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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-05
DENNY
BLAINE
LAND co.

Offers for sale tao centrally Iocas-
ed wharves: other water front
property; a large amount of tide
lands: building lots between Rass-
road avenue ard Western avenue:
business property upon First ave-
nue.. First avenue south. Second
ard Third avenues and Yesier way:
four business blocks. a number OF
beautiful residences on Denny hiIis
fine home In Queen Anne; resi-
denre% in other parts Of the city;
ard a large and choice HIST Of regi-
dence property. We handle only
perfect titles. Examine our itss
before buying eIaewhere.
The times., 1898-05-19
The Lamb's star GnmboI.

Although fl has been found impracti-
cable to have an auction sale Of seats in
Washington chiefly because the prominent
Lambs would not be available as auction
GERS on that occasion being occupied with
rehearsals in New York; the public will
be protected as far as possible at the
opening sale Of seats which takes place
next Monday morning at the National
Theater
No purchaser can procure more than
six seats until the first line of applicants
Is disposed of-a plan which enables the
individual purchaser TO get a fair chance,
provided he gets in line in good time on
Monday morning. The demand for seats
at the Metropolitan Opera House. New
York. has far exceed d the expectations
OF the managers Of the Star Gambol and
the overflow from New York is likely TO
produce another overflow in Brooklyn at
the matinee to be given in that city, We'd
nesday, May 18th. X would not be sur
prising if some Of these belated applicants
found their way TO Washington on the
Goth. for the tour Of the Lambs Star Cam
bol promises TO be one of triumphant
success
The times., 1898-05-19
REPORTS ON DISTRICT BILLS.
R8iIway Companies sssaII Remove
Ahs.naoned Tracks.

The House Committee on the District
of Columbia. at the regular meeting yes
terday. ordered favorable reports on the
following bills:
The Senate bill TO compel street railway
companies 10 remove abandoned tracks.
This bin provides that whenever the
tracks Of a street railway shall not have
been operated for three months the Com
missioners may notify such company TO
remove such tracks. Penalties for disc
bedience OF such order are prescribed.
An amendment requiring horse ear lines
running over tracks having electric pow
or TO either adopt the same motive power
or 70 abandon that portion Of their route
and give transfers over the electric lines,
was adopted.
House bin relative to the control OF
wharf and other property in the District.
This bin provides that the Commission
ers shall have exclusive charge and con-
troll Of all wharf property belonging TO the
United States or the District, within the
District. they shall make all needful regH-
lations for the control of this property;
also that the Commissioners shall have
exclusive control OF all spaces within the
lines of streets. avenues or other high
ways and AT the intersections thereof,
with the exception OF the parks.
For ;he bin 20 amend the law provid-
ing for the police and firemeu's relief
funds . substitute was adopted. Ii pro-
viJes that lremen and policemen. on be-
ing retired shah be allowed one-fourth
Of the pay allowed them respectively
when in active service. One dollar per
month is 20 be deducted from the pay Of
firemen and policemen for the benefit Of
the re3ief funds.
The bin TO regulate steam engineering
and sthe inspection Of stationary steam
engines ard boilers.
Al the afternoon session the committee
ordered q favorable report on the bill to
acquire FOR the Government all Of the
rights Of the water power at Great Falls.
This bin IS very comprehensive in its
scope. II makes provision for the abso-
lutte possession by the Government. of the
Great Fails, with all its powers, 10 be
used for water supply and for theatrical
purposes.
Another bill directing the Brightwood
Railway Company 10 secure certain
tracks and requiring it TO change its mo-
tive power TO the underground system
within one year was ordered favorabls
reported.
A bin TO establish the building line in
the District Of Columbia was also ordered
10 be reported.
The times., 1898-05-19
CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY.
One Fer Cent Dividend to Be Paid
in July.


The burning of the central cable power
house of the Capital Traction Company In
September last, which caused that COM
pany to install the underground electric
system, has proven to be of immense
financial benefit to it's stockholders.
In anticipation of the earnings that ii
was estimated would result from the in
stallation of this system, its stock has
already advanced from s45 to s74 per share
and it is now predicted that 1t will advance
TO par, as the earnings of the road Justify
the payment of a l per cent. dividend in
July. Notwithstanding the fact that the
new system has been in operation on the
Avenue for only a month and has not yet
been installed on the Seventh Street line.
This will be DONE however, in a few
days.
When the road is fully equipped with
the new system it is estimated that the
earnings will be sufficient TO pay a Ia
per cent quarterly dividend, equal to an
annual dividend of per cent, which will
certainly be welcome news to the many
stockholders who paid par or tlsereabouts
for their stock and who saw it drop speed
lily to so and less with grave concern.
The times., 1898-05-19
AN ENGLISH VISITOR.
The Yacht Rhoumn. En- Route
Around the World. Pays Us Call.

