather In Seattle as everywhere,
bu! the forces which control the city's
future are Christian
j. T. %. LLWYD.
g
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WESTERN RATE WAR BEGINS.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL STARTS THE
FIGURES DOWN.
Vain E1oet II Made to Induee IL to
RestOre the Old Schednle-Unless
the Road Yields slashing VIII Az
feet Entire Western Association.

CHICAGO. Nov. a.-At . meeting to-
day Of representatives Of the Chicago
St. Paul roads with the members Of
the executive COMMITTEES OF the West
ern Passenger Association. the strong
est Kind OF pressure was brought
TO bear upon the Wisconsin Cen
trial TO induce IL 70 withdraw the rates il
made yesterday. but up TO late hour this
afternoon IL had declined to do SO.
1t was admitted At the meeting that II
the Wisconsin Central and the Old roads
which have met its reduction cannot be
induced 10 restore rates. il Is more than
likely that there will be a general rate
war over the West. and particularly In
the territory OF the Western Passenger
Association
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FUND HIM IN NEONUIhf~
Inqniries After q Missing Man Bring
Out a Romantic story.

SANTA CRUZ, Cal. Nov. eo.--In 1894
John H. johnson left Boulder creek for
Alaska When he reached juneau he did
not have capital enough with which 10
reach the Yukon. He obtained employ
ment near Juneau as a laborer. working
faithfully for TWO years and earning
enough to purchase outfit with which
he started for Circle City,
Nothing was learned OF him for two
years, so the local court OF ForeSfers. OF
which he was a member, appointed a
committee 10 ascertain his whereabouts.
An advertisement was inserted In the
newspa per at Juneau. with the result that
Johnson's Boulder creek friends were
sratified 20 learn from letter written n
Dawson City on September ; that John
sor is there known 50 the bonanza king
having a claim In kiondike worth hun-
creds O. thousands OF dollars
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CHIIkOOT AERIAL TRAMWAY.


TACOMA. Nov. AT. r. Wallace pres
ident of the Fidelity bank. of Tacoma. re-
turned here today from Dyea- lie is large
Is interested in the Chilkoot Railroad &
Transportation Company. which Is build
ing railroad and an aerial tramway from
Dyea over Chiikoot pass 10 Lake Under
man. and says that The railroad viii be
completed by the middle of December. and
that the whole line. including the aerial
tramway. VIII be In successful operation
by January L.
II will have a capacity Of carrying the
outfits for 400 men daily. Mr.. Wallace says
this will insure getting provisions to Daw-
son City not later than March i. and pre-
ciudes the possibility of famine in paw-
son. The company has completed It's tele-
phone line from Dyea 10 Sheep camp.
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MINERS TO FORCE WAGES VI
Plans Laid for q General Strike In
January-No Compromise In
Ultimate

STREATOR. Ill, Nov. o.-The commit
tee Of the striking miners IN the Illinois
district. late last night. reached an agree
ment which will be made known next
Monday evening to the various organiza-
tons interested. The convention Was the
largest since the beginning OF the strike.
The majority seemed determined to have
the Springfield scale or nothing, but many
OF the delegates argued for a compromise
for this state at least. owing to the fact
that they were under a tremendous re-
sponsibility In being called on 10 decide
whether Il. 600 men would 60 to work or
remain idle.
1t Is believed an effort at compromise
will be made, and 1t Is believed that a
concerted movement will be made about
January / throughout the country for an
increase OK the scale.