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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23
COFFEE.

The first thing is to get
good coffee; there is no
difficulty in that.
Your grocef returns your money
II you don't like sohiiling'a Best.
We pas him
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eRioos.FERNETr WEDDING,

Frank BuETH % Roche harbor
and Miss Nira q Fernett. of Wal
dfon, Wu. were married BY Rev
Murto Parsons. pastor % Woodland
Park Baptist church. at the home
of Mr. aud ARA t.eroy Walters. ON
EiEhtieth a.. "Wednesday
Engineering and arinntific sta
dents from British universities
will viHlt the Pacific coaat In Aug
uat nnxf ynAr.
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cnrr1 " waEncrs band are
lnfr@ q lae entertainment AZ
tEit ~ rahif Al Scenic PARK. o.
lza NasAinztss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

cuts your meat bills In half ia
Pike e.. opposite the Bon Marche
80
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= s'eams1in I.eel2naw ieff TO
Fl p Nans Aad koszebue loaded
~ VI freight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

Leave Pier 2 70 see battieships.
80
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

The Chicago police department
IT, 20 have a regular Dreaanausht
auto patrol capable of conveying rs
officers II " 70 be 20 horse power
Oriental billiard aud Pool Par.
iora, tslb Third av.. have nsw
tables and the only 5Kt0 pool tabla
tn Seattle, A place for gentlemen
Hss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

hss q Aaitleslips AZ nayy yard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

Our entire stock Of Womens Cotton House Wrappers will
be on special sale tomorrow and al the price have
fixed We expect TO sell every have They all
well-madc garments Of lawn aud percae, and come in
light dark and medium shades. They sell regularly al
Sl2S and 81 so each, The special sale price 7r
for Saturday win be only ......................iJC
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-23

S2.7s White Skirts. 9se.
T'hia la the last aais % vhita
dress skirts for the summer
aeaann li'a too late for us TO
Do much selling ~ these gar.
meuta uow. bat there arr stiil
many days IN which you can
year them. Regular prices
f1in 40 70 fzTs each. The
sale price tomorrow co.
is only ........ ...... JOG
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

Yes, that gem is one of the finest
/ have ever seen, and its strange his
tory, to me, adds very materially to
its intrinsic value"
The speaker was Mr.. Pierce, prom
inent attorney Of Brownsville. Tex, as
we SIX on the broad veranda at his
handsome residence. smoking our
cigars, after the most remarkable Jan
uary dinner / have ever eaten, writes
Isaac Kline. On the menu was roast
wild goose, which had been shot as 1t
few over the house on the day before;
oysters on the half-shell, fresh from
the waters OF the Gulf 1T Point Isa-
bel. Is miles away; green corn on the
cob. cucumbers. lettuce, celery from
Mr.. Pierce's own garden; oranges. figs
and grapes from trees and vines In the
dooryard-in January The gem un
der discussion was a very fine dia.
mond. whose steel-blue brilliance pro
claimed Il as having come from the
Old Mines, sparkling in an old-fash
ioned setting on Mr.. Pierce's finger
If | might have its entire history
! should be very much pleased, for II
belonged to Jean Lafitte, the pirate
II It could but speak. what a tale Il
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06
Elephants as Laborers.

Most amusing is it to see one Of
these working elephants tackling a
huge squared log and placing it on the
stack. First of all he estimates its
length and weight as 1t lies on the
ground. Then he digs his tusks under
It at one end, curls his trunk over and
tries to drag one end Of the log on to
his tusks. Should he find the task be-
yond him, he will give queer little
trumpet note, and up comes col
league to help him at the other end.
In q moment the two elephants have
swung the big log between them, walk
In step TO the pile, and then one oi
them, apparently BY preconcerted
agreement, places his end in position
on the stack. while the other rams
home the log.--The Circle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

was. There was no railroad % Maia.
moros or that locality, and neither Of
them ever expected to get there. Since
the completion Of the new St. i, B. &
NJ. railway. however, he concluded to
60 down On one Of the Homeseekers
excursions. The existence Of the map
recurred to his mind and he brought II
along. though with little faith In Its
having any foundation in fact
Found Chest Well Hidden.
1--WE visited the ruined house. The
map was very accurate as regarded
the apartments with the exception
that the room marked with the cross
did NOT seem to exist. By measuring
the walls, however, we found an inside
wall Of brick-aIl the inner walls in
this building are of brick-near
stairway, was much thicker than the
C'Ners, and cut tnto it--and there was
the treasure room. 1t had been built
into the wall In such a manner that
its existence would never be suspect
ed. Though four feet square. the stair.
way at the side, running to the sec
ond and third stories, prevented the
extra thickness Of the wall being no
ticed, part of the width of the room
being taken off the width of the stair
way. The only entrance was through
the floor in the top story, the place be
ing practically a dry well in the wall
reaching clear from the top floor to thu
basement
"The treasure chest, of old wood
with brass bindings and peculiar Locke
remained, and we smashed it open. i
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06
Coal Mines Produce
Crack Ball Players
Hans Wagner, Jennings, Brown and
Other Great Tossers Born
in Quakerdom.
-. ~ RcTZALZ

