The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1899, Page 2

t raacaranaeieae maneae tee | ; ; ' THE SEATTLE STAR, ta WELis & &. Panter, very tternoon “except Sunday. | RF, CHARE, | Bares Sax acme | “One cent per sony | VIN rents per Week er Cwenty-lve conte per month delivered by carriers. No free copies Te! PHONE Pike 16890, No. 10? Third Avenue Futered ri nthe poatomiee a Boattio, Washing. iON, AS second-clars matter. | PR SS EXAGGERATED STORIPS OF DAW SON FIRE LOSSES. it ts Righ time that the should be told about fires tn son. Three conflagrations have oo curred there, the last one on April! 26; but the losses have been grossly | exaggerated in published stories of | the several catastrophes. The tend-| ency to tell million dollar tales when | fires occur seems to have become tr resistadle, The first published story concerning the blaze of April 26, which appeared Sunday, was that the logs amounted to $4,000,000 in cash | The papere of Monday morning | shaved the loss down three millions, but did not see Mt to atrike the bed. rock of fects. The actual lows was! about $300,000 on a Dawson city, bdasis computation, figuring on the excessively high prices paid for the construction of buildings. These same structures and their contents, truth Daw- if located on Puget Sound, would not fat Midway Saturday that W, Thom. | de valued at over $25,000 ‘The fallacy of the million dollar story ts ahown by a study of the! claimed losses of the various burned- out firms, Here they are Opera House, $35,000. Dominion saloon, $60,000. Tivoli theater and saloon, $40,000. Bank of Briti#h North America Duiiding, $14,000. MeDenald Duilding, $12,000. Parson's Produce baliding, $12,000. Victoria hotel, $25,000, Other structures estimated at $59,- Grand total, $409,200. It must be borne tn mind that all of the structures destroyed were either log or rude fraing buildings, and that the contents, especially of the sa- toons, didn't amount to much. The stock of liquors on hand was very emall owing to the lateness of the In question tee toch ounestone cs caty be Teplaced for half of the original ni? Persons who are familiar with Dewson will amile when they read of million dollar fires, but the stories may pass unchallenged by those whose conceptions of the vast wealth of the Klondike have extended to all features of the country round about. including the modest log buildings of Dawson. ‘The fire was @isastrous enough, without making it appear still worse. Exaggerated report of losses on the Yukon, whether in Syeren ert elsewhere, are to be deplored as) tending to discourage capitalists from investigating more money in ‘the country. The telling of the truth, plain and simple, will be the best thing all around. from Washington last week that the President had decided to bring the First Washington volunteers direct from Manilla to Seattle. The rumor to this effect was without founda- tion. The only authentic information regard to the probable action to taken was conveyed in the tele- sent by Secretary Alger to the early in the week, stating that he hoped to have the soldiers trans- ported direct to this port. and that had Inatituted an investigation to if {t could be done. President | McKiniey haw been appealed to by both senators and representatives from this state, but owing to the fact that he has been resting Hot Springs, Va., many matters of tm- portance, tncluding this one relating | to the volunteers, have been deferred | for future consideration. THEY ARE INDIGNANT The Recent Quarantine Laws Anger Cattlemen. GUTHRIE, 0. T., May 2.—The eattiemen of western Oklahoma are | organizing a boycott on Kansas City and threaten to ship all their cat- tle to Chicage and South Omaha be- | cause of the recent action of the/ Kansas quarantine board in requir- | me inepection of al Oklahoma cat- tle entering the state. This rule w approved by the Missourt! board, thus making shipment to Kansas City a) eiMcult and expensive matter. | CA. Albert Dean, of Kansas City, agent of the United States quaran- tine department sub-station, met the Territorial livestock commission and granted the board's request to raise ‘the government quarantine line so a to exclude Logan, Noble and Okla- homa counties from the aad Metrict. CAPT. BUCHAN’S © SAD RETURN. KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 22.