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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-02
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Thomas shee, an Irishman, 30 years old, COM
mitted suicide September Is by jumping of the
Baker river ferry, in Skagit county. He was
sick and in debt.
Charles Mckenzie, penniless gambler, COM
mitted suicide at Puyallup Sunday night by
throwing himself in front of q moving freight
train. He had been drunk for two weeks.
Michael Franz, driver of q derrick team fer
threshers, was killed near Waverly September
L. cevis pin fell out and one end OF the
doubletree hit him in the stomach. death re-
suiting in few minutes.
William Donahue, former owner Of the Culver
mine, has brought suit in the superior court
against Thomas Johnson on the latter's iniunc-
ton bond. Johnson, will be remembered,
some time ago brought suit for the mine and
tied the property up under Injunction. The
case resulted in Donahue's favor, and he now
sues for several thousand dollars damages.-
EIlensburg Capital
The Great Northern camp has made another
move this week, and are now at Smiths place
in Moses Coulee. They are through the most
difficult part of the location and viii soon con-
meet with Haskels survey at the mouth of the
Wenatchee. Then the definite location will be
fled, and the Great Northern line win be a fixed
fact from the Little Spokane TO the Columbia
river.-Coulee CRp Ne,ps.
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Hrief Tacoma News.

TACOMA, Oct L-fSpecial 1.-THE Gig Harbor
Cemetery Association was incorporated here to
day by A. w. Young, A. N. Burnham, J. Good
man, H w. Woodwork and +. Hall. The Paci-
fc Lounge and Mattress Company was also In
corporatsd today by J. L Carman, L g. Wood
and r. T. Kelly, with capital stock OF s25.e0o.
Mary l. Dunn today began suit for divorce
from her husband Charles 8. Dunn.
A bill of exceptions to the report OF the arbi-
traitors In the case of the Tacoma Railway q
Motor Company vs.. J. II. Cummings was today
fled In the superior court. Ar. Cummings was
formerly general manager OF the company. and
was charged with Incorporating funds OF the
company. The arbitration commission reported
in Cummings favor so far as the charges were
concerned, and allowed him about two-thirds OF
his claim.
Timothy Lynch. q switchman, aged 81, who
was injured by the cars at Kslama yesterday,
died here today OF conclusion of the brain. He
was knocked down by switch cars. His wife re-
sides at Portland.
The local Knights OF Labor win establish a
free reading library In this city adjoining their
headquarters.
The city council win attend the meeting Of
the academy OF science Monday evening, when
the best pavement for Pacific avenue win be
discuSsed
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VALUABLE RECORDS IN DANGER.

There is plan before the City Council
to excavate beneath the city hall and put
in large room for the municipal court.
The excavation would have to be made
if new hall is to be built on that site, and
as it is being done by the Changing 1t
costs the city nothing. Whether it is an
equally wise step to put the courtroom
there is subject to the plans to be adopted.
1t will make it more convenient in trans
porting prisoners to and from the police
station.
But there is something Of tar more inn
portance to be attended to. With all the
many improvements to the old court
house, it is a matchbox structure, and if
it ever takes fire the whole building will
be consumed within thirty minutes. In
three of the offices, the comptroller's,
treasurer's and city clerks, there are
vaults in which the records Of those de-
partments will be presumably secure; and
the water department has safe which
will probably answer all purposes. The
Board of Public Works has no place of
safety.
The most reckless thing in the whole
building is keeping the valuable plans,
drafts, survey notes and plats in the city
surveyors Office lying in open wooden
racks. Work which has cost the city
$4,000 would be paper ashes in ten min
minutes if fire ever reached that room.
Benezette Williams water system plans,
which cost $4,000; his sewerage plans,
which cost $4,000; over 800 survey note
books whose loss would be irreparable,
and the official plats of the city and street
grades temptingly invite the flames.
Should fire by any mishap attack the
building the people would condemn in I'M
measured terms, and not without reason,
the carelessness which permitted such
valuable records to run so great a risk.
There is no chance in their favor; if fire
ever gets hold they are certain of destruc-
ton.
The best plan, probably, would be to
build brick vault either under the build
ing, or if there is not room there, con.
sistently with the courtroom design, to
build it outside near the south window of
the surveyors Office, and lead to it by a
stairway from the upper floor.
Based on the brick vault could be placed
two rooms, one as an adjunct to the treas
urer's Office, and the one above it to the
surveyors. Both of these officials are
badly cramped for room, and the addi-
tional cost would be very light. Whether
that is done or not, however, there should
be no hesitation about securing the records
in the surveyors Office.
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THE STATE PRESS.

