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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
THEY LONG TO SEE MR. HOWE.
Members of the miss Philadelphia" Com
pany Get Bite to Eat and Over Tooth
picks Talk of Their Troubles.

.swggi.am penn." father CT Mss Phssa-
Aalchss." and forty 30 other speedy esas-
sr.n, came cot Of hss pIetars frsszis Hsaea
ear.ssr thar usual yesterday morning
MY son. he sxIa 20 william PsnD. r.
who Il rersonsfea IN the person q jos
raythorn. the famous rsIsea comedian
e.a nsneestsnA pizys~ hiring ras eepY
o. that tsaruaI OF efpcats9n ea1sa fHs
p-r. Vague ranaors reached sgiFst i&iaa
iast Right snA asstarfsed my Asatfss*F
.neslgat sa~ stea 'sscsng yoar haaT S'sa
eyytrg ous in rage. 'wr-r-r-r-r-F-r IL Sa+
r,.us ffaesaysus1 Hove ard hts nroiasf.
"eysra baggage Where ls MY salary fos
r.ns weeks4 wnase. oh. Lard. u sae sai-
ar Of ell these otasr forty children OK the
snfkfssv father wsiIlam Psan. who ss'saAss'
81 their lives ard baggage 20 me tsSaasf
ruerciea ~ this mar Howe
II had another vision. rny eoa. new 70
spirit land I saw machines working al
fast "a lightning flashes from cloud 10
sioua ard then were saot forth into box
things they called 'qspSFs Little lnsDs
grabbed up big packages os tbsss asid r0s@-
Ing osit into strangely paved streets cofn-
rnsnced 10 TEND the ar with strange erica
They said something about Miss Fal5t-
delphia' ard her brothers and sisters 10
tho number Of forfy.ons being iett aiona
in Seattle without money in their paIfssf
! recall the names t,s EEgia@Trosx ssA-
brooke who IL sometimes called Ruta
Spring garden: Jessie VsiIaFs. Rafa's aRfit.
and Aga Lambert. 'ssnsiDie girl So're-
thin, was ssald about u brlgfas little spirit.
by name Lily Collins although ny vision
pictured her as little Capt. Built What
WIS the meaning % the words American
0gacas o.. locking Ter breakfast, while
ens T. Howe and an extra baggage were
going away with money 70 burn. NJ
son do not understand these iAsasa. We
had nothing iikn fhem ~ the colonial days,
when Philadelphia was model city"
See hare sire" said Wlila IA Penn, 3r.
sayau do not comprehend the situation. f%st
night you ssra SLOW and you have not got
up with tho procession Jet. Your children
have Travelled srom Sew York . seaitie
clarifying your name and eufiching ta>
purse Of ore j. Howe. meanwhile wearing
out their Own clothes. sAovs and va}css-
This J Howe has skipped and ~ are isfi
a1} miles from home Taefr Is not
beam In the purse Of any member ~ ths
company. This j. Howe has proved hIa-
self TO DO a rascal. He has hesn guilty IL
the fnost daxtardly trick ever peFpetFated
on a family ct reans aId would ltse 10
interview HIN for Just ten minutes"
The great Penn. who Is known among
stage foik as w. H. West. gave 81 mighty
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

Is certain, those who can get work Will
net go back on those who cannot"
Miss Dorothy joined the Miss phila-
delphid" company in Chicago, and came
through 10 Seattle with he idea that
there was a pay day In sight. she IS "a
vary pretty girl. Of nice figure and pleas
an; n4nuerS. She IS A fine dancer and
enjoys theatrical life wren salaries are
paid regularly. She has been With many
sirst-ciass companies In the last
Joe Cdwthorn. the leading man ~ the
company. Miss Eivira Croix~ Scabr0oke.
the leading lady William H. West,
who plays the part Of Nillau Penn. and
Edwin Mulkay. vino plays t'irard Cool
idge. all left for New Work yesterday after
noon over the Great Northern out OF the
entire company o. over forty. these were
the only ones % raise funds sufficient to
aet back home
Miss Seahrooke WAS seen at The depot
hy PostIn.elicouceT reporter She said
that she Was he lurklesI one ln the com
pany, rs she had received two weeks SAL
airy We are all ia trance yet. she con-
daatd. We DO not nnow what To ;biak
Of Mr.. Howe. I woGid rot have believed
bin capable Of such n thing Fortunate
~ have an engagement with May Twins
company so shall return 70 New York 4;
once ard commence preparing Tor my
par"
~ii-s the worst I've SGT in twenty-six
years. said CaHtnorn. '-t30we Is a WON
der, guess 81. hypnot.zeI me / agreed
II help him ou' far tee weeks IN New
York. and he kep; ire segng natl ne land
81 nae and everyone Use 81 Seattle 500
miles from heme shall come back next
year bar no. unAer SUCH conditions"
SEE FIorance Marvla's circular fer press
notice..
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
HOACE STILL. COMMISSIONERS.
Fact That He Has Hcen Indtcts
Does Not Interfere

