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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22
TRAINS RAPID FLIGHT.
Climbs Western slope, sos Miles, in
1,OS1 Minutes, to Bear . Father
to = Sick Son.

BILLINGS. Mont, Dec M.-A special
IRAN, consisting OF an engine and one
coacn, arrived here at 6:B o'clock this
morning over the Burlington road. having
made the run from Omaha, 1893 miles in
JUST one minute over eighteen hours The
only passenger was Paul Mccormick,
wealthy Montana stockman, who charter
cd the special for a race with death, his
son being critically III here.
Mr.. Mccormick was In Omaha when he
received a telegram notifying him OF the
sudden dangerous illness OF his son and
the need of his immediate presence II he
wished to see him alive. The message
was handed to him at noon Thursday, and
within an hour and half he had en-
gagged the special and was ready to leave
The start was made from Omaha at al
p. m. Thursday. and the run to Lincoln
was at the rate of a mile minute, one
stop only being made between Omaha and
Lincoln. Leaving Lincoln the train tore
impatient father sat, watch in hand.
counting the minutes and miles that lay
between him and his son.
Father BeGged for speed.
Mccormick importuned the conductor
In charge, the conductor urged the engi-
neer. the engineer crowded his machine
Between Lincoln and Grand Island the
track Is poor; there is also the Platte
river to Cross. which caused a loss of time
that was soon made up on the next divis-
lon.
Ravenna, 1884 miles from Omaha, was
reached In 17b minutes, not counting stops
for coal and water. Here was made a
quick change of engine and crew. and
then onward again. The best time OF the
trip was made from Ravenna to Seneca,
100 miles, the terrific speed OF 679 miles an
hour being reached and this on a slight
upgrade.
Another change of crews. and again
forward. The special had the right-of-
way over everything; stops were made
only for water coal. fresh engines and
crews. The trsainmen entered into the
spirit OF the race, engineers and tiremen
urged their engines TO their top speed,
while the man on the swaying car sat
dreading the news that might await him
II HIS arrival was not betimes.
Through the Black Hills.
Toward nightfan the edge of the Black
hills was reached. here the grade increas-
ed, and the speed was slightly lessened.
on through the night the train bore its
atrenuous way. Near daylight another
change OF engines was made. and a teie-
gram was handed the father telling him
that his son was out OF danger. From
this on Mr.. Mccormick ordered the pace
slackened, and at 64s a IN. the special
pulled into the Huntington station here
after a record breaking run.
The fact that the entire distance from
lincoln to BILLINGS IL on an upgrade
makes the feat all the more rcrne kahle.
The time. Including stops was i,esi min
utcs.
When Mr.. Mccormick reached his home
he was relieved 20 find his boy much i'm
proved and with prospects of recovery.
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l.,-, r,snatch to the Post -Intelligencer.
PAUL. Dec. N---"Frequently OF
~, rsve been asked the cause of large
earnings In view Of the drought
~s.eou." said General Freight Agent
~ - the Northern Pacific, "and con-
80 reduction in the average bushels
Sss.t per acre, and will tell you some
2 he reasons
e = . million more people along our
sstween st. Paul and Puget sound
-. - had few years ago. These
1-.-,> are consumers, and require provi-
~ clothing and farm machinery for
z.s,r~ and agricultural purposes. This
-sssad trade creates increased freight
r~ssws These newcomers are also de-
-ssrirw many of the resources of our
s-st western country, furnishing extra
S-srht earnings for carrying wheat, bar-
= 1ax. fruit, fish. lumber and ores.
srba increase in acreage seeded to
400 max. etc, last season was over
~ NJ acres, as compared with the pre-
Ins season. Now II these new farm
seSs Welded only an average of eight
s1hels per acre, we would have 100000
1-<neja to help offset the shortage by
rrht. Part Of this new acreage yielded
- Bfteen to twenty-three bushels per
- On one of our branches the new
Srseee plowed up and seeded last season
- just double the acreage of 1899; an
|1sease OF 100000 acres.
sfhs census now being completed by
|orsuissioner Merriam shows gain Of
- III the population of Oregon, the
Wlscipal gain being in the northern part
Y hat state. The gain in Washington
- 10000 men. women and children.
mos Gain in population was over 1900
-. A great portion of this gain con-
11od Of settlers for the northern part Of
~ ttake. North Dakota increased her
ueulafion 10000. and the middle and
~p4hern part of our own state of Minne-
~ excelled any one OF the other states
nnlloned, showing an increase Of from
I'M 10 $4,000 people. The total in
cenes IN population in Minnesota during
|1o past ten years. according to tho re-
/ ~ census, was 1860. nearly half q
nfAion souls.
Growth VIII Continue.
An are familiar with the conditions at
~ time Of and following the last census,
~ shrinkage In the West by the great
"a the standstill period for several years
&oeeafter, 10 that we may estimate that
~ increase In the population between
l11o Superior and Puget sound occurred
ming the past few years. The fact Is
~ large percentage OF these new set
m located last year and the year previ-
|N The Increase In the number OF peo-
- IN Alaska will augment the total con-
|11Rably. making an increase Of fully S00-
IL people who emigrated from other sec-
The influx of settlers into these young
N1tefn states during the next few years
WI b. treat. New lands will be broken,
IN number Of farms increased, forest
~ timber lands will be cleared and new
u1neS opened.
y Will give you an example to indicate
NJ Amin, Z ranchman near Columbus,
Nent. plowed up six acres OF what Ii
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To Succeed DR.. Everett.

