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Tide Table.
Condition OF the Water.

Today-Low tide, 1854 a. m. and All
p. M: high tide, 1901 a. m. and 1920
II m
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxati1e Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money iritfails 10 cure.
25c. The gen line has l.. B. Q. oneach Ia blet
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TWELVE KNOWN TO Be DEAD
The Pittsburg Fire Fatalities Not
So Great as Supposed.
BODIES STILL In THE RUINS

Property Less Caused by the Con-
flapration Estimated 20 Be at
Least So 500 ,o00-Panic and Ruin
Caused by the Explosion of 1000
Barrels OF whisky.
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MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN


WANTED Loan OF So .OOO on real estate
at per cent. and Onefifth profits. Ad
dress BONANZA. this office felO-4t
LOANS made on approved collateral. such
life policies. stocks. bonds, building
ASSOCIATION SharsIs % Iypdicste eertl5iea1eS; ~
st. Take elevator. f
EXCELLENT accommodations at the
Northwest storage House, 316-3lS Sth
NV, for the storage aud care OF al kinds
OF furniture, m.iSe., etc, ia ODen, aIrY
looms, advances made. goods insured.
fee IF
MONEY TO LOAN at the lowest rates
OF interest. on improved ana unimprOved
Droperty in the District OF Columbia. no
DELAY bevOnI examination OF title. VAL
TER H. ACk .,k- T04 14th ST NV. fe3-f
LOANS MADE ONFURNITURE,
PIANOS, Etc.
without pH tlICity or removal. and the
day YOU ask for IT, We have an equitsb bic
payment plan witch greatly reduces the
cost OF carving the loan. and we viii
give YOU a.. years RIE TINE II YOU Tc,I Want G,I ,1
fidential. Please call and convince yDur-
SELF that og; rSisT are he, me gr 2west;
LOAN co,
fe3-tf Gle + st. NV.
LOANS of $40 and upward made on Fur
niture, pianos. horses. wagons, etc, at
lowest rates and on the day you apply. It
can be returned in instaIlments, which re-
duCeS the cost OF carrying 10. Loans also
made on the building and loan association
plan. Call and get rates, front room, st
fIOor. NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN 60.
626 st. NV. Ja3i item
MONEY TO LOAN on chatteI, collateral
and personal security; diamonds. Z. b.
MCGOWAN. Room l9, AIS st. 1a27-lm
YOU CAS- borrow money on your furniture,
carpets, pianos, mdse., etc NORTH
wESi STOKAGE HOU SE, 5l6-lS Sth NV.
de7-3mo
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WANTED Loan or So .OOO on real estate
at s per cent. and One-fifth profits. Ad-
dress BONANZA. this office. feIO-4t
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VIII Decide 1t 0urselyeS.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
II the disposition on the part Of the
Spanish government 10 bubble about the
terms of peace were TO be taken seriously
IL would be wise to defer disarmament OF
the army and reduction of the navy TO a
peace footing But probably it is not;
probably 1t Is for home consumption. Span
ish comment on the persons we choose
for peace commissioners ana the effect Of
our acts done In the Philippines. on the
possibility of our assuming the Cuban debt
and the form of our administration in Cuba
and Porto Rico is irritating. but not i'm
portant. The Cuban debt is closed ques-
ton. and our administration of the West
Indian islands is n purely American ques-
ton. Neither win probably come before
the peace commission. The Philippine
question is open. and We shall decide II
ourselves after reflection. while the Span
sh commissioners look or. The peace
commission is only rominally a delibera-
tive body. IT is an administrative body, 10
carry out purposes decreed at Washing
ton. The Spaniards will find IL as hard 20
obstruct. quibh,e or delay as Cambon
found II In dealing with the president. The
Spanish government may put on what airs
1t chooses in Madrid II must come 10
Paris in the attitude OF conquered and
submissive nation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

