The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 7, 1901, Page 1

eveceoen S| SHCMEKSCOHHOOOSeoeOCeREEe CENTS A WEEK Phone Main (050 ececes VOL, 8. NO. 872. §200,000 LIBRARY 1S THE NOT SUCH A BAD (FT Seattle 1s Bound Industries and Improvements, ‘The burning of the Seattle public Ubrary le now regarded as a biess- ing tm disguise, since it has rendered certain the erection of a magnificent new building and its equipment on a commensurabie scale. Andrew Car- negie’s telegram to the library com- mission and the “P.-I," announcing that he would give $200,000 for the Duilding, caused general rejoicing in Seattle. ‘The people feel that the generous offer mot only hastens the work of Providing the city with a library Sdequate for ite need, but also in- sures an Institution in keeping with the growing size and tmportance of Beattie. With $200,000 for the dulld- Ing, it will not be difficult to arrange for the purchase of an available eite. For maintenance there will be a fund of $50.00 annually. This um is so large, that Mr. Carnegie at first could not believe it was genuine, and said that be supposed it was an error im telegraphing. | tO Progress—New completed Saturday. A. J. Blethen, when asked about the matter today, | said: “At Thursday's meeting of the regents and the special library com: | mittee, I was appointed to negottate | with Will Carson and see if he would | waeonte the old university rooms, On | Saturday Mr. Carson handed me a letter, which he sald contained an} offer to vacate the quarters. He re- | marked, as he did so, that certain | [things were understood, 1 handed | | hie letter back to him without read. | jing #t, amd told him to put his whole | letter to me today. received it I have not yet lease the old university grounds for the new library building, I think think that the regents wil! need to! have the sanction of a leg statute. Under the deed to the ter- ritery for the university, they have | no power to sell the land to the eity lor anybody else. Nothing hae yet been done toward acquiring necessary authority.” proposition in writing. This he sald | NEWS FROM he would do and transmit his new! VAs to the proposition to buy or| the | SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY PAINFUL INJURY. J. L. Adame met with a paintul acotdent In the Korn block on Yealer way carly yesterday morning. Adama, while leaning over a ban nister, lost his balance and felt, landing on the lower stairs. Hts right ankle Was broken, The patrol wagon Was summoned, and Adams was conveyed to Providence hos pital SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Marry Cowan, a foreman of one of the Great Northern construction crews working near Index, wae crushed about the head yesterday by falling rock, He was brought to this city and received eat Provi- dence hospital Cowan's condition is precariou WHERE HAS HE GONE? Considerable mystery surrounds the disappearance of 8. R. Cruik- shank from his residence on Fit- teenth, near Yeeler way. Crufk- shank has not been seen since Deo, 27. Wm. Cruikshank, who reported the matter to the polies, says th missing man had over $400 on his person. He was 32 years of age. ~ KITCHENER <n acne 20 Boers Killed and Wounded. LONDON, Jan. 1--Lord Kitchener | telegraphs under date of Jan. 6: Mr. Carnegie’s generous gift is| Wi! H. Parry, chairman of the| Yesterday Babington engaged De- fully appreciated by Seattle. Only|council committee on library, and|#Tey'® and Steenkamp's commandos & few days ago the Star remarked | that some time will be necessary for | ** would probably be|the preliminary arrangements for forced to retire to the northwest, Nauwpoort. The enemy was Willing to Increase his original tend-|the new building, and it cannot be | OUF casualtion have not yet been re~ er of $50,000 for a itbrary at Seattle. correstness of this belief ts shown by his prompt offer of four times as much. first offer was made on the erron- \ @ous axsumption that Seattle was ordinary city of some 80,000 popula- erected in a hurry. years will be required for the con- struction if done properly Mr. Carnegie’ reminder that ‘The gitt i¢ favoradiy commented on | plenty of ground must be secured, is | It appea for another reason. It shows that)a considered « strong argument for | men Whe « Seattle men's confidence in the city | the Star's plan to locate the buliging | that a fe amply justified, Mr. Carncgie’s|in the old university tract, and gur- | loosing round it with a home park. With « small expenditure the grounds could be made a beautiful and useful fea He thinks two| celve but are reported slight. A Boer ctor admitted that 20 Boers | were killed and wounded. Cam- |mandant Duprey waa taken prisoner