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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-01-10

Down below the deadline in Seattle
things have recently taken a queer
turn. For a while gambling seemed
doomed, owing to the war among the
gamblers, but it was almost election
time and the present administration
had to have the sinews of war for the
coming battle of ballots, and so gam
bling was kept open by the hardest
efforts on the part of the administra-
ton. For some reason unkonwn to
the Pie-maker the CIancys and the
administration seriously differed, and
as a result the Clancys have declared
war On the denomination and election
of Humes; but here comes the
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-01-10

1t would seem that the political
power of Humes is rapidly wanning
Notwithstanding his strong political
organizations in the city, as he has
lost quite a few staunch supporters
within the past year. If it be true
that he has lost the Clancys, the
Dick Kinnear faction, and like
wise true that he has lost the Piper
faction, and also true that he has
lost the friends and followers of the
late Chief eMredith, it would seem
that Mr.. Humes is standing today on
sinking sands. In this enumeration
the Pie-maker has overlooked the fact
thus far that another faction of Re
publicans, who have been strong adj
herents of Tom Humes, is about to
declare war upon him, and this fac
tiOn is led by none other than the
intrepid P. D. Hughes, whom Mr.
Humes refused to reappoint for
civil service commissioner a few DAYS
ago. Mr.. Hughes did not take kindly
to that, and the Pie-maker has been
informed that Mr. Humes without a
cause threw him down (this is the
history of the mani, and it is limited
now that he will help Jed Blake and
the opposition to Mr. Humes in the
Seventh ward, and bring in a solid
Seventh for some one else except Mr.
Humes. Thus the war goes merrily
on, and the old political parasite is
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-01-10

he will give the city good service
and at the same time Soster its vari-
GUS industries as well as its pluck and
enterprise Mr. Gibson and his friends
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-01-10

strange part of the story. 1t has been
given out on good authority that Tom
Humes and his friends have formed
an alliance with John Considine, the
man who did more to bring the
Humes administration into disrepute
than any one else in the city, save
The Seattle Republican, and in case
Humes is elected, Considine instead
Of Clancy is to be the kingpin gam
bier and dictate who shall and who
shall not run games. Rumor has it
that after COnsidine had made his
fight against the administration, got
his man, and then succeeded in clear
ing himself Of the charge of murder.
Tom Humes became alarmed at the
strength and shrewdnesS of the man
and began at once to seek a political
combination with him, which was
finally effected. The Clancys, seeing
what was going on, made strenuous
efforts to protect themselves, but
failed to land; hence their proposed
war on Mr.. Humes RumOr has it
that they have formed a combination
with both ellison and Austin, and
whichever one of them is nominated
and elected the Clancys are to rule
the games under their administration
This both Mr.. ellison and Mr.. Austin
deny, and the Pie-maker does not
blame them. but it can be safely said
that Tom Humes will not get many
votes from the First ward in the next
municipal convention if the opposition
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panies this announcement Judge
Austin has been resident of the
state of Washington for twenty-five
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J. Howard Watson has been named
by Gov Mcbride as his private secre-
tary. Watson is well-known news
paper man.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-12
DISSATISFIED.
Disappointment of Woman IN
Quest of Information. +.

Disappointment of a Woman IN
Quest of Information. I.
It was in the register Of wills Office.
II want to see the will of Mrs. Hen.
ry JONES'" said the woman who had
Just come in.
Eyes, madam. When Gid she dieY
politely asked the clerk.
"Oh. she isn't Dead" answered the
woman in a matter Of fact tore. but
l hear she has made her will. and !
should like to see it. if you please"
But the will is net here il she is no,
dead" said the surprised clerk.
"Why. isn't this the place where Wills
are kept for public inspection"
"Yes, Dlalam. but not until after the
testGtOr is deceased"
''Oh!" said the woman as she turned
away with Il disappointed expression
then l can't find out whom she left
her diamonds to after all. How annoy.
Observation-Disclosures Times.
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She HAD ..s,zed" u,nn IN.

