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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

steady Growth Of Dexter Horton & Co.
Their Claim fo Confiae nce.

Steaoy GroWth OF Dexter Horton q Co.
Their Claim to Confidence.
The oldest banking house in Seattle and,
indeed, the oldest in Washington, is that
OF Dexter Horton g. Co., which moved only
a few months ago from the old stone build
ing at Commercial and Washington streets
to the corner of the Colman building, at
Front and Columbia streets. It's old office
is the only building in the burnt district
which survived the fire, while its new
office is in one of the handsomest build
ings erected since the fire and is in the
business center of the city. The bank will
during the next season erect handsome
five-story building on the corner of Com
mercial and Washington streets, having,
by the purchase of additional ground, Sc
cured site l20x60 feet
The bank of Dexter Horton & Co. was
established in 1872 by Dexter Horton and
A. A. Denny, two of the oldest, wealthiest
and most respected citizens of Seattle.
For many years it remained the only bank
in the state and for many more years the
only one in the city. Though many other
banks have sprung up and some of them
have larger capital stock than that of
Dexter Horton & Co., none of them have
been able to rival it in the solidity of its
financial condition or the extent of its
business.
From the small beginnings made by
Messrs. Horton and Denny the business of
the bank grew to such dimensions that in
1SS7it was thought desirable to incorporate
it under the state banking law. This was
done and new capital taken in. The bank
still, however, retained its character as a
solid, conservative institution, for the new
stockholders were such men as Judge John
P. Hoyt, Judge j. r. Lewis and w. S.
Ladd, of Portland, men who are recog-
nized as the wealthiest and most solid
business men of the Pacific Northwest.
During the last year there has been an in
fusion of new blood into the management
of the bank, so that it presents combina-
ton of the two distinct elements to be
found in the population of Washington
the older citizens who laid strong and deep
the foundations of the greatness of the
state, and the younger generation who, by
their ability and energy, are erecting the
superstructure.
The capital stock of Dexter Horton &
Co. is 500, 600, fully paid, and its surplus is
100000. Its deposits, according to It's last
annual statement on June l, 1880,
amounted to the enormous sum of $685.
519S3, which is double the deposits of any
other bank in the city. The Seattle bank,
which does the next largest business, has
a larger aggregate of deposits than any
bank in Tacoma or the state in general.
The resources of the bank are in an equally
healthy condition, for its cash assets on
June amounted to $615, 241, by far more
than the cash assets of any other bank in
the city. The extent of the banks bust
ness and the abundance of its resources
are best shown by the complete statement
OF June l, which follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01
RECORD OF THE YEAR.
Daily Transactions in Detail and Their
Aggregate.

Following is the record in detail Of the
real estate transactions for the year, as
furnished by Osborne, Tremper q Co., alb
stractors of title, rooms 9, 10, ii and liz
Colman block, Seattle:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01
10 SOFTEN THE SKIN.

Ladies whose skin is subject to rouehness
when exposed 10 the air may remedy the Diff
Guilty BIZ applying Wisd0En's Violet Cream. IL
restores he natural action Of the =kin and in
duees soitness and elactlcity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

CORPORATION CoURT.-Judge J K. II.
Norton presiding "A pea Of non essumpsit
ives fled In the case OF the City Council vs.
the Virginia Iron shipbuildirg Co. and case
set for trisl on Friday.
Jenkins vs.. Vogelgesabg and HARLOW vs.
same cases dismissed.
Citizens National Bank Of Baltimore va
MexseI & Co.: suit for note for s.. 500; de.
cree providing for bond to secure the debt.
Com. vs. @. Ponet; assault; jury and YER
dict OF not guilty.
Com. vs.. Henry Washington and Thomas
Burden, both colored, indicted for house
breaking AMI stealing 8 watch. jary and
verdict Of guilty and penalty fixed at four
years each In the penitentiary.
W. N. jackson, Moaes Stephens and J. A
Wilson, colored. were appointed trustees OF
Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church.
Court adjourned till tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15
LOCAL BRGVITIEs.

