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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-27
HEAVY CEMENT CONSIGNMENT.


burg WIN O,OOO b0rrels.
The British ship Glendoon from Ham
burg, with a cargo of 5000 barrels of ce-
ment consigned to Capt. f. E. Caine, ar
rived last night. She stopped some time
at San Pedro, where she discharged II, 900
barrels. her original cargo being 5000, for
Los Angeles.
Immediately upon her arrival the Glen
doom began discharging at Arlington dock.
Y. G. MILES CO.'S great FIRE sale.
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with ave additional tracks on thess vscat-
Cd streets-yacatedI not for the benefit Of
Pacific Railway Company. Another thing
that has been .paraded before the people Il
the amount Of money that Is to be spent
increasing the taxable property OF the city.
I propose to show that the city win be
greatly damaged"
The Judge then went into figures and the
future, In which he stated that this prop
erty proposed to be vacated would be oc-
cupied with manufactures. Just as certain
portions OF the water front now are, and
these values would appreciate and be much
greater than II occupied for depot purposes.
He said the loss to the city would be in
this particular over =. 500 ,00O and that such
improvements as coal bunkers, etc., would
depreciate the value Of surrounding prop
erty, There should in all be charged up
against the railroad company loss to the
city OF more than $s.0o000o.
These are facts that cannot be disputed
thing IL the death traps that would be-
created BY this proposition-that Is. surface
crossing. One thing must come In the fu-
turet the railroad tracks must be elevated,
or the tracks should be brought In as far
as Post street so that the streets can be
carried over them The time has come
when Seattle Is not subject to the dictation
Of any corporation. (Applause.)
Northern Pacific shipping.
HAS the Northern Pacific any shipping
that IL required to come here? Their ship
ping goes and comes twenty-four miles
from here-from Tacoma-and Is not per-
daughter and applause) Why. then. do
they want this water front? 1t Is for one
Of two reasons: 1t IL either to throttle the
commerce Of the city OF Seattle or to lay
It under tributel In city Of thirty-five
square miles 1t Is very strange that there
Is only one place to erect depot, and that
In the very heart Of the city. The place
King street, and the first railroad in Seat
tie. the Seattle & Walla .Walla railroad,
had its depot there, and the Northern Pa
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proposition for the amendment was given
to the city clerk, who, in turn, presented
1t to Corporation Counsel Humphrey The
latter rendered an opinion. holding the
proposed amendment illegal. He said in
part:
1.-THE clear intent of this proposed
amendment is that If Is or 20 per cent. of
the qualified voters petition the city coun-
ell any question, however important or
trivial, shall be submitted to the people
for their approval or rejection at a gen.
eral or special election, and If approved
by majority. shall be, by the council.
enacted into law.
This amendment would abolish the leg
islative body of our city government, or
at least deprive 1t of all discretion, and
its acts would be ministerial alone. Such
an amendment would be in direct conflict
with the laws of our state. do not be-
lieve changes In our system of govern
ment SO radical and fundamental can be
inaugurated by amendment to the city
charter. / am of the opinion that this
amendment Is not legal"
The proposition with opinion attached
was then circulated in the city for sigma
lures and 1850 supposedly qualified voters
signed. The petition was placed before
the council, and according to the COM
plant this body refused to consider It.
1t is commended that unless this amend
ment is submitted at the election the will
Of 1850 voters will be thwarted and that
they will be irreparably injured.
Owing to the charter provision requiring
the city council to submit the amend
ment at least. sixty days prior to the next
general election. and requiring 1t to be
published an emergency exists, according
to the complaint, which made It impossi-
BILE TO give notice of the application for
mandamus, and If notice is given the writ,
in case one should be issued. would be of
no avail. The alleged necessity for the
immediate issuance of the writ was
urged.
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TO AMEND CITY CHARTER.
Proposed to Double Mayors Salary
and Increase Those of Comp
trOlIer and City COuncilmen.

