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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Coal for the West.

The Evergreen state" has already
taken high rank as eoal-producing
state, the product of 1898 having been
1.208,85 tons, an increass of 5I.45O
tons over the previous year. The output
for 1891 Will probably only equal that
of 1893. labor troubles having prevented
the increase that was expected in the
early part of the year. Coal mines arc
strung all through that section west of
the Cascades. and crossing the mountains
are found in kittitas and Okanogan
counties. Although beds of coal have
been discovered in every county in the
coal area, the most valuable seams of
the best quality of each grade of coal
have been found near the center Of the
field in King and Pierce counties. The
product of 1894 will about equal that of
1898, which i'm King was 577,73I tons
and in Pierce 403,074. making respeet.
lively rs aud 30 per cent. of the total
output of the state for that year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Millions for Hops.

The hop crop for the year 1894
reached 44,500 bales, the largest con-
tributors to the aggregate having been
Yakima county with $500 bales. King
county 5000, and Pierce county 5000.
This total by no means represents the
actual crop, because owing to mildew,
dampness and the low priee paid for
hops In the markets of the world, the
entire product was not gathered. Last
year u893) was an unusually favor
able one for the Washington hop crop.
There hal been large failure in the
New York hop crop aud in also that of
England aud Germany, and as a result
the yield was marketed at fair profit.
IL Is estimated that the yield of 1898
realized between 81. 100. 900 and 81 $780,
600. Las. year u89D the price per
pound was reduced 90 per cent. owing to
oyerproduetion the world over.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Business. Failures.

New York, Dec. 5.--Attachmssnfs ae-
gregating 10000 have been flied agafy1se
j. Lichteustein d Sons. dry goods ara
millinery dealers at West Twerttyrthirst
and Grand streets. who went into Iiquf-
dalton last week. An application II
pending for other attachments 10 shu
amount OF $4,000. The attachments wera
granted on the ground, as alleged thar
the firm Of LichtenStcin & sons had dis
posed OF their property with intent 10
defraua their creditors. The allegations
OF fraud also involve the firm oe Ehrir4l
Bros, who took possessions OF fha Iich.
tenstsiu stock under an agreement MIN
the latter Arm. the nature or which thu
creditors aliege both parties To tho trans.
action refuse tn disclose.
indianapolis. Dec. 3i.-Stafa Treasures
Albert Gall. who was caught for 81 ia
fn fbe failure last year "a rs IndianapsxIn
National bank, and who has operated =
mammoth carpet and wallpaper house. Tor
over thirty years. being reputea ene az
the weasihsest men in Indianapolis. hAa
turrsf over all his property real and
personal to AdoIrh Sledensficker and
Frederick Iiachuaa as trustees for ne
creditors Treasurer GAN win 20 out 81
once ia a few days. having served two
terms as sIstr treasurer. He attempted
70 save himself when the Indianapolis
National bank failed by taking paper So
carstses from President Haughey. but on
an order from the court the securttses DAD
to be retained 10 the receiver OF the bank.
aud Gall was left 10 lose the entire
amount. Friends are supposed 90 have
come 90 his relief. 20 that the extent Of
his obligations cannot be- learned. The
trustees refuse To- talk Of the matter.
Gan has never carried sess than sfooa0o
in stock az tis carpet house, and mas ssaf-
fsrsd on account Of tbs hard times. There
was tn circulation last night rumor 10
the 4ffect thar Gail was short in his Of
fictai accouass 10 the amount OF 81. GO.
The r8uor arose from the fact OF the
transfer OF his stork. when questioned
regarding tsss matter last night Dir. GAN
said: There ~ not one werd OF trash
in the rumor. Every caat OF the funds
belonging 70 The state ss In the vault az
ths state house and could be turned ove-
70 n4y successor tomorrow morning IL
necessary. asn prepared TO pay on 4
large PARTON os the state dest. and -
pasment VIII be made promptly january
l."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Wheat Culture.

