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ARRIVING BY TRAIN AND BOAT Christian Endeavorers Are Gathering in This City FOR ANNUAL STATE ¢ CONVENTION Colors of Red and White Seen on Every Hand Program of Exercises Tonight at the Armory Hall. ‘The Christian Endeavor State convention opens this evening at the Armory, This wilt undoubtedty be the largest of the many assemblies that have convened In Seattic thin summer. In point of numbers and importance, it will aiso rank first among the Christian Endeavor con ventions of the past few years. Yes-terday delegates arrived from Gray's Harbor and the Eastern part of the state to the number of nearly 100. by the local committer on enter- talnment, who have been work- ing hard during the past two weeks. Today delegates have been arriving on every boat and train, and the streets are becom- ing crowded with Endeavorers. ‘The’ various badges and the sor clety cotore, red and white, are eren on every side. The visiting delegates, on ar rival, are registering at Plymouth chuteh—the convention head- quarters. The Armory has been secured for night sessions, whi the church is to be used during the day. Both places heave been beautifully decorated. At Plymouth church, the lares auditorium t @raped with the ‘The windows are festooned with English ivy, and itformy the colors bang in graceful folds, while a larce pony tg the right of the place to be accupted hy the ehoir, ee of bunting, Mage and evergreens. The gallery ip red and white, among which the C. KE. banners eelling is a mass of evergreens and bunting; wh! Re ee ORTHRIST ‘wilt be a special feature of unusual merit. Some of Se- ttle's best soloists will sing. The chorus of 49 voices will render por- ot “The Holy City,” ms will also be well filed with musical numbers. The program tonight will include an address by Rev @reth. on “The Christian Endeavor Movement." Rev. BB. Tyler wiil conduct a “Quiet Hour” service. The large chorus, in addition to a por- tion of “The Holy City.” will render “No Shadows Yonder.” with a tenor solo by Mr. G. A. Edmunds, “For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country,” and “Thine Is Kingdom.” Mrs. G. A. Edmunds will also favor the as- sembly with a eoprana solo. Over 1560 delegates will be in attendance at the convention Ar Tangements are being made to entertain the entire number, the local committees having put forth their utmost efforts to that end A reception committee of eight members is meeting every boat and train, and the delegates an they arrive are being registered and assign- ed to quarters. The entertainment committee consiata of: J. J. Sloan, chairman: Sub-chairmen—Wailter W. Clark, A. A. Robinson, Miss Emma Brown. Thomas Low, and Mrs. A. T. Friend; committee—Mesers, Milton Wit ler, and Max Pruhst, Misses Campbell, Shearson, Turner, Clara Bigiow. Leetla Dyér, and Etien Armour, Mesdames Chandler, B. H. Houts. Messrs. G. C Cohn and James Constable, Misses Alice Muldoon, Hallo- ‘way, Mary Watier, Mabel Longfeltow, Marie Ames, Maude Seymour, Mcintosh, and Amy Smith. Up to the hour of going to press about 160 delegates to the conven- Fully 1200 delegates are ex- The tion had registered at the Plymouth church. pected, and Tacoma will, it i stated, send over about 100 tonight. following number have registered from different places in the son ga North Yakima, 12; Usk, 3; Spokane, 15; Coupeville ayton, MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL A @eath around which hangs « deep mystery, occurred this morn- ing on Thirty-first avenue, near Yea- ler way A young girl, dishonored, attempt- 4 save herself from public disgrace, and doctors Randall, Gibson Rories were hastily called. They did everything in their power to save the girl, but she rapidly sank, and withni @ short time breathed her last The doctor's reported to the and city end unwittingly took her own life. authorities that she “died of periton- Just before she died she stated itis, brought on by self-infliction that her name was Fiora Jones, and) Several days ago Miss Jones stat ed to her landlady that she was an orphan and without friends, but this statement is not altogether believed that she lived in Victoria When the girl arrived in the city fecently she was in a delicate condi- tion, and very despondent, She se- Coroner Sparling is investigating cured a room near Yesler way, and the case, and more developments the landlady took care of her, Sev- are expected. The girl's personal ets consisted of some clothing, a card bearing the address of a Pike street lodging house, also one, the address of the Stephenson hotel, and $6 in money. a stated her de- no attempt to eral times Mixes J sire to die, but made do away with herself This morning, however, she was found, in a dying condition, TWO LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE NARROW ESCAPES ‘The city police are on their mettle |tle girls to a epot in the bushes, this afternoon, for they are attempt-| after tying their hands and feet ing to run toearth a young seoun-|thrown them to the ground an drel for whom tar and feathers| pted an outrage. would be « light punishment | The lady appeared on the scene At noon today # man named A. N.