The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1899, Page 4

PBR ew oe BEES fi 7 we a on af a3 = n h nis C 7 a ss : ce tt “ ) vt : 5 by ant y of CoRR HET IEEE ERIE: CITY COUNCIL WAS ROASTED At the M. Meeting Held on Saturday Evening. Resolutions Adopted Concerning Municipal Ownership and Other Projects. Saturday night's mass meeting of the Committee of One Mundred at the Seattle theater, was enthuri- astic and well attended. Ex- Mayor Wood presided. He opened the meeting dy « vigorous speech stattg its object. Judge Winsor spoke warmly, warning the counct) | against the results of their actions, and, incidentally, taking a fal! out of | the Northern Pacifie Railway and/ the Consolidated Street Railway People Miss Clara Tester rendered a vocal solo, Clark Davis was roundly ap- Plauded and called back to the stage, | whereupon he presented the follow- | ing resolutions “Whereas, Questions reiating to} the granting of a consolidated street railway franchise, and extensive | purchases of park property, and the Vacation of water-front streets for railway purposes and other tmport- ant public questions are constantly | arising In the city of Seattle, and some are now pending; and “Whereas, The future of the city involved (n said questions is of such | Magnitude that the whole people) should have an opportunity to finally | Vote upon them: and “Whereas, There are now before the city council two proposed char- ter amendments, submitted by fully 2,000 qualified citizens, one of which ‘Will secure a direct decision of the People on the question of the pro- Posed street railway franchise, and the ot ford the people at all times a final court of appeal wherein they may reverse or indorse the ac- | tion of their city council upon any | question of great public interest and importance; “Now, therefore, Be tt resolved, by the citizens of Seattle, in mass meet- ing assembled, “1 That in case the petitions of the two propésed charter amend- ments relating to franchises and the Peopte’s right to the referendum. are signed by the requisite 20 per cent of ‘the registered voters, as defined by the city charter, we demand that the sald city counell shall discharge its sworn duty under the charter,and submit these amendments to a vote Of the people at the ensuing ciection. “3. That if it be ascertained that the petitions, or efther of them, bear- ing the signatures of nearly 2,000 qualified citizens, still fail short un- der the rigid requirement of the charter that all signatures be of voters registered prior to March 1898, tn such case we stil! demand of the efty council that ft recognize It elf aa public servants, and do jus- tice to the people by giving them the opportunity to vote upon these tm- portant amendments at the ensuing election.” Everett Smith, Heary W. Stein, Rev. E. M. Randall and Robert Bridges, spoke. Mr. Bridges, who is @tate land commissioner, made a declaring that he would figh: N. P. Company to prevent it from getting any vacated streets on the tide lande. The council's special committees on charter amendments. composed of Gill, James, Rude, Diller Castieman, favor the following four propositions to come before the people at the next election: | 1. For the municipal ownership of & plant to light the city. | 2. For the elimination from the) Cedar river water system contract ot | the clause providing for the con struction Of a second pipe line run- ning from Cedar river to Swan jake. at an expense of $126,000. 3. For using the money saved in this way toward acquiring Cedar lake and the Cedar river watershed. for the purpose of providing for and protecting the future peeds of the city. 4. For changing the charter ts conform with tate decisions of the United States supremé court regard- tng street tmprovements The proposition dispensing with the extra pipe-line from Cedar river to Swan take, comes from the cham- | ber of commerce, and has long been | agreed upon by councilmen and city | offictals | Sat. CHANGES TIME. The Seattic & ‘International trains ed time yesterday morning. Traine arrive and depart from this city as follows: Passenger No. 1—9:40 a. m, daily; passenger No. 3-6 p. m Sunday only; mixed No. 54:05 p. m dally, except Sunday Arrive--Passenger No, 2—4:35 p. m.