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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

There should never have been any hest
tstioa on the part Of the government as
10 the policy which has just been de-
c!ared by the secretary OF the interior.
through the assistant charged with the
pension business. Il soldier VINO was
wounded while doing voluntary service
Is almost rather more than rather less
entitled TO d pension than the man who
was only doing his duty
The issue was made in the case of
private who. after being relieved from
guard duty. voluntarily assisted a team
steT IN watering mules. and while SO oc-
euped was nred upon and injured. Ills
application for pension was rejected
by the last administration as not being
founded On claim for injuries received
in the Tire Of duty" II he had been
wounded whlls doing something which
VAS sltoge her outside the line OF mill
tary duty. 1t would be very proper TO
object 20 pension, because otherwise
i would be difficult 10 draw the line.
IT, for Instance, while of duty soldier
was making Visit. and was accidentally
injured. even though by an enemys bull
let, IL could hardly be said that he re
ceiyed the wound while defending his
country. even though he wore an army
uniform At the time. I; would be stsll
more unjust 70 pension soldier who was
wounded while in the act Of doing some
thing in violation Of army regulations
but II has already been held that a SOL
der huT: by the enemy. firing on him
while ne Was OF duty. In his tent. In
pursuance of any employment al which
he had right - be employed. would be
entitled 10 a pension. Indeed. he would
he entitled 10 a pension even II he were
asleep a; the time of his woundsng. be
cause sleep is absolutely necessary. and
in taxing sleep he was not off duty.
II, therefore, veterans are entitled u
compensation Cor wounds received In the
mere performance Of routine duty. IL
seems % b. scarcely worth arguing that
a soldier who was 50 exceedingly solicit
oas for hiss coputr>'s interests that he
devoted time which be rplght have spent
in recreation 20 voluntarily helping care
for government property. should be even
better entitled - not merely perfume
terry pension. but one carrying gratitude
ana appreciation for special services
with a.
Low absurd i would he 20 say that a
man Who ~as wounded while o~ autv
lyias down taking BIS ease should ba
compensated. while the man who jealous
Is eid mote than ans required of h.n
should be punished IRE law does not
/ cover such eases. Probably 10 member
# consrsss ever IMPOSED that a bureau
cauld be SO wanting IN Intelligence that
81 waale need sdysee in sach sin excep-
.sual ease. y V3l pa necessary NV.
/ e course. - exercise Discrimination. b.-
/ cause tae reverssl at he decision - the
/ peCslon bgreau vi be- slre TO bring e.
| tas from, a number Or claims u,sas.rrx
constructed 70 eene vitaia ths rule
la that easc IS II al osrer exceptions,
/ applications. tee nation VII have Is IT,
/ rend uron The soyajsv g: its ola so's,ers
uo, 50 3, rsals unworthy claims 20 bs SUP.
/ ported,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
THE STATE PRESS

New vhatcou Rewellle: II Is evident
that Gov. Rogers. il his Fourth q July
speech 81 this place took advantage -
the occasion ana the aUGisnee - boost
his ow7 Individual cTankisrDs under ire
guise % Il patriotic address one hatT
Of hts typewriter srsech was quotations
from state and national constitutions and
speeches OF Jefferson and Lincoln. TIE
constitutional quotations had 10 more 10
DO with the governors own expressed
IDEAS than quotations from the Bible or
Fox's Book Of Martyrs. He'd he quoted
Ire Sermon on the Mount Il would have
answered the purpose just as well by
introducing something that would throw
giarnor of justice and righteousness
over Rogers own cranky political deg
mas.
Yakima RepQbfc: II IS reported that
four or five Cinnamon who are employed
on the ranch OF Pleas Bounds. in the
Selah valley. have discovered unique
way OF adding several dollars Per year
20 their wages. There are many rattle
snakes IN the vicinity OF the ranch. ard
the Celestials capture all they can of
them hy means OF q slip knot and a short
stick, catching the reptiles around the
throat When caught they are dropped
into bottle containing alcohol, and then
shipped 10 China in quantities. They
say their net gam on eacn snake ap-
breaches SS-which makes the narrative
take front rank among The usual snake
stories. Chinese doctors buy the snakes
ard extract medicinal oil from their
bodies.
Ciallam Bay Record: The proposed CO.
operative colony OF Eugene Y. Debs and
his associates for this state calls 10 mind
an experiment OF that kind which was
tried in CIallam county. and which went
TO pieces in disaster like every other CO.
operative humbug has UP 10 date. The
Port Angeles colony started in ten years
ago with similar plans 10 those OF Debs'.
1t was a grand ana beautiful scheme on
paper, but when they tried 10 put the
thing into operation, like the building OF
the tower of Babel Ii resulted IN 4 confu-
sion OF tongues. II was worse: there was
weeping and waiting and gnashng Of
teeth, and the history of the colony Is a
story of wransIes. discomfort rows. law
suits and disaster, the whole concern
winding up in the hands OF 4 receiver.
Like new-fangled flying machine seek
ing the stars, il struck the cold, hard
world and got smashed up
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

