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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10
No Faith fn woleots.

LONDON. Jan. s.--Tns Speaker, CON-
naeatlng on the mission o. Senator Wol-
eoft. Says taat nothing - likely 10 result
from X.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10
FIRE IN THE ANCHOR MILLS.
Damage of sI5o.ooo at Minneapo-

MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. i9-Fire which
broke out in the Anchor four miil at
O'Clock threafcaes for a time the entire
milling district The ire department zas
called to the scene and succeeded in sub
DUNG the flames. Loss. tiso99o. fully Ia
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

nd e ever cccur 20 You Wsese BAR =
sa.a ard constantly falirx on toss gai
can ~ prevented HzWz Hair EszeWer
Is sure remedy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

". another Turner woraer, wii. arrive 10
morrow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

The greatest values ever offered for
s. " In meas suits. Gus Brown CO.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

House Closes the Discussion of
the Funding Bill.


Ah Amendment Passed Extending
Description of Assets-Nagufre
of California Objects 10 Allowing
Pacific Coast Has Been shut Out
Northvsy Anpiauded fer Declar-
ing That the Government shauls
stand ON Its Rights, Even at a
Loss.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

There has been considerable criticism
OF the action OF tse fusion senators-eleet
last night in caucasing and electing the
officers OF the upper house without invit-
ing the Republican senators % parttci-
pate In the sessieps OF the past the Re-
pubHcans have always invited the minor
itv 70 the caucus. and have rendered
them a number OF positions. Two years
ago. when the Republican majority was
larger than that Of the present fusion
party In the legislature, the minority was
taken into the caucus ard given i've or
six important places The Republican
minority was ignored this time. and the
customary eouTtesies Of the majority en-
tirelv waived. Senator Taylor. Of Taco
ma. one % the fusion party, was left out
ia the cold. not arriving til today. lie IS
reported as having expressed his dis
satisfaction with the action of the ma
j0rity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

In the present legislature there are few
familiar figures OF the past. The hold
over senators find pleasure In grasping
each other by the hand and doing the
honors with the newcomers. The body Is
far from having the ultra-F -Fopuiist ap-
pearance with which II might have been
credited Among the Eastern Washing
ton delegation are found a number OF
progressive business men entirely devoid
OF whiskers. To be sure, there are few
members with the true hirsute adorn-
ments of the Pepulist. Some of them
have luxuriant, flowing boards, over
which the hreezes from the bay sweep
with the effect one sees in an Eastern
WASHINGTON wheat field on a windy day.
But the Papulist type Of the comic paper
is not well represented.
The youngest member OF the legislature
is ]. NJ Geraghty. OF the Third district.
Mr. Geraghty Is from Spokane and
has but recently passed his 2sth birthday
He was the sole leader Of the fusion Pop
ulists In Spokane that received a nomina-
ton last fall. Although the fusion men
won. the ddle-of-the-road people cap
tured all the nominations IN the three-day
county convention held by the Spokane
Popuists. Mr.. Geraghty is an applicant
for admission 10 the bar before the su-
preme court. He is wideawake and active.
and will be a figure in the sessions OF the
house.
r. F. Houston. OF Tacoma. one OF the SEN
atorial possibilities furnished by Pierce
county, is on the ground and is fast max
ing the acquaintance OF the members OF
the legislature Mr.. Houston VIII re-
ceive the support OF several members of
the Pierce county delegation.
Judge y. T Cation. Of Lincoln county.
one % the fusion presidential electors. Is
here.
A senatorial candidate about whom 1T
tie has heretofore been said is Alexander
Macready. of Tacoma. a veteran reform
or and woman surr3 gist. Mr. Macready.
although 50 years od. has n number Of
warm supporters In the Pierce delegation.
lie was contributor 20 the fusion papers
during The campaign IN Pierce county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

