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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12

Sections 70 and 7s OF the third division
OF the code, as originally drawn, providing
for the acquisition and holding of lands
by aliens, were both stricken out In the
agreement by which the bill was finally
passed. and that will probably come up in
a special measure amending the code at
the next session.
Among other features of the code which
are of great Importance is the one pro-
viding a district court for the district, OF
which there shall be three judges, the
Judge presiding over division No. ! to re-
side at Juneau and hold two terms of
court at Juneau and two at Sitka each
year; the judge designated to preside over
division No shall reside at st. Michael
during his term of office and shall hold
at least one term of court each year at
ST. Michael: the Judge designated to pre-
side over division No. is to reside at
Circle City during his term of court and
Is to hold at least one term of court each
year at Circle City. 1t is provided. how
cause change the place of residence of
either division OF the court.
ut Is also provided that the judges may
hold special terms of court at such times
and places as they may deem expedient
or the attorney general may direct. These
judges are to receive each salary of
5000 per annum. The governor is to re-
ceive salary of 5000, the surveyor gen
eral and ex officio secretary of the dis
trict $1,000, and the clerks of the courts
each the sum of $500, together with GER
tain fees and commissions.
Towns May BE Incorporated.
There II a further important chapter in
the code providing for the incorporation
OF towns in Alaska In communities hav-
ing 300 permanent inhabitants. The first
meeting of electors is to be called by
the Judge of the United States district
court and the officers to be elected are to
be a city council, which shall elect one
of it's members president and ex officio
mayor of the city. 1t may also appoint
a clerk, treasurer and assessor. Their
term OF Office Is to be one year.
THE city council will have power to pro-
vide for necessary street improvements,
fire protection, water supply. lights, sewer
age. wharfage, maintenance of public
schools, protection of public health. police
protection, expenses of assessment and
collection of taxes, to impose taxes of
various kinds. including a general tax on
real and personal property not to exceed
! per cent. on the assessed valuation of
the property, provided, however, that no
bonded Indebtedness whatever shall be au-
thorized for any purpose.
Each town Is also to have a school
board of three directors. to have the ex-
elusive supervision of the public schools.
all license money paid by any resident per-
son or corporation for business carried on
within the town is to be paid to the treas
urer of the corporation.
There is also a provision In section 2S
that the secretary OF the interior shall
make needful and proper provision and
regulations for the education of children
of school age in the district OF Alaska
without reference to race, and their COM
pulsory attendance at school until such
time as permanent provisions shall be
made for the same"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
Fire mt EalrhaYen.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
FAIRHAVEN, May 11.-This city was
visited by 5000 fire this evening, Leh-
mans bakery, Melins bicycle store and ].
Lutz' harness shop were burned, with two
empty store buildings owned by Charles
Soldering. Stores in the vicinity were emp
tied of their contents. involving consider
able loss. Insurance amounts to S2.hOo.
For an hour 1t appeared that the fire
would destroy the whole business center
of the town. The Whatcom department
responded to call for assistance, and by
hard work the flames We're confined to the
vicinity where they started.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12

BURNED IN HIS SHACK.
Educated EngIishman Who Lived ns
N Scayenger.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
VANCOUVER, r. c., Nav 1.-George
Cunningham was burned to death here to-
day The shack of which he was the sole
occupant took fire, and Cunningham, who
had been drinking. was fearfully injured
by the flames before he was carried out
men He died shortly afterward. Cum
ningham was an Englishman, who had
resided in San Francisco.
Although employed here as scavenser'
he possessed literary attachments OF
high order. The miserable howell in which
he lived was filled with standard ana
classic books. He was highly connected
In England and was a graduate of an Eng
fish university.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
CANAL TO CHANGE HANDS.
Sunnyside Canal Soon to Go to the
New Owners.