Porto Rico will not be adequate COM
pensation 10 the United States for the
expense OF the war. although the loss
10 Spain in Cuba, Porto Rico. the best
part Of her navy. and the enormous
cost o. the war. win make a tremendous
burden for the defeated country to
bear
We have plenty Of presidents for de-
handing a very substantial indemnity.
notwithstanding the losses already in
CURED by the van1uished. II has been
estimated that France lost In property.
destruction of her villages. arms and
ammunition, at least s.. 900. ooo. 900. This
did not make Bismarck msrcifui. and
he compelled the payment Of cash
indemnity of 1000 600 go; besides the
cession of large portion Of Alsace. one
fifth Of Lorraine, and the great fort
resses Of Metz and Etrasburg. The
actual cash more than paid all the
outlay OF Germany. Japan exacted as
an indemnity from China at the close
OF the war Of 1896. cash to the amount
of slss. 900, 600. in addition to which the
japanese insisted upon the island OF
Formosa and the Pescadores.
After the war between Prussia and
Austria Bismarck only demanded about
$4,000 900 as indemnity. but considera-
BILE territory was added and Austria
renowned her claims on Slesvig and
Hoistein, which Prussia with the aid Of
Austria has wrested from Denmark and
placed under the joint control Of Aus
tria and Germany. With Holstein.
Prussia acquired the great and much
coveted harbor Of kiel.
The Turko-Russian war Of 1877 result
ed in the Ottoman Empire being COM
PEELED to pay a cash indemnity Of $780,
oao. 900. which was less than the amount
powers took a hand in this settlement
and compelled the Port to surrender
control OF Roumania and Seryia, and
to relinquish Herzegovina and Bosnia
to Austria. 1t is unnecessary to recite
the many memorable occasions upon
which England has required a cash in
demnity and a cession Of territory from
the power she has vanauished.
We have been very generous in the
matter of refraining from demands for
cash. but we made tremendous draft
upon British territory at the close Of
our first war with that power. We
paid for Texas and we exacted nothing
from either France or England In the
later war or from Barbary or Tripoli.
the only countries with which We have
hitherto been at war
We have plenty of presidents for a
demand for territory as well as indem-
nifty, and no power in Europe can ques-
tion our right.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16
PHANTONS ALL.

Come, all you sailors OF The southern wa
tiers,
You arparitions Of the Spanish main,
Who dyed the jeweled depths blood-red
with slaughtars,
You things OF crime and gain.
Gene, earasel and pinnace. on whose dar-
Rose the low purple OF u new worlds
Come from your dreams OF desperate sea
faring
And sun your sails once more.
Build UP again your stately height. storm
harried
Santa Maria, crueted with salt stains;
Come. quick. you black and treacherous
craft that carried
Columbus home in chains!
And out Of all your angry flames and
Proud with pride that only homeward
yeaEned,
Swim darkly UP and gather from your
ashes,
You ships that Cortes burned.
Come 3! grows. whence climbing into high,
The lonely plain OF the unguessei ,Paclflc'
The standard Of great Spain.
IN Caribbean coves. dark vanished YES
Lurking and hiding thrice "a hundred
years
Figure again your mad and merry wres-
Bsaks Of the buccaneers!
Come. you that bore through noughs OF
dripping blossoms
ogeron with his headsman and his priest
Where L!mous!n with treasure in his
bosom
Dreamed. ard in dreaming ceased.
Bark. a, whose name today the nursing
Come. with the babbs-rafts ~here men
swept down
Along th, foam and fan n mighty rivers
To sack the isthm.an town.
Through dusky bayous known in old ro-
In one great furtive squadron move. you
host
That took 70 death and drowning those
The Brethren OF the Coast.
come. Drake. come. Hawkins. to you. sa4
employer.
Cone. L'0lonnois and Daila. again.
Come. you great ships Of Monibar the De-
of Morgan AVID his men!
Dipping and slipping under shsdowy high
nashlns in base the sw!fter fate 70 NEE.
Come from your wrecks on haunted keys
and islands.
f'srvcra's valiant 1eet'
Galleons and merchantmen. and Scoops Of
story.
T72.s passing phantom OF al ancient glory
The Navy 81 Old Spain.
Harriet Prescott SDoGord IL The Crlte-
ZION.
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The winners are to be named today.
p. y. -
Gen. Skaters report is as long as the
general Is broad.
-. - -
The button-hole, the auger and the can
didate are greatly in evidence nowadays.
=. =. ~
The prize squash and the stall-fed OK
will soon be in the running at North Yak
ina.
- - -
The Cretan question has not made a
ripple on the pool OF American indiffer-
ence.
y. -. -
President Faure viii not resign. The
French resigning habit Is not necessarily
contagious.
=. =. -
I'VE care not" say the Cubans, who
fights our battles, just so We are In with
the commissary department at the finish"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

