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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15
wOMANs TEMPERANCE WORK.
Closing Day Of the King County w.
+. u. C0nveatfon.


The first annual convention Of the
woman's Christian Temperance Union
Vas concluded with interesting services
last night, at the Madison strset Methodist
Episcopal church.
A morning and an afternoon service
were held and important business trans
acted.
Reports from Ill the unions In the county
were received and showed them all to be
In prosperous condition.
The supsrintendents Of social flower mis-
don, hyeienic and hereditary, juvenile
work among foreigners and jail work rem
dered their reports. which indicated great
progress during the past year.
The following officers were then elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. L.
r. Butler, OF Seattle; vice-prssident. Mrs.
Frances Lee. Seattle; secretary, Mrs.
Snow. Of vaahon Island; treasurer. Mrs.
Thompson. Of Seattle; corresponding Sec
rotary, Mrs. X. L. Bryant, OF Seattle.
Afterwards the following resolutions
we're adopted:
wnKRxAs. the King county ". c. T. U. has
been 70 succeasful daring it, hrst year. and has
addcd new unions 10 the state organization:
therefore. bc Il
Resolved. That. in order to make our county
organization more efficient. we viii endeayor
during the next year TO organize every cum
munity within the bounds Of King county.
Received. That ~ far ~ practicable we will
follow Miss Willard's recommendation Of house
10 house visitation. In order 10 secure new men,
hers enlist the children and young people and
organize new auxilisries.
Resolved. That We depiore and condemn the
recent decision vi the supreme court Of the
Vf,if denfoa In eho
u liquor into prohibition states and iegalixing
the sale OF the same Tor beverage purposes In de-
dancc of state laws
Rssoisesi. That We resffirm our loyalty to tho
national union. and express unfsltering conf
dcnce In the nnsl triumph Of our principles
Rrsasred. That we tender our heartfelt thanks
20 the dear sisters OF the Madison street union
for their generous hospitality. and the ROYAL
manner in which they have ministered to our
every want; also to The officers of the Methodist
church for the use OF their beautiful new build
ing. with is lovely floral decorAtions TO tho
fninisters who here met with us: to the Press
Tor its encouraging reports: and 81 the little
children whose singing has been such an In
spirafiea In our work
In the evening Miss Henrietta q. Moore.
The national lecturer. delivered a stirring
temperance lecture. She dwcit particu-
LARRY on the non-partissn character of the
liquor traffic in politics. stating that It
worked with any and all parties that work
Tor It. She said the liquor question had
entered fully into politics. was not only
power in the isolated towns and counties
OF the country but even in the national
congress.
The meeting adjourned under favorable
auspices. the members of the union de-
clsrsng themselves determined 10 promote
their work in Seattle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15

McCoombs Nearly Loses Some Of His
Groceries.

McCoombs Nearly Loses Some Of His
Groceries.
A prisoner called ''Frenchy." confined IN
the north corridor of the county
Jail, raised . commotion at l2:N
this morning among the forty
prisoners in that Institution, by attempting
to steal lot OF groceries laid in by ex-Re-
lief Committee Secretary ]. P. McCoombs,
who is locked up in the west corridor.
Frenchy had in some way secured two
long sticks and was reaching through the
barred door with them when Nc
Coombs woke up and seeing his boarded
eatables about to 80 through the door to
relieve the suffering Frenchman without q
recommendation properly signed by the
ex-secretary, he raised cry at the same
time aiming his number twelve boot at the
sticks.
The commotion woke up the whole pop
ulation of the jail and when Jailer Ryan
arrived on the scene moment later he
found things in decided state Of con.
fuaiOn
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ROTATION TN OFFICE.
Clarkson Thinks that Spells Go
With Victory.
II KEEPS UP PUBLIC INTEREST
An Once Holding Ciass. ~ In BngIand
and China. Csdestrable-Linis
60 Terns Of Service.

