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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-03
ROTH hid FOR THE TURNER'S.
Rate War BcGins Between Cincin-
natl and 81. Louis.

CINCINNATI. O., May "A rate war
between Cincinnati and ST. Louis has
broken out because Of the national con-
vention of Turner's al St Louis this week
Many organizations had intended To rem
devious here and make W special trains
The Big Four had secured the Cincinnati
societies AZ rate Of $500 The Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern railway yester,iav
cut the rate TO q
To-Day the Turner's have been holding
meetings 10 protest against the cut rates
These societies sold tickets at $40 TO most
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Dingley Bill VIII Not Go to the
Finance Committee.

WASHINGTON. May 2.-The tariff bill.
as amended, will not be given to the
finance committee. A meeting of the COM
mittee. as originally intended. will not be
held The reason given for this is the abb
sence of Senator Plat, of Connecticut. a
member of the subcommittee on tariff.
Some questions have arisen in the past few
days. concerning which IL is considered
necessary to consult the Connecticut sem
ator. and he has found 1t impossible to
reach the city until tomorrow afternoon.
too late for the meeting. A meeting will
probably be held Tuesday.
The Republican members in the mean
time continue their efforts to have the
Democrats fix a time for reporting the
bill. The latter. however persist in de-
claring that they will enter upon no agree
ment on this point until they shall see the
bill and have an opportunity to examine IL.
The Republican subcommittee spent the
entire day working ON the bill.
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NEW GuNBoATs IN COMMISSION.
Helena and Annapolis to Go Into Ac-
tive Service Early in June.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-The first result
of the laying up of the big cruiser Col
unbia is manifested in the preparation OF
orders by the navy department for the
commission of two new gunboats, the
Helena and Annapolis. The Helena will
go into active service for the. first time
on June l. and the Annapolis week
later. These boats will be kept on the
North Atlantic station for about three
months when. being thoroughly shaken
down. they will be sent TO one Of the
foreign stations, probably China. to re-
lieve some of the larger cruisers now in
need OF overhauling.
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Athletic Clsb Lecks Herns with the
Land conapany.

TACOMA. May 1.-The Tacoma Athletic
Club has encountered difficulties In clos
ms lease for another year OF the ground
on which the bicycle track and athletic
grounds In the North end are situated.
The club has spent considerable money
In hitting up the place. II recently made an
offcr 20 lease the grounds for the season
Of 1881 from the Tacoma Land Company.
which owns them. The offer was refused.
and unisss one side or the other recedes
from IL position. there will be no ath-
ietic games May 10 In this iety.
The land company has made an Offer
but this has been refused An uitimstum
from the athletic club Is the next event
on the programme.
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MovTBoRNE MILL BURNED.
A MIIIfOn shingles Desfrose
and Dryhouse Gone-ComPsS
Msgl Not Rebuild.

Special Dispatch to the Post Int 80.
sEpRo. May The Aontborne snInsie
and Lumber company's mill and aryaouso
,nos Are from a spark on the roof yestes-
aev afternoon and was entirely cons.am ssa
Neal a Nelson. who were Opera -. ~
n,i1 lost about one million snins =. - ~,
.'s,s = a., Insurance on the mill and <luo
ON shingles <s,s,. .ra,v,
az ,,ueneA TO come along just as the hre
started. and pulled from the side1raek
three or four OF their cars. whicn surrey
would have been burned.
IRE company Will not rebuild.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 1-Dispatches
from all points along the river today
show that the levees are holding. A fall
of one-tenth at Providence strengthens
the belief of the engineers that the worst
is over from the mouth OF Red river TO
the Arkansas line. The danger points are
now from Red River Landing southwark.
At Plaquemine today the river rose
that vicinity are having a hard time
keeping the lines in a condition of safety.
The gauge here showed 1873 tonight.
Maj Richardson, chief OF the state en-
gineers, came TO the city at the gov
ernor's orders to act as advisory engineer
of the local work. and declared the de-
Tense well constructed. Here and else
where the day was devoted TO hard work
and no mishaps have occurred
There is considerable alarm about Da-
Wis levee. but extensive reinforcements
will be begun there tomorrow morning.
Levees Closely Guarded
NATCHEZ. Miss. May with an ex-
ception of a half tenth rise during the
tonight remains unchanged. The weather
has cleared and the situation tonight seems
more hopeful. While the levees are in
fair shape. they have many streams Of
water running through them. necesstat-
ing large ditch to be dug on the outside
10 carry or the water at Nidalia. They
are being worked on by a large force and
closely guarded. In many places the
river is within less than foot of the top
and the current very swift.
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WASHINGTON. May 2.-The report of
the director of the mint shows that dur
ing the month of April the total coinage
at the United States minis was s10,4l0.5so
OF this amount ss.soo,4oo was in gold.
sl.535.eo0 in silver. and s7i.sso in minor
coins. OF the silver coinage 81, 100000 was
In standard dollars.
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FOR BETTER SERVICE
rxrvras.r POSTAL CoScREss 10
MEET THIS WEEK.

