The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1899, Page 2

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a eo - E. H. WELLS & Co., PURLISHERS. Nene Tolephone Pike 18) Every Aft Afternoon Exoopt Sunde, oe ttn PE WAEARD WELDS Porron ON eee One cent Der COPY: aIN CONEY per Week, OF Went) NYY © Laller carriers. No iree coptea RO Hertel ‘Reome | and Nosiness o ~nn An AL eC URe posteltion, af? Tt is said on what should be excellent authority, that fully two thirds of the world’s supply of sugar now comes from the beet, Cer tain it is that the production of this ne THE SEATTLE ‘STAR. sity ts no longer confined to tropic regions, but is found profitable by dwellers in temperate sones, hotably those of our own continent Some idea of the development of the beet sugar industry of tre world may de gained by esmpar feason the beet # put the statistic the shade. Clearly, sugar ts likely to have a ar output in ext t he yleld of cane yn of statiation regarding this pro @uct. Before the Ts it is doubtful whole world in this line reached 1,00.000 tons yearly, For the pre: whether the production of the mated at 6,510,000 tone—figures which tly American people for mamy a long year to come Legitimate industries, Derous, have never contributed to any panic; but they have sugar, once #0 Important, quite in keen Interest for people—particula which have made this country great and pro en mado | to suffer the Dlighting effects of dishonest speculation and get-rich-quick schemes, which, while they did not reduce the amount of currency in band, diverted it from its @roper business without support it is un fortunate that industry, which is the foundation of every country's Greatness, should suffer when the faulty superstructure of speculation tumbies. The second Bailard car hold-up of the season did not result quite so Profitably for the foot-pads clearly that no denials have been at lawbreakers were driven bag and b. will never be done, however, under the present police administration j they probably expected, They made the Mistake of supposing that the pacrengers were as complainant as the chief of the police department, and couk! be despoiled with impunity This hold-up, and many others which have recently taken place, are | the sequences of the foolish and ine xc’ of crooks in this community. The Star has repeatedly exposed ine of collusion between police officials and criminals, presenting its fn ble policy of tolerating all sorta tempted. It is high time that the out of the community, This It is suggested that the Seattle street car companies should forth- with equip their lines with armored cars, something after the style of the British armored rolling stock in South Africa Then when the robbers appear, casualtl Will be comparatively easy to beat them off, usually with to the robbers. Some day, when we have a police depart- ment In this town which is against the criminals and in favor of the peo. pie, these armored cars can be taken off. Awa temporary expedient they are the best thing that can be devised. | MINERS WANT THEIR RIGHTS The Nome Miners’ Association met Jast night in the room of the Seattle Stock Exchange, and passed a set of resolutions changing the name of the association to the Alaska Min- ere’ Association; estadiishing an of- fice of information here; protesting egainst the location of mines by power of attorney; protesting large military posts in Alask. qutsting the appointment of threes new judges to settle disputes by miners’ meetings. The resotutions also cal! the at- tention of congress to the unw ranted interference of military power! with the civil rights of American cit- tgens in Alaska, and that the gov-) ernment hall not have power to Deutow titles upon the beach to min- ers, but that the same shall be free and open to the individual miner. A committee of three. with Anthony Corcoran as chairman, appoint- ed to draft a constitution for the sociation. James Hamilton Lewis, made an address in which he advo- cated immediate action to call the| a@ention of congress to the unjust) state of affairs in Alaska, and that! u “common miner” stand by his | rights te the the bitter end. } | PERSONAL MENTION Eite Jennings, « logger of Nee- nah, is at the Occidental. see Wilitam Taylor, of Port Madison, formerly manager of the Beattie & Northern Railway, te at the Occ!