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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
ODD, BUT TRUE.

The mere thought Of eating an &C.
topus rs enough 70 make an average
civilized being ahudder. yet In the
Hawaiian island these devil fish. as
they are commonly called. are de-
ilcacy much priced among the ma
tlveH. while the imported Chinese
and Japs have also acquired the
taste.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
Smoked while She Died

CANTON. O, March 2s.--necause
her lover would not marry her. Miss
Gusile Tuck. Of this city. who had
wealthy relatives. committed SUE
eide IN moa, dramatic manner. She
swallowed a deadly dose 80 carhonie
acsd. told a friend what she had
done ana then sat down and smoked
cigarette while the poison killed
her,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
TO AID the POOR.

The collection OF fundn for the
Charity Organization Ia seattle Is
progressing IN an encouraging man
ncr. Miss n. l. Foster. who Il sai-
letting. states that about $500 has
been given 80 far BY eitlEcns Il
- estimated that 1i00o at least will
be required 20 properly conduct the
work Of the society. The ogfier 10
at - sullivan block.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
MAY SUCCEED
DR.. JOHN HALL

NEW YORK. March 27-The
Row. Or Alex. Connell. Of London. Is
now being considered AS the success
sor to the late Or. John Hall as pas
tor Of the Firth Avenue Prcsbyter-
ian church. ON Sunday morning the
session Of the church met commit
tee Of Ave from the congregation.
and as n result Of the conference 1t
was decided 10 propose Dr. Connell's
name before n congregational meet
Ing to be held some time within the
next three weeks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
All Of the Local
AZ well as the
TGleglaplic News

Don 'tdoubtit for one minute. The
paper will not claim to be the best
on earth with the Largest eireula-
tion"-that IS, not yet awhile, but
the effort will be made to steadily
improve IL. In the meanwhile
please remember thatnewS "tips"
teIephoned TO the office (Pike 1901
will be much appreciated; also
subscribers. 1t only costs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
GRANTED A NEW TRIAL

In the Federal court yesterday
Judge Isntori granted n new trial
In the care % Neis. Thompson
against the Northern Pacific RaH-
road company. Thompson ts suing
THE company Tor tE5no fer injuries
received BY being struck by an en-.
xinr At Tacoma IN August lsss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Tho nswrboyH Of Boston are re-
auired to take out licenses TO sell
papers. the documents costing 20
cents each. We expect 10 license
900 Of them this year" said the
clerk who issues the certificates the
other day. Last year we had 1900.
shall have superintendent and
two men on the street and any boy
found selling papers improperly viii
be reported 20 the committee on IL
cenReN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
DireCtness Of Statement

VIII be a noticeable feature. An
interesting. breezy style Of para.
graphing finds increasing favor m
these days, as opposed to the old
time fashion Of ponderous "write-
ups" and editorial utteraneeS.
THE STAR will have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
How She Disciplined Him.

A man and a woman, bot well
dressed. entered the postofiice from
the Park Row side just before mid
night last night. They were talking
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Adapted to the needs Of busy
people. The average man OF
woman always likes TO swiftly
scan the moving panorama Of the
globe during the leisure hall hour
that follows the evening meal, and
then turn attention to other mat
tiers. The publishers Of the THE
STAR appreciate this fact and have
modelled the paper so that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Manitoba is suffering from a "girl
famine" Servants. apparently.
can not be hired. The young woman
who acts as general servant in a
private family can easily command
SIC a month IN Winnipeg. the parior
maid tis, the cook t25 and the iannd-
ress SIS 20 80. a number OF Scotch
iasscn were brought 10 the province
iact 2aElas>-r1 already over 20 per
cent. Of them are married.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

THE STAR Publishers contend
that this paper Is good advertising medium
to ind ont Il II l.. We viii give - I'EW
10 our office prior 60 April I, pIGcrT a
FRENCH CO.. l0t West Washington, Dex.
ter Horton Bank building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

According 10 the inventory OF the
property Of Reuben J. Smith. OF
Amerbury. Mise. the eccentric per-
son whose body was placed in a
tomb In a reclining chair. his per-
Hopal property was valued Mt 5000
and his real estate at 5000. BY the
will the only requests made are one
Of $500 for the care OF his lot. and 8
cents TO C. W. Sawyer. a local mer-
chant.
A waldoboro. Me. bachelor. while
watching beside the couch Of his
stick father this winter. has made
three % as fine quilts as were ever
produced at an old fashioned quilt
ing bee.
The sparrow extermlnafors in the
city Of Boston have destroyed 100
nests on the Common I'm two days.
The public garden and small parks
are next to be attacked.
A German tailor who died in Bres-
lau In 1877 had such keen sight that
he Was able 10 see two of Jupiter's
four moons with the naked eye.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Tor san Francisco

