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Cents a Month By Mall or Carrier HE SHATTLE Vou. 1. SE THE COLUMBIA WON TODAY! American Yacht Outpointed and Qut- footed Shamrock. SHOWING A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS When the Columbia Finished Shamrock Was Three-Quarters Mile Astern. z NAVESINK Oct. 16.—A fter seven unsu comstul mp N.J vt jonal yacht Ff HIGHLANDS, have deen ma ‘ uti ning were nm ay orable to 4 «# ale * Starting lr il o'clock. T atmospt sey and not one excurs t Was pres when ® van i Unofficial time shows that te Sha ok Deal t 4 4 A 4 « three » nde 7 ak i 4 umbia im uvered about the start ing f he gun had been fired, both boate etanding close together. Th me at that hour was fredh and both bouts heeled to it considerably. The ( via got the best of the jock ‘The Shamrock was a fit d of time and had to tack wae fired the Shamrock Columbia was close to her eying, securing the wi tle to the front and got to t to keep from crossin Wh tacked across the line first, and had the windward berth award 5 Raw ab the & at the board tack. At the end the first #ix y yachts were on nearly even terms, with the Columbia the weath- er berth. | “eo At 12:15 the yachts were Columbia was leading by stantly. The wt was bh her lead to a mile at 1:04 p Tee Columbm kept up he mile from the turning mark bya foggy and the wind was blowing fro: umbia turned the buoy at 1:53 p.m. The Shamrock turned ut ten minutes after the Cotumbia. The Columbia had a clear run the wind, which was now Diowting at 12 knots an hot At 2445 p. m. the tahing line. The Shar At 3:04 the Co! miles away. The Shar At 3:19 p. m. the Sha quarter of a mile on the lumbia was alinost becalmed! well filled. Tim the ¢ 4 Shamrock lost !t umbia The Columbia out pointed fifteen mile beat to the @ mile ahead. She on towards the turning mark. « and widening the gap con- Th nbia increased was freshening and when a quarter of a and ahelf, It was still 13 to 4 miles, The Col- ° e ° e e ° ° e ° e° ° ° ° ° ° e e e oJ e FODOGOOS OOOO OOOSESOOESOOS bla wwas about half way from the fin- have gained some ground at the Anish mark, 5's he. rt, gaining nearly several minutes the Co- Shamrock's salle were a again caught the breese and the aguin widened the gap and outfeoted the Shamrock on the mark and came around more than ¢ Shamrock exactly ten minutes in windward work. On run home the Columbia teld her o The Shamrock was t juarters of a mile astern when the umbia finished at 2.45, winning the first race. ooo SOSSCHCOOOOOOSD ck seems @ was in # | | | | | | BESECOESOOOOEGOOOOO POSOHSOSSSS OHO HO OOSOOEOD of collfers to run between this city AT The first of a doa take coal on January 1, 1900. The mines wil lexport 500 A AND L tons daily. At present the San Francisco market can take all of thes and much more. There are ex cellent markets at Alaska points Markets are Unusually Quiet ond Honolulu; and the company's officials contemplate extending and on the Decline. CHERALIS, Oct. 16.—The hop crop the county and the state is short crop in the state ia now esti mated at from 30,000 to 35,000 bales Whe shortage ts attributed to bad ‘Weather In July and t arty of August. But Washington ts Bhe only place that has a shor Whe English crop will fail below fire: T+ estimates and the crops of New York Nort nd Oregen are both « , shortage in the county Is 1 ter than was at first est hile there are a few ff erage’ up with and ahead ears crop, the great mafjorit them fell below and som i fRfot more than two-thirds of they were last year But the lack in quantity Is x &p in great measure by the superior their trade to p these ports. autdall iti til iii ve CITY NEWS. © “mas KR. Benton, the Great nern's Iand attorney, ie In the yustness connected with his ent of the road. Walter Dame, aged 30 years, died erday at his residence on Cedar street, near First Avenue. Alexander C° Gray of Whatcom county died yesterday at Provt dence hospital of injuries received | to his spine. Quality of the hop. The qua ot The funeral ot Samuel Leyde was | the Lewis county er yetter than! held today at 2 o'clock from Bon. Woual and it was sa in first-cl & Stewart's chapel under the shape. From p t indica uspices of the G. A. R. Lewis county ay Pg oy Nees ht after. Oregon has very few Food Commissioner McDonald ts ce hops thie season ag comes from The same lon his way to Uhicago to attend the ther sections of) National Pure Food convention. | appears a ye country It now Ghotee hops will ree article, iA large ewis | Shis reason it will be strongly i | Gemand As to the price that will rule, 1: Is LOST MONEY : Ampoesible to say at the