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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14
Nevada Going Backward.

With the publication Of the census fig-
ures and the study of proposed changes
in congressional representation, atten-
ton Il again attracted to the state Of Ne
vada and it's dwindhng population. Dur
ing the last ten years the state lost 100
people. and at the present time there Is
no reason for believing that another de-
crease win not be recorded when the
coming decade shall have ended. Ne
vada's population now reaches total
smaller than that of any other state, and
il far below the congressional ratio for
single district. Yet the state retains
the right to send two senator's and one
representative to congress-. and unless
some measures are taken to prevent It,
will continue to hold that right in spite
Of the fact that Its population is gradual
ly decreasing.
There seems to be no clear way out OF
the difficulty. Nevada would naturally
object to being deprived OF statehood. un-
less It were under conditions favorable
to her. Annexation to other commons
weaiths has been suggested at different
times. but the project has never taken
definite shape. II IL said that California
would willingly take over the state, and
Utah. 1t is claimed. has looked with fa-
vor upon a similar suggestion with regard
to an increase OF Its present territory.
Nevada is a large state. however. and
some have thought that 1t would hardly
be feasible for any one state to annex so
large piece Of territory and that II
anything OF the sort was done It would
be better to divide up the Nevada area
among the nearby states. giving portions
to California, Utah. Idaho and Oregon.
Some good land might in this way fall to
California, but the new territory allotted
to the other states would be for the most
part desert.
There wHs never any very good reason
for making Nevada state. although
such legislation commended itself to
Some OF our Wlkest stateSIHth SoOn aIter
the war. The only important interests in
the state are those connected with the
once exceptionally rich silver mines.
which attracted Worldwide attention at
one time and brought In a rush OF popuia-
lion. The exhaustion OF the richer ores
and the fall In the price OF silver. how
ever. soon drove people away. and the
soil never had qualities that would at
tract agricultnrssts. The states chief re-
sources are the silver mines and the
borax and other commercial chemicals
which are obtained In great quantities
from the plains and iupresnated lakes
with which the state Is covered. These
are able TO support only Iimited pop
ula,ion. however. and there Ia little In the
forbiddlng character OF the territory to
bring in new people. The state Is likely
to see its population become more re-
iueed in numbers and probably will con-
time TO have It's hld-timc influence IN
congress. even n has no more peapls
than a fair-sixad town.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

San Jose Mercury. -
The Republicans carsied Pu<sfo
$500 against Isl for tbs
There IL sort or Texas navcf 4
Puerto Rican election that
people Of our nes lslapd p =
Fellowship. Il
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

Mississippi Is going to supplement lie
Acknowledgement Law. which threw out
the oolored vote by educational quaiifi-
cations. and proposes row to make Il al
most Impossible for the negro 70 ohtain
an edaeation. AT the las, election the
white psopie voted on constitutional
amendment which provides for the dis
trfhuslon Of the school snnas. Cnder the
present system the school money is eis-
,ributed among the whites and blacks In
the proportion she number Of each hears
TO the total number OF children % school
age The amendment vosei on Tuesday
bases tae distribution on The proportion
paid 81 the whites ana blacks respective
". "a that the whites wiH receive more
and the blacks less Of The school money
than under the existing law.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

cial and material phasea. -
eoes TO make life better Wof4 I|
people or to preserve and e1Q1
level of national life, Our NlI1 4
frymen In the East will be Htuo ~
slider carefully tho verdict NJ
Western policy OF recent ysoSos 0,
those who are best able TO peencr
on its effects.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

Helena Eecprl y
Outside the local results.
found that Montana has lost s5
influence at the national
recent election that may -
during ths.psxt fe1E XsAE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

The Engineering Journal calls attention
20 the fact that the receH; contract for
the paving and sewerage o. Havana win
soon be bet. The contract Will probably
involve abou, ssa'e.c0o II Is matter Of
very. considerable interes; 70 Americans
because the representatives OF this gov
eminent feel that there should be no OPP
portuaity for poor work. unsatisfactory
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

NtH%iptt 4 ftAunt.
Ine flsnre Ok Canada Is admitted on
Az hands 20 depend largely upon the fol-
lowing OF a right course In the develop
msnt Of the West: and this applies 10 our
national welfare not only in 'its ccmmar-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

About the worst crop failure THIS year
was tina, OF popnlists IN the formerly
productive states OF Kansas, Nebraska
ana soa,h Dakota,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

