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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-31
BREvITIES.

Royal Arch Chapter tonight Mark and Past.
marriage license was issued yesterday to N.
C. Ballard and Minnie Eddy, both OF Seattle
AT the land ONCE yesterday there were sixteen
pre-emptions, sixteen homestead claims and
one final homestead.
Mra Lodemia Pratt, wife of Willard Pratt,
died of consumption yesterday at the family
residence, corner of Prince William and Ken
ney streets Deceased was So years OF age. Tho
funeral arrangements have not been made as
yet.
The remains of Richard Harms, the victim of
the double tragedy at O'Brien Monday night,
were buried yesterday in Calvary cemetery.
Mass was celebrated over the body by Father
seigel in the Church OF the Sacred Heart. and at
IL O'Clock the funeral started Tor the cemetery
on the train. The attendance was very large.
Rev. Z. W. Parker, D. D., who has for tn irty
five years been a missionary in India, will de-
liver a lecture tonight at Trinity N. Z. church,
corner of Mercer and Kentucky streets. The
subject of the lecture will be "Christian Move
ments in India" The speaker is eloquent and
the subject matter is of great interest to many.
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DOUBLED ITS CAPITAL STOCK.
Fire Clay Company Arranges for Large
Extension Of Business.


The Puget Sound Fire Clay Company yester-
day changed its mama to the Denny Clay Com
pany and doubled its capital stock. The fran
chise of the old company has been abandoned
and articles of incorporation Of the new one
were filed with the county auditor by A. A.
Denny, Mrs. Mary N. Miller, o. o. Denny,
George w. Hummer, Charles l. Denny, E. F.
Blaine and W. N. Calhoun. Its capital stock Is
$2oo,00o in 500 shares: its place Of busin ess is
Seattle, and its objects are mining coal, fir and
pottery clays, manufacturing brick and pipe out
of the same and to sell and barter all the pro-
ducts OF said manufacture.
The old company had fifty-four stockholders,
who few months ago sold their interest to A.
A. Denny, with the sxesption Of o. o. Denny.
Charles L Denny Mrs Mary N. Miller and W.
D. Calhoun, who retained their holdings The
enlargement Of the works, purchase of
new machinery and the need of more
working capital has rendered necessary
an increase of capital stock, hence the
new corporation, of which the stock is all
fully paid, Mr.. Blaine going in az attorney.
The trustees and officers are: A. A. Denny,
president; o. o. Denny, vice president: George
w. Hummer, secretary and manager; Mrs. Mary
N. Miller and C. l. Denny.
The new machinery recently bought in the
East is now all on the ground and In being rap
idly set up. Five kilns are built and two are
under construction. The two oldest kilns are
thirty feet in diameter, but the newer ones are
only twenty-five feet across. They can be used
for burning either sewer pipe or fire brick, and
the number will be increased a. business re-
quires. One kiln of brick il now being burnt
for use in construction. The factory has all the
work it can do, and together with the mine en-
ploys sixty five men, to whom additions will be
made az the extensions are completed. There
are on hand contracts for ten miles OF sewer
pipe for New whatcom and one mile for this
aitv
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FUNERAL OF MAJOR M'LKLLAN.

Rev. ID. c. Garrett to Preach Sermon
Remains Go to Los Angeles.
Today at IL O'Clock funeral services will be
held over the remains of the late Major Hayden
Mcclellan from the family residence, No So
Tenth street
The funeral sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. D. C. Garrett, rector of st. Marks church.
The pall-bearers have been selected as follows:
Fletcher Coulter, J. +. Trowbridge, John
Payne, W. E. Parker, Captain Holmes and
c. l. Webb. Upon the termination OF the
funeral ceremonies, the remains will be for
warded to Los Angeles for final interment in
the family burying ground.
Universal sympathy has been extended to the
bereaved, and Mrs. Mcclellan and her daughters
express tender appreciation for the great kind
ness shown them in their bereavement Friends
have We'd with each other in the extent and
beauty of the floral tributes. The casket con-
tanning the remains Ia a masa of lovely fioEers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-31
PARK COMMISSION VACANCY.
w. .. Relic Is Likely TO Be Appointed
In Otto Ranke's Place.