Mayor Strauss to-day re-appointed Mrs
M. G. Cornwall keeper OF the aims house,
which position she has acoeptably filled for
number of years. She at once qualified
and gave bond.
Clinton Pelham, brakeman on the Mid
land road, while coupling cars near Orange
this morning had his hand and arm badly
mashed. He was brought to hls home on
Fayett street, near Queen, this city, where
be was attended By DR.. Ashby.
Another highly successful trial Of armoi
plate treated by the Harvey process Of
concentration took place at the Indian Head
proving ground on the Potomac river, on
Saturday last, under the auspices OF the
Navy Department. The trial showed q
wonderful strength In low carbon steel treat
ed by the Harvey process
In tho Corporation Court to-day MI. <. Kemp
er, for the Virginia Iron Steamship Company
flei plea denying the debt claimed to be due
the City Council for taxes on the property OF that
company in this city.
The old po,ice force was reelected last night
with the exception of TWO memb, rs-Aessrs. W
II. Price aud Gilbert Simpson-whose places wers
| filled by g. W. CIunp and W. A. Ferguson.
A dayton containing several colored persons
| narrowly escaped being run over by a Train o.
cars at the corner of Henry and Oroncco street!
| last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

new FosK. July 15-The speculative pendu.
lum again made swing to-day, and the heavi'
mesa Of yesterd5y WAS replaced by new strength
this morning, though there was no change in the
narroWness and stsgnation in business. First
prices were generally email fractions better than
last nights figures, and further slight gains were
scored in the early trading. after which sl move
ment ceael. At IL o'cleck the market was very
dull but steady to firm at small fractions better
than first prices.
BALTIMORE, July 15.-Virginia consols = do
10.40r =; do So Ga bid
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

THROWN FROM A BUGGY Miles, Molie
Giles, OF Falls Church, was thrown from a
buggy yesterday near the corner OF King
and Alfred streets and sustained a fracture
OF one of her arms and cut on her head.
She was removed to No. lois Queen street,
where she was attended by Dr.. Cole.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

REFRESHING RAIN.-The warm weather
OF the past few day terminated to-day In q
refreshing shower about Q O'Clock: The
rainfall. though heavy, was of short dura.
ton, but sufficient to lower the temperature
perceptibly. A cool northwest breeza fol.
lowed. There were other showers later In
the afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

THE c. ANDO. CANAL.-At Hagerstown,
Md. yesterday, Judge Alvey filed a long
opinion 10 cases upon the application OF the
bondholders Of 1874 Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Genial for an Injunction to restrain the
executors of Samuel D. Brady and the
sheyif of Allegheny county from levying
upon property Of ths company. The court
ordsrs the Injunction to Issue, and releases
the property already taken In execution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15
CITY COUNCIL.

por this section generally fair weather, slightly
der winds becoming northwest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

There is very little or no demand for new.
wheat lour, but DID, freshly ground is fairly &C.
tive at current values, and stocks are smaller
than usual at this season of the year. The re-.
ceipts of Wheat to.dsy we're larger and the sam
Piles were mostly Of very infer IT lots which were
sold at 60, 65, g. 10. rs. 80, 85, eS, 90, 90, 95
and 81 as to condition NO choice milling was
offered the markets are all weak snd lower, but
primo Wheats still sell readily at the decline,
while damaged ard common arc sold with diff.
Guilty. Corn is qaiet but steady at 69a74. Bye
is easy .. 55a75 Oat, 43a46. Eggs 13s14 and
dull. Butter Is higher at 1915. Chickens, Veal
Calves, Potatoes, Onions aud other produce are
without material change Milltecd, Hay and
Straw are easy.
BALTIMORE, July 49, Flour dull and I'M
changed. Wheat weak spot 96ha96A the
month 949ss947s; Aug 93Aa931b; Sept 9314s
931h; Oct 93la asked Southern weak; Fultz SSa
100 lorgberry 90a1OO. Corn dull; spot 81 bid
the month 66ls bid Aug 631a bid Seps 62 bid
Southern white steady at rs yellow essy at "a
spot No white 10. Oats firm; No 2 white
VIZ stern 471ha49; No 2 mixed Western 46s47.
Bye dull No 63,7O. Hay very firm; good to
choice timothy $13s15. Provisions steady and
unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

