The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1899, Page 1

SE FOE SO ae eee ea ae TERA SE eR E 3 & ae = PDP PEWVIOIVO OOS $ Weather for Tomorrow & hs ot $e papeooscosesscqnones VOL, I-+NO, 2 a Wyom THE. ig Regiment Sweeps Down Upon the Filipinos at San Juan Del 7 Nort. Leading the American Army to a Brilliant Vic- tory Which Cost the Enemy Many Lives. » MANTUA, March t.—The Fittpinos at Ban J Norte, numbertag Peveral th were driven trom their powition today with great loss, General Hale's brigade made a re- Risthds advance on the rebels. Aa ROH as ine was well under way, ihe Wy 2g Tewlment made @ bril- Rant spurt, closing in Mpen the enemy with wild cheers and firing Taphiiy. Thin action electrified the extire American line, and with deat. ering showts the army swept down Upon the Filipinos tike an avalanche. Jn a few moments ihe enemy's powt- Von was reached, but the Insurgents Waited not for a band to hand atrug- gle, Peeing in dismay through the! brash with the Americans after them sheoting as fast as they could Teton thelr riftes. When = the freihtened mod of Filipinos reached the fiver in their mad ight, they Were met by « pitiless rain of mts- ‘Biles from coe of Dewey's gunboats stationed there, and were mowed Gown by scores. Behind came the Americans firing deadly volleys at Ue focitives, The rout was utter and complete. The Filipinee who escaped the carnege fied to the ‘Wreds, seattertng in all directions, The Americans escaped withaut the loss of a man. only one Netraskan being slighuy wounded. ) WASHINGTON, March 7.-<No off. Gia? confirmation from Otis has been feevived of the ‘attack upon tho | Fitisinos at San Juan det Monte to-| fay. OfMielals are gratited to learn, | Jhewever, that the attack was made and the Invergents routed with jared one carualty to the American troops, | Confidence te erpreseet that one Thote big defeat will bring the rebels | tu tier senses. tins nerininieaenertatgsigmenai SIT CONSPIRACY? Captain oa ‘game Trouble at Dawson. } Coptain Jack Crawford, known as) Ane “pect seout.” now In Dawson, is Aceueca of conspiracy in an attempt} to corrupt the Klondike Yukon & Copper River gampaay of Chicago. Several prominent Washington. D. C. offte’4is are also aecused with Craw- ‘ford. They are ex-fwnator John L.| Witton, of Spokane, Assistant teere- fary of War George D. Metkiejohn, ex-Senatoer J. 4. ©. Biackburn, form-| er commissioner of pensions, D. 1 Murphy. and H.-M. Wallace, of Chicago. | Bx-Senator Wilson is naid to have Accepted 25,000 shures of the capital Stock of ‘the company. on condition | that he act as one of its directors, | \A direct charge aguinst the parties! Ras made during a stockholders’ | meeting, held at Chieago, March 3.) ‘The charge was made by Robbins | #. Mott, counsel fer the company, and’ upheld by Frank Huffington Wroeman, president of the tae ay Yon. Vrooman ts well known Seattle. In the accusation it was asserted thiat the five men said to be In the conspiracy are desirous of securing | Fich hoidings of the company in the Krondi. by diapoeing of the pres- | ent owners of & creater part of the! flock, and that they are willing to} go an far an wreeking the corpore-| ion In the achievement of that end. '-1n addition to property located on the Hootalingua river, the company owne over 109 miles uf other river Gredging property which have not WHAT IS COMEZ'¢ CAME He May Not “al 25,000 * Soldiers. HAVANA, March 7. — General Gomez he led to give satistac- tory detail rding the %,000 men to whom payment ae Cut idiers fre due, General Brooke # that the money to be etven by United Hales paid te real Cuban lore Trouble at avian (late Bul ' officers are being rds are stationed RUBAN nore eult of | the #un more outspoken tn thelr antagoniem to the Americans. It was reported | today to General Wood preminent Cuban official had seid that if the Americans do not turn June the ever the Government by Cubant will dectare war agatnet| them. Army men, while not eppre wave of Imediate trouble, feet thet attitude of the people of the preyinee has changed Tae Cubans in the Guantan- ame district are refusing to work Colotiel Bay, the commander tn that district, reports <tat the Cuban troops are still keeping thelr camps, ang the Sun correspondent has been told by two commanders of the tm- portant garrisons in the province haw changed. ‘The Cubans in the Guantanamo district are refusing to work. Col- ene Ray, the comander tn that dis - | trlet, reports that the Cuban troops are still keeping their