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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08

have directed labor movements for many
years.
The point OF difference between the two
organizations lies In the fact that the La
borers' Union Protective Society demands
20 cents an hour for work, and dauhle ray
for overtime, while the Excavat0rs Union
wants only Is cents an hour and 2I'a cents
an hour overtime
The Excayators' Union Is composed al
most entirely Of Italians.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08

NEW YORK March "A new labor or
v5rfvaff.r known az the E-NcavatoTS-
f-rl5r newly Incorporated VIII 100" mem
bers Is about tg enter INTO "a CONTRACT 70
rr.rrroI the r0e-fal wcrk connecfa1 win
ne building % the UNDERGROUND tunnel
This union is opposed 90 ne l-aaorers
Union Protective Society, which las 9.srs
members 90 Is conducted ~ men wao
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08
s. D. REINHART IS DEAD.
Was whntcom Comfy Pioneer and
state senator i'm the Last
Ieci~Inture

NEW WHATCOM. March Is ID.
Reinhart. state and county pioneer and
state senator from the thrty-fourth dis
trict died this afternoon at the home
OF his daughter in this city OF cerebral
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Cuu for state Warrants.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellgencer.
OLYMPIA. March THE state treas
urer today issued a call for state general
fund warrants Nos 5ilt1 to $3.50 incu-
sive. the amount of the call being s1ot.-
500 r. Interest on the warrants included
In the call ceases on March 10
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08
BIG MINING DEAL.
Large Albernf Canal Properties sold
for 800. OO0

Special Dispatch to the Post -InteIIigencer.
VICTORIA. y. c., March 7.-Col HAYES.
principal owner In the Nanahmint Min
ing Company, today closed the sale Of his
property or the Aiberni canal for s4so. O0O
10 ID; Q. Mills and Chester Lee. The for
mer Is OF New York. prominent director
or the Treadwell mines, while Lee is from
Spokane, and acts as the new comma ny's
expert.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08
THE GRIP COUGH.
Stop IT with
MSPERIAN (URA(OF,
25c and Soc.

ed to each other in this way until 4
CLOCK this afternoon when the Islander
let go and continued her voyage to the
ceeded under her own steam to sidney
island. to be beached until repairs can
me steamer Wlllapa went out to tho
assistance OF the wrecked yosemite about
10 o'clock
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08

HINTON, w. Va, March lit is almost
certainty that forty-two lives were lost
in yesterdays explosion at the Red Ash
mines. The cause OF the explosion is I'M
known, but is supposed to have been
caused by a miner entering an unused
room in the mines with an open lamp
There were forty-two men In the mine at
the time Of the explosion. and II II had
occurred twenty minutes later the loss OF
HE Mnuld have reached lr.n more.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08

The unexplained cause of the acciden,
has terrified miners in adjoining localities
Many are afraid TO go to work today and
II viii require the most searching inspec-
ton by competent men to remove their
fears and induce them 10 return to their
plaCeg
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4 Family AnnihiIated.

A pathetic feature Of the disaster Is the
humiliation OF the family of b. B. Long
firehoss. His wife died some time ago
leaving 20 his sole care two little boys
Having no one to stay with in their
desolate home. the boys begged to go with
their father into the mine TO spend the
day with him. He consented. and when
the search is finished their hlackened lit.
tie bodies will be found beside that OF
their father
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

A majority of the Commissioners having
decided to change the "near-side rule for
the stopping Of street cars, it is to be hoped
that they will permit the substitute to re-
main in force for at least half a year, to
give the people a chance to accustom them
selves to the new order for a few months
And 1t is to be further hoped that If later
they should decide to change back they
may finally hit upon a swinging schedule,
alternating between the two rules, with
plain understanding that the spring and
summer months shall be devoted to the
far-side system and the autumn and win
ter months to the near-side plan. BY this
means perhaps everybody would be pleased,
although doubtless the method might be
confusing and possibly dangerous to those
who pay slight attention to the mandates
from the District buildings and to the cal
endar.
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Sympathy and Secrecy.

