The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 9, 1899, Page 4

FOR CITY ENGIVEER ‘One of the important matters that will come before the city council within the next few weeks le the ap- Pointment of a city engineer, This oc- curs on the firet meeting in January Mr, Thomeon, the present incum Dent, will be re-appointed, Me has Deen city engineer for eight years. Since the building began of the Ce- dar river water system Mr. Thomson tras become @ necessary factor to In~ sure its | completion on present lines. EMBARRASSED FINANCIALLY SPOKANE, Dec, 8.—The firm of Miestand, Warner & Co. extensive dealers in wheat and general mer- ehandise throughout the Palouse country, ts in temporary financial difieulty, and in consequence many Tumors have been set afloat concern: ing the firm's financial standing N. W, Miestand and William W ner, the principal members of the firm, are in Spokane, and last night the gentlemen refuted the rumors whieh are in circulation. They said that their purpose in this city was to secure an extension of time from some of the principal creditors, and that matters were efaping them- selves satisfactorily toward an early settioment of the diMeuity. No other firm t# more widely known tm the Palouse country than Hiestand, Warner & Co, In reality there are two firms, as the Hiestand and Warner Warehouse Company was organized last spring to handle the constantly increasing grain business of the old frm. The gen eral merchandise business is still carried on under the olf name. It is reported that the liabilittes of the company would foot up $52,000, be- ing partly with wholesale grocery firms in TO PRODUCE BEET SUGAR WAVERLY, Wash. Dec. %— marked the beginning of a new. Jn the industrial devel- opmen The Inland Empire, when the wheels of the Washington State Beet Sugar Company were set in motion, and the interesting process transforming the raw material in to the finished product began. The event Is the final result of years of persistent labor and agitation by the itigens of this community, and to Col. E. H. Morrison, of Fairfield more than to any other man ts honor establishing the industry one of the firat to conceive that sugar beets could be sroanebie grown in this country, proceeded to demonstrate the foot to the ‘eyeReisoes, PARRY’S NEW SYSTEM City Comptrotier Witt H. Parry has a new system for keeping the ac- counts of the consumers of the city water. He has spent some time in investigating the water systems of over one hundred cities In the Unit- ed States, with the result that after January let, 1900, the consumer who gee to pay his water rate can do % Without any waiting for accounts. Hie bill will be ready for him when he calle Instead of the present ledger meth- od of keeping consumer's accounts, the new system has a separate ac- count for each piece of property us- ing city water. When the property owner calls to pay. the clerk turns to his plece of property, the acount for which is made out up to date. A STRANGE DREAM “What ta the matter, 14a?” sicep- iy inquired Dory Dayne, as her ter suddeniy sat up in bed. ‘Only @ strange dream,” 14a, pressing her hand over her beat- for was idea anewered | | Ing heart and speaking tn Hg gh ves | tones “I have dreamed it since we came to bed. “T thought I was tying here sound asleep, When a touch on my fore-| head awakened me. I opened my eyes and found the room brilliantly Muminated, and close beside me the form of papa robed in such garments as We might imagine were worn by the redeemed. Hin face ghastly pale and shadowed by intense mental anguish that wrung my heart be- yond expression “Papat’ I cried, in alarm, ‘what ails you “ Hu ehtid, hush!’ he answered, bastily, ‘arise and go down to the Mbrary—quick! quick! or it will be too late “The shock conveyed by his man- ner awakened me, my horror, I turned ov to sleep, only to have the dream re- peated in every