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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09

r.cuatural implements, he1n
CONSTRUCTION. ETC.. bat IT, 12iISs.
given to stoves Of Il
most perfect models q - r -
Kitchens and utenstls suafeSa 4 r z1!
iage. farmhouse ANA Ia Sr.-. ..s..ea. a.
ueman o. fortune respectivS1ss
tuition. too. had not heen - H.
q year when a good COOK ~ -.
the improvement q cnns-.x E|
ment. one object and not - 49, 49,
ant Tor the Royal inetitut,cn .
other OF Rumford's pet pre1s,sS
establishment Of = i.ntne rSS'Ssss.1
mouse where experimental dnIS ...ss:
ordered 70 test the mem ~ 49,
method OF cooking or any
might he proposed. To aftnar
OF the primary objects g. ~ -,
Rumford proposed to N N 3 49,.
for Philosophical lectures ana A.
and TO provide CONNECTS - 49,
philosophical apparatus for 49,
zeal anC other experiments 11SS
the FIRST eninence In scienro T..
invited 10 "offic.ate In the -
and distinguished situation p l3S2I
These were begun in Maria
time a temporary lecturers
Out 1t was not long before ~ ~
brought into occupation n y
Is sinsuiarly successful IN n -
critics. remains suhstantially S
the presen, day. the e.
changes being the anolltton ~;
staircase that led directly ~
gallery to the street. and tn T. ii7 IT,
which was finished only -
ago. The only other importnna =
first year Of the institutioun ~
the appointment OF fourteea -
the purpose Of specific scieuafDn
tons, but that the manaxsse SS
least idea OF promoting what -
call original research In ps1H
obvious from the subjects inso
were to inquire. RumfoFd'p hoS1 - =
dkcernjble In the Hat. which ~
soup, cottages. stoves, houaoAo1
food for cattle. mortar and q
and combusttble cakes, efe. n
two years still greater progronn
The chemical laboratory Ms ~
use and director. operatee Al
were appointed: the woFhshona' Y
models Of new and useful nv
to be constructed and eoad q &
prices to subscribers and pe0l Z
finished anc provided With III
obtainable; number OF skfllo1
were engaged and arrangQn4at1 e
for the reception Of in8&nlooe J.
behaved young men. who wsfo RI
ed in the house. working IN ~ &
by day and n the evening attoo1
In drawing. practical geometlyx q I
ematics. q
But In lSo2 change beOnn q E.
self felt. Doubtless the ctFcuunaS
personal reasons caused HlxnfG{1
this country and relinQulGA ~.
tendence Of the institution wassH
out influence. but the main 6(1
want of money. Rumfosd Wo9
justified In writing early II II
institution was mot only tn ~
the rage" hut In 1soe the ease -
~ different. In 1859 the ineoma 80
and In 1900 16aeo0. but IN IN Il c1fy
80. and In 1859 to III. 10. Whila ~ g
time the expenses wese incSel
short. the state Of Affairs heeoG
that the idea was seriously 6
closing the place and selaing e. -
erty to pay itS debts. Luckily
Z was saved and the mAnaeeUou1
into the hands OF men ponGoGn
business-llke instincts. Quietly
the Kitchens, the unodela, tn ~
and the school for mechaaice
Rumford's interest had csptere
termined to carry on the scleq
l.shment and to set money
by giving fashion 70 scseuce.
icy may not have been mAmleee
was successful. and has reaulto
ing to the Royal institutiQu :
history Of scientific progreA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09

