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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-20

REsoLC TToN No. fss-Be Il Resolved BY
the City Council q The City OF Seattle
% Thar il Is the intention Of The city
q Seattle 20 impryxe aeoond Avenue
North. from Hepasssoan stfeet % Lee
ssrees. boy strss: frsm sseona Aven1e
North 70 Warren Avenae, Warren Avenue
os Aioha street. Aloha Street srorp SEQ
end avenue North IN First Avenue North.
Highland Drive. Prospcys Stress from Sec
orsi Agense North TO Warren Avenue. and
Warren Avenue from Prospect Street 70
Les SFess. By constructing thsredn proper
sewers Throughout said portiSns d said
ayesflEes and streets THE same forming 4
connecting syssssn os sewers with . com
mon osilesl. ioSeiher ~fsh ali necessary
wyss, Openings. Emnhaies. lanphalss rem
siiatorr, catch basins and flushing tanks.
ca That the cast thereof he pad BY as
sessmenss 10 be ievie~i upon the property
aosssiinx .sirof and prozimase. to said ay-
enue- and streets under the plan N Pay
fnenf by Bonds, IN the manner provided
BY De laws q the state Of WASHINGTON
City Of Seattle AZ ro~ In force
20 That tire city engineer be directed
g furnish 10. the city council an estimate
"a That the mater "a naasinr sass in.
Trovesnsrt viii b. considered hy the city
eoanct' AZ session thereof 20 be held on
the 9th day Q. April. 1883 ~ 80 o'clock
e BE- heard before The asy council uposs
the matter Of making said improv eraesst
are nosifiess 10 ~ present
ArCi, fsss and signed ny me in open SEES
iith day Of April. Isss .,
Psessaen, a. sh~ cf,y Cs.ars-H.
Filed by nee This I'm car of April, isss
B. ' eoHf aR E b se1ais S siyyrs slsrs
Isss of FIRST tAfsficHzioT April ~ fssc
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AJAX spv y1ssr srck@ss 90 Massws:rf rs~er
r.s..sass ard sts~ 5osssHsAss sis $seFznera
.seAssxsss ard k2aTitnasssr route tire AMY
10. rassrsag fssrrurt4 t1sssfs- siearsr ~ bs~
TWEEN Seattle AMI the Mssss2Fa rsxsr.
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+ WAsHINGTSeS, April i9s-~To4ayss Aafa
rens ~ the rso1itsoa Of the treasury
shows
Ae~sssssss cash balance sssss sss -
tsosd reserve ..ss...s..s ..4~s.-s.s. 3s2ssIs. -
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Total sales ~ ~seess fessy we're ST -.
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GRADUATED Optical spseaalfx. Ma
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East Tenn lists rs Tenn. new see n ~
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Gen. Eiee, 80 nsi4 niosl Psc 4s .ffss,
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+ G. a {; ISIS 1tasya. Centuries :. a
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Gl Iss oas tfseus@7s satisfied 2eaftts
ssSsss bare b0axht Cresssnt sacYrtee tas
pau few years
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p
the CorpoS MARkEvs~

THE GVfpNN MAWkEvS<
view York..
NEW YORK. April SyeadyJ
radaIsng sa.c-
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. April is-Cosssn--
Steady. sysiddiing II 10.
FOREIGN MARIETTA
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City Comptroller and Ex-e6leao Ciiy Clerk.
Ry G. K corr ELL Deputy clerk
Date ss .ssss yaSstcaslors. April Is ess
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07
"a. o4. DENNY. .SEATTIE.S
NOTABLE PIONEER. DYING.
At O'CLOCK This 5Noning His Physicians Announced That
He Would Lipe But a Fezv Hours.

