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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

The East Is SO horror-stricken over the
action Of Nevada in licensing prizeaghting
that Eastern people have already engaged
nearly al the available hotel accommoda-
tons At Carson city for the week during
which the Tight IS to take place.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Whca oar ear vsrsalps suffer such
damage ia peaceful cruise along cur
Atart.r seaceast what a shaking up a
hostile uav> would receive z IL ever came
.Har -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Il IS characteristics Of English banking
methods that the late Frank May could
rot hold a highly responsible position after
having become tainted With the suspicion
OF involving the bank in speculative trans
actions
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Tacoma Morning Union: The expert
ence of the warships OF the Atlantic squad
ron of Cape Hatteras proves that these
floating fortresses are perfectly seaworthy.
bat this is not al argument in favor OF
allowing them 10 enter such streams as
the Delaware river when these streams
are gorged with ice. The cruiser Phiia-
delphia. on her last trip out OF the treach-
ero9s Columbia, was grounded for several
hours near Astoria. These warships are
not intended for shoal-water streams. but
for ocean service. and rule should be
adopted prohibiting their entrance into
sEch streams as the Columbia. where the
chances are strongly against them ever be-
ing able 10 get out again.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

WaIla walla Union: Objections to the
composition OF the house senatorial Doodle
investigation committee. because the
chairman is a Republican and two mem
bers OF the committee are Populists who
bolted the caucus nomination. do not come
ia good form from Populist newspa pers.
The responsibility for the appointment of
the committee rests wholly upon the Pop
ulst majority OF the house which author
lied the investigation The party Is
estopped by the acts of their own repre-
sentatiyes from Directing to the compost
ton of the committee. The true cause
of the objection IS not so much the politi-
cal composition OF the committee. as the
revelations which cause suspicious of cor
ruption and the scandal stirred up among
the fuslonists themselves.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Rev. Dewitt Talmase IS among those
Who believe. from an ecoaomic standpoint
that 8. IS a good thing TO have the rich
scatter their money as the Bradley-Mar-
tins propose to d.. instead OF hanging on
o.. 20
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Subscriber-The state constitution
Art. VI. section 3. provides that "all
idiots. insane persons and persons con-
victed Of infamous crimes, unless re-
stored to their civil rights. are excluded
from the elective franchise" The state
code. section 345. further specifies that
"a crime shall be deemed infamous which
Is punishable by death or Imprisonment in
the penltentiary." Therefore lie man who
bets that a person who serves a term in
the penitentiary loses the elective fran
chise. WIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Whether Sc Is wise ~ not for the senate
60 hold executive sessions may ba q mat
ter 81 controversy. But lt is reelection on
lhs chamber that lis proceedings should
90 permitted 20 leak out
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Il Speaker Reed aids this nation n limit
lar ,ra special session % congress 20 the
ts.a e. vii he ,he heayies; demand any
rs.r.ot ever ua8e upou tAe gratitude q has
~trs-e-a-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11
STATE PRESS.

Tacoma Ledger: The Missouri legisla-
tsIFe has passed bin against lobbying.
By the way, some weeks prior to the meet
ing Of our state legislature did not Gov.
Rogers announce that he would have an
anti-lobbying measure passed as soon as
the legislature metz II did rot material
ize however. Why? Gov. Rogers no
doubt knows.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

No communications or questions will re
ceive attention unless the writer signs hi!
name, not necessarily for publication bu
TO show good faith.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Hayseed.-Any communications on either
side of the fish trap question will be pub
lished IL brief and confined to the merits
of the question.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Portland Oregonian: Delaware's free
silver senator has been sworn in, and the
east continues 10 afford its share 10 the
unequal representation of the senate.
Delaware il not as large. geographically.
as either Linn or Coos county, or. and
had in 1890 about the population OF the
single city of Minneapolis. In Delaware
S5.o00 people have a senator; in Illinois
100000
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Robert Barry, kingston.-There Is no
general law; bill is now before the legis-
.ature.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Iscany LsTsds dauzsfp@r. Mr. Raymond
"a .zfe has wTfttex1 a memoir OF he-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11
COAST PAPERS.

