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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

CITY council. after q spirited debate. de-
cfcen to readverfise for bids for ire
water works coal contract II was ar
gued that. on account Of the slsrs,.e ne
tween the coal company and rs en-
proves the company might not be able
10 fulfiii It's confrac.z-
Before the council met President A. N.
Garland, CT the Amalxamased Assoela-
ton, appeared before the public works
committee and asked IL not 10 approve the
coal contract.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09
She GLADLY SPEAKS!
Victim of Nervous Dyspepsia ana
Nervous Prostitution.

onaiaska, Wis.-For ten years have
been the suffering victim OF nervous pros
tration and nervous dyspepsia | cannot
begin to tell you or remember the rene
dies | have taken or the prescriptions I
have tried. Take what / would, | grew
worse instead of better. and was we'll
nigh discouraged. Then came the CRATE
full change. one month ago-on the adj
vice of my brother. who sent me box
! commenced taking DR.. Charcot's koia
Eervine Tablets. l have taken one box
and gained five pounds. but that is moth
Ing compared to the physical relief I have
experienced. / am better and happier
than I have been for five years. III
could make the recommendation stronger
would gladly do SO.
Mrs. Lulu Gleason.
DR.. Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets are
vegetable and harmless. Their strength
end vigor giving qualities are wonderful.
Fifty cents and 81 at druggists or mailed
direct. Eureka Chemical 4 Mfg. Co., la
Crosse Vas.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

ST. LOUIS. No, Nov S-Boyd Frazer,
OF this city has challenged Robert Fstz-
simmons whose company Is showing az
the Standard theater 10 4 punching bag
contest fer sle0 side. TO take place in
either 81. Louis Chicago or New York
with George Siler as referee Fitz has
taken the challenge under consideration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

NEWCASTLE, England. Nov. s.-Win
Curley, OF England. tonight defeated Pat
sy Haley. of America. IN a boxing contest
in twenty rounds. The contest caused
great excitement in sporting circles and the
attendance broke the record. The betting
favored the American.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09
r,..,r,. Iiuh, Wire. rau.. 4. Fire.

CHICAGO Nov S-The fTe-Storv Irwin
building on Harrison street and Wabash
avenue was partially destroyed by fire this
evening. The loss on building and con-
tents Is estimated a stsscs fully insured.
Poorly insulated electric light wires arc
supposed 10 have caused the blaze
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09
MUST ERECT A NEW SCHOOL.
BUILDINGS NOW IN THE DISTRICT
CROWDED WITH PUPILS.
The Board of Directors Plans a Re-
duetion OF Insurance-John Lamb
VIII be Seated Next Menth-The

The board Of school directors Is forced by
the overcrowdirg of the established
schools 70 consider seriously the construc-
tion Of a new building for use as a high
school In the opinion OF the city suoerin-
tendent F. ]. Barnard Il will be impossi-
Die next spring 70 accommodate in the
schools OF this district the number of pu-
pills who will be DESTROYS of attending Ev-
cry room In every school in the city has all
the students il can hold, and in some in
stances more than could be permitted I'M
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

Meyers and Temple for Bgsxs Saws. Caal
iArown on fouls-Y NJ - a frs. team
by Ewing: BXxz Saws. O. A game is be-
ing arranged between the first team Of
the J. NJ. G A. and the Tacoma Y. NJ. c.
A. for Thanksgiving
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

LONDON, Nov. s-~The lord mayor 81
I,snton Horatlc David Davies. was for
maTly installed In cfhce today with thu
usual cerent NAL, succeeding Sir George
Faudei Phillips.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09
Basket Ball.

