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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-05
SEALERS LOSE MONEY.
Schooners Return With Small
Catches-Low Prices for
Seal skins

Several vessels of the scaling feet have
returned from their cruises with such a
poor showing as to warrant the keen dis
appointment they feel at the result OF
their work. None has come within long
way of paving expenses. The Indian
seaIer Deeaks, the schooner Boring Sea.
Capt. Larsen. and the schooner Columbia
were anchored yesterday or North Sc
attic. The first named did best bringing
back eighty-eight salted fur seal skins.
The Bering Sea came next with fifty-nve.
and the Columbia was a close third with
fifty-three. Inspector f. s. Fowler was
here yesterday from Port Townsend 10
pass upon the skins.
''The skins are of poor quality" said {.
L. Hibbard. of Hubbard & Norton. yes
terday. land beside the fact that the eaten
is light IL will bring A low price. Why.
for the fall catch. which is considered the
best and brings 81 each more than other
skins. the price was only S5.1. l was IN
San Francisco last week. and Liebes, the
largest dealer in furs there. told me that
he had enough seal skin stock to last tor
three years. Seal skins are not fashion
able now and sales have fallen of heavily.
Two wears ago the catch was very heavy
and dealers stocked up so that they are
still supplied"
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The Hentiick Compnry.

Unknown" received another excellent
presentation before 4 large audience al
the Third Avenue theater last nisht. The
Rea6ick company is growing in popular
ity with the Seattle public daily. The
play. which IS ono Of the most powerful
melodram3s ever written. will he seen
for tho last time this evening. as tomor-
row night the bill will be changed. and
THE New Vendetta" will be presented
for the balance OF the week. Including
the Saturday matinee.
The songs 81 Miss Marsh, Illustrated
by the steTeopticou, are quite a novel
feature OF the production.
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The blessing of strong Nerve,

Is recoverable not by the use OF mineral
sedativcs. bat by a recourse TO eYectual
tonic treatment. Oplates and the ike
should only Ne used as auxiliarles and
then as sparlnsly as possible Vigorous
nerves are quiet ones. ard the most direct
way 10 render -hcfa 50 Is 70 reinforce the
vital cncrSie~ That sterling invigorant
HostctteT's Stomach RtteTs. VIII be found
sil-sufgicient for this purpose. Sncc il en-
tsrely removes impeituents 20 thorou~h
digestion and assimilation 81 food. SO that
;hc ba3y Is insured It's due AMOUNT 81
uourisancnt. and consequently OF STAN
ina. Rheumatic tendencies and afreeti,~s
% the kitneys and bladder are also cour.
te-Ected hy the Eltters. which il besides
a thorough medicinal sttmuiant infinitely
parer than tho raw exciiants OF commerce
s. nagh react in1urioasly upon the nervous
system.
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wALI.ERs nopy rouNp.
Schooner Comneer Has Hard Luck In
Getting ~ Cook.

The body 80 r, y Waller. tho coax ~
the schooner Couuetr Who vas d~aar-ea
on Monday afternoon tr Salmon nav white
trying - -each the schooner in A small
bat. WIS picked zap on tha beach a. f,as-
lard Yesterday afternoon an-og: S o'clo,l.
The coroner Vas notified hut n view -
thc circumstance Gecieied not "a Nrfa an
Inquest. and the body WIS taken - gs,,t-
scrNcV.c's undertaking. establishment
John Miiiiarig. who bad been engaged
% sake Wallers place SIS cook. ara W.,
was with him ia thc Beat whea II ear-
sise8. uses with further naishaps affsv he
anally reached the schooner. c2stssss D.,
his drunkenness. IN scusc way iafe ~
the evening ~ fat down fks he.rb-
way. s;SlsiuE uNoa thc top 81 his bel
cutt.cE an uEly gasA esght or ulre ir-hex
iong, Tie r9rn 81 TIE ship triad - sreS<
ire vauad, but -alGe sslch \ poor sos a.
= that & became necessary 10 sa,a for
Or Stanley = Esu.ery
In Consequence o. bis wcuna Williams
VIII oe Enaole - e. on the Composer 70
Ceuisai Acserfra- TIC capsa3- all 81
laird cook. and Williams VII Try 70 e.s
inio the marine hospital IN tbs city.
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Rev. Percy webbcr at st. Marks.

