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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
ALL KINDS
| OF CARS
Some With Pork
and Beans.
MAGNITUDE or RAIL TRAFFIC
Now YORK sun's phliosophsr Notes
Many Interesting Points
on the Subject.
MAGNITUDE OF RAIL TRAFFIC

II gives one an idea % rreat
city's varied wants and OF the en-
orfnons amounts OF produce and
manufactured goods reaulfed 10 sup
ply them. 10 watch the incoming
freight trains on a great railroad.
long trains OF forty or nifty ears each.
and many OF them, and TO note the
varied character of the cars. with
a view TO more economical and salts
factory transportation there are
used nowadays many kinds Of rail-
road cars especially designed for
particular uses. There might be sol
~ trains Of a single commodity or
manufactured product. and trains
thst werq mixed, made up Of cars Of
miscellaneous freight and then there
utlsh, he trains made up half Of
cars 81 one article OF produce. say
grain for expert. and the other half
Of various ears
Among the ears of the various In
coming trains VIII be seen furniture
cars. designed for the transportation
Of furniture. which have long been
uHea. these are larger than the ordi-
nary freight cars, for furniture.
though buiby. - compa atively light
There are likewise cars buIit for
the transportation q carriages as
freight. from the places Of their
manufacture - market. RefrlE-r-
ator cars are nowadays OF common
une. and may be seen In great num-
bern. perhaps in cold trains. Cat.
tie ears. of course. are old: there
may be solid trains Of cattle ears.
There arr now used many improved
ears for the transportation Of horses
and cattle. specially equipped for the
secure and comfortable trnusporta-
ton ~ valuable stock. There are
cars built for the TRANSPORTATION Of
live poultry. much Of which iH
brought here from great distances.
some Of u from vest of the Missi~+
atppI river. There are many cars de.
voted "a the transportation Of spec
iai food products OF one sort and
another. these bearing che name Of
tho prndncsr using them as well as
the name 81 the product carried In
them. Among such cars vas one
marked so and Sos Pork and
flranp. Ready for rse." I, may be
that this ear contained some other
products Of the house using a.. but
II WAS aE likely a solid car Of pork
and beans There are many articles
- small buEk or pat up IN packages
seraFsusiy small. 81 which ffSf con.
sur,Ss 90 siin the aggregate Il 70
large snar'tu great cenfsrr Of p6pu-
iation. either far use there or for
Observation-Disclosures by export or
otherwise. they are shipped common
- In carinad lots. There are hay
cars. and ears for dairy products.
and ears for fruit ard cars for va
fious other uses. The fruit cars seen
in train rolling into the city may
have come from across the contin-
ent. New York sun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Are Pennies unlucky7

a New Orleans paper the other
day gave an account of conductor
on one OF the street cars who refused
to accept Ave coppers as fare for a
passenger. Conductors In New York
city have not quite reached that
point. but II looks could kill many
a poor woman who iaboriously hunts
up the stray pennies in her purse
and calmly tenders them to tho
waiting conductor she would have
been dead long ago.
Why are conductors so averse -
receiving pennies7 The principal
reason IL that pennies win not be
taken from the men at the auditors
office Conductors cannot turn them
In as part OF their receipts.
Many colored persons consider
pennies unlueky. I saw an old
Southern nanny demonstrate with
conductor because he gave her
Ave pennies In change. and when he
refused 10 take them back she threw
them on the seat and left them be-
hind her when she left the car.
Many actors and actresses also
look upon pennines as bringing them
bad luck and often throw them
away.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11

cOLFAX. March ia large
party Of O. II. 4 y surveyors got on
the train At Riparia today and he
gan work on the Snake River Val.
ley road.
The new steamer Spokane made
her trip out Of Ripafia this after
noon and tomorrow VIII take four
carloads of railroad steel tn Lewis
ton for the q. n. q ~. The Spokane
and the Lewiston are TO alternate
on the Rlparia-i.ewiston route. ieav-
ing Riparia. at 2 30 n. IN. on the ar.
rival OF the train from Portland. ar.
irving AZ Lewiston AZ ! .. IN. the
same day. leaving Lewiston Mt Il
noon the following day. arriving nj
Riparia Of p m. connecting with
the train from Spokane. Tho trips
Of tn. spokane from Riparia viii be
on Tuesday. Thursday and Satur-
day. and from Lewiston on Monday.
Wednesday and friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Effect Of Wheeling.

