The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-29


AITERTDOuCnTs
The coluubaa has made her builder md
her owners hap9v ~ Asain ontsailing TIE
Defender q IN points Al she has to 20
now 10 to outsail the Shamrock and evesy-
body will b happy--tha = everybody On
this side a the AtlAnt1c.
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& The Walla walla authorities are taking
chances In bringing Nr. CROOKED Mouth"
Green hack to that village for trial II
they do not keep close watch on him he
win sell another gold brick to the first IN
nocent waila walla farmer who ventures
within reachtng distance.
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Peter Miller. the Tacoma murderer. Who
deliberately sAot down . man In cold blood
last March without provocation. has been
found guilty az nur0er In. the second DE-
gree It would be interesting 70 know int
No. thas 3aEy veuaA dape the exine Of
murder q ths nest dagze-
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a dispatch fron Waahtntton states that
Canada has aeaan aAiksd the neEotiaaions
for naodus vfveidi regulating the Alas
kan boundary b asking for q radical
change IA. tho lire on the Dalton trail. The
next thing In order ID fearful wall from
Canada telling the world how impossible Il
il to get those exacting Americans to agree
to anything that Is fair.
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Our Democratic and Populist friends ara
su9ering greatly these days by reason Of
the conflicting Eumors regarding the chair
manship OF the Republican national COM
m,ttee. They have a lot OF ammunition In
reserve labeled Hanna" and II that gem
tleman should decline to Be target. which
II extremely probable. this will not only
be dead loss. but leave them little else to
shoot ct.
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The latest race war IN Alabama presents
the usual features OF those sanguinary CON-
tests. white man reported that he had
been abused and roughly handled" by
some negroes. This news being spread a
mob of white men gathered and killed three
negroes and mortaliy wounded fourth.
The next step will be to ascertain what the
white man was doing that led to his being
'abused'' and roughly handled" oy the
negroes.
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There Ii not little danger lest the reck-
ness onsiaughts upon trusts now being urg-
ed by demasogues. who are only anxious
to make q partisan point. will result in
hasty and ill-advised legislation which will
not only hit the trusts aimed at. but prove
injurious to legitimate business interests
The trust hunters are adopting the policy
OF the Southern lynch.ng parstes.-hang the
accused first and try him afterwards.
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The Boston Record piously and patriot
ically observes. Thank heaven, we have
NO boys from this state m the Philippines"
OF course the Record is an enthusiastic
anti-expansion organ. and nothing more
loyal can be expected from such q source.
but It must make chill run down the
spine Of every patriotic son OF the old
Bay state to read that kind Of stun and
reflect that the writer has not yet been
chased over into Canada.
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All the world will sympathise with the
plucky crew Of the University Of wiscon-
son who won the race at Poughkeepsie
Tuesday ard then lost II at the last mo-
ment by reason of a floating obstruction di-
rectly in the path OF the boat which caused
them to swerve widely from their course.
Although Pennsylvania was awarded the
race by bare half length the Wisconsin
boys are the real winners and all true
sportsmen will not hesitate to give them
fyii, credit
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Joe Martin. the Winnipeg Statesman. who
IL now sojourning in British Columbia
teaching the people Of that province how
to get themselves into trouble and stay
there. says that II he had been around In
l776 he would have sided with the rebels
and taken q shot at King George rather
than submit to his exactions Does Joe
intend this az delicate hint to the London
government Of what will happen unless the
Dominion Is permitted to wag the empiref
Like Joey Bagstock. Joey Martin 10 sly,
devilish sly!
1t Is now teiegraphed from Washington
that Secretary Ayers determination to
stay In the senatorial. fight will necessitats
his retirement from the cabinet. The rea.
sons given are 30 self-contradic,ory that II
n safe to assume that Mr.. Alger win re-
main at the head OF the war department
Just as long as he chooses to retain the
position. It appears that whenever a
Washington correspondent runs short Of
news he makes copy by fling Secretary Al
gers resignation.