CHICAGO, May A-In . lengthy inter
view tonight with reporter for local
paper Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son is quoted - saying:
The government Of the United States II .
political not . business. machine The genius
Of our political progress lies in the active inter-
est taken in the government by the people
This interest should be kept alive aud aroused
TO even greater extent than at present. IL Is
most essential. The essayists who enjoy formu-
lafing theories for IN ideal government admit
that their cherished system can only come
through the political activity Of the people
Mr.. Garrison thinks decidedly that this
country conId not be better off with q civil
service like England. What, said he,
''perpetuate cffice-holding class. Of which
every member arriving at the age OF %
shall receive pensionf What aim in life
would be theirs, save to hang on by the cas-
lest method possible? Their ambition
would die from want Of nourishment and
their value to their country decrease
.Tbelieve that service in the government EN-
ploy is bad for any man. and after . certain
period ell public servants should be sent back
to the people TO renew themselves. Each office
should have fixed tenure. to preserve the re-
spect OF the occupant and, II the occupant de-
sires second term. let hi show by his work
that he Is entitled 70 1t. would not abolish
civil service examination, but think every man
should be examined by the ofncial in whose EN-
ploy he 10 to be. Such principle prevails in
business. why not in the government"
Mr.. Garrison asserted. in reply to ques-
ton as to the comparison OF our service
with that of England. that the business of
our government is transacted more ac-
curately and at . lower percentage of loss
than any other public or private business.
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A SPANISH BULL FIGHTER.
Destined for the Priesthood, but Raj
Away With Strolling Musicians.
Frank Leslie's Monthly.

Destined for the Priesthood, hut Ran
Away With Strolling Musicians.
Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Strolling through the magnificent cafes
of Barcelona with my good friend the ad-
vocate writes Edgar Wakeman), he was
able to do me what he regarded as the
highest favor and honor that can possibly
come to stranger in Spain. This was an
introduction TO an ambitious and already
almost famous bull fighter. or espada. oil
this city. This recalled personal remin-
iscences of thfs class OF men, and some in
teresting facts concerning the greatest two
living espadas, Francisco Sapchez and Luis
Maxzsntini. The latter have known.
Perhaps the most famous of all matadores,
the espada primero of the world, is Fran
cisco Sanchez (alias Lagartijo) He is
probably the most daring, skillfu, bull
fighter that ever lived. His handling OF
the wild and savage bulls Of Jaraina is
something marvellous He now seldom
appears, $4,000 being the price demanded
and secured in advance for each perform
ance. He is q very great pet with the
Spanish nobility, is immensely rich. and
was the warm personal friend Of the late
King Alfonso. Other famous espadas are
Rafael Malina, Angel Pastor, Jose Gomez,
Hermosilla, Juan Sanchez and Luis Maz-
zantini. already mentioned.
The latter is rapidly becoming the first
Spanish favorite. His life has been full OF
romance and adventure. He was destined
for the priesthood by his parents. who
were people Of refinement and proper as
piration. He possessed poetic, restless
nature and ran away from the university.
Joining band Of strolling musicians, he
wandered for several years through the
Spanish provinces, breaking many q fair
lady's heart, and having bis own heart
broken by q sweet little peasant girl of Ar
aniuez. His friends finally found him and
secured him government position in the
postal department at Madrid. But he de-
serted this.
Then he wrote poems, which were gladly
printed, but would not sell. Soon he sang
in opera, but fame was too great iaggard.
Then he publicly announced that he would
become the most famous buil-hghter oil
Spain. Spsin laughed at him. That alone
gave him note. Then he gave the Spanish
people this saying: Not king, but q
tenor or bull-fghter only can enslave
Spainr He is still young. He is always a
gentleman. He has already amassed
wealth, and is the only rival OF the peer
less espada, Francisco Sanchez. in the af-
seetions OF the people OF Spain.
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derrick broke and the rock feli On them,
crushing them 10 death.
The Transcontnentsl Association has
Issued reduced freight rates from Caiifor-
mia 10 the East. 70 take effect May -
Special trains win be run and trains o.
seven CARS viii b run on passenger tune,
On payment Of one-third higher rates
At the meeting Of the st. Louis 4 San
Francisco railroad q ST Louis yesterday.
II. X McHaie. III. L Merritt and Henry
Seligman we're elected directors to succeed
Messrs Patton. Buckley and O'Day.
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THE RECEIvERSHIP.
c. n. Ogden's Chances Tor
Appointment
a6AJoa HAyDENs RESIGNATION,
e IL - Take BGses % Jsly I-Rsar
Asyisaeas Who Appeas -
Ne L<fs.