—~ Capt. F. E. Buchan’s return soma from the Phitippines on the United States transfer Valencia was a sad one. He brings with him the body of hin wife, who succumbed to the Clirrate in the Philippines. Mrs. Bu- chan tad been a bride but a few months. ‘When the Kansas regiment teft home to fight ite country’s battle in the Philippines, there was an un derstanding between Capt. Ruchan and his »weetheart, Mir» Lucinda M. | as censor we | were married, | me jing property | state penitentiary; , i Smith, of Lawrence, Kan, Separa tion was more than the two could stand, so with the exchange of let- tore came a determination to join their lot in the fortunes of war, They and the young bride husband to Ban Here oy followed her soldi Francisco with the regiment the first cloud fell across thelr ho ‘The off ted to have the wives on the (ransports and separ- ation seemed inevitable But the Kansas girl had pluck With the wife of another officer she became a stowaway and journeyed aa far as Honolulu on the way to Manila. Though com- pelled to leave the transport lowed Capt. Buchan within days on the regular shared his lot up to the time of he mpany of their a few | death, DPADWOOD, 8, D., May 22.-—-The Deadwood and Delaware smelter, in thie ety, together with all the min belonging to the com pany, has been wold to the Golden | Reward Mining company, The deal was closed to Chicago. The amount involved t# about one million and a half, ton pyritic smelter and about 3000 acres of mining ground, a great deal) lof which te producing, The Golden| | Reward com: ny, which has exten. sive interests here, is composed of E. H. Harriman, of New York, Samuel | J. Alierton, of Ohicago and « num- ber of Western men. Thompson Was No Title. GREENWOOD, BC. May 2.— | Land Commissioner Norris decided son, of the Beaverton townsite, has fo legal claim to the same, as no person has a fight to make any lagreement fo sell or dimpose of land Juntil ft hae beene crown granted. Hence the transfer from Wheatley to Thompson becomes null and void and the many agreements made by Thompson in Greenwood to detiver town lote are of no effect. This has created a stir in real estate affairs here. A Queer Story. STARBUCK, Wash, May 22—A curtous thing happened the other day on the new line of the Snake river valley road, which ts vouched for by several eye-witnesses. A mule be- longing to 8. T. McGrath, a con- tractor, was bitten on the jaw by a rattlesnake. The jaw ewelled terribly so that he could not eat. He stood it for two days, then deliberately committed suicide by walking out in the Snake river to the depth of hie breast, lay down and waa carried out | of sight without even a kick. Leather Workers Organize PHILADELPHIA, Pa. May 22.— Leather workers to the number of 200 gathered yesterday afternoon to take action looking to a more thor- ough organisation of the trade. It was stated that out of 990 men em- ployed tn the various branches of the leather irmiustry only 209 were members of the unton. Wages, it was said, were very low, glaziers making from % to $9 per week, men in other branches not making more than $12 at the best. Machine men average $9 per week. OBSERVATIONS. ‘The furnace man now seeks a po- sition with the tee company. see ‘The ditterest troubles generally arine from the most trivial accidents. | eee ‘The character of a family can pret- ty easily be read from the weekly wash. eee Nothing §# #0 exasperating as the | memory of misfortune that was all our own fault. see ‘The smudge from a black glove “an convert a beautiful woman into 4 vertitable horror. eee A man may be in the wrong « thousand times, but he seldom, if ever, eays “Forgive me.” eee Frilie are wo fashionable that a woman can be forgiven if her tem- per gets ruffied at times. eee The woman who doesn't own any furs ia epared the worry about moths | destroying them. eee There are none in the world ready to confess that their influence by any | pommibility could be bad. eee Bome persons are so perverse that | they do not enjoy strawberries when they come within their purse range. see The tinkle of the fee In the pitcher je the pleasantest music when the thermometer is bon baad upward move. A man never ‘tonty healt the joy of home until he sits at his own table ari criticizes his wife's cook- ing. 2 The greatest offense you can give the really hospitable woman ts to fail to eat heartily of the food she sets before y: eee A woman carried away by her em otions generally discovers that the same conveyance is not to be had to bring her back. 738 ‘The stage struck girl receives a severe shock when she sees for the first time some popular matinee idol off the stage. see It # harrowing to dwell upon the bundle of rag-time melodies that will be wheezed forth from the mer- ry-go-rounds this summer. + oe the A woman may say all sorts of un- kind things about her husband, but she In not true blood ff she lets any one else say them. ee A man glorifies a woman's freckles It beauty spote until he marries her, when he soon tells her the can- did truth about them. “* We are yet #o Sisabackiradia to the automobiles that one never ap- ee that a gaping crowd does not | follow its progress with their eyes. Plot to P n a Governor SANTA FE, N. M., May 22.