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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-08
Professor Alexander.

A superior phrenologist and the only platform
speaker who ever held an audience in Cheyenne
Cheyenne Sun.
Never before in the history OF Ogden has there
been lecturer that could get such large audi
ences as Professor Alexander has drawn each
night at the Tabernacle.
His marvellous success can only be traced to
one source-his remarkable ability as speaker
and the intrinsic value OF the subject matter so
eloquently. truthfully and hu:norously handled
by him. His efforts have been appreciated and
all regret his going so soon.-Ogden Standard.
Professor Alexander, who has been lecturing
upon and practicing phrenology for the past
three weeks, leaves today. His Office has been
crowded every day since he commenced. The
professor has proven himself q gentleman and
q proficient in his science since his arrival
among US, and we cordially recommend him to
those who may meet him in other places
Fremont, Neb., Tribune
We defy any dollar show TO interest an audi
ence better than Professor Alexander. His
lectures are certainly deserving of the wonder
full patronage they are receiving.-Beatrice En-
press.
Professor Alexander Is the first lecturer that
has ever made success in Leadville. Good,
sound common sense won the esteem OF our
citizens, and his wonderful delineation of
character has raised phrenology in the estima
ton of many.-LoddUiile Herald Democrat.
Opens with free lecture at Chisholm's hail.
Tuesday June 9.
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A TRADE WHICH NEVER STRIKES.
Master and Journeyman Plumbers Meet
and Settle Disputes AmicabIy.


and Settle Disputes AmicabIy.
There are but few labor organizations
which pursue the policy adopted by the
Plumbers and Gasiitters' Union of Seat
tie. Once each month the bosses and
Journeymen come together in a general
meeting, talk matters over, and if a dis
pute OF any kind has arisen with anv boss
in the meantime, it is settled at lat meet
ing. The union1nclu6es every man who
works at the trade in the city, and neither
bosses nor men have many grievances
owing to this method of interchanginc
ideas, and the casual observer would have
TO investigate to discover that the plumbers
have union in the city.
The union Is attached to the Interna-
tional Union of Plumbers and Gastitters,
which is controlled by general executive
board Then each section of the country
North, East, South and Vests pro-
vided with section executive board, and
in each state is vice president. All CUES
tons IN dispute are first handled by the
local union. but IN case no understanding
can be reached it refers the matter TO the
vice president IN the state; from him, in
case he cannot settle it, it goes 10 the sec
ton executive board representing the sec
ton in which the state il included and
from there finally to the general executive
board. In TINS way great many diff
culties are settled without resorting TO a
strike, as II takes time and gives an oppor.
tnnity for consultation ana consideration
whereas an attempt ut immediate settle
ment might lead TO serious trouble.
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Personal

Colonel George W. Balm, the eminent temper
ance orator of Kentucky, will speak at the
Armory next Sunday afternoon and evening.
His subjects are -3 p. m, "Safe Side of
Life for Young Men; s p. m.-"Drink, the
Enemy of Labor and Business
Mr.. W. D. Campbell general agent at Spokane
OF the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, is in
the city.
Mrs c. Peyser, OF San Francisco, is at the Sno-
qualmie visiting her son, George Peyser.
Mrs. J. r. Radcliffe and daughter, of sacra-
mento, are at the Snoquaimie.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Camden, of Boise, Idaho,
are at the Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Newell, of Port Gamble,
are at the Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ Moffitt, of Fairhaven, are at
the Arlington
Mrs. o. c. White, OF Olympia, Is at the Airing
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SHOT BY A COMRADE.
A Franklin Guard Fatally
Wounded by Accident.
PLAYING WITH THEIR PISTOLS.
Charles Todd Accidentally Shoots Frank
Ashton = The wounded Man
Brought to the City.

