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A MORTGAGE
FOR $4,000

TACOMA. sept sn.-rhe Tacoma
Railway q Power company file-t for
record at the courthouse yesterday
afternoon q mortgage for 81. %. 600.
The mortgage - printed In pamphlet
form and On the last page l. slfssi
800 In revenue stamps II the dsnom-
ina ton of $50 each.
Superinte ndent Dame. who fl-
ed the important document. PROM
isef that work would begin on low
srsng the Point Defiance line grade
at Forty first street within q few
days. II was for just such long
promised improvements as this that
the street railway company borrow
81 the million and half dollars %
the Old County Trust company Of
Bcsfon-
Principal ard interest r. payable
in gold coin. the principal In 10 years
and the Interest ~ 5 per cent semi
annually on October I and April I.
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GREAT PROFITS OF
The BEEF TRUST
Another Illustration of How Combines
Reduce" Prices for rhe Benefit
of the People.

NEW YORK sThe Reef Trust the price of beef
higher than
that beef had pound Whole
rcn beef A the
month
"a ga pound
The the aub Wholesale
This unhcand advance
The kindly boosted
poor calculation 5 simple
weekly Yor
combined ; follows
twenty
thousand lambs Ninety
Thus the Increased
vicinity 10
butchers a of
n
Is n the
u
stalled ordinary
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Furniture N skers' Co mbine

wANEItLY, \. Y. sept. 20 Rep
rsstntatlyea " 81 Of the leading fur
ulturc factories " the middle states
met at nlmlra today, and the Mid.
die states Furniture Manufacturing
Association was organized,
The officers elected are. President.
4, .. Hall. 20 NaVerly n Y; rcorc-
tary Lester Frost. 81 Tonawanda
TIA. treasurer, John Neilman. ~
Wiluamsport, ia The November
meeting Of the association viii bc
held IN WilliamAport. Ia.
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MARYsvfLLE. wash. sept, 20
The Great Northern commenced
work on new dfawbridgc today 70
span the Ebey channel ~ the sno-
homish river This draw vii be iss
feet long The work viii incouvf nj
snos navigation for awhile
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BURGLAR ar WORK.

A burglar entered the residence Of
] 4 catheart. az 81 seneca street
last night about 30 o'clock chaa
II TImhsriake. a raamer. fired a shot
through his bedroom window az ihr
Intruder Tire burglar succeeded 10
carrying N a nasEst pin. gold watch
and a gold chain
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Frances wheat Crop.

PARIS. sept 20 -Reparts Just
published show that the wfeat crop
81 France this year 10 iear b 5000.
90 hectuiitcrs than the crop ~ isgk
"a Viii be necessary for France %
import between now and next May
500 COZ hfrtoliters 60 supply the re-
auiremvnta At hams
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HART ROAD
is NOT SOLD

TACOMA. sept 20-~Bondhnlders -
the Tacoma 4 Eastern railroad fam
Harry known az the Hart railroad.
say there IL nothing IN the reported
sale u the road. which vas built sew
eral years ago from Tacoma south
ward some six miles az a logging
railroad. TIE timber adjacent 70 Il
has al been logged IN and the road
has been idle Tor several years with
the exception Of doing 4 little busi-
ness in hauling a little CORD wood.
The situation of the road is said
20 be unchanged with no prospect Of
a sale ~ $50. 600 as reported. nor any
other price.
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Wv
The Water Front.
MN

The present week viii witness the
arrival % quite a number % Alaskan
steamers The Topeka and Rosaiie
We're both due yesterday. The lat
ter steamer encountered very strong
weather on her trip north, and vas
delayed for q hours She VIII prob
ably hiring down a cargo 81 salmon
The steamer Humboldt ia due from
Lynn canal tomorrow. and IL advrr.
tised q sail again on Friday. Tire
steamer city ~ Seattle IL due here
from the north on Friday
The next beat from Cape Meme ana
81 Michael wlil probably be- the Al.
lance, She IL expected IN next sun
day. but may arrive EARLIER
The following vessels ATE hound for
Puget sound. all 81 them being under
charter 90 load wheat tauEda1r.
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Parrot Turned on the Gas