rrma Every Country Of
he world Except China. Ksrea
- the Orange Free state-PrO-
c~eainxs 20 BE Conducted I'm
French-New Generai Sonvenffoa
WIN he signed-Measures 70 BE
Dt.cussed IncIude the Intermedf-
"a. Tr.nsft system. the Universal
Postage stamp and the Return
ss.uped Envelope Proposstien-
allowable weight May BE Ia
creased.
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CHICAGO. May 2-Horace White. q
welI-kaown attorney OF this city. has been
misslag from his home since last Tuesday
afternoon. Friends CT the missing man
believe that be has either net with xio-
leace or that his mind has been affected
owing 10 fae Illness os his wife ard his
business Worries The missing lawyer Is
about 81 years old.
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L~vee. closely Guarded-
WATER CONTINUES VERY HIGH.
At st. Louis the River Reaches 3O.95
RAILROAD Tracks Submerged.

ST. LOUIS. May 2-The continued nigh
water has excited a great deal of inter-
est, as was evinced by the enormous
crowds that fiocked 10 the river front to-
day. The river continues to rise. marx
ing 800 feet in the morning and 1895 feet
at o'clock p. m. AT a num-
Der of places along the ievee the railroad
tracks were under water. The Terminal
association. whose tracks are partly under
water. expresses no uneasiness. One of
the officials stated that it would take FIVE
feet OF water before all their river tracks
would be submerged. and that they had
engines which would work in three feet
of water, therefore IT would take rise
of eight feet beyond the present stage be-
fore the company would be inconven-
fenced.
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Excurxieniss. en- Brcmerson.

IA.s'aiA. MAY S.--The steamer Fair
haven took 80 excur~sonlsts ~ tho Per.
Orchard dry dock today. returning at g
O'clock this evening. The excurxionssts
had the sseneflt Of a perfec, day on the
Sound end arrived home tired but hapnv.
A hand OF music enlivened the trip on the
steamer.
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NEW YORK. May 2.-Trinity church
today began the celebration of the BIZ
centennial of it's foundation and will
continue the celebration throughout the
week.
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MAIL ROUTE TO CIRCLE CITY.
Alaska CONTRACT Let to William F..
Sallen. OF WashingtOn.

WASHINGTON. May 2.-The first reg
ular mail service authorized for an en-
tire year in Alaska has been contracted
for by the postofice department. the ser
vice being from Juneau TO Circle City, 900
miles each way. The contract calls for
one round "trip a month beginning July
l. 1857 William F. Sallen. of this city, Is
the contractor, the contract price being
Sc a99 -
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mai. are very scarce and excepsiohaay
hard TO kill. but their skins are Vo1tn
from so 10 500 apiece.
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Bellows are used as a burglar alarm.
the openAng OF the door closing the bel
lows and forcing air through 4 pipe 10 a
wafstsa
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DEATHS.
Sir William Robinson.

