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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Masonic Temple DESTROYED by Fire.

COLUMBUS. O.. Sept IA dispatch 70
the State Journal from Washington Court
House q. says the Masonic temple was
destroyed by fire this afternoon The
Springfield o. fire department rendered
timely assistance The loss Oh the build
iugs Is about $4,000. Frank L. Sutton.
who had a large department store in the
building. lost his enIire stock. valued a.
So. 0en The loses are considerable
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Louch, Augustine & Co.

s7s-s.- FRS. Avenue.

mills, pAaring snc saingse mills. box fac
TRIES. soacdrses. machine shops. ship
building yards. furniture factories. sash
and door factories. automatic can factory,
eoossrages. brewery. creamery. roller
rrsla. extensive ea39 storage plant. ste.
The automatic can factory rad a capacity
Of z6,ss1 cans pr day CT ten hourz The
machinery ~ this factory ranked among
tie ssoss wanderfa. ever invented The
productsoa last year ftsse first year O..
oper&tiony was s.0es.fss cars The box
factories Manufactured about s.a.1.es, SAL
mon cases and fruj, boxes In 1871.
New Westminster iz the ecclesiastical
capital O: the mainland os British Column
bsa IL In the ti,uiar see city OF both the
Anglican ard Roman bishops. and besides
their catssedrals contains other Anglican
and Roman churches. three Methodlr.
three Presbyterian and Baptist. Lutheran.
Reformed Episcopal and Salvation. Army
places OF worship.
Thanks for Offers of Aid.
VANCOUVER. y. G.. Sept. E-vancou-
yer Or behalf Of New Westminster thanks
Seattle, Winnipeg. Victoria and ether
cities for the sympathy exteIded TO the
unfortunate sufferers by TIE FIRE kindly
offers Of help are much appreciated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Steamer Alliance Returns.

san FRANCISCO, Sept 1.-THE steam
er Alliance, which left here some time AKA
with part OF the New York po'unt e@>re for
Honolulu. returned today with few pas
sengers and small cargo. She sailed sew
eral days before the Coptic left Hawaii and
brought TO news not already published.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

NARRAGANSETT PIER. r T.. Sept
1.-THE condition of Miss Winnie Davis
daughter OF Mrs Jefferson Davis, con-
times comfortable. and during the day
there was no material change. Her physi-
clans consider th8t the day was an en-
couraging one for the patient.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Drowned While bathing.

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Sept n.-Henry
Bracken. Il moulder employed az the Union
Iron Works in this city was drowned in
tie river while bathing today. Bracken
leaves a brother who resides at Butte,
Mont, and 4 sister al Port Townsend,
Wash. The remains have not been rocov-
cred.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Want Expulsion of Turkish troops

GAMBIA, Island OF Crete, Sept. L.
The foreign adEirals have sent an iden-
teal telegram to their respective govern
ments. requesting the immediate expul-
sion from Crete Of the 1900 Bashi Ba-
zouks in the island. the recall OF the
Turkish troops and authorities and the
appointment Of governor general, as
desired by the Cre.ans.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Block of building DESTROYED

PRINCETON. Ky. Sept. 1.-The block
q buildings on Main street here. known AZ
Bank hotel were destroyed by fire today.
Total loss about Snpa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Terrible Typhoon In Japau.

YOKOHAMA. Sept 1.-THE centra
provinces Of Japan have been swept by
terrible typhoon, which has caused heay,
floods. doing much damage and DESTROY
!ng 500 lives.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

WHATcoM. Sept. 1i.-MichaeI Oman. a
iahorer a. the Blue Canyon coal mines.
Was killed last night. II IS reported that
4 falling rock was the cause of his death.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

attempted suicide by asphyxiation In .
F'using house today. He was supposed 10
De dead when found. but was revived az The
receiving hospital. He was formerly ciefx
In the Office Of the United States lega,ioa
az Tokyo. Despondency was the cause a
his act
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

CHICAGO. sept Hive hundred rnerr-
osrs Of the Third United States cavalry
Griggs6y'= Rough Riders. passed through
Chicago tals afternoon and tonight. en-
rosi;e from Chickauauga 10 Their homes
! - tas Northwest. only = few Hsre u.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

