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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12
PRESBYTERIANs TO UNITE,
Internal Troubles Of Two New York
Churches Have Depleted the
C0ngPegationu 81 10th.


NEW YORK, May 1.-THE CONGREGATION
OF the Madison Avenue Preaoy terrain
church last night unanimously decided In
favor Of consolidating with the Phillips
presbyterian church. the former church to
be sold
The Tribune says.
Conditions which have existed in the
church for some time past have rendered
II impcrativeiy necessary that there shall
be some radical changes and general
strengthening. Probably at no time in its
history In this city has Presbyterianism
been SO unrestfui and perturbed as II Is
at the present moment. Internal vartanceS
have depleted the congregations and con-
sequentiy the wherewithAl Of existence Of
many churches Of this sect in New York.
Moreover. the constantly increasing MI
grafton uptown has left the churches
which remained In the lower portions Of
the city with sadly diminished financial
resources. The majority OF them. In fact
find II hard struggle TO hold on and It
Is n" secret that a number OF them are la.
boring under monetary difficulties Of more
or less degree"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12

NEW YORK. May fI.-Presidens Michael
C. Murphy. az the board Of health, has
begun an active campaign against all per
cons whom he considers 70 come under the
head of faith curse.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12

VIENNA MAY u--ir great sr@ sn
the tcwn os Guerra kuasosa- pxavsnce O.
gss4sawsaa 2ss auss4s@gs incag.rs he
rrsncsfag ehsnrch. he team hsg ard ctasr
rsrei.e sssssitng. Ara al tie saAoal aossss.
view destroyed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12

Twerty-ane paper mills have gone into
the combination, and arrangements are
well advanced for an organization OF the
new company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12
WOMAN CHARGED wITM MuRpE.


VANCOUVER. b. c., May lie. Milne
who returned from Attn today saws the
most startling news when he left was the
mysterious death Of a man named James
freeman. who lived with his wife at Dis
covery. He was supposed To have com
masted suicide. hut Milne says Q report is
abroad that Mrs. Freeman murdered her
husband
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12
WRRENT SCHOOL FUND.
~ 70 II ApportioneA 20 the Va
rious Counties for the
Quarter.

Asal Dispatch TO the Post.lnt elligencer.
0LYMPIA. May 1.-THE following 10 the
qecytionment Of the current school fund
n the quarter ending March n. The Ap.
es1on II made at tho rate OF .6lS3 per
hy'a nftandanres
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
TRAPPING AS A BUSINESS.
1t Has About Come to an End In the
Eastern States.

1t Has About Come to an End In the
Eastern States.
Trapping as business has about ended
In the eastern states. A few boys and i'm.
provident men still set traps along the W
rious wood streams Of Pennsylvania, New
York and Maine, but the old time trapper
is going. The time was when men had
lines OF traps up streams, over ridges and
through swamps for scores of miles,
through densest forest, steep trap or dead
fall large enough to hold mink or marten
every quarter Of a mile or 30 and double
spring trap at ''likely" places along the
line large enough to hold fox, wolf, fish
er or other bait thief. A couple or three
bear traps were commonly In the line
Every 10 or 10 miles was little shanty
with its pile of dry hickory, frying pan, a
bag of salt and stretchers for the skins, all
OF which had been prepared in the fall be.
fore the fur was prime.
The longest lines took week or ten
days to cover. Progress was slow. Snow
had to DO cleared away from the traps aft
er storm, the victims had to DO skinned,
the traps reset and rebaited. Deer were
shot to supply the bait. All alone the
trapper, with an Ak or rife and light
pack containing food, followed his line by
the blaze marks he had cut ON the trees
1t was life of toll and hardship. Some
times the men were lost, and in the spring
or years after their bones would be found
with the rusted ak or rifle The remuner-
alton was not great, but large enough to
DO tempting in the days when prime
mink brought 80 to S12 each.
The old trappers are mostly dead. The
new ones are guides, and trapping for 800
to $500 winter is not overtempting to
the men who get 90 to IS per day guild.
ing.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
a LAWYERS LAST CASE.