|just in the nick of time, sind the Kent reported to the police that @) young fellow fled re tt lady had interrupted a young man At | were Lineoaatbbery re sensed ' owas the foot of bested street, in North | reported that the young man is Geattic yesterday year old, Today he was and had afternoon, just: ntout dt when he was about to epmmit # 4a%- ween jurking around the same spot, tardly crime. and the police expect to have him he miscreant had enticed two lit-|in the toils this evening. beside other impressive selections. The dally | Ira Bh. Lan. | at- ATTLE, WASHI — STIL ANOTHER G | GETS Great excitement reigna in the Tralian quarters of Geaitle over the alleged abduction of Theresa Wool- ery, & beautifu lyoung Italian girl, Laat night Joe Groas, an Ttallan, was of threatening} | | arrested on « char to kill Marry Woolery, the girs father Woolery went to Grons, claiming = tq h hidden Rie daughter somewhere, and asked Bim where the girl was ms declined to give any inform » 1 it te claimed made @ threat on W lite Theresa's whereabouts are nat tno own, bat she is supposed to be th some aequantances, ae hes bet n convicted, an. nerve ih CTIM -—_OPRICERS ‘The G.A.R. Contest- ants for Honors. They were received and cared for | A Spirited Contest at. Ranke Hall. SONS OF VETERANS ALSO E! And Arrange to Adjourn Sine Die This Afternoon, Will Select Their Officers Con- siderable Business is Tran- | Although the G. A. R ladjourned ye terday t> meet at 10 convention o'clock thts ng. it wae deemed isible, on account of the large ve ume of business to be disposed of today, to meet an hour eartier Detogates were accordingly notified last evening that t hour for ™ vening would be 9 ck. At that hour this morning Commander Ti bettas called the conwe jon to order ‘The regular routine of business was |taken up. way to the report of recommenda ltions of the council of administra |tlon, which was read and discussed. Shortly after noon all business of the order tmd been completed, ex- lection of officers. This me up at 2 o'clock this af ternoon, and after the election the officers will be installed | Energy In the canvass for various candida tor the office of depart |ment commander was redoubied this |morning, and there is every evidence that there will be a spirited con- |teat for the post of honor this af- | ternoon Whtle there are other leandidates in the fleld, it Is gener retood that the contest will ally uné center o, B. Lane, of Olympia; A. 8. C of Whatcom; and J, W Langley. of Beattie. | Mr Langley shows considerable strength ,although the argument ts Beattle f re- advenced asainst bhi that has had more than its share presentation, the present commander being practically a Seattle man. Geo. B. Ls will receive the al- most unanimous support of Stevens Poat, while Miller Post will give its votes to Comrade 0. B. Cole. The Gons of Veterans met thin morning in convention at 9:30 o'clock The first business was the appoint ment by the commander of a ec mittee on resolutions. ‘The tenure of the office of divistonal quarter- master was changed from one to three years, and the office was made which at 11 o'clock gave * ROUBLE of thie nature wo ago Grose ie h ed tier. . bare id to have ter to come here Paria On her erivaly, + ie ga he imme. | Mately placed of | W-fame, ‘The ml une, | Louise Dubois but) she placed her ta private room, and refused to Grows see her. Grom: continued Pile vieits to the house, and eneh tt he was refus- ed admittance, fast be beat Du the girl in, ory's | bots unmereifally, > He was arrested lotcase with a recitation. and served « term jan Later he went t@Vietoria and be- | came involved In @ Bimilar (rouble. | ‘He gave ball, wi he jumped, and} the case was largest encampment ever held, there betng 474 women regintered The afternoon the sexsion te being devet- ed to the election andé instatiation of Officers for the coming year | ‘This afternoon she foliowing off were elected Btythe tim ing to press Preside Mre. Web- ster, of Miller Corn Beattie: senior) vice-president, Mts. Chambers, of | North Yakima. — Ranke tall wae