WASHINGTON, II e. sept "a
sunoeatcd by Eas. Miss Alice Knott,
Of this city. was found cold in her
bed to-day and On the flour lay the
body ~ her pet parrot The bird IN
mischief, had turned On the gas,
bringing death 60 both.
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MEETING OF
GRAIN BOARD

TACOMA. Sept 20.--The state
grain commission met at 10 O'Clock
today In the office Of State Grain In
spector Wright In the Berlin build
ing. The board consists 81 ". H.
Reed Of Tacoma. p. y Anderson Of
RO-aHa and O. p. Wright. chief
state grain Inspector Mr. Ander-
son Is the new commissioner appoint
ed to succeed y Stewart. Of Walla
Waila. whOHe torn expired
Complaints. or suggestions were re-
eeived by the board. and anything
pertaining to the grade aud standard
samples. methods Of inspection. and
all things pertaining 10 the operation
and Performance 0f the duties NJ in
spection. grades and standard sam
pies.
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Tfere ars $3.50. central station
plants for generating electricity II
the United states These plants are
owned b. companies having a conn
bined capital stock N $1,000 600. and
employing l.tse.7ss horeespoNer N
engines and water wheels.
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Christ Impersonsted.

ANTWERP. Sept 20 A mystic
colony is % be established at Lafcn.
Holland. on October Each member
receives 20 hectares Of land
The membsra u the colony imper-
senate Christ. and ARE strictly vrEe.
tartan IN their habits
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Of the wonderful KinRsbury Pianos.
Zee the latest styles Of panels be-
fore you buy. Hamaker, 1915 Second.
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-. ~Harfaa raai naHEart. atf Pile dr4t~
ihs and foundation. aeaisfa ID plies, iass
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= e. CARROLL. Iasgaf. pr1et,r ID .,simf
ThliF and solicitor II uatnnfs No. 81
ffattle haftmi4f EHuH 81 idiun
fIihH 9 Esoe. fpHHa lfsIh ifaliaf bifE.
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WANTED. TfHiHH Haa4Fmens fagka -
HilafH aHH aefai HHeipsH fefN He4A.
D. II mfn S. afif 81 * - lei
Af"a fHHH H4F H#HrHHH tunnel ST 'ttN~
fl1s it9 81 @aiH y. vet - ills
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81 NEHTps 2 DEWITT aaeflaueefa real
sHi1te h4d slnH aash faf aeasng hefii
IlfL5tltr w tlrf afe Eel. isiAe ~.
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THE PACIFIC Tailoring Coolest SIS. sIaI
and $50 suits made in the city byeins.
cleaning. ropaiFing. as Third avenue.
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CAsf-pFF clothing, trunks ana valisos
bought at 10 second ave. Tel. Red ilst
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First, its heat producing capacity. 1t is clean,
hard lun,p-nO slate dirt Its cooking qualities
make il particularly economical and effective for
domestic use. In CRATES, Roslyn Coal will hold the
fire for hours.
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STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE.
Thy AND surrr n7rAL WORK.


OF kNkRf description mfg and repairing
furnaces and steel stoves tin resohng. r.E
CLARK. ~ W. Madison 81 'rhone Main sSf
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FcANDmAviAN tMemcAs BANK 4
tLornls CLEANING

hEATTLE Clathee H-fsssIns a., ksso :.
sissnias rspsiiinz iIos 81 "a lei ae fsl 10 u
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ATLAS Dye works. "a unlaa street. r.
ltons iiun lVpi. TIA only French v
liauss 81 the city.
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SHIP eRANOLERs.