Rev. Percy Weber. missioner" viii
arrive this morning from Tacoma, and.
in connection with a celebration of the
Holy Communion. will make an address
at ST. Marks church al 1890. This after
noon at O'Clock Mr.. Weber will also
speak. and tonight at $40 will preach.
The services tomorrow viii be as follows
1880 a. m, Holy Communion; 1890 morn
ing prayer and sermon: 4. Bible reading
specially for women; s p. m, service
with sermon. The public is invited to
all OF these services. ST. Marks new
church is on Harvard avenue, one square
north OF the intersection OF Madison
street and Broadway.
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Port Orchnrd Nate.

Word has been received that the Coast
SURVEY steamer Patterson is at Sitka
Alaska, where she VIII be for the next
month.
Civil Engineer r. c. Holiday has been
transferred from the Port Orchard naval
station 20 Mare island navy yard. He will
be succeeded by Engineer Nixson, who ex-
changes places with him.
Commander w. II. Whiting left yester-
day morning ON the steamer Umatilla 10
accompany Mrs. Whiting 10 San Fran
cisco. where she viii visit for n month.
Commander Whiting will return on the
next steamer.
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is intended In fact. passenger rates be-
tween here and San Francisco are already
so low that any further cut would be dis
astrous-
The iron steamer Cleveland has been
registered as an American vessel put a
short while. She was formerly named the
Kahului and was on the Hawaiian island
route.
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Japan Freight Coming and Going.

The warehouse that has been filled with
Oriental freight brought in by the Matsu-
yama Maru is now empty. the last car for
the East having been taken away Mon
day night. The outbound cargo of the
Matsuyama is not arriving very fast. and
she will probably be compelled to sail be-
fore n full cargo is on hand There is
any quantity of freight on the way. but
II may not arrive in time for this steam
ship. The next vessel of the Nippon
Yusen kaisha. due to arrive about June
2, will find a double cargo awaiting her.
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The whaleback steamer City OF Everett
will continue carrying coal TO San Fran
cisco from Puget sound. 1t was announced
that she would be chartered to carry a
cargo of grain to the famine sufferers OF
India, but as less than half a load of grain
for her has been offered smaller vessel
will suffice to carry II TO Calcutta.
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HELP MUST CONE.


There was another luIi yesterday in the
subscriptions 20 the Y. N. c. A. $50
fund Although there were a number OF
business men who reported that they were
considering the matter and only waited 10
determine how much they could subscribe
the actual subscribers wero few There
IS a disposition among certain people TO
sit back and let others bear the burden.
assuming that the amount necessary to be
raised viii be subscribed without their
help. The condition OF the subscription
list now shows very clearly that the fund
will not be raised unless every weIi-w isher
or the organization comes forward with
a generous donation.
The criticism has been made against the
Y NJ c. A that L should not have incur
red the expense OF getting an athletic park
when Ii was in such need os funds But the
fact IS that the Y. NJ. c. A. has never
paid & cent for the slne athletic park il
owns. When the plan of securing the press
ent grounds was brought before the di-
rectors they refused 70 incur any further
expense. At this point the young men on
the athletic committee OF the association
stepped in and offered 70 secure the
grounds and assume all responsibility for
them. turning them over TO the Y. II. c.
A when paid for. This was DONE and
the Y. NJ. c. A has had full use OF the
park without cost through the enthusiasm
and energy displayed by the members Of
it's athletic committee. who have assumed
the entire expense. The park is a credit
to the city and has been the means of
drawing large numbers OF visitors TO Seat
tie on various occasions. and has also
proved an attractive recreation ground for
large numbers OF Seattle young men. and
the Y. Nj. C.. A. is 10 be congratulated
upon the excellent way in which il has
been handled.
The total of the fund TO date is sios3.
the subscriptions yesterday having been
only $3.50. Unless a good big addition 10
the amount Is made today the outlook for
the Seattle Y. NJ. c. A. will be very dark.
The encouraging features of yesterdays
receipts were the indications of good work
being done by the Calhounites and BlaEck-
ties So far the latter seem to be the best
hustlers, for they have secured nearly
double the subscriptions OF the Calhoun
iies-
The following are the hustlling Blanck-
ties and the amounts they have collected
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Anheu-er-Busch Brewing Assn

recommends the use Of the greatest Of al
tonics. "Malt-Nutrine. and guara ntee.
the merits claimed for it. For sale by al
druggists.
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A child was cured of Group by a dose or
two of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, a neigh
boris child died of the same dread disease
while the father was getting ready to call
the doctor This shows the necessity Of
having Ayers Cherry Pectoral always at
hand.
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FACTS AND RUMORS.
p1rsrnr.T WINTERS REsfGSA-
rroy STARTS TIE GossTrs.

