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The Press., 1898-09-15
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The biggest aggregation of good blankets ever brought to Springfield is ready here, to open, what we mean to make, the greatest and most talked of Early Fall Sale ot blankets in our history.
 You know what we did last year, the year before, and the year before that at these early sales. We did wonders then, we'll do greater now.
 The fact is, nobody can af- ford to pass this sale of blank cts that begins to-day, nobody in Springfield or within easy trading distance of Spring field, nobody who has blank cts to buy this fall or winter.
 You can't rely on such pie lures of these goods as type and ink and paper would give, but you can come to see and examine, and be sure.
 Just a bare outline of the price story:
The Press., 1898-09-15

1O-4 size tan blankets, cotton. 4Sc pair. 11-4 size tan blankets, cotton, 65c pair. 114 size tan blankets, cotton, 75c pair. 1O-4 size gray blankets, cotton, $1.15 pa1r 1O-4 size gray blankets, cotton, 37Sc pair. 1O-4 size gray blankets, cotton. 4Sc pair. 11-4 size gray blankets, cotton, 65c pair. 11-4 size gray blankets. cotton, 75c pair. 11-4 size gray blankets, cotton, 95c pair. 10-4 size white blankets, cotton, 3711c pair. 1O-4 size white blankets, cotton, 39c pair. 1O-4 size white blankets, cotton, BOG pair. 1O-4 size white blankets, cotton, 65c pair. 11- size white blankets, cotton, 75c pair 11-4 size white blankets, cotton, $1 pair. 11-4 white wool blankets, colored border, $35O
 pair.
 IA white wool blankets, colored borders, $a.75
 pair.
 11-4 white wool blankets, colored borders, 4.O0
 pair.
 11-4 white wool blankets, colored borders, s5.OO
 pair.
 More, and more, and more, and more. Come to buy blankets now.
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tender years is marvellous. and was fully
appreciated last evening, their double act
creating an enthusiasm that was unnis-
taxable for its genuneuess.
Harry Campbell and Ward Caulfeld, the
double team frishmen on the Matthews
Il Bulger order, introduced some new say
ings and kept I'D their eud of the lively
fun. I'd Thompson, as Luke Murphy, be-
sides being d clever comedian. as IA versa
tile musician. His piano Paying shows him
10 be Il skiiful anipulator and he is equal
~ familiar with the cornet. rs was shown
in his musical act with Mark Green also
"A good musician.
The songs and acrobatic dances of Ollie
Joy ana Alice Clayton was another strik-
lng feature that caught on" George
kalne gave batch OF German songs. The
military girls" introduced the boquet OF
girls IL a song and dance and evoIutions
Annie Driver, bright, snappy little wo-
man. made i dashing tough Cir, while
Tony Murphy rs Mrs. Hogan, Who controls
the alley. added his or her quantnm OF fun
music and dancing. There were other
bright fs-ope. ali Of whom helped to make
up q happy melange OF fun and nonsense
that sent everybody home in good Spir.ls.
'Hogan's Alley will be repeated tonight
and tomorrow night.
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McEwen. the Hypn0tist, at the
Third Avenue Thenter.

The Third Avenue theater has Witnessed
many scenes Of hiiarjty during the years
Of It's existence. bus never have the rafters
runS more heartily with laughter and ap-
plause than last evening, when McEwen
the noted Scottish hypnotist opened
weeks engagement lNtore one OF the iarg
est houses which this class of entertain
1nent has ever attracted.
Two motives imppl q person 70 attend an
entertainment If this nature. Some 20
70 be amused: others to be instructed. the
majority, however are looking for A COM
bination ~ amusement and instruction. Il
IS needless - say that all classes were
pleased last night There was. presuma-
biy. the unoelever III the audience, al
though, il present, ne succeeded in hiding
his light under n bushei.