camps, and orrespomdent has been totd by two commanders of Important gar- rinont in the prowinee that the peo- ple ure undeubtedly making seeret preparations in the event of an “4 sufrection seeming necessary them, Cuba Libre yesterday published an artick demanding that the Amert- wane retire, It said there would be ne eceasion for their presence after Spain signs the peace treaty, The mame paper called upon the people te tesist the intrusion of Amertoan monopeliats, whe would institute in- lustries and Improvements for thetr Lown relfieh onda THEY WERE ARRESTED. Lou Van Alstine and Emma Norton in Contempt. ea renult of their ignoring the | deeree of the court, Low van Alstine and Emme Norton were arreatont yesterday and cited to Appear on March 1h, to show why they should | not be punished for contempt, Only | ‘for the fact that the citation, as) [signed by the court allows them free j dom pending the trial, they woald) have slept In the jail last night: they were permitted to go upon furnishing bonds to the amount of understood that they were | to be arrested, x0 Anthony Dore tn- | vited Sheriff Van de Vanter to meet | pe worman at his office, where a lormal arrest was made, but the bonds were immediately given and accepted. Mra. Van Alstine, who was tn « cheerful and jocular mood, consult~ led with her attorney untit late in the evening. With them was Miss) Norton, who was in a bad frame of | mind owing probably to the fact that some of the property in her) Washington street house was levied upen by the sheriff yesterday, or an execution Issued upon the judgement for 10,966 and on cow CEN. ALGER’ S POSITION He Wants to ts ome His Suc- cessor as Secretary. SEW YORK, March 7.—A Herald lapecial from Washington says that Alger has hed « plain talk with President MeKinley regarding his retirement from the Cabinet, Gen Alger suggested that In order to get out gracefully if possible, he be al- lowed to name hin successor. at THE | SEATTLE. The James-Kidder-Warde company at the Seattle theater played to an other full house last evening, and hn they appear in Othello. ‘hey appear tomorrow night and Eile. ight also. Macheth, one of the f neretones in the temp pe « fame, was portrayed by company last night. A reviv interest in Shakapearean gratifying to behold, as it can only he productive of intellectual im provement MKINLEY’S TRIP. ° e of Shake the March 7. for the Pr bo “7 WASHINGTON, reng nents ) ee otal hern trip have not h It was stated thie morning that Wid leave here in about om week, and would spend a while at | Thomasville, Ga., where Hanna has a winter residence. | Divinity Student “Exo! Her LESHURG, HL, March 1-—-Por reveral months past the faculty of Lombard university has been myst! by nerios mischievous prank Seats would be carried out, beer stens hung and other an ae things The students ere singly questioned, but denied knowkdge of the depredat - serday night, while the Parker banquet wae in progress, a quantity of trovisions were filehed. This wan now | traced to Rev, Clinton #imonton, @ tion ¢f rations that al but) divinity student, and others, The seulty, betieving that Bfmonton was the ringleader in all the misch nad Wan undermining the discipline of the college, expelled him Eimonton denies being the tnatt gator of the trick and days he was acting in fun, The students say he jis porular ang that they will pett- faculty to reinatate him, 8i- 30 years tien the menton nd JUAN DE PORT* xoree The Untted port MePherson, forn dann. arrived today, with General Kobert P. Kennedy, Major Charie Waite, and Congressman Henry ¢ ts, of lowa, who constitute to Hican commission on educa tion, taxation, and the cognate in- tereste of the Island. SEATTLE CONTRACTORS. RICO, (ates trans Ob. | About thirty of Beatties leading contrectore and bullders get to gether last night to form an organ Wetion, It Wilk be Knows am the Bullder Exchange. ard will meet ery Saturday at #8 First avenue. TK. bs t obs trevan. ae a | —=— coc io” 2a) a —— 3 — —_ a Caused the nee 2 zine Explosion. PARIS, Morch 1. — A fuse four feet long wae found in the debris of }the magagine which exploded Sun- day. Reports are rife that o soldier used the @isester to secure re- verre on an officer, KIPLING BETTER. NEW YORK, March 7.—Kipling passed a comfortable night. He has net yet been told of his daughter's death Saw tho Colostia! Visitor. CAMBRIDGE, Mase, March 7 —-A telegram Was received at the Har- vard college obeervatery from Prof. J. BK Kevter at Lick observatory, stating that Swift's comet wan ob- served by Hussey March (th, at 6.56 |Greenwieh mean time, in right cension 3 hours & minutes 3 rece and declination 27 degrees T minutes | 32 eee vnds. SAN FRANCISCO, Mareh 1.