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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

johnson made tho assertion I'm hia
presence that he had no Idea where
tho Valencia lay
System Detective.
G. J. Lester. who has resided
near Cape Flattefy fof 10 years. aud
who aided Ia the installation ~ the
fog siren at Tatooah ISLAND. went
on the stand At the request ~ the
Chamber Of Commerce and stated
that the system Of signalling AT the
cape was inadequate.
lie declared that the fog siren was
never started until banks Of fog
rolled close m lio gave as a rea-
son. that lack Of coal and water rem
dered n impossible 10 keep up steam
lie also gave testimony showing
the poor care taken u telegraph
lines between Victoria and the cape.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
STATE NEWS

Prof Parsons. Of the ColfaH hish
school. Il under arrest for assault
inR one 81 his pupils.
chhs. Ferguson vas found guilty
last night ~ murder In the second
degree. he killed william Patter.
an At Mt Vernon Nov. ..
Two hoYH have been arrested a.
Collar for attempting 10 wreck an
%. u. 4 ~ train
A small boz unlocked n railroad
switch At MI Vernon yesterday aud
- a reanlt the Great Northern train
wAA partially dcfaiied.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
lNolAN WOMAN aETs 10 DAYS

Louise Purcell the Indian woman
who has been causing 30 much
trouble on First aY a with her
drunken fuwu. was arrested 10y OF
flrur Carlton aud appeared before
Justice Gordon thia morning who
sentenced her 10 10 days IN tho city
f4Ff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
zArH OF llrrle cieL.

kRoae Anna Mat. the t0yeafold
AuEhtsr of n Mist. living NJ aos
Mnth ay n died az the family
b ideaee last MA after iinEer
g. lllneaa
4rho funeral Will take place Mon
y morning At .. Il from the reai-
4nc. u The Sacred Heart church.
o. thence % calvary cemetery.
klirrc iuiormeni will bee made
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

IN WEST INDIES

ST THOMAS. Danish West In
dies Feb H. Earthquakes we're
felt throughout these islands gen
orally yesterday. but so FAR as
learned nn one was hurt. nor vas
the damage great
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

WAsiuNGToN. = G.. Feb. IL
The United states consul 90 De-
France, island 4 Martinique. re-
ports an eaff@, Ike yesterday
which was the most terrific m e.
years. Hut little damage was done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
Learn Something

Buy loo shares Of Seattle Boston
Stock while q, Is so cents per share.
A few days more and 1t goes TO Is
cents more ore on the dump. more
OF the work on the railroad complet-
ed. Is the reason. See our add on
page 2
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

For the purpose Of inspecting the
lighthouse at Cape Fiattefy and
rmatilla iiEhiship Special Commits.
slnnnrA Murray. Smith and BurweIi
Jeff this afternoon on the govern
mrnt iiEhthoga. tender Coiambi
The commissioners vii also visit
the scene % the wreck 81 the Valen-
cia for the purpose u aaeeriaining
the real condition of the sea and the
coast line.
Chairman Murray said this after
noon that they would test the fog
siren at TAtooah island by standing
out 20 sea With the Coiurnbine
we have adduced enough teati-
mony concerning the condition Of
the sea al the time the Valencia
vent on the rocks said Mr. Mur-
ray. hut there have been forward
al 10 ua many complaints regarding
the inadaquaey 81 the signal sta
tons In the vicinliy Of Cape Fiat-
tarY. We will rsiurn 10 seattle on
Tuesday and resume the examiBa-
ton 81 witnesses Sho viii have ar
rived from San Francisco
TIC Victoria Nest.
AFTER the testimony u Seattle
witnesses IL taken. we viii proceed
To Victoria 10 secure the testimony
II Ilnaman Logan. Captain Troup.
Captain Cox aud othsrs. We will
put Captain Cousins on the stand
next Thursday"
william Hawkins. \ passenger.
went before the commission today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
WIFE eGTs DIVORCE.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Fob. if-MrH
Edith Terry Purnell today waa
granted a divorce from Lieut. Julius
furneli. an army surgeon In the
Philippines. lie made no defense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17
lrcHGR NOW COMMANDS.

