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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
JUDGE MDONALD's CONVERSION.
Minister Of Christian Church Cor
rects Recent Dispatch.


Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.--A telegram In the
acknowledgement from Colfax, dated jan
uary %. states that during recent meet
ing there of the Christian church, "con-
versions numbering thirty-eight. among
those converted being Hon. William Nc
Donald, judge of the superior court OF
whitman county, who has been for more
than twenty years minister Of the Chris
tain denomination, but who during the
course Of these meetings on several occa-
sions stated that throughout the long course
OF his ministry he had never before felt
that he was Christian" Rev. j. I. Nc
Callum, Of this city. president Of the state
Board of Missions Of the Christian church,
says Of the above statement, that 1t is
misleading and should be corrected, as
Judge Mcdonald has not been in the min
istry for the last eight years at least, and
the former state evangelist OF the Christi
ian church, Rev. F. B. Tapp has stated
that the church at Colfax had withdrawn
fellowship from the union.
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Ma.sacred ON Admiralty Islands.

VICTORIA, b. c.. Jan. .25.-The steamer
Mioria, from Sydney, to-day, was in that
of the killing of Capt. Dalthe and his
crew by natives of the Admiralty islands,
with whom they had been trading. The
hind and his companions butchered with
equal cowardice. Forsythe, the owner
and the crew of the schooner Niagara also
had a narrow escape. An expedition to
revenge the massacre has set out from
New Britain.
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Talked to Elks of India.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer:
TACOMA, Jan. 25.-Allen c.. Mason and
A. B. Calder gave an interesting talk and
exhibition of scenery on india before
the Elks last night. The views were ex-
ceptionaliy fine, some taken by the adj
cific railway. and some Of Mr.. Mason's
personal experiences during his trip
through that country, were related, to the
great interest of the Elks and their
friends, who gathered to the number Of
$50 to learn of that Oriental country.
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pILEDRIvER's UNAIDED VOYAGE.
Breaks Loose mt Port Townsend and
Goes Safe to Fairhaven.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intslligencer.
PORT TOWNSEND. Jan. 25--During
the storm OF Monday night a piledrtver,
owned by Howard Trenholm. of this city.
struction of the new government wharf
at Fort Flagler. broke from its mornings
and disappeared. Mr.. Trenholm made
careful search without finding any trace
OF his property and had given 1t up as
lost until last evening a telegram came
from Fairhaven, inquiring II piledriver
was missing from this vicinity.
Shipping men are marveling At the re-
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SUFFER ANOTHER DEFEAT.
Jury Refuses to Convict in PrOsecu
lions Against Saloon Men.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
NEW WHATCOM, Jan. 25.-The Anti
Saloon League suffered their third defeat
In the superior court today. Lizzie Rose,
charged with conducting disorderly
house was acquitted, the jury remain
ing out only fifteen minutes.
The jury in the case of Robert Peck. of
the Bridge saloon. charged with violating
verdict of not guilty late last night
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Electric Light Contract.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, jan. 25.-The city today ac-
cepted the bid of the General Electric
Company to furnish a 100-kilowatt light
machine for the city lighting service, at
$1325O. The machine Is to be installed and
working satisfactorily in eight months.
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suing for Eight Thousand Dollars.

Special Dispatch to the acknowledgements:
TACOMA, Jan. 2.--Harold Preston. OF
Seattle, was in the superior court today in
the trial of the suit OF the Grass Bros es-
tate against the Home Loan Association.
of San Francisco, which had mortgage OF
something over 100000 on the store build
ing of the Grass Bros. In the settlement
of the Grass estate 1t is claimed the loan
company received a greater dividend than
other creditors, and suit is brought to re-
cover back about 5000 so claimed to have
been overpaid. No decision was reached.
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PIONEER WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. Power, Aged so, Was an Early
Settler of Island County.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
COUPEVILLE, Jan. 25.--Mrs. Power,
one of the first settlers of Puget sound,
died at her home near San de Fuca Tues
day night, aged so years
Mrs. Power was one of the first settlers
on WILDLY island and was one of the
most respected ladies in the state She
leaves three sones and a daughter; Jo-
seph c. Power of San de Fuca, assessor
of island county; DR. /. n. Power, now in
Alaska, formerly of Isllensburg; Henry
c. Power, now in Alaska, and Miss Mat
tie Power, of San de Fuca.
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Large Vessel Ashore.

