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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
PREPARING Coast Defense squadrons.

New York, Feb. NAVAL officers on
duty ia this city and Brooklyn declare that
il is the intention OF the government to
place the navy on a complete war footing,
as far as possible in time of peace, and
demonstrate what the United States can
do in the way of commissioning, not NY
ing squadron, for which the United States
has no need at this time, but a coast de-
Tense fleet TO guard our shores, both on the
Pacific and Atlantic. Commodore Mont
gomery Sicard. commandment of the Brook
lyn navy yard got orders last night to
into commission March l. The ship has
been under construction for years and il
will tax the capacity of the yard TO nnish
her in time. The orders are, however, inn
perasive. The coast defense squadron
which the government is about to place in
commission will be composed of the new
ram Katahdin. now at Brooklyn navy
yard; the double-turreted monitor Ter
ror, also at this station; the double
turreted monitor Miantonomah, which
is to be pulled out of the mud
at League Island navy yard, near
Philadelphia. and recommissioned. and the
new monitor Monadnock. the sister ship
of the Terror. nearing completion at the
Mare Island navy yard. All the ships are
10 be put In active service and furnished
with officers and crews within the next
three weeks. The other ships of this IRON
clad squadron already i'm commission are
TO be the nrst-class battleship Indiana the
secord-estsss baftieship Maine. now at
Hampton Roads. and the douhe-turreted
monitor Amphytrite, now at Key West
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.


Five Hundred Hou~e holders selected
FOR the Ep~uiug Year.
Tao following named housaho}icvs %
ki9g county have been selected hv the
hsafd of county COMMISSIONS 90 serve as
srand ana psds Jurors foT the ensuing
year
Roher, Alien Duwamlsh. l. r Avori.
ohr.siopher. John Alexander. Third ard
taiaulha streets. seattle \. Arnuuis. cor
nfr % Eleventh and james streets. seat
te- Leonard = AIS. No. "a wall street
Seattle. II. T. Adair. North Bend G,erre
anderson, SapQualm Thomas AleSaritr.
Nonoe8u. Fret Anthonv. North Bend $
~ Anderson, lotheA. Y. &. Armstrors.
Feli. a. = Allen. lnsls aood. SamffeI a.
kinson. Manle Valley. + ]. Atweu. NJ.
- fliieft avenue. seattle, : 4. Akucw.
lolt. E1via Aui3 ballard. r. Atwood g..
tfftseatn street. southeast cQgner Atlantis.
stattie
Caarles T. Barncs. WABASH. A Y Bat
~ Auhirn Henry Burton. Sunnyaale.
Ssfn1fn BERRY. Meeker. = - Eene'lct
- IS tliuk'eE bi1ek. Sesttis Richard
aFa4isy 1eT W Harlsn. Seattle National
Sans taiaIoE. seattle. George " l,lsl-
sea1s. sl1 NaAt1ss street. seattle. ; Il
s'fe"n Ne. elt Efr3}rE-eu axesgIe. =, 1ttte.
ssFeafs N"r-htns. t}r.oa Take. b. r. Ho5t n.
- ~ Marion street SEATTLE Prank rsr-
~ keHtara T. Brown Ne ~Vea Aesis.~
avenue Seattle. t~ick Iserruaa. NJ a.
otNok street. seattle J ~ Boswell. N.
80 ealla Fwfifta street. seattle J. r
EHfne. Reese Hna Madison streets SEATTLE
NtfeT Bruce. oak ans ,hesgnuf streets.
SFstiif 5ohH l3acta Na gre fs1Ss afrcat.
sestue - e. Roek1crn. Mercer Island
II 6tyless. Sa0qtaisnia- w
u Baker RallArf BAKER.
therry Valley. 1aFnes Brackatf. Rete,eu.
Ntoaslas Beek. 6al3sri e e. Bristol. fls,h-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
TODAY THE BOND BIDS
Will Be Opened by Treasury
Officials.
THE NUMBER VERY LARGE.
Some Estimates as High as 1.So0-
small Bidders Ask 8 Per Cent,
Big Ones Nearly A.

