The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1899, Page 2

THE SEATTLE STAR. PLETE Ow THE SEATTLE STAR ° “Bo WELLS & CO, Ponies. Brey Ghernecn except funday ¥. i. watts Kptron, Be One One cent per co ory | tix cents per w er twenty.t a: is per month Dy terre © tree copies ~ Teles hene Pike 160. ~ Third Avenue sat Beattie, Washing: ther Politios. KF. CHASE, xis MANAGER Bids for furnishing 24,000 tone of armor for new federal monitors, cruisers and battleships will be open- ed at the Navy department on the last day of the current month=-that is, if any bids shall have been re- cetved. It has been announced that the two concerns which have here- tofore monepolised armor making in this country will not bid, and ¢ are further rumors that other stee! making concerns will not be ready to pick up this government plum which is, after all, one of the chief Prizes open to honest competition in the steel making trade. Twenty- four thousand tons of steel plate are ‘wanted, and for this the govern- ment will pay $900 per ton, with possible $400 a ton for the plate to cover the three battleships and four Monitors now on the stocks. As bas been conclusively shown to the entire satifaction of everybody concerned, except the armor-plate makers, it costs less than $200 per ton—to be exact, $197.78 per ton—to make and deliver the finest known quality of hardened steel plate for jacketing warships. Averaging (he Price paid by the government on the contracts now In question at $350 per the Alaska boundary line delivered | ses uncon: m has no heated air and smoke sclousnesa, and the further reneation o-* vile An enterprising Parisian har been | fined 10 francs and sent to prise ond eteht making horse meat, and selling them as rab- bit ples, partride aus Marquis of Saliabury, who ts in | entieth year, ts « ost members of parliament, having | entered the houte As commons when only 28 years ¢ tee why England rminy should tink ay foightin’ over a dom little ting lotke Samoa! Kerrigan—-Ye don't eh! Thon, begorrah! ye're a poor splofmin ay an Olrishman! Puck. Cassidy—O1 ¢ or Ameriky or ¢ see Thomas Wolcott, of Smyrna, Neb owns a copy of Lincoln's own hand writing of his first speech made in 4 court of law, It has been several times completely rewritten, and is now so full of corrections almost ineligible. . ee In the regutar column of death no-| tices published In the London Times of April 19 was thi: “George Gor dun Noel, Lord Byron, died bly for Greece at Missolonghi, April 19, 1824." ‘The notice is followed by a two-line quotation from “The Bride of Aby- dos.” ‘The Prince of Monace is now worth $10,000,000, and has more in prospect The prince takes $250,000 a year out of the gambling estamlishment at Monte Carlo. He pays no taxes, po- lee, drains, electric Nght and gov ernment socials are all paid from the profits of the ames . | On an average Ss thes teed Sb eae ple are killed every year by leht- ning oe | In 1898 the single colony of New fouth Wales imported books and stationery to the value of $2.905,000, | see Over three-fifths of the mail of Des | Moines, Ia., was collected last year | from the boxes on the street cars, | see | Koren ts just about the sine of the |itand of Great Firtiain, being 600 miles Jong and from 120 to 208 miles) wide. cee } ‘The highest sumber of emigrants from Ireland in any one year since | 1861 was 190.0000 In 1852, and the low- emt 32.241 in 1898. i eee | | Im 1880 tt was estimated that there were 650,000 princes and other bh patos of} dom | MRS, PF, W, DAMIBIS PRESIDENT for the boys aft |and at yesterday's meoting, 1 NEW ORDER ORGANIZED Fortson Relief Corps of Seattle. 4 Sisters of the oers Mold an Important Mecting. ‘The meeting of the mothers, wives, daughters, and sweethearts of the Manila soldiers, which was held at the residence of Mre. F. W. Daniels, 221 Seneca street, yesterday after noon, proved to be @ very successful start for the new organisation. The new order is be known as “The Fort- son Relief Corps,” an auxiliary to the Washington Volunteers now in the Philippines. The chief object of the iadies’ or. | ganization ts to make things as pleasant and agreeable as ponsibie their return, An initiation fee of 25¢ will be charged, was raised. This money in to be used in securing @ place in which to | hold the future meetings of the or- ganizations A committee was appointed to ree if one of the rooms in the Armory hall could be secured. Letters have been received to day from different persons stating their intention of Joining in the good work, and tt le