N8T PETERSBURG. Feb. II
neral 0rodak0ff known AZ the
Butcher has succeeded General
= ucyitrh la command OF the Man.
Auflnn army
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

Steamer GYra viii clear either
this afternoon Or tomorrow Tor Jap
ansRe ports aith = full cargo 81
flour. grain and general freight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

With Yeur Votes.

pant vote Tor q candidate tor the
elsy eauneil Who Wiii rot pledge his
surs 70 you that be viii never vote
% grant tie Seattle Electrie eon-
pany 8 ffanehise uutil these lines
have been double tracked.
IT. uuch In the naJaEr % hold
m bat strenuous measures are
nsul~simWs necessary.
President FNIFth. % The Seattle
Esctrlc company. has stated that
10 company h contemplating the
asaole trAskinx af these lines The
company has been contemplating
ms Improvement for several years
Bat THIS contemplation didn't pre-
vent the acelteut On the ballard
Hne a ccupie ~ weeks axu.
Ana Il sou't prevent future accl-
lust Ore RsrneAy.
TIE one remedy 10 double tracks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-17

-. star believes that the Seattle
vss,r,c company shoald be eon-
ssll..l a. double lfayk every line ia
X fgly unon Whleh q giycs street
=, service aut where there il to-
hx hat a slngic track
ree seattle Eleetrit company is
..asperous q e. making money FOR
a. men Mo have pat their money
into H.
.As hcia stosk tag which theY paid
nethiag
: earyinx on the Ballard.
Gwen faks and University car tines
temsauds al pcopIc every day and
A. psople are entitled 20 iuat as
God car service a. Is givcn any
etAsr portien og the city
Frssaom Frsm Accident
raey are entitled also 90 aoms
sssasance lhat on a foEsy morning
tAey are net in constant dauker Of
aees4eat lhfough collision
rhls sertlee and assurance can he
slven fhsm aniy hY a double track
car system
rAry are paying Tor somethlpg
asy aont Eet
rntsr the present existing ardi-
nanees The seattle hleetric conn
say eannaI be compelled 10 daubls
l4ck tnrss Gar Inca
put there Is q way - securing
whag the people shyQld have.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
A SHOCK ALL AROUND.

At an unexpected interruption in an after
dinner speech Senator Hale smiled.
'aThese words ne said surprise and confuse
me- They come with shock They come with
a shock like that which a young girl Of Lode
received one night.
This young girl sat in her bedroom with a
novel Her hair was down and her feet We're
in red slippers. Now and then, extending her
white arms, she yawned.
"You see, il was very late, and downstairs IN
the parIor her older sister was entertaining a
young man. She naturally felt a deep interest
in the entertainment She was waiting TO hear
how il would terminate
"And at last there was a sound in the haIL
crash as of closing door, and it was plain to
the impatient girl that the young man had gone
"She threw down her novel, and running FORTH
peered over the balustrade down into the halls
intense blackness-
We'll, Maude,' she said. did you land hiIn?'
There was no immediate reply to her QueS-
ton There was silence, a peculiar silence.
silence with a certain strained quality in IL
Then a masculine voice replied:
"'She did"
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

thought the smaller carabao was defeated but
in each instance it kept one foot within the ring
Whenever either carabao tried to break away
and use its horns to gore its adversary 1t was
beaten savagey the and its murderous
designs frustrated. Neither datto desired to
lose his beast, for although he might buy another
for $75 to him the animal represented a small
fortune. Since the plague, which killed off nine
tenths of the carabaoes of the islands, they
have become TO the natives almost priceless.
AT last the smaller animal, by catching its
adversary off it's guard, showed it completely out
of the ring. The struggle had lasted about ff-
teen minutes. l looked at the Sultan, TO see
him pay the owner of the winning brute the 500
he had pompously announced that he had bet
against him at the beginning of the fight. But.
to my surprise, hc simply took out the money
from his sash with one hand, held II out toward
the victorious datto and then put it back with
the other hand. Thereupon, L learned that the
Sultan newt ioses wager. That whenever he
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
QUEER EASTER CUSTOM
Hoo Filipino Penitents Torture
Themselves.

