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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-03
THE "ALTA CALIFORNIA"
some "Reminiscences OF the Famous
Newspaper Now Defunct.

Some "Reminiscences OF the Famous
Newspaper Now Defunct.
The death OF that famous newspaper, the San
Francisco Alto California, has excited consider
able interest all along the Coast. Judge H. G.
Struye, who thirty years ago was city editor OF
that paper, said yesterday, "1 was very sorry to
see the old Alta suspend publication, for it
was the oldest daily in San Francisco. / know
that it was running as early as 1S4S or 1919.
along in the flfties it had a number of rivals,
the Placer Times and Transcript. the Chronicle
not the present one-and the Herald, which John
Nugent was running. But the Ahd easily led
them all, for with the Coll, the Bulletin, and the
Sacramento Union, it had q monopoly OF the
Associated Press dispatches.
"During my days there, San Francisco was q
city of ninety or one hundred thousand inhabit-
ants and the Alta was the paper.
"For a long time il was owned by Fred Nc
Crellish and Colonel Woodward. Then In the
early sixties the Chronicle of the present day be-
gan its career as the Dramatic Chronicle, an ad-
yertising sheet containing the theatrical notices.
At last the Chronicle began to push forward and
build I'D a special news service OF its own, but
the old Alta still held the supremacy until late
In the seventies. By that time the Chronicle had
outstripped it, and three or four years ago the
Hearsts began to build up big paper in the
Exdniner. The Alta could not stand the COM
petition with two such powerful dailies, and
SO has succumbed.
ain politics the Alta used to be an independent
Neutrality-suspicious. Unionist during the war;
but within the last five or six years 1t has been
conservatively Democratic, representing the
wing OF that party in which Judge stephen ).
Field Ia prominentn
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LADIES' RELIEF SOCIETY.
Report of the Months Work of Ouis
Deeds of Charity.

Report of the Months Work OF Quiet
Deeds of Charity.
The Ladies' Relief Society held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Chamber of Commerce, and was well attended
The monthly report submitted for consideration
was adopted
Calls for aid have greatly diminished. The
committee, however, called especial attention to
the increase OF that feature of the work which
consisted OF extending aid to those who desired
to return to their homes, and suggested that
this was outside the scope of the society's work
and should be discontinued. During the month
OF May aid was rendered to six women, four
men and seventeen dependent children. making
Q total OF twenty-seven. The report continues:
One young woman, deserted and sick, was
found being cared for by those almost as needy,
ana we gave our aid by compensating those who
from their little had given much. While such
examples OF loving charity are not infreQuent,
tneirsstcrling character deserves ackhowledg-
ment. The number of inmates in the home ia
substantially the same as shown BY last report,
namely. total of thirty-nine
There were no admissions during the month,
while two were Withdrawn and placed by their
father In the day nursery. There has been no
sickness among the inmates, though what
might be called .breaking out fever" has
run its course. OF the four extreme cases of
breaking out, three have been returned. The
cause OF this instruction is not to be charged
TO any feature OF the management OF the home,
which seemed to be very kind and prudent, but
rather to that vagrant disposition that SO often
manifests itself In spring
The report IL signed by Fanny King, Mary L.
Humphrey, Martha Fulton, Elizabeth Armstrong
and Harriet E. Taylor.
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A BELLIGERENT POLICEMAN.
He Fells His Enemy With Cane and I
Suspended.


Joseph Topping. a police Officer, while of
duty yesterday afternoon, entered into an alter
cation with George N. Brown, proprietor of the
Sc. A. X. restaurant, at No. 81 Union street,
and felled him to the ground with a blow on
the head with loaded cane. Topping was sus-
pended from the police force last evening by
Inspector Willard.
Brown is the man who figured so prominently
in scandal with his former wife last fall and
he claims that the row yesterday was about the
same woman. The blow from the cane rendered
Brown senseless and he was carried to his room,
No. 40 Plummer block. where he was attended
by physician. His skull was almost fractured
He was seen last evening and said
'.That woman used to live with IL keeping
house for Topping, aud he has been going
around telling tales on me that he had better
have left untold. saw him on Pike street yes
terday and said:
understand you want to see me-?
"He said Yes and then commenced to give
me q talk. said:
That's all right. You're the whole cause of
me getting in that scandal last fall
'That made him mad and raising his cane, he
said:
You're - liarr
~ thought was killed. couldn't hear, nor
see, and / felt like the devil. confided to
Topping q secret some time ago aud he has
broken faith with me. Now I'm free will
make public q sensation that will shake the
town. I'll make him wish he d left me alone!,
Brown II quite weak from the effects of the
blow and is still confined to his bed.
Upon being suspended Topping left the police
station and could not be found to tell his side
of the story. There were many people standing
about when Topping assaulted Brown and IL is
probable that a number of witnesses will be
subpenaed when the case is heard before the
police commissioners.
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DESTITUTE IN a STRANGE LAND.
North Carolina Man Pays Penalty Of
Carrying Money I'm His Poeket

