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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06

NOTICE or SALE OF FRANCHISE ~a1
construct and operate an electric sfrs1,
railway. 'es
Notice is hereby given that the Ss,,s.
consolidated Street Railway Companv
corporation duly organized and exis{ln.s,,,
der the laws of the state Of Nashfrstc.N
on the 18TH day Of September. fVls 49,
ITS application with the city council az -
city OF Seattle for a franchise 10 eon-
struct and operate an electric street rs6-
way ana power circuit dong ana ,,nen
the following designated route, to-Wif.
Beginning at the intersection 81 Roy ana
Iemperance streets. and running theBcs
along Roy street 10 Light street sri
thence north along Light street 10 Olympic
avenue, and thence westerly along DiyT,.
pic avenue TO kinnear park.
That said railway company prays -
said application that a franchise he sani.
ei for a period of fifty GD years.
That after the fling Of the apnlieatiss
aforesaid. to-wit: on the S0th dav OF ne
ccmber, 1895. the city council duly passs6
a concurrent resolution determining that
franchise 10 construct and operate an
electric street railway along and upon
the above designated route should IA
granted 10 the person or CORPORATION VIVA
would pay the highest sum for said fran.
chise. and directing the city clerk %
cause notice of said application and reso-
luton and notice that the city council
proposes TO grant said franchise to re
person, company OF corporation who viii
pay the highest sum therefor 10 h& pub
lished for ten Q0l days In the city Official
newspaper:
Therefore, notice is hereby given, that
sealed bids for such franchise win be re-
ceived by the city clerk up 10 O'Clock
p. m. OF the 20th day of January. 1891. q
construct and operate an electric street
railway and power circuit, along and up
on the above designated route, and that
the city council offers 10 grant the same
TO the person. company or corporation
who win pay the highest sum for sucA
franchise. reserVing, however. the right 10
reject any and all bids, and 10 refuSs %
grant a franchise. Each bid for sad
franchise must he accompanied by Ger
titled check for an amount equal 10 ten
Q0) per centum OF the amount bid FOR
such franchise, payable to the order OF the
city comptroller, TO be forfeited 10 The
city in case the successful bidder shall
fail to pay the amount OF his bid within
thirty (SO days after the acceptance u
the same by the city council. and the city
council win. on the 20th day OF January
1895, al the hour of o'clock p. m. Of sail
day, cause said bids 10 be opened. aSi
then determine whether any franchise
shall be granted. reserving the right 70
reject any and all bids.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said
city. this attn day of January, 1895.
(Seal) r. +. STEWART.
City Clerk
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Advertisements under the head o. LOST,
Pound. For Sale, For Rent and SITUATIONS
Waufed vii be inserted at the rate o.
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xVavs In advance No advertisement re-
eeIyed for less than = cents.
pasf-intsliigencer is open until II D. m:
sunday hours. a m. 10 1870 p. m. and !!
10 Q D. m Classified advertisements VIE
b received up 10 this time.
Advertisements viii be received at
hranch Offices Of the Post Int IsSencer:
TACOMA BbREAI-With Pioneer news
Company, III Pacific avenue.
PORT TOW NSEND-M. French < Co
PELIINGHAM BAY-New Whatcoin,
corner Holly and Canoe streets " n
Culver. Manager.
OLYMPIA-~4l7h Main street. Iharses
Watson Agent.
The following letters await advertisers
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06
FOR SALE-MISCELLA

HAVEN'S Beef Iron, Wine and Celery
Compound makes rich. red blood. and
plenty OF it: especially adapted TO women
and children: If results are not satisfac-
tory money will be refunded. Gem Drug
Store. 5l9 Second avenue, Occidental
block
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LEGAL NOTICES.

W. S. MORLEY, matchmaker, removed to
S0S Second avenue
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aT-C~TroA SALE-Contents OF private
resifsncl everything Of good quality:
PirEa-+ol 4 Schoonover viii sell ~
nubIir N elton on the premises. No. f29l
YaSIar III renue. on Monday. January s.
1Ss-s a, II o'clock sharp, all the household
furnifr1ry consisting in part OF bed
SefS III ng mattresses, chairs. extern
son ta4 2. pictures, fine china. hall
Srans ri ouuet and brussels carpets,
hanrinr{ lamps. superior range. tables.
sssab0arF dining chairs. fine hair mat
fsS - 0ws, shades ernckery cooking
nrarSsis III tc-, etc. Don't forget. Monday
a. 3 o'rlf x corner South Twelfth street
ana YesIY avenue. Bickerton & Schoon-
over, aud ioheeFs
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WANTED-AaENTS.