ten OF the tough cstisens Of that conn
munity when they were surrounded by
the Hoie-in-the-Wafl element ard their
sympsshixers, and n the cavalry from the
adjacent posts had mot been sent 10 tnssr
relief none would have returned 10 tell the
story Of the berce lighters they had met
The character OF the HoIe-in-the- " all
inlab stantx has not changed since that
time, and Il seems certain that the Assault
ing party will lose many men in the con-
nfcs that is approaching.
Laughing Sam" Carey. who Is conceoeu
70 be the chief Of the Hose-in-the All
band Ii one Of the hest known outlaw
leaders In the West. For years he has
defied pursuit and robbed and murdered
through South Dakota. Wyoming ana
Montana He Ii the only survivor OF the
old band that rz3ded trea&are-iansn
coaches returning 20 the states from tne
rich mines Of gold around Deadwood in
the old days. II was the daring and dss-
perase courage Of this man that gave 10
fiction the Deadwoood Dick series OF
noveh Such q character as Deadwood
Dick was with Laughing Sam" Carey IN
those days.
Laughing Sam gets his name By rea-
son OF great scar across his race fnAt
gives him the appearances OF smiling al
all fimes--a relic Of one OF his escAoades.
when an Officers bullet almost cut short
rode into Spearfish. 9. D.. few years ago
and robbed the hank while nxhftng the
entire town The band was wiped out on
this occasion, but the leader Escaped and
rallied new men from the Hole-in-the-
wall, AT that time IL looked as II the
citizens would organize . raid on the gang.
but IL Was finally postponed
MSssouri Murderer IN the Dana.
George Taylor. Missouri murder fug.-
tive is said to Be in Carey's band. II he
il captured no trial Will be necessary TO
dispose Of his case. He In under sentence
TO hang In Missouri for his share in the
murder OF the Meeks family. near Brown
ing, Linn county. Mo-. May II, 1884. George
Taylor and his brother. Bill murdered
Gus Meeks, his wife and two children.
and ieff the third child. Nellie. for dead
with her skull fractured. Nellie survived
and told the story of the murders. Bill
Taylor was then a prosperous lawyer at
Browning. He and George fed the state.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
| PRIMITIVE MLI@APH.
INsTnUNENTs FOUND
IN TmE HEART OF AFRICA
=. L. Garner Describes . Renaxka-
be Sysaea 81 Communication In
Tee Anon9 Dualas-PPineiDle Al
nest IAestsesl VITA Morse Systen

r all the inventions found among
~ the native tribes OF Africa. I
L O) Hno. Of nothing 20 vondsrfuI
drum used by the Duala tr1be.
This nation occupies the grea, basin Of the
Kamerun. about four degrees north Of the
equator. In numbers they are not very
strong. but in point Of intelligence they are
much higher than most Of their race. and
physically they are fine types OF the negro.
They have a form Of civilization Of their
own. 1t IL not like that of our own race.
but 1t meets all the demands Of their en-
yironmente, and with IL they are perfectly
content They are averse to the innova-
tons Of the white man. and do not read
lily yield TO them Their modes Of life are
simple and their real wants are few. Many
Of their laws are wise and just. They are
fairly well administered. and within the
limits Of the tribe, they are peaceable. eo-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
ANTITRUST CONVENTION.
Gathering of Governors and Attor-
neys General to BE Held I'm st.
Louis, September 20.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE antitrust
convention of governors and attorneys
general, called by Gov. Sayres to meet
in st. Louis, will convene there on Sep
TENDER 90. Gov. Sayres and number
of state politicians who intend being in
attendance as spectators will leave here
Saturday night, September 16, for st.
Louis. 1t can be stated authoritatively
that no programme of arrangement as
to who will speak or what will be the
policy of the meeting has been mapped
out. Up to the present time Gov. Sayres
has not received single letter from any
governor evincing desire to outline
any policy in advance, or announcing
that he proposed to make speech upon
that occasion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
has appealed to Queen Victoria to inter-
vene in the interests of peace in South
Africa.
The new White Star steamer Oceanic,
the largest steamer in the world, start
ed from Liverpool on her maiden yoy-
age for New York.
Brazil celebrated the eighty-seventh
anniversary of the proclamation of its
independence.
A dispatch from Cape Town, South
Africa, says the Beers were concentrate
ing on the border.
Six of the leading commercial bodies
in Spain have accepted the invitation to
send delegates to the international COM
merce congress in Philadelphia on De-
tober 10.
Jmenes, the leader of the successful
revolution in Santo Domingo, was re-
ceived in triumph at Santiago.
A typhoon at Kagoshima, Japan, and
vicinity killed so persons and wrecked
1000 houses.
Admiral Dewey's health is gradually
improving and he believes he will be
entirely recovered before his arrival in
New York harbor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
PLUNGE OF A TRAIN.
Goes Through Trestlc on n south
ern Rnilway-Four Men Killed
Collision In Pennsylvania.

