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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-12
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A citirsa % sss,ss who ats a. srsr,
fc- Ess'sra Investors ass rsssivsd a letter
frcn enc ~ho h Interested q, so-al sa-7,-s-
;iss. II sncsoses en- extract from an Iowa
paper as tonows;
A number 90 - M,ins~ rrrrs ard
banks ard Institutions IN o-as~ low. ei,s4.
nave bear caught OR as Isas, s1aa 10 -,
Tacoma. WASH. city warrants. -y-.a ~
raats were oc0sht mere tAaa year sr,
They provct 70 hs warrants watch so
hesn psia ara redeemed once. ana rrf~S,,.s
~ IRE ctsv treasurer % Tacoraa. ans re
grccseyis srssrsn-fx pocketea nv hi-,
'ras e.sT did moi satsnt - repa6lsse taern
howeve-. euf vas ensotasd from ravtns
taem hy tzxryyer. AHd the supreme
eSoFt r>'snt,y he,a against ne purpose of
thaciry - gay. thus eating cut the invest
c~s"
Z IS true tAss Tacaraa Ana ether West
err ei,ies ARvs Toa-s themselves haraS~sa
b. $40 useral ea.srpriss ~ = tirae when
Tie prosascts wsrs that ths consequent
uaaglttes coui3 Pc easily taken rare q
TIE sene-sl depression has raade ms sx-
eeetinxiy tiasculs BAT TIE henorab,s In
teatsoas g tne cornmgaisies have frequent
~ bees E2&as~~assG ss2sl,s las issued
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CIRCULATING MONEY.

The Sacramento Bee repinss over the
statement that the election OF Mckinley
cost sis0o0.0eo. and remarks that the
amount would have saved all the bank
failures IN Illinois and Wisconsin and fed
all the hungry and clothed all the unclad
this winter. Il Is very doubtful II the
premises are correct The entire campaign
may have involved tina. expenditure, but
even II the sum named were all spent It
IS proof that the money changed hands
Money may not always be wisely sx-
pended In political campaign, but It is
expended TO a considerable extent. and
much OF Il finds it's way from the rockets
Of those who have It to the pockets OF
those who desire e. Many men earn
money during campaign. as election
agents. election officers. and IN other ways.
more or less commen6able. who would
otherwise b without IL. It Is well to pre-
vent improper uses OF money. but 1, is
never an sntirs disadvantage 70 have
money circulated.
The money would not have saved the
hank failures ana there Is no reason why
It should have been used Cor that purpose
Wei managed banks rarely fat. and thars
IL no remedy Tor bad management that
can well be reached by law. except the
fear OF punishment when Il IS coupled with
eulpahllity.
The argument az the Bee - scarcely
worthy % comment. yet IL is Just such
thoughtiess and reckless statements which
90 50 much mischief /, IL the boarding
81 money. not SIS dissemination. that
causes stringency. The same silly comment
il oftsn made upon ths lavish expenditure
- moray by wealthy people. Let them
spend a; q serves then to keep people In
employment II is the business OF the
wealrhy man - determine ths wisdom.
50 faT - Re Is concerned. ot TIE expcnai-
tire
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NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Major Mckinley viii be the third Meth
odist president.
The largest annual pension Is sSo.Vo
maid by Great Britain 10 the Duke or
Richmond II IL perpetuity from the
time OF Charles H.
Herbert l. Matthews. of Kansas CITY,
Mo. who died recently. was regarded az
one of the greatest authorities on ola
books in the West.
Sonora Eva Camel has the distinction of
being the publisher OF a weekly paper Is
aued in Havana. She ts said 10 pc
bright and enterprising LADY.
DR.. G. A. Tawney. a graduate OF Prince
ton university. has been secured by Belolt
Collage Ia take the place OF the late Prof
Blaisden In the chair Of mental ana moral
philosophy.
The king OF Greece delights in taking
recreation in the fields. He car plough,
cut and bind corn. milk COWS, ana IN
short. could, at a pinch. Keep a farm GO
ing singie-handed.
Madame Paul BIouet translates her hus-
bands { Max O'ReiD books into English
from the original French. She is an Eng
as a child. and speaks IL with perfect
ease.
The holy synod OF Russia has con-
aemned some OF Count Tolstoi's books as
detrimental 10 the orthodox church. and
Procurator PobedonostZen proposes 10
summon Count Tolstoi before the synod
for trial
Speaker Reed. referring 70 lis 5000 fee
as referee for some Massachusetts insur-
grammatic remark: 1T Is only when a
man IS drawing a salary Tor nothlng tnat
he feels he is at last receiving what he
really deserves"
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houas 70 ire amount % over quarter of
a milton dollars and has paid that surn In
rsdesrning warrants similar 20 tnose %
Tacoma Even there the rsop,e have By
popular subscriptions made good the de-
fcteucy. through delinquency n tax pay
meats. n the interest fund. and promptly
net AL their payments on bonds already
issued. TIE good intention 90 the cid-
zens f. also made NANTES. in the news
item n the Iowa paper which admits that
thu city ala rot desire to repudiats the
warrants. bot was Simply in such posi-
ton that they could not Re legally paid
The conditions are well known here, but
f. may be wen % explain them for the
benefit OF Eastern investors. The cities OF
washington are wisely prohibited BY the
~ase constitution from incurring bonded
Indebtedness beyond fixed percentage OF
their property valuation. The shrink
age 81 values has brought the limit down
10 the amount Of the present deot- When
property advances again. as IL certainly
VIII, the margin between the present and
the possible Indebtedness wiz be restored
and the cities win recover the power to
bond themselves for the redemption OF the
warrants stu outstanding.
The interest the warrants bear and the
character of the security Justify the con-
vlctson that the holders viii not be losers
even IL they have 10 wait for time. NIL
Hons az dollars worth OF Eastern seouri-
ties have been utterly wiped out, but the
obligations OF tha Eastern cities have at
cuperation and the honor OF the people.
A man who has $4,000 worth OF Western
warrants OF almost any kind is much bet
ter of than the stockholder in thousands
of Eastern railroads. banks. business cor
porations and other forms of investment.
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SEATTLE. TUESDAY. JAN. lie.
TURNING TOWARD PROTECTION.

