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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

The people Of Massachusetts are turn
ing out TO hear Col Bryan just as they
would flock to see any other Western
curiosity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

Fighting Joe Martin is curious char
scter. but he IL not "slnged prairie
wolf" AT least that ia what he says.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

Buckley Farmer
We are OF the ogiuiou that n would no.
best sahserFe the interests % the publ.
living within i,s scope.
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Gold Hunters for Cape Nome.

Fort AnEtIes Iflbuue- Tiines,
They viii constitute a great army by the
time travel opens northward i'm the spring
We hope that they win all realize their
fondest dreams, and that they win return
to the Sound with light hearts and heavy
sacks.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08
Jary Bribing TN whatcom.

Denlng proepcctar
Some seem 20 think that sixty months
would more nearly have made the pun.
ishnaent az the crime
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

The Post InteiiiRencer hereby
guarantees It's adverfisers . hons
nde paid circulation, Daily, Weekly
SD sunday. dosbIe that OF any
other Newspaper published In the
state of Washington. Aavestisfng
contracts will be made subject to
this guara ntes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

For the first time since a Nicaragua
canal was first projected there Is a pros
peet that the bill providing for its con-
struction will become a law.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

The struggle Of fuslonists and mid
readers for control OF the Peoples party
would seem to be much ado about
nothing"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

I, is gratifying to know that there Is
to be no more gnawing on that old bone
OF contention, the Clayton Bulwsr
treaty..
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

The past yesr's record OF business
Tone by the South Carolina liquor dts
ponsary bureau shows that the total
protlts for the year under the new sys-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08
r~xa. Might Have stood chane.

Issaquah Independent.
Sherman once said II ne owned Texas
aud hell be would rent Texas II he had
come 10 fssaauah. how different would
have been his decision
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08
A Voice Prom Florida


jacksonville Tines Union and CITIZEN.
What Is cur national anthem
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Aontesano Vidette.
But Mr.. Sibiey doesn't seem to mind.
He knows that be is right
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

SEATTLE THEATER--ClsraT hropp in
"A Dolls HOUSE"
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-"Too
Much Johnson"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08
Like Ra.ph~rrie. in Deesmser.


Wheat beading cut IN the Paiouss c0uu-
try IN the middle 7f January Is somewhat
of a novelty,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08

Owe postofins address In fui incindins county
and state
Rsmit hy srprsss. money order. draft or ia regis
tered letter, 1t our rsk
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SEATTLE, THURSDAY, rEBRuARY q
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Address ell communications and remittances TO the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PUBLISHING Co, Ne
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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orFIcEs.

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chaso-Rooms 3s-3lo Chicago Stock Exchange
b,Iifdina
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The Post InteIiigencer does not offer payment tor
voluntary contributions. and Will not underaks 10
return unsolicited manuscript
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WE WERE. Thered then be no doubt whstevs.
values can't be betered 'Tisnt H.
he goods for the price that we ask you TO notice.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-29

IeFFltOFN ndu nNeu anu utleih'hS" ''' right to vote. had declared who should have that right, except in the one case stated by counsel from the Territory of Utah. Now, an examination of that case will show that the court, without any reasoning upon the subject. simply cited u general proposition from Cpoley's Constitutional Limitations. and based it's decision simply upon that, without consideration of the question as to the power of the court in a territory where the legislature is supreme within the limits of it's dele gated powers, to nullify an act of that legislature, simply hecause in it's wis dom such legislation is deemed not wise, not reasonable, lacking in uni formity or not impartial.
 deny to the courts the power to in terefere with the legislative assembly except upon some question or upon some subject matter where the organic law of the land has spoken in Il way as to limit and restrict the legislature upon thar subject, and then simply to declare whether or not the legislature has exceeded the powers conferred upon it by the constitution or organic law. Beyond that courts may not go. And as to the case in Utah, with due deference to that court. because it has been an able court-I say that this de- cisiOn was not well considered, and I decline to follow it.
 COnceding. for the sake of ofargument. that this court has the power to de- clare this act in question, which re- quires an electOr to produce as con dition precedent to his registration. receipt showing that he has paid his poll tax,or d showing that he is exempt from the payment of a poll tax, void, because of its unreasonableness. it is doubtful. more than doubtful, if the courts could so declare this act in question.
 There can be no doubt but that the
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-29
THE COCONINO SUN.


