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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-14
King county's cohe.iven....

Every proposition that is talked of has
reference to the candidacy OF Senator
fEtnk. II is difficult 10 overestimate the
influence exerted by the fact that behind
Senator Frink's candidacy there is the
solid and unyielding strength OF the sixty
three delegates from King county.
senator Frinks victory In King is the
talk of the delegates here. II Is new
thlng to Republican leaders TO see King
county united and harmonious in Re
publican state convention. Delegates COM
ing in on hate trains from Eastern Wash
ington. from the Northwest and the
Southwest comment first, above all else,
on the fact that King county Is asking
for a place on the state ticket. and Is
backing her request by the force OF sixty
three men loyalty and hRrmoRiously
working along single ilne. The moral
influence of the solid King county dele
cation is tremendous. in contrast with the
state conventions Of 1894 81 and 49,
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-rhe war
w department received the follow
ing casualty list from Gen. Chat
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"Chefoo. Aug. 10 !:
Arrived IIospluw QHosiwu) !:
yesterday" !;
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At Frink Headquarters.


The work 81 forming combinations IN
Senator FTlnks interest was begun to-
nisht. four Of the i've members of the
steering comnlttec osing on the ground.
In the King county headquarters tonight
were Frank Paul. samuel u Plies. John
n. Powell and Angus YOUNG. an 81 the
steering committee with them were cN-
GOV. Me,sraw. sbcriG Van Do Vanser. ].
a. schively aud Harold Preston. the
latter chairman 90 the King county deic-
satlon.
As soon as the steering committee
formally openei the King county head.
QaarteYs. visitors came from every d.
reotioa. so 90 speak. A delegation from
Lewis county, which will offer c. W
Maynard as a candidate FOR stale treas.
urov. visited the FrlHk headquarters.
Next came number ef the whitman
county men. The North western leaders
called 60 tax over The situation, aud the
Spokane delegates followed senator
Fr.uSs headquarters became AZ once the
central point ~ interest
VITA the delegations who called tho
King county leaders ,alked briefly. Ten
tative o0ers ct support came from every
quarter most gratifying expression
q interest tn senator Frink's candidacy
was heard. IL tccame Af once Apparent
that he has strong friends iu every pa-t
of the state, who know os his sterling
worth and high character as a man. and
who look upon him as one Of the very
best mea ever rut forward by King coun-
IS Tor any Office Within the gift of the
people OF Washington.
Tomorrow hy noon. az least. IL is hg-
ured that the various delegations VIII DO
Continued on pasa Threa
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ACCUSED OF POISONING.
Mrs. Henry ElsIon Charges With Her
Husbands Death.

oNAAhs
BATAVIA. y. Y. Feb Ere the case
OF Howard Benham. the convicted Wife
polsoner is finally disposed Of Batavia
finds itself engrossed in another poisoH-
ing case-this time the husband being yhe
victim and the wife the ACCUSED.
The victim is Henry Egloh. Of Corfu.
whose death occurred Thursday morning
apparently from some irritant poison. The
wife. Lavinia Russ Eglof IS now locked
Up in the county jail here. She protests
innocence
This case has developed with lightning
like Tapidity. Thursday EglO1 died; Fri
day an autopsy was held and an inquest
was begun. the principal organs OF the
BODY being removed for analysis; Peter
Egloff, Of Batavia, brother OF the victim,
appeared with the coroner and the district
attorney before Justice Durham and made
a sworn statement charging Mrs. Egloff
With administering the poison. A warrant
was issued and Sheriff Pixley and Officer
McNish started In a closed carriage 70
make the arrest.
Mrs. ERlOf was found at the home of
her father. George Z. Russ. She manifest
ed apparent surprise when the warrant
was read to her. and said earnestly;
I am innocent. They can't prove it
against me"
It is now common talk in the neigh
bOrhoOd that the woman was greatly per
turbed when she heard of her hubands
death and that she ssid eXcitedly:
I'm hang myself before ] go to the
chaiT,'
No accusation had been made against
her at the time.
1t is said in the village of Corfu, near
the Egloff home, that Albert Wilhelm,
who vas the reputed cause of the Origi-
nal trouble between he Eglofs has dis
appeared. He is a goOd-lOoking fellow,
twenty-three years old. Last summer he
worked for Mrs. EglOffs father. Some
months ago he went to board at the Egg
Ion home. NeighbOrs soon began to talk.
The husband himself was the last to sus-
pect anything. When he accused his wife
she denied it. She also objected e his
propOsal to send wilhelm away
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.-MUNYOM.

