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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-28
Behind THE SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUS
washington. Nov. q. rn9.

washington. Nov. q fay7.
m q nc buster place In tho
s9s.slod States just now than the
srdte House. The new congress- aas
- : horde Of Office seekers with IL.
~ -. nresident IL beslegsd almost al
q . IS vas at the beginning Of bis
sss eafson. I found thirty people
- .6,near heels in his ante-room wslen
- s. tie executive mansion the 9TH
I'd .s.,.lpe. and ! spent the day there
s-s..x he crowd come and 20. and
$500 ~ manner in which business Ii
3raHenf Mes<fntey's Mafl.
~ affer I arrived the first mail
s. = Il was brought from the city
- "A the war department. wagon,
Z = -. Aver carried the great bags up
~ 81. 1a,esslder to the second floor and
ss fhem down in the presidents
<1se rom. This room Is on the north
~ - executive mansion, facing La
Y ~. rrusre. 1t LIS filed with clerks.
= ehom are rafting typewriters 20
~ you can hardly hear your
1879 Others are sorting letters.
- 49, writing. and others are read
~ i1neFs 1t is here that the mall
Is There are about a thousand
3 - Ilv day. and the newspapers
5:sss7 80 n every morning would sup
S,T asri village with reading mat
uonth. The chief work Is with
3SSs. iSIaSru. There are about GO In the
~ 6S nofning. and every one OF them
}75sS n - rad and briefed, in order 10
If he. a
1snriaYy. First the letters are sorted.
nl5ate istters of the president and
lKxm3ey are taken out, and the bal.
- RE- pitched. one by one, into diner.
foln according to their apparent
lnnce The clerk who sorts them
w ~ handwriting Of the most promi-
~ ~ u the country, and he can ten
q 4 glance such letters as de-
nediate attention.
letteTs Boiled Down.
an spettng. the letters are boiled down.
1u1ce = sucked out Of each OF them.
ny ~ condensed extract gets to the
11ont. 4 letter OF twenty pages Is put
:. ~ lines, and voluminous document
4 -, seuterce. The men who read the
1i1is write 3 few lines across the upper
tshsnd corner OF the first page of each
s3fse. shOWinr just what Is I'm IT, This is
u Secretary Porter. who, by this means.
= gasp the whole mail In short time.
~ 1irect the making up OF set of briefs
Il ne president. The letters themselves
va "a to the president. He will no.
doaen out OF the 600 which came I'm
~ morning. This Is also the case as to
! = pessonaf and private correspondence.
"a Il he letters are briefed. and they are
r. b such order that any of them can he
ben to the president at moments no.
IN. Il be 20 desires. Sometimes a brief
- not tell all he wants. and he calls for
~ ktter itself In answering his mail
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with the antiers of deer and the tusks
of wild animals while the floors are cover
ed with the firs OF foxes. bears and Wild
cats that have fallen before the deadly
aim of this modern Diana. All the accom-
plishments OF a past mistress in forestry
are hers. She knows the meaning of all
the signs that guide trained hunter who
Is following the trail of game. and can
track wild cat or fox with the unerring
instinct of an Indian
On one occasion she followed for five
hours the trail of a wild cat that had been
proving around her fathers ranch, and
doing great damage to the live stock. Fol-
lowing the trail up HILL down dale and
through woods for several miles. she al
last came upon the wild cat crouching In
the bows of an enormous tree. Being I'M
able. on account OF the Intervening
branches. TO get a fair shot at the animal.
Miss Chittendons first bullet clipped a twig
and went wide of the mark. The wild cat
sprang at Miss Chittendon. but before 1t
could reach her she had loaded again and
met its rush with ball fairly between the
eyes. She treasures the skin of this animal
as one OF her most highly valued trophies.
This Is only one of many similar incl
dents of which Miss Chittendon can tell
the story when she feels in the humor.
She seems to be absolutely without fear.
and anything that crosses her path with
inimical attempt when she IS on her hunt
ing expeditions will be sure to have cause
TO regret It,
So far from her rough outdoor expert
ences having made Miss Chi'tendon lose
any of her womaniiness. she is one OF the
most winsome and ladylike girls on the
Pacific coast She is highly educated and
is a thoroughly accomplished and agreea-
BILE girl possessing an unusually cultivated
mind and a charm of manner that has
made her extremely popular. She Is wen
built. as becomes a sporiswoman. and IL
admirably adapted for fighting her own
battles and roughing II with the best when
occasion requires. In her own home she IL
one of the most domesticated of women
and an accomplished housekeeper. IN
which respect the new Diana Is an I'M
L. lA
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4 Novel Postnffiee.