—E. H. Bergman, late superintendent of the his son, Henry, and O. I, Merrill, as#istant superin- tendent, have been arrested, charg- ed with conspiracy to induce a pris- oner to accuse T. B. Catron of em- oying him to poison Goy. Thornton and several others two years ago Korn Drag Co. Fifth and Pik Prescription Ppecialisu. ‘Phone Pike 25 ra were not permits | on the Indiana | she fol. | steamer and ‘The property consiats of a 490. | . ‘: MOBBED THE BOSS Japanese Attacked Him With Picks and Shove STARBUCK, Wash, May 22.—'The Chinese-Japanese war was not more determined and more desperately waged than was the Japanese walk jing bows war waged here several days ago, Mr, Suipes is o walking oat for Contractor BD builting ef the O. R. & N new Snake river valley way, Two or three of th |!aborers on the contract | work, Mr. Snipes discharged them. There w & mobilisation of the | Japanese forces, 100 strong, and a | congerted move was made on Sni | Picks, shovels, wheelbarrows and anything else handy were used for | weapons, The panese had chased the boa# contractor into the river jafter a sharp battle, when the Jap anese boss contractor appeared on the scene and a halt was called. Mr Snipes sald that during the melee he put two or three of his opponent to jaleep, and is not sure whether or not they would wake up. Mr. Snipes | has gone to Portiand to rest and r pair damages, FUSION NOT | | refuned to WASHINGTON, D.C. May 2.— | Ex-fenator Lee Mantle, of Montana, whe is a member of the Industrial commission now in session here, ox | Pressed the belief that the silver wing of the Democratic party wilt |find very Wetle eneguragement and lone support from Silver Republicans in the mining tates of the Weert in the ext preeMential campaicn “There will be no more alliance of Silver Repubticans with the Demo erate in the West,” said Mr the, “The help that was given by THE | 8T. LOUIS, Mo. leun in the __ IN PROSPECT qu { which of the three were [the strongest. Hodges was carrying the gun, which belonged to Hogan Hogan remarked that he thought he! Man-| Stiver Republicans in the last presl- | dential campaign will not be forth coming In the neat, and al! talk of fusion In the future is idle The Democrate welcomed the Silver Re- publicane a# allies in close states, but tm states where they secured The game was exciting and long drawn out, and afforded « great deal |of amupement to | $0 spectators Seattie had the ga! well in hand up }to tBe ninth inning, when Tacoma broke loose and ran up 4 score of seven runs, making it @ tie Then the game grew exciting and so eager that meny errors and comical plays were Seattle fatied to seo after the ninth, ang Tacoma scor: vin Kraenaiein, world's broad | previous record of 34 ft. 3% in. by |the laurels in the inoer class High school meet on the U. of W. campus saturday. He won first place in the pole vault, first im the 120 yd. hurdies land frst In the half-mile run, beating | Rider, the ¥. M. C. A. crack runner | He also took second in the 440 yd from Torkel Monsen, a fast short distance runner, that he is training for the coming athletic meets to be held here thie summer. eee High scoree made on the Seattic Athietic club bowling alleys last week were foliows: Brady 71. Nelson @, Ranson 85, Churchill b4, Daniels 62, Jamieson 51 eee George Paris, fast runner ard all round lacrosse player, will represent the #. A.C. in the Queen's Birthday men at 24th Paris received his credentials from the Pacific Northwest association comm!itee, and te considered to be the fastest runner and lacrome play- er on the coast. cee The University boys intended to give a meet on May 3, but have had | to give ft up on account of the com- | sion In @ moet contemptuoun man ner, The then who received thie treatment are not likely to place themaecives in a position to receive it again, and whatever the Demo: crate hope to accomplich in States like Montana and Utah they will have to achieve without the aid of any other party.” Mr. Mantle think® present indica- tion point to the nomination of Mr. Pryen next year by the Democrats. With regard to free silver as the leading question In the next cam paign, Mr. Mantle believes that the questions arising out of the late war with Spain may overshadow It “If it should come to a question of standing by the government in the prosecution of war it did not seek,” said he, “millions of patriotic Americans will lone sight of ordin- ary issues and vote to uphold the policy that seeks the maintenance of our national honor and prestige. There are bound to be new political allanments anyway in the next cam- paign. Thousands who went with Mr, Bryan before will be glad to op- pose him next year, and will urge his anti-expansion views as a rea son, Some Democrats who oppored him fn 1896 will for that same som, and because they want to get back in the party, declare In his fa- vor." TROUBLE MAY ENSUE : in Indiana Coal Fields. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 22.~ The powder trust may bring about serious labor trouble in the Indi ana bituminous coal district Por some time the trust headed by the Dupont Powder company has had its agents working throughout the ter ritory in an endeavor to induce the the secendaney they repudiated fu- Tee baseball yesterday at! Madison park ted in a victory | for Tacoma by 4 score of 15 were the players on each tide to win, three more rune in the eleventh. Al-| points champion | be given to any one breaking coast Jumper. recently broke bis | records. |dash, and with the 6. A. team | won the felay reas. Prof. Crane * sed received wort! | Hodges, of Ros SEATTLE rate of $1.25 por keg of 26 pounds The object of the trusts’ compal “n is eald to be the wiping out of anti-trust powder concern of his city, componed of the heaviest « ators in the state, At the convention held in this city last March an agreement wae reached by the min ers’ and operators’ Joint committees by whieh the tt demand for a neale of 66 conte a ton was allowed on 48 areerment that the miners would pay $1.76 per keg for thelr powder, If the pow © nt ie tampered with ft la feared the oper ators Will attack the 66 cents soale Jaetrike may result, President Horn, of the Indiana Miner# wlation, has advited sticking to agreement KILLED BY HIS COUSIN A shot Horan loaded, Mode f John Louls coun May hands of 1 who did not know it 4 the death of Admir 19-year-old won Hii, Bt ty, Bunday afternoon Younes Hodges and his Bugene and Archie Hogan, had been ting in the woods around M mac Highlands, They were retur ing home when they com arg & themnelves gone wan eau *, the = tien the «un from his com Hodges invited him to boys clowed in a scuffle, and Hoga eded in wresting the gun from his countn. Hodges wanted to try it again, and Panion, and try it, Th he advanced toward Hogan to lay hold of the gun, when it was dis- ebarged, and Hodges r ived the full charge in the he the ground dead Fight Forest Fire. PORTLAND, Me, May %.—The men, women and chiktiren of West Falmouth and neighboring towns fought with green boughs and shov- ele this forenoon to demolieh a forest fire which threatened to wipe out the entire property of the village. Only mendement exerciaes, The meet will be held though, for Mr. Keyes hax taken hold of it and secured the Sanction of the A. A. U. and 8. A.C The program will include a 109 and 220 yd. dawh, 440 yd. 880 yd mile run, 120 yd. high hurdie, run ning broad and high jump, vaulting, 16 ib, hammer and disc throwing, and a relay race. The raes consist of gold and siiver med- and second men, @ sil the winning team in the ver cup relay tace, and a cup to the organ- ination senring the moat number a WASHINGTON, D. Cc. gold medal will) A mpectal |} in. }_In connection with the meet on eee [May ©, there will be amateur and Jack Geary, of the S. A. C., Won) profersinnal bieyele races. Conaid erable interest is being taken in thie part of the program, and it ts ex pected that there will be some sharp contest and good time made, About rack rifere are training for t and the entries are large Several Victoria riders will enter and attempt to ca away sor rs. Three medals will be given three winners in the amateur en. ard the professionals will re colve Cash prines “* The ¥. M,C. A. will hold an open handicap meet at the park on June 2 «The clubs to participate tn the event will probably be 8 A. C., ¥ M. C. A. and the Tacoma Y. M. C. A The ¥. M,C. A. basket ball team will go to Victoria to take part in the Queen's Hirthday celebration. A champtonship basket ball game will be played with the James Bay Ath letic association team, Mr, Lewis 1 from Victoria that upon playing seven Ine . while five men constitute a team. Under these circumet ” the local team say they will not play for the char interest t# being ma content, as this ts the to play basket ball rable fin this tempt firat out of doors ne house caught fire, and that was saved by pulling down a shed. Th fire was wu ontrot this noon The women did herote duty, one od by Mrs. Letehton of Fast Deering fighting the flames daily four hours antl saving the ee church, which stood in the fire. The loss is about OUR TRADE WITH RUSSIA WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.