The joys OF innocence no longer attract
Us. We must have excitement and con
slant change. We have a superficial ac-
quaintance with many things, but a thor
Ough knowledge OF nothing. The mind is
in a whirligg state. refusing to rest day
or night You know that snares are laid
for your every fOOtstep. You know the
business paths Of today are flied with
pitfalls. Honeyed words are beguiling you
into new enterprises and hazardous un-
dertakings. rainbow is painted to you
by cunning promoters In fact, there Is
the will-O' -the-wisp IN every mart In the
land. Tirelessly We 20 chasing first one
phantom then another. II We could read
the minds Of the people We meet On the
streets or in business houses, the market
places and all the great moneyed cen
tres. We should and but one thought
money. money. money, Old and Young are
in this chase for gold Does il bring happi-
ness when one gets it, Do you think the
multi millionaire is any happier than the
man with 500 900. or the man with 100000
is any happier than the man with 100000
/ tell you gentlemen they are not Money
getting beyond ones necessities. does not
bring happiness. ! predict the time will
come when the man with the capacity for
money making Will use mis- talent solely
for the benefit OF those who are less for
tunate than himself. He viii help the poor
He will lift up ne fallen. He viii cheer
the discouraged. He will discover that the
only way 10 be happy himself is to make
others happy.
This is the age Of deception. Il is Diff
cult 10 detect the bogus from the genuine,
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RULERS or The WORLD.
Meat EHIinE Nations Are the Leaders
in Every Branch OF Human
Achievement.

The ruling nations Of the world are meat
eaters. and history records that they always
have been
Vegetariaas and food crsnks may explain
this in any way they choose. but the facts
remain that the Americans English,
French. Russians, and Germans are meat
eating nations. and they are also the most
ergsic and most progressive
The principal food o. the hero BOer sol
der. Known as Biltong. is a sort Of dried
beef af1Ording a great deal Of nOurishment
in a highly concentrated form.
The weak races Of people are the rice
eating Chinese. HindoOs, and Siamese. re-
garded since the dawn Of history as nom
progressive. superstitious and inferior
physical and mentally to the meat-eating
nations who dominate them.
The structure Of the teeth plainly indi-
Gates that human beings should subsist
upon a variety Of food, meat fruit, and
grains, and il is unhygienic 20 ronfne ones
diet 10 any one of those classes TO the ex-
clusion Of another.
Meat is the most concentrated and most
easily digested Of foods. but our manner OF
living is often so unnatural that the di-
gestive organs refuse to properly digest
meats. eggs. and similar nutritious and
wholesome food but it is not because such
food is unwholesOme. but the real reason
is that the stomach lacks. from disease or
weakness some necessary digestive ele-
ment; hence arising indigestion and later
on chronic dyspepsia.
nervous people should eat plenty OF meat.
coavaIescents should make meat the prin-
cipal food, Woodworking people have 10 do
so. and brainWOTkers and Office men should
eat not so much meat but at least once 4
day. and TO ensure its perfect digestion
one Of two Of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets
should be taken after each meal. because
they supply the peptOnes diastase. and
fruit acids lacking in every case Of stom-
ach trouble
Nervous dyspepsia. catarrh OF stomach.
gastritis, sour stomach gas. and acidity are
only different names for indigestion. the
4 failure to digest wholesome food. and the
use of Stuart's Tablets cures them all be
cause. by anording perfect digestion. the
/ stomach has a chance TO rest and recover
/ its natural tone and vigor.
/ StuaTts Dyspepsia Tablets Is the real
| household medicine; it is as safe and pleas
/ ant for the stomachache Of the baby as it
] is for the imperfect digestion Of its grand
/ sire
! They are not a cathaTtic. but q digestive.
/ and no pill habit can ever follow their use !:
the only habit Stuart's Tablets induce is
the habit Of good digestion and conse-
/ quently good health.
/ A little book on stomach diseases mailed
| free by addressing F. A. Stuart CO.. Mar
shall Mich. All drug stores sell the tablets
at so cents for complete treatment.
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The survivaI of the Fittest.