Resolutions contemplating the submission
to the people of charter amendments In
creasing the salaries OF the mayor the
city comptroller and the members Of the
meeting OF the council. The resolutions
were introduced by Councilman Castleman
and referred to the committee on charter
amendments
Under the proposed amendments the sal
airy of the mayor will be increased from
81 500 to 5000 annually. payable monthly,
IT is also proposed to increase the salary
OF the comptroller from 5000 to $500 an
nually, payable monthly.
The amendment provides that members OF
the city council shall be paid annual salary
Of $500. the same to be paid In monthly
instailments. 1t also provides that In case
any councilman absents himself from any
regular meeting OF the council the sum Of
10 shall b. deducted from his salary, At
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dried up within me. never got chance
to deliver 1t. The council made the grant
and the people of Seattle sold their birth
right for mess of pottage-not potash,
Brother White. Uaughter.) But the SUI
preme court subsequently, when the grant
as against 1t. said was the only sober
man in the city of Seattle. You seal up
the water front and you present COM
fnercial absurditiy to a city of 100000 peo-
pie, as this city will be in few years."
(Applause)
Judge Epler said:
Seattle and her possibilities of trade
have attracted the attention Of the entire
civilized world in the last two or three
years. sa
1.-The Northern Pacific was as quick to
see this as anybody. She came here. But
how did she come? do not think, l do
this city council who would vote to place
all the present and future commerce of Sc
attic and Elliott bay in the hands of the
Northern Pacific, or any other single COR
poration. II q vote were taken here to-
night, do not think there would be two
votes for the ordinances asked for by the
Northern Pacific"
This finished the speechmaking. The
resolutions were adopted by an almost
unanimous rising vote.
The petition to the city council against
the ordinances which has been published
by the Post-Intelligencer. was read and
circulated among the audience. 1t receiv-
ed about 300 signatures. BY unanimous
standing vote, the audience agreed to con-
tnue the same committee and to stand by
it, and then the meeting adjourned.
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A. j. Wells and j. w. Goodwin, repre-
senting the committee of 100. yesterday
commenced another mandamus suit
against the city council to compel that
body to submit a proposed charter
amendment to the people. In this suit
1t is sought to compel the submission Of
the so-calied Initiative and referendum"
amendment. Action was brought satur-
day to compel the council to submit the
proposed municipal ownership amend
ment
The second mandanius suit was brought
before Judge Moore, who granted an al
tentative writ of mandamus, and made 1t
returnable at $3.50 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, at which time the municipal owner
ing.
1t is stated in the complaint that the
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present members Of the council receive q
salary Of $500 per year.
The special committee on charter amend.
ments will take the amendments up at
meeting of the committee to be held Friday
afternoon.
Beyond the introduction of the resolutions
referred to and few ordinances, the coun-
ell transacted no business last night. an
ciifnen an Opportunity to attend the anti
Northern Pacific mass meeting at the Arm.
DRY. The adjournment was taken until Fri
day night.
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ATTACHMENT BRINGS TROUBLE.
Two Damage Suits Filed Against
Leo Schwabacher.

Damage suits aggregating 1900 were hled
In the superior court yesterday. afternoon
against Leo Schwabacher. The trouble
alleged to have made on $500 worth Of wire
cable owned by Robb G. Swan. contractors
on the Cedar river water pipe line.
Robb & Swan say that they had good
firm, but that Schwabacher maliciously and
without cause persuaded Justice Swingle,
of Arthur precinct, to docket and issue
process against them. Their wire was at
tached, with the result that their business
was injured and the report spread that
they were insolvent. They ask for $3.50
damages, and SITS to requite them for ex-
penses In connection with the suit
Robb brings a separate action against
Schwabacher for s., 800 damages.
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DANCE old year out and new one in.
Ranke hall, Sunday eve, December 81.
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BARRACKS ARE FINISHED.
Contractors ON the Magnolia Blum
Army Post Ready to Turn Over
the Buildings to Departme

Unless some unexpected circumstance
should prevent 1t, Nichols & Crothers, the
at Magnolia blum will turn over seven OF
the new buildings to Constructing Quarter
master Robinson. About ten days ago
Capt. Robinson inspected the buildings that
small changes and alterations were neces-
sary. These have been made by the con-
tractors.
The original contract Of Nichols q
ed the erection Of officers quarters, quar-
termaster and commissary storehouees and
barracks. These buildings have been COM
pleted, but the contractors are now en-
several other structures for the post. on
q later contract.
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The Orphan Railroad.

