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RICH MEN AS CABBIES Now Run Horseless Carriages ALL ABOUT THE AUTOMOBILES The development of public inte est in motor vehicles, Known as auto mobdiies, has been sudden and wide Within the last six months over factori in the Eastern states have undertaken (he manula: . in the variow carts, delivery wagons, freight trucks and tricyeler A hundred electric cabs are familiarly on the streets of supply the to completion in order t popular demand for horseiess loco gestion. At least two score of de Mvery wagons, propelled chiefly by electricity, are in operation in Am eriean cities, i the private con veyances of various makes will num- er well into the hundreds. A me tor ambulance is tm operation io Chicago; motor trucks are at work im several different cities: & motor carriage for use in (he army will ready for service in the summer Santa Fe railroad hes ordered & Rumber of horseless coaches for as Arizona mountaia route, and at least cities are uring self-propelied A trip of 720 miles to New York. ov try roads, hax « in @ gasoline car- thusiastic automo- Ww on his way from to San Francisco. Motive powers are al- in various types of auto- ures in this cown are: electricity, gaso- compressed air, carbon- alcohol. The first iti i if HH i sty it s i i experimental stage. vehicle development. tival the gasoline motor & candidate for popular electric models are noise - Without odor or vibrations any permissable climd steep grades. quite heavy owing Datteries. It Gistance with- cost, it is the vehicles, The ee weight of the vehicles varies edout 90 to 409 pounds The {ie easily controled under the hand propelling ma- comparatively simple Tr i : f 2 § § g i i : PH Fe i i it Batteries per year for light buggies to omnibuses, the entire being from three. cent to four cents a tric carraige for be obtained for One or two advertine runabouts at from $750 to $1500. Rew electric cabs are unques- immensely popular as tn (que : the electric vehicle is per- Most popular automobile in where the pavements are the gasoline vehicle has been ih im the city and in the Tt has many advantages ite vehicle, being much requiring no charging ¥ are not as easily fever, and it ts impor to do away entirely with the of burnt gases. le ne i ? . It has been demon - @ phacton weighing 700 run 10 miles on fy line, a bare half dol eam has been su the heavier grades of Compressed air for heavy being used with great suc. Chicago inventor has been @ truck in which he com Basdline and electric power to what form the future motor will take there is the widest ity of opinion. It is stated Will be within a step of the with an artistically rounded front. The universal adoption by the automobile seems inevitable and 19 now very near. PERSONAL MENTION i ut 5 et #7 =a RB. C, Stevens, generat Western @gent for the Great Northern, re turned from a trip to Portiond inst wight. J. W. Draper, traveling it and passenger agent at Port for the Burlington, is in the see The Misses Nellie and Lyle Mode ett, daughters of C. P. Blodgett. pro Prietor of the Ban Diego Fruit cor pany, have returned home after ing the winter in Southern Ca Their many friends will be giet know that they will make their home in the city in the future eee anenger nion Pa Cc. E. Brown, district p agents at Portiand for the | cific, is in the city. GEN, CLAY'S SIGHT GONE RICHMOND, Ky., July 14% r Cassius M. Clay, ex-minister to Mur sia, and known far and wi ® *Bage of White Hall,” is almo Sally blind. To the Kentucky 1 W., which called upon him in a b the other day, he stated Sight was 60 Impaired that he not 4istinguish man from woman Not onty this, but he ts wo feeble th when he left his mansion and went @ut into the yard tw welcome the coul ) has the most|**tion of and will | tion. | | | work is required to run a| a to visitors. _ - a, oe LOST LEO TP YET I TE (ch hie pia ‘ ; = TO OPPOSE | vested with the dame mystery as of ny \ snd oa diuiously guarded, as when the vendetta threatened him ne hia v at they could tn h inda all they desired - ° but would not be allowed to enter nied ‘Ameri Will Hold eon oniewve. pora. Americans Wi living with her lijor-shusband at Pinkard, Woodford aty, and the | k P i Mii Leta Walt) Alaska Possessions. Hall ne McLean Would Run, WASHINGTON, BD. C. July 1% At an interesting session of the John Ro MeLean, questioned today | Seattle chamber of commerce yer aentined h “e > ia ay. @ letter from the chamber of ge he page } Junea went the at pe ioe die One ate 6UD= | cention to the ne for makeing ernatortal mine made (hi® Te-|4 coneerted opposition to Britieh ag ply gression ih that part of Alaska De sof Ohio give me| known as the Porcupine district - and my friends anak This district is now Amert ter~ k , Purther | Tore. inhabited almost exot sively 7 sie £y . * by American miners, and if the pend- to talk ing modus viveod! becomes an ac- compliahed fact, the rights of Amer- etric Plant Sold. loan miners in that dintrict will be SAKET Or. July 1.—W. LE. areatly curtatied The Juneau \ f feat saw purchased Chamber i* organiaing the chambers from Frank Geiser, of thie city, the Of COmmerce all along the coast to Sumpter ht plant, paying | @**st {n preventing this, considering refor $4000 the fact that the rigid Canadian min- —_ ing laws will prove a great hardehip jon American claimholders, The NO FIGHT THIS TIME A Warship Will Not Go to pis chamber here seemed to think this, but one step more toward acquiring @ British port an the coast of Alaska The chamber will not-oppose the ces- of territory if the government thinks that advisable, but will urge the maintainance of a status quo im the district, thus Insuring all the gee now enjoyed by American \ miners. President Graves waa in- Gautamala. wtructed to take auch steps as were " 2 . thought feasible WASHING ON, oO ¢€ July 12 Minister Hunter has not made 2} Tee qhamber of com- upon the @ roment f Tr 4 merce ox a wieh that Seattle patching of a warship to Guatemata, 20! In securing better mall service because of the impending revolution. |“! that place, as Alaska has no rep- No warship will be sent. it in ans | Pesentation in congress, Suitable nounced, at departments made. ual The story of an American protect- being’ estab- Guatemala nounted as absurd. TAYLOR orate shed ts pr W. S. NOMINATE LEINOTON morn the Republican THE TEMPLARS GRAND LODGE ‘The anoual meeting of the Grand Independent Lodge of Washington, Order of Good Templars, witt vene at Chautauqua, July 14, fontinue until July 7. will be present from all the | of the state tendance will be Joseph Malina. ternational supre He is en route on a und the wortd om her to Australia, and then thr i, where he w before June grand a me India to Enet rive some time Theedore Kanouse Templar of Cali at the meeting. and he will take in the exercises. The pre these twe ing of the lodge George Cottertil, of this city. od as intern: lor at the recent moeting ternational Grand lodge in Seattle from the Ba: attend the sessions at Chata beach A reception will be given the gates and di hed ty by & will a h the State and Navy such call shall be Ky., July 1-—W. 8 applied with marked Taylor was nominated fr governor | operation of the others are more) by acclamation at this conven Detewatcs Among those tn Tomplar of the ia, will also distingulahed Good Temp lars AsGUres & most successful meet sleet nal supreme couocil- of the visitors in| Ogden, Lodge No. 6, In-| dependent Order of Good Templars. action will be taken by the chamber of this city. This brought President Graves to comment on the necessity f a legal division of Alaska, mak- ing @ separate jurisdiction in the southeast. His remarks were found- led on his recent observations in the | north. | A financial report by Secretary Proweh showed the chamber to be | free from debt, and accomplishing « |great work at a minimum expense. The fact of transports