One OF the most aourishing organiza-
lions In Massachusetts, is the Association
Opposed 10 Further Extension Of Suffrage
10 Women. The association, although but
two years old. numbers more than $3.50
members and is growing rapidly. The
rolls contain the names of those who have
volunteered to resist every movement 10
impose the responsibilities OF the ballot
upon their sex. and are willing TO work
aggressively rather than content them
selves with silent opposition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

The American residents at Bangkok
have petitioned President Mckinley 10 re-
tain John Barrett as minister TO Siam.
Judging from the presidents OF the rast
the prayer Will De unavailing. II is a
very easy matter for an American min
lister or consul to get a petition for reten-
the place where he is stationed, and il
has been often done. Invaria bly,. how
ever. the petition always does more harm
than good.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

mother. 10 make him remain Car.stias
arS 10 INDUCE hin 20 give up falling on his
knees and kissing ire ground Nlth MS
race turned toward Mecca
Chief Justice Fuller SAID n his address
az the centennial celebration II Augusta.
Me. the ether day; The past reaches Is
that CUR fathers knew net only new 10
con- --asi6. but how 20 obey. and that true
freedom ao0rlShes best when self-.e-
Straire1'
Sslas Witt. Of Sand Hill. EsttI county.
KY is 81 wears Of age and retains MS
health ano physical ana mental powers re-
markedly. His eyes ght Is YET good and
he performs cogstoeT4 ole daily laEcr NT.
Witt rides 20 mil regularly. and i a Won
derfy,i character. He has voted every Re-
publican ticket straight frcm Fremont
down ard paints WITH great pride 10 this
reraa RIA BILE record.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

There is net so much heard of tie Debs
colony scheme as there was few weeks
ago. Outside OF a few visionary per
sons the suggestion of locating in this
state has met with a very cold reception.
II was only necessary 10 publish the de-
tails Of the scheme TO get response from
all parts Of the state 10 the effect that Mr..
Dehs had better try another section for his
governments
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

dcaYorers is a thing OF the past. and the
Post-Intelligencer feels safe in saying
that 1t has given It's readers one of the
best reports OF the proceedings that has
been published in the West, one tina :
has proved to be specially interesting to
Seattle people.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

The death q John Wiley removes q
We'll known and somewhat striking Gs-
in Seattle. General regret Is expressed
"a Bis sudden demise for he was uni
versauy esteemed as frank. generous.
larga-heartcd mar
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Spokane is having a touch OF the same
sort OF weather with which people IN the
East are wrestling. On Monday the the--
mometer registered 81 degrees. In spite
which. OF The whole. gives about as much
comfort IS any that could he manufact-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

The house of representatives having
transacted che business for which Il was
called together. decided 10 adjourn. The
senate on the other band, allows Nor
gan 20 talk for an enure day. Probably
the house is doing more than the senate
Tor the benefit Of the country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

reform issues but Bryan Just row Is for
silver mono-rsets llis-n. while Rogers Is for
paper rcnsy--so-ethizg akin 20 the milk
ticket. as il were.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

p-oaches se- tcur-s---s years 6 reason
ably weL-prsServed ole voElan-2Ecgy
and heavy. after the German type-bGt
N the enjoyment Of such faculties as IA
tGre gave her. untrralre5 except by the
rfefssf raYsg=x ~ sFr-a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Members CT the peoples party do not
seem 20 Dc passing many resolutions com
pllm-ztsng their senator, George Turner,
upon his vote upon the tariff biz
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

New. (: they will discover q few a.a-
raoEds in Alaska, the list OF great -e-
sources IN that territory viii DE- about
complete.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

People here are watching the Eastern
papers in vain 10 ses accounts Of the
great speeches delivered by Western men
At Ta1-nany FALL or Juiy 5.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Everything points 70 splendid vhea.
crop in Eastern washington, an6 tie
farmers ought 70 60 well there !, = lite os
words u wee uttered by Mr.. Bry..
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
BITS or HU NOR.