Now that the vacancies on the police commits
sion have been filed. the unsatsied Democratic
offjce.seekers are turning their longing eyes
toward the place on the park board made va
can't by Otto Rauke's absence from the city. 1t 10
generally conceded that Mayor j. 7. Ronald will
appoint q Democrat because the other four mem
her. of the board are Republicans The place
vss offered to +. A. Macdonald. of the Ninth
ward. but Mr. Macdonald declined. He quite
willing 10 60 TO Chicago a. = Democratic dele
gate from the state of Washington, and to that
u;tIe matter he is giving his spare time just no
with considerable success.
W. s Relfe the lawyer, lie next in succession,
and is considered sure of the appointment He
/, said to be in favor Of boulevard from the
water front across to Lake Union, along the edge
Of that body OF water and out 10 Lake Washing
TON. A year or two ago he and Mayor
Ronald, E +. Whittier aud 5. II. Piles
ALI occupied the same set Of Offices in the Colo
mai block. E. +. wittler has been appointed
noIiee commissioner and II W. s. Relic 10 made
nsrk commissioner, Mr.. Plies will be the only
one of the quartetts left in the ooscurity OF Pri
yste life
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T..,.. Aoore. George North, John Guthrie and
Po1ica arrested Tuesday night by Chief Of
were discharged by Judge River. v..ss.d. onn ~
feient WIS not SUI
I'm siyen plead guilty in Judge Rivers, conr,
49, s.ay 70 charge of petit larceny. ana Wa.
IN nneu sioo and twenty days in the county ,aiI
0n march % Myers entered the roora Of Nellie
r.,s' IN .ne American hotel, and stole a silver
cou soIse schultz, plumbers apprentice wa,
t.rnn IN Judge Rivers court yesterday at.
Pos =. Stealing hlty-seven copies Of the
osis.iNIsLLIGEScER, Wednesday morning. and
WIS nned $Jo and costs George Armstrone' Who
charged. ss' w. us
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JOHN cOkT MARRIED.
He and "Mrs. John Cort' Made Legally
One by Justice Rivers.

He and "Mrs. John Cort'' Made Legally
One by Justice Rivers.
On Tuesday night John Lindsey White, bet
Ter known in this city rs John Cort, was mar
ried by Justice Claudius N. Rivers to Mary
Louise Deverschsrs. commonly called Mrs.
Cort
This wedding is the sequel of quarrel which
during the months of last June and July was
the reigning sensation in the courts here. Both
OF the persons concerned have had checkered
and in one sense romantic lives Mary Louise
Deverschere began her matrimonial career in
1877 when, at the ripe age of 13,
she married Geneross Lapier, or Gen.
cross Napoleon, at Norfolk, Va After
month of welded bliss, she and Lapier parted
by mutual consent. She went on the variety
stage and in Chicago In 1888 met John Lindsey
White, whose stage name is John Cort The
year before he had married an actress, Mollis
Rice, from whom he had procured what he
supposed was q legal divorce. Finally on
October %, 1854, John Cort and Mary
Deverschere were married at Minneapolis by
Rev. F. T. Wheeler After that they lived to-
gether az man aud wife; and in the course of
their theatrical wanderings they came to Sc
attic In 1857. Here John Cort became fairly
well known, and at last opened the notorious
Standard theater. In lSss, having learned that
his divorce from Nollie Rice was illegal, he
procured Q second one at Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cort, Is they were known here,
did not live together in great felicity and in the
spring of 1891 the attentions paid by a Charles
Thorndyke TO the woman caused q violent quar-
rel On one evening Cort came home with some
friends, and finding Thorndyke in the house,
they stripped him, cut his clothes to pieces and
hcrsewhipped him.
On the evening of June s, 1891, Cort took his
supposed wife driving. and when they returned
their two children, John Edward White, a boy
OF 8, and Harry William Lindsey White, aged 2,
were missing, for Cort had thoughifully az
ranged to have his sister, Mrs Eagles, take
them to Portland. The matter was then brought
into the courts. Mrs. Cort applied for a man
damus to compel Cort to return the childr n
and Cort applied for q divorce, charging her
with adultery. After several days of hearings in
court, during which much unsavory testimony
was taken, the matter was compromised by
giving the custody of the children to Mrs.
Eagles, who lives near Renton. Tho question
whether Cort was legally married to Mrs. Cort
was not settled, but the court directed him to
pay her $40 q month for a year, at the end OF
which period the cass would come up again.
Cort has lately been living in Victoria, but ne
has spent the last week in Seattle. Neither he
nor Mrs. Cort could be found last night, but q
friend OF the woman said the marriage had been
performed for the sake of the children. This
friend further volunteered the information that
Cort had failed pay the $40 alimony.
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CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Delegates Must Not Necessarily Foil
Their Trades All the Time.