Manager Smith, Of the Olympia hotel,
has had the lobby and parlors OF the hotel
nicely decorated with flags and ever
greens in preparation TOR the inaugural
bah. The parlors and dining halls VIII
be thrown open to the dancers. and the
affair promises 70 be as brilliant as any
ia years gore by. or course, there VIII
not be as many claw hammers as in
former years, but a pleasant unconyen-
tionality in matters OF dress viii rule.
The bali will come off Wednesday night.
An orchestra from Tacoma is here and
discourses music during lunch and dinner
hours.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30

swung my rifle over, cooking it, and as
l did so two men in gray rode into
plain view. AT a glance L knew one to
be Lee, and the other 1 surmised-cor-
rectly, it appeared later-was Gen.
Smith. Joe Johnson had been wounded
in the fight of Seven Pines, and Smith
had succeeded him, and Lee, we knew,
in turn, had succeeded Smith. And
held the lives of both of them-one, at
least-in my hand.
THE confederate leaders rode out of
the bushes and down to the edge of the
brook and let their horses drink. They
were talking earnestly, and l heard
Stuart's name mentioned. They prob
ably were discussing plans for the raid
his cavalry made around us few days
later.
"Well, Lee and Smith sat on their
horses and talked. My rifle sights COW
cred spot on Lees gray coat directly
over his heart. Then thought I'd get
the two in line and kill them both.
Twice 1 pressed the trigger to kill Lee,
and once 1 started to pull to kill both.
Why didn't /? thought of my wife
and babes back in Ohio-and then of
Lees dear ones. Tears came into my
eyes, and when got the mist out of
them the party was riding away. 1t
would have been murder, and, praise
God, my hands are clean" Milwaukee
Sentinel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
Mniden sunerstitIons.

"Our modern young lady has almost
as many superstitions as the maid of
ancient days." remarked Dr. G. Court
ney Philips, of San Antonio, Tex. "Not
long ago l had occasion to be walking
through one of our parks with three
pretty young summer girls. We Eere
chatting pleasantly and laughing, when
suddenly black cat happened to cross
the path ahead of us. The girls all
stopped still and refused to move un-
til / had rummaged through my pock-
cts, found a bit of cardboard, and tore
it trife. was surprised and amused,
and asked them why they should in-
sist on the cardboard being torn. They
told me that it was awfully i'll luck to
have cat cross path in front of one,
and that the only way to avoid the
evil that would otherwise result was
to tear bit of paper. They did not
know what magic was in the paper,
but insisted that some subtle force
dispelled the bad luck."-Washington
Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30

ing interest. 1t contains a unique col.
lection of manuscripts and of original
scores by the composer. Many of these
show the corrections, two or three
times made in some instances, in the
nervous, grabbed writing of Beethoven,
There are some among them that were
written after he had become deaf, and
as the deafness increased-the dates
bring that out plainly-the corrections,
too, increased. Besides, there are hun.
dreds of letters from him and to him,
letters written when a boy, n youth, a
young man and a soured, cynical old
man. These letters alone tell the whole
story of Beethoven's life, of his lonely,
lcveless life, of the sting of betrayal by
nephews and friends. But there is also
n diary, which, if it ever got into the
hards of a ruthless publisher, could be
made sensational publication, for it is
teeming with satire.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in
177O. His genius was very early dis.
played, and his musical education was
begun by his father, and continued by
the court organist who introduced him
Handel. He soon attempted compost
ton, and showed wonderful facility III
Improvisation. About 1890 he settled
in Vienna, where Mozart quickly recog-
nized his marvellous powers. When
about 40 years of age he was attacked
with deafness, which became total and
lasted through life. He became, gradu-
ally, the victim of morbid irritability,
and hopeless melancholia, ending in
confirmed hypochondria, and, finally
dropsy and delirium. He continued to
compose, however, long after he had
ceased to hear himself play, and re-
ceived homage and honors from all
parts of Europe. He died, unmarried,
III Vienna. in March 1927.
WOLF Won SCHIERBRAND.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
BEETHOVEN THE DIVINE
His Memory Revered by Music
Lovers Everywhere.
what tho City OF bonn Has Done to
Pcrpetunte the Fame of Her
Greatest Son--The Conn
poser's birthplace.