Last night was Juniors night at the Y.
Nj g A They gave an exhibition OF their
games and drills under the direction OF
Physical Director Green, and were heartily
applauded bv a large and enthusiastic
audience. after which a hotiy contested
game % basket bail between picked
team known as the BUZZ Saws and the y.
VI. G. A. first team followed The irst
team won by a score of So 10 10.
Following are names and posiuoIS OF the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov. s.-The Chi
cago Athletic Club football eleven left to-
day for New York. The men are recover
Ing from their game OF Saturday against
Yale. except Paulmann. center, whose
arm was broken. He has gone home.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

CHICAGO. Nov. S-Chief OF Police Kip
lev has issued an order prohibiting all box
ing contests in the future When Mayor
Harrison was asked regarding Chief Kip
leys order, he said; The order meets with
my approval but ii does not mean tha
total abolition OF boxing contests IN Chi
cago"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

REFUSED A COAL CONTRACT,
west Md Rejected because the
Company Had n strike On.

rIiisBURG, Nov, s.-w p De Ar
aNts New York 4 Cleveland Gas Coal
..pmpdny was today refused the contract
' ~ supplying Pittsburg's water works
~ nAh coal for the coming year. though
uc Arm!s' was the lowest bidder. The
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

4 Georgia mar who was about 20 he Tut
on a fury In a murder trial was asked ey
one ~ .he lawyers,
Would vou hang \ man on oiTcuusias''
tfat evi5enceT'
for moment. and REPLIED:
Well. sir. ! has hung Elany o. EN-
o., = good deal less
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

LOUISVILLE. Nov. s--The members q
the general assembly Of ths knights a.
Labor viii begin their tweuty~hrsi an
nuaI session in tais city ionorTo" morn
lux.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

Nearly 81 $40 in Klondike and Alaska
tickets arc being given out by the POST
lnteiIigercer. Look IL up and get one.
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RREVlTiE>.

-~ss Noverr,her number 81 Tngrsesw &
s~r-veu's seattle Guide has tsaSS been IS
s,,rJ AS usual Ii IL Sled VITA accurate
and welI-iadexed Information
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-09

WE nave shoes Of all grades and for all
prices. We can suit everybody a: Treen.s.
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THE great Liquidation clsthinS SAFE 10"
IN progress 81 $40 fafss avenue, cora
Marion.
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secoeD District Pierce and
t-t1anm Island San Juan gts h dw h
District
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EVENT.
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Down on Trusts.

Go TO the klondike with the compli-
ments of the Post-IntelIigencer
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QUALITY The hest and prices always
right az Trsen's
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
Personal.

Gov. Mount of Indiana intends to give
attention to the grave Of Lincon's moth
er. in that state, as soon as possible. Il
have been at the grave" he says and 1t
was in a very neglected condition, weeds
growing over it, and the half-acre in
which it is situated having weird, IN
inviting look"
When the Prince OF Wales visited Can
ada thirty-seven years ago the lumber
men and raftsmen of the Ottawa valley
presented to him an address which con-
cluded with the words; Long may you
remain the Prince of Wales" The leading
raftsman, Alan Mason, afterwards ex-
planned to the prince that this doubtful
compliment was no slip of the pen as
might be supposed. I'VE are perfectly
satisfied with the queen" he said, land
want her to remain on the throne as long
as she can" The other day Mr.. Mason
wrote TO the prince, reminding him of the
incident, and has received the following
reply: His royal highness perfectly re-
members the incident to which you re-
fer. His royal highness greatly appre-
ciates and thanks you for your kind and
loyal sentiments, and he will not fail to
make them known to the queen"
ID. Will Gwin, a Chicago boy, now 5
years of age, is the son of a doctor and
already holds certificates of proficiency in
anatomy from the professors of two regu-
lar medical colleges. The child has an
amazing amount of knowledge about the
way human beings are built and can TAX
of skeletons and dissecting room secrets
in way to make the ordinary medical
student seeem almost inexperienced in
comparison. The boy has watched the per-
Torrance Of nearly every capital operation
known to surgery, can name every bone
in the body, and explains inteligently the
action and functions of the heart and other
organs. He has been "quizzed" by a num-
Der of doctors in Chicago and elsewhere
and all of them were struck with his pre-
cocity OF the certificates mentioned above
one was given by Prof. Edmund Souchon
of Tulane University, New Orleans, and
declares that little Gwin really knows
something about osteoogy and the anato-
my of the heart. The other was written
by DR.. p. r. Taylor. dean of the hospital
college at Louisville, and praises the
child's general anatomical Information as
remarkable for his age. Except for his
peculiar turn for medical science, the boy
is much like other boys, and he shows not
the slightest evidence that his sensibilities
have been blunted by his unusually early
introduction to the mysteries of life and
death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
a oucs,ion Of PUBLIC POLICY.

