The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 16, 1899, Page 3

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It only costs wo Bits To secure The Star for ONE MONTH 3 “= 4eIS sNnVeEes SUL sO AdOooO e 4s0oquzicu 4snNOoKA MOUS THE SEATTLE COING TO ALASKA Party Bound for _ Salmon River. | ‘THE MEMBERS WELL BQUIPPED ‘Have Pumps and Hy: ie ™. chinery With Which to Work | | TACOMA, March 16—A party of | fourteen persons now In Tacoma awaiting passage to Alaska, are [evidently bound for some point | on the Yukon which haa been de seribed to them as being exceeding- \ly rich, The members are ali from | 8t. Paul, Minn. with the exception of two, who bail from Wisconsin. In conversation with the leader it was learned that three months ago a map [showing rich diggings on Salmon [rivera tributary of theYukon—had been obtained and that the party | Was now on ite way toward the land of gold. In explanation of why the discoverer had not stayed and work- ed his rich claim, it was sala the man, MeArdie by name, had be- | come so sorely afficted with rheum atinm as to force him to return to \ civilization that he might be cured | Of bis ailment. All of this party are well outfitted and aside from their equipment, are sturdy, well muscled Americans, and equal to any hardship, | As desertbed by A. J. Armstrong, the leader, the ground they are to work consists of @ long stretch of Kravel rising sheer above the river bed for @ feet. lever, fitted out hie expedition with pumps, worked as @ treadmit!, which give pressure of eight horse-power. |‘ bydraulic giants and wash m the banks after the methods used in California. The men will be arranged in shifts. Five men will be on the treadmill for an_hovr while the other five from @ paint two miles above wh of the river for three the source, Where the no man as yet knows, mt maps show !t fow- Hid F] 5f H | ia i i if of plants, whieh ts the yelclagically, as animal occur without reason. is, in the higher 3 Hy i iFFE? ak in the members of the vegt- i ite sleep at various hours and ways at night. The duration nt sleep varies from 10 to 1° Light or darkness have littic with plantesleeping, as different #0 to sleep at different hours | of the day. Thus the common morn- | ing glory (ipomoca purpurea) opens at dawn, the star of Bethlehem at about 10 o'clock. the toe plant at noon. The goat's beard, which opens RB ine ii | flowering cereus when it is dark. Aquatic flowers open and close with the greatest regularity. The white water lily closes its Mowers at | sunset and sinks below the water | for the night. In the morning the | petals again expand and fleat on the | surface, The Vietorta regia expands | for the first time about 6 o'clock in the evening, and closes In a few | hours, It opens again at 6 o'clock | the next morning and remains eo | tit afternoon, when it closes and | sinks below the water. | For upward of 2000 years at- tempts have been made to elucidate the phenomenon of sleep without | success, Many theories have been promulgated. , but they have failen | short ‘of explaining it. We know that sleep reats the mind more than the body, or, to put it In another way. the mere physical as apart || from from the nervous portion of |[| the organism can be rested without sleep. Negatively the effect of sleeplessness proves the value and necessity of sleep. And this is seen |} in a marked manner in the case of |] plants | CHINOOK JARCON WON |] Attorney “Clark ee s the Acquittal of a Client. Every old-timer in ‘Tacoma or, in I] tact, in the state of Washington, elther remembers or had a personal acquaintance with Attorney Prank |] Clark. Clark has been dead some eight years, but during a conversa- tion yesterday between attorneys bis name came up, followed by the nar rative of this incident In bis career: “Twelve years ago,” said the law yer telling the story, “Clark head as |f\ a client a man arrested on the charge of cutting timber on gov ernment land. The United States || was represented by two federal at |] | torneys, brought from a distance, && &€& &€ & & Re ee ehehee teehee & either Portland or San Francisco, if I remember aright, When these if lawyers came into court there fol lowed behind them a porter who un loaded upon the table fronting the Judge's bench armful after armful of books, Clark strode in with three volumes of law under hin arm. The jury was composed entisely of low gers and ranchers. Opening the |] case the imported lawyers delved deep into the tomes of law before | them and cited decision after de cision leading on the cage on trial. Then using language, one-half of the | words of which were too extensive are to be used. Armstrong has, how- pat ene pi eee | tor the jury's understanding, they | launched Into thelr argument | Ab the United Mtates attorr | tahed, Clark arose, hin law books and ey fin picked up one of without opening | the volume it aside, ‘The next book sha the same fate | The wan ¢ 1 only to be cant aside, Clark then squared | himaelf to the jury “Newika tilltouma!” he commen then In a flow of Chinook jar Koon went on to plead his ellent's cause, There was not a mu n |the Jury but what understood every |Hentiment Clark conveyed, whereas | the bighflown language of the im ported attorneys had been utterly on thern. | In vivid Chinook | word pleture of the lations of the « | Wash Clark painted « triala and tribu tier in the wilds of wand the deaper ry to