all leaving San Francisco, thus influencing the Oriental flour trade to that port, was also discussed. A motion was carried solictting @ more hearty co- of Seattle merchants in », the work of the chamber. A letter '8'*| trom A. Z Washburn regarding « new merchants exchange, was re- | ferred. j Recruiting Brisk. | WASHINGTON, 0. C.. July 1— The War department professes to be more than satiefied with reeulte thus | far obtained in the reeruiting eer- viee to the endeavor to raise the 10 | new regiments. | The statement made makes the re- turns average about 400 a day It i expected that the regiments will be reeruited im about three weeks, LONG con: and TRIP OF igen at- In- “AN AUTOMOBILE ° he vugh iil ) ar two.) NEW YORK, July 13—Mr. and chief Mrs. John Davis started at 11 o'clock be ; thia forenoon from Thirty-third and r Broadway on & romarkable effort to eroms the continent in an auto- mobile A large crowd witnessed the start A sumber of enthusiastic automobilists escorted the couple to the city boundary line. Albany ie In-| the first objective point of the auto- rrive | mobile, thence the course is Utica, in thme to) #yracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleve- uqua |iand, Toledo, South Bend. and Chic- — The route from Chicago les dele-| through Desmotnes, Omaha, Denver. to Sacramento The distance by the shortest rai) route is 1250 miles, but by the wagon Monday evening, July 17 | roade which Davis will use, close to When the delegates and visitor 700 miles will have to be covered, return from the grand to meet. | - —- ing. a public mane meeting will be Anot Trust. held at the First Methodist church, | MILWAUKEE. Monday evening, July 2%. Address-| Wis, July 18—An es will be made by Mr. Malins, Mr,| E¥ening Wisconsin special from Ap- Kanous and other abie speakers, pleton, Wis, saya: WIFE ACCUSED OF MURDER | A writing paper combine ts now an ompliahed fact, directiy on the lines of the original proposition. The number of mille In the combine wilt be much emalier than w at firet anticipated, and it will only, as far as now announced, take tn one of the Wisconsin properties, that of the Shattuck & Babcock company, at a Depers. The company has incorpor- PRE, July Clarence FE. | ated with a capitalisation of $26,000, - uck. one of the proprietors of | 000, and $17,000,000 will be issued tn 4 billiard-room at Four-Mile creek, | bonds. The offices of the company near here, was shot and killed eariy | ¥'l! be at Springfield, Mass, this morning nd his body placed on Thief Sentenced. the tracks of the Erie Motor line. His wife, Bila Shattuck, is locked up| BOSTON, July 12.—Geo. Schey, the in the Brie police station, charged | bank thief, who walked out of the with murdering tion of the body by ¢ i», AN ewamina- Metropolitan Nationa! bank several , , oy bys : Stein- weeks ago with $10,000, which he had ns so, dian py r gp arte Lead mar taken from the cashier's @enk, was back It @ etated that t » bieyeliata ts na guilty today He wi ee who were near the roadway ir tenced to not more than three and mmediate neighborhood of the trea- | one-half years, and not lees than two the, heard a ery of murde twice and one-ha years’ imprisonment. before the shots were fired, and that an they saw a woman hurry down to wards the mouth of the reek we Young Girl Missing. ATLANTA July 12 Mise Hen AMUSEMENTS. rietta Crapp, the 16-year-old daugh-| soepeeneee cece fa promin naurance man of ae this etty ou disappeared from the & H. 8. Underwood The only perfect reproduction of fou les from Atlanta, Saturday the Jeffries-Fitesimmons fight will A party of 30 mer be given in its entirety at the Be tlanta det ve have attie theater this evening The il- noe of the justrations are the most perfect ever eved she Ha® seen, and much better than those of ported that | the Fitzsimmons-Corbett fight which ur the Un-| were given here. Every picture is afternoon, perfect, and the audience will be able but th tid not have to discern the blows as they are giv- heen an elopement, as M CrapP en, There is nothing objectionable, wa dina hou ess and Blip- | and ladier are invited. 