The eompany's eie-
CANT steamships
queen, Walla Walla.
and umatilla leave
gaaftta IA Nfa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

For Seattle 10 a. m, via Victoria and
Port Townsend. March ,, Z. u. II. q.
April /, 6. IL. 10. "a. r.. May !. and
every ufth daN thereafter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
COURT OF APPEALS.
List of Opinions Handed Down by
Southern Department, Gar
den City.

Garden City. Feb. 1.-THE following list
of opinions has been handed down by the
southern department, court OF appeals, IN
ms EASTERN DIVISION.
The Sehrt- Patterson Milling company,
plaintiff in error, VS.. J. H. Hughes de-
PENDANT in error; reversed . -
the Usage County bank, etc, defendant in
w. A. swan. plaintiff in error, VS.. An
drew Brown ct al, defendants in error;
P. Peterson. treasurer. etc. PLAINTIFF in
error, vs.: the First National bank of Usage
city, defeRdaR5 Il sEr 8iv a{fFmsd-
s M bsfr heN 30 Pa dresey In eout an
Ord National bank. piaintiff in errcr, vs..
P. J. Massey, defendant in error; reversed
George or,H " .Beaseiey. defendant in error;
SA---- -'-' CENTRAL DIVISION.
Missouri Pacific Railway COMPANY yd Plain
ant in error; dismissed
Edward Cosson., plaintiff in error: vs.
Elizabeth M Packer ct al, defendants IN
A. T & s. F. R. R Co.. plaintiff in err
ror. VS. ]. G. Hutchinson, defendant in
error: error from district court Lyon coun-
ty: reversed.
VIM. Pond and Henry -Conley, partners.
plaintiffs in error, VS.. Barton Salt com
pFany' defend d,n IN error error from as
J. w Green, plaintiff: in error vs.. g, h
r r. error from district court Reno coun-
ty; reversed.
calvin Hood. plaintiff in error. vs.. o.
:. Gibson and s E. Hanlen, defendants in
error; error from district court Cowley
county: reversed.
A, T. & S. F. R. r, Co.. plaintiff IN. err
ror, vs.. the Board of County Commission
ers of Lyon county, Kan, defendant in
error: error from district court Of Lyon
a, t. & s. F. R. R, Co, plaintiff in err
ror, VS.. I. Wiley, defendant in error; err
ror from district court Sumner county; re-
VerSed-
The State of Kansas. plaintiff in error,
VS.. VIM. Eldred. defendant in error; error
in Mcpherson county district court: af-
frmed-
The state of Kansas. appellee. VS., W. F
court of Reno county; affirmed
D NJ Turney. plaintiff in error vs.
ror from district court of Greenwood coun-
ty: affirmed.
John V FarweH company, plaintiff in
error, vs. D. Thomas, defendant in error;
error from district court of Lyon county;
affirmed
j. w Skinner sheriff. plaintiff in error,
VS.. c. NJ. Sedgbeer. defendant in error;
dismissed.
Phoenix Insurance company, plaintiff in
error, c. F. ireland ct al, defen liant in
error; reinstated-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
ROBBERS USE TROLLEY
Wire as Motive Power to Drill
Bank Vault.

Oberlin, o., Feb. 17.-Cracksmen broke
into the bank of the Oberlin Banking
company between midnight and 3
o'clock last night. The robbers con-
nected the trolley wire of the Cleveland
Berea, Elyria & Ohio Electric road,
which runs directly past the bank, to a
drill machine to operate on the outside
door Of the vault After forcing this
door the robbers inserted a big charge
of powder and blew the interior of the
vault into a thousand pieces The walls
on all sides were badly shattered, plas
tering was torn off and the vault doors
were blown twenty feet out of their set
tings- No money was secured, as the
robbers failed to get into the big safe,
evidently for lack of time. The papers
and books inside the vault were dam
aged beyond recognition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
MAKING PERSIAN RUGS.


