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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09

adventures. AID his dramatic descriptions
CT his ONE experiences were very tariff
ing far TIE fellow had magnetism aG0uC
him thar carried every hearer to the sceue
Of the story. he Rever boosted. and the
story ted. seemed 10 settle Back az Il
aoashed that 50 many had been listening.
We may say what We please of half
breeds-there was one With both brains
and Drawn. and Il more ehivalreus, hone st
fellow never lived. Not far from him sat
big Duncan Finlayson ard little Or. Tol-
Hie- Al the side Of the latter was rotund
Pierre famhruH. While across from him
was Arch bald Mckinley. These are those
that l can most readily remember al
though there were a1ty more. Every maa
OF these | have mentioned were. aside
frou the doctor. Peel. Park and myself
rough cdckw GO sTlen. CARRIED in bGcksktn
and running much 70 long hair. yet every
man or them Was q character and a his
tory maker. All BAD their iadian wives.
and ter that reason would in some 1or-
tiers o. the werd lave been looked down
upen. hue what vas there wrong about
that5 Were they NOT married TO thsma
Did anyone ever know OF a prominent en-
ploye or Official OF this Hudson Bay COM
parry who discarded one % these women.
without her full and free CONSENT Was
IL not A policy Of the eompany--this mar
riage with the daughters and sisters OF
prominent chieftains? Was NOT seduction
or adultery wtte a9gs' Indian or white
woman promptly punished by the COM
pany, with dismissal and disgrace Of the
man. I tel you. during the years 1S83-4-5
l became pretty intimate with Hudson
Bay Company employees at all tha leading
stations Of the Northwest. and swear I
never knew a class Of men SO upright. so
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the strength Of this great monopoly.
Neither DID they ever perrniC al Indian %
cheat them Gar 80 commit any outrage
against their employees Or properly. x an
laa&an ~ white Erapper 50 tar forget him
self as 20 10 ehls they spared no pans
or expense 70 punish HIM and they did II
not vind.ctiveiy bUf severely and Justly.
Murder or robbery by farce nerited and
earned the death penalty. lesser crimes
lesser punishment Il any tribe shielded
an offender or refused % turn 2ul and
help hunt AIM down. that tribe WIS pun
ished until 1t submitted and made every
repa~ati3n.
The gathering in which sat that after
roon IN ffE-away Vancouver was one
typical Of any prominent trading post OF
the Hudson Bay Company fifty years or
n1oFe aga. I have described these men
and their characteristics somewhat fully
for the reason that 7 want you 20 see
them as 7 saw and knew thsm-the most
Just. hon st. aye. more than thar honor
able band OF men THAI ever dealt with
savAges and consequently the most sue
cessfuE I repeat This asserEI0a--the most
successful Of any thar have ever attempt
ed dealings Of any nature with indians.
The corporation they were q part Of mas
for nearly three centuries handled and
done business with all the Indian tribes
of the North AMI Northwest. IT has paid
dividends or us capitalization all the way
from ; 70 - per ceEt. annually. II has
shed very little Indian Blood and the lives
Of bar few whites have been sacrificed
Meanwhile. our Indan policy. founded on
anyt ing but business principles. has cost
Us millions on millions Of money and more
than a million precious lives Their IN
dams are today fur-pr96ucers and SELF
supporting: ours are low-down. national
paupers Which Is best The practical.
harl-headsd policy OF such men a. were
MeLoughlin Douglass. Mckay. Flulay-
son and 0giea. or the wiShy-washy
course OF our own Indian department. I
leave it TO you and return to my COM
pany.
We talked of everything that afternoon.
or evening. for it was nearly 10 @ clock be-
fore Wa in shed our dinner. / was prob
ably the only American present. and no
ore knew nv identity. for, while I might
have been received fully As well, / had
fer over two wears roamesi about this
country. stopping for i tine a. one post.
then at ano,he everywhere claiming my
residence a. London. my business that or
a student and writer on scientific topics.
In truth I was we'll UP on such matters,
as / n1Tst De- 10 play my part. Confed-
crates Of mine IN London saw that / oc-
casionary received mali from thst ard
other English cities. 7 had contributed
several scientific articles to prominent
periodicals In London. whore I had pur
s1ed my studies TWO years before coming
out. and readily passed foT II English
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09
CHAPTER III