Washington City. Feb. Although no
news Is obtainab.e Of a definite nature in
regard 70 the number OF bids already re-
ceive-l al the treasury department. for the
new per cent loan, 1t is certain that the
number is large and undoubtedly exceeds
the expectation OF officials Some esti-
mates pace the number as high as Loo or
i.sa As 20 the amount OF the bids or the
rates offered nothing is known. as the
original envelopes IL which they were re-
ceived sill remain unopened in one Of the
treasury wants. a number OF well-known
bankers wlo are supposed 10 be inter
ested in the loan are in town. and others
are expected 10 arrive tomorrow.
Ii seems 10 be the genera expectation
that a great majority Of the small bids
VIII be al figures 10 realize as low rate
as ; per cent. or 49, 229 per l0o. while the
large bids are expected 10 call for rate
as high as 5 7-I6. or 10 2se per LOO. AL
talk in regard - the matter, however, is
purely speculative. as nothing is known
la regard 70 IL.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05

New York. Feb fire started in the
drying room in the basement of the Gllsey
house early this morning and caused much
excitement among 22i guests. who were
aroused from sleep by the automatic sig
nails Many women became hysterieal.
Others fell down stairs in their efforts TO
escape from the building. For a time the
Railways were filled with smoke and there
was every indication that the building
would he consumed. Several servants on
the sixth floor, thinking retreat had been
cut off by the flames, climbed down !he
fire escapes in sight of hundreds of people.
on the arrival of the engines fin response
10 the first alarm the smoke was so thick
mat second alarm was sent in In a
short time the fire was extinguished. the
guests fling back 10 their apartments
The total damage was not more than $50
Every patriotic citizen should ynte-vnt,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
Seys for the faded and Coos
c Health for all Mankind.
0Y'S VEGETABLE SsgsspAgilLa.

kma6e from
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Cc-tkias 20
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CEHZs or
deadly pos-
CT. Joy 5
Vegetable
SEsagE-iilz
rob 5 tbs
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Its t2puri-
ties, azd
courses all
EGs impair
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.

Every patriotic citizen should vote-you
cannot II you are not registered
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
MAILED INDECENT MATTER.
A United Press Publisher at Chicago
Convicted.

Chicago. Feb. 4.--Joseph Il. Dunlap, pro-
pr.etor OF the Dispatch. the only Chicago
paper taking the United Press report, was
convicted a the United States district court
this morning OF sending indecent matter
through the mails, copies OF the Dispatch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14

must seek friends here is where we feel most
home
Crowell Hadden president OF the old bank, ex-
hibited 81 bill yesterday. which was issued by the
bank in September. 1870. The most curious feature
Is that it reads. Brooklyn. near New-York'
Brooklyn in those days a mere village. and
evidently not we'll known beyond the confines OF
New-York The bill was signed by old Judge LET
fert Lefferts who the first president OF the
Long Island Bank, having been chosen for that
office by the directors upon their organization on
Tuesday, April s, 1874. at the time the first meeting
was held. At that time a committee was authorized
a bank building then in Front-st.. Fulton-st.
The purchase price limited 10 $500 1t Is re-
corded that the property was purchased at the
price named. and on May the new bank began
business But I'm the mean time subscription books
had been opened the old Stephenson House and
nearly all the solid business men OF the young com
munity enrolled themselves as stockholders. Judge
Iefferts was the first depositor His book No
/, and this day II is carefully preserved by Mr..
Hadden A. Greeneaf. old gentleman who lives
at No 81 Sterling Place is one OF the earliest living
depostors. Mr.. Greenleaf began his deposits over
fifty and one OF the first TO transfer
his account to the Nassau Bank
An interesting item the cash book OF +. {.
Tucker the first cashier of the Nassau Bank. s
charge for ferrage the river I'm connection with
counting the banks money on deposit at the Phoenix
Bank, in NewYork. The Long Island Bark has
had an account at the Phoenix for seventy years.
and in the early days II was part OF Mr.. fuckers
duty be ferried to check accounts with the
Phoenix people
many years and succeeded by William 8. Her
rinan another Well-known Brooklynite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
FRESH AIR FUND RIDES.
ARRANGING THE TRIPS OVER THE BROOK
LYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD SYSTEM.


