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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-28
SPAIN rs BECOMING
WILDLY PATRIOTIC.
Funds Are Being Raised by SUBJ
scription to Buy1W6rsA5ps to
Use Against This Country.

MADRID. March 1.-THE latest inteIl.-
gence from the United States has encolr-
aged a great patriotic movement through
out Spain. A large number of persons
have announced their intention TO give UP
a days pay for services in order to raise
q fund to purchase warships- A commit
tee. over which the bishop of Madrid will
preside. has been organized to receive the
subscriptions made.
Special theatrical performances are an
nounced, the receipts of which are TO be
devoted 10 this purpose.
The Duke of yeragua. who knows PresI-
dent Mckinley personally. is reported as
saying:
President Mckinley does not inspire
mo with confidence. He thinks himself
the frst statesman in the world. He Is
proud and vain, and his great vanity
makes him believe himself a Napoleon.
when In reality he Is an ignored suttier."
II s reported that the Conservatives in
tend TO propose that the troops In the IN
terror of Cuba should withdraw to the
coast until the autonomists and separat-
lists arrive at an agreement. but It is not
expected that the corteg will entertain
such a proposal.
The situation in Cuba Is declared today
10 be much improved
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FRIENDLY TONE OF
ENGLISH PAPERS
Inc ifmes and Daily News Indorse
the Attitude This Country
Has Assumed

LONDON. March 27.~The Times in an
editorial quoting the statement or It's New,
York correspondent. George w. snallev.
that despite the war talk. the best opin-
ton sun holds 10 President Mckinley and
peace. the greatest danger IS from a posi-
bic Irresistible outonrxt Of unreasonlng.
generous sentiment" says.
This dos not tend TO lessen the chances
o. war Tor although such waves Of sentt-
ment not intrequentlv ssibsid, "a ran.,t,y a :,
they arise, they may last long enough 10
tead Tor good or evIi. 10 irrevocah,eS ts.f-
sofs''
Inc Times. proceeding - rcr-r-~rr- gen
orally on the situation. expresses the opln-
len that war Ia inevitable II tie unitea
States infegferes ia Cuba. while the result
Is certain beforehand II Expresses graft
2 &s:=e thAt Gen. woodfori mas taken "a
unusual ana sisaiaeanETstep OF publishing
an emphatic contradiction of tho malicious
fnnnors circulated by the Spanish yellow
press. which reported him IS ado,4ia.
provocative attitude - :.
The Times. after deei.ripS Tat Ri.
statement should greatly assist the peace
party IN America. concludes It's editorial
as tclloRs:
"h.le hoping that ss sEay Ec SHARED
the sad spectacle - contest syc wen tgzo
tfi*"dly nations. ho,h bound 10 as by the
tses - 90 friendship, Tine wc@t comes
. .s1.,.1. -. 9. syrss f.ss,. wntaa
both, that enc - @nssu = knfsFes1 ~ "a
yei mere closely BY ties CT blood
The Daily News. ia an s~gitergat -. y.,,,.
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THE SPANISH REPORT.
An Attempt VIII He Made to Put It
before This Country.

LONDON. March 27.-The Madrid corr
respondent OF the Times, noting that Spain
ar present is playing a relatively passive
part III the Cuban situation. and contrast
ing the "warlike attitude OF the United
States with ''subdued attitude and APP
parent inactivity prevailing at Madrid"
says:
The ministry. however. IL eager to draw
President Mckinley.s attention at the
earliest possible moment to the report OF
me spanish commission as TO the Mama
disaster, and 1t h understood that a mes.
senser is going post haste from Havana
with me document, and will reach WASH
ingion probably on Tuesday. The gov
eminent believes that the simultaneous
presentation OF the two reports to con-
eress would avert, or at any rate mitigate.
any tempestuous display OF feeling.
should. however. the Spanish report ar
rive at Washington too late or otherwise
De withheld from the immediate persual of
congress. II Is suggested that Senior
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WAR SHIPS NEARLY
READY FOB SERVICE