suNnE q FRLANn. Neslsr wharf. sab
makers. rirEeTa aud ship chanolerss man.
ufHcturcrs OF tents. taFpAuiins. mining
hose, canvas OF all widthA
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breaking work of breaking and digging it
was on ground where the quartz was ra
Their dark with shining specks in it. The
usual process of pulverizing was gone
through with, and I was about to throw
out the dirt worthless when | saw some
thing shining in the bright sunlight, Yes,
there in the bottom of the pan lay some
grains of gold The grains were hardly
large as pin head, but IT was gold at last.
I hurried to the camp to report to my
partners l called Hudson aside and show
ed him the grains of gold that l had found.
and with true English phlegm he drawled
out, Better make thorough investigation
before the nggers get it all around. We
sent the nggers off an errand, and then
tested the grains with the nitric acid, find
ing that they were so per cent pure, and
worth "A an ounce. Upon further invesu-
CATION 1t was seen that the vein of gold
must run near the brook, so we decided to
secure a license for an entire block Of ten
claims along the bank of the brook. The
tax on the claim would be f10 a month,
but we decided to pay it, taking out license
in the name of the Hudsons and myself
and calling the place 'Hudson's Claim.
The claim was entered on the great chart
Of the company and ten days later We re-
ceived the license copied before"
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gold fields of the TransraaI, the news of
the great finds there inNaming the whole
country. all but the Beers.
Discovery of Gold
'One-fourth of the entire territory of
the TransvAal contains gold. The first dis
covery Of the precious metal here only
dates back to 1880, when Kari Mauch. a
German traveller, found rich vein in the
northern part. Many were disappointed on
following this announcement, but In 1887 a
new discovery in that richest of all fields
NitWatersraud, was announced and the
fever ragged gh An Australian gold
hunter had found a brook with golden
sands, ana later had traced veins in the
white quartz. One company after the other
was formed for exploring and al failed
The crash came and millions were lost
Expert engineers at last came and the
fever fell. new fields being found from day
to day. The amount of gold produced BY
the Rand is at least 10000 pounds
(weighD of gold year. Little of the gold
of Africa is washed out. as in California
Australia and the kondike, but IS chiefly
taken from quartz which must be crushed
The large companies have called science to
their aid bore the stone with diamond
drills and extract the gold chemically. In
the best fields a ton of ore will produce
about two pounds of gold, a an expense
of one and quarter pounds, leaving
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THE CHORAL SOCIETY.
Committee Meetings Held and Pro-
gress Made.

