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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-15
NEWS PROM rHE ORIENT.
China Building kailroads-Japanes
Politics ~ Lively as 1Iississipasi's

China Building Acknowledgment
Politics ~ Lively as Mississippa's
YOKOHAMA, July ea-fPer steamer City Of
Pekin TO San Francisco August ii 1t Is said
that China il really anxious about the defense
Of her norther frontier. and is earnestly latent
on the construction of railways in Manchooria-
Messrx Kinder and Cox are At present survey
ing the country. 1t is said that the line from
New Chweng To Agar viii be coistructed frsf.
and that with .ocd staff Of woskmen It may
be finished within the prescribed period.
Al imporfant decree has been issued from
Pekia ordering all viceroys and gov-rnars to r.
pert the quaint ~ Of opium grown in their prov
inces and to account strictly for the taxes levied
thereon.
October has been fixed for the opening of the
imperial diet
most d sastrous FIRE occurred 10 Toxic re-
Gently. resulting In the ton OF more than
Loo houses Of the poorer class
Popular indignation in Osaka has compelled
q reduction in the price Of rice in that city.
Over thirty steamers are lying in Fushiki har-
Dor, unable to snip their cargoes of rice. owing
TO the resistance of the poor there and - Ia
kooka.
A naval and military expedition has been OPP
Grating IN the Netherlan is, New Guinea, where
the natives have defed the authorities. Several
villages were burned and . good many rebels
killed by the exp Adition before It's return.
The following paragraphs from the Japan pa
pers illustrate the humors Of the frst Japanese
parliamentary election:
telegram from Niigata. dated the lst inst
informs as that mob of about 500 people COLI
lee ed At Aikaw3. Sado Island, n iga' q prefec-
ture, on the s0th ult. in connection vita the
elections OF the house of Representatives. and
destroyed the houses OF six mem oers of the Dali
do Danketsu party. 1t Is stated that the ais
turbsnc was iustigated by the Kaishinto party.
Mr.. Arai shogo, the member Tor Tochikiken.
was shot on the Soth ult while passing Mlbu0n-
Hars, lonely place near Nakuno It 10 pre-
sumed that the atfemps was made by political
opponent Fortunately, it was not successful
Messrx K. Hamaoka and Y. Nakamura,swho
have been elected members of parliament for
the K yoto district, belong to the Komin Kwal
Their political opponents 1t is SAID. have
Threatened % XII them. and four policemen
have been sent from Kami and Shimo Kyo po-
ice sation sor their protection.
A correspondent wiring to the Shinonome
Shfnaban, on the LIST of this month, STA es that
$50 per.ons belonging to the Kasshin, or Pro-
eressive party. we're arrested the previous even
inc on the charge of forming q conspiracy to
stea the ballot b K, If their party was not suc-
cessful at the pol s.
The Japan Gazette says that during the drst
half Of the present year f.urteen private banks
have been established, with capital aggregat.
ing ss93, o10
As result of the king of Slams tour through
the Malay provinces Eve lighthouses viii be
l.,s7 sl.ar csf
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o river. winding to the seal
We Call the OLD time back 70 Thea;
From forest paths and waterways
The century-wosea veil we false.
The voices of today are dumb,
Unheard its sounds that go and come;
We listen, through lone-iapsing years,
To footsteps OF the pioneers
Gone steepled town and cultured plain,
The wilderness returns again,
The dresr, uasrodden sillude,
Toe gloom and mystsry OF me woodl
Once more the bear and panther prowl.
The wolf repeats his hungry howl
And peering through has Ieafy screen,
The Indians copper lace Is seen.
Weird memories Of the border town.
BY Old tradition handed down.
In chance and change before Us pass
Like pictures in magic glass.
That hamlet now city fs,
Us log buiit huts are paiaces;
The " pata, VIII en- the founders knew.
II trafiic's weii-wAlle1 avenue.
II. where the slow years came and went
And iefs not sff1usnce but eoutent,
Now flashes In oar dazz ed eyes
The eiectrtc hgnts OF eat rpuse;
And IL the old fdyllic ease,
Seems lost in Keen g. yiries,
And crowded workshops now replace
Inc hearth's and farm fields rustic grace.
No dull mechanic round OF toll
L fe's morning charm can quite despoil;
Al youta an beauty. hand IN hauoe
viii always md cncnantsd land
No task is Ill where hand and brain
And skill aud strength have equal gain,
Ana each shall eacn IN honor mold,
And simple manhood outweigh god.
Eaith shall be near to heaven when al
That sewers man from man shall ieli,
Fer, here or tnere, sa.yaiion's ulau
Alone is love OF God and man.
The singer Of farewell rhyme,
Upon whose utmost ', re of lime
The shsdSs OF MI Mt are falling down.
pray, God bless Inc good OLD wa.
-yoha G. eesieGf Whittier.
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HALLER CIT

