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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-08

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

THIRD AVENUE Coon
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SEATTLE, THURSDAY, DEC. =.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-08
'COMMERCIAL CExrERs.
The Natural Laws Governing Their
Location.


Alfred F. Sears. In Bulletin Of the Aneri-
can Geographical Society.
The business OF the world Is dolss at CEN
tiers Of exchange These eentsrs IN our coun-
try are the crossroads grocery and variety
store; then the knot OF a haif-dozen larger
establishments, surrounded by few dwell
ling houses. a church, a school house.
postoffice, and today a liquor saloon and
railroad station. A large village follows.
called perhaps a country town. 10 which
many ham,ets are tributary; and the shire
town larger than any yet mentioned and
containing all their advantages. with the
courthouse OF the county. possibly saw
mill ana some manufacturing establish
ment. After that, comes the commercial
pert OF the region.
The Northern Pacific Railroad company
has made another attempt to build Vp a
commercial metropolis o. the northwest at
Tacoma or Puget sound. The position 10
well selected for doing the business OF a
limited district. II can never become a
town OK commercial Importance 1t Is at
the head OF the sound and thus would seem
TO be near the heart OF the producing re-
gion. Ii happens, however. that the PRO
ducing region does not lie in that direc-
ton. Seattle. on the sound at the mouth
OF an extensive river system, the center
discharges forty steamers a day, was left
aside by the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. Il Is not the right field Tor a
grand land speculation. being already an
established town. 1t was going to be an
easy matter for powerful railroad COM
pany to force the traffic of those valleys
that came TO Seattle 70 buy supplies from
their old channel into the promising prop
erty OF Tacoma. The merchants Of Seattle
knew better. They failed to take alarm
and held their ground to the surprise and
CONSERVATION Of the SPECTATORS. 1t is
easier for one trader to take his goods to
a community Of a thousand customers than
il is for a thousand customers to go
long way from home 10 buy goods.
And So in spite OF the existence OF a rail-
road and all its power, the Seattle man was
close TO the producer and he saw that his
customers had their goods at as cheap a
rate as anybody in Tacoma. for he had the
sound and steamers to many points on the
coast.
Every new commercial port undertaken
by railroad capitalists has been failure
in reaching the fulhllment of its promises.
and such enterprises must continue to be
failures.
Ports viii be established by trade and by
trade alone. The railroads do not make
the trade Of the country: they are the Off
spring of It's trade Trade exists without
railroads, but railroads cannot exist with
out trade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
MERRITT !: SAYS HURRY D

second Philippine Expedition Ata3
Sail We dr. sday.
San francisco, June II. - Maj. Gen.
Merritt has issued verbal Instructions,
through Maj. Gen. Otis to colonels COM
manding regiments and battalions des-
ignated to sail in the second Philippine
expedition, to have finished by Tues
day the placing aboard ship Of all camp
equ1page and to be ready to embark
their troops by noon Wednesday.
These orders, though not from the Of
tlclal typewriter nor graced by the Of
fetal caption, are bonafide commands
and were actually issued by Gen. Mer-
rift. AS a result. in the camps Of the
regiments that are to sail, packing up
has begun and every article not neces-
sary to take along is being packed.
Arthur Macarthur, the last of the
brlgadier generals of volunteers or
dered to report to Gen. Merritt at San
Francisco for the Manila expedition
has arrived. Gen. Macarthur comes
direct from Tampa and Chickamauga
camps, where he assisted in the mo-
biizing of two armies.
Measles threatens to become epidem-
lc among the soldiers at Camp Merritt,
and the surgeons in charge of the field
hospital are bending all their energies
to prevent the further spread of the
malady. Fifty cases are now under
their care, and during the past three
days six or eight new patients dav
have been turned over to them. For
tunately it is in mild form and pa
tients are doing we'll.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

