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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-03
THE SCHOOL TAXES.
Newly Annexed Districts Object
to Assessment.
SUIT TO SETTLE A DISPUTE
Street Railway Company Defendant in
Thirty Thousand Dollar suit
The Blotter.

Seattle school district No brought a friendly
suit yesterday In the superior court for writ of
msndamus to require the board of county COM
msssoners TO levy q tax on the taxable property
OF the territory annexed to the city by an cleo
ton held last June. This includes Fremont
Green Lake and Latona. At a meeting he'd on
October is the school board estimated that IL
would require $50 GOO to defray the expenses for
the coming year of the schools OF the city whose
territory is identical with that of school district
No L There is within the city SAL 00O, 900 worth
of taxable property, $4,000 of which is repre-
sented in the new district. II is understood that
the residents of the recently annexed territory
will object to the assessment.
The commissioners are of the opinion that n
levy should be made, but it is commended that
In the event such step is taken the collection
of the tax could not be enforced To settle the
question It was decided that the school board
should bring suit against the county commits
sieners and have the legal point involved passed
upon By the court Judge Lichtenberg set the
case for hearing today
In referring TO the case yesterday, Fred Gesch
chairman of the board of county commission.
ers, said: 1--WE believe that the district re-
Gently annexed should stand their share of the
taxes, and we could levy q tax, but If the COL
lection OF the same is to be disputed we want it
settled In advance. To that end the matter
was talked over, and the suit il a perfectly
friendly one. 1t is brought merely to determine
the lsw in the matter in order that we may act
iutellgently."
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PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS.
Work Will Be Done as Soon as Possible
i'm King County.

Secretary J. w. Dodge yesterday received from
Thomas II. Cavanaugh, the United States sur.
veyor general of Washington, the following let.
ter in regard to some surveys which the Cham
Der of Commerce at the solicitation OF settlers
had asked to have made in the eastern part of
this county:
In reply to your letter OF the 2lst inst, rela-
tive 10 townships % north, range and 10 east,
w. NJ, have to state that q contract was award
ed this asst summer for the survey of township
rs north. range east. / have just been in
formed by the deputy, however, "that owing to
the inclemency OF the weather ana the Difficult
ty of keeping assistants TO do the work, it will
be impossible TO complete the work this fall, as
township % north, range 9 east, lies in the
mountains of a high altitude, with snow early
In the fall" The survey OF township % north,
range east, may be expected to be prosecuted
~ early in the next spring as possible.
As to township % north, range 10 east, w. NJ.
there has been no proper application for the
survey Of said township presented 20 this Office
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ter, Edward E. vsus, Homer S. Bull and Harry

ter, EDWARD 4. Neus, Homer s. Bull and Harry
E. Bull.
Miss Hough, Miss Moss. Miss Tucker and Miss
Kate Krepp, four pretty young ladies, tied on
the blue ribbons.
In the choir were: Mrs. Eagleson, Mrs. John
son, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cole, Mrs.
Hoskins Mrs. Tucker, Mrs Ealy, DR.. Eagleson,
Mr.. McAdams and others
Just before the benediction was pronounced
an old man, whose appearance gave evidence
that he was toiler, assembled the platform and
advanced toward Mr.. Murphy. The latter met
him half way and grasped his hand warmly,
while the people looked on and wondered.
This is Tucker" spoke out the orator. "He
will relate what he knows"
brothers" loudly exclaimed Mr. Tucker, 81
work in shop where half a hundred men
labor. Today we were all amazed when six of
the sturdiest of the men came in looking bright
and happy and wearing the blue ribbon. They
had signed the pledge, and swore that liquor
should never pass their lips again"
THANK God" fervently shouted Mr.. Murphy,
''half OF the prop of another saloon gone and
six souls reclaimed to mankind"
Today al noon Mr.. Murphy will speak al the
city mission, on south Third street, between
Main and Jackson, and tonight will hold forth
again in the Armory. He will also commence
to visit the saloons today or tomorrow to talk
to the besotted drunkaTds he finds and to the
saloon-keepers. He will interest the latter in
the work with the hope of getting them 10 send
hard cases to his meetings.
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NEWS OF THE MILITIA.
Escort for Haines to Olympia-Company
DIS Plight.

