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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14
FROM 4 BURNING HOUSE.
Mr.. and Mrs. .oysnn and Three
Children Narrowly Escap. Death.

Mr.. and Mrs r. Gowan and their three
children narrowly escaped being burned
20 death yesterday morning by the flames
that destroyed their home NJ 400 Roy street
The family lived Ia a one and half
story frame house When they went to
Del Friday nigat lamp was left burning
down stairs About $3.50 o'cloek in the
morning Mr.. Gowan was awakened ny one
Of the children coughing. He Eot out Of
bed and went into an adjoining room
where the litllc ones were sleeping The
room was filied with smoke. He opened a
door and VAS driven hack hy a rush OF
flames. He grabbed two OF the children
IN his arms. his wife took the third and
they escaped down the 'front.' stairs Mr.
Gowan ran ten blocks 20 tho nearest teis-
phone and sent In an alarm. Another man
ran eight biecks "a box es and sent IN an
other alarm. The department responded
promptly. but the house was TOO far gone
90 he saved. There was SO iusura nee On
the Furniture and slne orr wearing apparel
TIE house WAS not insured.
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personal.

George r WlsweIl. Of Port Gamble. Is
at the Diller.
George Kitunger returned las, night
from Olympia.
r II Brooks. Of Port Blakeley, Is a
guest at the Occidental.
Charles Desmond and wife. OF Olympia,
are guests at the Occidental.
Representative Q + Friars. OF Everett
is among the guests at the Northern.
William n. Smith. A cannery man Of
Blaine. IS guest OF the Hotel Butler.
William Walker. 81 Port Gamble s.
among yesterdays arrivals at the Butler
Hon. ?. n. Reinhart IS AZ the Stevens.
on MS way home TO Waatcom from Clym-
ria.
tslature from Whatc0m. is at the Ste
Veus.
u. ". Mckenzie. the Anacortes can
merry man. was an arrival al the Stevens
yesterday.
William 5 Pond. o. Portland. manager
for the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
IS IN the city.
Z. = johnson. United States rroser,lt-
ing attorney a. Juneau. Alaska is reg
istered az tho Butler.
Rev. W Duncan. The wen-known mis-
s!ousry Of Aetlakahtla. Alaska, IS IN the
city. stopping at the Butler.
Hon N. J Carrtgan. mayor q Port An
EeIes. 81 among tire arrivals ~ the North
crn- 30 came up yesterday afternoon on
the Garland
Fr4rk NilkeSOD. sccompar 81 hv his
wife. came dowa from Olympia yesterday
ans went 20 tne Northern Gel WHke-
soa IS On his way 70 his horre in Ham.i-
tor
John MeCs.. ard. % Nasal. Wash is A.
fhs EslcT. co route for tn- Yukon Ha
MI - iuto ere interior several hundred
H'4ea Gas Circle city. aecoGgpa By
John n Donald. Of Mount vernon
Cspt e. T. Bailey. % me Purge, Soma
II - ess-Af ASsoStltlcn ~ro kas been All
scnt on . several months trip % as ala
horne "a Maiue. arG 20 tnc large s~sties ~
tHe 1sS,. returned 20 The city Yesterday
5fa w.A leave for Porg Townsend toner
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14
THE FOREST RESERVE.
Executive Committee TO Select FL
nance Committee of Six Members

The executive committee on the forest
reserve had meeting yesterday after
noon Ia the rooms OF the Chamber OF Com
rnerce. Chairman r. d. Schuyler presid-
ing. The selection % finance committee
70 consist Of six business men was decided
upon. 4 small amount OF money Is an i'm
perative necessity in carrying on the work
OF the committee and IL was felt that the
merchants OF the city who are directly in
terested In the annalment OF the forest re-
serve proclamation should bear the ex-
penss. one member Of the committee viii
be Isaac Cooper. Of Cooper & Levy, who
has already signffed his willingness 10 aid
ia a substantial manner.
Mr.. Deyecom, OF the Seattle Mining Blu
reau. was present and announced that the
bureau was seriously thinking OF disband-
ing. It had been found impossible, he said.
TO raise the requisite enthusiasm for the
perpetuatIon Of the bureau. and he sug-
gested that IL IN some manner be ineorpo-
rated with the Chamber Of Commerce
large collection OF ore specimens was IN the
bureaus possession. and II desired this
could be turned over 10 the chamber. At
his suggestion IL was decided 10 send out
notices 10 the principal mining camps and
towns of the state announcing the mass
meeting to be held next Friday night on
the forest reserve matter. As 70 the prop
ositlon for the consolidation of the inter-
ests of the bureau with the chamber, the
committee did not feel the matter within
It's province. and Mr.. DeSecOm was ad-
yised 10 bring the matter up at the regu-
lar meeting OF the trustees Of the chamber
next Wednesday afternoon. Secretary r.
r. Ling stated that he received almost
daily communications from outside par
ties written on the superstition that the
chamber kept on file information OF the
mines OF the state.
AT the mass meeting next Friday night
Edmond s Meany. who made some recon-
mendations TO the committee Of survey on
whose report the reserve was made. and
who IL well informed as 20 the nature OF
the territory covered. will make an ad-
dress.
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FIVE CITY BILLS
MAYOR WOOD TALKS OF THE NEW
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION.

