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arrivals. and at the same time provided
for their regular customers. AS Seattle's
resources in hotels and lodging-houses
have an expansive faculty, il was pos
sible to house the strangers from abroad
without difficulty until very recently.
During the past ten days, however, 1t
has been necessary for the hotel men
to send travellers to Tacoma for a day
or SO, until, by the departure of steam
ers for. the North, the pressure could be
relieved.
Other expedients nave been escorted to
to prevent people from walking the
streets in search of rooms. For exam
pie, in several instances the conductors
of incoming trains have been requested
by wire TO allow passengers on tine sleep
ers to remain in their berths over night
after arriving here. thus giving the ho-
tel men. a chance to provide for them
on the day following. This arrangement
has been satisfactory all around. in more
than one instance.
It is on record that numbers of people
coming here to purchase their outfits or
transact other business preparatory to
sailing for Alaska, nave gone to Ia
ing over TO the city the next day 10
transact their busin, SIS. In other ways.
too. incoming travellers late at night
have been taken care OF. One popular
method for the experienced commercial
traveller h finds his hotel full to over
flowing. Is TO go to some Turkish bath
house and put up for the night. This
arrangement IS not without its advan-
tages.
Ihere are some motel men In Seattle
who believe that a meeting Of hotel pro-
p~rietors should be called to draft a plnn
for taking care of the surplus Of travel.
Ferdinand Schmitz. Of the Butler, Is one
of these. Mr.. Schmitz said Yesterday:
1T would be n great advantage If people
who ave a spare room or two In their
houses would notify some central au-
thority or some organization Of hotel
men. Then ii would be possible for the
hotels TO send "A guest for whom they
have no accommodations 20 a private
house for a daV or two until other uro-
vision could be made. Thus the business
tnat Is now being s'ng olsswaSro Would
be kept IN Seattle"
The hotel men say. owevar. tlJt the
present unusually busy season IS not Ges-
tined to keep up but "A few weeks. rud
that with the departure soon ~ the
larger Alaska liners for Nome he tan
sion will be materially relieved and pusi-
ness again assume its normal condition.
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h~otel-kecpers and their resources taxed
10 the uttsrmost while the problem of
entertaining the new arrivals daily grows
more difficult Of solution.
\ glance along either First or Second
avenue IN the business district at any
hour viii reveal plenty OF evidences OF
the plethora az people soiourning here
nom the East ON their way 10 find for
tune ia the gravel beds Of the Boring
sea coast The busiest hour OF the day
on FIRST avenue IS .iifereut from that
on Second. a little further up town. BE-
tween ! and 100 o'clock In tho afternoon
the It'd OF people swslls 20 it's greatest
height on First avenue. At tina time the
restaurants u eriN rooms Of the lower
business district empty themselves and
the people come streaming out and go
eagerly about their business. Hundreds
of business men lunch down town who
help swell 'he croNds of a~fter-luncheon
p-romeuaaers.
For a time between 2-M and 4 II is ebb-
tlde on First avenue But not so on
second avenue. Here the thronEs az
shoppers are largest during any time in
nc AFTERNOON: Way Il IS so Is perhaps
inexplicable. but q study of the habits
O. people IN Seattle vii reveal the facf
that Second avenue Is busiest between
ana O'Clock as a rule. for at least
hve days IN tho week on Saturday
evenings, OF course. there are more PEG.
pie out than AZ any other time during
the entire week.
The accompanying half-tones, made
from photographs taken yesterday for
the Post-lnteligenccr show two busy
street scenes in Seattle. One feature ~
the crowds on the street is the large
number OF faces strange 90 old-time res
ldents. 81 seattle The Fastener is be-
tTaycd by both his dress and mis- man
ner. He usually dons the first Install
ment here Of his Nome eostuaa. This
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AMI MENTs.
At the seattle Theater.

