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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
ERECT OF EXCLUSION net.
SAILING OFF IN NORTHERN TRADE
has BEEN VERY MARKED.
cSssf Eagine~r r. & Hs"kins' OF
white Pasa a Askoa Railway.
Tells of Change I'm Conditions
s.t.n Extension View I'm Doubt


.u.<zl YsssrAseh 70 Tie Poxt-1ntsssasssscsr.
VANCOUVER. r. C., FEB. ---E- =.
s.~stfs chef srsa rs~~s o. tas White FxSss
Ysxsa raS5~ay, vino arrived hsrs o. the
~.srwsr Ya=a-ss yesterday sssn-nZ. Rae an
5000 s.g~y 20 ts4a o. conditions "a
- anthem es@zrsry ssssce tks British Co
szrrsxa alt~w. syssnssx iz~ wSat stsso fozce-
~2xnt fss esa1
@Fssa s&&gHay ars Is!neas have h~ssEs
Adversely sgects1 by tss Ea@. The Latter
,z.<e Il particular Is very 1'4a. while SIS
s~.swsv fas gsI.2ag Of L. trays.. due -
81 exc.gzaEfa q America miners fFSra
ss.sx as tad bal effect III every nEls OK
szsscss-a
@xtn wsH unsAsazseday suffer 20 O csn-
.xr~4als sxtsa1 1TogB Ghs snf0rcsrnsaE az
ga sas Kew ear Il De ct9@rwtxae WIEN
fse majority Of the g1ineFs IN :sat us
.~aet are Americana TIE exclusion aGt -
srsysrs re rTssn1rs into AiasEz frars Al
A May too. are proc s@GtlnE IL war;
- rsrts az .ae fa3TtnSest. ] co Iat care
"a s1xfess a. osssason ii regard 10 tire ia&
s., know thai J. has injured the north
sra ssaas-
~vs VII hgh3 our ine r.glst through
n Bennett however. aS We regard the
EIessagke ssa a permanent lamp. / cannot
ssg wnat So wii Do ia regard - the Afiln
sr.neh We nog have $50 uasn al wagk
and are hal u E7iIe EAsl sas summit
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
Wall FROM FIIItTso JpyrA.
Claims That Pledges Made by Dewey
aaa Otis Were Broken

H0$GK0SG. Fee. z-The following
statement h&s been issued ~ inc FIJI
p4i2o yGnE2 here:
Irf0Trnat3or psatea has leaked cs1s
through pIEkeTtoEs seot - President No
n&&iag 70 Investigate tins alpFneas az
arms 70 the FGltcsres shows tEnE TIE first
shipments % a!TEs 10 A~zsluassas werw
EEa<ss ~ ors.@r ~ ts1E American govern
TneE1t IEfo2gG Consul Wii61.zn, Renee the
So Esn@nt f,sx tire WING Fob ire Amer
car government subsequently, te5egra rEsst
~ ess&s THIS. coineiGsnE with tss change
Of F~ok4Cy 10 annexation
Dir. NiI1Eagn an1 Rear Admiral Dewey
promised - pas Es2E nave nos yeg sa a.
fer L subsequent expedition 81 ire 4 .aksey
authorized D. AaET4af&l iB4weF %eE0 a<rer-
wAra Srazs6 the - ezrGer. She ~ sfsA held
PsbFFs respecting flSS aF% E1@ fl the
possession 81 TIE secretary NJ tbe navy.
The pr1taStaxfous % Admiral Dewey
ard other Americans fhat tExr have g3aGe
70 promises are ridiculous r. view of
fnsEe facts Let 4h@ American people
Judge hos TIE nation werS ~ hoyog was
pledged 70 the Eslsp!ro% and con3d@8 IL
~ them airs. violated - tne resent fTeaeA-
cry @ Gen OTIS"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
Two BOYS Having Fun.

