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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26

The recent municipal election in Seattle
pGlbfded an excellent opportunity for OBJ.
p1rving the operation Of the new election
Nv. Il h needless to say, for it has al
toady besn said by everybody who takes
Enough interest In the matter to remark
1pon Il. that the new system is decidedly
cuccoss. There Is but one judgment on
this point All are agreed that the new
msthod Of voting throws around the ballot
pvoEy possible safeguard, providing abso-
luts sscrscy and reducing the possibility of
maud to . minimum.
i may safely be assumed, therefore, that
Ne new election law Of washinaton is
cuocesA Modelled after the so-called Aus
tsalian system, Il includes al the i'm
pFovsments which have been suggested by
Ne experience Of other states and contains
pome excellent features that are entirely
unique. Supplemented BY the primary
election Law and the registration law.
which Is the strictest to be found on the
statute books of any state, it affords the
voter Of Washington such protection
against fraud and dictation a. is enjoved
~ tho citizens Of no other common.
wealth.
Tho only objection that has been
urged against Washington's election
Jaws Is that they are too
Stringent The fallacy Of this objection Is
apparent. Our laws are strict enough tn
protect the ballot-box, but they are not
strict enough to deprive any legal voter of
his ballot There is none Of their REQUIRE
usnts which cannot be complied with by
any person who Is legally entitled to vote.
The only sacrifice required OF the voter IA
shat OF the few moments necessary to rec-
Sster. The man who h unwilling. for the
sake OF honest elections. to put himself to
the Inconvenience Of registering and Of
taking care of his certificate of recistra.
tion, deserves to be deprived of his vote
No legally qualified voter who has proner
conception Of his duty as an American
citisen win have cause to complain of the
etrictness Of the election laws. Thew ara
Formidable only to therepeater and the vot.
buyer.
For these election laws, the most .tr,c,
and the best because the most strict nos.
ssssed by any state Of the Union, the peo.
pie Of Washington are indebted to thu Re.
publican party and TO the legislature which
h % largely composed Of its memher.
The state would have been q LONG time mn.
der Democratic rule before any change
would have been made in the old h.nnv.
go-lucky method of voting.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
Picked Up on . Raft at Sea.
Eairhar Herald

Yesterday morning as the steamer Premier
was coming from Seattle Captain o Brien spied
q raft of timber with four men on it drifting out
TO sea. The raft was below Aliens island and
almost opposite Deception pass and strong
current was running at the time. When the
raft was picked up the men were in an ex-
hausted condition. It seems they left the mouth
of the Skagit river and attempted to pull the
raft across the channel with a small skif. but
the tide was going out and running like mill
race and before they could do anything they
They had no compass and heavy fog had set
tied on the water which prevented them from
seeing or knowing where they were. The Pre-
mier took the raft in tow and landed it at Ana
cortes Captain O'Brien is confident that had
he not seen them they would soon have drifted
out OF the line of the boats and would probably
have gone out to the ocean.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
SIMPLY RIDICULOUS.

Reports come from Washington Citv
that representatives Of certain town q,
this state have been operating upon Clio
mel Garnet and other officials Of the man.
making department Of the general govern.
ment, to induce change in the name ~
the grand sentinel of Puget Sound Noun.
Rainier. The date and origin of the name
have been given in these columns and are
familiar to every school-boy. Vancouver
IN l792, IS discoverer. called Il Mount
Rainier In honor of the Admiral of the
nest By that name it was known in all
countries and by al men for nearly An
hundred years, and until q railroad COM
pany established terminal in the vicinity
and assumed to confer on the grand old
mountain the name Of its terminus.
In the meantime the name Of Rainier
ons been incorporated into the MAPS,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
BRIGHT NORTHWEST NEWS.