Sunday night. May ~. a. the Seattle
theater Edwin n. Lang friends Ia seat
tie viii give him a farewell testimonial
prior 20 his departure Tor Nome Mr. Lang
has given Seattle quite a number OF enter
tainments. employing none but Seattle
people. Manager Howe has given the use
- tho thcater. etc. at nominal cost. and
as tho Roster & Bial speciality Tn
are IN Seattle on their way to Nome. AR.
Lang has secured their services for mex
sunday night. Among the aet may he
mentioned the "FuiEor9 Bros. who clay
on a number OF novel musical instruments
~iN entirely BY electricity, the Roberts
SniiaV CO. TN a groteslue singing AMI
dancing Acrohauc comedy assisted 10y tNo
~oHrfect acting dogs, the great Herr
Bush IN a marvellous eXhibi. Ion ~ tias-
nc revolution, Miss Jennie Guichard In
Dor famous Cucn songs; Rojetta and la
Jess. c~ontoruonlsts. Miller Brothers. IA
NOUS dlorama. Miss Jack" Casad
Richards and Richards In a rural
sketch. John Burns. Edwin r Lang as
the "Postical Tramp" a character he has
made famous In AFnerica ard europe, aoi
Many others. concluding wi,h DAME. sag
lYs i~aUghabie Sne-aCt comedy, Tn
n~eighborty N~eiEhbors"
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NOTHING
LIKE
CUTicURA
SOAP

SOAP rtfnOVts INT tWusV VI
disfguring eruptions, red, rough hands, scaly
scalps with falling hair, and baby rashes, viz:
the clogged, innamed, orirritated condition OF
the PoREs No other soap is to be compares
fving the skin, scalp, hair, and hands, and for
all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Sold throughout the world. PoTTLR DRUG
AND CHEM. CORP, Props, Boston. How TO
nave q Clear Complexion" free.
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GREAT INFLUX Of PEOPLE,.
Fasteners Come by Thousands on
Their Way to Nome Gold Fields.
HOW THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

with Their Accommodations Al
ready Taxed Hotel Men rug
with the Problem of Housing New
Arrivals-Nany Visitors Are Sent
to Tacoma Until Rooms Can BE
Had-street Scenes in Busy Hour.
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Seattle is entertaining within her gates
more people than ever before in ordi-
nary times of travel, barring fete days
and patriotic celebrations. In the daily
increasing crowds of visitors is found
the surest evidence that Seattle. the
gateway to the Northern empire of gold
and the Far Eastern empire of COM
merce, has never for a moment lessened
her hold on the rad with the gold
fields of the Yukon and Alaska The
Nome rush has brought here a floating
population variously estimated at from
1900 to 10000 people. As a result the
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accounts for the large number of big
white felt hats worn by the men on the
street nowadays. This style of hat is an
approach to the sombrero of the plains.
III is a sure sign that the wearer is
merely stopping here preparatory to
moving on" His direction is towards
the North pole.
AS to the problem of housing and feed
ing the thousands of travellers, the hotel
men say that only by the greatest exer-
ton have they taken care of the new
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Cape Nome
OutfittinQ.

Every person in this gro
Gerry establishment working
his best 10 keep up with the
rush OF Nome orders. Old
time prospeotors oompli-
nlent us on our system of
packing goods. Everything
In charge OF experts who
understand the saving OF
valuable freight space. The
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Queens birthday.


n@ $50 SN S0
for round trip On steamship historian TO
Victoria. d. G, on account OF queens
birthday celebration. May - Tickets
good going INST 90 9Th inclusive: good re
turning 18TH. Elaborate programme q
celebration. Victorian leaves Yeslcr wharf
uls p. m, daily except Sunday. DodweIl
& Co. Ltd. lis James street. Seattle. zee
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LEAVE FOR THE SEAT Of WAR,
Rival Democratic Factions to Be-
gin Big Fight at Spokane.
JUDGE WHITES SUCCESSOR.

Lee Hart VIII Make Race for Ma
tionaI Committeeman Senator
Turner May He Chosen in Case
Hart Lo~ses-Rogers and His Cam
didacy May BE an Issue In the
Convention-An Incomplete Slate.
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such other and further relief az they may
In justice and equity he entitled to-
, 1900-04-12
WEBSTER DAVIS FOR BOERS.
Makes a Strong Speech at Washington Which Creates Great
Enthuiasm Big Crowd Attends.