Frank Ashton, one of the Sullivan
guards at Franklin, was accidentally shot
by Charles Todd, another guard. about 3
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The wound
is serious one, and may result fatally,
though the physicians in attendance have
good hopes of their patients recovery.
Todd and Ashton were both standing on
the platform at the entrance to the store
at Franklin, and began discussing the best
way of carrying pistol. Todd said he
had patent way of doing il. and pulled
out his Colts revolver to show Ashton,
holding il towards the latter at half-cock,
with his finger on the trigger. Ashton
took hold of the barrel and pulled it to-
wards him, saying to Todd:
'Let me show you how / carry it.
The act of pulling the gun toward him
caused Todd TO invoIuntarily pull the
trigger and the revolver was discharged
within foot of Ashton's abdomen. The
bullet entered Ashton's abdomen near the
umbilicus, passed through the abdominal
cavity and came out through the left hip
bone, lodging on the band of the trousers.
Ashton exclaimed:
Todd, you have shot me, but it was my
fault
Todd Immediately helped the wounded
man into the store. and he was taken into
the warehouse in the rear, where DR.. Rob-
erts, the mine physician, attended him. A
telegram was sent to Superintendent
Corey, who left on the evening train, TAX
ing with him DR.. Thomas B. Mohun. DIR.
Mohun found that an operation would be
necessary and, as the facilities were lack
ing at Franklin, he recommended that
Ashton be brought TO this city and taken
to Providence hospital. Accordingly
special train was sent down, bearing the
wounded man, accompanied by DR.. Mo-
hun, Todd, Captain Foley, of the guards;
Mike Evans, the storekeeper, and Rev. III.
G. Rice, the colored minister of Franklin.
The train arrived shortly after 10 O'Clock
and was met by DR.. +. w. Harrell at the
depot. Ashton was Immediately removed
to the hospital, where the operation was
performed.
The account of the shooting given is that
of Todd, and is confirmed by other wit
nesses. Ashton was too weak to talk
much, but said that the shooting was acct
dental. The men were good friends, and
Todd is anxiously awaiting the result of
the affair.
Ashton is 80 years old, and has been on
duty at Franklin since the arrival of the
negroes. He has wife at Tacoma, to
whom information of the accident has
been telegraphed, and she will be here this
morning.
Ashton's intestines were found to have
been penetrated five times by the bullet,
and the physicians have no hope that he
will recover from the wound. He bore
the operation well, however, and no
opinion can be formed as to how long he
will hold out
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THE WASTE OF WATER.
Enormous Quantities Lost in the Cour,
of n Month.


The question of the water rate in the
city has been raised recently on the state
ment made that the average consumption
OF water by family is 1900 gallons a
month, and that therefore the charge is
higher than it should be. The amount
wasted is not taken into calculation. vet
that must be reckoned, as il
costs as much to pump a gallon
OF water that is wasted as a GAL
lon that is used. This perpetual cost is
one OF the factors that has been calculated
rs oflsetting the greater original OUTLAY for
the gravity system, which would be free
from cost of operation.
The water which lis supplied to the in
habitants of Seattle for all their multitud-
ious purposes, and (which is so plentiful
that II would seem &c be cheap, is pumped
from Lake Washington under greater diff
culties than almost. any other city in the
United States. FROM the base of the sue
ton pipe to the Soul Seattle reservoir. a
height of $40 feet has 70 be overcome. and
from the Broadway humping station 10
the Minor tank another fifty feet. making
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Secession OF Hold Carriers.

The Hold Carriers Union has withdrawn
from the international body to which it
has been attached, IN consequence of the
action of the international in ordering the
reinstatement of Con Lynch and the other
members who were expelled last fall The
members claim that the international
passed judgment on hearing Lynch's side
of the case, and then notified him of the
action long before notifying the union.
They look upon this action as being due to
the personal acquaintance between Lynch
and the president of the international. and
maintain that it is making the union
secondary consideration to the individual.
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superintendent, DookAeepere, etc......$ .el22
This water is furnished to the consumers
on the Broadway system at an expense of
100 cents per 1000, 600 gallons more than
those on the low service SYSTEM
Consumers who are dependent upon the
Broadway pumps occupy very consider
able territory. Most of the mains east of
Third street, from Columbia to Depot
street, all of the Lake Union district. all
of the Lake Washington district. and all
east of Fourteenth street, with the excep-
ton of some radiations of the thirty-inch
main, are supplied by the high-seryice
system.
Deducting the cost of fuel on hand Nav
1, the total cost of salaries, labor, repairs.
meters, tools, rent, sundry expenses and
material, would be $500, which would be
equal to 4.75 censt per 1000 gallons actual
cost. The amount of money received per l.
600 gallons was $.095S. The average family
consumes from 5000 to 1000 gallons a
month, which was pumped for 10 cents-of
course, taking no account of original cost
of mains, pipes, interest, etc. the amount
received per family would be approxim-
ately 1.l5 per month. The estimate is
based upon the average per capita of uti-
liable water, and does not take into ac-
count the loss by leakage and the enormous
loss by unavoidable and by reckless waste,
every gallon of which has to bear pro-
portion of the entire cost of supply.
The amount of water pumped as re-
ported by the chief engineer would exceed
100000 gallons a day or 120,00O000 gal
Ions per month. Perhaps comparative IL
lustration would convey better idea of
this volume of water than mere round
figures. 1t would take two-inch pipe of
45, pa miles in length to contain it, and
were this to be placed vertically the pres
sure would be nearly 100000 pounds per
square inch. The weight of the water
would be 100000 tons.
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POSTING UP THE CONTRACT.
Incidents of the franklin Trouble
Newcastle Engineer Reported Beaten.