number Of the officers of the First regiment,
as well as officers OF the local companies, have
agreed to accompany Colonel J. C. Haines to
Olympia, where he will be tried on Wednesday
evening.
Lieutenant w. Fl. Gorham said yesterday the
men were not taking any interest in the affairs
of Company D. aud that no election had been
asked for, or any order issued concerning the
same. He said that il was a matter OF grave re-
greet that a company which at times had been
commanded by JOAN II. MeGraw aud J. C.
Haines and which had seen service more times
than any other company in the state should fall
into a condition from which it might be mus
tered out of service at any time.
Company B will have no drill tonight having
given up the use of the Armory TO Francis Muir
phy.
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TRIED TO ARREST A BEAR. =
omesr Noble Takes Eruin for q Drunk


omeer Noble, taller AT the city Jail. had an ex-
psfience with a customer that he tried TO arrest
midnight last nigh that he does not wish to
repeat.
United States Marshal f. W. Mudgett, Eugene
Asfers aud Hugh Cunningham were going 10
we Russ house about II IS last night As they
'ufnsd down South Sixth street from Yesler
s,snus they came upon two drunken men fight
ns' They went down 10 tho police station for
IN oneer, and Taller Noble west up 10 get the
meh One OF them had disappeared, and the
oshet was lying a. the roadside. The men took
Ssnatge Of the fellow while Mr. Noble got down
Snind the building on the corner TO look for
The other drunk
There he s." said NJ. MIDGET, pointing to q
walk
Af' Noble reached out his hand, at the same
ams command, ng the drunk 10 wake up and
oomsa along. As his hand touched the object, a
sasage growl answered him and Mr. Noble saw
os o'scE bear rise mp before him. Ii only
%"1 MIN fraction OF second 10 reach the
sa1e"aik Aad he concluded TO let one drunk go
uasrrested
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Then

he will be interested in the wonderful con-
struction and performance of The "Su-
perior" Furnaces, and he should either
write to The Superior Furnace Company,
at Little Falls, n. Y, for their book or
examine the furnace himself, at JOHN
SCHRAM & CO., Agents, 1,0l2 Front ST.,
Seattle, Wash.
JOHN sCHRAM i CO., agents, 1,ol2 From
street, Seattle. Wash
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Ihe Thoroughfare to Fremont Soon to
Be Opened.

Aho Anoroughf2fe to Fremont Soon to
Be Opened.
Alderman Miller appeared before the board of
public works at the meeting yesterday and said
there was much complaint about the condition
OF the boulevard. Chairman Cochran said he
Understood that the diffieulty between the rail-
ROAD company and the two property-owners who
mad enJoined the board would soon be settled
and recommended that the work Of planking be
CONNECTED to point on each side OF the three
lots in dispute.
The street commissioner recommended that a
stair sidewalk be constructed on Seneca street.
from Front street TO the alley between the water
front. The matter was referred to Mr. Compton
Tor an estimate of the cost The petition for a
sidewalk on Barclay street, near McClaire, was
also granted. -
d. T. Denny and Henry Thurman petitioned
for permission to grade streets in the Denny.
thurman addition; referred to the city engi.
neer.
petition for q sidewalk on tbs aorth side of
Seneca street, between Second sad Third, was
referred to the street commissioner for action.
superintendent Compton reported that as tn 9
time allowed d. K. Baxter TO move the brick
from the street has expired, the building permit
issued to him had been revoked.
The bid OF the Seattle Coal and Iron Company
Tor coal for the water-works was accepted ON
accommodation Of Superintendent Wald.
Bids for supplies for the same department
Company and Swabacher Bros.
The following payroll of the water depart
ment was received:
Street laborers, 1878 6-8 days $50 "a
Lake Washington and building stations. 1859 s2
Lake Union pump house. ........... 293 05
The city engineer reported that the salary roll
for the Lake Union sewer tunnel was s3,195.97;
and for his Office for street work $I,15499
Major Rinehart reported to the board that he
had been inquiring into the responsibility Of
profered bondsmen in some contract cases, and
was satisfied.
The health officer reported on the bids referred
to him, recommending that the bid for drugs
put in by J. NJ. Lang & Co. be accepted, as the
bid put in by W. r. Bentley was not specific
enough.
The bid for druggist sundries was awarded to
Lang, and for Prescriptions and drugs to Bentley.
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SEATTLE STILL HOPES.

