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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
No January Dizziness
Here !

Notwithstanding the great and con, tAnt ad-
vance in the cost Of every article OF merchandise
carry In our vast stock, present low prices will
be maintained by us through January. You can
save from 20 TO 40 per cent by buying now.
Our special drive for the next week will be our
china cups and sAucers. We have very large
line TO select from; many OF our IS cent cups and
saucers for 10 cents; %, and3S cent ones for IS,
10 and - cents.
Twenty Ave cent iardiu ieres for - cents. Nice
china cream pitchers TO- IS, and 25 cents Lamps.
Bear In mind that our lamps are remarkably
cheap. You can save p per cent by buying
lamps of us now. The underwear we advertised
last week is fast disappearing II you are in
need do not wait but come at once; % cent under
wear for 10 cents; 30 cent for IS cents.
Writing paper and envelopes are advancing
very fast. Now is the time to buy a good supply.
We are selling one quire OF paper and "a envel-
opes in a good box for 10 cents. Most everyone
gets 20 cents.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
CENSUS MAY NOT BE TAKEN.
Enumerators Think the Pay Is Not
Enough for the Work

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
PORT TOWNSEND, April A-Uniess
otner than existing arrangements are
made II IS not at all improbable that the
census or Port Townsend or indeed, JEFF
ferson county, win not be taken at all
this year. This condition results from -
TACT that the schedule of pay for the sery-
ices OF enumerators, while IL may be the
means OF making good wages in the thick
~ settled tenement districts OF large East
ern cities, will not be sufficient to pay for
shoe leather for the oNcial. A conser-
Native estimate made by one of the APP
pointed enumerators here is that an en-
ergeuc man may by devoting his entire
time 10 IL. gather and classify the names
OF twenty-five persons a day. He receives
the munifcent reward OF cents for each
person.
The enumerators nominated here by SUI
pervisor Mcmillan, of Fairhaven, have no.
tilted him that they win not serve. and
as the prospective work. exhaustive in
detail, requires the services OF competent
men. 1t is not at all unlikely that no one
VIII be found to serve. The citizens are
much interested in the matter from the
fact that unless a good showing In the way
of population is made this year Jefferson
county stands a fair chance OF having her
representation in the house cut down from
two to one member.
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puour<r<r onn rrrIoxy mr..
Jerry Fortain. Grand Secretary
Dead in California.

Special Dispatch TO the Post lntelligencer.
TACOMA. April 2f--Jerry Fortaln.
grand secretary OF the. Odd Fellows for
the Washington jurisdiction. died yes
terday in California at the age Of e.
years, For more than ten years past
MT. Fortain has been prominently iaen-
titled with the work OF the Odd Fellows
IN this state In 1885 he served as grand
master for The state At the end Of his
terms he was elected grand secretary
and moved the 0iiice 10 Seattle. where he
resided until last September. when he
went TO California Tor hts health He
spent the winter at San Jaciaio, and was
accompanied by his daughter. Kate For
tain. who has faithfully ministered TO his
wants during his long Illness.
The body was emeaimed at San Jacinto
today and viii be brought here FOR bur
tai, arriving Thursday. The funeral viii
be enc Of the most imposing ever held
under the auspices OF the Odd Fellows
in the state. X IS expected that large
delegations Of the Odd Fgiisws viii Sc
present from Seattle aud Olympia, and an
effort l. being made 20 have all OF the
grand officers present The time ug the
funeral will be fixed tomorrow Mr.
F0Ttain lived In Tacoma eight years. aud
was a member OF the city council from
lSa@ 70 1884 being elected from the Fourth
ward
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
NORTHWEST CITIZENS PLEASED.
some Think the New q. n. Service
Could He Improved Easily.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligeneer.
wHATCOM, April 2i.--The residents OF
the Northwest are much pleased with the
double passenger train service inaugurated
on the Great Northern between here and
Seattle. There Is one annoying hitch in
the programme which perhaps cannot be
avoided. The extra daily train is solely
for tho benefit OF this section. and allows
people here to go TO Seattle or up-Sound
points and spend six hours there, return
ing the same day. The returning train
should meet the Great Northern overland
at Everett and bring tho Eastern mail and
passengers with It,
As IL Is, IL leaves Everett an hour before
the overland arrives, and the passengers
for the north are carried TO Seattle and
have to stay over night and return the
next day over the same route. The mail
also is carried to Seattle and returned the
next day on the State. getting here too
late for effective distribution for next
days business. An arrival here an hour
later would make no difference TO the
local passengers and would be offset a
hundred times by the immense benefits 20
this district from a business and conVen-
fence point Of view II the connection could
be made at Everett.
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MANY JAPANESE IN VANCOUVER.
Omcia1s watching That Mono Cross
the Line Unla vyfully.

