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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08
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NEW YORK. Feb, Charles "
Brooke the noted criminal lawyer. died
early this morning az the : r Smith
inhrmary. az New Brighton. : l. Mr.
Brooke was taken ~ on January y. while
conducting the Freeman trial. in this cffv
An examination by his physicians showed
that he was suffering from a cancer in
his intestines. and that his condition was
critical Al operation was performed
further examination showing that Ser.f-
caemla had begun. and that the cancer
had eaten i,s way through the perlto-
nsum.
Charles ". Brooke was born IN PhiIa-
deiphia. and vas 81 years of age. He was
a wi3ower and leaves two sons.
Albert VI. niIIInE.
CHICAGO Feb. T.-Afbert VI Billings
president of the Home National bank ara
millionaire ~ Chicago. died today. aged
X His death was due 20 old age NJ
Billings IS the fathrr of c. X. g Billings.
president q the Chicago Gas Company.
siGuor Calico Fraria..
ROME. Feb. 7--SlSnor C}allss.o Frv-tas
srsoT'hsr - the Italian senate ard a we
known electrician. = 3sxsd.
Gen sir Nfihrahsm Oates I~npox.
LONDON. Feb. Gen Sir W'uh-uhara
Oates LsnnoS Is d@ad.
Chief Engineer smith.
PHILADELPHIA Feb 7-~h!ef Ep-
sineer ; SfTagh. L. : y dfysd Suddenly
tosiay at his apartments AZ the Chad
stone.
Tnieots III. Camp.
WATERFOWL. y Y. FEB --Tsiezotr
Il Camp president % the Jerars,n C'os7-
~ Na;soas, bank sysi a1so p-esldart *
the Jefferson savings oank. sfs1 The cd
sst hank oes-sal 3n Northern Ncw York.
dle5 J>stay afte~ 70 hrief ,iglrssss 81 - resi-
dop-s ir Gris cfty.
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LOUISVILLE. Feb 7.-A7 So gorge af-
teen feet h3Eh ana fNerty miles 'cnz.
ws.ca has aesu forming for several tavs.
gave away shis afternoon S-ve~al New
Orleans sn1 Memphis pacSscS have eesa
caught n tae a-e an8 compelled 10 .zv ao
TIE Buckeye S-ste ra1 Into Bfle -sva- n
c@ca - she tre- TIE water .n B1a~ river
quick}y rose Wsta the passtaG gorge at
quickly rccese3. leaving thH steamer
stranded or the sHore. Ele- puat nouss
and sruckestsrk were ae-.7lts1s4. ara tr q
row thought she wiH BE- a tosaI loss Her
value is So 60
prTTSBURG. Feb T-Bo-a re Ate
xherv ana tae Mo1onxa heIa rivers sre
f,sB - noatins Ire. s05 are rising ~nrssIv.
Saf 8 fauEeTogs foe5 i5 uct surrasen3ss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08
Young WOMAN CUT IN TWO.
Cora Akers and Companion Killed
In California.

CALlENTE, Cal. Feb. "A horrible
accident oocNarwed here today in which
John Hardisty, young man % years q
age. VINO recently came here from New
port y. c. and Miss Cora AkerS OF
Fresno Cas- weF'e Instantly killed being
run over by a light engine while crossing
a irestie. TIE young e,oup,e. with tu,o
others. were leisureiy crossing the bridge
When the engine came around a curve and
rushed upon them. Miss Akers was
thrown under the whe<1s her BODY heirx
cut In two. Hardisty. IN en.iesGvorfne to
save the hfe ~ his companton was also
throEn under the engine. both his legs
being cuf off above the knees The other
couple succeeded in crossing the tre~+ia
safely
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Total ........ .......................s a.eno
Two years ago ......-.................. 3ao

II will he seen that the expenses Of tho
Offices of state auditor and treasurer tally
exactly with those two years ago. In
fact, the figures submitted 20 the commit
tee were based on the expenses OF those
Offices for the previous two years. The
truth OF the matter Is that the present In
cumbsnts OF the state Offices have real
izlng sense OK the fact that the expenses
of conducting the Offices ny the Repub-
llcan administration were only what were
fair and reasonable. That the present
officers viii ind Il necessary to ask for
appropriations equal 10 those OF 1895 Is car-
tain.
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CITY OF MEXICO. FEB. IA grand
hzN on a Iuxgrfouz scA}e in honor % Pres
idant aad Mrs- D1zx ass gwen last night
A. ths residencs of Pablo Escs gxto-. Of the
opalsnt family Of that name. IL was IN
point % importance. taste ard display
wat tbs Bga1ley-A4rtia b2.l ~. &c ia
New xggk-
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ST. JOHNS. y. F.. Fsh 7.-T'h~ stean
Slrurod which isf; here q week ago in
search % the missing steamer state -
Georgia. vas sighted from Cape Rice this
evening Twelve nEss on working her
wsy slowly and alone through the ics foes.
u f. svi5ent therefore that the Sifnrod
has faiied IN her mission
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Gen. shelby Nearing sh- End.

