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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
WANT HER FROM AOONvENT
Writ OF 1iAbeas Corpus Sought for
Lewis County Maiden, who IL
IT House OF Good Shepherd.

The Sisters Of the. House of the Good
Shepherd were greatly astonished yester-
day afternoon when papers were served
on them by a deputy sheriff in a habeas
corpus case instituted by Edward p. Hun
ter. Of Seattle; to release mary Josephine
Marshall. aged 16 years.
Hunter says that on October 2, 1889,
Judge Elliott, OF the superior court OF
Lewis county, appointed Sheriff Deggler
guardian Of Miss Marshall. and ordered
him to place her In the House Of the
Good Shepherd in Seattle. to be cared for
and educated until she was Is years Old.
The girl was placed in the home designat-
ed, 1t Is charged, and is still held there in
violation of her personal rights. Accord
ing. to the petition, the sheriff has not
made return as to what he did under the
order Of commitment. but simply says he
did as instructed.
The case win be heard by Judge BEN
son this afternoon at 2 o'clock
Sister Stanislaus, of the House of the
Good Shepherd, said last evening she was
at a loss to understand the case. The girl
In question was admitted to the institu-
ton In 1899, instead Of 1883, as stated In
the petition, and had never made any
protest or attempt to violate the order
OF the court which committed her. so far
as the sister knew.
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discharge from the asylum, a. the super
intendent Is compelled by law TO make.
Instead. however. OF. the regular notice.
the county clerk received on April Is, Ave
days after Hamills death, an official mo-
tice that the man had been discharged
April O. tho day before he was killed.
Following IL q copy Of the official notice
OF Hamlirs discharge, which In contained
In the files OF the case at the court house.
and which bears Superintendent Goddard's
official signature. by DR.. ID. M. Agnus. his
assistant:
"Ft. steilacoom. wash, April 4. 1899.
perior Court: You are hereby notified
OF the discharge of Michael Hamill
from ........ on April g. 1899, who was
admitted by order of the superior court
OF King county on December 10. 1855.
s'pe'u's s0I Z. GODDARD. supt.
by D. NJ. Agnus, M D."
The Hamill case is probably the most
Migrant that has come to the notice OF
the King county authorities. 1t Is a fact,
however. and this statement Is borne out
by the records. that for several months
after DR.. Goddard took charge of the asv-
svm at FIT .teilacoom. the lccel au-
thorities had continual! trouble with the
dents dents failure to comply with the law;
omissions OF official duty, as the records
at the court house show. 1t Is claimed
that there were cases where insane pa
TENTS were released and then committed
again. without the files showing any rec
ord Of their having been discharged from
the asylum.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
IL stock consisting principally
Snnofh foppl,a and n Cood q

tai stock consisting principally Of
a smooth tongue and good adj
dress, appeared in Seattle and announce
ed himself as the agent of John ".
Thompson, of Washington. d. c., owner
of the Hill tract south of jackson street.
Young Slater told the many friends and
aequaintances he formed in short time,
of his connections in the East of great
financial stability; of the large operations
he had engaged in, and of the wonderful
things he was going to do in Seattle.
He prided himself on his age. stating
that he was just past %. and to few
friends he confided the important bit of
information that at the age of II he had
married a pretty actress, who made life
burdensome to him. and finally drew him
into a divorce court
About the first large undertaking upon
which he embarked was an effort to Sc
cure the franchise of the Yesler way rail-
way line, and organize a company to re-
build the property. double-tracking Yes
Ter way and Jackson street and putting
in an electric line on the latter thorough
fare. That fell through.
Mr.. Slater then got several well known
Seattle and Tacoma people interested In
an electric line between Seattle and Ia
coma, including John Collins, George A.
Burch, H. E. Knatvold and Henry BUGGY,
the last two residents Of Tacoma. ke rep.
resented after few weeks Of negota-
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pany Of Richmond, Va, as security.
On April 2, 1885, Slater offered him the
second draft, he said. assuring him
that the first one, one was so paid ,s NO .tn nsw
he said. was found TO be worthless.
Both drafts came back unpaid, he said,
and all subsequent attempts to collect
proved futile.
lice. but II was not until last Friday
evening that Detective Sergts. Valley
and Cain found Slater near the HON.
man house and put him under arrest:
He. was very indignant, they said. ana
Senator Call, of Florida, in the promo
ton of a new railroad through that
state.
Mr.. slater Indignant.
Senator Call, accompanied by Con-
gresham Sulzer, entered the court yes
terday while Slater was waiting to be
arraigned. The congressman said that
he knew nothing at all about the case,
and that he had come as friend ct
the senator. He left as soon as he had
talk with the detectives. Senator
Call also left very soon. saying that
he would return In short time with
bondsman He had not come back
when Magistrate Pool left the court
at o'clock. The prisoner said moth
TT is nothing hut malicious prosecu-
tion," he said later. land It Is direct
ed against a man who has as good
standing as anybody in the country-I
mean myself. Those drafts would
have been paid long ago had that man
Young not taken this course. And 1t
was Fitch that got them cashed. not l.
so that / am under no obligation. Be-
sides that I gave good stock as collat-
eral security. The whole thing Is ridic-
ulous"
His Seattle Career.
It was in May, 1893, that Charles w
later, attired in fashionable apparel, witt
etters OF introduction and a CAPT
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12