from reperte of wounded © arrived at Hetlbron, into contact with a supetior force | near Lindley. [ regreat to say that Lieut. Lang, two other officers, and tion, with about the sams limited| ture of the city, add greatly to the | 15 men. were killed? and two officers | @eeds, slow growth, small business | . nd plodding people. When he dis- Govered that he we providing for a Seattic has already pre- «et brary, equipment on a . ‘ropolitan seale, he offered Se- * gttle a metropoliten brary bulld- oe citizens naturally express Gelight, not only for the gift but aieo for the striting evt- dence that Seattle's future t quick- ae epoprntet by men Mke Mr. Car. negotiat: fons the dse of the OM university building as temporary Quarters for the | SPEAKS WELL OF ATLIN REGION SKAGWAY, Jan, 1—J. D. Gra- ham, gold commissioner of the Atlin @istrict, was a passenger on last Right's train, arriving for a short visit in Skagway. While Mr. Graham is edverse to making statements of the official ‘intelligently of the prosperity of the @istrict and its prompects, contend- ing that it is ome of the Coming min- | were not] appearance of the brary building and insure euffictent ground for the) extensions foreshadowed by Mr Carnegie. Temporary work te still in process at the annex, where Librarian Smith is going over the books that were rescued, and collecting those that are in ctreuiation. Me has a fund of nearly 6.000 with which new books cam be pure |. though some of those lost in fire Raveyet to be for. The books that were purchased from the eatalogue, so as to restore the Iibrary a& it was be- fore the fire, but additions cannot well be made until the books are moved tmto larger temporary quar- ters and property arranged for use. ALTON ARRIVES ‘ The sternwheeler Dalton, Capt. F. White, arrived from New Westmin- lester last night. She was recently | purchased by the Willey Navigation Co, The Dalton will be put om a | Puget sound run. Capt. White re- ports heavy snow falling on hie re- | turn trip. YOUNG BOY INJURED. Deputy Sheriff Mike Kelly, of Judg Austin’s court, brought news 'te the city this morning of an aect- dent which occurred near his place bin South Seattle lagt evening. A 14- lyear old boy by the name of Priset- ly, wae thrown from a horse and | had his left leg broken in two plac- les. ‘The boy was cared for at the ‘taken to his home in Sunnydale this | afternoon and 20 men wounded. There are no detaile from Knox about this ac- tion.” i | IN ONE ROUND. | DAWSON, Dec. M-—Last night | “Carbon” Sinclair and Kid Barnex appeared to the ring at the Orph- eum. The city’s boo oy sporting pop. ulation ep it. Barnes wae knock peter’ thio fret round ended by « terrible right from Sinclatr, WATCH SRATCHER. J. Williame was arrested by Police Officer Crane Saturday night on a charges of robbery. The officer taught Williams in the act of snatching « watch from Miss Pauline | Miller as she was entering her home at N10 Jarnes street. The thief ad- | mitted hie guflt to Capt. Witard. | A COSTLY FIRE. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning fire broke out in the building occu- pied by the Pacific Lounge @ Mat- | tress Co. at the corner of Grant and Norman streets. About $5,000 worth of stock was destroyed and the | buliding was damaged to the extent of $100. TY GAINS | business of the office, he taiks very | residence of Mr. Kelly, and will be | A RESIDENT ig camps of the nofth. This win- ter, be thinks the Reavy freighting will be from Carthou imatead of from Log Cabin, over the Fantail. Dog téams are, however, now at work on the Fantail, and some lit- tle amount of hauling I# befug done. “Atitn, although greatly depre- ciated as « gold mining camp by many, is every year proving {teelf rich and the men who stick to it ‘will be rewarded with w h. “Ot course there are many, in other camps, who prefer to make trips below an¢i talk about big min- ing deals with syndicates, and it t« these people who have greatly hampered me in my work and have retatded the advancement of the camp by their falsities. “Every one im the district at the Present time who wants to, is doing well. “About the middle of January freighting to Atiin, via Caribou, will commence, and it ja expected that a great amount of mining machinery will be taken in over the ice. “Last winter most everything was (taken in-over the Fantail, over a 45- mile trail that was difficult to pass over. From Caribou to Atlin is a @istance of but 2% miles, and the trail Is aver the tee of Lake Bennett and smooth arms, “Light freighting on the Fantail is now being done, but that route will probably be abandoned in the near future on account of the much better route vii ribo.” STR. LANE TO SAIL. The