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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

aeY anf appearances ~ prnsneAsfafgo,
that hIled the syfpersfIfloua Portuguese.
Who formed god half - the crews
win dfssnsy, fhs more 40 that rsanv ~
them could eaIy guess at the original
cause - what wse su7aa on. THE s,.~~f
- the monster wss - Sr~af tnsf hsr al
nost simultaneous appearance 81 pnfnss
widely separated nsa6s her ~eaa aff4uf-
fots, snd 80 she gave 10 chsrrs wnas-
sver Tor blow y certainly looked 80 II
All TIE bosss would - destroyed s~rtasteu'
Not eenfsnt win 6esiins ore TREMENDOUS
bIsw ~ bosf SRI r~f8efnz - ~ one~ -
= buDdi~ - lcgs~ beafds ene re~ewof
her sttenfsons assin erd again ~ ne
vfseksse as d~ssyninsd fhat rs &C.
stfusstea Should b~ cornpE~fe ritter ia.
noFsiixssisn hsd sefgsf afon fh@ vas@e.
sns SGT ~sape vss fhe orly fnooWNs
sovefnins seffsn nut fn~ fs~anrn gr9re
TIE shofs wss srsaf SRI ~ yersssf@nes
snf vie5f - 80 furfsee i~vf8shan - s4r
from SsFsfnishinS SEEMED 80 increases a@
ths fsfYfbl@ wofs wens m ~ les fsN
eosss 81 succeed ~ rsarh1ne fha h~~rs
~ refet where u ssops1 very ryaH.,st.
~ TIE ese-ss hss hsralv f~ap~ss sv~T-
bHafd g. run fh~fr cfsff up high ee4 e~v
when Gloss b~ntna their IN ire shaHsws
fnansa SRI rolled fHstf fefe~f1sss e~ev~v
fsss Tee late 81 sesch them ouf - ~
lafss nsrb~r - cell equipped bsass sysss
eft re ships fnst morning onfy fn~s.
f*p s@esped undsmsgsf ard she lssx -
ne see@ons reft wss grrarueffes,fs
over affY wen wsrs fatfv faf9rs9 80
SIS uhe ~ ~nef0 wss The Unhappy 81.
Sin - re whois froobs~. wege kiElef sss-
tight Ihs frfufr pheas avrrgpr - 49,
elstn cTspfinr Disappeared - silently a.
shs hs5 carsied 90 her deadly sea~fa~a
- fac 50 eq0sf - krown yrhtg~s $50
stth a. sctsnasisfef Aaers - e~n1vfs.,.
that spaif n pss~ftis r@na~. h~r 49,.
- d@Fh - sny sn@ssSrs~rffrr vnasa.
vf~n -" shoai6 seresffsr have fhe sst~.
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sise proved hsre~is - - aIsea<sx -
b~et~s snd eftpp~id the sses Io~s - s5.r.
~ ssffinx awsY from the sfsos and e~~s~~
nerfh - san Ffsnei-ee. fse~a - reas -
0th~f an1 nsofa pfDas4sg~ a<sfe<
ssessnds -afor1nIu Mss.rn~
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The Remarkable nssssao esss VIE
u New VIII sAs vs~ss INDIANS.
THE young Mexican s1ri Maria Teresa
Urea. who IL dsvoutiy believed ~
the Mexican Catholics TO 10 sndow-
ed with divine power. II now somewhere
among the Yaaui Indians In sonora. Mes-
leo, and, although they are the fercest
tribe In that republic and irrscoaciIabIs
IN their hostility to tho whites. they revere
her a. q prisstess. and obey her A. n She
were their queen. Thsrs II somsthsns
strange about Santa Teresa" as they
call her. she II = modest. unassuming
Mexican giri. the daughter Of . small
farmer In sonora, with very little eduea-
ton. but at an early are she developed
remarkable hypnotic or fnesmsrfc powers.
which caused the ignorant peasants 20
look upon her ~ more than human. 4
touch % her hand IL believed % BE-
cure for every mortal evil. and one Of her
prayers Of intereession . passport 20
Paradise. She does not claim divtne
power, but confesses that she does not
understand the source Of her influence
Her family were Catholics, but she has
never been strict In her observance Of
her religious duties.
In 1893 ! saw her 81 El Psso, q plain
looking SRI Of II or "a years. IN a spschled
shawl thrown over her head Her hair
fell in two trsids 10 her wAse ana she
looked much younger than she really was
she was then living under the care Of q
gentleman named Aguirre, the editor Of the
Mexican paper III Paso. having been COM
PEELED 10 leave Mexico by the authortiea
who accused her Of trying TO incise q revo-
luton. A band Of fanatics somehow got 4
notion that she was 10 be the mother Of
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and retailers Of tho queens houseaoIf.