Ms Uauseas Aeasen Fer Rsausssina
..- ~ Aasly Nearing
The dry routine Of proceedings bsfor
tho psoay court Of claims In Washington
was broken during the past month or x
By the unfolding Of pathetic romance,
the participants In which were persons Of
real life. Tho case WAS that Of Clara H.
Flower against the United States fol
damages on account Of the destruction ID
her husbands home and live stock By
Federal troops during the southern rebel
lion. ..
Mr.. James Fullerton, q southern attor-
ney, appeared % counsel for tho claimant.
In tho ordinary course Of events the case
would probably not have bean reacAed this
term, but on Jan. 4 Mr.. Fullerton came
into court and asked that this particular
case be advanced and heard at once.
He then made dramatic appeal TO the
court, stating that he was suffering from
. deadly malady and that the doctors had
informed him that he could not live more
than month. He added that he had Dc.
culiar personal reasons for closing out the
case in which he was engaged az attorney
and that he was the only man living who
could complete IT,
This address had marked effect upon
the court and the attorneys present. The
court consented to hear the claim OF once.
Despite his weakened condition, Mr.. Full.
lerton made on able argument In behalf
Of bis client, but at It's conclusion he left
the courtroom In evident distress.
The prediction Of his physician In regard
to the duration of his life was true, for
about the middle Of February, before q
decision had been handed down, he died,
his doctors stating that death was due TO
cancer.
The other day the clerk Of the court
made this entry in the ledger devoted to |
the case of Clara H. Flower against the |
United States: Judgment for claimant, |
$2S, 1857. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
FlOrida'S New Senator,

Tallahassee, April 2O.-James P.
Taliferro was elected United States
senator on the first ballot in the Joint
assembly here yesterday. The vote
was as follows: Taliferro, So; Pascoe,
80; Call, 6; Clark, l. Mr.. Taliaferro
was born In Orange Court House, Va,
Sept. 80, 1S47, where he spent most of
his boyhood days. He served gallant
ly as private in the Confederate
army. After the war he moved to
Jacksonville and engaged in the log
ging and sawmill business. He is con-
nected with number of large COM
mercial enterprises. He has never
been candidate for Office before, but
served three years as chairman of the
state Democratic executive committee,
and is now member of the state
board of health.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20

Nature makes the cures
after all. II
Now and then she gets
into a tight place and needs
helping out.
Things get started in the
wrong direction.
Something is needed to
check disease and start the
system in the right direction
toward health. E..
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with hypophos-
phites can do just this.
1t strengthens the nerves.
feeds famished tissues, and
makes rich blood.
soc. aud su.oa all druxgists -r
SCOTT Il BOVINE. ChsDists. New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
WITCH HAZEL

is an inyal unble household remedy for A
number of ills, and should be constantly
on hand. Ours Is from s. w. Gould
Bros. Maiden. Mass. Contains NO wood
or inferior alcohol, but Ia guaranteed
per cent, pure grain alcohol. -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
Pasteboard Shingles,

An ingenious innovation recently start.
eel by the Toxic Gard and Pasteboard COM
pany, the largest in Its line in Japan, has
resulted in markedly facilitating the de-
veloplnent of the pasteboard industry.
1t consists in making thick tarred paste
boards as substitutes for shingles for ordi-
nary roofing The paper shingles are now
In active demand, being about 50 per cent
cheaper and far more easily managed than
ordinary shingles, hence considerably
economizing the labor of mechanics. They
do not differ much in point Of being proof
against fire and water compared with the
ordinary articles. This does not seem to
be an exaggeration, Judging from the fact
that the paper shingles have been adopted
in subrcs,ng tho new Toxic chamber Of
commerce and the Imperial Toxic uniyer.
sity buildings.-Japan Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
THE SACK TRICK.


