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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-24

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Interest allowed on time deposits
a general banking business Trims
acted.
SEATTLE nRANCH-Co OF
James sc and Second Avenue.
u. a. CAMERON Mgr.
PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK
OF SEATTLE
Capital stock paid In. ,s2s. 600: sur
plus. So eQ1.
J. Furth. pres. J. s. Goldsmith,
vice pres: r. V. Ankeny. cashier.
Correspondents in principal cities
In the unltei aintaa and EiIrnne.
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TO LoAN-Private money at low
rate OF Interest GrolI. namus a
oHnef. i07 Mhsiou street.
WARRANTS bought and sold. Nor
rieon & EshelmHu Mutual Life bid
M NatIaII. ~ - n. ILL LII
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OxYDOSpR Victory" the genuine
cures ali diseases. Avoid imlta-
tons Z Mcdonald block.
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ARcnlrecTe.

\. TrDlMAND. a c9lman block.
McManua = walkuf 40 n. \ blk.
y W HouGHTON. tlt-i4 Collins.
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Japanese Boy Insane.

Yesterday s. Hamada, demonted
. Japancse boy, was ad1udRed ~ un-
a.eund mind by Judge Tallman. lie
Pc sent back TO Japan By his
4ds In this city
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our fire sale has been bowling
nlcceHH=a few more goods left of
FIRE goods Star Paint Co, 10000
pike street
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CHILD'S TERROR.

MuSClE. Ind. April 1.~Nina
Heating. ~. tried ta drown herself ~
Albany upon seeing a truaut officer
from Muufie approaching The child
vas prevented fraH sarryiuE out her
PURPOSE. whsruupan she begged FOR
poison - kUI herself The Eifl was
savrd from droN ming ~ the feet
officer. uho captured hrf At the
Crr. 4
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CLASSIFIED ADS.
AnarRAcT OF TILE.

ABS kAC OF lIlE.
OSBORNE. TREMPHR a CO. Inc.
Abstract Company. established
1883 Mining claim abstracts, Hahe-
mrnt Of the Mutual Lifr building.
l,oth Whlttlesey -Hanford Abstract
Co. established 1888. basement Of
Hailer block Telephone Main igt.
sEATTLE Abstraet 20. y. y blk
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BUsINtb8 COLLEoEs.

LEo.a business College. Union, "a.
individual instruction. all aubjects.
BEST methods and tencherH. Acme
HusInsHs College. second and Pike.
N " school TeieRrnphy etarf-Hd
Wilson's business COLLEGE Mum 4i6
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PATENT ATTORNEY.
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pALbfIsTHY= Mrs. ". A. Sheldon.
scientific pHImiat. Do naW located
Ht SO. 200 Third ave- cor. Of Sen
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IA 10 y. M. Pee within reach Of
all.
FREE Treatment limited number
Of chronic cases treated free ~
advanced students. under direc-
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II Building.
BARGAINS IA second hand house
hold goods. call a. Red Front Fur
uiturc company. We can give you
fine secondhand cook stoves. bed
room sets. carpets. They look as
good as new. for half the money.
10 ana iiZ Second avenue south.
HIGHEST prices for second hand
goods. bedroom sets. stoves. car
pets etc lieu AfHIt Y ANHttAfe ~
1i0-iiz md Ave. :. Tel. Red 1872.
WITH WINE AND PIE. regular
dinner lie. Alley Restaurant. al.
ley on Columbia bet. Ind and zrd
FASHION Hair Store. 1913 Second
nyeuues diagnosis Of the scalp
free Uf charge.
OSYDOSpB Victory" the genuine
cures ali diseases Avoid imlta-
lions Z Mcdonald block.
LADIES try a bath Mrs. TAFT.
careful massage. 81 Third avenue.
WAISTS and skirts 10 order cheap.
s. MIG. co. s07 Union.
wANTED-Old gold and silver II
Henael. mfg. ieweier. p Hinckley.
MRS. y. BENNETT ~ again at S.
Halter block. hair. scalp treatment
MRS. HANSON. stylish millinery.
low prices corner tth and Pine
eFraWtr1 ref.aIraN frartar snH Tfufou
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SEATTLE Clothes Pressing 10.
clothes IN shape 81 60 month dye
Ing. repairing lo07 1Fd. Hun 1904
HIGHEST prices for CASTOR cloth
ing Dave Taylor. 10 Starr boyd bid
cor iNAL ION ana BUILDERS.
SObERQtlhT a HOeELEAH. snOps
at zis220 spring street.
}. X. SWIFT. house and align pain
tor. Lake avenue. Fremont
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TAIlDERMIsrs.
nuRara
TENTS AND AWNINGS