Voice in the audience: 1T was the old
torphan road. -
"Yes," said Mr.. White 'it was called
the orphan road: II was so lonesome. You
see we old-timers remember these things.
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cific itself, after It absorbed the Seattle &
Walla Walla railroad, had Its depot there
for many years.
Where Great Northern Comes In.
Nov, the Great Northern railroad has
very little. II anything, to do with this
against another. The Northern Pacific
has not erected anything in this city. The
Great Northern has plated the tide fats
erect depots on the tide flats south of
King street, and the Great Northern has
offered to divide Its holdings there with
its depots there. fApplause,) with the
present plans carried out. the Northern
Pacific would have a monopoly of the wat
er front. On the other hand, =. J. Hill. a
man who has spent millions of dollars In
Seattle. brought here an Oriental steam
ship line and built railroad across the
continent without subsidy (applause), is
entitled to some credit for honesty of pur-
pose. (Applause) 1t would be a. very sem
sible thing for the council to do to submit
this question to the people at the coming
biennial election to be held Just seventy
days from today"
Critical Period Faces Seattle.
Hon. w. H. White. being called upon,
II have lived in Seattle twenty-nine
years. In that time there have been two
critical periods In the history of the CITY,
and we are facing the third one now. It
is proper for us to look into the. Northern
Paclfic's treatment of the people of this
state. 1t has changed its skin several
times, and to me it's the same old rattle
snake 1t has always been. 1t is under
stood that the men at the head of that
corporation are now the old defunct Ia
coma Land Company. and hope to enrich
themselves.
AT North Yakima the railroad company
refused to put the depot where the people,
the pioneers, had built their homes and
destroyed the value of the property of the
original town. Northern Pacific people
bought up the land on Commencement bay
at a nominal price, DETECTED the railroad
there, and made Tacoma the terminus
when Elliott bay had been first selected.
The people Of this community went to
them and offered them half the water
front to come here. But no! The heart
of this people was nearly broken What
did this people do? They began to build
a road for themselves to the wheat
fields of Eastern washington. Now
this railroad company comes here and
asks for vacation of streets right in
the heart of the city. 1t practically va
Gates the distance from Yesler avenue
been made the terminus of the Northern
Pacific railroad. she would today be
city of 100000 people, instead of $1,000 and
Tacoma 10000. The road between this city
and Tacoma was actually built and al
lowed to rust and remain idle for years
before car was run over It, through fear
Of building up this CITY,"
The Orphan Railroad.
Voice In the audience: 1T was the old
'orphan road!"
Eyes" said Mr.. White, at was called
the orphan road: It was so lonesome You
see we old-timers remember these things.
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z. c. MILES co.'s great fire sale.
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CITY COUNCIL MbNDAMUSED
Must Submit Proposed Charter
Amendment or Explain Why.
MATTER TAKEN MIRO COURT.

Petitioners AIlege That 1850 ouaii-
ned Voters Of Seattle Have Been
Aggrieved By the Action of the
City Fathers-The Limited Time
Creates an Emergency II II
Ciaimed-To Hear Case Tomorrow
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
Eeedi. Inc Fire.

The most powerful engine must stop II
the fires are not fed. Man is the most won-
dcrful piece of machinery in the world, yet
no matter how strong and well-made his
bodily frame may be, If the fire of life
within him is not constantly fed his limbs
and muscles become powerless and useless.
The reason men become helpless and
diseased is because the food they eat,
which is the fuel of life, is not properly
digested and appropriated by the stomach
and nutritive organs. 1t is not completely
transformed into the strength and working
power which is to man what steam is to
the engine.
That wonderful power-making Golden
Medical Discovery" invented by DR.. K. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, ". Y, imbues the human diges-
tive juices and blood making glands with
capacity to extract abundant nouyishment
from the food. 1t builds up organic tissue,
nerve fiber, hard muscular flesh and work
ing force. 1t gives man steam
What it did for Mr.. r 6. Hughes, Of Junction,
Huuterdon Co., N. J., is given in his own words.
He writes: Il received your kind letter, and
i'll reply would say that mine was bad case of
kidney and liver trouble, and that six bottles of
DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and four
bottles Of little Pellets effected complete cure.
troubled more or less with kidney trouble especi-
ally on our fast express trains. run one hum
dred and forty-four miles on these trains every
day in the week, and have had no return Of the
trouble since taking the remedies. nearly three
years ago"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
EASTER.