 and to enforce the payment of poll tax. The right of the legislature to exempt certain persons fir m the payment of a poll tax has never been questioned. It is true that there are certain persons who are. by the acts of the legislature, exempt from the payment of poll tax, such-as tiremen in cities, militiamen, etc think the court should presume that the legislature in so eXempting that those persons confer benefit upon the territory. which is an equiva- lent to the payment of d poll tax They perform services. and the legislature, il seems to me. has right to say that such services shall be accepted as an equivalent 10 the payment of a poll tax. Men over the age of sixty years are exempt. l presume the court could go further and say the legisla- ture doubtless had in mind the fact that having performed thei: whole duty in the payment of poll taxes and other taxes. and in rendering other services 10 the territory, therefore after the age of sixty such should be exempt. Such laws have been upheld since the beginning of this govern ment. It has been the uniform prac- tice in all the states of the union where militia laws are in force, to grant cer- tain exemptions because of military service. We know. too. that persons over the age of forty-live or fifty. as the case may be. have been exempted from military duty. These laws have always been sustained. and I see no reason why the legislature may not exempt persons over the age of sixty years from the payment of poll tax
 Cripples are exempt. Whether the legislature has right to exempt crippes from the payment Of n poll tax or not, is not important because the effect of that exemption would not be to destroy the whole system requiring
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-15
japanese Wedding Stamps.