| daily; passenger No, 4—11 a. m. Bun. | day only; mixed No. 6—-10:40 a. m., dally except Sunday, AMUSEMENTS. The Seattle Theater. Miss Eugenie Blair wil! present “A Lady of Quality” at the Senttie the- ater for four nights, commencing | next Thursday. The play ts drama tiged from the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett by Stephen Town send. It is staged according to the) ideas of Miss Blair, and the actors| are of her own selection. In the| portrayal of Mistress Clorinda, Miss Biair has an opportunity she has | never before enjoyed, and she makes | the most of it. | ‘The story i# one full of passion and | pathos, with only an oe fonal | touch of comedy. There ix a happy | denouement, however, which nenda| the audience away with a feeling of #atisfaction | Miss Blait has risen rapidly into| prominence a# an actress, and her | distinguished ability soon brought | her into popular favor, Her care in costuming the play, and her desire | to be the most handsomely costumed | actress on the stage, have contribut- ed no little part to making her the| idol of “vanity fair.” | a “Brown's In Town’ “Brown” | has captured Senttle Hundreds ‘of people were turned) way from the Third Avenue th ater last night who wished to see “Brown's in Town The standing room capacity of the house was teat- *fthe play is a very clever farce | mia, A young man consent of te | furniehed by the Public | get a number of | and great errenere known Brown family The father visite him, thinking he Is stopping | with a family named Rrown, The chief comedy comes out of manifold canes of mistaken identity Tt is a case of “Who is who?" He- fore the play gets far advanced, most everyone is Brown, and Brown's wife is in @ painful posi- tien Meantime pa picks out Mrs. Brown ae just the woman he would have wished hia eon to marry, When he finds out she im his daughter in law, it makes @ very happy denoue Brown will be In town all Jand will entertain at the Saturday matinee There wil) also be a bene- performance for the Carbonado fferers om Wednesday afternoon, There will be no percentage, either to the house or the company, ‘hia leudable undertaking deserves the ft | best of patronage, and reflects much credit on the enterprising manage- ment. REPORT OF THE LABOR BUREAU The following are the positions Employ- ment difice of the city for the last two years ANOS 1899 January wt at February . 1285 1 March 1.951 1,098 Apri! 2201 Lise May. 1 1.642 June coves 1616 -1,888 July dine egipen Sa Sie August aaa? 3,712 September ones 3 October . 2 November * . 1 Total Hop-pickers (not in cluded above) ... 2.235 2,683 Grand total 24,183 22,741 The average number positions | furnished per month, and the cost of each for the last six years, is aa fol. \ + 1894—440, 22e; 1895-—481, 180; 186 fe; 1897954, 6c; 1898—-2,015, bo; and 1899—1895, Be. WERE TREATED LIKE DOGS Escaped Spaniards Complain of Filipino Cruelty. MANTLA, P. 1, Nov. 28.--Seven Spanish soldiers, who escaped from the rebel lines and have reached Manila tell an interesting story. ‘They had been prisoners for periods varying from 16 to 19 monthe, and show the effects in their emaci- ated forms and sunken eyes, and one, who has consumption, te not ea- pected to live. They say they were allowed 12 cents tn Mexican money a day by the Filipino Government, and out of thie were supposed to maintain themesives tn food oD) clothes. Some Spaniards are com- pelied to fight against the Ameri. cans, or are starved. They my they were treated like dogs. The American prisoners receive etter treatment, but are more clo better treatment, but are more Closely watched. Two dollars « day mm for food and cloth- in prison under a strong guard It is Aguinaido’s cus- tom to farm out Spanish prisoners [to the wealthier class. ‘They allege the insurgent army short of supplies, and say that wh Aguinaldo’a forces are driven into the woods they must surrender or starve to death. ‘There are 22 former Spanish pris ers held by Pio del Pilar, who have accepted commissions in his army to alleviate their condition WILL BE BUILT AT BALLARD ‘The