- dental hotel. t sae R. S. Simpson, superintendent of | schools at New Whatcom, is at the) Diller. eee Miss Fannie Lees,, of New com, and Miss Ira Griffin, of of Sehooi Teachers, are stopping at the Ditier. soe H. W. Bdwards, of Spokane, resi- Gent engineer of the Great Northern, ia at the Butier. F. T. Bunck, a prominent mill-own. er of Davenport, is at the Butier. eee C. Whithome, from the United States navy yard at Mare island, Cal., is at the Butler * A. T. Pollet. a mining man from Rossland, is at the Butler, W, G. Steel, ot Portland, president of the Mazama Club, which climbs mountains, is in the city and he said} there were strong probabilities that | Mount Jefferson, in Oregon, ard be the objective point of the club next year. THE LETTER CAME AT LAST The Chamber of Cormmerce is tn receipt of a letter from the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Engle, Alaska, inviting this chamber to attend in a body a special meet ing of the Eagle chamber. The let wan dated October 30, The meeting, which cloned with a banquet, was heid on December 20, “We are extremely sorry,” said Secretary Prosch this morning, of the mails has delayed this letter. I am sure the} members of the board would have attended in a body had the invita- tion come in time.” Several of the subjects considered at the Eagle meeting were the ef fect of the price of supplies upon the development of mining interests, a consideration of mining laws and the feasibility of summer and winter trails from Eagle to other Alaskan | points. ———0-——-__—__— Mail for Dawson and Nome. A. K. Faber, of the Dawson News Express & Messenger Service, will leave on the Al-Ki on or about Dee, Mist. Letters for Dawson 60c, Circie City, Rampart and Taennaa, $1; Cape Nome, $2 Leave letters at office of Wholiey & Sturtevant, room | | work, will make Seattle's football ] teaders very anxious to watch the & Coleman block. A. K. FABER. | the goals from fouls. | The Portiand’s had an almost new! | they sha MACHINE MEN | TO BE FINED . All saloon-keepers operating slot | machines that pay out slugs or nick- els, are to be assemsed fine each month Today Detective Cudihes Placed the names of 17 raloon. keep ers on the books at headquarters each machine. Prof. Crane, of the 8. A. C.. has| formations been forty curtain er for the Jimmy An thony-Micky Welch go of the 19th. He has secured Kid Leo and the Portiand Kid, whore &-round prelim inary to the Burley-Godfrey contest | Was one of the most satisfactory events of the kind ever witnessed in the city. Both men are eager to Meet again, and each is confident of winning. ee | The Y. M.C. A. basket ball team | Were very successful in their meeting with the Portland ¥. M. C. A. last ey and Monday evening» at foot City. It won both the first by a score of 22 to 19, and the second by a score of 3) to 9 Temple threw the majority of ling Hill showed up in excellent myle. He is one of the strongest basket ball men Seattle has seen, team in the second game. The two! | teams plays return games at this| city, tomorrow and Monday even- ings. As the Y. M. C. A. boys now) ave their own gymnasium and are not handicapped by a larger floor, 14 make the score more| jug-handied. | sae The Hawthorne Club has postpon od the date of the glove contest be- tween Jimmy Doyle and Jack Ryan. from January 3. to Wednesday, the 10th at Germania hall. Doyle is doing his road work on the bicycle path. He takes @ jaunt to the lake and hack every morning. After lunch, he is| n at it for an hour and a half in hia training quarters. The punching bag and the weights take most of his attention. Ryan is down to hard work now. He is looking a bit thin ner than he was a couple of weeks ago, and promines to come down to weight nicely. Read work with Young Choynakt is the first thing on his dally p ram An hour tn the afternoon with the gloves and punching bag finishes the day. The fact that the coming battle is to be & featherweight affair does much to add to its popularity, aa ft Ie a vari- ation from the past order of things. Fred Cleary, who is training with Doyle and looking after his inter- ests, will meet Bibby, the Honolulu Cyclone, in an &-round preliminary. | see Yukon dogs promise to be in big demand next spring. The overland Cape Nome rush will undoutted!y | add to the value of the husky. The} beginning of the Klondike excite- ment saw all sorts of curs and short haired breeds,sold at big prices for Northern use.’ They were found al- most useless in the cold climate of the Yukon. The Indian dog of the southeastern const of Alaska and British Columbia showed up well But the husky, with his long line of | ancestors, all of whom were #led-| drawers, and with a trace of we blood in his veina that givea him his marvelous endurance of cold, | hunger and fatigue, i aimort invalu- able to the modern argonaut see Terry McGovern in to meet George | Dixon early in January The All-Seattle-Stanford game! should be a valuable lesson to Se- attle football men. It will be closely watched by local erities. The fact that line playing, which is coming | to be the main f football Is absolutely essential to teama on our muddy grounds, ant that Chamberlain, Stanford's present coach, comes from Yale, who always led in developing this feature of team -\NOT SO BAD AS THOUGHT § gue at eavlete Confined to Chinese Islanders. SAN FRANCISC transport Centennial, here yesterday port that bubonic From December the Usth, when the transport exists in that elty ; The quarantin raised on the 19th fined to the Chinese Only six deaths curred up to the time Communication betw | islands has been stopped. JAMES J. HILL DOING MELLEN It seems that the Western struggle between the Great Northern and th ia not the only the tra big batt purchase of the Bt | did not ceane, names of those in | circulation. papers state | dent Mellen, of the Northern Pacitte, la meant by | magnates are fighting hard for eu head of the great with Hil getting @ trifle the | best of the content ‘TROUBLE OVER THE TREATIES Corona... ‘Baking Powder that j lakes. WASHINGTON, D. C., The fate of the trade treaties with | and France The fruit growers of Cali fornia are the moat active tn oppo to the Jamaican treaty, | Massachusetts and oppose the French treaty WAYWARD DAUGHTER. Chief of Police Reod hy letter from Mra. D. D. | Tacoma, stating that her daughter who was reported to the Se police as missing. had be REAL ESTATERS ARE DIVIDED The Majority, siihiae. Are Against the N. P. Grab. At a meeting of the real board yesterday tions were read pro ation of any water front o'clock, and a a in consequence, be . Alfred Tilley, Idaho's crack sprinter. to be @ fast man, wants to meet Geo Paris, of the 8. A Paris, when laughed at the idea of a race at this ways he will such @ proposition next spring see Peter Jackson's and who was knocked out “Coffee Cooler” in Landon a couple of years ago, and bested Frank Siav- in in a rough and tumble in London | N was killed recently in a in South] ¢ Jackson is atill in the Victoria hospital. the string who Saturday night the Y. M. C have an athletic and basket ball car Now that * on,| these meets are drawing the atten tion of the lovers of amateur sport..| cee A conference was recently held 'n ine wh if take plac off before the McCoy-Maher fight wow It will be pulled Island Athletic Club next Monday at Walcott's bout tained by Wm this evening to be one of ure of modern |} used to be a well kno lar and elbow wrestler. 29.—The which reached from Honolulu, con plague 1° plague portion had o Avices MAM eaid laet aa to his Datuth publish the n their the two Dee remains in and pect) received Caney, of ney ays her daugh ter was arrested last night about 11) jempted then to es cape. She notified the police to keen | the Geseriptton They are fined $25 per month for | daughter in from home a wayward should run the Palo Alto eleven e in his selection of a| The proceeds of the game are ¢ the Carbonado retiet fund attle citizens will out in full force. . Nick Burley, who bas defeated a!! of his weight inet him tn Sea Dalton 18 rounds at Whatcom, Jan- one up to bow Jack “* the University of who is sad a &% of thie, consider Jorn, who was formerty sparring = partne; by the The exhibition given by the Y. M./| C. A. Juntors, following Uielr recep- | tion to friends and relatives at the} club rooms iaat night, was a moet) and showed that f. Douthett has eome comers on} hould make a place} for themselves in local amateur ath A. will the Lon . with Choynaki in sken his Last week an injunction was ob Brady and Tom) on behalf of the Sharkey picture concern, again of t fight by a New York museum rr In a few weeks the produced in Jeffries and Sharke traveling together ike two oid in the interests of the piety | curious one and throws light on the reason the men are will ing to Might 26 rounds tn an intense Jeffries th pietures | Tt chums es, in al additional McPartiand wae beaten last week in New York by Eddie Connelly in a 26-round Ko Monare Rideout and Brows n, of th Hawthorne Club, Sedro-Woolley Billy the prin- on foot among Jack Demprey's admirers in , to have the remains of the | Nonpareil removed to Rrookiyn, and there interred with a monument to | mark the spot sey's grave in W . Demp ern Oregon is un- It lies on a lonely near the Columbia river. . of Portland, hillaide a. Ore., ix inter One of way, Is bridge is his wn co BECHDOLT SEATTLE STAR, Auer Brtraurinay.. a Royal Japanese Art dit Comprising many eecceseccosccosos. port en the f high art Jap ; H 3 conjunction stock of the . Jewelry and on hand to par e in thin great offe EMPORIUM 817 Second Ave. A Pure Phospat A matiefactory as the most ex Woodbury's Facial Cream ....19¢) Castoria, a bottle ne bottles Facial Powder We) Dr. James’ Sarsapariiia, 81 b e Baking Powder, | Cuticura Resoivent, $1 bottles 89 (But not more than two bot Cuticoura Otatment . 