Their Trades All the Time.
The proposed amendment to the consti tuition
OF the Western Central Labc. Union, providing
that all delegates to the central should be bona
fide member of trade unions and actively en-
gagged at their trade, was the subject of warm
debate at the meeting Of that body last night
Mr.. Frinke condemned the proposition, and
declared that 1t was aimed at Abe Spring, as he
had not been actively engaged in carrying the
hod for some time, though representing the
union of that craft.
Mr.. Spring said he did not intend to remain
in the Central union anyhow after the business
in connection with the lecture was settled up,
and that If Mr.. Webster, the author of the
amendment, or any other member would offer a
resolution requesting him to withdraw and 1t
was supported by one-fourth of the delegates he
would withdraw at once. But he opposed the
amendment because it would exclude every
man who happened to be temporarily out of
employment or engaged st some other kind of
work than his regular trade
Mr.. Webster denied that the amendment was
aimed at Mr. Spring.
The amendment was voted down by a large
majority
Later on, when Mr. Webster declined to serve
on a committee, Mr.. Spring advised him to get
in and work instead OF lying back and kicking
at those who did.
long letter from the proprietor Of the Union
chop house was read, giving bis version Of the
difficulty with the White Cooks aud Waters
Union, and was referred to that union.
communication from the Portland FEEDER
ated Trades Council requested miners to re-
main away from the C9ur d'Alene mining dis
their employers.
The committee on organization reported
against the organization OF q machine wood
workers' union here. as il would conflict with
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sEArrLE INSURANCE co. srooK
Fred II. Peterson Resists Collection oil
An Assessment.


An interesting suit on trial yesterday in Judge
osborn's court was that of James K Elderkiu,
receiver Of the Seattle Insurance Company,
against Fred II. Peterson for the sum of $685.
e93 The plaintiffs are endeavoriug to estab-
ilsh the claim that Fred II. Peterson owes the
above amount as stockholder Of tho defunct
seattle Fire Insurance Company
The seattle Insurance Company was incorpor-
aled November %, 1855 with capital stock of
t-oo'Vn. During its existence the complainant
alleges 1t wrote business amounting to $l7,l4S,-
60 The company lost siS.6s5 IS in the Seattle
IRE OF June G, 1859; s2,22s.2S in the spokane
hre; $6,OT in the Ellensburg fire;
ana the other expenses brought up
mo liabilities TO S7s,03o66. Before
the losses were sustained Fred H. Peterson be-
came the owner of 800 2-I5 shares, and since he
mas been in active connection with the affairs of
we company. At the successive meetings OF
we board OIL directors assessments amounting to
~ per cent OF the stock were declared. But the
plaiutins claim that the defendant has paid only
Nos on account Then on March :, 1890, the
company was declared insolyent, and James X.
h'aerkin was appointed receiver The receiver
~ tnis is endeavoring 10 enforce from Fred II.
PETERSON the balance alleged to be due on his 500
letnaFes OF stock in the defunct company. The
ae'endant was on the stand most OF the day yes
e'aay, and the point which Is most Emphasized
claim that tho incorporation was illegal
sne case is being vigorously fought, and will
aeveiop some interesting technical potnts 1t
WI oe resumed this morning
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Large Orders for Washington Cedar.

The Sunset Telephone Company yesterday re-
ceived orders from General Superintendent
Lawrence, at San Francisco, to ship $4,000
worth OF Washington cedar poles for the tele
phone service in California 1t is expected that
three other orders will be received making q
consignment OF similar value in q few days.
The poles are obtained chiefly in the snoaual-
mic district
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PERSONAL.

". A. Brooks, the stsnographer, has gone to
Portland to take temporary position.
Professor W. W. Main, OF the Port Angeles
city schools, is visiting friends in this city.
Charles De France and Judge w. II. B:inker.
two iesdiug Democrats OF South Bend, are at
the Northern.
Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Cordray arrived in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Cordray is in the city sps-
ciaiiy to prepsre for the production OF "superoa
NV the Hsulon Brothers He is accompanied by
his brother, W F. Cordray, one OF the most
gifted mechanical artists in the United states.
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TO MEET MRS. HoUGHTON.
Gathering of Seattle Women at Cham,
ber of Commerce Today.