present time. No sales have, so fa ween SE Ayn made in thy unt B ‘ n | | the ground and have taken sar | After nearly three weeks of suc- Most of them m ta that high |ceseful gambling, Capt. Marry Tur- ot the Boun price cannot rule to the large | ner crops harves eures only @ light demand for port. The growers | r hand maintain th voiu t the foreign crop is large at \ mated for the purpose of bearing the © Dodo, ex » change of luck recently and is now out of a t over $1,000. ell known gambler tar reporter today that the aptain market. They alro { t fact | had bee king the tiger for some ‘aasaia ove Partha time of his final upward spurt ed domestic consumption 7 and juent joss. His money rice cannc t be kept down " t Clancy's place »wing his lowes there jay fe PUSHING WORK <2: yu of age?” demanded the | “Did you k replied the now what chances you captain ‘The Seattle & San Francisco rail way le pushing work at their a Leary is a lively town just Houses are going up at the ra wo a day. Next month a school Q@nd a church will be added to the}, place hala proprietors of 1, [ can do nothing for you, the final statement of the chief gamblers have not At the mines a large & of men # iaid down by the police depart js busy. There are fi ing t me of these is already ) feet it i# understood that several at find another 400 feet torneys have taken up the matter The coal bunkers are up, and on n effort to secure th ot January 1, when the road i#/\the money lost to Turner. They through, shipping 1 begin. ¥ laim t th , that time the large bunkers gre to be erected just east of t a West waterway at this place = pe ready to receive coal. Thes M'MUTRIE LEAVES. bunkers are to be of the latest pat L. H. MeMutrie, foreman of the tern and ingtead of receiving steel shipbuilding departs from an inclined plane, will le ran B was, on the occaston grade level. Tho cars will be turned | Of his resignation from the cor over bodily and the cool d any, tender i farewell banquet into the chutes, thus n Saturday morning. A ndsome ld chain and charm were pr With the slow shoveling Presjdeat Guerkh paonels ‘wip, Hog! de tov atian| sodtaton TRANSPORTS WHERE IS jsbould have reached Seattle | time. Jeontracts, and & 1 bis xzecont| sented to Mr, MoMutrie by, hig amlie be held-in the ammbentrann ATTLE, FHSRER GAN ASS ERE * * WASLIN Oot 16. An ® order ¥ * iwsued today at th * par « rot! ‘ ® Sha adler goneral in ® *0 “my and tinue ® ® ir ' mami of t ‘ * ® parte n i” ® Pros eo * may general | ® the v ant * . WASHINGTON, : VANGUARD OF BOERS’ COLUMN INVADE NATAL MONDAY EVENING, thee in 16, STA 1899, tessvsseeeeeeees An Attack on Dundee Is Expected A NIGHT'S FIRE. A small t tory residence at 534 Twenty-third avenue south was destroyed by fire last night about # o'clock The house was owned by | 4 man by the name of Davidson,| & but P, Kenyon, a conductor on the! # Beacon hill and Broadway branch| ® of the Unton Trunk Line, occupled| * it. The lows was about $800 cov; * ered by insurance. | * | * MINISTERS MEET va tion will b tar ting at t V * MCA iret avenue tonight.| y Officers for the ensuing years will) » be elected * * LADIES’ AUXILIARY, lo On Monday, October 23rd, at 4) # o'clock p. m., tt adies’ Auxiliary| ® of the Soctety Universal Relig fon will be formed in the Chamber of Cor ree. Tho interested are requested to attend ] IN HARD LUCK SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—The steamship Gaelle brings word that the transport Centennial arrived from San Francisco on October 5.| Many of the horses she carried condition when port ned. News was brought British ship Antipode that the which has been in Honolulu since Jaly 3, ts libeled THE LAKME? which tf» has not yet The steamer Lakme sevoral days overdue, arrived in Seattle and considerable anxiety ls manifested by her char-/ terers in regard to her safety. the 2 rs Lakme, according to caloulations) made by wellknown shipping men,/} jast | @ It ts just) @ have PYYOTTTTT TT TTT TTT Tuesaday or Wednesday. possible that the not been sighted by recently ar! rived steamers. The Lakme ts a most senwort.y boat—in fact one of the best on the Northern route, and old shippers say that if she ts tn trouble she will pull out safely, he has done before. PORT STEPHENS | IS NOW DUE e ° e ° ° e oe ° \¢ ° 4 ie e ¢ o> le \¢ ° The United States transport Port Stevens ts now due in Seattle from Port Stevens, New South Wales The award for fitting her out has| % been definitely made by Moran, % Bros. Company. Five hundred men, > 4 o rs e ° it ia expected, ‘will go to work on the Port Stevens in a very short The Water Front. (3 le e The barge Skookum {s taking