New t0<8 AfASAIa
ArorcsIEo scu~rtD1 away 20 Montreal sSe
ether night without waiting 70 say gUo3ey.
ara. having got there safe and soand, he
sad on Monday. 81 came 10 Montreal IN
order 10 receive the news which was aoi
allowed 20 reach ne Ia washington" Ana
re -'xgye!led broadly" OF course lie vas
having run. or SO he thought.
Ts,lt the very next day. Tuesday. when
sscrae enc asked him what he thought
about certain matter. he replied. How
can I gay anything. having nothing 20
sta55e ne beyond the newspaper reports :
II IL absolutely !uipcss be for pe 10 eoIn-
munscate with my people, BECAUSE the
Americans control the service" And then.
says the reporter, with more sorce than
elegance, he 'ShEt Up like a clam he
WASH, having as much fun rs he cx-
peG.ed.
Agusnaldo, too. set out 20 have some fan
On Saturday he ISSUED a proc .asnasion
quite In the grand high-siaddy style j
order and oclanAna.'' he said. that peace
ana friendly relations with the Americans
be broken. and ina; the latter be treated
as enesa.es,'' Il is no: known whether or
not he smilei E;ut he sent MS troops
with rush against the Aae-Scan Inca
TO Kill and rnutlute and drive them into
the sea. 50 that MS merry men might boot
the city, SIS he wanted them 70 10 months
aga
But In n few hours be found his men
pslt 70 rout aud slain by thousands aud
The American lines not broken. but ad-
vanos3- And hls, four days after date 81
his heiligerens proclamation he waimperei
in substance. 81 want Il Quis." lie WASH
having as much fua as he expected eitA--
Fun is a rice thing foE boys 10 hava
But when they turn II into mischief they
mus; - spanked ami put to BED
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
LAND OFFICE FOR PEAVY.
Proclamation Soon TO he Issued ~
President MeKfniey-1ss Boand-
aries VIII Extend From she Ya-
kea River 20 the Arctic Ocean

WASHINGTON. Te5. "A new lard
H1sSrSct Ia .slaszka ss create4 ~ frocla-
ssaag.ou sagwsA by President Mckinley ard
shortly to re promu.gate1 is po1adaFlss
are.
%ortz ot E>o-sur3ns ard Yukon rivers
except as 10 tie q ;er river o$slg from Is
Intersection with tAe sata E4rSas&s. and
nort1 q that parable as 4 extends - b'as-
irgae seq. att wesG q the t54gh r2erl114 "a
THIS leaves Il s1r4p 10 mites 81 Sg<.ta. ex-
tending rorEh from the Yukon 70 TIE Are
lie oc.Ga, waica - st-1 retained IN fas
District % wa5aa WesEe Ia .le LAID o-r.ce
tocas iou-
TIE United stairs land Office vil efs1so-
nsh Is Office at a rev t2wn. Eeavy. 10
Gated az the head Of navigation On the
Eoyukuk r.vs-. about 80 niles from It's
3auetla4l AKA tbs ] i1k1Ts-
Twelve steamers are reported 70 hav.
ravtgatass the river as Ear IS Pesyy last
seAsson, and the country from tals point
20 he Arctis. ocsan IS very rich IL NH
erzi aegoSaLS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
MAY RECRUIT IN CANADA.
British War Department Considers
R~marka able Innovation.

LONDON. Feb 2i-rn the house OF COM
mons today The parliamentary secretary
or the war Office. replying 10 d question
on The subject said that recruiting IN
Canada for the regular army Of Great
Britain wRsft.n consideration and he
was not prepared 10 admit that there
were any OBSTACLES to such step on either
Slda Of tie Atlantic.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
GEN. GOMEZ At MATASzAs.
His Arrival stgnaitsed by Grand
Ovation aad banquet.