TENTS and AWnlres~--iS,,,.-.-,-,,,-
proof tents. mining hose anS 49,, -.
vac boats, army duck tents ~
i9.dInK eamp beds. the Cod ges.
az kind. SEATTLE TENT !
= AWNING CO. wholeEals nsrn.
facturerH Marion and Westrrr
TENTS. awnings. haga. taruagiI,.-
rose. etc. Alaska outdtters IA -
canvas goods. Goods made 10 80
er ~ experts az a nnoment's =.
tice. suuds a Erland, First a., -
Jackson a
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Diamond leo - the best. Il costs
no more than the cheapest. Tel
Main 1859
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cLAIRVoYANTG.

GERTRUDE MYHEN. greatest Nv
Ing eiairvuynut Leland, NIB "a ay.
MRS HENDERSON. clnirvoyant.
readings 20. Vtndoue. 1875 list nv.
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DANCING ACADEMIES.

TWELVE DANCING LESSONS.
ESQ ladies. ladies aud gentlemen;
guaranteed waltz. two-stsp and All
the latest ball room dances. eN-
tremfiy low rate for gentlemen
joining open classes now. Monday
and Friday evenings. $50. VIII
son Dancing Academy. pike street.
IHbke block fiYate lessons daily.
Circulars mailed free.
Mr. and Mrs Llttle's Academy. de-
pertinent dancing. physical Gull
fure 80 Madison bet 7rd a nd 18Th
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RUBBER STAMPS.

COMMERCIAL STAMP WORKS.
Seheuerman Block. lie Cherry.
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OPTICIANS.

A. tAndslier. eyes az. Gree. az PIKE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

there have been few discoveries so
weighted with blind human strivings as
that of the famous Randsburg mine. It's
yellow richness was born of misery and
heart burnings, which only now, nearly
year after the discoverers death, have
ended.
Frederick Mooers ran the gamut of
life's passions ana touched the extremes
of poverty and wealth. Upon a golden
thread he climbed to reach the realities
of his dreams, and they fed, mockins
him. Detected and discouraged that hap
piness came not with gold, he dropped
back into the old ways of excess, which
brought suffering, misery and woe,
broken hearts and fallen castles which
since the world began have been the
wages of recklessness and dissipation.
Upon the spot where six years ago he
found the indications of rich quartz to-
day powerful stamp mills grasp the ore
in their embrace and heIculean ma
chtnery supplements the labors of man.
From the first handful of yellow spotted
rock has grown a prosperous mining
town, which, with the arts of civilization
is conquering the wildness of the hills.
But 1t was more to maintain the purity
and worth of a woman-the contestine
widow-than to control this mining prop
erty that the will was to be fought. She
toiled long by his side During the heat
of the day she helped him to bear
burdens that were often sad and gricv-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

Gus. The years of married life were
severe trial. Mooers' appetite for liquor
led to all sorts Of domestic infelicity. He
drank and caroused, and even pawned his
clothes for drink. The end brought great
wealth, but to the wife 1t was small re-
turn Tor the Vicissitudes of all the years.
MISS Demarest, who married Mooers
thirty years ago, came of good family,
and she received a high school education
at Ithaca, N. Y, the birthplace Of the
Mooers. Her father was business man
IN easy circumstances, and her brother,
w. e. Demarest, is today well known
in the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx.
Mooers left home when but mere boy
and began life as a drug clerk in New
York. His employer subsequently, be-
came interested in the Brooklyn Eagle.
and took Mooers with him. He was a
bright, intelligent, lovable youth, and
soon won his way into the hearts and
confidence of the managers of the paper.
But appetite for drink ruined his pros
poets, and finally cost him his position on
the Eagle. The sparkle of wine and the
flush Of whisky were too much for
Mooers. In vain he tried to steer true
to his ambitions
For months the young wife struggled
with entreaties and tears to win him from
the wine cup. She kept a boarding house
and worked to support them both. The
sort, white hands grew rough and hard.
and the eyes red from weeping, but she
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