expected that at least 100 members will have signed the |roll before the second meeting, which wilt be held at Mra. Daniel's next Wednesday. The committer appointed on hall amt aif work is as follows: Mrs. D. |C. Stam, Mra, Wm, Collier, Mrs. F. W,, Daniels. ‘The officers elected are as follows: Mrs, F. W. Daniels captain: Mrs. C. at points along the one hundred and | editary nobles in Russia, and since D. Stam, first lieutenant: Mre. M. i oMcers 5 Poreupine River valley on Forty Mile i F g H i tically lost, and the whole work will Wwe to be done over again. This_ siipshod manner of doimg things has characterized the entire series of 0 g It te high time that steps were taken to do some efficient work. oundary locations should be made. and enduring stone boundary marks —_—— A half dosen Pastern newspapers ere engaged in an acrimonious dis-— cussion as to which is entitied to the | Purchased, and unexpectedly caught Navigation company, which owns honor of suggesting the Dewey home fund. This attempt to inject news- paper advertising into @ laudable —_ The American soldiers in Luzon continue to chase Aguinaido’s “cap- tale” off the face of the earth, but there is always one more just ahead. eeEVeeeee—e——— If our tin-clad gunbosts in the Philippine waters are as well pro- tected as the tin trust, they must be invulnerable indeed. “ALL SORTS.” About 15,000 artificial limbs are an- ually turned owt in England ee The Mexican army comprises 3507 officers and 2.4598 privates. eee The empire of Morocco is the most important state that is absolutely without @ newapaper. Great Britain the United Stat and France represent one-half of the total wealth of the nations of the world. eae The most important tron and ma- hinery plant in Brazil is the Nation- al rolling mill of Rilo de Janeiro, em- ploying 400 operators. eee Gen. 0. 0. Howard has made a} complete collection of contemporary TMagasine and newspaper accounts of the late Spanish war ore A bdiind chamelon, or one purpose- tinded for the sake of experi-| does not change its color under varying environments. one One test for distinguishing dia- monds from glass and paste is to touch thern with the tongue. The Gamond feels much colder. “ee “I am sorry,” said an orator at a recent public meeting in Ireland, “to find a gentleman thus dissecting a long-vanished corpse in cold blood.” “ee London, with a population of 5,- 982,243, does with a daily water sup. ply of 199,656,939 galions—a daily con- sumption per head of 22.40 gallons. q0oe Four thousand five hundred dol- lare was the cost of the cake pro vided at the wedding of John Jacob ‘Astor to Miss Willing, of Philadel- phia. “ee The whole peninsula of Korea is exceedingly mountainous, being a range the backbone of which for over 400 miles follows the seacoast ‘The head of the fire department in en Eastern ofty says that who perish in @ burning building are invariably suffocated, and that the death is painiess. One breath of the | Coltie P. Huntington, in an article | then the number ae Increased. ‘There are ue vines stations tn- side a eix mile radius of St. Paul cathedral, while within a twetve-mile ‘Terra cotta sleepers are in use on Japanese railways, The tnereased | cost is compensated for by the bet- } ter resistance to decay. } eee For 225 years since ite foundation | the Jenalsche Zeitung, of Jena, just now celebrating ite anniversary, bas | been the property of one family. | vee Serator Butler, of North Carolina, fe to enter the law school of the ‘North Carolina university this month. He was graduated from the | laniversity tm 1884. | lin Pearson's Weekly, says: “The | Careful | best way to become wealthy ts not/tant future another steamer will lt talk too much during business * | hours.” A Galveston detest, golng home late on a recent night, though to ex- periment with « pocket electric searchlight, which he had recently | eee ee Tests have been made in Finland Mrs | formation was given out that a sol. WILL BUILD |The two boate will leave the ports! |Gormley, second Heutenant; Mrs. | Alice French, treasurer: Mra. J. W Pyncheon, secretary; Mre. Kt. H. Moss, chaplain; Mise B. E. Manning, eorgeant; Mrs. L. BE. Dwyer, sentinel; Rows, mistress at arms The companies in the Philippines represented by relatives yorterday | were B, C.D, Gand K. The in- dier who bes just returned from Mantla ie tn need of help. and the) room committee will look after hin case. One lady has already offered the soldier a home, NEW STEAMERS| TACOMA, May M.