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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
Az Att.mpte<l suIclde,

OsKALoosA, Nov. g. David Grier. a
railroad man and ex-bartender, at
tempted to commit suicide By taking
eight grains Of morphine. He was
found by his wife before the drug had
killed, and two doctors, after working
with him three hours, saved his Life.
No cause is given for the act. He had
had steady employment and good
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
Com nlsslon ers' salaries.

DIES MONIES, Nov. 5.-In response to
a query from the auditor of state as to
whether the section of the code re-
dueing the salary of the railroad COM
missioners from $4,000 to $4,000
annually IS TO be construed as taking
effect with the code on October / last
or at the beginning of the next terms
OF the commissioners, Attorney Gem
eral Remley submitted an opinion
that the change contemplated was to
take effect on October /.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
DAVENPORT KILLING.
A. Accidental Shot Ended john Nsglc'a
Life.

A. Accidental Shot Ended John Nsgle's
Life.
DAVENPORT, Nov. "A peculiar
fatality occurred at Walnut Grove,
about Ave miles east o: Long Grove.
John Nagle, a we'll known farmer
living there, while out hunting near
his home with four companions, acct
dentally shot and killed himself. The
party was in Nagle's pasture at the
time, and the body was taken to the
house and the coroner was summoned.
A physician states that the accident
was peculiar one. and it cannot be
understood how the gun was dis
charged to make the wound in the
place that it did au.. -.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
Esc.pss Fror. tho spstssttary.

Dies MONIES, Nov. 3.-Victor Fish has
escaped from the penitentiary at Ana.
mosa. He was convicted Of stealing
I hsrpess from barn in Des Moines
snd sent TO the prison for six years.
That was six months ago, end It was
his third term, ho having been sent
up before from Sioux City and Abel.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
SERIOUS STRIKES ABROAD.

English Cotton Operatives Object to Re.
t1uction-NO Bakers in Madrid.
MANCHESTER. Oct 31.-All the meet
ngs OF the cotton operatives through
tut the north Of England instructed
heir delegates to inform the operators
hat they would not consent to the
proposed reduction in their wages.
The situa ton is most critical. About
loo, 900 operatives are affected.
MADRID, Oct 3l.-The strike of the
bakers has become general, and j, is
titiicult to:procure bread in the city,
soldiers are being used as bakers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
a NEED LONG FELT.
Railroads Mast Now isave Automatic
ssSSsfFF ri COublefy.

Railroads Mast Now isave Automatic
Coaplers.
DEs MONIES, Nov. 4.-Iowa railway
companies must provide all their rolf
ing stock with safety, automatic
brakes and safety couplers not later
than January !, 1898, or he held IN
contempt OF a law passed by the last
general Assem- bly,. This requirement.,
long the subject OF agitation, was
made by the last legislature without
the extension of time to 1900 that was
in the minds Of some. The twenty
fourth general assembly passed q law
giving the railroad commissioners
authority to extend the time to 1900 II
they thought such action necessary
but the extension did not get into the
law. Heavy penalties are attached to
of the statute.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05

Iowan Killed BY . Minnesota Oncsr
PIPEsToNE, Mimi, Nov. 4.-Henry
Haberling, of New Hamburg, Iowa,
was shot and killed by Policeman Nc
Call in this city. Haberling was
under arrest and attempted to escape.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
nr,ck Work. Rurnel,

/. WEBSTER CRY, Nov. 3.-The Lehigh
brick and tile works. operated by the
Webster City people, burned. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
ImnIgratIon Il FalIinr on.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The number
OF immigrants arrived in: the United
States during the first three months 81
the present fiscal year was 40, 900, a
decrease of nearly 800 as compared
with the same period last year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05

An inventor In Madrid has succeeded in
making superior quality OF soap out OF
grasshoppers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05

