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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-02
QUICK JUSTICE.


A colored man stood on Second avenue.
near Madison street. last evening and
amused himself by making insulting re-
marks to people who passed near him.
Finally mild-looking man. accompanied
by a lady. came along. and the coiored
man spoke out once more.
The miid-looking man turned and asked
the colored man what he said The latter
repeated his remark. A moment later he
hit the sidewalk with his head The mild
looking man walked up the street as II
nothing had happened. and the patrol
wagon took the colored man TO police
headquarters. There was no charge
against him. so Capt. Sullivan told him TO
go 10 a doctor and have the cuts on his lip
and head sewed up.
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WASHINGTON. May 1.-The Demo-
cratic committee on committees was In
session today. but reached no definite con-
clusion- II has been definitely settled that
Senator Turpie. OF Indiana. will have the
place on finance. Several other places
have been fixed. but they are held in
allegiance until the list agreed upon by the
Republicans is submitted.
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OTTAWA. May 1.-The supreme court
today gave a decision for the justice de-
partment, deciding that a man or woman
who leaves Canada TO so 20 the United
States for a divorce without intending 10
live there. afterwards marrying and re-
turning TO Canada. can be prosecuted for
blgamy
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Tom T.. johnson a Candidate.

CLEVELAND. May lit Is definitely
announced that Hon. Tom l.. Johnson Is
a candidate for the Democratic nomination
for senator His only approximations far Is
John Mclean. OF Cincinnati
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WASHINGTON. May I.--Commander
Ioary, who sailed under the guns OF the
German ship az Samoa and threatened 10
blow her out OF the water ~ she landed
men. has been found color blind. and will
probably be retired.
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The railway metals between Lonaon ana
Edinburgh. = distance % go miles are el6
Yards ierger IN summer than they are in
the extra heat.
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Senator Earle seriou.iv M

GREENvIT.IE. :. g. May i.-Senator
Joseph III. Earle Is quite IN az his home
here. His physicians consider his con-
Sstieu serious. His aiiment Is due to kid
ney trouble.
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ENDEAyOR RATES FIXED.
Western Roads Come 20 m Agree
nent-Aaneancement
nj Farce.

CHICAGO. May 1.-The Western roads
have practically agreed upon rates. stop
overs and other arrangements for the
Christian EndeAvor convention at San
Francisco during the latter part Of the
next mouth.
The executive committee OF the Western
Passenger Association. which has been at
work on the matter for several weeks
completed its work today and will make
Its report at n Getting OF the association
20 be held on Tuesday. That the report
will be adopted II almost certainty.
Rates TO San Francisco decided upon by
this committee ara as follows:
From Rate.
Chicago and Milwaukee ...... Se5 90
81 Louis. Cairo. Memphis. New Or
LIS .s-.s....s. -.s-.s... ammonium. - W
Peoria and Bloomington .......... e. %
81. Paul and Minneapolis. ........... n 75
Missouri river points Kansas city
TO Sioux City, Inclusive. Column
bus. Kan. Minneoia and Houston.
Tex 100000, ......................... q 80
Return rates are the same
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BREDIN DEFEATED by DOVES.
England's Crack Runner Loses by
SIX Yards.

MANCHESTER. May Nv. T. Doves
beat Il. G. Bredin six yards today in the
quarter-miIe run. Time. ~ 5-s seconds.
The meeting OF the two crack quarter
mile runners brought out 5000 spectators.
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French billiard tables have six legs in
stead OF four. as In America. There are no
strings for marking: score is kept by
chalking the figures on a slate set in the
side OF the table. or on q mechanical reck-
oner, inserted in the same place.
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How Fast wild Geese Fly.

II. Helm Clayton In Science
During the three days ending March -
numerous fsocks 90 geese were seen MI
grating nortaward. or rather northeast
ward. since they were following the gen
erai trend Of the coast line. which IN New
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More Than Two Million. I'm Duties.

