Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
oe very afternoon except Sunday, ) RP, CHASE, | * fhasinane Neaxaoen Kpiron, conte per week, per month delivered ways in wdvanos, No free - Telephone Pike 150. Pe Third Avenue » posto Moe at Roart}e, Washing econ class inatter "work h of the big three compartment shaft it 1s a somewhat remarkable thing ‘that uy tive steps have been taken to build @ trai! through the heart of the Olympic mountain district. An ef- fort to raise funds for the purpose is minerals in large quantities, yet but Uttle prospecting has been done tn the region, owing to the difficulty of gaining access. The building of a trail would throw the country open to prospectors, and might result in great good to Seattle, provi ted that | mines are discovered. Again, i Tt is one of the most beautiful localities, as well as one of the best stocked game pre- The work on the Sunnel of the| never geen apart. Jim Blaine will be completed to the testifying in the case he spoke of serves in the Northweat, and could be made to yield a considerable rev- enue to Seattle outfitters. ——————— Now that Mr. Marconi, the ventor, has succeeded, according to today’s cable despatches, in send-_ EATTLE STAR. to the present time no effec- |" in cage of accidental death during & holdup, would be a measure worthy of earnest consideration by the Leg- islature.” When the hour came for the Kan san Legisiature to close the other day, detectives were stationed at jovery exit of the Statehouse to see that no property was carried away, It has been the custom for a vast nomber of years for articles rang- ing from typewriters down to tnk~ |atands, to disappear at the end of every session, The detectives found plenty to do, and dosens of would- be thieves were forced to disgorge. This is how the Delta Lughthoune of Mississippt chronicles a domestic tragedy When the sad news of Mra, MoCushker's death was tremb- lind on the lips of every individual tn this community, and when the scream nd walle of her many friends and relatives were filing we surrounding air with horror, Mr. Me~ Cusker fell a victim to pneumonia ‘That, with the grief caused by the death of his wife, has rendered him eer Ufolens. | Boston wos greatly exclted the other day over the hurling of a sup- | posed dynamite bomb upon the front | platform of a subway car by an |“unknown misereant.” The police refused to take charge of the alleg- ed bomb, which had failed to plode, When examined and dis sected by a fearless motorman it waes found to be an empty storage battery cell, which some one hat t ie 'thtow in the sand bucket on the platform of the car under the supposition that the receptacle was & depository for rubbish, —_—_______— AN ATTRAGTIVE SIGH. Advertising Manager Rowe, of the Bon Marche has contracuted a re- markable electric sign, which ha |been placed in front of the store lover the Second avenue entrance of this large department house. It ts attracting much attention every lovening. ‘The letters of the sign are formed by incandescent globes, The [background is half pink and halt white, and the effect is, indeed, beautizul. MINING NEWS. News from Republic states been begun on the sinking that jin the Ben Hur mine. The shaft is being put down 475 feet north of the couth line of the claim. Two of the [compartments will be four feet by |four feet eight Inches clear, and the jother will be four feet by four feet and five inches tn the clear, Men are working on the Liberty claim, crosscutting the surface to select the most favorable spot for ing a shaft. Surface work has recently been done on the North Star claim. A shaft has been sunk @ distance of 20 feet. The Dora shaft is sald to have reached a depth of 66 feet. It is said that when the shaft has reached a depth of TS feet it will be crosseut to the ledge. On the Summit claim the winse | ts being sunk the ore is said to be improving jualiyt. Good progress is being made on the tunnel of the Republic Little Glant. ‘The Butte and Boston mine te said to be doing well and it im predicted |that it will produce much valuable ore before the end of the year. Princess Maud in about 40 days. gold. Some