Stimeon Brothers will begin at lof a fractured vertebra. ard the construction of a four 7 achooner B m ie for that mounta ine. The schooner will THE SEATTLE ) ALASKA PRISONERS t \ The steamship ‘Topeka, Capt, Jen mnarrived from Alaska last night Bhe had 61 Neet-class passengers Am th wer Ur 1 TaN V | Marsnan Jam M brought down seven pr ner nen He er J. Hird, whos h yar wa a ay ed on her wa to BS wo ‘ The | Topeka also brought now fi The Christman trade is now brisk] dent McKinley's pardon of m' all of the stores of Beat-| Jim" Foster e of t mapy tle. The window-drapers have de. | Sinith « Me hb erved 1 Aigned their attractive features so | MOnthn of bis senwwnce,| vt ai that a8 one saunters along the | ,,, pees se ie age ana “" > poten atreete in the evening the bril-| trates from the Treadwell mines, and Mantly lighted stores are pleasant to) Alaska canned sa dehold. Nearly ali of the stores have added extra counters and BIRD WILL APPEAL. clerks, A reporter of the Btar today In Word was brought down on th terviewed many of the proprietors | Topeka last night that J. Homer of the Beattie stores, and in ail cases | Tird, who is under sentence of death he wae greeted with “We are too| at Juneau " ub busy to talk And, indeed, they | * appeal he United ates were; goods were being hustled from | Supreme cour in neing Bird one part of the store to another, nov- | to death, Judge Johneon said there eltien were being put where they | Wa not a single extenuating ciroun would show to the beat advantage, | #tance. Marshal Bhoup, whe customers were buying and waiting. | down on tho Topeka, says It was the of | Most cold - t fed and heartless In fact, the scene w ne Cull animation and business ‘The merchants say that the Chris mas trade this year will be far in excess of that of Mat season, Christ mas novelties are more numerous | than @ “Everybody seema to have money this year,” remarked the proprietor of a well known house. Every one has begun their shopping early. I Predict that Seattle will witness one of the biggest Christmas trades ever) seen tn the history of the city.” “The old-famhioned idea of giving cards and useless decorative is rapidly on the decline In place of these, people are presenting their | Dobbs’ Ferry to Yonkers. | friends with articles of value and | “ THE MINISTER IS ACQUITTED Word bas been received in th! city from Minneapolis to the effect that the Methodist Judicial counct! after @ trial lasting three days, has acquitted the Rev. ©. EB Cline, of Portiand, Or, accused of falee repro- sentations in the sale of a PF Me coast fruit farm to Dr. Thompson, of Des Moines. Cline had deen expelied from the Oregon conference on these charg The jury, composed of 19 Methodist | clergymen, voted 16 for complete vin- dication, and three for remanding the case to the Oregon tribunw ‘This is the bighest court in t Methodist Church. and Its decision |s final. WILL REBUILD MILL. ‘The Bay Shingle & Lumber Co, of Patiard, will redbulld its plant lately Gestroyed by fire. The mill be con- structed at Bmith Cove, near glass works The new mill will be much larger than the old one J. M. Donoghue is president of the com- pany. WALKED WITH AS BROKEN NECK NEW YORK, Dee. 14.—Although hie neck wae broken five weeks ago. John Moriarty, who is 6 walked more than » Joseph's hospital that he w uid like and as St nounced to the Joneph’s Hospital that he w to He up for repairs. Skep first, the surgeons found on exam Inations that Moriarty’s astonishing diagnosis of hia condition was cor _ that his neck was indeed brok surgeons in "re was decided that the extraor- {Stent patiant must undergo a sur operation of most delicate | Shasester, no lens than the resetting a broker part of which presses upon the spin aden as they can/al cord. Thiewill be attempted when | jones to be used | Mortarty bh purpose, down from the| journey, and the olf man be|he now te, anys confidently that ro A after his ternie! weak as capable of carrying $00.000 feet of | will Hive for a jong time and will be bullt for speed rength. Capt. Tom Reed will superintend the construction. Repairs on the big steamship Ore- gon, which is being overhauled at