Mr.. Burwel1 Does Not Think Saratoga
Will Get the Convention.
A P. Burwell said yesterday that he did not
believe that Saratoga had secured the meeting
of the National Educational Association for
1892
"Mr. Z. o. Graves represents the Chamber of
Commerce." said Mr.. Burwell, "and before leay-
ing he promised TO inform soon as the
question was determined. Mr. Graves is on the
ground and has not sent US a word. We believe
that the committee is still considering the mat
ter, and has not yet arrived at any conclusion"
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Suit to Set Aside a Deed.

The Rosenfeld-smith Company brought action
yesterday In the superior court against Murdoch
Stewart and Carrie Stewart, his wife, to have an
alleged fraudulent conveyance set aside. In
their complaint the plaintiffs set out that on
February -, 1891, in suit In the superior court,
they were awarded judgment against Stewart in
the sum OF ss06.60. On February 26 execution
Issued and the sheriff seized the property in
West Seattle. 1t was found, however, that this
land had been decided by Stewart to his wife on
July "a, 1890 This conveyance was made after
the Indebtedness to the plaintiffs was incurred
and there was no consideration for 1t. The
plaintiffs therefore claim that il was fraudulent
and ask 10 have II set aside
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A HIGH-PRICED KNEE.
John Cogswell Wants Thirty thousand
Dollars for an Injury

The damage suit of John B. Cogswell against
the West Street & North End Electric Railway
Company to recover $4,000 was called I'D for
trial yesterday in Judge osborn's department of
the superior court.
On November 30, 1890, Cogswell was riding on
one OF the defendants cars on the way to Bal
lard. and with several other men was standing
on astep that ran along the side OF the car
While passing through a small cut Cogswsll was
struck on the knee by board which lay at the
side OF the track but projected out over it. The
knee was badly bruised and Cogswell claims
that II was permanently injured. The trial OF
the case will be continued today
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New Suits Filed.

The following suits were begun yesterday in
the superior court:
The Rosenfsld-smith Company W. Murdoch
Stewart ct uI.-Suit to set aside conveyance.
Graham Dsulton VS.. Thompson & French
Suit 70 recover S2l5.E due for goods sold and
delivered.
L. 7. Cornell vs. George A. Rsioh-Suit to re.
cover sl25 on promisscry Hete.
T. r. Humphrey VS.. Joseph Bound-suit to re-
cover 3sse.25 for breach of contract.
r. N. whslcon va W. W. Beck-suit for 5000
for breach OF contract
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THE STATES PRODUCTS.
oooa Exhibition Now at the Boar
of Trade Rooms

mere is now in the state Board Of Trade
.uons IN The Chamber Of Commerce building =
ma out very creditabs display of Washing
NJ NJ agricultural products General Manager
-. 4: V'SrE 'eels that ks hiss made a good be-
s,St.Ins OF WhSt Will Il time be a complete ex-
to- % an Of tue states resources. One
aols 10 covered with glass lars brought from
.1e Tacoma sxpos ton and containing beautiful
ea- .p.ei o. Tie apples, pesohss, pears, plums,
.n.' gooseeerriss, raspberres. blaCkberries
tn tn susN berries grown il Eastern Washington.
1ispiAy Is not large one but the samples
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Failed to Deliver the Hav.

y. r Humphrey brought suit yesterday
against Joseph Bound TO recover 36s6.25, which
he alleges is due him By breach of contract for
the sale and delivery of large quantity OF hay.
Pnmphrey's complaint sets out that Bound con-
trastsd TO lell him $50 tons of hay at SIS ton.
He delivered To-. 49S pounds of this amount and
vas paid s764. The remaining 152,5o2 pounds
were not delivered to the plaintiffs loss In the
sum of Sss6 o.
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SCHOOL NOTES.

