The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 6, 1899, Page 3

sdevieansiics ; + SUBMARINE CABLE LINE The Cost Reckoned at $1,000 | rare co tare the stand b Per Mile. D C, May @ of the details of the sub marine cab York Pacifle Cable company propos es to lay between the United State nd the Philippines islands have been planned, Une is to be 11,000 miles long touch Hawail and the Carolines, and con nect the Southern Ladrones, being thence extended to Manila. The welght of the cable amounts to 28 tons per miles, The tixteenth part of the actual distance of the necessary connection will be allowed in excess, tn order | te make up for the unev tea bed. ‘The coat is reckon $1000 & mile, and as s000 aa congress has given its consent to the slight concessiana still demanded, the com- pany is ready to commence work. The starting polnt, ‘according to the company’s plan, will be Mon- Island of Luson. Two y¥ probably be spent on the completion and laying of the cable, but th survey of the route rose the Pa eife to Manila will probably be be- gun immediately. The importance of such a cable connection cannot be dixputed. The new line, besides tncreasing the speed of communications, will reduce the cost from @9 to 7 per cent. A cablegram from Washington to Man fla now costs $2.62 per word, and takes two to three hours fn transit At least half a day, therefore, is necessary for an exchange of cabdle- | With the new connection. etam of the same length to Manila wil} cost at first only $39, and, aceording to the calculations of the cable company, would reach tts des tination in less than half an hour United States troops are quartere fn all the taland named, and the ac vantages of rapid communication | are obvious, Indeed, the heads of | the army and navy departments Washington would themselves have to establish euch a connection ff) congress cannot come to terms with the New York Cable company ‘With regard to the depth of tb Pacific no trustworthy figures are as yet available. The difference, a» compared with the Atlantic Ocean, is, however, not supposed to be very great. The cable recently laid from Hayti to the Windward islands lies 14,609 feet deep, whereas the greatest depth between San Francisco and ‘Hawall does not amount to more than 14.900 fect. The greatest depth between Hawai! and Mantia i# put @t 19,600 feet, but this calculation ts measurements. However opinion of experts, there are no depths on the route of the pruject- ed cable which would greatly ex- coved those at which cables have al- ready been laid in other seas. TWENTY-FOUR MILES Of Track Laid on Columbia & Western. CASCADE CITY, B.C, May ¢— Richard Porter, the senior member of the firm of Porter Brow. & McAr- thur, who have the contract for the bridge building and track laying on the Columbia & Western ratiway from West Robson to Midway, 106 miles io length, is authority for the statement that steel has been laid from West Robson to the mouth of the 00-foot tunnel, stance of 24 miles. Tracklaying ts to be started on the switchback on the east side of the summit, and this route will be ‘used until the completion of the tun- el, some time late in the fall of the year. The big bridge over Porcupine ereek ts expected to be completed in 30 days. Gangs of men are also hur- tying forward the work of construc- tion on the other large bridges, and it ts expected that steel will be laid as far as this point by the end of June, if nothing happens to hinder same. The distance between Weat Robson and here is @ miles, Another Fatal Feud. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 6— News has been received here of the Assassination in Van Buren county | of the son of Hugh Patterson, who was murdered in December, 1897 by Lee Millis and Will Hardin. Mills was hanged @ few days ago. Hardin was shot to death In jail. It is be Neved that young Patterson wa murdered by friends of Hardin tn venge. RAILWAY NOTES. fast being recogniz- ed by Enstern road« as the commer clal center of the rthwest is made dent by the fact that within the past year four offices have been es tablished here: They are as follows Monon route, represented by J. W Dudley; Southern Pacific, represent- 