on! © a cargo at Yesler dock for t an agent of a Japanese firm pd he foreign firm fafled to material |@ fs in the matter of filling thetrie a Seattle firm took|@ it up and sfully put it)@ e through sehip ALKI 1 from The ste aon, ar Capt. Nich olaot Lynn canal aa 8 nigh th 107 passen. gers, very few of whom came from Saturday night w Klondike, The steamer had as a cargo twelve thous 1 cases of sal mon The AlKi aves for the North again tomorrow morning re |¢ LL UNDER A TRAIN. | Alexander Stephenson, a laborer : 38 years of age. was brought to this o sity from Snohomish last night to) ¢ have his left leg amputated. Steph-| @ enson, while intoxicated, fell be | o neath a moving train and the|@ wheels passed over his legs e = * e LOG RAFTS = ° ° FOR JAPAN. |$ ° ‘le lo vertwon, the owner of the| @ b which v et om the| @ left for Japan the| @ . 0 of the Empress line| @ . of aranging for the| @ afte. He proposes to] @ 1 t alr can| @ I ne tla will soon nt to the O ¢ - e e Anniversary Night. e ° , jay was the anniversary of | the found the Cong tional | @ int t The exercises| > as given t Star were followed] @ out at both services, A roveption is| @ ° veniat Within 48 Hours. CAPERTOWN, Oct. 16.—The Schreiner ministry, having refus ed to call ¢ the Cape volunteers, the imperial authorities have issued a call on their own initiative, The friction between the Dutch and English in the colony is becoming critical It i* reported that fighting is going on at Bouth Kimberly on the railroad een —— 16.—The van of the column tr sisting of 2,000 men and 16 guns, has reach 15 miles northeast of Dundee, and 10 miles is thought that the Boers tniend to isolate Dun » from Ladyemith. An attack on Dundee is expected today or tomorrow, DURGAN, Nata vading Natal, and ¢ ed Dannhauser Glencoe. It Boers LONDON, Oct. 14.—The yeeh postponed until tomorrow. f called for today has RAAT ERE THE VOLUNTEERS OBJECT TO SEA TRIP ---Will Bring Their Arms. BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—Services in Young Men's Chris- tian Assuctation hall constituted the sale gathering of a semi- oMcial nature at the camp of the Washington men yesterday. A perfect day took the men from their comfortable tents to the ball grounds and pleasure resorts of the city. The probability of one of the new provisional volunteer regi- mems being alicted to the state Is being widely @tscussed among it is not the officers of the firet. According to one staff officer, unlikely that the president will assign one of the th: yet to be organized to Washington, and it js the gene mt Maj. Weleentierger or Maj. Canton will be chosen command ing officer. In efther event the complement of officers and the rucieus of the non-commissioned Met will be drawn from the Firet, and the recruits would largely come from the state. Gov Rogers, it ls said, favors the plan and will do ail in his power to place it In a favorable light before the war departs oM tals and the president. ‘The return of Levi Ankeny from San Jose, where he has been Visiting for two or three days, ip anxiously awaited by thowe who are interested in bringing tie regiment home tn a body. The d..- inclination of the men to take another ocean voyage seems not to iomwen with the nearing of the date for muster out, and those are beginning to think |{ impossibie to a @zpense should be no barrier, but the men should Come tome as they desired. It is possible that should the Boeuthern Pacific show a desire to do the right thing the regiment Wil, be epuied the trip by water. Another change has been made in the matter of turning in ordnance. Instead of shipping fifles and belts to the state bef the return of the volunteers, Adjutam General Fox has decided to relsue them to the men here after they have been turned in to the government, thus allowing them to carry their own guns home as was done by the Minnesotas. bince tae visit of ¢ hogers it found a number of cases «2 non-commi: to reward for eMcient servic no vacancies in the Met of commissioned officers the only man- ner in which this can be accomplished ts by rveignations before the muster out of oMcers in direct command of the men selected. Tt is stated that Lieut. Lamping, of Co. D, Seattie, adjutant of the Second battalion, will resign in order to give @ piace for the oom has developed that he hee ned offir whom bh by promotion. As there are mitsion of Firet Sergeant Rawson, of that company. Rawson | fen firet sergeant of the regiment, but the fort of war has made no vacancy for promotion tn his company. It ts said a num- ber oMcers will follow Lieut. Lamping’s example. P t Sergeant Budiong, of Co. B, Beattie, who has been chos- en to present Col. Wholly with the saber purchesed by the en- Heted men of the regiment. The date of the presentation h net yet been fixed. Promotions in Co, B were ordered yesterday as follows: Cor- porals Clare KB. Clark and Charles L. Baemer to be sergeants. SHHSSHOSOHSHSHS SOSH SHOSOHOOHOSOSOOOOO OOD DAR FALLS, Oct. 16.