tFrom tie FLORIDA finest nion.)
1t is argued that the Chinaman Will outlive
Us and finally drive US from the fields Of pro-
duction, because he car support family S3G
YEAR II 50 science is at fault-this would
not be the survi' al OF tue httest But the thee
rists are az fsilt, not science, for the cheapest
laborer is not he who accepts the smallest wage
bat he who makes tie greatest return for the
money expended Now, one American, with the
proper appliances furnished lin by uapital can
DO the work OF fifty Cinnamon for the cost Of
twenty-five. and this marks the American as ar
and the Chnsman as the unfttest, except along
certain lines, which are entirely willing TO
sec him mOnopOize. We freely grant that the
cheapest labor must win in the long nun. but
time and production must be taken into eonsidera.
ton, instead Of the mere sum Of the wage as
these csllOw economists do who only grasp one
side Of equation before rushing into print
with the airs OF SOomons and the assurance pecu-
liar to themselves The Hungarian and the Syvede
have driven the American and the Irishman from
the mine by undertaking them; but his does
not prove that the lowest is the 6ttest-the
higher have gone up and left a vacancy for the
lower. The negro hand has driven the white
man from the farm in great measure, but we
still find the white at the head OF every
thing under the sun, including Africa.
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a MANIA FOR BORING HOLES.
An Insomnia Victim TerrI6es VII
lnge in Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 5.-Frank Hooley, a
individual who filled the Et1Ie hamlet Of
Montvile. Gaeuga county, full of holes.
and in so doing surfeited that section a
Ohio with mystery and no end Of super
stitious fright incidentally causing the
suicide of one man, to whom circumstan-
tial evidence pointed as the perpeuator
Of the deed. Hooley, who is nineteen
years old. appeared before Justice Case
and swOre to the following strange story:
About one year ago I began to be trou-
bled with insomnia, Later the trouble be-
came worse, and passed night after night
without sleep. When 1 shut my eyes L
could see augurs TO the right. augIrs TO
the left, nothing but augurs. felt an
uncomfortable desire to bore holes, and
was so nervous that thought ! should go
crazy. One night, after trying in vain for
several hours to get to sl,ep. / arose,
went to the barn, and bored a hole In one
OF the doors. / Immediately experienced a
change OF feeling and my nervousness dis
appeared l went 70 bed and slept soundly
all night.
Il had found a panacea for ali my ills
but, alas II did Eat last long, and Z soon
found that boring holes in the barn would
not bring sleep. ! FELT that / must try
houses. and l did Noirhbors houses were
perforated. SSSu: one hole to each house
and the virtue was zone | make this con-
fession because l al sick OF the business
and l wish TO BE- ,ake1 where I can be
treated for this DameiCss disease"
The statement mas created a sensation,
second only to the old query about the
holes For wee Ks after the startling dis
cOvery vas made the little settlement was
in fever OF excitement. Residents we're
utterly at a loss TO expsIin the purpose OF
the borings. The sleeping apartments
were changed 10 the upper rooms OF the
houses, and at night presented a formida-
bic array of shOtguns. clubs. and other
weapons. A hole hat Heua Scred through
the outside wall or Cye-'y dwelling in the
village except two nd IN a few houses
two holes were ,S:.>' Hoo'e y's general
appearance is des,r. 'pSi as very strange.
He is fully six te' align ard unduly thin.
His shoulders are hen. q-,d his eyes sunk
en-. giving him s s!rEu ..,T'v Iaeanny ap-
pearauce.
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iUNYONS DOCTORS ARE AT YOUR SERVICE FREE.
TWO MAGAZINES EXPLODE.
The Tremendous Havoc wrought by
NitrOEIyccrine.

