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STORY OF THE DISASTER.
The Collision Described by the
Captain of the Cromartyshire.


HALIFAX IN. 50. July 6.-The Brit
ish iron ship Cromartyshire was towed
in here this morning by the Allan Line
Grecian with her bow torn away by
collision. sixty miles south of Sable
Island. with the French steamer La
Bourgogne. The latter vessel went
down ten minutes later OF the Gil
passengers and crew on board La
Bourgogne. only 200 were saved One
woman was saved by her husband
The Captain and other officers went
down with the ship. The Cromartyshire
laid to and picked up the passengers
and seamen who We're rescued. trans
porting them to the Grecian, which
came along shortly afterwards
The log of the Cromarytshire. signed
by Captain Henderson. is as follows
''On July 18th. at : a. m. dense fog:
position of ship sixty miles south OF
Sable Island; ship by wind on the port
tack. heading about w. N W.. though
under decided canvas going about
four or FIVE knots per hour Our fog
horn was being kept going regularly
every minute. At that time heard a
steamers whistle on our west port
side. or port beam. which seemed to
be nearing very fast We blew horn
and were answered by steamers
whistle. when all of a sudden she
loomed up through the fog on our port
bow and crashed into us. going at a
terrific speed Even fore topmast and
main top and gallant mast came down.
bringing with ii yards and everything
attached.
Il Immediately ordered the boats out.
and went to examine the damage.
found that our boats We're completely
cut off. and the plates twisted The
other ship disappeared through the fog.
/. However our ship was floating on her
collision bulkhead. so there seemed no
immediate danger of her sinking. We
set to work Immediately to clear the
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Something Extra For Millinery Buyers.


M si % he goods Svey stool kare rtairIy
any at special sales Butth
in
o quit e h those who attend
t is
and
savey b at md
will
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Lot III.--FlOWers.

The flowers from the Seavey stock are un-
usually choice; first because they were fine care
fully selected goods to begin with, and secondly
because MIR. Seavey kept them in stock boxes and
they are as bright and fresh as when new. In
deed, some of the boxes bear evidence of hardly
having been opened We won't attempt to tell
you of the beauty and value of these howers-you
only obtain proper idea by examining them.
ITEM bouquets Of vioets, with leaves, Ic;
larger ones, with velvet leaves, sc; apple blossoms,
Sc; clusters of roses and buds, Sc velvet pansies,
Sc foliage, SC; velvet geraniums, with leaves, sc
beautiful natural roses, with leaves large SIZE zc;
corn flowers, carnations, with foliage, &c.
Sale Prices Ic to 7C
ITEM II-Beautiful foliage flowers, large
size, with berries silk poppes geranums and extra
fine roses. Some OF these sold by Seavey as high
as $IOO.
Our Sale Price, lie.
ITEM III-Mornng glory SPRAYS, 1oc
Cherries and strawberries, roses carnations and
silk pOppes and fine liacs in natural coors
Our Sale Price, lOc.
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Trimmed Hats and Flowers.
Lot Trimmed Hats.

j"
The trimmed hats are mostly new creations
for this seasons trade There is, however, quite
quantity Of winter hats which Seavey carried over
from last season-good shapes, including
Der of velvet and fine felt hats, all tastefully
trimmed. These we shall place sale at prices
that need no further comments-5oc, 75c, ST and
$I.5o for carefully trimmed hats!
AS before stated, the trimmed hats consist
mainly of desirable creations for summer
fashionable shapes, such as dropping shepherd
esses airy leghorns and tubular roll edge short
back sailors i'll white burnt orange new blue, and
other swell colorngs, we'll dressy turbans,
pretty bonnets. dainty shapes for children and
novelty shapes in elegant made hats. We have
priced these for Fridays sale as follows
ITEM I-Assortcd shapes in trimmed hats,
medium and light colors, including for chill
dren and misses Seavey's prices, 81, S. and So.
Our Sale Prices, ST. and SI.25
ITEM I.-Trmmed hats, such as sold by
Seavey at So, - and So.
Our Sale Prices, Sl.o5 and S2.45.
ITEM 1I1-The finest trimmed hats from
Seaveys stock, marked by him at $I2.5o to SIS
and $I8
Our Sale Price, So.
| Ot IT-SaiIOr Hats 1Sc
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LOT II.-Bleached sheets, size
SIN9o inches, made of good quail
ity family muslin, hemstitched and
ready for use.
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FRIDAY At $50 4. IN.
SOMETHING EXTRA.