Chas. D. Lane will probably i} on Thursday of this week, os her Tepairing work will be completed by that time. Her Cargo consists of ties and other track material, con- wigned to Guyaquil, There is a rail- road in constreution into the tnterior t that point. The Lane endeavor ‘ef to leave two Weeks ago, but broke Gown at sea, Mutiny. BRUSSELS, Jan, 1—Advices trom the Congo Free @tates say that a aed among native troops has oc arred, Serious outrages are re ported, MARINE NEWS, The barkentine Portiand, from San Pedro for San Francisco, Cal., was lreported Jan. 2. She spoke heavy | wales and entered the harbor with 3% feet of water In the hold | ‘The Japan steamer Riofun Maru sailed from the Great Northern dock | thie morning with fretght for Hong- | kong, Yokohama and Shanghe! COUNCIL MEETING ‘Much Postponed Business ; Comes Up Tonight. The number of proposed |street improvements which were | laid aside at the last meeting of the council, will come up tonight. ‘The extimate of the proposed tm provement of Madison street, which | will come up tonight, tn $60,000. The | street is to be graded, paved and nidewalked from First avenue to | Twenty-third avenue. In places | where the grade is too steep to pave or brick, planking will be used. | Following is a list of th new | street improvements to come before {the counetl tonight East Thomas street; Kast Fir street from Broadway to 90 feet east of Twelfth avenue; First ave nue north, from Highland Drive to | Blain street; Virginia street from | Fourth avenue to Denny way; Thir- |tieth Avenue south from Yesler to | Dearborn large SUFFERING FROM (OLD PARIS, Jan. 7—The cold snap continues. There is great suffering jamong the poorer classes, Nine \deaths from exposure occurred dur ling the night Reports from the |provinces say that many have per ished from the cold. | Constructor of Great Northt ern Tunn A. L. Andrews, the efvil engineer who recently constructed the Cas- cade tunnel on the Great Northern, in in the city today. When seen in his rooms at the Butler today by a Star reporter, he said: T have fintehed the tunnel, and my services are no longer needed up there, I have purchased a house in Seattle and expect to séttle down. In 1889, when I was here working on the Denny hotel building, the pince where the totern pole now stands was jocceupied by the turntabie of the Front street road, The eldewalks | around the square were so high that you could p from an express wagon on to them. I always liked the town, however, and then made a vow that some time I would come back here to live. I left on the beck-end of « freight train, but 1 jcame back riding on cushions, and I | will this time in for good.” | WATERFRONT NOTES. The steamer Dirigo in expected tn |from Skagway tonight, also the | steamer Czarina from San Francie |e | sae TEhe steamer John 8, Kimball, of }the Briti#h-Ameriean line, sails for | Honolulu from this port on Janu- ary 9. see |_ The steamer City of Seattle leaven |for Skagway tonight, Steamer Rainier, of the Pollard & | Dodge Steamship line, sails for Ban Francisco tonight with 960 tone of | eon! fhe stops at Whatcom to ltake on 950,000 feet of lumber for fan Francisco. see Steamer Rober Dollar, Mallard & | Dodge steamship ire, left for Ban Francisco at 2 p.m. today, with 18 firet clase passengers and a cargo of |general merchandise | rp oe | The atenmer Mary F. Perley, run- ning between Beattle & Port Orch ard, will be lold off for repairs for a few days. SEATTLE WILL FRISCO IN The Battleship Contract Will Be a Great: NOW RIVAL SHIPBUILDING Stroke of Fortune for This City. As @ result of Secretary Long's decision to award the contract for building one of the new battleships to Moran Bros., the Seattle will at once begin extending proving ite plant. The city will gain by thie permanent development of & great industry as well as by the new business directly created by the building of the battieship., It te es timate that the poy roll on the ship will be $40,000 a month, and that the present pay roll of $40,000 a month for ordinary shipbuliding wil! be greatly increased owing to other new business obtained Will M; Parry, of Moran Bir has received from BE. 0. Graves, Washington, a telegram saying that Secretary Long bas announced that he will award the contract to Moran Bros. From other sources the news ie fully confirmed, The only ques tion ie whether the 4 per cent. vangtage allowed Pacific coast bid. | dera will be interpreted to mean that they can exceed the stipulated 83,-/ But even if) 90,000 by that much this point fs decided adversely to them, Moran Bros, thanks te the citisens of Beattie, will have the contract. Secretary Long ts said co be aware that the stipulated price ts) Tt was made to cover the!