copyright, 1898, by Associated Press)
Kingston, JAM, June 15.-When the
Associated Press dispatch boat Daunt-
less left Guantanamo bay early yes
terday morning after the thirteen
hours skirmish between the United
States marines under Lieut.. Col. R.
w. Huntington and the Spanish guer-
rlllas and regulars, it was expected the
fighting would be renewed. The Mar
blehead was landing achievements
and nothing had been heard from the
advance pickets under Lieut.. Wendell
G. Neville and Lieut.. Melville J. Shaw
At y O'Clock the firing was again re-
newed by the Spaniards, who ap-
peared off the camp on the edge of a
small island about mile to the north
east. 1t
Was Promptly Returned
by thirteen rifles and a siege gun, and
in short time the enemy had disap-
peared. Lieut.. Col. Huntington then
sent to the landing for a second three
inch gun, which was dragged up the
hill and placed in position at the sum-
NIT. The skirmish lines thrown
around the camp kept up popping all
the morning, but with not much result
to show for it. Meanwhile the Marble
head left the harbor and threw a few
shells into the woods. To the great de-
light of the marines in camp Lieuten-
ants Neville and Shaw, with thirty
men of Company D, returned in good
shape, but much exhausted, by eigh-
teen hours of picket duty. One man,
Sergeant Smith, of Company K, had
been shot through the abdomen and
Instantly Killed.
For most Of the day and night Lieu
tenants Neville and Shaw had been
surrounded by a much superior force,
but men and officers behaved splendid
ly, and, although the firing of the
Spaniards was constant and heavy,
Lieut.. Neville's detachment held their
own, inf1icting much more damage
than sustained. At least five Spaniards
are known to have been killed, and as
Lieut.. Neville's men kept up a steady
fire throughout the night and the enc
my was not at a great distance, it is
believed that the Spanish casualties
were heavy. The battleship Texas ar
rived and sent ashore forty marines
and two Colt automatic guns as rein
forcements. The Marblehead also sent
a small additional force. Private
Bartholomew Shaw will lose his hand,
which was shattered by bullet.
Amputation was necessary. The Mar
biehead's pilot, who was shot through
the leg while guiding the cruiser out
Of the harbC.", holds the rank of colonel
in the Cuban service.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
THROWS UP The sP1 ONCE
Letter, the Wheat S1ecu1ator, Sud-
FIG denly COJlADBe6.#f ss5saa#S

Letter, the Wheat specuIator, sud.
Z denly COIlnpses.#
Chicago, June 15.-Al II interest on the
board Of trade centered in the doings
OF Joseph Letter and the results Of his
famous big deal in wheat. IA tren en-
dous slump in prices was generally at
tributed to immense sales for him. Ac-
cording to one authority Mr.. Letter or
dered all his trades closed out at the
opening of the days transactions in
the wheat pit, and it was stated that at
least 100000 bushels of wheat were
liquidated for him in the Chicago mar
ket alone. The seyerest breaks in
prices, however, were in the North
west, where it is said Letter had big
lines. Cash wheat in Duluth went off
19c and in Minneapolis tic. Half an
hour before the close Letters sales in
Chicago were placed as high as 100000
600 bushels. His brokers', Allen &
Grier, transferred June wheat to Ar
mour and September to Lamson Bros.
Letters wheat interests have been
turned over to a board of trustees,
who will settle up the deal. This course
was necessary on account of Mr..
Letters inability to put up the margins
called for. Fifteen minutes before the
closing bell rang on change the tick
ers had report that Letters cash
wheat would be trusted. 1t was said
that the bankers who had made adj
vances on it had agreed to take care
of it. There were all kinds Of rumors
abroad that Letter had failed and these
tended to keep the market in suspense.
Shortly before adjournment broker
said:
Il have just seen Joseph Letter at
the Illinois Trust and Savings bank,
where he is in consultation with L. Z.
Letter and other friends. He saws he
will not make an assignment. His op-
lions have been liquidated. His cash
wheat will be trusteed." -
Before the conclusion of the days
business Joseph Letter admitted that
his father had withdrawn his support.
He also admitted to his friends that
he had lost money. Excitement on the
board ran high. Stories of financial
trouble for the young man who engi-
neered one Of the greatest wheat
deals in the history of the country
gained circulation. Little credence was
given to this feverish gossip at first.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

According to New York newspaper
correspondents, Nicola Tesla is on the
eve of new achievement. He has
learned a new use for his oscillator,
that marvellous electrical instrument
with which Mr.. Tesla was able to
transmit messages without wire or 9TH
er artificial conductors, years before
the same result was achieved by 9TH
ers. He has now discovered that it is
just as easy to blow up an enemy's YES
sci by means of the oscillator as it is
to send a message by telephone from
one end of the city to. the other. The
question of distance between the enc
my's ship and the oscillator does not
enter into consideration at all. The
same force that can convey a message
that distance will be able, Mr.. Tesla
thinks, to blow up the biggest battle
ship that has ever been afloat at an
equal distance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
ATTACK ON THE MARINES.