County Commissioner James III. BOYD
who wss indicted by the grand jury IL
obtaining money from the King count
road fund under false rreteases, and ~
inlnfe diately upon his arrest an
release upon bonds was taken
with measles. returned TO his q
ice yesterday and took part in ~
proceedings of the hoard In auditing BIZ
and attending TO routine business. n
steps 10 suspend Bpyce from Office hai
ye. been taken. and no one In a position 1
take such steps indicates any intention :
take them. and Boyce manIfests no =
ttntion Of resiRning.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
W Ant, A Acct MING.
The W. J. Ferguson Company Goes
Into Court Against J. W EitLins

THE ". Ferguson Company. "a crrror-
at!oT. yesterday brought sut IN tha SssFs-
rior r0urt against J " Flik.ns for uil ar
c9uHtiog. The litigation grows out O. the
management e q setCglr m.u far F.lklne
by the Ferguson Company and by r. 3 w
J Ferguson she predecessors II the cor-
prration THE complaint alleges that 3s
lSs'i FIX fafacl1~td q F9oV' gage or. the
eaiaeie Dih thfg 0wSeJ ts f9e F'cteus.7ns
at l.atons. valued < abaIf S3tEa F3sklns
- Is alleged, AFTER f8vlog 90 tho mul urie~
foreclosure. teerfi /; oFsr 80 fae Fe3pa-
SONS 70 b cp@r4tesl hy tEem. i5lAl-- Pay.
Tag she expenses and Swing ssseh e. cnr
FerRGsons So "a month FOR tasir ssrplees
and tak+rE tne net profits - arg%y 10 tae
mortgage Gfht after the satisfaction, ~
wh.ca ts.r FsrEUScfss ware t.s ssFa back
the NH Stree about May. 1856 the plain
80 states. the 1iH Rag been so Operated
el.AeT ~ I,,- t'=Tg.s~1ns or thv.r sez-sE 1T
- the pla.rtIT cooperation. GA .as tse-1s
originally agreed gpor. T.se pIsia-.s
rI3ju@ F>iN~s tas r7w n a1otis s. sf
aat - sac uti 'Ht Refuses ta e1ttrEtsl-s.
fah &"a-. IRE r3ssrT 3.a-s F'ikIas 81
she's huN i@s t3eHeg hss he~r TnH.sf
s}it" ya4r sso-a' n'ess-4.@r <-
s.Ss~ bv size : = '-J1eye.4ai' s4..-
t-s March &
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

troducei bill with a long preamble
wh!cl' provided fer the purchase Of nex
furniture for the council chamber. a nsa
carpet and u rosewoo gavci, the to;sI
cost Of all not to exceed S. City ClegF
Parry numbered the bill 3 1893. ana no actI..
was taken on Il. further than geGers.
smile, which passed around the room.
The council adjourned until Friday asie,,
noon N 3 O'Clock. q
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
LOW RATES.

Freight fer Dyoa and Skngway
On ship Yosemite. VIII positively lea
March 20. Apply at once Mt compan,
Office. Spriags street dock.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