A large volume of the wheat crop Of
Washington is hindled by SEATTLE and
Tacoma houses and shipped to foreign
countries, while considerable amount
Is ground in the Touring nils at Seat.
tie, Tacoma, Snohomisil, Spokane, Walla
Waila, etc. The principal wheat grow
ing districts in which that cereal is cul-
tivated on an immense scale are tina
Big Bend, Pa!onsa and Talia WaIia
districts.
For the year 1894 the yield is yari.
ously estimated at from 10000, 400 to
15,000.000 bushels. The commodity in
the Seattle markets is quoted at from 40
to ~ cent, per bushel.
For the year just passed the Puget
sound fleet handled tor foreign ports
l4,239,990 centals of wheat and 1866
barrels of flour, valued. as per certified
invoices, at S13,555,000.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
John Harm. At PA,i.d.,phi..

Philadelphia. Dec. af.--.John Burns NJ.
r, the English labor leader arrived hcra
from Washington City tonight and al.
dressed an audience that filled every
available spot in Association hall. The
meeting was under the auspices OF tho
United Labor League. Among those pres
ent was john Benn. NJ. r., who accom-.
panies Mr.. Burns, President Mcbride t,e
the American Federation OF Labor: r. !.
Mcclure. the first vice president: Risaou
Whitaker. and a large fiunsber Of prom.
incnt labor workers and professional men
Over 100 lace curtain operatives employed
IN this city, who came from BATTERIES
Burns own town in England, were among
the audience. Burns. who was INTRODUCED
as ''thc worlds champion OF iator.v ~ =
greeted by vociferous applause, which was
continued throughout his address. He safd
he had come 10 this country to study. i.
well as a brief stay would permit. our so-
cial and Industrial conditions, The xus.
ject upon which he dwelt particularly ~ 7
trade unionasIn. which. he said, holds che
fort Ia Philadelphia. In the early part ~
his address he said: s.It was the, ne~pnls
who deprecated what they called my pre-
mature criticisms OF American snetitn-
tons, who, the very moment stepped on
theh railway car on my first visit TO chs
cage. wanted 10 know my opinion OF the
social and industrial conditions OF thar
city. When ! had the courage 60 tell
them, they wanted TO know what right I
had TO criticisc the city. But went back
ten days afterward and said 1t again, only
ten times stronger. In Europe all aofsaa
and Industrial problems are accensnased
10y the burden or militarism and you ara
rapidly getting IL here. We have 6.0Q00oo
armed men in Europe. legalzed murders
ers. gilded poplnjays. not only producing
nothing. but Destroying everything. They
the kept less for resisting foreign foes
than as recruiting ground where EN-.
gland can Put her children who nave noe
enough brains TO earn their liyfnsg.'s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
GEN. KELLY Is GONE.
Sacramento Rid Of the Notori.
Gus Coxey Leader.
HIS TRaMPs WITHOUT ALEApsR
So Many Robberies and Mnrdsrs Thaa
the People Are Aroused and the
yagabonds Are Scattering.

sacramento, Jan. The recent brutal
murder and robbery OF M and Mrs.
Weber, ami other crimes. Rave aroused
such inGasgzHstios in this community thSt
tncFe has been n scattering OF tho vaga-
Bond element in the last twelaty-fourS
hours. Gen. Kelly. their leader. was
taken 10 Chief OF Police nrewss Office
last night. where he listened Co a war
talk. Gen. Kelly concluded 10 siepart this
nssfrnstig. ana there was nobody ia hax-
sngue the Coxey meeting tonight A
number OF his followers went with him
II was aScertatned this morning that
another house Was pluudered last niSh<
In the absence Of the family. and am at.
tempt on another failed because thu
burglar was frightened away. However.
~ left an axe on the porch. as evidence
OF his purpose. A man was arrested to-
day ON suspicion OF completely in the
Weber murder case. The officers ciainS
that his shoes are blood stained, hut
ne says they were Redeemed by contact
with the SNOW in tho mountains. IT il
claimed also that his seeks show blo~xf
stains, which he Says are weather stains.
lie Is a hard looking customer.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this morning
q mar employed as a driver by q n,eat
market was found at Twelfth and u
streets with his head terribly beaten He
says tive men garroted and robbed him
but was driven OF by a citizen who shot
at them. In the meamiama a man was
found a block away with a bullet hoia
in his breast He told two young men
that he and a friend had some tronbIe
with another man. and that he was shot.
They placed him on a street ear Ia r,<fa
dswfs town 10 Fourth street. and then
left the car and disappeared The man
who had been beaten insists thai be was
one of the garreterS and that a citizen
shot one Of them. That citizen has nos
shown up and II Is not unlikely the &C.
lair was the resnR OF a nights spree.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Results of Irrigation.