Washington, April o. Webster
Davis, late assistant secretary OF the
Interior, made a profoundly impressive
speech at the Grand opera house last
night, before an audience that liter
ally jammed the auditorium and the
stage. Thousands We're unable to gain
admittnnce. On the stage were Sena-
tors Mason and Allen, Representatives
Lentz, De Almond, Shafroth, Talbert
and SulZer, the latter accompanied by
Judge Conlan of New York. Mr..
Davis address consumed two hours in
delivery, and evoked tears, derislve
laughter and enthusiasm of a remark
able description. Some administration
lists were in the house. They Missed
Chairman Moran's uncomplimentary
references to the administration, but
the Kisses were lost amid Il hurricane
of applause.
One man interrupted Mr.. Davis
when he was speaking of the British
control of the mail and cables, by
saying: Yes, and they own the nd
m~inistration." Ii was n crucial test.
There was intense silence for n mo-
ment. Then Mr.. Davis replied: Let
the administration alone. 1t is Il pa
triotic one and will do It's duty"
Secretary Davis made these import
ant points:
First-That there are 100000 British
in the field and only 10000 Beers.
Second-That the Beers have not
violated the Red Cross and the white
flag.
Third-That the British have done
both.
Fourth-That the British use dunn
dun bullets.
IHffth rrb,s tl, pritfgI lnCt o ono
men on the Spion kop, while the Beers
lost but 147.
SlXth-That Buffers army of 10000
and Whites of 10000 were made to
suffer n loss of 10000 men by 1000
Beers.
Seventh-That the attitude of this
country is continuously misrepresented
throughout Europe by British agents,
to give the impression that the United
States VIII resent any Intervention iu
South Africa by European nations.
Eighth-That the British Lancers,
after Il battle was over, lanced all the
wounded burghers.
Ninth-That II wounded British sol
dler asked a fOurteen-year-old boy
Boer for u drink of water, and when
the boy offered him n drink out of his
canteen the British soldier stabbed him
to the heart.
The evening was one of excitement,
Mr.. Davis speaking with vchcmence,
with pathos, and always with intense
dramatic effect. When he depicted the
gallant efforts of the Beers and their
success against an overwhelming force
Of the British, shouts of dcrision arose.
When he told of the British acts of in
humanity, the auditors shuddcred and
women grOaned ulOul. When he COM
pared the Beers with the American
colonial patriots the excitement was
hysterical. Compliment Washington,
In its official circles, has been thrilled
tonight as 1t has not been In years.
, 1900-04-12
ROBERTS ADVANCE DELAYED.
He Needs Horses and His Men Need Heavy
Clothing

London, April Y.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post, tel
e%graphlng Fiday, says:
anxiety need be felt as to the
security of Bloemfontein, although the
enemy succeed in destroying telegraph
ic communication and eve in cutting
the railway for n brief period.
"A number of civilians, including La
dy Bentinck and Lady Edward Cecil,
who arrived here recently from Cape
Town, left to-day in compliance with a
general order issued by the authori-
ties"
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News, t~elcgraphing Friday, says:
lowing to II lack of horses, II to the
suffering of the men from pneumonia,
due to thin clothing. Lord Roberts has
decided not to make n big move until
the troops are provided with thicker IN
iforms."
The BlOemfontein correspondent of
the Times, telegraphlng Friday, says:
"The Beers now stretch in a thin line
from Sannas Post on the south to n
point east of JagerSfOntcln. The rail
way stations are amply protected, but
their defense necessitateS heavy patrol
ling work.
"Thc question of protecting the sur
rendered Free SKATERS Is DelIS SOlNeu
by their reception into the military
camps. Many are Hooking here. but it
is reported that the farms westward of
the capital are tenantcd by women on
ly, the men having r~c-joined the Boer
commanders"
The American scout, Burnhnm, teSti-
fies TO the terrific pace with which the
BOer commanders We the ground,
and the ease with which they move
their guns.
The Beers are displaying increased
activity in Natal. but there is no sign
that General Butler Is moving.
, 1900-04-12
CHILDREN SEE THE QUEEN.
FIrey Thousand G, to Dublin to Get IA
Glimpse of Victoria.