There is an institution in Duluth that
employs about fifty people, and among
others is Il genial. jolly. good fellow
who long ago lost faith in hair restora-
tives and is the possessor Of u waist
measurement of many inches.
An east end lady dropped into the
store a day or two ago. accompanied
by her pretty little ~four-year-old daugh.
ter.
The big IA was somewhat attentive
to the child, and when the lady had
finished the business she had come to
transact the little girl said in a clear
voice as they left the Office:
"Who is the man bigger round AN
u rain barrel. with the awful shiny
head|'-Duluth News-Tribune.
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HIS DAUGHTER THE PRIZE.
Kansas farmers Wheat Saved by q
Rare Scheme.

- ISL. ~. E
Kansas farmers Wheat Saved by .
Rare Scheme.
Farmer James Woolsey has succeed
ed in having his 500 acre wheatield
cut before the yellow grain grew
musty, says a dispatch from Wichita,
Kan. to the Chicago Record-Herald.
But it cost him his daughter. He gave
her asa prize to the young harvester
doing the greatest amount of work in a
specified time. Willis Roadway, a young
mechanic from Illinois, won. and he
and Anna Woolsey were married at
Pratt a few days ago.
The Woolsey farm is one of the lar
gest in Pratt county. and the scarcity
of harvest workers in that section
weighed heavily upon the farmers
mind. His wheat grew dead ripe, and
there was no n to help him cut it.
Then he devised a plan to offer as a
bride to the hardest worker his nine
t~een-year-old daughter. She was as
dutiful as good looking. The men came
by the score. She was given the privi-
lege of rejecting any of the contest
ants she personally disliked, and many
were thus ruled out.
The contest was spirited. 1t lasted
three days, during which time Rod
way. working ten hours a day. cut q
hundred acres and wore out three good
teams.
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WlLHELMlNA'S HOME LIFE.
Unhappy Relations with Her Hus.
band Denied by HOllander. +

Unhappy Relations with Her Illus.
band Denied by Hollander. III
The Dutch are greatly tried with the
reports which have been circulating
throughout the world for the last two
years concerning the home life Of their
queen, says the New York Tribune.
A prominent grain importer Of Hol-
land who is afpresent travelling in this
country said to a group of American
friends the other evening:
1T is libelous nonsense to say that
Wilhelmina's marriage has been an
unhappy one. II that were true, we
Hollanders would be the first to make
the accusation, for surely we would
not defend the Prussian stranger at
the expense Of u queen. The mar
riage itself has never ceased to be 4
love match.
II would like to give a little incident
Of their domestic life which came to
me directly from a chamberlain in
honor to the royal house. One day
the king was searching through the
chambers Of the palace for Queen Will.
helmina. He came to the room where
1.-The premier was patiently waiting for
an audience. The room was dark, and
the king mistook him for the object of
his search and said. 'Finde ich dich
hier, mein liebes Thier?'
1T is a shame to translate that Tyr
ical and human little phrase 'Mein
liebes Their Solomon once spoke OF
his hearts love as a gazelle, and per-
haps that is as near as Anglo-Saxon
will come. The incident is typical Of
the relations of our king and queen to
each other" !.
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The Corr. Of Cadets.

LBy the Rev. Herbert Shipman. chaplain
of the United States Military academy,
June. 1902 g
The corps! Bareheaded. salute it,
With eyes up. thanking our God
That we of the corps are treading
Where they of the corps have trod. ~
They are here in ghostly assemblage,
The men of the corps long dead.
And our hearts are standing attention {
While we wait for their passing tread.
We, sons of today. salute you.
You sons of it's earlier day!
We follow, close order, behind you,
Where you have pointed the way.
The long. gray line of us stretches
Through the years of a century told,
And the last man feels to his marrow
The grip Of you faroff hold.
Grip hands with us now, though we see
not.
Grip hands with US. strengthen our
hearts
AS the long line %stiffens and s~traightens
With the thrill your presence imparts.
Grip hands. though it be from the shad-
ows.
While we swear. as you did of yore.
Or living or dying to honor
The corps, and the corps. and the corps.
New York Times.
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FIVE MINES ARE RENDERED USE.
LESS BY WATER.
MINERS MUST HUNT WORK
Out Of Thirty-Six Galleries but Four.
teen Are in a Condition to
Operate.