Moran's, are well under way. The Seattle Steamship Company, which will put the boat on the Cape Nome run, will make every needed alte tion. This will take longer than w: at first expected. It was once stated that the vesse| would make several trips to @an Franciaco It Is now announced that the repairs cannot he competed before March, so the vease! will make her first run from this port to Nome y. M. C. A. NEW YEARS The ¥. M. ©. “A. will have 6 dig time New Year's day Mre BOW Houts is in charge of the program A public reception will be given in the morning, and the afternoon will be devoted w a musical and liter- ary program. In the evening a game of basket-ball between Portland and Seattle wet be played. The local Carpenters’ Union has decided to raise its scale of wages from $2.50 to $3.00 per day, to take effect January 1 Wages in many other lines will be raised in the near future, owing to the increasing cost of rents and liv ing in Seattle, Business ie so good in Seattle that mapy employers are voluntarily granting increases to | their employes of 10 per cent to 16 per cent Whale CHICAGO, Tee barge 115 Lake Superior. The steamer Colgate Hoyt, which had the barge In tow, has given up the search lumber. 18 in supposed to be lost on Whaleback AMUSEMENT BULLETIN. THIRD AVENUE THEATER ‘Brown's in Town." OLYMPIC THEATER — Vaude- ville and moving pictures “Miniature Dawson City—12291% rene. Mme. Rhea, the actress who died ently in Marsetties, France, war a heavy property owner tn eattle, Her estate, which consiate of acres of fine residence property in Weet Geattle, purchased by her in boom Gays for $10,000, is without an heir. The property had been mort- gaged to the Loan & Trust Co. for $2,000, An effort ta being made by the corporation lawyers to locate any possible heirs DAVID HARUM ON THE STACE NEW YORK, Dec, 18-—-W. H Crane will play the leading role in| “David Harum,” having signed a contract to that effect with Charles Frohman. The production will be made this season Mr. Frohman’s management witt| continue during the run of this play, and Mr. Crane will remain at the head of his own organization. When Mr. Frohman secured the drama “ ation of this popular American be he put the manuscript aside aay ing the production unt!l an Import ant star could be secured to play the pare of David Harum COOD WORDS FOR OUR SOLDIER BOYS MANILA, P. L, Nov. 4.—(By mail) The Tokyo Orient says: “It is no small matter to record among 7,000 soldiers, for this is the number of American troops recently passing through the treaty ports of Japan, that there has not been one police case, It would not have ben a sur prise to have found several black sheep. The students of the Tokyo university, who volunteered as guides, speak in the highest terms of those whom they conducted about the metropolis, We heartily con gratulate our American friends on this excellent record,” the| | eee ween Se knowr HEROISM AT A NEW YORK FIRE | NEW YORK, Dee. 1#.—A fire which burned with such fury t than an hour it consumed Jof one building and three of a r b out this aft prem ed by Pacific Novelty story marble building vad way x damage extent of $100,000 | ¢ fire in believed to have reau | from the oneness smoking roome filled with | flammable celluloid stock, and the }loms to this firm was about $20,000 On the third floor, occupied by Ht n facturers of lamp rteen Kirin were employed iThey rushed for the stairway, but Jone of the number fainted and would }have perished had not two ompanions, who mixsed her tars, returned and rescued her in he face the flamer veral po. licemen and « number of firemen aino narrowly escaped being burned to ath. | THEIR PLATFORM. | ‘The state organizer for the Social jist Labor party, W. @ Dalton, was the principal speaker at last night's meeting of that body My purty demands, said he that add eo tien to government own P |public utilities, employers shoul a jelect their own employers and oM- | cera. WILL MOVE TO B.C. In the event of congress passing | the Kahn bill, which prohibits og rafting on the Pacific, the Kobertaon Log Raft Company will move to | Vancouver and continue its business | | The rafts are dangerous to naviga tton. it is posible a claune wil | be inserted in the b hibiting the lemtrance of these r r United tates harbors, This 1 knock he promt out of the busin A Home for Bryan. DALLAR, Tex, Dec. 18.