1t was decidedly unkind for the Senate
yesterday to close its doors Immediately
upon the rise of Mr.. Mason in his place to
talk sympathy for the Beers. OF what
earthly use is a sympathetic speech in the
Senate if it cannot be heard by the gal
leries, and reported verbatim to the world?
1t means a waste of energy. of time, of
sympathy. A cruel. practical world may
aver that the fact of secrecy operated yes
terday to curtail the outpouring of SYM
pathetic syntax. The secret session lasted
just twelve minutes. Had the doors been
open, with the galleries filled with breath
less listeners, with the reporters feverishly
catching the syIlables flowing from the lips
of the Illinois sympathizer. it is not to be
doubted that the speech would have been
much longer. Circumstances alter eases.
incidentally it may be questioned whether
similar course pursued by the Senate
with regard to the Philippines during the
past year would not have saved many
American and Filipino lives and spared the
world deplorable spectacle. 1t is assured
ly the prevalent American opinion to-
day that the freedom with which the Fill
Pine sympathiZer Were permitted to voice
their sentiments in the open led to the pro-
longation of the insurrection. 1t mattered
but little when the Boston branch of the
Aid Society began to bestir the air with
vocable protest. Those agitators voiced an
unofficial. unauthoritative sentiment which
was clearly unrepresentative Of the Ameri-
can people But it was different when
senators arose in their places in the higher
branch of Congress and solemnly lauded
the Filipino rebels patriots and de-
nounced the American soldiers as murder
ers. Such utterances were speeded to the
Tagal headquarters as forecastng the
future action of the government, as re-
vealing the administration in the minority
as indicating the real thought of the r.
tiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

President Kruger negotiating for peace
within fortnight after the first Boer re-
verse in the field makes anything but an
impressive figure II is a wise move on
his part, and one instinctively hopes for
its success. But it makes sad havoc of
his previous attitudes and p=oc:amadons. 1t
rcbs him Of the glory of being a last
di,cher Il is likewise disastrous to his
reputation as a statesman of foresight. For
IL he was so soon to be done for what
was he begun for? Did he really fancy
that England would not fight in South
Africa? or did he consider that the Boer
power was the stronger there?
Not unlikely. the Transvaal was misled
about England as Spain was about the
United States. II Spain had been properly
advised about the power of the United
States, OF the sincerity of the feeling here
on the subject of Cuba, and of how far the
government in an emergency would go in
obedience to that feeling she would prob
ably have Sc; her house in Cuba in order.
That would have saved her and benefited
her. But she listened to Senior de LONE,
who in turn listened TO a coterie of his
spies and cronies: she gabbied about the
Yankee pigs and all that, and really per-
sUadcd herself that there was neither pur-
pose nor fight in US She took the field.
and in ninety days was completely at our
mercy.
The Beers seem to have Numbered in
much the same way They wholly miscon-
ceived the situation Their taunt that the
English flag was white was on a par with
Spain's talk about the Yankee pigs. Their
challenge of a great power like England TO
battle was on a par with Spain's chaI-
lerge to us. Had President Kruger been a
prudent statesman he would have set his
house in order. He had confessed to the
justice of many of the complaints of the
Outlanders by promising to remedy mat
ters- And he is willing to do that now
But the war has entered into the caIcula-
ton. and must shape the terms of settle
ment- England will demand reimbursement
fo- her enormous OUTLAWS, and assurances
% absolute safety for all OF her South Afri-
ear interests for the future
There is likelihood OF outside interfer-
ence. England will continue with a free
hand Her aim will be to strengthen her
self in every way. and European powers.
whatever their feelings may be, will not
say her nay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