the Fiaal WsRk ~ Fttting
Them Oat-
PHILADELPHIA. March -7.-The crais-
er Columbia Vii. leave League Island
navy yard sonorro~ about noon fos
Hampton Roads. She finisned leading am
muniti0n at o'clock this afternoon. after
which her pilots were taken aboard. Not
wi.h.sandsns rain fen FOR the greater paft
OF the day. there WAS. no CESSATION II tas
activity q; this station. Caaskers we're
busy putting the finishing touches 70 the
deck Of the Minneapolis. few remaining
stores were placed aboard. and the paint
was scraped from the teEpedo ports The
heads for the Whitehead torpedoes were
creased ana fitted IN the tubes Today
work was confined 30 the machinery and
inside painting N floors.
TIE tiouhse-turreted monitor Miantonc-
mob has all Der ammunition on board ana
as soon as her men have given her coat
ing of .eaa-eoiored paint, she will be
ready TO sail. This vas 10 have been done
To-Day. but rain prevented IL
The Minneapolis and the ram Katahdin
will receive ammunition tomorrow morn
ing. and the former also viii get about 20
tons OF coal. All the vessels. are short
number Of men Tho Columbia viii sal
with her complement lacking about 100
men. The Minneapolis is also short about
that number and the ram Is about twenty
short. Fourteen ken arrived today and
were assigned to ships.
Both the Minneapolis and the Miantono-
mob will be ready to depart on wednes-
day a. the latest. Capt. Casey and an
other naval officer visited all the ships
and Immediately after leaving increased
activity was noticed aboard This was
taken 10 mean that additional orders had
been received frcm Washington to push
the work and have the Minneapolis and
the Miantonomoh ready for sailing at an
earlier time.
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SPAIN MAKES A
VALIANT REPLY.
VIII Sot Admit Interference ma
mas Reached the Extreme
limit of Tauees~soux

i,<5Ntf5S March zs-on rvstiay SAYS
- Madrid cssrreSronaeu; o. the stanaare
Ger ~oodfora hssf b. appointment. an.
o'hsT srieasl Interview Win seassr tsl.lon
- "hiea ~ received TIRE eyielai rsS,,y az
zee Spanish Eosefn-nen. 10 the American
'T'~zae7a nss@a7 - March =
ms s's@''I9a rep'y, eoachess IN firm Ian
<'aaEs ssTs thas ths Spanish sovcrprnen.
cafTo' &srea Win fba csaelsls barss tho
AfaeFs4aa government hass araws frv-, IN.
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Rrnortesl Heidi ID.

Il Was reported Oh The street early :his
uaeraias thst Il man waM aagdhagget and
rapsSed ~ So Ia the south en1 II the city.
The pollca said they had nos beard any
sa3ag aheus The matter
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Is a aae,lsyJss 81 sras: wasta Nssl ssseri..
l'rY r vtaev yoss h4vs a esssAzA 81 t-5li sY,,i
sssos are certain II te pleased with the ueS-k
relief wAAa i aae01x /. u tseasars "a
ssss zu3 can alwsys re eieressiei usssa.
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sketch Of the Dead Man.

II. r. Sehelderup was about 80 years old
lie came from one Of tae hes.-known fam
lies in Norway. Ills parents were farm
ing people ard well-to-do. His father Is
dead. but his mother is alive and resides
III Paris. He came to the United States
many years ago, and for some time was a
member Of the life-say.nE crew detailed
Al South Bend. Wash Several years ago
he came 10 Seattle and entered the en-
poy OF the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany as a travelling solicitor.
lie was a perfect specimen az physical
development being feet tail. broad shout
derei and deep chested. As he lay al the
mosgue physicians said that in all their ex-
perience they had not seen a more finely
developed man.
lie has a wife living somewhere in this
city. She IS possessed Of mesns but deli
cate In health. Friends o. the family say
that they never had trouble. and that IL
he was guilty OF what Mr.. Bradley ac-
cuses him, hts wife had not The slightest
intlmation az g. She locked upon him as
the soul Of honor ard had Implicit conf
dence In him,
SeyeYai men who have known Mr., Schsl-
derap said iass evening thar they thought
Mg Bradley must BE- mistaken in his state
uent that he had ruined his daughters.
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anamaas ankag thAk an apr<upsiaison -
nanS sse she I'D AZ fhe desusute CuhaEs.
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Dexter Horton Bank Pudding.
FRS. Avenue South.