DR. Schott. OF Nauhsin. Germany.
who has devoted considerable time
20 the study OF bicycling from n hy-
gtenic point OF view. gives these
facts as n result Of his studies:
bicycling. like mountain climb
ing, acceierates the action OF the
heart. and thus aulckens the pulse
This naturally tends 10 enlarRing the
heart during action. process which
during rest takes a backward turn.
and the vital organ resumes It's nor
NAL state.
By violent. or. say, excessive exer-
else on the wheel. when the pulse
beats at $40 per minute. the con-
dltions change. The expansion Of
the heart does not fall bask 60 the
normal. rs Is best proved by the
used up" look Of cycle racers after
a tournament should the strained
exercise continue the enlargement OF
the heart continues with Il, and fatal
results are inevitable.
The older the wheelman the easier
do the muscles of the heart assume
undue proportions. and. the arteries
becoming less elastic with age. the
life OF such a man Is greatly endan-
Rered. There II n certain note In
breathing which is an infallIble
warning with turner's and climbers.
which. however. very often falls Its
purpose with the cycler. for I'm his
case the great draft caused by his
run supplies him with more oxygen
than II necessary.
All these thInrs should be taken In
due consideration by ardent wheel
men. Bicycling as an exercise.
should be taken only by persons
whose heart and lungs are In the
best natural condition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11

orient. tho Pearl " the orient. "
lionekonE was just n bare brown
lump nf rock IN the sea. While Man
ia produces everything that the
tropics can produce, ilanFkoug can
grow practically nothing but a wiry
grass, Manila bay IL easy of APP
proach itonskonK harbor n the con-
trary, as shown By the number OF
nhipWrcckH IN thc vicinity. and by
the number Of navlgatofH Who re-
fuse 10 take a ship near the place
Ia the night. though wrli lighted,
Tho land la the immediate vicinity
uf Manila provides food enough to
contribute considerable Co feed the
population. the Land around Hong
kong aruWs only a crop Of granite
bauidera Tor mites aud miles nlonW
the nelnhboring hills ON the main
land, Yet Manila depends an Hong
kong, Manila In almost a suburb OF
HonFkonE.
There IL coal IN various parts %
the Philippines. yet steamers In
Manila MI their bunkera with coal
brought from iiunskong. though
ifongkong has no coal beds within
hundreds OF miles There IL kero-
s~ne In the Philippine islands. watt
inK 90 be tapped. yet Manila buys
.keroaenc from ilenFkonE, which has
not an oll-nprcah near IT, Cotton
grows Wild all over the Philippines,
but the inhabitants buy cotton bar
mentr from iiougkons. which does
not grow a pound of cotton.
ON the other hand. the Philippines
do indeed grow sugar. and u II re-
nned In GonRkong. llonEkong has
several great prosperous sugar re-
fineries making millions ef dollars
out 81 Philippine sugar, Will. the
refinrrteN IN the Philippines are
struggling concerns not "a be COM
pared with them. Manila grows
hemp u Ia the iionFkane rope
works that supply the world And
when communication between Man
Tia and HousknuR II cut OF. in
course of war. il - the fers.ie luz.
uriatniy productive Manila that
stafVea. instead Of the barren Bit Of
brown rork Manila TmeH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
For Stesling Norses.

CoIyFAx. Wash. March ii.-Au
important arrest has been made by
Deputy Sheriff Steward and Con-
stable Potter. Of Cotton. n, the farm
Of Jack Dobson. near Winpna. John
Weston. and a man named stsele.
alias snow. alias Cole. were arrested
on n charge Of stealing two horses
from George Bsskett The men are
believed Ia be leaders % on organ
lied band 81 horse and cattle thieves
having sold more than a carload Of
horses, believed 20 have been stolen.
during the past year.
The officers had been tracking the
men for several days. and located
them last night. They raided the
house at daylight and caught both
men In bed. with guns under their
pillows. They were taken complete
Iy by surprise and surrendered with
out resistance. They were brought
to colfax and lodged In the county
fall. and will be taken to Cotton to-
night for preliminary hearing. ChRs.
weston. n brother Of John, was ar
rested at Cotton yesterday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11