his eyes out" we're few Of the express
sons that smotc the air ia honor oi J.
Howa's celebrated disappearance.
Where do va eaiF'' moaued Lucille
Stewart, manager OF the "Graces.' NO.
when do sc eate" sighed pretty Lillian
Dorothy. as she looked through her purse
and found but;ewhook three hairpins
and a contract for "sieen' dollars a week
WIZ J. Eowe.s Miss Philadelphia Com
pany.
''rhe treasury Is depleted" said Miss
Dorothy, "and our resources ars limited.
Let's go out and look through a restaar-
ant window,
II could not stand that" waited the
manager Just then little Lilly Collins,
the child and pc; of the company, rushed
In. breathleSs with excitement. "ch. girls.
she shouted Mrs Rogers has invited Us
to have something 20 eat" There was
rush plunge. and fourteen of Father
PENIS children were getting away with
Sandwiches hot coffee aud 'tsinkefs. rs
II the next train left in ten minutes.
Joe Cawshora Figures.
Meanwhile William Penn, 1r.. alias joe
Cawthorn. was tigi,ag with John cort
about a trip 20 British Columbia and
back TO Portland. IFS no use said
Cawshorn. we would he Ia the same
Tx W. are now. One dose Is enough for
ne Tw n;y-s.x years m the business,
aud / never struck anything like this.
I'm eolng home"
Then Joe tnok his new overCoat. which
~ nad eavod fr0m J Howe ard with A
coucertsna rs one hand and a gsl Eran,
fHll Of sentiment I'm the othef ~ent 10
Father SeasrAge's" tavern. The strand
So children were called together. They
waita1 for Joe q speak.
"Gf{sats ard fstiow sun nrerS,'' he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

az pretty so a pIrt1g ard dearly beloved
hy al her brothers and sisters Regina
Collins ard Hattie Ghsw ars also mem
tsers o. th1s aggregatt0n. Have you ever
heard 81 saarAly Lizzie sfEwaTt7 Me-
Well sire Ia ms manager Of stge 'Gvsees.'
Sus a: present sae csnnot manage her
o~n purse or appetite. All or account OF
tnis d@festaele be.ng. =. Howe"
@'Tos. have spoken wtli. William /" re-
piled the old man. Nos ara satisfied
f8us yogr children arc not" EstoFtsd
the speedy yo5ng Phaladeipalans as his
forss4EaeE weas back into isis frame.
Day break and HFok~n.
Daybrsak Witnessed an interesting
fguah.ab az the Father" seagraye's hotel
on Third avenue. corner OF Cherry street
The psnriisss children Of Father Penn
tgrnbssd Out % hea ard commenced rush
ting around for copies az the Pos,-insssG-
grflcer- They reas! the uews II j. H0we's
fight Then the other guests snsn:Yss Bced
30 read. and IN !sss than Ten minutes there
was a pQwsc~ thai ever the Pilgrim
fathers would have listened 20 IN adn7lra-
ton. Brute" "nean thiIg." ''fd scratch
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

The Whatcom evaporating plant IS al
rloy!nr fourteen hands ard IS turning q
an average taily Of 100 pounds OF dfs'
NcGrta nlea.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
sefn4 Ccseh for S495. WeelTep Mattress, $i.2s

PA stves AT loads. rangng Id price ro
"a SIS. Moveu.wire Springs. o0c GOOD Bed
stead Forty packing when these three
articles are rds skipped.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

NOW Ri,t'asi. gssNEoRD.

SEE Florance Marvla's circular fer press
notices,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

SHta ye4r 9s~e-at Fs-Fes8- s.~
t-s.@s~ bv 'ae : $ '-treve.aal' ssa.-
A4rra &
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
REMARKABLE INVENTIONS.

Some of the inventions recently pa- tented in Washington are as eccentric as they are ingenious. An odd if use ful invention consists of a frame from which corks are suspended by means: of strings. As. the hour for waking: draws near this framework is gradu= ally lowered over the heads of sleeperS until. as the hour strikes, the corks perform a tattoo on the noses and faces of the sleepers until they awake
 Another invention enables the farmer. to feed his horses and cattle in their stables without leaving his bed. He simply pulls cord, dangling at the head of his bed, and forthwith valves are opened and the proper allowance of fodder falls into the troughs. :. ::
 The burglar alarm is sufficiently in=S genious to deserve success. As soon as the would-be burglar steps on. the mat in front of the safe or strongr0ofn; his weight closes an electric circuit, d. f1ashlight is ignited, the cap removed from camera, and the burglars pffo-. tograph taken without charge, for use. as evidence against him. A really sensible and useful inven-
 ton is one which dispenses with the ponderous and expensive machinery in, use for tower-clocks, such as the clock at Westminster. The time-keeping is done by small master-clock, which is electrically connected with motoFs:in the tower. -.
 These motors move the giant hands and strike the hours by means of a, make and break mechanism in the master-clock, which may be small enough to be carried to the clocknaker for any necessary repairs. :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