The announcement by the Ameer Of
Afghanistan that he remains true to his
English friends and fears Russia is calcu-
lated to cause stir in Europe. Recent
Russian advances toward the frontier of
India have brought the Ameer into con-
siderable speculative attention. feeling
has developed during the past few years
that although bound by certain ancient ties
10 the Indian government. he was never
theless secretly in sympathy with the Mus
coyite movement toward the Indian ocean.
His real power has been estimated both as
slight and as great. The truth doubtless
is that his strength lies in his faith and
in the fair assurance that he could soon
precipitate religious uprising through
western Asia by a call upon the Mussu,-
mans to protect their faith. Russia has
heretofore acted with rare discretion in toll
Grating the religious peculiarities of the
peoples through whose lands 1t has driven
its power. But 1t appears from the Ameer's
statement that the Mussuimans are now
looking suspiciously toward st. Petersburg
and trembling for fear of a Russian In
vasion Of their faith Here. at least, is
where England has never b'undered. She
has always respected the religious doc
trtnes Of the savage and barbaric peoples
whom she has introduced to civilized gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

Are the sugar growing interests of the
United States to be permitted to control
the question of sugar importations into this
country as the agrarian interests of Ger
many contro. the meat importations into
that country?
The war against American meats in Ger
many is the work of the agrarians. The
German supply of meats is insufficient for
the demand Prices, therefore, are high.
American meats are wholesome and desir-
able, and if their Importation were facili-
tated prices would be lowered and the peo-
pie we'll fed, But American meats are de-
nounced as impure and dangerous, and the
German cattlemen reap the benefits of the
crusade. II seems to make no difference
that Germany's exports to the United
States. which in amount are infinitely
larger than her imports of American meats,
are likely to suffer as the result of this
policy. The agrarians consider only the
shutting out of our meats, without regard
to consequences
The sugar growing interests of this coun-
try are behind the policy of keeping up
tariff wall against Porto Rico. Mr.. Ok
nard, representing the beet sugar growers,
is busy on the outside of Congress, and two
Louisiana men, representing cane growing
constituencies. voted for the tariff bill when
it passed the House. Sugar is Porto Rico's
chief staple. and 1t comes to this market
in the raw state There are no refineries
in the island. So that to the extent that
Porto Rican sugar is taxed in this country
it Is at a disadvantage with the sugars,
beet and cane. grown here.
The revenue duty laid on sugar has OPP
Grated as a protection. and the sugar in
dustry in the United States has thrived
under it. Everybody is glad of that. But
this country cannot be run for the special
benefit of the sugar growing interests. We
their aims and ends in view. Mr.. Oxnard,
it is true, takes the opposite view. When
the Hawaiian question was up he exerted
himself to the utmost to defeat annexa-
ton solely because of the bearing he
thought annexation would have on the
price of sugar The country's general well
fare he refused to consider. And now in
this Porto Rican matter he again surveys
the whole scene from the top of a sugar
barrel
Porto Rico and Hawaii are now Ameri-
can territory. Their interests are our in
teTeSts. We cannot afford to exploit them,
or to retard their growth, for the benefit
of private interests here or there. They
are entitled to both justice and generosity
at our hands. and any other course toward
them will be discreditable to those who
shape it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

1t is at last wired from Indianapolis that
Eugene " Dehs has consented to run for
the presidency. He was In doubt several
days. He was a living example of the
truth that the Office should seek the man.
To be sure it has not exactly sought him,
as yet, but the difference is only one of
detail. The fact is that the social democ-
racy is sicking it on to him in most de-
termined manner, and has actually sue
ceeded In securing the services of another
organization to help. This is the socialist
labor party which in 1896 amassed the
formidable total of 33. 545 votes for Candi-
date Matchett for president. The actual
strength of the social democracy is as vet
unmeasured- 1t had no candidate in the
field in 1896, at least none visible 1t may
be that 1t will roll up a large enough vote
this year to effect winning. coupled with
the %. 545 Of its latest ally. In that event
It was most astute on the part of Mr. Debs
to wait until the socialist labor party had
been wooed and won. Practical politicians
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eminent and had greatly profited in conse-
Quence.
The Ameer's frank declaration of friend
Illness for England is nevertheless some
what surprising and may precipitate diplo-
matte complications of serious nature. 1t
may prove upon development that this an
nouncement is but a blind, engineered by
Russia. and calculated to lull England Into
a false security while the Muscovite con-
tinues to burrow toward the Persian gulf
and the Indian border. 1t is to be expected
that the government at London will forth
with. with diplomatic astuteness, proceed to
put the Ameer to a test and to sound the
depths or the shadows of his sincerity He
is indeed in a somewhat precarious posi-
ton. for he is exposed to attack upon all
sides, and is directly in the path of what
many Europeans consider the certain
march of contending battalions in the near
future. If his present announcement is
honest 1t may be taken. therefore, as
bid for an alliance with the power which
he estimates to be the stronger of the two.
Just how far the recent triumph of Brit
ish arms in South Africa has affected the
shrewd Mussulnpan's new attitude 1t is at
present impossible to estimate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Dom Paul.