THERE is no point in the state of Washinpton q u
such great advantages for the investment Of sr,i %
| does Haler City The Seattle, Lake Shore q z
Railroad is now being operated Haller City, Tx g.
has been let the San Francisco Bridge Co. to -
first class wagon bridge the Stiaguamsh Rive II
connecting the south and north forks The railroad @
is now building side track TO accommodate the vas, 90
freight for this place.
You can buy lot now fol sI25 that in six mon,1
worth several times much Terms half cash and ~
three and six months.
Three hotels are being constructed as fast 4 4.
money work.
Five store buildings are aso being built, beside. .a
many dwelling houses.
The postoff7ce of "Haller City will open for ~
side of ten days.
newspaper will begin Publication about ScnterI
Two townships of part timber and part farming l<
being surveyed the eastand will soon be ouen I
ment. The timber lands are d great value OWING M
mense amount of timber to claim he farnnno fE
this section invaluable, producing hops in qusn2
quality equal if superior . the celebrated VIM
and PuyalIup hop lands. Col and minerals are 4
quantities up the north fork Of the river Prospe
diligently work, and gold in paying quantities has 81
in this fork
Now is the time to invest ard reap rich results g
possible to make mistake by investing in Haer GIN
HaIler City is destined to b great railroad cesuz
offers the only practical crossing of the Stilaguamsh
Already has this been taken advantage of by the Seat
Shore & Eastern Railroad and he Fairhaven & Sout@
the Great Northern have both I'm preliminary suryev3
ing the river here
QUERY-At what other poilt possessing so NAM
and acquired advantages vol be assured of such
suits upon the investment of snail amount
e
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The Foot OF the Ladder.

Do not commit the common hlunder of
thinking that there is some special virtue
in beginning at the foot of the LADDER
On no subject is there more tiresome twad-
die talked. The ofiice-boy in bank stands
the poorest chance of any one in the con-
Germ oi becoming its president, unless fay-
ored by very unusual ability and extraor-
binary mortality among his superiors.
There may be plenty OF room at the top.
but there IS fellow with cub on every
landing. and ii you have to enter hy the
basement door there is simply another
chance of your being knocked in the head.
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\ CANINE BURGLAR.
u Arorses the Energy Of Two watchfui
on3cers.