From the Philadelphia Press
Marvels of color and design are the
carpets that come to US from Persia;
and it is the artistic, after all, that
keeps in touch the east and the west.
But as We wonder at the geometrical
designs and enjoy the Iuxuriant soft
ness, a thought is seldom given to the
women who sit all day at the loom
weaving the precious fabric. The ia
vorite design is the eight-pOinted star,
over and over again appearing, large
or small, as the fancy of the weaver
may dictate. There are not more than
twenty patterns in ALL but in the coIors
and in the borders the weavers exercise
great care in preserving originality
The Rev YarOO Nessan, a native of
Persia, is a. graduate of the Theological
seminary of New York. expecting soon
to return to his native land as a mis-
sionary- He naturally takes much in
terest in the principal industry of his
country, and shows photogra phs of two
young women who are expert rug
weavers. These women live in the
mountains of Kurdistan, one of the
four chief places noted for the manu-
facture of rugs, or, as the people of the
east call them, carpets Like the Swiss
watchmakers, the industry descends
from father to son and from mother to
daughter. The making of a rug is
often family affair, different mem bers
working at different times, each choos-
ing cOlOrS according to his own sweet
will. This accounts for the difference
of design that the owner sometimes
deprecates, but which is really the best
evidence of the genuineness of the car
pet
The many mistakes in the matching
of colors are due to the fact that if the
wool runs short the weaver will often
replace it with another that looks as
much like ii as possible.
The women of Persia are very pic
turesque creatures. They are above the
medium height; they have the beautiful
dark eyes so common in the east, their
mouths are small and perfect, 'Cupid's
bows" the hands and feet are small,
and, above all, their charm is the
beauty of the hair They arrange it
with great care and adorn it with or
naments of various kinds. Silver and
hollow gold ornaments are used by the
peasants, and poor indeed is the girl
who has not comb or pin of some sort
for her glossy black locks. The women
Of the richer class load themselves
down with jewelry, and hanging about
the neck is a long chain, from which
hang numerous bottles which contain
perfumery. usually altar of roses. Blue,
black and auburn are their favorite
tints in hair, and to produce blue hair
they use a dive indigo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
SENATE CONFIRMS
All of Stanley's Appointments, Legal
ity of Special Session Being
Decided.

The senate went into executive ses-
sion at $50 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and before adjournment at $50 con-
firmed all of the appointments made by
Governor Stanley. as follows:
State board Of charities-Grant Horn
aday of Bourbon county, for the full
1889
Edwin Snyder of Jefferson county. for
the unexpired term of B. F. Shane, re-
moved.
G. W. Kanavel of Harvey county, for
the unexpired terra OF H G. Jumper,
removed.
R. Vincent of Washington county, for
the unexpired term Of ". D. Street, re-
moved
Phil Kelly of Doniphan county to
be member Of the board of managers
of the Hutchinson reformatory for the
unexpired term of J. J. Miller, Topeka,
removed.
Board of live stock sanitary commits
sioners-M. c. Campbell of Sedgwick
county. vice J. B. Bea1, for the term
ending March Is, 1900; F. H. Chambe
lain of ChautauQua county. vice Jno-
Dryden, for term ending March 25, 1901.
State board of educational H
Bushey of Marion county. Guy P. Ben
ton of Douglas county. w. NJ. Massey
of Sumner county.
Directors of the penitentiary-Jno
Gilmore of Wilson county. vice C E.
Allison, for unexpfred term ending April
1. 1901; E. \. Mcfarland Of Lincoln, vice
W. H. L. Pepperell, for unexpired term
ending April 1. 1900.
State superintendent of insurance
W. V. Church of Marion county.
State grain inspector-A- E Mckenzie
of WyandOtte county.
Regents Of the state university-F'Or
the full terms ending in February, 1908,
Chas. F. Scott of lola, Frank G. CrowelI
of Atchison, J. W. Forney Of Belle
PIaine.
The state oil inspector, s. o. Spencer,
was not confirmed, because the law I'M
der which he is appointed does not re-
Quire confirmation.
Senators Tom Anderson and G. H.
Lamb (Reps.) opposed the confirmation
of Phil Kelly, arguing that Kelly's rep
utatiOn is such that he should not be
given position of public trust
The senate will also confirm the ap
pointment of 5. NJ. Fox of Manhattan
as adjutant general, which will be sent
in today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
WANT BUFF COLORED EGGS
CFrom the New York Journal