Gathering of Seattle Women at Cham
Der of Commerce Today.
Alta o'clock this afternoon IN the Chamber of
Commerce, Mrs Alice Houghton, of Spokane,
who 10 in charge OF the Washington women's
work for the Worlds fair, will meet the women
OF this city. All in Seattle whether connected
or not with the various clubs, are cordially in
vited to be present Mrs Samuel c. Slaughter,
of Ia ma, the art director for this state, will
also be at the meeting
This evening at the Rainier hotel an informal
reception viii be given 70 Mrs Houghton and
Ms. Slaughter. Ali interested in the Worlds
fair work. and especially all artists, are ex-
pected to be present
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NEW POLICE OFFICERS,
Chief jackson Completes the List o,
Appointees.

With only one exception the prediction OF the
PosTINTELLIGENcER as to the changes In the
officers of the police department has been veri-
fed. Last night Chief Jackson made out his
new list, although there will probably he some
more changes in the minor Offices. Inspector
willard retains his position and will be one of
the three captains. G. W. Hoge succeeded Cap
tain John L. Barck and Lieutenant F. A. Sims
is promoted to the third captsincy. The three
lieutenants will be G. A Thorn, first: Nick
Hanna, second; John HUFF, third. The only
change 10 as to Hanna, who takes the place
originally intended for Roberts
Captain Pser and Lieutenants G. Templeton
and P. Sullivan are to be reduced to the ranks
The new order of things goes into effect on
April at 4 O'clock
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A MONTANA DEMOCRAT.
Regards the Failure of the Free Silve
Bill as Almost . Calamity.

J. c. Robinson, of Deer Lodge, is at the
Northern hotel on his way home from Southern
Cai..ornia, where he has been spending the
winter. He is one of the wellknown lawyers
In Moutsna, having practiced there nnce 1860
Twics he has been q member Of constitutional
conventions there, and twice he has teon
elected to the legislature.
Mr.. Robinson, who is himself interested in
some mines now shut down on account of the
low price of silver bullion, regards the failure
OF the free silver coinage bill to PASS congress
as little short of calamity for Montana and
the other silver producing states. '.silver
bullion has fallen so low now" said he, shat
mAay mines in Montana are barely paying op-
Grating expenses. ! believe the failure of the
free coinage bill will result In still lower prices
which will make necessary the closing of a
large number of the Montana mines"
Mr.. Robinson has always bee identified with
the Democrats OF Montana. "We have always
been favorably disposed toward Cleveland" he
declared, "but Mr.. Cleveland's fiat and some
what unnecessary letter against free silver has
lost him many friends, not only in our state
but throughout the West"
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MAY PRODUCE SUGAR BEET.
Experiments With the Industry to b,
Mado-An Impending Rush.

Wesley Wilson, manager OF the Seattle Coal
and Iron Company, who has just returned from
the East, says he found general improvement
in business. although the coal trade remains
dull in all sections. He said, however:
The farmers are all prosperous and paying off
their mortgages rapidly. In the Dakotas they
have every indication OF another good crop, and
their discomfort IL dying under the influence of
good times.
There is every sign Of q rush OF immigration
to the West after the Worlds fair. I met some
gentlemen who are interested in beet Sugar, and
when told them how suitable the Puget sound
climate is for growing the sugar beet, they
promised to send me some seed for distribution
among the farmers for experimental sowing
One OF them is coming out here this year to look
into the matter. and the result may be the estab-
hshment OF q valuable new industry.
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Inc nrst calendar suit that has been tried for
~ .o%e time In the superior court was ventilated
- 'uuse humes' court Yesterday. Henry Little
$50. n oi the opinion that john R Dixon had
treaty wounded his honor on sen,emher q.
sesi, on the Seattle & Montana road. pasr the
n =. bridge, by saying TO him "You stole
mineral, you d thief; you have been
~" my mineral. aud can prove it, and l
49,, prove II, too" The plaintiff attempted to
.s oN mat the defendant not only made the
amse, but uttered it boldly in the presence of
~. NJ. Little asked 1900 damages, bu,
ee Jury found for pi,on
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A Divorce for Drunkenness.