Easter Celebrated Under Some Difficultiei
| Not Many Easter BonDets Show Up
Too Much Winter-Knights TempiaI
| Service.
Sunday was rather a discouraging
day to be celebrating Easter. 1t was
cold and the wind blew from the
northeast. Early in the morning a
snow storm set in which lasted until
the shades of evening began to fall.
1t was not such day as was con-
ducive to thoughts entirely Of re.
ligious nature--in fact there were
uttered, in our hearing, great manv
emphatic terms, more forcable than
elegant, and which we are quite posi-
tive are not laid down in the bible
either for guidance or instruction.
We could not but feel the disap-
pointment experienced by reason of
many not being able to show up that
dazzling Easter bonnet, and If
"Christ's resurrection" was absent
from the thoughts of the average
participant in divine service that day,
lay it to the beastly weather.
Appropriate services were held in
each of the city churches and in the
afternoon Brookings Commandery No.
IA, Knights Templar, headed by the
band, marched to the Methodist Epis-
copal church where they conducted
their annual service of Easter day
and listened to well prepared aud
finely delivered sermon by the local
pastor, Rev. T. II. Youngman.
The church was fairly we'll filled
but was confined, for the most part,
to Mason's families. Numerous flow
ering plants and Templar banners
adorned the front of the alter and, as
the Knights filed in with their white
plumed hats and glittering pharapher-
MALTA, it made very pretty picture.
The music, In charge of Mrs. E. N.
Aldrich, had been especially prepared
for the occasion and was OF high
order. The solo sung by Mrs. Al
drich was very fine and much en-
joyed.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
March Q. April 20.l
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, Default has been made in the copdi-
lions OF a certain mortgage containing power of
sale ouly made, executed and delivered by Nes T.
Peterson and Johanna {. Peterson, his wife
mortgagors, to T. X. Dederick, Mortgagee bear,
ing date on the 2ith day OF May 1885, and duly
recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds OF
the county of Brookings, then territory OF Dakota,
now state of South Dakota, on the 24th day OF
May, 1886. at IL O'Clock and 10 minutes, d. m in
BOOK = OF Mortgages at page Si7 thereof, and
whereas said mortgage was on the 18th day OF
January, 1896 duly assigned to " lillian Aust and
which assignment was duly recorded in the office
OF the Register OF Deeds in and for the county Of
Brookings, state OF South Dakota, on the 9th day
OF March, 1899, at 2.0 O'Clock p. m. OF that day in
Book IL, Miscellaneous Records at page 547 there
OF. And whereas said mortgage was by said Will
lam Aust duly assigned and transferred to Helen
r. Collier on the sth day of March, 1899, and which
assignment was duly recorded in the office OF the
Register of Deeds in and for the county of Brook
iings' iD' south Dakota, on the 9th day OF March,
lsyy at 2;3O O'Clock p. m, and recorded in Book II
OF Miscellaneous Records at Page " thereof
And whereas, there is now claimed to be due on
said mortgage at the date OF this notice for prin-
clpal and interest the sum OF seven hundred and
sixtys dollars ttG60O) and action or proceed
ing at law or otherwise having been instituted to
collect the amount secured by said mortgage.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and in pursuance OF the statutes in
such case made and provided, said mortgage will
be forclosed by sale OF the mortgaged premises
which are situated in the county OF Brookngs
ana state Of South Dakota, and described In said
mortgage as follows, Lowit: Lots three 90 and
(il ana the east half OF the southwest quarter Of
section nineteen Q9) and lot one % IN section
thirty (9O township one hundred and ten (llO)
north OF range fifty (50) west OF the 5th p NJ, and
all that part of the northwest quarter of section
nineteent09) township one hundred and ten OiO
north OF range fifty (50) west OF the 5th T. M lying
south and west Of the Big Sioux river, at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash
at the front door of the court house in
the city OF Brookings, Brookings county,
South Dakota. by the sheriff Of said county. or his
deputy, on Saturday the 22nd Gay OF April 1899,
at the hour Of two O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day, to satisfy the amount then due on said
MORTGAGE for principal and interest, together
with the costs and expenses Of said foreclosure
and sale, with the sum OF Sll5.0Q attorneys fees
provided by said mortgage in cases of foreclosure.
Dated at Brookings, South Dakota, this 9th
day OF March 1899.
MATHEWS MURPHY. HELEN r. COLLIER,
Attorneys, Assignee
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
MANILA LETTER.
Guy skinner Gives His Brother Detail
of Army Lite.