maintain wite And because his eliént cord- | wood to the village store to trade for food, he had been arreste im woned, and his family deprived of his support There Was poesibly not one in the jury box but what had at some time been in the position Clark pictured. | Ever sympathy in them wae arous- ed. Teare triekled down thelr rug- ged cheeks as Clark's Chinook flowed on. ‘The lawyers from afar were awake to the disadvantage they were being placed under, An objection was en- tered to Clark's uso of Chinook or any other language which the op- posing counsel could not understand. Your honor.” answer Clark, “the jury here is to decide this case. The eminent gentlemen for the prose- cution have used language so grandi- joquent that not one of the jury has understood fle purport. I am speak ing to them in the atmple talk of the western frontiereman, under- stood alike by both Indian and white man who traverse and have been in strumental in the development of this northwest My langu call and babes }had heuled a wagon toad of it jargon if you wish, explains to ray. of the Firet Nevada cavairy.| the jury, and If I mistake not, also temporary secretary. The chairman your honor, the situation, I have j but @ few more words to say, and, | with the court's permission, will continue in Chinook,” The permission was granted, and | Clark's client was acquitted without | the jury leaving their peats—Tacoma those who get their discharges here, News. | Winter Football. the noted hal of the Chicago Athletic aanoel tion, established a new football re- | cord Saturday night about § o'clock. Bix downs were scored by the ath- | Phil Wellington, etic clubman In about three min- the whole thing, should be» dealt, utes amid the cheers of assembled | eab drivers and street fakire who |erowd Congress street opposite the | Auditorium theater. A riot call was sent In by an unapprectative apec- | tator who happened to be a polloe- man, and @ patrol wagon full of officers stopped the game Just as an ambulance appeared to carry off the Injured. The balls with which Wellington made his six successive dow on the hard atone of the pavements were the heads of his three friend Frank Sprague, George Hammill, and A. W. Pixley, with whom he had been dining in the chophouse of Tom Chandler, opposite the Auditortum. | The game wan the result of « differ- | ence which arome in Chandler's place, and the action was spirited. Spectators say that Wellington was a whole team in himaelf. When the action began he was lined up on the walk against Pixiey, who t# also &@ member of the Athletic associa- tion team: Sprague, and Hamenili. Pixley played center, while Sprague and Hammill played ends, Well- | ington bucked the line with a etift right hander, whtch caught Sprague in the mouth, and when his head struck the pavement he yelled, “Dewnt" Pixley interfered to save a touch down, but his interference was poor. Wellington's right again shot out, nd Pixley's head scored the second touchdown, Hammill was unable to defend his end against the Infuriat- ed half back. and he went down in the scrimmage with his two com- pantons. Wellington neglected to jump on the pile in true football style, but his blood was warmed to the game, and he continued to score. Sprague emerged from the pile with blood flowing from his mouth, and as he staggered to his feet Wellington's right again met his unguarded fea- tures, and he fell heavily in the gut- ter and was retired from the game. Aas no substitute was offered, the game was continued without him At this juncture William Carpenter Camp, who had been watching the game from the aide lines, broke for cover and sought refuge in the Audi- torlum annex Pixley arose pluckily, but the ter rific onslaught of the half back was too much for even hia trained musctes, As Wellington again hit the line, the same right hand con nected with Pixley’s chin, and the fifth down was scored Wellington had just gone through Hanimill’s end for the sixth down. when Officer Ellis, who presides over the front entrance of the Auditorium theater, called time, @e had delay- ed just long enough to turn tp a ot call, and with rained club de- scended on the football players. The club was too much for Wellington and the officer was manter of the situation. Talmage Forced Out. WASHINGTON, March 16.—The resignation of Rev. T. De Witt Tal- mage a® pastor of the First Presby- terian church i# creating much talk, Dr. Talrmage’s resignation in Hy due to friction which has existed for some time ween himself and members of the congregation, ‘There has been dissatisfaction at Tal- mage's failure to mak who are tl and perform other du- ties besides the pertaining ex clusively to conducting church ser Tt ia Tal vices and preaching sermons further alle that while Dr. mage’s sermons have attrac a large number of strangers to the church, no permanent benefit has followed his call Long Island Railroad. NBW YORK, March 16.