—Prof, Lewis Swift wires from Lowe ob lservatory, on eho mountain «In [Southern California, that the comet whieh he discovered on March 34 is growing fainter. (ts position at 7:90 Pp ™. on March 6th was, right ascen- sien 2 hours 42 m onda, declination south 26 degrees 35 min lutes, It is moving ia @ northeaster ly direction, It has a Broard short tail, pointing towards the sun, and| Ite orbit has not yet been ¢ j eee ‘Followers of A. W. Met Yesterday. Martin, leadership of A. W. the chamber of commerce yest: @lay afternoon to decide upan a name, A mmm'ttee of three was appointed to ime nine trustees, and these tr tees, together with Mr, Martin, are to decide apon the name and present approval at the next meeting. a} names were suggested, ved all reemed unsuitable. — Rev favored The Soctety for ornal Religion, but [tin Promotion of Unive that was deemed too lonm. The constitution and bylaws at the new noclety were read an ed. No other huxtmens of Importance came up, and the meeting was ad- journed for one week. More Atlantic Rate ‘Cutting NEW YORK, Mareh 7 Jing to instructions receive bya ite he ofthe the Holland « Amertean lin ann need « cut in and 4 passenger first The first clase minimum rate was cut from #65 to $60, and second class from M45 to $35. The new rates are to go inte effect at cut has extended to the North rman Lloyds, and tonight that company’s agents announced that ‘ollowing eastbound rates have Je iret cabin on the Kaiser }Wilneim $ der Chromae and Kateer l Frederick, uj Aprit 11, Yhe fare wilt be 87 to uthampton from bl uy $%, and from June 3100 Lahn amd Trave t@) winter han been extended from lterch a to Aprit 18, and the rate for that period fixed at $60 minimus “GALIFORNIA GETS IT Fitz and Joti 5 Will Fight in Montana or Nevada. NEW YORK, March 7 Pizeiromons-Jeffries fight The has been krocked down to a Callfornia syn dicate, represented by .4 1. Taylor The bid was $30,000, The fight Ix to| take pl about June 1h, in Nevada | or Montana _ ‘ Gon. Brooke to In HAVANA, Mareh 7.=(1 tin.)-LAentenant Brooke has order: ed an investigation on the distritt ‘The new religious soctety under the | Martin, met at) Accord: | today} * TURSDAY WAS \OF Vv Connella Is Happy at Everett. RUMOR OF TS DEATH UNTRUE or Who Kille im Lest Fall turns Unmolested to His House. | A persintent rumor was afloat this morning that James ¢ vila, the wt tor who killed Nelson lant fou, had been killed. Another ru thor was lo the effect that he wes not actually klile yt that he had been, attacked ap angry mob of be } erett fellow cttix and that competied to hid Inas ap the feeling against Conn tla ott in known to have been bitter, (here "aa a general dispont- Hon to give credence to the niuries, rn tverett I have just Ha On the street He ppY. JONES. How the wiory started, no one krows, but it fe a fact that by U o'clock this morning many men were divcusving the matter on the street At the time of Connel trial Ob feeling was #0 #trong against the prisoner that a change of venue arked, and the trial took plac Shiney, In Kiteap county After the acquittal, which was rendered on the plea of self-defense, | the friends of Nelson declared that if Convelia returned to Everett they would lynch him. A meeting was hei and resolutions passed warn- the editor not to return te the town. Connetia went to Everett last Saturday, and as far aa can be loarn~ ed, no demonstration was [aweinet him, At all events, it certate no over act towards him ha: committed, “AT THE BAR Noted Murder Trial About to Begin. at trewts W YORK, March 7 | Molinesux was arraigned | ploa to the indictment charging him with the murder of Mra Kate) | Adams Counsel for Molineux @ tacked the indictment, dectaring tt to be Megal. The court took the matter under advisement Sends Acknowledgment. WASHINGTO! following message torta to the President has been re- cvived at the executive mansion Windsor, March 6. ls “To the President the United Storer: IT thank you sincerely and lthe American nation for the honors raid to the memory of Lord Herechell, and for the friendly «yn pathies shown to my country in its bereavement. | ‘VICTORIA | eee THE CAROLINES, -Roland today te KR BERLIN, March 7. — Government of \ y that Germany ts negotiating with Spain for the pur- chane of the Caroline islands, i SPANISH - MURDERERS: Pats Oueritia