spring caused numerous gentlemen and
firms of this city no small pangs of regret,
for In the short space of ten months he
had obtained in various ways some or
them devious, too, sum of money and
goods estimated at between 5000 and
$4,000.
Bunkoed the Bank.
The following account of Slater's arrest
and detention in a New York police court
on the charge of raising s1,1O0 on worthless
drafts, is taken from the New York Sun
of December 81:
Charles w, Slater, of Slatersville,
Va, who said he was promoter liv-
ing at the Holland house, was held in
$500 bail in the Jefferson market
court yesterday on charge of grand
larceny. William H. H. Young, the
cashier of the Murray Hill hotel, ac-
cused the prisoner Of having persuaded
him by false pretenses to cash two
worthless drafts for $500 and 5000 re-
spectively. Both were drawn on Rob-
ert Y. Slater. of Washington, d. c..
brother of the defendant. and Endorsed
by Arthur Fitch, then treasurer of the
Grand Union hotel. Young alleged
that when the first draft was cashed.
on March %, 1893, Slater handed him
some stock In title insurance COM
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
FLOATING IN AN OPEN BOAT
A. w. Blanchard's Perilous Voyage
From Dali Head, ON Gravina Is
land, to MetlakahtIa.

Ketchikan arrivals on the steamer AL
XII tell of the perilous voyage of A. w.
Blanchard, formerly of this CITY, in an
west point Of Gravina island, to Ketchi-
kan. Christmas evening Blanchard left
Dali head, whittier he had taken some
mining supplies, on the return trip. When
north wind began to blow, and the boat
man could not make shore. BY Tuesday
evening he had drifted far to the south.
His sufferings had meanwhile been SO in
tense that after 10 O'Clock that night he
remembered nothing until Thursday aft
ernoon when he driften onto the beach
near Metlakahtla. He made his way
to the town, where he was kindly treat
ed by the citizens, until he caught a
steamer for Ketchikan.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
FACTORY MEN TO ORGANIZE
Local Firms to Form an Association
to Encourage Development Of
Seattle Business.

Local manufacturers have taken steps
to organize what will be known as the
Seattle Manufacturers Association. A
evening at the offices OF the Crescent
Manufacturing Company. at which twenty
local manufacturers were present. A COM
mittee was named to draft a plan OF
organization to be reported at a meeting
to be held at the same place Wednesday
evening, when a permanent association
will be organized.
At the preliminary meeting the needs
of such an association were discussed. 1t
was the sense that the Seattle manufac-
turing concerns were amply equipped to
turn out their products equal to similar
articles imported.
The object of the association will be to
encourage and promote the development
of home industries and to educate the
people to purchase articles Of home manu-
facture in preference to those imported
At the next meeting 1t is expected nearly
all the local manufacturers will be repre-
scented.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12

