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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-14

nary document found fr his possession
when he was arrested. His latest produc-
ton Is - follows:
So I was left In the hands of the twelve.
After McEiroy, like q hea.rlees eve.
Had addressed the jury.
With staring eyes and In fury.
All in vain did he trembie and speak.
All in vain did he chatter and squeak.
But he could not make the jury agree
To convict me Of murder in the first degree.
Full loud ard eIoquently did old Hart
On that day play his worst part,
But on the jury he could not prevail
To hang me. or send me forever TO jan.
so now I've escaped the gaEows tree
And yet once more may be free:
This time If I've, till comes the last day.
To take me from this world away.
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DUPRAs WANTS DIVORCE.
Wealthy klondiker Carries MatrI
mOnial Troubles Into Court.

The old adage that wealth Is not always
accompanied by happiness is illustrated
in the case OF Napoleon Dupras. whose
suit against his wife for divorce was filed
In the superior court yesterday Dupras
alleges abandonment and asks the court
for decree OF absolute divorce. The piaint-
III is one of the Klondke winners. He
arrived in Seattle late last winter from
Dawson with draft for 500 600 in his In
side pocket. the proceeds OF a sale Of rich
mining properties on Bonanza creek
Dupras Is aFrench-Canadian. After sew
eral years residence IN Juneau he went
into the Yukon In the early days OF Forty
Mile creek. He saw the first excitement at
Birch creek and was in the vanguard OF
gold hunters when George Cormack.s spade
turned up pans full Of nuggets on the moss
covered banks OF Bonanza creek.
The complaint recites the marriage of
the couple November "a, 1891, at Juneau.
On August %. 1852. IT is alleged. the wife
abandoned her husband. who declares that
he was at all times loving and fndulgene
and capable financially of providing his
wife with every comfort and convenience.
There are no children of the marriage.
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Clearing Army Post Site-Road and
Dock Contracts Let.

While the war department IS occupied
with the conduct OF hostllties on land
and sea against Spain. the work OF re-
ducing the wilderness on Magnolia blum
and OF transforming IL into an army post
goes steadily forward. Contractor J. s.
Antonei.e with n large force OF men is
rapidly wiping out the forest prlmevaw
and preparing the way for barracks in
which the soldiers are TO be chartered.
The latest development IN the army post
Is the letting OF contracts for the construc-
ton OF a roadway TO the post and the
building OF a dock on the north side OF
West point.
way os rapid progress ut the fort has been
the need OF transportation facilities. When
the road that is 10 be built by the govern
ment Is completed. the post viii be ac-
cess,hie TO contractors, iahorers ard the
general public.
Bids were opened yesterday by Capt. W.
". Robinson, assistant quartermaster, for
contracts 10 build the wharf on the north
side Of West point and the roadway lead
Ing from the wharf to and within the site
or the post j. s. Antone.le was found TO
he the lowest bidder for building the road
way. Hsdfield e. Roberts were tha lowest
bidders for the construction OF the dock
Following Is a list OF the bids presented
10 the cuartermaster:
Randall q Mccormick. construction
OF roadway ...................,.. Sc. iss
J. :. Aatons!ie, building roadway spf
]. g AntoDeiie. for huiltsng dock TO
Hadheld a Roberts. building roadway Gas
Hadasld & Roberts. erecting wharf. Sal
#. NJ. Moore. for building roadway $50
4. NJ. Moore. fer erecting wharf. 80
Capt. Robinson recommended the ac-
ceptance 81 the bids OF j. s. An;onellc and
Hadheid & Roberts as given. According
- the specifications the work Is TO be
commenced within ten DAYS after the notlce
~ award Of contract. and IS TO he finished
within sixty days thereafter.
The read wifi lead from the wharf 70 nd
within the site o. The army post proper.
being a distance cf SoDo feet. The read
bad will 10 sixteen feet in width. The
contractor on the road Is required TO pro-
vide waterways where necessary. ard TO
construct baS drains Of sufficient size 20
carry % the surface water.
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THE attention OF the voters Of this
school district Is called to the fact that
registration books for the registration OK
the electors Of the district as provided by
law are now open at the offices OF the
board Of education, corner OF Seventh
avenue and Marion street.
When 1t Is known that special school
election to determine the important ques-
ton Of expend.ng $4,000 for additional
school facilities. in the city OF Seattle, Ii
to take place early In the month Of June.
1898, the necessity for prompt action on
the part OF all good citizens viii be read
lily seen.
A. A. GUERNSEY, Secretary.
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PHILLIPS A. 4 Port.
Wells Murderer Emhafms NeEiroy
and Hart in a Choice Iyrsc