a. s s ws, ]
a n
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FRIDAY, $50 A. M.
Cotton Skirting, 7c; BIeached,
Sheets, 49c; Apron Ginghams,|
&c; Bsdspreads, $l.39; Dot-|
ted Swiss, &c; Linen Crash, 5c.1

AT o:3o a. III. Friday, we shall
hold another of our popular do
mestic sales. Needless to say 4
much of the values we shall offer. (
The buying public expects to find
nothing but desirable goods at Till
usual prices in our Friday sales,
and we don't disappoint It. It's a !
good thing to be on pleasant terms h
with the buying public. !
LOT lin this lotWe shall offer \
entirely new stripes and neat fig !
ures, in white and colored 4
grounds, in superior quality J
twilled cotton fabric, suitable for 4
separate skirts and outing cos
TUNES. A material dependable for
wearing quality; in colorings that L
are absolutely fast.
Fridays Price, 7c.,
LOT II.-Bleached sheets, size
SINoo inches, made of good quail \
ity family muslin, hemstitched and
ready for use. (
Fridays Price, 4oc. J
LOT lII.-Apron check ging-
hams, III all desirable colorings. I
Standard quality. (
Fridays Price, sc. J
rs, LOT IN.-WillE
E>SA consist Of bleached !
MG1WA linen crash, having
| CSNN EA narrow colored
i - IN stripes, which we(
lUT-EsAN shall offer at SCI
lvvA@oY yard. This towel !
IEJ-s ing is Is inches
wide and is an excellent absorbent, !
suitable for both hand and roller 4
towels. Price actually less than
the manufacturer wholesale
price. Fridays Price, SC. Z
LOT Wight cents yard
certainly a low enough price for
white dotted Swiss of fair quality, I
in a variety OF desirable patterns, L
especially as the material is SO I
strongly in demand for hot wea- 4
ther garments.
Fridays Price, Sc. Z
LOT NI.-White Marseilles ]
bedspreads at SI.3o-not the ordi- 4
nary kind, but a quality usually
sold for So. so. Large size,
hemmed and ready for use, in I
good raised patterns.
Fridays Price, S1.5o. &
1
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side street, and there is room for an army
team and wagon to be driven through the
MAN entrance into tha court, which is a
feature of houses built in Porto Rico There
are TWO big rooms which can be PARTITION
Ell eff. if necessary. and the rooms are airy
hi-h ceilinged and well ventilated These
are probably the best-arranged rooms of
any buildings public or private, in the
Island OF Porto Rico, and their location at
the head of the plaza makes them easy of
access for citiZans, soldiers and the bus-
ness element of San Juan.
1t seems to have been the desire of the
representatives of Spain in the postal and
Telegraph services To place their offices as
remote as possible from localities whore it
would be convenient to transact business
Everywhere post office or telegraph sta
ton was found. in the course OF my OBJ
SerVations of the Spanish administration
IL was on an obscure street and usually
inaccessible. except for those who lived in
the immediate neighborhood. No attention
seems TO have been paid to having these
OFFICES located in the business section or
where the people could get to them readily.
In the larger cities of Porto Rico they were
generally to be found in the vicinity of the
barracks where the soldiers lived and Dri-
Vate rights or business conveniences were
not consulted in tha least
Office at Ponce.
When Ponce was taken possession of the
United States post office was tempoyarily
located in the custom house building at the
Playa or port of entry for the town This
Playa is about two miles and a half from
Ponce proper, and whenever anybody want
ed letter it became necessary to hire a
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magnificent monument to Columbus, which
was erected in his honor under the direc-
ton of Admiral Montejo several years be-
fore the latter was conquered by Admiral
Dewey In the harbor at Manila. Aguadilla
is easy Of access by means Of the river, and
the indications are that considerable postal
business will be transacted at this port. 1t
is found, however, that two men can handle
all the business that Is now being tran
sacted. There are three men at the May
aguez office and two each at Guyana, Are
cibo and Humacao. and the mail is handled
by them as eXpeditiously and as accurately
a. though they had five or six times as
many employees.
At Humacao. on the east coast Of the
island, there is an estimated population of
about 5000 souls, and the post office is