xt Arouses the Energy OF Two Watchful
Onacers.
On1cers Raymond and HUFF were in.
formed by . passer-by about o'clock
yesterday morning that burglars were at
work In the law Office of James Hamilton
Lewis. in the Lleweliyn- Dodge building.
They resolved to make q capture and
removed their shoes and left them on the
sidewalk. They crept cautiously upstairs
to the room and distinctly heard scratch
ing on the inside Of the door that sounded
like the turning vi . safe combination.
They were about to break in and point
their pistols at the intruder. when they
heard : sound unlike any produced BY a
human being. They listened intently and
heard the cry repeated. accompanied
BY sounds Of gnaving and scratching
1t the door. There was no mistake
about the identity OF the burglar. 1t
was Colonel Lewis pet dog. which had
been locked in the Office for the night ana
was endesvoring to make his way out
The officers concluded that they would
not arrest him. but crept down stairs and
crawisd into their shoes without saying
ANYTHING.
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- = crun ne nm EN- ahowsd 1 larrs
Untolty ~ Hsbbeon. md ~ We nominated
Ne oeosu1 equalIzx1zon district couvsntzon
~ ae neon. 4 Q. uorebouse, Of Santa Clarn.
- nou1ne>ed ~ acclamation - candidate
- = uembes u - a1sts board Of equaiimsicn
1Dom ~ oecond district
n xhard equazIsetion dfstrfct couvenslou.
ooupx<fnx tvenig -cns counties IN ne northern
~ q - sts1e. nss tbs eveninx aud nominsf-
q Dxnfel Co.'s. Of Sierra. for member Of The
Nnn1o bonxd q eoua1lxa don.
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revolt Of negro issorer2 Three meo d one
woman were killed in : melee Wednesday.
oficen have been sent 70 the scene.
At North Platte, Neb. Thursday evening. n
Newman fatally shot his wife and then sui.
cided.
Hall the town 81 Monetier. Franco, was
burned Wednesday night
The railway strike In Cardin. Wales has BEN
ended By compr mise
The English parliament WIN b prorosued On
Monday ext
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Women Candidate. in Kentucky.

The women are IN politics very largely
this summer ia Kentucky. Mrs Henry
sets conspicuous example as candidate
for clerk OF the court of appeals. and
number OF counties have female candidates
fo- the office OF scoool superintendent In
Mason county the Republicans have nomi-
mated Miss Mary Z. Chambers for that Of
fce. ana IN Lee county The Democrats have
bestowed a similar honor ON Miss LiIlle r.
Aahsn- Mrs RosaEind Nesbist il a candi-
cate for superintendent IN Rockcastie
county, ana Miss Amanda in Garrard
county,
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1ME xIRE-yIEND GETS DRUNK.
10 Swallows Twenty-Five Thousand
Wnrrofn of Kentucky Whieky.


s LoUIgvxxn. Xy.. Aus. k-Twenty-Ave thou
oAnd barrels Of burning whisky ~ the Ken
oucky distilleFy today caused one Of the most
dloaskous nres that hes ever visited Louisville
a rough esttmate made ~ noon, while the
1emcs Woro sim roaring furiously, placed the
ontaa loes q fully &so0.0oo The flames canght
nre from lamp near . leaking whisky barrel.
The properly consisted Of m immense distiilery
eunsaining machinery for the manufacture OF
whisky, oxronding back from the street $50 feet,
and three stories high Adjoining IT were two
large warehouses where stock Of 25ooo barrels
Of whisky was al totally consumed. Fully In
ourod.
II va o'clock before the nremen got control,
aud from this cause the warehouse and distillery
proper, and The cattle sheds, slaughter house
and pork packing establishment Of Conrad
6sllers adjoining. wsre completely destroyed.
The pork packing company's los win be
.0rHD4 The total loss to the Kentucky Distil-
Company h about 100000 This IL IRE.
1II1o e the loss Of the government in an
toxes Of - cents . gallon, which will
61nns 70 $961. SIS. making . total loss by Ore
= 1ok much les than q ooo.oo0 The insurance
= roughly placed at $4,000
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sympathesio Strike threatened.

CHICAGO. Aug. IA "A strike am sng the iron
molders is threatened in Chicago, ard was
nearly precipitated today by firm receiving
and casting pan for quartz mill on an order
from Fam Francisco secretary Hea'y, Of the
Trades AMI Labor Assembly. and . member OF
the nolders union, said today that strike
would inevitably result were the foundries to
accept orders rom San Francisco a. q strike
was ia progress there
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Massasia scrakichi. the "yap." writes 10
the Posr~ISrElilerScER from Warm
Springs, Mont, where he is recuperating
his strength, that he is improving rapidly.
~ SAYS. II am In tine form and have
been very busy since came here at train
tnr. 40 AS 10 get back 10 my old condition.
and think that BY fall | viii be as good As
ever. As soon a. feel well viii be back
IA Seattle 10 meet Acton"
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A Victim of Bret Harte's Stories.
New York World.

