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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
BALLARD Is INVITED.
To Meet the Conference With Lake
Washington Canal Engineers.

10 Meet the Conference With Lake
Washington Canal Engineers.
At yesterdays meeting of the trustees OF
the Chamber of Commerce Griffith Davies.
E. o. Graves, A. P. Mitten, e. R. Niesz,
Thomas ". Prosch, Percy ". Rochester.
B. f. Shaubut and E. F. Whittier were
present.
letter was read from the secretary of
the Ballard Chamber of Commerce, stat
ing that that organization wished to CO.
operate with the Seattle chamber in con-
ference with the government board of en-
gineers in charge of the survey fora canal
between Lake Washington and the Sound.
1t was voted To invite the Ballard peopIe
to join in the conference
The house committee was authorized TO
sell the billiard and pool tables and also
the chess outfit in the building.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

street. COMMERCIAL street and North Sc
attic lines. E. Shepard, general manager.
will devote all his time to the business OF
the system and have direct charge. Sam
uel Gibson, superintendent of the system,
will give personal attention to the practi-
cal operation of all the lines, instead of tho
Madison street line alone, as formerly.
W. +. Dawson. assistant superintendent OF
the Front street line, has resigned his po-
sition. and has received advantageous OF
fers of positions elsewhere.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
Progress On the Belt Line.

A town to be named Mcknight will be
plated on the Belt Line railroad, Just
north of the Coleman place, opposite the
south end of Mercer island Sidings and
depot will be built at once. Mcknight
is about five miles north of Renton
The Belt line right-of-way across Will
lam Cochrane's land, the Southwest quar-
ter of section IL, township p, range 5, has
been settled by the arbitrator, and work
was commenced by the railroad yesterday
grading the line
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
THE JAMES STREET LINE OPEN
A Car Makes Good Time-Operations
Will Begin Today.

The James street cable line begins run
ming regularly this morning. Cars will
start at a. m. and run at three-minute
intervals until 10 p. M. and then at six
minute intervals until midnight. For the
present, service will extend from Pioneer
place to the power-house. on Broadway.
In three weeks or less the company will
extend the service to the reservoir.
A car went over the line last evening at
8 o'clock and ran satisfactorily, making
the distance from the power-house to Pho
neer place, three-quarters of mile, in a
little more than four minutes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
Northwestern Expresscompany Election.

The first annual meeting of the share
holders of the Northwestern Express Conn
pany was held last evening at their main
Office, at No. 80 Columbia street. George
S. List was elected president and manager,
r. J. Park vice president. and ]. r. Mcln-
tyre, of Tacoma, secretary and treasurer.
1t was decided to extend the service Of the
company at once to Alaska, which field
has not been occupied since given up by
Wells, Fargo & Co. several years ago. Mr..
List left last night by the Premier for a
trip over the Canadian Pacific in the in
terest of the new company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
The New SYNONYM slough Bridge

The contract for the new steel bridge
across Swinomish slough. to replace the
smaller one built by the Seattle & North
ern. will be awarded within day or two.
The structure will be a costly one. greatly
exceeding the one first erected in length
and the width of the draw.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
Penalties for PETTY Onfender.,

Judge Rivers yesterday administered
justice in number of important cases.
John Christie and George Stevens, two
workmen employed on the new Harris
burg block, were fined SO each for fight
ing. J. L. Johnson was given twenty days
and Michael Leely ten days. for vagrancy.
Eight men were each fined S. for drunk
enneSs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

Changes in Cable System OnlceFs.
Several changes have been made among
the officers of the cable railroad system,
which includes the Front street, Madison
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

A neglected cold often becomes a r,epro-,,.
bronchifIs or a consumption. Cure IL w;r6
humphreys Specific No :. Used with uerfset
success by thousands fs>
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

oud eoats and vests at q bargain. Imperial
Clothing House, 90 Front s,ree,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

E. Stone, q Swede. was arrested yester-
day afternoon by Officer George Cave for
carrying pistol.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

:, Miraculous in curing Recommendations.
Revealed Remedy
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