Charles Pnnijps. he hais-hrcad who
was taken e the psniteaiIary a few days
ago &c serve a sentence cf twelve Years
fer Gel bsratsiy shooting down Policeman
jim Wei.S IN front % pcllce headquarters.
itnEaor:aliEed Prosecuting Attorney Nc
Eiray AID Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
John f. Hart II a poem Philips lost his
right hand b the surgeons knife. bur il
a few weeks as was able 10 write fairly
well with bis left. That ne was OF A Rte
Eary mind mas proved by the extraosii-
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THE CITY WINS.


william GuyeFs $0vOOO manage Case
Was Dismissed.
The suit for damages brought by Will
lam Guyer. formerly q city employee,
against the city came to an abrupt ter
mination in Judge Benson's court yester-
day. Guyer claimed $500 a. compensa-
ton for injuries he received In March
from an accident at a gravel pit on First
avenue. near Roy street. When the case
for the p.aintin had been put In, Judge
Benson granted the motion Of Corpora
ton Counsel VIII E. Humphrey for q
non-suit.
Guyer's claim was that the city had
furnished him with a vicious horse 10
drive in hauling gravel from the Roy
street pit to various places about the city
where 1t was required. On the occasion
in question Guyer's horse backed into an
other horse and cart. with the result that
hs was thrown out and sustained two
broken ribs and an injury to one leg.
The evidence showed contributory negii-
gence on Guyer's part. and on this ground
Judge Benson dismissed the case.
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PENNSYLVANIA CONES HERE
BIG EAsTERN RAILROAD aEAIfxEs
sEATTLE's IMPORTANCE.
heretofore the Company'a Business
In the Northwest Has Reen Taken
Care Of 1t Pertiand--ln Future
There VIII he Local Omccs here.

II. r. Deering. assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Pennsylvania line. ar
rived IN Seattle from Chicago Thursday
and has devoted the past two days to look-
Ing over the passenger situation in the
Pacific northwest. with the idea Of its
future possibilities requiring, for his road,
an increase in representation.
The Pennsylvania railroad Is one OF the
greatest systems In the United States and
the establishment Of its Office and agenrs
for passenger service Id Seattle Is an as
surance OF the standing that the city en-
joys from its past year OF liberal advertis-
ing.
The passenger ana fre.gh: business OF
the Pennsylvania lines has heretofore been
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The death Of Nelson Sizer. which oc-
Cured few weeks ago, leaves the field OF
phrenoiogy almost entirely to Prof. Wind
scr. He is now acknowledged TO be the
greatest living exponent OF that science.
The professors opening lecture. to which
all are invited, will be most Interesting.
and several examinations will be made
from prominent citizens selected BY the
audience.
These lectures will commence on Mon
day night, and will continue for six nights.
at the Seattle theater.
Prof Windsor has made lifelong study
Of matrimony. and hts lecture on that sub
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feet Is Of the greatest value to both mar
ried and single; nor are the private lectures
to be overlooked, for the information to be
derived from these lectures Is of immense
practical value to both men and women
OF all ages The many testimonials prove
how valuable chronological examination
is. and as the professor is to remain here
only a short time. advantage should be
taken of his visit.
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George Green. the champion we,ter-
Weight OF the world. made his initial an
psarahce before Seattle audience last
nisnt q. me Ropes theater. and the
ment Mr.. Green did net snar last nie,,
gu, instead gave a splendid exhibition ~
fancy bag punching. He leaves in a Few,
DAYS for London. where he goes to fph.
Dick Burge for the worlds chamnjonshgr
The entire exhibition viii be given again
tonight. e'%"
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New suits Filed.