Not long ago saw handsome woman
come into q place OF amusement with a
known bunko man, who had acountenance
ike q wolf, hungry and restless. There
was nothing progressing about him, and.
therefore, this woman upon his arm
caused the utmost surprise, for she was
Some one had said that she had been q
rich mans wife, but had passionately de-
sired TO know gambling, and to live with q
gambler. 1t may have been that she
picked up this notion from reading some
of bret Harte's stories. where ali gamblers
sing like opera tenors and do startling feats
of generosity.
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CHAMBERLAIN on BEARING SEA.
He Thinks Much Nonsense Has Bee
Printed About the Disnute.

ne Aninks Much Nonsense has Been
Printed About the Dispute.
New YORK. Aug. AR. Hon. Joseph E
Chamberlain. N. r, arrived on the Teufonic,
accompanied by his wife, son and daughter
In talk about the Behring sea dispute he said
there had teen great deal OF nonsense talked
about 1t. he had not seen the comm unicafions
that had passed between the two governments,
but he understood there We're two points at is
sue. One is the question of the cioss time for
seAl fishing. which he thought both powers in
their own interest would readily agree upon,
and the other is whether Behring should be con-
sidered mare ciausau- He thought it sheer
nonsense for any government 10 have q sea
with an entrance of 1000 miles in width
acknoa iedged as closed sea His government
would mol make any such concession, but be
did not believe that this would use q rup-
ture OF the friendly relations existing between
the two countries
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1t Would sur;.cate the Paper.
WASHINGTON Post

y V<L
new empleye has left the employ of q large
ard prosperous newspaper. he was in the
c0unrlng-roorn.
'-shalf take advertisements from cigarette
frnss" he inquired
Certainly, Why shouldn't your
swell. you cant expect this paper to live very
loag 4 II keeps pufiag cigarettes. can yoaY'
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Am Incipient Blaxe.

Some rubin on the vacant lots on Third
street, between Washington and Main, was SET
on FIRE yesterday AFTERNOON, and the pie of
refuse smoked aud smodered till midnight,
when the flames spread t. a LOT of wood ana
worked up 70 the sidewalk police offer
discovered the inc,pient blaze ann hose
cart was summoned from tie Ma u street en-
sine-house 81 ESQ this morning AID The ire ex.
t;upuished
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The Home Insurance Company has made
up the impairment of its capital stock
caused by losses in the great FIRE. An as
sessment of 30 per cent. was ordered. and
all has been paid except about Sc 600. This
will bring in $4,000 to make up an impair
ment of about $4,000. Thus the require
ments OF the new laware complied with
and the company will continue business.
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Chicago carpen.ers win strike.

CHICAGO, Aug H-As . meeting of carpenters
tonight resolution was adopted setting forth
that - the bots carpenters had broken their
agreement 10 advance the pay after Aueuss /,
the carpenters Of Chicago would strike septem-
Der !. Toe strike win involve 1000 carpenters
and viii neeezaitafe the idleness of sbout as
many more men emri ,yed In other trades,
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A French chemic,, oc,..u.

PARIS. Aug IA chemical union, which IL
to monopo ize the trade in chemicsla. has been
definitely formed The union has cspital Of
s4otoa.ooo, aud contros the annual production
600 tons of carssic soda and 500 oa s.,rs al other
slkaieS
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JOHN RusKIs DYING.

He lie Delirious and Has T~see A.
tempted to Kill Himself
LONDON. Aug. n-John Ruskin. the famous
author, is rsp dly sinking. He is almost con-
tinuo1siy deliiious and twice mace an at
tempt on his own life
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SoRTHERS PACIFIC RAILROAD.