Dublin, April S,-The childrcn's
demonstration, which closed Queens
week in Ireland, was probably II of
the most gladstone days either the
Queen or Dublin has known in years.
Certain it is HAT the Queen is making
fresh conqucsts daily, and her mnjes-
tvs many nets of personal sclf-sacri-
flee have completely won the hearts Of
the people of Ireland.
Yesterdays demonstration had ele-
mcnts of joy which the Queen has eX-
%pcricnced, but seldom in the rccen
gloomy months. There We're miles of
cheering children under II continuous
canopy of tlutterinE flags, with n back
ground of thousands of hOllday-mak-
ing elders who accompanied them.
The charming weather tended to
make the celebration in every way de-
lightful, not only to the Queen, but to
the little princes who followed in the
royal procession.
The genuineness and spontaneity of
he children's welcome kept her maj
esty in continual good humor, and yet
visibly affected her deeper feelings ms
well. The fact that 10000 children mr.,
rived and departed from Dublin with
out serious accident so far as known,
is not the least remarkable feature of
the day.
, 1900-04-12

The senate committee on commerce
has reported a bill for the establish
ment of a department of commerce and
industries. While the multiplication OF
offices ordinarily is not an unmixed
blessing, there is sometimes a necessi-
ty for it, and at other times conditions
are such as to indicate the wisdom of
making an experiment in that direc-
ton, though 1t must be admitted that
there is little hope of abolishing an
office, however useless 1t may prove,
once 1t is created. The closer the gov
eminent can be brought in contact
with industrial activity, and the more
nearly 1t can be made business enter
prise, as distinguished from a political
machine, the better 1t will be as a gov
eminent.
, 1900-04-12
Faotional Fight In Kentucky.

Middlesboro, Ky, April 9.-Much ex-
element prevails here owe II clash of
the authorities last night. VIII Mosley,
II special policeman, shot Charles Cecil,
a deputy sheriff, and was himself later
killed by unknown persons. Warrants
have been sworn out for the arrest OF
Chief of Police King, John Mosley, u
brother Of the man killed, and VIII
sullivan.
The latter two, who were extra po-
llccmen, Went with Chief of Police
King to arrest II negro who had been
released by the city judge.
The fight is the outcome of the bit,
ter feeling that has existed mere be
tween two factions, and the end is diff.
ticult to predict. The situation is alarm.
ing tonight.
, 1900-04-12

1t is said that there are several So
cieties in this country that are organ
lied for the purpose OF importing Eu-
ropean birds. The announcement is
somewhat indefinite, but if the purpose
is as stated, to Introduce various kinds
of birds. the sooner the government
puts a stop to such enterprises the
better. We have suffered enough
though sometimes, as in the case OF the
English sparrow, the damage is imag-
mary we think-from such enthusiasm.
Massachusetts, has spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars to rid itself of a
moth which u scientist imported for
use as a silk worm. The English spar
row has deied liberal and perhaps mis-
guided governments, states and towns,
to exterminate it.
, 1900-04-12

The most amusing feature of the
present violent crusade being conduct
ed by the press of New York against
immortality in plays. to those familiar
with such extravagant campaigns. is
the probability that the newspapers
are acting from anything but earnest
motives in so DANGEROUSLY demanding
the suppression of "Sapho," "Zaza" and
other plays of a like nature. 1t is a
mock campaign, seemingly conducted
solely for the notoriety and advertis-
ing which the individual papers can
squeeze out Of the affair.
, 1900-04-12

The immense development of the ex-
port trade of the United States and
the almost limitless possibilities for
its further extention are intimated in
figures given out recently by the
statistical bureau at Washington.
From this 1t appears that, in so far Off
a country as Russia, American ant
facturers are competing successfully
with their German and English rivals
and that American bicycles. agricul-
tural machinery, steam engines and
tools in general are extensively sold
among the Black Sea provinces. The
figures given show that our sales in
Russia in 1899 amounted to less than
two and one-half million dollars and
that in the year 1893 they exceeded
ten million.
, 1900-04-12

Washington, April 9.-Gcncral Otis
has been formally relieved of the ON
mand of the United States forces in
the Philippines and of the Eighth army
corps. The general wrote from Manila
April 3rd:
Private interests require by return
TO States; wish TO sail by May list If
possible"
The secretary of war replied as fol
lows:
The President regrets TO have you
leave the Philippines, but he feels that
your distinguished aud successful ser
vice in both military and civil admin
istration for nearly two years entities
you Il prompt compliance with what
ever wish you choose 30 express re-
garding your assignment to duty, and
the requisite order will he made for
your return May LIST. General Me
Arthur will succeed you as military
governor"
, 1900-04-12
HE SAVED THE STAKES.
A Chinese Governor Gives the Engineers
n Lot of Trouble.

