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NOTABLE DEAD.

Charles ID. Martin. son of Senator John
Martin and receiver of the Hutchinson
National bank. died at Hutchinson. Kan.
Wednesday morning of peritonitis and
appendicitis. Ii was determined that II
was necessary TO perform an operation
and Senator Martin Was wired to come at
once. The senator and the doctor arrived
at 1880 a. m, immediately after which
the operation MAS performed. The patient
never rallied.
A. W. T. Goldsmid. manager of the
Vancouver, r. C.. opera house died in
thas city last Saturday evening. aged 40
years. Of cancer of the stomach. lie va.
native OF England: entered the British
navy as midshipman. and served eight
years; travelled over Great Britain.
America and Australia a. an actor; be-
came wheat farmer during the Manitoba
boom; entered the service OF the Hudson
Ray Company at kamloops, r. c.. and
became local manager Of the company at
Neron, and for several years before his
death had successfully managed the op<ra
house at Vancouver.
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BkEVITIES.

The Degree of Honor, No. g. A. O. q.
W.. Will give social in their hall on Jack
son street this evening
A complaint was filed in the municipal
court yesterday charging John Hanson. a
laborer, with the theft of SIS from Edward
Lund.
The rehearsal of the messiah, under
the direction of Prof. l.. A. Darling, will be
held this evening at room 209 Seattle Ma
tional bank building.
The funeral services of Mrs e. E. Clark
took place yesterday afternoon at Butter
worth & Sons undertaking rooms, Rev.
Mr.. Hay wood officiating. The interment
took place in Odd Fellows cemetery.
The preliminary examinatio of Robert
Hamilton on the charge of EN- bszz ing $50
from the general relief committee OF the
l. o. o. F., will be held this morning in
Justice Humphreys court.
Louise Du Bots, who caused the arrest of
Dominica Tolerico. a saloonkeeper at the
Fountain house. q few days ago for assault
and battery, found herself prisoner on a
counter charge of disorderly conduct.
At q meeting of the board Of public
works yesterday afternoon the secretary
was ordered to discontinue the advertise
ment in the city newspapers for bids for
the improvement OF East street, Kilbourns
avenue and George street.
Frank Stridle,a newsboy, was arrested
yesterday afternoon By Detective Sam Cor
bett on the charge of stealing a boat from
the yard master of the Oregon Improve
ment Company. 1t was claimed the bow
was painting the boat different color to
render Identification more difficult Louis
blanchard, school boy, was locked up
later IN the evening as being an accom-
plice of young Stride.
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Din ner ru For Prince.

This week many people have tried the
fine dinner served by the New Arlington
Freaoh restaurant, lis South Third street.
L is needless 10 say they were al pleased.
To-day an excellent selscrion Is offered for
dinner. for the sum Of 80 cents: served
troFn 4 so 80 T. N:
sosrS.
Green Turtle Prnssniere Royal consorsne.
SALADS.
Crab Salad Lettuce, Freneh dressiag
xfxH
Ha,ibat sauce SoTmaudc
Brallsa Mountain Trout. raaitrs q hotel
Nasslcs. . Is EogdeiAlse.
RzLxYEE
olymPlS Oyster Fatsfe.
ENfREES
CAfcKen Liver Rrochsttes, IA It1lieane
TendeFlola 81 AHtslopS. = "a huntey
Lamb CheTs. SsgdluieFs. Welsh Rsrsb.I
VEGETABLES
CAghdoWsr. q Is creme. FRIED Oyster Plant
Mashed sad Boiled Potatoes.
pESsEKT
ChaeaiAfa F2a3lax
Stswsa Apsleots. Sse~sd Fsanes
AsrscA NAsssF. Cafe NolF. Cogn4e
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RreHr.or-wAr ron THE CANAL.
Revising the sarvey-Farmers Want
Drainage Provided For.