No Disposition in Washington to
Question the Accuracy of the Press
Reports.
Washington, June 15.-The news of
the attack by the Spaniards upon the
United States marines at Guantanamo
bay Saturday night was not confirmed
by official advices up to the close Of the
day here. However, there is no dispo-
sitionP to question the accuracy of the
press report, and the news has had
rather SOLDERING effect upon the ele-
ment that has insisted upon rushing
troops forward regardless of their IN
preparedness. Saturday nights action
shows that the Spanish are not afraid
to charge bodily upon United States
troops, and the chances Of a BUSH
whacking warfare disclosed by the
Spanish movements are anything but
agreeable to the persons who have
been hoping for a short campaign.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

Washington, June 15-The first army
Of invasion to Cuba is now we'll on it's
way, thirty-two transport steamships,
carrying over $4,000 officers and men,
conveyed by battleships, cruisers, gun
boats and auxiliary cruisers, sixteen in
number, having actually sailed from
Key West at daybreak yesterday
morning. An authoritative statement
to this effect was made at the war de-
partment yesterday, setting at rest all
reports that the expedition was on it's
way or had landed last week. The au-
thorities made the announcement for
the reason that the time for secrecy
was past, as the scout boats had made
sure that the track was clear before
it and that no possible menace could
come from the Spanish ships or troops
even if they should know our forces
were advancing against them. With
the expedition off officials here feel
that there will be a period of COM
parative inaction for few days. By
Thursday at the latest the transports
will be off Santiago and large army
will make it's landing on Cuban soil.
Sampson has cleared the way for this
undertaking and little danger is appre-
hended in getting ashore. 1t will be
after that, when the advance is made,
that actual
Dramatic Developments
may be expected. By that time it is
likely the American commanders will
be in direct cable communication with
the authorities here. Admiral Samp-
son has taken the shore end of the
cable landing at Guantanamo and a
force of cable experts are rapidly re-
storing the line to working order. The
progressing Of this work has been SO
rapid that one of the leading officials
Of the state department said that it
was hoped this direct cable commune
cation would be established by Thurs
day. 1t will put an end to the dearth
Of official information concerning i'm
portant movements and will enable
the authorities here to keep in close
touch with those executing the strate-
gic movements. Aside from the men
and officers making up the expedition
the boats carried vast quantity Of
supplies, ammunition and war equip
ments necessary to maintain an organ
ization Of this size for at least sixty
days. Every detail for the landing of
this party has been worked out by the
engineer corps of the army. 1t will be
a laborious process at best and will
take full day or more. The point of
landing has been so chosen that there
is little danger of an interruption from
the Spanish forces, but should they at
tempt to make trouble Admiral Samp-
sons ships will insure ample protec-
ton until the troops can care for them
selves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
BLANCO is SHORT.

The Captain General Need. War
Stores-Spain Will Try to Furnish
Them.
London, June 14.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Standard says: Gen.
Blanco, having again telegraphed that
i'll case the blockade becomes stricter it
will be urgent to send war stores, as
his supply is running short, the gov
eminent has taken steps to dispatch
abundant supplies by fast vessels from
Spain and foreign ports. The more i'm
portant supplies from Spain will be
strongly conveyed and will be sent i'm
mediately. Gen. Blanco also tele-
graphs that the authorities at Santiago
de Cuba claim to have repealed the
American attempt to land in the inner
and outer bays of Guantanamo, the
Spanish forces being entrenched in
positions commanding the best landing
places between Santiago and Guam
tanamO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
INSPECT THE TEMERARlO.