Special Dispatch TO the observation-disclosures.
VANCOUVER, II. c.. April N--Although
most Of the japanese who are arriving in
such numbers from the other side OF the
Pacific land AT Victoria. nine out OF every
ten OF them take the first steamer for
Vancouver. For hours after the daily
steamer arrives from tho capital the
wharves here swarm with them. During
last week an average OF 400 day arrived
In Vancouver, the largest lot brought by
a single steamer being go, They are bet
ter dressed and better equipped than the
average Chinese who come TO this cotIn-
try, and many of them have apparently
been just discharged from the army serv-
ice. from the military coats which they
s,ill wear
But where they go 10 after they arrive
here IS the mystery that local officials are
trying to figure out. and the way that they
filter out Of town, no one knows whore or
menis made that many OF them are cross
ing the lines into the United States unlaw-
fully. Careful inquiry has been made by
japanese Consul Shimizu and officials OF
the immigration service here as 10 the
cause OF the coming OF the thousands OF
Japs lately. A Japanese interpreter who
came over on the last steamer said that II
was because after next month no more
Japanese would be allowed to leave tho
country for the reason that tho governs
ment feared n war with Russia and would
allow no more lighting men TO leave. The
Japanese consul does not believe IN this
theory az the case at all lie says. more
over, that though there may be a large
number on the way at the present time.
there will he very few more start at once.
and no thinks II viii be seen that the
present rush VIII be over In q month from
now. He lays that Pacific coast papers
have been widely circulated In Japan dur
Ing recent months. They are printed ia
the native language. and in fact the emf
grafton agencies of Toxic aud Yokohama
and the other large cities have spent a
great deal OF money In having these wide
ly circulated.
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WATER IN ALASKA RIVERS.
sappiy VIII Not He Enough for the
tIean-Ip of the season.

VICTORIA. r. C.. April A--Arthar r.
Curtls ard TWO partners have just arrived
from Dawson. which point they left April
4 They say the watsr IL running IN all
the creeks. and Will. owing 90 last win
ttr's light snowfall. be exhausted be-
fore the cleanup IL fairy commenced
In consequence ~ she water shortage
many claim owners are pumping from
BONANZA. while tns majority VIII make
their wAsh-up BY rockers instead 81
siulctng The wir give employment ct
good wages for al the anempipF ~ e.
Dawson untN the lower river breaks and
the exodus 30 Nome sets In.
Sulphur, HankaF and Dominion creeks
are the new fortune holders this yes
whne Bonanza ard Eiderado are pro-
ducttvs - ever. tire dumps on No Is
tCcok A. Col and No. II berry HfuH- b.
being the largest on record
FROM SkaKwag comes the news that
Armour a CO. are establishing immense
storage warehouses there. and aim 20
secure control Of the eatsTs northern
meat trade.
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Sailor Attempts Suicide.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
PORT TOWNSEND. April 14-Charies
Seeckts. a deep-water mate and cook well
Sound, made a futile attempt to take his
own life last night, and owes his exis-
tence to the fact that the knife he used
was too dull When taken into custody
four deep gashes were found In Seeckts'
throat, and a deep hole in his left wrist
shows where the determined suicide had
driven in the point OF the knife and then
gouged II round and round. He is suf-
fering no inconvenience beyond loss OF
blood All efforts TO ascertain the motive
for the rash attempt have been unavail-
ing, and while the man talks sensibly IL
is the intention of the authorities to have
the unfortunate fellows sanity looked
into.
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BACK FROM THE NORTH.
II. brown Returns to EIIensbupg
From . Long Journey.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
ELLENSBURG. April 24.-Ed Brown.
who left here eleven months ago, with a
geological survey party for Eagle City,
Alaska, has returned. The corps out
fitted here with horses, saddles. bags
hobbies, etc, and Brown Is back 20 ae-
cure another outfit, which will leave Sc
attic about May 3.
The party last year landed at Pyramid
and went overland to the headwaters OF
the Tanans. thence TO the Yukon. a route
never before used. Brown Is young
man. but an old mouuialneer, and says
the route they took Is no worse than the
heart OF the Cascade mountains.
Brown r. now looking for eighteen
horses to take North. bat he finds them
harder to get and the prices higher than
"A wear ago
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Application VIII He Made for Ex-
tradition Papers.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-lntelligeucer
TACOMA, April 2l--Sam C. Herren. the
Idaho lawyer who was arrested here last
week on Geographic advices from Port
land charging that he obtained money un-
der false pretenses, but who was released
on his own recognizance. was again ar
rested today on complaint of a deputy
sheriff from Portland, who will apply to
Gov. Rogers tomorrow for extradition pa
pers to take Herren hack to Portland.
II is alleged that the last arrest is upon
several checks for small amounts. from
$40 to so. issued by Herren in 1892 in pay
ment of accounts at Portland. drawn on
his bank at Chehalis, where ne lived at
the time. The checks we're refused pay
ment on account of no funds and were
never taken up by Herren
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WANT THE NAVE CHANGED.
New Whatcom Citisens Think the
Prefix s.New" u Useless.