Several Acts Did Not Pass That Were
Much Desired. but Seattle omciais
Are Pleased With What Was Done
The General Powers Bill the
Most Important. i'm Relation to
Water. Lighting and Power
Pfants-Re of Old street
Grade Warrants.
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Two rurerrtwthte pav.

walter and Henry Davis. aged ard II
years. will Sc brought before Judge Bogua
IN the municipal court tomorrow after
noon. Thar mother. Mrs. John Davis
charged Them with being incorvigthle. e.
peclally &C. the matter ~ remaining out
late 81 night. bat IL r. possible thar they
may escape the reform school through the
Kindness ~ Rev and Mrs n y. Brown.
who have laken sleps 20 nroviaa them a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14

Mrs. Lizzie Berthameres, who was ar
rested Thursday. that inquiry might be
made as TO her sanity. left the county jail
yesterday. after passing the night there.
No charge OF insanity was filed against
her. She was taken by her husband 10
the Seattle General hospital IL Is said
that her mind Is slightly affected by
nervous disorder. but there are no grounds
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

schoolboy. Quileene-The total vote cast
az the last presidential election was 49,
0Se, 60. Mckinley received 7.f0l 40l: Bry-
an sac Sc McKinley's majority was
9ls Sse. and his plurality over Bryan was
CSC As.
Inquirer-Great Britain has the largest
navy in the world. France Is second and
italy, Germany and Russia come third
with about equal naval forces.
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a htxs'y Ingenious apparatus called tAe
'-raeuasaforAor haz been invertaE st
VfaouA Its ah5ecs IS 60 s-aols u-.rsrz
nesn1oa ana othegs % byeAtna without
AisHcalgy wheo surrounded IS aftev-farsla
sas0sc from fre@ or other noxsouz tarras
In Is saJche' ready tog Use it wetgas orlv
folr kiioSFaul7aes, furnishes suaucirut ai-
foT a pgrts& % three-a asrters - az hear.
ara Ass been subjected % uoss sevs-e
,esss ~ the NiFans ere department art
lu tse Ssics-sa eoal ulCes VITA tAe a.nos-
1865
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FREDERICK, NELSON 8 MUNRO. Ria'to Block.

claim 10 them Mrs. Davis Is 3 hard-work-
Ing woman, who came here from Mime
sofa about four years ago. She has quite
a large family. and il dependent on her
oxr Efforts 70 get along
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To He Named Tomorrow.

Mayor Wood will announce tomorrow
the successor of Ron Crawford as clerk
OF the municipal court. A announced in
the Post-Intslligancer yesterday morning.
Crawford'a resignation was signed Friday
afternoon but not filed until yesterday. 1t
will take effect March %.
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ChameeriAin's Cough Kennedy Always
Proves frf~Caual

We have usesl Chasshsslain's CouSh Rem
ely wAcn a. o,he-s faile1, AID n every -
sssnos Il proved cscc<ual Almost daily ne
hear TIE virtues q Chsnsherlaius rcase<5es
exso.lcsi tv thee y 20 have Used tAea.-EEi-ssa
s-s Gsscsss4-< ". "a Hs-~SSsess
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14