The uostots5ce a. the Strait 81 Mageilar
consists of = small painted seE or eask
ard II is chained 20 the rockS o. the ex-
IRENE cape in a manner ~ that e floats
free. opposite Terra del E1isgo. SAYS a
writer IL the New York Tribune EsoH
re ssinz ship eaAs 4 beat 20 take Letters
os,, and puf letters in This curious post
o!t3ee - unprov ds8 with = postmaster. ard
is therefore under the protection az ~
the uavics 81 the world Never IN sn@ bis
tary ~ tire unique office hsve its priv
legs haen abused
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She Had the Mushroom Habit

The guard o, recent BlacknooI exs>s,~-
sl0r rratn vas surprised by a violent ting
sfng AZ the communication cord by one ~
IRE passengers. Locking out - his van he
VAS much alarmed at seeing woman
f1aotic&uy waving hre arms and an UNI
h~sils from q vlTicw 81 ore % TIRE car
FiaSes-
bad happened snf ne sve e<}ily brought his
train ~ staaAsti1 and running UT TO
gbs. carriage. he hrcath 'aSS}y Is9airrsf
whv sac had ssopnad r. train
Why ttds yer ytoa hef0ve scw. yer
fssaf~ SIS answered Indignantly. We
t1l~t passes tao o ire anest mushrooms
I've se%a this mary a year.
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4 Few Names.
E1sf0n Journal.

The society with the long name" IN
eclIpsed. The corporation department
Tuesday incorporated the "Womans Ms
sionary Society ef the First Methodist So
cIety ~ Walfham. Auxiliary 20 the New
England Branch Of the W0man's Methodist
Church" II Is said 90 he he longest name
ever Incorporated in ths state.
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NH employing efty u1sn Is row en-
gagged IN making Us peF from ;Ae taESas>.s'
or sugar cane refuse. - hlrh vas cree me
greatest nuisance 10 The sGGA. grower.
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TWO AFRICAN MONARCHs.

the deck of the Guerrero before her cap
ture from the French.
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OF reforming the world. There are cranks
who think they own the treasury and
crankS who want the president to move
oet IN order that they may move In
There are scores Of people who write ask
ing for autographs and photographs.
Some want Mrs. Mckinley 10 send them
sentiment. and others write the president
for an autograph page Of his message.
BexEars Who Try to Work Mckinley.
The beggars are the worst of the lot.
The presidents salary could be spent five
times over in satisfying the requests which
come into the White House. Let us take
a look at thar pile of begging letters which
has come this morning. Here Is a Western
church which wants s2fe to help lift the
mortgage on it's new building. There is a
note from Sunday school superintendent
who asxs for rs toward a new organ. and
there Is note from an Indiana hospital
asking Mckinley 10 endow bed. THAI
scented sheet is from a Kentucky girl WAC
wishes the president to send her 500 10
complete her education. and the poorly
written letter beside ii Is from a widow
with seven fatheriess children. who asks
Mckinley to give her something out Of his
plenty. The requests of q single mornings
mall often amount 10 more than 5000 and
the clerk tells me that such petitions have
footed UP as much as 5000 a day. Presi-
dent Mckinley is a generous man. but ne
has his own ways Of giving. He cannot
allow his soul te be narrowed NJ by such
requests. and letters OF this kind are never
shown TO him. They are all answered,
however and II takes quite few pennies
to pay the postage. 1t is only the official
mail that goes free. Upon his personal
mali the president pays for the postage
stamps.
Watches the United states.
In another part OF this big counting
room the White House newspapers are
clipped. There are several hundred papers
taken here every day. These are carefully
scanned and all matter relating 10 the adj
ministration Is cut out for the presidents
scrap book. The mos important matters
are laid aside and every editorial of note
as sent to the president. He is not afraid
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the po&s-tn, sgiigenesF. Get blanks from
TIE manager
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
BREvITIES.