NEW YORK. March II. - James
Shechan. twenty-four years old, OF
Washington and Charlton streets
was arraigned before Magistrates
Meade In the Jefferson Market Po-
lice court yesterday. charged with
taking an overdose OF paris green
three whole cases. valued a. $3.50.
besides n truck and two horses. THIS
truck. the team. and the poison were
In charge OF James Mclaughlin.
driver for Middleton Bros. OF -
Spruce street. While on his way to-
freight station he made a short
stop at Nmrick and Downing streets.
When he returned. after an absence
OF only a few minutes. the whole out
fit had vanished. The driver went
to Captain Halpin OF the Charles
street station. who sent out a gems
eral alarm for the stolen property.
Detective Sheehan caught sight ot
the missing team about 10 o'clock
yesterday at West Tenth and Hud-
son streets. James Sheehan was
driving. The paris green cases were
not in sight. tSheehan. the driver.
when arrested. told n story about n
stranger who had handed the team
over to him. Magistrate Meade held
him In $1,000 bail for trial. The paris
green has not been found.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
A Testamentary Clause.

Now that there In such an aglfa-
ton In America against premature
burial. the viii Of an eccentric
frenehman. lately deceased In Paris.
becomes OF infense momentary in
terest. II seems that the old gentle.
man had always had a great horror
OF being buried alive. He had talk
and planned 10 prevent !, for 50
many years that his relatives and
friends were fearful that he was los
Ina his mind on the subject. but ~
never entered their heads that the
dread of II has taken such possess-
sion Of him that he would be at all
likely to mention the matter IN his
will.
Strange requests have been lief; by
the dyInT--thRt a limb should he
amputated or a cut made-but this
old Frenchman left IL stipulated In
his last will and testament that
an autopsy Of his body should be
held after his death. and ieft3o 90
francs 20 each Of his executors on
condition tha, they insisted upon
this being done. such is my horror
Of being buried alive"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
4 Girl Bandit.

INDEPENDENCE. Va. March II.
Thomas Feidrich. n notion drums
mer. while riding along a lonely
mountain road, near Newsome Gap.
says he was held up by a Eiri bandit.
who faced him with two pistols. Fell
drich says her eyes We're covered
by n mask. but that she smiled at
him when making him stand and
deliver. He tried TO Joke her out OF
the notion OF robblng him. and once
attempted to draw his revolver but
the nervous lingering OF her two pls-
tolls told him that II was no joke. He
gave her s6S. a gold watch. a dia-
mond stud and pair of diamond
sleeve buttons, He hoped to get tho
drop on her as he drove away. buc
she rode her horse beside him for
n few PAGES, warning him that II he
looked back II would cost him his
life. The woman escaped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
oksnogan Mines.

LOOMS. March ii.-Alfred Edge
combe. manager of the okanogan
Free Gold Mines. limited. came up
from brewster, and continued on 10
orc yesterday.
Joe Linton is getting nm OUTFIT for
doing some work on the washoe. He
IL no wdown 20 feet on the ledge.
which Is showing we'll This proper
~ lies north and lust across the
Simllkameen river from the King
solomon group and west Of the
Black Warrior, on which there is an
unusually good showing.
on both sides of the similkamcen
IN that vicinity high grade silver ore
IL found carrying n good percentage
OF copper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
THEY WERE
ROBBED
u. S. Army Officers
in Kansas.
HAVE NOW GONE TO MANILA
Seven shouidsr.stssppsd Men Wore
Compelled to stand and
Deliver.
HAVE NOW GONE TO MANILA