crowded to the} | doors tant evening by member the G. A. K and tte @umitiary eocietios, | who had gathered enjoy the an-| nual camp Gre At Armory hail | preparations had been made for} an overflow mat and a camp: | \ fire, with meeonnssh @hercipes, but the | veterans’ interest te center) at Ranke hall, and early in the even: | ing the eente w ail eecupied and] the alsies blocked h people, Many! others were une to peoure admin | sion to the ball, Bret wended thetr way to the Armory, where they pass- ed a most eno ie evening. the} crowd = there large and en- | thustastic. ‘The decorationa at | wate javieh, yet te jong murkets were grouped about | the stage. while the nation’s fag wan everywhere ig evidence ‘The prowram Of exerciecs was an “entertaining eat well receiv- led. The « i Was called to ord jer by Fo bwho welcomed the | veterans amd frieads in a few weil [chosen words, He spoke of the many t Ranke hall inept rl ameoctations that cluster \ouee Sal —— flag, and cloned) by calling to iit ex-Governor) Lyman E. advocate of faking chair, ex-Gov, address, sint« ine would be re- re | Thee. O Country,” lto an encore, “The Star-Spankiod | Manner,” the audience rising dur- ing it# rendition Department Commander G. W. Tibbetts discussed “The Department of Washington and Alaska,” present. \s \dier's ballot should pe preety: #94! neown, Everett; tent, Mra. emequecei ng Spokane; re- S08 LT TIRE FFE IMT LOT FAI BM ER STAR , 1899, OOO OOOOOO ODT OOHIE E009 Telephone Subsoriptions t Pike 150 ; POOOOD FOS 9G 99S IODOOO JING, ! spoke encourngingly of the work and ™“ krowth of the corpe “One of the things we are insisting on," said whe, “is that the young in our schools taught that there is room Gold Dust, rountry for but one flag, and | NO. 101, JUNE °& Fairbank’s Washing Soap 8 Bars for 26c. shail be jin thts i7o that is the Stare and Stripes.” Bhe | sloquentiy spoke of dram, shamen,| COLET SOAP Sheridan ond many other great) Oatmeal generals, and colored by saying: “You | 1 ee ot Glycerine 8c | may take for your hero the man of | lrenown. Hut the man with the mua- | ket ie mine.’ ' Comrade Pricet sang an appro- | ge a tS “ht SPELGER & HURLBUT Foote m a characteristic talk which me very near being a politi- gal apecoh, He wid how “wer had 1210-1217 Second Avenus elected the grandest of the ~~ his mus- JArmy, mn presient, and Ser “we” pAln TERS’ | GUPPLIES ket pointed In ‘61 to qremhan Soern of, Takin, who] Glass, Wallpaper, Etc spoke eloquently. R. K. Be mam Third and Pike. STAR PAINT CO. HRS. HOLMES. ® IN SELECTED ts President of the ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? H. N. RICHMOND PAPER CO. Federated Clubs. a Sheathing Paper; 500 Square Peet of Paper for 34¢, 213-215 Occidental Ave ot eee ee ] OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN TODAY, — 2» Come and See Our New Line of sm Crockery and Glasswa Just Received. It Will Pay You. GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. are, i} { ‘Yi Ki SOe- 908 Firat Pt ta BRUNNER & CO. tilirielenpene eo DEALERS IN... Groceries, Wines and Liquors 502 Pike Street, coreer Fifth. ' Wehare on bp o out ot | pe 04 Cone anome) Foye ghroad Ly The morning session of the Feder. | wines, vin inges of INRA, je Bove make an old person feo! Slee of Worsen’s. abd wae core: |S: ERLE Lat erro ceme™ © He det. Aeloes made Pentiy waco pied by the roll call, eral busi- | neen, and the election of officers. sR. WAGONER, D.D.S. Bed \feveral reselutions and amend- introduced, The election| aa wf Painiess Dentist. iments to the constitution and by- iawn wer of officers aroused much interest ww and On one informa) batiot, Mra. Tuck- | Best Teeth, ‘22K Geld Crowns, Silver Fillings, Me up er, of the Fortnightly clug; Mre | @i Gold Fillings 1. op A five years’ guarantee with al! work. ~~ Hotmes, of the Century club: and Mrs. Bally, of the Fortnight club, all | ‘of Seattle, received the largest num- jo , and they were declared \ jar president. The fourth hattot ed in the election of Mre Kate T olmes, of the ‘Women’s | Seecery, elug, Beattie, who received out of the votes cast Ad- Siteness was then taken for tun- | ge $100 Reward to anyone finding anything but First-class soy jerial im the above work, OMe 15-16-17 Maller Building. Telephone Main so “28 Oh! What a Difference om asa eer siven Instant < LBES HEADACHE WAFERS $000 Wee eet te Sak ot HO. We Guerantese Them oo argo ‘The following oMcers were elected: Firat vice-president, Mra, Mary M, verond vice-presi- auditor. Mise Grace, Walla Walla, 4, the election of officers, the The following program wasn given: Music Euterpe club, Olympia e ” “ oye so ‘Applied Sociology” ..Mre. Jonnie