in “Cuba Are Under Military Arre: March 7. Mar-| the Ten Spanish cers were arrested on ing committed thirty- re during the 5 war charges ot he three murd: CEDAR RIVER } WATER Bids for the Work ‘Now Be- ing Received. The ctty han call for bids on the C contract, advertisements b ried in the local official paper and aino in the New York Engineoring News, Mining and Selentific Prews Mids will be apened on April 12th by the beard of public No pro- porals will be considered unless in ivict conformity with the adver tivement form All bids for the sub-divisions must be made on sep- arate blanks, and sealed in separate lopes. The contract is to be let in four separate divisions WILL Ci CARRY THE MAIL | Seattle Ste manip: Compaey Have the Contract. The Seattle steamshiporompany of | Beare © has been awarded a anb-con tract to carry mall from this place |te Dyea, by way of Skagway, Mail | will be carried by the steamer Laur- river ing car- works. udn, and their contract went into effect qi March 1 Several other steamers also carry mail, and this ATTACKED made | 8e SHATTLUE, STAR. NING MARCH ™ 1899, gives Alaska simply an addition: mail steamer The letter which wan received by He Wwoal depoftment ordering Unat u niract be let to this company, is as follows Post Office Department, of Becond An#ist Postmaster- General, Washington, D, C,, March 1 fir,—The Postmaster-General ord. era that route No, 78085 from Hei tee { Wash, to Dyea, Alask | Seatile steamship company, r Al Tie'l, manager, be permitted to carry malic by steamer Laurada from | Beatue by Skagway to Dyes, Alaska and beck twioe & month, from March 1, is until otherwise ordered, pro: vided the mails are carried in a| locked pouch tn charge of a sworn cartier, without expense to the de- partnent Thin will take effect March 1, 1899, Very reapectively, W, & SHALLENGU KC BecorG Assistant Portmarter Queen Marie 1 s Better. | | DRUSSOLS, March T—The queen | is mewhat improved today, Oftice 1216-1217 “FOUND DEAD " On a Bed Covered With Blood. WAS, P, SCHETTLER'S BODY LAY Chicago Markets.! Ae, March 1 ~~ Catthe— } atockers, $3.00 4.70, i Texans, $3.5004.59. Light rough, 9 highe; mix- COMSAT; heavy, F2:0001.00; phew, cute Hoge Ehecp-atives, $9100; westerns, #).410791.45; Jamba unchanged. CARTER CHOSEN. March T.-Zina Carter by the From @ Charles F. Schettler, an old pioneer of Becttle, wae found dead in his room over Frye and Bruhn’s butcher CHICAGO, neminated for mayor was noe shop at the ner of Commercial Heoublican convention this after: | ona washington atreeta early thia ny af rhoon, He wee last seen about FORCES AT MANILA. Monday evening a foung man whe was employed by Hehettior, came to work this after, hom, and not finding the aged man, came up to ne room. The door was Forty-One Thousand Soldiers | eee Will Be There. Rehottier was discovered tying across WAPHINGTON, March 7—Forty- the bed ‘ring wi blood. = He thousand officers and men of the hed been troubled with rheumatt combined army and paval forces dieease, which ts supposed to have comprise the approaimate total | “*ueed his death. American streneth now. at and en|_ Achettier was a native of Ger- route under orders for service In the |Puippines. Ne further remforce. (fornia ten years ago. He conducted |e plumbing shop at 214 Jefferson ments are now in contemplation. | The toreer of the two services al- | *treet ag * oT of years, and realy etatione’ In and about the bod wel ead remains were | archipwings consists of twenty regi- |**éee to Bonney ewart's morgue, mente of infantry, one engineer bat-| “Te an inquest will be held to |alion, seven troops of cavairy ta | Morrow eleven battertes of artillery, an ar- xrenate of about 24,000 men. Nine- toon veasela, with an aggregate of | Ueaben will be held at Bonney an@ 207 oMcers, 2990 men and 04 marines be wa chapel tomorrow afternoon — up the navel contingent ca % o'clock, ciusive of the transport Solace. — with Jet cdliesrs and men. all. told, | ‘The funeral services over the re- | which i# cometantiy pasting back an!) maine of A. J, Biorson, who wan forth from Manila. There are about. killed on March 1 In Casende tun- 489 army reinforeements on the wey nel, will be hel? tomorrow after-_ to Manila, making a# rapid progress | noon at Ronney & Sowart'e chapel. las possible, and there are, roughly stthated, THO men in the force un- der erdere to proceed to the Philip- pines. : The foree now at Manila or Hong | | Zone under the command of Ad- P. B. Warren, ‘The funeral services of fireman MePhee's