Portland Evening Telegram: 1t IS not
surprising that Cuba declines 10 be salts
fed with half loaf while the whole bak-
cry IS within reach.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

San Francisco Evening Post: New
York's police commissioners have decided
that the 'Seeiey dinner raid was justi-
fed by the testimony. As the principal
testimony offered consisted OF the cloth
ing worn by the actresses who participant
ed in the event the irresistible conclu-
sion forces Itself upon our mind that the
commissioners verdigt is sustained by
mighty little evidence
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Albert II. Snyder OF Seattle. has been
admitted - praCtce as an agent for
claimants before the interior department.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11

Sacramento Record-Union: We suppose
that the public must submit 10 il, and for
the next two m0nths-suffer surfelt OF
stories Of the movements OF tha pugilists
who are TO fight in Nevada. the accounts
Of bets made, terms imposed. the physl-
cal condition Of the men. what they eat
and wear and WI It they do and so on.
until disgust succeeds safety.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11


Every item named Is absolutely essen
tial 10 the proper completion and eff
cheney OF this vessel, and viii render her
cost to the government. when ready for
service $231, s64 or s1s,13s less than the
cost originally estimated"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-11
In WASHINGTON CITY.

WASHINGTON. Feb. s-Speci2Z-In az
6itio1 10 the estimates made by the
secretary % the treasury Cor the
next fiscal year. he has sent TO coz
gress letter urging asa1ttiora1 ap-
preparations on account % the revenue
service. which il IS desired may be made
Immediately ayafisols. These have been
rs-srrsd 20 ire committee on sFaropria-
tiouS. and viii probably oe Included IN the
general deficiency bill. Am3nE these esti-
mates IS one % S.. - for completion, arHl-
ament and equipment OF \ revenue steam
CT fer the Pac1hc coast. This steamer. 20
be known as ne Hugh NcCuiiosh. Is nov
IN course of construction BY Cram7 4
Son, at Philadelphia, and vas launched
December y.
Capt Shoemaker. chef q the revenue
cutter service. in q letter % the secretary.
which IS transmitted % congress. makes
the following statement relativs 10 the
necessity for an addf1ionai appropriation
for the McCuiioch:
There Was appropriated for the con-
struction Of this vessel the sum OF S2fe.vQe.
propose g were invited upon plans and
spAcfncat.ons for a vessel OF suitable type,
size and design TO take and keep the sea.
the estimated cost % which was S2Sa,eso
A ship leaving san Francisco bound 70 the
North Pacific and Boring sea must nee
essarily De OF rhat class The only bid
upon these specifications was IN the sum
of Sza.9so Or So. go IN excess CT the appTo-
prIafion. The specifications We're then
modified snd proposals invited q second
time, when the lowest bid-slsS.s1 from
Cramp * sons, OF Phlladelphia-was &C
copied and a contract entered into. In
modifying the specifications referred TO
ESSENTIALS were omitted a. follows:
"Distilling apparatus. duplicate pieces
fmachinery1; clothing and tagging cleo
trio lighting plant. workshop tools, neces-
sary changes and additions. sails and
awnings. These Items. except the electric
lighting plant (Which has been omitted
because II IL now too late TO pnt i in
can be provided for the sum Of sI2.6oo. as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14

process the veins are sQuirted full of
poisonous fluid, and the person must eX-
pire. if not dead before. Fhis is not a
comfortable thought, either. but it affords
the greatest relief to those haunted Icy
fears of living burial.
There is i'm the shop Of every funeral di-
rector an apparatus to prevent premature
burial. or rather TO afford a means of
communication in case of premature
burial. Ii consists of q wire signal which,
on movement of the hands, operates an
electric bell I'm the Office of the cemetery.
The most stony-hearteG official. hearing
the bell ring I'm his office. and knowing it
comes from the hand of an entombed
man. will hasten OUT with his grave dig
gers to effect a rescue. This Geographic
communication is meant by the Chicago
man 10 he used with the air signal, so If
by any rusting Of the machinery the flag
signal fails TO operate, the other will sure
" give the alarm.
All sorts OF primitive things have been
designed by men to be used upon their
own bodies after supposed death. A New
Jersey man made an ingenious push-bot-
ton to be fitted upon his chin after death.
II was in the form of chin-cap. The
cap was connected with wire which ran
up TO the earth through a tin tube. on
a movement Of the chin the wire pulled 4
bell hung upon the top of the maidstone.
As long as the chin moved or twitched the
bell would ring. The keepers hearing the
doleful tolung, would know that the bell
ringer was waiting for his resurrection.
Doctors chemists undertakes. and all
men Of science agree that it is impossible
to be buried alive. Doctors say that the
action Of the blood when a vein IS cut is
a sure indication. though they cannot tell
exactly how. They declare that any doe
tor can tell: and the others are as positive
each in his own way. But when il comes
down to the final matter it is a fact that
none will give one absolute test of death
Hence the fear which afiicts so many per-
sons.
suffocation is feared by so many that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
/ IS A FREEZE OUT GAME.
Carnegie, Rockefeller and Morgan Con-
spring for Complete Control.