The best Is the cheapest. and the Foot
lights Havana filled nickel cigar is the
article. Jos. Rosenberg. 119 Yesler way.
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Hsther1 Hoshsrs. MsfhsvsfH
%rs xEasss~-s SCOTIA. sy5ar Gtzs bssa zxs1 FOR
80 TsAss ~ zi14szs - Ess srs so- taesF "a ,
egas walls .ss+6s &c ~tsa per ec& sc1sss y soo<aaa
tE@ c1zsG. sSgts7B g4--a a..sys a. pas, e&Ess
~4s1 c0.ic, 49, q IA- tess rsEs3y aos Dssf TASsA
sssA - &z2g.ss4s "a every pAFt 81 tie ssx.4 ss
szrs ssc 2sx so< ~Ars = iosies<s -ooSai 80 sYr2S-
80 sAks - sssss x.s@ "a cxsts so<t.s
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oAkLAND, Ca Maxch Miss Hat
tie Coxtls- - vt1NsnsIy insane. through
o-sASSo..I-1.s - .egs a-24-.
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STAKE o. Washington, County OF King IS.
7 a II Tsrookes. cashier OF the cove
named bank 90 soleEnly swear that the
above statement = true 70 the best % my
knowledge ard belief
A NJ BROoKES. Cashier.
Subscribed and svoru 20 before ne this
i2;n day O. March. IsS7.
lseaD " e HAYNES.
Notary Public in and for state ot wash
tngton. residing at Seattle.
CcTVsct-Atlesf-
HERMAN CHAPLIN.
II O. STRIVE,
T. A. <ADEAT.
Directors.
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CfTEI.L'Cs1THE o. wsv,A - ~a,.,
r~finA@4 Tors - tee D4st .ss-> 4 s1&i9
~2@za p sierra - way frosa he re,-e,s
Aoo-s 2G- wrecks Is aooa. s-1ss
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GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.

sos Second ave, 500 Pike street,
One door from CO. Between Third and
lumbia Fourth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
Mrs. Johnson,s Retort.

Did you ever hear the story of the best
retort that Murat Halstead ever receivedp
No one ever enjoyed telling the story more
than he did, and it is good enough to
print anywhere. The old law firm of Gold
smith, Colston, Hoadly & johnson was
one of Mr.. Halstead's pet subjects for sar-
casm, politically and otherwise. He
caught up phrase which was attributed
to the junior partner of the firm, Mr.
johnson, and after calling him a"shining
ornament of the Cincinnati barr for some
time the brilliant Mr.. Halstead went
further and publicly dubbed Mr.. johnson
"the brass ornament of the Cincinnati
bar This phrase was so attractive to
Mr.. Halstead that he never hesitated to
use it in every possible way Halstead' g
day of reckoning came, however.
At an evening gathering Mr.. Halstead,
who was very susceptible to the charms
Of the fair sex, saw handsome woman in
the crowd superbly dressed, and with dia-
monds on her bosom and In her hair that
would at once attract attention. He beg
ged to be presented, and was-to Mrs.
johnson. 1t did not present itself to Mr..
Halstead's mind, perhaps little less
steady at the time than usual, who the
lady might be. He was curious about her.
johnson, Johnson he repeated. ~
have never had the pleasure of meeting
you before, Mrs. johnson. Do you live in
Ohiop"
"Oh, yes" replied the lady, Drumming
over with smiles. Il live in Cincinnati. u
"Indeedl" said Mr. Halstead, quite as
tonished. MAY / inquire of what family
of Johnsons you are?"
The smiles were more than merry this
time.
''Mr. Halstead," she replied, "for Ii
years have been trying to polish up the
brass ornament of the Cincinnati bar!'-
Cincinnati Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
J The Swiss Bands.

The Swiss bands marched to the music
of fife and drum or of their own voices,
the notation of one of their marching
songs being still preserved. The forest
cantons also sent horn with their COM
panies, which instruments were known
by nicknames, Bull of Uri, Cow OF Inter.
walden, and the like. Their sound was
long a note of terror to the men of Aus
tria and Burgundy and made grand
rallying cry for the Swiss in action. But
apart from this, these horns appear to be
the origin of the bugle horns which still
appear on the appointments OF our light
infantry, and have displaced the drum as
the distinctive instrument OF the foot SOL
der. Each company of course had flag
of its own, which on march or in action
was posted in the center under guard OF
halberds. Whence the main body some
times was called by the name OF the pan
ner (banner) The Swiss were distin.
guished by the small size OF their flags:
the landsknechts, on the contrary, to &C.
centuate the difference between themselves
and their hated rivals, carried enormous
ensigns, and made great play with them
Other nations chose a happy mean between
the two.
Uniform was of course thing virtually
unknown in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries. though the swiss. II we are To
trust old woodcuts, wore the white cross
on a red ground even at Sempach Mac
milan Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
verdi's First Music.