The Aberdeen Buusffn has evidence positive
that the Northern Pacific Railroad Company In
tends to Immediately use the grade on the north
side OF the river and extend their line right into
the city proper.
MarysviIle Leader: "with this number Of thi
Leader ceases publication at Marysville anu
under its present name. half interest mas
been sold to w. III. Kennedy, and the plant VIII
be removed to Snohomish, where we shall oegin
publication of Sunday paper, complete an
nouncement OF which will shortly be made"
Eima Chronicle: "The editor was favored
with an air played for his special benefit By the
EIma cornet band last Tuesday on the lair
grounds. The boys not only know how 70 make
frst-class music, but also have the happy
faculty of endsaring themselves to all with
whom they come In contact. As an organiza-
tion or individually as citizens, Elma Is proud
of her band"
Port Townsend Leader: "0kIahoma IL very
ambitious for q 2-year-old. Already that Lively
little territory Il aspiring TO statehood. Both
political parties are contesting for supremacy,
with the cowboys on one side and the negroes
on the other. But as the cowboys are expert
bulldozers the probabilities point to their sue
cess at the polls, and Democratic triumph
snohomish Sun: "The plan OF purchasing
school books and equipments with public money
for free supply to school children 10 objection
able in theory but has been found to work well
practically In cities that have tried it. The
manipulation OF school boards and teachers by
publishers and booksellers to secure frequent
changes and needless multiplication OF costly
books is q perpetual scandal, for which there
seems no effective cure"
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Mr.. Gladstone. in the current number of
the Nineteenth Century, figures out victory
as morally snre for Home Rule at the
next general parliamentary election. De-
Quoting the bye-elections IN Ireland, and
nine in Great Britain, which have occurred
In places where there has been q second
opportunity of declaring the sense of the
voters, there remain eighty-nine from
which public opinion may be fairly
gagged. At the general election of 1886
these eighty-nine constituencies returned
sixty-two members for the government
and twenty-seven for the opposition. They
now return for the government forty-four;
for the opposition, forty-fve. With this
data Mr.. Gladstone figures out the Liberal
majority at the very lowest at forty-seven.
If the aggregate superiority at the polls,
as compared with the vote of 1886, is con-
sidered, Mr.. Gladstone makes the Liberal
majority ninety-seven. He expresses the
opinion that it will be more. If the Irish
Home Rule vote in Parliament is added
the Liberal majority may, he thinks, reach
l6O.
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Tn. oregon Chinese Murders.

WAsHSsToN CITY, Oct. 1.-The attention OF
Mr.. Ho, Of the Chinese legation, has been called
to the dispatch from San Francisco relating to
the statement of Mcmillan, which, 1t is said,
throws light on the murder of thirty-four Chi
nese miners In Oregon four years ago. He said
the legation here had not received any notice OF
the statement. If Vice-Consul Bee, of San
Francisco, received the statement, as reported,
he would make thorough investigation of the
matter aud report its results to the legation
at this city. If 1t throws any light on the trag-
edy the minister will bring 1t to the attention of
the state department, and ask for the punish
ment OF the perpetrators of the outrages and
compensation for losses suffered. When the
tragedy occurred four years ago, said Mr.. Ho,
the minister called the attention of the United
states government to the matter and asked for
the punishment of the murderers, but nothing
was done, a. the state officers TO whom the re-
quest was referred were unable to discover
them
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unequal and unreasonable, the president
has the power to suspend by proclamation
the proviso relating to free introduction OF
such articles, sugar, molasses, tea, coffee,
hides, etc., against such countries impos-
ing these duties and exactions, and the
original duties shall be imposed.
A Democratic tariff for revenue would
withdraw the protection we now give our
competing products, like wool, steel rails,
ETC., and tax the great non-competing pro-
ducts that are now upon the free list, like
sugar, tea, coffee, etc. Under the McKln-
ley tariff the Ohio farmer can buy p
pounds of sugar for a dollar this year,
while last year the Is pounds cost exactly
81. The Mills bill, passed by Demo
cratic House of Representatives and killed
by the Republican Senate, kept the price
of the % pounds at 81, and it was McKin-
ley that reduced the Is pounds to 81. Does
any sane Democrat suppose that the farm
ers, laborers and wage-earners of the North
will ever again submit to revenue tariff
that takes sugar from the free list, and
while taxing sugar puts wool on the free
list2
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he furtherano. Of Russian intrigue in