Somehow or other, the coal mines
of Pennsylvania seem to produce a
star ball tosser when they do turn one
loose, and in the past few years the
region has given its full share of men
to the sport OF those who are no
longer actively in the game-on the
playing field, that it-probabIy the
greatest is Hughey Jennings, the De-
troit manager. Hughey worked In the
mines at Mossup, near Scranton, for
a couple of years in his boyhood days,
driving one of the mules whose carts
bring out from the earth the produ-
uct Of the mine He quit this for
baseball when someone discovered his
ability and he had discovered how
much more money and less work
there we're in the game.
Bill Coughlin, the Detroit captain,
comes from the hard coal region, his
home being in Scranton. Buck Free
man, once dreaded slugger, Is from
Wilkesbarre, near by. The O'Neill
brothers, both good men, are from
the mines Mordec5l Brown, the Chi
cage. Nationals grand Highlander,
is also a miner, though not from Penn
sylvania. And these are but few.
Greatest OF the examiners still ac-
lively in the game is Hans Wagner,
only rival to Larry Lajoie as a great
all-around player Fifteen years ago
Wagner was digging dusky diamonds
in Pennsylvania coal mine for $1.5O
day. Carnegie, Pa, the heart Of
the coal mining region was the place,
and 1876 was the year in which Wag-
ner was born.
Il will never forget the first game
Wagner played in Louisville said
Harry Pulliam, president of the Ma
tional league. 1T was on Sunday
in August, 1897, and we put Hans in
center field. He covered his territory
to perfection. Some eight or nine
flies were driven out his way, the
majority Of them difficult. Hans got
them all. He caught them running
backward forward and to the side o
him, and he soon had the crowd will
him. In louisville there are a grea
many Germans who go to the games
and as soon as they realized tha
Hans was the goods they yelled u
every man who went TO bat: Hit j
, out to the Dutchman. Hans als'
showed strong at the bat in tina
game, getting three hits in five time
up. From that afternoon he was
favorite in Louisville, and | might sa
he became the greatest favorite 0
. all the famous players who wore tn
uniform of that club"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

was practically empty. There was a
handful Of Spanish and English gold
coins and several jewels of which the
one wear is one, in the box and on
the floor We searched thoroughly.
What we found was valued at $4,000.
The balance of the treasure, which
the letter stated to be over $4,000,
had been taken by some one, possibly
some accidental disceverer. The 9TH
er places indicated to contain treas
ure we did not find. The descriptions
were imperfect or else the places were
too well hidden. Our time was linn
tied, since 1t soon became naised
about what we were doing and we
were stopped. You know what the
Mexican government is.
Believes Treasure Still There.
81 feel certain that the treasure Is
still there. If the places can be 10
Gated, but do not see how that can bt
done without plenty Of time and pos
sibly pulling down the house. Tn,
outer walls at the Casa Mata are nov
obliterated and 1t would require I
great deal Of digging to locate tn,
treasure indicated to be buried there
The letter gave the value Of one a
100000 in jewels and the other a
| $125,0O0 in gold. have full belle
that there is much treasure buried II
this locality. by the pirates. the SNUG
giegs. the revoIutionists and eve
those who operated here during tn
civil war when this was the only por
the south had open for many months
The sunken place in the brick paw
ment Of the basement at the Gas
Tarnava. think. indicates a secrt
passage from the well In the court I
the street; but it may Just as we
lead to a treasure chamber.
THE cannon shot over the door
the second story? Oh, don't kno
the history Of that. 1t is my impre
sion that it was shot in there durir
some Of the many revolutionary figh
which took place in the streets Of Ma
amoros. It may have been plantt
there during the bombardment Of Ma
amoros by Gen. Scott, and I som
times think 1t was"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