1 by Thoma #A. Graham; Erie Dis patch, « large freight organizat Cc. H. Stebbine, general agent the ago, Milwaukee & Paul F. W. Parker, ge mn, In railway circles the report has | been circulated that George mer, general trafic manager Laek Shore & Southern has been tendered por general manager of the Monon route which Is now controtied by the Mor wan-Vanderbilt alliance The an syndicate Is after the ti, Hamilton & Dayton rail road to run in tion with th ig Fou It is reported that C. EB. Shaft, gen eral manager of the w vom his arrive other r Shaft has the tation ne of the best a Found ra men in the country A speod of 9 hour was r cently attained by engine 1191 of the Chicago and Ktoek President Pur attached to the wan ma Biue Island, road. Ont This engine ad om hour wh ir heavy passer ger tr A few » James J. Ht president of ut Northern, wa hot recognized as a power in the }tal e terey, in California, and the last} point the town of Manila, on the | ‘= will} }at top «p lroad world, be a “ehrewd eowith , ne of th have van by Me AOLION » rate 1t tw ald by prominent ratlrc men that no her man tn the business would That he is all powerful ls ev fr the fact that his recent slash In the rates forced ev Miawourl to ry road weat of th been in absolute control of the ¢ rthern he could not have dor and again he hit the Pullman ear company very hard by reducing the ng car rates from Bt, Paul to the coast, It t® said that he has jother surprises up hie sleeve to Japring on his unsuspecting con tors WHAT THE WAR GOST Approximate Estimate Up to Date of $275,000,000. WASHINGTO proximate calculation placer nditures of the tr account of the war with 8) the te the beginning of the war prepara ar up to tions in Mareh of last y the present time, at $275,000,000. It in Impomstble for the tr of what the w in the pay of increas penaion expected to be hi to the number ¢ count nese that pr General Shafter. € the large p Much will alse pend on the dur ation of the Philipptns The expenses of the navy are rapidly beon reduced to a normal basia, but the Philippine campaign is still war department expen kee na th dituree up. A BOOM IN ZINC MINING :. Producer of the Metal. NEW YORK, May &-—News from url within | . reach ing & record price of $55 4 ton, In the Joplin district of Mis a few days, telling of ain dicates to those who ha watching the course of the sine market and mining shares of much the same character as that wh swept over the copper properties a » The high price of sine not confirmed as yet by unbiased |ore is incident im the|the price of metallic from a scarcity of the metal in the world's markets. |be let unt the June meeting, ‘WEATHER AT PALOUSE year in turn has com ne of the evidences of this scarcity here from London for 600 tons and the brokers who tried to fil order could buy only 180 tons after scraping the markets. After being ourselves dependent for many years upon Burope for a part @ tleast of our plies Of sinc America now suddenly finds hereetf the mowt important factor im the world in the production of this india- pensable metal, with Europe beg- ging at her doors for more of it than we have to sell. This ts the more remarkable when one considers that miy about three years ago the de mand.for zine had fallen #0 low com- paratively that the price dropped to Mc per pound, and it could hardiy be produced except af a lows In fact there were many mimes from which none would have been produced at all but for the fact that its produc tion was Incidental to the producing of lead from the same ores. BUILDING NEW ROAD Great Northern Has a Large Force of Men at Work. SPOKANE, May 6.—Over three hundred men are at Work construct ing the Great proach to the the east in the Big Bend country The headquarters camp is at Trint Jad, where are located the offices ontractors. of Foley Bros., This construc rapidly pushed and will be complete early this summer ffom present in lications, The object of It Is to get away from crossing #0 many dry oulees, that are a fruitful source of trouble In spring thaws, The line being Dullt Is only abot 10 miles in length, is somewhht longer than the present route, but is a much better one in every way. Three Miles in a Rur LONG BRANCH, N. J,, May 6. Mra. Sanger M. Pullman, of Chicago, w York rly lost their lives in a runaway Miss H. Julian, of afternoon. ‘The horse, a «spirit nimal, started in front Pullman cott and ran thi being conqu nen, Who retain by the two w their hold on the lines. The women |were overcome when help reached them. Sees ce “lo A. R. ENCAMPMENT will be Held in Palouse Near the End of May. PALOUSE, Wash, May 6.