LONDON. May Sir William c. E.
Robinson. g. c. NJ. e., Is dead.
Sir William Robinson was born in 1885.
and was educated ar the royal naval
school, Newcross. London. From 1850 to
1880. he Was private secretary OF his
brother. Sir Hercules Robinson. In 1862
ne was appointed president at Montserrat:
In 1856, governor OF the Falkland islands;
in 1879. governor of Prince Edward island;
I'm 1874, governor of Western Australia.
This latter office he held again in 1880.
ard a third time In 1890. He finally retired
in 1895. He was for time acting gov
ernor Of Victoria and in ISIS was sent by
the British government on a special mis-
sion TO Bangkok. On colonial subjects he
was a prolific writer. He was an accom-
plished musician and composed the opera
The Nutbrowr Maids" which was per-
formed with success IN Australia under
the title of 'sPretatcros-"
Ex-Gov. Porter.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May s--AIbert
@. Porter. ex-governor of Indiana and
minister 10 Italy under Gen. Harrison's
administration. died at his nome in this
city shortly after 8 o'clock this Monday
morning aged "A years. GOV. Porter had
been confined TO his room almost con-
stsntiy for two years. The immediate
cause Of his death was paresis
PHILADELPHIA. May 2-The king of
italy has conferred upon Hon. A. q.
Porter, minister to Italy under President
Harrison, the order of santa Naurizioa
and i.azaro. and through Baron Fava.
the italian ambassador in Washington.
and Mr. Lucia. the Italian consul In
Philadelphia. the decoration has been pre-
scented 10 him.
Judge ormond Hammond.
BALTIMORE. May 2-Judge Ormond
Hammond assistant treasurer Of the
United States at Baltimore. died at the
residence OF hts son. Ar. ormond Ham
mond. jr.. a. $40 West Hoffman street
today.
Miller VI. SpGugicr.
CLEVELAND. May 2--Miiier NJ
SpSngisr ore Of the pioneers OF CIeve-
land. died today at the age OF -
John j. Perry.
PORTLAND. Me May 2-Ex-Con-
gressmzr, John ]. Perry died suddenly AT
his heule today. aged S. years.
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TACOMA. May Am amateur trick
bicycle rider ran into Mr. and Mrs. John
Wounacott. who were riding A tandem on
Pacific avenue tonight. Mrs. wounacott
was hurled into the air and fell on her
head. II f. feared that her injuries may
prove fatal
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Spokane, ST. Paul and all points East.
Look at their library cars before you de-
eide
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LEVEES HOLD W ELL.
DANGER FROM THE FLOOD be-
LaEvED TO he PAST.

Some Anxiety From Red River Land
ing SouthwNrd Davis Levee
weakening. hut win he strength
ened TOday-Intcrested Specta-
tors Throng the Water Front at
81. Losfs-Heavy Rain snd snow
In Southern Ohio.
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of their members. There are many snip
pers among the Turner's and they are
taking part in the rate war.
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Ex-Gov. Porter.


BALTIMORE. May 2-Judge ormond
Hammond. assistant treasurer OF the
United States at Baltimore. died at the
residence OF HIS son. Mr. ormond Ham
rnond. jr.. a. $40 West Hoffman street
TODAY
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MILLER VI. SpsngIcr.

SpSngisr. one Of the pioneers OF CIeve-
land died today at the age OF 80
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

form Of a man. and he grapplod bis
victim, a female. by the throat, In the
meantime utter.ng oaths She begged
Eau pleaded. but IN vain. for he drew
n dagger and thrust Il 10 the hilt In
her breast. and the blood followed u
out, a great torrent flowing down her
breast. We all started and screamed.
but the figures had var ished. and dark.
mess relgned supreme
Then. with a rush. every movable ar
ticle Ia the house vas hurled through
the air Books and chairs few around
our heads al a terrific rate. and was
hit square on the forehead with a brass
bound volume Hidden pcals Of laugh
ter rent the air. and In vain | tried TO
break loose from the potent spell, but
Il was useless.
IisAt was again restored but not
que;. Tho very air seemed filled with
demons that fitted TO and fro like the
rush o. angry waters. and mystery and
terror reigncl supreme.
II oyercame rs all. and We broke
away from the enchanted circle and
lied pell-mell over each other In our
vain efforts 10 get away. The demons
seemed to follow rs with renewed Wig
or
rushed wildly into the front hall
and down the broad steps. Harry close
ly followed me. cntreating me TO re-
main. but his pleading5 we're useless.
As soon as ! was out once more on the
street ! summoned a cab and was driy-
en- back 10 my rooms. vowing never
again TO partake IN the supernatural
and have kept my promise.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