—In the not-die- probably be put on the Tacoma-Se- attle run to alternete with the Flyer at the same time, just doubling the present service of the line } Capt. U. B. Beott, president of the) Cotumbia River @ Puget Sound the Flyer, Greyhound and Pialley Gatsert, t9 In Tacoma overseeing the | rebuilding of the Fiyer. “Tt im @ little premature to talk of |THE MOORE INVESTMENT CO. ‘ARMOUR NOT Pratt’s = a NORTH CF ul ul TAYLOR FIFTH AVE. ON QUEEN ANNE HILL. Pratt's Orchard of over 6 acres of large bearing fruit trees has just been put on the market by Holman & Robinson. For a Home or Speculation It will pay you to see these lots. Beautifully located, fine view of Lake, City and Sound, Extra choice for a desirable home. Take the Cedar Street Car Every Lot Cleared, ready to build upon. At least ten full bearing fruit trees on each lot. Tomorrow Will Be Too Late Easy Terms to those who wish to build. ‘Price $250 per Lot. No Reserve A representative to show the property will be on ithe grounds. For terms see any of the following Real Estate Brokers: 112 Columbia Street PEABODY & BROTHERTON, 311 Washington Building M. JORDAN Rooms 5-6 Colonial Block VIRTUE-WARNER LAND COMPANY, 303 New York CREDIT SYSTEM SEEMS BEST in Iven Town Again. es Pa, May 4.—Ne- are im progress between | Wiltienn, Atkins, manager of the jeeeree Iron and Steel company, nd capttelints of Ne wYork, with a to decide the comparative value of | the new steamer,” he eald yesterday fron and aluminum as materials for when asked about her. “We intend Doreeshoes. After six weeks use bY to build one for the run, but have | the cavalry the aluminum shoes were | not set the time yet. If business in- fn all cases proved to be In @ better | crouses aa ft hae, it may not be long comtition than the others. | She will be a cheaper boat to oper- rds til ¢ than the Fi: eithough no less! NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 17.— Armour & Co., Chicago beef} re negotiating for the pur- one-half acres of valuable waterfront view of putting the extensive plant |of the company Mm operation. Tt em- | ployed over @ thousand hands when in fall operation and has been shut down for two years. The Potteville board of trade hae been putting forth WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4— ‘The latest ruling of the Treasury department, if presented in story shape, would present a queer moral. It's import would be that it ts some- persons | In Japan most of the horses are shod with straw. Even the clumatest of cart horses wear straw shoes,| which, in their cases, are tied around the ankle with a straw rope, and are! made of the ordinary rice straw, | braided #0 as to for ma sole for the foot about half an inch thick. one D'Annunsio, ee. Ttaltan poet and | author, took with him on a recent railroad journey fourteen trunks, | which contained among other things | 72 shirts, 144 pair of plain socks, 24 |pairs of silk socks, 48 pairs of day | gloves, 24 pairs of evening gloves, #| violet umbrelins, 19 green parasols) and 180 crava’ ‘SECOND DAY OF JUBILEE Peace Demonstration Con- tinues in Washington. Flower and Civic Organizations Parade Before the President in Gata Attire. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.— |The second day of the Peace Jubilee is marked by ideal weather, It has been set apart for flower and civic! organizations to parade, both of| which will be reviewed by the prewi dent and his cabinet in the court of honor. Death From a ting. HAZLETON Pa May %4.—Mi- | chaal Novack and Michael Laps | of Stockton, were attacked by Michael George and John Barna Jat a celebration last evening and #0 | badly beaten that the former will not live, and the recovery of the latter fe doubtful. Lapschack had one of | his ears severed while Novack's head | was broken, One of their assailants ~~ been placed under arrest, but the other two enon ped | A Corset Trust. NEW YORK, May 24 of the corset trust declare consolidation of this business ts al-| most comple opto » a ma jority of the plants having been se- cured, The capitalization haw not yet been fixed, but will exceed $40,- 000,000. | chack, Promoters | that the in Pratt's Orchard Ada attractive. The great trouble with | the Piyer t# that she te too powerful | and too expensive for the business | | she has. “I have unlimited faith in both} Tacoma and Seattle, and feet sur j another boat will be necessary, The lawo cities are bound to grow, and rail service will never be as popular as boat | “The new steamer will be fast. it | does not pay to build slow ones. The | Fiyer will be faster now than she was when new. We will make the run in an hour and 20 minues al! right. She will also be better Mtted/ ani modern in every way The | dining room will be ran on the Euro- pean plan and passengers can «et 10 cent. lunches If they wish.” The repaire on the Flyer will amount to over $14,000 when she | ready for the run again, which be the last of next week. She will go to Seattle under her own steam to receive the furniture, which was left there, and the finishing touches will be put on at that port After Gold in Arkansas. TEXARKANA, Ark., May %4.