assaying has recently been fing an electric message across the 1One On ore taken from the Good English channel without the ald of wires, from South Foreland, Eng-| land, to Boulogne, France. the world may look forward to a rapid de. velopment of the uses of wireless, telegraphy. Who knows but that ‘within a dozen years cabier wil! be things of the past, and invisible words will go flying between Amer- fea and Europe over the crest of the ‘waves? —_—— ee ‘There is very little heard nowa- days about mills and factories run- ning on half or three-quarter time. Over at Centralia they have start- 4 the fashion of running on “five: quarter” time in order to keen up with orders. Yet there are men loaf- ing around in all of the large cities who claim that they cannot get work. It will probably be so to the end of time. ye —_—_—_—_—_—_— Judging from the correspondence captured near Manila, Aguinaldo's treasurer is not under the necessity of giving a very heavy bond. The principal part of his receipts consists of letters from subordinates stating they have no money to send him. Being a patriot without revenue is decidedly rough from the Spanish way of thinking. _—_——— It is reported from Pekin that Li Hung Chang |s about to return to power, and that his yellow shirt and) peacock feather are to be restored to bim. Political favors have been bestowed and taken away so often of late years, that the great Orient- al statesman has been compelied to keep a change of raiment in stock at all time: _ Senator Chauncey M. Depew says that the trusts will ultimately fail to pieces of their own weight. This may prove to be true, but in such an event a multitude of unfortunates will probably be crushed under the debris. —_———— NEWS AND NOTES. Apropon of the fact that the per- petrators of train holdups in Min- sour! #0 often escane detection and punishment, the Henry County Re- publica f that state sarcastically observes: “A law to compel the railroads of Missour! (to provide medical attention and proper nurs- ing for train robbers who are in- Jured while industriously plying their ‘vocation, as well as sultable pro- vieton for their edepndent relatives hat Kae aN lB Li: we ible ti | Luck Consolidated mine. The value of the ore is causing some specula- tion. The ledge will soon be crona- |eut and will be extended to an addi- jonal depth of & feet. ‘The ledge of the Bryan and Sewell mine will probably be cut in about © days. The average progress made per week is 10 feet. The ported strike in Gold creek has been confirmed. It is estimated that the whole body of ore contained lin the ledge will exceed $60 per ton. Ore taken from the Bull Dog and Georgie Reed mine assays from 4 to $123 per ton. The Palmer Mountain Tunnel company’s 1700-foot tunnel in Okan- oan county produces ore to the value of $49 per ton. The Pumalit Okanogan county, has a $00-foot tunnel rich vein of quartz. group of mines In recently bonded, following a The Golden Song mine hae four 509-foot tunnels, each of which is producing rich ore. The “I. 8." mine is being ti with a 1500-foot tunnel, The ore in it assays $24 In gold. AMUSEMENTS. The reason of legitimate drama at the Third avenue this week is | meeting with great success. Janet | Waldorf was greeted by a large jhouse last night, and tonight the bill will be changed to “The Lady let Lyons." An Up-to-Date Dinner. Men "aper Trust. Cocktalis—Whisky Trust. Oysters on the Half Shell—Oyster Trus' Soups — Green Turtle Soup—Fish Trust Consomme—Beef Truat. | Fish — Boiled Red Snapper—Fish \Trust. Green Peas-—Canning Trust | Pickles—Vinegar Trust Entrees — Cigarette Trust, Terrapin—-Fish Trust man Punch—Ice Trust. Roast — Roast beef—Cattle Trunt | Stewed Tomatoes Cream Potatoes—Milk Trust, Sala Letuce Mayonnaise—Vinegar Trust — Cigarette are—Havana Tobacco Trust, Flour Trust. “Well the rent f us." no stupid.”