—William F. Bryan has been offered one of the finest houses in the city of Austin, if he will accept it as a gift move to this state as A citizen Judge Walker, a prominent lawyer, started the movement “Ry th them. San Diego Fruit Co. r fruit shall That's the ye know Bold sixty-four per more | goods In Nov de than 8. A boy bought worth his mother came and got @ quarter's | worth Then the father bought two dollars’ worth, a0 as to have it all winte ‘ers thre years old, We have a left 415 Pike S 3 [TYRES TRANSFER C0. Distribating Cars a Specialty [Phone Main Umiee, wor. U 360 Ave ackson stree | | | ] | ones. Becond-hand Pianos and or fans in exchange for new Write or call 1415 Second Ave. Are es essential | for fine pict ures, Pacific F Picture | Frame Company | Frames NSURE with the Colambian Acei dent Association, Reserve Fund. $20,000, Incorporated under , | laws of the State of Washington, A dent and Bick benefits. Agents wanted. EK. W. ANDREWS, President. | F. L, MILLER, Secretary Home office, 204 Collins Hock WEST'S Ale and Porter On draught in first-cl or Aslivered to houses in bottles or fam lly kegs. ‘Phone Hay 96. s saloon. Bangs, bt at Low | HATIODRESSING i[Mrs. E. G. Hanson MANUFACTURER OF Bae igs, Hairt Is, Ete. th Scalp treosmen{, theatrical. w Cor, Union 5t, and : THE 04 p35. STAR. | For the Children The New and Popular Games. | pattie f Manila. $1: Conette ae Shunette Alno 1 the old and stance | Games and Juvenile Books with out number | = For Grown-up’s 5 | Manicure Sets busy. But with our c Shaving Sets | to give our customers Toilet Sets | atte ention, Collar and Cuff Boxes p : Handkerchief Boxes |Appropriate Xmas Lace Glove Boxes | Curtain Gifts ‘ ‘ Fine Nottingham Lace Curtains, 3 Dainty Medallions | yards jena? axita Wide; woven Leather Goods beautiful pattern; $1.65 Photo Albums | | per pair, only $1.15 | Extra Fine Brussels Net Effect Lace And a full line of Curtains 1 sheer de - | signe; rich ¢ 4 yards long Fine Stationery,Ink Stands! @ inches wide: cream or wh Paper Weights, Paper Cut-| $2. value, per pair, only = ters, Fountain Pens, Smok-| T*vic Linens always acceptable Pocket Kn ers’ Sets, s, jand all Holiday Novelties. | Denny - Coryell Co. 716 and 1221 First Ave Want to Buy a Watch? Don't do it until you have seen the ‘‘Louis Klodt”’ Special. High grade for little money Louis Klodt SWISS WATCHMAKER 824 Seo Ave, cor, Marion THE THE MARTI N. B. CURTIS WASHBURN GUITARS Are those in which the tone is the lclearest, the workmanship of the | highewt order, and the material used of the & t quality. We sell all of those celebrated makes, and at prices which place a good guitar within the reach of anyone. Step in and make your selection. | Winter & Harper Burke Building, | second Ave. and MarionSt. Seattle Wash. Orvitie Expy 1. W. Lowe, SEATTLE PRINTING CO. 414 Yeuler Way. lephone Main 700 And we will call tor your erder ot to give Sgurea ~ MUSICALLY | It is of much importance to you which PIANO. You buy, for all the years you haye it, it will make your musi cal life happy, if it be a fine instrument, Bo don't make a choice that you will regret. In the CHICKERING, KIMBALL, WEBER, DOLL and MILTC Pianos you get the best In the world at their respective prices, and complete satisfaction with elther of them Special Holiday Inducements 0. S. JOHNSTON |Burke Building, 903 Second Ave, Tr Freahi, Passenger aod Bunga, | | STORAGE | eum mu Ce Oe OS Le ama | lities are euch ¢ 8 paper dou print, fold, pa 110,000 copiem In ‘10. h de liver, pi nd bound, 10,000 coples Jof a 1b0-page catalc in S dave. We Jean cut the coat of your printing exactly in half. We can do other things but they are all in the Ine of saving you money Pigott & French Printing Co. ‘10. 