Chicago, February IA special to
the Post from Pittsburg says:
The reported visit to this city of
President Gates, of the Illinois Steel
Company, is regarded by the iron men
as a matter of the very highest i'm
portance and as confrmatory of re-
port which has been in circulation
among the heavy capitalists of the iron
industry for some days past that a
combination is in progress of forma-
ton for the organization Of the great
est industrial trust of modern times.
The story goes that Messrs. Carnegie,
Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan
have in view the elimination of 81
gantic monopoly for the control Of
the iron producing interests OF the
United States. 1t is a fact not gener-
allv known that the control of the Hill
nois Steel Company has lodged in the
house of J. Pierpont Morgan for the
last year. a syndicate represented by
him having acquired the holdings OF
the Scotch and Massachusetts capt.
talists. which gave them majority OF
the stock and bonds of the committee
and control of this great consolidation
and at a very low figure, owing to the
hard times and shrinking. The men
who put their money in the concern
have unlimited capital and are well
prepared to stand any kind Of
sweat"
According to the Post, Rockefeller
Morgan and Carnegie were in alliance
with half a dozen or more smaller
concerns in various industrial centres
and felt they were being handicapped
by the partnership. All at once the
great iron producing combination went
to pieces and the heavy concerns pro-
ceeded TO mark prices down % and 80
ner cent making enormous contracts
with railroads and other consumers at
figures that were simply paralyzing
to the smaller concerns. Within
neriod of three days it has become evil
dent that the fight was one that would
end in the survival of the fittest, and
It is now plain to the world that con-
Germs that are not very strong WILL
in the course of time, go to the wall
or suffer themselves to be absorbed
by the heavy weights. 1t is freeze
out game pure and simple, and that is
what the iron interests and the bank
ers of Pittsburg believe to be under
way now in the iron field.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
EASTERN RAIL MAKERS
Doc1are That No Sales Have Been Made at
the carnegie and Illinois steel company
,-so,ros IN their Territory

DecIare That No Sales Have Been Maue ~
the Carnegie and Illinois steer "P""'
Figures i'm Their Territory
ptT11ADE,T ,PHIA. Pa. February Il
OFicials of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
ro,,. and Bethlehem Iron Company IN
srolI,ine- of the rate war in the steel trade
-bf. afternoon. said there had been
change for the tier to-day, and that the
rricas were steady in the east and west.
II was stated that an understanding hdu
hon reached between the Cambria, Penn
.vlvania and Bethlehem companies. IT
y.ae nositively asserted that none OF these
comnanies had sold below the $50 rate on
eastern business, but that the cambria
conDanv had met the cut of the Carnegie
and Illinois Steel Company and accepted
v,ee.ern orders on the basis Of SIS in Chi
cago. A special transaction was maze To-
d,v ar $3.50 per ton by the Bethlehem
company for eastern delivery, but Joseph
Wharton a director of the company said
the 800 rate was being maintained ana that
rho sale referred to was understood by the
other companies II was learned here that
many additional orders have been placed
with the western companies to-day
Asked whether there was any movement
on foo; looking to reorganization OF the
pool. Mr.. Wharton said:
None that know of. It may be that the
violaters of the agreement will see their
mistake and want to patch matters up
again At present millions of dollars are
simply being thrown away"
General Manager Chase B. Price. Of the
Cambria Iron Company. said there was no
profit in selling rails at 81 or even $50.
and added
I'VE will simply be obliged to put a stop
70 expenditures in some directions to meet
whatever loss there may be at the end Of
! the fight"
Major Luther 5. Bent. of the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company. said he thought the
| situation was improving and that as far
as he knew. no saales were being made for
the eastern market below $50. The western
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
SENATE AND HOUSE.
OIney Requested to Look After Scoyel-The
Postofice Appropriation Bill Up in the
HOuse

