ltffi OKLAHOMA STATE CAPlTAl;. FRIDAY MOBNJNG, NOVEMBER 16, lflOff.
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The State Capital.
By the fttatft Capital Printing Ca
FRANK R. CiRFER, Editor,
SUBSCRIPTION KATES.
DAILY. Q ne Year by mill  Jfi.On
DAil.Y, Six Month* by mull   3 3B
DAILY. Thro* M< uths by mall   1 75
DAILY, one M-nth by m .ll  m
DAILY, one we« k by earrlor IS
n'EgKLY. One Year    .
WBEKI.Y. Six Months  L'i
Even !Mrs. Lease told you so.
An exchange says Altgvld Is "tend-
ing more and more to the caustic old
granny." He should swallow a grass-
hopper.  
After nU, the venerable Paul Kru-
gcT is reverenced in indifferent Eu-
rope. Humane sin- crlty always finds
sytnjiat h y.  
Lay aside your dire predictions.
Prowi erity Is with us to utay. As
long ns there Is development, Ihore
xrill he prosperity.
JOo republican ran object to a cam-
paign of oratory. Let -the other fel-
lows keep it up. It reminds one of
the calf and the rope story.
"Well, hasn't democracy a right to
lonk aghast at the nervy sugg-stlon
of a presidential boom for IMnrk Han-
na? He's the very liver of the oc?u-
>us. ___
It will hereafter bo remembered
tint when people spenk of campaign
Issue., as "our policy." encompassIng
by the possessive term the entire na-
tion. the "stuff's off" "with the oppo-
sltlon. _
*Phe hero worshiper Is really cut of
a Job. A genuine hero of even
national proportions could do a land
office business at this stage of the
fame.
Reports lndlcato that the Kansas
football team puts up about as ex-
citing an article as a bevy of high
school girls at tennis, since the elimi-
nation of professionalism.
Democrats should all get chains ard
practice wearing them before the em-
pire n?t In full blast and be prepared
wfjen they are called upon to don the
shackles. TThey will appear Inelle-
fant In them if they don't.
Chairman Jones la now dn Arkansas
manufacturing a new stock of cam-
paign prediction*. Fortunately for
him, he Is not fnr from Oklahoma,
which may lead to his discovery of
Roorback Taylor with his mathe-
matical pjr 
H is gratifying to note that St.
I^otfls Is bestirring itself In the m*«-
ter of a deep waterway to the gulf.
The proposal to deepen the oaanue!
of the Mississippi river between St.
Louis and New Orleans Is natu-Jlly
one In whloh the entire Odlsilsslppl
valley ts interested. Chicago is mak-
ing the project of thle great national
waterway the "paramount issue*' and
claims that there 1s no doubt as to
the outcome so far as their pi*', of It
is concerned. Prospects nre pood
that congress will take a hand In the
matter at an early date, as Chairman
Burton of the rivers and harbors
committee has announce! that he will
call his committee together prior to
the assembling and discuss and form-
ulate a biH to the end of getting a
deep waterway from the mouth of the
Illinois river to the gulf. That even-
tually the government will realise the
Importance, both in peace and In war,
of this deep waterway seems Inevit-
able- ^_____ J Aai .
HO( IAL DUTIES-
Guthrie la goang to be a lively city
this winter. The legislature Is to
•woop down upon it with an overa-
bundance of briskness and vim. in
addition to the thirty-nine membeTs
of that august bo<ly. with their up to j
date notions, will come an unusual |
autnber of attach ■< with the para-
mount Idea of having good times,
taking every tiling in, getting a full
benetlt <of the proceedings and at the j
same thne taking advantage of the ,
senu-vacation the session afford.
LBokadaisk'ul performance of rou-
tine work will be given a little re- '
freshing diversity. The guity of the
city win do a veritable cake walk in
reformation of Ms old time social
lethargy. The effulgence of the ball-
room will do overtime for old Sol
every nJght. The thcarte will con-
duct a continuous special sale an.I
the rtiile oon came man will be In
the swim. Everybody will feol like
taking a few extra vrhlf* at the ellx-
er of life. Pnv pective social xeph-
yrs wlh be wafted through musty cor-
ner* of dump lam and paint the pink
on the cheeks of the Indulgi ng.