—Col- onel Thos. Parish of Naghvitie, Ork.,| passed through thie city today en| route to the gold mines of Howard county, Arkanwas. He had a full equipment of the latest mining ap-| | paratuses and was accompanied by btw perta. The latest developments in the gold fields of Howard county show that a yield of $109 to the ton of ore is obtainable, and the recent din ery of lead and iron In the environ ments of the gold mines has added to the importance of that section and drawn an wn army ¢ of prospectors Fought on on the Street. PALMYRA, Mo., May %4.--Former Mayor J.D. Clark and Thomas J Sutter, president of the Palmyra Telephone Exchange, became involv- ed in a dispute over the sale of come bank stock on Main etreet today The lie was passed and in the fight that followed Sutter stabbed Clark twice in the left stde of the neck with a small steel screwdriver. Tortur id by Thiev MIDDLETOWN, N. ¥., May %4.- Four burgiars broke Into the house lof Orson Moffatt, in Ulsterville, last night. They bound and gagged Mof fatt, and tortured him until he told where $200 waa hidden | An effort is being made to trace the | thieves with bloodhounds. Korn f Prescription Bpocialiats. a @ Con Filth and Pike, ‘Phone Viko 2% property immediately above the site | ¢fforte to get the mills in operation of the Newport News Abattoir com comhesienanenremens pany's proposed plant, which In| THE ANNUAL REGATTA. about a mile above the shipyard. It} aosantache aid reliably that the deal §# about! consummated, and rumor hae it that the Armour company intends to build a rival abattoir which will handle a large percentage of the produce of the company for the ex times better to be In debt than to be square with the world. ‘The case in point is the outcome of the sensational counterfeiting case, the International Yachting associa-| involving W. L. Jacobs & Co., Lan- tion of Puget sound, for the annual! caster pa All over the country regatta which {a to be held here this 7 der t nt of the | Citars have been seized, sold by this re ee en Bn firm, which were provided with the ciitott Bay Yacht club, The ra Elitott Bay Yacht elu © The |Counterfelt government stamp. Mil- Preparations are being made by) port trade roms the Atlantic to| will be held on July 4 and 5. Central and South America regatta will be participated In by|Yons of cigars have, as a result, West Ind Sinee the yachts from Tacoma, Port Towns | been taken by the government off- cers, ‘The innocent holders of these cig- ars have made all sorts of protests against the seizure of the goods, but in vain. The ruling made by the treasury department discriminates between those purchasers who had paid for them before the seizure and those whose purchases were made on credit. In the case of the former the government releases the cigars after payment for new stamps has | been made. In the latter case the May %4.—An|overnment collects the amount due Jacobs & Co, and deducts the end, Anacortes, Whatcom and Vic- torta Mesides the international trophies the Elliott Bay Yacht club will Grtaae § $200 in prizes. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. Was Felt in the Now England Bae. States. t HARTFORD, News Abattoir company locate here Armour has had a in the city, and those who are in a} position to know say that there will | | be lively competition in beef slaught ering at Newport News, On account of its large harbor, with deep chan nel, and its proximity to the Virgtola capes, Newport News t# easily beat point on the coast fe abat toir plant, and the big beef men have been made to realize it. With th announcement that Armour build here comes, again, the re th the Conn., [that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad) earthquake shock was felt in this| jcontemplates making Newport Newa!l vity anout 8:15 o'clock last evening | amount due it for stamps from that a terminal, Some weeks ago this re y . |date. The moral thus put out Is There was a rumbling sound that) obvious, Always buy your goods on port was started, and now it is being revived, by reason of the fact that Armour is @ large holder of Balti lasted a few seconds and many per-| credit. sons supposed there had been an ex- | Pen. more and Obie et and be ha | plosion, snecriieniaeesennaneriesaaiat | see MS a’eatne to term selth thal The disturbance was divtinctty ceit| WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN, C. & O. rallro: which practically | and reported from Saybrook, Middle- | You can't tell what may hap- SPATTLE, May 24.