| Guy skinner gives His Brother a Detail
of Army Lite.
MANILA, p. l., Feb. 18th.
DEAR BRoTHER-I received your
letter some time ago, but have been
too busy to answer until now. We
have had scrap somewhere along the
line nearly every day. Our regiment
has been in two engagements so far
and those were on the 5th inst, when
we captured blockhouse church
and cemetery. The first day of the
fight we had the longest firing line
ever known in the history Of warfare.
1t is said the line was over seventeen
miles long, and now it is great deal
longer than it was then, as we have
been moving out further every day
and keep driving the niggers ahead of
us. A week ago Monday the insur-
gents tried to capture Cavite by
marching four abreast across a strip
of land about one rod wide. There
were seven Gatling guns trained on
them and they soon found it was too
warm for comfort in that neck o. the
woods.
Judging from orders we are going to
keep after the insurgents until they
surrender or are driven off the island.
We were in the trenches for eight
days and nearly every night there
were Mauser bullets flying over our
heads. 1t is reported that town
about the size Of Manila to our north
has surrendered and the natives there
have laid down their arms.
| must close for this time. Am as
well as ever and we expect TO go hack
to the trenches very soon.
Your brother,
GUY Il. SKINNER.
Co. X, s. ID. Vol.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
March 23-April II
Notice Of Hearing Petition for
Letters of Administration.

LetUefS OF Aun1n1SIrdtlODs
STATE cF SOUTH DAKoTA,l
ss In County Court
County of Brookings.
In the Matter OF the Estate
Of Vinal w. Norton,
Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends Greeting to
f. ID. Norton and Alice A. Arden, heirs Mt law
and next OF kin OF Vinai w. Norton, deceased,
and TO all whom these presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that Fred ID. Norton
and Alice A. Arden have filed with the Judge OF
this court, petition praying for Letters of Ad-
minstration Of the Estate OF Vinal w. Norton,
deceased be issued TO F. ID. Norton, anG that
Monday the 10th day OF April 1899, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, Of said day, being "a day of regular term
OF this court towit OF the March term at the
office OF the Judge Of the county court in the city
Of Brook ings, county of BrOokings, has been set
for hearing said petition, when and where any
person interested may appear and show cause
why the said petition should not be granted
Dated at BrookiDgs, S. d., this 2lst day Of
March A. ID. 1899,
G. III. FARRELL,
Judge OF the County Court.
ALEXANDER ~ HOOKER.
Attorneys for Petitioners
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
[April April 21l
Notice of Hearing Petition for
Letters OF Administration.

STATE OF South DAKOTA,
Iss In County Court.
County OF Brookings.
In the Matter Of the Estate
OF Robert /. Stegner,
Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends Greeting 10
Liebie Stegher, Guy 4. Stegner, Ralph A. Stegner
and Vera Stegner, heirs at law and next OF kin Of
Robert /. Stegner, deceased, and to all whom
these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Libbie Stegner has
filed with the Judge OF this Court, a petition pray
ing for Letters Of Administration OF the Estate
Of Robert |. stegner, deceased, and that Monday,
the LIST day OF May, 1899, at 10 o'clock a. m, Of
said day, being day OF regular term ofthis
Court, to-wit OF the May term, 1899, at the Court
Room OF said Court In the City OF Brookings
County OF Brookings, has been SET for hearine 2
said petition, when and where any person inter,
ested may appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Brookings, 5. D., this 3rd day OF April
A. ID. 1899.
G. III. FARRELL,
Judge OF the County Court.
ToHN O. JENKINS,
Attorney for Petitioner.