ST. LOUIS. FEB. IA special 20 ths
Republic from Adrian. No. gives the fol-
loving: Cen. Jos shelby at 70 = IL Fehru-
airy T. was gradually growing worse. He
scarcsly recognizes any person and fails
70 respond TO any questions.
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We have used Cbarnberlain's Cough Rem
edy whsn all others failed, ard in every in
stance il proved efiectslaI Alrnos, daily 40
hear the virtues OF Gharnberlain's rernedles
extolled By those who have used sheEn.-Ereas
So G!eHxsAk ". Kal Pxllssxd1.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08

JENNINGS Eas Fsh- Ben Mgnson
married. and Be-T. his ls-year-old brother
were drowned while skating near her.
Yesterday evening.
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At pensioners q the United States re-
si8icE g. toreig gu countries. now number
i0E 3 -. wtl continue 20 Dc pad from ne
Washington agency. and ;he navy pan-
sions~s NJ - pAia as heretofore from
Boston Chicago. %tN Tcrk PhHaae1uala.
Saz Francisco aad Washington
TEs total cost for pensions aad the dis
tarseErent thereof f9T the asraE year end
20 June % fS~. Eas So - ss.s. made up
as follows.
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Both houses of the legislature have their
fun complement OF committee clerks and
other employees. and the list will be found
10 differ but little from that OF 1896 To be
sure. the Populists reduced tho salaries
OF the pages in the house 10 81 per day
from $50 per day, which has always been
paid heretofore. but in the chickering's over
the distribution OF the places the house
consumed enough time 70 more than or
set this tyiding saving. In some OF tho
clerkshlps the magnificent sum or 80 centz
per day has been cut of from former SAL
aries.
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recommends ere use - tha z-eatexf . A.
tones "MAJt->utrsne. and guarantees
sh4 merits clsire3 for T. For s41s % a.
asr-aKtxsE.
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a fe~ uttIe doses % Dr. . Jayne's Ex-
recz oraat promptly administered. ~iH
ofseu prevent dangerous attack of Lang
or TAr0at disease.
The sess Family PIG-Jayns's Painless
S&czi!ve.
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= - ca tn-s sast EeU *1at sN@ rex order
= tatenesd g save between S5a. 30 ard
s1se. .ass rs< Aza4nA
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EXPENSES PILING Up.
Reform Forces Fail 10 Carry
Ont Their Pledges.
NOT ONE ITEM IS REou -ED.

Amounted TO Observation-Disclosures
for the Various Departments
Equal or Exceed the Appropria-
tion. Given the Repubftcans--At-
tempt TO Save Money by Cutting
the salary of ragcs-Senatorfat
InvestiSating Committee to Re-
pert Today.
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THE TIDE HAS TURNED.
PLANTS RUNNING ON FULL TINE

Homestead Employs Feur Thousand
works Busy Day and NIsht-other
Plants Increase Their Working
Force and Give Substantial Indi-
cations of q Revival in Trade
Business. Outlook Coed, but Low
Prices Prevail.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08