NEW YORK May l.--There was a Zig
rush OF importers today 10 nay duties.
and the receipts reached g.. 40s. So. a rec
ord exceeded only two days IN the history
OF the custom honse. The heaviest
duties paid today were on sugar and to-
haccc
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The Cold Reserve

WASHINGTON. May I-Today's state.
naent OF the condition Of the TREASURY,
shows: Available cash balance. s1eS eao :
siT. gold reserve. slss $40 Sss.
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us.s.~~rss shskea TIL reepse
Leave Their Homes N Terr"r-
w...~. r.I, ssS B.ry Tseir oces-
.s.s.-rsAsi wave Foiiews. Over
~S.,-,,s Many small vesseis-
n..s.rssnees ~ Lima, Perus
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WASHINGTON. May i-Pressdent NJ.
K1uicy at noon received the new Chtnesa
minister, WI Ting Fang. The ceremonies
were very formal
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SAN rRsNs-lSSso. May i.-BuncAlnE
their runs - blocks ~ I'VE. TIE University
- .-.ltsornsa hall keam had EEua grip Oh
Ire ftnaI game os the intercollegiate Sc
res Tor Isl, rlAye1 to-day al CsaiFal pzTk.
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Anarchist. Sentenced N p..,s

BARCELONA. May i.-Twenty-six an
archtsss. in addition 20 those already sen.
fenced have been condemned TO death FOR
completely in the bomb outrage last Juno
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A. y. 4. an Ems~..,cr

TOPEKA. Kan, May IA y. Hubbard
state president OF the A 2. a. Is nnsar
arrest here. charged with the ernbexzle-
meat % 81. 90
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NEW ORLEANS May The river -
standing stu soaay. while the ngh. IS go
Ing on al along the lire
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The Great Northern - the short Iae "A
Spokane. 81 Paul sns al points Eass.
Look az their library cars before you de-
ckde
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DRANK DOGS BLOOD.
voua sOuE Survivors or THE
WRECKED VALIANT.

ssa~rssg ss ses-s~ses-
s~~a Of Their Csspsstoss DIE.
- Are Thvs~s oversssvA-ssx
~. Wyshsss water or Fro
vssssss-ff~rce ssrssgse ss the
sns, ssnk-Twe "a she Survivors
van l>~se All Of Their Liahs.
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PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
A Cash Balance of s23s. 600, 900 In the
Treasury.

WASHINGTON. May L-Tha monthly
statement OF the public debt shows that at
the close OF business on April 80. the debt.
less cash In the treasury. amounted 10
$50. 244 i32. a decrease for the month of
s5.sIs.ocS. which is principally accounted
for by corresponding increase In the
cash. The debt proper, independent of the
cash In the treasury. was increased during
the month BY SOS. $40 on account OF the
deposits of national bank notes in excess
OF redemplions. The debt is classified as
follows:
Interest-bearing debt ............s S47. 365. $50
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity $1,000. 1.3C3.S30
Debt bearing no interest 81 ei5. sS9
This. however. does not include sos i07.-
40 In certificates and treasury notes out
standing. which are Offset by an equal
amount of cash In the treasury. The cash
in the treasury is classified as follows:
Gold .......-....-....--.......] ~, .tZ. IN
silver --.-.....-.-........-- Dis. sSo.luS
PAPER .............s..s...-.. fs, 55isssN
Bonds discussing officers bal
ances, etc.. ....--.............. te.5t,slS
Iotai .-......-.-...-......$ $50, 300
Against this there are outstanding liabil-
tiles amounting to SOS. CSC. l3s leaving .
cash balance in the treasury of So, o9o5l7.
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The Great Northern railway is the pop
ular line TO all Kootenai points No lay
over.
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Meman's Censre.- Aaionrn..

SAN FRANCISCO. Nay The won.
ans congress came 20 an end tonight.
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SAN FRANCISCO. May CLAY Web
ster Taylor, of Shasta county, died here
today of heart trouble aged 81. For years
he had been prominent In California poll
tics, was leading Democrat and was snce
the nominee of that party for governor.
but was defeated. He was a native Of
Michigan.
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DEATHS.