particular, I've a great mind to £0 down to the libs | foot rary.” Nonsense sleepy petulance let me go to sleep. It's nothing but| the waffies—you ate a dozen or two for supper.” Ida lay down again and soon fel} asleep. She had slept but a few min. tes, however, when awoke shak. ue terror she whispered, step ping noiselessly out of bed Again he has commanded me to go to the library, and. with such a face of horror and despair!” She hastily drew on her stockings and a pair of soft, quilted slippers, and then, wrapping @ dressing gown and. shawl about her, lit a candle and stole softly down to the INbrary When she got there she found it tenantlese# and dimly, but pleasantly lighted by the grate fire. She glanc- ed nervously around, examined all the window fastenings and then ex- claimed “How foolish of me to come down! Of course, \t was the waffies,” as Dory #aid; adding, with @ glance at timepiece on the mantel, “Just 2 o'clock Well, now that I am here, I will stay and nap the night out on the sofa, and so be up bright and early in the morning.” Extinguishing her candle, she threw herself on a sofa jn a corner in the library, fut she had not lain there many minutes when she wae terrified by the ap; steps in the room, followed by (the closing and lecking of the door “A burglar,” she thought, utterly incapable of the alight She saw her chair drawn in front of the desk, and the jingling of keys, with the sharp click of the lock, Then followed the opening and closing of drawers, and the ling of paper and parchmen: r lysed for the time, with fear and dread, she lay In breathless #!- lence and listened, till a sudden strange click shocked her, she knew not why, into renewed life. Inetant- ly springing nolselessly to her feet, she peered toward the form at the desk “Papa!” she whispered, ment; “only papa.” But the next instant she darted forward with a low, anguished cry, and selsed his arm in a firm, steady «r Papa! papal” she gasped, burst- ing into tears, “are you mad?" Mr. Dayne looked up In dering horror, and then, throwing his other arm on t bowed his head till it rested against it “To kill yourself, papa!” Ida eob- bed on. “To kill yourself ike a coward and leave us to Dear the hor- rid misery! Oh, papa, how could you?" And as she spoke she drew, with & quick shudder, the ready-cocked pistol from his listiess hand. “You know not what you do, IM he murmured, brokenly, whe laid it aside. “We are beggars, and my spirit is brok I have heart to commence the world over again.” “No, no, papa!” cried Ida, her beau- titul eyes sparkling with tenderness and courage. “No, papa, we are not Demmars, nor ever shall be while your t if you have your money? Surely we can learn to live on a little, and also earn le, won- silently wet little by patient, honest labor papa, and we will!” ‘Saved! muttered Mr. Dayne, ‘Saved by my daughter!” “No, papa.” corrected Ida, softly. ‘Not saved by your daughter, but, by ven, through a dream. - And, lifting his bowed face, she covered It with kisses, and, between amiles and tears, related her strange dream. MeDonald Will Accept. ROSSLAND, B.C. Deo. 9.—It te officially announced that Bernard Macdonald, the noted mining pert, has been offered and will ac- cept the position made vacant by the resignation of W. A. Cartyle ar general superintendent and mining engineer for the Fritish American cornporation In this camp. <ineteattidhiiineeiecien Surveyors at Work. CHEHALIS, Wash. Dec. ®—A party just from the Big eee veyors are at work they were O. R. & N. men, and the Tine they seemed to be running + Tt wan said that in @ north and south direction. There are Many coal prospectors in the vi- cimity of Morton, and some of them are known to be O. A. & N. men. GIRL QUEEN FOR GERMAN EMPRESS THE HAGUE, Dec. 9.