The steam yacht Rhouma, which left
Manchester, England, last month, bound
for a trip around the world, arrived here
Yesterday and is anchored at the Great
Falls wharf. from which it will leave on
Sunday TO resume its itinerary.
The Rhouma is owned by Mr.. George
Bullough who is manufacturer OF ma
chinery with factories in Lancashire,
England, and Nantucket, r. l.. and 1t is
captained by G. II. Prior. William Fox
worthy is chief mate The little ship eX-
poets to stop off at the Philippines in time
to see the American flag floating from the
ramparts of the forts there now occupied
by the SpaniardS
The times., 1898-05-19
ROBINSON & CHERRY CO.
18th and F Sis. N. W.
DYSPEPSIA.

Remember thnt GROVER GRa-
HAMS remedy Is GUARANTEED to
remove all distress FROM THE
FIRST DOSE. 1t lis folly TO suffer
when n soc. bottle. procured from
your druggist, will correct instant
Iy all unpleasant symptoms. Ana In
IaIif5Ie Specific for Dyspepsia.
heartburn, GnStritfs and Bn dis
eases arising from na IMPAIRED Di-
SeEcive System. Write to Grover
Graham Co., Sewbu-Eh, n. n. for
r,arnrhIet.
The times., 1898-05-19
An Inviting Eptert.frucnt

Miss Carrie NJ Douglass, one of the
faculty Of Washington National Con-
servatory of Music, gives a reading to-
morrow evening at S p. m. at the Con-
servatory Hall. 929 F Street. Harp and
other music viii form part Of the enter
tainment which promises to be a most
interesting one.
The times., 1898-05-19
The CfvtI Service RnIe.

The President has made an amendment
10 the civil service rules which provides
that the term Of eligibility for appoint
ment OF one year under an examination
shall he suspended during the time the
eligible may be serving in the Army or
Navy during hostilities. The commission
desires that persons wishing to have the
benefit Of the rule viii communicate with
The times., 1898-05-19
Death of Mrs. George shaw.

Mrs. Artidemous Shaw. wife of Mr.. Geo.
Shaw, of Montgomery County, Md, died
Yesterday al her home near Rockville
from heart disease, after a lingering i'll
ness of six or seven weeks. The funeral
will take place on Friday, the Goth.
The times., 1898-05-19
S12 3 0

per suit. The dressiest, the neat
est, the best-wearing suit for the
money IN America. All sizes and
shapes to fit all forms in both navy
blue and black.
The times., 1898-05-19

Every ice box should be supplied with
the National Capital Brewing Coz "Dia-
mond" and "Munchner" Beers-the best
in America.
The times., 1898-05-19

CASlELbERG, The Reliable Jeweler,
now at HOB Pa Ave-, viii remove
TO 935 Pa. Ave. May 23. Until then
n discount of 20 per cent Is allowed
on all Diamonds, Watches and jew
eIry.
The times., 1898-05-19
The Knife I'm Court.

After lively tilt the knife was pro-
duced in court. II was a dangerous look
ing weapon, apparently new, with blade
five or six inches long.
Continuing. Mr.. Shields said one of the
men who came from where Rye fell stated
to the policeman who arrested Canty:
Here Is a knife dropped by the man who
was shot 81 did not know either Of the
men who came with the knife
George w. Starting, messenger boy en-
ployed by the Mutual District Messenger
Company: WAS coming UP from the base
ment step when / heard the first shot.
Saw the second shot fired. The defend
ant was then standing by the lamp post.
The man who was being shot al was about
fifteen feet away at the time. When he
fell he was about twenty feet away. AZ
ter the shooting Canty walked about five
feet toward Fifteenth Street on f Street"
Arthur d. Kellogg in March last was
employed at the Ebbitt House: Was
standing in front Of the ladies' entrance
when l heard a report. Did not know ii
was a pistol shot till 1 heard the others.
which followed quickly. / looked in the
direction the report came from and saw a
man over on the northwest corner OF
F and Fourteenth Streets firing. Saw an
other man coming off the pavement. He
was coming toward the Ebbitt House and
was about twelve or fifteen feet from the
man who did the shooting. After firing
Canty walked west on F Street
The hearing Will be continued this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The times., 1898-05-19
SERGE:S