WANTED-Board and care for four chill
dren under 10: state terms. Address
Children. Post-Intellgencer
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ATToRNEYS-AT-LAw.

FRED H PETERSON. attorney and
counsellor at law. Corner Yesler avenue
and Commercial street.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06

SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR SALE First-class secondhand fur
niture. Call corner Third and Marion
streets.
PIANOS TO RENT-winter x Harper,
Burke building.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-06

HAND-DA AVN LINENS doilies, hand
ksrchiefH and Honiton pieces. throws,
Isras IN oroidered work and Eastern art
goods: h .asterr prices. Mrs. Hawley.
10 Thru avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

IN the distance were the outlines of a
steamer bearing down on them.
They had no lanterns aboard to signal
to the vessel and their sail was out of
order. Darkness was rapidly approaching
and the lights of the steamer kept getting
nearer and nearer.
They whipped out their oars and COM
menced rowing for dear life to get out of
the course of the steamer, but they were
badly handicapped by their boat being full
Of water, and when the steamer passed
them she was not more than 200 feet
awav.
ut was close shave" SAID Eaton, in
speaking of the trip yesterday, "but we
were placed in still more perilous posi-
ton later on.
"When off Pigeon Point we ran into the
storm that sunk the Blairmore in the bay
We had only the jib set, and 200-pound
rock attached to a long rope was payed
out to keep the boat up to the wind. 1t
was very squally and the waves were as
big rs mountains and seemed to be com.
ng in three or four different directions.
'They kept continually breaking over the
boat, and our bedding and ourselves were
soaking wet. The boat was rapidly filling.
Then all of a sudden three huge waves
each coming in different direction, met
underneath the boat and fairly raised it
out of the water. She dropped with a
thud down between two waves, but owing
to the centerboard she still maintained her
upright position.
at was trying ordeal, but we both kept
our heads, and by careful maneuvering
we came through in safety.
mo, neither of us ever sailed along the
coast before We steered by our com pass,
and got our bearings by comparing our
charts with places on land in the daytime,
and at night we could tell where we were
by the lighthouses along the coast. 1t was
my first trip to sea, but Church is quite a
navigator, having sailed on the lakes and
around San Luis Obispo. We cooked on
an oil-stove, and one handled the boat
while the other slept.
I'VE We're five days in making the trip,
and in the daytime kept close inshore and
at night we steered well off to be out of
reach of any snags.
III the way up it was exceedingly cold,
and at times we became so benumbed that
we couldn't pull on rope"
The little boat is now lying in the placid
waters of Mission Bay, and resen. bes very
much small fishing-boat.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

variety, being suitable for all domestic pur-
poses and also for all kinds of stationary
engines, including marine.
There is sure to be increasing develop
ment in the coalfelds on Katchemak Bay
from now on. There are about $500 square
miles OF them and all extremely rich As
an example. there are at least 100 veins III
sight within fifteen miles.
"Our company has about eight miles
frontage on Coal Bay, and an area COM
prising 1000 acres. We have taken out but
little coal up to the present time. as most
OF our work has been confined to develop
ing the mines. We have been al work now
for about two years, have expended about
100000, and have had an average Of fifty
men employed. The operations being car
ried on mostly underground, we have
been able to keep the men at work through
out the year.
Nov in the matter of climate This is
region that is influenced by the Japan
current. The average temperature during
December, January, February and March
last was 80 degrees above zero. The mini
mum during the winter was Is below zero,
while the average during the summer was
55 above.
I'VE have brought two cargoes of coal
down here and found no difficulty in dis
posing of them. The product was found
highly satisfactory and we anticipate no
trouble in marketing all that we get out
No attempt has been made to create a mar
ket for our coal, as we will not take it out
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