~ 10 y0seasd Tor ~ ths ofacies ~ the
natives that tho shars ~ the sea aloubi
with . peculiar red hsh whenever there
10 az nl omen 10 the Hawaiian peopls--
- ~ tbs time ~ tho revolution and ~ the
cssib Of tba Princess ksiuisni, when ths
shores wsr. bloodg red WITH TIA Hiyrisds
~ these naBy creatures II would be 'as
fsfssting 90 know how faFsi ths red hss
81 this last great display ~ Hawaiian sus.
tens and national feeling When tire pro-
essss0s hsd turned from ins tomb. wBsn
tks imperial "ksiiIls' were carried faVsFs
entity 60 their places ~ safe hsep,ns wbsn
the fssthesed r1Hss we're laid away Ard
tia stirring straias - The stAfsssgaH gifi
rannsf'' psalsJ boldly forth. did iss SIM
mons - ns~ rule ard . Es~ civilization
send them scaffyln % tie Ssyths sf tbs
ecnaaf
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song has often made 4 name famous
that would otherwise have never been
known ou.sies n iimlte3 circle. The eu-
vance River In ons Instance, 'TwIoksns
hame Ferry" IL another Ths town OF
Twickonharn. Of abons 1000 people. on the
Thames. near London. - pretty place.
as English towns 10. ~ has the reputation
accrusrg as :he home OF q literary cs1ebfity.
in addition 90 10 fame 80 being the subject
OF a we!l.kn1wn cong Alexander Pope. en-
richsd ~ith tho proceeds OF hts Translation
Of the HAD. purchased the lease 81 villa
ana i've acres Of ground az Tw'ak enham,
where be lived Until Ms death. IN FW. His
remains were inferred here.
Ths song ''Txlcbsnham Ferry" 10 Appsr-
entity anonymous A copy 81 II IN the pos
sesaion - sks writer bars 70 authors
name. The music - ~ Thso. Aarrsls
The ferry 10 s'ili feature % the neigh
h9yhcoa Od-iims custom has not been
tranagressed the lsrryman stili rows ore
scfoss for q poHny. as IN the days when
the Gong was new. HOT thu ssirt ~ mod
ern advertising hss irpsiss tho owner -
the ferry to erect sgnbosri on which
appears the figure % young woman and
tho aTss thrs@ anes - ta~ s3nx
There 10 talk 81 a bFiGE. across the
Thames AZ Twi<kenhsg. bat rot - an
ssthuxaasile nature. Zoe sentimsn, sDrtlds
the replacing q 'bs terry 80 80 pfnsslo .
manner on The bank opposite ths iosn Q
wicket sase gives onsrsncs % 'hs nssa-
ows az HAM, as from tire "sfefa % ere
wbsrYy" tire view - The Thames 10 most
attractive. THE words q 'hs s9ng are 90
sallsws asi our readers hay iBfxs 10
s,ssfasslvem 60 - Whistler the . hs0l =
ssss to-day Shows aaT great aGvancemsat
ia srst!msni sn1 iFis poetry
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pDoynWDws W0DUO~v TssDs 49, 49,
D~v - 0es~D Uo~ Is3 K0uDow4
- He manager % ore 81 ne Cnl~a<o tns-
asers has he@n the suniscc e rg-1ers
that No was 20 30 married go oft~n
that hts friends are at \ loss - seoctsuf
for 70. Whenevsg . company e payers
comes 90 his gsayhcas@ Re . zfr4 90 -
seen psytng devoted ssrens5en 10 sosn~ NO.
man member - ne sxzr-xafsors md e go
- unmarried rurnor socn 1as nlrn srzaUxa
70 her.
Recently. wnea q new rurnsr 90 thls -u~s
was going tse rounas re y0unx wDrnau n
The story was approached AIpionnarieaisy oa
the subject. Soc bau~hsd grofszsssy sn2
evad~d the inquiry.
He - certasnesy an eiimbas psrtk- ~ss~
sssted The inanirer.
He IS agreeable. sr-thss II. 20 ns.s <sfd
the ingenue.