Dispatches recently received from
Mersina, Asia Minor, announce that,
as result of the decision of the Turk
ish government to grant the demands
of Austria for redress in cons equence
of the i'll treatment of Herr Brazafoil
and the subsequent insults complain
ed OF by the Austrian consul, the flag
of Austria was duly saluted ut Mer-
sina by the Turkish guns, with all the
ceremonial demanded by the govern
mcnt OF Austria,
The dispatches say it is under
stood the president in his message viii
suggest to congress that it would be
inadvisa BILE at present TO take any act
ion that would complicate the Cuban
situation. II is said that he will sug-
gest the passage of resolutions rccog-
nizing bclligerency or independence
would Dc ineXpedient while measures
of reform proposed by Spain. and %
be carried ont by General BiancoA are
being introduced. The release of the
Competitor crew and other American
prisoners will be referred 30 as graf
flying and rs relieving the United
States from the necessity If interven-
ton for the protection Of American
life and property.
The report is confirmed ny dispatches
that the powers have decided
10 blockade Constantinople in case
Turkey refuses TO Withdraw her troops
from Crete and TO accept an European
governor of the island.
recent dispatch from Belgrade
announces that 1000 Albanians,
belonging 10 the district of IDek and
liiakoya, are in open revolt against
Turkey. a fight occurred between
the Ottoman troops, dispatched To
Cskub from Salonica and Monastir.
and Aibanians. Both sides lost
heavily. Large bodies OF Bulgarian
an.i >crvian troops have been ordered
10 proceed to the disa ffected district
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
IOWA CONDEN SED.

Des Moines dispatch: George Z.
Smith has not yet been found by his
relatives. His sister. Mrs. Mary Cut
Ter, has started detectives to looking
for him. The young man disappeared
on the 23d when he was to have been
married To Miss Mary Sullivan. Miss
Sullivan says she knows why he went
off and declares he will return safely.
a cool robbery was committed at Mt.
Carmel. Carroll county, recently. 4
stranger entered the store of George
Pappe and asked for plug of tobacco,
rendering in payment $50 bill. When
the clerk handed him the change he
thrust revolver in his face and de-
manded the contents of the till, which
was handed TO him. amounting to $500
in cash, besides several checks for
small amounts. The stranger quietly
took his departure and no clue is left.
Flames a few days ago destroyed
$50, 600 worth of property and swept
away half the business houses of Col
Inns. The fire WIS first discovered at
the implement store OF John Il. Jones
and was then burning furiously. The
entire shed, sixty feet in length, was
in flames. The fire swept north from
here and consumed the entire lumber
yard of Jones & Arson. Fish's meat
market, Detcr's restaurant, Bothera's
wagon shop. n vacant building belong.
ing To John Thompson, Crosby's black
smith shop, Appell's jewelry store and
Angeio's furniture store were des-
troyed in turn. The contents of some
of them were saved, but the loss falls
heavily on most of those mentioned.
East of where the fire originated corn
cribs containing 1000 bushels Of corn,
held for two years by Frank Day,
were IA total loss.
Gov. elect Shaw has appointed Jos. ID.
McGarraugh, of Des Mones, custodian
of the state capitol building succeed
ing the inaugural of Mr. Shaw Oh
January -, 1898.
Mrs. +. Zarstraw, of Lyons, recently
left her 4-year-old daughter, Agnes,
and "a Younger child at home alone for
few minutes. When she returned
she found the house full of smoke and
ana heard feeble cries. Rushing in,
she rescued the baby, severely burned.
and came back again to find the Other
child had been burned to death. The
dead child's clothing caught while She
was trying to light fire in the stove.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
THE NEWS IN IOWA
BURNS A WOMAN WITH ACID.