CFrom the New York Journal
If you want to be in the fashion in
New York you must eat eggs with buff
colored shells. That fact leaked out at
the monthly meeting of the Farmers
club yesterday afternoon at No lis
West Thirty-eighth street, where there
was an egg exhibit and debate on how
a farmer can cheat nature into pro-
ducing three or four crops year on
the land that only produced one crop
before the Farmers club was started.
A griculturists from Yorkville, Harlem
and Amsterdam avenue flied the room
The Information about buff colOred
eggs being the most fashionable came
from Hampton farm, Poughkeepsie.
which sent three platefuls of eggs to
prove their case. The darkest cOIored,
which are those eaten by the four hum
dred. are laid by barred Plymouth
Rocks. The product of other birds is
barred by aristocrats who know the
ropes.
In England" said the farmer who
brought the eggs down from Pough-
keepsie, lit is the pure white eggs that
are most in vogue. like that plateful laid
by a white Leghorn- In this country
we don't eat the shells, and even if a.
white shells looks prettier we don't pre-
fer it. The brown eggs have the best
flavor. For once a society fad is JUS
titled by the facts"
In England it is customary for the
egg-eater to deIve directly into the egg
with a spoon and transfer the contents
to the interior of mis- face. He can tell
exactly the color OF the shell he is get
ting, for it sits there in the egg-cup.
In this country. where many citizens
hire a waiter to pour the egg into
glass before he brings it to the table.
they are not protected against eggs Of
unfas hiOnable color unless they insist
on the shells being escorted into the
room with the egg-meat. Even in that
case a treacherOus waiter might get a
couple of buff co1ored shells and serve
them with every egg order indefinitely.
The practice of dyeing white eggs to a
fashionable tint is condemned unani-
mousIy by the Farmers club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
GEN. BROOKE BLAMELEsS
For the Disgraceful Acts of Cubans at
Garcia's Funeral

Havana. Feb. 1.-THE Cuban assem-
bly, met Wednesday at Ell Cano, under
the presidency of Senior Fernando F'reyr
de Andrade, the vice president The
committee appointed to inquire into the
misunderstanding of Saturday upon the
occasion of the funeral of Gen Calixto
Garcia reported through its president,
Gen. Jose Gomez 1t is understood that
the committee exonerated Maj. Gen
Brooke from any responsibility in the
matter and said the fault rested with
an American officer who had badly in
terpreted Gen. BroOke's orders that day
4 letter was read from Domingo Men
deg Capote, chief of the Cuban advis-
ory cabinet, saying he was ready to re-
sign mis- secretaryship or membership in
the assembly when the assembly desired
if it is incompatible for the same man
to hold a position under the Americans
and still belong to the assembly
1t was decided to send a commission
to welcome Gen. Maxine Gomez. and
it was further resolved to suspend the
sitting because 1T was the day set for
the ceremonies at the graves Of the vic
tins of the destruction of the United
States battIeship Maine, and to reas-
semble today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
DEATH STALKED IN
And Snatched Away a Guest at
the Mckinley Banquet
Last Night.

Boston, Feb 17.-Amid the unbound
ed enthusiasm that prevailed at the
Mechanics building at the banquet of
the Home Market club to President Nc
Kinley, death stalked in and claimed
one of the prominent men present. The
victim was Frank E. Taft of Whitins-
vile, Mass, who has been prominent in
Republican politics in this state and a
leading member of the club.
Taft sat at a table on the platform
with the other prominent guests and
his death was due to heart failure,
superinduced by the excitement attend
ing the occasion. Frequently the whole
company rose to its feet and cheered
with more than ordinary vehemence-
Mr.. Taft was as enthusiastic as any
of the others. and when Governor VOL
colt was introduced he rose with the
others and led little coterie near by in
the cheering. With the others he sat
down, and in a minute or two Mr.. Sta
pies, who sat beside him, says he heard
a gurgling noise issue from Mr.. Taft
throat. He looked around just in time
to see Mr.. Taft sliding to the floor. the
stricken man was seized by several OF
those near him and carried into a room
near by and a physician who had been
attracted followed at once. ReStorativeS
were applied but Mr.. Taft died almost
at once Not more than a hundred per-
sons saw the occurrence Mr. Mckinley
was not told of it until the close Of the
banquet, when he expressed deep re-
gret
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
JESSE JAMES JURY.
From the Wheel $50 Names Are
Drawn From Which to OBJ
tain IL Men.