Shenandoah, Pa, August Twill
liam Stein, state mine inspector for
the Shenandoah region, yesterday an
nounced that five collieries under his
jurisdiction which have an estimat-
ed total value of $780, 900, have been
rendered useless by reason of being
flooded and have been permanently
abandoned by the companies owning
them. Four of them-Bear Run, East
Bear Ridge, Kohinoor and Preston
Reading Coal and Coke company, and
he places their value at 100000 each.
The other colliery, the Lawrence, is
owned by the shafer estate of Potts
vile, and also represents about $780,
900. Mr.. Stein estimates that out of
the SO collieries in his district, only
IA are in a condition for immediate
operation if the strike were ended.
The others are in such a condition
that it will require anywhere from one
to four months to clear them of water
and make repairs.
He said the average time would be
about two months. The abandonment
Of the five c~ollieries will compel 1000
miners to seek employment in other
parts Of the region, and they may
have trouble in finding it if the thou
sands of men who have left the region
during the strike should return.
This condition of affairs, the mine
inspector says, is a serious matter, not
only with the companies, but also with
the men. After the strike shall have
been ended, most of the workmen
will have to remain in idleness for
another period Of time until the col
leries are placed in working condition.
In the coal fields south of here, Mr..
Stein says, the situation is about as
bad. But in the Wyoming, Lacka-
wanna regions the mines are in much
better shape.
The mine inspectors statement Gre
ated much interest here, as it confirm
ed the belief Of some of the coal com
pany officials that a full resumption of
coal mining will not take place this
year, and in consequence the tendency
of coal prices will be upward rather
than downward.
The situation SO far as the peace
Of the Shenandoah region was con-
cerned remains unchanged. It was
positively the quietest day since the
soldiers were called out one week
ago tonight.
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NEW Q STORIES
A Boston peculiarity.

When James Herman, the Tweedle-
punch Of the "Florodora' cast, was in
Boston recently, the wit Of the inhab.
itants took him unawares, and he bare.
~ escaped a violent death in conse-
quence.
Emerging from the theater one after
noon, Mr.. Herman decided that he
would journey toward the depot and
meet a friend whom he was expecting.
Not being familiar with the street car
facilities, he stopped a newsboy and III
quired what line he would take to get
there.
The young man looked up quickly
and replied. "Youse go into the sub.
way and take the elevated"
Herman deliberated as to whether It
would be best to spoil his shine or not,
and before he made up his mind the
boy had disappeared. The comedian
walked a few steps and approached 4
policeman.
"Can you tell me which car will take
me to the depot?" he inquired.
Go into the subway and take the
elevated" replied the officer, as though
he had been used to answering the
same question a hundred times a day.
"Then suppose If I wanted a sur
face a l would have to go to the top
Of a s~kyscraper and come down in a
parachute" ventured the comedian ties.
tily.
"Yo:'re too fresh. young man." de-
clare! the bluecoat, graphing his club
meaningly. And Herman went on his
WAY without further hesitancy. Later
he learned that Boston was the one
city IN America where the elevated
road was reached via the subway.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-12
NEW CLAIMANT ARISES.
rs Wants to Be Considered in Re
Championship,
Fridays Da..y Gazette.

From Fridays Da.:y Gazette.
Interest in baseball, which has been
apparently on the wane during the
past few weeks, proises to be revived
by the announcement Of a new candi-
date in the field for championship
honors. Miles City, which has always
been prominent in amateur circles of
eastern Montana, has written to Man
ager Benjamin of the local team that
it wants to be considered in connec
ton with the final struggle for the
flag and asks to be given a chance to
show what it can do.
As an evidence of it's sincereity it has
engaged Gregory and Hannery, late Ct
Grand Forks, claimed to be the strong
cts battery in North Dakota, besides
several other players of equal note, and
is Strengthening it's team inevery respect.
With its organized nine it wants dates
and is willing to play any town OF the
east side.
Then there is Whitehall, the conceited
little thing, which is out for blood. 1t
has again written and says it has any
where from $500 to $500 for which it
will play, provided the other fellows put
up a like amount. 1t claims the champ
ionship and is ready to back its money
and men. >
Red Lodge is still in the game and
and would like to have Billings there on
Labor day. The manager of the coal
diggers also thinks that it would be a
good thing to gave Helena's Critics pack
themselves across the range, and play
some of the towns on this side of the
mountains. He believes a schedule could
be arranged for the crack teams during
fair week and have them all in this city
so that the question of supremacy could
be settled.
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wheeler.s story on Himself.