TocraN slesp,ng cars daily uesveen Seattle
ard Chicago twenty-five niles me xhortexf
r5use and seven hou1 and thirty ak minutes in
dvencs OF competing lines. A Chilherg. cIry
sicket agent IL Second street. Boston block; X
1cEkl1. eepo< ticket agent, seaglie.
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NrAeARA FALLs Aug. A-This morning.
Thomas 0lynn. . hackman. while driving
around GOAT Island, had his attention attracted
10 man and boat in the rapids above Horse
ehoe FallR The man disappeared and the craft
passed over the iaila The man was undouht-
edly thrown ont and went over
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free rpclinix CHAIR cen ran saroash fron
posfIand 10 Chicago without change VIA the
Tssion Fsrf6c. A &. Martin. cssy ticket aren't
s1f second ssreet. Huston heck. c. r Bald
win, agent city aeek-
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Ten TO FIFTY HOURS SAVED

By taking fhe Northern Pacific vesrioaled train:
leaves eeettie 500 q N. daily. No change OF
csrs and III miles the shortess route 70 Chicago
Tourist sieeplng cars through, placing passen-
gers in Union depot ten 20 htry hours ahead OF
other Inca A. Chiiberg. city tickes agent 7ls
second street. Boston block; K Tonkan. depos
acAet agent. SEATTLE
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RAILROAD ACROSS THE SAHARA.

stanley Says the scheme IL Entirely
Practicable.
PARIS Aug. N-Henry n. Stanley has sur.
priseo the Frenchnen by expressing the op n
Ion that Rloof made good bargain in the
Anglo-FreEcn agreement STANLEY bell yes
tina; had Salisbury known Mig itis better he
would rot have >igued the agreement
STANLEY spplauds The scheme for trans-sa
hsran railway, and thinks the rosd will moi cost
more than 20, ,ooo francs and can be built In
ten Years
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Los ANGELES Aug IA 80, cial to the Ti,aes
from Aznzs, in this county, says: Bentley, ed
itor OF the Ntlrs, was tsken out late FIR day
night by armed men and farred ano fesfh red
for publishing an article e1=eting on the con-
ducr OF C. E. Frazer while treasurer OF the
Aluza grammar school The parties are being
arrested
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SOAP KINGS.
How They Float Around the Watering
Places.
Gath in the Enquirer.

AT Atlantic City, as almost evervwhere,
you see several soap kings. The SOAP king
IS peculiar to no country. His name in
London may be Pear; in Paiiadelphia
Bszan or Siddalls or Brooke. in Cincinnati
Proctor in GAINESVILLE Schulsz or Hoag; in
New York Babbits or Higgins, bus the
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sSDowsD WITH TWENTY MILLIONS


lished In New York.
NEW YoRK. Aus. lL-The Tribune tomorrow
win say: There 10 . movement ON foot which,
II carried out wiz give New York IN institution
without rival In this country. The establish
nent Of national university in this ity with
IN endowment 1t the outset of so 600 600 IL pro.
posed From friend Of President Rockefeller,
OF the Standard OIL trust. and Rev. Dr. MacAr-
thur, II was learned that DR.. MscArthur's dream
OF great Baptist university in this city seems
about 10 b realized
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FOR McMURRAY, sKAGTT COUNTY, SEE
Chi BERG d tIsr liner. 5 Llew-iIyn-Dcd auilfi1g
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KEEL. Aug 1.-THE Hohenzaiern. with En-
peror William on board, sailed tonight for Rus
sla
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Sc Canton ginghams, 6ne quality. Chester
Clesrv
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-08-01

On motion made, seconded and car.
ried, the following changes were made
in the personal property assessment Of
the Town of Bald Hill:
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-08-01

Upon motion made, seconded and car
ried, it was ordered that the assessment
rs made ON the North Dakota Elevator
Co., be and remain as assessed. j.. L.
Chambers, agent for the North Dakota
Elevator 60. protested AGAINST the as
sessment as made and asked that same
be assessed at $3.50 and action refused
by the board.
On motion made and seconded the
assessment of structures ON part of sw3
Of nv or Of Sec. FTP. 146 and Range
50 was raised from $AOO to 5000, the
same being the elevator building belong
ing to Duluth and Dakota Elevator 20.
NJ. Olsen a. agent for the said parties
protested : against the said assess.
ment and asked tho board to assess the
same for $1,000 and action refused by
the board.
On motion board adjourned to meet
July 10Th. 1880. at 10 o'clock .. n.
r. A. Melgard, County Auditor.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
this 18th day Of July, 1850. An present.