Incidents of the franklin Trouble -
Newcastle Engineer Reported Beaten.
The contract offered to the white miners
has been posted up at Franklin and has
been received by them with indifference.
Captain Foley, of the guards, and another
guard went to McNulty's saloon on the
fats, which is frequented chiefly by white
miners, on Saturday and asked permission
OF the proprietor to post up a copy of it,
about thirty-five miners being present.
The proprietor asked to see it, but was
alarmed at its length and granted permits
sion without reading it. The document
was then tackled up so securely
that it could not be torn down
very easily. The bill posters stepped up
to the bar and called for drinks. The
saloon-keeper remarked that they were the
driest bill-posters he ever saw. Captain
Foley took the hint, and called up all
present to join him. The miners formed
in line and took a social glass with him
during a temporary armistice. Thus an
unpleasant piece of work was ACCOMPLISHED
without an unpleasant word.
The white miners have nearly all moved
from the upper part of the town, which is
mostly within the dead line, to the fat,
and the vacated houses have been occunjed
by the colored people.
w. G. Hubbard, who has been on guard
at Newcastle, says that one of the en-.
gineers at that place, named Anderson,
was brutally beaten several days ago by
seven miners. He was taking an evening
stroll in the woods about mile from the
mine, and was met by the miners. After
short conversation they separated, but
Anderson had no sooner turned his back
than he was attacked, knocked down.
beaten. kicked about the head, and when
he cried for help. choked also. Hubbard
says that he was laid up for several DAYS
by his injuries
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sHrpwErGHrs ON STRIKE.


Non-Uufon Men Bsrred-Compromise nc
Port Bfakeiey.
The shipwrights' Union has called its
men out OF the Puget Sound IL Alaska
Steamship Company's shop because the
company refused to discharge the nom
union men. The company employed
from six to eight men, four of whom
were union men. The union men claim
they gained reduction in hours without
any reduction in pay; that those nom
union men have been benefited equally
with themselves without having made
any effort to aid them in enforcing the de-
mand, and that now they refuse to join
the union, and are, therefore, unworthy OF
the association of union men.
A strenuous effort was made to have the
men in Hall Bros ship yard at Fort
Blakeley stand out for nine hours on the
1st of June, but without avail. The men
posted notices to the effect that they would
strike unless the nine-hour day was
adopted, but compromise was finally
made by which il is to be adopted Septem-
Der 8. The union men look on this as
amounting 10 nothing, as they say that
when the time comes there will be but
little work in the yard, and the men who
insist on the enforcement of the agreement
will be given chance to find employment
elsewhere
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A Veteran Petty Larcenist.

John H. Lee, an old, gray-haired man.
was arrested by Officer II. D. Purdy last
night upon charge of stealing valise
from a ledger at the Chicago house, on
Commercial street. Lee only arrived in
Seattle an hour before his arrest from
Tacoma. For two years previous to last
June, Lee lived in Seattle and spent most
of his time in jail. being kleptomaniac
During June he escaped from the chain
gang with yet seventeen days to serve, and
until last night never was seen in the city.
During the year he has been away he has
lived almost continuously in the city Jail
at Tacoma.
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NOTES FROM THE TRADES.

The members of the Cooks and Waters Union
feel elated over en- amicable understanding
which has been reached with the manager of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, whereby ex-
clusively union men are to be employed on the
Queen and other steamers running between here
and Alaska.
The Cigarmakers Union has nominated G. A.
Gasser and John Frinke as candidates for repre-
sentative to the meeting of the International
Union which will convene in Indianapolis on
the third Monday in September
Painters report work fair and all union men
working only eight hours.
'Longshore work is very dull just now and has
been for several weeks.
The tin, sheet-iron and cornice workers report
work very dull
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A CRISIS AT BLACK DIAMOND
Miners Ordered to Work or Ouit-Two
Days to Decide.

BLACK DIAMOND, June THE following
notice was posted at the mines today:
To the Miners and Laborers OF Black Dia
mond-GeatieRen: When you bring out your
tools and deliver them to the foreman. or 60 to
work, or put up notices that all can GO to work
who wish TO work. your money will be paid Won.
NJ. MORGAN, Superintendent.
The fan will be started tomorrow Mon
day. morning, June s, for the purpose of
giving the miners an opportunity to get
out their tools, and will run till Tuesday
night, June g. There are also l.JO0
tons of loose coal in Nos. Ia and
mines, which the company requires
TO be taken out and delivered in the
bunkers before any money will be paid.
The fan will be kept running day or two
longer, If required TO take the coal ont.
No. II pumps will be taken out this week
by order of the Black Diamond Coal Min
ing Company.
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RICHARD ROE RELEASED.
Captain Manning Placed No Charge
Against Him.