1t is not a question as to whether the
property Of county commissioners would
or would not be benefited by the building
Of new roads. the repairing Of old ones or
the digging of new canals. 1t is mpossi-
Die to make extensive improvements in
the county without somebody being bene-
fitted; indeed, that is precisely what i'm
provements are made for, and a county
commissioner is just as much entitled to
share in the added health and wealth
which result from improved lands as any
other citizen.
The question before the community is
simply one of public policy, namely,
where should the money of the people be
spent to effect the greatest good TO the
greatest number? Should the larger and
better part Of the chain-gang, and the
steam dredge, be at work in a swamp six
and half miles from the city, when there
Is so much work needed to be done in the
immediate vicinity Of the city?
The working of 100 or more able-bodied
convicts in Buckhalter swamp, as is now
being done, means an outlay of tens Of
thousands of dollars in the next few
four to five years and an expenditure of
$4,000 to 100000 to carry out the plans for
draining the Buckhalter water shed; and
when this drainage system is completed
its nearest lateral drains will be as much
as four miles from the city.
The work on this distant drainage is be-
ing done in spite of the fact that the area
covered by what is known as the Mus
grove creek water shed, the drainage of
which has been under consideration for
several years, is still undrained. The
owners of the Ogeechee canal have given
the county authorities permission to empty
the water from the Musgrove creek water
shed into the canal. The completion of
this drainage system would improve the
area Immediately southwest of the city,
and would cover all of the swamp lands
within three miles of the city along both
sides Of the Ogeechee road, a highway re-
Gently improved by the county at a cost of
$32 600 plus the expenses of the chain-gang
This Musgrove drainage scheme is nothing
new to the county commissioners. The
board which went out of Office this year
favored 1t in preference to the BQckhalter
project.
1t is surprising that in view of the plain
facts with regard to Buckhalter swamp
drainage the county commissioners have
permitted themselves to be committed to
a project which will be a heavy tax upon
the people for years to come with but lit
tie compromising benefit to the health or
wealth of the city of Savannah or the
better settled sections of the county
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
A Hoodoo From Texas.

one Of the great tricks OF ex-senator
Reagan Of Texas, while IN office. was the
making Of eat hddles" or "cat cradles. q"
All day long he would sit IN his seat max
ing che most complicated devices with a
long string, the ends tied 10 his fingers.
ana 90 an observer In the gallery II would
appear as though the whole weight OF his
intellect was devoted solely 10 the proper
manipulation of the strings on his fingers,
says the Louisville Dispatch.
Another popularity Of the senator was
an annoyance to some or his supcrstltious
colleagues. he had a great way OF select
ing any seat on the democratic side, pro-
vldcd that IL was not his own. Whenever
a democratic senator was sick Mr.. Rea-
gan Invariably appropriated his chair and.
as during the course OF his career IN the
Senate a number Of his colleagues died
Mr.. Reagan began 20 be looked upon as
a hoodoo Tor any sick senator whose chair
he could appropriate. Il is well remem-
bered that on one occasionf when Senator
Vance was sick. he wrote up TO Senator
Paaco. who arranges the pairs for absent
senators telling him that he was sick. and
adding pathcucanyi
For heavens sake don't let Old Reagan
have my chair" Senator Vance's chair
was taken out o. the Senate chamber.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
Passed hr the senate.