= l.
When I reached the veranda half An
Eour later she Doctor sat looking of on
The wide Columbia a-.fowa whose turbld
tide TIE great round moon sent a no0d
.h1t changed al 10 silver Far away I'D
the Willamette the wooded eastern slopes
nndalateti n TIA soft moonlight ike a
field Of standing wheat while The shaded
western slope seera@zs Il deep black chasr,
cIe2a 20 the base II Mount Hood
Nice uign,. doctor" said I He raaas
10 rely ana string down. + watched hirs
and awaited rs pleasure. He was wor-
rte6s could see that. The same look +
lad se@u ;ae-e that afternoon, only mora
a<;~enraated- Ills dsavy lower law rests,F
on = chest aad the broad. square should
- cooked stopped. az 4 Is heavy burden
Bore E1ena dogu. Finally he Spoke
'-Taere's 10 asa o saIktns. Elton. fh4a
tEi1gs i trgublin' ne. I want advtr4. an
! Ra1I = rrgm A mar who's ne{fns- a
politician. 4 soldier. r8r a Hudson Bay
Company man. Are ye eitherg'
No. SIR. I am nor
aat ara yer
~ aat ara T."
Yes. whas ace yar VINO sent ves~
Why. doctor, you know IN a natural
~. working CO a book
Yes. eut ye're more. T='va pcged az
AT Ecg-lsaGaan; y~'re not"
Way. I came acre VITA yea from Eng
land
That may b.. ye did Twas a ea:re
YANKEES rick $50 SENT ye here The
mar ye @ene or that report 70 tnfs after
E0on 51sr before dinner 70 eaten RE
Congress "a As-oF3az Did rhag 5-zek thac
1ust wa ao%1 al0n< SHIRE IL = eauoa
go WltA AaefEsr message from v3sg1 A
r<1sss2g@ ke8aDs wn2E kaapeuesI tonight a
GlEn@r2 ! vas s4feat ar8 b. went or
I d9Ut expect - ID answer these e7les-
tA2ns. r1e scw Tve kuopv1 We tau years
now. ar Z SCR ess.5sve yea iia 1nsess "a.
ha& 3D. Fe'ae deceived IT'S bat al the
sans. Ia sr11zt y9- ( III z0sn' a six Sc
FIVE FyE ECON
2asssscr NOW. ard : wanT ira trTIs1 O.
= egsea. Are "a aSTs 70 STR 4a strife ard
Esks This country - ar ye sers - r.
norc anT attempts q re British % NIKE
- AEv zts1af1orS y sEa #xsns occupancy
treaty.
Deesor Tn zoC here - STR aD strife
Ear fer any az4x<raaaa work whatever"
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DIR. McLOUGHLIN'S BOLD DEFIANCE.

TIA river below sw@ps a large canoe N
which w@-e two British naval officers. a
SG5te nan and TWO Indians. They were
making straight Ter the banding and IL
coEnpany VITA the doctor strol.ed down
TO meet them
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09

The Visit Of the British Ship
America TO the Mueh-Co,-
eted Territory-An Effort
of the English Emissaries
to Make Friends With the
Chiefs, kitsap and Seattle
The StaIwart Old Scotch
man Who Refused to Obey
ORDERS Because He Be-
lleved United States Right.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
ROSE WHITES TRIAL.