Mrs. Beasely, of Philadelphia rejoices
In aniucome Of IS, 900 year, derived from
an invention of her own, machine that
hoops barrels.
star Tnhacco ia the leading brand a,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05

root OF the matter. This is why 1t cures such
large variety Of diseases which are unable to
nerformed are marvellous. Read the following
from Mrs. Nathan Quiyey, Shaw. Kansas:
II had Neuralgia In right side Of head and
and eye until I became entirely blind; DR..
Kay's Renovator has done me more good than
ali the doctors and patent medicines ever
tried, and I tried great many. It has helped
my eye, head stomach, and liver, very much
and sleep much better.
Also one from Rev. ]. B. Wade, Morrison Col
IT am nstontshed ut the mildness and yet
the efficiency Of DR.. Kays Renovation in rnox.
Ing Constituted bowels, and IN producing y
afdicted with constipation for 25 years.
It IS sold by druggists or sent by US by mail
q for q cts. or el.W. Don't take any substitute!
for IL has no equal Write us for our @ paGs
hook. It has 50 valuable recipes and treets.
nearly oil diseases Asdr ; pr. 1:ay:sk.eZs
I mr. Kav's Lung Balm to cure every kind Of
cough. influenza or la-grppe. Write Tor hook.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
give " Re.t.

This Is tho prayer OF the nervous who do
Aot deep wen. Let them use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters and their prayer will be
speedily answered. Insomnia is the pro-
duct Of indigestion and nervousness, two
associate ailments, soon remedied by the
Bitters, which also vanquishes malaria,
constipation, liver complaint, rheumatism
and kidney complaints.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-11-05
Rlensy Of Them. ,
sXou ~ you love my daughter,"
y love her, or, with every hber that
VosessBD al - 4 a
..Eysry nbsr. \ 4 81,
= ss, DIR. I'm in tho rope and cahl,
h hSaainAsa MIR NJ t8A lzT 800
was Z Lucky Man

Was Lucky Man.
9priggs-Hello, old man, I'm awfully
glad to SEQ you out again. Iheard that the
doctors gave you up.
BowlesYes, guess I'd have died il
they hadn't. IN =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

Of London, except that immediately
surrounding the Tower. Here IN the
famous Cripple Gate church, marking
the site Of one OF the old entrances TO
the ancient metropolis Another OF
the gates along the wall is now mark
ed By Aldersgate street. but the once
tortuous alleys have within the past
fifteen years given way to broad ave-
nues, OF which Australian avenue and
Bradford avenue are examples. 1t is
a dense mass of brick warehouses de-
voted to dry goods, and Fore street
contains stocks large enough to supply
an empire.
1t is some distance from the bound
airy line of the great fire, whose ter
mination is marked by high column
surrounted by representation of
flames which glitter in the sunshine
and can be seen from all the hills
around the city. This Is the monu-
ment which ascribes the fire to the
Catholics, and is referred to by Pope
as "a tall bully, which rears its head
and lies
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

A scrub Victoria paper, which counts
that day lost when 1t cannot conjure up
falsehood about the Post-InteIligencer, re-
Gently made a characteristic reply to this
papers criticism that 1t had been busily
advertising the Stickeen as an "all-Cana-
dian route" when in fact it is no more an
all-Canadian route than Dyea or Skaguay
The Victoria Journal declares that by
treaty the Canadians have been given the
right Of free navigation up the Stickeen.
and therefore that Canadians need not
say by your leave to any one" This is
all subterfuge. If any person leave Vic
toria under the impression that his belong
ings will escape the scrutiny of United
States customs officers, he will find him
self grievously mistaken. 1t will be i'm
possible to go up the Stickeen without
landing in American territory, and In that
case the customs authorities win have pre-
cisely the same duties to perform as at
Dyea or Skaguay. The Canadians have
the same right of free navigation on the
Yukon, and we may expect next to hear
that 1t is an all-Canadian route. It Is Just
as easy, so far as customs regulations are
concerned, to 60 by way of Skaguay or
Dyea as the Stickeen; and travellers will
probably find that the natural obstacles
are infinitely smaller.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.