OIney Requested to Look After Scoyel-The
Postonice Appropriation Bin Up in the
House
WASHINGTON, February 12-The SEN
ate to-day passed a resolution offered by
Mr.. Hill, Of New York. requesting secre-
tary Olney to use every effort toward bet
teriug the condition of Sylvester Scovel,
the newspaper correspondent imprisoned
in Cuba. and 10 insist on all treaty rights
TO which he is entitled.
Mr.. Morgan. Dem, Ala.) offered a res
olution for abrogation of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. and indicated a purpose to
call up the resolution tomorrow. Beyond
this the proceedings of the brief open ses-
sion. lasting less than an hour. were OF a
routine character.
The statue of Abraham Lincoln in the
old hall of representatives was draped
to-day In the American flag and wreathed
with flowers in honor of the eighty-eighth
anniversary of his birth but the House
did not suspend business. On the con-
trary, 1t celebrated the anniversary by
discussing the necessities Of the postal
service and passing the postofiice appro-
priation bill. The perennial fight was
made to strike out the appropriation of
$4,000 for special mail facilities from
Boston 10 New Orleans. but it was de-
feated. 45-1O7. although that portion Of
the appropriation providing special facil-
tiles from Boston 10 New York was
I stricken out after it had been shown that
this part of the appropriation had not been
expended for several years. The bill as
passed carries sos, 4S5. IA.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14

..-. nj beire consigned TO a grave alive
,r,srs are means by which person can
communicate with the outside world; and
MS consciousness returns. he dug up ana
restored To- home and friends.
4 DEAD MANS WHISTLE.
rrs most recent of these devices is the
,.,,l, of Thomas French. of South Chicago.
.r,,-. man has conceived "a simple ma
.rirs which could without mucA trouble
mr. EXPENSE. bc attached TO any burial
case. ..-.- t..,
I'M n month. after "a reasonable time had
slsps.d il could Doe detached without DIS
.,,rbfr. The coffin IL The buried person d'd
not put &c 10 use.
D. consists of burial case. TO the head
of which is attached pipe that looks ike
, smole-stack Tn, pipe is an air TUBE
which runs from she coffin mp to the SUR
.... of fbe erouud. Through this there IS
constant supply Of fresh air, and If the
.,p,ossd dead man comes TO life again he
..,,, spsedfry rcsusci,dte himself 10y tax
ire long draushts Of perfectly good sur
face air. The air Is the only restorative
f., case of prolonged trance. and as quiet
and rest are undoubtedly good. this burial
,l.o may Doe pronounced AN '&ent Tor re-
storing life"
As The revived man breathcS his chest
.vu8uds and his hands move nVoiuntar-
i,- This hand and chest movement re-
leases d rod which runs up inside the tube
THE rod. as soon as released, flies up. car
rvirr with il hag which is speedily
roisted from the ground TO the top OF
mole where it begins tlapping in the
breezes. sure indication that something
has moved inside the coffin.
As the flag goes mp il strikes small box
m the head Of the dagstaft. This contains
sn automatic signal which, on being
Touched by the flag opens and begins TO
screech. With each tugging of the flag
against the box the signal gives out re-
rewed screech. Meanwhile a constant
supply Of fresh air comes through the
tube.
It is to be expected that any one who IS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
OHIO REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Booker t. Washington Speaks For the
Negro al the Banquet.

