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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-19
NOW IS THE TINE 70 SPRAY.
FRUIT INSPECTOR BROWNS ADVICE
TO HoRTIcULTURIsTs.
All Plants Are Now Dormant a""
Pests Being i'm the Same Condt-
ton, Are Easily Attacked ana
KiIIed-War Is Made Compulsory.

According TO w. II. Brown, fruit pest
inspector for King county, this is the
proper time for horticulturists norlsts
and gardeners to begin pruning anu
spraying trees shrubs and plants. Wheh
trees and plants are dormant, ne says,
the various pests are also dormant, anu
may be easily destroyed. In an inter-
view yesterday Mr.. Brown said;
.srhe time has come when every person
who has any interest in fruit or flower
culture in this city or state, shoulu "a
up and doing in the way OF pruning anu anu
spraying / make this statement from
the fact that trees and shrubs are IN a
dormant condition. The best time 10
prune a tree or shrub is when the leaves
are off. Many reasons may be given Ior
this theory one of them is that the
operator then knows how, where ana
what he cuts. This is very importaht
fact and should never be lost slght OF;
BLACK fungus. which is battling the
most skilled horticulturists Is in It's ma
ture like smut on wheat. The time 70
get rid of smut is before the wheat is
the wheat is in the granary, and so also
Is the wheat. Both becoming very dry.
1t is to my mind hard to conceive now
vegetable life could exist in either. New
ertheless when the grain comes In con-
tact with the earth it draws from 1t the
moisture that causes both wheat and
smut to spring into life.
THE same is true of the black fungus.
When the tree. shrub or plant is in dor
mant condition IL Is also dormant. This
fungus is to be found on every portion
of the tree. shrub or plant that 1t finds
to be favorable to its growth.
SPRAY when both tree and fungus are
in a dormant condition. This is sure to
destroy the germ of life which. if no.
destroyed. will prove ruinous to the fruit
that 1t comes in contact with. Last, but
not least there Is a double reason for
the care of trees, shrubs and plants while
in dormant condition. The eggs of in
sect pests are deposited In the fall, re-
naming in a dormant condition until
spring. and as soon as the young leaf
puts in an appearance the larvae spring
into existence by millions. Had the eggs
been destroyed the orchardist would
have won decisive battle over his in
sect foes
"Orchardsts and florists will also have
more time after the holidays are over for
a few weeks of such work than at any
other time during the year. Still an
other very important reason may be
given. The law makes 1t obligatory on
every person who knowingly has in his
possession infected trees, shrubs or
plants to destroy the infection. This is
not only for the good of those who have
infected stock. but to hinder the spread
Of pests
foin In war of determination. and by
so doing assist the inspectors in this
laws enforcement.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-19
"A stranger In strange Lands

That American farce comedy still has
high place in the affections of theater-
goers is. well demonstrated by the re-
markable success of William A. Brady
and Joseph Grsmers production of Sid
ney Wilmer and Walter Nincent's Anglo
American play. "A Stranger in a Strange
Land" II was one of the successes of
the metropolis last season, crowding the
Manhattan theater for ten weeks, and
repeating its New York success in all
the large cities OF the East.
"a Stranger in Strange Land is COM
ing to the Third Avenue theater Christ
mas week. opening next Sunday afternoon.
and will be presented by an excellent
company. A special matinee will be given
Christmas afternoon.
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pany her and she believes in securing
as much rest while travelling as possible
1T is indeed a great pleasure to be with
in the confines of the beautiful Western
countries once more" she said recently.
II have such pleasant memories of my
previous visit here-kind friends beauti-
ful flowers and fruits, magnificent drives
and the blue sky with plenty of sunshine.
What else could be desired?
"Oh. yes" she continued, =" Carmen is
a magnificent opera l have waited for
a number of years to be surrounded with
artists who can portray the different
roles in a proper manner. and this sea
son Manager Thompson will make Car
mem his great feature, and has secured
the best singers in Russo and Alessan-
droni. who have created the various roles
to support me in this OPERA"
The Boston Lyrics will give this city
the best season of grand opera that has
ever been provided on the Pacific coast.
and Carmen" ''Mignon" and III Trova-
tore" will be sung in this city with all
star casts more magnificently than they
have ever been sung outside of New
York Paris and London.
Russo well known in Seattle. will be
with the Lyric, also Alessandroni, the
famous baritone.
The engagement is for Christmas week,
commencing Sunday, December %. There
will be Christmas day matinee.
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TO TAKE EXAMINATION,
Capt. Robinson Goes TO San Francis
co Under Orders From Gen. Miles.