II Il said that the South African mining
companies are sroanins IN spirit over the
statement that the cost Of the war Is to
be paid BY assessment, the imperial ex-
chsauer paying only the cost OF defending
the colonial frontiers. Inasmuch as the
war was begun at the request OF the
miners and waged principally for their
benefit It would seem only fair that they
bear some Of the financial burden.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

xsxArrLE THEArua-s'As ~ white HORSE
Third AvExux rnEArER-".s vss NAH. /"
S0RANp OPrRA HoUsE-Bitsns Compsay IN
5I0sms ~. W1uthSop."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-14

# the seeds Of its own destruction. While
an u the compenses could readily have
earned good legitimate interest on the
actual value of the property which they
owned-on their legitimate capitalization
they could not hold mp the weight OF
the enormous stock and bonded indebt-
edness With which they were burdened.
Some OF the men heavily interested in the
get out from under, with the result OF
precipitafing the crash. which II was IN
evfsable would have occurred, soon or
later. The whole structure which Willard
had 80 carefully reared. went down like
house Of cards; and the financial CEN
tiers OF the country were shaken by It's
downfall.
While bankruptcy and reorganization
necessarily followed. n is tribute to Mr.
vllard's sagaclty that Of the companies
with which his name was connected IN
the Pacific Northwest. nearly every one.
when relieved from the burden OF over
capitalization. has been good dividend
earning property. and all OF them have
been prime factors in the growth and de-
velopment Of the state OF washington.
which thus looks upon Mr.. Willard as a
bAnefsctor. The Eastern investors in the
so-called Willard securities however. did
not for many years share in washing
tons admiration for the great financier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

escape them. The result is an unnecessary
surprise and confusion IN the minds OK
their readers The Jameson raid, Tor ca
ample broke on the American world Ike
a bolt from the blue Causeless ana aoso-
luteIy without premonition ii seemed 10
come Yet the open secret lay in the Lon
don Times for several days before the RAD
came of That fraudulent letter 10 Jane
son-the coolxed-up cry of the women and
children in Johannesburg-was prlnte4,
with all its telltale significance full on rs
face. The poet laureate was spurred py II
to a poem. for which he afterwards made
a handsome apology: but the correspond-
ents of the American press passed II py IN
blssful innocence. Even an extract IRON
il would have prepared US for what Was
coming; but, no, we were suddenly set
fioundering with Janaeson's troopers on the
way from Pitsani 10 Pretoria, without an
inkling of how we got there Even IN that
masterpiece of foreign reporting-the Drey-
fus trial-there were terrible iacunae,
hiatuses that left the brain Keeling. You
wondered at several points OF the case x
the French mind were dethroned. or II ~
was yours that had gone crazy: but when
you got your full stenographic reports m
the Paris Figaro you saw that the lucid
account which made all clear had been
hopelessly nuddled in Geographic trans
mission to this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
HARDY HEROINES.
Women in Real Life and Fiction No
Longer s.Swoon."

w. d. Howells. in Harpers Bazaar.
We may explain the absence of genuine
women i'm romantic fiction less charitably
than / have already explained IL, and sup
pose that IL was a reVulsion from their
extreme prevalence in the early real
i thai in ''iG an the the more %s active ad
ventures and more tremendous eN-
igencies, a heroine was so difficult 10 man.
age that she had 10 be left out as much
as the heros functional requirement OF
some one TO love would permit. In repre-
sentation of everyday life she could al
ways very credibly give good account Of
herself, but in what may be called every
other-day life she apparently did not know
whaS to do. Her simple and single device
females" OF "sensibility." was soon ex-
hausted, and, even when in a dead faint.
she was apt TO be a burden on the action;
the hero had TO lug her of, either in his
her TO the villain, who could seldom be
trusted with the care of a lady.
The possibilities of the swoon, indeed,
had been pretty well exhausted. when the
novel began slowly TO return 70 the study
of human nature under the ordinary social
conditions. Heroines were confronted with
situations to which they were more equal
women. and they tainted less time
went on, until now a lady falls hfeless
in fiction almost as rarely as i'm life The
effect in these matters is largely reciprocal.
and no doubt the evanescence of the swOon
in life is due in turn to its disappearance
in fiction AT any rate, fainting is as OBJ
solete bursting a bloodvessel." which
used to be so common i'm novels; and the
habit OF carrying salts which every lady
had VINO wished to pass for delicate
female" and which continued till the mid
die OF the century, would seem something
too funny TO her golfing granddaughter.
who talk of each other as women" and
share the hardy sports of men"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
LIST OF FAIRS.
1t Includes All the Indiana Fairs Yet
to BE Held.