Our talk again today is Serge
Suits for men. We have all the
standard weaves, but there's none
made which can compare, quality
for quality, price for price. with
our AMERICAN NAVY SERGE
The times., 1898-05-19

Kobo, the Great Consunption Cure,
the only remedy that positively cures in
all stages Don't fail to avail yourself Of
the weeks trial free. At Office of KOBO
MEDICINE CO.. No. $40 F Street n. W.
ap25-tf-em
The times., 1898-05-19
Through Sleeper. Washington to
BnnnIe. RnItfmore & Ohio II r.

Elegant Pullman sleeping cars, leaving
Washington daily. 5:G5 p. m, VIA Royal
Blue Line and Lehigh Valley Railway.
Arriving Buffalo at 10:30 a. m next day
Returning. arrive Washington at II a m
uvlS-5t
The times., 1898-05-19

Mems Fast-COlor once Goats; great 4Ec
TENNLLE. 7os Seventh Street Northwest.
The times., 1898-05-19

Your credit is good at Lanspurg's Fur
niture House. 18th and SITS. oc3-tf
The times., 1898-05-19
Another DiagI am.

When the court convened after the re-
cess hour Mr.. Brewer, the civil engineer.
who made the diagram of the intersection
of Fourteenth and Streets and the near
vicinity was recalled to produce new
drawing on a larger scale, which was or
dered by District Attorney Davis. AS
soon as he had explained this new plan of
the locality Mr.. Diggs was recalled and
pointed out the relative positions of the
defendant and Rye at the time the first
shot was fired.
On the redirect examination he said
that he was just passing the curve in the
car tracks when he heard the first shot.
Disrnounted. turned his wheel and saw
the last three shots fired.
Charles w. Morgan, young man, about
seventeen years of age, messenger boy,
Mutual District Company was called.
ION the day of the shooting l was just
coming up the steps of the Western I'M
ion building and when near the top heard
the shot. When / got to the sidewalk
heard three in quick succession. When
the third shot was fired Rye turned and
began TO sink. The last shot was fired
while Rye was on his knee or knees -
The witness identified the defendant as
the man who did the shooting. He also
indicated with a pencil rapping on the
desk the intervals which elapsed between
the firing Of the shots Morgan also iden-
titled Diggs as the man who first appre-
hended Canty- after the shooting.
George Berry's Testimony.
George Berry, colored, testified that
al the time of the shooting he was
standing little north of the corner of F
/ and Fourteenth Streets on the east side
The times., 1898-05-19
George Berry's Testimony.