NEW wHATCOM, April "A petition
Is being generally circulated here asking
the postoffice department to change the
name OF the postofiice from New What
com TO Whatcum, on the grounds tina,
the prefix New" il superfiuous. un-
wicldy and homogeneous II - the de-
sire to have the change made, II pos
sible before the taking OF the census.
To change the name Of the postOffce will.
II is believed. put an end 20 the con
fusion caused among newcomers and
strangers. as the city il commonly
spoken OF as ''WhAtcom," while Il Ia IN
all directories. maps and statistical vol
urues as New Whafcnm"
IL Is the intention. n that petition Is ap-
proved. to secure n legal change also
through the legislature at IT. next
sion. The prefix New" was tackled onto
the name when the towns Of Schcms and
Whatcom were consolidated Il signifies
nothing now.
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yAsHINGTON, April e4-The Occur
Siens Investigating committee In execu-
- session today voted adversely and on
Nv lines on a motion by Representative
Sker to summon as witnesses Lieut.. Gov.
6rchinson, OF Idaho: Father Becker, a
Isl who sought admission to the prison,
=. Edward Boyce, president of the West
~ federation OF Miners. who was men
LED in Gov. Steunenberg's testimony.
1mofion by Representative Slayden, Of
Sxas. TO limit each witness to six hours
- similarly disposed OF. At the open
h lion ID. Bartlett Sinclair continued his
esimcny concerning his management of
- Affairs I'm the Occur d'Alenes.
N exciting encounter occurred this aft
+ ~r,on when Bartlett Sinclair, who was
~ the stand. gave the lie to Attorney
1bertson, representing the miners. Rob-
ION sprang for Sinclair aiming a blow
= his face. Several congressman inter-
led.
ma encounter occurred while Mr. Sim
~ was testifying AZ to his order for
Ysdipg a meeting at the miners csme-
~ on July II last. commemorating the
Sfhs resulting In the riots of 1892. He
"a his notice did not forbid women from
1embling TO put flowers on the graves.
korney Robertson contradicted the wit
31nsn from assembling.
DO you ask that as a question. Or
snte II as fact?' asked Sinclair.
\ state It as a fact" replied Mr.. Rob
obon.
II IL iie," responded Sinclair.
Morrison made a lunge at Sinclair,
~ the distance was too great to permit
n Now. Representatives Sulzer, Hay,
IN and other members sprang forward
= stop the fracas.
4 the few minutes that the melee was
I 10 height members were standing on
~ Jumping over tho committee table,
ring to get at the contestants. The
n1osr were In confused tangie OF chairs
~ witness on further side OF table.
After Robertson's first lunge, he rushed
- Sinclair. who was sitting in the wit
- stand, unprepared for the onslaught.
- two went over In crash on the
bor and were then separated No ac-
~ blows were struck. Sinclair, when
&oesr was restored. resumed his seat in
~ witness chair. and after vigorous eau
{Iouary remarks by the chairman against
Gsorder. resumed his recital. Neither of
~ contestants showed any outward
- Of the afrrny.
Hr Sinclair completed his direct tes-
tIAony during the afternoon. In view of
~ sucitement. II was deemed best not
y opsn tho cross-examination, which viii
- continued bv Mr.. Robertson. and the
Ummittee adjourned until 10 .. m. to-
norruw.
Mr. sinclair left the committee room
jseing over the occurrence.
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CENTRALIA RIOT CASES.
Nine Defendants Are to he Tried
Separately for Assault.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
CHEHALIS, April 4-All day yester-
day and a part of this forenoon were
spent in securing a jury for the trial OF
the case of the State VS.. Charles Green,
the first OF the Centralia riot cases
Green and nine others are awaiting trial
for an alleged assault on DR.. j. T. Cole
man and w. r.. Russell, of Chehalis. The
assault consisted in egging the doctor and
Mr.. Russell, and was an outgrowth of
the ill-feeling engendered over the re-
cent smallpox quarantine in Centralia-
Assistant Attorney General Vance and
attorney in the prosecution of the case,
and the defense Is represented by A. IL.
Rice, George Dysart and w. w. Lang
horne. Each OF the nine defendants Is to
be tried separately, and q string OF wit
nesses will be called.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
CROPS IN skAGIT COUNTY.
Spring Work Well Advaneed-Prom
fses q Heavy Yield.