| too low, bullding of a cheaper boat, but the construction bo which length. ened the vease requirements, had no power to faise the Iimit of coat Also prices of almost all materials have greatly advanced since the first epecifieations were drawn up. Mr. Parry says that the Moran Co has alreas@y been at work on plans to extend Ite pignt. These plans will be rapidly carried on to completion, and will reeult in & new shop for the big allip, © new machine shop, a new power house, and an extensive equipment of machinery of the latest pattern and finest quality. A Moat ing dry dock will be launched, and the foundry will be enlarged, ‘The Seattle plant is already ree- ond t@ only two ahipbutiding plants tm the . When the improve- te effect, it wt! have only » and that merety in Tt wil have no equal on A WATAIS "ESTABLISHED ht in Manila and Keeps Insurgents Informed. © WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 1— The deportation by Gen. MacArthur of the Filipino leaders Mabini, Pilar, Ricaret, Trias, Campo and 2 oth- ere to Guam, te the development of proof searched for by the American general that the insurgents had ac-| tually established a junta in Mantia These men had taken the oath of allegiance, but tn reality kept in communication with the Filipinos In the field, supplying them with 1 formation. Guam becomes & new “Botany Baya prison for politic- al offenders. RATS ARD DOGS. A letter that had been sent out from the city clerk's office last week returned to that office this mornin with the significant word “dogs yritten on its face. ae” had been inscribed on the by the postoffice authori- ties and the inference would natur- ally be that the man to whom the letter was addressed possessed a few dogs. As the letter contained notices of assessments for local im- provements, the city officials a loath to hold to the fi conclusion, and are inclined to t bellef that the person wh Tote “dogs” prob- Ably meant ‘ J THE JAIL 1S TO BE (LEAN Board of Public Works Will Look Into Matter. It is probable that immediate steps will be taken by the board of public works to place the city jatl on a eanitary condition. This morn- ing Jailor John Corbett notified Chief Meredith that the women's cell could no longer be used, owing to the fact that it leaked, and, there fore, was inhabitable, Chief Mere- dith dispatched Clerk Kennedy to Olty Engineer Thompson's office with the facts, Bince the matter h been brought officially to the atten- tion of the board of public works, it is Ukely that the jail will at once be enlarged. PLUMMER STREET BRIDGE. In the case of the Seattle Transfer Co. againet the city in regard to the Plummer street bridge, Judge Moore stated this afternoon that the plain- tiffs had no authority to assert that the counctl had not the right to or- der the construction of the bridge. He said that {t was apparent that the counctl had acted with foresight and knowledge of the existing con- [Aittons, the Pacific coast, Many of the citi- zens who contribgted to bring the batticoehip contract te Beattie, are |juet beginning to realise the bril- Mant stroke phey have executed. Practically they have hastened by several years the time when Se- attle will be & great shipbufiding city, with huge vessels continually building Owing to the climate, work can be continued fn Beattie the year around, Im the Mast the ex- treme cold of winter amd the heat of summer impede the operations. Af- ter a time it is expected that Pact- fie slope lumber will be given ite due. It has already stood the gov- ernment t and tte quality ts proven by @ great feet of com otal vessels, When home tumber ts allowed to take the plage of Rastern lumber, Seattle's plant will have an- other great advantage tn batticehip ” Parry says, will be completed within three years, which is less than the Wis- con sin required. Before that time it Ie expected that other United Stat construction, big commercial veosela will be build- ing there. Yoretgn countries, fn time, will follow sult, ‘There ts every reason to believe that the experi- lence of the gigantic Crampe Co. tn | the | Beattle conc |The consensus ot opinion ameng business men ie that the Cuture of | Seattle ae « solid city has been | tieally demonstrated t© 3 i : Will H. Parry, of the M loo, said today: “This | received a telegram from | Uonably reliable souroe, sayt | tively that Moran Brea. the contract for | battleships, Our bid, considering 4 per cent, differential ali cific coast builders, was the of all, The contract will be ad as soon as the necessary tles have been gone through There fs no question that the battleship will be built in Seattle” THE MAYOR WILL VETO [Ordinance