George Berry, colored, testified that
at the time of the shooting he was
standing a little north of the corner of F
and Fourteenth Streets. on the east side
of Fourteenth Street. Heard a shot fired
and looked and saw a man wheeling
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
|NSURGENT FORCE THREATENS |LO|LO FilipinoS Overrun Panay
 Island. MAY ATTACK THE CAPITAL INHABITANTS IN A STATE OF
 TERROR.
MAY ATTACK THE CAPITAL
Spanish Governor Rios cf the Wis cayas Group Desires to Trans fer Control to the Amer
 ican Officials.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MANILA, Nov. 13.-The following ad- vices have been received from Iloilo, capital of Panay, one of the principal islands of the Viscayas group:
 The insurgents have occupied Linga- his, Oton and Pavia, suburbs of Iloilo, and are daily expected to attack the town. The Spaniards have abandoned the mote and destroyed the connecting bridges.
 Business is paralyzed and the inhabi- tants are in state of terror. The mercantile houses of all nationalities have signed a circular asking the com mander of the United States cruiser Charleston to remain, as the Spanish authorities are incapable Of atfording them protection.
 It is reported also that the insurgents have taken the whole of the islands Of Negros and Zezu of the Viscayas group. As the cable connections are cut, it is impossible to confirm this rumor.
 On November 6, General Rios, Span ish Governor of the Viscayas. is said to have declared a seven days armistice in order to communicate with Madrid with a view of transferring control to the Americans.
 Major Bell has gone to Iloilo to as certain the facts of the situation.
 The United States transport Scandia will leave tomorrow with sixty sick and discharged men.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
PARISIANS BELIEVE REPORT
GENERAL IDEA THAT TIE PRIS-
 OVER IS DEAD.
All Requests of Mime. Dreyfus toSend Clothing to Her Husband or Communicate With Him
 Have Been Denied.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PARIS, Nov. 13.-It is reported here this evening that Dreyfus is dead.
 The rumor is understood to be based upon a mysterious telegram received from Colmar, capital of Upper AIsace signed by an unknown correspondent.
 So far as can be ascertained there is no official confirmation of the report. The father-in-law of Dreyfus discredits it. He says he has received excellent accounts from the Colonial Office quite recently as to the prisoners health.
 Despite these assurances there are dark rumors af1oat. In view of the cu- rious manner in which the letter from Dreyfus, declaring that he had aban- doned all hope, was conveyed to Mime. Dreyfus on Friday, many people be- lieve he is dead.
 A dispatch from Paris on Friday said that Mime. Dreyfus had applied that day at the office of the Minister of the Colonies for permission to send her husband some warm clothing for his return home. The request was re- fused on the ground that the Govern ment would do whatever was neces- sary.
 At the same time, according to the dispatch, the authorities read her a let ter from her husband to the effect that having for five months addressed ap- peals for revision to General De Bois- deffre CrecentIy chief of staff of the French arny) without getting ""v re- ply and being weary and exhausted by his useless appeals, he would write no more to his family or to any one else. He described himself as i'll and dying and bequeathed to the generosity of my country the care of rehabilitating Tny memory"
 It appears that Mme. Dreyfus then asked permission to telegraph her hus- band the decision of the Court of Cas- sation. This request was also refused. Then, through a friend, she appealed to President Faure with no better re- suit.
 The dispatch said her counsel would bring the whole matter before the Court of Cessation.
 Careful inquiries made at Colmar this evening show that nothing is known there as to the death of Dreyfus. It is now believed that the telegram was a hoax.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14

mail service (which is now already be- gum. and the department congratulates itself on having these facilities, getting mails as they do twice a month to the main points in Alaska. instead of having no service at all in winter as heretofore. No extension of the service so far as to provide mail service anywhere north or the Yukon is contemplated.
 There is nothing in the possession or the postal officials to point to a large migra. ton to the Allankakat region, though if as many as perhaps 800 people settle to- gether in that section it is likely that after location is positively shown, ar engagements to ship the mail there would be made Otherwise any who may be up there will have to get their mails from the nearest point on the Yukon, along which the regular carrier travels, the point most probably being either Rampant or Tanana- The points at which the mails will be left on the Yukon route are Eagle, at the mouth of Mission Creek; Star, at the mouth of FortyMife Creek; Circle. on the Yukon, at the mouth of the Porcupine ttiver; Rampant, formerly called Minook; Panama, opposite the mouth of the Panama River; koyukuk, at the mouth of the river of the same name; Anvik, at the mouth of the Alvill, and St. Michael.
 From Juneau to Tanana the mail serv- ice now in operation for the winter season is semi-monthly. From 1anana to St. Michael it is monthly. The department announces positively that no extensions of the service in Alaska will be made dur ing the winter, and no service whatever so far is contemplated at either Fort Hamlin or Arctic City, inquiry as to settlement may call for such action later
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
THE CH|SPA
 4 GRAFT OF
 MYSTERY Second Tragedy on the Yacht. NICK BERG FATALLY SHOT HIS ASSAILANT THE KEEPER OF
 THE VESSEL. Shooter Surrenders to @ Sausalito Officer and Claims the Man He Wounded Was a
 Burglar.
NICK BERG FATALLY SHOT
HIS ASSAILANT THE KEEPER OF
 THE VESSEL.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAUSALITO, Nov. 13.-The yacht Chispa has become a craft of tragedies and mysteries. Less than two months ago Captain Brooks was murdered on the pretty little vessel, and his slayer has never been apprehended. Tonight there was another shooting on the Chispa, and this, too, is shrouded Tn mystery. The victim, Nick Berg. man who was arrested within the past two weeks on charge of burglary, but es- capped because of lack of proof, Is so dangerously wounded that his physi- clans forbid him to even talk of the affair, and his story of the tragedy can- not be obtained tonight.
 People along the water front at about g o'clock tonight distinctly heard two shots in the direction of the Chispa- A Deputy Constable who was on the wharf at the time at once procured boat and rowed out toward the yacht to investigate. When about half way out he met a boat rowed by Ike Fig, who has been in charge of the Chispa since the murder of Brooks. In the boat were Mrs. Fig and Nick Berg. the latter unconscious from wound in the breast Fig at once surrendered to the officer, saving that he shot Berg.
 Fig declares that he and his wife were in the hold of the yacht when they heard burglar attempting to en- ter through the roof of the cabin. He got his revolver, and as soon as he got sight of the fellow fired two shots, one taking effect in the breast, just above the nipple. The wound is very serious. and the chances for the recovery of Berg are slight.
 Mrs. Figs story does not agree ex- actly with that of her husband. Tn fact, she does not appear to have alto gether clear idea of the tragedy. It is declared by men who were in a saloon on the water front that they heard the reports of the revolver very distinctly, and they are positive in the belief that if Fig fired from the hold of the vessel, as he claims to have done, they would not have heard the shots. They say that the reports sounded as though the revolver had been fired in the open air.
 The officials have not yet reached conclusion as to the cause of the trag- edy, and whether the story told by Elg is to believed. They are waiting for the victim to recover sufficiently to give a lucid account of what transpired aboard the tragedy craft. In the mean time, Fig is being held in custody
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14