located in a dingy one-story building on
side street. There is plaza at Huma-
Gao, and the office where postal business is
transacted Is also occupied by the signal
office and the telegraph station.
Glass Rarity.
Glass is not only a luxury, but rarity, in
Porto Rico. There are glass windows in
any of the buildings, municipal or business
houses, but the doors are solidly construct
ed half way up, the remainder being shut
tered so as to admit air and light when the
occasion demands. For the better protec-
ton of post offices and business places be-
longing to private parties, the main en-
trance doors are usually sheathed with
iron, and when closed and Dadiocked con-
Stitute all the protection needed against
burglariously inclined individuals.
1t is not an uncommon thing to find at
one of the Porto Rican post offices a crowd
of four to five hundred men, women and
children around the post office, which they
regard as a sort of curiosity shop. Each
person in the crowd wants to be waited on
at once, and there is a continual pushing
and jostling to get as close to the post
office window as possible 1t matters not
to these people whether they are expecting
a letter or not, they seem to think that
all they have to 90 is to ask for something
in order to get it. No matter what the
agent in charge of the post Office may say
to them, they persist IN repeating their on
slaught day after day. and the declination
ters usually results in their applying the
nickname TO him "Senor No Hay, which
means there is nome
Natives of Porto Rico do not seem to
appreciate the idea of progress, and it is
almost impossible to teach them anything.
They have the impression that the Ameri-
can occupation of the island IS merely a
holiday for their benefit and they turn out
in large numbers on the slightest provoca-
ton, in consequence of this feeling of a
national jubilee. Very few of them can
write at all, and this is not confined to the
lower classes, either.
In one instance some of the members Of
the postal commission were being enter
tanned at the house of the alcalde of one
of the principal towns. His wife and
daughters were present and dispensed the
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conveyance at Ponce and drive to the Playa
and back, or else make fve-nile journey
on foot. This state of affairs did not exist
very long, however, and more suitable
location for the business interests and the
citizens generally of Ponce was found In a
conveniently located cafe on Atocha street,
the principal business thorOughfare of
Ponce. This building is used for hotel pur-
poses above the post office, which is on the
main floor, with several entrances from the
sidewalk and a large entrance on the side
street, through which teams can be driven
into q spacious court which would readily
accommodate fifty mail wagons such as are
used In the principal cities of the United
States. In addition to furnishing ample ia
cilities for receiving and handling the mail,
this post office at Ponce is within a block
of the plaza and the principal business por-
tion of Ponce. All the large mercantile es-
Establishments are within stones throw OF
the post office, and the municipal building
IN which the courts are held Is only a
block away from the post office.
If an official of the Post Office Depart
ment should happen to drop in at the Ponce
office. as it is now arranged, he would not
find anything very different there from
ty or twenty-five thousand Inhabitants in
the United States. There liz one big room
which was built for use as cafe, high
ceilinged and well ventilated, with abun-
dant facilities and room for the transaction
of the postal business of a population four
times that of Ponce, which is estimated to
be about twenty-five thousand. To carry
on the business of such an office the Span
iards would probably have found hundred
employees necessary, but, as IT is now, not
more than a dozen Americans can be en-
ployed advantaseously in this office They
can handle all the work that comes In TO
them, and the only time that they appear
to be rushed Is when the paymasters visit
the soldiers and give them the means
wherewith to secure money orders and in
crease the volume of business at the Ponce
office.
But Seven Offices Required.
These two oftices-San Juan and Ponce
will always require more men to operate