POLICE REPoRT.-Last night was clear
and warm with one prisoner aud two lodg.
ers at the station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed of the
following cases I:
Robert Smith, charged with being drunk
and dlsorderly, was dismissed with repri-
mand.
Dan Tfavers, charged With being drunk
and dlsorderly, was dismissed on promise
to leave the city.
Jas. Richards and Wm Geary for stealing
ducks from Lucinda Wright, we're sent to
jail for 80 days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

DOR sALE-Ths STEAM YACHT DIXIE, on
e two years time, or will take real estate in
payment.
Wanted to Exchsuge-An ELEGANT PIANO
for lumber or lot in or near Alexandria.
Call at 73O Tenth street W., Washington, or
write to ". w. GILES, Occoquar, Va.
jy14 d&tw1w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

CHICAGO. July 15-11:OO 3. m.-Wheat-Jnl,
S71b; Dec 97as7ls Corn-July 5s1h; Sept 52ss
Osts-July 35A eept %. PorkssePs Slg o. y
Jsn $12 go Lsrd-Septembsr So 40: Januar,
s. S2H Short ribs-Sept Sc 60; Jan SIS 70.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

PERsoNAL.-The Independent Order Of
Rechabites In North America met al Atlsn.
tic City yesterday In 40 b annual conven-
tioD. Mr.. E. F. Thompson, OF this city, was
elected one Of the board Of trustees.
A letter from Anderson, W. Va, says that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15
AUCTION SALES.
By O'Noal & Lunt, Beal Estate Agents aad Auc'
tioneers.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOE SALE.

n
tioneers.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOE SALE.
VIII bs offered at private sale for thirty days,
and il not previously disposed Of will DO offered
st pubic auction, at the Royal street entrance to
the Market Building, on
AUGUST 18th, 1881,
at - o'clock the following property
SEVEN FRAME HOUSES ard LOTS on Coium-
bus street. between Wythe and Madison.
THREE LOTS, 10 IT. 10 in. x12o feet, on Co.
lumbus, near Wythe. 81,
FOUR LOTS, 16 It. 8 in. 1113 IT,, on Alfred
between Wythe AID Madison. :.
ONE L0T, 15 &c. x1oO it, on south side Of
Madison, near Columbus.
Prince street, between Alfred and Patrick, with
iour-room BRICK DWELL ING 3sE rear S&,nn e,o,.
and Dwelling; large, dry cellar; brick stable IN
rear all under slate roof on Royal street. oppo-
site the market.
Terms Ope.third cash the residue in one and
two wears. Notes with interest and deed OF trnst
to secure payments. EA'lo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15
TACKETT&M MARSHALL
DIZZY UUUDs.
.H0, ROB BARGAINS!

HO, ROB BARGAIyS!!
Enough OF them to mate tie town happy
Endless 10 variety, boanty and style
Double monoss worth is II ordor Of the day.
Cases are arriving daily, Ak. Eichborg, IT,, h,v
ing gone North for that puTpoec.
We prep.rod to show the people OF Aozan.
drs that mp to tho time. in Offering btr-
gains whom most required
Bargains th't I'LL aid y"ur prepar .tioas for
m9uu.sins shore rountry, And bargains ii a.
will keep VOC oil n home
As the saying is. Nothing .uccee4a liss sue.
ces,p sucb ~ W, .ay Of
Our @GFCaa1'. fIiiGtlg DaBartIl5lt.
Tho success 10 the p@'' and the great demand
Tor our garments '4"d' 0nls " expert a"ad'' en-
A0le US to lay with toe Utmost confidence That in
'n's o'""'n VIZ cN'n"' De 'A''i''''
Perfect 6t guaranteed We solicit ,s ea,,v
cal. N order 70 be c,v,aesd 4 Lac .,uo meaning
Of the word Bargains
,u,,oc, ..or,.,,
.... VT. ..::., :'.. lie: :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

Mr.. John A. Muir, of this city, has had bis
shoulder blade dislocsted by being thrown
from q runaway team while en- route to the
Red Sulphur Springs. It Gays that Mr.
Muir had to wait nine hours for physician
after coming to Anderson from Lowell sta
tion. The physician says that after week
Mr.. Muir may return home or he may go
on to the Red Sulphur or to Pennsylvania
resort.
Miss Althea J. Aitcheson is visiting her
friend Miss Lula B. Mankin, ct Falls Church.
Lieut.. 8. IL. Monroe Is quite sick at his
home on King street.
Judge Hughes left Saturday night for Alb
ipgdon to spend the summer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-15