—The presidential party was greeted arge crowd at Iowa Falls this morning. Wild applause fol- , following utterance of McKinley: “It i¢ now no longer & question of expansion but a question of contraction. the Philippines came to us in the providenc did not seek It, now who ts in favor of contraction tory tn | White Pass & Yukon railroad. T greater part of the load {s com |posed of steel rails for the road goeecseoes SHSHHSOS HOSES OSOSCOSOOOOS |for some, sored in incouver!@ —- MANILA, Oct. 16—Serious trouble Is brewing in Tollo be tween the Tagalos and the Visayans, The Tagalos want ¢ es. Their chief, Delago, bas collected men with 4,000 ¢ at Santa Barbara, and is planning to att Hiollo and massacre the American® there and permanently over power the Visayans. ; mplete power for thems uery: Who Gets the Hush Money From the Gamblers? “Who get the $240 hush money which goes out of the Stand- ard gambiing house every day?" This startling question was asked of a Star reporter this morn ing by a well known gambler Of course you know,” continued the questioner, that common report hag it that certain city officials are dividing up certain sur. the kambiing houses now operating. Well, if you don't know, let me give you a little bit of information for the benefit of the dear pub I have ways of knowing what is go and wish to settle @ score with certain people. You may plus profits wit ing on delieve a# much or as little as you please, but what I say is truc When the games are opene din the morning each dealer is supposed to have @ bank roll of ». Instead he is only given $180, When the day's profits are counted up each dealer ie given credit for $200, whereas his capital was only $180, There are sev enen tables at the Standard which contribute $20 each for hush money daily, aggregating the sum of $340, The obtained from each table goes to still the wrath of city officials who have it in their power to close the doors of the several gambling houses at thelr will As the Star hae stated before, John Considine is king of the gamblers and holds the reins of authority in the conducting of the business SPOHSSPOSSO SOS HSHOSO SOO OOOOOESOE OOOO OSD SOSH HOSOSHOS OS HOOEO SOO OHO OOO OOOO DD ST. LOUIS, Oct, 16 fc national committee, Senator Jones, chairman of the Democrat- Vice Chairman 8tone and Committeeman Johnson, chairman of the national executive committee, held a conference this morning to review the politival situation for the benefit of Jones, who has been In Stone stated poal tively that he would turn over ¢ y detail of work to Jones on account of the pressing business and poor health Europe. Seeteee te eeee eee se Prefer to Come to Seattle on a Train 3° ° ° e ° ° e ° e e ° e ° ° ° ¢ ° ° * ° eoecccccccccesooooooooes ererereys ° ° 3 e } SOSHSHSOSHOHSHHSOOSH OOOO OOD OOOO O OOD SOSSSSOHSSOSOSSHOSHOSOOSOOSOED SOCCCOOOE PRO eTd Oot ee easereenerarenenesenwen ° ° ° ¢ oe. e ° ° ° e e PHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 PIKE !50 200, NO. | ALL PAPERS | Estimates given on all classes of work Star Paint Co. B00 Pike St. OP ALWARE Look in our window and ask the price. Pin Trays, 10¢; Jewel Boxes, 15 to 20c; Collar and Cuff Boxes, 35¢ up to §0c. It is new, beautiful, fashionable and cheap. COON BROS, 1417 Second Ave. Have you seen it? IO PORPAAEIOODDDOOA IL 00 0000000000009000000000 009008 BRUNNER & CO. DraLeas Groceries, Wines and Liquors 502 Pike Street, corner Fifth, ‘Phone Green 794. Angelica, e Red California sweet wines a speciaity Sherry, Muscatel, by the bottle, 38¢ up; by the galion, tivp and White To-Kay DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE EVE ‘The most sensitive organ of sense f encusavie in tees faye iy WHEN BUYING GLASSES Consult only the best optician, Only firet« Prices reasonable goods (CHAS. @. HOLCOMB, Optician, 216-218 Burke Bid eee ara eaeeee SMALL. FACTORIES Can Secure and flgcine Powel Advantageously in the Pnoquelimie Building being cOnsituctd, Main siree. ed Beoud aoc SEATTLE CATARACT CO. Imio Light ~ nr We are forced to move, and to reduce | shee ee our auction sale of hardware. Last sale Wednes- |day 10:30 a. m -108 Railroad Avenue QW eveeressscesnent CHOICE LOTS Walla Walla Addition Denny-Blaine Land Co. Dexter Horton Bank Building. 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