Unknown MiscreaHt ut Cedar Rapids
Makes a Cowardly Assault.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Nov. 60 About four
years ago Miss Lizzie Nearv, school
teacher near Clinton, brought suit in
the district court OF that county
against John Tepny, who IS now road
master of the DEBORAH division of the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids IL Northern
railway, for $4,000 for breach OF
promise of marriage. The case drag
ged along for a while and was dis
missed and similar suit was CON-
menced III abe district court of Linn
county. The trial resulted in ver-
dict of Sc, 900 for the girl. About SIX
months ago she horsewhipped him on
the street, but was acquitted. lie
then had her placed under bonds to
keep the peace, and for long time
she laid in jail. Last night she
was found ON the street suffering from
numerous burns on the neck, back,
arms and hands. caused by sulphuric
acid, which she said an unknown man
had thrown upon her. There is
great deal of Indignation manifest and
the perpetrator, if arrested. will be
shown no leniency It is evident mis-
intention was 10 throw the liquid in
her face.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07

1t is a typical Massachusetts town
OF which one Of the veteran officials
states suggestive fact-that the ag-
gregate values of the pianos, organs.
sewing-machines, carpets and similar
articles of luxury now owned therein
exceed the whole valuation of the
town as it was forty years ago. 1r,
1857 only a fraction of the so-calied
rich possessed such luXuries, which in
1897 are found in every household
SO many concrete proofs that, for all
the loose talk of the discontinued, the
American standard of life and comfort
tends constantly to rise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
GERM ANY'S 4
Makes Impossible Conditions for Evaci a
4 ton of China Land.


4 tiOn of Chinn Land.
J PEKIN, Dec. t.--lnguiries made in
Chinese official circles confirm the
statements made in dispatches from
Shanghai giving the substance of the
demands made by Baron Won Heiking.
the German minister to China, as
result of the murder of German mis-
sionarics and the destruction of 81
German mission here recently. Ger
many, through her minister, asks for
the discovery and execution OF the
murderers of Missionaries Neis and
Hcnne; the punishment of the i'm
piicated officials, intending the gov
ernor of the Shan Tung province, in
which part of China the mission was
situated; the reconstruction of the
missionary building; the payment of
an indemnity of 100000 taels to the
relatives OF the victims; the payment
of a heavy indemnity to cover the ex-
penses of the German naval expedition
and the maintenance Of the German
force at Kiao-Chau bay; the railroad
and the occupation Of Kiao-Chau bay
as German coaling station. China
will refuse the demands of Germany,
but will express willingness TO make
ample renaration for the murder of
the missionaries and for the damage
done To the mission property Russia.
it is understood, is not yet helping
China, but the latter country has de-
cided not to provoke hostilities and to
trust to diplomacy for Il settlement of
the difficulties which have arisen i'll
connection with the mission outrages.
BERLIN, Nov. 2G.---Pripce Henry is
to take command OF the second Ger
man squadron, consisting OF the
Kaiserin Augusta, the Dertcheland
and the Gefion, which will probably
start for Kiao-Chau bay about Decem-
Der 10 next Admiral Won Diederich
will still command the combined
squadrons. 1t is thought that the
government is determined TO retain
possession of Kiao-Chau bay as guar
antee against .hc recurrence of at
tacks upon German missionaries.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-A dispatch TO tine
Times from Hong Kong says it is
reported there from Canton that the
viceroy of the province of Quang Tong
with the Chinese admiral and general,
is preparing defenses and river forts
on the Canton river as the result of
kilograms received from the north"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07

One Of the most interesting features
of the great strike of engineers in Eng
land has been pointed out by Professor
Bryce, the distinguished author OF
"The American Commonwealth" Pro-
fessor Bryce has been looking into the
matter, and says he finds that several
branches of British engineering have
come to the United States as result
Of the paralysis of industry caused by
bhe strike. This, of course, is good
thing for us and an exceedingly bad
thing for Great Britain. When Losses
Of all kinds come to be reckoned up
it will be found that the engineers
strike has been one of the most disas-
trous in history.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
Enforce Laws In Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 30-Eu9ene
Moore, eX-auditor OF state, charged
declared guilty as charged. Sentence
was deferred. Moore and his attor-
nevs admitted the shortage, but con-
tended that 1t was not embezzlemcnt,
inasmuch as the money taken. consist
ing of insurance fees, should have
been paid according to law to the
state treasurer instead of to himself,
and that he was responsible only to
the insurance companies.
LINCOLN, Dec. l.-Ex-Statc Auditor
w. q. Moore, found guilty of embeZ-
cling S23, 600 state funds. was sentenced
to eight years in the penitentiary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07

