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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11
4 Dust Fog.


A strange fog prevailed few years ago
or tha West Coast af Africa for sevt rai
days Our captain passed through Il. and
described how the deck was covered with
a fine Aeft dust. ret the sand which -
0sten blown from the African desert FAR
cut tc sea but smooth dust. ard in the
dust were found the wtngs OF Insects
whose habitat IL South America. II was
believed that this dust had been carried
across the Atlantis from South America
after some tornado wsict had whirled 4
far ataft. and when we rsTollect what
followed the uUihurSt OF krsKat@a. iris
belief IS gnlt. CTesihie fg th5s ease the
,snss eioud extended f8r a great distance
ard the fog II produced waS so dense
fhat steamers Bad 70 slew down and
soGu tAe steam hoTn.
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A Hot >EkEEPERsS VIRTUES.
She Must He n Master of Economic
PrahIemS

Domestic accomplishments have gone
rather Out q fashion. II requires real
mora courage % Se 4 good housekeeser
And this IS true not only as regards The
affairs OF the kitchen bal the fashions II
TIE parior as we'll. Who viii deny that IL
needs something more than tact 20 keep a
sharp watch over dish cloths. dish towels
and noor cloths, and 70 insist in face Of
an indignant cook that they must De KEEP.
scrupuiously clean and in open sisat for
daily inspection?
Bat sour and naoidy kitchen eloths ara
che thing and sanitary Graperies another
Nao ever say perfectly lovely iate-
rior that Was really sanitary or A room
furnished according to the requirements
OF the microbe expert that was cozy look
ing 1t certainly Is hard for the young
honsekeeper 70 forego plush door curtains
because they shut out light ami air, when
all OF her preconceived notions OF pretty
home include some OF those draperies.
But then door hangings can be taken
down and aired cut OF doors, 50 they are
not so bad after ALL
But carpets-there's the rub. Il is grad
Qaliy daxnlng upon women that sweeping
is a dust-breeding process instead Of a
dast-removing process. and that while the
broom may remove the surface dust from
carpet. more yet Is driven into the nap
Aslr A0Ntzs aASo ab~OIRS TN
heaithful doors. which come from the cell
lar or bath room In the form OF gases.
The dust enemy is the worst the house
keeper has 10 yanquish Dust and It's
Dangers" by 5. Mitchell Pradden. Is one
OF the books OF reference in a study
course OF household economics. And now
the progressive housewife is finding that
there Is better way than stirring dust
up in one place to settle in another and
that II there must be carpets instead 81
hard wood floors there is way OF wiping
the dust off the carpet, which is better
than driving ii in among the n1eshes. 70
rise again with every football
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Lie of Sir George Pomeroy-LoIley.
TIE British officer IS a strange ana very
amusing creature. 4 young officer arrived
or, N leas. from the Baluch HIS among
which he had been wandering for nearly
two months. / AT once got alongside him
for news. His view OF the political situa-
ton was comprised in the opinion iha;
kheiat was the d-dest hole in the world, "
and the people mot bad lot Of hsggars
bsit dirty. and id thieves" But he had
fished Up nearly every pass aid stream,
and could tell me exactly what holes 10 &
TO for the biggest fish and what flies 30
catch them with. I couldn't make out that
he had taken an escort Or thought IL nee
esssry 70 trouble himself about the In
habitanfs in any way. and I believe a chap
Ike hat. II he could Only be trained 10
keep his eyes open as well, could fish and
loaf his way anywhere.
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INDIAN CURRENCY INQUIRY.
Prospects of Establishing . New
Rate of - TO l.

