The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 9, 1899, Page 3

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It only costs wo Bits To secure The Star for ONE MONTH TRY IT ws sy e & ) 4eIS SeRnIeeS eUL JO AdOO e soqusicu suNOA Moy Senna eee RN Se nT NY SER eee ene ee nian a ta SRE SRS S RARE nS ie Ss Se 2 aa SUE nea ae ee Senate cults tia ae Reena tee ace al et laa el BIG FIGHT IN Ont0 Election. PLANS ALREADY BRING MADE | Mt ts Believed That the Fall Com. | paign Will Fix Future Control, | CINCINNATI, ©, Mareh 9—P | Helans of both parties In Ohio are | are fully awake to the importance of thin fall's election and the influence | that it will have on control of stato polities for the firat decade of the next century. Under the laws of |f and ouditor constitute a state bord |p of decennial apportionment, if letwlative districts after each feder- a) counus for the next ten years. The pext censun will be taken in 1900, readjustment of legisiative both senatorial and repre- fentative, will be made before the | State ection of 1901, therefore it is }an important thing to sequre con- trot of the state board of decenniat apportionment. ‘This yéar a gov- Lerner and auditor are to be elected | and next year @ secretary of state. Whichever party elects the two members of the apportionment jaoere this year will hold control TRhould the democrats elect a gov~ lernor and the republicans an audit- or, as happened in 1889, they will have to fight for secretary of state | in the election of 1900. @ppertionmenta under the present constitution, Nobody ever under- | took to question the equity and fair- nese of those of 1861, 1871, and 1881. In 148% the republicans held cont lof the board by electing State Aud- tor Poe when the democrats elect- |44 Governor James KE. Campbell. They continued the preceding ap- pertionments “excepting that in the cane of senatorial Gistricta that in the cases of senatorial districts whieh had not sufficient population [for separate representation, two (were joined. This apportionment | was arranged by the present secre- | tary of state, Charlies Kinney, ther ehief clerk to Secretary of State Dan J. Ryan. Mr. Kinney predicted for his apportionment that under it the democrats would not eleet a ma- fority of the state legislature in the i next ten years, and his predictions har been fulfilled, though last year, wink to the fusion vietory tn Cin- cinnatl, the senate wan tied. ‘The democrats realized then that M>. Kinney had reappertioned them out of control, and they made « fight before the state supreme court, but witnout benefit. The court held that the power vested in the apportion- ment board was largely discretion- ary, and that there was no Juatific- | thon for fudicial interference unless the apportionment showed an utter dleregard of the constitution, which of itself was very general in instruc- tion and left a wide margin for the exercise of the gerrymandering judgment of party politicians. The democrats had aimed that the con- (stitution contemplated an actual re- apportionment; that is, that there must be such a changing of districts as to segregate those which had | been united, and rearrange them in- |to new combinations. Had the Su- | preme court supported them tn thi (it would have been diffeult for the republicans to have made such a rearrangement as would form new ledmbinations of continguoas coun- ties, and still give the republicans | auch « great margin for protection |againet just such emergencies as that of 1898, Should the democrata contro! the state board of decennial apportion- | ment tn 1900, the voters of Obie may ‘leek fer such a shaking up of legie | lative districts as the sstate has not | known since the adoption of the | constitution In 1861. Dined With Hobson. TACOMA, March 9.--Miss Nettie | Wallace and Mins Gadie Burnett, of Tacoma, who have beep spending | | the winter at Hongkong and vicinity, | bac the pleasure of being present a |a dinner given In honor of the it! ltr'ous Hobson last month, They have just recently returned to Hong kong, after a delightful trip to Mania with @ party of distinguish- led tourists. } Additions at Pullman. TACOMA, March 9.