—A rumor was circulated in Wall Street yes terday that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company had secured con trol of the Long Irland ‘allroad Roswell FP. Flower, when seen re garding the report, would make no definite statement, merely saying that he did not think the report was He would say nothing as to whether negotiations were going on. Asked whether any statement could ted soon, he replied may be spmething on the 420th pr 26th, true x) PRR TCR ERR TIE ITT NOLDIERS ~ WOULD MINE at Manila. PETITION SENT TO GEN. ANGER Asking for Discharge Papers—The Signers Want to Search for Gold, Many of the Washington volun- teers, as well as. those of other states, are arranging to stay in the Philippine islands and seek for gold when the terms of their enlistment jl expire ist of February has the following account of & meeting held in that olty by prospective argonauts: At 10 a. m. in the Terminal res- taurant, 6 Calle Neuva, the meet- ing of miners was called to order by William Crozter, of Co. D, Second Orebon, and, on his motion, second- ed by George Jeard of the same com- pany and regiment, A. M, Campbell, of the First Tennessee, w made temporary chairman, and Mr. Mur- explained the object of the meeting to be for the purpose of organizing |& union of all interested in the de- velopment of the mineral resources of the Islands. Although it is hoped that travel pay will be allowed to | and strenuous efforts will be made | to obtain that concession, ail mem- | ders must themaeiver to re- | main here the time fixed by the per- manent organisation, whether that .| Point be gained or not, As,it was remarked, the man who would use this organtsation for his own selfish ends, merely to get his diseharce and travel pay here, and then jump with according to the unwritten laws of all mining districts of the Western part of the United States. | Mania hemp would not be too good for them, In answer to a query, it was stat- od that no assessment would be lev- fed until & permanent org&nization was effected, Expenses thus far had been borne by individuals inter- ed in the movement and entirely by thelr own wish, not a cent having | been asked or accepted by any one in the name of the union. Committee Appointed. 7 | A committes, composed of William Crosier, Co. D, Second Oregon; Ca: (J. Moltke, Cov L? First California; G. . Huggins, and D. M. Mickie, Co. FL Firet Tennessee, was ap- | pointed to Grate a petition to Presi- dent MeKinley and Secretary Alger, asking for af discharge with travel | A paper wan extensively signed | by those present and was left on the table for signatures of all who might drop in Jater. It follows: “We, the undersigned, do hereby subscribe ourselves as members of an organization, now temporary, of miners, and tgree to abide by the majority rule of the same.” As the place of meeting had not been made as public as wan desired, and many were not present on that i was revolved to adjourn until 2p. m, and a committee of | men from each regiment. was ap- | potted to notify those Interested as | to time and place. As the hour for reassembling ap- | proached, the crowd began to collect and at 2:90 the meeting was called to order by the chairman. The committee of representatives of each regiment, appointed to noti- fy members of their regiments of time and place of meeting, reported that, as the lines were closed, very few were able to attend, but that they had authorized in writing to wien the lists of names brought by) them to the articles of agreement adopted in the forenoon. The comraittee on petition to the president and secretary of war then presented its report, which was read to the meeting, and, after discussion, wee unanimously adopted. It was as follows: Alger Petitiened. 1, Jan. %.--To the Hon A. Alger, secretary of war and His Excellency William McKinley, President of the United Stat of America—Gentlemen— We, the undersigned, enlisted men in the volunteer service of the United States, serving In the Philippines, are advised that at some future date the volunteer regiments now In ser- vice will be transported to their re- spective places of enlistment and “Previous to our enlistment, we were engaged In the development of the mineral resources of the United States, and it in our earnest desire to remain in the Philippine islands for the purpose of engaging in like avocation ‘ “Pursuant with this desire, we beg to submit to you the following peti- tion “That when the war department as no further use for our services we be mustered out or discharged at Manila instead of place of enlist- ment “That we be allowed travel pay from Manila to place of enlistment. “In return for this, we will, as an organization and as individu use every means in our power to assist in peaceful colonization of whatever territory we may explore, and we re willing to place our persons at the disposal of the government a national guard, or in whatever form our services may be required for the good of the government of the ist- ands, and the advancement and pro- tection of Amertean interests, “We will also place at the disposal of the government all geological re- ports that we may secure “We further pledge ourselver to remain In the archipelago for a time of not lees than one year, unless pre- vented by sickness. “(Blgned).”" The petition was then presented for signatures, and all present at the meeting signed. As it was decided that signing by ‘Plan of Volunteers: The Manila Freedom of the ir} the keys, may be seen Kirk's fine | tition was given to the chairman | with Instructions to obtain signa tures of thone not present. All de | *iring to sign can do so by calling jat Co, ¥, First Tennessee, where} jelther Mr, Campbell or Mr. Huggins will be found in charge of the peti-| | tion | | A motion wap then made and ad opted, fixing next Tuesday at 7 p.m.) | a# the date for meeting for perman- ent organization. All interested are | Invited to be present, | Popular Story Writer, I wonder if th ¢ is a boy or girl between twelve and elghteen who does know Kirk Munroe nooks, I mean, And in | tion I may girls de- | slenedly, for my experience is that | girls like wholesome, stirring boys Stories about as well as the boys themaeives Kirk Munroe, or rather “Kirk,” for | that in what the men, women, and | children call him down in the quaint ted little village of Cocoanut grove, Fla, is as breezy and enter- taining as his books, and as much of & boy a8 the most exuberant of his ‘rea | “Mr, Munroe?” the villagers will repeat, looking at you blankly in an- #wer to your question; then a broad smile of good nature will spread over their faces, “Ob, Kirk, you mean? Yes, we know him, of course.