A royal commission has recently been
appointed IN Great Britain 20 inquire into
the reason Of the almost complete ruin
which has overtaken the sugar producing
industry IN the British West Indies, and
TO suggest some method by which that
industry can be rehabllitated. and at the
same time, another ruined industry, that
of sugar refining. be- placed upon its feet
As 10 the first branch OF the inquiry, the
labors Of the royal commission VIII not
he very heavy. The cane sugar industry
In the West India islands has been ruined
by the competition OF the bounty-paid
beet sugar producers OF continental Eu-
rope: and the sugar refneries have gone
down. throwing thousands of operatives
out Of employment. through precisely the
same competition. The export bounty
paid by the continental countries. and
the free trade policy of Great Britain.
has been the ruin OF the British colonial
dependencies which at one time did an
enormous business in supplying the home
country with sugar.
What the royal commission win suggest
as remedy fer this condition OF affairs
depends upon the personnel of the COM
mission and their ability 10 free their
minds from the doctrinairism which has
afflicted the past two generations OF Brit
ish statesmen. tariff on foreign sugar
and an open market for the colonial
product ara the only possible remedies;
and this IS what the new school OF pro-
tectionistS In Great Britain are at present
urging. making the most OF Glsdstone's
uttsrsnces upon the subject some ten
years since:
MY desire is that the British consumer
should have sugar at the lowest price
at which IL can be produced. without ar
hitrary favor TO any one engaged in the
competition. but I cannot regard with
favor any cheanness produced by means
OF subsidies OF foreign states. designed to
cripple capitalists and woriSmen engaged
IN a lawful branch Of British trade
while Great Britain il thus seeking to
re-estahllsh a decayiRg industry In her
colonial dependencies, and may even go
% the length OF adopting a policy which
has for years been looked upon as heret-
teal 20 that end. the United States, which
holds firmly TO the protective theory,
should not be- backward in providing a
tsrin which viii permit the same industry
10 be built up in this country.
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WHAT III HAS COST.