o1ten Of late my portrait they disclose
Smoking pipe. The semblance of repose,
The shoulders dropping and the haIf-shut
eye
Perchance deceive the casual passer-by.
But as l blew each fragrant cloud I
thought;
And oft with bitterness the weed was
fraught.
My mind turned back to days when, free
from care,
My pipe perfumed the tranquil Afric air:
Ard backward still to that far boyhood
scene. .
When first l tried the joys of nicotine
All me! How trifiing was that boy.sh i'll!
A pipe of peace for me the Britons fill
With franchises concessions and the like,
And summon Mars a sulphurous light to
strike.
Perhaps, when it is over, will find,
Much comfort and much added peace of
mind.
But still 1 hesitate and seek release
1t makes me sick indeed-this pipe Of peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
AdulteratiOn of Food.

This is a matter which has within the
past few years assumed a somewhat alarm
ing phase. While granting that in many in
stances the dangers arising from this cause
nave been greatly exaggerated. and that for
the most part the chemicals used in the
adulteratiCn have little harmful effect, yet
at the same time this line of reasoning does
not in any way justify the practice No
sane person will be found to assert that the
so-called personalities are beneficial to
health: on the contrary, 1t is certain that
they are all harmful in a greater or less
degree. The truth undoubtedly Is that for
eign substances are added for the purpose
OF gaining larger profit than would be
possible II the article offered for sale were
what u Is labeled. An individual has a
right when he buys food commodity to
obtain exactly that which he requires, and
this right should be protected by law. 1t
is said. and there would seem to be no
cause to doubt the truth of the statement
that the adulteratiOn OF food Is carried on
to greater extent In the United States
than In any country in the world The va
rous states are unable by their own police
regulations effectually to protect their cit
liens from such practice. Therefore the
only course to be pursued is. in the words
Of the memorial from the National Pure
Food and Drug Congress, held in March,
lS9S. TO secure suitable legislation Of a ma
tional character to prevent the adulteration
OF food. drinks and drugs. and to secure the
enforcement OF such laws
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Golden opportunity.

The Commissioners report to the Senate
as to the value of the south-side Pennsyl-
vania avenue property should go lar TO
convince Congress of the economy of n
present purchase of all this ground for the
future building needs of the government
They estimate that the squares fronting on
PENNSYLVANIA avenue from the Botanic
Garden to the Treasury are worth today
So 800 997. with a present rental value of
S326.21 OF about ~ per cent. 1t may well
be questioned whether the government
could secure as much ground for small
sum if the present policy of buying here
and there as fancy or influence suggests
should be pursued further. 1t is assured
that it could not obtain anything like as
convenient a series of sites for its public
buildings, nor could it spend $4,000 600 else
where as well for the betterment of the
city. Indeed, when the Improvement GER
tain to flow from such an enterprise is con-
sidered, the price estimated by the Commits
sioners is mere bagatelle. scarcely worthy
of consideration. Never was chance for
better investment offered to any agency,
public or private. The government may
rest assured, too, that the opportunity is
better today than 1t will be a year hence,
or five years. Notwithstanding the present
depressed condition of this land, it is affect
ed by the steady rise in Washington prop
erty values through the growth OF the city,
and the Improvement of the north side of
Pennsylvania avenue through private en-
terprise. There is no guarantee that the
present owners of this south-side property
will not proceed In the near future to i'm
prove their lands. Any tendency toward
this end whatever would very soon run the
value of the improvements, at present be-
low the value of the land far above the
latter, thus adding to both sides of the ac-
count Clearly the time to act has come.
Conditions for splendid bargain, certain
to rebound to the future welfare of the
capital and to the great convenience and
economical administration of the govern
ment. are ready at hand and the opportuni-
ty should be forthwith improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