pense, under the apportionment named, while the syndicate would collect all customs and other revenues for the term specified.
 The scheme involves giving Spain STE, ,000 900 to satisfy any real or imag- mary claims she may make as to the territory. This feature is said to be based on the assumption that the United States will be the dominant power. The remaining S1OO 100000 or this reputed syndicate would be pre- served as its working capital
 The sponsor of the project is a MT. Young, said to be a son of Brigham Young, and an attempt is apparently made to create the impression that the capital of S4O0, 100000 is already under written.
 It is thought possible, however. if the alleged syndicate has an existence, that Americans may have an opportunity given them to join with it in holdings of large or small amounts. Whether it proves veritable or otherWlse, friends of the United States here are asking if the announcement of the scheme is not intended to embarrass the Americans by an offer, real or ap- parent, of $400, ,000 900 for a limited tlme' for the use of which the Americans may desire to acquire in perpetu1ty TOT a sum relatively nil.
 Nc<s-official Americans in Paris put aside as unthinkable the assumption that the United States would farm its burdens or it's advantages. if any, in the Philippines, which, if acquired, Will be taken over as indemnity attending the discharge of high responsibilities. In any event, the Amercan Commits sioners will doubtless ask whether the announcement is timed to serve the ends of the syndicate or to hinder the efforts of Judge Day and his associates to affect an amicable adjustment of the Philippine question.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
JEALOUSY
 URGED HIM
 TO MURDER Nickle Suspected His
 Wife. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST CHILD DESCRIBES THE TRIPLE
 TRAGEDY. Mrs. Dale Shot Through the Heart After a Vain Attempt to Save Her Daughters
 Life.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
CHILD DESCRIBES THE TRIPLE
 TRAGEDY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PLACERVILLE, Nov. 13.-An in- quest was held to-day over the bodies of murdered Mrs. John Nickle and Mrs. Amanda Dale, and Jack" Nickle, who committed suicide after he had taken the lives of his wife and her mother and wounded his own child. It was brought out that jealousy was the cause of the crime. There was but one eye wit ness to the shooting-the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Dale.
 According to the child's story, Jack NickIe and his wife, with their one month-old child, were at the house of Mrs. Dale, Nickle had a Winchester rifle, with which he fired at his wife. The bullet cut the neck of the child and entered the breast of it's mother. Mrs. Dale assisted the wounded wo- man to flee from the house to a place about 100 yards distant, where Mrs Nickle fell dead.
 Mrs. Dale was continuing her flight in the direction of a neighboring ranch where her husband was at work, when Nickle fired bullet through her hedrl' killing her instantly.
 The murderer then coolly removed one of his shoes, placed the muzZle oI his rifle to his heart and pulled the trigger with his toe. He fell deao aI the discharge of the gun.
 Beyond a statement as to what oc- cured at the time of the tragedy noth- ing could be learned from the child. She could not give coherent reason for the murders and suicide, but enough has been learned to make 1t certain that NickIe was jealous of his wife and that he believed her stepfather was a rival for her affections
 All of the principals to the tragedy had a tinge of Indian blood in thelT veins, but were industrious and or good