Two former officers in the French army
were fencing with folls in New York Ia
ne lunge Thiereeln caught Hippoiy,s
Nicoies on the collar bone. breaking ;hs
foil and inflicting a slight wound. Tas
injured man fell dead. IL Is thought !roa
heart trouble and the shock.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

BRUNSWICK. Ga.. Sept. u.-Postfqaxter
sSi11ons- VINO chartered a rug and went in
search Of :he schooner John H Plat. whirh
was n The terrible storm of August 30. has
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. u.-W1lIiar, u
Baker a young man from Augusta. Ne
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

simpsons camp, No. 4, near Shelton. was
destroyed by forest fire on Tuesday, TIE
crew having barely time to escape across
the Sa tsop river
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
PORTO RICO AND BA10uIRL
Capt. Chadwick Pleads for Reform in the
Common Spelling of These Names.

Capt. Chadwick Pleads for Reform in the
Common Spelling of These Names.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: 1 beg to
make an appeal for the correct spelling OF
Puerto Rico. By what right do we change a
name which the island has held for four CEN
turtles. simply because Porto suits our laziness
in pronunciation The Encyclopedia Britain
Mica may so spell 1t. but so much the worse for
the encyclopedia. To. do 30 Is. on its part.
either ignorance or disregard OF certain pro-
prieties. The island. unless the name be
changed entirely. can never stand in our official
documents in any other form than as Puerto
Rico. and the islanders themselves will surely
never agree to bastardizing the name into
Porto. The inhabitants are OF Spanish de-
scent and will certainly object. and most prop
erly. to the substitution OF Portuguese for their
Spanish name OF so long standing.
1t seems to me that good manners and re-
spect for the feelings Of our new fellow citizens.
apart from the authority OF 30 ancient an OFF,
cial name and OF all charts. records. DC, should
lead US to proper usage.
And may I say a word for Daiquiri? This
has dropped with us into Baiquiri, for which
there is scarcely any authority. the chief being
the spelling on some OF our own late maps.
in Cuba 1t is Daiquiri. and the American
company which controls the great iron prop
erty there. and which. 1t Is to be presumed.
knows the name OF It's own possessions. so spells
1t. +. L. CHADWICK, Captain q. s. Navy.
NEW YORK. Nov. 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
The Kelly Motor Bubble.

With the death Of JOHN z. W. KEEnY
probably ends the career Of one Of the most
remarkable lmpostures that have ever OBJ
tanned credence with men reputed, In other
respects, to possess ordinary intelligence.
KEEDY's claims rested entirely upon his
W %audacious assertions as to what he
could do II the money to do 1t with were
only given him, and to exhibitions OF an ap-
paratus which he would neither permit to
be examined by experts nor explain himself.
His was a confidence game. pure and simple.
and out Of 1t he made q comfortable living
to the very last, In spite Of his repeated fail
ures to fulfil his promises to his dupes.
KEELY's pretended discovery was that Of
a method Of disintegrating water, by means
Of musical vibrations, into its component
molecules, and OF thus developing a vapor
Of an elasticity and responsiveness which
far exceeded those Of steam. In fact. his
excuse for not demonstrating practically
the availability of his new motive power.
was its excessive intensity, which defed
the control OF ordinary machinery, and
needed engines of unusual strength to con-
fine 1t within bounds. The same reason
was given for not permitting any one but
himself to manipulate his apparatus, and
curious investigators were warned that
they risked their lives II they meddled with
it except under his supervision.
That KEELY had a motive power Of some
kind, which he employed for exhibition pur-
poses, is undeniable; and whether it was
compressed air, or a gas liberated by chemi-
cal decomposition, or something else Of that
kind, it is, at present, impossible to say
positively; but that it was nothing Of the
certain. The progress of scientific discovery
Is from one step to another; each step be-
ing but little in advance Of the preceding
one. Nothing approaching the disintegra-
ton Of water by mechanical means, much
less by musical vibrations, has yet been
even indicated by science, and all known
facts render it highly improbable. Indeed,
were water in this condition Of instability
we should all be living over a volcano, the
Croton reservoir would be as dangerous as
a nit~ro-glycerine magazine, and the ocean
would be a huge bombshell.
KEELYs success in imposing upon men OF
the class that he did, shows Of how little
avail are business education and expert
ence in aiding to judge Of matters OF phys
les and mechanics. II KEELY's dupes had
possessed only a moderate knowledge Of
the principles underlying his pretended
discovery, they would have seen at once
that his claims were absurd. But as all
cats are gray in the dark. 80 to an ignorant
mind all inventions are equally meritori-
GUS until they are proved to be the con-
trary. In this respect the victims Of the
KEELY motor are like those Of the Marine
Salts Company, which was to extract gold
from sea water, of the Electric Sugar patent,
of PANE's water gas, and of dozens Of SINH
lar schemes. which have proved highly
profitable to their promoters and OF no use
to anybody besides.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
A Dangerous Cult.