Genius is houored everywhere. The
poet, hero, musician, philosopher or
any human mind of unusual brilliancy
and permanent worth to mankind,
these are, to every normally consti-
tuted being, hallowed places, spots of
interest to the tourist from afar, to the
student of human nature. and to the
lover of his kind. A perennial hegira
is taking place from all over the globe
to that worn slab in Stratford-on
on which the pilgrim is implored to
"forbear" disturbing the bones of the
divine William. But nowhere else, be-
lieve, is this praiseworthy sentiment
put into such system and crystallized.
80 to speak, as in Bonn, the birthplace
of the greatest musician the world ever
saw, Ludwig van Beethoven. Bonn is
q city well worth seeing in itself.
Though in the main it gives the impress
sion of rather modern city, yet it is
one of the oldest in Germany. 1t
was place of Importance in the
early Roman times, and a forti-
fled and castellated camp of le-
gion was maintained there as early
as the birth of Christ. Its very name is
of purely Roman origin. Up to 1894
Bonn was the see of the archbishop of
Cologne. Now it holds one of the best
universities of Germany, and there is
considerable wealth, industry and cul-
ture stored up within it's walls. But
what makes Bonn to the world at large
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
Ran In the Blood.

The ordinary of Georgia county in
vited all the war veterans to meet at his
office on a certain day. When the day
arrived he was surprised Mt the num-
Der of young men who put in appear
ance. Gentlemen" he said, 'there
must be some mistake. / wanted to
meet war veterans, and l am here con-
fronted with majority of the young
men of the county" 81
Ordinary" spoke up one tall, SOCK
less fellow, sits true we never done no
hghtin', but our families did, and eff
we don't inherit the burned war I'd like
to know who does!"-Atlanta Constitu-
ticn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30

of more than ordinary Importance is
the fact that Beethoven first saw there
the light of day. And, to commemorate
Beethoven's claims 10 immortality, the
whole population of Bonn has Joined for
many years.
Every summer or late spring there is
a music festival at Bonn, occupying
about a week, during whose continu-
ance nothing but Beethoven compost
tions are rendered by the most re-
nowned instrumentalists, vocalists and
orchestras. A large chorus of male and
female voices is trained for the purpose
of taking part in these musical fetes
and this chorus is made up of the most
distinguished people of Bonn. The
compositions chosen for the occasion
are, as a matter of course, among the
finest and their manner of rendition
has become, in the course of time, so
perfect as to outvie anything elsewhere.
This year, couple of weeks ago.. the
Leonore sympony, for instance, was
played with such exquisite skill and
finish, and the participants were all
such masters os their instruments, that
from all over Germany the lovers of
pure music went as to a pilgrimage,
much as is done to the Wagner perform
ances in Bayreuth.
But outside of these musical perform
ances there is Beethoven Memorial So
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
BEETHoVENs BIRTHPLACE.

ciety IN Bonn whose self-imposed task
it is to keep intact the house and the
room in which the great maestro was
born. The house stands on Il quiet side
street of the Town, and il differs in its
looks in nowise from scores of Others in
the vicinity. 1t may De about $50 years
old and is well preserved. In its rear
portion the wing standing in the court
yard and little garden, whose smooth
greensward and rose trees just now
look most inviting, was the abode of
Beethoven's parents. Trellised vines
spread over the smooth whitewashed
walls. In a garret room the visitor is
shown the exact spot where the great
musician was born. A white marble
bust of him stands near the slanting
walls, and laurel wreaths and many
other gifts of devotion deposited there
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
lbx visitors and admirers cucumber the

by visitors and admirers enchmber the
deal floor. That is all. The society
has purchased the whole house and
maintains a caretalter there who is to
show everything to tourists and others
who express desire.
The society is made up of the elite
of Bonn, of the wealthiest and most
cultured, with the highest provincial
officials in the directory. 1t is under
the patronage of Empress Frederick,
and associated with her are the eX-
chancellor, Bismarck, and the present
one, Hohenlohe, as well as many names
of the highest aristocracy.
Vienna, where Beethoven lies buried
in the largest communal cemetery,
has been rather derelict in it's duty of
taking care of the remains and of the
grave. 1t was not many years ago that
the exact burial spot of three great
musicians-Mozart, Haydn, Schubert
had to be determined at the cost of
much trouble and pains, they being
also near the grave of Beethoven, and
II was with some difficulty that
Beethoven's last resting place was dis
covered and suitably cared for. Vienna
has always been careless of it's dead,
even of it's great dead-there are too
many of them in the Viennese ceme-
teries-and a large and bustling city,
with its myriad of interests and its
numberless cares of the hour, has al
ways been rather ungrateful to the
great men who died within its shad.
ows. The smaller towns, whose people
feel personal pride in every point of
interest, are more considerate and more
thoughtful of their dead, as is seen
notably in the case of Weimar and its
tributes in bronze and stone to Schiller
and Goethe, who were denizens of that
quaint, pleasant town.
Part and parcel of the Beethoven
cult in Bonn is the memorial museum
existing in the Beethoven house. That
for the student of music is of entranc-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
Couldn't Walk.