Charley Tanner had lively battle with
monstrous rationale last Friday mile south
of town. His horse had almost stepped upon
the reptile before it ratified. when it immedi-
ately made plunge at the animals head. barely
missing Its aim.-Sprdgue Herald.
The Pacific Coast Associated Press il q bogu
concern insofar as its name is concerned. It
has no connection with the Associated Press.
Judge w. H. Calkins is president; Kodak Wall.
general manager, and the headquarters are
ct Tacoma
Two more skeletons were plowed up by the
graders on Washington avenue, yesterday morn
ing. That locality il evidently one of the spots
where the aborigines were wont to deposit the
mortal remains of their braves and speeded
their souls to the happy hunting grounds
Blaine Journal
Fire ut Waterville, Douglas county, Wednes-
day, destroyed the large planning and sawmill
owned by Judge L. B. Nash and J. w. Stevens.
together with 100000 feet of lumber. Loss. $20.-
600: no insurance.
Prosecuting Attorney Ridpath has issued war
rants for the sporting editor" OF the Spokesman
of Spokane Falls, and the murderous pugilists
who were getting up prize-fght In that city.
J. W. Campbell, q carpenter, and Frank Eel
lers, q laborer. were drowned from . boat in
Medical lake. Sunday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
He Drank Beer with Lincoln.


OF the very few people probably in the United
States who ever did drink glass of beer with
Lincoln, am one. 1t was on the day of the
battle of Fredericksburg. Abraham Lincoln
came into the Office OF the war department. on O
Sunday morning in his slippers. The battle was
very fierce and raging all the day. and Mr. Lin
coln remained in the Office all day. as he was
thousand Union soldiers laid down their lives
in that slaughter pen. j happened 10 be the
only man on duty receiving the dispatches
from the battle field, and Lincoln stood side by
side with Stanton and Captain Fox, assistant
secretary OF the navy, watching the news At
noon Mr.. Stanton sent out and got an ice
pitcher full of beer, and be handed us some
crackers. and the beer was psrtaken OF by Presi-
dent Lincoln, Stanton. Fox, and. remember.
Mr. Seward was also there.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
BONES AND TAmBoURINEs.

HAS Rev. Sam Jones visited yonr city this
Year, "No; but we are promised plenty of
other amusements. A dime circus was here last
month, there is to be horse race next week,
and the county fair opens in September Nor.
rfst0ra Herald
American Millionaire Tin Paris. proudly}-My
daughter is being waited upon by duke. Old
Traveler-WelI, dukes make excellent walters
There are several OF them in our restaurant too
GOOD Ne,rs.
Indignant Patron-How does II happen this
"fresh milk" of yours has soured? Palliating
Milkman-I shouldn't say it had happened, at
all should say it simply hai curd Light
"Do you knowsLittle Annie Rooney" She,
loitily-Nol do not wish to know such per-
son. She ID altogether too common!-LotceU
Ciffzen
The much-maliened mosquito has one virtue
at least. He always sings at his work.-Burling-
ton Free Press.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
His Brothers, Keeper.
srokaue Falls Spokesman.

The Seattle widow who is suing the saloon.
keeper that sold her husband whisky until he
took poison in Q drunken stupor should win her
case The man who sells alcohol must be made
to understand that his lie q business OF great re-
sponsihility. The law permits him to sell
commodity that is capable of producing tempo
rsry insanity. BE should be liable for dam ages
II he sells to q known drunkard or to q man
who Is already half-crszed with drink. The ven
dor Of liquor must be taught that he 10 his
brothers keeper.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
A DREAM OF REST.

All dream OF rest. Jet very few prepare
The way for it Along the road to gain,
Day after day. year after year, with pain
We set our marks, and think, some time to fare
To some sweet realm beyond the pale of care,
These goals we reach. set them ahead, and
feign
Unrest anew, thus never peace attain;
Miss all its paths. nor any pleasure share.
A hundred wayside inns of vantage passed,
Footsore and weary. burdened, bent and old,
Right on we plod and drag our hopes elate
Through all the mire of earth, to find, at last,
Instead of any happiness we hold,
We are but hollow mockeries of fate.
Eugene Field.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
A Monster Tree.