1917 20 loan al once. on inside property. BY
Sisrk d kaser, - and Il safe Deposit fsiIld;1y
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18

onel Haines objected and the objection
was allowed. He received 81 800 in cash
and note for 81 200 for money put in.
time and property. The note had been
paid long ago. He had given it to Judge
Burke about March, 1890, and it had since
been paid.
Then a wrangle occurred about this
note. Colonel Carr called on the defense
10 produce il and Colonel Haines replied
that Dexter Horton & Co. had nothing to
do with it. Colonel Carr said he would
prove that Crane paid it as part of the
blackmail extorted by the Dearborns.
Colonel Haines denied its relevancy, but
his opponent showed its connection with
the case and claimed that it ought to be
admitted on the same principle as Mrs.
Dearborn's story; that all the relations of
these parties 10 one another should be laid
before the jury. He wanted to show that
part of the payment TO Aurud was a
81 900 note, and that Crane became surety
for the note and finally paid il to Judge
Burke as surety, that being part of the
hlackmail 10 be paid 70 the Dearborns.
Colonel Haines called for the note and
Colonel Carr agreed that Crane, who had
so far failed TO ind it, would make
further search.
The witness further testified as to his
deal with Dearborns, bringing out as we'll
as he could. amid repeated objections from
Colonel Haines. which were, in most cases.
sustained. the fact that the s.. 500 which
Dearborn paid him was not only for the
logging OUTFIT, land and stumpage. but for
money which he had put in the business,
stnfnpage on his land and money which
Dearborn drew out for living expenses. the
logging outfit alone. exclusive of land. be-
ing worth 5000 in all. though Crane paid
$500 for il few months later The tessi-
rnony Of Mr.. Anrud was then suspended
unNl this morning.
Following is the acidavis sworn 70 by
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14
rusnoRsB CANALS FUTURE
Il WIN rros.iy stay - II Is for the Next
Ten Years

Il WIN Probaiv stay - u IL for the Next
Ten Years
Whan the water was let into the Norris
canal recently Il was understood by many
that il was for the last time, and IN at
next Spring would see the begi ming Oh
the work OF laying a railroad tr ack in its
bed. Thcse who thought so viii be dis
appointed, for per sons who should know
say that the change viii not be made
from seven to te n years hence.
The canal is now ow ned by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company. Two years
ago they obtained permission from the
LEGISLATURE to abandon IL, and Will do so
81 soon as they can reach by rail the
points they now connect with by means OF
the canal. The cause Of ABANDONING It Ia
favor Of q railroad Is that IL only pays *
penses at best. while the railroad makes
the stockholders rich.
To look at the yearly staten ent OF its
finances one would think that tn 9 Lehfgh
Valley Railroad Company loses heavily
by the canal, That is the i'm preston the
wants to give the people OF the
State, so that nobody viii object 70 the
abandonment o ( an enter prise understood
to be fast emptying the pockets Of those
interested in il. For although the coal
dealers along the cana ban Ks say that the
rates are so arranged thar their is no DIFF
ference in the freight tolls charged by
railroad and canal, yet there are peo-
p.n who. IL they knew the canal WAS
not run at a loss, would o xpett y clamor
for q red uction of rates when the canal
should be abandoned.
The rail road company gives the people
to understand that the canal Is a dead loss
py a very simple process. When the
road and canal were under different
arrangements about twenty-five per cent.
of the joiit freight went TO the railroad
and the rest TO the canal Now the com
pany's bookk6eper puts down on e-half to
each.
Part Of the canal will be abandond soon,
aud its bed tracks will he laid. This
part Is between the Zine Works in Jersey
City and the North river. u stretch OF
about two and one-half miles. But for the
present that will be the only change.
The company has built, dur ing he past
Winter, about seventy new boats, has re-
paired bridges, locks and the canal's banks
and made other preparations which would
not be made IL the railroad car was soon
to supDlant the slow going canal boat.
So, for seven. aud perhaps ten years TO
come. the canal boat, the captain, the
mule and the towboy will remain. The
canalman will como sometimes booty,
and less often sober, as he has O for
years. The commander of q Cunarder
boasts no prouder title than the captain
Of n canal boaf. The towboy will con
tin ne to air his profanity and innate
wi ckedpess until that day when he and
th Q c aptain IND the mule shall go away
to gef her and be seen no more.-MoTTis
Rcpu blicdn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14
Fatherly Advice,

