The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-01-03
JONAHS,
HOODOOS,
SPOOkS
No. b Is The King Of All
SuperStltlOnS,
DRUMMERS ARE BRAVE

Local Hotels Have No Such
Numbered Rooms,ssse One.
Actors Are Shy.But Knights
of the Grip Sometimes Like
to Change Their Luck.
n must admit that I have just a
little faith IN that everlasting super
etitlon over the No. Is" said Chief
CLERK A. II. short. OF the Hotel Sc.
attic. % a star reporter yesterday.
Not that I am one bit supsrsfitious
myself. but when every thlns FROM A
hen over rs eggs 20 a man with only
si1 IN his pocket has hard luck. there
must be something r. a. There Il
not room II In this house. aud
never was. NJ only personal eN
perieree With the evil attending the
hoodoo number was when | was
raanagtng tina Capital hotel. over IN
irg man, one q my hest CUSTOMERS.
came in one night . little the worse
fer wine. I bad a rom No. Il. and
I put him IN Il. In Some iueoncriv-
able way he discovered the tfum Der
Of his room at about o'clock In ths
morning He came downstairs. and
after giving the nirht-elsrk all kinds
Of hard talk. left the hotel never 20
return. About str months afterward
ne came IN and swoFe vengeance.
lie SAID ne had never been blessed
with one days luck since that fatal
night. I changed the number that
day"
setors sseerstiiieas.
Allan Mcneil. Of the brunswick.
said he couid tell some amusing tales
about hotel rooms Of that number
Il know aetorp.- said Mr.. Mcneil.
who viii not 40 near a room with
the Jonah No. IL on the fSae. one
time John T. Raymond came TO the
TIT hous. in Buffalo. where I VAS
cierking. and said he wanted a per.
ter 10 20 down 20 the Mansion house
and set All bis luggage. I would
rather walk to Boston and sleep in
barns along the way said Raymond.
Than 10 put my valgse In the hoo
doc they assigned me
During the Nome rush con
tinued Ar. Mcneil. "A party ~ Mis-
sourtans had ~ people In their out.
~. They held a meeting In IN.
reading room and decided that one
% the party would have % stay be-
hind The one selected returned ta
Missouri. and IS sure as am a foot
hish. the party received word OF hts
death three days afteFwardss
msny Fsnay Yarns. !.
Chief Clerk NcRas. of the North.
ern said: Il could tell more yarns
about that superstition than would
nj book. We have no No. ~ in
this house. as II would be aaefeHr.
Why. / know a lady Who went -
Nome last spring on the Garonns.
VINO would not 30 aboard the steam
81 until she aaceFtaIned that the
state room No. ~ had been cut ouf
ghariey Dexter. one % the famous
Dawson miners Of . year or 80 ago.
- a arm believer In the ssiparsu
uon. The last time he went north
ne stopped here. and We then had
room No. H. and he got Il. The
nrst day ne struck Dawson he Lost
Ils0o1. We have a No. ffa in our
house now. and some people ar
even afraid OF that have actually
known people. women especially.
VINO will count the number az
rooms along the hall 20 see n thet
are getting into n remembered IL
These same people say. I superstf.
tious7 The very ldeaf'"
Mr.. Potts Tsihs.
How about the DglIer7 Mr. Potts
asked the reporter. lis No. Il n
Jonah up here p The chief clert
replied. "As a guests room. No. II i
an unknown quantity. The porter
occupies the room that might be
called ~. and some OF them hav.
actually thrown up their Jobs rath-
er than sleep in 81,
There n a weIi-to-do Everett lady
who always stays here when in
sown. One time she caught sight
or TINS room, and when she came
down 20 the ONCE. she said. Mr.
Potts. / really consider No. II a very
unwise and uniucky number. NY
father once added - acres 20 hla
faru. and in Just n months ne I0st
All his property. Nv mother dled
when she had her i5th child. ami
the first time 7 was married the
ceremony took place on the 18th dav
OF the month. and for ~ years i
lived an unhappy. poverty-stricker.
IRE. TIE next time I married, I said.
yonn, We VII make the date a. far
from IL 49, the month will allow -
ANY time you come around whe,
~ not very busy" concluded Mr.
Potts. Il viii tell you some funuy
stories about the superstition"
prvmmsrs Are Brave.
The Rainier- Grand has no No. II
o. any Kind; neither 80. 2i3, or any
thing. NJ r. Manter. The pon,,isr
chief clerk. said: 1T IL very f,,nnv
how some people who deny that thev
believe In Jonah'N, invariably efit out
the fatal number. A travelling RAN
once registered here who even max
ed the bell hoy who showed him bir
room. whether be was ~ years ola
] have known ladies' who would re-
fuse 70 enter n dining room In by 40
doing they would make the number
of occupants -.
Drummers as class are not very
snperstitious. know some who
20 change their luck"
~ the Hotel Stevens the room "a
H. also missing. In speaking of the
superstition. ~. V. Stevens ragd r.
Know Of many Instances which show
mat the number IL universally dis-
liked. One particular case came
under my notice during the last
rush for the north.
Wouldn't Sail IN i3th.
Staying at the hotel were n man
and his wife and her two brothers
They had purchased tickets FOR
steamer that was billed O. sail the
10Th OF May but owing 20 sanie ac-
cident she was unable 20 start until
the lsth The quartette OF gold
seekers were all broken ur: ami, do
you know, they actually sold their
Tickets 70 broker az great sacri.
nee, rather than 80 on what they
considered a hoodooed boat"
~ the Butler there II q fun .nede.
Cd room No H. !. A. Johnson IN
chief clnrk anld n tuan 49,. -