tc Second Ave. a Columbia St. PF. White, Cultus club, Spokane Muslie— Vocal Ladies’ Q tetle ene Sancionge 4 reedaae akeatniaa Directed by Mrs, W. H. Whittlesey DIAMONDS =a 5. John| Hysienic Housekeeping” jave advanced ons from 10 10 20 per cent Our prices are still ater ihe lle Penang AM rae Mra. Anna J. Sheafe, Fort- | Ear? SWraieiies at aff prices = ag fpr 21 elypalllciag ryt || nightly club, Beattie | of 1841-65," wherein he spoke of the encrifices made and the hardships endured In the effort to maintain the union | Congresaman W. L. Jones, upon being introduced, wae greeted with vf applause. Presenting frat ete of Congressman Cush man, who wae absent, he plunged at once into his subject, “The Boys of ." He showed that the same spirit had marked and actuated the American soldier in 76, and “SR He paid a high tribate to the heroes of the past and present, mentioning veral prominent leaders whore names called forth loud applause. Ex-Mayor G. B. Lane, of Olympia, prefaced his address by disptaying a Spanish flag and pennant taken tn the late war. In treating of “The Olympia: the Plagship of a Great} Sailor,” bis references to the achieve- | ments of Dewey were received with | the wildest enthusiasm, The recita~ tlon by Gen. Lyman Banks of a par rounds the r | Cloning song jand for the general success of the |not solicited one cent subscription W. W. HOUGHTON JEWELER Introduction of new officers. "AMETCA™ oo oreeee coon | Jed Sicet Avenue Adjournment -—— ————— The present sedston of the federa-| tion has been probably the most suc- | Ml Orters Taken fer Wedding and Party Cake. —Spocial Rates to Restaurants, Hotels, & Sicamboais ceasful thus far held, both in num- | . ers and in the character of the | | INiIon Bakery work done . ‘The city clubs have left nothing in | : Cee ee iain dome tor the enrer. (All Kinds of Bread, Cake and Pies, - - - Manefacturers of Hardtack and Toast talpment of the visiting delegates, P. A. HALLBERG, Prop. 119 Pike St. DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE EYE convention The information com- mittee consisting of Mra. Carrie Coe and Mine Nessie L. Winsor, has been a valuable adjunct. mort sensitive me boy in ly, {9 almost ‘ Cusable in thowe of ofestive Fi yision. While the convention has been a marked success, the ladies of the =ce Boe roeattos bat tad M. CLAY Lett oo theese od First Ave ~ Glass Houses a and “Sich.” | Seattle clubs have themselves to con- gratulate on th» fact, they have from the busines® men of the city. Last evening's session of the | Washington Federation of Women's lelubs was probably the best that ha: been held thus far, both from a so- Did it ever occur to you ou that the mining enterprises of Marcus Daly, W. A. Clark and other prominent operators - Pin cdl tet ——, peng cial and artistic standpoint. The are perfectly legitimate, giving employment tg thousands of toner ahs tease San Sera a |iare audienc began to aasembic | mee, and almost unlimited capital? Of eotrae you ceply one remus osiad o leariy, and, by the time the program “Yes.” preciation for the freedom given hie} ye. the church was full to the Has it farther occurred to you that their copper propers beloved Cuba by the American peo- ple. Mra. Floe Jamison, national president of the W. R. C., delivered @ captivating address abounding tn anecdotes and affecting pathos, and closing with a pledge of her devotion to the cause of the union soldier <r sallor Dr. E. W. Young spoke on behalf of the Sons of Veterans, outlining the growth of the order and its purpos- es, and its devotion to the heroes of the Civil war “The Fieg That Waved a Hundred Years” was then given by Mies Marguerite McKinney, who declined an encore. The exercises cloned with the sing ing of “Marching Through Georgt when, after three by the audience, rousing ere for the “Red, white} and Blue,” the audience fied out of ties at one time were mere undeveloped prospects? No, of course, that hasn't been remembered by you; that's sometiémge which would have given you pause (had you recollected it) before committing yourselves to such absurd statements as that Western Washington has no mines, We assume your profession to be perfectly legitimate— there are no “fakes” outside of the mining business — but, consciously or unconsciously, You seem to hold to the pesti« | +. lent notion that every mining man by virtue of his busi- news is a fraud. Wouldn't it be well to keep a watch on the particular bent of one’s mind that it may not draw too much and lead said one out of the paths of reason? We think #0. JOHN E. McMANUS & SON, 918 Second Avenue LUXURY > Such as the Romans Indulged In