Four weeks of the ten allowed Tor tho
session ~ the legislature have expired aud
no important legisation has been enact
ed. Some Of the bills that paEsed IN tho
house have been killed by the fusion ma
1ority in tho senate, among them the bin
aboiishing the office of lieutenant COVER
nor. This Was one % the reforms prom
ised by the PopuliEtE.
Another populIst measure which viii
consume perhaps whole day in the house
this week was introduced by Noiundro
and II passed viii have no effect what
ever. ~ IL Is clearly unconstitutional n
prohibits the making of contracts paya-
bic In gold. Such a biil was passed by
the senate after a long debate. and tho
senate bill VIII be taken up with the Mo-
hunaro measure this week II viii afford
the Populist orators in the house a chance
20 vepiilate their views on the gold oil
garchy" and Will doags.ess bring out a
few speeches % the campaign variety,
but Il will De a waste of time az rar IS
practical results go.
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TIE house comnfft@e % Investigation
into the methods employed dur4ns the safs
senatorial e4setson Is expected 70 rex,ovt
fasfaw
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In submitting their estimates 70 the ap-
pr0priations COMMITTEES. the state officers
stated that they found that the Offices had
heen conducted most economically and
We b their Republican predecessors.
The increase IN tire appropriation asked
for by Secretary Of State Jenkins "a duo
70 the large number OF filings of articles %
Incorporation. These are now coming IN
At the rate Of q dozen per day. Ind y Is
estimated that the state viii reap a prof.
% sz+ 90 from tnis source during the pres
ent year. This amount would be much
larger y the fee for fling articles was
placed near that charged IN other states,
Which may be done hy the Legislature.
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-07-25
RICOS Y POBRES

10y que supones til que voy hacia sto?
FL tono de la coDdesa hzo mas insinuante.
Pues busca de distraccones que uncamente
los 40 pueden enconrar decias mom6nto
ri captain amenazo su madre con ell dedo.
-tOh-do Saba 20 que hubiese por ALI distraction
aguna pero pueso tn muy
BILE en- hacermeas Me aprovechae de elias
Harris NAL.
-;Y por que?
-Porque por parte tenemos mas que enemigos
ITe referes los Montar6n?
"A esos mismos
i No tan malos dces!
II Sc titulan parentes nuestros
ESQ crimen. Siempre es pariene de aguien
mas que por Adam Eva ademas 70 no miro
tan leos 70 penso mas que dvertirme COLO
10 encuentro y cuando sc ha conclufdo paro.
La senora de Corbiere respr6.
El tono gero de su hiio la tranquizaba
FL NAL no era tan grande como hubiera podido ener
Es precise decirlo todo
Rigid apariencia, de aba esa afectacon de
evera mora Ia condesa nombre Natalia
eauviare, guaraba elfondo las ideas gene
osldsd de cierta bugusa hace de has
pres carne saace apetos de los hjos de los rcos
Que la hermosa Teresa Montar6n hubee atrado las mira
Gas del briante ofcal que hjo hubera propuesto
distraer con ella los ocios de esnca la Soogne
adeana sin consecuencas la gazmoea de la
resenta por
Aun encontraba algo nteresante en- la aventura.
Los Montar6n la robaban cervatos coneios ella
les quaba otra -a
ESQ estaba bien tai que la question redujese
simple caprcho
Olvid6 por ordnaria gravedad, SON.
rsa asom6 sus labios.
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BBL1orEcA Ella CORRESPOND PUERTO Rico, 81
-iVamos, Sc sincere ocultes nada!-dijo
amabilidad.
-1De que?
Confesa que tus paseos soltaros adonde la
Boca del I.obo.
mo -. de veras!
La mayor parte de las al menos
En- verdad ridfculo 10 dlceD!..,
-iY que solo ell paisae 10 que til admiras af go.
Rolando Sc acerc6 su madre mrandola a los ojos:
-Es posible-do;-pero despu6s de todo ipor que tie
tanto interes saberlo?
Es que tengo en- clio verdadero interes
-Curiosidad.
No, carino. sTa dudaras e mi carno por t9
Yo esta6 tranquila 81 Sc que vasa menudo sito
-iEsto singuar!
-Yo te dicho .. ALI no hay que gentes que
odian.
-Siempre preocupaci6n!