North Carolina Man Pays Penalty Of
carrying Money in His Pocket.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The steamship Po-
mona arrived from San Diego this morning.
Among the passengers was Dave Taylor, his
wife ana Tour children, all OF whom are practi-
caiiy destitute. About month ago Taylor and
MS family LETT Durham, n. c., for Hillsboro, Or,
where they have relatives. The family had
means and purchased tickets for New Orleans
Az the latter point tickets were bought
for Los Angeles At San Antonio,
Tex, their provisions gave out, and
taxing his 4-year-old boy with him
Taylor started out to find a store. The
train lay over for four hours, so he had plenty
OF time. A man agreed to show him the way
but guided him to vacant Let, where he was
knocked down and robbed of s7s4 aud his bag
gage cheeks Acting on the advice of the police
ne remained four days in San Antonio. Nothing
was heard OF the robbers, and Taylor went on to
Los Angeles, where he and his family arrived
utterly destitute They remained in the depot
ali nlght,and next morning were taken to the Los
Angeles jail In patrol wagon, where they were
given breakfast. The people of Los Angeles
raised enough money to pay their fare to san
Francisco on the Pomona, and so besides. On
their arrival here Taylor did not know what to
do. He applied TO the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, and Ex-Governor Perkins supplied
him with s. with which to obtain. hotel accom-
modations. The company viii forward them to
their destination by the steamer George w.
Elder next Thursday. The family consists of
the father, mother and four children, the eldest
of whom is years old. To add TO their hard
ships Taylor is an invalid.
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dict for plaintiff: notice of motion for new
trial.
William A. Mcdonald Va. J. H. McGraw-
stricken from the trial calendar
cascade Fire Insurance Co We. H. c. Burke ct
ai-Piaintf asked for exception: allowed.
to Judge Humes.
Columbia q Puget Sound Railroad Co. vs. u.
=. Corcoran-substitrtfon of T. 0Meara for
oeIendsnt: cause continued to July 3.
Il n Grfmth vs.. O. & ii. Gormiey-Suft TO en-
force contract; jury trial; pending
~ wunscn ct al. VS.. J. II. AcGraw-Trans-
ferred to Judge Humes
) SUPERIOR coUkr-HuMEs, y.
Lewis Henry Vs. George Maurice ct sl.-suit
lot false imprisonment; jury trial; verdict for
A. J. Baker W. Fry Bruher-Jury trial; YER
oins LOT plaintiff; notice of motion for new trial
Nels B. Peterson Va. 8. w. Hutchcraft-Judg-
ment signed by the court
Antnony La Brasche vs.. J. w. Martin ct al
continued; TO be called up at request Of plain
a; z. McDivitt ct al vs. N. T. summers-Jury
trial waived; pending
UNITED STATES DISTRICT coURT-HANFoRD, J.
Phelps & Miller VS.. Iago & Niblock-suit for
x4,lnss4 for stock OF 5ewelry furnished judg-
ment by default
r. G. Robertson was admitted 10 practice on
motion Of A. r. Coleman
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THE BLOTTER.
surRRlok couRr-IIcHrrNsxRs. >.


- r Carroll ct al. vs.. J. Young and Fl. NJ.
3eed-hearing OF motion for dissolution OF at.
uchment: set Tor June g.
beuiah A. Cary vs.. James A. Cary-Order 10
show cause; discharged
: In the matter of the assignment Of the Read
eosarsh Man,el and Tile Cornpany-Or,ier msds
not leave TO sell balance of stock az auction
Harry ]. Moritz vs. snoqualmie Mil Germany
Order for tnal Judgment: fled
stlas Archibald vs.. f. w war,i-0r,ier 20 sho,
ssnse and restraining order issued: hearing set
George Jackson vs. W. II. Mcdonald At a,
Decree; fled. ~
Conrad A. Rideout was admitted IN n-ac,,e.
On eeruncate from supreme court OF Arksnsas
n! Waite +. b. Prouty VS. II. II. Prouty et al
gsorce and alimony; demand for fury trial nv
Ssiendsnt J. A. Prouty and defendant Lord:
PROBATE pEfAsrNESr-IcHrESRk J.
insanity OF John Johnson-Decres Of commit.
SUPERIOR couKr-osBoxs,
seattle Operative Company vs.. J. J, Cavsn.psh
49, 20 show cause, petition for writ denied:
M. n oseood VI. Bellinghsm Bay Electric
sssss, hsiiway-order for change OF venue;
s.s ~, Ls Brssche vs. Cordelia Martln-Trsns.
rnn. = Mepiyiti ct al VS. NJ T. summers
n u,essea TO Judge Humes
= Eager Va Pullman Palace Car Cover.
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REAL ESTATE SALES.
The Deeds Recorded with the Auditor
Yesterday.