Y came within al ace 0; running over a
Is6y this morning when l vas On nay
wheel"
That vas lucky
Wasn't ~ IL was only TIE other day
thai / lad Il freshly s1ane3ed- Life
sorlo- suits are advertised vary cheap.
b3,. MARY & Young lawyer has failed 20
far 20 get ene--Somsrvil.s Journal
Jones-So YOU Ike BASEBALL
Brawn--No SIR. ! have twelve clerks n
r. cfftce -ktaEiern LIE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
NOTABLE. PEOPLE.

rr. SAaSaa h&s asked permission -
name the Siberian - Mrs IA discovered
o. biz. after h4E- oscar % 80 en- En-
asrg SaG the Russian Authorities have
giV@sa tsselT consent
Or Grea.%-. the Aassul-an deputy fer
Yor.arfse- . ths French parliament. st.A
keeps himself = me pubs eye re ~
re-tty r..x--.As tna young woman MO
,r.ed so hard. Z con.g.-eS!oa WITH Els
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
COAST PAPERS.

San Francisco Call: The pessimlst may
stay in town. but he Will have 10 get rid
OF his pessimism If he wishes to be in
harmony with the crowd.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Sacramento Bee: In ell institutions Of
higher education and In most Of the pri
waite schools. provision is made for ad
vancing the pupil. even though ne ma!
not be proficient il ali OF his studies. 4
similar plan should be adopted in our pub
lie schools.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Los Angeles Times: Mrs. Lease Is once
moro starting out TO pUlverize the trusts,
bu; old man Lease is wearing the same
h.les il. his socks that were there last
winter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
n GUARANTEE

The Post-Infesi:RenceF heFe"'
guarantees iss advertisers """~
adc paid circulation. Daily. WeehF
and Sunday. doubie that OF any
etker Eewspaper published In INC
stat, OF WashinxtoE. Adverh"S
contracts will be made subjees ="
this guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Portland Orsgonian: The expenditures
on account Of pensions during the fiscal
year ended June so aggregated the enor-
nous sum Of s1il 054 SIS. How some Of the
prominent actors in the great drama OF
the civil war erred IN their estimate OF the
pension business is Witnessed Il the fact
that q third of a century ago Generals
Grant and Garfield reckoned that all pen
sion claims upon the government could
justly be met by an an annual outlay Of
sio.0c0.0o0. which The passing OF a genera
ton would practically wipe out.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

San Bernardino Sun: The protest OF
certain nations against the protective tar
IL which the United States is about adopt
ING and their proposition 10 ''retaliate'' by
shutting out the products Of the United
States Is lu3icrous. when the effect of such
4 proposition is taken into consideration
Japan. for instance. has sold 70 the United
States in the past decade just four tines
as much as the United States has sold to
her. The imports into Japan from the
United States in the past decade have
amounted 10 .se00 80 ven. while the ex-
ports from Japan TO the United States in
ven.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14

Historian: The fact that A shortage OF
over 81. COO out Of the comparatively small
amount finding its way into the hands OF
the treasurer OF a county like Clatsop. can
exist for six months without discovery
seems 10 emphasize the Importance OF
some radical change in the present method
of running the county. The checks. coun-
ter-checks and other safeguards employed
by the most ordinary business corporation
would render impossible a misuse of its
funds by THAR custodian for even the
shortest space OF time. without collision
on the part of some higher official.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06
The Thrift Doctors

There is strong tendency among the
populist orators in and out of congress to
run to illustration by stories, says the
New York Times. When it came to be
the turn of MIR. Kelley populist, of South
Dakota, to talk he INDUCED in some of
this sort of argument One of his Illus
trations was this:
Mr.. Kelley-Iniquitou as consider this
bill, If you could not pass it in any other
way l do not know but l might be tempt
ed to give you my vote. believe so Iona
as man wants tariff, so long as he
thinks tariff is good for him, he will con-
tlnue 20 want it, come what may, and l
believe you will continue to give the peo-
pie doses of tariff just so long as You
can administer the affairs of the country.
You remind me very much of an old doc
tor l once heard about, who was a quack.
He came to visit a patient who was very
sick, and he administered water cruel and
bleeding. He came back the next DAY
and found that the patient was worse.
He said the best treatment was to give
him more water cruel and bleed him. The
next day he came and repeated the dose,
and the fourth day the patient was dead.
The doctor said it was pity that he mad
not got there in time to give him an
other dose of water Cruel and bleed him.
Naughter.)
Now we find Drs. Dingley, Deliver and
Dalzell around the patient with their
medicine cases. and DIR. Mckinley at the
head, and they just want an opportunity
to give the patient one more dose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06
FER sONAL.