—Great | preparations are being made for the ertainment of the annual en pment of the G A. BR. and’ W May and 26, 1% flere mentioned above, Company G. W., of Garfield, and the cadet f the Washington agricultural col mth will b ehere for their annual en ampment, and will take part in the xercises, The camp will be pitehed n the flat near the old skating rink here is an abundance of room Pr. ning the visitor dan in sting programme in beir ar talked und local talent f Atlanta," during the enca tiz f Palow taking a deer n the affatr and loing all they can to ma The Namo Clipper Signifies: Look it ! thought to Ww suit, and thereby knocking off about 50 per cent in Hine which the New| passenger revenues, If he had not eat this th friendy, May &—An ap on aeury of ficials to form even a rough estimate r will eventually cost ar neaged and the duration of the war and on ac- of sick allied in the army of cers between Tagiah lake and Me lake and was comy being bur pertation men he had left. This t erican game of draw poker (Glass Blowers will, Strike | If a my | ta |This Country the Greatest fciurcry say ie » |fore the board. Th 4 that a recent order was received | of gine the ly | morning th a heavy white frost. Vegetation was uninjured, an it Is not yet far enough | advanced to be affected by frost Today is cloudy spring weather b bes crops, and unless this cc harvest will be le jorthern’s ne wap ‘olumtiia river from guns around the most valuable anin Jator Louls F. Goodsel!’s collie Nr | valued at $5000. There on Work is being eat development In the |Obertin M of embexazling $1,600,000 fro f the administration officials a find grounds for the remiasion of hia brief has b fense, settling forth alleged irreg of Whitman county in thie general to review @ cane ner. They concede to review the papers a to the president as to the regularity of the proceedings, but deny his right to alt as a tribunal superior to day” will be devoted to the court martin a fe Jays ago wh M, Spinning, agt. | ca SURVIVOR OF THE KLONDIKE. Escaped With 60 Cents by Borrowing $500. NEW YORK, May 6.—Willlow Jensen, who was the propr t lolicates#en store on Ave A and who went to the Klondike region in a wearch for gold a year ago, ret edt York yenterday with 60 cents, Me started for the Klondike with @ complete miner'a outfit a $1800 In cash, When he got back h said he never would have been abl to get back to New York if a man tn Skagway hadn't lent ht ms500, ‘The man Wea a stranger to him, but waa from his native town tn Sweden Jensen intends to go to work on Monday morning in a South Hrook lyn factory at $12 a week, Sitting ata table yesterday tn an Ave srrounded by many of his naummed up his Klon Howing dike experience in the f words on a damn fool, I been twenty New York on’ I save much 1 been cragy like a damn » dat for to go to Kilo dik Jensen said that he was buncoed all alone the line to the Klondike and all the way back. Me said that he paid $540 to @ man who sold him of paper that purported to b: a deed to a valuable claim near My nook creek. ‘Then he said he was bled" by the Canadian custome oft oh Hed to give them although he had paid duty on tht to the cust Moers at pam. Jensen aald that, after ood on all aides by trans ompanion, Canadian cus re and ordias few hundred dollars loxt learning the Am wht ‘ON, N. J, May 6.