LONDON. April lo-A blue book. giving
the evidence obtained by the Indian cur
yency inquiry committee. was published
IsFs today. IL includes a letter from The
United states secretary OF state, Col John
Hay 10 Lord Ai2enhasn. a director of the
Bank OF England. dated November * last,
saying:
THE Washington cabinet does not con-
slider Il exp.dient for the United States 10
reopen the bimetaIiic question at present
I'm view %! the character ~ the British
minisrry's reply 20 the Binletallic commits
sion IN 1877
Col. Hay added that the cabinet was
oilen 20 consider the question Of ratio.
Lord Alderman suggested before the
committee that negotiations be entered in
"a upon the part OF Great Britain with the
United States with view 10 the reopen
ing 81 the Indian minis at the ratio of =
10 l. because he thought there was a posi-
bility ia the future of the American gov
ernmeat taking the bit In its teeth and re-
enaCting the old ratio
Lord Aldenbarn quoted Col Hays letter
In support of his view that the American
government was disposed 10 adopt the ra-
ito % y 10 /. lie added II talked with
Col. Hay when he was here as amhassa
dor. and he seemed favorahly disposed 10
t91is ratio, but said: I am an outgoing
ambassador. and. OF course. have no pow
err
Il pointed ont that no could have con-
siderable influence when he got back 10
America and assumed the secrstarYship of
SKATE, and I asked him 10 communicate
with me He waited for some time after
be returned | think Intentionally untii
after the congressional election and then
wreie the letter.
Secretary Hay Correctly Quoted.
WASHINGTON April ia--WhSn the at
tentiou Of Secretary Hay WAS called 10 the
London Cablegr&m quoting from his letter
80 Lord AlaeahaIn respecting the monetary
question he sMfd that the quotation was
substantially correct Lord AidenhaEn was
the head Of the Timetable League 81 Eng
land. The question OF ratio. MI. Hay said
a.4s moi srsA3E cred
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These things loot up As Horsns and 81
kreatzers. which each dancing girl must
spend every year and which. deducted
from her salary. leaves her only 80 for
ms and ID kreutzers-or about - cents
day-sc live on As houSemaids in Vienna
make as much as that II Is small wonder
that these artists as they are called.
should demand more
The court opera house intendant has re-
fused their demand for more salary. and
they are awaiting the result of their ap-
peal 10 the emperor before going on strike
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y est 10 has@SSAs III
i&S. he was elect
- 4 msD Der of tae
Kansas legislature
Attracted - the
gold discoveries. he
came to Colorado.
and Ia Istsl engags ed
in placer mining in
California < lie h
On O " Lssadvlilet.
here he also kept
q xra-a sz& rrsfry-
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ExPERoR.s BAILEr THREATENS.


Pity the sorruws q a poor old emperor
" hose cars de bale. threatens 70 go on
strike unless wages are Increased, That
IS the tx Francs Joseph. emperor Of Aus
ira. king 81 Hungary. etc. etc. ards
hsrasal. IL he has - dancing girls on
bis pay roll, ard they ara the corps de
ballet ~ the court opera house III Vienna
Their stipend Is 7 kxsutzs~s, - - cents.
day This. they declare. IS too little Tor
ths training they must undergo and the
service they reader They u1xss, have
more. they say; has they place 10 llzais
en- .he more
Theoretically they ger more much
more. actually Shey do not. Their aver
age yearly salary IS 40 FERNS q year. 70
which the emperor adds - FERNS each
for 'fssn-;EnDey allowance
TIE ballet girls have prepared for the
emperor a list Of .he things which the
court intendant insists they shall provide
out % their sa4sry. This Is the list
EXpENSES DEDUCTED FROM SAL
AIRY
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PflliaIeIpsiA BuEIttlfl.
This is the time when statesmen wifhou.
a future in either Of the old political or-
ganizations feel themselves impeiIed TO
come Il. the front and declare that A new
PARTY is absolutely Indispensable To the
salvation Of the country.
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BOilS
Give w arning.

Boils and pimples ara an indication
that the system * sccarsaiatsng ina
purities which must be eliminated !,
they are an urgent append g}r assistance
a warning tia. can act safely be
ignored
To neglect - purity the blood al this
time nrsns more than the annoy
al painful bolls ard ausightly p.Tnples.
II these Impurities are allowed 10 rs
nain. the systenl saccamos II sny
ordinary Illness. and is Unable 20 with
stand the many ailments which ara 50
prevalent during spring ard Summer.
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The Usual Preliminary.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Iae nlo4st encouraging news from the
Philippines Is that the rebel generals have
begun ~ swear that they will never sur
render. When they get that far they are
within smelling distance OF the last ditch.
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EX-SENATOR TABOR DEAD.
HIS ONCE ENORMOUS WEALTH EN-
TIRELY GONE.
From n Stor~keeper I'm . Mining
Camp. He Became in . Few Years
the Richest Man In the State, and
Did Mach tn Bnild Up Denver.