Special Dispatch to the Post-IntellIgen
LA CONNER, April 24.--The weather
lately has been most favorable for farming
operations in the Skagit valley. Spring
seeding and blowing are well advanced,
and this week viii probably finish every
thing up. The spring work this year is
much in advance Of what II was at this
time last year.
The acreage Of oats will. II IN said, even
exceed that OF last year, which was the
heaviest In the history Of the county. In
dications at present point to a heavy Yield.
Pasturage is excellent owing to the mild
winter. and cattle are as rule in good
condition.
Fruit trees have not suffered from tho
recent frosts and Will bear bountifully
The crop OF Strawberries will also be large
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INVENTOR OF rHoRIrE LEAVES.
VIII Experiment with the New Ex-
piosive In Washington, ID. &.

Special Dispatch 10 the observation-disclosures.
TACOMA. April 4-Dr Hiram =. Tut
tie % this city, now famous as the In
ventor OF thorite. a new and powerful ex-
plosIve. left today for Washington city
after spending a month here ana at Ex-
who Will assist him at Washington IN
his further experiments 70 demonstrate
the tremendous power OF the explosive
During his stay here Dr.. Tuttle studious-
IL kept away nom Newspaper men, ard
was indisposed to talk about his !nven-
ton II Is reported from another source
that Gen. Niles has not only strongly
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WORK DONE FOR THIS YEAR.
BENEFITS Already Derived From I'm.
prOvements Near La Conner.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteiligencer
LA CONNER, April A.--The work on the
government improvements In SWinomsh
channel near this place has been finished
for this year. The work has been under
the direction OF Assistant United States
Engineer Il. l.. Carpenter. and many good
results are already appreciable. The water
Is gradually deepening In the channel near
the Hole-in-the- Wall, which has been a
great menace TO navigation in the past.
The work this year consisted of repairing
and rebuilding the old jetty and the con-
styuction of several new pieces of dixie TO
protect the channel Only $4,000 OF tho
$40 600 appropriated was spent The next
work will be north OF In Conner. through
what Is known as Padilla bay.
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Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
TACOMA. April A.-At tho meeting of
old-time Populists last night a Bryan
club was organized. the object being to
promote the candidacy of William j.
Bryan. The expected questions between
rival parties in the state campaign did
not come to the surface. and the only
business transacted was the reorganiza-
ton of the old-time Populist forces All
vacancies in precinct committees will
be filed. and the Popuiist wing of the
party viii be put on war footing.
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stricken with ParaIysis.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA, April A-Rev. A. Rogers, Of
New Whatcom. who came TO Olympia to
temporarily I'LL the Congregational pulpit
on Sunday last, was stricken with paraly-
Malonv In this city. and In now In a
serious condition. The stroke affected the
entire right side and his power of speech.
This Is the second stroke OF paralysis
Mr.. Rogers has suffered. the former be-
ing on the left side He will be taken to
his home az soon as he can be moved with
safety.
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Is NOT A CANDIDATE.
Ex-Mayor Nickeus, of Tacoma, Says
Reports Are Untrue.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
TACOMA, April 24.-E,x- Mayor Nickeus
returned from the East today, and says
the published reports of his visit to WASH
ington to secure the Japan consul gem
eralsh.p were not true. He was in New
York on personal business, and went over
to Washington to see his daughter, who