through Lawrence Rapids, on the Mer- rimac. In December, 1891, he walked to Minot's Light from Boston, and then started to walk back, a distance of twenty miles. but thick fog having set in. he lost his way and drifted in Massachusetts Bay for twenty-Seven hours. He was picked up in an eX- hausted condition by the United States revenue cutter Hamlin.
 In June, 1892, he walked across the Niagara River, three miles above the falls. On one of the coldest days of the winter in January, 1896. he again walked from Boston down the harbor to Boston Light. Amid floating ice he performed his nine-mile walk with comparative ease.
 Captain Oldrieve had the idea of walking across the ocean forced upon him. 4 few years ago he gave an eX- hibition of his water walking off Pablo Beach. Fla. A squall came up and he was driven out to sea.
 A surfbOat was manned and the crew put out to his rescue, but the surf was so high that the boat was capsized. The magic shoes of Captain Oldrieve served him to great purpose then. To those anXiously watching him from the shore he seemed to step from the top CT one wave to another, as if leaping from one rock to another. In this hop. skip and jump manner he came ashore as deftly as if the whole performance were a stage scene set for the occasion. It was this successful experience that first gave him the idea that he could walk across the ocean.
 His theory of midocean walking is to s-lf l. %I,z H. In this way, he says, it really requires less exertion to walk on water far out at sea than it does in a sheltered bay. The hardest work of all. he says, is to go in choppy water. as he did in the East River. He thinks he will be able to walk from 800 to 1000 miles of the way across the Atlantic in a period of 1 forty to ninety days. As the course taken will be in the path of steam i ships, he expects to speak many pass ! ing vessels and send back letters writ 1 ten while walking in midocean to his ] friends in Boston.
 l Captain William A. Andrews, who is ] going to accompany Oldrieve in a ] small boat, is a hardy, wiry man of 54. | He is about six feet in height and weighs lS0 pounds. He is inured to hardship, and his greatest pleasure is in doing something adventurous and out of the ordinary. After having ac- complished his proposed trip he in- tends to exhibit the boat in which he crosses the Atlantic at the Paris Ex-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
INGENIOUS TRICKS OF SHOPLIFTERS.

matters by asserting that although she was dressed in her best she had been engaged in washing, and taking a fancy to go down town after she had put her clothes out had inadvert- ently taken her clothespin bag, which she always wore in that peculiar place, flor convenience" along with her. And as for the cologne and the ribbon she was sure she didn't know at all how they came there. unless by magic"
 But these women with a mania for 'unconsciously picking up things" in stores are always ready with simple excuses for their extraordinary con- duct.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

position of 1900 He expects to make a patriotic start on July f next.
 Every man has his speciality these days" said Captain Andrews at his pretty home in Cambridge, Mass, the other day, and my speciality is in crossing the ocean in small boats.
 "I shall get across all right this time. if the Lord is wilIing-and he will be more willing than ever before, because I shall take more precautions. I am now going to begin to build with my own hands the finest little boat that man ever sailed in, to be called the Phantom Ship. It will be fourteen feet long and five feet beam, flat bottomed and square sided. I shall make it of half-inch spruce. covered with canvas, made to fold up four inches thick. I can then carry it under my arm and anywhere I want to go check it like baggage. I make it in this way so that I can travel and exhibit it at small cost after I have made the trip. That is how I make my expenses in travel ing around the world.
 My boat will carry fifteen square yards of working sails It will be sloop rigged, with mainsail, topsail and jib. The mainsail and topsail are bent together. l can carry all my sail in a squall or I can drop it all in a second, as I work it with one halyard and a single block.
 There will be $50 pounds of lead in the keel I shall put in a flat deck and five compartments, one on each side for grub, two at the ends for clothes, and another for instruments, a quad rant and a seXtant We shall carry our clothes in water-tight tin case boxes.
 II shall carry a three months sup ply of food everything canned, so there will be no need of cooking. There will be canned chicken, beef and beans, oyster crackers for bread and dried prunes to chew for dessert. never cook even tea or coffee on my trips. I drink simply water, which | carry in bottles. As fast as the bottles are empty I write message, put it in 1 them and throw them overheard.
 II shall carry fifty yacht cannon sa- ! lutes to scare off whales and sharks. | After speaking a steamship I fire a parting salute while the passengers are cheering me, and this makes a pleasant little diversion on the voyage.
 T take my sleep quite regularly at night, for the squalls in the summer usually occur in the daytime. When the wind goes down during the day I take a plunge into the water and climb right back again, so sharks
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
LUCKY GUESS OF A LOVER.