BOSTON. Mass, Dec. 2L-The Rev. Dr.
William Wallace Fem, pastor of the
Church of the Messiah, Chicago. has been
elected Bussey professor of theology at
Harvard university, to succeed Dr.
Charles Carroll Everett, who died last
month. DR.. Everett was also dean OF the
divinity school, but DR. Fem will not hold
that position. which. It is expected. will
go TO the Rev. Dr. Francis G. Peabody,
the Plummer professor.
DIR. Fem was born in Boston and was
graduated from Harvard in 1884 and from
the divinity school in 1897 He went to
Chicago in 1891.
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DUE TO THE TREMENs.
Travelling Salesman Makes De.per-
ate Attempts to XIII Himself

WICHITA, Kan. Dec. 2l-H 8 Stew
ems, travelling salesman for Roebling 4,
CO.. of Chicago made two desperate at
tempts at suicide in the city fail today
Finding no other weapon. he broke a
tried to dig a hole into HIS juguiar vein
Failing In that, he used the tin point Of
an open tomato can. and would have suc-
cecded had not the police discovered him.
Previous to that he attempted hanglny
with his suspenders
He was placed In jail last night for hay-
Ing alarmed the city with wild wells dur
ing "A fit Of tremens Remorse, he saws
Induced him to attempt suicide
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Lynched the wrong ann.

GVLFPORT. Miss. Dec Et-Henry
Lewis the alleged negro murderer OF Mar
shall Richardson. has not been caught
though bloodhounds and posses are san
after him
The negro Lewis. who was lynched here
yesterday by a moo. q now appears, was
a cousin % the alleged murderer. and
wholly Innocent Of the crime.
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BOSTON, Dec. 21-Former Gov Roger
Wolcott died at his residence in this city
today. He became i'll with typhoid fever
several weeks ago. but reports from his
bedside indicated nothing alarming until
the latter part of last week. when new
complications produced a change for the
worse. From that time until the end
came, bulletins of his condition We're hope
full, but hardly reassuring.
His physicians said tonight that death
resulted from extreme weakness, due TO
the progress of the disease.
The members of his family were at his
bedside He had continued in lethar-
gic condition for twenty-four hours and,
while probably conscious of what was
going on, his mind was not alert. and he
spoke no word.
The disease probably, was contracted
either while on shipboard or soon after
he landed in New York after his Euro
pean visit
The funeral viii be held Monday after
noon in Trinity church.
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To Dredge snake River.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Fos-
ter introduced a bill today authorizing
Richard Chilcott to dredge the mouth OF
the Snake river at Nome, Alaska, con-
struct wharves for commercial purposes,
and charge tolls for the use OF the same.
under the approval of the secretary of
war.
Mr. Chlcott. who Is I'm Washington,
has the Endorsement of the Nome Cham
Der OF Commerce IN this project. and
Senator Foster said today he regarded it
as a commendable one.
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Schooner Driven Ashore.

