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

after she had pitched her tent oppo-
site Dawson city she found 60 her
aHtpfiahmaht that she waa being In
qulfed after ms The lady that WAS
Kind ~ that ere boy" Tho Inquirer
sVhs GREAT Joe" the king ~ the
klondtlfe Mrs ilitehco-t assured
him that she had not known of ma
fondnenH FOR the boy and accepted
an Invitation to 60 With him soma
day and see his possessions
As they walked over the ground
that belonged 20 Great Joe. It Naa
not an unusual thing FOR him % stop
a moment ana with the toe ana heel
Of his boot unenrth "a nugget that
In conventional form would have
been called so. lie Afro pointed out
the place from where. ia one clear
ing, be had taken out 800. 900 worth
OF gold. The visit. however, WAS not
20 come % an end without Great
Joe showing stronger mark ~ his
favor than an exhibition of his own
treasure. lie IN seotchman pf IN
uatentntiouH nature. ana remarked
rturdiiy that he wasn't one 10 let
such kindness aa she had shown
that ere boy go UNDECIDED Within
ana adjoining his own eiaim he
siaked out and presented 10 her the
claims that Mrs. Hitchcock now
owns.
II In not q small matter In q place
like the ikiondilsc 10 be approved Of
by such man as Great Joe. and
Mrs. Hitchcock spent "a most de-
liKhtful summer there. The cllm-
ate IL soft and balmy. she says. and
across the river from Duwron the
fever II not bad. The coming sum
mer AIRS ftlIahrock eNpeeig - -.
turn there.
Great Joe has lately been In Lon
don he went 10 announce 20 his
friends that he IL now the poHaeaH1r
Of tsa.000 600 that he had made ia
the Klandike. His visit was also for
the purpose of marrying Miss CHS
holm. Those who know about the
affair smile and say, AN old sweet
heart"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
KNOWS MUCH
FOR HER YEARS
Two-vear-0Id Girl Has Mas
tered 5000 Substantives.

LAKE CITY. Iowa. March IS
Viola Rosaila oelrieh. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry oelrich. Is only
two years old. When she was one
year II months and Is days old she
passed an examination before two
competent teachers. At that time
the child knew no less than 5000
eubStantivca. Viola has "A scrap
book in which are pasted the pic
lures Of 100 various subjects. and
she can tell the name Of any Of them
by looking at the picture. She Is
also able to read a number Of SIM
pie sentences.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
CHOPPED HIS VICTIMS
Jealous Negro Stays His Wife
and Her Lover.

CUMBERLAND. Md. March 81
The bodies OF Mrs Charles Bowman
and John jackson. both eolored.
werc found In house in the sub
urhs today brutaily muiiiaied. Their
heads were crushed In and the scene
presented evidences of a desperate
struggle. Mrs. Bownan's throat
was cut and jackson had been hack
"a to pieces.
The woman's husband was arrest
ed. and confessed that he had killed
them. lie said he found Jackson
in his home last night. and in nj
az jealousy killed both. All night
he remained In the house hacking
his victims TO pieces. literally cut
ting w Jackson into small pieces.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
SHUT OUT BY
A SOAP TRUST