—The Mowers, who are on HRIDGR window gta ‘ arin with t ly attended meeting today and voted unanimously not to go to work tm the fall unless the bottte sties are unionized. The jon te watie 1 that they or nm journey this woek factory to them, expecting more non-t n bottle blowers h PULAALAN, Wash. May © fay the board of regen reultural college will th purpose Jetting th for manufacture of 1,290,000 brick mded for the construction of new buildings bt sHege, There will be other important business be contract for the n of the buildings will a onsructl From Present tadieditocs the Harvest Will be Late. PALOURE, Wash, May 6-—The weather throughout the Palouse: vab ley r mains cold. Snow fel) at inter * all day yesterday, and iy ground was covered by 1 cold, with occa Monal showers of sleet and snow Farm work is prox and under difficulties, Wheat now in the ground is said to be mak te and will b ewell able to wit re |atand any dry weather which may follow. The weather being and teams are enabled to # rf than hot. Warm weather are needed for ht HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y N the dogs in the v Highland Falts Cragaton nt Morgan's col a the ¥ » general Jead dogs Iny a Hed wa re searc ve wide from J. ¥ Masashi a doen dogs Morgan's, in thy 'AN EFFORT 10 SAVE CARTER Everything Possible Will be Done for Him. May 6.—The WASHIN us tenced to five ye and to pay a fir nment and #« Imprisonn $5000, indicates the extent to which » going to penalty It is now proposed to have the cane reviewed at length before the attorney general as an appeal. A n wubmitted by the 4 ularities in the proceeding at the trial by court martial, the chief aim being that improper evidence wan admitted Friends of Capt. Carter have been | appear before the attor p nt oral argu behalf. Col. Barr, judge United State sarmy, i pt. Carter a oon Alrectod ear on behalf of the govern prove this plan, Military men regard the attorney n thie mar to him the right 1 give ad t as most unusual f Died in Great Agony. ARCOLA, Ml, May Carl Gar. ver, the thirteen who no badly bur body engaged Ir burning stalke his father's farm, lied in great agony today. A severe REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS transfers fi her, Among the party were two the of a nee The couple were carriage ol veralls, 1 ‘ounty Clerk & marriage Heense. County udge W. 1] Hamilton joined them while they! CLEVELAND T0 BE PRESIDENT It Is Said Ho Will Head a New Trust Company. swear that their suspicions were wishes of a crowd. e hottie blowera, had It has been reported that the the capt arrow Escape ping from being ver of a culvert was and throwing and heid tn released by will confine | nien to the h asing slowly | shall ing, Dan : 11, 4: “And in the days t their Kings shall the God of Heaven set up Kings.” ts GUDGEE First Baptist Church—Fourth ave nue near Jamon street Louls & werman, pastor. Preaching at 11 m. and § p.m. Morning, “An Em- raid.” Evening, “A Slighted eee |ner Jeffer |nue. Rev Preaching every Sunday at 11 a in. have time during and 7:30 p.m. Firet M. EB. Chureh—Corn subs {8 p.m. ‘orner of Madi: nd evening at Brown In cha Corner Third avenue and Unive West evening, “Silver Wing shes TY Meetings are held every Sunday NM \ ner Sixth avenue and § Rev. R. L. Li | ; ; Jing subject, “Paul's Second Great The choir, chorus and Sunday school of the First 24-216 Cherry Street, of tetanus developed and the | war songs, special solos and music. MEN’S CLOTHES)". | Thoy Way They Do It in the)s: me State of Arkansas. a $1 TEXARKANA, Ark., May 6.—8ix |) a diate ait f Texarkana® went to spend ne ¢ r r, near Kondo, and ere ther in 1 rmed that in the netghborhood a 1 pa y yun r) was living at a man, and oee Way home the Texarkana mer dlacovery of a jatge deposit of wed at the farm of B.D. ms 4nd Genito in the Carbon district found the girl in men's clothing, | the city Mie one ip eated with Bima and amoking & ¢l- | vein ¢ hil karette, ‘Tho girl in very pretty and tye mountain. M Intelligent. To the men she aid she | metal, uned mainl eaided at Waco, where her home tne manufacture of tr 1 burned. Sims then took |e oceial tool stool pu charge of her, and she bad learned ie iy worth about 815 per 100 gra love him, She dreased ana man! ay pngiiah firm has offered keep people from talking about! Ser pound for all the 60 per hat can be obtained an, who in-| lawyers and an ald | formed the couple that they we A San Francisco man who dled not ating the law. They became !jong ago with pleurlay, was found cared and consented to marry each |to have had three-quar ' in his bea kiven