them than will the other Offices in Porto
Rico where free delivery service is to be
established. For all practical purposes
there are only about seven good-sized post
offices necessary in Porto Rico. and all the
business of the island can be transacted at
these places. They are San Juan, on the
north; Ponce, on the south; Mayaguez, on
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officer in charge Of o post Office, which the
business men and representative people Of
the various localities can be invited to at
tend and learf what is being done for them
to facilitate 1.-THE transportation OF mail
matter between Porto Rico and other
places. 1t would not be long under these
circumstances before the volume OF busi-
ness handled by the post offices In Porto
Rico would be- visihly Increased and salts
factory showing made. SO far as revenues
may be concerned AS it is now the work
OF handling the mails must necessarily be
conducted att loss, simply because the
people don't know what they can do In the
way of saving time and avoiding long and
expensive trips away from the island TO
the markets which they have been accus-
toned to Datron'-e.
Soldiers Principal Patrons.
Most of the postal business now trans
acted in Porto Rico arises from the letter
writing and souvenir hunting of the SOL
ders Of the American army. They are
keeping the post offices going, while the ma
tives are frolicking around apparently bent
upon having a good time, without any re-
gard to the trouble or annoyance they may
Cause the employees of the post offices.
There is little or no attempt made at
communication with the interior of the is
land by mail, and if planter or citizen
wishes to transact any business there IS a
long journey overland, with attendant dis
comforts and Inconvenience. All this could
be obviated If the postmaster at the nearest
town would take the trouble to instruct the
Inhabitants as to the merits of the new
postal system and the improved means of
transportation and communication which
will be the natural outgrowth of the Amer
lean occupation of Porto Rico
OF course there can be no such system
OF free delivery as that in vogue in the
United States, for the present at least, ow-
ing to the inability of Americans to speak
the Spanish language. 1t has been found
necessary, therefore, to continue as carriers
the same persons who did the work under
the Spanish administration, and in most
cases TO continue the same system of pay
ment. that of so much a letter for each pri-
vate individual and q lump sum per month
for business houses and corporations. This
service will be continued indefinitely, as it
seems to give the most satisfaction to all
interested in the material welfare of Porto
Rico. There does not seem to be enough
business to justify the placing of street let
ter boxes in any of the seven cities enumer-
ated above, but the public will be compell-
ed to get along with mail matter by taking
letters to the post office and getting them
stamped, and waiting for the carriers to
bring them whatever may be sent to the
various post offices from correspondents in
other places.
w. s. L.
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the west coast; Guyana and Humacao, on
the east coast. and Aguadilla and Arecibo.
on the northwest coast. There is little II
any, business transacted in the interior of
the island, except that which has been
made by the forward movements Of the
troops since the army of occupation entered
Porto Rico.
Mayaguez, with an estimated population
of 1900, is the most important town of
Porto Rico after Ponce and San Juan. I'm
til recently the post office at Mayaguez
was located in the municipal building, but
other quarters will have to be provided, In
asmuch as the municipal authorities of
Mayaguez have declined to permit the fur
ther use of their building for postal pur-
poses.
1t is only twenty-eight miles from May
aguez to Aguadilla, where Columbus land
ed on his second voyage to the West In
dies in 1893. There is a spring Of famous
water which is much sought after by mar
liners, located very near the anchorage
ground at Aguadilla, and vessels of all ma
uonalities are continually putting in at this
port to fill their casks with the precious
product of the bubbling spring on the river
banks Another feature Of this place is q
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Manifestly a World Power.


