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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-27
GOLDEN DIST ~ THE cAHPET.
Clever scheme Of Dawson OvuHg1O9
to Fleece Customers.

The cieveresf tis tbad ~ tieeeiug the un.
gary miners Of tfSs kiensIke In foiiowss1s
50 cosnss the story frprn the north by a
--esnx man wf7o IL running a drug afora
at Dawson. He IL nat only xrt ting rich
BY charging prizes that nSns bat rnilison-
asfts ear afford to pay. hat he gets per-
centaGs on tf1s side that h rapidly putting
him in a position ~ afluenee The prin-
c,pai medium 81 exchange at Dawson n
god durt. ana the merchants there have
sg.ales 10 weigh oss given amour. al SIS
an ounce. which pays FIR the goois sa:A.
II In sai6 that the Ingenious sr,of ssecary
hsE a email rBege ~ yesiOw Hfuss.ix ear
pst on ths counter reside his tiaxs sea'es.
and when recslving payment for xo<ssis
sold hs PLACES the sack Of DUST on the np-
s'oxite ode az the carpet. anf taking .hat
ne thinks Is about eaoaIga 81 the contents
III his haFpf. he lifts II over tlle carpet 10
he sraies. The result ~ sfsat every night
after closing hts shop he nnsis IN. y ,of
sf the carrei piensTfuIiy aprtnkled with
yellow particles 80 the an5ognt, IL 10 Hatd.
= $50 for eaca quantity weighed Ara
uous 81 his customers haS yet lesrss@A
why sbat piece ~ carpet Ia always h<fwcen
the duet iag and the scales
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Has vSyaacd Far In Alaska Waters
since Sailing From mere.

The little schooner Columbia, Capt.
Taylor. which has been thought on several
occasions TO have been wrecked Ia Alas
kan waters, arrived yesterday from Cook
inlet ports. She iest Seattle last March
for ko,zehue sound with twenty-five
miners. She reached Dutch harb1f after
a stormy passage OF twenty-eight days.
During the voyage two severe gales were
encountered. Ia which The little vessel
narrowly escaped being swampea.
All went welt until The vessel had pro-
ceeded about no miles from Dutch has-
Dor and was within short distance Of
what IL known as Atka island. The Co
fumbsa arrived eff the island early ia the
evening 4 storm came up. and the
schooner drified rapidly toward the lsi-
AMI IN the teeth Of the gale. and brought
up suddenly on an oncsreing sand bar.
The passengers Insisted on aba ndoning
the schooner and sought safety on IN. ISL
and. The place where the schooner had
gone ashore happened 10 be free from
rocks. and she received no injury in
grounding. The mex, day the storm
calned down, and the men returned 70
The schooner. Finding that she was stsu
in good condition, the Columbia finally
headed for Dutch hafbor. whsre the pas
sengers were put ashore.
In June she left for Cook Inlet with
number of miners. She put INFO Hope
tttfs ana WtTt from there 10 SunrtSs City.
where she was purchased by A. Beeay
She left Sunrise City for Seattle Aug
ust g.
The Columbia brought down fourteen
passengers from Sunrise CITY And Tyonsk
They all had hard-iuck stories to tell,
Progress or the wagon ruad. waica IL be-
ing built ny the soldiers under Capt.
Abererornbie from the head OF Eesurrse-
ton bay into the Interior az the Copper
river country. is making rapid progress.
The read ~ said To extend at pfsss.s: "A
distance Of flinety-hve miles
Tho Columbia has on board about half
ton 81 quartz. which came from = ledge
recently discovered by J. ". white. near
Turrsssir arm The ore wss sent down
10 he assaysd. The Columbia brought
down the following passengers:
J. ~. Weller. II. .. Curtis, william Nc
Nell. w ~ Phelps VI Ridge. % +.
stoweH u. r. bronson. Tim 81, Pierre
Rudolph Larsen. A. Linden. Ed 3ulwaog,
NJ G. Curtis. Peter Ertlngss and &
Eeesiy.
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sK AGWAY TOBACCO MEN.
They Arc Happy Over the Rsturn Of
Their Tax.

