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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-10
CLIMAX Or 4 eoLI.EGe PRANK.
Surprise Which the Professor Gave
soMe SkyIarksnG ssudenss.
Hpare Mnments.

spare Moments
The head OF a noted college was the pcs
SCISSOR of very clumsy. old-fnshioned
vehicle. 10 which ne was very partial. and
W hkch he constantly used in riding through
thu streets OF the town, to the disgust of
most OF the students.
a A plan was formed among some Of the
shoys that on a certain night they would
sremoSe the offensive vehicle from. the
coach house TO a woodshed about half
mile from the college. Their intenti0n was
10 run the carriage into the thiekes Of the
woods and underbrush and leave Il there.
But the principal. by some means, learn
ed or suspected their Intention. According-
ly In the evening he quietly went out 10
TIE eoach house and. well wrapped up.
efpaehed in a corner OF tae carriage and
Waited
Soon the hays came very stealthily, and.
without looking into the yehacle. began
their operations very quietly, and In whis-
pers ana with many a '.kiush." and Take
care,' and 'I.eok out" they succeeded In
getting Il out OF the house and yard and
into tho road. There they were all right.
but they were puzzled 10 find the thing
so heavy 10 haul: and. amid grumbaings
sionaiiy with a strong expression OF dis
gust, they succeeded In reaching tho woods.
the principal listening 10 their complaints
and rather enjoying the situation.
Having with some difficulty backed thA
carriage into the brush. they began 10 con.
graduate each other on the success OF their
r,snenv~r. The old gentleman. letting down
the window, 20 their utter surprise and
alarm. very quietly said:
Nov, young gentlemen. Just take Ue
back very carefully. II you please"
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Mrs. seidl tn stay In Tshis Csantry.
New York Sun

II Is said. that Anton Seidl's widow VIII
live in this country permanently. although
at one time IL WIS believed that she would
return TO Germany. IL IL Mrs. Sefdrs de-
votfon TO hsr husband that has led her 20
remain I'm the country in which ne died.
although her friends believe that she may
ultimately return TO her own country.
where her family lives. She has no rela-
fives In this country. One other reason
for her return 20 Europe may come from
The fart that the estate left by her hus-
band would support her in much greater
comfort abroad than IL would here. The
estate has turned out 10 be much smaller
fhan persons supposed IL wonid be. II IN.
indeed under 1880. In recent years Mr..
assdl made large suns OF money through
his interchangeable sahors. and. although he
never nve6 In fuxussF. he was supplied a.
ways with the greatest comfort. Many
of his most profitable years lay before him.
II ts scarcely expected thst Mrs Sesd1
would accept The proceeds of benefit per-
Torrance. ard her friends say thar under
no circumstances would she allow such
action 70 be taken with her consent: but
i. in certain that the opera singers win
wan, 20 do something next year. AZ Jean
and Fdouard ae Reszke were devoted 70
Mrs, ssldi. There has rarely been a CON-
ductor who has had greater popularity
than Mr. Eei6i.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
President Hitchcock Submits n Prop
ositi0n for Government Aid.

WASHINGTON. June s.-Respond.ng TO
a resolution of inquiry, the secretary OF
the interior today sent TO the senate a
statement by President Hitchcock. of the
Maritime Canal Company. In relation 10
the. Nicaraguan canal. In tais statement
Mr.. Hitchcock makes a proposition 10
issue 10 the secretary OF the treasury 700
shares OF It's capital stock, Of the par value
of xs0;0oo 600. on condition that the govern
ment OF the United States guarantee the
payment OF both principal and interest OF
new Issue of bombs OF the company
amounting 10 sIeo ooe,oeo. The proposition
includes the release by al the siockhold-
ers. except the governments OF Nicaragua
and Costa Rica, OF the per cent. securi-
ties conceded 10 the promoters or the canal
enterprise. The statement shows that the
company has expended 10 date &.1S.{ss.
and that IL has issued 81, 23s. 500 worth OF
stock ard 50, Al. 30 worth of bonds.
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"Reminiscences OF the Author M
Home, sweet Honey