= In these days Of the higher criti-
cism" it is rarely that clergyman is
found who sticks to the Bible in its
literal sense without undertaking to
put his own Interpretation upon t.
Rev. Mr.. Torrey, however. declares his
belief in the old-fashioned orthodox
hell, and the liberal preachers will have
some difficulty In attacking his posi-
ton. 1t has become fashionable to in
slst that any particularly unpleasant
passage in the Bible has "fgurative
meaning" altogether different and
much more agreeable. 1t is this con-
tentiOn which Mr.. Torrey attacks. and
from an orthodox standpoint he is en-
tirely right. II men may interpret the
Bible to suit themselves it loses IT'S
authority as divine inspiration. L.
must be accepted or rejected just as
It liz. Many people do not believe in
the fire and birthstone doctrine, but II
pinned down it would be found that
most of them don't believe in the
Bible either, although they may think
they do.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07

A company of workingmen in Eng
land lately listened to speaker who
called himself fellow-workman In
his time, he said, he had experienced
many privations. He had known what
it was to be cold because he could not
afford fire. He had worn patched
clothes and shoes. He had lived upon
poor fare. When he was young he
learned to plow as straight a furrow
as any man in the parish, and no one
could thrash better than he. The
speaker was a man who in the table
of presidency comes next after the
princes Of the royal blood-the Arch
bishop of Canterbury.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
ACTUAL PAYMENT IS BEGUN.
Eighteen Million Dollars ON the Union
Pacific Purchase.

WASHINGTON. Nov. S.---Assistant
Secretary Vanderlip has signed what
is known as pay warrant, directing
the treasurer of the United States TO
deposit in the treasury the sum OF
SIS, 1914, els, representing the proceeds
of the sale of the Union Pacific sink
inc fund bonds and the invested cash
in that fund which have been trans
ferred 10 the treasury as part pay
ment of the settlement OF the reorgnn-
ization committee OF the Union Pacific
road. This operation is but book
transaction in the treasury, and
while it does not of itself re-
suit in formally taking up the amount
as a treasury receipt, it is an import
ant step which leads TO placing the
sum in the treasury cash, where it is
beyond recall and cannot be with
drawn, except in consequence of an
appropriation made by law. The full
transaction will not appear in the
statement of treasury receipts until
the close of the present month.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07

; Child labor in factories is generally
decentralization it is defended-on the
ground that it helps to support fami-
lies. To this claim a writer in the
Charities Review interposes the sound
objection that the wages Of young
children are seldom large enough 20
make the difference between pauperism
and independence. When family re-
Mes on these wages. it is pretty sure
TO depend also on help from public
or private agencies. Therefore, since
child labor too often undermines both
health and morals, why not increase
the charity fund, and put the child to
school? Viewing the problem merely
as q matter of arithmetic, it would be
cheaper to support a good many un-
fortunate people than it will be, later
on, to defend society against their ig-
norant or vicious children.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-07
A SIGOURNEY SENSATION.
Banker Brunt Charged With Alternating
wife's Affection.


Banker Brunt Charged with Alternating Il
wife's Affection.
OTTUMwA, Dec. IA sensational
suit has been filed in the keokuk
county court at Sigourncy. The suit
was one for $50, 900 damages, brought
against S. w. Brunt, cashier of the
Keokuls County State Bank by T. l..
Wood, charging Brunt with alternating
his wife's affections. The suit created
an immense sensation, all parties be-
ing prominent in the community.
Besides being Il wealthy banker, the
defendant is at the head of large
family belonging to the best society.
Wood is leading citizen, his wife be-
ing prominent worker in church and
charity circles. Gossip about the
banker and Mrs. Wood recently Gull
minated in Wood SUNG his wife for
divorce. The judge granted the di'
vorce, but before the decree was sign
ed MIR. and Mrs Wood were reconciled
and again began living together.
Then followed the suit against Brnnt,
and il is understood that Mrs. Wood
will be a conspicuous witness for her
husband in the trial. The petition of
the plaintiff in the suit is said to be
highly sensational. The case will
probably come up at the December
term OF court, which begins in
about two weeks.