MeEWcn started IN with a class of TWEEN
" subjects Among this number about
half were well known n many OF the
audience. In fact prominent Pike street
BUSINESS man WIS one Of his best subjects
After the customary tests were applied, 10
ing Practiced among the subjects. a num-
beT Of ludlcrous exhibitions were given.
which kept the large audience in IL con-
slant tumult OF applause
The Introduction Of Miss Grace MAY
naNl was the signal for the introduction
of marvellous cataleptlc tests. The young
lady vas laid across two chairs. and her
rlGid form supported five large men who
stood upon her body. supported as II was
only Ivy Tho shoulders ana ankles. Later
q "human wo,HlNle.' consisting or eight
t4i&t'it1c SnDltt'@, WIS lpfin@i. ana NaTi-
o5ls other marvellous tests were given.
NrEwcn barely made a beginning IN his
marvellous work last evening. New and
more Interesting tests win ne introduced
ar every performance ard new subjects
81 II }~' worked on TASt the interest IN
him ana SIS exhibitions is intense Is
shown hy thP fact ;hat among the audience
last evening We're @aen many prominent
Yeo9'" n-ho ara not IN the hablt ~ visiting
thn shcAter
During she week Mss MAYNARD will he
PLACED a. sleep IN the window ~ a }.-3ding
huelHtSs j-0Uee where Sha vii remain all
dew. being awakened Sra ;he evening on ire
STAG IN thts t,ss. as IN all Others No
tven invites the closest scrutiny.
There w.li oe an entire change OF pro-
l-r.1Y~tfte tnts evening.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-19
THE k|NSH|US COLLISION.
HOW SHE MET TIE MlYAGAWA IN
THE INLAND SEA.
Japanese Government Places nm En-
barge on All News of the Acct
aent-Capfain Is Said Z" Have
Net Lowered Boats Soon Enough

The Nippon Yusen kaisha steamship
Kinshiu Maru. which arrived late in the
week from the Orient. shows no Il-eHects
of her terrible collision In the inland sea,
and was apparently not damaged more
than receiving a severe shaking UP. n pc
culiar custom OF the japanese government
is shown IN this accident, all the oifleeiS
ard members Of the crew being forbidden
under heavy penalties from saying WORD
to outsiders about the accident, until the
board OF inquiry, appointed by the gov
eminent, makes its official report. The Of
ficers are placed under bonds TO Keep this
in junction.
Notwithstanding that the accident oc-
Cured as long ago "a November j. this
action has had the effect OF keeping details
OF 1t from being sent out by telegraph,
although the Japanese local papers nave
published accounts of considerable length.
The government has placed rigid censor
ship. il is SAID, on All Geographic matter
referring 10 the catastrophe.
According 70 the Kobe Chronicle. the ac-
cident occurred about o'clock Tuesday
night. November /. The kjnshiu Maru Was
bound from Kobe to Nagasakt. The osaka
ShoSefs kaiSha anlshlp MiVagaHa MaFu
was on the way from Moi 10 Tadotsu The
vessels came together on Takaml, eighty
four miles from Kobe in the inland sea.
The Alyagawa sunk al once. taking down
Sixty-one of her passengers ard crew, who
periShed while of the saved two were
verely injured and SIX others had slight
GLIDING the crew.
Among the passengers were sixty Jap
aresc hlueiackets in charge o. ii lcuten~
ant, who embarked at kure. Nine Of ihe
marines were drowned and the officer re-
ceived serious Injuries from being iammeI
in his s.aterp0n az the time Of the collision.
IL, however. escaped.
\ boy belonging 10 the Miyagawa. VINO
as taken 10 Kobe or the Sst:Surna Maru
the steamer that ha! the particulars Of the
affair. stated that the Niyasawa sunk I'm
three minutes after the collision. When the
vessel began 10 sink the between }e ks
We're filed with water and the vessel in-
Cljaed 10 port and went down Five feei
NJ her m8snmast WAS visible three hours
after flood tide The boy saved himself hy
swimming 80 the klushu and many oth-
ers followed him. lie and three others
ciG1E 20 a box until they were picked up.
He declares tha. three oF the naval men
on board tha MivaEawa swan Of 10 the
kiusbiu and assisted in lowering the
boats. They sai1 that the boats We're not
dropo@4 quickly enough. ara afterw ard
threatened 20 couaemn the captain.