-Convengo en- ello Les creo capaces de todo.
Escepto de hacer fortuna. Aquf entire nosotros,
visto al pasar choza Esa estado
amenable. Los eados hunden, las ule'
franco? Esos Montar6n quenes detestanme
dan astima fn razon parente De
buena CANA les hubra ofrecdo blete de mil frances
para reparar una pero he contendo por que
altivos no los hubieran aceptado
La condesa ho hablaban con la confianza de dos
amigos.
La hizc gesto de sorpresa y ronfa dio:
que tan 6lanropo! En- d6nde has tornado
ese gran la fma? I'm los oos de Teresa
de Montar6n! ....=
Ell captain snti6 ligero estremecimiento. ..@
Aquel nombre le recordaba cta es.
Miro reloj, que esaba dos Fran las
nueve veinte. sasa=e
-,Diablo!-pens6-no hay instante que perder.
anadi6 ALTA
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bers wear during the services as an
Indication of Their appreciation or the TACT
that their seTvice is religious as Well as
chorus of $50 voices and some of the best
soloists in Brooklyn.
Arthur Sullivan will conduct the concerts
of the next Leeds musical festival, n
compose a new work expressly for the oc-
casion. The other principal novelties will
be by composers whose first operate sue
ceSses were introduced to London audi
ences by Sir Augustus Harris. Humper-
tel" will contribute a composition founded
on a Moorish episode, and DIR. Stanford,
the composer of "Shamus OBrlen, a new
TIE Deum in commemoration of the Queens
reign.
Miss Bessie Macdonald, of Chicago. now
with the Carl Rosa Company. continues her
success with that organization in England.
The Liverpool Mercury says of Miss Mac
donald's appearance there as the Princess
in Meyerbeer's Robert lie Diable:'' Miss
Bessie Macdonald, whose fexibility Of
voice, c~learness of vocalization and charm
of manner tremendously unite, was adj
mirable as the Princess Isabella"
Paderewski generously refused to accept
any fee for his recent performances of Sir
A. c.. Mackenzie's Scotch concerto at the
Philharmonic concerts. in London. The So
ciety has, in consequence, awarded him its
SOlu UIcudl, HIlLeCto dWdIueu " Ouly d
very few artists, among them Arabella
Goddard and Adelina Patti.
Miss Allie Flood. probably the youngest
%organist engaged to play the Auditorium
organ, and for the last four years organist
of the ~Chicago-avenue Church Sunday
school,, will play at the Talmage meeting to
be held at the Auditorium shortly.
+ +
Miss Celes e Nellis, of the Chicago Con-
servatory, starts on a tour this week for a
series of col certs through Kansas. She will
be accompanied by Miss Mary Thomson,
soprano.
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to cease firing and my services were
promptly accepted. The men were gorge
ously uniformed, and the band seemed TO
embrace every sort of brass instrument
ever invented, from a diminUtive cornet-
a-pistons to a gigantic double bass horn
The performer who played the latter IN
strument was incaged within it's ample
twists, and looked like a man standing
inside the coils of a whisky still. The
broad-belted bandmaster was putting with
all the vigor of a quack-medicine advertise
ment, his eyes were Tiveted upon the music,
and it was not an easy task to attract his
attention. Like q sperm whale, he had
come up to blow, and was not going to be
put down till he had finished: but finally
he was made to understand that, like the
~hand-organ man, he was desired to move
on. With a look of disinheritance on his
countenance, he at last marched of his
band 10 its camp.
On my return the general said: Il fear
hat bandmaSter's feelings have been hurt,
but l didn't want him to be wasting his
time upon a person who has mo ear TOT
music A staff officer remarked; We'll,
general, you were at least much more con-
siderate than Commodore -. who, the
day he came TO take command OF his yes-
sci. and was seated at dinner in the CABIN.
heard music on deck, and Immediately sent
for the executive officer. and said to him:
Have the and men OF that
band thrown overheard at once.
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To the Wood Robin.