Augusta, oct. 21.-John ]. Reagan. an
ex-inmate Of the soldiers home. testified
at the trial of Rose White Thursday that
the accused and her husband had quar-
relied on the day before the alleged MUIR
der, when she had returned from jail.
where she had served a term. While
Mrs, Carson was getting supper, the pris-
oner tried To get her husband, who was
drunk, TO go To bed. The two were I'm the
bedroom. The witness and Samuel
White were i'm the sittingroom and Mrs.
carson In the kitchen. He heard White
say Pun. d you, pull" after they had
been quarrelling, and then followed the
shot. When he entered the room White
lay upon his back, partly upon the floor
and partly upon the bed, with a wound
In his LEFT temple. Rose was over him.
Kissing him and saying he had shot him
selt' doctor was summoned after
about an hour. Rose arranged a story
TO tell. saying that only Reagan. herself
and mother were present, leaving White
outa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
Plaintiff Was Severely Injured by the Gazing
in Of a Sewer Trench.
NEGLIGENCE OF FELLOW SERVANT
That is The Answer Made in Behalf Of the CITY
Points on Which a New Trial is Asked For.
Held For Amusement

The case Of James -. Rogers against
! ID. l.. y. Granger, city treasurer, was
/ heard by the appellate court today on
The plaintiffs petition for a new trial.
gers WAS al work In sewer trench
.. .nS p.1e az tao corner of California
ami Maryland avenues, when the earth
fell i'm when a water main was reached
and he was badly injured.
A non-suit was granted by the Judge
at the trial Of the case i'm the lower
court on the ground that the negligence
in the case. III there was any, was that
OF foreman, fellow servant of the
plaintiff.
Counsel for the plaintiff claim that
neither the defendant nor the foreman
mad any knowledge that there was any
water main i'm the way of the sewer
that was being built. nor that the soil
was not virgin soil but that the city
mad maps and knew where the water
main was. There was a pipe i'm the
street and the place had been dug UP
before The city knew this. although
the foreman might not have known IL
ana should have notified Rogers
Counsel for the city treasurer main
tam that the plaintin and the foreman
were engaged in a common empIov-
ment and the negligence. If any. i'm the
ease was that of fellow servant. That
SO FAR as the evidence i'm the present
case is concerned there is nothing TO
SHOW that the soil around the water
main had been disturbed for the mast
40 or 30 years.
Brennan x Holland were attorneys
Tor the plaintiffs and city Solicitor Col
Wei ana Assistant City Solicitor Rakar
represented the defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
ENJOYABLE MASQUERADE.


There was a grand masquerade ball
and prize waltz given by the members
Of Miriam lodge. q. X. A., i'm Sterling
hall last evening. The ball had been
arranged for on the previous evening.
but the storm prevented it's being held
then. 1t was very evident that the
postponement had only added to the
zest of the patrons The lodge il com
posed OF ladies OF Hebrew descent. The
committea-of-aFr arrangements consisted
of the following ladies. who are officers
OF the organization: Mrs Sarah Rotke,
chairman; Mr.. NJ. Newman, secretary;
Mrs Reingold. treasurer; Mrs. r.
Lewando, Mrs. Cutler. Mrs. L. Zisman.
Mrs. Adelman. Mrs. Epstein. Mrs. III.
Firestein, Mrs. Marks. The floor di-
rector was Leonard " Zisman. and his
assistants were Miss n. Cutler. Miss ".
Zisman. Miss L.. Lewando. Miss n.
kominsky. Miss +. CARRIER Miss y.
Firestein. Miss T.. Gribinsky, Miss u.
Brown, Miss A. Sobati. Miss J.
Schmierer. Bender's full orchestra
supplied the music. The grand march
WAS led by Floor Director Leonard \.
Zisman and Miss Rose Zisman. over
$50 couples were I'm the march. After
the members grand march
took place.
Charles Schnabei who represented a
10th century husband. received silk
inunier and Miss Greenberg who rep
resented cabbage stalk. a silk fan. for
having the two most comical costumes
Miss l.. Lewando. who wore a queens
costume, received n silk fan. as she
and Mr.. n. Kessler wore the hand
soonest costumes. There were rs cou-
pies IN the prize waltz. which was won
by Mr.. III. Smith and Miss Feinberg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
A PARTY WALL.