HAVANA, FEB 1I--CIsn- 91r3ex Arrived
last n-Eht az IaGanzas from Caf4enss. lie
waA fnst BY MAJ Gen. wilson, military
governor GF the department o1 Aata1Zas.
G@sa. SaaESr. civ}5 governor az AataBz2s.
and the Cuban general. BstaaeoUff. VINO
is ia command q the cuban forces .E Ma
tanZ province. From the raj way S-a-
ton ne was escorted b the Eighth Massa-
eaUsskf2 volunteers, the See1rd UGlted
States cavalry and several local clubs ID
the paS&ce, ~ here he - the CUES; of the
civil governor.
A reception was given 81 his honor soon
after Els arrival but he did not deliver an
address. This evening he was rendered an
elaborate banquet.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
soLACE ARRIVES AT MALTA.
VIII Hun n Transport Between
San Fraueisco aad Manila.

WASHINGTON. Fen 1.-THE Soiace
has arrived al Malta ea route from New
York 10 Manila She IL fifteen days out
from New York which the officials re-
gari as ar excellent passage. She is load
ed with stores for D&weyss feet. Including
a great quantity Of ammunition
The soace Is 70 constitute enc CT two
transports to he placed on ktne between
Manila and San F,rancjsco and New York,
making q tri-mouthly service.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
DEATH WOULDN'T HAVEHIM
Seaman From Pert Gamble siashes
His Throat and Leaps Into
the Water.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb 2L-John
johnson. a seaman on tue ship Colles,
whica arrived AZ San Pedro from Port
Gan1b.s YESTERDAY. cut h.s i.ToaS aad
Island In San Pedro harboT. he Was
picked up and hs wound dressed, and to-
day he was tired for inEansty. but allowed
10 go being rational
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

Ms Ee-- Er-cxe "a Official r0rnE arsra-
tor. which Eaz been forwarded 20 Wash.
tngtor, thanking TIRE government fer tee
hcgscrs paid to the remains CO Cen Ca
IIxto "a RIA
rtS%rz viii E5 20 MAta nxzs % saz-4 the
gsszyser Tomorrow e ce r-@ser. ~ E3n
A&ssg-'s Washington birthday exercises.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21-No trace OF
Lieut. Neau, who abscocGed with ever
go 81 thu Preside cauteen funds. has
been discovered.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

LONDON. Feb. p The result Of the
rariiaae utRry bye-election In Northwest
ed hy the death q John Gourdry Hoi5orn,
member OF the division in Liberal and
Labor Interests, was a vi,toTy for the LIB
eral and Radical candidate. Or. <. X
Douglas, over tae CnioniSt and CoGsert-
alive candidate, NJ q. - l. Wh.telaw.
by u majority Of 30 vosea
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

WASHINGTON. Feb = the president
has issued pruciamati0ns setting aside the
following IS fore st reserves; The Teabuco
canon forest reserve IN California los 50
acres. the Fish Lake forest reserve in
tan. g. $40 acres. and the GallaLln forest
reserve ia Montana, 4o.s3o acres.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

HAVANA. Feb zi.-~WashinFt0n' birth
day will be observed here By a review ot
the troops ~ midday in which part ~
the Seventh army corps VIII march No
public holiday his been ordered. bat the
Cuban officials VIII voluntarily suspend
business. The day will be properly OBJ
served at all army poats.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

WINNIPEG. Feb. I.~R. ". Jameson,
member Of parliament for Winnipeg ard
for years MAYOR OF this city, was acc
deataIly shot az his home tonight while
handling "a revolver Deceased " MS -
years az age and one OF the most promi-
nens men in the Canadian West.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

SAN FRANCISCO. FEB. El-Tne trans
port TezAzndfa e de- % arrive from Ma
ng&Gss-S.
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by . dynamite sx71osscns TIE sezs are:
p l. Dave1rc-t " ". Davenport white.
Roesr. Cu-son, Marx pooiey, ice Csrpez-
Ter. ceso-e&- Assistant State M1ne s2sp@c-
-or Josz DGrca-. who 1as IN R3es~.oz ara
Assistant Frank C--vsT-scsZss examined HE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Feb zl-In entry
Nc - mine : a. Biocton, today. gang q
five miners driving the entry were killed
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Jack Carey. Remains shipped Home