— Owing to the original sugsrestion and the unremitting work of Ambas- nador to Russia Hitchcock secretary of th now the interior, it is more than probable that a project, which to mean millions of dot lars to American trade, will by the co-operation of the manufacturers and the government of the United States be brought to a successful conclusion within the next two |years. ‘This is nothing lean that a pecullarly American exposition, in ither St. Petersburg or Moscow, of articles of American manufacture Powder Trust Mas cut Pric s| very mall expense lhe enormously | manufacturers, previously exhibited at the Paris ex Position of next year, Wh lor at St cock conceived the display would be pre and gation convinced him that it would profitable to our of the ge le ambas Petersburg, Mr, Hiteh- idea that such theat because | market afforded by Ruasia and the friendly feeling of the Russian gov ernment and people toward the Unit States. Ambassador Hitehcock ok immediate steps to interest his own rnment, and notes have been exchanged and official Inter views held which seem to pave the way for the successful prosecution | miners to purchage ite powder at the| of the plan, and fell to! “AN AMERICAN SULTAN | ing investigation into the atate of FRET INEM NANETTE A I RATT HT ONT IT AE NF A TIE I TET To eT Snr ERTIES On fr Serre Soper erernnnpere remnants oF | - TRAINMEN LET DUT oe stan wn Twenty of Them Disch. id for Selling Ride THKOA, Wash, May Annint ant Superintendent Buckley, of the| O. 1 & N, arrived here Haturday amt discharged twenty employes of the road at this point, mostly brake men, for the al ‘ed reason that they were carrying hoboes for small cone lerations and pocketing the pro ip. Home of the men let out have been in the employ of the company for & number of years and are of steady and induetrious habits, The sudden diaminal came as a surprise to them. Bome of them have hi here which they will be obliged to| 4 seek employment els precnen to quiet the fears nee danger in the from Tient#in =| Kumstan infla «reat public In Pekin road of their o Bpan-Hal-Kuan, but ence at Pekin tn conmidere sugh to secure what the Caar de mands, uniews all the other foreign inatinet powers unite againet it, Th for grabbing everything in China tn however, #0 great in Burope that the lother powers will give only a half | hearted support to China, allow Itus win to enforce her demands, and then follow the Russian example, de Inanding concersions for themselves SPOKANE TO _ HOLD A FAIR where The idea im entertained by a few that the Coeur d'Alene trouble ha had something to do with the men’ 8] Nemienal from the company’s service, It is said thet it company’® | intention to met rid of ite ployer Who are in sympathy with ¢ rioters who blew up the Hunker Hill ond Sullivan mill at Wardner, This) may be merely conjectural on the part of some, but an opinion of this nature is current about tows town | A TRICK OF WHISKY TRUST HARRISBURG, Pa, May 22—Por| many years the distilling interests of | Pennsylvania have tried fo have leg-| islation passed that will permit the! incorporation of diptifling companies but they always failed, Recently they accomplitthed, whether by biun- der or intention, Is not apparent, their purpose, and they can now be incorporated. In the closing days of the legis- lature there was passed an amend- ment to the Corporation act of 1874 which permite the incorporation of | companies for all legitimate purpos- and broadens the scope indefinite. |'y. The corporation act of 1874 ex. | Pressly stipulated the kind of com- | panies that could be chartered, some | | twenty fn number, but expressly ex- Auded companies for the distilling | of spirituous liquors, The new bian- ket corporation law as it passed the senate and house retained the pro vino excluding the dletlling com- | panties, but the transcribing clerk in |copying the bill for the signatures of the presiding officers of both of the howses, put In the word “inetui jive” Instead of “exctuaive.” ao that the bill included distilling companies among thone that could be incorpor- j ated. In thie shape it was signed by the two apeakers and sent to the! governor for his approval. Whether Gov, Stone saw ft or not is not ‘known, but he signed it last week, jand it ls now law. ‘One of Our New | Pebineatone | in the Phillppines. May 15. unofficial agents, the Gov- ernment here has been quietly mak- affatre in the Sulu group of the Phil- Spr: Just south of the Visayas isl. anda, with @ view of determining whether by good management the inhabitants cannot be brought Into allegtance to the United Btates with- “ut insurrection. The natives are ‘generally Mohammedans, and owe) allesiance to a Sultan whom the Spantarde have never been able to bring into more than nominal sub- mission, «. maintains a harem, | and lives in state, and tt is probable | that an annuity will have to be pro-| vided for him out of the revenue of the islands after the United States takes possession. CHIGACO BANK PENSION FUND CHICAGO, May 22.