NEW YORK. May William Rossiter.
president of the Terminal Warehouse
Company of New York. is dead at his
home In Brooklyn. He was a brother of
E. v. w. Rossiter, treasurer of the New
York Central Railway Company. and Gin
ton l.. Ross;ter. president of the Brooklyn
Heights Railway Company. He was 40
years Of age.
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Can't. n. G. Creftli.h.

PfTTSBURG, May Capt. M. G. Creit-
fish. ordnance storekeeper at the United
States arsenal, died early this morning of
heart disease. He was 60 years of age. and
formerly lived at Rock Island. la. He has
since 1894.
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...n. 22s. ss4.


Against this there are outstanding liabil-
tiles amounting to SOS. s5s. l3s. leaving .
cash balance In the treasury of $aes ,09o. 5l7
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Our great showing is the admira-
ton of alone of the successes OF
this modern concern. Prices range
from such small figures that the won-
der is how the material alone can be
sold for so little. Then the other ex-
treme is reached. and women wonder
how such tailoring can be done--com-
plete dresses actually sold for less
than it would cost to even make them
here.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
SPANISH BAD FAITH.

40 Intention OF Permitting a Fair InVe9-
tIgation of the Ruiz Case-The Witnesses
are Illuminated Persons Who Talk
About Foul Play Will Hear From 1t
Later. notwithstanding of Pro-
lection by the American Government.
NEW YORK. May 21.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana, via Key
West, says:
The joint investigation of the Ruiz
case does not get along very well, and
there is some danger hat the United
States representative will find himself
forced to withdraw because of delay
and the tendency to politely ask and
insist upon undesirable conditions.
News m hat Ferder, who figured
in Lees report of the Ruiz case, and
who was in Jail with the unfortunate
American in Guanabaco at the time of
Ruiz'S death. has been rearrested quiet
~. probably as a warning to him and
others that while spain consents po-
litely to 4 free American investigation
| she has her own ideas about the duty
of her subjects in a ease of this kind.
Ferder asserts that he is an American
citizen. but not registered. 1t is said
also that since Mr.. Calhoun's arrival,
just as before Gen. Lee began his in
vestigation last winter, word has been
passed down the line that all persons
who talk much about foul play will
hear from it later, no matter how
prodigal the American government
may be with promises of protection at
any cost.
Nj. Calhoun is displaying much pa
thence, and hopes to get to work with
the actual hearing by next Monday.
There is little doubt that he will either
confirm Gen. Lees report of the Ruiz
case in full, or decide that a proper in
vestigation of the facts is impossible
now, because he can not make the wit.
ness believe that they will be protected.
1t is reported that two new witnesses
have been found who heard important
matters in the Jail on the day that Ruiz
died.
Gen. Weyler is expected here soon,
and he has sent ahead of him d long in
terview to the local press, in which he
makes the statement hat the Cubans
are worthy and intelligent people. and
that as -four western provinces are
wholly pacified, the time to put the re-
forms in operation has come.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
ALLEGED FORGED WILL.