Yesterday was a great day for the
trusts, monopoHes and republican bosses
1t marked the passing in the Senate OF
the radical protection tariff bill drawn by
Allison Of Iowa, Platt of Connecticut ana
Aldrich Of Rhode Island, and edited by
Jones OF Nevada. 1t marked the compile
ton of the next to the last link in the
chain which is to shackle the people Of
the country to the treadmill of the trusts
and the bosses for at least four years to
come The final link viii be forged by
the conference committees and welded by
President Mckinley within a few days.
1t is claimed by the republican sena-
tors that the bill has now been per
fected," still there is not one of them
that can tell what amount of revenue it
will raise. Senator Aldrich himself hard
~ dares to guess. He thinks it will pro-
duce something more than the Wilson
bill has been producing, but lit all de-
pends" Instead Of placing the rates at
the revenue producing points, It has been
the aim of the Senate to make them pro-
hibitive whenever possible. The revenue
needs Of the country have been regarded
as of minor Importance; the first thing
to be done was to discharge political debts
to the contributors to the republican cam
paign funds. Toward the end there was
some thought of revenues, and an odious
stamp tax was tackled on to the bill.
BY arduous work the senators from the
south have prevented the levying of a
tax upon cotton bagging and ties. This,
as far as we can see, is all that there
Is in the tariff bill for the benefit of the
south as a whole. The rice growers have
been given fair rates, but there are com
paratively few rice growers and rice is
a legitimate article Of revenue taxation
The sea island cotton growers have been
accommodated with 20 per cent. import
duty on raw cotton, which so well-in-
formed a cotton expert as Col. Alfred B.
Shepperson doubts will increase the price
Of sea island cotton by even fraction Of
a cent per pound. The lumber men have
been disappointed in the rate made on
their product.
There is precious little in the new tariff
bill for the south on the other hand.
heavy taxes are laid upon everything Tat
the south is compelled to buy. Nor is it
the south alone that is hit heavily; a
blow is dealt to the consumers, the work
ing people, the wage-earners, of every sec
ton of the country. Their interests are
sacrificed to republican greed. The only
mitigating statement that can possibly
be made in connection with the bill which
the Senate passed yesterday is, it might
have been worse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
Nicaragua Canal Commission.

Under the terms of the new sundry civil
bill the President will appoint a commits
sion of three persons-one from the navy
one from the army and one from civil life
to examine into and report upon the Mic
aragua canal enterprise. The three com
missioners who, it is reported, have been
selected for confirmation by the Senate
are Admiral Walker of the navy, Capt o.
NJ. Carter of the army and Mr.. l.. NJ.
Haupt, civilian.
The people of this city and section will
be particularly gratifed in this second
mark Of appreciation conferred upon Capt.
Carter by the administration. Only a
short time ago he was selected as military
attache of the American embassy in Lon
don, and now he is named as one of the
governments special commissioners to in
vestigate and report upon the
feasibility and probable cost of
one of the greatest engineer
ing enterprises in the history of the
world. The magnitude of the undertaking
may in some measure be appreciated when
1t is stated that the cost of the canal is
variously estimated at from $1OO0O0,0OO to
| $3.50 100000. A former commission, which
only short while ago reported upon the
scheme estimated that the cost would be
Sl3S 900, 600. Many OF the friends of the
canal. however, think this estimate entire
ly too high.
1t is needless to tell the people of this
| section of Capt. Carriers eminent qualifi-
cations for the duties which this new COM
mission will impose upon him. They know
of his ability from his works, and will
| place confidence in the report which he will
make with regard TO the Nicaragua
scheme. Mr. Haupt is an engineer of rec
| ognized ability, and has devoted many
years to a study of canals and waterways.
| These two gentlemen will probably have
to do the bulk OF the technical detail work
of the commission, as Admiral Walker is
a cline officer" Of the navy and will prob
ably give his attention chiefly to mat
! ters regarding the pracucability and needs
OF the connecting link between the oceans.
| The commission as whole appears to be
a particularly strong one, and its report
viii have great weight in settling the fate
Of the canal scheme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08