SkAGWAY. Aug. R~~Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue Hat,sa IL kept busy
these days rsfnndlng the war tax ALL
ssraefsd from the retail tobacco dealers
earlier in the season. After the tax was
collected the department suddenly found
cut that the tax was Illegal. and the
order compelling its collection WIS re-
peaied. In the meantime Collector Battln
had collected and forwarded most of the
money. Now the money Is coming hack.
and as fast AZ II arrives the coilectQr
Is refundfng II 90 the tobacco men.
The war has cos; skagway about sa.oea.
that being the superintendent, according
10 taxable oellaterals. The tax was
levied july and became delinquent thirty
days later when q - per cent. penalty
became attachsbie.
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hssse, attached 20 the hYxranss and con-
acr:t1 with the rsrnrx
While the wreck-rs have nes recovered
TIE treasure. they have secured q gnct
DEAL az machinery. me anchor chains,
the acrksv enxtnes brass assirgs. etc,
And even ufsaea, he treasure they VII
% Amply repaid for their froaeis.
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IF YOU have just returned from Klon.
dike or Alaska ara are % your war 10
your Eastern horne. you cannot 91 better
than travel over the Northern Pacific.
with its Pullman and dining ears on go
cry sTAsn. affossing every comfort and e.
ces!ent service.
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That msv srsshfnsiy BE- sai! n Chamber
lains Cough Remedy. II always cures sns
essss~ quickly. When traabgsd sisss c<ssxa
or cold rive il . trial szd yos, sse certain 70
b nore shan pleased with the thorough cure
which Is win eAecS
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PIANOS. lowest sysces, easy terms.
Wsstsrn Music Company. between Third
ara Fourth,
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| EXCURSION - srrsauairns~ sunday. a
| III Fare g.. ehgfr half fare
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CITY NOTICES.


TIE CITY OF SEATTLE Department Of
i.asnee. Trvasarer's ofIice--t1ty Treas
yers Notice.
se'ice is hereby given that the assess
N, roil Of Local Improvement District
e. lss IN The CITY ~ Seattle created BY
@a.nsnec Ne. Asa. entitled an ordinance
Esvidsgg for the improvement az Boren
~saae from point midway between Uni
, wsry aad Union Street. tn linton Street.
- tiion Street from a lsoin; 81 feet east
~ rem the cssterly marginal line Of
10y Avenue 20 Boren Avenue. ard Minor
a.sAae ff@s. University Street 10 Meiruse
ss'snae 70 Fast olive Street. In The CITY
: sesitir by constructing through said
s.s.ans Of said avenues and streets an
~. pipe sewer. with all necessary
.s1aaators. cotch-haslns and flushing
/ sss, she portion ~ said sewer In RorsD
ssssas and Union Street 10 be connected
s i. .se portion Of Minor Avenue by con
- Intersection 81 noren Avenue and
.,aieg S'Fs:t 40 the intersection of Minor
sasoas and IKE Street IA accordance
az sas the agreement entered Into by ira
- % Seattle. dated March sgh. ISes and
go Win the Rasrd OF rpeNls Works
40 providing for ;hs ptymeni therefor
ss.,s le 1loi@ "s Immediate payment. and
a. 81 ssaiHS fund for s3ch payment hy
= .:essrEirat uroa all lots and parcels
G~sSc beoenIcd ny such Improvement. IN
s..e provisions OF Ordinance Ne. ssS
.Eevsd April ssth, 1888 a. amended ny
ssslsznee Ne sesa apsrsvsti Nav S,h ,q.s
isss NIs'aanfe No &ass approved MAY sth
e. So tae cry Charter as s1ow tn Force
~, seen cer;iaei e me- fer collection. ard
a. oNisss raYnent ofofhn assessment
80 contained is s.ssf.- Within So ;fayS
ar ar nc Safe ~ the :i~sf publication az
setor - y assessment shall become
~. .ea' ara hall BEAR interest a. the
ss s. % peT ceai per anHa1 unit, paid
81 ret Dsia h4yorr sssch a~seSs,lser,
a. esFe become t1eltnanert q rebstfv
~ &c $t;G'l 20 added ard tNs saris
A. sas.t sHsit ~ catered on the annual
- ~ ~ tA~ -urrect year sxa9nst each
$50 i'ar.e =tt t,'t0sIuent s1si With tire
So GATE ~ a other taSss Srra-a,s
ssss-e' sr'ne Astt thereof ana Il ~st paid
~ .s, see t'.nr Hxrd .for the 1ayfs7sns ~
ss..s axes sNasl - collected together wisa
A.. as ,s1issl charges aaa penalties as
= sSS.EaEtsHd - NJ charged aa4 eaflerfsf
!. ~ SCI ee5ae III t2xes. each ist sr par
a. - - sl>s, easement. WITH Interests
~ ISIS ~ 5Ne fiae and IN ths manner
~ - tes same s3s Asrifv as lands ara
are s'sa for city taxes
,cI;y Treasurs- e re CITY 81 ss-Sstie.
49,. ! 49,, ssoilc stfon, Seattle. Nseh.
1rrNnED STOCK x0rrsrF.-re,s fo,-
~,fax 4es srfh,,G hcsfa- placed IN ne
~ fss9A August =. iSS Nh re 50 4
81 s@i.,s s2c1cn ~ tas htshssi bidder
esse ln Sara = way erz: D. N,
seiSK ans s.fvertisfrx September g.
i -. E erig,k - ~ So 1se front .oor
So HAs a. Gagters cnrrer T,aifa az
s asd Tes,~- way.
Aass ssa ms.sr~ sns wear afs whfta
- white asnss
ankaewrs 4, ne
REED Chief ~ rciice~
- s------ . hrs' publication. Argus, a. issS
.~-
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Con- pNA1fian.