Not unlike meteor's erratic flight has
been the career OF Charles w. Slater. for
merly Of Washington, d. c., later of Seat
tie. and now of New York. who, in the
short space of three years. attained a not
enviable reputation as a financier and gen.
eral promoter. New York papers OF De-
cember 81 last tell Of Mr.. Slater's arrest
at fashionable hotel In the metropolis.
on the charge Of passing worthless drafts
amounting to $1,100 on the cashier of the
Murray Hill hotel. He was incarcerated
in the city prison and hauled before
police magistrate, who held him in $1,000
bail.
Slater WINS well known in Seattle. His
sudden departure from this city last
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
How Supt. Goddard Neglects to
Perform His Duty.
HAM,LL CASE IS TO THE POINT.
Dangerous Inmate Released From
the. Asylum without Notice to
County Authorities-Record Mt
Court House show That No Notice
was Sent, "a RAsSfr~d ~ Lsvs-
called to Aece~~t bv Jsdse Moore
THE law defining the duty Of su-
] perintendent Goddard. of the
steiiacoom insane asylum. Vol.
I. Ballinger's Code. Sec. 2671:

] perintendent Goddard. of the
steiiacoom insane asylum. Vol.
I. Ballinger's Code. Sec. o671:
n any patient shall escape
from the hospital, the SUPER
tntendent shall cause immedli-
ate search to be made for him,
and ~ he cannot be found,
shall cause notice OF such es-
cape 60 be forthwith given 10
the superior Judge Of the
county where the patient be-
longs, and II such patient IL
found in his county, the SUI
perfor judge shall cause him
to be returned, and shall fs-
sue his warrant therefor, ~
In other cases, unless he does
not consider his return neces-
saRyi
section 2676. The superin.
tendent shall oflcially notify
the proper superior Judge. and
friends, IL any there be, Of the
discharge or death Of any Pa
tients, and give the date and
reasons for such discharge or
death.
How superintendent Goddard has
violated the lew:
September 10, 1890, Peter
Chnistianson escaped from
the asylum and was never re-
captured. wife received mo-
tice December II, 1890, three
months afterward. that her
husband had wandered away
from the asylum. About the
same time. County Clerk WILL
SON, of Kitsap county, from
which Christianson was CONF
mitted, received an omcial mo-
tice from superintendent God .
dard that the man had been
discharged December 1.
Michael HamiIl. committed
In December. 1903, from King
county, released In the spring
following without notice to
the superior court of King
county. He was killed April
10 while resisting arrest with
. gum, having terrorised his
neighbors for several weeks.
superintendent Goddard re-
ported him ~ having been
discharged April 0. He Had
been ut large several weeks
prior TO that date.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
KILLS HIMSELF AT sr. PAUL.
J. Il. sutton, Who Visited Seattle
Two Weeks Ago, II Found Dead.

j. E. Sutton, editor and manager of the
Logansport, Ind, Daily Reporter, who,
with his wife and two children. visited
Seattle in the holidays, committed suicide
in the hallway OF a tenement house in ST.
Paul Monday night by shooting himself in
the head.
After spending few days here visiting
friends, Sutton and his family went to
Portland, where he had relatives. A week
ago he left that city for the East, leaving
his wife to continue her visit for several
weeks. The deed was committed a few
hours after his arrival in st. Paul. Mrs
Sutton and her children left Portland i'm
mediately on receipt Of the news, and will
take charge of the remains. They will be
taken to Logansport for interment Ill
health Is assigned as the cause for the
deed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
DIsBARMENT CASE DISMISSED.
John w. Corson VIII Not Have tc
Face Hagan Charges.

torney John w. Corson disbarred from
practice in the superior court, on the
ground that he had collected funds for
Hagan and failed to account for them, was
disposed Of by Judge Jacobs yesterday af-
ternoon. On motion of Hagan a dismissal
was granted without costs to either party.
This was the second disbarment proceed
fngs against Corson, and 1t never went to
committee.
The other case grew out Of the jury
scandal In Judge Benson's court. Testf-
mony was taken, but the committee has
never reported.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
EnricO Gaxusto, an Italian Miner,
Meets Death at Newcastle.