The following is a complete list OF In
diana fairs that have not yet been held.
the names OF the secretaries of the fair
associations being given:
Marengo-Crawford. Sept. 81. Sherman
w. Stewart.
Carroll-Howard, Sept. 81. A. ID. Wood.
acknowledgements. Sept. 81, W. M.
Blackstock.
Princeton-Gibson. Sept. s-s s. Vet Strain.
Kentland-Newton, Sept. Al, II. "A.
Strohm.
Shelbyville-Shelby. Sept. As. c. E. Ans
den.
Observation-Disclosures, Sept. As.
Anderson-Madison, Sept. As, c. K Nc
Cullough
Fiora-Carron, Sept. 1O-14, W. H Lesh.
acknowledges, Sept. 10-14. Joe Stew
enson.
Huntingburg-Dubois. Sept. 1O-15. H. C.
Rothert
Boonville- -Warrick. Sept. 1O-15. j. f.
Richardson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sept. lois.
w. +. Hulet.
Tipton-Tipton, Sept 1914, b. F. Ramsey.
Romelton-Brown, Sept. ILLS, Samuel
Walker.
Laporte-Laporte. Sept. lila, ]. vene
Dorland.
Columbus-Ba Sept. lila. Ed
Redman, jr.
Observation-Disclosures. Sept. 12-15. George
Z. Campbell.
Rochester-Fulton, Sept. 12-15, F. F.
Moore.
Evansville-vanderburg Sept. 1921. r. l..
Akin.
New Carlisle-St Joseph. Sept 1921, A
III. Compton.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Sept. 24-2S. G. P.
Alexander.
Newport-Western Indiana, Sept. 24-2S.
3. S. Altman.
Terre Haute-vigo, Sept. 24-29. Charles r.
Duffin.
Portland-Jay Sept 24-2S, c. o. Hardy.
Bourbon-Marshall, Oct. 2-5. b. w. Parks.
Crown Point-Lake, Oct. 2-5, A. A. Bibler.
Vincennes-Knox, Oct. S-13 James NJ.
House.
Angola-Steuben, Oct. 9-12,, A. w. Gocdale.
Bremen-Marshall, Oct. 9-12, Edward
Hickman.
State Fairs
Columbus, O.. Sept. 81. w. w. Miller,
secretary.
Indianapolis. Ind, Sept. 1922, Charles
Downing.
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept 24-29 w. c. Garrard.
Great Western Circuit.-s250,0 900 in stakes
and purses
Hamline. Mimi, Sept. 3-S. Z. w. Randall.
secretary.
Milwaukee. Wis. Sept. 1O-15. John Nj.
True, secretary.
Indianapolis. Ind, Sept. 17-22, Charles
Downing, secretary.
Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 24-29, w. 2.
Ijams, president.
Springfield, H., Sept. 24-29 George H.
Madden, superintendent speed.
st. Louis. Mo-, Oct. l-6. Robert Aull,
president.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
HISTORIC BANNER.
1t Will Soon Go to Northern Indiana
Historical Society.
Chicago Post.