The next lay IRE rg1nnor vac rssnfo-r~s8
with an ASSERTION that fhs snn~nsss rad
been questioned and asa net 4enf~1 r.
friend Of the nssnsWer r1sxts inquiry 20
him In manner n1ors prfneef tnar ssg-
Iorratic he Opened the tiscuz~s0n frsfs.
so you're going to bs married. en-
lis THAI soT
That's what r hear: T guess ito sos
We'll. IL amt Not ON your life
The runner 10 out pretty strong
Whom have they cast for tho part1--
The inserua. and rye seem voa 0mr wfrn
her q few times myself
Say. you never nanawesf rhsas~-
When you do you viii "a seen oat with fn~
ingenues and tns leading lzfiss and tn~
fefnfnins stars every onrs I'm wNfls. f1s~
Ike ma It's about this way. rv~ xDx 70
Jolly thcss people. or they'll - xrs.Emx ossr
Of sorts and I'll have rry ow~ fronbEes re-
a good Zeal easier 20 szxs ire i@adfnx fssfy
out and buy her dfrn~r row xrf sH~r
than &c - 20 Ees Reg bark frto xnn1 nsf-
NOR after sne has rrszss ZAP reg u1tnsf roc
20 60 on s5rfe nsgnt n~rauss sNs @n~1afr
Ike The WY fh~ uffiftv man p~snfe SO
syebrows1 T may - reporf~sf - - snxxx-
Cd thr~@ or four tires ~v~~v rra#~- Bss
dnn't have arg rrounfs -srn fns w1-z~vs
stars who clay nc my Hons~~-f-hfr1uB
Tribune
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en- ~
=. -
Ii tse
r LII viii be glad 70 know juss wneFe tns
"a hottest place on earth In In times
past there has been much oispulasson
ever the subject bat the Authorities Are
now agreed on the spot ] AN about 70
0amA Curiousiy enough. THIS territory ~
not . desert. not Fort Yuma. not even tns
Arizona plains. although poet wen oe-
seribed them BY declaring tina. tne Ioss
speSt@ wandering IRON tnsI IuInA'
ooodss. stood on the poroefs Ok tnsA ts-
zion. with eyes blinded oy the sun re-
nsctsd siars. tnan m 1sssof no.Issa s. 0. &C..
10 TIER supaurous saxsso avoso "
hest. No. the hottest place In tne wofia
-. with ~ respect 70 ocean soumeF ~
sorts. on the seasnore.
Inc region OF MAXIMUM sempefatuie -
IN exsenuvs area on the rersiAn eu1. =
paft or me soufnwestsSn coast OF rsssiA
Tna territory Includes Also the Hanrein OF
Avail Islands. June. July ana august efs
terrific. unenduraole save 70 the nacve@
and hideous To tHsm. Day afssr Gay ths
mefcury Wiz marx moro tnan ioo degrees
n the shade. BY DAY here ! mean tns
0auxpd twenty-1our houSs Think OK "
you who look with fearful eyes On Inc
thermometer that registers 100 degrees ~
noontimA Imagine the horror OF striking
q match q Midnight ana reading uo a.
srees. It hardly seems possibie. yet II v
e0l0aily declared that this frightful heat
II not sxcessive-in that country. Often
- degrees In the shade y attained In the
afternoon
The Islands are ANAL group, named.
oftar the largest. Bahfein. They Es be-
tween latitude = dagrees - minutes and
- DEGREES - minutes north. and longitude
- degrees and q degrees - minutes east
Bahrotu Itself Il about 4wsnty-seven m.ies
lonr ana ten m1lae broad The population
Of The group q 5g.0ol Tue natives are for
the most Part Arabs, governed BY
eheIkh. Who nays tribute 10 the sultan Of
Oman.
The isaand Of Bahrsan n the one peculiar
IL Cursed In the interior the around n
hfIlv. WITH 4 fertile sofl thu, produces
vhesA- harley. datea f,gs ana r1,e TIE.
Thers Are ahsrndans spesnsp OF rood water,
Tyhia = thu infsr1or. ON the coast there n
TIE a-ef,, h~af tina, uR,r4vcl~ fhts mar, of
IRA ,vor36-and there n no vater excep, the
~ ~1vea AZ ths Persian s.nH. The spr,ngs
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sssuf esnfis wf<n fproufisx asse-4~~ s.r-
esfns a@~s fhfir hrs~n barxz par fs.~~e
sf~ ~ istfie fkinrp~ sra ne seA~sa -
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activity in the field, which is generally
conceded to be sixty five, although the
United States retires her generals ear
ier.
Lord Wolseley, it is expected, will re-
tire next year, and he is to be succeed
ed by Lord Roberts, a soldier of no less
ability.
Probably Wolseley's enduring fame
will rest chiefly on the Ashantee expe-
dition which followed his Canadian
campaign. 1t was in Egypt in 1882 that
Wolseley fought the Mahdi's troops,
and two years later he made his IA
nous attempt at the rescue of Charles
Gordon from the deviltry of the Mahdi
al Khartoum.