Special Dispatch to the Post -Intelligencer
NORTH YAKIMA, May 1.-THE sale of
the Sunnyside canal property to the
Washington Irrigation Company having
been confirmed by Judge Hanford, Re-
ceiver j. s, Allen is making arrange
ments to close up his affairs. and the
company is getting ready TO take hold
where he leaves off, Mr.. Aliens work
will be at an end about June I.
j. r. Matthew. of Seattle, is mere as
the company's representative, and Is
familiarizing himself with the books of
the receiver. Mr. Matthew will give no
information as to the plans of the Wash
lngton Irrigation Company, except to say
that the offices will be removed from
here to Zillah June /. He will not state
whether he will have charge " the office
at Zillah, or whether Walter n. Granger,
who has been superintendent under Mr.
Allen, will be retained This IL a matter
in which people living under the ditch
are deeply interested
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SOLD LIQUOR TO INDIANS.
south Bend Citizens Seeking to End
the Business.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
SOUTH BEND. May n-Last evening
four Indians from Bay Centre and three
small children, all in beastly state OF in
toxication created a disgusting scene on
the main street j. w. Hagan was arrest
ed for furnishing liquor to the Indians
He was fined by Justice Egbert the limit
of the law, 500 and costs, and remanded
to Jail in default of its payment. Later
I'm the day the fine was reduced to S25 and
paid, as, under the circumstances, incar-
ceration in the jail would have been no
punishment. Indians have never had much
difficulty in securing liquor here, but the
offense has become so fragrant that the
next offender will be tried under the more
severe federal statutes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
MANY wOULD-BE TEACHERS.
Quarterly Examinations to BE Con-
cluded Today.

The quarterly examination of King
county school teachers. which has been
in progress in the library room of the
county court house since Thursday. will
be concluded this evening. The result of
the examinations will not be known to
the applicants for certificates for at least
six weeks The papers viii be forwarded
to the superintendent of education at
Olympia. who will pass upon them
There are sixty-five teachers. mostly wo-
mem taking the examinations. Those who
receive first grade certificates will be en-
titled to teach In the schools of Washing
ton for five years without further exam
ination. The applicants who succeed in
obtaining second and third grade certii-
Gates viii be entitled to teach twelve
months before taking another examina-
ton.
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New Union High SchooI.

SPECIAL Dlspatch 20 The Post-Tntelligencer.
SEDRO-wOOLLEY. May IL The iiree.
tors OF the new union high school have
appointed a committee, consisting ~
Chairman Harrison, Mrs. Batey and
Messrs. Mattce and Mcdonald. To mo
pare pamphlet setting forth the advan-
tages and general efficiency OF the unIon
high school the pamphlet being Intended
for general distribution at home ana
abroad. The same committee was also
allotted the task % preparing a SET OF
rules ana regulations 10 govern the high
school and the courses OF study thereby
these TO DE submitted at the next regular
meeting Of the boara.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
WHITE MAN TURNED YELLOW.

Great CONSERVATION was felt BY the friends OF
81 A. Hogarty. Of Lexington, KY, when they
saw he was turning yellow His skin slowly changed
color, also his eyes. and he suffered terribly. His
malady was Yellow Jaundice. He vas treated by
the best doctors, but without benefit. Then ne
was ADVISED to try Electric Bitters, the wonderful
stomach and Liver remedy. and he writes: After
taxing two bottles | wholly cured. trlai
proves its matchiess merit for all stomach Liver
aud Kidney troubles. Only SOC. Sold by
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12