Fare, please" said the conductor to the
Young woman who sat in the car a pic
ture of woe, according to the Chicago
Times-Herald.
Il can't pay you this trip" answered the
young woman. family.
why can't you, ma amY' In a suspicious
tone.
IL have lost my fare"
Did you have it when you boarded this
carp"
Yes, but ! haven't II now. You can take
my address or give me yours, and I'll
send IL TO you"
Il can't do that" said the man; tits
against the rules II you lost your fare IN
this car there rs no reason why you should
not find il again. I'll help you look for 4"
mo, no." said the woman, In a state Of
wild alarm. II tell you that il Is lost and
you will have TO trust me to send IL to
YOU"
VERY strange" said the conductor, sus-
pciously. IF you lost II on this car 1
can't see any reason why you can't find Il
again. How did you lose it?'
II swallowed ~" shrielSed the young
woman, driven 70 desperation, and the
conductor went out on the rear end Of the
car and cuffed a small boys ears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
The "Don't Know. Boys.

Edwin Giddings, the kindly. gray-beard-
ed old man who for the past year and a
half had run the elevator leading to the
House press gallery, was found dead in
the national capitol day or so ago He
had died of heart disease when about TO
begin his work in the morning
There was not correspondent but was
saddened by the news, says the Pittsburg
Times. The old man came here from
Corfu, N. Y, at the beginning of the Eff
ty-fourth congress. He was evidently new
to the scenes around him, and the CORE
spOndents. of whom there were six or
seven on his elevator almost every trip he
made, were source of great wonderment
to him. One day he greeted a correspond
ent with: well, how are the don't know
boys to-day?"
What do you mean?"
"Well,'' ne said, I'll be logged If you
newspaper fellows amt the queerest
crowd ! ever struck. Every time one nf
you meets another Ina this elevator be
says. Wen, what do you know to-day?'
and every single time the other says, Not
a d. thing. What do you know? Not
a d. thing And then" and here he
laughed all over, IN be dogged Il the
papers amt jam full of your stuff the next
morning.
Any one who is at all familiar with the
ordinary greetings between Washington
newspaper men will ecognize-barring,
of course, the profanity-the accuracy Of
the old elevator mans observations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
The GeoIoeicnI survey.

We reproduce in another column time
ly and pointed letter from ex-Gov. North
en- with regard to the geological survey
of the state. There has recently been a
double-barreled attack upon the state ge-
ologist. 1t appears from the evidence that
both attacks were unwarranted.
As the ex-governor points out, the state
geologist is not an Independent officer,
directly responsible to the people for the
conduct of his Office. He is hampered
by a board, composed of very excellent
gentlemen probably, but altogether unnec-
essary. His every act is governed by the
board. He cannot initiate any movement,
or spend a dollar Of the states appropria-
ton for the geological survey, except with
the advice and consent of the board. The
members of the board it is well to keep
In mind, are state officials who have nu-
merous other duties to attend to. 1t is
doubtful if one of them knows anything
about geology or could tell the difference
between the pliocene period and the solar
plexus. The board was formed, not for
the reason that anybody supposed the sci
entiic expert needed a body of laymen
to overlook his work, but because the
spirit of the times ran to boards, and IT,
ties and a multiplication of needless Off
ces. So far from being an aid to the
geological survey, the board has been
hinderance. If there have been too many
dollars spent upon horse feed for the sur
vey, the board is responsible for it, for the
geologist cannot buy a pound of oats at
the states expense without the consent Of
the board. It is not suggested, however,
that the board was lax in its methods.
Suggestions win be left for the Blalock
committee. In so far as the Nashville
exposition matter is concerned, that has
been explained in a manner that will no
doubt prove satisfactory to all unpreJu-
diced persons.
The geological survey has unqueston-
ably done good work for the state. and
gives promise of doing a great deal more.
So far from the department being abol-
ished, 1t ought to be given extended pow
ers. The head OF it should be given fun
charge, unhampered by any non-expert
board, and made directly responsible to
the people, or to the legislature, which
means the same thing. II that were done.
there would probably not be any ground
for complaint hereafter.