The indictment in England of q Chris
tian Science" woman for manslaughter be-
cause HAROLD FREDERIC died while under
her treatment. or rather neglect, revlves
interest in bills directed against these prac-
titioners which were introduced at the last
session Of the New York and Massachu-
sets Legislatures. The purpose Of these
bills was to restrict the practice OF medi-
cine or "healing" to physicians regularly
qualified by law for the practice OF their
profession. 1t was to protect the life and
health ofthe public from charlatans, quacks,
astrologers, and fanatics whose ignorance
Of the laws OF medicine makes them aver
more unfit to treat human disease thar a
blacksmith is to repair a watch.
When the quackery is based on ~pseudo-re-
ligious superstition 1t is an even greater
public danger, as Is indicated in the case Of
HAROLD FREDERIC. fla man kills his child
in obedience to a fanatical belief that the
sacrifice must be made as a duty to COP,
as ABRAHAM prepared to sacrifice ISAAC.
and as JEPHTHAH actually did sacrifice his
daughter. according to the best authorities,
he is a murderer. and the more dangerous
to society because of the very sincerity of
his fanaticism.
The Christian Science belief concern
ing healing was defined thus by the rep
resentative Of the cult before a COMMITTEES
Of the Massachusetts Legislature, which
gave a public hearing on the bill indirectly
prohibiting the practice:
christian Science Ia = religion. It's claim ia that
It'll resstablishing tho teachings and practices of
early Christianity. It does its healing by virtue of
. divine law which always has existed and always
will exist.
I'VE claim that the same divine principle by virtue
Of which healing was done by the NszArene and His
Disciples, rs well as their disciples. tho early Chris.
hans. exists to-day. and TO the extent that this divine
principle is understood and applied now, disease
can no and is healed.
I'VE claim also that we derive our license to heal
our fellow men from a higher than human power,
and that there is no medical board or legislative
body that can take from us our right Of thinking
and of prayer"
That is, Christian Science" Ii not a
science at all, but a form OF faith which
yields obedience only to "a higher than
human power" and dlsdains submission to
the laws and experience of human medicine
or the authority of the State. Practically,
therefore, 1t Is like the political and social
anarchy which defes and assadls the organ
ization Of society as hostile to Its principles.
1t is even worse, because it assumes to put
forward in the name OF true religion it's
superstitious belief in its heavenly inspira-
ton and illumination as a "science," or as
actually demonstrated and irrefutable fact
and knowledge On this assumption 1t
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

We learn from a special despatch to the
New York Eue1fnp Post that q "prelimi-
nary meeting Of men interested in starting
q movement against the annexation Of the
Philippines" was held at Boston on Friday.
It was called to push forward a scheme de-
vised by that famous inventor Of social and
political contrivances. Mr.. EDWARD AT
KrNsoN, and IL described as q design to
affect the pending deliberations between
the United States and Spanish Peace Com
missioners at Paris"
It ls a scheme to rush through a canvass,
not Of Spain, but Of this country, during
the next two weeks, to drum up signatures
to a petition calling for our surrender to
the demand Of the Spanish Commissioners
that we shall restore the Philippines to
Spain. ATKINSON expects that the demon
s~tration OF treachery will be 30 tremendous
in its volume that President MCKINLEY will
at once turn from his present policy and
give to Spain the victory which We won over
her last summer.
That is the sort Of man EDWARD ATKN-
SON Ia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
The BOOK Trade.