NEW YORK. March n. -
Seven officers who iett here for
Manila about ten days ago wcre held
up and robbed few days before
they left Fort Riley. Kan. for this
city, The starry was told TO friends
In this city By a Nashville. Tenn,
man. who. az the outbreak of the
war with spain. got auarterrnan-
ter'H appointment In the regular
army through the influence Of Com
gresnman oreavenor. OF Ohio.
IT was one night DURING the cold
spell In Kansas" said the quarter.
master. that six other officers and
myself decided TO go to town. six
miles away. to see show we had
heard a good deal about. The snow
was VERY desS and more Was falling
so We decided TO ship four mules 60
an ambulance aud go In that We
had gone about half way 20 town
when the driver stopped the rauiss
and told un there vas man lying
out In the road ahead Of us. We
thought. Of course. the man was a
Sotdtcr--a picket or n ztrassier from
the fort. overcome by the cold and
We all 60; out 90 60 10 the rescue.
We had scarcely stepped out Of the
ambulance before pistol MAS
thrust In the face % each ofioer and
we werv erfsred Go throw up our
hands The order was obeyed A
cavalry colonel. distinguished for his
bravery. lowered one hand 20 rub hia
eye which had got full Of smoke from
his cigar. and his temporary super
Tor In command fred a pistol 40
CLOSE TO the colonies ear that his
hands went up "a high as he could
reach b. standing on siptoc.
While we were guarded In this way
two men went through our pockets
and took our pocketbcosr and sv-
erythinx ~ value we had. had
tisep - government money In my
coat packet and they taok that. !
begged them to let me- keep u. for
would hav. to make u good some
how, and even then u might cause
me trouhle. They said they ala not
give a eusn for the government
money was what they wantrd and
tNFE NAWAat t0eA az ttfftA faNN W.
governments money NJ mine.
After rubbina us. che highway
men. all Of whom we're masked.
marched us back up the road toward
the fort and ordered us 10 run. EN-
phasixinx the order b. ftrinx several
shots. Well. Of course. we obeyed.
and the bullets that sung over our
heads al We ran prevented us from
pausinK too long In the snowdrifts.
where We might have frozen. when
We got bask 10 the fort nearly frozen
We went into the ciab house and
we're telling Of thr hold-up TO ar ex-
cited crowd % men before We noticed
that the colonel Of artillery. who had
been with us. was missing. We were
Just starting nut with an armed
party % rescue him and pursue the
outlaws when the ambulance drove
up and the colonel stepped out. fol
lowed by ten other officers with
masks In their hands Then I knrw
why the colonel Of artillery had In
sisted on all Of us leaving our arms
a, the fort when ve started 10 town.
Yes. I got the government money
back. but we were then held No for
champagne for the crowd. and that
cost us 80 each and made us all
feel like cxpansioniFts next morn
ink."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11

TACOMA. March 1.-THE Jerer-
saniann % the state will have a han.
quet in tacoma On the sNsn'nf Of
April 18th. 20 commemorate the life
and works o. their patron saint.
Thomas jefferson. Tho prugramme
includes such noted after dinner
speakers as Hon. W ~. white. Hon.
W. &. Jones. Hon. Charles = Naof-
hess. Hon. p. 4. Mcdonald. senator
High. ]. ). Anderson. stephen lud.
aon. Thomas n. Vance and others.
H0r. ~ r. Jones. chairman Of the
Democratic state central committee
vlli preside. and Hon James Ham
uton Lewis win act as taantmaEisf.
No Observation-Disclosures win be isnuesi
hut ssrat tiatsiuyitAtinn il extended
to ale sshssaEs Isffersonlans In be-
lief TO attend.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
The coifax Schools.

COLFAx. March io.--Several
radical changes we're made today In
the city schools. The overflow Of
the Nth and sixth grades. which
have beer in charge OF Mrs. Latta
In tne Main street school building,
has been suspended and the pupils
returned 10 their respective grades,
The sixth grade, with Miss Laura
Barbee In charge, was moved bodily
to the Main street building and now
occupies the room formerly occu'
pied by Mrs. I.atta's classes. Mrs.
Latta has been employed temper
ariiy as teacher OF the third grade
in place OF Miss Cora Grow, who Is
on the sick llst. The seventh grade,
with Miss Fritz as teacher, will oc-
cupy the room In the high school
building, formerly occupied by the
seventh grade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Boom In Building.

NEW YORK, March ii.-More
plans for new buildings were sub
mltied at the Building Department
yesterday than on any day. with one
exception. since the department was
established. Applications were pre-
scented for sh'rty-two new buildings.
The only occasion on which this
number was rr,..edsd was on May
-, 1855. .unt before the Tenement
Hous- law 81 that year went into
effect The plans submitted yester-
day represent an investment o. near
~ 81 ,Gog 600.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11

CHEIAN. March iO.-Capt. VI.
Buchanan. legal agent Of the Markle
Mining Company. owners OF the
Ferguson group OF mines in Horse
shoe Basin. returned from Stehekin
last week. having left a crew OF
men under Dan Devore packing In
supplies preparatory to active work
on the group, and departed for tho
coast. lie went to the west side.
intending TO reach the company's
claim that lap over from Horseshoe
Basin into the Cascade mining dis
trict In skaglt county via Hamilton
and Marble Mount. 10 post the ne
cessary notices for patenting, etc.
after which he expects to return
here and personally direct the work
In the basin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Japan May Send Ito.