The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company has Of
fered It's services and some Of its cars In order to
carry out the purposes TO which The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund is devoted. This charitable offer
accepted by The Tribune. and the fresh air
trips the lines of this company Will begin on
Tuesday. and continue on three days Of each
week until the hot weather comes to All end. Two
large open cars will be devoted to letting the moth
and children from the swelterng tenement
house districts take into their lungs wholesale
quantities of the pure invigorating air that blows
fresh from the Atlantic the Sound or the bays. or
that sweeps over the wooded length of Long
Island. One Of these cars will start from the Full
ton-st. ferry and the other from the Broadway
ferry Three times on each Of the three designated
DAYS OF the week. which are 10 be Tuesdays,
THURSDAYS and Fridays. will two trips he MADE,
one from each of these starting points Inc nrst
Of the two swings around the circle will start at
10 o'clock in the morning. the second will leave at
o'clock in the afternoon. and there VIII he an
evening ride starting at o'clock.
Colonel r S Williams. the secretary and treas
urer Of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company.
wan busy yesterday having the tickets printed
which are to be distributed to deserving mothers
and children under the direction Of the Fresh Air
Fund lie was also busy arranging the itineraries
for the three trips day and while the arrange
rnents not completed. the nature Of the trips
was determined TO some extent. The ride TO which
the ticket will entite the bearer Will be three hours
long over the most picturesque routes Vi 'He iaii-
road system. Different points of interest VIII be
visited on the trips One journey Will be up through
the green fields of Flushing town. to North Beach
and Bowery Bay. Another will swing out over the
old-fashioned Jamaica plank road, with its toll
gate q antiquity and the new Forest Park. Then
Bergen Beach with its many points OF interest. will
be visited on another trip. and Timer Park and
other terminal points will become familiar TO those
10 whom even a fve-cent car fare Is a formidable
expense and an unreacha bic luxury
The following the style OF The ticket which Is
70 be distributed these trolley rides behalf of
the Fresh Air Fund:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
RPJGHTON BEACH LINE OPENED.
THE FIRST TRAIN WAS RUN OVER THE
FRANKIIN-AVE. EXTENSION YESTERDAY.

FRANKIIN-AVE. EXTENSION YESTERDAY.
,rha ors, train was run over the connection be.
tvoen the Brighton Beach Railroad and the Kings
County Elevated Railroad yesterday afternoon II
WAS a special train consisting OF three passenger
coaches and engine. and the trip to Brighton
Beach from the Brooklyn Bridge was made success
fully and I'm excellent time. The train started from
the Bridge $3.50 D. m. and reached Brighton
Beach at 4 O'Clock. making the trip in five minutes
less time than the schedule which had been ar
ranged for the running OF regular trains.
on account of the fact that both lines are so we'll
known the invited party on the train was small
one consisting only OF the railroad officials and the
newspaper men. The party included w T. Goundie
the general manager Of the Kings County Elevated
Railroad James IL. rockingham. its treasurer. H.
I Robinson secretary Of the Kings County road:
r. W Iiartough train dispatcher. and Thomas +.
BaIston chief engineer. Colonel Edward Langford.
the secretary. and William Finley. the superintend
ent Of the Brighton Beach road. we'll Alder
man David Stewart. were OF the party
The principal interest Of the trip naturally centred
in the run over the short connection between the
two roads The curve at Franklin-ave. made
without difficulty. the sides OF the passing with
in easy reaching distance Of the building the
ner Then the train rolled easily along down the
rather steep grade Prospect Place until IT
reached the level ground and tracks Of the Brighton
Beach road. The run to the beach was made In
fourteen minutes from the level. which Is consd-
erably better than the time scheduled for regular
trains
As the train slowed up at the Prospect Park
station to allow one Of the party TO alight Mira
teau /. Towns bag I'm hand stood ready to take
the first train TO convey him to his daily swim
He rather nonplussed for moment at the
sudden appearance OF one OF the elevated railroad
trains but he quickly rcgained his self-possession
and made dive for the nearest car. The train
was well I'm motion by that time. how ever. and
Mr.. Towns turned back In disappointed way
murmuring:
Il wonder why they would not take on
board"
he was the only one who attracted by
the novel spectacle which the train presented All
along the line the people stopped and gazed. and
II they belonged 10 the genus small boy. as many
OF them did. hey shouted approvlngy also
When the party reached the beach supper was
served I'm the dnng-rOOm Of the Brighton Beach
Hotel At o'clock the train started on the re-
turn trip.
General Manager Goundie said that trains Will be
running regularly to the beach from the Bridge
tomorrow. Except for short time In the middle
OF the day. they will every twenty minutes.
In tho middle OF the day when the traffic * lighter.
tho trains will he run half-hourly The regular
time Ia BILE OF the Brighton Beach road will prevail.
trains running usual from the Bedford station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
VIZ. BROOkS MILLLNG 10 RL