CAPE HENRY. Va Dec. 2l.--A report
was received by telephone from the Dam
Neck life-s saving station. eight miles south
of here. that the heavy storm prevailing
has blown ashore the schooner Jennie
Hall. Capt. Lamson, bound from Trinidad
to Baltimore, laden with asphalt. The
captain and one of the crew have drown
ed and the vessel is being pounded to
Mi
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Wind Forty Mile. an Hour.

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. ala severe
storm prevails today on the coast between
Capes Hatteras and Henry. The wind
is blowing forty miles an hour and is in
creasing hourly. All the small craft nave
sought shelter.
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CHICAGO Dec. 21.-The Northern Pa
citic and 500 roads have agreed to the
Great Northern's proposal to abolish
round trip colonist tickets west of ST.
Paul. Other Western roads are consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of Withdrawing the
rate west of the Mississippi river gate
way points.
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Death Of we're Foster.

BELFAST, Dec. 21.---Vere Foster. who
has been engaged for the last fifty years
In assisting the emigration of nearly 5000
OF the west Of Ireland and in the building
or furnishing of over ZOO national schools
in every part OF Ireland. died here today.
He was born in Copenhagen in 1919 and
was formerly in the British diplomatic
service In South America
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VIII he a Total Loss.

CAPE HENRY. Va Dec. H.-By tele-
phone from Dan Neck station 1t is learned
that the schooner Jennie Hall. which
stranded eight miles south of Cape Henry
at a. m, will be total loss. The
captain and two men were drowned. A
northwest gale is blowing 80 miles an
hour
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Annapolis FIoated.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. I.-The. United
States gunboat Annapolis. which ran
aground opposite Lamberts point early
this morning was floated In the afternoon
by tugs. Inc vessel Is not thought TO
be injured.
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Millions Were Involved.

BOSTON. Dec, 2i.-Justice Colt. in the
United States circuit court today decided
In favor OF the American Bell Telephone
company in the royalty suit brought bv
the Western Union Telegraph Company
The case Is known as the stock ticker
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Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelligencer.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia. Dec. 81 IT
developed today that Mrs Beckwith.
daughter OF Robert 7. Lincoln. has secur-
ed a divorce from the ball player she
eloped with
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MRS. FRYE DIES SUDDENLY.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2t.--Mrs. William
p. Frye. wife of the president pro tenn
OF the senate died suddenly at the Ham
tlton hotel at $40 o'clock today. Mrs.
Frye on Tuesday last suffered an acute
attack OF indigestion and had since been
ill. When she arose this morning she
was apparently much improved and par
took of breakfast. Shortly after leaving
the table the end came without the slight
est warning, heart failure causing death.
The body will be taken to Compton,
Me-, the home of Senator Frye.
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JEANIE's ROUGH VOYAGE.
Steamer Twelve Days Out From Sc
attic to San FranciscO.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2-The steam
er Jeanie. which arrived from Seattle last
night, had a very rough voyage. The
steamer was nearly twelve days making
the run. From the time Flattery was
passed until Point Reyes was reached
there was a succession of gales and the
ship was buried again and again. At
times Capt Mason thought he would new
err reach port.
On December ID. when sixty miles from
Cape Blanco. the Jeanne spoke three
masted schooner bound from Grays har-
Dor for San Francisco. Those on board
the sailing vessel asked the steamer TO
stand by until morning as the schooner
was leaking. The Jeanne did as request
ed but about ! o'clock on the following
morning the wind blew up strong from
the southeast. and by O'Clock II was
blowing almost a hurricane.
In the interim the steamer sustained
considerable damage. The doors in the
engine room were smashed In. the cabin
was flooded. the boats were set moving
in the skds. and i2S barrels OF oil were
washed overheard.
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To Abolish coIonist Rates.

case, and has been in the courts since
1894. The amount involved is S2,0oo,00o.
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New Mana of China.