HOW Professional Entertainers Per-
form This Clever Illusion.
Those who And interest In performing
clever tricks at drawing room entertain.
ments will find the sack trick simple to
perform, yet very effective.
You propose to tie a lady or gentleman
In sack with piece Of ribbon round the
neck, 10 that 1t would be impossible for
the person to get out.
Furthermore, you say that you will seal
tho ribbon. lock the lady In q box and
give the key to gentleman in the audi.
enoe.
The trick 10 to make another person,
who sits ON the box previous to curtain
being drawn over, change places precisely
with the one sealed up In the sack without
breaking the seal or damaging the sack.
TO do this you must first obtain long
sack (about feet 8 inches long), with a
somewhat deep hem at the top. Twenty.
six inches Of ribbon should be procured
and, cutting 1t In half, sew each piece to
the endsof q piece Of elastic the same width
a. the ribbon, but only six inches long.
Having done this insert the ribbon and
elastic into the hem Of the sack, having
the elastic exactly opposite the slit in the
hem.
Upon one Of the performers getting into
the sack, pull the mouth of the sack level
with the neck and, drawing the ribbon In
the hem tight to the neck, tie few knots
and have them scaled. 1t seems impossi.
BILE for the person in the sack to get out
without either breaking the ribbon or
damaging the sack, but, owing to the
elastic stretching the person in the sack
simply has to use little care in stretching
the elastic In tho hem and so opening the
mouth Of the sack is quickly able to step
but
The one sitting on the box has dupli-
,ate key, SO that directly the curtain ID
pulled over the box il unlocked and tho
Jack trick performed. The new occupant
If the sack takes his place in the box,
which Is again locked The trick is equal
y effective without the use Of the box,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
Thfrteen His Maacat.

The career Of George G. Boldt, the hotel
man, who has decided to build a o., OOO,.
600 hostelry in Philadelphia, is striking
refutation of all the talk about the mum
Der 10 being unlucky, for that number
has been identified with every important
step he has taken In long time The
first house he lived in In this city was To-
Gated at 1891 Chestnut street, where Wan
amaker's store now stands. Mr.. Boldt
married q young lady who lived at 1881
Green street, lived for several years at 1918
Locust street and bought house at 18
North Thirty fourth street, which he used
for many years as laundry. Another
important step was becoming proprietor Of
the Waldorf hotel, in New York, which is
lS stories high, and now he is to build
hotel in this city which will be 10 stories
high. In no instance has this been by de-
sign on tho part Of Mr.. Boldt, for, as he
explains, it all simply happened so.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
IHBPR0SECU7lON RESTS
In the Conspiracy Trial Of Essen
ator M. s. Quay.
Ex-TREAsURER BOYER rEsT1r1Es

He Was Not Permitted to Make o
Statement in Reply to the District
Attorneys Allegations That He Had
Received Interest on State Funds.
Philadelphia, April 20.-Unexpected-
ly To almost every person interested,
the prosecution in the trial of ex-Uni-
ted States Senator Quay closed its
case yesterday after nine days full of
argument, clashes of counsel and testi-
mony largely of an expert nature
From the evidence already presented
it Is apparently evident that the COM
monwealth depends largely for con-
viction upon the testimony of its ex-
pert, Meyer Goldsmith, as to his inter-
pretations of the accounts In the red
book" and other books of the PEOPLES
bank. and upon the jury's opinion of
the books, papers, letters, kilograms
and checks offered in evidence As to
what extent the testimony Of the de-
lenses expert, should he be called, may
Offset Mr.. G0ldsmith's testimony re-
mains to be seen. The contention of
the defense In argument and cross
examination has been that the calcu-.
lations of Mr.. Goldsmith are not borne
out by the books, but on the other
hand show that Mr.. Quay did not use
state money nor receive interest on
state deposits, and that whatever loans
he received were made in the CUSTOM
airy manner and backed by sufficient
collateral.
Yesterdays proceedings were devoid
of sensational features. The dry rou-
tine of figures and involved explana-
tions of accounts took up most of the
time. Mr.. Goldsmith's cross examina-
ton was concluded and redirect ex-
animation was begun by Mr.. Rother-
mel. The points brought out by him
were that the cash account and in
terest account of the bank were de-
icient by the omission of certain sums
received as interest; that 1t was Gus
tomary to designate call loans by
initials instead Of names. Upon the
question of Mr.. Quay's balances in the
deposit account from May, 1855, to Oc-
tober, 1877, Mr.. Goldsmith said:
I'm 1895, on June %, the balance was
$2.56; on Nov. "a, $2,77Z66; on Nov.
28, again 1855; in 1897, on Jan. 7, so
cents; on Oct. 26, $10,00O.50, and on
Oct. 81, so cents, at which 1t remained
till the end Of the month. Those are
all the variations from april 80, 1896,
to Oct. 81, 1897"
Director of the Mint Henry X. Boyer
was on the stand, and after testifying
to paying interest in October, 1897, on
a call loan asked permission to make
a statement in reply to the district at
torney's allegations that he received (
interest on state money while state Y
treasurer from May, 1889, to May, j,
1881. His request was not allowed,
but the court stated all records of re-
plies to those questions were stricken
out under the courts ruling.
The last witness heard was Charles
Fl. Mckee, of Pittsburg, who was
included in the charge OF
with the Quays and Hay
wood, but the bill against whom was
gnored by the grand jury. He admit
ed receiving four payments of interest
IN the states deposit in the Peoples
bank, and said he received it as an
lttorney, and for the purpose of pro-
Getting the bondsman of Haywood
rom loss.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
Magellan's Triumphal Progress and
Its Fatal Termination.