4h to one customer.) Cuticura Soap 18 § 25e bottles Rubiform aedsese pensive kinds, makes cooking cary | every penny, at he per pound The Commercial Ip. Tea Co. 008 SECOND AVE... | by “Colgate” jand what not | Halaam of Totu Totlet Soap, usual) Cle's” Parisian Tollet Soaps; most | te j mews, to wit Tonight (and Thursday Evening, | Outing Fiannele eee Counterfelt Plaids, a cotton @ : ite Silence of Dean Maitland streets of the ngert suppor of the resolutions was Anthony . the real estate and stock | broker, who was almost the only one vancing they'll be lc in a nth, Andrew Knox and Presi deat Mortinan expressed themactves ner aa to leave no louting Flannel, with red and of five was ap: lutions for the to prepare re meeting of the board Ward were ap pointed by t When seen this morning by a Star reporter Mr fight in thie committer kind of resolutions to be drawn The members of the committer are divided tn their opinions the committee will resolutions or it will be upon }eanction any be In favor of orthern Pacific proposition. beat 260 handkerchiefs we have ever} te board as a of us and the) afraid of the real os . There are 72 ority are opposed to giving up streets to the Northern Pacific never get the real estate board's en WANT BIG DAMAGES. can Transporta 210,000 damages againat the om pl nt in brea ee @ breach of} vstural wood handles, steel frames asy and full $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 RRA Strongest Overcoat House in the State REDELSHEINER & CO. COR. COLUMBIA, wilt OD ui Sika enovator Will, Monkey Won't .. Wash Clothes... 2) one picks the prettiest of shells; and when | Serer the great flood tide of holiday trade recedes fet aa you find the rarest of bargains—the debris of eautify !y ba nue. ng your the great season. Catch the illustration? It Oiif, ne Pictures Framed explains the rare pricings we tell of tonight, ome... by usa, bargains 090000000000008 Al Half and Less Don’t do it until you have seen the ‘‘Louis Klodt’’ action is ours, for good store keeping necs- |f little money sitates some severe losses sometimes; the gain - Louis Klodt > . _ ss - J EL 824 Second Ave,, cor. Marion Playing Cards at Half —— te ee D. H. LYMAN and it enables you to gather some very choice Pacific Picture Frame Co. ; Want to Buy a Watch? Whatever of loss there may be in the trans- Special. High. grade for is yours. SWISS WATCHMAKER ephone W a 331 We « I! not be able to buy them again for the price we'll chareg tomorrow. We would may xt day,” but the chances are that y ll be gone with the day ¥ boards, round corners, enamelled Iwo Packs tor 25 Cents West Beattie Ferry Building, Marion street) a We A Word for Drug Sundries | Strange that a department, or, to use a better word, a store knows no “season,” should offer such bargains. At no time printed a more alluring story than this told in small type below Woodbury’s Soap Me) 10e Tooth Brashes eee oo 00 1de Jars Petroleum , Te) Dr. Lyons’ Tooth Powder .........19 Couches Come to the store and se- lect the covering you like and have one made in any desired style. Holden & Wilson Faurnitare Cs "| Toilet Soaps Lower Colgate’s fine perfumes at the lowest prines to sure, for we buy os Jobber not as retailers, and large orders always get best attention with the manufacturers A lat would be tiresom verything made here. Word tonight of these bargains, aps, perfumes very much lowered prices: | 0c boxes (of 3 cakes) for Se} delicately perfumed. | (But not more than two boxes Violette de Parme, | ie to one customer ; Jockey Chu! 1BO-N-1F Sonend Ave; Kirk's Juvenile Soap, (2 cakes in a) Rose and Heliotrope box), Me boxes for Me \2 chkes in a pretty box, and usual Mr Imported So: prices for quick) sorte for, a box ookll | after-holiday selling. Charlies et? But you must hurry > ey j “we. > : > GEA TLE THEATER J2, HOWE, Manager. a] ‘ “I ae > — Cottons Cheaper IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE Habit" is responsible for the business done at the Domentie Coun- ‘Moore-Hoberts English Company on a Friday. Always a lucky day here, for it brings this lot of at plicate of the dollar aty they'll wash, to be sure Widay and Saturday nights, 6ec¢ Saturday matinee, ‘Though at the rate cottons are ad-) 15c. David Garrick Prices 25, Sic $1. Matinee and 3 Mackinaw Twills in biue and black; small white figures; ; usual l5e sort, for . | Sunday, Dec, Sist, Four Nights, Wc “SHENANDOAH” HIRD AVENUE THEATER. Thene Mein 7. W. M. Russell, Lessee and Manager. And a new Cotton Crepon, in a dosen different colors biack bars, usual 12%%¢ sort, ? Heavy Black Sateen, worth lOc a tor 4 yard, at Sic 15 Yards for $1. 