and the Theobald will therefore land her
passengers there just about when the
season opens, as the voyage is expected to
take about twenty-five days. The gold
seekers will be carried to Coal Bay, the
site of the North Pacific Mining and Trans
portation Company's works, by the Theo-
bald, and thence taken by the company's
steam launch up Cooks Inlet to the en-
trance to Turnagain Bay.
Mr.. Curtis is most enthusiastic regard
ing the climate and natural resources Of
this whole section of Alaska. Speaking
thereof he said:
THAT section OF territory is as promising
field for investment as any in this little
known possession of the United States
1t is disappointing place so far as climate
Is concerned, for il is i'll what is known as
the warm belt of Alaska and the charac-
teristcs of its seasons are very similar to
those of places i'll 40 degrees north latitude
In this country.
Both gold and coal have been known to
be there for some time, but it is only with
in the past two or three years that any
particular attention has been paid to de-
veloping those interests. The coal pros
poets give great promise, because of both
the quality and quantity of the veins The
supply is virtually inexhaustible 1t is of
the Scotch splint and English camel
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

in large quantities until our plant is thor
oughly in shape and the work Of develop
ment well under. way. This will soon be
the case. In Alaska alone there are alb out
10000 tons Of coal consumed annually.
The Government uses about 1900 tons,
the canneries about 10000, and about an
other 5000 tons are needed for domestic
and other minor purposes. This coal now
goes there from here and from the Sound
ports. That we will be able to control the
market fer the kind of coal we will have to
offer | am sure, for this coal is now selling
for So a ton. and we can afford to sell our
product for $4 ton and make a fair
profit"
. According to the opinion of George R.
Tuttle, a. the result of Investigations
made in this region as an expert mining
engineer, it is the poor mans land. It
abounds in all kinds of game and the
waters are filled with fish of all kinds, in
cluding mussels and other edible shellfish.
The climate he declared with enthusiasm,
was one of the most remarkable ne had
ever enjoyed. The amount of hard work
he was able to perform without serious ia :
tgue was simply wonderful. There was a
braclng quality to the atmosphere that
made existence a JOY.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
Turnagain Bay the Mecca of
the Fortune-SeekerS This
Season.
VAST COAL FIELDS LOCATED.
Big Veins in Sight Over an Area of
Twenty Five Thousand
Square Miles.

Gold seekers and coal-miners to the
number of ninety or more left this City
direct for the newly heralded placer dig
gings and coal fields of Alaska Friday.
They sailed on the bark Theobald, char
tered by the North Pacific Mining and
Transportation Company, and will be car
ried almost direct to their ultimate destina-
tion-Turnagain Bay anC Coal Bay, arms
of Cooks Inlet.
On the Theobald also went Freeman
II. Curtis. the superintendent of the COM
pany named and who was recently ap-
pointed Postmaster at Seward, Coal Bay,
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, the most remote post
office of the United States. Mr.. Curtis is
an expert mining engineer and was for
eighteen months continuously located at
the coal mines of the company, which are
but 100 miles from the placer gold dig
gings on Turnagain Bay, recently brought
so prominently to the attention of the
people of the coast and for which section
numerous vessels are now fitting out at
Puget Sound and other ports.
While Mr.. Curtis is more familiar with
the coal fields and their prospects his resi-
dence, so close to the gold mines, has ena-
bled him to secure much interesting and
valua bic information relative to them. He
stated in the course of an interview that
the placers were not as popularity be-
lieved, located on Cooks Inlet proper, but
on an arm of that body of water, formerly
known as Resurrection Bay, but now
called Turnagain Bay. Into this there
run numerous creeks, and 1t is near the
mouths of these that the gold is found in
the largest quantities.
This region is glacial and the gold, il is
claimed is brought down with the detritus
gathered by the slowly moving fields of
ice in their course from the mountain tops
which are known to be rich in gold bear
ing quartz. There are also innumerable
gulches and gullies in this vicinity and
these afford profitable work for the pros.
pector.
All the creeks, according to Mr.. Curtis,
carry both coarse and fine gold in large
quantities. Last season, he said there
were about 200 men there, who took out
from $500 to 600 per man. OF this
number eighty-four wintered there and
sent representatives down to Puget Sound
and San Francisco for additional supplies
1t is expected that there will be not less
than 2000 there this year. Many who con-
templated going TO the Yukon country
have changed their plans and will head
for Turnagain Bay.
1t is not asserted that the Turnagain Bay
placers are any richer than those of the
Yukon, but the greater attraction to
Turnagain Bay lies in the fact that it is
possible to carry on operations there for
about five months in the year, while in
the Yukon country the open period ranges
from six weeks to two months only. In
Turnagain Bay the ice begins to move
about the 1st OF May or shortly thereafter,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