DENVER. April ta.-Eon- Fl. A ". Ia
Dor, post master 81 this city and ex-Cnitsfi
States senator died at Il O'clock today o.
appendicitis after three days Illness
Horace A TABOR Was born IN Orleans
county Vermont November =, $50 he
learned the stenecu;ter's trade. al waica
he worked until - years old. lie came
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I'm Berlin there's one bicycle to every
twenty-five persons"
That's ali right; any kind Of = rider can
easily run over twenty -four persons
Chicago Record.
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Capt ". II Dun
lap. % the A q :
f L Chattanooga.
Tenn writes;
several bells a1s
r.rtanasss as0xe ce.
apcE -se csaksag gYess
w3sa sd annoyance
NJ eesss seeH - - -
- = scn& ss,75s lsst{sl2.
ara zafssas sesss sSaa
say F~sS Sx Bottles
cts I : cnsesf 2s sa@s
p.stssy sas 81 s5ass
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TIE present But tire new vfceroy is per-
sonally acquainted with Ahsinr Eahn1an.
ard might, perhaps induce him 10 ac-
quieSce IN the CAaman-<~sandahas extern
sion. which would certainly he a good set
OF against the Russian Mne.
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WASHINGTON. April L. - Godfrey
Bland. first secretary Of the British en-
hassy at Washington. died suddenly to-
night OF heart failure at the embassy.
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kAs etrn fsfFfsctly gnfe we s4seTI
ewifr's Specific "a tAe hest blood
remedy. because it IS purely vegetable
ard is ssss enly cns that - free from
r,otssh ard vnerca-y II promptly asiri-
e.. the block. and thoroughly c4esnses
sha system. builds up the general health
ard strength
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cures Serosela, Eoxesna. Cancer. EEes-
rz.asssra. letter, Bells. sores. etc. by
gesns airees "a the cause OF the tF'ssa1s''
ard sorcsng oas all impure blood
Backs mailed free 80 any address ~
Ssitt Specific Co, Atlantis. ia
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-10
After the Insurance Company.

Attorney Doughty of Langdon has
mailed to Wahpeton the necessary pa
pers to bring action against the Red
River Valley Hail Insurance Co., to re-
cover the sum Of S4OO, the sun Of an nd.
justed loss by hail sustained by James
McGauvran, of Loan township, who is
a policy holder in the company. There
is other relief demand in the complaint,
asking for the cancellation of the char
ter, which allows the company to do
business in the state. McGauvran SUI
fered a total loss by hail on quite a
large acreage of his crop in the SINNER
of 1898. This was estimated by the
company's adiustor to amount to $500,
but McGauvran, having learned that it
was likely that the company's money
losses this season would put them out
of business, and wanting to get in on
the ground floor, offered to settle for
half the amount, 5000. This was agreed
to, but repeated demands upon them for
a settlement failed to bring a reply.
Finally McGauvran placed the case with
Attorney Doughty, who the company
have informed that the McGauvran
claim had been filed and would be set
tied pro rata--the same as the company's
other losses.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-10
WAR RELICS.
Captain Moffet has an Interesting Col
lection of Relics from the
Philippines.