sane asylum. There was; a third men,
Der of the family now-Edward Dem
crest Mooers, whose escapades have since
made him well known in this city-and
it was sometimes difficult to keep the
wolf from the door
Out in California Mooers led the life Of
a typical miner Fired with the cXpec-
fancy of finding it this time" the pick
ak and the grub kit were time and again
strapped to the back OF the burro, and
long, weary marches made over the
mountains and the wastes of sand. The
Moiave desert was explored, and the
mountains for more than 100 miles around
San Demanding. Many times he passed
almost, If not quite, over the site Of
Randsburg. but still the story was the
same-"not yet"
He was ever returning from these pros
pecting expeditions with a sack of odd
shaped stones on the burros back. These
were samples of quartz culled from the
giant hills But the cupel Of the assayer
never showed the pay rock. This was
Encouraging, and for time Mooers lost
hope.
Living in Randsburg today Is thin,
grizZled old man named Ftheld. In those
days he often employed Mooers to work
for him, and they frequently went pros
pecting together. Fifield was the COM
paratively rich man, Mooers the penni-
less one. But FIfield lived to see his en-
ploye the master of great wealth and see
him squander $1,000 in one night. I'M
fortunate in mining enterprises he lost
his all in the search for the rainbow at
the end OF which was the pot Of gold
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
Over 100000 was involved in the case.

over $lOO0OOO was involved in the case
The mine is the richest in the southern
end OF the state. 1t was discovered six
years ago by Frederic Mitchell Mooers.
while Oh prospecting tour with John
Singleton and A. c. Burcham. The mine
paid its way from the start, and in a.
short time made the three struggling
miners multi-millionaires
Mooers was the one to locate the mine
Its discovery marked the elimination of
a life whose vagaries have stretched
heartstrlngs across continent and whose
adventures have been heralded from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The mind of the
pioneer prospector of Randsburg became
embittered against his wife before he
made his will, and he left her but a part
OF his fortune. She received but 1850
shares Of the Yellow Aster stock, while
some thousands Of shares went to his
three brothers and his mother and son.
A family feud was the handspring Of
the contest. On the eve of the hearing a
reconciliation was effected and a stipula-
ton filed agreeing to the probate of the
will. BY the compromise the contesting
widow received a substantial block of
the Yellow Aster stock
1t is the story Of the search for this
mine that shows Of what wondrous luster
is the lode star of fortune. Had the
Mooers case come to trial the testimony
would have woven one of the most dra-
maate tales on record. In all the world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
still chung to her husband. And SO the

still chung to her husband. And so the
couple battled on
But in the answer filed in the court 1t
was alleged that she was not q good
and faithful wife to Mooers, and her
name was unfavorably connected with
that OF j. c. Robinson, of New York.
VINO is now here and acting as her agent
me girl wife, grown to maturity and
widowed, and possessed of more than
Sl,WO,0OV In her own right, was to be put
on trial for all these years, when, weary
and heartsore, she saw, one after an
other, her dreams Of home and happiness
and love fade in the distance as the
mirage OF the desert before the eyes of
the thirsty wanderer.
To conquer his love for drink Mooers
spent year in an asylum for lnebriates,
but without avail. He tried reporting on
Chicago papers, but gave that up. Sud-
denly his adventurous disposition became
fired with desire to discover gold. He
went to Colorado and searched the Rock
les. From there he drifted to Montana
and Wyoming, and later to New Mexico
and Arizona. Once or twice he returned
to his wife in New York Early In the
'80s his dreams Of riches drove him to
California
Mrs. Mooers took up such employment
as she could she could obtain. For
time she kept a boarding house. After
Mooers went to California she was
placed in charge of the Children's home
on Long Island. Later she Kept board
ing house at Long Branch. Tie next turn
In fortunes wheel gave her a position as
attendant at the Blackwell Island In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