In the last boom brought in TO Leamy Kyle's
mill, on False creek, was q tres cut into four
twenty-foar-foot logs taken from one tree,
which il one OF the largest specimens of the
Douglas FIR that has ever been cut in this
province whose record for giants of the forest il
world wide. These four logs were respectively
"a inches, rs inches, 20 inches and 60 inches
and in none of them was there Q knot or other
defect The total number OF feet of lumber that
can be cut out of this tree Ia 2s,6l4 This piece
of timber was cut in Lesmy & Kyles limits at
Port Neville.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
Partners Abundant Near Nauaimo.
Nanaimn Free Press

While w. 81. Coburn was driving TO the Starks
farm his morning in a buggy he was suddenly
startled when passing under . large tree by
some sticks falling upon his head, and on look
ing up he discovered an enormous panther, who
was engaged breaking the small branches OF
and dropping them TO the ground. Mr.. Coburn
fred three shots at the brute, who quickly de-
camped without having received any apparent
harm. Panthers are becoming quite numerous
In the district, and 1t would be well for parties
going In these directions to be prepared for
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
An Authority ON Muswump..
Anacortes American

The Tacoma Ledger considers the mugwump q
gentleman. The Ledger. being itself a mug
wump. and posted on sll that pertains to mug
wumps and mugwurnpery in general, this state-
menf from such high authority can be accepted
as practically settling this great question.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26

The Victoria Coioafst gives q list OF twenty,
eight seal poachers that have cleared from that
port since January L There are, besides, half
dozen that have cleared from other places for
the forbidden wsterx
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26

Take the Northern Pacific railroad, vestibuied
sleeper and dining-esr route. for AL points East
A.Chilberg. city ticket agent, sls second street.
boston block; X Tonkin, depot uckes agent
6cart1e
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26

~. o. Il. Culver has been appointed
panasr Of the Tacoma bureau Of the
ros1~Ixrx1IraEnoEn, vice G. L. Fowler, re-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
PORT CRESCENT


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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
C1earings, Week Ending July 12.
Associated Press Dispatch.

The greatest increase for the week over the
corresponding week Of last year is that of Sioux
City. SIS per cent; the greatest decrease, Min
neapolts, i1.6 per cent
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26

The Olympia Revie,o has changed hands and
its new owner, Mr.. B. II. Price, takes charge in
q very modest address to the subscribers.
The Kent Advertiser has fight worthy Of its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
EXPECTED NOMINATIONS

Which, However. Did Not Make Their Ap-
pearance I'm the Senate Today.
Dame Rumor was neither old nor feeble this
morning. Most busy was she at the Capitol
today, where Legislators and correspondents
awaited with a good deal of apparent anxiety
nominations which it was believed would be
sent in by the President.
The most important of these expected nomi-
nations was that of Attorney General Miller To
be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States. Just who said that Mr.. Mil
Ter was to be the nominee and that his nomina-
ton would be sent ir TO-DAY does not vet ap-
pear. but that somebody had said il was eviden,
whenever two or three politicians or newspaper
men were gathered together.
Should the President send Mr.. Miller's name
In 1t viii not surprise any one for the possibility
was pretty thoroughly discussed. Among the
many things intimated WIS the story that
prominent republican Senators would oppose
the confirmation OF MIR. Miller for various
reasons; none of them, however, of personal
nature.
That statement is hardly correct. for leading
republicans were certain that Mr. Miller il
nominated would be confirmed. Some of them
were inclined to question the good taste
of the selection, but it was evident that
they would not seriously attack the Pres
idents choice. On the democratic side
there were numerous expressions OF
surprise at the possibility Of such a nomination,
but the opposition to Mr.. Miller would proba-
bly, be confined to the efforts of one or two
Senators with whom Mr.. Miller may have a,
some time come into local COLLISION. II seems
therefore, to be certainty that confirmation
will follow nomination.
Should Mr.. Miller be elevated to the Supreme
bench IT is believed that his place az Attorney
General will be filled by Secretary Noble. For
the Interior Department the name of ]. s.
Clarkson is persistently bobbin6 up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
TWO CENTS.

consideration Of the Plumb resolution looking
to the removal Of the remains OF Gen. U. s.
Grant 70 Arlington.
Mr.. Quinn (N.Y.) regretted the presentation
of this resolution, which could have no other
object than the tearing asundcr Of the heart
strings of devoted family of the illustrious
dead. He was surprised that the gentleman
from Pennsylvsnia Mr.. o NeLl) should have
committed himself 20 the furtherance of a res
oiution which he was sure was repugnant 60 the
gentlemans best feelings. The removal
OF the remains of any man was repug-
narft to the feelings of any human be-
ing. and 1t was repugnant to the best feelings
OF the American People. IIc regretted that
resolution of this kind should be introduced by
Senator from Kansas tS-. Plurlb) and that Il
should have passed the senate without word
of protest from the New York Senator'S What
was the reason for the desire for the removal
Of the remains of the ilustrious dead? Did
not Gen. Grant. when he dying. ak that
he should be buried there? Did not his family
acquiesce in the wish that he should be buried
among the people of New York, whom he loved
well.
THE BILL DEFEATED.
The Plumb resolution relative 10 the removal
of the Grant remains was defeated after long
debate by vote of-yeas. 81; nays, l5S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
SATISFIED WITH THEIR WORK.
Anti-Parneliites Think Mr. Mccarthy Dos
Very Well as q Leader.