ST. JOHNS, N. r., Jan. 25.--News has
just been received that a large unknown
Bay St George on Wednesday, January
II. Her spars were all gone and lot
of wreckage was alongside, but she show
gale on Saturday drove the vessel of
shore and the ice prevented anybody get
ting near the wreck.
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markable performance of the unwieldy
derelict In making the trip across one OF
the most tumultuous pieces of water on
Puget sound during the worst storm that
has ragged for years. without suffering
any damage whatever. telegraphic
query brought back the response that
the big wharf-building machine had ar
rived upright and without having lost
anything of Importance.
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DENVER, Jan. 2a.--A special to the
who escaped from the penitentiary Mon
day night, after killing Capt William G.
Rooney. were captured this morning near
Victor and have been returned to prison.
They are Antoine Wood the boy murderer
and Kid Wallace, a train robber
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Killed by Falling Tree.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inte.ligencer.
ELMA, Jan. 25.-Wm. Cadby partner
of Chas. Heath. engaged in operating a
Jogging camp, was killed by falling tree,
Cadby's home is in Bucoda. He was high
iy respected by all his associates and well
Known by the lumber people in this Sec
ton. He was single and aged "a ~
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win Plant Eastern oysters.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.--L. A. Mayhall, rep
resenting Fish Commissioner Little, is in
Olympia today Mr.. Mayhall Is looking up
the proper location for planting Eastern
oysters on the Sound. for which the last
legislature made an appropriation.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Gen. Otis in
formed the war department today that
the transport Grant arrived at Manila
this morning with the Forty-eighth vol
unteer infantry.
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Academy to He Sold.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer.
COUPEvILLE. Jan. 26-The property
of the old Puget Sound academy is to
be sold at public auction today at this
place. There is some talk of the Coupe
VILE school district purchasing same for
q nubuc school.
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HAWAII IS PANIC
STRICKEN BY PLAGUE.



greatest precautions are now being taken
against infection from Honolulu. The
Australia was held for two days, and the
Hongkcng Maru much longer.
When the Australia left. the Japanese
vessel had been in San Francisco harbor
for ten days and not even the mail had
been brought to shore. 1t was announced
that mail would not be allowed ashore for
at least another twenty-four hours, so
there is no telling how long the vessel
itself might be held
Many Japs Arriving.
The Japanese steamer Yorohime Maru.
with about 700 more immigrants for Homo
lulu, arrived early this morning from Yo-
kohama She anchored outside the mar
Dor, as there Is no room on Quarantine
island for her passengers. The Japs
brought by the Doyo Maru are still on
the vessel, Quarantine island being
about full, and is likely to be a long time
before the latest arrivals are taken off the
steamer
The arrival Of the immigrants on the
Yorohime Maru makes about 5000 that
have arrived this month already. The
Yorohime Maru Is thought to have the last
that are coming, and the importation OF
contract laborers from Japan is probably
about at an end.
Plague in New Caledonia.
VICTORIA. b. c., JAM. 25.--Mail adj
vices from Sydney tonight announce that
there are twenty-three cases of bubonic
plague at Noumea. the capital Of New
Caledonia, and special precautions are
taken in all Australian colonies to guard
against the importation. Two steamers,
having landed passengers from New Gale
donia at Sydney before the plague situa-
ton was known here, occasioned much
alarm.
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Gov. Rogers mt Ellensburg.

Specfal Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.--Gov. Rogers left
this afternoon for Ellensburg, where to-
morrow evening he will address the mid
winter graduating class at the state nor
NAL school.
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burton claimed that his execution sale
gave him absolute title to the entire es-
tate and on that point the case went up.
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May Wear Uniforms.

Representative Chanler has introduced
bill providing that all officers who served
during the war with Spain and in the
unteers in the army of the United States,
and have been, or may hereafter be, hon.
orably discharged from the service, or still
bear the official title and, upon occasions
of ceremony, to wear the uniform of the
highest grade they have held by brevet
BY section 1928, Revised Statutes, for off,
GERS who served during the war Of the
rebellion
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For Military Post.