The annual interest charge upon tho
four issues Of bonds made during Mr.
Cleveland's administration amounts 10
81. fs2sla For years 70 come there viii be
this annual tax upon the people ot this
country. which ought 20 serve as a per-
petuA reminder Of the blunders and In
capacity Of the Democratic party As ex-
hibltea during the only term since the war
when thAt party has beea in fun control
OF ali ths machinery Of the government.
ana has thus been enabled 20 eugraft some
OF It's peculiar tenets upon the legislation
OF the country.
A. various times since ths war the Dem
Scratio party has been 81 control az one
or the other % the two houses Of con
grsss. ~ ore time it had control for e
hrist period .. both houses. but the execu-
tive and veto power was 81 the hands %
a Republican. During Mr.. Cseyeiand's
first administration tAe senate was all the
time controlled By a Republican ma 3oriry.
and 6arinE MS ,sst two years both houses
were hostile - him. Thus. notwitAztansi-
ing It's many temporary victories achieved
slnca the ' AZ. ire Democratic party, n
national matters. vas powexleSs. as far
as legislation was concerned. nntR the ia-
auEarayiea az Mr.. Cleveland in Isss. wl,h
a Democrats majority IN both houses 70
cooperate With him.
Tae one particular result achieved BY
The hensocratc party. when ii thus Sc
cured FUN cont>os o. national AFFAIRS. was
TIE earaeairs q taa country with the
heaviest ioaa 81 bonded Indebtedness ever
ineaTred ey ,als or any other civilized
country during a psrio1 @: peace: thzt
eeo' having been created purely oleause
the DssoocratAs Party pax s5use OF rs
theories f@to praeuee ana passed a rev
saoe iaw DESTINED Sc slsplsce the then ex-
istiug protecfivs tarlG nat lsw not only
seriously er9plea many American laagsS-
tSiss A== s.O-gAs distress azz "a. "a
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A Splendid Advertisements.

CowItz Advocate.
The mammoth New Years edition Of
the Seattle Post-InteIl! gencer, issued on
January s, 1891, containing flfty-six
pages, In which the resources OF the
state OF Washington are presented ia a
most able and concise manner. reflects
much credit on the enterprising publishers
of that paper. The edition is profusely
Illustrated and in every respect IS a most
creditable number. Every industry I'm the
state has received due consideration. The
numbering. mining, agricultural and fish
ing Industries are deliberately set forth In
painsiakng articles. In fact. fl Is the
largest and depicss the resources Of wash
ington IN more thorough manner than
any single edition OF any paper ever pub
ushed IN the state OF Washington. II Is a
splendid advertisement for this state and
shoul1 receive wide circulation IN the East
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BIRD story BETTER Than "a Fish story.
Boston Herald.

boston Herald.
lady who has some ported plants
gerariums. ferns. vioIsts and ivy for a
window garden, gives this Incident: IN
lieu % something better. have been US
Ing rather small-necksd flye-ouDce
bottle as a watering pot One day dur
ing the dry, hot weather. I CHANGED to
leave The bottle about half full OF water
sitting On the window sill WIKI the pots
The heat wss intense, and I moved my
desk close Up 70 the window. thanklnr
that the dust would he preferable TO the
sAnlns air on the other side OF the
room. As ! sat there noticed two spar
rows drop down from the dusty house
top and Hght in ny window. The poor
little things were about done I'd with
the heat and TIE aust: their wings were
hanging limp and their feathers vera
croapy. Evidently taey were In search
o. water. They walked round and round
tbs bottle, cycling u from al quarters. zp-
parentsy considering ways and means OF
ouencAing their thirst from the contents
Every now and then one or the other
would hop Up on TIE bo+le, peering down
IS narrow neck iong3ngly.
Presently the two seemed 20 give I'D
ms effort and zen 10 cAsttsrinE might
iiy- Feeling sorry for their h@iplessnexs
! weak across The room fer a uItIe sasga
srk wel. thinking 20 pour some water
into g Tor the thirsty birds. When I got
Back : found thzt their osn ingenuity
BAD relieved them % their difscs.isy. Dur
4nE Eay abSsacs they found a email brown
fern-fron3 that had 98lsan on the sill. Tax
ing t1ts IN MS beak. one OF she sparrous
Rad uassEte9 On Top o< the bottle. dsppes
1he frond tmfo fhe watsr and was xersr-
o1say RELIEVING shs fharSt OF his friend.
1feo sat wita = ide-Cpen mouth 20 receive
TIE graceful drop. 1as two took turn
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THE STATISTICS OF CRIME.

