The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1901, Page 3

UY JANUARY #9, 1901 _LAST EDITION W.L MEREDITH STANDS Hat SDAY And Will Probably Be the Chief of Police. Acting Chief W. 1, Meredith will in all probability, be appointed chiet tonight, At 1 o'clock this h iVil ‘service commis aion met and wed upon the exan ination papers of the applicants f the position of chief of police, They reported to the mayor that Meredit had averaged S14 and Capt, J Suiltvan 88:5. Sergt. Irving Ward's average was T8.3. Sergt. Laut r faile? to pass. Mayor Humes, ac cordmg to the law, can appoint any one of the three ting highest on the st. He is confidently expected to select Acting Chief Meredith. Ruletin At 220 pm, Mayor Humes announced the appointment | of Meredith ax chief of poitee. LABOR MARKET. Labor is apparently plentiful tn Beattie just now. The free employ- ment Dureau, finds no trouble in Gling at the situations reported to it. Mr. Grout says, however, that the demand for men i steadily in creasing, and that In a few week it will not be so easy to fl! the pla: es. Many of the large industries are again increasing their forces for the Dusy season. NEW RATES. The Seattle Blectric Co, announces & marked reduction in the prices charged consumers of Its light and ; Power. This redwotion is so gradu- ated as to make the saying to con sumers increase proportionately to the quantity used. A farther dis count-of 10 per cent, Is also allowed for prompt payment of billie, Fre. renewals of burned out, or biacken e@ lamps wil be given to all meter , Consumers, which Ip effect equals a | reduction of le per K. W. hour, The new rates will take effect Feb. i. All| customers having unexpired con- tracts may ob@min the benefit by signing new contracts. GOV. ROGERS AT TA TACOMA. TACOMA, Jan. #0—It ls expected that Gov. Rogers will attend the chamber of commerce dinner in this city this evening. TO DIVIDE YAKIMA CO NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 30.—Hun- of residents have signed a pe- lature to divide Yakima county by @ north and south line, the division e@ Riverside county. te be cal). Judge Hanford this morsing filed, an opinion in the libel sufts against the bark Northern Lig! tion, $250; ‘of seamen tn full; Puget Sound boat Co.. $150. The balance will to the eente, a. D. Ladiow Harry Operators’ Masque The telephone operators «x ve @ masquerade ball on or about bruary 13. SMALLPOX AT DAYTON. ct to DAYTON, Jan. %#.—The public schools of this town will remain ped ooaiees po og for fear of ex- the scholars to smatipox. MARKETS, Steamer day brought out good ‘business on West street. Although a big quantity of cabbage and cault- flower came up from California prices on these vagetables are n¢ lower. Red cabpage is quoted at| $1.28 per 100. Prime oranges and bananas dive | in large quantities with no change in price from yesterday. Eges are scarce, Strictly ranch | ) particularly eo, with a reising price of 3e. Potatoes find ready sale at $17.0@ 19.09 per ton. Four cars arrived to day. Cranberries are Rot Plenty at $13. Corrected Datly prices are being offered to the pro- ducer tn round lots on the docks or in the car at Seattle: Grain—Oats, $25.50928.00, barley, $16.00; wheat chicken feed, bran, $1220; wharte $16.09@15.00; pop corn, $3.00 per 190 iba. Hay—Puget sound, per ton, $12.60 Eastern Washi Simmothy. $16.25 @14.00:; alfalfa, $10.76@11.00. Butter — Fresh ranch, 15@180; na- tive creamery, 27! Cheese—Native Washington, ue | Poultry Chickens, live, 00; ducks, lie; turkeys, 2G Dressed poultry —Tarke: 1b%eo chickens. 