The oop Reached
the Men no Name He
Jnkfe by a Uarta1
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

Company G Holds q Wake,

Company C, League of the Cross Cadets, held
wake last night in the armcry at 155 New
Montgomery street, over a dummy corpse
bearing the inscription. Company C, died
April 10, II p. NJ, OF Judges decision on the
brain. " This company had held the champion
ship for the competitive drill since 1895, and
feels disappointed over losing it to Company G
at the Mechanics Pavilion last Wednesday
night.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
SPECIAL SALE OF 25 CASES
German Linens

Our customers respectfully Informed that we
have just opened immense shipment of GERMAN
LINENS, consisting of TABLE DAMASKS, TABLE
NAPKINS, TABLE CLOTHS, DINNER SETS, DAMASK
TOWELS, HUCK TOWELS, DOYLIES, HEMSTITCHED
SCARFS, LUNCH SETS, LINEN PILLOW CASES.
LINEN SHEETS, HEMSTITCHED NAPKINS, and
LINEN BREAKFAST SETS. Many of the designs in
these goods confined exclusively u.s. the goods
will be sold at the lowest prices known in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

Snakes are believed not to hear well.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
VINEYARD FOR SALE
TO CLOSE AN ESTATE,

EORTY ACRES OF SEVENTEEN YEAR-oLD
Vineyard situated one mile south of the
thriving town OF Sebastopol, sonoma County,
with full equipped winery of 10000 gallons
capacity; underground cellar, etc.; winery
surrounded by 1000 acres of vineyards; only
one more winery in the section: must be seen
to be appreciated; terminus of railroad one
mile from the place. For further particulars
address E. SCHIRMER, Bellevue Vineyard,
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

Miss Carrie Bowes' will make her first ap-
pearance in concert since her return from
Europe at the Auditorium next Thursday
evening She will be accompanied with an
enlarged orchestra.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
DR.. WILBOR'S
e NJ UL SION
PURE COD LIVER OIL
WITH PHOSPHATES

Cures consumption, coughs, colds, asth-
ma, bronchitis, debility, wasting disease.
and all scrofulous humors. Almost as
palatable as cream. 1t can be taken with
pleasure by delicate persons and children,
who, after using it, become very fond of it.
1t assimilates with the food. increases the
flesh and appetite, builds up the nervous
system, restores energy to mind and body,
creates new, rich and pure blood; in fact,
rejuvenates the whole system. Flesh,
Nerve, Blood, Brain. This preparation is
far superior to all other preparations OF
Cod Liver Oil; it has many imitators but
no equals. The results following its use are
its best recommendations. Be sure, as YOU
value your health, and get the genuine,
Manufactured only by DIR. A. B. WILBOR.
Chemist, Boston, Mass.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
Nfiss Rowes, Debut.

Ladies' Southern ties 81 40. all shades, every
toe. Ryan Ryan, 10 Montgomery avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07

along the trocha and through the Pi-
mar del Rio district.
When Maseo retreated from Weyler
in his first campaign bis plan was to
surprise Weyler at the first opportuni-
ty, and now Maceo has his army on
either side of Weyler and they are hav-
ing daily skirmishes. Weyler is COM
pletely hemmed in, and if he shall at
tempt to move he will be compelled to
go to Artemisa. Small bands have
crossed the trocha into the Havana
district and are attacking the outposts
and villages of that province.
Insurgents numbering 1000 are en-
camped in Havana province, twenty
ceo's assistance when needed Spies
in Havana are keeping the insurgents
posted as to the movements of the
Spanish posts. A movement is on foot
to capture Weyler if he shall attempt
to go to Havana by rail- Firemen
and volunteers in Havana are being
sent to Weyler's relief Heretofore
these troops were used in the defense
of the city
Since Tuesdays raid on Guanabacoa
the city has been attacked almost ev-
cry night, and Thursday night 25o Gu
bar cavalry rode for two hours through
the city. The damage done amounts
to thirty six houses burned and a large
quantity Of supplies and ammunition
seized; also a large number of mules
loaded and ready to leave the city were
taken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07