The following new suits were filed In the
superior court yesterday:
J.. 8. Elliott VS.. John Doy'e-Promissory
note. $1,000.
Louisa J. r. Fellows VS.. James A. Fell
lows--Divorce.
Maggie Raine We. Henry T. Raine-Ds-
vorce.
e. l.. Gillespie VS.. Richard Gowan-To
recover on personal property $125.
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a Hired Girl ciosas a successful, en-
saeeneh. at the Third Avenue theater
this evening. A matinee will he r.vs, .h,s
afternoon at a:f5 o'e.ock.
Tomorrow night local thea.er-goers are
10 ne gwen an opportunity OF seeing a
genuine novelty. when popular Joe FYvnn
will present for the first time In this civ
his new farcical comedy. "McGinty the
Sport"
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THINK THEY HAVE HIM.


Police AFrest Wan VINO May nc
Guilty Of HOld-Up Work.
The police believe that they have In the
person of Charles Reeves. aged II, one OF
the two young men who held up and rob-
bed Frank Brownfeld and his companion
Thursday night. near Kerry's mill. Young
Reeves was arrested yesterday morning at
McGinnis' bo.tling works, on Commercial
street, by officer Scheneman. The watch
man at McGinn;s' place noticed Reeves
about the works, acting in a suspicious
manner. The lad told conflicting stories
with regard to his whereabouts at the time
OF the hold-up. and this, with other suspi-
cious circumstances, resulted in his ar
rest The boys who were held up say they
can identity Reeves. The Waterman at the
McGinnis works found the stolen money.
8.s5. close by the Kerry mill.
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A PIANO In the home educates. refines,
entertains and is one OF the family. CAN
or write for prices. d. s. Johnston, 800
Second avenue. Burke building.
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STEAMER "Rcsalie" viii leave for
Alaska ports Monday. May IS, .. m.
Office under N. p. Ry. cor. YesIer and
Front.
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he sse- n
smile III IL ~
II @6&2~ -LZIZZE vfssvs
ComuOsItfon.

We are now prepared to do composition
for the trade (any neasurel in Nonpareil,
Minion, Brewer and Long Primer. Salts
faction guaranteed. Call or address Post
Intelligencer. Seattle.
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aaVk~-fosaraay A. Washington Vet
a., a. artillery. viii NEE, In q. A. II. hall
ss sFeaing. May "a. by order ~
CAPT. q. w. TiBRETS
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HUMBOLDT sails north Monday. II
Yesler way.
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ITEMS NeckWear.

The newest shapes, shades and patterns. A popular
neckwear this. No wonders all the latest novelties
get first showing here In buying here you pay for TIT
material, the making and fair profit-no charge fo
trade marks and privilege of selecting from an mens
assortment of neckwear.
Special values today in Wash Ties.
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Straw Hats.

All the late styles in smooth and rough straws for
and boys be found In hat department. Swell
dressers will find 1t to their advantage to examine
stock before purchasing.
We also showing large assortment light weight
and light colored felt hats for Only popu-
lar prices prevail-$2.OO, $3.50, $500 and $3.50.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
KANSAS NEWS.
Thirteen Year-Old Boy Attacks
His Mother.
Attempts to Kill Her With a
Butcher Knife.
A YOUNG DESPERATE.
Congressman Simpson Returns
For the Campaign.
Ft. Scott Secures a Big Cream
cry Plant.

Salina. Aug. 3-Willie Booth, the 13-
year-old son of Mrs. I. E. Layton, was
arraigned in Justice Berg's court here
on the charge of assaulting and threat
ening to kill his mother with a butcher
knife. He was found guilty and SEN
fenced to the reform school at Topeka,
where he will have to remain until he
is twenty years old.
Willie is about as good a specimen of
the young daredevil and unnatural
son as it is possible to find. He is of
a wiry build and a little small for his
age. He has an eye like a panther and
uses 1t IN such manner as to give his
face a treacherous, tough and deter
mined expression.
The complaint charging Willie with
assault and attempting to kill his moth
er with a butcher knife, was read to
him, and he was asked if the alIega-
tions it contained were true. He ans
wered yes without any hesitancy and
with an air of which he thought was
commendable bravery.
Mrs. Layton, who lives at 504 West
Iron avenue, was put on the stand and
testified that she saw Willie take a big
butcher knife out the Kitchen the other
day. When she asked him what he
was going to do with it, he replied that
he was going to kill some boys for put
ting stones in his hat. She tried to ar
que with him but he paid no attention
to her Being afraid that he would at
tempt to carry out his threat, she ran
after, and while trying to overtake him
she tainted. When he returned to the
house he was in a rage, and attempted
to stab his mother with the butcher
knife while she was occupying a chair
He missed his aim, but the knife pene-
trated the chair. She further stated
that she thought Willie's evil nature
was hereditary. He had two half
brothers who were just like him. One
ran away from home when an attempt
was made to send him to the reform
school and he has never been heard
from since. The other was married
but was run out of town for beating
and knocking down his wife.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
ENVY OF HIS COMPANY
And It's All Because His Mamma Sent
Him a Nightshirt.