Reuben Railfence-"We want ter hang
on ter every foot of land that we kin git
tell you the United States could govern
the hull world today"
Henry Hoecorn-"Oh! hold onl Amt ye
putin that purity strong?"
Reuben Railferce-''Not at all There's
twenty men after every office we've got to-
Iavp
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effective.
From Life.

Il want to tell you one thing that your
medicine did," said the caller. "One bottle
Of 1t restored my son to very fine posi-
ton that he had lost
How was that?" asked the patent medi-
cine proprietor.
He gave 1t to the man who had taken
his place"
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is a list OF advertised letters re-
naming In the Washington ID. C) Post Once Sat
lrday, DeoembeI IL 1895
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant should
all for Advertised Letters"
III not called for within two (2) weeks they viii
'e sent TO the Dead Letter ofhce
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Just Filled the Bill.
From Harper's Bazar.

From Harper's Bazar
The Heiress-"The man l marry must be
very hansome, afraid of nothing and clever.
Moneys no object to me-
Mr.. Broke-"Doesn't it seem like fate that
We should have met?'
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A copy of the report Of recent operations
Of the Young Mems Christian Associations,
which, during the recent conflict with
Spain, did much to alleviate the horrors of
warfare among the American soldiers has
been received in this city, and is, in part,
fnll0Ws
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-n-4Tns AND FUNERALS.

800. = sv-1r seattle, May 4. 1885. az Provi-
49,. CAV. OF peritonitis. aged q
go n.Ma.ns viii be emhalmed by
rer q Stewart and sent to chicago
~ bassas.
,sv-The funeral services OF May r; =.
A. I'll, sska place today al O'Clock
~ s.ora her late residence at Az HaT-
9. =. ssrss. The remains will be shipped
9 a,nneapoiis. MINI. for. interment;
$500 friends are invited 10 attend
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NeIYcE TO CONTAGIOUS.

OFFICE or THE CONSTRUCTING
Quartermaster. Room 4s Halter building,
Seattle. Washington. May 2, 1850. Sealed
proposals in tripiicate Will be received
here until II a. m. Thursday. May Y.
isss, for the construction Of q wharf ana
rcadways pertaining TO the military past
Mt Magnolia Bluff. Seattle. Washington.
Plans and specifications may be seen and
full Information will be furnished 70 this
Office Envelopes should be Endorsed
and addressed to the undersigned, w.
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u. 8. A.
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NANTED-Tahle bosras~s nv nea, or
ssN. esst meals Ia Seattle: s o'clock
Easts, also nne furnished rooms. 1876
'R avenue, near like street
FURNISHED rooms NH hos~s ,eea
Msr.on ssrest
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EMPLOY MESr wANrEp-MALE.

WANTED. situation In commission office
or mercantile business. years expert
ene~ IN both branches. Address Lock
Box s5i, Seattle.
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NOTICE TO cONTRAC.TORS.-Bids viii
ne received for slaallng and clearing the
r1ghts-of-way OF this company. Specific
cations al 5Is Washington block. Seattle,
or aoi Vanderbilt, building. Tacoma
SNOQuALMIE FALLS POWER CO.
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BIRTHS.

s-.rr-Tn seattle. "Wednesday. NAY :.
49, "a ~. ard Mrs. Crart. III. iho'ii~'
s.-.se twins, both sons
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FOR sALE-I.oDGING HOUSES

WELL. furnished house Of eleven rooms
for sale cheap for cash. rent $40: hotel.
with bar restaurant, office etc on
ground fioor: cheapest hotel In the West
narr on time j. desired; lease for two
wears. less than $40 per month rent.
Spencer. 80 New YORK building. TeIe-
nnoue Main 50
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trMRHEf.LAS - Manufactured. recovered
ard repaired. general repairing 10 CO.
IumhlA sfrsal Robsa0a Bros.
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AUCTION SALEM
Auction SALE Of extra fine furniture
vii take place OF. May s;h at II o'clock
on the premises 2Is Mcdonald block
rorner Of jackson and Twenty-th!rd ave-
me consisting OF elegant oak cheval.
bed :ss;s springs. mattresses. fine Tarlas
suite ssdeboard, book case tCost 500, ex-
tension table. dining chairs fancy
d3she< hrfc-a-Drsc velvet and RrlaSseLs
carT2ys lace curtains, piano larap. oil
paintings. tasletware extra fine Macs
tic steel range fine graFlissware creek
cry. glass hoys' bicycle. etc tome ear
Nv on morning OF sale and Inspect gcsois
Rfcksrton 81 Dewitt AuctioneeEs. Take
Rainier Heights or Yesier car
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AsssYEa AND CHEMIST.

JOHNSON Assayer. 81 Seat MAJ Ink bldg.