David Brooks. Of No So Dean-st has issued "A
letter announcing that ne Is n candidate for he
Republican nomination FOR Assembly In the y tn
District The district is generally Democratic by
a big margin. and Joseph \ Gnder. Democrat.
is its present representative. John Cooper the
Republican nominee last year Mr. Brooks says I'm
his letter OF announcement that he IL lifelong
says. Knowing that in this district N requires
man Of the people to secure an election ana as
am we'll known In the Ninth Ward by both parties
! am sure that | can reduce the big Democratic
ma jority considerably II can receive the unani
nous support OF all my Republican friends ana
Win What viii receive from the Democrats I am
sure OF an election. and guarantee 10 you mat |
shall go Albany for the Interest oi the Min AS
sembly District and the people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
DEATH or DIR. ROBERT +. SPEIR
END OF AN ECCENTR g AND MELANCHOLY
CAREER-THE FAMILY NAME
WIPED OFT

The death Of DR. Robert Fleet Spesr yesterday
morning at his home. No 156 Lafayette-ave.. wipes
ont the old and well-known Speir family name IN
Kings County so far a. known. and brings to
close an eccentric and melancholy career. DR.
Sper died from dropsy of the heart. and had been
sick for the last six months For the last two
months he had seriou ny illibut he tried ina.
f. as much ~ possible from those attending him.
and suffered in silence Ever since the doctor
wife died five years ago. ne had led quiet and
melancholy life. His wife's death seemed TO take
great hold upon him and 1fter she was buried he
refused to enter her be chamber on the second
floor and could be ind need 20 into the dining
room because OF seeing vacant chair AZ the
tablr His friends ana the household servants
thought that this aversion to visiting the upstaiis
and downstairs haunts Of MS dead helpmeet would
soon wear away. and that lc would become himself
again but in this they Mere mistaken. DAY an.I
day went by ana the weeks heightened into
months and the months INTO years. and the stricken
physician. though outw IDLY happy man. ana
greeting his old friends with about the same old
time cordially. felt thai - shadow Of death had
made 80 deep an impression dpon him that he never
again visited the dining-foOn or the bedroom. by
his ncghbOrs he Is said 70 haN" been generous
man dcvotng his medical skin to families in man,
cases who could not pay ann Tor his services. He
proud Of his distinguished brother. Dr. :. Fleet
Speir. whose death made "a deep impression upon
him and apparently added 10 his melancholy
None Of his immediate" relatives were In town las;
night. when a Tribun" reporter called at the mouse
He Is survived 10y two sisters. a Mrs Hageman am,
Robert Fleet Speir WAS n lmed for his father Rob
ert Spelr who was one u IN" most respected in
Robert Speir and was born In Glasgow. Scotland IN
1913. Dr. Speira mother was Hannah : Fleet
daughtsr OF samuel Fleet. OF Brooklyn. The old
Fleet homestead was one OF the landmarks OF
Brooklyn until about generation ago standing i'm
spacious grounds at the junction Of Fulton Gold
yet been made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
GAY TINE FOR BATH BEACH.
A LIVELY PROGRAMME PROMISED FOR TO-
MORROW EVENING.


The benefit performance which ia to be given for
a New-York charity at the Avoca villa. Bath
Beach tomorrow evening PROMISES TO be one Of the
largest entertainments held at the beach this sea
SON F. NJ G. Fitzgerald and clifford s. Cowen-
hover who are a. the head OF the committee man
aging the affair. leaving nothing undone TO
make II a success In the afternoon there will be
a bicycle parade In which the prominent New-fork
and BROOKLYN clubs will take part The line N
march will form at the Avoca villa. and the parade
will be along Cropsey-ave. to Ffteenth-ave.. TO
Benson-ave to Bay Twenty seconds st. 10 Crop
sev-ave and return to Avoca Villa. The procession
will then invade the villa grounds and take turn
through the various paths. afterward disbanding
at the outer gate. To the club having the most
men in line in the parade $50 will be given. and vs.
will be paid to the second club and a prize valued
M Sl5 is TO be given the rider wearing the most
grotesque costume. The Judges Will be Sherlr
William Buttling. Coroner CoomDs and James NUT
tina. - r..
An excellent programme has been arranged for
the concert and vaudeville performance ana fresl-
dent Johnson OF the Nassau Railroad Will provide
free electric lights for pretty sky and moon
scene which will be ablaZe all the evering. and
George KEYS of Pains Fireworks Company, mas
arranged for a number Of set pieces In the water.
The. (;ravcsend Bay. Jamaica Bay. Brooklyn, At
lantic ard Marine and Field yacht clubs VIII De
well represented with their boats, which VIII sur
round the pier In ILLUMINATED half circle. FRO
fessor Il. Lin has volunteered an orchestra OF
thirty pieces and Miss Nettie Farmland. the pro
fessional swimmer and diver Will dive through
two hoops of fire from a distance of 100 feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
OBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENTS.
MORE TRACTION COMPANIES WANT VALuA-
TIONS MATERIALLY REDUCED.