The tsIeessphie information In the Posr-
IrrEIIsoEHcEs from Washington City yes
terday morning. TO the effect that Charles
II. Ogden would probably Be selected for
the position OF receiver Of the Seattle land
ONCE, Major j. X. Hayden having re-
sixncd. created considerabie surprise yes
terday.
Following d copy Of the letter Of resix-
nation sent TO President Harrison by Re
ceiver J. r. Hayden:
Uxsrrp STATES LAND ovyIcE, }
RECEIVES oyYfcE.
wAsHfEcTox. May 3, 1907
TO ne PrsxIdont Warrington Cfty-sfv: Hav-
fng accepted the management OF the Peoples
ssvtnss Bank OF Seattle. and realizing the iaet
Inst Il ID not poasfbie % serve two masterS ana
do thsm both Justice. hereby tender my rexis-
nation Of the once Of receiver United States
land once Il Seattle, wash. and respectfully
ask you % appoint my successor. 80 that he can
rslievs me On tie first day Of July. lsao-
Thanking ron for the honor conferred upon
me and trusting that my ofieial acts reflected
some slight credit 70 your administration. De-
lieve No. ven respectfully and truly yours.
JAMxs T. HAYDEx. Receiver.
Receiver Harden, when asked by . re-
porter yesterday about the reported
chsnge, said:
nave III AOWtCA8S - MY SPR~s@s
ment for the position Of receiver of this
once, which have resigned. other than
what read in this mornings PosT-IETEL-
LrGKscxR- Mr.. Ogden - In Whaicom at
present looking up some fraudulent land
entries, but know that he h sanguine OF
receiving the appointment ! am anxious
70 have my resignation accepted so as to
take the position OF manager OF the Peo-
ple's Savings bank. the whole material
being now here. The bank win be ready
for business some time next month.
The aspirants for the position OF receiver
OF the land Office In Seattle are c. II. Og-
den. George g. Mills. Albert !. Adams,
Major w. T. Sharpe and l.. H Wheeler.
Mr.. Ogden was appointed special land
agent for the Seattle district about Q year
ago, previous 70 which he was employed
By the Associated Press in Washington
City. His present salary Is $500 year,
while that Of receiver Is 5000
George G. Mills IL now and has been for
some time chief clerk in the land Office
here.
A. /. Adams VAS chief clerk Of the land
Office for time and was appointed regis
ter's clerk. which position he resigned last
month 10 go into land Office business.
l.. X. Wheeler Is at present In Wash
ington City pressing his claim to the APP
pOintment.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15
He HATED THE REPUBLICANS.
How the Democratic Mayor OF Cedar
Keys, Fla, Ran the Town.

How the Democratic Mayor OF Cedar
Keys, Fla, Ran the Town.
CEDAR KEYS, Fla, May l3.-The United
States marshal and four deputies arrived
here last night for the purpose of arresting
Mayor Cottrell and the city
marshal on q charge of interior
ing with government business.
Mitchell has been arrested, but Cottrell is
in hiding. A perfect reign of terror has
been created by these two men for several
weeks past Some Of their deeds were re-
lated in yesterdays dispatches. Full de
tails of what they have been doing will not
be known until Cottrell is locked up, foy
people do not dare speak against him as
long as he is at liberty.
He has had men whipped and insulted
women. paraded the streets with . loaded
shotgun threatening to kill people. shot at
Q lighthouse keeper. cut man with .
knife, forced his own reelection because it
was worth mans life to vote against him.
He made his mistake, however,
when he assaulted Collector of
Customs Pinkerton, which has
drawn down upon himself the Federal
force. Cottrell was formerly an inspector
of customs under the Democratic collector,
but was removed by the present admins
tration and has been very bitter toward
the Republican collector, finally assaulting
and threatening to kill him.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15
THE cOLUMBIA RIVER STURGEON.
HE Head Often Weighs 100 Pounds, let
He a Not Thinker.