Guthrie society should now Jo*tie
Itself out of the rut of exceealve ex-
clusMsm, too much routine, and
give Its overworked dignity a chanoe
to recunorufte. There's no u.sn be-
| Ing artiff. Constraint reminds one of
an everyday osn«'ldata listening- to a
Hnngarlan earroun fur polMoai ef-
fect. Doa*t give an old Hum friend
f the marUk lwtr. tw<a\ a |\« Una*-
cial hunnony chase the moonbeams
of Jealousy and sectionalism Into the
back yard by your own lightheaded-
ness.
You hYv a social duty. Show the
visitors that you are up to date and
know how to give them a good time.
It will do the city more good in after
years than you have any idea It
will be the grandest thing in the
world for every body who heli* to
perform the social honors of the
c^ason. Just to get in practice make
a little extra exertion to put a few
logs under the holiday gaHies. Kindle
tho old 'heartglow for Santa as soon
as you have done Justice to his royal
goblets. Fortune has smiled her
broadest and there's no use objecting
—"all work «>nd no play makes Jack
a dull boy." > V ► y
I. A H<) It t OMHTIO.X*
Reports from trades unions affiliat-
ed in the National Federation of La-
bor show that In 689 unions the unim-
ployed amount to but 2 3 per cent of
tho tcrtaj. Probably the best ospect
of the report is that the percentage is
diminishing and likely to dissipate al-
most entirely within the coming
month, says the Chicago Herald.
To some extent this favonuble show-
ing is due to the fact -that, the unions
embrace! In the federation are strong
and represent energetic and enlight-
ened trade workwu. But without
general activity in trade and commer- |
cial circles it would be impossible for
the best organized union to keep prac- '
tically all Its men at work. It is also I
true, though not mentioned In the j
federation's report, that tho wa^jes i
which the men receive are likely to
Increase rather than diminish and
that the present vages wens mainly
flxed by the unions.
The federation's report was fcanily
necessary .to convince the public that
the trades are busy and workimrmen
well employee The best of it is that
this condition is likely to conunue in-
definitely. Oruinartly the prosperous
conditions in the United States have
been the result of a reaction from
dull times which produced «. depletion
of manufactured products of every
sort through the suspension of pro-
duction. The present era of g>iod
times is different in Ǥ measure from
anything -the Uidted States has hlter-
to enjoyed for the reason that it re-
sults in part frora*the wteady growth
of our export trade. That is to Kay,
in former prosperous times Americans
relied on selling to one another. At
this time the United States is welling
to all <the world and the Ameri' an
manufacturer is not entirely depend-
ent on the American consumer for a
market, but may sell his products
abroad If he sees fit. From this fact
the American may take advantage of
prosperous conditions In any portion
of the globe instead of bein# utterly
dependent on the raourreacc of good
crops, easy times and "ooafldenoe" in
his own country. With the growing
tendency of the world to buy in the
United States the outlook for a con-
tinuation of the present prosperous
times is exceedingly encouraging, and
the workingmen are ftiirly well assur-
ed of steady employment mo l«ng as
capital and labor are agreed on terms
of service.
The Eagle Drug Store,
EDWARD NICHOLS, Proprietor.
Harrison Avenue. Guthrie, Okla.
School Books and
School Supplies
WE have just received several tons
of School Pen and Pencil Tab-
lets which were made especially for our
city and county schools. These will be
sold at very low prices. We have
everything in the stationery line.
HO.OOO YOTKIIN.
During the campaign The State
Capital estimated that there were at
least eighty thousand voters in Okla-
homa. 'W ith the returns on congress-
man complete, K shows that the total
vote cast for thia office wat 73.J52.
The secretary ha* made an estimate
that there was a Ions of ten per cent
In the total vote from mutilated bal-
lots and stay-at-homes. This would
show Tho Capital's estimate to be
nearly correct.
According to the census returns,
which places Oklahoma's population
at four hundred thousand, the stay-
at-home vote was the lightest it has
ever been in this territory. The total
vote of 18118 was 45.821, -which shows
a nut gain of 27,521 votog, or 62 j er
•em tn two years. This galu is one
Nevada, North Dakota, South Caro-
lina and Wyoming. One of the fea-
tures of this election that had most
to do with the total vote being so
great was the statehood issue. The
vote, innocently enough. Is one of the
strongest arguments the territory
could have made for statehood. It
shows us to bo ahead of all of these
ukier states of the union and gives
us assurance that the first vote cast
by Oklahoma for a presidential can-
didate will be, popularly, over one
hundred thousand, which is in the
neighborhood of the largest vote cast
by any territory at its first vote on
tho presidency, and from two to five
times greater than any of the terri-
tories admitted in the last twenty
years with the possible exception of
South Dakota.