Commission Will Investigate the
~ Claims of Her Commander.
Assumption, Paraguay, June Is. -
The government has appointed a COM
mission to inspect the engines of the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Tenn
erario in order to verify whether. as
claimed by her commander, it was i'm
possible for her to put to sea, and to
fix the term of delay which will be
allowed her in order to complete her
repairs. This action is result of the
protest Of the United States consul,
taken in view of the neutrality of the
republic. .E H.. -. u,
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copyright, 1898, by Associated Press

copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Mole st. Nicholas, June II. - Lieut..
Col. II. w. Huntington's battalion Of
marines, which landed from the trans
port Panther on Friday and encamped
on the hill guarding the abandoned
cable station at the entrance to the
engaged in heading off a rush attack
by Spanish guerillas and regulars since
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
fighting was almost continuous for
thirteen hours, until 6 o'clocy Sunday
morning, when achievements were
landed from the Marblehead. Four of
our men were killed and one wounded.
The advance pickets under Lieutenants
Neville and Shaw are unaccounted for.
Among the killed is Assistant Surgeon
John Blair Gibbs, son of Maj Gibbs.
of the regular army, who fell in the
Custer massacre. His home was at
Richmond, Va, but he has been prac-
ticing in New York, and he entered the
service since the war began. The 9TH
ers killed are Sergeant Charles Smith
of Smallwood, Private William
Dumphy of Gloucester, Mass, and Pri-
vate James McColgan of Stoneham,
Mass. Corporal Glass was accidental
ly wounded in the head. The Spanish
loss is unknown, but it is probably con-
siderable. The splashes Of blood found
at daylight at the positions the Span
iards occupied indicate fatalities, but
they carried off the killed and woun-
ded. The engagement began with des-
ultory firing at the pickets, thousand
yards inland from the camp. Capt.
Spicer's company was doing guard
duty and was driven in, finally rallying
on the camp and repulsing the enemy
at o'clock. The bodies of Privates
McColgan and Dumphy were found,
both shot in the head. The large cav
tiles caused by the bullets, which in
side range of 500 yards, have a ro-
tary motion, indicate that the victims
were killed at close range. The bodies
were stripped Of shoes, hats and cart
ridge belts and horribly mutilated with
machetes.
From Another Source.
New York, June 14.-The Herald has
the following from Kingston, JAM:
One of the Herald's dispatch boats
which has reached Port Antonio re-
ports that fight has taken place at
Guantanamo between the United
States marines and the Spanish troops.
The Spaiards advanced on the camp
the marines had established on the
crest Of the heights through the thick
tropical underground. Sergeant Smith,
who was on the extreme outpost re-
lieving the guard, fell at the first fire.
Some marines who were missing have
since been found. The outposts did not
wait to attack the Spaniards, but re-
treated, and later the firing began
again, half mile to the right in the
woods. There was a short skirmish,
and the Spaniards retired. Command
err McCalla sent detachment of the
Marblehead's marines ashore in a
launch within a few yards of the shore,
hoping to draw the enemy's fire, but by
the time they arrived there was no
signs of the Spaniards. Nothing is
definitely known of the strength of the
Spanish forces, but it is reported that
there are 5000 Spanish troops in the
vicinity of Caimanero and Guantana-
mo. Three hundred Cubans are ex-
pected tomorrow to occupy a point on
the other side of the bay from the
camp of the marines.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
WON BY RYAN.
Tommy West Easily Defeated in a
Glove Contest.

tommy west Easily Defeated In q
Glove Contest.
New York, June Is. - Tommy Ryan
Of Syracuse met and easily defeated
Tommy West of this city in the four
teenth round of twenty-round contest
for the welter-weight championship Of
the world. Ryan outfought his man at
every point and might have ended the
contest much more quickly had he
cared to. West was game to the .cre
and took an awful lot of hammering
Ryan's hackers laid odds on their man
and took all the New York money in
sight. The referee, Charlie White, let
the bout go as far as humanity would
permit, and when at last he sent the
men to their corners and awarded the
fight to Ryan there was general salts
faction among the spectators.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
ITS DAYS NUMBERED.

SaEasta's Cabinet Cannot Last Much
.. =. ~ Longer. 81 ..r.@
London, June 15.-The Paris CORE
spondent of the Morning Post says: I
learn from trustworthy source that
the days Of the Sagasta cabinet are
numbered. It is believed the cabinet
is aware that the torpedo boat destroy
is rumored that there is further bad
news form Cuba. Senior Silvela, leader
Of the difident Conservatives, is re-
garded as the coming man. The Carl
lists are enrolling men, and startling
developments are expected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
YELLOW fever.