1 — A Glue Monopoly. Talbot Clears for Taku. r TACOMA, July 1%—The schooner NEW YORK, Ju 13.—The org Talbot cleared for Taku, China, yer- imation of the ted American Giue rday with @ large cargo of lum- f the most important t valved at $8500. The Talbot has tu I combinations in couns | been in the harbor loading for the ta $36, set week. Her master is Olof Mam f : pleted at the me whe, and ther agents are Bartlett & held le The announcemen Bteeb. Capt, Bryant, of Seatt made that the new concern has ac-| eal inepector, inspected the quired 4 monap f the glue busl-| yesterday and found her in the best 1 on of British America, of condition, THE SEATTLE N and Molineux, charged with the mur-| der of Mre. Kate Adama, and send FROM WRECKING ing poison in a package to Harry Cornish NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 1.| NeW YORK, July 1.—HMad it not Ernest Rupert Sherman, the #00! heen for the prompt action of Sec captain on the Monitor Amphitrite. | ion Foreman John f the N wae instantly killed during practloe |) y oN. i. @ M. rallre hundreds of here thie afternoon, Mis head was s would probably have been in peop crushed as the breech of the gun in y . " ” "he e y jured by the wrecking of an exprenn) |. ot P « st Go. e ear the after turret waa being deprons-|sertn 1 te wentenentor sarde. an|yard of sheer Wash Goods Must G Th uy * om bar had been wedged across the|caller gets the best assortment to ¢ hoose from. PARIB, July 13.—Tt is rumored that | track by five boys. There was only . Gallifet, the minister of war, ha fract fa in bet th “On tty» » fraction o minute between the! .., ostiiaen we, fast-| BATISTE CORD, a pretty Janked the gabinet to amsent to the|sermoval of the bar and a dashing by| SCOTCH LAWNS, handsom pepe hn Ae price 8 jgppekatenent of @ court of inaUM@Y | of the Washington expre one of| eolored patterns; cheap at be sles to investigate the condition of the ine fastest trains In this part of the tye yara . -RENC | eeneral staff and of several ex-min oeuaatty shag malt 5 eaihe jSaaeine a aiek aoa isters of war in their connection i - _ . ee . ch sheer| Tt: the preties pe jwith the Dreyfus affair LACE FANTASIE, « rich om ason; some mer ave Bee ee T WHARVES fabric; beautiful fast colored pat beer ng a8 high « * ra | & Steamboat Collision. ALONG THE terns; was selling at 196 10 12: #De-| for these goods; ovr gale cial ele nee wale rice, To a yar pr ’ | SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.—"Th a ; . steamers Weeott and Aloha collided rug sea Lion, Capt. Mantor, yes H last might off Port Ross, and the terday towed the schooner Honolulu She is now returning to port in tow Cane Flattery to Tacoma. She call of the Aloha. The Weeott was due oa here for coal toda " 1 os here today from the north, and the pie ben oe Ladies’ Fine Fancy PRRCAIE| Lads Pine Fast Colored LAWN Aloha left last night for Mendocino. Steamer Cleveland t* at Tacoma| WRAPPERS undsome braid w RAS i ene *. ro! "eatae ‘aad anne : | med on shoulder, caps, coila . re 7.7 ¥ @ischarging freight She will eal trimmed front and back; long tight wide ft ng at bottom of Judge Publishing Co. during the week for Ban Francisco Otting Waist lining; turned arm) Ciier. ong tight Mtting welt lin NEW YORK, July 18.—Jusice Bie ag Ae | seams; splendidly made through ng; splendidly made throughout; choff of the supreme court has ixeued Steamer Walla Walla ts beled to ar out; $1.85 value; special sale price bought to well at $1.89; special sale an order dissolving the Judge Pap. TY today from Ban Francisco, The $1.0 each| price $1.00 eact Itehing company in the suit b City of Puebla sails today for the } for the voluntary dissolution port : 7 company of rs, and appoint - RATER aRRRORnT Rae asad A FITTING ROOM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT; eaw.J iver SEATTLE MINING STOCK (Ff 4 CUSTOMER Lrsiies Ir Wr Pir ALL WRAPPERS, 8KIRTS, BERLIN, July 13.