The new stamps issued In Japan in com
nemoration OF the wedding OF the crown
prince are now reaching this country.
The principal decoration of these stamps
needs japanese explanation before 81
can be comprehended. and even then n
great deal has to be taken on faith,
since to most people the legend sur
rounding the design looks like 20 much
cordwood.
In the oval frame is pictured a law
table spread with paper, the place where
al japanese marriages are soiernnlzad
The table Is decorated with bamboo stalks
and plum twiRs and blossoms, and AT
each corner rises a spray of pine. The
pine and the bamboo being evorgreons
represent that in which there IN neither
variability nor shadow Of turning; the
plum on the other hand stands for that
which buds. blossoms and fruits for the
good or man. The decorations ~ the
paper table cover are the crane and
The tortoise: % thss. the bird IL gym
boHtal OF tos1 years and the turtle OF
1900 years. Here sit the br1de and BRIDE
groom and pass each other cups Of sakl
80 the nnmber ~ nine. and 80 tnay are
married fpr the nine Irinks together sym
boli1e the perfect Japanese marriage.
rms In Japan - the emblem II we'd
lock and for that reason n has been
reproduced IN tho commemorative etalno
issue on the wedding ~ the crown ar,ues
Al JUST such a table rat he and hlm
bride ana the stalks ~ bamboo ana
sprays ~ pine and the blooms - the
plum All Poin@d IN Wtnhins them both
all health. wealth and happiness without
changing. and the crane and the turtle
hxea sort Of generous time isrnl, TO
al TIE good wishes Ny auggesting that
II might possibly come 20 an end rve
or ter thousand years hence.
That IL the way the Ia1saneHn set forth
the meaning ~ the pictArs on the Few
stamp and Tor confirmation they point
to the legend. which tney stouity aver
IN d statement ~ tbs name ~ this prince
and the princess and tie date when they
slipped the nine cups Of sakL New YORK
ENn.
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raise row. He followed us and
gathered crowd who began to throw
bricks. stones. dirt and mud while
the cfoss original d,, dis,urser OF the peace go,
times. without my knowledge. Then
he kicked me and knocked him down
ana was about to step on him when
several friendly Chinese stepped be-
tween JUS and him, themselves re-
ceiving many Of the blows which were
aimed at US. For nearly half hour
we were in the mob. and. while not
seriously injured physically both our
nerves and feelings were badly hurt.
| call attention to the fact that the
mob was started by one scounGrei,
or. as the Chinese would cal him.
a fer tu thu "a man who encumbcrs
the ground-in effect. a ioafer}. and
some OF the better class risked their
own comfort to protect us The city
authorities issued an edict at once.
the scoundrel was arrested and q
wooden collar about two feet square.
which he had 10 wear for a month
was put about his neck
Women called as witnesses by a Chin
csc court DO not have particularly han
by time. when the evidence In not salts
factory 20 the presiding magistrate. or
when the witness Is hating In her ans.
wcrs, the court does not hesitate TO en-
pioy means 20 compel her ia testify as
he wishes. For this purpose he calls the
truth cornpeller.F which consists Of "A
piece OF split bamboo shaped like the
sole OF a slipper Vita this the con-
fumacious witness il struck sharply
across the mouth. the report ringing out
like a pistol shot. uniii she yields to the
demands % the magistrate. The Chinese
theory IN that no innocent man shall be
punished. Therefore they prove tho ac-
cused 20 be guilty. and reserve the ex-
eoution Of the sentence until the prisoner
has confessed. under tortue II necessary
his guilt The instruments n tortue in
ciude thumb-EQueezer snkie-smashe5s.
moufh-slarpers. and IN almost endless
number 81 smaller articles, Mandarin
SAYS Prof Douglass whose minds have
grown calious 20 the suTerinEs % thelr
fellow creatures. are always ready ~ be-
lsye that che Instruments ~ torture A.
their disposal are insufficient for the pur-
pose TnhapTily. e IL Always easy % in
fict pain. and IN almost every yamen
throughout lhe empire, an Infinite variety
~ instruments 81 torture r. IN constant
tre
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Of them-step forward. The younger
tucks up his trousers and sleeves and
deliberately selects a sword from sew
eral lying close by. while an older
q sheaf and lays thenS on one side.
Then ha places himself behind the
front man OF the nearest row and takes
him by the shoulders. The younger
man walks forward and stands at the
left Of the kneeling man. The fatal
moment has come. There is an in
stants hush, and every man In the
two rows OF condemned men behind
twists his head zip and cranes his neck
to see. / will not attempt TO describe
the emotions of such moment-the
horror. the awful repulsion, the wish
that you had never come, the sicken-
ing fear that you will be splashed with
blood, and yet the helpless fascination
tina, keeps your eyes glued to every
detail
The knife is raised. 1t il a short,
broad bladed. two-handed sword. Wild
est at the point. weighted at the back.
and evidently as sharp as razor. For
a second II is poised In the air, as the
executioner takes aim. Then II falls.
There IL no great apparent effort. IL
simply falls, and moreover seems to
fall slowly. But when II comes to the
mans neck It does not stop, but Keeps
on falling. With CHASTITY slowness II
passes right through the flesh, and you
are only recalled from your momertary
stupor when the head springs forward
and rolls over and over. while for a
fraction OF a second two dazzling Jets
of scarlet blood burst out and fall IN
a graceful curve 70 the ground. Then
the great rush OF blood comes and
floods the spot. As soon as the blow
has fallen the second exccutioner
pitches the body forward with
Thought II tumbles In a shapeless
heap. and from every throat goes up
a loud 'Ho!" expressive Of pleasure
and approval OF the stroke.
But there Is no pause. The execu-
toner steps over the corpse To the
front man In the second rank, the knife
rises again, it falls, another head rolls
away another double burst OF blood
forward. the assistant shouts "Houghr'
and the crowd shouts Hot Two men
are dead. Then the headsman steps
back 20 the second man OF the front
rank and ,he operation is repeated
Two. things strike you: The brutal
mattet-ot-f actness OF the whole per
Torrance. and the extraordinary ease
with which human head can be chop
ped of As a whole II IA precisely
like a drove of pigs driven into the
sAambies and stuck: and in detail II
Is or seems, no more difficult than
splitting a tgrnip with "A hoe or Topping
OF thistle with cane. Chop, chop.
chop, the heads ron on one after an
other in as many seconds
when the seventh man is reached
either because the knife Us blunfsd or
the eNeluiioner misses his hlow. the
neck Ia only cut half through. But
syii he docs not stop lie comes quick
IS back takes up another knife. passes
on 90 The next man. ana only comes
back Co finish the wretched seventh
when an the other heads arc lying IN
blooty pools iu 'front.' ot tac shoulders
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The wessssn Giant.