Senator Fosters bill. providing $4,000
for the establishment of a military post
near Tacoma, provides that at least $40
acres of land shall be donated to the Uni
ted States by the citizens of Tacoma and
Pierce county. unless the war department
shall select a site upon the Point Defiance
military reservation.
The selection of the site Is left. to the
major general commanding the army. sub
ject to the approval OF the secretary OF
war. The amount appropriated Is to be
expended under the direction of the secre-
tary OF war In constructing the necessary
buildings, quarters, barracks and stables
upon the site selected.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
LED BY A DESERTER.
Force OF Insursents Attempt to Loot
Launch-Rebels Repulsed in
an Engagement.

Manila, Oct. 29.-A civilian launch
towing barge loaded with merchan-
disc near Arayat was attacked by
force of $50 insurgents under David
Fagin, a deserter from the Twenty
fourth infantry. The American troops
on hearing the firing turned out in
force before the boat could be looted
and captured. Fagin, who holds the
rank of general among the insurgents,
has sworn special enmity toward his
former company. OF the 20 men he
captured month ago seven have re-
turned. One was killed in fight, his
body being horribly mutilated. Fagin
sends messages to his former COM
rades threatening them with violence
If they become his prisoners. It was
Fagin's men who captured Lieut..
Frederick W. Alstaetter, who is still
a prisoner.
While scouting near Looc, detach-
ment of the Twentieth and Twenty
eighth regiments, under Capt. Beigler,
were attacked by 400 insurgents
armed with rifles, under the command
of a white man whose nationality is
not known to the Amerlcans The in
surgents for the most part were in
trenched. After heroic fight Capt.
Beigler drove off the enemy. killing
more than Is. The fight lasted for
two hours. Capt. Beigler and three
privates were slightly wounded, and
two of the Americans were killed.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
TREACHEROUS BOERS SHOT.
on Three Men Who Fired on Brit
ish After Surrendering.

London, Oct. ga dispatch re-
ceived at the war office from Lord
Roberts, dated Pretoria, Friday Oc-
tober 26, referring to the fighting of
Gen. Barton's column with Gen. De-
vets forces, October 25, says:
''The British losses were heavier than at
first reported. An additional officer and
II men were killed and three officers and 25
men were wounded. The Beers left "a
dead and 10 wounded on the field and 26
Beers were made prisoners. Three Beers
who held up their hands in token of sur
render and then fired on the British were
court-martialed, convicted and sentenced
to death. I have confirmed the sentence"
London, Oct. 25.-According to dis
patch from Cape Town to the Daily
Mail, force of Beers attacked and
surrounded patrol of Cape police,
with convoy, near Hoopstad, Orange
River colony, last Wednesday, and
sharp fight ensued. "The police" says
the correspondent, "were compelled
to abandon two Maxims. Ultimately
reinforced by the yeomanry, they sue
ceeded in getting away with the con-
voy, but they lost seven killed, II
wounded and IS. captured. The
colonials were outnumbered ten to
one, and the engagement lasted two
hours. The Beers have $4,000 men in
the field, nearly half of whom are in
Orange River colony. These are di-
vided into commanders of some 300
each, but are capable of combination
LOT large operations"
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
MINERS AGAIN STRIKE.
Three Hundred Men at Hudson Col
1iery Object to Exacting Con-
ditiOnA of Foreman.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 1-Three
hundred miners employed at the Hud-
son colliery of the Delaware and Hud-
son company went on strike Wednes-
day morning because the foreman in
sisted on more topping" on the cars
than the men were willing to give.
Shamokin, Pa, Nov. 1.-The Corbin
colliery operated by Andrew Robert
son & Co.. between here and Mount
Carmel, resumed work Wednesday, 500
men and boys being granted the ten
per cent. increase Tuesday night.
The Excelsior colliery, also owned by
the same firm, will resume Thursday
with 600 employees.
SAenanLo oah, Pa, NOV. 1.-The Sus-
quehanna Coal company at William
Penn, near here, has granted the de-
mands of the mine workers in that
colliery, and will resume operations to-
day. This is one of the largest opera
tions in the county, 700 men being en-
ployed.
Hazleton, Pa, Nov. 1.-The Mines
vile colliery. operated by the A. S.
Van Wickle estate, will resume Fri
day. The company has agreed to
grant the men all the concessions
made by the other companies and op-
orators. Calvin Pardee & Co. and a
committee representing the strikers
for whom there was no work at Lat
timer when operations were resumed
on Monday arrived at an amicable
agreement Wednesday, and all the dis
charged men will be back at their old
places to-day.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
FOUND GUILTY.
Jury in the Case of Ferrell. Murderer
of Express Messenger Lane,
Reaches q Verdict.