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Feb 21.-~'rhe body
OF J. j. Norton, more widely known
Jack CareY. she professional bali player.
was shipped "a BIS home At scranton, Pa.
te4Eay lie eied here over a seek ago u
congestion OF The lungs. and for some time
his Identity MS a mystery.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22

INDOOR ata.e..e meet this afternoon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-10

workmen place so many shovelfuls o+
dirt on such and such a place and ~
next day he will visit them and ordar
the dirt removed
Meanwhile the statue stands In cbro,,a
ed grandeur upon its unfinished ground
and Thomas Ball sits in his cottage AZ
Montclair, N. j., chatting with ali tho
righteousness of eighty years, because
MS work is not unveiled to the world
me sculptor hopes to live long enough
TO witness the unveiling-but set ord,,
Searles is very eccentric
thousands of words would he inc,,f
hcfent to describe the muItitudino,s
schemes Searles has undertaken and laft
unrlmshed- Three years ago he promised
to build high school building for the
town of Methuen. The plans waro
drafted and the specifications represan+ed
a cost of 100000. The inhabitants of
the town were pleased. They asked tho
donor where he intended 1t should he To-
Gated; he replied that it made no difrer-
ence to them where it would be II &c
not built yet, and probably it never will
be, If its construction is left In 'tT or5,,
Searles' control
He asked the town authorities to give
him the right to beautify the old came
terry in which the Searles tomb is huilt
Inc request was. granted, and the eccen-
trio millionaire remodeled and renovated
the field of the dead. Then he had
huge stone arch built at the entrance
heavy gates hung and doubly padlocked
Even the descendants of the dead arc
barred from entering the enclosure +o
strew flowers on the graves of their reIa-
ives. The people permit the act of law
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Thomas church, at Methuen, con-
Quoted the funeral services and was as
sisted by the Rev. c. H Oliphant, Con-
gregationalist, who read the responses
Charles Hopkins, of Brooklyn, a broth
er of the deceased womans first hus-
band, attended the service. He stopped
at a hotel at Lawrence and rode up in
time for the funeral, after which he re-
turned to the hotel until train time
There were only eleven persons present
at the services, including the bereaved
husband, the clergymen and the under
taker. The service lasted forty minutes,
and the last visitor had departed from
the presence of the dead at IL o'clock
noon.
At midnight four of Searles workmen,
dressed as liveried fiunkies, bore the cask-
ct containing everything mortal OF Mrs
Searles to its last resting place in the old
Methuen cemetery, across the road from
the Searles house.
Few Methuen folk saw the funeral pro-
cession, Indeed the number may be mar
rowed down to five persons one of whom
was woman. They did not see the pro.
ceSsion move from the house, but thew
saw 1t issue from the gate, they saw it
cross the road ard wend its way down the
grass-grown path to the entrance and
watched the weird group move slowly
through the cemetery, avoiding the other
tombstones, to the grave which had been
prepared for Mrs. Searles.
The procession to the tomb was headed
by Mr.. Searles, whose white hair and
curiously pale complexion were strikingly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-10
HATEFUL DAY.
Important Events Which Occurred
on the Nineteenth.