VACATIOV
It's ft the pigs today, my boy,
And fill the horses' margers.
Then cut the wee«is along the road.
They look so bad to .strangers.
It's hunt the eggs and watch the
calves.
And give the sheep their ration.
Then weed the orion bed—you see
I'm having my vacation.
ret a pail of water, Jr>-r
Th«* kettles ail need filling;
And take away this pan of husks.
■Look out, my boy, they're spilling*
It's bring some wood, th* fire's low.
Don't stvp for recreation.
But run and hunt the baby up^
I'm having my vacation.
It's bring me this, and carry that,
All day. Hnee sehoo! was over.
No playing ball or truant, now,
No hunting larks with Rover.
I do what everybody say?.
And work like all creation. f
Because, you know. I am a boy—
And having my vacation.
  —LALIA MITCHELL.
OKLAHOMA I'AIMt, It A PUN.
Mnrveum elected town officers la«t
Wednesday.
< fllCAt.O XUHs I'KOVfcltBH.
A swallow of brandy ts a bird of 111
omen.
Cruelty requires no other motive
than opportunity.
One way to make both ends meet Is
to tie them together.
Some children cry for cause and
others for pure meanness.
The real proof of the pudding Is
the possession thereof.
It ie useless to acquire knowledge
unless you Inted to use it.
Things are seldom what they seem;
imagination is the ruler of the world.
There is a great deal of satisfac-
tion In being able to deceive the de-
ceiver.
The man who Is prudent In the
choice of his companions Is provident
of his time. ,
The factory hand may indulge In
song, but he prefers to knock off with
a whistle.
"Come easy, go easy" Is the ancient
saying—and good resolutions don't
cost anything.
(From the Chicago Record.)
Lives of some men oft remind us,
If we but had their gall.
We could loaf, too. and behind us
Leave not any tracks at all.
TKKKITOI11AL EVCHANFF. GIST
Diphtheria is forrin* the ctoslng'of
a number of schools In the territory.
Perry Is to have a new opera house.
The proposed plan of construction is
"copious."
The single statehood proposition Is
rapidly being accept e l by the peo-
ple of the Indian territory.
William Donahue end Miss De'aney
were married at th* Catholic church
In Perry last evening by Rev. Father
Stevens of Ponca City.
Fall tree planting Is receiving more
attention this year than In the prim
and the shade as well as the fruit
tree is coming in for its share.
The only tiling necessary to make
anybody disatlsfled with Oklahoma
change his tune ia to send htm back
to his old home In the states.
The countrv papers that are hard
up for something to fill up on, should
change the dates in the governor's
election proclamation or else cut it
out.
The Taloga Times proclaims that
   «•—- the political battle In Plaine county
of the most phenominal and Is a good waa f°upht in Clcie township. Wh'l#
| the reference is made mors cutting
j by the sarcastic remark that returns
were four days getting In. there is no
rtcubt that n proClnct by that name
would be split up. ,
evidence of the population of the ter-
ritory. ThJs voto is larger than that
cast for presidential electors by nine
of the mntcs In the last election, i
whloh are ne follows: Delaware, Ida-
foo, Florida. Miwskaalppi, Montana,
THE CAPITAL NA-
TIONAL BANK, OP
GUTHRIE, OKLA,,
OFFt CS TO DEPOS-
ITOR EVEQT FA-
GIL1TY WHICH
THEIQ BALANCES,
BLMNFSS AND RE-
8PON8 IBILITY
WARRANT.
Sheriff Pierce of Kay county lias a
larve and Juicy Jag of political - Mo-
ment that he would probably b-' will-
Ing to swap for the bwalnem end of
an ordinary cuss word vocabulary.
He was sure Neff would carry Kay
county by as much a<< Flynn finally
did and when he found i
"sucker" willing to bet even he
thought that he had found a rvap.
even went so far as to bet thnt he
would cafry tho county by over 2«0.
He should ar-e.-*t his imagination f.>r
working a confidence game.
