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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-16
IMPROVING LEsCHI PARK.
The Old TrestIe Torn Down-Grovo m,
Picnic Grounds.

So many Improvements have been made q
Leschi park by the Seattle City Railway Company
during the last few weeks that pleasure-seekers
Will hardly recognize the place when they begin
going there again in the spring. The unsightiy.
dfsused trestie which ran across the hoiiog In
which the park lies has been torn down, the
timbers being either used in other structures or
burnt. This has cleared the way for numDer
OF other improvements
The whole slope of the hill rising from the
lake has been cleared oil brush and the trees
chopped down, with the exception of grove
towards the crest In this grove the monotnny
OF the cedars and frs will be broken by the
planting of native alders and naples
while the lower slopes have been.
sown with grass for picnic grounds In
the middle OF the park greenhouse 64xI8 feet
has been erected, in which the plants for the
gardens viii be raised Three acres of the hill-
side have been fenced in for deer park, In
which four deer and an elk Craze, while another
elk is on the way to join them
Tho steps which formerly led down from The
turntable on which the cars stop 20 the platform
In front of the power house have been removed
and replaced by gentle incline, and fight OF
stairs has been built from the west side of Tho
platform to the park. It ia also intended 10
move Johnson's boathouse iurther south ana
to extend the platform forty feet along the lake
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The Closed Single MiIIs.

TACOMA, Dec. 15.-fspeciai. The next issue
of the Puget Sound Lumbermaa will cay:
Among the shingIe mills which have laseIv
ehut down. pursuant to agreement on aeccun 81
OF lack of orders or to make repairs, are the fol-
lowing:
Cushing Young shingIe Company. Ts1orna:
c. ID. stimson, Ballard; Puget Sound shingIc
Company, Tacoma: Mt Tacoma Manufacturing
Company. Tacoma. Clipper shingle Vii.
Botheit: Tacoma Shingle Company, Sseilseou.n.
Card Il knight, Maxfieid. -
Besides these there are quite n number shut
down along the Seattle, Lake shore II Eastern
aud down the Sound Active operations will b
resumed after January l. Nearly all the shInrIe
mills in Whateom county have suspended oper.
atoms for the present. owing To the 10 per &c al
reduction made in the price of shingles anna
time ago by the shingie Manufacturers Assoela =
ton. There are forty-one shfngIe mills q
Nhatcom county. with an aggregated daiiy ra-
pacity of 3.odo, 600 shingles Nearly all tho firms
have joined the association. AL the shinei q
mills on Beliingham bay running with f.sli
crews, but it Is reported that the Waghineton
Cedar Single company's mill, which is the
largest in the county. and has a capacity OF 4ai-
co, will close down after the first of the year.
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WATER FRONT NOTES,

steamer Detroit was Inspected yesterday.
steamer Haytten Republic sailed for Portland
with AIS tous of coal
BARK Snow d Burgess finished loading 2.3ss
IONS OF coal yesterday and sailed for San Fran.
cisco.
u IT, Coker. of the Merchants wharf, has re-
turned to his old position as purser on the
steamer W. F. Munroe.
steamer skagit Chief has been placed on the
route between Tacoma aud Everett. touching Mt
IoFt orchard and seattle. The Pacific Navica-
ZION eompany will run her itself
steamer Willamette arrived in port from San
francisco yesterday. the FIRST trip she has ma .e
slnce her collision with the Premier She was
placed III as good condition as ever in the San
Francisco dry dock
Following is the result of AIpheus Bye-.'
local weather observations for the twenty tour
hours preceding O'Clock last evening: Maxi
mum temperature, SO: minimum IL: mean
"a; rainfall, %: wind. 0: clouds, 0: clear
weather.
The new twomast schooner Port Admiral
built at Lopez island. came in yesterday to take
out cargo of freight. She is quite substantial
craft Of about IS tons carrying capacity She in
90 feet keel. 70 feet beam ana draws 4 feet of
water light Arthur Barlow, of Lopez is owner
and he intends TO use her for freighting Oh the
Sound.
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NEWS OF RAILR0
Progress Of Work on the
Cristo Road.
AT SILvERToN IN FeeR]
Lower Lumber Rates To
Points-Express Companies ri
on tho Snohomish River