The great revolution which the depart
ment store has made in the dry goods trade
is indicated by the publication by the H.
B. CLAFLIN Company Of this city of n bulky
catalogue of books which 1t offers to its
customers. This company, as Is well
known, has long been foremost among the
great wholesale dry goods houses of the
country.
A frontisp!ece to the fat octave PAM
phlet is a photolithograph OF the company's
publishing or book section" and it de-
picts a wareroom which In the size and
tho magnitude and multiplicity OF its con-
tents is exceeded by those OF few OF the
greatest publishing houses OF the country.
The preface to the catalogue ~nounc
that this company. only lately confined to
the dry goods business, will supply every
book issued by any publisher"
This is a revolution which affects not
merely the dry goods trade, but also and
seriously the trade OF the retail bookseller
in all parts OF the Union. 1t is practically
driving him out of business, for the depart
ment store, with many varieties of goods
from which to make a profit, has advantages
over him with which he cannot compete.
He complains that the department stores,
as purchasers of great quantities of books,
get special discounts from publishers,
but that is inevitable. Such large buyers
obtain them in every trade. The manufac-
turer, always eager TO sell his wares.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
THE sun, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1893.

Is ready to make concessions on purchases
OF so great magnitude, more especially
when, as IL 30 often IL the case with the
department stores, they are for cash.
Moreover, the margin OF profit a small and
special dealer must charge In order to keep
his head above water lie not required by The
great and miscellaneous dealer. This gives
the department store peculiar advantages In
the matter Of books, for in their wholesale
prices the discount from the nominal retail
prices lie unusually large. II, then, the
large buyer obtains a further discount be-
aus Of the magnitude Of his orders, he
can get his full average OF profit even after
cutting prices considerably below the list
prices advertised by the publisher.
That a great dry goods house OF whole
sale supply should lave made the distribu-
ton Of books one Of It's most important
features, suggests that the retail book
seller is likely to be utterly driven to the
wall by this revolution and evolution Of
trade. It suggests also the fact that, be-
cause Of the small profits now o~btainable
from dry goods alone, the large variety of
wares offered by the department store has
been made necessary for q dealer seeking
anything approaching . large age -egate of
profts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
Garheld's administration and the New
Navy.

To THE EDlToE OF THE suS-Sir: Permit me to
call attention to . slight historical inaocuraoy in
your editorial in to-day's paper on the subject OF the
origin OF our new navy. Dating 1t from the report
and scheme OF the Advisory Board under President
Arthur and Secretary Chandler. you yield to those
gentlemen the credit OF being the fathers Of the
navy. But the Advisory Board was in existence
whom they came into power. 1t had been already
appointed by President Garheld and Secretary vii.
liam H.. Hunt. To create a navy worthy of our Ad-
vancing power in the world was ono Of the fond
hopes OF that short Administration which terminated
so traEically.
1t would seem to be only fair that the credit for
calling into being the source from which tho navy
sprung should rest with the two gentlemen who had
in view all that subsequently happened when they
called the Advisory Board together. 1 am the more
ready to write you this letter because the facts I
have stated were very handsomely set forth by Mr..
Chandler himself in a speech made by him in the
Senate a short time after he had retired from the
Navy department.. OAKLAND HUNT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
rHr xHEDIrr OF rerpn.
His Procarious and Uncomfortable Position
Undo Brltlah Control.