Al this season 81 the year California e
clothed In matchless beauty, the Shasta
Route" viii take YOU with safety. speed
and comfort TO this land OF sunshine, frpjt
aud flowers. Try It Fare Seattle to san
FrGroisco 81 first class, SIC second class
including berth IN Pullman or Tourist car
from Portland. two trains each way daily
For tickets and bertAs anqly to {. j
Steeple, d. +. A. Southern Pacific Com
parry, SIS First avenue
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VIII Erect New buildings.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer.
FAIRHAVEN, May i'll. p. Nelson, a
prominent fish trap man. has just pur-
chased what is considered the most val
liable corner in Fairhaven and Is hay
ing plans prepared for the erection of a
three-story building thereon. The foun-
dation is already constructed. The prop
erty Is on the corner of Harris avenue
and Eleventh street, and sold for 5000.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
Steamer Reed on Drydock.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures
ABERDEEN, May 1.-THE steamer T.
c. Reed was put in the drydock at the
Lindstrum shipyard this week. where she
Is undergoing extensive renovating, prep
aratory to the heavy travel during the
beach season The old steamer Monte
sano has taken the run between Westport
and Montesano during the Reeds tempor-
airy lay-up. The new steamer which Capt.
Peter Wilson is building In this city, Is
expected TO be ready to go on the regular
harbor run about the middle of next
month.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
Has Applied for Patent.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
ARLINGTON, Wash. May lib. f.
McCaulley, of this place, has little in
vention that greatly facilitates potato
planting. 1t is a potato cutter, and Is
simply a board with cross knives and "a
mallet worked by hand. 1t will cut 5000
pounds of potatoes, or 30 bushels. every
ten hours. This will plant three acres OF
ground. He has applied at Washington
for a patent.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
Appointed Railroad Agents.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-IntelIiRenoer
SEDRO-NOOIIaEY. MAY l-W n
O'Bricn. who has been acting as clerk
for the Seattle Northern at the depot
here, has been regularly appointed agent
~ the Great Northern and agent FOR the
Northern Pacific Express Couuapv AZ
Sedro- Wooley. Mr.. o. Br,en Is an exnari.
enced and courteous railroad man. He
comes from Portland, Or II L. among
tho probabilities that the Seattle q In
ternational and Great Northern wifi also
shortly establish separate offices
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer,
CHEiAIIS May 1.-THE new steel cage
and cells for the new jail have been SHIP
ped and are expected soon. There is but
one prisoner at present, Thompson, OF
Hanaford, who Is serving out a sentence
for assalflting his brother
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superior Court at Montesano.

Special Dispatch TO the Post Inteiligencer
ABERDEEN, May 1.-The Jury term az
the superior court reconvened at Monte
sano today The county commissioners
will also meet In adjourned session Tues
day, May 10, at the court house
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
VIII Delixer Memorial Address.

Special Dispatch to the Post -Intelligencer
CHEHALIS, May l-Judge Elliott is
to deliver the Memorial day address at
Toledo and the reform school choir Is TO
sing Arrangements are also under way
for the proper observance of the occasion
by the local G. A. r. post.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
Ladie. Report Being Held Up

Two women reported TO Officer King late
last night that they we're held up at Tenth
avenue and King street by two men at
IL 30 o'clock and a small amount of money
taken from them. The women refused to
give their names. and Capt. Sullivan was
not strongly impressed by the story.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG Co.
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT

Is envicd by all whose Stomach and Liver are
out Of order. But such should know that DR.. King
New Life Pills give splendid appetite, sound di
gestion and regular bodily habit that insures per-
feet health and great energy Only &c at
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
occidental Deaths in Chehali..

'N ~" -Intcliigencer.
logger Of Chehalis. was drowned near Lit
ue AIS yesterday. rae cody mas not
ar uJua recovered. JACK Carr Tiers a
shipgie sawyer who was working at Por-
ter, In Chehalis county, was killed last
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
BRENtTIEs.
California. the summerlaua

stAshel containing clothes aud papefs vvs-s
stolen feoxu James A smith, al the niler hrssi
YESTERDAY The matter vas reported - he p0lIce
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12

RED Raven Splits Monogram whisky.
Schlitz Milwaukee beer. wholesale and re.
tail at Haggerty's, 100 Second avenue
south.
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The
y ruth

about wosrcn's ills can be
frankly foid by one woman
10 another
Remember that Mrs.
Pinkhans Is a woman.
Remember fhafkser advfc0
and sredscisse have CURED
a million women Of weak
pesses peculiar to their
SEX
Remember that no man
ever secs a letter written
to Mrs. Pfnkhan, for
advice, that the letter Is
opened, read and an
sw0red by women, and
no testimonial ever pub
Hshed without speofaI
p0sys,IsSi0ns
Rense1sbes that Lydia e.
Pknkham's Vegetable
Compound Is the E'e00g-
nxxed safeguard Of w0-
mans health
Rens0sfbcs' these things
when some other remedy
Is suggested, and rensosss-
b0s' them when you want
advice. Mrs. Pfs,k(lsas,,'S
address is Lynn, Mass.
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RETAIL Clerks excursion and NHAske ct
picnic TO battlesh.p Iowa and Sylvan
Grove Sunday
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CaEe and Cells for jail