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s.r.s. &c.. -s, Ar srsa,asrru "a, he
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,6xn.~ ,.hnr, I a.nyaaetaa him He had
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80, 4, s.,s.s.a =.
..yy ,s,a, ,s,san xae,r aas,Sh.sr,- Mr..
rs...,,.... a.. -, ,srs,, .a- roc,re,s mn.
-. - a,s g,wa aa.ap. The admission
| .,.,..s,,.t,, r,.srss ns,n
.su,a .h.~a .r.rtAtnv ss,a hefors the
.n,,.srs,>" ..Sao
..ssss, {, ,,on. tr,seu.snn when von wafkaa
sowr ,be street IN give vauyself uur.
..vas ;.
..r,c wos, aay.x shooting wr sene!aer1,u."
axe air dta not inland 10 XIII MIN. hu,
,sxs ,,.,, accustomed "a sha revolver and
- .has higher than / expected. Ii was
rnv intention Ia wound him I'm the thighs. :"
.s.t.va .,on eyer ae4arreiea With Mr..
s.,staav,,ue,. .Sa sir.
a shor. time after the reporter talked
wltb Mr. BRADLEY his wife and daughter
Besgie called 20 see him. The interview
.oak MACE in the assembly room and was
f,rfva4e Bessie bradley IL a very hand
some girl with dark ssragu hair. classic
features and snlenald figure. She is one
of me (;,baon tyne OF girls, She is abou.
Il wears old. IossIbiy wear Younger,
The herald., 1898-01-06
BRYAN AND CONGRESS

And now Mr.. Bryan's enthusiastic
countrymen propose to run him for con-
gress. How has the mighty fallen!-
San Jose Mercury.
1t is not at all probable that Mr. Bryan
will run for congress this year. He is
needed elsewhere as the uncrowned
leader of the Democratic party, as the
champion of the free and unlimited COIN
age of both silver and gold, and as the
prospective president of the United
States in 1901, free and untrammeled in
his ideas, his movements and his utter
ances.
But why should the Mercury consider
a nomination to congress a "fall'' for
Mr.. Bryan, who has not yet filled the
presidential chair? The great young
leader would have a notable precedent to
follow in the event that he should desire
to go to congress. John Quincy Adams
after he had finished his presidential
term, and it was the most distinguished
period, in one sense, of his long and use
full public career.
1t is to be feared that a small-souled
desire on the part of the Mercury to be-
little man who is in many respects the
leading American of today inspired the
silly comment.
The herald., 1898-01-06

Dumb asylum and the Home for thu
Adult blind. with an additional roll Of
twenty-five employees. Then the Mer-
curry remarks. in an aggrieved and az
gressive tone Of voice:
In all fairness, Is not this enough?
What other Of the fifty-seven counties
in this state, or what half-dozen of
them combined. has half as much?
Will the Republican press of that coun-
ty kindly explain to US why, having
been accorded this monopoly of good
things, Alameda is entitled above
all other counties Of the state to the
nomination for governor?
The Mercury should not worry. The
Republican nomination for governor is
not worth fighting about. or even quar-
reling over. The Democratic nominee
is sure to carry the state by a handsome
majority, so that our Republican friends
will have only their bad feeling for their
pains. But, aside from that question,
1t does seem as If Alameda county had
it's share of the spoils. 1t will be nee
essary for the Democrats, in the interest
of justice and equity, to arrange matters
a little differently, so that the champion
of Santa Clara county Republicanism
shall not have so much cause to COM
plain of in it's own party.
The herald., 1898-01-06
emo Plums, No Favorites'

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
Your leading article In Wednesdays issue
is correct in principle, but Is not fair to the
library board as to statements OF fact.
There is no politics In conducting exami-
nations of the library force. Our purpose
herein is to ascertain the capacity OF the
attendants. Moreover, we are following
an excellent precedent; the examinations
are based upon the service-idea OF the
Boston public library.
The directors desire to know whether at
PENDANTS have advanced or not. and to
grade them accordingly; also. in case OF
promotion or vacancies, to have data which
will enable us to act wisely.
We wish that the library shall reach a
high degree of efficiency, and by giving
better opportunity 10 those who merit 1t
we expect to provide the public with supe-
rior srvice.
The editorial says: ''If there are any
employees of the library who are efficient
or incompetent, let thin be discharged.
With this expression we are In accord ana
upon the examination in connection with
character of service can we depend Tor
guidance.
1t is not the real purpose of the examina-
ton to furnish an excuse for removing
some employees so that others can pc APP
pointed to satisfy political PRESSURE IN
this regard permit me to quote the foiioW-
ing, adopted November 10Th last:
"Resolved, That no person be hereafter
chosen to serve in this library as an az
tendant in classes A, B or Q until Sucn per-
son shall have first served In class y az
class d salary for at least one year.
The above resolution Is utterly lncon.
sistent with the idea of political 1avorites;
neither any plums nor any favorites.
Yours truly, VIM r. BURBANK,
Director Public Library.
The herald., 1898-01-06
A TRIBUTE TO JAMES G. CLARK