A Chinese Governor Gives the Engineers
n Lot of Trouble.
There is n humorous side to the for.
eign troubles in China. The chief en-
gineers of the railway that is being
built through Shang-tung province by
the Germans complained to a taotoi,
or local governor, that the people pulled
I'D and carried off the stakes that sur
veyors had driven into the ground to
guide the construction gangs in grad
ing the right of way, SO that he had
been compelled to do the work over
three or four times. The taotoi prom
Used that the mischief should stop, and
said that he would give the matter his
personal attention. The surveyors
went over the line again and marked
it out carefully with wooden pegs.
When they came back a few weeks
later they were Disguised to find that
every one of the markers for miles had
disappeared. The chief engineer in
the neat of his wrath rushed off to the
taotoi to make complaint, and the lat
ter, with a smile that was childlike mad
bland, attempted to soothe him, saying:
THE stakes are all right, every one
of them; ] had my men go out and take
them all up and keep them safely until
you returned, and l ave got them tied
up in bundles for you"
The letter which brings this interest
ing anecdote all the way from Shang-
tung relates that the engineer grabbed
the mandarin by the throat and nearly
shook his head off. although the lat
ter had done what he supposed to be a
great favor with the best Of inten-
tons,
, 1900-04-12
MolIcans Favor Temperance.

City of Mexico, April G-Government
officials are taking interest In the
newly inauguratcd temperance move
ment and the Board of Health is Civ.
ing encouragement 10 the temperance
workers. for The vice Of alcoholism is
reported 10 he growing here. The NOR.
luary statistics In Mexico every year
show more and more deaths from
cerebral congestion, due 10 the abuse
of alcohol. President Dinz is known
to be In cordial sympathy with the
temperance movement
, 1900-04-12

daughter has received from the use OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. After beginning the use OF
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is low able to be at her
work. Her menses are regular n
almost painless. 1 feel very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. ~
is the best medicine I ever knew. You
have my permission to publish TINS
letter If you wish, it may be the means
of doing others good."-MRs. MATILDA
A. CAMP, Manchester Mill, Macon, GA'
September Is, 1899.
, 1900-04-12

The general movement for the purif-
cation OF u city from the vipers that
have infested It under what ever
names they are known should be en-
Outraged and upheld by all the people.
In fact It might be suggested that mass
meetings should be called for the pur-
pose OF strengthening the backbone of
the officers whose evident duty 1t is to
take the initiative in the matter of
proceeding with all the machinery OF
law against all Institutions of evil.
, 1900-04-12

The state of Besjukovschtschina, in
Russia. is probably the only place In
the world that is run entirely by wom-
en-, says Tit Bits. This state is made
up Of seven villages, each presided over
by a mayoress, the whole under the
superintendent of a lady named
Saschka, who acts as president. There
are women magistrates, women preach
ers. women policemen-in fact, every
capacity in the state is filled by wom-
en-. The roads are made by women
and women sell milk and deliver let
ters. If you want to bring an action
against your neighbor in this state, you
go to a woman lawyer; and if there is
anything in your house to be stolen,
then a burglar of the weaker sex steals
1t. No place Of any Importance is filed
by a man.
, 1900-04-12
England's Armored Trains.
CI0an00
Your Blood

The thing most dssirsd Of . Spring
Medicine is thorough pusiHeaNen d
the blood. With this won Of
cleansing going on there b csn.
plete renovation Of every psss Of
your system. Not only Il he osr-
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomsoh also 70
spends in better digestion, M
readiness for food at proper times
gives sharp appetite, hs hdnsys
and liver properly perform thsh
allotted functions, and there b, IN
short, new brain, nerve, mental and
digestive strength.
, 1900-04-12

Kaiser Refuses to Interfere.

Berlin, April 9.-On the ground that
the punishment Is too mild for the of
Tense, Emperor William has refused to
commute the sentence to IA short i'm
prisonment passed upon Lieutenant
Prince Prosper Arenberg, who last
year murdered a negro in German
Southwest Africa under circumstances
of peculiar atrocity.
, 1900-04-12

The famine in India is appalling.
Five million persons are employed on
the government works, and still
starvation exists among 10000, O0O
more. The real white mans burden"
doesn't seem to be in South Africa.