The Tremendous Havoc Wrought by
NitFOEIyceriRe.
BOLIVAR \. Y. Feb. 1.-Two storage
magazines located on the Stout farm. six
miles east OF WelIsvnIe. containing $500
pounds OF nitroglycerine. exploded few
minutes after O'Clock last night with
report that was heard forty miles away
and thought 10 be an earthquake. Both
magazines were built Of hemIock and
they vanished in a cloud OF dust and
smoke.
The larger magazine was owned by the
Rock Glycerine Company OF Bradford, Pa,
and contained $50 quarts. The smaller be
longed to the Pennsylvania Torpedo Com
pany. OF Bradford. and held l2O quarts OF
nitrOglycerine. a house Ie00 feet away
was badly wrecked. Where the big maya
zine stood there is a hole in the earth five
feet deep and forty feet across. Not a
splinter Of either magazine remains.
Rocks that weighed SOC pounds were car
ried 200 feet A hole as clean as il made
by big bul et was bored through a maple
tree that stood nearby. either by a rock
or piece Of gaspipe.
George Burdick, an emplOye who looks
after the Rock Glycerine magazine, visited
IL just before the explosion and found ey-
erything all right The theory is that the
small magazine exploded first from some
unknown cause and the cOncussiOn set on
the big magazine. The explosion is
charged TO defective heating of the small
magazine, as the magazines were located
in an isolated locality and no one was
nearby. No one was hurt
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4 soCIALIsTIC TONE.
4 Warm Federation Of Labor Meet
ing in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-Geere viii be no po-
lice present al The factories Of the piano
manufacturers tOmoTTOw morning, Wnen
the plants are TO be reOpened If the Chi
cago Federation Of Labor can prevent y
4 committee from the Federation viii visit
the mayor today, and request that, II IL IS
true that officers have been detailed 20 bs
present at the piano factories tomorrow
morning. the order be Withdrawn This
committee was appointed at a NEE ing OF
the Federation last night.
The meeting was one OF The Narnest
that has been held FOR some time. IL de
veloped that the socialists. who have been
en- the increase in the organization Tor
several months. have already succeeded
in securing control. and II required all the
Efforts Of President DAILY TO preserve order
Notwithstanding his efforts to limit tie
range OF discussion the tone Of the meet
ing was decidedly sOcialisJic- The Fede-
ration Incidentally took a shot az the pO-
Hticai situation in Kentucky. and deuounc-
ed the system Of grand juries and the
granting Of iniunctiOns against trades
unions Several disputes between unions
also eullvened The proceedings.
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morphosis OF ManehuriS well worthy of
the study OF the American merchant who
seeks new markets for his manufactures.
1t is virgin soil for enterprise. and II the
confidence OF the Manchurians is sesured
by Sending them honest goods and II they
are treated fairly there is no reason wy
this cannot prove a most valuable market
for American products. The commission
which the President is to send out, II made
up, at least in part, OF men who under
stand the country and the people, VITO
have watched the changes and know how
these have been brought about. cannot fail
20 be most valuable to our merchants and
manufacturers "
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A BOY MURDERER.
A Philadelphia Lad Kills Another
for Teasing Him.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. THE police
late last night found the body OF Hugh
Dugan, twelve years old. in an alley in
the rear of 2O26 Pearl Street It was taken
to the hospital where it was found be had
been dead for several hours. His skull
was fractured and face cut in several
places. Charles Weisenborn, employed in
a bakers shop has been arrested. The
boys in the neigbbOrhOod leased Weisen-
born, and several times he threatened 70
kill some OF them.
Weisenborn confessed that he killed the
boy He said that last night he WAS going
into the stable when Dugan jumped at
him and scratched his face He caught
him by the neck and beat him in the face
and then threw him to the ground where
he left him. Weisenborn saws he did not
know the boy was dead, and that he struck
him only with his fist.
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MUNYON'S COUGH CURE stops coughs, night
sWeats. allsys soreness and speedily heals the
lungs Price 3 cents
MUNYON'S LIVER CURE is a reliable cure for
BiIouSuess. Constipation. Jaundicc Torpid Liver.
Wou-out Feeling Coated Tongue a. Price 25
cents.
MUNYON'S GENERAL DEBILITY CURE cures
the exhausted feeling produces q fresh. healthy
color IN hcojiess people, and tones up the system
generally. Price p cents.
MUNYON'S HEADACHE CURE viii cure al
kinds Of headaches. no matter from what cause
arising. Do from 90 70 minutes. with absolutely
no injurious after effects PTice - cents
MUNYON'S NERVE Ct RI restores 0vcrEcrked
and oveTstr4ined nerves 10 A healthy condition.
Price - cents.
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A GALE OFF THE COAST.
The Stranded British steamer Ari-
osfo-May Co 10 Pieces

NORFOLK, Va. Feb. "a gale is blow
ing of this coast. The wind at Kitty Hawk
station, on the coas- below Hauerss, blew
at the rate Of forty-eigbt miles an hour
most Of the night Early in the evening
the Government wire TO the coast went
down.
The gale was a Southwestern. Ship
masters here expect the British steamer
AriOsto ashore at Ocracoke. n. c.. to 20 to
pieces. The wind at Norfolk for several
hours blew from the southeast at the
rate OF ifty-four miles an hour.
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FLAMES IN NORWICH.