evening by the saw bursting and cutting
him In two
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MORGAN'S Eagle brand transplanted
fresh Eastern oysters are the best, used
the year round.
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DIR. JOHNSON, chronic disease special
list, Scheuerman block.
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EMERALD rings, Mays birthstone.
William II. Finck. jeweler. SIG Second
avenue.
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''Of COURSE INC OlI VIII now 80 o Ihr
house and must DO passed there 1 wns
very glad 20 read in the Post IuteliiEeDSar
OF the telegram the Chamber OF Commerce
sent 20 Speaker Henderson urgtnx imme-
data action l believe e VII have good
results White OF course Il ia possible
that the senate bin will be radically
amended In the house, u IL not probable
TRAIT serious changes WIN be made The
bill has bean very carefully drawn and
n 10 Improbable that IN The Short time that
viii b elYen Tor itS discussion IN the house
anv attempt VIII be made 20 mako ma
tsraai changes.
The National tribune., 1900-01-11
The Cotton Belt-where Our 20, 900 Acres Of
Cotton Are.
.iiRSlee's.

'The cotton belt covers "a degrees Of
longitude and 10 degrees of latitude Ex-
Guiding from the count the greater part OF
Virginia. more than 100000 square miles
Of western Texas and the whole of Ken
lucky, Kansas. Missouri, Utah. California,
Arizona and New Mexico, III all of which
cotton has been cultivated. and where a
larger demand might cause its culture to
be extended, the cotton-groWing region
measures nearly 100000 square miles,
almost one-third OF the total area of settle
ment in 1890 of the United States. The
20,00O,G00 acres planted in cotton occupies
barely five acres in every 100 of this extern
sive region. Scarcely so per cent. OF this
territory is in farms, and not more than
one-ffth has at any time been titled. This
section contained in 1890 a population OF
over 100000 whites and something over
5,0O0,O 900 negroes. in all 1861 ,OC0, every
100 of them producing 53 bales of cotton,
an average of 254 pounds of lint per capita.
"In 1901 South Carolina led the other
States in the production of cotton. In
1850 Alabama stood first. Mississippi
led in 1S60-1SSO. Texas stood at the head
in 1890, and still does. The center of pro-
duction was near Montgomery, Ala, in
1850; this center had moved two miles west
by 1860. In 1870 it was near Carthage,
Miss, and in 1880 was in Noxubee County,
Miss. In 1890 it was sixty miles north
west, in Attala County. 1t is moving west
all the time on account of the increasing
crops in Arkansas. Texas and the Indian
Territory, not to mention Oklahoma"
The National tribune., 1900-01-11

The chambers are well filed with all the
prettiest formations found in the other
caves. An instance is also observable of
a large column formed by a number of
stalactites having been naturally broken
across at point about halfway between
the floor and the roof the broken surfaces
being separated from each other by a space
of about two inches, so that the upper part
of the column remains suspended from the
roof.
A further extension of this cave consists
of a roomy chamber, the floor of which
might appropriately be named the Crystal
Lakes, the so-called lakes being a large
number of pure white and transparent
basins formed into succession of terraces,
each basin being partly filled with minute
crystals, having the exact appearance of
water, the illusion being discovered only by
touch. The third series of caves are
equally interesting. In several of the
chambers fossil bones have been found, and
in others the roots of kurrajong trees, grow
ing 80 feet above, have penetrated through
bn roof
The National tribune., 1900-01-11
MURDER 10 YEARS, DIAMONDS 20.
Something About Kimberly Diamonds Dug
Outside South Africa Would Not Supply
PHILADELPHIA,