--The Pullman agricuttural college will be greatly enlarged with the $190,000 appropriat ed by the legislature. Two large butldings, one a dormitory and the other # setence hall, will be con structed at a cost of $40,000 and $60,- 000 respectively. The latter bulld- Inge will accommodate departmetns of botany, zoology, bacteriology, veterinary, science, agriculture, hor- ticulture, and geology, besides a xe there sciences. tt open the experiment station at Puy allup, which has been closed during the past two years, The Pullman college now bas o enrolment of o s increase from ‘t dents of five years ago, school was started, twenty-five stu when the Franklin 8 Tolerance. One usually thinks of Franklin as anything but a religious man, and religious in the orthodox, conven tional sense he certainly was not Yet he was a believer in God* and immor@@lity and the eMeacy of good works. His close personal friende were, many of them, devout Chris || tians, In the chapter on lin's religion” in his “Many-si¢ Franklin” series, in the February Century, Mr. Paul L. Ford says “Franklin had the rarest kind of |] | tolerance which tolerates the opin ingly asserted that ‘Orthodoxy is my doxy and heterpdoxy is your |doxy,’ his whole life was ome con- Interest in the Fall : Uhto the governor, secretary of state | upon | whieh falls the duty af fixing the | There have been four legislative | ries of connected museums for alt) reted that an appropria- | tion of $5000 will be obtained to re-| “Frank: | |} ions @ others, and though he laugh. | teenie ee ST TEE IE TI TOR, OTE ’ | tradiction of the eplgram, for the | faith or lac faith of hin etrete jof friends ranged from the moat a trinal of ministors to the mont radi eal of freethinikers, Por suor rigid puritans as the Mev, Dre, Cooper and Mather of Hoxton, for the en | thuslaatio Whitefield, for the Angtte an b “hand for the nop of Bt. A ; Abbon de la Noche and Morelfet he [ehowed as much affection and res pect as he did for Hume, Lord te Deapenser, Thomas Paine and others Jeloner in a 1 with bin own views. IN Wasit ever a ope-sided regard No w in Pennsylvania exercised such Influence over the Quakers. Massachusetts made him her agent in Great Britain and he served her faithfully, even to the defending of | her religious intolerance againat | uncio consulted him fre }quently and followed hin advicw In | tho changes the revolutionary war made pownil © necessary in the |Catholle Chureh tn America, Ab jwolutely unsectarian as he Was | Franklin apparently wan trusted by jail sects, and he seme r two | have refused a service that he could jer any one of them,” o—Mre. L. tain Winager, “eo NEW YOURE | Winager, wife of ¢ owner of the eanalbe Paker, lying at th of Want 18th . and ho haw been an Invalid for ten years, sat in # chair unable to Laterfere while three burglars stole 200 from the cabin of the boat lant Mondey, Her condition from fright la now serious. Had Extra Fingers. NOVA SCUTTA, March 6. A chila was born In New Brunswick on Mon day with six fingers on each hand, three of them being J together or webbed. ‘Th fant mo pe aMicted im the son of Mra. Mary Oliver, wife of Ernest W, Olive Hate street ‘The child ts perfectly formed, ex- cept that on each hand, next he little finger, le an extra digit, each ef which has one joint, similar to @ ‘thumb, , The middie finger on the right hand I attached to the next finger on each sideby a emall membrane. |The attending physician will oper- jate upon the hands next week and separate the three fingers besides stating the extra ones, his in not the firat case of thin kind tm the famity, ‘The father was born with twelve fingers, about ‘twenty-five years ago. He married ja Mier Daly, and their first child, wghter named Jeannie, hi name peculiarities of the fn Dr. Marah operated upon her suc- cerafully, ‘and the child ts now healthy and hearty. | STANDS ‘BY MILES Former Secretary Talks of Army Beef Rations. NEW YORK, March 9% — John | Sherman, former secretary of the state department, was at the Fifth avenue hotel for a few days, In re- rd to the Miles court of inquiry, | Mr. Rherman sald: “Of course I cannet prophesy as to what the comminsion will report I do not know what evidence is to | be presented, nor do I know what impression has been made on the minds of the commission by the evi- denee already in, But as to my own opinion of the conduct of General files I have no hesitation In speak ing. The general only did his duty in reporting as he did in regard to the army beef. More than this, he would have been derelict in his duty had he not made the report.” In regard to the foreign policy of the government Mr. Sherman said: “It seems almost incredible that we ere at war with the Filipinos President McKinley has fallen into the idea that we must conquer all we can and hold what we conquer. It is a wad mistake. What are we to gain by all this? Nothing. The only result of our assuming contre! | of the Philippines will be an increase of $200,000,000 In our annual national expenditures. “The Filiptnos