That Clark Griffith does not believe
in letting any Of bis ball players get
away from him is shown by the man
ner in which the Montreal club is be-
ing filled up with players who have
been with the New York Highlanders.
Frank Farrell owns the majority Of
the stock in the Montreal club, but
Grifnth, Willie Keeler and Nal Kit
tredge have acquired blocks Of stock
and take great interest In the success
OF the club, 1t is said that when VIII
lie Keeler comes to the point where he
considers himself too old to play In
the Highlanders outiield be viii take
job on the Montreal team, and pos
sihlY manage It.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

gold heels on their shoes. They enter
tanned in princely style, giving recep.
items and banquets which for magnia.
cence were not excened even in Eu-
ropean couris. Kings and queens Of
England. Span OF Rance gave nothing
more elegant 10 tbs line. Nothing ap-
preaching them was ever given On this
continent in these days. even II at the
present time.
Entertained Prominent Men.
"All prominent people who came to
Matamuros we're received and enter
tanned by them-Gen. Lawton, Gen.
Corbin. the McCooks. even Gen. sheri'
dan-have been their guests at these
receptions. Among their visitors oc
casionally was seen a man Of mag
nificent bearing. great manly beauty
and carriage He wore jewels Of ex
traordinary splendor. and always car
ried court sword with embroidered
belt blazing with jewels. was boy
then, and remember these things well
for they were to me like a dream O
the Arabian Nights. The man hat
with him on these visits Spanisl
lady of great beauty who was Away
at his side. None except the Tarnav;
fa-aily ever talked with her, but it wa
current belief among US childrel
that the man was LATTE and tn
woman a lady whom he had captures
In some of his sea fights, killing he
male relative, taken her to Barratari
and still held her as his wife. She wa
even supposed to bear title. She al
tempted to escape from him twice, bu
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

American Who Espoused Losing Cause
In War. and Was Shot
might tell OF former ownership by
some Spanish senoritas. OF the bloody
sea fight which terminated IN the
sinking OF a ship with lts crimson
deck burdened with the corpses OF it's
defenders; OF murder done afterwards
In disposing OF the wounded BY the
piraticEl custom OF walking the plank;
OF drunken outrage and orgy at Bar
rataria following the piratical vic
tory. in which very likely the fair
owner OF this very ring was one OF the
prizes. There is certainly a romance
connected with this stone. and 1t at
tracts me the more for the reason that
/ know SO little OF 1t.
LafItte's Real Character.
"Jean LATTE Is referred to in the
histories as a pirate. and such he was
but from those who knew him, with
whom have talked. gain the impress
sion that he was not fully entitled to
that reputation. though he was a fear
less fighter, with q band OF freeboot
ers TO whom his word was law. whose
bravery made them a scourge OF the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

Frank NJ. Chapman. curator OF the
department Of ornIthology Of the
American Museum Of Natural History
has left New York 70 make a coIlec
tion Of southern birds for the institu
tlon. He will try especially to obtain
white herons In various stages Of de
velopment, Cor 1t Ii feared the specisu
owing to activities for the millinery
trade. win become extinct
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06
Rowing Regatta on
Inland Lake Assured
University Of Wisconsin Students
Raise Required Sum-Talk
With Ten Eyck.

With the subscription of $1,000 by
the students Of the University Of Wis
consin toward the crew fund complet-
ed, the western regatta on Lake Mem
dota becomes assured. Syracuse will,
race Wisconsin on Decoration day.
and If an additional $4,000 can be-
raised among the alumni Of the unis
versity and the business men Of the
state, the Wisconsin crew will again
be seen on the Hudson this spring.
e. H. Ten Eyck, the new coach, ial
keeping the men at work on the ma
chimes, putting them in condition for
the outdoor work which will commence
as soon as the lake is cleared of ice.
There will be no preliminary outsidel
work on the Yahara river this spring.
the new coach being of the opinion
that it viii retard rather than advance
the work of the men if they leave the
machines too soon.
Probably the most difficult thing,
for coach to do properly is to bal!
ance his crew" said Ten Eyck in an
interview recently.
THE ideal oarsman should be five
feet nine inches tall and upward and
should weigh anywhere between 1855
and 1870 pounds Above all the coach
should not mix up tall and short men
in the same crew. He may have them
all tall or all short, but to mix them
means defeat as sure as he makes up
such combination. "Of course, in
picking what is the ideal size of man
for the best work in four or eight
circumstances may make a great deal
of difference. The small man may.
prove much more valuable than the
big man, and a crew of small men.
might run away with crew of big
men. Even with superiority in size
there must be the qualities Of strength,
nerve and grit to make such crew
equal with another possessing such
qualities but Of smaller size.
ITO mix up a crew Of big and lit
tie men would play havoc with the
unity Of their work More than in al.
most any other kind Of athletics doss
unity of action count In rowing. Thg
men must take the same sweep, dip
the same depth and pull with the
same strength. Then they must have
equal lasting powers. Possessed Of
these qualifications and the indispeD-
sable grit and nerve a championship
crew can be built up If it gets the
proper training and teaching.
The short man cannot take as long
a stroke as the tall man and crew
Of short men must necessarily work
a faster stroke than the taller ones
It is coming more and more these
days, however, to develop fast stroke
even in the big, long-gaIted oarsmen
Q With equality in this respect and the
/ advantage OF longer sweep the biz
men will push the smaller one out d
the crew as sure as the coach wants
to get the best possible ous Of BIZ
material.
!, How the Badger crew is going Il
# shape up Is impossible to tell at thi
It time have done nothing yet towarl
+ balancing the cyew as they haven
k been out on the water at all But /
IS looks tn me now as though Wisconsin
/ is to have crew Of big. long-gaite
e men, equal to the work they win b
a called upon to perform, and ! think
2 win be able TO balance the crew s
5 tnat it viii Ee one OF the most p0Re
ful ever repi esenting The cardinal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