Capt. w. w. Robinson. jr,. for four
years local quartermaster OF the army,
left yesterday for San Francis %, under
orders from Gen. Miles. there to report
10 the examining board for examination
for promotion to the rank of major.
A. the Post-intelligencer has told Capt.
Robinson, on being relieved from duty as
local quartermaster al this city. was or
dered TO Honolulu 70 take the position NJ
depot quartermaster at that place. He
was also slated for promotion to the RANK
OF major In the regular establishment,
being one OF the sldest captains In the
army. The examination Is largely a for
NAL matter. and at It's conclusion Capt
Robinson, who is a graduate of West
Point. will be commissioned major. He
viii return 10 this city before leaving for
his new post OF duty
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ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINE.


big shipment of copper wire from the East
for shipment to Capt Abercrombie and
Maj. Greene, who are building the govern
ment telegraph line from Port Valdes to
the Yukon.
The shipment will go forward on the
first steamer leaving for Valdes. 1t con-
sfsts OF 1b0 bundles. weighing sixteen tons,
has been. published in the Post Inteli-
gencer. the signal corps men who are
building the line are expected to continue
their work during the winter. Shipments
Of poles, insulators and other supplies
have already been made to Capt. Aber-
crombie
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K,Nruok DELAYED ny STORM.
Government Transport Waits Mt
Pert Angeles for better weather.

The United States army transport Kin
tuck, Capt Long which LETT this port
Saturday FOR Manila. via Honolulu. was
reported Yesterday as having arrived al
r0rt Angeles Monday A message was
received by Frank Watarhouse. her man
aver, stating that owing 10 stormy
weather ia the straits Capt Long had de-
termined 10 lay over one day at Port An
gcles.
The weather reports OF Monday indl-
Gated a probable storm on Cape Flattery
for Tuesday The report received from
capt Long by Mr. watorhouse was 10
tho effect that the kintuck would SAIL
yesterday, unless the weather became
very much worse
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FELL ON THE ICE TRAIL.


Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer.
DAWSON, Nov. @.--Thomas Parker a
native OF Lincolnshire. England aged 81
years, was frozen to death at the mouth
Of White river last week He was there
with another man building n cabin IN
which they we're to stay and chop wood
for the winter.
Parker went mp the river several miles
after some carpenter tools On the way
back he fell through the river Ice, and In
stead of stopping and building fire TO
dry himself he trudged on cold, and short
~ afterward fell In his tracks.
He was found before lift was extinct.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-19
OPENS SECOND COAL MINE.
Fuel From within Twenty Miles Of
Dawson Put ON the Market
in KlOndike.

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer
DAWSON, Nov. 20.--The Alaska Explor-
alton Company has just put on the mar
ket coal from the second big coal mine
opened In the Yukon.
The mine is on Rock creek twenty
miles back of Dawson. The coal is of a
good grade. The company has contracted
for delivery in Dawson OF 1000 tons in four
months Delivery began this week
The other coal mine of the district is at
Cliff creek. 100 miles down the river near
the boundary. 1t Is owned by the N. A. r.
Il T. Co, which brought 5000 tons of the
product TO Dawson last summer.
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GUN CARRIAGES EN- ROUTE.
Additional Equipment for Fort
Casey FOrtihcations In Sent to
Mai. MlIlln

That the government has not completed
the armament of big guns for
the Lower Sound Notifications is
proven by the fact that two
barbette gun carriages have been dis
patched from Philadelphia for Seattle en-
route to Fort Casey, where they will be
set mp soon after January l next
The carriages will be delivered to Mai
Mills. corps of engineers who is in
charge OF the river and harbor and forth
fications work In this state The two
carriages are big affairs, Weighing over
100 600 pounds
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LOST s42,soo AT BLACK JACK.
Max EndIeman's Heavy Plunge In
Gambling.