During the years on the desert II is
said that Mcoers mind became affected.
He was at times subject to a mania. He
located diamond mines In the heart Of
the MoJave. and dreamed he had found
a new South Africa Gold was his con
slant cynosure. Running TO a spot where
he thought It lay buried he would cry,
dig, dig" When the men would cease,
he would moan and lament like a child
In 1895 came the expedition that was
to succeed. The story of that trip has
been often told. and Is a part OF the
mining history Of Southern California
Mooers found the indications that made
himself and his companions rich MoOers
and John Singleton built palatial resi-
dences in this city. The Burchams live
at Randsburg.
Some weeks before his death he had de-
lirium tremens and was treated at tho
California hospital In this city. After
signing the will Mooers started on one
Of his sprees II lasted from Los Angeles
to New York, and the record Of the trip
is like a serial story, the chapters being
told by the barrooms Of the best hotels.
He took Billy Manning, an ex-pugilist,
with him.
About the middle Of May Of last year
Mrs Mooers learned from the papers
that he was at the Fifth Avenue hotel
New York. She found him In deplor-
able condition. On May n he died.
With the conclusion Of the probate pro-
ceedings a unique character passes from
public view.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
SORROW IN THIS ROMANCE
LAID BARE TO THE PUBLIC by
THE FAMAUS MooERS
WILL CASE
BIT OF HISTORY IS CLOSED
Weary Years of Struggle Against
Poverty and Drink Repaid
by Millions in the
End.
BIT OF HISTORY IS CLOSED
Cincinnati Enuulrer.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Los ANGELES. Cal, April Bone Of
the NEST remarkable chapters of South
ern California mining history has just
been cloeed. BY the dismissal of the
Mocers VIII contest from the docket of
the superior court of this city last week
nnat disposition is made of rich holdings
IN the famous Yellow Aster mine at
Randsburg in San Bernardino county.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
CHILLDRENS HEADWEAR

An attractive display Of ChiIdren's Caps and
Bonnets in the Infants Department. of great
variety, and the prices run this way:
Handmade French Caps. ......... eec to 81. so
Ferdale Sun Bonnets ..-....s.... ..25c
Lawn Sun Bonnets ...,. - Soc
Lawn Caps, tucked and henstitched .....25c
Lawn Caps, very dainty and fine quality. -. soc
Poke comets, lace finish ..-,..... Use
Poke Bonnets, embroidery trimmed ... 39c
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

Exactly $3.50 yards Of beau
tiful Cambria, Swiss and Main
sock Edgings and Insertions, from to 6
inches wide, will 60 Monday -
at one Special Price I1
per yar1 ................... ISO
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-03
WHAT is SUCCESS ?

ls it to worship earthly, groyeling Gold
And, dollar-blinded, to look only down
10 rake the muck-heap and forget the
crown,
Until Youths bounding blood Greens
strangely cold;
10 dwell with Envy. Arrogance and
Dread.
To barter all Benevolence for dross.
To lose Companionship-nor feel Il loss
because the flower OF Sympathy is dead
Is that Success?
10 labor for the rainbow bubble, Fame
Atloat so fairly in the morning air
A perfect jewel for prince to wear
Is 1t recompense for all its claim?
Thro' careful night and crowded, strenu
Gus day.
Thro' iron rebuff or Rattery--like snow
That leaves one thirsty-it is grasped,
and, 10!
1t vanishes in Nothingness away
Is that Success?
With comTade Duty. in the dark or day.
10 follow Trutt-wherever it may lead:
10 hate all meannoss, cowardice or
greed;
To look for Beauty under common clay:
Our brothers burden sharing, when they
weep,
But, if we fall, to bear defeat alone:
10 hive in hearts that loved us, when
we're gone
Beyond the twilight till the morning
break!) to sleep.
That is Successl
--Erncst Neal Lyon, in Success.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-03
Sea Currents and Migration.

A French scientific journal calls at
tention to a recent report of the
french consul at Hawaii which it
thinks, throws light on some prob.
lens of ethnography. Not long ago q
littie schooner. dismantled and with
ITS rudder gone as the result of a
tempest, was drifted by winds and
ocean currents from Tahiti to Hawaii
after 81 days of helpless WANDERING
Hawaiian traditions declare that in
ancient days people came from
Tahiti, drifting with the currents.
and settled Hawaii. The adventure
OF the dismantled schooner seems to
prove the possibility of such migra
tion. and it is suggested that the
currents Of the Pacific, which have not
yet been sufficiently studied. may
throw much light on the distribution
of the native races among the island
groups.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-03
THE TELePHONOCRAPH.
Wonderful Instrument SuccessfulIy
Tested in London