the furtherance Of Russian intrigue In
Asia.
The correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from Shanghai, on July
2, 1881. says: Russian political agents
have been steadily but secretly at work,
for some time, throughout the entire PEN
insula, gradually preparing the people for
the rule of the czar;" and .sCorea will pass
from the list of the kingdoms of Asia and
viii become province of the mighty Rus
sian Empire"
This treaty with Corea was signed pre-
cipitateIy against the earnest warning OF
Gen. Grant, and since that time Corea has
been the most difficult problem in our
relations with China, for TO China it meant
the shadow of impending Russian ABSORB
ton of Corea moving under the inspira-
ton and authority Of the United States.
Gen. Grant, who possessed brain of vast
capacity for the comprehension of grand
commercial foreign policy on part of the
United States, always protested against
the folly of rude diplomatic treatment of
China.
The friendship of China and the secur-
ing of the China trade he saw was in
dispensable for the maintenance of that
commercial supremacy so necessary to our
Pacific coast. He believed that the
surplus population of China could be
guided to the vast islands and continents
of the Pacific where their union with
native races would have improved them
both physically and industrially as has
been the case on the Sandwich Islands,
where the 1900 Chinese represent the
best laborers both in agricul-
tural and mechanical cmployments
that the islands afford. In the
islands, of Pacific Gen. Grant believed
the surplus Chinese population would
ultimately find the opportunity that our
own races have found in America and
Australasia. If Grants wise counsels in
1882 had prevailed, there would have been
no such apple of discord thrown into our
relations with China as is found today in
Corea; there would have been no hauling
down of the American flag from our great
commercial houses in the East. Gen.
Grant sympathized with the contempt felt
and expressed for our government
by Ii Hung Chang when, express
ing desire to send some Chinese
lads to Annapolis and West Point, he was
told that while the doors to these acade-
mics might open to Japanese and
coffee-colored cadets from South America,
they were closed to Cinnamon.
The time is not far distant when the
people of the Pacific coast of commercial
brains and foresight will deplore as heart
lily as does Mr.. Young the folly of our gov
eminent in squaring its Chinese foreign
policy in line with the petty demagogue
inteliects of Senator Mitchell and Gov
ernor Pennoyer rather than with the far
seeing wisdom of our greatest practical
statesman. Gen. Grant.
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The charter is too strict in some Of its
limitations. Engineers in the fire depart
ment can be quite capable many years
after IS, the present limit. Again, a seven
years service as practicing attorney, in
order to qualify as corporation counsel, is
too long. Judge Jacobs says that neither
he nor any other man in active practice
can afford to devote his whole time, an ex-
pensive library and necessary clerk to
the city's service for 5000 year. If a
lawyer cannot make more than 5000
year after seven years practice before the
supreme court, the city is better off with
out his services. Three or four years is
long enough in which to determine q
lawyers capacity.
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WHAT CURED You !?