Al the meeting of the committee on
right-ot-way for the Lake Washington
canal I'm Mayor Phelps office Yesterday
afternoon. Judge Roger $. Greene presid-
ing. en- informal discussion took place, but
no definite action beyond the announce
ment OF committees was taken.
Judge Greene announced the sab-cona-
mittees as already published In the Posr.
lSrEILfeKScEa. and the executive com.
mittee Was made permanent
letter was read from Malcolm Mac
pougall resignins his place on the right
of-way committee. 20 which ne had been
appointed hy the county commissioners.
and the secretary Was instructed 10 request
the commissioners TO !ll the vacancy.
Mr.. Graves reported THAI Engineer
Eugene Ricksecker Was in Portland. na.
would return next week and Begin sur
vey Of the canal route. lie thought il
would take about three months TO complete
The work. - soTae Of the stakes Of previoa.
surveys were missing and there we're errors
In plating which miEht cause DELAY.
Mr.. Twlcheu Vas requested 70 INQUIRE
into the title % the owners of the present
caual. and prepare abstracts % he sub.
mitted 10 the committee on isw ana legis-
AZ.
sttGied COMMITTEES on acquisition If
subsidies and adjustment al valass An
which shall ee Felergei the whole matter
Of title
Ia reference 30 donations Mr.. Twiche.l
sad that there were many people a.onr
the proposed rignt-oi-wAy who we're Ions
on real estate and short on cash. ami b.
shought Il would be q good idea o. recr. @.
subscriptions Of land.
Thomas Saunders said that the peorle IA
the " hlte. Rack and Cedar river valleys
would willingly coasrihate IL assurance
VAS given that the hasiding Of The canal
would relieve thsm Of danger FROM fioods.
oai unless such assurance eoaga Be made
be Was confident that they would COR
tFaaute nothiag The FIRST question TO %
asked, he said, wss whether the water Of
the Jake woaid ee lowered. Mr.. Graves
discussed az some leagsA both the original
sad alternative plans. anG showed that each
contemplated the lowering II the lake
seven saG oos-aaR feet. - that us basin
would IN fAct be made vss& reservoir for
fhs accumulation 81 water ~ tire q
nooc. Acre shan tAAs. be spoSe % re-
cert generation With Cant. Symuns. ia
which the latter expressed sn opinion THAI
something woalG sooa 10 den. toward
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AMUsEME NTs.
"Ths Millionaire" Appears Tomor

"Ths Millionaire" Appears Tomorrow.
Daniel Suliy. the popular comedian, will
be seen again at the Seattle thsater tomor-
row evening in his great creation of
O'Brien. in the powerful comedy drama.
"The Millionaire" Mr.. Sully's reputation
as a clever Irish comedian is thoroughly
established and his popularity in this city
Is sufficient to assure him crowded houses
during the two days of his stay. The
Millionaire" Is his favorite play and one
in which he has established his claim to be
ranked among the celebrated Irish comedi-
ans of the profession. The comedy
abounds in life and humor and has story
OF everyday life, greed. passion and love
that bring about any number of most
dramatic situations and thrilling climaxes.
Reserved seats are now on sale for either
Friday or Saturday.
The Millionaire" will only be given
one representation, namely. tomorrow
evening. On Saturday evening Mr.. sully
will produce his new comedy drama, en-
TITLED, Washington, d. c."
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DEATH or Ex-CBIEF MURPHY.
An Oid-Time Policeman Passes Away
"A MiIifarx Yeleran


William II. Murphy, who was chief of
police during 1855 and 1857, died Of dropsy
yesterday morning at O'Clock at the resi-
dencs of has sister, Mrs. Ellen Keane, on
Joy street
Mr.'Murphy was well known to the
people who made Seattle their home
previous to the great tire. He was born at
Springfield, Mass, in 1s44. and when a
young man went to Oshkosh. Wis, where
he worked as a lumberman on the Fox
river. When the civil war broke out he
enlisted in the Twenty-hrst Wisconsin
regiment of infantry and served with
credit through the war. He was color
bearer ut the battles of Stone river and
Chickamauga. At the close of the war he
returned 10 Oshkosh, but in 1870 moved to
Kansas. Later he returned 20 Wisconsin.
locating at Winneeonne, where he was
made city marshal. This gave him lik-
ing Tor police work.
lie came to Seattle in 1852 and in 1884
obtained work on the police force under
J. ii. Woolery, the present sheriff At the
time of the Chinese riots Murphy was act
ing as chief of police. Woolery being con-
fined At home with a broken leg. Murphy
sympathized with the movement against
the Chinese and his actions caused him 10
lose bis position. In those DAYS, however.
the chief of police was elected by the peo-
pie and at the next election Murphy made
a successful run for the position on the
ticket pa, up by the Knights of Labor.
He was reelected in 1857. but in 1855 was
defeated by J. c. Mitchell. now of Everett.
Some time after this he was given a posi-
ton on the force as pstrolman and served
in that capacity until Andrew Jackson
was appointed chief After being dropped
from the roll OF the regular department
Mayor Ronald appointed him as a special
officer at the pesthouse. which position he
held by proxy at the time of his death.
Mr.. Murphy leaves wife, one sister.
Mrs. Ellen keane. Of this city. two broth
ers. Michae! and Patrick. the latter living
ut Chehaiis, aud Two sons. William, aged
-. and NJ. J. Murphy. aged Is
The funeral services will be held tomor.
row morning at 10 O'Clock at the Church
OF the Immaculate Conception. Inter.
ment in Calvary cemetery.
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To SELL TaE ELEoIRIc PLANT.
Gund's OFFER TO BaIiard-Wfnsor Again
Selling the city Lumber.