me Old Christian cemetery AT Tnnis !.
o"e vi the strangest sights in thar strarg.,
eo"h. Just OF busy thoroushfare. ,,rraar
an ancient archway. is A heavv us.a.ss,,
sa.es much worn by the lapse Of sims
s.nsnS STUDDED with fantastic nails. AMI
T. Vu win q prodiSious knecker The
1attef' however, Is not needed for tha yas..
yields TO an energetic push. and vo., Al
yourself in q large. walled encloa&a l,sls
garden. half graveyard. where sASHsGn
woman Is hanging out clothes among thn
saant white tombs. 1t is twelve wears
s,hce anyone was buried here. aud sbe
pace Is beginning TO look neglected, The
1o ny ~ cemetery Is now outside the walls,
anu IT'S guardian told me that many n..,.
PIE came 10 him to inquire for the rn,,nu
ment of IAN American poet" or '.a, A rl,t,-
iean consul and he had 70 send them RI
the old graveyard. The monument In aues-
non Is that OF the author OF Home. Sweet
Home and 1T bears the following tnscffpl
tion upon its sides: EIas -
In memory OF John Howard gvx,, a.,
thor OF Home. Sweet Home Born June
.. lssl; died April 2. 1852. Erecteis .A,.Ii.,
1855
tAme1can ar0ss-zeagie sarmqWvoRshYs
motto. "E phIribus unum.''i Died al the
American consulate in Tunis. AGED Gu
years ard 10 months. III
Eoss REMAINS LAY ourieu Tor tnHtyASaArs.s
On January s. 1sS2. they were diSinterre,i
and taken away to his native ndsNhase
they received honor and final bl,ra& e 04e
city of Washington, June 2. 1883. -
content. poor heart"
Sure when thy gentle spirit fed -
To realms beyond the azure dome
With arms outstretehed Gods angel said
Welcome to heavens .Homeu FBattset
Home"
There Is a certain appropriateness sabosft
the fact that the author OF the exlie's most
pathetic anthem should have diednAA1S6y
thousand miles away from hofS9s4&sS4
are other graves in the cemetery, some OF
them with quaint inscriptions. 5ames
Dodge, an American charge d'affasres who
died at Tunis In 1906 has this piece OF
dogyerel on his slab:
"A wits feather. and a chlef'sHa rod;
An honest mans the noblest work of God"
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellgencer
TACOMA, June 9.--diraduation exercises
Of the city high school were heie this
evening at the Tacoma thsafer. pr. Ella
+ Fsfeld president OF the board OF etiuca-
ton, presented the diplomas. Some sixty
scholars were in the graduating class.
The exercises were heard by large au-
Cierce
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Arrested for Numbering His Father.

TOPEKA, Kan. June s.-The killing of
]. 8 Collins. a tragedy which has excited
the people Of Topeka for four weeks past.
eliminated tonight In the arrest OF the
dead mans son. John Henry Collins. and
he Is charged directly with the murder Of
his father.
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rheered and Hissed Pastors Sermon


Cheers and Kisses. gentle tears CT worn
81 ard Wild applause fer me flag ard
every patriotic utterarce Characterized
sunday mornings services at the Izfsy-
cite Avenue Presbyterian church IN Brock
syn where she Rev. D-. Gregg preached
upea The National crtSs, CT Cots Pn--
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CINCINNATI. Jane S.--Attorney J. W
Sprsgue. formerly secretary Of ttse Adams
Express Company. Western department
died In this city iass might.
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Gerr.s rluralttr .,fil Groying.

PORTLAND. June s-Additsonal returns
received today from Mondays election
swat Gs~eT's plurality foS governor 20
10 III
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WASHINGTON, June s.-Wil.iam r
Compton. OF New York. has been nonnin-
ated marshal o: the northern district OF
New York.
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sass q sksrmish.