One of the many curious customs practised Nv
some persons In the Philippine Islands is the
way in which they observe the week bef7re
Easter. For the Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day before Easter the streets or roads On the
principal streets of the town itself. are filed
with crowds, who have come to see the natives
inhct self-torture.
The willing victims are stripped 20 the waist
their faces are covered with thick cloth ard
around one hand is a heavy hemp rope. with a
cluster Of from fifteen to twenty smaller heInpen
cords To each Of these is fastened a small
piece of hard wood. The whole thing is Just
long enough so that when flung over the shOul-
der it will not quite reach to the waist.
When the penitents are ready 70 star out
Filipino. who has been appointed as Il sort q
overseer takes the flesh of the back between
his thumb and first finger and cuts the skin with
a long boIo. This is done all over the back He
then cries, ALA sigie'' eco ahead-'). Then the
penitent begins to beat his back by Iashias h.s
cluster Of little pieces Of wood and cords first
over one shoulder, then over the other, until thu
hack is so Iacerated that it somewhat resembles
raw beef. All the while the onlOOkers and VIC
tins also are singing or rather chanting, most
dismal unearthly. funereaI chant
The accompanying pictures were taken just
outside of Bulan, in Lorsogon Province IN The
southern part Of Luzon, and show three Of the
victims. One of them was the cook Of the wit
er who needless to say, cooked her own Easter
dinner and had small assistance from him FOR
many days after
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
HOY CARABAOES FIGHT.
II BIoodless Pushing Contest Il
This Filipino Sport.

The natives Of the Philippines have a sport
which the Spaniards, when masters of the ISL
ands, contemptuously regarded a degenerate
kind of bul fighting. 1t was not dangerous
bloody enough, they said. It did not have any
OF the refined terrors' of their own national
pastinne. 1t lacked zest for them because it
did not endanger human life, because no mata-
dor danced before their eyes, playfully lodging
the mad rushes of bun and approaching death
SO closely that escape seemed impossible.
in this Filipino recreation the American sees
n far different side from what the Spaniard did.
He laughs instead of sneering at it. To him
It appears to be a sort Of burlesQue on the Span
fish bull fight, in which tragedy gives way ut
lerly to farce Though it is a tremendous strug-
gle Of beast pitted against beast, yet it is not
sanguirary Les blood is shed than in q ban
tam coc}; fight.
Nater buffalnes, or carabaoes, are the COM
Eatanls in these struggles. Two bullocks are
matched against each other, and after being led
to where they stand head to head, they are
made to lock horns. At the snap of a whip the
two beasts strive each to push the other back
ward ring is drawn around them, and the
ore which shovcsx-I- adversarys four feet out
Of the circle is acclaimed the victor.
"7i.o carahao Of the Philippines has more
strength in its head and neck than twelve or
diI...ly men in their whole bodies" said an army
Officer VINO recently returned to this city from
an c~teu led tour of the Philippine Islands Il
once saw tug Of war in which water buff
falo ty means of a rope tied around its horns
pulled tca husky American soldiers after him.
although the domesticated carabao is even
more ecupidly doce than the of the United
Statcs, vet il has Pugn2cousness in its nature
which needs only to be aroused TO assert itself
When two water buffalo bulls at first pit
ted one against the othc" they win make at
tempt to start Il struggle. They have to be
coaycd into = fight Not until they have been
made to crash their heads together a half dozen
times 10 they get the idea of continuing the
conflict OF their accord.
THE carabao fights are chiefly loved by the
FNiiinos, believe. because Of the chance they
give them TO gamble. Every spectator bets on
one animal or the other. l know Of one instance
whore a fight was hold at the capita! of the Sulu
Archipelago, at which the Gutan, although he
had wagered 500 on the larger combatant acted
judge. Each beast wds owned by datto or
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

bets with a subject, and his subject wins. the
latter gives up his claim out of loyalty to his
sovereign. Accordingly the Sultan is a great
plunger."
In striking contrast to the domesticated cara
bao of the Philippines, which is to the natives Of
those islands what the horse, donkey. mule, OK.
goat trolley car, subway and railroad train are
to the American. is its cousin, the wild water
buffalo Of India This animal is noted for the
ferceness with which II fights. Instead OF
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

simply ramrning its adversary with its head It
uses its horns so sklfully as to XIII it's enemy,
and is dreaded even by the tiger. A favorite
Sport among Indian princes is to corral n water
buffalo with tiger and watch them fight As a
general thing the buffalo is the victor, for it
pursues its enemy relenuessly, giving it no op-
portunity to get its breath and parrying the
great cats plunges with its sharp horns. This
type of buffalo attains a size OF ten and q half
feet from nose to the root of the tail and six and
half feet in height at the shoulder. The water
buffalo of the Philippines about the size of the
American OK
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT.