EVERETT, Dec. 15-Milier d Waky. 1,
Contractors, who have been grading 1
Everett & Monte Cristo railroad two 81 y
half miles above siIverton. came out wft 3
camp outfit last Friday. stopping at G. q
They bad milo and half OF grading, IN 81
finished and accepted before the No d
Hood. Nearly all the contractors escapes Il
out serious loss. McGee will finish In n
weeks what he has to do this side of Efl} q
Henry d. Batch resumed traeklayiug last g
They had about ten miles of rails down
last Friday, and were then two miles d
Granite Falls, the first crossing of the Il
guanish, where bridge il required s01 /
feet in length.
A short distance beyond the crossing th a
will strike the now famous mud tunnel, 81,
1t has been found necessary to change 20 q
that will be I04 feet deep Il was cross-sec1 -,
last week. and John Earle, the contracted =
preparing to begin work. It Is believed ht
will take three or four months to compl@A
Meanwhile temporary "shoo-fiy" viii bs.la
around the cut. With good luck Mr.. MflNr
OF the opinion that they may get the traxk
silverton by the 1st of February, possibly b}Eoa
silverton is thirty-four miles from Hartford d
junction of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eaife
railroad.
Regarding operations In the mines MI. MN
SAID that be did not look for a great deal OF NO
TO be done this winter owing to the snow, whls
usually holds on until some time In May. III
Hoodoo mine, two and half miles aboTg 81
verton, looks very promising Twelve men re
sent sp last week by Seattle parties who ami
terested in the mine, and will work through0
winter getting ore on the dump.
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Evangelist Browns yVcrl

The revival services Of Rev Fl. w Brown in
the FIST Baptist church last night were nj as-
T'tc.at interest The sermon was on THE Sec.
"id toHiiaS al Christ, from the text, Acts i: =;
- his same Jesus shall come in like manner a.
Ee have seen him taken up into heaven" The
discourse tended IN show the misunderstanding
OF the Jews of the line of prophecy which smoke
OF the Messiah coming 10 set NJ His kingdom,
on earth. with reference to his second coming
% passages In sne New Testament point 10 it
and also many passages in the old T.s,smer.
GREAT stress was laid on the evidence tho,
'hF'st IS not only coming again but that His
coming Is now near q: hand, as MANY .nIfli
meAts o. the present dispecsation move. Tha
sermon hat the effect OF engaging believers in
.Io.S aFiloas "o'A ana was followed by the
bringing in o! i good number OF converts TIA
meetings will continue today Bible reading 81
T. II and preaching at7-Sl
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Chinese to Contest the Geary Law.

HARTFORD. Dec. 15-Sam Ping Lee, Chinese
lawyer. of New York. who ia president OF the
Chinese Equal Rights Club, said today in an
interview that the Chinese in this country do
not intend to comply with the act of congress
requiring them TO register and deposit photo
graphs with local collectors of internal revenue
before May /, under penalty of EXPULSION from
the country. The Chinese have combined to
engage counsel and will contest the constitu.
tionali;y OF the act There are $50 Cinnamon in
the internal revenue district of Connecticut
which comprises Connecticut and Rhode Island,
not one of whom Ia registered.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Information was re-
ceived from the Federal authorities yesterday
that word had been sent by the Chinese Six
Companies that there would be no further re-
sistauce made to the Geary registration law. 1t
said the opposition TO the Enforcement OF
the Geary act would be discontinued on account
of the decision of Justice McKenna. OF the
United States circuit court, III the habeas corpus
case of Ny How Low. and the opinion OF Judge
Billings OF Louisiana, declaring the law consti-
tutioua! A, the Chinese consulate. however,
Secretary Tang Hang, speaking for the consul,
denied that the o. position TO the Geary act would
be withdrawn. BY the last mail from China,
he said, the consulate had received an official
reply from the Chinese government to a monster
petition sent by the Chinese OF this country to
the emperor, asking his assistance. The COM
municatiou in reply is signed by Prince Chang
chief of the department of state and SAYS the
emperor pledges his word to make oyertu-es to
the United States government with a view to
opening negotiations that will lead to reason
able modification of the law affecting Chinese
subjects, as it stands today. The Chinese PEG.
pie here are assured that there will be no DELAY
about measures being taken by the emperor to
secure speedy relief. and the Six Com panies are
in no wise counscled to abandon the opposition
heretofore main tanned against the law
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Walters Strike Forces Matters to
Crisis-The Creditors.