Enrico Gazusto. an Italian miner In the
employ of the Pacific Coast Company at
Newcastle, was run over by an electric
engine Wednesday afternoon, receiving in
juries that resulted in his death early
yesterday morning.
No details OF the accident have been re-
ceived in this city, but Coroner Sparkling
will hold an inquest this afternoon Ga
zusto was an unmarried man and about
40 years of age.
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Indians
the Aguinao half
would continue be by disorders with the wild
the credit
capable showing"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
Champagne Imports In 1890.

AS shown by customs statistics, the i'm
ports in 1899 OF c. II. Mumm's Extra Dry
reached the enormous figure of 109.303
cases, being z, 495 cases more than of any
other brand-a record unprecedented In
the history of champagne. Its 1895 vint-
age now imported has no equal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
HEAVY POWDER SHIPMENT.
Al-Ki to Take $50 Tons Of the Giant
Product to Alaska.

An unusually heavy powder shipment for
Alaska Is to be made Monday on the steam
er Al-Ki.' She will take $50 tons Of giant
and black powder consigned principally
to the Treadwell and Sumdum mines and
the White Pass e. Yukon railroad On this
voyage the Al-Ki will carry no pas
sengers. her license being temporarily
suspended, In compliance with the law, be-
cause of her having partial powder cargo
Besides the powder the Al-Ki will take
500 tons of coal for the Treadwell and 400
tons Of general merchandise for Lynn canal
towns
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
HANDLE THE FILIPINOS AS WE =
DO THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
SAYS "BRONCHO" JOHN SULLIVAN.
xsnR o N C II o"
ID JOHN SUI
TWAIN ~

LlVAN, OF
Laramie, Wyo.,
past master Of the
art Of military
transportation, Is a
figure about town
Just now. He re-
turned from Manila
recently on the
Port Albert. on
which vessel he
was master OF
transportation. 1t
was c h ! e I l "
through his experi-
ence and ability In
handling stock on
shipboard that the
Port Albert was
able to- make an
unprecedented rec
ord, arriving. after
a long and stormy
voyage, with the
cargo of animals
ready for work.
"Broncho John"
Is a character, a
type of the West
now beginning to
pass out OF exist
ince. In no sense
Is he a bad man."
one of the cool,
nervy men with no
worse vanity than
Buffalo Bill's,"
and that delight In
stirring scenes and
trying situations
where their Pc
culiar qualities
make them indis-.
pensable. He was
a scout and en-
gagged in many a
scrap with horse
thieves and other
rough characters in
earlier Wyoming
days. He won more
renown during the
Sioux outbreak,
which resulted in
the fight at
Wounded Knee.
For years he was
occupied with the
work of stock
tr a n s p o r t q
ton across the
Atlantic. and at
the beginning of
the A m e ri C a n
Spanish war he
went to Maj.
George e. Pond
with a letter of
r @ c o m m e n
dation from "Buf-
falo Bill" Cody
that secured for
him the appoint
ment of superin-
dent Of transporta-
ton. At Tampa
and Savannah he
filled the position
with great credit.
receiving hearty
,nramendatory iet-
ters from Gen.
l. ilAilu6u lee anu
other officers. At
ter the Cuban cam
paign he was trans
ferred for service
in military trans
portation from this
port to the Philip
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-12
CASHED TOO MANY DRAFTS.
Sudden End 10 New York of @.
W. Slater's Meteorio Career.
HIS OPERATIONS IN SEATTLE

Represented Himself Here ~ a Pro-
moter and Ffnancicr of strong
Eastern Connections-There Was
No Money At the other End of the
Wire-Dusiness Men said to Have
Been victimised for sum of 5000
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tons, that the bonds Of the enterprise. to
the amount of 100000 had been f1oated
in Baltimore through his brother. Robert
Y Slater.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
Examination Of Teachers