Anti-Parneilites Think MT. Mccarthy Does
Very Well q Leader.
LONDON. Dec. 9.-The anti-Parnellites feel
very well satisfied with their first days parlis-
mentary work under their new leader, Mr..
Mccarthy. They think that gentlemans sg-
gressive action with regard 20 the Dillon
O'Brien resolution TO have been an auspicious
opening of the business at the new stand.
The silence which yesterday prevailed in the
other wing of the party promises TO brood over
todays beginning Of their prophets begira 90
the Parnellite mecca-Cork, which city he will
hardly lose much time in reaching. Indeed 10
is suggested by some Of the McCarthyites that
the orders of Leins;er in Dublin will hardly
have closed on Thursday night before Mr.. Par
nell will be en- route for the tents Of his con-
stiruency. As the suggestion implies nervous
haste on the part Of their normally phlegmatic
leader II is very vigorously denied by the Far
nellites that any change of the original timer
airy Is contemplated.
Up 10 noon today nothing had been heard as
to the course which. in view of present COM
plications. Sir John Pope Hennessy proposes
to follow with regard To his recent nomination
Tor the house Of commons by the nationalists
Of North Kilkenny.
MR.. PARNEIL's IRIsH TRIP.
Mr.. Parnell, during his stay in Dublin, for
which city he leaves today, will be the guest Of
the lord mayor at the Mansion house. In ad-
diticn 10 the address which he is 20 deliver at
Leinster Han on THURSDAY evening MIR. Par
nell will devote some time to the reorganiza-
tion of the Dublin Nationalist League ON lines
in harmony with his policy.
NR. oLADsroNE's VIEW or THE SITUATION.
Mr. Gladstone in letter says of the present
political crisis: There appears no question AZ
fecting myself, only an unexplained contradic-
tion between the Parneu OF November. 1890,
and the ParEell OF former dates subsequent 20
the Hawarden interview"
Mr. Justin Mccarthy, the newly elected chair
man of the Irish nationalist parliamentary ma
jority. has expressed the hope that the division
which exists between the two sections VI the
Irish party will gradually be bridged over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
QUIET To DULL.
The Stock Market "Opens Strong, but . ID.
cline Follows.

The Stock Market opens strong, but . ID.
cline Follows.
New YORK, Dec. 9.-The causes which led 10
a rally at the close last evening were still in
force in the stock market this morning and the
market opened with quite little boom, all the
active stocks being materially higher than last
evening, few showing gains of less than
1 Per cent, while consolidated ess.
with 2k, Louisville and Nashville.
with per cent. and Missouri Pacific led The
last named opened with sales at 561S, IS and
5S1s, the last figure being 31s per cent better
than Its last nights price. The height TO which
prices had been forced, however brought in
liberal realizations with some short sales, and
Missouri Pacific went back TO 57ss while Nortb-
ern Pacific preferred lost *, Louisville and
Nashville and Reading each q, and the others
generally small fractions. In no case, however
was all OF the opening gain lost. There was an
active business during the early portion of the
hour, in which St. Paul. Lackawanna, Missouri
Pacific, Louisville and Nashville Atchison and
Reading were the most prominent, but after
the activity the market remained quiet Pricos
however, again improved slightly, and st III
O'Clock the market was quiet and firm ren-
orally at only slight fractions below the opening
figures.
Comparative dullness marked the dealing,
in the stock market after IL O'clock but ~.
strength disappeared and everything dealt 4.
shaded off somewhat while Western Union
displayed marked weakness, urier ru-
mors OF the passage Of the next aiyi-
dend, and it declined TO ~ against 7si<
at the opening. Some improvement was msde
in the later trading, but the fluctuations vers
confined TO the most insignihcant sractions
and at noon the market was quiet 20 duIl nd
steady TO firm at fractional declines from -
opening figures.
AFALURE ANNOUNCED.
The failure Of coibron, Chaupcey q o..
brokers, Al New and SO Broadway, has iust -.
announced on the stock exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
WHAT JAY GOULD SAYS.
He Denies knowledge Of Several H,.ss
Rumors.