Trouble between Woonsocket neigh
bors I'm regard to wall occupied the
attention of the common pleas division
OF the supreme court a short while to-
day. The case was that of Emma Co
belle vs. Joseph Meunier I'm which "A
temporary Injunction was obtained re-
straining the respondent from proceed
ing with the building of wall between
his premises and that OF the complain
ants year ago. IL rs claimed that the
respondent dug away the support OF
the Complainants lands i'm building
wall and the respondent says what he
did he did by leave and license of the
rnmnlnlnnnts
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

that might produce the desired current;
The answer TO this question seems sim.
lse enough TO me. But, as you can sec
from the map, should you not bo personal
~ familiar with the lay of the harbor. IL
is spoon shaped, so 10 speak, and lies near
~ parallel with the coast, one end being
connected with the sea by natural chan
mel and the other separated therefrom by
a narrow neck of land. The city is built
on the peninsula that extends from the
neck to the channel connecting the harbor
with the sea.
Now, let an artificial channel be
dredged between the tip of the spoon and
the sea, making an island of the city. il
you please, and current through the har-
Dor, produced by the tides ebb and flow,
Will be created at once, and the filth that
has been accommodating for years I'm the
bottom of the harbor will be swept out To
sea at once.' DEXTER MARSHALL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
A COMMON NUISANCE.
George and Annie on Trial For Maintaining One a,
Bull Dog Tavern.

George harris and Annie Harris were
tried insJudse Wiibur's court today un.
der an indictment charging them with
having maintained common nuisance
IN the old Bull Dog tavern on Charles
street. There was lots Of testimony in
troduced at the trial, and a number of
police officers were summoned TO prove
the states charge. Mr.. Doyle, the
owner Of the tavern. that was once his
toric, summoned a number OF his ten
ants from neighboring tenements to
deny the claims made by the police.
officer William Gilfoil testified that
there were good many people who
visited the Harris tenement that were
of very bad reputation. He said he had
often heard it said that IL was n bad
Joint and should be broken up. Mr..
Gllfoll also gave some incidents i'm the
history of some of the guests at the
house of the defendants that were not
OF praiseworthy nature.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
BOILER BURST.
Fatal Accident to the Torpedo Boat
Davis on Trial Trip.
Seven Men Were Terribly ScaIded and
Three Of Them Have Since Died,

washington, Oct. 2f.-News OF In,
| fatal termination of yesterdays tria
| trip of the torpedo boat Davis came :,
the navy department today i'm the shap,
OF the Following telegram To Secretar,
Long from the president of the trial
board:
Clifton, ore, oct. 90.
Secretary of Navy. Washington:
Torpedo boat Davis blew up forward
boiler. scalding seven firemen badly
Time OF repairs indefinite. REQUEST au-
thority for board To adjourn and return
10 regular stations. DRAKE
Secretary Long Immediately returned
the following answer:
Lieut.. Commander Franklin ]. Drake
Wolf ~ Zwicker Iron Works, Port
land Ore:
Reported disaster to Davis received
Department deeply deplores death of
men on board. Trial board is hereby
dissolved. Report particulars by mail.
LONG.
The following telegram was addressed
To the contractors who built the boat:
Woln Zwicker Iron Works, Portland.
Ore:
The department regrets exceedingly
the, accident To the Davis and loss sus-
tanned by you. LONG
The Davis at the time of the accident
was not the property OF the United
states government. but was i'm the
hands OF the contractors. whose crew
was on the boat No one representing
the government beyond the members of
=tffe= trial board was ON the boat. The
nfemen whose lives were lost were not
i'm the navy.
The Davis was fitted with water tube
boilers of the English -Thorneycroft
type. involving the use OF curved
tubes connecting upper and lower wa
ter and steam drums. Three OF the in
jured died
Just such an accident wacs sustained
by the torpedo boat Mackenzie during
her trial trip on the Delaware some
months ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
TAPS SOUNDED.
Funeral Services Over the Remains
Of Private Essex.
Body Was Accompanied TO Cemetery by
Relatives and Military Escort.