A new invention, called the telephon.
ograph, or recording telephone, has
Just been tested in London with excel
lent results. This test was merely
from one room to another in the same
building, although the length of wire
used represented a considerable dis
tance. The invention is the work of
j. E. .. kumberg, and its mechanism
10 exceedingly ingenious, though simple,
and the result combines the phono-
graph with the telephone, and takes
and records telephone messages by
automatic means. giving to a limited
extent an answer in the same way.
The message is spoken by the per-
son sending it into the telephone in
the usual way, but the vibrations set
up by the voice are caused by means
Of the impact of the sound waves to
act upon a recorder connected with
the telephone of the receiver
and phonogram is produced which
can be read off at leisure. II it be de-
sired, the instrument may be so ar
ranged that two wax cylinders or
phonograms may be inscribed; the
one being retained in the Office of the
sender and the other one reproduced
exactly in the Office of the receiver.
To effect this end the transmitting
instrument has two channels or tubes
for the waves of sound produced by
speaking into the mouthpiece.
One advantage of the instrument is
the fact that it is possible to throw the
phonograph action out OF play and use
the telephone in the ordinary fashion.
Attachments are also devised by
which the use of the transmitter by
unskilled persons is made more sue
cessful than in the case of the ordi-
nary telephone.
Another test recently made in Eng
land was over line five miles in
length The engineer reported that
when the conditions were favorable
and articulation good the impressions
on the cylinder We're as deep as the
impression produced by speaking into
an ordinary phonograph. Large bat
terry power is. of course, needed and a
reinforcing current is required at the
receiving and registering line.
The pt acrical utility of the telephon-
ograph promises to be great in busi-
ness or professional offices where the
clerical force is small. For instance,
if the Office is temporarily left without
an attendant, the phonograph can be
so set as to reply with the message
that the proprietor is out and also
to state the time of his return. The
instrument is fitted with a telephon-
ograph which will automatically take
down message, in case the caller is
unable to await that return. The ar.
rangement Of the mechanism is so per-
feet that series of messages agsre-
eating $4,000 words may be taken in
this way.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-03

is also reported that same year to the
Lords of Trade as being the currency
usen in the United Netherlands
eight white and four black beads pas
sing for silver.
Wampum was received in payment
OF taxes, judgments and all court fees
and, as Weeden says, was the magnet
which drew beavers out of interior
forests. 1t passed current in contri-
button boxes on Sunday and served all
purposes for which tobacco was legal
tender in Virginia. In 1853 the Flat
bush schoolmaster received his salary
in wheat at wampum value, and in
1893 the ferriage of each passenger be-
tween New York and Brooklyn was
eight stivers of wampum. Kieft, after
a quarrel with the Raritans, offered
bounty of 10 fathoms of wampum to
every one who should bring in Rari-
tan's head. A fathom was 60 pence.
The unit of measurement for wampum
was the distance from ones elbow to
the end of the little finger, and Dutch
men complained that Indians always
sent an agent with a very long arm
whenever the measuring was to be
done on their side.
Belts of wampum were in various
designs, but the most common ex-
hibted alternate white and purple
strings in rows attached to a deer
skin base. AS many as 10000 shells
were used in single war belt not
more than four inches wide. These
belts played an important part in all
transactions both public and domestic.
They were inviolable and sacred
pledges, and every promise confirmed
By them was binding. By means Of
an interpreter could be told the exact
rule, provision or transaction talked
into the belt at any convocation at
which 1t was the exclusive record.
Wampum belts were also used large
ly for personal adornment Says the
historian Wood: "a Sycamore, with
humming bird in his ear for a pend
ant, black eagle on his occiput for
plume, good store of wampum peake
begirting his loins. his bow in his
hand, his quiver at his back, his six
naked sDatter leashes at his heels for
his guard, thinks he is one with King
Charles"
Wampum was manufactured until
the close of the 18th century.
incidentally, it may be stated as an
historical fact that the early colonists
found the Long Island Indians far
more civilized than those further
north, and this was said to be due
to their circulating medium. current
in New Netherlands. which brought
them first in contact with the white
settlers.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-03
A Scientific VisIin.

The science Of the violin, as may be
supposed, is but imperfectly under
stood. The present form of the in
strument was worked out more than
2oO years ago by the Italian makers
put resulted from experiment rather
than an intelligent application of
acoustic principles, and /. gives vary
ing results. When the curves of the
ribs or sides are uneven or incorrect
the sound waves interfere, causing
some tones to be imperfect After
much study of the subject, Dr. Alfred
Steiner, a German, has brought out a
new model, in which sections of ellips-
es are adopted for the ribs and the op-
posite sides are made carefully sym-
metrical, so thst the sound waves from
each side are reflected to the some foci
in the middle. Whether the theory Of
the violin has been fully mastered or
not the new model is said to prodrce
remarkably fine tone.