00 . — | ‘Yristmas and Saturday Matinees. Women’s 'Kerchiefs ; $1.50 Capes 25c | M08 J: Serer American Nava at Half { Reached the bottom rung of the price ae We have taken down the huge ladder now Biack Boucle Cloth “Remember the Maine Ferris wheel (one of the Christmas) apes. with Thibet fur on collar! gsrting in its Realism! Novel im attractions) and all the handker-{ @9d front; yesterday they were chiefs that adorned It are to be sold} $1.50; a8 long as they'll last we shall | at just half their worth. They're the? Sell them for ..... te seerees Se the destruction of the Maine, 25c Apiece | the Great Naval Battle of Manilla, seon—all sorts of edges ta p ag Fopular prices, 1c, 20c, 30c, 40¢ among, and none the worst for get- 2 ting a bit dusty and out of fod. § Dress Skirts at Half | Help yourself at 2A collection of odd Skirts; some| The Miniature of.. » Two for 25c $" black, some colored: all are well DAWSON CITY — - $ made and worth their former) ay exact reproduction of the met~ ; 3 pte ooh pie at en daiggr f the Klondike, aurora light $1.25 Gloves for G9C 2 none in the lot worth leas than | TOPEHE of the Klondike, hts, $2.60; you can buy at... laylight and evening effects, produc There are 350 pairs in the lot. Fine? *t*** | od at a cost of $10,000, Admission 10c. | French kid, all colors, 2-clasp;} $1.25 Each On exhibition at 1323% Second letitched or embroidered backs, ‘a ae avenue, They'd be fine values at $1.25. Wel R seals all Uhesa.all at ae pels, 3 Ties at Half GRAND OPENING ) Two lote of fine Silk Imperial Ties OLYMPIC THEATER, 5O0c Umbrellas 39¢ {are to got at bait off; all colors are | 1106 cond Ave, Brera aa ak cokes Vin the collection, ends are broid-| “THE HOME OF Children's sturdy sorts, crooket) 64 with white allk; “Fleur de Lis" | BURLESQU . y sand Prince of Wales crest, priced| Xmas Week—The London Gatety rates Bg a an pegs tt this way Girls; smoking Concerts; Usual BeBe) from “what's left" at : ne aie ak 2 ess Prices, Ribbon Co ter. « aia: tina Segpeascs ch Best Attraction for Public Amusement Roller Skating at the Armory | Doors are now open to the public, Every afternoon and evening. Free BON |instruction to ladies every forenoon, | Music Wednesday nd Saturday, Crvrxs; | Admission 1c; skates, - 1419-1429 Second Ave. 15 and 117 Pike Stig OCIAL, Functions, | Weddings, | Manager. Christmas Trees Flashlighted, rial Gal- lery, 713 Third avenue, Send address SRR IRE a and I'll call; satisfaction or no pay. Stocks Will Advance :{* soo rawrnc= Main 7oo 5 THe time for investment in stocks of all kinds Our Prices Will Profit You is now ripe. Prices in all lines have touched SEATTLE PRINTING CO. ms 4i4 Yesler Way. the bottom figure, and as spring opens up they must advance. You Man With the $5.00 or You With the $1,000 can find the opportunify to place your money where you will realize big profits. Look up Golden Tunnel and see what you think of the chances of its paying a dividend in the next year. nto, STOGK EXCHANGE * s2t** Three sessions daily: 11-12 a. m., 3-4, and 7:30-8:30 p.m. Bid ding free to all Se ———————_—___— Inquire for Pelser at Im NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS, Notice is hereby given that a spe. clal meeting of the stockholders of the People’s Savings Bank, a corpor- ation, will be held at its banking No. U6 Yesler way, in the attle, state of Washington, th day of January, 1900, at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of voting upon the question of adopting supplemental articles of incorporation of said cor- poration and for the further purpose of repealing the present bylaws of said corporation and adopting new bylaws In Heu thereof and for the tranatmetion of such other business erly come before the meeting. JAMES R.H Ay DEN, 8 tary. Dated this 18th day of December, BRERA RERE EEE E REE OEE AE A AOE EO Mp | 1808 i ance ——— a i, A St

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