12@18%ge; ducks, ete Keene mice, Live stock—Cown, S40; steers, 19 4%C, calves, 54%@74e; sheep, shorn, 4c; jambs, te; hogs, 59644 wer eased stock—Hogs, fc; lambs Memorial services for Queen Vic toria, at the Trinity Parish church will be held Feb. 4 at noon, with special musical program. In Memory of the Queen. error in telephoning. cement’ was made in week that the memorial * tor Queen Victoria in the t Presbyterian church, would be last Sunday, Tbe date for these ces a Hunday, Feb. 4. Faise Pretense A. B. Stewart, a First avenue drug- ist, this afternoon awore to a com Plaint charging Jas. Alexander with Obtaining money under false pretens- , The sum involved in $27 Robbed in Saloon, Randa was robbed of $70 Ly a mina box in a saloon last r we] M wor weht, —The following TH BE SEATTLE STAI ” . maths we cine Ht HE CALLS POLICE NOTES THESE Two BRISK f sencesnean PTrTTTITLii tit f ‘ the ‘Vira reabyt a> George N. Gray, aged han be °° |Uring and the now presidents. ( ' 1 i { Keith Is Arrested To Protect Royalty From © 9 aborer, wae arrested |“Mone of Your Business!" fo 108 to prevent | , H ocieoneetetoetend TOMORROW... } Donald Bk rs ge ei vay, are] Adarchistic Assaults. MoClurg, wt thy Say Duke and Lady. the vi aos of. the Englieh secret vice ‘ ; t r ' 1 ' Proms vesra ye . CAPT. DURFEE DEAD. |?" tits" 8 = CONTRACT R Long Swim ~~ [Prices A Again in at Bonney & Stewart's a <a ONINET Saitae ! f thi afte oom, it wna e- | bo t ‘ n back int morning if 4 car Two THIEVES. A ! nn gy AND o6SOMy | jon med after Feb i” Phe Batide To Await Action. wt | rate ger a oe 5 Nar gi Fred Mills and BR. H ylor were| ASS SSIN nibs “, lee’ that no nation otal S a f T ‘oe im their possession ‘ | Assiatant ‘. rotary the Treasury ne a a ‘sore ; r REPORTERS’ NOTES, sxc niga face the tne ~§ Offerings are ae Malanag ett = given a liaccs Aedes Warren come poo pet Remnants, Fancy Silks at 67¢ a yard, won 6 hares ef tamale ee rn ee cron ie Men’s Flannelett tshirts Men’s *g "Te Revoke Ordinance. [ice waa aa are ~ htlantic Starched Shirts $1.00, Ladies’ Cape Hattie Week, Mre. Nichols and} “‘hristian Miller, as agent, have ul tioned the city coune!! to ordinance providing for the plank ing of Battery atreet between West- ern and Fifth avenues. They own property on Battery street between Third and Fifth avenues, and assert that the street does not need plank ing. They say that it has h roadbed | of gravel, and since the grading has deen passable for loaded teams, they declare that planking would be a waste of mi m™ ney. ROYAL. COWES, Isle of Wight Arrangements for the na on Friday, when the queen's body will be conveyed to Portsmouth, are about completed. Eighteen battle- ~ [ships, 11 cruisers, § gunboats and the > | foreign men-o'-war will be stationed |in & double line, between which will as the royal yacht bearing the body 2 : WWW O pageant AMUSEMENTS, REE nia The Seattle T “The Christian,” Hall Caine’s won- rful story in dramatic form, wiil resented at the Seattle theater Feb. 4, 5, 6 7—four nights, The play made a phenomenal record. It ap peals to not only all classes of thea- tergoers, but to those who seldom jattend a dramatic performance | Though powerful, the story ix strict- ly moral. Grand Opera House. “Kidn: * fe the attraction at the Grand. scenery ts g6od, ® number of situations the effective. At the Third Aw “Knobs 0° T is pleasing jlarge audiences at the Third avenue. ' It is @ thrilling play. Regular Bat- urday matinee. Moving Pictures The Searchlight, 1306% Second ave- nue, ie giving a fine display, includ. | ing pictures of Queen Victoria. BOUGHT BY CANADA. OTTAWA, Can., Jan. 90.