Andrew Carnegie adTnires the scientific spirit
his generous gifts to science are a proof of
that Nevertheless TO his keen hurnor this spirit
offers itself as a good prey. and Mr.. Carnegie
often rails wttily at scientists and their peculiar
ways
THE late-the late-but won't mention the
poor fellows name" said Mr.. Carnegie ar
scientists supper The late Blank, as he lay
on his death bed, was greeted very joyoUsly ona
morning by his physician
Poor Blanks eyes lit W with hope at siEht
OF the physicians bearinS, face. There had
been a consultation on his case the day befora
Perhaps. at last. the remedy to cure him hal
been found.
my dear Mr.. Blank said the physician. 7
congratulate you
BLAND smiled
eel shall recover he asked. n d weak voice
tremulous with hope.
WelI-er-not exactly said the physician
But We believe your disease to be entirely new
and II the autopsy demonstrates this to be true
we have decided to name the rnaIady after
you"
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

native prince Both buIls had been IN former
struggles, and each was the champion of his
respective province Yet neither would consent
to fight until they had stars three or four
times from cracking their skulls together at the
snap Of the whips of their masters Then at
last they locked horns First one would shove
the other dangerously the circle, which had
been drawn around them with a diameter of
about twenty feet and then be compelled to re-
treat as close to the line itself Several times
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
SURE THING

Teacher-A miracle Is going against the nat
ural order of things. Are miracles performed
to-day?
Bright Boy-Yes'm-
Name one"
We'll, mamma says that papa Is always turn
ing night into day."-Qife
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
HOMEOPATHIC.

she-I always liked you real well until
found out that you liked me-
Howell. why should that make a differ
ence?
She-Iike cures like. you w-CWashington
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

American OK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19

Will find the tracks OF Yankee enterprise
all along the west coast OF South Amer.
lea He will learn that the first railroads
of Chile were built by NJ oiggs, and that
tho road ZIP the Andes to Lake Titicaca
was long managed by Americans. Il he
could go inland he would find American
engineers now making new rairo for
Bolivia, and north Of Lima wo u find
a New York company Whlchtis interes ted
In building iron tracks to some OF the
best coal mines OF the Andes. He$ might
stop at Guayaqull or go into Quito over
d railroad laid out by American en-
tglncers; and VIC all know that y ne Will
close his trip by an inspection Of our
last and greatest piece of eng cheering
that of the Panama Cana. S
FRANK G.S CARPENTER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19

porters are Yankees, & and J. the Same 10
true 81 of Santos, the great coffee port
further down tho coast, ri
In gMontevdeo, two Of the richest cltl-
zens have Yankee blood In their veins
one is man named Howard, who made
q fortune out Of hides and merchandising.
and the otheriis an old sea captain named
Evans, who did big lighterage business
at Montovdeo, and who Is now said 70
be worth millions. He has on 9 OF y the
hnest suburban estates on tho outskirts
OF Monteydeo and he will probably en-
tcrtaln Secretary Root during MS stay.
In Bucnos Ayres there arc q nun PEI
Of prominent Americans. and the same q e. -
tr,a OF Santiago and Valparaiso. one
of tho chief Americans Of the latter city
"a n. man named Mcclellan, who was sIor,'
merly5 q pay clerk in tho United States
NAVY. and who now does the y hterago
business OF Chllea chief port.
Made Millions in Mines.
Another American who has mad Q i q
rnrt,,nn In Chile Is George 3. Chace. WIG
,,ent there from California about lofty
years ago. He started out With notn,!ls'
md for time worked in the nitrate
heds. He gradually learned Spanish, ahd
then went out to prospect TOR mines. nv "
day while talking to an old priest ~
learned OF a wonderful silver properly
~
venrg MO, a. part Of its revenues pong
given to the priest. Chace asked TO iooK
1t tho church records, and there found
tha location OF the mlne described. ITO
took pick and followed the trail to the
Mace. N Flo dug away the brush and other
vegetation down to the OLD tailings ana
found them rich enough to WORK. Slhey
Furnished him enough capital to open VI
tho old mine, and out OF u no mas bitue
nv stay In Chile. lie Is said to have az
Kinds OF money. and to keep q million or
40 on deposit In London. In order 70 pc
s,re of d steady income should anything
happen In the way Of revolutions or ~
similar yicissitudes common TO SCUM
American republics, 5ti 55
| Going northward to Peru, the secretary
of state will there meet the firm or Grace
| s. Co, which does large business along
the west coast, Just as Flint, Eddy s. Co,
| have q large business along tho Atlantic
coast. Both these firms are exporters
and importers, and Grace will do much
to entertain the Root party AT Lima,
Back OF Lima the Secretary VIII prob
ably go up the railroad that Henry
Meiggs, the Californian. built many years
ago This road carries one almost
! straight UP the Andes to the. top... It rises
| three mi,eu In one hundred miles, and
| leaves one at On altitude OF l6.6G5 feet
| above the sea. ,WlEs Is
| A branch road has recently been built
to the Cerro de Pasco silver mines, which
are now being worked for their copper
deposits. These are owaod by American
capitalists who are investing millions
In, their development. A little below the
top OF tho Andes. on this same railroad.
at casapalca, ID big smelter. which
some Americans built few years ago.
and the Secretary may stay overnight
there, ifshe viii, on his way to and from
lCerro de Pasco.
l Indeed. Secretary Root and his party
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-13
ANOTHER SURVIVOR OF FIRE
Travelling Man Fled In Pytamas, but
His Friend Perished I'm
Smoke.