The candidates who were the \ !e-
tiiNH of an inordinate desire , > whip
some of their maligners during : \ re-
cent election, but restrained for po-
litical effect, are now doing the r
Job of It they know how, ;n ist *
where thfir nerve has not f.i' . i . ,p
tlmehsaleJ tIk* wound, out in <2rc>>r
county two candidates mixed it until
the onlookers thought one r th. in
WOUld he oompt'ted to p.i** hi;
cheek* if the 'hlng w.usn't ;<t< pe*l or
lntr*rferr d with. Similar. 1 it )• -n
Vicious bottUss are reported here m
there orw the territory. There's no
umi Id whipping a i .an aft. r th
thing's ull over, bet the courw
fcboun&s tn doable-leaded consolatlun.
Times-Journal: Oklahoma City will
in the next fix months spend *75.000
for improvements to its public utili-
ties. When these improvements are
completed Oklahoma City will own
public utilities valued at $235,000.
Chicago News: Lo. the poor Cher-
okee. is in tho latest fall fashion. He
has been defrauded In the auditor's
office of the territory to the extent
of about $194,000. The auditor seems
to have lived up to Iris somewhat 11m.
ited <y>portunitles.
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Ponca City Courier: A. C. Rogers
left on the Courier table a genuine
fusion apple. It is two perfect ap-
ples, but so closely grown together
that there is no division mark part
of the way. It 1s quite an unusual
freak of fruit growth.
Oklahoman: "Prairie" schooners
still ply on toward the Kiowa country
and any number of them can be seen
leasing through the city every day.
Late reports from the border say
there are in the neighborhood of 8,0u0
people already camping there, and it
is a question of what they can do to
tide over the severe winter which ia
expected.
Times-Journal: The farmers of
this portion of Oklahoma are utiliz-
ing paeturage afforded by the luxur-
ious growth of the wheat to the full-
est extent. For the first time the
Oklahoma county farmer is enabled
to take advantage of the abundant
pastur.w the Wheat affords. II.- bfM
! plenty of cntt'e njw to turn Into his
j Holds, but this is the first year that
he has been so well provided. It is
estimated that tho pasturage from a
field of wheat which obtains a gvod
start In the fall will more than pay
for the seed r.nd all the cost of plow-
■ ing. harrowing and seeding, fully two
dollars per acre. a
Durant Times-Kagle: A league has
•been organised at Wagoner nurorlnc
the single ntateli' ><| Idea, for the two
territories. As wo look at this qiystlon
single statehood Is the only sensible so-
I lutlon of this question. And when our
'riend. Kotosrt Owens was speaking1 of
favoring dividing Texas into several
states. If he were a Texan, it was mere
ly the vaporing* of a politician, for
there Is not a man in Texas, other than
ple-hunip-y polttlehns. that would con-
sent to dividing that grand old state.
And If ever a tlmo comes that we can
be allowed to govern ourselves we want
to have a state thn' we can be proud of.
proud of.
Kansac City Journal: Sylvester
Soldani, an Osage Indian, who Is rec-
ognised ns one of Oklahoma's cattle
! ulnar*, was'here yesterday. He loft
i ft*r Pones City, his home, last night,
' In responto a t-degrram announcing
the dang. • -us illness of n brother.
I "The cattle business in Oklahoma has
| enjoyed a y- ir of groat prosperity,"
sa d Mf. . 'I hinl. "Climatic condl-
1 ttons have been favorable and the
I grasses f r graslntf have been of
(TO'xl growth find quality. Our ca.-
tle th's year have been greatly both-
: « rvd by files, however, although no
• great damage has resulted. ours Is
I 11 tropical climate. One day thT*
| p'.^nth a .vnr >n l td of watermelon*
■was driven into Ponca City. How is
that for November"" Mr. Soldani is
a democratic politician of considera-
ble territorial prominence as well as
a cattleman.
IT THE PUMPS
FOR FIVE DAYS,
Terrible Experience of the
Crew of the Norwegian
Bark Highflyer.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 15—Aftcr
flouting about on the ocean In a help-
leas condition on a sinking vessel f >r
five days. Captain Anderson and hl.i
crew of thirteen hands of -tho Norwe-
gian hark Highflyer, arrived here to-
day, having been rescued by the Br.t-
ish steamer, Georgian Prince, Captain
Fj* tt from Hull.
During the five days the orew were
at the merer of tho waves they only
saw two steamers. Tho first one, ac-
cording to Captain Anderson, came with-
in a half mile of his vessel, but <>teamod
away without giving aid. The second
ship sighted was the Georgian Prince.
The Hihgflver sailed from Campble-
ton, P. E. j., for Newport, Wales, in
OctOber 39, with a cargo of lumber.