Selling the city Lumber.
proposition from George r. Gund,
owner OF the Ballard electric light plant.
to sell the plant for 5000. or TO lease IL,
wac received by the city council Of Ballard
Tuesday night, and referred TO the CON-
mittee Of the whole.
bill Of ss6 ~ for lumber sold 20 the
city for the building Of q sidewalk on Rail-
road avenue gave rise TO considerable dis
cussion. The lumber vas bought at Sc. IS
per 100 feet from Councilman Thomas
Win.or By some indirect course. The
street committee purchased the anne bill
OF iumber al S.. but for some unknown
reason il vas not delivered. Winsos was
once removed from his seat in the council
for the Same offense. but the courts re-
irstaied him because no trial was held by
the council. Is is claimed that Winsor Is
now resorting 10 his old tricks 10 evads
the law and stilI retain his seat. Winsor
received the Populist nomination tor rep
resentat!ve from the Forty-third district,
and Councilman Mcdonald was the Pop
ulist nominee for assessor. These two
managed TO hold committee meeting
without the knowledge Of their colleagues
In the council and handed in a minority
report recommending the payment of the
bill. The bill was finally referred 10 the
committee of the whole for investigation
Thursday night.
The petition OF Eugene Ricksecker. Sec
Rotary Of the Puget Sound Creosote Com
pany, was granted by the report of the
finance committee. which recommended
that taxes be collected on property actu-
ally owned by the company.
Assessment roll of Times street was
equaiixsd and adopted.
The council was notified TO meet the tide
land appraisers at go Wednesday after
noon in the counci room.
The offer of the Stimson Mill Company
10 allow the city 10 connect its hose in
case of fire TO the mill company's MIGRANTS
was accepted with thanks.
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PERSONAL.