—United States| controls the new abattoir. town, East Hampton, New Britain, - - | Cobalt, Colchester, Cromwell, Mood-| Department of Agriculture, Climate | Guilty of Manslaughter ux, Hartford and several of the/amd Crop Bulletin of the Weather PARIG, Tex. May 24.—~A jury in| Smaller places along the river. At) Bureau, Wadhington Gection, for the| the Fi ral court today tter being | Middletown the city was startled by) week ending Monday, May 22, 1899: { pons Get ‘Gawe, returned @ verdict | what was be’ ed to be e terrific] The greater part of the week was cating ‘tenas, Serres and Cherten| eerere. Ovecmary and bric-a-brac/|@ continuation of the unfavorable |were thrown from the shelves tn| conditions which have combined to uting Ee eet sana | many residences. At Moodus, when| make crops fo backward thiv season. Gamaons |the seismic phenomenon was pro-|Cold rains continued in the western | All four were indio , & long, low rumbling Was) section, and in the eastern section da it aeenn rd distinctly after the loud ex-| cold winds and frosts prevailed, con- gate, I. T., about four y osive sound. At Saybrook lamps| sequently there wae little growth Bohannon wan at one tir are reported to have swayed on the| made by anything except grass and ates Deputy Marshal, Faudry and shelves and fallen to the | weeds during the fore part of the | n, The three other de week. The last two days were of Choctaw Indians | more seasonable temperature and at | once caused an improvement in the! appearance of vegetation. Wheat has, as a rule, held its own well during the unfavorable weath-| now for the mur- |} near Col re ago. a Unit in a white 9 fendants a Florez Must Hang. A NEW SYSTEM. accused of obtaining R. G. Rieft, PL PASO, Tex., May 24.—Antonio| goods under false pretenses, was ar |Floreng, a middle-aged Mexican, |reated on the complaint of Dr. G. 0, |e rooting and etooling well, and! charged with the murder of RamonalGuy by Detective Meredith last} With warmer weather will make Viscayna, a girl, was today found| night, Reiff, It is alleged, represents| reat progress if it js not too dry guilty by a jury, and his punishment | pimeeclf as being a buyer for differ-| Oats are sickly looking on wet fixed at hanging ent steamers running into thts port, | found; on the prairie lands they are | Flores stabbed the young woman obtains the goods. He has| better, Potatoes have been cut down | to death several weeks ago because | served a year In the penitentiary for] by frosts In the eastern section; in “he refused to marry him. a similar offenne. the western seotion they have done ‘Two quarantine guards were near ie pretty well on high lands, but on low and witnessed the affair Che Homoseokers’ € lands have not all been planted The fruit outlook, although good in some localities, if not promising over the state in general. —_ special terme, ‘omptly and it was that he was con arrested him 5 on thelr evidence vieted Pratt's Orchard Addition ts all tn large bearing fruit trees, lots are offered on special termes to those who want homes, by Holman & Robinson, 112 Columbia street. is — dehooje and gat lime accessible from Pratt's Orchard addicion To see Orchard Addition. Prat AVENUE NORTH SIXTH 4 SEATTLE LAND COMPANY, 112 Columbia Street BROOKS & HAWLEY, 405-406 Washington Building BETTINGER & VAN HOUTEN, Sullivan Block Block Sparkman & McLean REAL ESTATE ‘Phone Red 17m, 66 Bailey Bidg —— We offer a neat, six-room qubstantialy bollt, in = wae borheod, lot x10); small payment down, balance in paymente 10 suit ~ Strike Declared Ended. BUFFALO, May %.— The grain shovelers’ strike was officially de- clared off this morning. Prestdent Keefe, of the International Associa- tion of Longshoremen, and President Mahon, of the Grain Shovelers’ union, stated that the men would g@ to work tomorrow morning. Clothing To Fit.... Big Men, Slim Men, Lean Men, ShortMen, BQO Fat Men. What you want is here. This store carries the Biggest Stock in the BUSINESS AND. DRESS SUITS $i2.50, $13.50, Wholesale and Retail Clothiers "Wd. Rodelsheimer & Co First Ave., cor, Columbia St. +