We are now prepared 20 10 composition
for the trade Lany nzszsure) In Non sar.t.
Minson. BREWER ard Iseng Primer sasls.
faction qua rsotsed Cal or address ro~t
lntssliEenc~T. Seattle
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IF yoa are xcsng East cal a. she
Northern Pacific offIes ia regard 10 rates
etc. Always 10 ths front and the best OF
syInsDg.
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4
-. :. .hs board Ss pubsse works az
81 e@a;sse ap 20 : O'clock ?. No..
n - agxuzs Lf1, SssH. tor tae i'm
I..s q FsrrE Avenue South from
a ssree. 70 Connecticut Street. -
s.ssax ard repairing the founda.
Eg g r,s.fa@s by ordinance No. 500.
:Srx Improvement 1sssYiet no.
|H !. a@csrdsnce with the plans ard
5r3ssons nov on Sic IN tas oHscs o.
"a s,'lst ~ accompanied oy GER
.rsrk. p4yxbse 20 ire sr9er 81 TIE
N.sszrr.-a.,s- Ger sum Tot less thar
~ - ssv ceys q ne bid. ar3 DO BID
!; - - 3 ssrs sere1 Unless accompanied ~
- sss.~n<sssul bidder viii be required 70
- 81, : contract Ard furnish sst.s<
- herd for the asnourfs required By
* ehssrsf as6 sss AVA os tbs esAss
:skinxtar w.this ten days afssr be-
i us+see1 al the award % ire ccarrae.
- ss:i.ng 20 do 80. ths SAID check
-. sr0u-s. sxet therein will be fer
q - sh~ city. No psrsor 10 eifgstls
fadder wire has within tao years
- rs letting os sad contract made
S.al. II payment OF any Just claim
-. ~ofx or labor D~rfcfrsec or any
- - r.ssertal furnished p1raGant 30
- ssss contract ~ seysin advertised
.ts wifnia said two years, failed 10
..s<ss.s sny stirfl contracts
Ssser4.i sttsnt on IL called 10 article XIII.
= - sf.y charter. as TOW IN force. re-
80 u 1aours % labor" and 10 article
- 80 &. subs and :. relating to beads
sssri Of public works reserves the
-. j. rsieef any and al bids.
skssr~xsfs must be En5orxed on envelope
~ far First Avenue South hepIanklng."
erder Of tire board Of publi. works
FRANK of.ESoE. Secretary.
pts Of nrs. publication. Ausas, 18th.
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MISS WfiZrNsEt, Graduate optsr spe-
c!aliss. guarantees scientifically assea
glasses. Consultation free. liz Cherry d.
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DR. ANNIE RUSSELL. diseases q:
women - H.1ckIsy.
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COSTRACToRs--Jausss