should be allowed thelr freedom. What if some nation had interfered In our own revolu- tienary war, and declared that we ought not to have self government? We should have set ourselves to help and advise them, instead of fighting. Cuba, too, should be let alone. Porto Rico is different, and that naturally fell to us as a de | pendency anst actual possession of Spain.” Mr. Sherman salted on the Amerl- can liner Paris, which is carrying a large party a thirty days’ tour the West Indies, including Cuba, orto Rico and the Windward Isi- ands, Kerwin Returns. CHICAGO, March 9. orge Ker win, the *hicago Myn y.” return ed yesterday from a pleasure trip in |the routh. Tho boxer says he ts in the best of health and ts anxious to show that he is as good as, if not better, than ever before. “L want to fight, and IT am not partioular whom I meet,” Ker |win last night. “Of course I would | prefer ‘Young Mahoney,’ but I un Jerstand that he has left town and lthat the chances for arranging an other mill are very stim. ri fight ony Hahtweight in the world from 5 pounds up to 140 pounds, and to me I'll be even more Mberal than th! rand allow them to come in un der catch welghts, I don't mean | theso remarks to be looked upon as | boasts, but I would really lke to fight every other night if possible,” Kerwin returned herb from New Orle where he left the party he en touring the south with, be ing anxious to get into the fighting |wwim again before the end of the city season in th | Candidates Fail to Report. MADISON, Wis, March 9.—The time for the candidates for the Unit ed Stetes senatorship to file their mpaign expense accounts expired esterday, being 20 days after the election of January Mth Netther Babcock, Stephenson nor Cook have | filed their accounts Man (07 Years Old in Court. | MUNCIE, Ind Alexan der Furgeson, aged 107 years, resid ing west of Muncie, 1 Reed's stetion, was in Muncie today with his wife, who * old, and | the couple elim » three fights of stairs at the unas sisted and entered of not guil |ty to the charge i@ity prefer red against both. charges were |made by Mrs, Martin Sweeney, a daughter, residing in Anderson, and she is over 75 years of age. AWAITING CLIPSE Astronoty. 8 Get- ting Ready. HARVARD PROFESSORS VIEWS: | CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 9.— Astronomers already are preparing for the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, which Ie to be visible In the southern ato Plans are under discussion for making tbe host of the Neeting opportunity, head of the Harvard astronomical ciroular letter to astronomers, urges @ variation from etstaing methods, permitting « greater amount of work, not merely during an ectipee, but in the general research of an observatory. Ho says that moat of the telescopes in use nowadays are very nearly the fame form and adapted for the same kind of work, leaving other equally valuable fields untouched Most modern instruments hav been made, with two or three « ceptions, in the north temperate sore and placed for local or political reavone with no special reference to the needs of astronomical research. that made the country prosperous rendered them unfit for fine work. | Bewides, the more southern hemt- sphere has been neglected. | In polnt of ‘construction, most | modern teleseopes are of the same pattern, with focal lengths from 15 | to 18 times the aperture, and there- | fore confined to one clans of work, The success of the Bruce tagfcope jat Arequipa, Peru, a nhotographic | instrament, with a focal length only six times the apertare. prompts the professor to suggest that a develop- ment of astronomical study on the no Unes would be eminently de- sirable. An litustration of the value lof permanent records of sky secured lat Arequipa was strikingly shown in the care of the planet Bros, dis- covered in 1898, Calculations showed thet it must have been near the earth apd bright tn 184. It was not | discovered then, but it proves to have been taken on the Hruce plates preserved at Harvard, twenty pic- tures of it having been found, en- abling the astronomers to follow it throuxh half a revolution. Prot. Pickering’s proposal ls to build a photographic telescope of great focal length, say 136 or 163 feet, with an aperture of 12 or 14 }inches. It would be mounted hort- sontally and Immovable, the images of the stare to be reflected inte it from a mirror, The motion of the earth could be counteracted by mov- ing the photographic plate by clock- work, Such an instrument would be only an enormous enlargement of the photo-hellograph, which has been found to be the best for