what he Says Abouf IL Himses-A
Friend of HfIrs, hut He Would
NOT work for Him for Any
.-orn, az s:eney-The nInncapo-
II. Time. says kendrfcis. Hanna
ford. uruenry nad Phipps May
Hunt for other Places.
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ABERDEEN. Scotland. Nav "A col
Nsog occurred at Gtrdleness lighthouse
today between the British steamer Col
dyne and the Gcaug0e. The E'nldyne sank
and eleven of her crew were drowned.
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See it spin. The Phoenix racer in Stew
art & Holmes window
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The Great Northern railway is the nom
ular line to all Kootenai points. No law
over.
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Ferdinand Tokias returned Yesterday
from California.
4. A ]. ellis. manager Of the Skagit
County Times. was In the city vesferdav
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THE LAST TRIBUTE.
TAPS SOUNDED OVER THE GRAVE
OF COL HALLER-

The BODY of a Soldier, Pioneer ana
Foremost Citizen of the state LAID
to Rest in Beautiful Lake view
Impressive Ceremonies OF the
Church md the Masonic orders
Mt the Home and Cemefery-iSast
Honors offered by Friends, Reia-
tfves and Associates.
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Personal.

Ask your grocer for maize nour.
The herald., 1897-05-06
SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO. May 5-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Captain Len B. Harris
Of this city, who is associated with Jesse
Grant. Col. Whilpott and other capital
lists at Riverside in the concession Sc
cured from Mexico for taking guano off
the islands in Mexican waters, left here
yesterday for San Francisco to purchase
schooner for the first expedition. The
schooner will be brought here to be fit
ted out. and will make a cruise of sew
eral months in the gulf locating the best
guano deposits and exploring generally
The first cargo will be brought to San
Diego, though 1t Is the intention to put
on two or three schooners and take part
OF the product to Honolulu. At the pres
ent time fleet of about fifteen small
schooners are carrying on an illegitimate
business in taking guano off the islands
on the west coast within the limits of the
Lower California Development company
but the selling price of $40 per ton is a
big incentive to run the risk Of being
captured.
The annual election Of officers Of San
Diego commandery No. rs. Knights
The herald., 1897-05-06
ANAHEIM

ANAHEIM. May 5.-(Regular Corre-
spondence). At noon today the mar
riage Of Edward Atherton and Miss lena
Selinger Of the Fullerton Community
was solemnized at the Presbyterian
church In this city, Rev. James Stone off,
ciating. Many friends of the young couple
were gathered to witness the ceremony
and extend their congratulations. Mr..
and Mrs Atherton will go on a wedding
tour to San Francisco for a few weeks.
Jim Cook. young man who works
west of the city, hired a team from A
L. Lewis & Co.'S livery stable Saturday.
saying he was going to the picnic at
Santiago canyon. He drove the horse To
Rincon. where it died. On his return he
proposed to do the fair thing and turned
over 4-year-old horse, his watch and
$l5 in part payment for the horse he had
killed. Since then he has changed his
mind andd emands his property. which
the livery people refuse to give up.
Rev. Geo. Guth, presiding elder Of the
German Methodist church in the Cali
fornia district, held quarterly confer
ence at the German Methodist church ii,
this city Sunday evening
A. L. Lewis returned Sunday from San
Francisco. where he went as a delerat te
to the grand council Of Chosen Friends
and grand parlor of N. s. CIV.
Prospects for good crop of soft shel,
walnuts in this section Is said to be fine.
The herald., 1897-05-06
SAN BERNARDINo