The wooing air is jubilant with song,
And blossoms swell
AS leaps thy liquid melody along
The dusky dell,
Where Silence, late supreme, foregoes her wonted
spell.
All, whence, in sylvan solitudes remote,
Hast learned the lore
That breeds delight in every echoing note,
The woodlands DER;
AS when, through slanting sun, descends the
quick2iing shower?
Thy hermitage is peopled with the dreams
That gladden. sleep;
Here Fancy dallies with delirious themes
Mid shadows deep,
Till eyes, unused TO tears, with wild emotions
weep.
We rise. alas. to find our visions fled!
But thine remain.
Night WeaveS of golden harmonies the thread,
And fills thy brain
With joys that overflow in Loves awakening
strain.
Yet thou, from mortal influence apart,
Seek'st naught of praise;
The empty plaudits of the emptier heart
faint not thy lays;
Thy Makers smile alone thy tuneful bosom
sWays.
Teach me, thou warbling eremite, to sing
Thy rhapsody;
Nor borne on vain ambitions Wanting wing,
But led of thee,
To rise from earthly dreams to hymn Eternity.
Father Tabb.
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FOSSIL BONES OF A SEA SERPENT.
Creature Was Seventy Feet Long, and
an Ancestor of the Snake Tribes.

Denver Republican.
The University of Denver has come into
possession of a very interesting fossil. 1t
are in an almost complete vertebral column
about sixteen feet long and containing
about ninety vertabrae, portions of the
head ard a few of the arm bones. Sew
eral teeth are in almost perfect condition.
Nearly all the bones are well petrited, but
some retain a half bony structure. Profess
sor Lee, of the university, thus writes
about it:
"The specimen is a gift to the university
from John Keegan, of F1agler. The man
ner in which it was found is interesting.
One day a Mexican herdsman. rode into
Flagler and reported that his horse
bones. The man picked up one of the
bones and was surprised to find it as heavy
as stone. He carried a piece TO the town
be of scientific interest. He drove to the
place and found about twelve feet of the
vertebral column lying on the ground, as
it had lain through countless thousands of
years. There it had been left when the
rock decayed from around it. About four
solid. rock. This was carefully dug out and
the whole skeleton preserved BY. Mr.. kee-
gan, who sent it to the university, where
his son became INTERESTED IN the STUDY OF
geology in this institution.
Mr.. Keegan reports that while the speci-
men was in his possession it was examined
by several biologists. From them we learn
that the bones are from the uppermost
cretaceous formation OF that region. The
place Oh DIcSGINdllOll Woo 81 u liz v
sion between cretaceous and tertiary rock
that they could not determine the age.
Further study, however, shows that the
reptile is a cretaceouS form.
During cretaceous time, not only the
greater part Of Colorado, but the greater
part of the western half of the continent
was q shallow sea, dotted here and there
with islands. Those clumsy, overgrown
monsters which we are familiar with as
inhabitants of the Denver region, had
reached their elimination, and were ready
to pass out of existence forever as soon
as the new conditions were inaugurated
at the end of the age. Among these rep
tile forms we find the ancestors OF the
modern serpentS. During the cretaceous
period the seas were inhabited by long
snake-like reptiles called by Cope Pythona-
morpha or Mesasauria. he gives three
genera-clidastes, platecarpus and mssas-
auras. 1t is in one of these genera OF sea
serpents that our monster must be placed.
1t is difficult to locate 1T definitely because
so many OF the characteristic parts are de-
stroye
Il sent some of the bones to the depart
ment of the national geological survey at
Washington, -. c.. and received word that
the specimen is probably clidastes. although
the Jaw is more massive and the teeth more
compressed than In the only specimens we
have. / think that you probably have one
of the most complete vertebral columns OF
this group of marine reptiles in existence.
The tall is particularly fine and gives me a
much better impression OF the body. After
careful examinations Of the published de-
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scriptions I was led to the opinion that the
species has not been described heretofore.
IF one can imagine a long slender rep
tile, sometimes seventy feet in length, not
quite so slender as the modern serpent and
having two pairs of short paddle-Iike feet,
one will have a fairly good idea Of this class
of reptiles. They were great sea serpents
and were covered with bony scales as Prof.
Marsh has shown. / have referred TO them
as the ancestors of snakes; the form of
the body was very snake-like. and the long
law shows a mechanism similar to that of
serpents which makes it possible to swal-
low the food whole. Their habits seem TO
ing the age Immediately preceding the in
reduction of true snakes. It is an easy
step from an animal like ~clidastes to the
Modern serpent. Just drop off his limbs or
make them rudimentary n make the body
a little more slender and the change is COM
Dlefe."
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A DISAPPOINTED BANDMAsTER.
General Grant Did Not Appreciate a
Daily Serenade.

In the May Century Gen., Horace Porters
Campaigning with Grant deals WIZ VII she
ington.3 General Porter relates the follow
ing anecdote of Grant:
Farthworks had been thrown across the
neck of land upon which City Point is To-
Gated. This intrenched line ran from a
point on the James to a point on the Apo
inaftox river. A small garrison had been
detailed for its defense, and the command
ing officer, wishing TO do something thai
would afford the general-lh-chleL spSclal
delight. arranged TO send the band over TO
the HEADQUARTERS camp to play Tor him
while he was dining. The garrison COM
mander was in blissful ignorance OF the
fact that to the general the appreciation
of music was a lacking sense and the must
clans score a sealed book.
About the third evening after the band
had begun it's performances the general
while sitting at the mess table, remarked
I'VE noticed that that band always begins
its noise Just about the int | am sitting
down to dinner and want to talk. | OF
fered TO go and make an effort TO suppress
1t. and see whether II would obey an ordei