The address made before the Chamber Of
Commerce by Fish Commissioners Little
should not be permitted to pass with
out some action. What is everyhody's
business is nobodys business, and the men
engaged In the fisheries must themselves
take the initiative. The Seattle Chamber
OF Commerce can do very much during
the session OF the legislature by impress
Ing upon members the necessity for pass
age Of such measures as Will bring about
the work ne so in.elligently advocates. AT
one time. when other industries were m ore
restricted, the people Of the Sound coun-
try better appreciated the Importance Of
the fisheries. They have not decreased.
but, on the contrary, have increased Ia
importance. but in presence OF SO many
other interests they have not received due
attention. The increase in population
which means better market and the
greater facilities for transportation war
rant the closest attention TO the malnte-
nance OF an industry which adds $4,000, 600
annually to this district. and which could
be easily made to be worth double that
amount. Every dollar OF that money Is
spent in labor employed III an area trihu-
tary 10 Seattle Tacoma. Whatcom and
Rlaino. so that these cities are very deeply
concerned in increasing the commerce.
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Dewey Still the EavOrite.

New YORK Tribune.
A Washington paper notes the fact that
on July - Virginia postoffice was named
'Hobson," which indicated a proper re-
gard for heroism. Pope county. Arkansas,
on July % secured a new postoifice. which
it called 'Sigsbee." showing that it re-
Numbered the Maine and her commander.
North Carolina came along on July aS with
a pos;office In Randolph county. which 1t
called Dewey" and Oh July 20 with 4
Sampson postoifice. and on the 18th
Florida named a pOstoftice for Dewey and
Kentucky secured one named "Manila."
Just what idea controlled the PEOPLE OK
Woodruff county. Arkansas. in asking TO
have an office named Fakes does not
appear. The favored name since the vic
tory OF May l in Manila harbor has been
Dewey" and it is expected Al the post
office department that the popularity Of
the admiral OF the Asiatic station Will not
be exhausted until something like ten
Dewey" postoffices are named. When
that number has been reached it will be
up TO the average. Very few public men
have named more than ten postoffices.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

Judge Crawford. Of Texas. matie a very
strong speech before the monetary confer
eaee, HI SAID NE have entered a confess
for the commercial supremacy q the world,
ana all Ne want ire government to do is
70 maintain = financial system IN harmony
with ether great rations. and give us a
good banking system ths. viii eQua.ize
ia;erss' rates and !oanable capital between
al sections of the country. The coed sense
Q: The American people will do the rest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

The scenes witnessed in New Westmin-
ster appeal very strongly to the sympa-
thies Of the people OF Seattle. The hastily
erected tents. the reluctantly accepted aid
the helplessness of Sc many ard the diff
but are too proud ~ ask help. all seem like
a reflex Of that awful time during the frsr
two or three days which followed the fire
NJ ISN9 Another similarity Of the picture
is 70 be found IN the sairi; and courage
with which the people are already begin
Ming TO start life anew.
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the camps The decrease In cos. VIII have
. good eject, because it viii enable mirs
owners to employ mere help. TIE high
price OF provisions made labor very ex-
penssve The investigation OF the quantity
OF feed made by the Canadian police LED
incidentally to the gathering u statistical
which lead 10 the conclusion that the OUT
pus OF gold for the season Is not more than
s. CD. 600. This is not so high as was an
tictpased. but II Is & pretty fair return for
one season. Il does not. however, include
the gold taken oas on the American side.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