The Western Giant IL sleeping;
4 hemisphefs ~ bis bod
He warns his feet AT the Isle % FsfoS
Ana the Pole u 81; hts head.
Tgs World has spread bis pillow
With piilgw-sllp ~ snow.
And Aaaaa LoA lights his lamp
what time the earth-flfcs glow.
The Western Giant f. Dreaming:
Perhaps u were not beat
To veuttfy" too near the sleeper.
Nor dEtfub him IN nir rest.
For his teeth are Cienched t0xfthers
And IN. mutterN under his breath,
And on hia lace IS written row
A vision OF life ard death.
The Western Giant IA waking;
He stretches forth his arm,
And The turbulent nations are Hiler's
And pailid with alarm
All hrcathleak They watch HIS WakinS
Then turn them ~ Hee-in vain
The wTecknga of n hostile Z
Has stFewn the spanlss Main
The Western Giant has Weakened;
Arise. Europa. and fee -
And stand by your guns, ye Franks -
Huns.
And yc COaSaek cavalry.
And the tsung u yamen must tremoses
And the sDsechless Turk must pay.s.
While he buckles his NicaragHan pHs
And waGes into tbs fray.
JOHN ~. BROWN In Now YORK -
Havana. Cuba. June a
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TsunG II yameu-The foreign ONCE.
Dow Wong Society for the pfoeee
tion % the empefor--the reform pafft.
70 Ito Chuhn-- Society commonly kn1va
as the "Ioxcrs' Literally rightaousnesA
harmony rnd fists.
Kwang Yu Wai--The young empsr1e
chief adviser and the leader OF ths refseD
party.
Lung Kai Chu-sscond adviser Of -
emperor AMI reform leader Coming -
America.
KwanE Sui-rhe young emperor,
Fan kwei-~Foreinn devil
Fu--A prefecture.
Chihtal-f;overnor general. usually
perintending two provinces
chup chi--The general council Of ssesA
Chung Tang~A grand secretary y
state. 81 whom there are sis.
Futaf-Guvernot Of province.
llui-A club or association.
HHianE - village.
Hslrn--A district
Nei ko~otand socre,sFia, and inrsf1n
ohancery.
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which carried them few minutes be-
fore. And every man has watched the
death of all those in front of him with
horrid anmal-like curiosity, and then
bent his own neck to the knife. The
place is ankle deep In blood, the spec
tators are yelling with delight and
frenzy, the heads are like bowls on
green. the horrible headless bodies are
lying about In CHASTITY grotesQue atti-
t,h1es, the executioner Is scarlet to the
knees, and his hands are dripping.
Take my word for It, that by this
time you are feeling very sick For
tunately you are not detained long. The
moment the last head is OFT the crowd
IL gone with rush except score
OF urchins. who begin skylarking with
the bodies and pushing each other into
the blood. The bodies are thrown into
q pond and the heads are plastered up
In big earthenware. jars and stacked
up with those already around the wall
OF this potter's field.
had few minutes conversation
with the executfoner afterwards. De-
eapitation. ne told me, was not the oc-
cupation OF his family: II was only
peruuisite. But the business Is not
what Il was. Formerly he used to get
only gets 70 cents. 1t Is hardly worth
while ohopping of mems heads at that
rate. hut then IT doesn't take very
long Would | buy his sword? Ger
;ainiy. Nine dollars. II hangs on my
wall today, n valuable antidoto TO
much read about the advancing CIV
iiization OF Shina.
Minor offenders, guilty of rebellion or
murder may get let on with strangula-
ton. Crucinxlon takes place. but the
victim IL left 20 die with string tied
tightly around his throat.
After these horrors, to get let off with
only a dose OF cangue is very thrilling
punishment indeed. Triiiing. that Is 10
those who have never tried 1t. huge
wooden collar. weighing about thirty
pounds, IL put around the criminals
neck-so broad that he cannot free him
self. and so heavy that the weight In
madiening when the collar has to he
worn as Is often the case, for one, two
or three months,
An experience that caused Chinese
rufhan 10 be punished with the cansue
Is described by Isaac Taylor Headland,
professor Of mental and moral philosophy
In Picking university. He says;
My wife, who Is physician. was
going In a sedan chair 10 see sick
woman | followed on a donkey TO es-
cnrt her. just as We were passing
through the east gate OF Picking
company ~ soldiers came out Of
side street and started the same way
We had to go. Ny wife was com
PEELED to get out Of the chair on
account Of the muddy streets Tho
crowd that had gathered 20 see the
soldiers called as foreign devils. |
suggested that we cross over and 20
DOWN side street As we dld this
a n0odlum came out Of A corner snop.
with nothing on save q pair Of trousers
and q pair % shoes. determined 20
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II a Only the bright side ~ NE that Ia
represented on Chlnsse pofcelains John
ChinamaI's existence as depicted hy him
self on these fragile monuments appears
TO be all play and no work There are
pleasure pavilions where emperors come
70 see pretty ladies' boating among lotus
blooms. wedding PROFESSIONS proceeding
from house 70 house. with tom-togns and
banners. feasts and sacrifices. iOusts aud
tournaments Scholars are inditlng poetry
or playing chess; lovers are stroling by
moonlight. Or. voysging UP the Yangtss
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The ArsA o! Chinese Ot.gin.