s. C. Kirk, of San Francisco, is at the
Rainier.
Miss ]. Alison. of Philadelphia, is at the
Rainier.
H. r. Cocker. of St. Paul, is at the
Northern.
d. W. Craddock, of Everett. 10 at the
Occidental.
William G. Simpson. of Baltimore is at
the Rainier.
A. J. Ross, q capitalist of Spokane. is at
the Northern.
II. Burre!l. of Great Fails, Mont, is at
the Northern.
w, E. II. Devegiily. of Honolulu. 10 at
the Arlington.
W. c. Graham, shingleman of Tacoma.
is at the Butler.
Miss W. W. Vest, of Williamsburg. Va,
is at the Rainier.
Miss Bessie B. Glib. of San Francisco,
is at the Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Henry. of Boston,
are at the Occidental.
Edwin +. Wright, tourist of Auburn,
CAL, is al the Rainier.
II. Enkle and Louis Blank, of San Fran
cisco, are at the Northern.
Emory S. Lyon, of the Everett Land
Company, is at the Rainier.
DR.. w. Appleby and bride, of New
Nhatcom, are st the Butler.
Isaac Pincus. hop buyer of Tacoma, Is
among the guests of the Diller.
Thomas Sanders. shingle manufacturer
OF Woodlnville, Is at the Diller.
c. B. Waisworth, of Olympia, formerly
OF this city. Is at the Occidental.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ii. Jose and Miss jose
IF al he
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Hinsdale. tourists.
OF Orange, n. j., are at the Butler.
George NJ. Rice, engineer for the Blame
d Eastern railroad. IS at the Butler.
r. A. Robert. and C. c. Coleman. of
Portland. Me-, are. at the Occidental.
George T. Myers, of the Myers Cannery
Company, Portland, is at the Rainier.
Byron Barlow. of Tacoma. contractor at
the navy yard, Is guest of the Diller.
w. ID. Simpson and Mr.. and Mrs. p.
Corcoran. OF St Paul, are at the Northern.
\. Toklas. of Spokane, brother of Ferdi-
nand Toklas, OF this city, is at the
Northern.
Harbor. are on a visit TO the city and are
At the Diller.
Alex Wenston, patternmaker at Port
Blakeley mills. and J. X. Ewing. county
commissioner. are stopping at the Diller.
Victor w. Mitchell, III. Kent and Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander HUT, all of Victoria,
are at the Arlington. Mr.. and Mrs. HUT
are on their Wedding trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Benton and child
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Giichrist, of New
York, are at the Butter. Mr.. Benton is
auditor of the finance department. and Mr..
Gilchrist auditor of the stock department
of the Standard OIL Company
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Mckee Rankin and his company Of
players appeared at the Seattle rheater
last evening in The New Dsnites. and,
although il vas advertised that the profits
OF the play would 90 for the benefit of the
House OF the Good Shepherd. the attend
ance was light Mr.. Rankin SIS Sandy
Mcoee. the rough, gallant miner. define
ated the character ia pleasing manner,
bat his support vas weak. Dan Creelan
as solomon Wise. the judge, was very
funny, and his Irish dialect was the his OF
the evening. The scene of The New
Danites Is laid in the sierras OF Califor-
MIA. and the development of the pot is on
the liDs usual With such melodramas
The New Danites" viii be repeated this
evening
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Highest of all in Leavening Powe-Latess u Govt Report
R@H!a!:!!! B Bsxdsg'
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Minna Norelli. Miss Envy Tourhie and
Miss Rina Hoving. These singers appear
In the picturesque costumes of their ma
tive land, which, combined with the mel
ody of their voices and their artistic exc
cut1on, make them favorites wherever
they appear. The Vienna Frsmdenblatt
saws: The Swedish Ladies Quartette is
still on the very height of radiant fame. to
which their artistic and beautiful singing
laid the foundation at their very first ap-
pearance. 1t is hard TO decide what in
their singing Is the most admirable.
the full toned, well trained voices
sounding in sweet. melancholy Swedish
songs. or the lively and rythmic waltz
melodies"
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dfrringa ch.nnsi through the nssf is.s
nj the nsoutn Of the Duwsmish. thus al
lowing the river TO dIschargs its waters
more RAPIDLY between tides.
There were present from the Chamber
Of Conmsrcs: Prssident Z. O. Graves.
George III. Heilbron. Judge Greene, Dr.. A.
p. Mitten. From the eity council; h X
elise. NJ. ". Lovejoy, William Voigt.
From the county: FRANK A. Tgicheii.
Fred Gasch, Thomas Saunders. Martin
Nelson, John Keane-
The COMMITTEES will meet again 81 3 30
O'Clock next Wednesday afternoon At the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms.
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A STRIKE AMONG PRINTERS
Empieyes Of Calvert Printing Compan,
onit-rwo Versions Of the Cnus..

Empieyes of Calvert Printing Campany
onit-fwo Versions Of the Cause.
strike Is on At the Calvert Printinv
Compsny's office. and as a consequence sir
men-four compositors and two pressmen
are out. The trouble originated in the
press room, bat there is a variation in re-
ports as 70 the exact cause. IF. Hick.
man, foreman, says the union demanded
that Z. Il. Mitchell. in charge of the
presses, either deposit his card or cease
werk. Mitchell is director in the cor
porstion and has always had charge of the
presses. Heretofore when any extra work
was 70 be given out = union man vas mt
on. The strike. Mr.. Hickman saws. i. en-
tirely without pTovocatior. and il de-
piored BY the company and its employees
The officers OF the Typographical and
PressEnen's unions say tia, the cause of
the trouble Is an entirely different matter
namely, vioistion OF the law governing
apprentices Under the agreement with
tie union the Office Is entitled To- thras
press feeders, bus instead Of comp,ving
~lth the iaw the ofiiee has been EMPLOYING
Tour boys, each of whom mas been accus-
toned 70 make ready" Mitchell also II
Is sad, never had = card, and although he
has sorked here for some time. never
made any effort to get one. Accordingly
az the anioa men in the establishment
we're ordered OUT yesterday morning. The
sirlAe aAs been Endorsed OF The Iaterna-
uoaM typographical Union. aud The men
ordered ouL four OF whom are married
SIll receive a strike benefit
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STATE TAX ASSESSMENT.
County officials in Olympia Urging
Reduction for hing County.