big dramatic and vaude- ville company, playing a week's en- |miral Dewey, comprises the Balti-|ascement at the Third avenue |more, Bennington, Boston, Buffalo, theater, annear this evening in “The Callao, Charleston, Concord, Culgoa, Midnight Call.” Pon Juan de Austria, Helena, Ista 4e Luaon, Isla de Cuba, Manila, The funeral services of — Monadnock, Monoctacy, Monterey, | Tedford will take plac® from Boni Olympia, Petre, and Yorktown, & ®vewart’s chapel this Sraeesee. Them: vensela carry 297 officers, 200) The petition of the W. C. T. U. of eal and 358 marines. | this city for the exclusion of all Petacannceeecannhsauusnan ay j |satoonr between Yesler avenue and WASTE OF TIME. |S cori ct Starcin heotty « | night. Taabel A. Jones has “ed a claim MADRID, March 7.~ Two hundred against the city for $2500 damages to repatriated soldiers took part In ® her property, caused by the regrad~ nuenitestation here today demanding | ing of Firat avenue. Her lots were | jarrear of pay from the - eee | deft in a bad condition, and are con- | tinually sliding Into the street. THE COUNCIL MEETING MOvtatt and tnaan, Chari nted*by Officer Springle last | | preset "They were found lying under | the wharf near the works, over- Liquor Propesition Came Up ivaed with whisky, Pat Canthy was lteken into custody at the same time, ir Discussion, for 0 land will be tried on a charge of sell- Att regular meeting of the city | ing the Hauor to the Indians. counct! last night, the question of the regtriction of saloon limits was fisounsed, The argument | when the ort. of Counciimen Crichton was made, deal [ing with @ proposed amendment to the restricting ordinance, The reso- lution to send a special committee f two to represent ‘the ety at the logixlatere, vas Snally passed, and after being amended Ww made to paint of President. Rinehart and city Comptrolier Perry. The report of-Counciiman Crich- ton on saloon limits was read. The report provided that the joons be kept close to the water front. All Jaatoone om Second avenue would All wires may have to go under- fround, Two ordinances will go to the city council next Monday night recommending that the overhead ayetom position that all companies shal! put thelr wired underzrotnd, wilt be de- cided definitely at this meeting. Henry Watson, alles Harvey Ol- nen, was arrested on a charge of petit larceny last night, tried in the Munielpal court afternoon, ALONG THE WHARVE: this thus be forced to mo The bare hin Spartan hauled alongeide the of the Hot Seattle and Mutler | south bunkers yerterday and ts would not be affected by this, ®8 joading coal for San Francisco. more than fftY Steamer Homer will not sail on the | Sth for Skagway and way ports, as originally scheduled. they have entrance feet from Use street N Counctiman vin wanted to amend the bill go it would tnclude the hotel bars, but was declared out Schoners Maweema and Marton of crder, Counellman Ditler spoke at | will eaj! shortly from Battard leneth on the harm of “back door San Pedro with lumber cargoes. entrances,” and talked, as he said, rom » “standpoint of a saloon Steamer Czarina, Captain Seamen, de ey errived this morning from San Work waa ordered for the im inco and discharged 268 tons provement of Seventeenth and eight at the Arlington dock, } One hundred and thirteen tons of the Twentieth avenues yg s une consisted of fF The trip north w freirht Alaska eventful Opposition to Reed, PRM ontirsige sve Steam freighter Santa Crux wilt coming nfore bitter againat the ad- leave shortly for Skagway with the ininietration a the weasion ja draw- Shipment of powder brought up on | ing t we, He lowes no opportun- the Czarina, ity t raign the president for his views in connection with the Philip- islands, and the nelargement of Steamer Utopia, recently remofel- will be put on the Alaskan run ee pine ebout Mareh 12 The new machin- ox lncuireed Ih ertan to. back up | T7Ap scarted yesterday to test the/ the impertaliatic Idea will plunge the | Poll" government Into debt and the Re-| ‘The ateamer George Starr, publican party into dinaster. Many of Reed's close personal friends have ured him not to place himself tf direct opposttion to the administra- tion's measures and have told him |¢ he ts dostroying himaeit potiticatly which has been tled up tn the har- bor for the past month, will go on the Seattle-Whatcom ron in place f the steamer Bay City ‘The tat- by #0 doing. The speaker, however, | “What questions of all the hun-| sooms absolutely indifferent to pub- areds you have to answer every lic opinion, and ts insisting that his aay, Induired the lounger of the views are right and that later on. | Polk atrept station, “makes you the when the American people reall wearlest?” @hat the conquest of the Philippines | That one,” replied the tleket sel- means they will come to his way jer, “te about as fatiguing as any,” |of thinking.