With a gesture expressive of firm resolution, as if the affair were quite settled, the Countess Madeline pointed to her lacquered Japanese cabinet that shimmered in the lamplight and said, very gravely:
 "Open one of those three drawers, Valentine, and be sure that you choose the right one. Each drawer contains an answer to the prayer which you have addressed to me for the past six months. If you open that which con- tains the answer Yes I will be yours and will marry you as soon as you please. But take care that you do not get the wrong answer, for if you do you will never see me again.
 'Alas," said Valentine, there are two chances to one against me. How cruel you are, my darling!"
 Well" said the Countess, If I marry you can at least lay the blame on Fate"
 The young man hesitated a long time. His hand wandered from draw CT to drawer, not venturing to touch | any, and his heart sank with the fear of choosing wrongly. At last he shut his eyes and opened a drawer at hazard.
 Oh. rapture! the little piece of pink paper, when unfolded, disclosed to his glad eyes the exquisite word Yes" In ecstasy he clasped the blushing Made line in his arms and covered her face with kisses. She could not deny him now without a disgraceful violation of her promise. But Madeline was an up- right person who always kept her word, and so he was soon able to call her his wife.
 Still, even amid the raptures of the honeymoon, Valentine was not entirely happy. At times a gloomy expression appeared on his brow and in his eyes.
 "Ungrateful man." sighed Madeline, you are not yet satisfied. What is ] the matter?"
 'I am troubled about something" About what?"
 ''I owe my wife to chance, not to her own inclination"
 He remained pensive for a time while she looked smilingly at him. Suddenly she broke into a merry laugh.
 Stupid man." she cried. Don't you see that I put the same answer in all ! three drawers?"
 |
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

been extended to persons detected for the first time in the act of purloining small articles. Where arrests have been made the goods taken have been of value. or investigation has shown that deliberate preparations have been made for the carrying away of pros pective plunder.
 The golf or Hong cape'' has proved itself a great help to dishonest shop pers and a great nuisance to shop keepers. Its width and length admit of many things being slipped under it, and when it is lined and a slit is made in the lining in both sides near the front, an "all around" pocket is se- cured in which enough articles of small size and comparatively large value can be concealed to make a putative shop ping expedition almost as remunera- tive as were the cruises of the sturdy buccaneers of old.
 Satchels with the Things cut just at the top edge are also convenient, and can be opened and their interiors ex- posed to the view of suspicious eye if necessary, while inside the lining var ious bits of desirable property lie un- seen.
 It is a sad commentary on warped human nature to know that the harm less and necessary baby is quite often used to help defraud Sur stores. The long cloak and skirts of an innocent infant have been found to contain de- posits of ribbons, laces, gloves and iewelry, placed there under clerk very eyes during the processes of tuck ing and cuddling which are supposed to be necessary to the well being Of the babe in arms.
 There is one woman who went shop- ping during the last Christmastide ac- companied by a little child about years of age. This child while her mother was busy pricing articles in diff ferent establishments made herself | equally busy in picking up whatever came. conveniently to hand and placing it for safekeeping under her coat. She was caught doing this several times and the property which she supposedly took in infantile innocence of heart was taken away from her. But in each case it was found that she had beer attracted not to toys but by things oi real value. and it was quite evident by the bearing of her companion that the poor little thing was actually acting under instructions" in the matter.
 One young woman from the country recently made the rounds of some o1 the stores with g large telescope bas- ket, which she filled to the brim with stolen treasures before she was stopped in her career. She also wore a golt cape, and between the outside and tht lining she had a S10 ostrich feather boa besides few other articles for luxur- ious feminine adornment.
 The culprit last arrested wore a large wide-mouthed canvas bag in place o a hustle. but as she wore it on the out side of her dress under her concealins cape Cthe golf cape again) and ther, was a bottle of cologne and a number of yards of ribbon in if, which she haC not gone through the formality of pay ing for, the eccentricity seemed scarce l fly pardonable. She tried to explain