Every Precaution Being Taken to
Guard the Army and Navy From
the Dread Disease.
Washington, June 15.-Surgeon Gen
erals Sternberg, of the army, and Van
Eypen, of the navy, have taken every
precaution to protect the army and
navy from yellow fever. Up to the
present time neither of them has re-
ceived any report Of contagion in
either branch Of the service, nor do
they feel that the present conditions
give ground for serious apprehension,
although with our troops and ships op-
Grating in a country having yellow fe-
YER the year round, there is noted the
most rigid precautions by the army
and navy medical corps.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
A THOUSAND KILLED.

Terrible Slaughter in the Recent
Uprising in Sierra Leone
Liv erpool, June 14.-Steamers which
have arrived here from Sierra Leone
report that thousand persons were
killed in the recent uprising in that dis
trict. One hundred and twenty inhabi-
tants of Freetown, most of them
traders, are known to have been mas
sacred and other colonists were carried
into the bush by the "warboys'' and
undoubtedly met a worse fate. Three
hundred friendly natives were killed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

An interesting investigation has
been made recently in one of our cities
as to the reasons why children of
equally good capacity should rank so
unevenly in their studies in the
schools. Pains were taken to learn
from one class of ffty-fve pupils
enough about their habits out Of school
to enable judgments to be made. The
investigation showed that thirteen
boys were permitted to be on the
streets at night as late as half-past
nine o'clock. Not one of them ranked
as high as thirtieth in the class. An
other grade class of fifty-five was tried
in the same manner; eight boys were
habitually on the streets in the even
ings. Not one of them ranked as
high as fortieth in the class. Anothe,
class of thirty-five investigated show
ed that six were allowed the freedom
of the streets at night, and every one
of them had. spent two or three years
passing the fourth and fifth grades.
One boy of fifteen years of age had
spent nine years in getting four and q
half years of schooling. Investigation
also showed that in these classes ex-
amined, eighty five per cent,.of the
girls remain at home and read good
books and about one-third only Of the
boys ever read ut all. ~ e.. ST.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

The vicissitudes of artistic life are
given vivid and pathetic illustration
in the impending separation of
the stage careers of Sir Henry
Irving and Miss Ellen Terry.
These two artists have been so long as
ISOLATED in modern stage productions
that the theater-going public of two
continents has come to consider the
successes of one the success of both.
We now hear disQuieting rumors of the
detection of Irving's public from the
former master and idol and in his loos-
ening grip there arises the opportunity
for successful rival to WOO the gifted
Terry from her allegiance of a life
time. With the parting of Irving and
Terry we will receive fresh demon
stration of the fickleness of Dame For
tunes favors. Not even the heights of
Parnassus are secure from the corrod-
ing touch of a waning popularity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
Three Were Drowned.

Ottumwa, Iowa, June Is. - Johnnie
Whitaker, Darwin Wilson, Ray Teeter
and Fred Jepson lie dead in McIntyre's
undertaking establishment as the re-
suit Of youthful sport on a pond with
ten feet of water. The boys We're on a
raft which capsized. None of them
could swim and all sank before help
arrived. The bodies were found quick
~, but too late for resuscitation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16

Pope Again Offers His Services.
London, June 14.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Standard says: Ow-
ing to the serious news from the Phil
ippines the pope wired the queen re-
gent of Spain, placing hi services at
her disposal if she considered that the
time had arrived for the Intervention
of the powers in favor Of Spain. The
queen regent in reply, telegraphed her
thanks, saying that at an opportune
moment she would find the pope's Of
fer to be very precious. ,s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
CUTTING THE. CABLE.

Cuba Is Now Surely Cut From OUT
side Commup cation.
Kingston, Jamaica, June Is. The
officers in charge Of the cable ship.
Adra believe that the Santiago cable
has at last been disposed Of. Since
Monday, when the cut was made, there
had been grave doubts as to whether
the main cable had been found. and
the reports from Kingston that the
Santiago cable had been working on
Tuesday caused much uneasiness, but
it is claimed to-day that there is posi-.
tive information showing that Mon
days work was entirely successful.