The Post-fnteligencer has secured the
exclusive right for Washington TO Rand,
McNally Co.'S latest folder map o;
China and Asia These may be secured
10 cents each
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Lunch today. at the German Bakery, 81
room in the city.
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N per cent. reduction on all Calendars
Drnny-Coryeli Co., Il6 First avenue
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Isl FAST DEVELOPING.
..aATED ny GROWTH OF
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

E e. increase OF Population From
u. peuI to Puget Sound, Most of
Aecruing within the Past Two
Is .,x.-Mining and Agriculture.
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Grand ball Xmas eve, December a.
9ARke hall. sss
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TIE amounts Shown In the right hand
column represent what Mr. Amin receiv.
ca IN cash Tor his produce. The railway
and express companies received dement's
ers.
This is only one OF great many In
stances. and there is room in the Mon.
Jana valleys for more such settlers. We
nave handled twice as many apples this
year as we did last year, principally from
washington and Idaho
There were also forwarded from points
near Plains. Mont, this season more than
one hundred carloads of horses for sale
war in Africa caused a great shortage OF
horses In the East and large shipments
from the West during the present year.
we anticipate that when the present sea-
son closes we will have shippedl about
seventy-five thousand head OF these
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Small Bottle Of Perfume
free to each customer.

commonly called Montana waste or desert
land last year, and supplied II with wa
ter This is what he raised on the six
acres and marketed:
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For Cold I'm the Head
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets. zee
The German Bakery, 512 and 5i4 Second
avenue Is rapidly becoming the popular
restaurant for ladies' This is due to at
tentive service and reasonable prices. ..s
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HEINE PIANOS.

Mason G. Hamlin. Hallett & Davis,
,hickering. Behr Bros. Straube. HeiDe,
u ten other makes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-16
BENWOOD.

Harry B. Blackstone, OF Pittsburg,
was here on business yesterday.
Mrs. James Gates and daughter, Miss
Leotia, of Powhatan, Ohio. are here Wis
iting relatives.
w. H. O'Brien, a prominent attorney
of Ripley, Jackson county, returned to
his home after a brief visit with friends
in the city.
The persons of local talent who are
arranging for a play, entitled The
Rough Riders" under the direction OF
Prof. c. E. Carrigan, met last evening
to rehearse their respective parts.
The committee on arrangements for
the benefit dance to be held at the
Pabst hall on the 21st inst, will hold
a meeting at the Mayors Office next
Sunday evening at 1880 o'clock.
On complaint of a Wheeling firm
yesterday, O. A Lacey issued a war
rant for the arrest of George Conner.
on the charge of securing goods under
false pretenses. The defendant will
be given a hearing this afternoon at
two o'clock.
The pupils Of the Central school con
tinue to arrange a musical and literary
programme Of a patriotic nature to be
rendered on the afternoon of the 21St
inst. in honor Of Washington's birth
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-16
/ CONTRACT AWARDED

~ the City Gal Board for Coal, ut
Last Evenings Session.
At last evenings session Of the City
Gas Board the bids for COIL for the
works for the ensuing year were open
ed. and the contract was awarded to
the Monongah Coal Company. The fig
ures were as follows:
Pittsburg Coal Company-Three-
fourths coal. $1.61 per ton; IN coal,
s1.68.
Monongah Coal Company-Three-
fourths coal, $1.45; IL coal. $1.53.
The contract was awarded to the
lowest bidder. This. means that Mr..
Henry Floersheim has been at last
side-tracked, after holding the city's
business for seventeen years. He was
seen last evening, and in the course of
a discussion of the matter, said he did
not see how the Fairmont company
could fill the contract, unless it had a
rebate on railroad rates. He said his
company's freight rate was 40c per ton,
while that of the Fairmont company
was Soc. He failed to see where any
profit to the successful bidder could
possibly come in.
Mr.. Floersheim will return to Pitts
burg this morning. No representative
of the Fairmont bidder could be seen.
A Trustee said last night: This
price will increase our expenses over
last year at least $4,000" The lime
contract was awarded to John Caruth
at his bid of 13 cents per ton, 2 per
cent. off. Other bidders were Jesse
Moore and Meister Bros. The contract
for hauling coal and coke was given
to Wilson Allen, at 81 cents for coal,
and IS for coke. Other bids were: c..
w. Rixey, coal 64c, coke Csc; VIM.
Carney, coal 90c. coke s1.00; w. H.
Pryor, coal and coke 90c; Daniel Dean,
coal 75c, coke SOC; VIM. Woodruff, coal
and coke soc; Geo. F. Naber, coal roc,
coke Toe; Pat Mahony, coal and coke
$1.00.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-16
MARTINS FERRY.
Chronicle OF Daily Events from the
City OF Workshops and Mills.