More writs Of certlorari directed to the Board OF
Assessors were issued by Justice Clement OF the
Supreme Court yesterday afternoon one WAS
obtained by the Coney Island. Fort Hamilton ana
Rrooklyn Railroad Company which wants the
assessment on its capital stock amounting 10 S"o-
on taken off entirely on the ground that it should
not be assessed The Brooklyn. Bath ana west thd
Railroad Company obtained a writ In winch 4
similar complaint was made This company wants
the assessment on 10000 OF capital stock removed
entirely and a $4,000 reduction or the assessor
value OF the r, al estate of the company. Inc
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company wants the as
sessment for its capital stock removed ana reduc-
ton Of 100000 on the valuation of its real estate
The Nassau Electric Railroad Company has sim
uar reouest TO make with regard 10 It's capita!
stock and says that the assessment OF us real
estate Is $4,000 more than II ought &c pe Inc
last writ was obtained by the South Brooklyn Cen
trail Railroad Company. which wants decrease OF
$3.50 600 in the assessed valuation OF IT'S real estae
Tho writs are not returrablc for month aad
argument will probably not be heard on tEem
unfiI fail The legal points involved are practically
he same az those In the cases detailed IN inc
Tribune of Yesterday. and II IS probaDle that these
cases will abide the determination OF the others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
BILLOWY BEDFORD AVE.
TIE SURFACE OF THAT THOKOUGHFARE
IN NEED OF REPAIRS some CITY
STREETS IN CONTROL OF THE
PARK DEPARTMENT
PARK DEPARTMENT.


The surface OF Bedford-ave was recently de-
scribed by d New York bicycle-rid who IS fond
Of going 10 Coney Island. "bowy" The adj
Jective Is not an inapt one. applied TO the
as a whole. The asphalt on It laid many years
ago. and has been patched up from time time.
1t has endured the heat and cold Of many summers
and winters expanding and contracting alternately.
until II IS anything but even, and going ii I'm
carriage or Oh bicycle is family suggestive OF
corduroy road.
1t Is not all 'billowy," however In places
the surface of the asphalt is badly broken and
much IN need of repairs Near Fulton-st. for
ample there some bad holes. 1t is understood
that the repairs here done under contract the
contractor being paid by the yard. and of course
getting a larger sum Of money the larger the num-
Der and size of the broken spaces that require at
.ention This practice led city official remark
yesterday:
1T seems to me that the principle of the Chinese
or is It the Japancse?in the matter of physicians
ought TO apply here. There, understand phys-
clan is paid while the family he is attending keeps
we'll but the moment any member OF 1t gets i'll his
conversation ceases. The work OF repairing Bed
ford ave and other asphalted streets ought TO be
based on the principle Of having as few repairs
possible and "A contract should be made covering
the entire Job 1t would then be to the contractors
,nte est 10 have lust as little repairing done as
possible and he would have his men watching for
breaks and mending them before they had attained
any considerable size.
Bedford-ave was formerly under the exclusive
Jurisdiction Of the Park Department but few
years ago It was turned over 10 the Department Of
civ Works whore IT seemed properly TO belong
The Park Department, however, still has control
of number of streets In the city that cannot
properly be termed parkways. In addition to
Ocean Parkway. Eastern Parkway. Fort Hamilton-
ave Bay Parkway Twenty second ave.. Seventy
fifth-st, the Shore Drive and Eastern Parkway cN-
tension. the following streets IN me Tweniy SIKH
Ward under the oversight or the PARK ON
missioner and are intended 10 he turned into some
thing approaching parkways I'm the future. East
ern Parkway east OF Iowardave and south OF
East New York-ave. to Stone-ave. Stonc-aN".
from Dean-st Riverdsle-a to the New Lots
Road; New Lots Road TO Dumont -ave Dumont-
ave TO Fountain-ave.. Bush~ick ave, from Cullen
Place 10 Jamaica ave; Penrsylvania-oye.. from
Jamaica "A 10 Jamaica Bay: Rockaw6y PARKWAY
from Buffalo-avc to the road 10 Flatands. and the
road TO Flatlands Jamaica Bay. All these
streets and roads last named embrace about ten
miles and TO them should be added Glenmore av,
and the connecting streets. which are now being
improved In order to form good road 10 the
Queens County boundary.