In Alexandria he put in practice the
famous ruse which was the cardinal
feature of the campaign; and, finally,
he fought the decisive battle on the
very spot which he had specified before
leaving England. Wolseley's march
across the desert to within striking dis
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IN THE FIERY HE'LL
OF AN
OCEAN STEAMER.
My Lady and Her Companion
who Promenade the Deck
Know Little of the Aw-
full Tragedy Below.

The German Emperor, noted for his
humanity to WOrkingmen if not to
aristocrats, says that the stokers in
the modern steamship perish from the
effects of the heat they are forced to
endure because the shipbuilders con-
struct the stoke-holes too small. The
Emperor on his yacht Hohenzollern
has remedied this fault, and the men
feeding the boilers of his ship are al
lowed more fresh air than any of their
colleagues employed on a vessel of
equal engine power.
Many of the swiftest of the ocean
greyhounds have fifty-six engines,
every one of which can be made to
work independently of all others, if
necessity should make it desirable. OF
these the two engines driving the
screws are the most powerful Passen-
gers can observe their workings from
the upper deck through a glass roof
surmounting the engine house.
Take a trip in ina agination down to
the stoker's hole of a modern steam
ship. When you enter the latter by a
small door you are nearly knocked off
your feet by the sudden gust of burn
ing hot air striking you.
In the iron floor is a hole which leads
to the lower regions. An iron ladder is
the medium of descending, and the act
is accomplished in a backward fashion,
while you hold on for dear life on the
side ratings.
After two or three minutes you land
on a narrow long bridge. Semi dark
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stranger in a foreign land. But If
Wolseley had been less polite to his
host, less earnest in his speeches re-
garding him, he would have escaped
the deluge of unfavorable public COM
ment which was heaped upon him in
the North.
Whatever may have been Wolseley's
sentiment at that time he squared
himself North years after at the funeral
OF General Grant, who was the soldier of
the North. as Lee was the soldier of the
South Unable to leave his post, he
sent his regrets and wrote a very
hearty letter of admiration for the
man who had fought so bravely.
These two incidents illustrate better
than could be done in any other way
the peculiar characteristics of Eng
lands hardest fighter. Wolseley is alb
solutely without fear Oblivious to
public opinion, devoted to his country
and anxious to serve his Queen in all
capacities. he has lived a life with no
other object in view.
According to English courtesy, there
is no exact retiring point for the head
of the army. 1t was supposed that
Wolseley would retire in five years, as
he had nearly reached the age limit of
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tance of Arabis entrenchment, which
offered the most favorable opportunity
for the assault, was the greatest known
triumph of military skill.
Off the field-for Wolseley has not
fought every minute of his life-he has
proved himself an author by writing
many books. These include the follow
ing welI-known works: Narrative OF
the War with China, etc" The Soldier
Pocket Book for Field Service" The
system of Field Manoeuvres,' and an
exhaustive biography of the Duke Of
Marlborough.
As an after-dinner speaker, Lord
Wolseley has become famed. He has
a loud, clear voice, a sharp, concise de-
livery and magnetism. These qualities
are unusual in a general. General
Grant was the 1.-The Silent Orator" He
could only stand up, smile and humble,
but he always got wild applause from
his audience.
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he was born in Ireland.
Scarcely had he loaded his gun when
he was suddenly recalled to active serv-
.ce. Commodore Wilkes in the San
Jacinto" had perpetrated the Trent
outrage" and the British government
Immediately sent for Wolseley in order
to insist on reparation.
In the dead of winter he took passage
with a brigade of guards on the steam
ers Parana and Adriatic, and, accom-
panied by a couple of batteries of artil-
lerys he came over to Canada,
in those days the ocean passage was
slow, and by the time Wolseley had
reached his allotted post on the st.
Lawrence matters had quieted down;
so that General RumIey, who was dis
patching relays of sleigh loads from
St. Johns into the interior, was ordered
to slacken up his haste. The United
States had liberated Messrs. Mason and
Slidel, and there was an amicable set
tlement in sight.
In the next year, 1852, Wolseley made
himself the best beloved and the most
hated man in America. AS a Britisher,
neutral. and entitled to courtesies, he
secured leave from the government to
visit the Confederate capital, and ac-
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cordingIy he sailed up the Potomac and
visited Richmond, where he met Gen
eral Lee and enjoyed a very pleasant
visit with him.
Then the news became spread abroad
throughout the United States that
Wolseley had allied himself with the
South, and the North was bitter
against him and against England.