Y. NJ. s. L. NOTES The regular meeting
of the Lyceum was held lset night. the Pres.
ident In the chair. Ole new member was
elected and one application was received.
The tickets for the excursion, which is to
take place on August Alb, were given out.
The excursion will doubtless be we'll patron
ICED, as from the proceeds the Lyceum In
tends to a. mp their gymnasium and library.
A number OF young gentlemen OF the Lyce-
UNI, with the assistance of several ladies',
haye formed dramatic association and are
now considering several fns plays to be
presented this fall and winter.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19
DAMA'S ALLEGED WILL.

Witness w. +. Cummins Has No Doubt
of Its Genuineness.
The private hearing Of the Dana will con-
test was resumed before judge COffry yes
terday, Attorney Russell j. Wilson placing
Albert NJ. Whittle on the stand for the pro-
ponents.
The witness is paying-teler of the San
Francisco Savings Union, and he produced
a book containing specimen signatures of
all Of that concerns depositors, on page
1869 of which Dama's name appears. Say
ing that lie had had considerable experience
in witnessing and comparing signatures, the
witness identified various receipts of ID una
handed by Mr.. Wilson, and when given the
alleged VIII said that he considered it the
writing of the deceased
Attorney kowalsky chen asked whether
the witness, taking the lgnature-bOok as a
guide, would do business on the signature
to respondents exhibit (the short memoir
andun), and received the emphatic answer
that lie would not.
w. f. Cummns then took the stand again
and testified AS TO various land transactions
had with Dana. Dana was very friendly
with Columbus Waterhouse, and kissed him
when departing for the East, and told the
witness that III pTactcng his system of
vocal culture he aimed at the development
OF his pupils health. and that he had q di-
pluma as a doctor He had said that he
thought Patti was losing her voice because
she did not practice the correct system.
The witness then identified number of
receipts and documents, but declared that
he might easily he deceived by a clever
forgery, not being much of a writing eX-
pert. In the papers handed him lie could
see some difference from the alleged will,
but not enough to destroy his confidence in
Its geluineueSS
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19
JOHN f. BURRIS AGAIN.
His Record Dragged Out in a Grimm


His Record Dragged Out in Criminal
Libel Case.
The trial of the criminal charge against
w. IL. Mccartney drew quite a crowd to
Judge Troutts courtroom yesterday. Nc
Caffrey wrote letter accusing Burrs, the
ex-Superintendent of the Asylum for Adult
Blind at Berkeley, of all manner of bad
things, from robbery up and down.
The State opened its case by Offering proof
as to the II andwriting aud delivery of the
letter by defendant, and to this end D. G.
Hinkle and NJ. d. Cobb were sworn and ex-
amiued
The defense tacitly admitted the genuine
ness OF the letter and started in to prove that
all Its alterations are true and for this pur-
pose Mrs. NJ. A. eastman, r. f. Daniels,
John A. Martin, Mrs. j. V. Rearhart, George
+. Rogers, Mary Wiebolt, Augusta Bolt,
Emanuel Samuels, j. K. Moore and Eliza
ii. Evans gave testimony, some of which
placed Mr.. BnrriS in rather bad light.
Mrs. Wiebolt, for instance, swore that
she once visited BurriS' law offices to consult
him legally. While there she dropped a
check for 500 on the floor. Burris picked it
up hastily and refused to return it,
Others swore they had paid big fees to
Burrls for his services as attorney and had
never received any equivalent. One woman
engaged Burris to prosecute divorce suit.
Burtis took the fees but did no service for
her.
Mrs. Evans, who was matrou of the asylum
while BurrIS was there testified there were
no blind persons at the asylum and that she
left the place in disgust when she saw how
1t was mismanased. The funds were per-
yerted from the proper channel to the en-
richment OF BurriS and his attaches.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19
HOTEL.