As a result OF the walters strike Wednesday
evening the Hotel Northern closed it doors yes
terday. The house has been m the hands of
Receiver Shepard since Monday, who has been
engaged i'll making an inventory of the assets
1t was hoped that an amicable arrangement
could be made with the creditors whereby
Landlord Ray might continue at the head of the
institution. but the enforced demand of the
help Tor their back pay brought matters to a
crisis.
Mr.. Shepard says he understands that the
furniture. etc. will invoice about $4,000 at rst
cost valuation, but of course this figure would
not be obtained at a forced sale. The liabilities
amount to about $4,000, divided as follows:
chastel mortgage in favor OF Denny & Terry for
rent OF about $780, wages due the help, about
1880, and various Judgments, aggregating
about $1,000. An interesting lega! contest will
probably ensue in regard to priority of claims.
II is understood that Mr.. Ray will return to
Chicago whence he came here to assume
charge OF the Rainier on the opening OF that no.
tel IN 1889
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Washington Lumber EXPORT.

TACOMA. Dec. I5-Ispecial. Tho foilowfur
will appear in the next number OF the P,sosf
Sound LnRberman:
The only matter of note in the cargo trssa
since our last review has been the passing OF an,
act by the Victorian government of Ausfyais q
putting duty on Puget sound fir This has
naturally been a matter of much cofnmsnt
among the shippers. Tho trade between the
country will not be iesscned. the shippers arer.
because parliament will levy a duty on wnrfi
Imports coming from other countries SHORTY
Besides, they claim. the New South Wales ffntv
which has been in effect for some tina has not
1essened the demand. Exnorts show a aecressa
OF f.ooo,euo feet during November, as cempsrea
with October Charters, however are n little
more plentiful than for some time Trade seer,
To have picked up little III Chile, several yes-s
sells now loading for that country. As will ~
noted IN our Austraiiau letter not much eneour-
agemcnt in offered in the Antipodes San Frs.
cisco still takes the hnlk ri tn r.ra tra.,a
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crsase. $s4, 4o7. f''''1',' 10
o.. :. Laley OF the law department OF the Ore.
ss.. Improvement Company, went to Portland
n. = kins, assistant engineer in charge of
p.s.s. valley extension of the Columbia Il
sound road, il in the city.
az onion Electric Company has received the
.s.se Hgnt dynamo ordered the other day and in
-seefns II up at the A station
49,. Nofihefn Pacific Express Company has
~. On three extra clerks for the Christmas rush
- business. It viii nevertheless be advisable
~ persons who have Christmas gifts to send
800 ay 20 snip them SO that they will reach their
suadon day Or two before Cnrfstmas
.'nef IMAM run the risk OF having them DELAYED
the blockade At the distributing points.
"Hicn always occurs on the day itself.
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COL. SHEPARD VICTORIOUS.
InGerso1i Speaks Of she Good Mans
Hypocrisy Abous Drinking.

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-The doors of the supreme
court were beseged by larger crowd than
usual today, it being knoau TO be the closing
day in the suit of Frank <. Gray against Col!
Elliott +. Shepard for daslages in the sum of
s20.oVh for alleged breach OF contract, The case
has been on trial three days, and has been re-
p.ete with sensational casrges and counter
charges Gray was employed as business man
ager of the Mai and ErpFsss under a five year
contract A. the end OF ttlzee years he was lis
missed by Shepard. Among the reasons was
iacompatibili:y. The suit was for two years
salary. or about $4,000. s5epa.d charged that
the nconpatibiiity consisted in violent Ian
guage and general couducz incompatible with
his tShepAr3's} wishes gray CHARGED that the
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ARRESTED FOR PERJURY.
Bridegroom of An Hour and His Bes'
Man in Jail.

Bridegroom of An Hour and His Best
Man in Jail.
James Holder, the husband of Hattie May
Barnum. whose elopemens marriage and sepsr-
alton were related in the PosT-INTELLI6ESe
yesterday morning. and his friend Robert
sharman were arrested yesterday on q warrant
sworn out by Mrs. Annie Kohney, the girls
mother, charging them with perjury. Accord
ing TO Mrs. Kohney's complaint, the prisoners
swore that the girl was IS years old, when in
reality she was only IL
Holder was seen in jail by PosT- ISTELLI-
GENcER reporter, aud, in speaking of the case,
said that the arrest was spite work on the part
of Mrs. Kohney. He continued:
The girl and I were engaged to be married
after New Years, but her mother threatened to
send the girl to the House of the Good Shepherd
and her sister asked me to marry her fmmadt-
ately. The girl is of age, and had repeatedly
said so herself; SO has her sister.
Sharman confirms Holders statements on this
point Their remarks concerning Mrs. kohney
were not fattering in the least and they de-
scribe her as anything but q model mother.
Rev. John F. Damon was seen yesterday about
the marriage, and said that the girl certainly
looked old enough to be of age, and had said in
reply to a question that che was Is her last
birthday II is likely that the case will come up
in Justice Won Tobels court this afternoon.
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Football Game With Portland.