MtLwAuKBE Wis. March 2s.--
Bernard Cross. a soap manufactures
Of this city. claims that he IL unable
TO buy tallow from any Of tho pack
Ina house men. Other soap manu-
facturcru are in The same difficulty
and may have % shut down their
----fks IL 10 ssrr That the soap conn
hlne has shut on the supply of tall
tow In order to cripple the iudcpend-
ent dealers, 4. u Armour ~ said 10
be at the head Of che combine Of
packers that IL interested In the
soap business The price 81 SOAP
has taken big jump during the
last month and IL still advancing.
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SENATOR DEPEW ON TRUSTS
The Ex.RaiIroad President Says They Will Fall
to Pieces Of Their Own Weight.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March "a
lin a copyrighted srtlcl. In the Sat
urday Evening Pest Senator chaun-
cey Depew gives his views Of trusts.
their causes and their future. lie
says among other things
Twenty-Five years axe there was
no such tsinE In existence as a trust
or coblnafiou.
Then the products Of the country
came from q multitude OF places and
individuals Thsv. were thousands
of small manufacturers of iron and
fertile fabrics. Of weed and the sub
division of th~s~-aEriculturai ma
chinsry. stosss. plows wagons. fur
niture-wAo IN almost any part
OF tho country could successfully
carry on . limited business.
The farmers largely controlled
their market. They shipped their
own cereals and live stock or sold "
to hundreds Of dealers A man with
ANAL capital and small credit could
establish q little business with the
hope OF succeeding almost any
where.
The Ere, change came through
the big iobbing houses. Having close
relations with the mills. they were
enabled 70 underrell the small job
bers and the commission houses.
When such stabiivhments--iike A.
T. stswart-added To- that the retail
store. they drove hundreds Of small
merchants into bankruptcy.
The big merchants process was
simple. when he found n merchant
had a good trade in one line. he
would sell like goods for iesn than
cost. making HIS profits out Of the
large number OF other articles he
dealt in. he roon ruined the man
who had but one egg In his basket
They destroyed the small dealers
In tho CITY FIRST. Then. by the postal
delivery and the express companies.
they drove out of business thous-
ands OF merchants In the nelghbor-
Ing villages.
Stoves would be manufactured at
Peekskill. Albany. Troy. New York
city. and then at several places In
New Jersey. Pennsylvania and New
England. The manufacturer would
all get their pig iron from different
furnaces and try 10 sell their pro-
duct at Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St Paul. The
railroads did their best to foster the
small Industries by special rates.
The special rate being a secret rate.
II gave freight agents opportunities.
of which the management knew lit
tie. to build up one concern at the
expense % another.
This discrimination In freigh.
rates led 90 the rapid consolidation
Of manufacturing concerns. Then
they discovered that they must
bring the market and the factory
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kpisoS's NEW VENTURE.

IL Is little significant that Just
as an American scientist is trying to
prove 20 the British government,
semi-onieiaily authorised TO accept
such a proof. that he Is able 10 save
much OF the hitherto lost energy In
coal. Edison has completely altered
his line OF Investigation and has
abandoned what at one time seemed
TO him the greatest Of all problems
for the scientist and inventor TO
solve. the obtaining OF the energy
that Is In coal directly. so that liz
tie Of IL may be lost. Four or ave
years ago Edison said that his next
great tieid OF work would be In the
coal Understanding by that, that he
proposed Ia take coal and turn u.
without the middle factor which
steam Is. directly into ...4--sez,
Recently. however. Edison has be-
come absorbed In the commercial
properties that may be found In the
use Of compressed air. Electricity
was his first love and Il brought
him not only his fame as a wizard
Of inyentfon. but the greater part OF
the fortune OF s1.ooo. go which he
possessed a few years ago. Now he
has abandoned his first love and has
taken up with this younsrr rival.
and Is understood TO have recently
perfected an invention which may
solve the problem which has vexcd
all mechanics who have constructed
apparatus for the use Of compressed
air--that fs the reheatins Of the
compressed air In the exhaust. II Is
Impossible. without being TOO teehni-
cal. to state the problem IN any 9TH
err words than those Just given.
This problem has racked the
brains OF every inventor who has
applied his ability to the commercial
use Of Compressed air. some OF them
have said that II was the one hing
needfui for perfect utilization Of this
force. Whether Edison has really
solved the problem or not will Dc
known after public use OF hts appar-
aeus has been made. but II IL GER
tain that he has satisfied some OF
the most expert engineers that his
invention In . solution and win
quicken the commercial use Of this
force.
Many persons have wondered why
Edison was so quiet recently. Those
who knew him hes, were certain he
was absorbed In some new problem.
hut none dreamed that he had gone
from electricity to compressed air.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The labor men OF the country arc
after Johnson. They believe him
to be hostile TO their cause and they
demand his removal. II Gage shall
see NJ not to comply with their re-
quest they will appeal once more
10 their friends In congress. II was
through one OF these. Senator Nor
gan. that they made the one point
already scored, namely. the publlea-
tion OF the testimony In question.
lilo pushed the resolution 10 print
the testimony In the face OF oppo-
sition coming from Senator Lindsay.
OF Kentucky. At the uept session OF
congress. n Johnson should still he
In his present position, the fight will
be renewed. and the country may
look for additional salacious details
concerning the delightful manner In
which some OF the affairs OF the
country are managed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
STEALS HIS
BRIDES PURSE
Charge on Which a st. Joseph
Man is Jailed.