—It te ansert- ed that when the Kaiser visited Queen Wilhelmina at Flushing he extracted ao promise from her that she would marry his sen, Crown Prince Frederick William. ‘The queen is 19 years of age; the crown prince not quite 1 Vessels Arrivin, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9—All but one of the overdue sailing feet has arrived. The Wing and Wing is «til! 82 Gays out from Gray's Harbor. The schooner 8. Danielson. 49 days from Tillamook, arived today and the An telope, bound for Port Los Angeles from Coquille river, put in short of water REWARD FOR woop. Gov. Rogers has offered $200 re ward for the apprehension of James Wood. Wood was paroled trom the penitentiary, and is supposed to have gone to Alaska owth of ‘Port | Arthur, SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. A let- ter from Port Arthur, under date ¢ tober 16, gives interesting details of | the remarkable growth of the town | during the last few months, although but, shaking off | hand he felt no pain answered Dory, with | ne felt a prickling In the middle « Iie down 94 | nis pack, and the point of the nee mrance of a with sufficient = tre the new Russian settlement, on t left-hand side of Powder Magazine valley, haw not yet been begun. Out side of this site, however, many houses Stores have been con structed, and barracks for 12,000 sol diers have been built THE-NEEDLE RAN THROUGH HIS BODY HAZLETON, Pa., Dec. 9.—George Heidenreich, of this city, tr res ana keepsake a mall needle, which Juat completed a 20-year trip rand went} through his body In 1879 tepped on the needle, and it was lost in the flesh of hie The wound at once healed A few days ogo die was found protruding. It enally drawn out GOOD NEWS FROM OTIS WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—General Otis’ report on the Philippines thts morning wae of an encouraging na ture. He ways: “A dispatch from Young yesterday, by the Vigan, says that he met Spanish prisonera who report a four hours’ engagement on the third instant, between Ma troops and Aguinaldo’s guard near Cervan- tes, fifty miles southeast of Vigan | with heavy lows to the enemy, who ‘are being pursued. Our los was one killed and six wounded “The inhabitants of their own ac- cord are joining our troops, repair ing the trafl and carying subsiatence I have pushed a column to San Jone south of Bangued. Howe's column in lon the rear trail. Batchelor’s battal- jon, the 24th, is out of reach north of Hayombong, evidently descendinng lthe river. Natives report that fight ing oceurred twenty miles north Lawton la in Calucan province today, ps to overcome was ight, and the sound of stealthy toot- | opposition and scatter the enemy.” THE SEATTLE STAR. GOLF SKIRTS ARE BARRED city bokeet Teachers Must Discard Them. KANSAS CITY, Deo, 9.—Lioyd EB Wolfe, superintendent of sehools at Kaneas City, Kan. has said that short skirts as a part of the ward hers muat 60, Mie order wil) offect 1 young wo men echool-teachers, When the golf skirt “came in,” the teachers thought it would be y serviceable gar- ment for the schootroom, It would not sweep up the dust from the fo and it had many other advantages. Many of the teachers bought golf skirts, and appeared in the school rooms with them, Supt. Wolfe does not keep posted on faahion's changing tides, and was stunned when he saw a young wo- man teacher wearing one of these skirts, which was very short, and the pattern of which was a loud plaid, Me saw another, and @ third; whereupon he w wroth, He went to the principal of the school, and paid. “I wish you would speak to the young women under your charge and admonish them not to ear in the schoolroom again in such shor skirts, It does not set a good ex ample before © ebildren ‘The principal blushed and lated with the superintendent ‘Can you not see that thie would be & most painful duty to me” he said, “You know I am a bachelor and my modesty pre me from making su tions about the cloth ing of the young women xpostu “Well, I will do it myself,” said the