Columbia. S. c., Sept H. Saturday
night 200 feet of trestle on the Column
bia, Newberry g. Lourens road over
Broad river, near this city, gave way
under train load of granite. Several
cars and an engine fell so feet into
the water. The following were killed:
Engineer Dick Weatherby, of Column
bia; Silas Rennick. fireman. of Green
vile, s. C.; Stewart Martin. u negro, of
Aston, S. c.; unidentified man with
head severed from body. William
Bates, an extra fireman, went down
with the wreck, but was dug out from
under tons of granite without scratch.
James Watson. superintendent of ex-
plosives at the granite quarry. jumped
from the train and landed 80 feet be-
low unhurt. The bridge had Just been
completed and was pronounced in
first-class condition.
Erie, Pa. Sept. ia head-on col
lision on the Philadelphia g. Erie rail
road, 40 miles east of this city. at Tiona.
Sunday resulted in the death of one man
and the injury of three. II. j. Gerlach.
engineer of Erie. was killed. The in
jured are: w. G. Schaaf. fireman, of
Erie. both legs crushed, will die: John
Fahey. brakeman. Erie bruised; j. X.
Neil, brakeman, badly bruised. En-
gineer Gerlach failed to see n set target
and crashed into another freight that
was about to take siding to allow him
10 pass. The crew of the west-bound
train escaped by jumping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
PLANNING A DEPARTURE.
An Author Who Would Get Out OF the
Beaten Track and Give
the Real Thing.

"What we want" said the publisher, is
a good, realistic story. of army life. some
thing that will show just how events move
among the soldiers
81 see," said the author; 81 was in the
army myself, L know exactly how t.angs
are conducted"
Something that will thrill the reader to
the marrow and make his hair stand on
end"
II thought you said you wanted lome-
thing out of the ordinary"
That's what | am after"
"Well, in that case, we won't have any
thrill in it, OF course, it's there ~ it
comes so suddenly and is so soon over :ha:
you hardly have time to know what TIM led
you. If you want to get right down to
hard pan realism and sound the Keynote
of the soldiers general experience, you
want to leave out most of this description
of hero rushing headlong through snug
CLING men and over fallen horses. waving
gun with one hand and the star spnuglcd
banner with the other, while singirE My
Country, IT'S of Thee at the top oi his
voice. Well get out of the beaten trick of
fiction and relate how many hours DAY he
spend currying his horse and polishing bis
weapons, and how many miles a DAY he
travelled, and how often he wanted to talk
back and didn't dare, and how hc would
have been willing to give four do airs a
square inch for beefsteak, and al the
rest of the little details which play 50 i'm.
portant part and which writers OF fiction
have hitherto so strangely neglected.
Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
personal AND POLITICAL.

Black Hawk. the most noted of the
chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In
dams. died in Brockway, aged 80 years.
The executive committee of the re-
publican party of Virginia issued an adj
dress declining to make any nomina-
tons for the legislature on the ground
that the elections are miserable farces.
The Iowa democratic campaign will
begin ut Davenport September II.
Mrs. Sarah A. Baker died in Philadel-
phia aged 81 years. She was the oldest
American actress.
Alfred Henderson, head of the seed
firm of Peter Henderson d Co., died al
Spring Lake, n. j., aged so years.
John y. Mckane, the former political
boss Of Gravescnd, who served four years
in Sing Sing for election frauds, died
at his home in Sheepshead Bay, \. y,
aged IS years.
Henry Niles Pierce, for IS years Epis-
copal bishop OF Arkansas, died at Fay
ettevillc, aged II years.
In convention in Baltimore the Mary
land republicans renominated Lloyd
Lowndes for governor.
Rear Admiral Henry +. Picking, COM
mandcr of the Charleston Mass.) navy
yard, died suddenly of heart disease,
aged 80 years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
FOREIGN.

admiral Dcwey's flagship Olympia ar
rived at Gibraltar.
The Tartar left Manila for San Fran
cisco with As officers and 1,210 volun-
teers.
Seven lives were lost at halifax, y. S.,
by the laundering of n sailboat.
The schooner Lisgar, of Toronto, was
lost on Lake Huron with her crew of
seven.
The Filipinos are endeavoring to Sc
cure recognition from the japanese gov
eminent.
Admiral Dewey in an interview in
Gibraltar said that he hoped the next
dry season would see the insurrection
-quellcd in the Philippines. lie also said
that he did not expect to go on sea serv-
ice again. except in the event of war,
and that he would probably retire I'M
der the regulations.
Lieut.. Batson, of the Fourth cavalry,
has organized in Manila band of 100
Macabebe scouts, who will operate I'M
der the direction Of Maj. Gen. Lawton.
All of them were former Spanish vol
unteers.
The entire republic of Santo Domingo
has joined the revolution, and at pres
ent peace is reigning.
Trouble has again appeared in vene-
zuela and a revolutionary movement Is
In progress.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
BOERS TALK PEACE.
At the Same Time They Are Busiy
Engaged In Preparing for War
with Great britain.