‘ Yon- der he is running down to his boat”; there he is, talking to who ught a redbird, bargaining for the release of the captive’; or, “that's he, with all those boys off the pier—planning some kind of Jark, mont lkely.” And #0 it comes to you from all sides. Whatever is identified with the welfare of the village, and eape- clally with the Welfare of the village young people, Kirk ‘has a finger in,” as they express it. Just now he is the head and sinews of a village library, which is being started with several hundred volumes, mostly from lis private store. There is a peculiar fascination in looking over these books, for many of them are Presentation copies, and on their fly- leaves we find names which are household words, as H. C. Bunner, Rudyard Kipling, W. 1. Stoddard, John Kendricks Bangs, John Fiske, and hosts of others, Usually they have some inscription or bit of verse to their “friend Kirk Munroe.” A volume of Rudyard Kipling has sev- eral of his telling stanzas, and some \of the others have lines which are charmingly identified with the names scrawled below them. Kirk Munroe’s winter home is small, but itis surrounded by broad verandas, and there is an orange tree, which snuggles some of its branches under the front veranda roof, and re are lemon trees on one side and @ confusion of tropical fruit and flowers, which peep at one from somewhere behind. But for the most part the ground in front is bare, affording an unobstructed | view of the bemutiful Biscayne bay, stretching away to a long line of Inclosing reefs or keys in the 4 tance. Down from the house is a well worn path leading directly to a plier and boathouse; and here, ex-| \cept when away on one of Ite many pleasure or fishing excursions among not through his thin con | yacht and its good-natured, ebony- | hued keeper. } The surroundings are picturesque- ly wild and tropical. Palm trees |abound, and in the woods or ham- mocks are wild oranges and lenions, jand limes and figs. Clumps of giant bamboos are seen along the path, | to the hause, and all about |growth which is unfamil: cuurious | | If we go into the house we find) Mra. Munroe very cordial and enter- taining, and if we evince an interest in her husband's work she will show | |us English reprints of his books, which she smilingly declares are her own especial property; and she will speak of certain hours in the morning when he is not to be dis- turbed, and of another new book which Is soon to be issued, and of | the proofs of a serial he in revis- ‘ing preparatory to its coming out. And it may be some allusion will be made to her own work, or to a new book by her mother — Amelia Rarr. Before we know it, a half- hour has slipped by, and we £0 away with as much interest in the author's personality and home as we have hitherto felt in his work. Died in His Fathor’s Office NEW YORK, March 16.—Benjamin Peebles, M4 years old, committed su!- cide yesterday in the office of his father, Benjamin K. Peebles, at 78 Second reet, by inhaling tlumin- ating gas. The father keeps a fich- smoking establishment at that ad- dress. Young Peebles, it is said, was sent away from home some time ago on account of his intemperate habits but his wife and two children lived with his father. Peebles got into the office by way of a back fence early yesterday morning and turned on the gas. He was found dead when the employes opened the place. He left no message. Election in Tacom TACOMA, March 16.—In the im- pending line up of the plutocrats on the one side and the Democrats on | the other it is not yet settled wheth- er the opposition to the g. o. p. will be called the Democratic or the Peo- ple's Party or citizens’ ticket, each having been proposed the proper name, The Populistsa, who claim to have | been the leaven which has put life and vigor into the party of the peo- ple, are naturally averse to giving | up their name and calling them- selves Democrats, while those of the Democratic wing of the old party urge that all join under the old | nam definite arrangements have thus far been made for naminating candidates for the city council, al- though the matter ts now under con- sideration by the committees of the two wings of the Democratic party The Republican caucuses are to be held next Monday evening, the pri- maries on Thursday evening and the general convention on the following Monday, March 27, The election will be held April 4. | | PULMAN, Wash. Mar, 16. — This hweek was the beginning of the an- | nual school of dairying at the Wash- ington agricultural colleg#, and the school opened with six students, but the attendance is expected to in- lerease in the next few days to 20, This is the limit, The schoot con-| tinues for ten weeks, ending on May 8. Butter and cheese makers of na- tional reputation have been secured to teach these branches, and the There ts nothing now." | proxy would not be allowed, the pe-| sehoot promises to be a success, | | fax, WHERE Is THE (ASHE Given to “American Boy” Fund? CINCINNATE IS ALL STIRRED UP People Who Have Given Money To- » Wards the Now Ask Questions. CINCINNATI, March 16.