CAIBo. Nov. 2.-The strain In the relation.
between the Khedivs and the British Govern.
ment shows no symptom OF relaxing. and "a
may be the cause OF serious complications
The Khedive feels acutely the slight put ON
him in connection with the advance to FashodA
after the capture OF 0mdurman. which, he SAYS.
was made without consulting him and entirely
without his knowledge. The occupation Of
Fashoda was, moreover. made In direct orpo-
sition to the advice OF the Minister Of War.
Abani Pasha, who TO mark his disapproval Of
tho whole proceedings, and as a protest against
the way In which the Rhedive and the Gov.
eminent had been ignored. left for Enrona
while the AnRlo-Egyptian force was on its way
up the Nile from Omdurman. Abani PashA
desired In this way to disengage himself en-
tirely from all responsibility for the conse.
quenccsthat may ensue, whatever they may be.
The Khedive has expressed himself very
strongly on the subject, as he has on other 90.
casions in connection with matters In which hs
personality and authority have been set al
naught by the representative Of the controlling
power During his recent visit to Constantine
pie he complained bitterly to the Sultan of what
he described as the imperious attitude OF Lord
Cromer towar his Ministers, and the incessant
interference with their administration and dis.
regard OF their advice. He recognized the Sui
tan alone as having any right to decide the
question OF Fashoda. Quite recently at a pri-
yate reception at the palace he declared with
much emphasis that France had an equal right
with England to plant her flag at Khartoum.
Under present conditions. however. the Kho-
dive and his Ministers are powerless to do any
thing. The positions OF both are exceedingly
precarious. and they may find themselves at
any moment deprived Of the nominal power
with which they are at present invested. for
Lord Cromer. though a mar Of great circum-
s%pection. is capable of acting very vigorously al
a crisis. The army, though paid by Egypt, IL
entirely under British control. and Is Egyptian
only in name; while the greater part of it is so
far removed from the centre Of authority as to
be practically beyond the influence Of the
Egyptian Government altogether.
Guarded as he is by foreign troops and con-
trolled by foreign officials. the situation is a
particularly calling one for the Khedive and his
native advisers; but being unsustained from
outside and having no force at his
he has no alternative other than to submit or
be displaced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
A Correspondent Who Favors That System
and Thinks We should Use tho Ladronea.

and Thinks We Should Use the L~adrones.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: When
Spain gets through with her ridiculous posing
at Paris and accepts the inevitable by consent
ing to the cession Of the Philippine Islands
without any If" the future OF the Caroline
and Ladrone islands ought to be considered
when compensation to Spain is being figured
out for her pacific Investments I" in the Philip
pine archipelago.
While we are about this Spanish business we
might as well make a clean sweep OF it. We
don't want Spain for a neiRhbor in the East
Indies any more than we want her as a neigh
Dor in the West Indies. 1t would be wisdom
and sound policy for us to pay Spain a few
millions for the Carolines and Ladrones and
thus avoid any future trouble.
The day is coming when civilized nations
will throw OH the mawkish sentimentallty
which has been put upon them by INSTRUCTED
thought with reference to the criminal classes.
A vigorous. sensible treatment will be applied
instead. which will come near wiping out the
breed OF born thieves. desperadoes and degen-
crates that infests our great cities.
To get rid OF hereditary criminals. you must
stop breeding them; Ne good reason can DO
S SecSme pe MAY c %G snSui as p TheH pr 9Sf siI'Ss are re
to-day. The best Of reasons can he. advanced
why we ought to get rid Of habltual criminals
exceptedI, that OF the isolation OF the sexes in
penal colonies on far-ofr islands
The Ladrones. the Isles OF the Thieves. as tho
early Spanish explorers called them. would
answer this purpose admirably. Send thieves,
burglars. and cutthroats to these islands
for life and let them earn an honest
living, or cut each others throats, II they
prefer that to working; Send only hereditary
or confirmed criminals. Give the others a
We did not hesitate to spend $3.50. 0 10000
and risk the precious lives OF thousands OF our
best citizens in "a chivalrous effort 10 tree from
tyranny the oppressed inhabitants Of Cuba.
Why hesitate TO free our own communities
from evils that are constantly, growing In force.
which some day. II not checked. will produce
greater miseries than. Spanish misrule ever
produced, Let us get rid OF humppg and weak
sentiment. We eXterminatod the Indians,
poor deVilsl We protect and foster the white
~savages. the human wolves that prey on us by
night and by day There Is a wotnl lack Of
problem.
Kcepthe Ladrones for penal colonies.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10. JAMES Is. LAUL-