"Jusia wept when she saw the soldiers
marching past"
f'sgcre they rcing To war;
"she thought 50: bat they had only been
up shA erect 10 have their Photographs
iaken."-C.hieago Paver.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

a warship is neither intricate nor COM
parative1Y expensive and yet but sixty
years have elapsed since the discov-
cry was made that rendered such a
Pelouse observed that when cotton
fabric or paper was immersed in cold
concentrated nitric acid for a short
time, the free acid being subsequently
removed by washing, these materials
became without important alter
alton of structure converted into
substances possessed of high eX-
plOsive properties. A little later
Knop introduced the more ad-
vantageouS method of treating the
cotton wool with a mixture of nitric
and Sulphuric acid, and from that date
on various chemical experiments and
discoveries have been made until it is
now believed that the point has been
reached where this dangerous material
is of the highest explosive power posi-
BILE.
While these researches were being
conducted it was almost as important
to learn how to handle for the pur-
poses of commerce these dangerous
substances as to develop their power.
1t is now claimed that both these de-
siderata have been reached, and
that the fiery guncotton and smoke
less powder can be handled as safely
as a childS toy
Simple as the process may seem a
visit to the laboratory of a powder
works is somewhat of a revelation. All
the acids used have. to be of just a GER
tain strength, and at every stage of the
game constant work has to be done to
insure everything; being perfect; other
wise the slightest carelessRess or in
discretion may give the surrounding
towns one of. those severe shocks which
unfortunately are not uncommon 1t
is Wi: hout dou3. very reassuring to be
told by Self-contained expert that
everything is perfectly safe, that a
child could handle. it., and that there is
no anger so leI-g as people pay at
tention to. what they are. doing, but
while all these assurances: are being
ing to the fact that about once a. year
it is necessary to. hold an inquest over
the remains of those who are never left
in such condition as to exolain how. it
happened.
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any trace of the lost Harriet. But we
were SO poorly equipped with light
we had nothing but ordinary lanterns
that we had scarcely reached the end
of our line before the foul air extin-
guished the lights and made breathing
so laborious that we were obliged to
put about and return to the open sea.
"All that now remains of the wreck
of the Harriet is a little headboard
which was erected by few admirers
of the brave shipmaster who met his
death while in the discharge of his
duty. 1t. is marked: In Memory of
Captain Harris and His Brave Little
Son. and there it stands, its lettering
almost obliterated by the storms of
forty-three winters"
W. c. BUNNY,
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" N December, 1853, a vessel was
II wrecked during one Of the severe
:. storms which are common along
: =: tina coast The little ship broke
- from her. mornings and drifted into
an immense cave which leads from the
harbor of Mendocino in an easterly di-
Fection and ends-no man knoweth
where; at any rate no vestige of the
. craft was ever seen or heard of from
that day to this. Only three lives were
&ost;. but the story as told by an eye
Witness is. most intensely interesting.
: The, only person living who seems able
to give anything like definite evidence
.. is John Dougherty, a man of so years,
still a resident of the little town. Ac-
.cording to his estimate-and he is one
of the few who were bold enough to
try anything in the way of an investi
cation as to the limit of this mysterious
:caye-it is on a line directly under the
course of the great earthquake and he
firmly believes that the cause of all this
disturbance is a smoldering volcano
which has been trying to escape from
its prison for a short vacation.
It certainly is a fact that the vessel
was lost in the manner described below
and that no man returned to tell the
tale. 1t is also TRUE that the greatest
: damage done was in a line correspond
ing with the direction in which the cave
is. supposed to run. Aside from its
earthquake connection the narrative is
well worth reading; one of those bits
of truth that seem almost strange
enough to rank with fiction.
Mr.. Dougherty gives the following
graphic description of the wreck:
-: Il think it was on the 18th of Deem
Der 1863. a number of us, all old salts,
were standing on the point that forms
the north head of Mendocino's little
. harbor. The sea was comparatively
Smooth and glossy. but any old sailor
who had the least acquaintance with
this rocky, coast would have realized
that nasty. weather was near at hand
There was an ominous dun, leaden
streak on the horizon and the long,
steady ground swell was warning suf-
. fcient, to keep "a we'll posted skipper at
sea. until after the. storm broke A
beautiful .top-sal schooner-you don't
see MANY OF. them nowadays-Was MAX
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did his companions, but he refused
point blank to leave his ship as long
as she held together.
"The last we saw of that brave man
he stood with one hand on a spoke OF
the wheel and with his other arm fond
ly embracing his sons waist. disap-
peared forever from our view We
waited all night with the hope that on
the turn of the tide the vessel might
possibly drift into the bay, but we never
saw so much as bit of her planking
again. She had gone into the blow hole
and her destination will ever remain
a mystery.
THE following summer a few of us
mustered up courage and took a surf
boat with two coils of stout clothes
line fast astern to see if we could find
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