cannot be too careful about their alliances.
Now new name for the combination is
to be adopted, by means of that ever
ready device, the referendum. 1t Is cur
rently reported that at present the most
earnestly favored suggestion for the new
title is "Debsonian.' With such a re-
sounding, significant, magnetic name the
new party might swell into formidable pro-
portions. A name like that would. at all
events. be more euphonious and pleasing
than popocratic,' which has been cur
rent!y applied since 1896 to the Bryan COM
oination. Meanwhile. the country awaits
with bated breath for the Debsonian decla-
ration of principles. Judging from the
past career and the known principles of
the luminous central planet of this new
political constellation. 1t is likely to be even
more defiant of man and all his organized
works than the Chicago platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Consular Reform.
From the Philadelphia TELEGRAPH,

In the first place in the fundamental re-
quirement In the case of consular or dip
write and speak the language Of the coun-
try to which he Is accredited. The third
rate followers of political leaders to whom
consular positions are usually distributed,
in payment for work done in election cam
paigns. may contrive to scrape through a
civil service examination after a fashion,
but not one in hundred of them knows a
word of any language except our own. II
are to have any real and effective re-
form In our consular service II will BE- nec-
essary preliminary to find means for
educating young men in the language, liter
allure. history, customs and existing condi-
tons of foreign countries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Overhead Wirea.

From the st. Louis Republic.
The experience which St. Louis had with
her street cars during the blizzard of sleet,
rain, snow and ice Tuesday night proves
that the overhead trolley system has one
defect which can rise to serious propor-
tons on occasion The danger to life from
falling electric light wires was greater than
the danger Of a smallpox epidemic Yes
terdays experience was an unanswerable
argument for underground wires The
street car companies using electricity
should long ago have been compelled to use
underground wires. The lighting, telegraph
and telephone companies, as well as the
city itself have neglected the requirements
too long. Yesterdays lesson should be
useful,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Bliss.

When spring Is smiling Ger the trees,
And all the world is gay;
When perfume fingers in the breeze
And sorrows fade away;
when heecy clouds across the sky,
Like fleets their sails unron,
Wen sit in ecstasy and sigh,
I'VE needn't buy more coalv'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

Eugene Debs proposes to get back into
politics as candidate. Mr.. Debs feels un-
able to trust the work of reform to any
body else and will consent to be a candi-
date for the presidency himself He has
not offered the vice presidential place on
the ticket to W. j. Bryan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

II the lack of uniformity in the marriage
laws OF the various states ever comes up
Tor practical consideration Mr.. Roberts Of
Utah may have an opportunity to claim
public attention again as an expert witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

where's that music Dolly was playing
this morning." asked Mr.. Cumrox.
On the piano." answered his wife, what
dc you want with it?'
IN going to fix 1t up. 1 got Dolly to
snow me the marks that mean repeat and
m going to take this eraser and rub 'em
out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

1t seems incredible that the same New
YORK police system which made such a
stand for purity in the drama should be
under even faint suspicion of taking
brides from gamblers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
Something for Nothing.

You can't get something for nothing in
thls HE, said the philosophic man.
oh, l don't know" answered the prac-
ucal politician. 1T was only the other day
man told, me he was going to help elect
me because he believed l was on the right
side. His vote isn't going to cost me a
cent"