Important Events Which Occurred
the Nineteenth
The nineteenth day of the month seems
to have been selected by fate as the day
for important happenings. The following
list shows a few of them:
Nero was banQueting in Naples on
March 10, 6S, when he learned of the re-
volt that was to end his career
Sons of the American Revolution in
New York gave an anniversary banquet
March 19, 1885, at which the principal
speeches were notifications to Spain of
retribution in store.
The Oregon sailed from San Francisco
to join the Atlantic squadron March 10,
1925
Spanish shipping destroyed at Cadiz
April 10, 1857.
Beginning of intercolonial war, April 10,
1854.
First blood. Revolutionary war, April
10, IT'S.
First blood, Civil war; April 10, 1861
Concurrent Cuban resolution passed
April 10, 1885,
United States colonies of New England
formed May 10, 1643
Memorable dark day." May 10, 1850.
CerYera arrived at Santiago May 10,
1925
Aguinaldo arrived at Manila May 10,
1893.
OBSTRUCTION OF CerVera s fleet annOunc-
ed on nations anniversary, July 4, 1882
United States flag adopted by congress
June 49, 1777.
War with Great Britain declared June
10, 1912.
Alabama sunk June 10, 1854
Maxiniillian executed June 10, 1857.
Bartholdi statue arrived in New York
June 10, 1885.
Burning of Rome began July 10, g.
Battle of Armada began July 10, 1888.
1850 = 40
Franco-Prussian war began July 10,
1870
Paulus Hook captured, Aug. 49, 1779.
Guerrierre captured Aug 49, 1872
Battle of Benn's Heights (Saratoga1.
Sept. 10, 1777.
Battle of Chickamauga first day., Sept.
10, 1863.
Battle of opequan Cwinchester), Sept
10, 1864.
Cuban revolution organized Sept. -
1895.
&C CORVALLIS army surrendered Oct. 10,
Napoleon's army retreated from Mos
cow Oct. 10, 1912.
Early's army destroyed at Cedar Creek
Oct. 10, 1864.
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took the bet and started For a quarter
OF the distance 1t was easy, and I already
felt those two silver dollars in my pocket.
But then my fingers began to grow tired
The muscles between my forefingers and
thumbs We're soon aching terribly. Ny
arms began to pain me and to throb like
mad found myself setting my teeth
together and the cords In my neck were
In a high state of tension. When 1 came
within hundred yards of the hotel there
was scarcely an inch in ny whole BODY
that was not aching as if 1 had been
stuck full of pins. I don't know how Z
managed to go that last distance. I could
no longer stand erect and I was trem-
bling like a leaf and yet the other fellow
was alongside, laughing as If to split his
sides. And when I got into the BARRON.
1t was all could do to raise first one
hand and then the other, and put the
bricks on the counter. I know that
couldn't have gone fifty feet further. I
got the 81, but the next day 1 could
scarcely move, and 1 didn't get over the
soreness for a week 1t looks easy but
just you try it,
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is real live lord. He imagines himself
to be Lord Searles, of Methuen,'' AID
requires his army of servants and work.
men to greet him accordingly.
He requires them to address him as
my lord" to remove their hats in his
presence and to bow as he passes by.
None of them may remain seated before
him. He believes himself to be an &C.
tual member of the British peerage
The eccentricities of Mr.. Searles have
become more and more pronounced dur
Ing the past two years. The most extra
ordinary of all of them, however, was
perpetrated at the burial Of his wife.
Mrs. Searles death, On July 25, 1891,
was mysterious. 1t is said that the raw
ages of the grip slapped her vitality.
When her death occurred the reporters
who sought information at the gates
were turned away Those among the
Methuen folk who were fairly well &C.
quatnted with the deceased and who call
ed to offer condolences were met by
barred gates.
Before the funeral service was read
the cause of death was changed from
grip to dropsy.
Mrs. Sarles had been at Great Barring
ton earlier in the season and her husband
brought her to Methuen just two weeks
prior to her death.
The funeral was strictly private. The
Rev. Charles F. Sweet, rector of ST.
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no sooner does he get a project under
way than he directs a suspension. Even
the house he lives tn-his birthplace-is
unfinished. He has spent hundreds of
thousands on 1t, yet above the stone
fortress which surrounds 1t can be seen
unfinished patches where tar paper be.
coming weather-beaten, rattles like dry
bones whenever the wind sweeps under
it.
Five years ago he commenced the con-
struction of a block stone wall around
his grounds. AS the work progressed he
became dissatisfied and began again on a
larger scale. He caused an addition
seven feet high to be built upon the top
of the first wall. He has since added
layer upon layer, until now the wall,
fortress in fact, Is in some places over
forty feet in height and still unfinished.
About four years ago he purchased
Sculptor Thomas Balls masterpiece, a
Statue of Washington, which the veteran
sculptor made at Florence
Searles paid $125,0O0 and an additional
$4,000 for the statues of Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan, which are put
upon the four corners of the pedestal
base.
The monument is set across the street
from the Searles estate and is shrouded
in canvas and wood. There it has stood
for over two years, and, in the opinion of
the Methuenites, it will remain so as
long as Searles lives.
handful of Italian laborers daily
work about the base, grading and
trenching. One day Searles will drive
out from his castle, accompanied by a
stout coachman, and direct that the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-10