make every ounce of the order from
them!
1t has been found during the expert
ments of the past few months that Old
cotton goods, commonly called linen,
make the most perfect quality
of smokeless powder, and the powder
companies are busily searching
through ev>ry known channel to pro-
cure the needed quantities of this kind
of material.
Al the works at Pinole there are
sacks of old cotton which has been torn
into strips and cleansed for the pur-
pose of making the very latest kind
of smokeless powder. Sacks by the
hundred, sacks by the thousand, sacks
by the tens of thousand-old shirts by
the ton. These are gathered from all
quarters and stored at the works to be
used daily in enormous quantities. The
process of developing a sackful of old
linen into a material that will blow up
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

TROM April almost to the present time eartn-
quake shocks have been almost daily occurrences an
the Mendocino County, but more par
ticularly the immediate vicinity or Mendo-
- City and a line running east from that town
toward Ukiah.
Through the months of April May and June from one
shocks felt daily, of them very severe
hurled to the ground windows broken and
scarcely brick chimney left standing in the many
small towns along the The good people OF these
places became alarmed that them carried
about fires, wrapped nights awaiting
final crack of DOOM The road which leads from Men
Ukah was impossible for weeks a time, max
carrying and delivery of mails mpOssiblity,
when the pony resorted The ground
opened and the huge assures in instances
in diameter, filled the canyons
travel practically suspended.
Olive Fry of Ukah the would have
greater than Charleston during great
there had the densely
Crockery glassware destroyed most OF
the houses from end of the country the other
of the Navarro River the disturbance
gulch below like Alpine avalanche The
little wa damned such
formed, which from all appearance
remain permanent fixture. In many places min
made their appearance, some hot some
LID With sulphur predominating. Each heavy
Ierv or thunder during of the storms in New
England
opake Mendocno to pkiah, where the dam
eee recalls remarkable incident which
occurred be of interest to
scientists the laty as we'll
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SmOkeless Powder
Made of Old Clothes.
California win Supply Over one-ouorter of
by the GoVernmept.

all probability
l The
with
|
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ing straight for the bay. 1t was a
sight that would charm the eye of any
old sailor man, but we had no idea that
her master intended TO make the port
and presumed he was only on long
reach with the intention of standing
off shore again on the next tack.
I'VE were soon undeceived on this
point, for the captain put up his helm
and sailed slap into the harbor. We
stood aghast at his effrontery and re-
allied in a moment that he must be
a stranger to the rockbound coast of
Mendocino or he would never have ta-
ken such fearful chances. We soon
found that she was the schooner Har-
riet, Captain Harris, a good old-fash-
toned New England skipper, who had
been taught in his youth to obey or
ders and break owners and his orders
were to carry a cargo of lumber for
the Mendocino Lumber Company to the
port of San Francisco, which he fully
intended to accomplish The skipper,
as soon as he had moored his ship,
came ashore in his own boat and re-
ported for orders to Mr.. ]. B. Ford, at
The CdPtoiD Stood Broveiy at the
ODIy Twelve Years Old. and Ii
Little Chap Refused to Desc
There Like q Hero and Went t
Whimper.
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that time superintendent for the lumber
company. Mr.. Ford's advice to Har-
ris was to get up his anchor with all
possible speed and put to sea without
delay.
"'Oh, I don't know was the cap
tains confident reply. I think 1 can
weather this all right
=" But, my dear man. said Mr.. Ford,
you have no idea of what is in store
for you. We are on the eve of one of
the heavy winter stoFms and the vessel
was never yet built that can live
through a genuine sou'easter in this
port. especially with the insecure moor
ing facilities which are the very best
we have to offer You git. Don't
stand On the ceremony of going, but
go just as quick as the Lord will let
you
Captain Harris seemed to realize
now that the matter was somewhat Sc
rious and pulled off to his ship at once
to make preparations for sea- During
the interval the wind had risen and
things were becoming lively; the
schooner was Juggling vigorously at her
Helm With His Little Sop, q Boy
ke Cosobionco in the Poem, That
rt His Fathers Ship, but Stood
} His Mysterious Deoth Without q
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NE million pounds of srnokeless
powder and if the manufacturers
could obtain a sufficient number
of old white shirts and other gar
ments they would prefer to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-22
ELECTED PROFESSOR.
DIR. Davidson to FIJI the Chair Of
DiscnscS of Eye. Ear, and Throat.