Pretoria, Sept. 1.-THE News prints
an official statement from +. w. Reitz,
secretary of state of the South African
republic, in which Mr.. Reitz says:
1.-THE government considers that three
courses are disclosed by the communica-
lions of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Brit
ish secretary of state for the colonies. the
first is joint commission of inquiry; the
second is a commission Of delegates from
both governments to discuss technicalities
and the third is a conference at cape
Town"
Secretary Reitz adds that the Trans
vaal government now agrees to the
second proposition and invites Great
Britain to define the constitution OF the
commission suggested and the place OF
meeting.
Pretoria, Sept. lin the course OF
an interview State Attorney SHUTS said
that the Transvaal, having withdrawn
its offer of five years franchise, the
condition thereto attached-namely:
the REIMBURSEMENT of suzerainty--a
falls to the ground. He understands
the Transvaal's last dispatch as an ac-
ceptance of the proposal for joint
commission of inquiry. THE Trans
vaal," he said, lis anxious to termi-
nate the tension existing, because trade
is stagnant and the country is being
ruined. Hence the Transvaal has a
greater interest than has the British
government in bringing about settle
ment." He declared that he fully be-
lieved the British government desired
a peaceful solution of the difficulty. and
expressed the opinion that the Trans
vaars last dispatch would further that
end.
London, Sept. lit is understood
that Gen. Sir Redvers Butler will start
for Cape Town next Saturday. The
Indian authorities are chartering
steamers to transport troops to South
Africa as rapidly as possible Although
the aspect of affairs is more peaceful.
the special dispatches from Johannes
burg report the greatest anxiety there.
Fifteen hundred people left the town
on Saturday. and ii is proposed to trans
fer the business of the stock exchange
to Cape Town. The Johannesburg town
council is appealing to the government
for power to start relief works to meet
the exceptional distress.
A dispatch from Bloemfontein re-
ports the distribution of arms and con
siderable exodus to Cape Colony. Ac-
cording to this correspondent, the Beers
are massing on the frontiers and there
is no abatement of war preparations in
the Transvaal.
London, Sept. 1.-THE troops going
to South Africa as the result of the
decision of the cabinet council to send
10000 soldiers there, will proceed to
Natal, bringing the total number of men
in that colony up to $4,000. Reinforce
ments numbering 5000 men will be
drawn from India.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
FILIpINOS' MAUSER BULLETS.

To the small caliber of the insurgents
mausers many lives are owed, for the
bullets bore a clean little hole, rarely
fracturing a limb, and 1t takes CEN
ter shot through the skull to kill. A
half-dozen men shot through the brain
with mausers have survived.
A Montana boy was struck an inch
back OF the outer angle Of the left eye,
the bullet passing through his skull
and making its exit in the same locality
on the other eide. He lost the sight
of one eye and though the other may
follow he will recover his usual health.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
Home Seekers Excavations vim "Big
Four Route"

To the North, West, Northwest. South
west, South and Southeast. Selling GItes:
August 18th, September 5th and lS., ,rd
on October Sd and 18th, 1899, at oLe .arc,
plus $500 to authorized points in ;he TO-
lowing states: Alabama, Arizona, .A.hln.
sas, British Columbia, Colorado, FLORIDA,
Georgia, Iowa, Indian Territory, Idaho,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michiaan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nonana,
Manitoba, New Mexico, Nebraska. North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Okla
homa, South Carolina, South Dakcts, |, Sls,
Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Washington. For full information and par
ticulars as to rates, routes, tickets, Hlalls,
stop-over privileges, etc.. call on Agents
"Big Four Route" or address the under.
s,gned " r. R6ePge, a Pass q: : ! NJ ss
Cincinnati, D.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
Our Fans.

Baroness de Rothschild, it is sail, owns
the finest collection of fans in Eurp"c. In
this country they are generally found 1T
the baseball parks.-Scranton Tribune.
When a man whistles all the DAY either
his. heart or his head is light.-Ch.cago
Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16
To California via the Midland To ..te.