| Taps were sounded at o'clock this
afternoon i'm the quiet .<notty oak
cemetery In Washington village. as
with military honors the remains OF
| Private Edward r.. Essex, Company c,
! flrst u. l. v, were laid away.
| \ funeral service was held at 10: 80
O'Clock al the home Of his mother. Mrs.
Mary Essex, $50 Pearl street I'M this
cily. ana many sorrowing friends and
comrades were present 10 pay tribute
TO his memory. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Roudolph Streeter. pas
tor of the baptist church at Auburn
ana warm friend of the deceased. At
the close OF the service at the house a
detachment OF lS men. i'm command of
Lieut. Johnson OF Company g. the
guard of honor. escorted the remains
10 the railway station, where a char
tered car attached 10 the 1915 train
conveyed all to Washington.
The pan bearers were i'm charge OF
Corporal Clarence -. Cooper of Com
pany B, assisted by Sergt. Fife OF Com
pany G and Prvates Eugene a. Austin
and Theodore j. Mueller OF Company &.
fhe remains were enclosed i'm a cashet
covered with black broadcloth and
draped with the flag 20 which he gave
his life. The floral offerings were rich
and very numerous.
The death of Private Essex came as
severe shock TO all who knew him.
His mother and brother Charles are
almost prostrated. and n host OF friends
truly mourn their loss. They We're quite
unprepared for the intelligen"e that
c-r'o f"~~' Cpmp ~ 'aGe rp Monday,
though but a short time before the last
q d'spatrh "ar"e they knew he had been
stricken by fever and was in the hos
pital.
The deceased was i'm his Goth year and
was the youngest Of two sons. He en-
listed at the first call for volunteers.
He was highly spoken OF by his officers
Maj Phetteplace. whose orderly he
was. wrote Co the bereaved mother that
he had found her son foremost i'm the
OF his duties: that none could
have done better. Capt Whipple writes !
Of him as a good boy and faithful. |
soldier. !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
Claims He Was Set Upon and That Stabhing
Was In SeIf-Defence.
DETECTIVES VERSION is DIFFERENT.
Says Connolly Was Murdered In Cold Blood.
Williams Was Convicted Of Murder in Florida
and Escaped From ihe Chain Gang.

Tobias Williams. also known as Toby.
the colored man. who was arrested by
Detective Parker at "A club room on
South Main street yesterday. on the
charge OF having murdered a white
man named Patrick Connolly a saloon
keeper, in Jersey city, n. j.. was taken
from the central station this mo-n'nE
by Detective McNally. who haa come
from Jersey city with the necessary
papers. and the officer and his danger
Gus prisoner boarded the Ills o'clock
train for New York
When Williams was taken to City
Hall he made a confession OF his crime.
He said thaton the afternoon OF, Octo-
Der i he went 10 the barroom on Com
munipaw avenue, Jersey city, Kept by
a white man named Pat-the last name
he could not recall. He engaged i'm a
game OF cards with another colored
man. After a while the saloon proprie-
tor came TO him and asked him IL he
was not going to pay the other colored
man the drinks lost in the game. Will
liams said that he asked the saloon
keeper To wait 10 or Is minutes when
he would get some money and settle
his score.
Before another word could be said.
he asserted. he was struck on the back
of the head. The whole crowd pitched
upon him. and he was making for the
door when he was seized by the saloon
keeper Fearing that he would be kill
ed. he drew out his pocket knife and
cut the man who held him. He then
went TO New York, where he put up
with friends. From New York he
went TO Boston. remaining there a
week. then sojourning to Providence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
WHALE STILL LANGUISHlNG.
The Embarrassed Italian Banker Has Not Secured
Release From Jail.