The first musical signs made by Vordi
were ominous. They were in connection
with the street organ, and all the world
knows what it has subsequently suffered
from Verdi being on the street organs.
Think of London alonel Also of the late
Mr. Babbage, and Mr. Bass London street
music bill An itinerant organ grinder
used to come betimes to the Roncole inn,
when little Verdi would run to stand and
gaze in wonderment at the musician and
his m usic, nor would he leave the attrac-
ton until fetched away. One especial
favorite with the child was Bagasset, a de-
crepit violinist, who predicted to the inn
keeper that his son would be a great mu-
stefan some day. Verdi helped this poor
fellow In after years, when the prophecy
had been amply fulfilled.
When Verdi was about years old, his
father added spinnet, or pianoforte, to
his worldly possessions. The child had
already shown some taste for music, for,
besides the street music episode, the priest
at Ronoole had kicked him down the altar
steps for paying more attention to the
music from the organ than to his duties
as acolyte, or server, at mass, post which
his naturally quiet demeanor had obtained
for him. No sooner was the piano in the
house than young Verdi went at it with a
will until one day, because he could not
find some favorite chord upon the key
board he was discovered in great anger
beaboring the instrument with ham
mer -Blackwood S Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
MARY ANDeRsoN's WARDROBE.
When She Had but One Stage Costume
For Five Five Act Plays.

Three months elapsed between Mary
Anderson's first appearance on the stage
and her second performance, "a heart
breaking interval, " writes Mrs. De Ma
varro in The Ladies' Home Journal Man
ager Macauley of Louisville then offered
her his theater again for week, and she
presented the chief roles in five plays
"Fazio, 1.-The Hunchback, "Evadne, I"
1.-THE Lady of Lyons" and Romeo and
Juliet" OF her first weeks engagement
she writes: "At the end of the week | was
in debt to the manager for the sum of 81,
the house having been large enough only
to cover the running expenses. All had
gained by week of hard work was q sad
heart and very sore throat. Besides
creditors became unpleasantly importu-
nate for my scanty wardrobe was not yet
paid for. This consisted of white satin
dress, simply made, which did service for
all the parts. 1t sparkled in silver trim
ming for Juliet, was covered with pink
roses for Julia, became gay in green and
gold for Evadne and cloudy with white
lace for Pauline. The unfortunate gown
owed its many changes to the nimble and
willing fingers of my mother, who spent
much time each day in its metamorphoses.
"A train Of velveteen, white muslin
dress and a modern black silk gown,
which, like Mrs Toodles, we thought
would be so useful, but which had to be
discarded after its first appearance, COM
pleted my wardrobe-surely a meager one
for five plays of five acts each, requiring
at least IL gowns We had built up
financial as well as artistic hopes for that
week and were disappointed in both. But
it proved more successful than was at first
thought, for shortly after, Ben De Bar,
one of the greatest Falstaffs of his time,
engaged me for six nights mt his St. Louis
theater. At the end of that time found
myself in his debt for the sum of 5000, but
the houses had steadily improved, and the
press was filled with long articles enthu-
siastic about the present and full of pre-
dictions about the future"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
IN FAR EASTERN SIBERIA.
vlsdivostok Seems to he . Place Where
Everybody Waits.

The patient bovine natured peasants Of
Korea perform the Office of pack horse In
this region, and three Koreans quickly
presented themselves to me, on my land
ing from the steamer In sampan, and
carried up my traps to the Zolotoe Rog, or
Golden Horn hotel. This log house GER
tainly possesses the attraction of strong
local color" Nothing could be more
Vladivostokian. Its bar and billiard
room, which are In one, are crowded with
handsome, martial, uniformed figures ev-
cry evening. Some are strutting round
the billiard table, and others, fork In
hand, picking up an eclectic zakuska from
the condiments-caviare, pickles, salt fish,
eto.-exposed in front of glittering row
of miscellaneous alcoholic bottles. Some
are tossing down liqueur glasses of colorless
yodka-most abominable Of drinks-oth-
ers seated, two or three together socially
discussing garrison scandal, German bot.
tied beer and cigarettes. The Chinese
billiard marker meanwhile Tolls with all
the sans gene Of Montana mining town
marker and watches the "young barbara
ans at play" with placid Monaghan su-
perlority.
The zakuska "a term formed on kusok,
"a bit, snack'o gives an appetite, and
also has to allay it, for the easy going,
good tempered Russians do not insist on
military punctuality from the Asiatic ho-
tel servants, and these are not likely to
volunteer to give it. Every one waits In
Vladivostok. The izvozchiks wait on the
box of their caleche for a fare; the Korean
porter, with his carrying frame on his
back, sits on the plank Sidewalk" and
waits for job; the European or Siberian
guests sit at table, smoking cigarettes to
beguile the hours and wait for the waiter
to bring them their obied or ujin Qunch
or dinner) ten times already ordered and
promised Immediately; the long tressed,
cheerful looking young Chinese walters,
ipso facto, wait and pass jokes In a loud
voice Letween themselves in the gutteral
dialect of Shantung (China) until the Jap
anese cook has got ready the portsia--
portion" ordered by guest an hour or
two ago. 1t must surely be an error to
render seichass by Immediately" Lit
orally il means "this hour, and the wait
ers in Vladivostok can mean nothing less
by it.-Fortnigntly Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
Mary Anderson.