ST. JOSEPH. Mich. Narch 2s-A.
J. Snyder. son Of Lewis Snyder.
merchant tailor or this city. while
visiting In VALLEY Forge. Ca. n few
days ago was secretly married 20
Miss Eta Lee. known as the belle
81 her native city. Upon the follow
Ing night before entering u theaier
a. Atlanta. upon the request Of the
husband the wife gave him her
purse. which contained 500. for the
purpose % purchasing tickets. shy
der. u L. claimed. ran away upon re-
c~ipt Of the purse and returned to
this place a few days aEo. lie was
arrested last night BY chief Of Po-
lice stuckey. lie IL now In jail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
IN LINCOLN'S MEMORY
Illinois to Erect a Monument
to Cost 100000.

SPRINGFIELD III. March 2s.--
Chicago may be chosen as the loca-
ton Of the $500 ,ooo monument which
1t Is proposed to erect as a tribute OF
honor by the state OF Illinois to the
memory OF Abraham Lincoln. Rep
resentatlve Page Of Massac ooun-
ty said today that IL new Lincoln
monument OF the splendid proper
tons and great cost contemplated in
the resolution before the house Is to
be raised. he would favor its con-
struction In Chicago.
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Scandal still Grows.

WASHINGTON. March zs.-The
scandal in the bureau OF engraving
and printing. recently exposed By
the the publication Of the testimony
taken before the investigating com
mlttre. may call forth another chap.
ter unless Secretary 6aFr. of the
treasury. shall -. ~ tp suppress IL
by diseharFinE chief Claude NJ
Johnson aud faymaHier Morgan.
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Gates Trip abroad.

NEW YORK. March ~. The OBJ
ieet Of the trip abroad ef John W
Oates. president OF the American
steel ana Wire company q was as
eertalned today, Ia 10 effect a com
blnatlon with foreign makers OF
wire products on the price ~ the
output, Mr.. Gates thinks he VIII
hay. little or no dlfnculty Ia ar
ranging prices and perfeeting an In
ternatlonal agreement,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
SUICIDE IN
A MUDHOLE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March Is
NJ. Brown, an eccentric farmer.
Killed himself near Jonesboro by get
ting drunk and deliberately plung-
Ing hcadlong into n mudhole In the
road, where he suffocated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
Idaho Boys Trophies.

BOISE CITY. Idaho. March 2S.-
when the Idaho boys return from
Manila they will bring with them
two Krupp guns captured by the re
giment during the battle OF Manila,
Gen. King having given orders 20
that effect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
4 Fatal Equine Disease.

WILBUR. Wash. March 2s-Dr.
q. NJ. Wilson. v. =. was called to
Hesscitlns yesterday TO treat a Pc
cullar disease that Is killing num-
beers Of horses. Dr. Wilson succeed
"a IN checking the disease. temper
nhly. at least. A popularity Of the
disease Is that the afflicted animal
seems to become delirious and per
form all manner Of antics before
succumhinK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

ono uf the most prominent residents
OF st. Louis county, n dangerously
~ at hla home In Clayton.
lie has blood poisoning resulting
from "A knife supposed To have been
improperly atefilized. being used
To cut his carnH,
Recently Col. Autonrleth visited a
St Louis ehlropediat. who cut a
corn too deep. The wound suppurhtv
Ell and the entire system became al
fepted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
kMUSEM ENTS.