After he returned to Canada Lord
Wolseley expressed himself openly in
approval of General Lees personal
aracteristics- He declared him to be
one of the most cultured men he had
ever met, and he told several private
friends in an open way that he cOnsid-
cred it one of the great privileges of his
life to have met General Robert f. Lee.
In the light of later events this act
of Wolseley and these words of his,
meant nothing from a political stand
point; they were merely the gentle
manly expressions of an Englishman
who had been cOurteously treated by
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THE RETIREMENT OF
ENGLAND'S ROARING LION
Gallant Lord WOseIy Lay Down His Burden Head of the
EngIish Army and Lord Roberts to Take it up

of the troops in Dublin; and before that
he had commanded the British forces in
every quarter of the earth owned by
her Majesty.
HIS CANADIAN CAREER.
The period most of interest to US on
this side of the Atlantic is that between
1S60-70, during which time Lord WOlse-
ley was stationed in Canada Contrary
to the course of most British generals
in Canada, he interested himself in the
affairs of the United States, and for
the ten years during and following the
civil war his name was as we'll known
in the United States as that of any of
its own generals.
The way in-which WOIseley, who was
then colonel, came to Canada is inter
esting- He had been fighting in China
and had accompanied the advance on
Pekin- He had had a narrow escape
from capture by the Tartars, and was
prominent at the destruction of the ia
nous Summer Palace of Pekin. On re-
turning to England, early in 1861, Col
WOlseley received d promotion and was
given a heightened leave of absence.
Packing his grip, he started for Cork
where he had promised himself some
great huRting in his native woods, for
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CFrom our London Correspondent.)
London, July 1.-England is prepar-
ing to bid farewell to her oldest and
best soldier. To go further, one might
say that the United Kingdom will soon
lose the best head its army ever had.
This is with due apologies to the
Duke of Cambridge, who was q good
man, renowned, first, for his cOusinship
to the Queen; and, second, for his great
conservatism. Cambridge was blamed
for deeds which bore the stamp of the
old fOgy, but Cambridge knew a good
fighter when he saw one, and to him
belongs the merit OF establishing the
British army in a permanent way.
England's present marvellous suprem-
acy on land and sea is largely due to
the old man who preceded the present
head Of the army.
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, after forty
years of harG fighting in India, the
Crimea, Canada, Africa and the Medit-
erranean, was appointed chief of the
British army November /, 1895. He had
for a long time been acting head of the
army, but the actual title and the i'm
mense emolument for the position did
not become his until that year. Pre-
vious to this he had been in command
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CHINESE NOBILITY SHOWN BY
BUTTONS.

Buttons play an important part in
the dress of Chinese mandarins. Those
of the first and second class wear
button of coral red, suggested, perhaps,
by a cocks comb, since the cock is the
bird that adorns their breast.
The third class are gorgeous with a
robe on which a peacock is emblazOned,
while from the center of the red fringe
of silk upon the hat rises a sapphire
button. The button of the fourth class
is an opaque, dark purple stone, and
the bird depicted on the robe is the
pelican
A silver pheasant on the robe and
clear crystal button on the hat are the
rank of the fifth class. The sixth class
are entitled to wear an embroidered
stork and a jadestone button; the sew
enth a partridge and an embossed gold
button In the eighth the partridge is
reduced to a quail and the gold button
becomes plain, while the ninth class
mandarin has to be content with a
co1nmon sparrow for his emblem, and
with silver for his button.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-07-12

CFrom our London Correspondent)
launching of the Shamrock. AS secret
ly as though she was a warship, steal
ing a surprise upon the enemy, attend
ed by none save her gOdmother, Lady
Russell, of KillOwen, who christened
her, and by Fife, who made her, and
by Captain Hogarth and her owner
she had glided down her slips and
reached the sea with not more than
ten persons near enough to hear the
splash.
On board stood Sir Thomas Upton,
pale with excitement and expectation
sailed the English waters" said he,
after the ceremony, to our correspond
The Topeka state journal., 1899-07-12

win.
This much I will say" and Sir
Thomas Upton pointed his finger at
our reporter, ''if the Shamrock does
not bring back Americas Cup no other
yacht need try to do so. Not at pres
ent, at least, until there are discoveries
of new metals and new racing possibili-
ties.
the best-built boat in the world They
have been busy for days polishing her
outside to give her the smOOthness of
glass and making her perfect in every
respect. Neither time nor money has
been spared upon her. If I desired
could have hurried the work at Mill
wall faster, but I preferred to allow
the builders to take their time, and they
have given me a beauty.
THE cost of the Shamrock? That is
difficult to say, if you want it exactly.
She has cost fully $500, 900. But she
viii repay it in the honor which she