Kimberley proper is built around hole
big enough TO hold the entire white popU-
lation of South Africa" writes Allen San
gree in Ainstee's for January. This is
the excavation above the Kimberley mine,
made when diamonds were mined from
the surface. Nowadays shafts are sunk
and levels formed, whence the blue ground
is blasted out and hauled 10 the surfacs in
elevators. The diamond is different from
other precious stones in that it is found in
soft clay, while the amethyst, ruby, and
emerald are embedded in quartz. This
makes the diamond easy 20 conceal in the
mouth, nose, and by swallowing, and
every year the De Beers Company gets from
the workmen S2.000,000 worth of stolen
goods. The inclination TO pilfer these
precious stones is so intense that the crime
is severely punished. In South Africa the
first commandment is Thou shalt not steal
diamonds" What rape is to Georgia is
/. ID. b. Gllicit diamond brigand) to South
Africa. For murder man may get 10
years; for having diamond found on his
person that is not registered, 20 years. AT
Cape Town is great convict station called
the 'Breakwater,' where sons of prominent
American families and English aristocrats
join in lock-step with Lascars and Kaffirs.
They have all violated the First Com
mandment. In Kimberley 900 negro con
victs sort the diamonds under the muzzle
of Martini rifles. They are kept-in sepa-
The National tribune., 1900-01-11
<xgHISA TRIP romr
dS< =s..,n.sSs s..,n.s&Ss7z:
ayagxT&7NffyfiA1 aySxTz>ES Z Y ASAI STEPPES
A Journey into the Land of Black Savages

attack took place. The moon had van
ished. and dawn was drawing nigh. ]
had been up all night, and began to feel
somewhat sleepy. The cry of the night
bird had ceased, and the myriads of locusts
and crickets, which make an African night
lively, had also subsided. There reigned
a deathly stiffness; even the hyenas, that
with their shrill, unearthly laughter make
night hideorIs, had sought their lair.
The outside sentinels, to whose watch
fulness was entrusted the safety of the
camp, had begun to feel the chill of the
damp morning breeze, which penetrates to
the very bones, and yet has the strange
effect of making men drowsy.
The heavy fence of thornbushes had been
strengthened by barbed wire fence inside.
Every Is minutes or so during the night !
left my tent and walked round the station
with patrol of six men.
Towards daybreak mist rolled, wave
like, over the ground, appearing to our
sleepy eyes as if the bushes trembled and
moved. There was positively something
uncanny about this hour of the night which
Just preceded daybreak.
What followed had best be told in the
narrative of the surviving outside sentinel.
He reported that towards morning he felt
somewhat drowSy, which was quite natural
under the circumstances, as l had put
extra duty on the men.
The National tribune., 1900-01-11
ATTACK ON THE STATION.

The nativesttried hard to rush the fence,
and even went so far as to go through
parts of the thornbush inclosure, but the
barbed wire stopped them. We kept up n
rapid fire, and succeeded in driving them
off. A good many must have been killed
and wounded, but they were carried off;
only the numerous blood-trails showed
us that our bullets had told.
My men behaved splendidly that time.
They had been up doing extra duty for sew
eral nights, but when heard the shot, and
called to them, Form square, boys; we are
surrounded on all Sides" the half-dazed
men, with the discipline of old soldiers,
quickly found their places.
After that did not place outside guards
at night, but had volley fired about every
hour from inside the stockade. The nights
were very dark then, as it was the rainy
season. In the daytime everything was
clear, none of the hostile natives appeared
and | was enabled to go out hunting to get
meat for my men.
CAPT. JOHANNES'S EXPEDITION.
While l was having this trouble at my
station Capt. Johannes had collected large
body of friendly natives, amounting in all
to about 5000 men, which he led with
about so regular soldiers against the Aru-
shas. Some of these natives were armed
with guns.
African warfare proves very terrible,
as it is always hand-to-hand struggle.
The entrance to each hut is formed by the
fork of tree, and the whole homestead is
surrounded by high thOrn-fence which
ic 1nnnatra hIa In ylncSnD tbrpnpb that
entrance the man has to stoop, and is nat
uraily at disadvantage against the man
standing ready behind the fence with his
spear or sword.
When Capt. Johannes came back to
Arusha he found that the natives had
opened the graves and thrown the bodies of
the missionaries to the hyenas.
CThe end.)