| Md8elAahb IrlumDAal FrORreaa and
Its Fatal Termination.
With an expedition splendidly furnished
by Emperor Charles " Magellen set sail
! on Aug 10, 1919. He crossed the Atlantic,
touched at the bay of Rio dc Janeiro,
made his way southwark, repressed say.
agely dangerous mutiny, and on Oct. 81
entered the strait which bears his name.
On Nov 80 he passed out of 1t with only
three Of his five vessels left and found
himself and his rejoicing crews in the
Pacific. He felt that he had succeeded,
but he had misoalulated the vast extent Of
the new ocean and, sailing on for days
and days, IN some fashion missed the
countless islands Of the Pacific and did
not SEQ land until he reached the little
group which he called the Ladrones be.
cause the inhabitants stole boat from
him. There he fingered short time ei.
ther ut Rota or In the curious harbor Of
Guahan.
From the Ladrones, which were discov-
cred March 6, 1881, the weary voyage was
continued until new archipelago was
reached, on the fifth Sunday Of Lent.
Gradually the magnitude of this now dis.
covery became apparent, and Magellan
named the new group in honor of st. Lag
arus, on whose day 1t was discovered.
They landed on Mindanao, made their
way to Cebus f1attersd themselves that
they had converted and subdued the in
habitants, and then, becoming involved
In tribal war, Magellan was killed, and
his chosen successor, Ssrrano, was left be-
hind to death and torture,
Two ships escaped, one going east, and
one, the Victoria, under Elcano, which
left Timor on Feb. II, sailing still to the
westward. On Sept. 8, 1899, after many
hardships and perils, the Victoria reached
Spain, and great voyage, the first which
circled the globe, second only to that Of
Columbus in conception and beyond all in
the daring displayed and the distance tray
ersed, came to on end.-Harper's Maya
zine
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
81
sun sor s,oooo

Elkton, Nd, April 10 -. Thsophilus
spicsFs Of Desahsstss. has sutsssd suit IN
TIE Circuit Court, through his attorney,
z. =. 0sadsbor0aigh. olsiming el0,0O0
damages agslust Law D. Trsvsrs, !, .
wealthy and one Of the hsst-kn0wn rssl-
dsnts Of that oountv. The cult erows out
Of the parf0rmanca Of marriage Osss-
mony BY Mr.. Trsvsrs In December last.
II 10 alleged that he was mot licensed
preacher Of the Methodist Episcopsl
Church South - be claimed to b. Mr.,
Travsrs 10 "a uncle OF tho bride, who was
Mise Ada Griffith. When he heard that q
marriage was contemplated between her
and Mr.. Spicer hs suggested that he be al
lowed TO perform 1t.
Mr.. Traysrs suggestion was adopted,
the ceremony was performed. and the
happy couple united. a. they thought. in
the holy bonds of matrimoDy.
Their happiness was short-lived, how
ever, a. ruMors were soon In circulation
that Mr. Travers had NO authority to
marry people. The father OF the bride,
E L. Grifith, wrote to Rev. W. p.
Wright, former resident of Taylor's Is
land, and presiding elder at one time Of
tho Virginia district, who stated In reply
that Mr.. Travers had no authority to per-
form marriage ceremony. The Rev.
Mr. Wright further stated that Mr..
Travers' application for reinstatement in
bis pastoral relations after his election to
the Maryland Legislature had bean de-,
MED.
The ooupls whereupan sec ured the SER
vice of q minister ct Taylor's Island and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
Hull Predicts Another Call For Troops
DaS Mninas La AnriI On -Conuranr