* CHARACTER IN TONGUE Parisian Mademoiselle Calls This Art Glossomancie. Glossmancie is & new solence tn- troduced by a Mile. Erbe No of ‘aris, consiating of @ Peading of the character by the form and sine of the tongue, ‘The guiding principles are as fol- lows: If the tongue ja long it is an Indication of frankness: if it ts short,, Of dissimulation; If it Is very broad, of dxpansivences; if narrow, of concentration. When the tongue Is beth long and large It implies that the possessor is & great gosaip, frank to disagree- ableness, and thoughtiess, tongue be long and narrow, its own er is only half frank, thinking much ae ts red, but not always uttering ai) that te thought If’ the tongue be short and broad there ia promise of plenty of goe- sip—and falsehoods; it talks a great deal, but saye little of what Is really thought. If short and narrow it indicat deep cunning and lying: impenet bility and prudence, The tongue be- longs to those persone always ready to make rotetakes, but spire confidence, So, then, not the physician is to be guided by the tongue, but before you become intimate with any one, ask him or her to put out his or her tongue, that you may be certain whether they are to be trusted or not.—Boston Globe. MAN AND WIFE JAILED FOR LIFE ST. LOUIS, March 29.—William and Lulu Lay, husband and wife, though they live to be a hundred years old, will never see cach other again. Until death releases him from the Judgment of the courts of this world and hip case goes up to the higher court, Wiillam Lay will not leave the walle Chester pen- itentiary, Until Wi released ne Joliet penitentiary. ‘The man and hie wife will toll out their Hyves witht few miles of ever seeing each other a* long o» tite laste Since William and Lulu Lay were convicted on circumstantial evi- dence of the murder of Mra. Sarah Wynn they have oceupied separate colts at the county fall at Betlecilie. Friday Sherif! Hermann Barnic- kol took the man to Chester, Both realized that the separation would be forever, As the man was taken down the tron stairs from the upper ter of celle, his wife clinging to the bare of the women'’e cell door, abricked » Lay beared pite- to bid his wife female prisoners are conf an unusually strong of iu between wite. they Bs before the cri wae naticrable. his wife with feeling, once going fo ‘far as to defy anybody to say that ‘The ledee of the Mabel mine Ie they had ever been seen apart since said to be well mineralized with they were married. | After their conviction, when they (were taken back to jail, Lay pleaded for the privilege of kissing hin wife before they were locked up. It was granted and they embraced affec- Uonately. Lay is 24 years old. Mra. Lay is only 19 The sentence of each ts for lite. HEIRESS HUNTIN “Fut what freak fends you out |Into a dreary euburban = neighbor- hood—you of all the persona in the world?” Launcelot Grover stared at Albert Fordham, Fordham smiled. He was a blond with yellowish hasel eyes, brown hair and @ set of teeth that rendered smiling a most becoming operation. “Country air, my dear boy,” #aid “country alr and seclusion—and the neighborhood!" “How do you mean the neighbor- hood?" “T tell you,” answered Fordham, “I have rooma in a desirable villa, where a remy bie widow keeps a few very select boarders; fried liv- or for breakfast, boiled beef for din- ner and atale lobster for supper— but 1 fave @ neighbor.” “A neighbor?” “1 know Jones, the real entate agent,” soi? Fordham, nodding hi head wisely. “Jones ts alway willing to do me a friendly turn when can—and he told me, In a strict confidential way, that Mins Deforest, the heiress, had engaged | Rome Cottage—where, by the way, ‘there are no roses-—directly oppo- site where I board. My room win- dow looks into the terraced lawn and commands @ view of the lat- ticed casement, where, behind a the heiress dwells. My dear fellow. there are more ways than one 0 lighting the flame of the tender pa sion on love's altar! Miss Deforest [han been tormented to death with mediocre love making ever since she ~ Milk Trust, | the rv Cheese—Milk messenger brought back answer: Deanert—Ice cream |Sherbert—Ice Trunt lprust. Coffee—Sugar Trust. Cig-| “What does Adolphus Binks dot | he works for a living Ike | little further, sending a box of very association. entered society, T shall manage af- ‘faire after an entirely original fashion! Only wait and see!” Albert Fordham had laid out his programme of helress-winning wit