Captain w. p. Moffet brought home
an especially interesting collection of
relies from the Philippines, particularly
in the way of weapons. He has both
Mauscr and Remington rifles from the
islands, the kinds used by the Spanish
and insurgents, and a large number of
more primitive weapons, in the way Of
swords and knives. Several of the
swords are roughly constructed blades
with scabbards made from flat pieces of
wood, tied together with strips of cane.
The knives are primitive in make, from
small daggers to the heavy bolo, a short
sword and extremely heavy which would
be an extremely unpleasant weapon at
close quarters. Another remarkable
weapon is the snout of a sword fish.
This is a hard, bony slab, perhaps two
feet long and a couple of inches wide.
On either side it bristles with bony
spikes, set perhaps a half inch apart.
This natural weapon is fitted with a
rough wooden handle and makes ii club
that could be yielded with great execu-
ton at close quarters. Among the older
relics are two battle axes, one more in
the shape of Il pick axe, which ARE relics
Of the antiquity of the Philippines.
Then there is an old flint lock gun,
rusted and old, which came from the
dungeon beneath Bilibid prison where a
number of the antique arms were stored.
Among the particularly interesting
relics is a cane made from the wood of
the garrote which was used to execute
prisoners ut the prison. The garrote
is al upright frame in which the victim
sits with his back against an upright.
This is fitted with holes and there is an
iron collar that encircles the neck of the
victim, passes about the upright, with a
large, quick acting screw at the back.
A twist of a lever in the screw and the
garrote is frightened and the victims
neck broken. The death of the victim
is almost instantaneous. The captains
cam is fashioned from the upright, and
the holes to adjust the garrote are to
be seen through it.
Some of the Philippine views are also
interesting. One of them is a procession
Of sixteen carts, laden with the dead
bodies of insurrectos. These were cap
turcd after the outbreak of the insurrec.
ton several years ago and confined in a
narrow dungeon beneath Bilibid over
night. The ninety prisoners who were
confined there 80 densely crowded the
dungeon that in the morning sixty of
them had died from the foul air and
sutfocation. The procession of carts is
bearing off the bodies of the dead for
burial.
Another interesting curiosity is a
pair of leg shackles taken from one of
the prisoners in Bilibid. These are
formed from an iron bar possibly an
inch in diameter and a foot or so long.
At each end is an iron half circle in the
form of a clevis, welded about the bar.
These shackles were welded on the
prisoners and in some cases prisoners in
the prison had worn them for five years
without having them taken off.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-10

rem Lands" published in 1873 and his
letters written in 1872 from Fort Buford
to the Cincinnati Inquirer, of which his
brother-in-law John R. Mclean was
proprietor, were prompted in the interest
of the Union Pacific railroad manage
ment who were naturally antagonistic to
the building of a rival railroad line to
the sea board. At the same time the
philanthropic Indian Defense associations
of New York and Philadelphia were
bitterly attacking the government for
granting the right of way to the North
ern Pacific, regardless of the treaty
rights of the Indians. Influential jour
nails in New York and Cincinnati were
subsidized and condemned the entire
northwest country as 1.-The Great Amer
lean Desert" unfit for white men to live
in.
DIR. Slaughter was then stationed at
Fort Rice and I was a contributor to
various periodicals at Louisville, Cincin-
natl and misunderstanding the nom de
plume of "The Dactor's Wife," Some of
my writings descriptive of this country,
and of life at a military post in the hos
tile Sioux country-were read byofficials
of the Northern Pacific railroad and
proposals were made that I should cor
respond in the interest of the Northern
Pacific railroad with various eastern
journals to be selected by the company,
and advertise in that way the fertility of
the North Dakota lands and descriptive
of the settlement on its line through the
northwest. I accepted the proposals and
wrote weekly letters, including the
"Dolly Warden Papers" to the old st.
Paul Pioneer and to various eastern
journals embodying in them the notes
sent me from the office of the company
in New York.
My husband and I soon became so in
terested in the country that he secured
a transfer from his permanent station at
Fort Rice to the new post of Camp Han
cock as fort surgeon and we came here
in August 1872 prepared to cast in our
lot as citizens of the new city. There
my newspaper work was continued, and
in 1873 DR.. Slaughter organized the
Burleigh County Pioneer association
comprising more than one hundred set
tiers of the county, who published my
pamphlet "The New Northwest" which
was distributed to counteract the effect
of General Hazen's Barren Lands"
LINDA w. SLAUGHTER,
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Wahpeton Globe: Senator McCum-
Der left Tuesday night for st. Paul,
where he will spend a few days on bust
ness. He will then so to Rochester,
where he will meet Mrs. McCumber and
children and escort them to their new
home in the capital of the United States.
The senator will not return until some
time next summer unless called back by
urgent business and will be greatly
missed in the circle in which he has
been connected. His career in the U.
S. senate will be closely watched by his
friends in North Dakota and news of
his successes there will be received with
pleasure here.
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possibilities of the islands for trade pul