X<ft4tfz
~ ) hercby given that sealed pro-
sessr vii be received by the undersigned
csrssasy Of he board Of puhiic works Of
ssadsy. Angus 18th. 1915. for the i'm
sraysu1en. 81 James Street from First 10
E-sss55 Ayrnuss. BY paving said street be-
:Ssea sad points. sE PROVIDED by ofdl-
sas Ne. .ss. creating local improve
~ district No. IL. and in accordance
- me plans and specifications now on
q N the ofSics of the hoard Of public
Each bid mus, be accompanied BIZ a GER
- enssE pys,o o- 70 am. me ofr s OF the
- 81 per cent. OF the bid, and no bid
~. b. cYnsiaerea unless accompanied by
Re suece@sful bidder will be required 10
MIR into a contract and furnish satig-
hessfy bond FOR the amount required by
e &.y charter and the Jaws OF the state
y Wafalng ton. within ten days after be-
DC notifesi OF the award Of the contract
= har. falling to do 10, she said cheek
asa The amour, fixed trersin will he for
Mid 70 the city. No person Ia eligible
= q bidder ~he has within tUo years
Nsm 10 the letting Of said contract made
aftasli IN paymen, OF any just claim
MI Or material furnished pursuant 20
~ suea contract as herein advertised. or
ea9 within said two years failed to com
tHsA any such contracts
Special attention Is eaiIed to article XIII
q Dc city charter as now In force reiai-
~ 10 hours Of labor and TO article
W.. section 81, subs and 2. relating 20
birds and sareties.
he board OF public works reserves the
fxnt 10 reject any and all bids.
Pfoposa-s must be Endorsed on envelope:
10 for James Street Paving
By order OF the board Of public. works.
FRANK ULESON, Secretary.
pate Of first publication, August Ia,h,
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Gxes"DEp STOCK SoTsCE~Tho faS-
- oesC44ssj COW. p!aeti n tho c1lx
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Noeice IL hereby given hat our branch
office formerly located at Seattle. hae
a~~n discontinued since JenA 10. -. Ne
ore at present IA Seattle Or the state 0f
Haafsiag ION n authorizes 20 sell Our g0ods
81 represent - IN any ussnner whasADevsS.
10 oetatn Ire GeEufna Dr. pse-res Elsa.
sr5e Heit0 ara Traees all orders snazsl
- sent direct 10 hAs5aua.tesS ~ Ban
gfsneisce. Pmnphlsas free.
MAGNETIC ELASTIC Truss 60.
PIERCE ELkGTKiC CO..
Gao Nashss ssrees. Ovvsssss Fnsses Ho.a.
80 fYsaessee
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WTtcE TO CONTRACTORS AND
5 pea'ets in Fire Hose. Notice Is hereby
nYen that sealed proposals will he re-
faged hy ihe undersigned secretary OF
tae Board of Public Works up 10 10
afs0ck "A. m. Monday. September ), isss
sS the furnishing t. the fire tepar tu,ert
q the city Of Seattle Of four thousand
tses, more or less. Of rotton jacket hose
81 Inches In diameter, with couplings
sAd nose 10 stand pressure of s13
pounds TO the square inch on delivery and
Z 70 ~ guaranteed for n period OF four
Years
hnple of hose must lie submitted with
~7ss board reserves the right TO reject
aay and all bids
Bids to be Endorsed on envelope: IBID
y AAa feet OF Cotton Jacket Fire Hose."
by order Of the Board OF Public Works.
FRANK oI.ESoN, Secretary.
nats Of first publication August e. 1858
/. 3. ENGINEER OFFICE. Portland
n.,. Aug q 1895. Sealed proposals for
fEssshn. labor ard materials and con-
Fruetlng jeities for improving yauulna
h&y. Oregon. VIII be received here until
a. m. Oct q. lsss. and then publicly
espensd. Information on application W.
I Fisk, Maj. Er'srs.
I ENGINEER office, Burke building.
ssatte, Wash. August - 1875 Sealed
PROPOSALS for furnishing sar.5 and gravel.
O. broken stone At Point Wilson Wash
Rai be received here unit. d m Sep
lNaser IL. lssss and then publicly opened:
nssfnIation furnished OF, application.
~nsfry Tsylor. CAPTAIN Enesaecrs
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CITY NOTICES.