=, "a July 70. 1856, Annie McInnes was married
Iaomas Martin in the city of Seattle. Mrs
sAs.s IS now DESTROYS OF securing q divorce.
a,raSsges that the defendant is an habituai
M. that he wss such before she married
.A.,I $50 that be has been such ever since His
ID, ~. became so unhearahle that In September,
ae p'ainun lief, his house and went back
h. pa'eats, where she has resided ever since
n,,,,ns Tor her freedom from the bonds Of
49, any for the further reason that her hus-
aAs never contributed To her snnnnrt
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the Miilmen's Union. The report also stated
that tho butchers and meat cutters OF the city
were about to organize a union. and tina; the
cooks OF Seattle and Tacoma were arranging to
form union of their own, attached to the in
transitional union Of that trade. The report was
concurred in
The chairman and secretary Of each Of the
standing committees were instructed to visit
the Working Girls Association, in Ranke's hall,
next Sunday. and encourage them in their work
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THE REST IN THE WORLD.

Senator Henry C. Nelson, of New York, writes:
son the nth of February, ISIS, ! was taken
with a violent pain in the region OF the kidneys
I suffered such agony that could hardly stand
nm As soon as possible iapplled two Aitcook
Porous PLAsrERs, one over each kidney, ana
laid Down In an hour. to my surprise and de-
iigh, the main had vanished, ana was well.
wore the plaste.s Tor day or two as preeau-
ton. and then removed them. ! have been
vn,'1x tor the last ten years, and have always
tanni them the quickest and beat external resa-
~ Tor colds strains and rheumatic affections
from my experience, believe they are ihe oest
n nsters In the world"
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MCCLURE Is THE DELKGArE.
Printers Have Spirited Election 10
National Convention.

National Convention.
The election held by the Seattle Typographi-
cal Union yesterday afternoon for the choice OF
. delegate 70 the next meeting of the Intsrna-
ton union Of the craft was very spirited. and
resulted in the election of Walter A. Mcclure
over Gordon A. Rice by q vote of 81 to So The
question as TO whether a change was desirable
in the present form Of the organization OF the
trade was carried in the Affirmative by about
three TO one
NJ. E A. McKechnie, ]. G. Webster and c.
Russell acted a. judges and the election was
conducted the same as public election, the
polls remaining open in the Western Central
Labor Union hall from 10 o'clock in the forenoon
until O'Clock in the evening. The caucusing
and heeling resorted to by some OF the members
would do credit to many political wire workers.
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HOSE WAGON COMES TO GRIEF
Two Firemen Painfully Injured, and
Team Runs Away.

While answering false alarm from box No.
Is Yesterday morning about 5 O'Clock, hose
wagon No ? was overturned at the corner OF
second and Union streets, and Leutenant J. l.
N.l.on and sub Driver w. @. jenkins were
severely injured
The run from the house on Pine strees Gown
Third "a Union was made safely, but when
D,jxsr Nelson swung the horses from Union
into second street the wheels slipped on the
fro,tv blanks, struck the car track, aud IN
moment the cart WAS overturned Inc
sremcn were thrown through the All
ana struck on the sidewalk or street as
chance had IT, Driver jenkins suffered
most. striking on his face upon the car track
He received 9 long cut across the scalp, ths
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Rich Strike fn Okanoran County.

A. 8. Durham, president of the Everett Gold
Mining and Milling Company, which is working
the Black Bear mine at Loomiston, 0karpgan
county, yesterday received q specimen Of ore
from a rich streak which was struck a few days
ago. 1t is full of wire gold and small nuggets,
and assays about $4,000 to the ton. The super
intendent of the mine telegraphed from Coulee
City that this streak will run at least 5000 to
he m,
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New suits Eil.a

,o ne following new suits were alsd in thu
%a, court yesterday:
go,. ,-p Waggcnes VS.. 5. B. Roter and F. A.
Annis No on prornissory note for $500
eiyorcs '4h vs. Thomas Martin-Suit for
Nal~sn,.o,e Bros. Co. VS.. Ausel r. Bradau
ssered lot $40. value of goods sold and de-
'ssaas' Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad Conn.
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Work OF the County Assessor.

On Friday the county assessor will go to work
with his assistants To the value OF all man
ner OF property within the limits OF King
county. The census required by law will COM
mence on April 10 County Assessor Paul will
have the names of his appointees ready for pub
LEGATION TODAY