HE Head Often weighs 100 Pounds, Het
He a Not Thinker.
Bill Nye.
The Columbia river sturgeon Il also
large water fowl. frequently growing to
great size. He attains . weight OF go
pounds. and has head that looks hike
that OF Goliath Of Gath after his two-round
ses-to with David.
i saw one OF these surgeons lying on the
dock at Kalama the other day. He was
dead. and looked like fat man saw in
the Paris morgue last summer. His head
weighed 100 pounds-the surgeons head.
mean. And there isn't brain into it.
either. The sturgeon gives very lit
tie though to his future. Or his past for
that matter.
An honest resident of Oregon told me
how the surgeons. during the high waters,
got into his cellar and ate sixty bushels OF
his potatoes. At night they would also
come upstairs and bite the children. They
plagued him q good deal. Often they
would chase the cattle around the yard
and brighten his wife. They almost ate
HIM out of house and home: but in the
midst Of their wild orgies in the cellar they
struck jar of Pompadour Yamhill butter,
and death was swift and painless.
When the Columbia river fisherman
succeeds in his days work by catching
seven or eight of these 600-pound surgeons
he puts them on willow stringer, and as
he trudges gayly home with them in his
hand it is gladstone sight.
The sturgeon dies hard, often refusing
to ascend the golden stair for twenty-fouz
hours after he is removed from the water.
!. Although his head often weighs over 100
pounds. he is not deep thinker, and II
takes him day or two to get 1t through
his head that he is a corpse. Aside from
the Greenback party and Thompson's colt
he probably does more to discourage the
overworked fool-killer than anybody OF
whom history has informed us.
He likes very much, also. to wrap the
drapery of large salmon net about him
and lie down to pleasant dreams. When
he is rudely awakened he hears strange
voices. They are fishermen's voices.
They are employed in swearing.
heard them doing this one day, down
towards Astoria, when l was aboard the
s. g. Reed. They are generally men who
have had very few advantages. especially
of foreign travel, or study of the profanity
of the Old World. but they manage to get
along very well, thought could hear
all they said, and judged from the general
drift of their conversation that this thing
was distasteful to them.
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CARLIsLE IS GAINING.


Democratic caucus tonight took
four ballots. Only six names were
voted upon: Carlisle, McCreary,
Lindsay. Knott, Moore. Settle, Messrs.
Buckner, McKinzie and Reeves we're left
out entirely. The fourth ballot stood:
Carlisle 50. gain Of 5 over the first ballot,
McCreary ~. gain of 2. Lindsay q, Knott
l6, Moore IL. Settle Z. Carlisle Is undoubt-
eddy stronger tonight. and his men are in .
mood to push the contest to close tomor-
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w.rrant for Obstructionists.

A warrant was issued yesterday after
noon for the arrest of Durham Il Colling
for maintaining q nuisance. The wsrrant
was issued on complaint made by Street
Commissioner Alexander. The nuisance
was specified in the complaint IS frame
building and stable obstructing Railroad
avenue and South street. The warrant has
not been served.
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THE ROWING FRASER RIVER.
Current Cutting Away the Banks and
Destroying the Channel.
New Westminster Columbian

new WtStmiuster SOlumOlAu.
Most of our readers are familiar with the
fact that in the vicinity of Chillwack and
Sumas the Fraser river has OF late years
become gradually diverted from Its proper
channel and has made damaging inroads
upon the alluvial lands on its south bank,
thus not only destroying acres Of valuable
property, but nearly running the channel
for navigation. The most alarming feature
is tho fact that the evil in both respects
mentioned is q progressive one, constantly
increasing in seriousness, and those who
have made careful observation on the
ground declare that there are grave fears
that the river will break through at q GER
tam point and find an outlet south OF the
international boundary line.
Mr.. VITA. Hall, an old and well known
resident OF Chiiliwack, who called on us
several days ago. took this view of the case.
He stated that at the Sumas landing,
where the river has made long and deep
cut into the bank, il had only 100 yards
further to go when considerable drop in the
land level occurred. and steady fall from
that point south was apparent This being
the case IL is not difficult to see that the
serious catastrophe anticipated above
might readily occur.
Mr.. Hall has his own views about the
proper remedy to apply TO check the dew
aStating inrosds of the river. and his ideas
certainly have common sense TO com mend
them. He deprecases all attempts to pro-
tect the river banks by piling. bat believes
the correct plan is 10 turn the river back
into its old channel again at point above
where the mischief il being wrought. This,
he suite reasonably shows. can be done Of.
feetively and comparatively easily by blast
Ing vast quantities Of rock from Chilli
wack mountain. which ahats on the more
recently formed channel. thus forming a
wall or jetsy OF rock across the new chan
mel and forcing the river 10 seek its old and
natural course.
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A Badly battered Brakeman.