pound August - 1928. VIII be sold At pub
lie auction Ia the highest bidder for
cash IN hand. tn pay cost of impoundsng
and advertising. August 80 fs9S, AT IL
o'clock a. M. al the front door of po.ics
headquarters. corner Third avenue ard
YsSser way
one Eght colored Jersey cow.
The owner 81 the above described COW
being unknown 30 me.
G. 3 REED Chief % Police
Date Of frs, notification Auglst y lSss
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r.. :. Il. y. t-FtF4 2.
~ Treasure e Ire Ct,v of Ss=s,tie.
a. sr~s publication. Seattle Naeh..
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J.. y. Weller. II. d Curtis, William Nc.
Nell. w ~ Phelps. VI Ridge. q. +.
StowelI. T. u. bronson. Tim ST. Pierre
Rudolph Larsen. A. lAndsn- ri 3ulEaog,
NJ e. Curtis. Peter Erylngas and 4
Eeesy.
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= I. AMP
!ies.-ko.
J, prets,s-
a.stssansd
isc ssFks
..AaSisl
The lIsy
e iNkssed
and De-
| '' s..,. .ass
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11

the instrument itself. 9TH. II there Is a
doubt as TO the liability OF an instrument
to taxation the construction is in favor OF
the exemption. because. in the language OF
Pollock, c. b., in Cir against Scudds, IL
Exchequer 191, "a tax cannot be imposed
without clear and express words for that
purpose These principles are based in good
sense and are sustained by the authorities"
United States against 1sham, II Wall. ~. 81
SOB.
Neither an endorsement nor q waiver Of
demand and notice requires an additional
stamp. Pugh against Mccormick, IA Wall.
GU. s. 361.
The provision for the cancellation Of
stamps by the initials Of the person afixing
the same, and the date of %afixing, is di-
rectory merely, any cancellation is sufl-
Client which so defaces the stamp that 1T
annot be used again. Foster against Holly,
40 Ala. 500; Robinson against Lair, 81 Iowa
o; Taylor against Duncan, SO Tex. 440.
And even instruments stamped with I'm
Cancelled stamps may be admitted in evil
dence, on the ground, apparently, that there
is a presumption that the stamp was affixed
legally and at the proper time, and on the
further ground hat the government is not
in such cases defrauded of its revenue,
Union Agricultural Association against Neill
81 Iowa 95; Schultz against Herndon, 80
Tex. 800.
Section II of the present stamp act, which
provides that hereafter no unstamped In
strument shall be receivable in evidence,
does not apply to instruments executed be-
fore the date of the acts going into effect.
Rheinstrom against Cone, 26 Wis. 163, Z
Am. Rep. 4S.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11

The Boston Ground Rent trust, composed
Of John Quincy Adams, Moses Williams,
Charles E.. Getting, William Minot and
Laurence Minot, has sued John L.. and Will
liam L.. McCague in the district court for
$40, 394.59, alleged to be due the plaintiffs on
rent and taxes for property described as
lots Q and Z, block 8S, city of Omaha. ex-
tending from Dodge street to Capitol ave.
nue., with a sixty-six feet frontage on both
streets, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets.
Papers in the suit were filed yesterday
by Attorney William Baird with the clerk
of the district court, copies Of the original
lease of December, 1889, and the new agree
ment of October, 1892, being contained in
the complaint. According to the terms Of
the original lease, which was to hold for
fifty years. the McCagues were to pay an
annual rental of Ill ass grains of pure,
unalloyed gold in quarterly installments OF
2 1854 grains or 81, 200, and to erect on the
property a 100000 building. By the subse-
quent agreement the obligation of the Nc
| Cagues to put UP a 100000 building was
modified so as to make it s25. 900, but prior
to July !, 1897, they were to deliver AGA. 200
| grains of pure gold, less the amount already
J paid, and after that an annual rental of
, 1882 grains in quarterly installments OF
| 20, 1898 grains, a provision being also incor-
porated that the rental could be paid in
lawful money of the country at the rate OF
a dollar to every 1922 grains.
or the rent $3,175.16 is admitted to have
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11