slight and middle-aged was called Mr.
Smith. He handled the telephone
A blonde girl, mounted on a tall stool
beside the ticker, read from the tape,
called out the quotations, sympathized
with losers and braced up faint hearts
Two women in shirt waists and white
aprons .chalked prices on the blackboard
Both were passed the first youth The
little one was called Miss Smith," and
between chalks went behind the Japa-
nese screen and made iced tea and lem
onade for the customers.
None of the patrons seemed particu-
uarly lucky Miss Cozzens," a plump
young woman in a blue shirt waist was
respondent. "B. R. IT, in some way had
proved her undoing. The twenty-five
women, one after the other offered her
consolation. All but one.
You ought not to have done that, any
way" said large woman. You'll lose
every time that way. The only way to
beat this game down here is to play both
long and short; I'm going to use my
other name. I've been married twice,
you know, and I'll use one name for
short and the other for long"
when will you find out about Sugar,
Mr. Smith," said woman impatiently.
when is that dividend?"
A sedate woman murmured to her COM
panion, "Td no more touch Sugar than a
red-hot poker.
Just then Mr. Smith suggested to Mrs
Townsend that it was a good time for
her to buy, and Mrs. Townsend ODE
| dientlY filled out q blank she found on
the table Soon Mr.. Smith told her the
price at which she had bought.
''WeT, I'm even on the day, anyway
said another woman to a friend three
rocking chairs away.
Here's Sugar" cried Mr. Smith, as he
licfannd tO ho tala he
will be announced tomorrow"
"Good?' cried the woman rising from
her rocking chair. 'And how much will
it be. Mr.. Smith?'
But Mr.. Smith raised both hands at the
very idea of his being suspected of hav-
ing any such information, and the rest OF
the crowd promptly subdued the woman
| with a jeering laugh. The room settled
down to wait for closing prices while the
blonde girl anonymously repeated ticker
prices and Miss Smith" covered the
| blackboard with figures.
One woman said the room had been
| open for some time and that nothing less
| than 800 margin would be taken.
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reflected by a torch which he carried to

reflected by torch which he carried to
light the way.
Strange to say, the tomb had been fin
ished just five days prior to the death OF
Mrs. Searles. And 1t is the only thing
which Mr. Searles has been known to fln-
ish during his control of the fortune.
On that night, when those five awed
and amazed persons saw that procession
move before them, the town clock, after
performing it's duty Of striking the mid
night hour, stopped, and 1t has never
started since then. Probably no person is
courageous enough to wind It,
The mortuary receptacle in which Mrs.
Searle's remains lie is about twenty-five
feet long by twenty feet wide and tweyty
feet high in the centre, with a sloping
roof covered with red slate. The door
opens to the east, and the entrance is
made down a flight of six broad gUhnite
steps, where open doors of fine ironWork
allow view of the interior.
Mrs. Searles, in a rosewood coffin with a
glass top, rests upon the centre niche in
the front row.
Soon after the obseQuies Searles began
to do other strange things. BY his late
wife's will he received everything. Young
Timothy Hopkins, an adopted son, con-
tested the will on the ground that Searles
used undue measures to warp his aged
wife's judgment The case was fought
at Newburyport, Mass, and SearIes sub
sequently settled 1t out OF court because
OF the newspaper notoriety he was receiv-
ing. He paid young Timothy, who form
erly was Pat Nolan, So, 900 600, and the lat
ter promised to leave Searles in peace and
return to the Pacific coast
Searles never seems to be satisfied with
anything his fertile brain conceives, and