Real estate transactions from January 1, 1891,
to date are s9,403,9l369. There were filed for
record yesterday 50 deeds, the consideration ag-
gregating $i7,615, an average OF $46356. Fol-
lowing is the list as furnished by Osborne,
Tremper & Co., abstractors of title, 1l6 Cherry
street, between Front and Second:
Moore Land CO. to w. H. Moore, lot s, block II,
Robinson's add, s..
w. Renton 70 .. Q. Custer. lot II. block II,
Renton's add, $3.50.
E, Lobe to W. s. L q L Co., ~ acres in West
Seattle, IS.
G. B. Roberts to R. c. Bot, lot "a, block As,
Gilman Park, $780,
NJ. Mayer to A. Hansen, lots /, and 8, block 2,
A. N Macarthur to R. A. E. Ry. Co., right of
A. \. Macarthur to R. A. E. Ry. Co.. right of
K. l. 81. Co. to A. II. Brehant, lot Is, block 40,
town OF Kirkland, $3.50.
T. P. Gleason to NJ. L. O'Rourke, lots in juno
G. A. Pratt ct al to 1. J. Colman ct al, lots /
and 2, sec 81, "a, s, 1000.
n. P. r. r. Co. to W. H. secor, MA of nwN sec
IS, 81, 6, $780,
W. W. Beck to N. A. Young, Is acres in sec 9,
Is, AL
B. L. B. and !. Co. to L F. Jaeger, lot s, block
w. d. Buchanan to E. Vance, lot &c. block Is,
Lake ave add, $780,
s. Kenney to n. McTeigh, lots 10, IL and II,
block 81, North Seattle, 81
=, .. NSnuSy W Ia =. onouuys Aos ~ oAocA ~,
r II Campbell to I. Quincy, part lot 2, block
4, Fairview Hid Assn, SOD.
w. Nellis to T. Jordan, lots and 8. block GA,
F. L. Reese to W. H. Small, lot Is, block 70,
Puget soud Park, SIS.
W. W. Beck to P. ]. Mattocks, acres in sec II,
g. 5, $3.50.
A. Won Babo to E. Won Babo, Eve lots in
Burke's I'd. 81.
S. Z: Holloway to S. E. Keller, tract in Sec Q,
B. A. Young to c. Lind, lot 4, block Ii. Byron
B. A. Young to E. Erickson, lot2 block Is.
Byron add, SOS.
B. A. Young to A. Keilson, lot 8, block 10, By
ron add. $225.
L. s. Osborne TO J. E. Sorbin. blocks Is and 10.
Woods Green Lake Park, 81 $50.
n. F: R. r. Co. to +. Ozepek, sw Sc sec IS,
Hwhite to J. Mclaughlin, five lots in Whites
4th to Kirkland. $500.
w. G. l. Co. to L. v. Penney, IA lots in block
10, Gilman Park, $3.50.
j. B. Quicke ct al. to w. j. Stephens, lots to
"A. block 1, Vachers Div, 81 200.
j. Bronson to J. c. Sanderson, lots 4, 5, g. Bron-
sons add to Kirkland, 50, 400.
j. B.. seeley to r. Melnick, lots IL, r. block IA,
Seeley's add, $55
sssa B. se sas e. e H letter, lots . TO- block a.
S, 81. "% 'e0 % -N'
l. s. Willard to M. G. Willard. s lots in Hazel.
wood add, IS.
r; B; Wilson to j. Campbell, So lot Z, block A,
A. A. Denny's, 81.
n. A. Bradley to v. P. wiesenthal, lot %, block
s, Rengstorffs, $500.
J. w. Bowers to j. L. Crowell lot 10 block q
White & Manpinp's. 5000 =
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BIZ SAN FRANCISCO EYES.
Business Men of That City Talk
Strikes. Paint and Tariff.