Negro at the banQuSt'
GAINESVILLE. o.. February 2.-The
opening session of the Ohio republican
League was devoted chiefly to routine
business. The usual preliminary commit
tees were appointed.
The most marked event Of the after
noon occurred when Governor Bushnell
and Mark Hanna entered the hall to-
gether. Both spoke briefly.
Officers were chosen by reclamation, as
follows:
President. Hon. John ]. Sullivan, Of
Warren; secretary. Charles Care, Of Co
mmbus: treasurer, John L. Means, OF
Steubenville.
At the banquet, Booker T Washington
of the Tuskogee Normal and Industrial
Institute, Tuhkogee, Ala, said:
The negro problem is passing from a
question of sentiment into one of indus
trial and commercial business. Little can
be gained for the negro by abuse of the
South. Little can be gained for the white
man by abuse of the negro. The solution
of the race problem is in the development
in the negro that shall rest upon the
highest and broadcast culture. The negro
was tied 10 the white man in slavery
through bill of sale. In freedom he must
tie himself to the white man through the
bonds of commerce. A white man honors
the negro that lives in a two story brick
house whether he wants to or not. In
all history can you find race that pos
sessed property, industry and intelligence
that has long been denied its rights. If
the possession Of these elements do not
bring the negro every right enjoyed by
other citizens. then the Bible and the
teachings of the great Jehovah are wrong.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
PEICE OF STEEL RAILS
Quoted at SIsa1s Ton in Plttsburg-Car-
necie Has Nothing to Give Out.

negie Has Nothing to Give Out.
Pittsburg, Pa, February 12.-At one
o'clock to-day the Carnegie Steel
Company announced that the price or
steel rails stood at ST to SIS per ton,
the stiffening in price being caused by
the heavy demand. The slashing Of
prices is still the principal topic in
iron and steel circles here, but it seems
that the Carnegie Company is now
controlling the price of rails.
J. w. Gates, president of the Illinois
Steel Company, who was reported TO
be on his way to Pittsburg TO confer
with the Carnegie officials with a view
TO stopping the rate cutting, did not
stop here but went on to New York.
Mr.. Carnegie, who was busily en-
gagged at the company's office, said that
he had no information to give out to-
day. 1t is estimated that the mills
have already booked sufficient orders
TO keep them running steadily for sew
eral months TO come. giving employ
ment to thousands of idle working
men.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
MURPHY CoMrLuLNILD
Members Of the &. \. r.. Present I"'.'
tions OF Thanks-uuotr, The Ife'....
InstructiOn-


WASHINGTON, F,hrnH
ant incident out Of ,h. u-H
place I'm the pension bur
a delegation from @. a. d.
of Allegheny city and Dr.
formally presented re-o."
to Commissioner of Peus..
his humane administrator
Commissioner Murphy H
pressed his appreciation
ment Of men opposed t"
and belonging 20 sold
lie quoted the ins,ructio
President Cleveland, viii
had been published. as fo
Mr. Murphy. ! think
OF the pension bureau aua
TEN. They are these: Dr.
ing up for the action of
YOU find the case of "a w.
served his country faita
OF danger. you Will ha
and give him the ber.
doubt In setting tha
ows and the orphan
same manner. but 49,.
the unworthy"
Mr. Murphy said thar
Of Office as Commis."
or three months or DIRE
always be his policy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
-, PIrrsRURo RACES.

p;ttsbnrg. Pa, February Il 'o .,I
g o'ciock Gimm was taken rom .... lle
t : fer forty minutes. lnS } IranSy
S reIn given the rider TOO much en-, o'S ,5sr
V Sa made gain Of To- mlieS VII, Wis.,.
Gimm returusU' U-beno, waller resumed
was taken SIN nm I'D ,ut two miles.
Gimm had ilaU yVo1w 1033 miles;
Midnight scoe g.bocl 20: Hall, zoos;
FORSTER. 9S1; Euckel, ". prc7->-
THE ~ - ref aary 12.-The SUI
CARSON ~. vvas-Irn Union arrived
vi,s men to put in eishi more % C1T9sn n
se ., the press reporters A. A., o u
tsrs win 60 to work ~ !Pe "isH" - NV
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14

vaults are built above GROUND anu Aep'
light and airy. while collins that can Dc
easily broken open are now made by every
coffin concern. There is still a field here
for the inventive genius. and doubtless he
will be heard from in a short time.
CLARENCE S. RUSSELL.