The state of Washington has only
within the last four or five years begun
10 experiment on a large plan in certain
of her arid valleys, and a. result vast
areas, once sterile as African deserts,
are today rich and fruitful. thanks to
irrigating reservoirs aud bitches. These
ara confined almost exclusively to the
Yakima and Wenatehee Va leys. The
rains and SHOWS of the mountains far
nish the life-giying current. the rivers
and lakes ara the vast basins which
make possible the irrigating process.
The eonfgaratioa of the land in thu
valleys is such that irrigating canals
can be carried hack 10 a considerable
distance from the streams aud male to
cover large areas of land. The result
Is that what were formerly sage-bFHsa
deserts are rapidly being converted into
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
The Lumber Industry.

There are in the state of Washing
ton about $50 sawmills. 23i shinrle
mills and nearly 100 sash and door fae-
tories. pail factories. eooperage esfab-
hshments. easket factories, desk fasto-
ries, box factories and other establish
ments utilizing wood as raw material.
Taese mills and factories turn ont
finished material vaiued at about SIS.
ooo.ooo per year, giving employment to
nearly $4,000 persons direct and many
others indirect. TO whom are paid in
wages nearly S7,o0o,u0o per year. This
Is brief summary OF the total.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
Astounding Wealth and Variety of Resources in
Washington-Poreign Nations Seek
Our Supplies

With the exception of Alaska, the
state of Washington is the most north
western OF the political divisions of the
United States. Its form is parallel0-
gram, fronting on the Pacific ocean for
! distance of 245 miles. and extending
ea,tward therefrom about $50 miles. 1t
has al area Of SO, 1874 square miles. Ex-
elusive of the mountain region and the
water area, there remain about 35,00O,-
600 acres. of which about 10000. 900
acres are timber land. about 100000
acres are rich, alIaviai bottom lands, and
100000 are prairics and plains. tits
about the size of Ohio and Indiana COM
hined, or Of England and Wales Per-
hsps no state in the Union Is SO DIVERSE
fed intopography. climate and resources
Is the state of Washington.
The most proMinet feature of its to-
pography is its division into two grand
regions by the Cascade range of mount
aims, the characteristics Of the two diyi-
sions as TO climate. soil and productions
being Is marked as If they were thou
sand miles apart. The Puget sound basin
constitutes the western division: the
eastern Is yariously stTled 's,I'he Big
Bend country or the finland empire
Eastern Washington is composed chic fly
Of pfairies and rolling plains, whose
SOIL y volcanic ash, and on which are
ths most productive wheat. fruit and
vegetable farms in the world. The
weather is similar to that of Kentucky.
But by far the most interesting fea-
lure of the entire Pacific coast is the
matealess inland sea of Puget sound and
Tue stupend0us forests with which its
shores are clothed. 1t extends to the
very heart of the state, and with its in
Vulnerable bays, inlets and canals fur
nishes shore line of not less than a
thousand miles. washed by the ebb and
HOW OF the tides. On either side of this
beautiful sheet of water are magniii-
cent prospects, the snowy peaks of the
cascades ranged opposite those of the
uaeAplored Olympics on the peninsula
20 the westward. The Puget sound basin
Is about 100 b. $50 miles In extent.
here are nearly 100000 acres of the
nnest fir, cedar, spruce. hemlock and
olaer varieties of timber growing upon
soils OF the greatest fertility. the bottom
iaads being extraordinarily rich. The
warm Japan current produces in the
winter frequent rains and a temperature
mat rarely goes heiow the freezing
point The summers are clear, bright
aaa braeing. Grass Is green the year
rouni, and certain flowers bloom all VIM
ter long.
Nature has indeed been lavish to this
favored region. To mild yet insigo-
rating climate is Joined surprisingly
eeaatifal scenery. The intense agrieul-
'are permitted hY irrigation in East
efh Washington produces enormous
eseps OF grain. fruit and vegetables,
awariing those Of the Eastern states.
Inc unlants beyond the valley of the CO.
iamhsa afford yields Of wheat taxing
tue existing facilities for transrerta-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02