/ a Dickie, Suisun
10 Mackay, Oakland
DIR b Plant, Santa Cruz
J Se3wel!, HeaidSburs
; 4 a Mez!cer. California
- Il Wenship, San Diego
10 II Savage Il ", Chicago
K Watkins a W. Liymore
K W eightman, MarySvilIe
Il A Baird a W. Clements
+ L Dunlap. Stockton
W y Harrison. Ckton
L II ) Cover, 81 Ifrfeua
II Adams. stockton
I DIR Garrison, san L Ubispo
w PrItchett, Sau L Ubispo
j W Cook, 81 Louis
/ Is LawiesS * W, Nacayille
Mrs L p buckingham,
| Nacavll e
lrs-r gaVU - FHs-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19
THE RYAN-NEEDHAM FIGHT.
The Defeated Pugilist Very Sick From the
Terrible Punishment Received.

The Defeated Pugihst Very Sick From the
Terrible Punishment Received.
MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 1S.-Dannie Needham
is pretty sick man to-day. He lost con-
seriousness when the fight ended last night,
and after being carried upstairs it took the
united efforts of three physicians and nearly
an hour Of hard work to bring him TO. Then
lie broke down and sobbed and moaned so
bitterly that even the sports around him
were affected to teals. He finally was
placed In Carriage and was driven home.
At noon he was resting quietly under the in-
1uence of narcotic. His face is badly
swollen and pulled from the effects Of the
terrible punishment lie received, and there
are numerous Commissions and bruises about
his body. When Needham's seconds gave
up the fight the friends of Ryan started to
carry him from the amphitheater in tri-
umph. III. Z. Dexter, his hacker, jumped
tutU tnU ring anu nt1tySeu ana hi5Srd rim as
lie would have done a child. Ryan had
scarcely scratch or bruise to show for his
prolonged encounter. After dressing him.
self he went to the West Hotel, where he
had wordy alteration with Billy Meyer,
who had acted as one of his seconds, be-
cause the StrsatOr boys had urged him to
hurry up the fight along back in the fortieth
round. Ryan applied numerous abusive
eplthets to Myer, but he was finally per-
suaded to leave the place and 90 to the Turk
ish bath establishment TO freshen up. Late
this morning he sent an apology 10 Myer,
which the latter refused to accept. Mem
bers of the Chicago delegation went fairly
wild over the success of their faYorte.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19

leaves. Between the inn ard the shining
river lay grass plat with flower-beds, and
in the middle was bean arbnr, made by
training runner-beans over osierS.
The party had left the carriage Mt the
back of the house, and, being told that the
mistress was in the garden, they came
through the kitchen and found the stout
Norman woman. mounted on a ladder.
gathering last dish of cherries from tree
nailed between the upper windows.
Madelaine went to the river-bank. She
was delighted with the beauty of the scene.
and she proposed that they should dine
under the bean arbor; but when she Wen t
up to explore the ruins the girls happiness
received another cheek. She learned that
the landady had declared herself unable to
give more than one bedroom to the visitors.
There were but two in the little inn, and
the other one was occupied. Monsieur
Henri had therefore settled to ride over on
one of the landlords horses to Saint Roman,
to sleep there, and to return the next m orn
ing to accompany his friends back to Caude-
bee
r. 10 co1Jtalto7
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-19
ORDINANCE 1887.
Section L of 1t Declared to Be Null and
Void.

Section of 1t Declared to Be Null and
Void.
All You violated the provisions of Section
of City Ordinance 1887 and was conse-
quenty sentenced to serve 400 days in the
County Jail on his failure to pay fine Of
$500. a writ of habeas corpus was sued out
in the Supreme Court on behalf OF the
Celestial for the purpose of testing the valid
ity of the ordinance, resulting in its being
declared void in Il decision handed down
yesterday by that tribunal.
The section imposes a fine not to exceed
$1,000 on any one convicted of visiting a
house OF ill-fame; but in the decision re-
ferred to the fine is declared unreasonable
considering the nature of the otfense and be-
cause not in harmony with the State laws.
The court said:
Municipal ordinances must be reasonable nd
the penalties prescribed for their violation must
also Unreasonable well as definite Pena lilies
should be prescribed VIII references TO the
ohenses which are committed rather I'll. n to the
power under which they are prescribed. This
power TO determine the penalties has been con-
ferIed by the Legislature upon tile city, and must
be exercised by Its Board of supervisors and not
left 10 The discretion OF The Judge before whom
the oilense is tried TIE act of which The
prisoner was convicted Is not enumerated among
the crimes which are defined in The Penal Code
but Is made an oIense solely by virtue ei the