i.r. B. P. McAllister, Of Harrisbu,-
Ky, writes: "Havirg been a terr,as.
sufferer from catarrh, and being po-
sound and well, the question often ~.
to me is, "What cured youi" In ansxw, !.
this often put question feel it my d,,t,
to state that swifrs Specific tsss,s
tho medicine. ] am such a true beliavs.
in the efficacy Of Swift's Speciacfs sa
that I can honestly and conscientious,
recommend it to any one suffering fror
catarrh. Have recommended a !.
many, and am happy to say that tbo..
whom have induced to use IL can h..
me out In this statement. also belis,.
that It win cure any case Of catarrA 4
taken according to directions.D
Book on Blood and Skin Diseases ys.a
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. atlanta. q,
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The policy of buying from local mer-
chants for the city's needs is decidedly a
wise one. 1t took thorough Democrat
like DR.. Sweeney to see the advantage of
free trade by going to foreign market
and cutting off the traffic from those who
pay taxes, buy goods of us in turn, hire
our labor, contribute to local improve
ments and put up fine buildings. We
offer subsidies to manufacturers to come
here and then send abroad for wares made
by them. The logic of this policy fol-
lowed to its ultimate is that we would buy
cheaper today and in short time would
have no money to buy anything with, for
the city would be killed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-02

The British military and naval author
tiles find in the recent rapid transit of the
mails from japan to London in 20 days
via the Canadian Pacific the suggestion of
new idea concerning the transportation
Of troops to the East Indies in the event of
war with any European or Asiatic power
which might menace the British possess
sions in Asia, or in the event of any OBJ
struction to transportation between Eng
land and India by way OF the Suez canal
and the Red sea. 1t has recently been an
nounced that British regiment now sta
toned in India is to be transported from
Calcutta to Yokohama, and thence to Van
couver, Quebec and Liverpool.
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It is not just to the fire department to
revive the erroneous accusation as to the
killing Of horse on Madison street. It
was clearly shown that the accident was
due to defective brake. A mad race TO
fire Is made at the risk of the drivers own
life, and if he is not judicious he is at
least plucky. The fault in the depart
ment does not lie in want of courage or of
pride in their work by the men. 1t is in
the absence of business capacity; the fail
ure to realize that in times of stringency
unpleasant economies must be practiced.
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DEFENSE OF MADAME BLAyArsKY.
SAN Francisco. Sent o. 100,

SAN Francisco, Sept "a, 1891
10 THE EDITOR: In your issue of September
IS lSsl, appears an editorial headed "Fool or
TOOL, In which you deem it of sufficient i'm.
portance to express your views upon the life
ana character OF the late Nine. II. P. Blayatsky.
hsnomit that II this matter is worthy of COM
ment in your columns that, in s,nple iustice.
you should print the opinion and statements of
number OF persons who are rated in their own
country as honest, intelligent and competent.
ana who are in possession of facts which appear
70 refute your editorial statements. and here
with oner the following declaration, the original
OF Hhieh have In my possession, and respect
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby warned not to pay
any money to parties representing to be
agents of the Seattle PosT-IsTELLIsEscER,
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the Posr-
IETELIIeKEcER, viz: ]. A. Mcclellan, L.
c. Branson, T. A Davies, J. H. Willett
and T. d. Curtis. This does not apply to
resident agents Of this paper, who are
located In various cities and towns of the
Northwest, nor to postmasters, who are In
all cases authorized to take subscriptions
for the Daily, Sunday and Weekly POST
lsrELLIGENcER
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July request, on behalf OF the Theosophists OF
the Pacific coast, that you give it place in Jour
DECLARATION.

papers
DECLARATION.
We. the undersigned members of the Theo--
honor ana reputation, hereby declare:
That We have fully investigated all the accu-
sstions and attacks which have been made
agaIrst the personal character and BONA fdes OF
ii. r. BlayatsEy. and have found them In the
vast majority OF cases to be utterly false and In
the few remaining instances the grossest possl-
Die distortions OF the simple facts.
Alter long and intimate acquaintance with
d. r. biayatsky we have invariably found her
laboring Tor the benefit and instruction OF the
ineosopnicai Society and others, and not for
herself.
From all of which considerations It logically
follows that no past or future accusation can
possibly shake our confidence in III. X Biavats-
kys personal character and bona fdes as
teacher; and we do not intend In the future 70
waste our time in useless refutations, or allow
ourselves to be distracted from our work further
tnan 70 repeat our present statement
signed: Annie Besart; G. Carter Blake, Doc.
SCI; Herbert Burrows, FIT. g.: Laura ID.
cooper, r. 7. g.; Archibald Keightley. ID. D.,
tcantab); g. 4. s. Mead, B. A. (eantab.), secre-
tary European section T. S.: Waiter K. Olds, sec
retary British section T. s.; Constance, Countess
Machtmeister. r. T. s.; w. Wynn Westcott, u.
b., London: Isabel Cooper-Oakley, +. T. s.
The communication is dated London, England,
May 10, 1891 Yours truly.
ALLEN GRrFYTrHs,
secretary Golden Gate Lodge OF the Theosophical
Society, San Francisco, Cal.
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SEATTLE NOT WELL Advertised.
MIsxEAroLrs, Sept 2s1ss1,.