The regular rehearsal of the Choral So
ciety was held usual on Monday evening
with large and interested attendance.
Among the members present, we'll known in
musical circles in Washington, were Mr.,
Bernard A. Ryan. solo bass of St Patrick :
choir, Mr. John c. Weidman, solo-tenor in
Trinity Church, Georgetown, and Mr.. Ar
mand Gumprecht, organist at Georgetown
College. Among new corners 10 the CITY
are Mr.. G. w. Trowbridge, for a number of
years member of the celebrated Apollo
Club of Chicago, and Mr.. Frank NJ Porch.
who has heretofore been an active member
and secretary of the Bridgeton N J., Mus
ical Association. The quality of the male
chorus shows a decided improvement over
that of recent years
At a meeting of the concert committee,
held at Miss Leavitts studio "Wednesday
evening. it was decided to give, as one of
the numbers in the operate concert in
April, the finale to the first act of Aida 5"
requiring soprano, tenor and bass soloists.
and full double chorus.
The chorus committee held a meeting at
the same place on Thursday evening, and
after examining number of applicants for
admission devoted the rest of the evening
TO arranging the seating of the chorus.
The November number of the new Cho-
raj Society Bulletin will be issued in few
days. containing a complete prospectus of
the work of the year.
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are now opening. Fifteen years have not
served to blot out the recollection of the
furore of enthusiasm with which Nevada
was received when Mapleson first brought
her back to this country finished artist.
The newspapers have told over and over
again of the triumph of Nevada in the
great world over the seas. How the coun-
trymen of Bellinf declared that she was the
only Amina worthy to adorn in bronze the
statue of the master; how in Paris when
a statue was to be raised to Alexander Du-
mas. partly by means of the receipts of a
great benefit performance, the name of
Nevada was promptly placed on the program
with those of Bernhardt and Duse: and
how when, following the war between
America and Spain, an audience at Seville
Missed her because she was Of the country
of the hated victor, the Queen Regent and
the lufanta fastened to do her honors,
which should efface all sense of this humil-
iation. All music lovers of Washington
will sincerely hope that the proposition to
have this great artist sing here may be
successfully carried out.
TWO SONGS.-"The Song We Love to
Hear and THE Prayer Learned at Moth
er's Knee" by j. L. Feeney, are becoming
quite popular. Mr. Feeney is bookbinder
at the government printing office who is
the author of several labor songs
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he gave the lines to one Of the Hottentots
standing near. and walked up and down in
front of the windows of the house, we'll
Knowing that the eyes of his sweetheart
were peeping through the blinds at him
Then he strutted into the house and first
shook hands with "Tante.' the mother and
said gluten tag Good day) The same
he did with COM the father. and then at
last spoke to the girl and her sisters and
br others.
Boer Courtship.
Dom said only Site (take a seaD, and
then there was complete silence, which
lasted until the bowl of coffee was brought
in. Then each in turn spoke a few words.
Dom asked how everything was at the
'huis' (homeD and then we heard all about
the health of each one in the family. how
the cattle and the crops were doing, etc.
All the time we were drinking coffee. At
last the sutton rose and handed his chosen
bride the 'lachergoot Confectionery,
which she, blushing and laughing, ac-
cepted.
This was the critical moment for if
she had refused the gift that would have
ended the courtship. Now there was gayer
talk. until all but the two left the room,
for II was the right Of the sutton to remain
in the front room alone with her of his
choice. But so that he should not stay too
long, 'tante,' according to custom, stepped
up to the wax candla, and made a mark
on ii with needle, saying that the visit
night last until the candle burnt thus far.
This was a command that the most love-
sick swain dare not disregard.
The Boer with whom 1 lived had two
farm houses, enc of stone on the 'hoch-ve.t
that is, on the table land where he lived
with his herds in summer. The other.
smaller but well built. on the low land, was
inhabited from May to September, the win
ter in this country. The furniture was
simple, of yellow wood, without any cary
ings ornamentation. The sofas and
chairs lad seats of leather thongs. and
goatsklns, the hairy side up. served as
carpets. There We're no outbuiidngs for
the cattle, only stalls for the horses. The
cattle yard, 'kraal,' was merely sur
rounded by a stone wall.
Il was now again seized with the gold
fever. and in company with two brothers
by the name of Hudson started for the
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so soon as had an opportunity to make
the acquaintance of the Beers. found that
they were hospitable to a stranger who I'M
derstands their language and customs, but
an Englishman is seldom welcome on their
'platz or farm. The English know this and
the ignorant Beers do not know that Wales
belongs to Great Britain. The Beers hold
to ancient methods and customs with the
dustries but farming and cattle raising and
miners and mining are regarded mistrust-
fully. as. indeed. is any one who does not
Beers did, by raising cattle. All other pro-
ductive employment lies in the hands of
the Uitlander. and this causes no little un-
rest among the conservative Beers,
ION the farm where | had found employ
driven me out of the mining business, great
as meeting house 1 have counted as
| many as fifty OK wagons and as many
Cape carts laden with Boer families. My
| employer did a good business then. selling
! them his produce. Although L proclaimed
| myself a Swede l could not gain their con-
| fdence. for they had never heard of Swe-
| den. and believed that l was English.
| While here l saw how the Beers come
| counting. The girl was the daughter of my
| employer. The young man dashed up &c
| the house on horseback. wearing new
| clothes with an ostrich feather in his hat
| He made his fine horse prance and capel
! before the house ere he descended Their
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of ore.
Occasionally the veins are purer and
sometimes nuggets, 'nuff,' of pure gold are
found. The private individual sets his
hopes on this kind of finds, but they are
few and far between in the TransVaal
Still If he does find one it may make him
a millionaire in a minute.
The Transvaal Gold Fields.
ION our journey We rode right over the
place in which the Englishman George
found rich vein of gold year so later.
Arrived at the fields We found that we
could either work for Is shillngs day for
one of the companies sell them our ore
| II we found any. We had equipments
| one mule to carry the pack, one negro as
helper, small tent. bottle of nitric acid,
! a wooden mortar with an iron bottom, two
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MUSICAL MENTION.