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer.
DAWSON, Nov. 15.--Max EndIeman, a
hotelkeeper at Grand Forks, lost $42 500 on
black jack one night this week. 1t was
one of the heaviest losngs in the history
of the camp.
Endleman has plunged heavily before.
In this instance he Is part owner in the
house. running the games. so the Win
nngs will in q measure come back to him.
Endleman also lost 5000 on Bryan.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-19
GRIFFIN rs ARRESTED.
CoIored Man Accused OF Assault with
Intent 60 Murder.

DANIEL W Griffin. weu.known mem
her ~ the colorei colony in seattle and
crftwhlle editor ~ the SEATTLE Ree Was
yesterday arrested on a warrant ehArg-
ias him With assault With Intent TO com
mis- murder He NOW occupies a cell ln
the county San.
Griffin was IN Newcastle sunday. and
engaged In a heated argument wtth a
colarcd woman. during the course OF
which he felt Il necessary 20 emphasize
hts remarks hy personal chnstisernent
Tie thareupon resortcd 20 blows. and AZ Isl
said thar the object of hls dlspieasure Is
cendncd 20 her bed or was Cor two DAYS
She VIII probably be able 10 appear
against him al the preliminary hearing
which viii he held IN this cts today
~ is alleged by Newcastle people that
Griffin beat the woman over the head
With a pistol. He denies Ghis bat ad-
uits that he lost his temper ana as
sAultcd her with hts asts
THE nilicr Cafe. No. isi6 FIRST avenue
Is helms reattcd and newly furnished bv
Mrs. G. Westcott formerly Of tha Hotcl
Stevens 0laingruoN. aud Will be opened
fur business Thursday. December ~
when she viii bc pleased to meet her nld
patrons. Mrs. Wcstcott has the reputS-
ton OF being one of the best caterers m
abe Pacific coast and will serve ali deli
cacias v'han IL season AZ moderate nrinAs4
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ADJUSTMENTS,

Collamarini and the Boston Lyrics.
Signorini Callamarini who will be heard
at the Seattle theater Xmas week .trav-
els surrounded by every comfort. 4 Her
own maids and her own porter ACCOM-
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probably two hours after he fell but he
was beyond saving and died on the trail
after few minutes The body was taken
to Stewart for inquest.
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impression it has made until recently
upon the life of the people of America!
This is due to various causes, such as the
more dramatic events taking place else
where, our distance from the scene and
the fact that we in America have had no
experience with famine and cannot real
lie its horrors. There are many Of us
who never get hungry enough to eat with
a good appetite and who turn our eyes
away from suffering lest we shall lose
what little appetite we have. God pity
the heart so tender that 1t cannot afford
to pity others! s 49,
The reason for these pictures is to make
the subject real. They do not claim to
be works Of art, much less Of imagina-
ton. but are drawn from photographs
right from the famine.
Rev. Edward S. Hume, who has Just
returned from Bombay broken in health
by the terrible strain Of famine relief
work, says: ST have read the accounts
Of the famine In American papers, / have
seen the pictures; have seen the condi-
tons in the famine districts, and I can
assure you that the actual state Of affairs
IS much more terrible than pictured or
!. described. And the worst of it is that,
even If the June rains are entirely fa-
vorable, no relief can be expected until
the crop is gathered in October
me famine area exceeds $4,000 square
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600 are in extreme restitution, and prob
ably 1o, 600 600 will perish unless aided. g
One of the first questions that naturally |
J arises is, What causes such fanines? ~
The primary cause Of famine is lack Of |
rain and consequent failure Of crops and
pasturage. The present drouth is the |
worst for thirty years. But, secondly. |
lack Of crops is rapidly aggravated by |
lack of work, therefore Of wages. not |
only for farmers but for all kinds of la
borers. Famine is an immense lockout |
erected by nature in the Industries Of |
the country. Then the British govern
ment, by stopping intertribal wars and
improving the conditions Of life has in
creased the population Of India since her
occupation from 100 100000 to nearly &c.,
100000. The problem is how to overtake
this growth by corresponding agricul-
tnral and industrial development.
1t should be remembered that there are
in India. 68S neutrality-suspicious. native states.
constituting about sone-third of the total
area, which are ruled by Indian princes. j
who are very slow and inefficient in car
ing for their subjects.
Here the distress is naturally greatest.
In these native states, particularly, the
missionaries, both American and Euro
pean, are doing heroic work. There are
hundreds of brave, devoted men and
women rescuers in the field. The extent
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are the efforts Of man when, in torrid
cline rains fail for one, two, and, in some
places even for three years. - t
During the famine Of 1910 in Bengal,
out of population Of 10000, 600 one third,
or 100000, perished. So few were left
to till the fields that jungles grew up
where there had once been fourishing
villages. Now note the contrast. When
a hundred years later Bengal was again
visited by famine, in 1878, comparatively
few actually persisted, nearly 100000
people receiving daily relief, at a cost to
the government Of $4,000, Goo
In 1897 the grim monster once more
raised its head in the northern provinces
and actually secured tens Of thousands of
victims. But its ravages were greatly
curtailed by the government, which
poured. out $50, 900 for relief The dis
saster was quickly followed by plague,
in making roads, building reservoirs and
digging wells and irrigation bitches to
check future famines. Puny, h0Whver,
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FAMINE. The DRYQURI1G MONSTER OF INDIAN