Eleven days out the bark encountered
a sevsre gale which tore away her sails
and strained the Vessiel so that she
sprang a leak of nine Inches an hour.
All hands were kept bu«y at the pumps
so that the bark could be kept afloat
until a passing vessel could render as-
sistance. Four days passed and on the
morning of tho fifth day a trans-A".lan-
tic liner passed near, but answered the
distressed vessels signal by raising a
flag
Captain ^lett of the Georgian Prince
made a report of the rescue in*whlch
he said:
"At 4 p. m., November G, sighted
the Norwegian bark. Highflyer, of
Christianana. showing signals of dis-
tress. and on coming nearer I found that
the captain and cr«w wished the aban-
don the ship, as she had sprung a
leak and was In a sinking condition. I
then ordered my boats to be g >t ready
to take them on my vessel. Tho cap-
tain reported to me that the whole crew
had been continuously working at th-^
pumps for five days and night, and that
the crew were exhausted, as we could
p.*. when they came on board, for they
were scarcely able to get on th* Geor-
gian Prince w Kb out h«*Ip.
"After consulting with the captain,
who sn'd tho bnrk would bo waterlog-
ged before mornlnff as the w.i^r was
gaining nine Inchrs an hour and lying
In th.^ direct track of eterniTS both
east ard we«t bound. T decided to de-
stroy her and sent the iboat ba^k with
try first and third officers and crew and
pet fire to the bark In two piaees. T
could see her burning high for two
hourr ofter I steamed away."
KEELS OF MAMMOTH
STEAMSHIPS,
Vessels Will be 10.000 Tons
Greater Cap. c ty Tl;an the
Deutschland.
NEW JjO.NDON, CONN., NOV. 13.-
Actual work be«an thifc week on the
laying of the keels to tho mammoth
iron steamships to l>o built at the works
of tn-- Eastern Hhip Building company
at Groton, opposite Ne.w London, and
from this date the work of putting to-
gether the hulls of the ship will go rap-
idly on.
There was issued from the office of
the company today an authoritative
statement regarding-the slse of the ships
which shows them to bo larger than
any vessels In the world now building.
The vessels will be of 20.000,t >ns regis er
and 33,000 tons displacement, of Just
10,000 tons more displacement than the
new Atlantic greyhound, Deutschland.
The new stearwrs, which are being built
primarily for cargo carriers, are not a- 
long as many Atlantic lim-s but mu^h
wider and deeper. The following are
tho principal dimensions of tho vessels:
Ixyngth «30 feet; beam 73 f«et; dwpth 55
feet. They ha/ve eaoh flvo continuous
decks extending the Whole length of
the sh'.p. with three additional partial
decks amidships.
Passengers ss wll ns fmight wil' bo
carried, and accommodations are provid-
ed for nearly* 1.000 passengers in three
classes.
The vessel will have a speed of four-
teen knots an hour and will carry over
4,000 tons of coal in bunkers They are
designed to carry cattle, chilled or fr oz-
en meats in refrigerator chambers, fruit
or any kind of cargo that may appear
for transportation.
It 1b estimated that When eomp!ete<l
thn steamships will enst f5,00)000 and
<h"y are lnterfH^d to run from the Pa-
cific coast to Oriental port" in connec-
tion with th« Great North railway.
STAMP TAX,
WILL BE IUSMOVHD Aft SOON A3
l*OS8IBLE.
WINONA. MINN. NOV. If..-Congress-
man Jam.t  A. Tawney of the v ays nnd
mauus committee, speakln of the mov-
ing to be held In Washington November
30t said today:
"The obje- t Is to ascertain the ex-
tent to which  .ho war revenue taxns can
be removed, umt the amendments to
make the law satisfactory in its admin-
istration. The preblan as to wt M IMWI.
shnll be namA V*ill be a perplexing
one. I think, h--sever, It is safe to
say that the stamp tax upon Instruments
of conveyance, such as n tes, deed*
mortgages for char£abl  an ' benevolent ^
purposes, will be remove i: possibly, the i
taxes up. n propriet: ry medicines nn l I
some others.
"It will be the desire of the members
of the e< him!tteo to remove Just as
many of the stamp taxes as possible."' |
Lillie's Drug Store!
Has just received an elegant
line of
JAPANESE
GOODS!
And the ladies are invited
to call and see the line.
«je
f f. B. LI1LIE & Co.
BOOK STORE. Dewey Bleek.
DRUG STORE, Victor Bl«ck.