Every Friday night, at 1895 p, m, II
through Tourist Car for San FiaGcisco,
carrying first and second-class passengers,
leaves the Chicago, Milwaukee & -; Paul
Railway Union Passenger Station. Chicago,
via Omaha, Colorado Springs and SAT- Lake
City with stop-over privileges at Sal Lake
City,, for all points in Colorado. Utah,
Nevada and California.
The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago
to San Francisco is only $500, and th' >.pep-
days in advance of departure of tram.
Through tickets and sleeping car a,eon-
modations can be secured from airy agent
in the east, or by applying at the (acao.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot or City 'i.ck-
ct Offices in Chicago
Send for our free illustrated California
folders. Address Geo. ii. HeafiorG Cen
eral Passenger Agent. Chicago. III.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16

Unanimous action urging speedy
congressional legislation for the gold
standard was taken by the American
Bankers association in convention in
Cleveland, o.
Fire at Marble Rock, Ia, destroyed
six business blocks and contents.
At the grand army encampment in
Philadelphia Chicago was chosen as the
meeting place next year, and Senior
Vice Commander johnson was elected
commandcr-in-chief, to serve the unex-
pired term of the late Col. Sexton. The
total membership of the q. A. II. is
IS7,0Sl, and during the past year $780,
055 was expended for relief.
Admiral Dewey will be given his real
homecoming welcome at Washington
on the night of October2.
There has been plan arranged to
form IA railway system which will Gre
ate trunk line consolidation greater
than any now in existence in this coun-
try.
The first national convention of the
Young Peoples Christian Temperance
union will be held in Chicago Septem-
Der 81 and 2S.
Joe Patchen won the frce-for-all pac-
ing race in New York from John II.
Gentry and Star Pointer, his two ia
nous rivals. going the mile in 2:02A
Col. Gardeners Thirtieth United
States volunteer infantry left Fort
Sheridan, H., for the Philippines.
Five men were struck by lightning
near Brandon, Mimi, and two were
killed.
A storm at Winfield, W. Va, wrecked
the courthouse, large brick building,
and did considerable other damage.
The United States transport Shcri-
dan, with the Minnesota and South Da-
kota volunteers on board, arrived in
San Francisco from Manila.
The Garden City hotel at Garden
City%L. H., owned by the A. r. Stewart
estate; was burned, the Joss being
s230,000.
The thirty-third national encamp.
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie came to an end in Philadelphia after
the election of Col. Albert ID. Shaw, Of
WATERFOWL, \. Y, commander-in-chief
Fully 10000 persons attended the
opening of the eleventh annual season
of the Western Pennsylvania Expo
stion society in Pittsburgh.
The eighteenth annual cncamp'ncnt
of the Sons of Veterans, L. S. A.. began
in Detroit, Mich.
A tornado near Bowling Green, o.,
wrecked 80 oil dcrricEs, unroofed sew
cral barns, injured several persons and
killed number of horses and cattle.
The American Bankers association
in session in Cleveland elected as presi-
dent Walker Hill, of st. Louis.
On the fair grounds at Camargo, H..
Robert Myers and Spencer Bronificld
were killed and George Adcr and John
Griest fatally injured by lightning.
Ned Copeland, for years receiving
teller of the Nebraska national bank in
Omaha, was accused of embezzling $780,
600.
Fire destroyed 1G buildings in Cen
tralia, Mo-, including o. G.. Byram's liy-
cry stable, where 70 horses and so bug
gies were burned.
Five vessels were burned and a loss
of $250,000 was cntailed by a fire which
destroyed large building of the Brook
Ign On. W Storage d Warehouse com
pany.
An English syndicate has purchased
for $2,j00,000 cash the properties of the
Big Five Mining company ut Ward, Col.
Samuel NJ. FELTON, has been elected
president of the Chicago & Alton road.
The plant of the Shelby Steel Tube
company in Shelby, o., was damaged
to the extent of $2O0,0O0 by fire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16

A Nebraska man was shot directly
over the left eye, the ball passing down
and out underneath the edge Of the
jaw, reentering the shoulder and out
near the elbow, again entering the
wrist and going out Of the back Of the
hand. He also got well.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16

The average passionate in the Presby-
terrain church is reported as eight years
md eight months, the average service
of ministers as stated supply is two
years and five months, and the average
of ministerial service, including both
pastors and stated supplies, is five years
and seven months.