—A_ pension fund has been created by the First National bank for the benefit of ite officers and employes very em- ploye of the bank, from president to janitor, has eigned the membership which entitled him to the ad vantages of the First National Bank | Pension Fund.” The wise and hu-/ manitarian features of the mutual| organigation which has just been completed at the First National bank commands praise from many direc- |tion#, and prospects are bright that a number of other banks and corpor- |ationa of this city and throughout the country will emulate the example of the First National Under the provisions of the rules and constitution framed for the bank pension fund” the employes of the First National will be guar- | anteed a pension from the institu- tion after completing fifteen years of rervice and after having attained the | age of 60 years. Discretionary pow- jer, however, is lodged with the off- cers of the bank to make diserimin: tions or to stretch the rules as emer- gency may demand. The concep tion of the entire soheme is entirely for the welfare of the employes who | have labored loyally for the bank, and face the disabilities of old age. The eagerness with which every one of the 260 employes of the First National bank has availed himself of the pension fund I* an earnest of | the Kindly motives of the directors and officers of the bank who engin- | d the idea. The system adopted is very like that in use in the Bank of Mon- treal, Bank of Nova Scotia and the} old banking Institutions in large European cities, where the pension | fund provisions have by @ source of safety and advantage both to em- ployers and employes. Indeed, the Dlessings which have acerv are so manifold that large corporations | which have hitherto beer regarded as “soulless” are considering the easibility of making similar safe- guards for their employes RUSSIA NOT WORRIED Refusal of Demand for Conces- sion Not Deemed Final. | WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.~ The port that the Tsung Li Yamen, or Ohinese foreign office, has refused | to grant Russia's demand for a new ailway concession connecting Pekin with the Russtan railway system in Manchuria, i# not regarded Rere as rolls, | unanimous v jcitizens of Spokane in me | Inwtead of the regulation fruit fair o! SPOKANE, Wash, an expowition of the re industries of Eastern | yearn past sources an Washington, Western Montana, northern portion of Idaho, north eastern Oregon and a one ble portion of British Columbia; an ex-| position, thoroughly representative, of not only the excellent things of tern Washington counties and) towns, but as well of the material | fruits of the enterprise of all that) «reat country mentioned, an earnest | of the future of the Inland Empire. | Under this plan there can be no dis satinfaction, such as manifested it-| self in former years, over unequal representation of the fruit growing | districts of the state, for such prod. | ucts of the sot) will occupy a subord inate department of the fair, rather than assume the proportions of “the whole apple. LARCE WASPS LIE IN WAIT To Attack Men Who Visit the “La Mona” Grottoes. At the center of the sea of the An-| tilles, at the middie of the passrxe | which separates San Domingo from) Porto Rico, there raises itself above | the waves a steep rock, to which the! ancient Spanish navigators gave the | name of “La Mona” of “Monita,”| the little money. Among the matic of the Antilles La Mona is always) allied the island of pirates, and in| thought to conceal some mysterious treasures. It is an immense chalky block, sev- en kilometers Jong and four or five! | wide, to thirty or forty meters above. the sea. The waves, always agitat- ed on these coasts, have shaped this) block into a pedestal of pointed cliffs! and, except for two or three pointa, | where narrow stretches of shore ad- vance, the and is almost inacces- sible. Ships are kept at a distance, as much by the violence of the waves as by @ chain of rocks which sur- round it, and where alone open a few passages for small vessels At the southern point of the island an enormous rock seems miraculous- ly suspended from the crest of a cliff and the sallors have named it go 0 no caigo.” which means “Sh 1 fall or shall I not fall?’ In spite of ite perilous position, the rock in its equilibrium has resisted for many ages the attacks of storms and the waves. Rut one of the most pecullar parti- culars of the island, so strange from many points of view, is that ita mass of chalk ts thoroughly pierved by immense caves, innumerable grottoes which ramify tn all ways, and have their entrance under the surface of the cliff conduct by sinuous passage to the very summit of the plateau. The grottoea, inhabited by bands of seabirds, were but lately, in part, obstructed by guano, which has been nearly all taken away. The adventurer intrepid enough to engage hiraself in this formidable struggle soon finds himself arrest- ed by two very formidable obstacles; in effect, among the tangle of plants are hidden swarms of immense wasps, which, at the least rustling, precipitate themselves upon the in- truder, and can by their dangerous sting put his life in danger; again, if he escapes from these guardians of the jungle, he has to brave the darts of opuntiaus, a kind of dwarf cactus, which In many places stud the earth, and the pricks of which, without being as dangerous as those of the wasp, are very painful and cause a high fever. At the Jewelers. A neat cigar case has a border of tobacco leaves in enamel, with initial In flat gold in the lower left hand corner Scarfping, with the miniatu loved ones are gaining in favor. A pretty lace pin represents lilies of the valley with enameled leaves in their natural color. Cut glass powder boxes with yach ting and fishing acenes enameled on | the silver cover are popular. ‘A match safe of gold has a wreath lof oak leaves In enamel around a lit- tle trout fly, which is set In the cen- ter and covered by « crystal.—The s of | Jeweler's Weekly. Her Logic. ‘Women are such illogical “Granted; but what Is the trouble this time?" Bickers: “My wife threatens sue a young widow down our way for alienating my affections, and she has always declared that IT never had a particle of affection for her,"-—Bos- ton Transcript. pattern, a favorite combing your tailor charges; ours always a better FIT here, person. Try Us Stronge t Top Coat | final, Such a refusal might be made 800-802 First Av re a Pa CI { AMUSEMENTS. TWO GRAND EXCURSIONS | TO VICTORIA | In Honor of the Queen's Birthday he Fest Passenger Str. Alice Gertrude Will leave from City Doek Tuesday, May 23, at 12 Mi Keturping leaves leterta at 10 Wed nesda | Thursday May | Returning leaye May By a| 4. the leading ting in the suncil chamber Thureday night tt was decided that there is to be held an 1899 fair in this city. If the senne of the meeting realized, It will be ht ym at 6:30 A, M, rin wt 10 p.m, pa in time for .» $150 Arriving at Viet Fare for the Round Trip | Tickets will be on sale at City Dock Monday morning, May 22, the| fa Recure your t tecarly as only « limited 4 ANTED Handle ewspaper Route 4 — Call at Office of Seattle Star, 1107 Third Ave., after 3 o'clock p. m. J. F. ADAMS Granulated is Ibs bugar, $1.00 No. Second Avenue, between jester and James. ENCINEER WAS DEAD in Arrived in Charge of the Fireman. STILLWELL, Ga., May 22—Pas- esenger train No. 35 on the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad ar- rived in here today with Engineer Bell dead at the throttle, Fireman Edward Washington, 4 few miles from this point, noticed the engineer's head hanging out of the cab window. As the train, well lad- en with passengers, neared Stillwell the engineer did not change his po- sit Then the fireman suspected something” wrong and took hold of ‘the engineer. He fell back and the firernan saw he was dead with a gap- ing wound in his head. The theory is that he was struck by the pipe of a water tank at @ station ten miles distant, Easily Accounted For. The boarding house mistress (sue y “When the cook was cleaning this spring chicken today she found an old-fashioned silver three-cent pieca in its crop, Wasn't that strange?” The star boarder: “Oh, no; those three cent pieces went out of cireu- lation just twenty years ago, and this bird probably swallowed it in childhood days Judge At the Firing Line. Dave Burnett, big center of the footbal team of Stanford University, is with Battery A Utah artilery, in the Philippines. In a letter written ten after an experience on the firing line, he says: “One's feelings undet fire are curious; fear away, except a dread that one may be drive ses en back. One looks at others and admires them, and thinks that everybody is brave but himself, You wonder why a man standing be. side you remains there; you think he is foolish and probably tell him ta get down, You will notice some lite tle thing and pay no attention ta anything of importance.” Particular Men WHO WANT-——-~» ‘Particular Trousers” Find just such patterns on our counters. Price, cut ang ation here. Less than half what just as good; many times better} because we mold them to yout on Trousers. J: REDELSHEIME ER & CO. House in the State. ey Cor. Columbia, ist