Chicago Post.
One of the striking features of the naval
parade yesterday was a tattered and torn
flag carried by Jerome III. Chamberlain, of
Bourbon, Ind This flag also was con-
spicuous feature in the dedicatory exercises
of the naval arch earlier in the day. 1t was
held in the hands of Comma nder-in-chief
Shaw, and its story was told to the enthu-
siastic crowd 1t was fOndled by the g. A.
A. leader all through his address, and as a
climax to his Grafton he waved its discol-
ored and torn streamers high above his
head
incidentally the commander-in-chief men,
toned what the flag was, but its value was
not appreciated by the people, being intro
duced as Ii was amid patriotic remarks and
stirring music. But before the ceremonies
started Mr.. Chamberlain, the owner. was
caressing the treasure and telling its story
to an interested audience.
1t saw continued service all during the
rebellion. 1t was with the South Atlantic
squadron, first commanded by Dupont and
later by Dahlgren. 1t was the second cut
ter boat flag of the Wissahickon, and the
storm flag of the United States Monitor at
Montauk.
Riddled and torn almost into shreds IL
has been tenderly cared for by Mr.. Cham
berlain for years. Anybody who cared to
see the flag and to hear its story always
has been welcome at Mr.. Chamberlain's
house But not until now has he consented
to part with it. He thinks he is growing
old, and that after he is gone there will be
no one who will think so much of this
treasure to take good care of It, so he final
the encampment Ii will be presented TO the
Northern Indiana Historical Society by
John L. Hall, of South Bend. Ind, who is
a comrade of Mr. Chamberlain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
SUFFERING IN ALASKA.
Governor Brady Tells of Great Dis.
tress in the Land of Gold.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-Governor Brady,
of Alaska, in letter to Secretary Hitch
cock, dated st. Michael, Alaska, Aug. g.
describes the distress in Alaska, which the
government is now taking steps to allie
viate. Governor Brady says:
81 left Sitka, IL a. M July q, and arrived
here last evening at o'clock. While COM
ing down the Yukon we stopped at various
places to wood up and, where L had the OPP
portunity, 1 went among the natives to
make observations. AT a place called Grey
ling. some 500 miles from here, / saw that
the natives were sick in nearly every tent
upon the shore line and were in a very de-
plorable condition, some lying groaning on
the ground / saw one man sitting with his
whole body naked and coughing and groan-
ing; the pity of it was that nothing was
being done for their relief. Even the SUBJ
trader at the place was sick in bed.
This morning the Bear arrived from
Siberia and different points along the
Alaskan coast and st. Lawrence island,
and reports terrible state of affairs
among all the natives. In some places the
natives report that more than one-half of
officers have been able to investigate about
one-fourth have died in places. The cpl
demic seems to come in the form of grip,
attended by pneumonia or measles, or both.
1.-The natives seem to become stupefied
and utterly helpless. and lie down to die.
/ find that the officers of the Treasury De-
partment have taken this matter UP in be-
half and in the name OF the government
to give the speediest possible assistance"
In conclusion, Governor Brady says:
I'm this emergency the government is
very fortunate to have such man here to
represent ii as Lieut.. d. II. Jarvis. He has
had years of experience in the revenue
cutter service. and has learned to know
these natives almost by name and takes an
interest in their welfare. ] think the gov
eminent can make no mistake in backing
him up with supplies to relieve these
stricken natives. He is well acquainted
with all the traders, and knows what ones
to trust
Governor Brady also compliments the
work of Col. Joseph F. Evans the special
agen1 for the Treasury Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
ALL RECORDS SMASHED
STEAMSHIP DEUTSCHLAND Is THE
FASTEST LINER AFLOAT.
Crossed the Atlantic in Five Days,
Mfnufes-New Mail Line.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The steamer
Deutschland, of the Hamburg-American
line, has again eclipsed all previous rec
ords for fast transatlantic travelling. She
has broken the eastern and western rec
ords. Her time on the voyage just ended
was five days, twelve hours and twenty
nine minutes between the mole, at the
entrance of Cherbourg harbor, and the
Sandy Hook lightship. At noon of the Sist
she passed the record for the fastest day S
run. making 5S4 knots. Her average speed
was 23.02 knots per hour.
The Deutschland sailed from Hamburg
Aug %, Southampton and Cherbourg Aug.
26 She passed the Cherbourg mole at 9:55
on the evening of Aug. &C. arriving at the
Sandy Hook lightship at 5:24 a. m. to-day
On the trip she hao moderate winds and
sea, with occasionally hazy weather. Her
daily runs were 3S7, $40. $40. 5S4 and 425
knots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
A MINISTER'S wIFE's DUTIES.
Let Her Give to the Church Only What
Every other Woman should Give.
Ladies' Home journal.

l>duleS f1Oluc JOuIudl
The duty of a minister's wife, fl might
properly be considered, is to keep herself
informed concerning the work OF the mis-
sion boards Of her denomination. The wife
of the minister may be a valuable and
yet not an ovarburdened member Of the
missionary societies If she quietly hold
her societies in league with denomina-
tional work No one else csn do this 50
well, because the minister will supply the
needed information. On occasions where
IL is necessary for the church TO be repre-
scented in the women's councils IL is fit
ting that the minister's wife should 60
10 she feels inclined. If she is timd and
shrinking. such publicity is torture. and
there IS no reason why she should force
herself to submit to IL. She can, I'm the
society. suggest, and. II need be. INSIST uD-
on delegates to do this work. II she has "A
wise head and kind heart she will not do
more than is right, and she will do what
ever is necessary; but the parish must
realize that there are many demands So
cially, and that her life is 10 be planned
cut in accordance with her own ideas ot
right. She needs her strength her bright
ness, her reposeful home She should give
to the church only such service a. every
other Christian woman ought TO give. and
no more, for we are saying to-day with
new and sensible emphasis: THE church
engaged my husband-not me"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
WHAT "RAG TIME is.
A Characteristic of Some Very Re-
spectacle Music.