Joe Wannifo, q brakeman on train No.
on the Columbia & Puget Sound railroad,
presented himself ct the Office of
DIR. II. e. Merkel. Williams block,
for treatment, with . broken nose,
two black eyes, q badly lacerated
head. and split lip. He claims to have
been beaten by footpads in the narrow
gauge yards. but is is supposed that he
was beaten in q Whitechapel saloon.
Mannifo is from RentOn.
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Mr. ]. c. Brady. OF Fesaoat. IL about 10 take Z
trip OF pleasure 70 California he has been
very successful Ia real estate dealings. having
reAlsxsd es.sg0 from $50 investment made Ii
FAsYhayen nine months ago
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Reservations on any steamship iine IN the
Atlantic service 70 Europe and England can be
secured II No.fhern Pacific once A. Ch;Iberx
city s5ckss &xeE. 7lS s<cozd s-rect. Bsston
block, e IcHkin. dcyos ticket agent seattle
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Pullman reservations made for all points East
via the Northern Pacific railroad, the vestibuied
sleeper and dining-car line. A. Chilborg city
ticket agen', 71S second str SET B0s On block; E
Tonkin, depot ticket agent, Seattle.
Free reclining chair cars run through frNn
Portland to Chicago without change via she
Union Pacific. A. &. Martin, city ticket agent,
20 Second stieet. Boston blk. o. r Briggs.
agent. cify dock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-27
NEW ENGLAND's TAX REVOLT.

Indications are not lacking to show
that the revolt of New England business
interests against the extreme tariff views
OF the Republican leaders in congress has
grown in strength as the character of the
Mckinley bill has become more and more
apparent.
The first signs of the storm were seen
year ago, when the now famous peti-
ton to New England senators and repre-
santatives, asking them to use their in
tiuence toward having the duties on iron
and coal reduced, was made public. This
petition declared that New England in
dustries have been burdened, and in
many instances entirely crushed out, by
heavy duties, and that relief was an i'm
perative necessity. The movement had
its inception in Boston, but the petition
was signed by manufacturers in all parts
of New England: and it is significant
that the majority of the signers were Re
publicans, many Of them leaders in their
party and often honored by it with Off
cial position. This pronunciamento
naturally created a sensation in political
circles, for it represented a complete
change of sentiment on the part of most
Of its signers and a rebuke and a warn
ing to their party.
Nor is this the only expression of their
views which the business men of the east
have put forth. \ broadside of inter
views published by the Boston Transcript
few days ago. Representative men in
all branches of trade were talked with,
and the unanimity with which they ex-
pressed their disapprohation of the bur
densome provisions of the Mckinley bill
must have been unpleasantly surprising
to the party leaders at Washington.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-27
IT IS NOT so.

The state of Kansas was formally and
officially invited to take part in the great
Ohio valley exposition made at Cincin-
natl The governor appointed the COM
missioners, but the Legislature made no
appropriation, neither did any Of the
older cities of the state attempt to meet
the emergency. Then Wichita stepped
in with her board of trade, appropriate
ting 50, 900 cash and Wichita in the name
Of the state of Kansas made an exhibit
ton of Kansas products which drew
more attention than any other single
feature of the great exposition, but
Wichita could not have one of the com
missioner's for the worlds fair-Topeka
had to have them both.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-27

The senate committee has agreed to
report favorably a joint resolution pro-
viding for constitutional amendment
to grant the right of suffrage to women.
This action of the committee has caused
quite fiutter among the crinoline of the
interested yawpers, but in point of fact
it brings them no nearer the goal of their
desire than they have been for years. a
favorable report of the committee does
not always imply that the measure rec
commended will pass that body. But,
even it should pass congress and receive
the executive approval, the amendment
would have to be ratified by twenty eight
states before it would become part of
the organic law, and it is next to certain
that this would rot occur. States that
have refused to accede to the suffragists'
demands on their own account are not
liable to approve the innovation of hav-
ing that idiOm engrafted into the con-
StitutiOn.