study of the sun. The larger instrument, with favoring atmospheric condi- tions, pousibly could outline the finer details of the solar surface, and In coming eclipse probably could photographs of the apectrum of the reversing layer in the inner | corona. Other lines of research suggested would be the securing of better pho- ltographs than have been obtafned of the moon and of Jupiter, Saturn and Mare. The planet Eros ap- proaches the earth so closely that its parallax amounte to a minute of arc. The next approach in 1900 will be more favorable than any other until 1997, and careful observations | should be taken of the planet when least and west of the meridian, since | the distance of the sun from the earth probably can be determined in | thie way better than any other yet attempted. As this distance t# the unit by which ail astronomical dis- tances are measured the Importance lof the work can hardly be overrated, | More than $1,000,000 was spent in ob- servations of the transit of Venus in 1874, for this aim only, while the | proposed plan ts feasible at a cost of $5000 or $10,000, The parallax of the fixed stars and the locators of the major planets are other linee of fruitful study possible with a photo- | heliograph. Christian Endeavor Rates. POSTON, March 9.-Seeretary W. Baer, of the united society of Chris- |tlan Endeavor, bh received an amended report from the railroad as jon for the rate of the Inter- national Christian Endeaver con- | vention at Detroit, July 6-10. The roliren have nsented that tick- etn ited may be,extended for the return trip until Auguat 15th. Heretofore the Umit has usually been August Ist. This, with the one fare rate from all points, makes it the roost advantageous railroad fare ever granted to the convention. Hailstorm In K yntucky. LEXINGTON, Ky. March 9. The worst hailstorm since 1858 was expertenced here this afternoon, It woe about twenty minutes In dura- tlon and did considerable damage to property, breaking the skylights tn residences and business houses and Jomoliehing green houses. Many of the stones weighed from one to two ounces and were five or six inches rference. in « Weather Crop Bulletin. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8.— A special weather bureau crop bul- Jletin issued today says: Summaries relating, principally to | ndition of winter wheat at the of Pebrumry, and based upon a large number of reports collected by officials in charge of state centers of the climate and erop serice indicate thet cver a large part of the princt- pal winter wheat area the or exposed to very unfavorable weath er conditions, ‘Phe reports indicate that the early sown was in better cocdition at the close of February than that seeded late, The crop ap- pears to have experienced most un- the » war | favorable conditions in lowa, Michigan and New York, the northern portion of Minsourl, Mlin ie and Indiana, northvestern Ohio cntral and eastern xas the crop m but little arowth, and the damage resulting from the severe freeze will be #o #reat that many fields will be plow Oklahoma, ennennee ed up, “in K « th rly sown has | been but little injured, and over the southern portions of Minne mi nois, Indiana and Oblo the condition of the crop in generally promising, while in Went Virginia, Pennayt vania, Maryland and Virginia, ow ing to ample proteetion affor by |#now, the reports as to the condi- tien of the crop @ noouraging cold weather of t month was unfavorab! In north ern Californian the condition of the crop i* promising, but rain in now urgently needed to save it over a large part of the stat » firat half of the | & Big Tube Company. NEW YORK, March 9—-Another | big consolidation scheme will be re- 4 soon when the National Tube any will ask for a charter tn |New Jersey. It will have a capital | stock of $60,000,000, half of which will be preferred 7 per cent. cumulative, and half common stock, E. C. Con- verse, of New York, vice president | and general manager of the Nation- | al Tube Works Company, will be ‘president of the nm company, Prof. B.C. Pickering, Which will absorb 16 of the largest | mnitary academy Wrought iron tube companier of the United States and enter into clone alliance with ten smaller ones. nage of this prod will control 1,121,000 tom ferpont Morgan & Co. finan- lelered the consolidation, the legal | work being done by Sullivan & Tromwell of Wall street. ‘The eom- | bina idea was that of B. ©. Con- | verse, who was seconded by Joshua ‘cmpany of Pittsbu Drink Poisoned Coffee. MARION, Ind., March 9.