Unpoetical though it may be, the
truth is that far more men break their
hearts over their grown-up daughters
than over their sweethearts. One rea-
son probably Is that a mans disap-
pointment III love generally come ear
!y in life. when the heart is impression
able ana the memory OF loss is es-
faced by a successor in his affections.
Youth is rarely respondent long. and
first love Is seldom the last.
Very different Is it with n daughter
For some reason a father and his girl
are usually more closely attached. Just
as the mother is TO her boy, All The
natural tenderness tor the opposite sex
finds its purest exposition in the fiial
relation. The watchful love and care
OF childhood expand into the pride
OF daughters maturing life and
ambition for her advancement. Con-
scisntions as a father might be In the
desire that his girl should marry hap
PLY and 20 one entirely worthy Of
her. he cannot help longing for her
material welfare and that she should
not only be- spared the notifications of
poverty. but hold high place in the
world.
When this expectation IS not real
lied. the disappointment Is keen. The
father may not always be more wise
than the girl In "a choice. and q tenn
rorary regret may pass into acquies-
cent submission 10 fate; hut often the
bitterness cannot he allsyei, and the
fond heart Of the father withers away
IN a grief such as only father can
know. To often 1t happens that the
awakening from the dream hopes
shocks 50 severely that life becomes a
dreary and expressionless waiting for
the enc-the secret sorrow silently
whitening the hair. though no syllable
q complaint comes from the proud
lpS.
50 father died a few DAYS ago. In
spite OF his pieadings. his daughter
married the bogus lord and ex~conylct
Walter Berestord. The girl had baen
geatIy reared. every wish being graft
Ted until her infatuation for the
smooth swtnaler provoked her father
To resistance. She was his only child
and be would have saved her from her
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

kelsay Porter, who was hanged at Union,
Or, Friday, was murderer Of uncommon
attainments. He had suffered serious an
noyance from a neighboring family, and in
a quarrel he slew father, mother and son.
1t was a most foul crime, and he richly
deserved his fate. But, notwithstanding,
Porter found the usual lachrymose sympa-
thizers, who made strong but futile at
tempt to have Gov. Lord commute the
sentence to life imprisonment. If Porter
had killed several more persons, perhaps
they would have been moved to ask his
pardon. 1t is pleasant, after reviewing
the disgusting spectacle of the clamorous
effort to save Porters neck. to contem-
plate the fact that the murderer himself
was made OF sterner stuff. He mounted the
scaffold firmly. faced his executioner with
intrepidity. declined to say anything, and
was ushered into eternity as he had lived
a murderer who realized the uselessness
and vanity of remorse. and the exact Jus
lice of his fate. 1t is proper enough to add
that King county has for q long time been
deprived Of the pleasure of seeing how any
OF its many murderers would conduct them
selves on the scaffold
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

The fire which has destroyed a con-
siderable area OF warehouse property
In Tendon has only been surpassed By
tae great fire 81 1865. and the Tooley
street fire OF 1889 The cash value Of
tae property destroyed IS perhaps
greater thaa either. because when
the eonaagration destroyed almos,
she whole OF London the houses were
SNAIL and not more than TWO stories.
The Tooiey street fire did 10; cover so
groa. an area a. the last ore. but il was
IN a district devoted 20 oils and chem
icals sad burned nercely for several
days. and cost the Ore department the
life II the FIRST famous chief. Braid
wood. the immediate predecessor OF
teat Capt. Shaw who has bee. known
gil the wo-ld over by Gilbert & sulll-
vans oontralto apostrophe in "Iolan-
the" aud who has since become os-
TRACKED from society on sccoan, Of his
connection with tie Lady Collins Camp
bell scandal
The district which has now been laid
In ashes is situated IN the oldest par,
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A RARE PROCEEDING, INDEED.

Seattle. Nov. 20. 1897.
To the Editor: In todays Post Intelli-
gencer very interesting affair Is present.
ed to the public. Delinquent public Of
ficials. whose cases have dawdled along
for several months, are now brought for
ward for: Prosecution. settlement or dis
missaL. 1t appears by published reports
that great weight Is placed upon "infor-
mality." in presenting the case in court.
But the essentials are not contradicted.
as the delinquents have pleaded guilty. II
the prosecuting officers have been in
formal in their duties. whose RESPONSE
bility Is IL? II the culprits have pleaded
guilty under these circumstances. what Is
the duty OF the court? Will the court use
its prerogatives to sustain a "formility"
and disregard the essentials? The court
Of public opinion Ia always open as long
as free speech and free press prevail. And
this court Is never particular about FOR
malities." 1t Is essentials which always
influence the court OF public opinion.
Just think OF a self-confess ed criminals
friends being invited into the prosecuting
attorneys Office to give advice relative to
a settlement for the criminals. in which
Moralist Way takes prominent part.
The principal culprit promises to pay all
the money back. IL he is prosecuted no
further. What precedent is here intro
ducedi Precedents established In court are
a very serious matter. IL this precedent
is established. public officials In future can
steal the public funds, and IL they are
caught. just pay them back. That's all
This might be called: Running the pros
ecuting attorneys office wide open" under
the reform banner. One promnen.
preacher says that Seattle has so. 600
churchIess people, and one prominent
editor saws that 90 per cent. of the tax
payers will he satisfied IL criminal Will
return them their money. II this Is true,
the gospel of "Mephitis' should soon be-
come very popular in Seattle.
L. CLAYSON, SIR.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
AFTER DEATH.