doors, almost every seat in the bal- leony being taken, The reception committee consisted of Mrs, Richard Winsor, jr, Mianes Jennings, Helen Wella and Carrie Shumway TT National Construction com- ‘pany filed articles of incorporation this morning in the county auditor's loffice. ‘The tncorporators are: M. W Lewis, J. B. Leake, J. M. Scott, and) C. B. Holmes, of New York; and J F. Ehelman, of Seattle. The pur- pores of the incorporation are to con- jatruct, purchase or lease Hines of lratlway to be operated by steam, jelectricity of cable, and to do all |things necessary in connection there- with, except to do a banking busi- ness. The capital stock of the com- |pany t# $1,000,000, When een in re- elective the building. . om resolution re . - gard the matter, Mr. Exhelman The committe on res _ ” pein . t the Ar. | said, “Leannot give out anything in can be reveled inina modern bath. ed a report endorsing +4 eater The overflow meet ne a@ he Ar- regard to the company at the pres- room, when fitted up with porcelain the administration, and warmly | mory was fully as large as the one |r time, Bome New York friends tub, shower bath, tiled walls and thanking the citisens of Bea oa at Ranke ball, Judge Osborne made of mine asked me to act as their floors and exposed plumbing. We tivir weleome A co By th - poe a few remarks parece Introducing jo oaat director of tite company 1 will fit you up a bathroom such as W. R. C., presenting greetin ex ator Range ne pee © re-| sve been advising them to Invest Lucullus never laved himself in, with received he [ferred feelingly to his experiences in| J ney here, and this Is the fruit of all the modern improvements and The next business taken up Was the enjisting against the wishes of his that advice. But I can assure you conveniences, at prices that cannot election of division officers for the rather and mother at the time of the |" 08 ON rk og tmat is, it means be competed with, ensuing term, all candidates being Civil war, Albert 8. Cole, of What-|% CHT OC or money here in . Sear elected unanimously The officers com, followed in an entirely differ Geattie.” as senior vice-com= the house from the first sentence. He| ne central Trust company of New owe —_ Junior vice com-|soxKingly told how Senator Range/y ory today filed a suit In the federal Cor. Third Ave. and Spring St. meander ¥. quartermaster, jjeq to the mountains of Tennessee) curt against the Everett Land com- ‘Phone Buff (7. V. Gavidge: n council, A. to be dragged to the front, | nany for $1,500,000, The trust com- Locke, A. P. Smith, and C, W. Bare- he was forced to serve during | pany alleges that in June 1892 the | ® . s more; delegates to the National en- the war asa suth As for myself, | Everett Land company borrowed the | jcampment, H. H. Hubbard and G 8./ yelled the major, “I never was in| stove sum, and a mortgage on cer- — ww | Hooker the army, Talk about being prompt |iands was given as security. The After the election Ay? officers, a at duty,” said he, “I never knew an specified in the mortgage has NOW RUNNING convention adjourned to meet @t 2 oi goidier who Was prompt at duty xpired, and certain tectmicall- i F orrinck and dispore of what WAH ‘xoapt at meal time and pay day wat the Central trast com. (YOU Should Buy it Freely, Becanse it is Both Good and Cheap, business remainet As to these women, God bless them,” ; from eecuring the lands. - ame ho sald, pointing to the Women's |?*"” *om 8 ae Sos BROS., 1417 Second Ave | «he Women's Relief Corps con-|raree corps, “they don’t n tohelp| chief of Pollee Reed received a tinued its session today In Bik hall uy or our families. We are all on jteiegram late this afternoon from and transacted re nitine work entire-| the pension Hat, but they do a good riebura, Pa, stating that the po- ly. The cretary'’s books show that work in throwing the mantle Of Hee the had J, R. Green, who in| the order ¢ cgi ase ee sabe . charity around us, to keep the world | wanted here for swindling Farmer this stat t is generally supposed ¢,., know!r worthless we} of yall Yalla, ¢ ‘ i thet only wived of Grand Army meniere. ‘Salo femn gay allah » of Bde dos aE Re rts Successors to The Calvert Company are oligible, but this is & mistake. the mode pe made them, and he, ing that Green had secured 4 lawyer Stationers, Printers and Binders All joyal women of good ch was greatly applauded. and was going to apply for a writ 7 } | ‘0 y Stationery Department, Rod 781 |may become members, This is the | Mrs, Taylor, president of W. R. C., [of habeas corpus, | PHOND=Priuting bepcrvment, been Wak « TI6 First Avenue

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