In n United States court AZ Phila-
delphla. recently several applicants for
naturalization as American citizens
we're before the bar Judge Butler
questioned each one Of them TO see
what evidence there might be Of his be-
Ing attached to the principles OF the
Constitution Of the United States. and
well-dlsposed to the good order and
happiness Of the same" To one appli-
cant he said. What privilege will you
get by becoming a citizen OF the United
statos?" Il would get license, sir, -
answered the man. In Philadelphia, II
seems. no one can obtain a license 70
sell intoxicating liquor unless he Is a
citizen OF the United States, and this
man had truly betrayed the fact that
tho secret OF his attachment to the
principles OF the Constitution was HE
desire to poison the people with aleo-
hollc liquors, One purpose OF our laws
relating 20 naturalization should be to
exclude from tho privilege men whose
motives are OF this type. They are al
together too common among the appli-
cants for citizenship.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

Ancr May all Official timokeeplng
In Belgium Will be done on the to "a
principle. and clocks that obey the
government regulations will be- KEEP,
very busy striking the hours a. mid
nlght approachcs Whether the Bel
glan people In general will readily fall
iu with an innovation of this Kind re-.
mains 10 De- seen, but already mCn arc
al work rcpiiuting the faces OF an
the official clocks. and To- places like
railway stations pgstonlccs. etc.. the
dlals nov bear. within the Ola circle OF
Roman figures, another formed OF The
Arabic figures from l3 90 e. This VIII
help oac over the difficulty OF transat
Ing the afternoon and evening hours
into the terms OF the new system. ng
rather of the old one revived. and the
advocates Of the change arc hopeful
tha, Do win soon BE- possible Tor ever.
one 90 say &c O'Clock" or "s2 O'Clock
without performing a problem 90 mca
TAI arithmetic. -EN.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

81 have been a sufferer for eight years
With that horrible disease, Eczema, AZ
times al over my body. and no person
can describe the burning aud itching
had 10 endure.
1.-THE extent OF my sulerings can be
appreciated when I state that my eon-
diiion was such that could not take
my bed, and for three months I never
laid down. but was compelled 10 sit in
my chair when not moving around.
was treated by the beat OF physicians
with no success, and tried all the patent
medicines recommended for Eczema,
without any good results. ! then went
20 the Indiana Mud baths, with the same
cesults, and then to Mt. ClcmeLis, the
celebrated medical resort, where the
treatment partially helped me, but the
disease shortly returned. I went 10
Florida. thinking that a change Of cli-
mate and water and the citron fruit
might cure me, but iound no cure.
citizen tried S.S.S.and after three days
the burning aud itching subsidized, and
continued 10 improve steadily until
was well-entifcly cured. After CONF
mcncing S. 5. s. ! never put an extcr-
MAJ ANlllNAIou 70 NY MINUS VI aHN NANA
OF my body. You may refer 10 me any
person suffering from Eczema. ! will
always keep the S. S. 5. IN my house,
for consider Il the best blood medicine
OF the present age. am seventy years
OF age and am now In perfect health"
For real blood diseases relief can only
be obtained by using a real blood rene
dy. SO many people who arc sufferers
from an obstinate or deep-seaied blood
disease make the mistake Of taking REM
ediea which at best are only touics and
lcanno, possibly reach their trouble. Il
IL In lust such cases which other so-called
blood remedies cannot reach that SIS.
has made some OF the most wonderful
cures.
S. S. S. cures permanently Cancer,
Catarrh. Rheumatism, Ecfema, letter,
Contagious Blood Poison, Seroiula, aud
all other diseases having their origin in
the blood. Itisa
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