A Contest in Prospect Over Jacob z. DaviR
MillionS-Dayis WAS a Man of Hobbies
A Will, Said to Have Been Found in the
Urn Containing the Ashes of His Dead
Wife, Declared by Some of the Heira
Spurious.
SAN FRANCISCO. May GA will, de-
clared to be a forgery, and discovered
in the urn containing the ashes of the
testator's dead wife, is one of the sen
sational features that will be presented
in the contest over the estate of the
late Jacob Il. Davis, the San Francisco
millionaire, philanthropist and patron
of arts and sciences.
Davis was born in Philadelphia, and
was a man of hobbies. Not the least
of these was a desire to collect the re-
mains of his relatives in the old
Dunkard churchyard at Germantown,
near Philadelphia. where he expended
over SO, 900 in erecting white marble
headstones over their graves. He also
caused to be built an addition to the
old church, and it was during a visit to
attend to the completion of the struc-
ture that he died in October last, at the
Continental hotel.
Davis was at one time president OF
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Children, an active member of
the Academy of Sciences, and took a
deep interest in the state mining bu-
reau. During his life he not only gave
them a great deal of money, but made
them presents of statuary and rare
minerals.
On the night of his death, it is stated,
Davis sem for John Senderling, a rela-
tive, requested him to write at his die
tation what he intended to be his will.
Senderling had nearly completed the
document when Davis suddenly de-
clared that his pulse had stopped beat
ing. A few minutes later he died leav-
ing the will uncompleted.
This uncompleted document Sender
ling submitted to the American Trust
Co.. and to a lawyer in Philadelphia.
He was advised that, while there was
no signature to the paper, such docu-
mentS have been construed by courts
to be wills, and he accordingly filed
it with the trust company. Three
weeks after DAVIS death, and
after Alex Boyd, his partner,
and Z. Il. Mastick, his lifelong friend
and attorney, had searched high and
low for a will without avail. the docu-
ment now before the probate court,
making Lizzie Muir and Mrs. Belle
Curtis the sole legatees of the
dead millionaire, mysteriously APP
peared. 1t is alleged to have been
found in the Urn containing his
wifc's ashes. The document was filed
for probate, and is now being contested
by the nephew and niece in the east,
Catherine Stead and Joseph Wilson.
who set up that the paper is a forgery,
is not the last will of Davis. OF. if it is,
hat it was made at adatc when he vas
of weak mind and under undue influ
pDcP.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
A MOAN FROM MANCHESTER
No Change for the Better in the Industrie:
Centering There.

MANCHESTER, May 24.-There is no
change for the better in the industries
which center hire. business is so
small that the factories + practically
at a standstill.
The rate of eastern exchange makes
Indian and Chinese orders for the most
part impossible, and there is no sign
of a revival as yet in the Levant. Idle
looms are rapidly increasing in num-
Der. One result of this serious condi-
ton is the resolution to make the Whit
suntide holidays as long as possible.
Yarns are becoming more plentiful, a
regular glut. in fact, and the old orders
are not replaced by current purchases.
Prices are irregular and the quotations,
which are but nominal, follow the de-
cline in cotton.
On the continent, however, the mar
ketS are steady and fairly strong.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29

Statue of the Founder OF Girard College
Unveiled at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2I.-The statue
If Stephen Girard. the great philan-
throphiSt, and founder of the famous
Girard college, was unveiled with i'm
posing ceremonies.
The statue stands on the west plaza
of the city hall, and was erected by
contributions of the college alumni.
The day commemorated the one hun
dred and fo~rty-Seventh anniversary of
the philanthropist. and also marked
the semi centennial of the successful
working of the college which bears
his name. The unwilling exercises
included addresses by Gen. Louis Wag-
ner and Gov. Hastings. The Grafton
was delivered by Hon. James n. Beck,
and the statue was unveiled BY the two
youngest pupils of the college. 1t was
accepted on behalf of the city by Mayor
Warwick.
Prior to the unwilling exercises 500
uniformed Girard college boys and l.
900 of the college alumni paraded from
the college and proceeded down Broad
street past the statue. They were
reviewed from the Union League club
house by Gov. Hastings, Mayor War
wick and others. The occasion was
favored with delightful weather.
The pedestal upon which the statue
is placed is of gray New Hampshire
granite. and the statue itself is Of
standard bronze. The height of the
figure, including the bronze plinth up
on which it stands, is nine feet three
inches, and the total height of the
monument is IS feet four inches.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
ELECTION OFFICERS ARRESTED.
They just Fixed Up the Returns Any Old
Way.