- ~ ..E
Mr.. Wheeler, the brilliant young
Kentuckian, has his domicile in the
midst of a great tobacco county; a
county that has produced 23,OOO,OOO
pounds of tobacco in a year. Mr..
Wheeler says he has counted in one
day 1900 wagons loaded with tobacco
right in the chief city Of this tobacco
county.
Notwithstanding his familiarity with
the growing Of the weed, a story Of his
first law case comprises a joke apper.
tanning thereto. Coming up to Paducah
as a young lawyer, not yet t~wenty-one,
Mr.. Wheeler was engaged as attor-
ney in . quarrel that arose in a tobac-
co patch. The present congressman
waxed eloquent in behalf of his client,
and the jurymen were all attention.
''Why, gentlemen" declared he, 81
know all about the growing of tobacco.
I was raised in the midst of tobacco
on my fathers plantation. almost
grew on a tobacco vine."
''Then it was,' said Mr.. Wheeler at
the capitol the other day, "that saw
a smile come Oyer the faces of the
jurymen. l had slipped. l ought to
have said plant. To this day they
bring that up against me as a good
joke out in Observation-Disclosures
POST ~
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TERRIFIC. WIND STORM PASSES
OVER CITY.
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
Visitor From Borean Regions Sweeps
Across Town and Valley in
Harmless Fury.
m Saturdays Daily Gazette.

~ . E Ll
For about ten minutes last night
those who did not believe themselves
qualified for admission to the ranks of
the heavenly legions were in fear and
trembling lest they would find them
selves headed III the other direction, for
it seemed as though the end of things
had come and the world and all it con
tanned were to be swept out of existence.
Never within the memory of anybody
hereabouts did the wind blow as hard as
it blew then. From the north it came
with a force that seemed irresistible.
Houses rocked and swayed, trees bent
almost double before the fierce onslaught
Of the borean hosts and the air was sui
locating with dense clouds of dust that
swirled und twisted through street and
alley. Everything portable was carried
along and locomotion was impossible
while the storm lasted, for it would have
been tempting destruction to have
ventured out. =,
While the wind was at its height rain
began to fall and was driven with such
force that it sounded like hail as it struck
roof and window pane. Vivid flashes of
lightning illumined the sky and tore
the dark, lowering clouds into ribbons
and added to the awfulness of the scene.
Above all vas to be heard the shrieks
and wailings of the wind, a sould that
will probably be never forgotten by
those who heardit. Gradually the force
of the storm spent itself and shortly
after 8 O'Clock the air became still. Here
and there a star peeped forth from the
edges of the fast scudding clouds and at
last the moon arose and nature was
once more at rest.
Away to the east and south, however,
the distant muttering of thunder could
still be heard ,and long, threadlike
flashes of lightning showed the storm to
be continuing in those directions. For
several hours the exhibition of natures
pyrotechines lasted, evidencing that
while the tumult was at an end here it
still waged afar and from the ferceness
of the display it was apparent that the
storm was ever nor severe than here
The rain that fell was a welcome visi-
tor, for it cooled and purified the atmos-
phere, which for the past few days had
been almost sitting, and gave new life
and vigor to everything. Parched vege-
tation was refreshed and the dry, crack
ed earth was given the moisture it SO
sorely needed.
Although terrific in its intensity, so
tar as can be learned the storm did no
damage OF moment. "A few billboards
about the city were Frustrated and some
signs torn from their moorings, but
aside from this no harm was wrought.
How matters Jared in the country is not
known, but the superstition is that some
of the crops We're more or less damaged
by being" lodged, while it is also possible
that some loss to the hay crop resulted.
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lar, but asked him to forgive her and
be as happy as he could.