Hull Predicts Another Call For Troops
Des Moines, Ia, April 20--Congress-
man Hull, chairman of the house COM
mittee on military affairs, arrived home
yesterday. He expressed the opinion
that in view of the present conditions
in the Philippines the president will
have to call for more troops, adding:
THE army bill authorizes the presi-
dent to call $4,000 more troops, if nee
essary, to serve two years. They
would comprise Al new regiments and
make places for 1900 more commits
sions. The president and secretary OF
war are anxious to avoid enlisting
men under this act, but it looks now
as il call would have to be made"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20

THE department Of justice is now
after the men who are supposed 10
have had something to do with the
race track bill, which was enrolled
and sent to the Governor for his sig
nature. There may be fun ahead
and the old story will once more
come true, that he who dances must
pay the piper. Such bills have no
business to pass without somebody
knowing something about them.
The profession Of ignorance, which
some men have shown over this mat
ter, is something remarkable. Let
no guilty man escape, no matter
who is hurt in the roundup. Sure
ly this bill had to have the sanction
of Democrats in the Senate to get
properly endorsed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
The Child's Questions,

Born with every child is disposition to
ask questions, which, If allowed to be fully
gratifled, makes the youngster a perfect
nuisance. The scolding or impatient par
ent never succeeds in putting down the
questioning A wise and patient one may
do 80 by answering in judicious man
ner 1t is not wise to answer the same
question over and over again, for that
tends to stunt the growth of ohild's
memory. Questions from child should
never be allowed to intrude upon con-
versation of its elders.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20

The well known English journalist,
Tighe Hopkins, began his literary career
as an all round man on a local newspaper
One day an article on the agricultural out
look was required. Mr. Hopkins protested
that he knew nothing Of farming and had
not time to interview the farmers.
what books have you herep" was the
sharp inquiry.
"A Bible, Shakespeare aud Nuttall's
Dictionary"
What more do you want2' returned
the chief coolly. go ahead with the lead
mr. -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
The LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS

And Penrose Alone Represents PENN
sylvania In the National Senate.
Harrisburg, April 20.-The great bat
tel for United States senator ended
without an election, and unless Gov
ernor Stone calls an extra session, at
which there should be an election,
Pennsylvania will have only one rep
resentative In the United States sem
ate in the next two years. After the
taking of yesterdays ballot in the
joint convention motion was offered
by Mr.. Fow, of Philadelphia, and
adopted, that vote of thanks be ten
dered the officers, and that the conven-
ton adjourn sine die. The legislature
adjourned finally at noon today, and
under the law the joint convention
would have assembled at that hour,
hence the motion to adjourn finally
There was no change in yesterdays
voting, the anticipates voting for b.
F. Jones, Pittsburg's millionaire iron
manufacturer. The final ballot, the
10th, resulted: Quay, SO; jerks, IS;
Jones, 50.
The senatorial contest began on JAN
III That ocAdlOI quay TtCclVtu
his highest vote, 112 senators and rep
resentatives casting their ballots for
him. This was 10 less than the num-
Der necessary to choice, and he never
came nearer an election during the
more than three months of the strug-
gle. No such bitter political contest
was probably ever before waged in this
country. The fight has been distinctly
on Quay and anti-Quay lines, and
both sides had numerous representa-
tives here at all time keeping close
watch on the members and on each
other. Both sides promise that ths
contest for supremacy will be carried
into every county in the state and
waged necessarily until final suprem-
acy is assured. The next fight will be
on the Craftsmanship of the state COM
mittee. After that will come the bat
tie for the control of the state con-
vention, which will nominate can
didate for state treasurer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-20
scott's Descriptive surnames.

One Of Scott's favorite habits Is that OF
making foreigners or uneducated people
mangle actual names in very comic way.
In Dousterswivel's mouth poor Mr.. Blat-
tergowl becomes DR.. Bladderhowl and DR..
Botherhowl, while, en- revanche, Douster-
swivel's own name is gloriously mangled
by Edie Ochiltree-Dustandsn Duster-
devil, Dousterdeevil, Dunkerswlvel, Dus-
tersnivel, and, best Of all, Dustanshovel
Botherhowl and Dustanshovell Then look
at the delicious way in which Mrs. Blower
muddlcs DR.. Quackleben's nnme-Dr.
Cocklehen, DR.. Cacklehen, DR.. Kickalpin,
DR.. Kittelben, DR.. Kittlepin, Dr. Kittle-
hen, DR.. Kickherben. Here Is an lair
with variations" indeed! - Notes and
Queries