Is spending the spring there. and to see
what was going on at the capital.
He says he Understood from Senator
Foster that Judge James Wickersham,
former city attorney and state represent
alive, was a candidate for the place, but
that 1t was not likely to go to Ta-
coma man.
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Resolutions for GOV. Rogers.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA, April 2.-At the meeting of
the board of trustees of the Chamber OF
Commerce resolutions were adopted and
transmitted TO the governor and board OF
of the contract for printing school books
for the ensuing five years, from Septem-
Der of this year, the preference be given
to publishers in this state, providing the
literary merit and workmanship to the
books submitted by publishers from other
states. Resolutions were also adopted in
dorsing the Loud postal bill. now pending
in congress.
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Special Dispatch 20 the Post-infcIlsgencer
NORTH YAKIMA. April zf-In the su-
perier court thls morning hon- John II.
Weuas valley water case. In which David
Longinire is on one side and all the farm
ers above him using water from the We
several months ago, but on account OF the
many dill oulfies PRESENTED the Judge hAs
withheld his decision until now. The case
came Of the shortage q water IN the We
mas The judge has concluded that NJ TO
June %. at noon. OF each year all parties
70 the litigation may Use al the water nes-
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nepubIican Club Formed.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligence-.
ANAcORTES. April "A Republican
Club was formed In this city this even
ing. with a strong roll of membership.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, r. p. Thomas; vice president. y.
3. Shock; secretary, Fred Crowell; ex-
ecutive COMMITTEES, II. Butler. III. III.
eoule. ". ]. Knapp. H. Wallace. George
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recommended the adoption of thorite by
the ordnance department. but has more
recently filed strenuous complaint to
the effect that the ordnance bureau has
not acted with proper promptness in ac-
cepting or rejecting the new powder.
DIR. futile, il is understood, offered TO
sell the exclusive right to his invention
to the government for $4,000 Thorite
was invented by DR.. Tuttle two years
ago, while experimenting with the objeet
in the Klondike.
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GET A LARGE CONTRACT.
Tacoma Company VIII Furnish
Packing Cases for Armour.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA, April PAT. w. Enos, presi-
dent OF the Tacoma Woodenware Com
pany, today closed a contract with the
Armour Packing Company for furnish
ishing that company with wooden pack
ages for their export trade. The order
will require from six TO eight carloads
OF goods a month at the start. and in
clIdes tubs and firkins for lard butter
and other products.
The Armours are the first of the large
packing companies TO come to the Pa
cific coast after packages. They have
been experimenting with goods from
these works during the past season.
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Camp Free From Disease.

Special Dispatch 20 the Observation-Disclosures.
NEW WHATCOM April s4-rhe quar-
migrants have been detained for several
weeks Is undergoing a general Cieanin <
and fumlgaiion and the Russians wiil
be allowed 20 proceed tomorrow. to their
been free from smallpox the required
length % time 10 permi, OF their removal.
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strike IL Declared on.

NAHAIMO. r. c.. April 2A-After a
conference between eoiiiery owners and
miners. lasting the greater part of the
day the coai-nipers' strike ~ Extension
wRs declared OF thiR evening. Most Of
the points asked by the miners were con-
oeded and the men viii resume work Ia
the morning.