possibilities of the islands for trade pur-
poses. The policy Of President Mckin-
ley's administration is entirely ~satisfac-
tory to us. The question of the capacity
of the men directing operations there or
of the wisdom of certain military opera
tons are merely Incidents. The war
should be carried on. The end in view
is the p%acitication of the Philippine
islands and the enjoyment by the Fill
pinos of all the privileges of Il good
government they are capable Of"
Regarding the republican outlook in
North Dakota and the northwest gencr-
ally, Senator Hansbrough says:
ut is good. North Dakota, as you
know, has been steadfastly republican.
We have no elections this year, but in
South Dakota several judicial officers
will be elected. l think there will be a
republican majority there. Montana and
Idaho may be to some extent doubtful
quantities next year, but the republican
party is regaining prestige there.
Il spent a month on the Pacific coast
this summer, California, Oregon and
Washington are regarded as expansion
blooms and all three of these states are
regarded as safely republican,
Hansbrough docs not look for any
financial legislation in congress this SEES
sion,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-10
THANKSGIVING.
Governor Fancher Issues His Thanks
giving Proclamation, Designa-
ting Nov. goth.

Following is Governor Fancher's
Thanksgiving proclamation:
In grateful recognition of Almighty
God and the manifold blessings bestow-
ed upon us as a people and in accord
ance with the proclamation of the presi-
dent of the United States, | do hereby
designate Thursday, the Both day of
November as a day of Thanksgiving and
praise, and earnestly recommend that on
that day all the people, withdrawing
from secular pursuits, join either in their
places of worship or around the family
h%earthstone in humble worship of God
for all tho mercies v%ouchsafed us
during the past year. We have been
blessed with Il bountiful harvest; ma
tlonal prosperity has returned to us in a
measure never before equalled in our his
tory. We have been victorious in war
and the brave young heroes who added
lustre to North Dakota and the nation
in that war have returned to their homes
and families. For these and other gifts
and mercies thrown around us by the
hand of God, let us unite in returning
sincere and grateful thanks to the Divine
Ruler of the universe, who seems in al
things to have made this land of ours a
land of His wonderful providence, and
may the remembrance of this move
us to deeds of ~benevolence aud bounte-
Gus gifts to the poor.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state, at the capitol in Bis
marck, this 9Th day of November, A. D.
1899, and of the independence of the
United State the one hundred and
twenty-third.
(Seal.) T.. B. FANCHER,
By the Governor: Governor.
FRED FALLEY,
Secretary of State.
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Good Words for the North Dakotans.

Good Words for the North Dakotans.
AdjutaIt General Miller calls the at
tention of the Tribune to a high compli-
ment for the North Dakota troops, in
n Of the articles of Mr.. Frederick
Palmer, special representative OF Col
lier's Weekly. In the course of a descrip-
ton Of one of Lawton's campaigns, Mr..
Palmer says: ut was after Lawton had
taken San Fernando in May that Mac
Arthur was sent to San Isidro, the pur-
pose being so we supposed to catch
Aguinaldo between his column and Mac
Arthur's. But the island of LuZon is
large and the Lawton expedition, such
is the excellence of Aguinaldo's intelli-
gence bureau was no more than fairly
started before the Filipino army ar-
peared on the flank of. MacArthur's di.
vision opposite to where it was wanted
and began taking pot shots at the worn
and cynical Montana regiment. On the
second trip Lawton seems to have march
ed to San Isidro in less than two days
time which is proof of the advantage of
making your own maps and roads in the
Philippines. His first trip occupied
more than a week. Its worst enemy was
sickness. 1t ran short of food and had
to leave it's guns behind and there is
no telling what might have happened if
it had not been for the s~ix-footers of the
North Dakotas who wore the native
water buffalo out in it's own climate,
lifted the buffalo carts over boulders
and then carried them on by sheer force.
They were as cheerful about it as the
ever patient six-foot general, equally fine
soldier and man, who never knows ia
tigue."