saw In seattle ana I0eOa0s
H. c. Blaekman in Hil.sdals. Mich. DEM
ocrat.
Seattle looks Ike Chicago. Ii acts like
IL. 1t has a better business portion than
residence portion, and while the peoprs
swear by their climate, their city. and o,
course by their homes, yet il IS plain that
they are there for business and nor entirely
FOR pleasure. Il must be a delightful place
TO live. however, and the residents there
have Just cause for booming the city Oh
their choice. They have the salt water on
Gre side and fine fresh water lakes on the
other. The resources OF the vicinity are
seemingly lirnitiesx-iumber, agriculture,
mining. fruit raising. shipping, kiondine
Quitting just now. and almast everything
one can think or they have ana do. They
are very proud of the recent establishment
OF a United States assay office there, where
We found former Hudson man, &r,
Wing. experimenting the institution. The
dust" I've saw 500 worth Of IL in a
common tin cap) comes in here from the
Ktcndlke tor the mint. looking like coarse,
iUsteriess, fine yellow gravel; IS reduced
together with some haser metal ii the gas
furnaces 20 blocks or bricks, and then by
the use OF wonderfully delicate scales the
proportion OF pure gold TO the mass is as
certained and the brick Is shipped 20 Phil
ade,phia twhy it isn't sent 10 san Fran
We lifted with a little effort one Of these
b-asss-eolored, duil-anishei bricks about
fifteen inches long by five wide and two
thick. which contained nearly $4,000 worth
Of gold. Well-equipped cable lines ira
verse the different portions OF the city,
and from the high residence portion 10
which the cars carry one, al night the
lights of the city below, with the moon
giimmering indLstinetly on the waters OF
the Sound for background, make beau
tiful scene.
Our cars had been brought down TO Sc
attic, and early the next morning We
reached Tacoma. near the end of the
Sound, thirty miles south of Seattle. Here
We spent one of the pleasantest days OF
the whole journey and incurred a lasting
debt of gratitude for the unstinted hearth
ness and hospitality OF the people of that
splendid city. But little less than Seattle
In size, located similarly, with the same
opportunities and environment. fine BUSH
ness blocks and beautiful residence por-
tons, 1t is an ideal pace for a home. In
this whole section the climate Is very unl-
form the year round and at Seattle they
told that they had had skating but
once ia many years during the winter. In
the summer the days are warm and the
nights cool, and not an Easterner-and the
cities are both fun of ther--wouid return
10 the East 10 live, so far as We were able
10 hear.
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They Want Our Guns.

81 Louis tTobe-Dtr1ocrat.
The sultan says ne has been go mut n
impressed with the terrible execution done
by the American warships al Manila and
Santiago that he has ordered for his own
navy similar guns - those used by The
victors in these two fights. But the guns
alone will not be effective. II IS the men
behind the guns who count. The Span
ards had good cannon. and 80 have all
the other nations II Europe, but neither
Spain nor any other country has men to
handle taem who equal the Americans.
From the war OF p@ndence onward the
United States gunners have shown their
superiority in every conflict In which The
country has been engaged. The talent
which makes the cannon bah go straight
to the mark can not be bought at the 81 n
factories.
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HARDLY.

Cabman 0sitting In the street amid the
ruins OF his cab and horse. 10 driver Of the
bus which occa sioned the disaster)~Yoa -
- $3.50 --t.---~t't - -~,,,.--ttit"
Constable Ito the orator)-Now, now' You
mustn't call him such names as that"
CahEnan Din frcn2yl-fiim wot smashed NE
cab an killed, me- 'orse. an left me a
'eIpiess cripple. Wot the do yer ex-
pect me to call ina 'owl.n hangel?-
Judy.
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Tie Post-Inte,ligeneer yesterday gave =
list Of the new buildings going up in this
city. Even those people who have OBJ
served that there is some building going
on have probably not realized what an
enormous amount OF money has been spen,
within the past few months on new build
ings. No less important is the large sum
being put into improvements along the wa
ter front, ana in extending dockage.
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\ very important step toward settlement,
0, she terms q peace Aas bean ;aken. The
hi A>ce2,'rg tae terms Of tAe protocol has
been passed by hcta Spanish chambers. so
tat there vii ~ TIC further opposition =
;he haeFa i;ou q Cuba ard The cession G.
the I.Aagenss ard Porto Rien.
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pulse he would have expected for his
friend had the fortune OK politics been
with him.
If there Is one unfit man among those
named-anc we confess we know not
courage 10 point IL out Assuming tina,
none in particularly untitled for the Of
ice hs. seeks. the chief efforts of the
best citizenship wifi be 20 select from
all him who is best
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

The delegates 70 TIE Republican convea-
ten can Go nothing better toward further
taS the success q re Republican ticket
IN November than by selecting tAe hes.
nsen for The respective oTEces Far som.
- me ofsices 81 IS very dIrscuit 20 deter
s,tao which ~ the Macy candidates IS the
bcs; oae. ali heing well qua.ined, ana IN
that case spirit OF reciprocity may De in
eu'gea IN viii great political ADVANTAGE.
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George.
She looked up into his eyes. questioningly.
George" she sail, lit isn't for my money
that you love me. is it?'
lie stroked the head resting there agains.
his manly breast, and made reply ''My
darling, no. Why. little one, / would love
You f-if-if you had ten times as much
money
"Oh. George"
And she sighed as though relieved Of a
great wcieht.-Detroit Free Press
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1T Is solemn thing" said ;hs Young
man. "s'hon woman trusts 4 mar. with
her affections"
1T amt as solemn sal3 the man with
- dry goods aec&tie, as when she won't
tTl3ss him with his owa vases. ''-indlaaapo
lis IQurnAl.
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4 RuIuea IAduStrY.