Vladimir de Pachmann, the Russian plan
ist was born In Odessa. His first teacher
was his father, professor at the Univer-
sity of Odessa, and an amateur Viol1nist.
When at the age of eighteen Vladimir be-
came pupil in the Vienna Conservatory of
Music, where he studied two years under
Prof Dachs. He obtained the gold medal
and returned to Russia Here he appeared
In public with popular success, but not to
his own satisfaction. He continued to
study for eight years, then reappeared and
retired for two years. At last he thought
himself ready, and the rest of his career is
known to the musical world of two CONT
nents.
De Pachmann, as pianist. is well known
in America, having visited here several
times, and always leaving a favorable inn
preston. His Interpretation Of the works
Of Chopin is something never to be forgot
ten. He will, this season, make a tour UNI
der the management of Mr.. Henry Wolf
sohn. He began at the Worcester festival,
has given recitals in New York and will go
to Boston. Chicago and all of the large
cities in the United States. He will give
his recital here at the Columbia Theater
Wednesday afternoon. November %, at 4:15.
A new musical organization Is being or
ganized, and will be known as the Handel
Haydn Choral Society of Washington, D. c.
The purpose and aim Of this society is to
study and sing the works of the best COM
posers. The first business meeting was held
last Wednesday evening at 1127 10th street
northwest.
Prof. George Lawrence has returned to
the city after a three months vacation at
Carlin Springs, Va.
Messrs. Luckett and Dyer, managers Of
the Columbia Theater, have Just now an
important musical undertaking in prospect
It is a proposition to bring to Washington
the worlds most famous cantatrice, Nine
Emma Nevada, who. after fifteen years
absence in the European capitals, is now
on the ocean returning to her native Amer
lea; She win first be heard at the Metro
Der II. and shortly after that time will
come to Washington II the Columbia Thea
ter managers find g. sufficiently liberal re-
Spouse to the subscription book which they
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UlTLANDERS' CLAIM
They Say the Beers Have Never
Treated Them Fairly.
TAXED OUT OF ALL PROPORTION
Miners Must Put Up With Every
Kind of Injustice.
HATRED FOR THE ENGLISH
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star,
BERLIN. October Is. 1899
Much has been said on the side of the
Beers regarding the present difficulties in
the Tr&rsvaal. and the desire Is therefore
the greater to have some authentic state
ment on the part of the Uitlanders.
This is given in an account by F. J.
kaerrstroem, Swede. who has lately ar
rived in Germany after an eighteen years
sojourn in South Africa. His experiences
while there and the conditions which he
studied face to face are detailed below
His account of the unreasonable reguia-
tons passed by the Boer parliament will
account for much of the trouble which has
arisen.
The parliament" he says, was contin-
ually passing still more Oppressive laws
against the Uitlanders. to whom. although
they own the largest gold fields. all poIti-
cal rights We're denied
Only after an uninterrupted residence OF
fifteen years in the Transvaal can a man
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LICENSE.
For M 1871

1.-The Swedish subject, E. j. Kaerrs-
troem, in the district of the Sheha Gold
Washing Stock Company. block No. 1,0l4
stretching along the WATERFALLS river $50
point Alp on the north to the south. to be
worked: which discovery, which produces
gold quartz and is known as "Hudson's
Claim Is to be divided into ten claims, for
which the owners are to pay q tax of one
third Of the entire yield and 60 sterling 10
shillings per month into the treasury of the
company from and after this date.
'Barberton, April.
For the Sheha Stock Co,
I'D. BOIVE
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dirt to see If the gold lay there. In vain
was our prospecting for many days. All
that we found was the nest of an ostrich
from which we secured two fresh eggs
which served for breakfast for our party
for two days. Here were gold mine clubs
without number where the lucky men might
gamble away their hard-earned dust but
the revolver did not play SO large a part
in the proceedings on account Of the ex-
cellent order preserved by the English au-
thorities. Disguised, We were easily fool
ed by man known as Mac, who promised
for a sovereign each to show US good dig
gings. We spent the money on whisky and
always forgot
1--WE had been wandering about making
tests for several days under his guardian
ship, but in vain. One night he slipped
away, and when we went to our heart