Leavenworth, Aug. 3.-An amusing
story Of a Leavenworth soldier boys
ingenuity comes from San Francisco.
When he departed for the coast his kind
mamma, not knowing under just what
conditions he would have to live in
camp, included in his outfit a night
shirt.
The very first night of his stay at
Camp Merritt he saw how useless the
garment would be, but for the sake
OF association or for one reason or an
other. he held on to 1T, and now he is
glad he did.
In the hustle and confusion of equip
ping the large army that responded to
President McKinlt Us call, there was
some delay in furnishing clothing to the
Kansas boys. Here is where that night
shirt came in handy.
The soldiers blue shirt was pretty
well worn out, and his bathing utensils
were considerably the worse for wear
AdjOurning to his tent the other night,
the Leavenworth boy got out the hither-
to useless article and with a sharp
knife ripped it in half.
One section of the robe de mutt is
now doing service as a fancy -frOnted
negligee shirt. The other section has
been made into two towels, and the
man is the plutocrat of the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
CREAMERY FOR FORT SCOTT.
Plant That Will Utilize Milk for a
Radius of 40 Miles.

Fort Scott, Aug. 3-B. H. Mahanna,
who has recently established creameries
at PaOla and Parsons, has been here
for some days organizing a company to
establish a creamery here. 1t is the
purpose to put in an institution that
will be supplied from ten stations in
surrounding towns. These stations will
be for the collection of milk and the
separation of the cream or butterfat.
Mr.. Mahanna is endeaVOring to organ
ize a cooperative company of farmers,
with a capital stock of So, 000 which is
sufficient to put in a modern plant and
operate it until returns are received
from its product. He says such a plant
will do a business of from $3.50, 900 to
$500 900 per year
Three-fourths of the stock has al
ready been subscribed by farmers and
Mr.. Mahanna says some of the citizens
of Fort Scott may be asked to take q
little of the stock if it is not subscribed
by farmers soon. The creamery will
utilize the milk for a distance of 40
miles around.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
VICTIM OF a FLOOD
Returns After 80 Years to the Scene
of His Rescue.

Chapman, Aug. 3.-An the early set
tiers will remember the cloud burst
that flooded Chapman creek in June,
1863. They will also remember the ba-
by that was caught and tied to a tree
top until rescued after the flood, alive.
Rather a strange coincidence, but af-
ter thirty years a stranger appears and
makes himself known as the baby"
The story as told is that he was Wis
iting with his uncle, Mr.. Barnes, who
at that time was running the mill,
when the flood bore down upon that
place and carried it away.
He was cast adrift in the stream,
when a man by the name of Peter
Bergman took his own shirt and tied
the babe to the tree top out of the
reach of the rushing torrent. Here he
remained for nine hours until rescued.
He was at that time only seven months
old, according to his mothers state
ment to him.
The gentleman, Mr.. Bostwick. is at
present engaged in threshing near here
with one of the machines, and last Sun
day spent the day at the mill looking
over the place Of his narrow escape.
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HOBsON'S NOVEL.
The "Hero of the Merrimac" Writing
One in Collaboration With Vir-
crinia Osborn