--Alonzo Wallet, his wife, and Mra. Wallet wister, Mre Sarah Kline, of Log 0. who was visiting at the Wallet home, were poisoned this morning by drinking coffee made from a package found on the doorstep, A recert announcement in the lecal papers by a new coffee and tea house that they would furnish each house in the city with « trial package of coffee led Mra. Wallet to believe that the package found was for trial, and she made enough for the family for breakfast. It is learned that the tea and cof- fee firm has not yet put out any ramples and no one in the Wallet nighhorhood has received a sample package of coffee. The physicians think the victims will recover, ee WHY KAISER ACTED High German Authority Ex- s the Manila Matter. BERLIN, March 9. — A high Ger- man euthority, who prefers to be namelens, ansures a correspondent that the motives which induced Ger- many to intrust the protection of Germans in the Philippines to the United States are simple. The Kaiserin Augusta and other German warships in the far Bast are needed in Chinese waters, owing to the recent anti-German outrages, and Germany feels that German subjects are aafe under the protec- tions of Americans. ‘Thin implies, of course, © high compliment to the United States, but it ts only tn consonance with reveral previous declarations made by Baron von Buelow, the German mirister of foreign affairs. Regarding Samoa, the high au- thority said Germany was awaiting the initiation of the other powers, if | the division of the islands is to be carried out. ‘The officials of the German navy may the German third-class cruiser Falke will be relieved by the Ger- men fourth-class cruiser Sperber, The new German gunboat Yaguar is going to the far Bast, making a to- tal of 25 German warships on for- eign rervice. — Believes it Is the Portiand. BOSTON, Mass, March &—Capt. John McKenney, of the fishing boat Mary Cabral, believes he has locat- ed the wreck of the lost steamer Portland on Stelwagen bank, seve teen miles northeast of Thatcher's island light. The supposed location of the wreck Is just over the north- east edge of the bank, and in 55 or $0 fathoms of water, #o that there ix small chance of raising the hull or of saving anything from it. ‘The Cabral’s dories were fishing on the northern part of the bank Wed- nesday, the trawls covering an area of about one and a half square milos. Just before dark the order to haul was given, but the man in the first boat was unable to raise his trawl. After a little time it came up. On one of the hook# was a piece of clothing. Other articles were | brought up later, and it is believed | that the position of the Portland's hull has been focated. Law Increases Taxation. TORONTO, Ont., March §.—Owing to the action of the Ontarto govern- ment in passing a law comgyelling the manufacturing in Canada saw logs cut in Ontario the Amer- jean demand for logs has fallen off. | There is, In consequence, a great de- lereace In the demand for timber limite and a consequent shrinkage in public revenue, which has neces- siteted a resorting to direct taxation to make up the deficit. Ontarto had | previously enjoyed immunity from taxation through the large derived from the sale of timber Hmits to Americans, SPOKANE, March &.—County ‘Treasurer Smith's report for the month of February shows that a t tal of $82,271.40 was collected during the month, including $1,919.61 as re- demption, The amounts credited to the principal funds are as follows: States, $3,170.80; state school, $3,191,- 0; county indebtedness, — $1738.20. county curren? expense, $5450.90 ty road, $2152.88; county special nl, $2086.70; school district No. 81 | $498.89; Spokane city, $847 | ‘The office force is kept busy at present making out receipts for per- sonal taxes and checking up is, The payments are coming jrapidly, Yesterday ‘Treasur pith remitted $4982.91 to the city @a its poriion of last week's collections on the 1898 golls, together with penalt interest Mind back taxes, “In Washington and Oregon the | Of a} Rhodes, of the Pennsylvania Tube | BY ITS | AUTHOR “Dixie” Is Sung in | the North, THE AGED MINSTREL EMMET [It Has Been Familiar in America | for Forty Yoors and Still | Lives | GAMBIER, 0, March &—The an« clent mingtrel, Daniel D, Hmmett, [Composer of the famous “Dixie,* eung for forty years in every state of the union, told tonight the story of his life to the cadets of Kenyon and detailed all the cireumstances ander which he wrote the song. Of southern pate | entage he was born in Mount Vere non Ovtober 29th, 1815. Educated in the primitive country schools of the | time be at 18 became a musician tri veling with shows, which life be led 22 years. In 1843, in connection with three others of like mind, he found- ed the Virginia minstrels, which me€ with Immense success in New York and Boston and throughout Great Uritain, “Dixie” was written in the \early spring of 1469 and was sung | from that time to July 4, 1865, by Mr. Emmett at every performance give en at Bryant's. Mr, Emmett’s story was receiyed with great appiause, with the support of a chorus impro- vised from the school during the day. Jihe was heartily encored, and after the performance the cadets were all presented to him. Though hd years old he is hale and hearty and greatly enjoyed the evening. Injures Knuckle. CHICAGO, March 8.