lar, but asked him to forgive her and
be as happy as he could.
Crushed and disheartened, the poor
victim of a woman's wiles continued
to toll and struggle, not that he might
increase the fortune for which he had
been striving but that he might have
something to engross a mind now
sorely burdened and to keep his
thoughts from dwelling upon the de-
ceit and duplicity of which he had
been the sufferer.
His pockets filled and the possessor
of property that was constantly add
ing to his wealth, he returned last
spring and passed through this city.
A friend Of other days met him here
and long an dearnestly the two talked
over the past. The Klondiker con-
tinued on to the east and a few days
ago came back. He had found that
his former wife was living with her
new husband in al adjoining county
and sent word to them that he would
like to have a few personal effects,
mementoes and keepsakes, and ask
ed them to- send them to him. The
response came in the form Of a bat
tered old valise, containing only a
suggestion Of what he expected to
find. Angered and mortified, he sent
several bitter messages to the man
whom he accused of stealing his wife
and received no more friend
ly in tone. The last n he sent was
bitterer than any and charged the re-
ceiver with living with a woman that
was not his legal wife because the
divorce by virtue Of which he had
married her had been obtained
fraudulently, and offering to back up
his charge with money.
Two Ur three days he waited for an
answer, but none arrived and he again
left for the west, there intending to
take ship once more for the far north.
After he had gone the reply came
and was received by the friend, who
had been delegated 40 accept it. OF
course, it was a denial Of the former
husbands charge and closed with a
dare to invoke the law in support of
his allegations.
The Klondiker was not here to make
answer and it can only be surmised
what he would have said or done in
reply. Had he remained a meeting of
the two would probably have been
inevitable. Then b%loodshed would
have followed and more trouble and
sorrow would have been added to a
life already embittered and %saddened,
for the love he once felt for the wo-
man still fingers and despite her
treachery his heart continues to go
out to her. So back to the land of
the living graves, the home of the
disconsolate and the refuge of the
weary and soul sick, \there to await
the end.
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orthodox of the lower class: 'One dark
night as he walked along a footpath
over a Doggy ground his %ponderous
frame fell and stuck fast in the mud.
His calls brought a woman to the spot.
who sympathetically asked, Are you
Hume, the infidel?' We'll, well, good
woman, Christian charity bids us help
our enemies he pleaded. I'll dae
naething for We if We dinna say the
Lords Prayer and the belief, but leave
We where l fand ye.' The philosopher
readily obeyed, and the body Of the
deist was laboriously extracted from
the mire by the Christian"
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To he scraped Dry,

One time my father came home quite
early and told us that he would not
have to go to work for awhile, because
the building in which his Office was sit
uated was to be torn down and a sky
sciaper built in its place. After awhile
my little sister Madeline said:
'Then we won't have any clouds or
rain, will we. papa Y'-Daniel s. Gurnee
In Chicago News.
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Couldn't support the Resolution,

Clerk Mcdowell of the house tells a
story of the Pennsylvania legislature
when that body vas controlled by the
Democrats. They elected a speaker
named Patterson, who did not know
anything of parliamentary law, but
who posed as a second Reed. At the
close of the session one of the Demo-
cratic members offered a series Of res
olutions lauding the speaker for his
services, but a Republican member OPP
posed their adoption.
Il cannot" he said at the close of
a ten minute speech, during watch he
emphasized all the mistakes which the
Democrats had made, 81 cannot in
dorse a speaker who has the vaulting
ambition, Of Napoleon and the intellect
Of Blind Tom"
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Hume In a Hole.

In Scottish Men of Letters" Mr..
Graham, the author, relates a story
showing that though David Hume was
popular among the upper classes in
spite of his skepticism and supposed
atheism he was not tolerated by the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-12

Disposition of Coronation Oath.
The coronation oath will be written
on vellum and after the ceremony will
be attached to the coronation robe and
be deposited with the latter in the
court of %chancery.
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Colorado Democrats.

Denver, Col, August S.-The demo-
cratic state convention has been call
ed to meet in Denver, Wednesday,
September g..