New York, Aug. 3.-Leutenant Rich
mond Pearson Hobson is a novelist as well
as a soldier. In company with Miss Vir
giniaOSbOrn, a rising young journalist of
Brooklyn, he has been writing a novel to
be known as "A Story of the Old South"
Both are southerners and both desired to
see the vanishing types of southern life
enbalmed in a novel. 1t was Lieutenant
ed, true picture of life at the Annapolis
naval academy.
The hero, Guy du Bignon, is Lieutenant
Hobson, and the heroine, Virginia Spotts-
lieutenants collaborator. After much
of the roughness incident to loves course
the hero and heroine are made to marry
and live happily in the stereOtyped style.
Gossips of the southern set in Brooklyn
originals, although Miss Osborn en-
phatically denies the persistent rumors of
her enga agement to the famous officer.
War interrupted the progress of the
novel. Miss Osborn is authority for the
statement that it will be completed if nee
spOndence. Three chapters constitute the
An extract Introducing the hero.
Eight generationS OF Du BIgnons mad
been born in Fancy Bluff. and laid to rest
in that shadowed, moss-hung plot at the
right of the old mansion, since the first
set foot in the new world.
Arthur du Bignon, several generations
removed from the NOBLE refugee, lived in
the ancestral home. He represented Geor-
gia in congress for several years. When
the severance OF former naIOndI ties came
he went out of the Union, though sadly,
with his state. w When the war was over
Colonel du BignOn married. He lived still
at Fancy Bluff and tried hard to adjust
himself to the changed conditions of the
bleeding southland. When Colonel Arthur
du BignOn's oldest son was born he dedi-
Gated him, according to a family tradition,
to his cOuntry'S service.
''AS the lad grew it became the dream
of his life to see the former greatness of
his country, the only country he then rec
Ognized, restored"
An extract introducing Virginia SpOtts-
1T was at a naval ball at Annapolis
that Guy du Bignon was presented to Vir-
ginia SpOttSWOOd, one of the lOVelieSt
daughters of the south and an utterly un-
reconstructed rebel. Though twenty years
passed since the close of the war and
though both were born after the crucial
time, they fell to talking of it over their
ices.
. I am as ardent a secessionfst as my
dear, dead father who died for the cause,
said Virginia SpOttswOod, forgetting to
toy with that weapon of cOquettes, her
fan.
7, too, was a seccessionist once said
the cadet, with the gravity OF a sage, but
1 have changed. My SectiOnaliSm has
grown into an all-cOmprehending patriot
ism The glory of the south has come
l love it as a part of my country. am
proud to be American
Virginia, or Betty, SpOttswOOd turned
her wide half angry, but wholly beautiful
eyes upon him. Tactful always, she quick
ly changed the subject of conversation.
But she never forgot his unlucky speech.
She bided her time and when, weeks later,
g I cannot marry a man whose love for
the south is less than mine -
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FIRM GOES TO THE WALL
Galena Grocerymen Leave Town
Ahead of Their Creditors.

Galena, Aug. 3.-Cannady & Lock-
wood, grOcerS, on the west side of Main
street between Fourth and Fifth streets
apparently have been doing a good
business. Saturday the sales ran up
close to hundred dollars. That night
Bert Lockwood, a member of the firm
took all the available cash and skipped
out for parts unknown. The firm GER
tainly has done well-having sold lots
of goods and paid for but few, as it is
thought claims against the firm to over
a thousand dollars will materialize.
Lsat night Tate & Tryon ran an at
tachment on the stock for a claim of
something over a hundred dollars, and
at $40 o'clock this morning another at
tachment in favor of G. A. WadIeigh.
of Joplin, for about $50 was executed
by Constable Geo. Elliott and Deputy
Lem Radley, who took charge of the
stock and made an inventory.
Joe Cannady, the other member of the
firm is in Arkansas for his health. Be
fore leaving here he gave a bill of sale
of the stock to a party, the cOnsidera-
tion being 800. The firm had been in
business about six months.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
SMASHED FURNITURE.
Ottawa Mao Goes Mad With Brain
Fever

Ottawa, Aug. 3.-Mr. Elmer s. Ben
nett, foreman of the B. D. Bennett west
side ice wagon, went home from his
brothers office about o'clock appar-
emily in the best of good health. AL
most Immediately upon arriving at
home he complained of a headache,
which soon became so severe that he
went to bed. In a few moments he was
wildly deliriOus; he sprang upon the
floor and in his delirium created havoc
with the furniture, and finally took a
position beneath the bed
Mrs. Bennett and her mother were the
other occupants of the house, and were
naturally greatly alarmed. A messen-
ger was at once sent for DR.. Black,who
promptly responded and by the effec-
tive administration of sedatives the af-
f1icted mans nerve tension was reduced
to a degree and it was possible to get
him into bed. He had passed into un-
consciousness, in which condition he
remained until an early hour this morn
ing. He is now somewhat improved,
but is not out of danger. He is suffer-
ing from brain fever of a very violent
character.