A few days ago man committed
suicide in New York. There Is no mo-
tive known for the act except that con-
tanned in letter he left to his brother
in Virginia, making the request that
the two surviving brothers join in in
ducing their father and mother to be-
queath his share to the widow and
daughter of the suicide. In that letter
he describes his state of mind. He
says:
''You will. know be interested in know
ing how person feels who Is about to step
into the unknown world. Hence, viii tell
you what my feelings are. / wonder, l
doubt, hope, but over all the wonder and
the doubt and the hope feeling OF intense
curiosity prevails. What is the future? /
believe know. but il is only belief. am
very curious to verify ii. The feeling Of
fear is absent / am going from here to
play chess with the automaton. This fact
illustrates my mental condition. perhaps.
more than a volume OF my writing would.
Death seems to me TO be merely an event of
no more Importance. say than breakfast.
i love life, and hate to leave il, but the
summons has been served and / must
answer. And now. goed-by. We will meet
again."
Usually a suicide cares nothing for
the future If he has any wish on The
subject 1t is that there shall be none.
1t is not another world he seeks, but
utter humiliation.
If the future life is a consciousness
there should be no fear OF it. There
would be none If anything were
known. The fear that men have is
the undertaking of that lonely journey
to they know not what. The hope In
spired by religion is rather a depend
ence upon blind confidence than an
intelligent expectation. No teacher
has ventured to give any description
of hereafter; and even the sugges-
tons Of future glory are manifestly
only allegories-only contrast to the
evils of this life and an application
Of the advantages OF this world.
To the weary is held out the vision
Of rest. to the suffering a cessation
from pain. The heaven of the prophet
is one OF gold and silver and precious
stones in plenty; the occupations those
Of piety and the expressions in sweet
music.
The unsatisfied soul knows that In
any after life there can be no happi-
ness without effort, no qualification
except in accomplishment. With no
need of activity, no wish unqualified,
no toll, no disappointment, no rivalry,
no passion, life would become the con-
tentment Of inertia, the cessation of
all desire, the coma OF the mind and
eventual self-effacement. This Is not
the future intended for the children OF
an intelligent Creator; 1t is too pur-
poseless, too vacuous.
Sleep Is only a renewal OF the vital
forces; death is only the rest which
comes between two epochs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

SELF. A few years ago. in London.
Beresforc, alias LAscelles. made the
acquaintance of the Lilienthal family
OF New York. representing himself to
them a Lord Beresford. His scene Of
action changed to Georgia, where spec
ulations followed by litigation resulted
IN his confinement in the state peniten-
tiary. While out on bond he eloped
with Miss Lilienthal, who ~as reputed
to be heiress to $1,000. 900. He was
again arrested, and once more incar-
cerated. His wife accompanied him,
and even occupied the same cell with
him. What became Of her Is not
known.
Later he was sent to the penal camp
at Kramer, Ca, where he served four
years, until he was pardoned last
spring by Gov. Atkinson. Of Georgia.
Shortly after his release he secured
contract for water. light and gas
works In the new city of Fitzgerald.
He had very fascinating manners. and
won the heart of Miss Pelky. The
couple had returned from their bridal
tour but q few days when they disap-
peared. no trace OF them having been
found since. Developments revealed
that Beresford had duped local business
concerns right and left and forged
and swindled to a remarkable extent.
The grieved father searched for the
daughter and would have taken her
home. but while On his fruitless jour
ney, death came mercifully to him,
and in fitful sleep he passed away.
Such grief can only be known to
a father: 1t has more in 1t than
mothers sorrow for an erring child.
1t Is the entombment not only of at
lection, but Of the cherished hopes and
ambition of whole lifetime.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
SNAPSHOTS By THE WAY.