=
end. The Standard Oil company,
directed by Rockefeller. will be the foe
of the Scotchman. This company has
purchased in South Chicago, along the
shores of Lake Michigan and at the
mouth Of the Calumet river, plot of
ground sevral acres in extent and
with a water frontage of 1920 feet. On
this,z it is said, rolling mills will be
erected to cost $4,000, 900, possibly
twice that amount
with this plant for manufacture,
with the vast mines in the Mesaba
region for the raw material and with
eighteen huge lake vessels to carry
the ore to the very doors of the works,
all owned by the Rockefeller COM
pany, that corporation may be able to
dictate terms to Mr.. Carnegie and his
associates instead of being dictated to.
Mr.. Rockefeller's s. scheme is not new.
He has hadsit in mind for several years,
but not until now has he been ready to
put it into effect. His preliminary
movements have, as usual, been kept
quiet. Not until today did anything
reach the public and then it was
through an accident. Some weeks
ago, a large plot of ground was pur-
chased in South Chicago. The sellers
were the Calumet Canal and Dock
company and several private indi-
,viduals; the real buyer was not pub
licly known. The price was in the
neighborhood Of $500,00O, divided into
three payments The. first installment
was paid when the deed was signed,
and the next two will be paid Dec. Is.
1t was not necessary that Mr.. Rookie
feller should divide the sum.
''The iron and steel business-at
k1na4 NJ of r. c%A II
rails-is controlled by Carnegie and
his two allies entirely, the Illinois
Steel company, of Chicago, and the
Colorado Fuel Iron company, of Pueblo.
Col. The price of rails at Pittsburg is
$2S, at Chicago $29, at Pueblo $33.
Whichever of these three concerns Is
nearest the purchaser delivers the
rails. Rails cannot be had of any
one else.
This is the situation which Mr..
Rockefeller has tackled. He expects
to make steel rails from rs to so per
cent cheaper than the trust can. He
can then sell them much cheaper.
''The new mills at South Chicago will
not be confined to the manufacture of
steel rails, however, but will make
structural iron of all sorts as well.
1t is stated further, and on good au-
thority, that Mr.. Rockefeller may even
go into the armor plate business also.
1.-THE site of the new works is ideal
for q mammoth rolling mill The river
at this point is twenty feet in depth.
enough to float the largest of the lake
vessels, and provides perfect en-
trance for the Standard Oil ships,
which will carry ore from the
mines along Lake Superior. These
same boats will serve as pow
erful whip IN the hands of the Stand
ard Oil magnate in case the railroads
attempt to fight him, for they can
also be used for the grain trade, and
literally demoralize freight rates in
every direction"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07

ing all quarterly payments to be made
by check.
Gratifying results have followed the
passage. of the act of March 2. 1895,
which secured an extension Of cash
wherein payments of accrued pension
could be made, as we'll as that Of the
act Of March 6, 1896, relating to the
commencement of pension under the
act of June 27, 1890
The suggestion is again made as to
the advisability of such legislation as
will lodge in the federal courts the
right of any one on behalf of the gov
=ernment to ask for better protection
to the pension fund of those laboring
under legal disabilities The following
also are suggested:
That justice demands the universal appli-
cation of the common law rule in proof of
marriage. State laws govern and lNd to de-
MAI OF title in cases which are equally meri-
torious.
That the pensionable rights of minor chill
dren, who claim under the act of June 27
1890. should be defined with more certainty
where the soldier dies leaving no widow sur
viving.
The act of Aug. s. 1892 relates to pension
able title of those women who served as
nurses during the war of the rebellion. Title
is confined to those who served in regimentaI,
post camp or general hospitals. The refusal
Of the war department to recognize those as
properly employed who served in the first
three classes mentioned tends to defeat their
title and renders this portion of the act
nugatory. Attention is invited to this in or
der that proper legislation may be enacted
to relieve any deserving claimants of an un-
just and unintentional discrimination.
On the 1st of February. 1896, a new division
was organized in the Office of the secretary
by his order, and the board of pension ap-
peals was thereby merged in this new d.
vision of pension affairs. BY this means, all
matters relating to pensions were brought
into division and under the assistant sec
retary's supervision. The result has been to
harmonic and systematic this work. and
has also led to its greater expedition in the
hands of competent force.