The Chicago Tribune has for many
years made il a practice 10 publish at the
beginning OF each year the statistics OK
crime for the preceding twelve months,
which furnish valuable data bearing upon
tendencies in that direction The Stats
tics for the year 1896, particularly those
which bear upon the peculiarly American
esting. Owing TO the aroused public SEN
timent on the subject, there has been
slight but steady annual decrease In the
number OF crimes OF this character COM
mitted since 1892, as the following table
Of lynehings for the last ten years will
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lungs Is likely TO erarsrnit that weakness TO
HE children Eft there Is no reason IN the
world why the weakness should be allowed
TO develop. There Is no reason WHY the
lungs should remain weak. Weak lungs
predispose child to consumption. They
provide place for germs to settle. That
Is al that is necessary. Once let the germs
of disease gain foot-hoid. and they in
crease with deadly rapiditv. Pretty soon
the blood is full of them, and so loses its
healthfulness and its strength giving quail
ties. If the weakness is in some other
organ, the disease will show itself In that
organ The germs will get into the blood
just the same, and the body viii begin TO
lose strength. We speak particularly of
consumption because It IS most common
because 1t causes more than oue-sixth of
al deaths IN the world.
IF there is weak and crumbiv spot in
the foundation of house, the owner clears
out the decaying material, supplants il with
new strong stuff. That's all there is to do.
That's u that's necessary.
That IS exactly the thing to do with the
lungs. Keep them full of rich, red, whole
some blood. and the weakness viii disap-
pear. Deeaying tissues viii be thrown of,
and new material Will be added until the
lungs are well and perfectly strong again.
This is the thing that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery does This is what
makes it cure oS per cent OF all cases of
consumption where it is taken according to
directions. II searches out disease germs
wherever they may be in the body It ex-
terminates them completely and forces
them out OF the system. II supplies the
blood with rich, life giving properties. II
makes the appetite good, digestion perfect.
II supplies the needed nutrinent TO all the
tissues and makes sound, healthy flesh.
There are some interesting facts sbou, II told
in one chapter of DR.. PieTce's great work, Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser" This book of 1905
pages will be sent free on receipt of tweuty-one
tan ouc-ccnt stamps to cover cost of mailing
oHiy. Address Worlds Dispeussry Medical As
sCciation. No. oo3 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Colorado furnished nearly one-half OF
all the lynehings which occurred outside
OF the Southern group. Possibly the po-
litical alliance which that state has
formed with the South may explain this
peculiar fact
The claim so frequently made 10 excuse
the Southern iynchings. that they are al
most uniformly in punishment for as
saults upon women by negroes. is not
borne out by the facts. OF the negroes
lynched in the South but forty were so
dealt with for crimes against women,
while the others were murdered by mobs
for various offenses. ranging from murder
down 10 cattle stealing. robbery, assault.
incendiarissn. Shaping child, shooting
at an officer. using threats and passing
counterfeit money. OF the whole number
OF mob victims 80 were white persons. an
extraordinary high percentage.
The figures for suicides furnished in the
table show that this crime is on the in
crease at an appalling rate. Last year
the number was $50. compared with $50
in 1885. Asia IN 1894. 4i2s in 1895. $500 In
isq2. sssi in 1891. and 2.o40 in 1890. The
crime or self-murder Is increasing out OF
all proportion to the increase in popula-
ton. IN the six years since 1890 the an
nual number OF suicides has increased
more than three times. while Il is not
likely that the increase In population has
been In excess OF 20 per cent.
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THOUSANDS engaged in those industries. but
fen SO far short OF providing the neces-
xary revenue for government expenses
nat millions Of Dollars had 10 be.bo-rowed
20 make up the defscit-
This particular item OF eleven and q
hal: million dollars OF annual interest
charges Is but one Of the incidental dam
ages done ths country BY reason OF Demo
cratic experimental legislation. but it VIII
remain long OF the list Of the govern
rnent's annual liabilities as a reminder of
Democratic incapacity 10 legislste intel
ngently FOR the country's needs
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Indians in British Columbia are threat
ening trouble as the result OF the attempt
90 enforce the -potlatch" law. For
TIE benefit Of those upacquainted with the
Chinook dialect and the Indian customs.
Il may De explained that a ''potIatch" is
q kind OF Christmas party" given by
the untutored sfwash, during which the
donor gives away al or the greater por-
ton of his personal properly 70 those who
attend 1t requires no prohioitory law 20
proven, the practice among the highly civ
uize6 whites
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THE NEW YEARS EDITION,

Auburn Argus.