Mr.. Atkinson's friends are now explain
night.
Mr.. Boyce wants 1t distinctly understood
that the old guard may die. but 1t never
resigns.
Seth Low is to go after the Republican
nomination for governor. Mr.. Low Is
dreaming again.
For q candidate who tries hard to avoid
ONCE, Mayor-elect Humes appears to be
remarkably inadept as a dodger.
- :! ::
Commissioner Boyce presents his COM
pliments to Mr.. McElroy's friends, and
will they kindly permit him to do his own
resigning?
The average Londoner is today busy ex-
planning where he was when it broke out.
This practice was first inaugurated In Sc
attic. June Z. 1859.
The mayor-elect kindly takes the public
into his confidence and says he does not
know what his policy will be; but it's ten
to one he suspects.
- - -
1t transpires that Col. Breckenridge was
attempting again to reform Kentucky pol
itics at the last election. There are some
things that even Kentucky can't stand.
- -
1t il painful to reflect that Col Lewis
must soon return to Washington to min
gle with the brains OF the country and to
lead the great congressional cake-walk.
=. - -
1t seems to be necessary to explain that
the omission of the name of the Honorable
Richard Winsor from the list of guests at
that recherche little affair In the prosecut-
Ing attorneys Office was not accidental.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
NEW STORY BY HALL CAME.

The Post-Intelligencer takes pleasure In
announcing that 1t has secured the ex-
elusive right to publish In the Pacific
Northwest new story by Hall Game,
probably the greatest of living novelists,
achieved wide fame In 'The Bondman,"
1.-THE Deemster," THE Manxman.'' and
lastly "The Christian" which is by many
works, showing that he is now in the ZEN
it'll Of his power. 1.-THE Last Confession
is remarkable story, told In the authors
serial and viii be complete In four num-
bers. Publication will begin next Sunday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

ana Ars- Nansen. Who have shared with
their husbands the severe hardships and
manifold dangers Of Arctic exploration:
but neither has made the journey alone.
The explorer Glave mentioned in maya
zine article the many reports that a great
mountain OF copper exists somewhere In
the Alaskan interior. and was given sew
eral specimens Of virgin metal by the In
dams. who refused. however. to tell where
they obtained it. No doubt schwatka was
familiar with the same stories, and he
probably also secured specimens Of copper
ore. II Mrs. Schwatka IS going. her motive
is doubtless to locate the copper deposit. il
Il exists.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

1t is declared in a special from Washing
ton that the project OF a boat railway
around the dailes 0. the Columbia mus,
he abandoned as impracticabie, and that
a canal and locks viii be recommended hy
the river and harbor committee Of the
house. There has always been more or less
violent controversy over the feasibility OF
the boat railway project. and it Is not as.
;onizhsng that the government has a. las,
definitely decided no; 30 take IL I'd. 1.
;ook something Ike fifteen years ana
s. 40 to construct the Cascade locks
which are now operated by our great GOV.
eminent Ter tire heneAt OF one solitary
daily stsrnwhesl steamboat from Portland
- The Dales- II the Oregon politician.
can manage 70 induce Uncle Sam 10 soana
S@".ea more AID employ his engineer.
AID laaorers tor another fifteen wears I,
! calculated that the presen, mighty river
commerce from The Dalles (clyv) "a Part.
A7d vii - increased AZ least le6 per can.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

Port Townsend Is experimenting with ap-
pies and has sent shipment TO Hawaii. 1t
is not likely that any very extensive mar
ket for Washington apples can be opened
in Hawaii. for the reason that 1t has staple
fruits OF its own. but there are many
Americans and Europeans in Honolulu
who are no doubt prepared to buy choice
apples. II the Port Townsend fruit Is
first-class It will sell in Hawaii: II not. 1t
stands poor chance. Western Washington
raises the best apples in the world. and it
is good policy to keep culls at home and
send only frst-class fruit away.