Business Men of That City Talk OF
Strikes, Paint and Tariff.
o. S. Orrick and his son, William Orrick, and
0. J. Backus, of San Francisco, were at the Ar
lington hotel yesterday. Mr.. Backus, who be-
longs to the firm of George +. Tay & Co.,, stove
foundes, is one OF the Californis pioneers, hav-
ing come to San Francisco in 1919. Soon after
that time he moved to Oregon City, into which
he was the first man to bring kit of tinsmith's
tools ain those times" said he yesterday,
olympia was the only place in Washington
that we heard anything about
AT present, in San Francisco, our business
has been considerably interrupted by the strike
among the moulders, who have been out for
some months. The union there is very strong,
and picks up the new moulders and sends them
back, so that the companies find it very hard to
keep supply of men,
Mr. Orrick Is president of the California Paint
Company. ave do considerable" said he, Gin
the way of painting vessels at San Francisco
For example, we painted the cruiser Charleston
and the Monterey. The painting of the Charles
ton cost about $4,000. OF course the finest paints
had to be used, but part of the heavy expense
was due to the fact that the work was much de-
layed. We had to paint each part as it was
done, and sometimes we would have five or six
men at work, and sometimes we would need 100
"In parts of vessels OF this kind they are now
putting new kind of paint The first coating
is q sticky paint. Over this goes ground cork,
put in just as sand is, and over the cork one or
two additional coats Of paint. This cork makes
. packing which prevents sweating with the
changes of temperature.
Victoria is city in which was very much
interested when was up there day or two ago.
They talk about the Mckinley bill in this coun-
try, but 1t seems to me that the Victoria people
suffer more than we do. Most OF their eatables
come from this country, and they pay, for in
stance, q duty of cents pound on butter and
Is per cent. ad valorem on cabbages. About
1900 day is taken in at the Victoria customs
house and sent to Ottawa, and Victorians feel
that they are being drained of q pretty heavy
tax, for which they get no return"
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Prices Of Observation-Disclosures, loc, seats In
theater 20c 30c 4Oc: box seats SOC.
seats reserved q days IN advance At box ONCE
and AZ Lee 4 Schiumpfs Drug store, corner
Second and Columbia streets ineai~r teiepnone
eos
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ADJUSTMENTS.


Another large audience witnessed "only a
Farmers Daughter" by the Cordray stock COM
pany last night. Considering that II was only
the second performance, the play was given a
remarkable vim and snap The cast was unusu-
ally we'll arranged. Miss Laura Alberta, as Liz
gle stark, who preys upon society under the
alias of Madame Laurent, and parts the loving,
faithful Justine, who is only farmers daugh-
ter from her husband, is as fine a display of
feminine cruelty as could be displayed. Miss
Alberta wears dress In the third act which is
draped with lace over 800 years old. Miss Kate
palglish also wears some unusually handsome
costumes the black and gold worn in the fourth
act being unusually effective. Mr.. Charles Grey
and Miss Louise kellogg, in the comedy roles,
supply enough comedy to keep the audience in
a rollicking humor during the time they are be-
fore the footlights. The plot of the play is pure
aud wholesome, and is permeated with q vein of
old. fashioned truth and love rare to the major
rty OF modern dramas. Each can learn lesson
from this play. There will be ladies' matinee
today At 30
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q. S. DISTRICT COURT.
The June Term Opened Yester-
day Morning.
CALLING THE GRAND JURY.
False imprisonment suit-Tayior stark
Pleads to Second IEformA-
tion-The Blotter.