Antonio Vitale. the Italian banker" ="
who is financially embarrassed. is still,
in spite OF whatever was said few
days ago. still an inmate of the county
Jail at Cranston, where he Is held ON
four writs for alleged deceit issued
against him by some Of his creditors.All
the efforts made by Vitale's wife to get
bondsman for her husband have
so far proved ~ be fruitless, but she
is still keeping up a search for some
body who will be willing To give bail for
Antonio's release
The personal property az -Nitale-is to
be- sold by Assignee Curtis, at auction.
tomorrow, and the real estate is TO be
sold on Wednesday next. The creditors
OF the embarrassed banker" are very
much interested in the outcome Of the
sales
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
VIII Tate Charge Tomoros.

Hon. Ellery N. Wilson of East Pruyi-
dence. who recently received the an
pointment TO the ColleCtorship OF tho
port OF Providence. viii probably as
sumo charge of the custom house TO.
morrow, succeeding the present incum-
ment. Col. y. l.. O'Rielly ~ woon-
socket. II Mr. Wilson does not enter
upon his official duties tomorrow ne win
certainly do so on Monday morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
Struck With a Club.

Thomas Connors who lives at 5s Fur
mace street, got into an alteration with
an italian street piano player on Pine
street, near Claverick. this afternoon.
and the Italian becoming cnraged
struck Connors over tho head with "A
club. causing several painful lacera
uons. Both men were taken 90 the
central station and Connors wounds
We're dressed. The italian, who did not
give his name. was locked up.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
AFTER MANY MONTHS.


William Studley. for whom the police
have been on the lookout ever since the
death Of his wife on Smiths Hill be-
cause she had not been properly provid-
ed for on August II, 1897. was arrested
yesterday. This morning he was ar
raigned In the district court on n charge
of non-support and upon recommends
tion of Agent Thurber. who has cared
for the children and also upon the ap-
provai OF Capt Cory of the Seventh
station, who knew the family. he was
sent To the state workhouse for nine
months
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
STOLE A 500 BILL.
Kathleen Pratt Bought Clothes With the Money
and Was Sent 10 Jail.

Kathleen T. Pratt was called for trial
this morning in the district court
charged with the larceny Of $40 bin
from Hugh Holland. who was a board
The woman said she found the bill i'm
the hallway and had bought clothes
with II. Other witnesses proved that
this was not the case as she had at first
expressed surprise at the loss OF the
money. She was sent To the Providence
county jail for 90 days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
EARLY SNOWSTORM.


st. Louis. Oct. 2l.-The weather con-
ditions that prevail break all meteoro-
logical records OF this section. snow
never before having fallen so early I'm
the season, according to the weather
officials. For "A short time i'm the past
- hours snow came down I'm great
flakes but melted upon reaching the
ground. The earliest previous date on
which snow appeared here was Novem-
Der %
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
JACOBS FOUND GUILTY.


Nathaniel I. jacobson indicted for an
attempt to cG1nmit rape was found
guilty by jury IN Judge Wnbur's
COuft Tho iury was two and a quarter
hours in coming to q decision Sentepc.
was not imposed as the defendant has
seven days I'm which to claim n new
triul
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
Big Cargo Of Salmon and Fruit.

San Francisco. oct. 2i.-The British
steamer Waterloo, which will sail today
Tor London. has on board one of tho
biggest cargOes OF salmon and fruit that
has left this port for many months. She
viii take away secs cases of salmon
and 3i,430 cases Of canned fruit. The
cargo is valued at S25i 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
Suit FOR Services.

The defendants petition FOR n nov,
trial ~ the case OF sarah N Bravton
W. David w. Potter administrntnr
vas heard by the Appellate Coutt 10.
day. Tho sult Was To recover fnr scr
Nices rendered the defendant's intes-
tate. aud Kent county jury gave her
a verdict