Ro- | great akill, and he prosecuted It con- Day after day a car ive of acientiously. fully culled bouquet, expre Canning Trust, | the language of flowers, was carried | farmer. Mr across the duaty road, duly directed, “To the nymph who dwells among bude.” Day after day the “The missus’ compliments, and Toast she's much obliged.” | rm getting along,” thought our hero. ‘The second week he ventured a and a new choice French bonbon: “T didn't think he would turn out and fascinating novel, with a note jte the effect that he hoped they If the) each other without even a hone of | m liey, pulling the THE monotony would serve te of her lonely b Hahten thi 1 “Well, Jackey,” he Mercury, the Widow Fulkine’ rag med little wo: what did she way? “he saya ‘Very kind o' the ¢ tleman,’ and whe began to eat the eandy and read the book!" > far, #o good,” aaid Fordham, morrow I'll vere maid to hin |. Whieh breathing suppres and hinting at a consuming love on jie part fed by the Mutter of her blue ribb: at the opposite case | ments. It was addressed | “Po the Beautiful Incognita,” and signed “Your Devoted Slave!” | "What did she say this time, my |boy,"” he asked, when Jackey Fluff |kins came @auntering back with both both hands in his pants pock etn She began to read tt to another |iady and saya ‘How perfectly aweet!'" “Ah, ha!" thought Albert Ford- ham, “I am getting ahead. Now let us see if I oan get trusted at | Moon & Rockitt's for a solitalr Mut here stern te interpome ‘There was already a little bill u |mettied against Fordhbam's name tn |the books of Mensrs, Moon & Rock itt “But I tell you,” pleaded “T am going to marry an and this is to be our engagement vias Albert apoy -totoar of tt iar pure, aaid Mr. Moon politely, “but it en |Urely against our rules to allow a } di to run any higher, without at jleast @ amall payment on account.” | And Fordham was compelled to go jto a lone fashionable establishment jand coment hime and handsome pearl. “I know nothing of ye he wrote, “wave that you are fair, I to know nothing except that I love you. Dearest, if you will be mine, 1 shall see a blue ribbon tied from the casement blind one hour from now.” Breathiess, and with throbbing heart he watched the casement, un tl @ little white hand hung some |thing blue upon the slate and di lappeared like a fluttering snowflake. | “I've won her,” said he to him- | nett. | Catehing his hat he gave one Iaat jtook into the glass, And then has- j|tened across the dusty road into the [bower of Iilace and geraniuma that |sheltered the Gothic entrance of | Rose cottage. ¢ with a large Mra. Lay will not leaye the walls of) 4 pretty tittle servant mald, with) mustin cap and a white ruffled apron admitted him. “Minsus is in the drawing room please, sir.” said she, all smiles and conscious blushes. “Confound those women, do they tell everything to their servant \girla?” naid Fordham to himeelf, ax |he entered the apartment pointed jout to him. He had seen Mies Deforest once at the opera, sitting In an opposite box and he knew her to be young and deautiful—but the lady who stood simpering in the middie of the par- lor was neither one nor the other Me started back, involuntarily ex- claiming “Where is Mine Deforest?” “Bhe does not come here until Au- gust” politely responded the hostess, “I am Patty Pugsley, at your service.” ‘The glitter of the pearl ring on lner finger flashed at him like a mocking eye as she advanced. He retreated. “There in some mistake!” he gasped. “I—suppored It was Mins Deforest who lived here.” "You said you didn't know nor joare!” squeaked Mise Patty Puge- pink note #heet out of her pocket. | black and white that you loved me, jo you did! And I'll have the law lon you, eo T wilt!" Mr. Fordham rot safe out of the | house, but Miss Pugsley sued him lfor “breach of promise” the next week, and the sult ie still pending The jeweler has not yet received his $80 for the pearl ring; neither i the board bill settled yet. What the Goat Did. An able-bodied and vicious goat heireas | You wrote it all In) MERE ET I TITTYET IRNTEREO TNR ET RGR PG MR E SEATTLE: STAT. THRILLING INCIDENT ‘The DenouementWas a Surprise. “During the