The Connecticut Town SuStHinS
Fire LOSS of Over S5OO.OOO-
NORWICH, Conn, Feb. 5.-The fire Of
yesterday proved 10 be one Of the most
disastrous fires in the history Of the city.
1t was discovered by the night WatChman
at the Hopkins & Allen Arms Msnufactur-
ing Company The large building owned
by this firm ana its entire stock OF pistols
revClvers. rifles. and other firearms. with
valuable machinery, were destroyed as
were also two dwelling houses. Two livery
stables. and a building used as a funk shop
The loss viii reach nearly $500 COO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-05

lFT0m nc NasIlVlIIC baIIl1l-I
Many partisan politicians IN both Of the Old
parties have been persistently endesyoring TO
dscredit the civil service merit system. and seek
ing to cripple It and limit its operations. Those
politicians End the merit system sn obstacle in
the way Of personal and political ,avoritism in
dispensing Federal patronage for party purposes
But despite the antsgOnsm arrayed against the
system, It has proven advantageous in Improving
the public service
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MURDER AT A 90
'.ElJC.
\ Pleasant O>casi'1a. s.,.., -. ~ H. .
Bloody Rlrt

\ Pleasant o. casio. ,..., %. - H. -
Bloody RI~t
GREENSBURG, Ia. re. ~ The police
and county officers here arc wing TO solve
a mysterious murder case near here. At
a Slavish christening at = port Saturday
Stenson SedousH was KILLED by bullet
fired from a revolver in tie. hands Of
guest.
As is usual with the rites OF such
character, in this region. at any rate.
barrel OF beer and a couple OF gallons OF
whisky we're supplied. that happy time
should not be lacking. Il was a gay and
festive occasion. The babe was chTistened
in due order. and then a boisterOus spirit
broke forth. Pistols were hOurished a
shot was fred. The Clicers are in the
dark as 70 who fired the fatal bullet.
There is talk OF arresIing the entire
christening DartV
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itrom the san Francisco Argonant.)
Tom COrwin had an OrmouS mouth. He once
said he had been insulttd by Deacon Smith. The
good brother asked fOr further explanation
Well said CorNSin. when / stood up in the
lecture room to relate my experience and opened
my mouth, Deacon Smith rose up in front and
said, VIII some brother please close that window
and keep il closedT {"
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HE PREFERRED TO RESIGN.
An Episcopal Clergyman Would Not
Face Charges

Face Charges
LANCASTER. Pa. Feb. 5.-The Rev.
Percy j. Rowbottom. rector of st. James
Episcopal Church, has rendered his resig-
nation to the vestry, TO take effect az
Easter. He will continue his clerical labors
in the West. His resignation ends the
threatened rupture in the congregation. a
large faction having demanded his retire.
ment because his name had been connect
ed with a scandal that has resulted in
Joseph Brientnall, trolley car conductor.
entering divorce proceedings against his
wife.
The minister had announced his purpose
to fight the battle TO the end and his resig-
nation caused great surprise.
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Is there a business man who would
knowingly part with his health for al
the gold there Is IN the worldwide would
deliberately say: Here is my health. /
am waiting to be miserable. TO spend
sleepless nights. to be nervous and irrita-
Bile; ! am willing 10 suffer all the torments
Of dyspepsia and the pains Of rheuma-
tism for one hundred million dollars
Yet how many OF use are uncODsciously
selling our health. parting with our joys.
neglecting our friends. denying our loved
ones. mOrtgaging the future-in fact. sac
rificing health. home happiness, every
thing for gold ] tell you. gentlemen. that
money-getting is a disease more deadly
than consumption, more common than
fevers, and more painful than all other all
ments combined. In the mad rush for so
cial position the ve-thOusand-dOllar man
thinks he would be happy II his income
were ten thousand dollars year. the
man with ten thousand dollars wants one
hundred thousand the man with a hun
dred thousand is miserable because he
cannot indulge In the same eItravagances
as the millionaire and so on through the
whole fabric of society. Our nObler ma
lures are dwarfed. our capacity for doing
good Is impaired, our sense Of honor and
justice is stuItihed. We have no time for
reflection and meditation. The beauties Of
nature are obscured by greenbacks. We
have no time TO enjoy the blessings *
home the comprehensive OF our lovrd
ones. and the delights Of social inter
"JOrse. When our nerves become laggard
we spur them on with powerful drugs or
intOxicate them with stimulants We 10
home to our loved ones cross and Teeyish.