Marysville, o., Oct. 51.-The jury at
midnight returned verdict of mur-
der in the first degree, without recon-
mendation, against Rosslyn H. Fer
rell for the murder on the night of
August 10 last of Charles Lane, an
express messenger on a Panhandle
east-bound train. The murder was
committed for the purpose of robbery.
Ferrell secured $1,000 in money
from the way safe of the Adams
Express company. The verdict car
ries with it the death penalty,
which in Ohio is electrocution.
A desperate effort was made to save the
prisoners life. The crime was not de-
MED, but the plea was made that he
was mentally irresponsible and an at
tempt was made to show that insanity
was hereditary in the Ferrell family.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
A CALL TO GIVE THANKS.
President Mckinley Issues His An-
nual Thanksgiving Day Proc
fanatic to the Nation. "

Washington, Oct. 30.-The state de-
partment Monday issued the follow
ing: :, ID.
"By the President Of the United States
of America.-A proclamation.-1t has
pleased Almighty God to bring our ma
tion in safety and honor through another
year. The works of religion and charity
have everywhere been manifest Our coun-
try through all its extent has been blessed
with abundant harvests Labor and the
great industries of the people have pros
pered beyond all precedent. Our COM
merce has spread over the world. our
power and influence in the cause Of free
dom and enlightenment have extended
over distant seas and lands. The lives Of
our official representatives and many Of
our people in China have been marvelously
preserved. We have, been generally ex-
empt from pestilence and other great
calamtties and even the tragic visitation
which overwhelmed the city of Galveston
made evident the sentiments of sympathy
and Christian charity by virtue of which
We'>are one united people.
Nov, therefore, /, William Mckinley,
president of the United States do hereby
appoint and set apart Thursday, the 18th
of November next, to be observed by all
the people of the United States at home
or abroad as day of Thanksgiving and
praise to Him who holds the nations in the
hollow of His hand. I recommend that
they gather in their several places of wor-
ship and devoutly give Him thanks for
the prosperity wherewith He has endowed
us, for seed-time and harvest, for the
valor, devotion and humanity of our
armies and navies, and for all His benefits
to us as individuals and as nation, and
that they humbly pray for the continuance
OF His divine favor, for concord and amity
with other nations, and for righteousness
and peace in all our ways.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this
18th day of October in the year of Our Lord
one thousand nine hundred, and OF the in
dependence of the United States the one
| hundred and twenty-tifth.
WILLIAM M'kINLEY.
BY the President: John Hay, Secretary
of State"
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
LATER NEWS.