The master OF the kinshm vas thaa
Capt Brown. bat he has been succeeded s,y
Capt Brady. who IS now ia command.
The Miyagaw2 was one q tae steel yas-
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change IN c. \. OFFICERS.
suPT. FRANK SHESGREEN EX.
CHANGES WITH Il. III. BOWRON.
Arrival of the Latter in This City
Daily Expected-Transfer S of
Unusual Character Both Men
Probably Marked for Promotion

Superintendent r. IL Bowron. who has
been In charge of the WiilInar division of
tho Great Northern railway al 81. Paul,
has been transferred 10 the Cascade d.
vision OF the same line and Is daily ex-
pected TO arrive in Seattle in his special
car Superintendent Frank Shesgreen,
who has so successfully managed the al
fairs OF the Cascade division for several
years, viii change posts with Supernteud-
saIt Eowron and Will 80 to ST. PAU -
soon a. ne makes the necessary transfer
OF the property IN his charge 10 his sue
cessor.
The transfer OF these two efficient Of
acials from the two terminals Of the road
has been the subject Of considerable ques-
t.oning in railroad circles for the reason
that Il Is unusual TO change superintend-
ents from one division 10 another. ana for
the further reason that both these officials
ara known 10 be exceptionally competent
men and ever loyal 10 the company : III
tereSts
1T is one OF James j Hnrs queer
moves" said one railroad man yesterday.
and il ~ impossible Ia fathom his mo
uVc2 superintendent, as a RUE. are
never changed unless removed for cause.
for the reason that they are generally
uleu Whc have grown TAP IN The business
- the company from one position to an
other on that one division and have be-
come 81 thoroughly Identified with its
every detail as - make their services
almost Indispensable. The transfer 0t such
a man from one end OF the lsne 10 an
other means an enormous amount OF work
in learning the odds and ends necessary
e. a thorough mastery of the sItua-
ton. M Hill. no doubt 3ad some eui in
view ur he would not have made the
change"
Another Official commenting on the
transfer said:
Il shauld size it up rs meaning that
81.
fer promotion and wanted each 90 them
tn becoinc familiar with the two tcrmiua. =
OF the road Mr. l1!i. you know. ia a
great master a raiiruAoing cu1 has the
wonderful faculty 90 he!ne abe "a Iie
out men WHO VIII develop into hraify
sud prteticsd sailroGd men. This he has
aoI~ over 8Gd over AMI strange 10 say.
50 Tar, he has never Hgstte mistake sra
his man 80 gcu need not he astoutShts4
II see tGrso two Ueu after they shah
nAve @>rNsd some tltne ia thtir new posi-
lons. advanced Il something psere lts,-s;l-
tive. ,ither ora the Great Northern or Soma
fua. tributary Is Il
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The two representatives, from this
county were not handicapped with any
senatorial harness during the late cam
paign. They were not pledged or instruct
e1 for or against any man. and viii there
fore enter the senatorial fight with q free
lance. daring 70 vote lgpon this all-inrport.
ant question az they think ia right ami
just and FOR the best interests OF the con-
stitu"nta they represent. /; is safe 10 pre-
dict that they viii do their duty ami cast
their vote-untettered as IL is--in the in
terest of the great majority. No one
could ask more
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n you wish 70 bring any ~ your frlenSs
from the Fast or from EUROPE W. an ar
range for you. Call az the Northern Pa
CiSe oftcs Tor particulars
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SEATTLE. The city by TIE rnla~l Sol
An Illustrated sotIYeD.r of Seattle. A meat
present 10 send 20 friends. For sale -.
TAe Calvert Company
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FANCY perfume atoruizers. Smith 8
kerne3y's drug store.
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Our -4T1iesa glasses make b.4atsttfll
Christmas gift; ~ guaranteed Mss WI
ziGskl IL Cherry.
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sells built in April. 1884. at the Osaka Iron
Works. Her gross tonnage was as tons.