Maurice. when you marry tnke a wife
50 rich that you would take her II she WAS
the homeliest woman in the world, and
then be sure that she Is SO beautiful that
you would choose her if she were the
poorest woman In the world"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14

"Have you got the rent ready at last?'
'No, sir; ma went out washinging and
forgot TO put il out before she left"
How do you know she forgot to put il
outsr
wall. she told me so."-TeIdS Siftings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14

You're In a hurry" said the imperti-
men conductor.
mo. you're wrong" retorted the sarcas-
tic passenger. quite the reverse, I'm In a
horsecsr. "-HdTper's Bdzdr.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14

The flowers that bloom In the Spring,
Tra-Ia-la,
Have something to do with the cas-
Spring is here. and 40 doubt many OF
you nave promised yourselves new Teeth
ms soon as the weather was warm enough
to part safely with the old ones.
We do not think there is any question
as to our Office being Headquarters in Jer-
sey City for pure. fresh Gas, as 10 has been
for the past twenty years.
We have the largest business, the great
est experience and the most complete
apparatus for manufacturing our own
GAS, pure and fresh, of any dental con
Germ in the State. Try no experiments,
but com to headquarters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-14

NOTICE.-Ths great sale will commence to-day, and we will pay al
fares from Harlem. Brooklyn, Jersey and Williamsburg. Every one mat
values money should come to us and buy three suits Tor what one WOULD
cost you elsewhere.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05
Keen ont

AOSH WV
disease by keeping in healthy &C.
ton the liver, stomach and bowels.
There's 4 pleasant and sure way
Of doing it. It's with DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the best
Liver Pill ever made, and prompt
and effective remedy for Sick
Headache, Bilious Headache, Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious At
tacks, and all arrangements of the
stomach, liver and bowels. They
cleanse and renovate the system,
quietly but thoroughly. They reg
ulate the system, too-they don't
upset it, like the old-fashioned pills.
These are purely vegetable and per-
fectly harmless. One "Pellet " a
dose. They're the easiest to take,
and the mildest in operation-the
smallest in size, but the most eff
cient in their work.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get.
Can you ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05

In 1878 and 1879 stock cattle roamed
over three-fourths of Texas. The
ranges stretched from the Gulf to No
Mans Land and from Fort Worth to Ell
Paso. Those cattle were worth IS a
head when there was any market at all
for them. They were called dOgies In
East Texas, sea lions down by the Gulf,
and long-horns in the Panhandle. In
1881 the price had crept up to S12.50 a
head. Then the COW baron burst his
she'll. In 1882 these same cattle went
TO 500. so head. and held that for two
wears. There were 100000 OF them.
Money poured In from the North and
East to buy at this al
vanced price. Cattle companies were
formed. more than hundred
~ them. Stock was sold right and left.
Blocks Of it were taken with avidity oy
men who had never seen Texas ana
never expected to see it. To one look
ing back upon that wild rush into tne
cattle business, It seems as II mania
must have taken possession OF otner-
wise level-headed men. Nobody can
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05
West Virginia Pensions.

Special Correspondence OF the Register.
WASHINGTON, August 3.-The follow
ing West Virginia pensions have been
issued:
Original-Daniel Morris, Milton New
man, Robert l. Denham, George W.
Snider, Aaron Williams, Jas. L. Gam
BILE, Jas. P. Henderson, Chas. A. Craft,
Andrew J. Morris, Phillip Warner, Law
son j. Flowers, David 81. Burroueh,
Thomas ]. Mobley, Jas. L. Fuller,
Thos. P. w. Myer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05

at auction an average Of between 81 and
So an acre. "The man with the noe
has made great inroads. But It does
not follow that the livestock industry
of Texas has departed with the pic
turesque baron. f. L. Dana, the Sec.
rotary of the Galveston Chamber OF
Commerce, had the curiosity, few days
ago, to look up the latest figures on
Texas live stock, and he made from the
Government reports the following COM
narative comnilatiOn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05

The cattle baron has passed away. A
90, OOO-acre pasture was cut up into
farms a few weeks ago, and it realized
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05
100 Doses
One Dollar
educational.