Mary Anderson De Navarro, in recount
ing her early stage experience in The La
dies Home Journal, asserts that New Or
leans audiences were the first TO give her
recognition of a substantial sort, and of
the Crescent City she speaks with genuine
fondnoss Rather oddly 1t was In Meg
Merriles'' that she won the favor and
plaudlts of the New Orleans public. The
house on the occasion of her presentation
OF the play was crowded and the audience
wildly enthusiastic. There were speeches
and presentations, writes Mrs. De Ma
yarro, "and checks concealed in baskets
of flowers were handed over the foot
lights" One gift that came on that night
to the aspiring young actress and brought
her much joy was Washington artillery
badge, which made her member of the
battalion that won the name of the Tigers
In the late war.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13

A little girl went with her mother to see
a lady who was an assiduous collector OF
china and in whose parlor were cabinets
filed with her trophies. besides odd plates
and dishes. bearing indisputable marks OF
age, which hung IN conspicuous places on
the walls
The child sat quietly during the long
call. and while her mother and the china
collector talked of matters of mutual IN
terest she looked about her with big, won
dering eyes
Mamma, +" she said thoughtfully rs she
was getting ready for bed that night,
"don't you feel sorry for poor Mrs Haskell
without any kitchenY'
"Without any kitchen, child? What do
you meanY' asked her mother.
"why, didn't you seer asked the little
girl in tone of great surprise. "She has
TO keep all her dishes In the parlor :
Philadelphia Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
ROMANS LIKE SECRECY.
DO Not Want Strangers to See Their
Household Arrangements.

Household Arrangements.
IL seems ~ be part of the real SIM
plicity OF the italian Latin to put on a
quite useless look Of mystery ON all COCA
sions, and to assume the air of a conspir-
ator when buying a cabbage, and more
than one great foreign writer has fallen
into the error Of believing the italian
character to be profoundly complicated.
One Is apt to forget that IL needs much
deeper duplicity to maintain an appear
ance of frankness under trying oircum-
stances than TO make mystery of ones
marketing and profound secret of ones
cookery. There are few things which the
poor italian more dislikes than to be
watched when he is buying and preparing
his food, though he will ask any one to
share 1t with him when it Is ready, but he
Is almost as prone to hide everything else
that goes on inside his house unless he has
prepare himself for IL.
This Is perhaps not entirely race pecul.
iarity, but rather survival of medieval
life as 1t was all over Europe. There are
pretty clear indications in our own litera.
ture that the ladies and gentlemen of two
or three hundred years ago did not like to
be caught unprepared by inquisitive visit.
ors. The silks and satins in which they
are portrayed would not have lasted life.
time, as they did, If they had been worn
every day. AS for the cleanliness of those
times the less said about 1t the better.
In Rome there was a long period during
which not single aqueduct was in work.
Ing order, and it was a trade TO clear q sup
ply of water out of the Tiber from por
ton Of the yellow mud by letting it settle
in reservoirs, and TO sell 1t in the streets
for all household purposes. Who washed
In those days? 1t is safer to ask the ques-
ton now than 1t would havs been then.
Probably those persons washed who were
the fortunate owners Of house we'll or a
rainwater cistern. and those who had
neither did not. Perhaps that was very
much the same all over Europe 1t is Ger.
tainly to the credit Of Trastevere that it Is
not dirty place today by Italian stand.
ards. Marion Crawford in Century.