Lady OF the House- Poor man rtt. how
have the Spanish ruiHed your business?
Bil Betterdays Choking with emotion
and pie)--kird lady. crooi fat is a-pursuin'
Of me. / spent years loin' rofhiu' but
~ nk,n' out il patent fer keepln' moths
out of flags. an row this here Spanish war
comes uIs-aa' look az en-. There ain't \
flag III the land moth can get into.
fSysepS Pick
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-16

George ester Peabody, of New York,
has been elected chairman Of the National
Democratic party ia succession TO ex-Con-
gresham Bynum. who has resigned on ac-
count OF personal differences with other
members OF the committee. II Is intended
to make al determined effort TO keep up
the organization ef that branch Of the
Democratic party which has no sympathy
with Organism.
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sEATTLE. FRIDAY. SEPT. I6.


Today the Republicans will hold their
county convention. The selection OF
delegates has been accomplished with
out any bitterness. and although there
has been the usual rivalry between
those who desired to go to the conven-
tion as delegates, there has not been
In any precinct more iii-feeilng than
comes froEa a little disappointment on
the part Of those who find themselves
with insufficient votes To be one OF the
successful.
There is large pumber OF candi-
dates for the several offices TO be filled,
and their friends are active and in
genious in devising plans by which
their favorite may be successful. There
Is nothing improper about the mental
tiopal advantages. and so long as 1t is
confined tn merely parliamentary tac-
ties. without resort To dishonorabie
means or TO corruption, no wrong is
done either to the opposing candidates
or to society. So long as men of quick
intellect take an interest in politics. SO
long will plans be laid and combinations
made to secure success.
No convention ever met with so clear
eralship. There is 10 dominating influ-
ence In any quarter, and IL any small
clique should attempt to exercise in
huence except that OF persuasion. it will
BE- very promptly convinced of it's error.
With free field such as that present
ed. the play of human strategy becomes
exceedingly Interesting. not only to the
participant. bat To the onlooker.
II there is any candidate for an office
will assure him victory, he is egotis-
tically mistaken. IL any man thinks
he viii secure an office by sitting In
that convention and waiting until It
Invites him To accept II, he will go
harne a disappointed man The man
who wrests victory from hts opponent
today must have at his hack host Of
loyal friends and be armed with q
knowledge of the means his rival is
politician.
So far from iepreeating the play Of
mental equipment in q political con-
vention. the American people should
recognize that they owe nost Of their
Advancement - that shrswdness. alert
ness and daring which constitutes the
chief armament of the successful poll
tieian. No such scenes are witnessed.
where the brain IS sluggish. and the
slosh 81 bueolic conientmnnt makes
people submissive e. rulers ON the
floor O. an American convention every
c,tjzen IS sovereign In his avn right
Every candidate and MS friends is n
civil army. and every man nho has the
capacity may make himself Force
There is no grande, Geld fr ,ac dis
play Of 8 faculty e. iaaa 0e ether
men than the noor of s. aeentien
Of Independent, aud sglf rtl.aa, men rs
viii meet today.
For the good ~ {ho STATE and the
county. 81 tbs interests 81 soad eay-
ernnent and the furthovanee ~ thc IN
auence 81 ,be Republican party. we
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"George." size said IN n nervous whisper.
''you mus, give me t.nae-you must give me
time
How heug7" he hoaFseiy asked: ~ Jay.
week. month. YEAR,
'No-no. George" ana she quickly
scanned the sky only Gnsl the moon gets
behind cloud. "-Roxbury Gazette
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On every side men who deserted the Re-
publican party during the last campaign
are coming forward and enrolling them
selves again as Republicans. They are
coming In a very manly way and every
thing is being done to make them feel that
they are warmly welcome.