Al the meeting of the Board of Visit
ors of the Medical College Of Virginia
yesterday Dr John p Davidson was
chosen To- succeed the late Dr Charles
NJ Shields as Professor of Diseases OF
the Eye. Ear. and Throat
The members OF the board present We're
Ur. James B. McCaw. Of Richmond pres
idtnt; ReV. J. j. Latferly. ID. D.. Rich
mopd; Dr Herbert NJ. Nash. Norfolk;
Dr. ! : Peudleton. Marion; Or Thomas
H. Barnes ElWood. Dr. Thomas j.. Ma
theWS. Manchester; Dr. 81. +. Bryant,
Franklin; Dr. Joseph N Barneey Jrr,
Mr. Wyudham r. Meredith, and Colonel
John = Harwood Richmond.
The board convened AT noon, ana dl4
not conclude its sitting until nearly O.
o'clock Routine matters Of % nature not
u0n Of the time, the only business ot a
public character being the election of a
professor Besides Or. Davidson. other
applicants for The prOfessorshp were Dr.
Alfred Palmer and DR. b. A. NuEk. or
Richmond and Dr. Mercer OF Grecnvillc.
= &. All the applicants were highly en-
dorscd. hut several members OF the board
said they had never seen stronger en-
dorscmeuts than those filed bN Dr David
son.
jr. Davidson is % native OF Bockbridge
county. and is only 3S years of age. lie
received his academic education dt Wash
ingtOu and Lee University, ana grddu-
ated iu medicine at the University OF
Virginia. He has since been the resident
physician at ST Nincents Hospital, Nor
folk and Is at present the house surgeon
AT the Eve and Ear iutrmdry. New York,
= position ne has held two years.
'pr Davidson is unques uonably one
Of the most promising oculsts I'M this
country" said a leading Richmond ply
slcian. I'm discussing the selection "dud
] predict be will reach foremost place.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-22
ARMY BILL PASSED.
No Man Can Be Forced 10 Enlist as
a Volunteer.
STRENGTHENING OF COAST DEPENCES
Sundry Civil Bill, Providing for This,
Also Passed by the Senate
The NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
This Measure Taken Up Promptly and
Practically Put Through.
EMBARGO LAID on COAL.
President Empowered 10 stop EX-
portation al This and other War
to PriNateering-W aIthnil no More.

WASHINGTON. April 2l.-sevoral inn
portant measures We're passed by the
Senate to-day. all OF which relate To the
national defence.
The sundry civil bill. which had been
pending for two weeks, ana which car
ries a large amount OF mone. intended
10 be used I'm the strengthening of the
coast Gefences, was finally passed.
TIE naval appropriation bin was imme-
dlately taken up ana practically passed,
although. pending the discussion Of an
amendment regarding the price OF armor-
Mate. the bill was displaced in order that
the measure temporarily increasing the
military establishment of the United
States in time OF war might be considered.
After "a long discussion the bill, As
amended by the committee, was passed.
4 Joint resolution was adopted, giving
the President power TO prevent the eX-
portatiou of coal and other war mate
rial.
Just before adjournment it became
known among the senators on the floor
that Senator Walthaii. Of Mississippi
who had been il for several weeks. was
dead. The formal announcement Of
his death was not made. but will be when
the Senate convenes tomorrow
Mr.. Morrill,. of Vermont. secured the
passage OF a bill to restore 20 citizenship
in the United States Mrs. Nellie Grant
sartoris, daughter Of the late President
Grant. who forfeited her citizenship by
her marriage 90 a British subject.
EMBARGO on COAL.
Mr.. quay, Of Pennsylvania, introduced
the following resolution:
THAT the President is hereby autho-
rized in his discretion. and with such
limitations and exceptions as shall seem
TO him expedient to prohibit the exporta-
ton Of coal or other material used In war