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DR. GEO ". BRAGDoN has moved %
lis new al offices. fourth floor. Mutual
Life building.
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SEATTLE. TIE CITY by the Inland &,
An illustrated souvenir OF Seattle. = naa,
present To sand 20 friends. For sale 5y
The CALVERT Company. ~
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" voU are gong Fss; 20 vis.. 81 Christ
mas or New Yesr, or z yen require 10 20
On business, We can recommend tbs Sort3-
err Pacific railway "a being able 10 give
iaa Satisfaction IL syegY raspxc.
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q n g TT 60 RIA.
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MISS WILZiESKT. optIcian. lie Cherry,
Consultation free.
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DIR. ANNIE RUSS ELL. diseases 0. yo-
men "A Huckley.
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XMAS perfumes. Smith & Kennedy
drug store. Butler Hotel block.
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NMAS perfumes, Srnita \ tr~asss,..
oT'ss store BsgS or Ffse4l ....E
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stT l@a.is Nafs,aas .Ssak H1~
49,. 80 $50 sSs' aF tl5o Na5eas. lsak o.
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ara iAe t-sSt affsr-,2suner
: +t> $50 d.es-3oa. s.--A-
Evening star., 1898-11-11
Clock Wound by the sun.
From the Indianapolis Journal.

From the indianapolis Journal
Mr.. Burton of Indianapolis has a clock
which has not been wound I'm three years
and six months, but which has run all the
time. 1t is wound by a more reliable source
than anything human. 1t may be said to be
wound by the solar system. In this inven-
ticn the axiom of heat expanding and cold
contracting is the basis. The clock IS
wound by changes in the temperature the
principal forces being in the day and
night differences. Mr.. Burton found that
there is an average difference OF 20 degrees
I'm the temperature of the night and the
day The day, of course, is the warmer.
The heat of the day expands the stmos-
phere and the lower temperature of the
night contracts it.
This is how Mr.. Burton applies the force
to his clock-an ordinary old-style clock
using a weight: Outside of his house he
has a tin tank 10 feet high and . inches
in diameter. 1t is alright. From il a tube
runs into the cellar. This tube leads to
cylindrical reservoir. which receives the air
from the tank. In this reservoir there is
piston, whose rod moves with a ratchet
between the chain on which the piston de-
pends. The heat of the sun expands the
atmosphere in the exterior tank thus fore
ing any excess into the reservoir near the
clock. During expansion the piston rises.
In the nighttime the contraction of the air
in the exterior tank reduces the air I'm the
reservoir and the piston lowers Itself. The
ratchet arrangement winds the clock.
Evening star., 1898-11-11
EXPRESS TRAIN HELD Up
Robbers Make Successful Raid Near
Fergus Falls, Minn.

dispatch from Fergus Falls, Mimi. last
night, says: The Great Northern through
train, which passes through this city at
7:30 pm, was held up and robbed about
five miles west Of here tonight There
were eight robbers in the gang, all we'll
armed. Two of them evidently boarded the
blind baggage in this city.
The train was scarcely out of the town
when these two climbed over tn. tender
and presenting revolvers, told Engineer
Brace and his fireman to stop at lonely
spot near the Pelican river bridge Ar
irving at this place the train was stopped
and the engineer and fireman were ordered
to leave the cab. The other members Of
the gang rushed from the woods and board
I'd the express car.
They compelled the express messenger to
leave the car and while three or four
stood guard, the others proceeded to blow
open the safes.
The local safe was destroyed and 1t was
thought they succeeded in securing con-
siderable money, but the exact amount
cannot be learned.
The through safe was drilled and dyna-
mited, four charges being used. The jacket
was blown off, but it was found impossible
to reach the inner part and get at the
cash.
The two men who stood guard over the
engineer compelled him to give up $40
which he had upon his person.
Several posses are out, but no trace of
the robbers has yet been reported.