—The gov- ernment of the province of Manitoba has purchased from the Northern Pacific Railway Co. all of the cor- poration’s ratiroad tracks, line and business in Manitoba. REDISTRICTING. Preliminary work on the redis- revoke the! 2D Tally Ho Packed at Sears ‘There ian’t any fe and an's’| about it mt @ ao th century Three Cans for 25e advancement in the practice « medicine. Why will any one suff if a Sdc package will demonstrate the efficiency of “The Only Rheum atic Cure.” Ask any drugmiet it hi HOTEL BUTLER Beatties CAFE AND & = 22's. Be vargaine in slightly Lage ® Only Fire 10 # European IN COM. | Cree Bane planes Gad ergean, * Pian Hotel, NECTION & one . tricting of Seattle was begun y |terday afternoon, when the oity/ |counet!’s committee on election and | |doundartes divided up the task of | jcollecting necessary statistics and | making investigations. he meet-| which was held at Counetiman | oMfict, was attended by | Ryers, Tay and | Mr. Muldoon was the only member unable to be present. The committee met again today and tinued Ite discuaston of the problems arising in the work of redistricting. | e members expect to make as ra id progress as is consistent with th proper care required. Wall Street Bearish. Advices received from New York! say that Wall street is generally sur-| rised at the bearish fenture today The purchase of the Chicago termin- al by the Harriman syndicate put new life into the street and a good | day resulted, No large failures were | reported. BIG CONTRA. A telegram received today at the | United States quartermaster'a de-| |partment, by Maj. Rublin, says| that the order for the entire 3,000,007 we eecrcccccccccececocc cece cece eeeeeeete | feet of lumber for Man | to be furnished on the has been given to @ Portiand firm. SUES WHATCOM. Grace Reed, a citizen of Wiscon-| sin, today brought suit in the fed-| eral court against the city of What- 63 damages. Mra complaint that g on the sidewalk in . one of the boards gave 1'she was thrown violently | spraining her wrist severe his injury, she says, will pre- her from performing labor of Cone cccccccccocooccccocecceceeooees. vent any description hereafter KNIGHTS PYTHIAS MEET. | | | | .—The grand) lodge of Pythian will hold ting in Everett May 21 to 24 POPS WILL REORGANIZE. COLFAX, Jan. 20.—A ¢ | issued for @ ir ting t « 1 the Populist party in Whitman coun- | ty | o | Dr Carman has returned. | ¢ hasn't & supply he can get it “7 y The Largest Stock of a sna Bate | Pianos Telephone Main % Chickering & Bons, Dell, Milton and Seattle Transfer Co. Freight, Passeaner aad Baggng: STORAGE eS ee Burke Building. 903 Secnnd Ave, [phon NEE RNGIES 906 Second Avenue. BONNEY & STEWART Directory and Krotaimers TRE Ave and Colomria Om u Beartie. ash ALASKA TRAILS Lose Their Terror if You Buy Your Footwear Here Because you can get just what you want and get quick ser- vice, too. Our stock is the largest on the Coast, and it makes no difference to us whether you want one pair or one thousand pair, we've got thenr. Come and see for yourself. leather Wate t# and shows Gold Bea Roots packs, Moone me German fox. Feit proof hunting and p 20 wt oll coats, F men, women and chi SPECIAL — Men's hea eit Sttp pers for tired feet, a pair 25c WHOLESALE NORTHWESTERN SHOE (0. SoSeint 819 Second Avenue How, Francis W. Cashman Speaks Out th Seheal House of Representatives, an? Washington, D. C., Jan 1901. To J. W. KAHLE, President Crescent Manufacturing C ompany Seattle, Wash. My Dear Sir, have recetved your kind letter of January 13 regarding the amendments to the Frosius bill, I think they are getting this pure food bill into shape so that !t will have my en dorsement. W. the matter was first agitated they were get- ting up An alleged “Pure Food” bill which was nothing more nor less than @ CINCH for one big baking powder company, I be eve, however, now that the matter is in better shape. 