Mardi Gras crush,” |waid a veractous visitor, “I occu jpied half,of what was normally a suite of rooma at one of the hotels ‘The other section was secured by a married couple with a very young child, 1 never | babies» so bent on bringing thelr parents to hotels, and thin | particular infant kept up an almont |Incessant walling, day and night |which was painfully audit | through the folding doors that sep- |arated the apartments “On the evening of the # d day 1 ran in to change my clothes for linner, and, as usual. tog ovonngnt zi te began to howl! It waa un pleasant, of course, but at the same could understand why time I w rather shock to hear & man's Voice growl out suddenly ‘Confound ft, Mary, Is there no way }you can shut it up? ‘No there in not,’ dd the thin tones of a woman ‘ou think so, why, try it yourself!’ “Hit it with something! Sit on it!’ exclaimed the arely. ‘1 was wrestling with my collar. at the Ume and pretty thoroughly |oceupled, but the fellow’s brutality angered me through and through 1 could read exhaustion in the voice of the wife, and there rose be my mind's eye a ure of a jaded, |nerve-racked woman, tired out by man, say- jan ailing child, and a burly brute of @ man who roars like @ fbull of Bas han whenever he happens be slightly disturbed. In the interval |that followed the baby cried harder |than ever, Presently the man spoke up. “By the eternal, I'll fix ‘ he shouted, furiously. that strap!’ | “Good heavens,’ I said to myself, too muc Vil have to in- |terfere!’ @natehing up my coat, I stepped into the hall, The outer door of the next room was open and I had a clear view of the interior, A | woman, howing a baby in ber arms, | was standing by the dresser. In the |kTound and then the police sergeant | » a stout man | | middie of the floor wa: jin his shirt sieeven, He was trying to close a trunk.”~ New Orleans Times-Democrat. CHARGED WITH AN OLD CRIME Two Formers Accused of a Murder of Years Ago. ARCOLA, Til, March 2%—John and William Brown, sons of a prom- Inent farmer six miles south of here, has been arrested on a charge of murder. | The alleged murder took place in | Bioomfeld, Ind, more than twelve | yearn ago, and was the result of « |street brawl, The Browns and |man named Reinbolt became engag- led in a quarrel, and during the fight it im alleged that Jabn Brown kick- ed Reinbolt In such @ manner as to break his neck, causing his death almost instantly. It is suppored the | brothers made their escape and were not found until last night. They were taken to Bloomfeld today. It te claimed by them that it was jus-/ tifable homicide. LIQUID Al was arrested by the West Side po- | |}ice in Chicago the other day and| given a ride in a patrol wagon. The | seat wan stolen recently from John Cabinet Officials Witness a EXHIBITION bower of exotics and canary birds, | Chikowski, who reported the lons to the Rawson street ives Sluptkowski and Holmes were Aetailed to find the animal and re- turn him to his owner, They did as they were ordered but declared that it was the hardest arrest they ever made. The goat was found In a barn an apparently was not In a humor receive visitors. The officers enter- silky |ed cautiously, and in a dark corner | .4) ving a nap. ok hold of tte wan barn |found the animal en | Detective Stupiowski t |norns. The next Instant th: a lively commotion within the he, with a shrug of the shoulders; |The coat leaped to tte feet and at) iow Detective Sluplowskt It charged with \all the force it could command, The lofficer performed a double somer |aauit, sat on the floor with great |force, and waited for many be tiful objects to leave his vision. PD tective Holmes tried to ald his com- rade and suddenly found himself in |the alley, being followed In a few |xeconds by him companion. | sphe two officers picked themselves jup and made a combined attack on |the goat, finally succeeding In ge ting it tied with a rope. The task jof leading the animal to the patrol box proved diMcult and furnished a | great deal of amusement for the re- sidenta of the vicinity. However, the two men finally managed to drag the unruly prisoner to the nearest box, and from there he was trans- ferred to the police station In th patrol wagon and locked in a cell until the owner called and removed him. j TRIED TO BURN _ AWHOLE FAMILY mW ALBANY, Ind., March 29.