SAN BERNARDINO, May 4.-(Regu-
lar Correspondence.) The smiles of a.
year-old school girl were the cause of a
challenge given and challenge accept
ed, and last night between 10 and II
o'clock the meeting took place, back of
the creamery on I street. The young
lady in the case is Mabel Drummond,
who residee with her mother, corner of
Third and D streets. The young bloods
who fought to gain her favor are John
Carter and Jack Foster. The boys met
with bare knuckles and the fight lasted
about thirty minutes and 1t was a hot
one. Foster came out Of the fight un-
scathed, while Carter Is nicely decor
ated. The challenge was Issued by Fos-
| ter and was written in blood and when
Carter read it he hunted up Foster and
tearing the letter up threw it in the face
of the challenger. The cry of police"
broke up the contest, but the boys say
they will meet again.
The Wieland baseball team has lost
one Of it's best players in the person of
IJ. A. Smith, who played third base. He
left the city today.
s. G. Tuthilr leaves tomorrow for Los
Angeles on three days trip.
Horticultural Commissioner s. A.
Pease says he has his hands full with the
army worms. as they are multiplying
VERY fast and spreading over the entire
foothill region. The gardens of the city
are overrun with the pest. The new COM
mission are to begin an active campaign
against the worm with the hope Of its
speedy determination.
While driving up Third street today
the horse Of Alonzo Jones, Sr, took
fright and made lively runaway. In
front Of the Owl drug store Mr.. Jones
was thrown from the buggy and pretty
badly shaken up. Later the horse over
turned the buggy and broke loose.
Helen M Hieom VS.. Joseph Brown,
James Brown ct al, Is the title of sui.
filed yesterday. The suit Is brought to
recover on note for $2S00 dated April,
1897.
The board Of education met last night
and decided to hold the commencement
exercises of the high school at the opera
house and to charge an admission of Is
and 10 cents.
The city trustees met last night. A
large number of bills were audited,
among which was bill Of $424 81 for the
month Of April for electric lighting.
Trustee Thomas Of the auditing commit
tee thought that the bill should be cut
about one-fourth as the lights have been
very poor. Manager Roos made strong
talk and the bill was not cut.
AL Ritten made application for a sa-
loon license to conduct saloon near the
Santa Fe depot. The license was grant,
ed with proper bonds.
Marshal Reeves presented a set of
rules governing the city police which
were accepted by the board. After this
came the opening of bids for the building
Of the bridge over Warm creek on
Waterman avenue. The following were
the bids: Sam Letter, city. $5S3; D. P. N.
Little Of Los Angeles, $549.75, and Saw
yer & Arthur Of Monrovia, $61945 There
was opposition to the work going out
side Of the city and ae the electric light
company must stand a portion the bid
was given to Letter.
The most important business Of the
The herald., 1897-05-06
SAN BERNHRDINO COUNTY