—Eddle Santry and his good showing against Joe Cain was the main tople of conver- ration yesterday around the resorts where the boxers and their followers are wont to congregate. He has not |decidea on any future plans as yet, but his managers have been receiv ing offers from matchmakers all over the country, asking terms for the services of the young boxer. For the present at least Santry will net be seen in the ring. He smash- ed one of the knuckles of his righ® hand Thursday night on Cain's head, and that member is very sore ard “spongy.” On account of this accident to his best hand Santry will not be able to meet Chicago Jack | Daly at the Chicago Athletic asso- elation as scheduled, and Joe Cain may be substituted tn his place. Loudon, Campbell of Pittsburg will most Mkely be Santry’s next oppon- ent in a six-round contest, which will take place at Springfield, ML, March 16th, Claims Against Spain. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8. —In anticipation of the perfection of the peace treaty by the exchange of ratifications, the solicitor of the state department is-preparing a list of claims presented to the depart- ment by Amertean citizens for dam- ages on account of injuries to lives and property received in the former insuiar possessions of Spain. Since the ending of the war these claime have increased in amount from $26.- 000,000 to $29,000,000. Under the terms of the peace treaty all claims of American citizens against Spain are to be settled by the United States government and all claims of Spanirh subjects against the United States will be settled by the govern- ment of Spain. The explanation made recently in the Sun in connec. on with the Hability of the United States for damages caused by the Manila fire applies to claims made by American citizens against Spain for injuries inflicted by the Cuban insurgents. Unless it can be shown that the Spanish troops could hae preented damage Inflicted on Amer< jean interests, this government, tnt arsuming Spanish obligations for in demnity will not be responsible for payment of such claims, To facilitate the preparation and disposition of claims cases the state department has prepared a circular for the information of claimants, which explains how claims should ba prepared and presented. The cireu- lar contains a set of rules directt how the memorial of a claima should be prepared. A Plucky Reporter. INDIANAPOLIS, March &.—Tha Proceedings in the Indianana sen- ate were enlivened this afternoon by a fight on the floor between Sen- ator Charles P. Drummond, Demo- erat, and Harry G. Brown, reporter | for the Indianapolis Sentinel. The quarrel grew out of something the | reporter had written about the sen- ator, The senator was struck three |times. The reporter was expelled | from the senate by resolution. To Work the Kalamazoo." LOOMIS, Wash, March 9.—P. & Harris, who has been in the employ jof the Palmer Mountain Gold Min- ing and Tunnel Company for the | past year, soon gives up his posttion to tal charge of the work on the Kalamazoo group. This property ts or the south slope of Palmer moun- on the ledge of the John Bull loca- | tion, It Is proposed to sink 100 feet from the bottom of one of these, then crosseut the ledge and drift beth ways 100 feet. ‘Assays from the surface run 10 to 20 per cent. copper |and $4 gold. As soon as the present work outlined is completed, if the Ige gnd values hold, a steam hoist will be put on th property. Rains Stop Cana! Work. JOLIBT, MM, March 8 —Heavy rains has stopped all work on sec- tions 17 arf 18 of the sanigiry canal here in Joliet, Most of the exeavat- ed ground is flooded tonight ‘and the river is still rising, There is fear that a great deal of damage may come to the works at Jackson street if the rains continue. Tt will be sev- eral days before much work can be done on ghe channel here, and at the close he sang “Dixie eV Pe ners | tain and has several 20-foot shafts © County Treasurer’s Report. ee