New York Tribune.
Now what is rag timer 1t is only lit
tie over year since a correspondent asked
the question seriously of the Tribune and
was answered seriously. He was told that
rag time is the most characteristic fea-
ture of what may be called American negro
music. That its foundation was the effect
resulting from the division of the accented
part of measure into two notes. of which
the first is the shorter-a sixteenth and a
dotted eighth in common time. for instance
1.-The result is peculiarly propulsive and
stirring" said the Tribune at the time.
land the fondness of the negro for ii Is
doubtless due to the strong rhythmical
sense which is innate within him." The
Tribune pointed out further that the same
rhythmical snap was familiar feature OF
Hungarian music. Many a time and oft
had IL discussed the question before, and
only last October IL took the trouble to
show the prevalence of the rhythmical ef-
feet in the music of the North American
Indians Its domination of Scotch folk
music is supposed to be as familiar as any,
thing in music and the fact that the Trib-
une has talked so much about it under the
name OF the Scots snap or catch that il
has amused the wise men OF the East-(the
habitat of the Magi is Boston)--who do not
wish to wrench their intei1ecfs by inQuiriug
Into the possible probable or necessary ele-
nents which have entered. may. will or
shall enter into characteristic American
music More than this, IL is fact that
every musician. practical or theoretical.
$50 he be at all familiar with the musical
history that the rhythmical effect which
is the germ Of rag time was as much OF a
fad In the operate music Of the Neapoli-
tan school Of the eighteenth century as A.
II In The oo-catled coon song to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
...a,OOl,4
Which leaves a cash balance I'm
the trea sury of S2s5 All

The monthly comparative statement of
the government receipts and expenses
shows that during August the total re-
ceipts were $49. 6SS 100 and the expenditures
$4,000, 1873, which is in excess OF expenses
over receipts for the month of $S11, 443. In
August, 1889. there was a surplus of nearly
$0,OOO,OOO, and treasury officials say this sur
plus would have been exceeded but for ex-
traordinary civil and miscellaneous expen-
ditures during August on account of the
taking of the twelfth census, the redemp-
ton OF Porto Rican coins and the payment
of the Hawaiian postal savings banks de-
posits under the annexation act, and small
increase in war and navy expenditures.
The receipts from the several sources of
revenue are given as follows: Customs,
81, 3S4 494, an increase over August, 1889, of
SS3S 900; internal revenue, $26,054, 735, an in
crease of ST. 600; miscellaneous, 81 249, 525,
a decrease of nearly $3,000.000. The expendi-
lures for the month are given as follows:
Civil and miscellaneous, $11,S69,7S2, an in
crease of s4,SO5,331; war, sl5,231 200, an in
crease of $500, 900; navy, s., 456. $751; an in
crease of 1900; Indians, 1891, 2S2, de-
crease of $4,000; pensions, 49, 700. 799, an
increase of $3.50. 600; interest, ss,17O,OS1, de-
crease of $S05,000.
The monthly circulation statement, is
sued by the controller of the currency,
shows that at the close of business on
Aug. 81 1900, the total circulation of ma
tional bank notes was 1924, 223 $40, an in
crease for the year of $50, 152, 01S, and an in
crease for the month of $4,20S. 454. The cir
culation, based on United States bonds, is
$3.50, 641, 356, an increase for the year of
$S4 46S COZ, and an increase for the month
of 81, 1892 The circulation secured by
lawful money amounted to $33. 5S2. 49, de-
crease for the year of s.. 315. $3.50, and an in
crease for the month of S14,532. The amount
Of United States bonds on deposit to Sc
cure circulating notes was 1896, 100, $50, and
TO secure public deposits SIS, 2S0
The monthly statement of the director
of the mint shows that during August the
total coinage at the United States minis
was s7,7741 60. as follows: Gold, 5000, 900;
silver, 81 $50, 600: minor coins, $1SS. 160 Dur
ing August II zoe, OOO coins of the face value
of $1,32 .160 were the product of the mint
in Philadelphia. OF this amount there
were 6.1940 900 coins in silver of a value of
| 81, 1876, 900, and 6,512,000 in the base metals
valued at S1SS 100