seats in the been there long enough to r yee ‘| he Seagen’s Latest At Your Own Price.” y's whirt and suapender 1 upon the court house steps. | woman had caused much excite nt in the county, but no one could | nony th " After the c¢ Sense And TOmOroy three rpse of an unknown man | a ped that the man had been seen the vicinity yesterday, and th ‘ ost night a shot was heard T man had a hole through his left! mre r clothene were soaked ym here, three boys) with b An old rusty revolver ay be him. ‘The coroner t# of the beltef t the man committe su “a not deem an in > quest onary MINING NEWS. OF nthly dividend of 2 per cent. on I wtock, payable May 15. teas » WORTH OF reek is talking about two The Empire State-Idaho Mintng!/ mpgny has dectared ite regular . strikes in the Orpha, May defined ledges are exposed at two claims at depths of fi “ rty feet pectively, with pay streaks about ten inches in width og Will still continue annoy O60 @ According to @ letter received here ‘ Ss Pik » & yesterday from Superior, Wis, an At 30 ike St. Important discovery of copper has poen made at rounty. The ore ip sald to be ailican in Douglas Under the direction of h, | Mrs. Pease. md | t aseays have yet been ms wk t8 to begin at once to deter-| mine the extent of the depasit. } oe | ‘The tunnel of the Negiect, near! @ e Denver, B.C. Is in a agid led, of lime and quartaite, carryifie good galena va | There t# great activity in the camp. m between walle of sate | AND) Sa Your Wife Come to See Us. We will be open until 9 — p. m., and we want to show you the xiv, 21: He that loveth me ed of my Father * Tabernacle (Maptist)—Cor- » street and Boren aves] We know you don't C. Ohrum, pastor. the day, and now that warm weather is coming on, we wisn think the Gas Stove eee is just what you Thira want. M. EF. Church—Thirtieth av- ath near King street, Rev. enue and Marion street, Rev. E. Randell, jr. pastor, Morning a ct, “Face to Face Evening oo SAVES...... t. “Poverty.” eee African M Church—1220 Four- | th avenue. ev. George A. Bal- pastor, Services at 11 a. m, and Madison Street M. EB. Church— n street and Twen- third avenue. Rev. A. 8 Gregg, ‘Tabor Market Street Baptist—-Twenty- fourth avenue south near Main. Rev. rvloe aldwin, pastor m. and 8 p. m. "5 And promotes happi- Plymouth Congregational Church | NESS in every household L Rev. W. i. G. Tenee, | Where used, dees and ning at 7:20 o'clock In the Chris iigelow Block, “Subject. tomorron Soldat Manufactur- ning wil 2 pein 4 4 freight ited, and con- United Presbyterian Chureh—c wt re nning, pastor, Morn. CHARG | Quentic * Evening subject, The r State or the Mob—To What Are We AND) Mitte Baptist chureh will Include recitations, the old | Phone Mala-470, nected FREE of) Pacific Coast Steamship Company, for San Francisco Tu company’@ #le- ant ships nd Umat tue 6 a 7 * r ) Victoria, M > pri 4, 9 14, fay 4 1 fifth day there i + Victoria and rmation obtain Washingion & Alaska STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Alaska Lightning Express STEAMSHIP CITY OF SEATTLE Salis from Yesier @hart fnesday, May 9th, at 10 PR M FOR ——- ‘Skagway and Dyea DIRECT Subsequent Sailings, May 19th G. F. THORNDYKE, Agent. 116 YBSLER WAY ‘Empire Line )JunelS, isos Company's Own 1 Steamess for | Dawson City | Connéeting » { Viet of And All Intermediate Points on the Yukon River. EMPIRE LINE (607 First Ave. + + SEATTLE) Ae nt of the Interna- r to onal ie United States or Canada, Gest Ticket Office, 612 First ave pTHERN Leas. es virtive No waY HAS Everett, 6:45 Ral © sor Walon PF oe x JAPAN-AMERICAN LINE Carrying U. 8 Mail to all Oriental Pointe “Riojun Maru” Will Sail For Japan, China and All Asiatic Ports About May t7, '899 KAGW AY ROUTE The Ocean-Going Ste mship LAURADA Prank M. While, Master, Sails for Skagway Way Ports Friday, May 12, at Noon Every Twelve Days Thereafter, For Freight and Passonger Rates apply to Seattle Steamship Co. White Star Dock, Foot of Spring Stroot. "Phone Main F. A, BELL, Ma 1,000 OilBarrels In Good Condition CAHN & COHN Foot of Yesler Ave. Yesler Dock. BONNEY & STEWART uneral IMrectors awl Etabalmore lors, Third Ave, and ¢ cloetia Telephone Main 1% Seattle, Wash ah baleen tiie y