x i I. ) 3 j y 4 . ~
This is their hour of need It is through
no fault of their own that they are now
50 helpless.
q Let us thank God for the blessings we
enjoy in favored America, and let no
one whose eye sees this page rest until
he sends generous thank offering to
the starving. Such gifts may be sent to
any local fund or to Brown Bros. & Co.,
50 Wall street, New York, the treasurers
of the committee of one hundred, by
whom they will be cabled promptly to
the responsible and representative Amer
ico-Indian relief committee, under the
Craftsmanship of United States Consul
William Fl. Fee at Bombay, with the vet
eran missionary, Robert A. Hume as ex-
ecutive secretary. This committee aids
and co-operates with our heroic fellow
citizens of all denominations, in the fam
Inc districts, and, by having a survey of
the whole region, can avoid overlapping
IN one part to the neglect of another
The~New York committee Of one hun
dred, William e. Dodge, chairman, and
@Leander 7. Chamberlain executive di-
rector, co-operates with committees in
Boston, New Haven, Baltimore, Wash
ington and other cities, each of which
has charge of the work in it's own section
The committee announces that, thanks to
the hearty assistance of the press of the
United States and the express companies,
which forward gifts without charge, it
has quickly received contributions
amounting to 100000 On receipt of a
postal, addressed COMMITTEE Of One
Hundred, Is Bible House, New York, N.
Y.,' free supplies Of illustrated litera-
ture are sent. The help of individuals
and of clubs, lodges. labor unions, en-
ployers, proprietors of hotels and summer
resorts. churches, Sunday schools, young
peoples societies, Kings Daughters, etc, ;,
is earnestly sought in distributing this
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4 " =
DAILY. He was met by friend at the
Hoffman house the night after his colt
Tammany defeated Lamplighter in a
match at Guttenburg. His winnings were
exactly $27 900, and he carried the roll
IN his inside pocket all night When a
friend expostuIated, warning him of the
dangers of New York in the small hours
of the morning, the Montana millionaire
retorted with no little warmth: .sWhin
5Oi made a guardeen OIL hire wan by the
wake. Marcus Daily was bar-r-n in
Jairsey City In a waggin', an wurrked
for two dollar a wake, an no one ever
done him yet,
He IS extremely proud Of his humble
origin and it is a fact that he was born
In a wagon just opposite Taylor's hotel
He waszasked if ne Intended travelling all;
the way back to- Anaconda with that rolf
of notes in his pocket. and he replied.
I hin OF arrive Oil have nary a cent
Of it in me clothes. It is the winnings
of the boys all along the line between
the mines an the Gut, an, oi'II be dis
tributing it all the way back at every
station on the road. Marcus Daily bet
nary eentsSof his own The copper
king drops into a~rich half brogue when
not under guard.
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had ever known, where She had done
so much to make happy the lives of

had ever known, where She had done
so much to make happy the lives Of
others.
1t is said that it was Miss Smiths pur-;
pose to eventually be missionary in
China She could never return to Wash
ington 1t was urged upon her that
Washington had already forgotten the
accusations made against her and was
only too ready to right the wrong. The
wrong, however, was too great to her
thinking to ever be righted, and she
chose to GO from her home forever.
How Polly Smith met her death has
not been made known as yet, but no
matter how she died, death was sweet
! to her. There may be those in Wash
ington today who suffer a pang for the
girl whom they sent to her death None
can deny that the calunny they helped
1 to give breath and life to made her 4
martyr.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28
DUDE IR0NWoRKER.