Kansas City, Feb. 17.-Judge Shackle-
ford drew from the jury wheel. Thurs
day. $50 names, from among which the
II men who are to try Jesse James will
be chosen The selection of jury viii
probably occupy several days. No testi-
mony will be taken in the case until
some time next week
The judge arrived from Jefferson City
after court had opened He did not in
terrupt the proceedings, but called
Prosecutor Reed to one side and asked
him If the state was ready. 1t was.
Mr. Walsh for the defense gave
similar answer
Then I'll go draw the jury" said the
judge, gathering up his OvercOat and
hat. He went at once to the county
clerks Office, where Attorneys Walsh,
Yeager and Farr for the defense and
F. G; Johnson for the state had pre-
coded him He was shown the jury
wheel, Respondent in a fresh coat OF
paint, and told how it worked He ex-
amined it curiOusly, and then said:
m going to turn this wheel a Few
times myself. I'll turn it so times to be
sure the names are well mixed. L want
the utmost care exercised in this work,
so that there will be no chance for any
one to complain. I want the names
written down and certified to the GRIM
inal clerk just as draw them, not in
alphabetical order. 1 want an attorney
from each side to remain with the coun-
ty clerk until the names are certified to
and taken to the criminal clerk for sub
poenaS.'
Deputy County Clerk W. K. Bradbury
drew the slips from the wheel and hand
ed them to Judge Shackleford, who read
them aloud All the attorneys made
copies of the names as they were read
off, while Ray Samuels made the Off
cial list. The drawing began at 1870
and lasted until noon. The first name
out of the wheel was Frank G. Ora
ham.
On the entire list but 81 names of the
$50 were those of men who reside out
of the city This makes the work of
selecting the jury doubIy hard, as court
officials assert Kansas City men nearly
always escape by declaring they have
formed an opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17
MILES IGNORES CONNOR
And Says He Will Continue to Do
His Duty as He Sees It

Cincinnati, o., Feb. IA local paper
teIegraphed General Miles for reply
to the address of Dr. P. s. Conner at
the testimonial banquet in this city on
last Tuesday night. The commanding
general replied without mentioning the
name of DR. Conner or any other mem
Der of the war investigating commits
sion or even referring to the speech 4
DR.. Conner or any of the charges about
which inquiry had been made Of him
The following is the telegram:
washington, D. c., Feb. 16.-In
thirty-six years continuous service 1 am
unconscious of having neglected or eX-
ceeded my duty to superiors in COM
mand, to the brave men under my COM
mand or to my country. shall continue
to do what L believe to be for the best
interests of our country, and L hope.
protect the health, life and the honor
of those who risk all for their country
and its people. CSigned),
NELSON A. MILES"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-17

Topeka's Annual Event is De-
termined on by Committee
of Fifteen.

The annual meeting of the Committee
of Fifteen was held last night and a
temporary board of directors was elect
ed with temporary officers.
Two things were definitely settled at
the meeting:
There will be Fall Festival.
It will be held in the week commence
ing on September 25
The committee is in search of people
with ideas and at the meeting next
thursday evening it is expected that
citizens with brand new ideas for the
next Fall Festival will attend and lay
their plans before the meeting.
The question of a convention of cat
tlemen was brought up by John Nc
Manus and went over for further dis
cussion-
C. K Holiday Jr. suggested that
flower parade should be one of the fea-
lures.
Another member of the committee
suggested that there was danger in Civ
ing the people too much of one thing.
He thought that the next FAN Festival
should be one of new ideas.
CAPTAIN c. H Titus thought that the
people wanted a rest and that there
should be no Festival this year.
The motion declaring it to be the
sense of the meeting that a Festival be
held during the last week in September
was adopted without opposition.
John McManus announced that he
would be compelled to resign as treas
urer because he would be absent from
the city. His resignation went over for
future consideration.
The representation of stockholders
was small and the following board of
directors was elected temporarily:
r. s. Brigham. D. J. Greenwald, L. L.
Kiene, H. A. Warner, c. K. Holiday,
John McManus, c. H. Titus VIII Rigby,
I. w. Doolittle, J. F. Meyers, w. A.
Smith, T J. Anderson A. w. Dana, T.
z Chase
con.
D. J. GreenwaId was elected temper
ary chairman and c. A. Magaw tenn
porary secretary.
Another meeting will be held on
Thursday evening of next week when
future plans will be discussed.