— News has reached here from New | Washington, 20 miles east of an attempt to cremate the family of Toblas Johnson, a well known Johnson and hin wife |were aroused from their sleep by amoke, and calling their children, they managed finally to get out of the burning building, It was ascer tained that the doors and windows [had been saturated with ofl, This in the vicinity of numerous barn |burnings recently, and the local farmers have organized a detective ‘The Y. M. C. A. wil have a nine In the Meld this summer, of here, | jarvelous Sight. WASHINGTON, March 2.—The most extraordinary exhibit ever giv- en in Washington was witnessed at the Arlington hotel last night by the scientific circle of this city, members of the cabinet, supre court, diplomatic corps and other [public men. Tt was given under the |auspices of the National Geograph clety, presided over by Prof Rell, the inventor of the telephone, and furnished an opportunity for Charies BE. Tripler, of New York, to jshow for the first tir in publie the motive power which he has discovered and calls liquid air. A |description of this remarkable fluid land its uses appears in McCture’s Magazine for March and a more lelaborate account will be given in the April Century. Briefly and simply stated, Mr. | Tripler takes $00 gallons of ordinary jair drawn from any window and by Jeompression and cold reduces It to lone gallon of tiquid that looks 1\ lglycerin and retains ite form at a temperature of 312 degrees below nero. As it warms ft expands in- to vapor and then Into air, just as steam by water Is expanded Into heat, By controlling this expansion Mr. Tripler proposes to furnish a new motive power for the use of the transportation companies on sea and n land, for factories, furnaces and for every other purpose for which steam and electricity a used expansive equal to 2000 pounds a square Inch, without an exhaust pipe the is 0 great that there ts jnow no material of sufficient strength to restrain it, In other words, a pint or a quart or @ gallon jof this Hquld will burst any vessel Hes land | pressure in which it may be confined unless there Ie an opportunity for Its es- cape gradually, Close of the Spanish War. a r many days President Me- will mation announcing that n restored between the wernments of Spain and the Unit ed States. It ts believed that the treaty will be ratified within a fort- night, as it is well known that the Spanish kingdom Is in need of the money There will be the least possible delay in concluding the formalities, after which the $20,000, - 000 will be placed to the credit of the Queen Regent, The treaty is prob ably now on Its way to Paris to the |French oMelals, and it will be sent |to Washington, where the ratifica- » called upon to Issue! will, of course, be | thon exchanged The state department haw ever |thing in rendines# and there 1 be no delay on the part of the oMfclalr ing f thin government in carry part of the contract Immediately after the ratification en exchanged Pre nt M ave | Kinley will annownee to the 1 that the two governments recently at war hi now adjusted t f and are willing to be on | fri terms again, Soon after thin formality each government wil ative send a diplomatic repre the capital of the other and the war no disastroun to Bpain a memory. which was | will be only No Trouble Expected. CHICAGO, March 2%.—Tobert Stu-| art, head of the Chicago syndicate! that owns the lease Man's jisland at Vancouver, B. C., said lant night that no word had come trom reprementath re the company's karding the reported clash t en the company’s men and the Vancou ver police. All his advices were to |the effect that no trouble wan in prospect, the city authorities who! ¢ inclined to rebel being appar ntly wativfied that th Dominion | the und to stand jleane left them no « jon now RAINED LIZARDS IN ALAMEDA The n it ALAMEDA, Cal, March 29 old story anent the storm w ined cats and dogs, vunted in Alameda. |gean Albert Kamp ts the statement that it