All are not soldiers who wear a uni
form, as Gen. Lew Wallace found out
at Fort Donelson. He saw four soldiers
carrying fifth, who seemed to be
wounded. Cant that man walk with
assstance?" asked Wallace. "0h, no."
said the men; che is dying" Just then
a shen exploded near by and the four
men dropped the burden and fed. The
man who was supposed to be wounded
leaped to his feet and ran even faster
than the others.-Youth's Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
A pLuokY SERGEANT
Won n Commission by Unsvervina q
Attention 10 Duty.


Travelling in Arkansas not long ago
/ ran across one of the coolest, brayest,
jollicst veterans, Orlando w. EASpon,
company C, Eleventh Iowa. first
knew him at Camp Mcclellan, Iowa, as
drill sergeant and color bearer of his
regiment. His war service was full of
plucky deeds.
AT Shiloh he had been i'll and off duty
forseveraldays. When on Sunday mori,-
ing the long roll sounded, East
on appeared carrying the flag and
supported by two of the color guard.
Being too weak to walk without aid,
Capt Joe Neal ordered him out OF
the ranks. AS he was off duty on
morning report, Easton went directly
to the surgeon and said:
"Mark me for duty" Surgeon Wat
son replied: You fool, you're sick"
Easton pulled n pistol, and looking the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
She Was HomeIy.

"Fhere," said the teacher as she con
cludcd the demonstration of a mathe'
matical problem; "do make myself
plain?"
"Yuh don't have tub, num-" gallant
ly replied little Willie Bigg.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
LEES LIFE SPARED.
wisconsin Soldier Whose Thought OF
Home Inspired Mercy.

Home Inspired Mercy.
Gen. Robert Il. Lee, the confederate
commander, owed many years of life
to the leniency of Thomas w. Burton, n
well-to-do farmer of Racine county.
Burton enlisted in an Ohio regiment at
the beginning of the war. He was an
expert woodsman and crack shot, and
had lived in Virginia several years in
the fifties. His experience in wood
craft and knowledge of the country
adjacent to the James river and around
Richmond commended him for the
duties of scout, and early in 1862 he
received orders to report for special
duty. He served as scout until wounded
at Charlottesville in May, 1868. He
was discharged, and few years later
came to Wisconsin and engaged in
farming. He attended the G. A. Il
encampment at Buffalo, and related
the story of Gen. Lees escape from
death to the group of veterans in the
smoking car.
"Yes," he said, ct could have killed
Lee as easily as boy would knock n
trapped woodchuck in the head. But |
didn't. 1T was early i'm the war-the
day that Lee took command of the con-
fcderate army of Virginia-and the
death at that time of the ablest leader
of the rebel forces might have had n
powerful effect on the fate of the con-
federacy. Lee sat on horse not over
20 feet from where L lay concealed be-
hind log. For five minutes my rifle
covered his heart and my fingers rested
on the trigger. I might have shot him
dead and could have escaped without
trouble, but didn't. Lee was great
man, and have been thankful always
that I did not shoot"
Did Lee ever know of his escape ?'
asked the man with the Sixth Wiscon-
sin artillery badge pinned on his lapel.
Eyes. After the war wrote to him
about it. He sent me this letter." and
Mr.. Burton produced sheet of paper
yellowed by age, the writing faded and
barely legible. 1t bore the signature:
ar. Z. Lee" and was as follows:
Richmond, Va, Feb. /, 1866
'T. W. Burton, Racine.
Dear Sir: Your favor of Goth ultimo
at hand. think remember the day to
which you refer. had on the day pre-
vious taken command of the troops &C.
s. Az about Richmond, and i'm company
with Gen. G. w. Smith, whom sue
ceeded, made personal examination
of the field. 1 do not doubt your state
ment, and while (several words here
illegible) God, thank you. Cordially,
r. Z. Lee"
after the battle of Seven Pines"
Mr. Burton began his story, "our troops
took up n position on both sides of the
Chickahominy, our left reaching into
Chickahominy swamp. was attached
to Gen. 'Si' Casey's division of Keyes'
corps as a scout, and had spent several
days in working through the big
Chickahominy swamp. One afternoon
it was June 2 or 3, think-I was i'm
the swamp between our lines and the
rebs. a little creek ran through the
swamp and into the Chickahominy. I
had sat down on log behind a sumac
or some other small bush, when heard
something moving through the bushes
On the other side of the stream. l
dropped down behind the log and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-30