One of the jolliest of the old men pres
ent at the old folks dance given recently
at Barre, Mass, was DR.. William L. Rus
sell, who is now the oldest living graduate
of Harvard college. DR.. Russell is 81.
Mrs. John Lindley DUDE who is study
ing in the Union Missionary Training In
stitute of Brooklyn, is an extremely in
teresting person. She is a native born
Zulu, and was Christian teacher in Ma
tai before SHE came here to fit herself
more thoroughly for her mission work.
Mary Anderson De Navarro, the former
actress, has sod her house at 81 West
Thirty-eighth street, New York city. The
consideration was $4,000. Excepting a
small piece of unimproved property which
she owns at Long Branch, Mms. De Ma
varro has disposed of the last of her pos
sessions in this country.
Count Tolstoi is at present staying in
ST. Petersburg. At the recent celebration
of the founding of the University of St
Petersburg a body of about a hundred
students happened to meet him on the
street. They at once recognized him, and
gave vent to the most demonstrative indi-
cations of their regard for him. kissing
his hands and his garments, and would
have carried him in triumph through the
city had he not decisively protested.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06

Stories of Lord" Timothy Dexter that
most grotesque figure in New England's
annals, will be started on their rounds
again by the sale this week of his old
house at Newburyport, says the New York
Times. Whether. Dexter was a mailman.
an imbecile, or simply humorist who de-
lighted in exciting the wonder and indig-
nation of his staid Puritan neighbors. is a
question that never received the attention
it deserves. Most of the things which he
did would pass well enough for jokes, now
adays and perhaps they would have done
so in his time had he lived in region
where anybody who did not take himself
and the world with deadly seriousness was
regarded as hardly entitled to be called hu-
man. Dexter had at least the money-get-
ting and housekeeping faculty, and il
was developed to such an extent that even
the shrewdest of his Yankee rivals could
not often claim the glory of getting the
better of him in business way. That he
put new names on the statues in his door
yard whenever the fancy to do so seized
him may have been merely a yelled criti-
cism of New England sculptors, and his
book with the punctuation marks all col
lected on the last pages betrayed original
ity rather than mania, if one looks at il
in the right light. His expectation of
warming pans to the West Indies turned
out too profitably to have been prompted
by sheer ignorance. 1t is at least posi-
bic that Dexter was an early "Pudd nhead
Wilson" who rather enjoyed the derision
of his contemporaries. This theory would
have stood better the test of examination
if he had not drifted into scandalous WAYS
in his later years, but perhaps that was
due to evaporation over the refusal of his
iellow-townsmen to see the point of his
Jokes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-06
As to Hawaii.


There seems to be an undercurrent OF
opinion to the effect that something is
about 10 happen in Hawaii. or with re-
gard to Hawaii. Since the first part of
March the mails have brought from Hon
olulu to American newspapers and men
of influence various printed documents
bearing upon the question of annexation,
the greater number OF them being in IA
vor of it. The attorney general of the
Hawaiian republic only few days ago
left Washington, where he had been since
the installation of the new administration
for the purpose of sounding the admins
tration's sentiment with regard to the fu-
ture of his country. Following the depart
ure Of the attorney general from the cap
ital came the information that Admiral
Beardslee, at San Francisco. had been or
dered to proceed with the flagship Phila-
delphla at once to Honolulu; that ne had
received from Washington numerous tel
egrams of instructions in cipher; that the
ship was being heavily coaled, and would
sail at once.
A San Francisco telegram surmises that
Admiral Beardslee and the Philadelphia
are wanted at Honolulu to protect the
Dole government against the Japanese
The governments of Hawaii and of Japan
have lately had an exchange of notes with
regard to the landing of japanese immi-
grants in the Islands. The islands have
a restriction law, which il is alleged the
japanese have been violating. These Ash
atics are now the most numerous people
in the islands and there is alleged to be
a fear that they will take steps to annex
the territory to Japan. 1t is desired, so
the story goes, that this government, ex-
ercisiug a protectorate over Hawaii, shall
whip the japanese away if they attempt
anything like an annexation or other
coup.
That view of the situation may or may
not be correct. 1t is open to question. AT
the same time, it will be borne in mind
that when the government of the islands
was taken away from the natives, 1t was
with the assistance of an American adj
miral. He landed marines "for the par
pose of preserving order" and while order
was being preserved the established gov
eminent was overthrown under cover of
the American flag. The flag was eubse-
quently hauled down. 1t may be the pur-
pose of the annexationists to put It up
again. In that case they would naturally
desire the presence of an American adj
miral at the capital, to land marines for
the purpose of preserving order.
Meantime, there does not appear to be
a great deal of danger that the United
states and Japan will clash upon the Ha-
waiian question.