superintendent, with emph and he did. He told at | it three of the young women that the short skirts were not to Bie liking, and directed that longer ekirts be worn, at least during rouble ot the 4 through the % echool- houses. It was communicated to all of the 180 women teach Derision and cold disapproval flied their hearte when they heard it, for all of them had golf akirte or hoped hoped to have them. They became indignant, but that all the good tt does. THE BULLPEN IS NOW EMPTY Matters connected with the famous Wariner bullpen will al) be settiod within a few days, when it will be moerety a matter of history, Already the Dullding i» deserted, and guards no longer pace about ite walls, says the Spokane Spokesman-Review, ‘The total number of prisoners con- fined tn it haa not yet been announce. ed, but it will probably crowd 9. Fifty per cent. more than this have been confined, but many were dis charged before this building was er. ected, which was aia weeks after the firet arrests were made Since the trial and conviction of Pau) Coreor-. an there has been a steady decrease in Ite population. Efforts of friends secured their release one by one, while others, held only @ military an cond uined. Three months ago the number had been re duced to less than 100, which has been reduced weekly since, only oc- casional arrests having been made usually for too boleterous expres- sions im favor of the rioters, which meant short imprisonment Steamer Faralion, Roberta, sailed for the north last night with 250 tone of general mer chandise. He passengers were as follows: RS. Sharp, D. Gunern, G H. Jennings. D. A. Castieman, Miss HM. Pashaser, Mra. A. W. Blanchard. Mrs. Hicks, Robert Lee, L. W. Coa dy, Swan Nelson, Carl Hulheathbam. F. Miller, A. Almond, W. Cumming:+. R. Batley, J. M. Burington, D. L. Castleman, A. F. Coamer, Mra. Cas tleman, Dr. Hicks, Maggie Maretral Cc. C. Zume, H. L. Umiand, 8. P Carlson, C. Peterson, BE. Sock, J. Pull J. H. Morrice, H. St, Claire, W. L. Murray, J. Campbell, J. T. Smith. Cc. Faulkner, W. Scheuman, K Rouss, Mra. Oscar Lang, Jess Chas ty, Miss Audrey Bell, Joseph Ham- t, J. A. MeDonald, Menry Kalem. Fred Harkart, George Bonner. Custome Inspector Sargent hae ar rested three Chinese, Ah Juen, Ah Kin and Ah Toy, as they were leav- ing the steamer Skagit Queen. The Chinese claim they were born tn Portland and were on thelr way from Blaine to that city. They stopped at Mt. Vernon to see If they could get a chance In the laundry business. They will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Keifer next Tuesday. THAT TIRED FEELING: Tired of Tired of trying to reac Immediately cured by superintendent's | Captain John | Harding, the PRESENTED WITH A canE WHAT fe YOU Alonso Chap THIS STORE OFFERS from Glendive, sloped to Alaska with va * ns PAY - s senatan Superior Attractions While at Skagway Dr, Hard For your Groceries is very wife to @kagway. Sher ing and Ct lie came together '» important, But what you get "\for your money is infinitely | © © a jare right. turn. an encounter and the for vr, ith used a cane to ge Meet, Wo. 8. MAYFIELD, — | said, a APPLICANTS FAMILY GROCER i|Every department teeming with useful and appro- CANNOT SPELL ae Pike y fy Pike Street | priate Christmas Gifts. We cordially invite visitors, WASHINGTON, Db C, Dee & nag ie rly 2a deybe gts 9 een lconfident that they will be delighted with our holi- 'day display. Boy's clothing that parents recognize | more important. The best is none too good for jour customars and our prices jeus Bureau, is amased at th centage of fatlures among th cants for place under him, I » :) oO ake buying eas ir cenee estes 5 SAMSON 'as the best prices to make buying easy. |do ordinary arithmetic. Fi | eee cent fall, and they fail use | Boys’ three-piece Veatee of | Ladies’ Fine Navy or Black @erge 4 Strongest 6 Boys’ three-piece Ventee Suita |eannot divide 100,000 by 402%; that Is Wa pa Hone et ” Fine Hrown Mixed Cheviot; pretty| Mackintoshes; new wide sweep; they cannot get @ correct reault, It Earth, sewies 16 braid trimming on vest and coat;| military or double capes; pretty 9 simply marvelous, the lack of ed | perfect fitting; cheap at $2.00, per, piaid lining; perfect fitting; 96.00 ucation In these rudimentary branch ah, G0... cc ..