Minister Conger has been instructed
to demand ample but not excessive in
! demnity from China for death, injury
and losses of Americans.
! The business portion of Shelby, Neb.,
was almost entirely wiped out by q
fire started by burglars.
A New York court has decided that
leaving personal property in a seat
| in railroad car entities passenger
to possession.
The transport Idaho, with the home
coming Canadian soldiers from South
| Africa, arrived at Halifax, n. S.
Waiter Kerr died at wright's Corn
ers, Ind, aged 100 years and months
Gen. Botha and strong force of
Beers, were moving toward Cape Col
ony.
The Carlist revolt in Spain promises
to give the army serious work.
Mrs. Sarah Anthony- Burtis died at
| Rochester, N. Y, in the ninetieth year
of her age. She was one of the first
| active workers in the cause of women's
suffrage.
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Evangelist Wyatt, missing from Chi
cago since May 20 is prisoner in
Manchester, England, charged with
| killing his father.
The southern cotton crop for 1900 is
placed at 9,790,O00 bales.
A Paris court appointed George Gould
trustee for his sister, Countess Castel-
lane, whose husband has spent 23,ooo,-
| 900 francs of her. money in four years.
Gen. Daniel. Mcclure, United States
| army, retired, died of pneumonia in
Louisville, Ky.
Twenty-six persons are unaccounted
| for in the Tarrant fire and explosion
| in New York ''
George J. Frey was robbed of 1890
! while waiting to make deposit in
the First national bank in Chicago.
Registration shows about 10000
| voters in Porto Rico.
England was greatly surprised by
the promotion of Lord Lansdowne to
the ministry of foreign affairs
Federico Degetau (rep.), of San
Juan, has been elected the first dele
gate to congress from the island of
Porto Rico to the United States.
Chicago bank clearings for October
were $eo7 7,631Oe7, the largest for any
month but one on record.
The United States fish commission
steamer Albatross returned to San
Francisco from II mouths cruise.
Most of the time she has been in
| the Pacific.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

The most remarkable feature in con-
nection with the recent discoveries in
Babylonia of records antedating all
Others by thousands of years is the fact
that men were much as they are now,
and lived then somewhat as they live
to-day. On one tablet a jewe.er gave a
guarantee that an emerald set ring
would not fall out for 20 years; on an
other@a cou pie of farmers agree to refer
the question of their boundary line to a
third party for arbitration. A third
bears record of the adjustment of a
claim for wages, and so on, the life
then being similar to the present.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
FLOODS IN WISCONSIN.
Railways Suffer Severely-Other
Serious Damage Caused,

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 29.-Great dam
age has been caused by heavy rains.
Enormous loss has been suffered by
railroads, business men and farmers,
and hundreds are without homes. 1t
is impossible to estimate the damage,
as many towns are without communi-
cation and no facts can be obtained.
The railroads running into this city
have. suffered great damage. The
trains from all directions have been
tied up. The worst damage is reported
on the Milwaukee road. 49,.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Japan now has passed law to pro-
hibit lads under 20 years of age from
smoking.
More than $50 new school houses
have been built in Kansas within the
last year.
New and frightful massacres of
Armenians have occurred in the dis
trict of Diarbekir.
Rudyard Kipling has decided to sell
his Vermont house and abandon the
idea of residing in America.
It is likely that salt mining may in
the early future be added to the in
dustries of British Columbia. .
In England lamppost has been
introduced which combines fire hy-
drant, tap and fire alarm box.
/ The game laws of New Hampshire
do not allow any person to kill more
than Is partridges in one day. sr.,
/ The general council of Kaw Indians
in Texas has voted almost unanimous
ly in favor of the allotment of their
lands. - - :. - %..t ~ ."lt
The home of the late Bayard Taylor
at .Westchester, Pa, known as Cedar
croft, was Sold at sheriff's sale to sat
isfy a claim .@: : va n s u, Il. j
A cousin Of DR.. Livingstone, Mrs.
MacQueeny, who was Kate Living
stone, is alive, at the age of 1O4, at
Salem, in the Isle of Null. :. .I. s.
Apricotsl stand second to oranges
as q moneymaking crop in California.
Roughly estimated, the present APP
ricot yield is worth $4,000, 1000 to that
state. .#s ~.
]. NJ. Mcknight, formerly president
of the German national bank, OF
Louisville, has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment at hard labor for
embezzlement. II ...s.s sAs
It has been discovered that Mo-
nongahela river is ruinous to boilers,
having Is grains Of sulphuric acid to
one gallon disastrous ratio, accord
ling to oexperts. .5=
By order of the London school board
the teachers ii all the schools OF that
city have tested the sight Of the chill
dren under their care. OYer1, 223 per
CEN. were found to- have defective
vision.
The latest fishing craft to return
from northern Labrador report at ST.
Johns that nothing has been seen 81
/ the Peary relief steamer Windward.
The Winte season has already begun
! fto set lin near Hudson bay ssss