Two Steel Company Presidents.
Pitted Against Each ofher.
Syracuge Post Standard.
William A. Sweet, the veteran steel
manufacturer OF this city, who has a
worldwide reputation as a steel expert,
is known almost as widely as a man OF
brstsque manner and many idiosyncrasies.
On short aeguaintance he has often been
regarded as an ogre by employees, but
who, continuing long in his services have
come to know him as their best friend.
Ttyo things Mr.. Sweet will not tolerate
in men or chimes about his 1nanufac-
tory are incempetency and inefficiency.
e a man in his ers1ploysshirks his work
or does Il badly heaven help that mani
IL he is faithful to his task and performs
the work assigned TO him with intelli-
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on which washington feeds, but Pol
ly' Smith had not forgotten.
COULD NOT FORGET.

~ =
She came home from Cuba Immediately
after the jewels had been found, and no
doubt could have taken her own place
in society had she been able to forget,
but she was not of the, forgetting kind.
She continued unhappy, never speaking
unless she was spoken to, growing thin
sner and less like her former self every
day. Society had all but killed her by
its love of gossip.
z It was when her family had almost dis
paired of ever making her well and hap
ply again that the trip to China was pro-.
posed The Congers We're close to the
Condit Smiths. They loved the Polly
Smith they had known of old. The girl
left for China with the expressed purpose
of staying there always. In China she
could az least be among people who
would not gossip. What if they were
heathens What If they did kill her,
as as they perhaps have doneg They would
at least NJ AXE her misery short-lived
Re So Polly Saith went to China. She
was pitiful-looIang little thing when
she left Washington, the only home she
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-07-28

GOOD. AS the best way our or It, Sec
rotary Day persuaded E. III. Conger. then
stationed at the Brazilian capital, to
swap places with the Illinois man. Con-
ger was recalled from South America,
and Bryan's name was withdrawn from
the senate. Then Conger was appointed
to the Chinese mission, and BRYAN was
sent South.
Being in Peking, Mr.. Conger has shared
the fate of other ENJOYS, whatever that
fate may be- and being in Rio Janeiro,
Mr.. Bryan is all right
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Of their work depends wholly on the
means furnished them.
The next question is, What is the Brit
ish government doing to relieve the fam
ine?'' The consensus Of testimony of
Americans long resident in India is
summed up by one Of Them as follows:
Magnificent work issbeing done by the
British government, which has now on
relief about 5000, 900 souls, a scheme Of
charity vaster than ever before con-
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DAYS TURF WI INNINGS.

He Ws,s Not Afraid to Carry the
80 Roll IN His Inside TocsSet.
Next to Lucky Baldwin, Marcus
DAILY, the Montana millionaire, has prob
ably. won more money on horse races
than any other man in the country He
has Just leased a house in Fifth avenue,
New York. from William Waldorf Aston
for ten years at SIG, 900 a. year, says the
Chicago Chronicle. Rather handsome
rental. but money is no object to Mr..
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ESCAPED PEKING MISSION.
Content Because the Senate Failed
to Confirm Him az Minister.

n
to Confirm Him as Minister.
Perhaps the most contented American;
citizen today is Charles Page Bryan, a
citizen Of Illinois. now comfortably en-
sconced in the American legation at Rio
de sJaneiro. Mr.. Bryan was an ardent
supporter Of Mckinley and Hobart in 1886,
and after the votes We're counted he
was not slow to let it be known that he
I had claims on the administ tion-elect.i
Being a Chicago man. Mr.. Bryan press
ed these claims in breezy, Western way
3 and succeeded in securing an appoint
meilt as. envoy to China. But the senate
Of the United States would not have it.
Grave old legislators declared that he
was too young and too inexperienced for.
the post A fairs in the Orient, they
said were somewhat mud died The open
{ door had not vet been guaranteed, and
our occupation of Manila was of recent
date. As
ssF But Mr.. Bryan was not the sort Of a
& man who could be turned down without
the assurance Of something equally as