—The Cologne MARKET. WAIsTS BEFORE LEAVING THE 6TOR Gaaectte prints an articte today con- oe cerning France's alleged plans for At the Seattle Mining Exchange www is eoenien of a “8 today there was the usual bury see Aypeagies hegetiations with Ger sion, and Colorado gold and copper > 4 4 "d many, in order to effect common a¢- went through the aame freak as yes le at . A ion should Great Lritain dectare war terday Bome called at $9.00, and on the Transvaal, The Gazette saye| some bid low as $3.75, but both 206, 208, 210 Pike St. that Germany will not interfere or calle and bide hits the notches influence others to | Bogland’s pians tntert, with between. Quotations were w# fol ZS 'WE MEAN BUS WITH OUR The Bargains are Genuine; the Cut Prices Bona Fide; the goods Exactly as Represented; every “Pres. | 8. E. BARRON, Pres. H, E. WEYMOUTH, Vic Copper Vault Mining Co. In # letter to H. E. Weymouth, dated July 7, Mr. 8. B. Barron, the president of the company, says: “¢ sopper Vault is » property worth the working ng is booming here now. ‘Things are show! up in ge shape, and there is no » why Copper Vault can he made a leader, as 1 shall spare no efforts in ping to develop and build it up. Priee of stock for a few days, 2cents per share, H. & WEYMOUTH & CO. Seattle Mining Exchange. Official Brokers. | imorponiad 3 Q. S. GOLD, M. & S. CO. C. E. Thurston & Co., Official Brokers. 109 Cherry St. owns TH claims Patents fm yrs | MO feet development work: ler limited number shares sock at 2) conte por share. Com pan, | no devia. Moran Brothers Company lows } sth eee j Arked. Hid. | SEATTLE NEWS. fsx" = 5 Tom Thumd 20 i Somme sebilaiags | Morning Glory . “ | A young Japanese by the name of rae oe a ~ Kigma died this morning of tuber- |” > sy as jculosis, He was a member of the | lone Pine»... ; wen Japanese ¥. MC. A. > pdaamenat Beer | *_* ‘ | Rev. Benjamin Parsons of this city Amor g 9 Pag | Was elected a member of the W Q 8 @ i. Co : os ington State Philological society Seal Be ; 0 7 |}ts recent sensions in Beattie. Cane Grek’ pi titeurt-a iS chek re A : | Judge Hanford signed an order in Lrvtrtreg cs Ae |the federal court today r ing AB susien SE a | Wing from custody under the hab- | Ouartg bead cae ae as corpus ect. Ab Wing was found! Conser Vault .., 1% 1% to be & native-born Chinaman Who) 1 .oi Tender... 10 7 j returned to China im 1884, and now) (iorado Goid & Cx * 900 sts wishes to remain here to live Pet | Standard Si “% - | manently ee | Golden Tunnel Dev. . - ™ ] LOM. Howard, Harry West and 4 molt Seecdiias a pe |John Thompson were arrested today Wie Rock. roe ae on suspicion of beind implicated in| jiskes @ NW ~o the robbery of John Geyrev of $275 "4a" a 10 «6135 two weeks ago. Ruffalo Gold ........--..-. 3 = ¥ ee Keystone eit are | Articles of incorporation were to-/| pacine Gold BM |day fled by the Mark Tensule Trad- Judge @ J. PL agg pier ing company, a celestial concern. | index Horseshoe ; 1% which intends to export American Conner Bell pat a goods on « large erale and import go. Level. SD i's Chinese merchandise The capital stock is $256,000, and the incorpor- ator are Mark Tensule, J. W. Kahle HORTHWESTE and H. T. Fitoe, jr, of this city oes At the Northwest Mining Px- change today there were indications of an advance. The following calis and bids were made Permilia Lioyd today fied suit for divorce against W. M. tJoyd on the grounds of crucity and desertion. ‘The Muckieberrie Mining company is applying for incorporation, with 4 capital stock of $80,000. The Puget! «4, : Sound Oyster Bed company also aand Sender i 4. . wants incorporetion. the capital sf) River = mentioned being $500,000, - see Asked. Bid 2% 2 Waconde ......05+ 2% ‘The cose of Billy Belond charged Sectae Cams : br with stealing money from Jessie! tiaex Horseshoe .. % Roberts, was dismissed by Judge Index Boronite ™ Austin todey. | Gold Crown .... ‘ o i ‘The case against Thomas Phillips, | Colorado Gold .. = 8. Lyte and A. Keplin, who are) QOPRrt OS ” charged with robbery, has been Republic ; transferred to the superior court vinnipes. the ous Winni . b Joseph Muncastér, a native of ie f Sotiand, was today admitted to cit- The cals on Golden Punnet on inenehip. a a Weatherby Bonanza, 1000; Index " Roronite Copper, 4000; Pacific Coast, Detective Jack William returned = today from North Yakima where he| 200: Lema! Tender, 500, and Pacific han been taking several weel® hol. | CO**t, 1600. | : aa sans Chicago Markets. BUILDING PERMITS. | CHICAGO, IL, July 12—Cattie— | Beever, $4.75@5.80; stockers uncha) Building permits were issued to-| ed; cows, $2.0093.10; Texans, 14.000 day to Ira Bronson for alterations | 6.16 at M1 Olympia place, to cost $980, Hoge—Léght, $4,154.27; rough, $4.15 N, V. Wickersham for alterations at) @4.26; mixed, $4.20@4.37; heavy, $4.25 220 Twentieth avenue, to cost $500: @4.40; pig, $3.0064.15. C. W. Kitchen, to build a two story Pheep—Natives, $3.00@5.40; lambs, reaident at 108 Thirty-nine avenue | $4.00@6.60; western unchanged to cost $1000, Ralph Andrews to ——-— —o~ —— 1932/ Special Sale—Fine note paper, in | boxes. Denny-Coryell Co., 716 tet ave bulld a one story residence at Seventh avenue to cont $600. TheChance OF THE SEASON” “= Having bought the Entire Stock of Goods contained in 508-510 Second Ave. On July 6th, and having paid one-third down, the balance to be raised by July 14th, or the payment forfeited, and finding ourselves a good deal short of the amount to be paid, we have instituted a GREAT" SLAUGHTER SALE For the Next Two Days aneneneees The inducements are so great that anyone having use for Clothing, Shoes, Furnishing Goods and Hats FOR MEN, LADIES’ AND CHILDREN Will buy all they can. Call early to inspect these goods which are to be slaughtered. 508-510 Second Avenue ENGINEERS AND SHIP BUILDERS. ader stesl and woot nd covers ail Dranetes st tas vasipese| nnd ail other elasave of tmachineey valle ‘and repel rs venkoras fot Man tiation game, erceipery, oa Manaee™ sad “Raber 1bEX... BIGYOLES $40, $30, $26, $20 Cass of install mente FRED 1. MERRILL CYCLE CO 1108-1110 Second Ave., Seattic a CHILDREN'S PLAY TENT Madeoffor Dock Sise, Sx@tt.; iid aoe ene of = > $in; to, bad ft y it id A Tent, SaStt.. Children's Hip Root, 6x3 % EO | Feltz Tem and Awning Co | 7 Vester Way. 2000 Cedar Poles Wanted | ROPOSAL# are wanted for furnishing and Gelivering along certaia j streets and alle-s tn the cities of Seattic and Tacoma. ——_ CEDAR POLES a Fifty feet in length and nine {inches at the top. Poles must be straight | and sound and free from soft kaots,and peeled. Lor further taformation call on | SEATTLE CATARACT CO. | Licexeme Sroquatain Power Co.) Washington Block, Seattio SLATER & SMITH 3 Mining Brokers. “2. Ss.” ASnap. See us before 3 F es y Me 3 SLATER & The Sweetest, Juicles ORANGES San Diego Fruit Co. 415 Pike Street, Between Fourth aad Pina ['SRATTLE TRANSFER CO Trelaht, Passenger and Baggage STORAGE | — | | Phone Main 41-46 — Oilice 633 First aventa WILL BUY A 204 Washington St, bave the only . | GRAMOPHONE Liotrne Job Printing Machin ‘Te Finest TuiKing Machine Made, | JR, ths Northwest, | Cotalegaes, Parga REGINAS Te =| vise] Oe Sma wemnew From $7.00 to $300 Sherman, Clay & Co.’ “STEINWAY” DEALERS vee THE ‘You Want A Bargain In a New, Slightly Used or Second-hand PARLOR GROCERY PIANO or ORGAN | "Phone Pike 126. 1829 Second Avenas Wm. J. DEAN & CO. Spot Cash | Remember we have the Largest and Most Com: plete Stock in the City. Call or write for pricos and terma D. S. JOHNSTON 903 Second Ave, Burke Bulldlag SMITH ll4 James Street SEATTLE - WASH. e000 oe Gold Dust Full Assay Value, Any Quantity JOSEPH MAYER & BROS. 116 Cherry St. P-1, Building | Wash Goods Clearance Sale ° ; ; ¥ i rf \ 5 rf ' poorer negate t t a 5 t —e

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