sea 70 years ago, in these very waters.
He was q Frenchman and began his
career as lieutenant on a French pri-
vateer, was captured by an English
hsh man-of-war and thrown into pris-
on at an English port where he was
kept for many years and 20 barbar-
ously treated that HIS resentment had
a large bearing in shaping his subse.
ouent pursuits.
1T is asserted By old residents az
Matamoras who knew him that his ac-
tion In betraying the English in their
attempt to capture New Orleans vas
IN retaliation for the brutalities to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

which he had been subjected. AS
there was no war between France and
England at the time Of his release, he
obtained privateers commission un-
der the Carthaginian government
against Spain. / have seen this COM
mission. which is still in existence,
in Spanish, and held by relatives Of
his, near Brownsville. These rela-
tives claim that his only acts Of piracy
were against British vessels-and he
was beyond question a scourge to
these In 1907 he came to New Or
leans, and in 1894 was at the head
of a formidable community Of free
hooters in Barrataria bay, about 40
miles west Of the mouth Of the Mis-
sissippi They had many small YES
sells and the bay Afforded them Sc
cure retreat. In 1914 Commodore Pat
terson attacked their town and de-
stroyed It, but Lafitte and most Of his
men escaped, returning later on and
resuming operations.
hefuEcu 6FitlSn EFiDcs
about the same time the British
we're maturing their plans for the de-
scent upon che southern coast Of the
United States. and sent brig OF war,
the Sophia, under command Of Capt
Lockyer, at Barrataria, with letter
from Commodore Percy. commanding
the British naval forces In the gulf,
and one from Col. Nichols, then in
command OF the land forces In Florida,
Offering Lafitte the command Of fine
ship and $4,000 in gold on condition
Of his assisting the contemplated ex.
pedition to New Orleans. The prom
ise OF the British commander Of
bounty and beauty" to bis men in
case of victory is matter of record
I.afitte Immediately wrote to Gov
Claiborne Of Louisiana. inclosing the
two letters, which have seen, and
offering his services In defending Lou
isiana on the sole condition of pardon
for himself and his men. The offe'
was accepted, and the assistance d
the Barratarians under command O.
LATTE, who had charge Of one Of th'
eight small cannon which constituted
Jackson's artillery force at this bat
tie, was an important factor In scorinl
the great victory OF New Orleans. Jan
} uary 8. 1916. From this time the his
tory of Lafltte is involved In obseuE
! Ity. There was piratical com
: mun!ty formed at what is now Calves
! ton. by LATTE. but whether by Jeal
4 or his brother Pierre, Is now not clear
8 II was broken up In 1921 by lieuter
& ant, afterward Commodore Kearney
e LaAtte's portraits. Of which there ar
F.: two at Matamoros, show him to hav
: been a handsome man. over six fee
! tall, with black hair. hazel eyes; an
r his polished. easy manners and wir
Q ming address are stIll remarked upoT
Q Pirates Were Scattered.
!. After the destruction Of this rel
devious the pirates scattered. Man
OF them are heard Of afterward an
are known In history. They wer
. skilled seamen and bold fighter
s Many left the sea and located at Ma
h amoros, just across the river frol
) Brownsville This was then a grei
o field for all sorts of semi-piratical e
r. ploits. Smuggling was prevalent an
T. fortunes were made on all sides. We
ie sells would unload their cargoes !
ie day or night. and the goods were ofte
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-06

smuggled or worse-blood stained
fruits OF piratical cruisers. or these
followers of Laftte. the richer. more
prominent-captains and lieutenants
-settled In the same row Of houses.
Among them we're Constantine Tarn-
ava and Ramon LaFon. These people
lived in great splendor until about
1850, when they gradually dlsap
peared. leaving the houses they had
occupied. about as they are to-day
They were extremely lavish IN the use
Of money, which seemed to hoW
through their hands like water. II Il
related that their women even wore