The football match beteeen the Seattle Ath-
letic Club and the MultnoIrah Athletic Club, of
Portland, has been definitely arranged. 1t will
be PLAYED at Madison park on January 2, since
New Years day falls on Sunday. The Multno-
mahs carry over from last season the title of
champions OF the Pacific Northwest. and the
golden opportunity for Seattle to wrest the
prize from them Is at hard Every effort will
be made by the Athletic club to put a strong
team in the field to do battle for Seattle
The annual meeting of che Seattle club will
be held next Monday night. and the officers will
be chosen for the ensuing veal
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IT'S LOCAL RIVALRY.
Football Championship of the
City to Be Decided.
ATHLETICS VS.. UNIVERSITIES.
How the Teams Line UP-surprises In
store ut omorrosv's CONTEXT
The Game With Portland.

The local championship e football is to be de-
cided tomorrow afternooss at Madison park,
when the elevens of the SEATTLE Athletic Club
and the state university aleet. Although the
friendliest feeling prevails between the two
teams, the rivalry is q keen one and the battle
promises to be waged il. earnest Since the
universities met defeat at the hands OF the
club in the opening game OF the season they
havo been nursing deszre for revenge and
their opportunity to achieve it comes tomorrow.
Since the first game they haze taken advantage of
the opportunity for practice, and ought to pre-
sent at least 50 per cent stronger team than
before. Four of their zen, Ceilings, Ford,
Harrais and Hooker, have had the excellent
schooling afforded in the games in which they
have played on the Athletic Club eleven. Since
the fixing of the date OF t6morrow's match The
university men have put liz some good ticks at
practice under Capt. Colllns<s' energetic coach
ing. They are certainly dangerous opponents,
and among the knowing thsrc are whispers OF u
surprise in store for the at:s ietics.
The club team is to a considerable extent of
probema:ical strength. 1t gas lost since Thanks
giving day the great part, If its makeup apart
from the university men, who did battle for the
time being for the club, other strong players
have been forced out of active service. The
places have been filed by ss1en who. while EVIL
IDENTIFY possessed of al soundance of latent
talent, are yet lacking in experience. To what
use they will put the painssakin. coaching they
nave ndo remains 20 De seefs. AS matters now
stand TO man up tree. the outcome OF tomor-
rows fight will be a toss-uk Both teams have
plenty OF friends in the city and there will be
plenty OF encouragement f9r both sides.
The probable makeup OF the club team, as
decided upon by Capt. Goodwin. is as follows:
Left end, w. B. Goodwin captain: lett tackle,
A. BEoun: LETT guard, Geores Espiin; center. F.
J. Chureh: right guard, IL. NJ. Waite; right
tackle, H. Hicks; right eng, D. G.. Inverarity;
quarterback, W. J. Baird; Felt half back, George
+. Folsom; right half back A v. Randall: full
back, r. Plum; substitutes Fred W. Calhoun,
Charles Esplin.
Capt. Ceilings has not yet announced the
make-up of his team, but il win certainly be the
strongest that can be put together at the uni.
versity.
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A very Good Inyestment.

Mr.. and Mrs. William l. ellis have sold to the
King County Investment Company No 2 lot 4 in
block Ss of Maynard's plat 81 seattle for s15,ooo
The property is located at the northeast corner
of South Sixth and Jackson streets, and is
within one block of the tw5 blocks of land now
being condemned by the G1eat Northern Rail-
way Company for depot purposes, ami has a
frame building upon i: occupied by stores and
Offices. The investment was made through
Crawford & Conover
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A I'D allah Park track Sold.

CYNTHIANA. KY, Dec. 15>-Mrs Anna Wilson,
widow of the late W. r. Wilson, sold the
famous Abdailah park, neaE this city, this NOM
ing, to Ben Hey, of Cincinnati, for 81, 500. The
park contains one OF the finest mile tracks in
the state, grand stand an. extensive stables,
and contains seventy-fvc ARES
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San Francisco Races.