—Brookiyn Hagia, _ ! @ . See Chicago Tribune, be done away with, The pro: | 1 lar ae and will be} y verse! is to be tied up for repairs. | RAZORS THAT WILL CUT $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 We fave RAZOR STRAPS Too 25c, SOc, 75c, $1.00 Ptevens, SPELGER & HURLBUT Av PERSONAL MENTION. 3. Kildall, of Kildall Brow Whatcom, is registered at Allen J. Walker te reg Dyea at the Butler, tered from i. F. Lawson, who ts interested tn coal motning at Black Diamond, is at the Stevens, W. J. Kirby, of Vancouver, travet- ing auditor of the Western Expren company, is in town stopping at the C. UL Burnett, superintendent o@ Burnett coal mines at Burnett, ts registered at the Diller, Jas. ©. Leary, & prominent hop foriwer from Tolt, is at the Diller, John Furness, a merchant of Nor- man, if registered at the Diller. atder was procured | the transom, and) lately, and was also subject to heart | imeny, and moved here from Cali- | j { { | cellaneous | this evening, It | to 12. SIDE LIGHTS ON LABOR. The new plent of the Newcartic Tiaplats company, whieh is th eet of the kind in the wor pes ne Up this week, The Central Federation union in New Yorks wante the Electoral col- lece abolished, and the President elected by @ direct vote of the peo- ple Ground was broken at the mouth of the Calumet river, in Hiinots, for @ large plant to make ce: it frow pie-iron slag, once waste, by a pro coms which promises to revolution ise the industry. The buildings wif heve « daily espacity of 1900 to 2000 barrels of cement. West Virginia is te have a new 91,000,000 brewery. Operatives of the great mills at Comumbus, Ga, have organized a elut end will ingtitute ® gymnasium nd Worary. ‘There are thirty flag factories in , the United States. ‘The furnacermen of the Mahoning & Shenango valieys, Pennsylvania, bave had their wages raised 10 per | cent. SEATTLE. STILL LEADS ‘Steamer’sBigCargo for Hawaii. uncil at a «pectal meeting to- TUE MANUEASE DEPARTS LOADED Mas More Freight Then She Can Carry and Tacoma Shipments Left Beni A fitting Miustration “of the su- premacy Seattle holds over the other important shipping porte on the Sound is presented by the loading of the Pritigh steamer Manuense for Hawels The Manuense has for the past two days been taking In freight at tho Ariington dock. Among the lier of the Articles to go on board was a consignment of steel plates, ich are for a sugar refinery at Honotelu. Owing to the amount of treieht space taken up by the mis- argo. fully 250 tons of the trom, material will be left in the warehouse for the Garonne, the ro- maining space being reserved for « contianment of freight to be taken on at the City dock. The cargo on this dock amounts to 260 tons, and will practically Ml the vessel. When the Manuense goes to Ta- coma, which she is expected to do je doubtful if she jean teke on much freleht at that port. This, in turn, will have to be beld over for the Garonne. The fact of the Manuense coming first to Seattle from the Pritish side, shows that the Queen city is send- ing out more freight to the island than eny other Sound port, it being necessary for the steamers to take on the largest cargoes awaiting them hefore proceeding to ports contain. ing the smaller. GERMANY AS A SE A remarkable proof of the expan- sion of German trade is furnished by the traffic returns of the Sues eanal, Twenty years ago the Ger~ man share of the canal traffic was per cent. of the total tonnage. It ie now 11 per cent., a large propor- tion of teh trade being with Brit- ish possesions, Another curious fact in connection With the canal Is that the largest vessela passing through are German, As Tong ago as 1896 Germany took the lead in this re- ect. The steamer Friedrich der Grosse, of 10,000 tons, went through in that year, paying dues amounting 000 franes, Several German stenmers of the same size are men- tioned in subsequent nal reports, dat the present moment others are By A built for the regular ser- vie China and Japan, Germang ow op patd 8,000,000 francs In canal dues in 1897,.—London News, No pleasure is comparable to standing wpon the vantage ground of truth.—Bacon, toe POWER. SS ste &