—The question of the amount and disposal of the “American Boy” funds is be- ing discussed in every school where money has been raised. Many of these schools have forwarded the amount subscribed to Ctheinnati, and a few of them have the money in the hands of their own commit- teen. Bome believe that the building of @ battleship is @ larger undertak- ing than can be carried through and are in favor of collecting the money now subseribed and of using it in some national tribute to the men who lost their lives in the recent war. Several of the young men who have been connected with the en- tire movement here say that all of the funds have been turned over to Rankin Good, who has acquired a national reputation as a promoter of the movement. They claim that young Good in the only one in a po- sition to give statement on the condition of finances here. Good says that it is impossible to say just how much money is héld either In Cincinnati or in any of the other cities where funds have been raised. One interested party sug- gents that the court be asked to ap- point a receiver for the fund until some final disposition is made. lost of the Cincinnati schools are | contrivutors and Supt. Morgan said to a Post reporter Friday that he was anxious to find out the co:.dition of the “American Boy” funds. He said: “We rained $1600 in the schools of Cincinnat! and I for one think @ financial statement ought to be published regarding the amount and disposition’ of the fund.” College Regents Meet. PULLMAN, Wash. March 16.— The board of regents of the Wash- ington agricultural college and and school of science met in regular bi-monthly session tn {ts room in the administration building, with Reg- ents MoCroskey, Tannatt, and Stearns present. Regent Canfield came up from Col- and met with the board. John B. Allen, ex- United States senator, appointed by Governor Rogers to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Regent Witt, was not present. Regents Tannatt, Me- | Cronkey and Stearns also pere pres- ent. The forenoon was spent in unim- portant routine business such as the allowance of bills and lMatening to reports. The matter of constructing the new buildings was then taken up and thorcughiy discussed in de- tail. Many improvements beside the construction of new buildings are being contemplated by the board, among them the placing of an ¢leva- tor in the administration building for the purpose of connecting the museum, on the fourth floor, and the partitioning of the room now used for a museum for the purpose of us- ing it for a library. The roof of the administration building is in bad re- pair, as it leaks in many places, and the board unanimously agreed that this must be repaired at once. President McCroskey, of the board of regents, submitted a statement giving a thorough description of the new butidings which the board has agreed upon. The afternoon was devoted to a iscussion of how the new butidings shall be erected, and the question of employing an architect. One matter which annoys the board particularly is the persistence with which some newspapers and some individuals Insist upon calling the institution the Pullman college or school, and every member asked that the newspapers lead the fight to have the institution properly called. Puget Sound Pirates. TACOMA, March 16.—That there is an organized band of pirates dep- redating the waters of Puget sound has become evident. Formerly the gang confined its stealing to the ist- and and bays adjoining Seattle, Port Townsend and Victoria, The com- munities and dwellers of the down Sound country, however, have put themselves so thoroughly on the alert the pirates have been forced to transfer their operations toward Ta- coma. Yesterday the home of A. P. Carr, living on Fox island, was visited by the thieves, during the owner's ab- sence, the house broken into and the rooms ransacked. All the value se- cured as far as known, was a couple of shot guns and a repeating rifte. Returing to the beach, the pirates took from its moorings a beat made fast astern of the thieves’ sloop, and towed down the Sound. No description has yet heen re- ceived of the pirates or their craft, but it is believed a white-painted sloop which has been seen beating in and out of the bays and Inlets of the waters of the lower Sound car- les aboard the men who have been guilty of the numerous stealings re- ported lately. They apparently watch the steam- ers plying the Sound and when they see a party leave the dwelling and board the steamer they run in close to the beach, and putting ashore in a small boat, rob the house of any- thing of value to be found. A Crazed Patient Suici YONKERS, N. Y., March 16.—In- sane from pneumonia, Solomon Richmann, an inmate of the Home for the Agen and Infirm in Riverdale avenue, committed sutcide (his morning by jumping from a four- story window of the home to the ground. He had relatives living in Albany. He was 75 years old,