San FRANCISCO. Dee. 1!s-Summares:
Six furlongs--Malcolm Won, Jennie X sec
ond. Princess First third. Time, lis.
Five furiongs-Gypsy GirE won. Red Rose Sec
ond, Ida Glenn third. Tinss 1:0lIa
Thirteen-sixteenths of mile-Happy Day
Won, Bessie ". second, Initiation third. Time,
1:22.
Mile and one MISUNDERSTANDING won, Sheri-
dan second. Captain AL third. Time. 1:56i5
Five furlongs-Charmer son, Sedalia second,
Sir Reel third. Time, 1:02.
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Ex,Chie; 81 Police < Il. Parrish. Of Portland.
or. manager OF the German Remedy Company
for the cure OF morphine. opium. cocaine
aiouor sai tobacco habits. is stopping at the
f,rand hotel. this city, where he will be pleased.
to see his friends aEd slso patients requiring
treatment. The company makes a speciality os
treating snorrhine. opium and cocaine habits
without pain or suffering.
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3,f4T.W0
A Vancouver Sawmill Burned.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 15.-The Michigan
Lumber Company's mill on False creek, Van
couver. destroyed by fire yesterday. The
loss on the MILL lumber, etc. Is about SIS 600:
insurance, $4,000 The mill was shu. down
about two months ago. The Waterman in
spacted the building fifteen minutes before the
fire was discovered, and incendiarism is sus-
"a
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Business Changes.

Senator Squire, previous 20 his departure for
Washington City few days ago. filed with the
auditor power of attorney giving the Union
Trust Company the care anr5 management OF his
property in this city, together with exclusive
authority to collect all rents and other mouevs
due or to become due to him. I. revokes al!
other powers of attorney ssld makes the COM
pany his sole collection agent
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Railroad and Corporation S.,..

C. p. t.smoresux, superintendent OF ,hs w..
ecrSin Central, Is III town.
II ". Waugh. travelling passenger sys,. :.
the Rick Island. Is III the city.
L. I. Harrison. travelling auditor q. The S,-.,
sra Pacific. - here On his monthly round
The nsme OF the Canada wes,arn go.
l. 70 Be changed 20 the British Pacific rsftw.S
TIE gross earnings ioE ths third week /, A..
ssmeeE CT the Canadian Pacific were stss ~ ~
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out and vote. He then retired TO the booth. APP
parently TO make on: his own stamped ballot.
put the blank in his pocket and went back AMI
voted my ticket returning the blank to me as Q
guarantee Of having voted my way, and got his
T. Fifty times during the day 1 did that
through means of the stamped blank ticket
brought hack by each one of my hired men, but
AT night was arrested and bound over, as I
told you"
"And how about your own votee'
ooh, lost that, but was forty nine votes
ahead"
"And you were convicted"
'.Sot in a thousand years"
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WASHINGTON CITY. Dec. 15.-BIds were opened
at the navy department this afternoon for the
construction of the sea-going battIeshIp No l.
1900 tons displacement, to be known as the
Iowa, and of the ar;nored cruiser No 3, 5000
TONS to be known as the Brooklyn. The bids
were SO follows:
On b1ttlcship No l.
Newport News ship Co., on department
plans. s. 49, sss coo
Union Iron Works, of san Francisco, on
department plans. ............ $780, 900
Bath Iron Works, OF Bath, Me-, on de-
par.ment plans. Observation-Disclosures. 3.Is5, 600
Cramp Il Sons on department plans. 3.0i0 900
Cramp Il soma on own plans of one class 5, no. 900
Cramp Il Sons, on own plans of another
On cruiser No 5
Newport News ship Co, on department
plans -..... s., 147. ooo
Union Iron Works. OF san Francisco, on
department plans ................. $3.50 200
Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Ne, on plan
prepared BY bidder NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3.ls5, 600
CraDp & Sons, on department plans. 2.9s6,O<o
Cramp * Sons, on one plan Of bidder. 3.0sf, 600
Cramp IL sons, on modified plans. $3.50 900
Cranp & Sons were the lowest bidders for
both vessels.
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ASSENGER LISTS.

ELLIsros. Mont, Dee Especial. lon
Northern Pacific train No. /: S P Smith and
wife, Z. f. Chase and wife, o. Hermenee and
wife. o. P. Mann and wife, Ms Stamford, w.
". Junken, l. K kartes, j. S. Heron. s. Nc
Dowell. Mr.. John Trumbui and wife and sixtv
second class