ST. Louis, May &C. William
Moeller, James j. Moran, C. II. Schok-
miller, Thomas T. Carey and Thomas
+. Dunn, judges and clerk of election
at the recent school board election,
have been arrested on the complaint
of Edward R. Johnson. a clerk in
the same precinct, who called the at
tention of the election commissioners
to the grossly fraudulent manner in
which the returns had been made, OF
which the books gave the most
convincing evidence, and also to
his WI battered condition as
the result of his refusal to be-
come a party to the fraud. AS the
books are signed by all of the above
mentioned parties they have furnished
the evidence for their own conviction,
and the election commissioners will
endeavor to land them all in the peni-
Tertiary as a warning to others who
would tamper with the results of cleo
tons.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
Two and Third Yearly Meeting
An AIl-Day Session.

New YORK, May 23.-The two hun
dred and third session of the New York
yearly meeting of the Society of
Friends was continued in the meeting
house on Stuyvesant square through
out the whole day. From morning
until night the day was devoted to
public worship.
There was a prayer meeting in the
morning. at which a number of per-
sons interested in the society delivered
addresses and in the afternoon there
was a school union at which the school
children attended, followed by a meet
ing for worship, which was largely at
tended. Meetings were also held in
Brooklyn.
In the evening there was a meeting
of the Young Friends association, at
which Mary a. Nichols read a paper,
'Are Friends Clear of Materialism?'
Her contention was that even among
those who believe IN the principle OF
truth and the divinity of Christ ma
terialism was making inrGads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
TWO PERSONS KILLED.

Three More Seriously Injured In q Fire In
n Large Brown Stone Building-A Brave
Woman Who First Gave the Alarm to
Others and Then Perished in Her Room
with Her Daughter.
New YORK. May 24.-Two persons
were killed and three seriously injured
in a fire which started. shortly after
four o'clock yesterday morning in the
four-story and basement brown stone
building, at 149 west Twenty-tiird
street. Several persons narrowly es-
capped death.
The dead are:
Mrs. Catherine Mossway, SO years;
died at hospital from suffocation and
burns.
Beatrice MoSsway. four years old,
her room.
The building was occupied for both
business and dwelling purposes.
In the basement is an all-night eat
ing house. The Weser Piano Co. oc-
cupy the first floor, and the upper part
of the building is n furnished-roOm es-
adjustment conducted by Mrs. Curtis.
Before theatiremen reached the scene
the building was filled with flames.
The hallway from the floor to the roof
was in flames, and escape by the
front was cut off. Panic seized
the inmates of the house. While
a tenant named Lamont vas crawling
along the narrow sill to reach the adj
joining house, the body of a woman
struck a large sign which hung on the
outside of the building and to which
he chung for support. The sign was
torn from its ~fastenings and fell with
a crash to the street. The wOman was
Mrs. Bowles, who had precipitated her
self from the third floor to the street
below when she found that egress
from the house by way of the stairs
was checked by the flames. She was
picked up and taken to a hospital.
Lamont did not fall to the street.
On the top floor the widest sort of
panic had seized the tenants, among
whom were Mrs. Mossway and her
daughter. Most of the tenants, in
Guiding Miss Macdonald and Mr..
Phaps, had escaped to the roof.
Mrs. Mossway, who lost her life, was
sleeping with her little daughter when
she WAS aroused by the smoke. She
ran into the hall and gave the alarm
and then went back after her Gaugh-
ter. When she started to return the
smoke and flames drove her again to
her room. She attempted to open the
window, but it did not yield readily
and she broke the glass with her
hands. The window would not open,
and even if it had there would have
been little chance for her, as it is pro-
tected on the outside by iron bars.
When the firemen searched the house
they found the little girl dead in bed,
the mother lying on the floor blistered
by heat and almost dead from suffoca-
ton. She was removed to a hospital,
where she died three hours later.
Later in the evening Mrs. Bowles re-
gained consciousness at the hospital,
bpt no hopes are entertained for her
ultimate recovery. She arrived in the
city three days ago from Boston on a
shopping tour. She is about rs years
ago.
The origin of the fire is not known,
but it is believed that a belated tenant
lit Il match in the hallway to see his
way and ~carelessly tossed the still
burning match away. The fire started
at the foot of the stairs, and the light
wall acted as a fiue to carry the flames
to the roof instantly. The damage
was about 81, 900.