DEAvER COLLEGE AND MUSICAL IN
ID stitute for Young Girls and Young Ladies',
Beaver. Pa. English, 6cienti1cs, Classical
Art. Elocution and Special Music Course. Rates
dent, REV. R. T. TAYLOR, Beaver, Pa.
ivQTu Thkeat-rb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05
Peculiar
TO Itself

It will cure, when in the power OF medicine
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Blood Poisoning
Cancerous and all other Humors, Malaria,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all difficulties
with the Liver and Kidneys.
II oyercomes That Tired Feeling, Creates an
Appetite, and gives great mental, nerve,
bodily, and digestive strength.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
81; six for S.. Prepared only by G. 1. Hood
g. Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
NIB. II you decide to take Hoods Sarsapa'
rilla do not be induced to buy any other.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05

tell the amount of capital W hich flowed
In from the north to be invested in cat
tie. But 1t never flowed back. Every
0odody loaded up, and then the prices
began to drop, drop, drop. They went
clear back to the point from which they
had started, and the tenderfoot and his
money were parted forever.
1t was the romance Of the cow bust
ness which departed with the cattle
baron. The reality is still here. John
r. Hoxie, who built the million dollar
packing house in Fort Worth, says
Texas has gained these grain-growers
and lost nothing in live stock. He had
discussion not long ago with some fell
low capitalists who were mourning the
supposed decadence of the cattle indus
try. Mr.. Hoxie disputed their fore
bodings and the Assessors returns for
county after county were examined.
"We found" said Mr.. Hoxie, "that in
those very counties where the most
land had been turned into grain grow
ing the live stock had increased Of d.
minished."
Fast as the baron's wealth waned, his
pOmCl III JULIUS anu Ills III
business departed faster. Five years
after Dallas had given the baron a
IS, 900 banquet there was none in the
commercial metropolis to do him rever-
ence. Five years after the baron had
been shown at Austin by Col. Bill Ster
EFT the handwriting of "the man with
hoe" on the wall the Legislature had
decreed an end to Stree grass" The
baron was buying or leasing the public
land for his cattle to roam over. The
despised "rester" had shouldered the
hoe and was moving in steady ranks
over the ranges to the Northwest, to the
West and to the Southwest. 1t was a
strange transformation.
The writer in Fort Worth half dozen
years ago heard only of cattle. As he
walked along the streets he saw posted
the bulletins of the live stock markets
of the North. The biggest news of the
day was the sale of ranch. In the ad
vertising columns Of the newspapers
cabalistic cattle brands were scattered
over a page until it looked like the COW
ering of a Chinese tea chest. To-day,
Gen. Clark, the Secretary Of the Board
OF Trade, took out his returns from the
region tributary to Fort Worth and
showed that 1.-The man with the hoe"
would produce this year:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05
STATE
on cattle and sheep the Showing |
re Striking:

The explanation is easy. The long
| legged, racer-built steer is thing OF the
past in all this region which the grain
grower has invaded. A stocy, short
horned animal has succeeded to the pos
session of what grass land is left. And
this newcomer, instead of "rustling" all
winter until his ribs show through his
| hide, consumes straw and fodder and
cotton-seed meal. What would the cow
baron have said in 1882 to proposition
to buy and feed cottOn-seed meal at S14
to SIS ton and the bulls for roughness
at $3.50 a ton? He'd have called it rank
folly. There is a cotton-seed mill at
Sherman, another at Taylor, another at
Cameron, and there will be others at
Bowie and elsewhere. Every pound Of
meal and pound Of the rough
bulls of the cotton-seed are
wanted by Texas cattle growers. The
Texas steer in his modified form of to-
day can be fattened to the condition of
prize beef in 100 days of winter on cot
ton-seed meal with bulls for filling. One
man tried it with 10000 head last year
and made a fortune. Fifty will be in
the business the coming winter IL they
can get the meal and bulls. More
''good" cattle were shipped out Of
Texas the past season than ever before.
They brought prices in which there was
profit. They taught the object lesson
that henceforth Texas must send to
market fed CATTLE" Stock cattle re-
main where they were before the boom
collapsed. They have not yet felt the
advance.
Far out toward the Mexican frontier
few of the big concernA still exist to
remind the people of the cattle baron
as he was in the palmy days. Dan
Waggoner has $4,000 head scattered
about, 10000 here and 10000 there,
where range can be found. His home
ranch contains 10000 acres. He is the
biggest individual cattle owner in Texas.
In 1882 there were twenty men who
thought themselves as big barons as
Mr.. Waggoner. The Waggoner ranch
was valued at 81, 600, 900 in 1880, at 81
900, 900 in 1882, and at 81, 900, 900 in 1886.
Mr.. Waggoner did not load himself with
liabilities, and if his ranch doubled and
then undoubled it didn't hurt him. OF
the surviving cattle companies, those
magnificent aggregations of capital
which acted as il Texas was steer and
they had it by the tail, in 1882, the
Matador still survives. The Matador
owns 100000 head of cattle,
and A pasture hnn0ht- from the StatA !
ing. And to-day there is law on the |
statute books of Texas which says any
land corporation hereafter established
shall "only own such real estate In this
State as may be necessary for its office"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-05

A cattleman failed some time ago.
Creditors took possession Of the proper
ty subject to attachment. The mans
family live in a house for which they
have been offered $50, 1000. The price
asked is S75, 1000. This is made possible
by the peculiar homestead exemption
law of Texas. The homestead cannot
be taken for debt. And the homestead
is defined to be piece of ground cost
ing not more than $4,000. In this case
the residence Is the finest in the city.
1t is one of the finest in Texas. 1t cost
over $4,000, but it is entirely out of
reach of the creditors of the estate.
The Texas homestead, consisting Of the
S., 900 lot whatever is on it, cannot be
reached by judgment Of any kind.
1t cannot be sold without the sigma
ture of the wife to the deed. 1t can
not be mortgaged or incumbered In
any way. When the homestead is in the
city 1t is defined to be ground up to the
value of $1,000 and whatever improve
ments may be upon the same. Out of
town Texas homestead is 200 acres of
land and all improvements. 1t is hedged
about the same as the town homestead.
People who loan money are not much
enamored Of the Texas homestead law.
| They think IL operates to discourage
| borrowing and lending. But Texas
sentiment pretty generally sustains the
;. idea that the average man must be re-
strained from Numbering his home
and that the family must be protected
There is very little property sold to sat
iSfy mortgages in Texas. One of the
provisions of the law relating to fore
closures is that land can only be sold
under trust in the county where it is
situated.
There is something to be said In favor
Of the remarkable readiness with which
the Texas Legislature makes laws.
Sometimes the steering is in the right
direction. A few years ago Texas be-
came ashamed of the number Of killings
charged to her account. A hue and cry
was raised against the hip pocket.
Straightway the Legislature put upon
the statute books a more stringent law
against pistol carrying than could be
found in any other State. This law
made the punishment Imprisonment for
anybody but an officer to carry pistol,
and 1t even stipulated the exposed and
public manner in which an officer must
carry his weapon.
Texas was the first Southern State
which, in prompt obedience to public
sentiment, wiped out the convict lease
system. Her 5000 convicts are worked
within the wall II they have trades or
upon farms II they are agricultural Ia
borers. But whether as mechanics OF
farm laborers, the Texas convicts are
under the immediate charge of State
official. The lease system was broken
up by Texas as long ago as 1883. Such
trouble and scandals as have troubled
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama re-
Gently have not been possible in Texas
for nearly ten years. W. B. S..