actually ed Vaords at an early hour lvery morning The lizards that came from the sky, a8 Mr. Kamp firmly belleves, @ of the salaman der variety, of pinkish color, unable to navigate on land and commonty known th water lzard Mr. |Kamp noticed a number of these little reptiles on his way to the city has b Police Ser esponsible for rain this YOUNG GRIFFO | IS INSANE | He Raves About Fights With Imaginary Foes. | CHICAGO, March 2 prise ring to the shadow son asylum, from padded cell, tre wlory to the obs y ot Al r GnmMtha be | Gritt the greatest oxer that ever faced a foe Grows in bulk and Jeering in ex- prewsion, his dark beard mantling m haggard face that once glowed with the clear flush of his superb animality, the who never me jan equal in the boxing game was |dragged into the insane court at the detenti hospital today, given a |brief hearing and consigned to | wards of Jefferson Griffo was arrested five days ago in a downtown waloon, Leming wildly with the air d screeching 4 jacally. His confinement in the Je tention hospital has since been full f interest and variety for his featherwelgnt aatir, calling the names of v horses at the top of his urging them |dewn an ima ry track, and Krowling like a wolf as he tore up bundles of paper representing pool tlekets, in which his money was presumably in A Occasionally lhe varied the proceedings by fight- jing the phantoms of his victims, landing counters and upp ‘cuts, and winning innumerable battles every day When brought into ¢ourt there was a genera) stir among the officers, but the keepers explained that they need have no fear. The mental disease of the ex-pugilist has, oddiy enough, taken away all ferocity, and the man whose downfall was punctuated by countless bar-room rows, is now as gentle and inoffensive, save against the shadows that disturb his brain, hall thie morning and wae some- | what hed at the unusual oc lcurrence. As he passed down Oak jstreet and opposite the prison he |considerable force and saw one of |the salamanders bound off to the sidewalk, He looked heavenward to | see if some one was playing o prank on him, but there was nothing over head by dark clouds, While he was still gazing skyward another lizard struck on his face and fell to the 1s firmly convinced that he was in |has saved one of the lizards and | will preserve it as a curiosity. Machinists in the Navy. Arrangements have been com- pleted for the admission into the navy of 100 warrant machinists, new pomitions created by the naval per- sonnel law, regarding which there has been a great deal of discussion. Some of the opponents of the amal- gamation scheme and the oblitera- |tion of the engineer corps claim that jthis force of 100 warrant machinists pone be the nucleus of another en- gineer corps, and that it will not be many years before the requirements of the service and the ambitions of the machinists will serve to shape them into a corps similar to that Just abolished, It Is planned to hold examinations at all the principal yards simultaneously, even at Man- ila, and that this may be accom- [plished the orders and papers for |such an examination, to take place in the course of six weeks, will be \sent to Admiral Dewey at once. | ‘The new positions pay from $1200 lto $1800 per year, according to the jiength of service. The machinists |may be retired and have separate quarters on board ship from the en- listed men. Preference will be giv- en men already in the navy, after which civilians will have an oppor- tunity to appear, The examination will be competitive and will em- brace these subjects: Handwriting, jarithmetic, marine engines, marine Jers, auxiliary machinery, cators and diagrams and working sketches. In the case of men who have been in the navy, attention will be given the naval record and | the recommendations of the com- manding and engineer officers, ° Canadian Indians Increasing. Canada has 729 more Indian wards this year than she had last, ac- cording to the returns from the In- | dian department at Ottawa. The to- tal population of redskins has |reached 100,093. It is notable that |the only two places showing a de- jerease are New Brunswick and the |Northwest Territories, where it is probable the red man has been in- juriously affected by the unprece- dented rush of white men into the game lands owing to the Yukon gold excitement. Their land under culti- vation aggregated 111,889 acres, and from these lands their revenues was | $765,000, as against $580,000. from fish- ling and $437,337 from hunting. Their |total earnings are placed at $2,633,- |395.