Janet waldorf viii appear tonight
nj the Third avenue theatcr in las
You Like 1t" According to the
critics she gives a very good read
Ing OF this favorlte play.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

GARFIELD. Wash, March 2s-
Forty immigrants got on the north
bound train Of the o. II. & n. here
last evening. or these seven were
bound for Palouse city, a number Of
others for Cora, Idaho. 20 miles east
OF here. and the remainder win To-
cate in this vicinity. Most of the
Immigrants were from Missouri.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

THAT brothcr-ln-law OF yours, =
asked the old friend, what's become
of himT lie had IA bright future he
fore him.
YES. he had" sighed the otner old
friend. hut he outran it."-Phlla-
deiphia Call.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
lashes for Wife Beaters.

John c shorthnll's action In send.
ing a bill 10 the Illinois legislature
which provided the whipping pos, NJ
punishment for certain class %
criminals, 10 being freely comment
ed upon by the religious press. The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

II 10 not known. that Admiral
Dewey has political ambitions. but.
whether he has them or not. the
people VIII surely ind some sultabi.
way Of expressing to him their af-
lection From one end OF the land
10 the other the fires OF patriotism
burn. and the people Will bear tes-
timony 20 their love for the hero Of
Manila. Nor viii any delay in hls
return lessen the popular enthusi-
asrn- One the contrary. the general
course OF events tends to strengthen
and intensity the appreciation of
what the country owes TO George
Dewey.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

No man Of his emlnence In on re-
cord with 10 few set speeches In
Congress az those made by Thomas
n. Reed during the time he was out
% the presiding ofsscer's chair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

IA It's property. The company viii
shortly nut a stamp mill In on the
claim provided the values last, Free
lenld specimens were recently taken
from this claim which asaayed In
Spokane siofs per ton. A general
assay across the ledge gave ssoS per
ton.
Recent assays on specimens taken
from the Hen Wharton milne gave an
average Of So per ton. The mon at
work IN this mine have recently
struck the ore vein at a depth OF so
feet I'm the shaft. which was sunk TO
catch the vein at It's dip.
II H. reported that Scinert Bros.
Of Spokane. have bonded the shir
ley group 81 claims which the Hen
Wharton men have Ions been after.
Values % ore taken from the
Princess Maud mine at Republic are
improving slightly. The ledge Is OF
the same width ~ II has been here
tnforc. The quarts Il also about the
sumo width as formerly. There Ia
between four and ave feet OF pure
quarts In the vein.
Work will soon begin on the Mary
Ann mine. The shaft is 10 feet In
depth. II r. said there Ia eight feet
Of ore In the ledge. and more will
probably be found after the ledge
has been erosz cut.
The Lexington Gold Mining com
pany In taking steps In develop inK
the Lexington claim on the west
fork OF the san Poll near the
mouth OF Gold creek The ledge il
about fnrty Feet vtas a-~i--ts eosfI- i
posed Of quartz and porphyry, SIN
feet below the surface the material
asnayed at ts.tc. Al a. feet the ore
assays at stSso per ton In sold.
The drift on the ledge % the
Morning Glory Is said To be progress
sing. and that the quality OF the
quarts remains unchanged.
Work IL stu being done on the
san Poll. Twenty-Five feet OF ground
win have 20 be worked before the
two tunnels will be connected. The
ore remains unchanged. No ore IL
being taken out except what Ia me-
ccssary.
The drift on the Iron Monitor u
stili being run. The ledge ia said
TO be badly broken up. There arr
some quarts but the values are said
to be small
The Troubadonr shaft has reach
ed depth OF 60 feet. The quarts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Queen Marwh.rtts Of Italy spesks
German Huently. and generally use.
that ianguaE. when she meets Ger.
man artists
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
MINING NOTES.
Development In the Spokane
and Republic District.

Rich strikes are said TO have been
made on Meyers creek in the north
west corner Of the Colvllle reserva-
ton. Reports from Cresaw also an
nounce strikes recently made In that
vicinity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
PERSONALS.

kinE Oscar Of Sweden has Just
had his life Insured lie 10 seventy
years old,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Count George Apponyi. former
leader Of the Hungarian conservs-
tives. has passed his ninetieth birth.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28
Cut the coIoneI's corns.