ton to tide water st Puget sound. Be-
meath the glittering glaciers of the
white-eapped peaks are untold treasures
CT gold, silver and lead, and under the
foothills lies more coal and iron than
there is in Pennsylvania. Terrific
gorges form sublime ga.eways for the
modern highways of commerce watch
link together the two divisions OF the
state. On the mountain slopes and in
the plains range countless foeks of
sheep and heads of cattle and horses.
Within the basin Of Puget sound stands
a forest crop waiting for the harvest
ers. The evergreen slopes of this re-
gion make it an ideal one for dairying,
while unsurpassed fertility marks the
lowIand5. Tae mountain streams are
alive with trout, and the waters of the
Sound and ocean near by TEEN with sal
mon, cod, herring, maekerel aud other
fishes, whose food value is ineaicuiable.
The vast extent of navigable waters
gives the products of this favored re-
gion easy access to the markets of the
world.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02

Copies Of the ts-page New Years. Ell.
ton 81 the Povt-inseIstxerrrr. wrxrpeA
for mailing. may De Obtained at the bus4.
rsess Officer of the pager.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02

most productive regions for general
farming. fruit raising and gardening to
be found anywhere in the world.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

THE beauties Of the pension spy sys-
tenn crop out daily. The first thought
of some men when a veteran don't
happen to please them is to see if they
cannot get his pension reduced or cut
of. For example, comrade T. r.
Green, who served in the 42d Ind, is
editing Republican paper at Lutes-
vile, Mo. In the natural order of
things he has some lively spats with the
opposition paper, and probably downs
it in the argument, whereupon the
editor of the paper writes to his Repre-
sentative-Marshall Arnold-to have
Comrade Green's pension revoked, and
Mr.. Arnold promptly notifies the Com
missioner Of Pensions that the case had
better be looked into.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

SENATOR BLACKBURN said frankly on
the floor of the Senate that this Congress
had shown itself utterly incapable and
incompetent of graphing with the cur
rency question:" and he doubted not
that the next House would be equally
SO. The wish was father to his thought,
but the hope will not be realized. The
next Congress is made up of very differ
ent men from the late aggregation of
humbugs and blaiherers.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

generally was a man of Importance, in
business and politics, while all that
Union had to show for three years of
hardship and danger were an honorable
scar and the stripes Of a Sergeant. His
grateful Government was paying him
nearly as much as Copperhead was CIV
ing the man who took care Of his fine
stable.
Union went through another year and
more of fighting on the Atlanta cam
paign, Of marchi, : to the sea, of found
ering through the frozen swamps of the
Carolinas, and of the triumphant parade
through the streets of Washington. He
had richly earned commission, but the
cold-hearted Mastering Officer refused
him because not enough Of his comrades
remained to entitle him to it under the
law.
In the Summer of 1865 he returned
to the little town to receive the con-
CALCULATIONS of his friends, and take up
his life anew where he had left off four
momentous years before.
He had, in addition to his honorable
discharge, few hundred dollars in his
pockets, in greenbacks, worth about 80
cents on the dollar, and this was all.
He found Copperhead big man in the
Legislature, with prospects of going to
Congress, the magnate of the town, the
owner of the incest house in it and some
of the finest farms around it.
Union found the atmosphere uneon-
genial. He married the dear girl who
had remained true to him through all
the years, and departed with her to the
West to grow up with the new country.
This was how it "paid better to go to
war than to stay at home"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