1 will give it my earnest attention Sincerely your friend, (Signed) FRANCIS W, CUSHMAN a The big baking t in not finding the pleasant nafl on summer seas the from r perverted and degener ate methods of trying to bottle up the baking powder industry by creating laws which would give them the cinch, The year 19 has marked the rockiest road that the baking powder trust ha ever traveled. It's schemes have been exposed and when put to the test have invariably failed The Crescent Taking der Company h eo ite full « to warn the public against thi and their unwhe powder cream of tartaf hich leav e food a residue chelle salts, In the Northwest, embrecing such well known makes as the o eoccerooooee reverrrres ts SPOCSOOOSOOD Reduction in Price of Electric Service N EW RATES Kilowatt Hour AS INDICATED IT IS A WATER FRONT 5 9OOO00000O 0000000006 $006900 9000 6090050000008 | Cem men SENSE EES SESEEE SETHE SEER CREE OER SRE EC OSE NESE ORee Nee SEER ROE For first thirty For excess of hours per month um nbove. This ts equal Rees | Thee | to one-fifth of a or hour for a six cent. per hour for « teen candle power sixteen candle pow- 0 watt lamp. er 60 watt lamp Proposition and the best of it is that it’s on Lake Washington | The location is in tne ‘* Early Belt’ ing fancy prices to the grower. The sale of this fine tract was at one time negotiated at $10,000, dut the liquidation incident to the great panic, passed ownership into foreign hands. jto sell is imperative—-you see the point. 12 acres are cleared; § acres set in strawberries; § room house and other improve- The story cannot be told Swenyee should see it. for strawberries, thus bring A discount of 10 ont on the above rates will be allowed for prompt pay- ment of bills FREE RENEWALS of burned out or blackened will be given to all meter customers. This is equivalent to a further re- duction of 1 cent per K, W. hour, | ments. 709 2d Ave. _ JOHN DAVIS & C WWF lampe - AUTCHISON 1431-1433 mip Cae «00 Second Are, cage: pum karingtlee $12 a aeapbon kon dagen ary 1 tain the benefit of the above by signing new applications, cessers (9 ———— BUSES = = WE'LL SOON BE UNDER 4 TEMPORARY ROOF WE EXPECT TO MOVE The Seattle Electric C6. INTO THE CORNER ROO OF THE NEW BUILDING IN COURSE OF FRECTIC DOWN THE STREET A BLOCK, LONG BEFORE THE STRUCTURE 18 COMPLETED, THE CONTRACTOR 18 GOING TO PUT A TEMPORARY ROOF OVER THE ENTIRE LOWER FLOOR, 80 THERE I8 VERY Lit- TLE TIME LEFT FOR US TO REMAIN HERE. THE Court ls Authority for That THIS GREAT AND 00D GATHERING OF MEN'S 13s Second Ave. Selling Off Everything FASHIONABLE APPAREL IS ACTUALLY BEING WE CANNOT GIVE THIS SALE TOO G at AN BMPHA- BACHUIPICED. THERE [8 ONE THING SURE, WE S18. IF YoU SHOULD TRY YOU COULDN REMPMBER A DO NOT EXPECT TO MOVE ANYTHING FROM HERE. TIME WHEN PRICES IN A CHI- THESE PRICE REDUCTIONS ARE HAVING THE DE- NA STORE REACHED SUCH A SIRED EFFECT, THIS 18 soe 33 SIMPLY BVBRU- ’ ' () THING HAS REEN MARKED Seattle’s Greatest Sale of Fine poms St Sees rae TO ASSUME THE R OF MOV- ING SUCH A PERISHABLE CK, Clothing BASSO cipro 0 or stove r Busts, Statues and Vases idk ce smik bed d One-Half Former Prices $10.50 Clay or Fancy Worsted Suita, WOMEN MAY ADD ANOTHER TOUCH OF REAL EBE- $ 4 5 O Instead of $7.00 and $8.00 for youths’ GANCE TO THE HOME. THESE BUSTS AND STAUB ‘ ees ARE LITTLE MASTERPIEC BB. ¢ $2.5 HAVILAND CHINA—the finest ware produced in France; all Instead of $2.50 for Children's Suits, pa the dinner ware imported from Eng Instead of $5.00, $5.50 and $6.00 for land, and the semi-porcelain war er i ie” Men's Ultra-Fashionable Trousers made in Amertea is reduced in price . . Instead of $2.50 and $3.00 for Men's Stylish Trousers. Over Five Hundred Chamber Sets Have Been Reducd 20 Per Cent 99O9SO O9OP OSH SOOOO0O9: Yast year's patterns By Saal ms) FRANK E, ADAMS Trade Marks let M, B. Church, | If your prescriptions are filled at —————__—_———_—_ 900000049000 000000000 French Table Delicacies and Provisions Diamonds, Watohes, Fine Jowolry Z Have you seen? Have you tasted our cocked meat? Nething better in to Chme and see. Prices reasonable, Open Sun- fe pad ceweye arse wee . “4 vert Hansen AT CASH MARKET ren "Sveien (A , The lurgest jewelry house in the A. PRUDHOMMEAU 321 Pike Street. Tel. Buff 72 2d ave, and Columbia. | North ‘Tel. Main 193,