evening was letter from ex-Treasurer
Blow In regard to the certificate of de-
posit for 3346.0S. which he holds on the
defunct First National bank and which
Treasurer Aldridge refuses to accept,
fearing that it will involve his bonds
men. Mr.. Blow wanted the trustees to
have Treasurer Aldridge accept the GER
tificate. City Attorney Haskell inform
ed the trustees that they had no author
ity to instruct Treasurer Aldridge to
accept anything but the cash. The mat
ter will be settled at special meeting
on Thursday night.
The teachers in the city schools who
were elected for four years by the old
board of education have in all proba bill
ity fight on their hands, as the newly
elected board is strongly opposed to
four-year terms 1t is understood that
the teachers have employed an attorney
to fight the proposition of oueting them
Gregoria Rebe, who was convicted OF
murder in the second degree for killing
John Moss. an Indian, was today SEN
fenced to San Quentin for life by Judge
Campbell
The board of supervisors adjourned to
day at noon for two weeks. The matter
of the Arrowhead toll road was laid over
until May 18th.
In the matter of building the bridge
over Warm creek the county will stand
two-ninths of the entire cost. providing
1t does not exceed $780,
The Sunday edition of The Herald will
contain illustrations of Squirrel inn, the
court house and the interior of the ma
chine shops at the Santa Fe depot.
The herald., 1897-05-06
SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Templar. was held last night, when the
following officers were elected: j. B.
Wootten, commander; B. M. Shaw, gen.
eralissimo; A. F. Dill. captain general;
c. c. Kellam, prelate; S. H. Olmsted
senior warden: w. J. Mossholder, jun
ior warden; w. A. Begole, treasurer; ].
p. Burt, recorder. The new officers will
be installed on May 18th.
County Tax Collector A. p. Cornell is
now at work preparing the list Of delin-
quent property in this county for publi-
cation in June, which ends his work on
the tax levy for the fiscal year 1S96-97.
The assessment rolls were turned over
to the tax collector In October last year,
and showed a total levy for state and
county taxes amounting to s4O4 ,476.S4
OF this amount $369'440. 81 has been paid
into the county treasury. leaving an ap-
parent delinquency of $35,036.22, from
which should be deducted on account OF
reassessment of certain properties for
the years 1890 to 1895 inclusive amount
ing to $14,614.63.
Jerauld j. Ingle has returned to this
city from Los Angeles and has formed a
partnership with the law firm of Works
G. Works.
The herald., 1897-05-06
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, May 5.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The board Of supervisors
today instructed the clerk to advertise
for bids for printing the delinquent tax
list. All bids received will be opened at
10 o'clock on May 18th.
l. N. Rafferty,, L. T. Huntington and
Hiram Hamilton were selected to serve
as a horticultural commission.
The petition Of H. H. Markham, re-
questing the board to close certain
streets through the r. b. Taylor tract
In Olive, will be heard on May 18th.
/ The auditors balance. treasurer's re-
port and joint report of the auditor
and chairman OF the board Of supervis-
ors was received and fled BY the aud
itor' balance 1t is shown that on May 1st
Orange county had $63, ,76642 deposited
In three banks. as follows: Tustin bank,
$4,000; First National. 43,7e6.42: Ex-
change banks, $4,000.
The sum OF $500 was ordered transfer
red from the general road fund to the
Orange fund.
After passing this usual monthly de-
mands the board entered into discus
sion OF proposed work on the Anaheim
road. Supervisor Potter estimates that
1t will require the expenditure Of about
$500 to put the road in proper condition.
At o'clock this afternoon the taking Of
testimony In the Green case was con-
cluded. During most of the morning
session Of court DR.: J. G. Bailey was on
the stand giving expert testimony con-
cerning his examination of Ruby Fitch.
His testimony was slightly more favor
able to the defense than that Of the other
physician. e. I. Wheeler, Bright Sitz
and w. 8. Connolly were sworn for the
defense. but very little Of their testi-
mony was admitted. Elizabeth d.
Green, wife Of the defendant, was called
by the prosecution. but upon objection of
the defense was not permitted to testify.
Dr. w. H. Hill and the little girl were
then called by plaintiff In rebuttal and
with their testimony the case closed.
At 6 o'clock this evening, after being
out forty-eight minutes, the Jury re-
turned verdict finding Green guilty as
charged. The punishment for the crime
is at least i've years, with no maximum
limit.
A match race at the track this after
noon, between A. e. Werne's horse, Polo,
and DR.. Lords John Bull, was won by
the latter in three straight heats. The
best time was 2:24h.
Miss Sadie Purdy, former resident
Of Santa Ana. and Henry Ritchey of
Redlands, were married today at the
home of Miss Purdy's parents In Phoe-
nix The couple VIII reside in Redlands.
Ernest Chrisman has sold his interest
in the grocery store OF J. M. Chrisman &
Son and will engage in the same line Of
business In Los Angeles.
A drunken driver with large bottle
OF whisky In his buggy was dumped OUT
on the pavement near the postoffice yes
terday evening-or rather, the bottle
rolled overheard and the man, in at
tempting its rescue, followed suit. The
whisky was badly damaged. but the
man. though he fell "fulr' on his face,
was not hurt.
]. T. Morehead Of Tustin has gone on
visit to Kentucky
The herald., 1897-05-06
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE. May 5.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) There is prospect OF
Riverside county having a courthouse
of it's own. The board Of supervisors at
the meeting this forenoon authorized
the clerk to advertise for propositions
for renting or selling the county prop
erty. for courthouse purposes, the pro-
positions TO be opened at the regular
meeting in June. The lease Of the Ar
lington for county offices runs out IN
little over a year, and the board
thought best to put the ball in motion
for providing for quarters in time to
build If found necessary.
Commencing with the meeting in
July the board of supervisors will meet
the second and fourth Tuesday in each
month.
L. c. Morehouse and G.. l.. Arnold
members Of the old board Of equaliza-
ton, are in the city today looking up
the assessing matters in this county by
The herald., 1897-05-06
DowNEY

DOWNEY, May 5.-(Regular s. Core
spondence.) The two agricultural ditch
companies have succeeded in putting in
their dam in New river and now have an
abundance of water for irrigating pur-
poses
A horse belonging to Clifford Persing
ran away last week and becoming en-
tangled in barbed wire fence was very
badly cut about the legs
Mrs. G. w. Foster has been quite Ill
during the week. as has also William
Stout.
]. A. Mitrovich has improved his resi-
dence with a new coat of paint.
e. F. Nolan. for several years past n
prominent business man Of this place,
has removed with his family to Long
Beach.