James G. Clark, the venerable and be-
loved California poet who passed away at
Pasadena few months ago, is crowned
the American Laureate of Labor, by b. o.
Flower, in an article in the January Arena.
Mr.. Clark, says the writer, was in a true
sense prophet of freedom and an apostle
Of progress. At an early age he sang songs
of the home and the nation heard him
gladly. But. as Higginson wrote:
At early manhood came a voice to me
That said to a startled conscience,
"sleep no more"
Then he took his stand with the minority
and pleaded for the exles of society.
Mr.. Flower reviews the life work of the
poet, quotes some of his beSt-regtarded
poems, and says:
At time of life when most men, even
the most valiant souls, sink by the way
side to rest, he pressed forward to the
front, sending forth message after mes
sage OF cheer for the burdened ones,
while with the courage of an old-time
prophet he cried out against oppression
and injustice.
The article closes with poetical tribute
70 Mr.. Clark, written by Mr.. A. P. Miller,
of which the following is the closing verse
Brave heart, high mind and noble soul,
Farewell! until we come to thee!
Rich was thy journey to the goal
And great thy bliss and state shall be!
The herald., 1898-01-06
THURSDAY. JANUARY o, 1898.
THAT BUG-A-Boo EXAMINATION

Library Director Burbank sends COM
munication to The Herald, in which he
denies that the proposed general exam
ination of attaches of the library is in
tended to make places for new ap-
pointees. He disputes the proposition
that a civil service club is to be welded
in the interest of practical politics, but
asserts that the object of the examina-
ton is to determine the qualifications of
the young ladies and assist the board in
reclassifying them according to merit.
This view of the case is also substan-
tiated by Directors Foster and Rogers.
Conceding all that these gentlemen
claim, and that the purpose of the board
may have been misjudged, The Herald
still holds that the general examination
scheme is not the right thing in the
right place. Assuming that the librarian
is competent land nobody denies that
proposition), she surely knows the quail
ifications of all the young ladies who
have been working under her for the
past nine or ten months. Assuming that
the directors have an intimate knowl-
edge of the workings of the library, they
must have pretty well-defined ideas as
to who are competent and who are not.
Why should employees who have been
constantly at work in the library for
anywhere from one to seven years be
hailed before an examining board to de-
termine whether they are fit to hold these
positions? Would any private corpora
tion or firm employing large number
of people think of requiring all of their
old employees to subject themselves to
such an examination? The proposition
needs only to be stated to show how nom
sensical it is.
If any of the members of the library
staff are inefficient the librarian surely
knows it, and the board can easily de-
termine it by reports on their work. Let
them be dropped without more ado. If
any of the young ladies are not classed
according to their abilities, let them be
changed to their proper classification,
and there's an end of the matter. Per-
haps on a technical examination as to
historical dates, rhetorical puzzles and
photographed lore some of the girls
with the least executive ability might
make the best showing, and what will
the examining board do then?
1t matters not what sort of precedent
has been set by the Boston library or any
other institution of the kind, we hold
that to subject old employees to a tech
nical ordeal of this sort is worse than
useless. 1t implies either lack of con-
fdence in the judgment and fairness of
the executive head of the department. or
a lack of backbone on the part of the
board itself.
The herald., 1898-01-06
THE UNDERLYING CAUSES

In the politics of this country Ohio has
FOR fifty years been a storm center. For
a long time an October state" the re-
suits Of the biennial elections were re-
garded as having important influences
upon the congressional and presidential
elections following in November. The
great central state, dividing the eastern
from the western commonwealth, rich,
prosperous. populous, and occupying an
advanced position intellectually, it's in
f1uence upon national politics and poll
cies has always been important and not
infrequently paramount. Yet, notwith-
standing the high average intelligence
of it's people, Ohio has ever been boss
ridden state, and the present contest
over the senatorship is in reality strug-
gle for the control of the Republican
machine and the disposition of Repub-
The herald., 1898-01-06
A BALLAD OF POVERTY ROW