Lots of men wear taiio9'-made
clothes until they get married; thep
ready-made clothing is good ehough.-
Washington Democrat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-05
OUR HOGS PAY THE BILLS.

The hog grows cheapest ON the pas
ture and beside the field that grow his
grains. He is most profitable as d sub
ordinate department, because he cam
not consume the coarse folders of the
farm. He furnishes the best market in
which to sell the by-products of the mill
and dairy. He assimilates more Of the
most concentrated feed stuffs than any
other animal on the farm. Quicker re-
turns come from him than from horses,
cattle or sheep. He pays the rents in
European countries, lifts the mortgages
in the Northern States, and in conjunc-
ton with the COW he will redeem the
wornout cotton and tobacco fields of the
South. Avoid permanent residences for
the hog; move him about, so that his
environments may be clean and uncon-
Eliminated by germs that develop rapid.
| ly where they have suitable media
Avoid close breeding, as it intensfeS
! predsposition to disease. Select your
breeding from good mixers, as this is
the best indication of fecundity.
! No agricultural people thrive who buy
grain or meats and pay for them with
the price of other farm products.
| We compete now. through improved
and cheapening transportation, with al
the world. The farmer is most indie
pendent who finds at least sustenancC
for his family from his fields. hocks anC
herds.-Prof. Wilson, Secretary OF Ag
culture.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-05

hibited good Judgment by establishing
a branch drugstore theie, II venture
tat he has had no reason to regret.
Mr.. learuy Is Il young man and IL
hustler, and as Durham and Chapel
Hill grows bigger. Mr.. Yearly, the
druggist, will be found away up in the
front of the procession
Nj. Thos. l.. Lloyd is one
of Orange county's hest farmers, and
If ! were allowed to tell little secret.
] would say that friend of Mr.. L!oyd's
said to me. pointing to Mr.. Lloyd. There
goes the richest man in the county ami
he has made every dollar of il himself, J"
The section around Chapel HI has many
successful farmers. and there are no
better folks anywhere, | don't care where
they hail from.
Old Orange is great good old county.
She has gwen to the State many of its
biggest and brainest men.
Chanel Hill is first class enterpris-
ing town. growing bigger every year.
The University is a great institution. t
has heen great for a hundred years. 1t
is greater to-day than ever.
North Carolina is a great
State. the greatest in the I'm
ion. She is pushing ahead and thanks
to the love she has for her University,
she is pulling that along up the slopes Of
glory with her.
F. B. ARENRELL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-05
PURCHASE OF CUBA IN CONTEA
PLATOON.

There is rumor afoat in official cir
cles that, if true, is most important.
This is nothing less than that this gov
ernnent is about to make overtures to
Spain for the purchase of Cuba. How
ever this may be. it has long been known
to the world at large that the value of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy
for constipation. malaria, dyspepsia,
rheumatism. kidney complaint and nerv-
business is beyond all price. A wine
glassful before meals imparts a hearty
relish for the food, anf<l corresponding
dose before retiring contributes to sound
repose. No medical stimulant on the
market ever received such strong profess
'sionai Endorsement as the Bitters. 1t is
!, most genial tonic, affording strength
to Ill who use it. Not only in this count
ry. but in many foreign lands, it is an
admitted specific and preventive. AS a
safeguard against all diseases of ma
larial type it is PARTICULARLY vluable.