4 W. Washin mo St, Seattle, W BONNEY & STEWART era Direotors and Km balinors rior, Third Ava amd Columbia 4 jephone Main LA = beattia Wash. NoTich TO STOCKHOLDERS Notice t# hereby given that a Joial meeting of the stockholders of | the People’s Savings Bank, a corpor jation, will be held at its banking | ho No. 116 y, in the 1 Seattle, state of Washington, n the 20th day of January, 1900, at the hour of 3 o'clock p, m,, for the purpose of voting upon the juestion of adopting supplemental articles of incorporation of said cor- j poration and for the further purpose of repealing the present bylaws of aid corporation and adopting new byla in Heu thereof and for the action of such other business ,ay properly come before the | meeting JAMES R, HAYDEN, Secretary, Dated this 18th day of December, = Mantels, Grills | “SRATTLE TRANSFER CO Xmas gifts Fine Pure Bleached large size Linen Napkins; beautiful floral designs Excelent for Xmas Gifts— | mas? | only tbe. $1.29 each. only §.69 each. value; only $1.25 each. Have You | Thought of It’? Five Trading Days Till Christmas! Busy days these at this ‘store; but not too $1. value; per dozen, only. .$1.26 Extra Size Fine Pure Irish Linen Napkins; quality and style that! will please the most particular buyer; $4.75 value; per dozen, only | *- ee” | Extra Fine Pure German Linen | Damask mutiful floral designs eatin finished; $1.00 value; per | yard; only 80k Finest Pure irish L le Dam ask; woven as only the Irish ce weave, $2.00 value; per yard; only #145 What Lady would not be pleased with a handsome RUG for Christ- 18x40-inch BMYRNA RUGS; beautiful patterns; $1.25 value; 14x40-inch Fine MOQUETTE RUGS; 22xh0-inch BMYRNA RUGS; Oriental patterns; $2.00 value; 2x60-inch Extra Quality BMYRNA RUGS; rich designs; $3.29 value, Handsomely Upholstered Patented Knock Down HASSOCKS; $1.78 Every department ts offering special Xmas trading attractions. O. W. PETERSON & BRO. 206. 208. dhe Pike St ps of extra salespeople s careful and prompt for Christmas Gifts Ladies’ Fine Twilled Silk Gloria Umbrellas; pretty sliver mounted and horn handles; steel rod; para. | gon frames, b pught to well at 1.25. Xmas woek go at; each. wn Excellent Ladies’ Fine Twilled #ilk Umbrel- jas; beautiful horn and pearl hand- steel rod; paragon les; clowe roll; frame; 4.00 value; Xmas week; price, ech, 6 «+ ee ee o* $3.00 | Gents’ Fine Stytieh Twilled Gloria | Umbrellas; natural and fine horn handies; steel rod and pe on 0 | ¢rame; beautiful horn and natural stick handles; $3.25 value; each; | only en | Gents’ Fine New Style Pasha Hats; fine fur; finely trimmed; 82. value; each, only - $2.00 ents’ Fine Fur Fedora Hats; latest Style blocks; eplendidly trimmed; $1.00, $2.00 and $2.00 each.. «-- each, pretty styles; only $1.00 each. only rPeyyrrrs eit one 1 Popular Ca PIO IEE II FASTA FEAEAIETEE EERE REESE e BOL THE ACME s TY LE Isn Tha Tailors, and what t If your bundle is ready, call up M Sixth and Pike. A. K AYERS DH. LYMAN | Telephone Waite gar | | .PIPE .. BOILERS... Weat Seattle Ferry Buildin Foot Marion Btreet. = )ASK FOR | CANDIES for Christmas | ‘They are not included in the trust, and | Everybody |Handles Them. Mention the name, Thurlow’s| PORE PREE OUR HOUSE \ Occidental Ave. and Washington St. MORAN BROS. COMPANY Engine and Ship Builders STEEL AND WOOD LUMBER MILL Walla Walla Addition Denny-Blaine Land Co. Dexter Horton Bank Building. — Will be found in our Suits). We are Clothes that will stay in shape. Standard [SS ’ That Smooth? _ all say when their laundry work THE PALACE —< PALACE STEAM LAUNDRY Made to order; parquet floors; floors pol- ished and guaranteed. ART FURNITURE & GRILL CO. 3105 Third lied: opp. Telephone Balldine ‘Sherman, Clay & Go. | 814 Becond Avenue % ba Ee ae ¢ ° q 4 i. « q « . 4 4 “ 4 a ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ : ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ can cut, fit, and make Tailoring Co., 1012 Third Avenue don ain it We'll get it. Carload of Pianos | Direct from Boston. We received @ full carload of pianos yesterday—the satisfactory kind. We sell pianos on easy terms, cheaper than any other stofe in the city, “STEINWAY” DEALERS Goatue HOLIDAY HINTS. a oo Why not buy a Fancy Rocker, Dining Table or a Christmas Carpet. These are gifts not only or- namental but useful. Gifts se- lected now can be reserved for the holidays. OPEN EVENINGS, Holden & Wilson Furnitare Co, N09-H-13 Second Ave.