AUBURN Argus.
The Post-InteLigencer New Years
edition OF ffty-six pages was the most
extensive and complete compendium
or the resources and the development of
the state or Washington OF any newspaper
ever issued IN the Northwest. The edition.
was wei illustrated, showing the marked
growth and wealth of the city OF Seattle.
IL also shows Up the entire state IN it's
present development! by counties, their
various mineral, agricultural and indus
triaI resources. AS whole. it is a splen-
did advertisement OF our state. and
those having friends abroad can set forth
our immense resources TO them in no bet
ter way than TO send them copy of this
mammoth publication.
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BITS OF HuMoR-

The young man who can get trusted for
a new overcoat is not likely 10 take his old
one out of pawn.-New Orleans Picayune.
81 don't care how much you talk" said
Mrs Tiff in the course or joint debate
with her husband, for / am determined
to have the last word"
II am perfectly willing for you TO have
the last word" replied AIR. Tiff. All ask
is that you have It soon. Harper Bazaar.
$50 you have really broken the engage
ment?"
eyes" said the girl with the svelte form
and dangerous green eyes. ''He never
really loved me. 1t has been more than a
week since l told him we could not wed
and he has not offered TO murder me yet
She sighed.-Cincinnau Enquirer.
woodman-"They tell me that you never
oct genuine victuals on the stage; that 1t
Is always imitation food which is used"
storms (the actor)-.'Well, not always.
we often get real eggs. -Yonkers States
man.
A lady who has recently returned from
a Mediterranean trip says that. as the ship
was leaving the harbor OF Athens, a well
dressed lady passenger approached the
captain, who was pacing the deck. and,
y,ointing TO the distant hills covered with
snow, asked:
what is that white stuff on the hills.
captain
captain.
Now Is H. really?'' remarked the lady;
sI thought so. but a gentleman just told
me II was Greece."-St. Louis Mirror.
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The Cuban junta, In giving out its finan-
cial statement, shows that Maxine Gomez
100000 for his services as commander-in-
chief, of which amount SO. 600 has been
paid 1t would appear that Gomez IS
patriot for revenue only"
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Now we viii soon learn how the electors
intend voting. If some of them should
change their minds and vote for Bryan
they have an absolute constitutional right
to do so. But 1t would not bs safe for
them to go home.
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Congressman Bowers lives away OF in
Southern California, so that he is not
likely to be sought out for duel, but he
invited one when he said Americans were
peculiar and some OF their daughters pre-
ferred greasy hbertines and gamblers be-
cause they had foreign label
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Senator Lodge did O. popular thing when
he proposed abolition OF the Congress
sional Record. 1t has some value, but 1t
is like looking for needle in bundle OF
hay to get at IL. II 1t had an index on
the front page it might not be so fire.
quently condemned.
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Gov. Bradley, Of Kentucky, has disband-
ed the militia company bearing his name,
which disgraced itself by engaging in a
drunken riot on Christmas eve. There are
some penalties attached to too liberal
patronizing OF home industry. even in
KentTlckY
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The Wyoming secretary OF state has Is
sued statement showing the total vote Of
the state and the proportion cast by
women. The total vote was 2, 797, and the
woman vote 7,122. or sa.6a per cent. Nine
~ per cent. of the women qualified 10
vote went 10 the polls
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Bryan says he sees no signs of prosper
tty yet. All actors and lecturers are apt
to Judge community's prosperity by the
box receipts.
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The Louisville. KY, labor unions evil
IDENTIFY are not very much opposed TO ''gov-
eminent by injunction" They are in
court asking for such a writ to prevent a
street car company from operating its
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The saying. money talks" will have to
be modified. Representative Money posi-
lively declines TO be interviewed on the
result OF his Cuban observations.
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whatcom Blade. The siwashes seem 70
be ashamed OF their weather progno<tica-
tons Their prophecies have all fallen N
the wrong direction this winter. and II old
Rip should awaken on Puget sound this
January day he would imagine il was June
or July.