He Denies Knowledge Of Several ya.>
NEW YoRK, Dec. 9.--Jay Gould. to vho,
reporter showed dispatch from Hutch;u.o-'
Kss., announcing new purchases in the -.
for the purpose Of putting up new s.lt plsn.-
and also referring 10 an alleged desirv az ~
Gould to shorten the Missour; 30.
line from st. Louis 70 n-
by forty-eight miles, said: ssTS~x q
all done by the other Jay Gould-tbe one - -
roaming all over the country and vc~as.o .o
everything that know nothing sbout n =
TINS 9ay Souid-he ID . mystery 70 me- 80 -
After indulging In hearty lan,h N. g.,
SAID an reply to other inquiries: n do.;t r.1
anything about the rumors a A ~. rraso rnow
Pacific floating debt, except A. + 80 - onaon
print or hear Of them. 1he comcs.9 hs9 IN
Pay 900 for new sou;n.r ~ %
eadiy needed, and the ,s sn,on
an 49,, sn money. That
al al oeen arranged, and the compsnv
10y neu M locomotive engines and 6s4y n -
s snu o"0 freight cans where ta~r~ A. 49,
oext ..sss Oh wheat IN the northvsst ~Ssss -.
no ncs De moved ON account Of the sc.-s;s. coela
We nave money on hand 70 rrsss y G go.
sna % We zeal that ve ere IN clovs- Sn Snsssess
nr. Gould spoke hopefully "a
solo imports and added: ssrSis ~ tcPecs .
pnng'ng on The INVESTOR acssn csonne =
oence o. tnis In the cuttmS ~. see eve
on missouri Pacific ssrtiScsSS Nv a9 naA -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09

PEasoNAL.-A. B. Williams Of Parkersburg.
WA, Mr.. and Mrs. Don Palmer Of st. Louis,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Jack Of Baton Rouge, Thos.
J. Gcary of Santa Rosa, CAL, and ex-Gov. Geo.
T. Anthony of Kansas are at Willard 's-Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Stevenson Of Chicago and Mr.
and Mrs. L. Il. Fletcher Of st. Albans, VT, are
at the Hotel Johnson.---W. NJ. Aber-
nathy of Topeka and ". J. Perry Of
Worcester are at the Hotel Randall
J. NJ. Moore of Little Rock, J. D. Beardsley Of
Warrington, Ark, and c. Z. Merrill of Boston
are at the Riggs.-Dr: Jos. Stedman of ia
maica Plain, Mass, and VIM. L. Pierce of Pitts
burg are at the ShOreham.---Gen. w. ],
Sewau Of New Jersey and ID. H. Bates Of New
York are Mt the NOrmandie.-C. o. Mailloux
Of New York and A. Mordeece Of the army are
at the LaugLam.-Hon.W W. d. Owen and wife
Of Indiana, Gen. Thomas H. Nelson Of
Tsrre Hautc, Gen. Henry L. Abbott, Prof.
G. ". Atherton Of the State College
Groaer Of Norfolk are at the Ebbitt-w. j.
Haasey Of Mt Pleasant, Ohio, and A. W. Pier
con Of La Junta, Col, are q. the Fredonia---
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Q. Burke Of Philadelphia,
Mr.: and Mrs. r. AcCsrtee Of New York, MT.
and Mrs. Henry IL. Sebastian and Mr.. and Mrs.
B. W. Hiscoe and daughter Of Boston are NJ the
Hotel Arno.--Hon. W. D. Haven Of Trenton,
N. J., Mr.. and Mrs @. w. Humphreys Of CAM
den, N. J., and r. n. Whittle, jr., Of Rich
mond, Va, are ct the 6t James.-Col Andrew
Stewart, the republican Representatives, In
the Fifty-second Congress from the twenty
fourth Pennsylvania district, has arrived in the
city and u stopping with relstives on 9 street.