The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
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- AN FRAScrsco. July a-Ths
celebration OF the Fourth in San
~ FRANCISCO was not characteSsssd
N0y By that ezubssant enthuss.sn
which marked tfs observance last
ysar. owing 70 the abatement OK
the war fever which = ysar ago wac at
ifs height. but the patriotism Of the people
Was none the less made manifest Monday
was practically holiday. and consequently
hundTeas cf business men took advantage
Of the fbrss days suspenslon OF bnsness
and ger otss Of town for a brief vacation.
This. of egnsxe made the day compare
t.vesy esses III the City, We sill had young
America vita ~. howevtr. and he con-
fribnted ns usual share Of noise and a1dec
20 the work 0f the fire department. by IN
careiessness There WAS parade In which
WEIR two tfsousand regular soldiers, and
several Interesting Eniae.e features among
ether thinks and q large crowd turned out
70 witness 4. In the preiIminaries Of the
ceIehrat.cn there was . scandal which ~
one t.rne threatened to mar. IL net inter-
Tupt, the preparations for the public OBJ
ssrvance a ahe day. hut prompt action
by the Fourth Of July committee n,pDed
The .msst sss tn the bud. =. y. chretien. .
ve1k t1oHzf 3awysr. and "Coi." r. r. Rob-
fnsCns who has figured - . baseball man
axer and other semi-public positions. were
expelled from the committee for having At
tempted 10 extort money fren Q citizen
tor psrben4i upe. The COMMITTEES and the
peepie ri 1ree sdenounced the attempt -
EHE night ever the presideucy Of the Uni
ysreity Of California seemed practically
settled two weeks ago. when BENJAMIN Ida
Wheeler. Of Cornell. was chosen 10 fill the
place. but recent developments make Il
po1eihas.s n not probable. that Il WI have
70 b settled again. wheeler who In IN
emtneuf educator on good salary. declines
20 take up the Responsibilities Of the presi-
dency unless he can have the selection OF
the faculty. The regents. for reasons best
known 10 themselves. are opposed to grant
ing this authority, although II In now the
general custom In al big universities and
In many of the smaller Institutions. Con-
seQuentiy there IL hitch in the negot.a-
TONS and unless the regents decide To give
PrDf. Wheeler far more power than has
ever been bestowed upon . president OF
the institution before. the presidency Of
the big school win be apt to remain va
cant.
Gov. Gage has made good his threat that
he would force the regents to rescine the
tax OF so laid on each student TO meet the
university deficit. At meeting OF the
board. held this week. the decision was
reached to abolish the tar and hedge on
expenses to prevent . deficit
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THE collapse Of the Lower California
mining boom was rs complete an IL was
sudden. The news OF the death OF score
OF Mexicans who tried to cross the desert
waste OF thu peninsula TO reach the mines
OF fabulous richness gave the final pune
ture that caused the boom To collapse
First reports tod OF wonderful styi2es
made b. unskii.ed prospectors. and hum
dreds sought the mines expecting to 9ind
kiondike under the TROPICAL sun. but
they found instead that eyeA Mexicans
could not make poems wage&14the mines. =
Very few remained long enough TO make
any elaborate exploration bur the experts
say that there 10 little gold there.
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THE old fight between the FEDERAL and
state quarantine officials was renewed
when the Japanese liner Nippon Maru
sailed into port carrying the germs OF
Bubontc plague. Three steerage passen-
gers. . Chinese and two japanese. died OF
the disease on the voyage. but as the vos-
sci was well fam!gated at Honolulu being
held there several days. the Federal OH
GERS decided thar brief delay, with fumiga-
ton. was sufficient here. The steerage
passengers were landed. at quarantine, hut
the day after her arrival the steamer was
permitted To dock. The state health OIL
~
the landing of cabin passengers or freight
aud police officers enforced the boards
mandates Finally the Japanese line OH
Gals haalca the vessel out into the stream.
fntfssa;rd once more and then the pas
sengers and freight were lan.ed. The case
Il interesting because of the legal point
invoived-the question as To the proper
sphere Of the Federal aud state health Of
feers. This question must finally be de-
etaed hy the courts nv surely n n not
within the province Of both state and ma
tien To establish and enforce general quar-
ant.ne laws. rnk.nd fate seems to follow
the steamers OF the japanese line Scarce
" vessel has made the trip that has net
met with snishap, delay or sickness.
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THE peculiar case of nr C. c. ]. wsch-
endorf. fhe squaeks' doctor. who Is ac-
cusec OF numbering John kehienheck n a
cheap lodging house here, has aroused
deep interest in police AMI legal circles.
The Facts as 50 far obtained would fur
ntss rlet for "A thrilling novel Kehlen-
herk died ~ mcryhIna poisoning white un-
Ger the care 81 Waeheaderf Invest CATION
revealed that Wschenderf had kept KEN
leuteek a willing pr!soner~siave. almost
by me ans 81 morphine kehieneeck had a
PAINFUL d.ssaM and Went II the "t.cctor''
for relief. Nsscsaendcrf learned that his
patient had some money I'm hank here
plans 10 set II, Instead Of seeking 10 cure
kchleneesk be gave him morphine. Thls
relies sd bis pain AMI In a SHORE time he
became slave 10 the irsg ard did the
hiding 81 wachen5esf. who be feared
would deprive him OF his ore source az
Peace and cemfes'. So little h little the
interruptions uaaek sucked his Victims
blood and AZ The same ssrne DESTROYED his
mora ard mental power. A. last. when
sse money was gore. THE pear desire led /
wretch GGcs whether by accidental ever
desc or az sae resa,ls cf murteruus intent
no ene san tell certainly The police and
eoTowevs Jury say thar Kehi.naeck was
murdered. ard las the ertme 70 the man
who Was With hsn ard SO, MS n, vney
Vaehsndaxt = row IN iasi ava ting exam
tnaIs1n.
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e AfdEgENiA'S fruit crop tAss season /
promises well, Although sas yseNi Is
rot as larse aa - Sesne Years fne ausi ~ /
ef sae fruit Is very high ard prices VIII he /!
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