—Boston Transcript. CHAMBER OF HORRORS In a New York House of Bloody Fame. The Woodside cottage tn which William Guldensuppe was killed and jeut up by Mrs. Augusta Nack and Martin Thorn, is to become a wi shop with a “chamber of horrors as the chief attraction. The cottage is on Second street, and is one of a w of three detached cottages, all alike, The one in which the murder was committed is nearest to Ander- son avenue. It has never had a tenant since Thorn and Mrs. Nack rented it, and the owner has become tired of hold- indi- ing the property a8 a losing invest- ment, It bel to B. Bula, and he has leased the place now to Louis Etienne, of Manhattan, and the work of fitting it up for the wine |shop is In progress, A large exten- sion is being built in the rear of the cottage and other exchanges are be- |ing made. | ‘The room, however, In which | Thorn shot Guldensuppe has not yet been disturbed, The bathroom where |the body was cut up will remain |the same, ‘These two apartments are to be the features of the wine shop. aoe ene Found That the Rustler cheapest place to buy ¢ 210 Columbia, between Third ‘ourth, ‘Phone Main 443, Grocery 1s the eries, and chi anon hi lai RMA bt i Sta bili as the mildest of citizens. One of Queen Victoria's Mistakes Queen Victoria some years. ago, Gimme | felt something strike hiv hat with|when she visited a certain sister- hood, desired the » jor to show her the place just as an ordinary vis- itor, and not to treat her as queen. The superior agreed and, proceed- ing conducted her majesty all over the building. The Queen was much interested, but observed that wheres they went the slsters courte- At last she remarked to her “I thought I made you un- guide: red and puffing. |4 *hower of salamanders. Mr. Kamp| derstand that I wished to be treat- ed as an ordinary visitor. “Why, ourtesying?” : replied the mother, “you have been obeyed. The reverence shown by the sisters was not intended for their Queen, but for me, their supertc BUNCO MEN ARRESTED Were About to Fieece a Hum- boldt Passen Three bunco men were captured last evening just before the steam- er Humboldt sailed for the north. They had picked their victim, and but for the watchfulness of Officer J, W. Glasscock, would have undoubt- ediy fleeced him. The buneo men were taken to police headquarters. The Humboldt sailed with a larce number of passengers and a big freight cargo. The list of the cabin passengers was ax follows: C. R. Maynard, J. N. Goodwin, J. P. Mill- er, C. A. Harrison, Mra. C. A. Har- rison, H. Morgan, J. J. Price. Thom- as Arden, E. P. Canney, T. Quilp, J. lh May, H. P. Goldfinch, J. B. Roddy, F. D. Manly, Miss Velmadad, Mrs. Rice, John Matthias, N. Muzzy, A. L. Hoadly, N. T. Hoadly, 8. H. Higgins, George Sitter, Miss G, Folder, O. 8 Barnes, L. H. Pauly, FE. PD. Cameron, George Loper, N. P. Peters, Peter Dykster, R. C. Kirk, S. S&S. Wright, George A. Hale, Mra. G. A. Male, H. P. Ellis, Mra. H. P, Ellis, A. J. Walker Take With Pinch of Salt, A parrot escaped from a drug store in a country village, flew into a church where the colored breth- ren were holding a meeting, perched on the pulpit, and, surveying the congregation, observed in a sharp valce; “It's hot as hell! Some of the brethren jumped out of the windows, while many of the sisters fell fainting. The preacher sought refuge in the steeple, and was 80 firmly wedged in it that they had to saw him out, The Best Men in Seattle Buy Their Best Fixings At the Best Store. Here you'll find the Best Clothes, the Best the Maker makes at the Best Lowest Prices... The Best Dressers, jthe Best Judges ) Buy Here... 64. LET US SELL YOUR NEXT BUSINESS or DRESS SUIT. “Blegest and Best in the Stat.” | d. REDELSHEIMER & Co i First Ave., cor, Columbia St. ”