$1.59| value; each, only.. cones AO Something Must Ue. refinaily Ladies’ Fine Blue or Brown Mixed wrong With our system o cation Boys’ Fine All Wool Tweed Ve tee | Cheviot Mackintoshes; wide sweep A ocill sadvenm ‘end teach Suits; pretty brown Mixed Pat-| siitary capes; inlaid velvet col- peyenaiogy and sewing ¥ tern; double knees and seat rs ter repelling; $6.25 ing, but apparently they ' dressy; unequaled for hard school ee bo acd ses simple arithmetic and epelling.” vie e: per suit, only : Services TARE wales} POF OH So Dl tabled Fine Al Weel Tae Colored STATE NEWS $ j : | English Covert Cloth Mackintosh; j Dre laid velvet collar; wide . | Teyr’ Fine Wool Mixed two-plece| pretty tn’ | | School Bults; designed and built to} SWeeP military cape; splendidly | etand hard’ ‘nervice, wenr, $4.00| finished; $10.00 value; each, only | ‘The houses of Walla Walla are to Py value; per mult, only $2.76 coesee - A be numbered | Men's Fine Heavy Twilled Serge The first snow of the season fell at e Boys’ Fine All Wool English Chev-| Mackintosh; velvet collar; box Walla Walla Monday t | viot two-piece Beh ané Dress! cout style: splendidly made; “0 . Suite; pretty gray and brown| yaiue; each, only........ A Spokane gas company is about Crenceat Baking | mixed paterns; patent waistband: | sgen’s Fine Wool Tan Colored Eng- to lay 10 miles of new gas maine Powder | double knees and neat; tailor made] jigh Covert Cloth Box Coat Style sohomiah County Poultry & . Pp throughout; $4.75 value; per @ult,! sfacigntosh; handsome plaid lined; Everett, December 28-30. purest aod higi | Boys’ Fine Golf Plaid latent value; each, only.. $7.00 . ‘ ; power pp ay ee ee ie tte | Misses’ Fine Brown Checked Mack- Captain Wainwright, U. 8. A, ts | styles, each... Se | in the Walla Walla country purchas } | Intosh; double cape, velvet collar, ’ ee | Hoys’ Fine Web Suspenders; Harris) perfect fitting; $4.00 value; each, ing cavalry hornes to be sent to Man | Sha. Wire Buckles; @ pair..1c, lhe, 26c) only. o « $2.65 « o] Jake Lewis of Wailluta, has ————oo made the discovery near there of a Toys at Dry Goods Profit Prices, which means money saving chan- a of imme es ' oes here. some prehistoric animal, The Distribating Cars a Specialty | » agents W. L. DOUGLAS’ Men‘s Celebrated $3.00, 33.50 and $4.00 | Were found 25 feet under the gr Prene Main 360 8) shoes Ladies, Men's and Children's Holiday Slippers; better make your . - Oties, cor Vecidental Are Geo Nicheis, who t | ree? . end Jeghson street | netec tions now, e4 last week on the - sault, committed — wut Py Tere night in the New Whatcom jail by} SURE with the Col nbian Acct | atuMing a bandana handkerchief | Association. Keserve Fund. Oo Ww. PE | ERSON & (@) Sout “Bis threat. There to tetiel Dan). | Incorporeted under the . ad | laws of the State o ingto oe! doubt that he was tnaane | eningten. 206. 208, 210 Pike St dent and Bick benefits, Agents wanted. mmendation has rm mit Loe termission, The rec been referred to « « WILL MOT FIGHT. Joe Greag bas stated to the sport ing editer of the @tar that he The superintendent of the Spokane E. W. ANDREWS, President. public schools has recommended that | ¥. L. MILLER, Secretary le — . Paes SSB ILAPIDIZANAIS SIDIISIEI IS ISS: Duptie of the high schools be sup-| i ee oe collins Block plied with a warm lunch, as they |_Home office, 2% Collins Bloc ; aia Cafe for Gentiemen have only half an hour for noon tn | ¥ | Orvitie Kepy. 1, W. Lows, SEATTLE PRINTING CO. | 414 Yesler Way. Telephone Main 700 And 11 call for your