County Officials in Olympia Urging
Reduction for hing County.
Auditor Twichell, County Commissioner
Gasch and Assessor Abraham we're In
Olympia Tuesday before the state board Of
equalization TO urge a reduction in the
amount of state tax to be levied on this
county in order to keep the ratio of taxa
tiou of King on a par with that of the
other counties in the state. These officers
individually pointed out the fact that
King county vas assessed higher in pro-
portion than most of the other counties,
and that unless this was taken into con-
sideration by the state board in levying
their tax for state revenue King county
would be Obliged to pay an undue pro-
portion of the state tax. The board has
until November in which TO determine
the amount necessary to be raised for state
taxes
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prevent this consists of q saw guard that
is attached TO the under side Of the receiv-
ing table, which Is over the knot saw.
This guard is made of steel and comes
down over the circular saw within i've
eighths of an inch of the carriage. No
matter how hard the sawyer tries he can
not run his fingers against the saw. There
are two of the guards in operation at
Halter Civ
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CITY Father. Going To the F.,r

Mayor Phelps will visit the Interstate
fair st Tacoma today and take with him
as his guests the members of the house of
delegates and the aldermen. The party
will leave on the steamer Flyer at IL
o'clock in the morning. 1t is probable
that City Comptroller VIII II. Parry and
City Clerk X. Z. Stewart will be in the
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Confidest Of viotory, They Prepare fos
APPETIZER Great Meeting.

Another GREAT Meeting.
Owing to a misunderstanding as to the
call for the meeting. the Sixth Ward Re-
publican club had a light attendance at its
headquarters IN the Bellevue hotel on
Front street last evening. Tho meeting
~as presided over b. William Voigt.
chairman OF the club. assisted by +. Call
vert. secretary. and one hour was devoted
10 brief addresses on the political situa-
ton BY Dr. C. A. Gay. County Assessor ID.
X. Abraham. Central Committeeman
George Nj. Stewart. George A. Lafayette
and Chairman Noigt Much enthusiasm
prevailed and the election OF the Republi-
can ticket Was predicted.
mo<son was adopted calling 8 special
meeting Tor next Tuesday evening and
urging every member TO appoint himself a
committee OF one 70 invite some one 10 at
tend. The chairman announced that the
Genital committee would provide good
speeches tor the occasion and q rousng
meeting VAS promised.
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Loo.s CeTbellls and Francois Y Cote. Of
EFerett have patented device hat thev
'l.-k sill be Of great advantage TO single
men al over the country. They would
net -ave thonght OF II only that in almost
ever paper they picked up appeared
sR4Ai' items aeoRt knot saxyers losing
aAssEs u sAinsls mills. Their scheme To
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The steamer City of Aberdeen will leave
the City dock for Tacoma on PosT-ISrEL-
LIsENcra day. Saturday. September %. at
7:30 All children holding PosT-ISrEILr-
eEScEs day tickets. under IA years of age,
when accompanied by an adult, will be
carried over free
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Big Crowd to Visit the Interstate
Fair Next Saturday.

EVERETT, Sept. 26.-tSpecial. The ex-
curslon steamer Sehome will leave Everett
st $50 Saturday morning for Tacoma car
rying the PosT-lSTELIIGEScER day excur-
sionists 10 the Interstate fair. rate of
sl.75 for the round trip has been made,
and very large crowd will go from this
city and Snohomish. The sehome will
return early the same evening The chill.
dren under IL holding PosT-fNrELLIGExcER
tickets will lie carried Free
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The Swedish Ladies'. oaar.ette.

The lovers Of good music are promised
treat al Cordray's theater next Monday
and Tuesday evening in the appearance OF
the celebrated Swedish Ladies' Qaaristte.
composed OF Ai.s Jennie Sorsih. Aiss
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FosE-INTEILGsKScEs day tickets for
Adults are now on sale M PosT~ lNTEGI.
GENCEG business Office. Fare. 5 eeatS Tor
roana ,rjp, including admission 20 s1posi-
saoa, Tasy are good Gu az steamers char
iered sy Fost-INrEt4EsEScEs, and leaving
Nsslef dock Saturday. Secure them early.
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Ihe kial,o millinery department i show.
sng ere ~ she aaess ASsoFtrnenGs Of
trimmed hats ia the city. Prices reason
Abe
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Opaque window shades seven
~ feet long. 80 cents; decorated
" shades, 65 cents; special sizes made
to order. Pacific Carpet Company. 705
Front street