In accordance with resolution adopted
by the State Board of Education, examina-
tions ofapplicants for certificates of quail
fication to teach in the public schools of
Louisiana, will be held hereafter twice =
year, viz.
For White Applicants:-On Thursdays
and Fridays of the second weeks of April
and October
For Colored Appllicants:-On Fridays of
the third weeks of April and October.
Examinations will be held by the parish
board of examining committees at the dates
named and at no other times, and upon
printed questions, prepared by the state
board of education.
Certificates of the first, second or third
grade are to be awarded according to the
ratio of correct answers returned by the
applicants and to the evidences of qualifi-
cation arising from other standards of
Judgment.
Certificates OF qualification thus issued
are to be valid as follows
For first grade. three years.
For second grade. two years.
For third grade, one year.
List of persons to whom certificates are
awarded will be sent to the State Sueprin-
! tendent and will also be kept in register
| this list all vacancies In the public schools
will be filed during the year.
| Therefore, the examination under this
order of the state board of education will
take place on Friday, October 18th, 1900
| for white applicants, and on Friday, O etc
Der 18th, 1900. for colored applicants.
Examinations will be held at the Office o.
the parish superintendent, commencing al
9 O'Clock a. m, and must be completed In
one day.
|. Applicants must provide themselves
with suitable examination paper and ink
and all papers must be written In ink ant
not pencil.
Further instructions will be given on thu
days of examination.
CHAS. r. EGELLY,
Parish Superintendent.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
Notice to Contractors.

The Police Jury of East Carroll parish
invites sealed proposals tor the erection
and completion OF new Court House,
agreeable to the plans and specifications
prepared by architect VIM. Stanton of
Vfcksburg. Miss.
The plans and specifications are now on
file with the pistrict Clerk ut Lake Provi-
dence. La. and with said Architect STAN
ton
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL II
O'CLOCK NOON. OCTOBER 23rd. 1900.
All contractors will file with their bids
a certified check for Three Hundred Dol
lars made payable to the order of Robt
Nicholson. President of the Police Jury,
as evidence, if bid Is accepted. that they
will enter into contract with East Carroll
Parish and file an acceptable guarantee or
Surety Company's bond for the faithful
performance of contract in the sum of Four
Thousand Dollars (S4O0O). made payable to
| Robt. Nicholson. President.
! If the bond is not filed within ten days OF
award of contract. the check will be for
feited as liquidated damages by reason of
the delay.
Contractors will state in their bids time
of completion.
The Police Jury reserve the right to re-
jeet any or all bids. {,
YANCEY BELL. Clerk.
| Lake Providence, La.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
MUSE-CUNNINGHAM.

Tuesday evening Mr.. r. Courte Muse
and Miss Juliette Cunningham, both
of this city. surprised their friends by
quiet wedding at the home of DIR. B.
G. Swan. that reverend gentleman
officiating at the ceremony.
Both are well know in Metropolis
and need no introduction TO our read
ers.
The bride is pretty and charming
young lady and has host of well
wishing friends in Metropolis. The
groom. young man with exceptional
musical talent. has recently accepted
a position with Harding & Miller as
piano tuner for. this territory He is
very popular and deserving, and will
make a worthy husband for the youne
lady he has won.
The Herald joins. in congratulations
and best wishes. Metropolis Ky } Her.
aid.
Miss Juliette is the daughter of Mr.
Will Cunningham, a former resident O
the second ward of this parish.
WATER TANKS for sale by
! Ii. SCHULZ.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

The Episcopal Church is increas-
ing in number Of communicates at
the rate of 20 to 33 per cent. each
ten years. In New York twenty-five
years ago Episcopalians and Presby-
terians we're almost the same in point
OF membership. Today, in all five
boroughs OF the city there are &c, 900
Episcopaliaus and 5000 Presbyte-
rians. In Chicago during the last
ten years the increase in Episcopal
membership has been 33 per cent,
in Boston 33 per cent. in Philadel'
phis %, Cincinnati 90, Pittsburg AZ
and st. Louis 20. In 1890 the com
nunicants of the entire church mum
bered $4,000. Today they numbe
100000.