The June term Of the United States district
court opened yesterday morning with Judge c.
II. Hanford on the bench. The other Officers OF
the court were: p. Fl. Winston. district attor-
ney; P. c. Sullivan, assistant attorney; Thomas
Brown, marshal; r. 81. Hopkins, clerk. Charles
7. Cowden was appointed crier, and w. H.
ehenneman, Enes Brenna and John C. Kohler,
baiIifs.
carmi Dibble, OF New whatcom was appointed
foreman of the grand Jury, which was empan-
elsd with the following members: John kreis-
ehell. Luke Beecher, snohomish county;
George Brackett, Edmonds, Snohomish county;
John Evans, Ferndaie. Whatcom county:
AN. Hardy. Mount Vernon, skagit county;
Herman Behrens, Hamilton, sksgit county
Mortimer Cook, sedro, skagit county; +. l.
Lewis, Port Angeles, claiiam county: A. Colby,
Clsllsrn, clslIam county; John de Tierre. New
whatcom, whatcom county; s. r. Flesharn,
Port Townsend, Jefferson county: l. VI. Pom
titus, Port Townsend, jefferson county; Richard
Holyoke, Seattle, King county: d. II. Hawley,
Jusnita, King county; w. Kearney, Meeker,
King county; s. L. Clough, Seattle, King
county; George England, snohomish City, sno-
homish county.
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makes the owners shrink from putting much
more money into the mines. The experience Of
other coal companies has been such bitter one
That the owners at Hamilton do not care to put
IN an expensive plant, make big contracts, and
tnen on some Saturday night have all their men
walk out because the bookkeeper Is red headed.
OF Tor some equally urgent reason can tell
you that the exactions of the labor unions about
mere are Keeping capital away. The men by
their behavior are killing the goose that laws
the golden egg. Capitalists will not put their
money into mine which the labor unions will
insist upon running. Men want to handle their
own property"
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THE La PER CENT BONDS.
Holders May Have Them Extended at
MISUNDERSTANDING Fosters plans.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2-Notice was given
today by Secretary Foster that the principal and
interest of such ~ per cent. bonds issued under
acts of July, 1870, and January 90 1871, as NAV
be outstanding September 2, 1891 will be paid
on that day, and interest on the said bonds will
then cease. Suggestions have been made on the
part of some of the holders of those bonds. Of
desire TO extend payment thereof at the option Of
the United States at the rate of / or u
per cent. per annum, and the secretary of the
treasury will hereafter consider whether the
acceptance of such offers or any OF them win be
profitable TO the government, and in that event
he reserves the right to except such bonds from
his call.
1t is officially stated that the suggestion "A to
extension of the IA per cent loan added to the
call made today is made more as a matter of
precedent than of necessity. The treasury de-
partment, il Is said, is abundantlv able
to pay all of the s5l,o00,oo0 OF AZ per
cents outstanding, but in view of
the uncertainty of future receipts and
expenditures, il is deemed better to take the
side of safety. The secretary not only believes
that he has ample means 70 defray all the ex-
penses of the government, but he il confident
that he viii be able to retire q considerable
amount of the public debt, in addition to the
s2Ss, 600 600 already paid during the presen. adj
ministration. One of the purposes in suggesting
this opportunity of extending the maturing
loan at nominal rate OF interest Is his desire to
avoid the enforced retirement of q part of the
100000 of national bank circulation now
secured by the ~ per cent bonds.
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HENRY's VALUABLE TIME.
he Wanted sB. 900 for an Hour in TIT
City jail.

sequel to the trouble last winter caused by
the union cooks and walters occurred yesterday
in the damage suit OF Lewis Henry against
George Maurice, which came up yesterday in
the superior court before Judge Humes. Henry
II q waiter and union man, and Maurice Is o
Jap, who runs the Raymond restaurant on Com
merciai street
Last December during the strike the union
men attempted to boycott restaurants which
did not employ union labor. Henry made
practice Of standing In front Of the Raymond
restaurant and trying to persuade customers
not to enter Maurice had him arrested for dis
orderly conduct, to which charge he pleaded
guilty and was fined. Again In January he was
arrested on the same charge. This time he was
put in jail and kept there for an hour, and at
the end OF that time, since the charge was
dropped, he was released.
Henry seemed to think the imprisonment
most unrighteous one, and as q solace for the
disgrace and injury to his feelings sued Maurice
for 5000 for false Imprisonment. There was
not much contradiction in the testimony, all
the witnesses seeming to agree on the main facts
OF Henry's arrest and discharge. The jury was
out but few minutes and returned with yer.
dict for the defendant
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THE wHITECHAPEL CASES.
One Woman Discharged, but woolery
Hopes to Convict Others.

Justice Van Tobel rendered decisions yester-
day in the cases OF the twenty-one women ar
rested by Sheriff Woolery during his raid on
whitechapel, overruling the three demurrers
filed by the attorneys for the defense, namely:
That the warrants are not properly drawn; Sec
ond, that the law is unconstitutional and void /;
third, that the court has no Jurisdiction. The
defense took exceptions to the ruling of the
court, and the prosecution Immediately ar
raigned Jessie Stone on q charge of being .
common woman. The witnesses examined
were many, but the woman had only been in
town Q short time, and, the state failing to
prove a strong case, the woman was dis
charged.
"of course the women will be tried sep
arately,r said Sheriff Woolery after the trial.
"and this 10 the hardest case we had. In fact,
we did not expect conviction. With the rest
OF the women the cases are far different, for
the evidence against them is quite conclusive,
and convictions viii surely follow their trial
The next women win be tried before Justice
Eeaeie"