residence was quite a distance from
my lodging rooms. aud Cor iully 30 min
utcs We drove around Finally the cab
stopped. and Harry and myself stepped
out Just In front OF the old cray stone
hall
The hall was In the very midst OF a
large park 0lcd with stately trees A
servant met us at the door and uahercd
~ into a large drawing room. A good
number OF people were already assem-
bled there. Although received an In.
PRODUCTION 10 an OF them. | do not re-
member their names. but what's In
name. anyhow
The elder DE Mort was a stately
looking man 81 perhaps 90, with very
black whiskers. and a cold. piercing
eye lie informed us that We must at
In a circle and Join hands We ala 90.
and there being a large number Of us.
We we're strung out around the entire
room.
! was surprised when the gentleman
himself took a seat hy my side and
took hold Of my right hand For
moment ! noticed nothing unusual. but
suddenly ! felt as though ! had hold %,
on electric battery. The others must
have had the same sensation. too. for
they showed ~
In the very center Of the circle was
a solid oak table. devoid Of any cover.
suddenly. "a hand. "a womans hand.
reached up from updcr the table and
raped three times % then vanished.
and we an hrcathlcssly waited what
next might follow. We did not have
10 wait long. Tor the table rose slowly
In the air mad noatcd over our heads
toward another room. and furniture
generally seemed 20 be disturbed. I
felt a hard rap on my left ear. and
looked quickly around TO see who
might have been 90 bold, but no one
was IN sight
An was very stlll for a few moments.
but they were few indeed. Tor We heard
fearful racket. and two chairs came
down IN our very midet with a hang.
Then. upon them there seemed to be a
llght-hlue mist. shapcloss, and scarcely
visible AZ first. hut Il rcdouhlcd IN bril-
llancy. and finally assumed the shapes
Of two human beings. human In shape
only. for they were perfectly trinspa
rent They seemed to be talklnf. and
We could even hear a low, murunirinE
sound. like whispered consultation
Their voices grew somewhat hudor
and assumed an angry tone. Finally
one OF the forms arose Il vas the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27

A most novel and ingenious method
Of adding the representation Of a rain
bow to stage realism has recently been
discovered. the eject which Is produced
being az beautiful as the means en-
ployed are simple. The apparatus con-
sIsts Of an ordinary box. having a
scml-clrcular opening In front 10 give
the shape Of the rainbow. within which
are two csnielabra prisms. mounted on
supports. 30 that they can be reyolyed
by means Of handles fixed outside. To
work the apparatus a strong light Be-
projected through the prisms and
through tho opening. across which
strips Of wire are hNod in order 20
break mp the rays. and thence on TO a
bnck-drop scene when the prisms are
turned Ia opposite directions. Il is as
serted that the most beautiful and vivid
color-cgccts are produced London
Public Opinion.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27
AMERICAN LUXURY.
a nouslng Crate Tire Delight After
Eurupe's Trigid Hotels

a nouslng Crate Tire Delight After
Eurupes Frigid Hotels.
THE thing | especially enjoyed after
a somewhat lengthy sol1un on the
other side was a genuine American
grate Gre" commented the traveller.
says the Detroit Free Press In Lon
don ! felt as n ! was burning some
thing very precious with the land!ady
charging peace a scuitle for coal.
remember sitting around a stove In an
English hotel The weather was cold
aud the coal In the stove punched to-
gethcr ] took q poker and stirred d
up
THAT makes % burn faster. COM
montod the landlord. grayoly.
That's just what ! want re-
piled.
"a red-faoed. hearty Engllshman
broke h. You Americans are dcucedly
thin-bloodcd, don't YOU know.
Then 10 Italy you SILVER about an
winter and Ia Germany those biz. high
crOcEcry stoves never seem 10 thaw
you out So when I arrived IN Amcri-
ca Ia mldwIntor ! had "a jolly blk Ore
In the room az my hotel and piled on
the coal knowing that Il would not
break my bank. zoo spite Of the prices
OF the coal trust but after one had
paid q pence q sgu;tlc Tor a mighty lt-
tle scuitlo OF coal De- does no, feel dis
posed 20 c.Itic.se the trust / felt
like q lord. thin-1lo1icl American
though ! might be. aad was just 10 the
mood 90 read and appreciate Tho
Rcycrics OF Bachelor Those rcyerlcs
would mo-, seem half 80 pleasing when
read before the smudge Of a peat nrc
iu Germany or before ,hc skinny CRATE
fire of few pine cones bon luly-no,
the Italy oi sunshine but the Italy oi
the cold. diarrc1lblc wc, dave"