order OUR HOUSE 1 Occidental Ave. and cha nt St. TAI NEEL IIIIIISS PSE PIE ESE. e was streaker eee SEATTLE also made a statement or says that he eh” ha the same matter. He met Indian Jo in the fret place, to | # Engine and Ship Builders STEEL AND WOOD * * *| show that he was not afraid of hir > LUMBER MILL, spares assay colic “etn }$ «20 First Ave. =F « * * and English would be a great draw-| @ | not, at heart, admire the moral cour- | A. CORCORAN + age of the man who dares refuse le Manager © fight « ae (isicvenseemnasnninin as eee ‘ “ee 1 seems gamer ‘MUNRO A RESIDENT ‘[’suartue TRANSFER al Walla W alla Addition STORAGE sougawe.sen cen: [mate “ecu mg & Donny-Blaine Land Co. oy Livutenas gg ee Dexter Horton Bank Building, Sta’ eal tar," Ss | AAMARRARBARARIAAR: erican war Lieutenant Munro was ' —— — stationed during bis at Fort Walla Walla, and residence here he made We are tailors and iol how to cut, fit, and Style San Diego Fruit Co|s many friends in the city, who wore make a garment so it stays in shape. We also pleased to note his « od work 418 Pike St. do all kinds of cleaning, pressing and repair- ADDRESS BY MRS. BAXTER . Fit ing. Figures tell the difference. Will you ——_—_—_—_—_—__"" | pay the difference, or buy from us and save Mrs Marion Hh Tiaxter, of Chi | These | Finish the difference? STANDARD TAILORING CO. 0, will addresn the men rally at the cold] nis 1012 Third Ave., near Third Ave. Theater. FR a oreag b chat elgg acre days make you —= A K. AYERS D. H. LYMAN Telephone Wurre 331 .-PIPE .. BOILERS.. think of the the Willard ha Chicago for m men are warmth tings in | in our Fine, New Furs. 1918 Thi Ave. ce invite ILMAN BERG | | | | -?: AMUSEMENT BULLOTEN, | | 7 COAL West Seattle Perry Buildi WEST'S Foot Marion Bereet EATTLE THPATIOR Black | ttl Troubadours | THIRD AVENUE THEATER| Ale a nd Porter Makes H t rae Old Time | | OLMYPIC THEATER — Vaude-| On draught in first-class saloons or | delivered to houses In bottles or fam. | ville and moving pictures % | lly kees. ‘Phone Ray 96. | | vMiniature "Dawson City—139 Middle Window We have displayed a hand- some collection of framed COSSHSSSSSSOSOSOSOSO OO ee } PICTURES : vicina «SMALL... | fuss @F vow $ Msical AStMeNS J 2:22" 2 2 Skin Diseases DINBURG. MEDICAL INSTITUTE 49-50-51 Boston Block ovecececeoeceooes| AOKDERAAS Roslyn or Queen Coal Offer a wide range of choice for Christmas gift) selecting Every | sort of musical fnstrument is here And the prices are lower than at any other store tn the city ‘Sherman, Clay & Co. 4 “STEINWAY” DEALERS | | lions, Bear these in mind, They would make an aceptable holiday gift, SESOHHOH OOOO OSOOSe if Holden & Wilson Furnitare Co, 1109-11-13 Seoond Ave. Darkness | 1 or work by poor light | > + teats | THE MARTIN B14 Second Aveuus | At 1020, Firat avenue, Tele- weaseeeseseseseseseenns THE N. B. CURTIS npeliverea tof That Will be tram 3 PE WASHBURN | yelivered to any part of the A ? y e S ac S a fi j Holiday ed properly if d Picture brought to us. Try Welsbach Light LAM PS, $1.00 «GUITARS | Are those in which the tone ts the clearest, the workmanship of the highest order, and the material used of the finest quality. We sell all of those celebrated makes, and at pricee which place a good guitar within th reach of anyone, Step in and make ‘Ready to Wear Hats § Pacite Picture Frame Co, for that tired feeling | CRAA0 0000000000 00000008) WANTED Second-hand At Bye Opening Prices Friday and Saturday | | Pianos and ot- Atthe | | : gans in exchange for new your selection. Each during December I \ Milli ones, Write or call, —_ . Aader Millinery Dow e Y — |rasseomt ar, —“Ramaker Music Ca Winter & Har 7 A= a deby) Wednesday December bd | SEATTLE GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY 214-216 Onenny Srreet Burke Building, Second Ave. and MarionSt, Beattle Wash, 4 LEADEK Second Avenue Inter | MRS, E, H. JoNson | C ny cemetary. Tol Pike A sth