Grenting Rew | Te Co.a Franchise. z i jie } It is understood that Mayor Humes will veto the ordinance pase- e4 by the city council Inst Monday | night; granting the petition of J. 6. | MeGroarty and George C. Biankner, for a telephone franchise in this ty. | When the ordinance was passed | last Monday night there wae & | warm debate indulged In as to the | advisability of granting the petition [whieh gave the new company the - | exclusive control of all the conduits | they might construct pureuant to jcarrying out their business. Some intimation was made that the In- | tentions of the compe might not ‘be in good faith. When “Mayor | Humes wae asked this morning of hie intention tn % the matter the would not express himself one way of another, | The veto will probably be present- led to the efty council tonight, A Los woman, who is the mother of Three very — interesting young children, hi also a amall conservatory fill: with potted plants. Upon returning home from making some fe pe ealis recent- ly she wee surp |, when org through her conservatory to find f nearly empty; but on tering the drewin room she discovered her Ima, ferns and rubber plants ar- fatioally placed tn pe of two or three among the fides chairs, tea tables and bric-a- Her surprise war augmented at be- holding her eldest son and little daughter ae naked a8 they were born, walking about under a Japan- ese umbrella. “Chil * ghe exclaimed, “what on earth are you doing?” “We're playing we're Adam and Five in the Garden of Biden,” calmly announced the girl. At thin moment the door opened and the 6-year-old—nude in- fant cherub—weartng his father’s silk hat and carrying @ gold-headed cane, stepped in with mpous air, “And what are you?” gasped the natonished mother. > garden in the tool of the evenin’,” | the cherub replied. | "Ded A'’mighty” was instantly persuaded to get Into petticonts, while the older children in- ly told that fter their playa he should be such pan could be based on more recent historical situations, Tomorrow is Sugar Day Leewry-aeee . In order to introduce our celebrat ed Coffees and Teas, we will give you @ snap on sugar, With every purchase of tea or coffee we will sell sell you. 8 I-2 Pounds of Granu- lated Sugar for 50c. Nn IATEAsS © &* The only Paper £ Seettio that dares Je 8 to print the Now * A 7, 1901. “I'm Dod A'mighty walkin’ in the} | age Was slight, ereeeee ee ereecerroe ONE CENT A COPY, atime _Siart in the New Yeal_ te ~<ee— By Dealing With BRUNNER & CO. Telephone saate 1000, oe Pee mre. LIQUORS AND CORDIALS in complete, } pune GO T MODERATE PRIC ND DRY ete Seattle Safe Deposit Vaults Absolue Security, Perfect Privacy. These vaults went through the freat Seattle fire without being damaged at all, and are abeviutely burglar proof. Open from § « m. to 6 p. m. daily, and Saturday from 7 to § p. m, Safe Deposit Building 7ot Pirst Ave., Poot of Cherry St HOUSEHOLD GOODS Is the most varied and complete in the Northwest and our prices are right. Z. C. MILES & PIPER CO. 78-84 Yesler Way, The Largest Stove House inthe Northweet STOVES, RANGES : Range, either new of second hand. -OGDEN'’S, 507 By Moving into our new building we hawe increased our ca- pacity about four times over what it wae formeriy, Cascade Laundry co., Uptown Office, £17 Second Avenue. \o Whiew ne onne an pair of our Go or Bere les MONEY INVESTED NOW By early summer should pay band- some profits. Good Gold, C« @ Oil Stocks are just the things for You and $100 cannot be pla to better advantage in their purchase. We are proving thé statement DAILY « ~« “~ «© J.E. MCMANUS @ SON 531, 532-533 New York Block SEATTLE .. . WASHINGTON ‘John H. McGraw Real sta g ‘George 8. Kittin — ete The Largest and Best Stock of Fruit and Nuts at The San Diego Fruit Co. 416 PIKE STREET soeceee ereeserooooes eeeee oe $ MORAN BROS. : Engine and Ship Builders ¢ e Stee! and Wood b : COMPANY Sicmper arom ooccees SOSCOOCOHSOOSOOSD The Per- fection of American whiskey. 1 OLD GOVERNMENT SPECIAL RESERVE Are not so bad, as a Medicine they PURE WINES are cheap. Beware of compounds. MIGLIAVACCA WINE OOo. Phone Main 667 - 109 Main Street WINTH AVE. SMALL FIRE. The fire department was called out from box 22 last evening to ex | tingulsh a blaze In a residence at | 114 Ninth avenue south. | THIRD AVENUE BURGLARY. A fruit and confectionery stand conducted by Norman George at the j corner of Third avenue and Madi- The dam- |son street, was burglariaed tast ane will reach £20 At I o'clock box | night. A box of cigars and $100 in 74 was turned in e cause was A n e oO i on- chimney fire on 12th avenue south, [Peoples constitutes the lowe. En ed by breaking @ | near Washington street, The dam. | bak was offe back wiadow, ne