The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-25
PURSUED By MISFORTUNE.
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Special Correspondence.

SPECIAL Correspondence.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept A-A remark
able run Of ill-lrck has fallen upon the
Southern Pacific Company during the pres
sns year. Since January ! there have o<en
no less than fifteen accidents on the con-
pAny's Hines In fhis state. In whsch 81 Iea&
Q do3en persons have been killed and AZ
least Q score injured. Most CT tns9 acr1-
dents have been due 10 the criminal care
lessn00 or Incompetence Of the corpora
tons employees. and 40 q result pshhc ser-
timens 10 tsxa now strong against the COM
pAny. II II due TO good luck that rne loss
o. lie has heen % small. +; - charged thai
the company 10 pracfic.ng small economies
In the management Of fss business With
groas dsrsgArd for the safety Of IL patrons
and that this - ths real cause Of the many
occldeutu.
Charles FAIR. the soa of the late sem
ator Fair. has recently spent large
sum In constructing and eauipptng cam
era designed for taking lopg distance
views. The bfx box, which has . range
Of fully ten miles. was built TO order here
and II fitted With the highest possible
grade Of lenses On tt frst tees . dis
lance of 80 feet the pscture showed dis
tinctIy ny on . win.eo~ shutter. Even
the joints IN the wood we're plainly Wis
ihle. Mr.. Fair planned the instrument
with view 20 taking pictures IN Yos~-
great that pictures taken with an oriin-
AIRY camera. even II the lense - OF high
power. are unsatisfactory az thsy lack de-
tall Tha OUTFIT which has seen just com-
pieted cost aboOt 600
Local politicians arr busy win prepara-
tons Tor the municipal campaign. which
win open In o few weeks. The approach
tereat ~ the nsW charter 10 90 b put into
N6orf TY0Aep t1Se 0~~ (n~v1 ~ .-ffv srsx-
eminent the mayor il gwen great power.
He win have the appointment Of many
OF the city ohcerS ana win have power
to remove men fer cause without the al
or consent Of the SUPERVISOR James ..
Phelan. tho prensnt mayor who 10 a
Democrat 10 conceded TO have almo& .
cinch on the place. Consequently II n iis-
hope Against him. Hall . dnsen psom.-
nent Republicans have been suggested.
but no one has yet entered for the con-
test. The Democrats are busy With the
slate which will Be- ceessnfed 1T the con-
vention. but - far many places are In
doubt Franklin K Lana. . former Sc
attic man. ana the present. city attorney.
n sure Of q place
An important decision was rendered BY
the supreme court this week which falls
heavily % Stanford university. The court
decided that the Inheritance tan on the
Stanford estate must b. paid TO tire stair.
THIS means that &3k.0ge must be taken
from university funds and paid INTO the
treasury. At the last session of the Isgfx-
lature I bin was pa@ed amendina ths
Inheritance tax Law 20 sxempk edncafsonaI
institutions from its operation. This vas
designed to save Stanford university frum
the payment Of the tar. brt the court
held that the new law could not b. held
to apply to Stanford estate. a. IN. tar
became due and payable on the death 20
Senator stanford.
There has been an alarming increase IN
the amount Of crime among the soldiers
here and A. q result Gen Shafsex has a~-
tailed . provost guard 10 make the rounds
Of the saloons nightly and gather up the
soldiers. 4 number Of robbertes have
been committed BY the blue coats and sv-
eral cases Of assault have been reported
Tn report Of the appraisers appointed
to m the value Of the procerty !ncEns~s
IN the proposed extension % Golden Cate
shows that u VIII cost tn city E.dB.oeS
20 make tfs contemplated Improvement.
The proposition WI b submitted 70 the
voters ~ the approaching slectssn.
The friends Of the First Washington vol
unfeers are looking forward 20 the return
~ that popular regiment, which sbo1If
arrive IN about two weeks The P~nnsyf-
vania. which II bringing home the Wash
sngton men. was at Nasasah on Septsm-
her H. II she COMES direct she should
make the trip IN about eighteen days and
arrfva here early IN October