Olsmith Arms Co. gunmakers
Oldertand Only SporUmen'sSupply Ilnate in Ok!aho-aa
Established April 22. 1 8 .
Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, Bicycles, Fishing Tackle,
and Sportsmsn's Goods.
| a oboo boHbLt aAaat itDsniroLx win jio.oa |
Ke-Boring Guns for Close Shooting s Specialty
No Catalog. Write for what you wan' and save time sndmoney ( '
J. B. FAIRFIELD
TRAfilSfER, C0A1 223 STORAGE
TELEPHONE NO. 20.
(T* A IT OF ALL KINDS delivered to all parts of
the city. Good teams and sprang drays.
Prompt attention riven to moving household goods,
pianos and safes. Office and yards,
BOO NarrUon Av*. Oppealie Bant* Ft Depot.
JOHN PORTER REPENTANT.
TO BE TURNED OVER TO SHERIFF
FREEMAN TOMORROW.
DENVER. COLO. NOV. 15.—Young
Porter today expressed a <leslre to tiilk
with the father of tho murdered girl
and Mr. Frost was sent for. When he
was ushered irf'.o the presence of the
priKonor the latter covered his face w th
his hands and shrank back in his ee ls
Neither the bereaved father nor tht
se'f-confexjied murderer uttered a word.
This afternoon Porter asked for a b b!a
he has since been on hia knee3 most of
tho tlim. weeping and praying. Il< s. nt
•two notes to Police Surgeon Miller. Ono
of them read "I am guilty but awful
sorry" and th# other "Pieaae pray for
me."
It Is understood tbst Porter will be de-
livered to Sheriff Freeman tonight and
that they with  :helr prisoner, w..l tnke
the I'nioi* Paalflo train "whleh leaves
Denver at 9:30 tonight and rtaeh^a L raon
about midnight. The HlkorifT will try to
place the prisoner snfely in the Lincoln
county J.U1 at Hugo but It Is feared hn
•will be seised by a mob at Llmon and
lynched.
WILL REMAIN IN DENVER.
DENVER, COLO. NOV. 15.-At 9 o'clock
tonight It was announced that Sheriff
Freeman of Lincoln county has dec ded
not to take John Porter, tho confes ed
murderer of little Loul * FroeU, to that
county at presen-t. He declares that he
wishes ti avoid a lynching of podnlbl*
and thinks that when the people have
time to cool down they will be willing
*0 let the law havo It course.
Friends of rho dead girl's family are
dJaeply lnoensid against the sheriff and 1
threats of violence agalnee him are j
frfx.'ly made.
The duy has been an exciting one In
Denver. Th .u^ands of people have sur-
rounded the city jail where th« negro
was confined und it kept the police d. -
partmeri busy clearing tho streets.
There was r\o indiieaeioni that any mo-
tivo other than curiosity prompted the
gatherings. l<n.te this afternoon Porter :
was transferred to  ;h« custody of Sher-
iff Jones of thi.-  (Arapahoe) county ana
taken to the county jail.
Porter spent the day reading the bible
He expressed penitence for his crime
but retains remarkable nerve.
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STCAMER WRECKED.
THE RT'RY A. COUSINS AflHORE IN
PRINCE WILLIAMS BOUNDS.
supplies fop the soldiers at Port Valde*,
now Wes a total wreck in the narrow
nt the entrance to Prince Williams
sound. Captain F. B. Do well, her mas-
ter and owner returned to the north to-
day bringing details of the disaster.
The Cousins was wrecked while tryln*
to pass through tho narrows without the
■ i d of a tug Captain Dowell was en-
tirely familiar with the waters of tha
narrows, bu* encountered adverse cur-
rents and the vessel rapidly drifter onto
the shoals where she was pouded to
pieces before any attempt could be mads
to save h«*r. Her cargo was totally
ruined. TTie wreck was attended with
• of Iifo. The crew escaped in
• • ib 11 boat and were la/ter picked up
■ il.en to Port ValtoB, from whldi
they took a steamer to this city.
Some men would be far abov  the - !
ernge in smartneas If they weren't so ,
issj- ]
SEATTLE, WASH. NOV. 15.—Tho j
steamer Rubv A. Cousin®, which sailed I
from this j«.r: s«>v« ral week s or , g..we Tniiiincw to boM their own from
rd with a general cargo of governraeat start to flnlab.
lints of people who come into the
■ .rid with neither wealth nor lntslli-