Many travelling men are arriving from the
north who were In the West hotel fire at
Minneapolis Sam Hecht was here Thurs
day. EIe was the first TO notify the clerk
that the FIRE was in the elevator. Charles
H. Wright of Kalamazoo is at the Paxton
and he tells OF a thrilling experience in the
nre.
IT was awakened by cracking of fire
in the hall and could see the flames leaping
through the transom OF my room" he said
81 did not take time to dress, but hustled
to the fire escape in my pyjamas and bare
feet. and in that way made my way to the
ground floor. MY room was On the seventh
floor where the fire was. 1 was around
town the evening before with my friend.
Thomas Summerville of Springfield, Mass,
who was smothered in his room on the
sixth floor before he was able TO get out"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-13

So far as known none of these could be
induced to enter the lists against Smith,
but the opposition Is said to be still at work
The democrat most prominently talked OF
for the city attorneyship is Warren Swift
Ter, who consented to stand as council
manic candidate from the Eleventh ward
Mr.. Swtzler is a member of the executive
committee of the Civic Federation and OF
late years. after accommodating considerable
property, has confined himself largely to
his practice. The Jacksonian bunch is
quite confident 1t can induce him to see the
attorneyship in the right light. Another
man mentioned is Lysle /. Abbott.
Dan Butler of the Eighth ward who was
John Drexel's deputy county clerk, has
come out and announced himself a candidate
for the democratic try at the city clerkship.
Members of his party who do not like But
Ter, are endeavoring to have Mike O'Connor,
who was defeated three years ago, come
into the race
The nomination for comptroller is practi-
cally conceded to C. o. Lobeck at the
present time and no foemen have yet risen
In the path of Building Inspector Withheld
for a second term.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-13
ELBOURN'S DECISION GOES
City Clerks Ruling on ooSnsilmaaic
Nominations Accepted by Cswsll.
LATTER WILL NOT CALL CITY COMMITTEE
Nothing Else TO BE Considered mt
Present-C0urts Only Can
Change This View of
l- the situation.
LATTER WILL NOT CALL CITY COMMITTEE

No meeting of the republican city COM
mittee will be held to take up the matter
of whether the nominations for council
men. under the Dodge primary law. should
be by wards or at large Chairman Coweil
announced Friday morning he had decided
not to call a meeting OF the committee
Z CITY Clerk Elbourn has announced his
attitude will be in favor of nominations at
large" said Chairman Cowell. He is
probably the authority that decides the
question. in the absence of a court opinion,
and am inclined to think he is right in
his position. The question would be the
only one before the committee. Under the
circumstances cannot see what difference
any action OF the committee would make.
Therefore there is nothing to meet for and
no call will be issued
The Dodge law does not make il clear
how the councilmanic nominations are to
be made. Most of the veteran politicians
who want nominations OF the kind are
anxious to have their fights concentrated
In their wards. but the younger and more
vigorous element wants to go before the
whole city Unless the city clerks rul-
ing. which is backed by the opinion OF the