LONDON. March 10.-I.ondon dip
lomats are informed that Japan may
send Marquis Ito to England and the
United States on q special mission.
The Japanese government strongly
desires an agreement with the I'm
tied states and Great Britain upon
various questions In the Far East.
II has not been finally settled. how
ever. whether the negotiations viii
be intrusted to a special commission
err or conducted through the Japan
ese Ministers at London and WASH
ington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Manila and honakona.

There IN much food for reflection
In the fact that the Hunken Spanish
cruisers Isla de Cuba and Isla de
Luzon, after being foated by Hong
kong engineers, had to be sent over
tn HonRkong for repairs. IL is
strange how completely Manila is de-
pendent upon Hongkong. II ~ an
omaious. also. for tho two places
ought 10 occupy exactly opposite po-
sitions relatively. n natural advant-
nges counted for anything. When
Manila was the greatest port In the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
It's Millions Now.

NEW YORK. March IA certi-
ficate to increase the capital stock
OF the New York Gas and Electric
Light. Heat and Power company
from s2b. 00o. 900 to sac 600. 900 was filed
In the Office of tho Clerk of Queens
country at Jamaica yesterday. II
is stated In the certificate that the
capital nctuaiiy paid In amounts 70
$50. 500 and that the debt and liahil-
tiles OF the company are $50. 15o.-
ab6 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-11
Fire In a University.

MORGANTOWN. W. Vn.. March
ff-Early this morning the Depart
ment of Mechanical Engineering OF
the West Virginia university was
crippled by the destruction of Me-
chanieai hall by fire The cost Of
tho property 10 the university was
about $4,000, but II Is thought Il
cannot be- replaced for less than
100000. as much Of the best ma
chlnery was donated.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-05
EQUAL WAGES uNIon.r
"a IL 60 Re an -EatirsIy Educational aud
rhiiaathropie.I Organization

Chicago. Sept A special from
Kansas City says that petition has
been filed in the circuit court for Pre-
forma decree Of Incorporation Of the
American Equal Wage union. This Is
an entirely educational and philAnihrop-
&c organization. It, officers are: Presi.
dent. Richard ID Kaltherns; secretary.
Arthur :. Lyman; treasurer. Robert \.
Owen
The headquarters are IN K<asas City.
and IL is expected that other lodges will
bs formed all over the United States
One Of the organizers said.
The objec, Of the organization Is TO
do away with woman labor AS much as
possible In all departments Of com.
merce and industries generally.women
have 10 ascertain the extent in taking
the place OF men in some occupation.
The trouble Is that they are not paid the
same wages Of men and they keep men
who are at the head Of families out
Of good positions. We do not object 20
women working. but we are opposed 10
their taking the places Of men for half
and often a third Of the wages that
would be paid to man for same work.
We will work to have all persons paid
equal wages for equal work"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-05
SOUTH AFRICAN PANIC
War Indications Has Paralyzed All
Business at johannesburg.
PEOPLE DEPARTING.
n the Suspense Continues Two More
Weeks the Country WIN he
Ruined for Many Years
10 Come.

London. Sept 4 - The Johnnesbure
correspondent Of the Daily Mail. who
paints gloomy picture Of the condition
Of things there says.
II is almost case Of absolute exodus
and panic Business is parAlyzed the
prices Of food stuifs are rapidly rising.
half the houses are empty and the others
are ,enanied by people who do not pay
rent the landlords being glad enough
TO have them as occupants TO insure
some sort Of protection TO their prop
erty.
The tension has reached the swapping
point Bankruptcy and starvation are
6.aring people in the face. Another
fortnigh; q suspense will result in a
complete commercial collapse. The
banks are thronged with people anxious
to withdraw their gold and railways are
besieged by those who wish TO get away.
Rumor fixes the number Of warrants
issued at i47. including the representa-.
tiyes Of all the leaders Of the newspap.
ers Mr.. Moneypenny. editor Of the
Star, it is reported, has evaded the de-
tectiyes sent 20 arrest him and has sue.
ceeded in crossing the border.
The correspondent o; the Daily Mail
at fredericksburg. the capital Of Ma.
tai, says
Things have reached such a pass that
war Is considered unavoidable and the
impression is that the crash will come
within few days. The situation at 10.
hannesburg is most anxious The trad.
ers are unwilling to order any large
quantities Of stores, through fear ol
being contrabanded Thus thousand.
will risk starvation in the event Of war.
when the railways will DO cut