MINNEAPoLrs, Sept 261891,.
To THE EDITOR: Being an old resident OF
Seattle, and interested in Its welfare, would
take the liberty OF asking you question. at
tended the exposition in Minneapolis, and saw
some very large scenes OF Tacoma and Mount
Rainier painted on canvas about 12xl6 feet; also
large views of Portland and Spokane, but not
one thing about Seattle. I had lot of sdver-
Using matter about Seattle, so laid 1t on
table and put q card stake One" on it, and it
was taken rapidly. What's the matter with
Seattle? J. PAUL JONES
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Railroad Accident in Ohio.

DAYTON, o., Oct La "Big Four" working
train backed into hand car at Carrolton
station, six miles south OF here, this evening
Conductor Samuel Morris was instantly
killed and seven men with him In the
caboose were injured, several of them
seriously. The section men were trying
to get out OF the way when the caboose struck
the car. The caboose was appended, and the
gravel of the train rushed into it, with dis
astrous results The section men escaped
These persons were injured: Frank J. Beshee-
mer, Terry Mccormick. John Flanagan. James
Frazer, William White, John O'Neil and
Michael Fender
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TIE PHILOSOPHERS.

High old Theosopher,
William @. Judge,
Spook priest philosopher,
Prophet of Fudge,
Welcome among US,
Blavatskian man;
Chin US and tongue N
As hard as you can.
III that is your aim
Never well grumbie3
Maybe we'll tumble
At last to the game.
o, Gulielmus
@. Judex, begin
Pray overwheim us,
Like beetles In gin,
With bosh from within
A deluge that few can
Escape, though, as you can
Aboard Of your chin.
Billows of bsbble
On oceans OF stun.
Coolies OF gable
And eedles or gut
Worthy of Sludge--
That Is the mystical,
Theosophisticai,
Doctrine expounded by William Q. Judge.
epooker-in- Chief In the Temple OF Fudge.
--Aasbrose Btsrce
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IN DEFENSE OF MIR. WALSH.

SEATTLE, Oct 1, 1891
To THE EDITOR: On last Friday you in your
paper published an article concerning Mr.. c. J.
Walsh, reputable attorney, In which 1t was
stated he did certain acts in connection with
me. wish TO state as q matter OF justice to that
gentleman that the statement in your paper is
false in every particular; that have been mis-
quoted by some one. have known Mr.. Walsh
for several years and can safely say that he has
not TO my knowledge ever been guilty Of an I'M
lawful act N. LOUISE CHARBxRT.
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It was proposed in the city council on
Wednesday night that joint convention
be held to elect ianitor. Could anything
be more absurdf The legislative body has
no business to NEEDLE with the matter
beyond fixing the salary. The Office of
janitor is an appanage of the department
of public works. subdivision of public
buildiuos
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Delegate G. B. Kittinger is entitled to
credit for the amendment to the charter
by which the police and FIRE commissions
are proposed to be consolidated with the
board of public works. It is one of the
most sensible suggestions SO far brought
before the committee.
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Alderman Sweeney is q most conscien.
tious man, but he is very hasty at times.
and his rash conclusions jeopardize his
reputation for good judgment. The NUM-
cipal judge is an elective officer, and is
only appointed by the governor in case of
a vacancy occurring between election
times