was put in force in June for the first time.
In the months of June, July and August
bonds and coupons amounting to $92, S85. S3
have fallen due which could not be paid
for lack of money in the district funds.
Warrants for that amount were issued, but
none of them have been sold. Cash bal
ances in other district funds were invested
in them, so that the city has lost nothing.
OF the amount $50, 901.S0 were paid. There
are warrants outstanding of $31, 963.53. They
are nomirally drawing interest at z per
cent, but the city is losing nothing as 1t
retains them all.
lone reason that they have not been sold,
however, was because Of a question of their
legality. 1t was on this point that the
scheme was referred to the city attorney.
He was asked by the city treasurer II they
were legal. He did not answer that ques-
tion in the communication at all, but de-
clared that the scheme was a bad peice OF
financiering, without stating whether or not
it is legal.
81 believe the scheme an excellent one.
In the first place l do not believe 1t is
right or legal that a district which has
paid up it's assessments in full should be
asked to help pay the obligations Of the
district in which the property owners are
delinquent. In the second place the city
knows exactly where the delinquents are
If many warrants against any one district
sinking fund are issued a natural desire
will arise to know what the cause Of it is
The Investigation will develop just whaI
property owners have refused to pay theil
assessments and are therefore compelling the
city to issue warrants bearing interest tt
meet their obligations"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11
STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Omcial Examination of Candidates in
PrOgress-Forty-Two Suspen-
sions Announced.

The Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy
held a meeting at the Millard
hotel yesterday, the principal OBJ
ject OF which is to examine can
didates for registration as pharmacists. The
members of the board are all present as fol-
lows: Griff j. Evans OF Hastings, A. w.
Buchheit of Grand Island, II. r. Gering of
P~lattsmouth, Henry II. Barth of Lincoln and
Niels Hansen of Kearney. Thirty eight
candidates, two of whom are women, are
taking the examination. The board has
announced a list of forty-two suspensions for
the non-payment of dues. The next meet
ing will also be held in this city. at the
Millard, at 8 O'Clock a. M, September 6.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11
STRIKE TO COMMENCE TODAY
Number of Coal Miners Affected by
Order IL Not Accurately
known.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 10.-If the resolution
adopted at the recent general convention of
the United Mine Workers is obeyed, all
diggers in the Pittsburg district not re-
ceiving the district price will quit work
today. Inasmuch as 1t is not generally
known how many mines are running con-
trary to the Chicago agreements provisions,
1t cannot be estimated how many diggers
the strike order will affect. The strike will
probably center in the river region, where
numerous mine owners are alleged to be
constantly violating the agreement, The
struggle will be the hardest in the third
pool, against which an unsuccessful strike
was prosecuted some weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-11
PROPERTY OWNERS ASK DAMAGES.
Want City to Pay for Injuries Caused
by n Bad Sewer,

Want City to Pay for Injuries Caused
by n Bad Sewer.
At the last meeting Of the council the
city fathers, upon the advice of the city at
torney, disallowed somewhere between 81, 900
and $4,000 worth Of claims for damages al
legged to have been sustained as the result
of a washout in the northwest part of the
city near Thirtieth and Bristol streets.
These damages consisted Of flooded cellars
and dwellings and ruined yards-the con
sequence of a heavy rain that fell several
weeks ago.
These damaged property owners have been
persistent. A delegation Of them once ap-
peared In a council meeting and recited
their grievances. They alleged that the
damages were caused by a defective sew
erage system. City Engineer Rosewater ad-
mitted that the system in that portion OF the
city Is not the best, but as 1t was put in by
his predecessor he disclaimed all respon-
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sibility for 1t. Moreover he insisted that
he had made such improvements that the
district was much relieved-so much so that
in an primary rain all the water would
have been carried away. The downfall
which caused the damage, he declared, was
so heavy that 1t could not have been carried
away. The city attorney based his opinion
on this statement of the city engineer that
no ordinary sewer could have carried on the
water that fell on the occasion.
The next move is up to the damaged
property owners. Some Of them are threat
enlng to sue the city. If they do, the city
will defend.