Brave old neighbors In Poverty Row,
Why should we grudge to dwell with you?
Pinch of poverty well we know
Doubtful dinner and clouted shoe.
Grinned the wolf at your doors. and yet
You sang your songs and you said your
say.
Lashed TO labor by devil Debt,
All were manful and some were gay.
What, old Chaucer! a royal jest
Once you made in your laughing verse:
mo more gold-finch song in the nest
Autumn nest Of the empty purse"
Master Spenser, your looks are spare;
Princes favors, how fleet they be!
Thinking that yours was the self-same
fare,
Crust or crumb shall be sweet to me.
Worshipful Shakespeare of Stratford town,
Prosperous-portly in doublet red.
What of the days when you first came
down
To London city to earn your bread?
What Of the lodging where Juliet's face
Startled your dream with its southern
glow,
Flooding with splendor the sordid place?
That was a garnet in Poverty Row!
Many worthy has here. I ween.
Made brief sojourn or long abode:
Johnson, dining behind the screen;
Goldsmith, vagrant along the road;
Keats, ah, pitiful! poor and Ill,
Harrassed and hurt, In his short spring
day;
Best Sir Waltz with tagging quill,
Digging the mountain Of debt away.
Needy comrade, whose evil star.
Pallid-frowning, DEGREES you wrong,
Greatly neighboreG, in truth we are;
Hold your heart up and sing your song!
Lift your eyes to the bookshelf where,
Glorious glded, shining show,
Every man in his mansion fair,
Dwell the princes of Poverty Row!
Helen Gray Cone In December Century.
The herald., 1898-01-06
NEEDLESS SQUABBLING

Our Republican friends in the north
momentous question: "What does the
south-meaning Southern California
want?" and having received a reply
that sends the cold shivers down their
backs, have taken to quarreling over
the spoils of the next election. Each
Republican opinion-moulder of conse-
quence has divided the nominations and
the offices to please itself, and each has
invoked anathemas upon all the rest.
This makes the situation ludicrous to
an outsider. For instance, the San Jose
Mercury, representing the healthy and
hungry Republican interests of Santa
Clara county, calls Alameda county to
account with vim that BODIES trouble
for the Oakland contingent. Having
heard that the Republicans of Alameda
county are endeavoring to determine
whether to make Davis or Pardee the
Republican nominee for governor, the
Mercury speaks right out in meeting and
says other sections Of the state are not
prepared to admit that Alameda county
has full swing in the matter. 1t points
out that Alameda county has a United
States senator, the congressman from
that district, one justice of the supreme
court, a member of the state board Of
equalization, the superintendent of the
United States mint with several minor
appointees, the warden at San Quentin
with several appointees there, the clerk
of the supreme court, the secretary of the
bank commissioners, the deputy collector
of the port, the state university with it's
patronage Of lao employees, the Deaf and
The herald., 1898-01-06
Send for Copyrighted
''Treatise ON Consumption"
employees are being impaneled at a time.

employees are being impaneled at q time.
which fact necessarily prevents proper
secrecy concerning the examination papers.
What is to prevent them from commune
eating the contents to their colleagues?
Again, there is no set time for the answer
Ing of the questions The employees ara
said to be allowed as long as they like to
deal with the papers What is to prevent
them. IL they find themselves ''stumped.' =
as they assuredly will. by the extraordinary
range of questions. from consulting somd
twenty volumes of some dozen encyclo-
pediae, which alone. outside the portentous
omniscience OF the examiners can supply
their need?
How It will be proven that girl Is better
qualified to fill her position by describing
the distance between Kamckatka ana
Timbuctoo or by defining the eccentric
ties of a New York editor. 10 conundrui
that may well be set the library trustee
themselves MONEDuAAa
Los Angeles, January 9Th.
The herald., 1898-01-06
MExIco's GAIN

The Mexican Herald wishes it under
stood that the late outburst of enthusi-
asm over the arrival in the country Of
Mr.. Bryan and his phenomenally hos
pitable treatment by the government
and people of that country have no sig
nificance with reference to his future
political career, but were entirely COM
plimentary in their nature and inspired
by the nations admiration for man of
commanding genius and phenomenal
powers, distinguished as the chieftain
of one of the great and historic political
parties of the United States. Our con-
temporary adds that the people of Mex
leo did not desire the election of Mr..
Bryan and rejoiced in the triumph of
Mr.. Mckinley, since free silver coinage
IN the United States would have shut the
doors of the greater number of mills, and
would have set back for years the at
tainment Of Mexico's industrial indie
pendence. The same paper asserts that
when the wires brought the news of Bry
ans defeat, the great body of thoughtful
Mexican people breathed more freely,
for they felt that the holding back of the
silver cause for four years would give
Mexico time to catch her breath and go
on again. 1t is not easy to get at the real
conditions existing in foreign country,
intercourse with which is restricted by
race conditions and trade barriers, but
when ell the facts are developed regard
ing Mexico's experience with silver the
conclusion will be that it has been
great blessing to her people.