A Well-Attended Night School-Changes
Among Teachers.
The night school now has forty eight pupils
registered, with an average attendance of forty
three
Fremont school in place of Miss Alice Staempfi,
who has been transferred to the South school.
Professor W. G. Mccarthy, who has the school
at the head of the bay, received a telegram yes
terday announcing the death of his father in
Minnesota. He will go East at once. and during
his absence his place will be filed by Miss Ag-
mes Scheffer
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Superior Court Notes.

The prosecuting attorney yesterday filed an
Information charging A. c. Scow with assault
aud battery on the person of d. G. Mckay on
October Is
Judge Humes heard, yesterday afternoon, the
case OF John G. Phinney VS.. John q. Hughes for
breach Of contract The jury was instructed to
bring in q sealed verdict
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The quarterly examination of teachers will be
held In the library room of the new courthouse
on November IL, 13 and II The sessions viii
begin at 9 q. ID. V. A. PUsEY.
superintendent of Schools. u
3, . :; De THos.s Board of Examiners.
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Coming to Seattle.

at the Occidental hotel. He came 10 the Sound
country from Nebraska something more than a
year ago. and ne has since been engaged in bus
mess at Fairhaven. He has decided, however.
to move TO Seattle.
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Chamber of Comueree

The monthly meeting OF the Chamber Of Com
merce was held last night, but owing to the
small attendance no business of importance
was transacted.
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that you want you will find it
here and the biggest selection
in the city from which to make
your choice.
Mackintoshes for men and
women in great variety. Those
for the men are at Furnishings
Department and run from $40
up.
Those for ladies are at Cloak
Department, second floor.
This stock embraces nearly 100
different patterns. A mackin-
tosh cap to exactly match the
pattern can be had with the
ladies' mackintoshes.
Umbrellas for ladies run in
price from $I.75 up, and the
selection numbers by the hun
dreds.
Perhaps by noon today there
will be half a dozen of those
astrakhan capes at S. each left.
They were bargains at SIS.
Today we add to the S.
jacket table a lot of cloth jack
cts. This is the great chance
for the ladies.
The mems shoes are walking
out two pairs at time. The
beginning of the end of this
sale is in sight. Don't longer
delay. For the ordinary price
of one pair of shoes here you
can get two. Sold only on the
basement floor.
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DO NOT pIsrREss YOURSELF

BRANDhKTH's PILLS cure eruptions, letter, salt
rheum. blotehes, spots, pimpes, pustules, boils,
carbuneles, ring worms, seald-head, sore eyes,
erys pelas. Itch, scurls, discolorations There il
nothing more disgusting than a face and neck
all broken out with pmpies and black heads
Make the blood pure and all such eruptions dis.
appear. One or two BRANDRgTH's PILLS taken
every night fer q month never fail.
BRANDRETH's PILLS are purely vegetable, abso-
lutely harmless, and safe to take ut any time
Sold in every drug and medicine store, either
plain or sugar coated.
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But

II he reflects that great improvements
have been made in heating and ventil-
ating-if he realizes that furnace is
either a constant comfort or an abiding
annoyance-if he wants pure air for his
family as well as warm air-if he thinks
fuel bills are worthy his consideration
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THE COSTIKYAN RUGS,
The Last Day Devoted to . Hit or Mis-
Sale.

Sale.
The sale OF the beautiful Costik yan collection
of rugs on Front street, between University and
Union, closes today with hit or miss SALE All
the remaining articles will be on exhibition and
anything in the whole large stock will be put
up by request and aucdoned of. There are
many rare and exquisite rugs and carpets yet
remaining, and the chance for bargains was
never better. This is the final day of the sale
and the last opportunity OF buying from the
largest and finest collection of rugs ever brought
to the Coast
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Today's W Gather.

sAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Forecast till p. m.
Tuesday for Washington: General rains, ocoa-
sionally heavy near the coast: generally cooler
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Order your coal from the seattle Transfer
Company. Telephone ii or 359
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protec-
tors. I'm.
brellas
willkeep
parto
your body
dry a
m ackin-
tosh will
keep all
warm and
dry. | f
it is either
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A man thinks one stove as good as another,
or will buy for furnace any thing of iron
called by that name. this advertisement
will have little interest for him.
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For the rainy weather we
can show you the necessary
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PRICES OF ADMISSION-To Auditorium, 10
CENTS seats in theater zoe soc and 40c: box seats
soc. Seats reserved seven days in advance at box
Office. Telephone sos.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-08

what will Mrs. Grundy say?" is an ex-
preston covering the feverish desire 20
know what other people may think or say
about us. especially in connection with the
proprieties of life. There are some who
suppose that such dame as Mrs. Grundy
really existed. whereas she was a mere
myth like Dominic Sampson, Pickwick,
Micawber and Becky Sharp. The express
sion occurs in Morton's comedy of ''Speed
the Plow," written in l79S.
In the play Farmer Ashield suddenly
turns upon his good dame, after being
vexed at her frequent illusions to Mrs.
Grundy, with the exclamation: "Be quiet,
wool ye? Always ding-donging Dame
Grundy into my ears. What will Mrs.
Grundy say9 What will Mrs Grundy
think? Cans't thee be quiet, let us alone,
and behave thysel', pratty?" The constant
repetition OF the one odd phrase caught the
ear of the public and has held it ever since.
philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-08
An Improvement in Tool Making.

The difficulty in making an effective
strong joint between a tool and its handle
has long been felt, and the disadvantages
thus involved are well understood, not
only in respect to looseness in the joint but
to the positive lack of power. But the in
vention OF the Mannesmann process for
the production of tubes direct from metal
blocks, would now appear to have rendered
both possible and desirable the making Of
tool combined with its handle; that is,
by means OF that process. tubes are pro-
duced having solid portions at one or more
points of their lengths, and these tubular
rods may be made in any convenient
lengths, with solid portions at regular or
Irregular distances apart, so that by cut
ting through such solid portions the rod
can, of course, be divided into a CORE
spending number of blanks for tools.
By cutting such bars through at con-
venient points, as the size or length will
show to be best, each section will consist
of hollow part, which may be suitably
shaped or bent to form the handle, and the
solid part, which can be shaped into the
tool head by forging or stamping. Various
tools are so formed, and it is obvious that
they possess greater degree of strength
and durability than tools of which the
handles form separate piece.-NeW York
Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-08
One of Johnson's Remarks.

We frequently meet with the expression,
"The potentiality of growing rich"
1t is very properly attributed to Samuel
johnson, and it is supposed to have been
incorporated in some of his writings. On
the contrary, it was simply remark of his
In connection with very sordid transac-
tion. He was one of the executors of the
will of Mr.. Thrale, owner of mammoth
brewery. Boswell tells US that johnson
fitted around the premises like an excise
man, with an ink horn in his hand and a
pen in his buttonhole
When asked about the value of the prop
erty, he evidently had one eye upon the
possibilities of the future. 1--WE are not
here to sell parcel of boilers and vats," he
said, but the potentiality of growing rich
beyond the dreams of avarice." Subse-
quent events proved the correctness of his
Judgment. The brewery is still in ex-
istence, covers much larger area, and
during recent years has paid 81, ,OOO, 900 a
year to the revenues of the government
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-08
The Vanishing Profits of Publishers.

Although the cost of bringing books eff
fectively before the booksellers and the
reading public has SO largely increased
with the increase in the extent of the mar
ket, there has, during the past thirty years,
been no deduction in the average rate of
the royalty paid to the author, and, in
fact, the tendency has been to increase this
rate. The increased cost of the distributing
machinery has, therefore, been borne by
the publishers. On the book published at
one dollar, on which the author formerly
received a royalty of ten cents, this royalty
remains the same, but the net price COM
ing to the publisher, in place of being, as
formerly, sixty-seven cents, is sixty cents,
fifty-fve cents, or even fifty cents.
1t is my contention, therefore, that Amer
lean publishers of books have today, with
more expensive publishing and distributing
machinery, less favorable prospects for Sc
curing remuneratiye sales for average
books" than was the case thirty years ago.
The evidence goes to show that the under
takings of the publishers are subject to the
same law of diminishing returns" that
controls all manufacturing enterprises and
all investments of capital.-George II. Put
nam in Forum.