The Chinese structures that impress the
engineering observer most strongly are
the bridges. the pagodas. the city walls
and certain details of building construc.
zion The arch. that beautiful structure
from - scientific 80 Weu as the a.a-
ihrtle point Of view 10 generally believed
10 t- ~ Roman origln. II Sas no; known
70. or at least never used by, The Greeks.
and although the shape appears in cer-
tain specimens ~ Iiindoo architecture.
II Is 81 false variety that Is. a success
sion Of protruding corbels, In China, on
the other hand, We find Il Of most wide
spread and general application. and X
aminagio shows that the principles in
yolved are thoroughly understood. The
universal use of the design In al parts
81 the country and the uadoubtei an
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EATH after the infliction Of
cruelty indsscribable and afro
cities scarcely matched by the
4 darkest and most bloody
pages Of history. unquestion-
ably has been melted out
The Leon reporter., 1900-08-16
e0lgEAllllTF2R( z5II
william Went Back Again.


From London Tit-Bits: A good
story is told of a man called William,
who is engaged as window-cleaner
at a certain big hotel in London.
One morning William, instead of do
ing his work, was reading the paper,
and. as bad luck would have it, the
manager looked in.
Whats this?" he said. William
was dumb. Pack up your things and
go" said the manager.
So William went to the Office, drew
the money which was owing to him,
and then went upstairs and put on MS
Sunday clothes. Coming down to say
"Good-by" to the other servants, he
happened to run across the manager,
who did not recognize him in his best
coat.
do you want job?" asked the
manager.
Yes. sir" said William.
"Can you clean windows?"
Yes. sir"
"You look a handy sort of chap.
only gave the last man % shillings,
but I'll give you 25."
Thank you, SIR" said William;
and in half an hour he was back
again in the same old room-cleaning
the window this time, and not read
ing the paper.