st. LOUIS, March 2s.-Colonel
George Autenrieth. for many years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Axoncilio. the Philippine agent.
by his -hlpwreck on the Scotch eoast.
lost all Of his baggage. containing
letters from Aguinaldo and a con-
siderable sum Of money In Bank Of
England notes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The Truubaaonr shaft has reach
ed a depth Of 60 feet. The quarts
Il Of fine quality. The sinking % the
shaft II making good progress.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The drift on the Iron Monitor l.
eth being run. Tho ledge ia said
10 be badly broken up. There arr
some quarts but the values are aaid
to be small.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

II II comforting 10 think that Rud-
yard Kipiing will be able to take n
long enough vacation to recover his
health completely without fnan-
cial loss The astonishing amount
Of public interest which has been
conferred on him during his Illness
has given his works n boom which
In likely to more than compensate
him for the expenses Of his Illness
and enforced vacation. Libraries
everywhere report that they have
not copies enough to keep up with
the demand. and booksellers have
quietly put the marked down"
copies OF his books back to the reRu-
lar prices. II In an III wind that
blows no one good, but II would not
be surprising II Mr.. Klpllng were
,unRrnteful enough TO prefer health
even to "A fortnight OF such stupon-
dous advertising as no other writer
Of our time has enjoyed. - Spring
field (Mass.) Republican.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Queen Victoria intends 60 place
white marble bust of Prince Aisrci
Of coburg In the corridor At Windsor
Castle. and a similar memorial will
be put up In the Prince consor: a
uausoieum at Frogsore-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Owners Of the Crystal Butte mine
are said to have made another rich
discovery. The Wine is down 40
feet and at the foot Of II the pay
streak - 30 inches wide. An aver
age assay recently taken gave
values Of t1s2 per ton Of gold. Free
gold shows plainly In the ore.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The Review mine In also said to be
showing good developments. a good
strike Of free milling ore has recent
liz been made.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The siamess are more devoted to
the water than any other nation In
the world. They are nearly always
bathing. generally with their clothes
on. and they never go anywhere on
land II they can possibly 20 by wa-
ter. The streets Of bangkok are
ike those Of Venice. and the inhab-
itauts say that their Idea Of para
disc would be a town with canals.
where there were currents In both
directions. 80 that they might be
spared the effort Of rowing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Recent assays on specimens taken
from the Hen Wharton mine gave an
average Of So per ton. The men at
work IN this mine have recently
struck the ore vein at a depth Of 30
feet In the shaft. which was sunk 10
catch the vein at It's dip,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The Jersey Lightning company
has let a contract for 70 feet Of shaft
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

only three Of the forty-nInc chair
men Of Senate committees have re
william v. Allen. Forest Reserva-
lions. A. y. German. Private Land
and George Gray. Revolutionary
Claims.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The sarcophagi Of the late Prince
and Princess bismarck have just
been made in the marble works at
Klefersfelden. In Upper Bavaria.
Their form II Roman. That 81 the
prince II go meters long. 40 meters
wide. and $50 meters high. Small
columns. with alternating dccorat-
"a capitals. divide it's length into
three parts and support the cover.
The sarcophagus Of the Princess In
exactly like that OF the prince. save
that II bears on the foot n verse from
the Bible. while that 81 the prince
has the well known inscription de-
vised by himself.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

James r. Wise. OF Berlin. wor-
cestcr County. Md. recently reoeIv-
ed n handsome ebony cane with q
gold knob which bore the following
inscription. Presented to Jane, r.
Wise. o. Berlin. Md. the oldest un-
dcrtaker in the United States. by
the sunnyslde. the oldest undertake
Ing Journal In the world. on his
eiehty-sccond birthday Sotwith-
standing his great age. Mr. Wise IL
aiill actively engaged In the under
taking business. and only a short
time ago drove twenty-five miles
and conducted two funerals the same
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

Work Is stili hsin. done on the
san Poll. Twenty ave feet OF ground
win have 10 be worked before the
two tunnels will be connected. The
ore remains unchanged. No ore IL
being taken out except what Ia me-
ccssary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

II IL reported that selrert Bros.
OF Spokane. have bonded the shir
ley group 81 claims which the Hen
Wharton men have Ions been after.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-28

The drift on the ledge % the
Morning Glory h said Co be progress
sing. and that the quality OF the
quarts remains unchanged.