Captain Manning, police commissioner,
left town yesterday morning with a roll of
blankets on his back for the mines.
The man Richard Roe, whose several af-
tdayits created such a sensation at the
meeting of police commissioners Saturday
afternoon, was released from jail by Chief
Rogers yesterday. At the meeting of the
commissioners, and after Roe had given
bis testimony regarding the alleged in
ducements offered him by Commissioner
Manning TO periure himself, Mr.. Manning
said:
II want that man held"
" He is under arrest" replied Chief
Rogers.
As the commissioner has left town with
out saying what he intends TO do, the man
has been released from Jail.
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Officers of typographical Union.

The Seattle Typographical Union held
its semi-annual election of officers yester-
day, which resulted in the election of the
following: G.. A. Rice, president; A. III.
Britton, vice president; Walter T. Cush-
ing. financial secretary and treasurer; A.
II. Holcomb, corresponding and recording
secretary; III. NJ. Souder, sergeant-at-arms;
Ed Rowland and Horace Leach, member
ship committee; Robert Il. Crozier, Walter
A. Mcclure, o. X. Souder, o. d. Calf and
c. Segbers, executive committee; Walter
A. Mcclure, Walter 4. Cushing and w. G..
Armstrong, delegates to the Western Cen
trail Labor Union.
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THE woRKMEN's READIxc.Roou.
Central Union Provides n Place for
study and Mental Recreation.

study and Mental Recreation.
The Western Central Labor Unions
library and reading-room was opened YES
terday and was visited by a large number
of workingmen. The room has been fitted
mp in manner which reflects credit on
the union men of the city. The floor has
been newly covered with inoleun and the
walls with canvas, which, together with
the ceiling, has been artistically painted
and decorated, aud around the room ex.
tends neat picture mould. from which
will be suspended some hne pictures
which will be donated hy yari.
Gus persons who feel an interest in
the establishment of neat readinr.roou
for the workingmen of the city. A large.
convenient paper rack extends the full
length Of the hall: along one wall is a line
of tables for magazines, and in the further
end are two writing tables for the accom-
mediation of those who desire to go there
TO write. Most OF the papers and other
periodicals published in the state. and sew
eral of the leading Eastern publications
and labor papers. are already coming 10
the room, and q large number more are
expected. A number Of books have been
contributed BY outside persons and guam
Il. . : ~ 49, -.hss. In. n short
IsaiAe, SAMPLE. MADISON. Bals
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BREyITIES.

Two years ago today almost the entire bust
ness portion of Seattle was in ruins. The
twenty-page edition of the PosT-INTELLIGEScER
of June gives full account OF the rebuilding
of the city, and is a fine number to send to
friends in the East. Copies wrapped ready for
m ling may be obtained at the publication
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DEATH OF MARY DAMON.
Fatal End of the Long Illness of an
Only Daughter.

IT HEUI EHu Oh ENt I1OHS AAIHcss Oh du
Only Daughter.
The sad announcement is made of the
death of Mary, the only daughter of Rev.
John F. and Mary L. Damon, which took
place last evening at S o'clock. She was
only Is years of age, and for more than a
year has suffered from the ailment to
which she finally succumbed.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Mrs. Damon is a
member of the Order of the Eastern Star
and of the Daughters of Rebekkah, many
members of which will go to the assistance
of the sorrowing mother Mary Damon
was for long time pupil at the Central
school
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time this can, and no doubt VIII, De made
a very attractive and profitable resort for
intelligent workingmen.
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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS

Head9usrters-Grand Pacific Hotel-Tacoms-
Rates: 3. $50 and S. per day.
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Q. \. ]. Is purely vegetable and 90 pleasan,
> ssks i without difneulsy.
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In wreck on the 'Big Four" railroad sstur-
Gay afternoon, near Cincinnati, Engineer Rem.
nett, of Harrison was killed.
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M Trent street
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! 1 stetsSn q Posts, Utsaiady,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-14
MACHINE CONTEST.
4 Rigid Test Being Made as to General
Availability.

CHICAGO. October l2.-The type-setting
machine contest under the auspices OF the
American Publishers Association began
this morning. The machines III compet-
Kogers typograph, the Mcmillan typee-set-
ting machine, and the st. John typo-bar-
are undergoing rigid test as to thor en-
durance. speed, and availability Tor daily
eight hours a day, and careful watch Is
Kept Of the work of each, Copy, of every
DESCRIPTION that printer is called upon TO
set up-manuscript, reprint, and telegraph
"tllmsy Us being given 10 the machines
Their product Is carefully read by three
proof-readers. and the time taken for cor
Tection. repairs and stoppages Of all kinds
IS charg ed up against each machine ana
deducted from It's time. Letters ana teie-
,,rs,as ~ inonirv.from publishers IN every
6narfer OF the United States show the IN
forest manifested in the contest, when Is
tie first VI the kind ever held.
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