City OF Workshops and Mills.
Mrs. James Coen died Wednesday
evening about six o'clock at her home
on Tenth street. She was about
twenty-four years of age, and leaves
a husband and two small children to
mourn the loss of a loving wife and
mother. The funeral arrangements
had not been made last evening.
The American Tin Plate Company
have bought the Paxon coal mine, add
ing more territory to the Laughlin
mine.
Mr.. William Lewis, of Fourth street,
received a very serious cut On his foot
"Wednesday night at the Aetna-Stand-
ard.
John c. Hayne is still confined to his
home.
The Junior Mechanic Lodge will
take part in the parade at Wheeling
on Dewey Day.
Mrs. Herman Kreiger, who has been
quite sick for some time, is not recover
ing as fast as expected.
Presiding Elder Holmes will hold
quarterly meeting Sunday at the First
NJ. e. Church, and will hold quarterly
OA OdluIQdy, WHEN Tie tCW
church project will be brought up.
Thomas Williams, superintendent of
the tin house at the. Laughlin plant, has
been transferred to the Monongaheia
mill of the American Tin Plate Com,
pany. John Fawcett, of the Aetna.
Standard, will take his place, and VIII
liam Goodhue will likely succeed Mr..
Fawcett at the Aetna-Standard.
The contract for the periodicals for
the new reading room has been award
ed to Edward McGlenn, of this city.
Mr.. Charles Carpenter has returned
from an extended trip, having visited
Toledo, Detroit and Chicago.
The metallic ceiling for the Vigilant
hose house has arrived.
Several of the knight Templars at
tended the meeting at St. Clairsville
last night.
Benz. Job, of Pearl street, is sick
with typhoid fever.
The reading room will not be COM
pleted this week. owing to some delay
in regard to getting the room in shape.
officers Brown and Erwin Interrupt
ted a lovely rough house" on First
street about midnight, arresting the
participants, four Hungarians. One
other drunk completed the complement
of arrests.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-16
FINANCIAL hill PASSED.
Details Of the Final Vote On tn
Measure IN II senate.

Deta1s OF the k1nak vote o. Nne
Measure IN the Senate.
WASHINGTON, d. G., February Is.
The final vote on the passage OF the
financial bill was taken in the Senate
at Sis p. m. just before the vote an
amendment by Mr.. Nelson Mimi al
lowing national banks to organize with
a capital of $25, 900 in cities Of 1000
population, was adopted.
The bill passed by as to 20. The fol-
lowing Is the detailed vote on the pas
sage of the financial bill:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Beveridge,
Gallery, Carter, Clark (Wyo.) Cullom,
Davis, Deboe, Depew, Elkins, Fair
banks. Foraker, Foster, Frye Gear,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough. Hawley,
Hoar, Kean, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride,
McCombs, McCumber, Mcmillan, Ma
son, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Plat
(Conn.), Plat IN. W, Pritchard,
Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoup,
Simon, Spooner, Thurston, Wetmore,
Wolcott-46.
N~ays-Bate, Berry, Butler, Chandler,
Chiffon, Clark, (Mont.); Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Daniel, Harris, Heftfeld,
Jones, (Ark.); Jones. Nevada; Ken
ney, McEnery, McLaurin, Martin,
Money, Morgan, Pettus, Rawlins,
Stewart, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller,
Tillman, Turley, Vest-29.
On motion of Mr.. Cullom the Hawaii
an bill was made the unfinished bust
ness.