SENATOR Tillman is undoubtedly a
man of much ability and force of
character, but just now he is in danger
of making the great mistake that men
frequently do who achieve success in
primary fields of effort. He did big
thing in South Carolina, broke down the
old Lowland aristocracy, and got the
State firmly in his hand. He showed
unusual courage and executive ability
in this work, and has had singular
success in holding his followers together
during a very trying period. Now he
thinks that he can do the same thing on
a much broader field, and create party
which will dominate the United States.
In this, if he persists, he will be terribly
disappointed. South Carolina is, and
always has been, intensely, terribly pro-
vincial. She has never been broad and
National, and no man reared in the
State has ever been big enough for a
National statesman. Nothing believed
and taught there fits him for such a
career. Tillman can no more build I'M
a National party on any South Carolina
idea than he could make one of the
little coasting vessels of that State take
the place of great transatlantic
steamer. 1t is not in the cloth.
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THE CENTURY wAR BOOK.

Teach your children the history Of the
worlds greatest war by providing them
with bound volume Of that incompara-
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Three hundred and twenty large, beau
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There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names of IJ.2E5
survivors and q .2S2 WiGoWs. ana
something over 3,0G0 cases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes a total of 20, s97. Or sew
eraI thousand mere men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
nj any one time during the war.
These all receive either S. Or
&I2 q EnOnth.
Among Iise names are those
of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. "a New Yorker by birth.
who WAS Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak of the war. and used
his position 10 aid the rebels ia
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position TO become
Adiutanf-Genera of the South
ern CoRfederacy, and Oflicisted
as such until the rebellion coli
lapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing a pension since june
@, IsS7.
The widow Of Thomas j..
(tsStoneNaIf") Jackson. who
was next 10 Lee the most pOpu-
Iar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow of Ma. Zen. George
H. Pickett, who commanded "a
division i'm tile rebel army.
TEe W idow OF M;si.-<eR. Gideon
1.Elis0W. WHO commanded "a sfi-
vision tIs tife rebel army.
HE widow OF LEe-slt.-Hen. A. II.
Hill. who c0nfBsi:t Rsted ore of
the lliFee corps of Lees army.
The widow Of Sidney Smith
Lee. WEA0 was dismissed from
the Navy for going over TO the
enesay." and ssfteFW;srd became
a Commodore ira Tie rebel navy.
Brighten. JAS. R. Chalmers.
who Was FORESTS chief Iieu-
tenant.
Mai.-Gen. DabRey HI. Maury.
who commanded The rebel
troops at tile battle of Chiclsa-
naE Esay9u.
Hcn. Is. IL. Maxey. late United
States Senator ff0Ea Texas. who
BIAS becn drawing his pension
since Way 81, 1857. He WAS "a
MaJ0r-GeneraI i'm the rebel
array.
Hen. Jas. ~. George. Senator
from mississippi, and who
served I'm the rebel army as a
Colonel. The number of his
certificate h IS.2I4.
The widows above mentioned
arc of men who were educated
at Tie Government expense. and
affeFRard fought 10 destroy The
Government. They went OF, the
roll at once. while last ApriI
there were pending the claims
6fI&5.J20 widows of Union sell
der who had MOI yea been able
90 get Oh tle roll.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14
PRESIDENT Cleveland hasn't 90

PRESIDENT Cleveland hasn't got
Congress Off his hands just because it is
dead He has several hundred political
corpses for whom temporary interment
is desired in Foreign Ministries and
Consulships, postofices and the like.
He has made one Minister to Mexico
and taken another into his Cabinet, but
this isn't drop in the bucket.