Evening star., 1898-11-11

Major General
Il left without delay returning to Cen
eral Shafter's headquarters, and thence to
5. honey. While en- route l became fully ap-
prised of the condition of the troops at
the fever hospitals, and recognized the
great need Of immediate action to relieve
the threatened danger of the whole COM
mand. 1 had already given directions on
the 11th of July for the destruction of the
infected habitations at Siboney and other
places. and now ordered the 9th Regiment
of United States Infantry to the yellow
fever hospital to police the grounds and
nurse the sick. I moved all of the troops
then on board transports to Guantanamo
There was some delay In the final ca
pitulation owing to the non-agreement at
first between the two commissions as to
the disposition of the small arms but 1t
was finally settled by leaving it to the de-
cis!on of our government, upon the recon-
mendaton of our commissioners that they
should be sent to Spain with the troops
MY chief desire, after being sure of the
surrender of the garrison at Santiago, was
to relieve cur troops as speedily as possi-
bic by getting them away from the trench
es and malarial grounds upon which they
were encamped. Dispatches were received
and sent as follows:
HEADQUARTERS 9TH ARMY CORPS,
July 16, 1895.
General Miles:
They surrender. sHAFTER."
''HEADQUAR1E ERS OF THE ARMY,
"On Board u. s. S. Yale,
'On Siboney, Cuba, July 16. 1898.
General Shafter, Commanding Fifth Army
Corps:
Congratulate you and the army again.
The troops should change camps almost
daily, occupying fresh ground until free
from the fever. l should think ground par
ailel 10 the railroad. where men could battle
In salt water, would be good ground. All
block houses or places occupied by the
Spanish troops should be burned
MILES, Major General Comma nding."
n yirer fYN61 ,x,,f
Evening star., 1898-11-11
SAVAGE AND FEROCIOUS
The Devil Dancers of CeyIOn and
Their Mysterious Ways.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The real Singhalese devil dancers in Cey-
lon are ferocous and savage fellows. Their
dances are revolving and horrible. But
their profession is popular and affords a
royal living for the men who go into 1t.
There is a superstition among the Singha-
lese that when a man falls sick he is sup
posed to be afflicted by devil. In order
to rid him of the disease the devil dancers
are called in to propitiate the demon. Two
or more of them go by night to the sick
mans house, in front of which small,
square inclosure about six feet high, has
been made of grasses and palm leaves.
This answers the purpose of the green
room at theater. The men appear at first
without masks, and with long yellow grass
streamers hanging from their heads and
waists. The only light cast on the scene
is by torches made of sticks, round which
pieces of cloth are wrapped, dipped in oil.
To the music of a tam-tam, kept up on one
note, the dancers sing peculiar, wild fu-
neral dirge, in which the spectators often
join.
The dancers begin by slowly moving
about stretching the right foot and bring
ing the left up to 1t, and appear as if they
were searching for something, during which
the singing sounds like crying. They are
then asking the devil to appear. There are
twenty-four different sorts Of devils, and.
after the first part, the dancers are con-
stantly changing their clothes to represent
the entire species; some wear masks, some
don jaws and terrible teeth reaching to the
ears. The jaws open and close in very
realistic manner.
A dance lasts over two nights. as the
whole twentyfour devils have all to be per-
sonated before the particular demon who
is affecting the sick man is pitched on.
When he gives signs of his presence the
dancers go into sort of frenzy, which in
creases as he takes possession of them;
the tam-tam beats faster and faster, the
chanting grows into yells, the men whirl
and stamp and the bells on their ankles
jingle and clash
At this stage the dancers appear to be
looking for some object to give the devil in
sacrifice, and into which he may pass. A
chicken is usually offered by the friend of
the sick man, and this unfortunate bird is
seized upon, twisted and tormented and
bitten between the false teeth, until the
dancers, worn out, move slower and slow
er, and the chicken sinks into a sort of
trance, which is a sign that the devil has
accepted the sacrifice, and is willing to
pass from the man into the bird.
Evening star., 1898-11-11

sCEOFCi-A. BLOOD POISON CANCER ECZE-
ma. letter end al! other disorders Of the blood
terua n-Btly cured and all tain: elimina ed from
the system \. s. s., tie greatest purifier.
su1T-r f.m.y