A A. Denny. the most notable OF Seattls
Is dying at his residence, Ne. Isas First
avenue. Dr. p w. Wills. who has been
In attendance upon him. has practically
given UP his patient. AT / o'clock this
morning he said:
Il can't see any hope for Mr.. Denny.
He is gradually sinking and We are await
Eng the end, which may come AT any
time. do not believe that he VIII live
more than few hours longer"
Mr.. Denny became III about two years
ago when a chronic disease with which
he was afflicted first became serious Since
that time he has no. been able 20 at
tend to his many business affairs with tho
same energy that had characterized his
earlier life. But he was never confined TO
his room any length of time until Christ
mas eve. when he became graveIy IL.
The inroads which bis afflIction had made
liz company with his old age made recov-
cry prohlematicai. He has bean sinking
quietly and easily since that time Al
times he was unconscious. but succeeded
In reviving.
However, he again became Unconscious
between and O'Clock yesterday after
noon and remained in that condition. A.
O'Clock DR.. Willis had but attle hope OF
reviying him again. The patient recog-
nized DR.. Willis slightly about o'clock
and when asked If he was suffering any
pain replied feehiy that he was net.
All OF Mr.. and Mrs. Denny's children
were at the home last night sorrowf0!ly
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awaiting the end. which they knew was
= 1senorss. II. H.. Q. o.. A. w. and c. L.
Denny.
Mrs. Denny and her daughters were
prostFated with grief, while the sons made
apparent effort to restrain their feelings
AZ s:9o O'Clock this morning Mr. Denny
was slowly sinking. and all hope of his
recovery had been given up.
There Is no other man In Seattle whose
life has been SO completely identified aith
the history OF the city. He was not only
one OF Its earliest pioneers but from It's
primitive days as a frontier settlement TO
the latest stages OF It's metropolitan growth
he has been singular!y prominent In all the
various departments that have gone 10
make up It's complex ana checkered ilfs
/; Is bur a few days since the PoEt-Intel-
lsgencer was called on 10 uarrata the story
Of Seat,le's first pos,offlce. housed as II
was in rough hswn log cabin. which
Mr.. Denny hui't in 1853. and In which. with
oat mail pouch. letter box or desk. he
served as Seattie's first postmaster
Thomas W. Prosch who Is thoroughly
conyerszaut with the early history Of tbs
cIty. has recently been engaged on a COM
prehensive historical sketch. Looking over
its pages after he had completed il he sait,
a few days sE1: 1T II really singular
how frequently and how prominently the
name of A A. Denny occurs In the :ilssory
of Seattle take & from first 70 last And
then. polnr7ag out chapter after chapter
and incident after incident, ne verified and
illustrated his statement
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07
GREAT BRITAIN AGAIN
GIVES FRANCE Warming.
TRADE RESTRICTION IN MAnAGAs-
CAR A SENSITIVE SPOT.
Numerous Protests From Lord Sails
bury Result ia an Jntmportanf
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Morning Pa
pers Make Caustic Comments
The Times Inttmntes That Peace
Cannot Continue Much Longer.

LONDON. Jan. "a bluebook has just
been issued containing the correspond
ence between Great Britain and France
on the subject Of trade restriction in
Madagascar.
The only concession apparently which
has resulted frem Lord saiisoury's nu-
ys1eraus protests is the revocation OF the
decree combining the coast trade TO
French vessels.
All the morning papers comment upon
the Msdsgascar oluebook issued today
asking how IL IS possible ~ live In
au.lty with q country which tFamples up
on treaty rights ana treats friendly
country in such a manner. TIE Times
says.
1T ss "a good thing for thu worlds $
peace tha. we are able 10 possess oar
souls In patience under the p.a prIcks
of the French which. under the cover
~ zrandsIeauent phrase, habisually act
with cupidity and the snart-sigate4 cum
nfne os the peasant"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07

HERE Is 20 boat IN the navy
that has Rad the test this
boat has had. and If she Rad not been
bell built she svoald haze seen ali to
pieces by this time. She IS the
sfiffest boat haze eyer seen. A."
This comment zuas made by Lieut.
X. +. Lopez. Svho hill be IN command
OF fbe torpedo boat Rowan as sooc as
she is turned oUer to the government.
He stood on the deck during the entire
remarkable performance of tie craft
yesterday, and in the second hoar of
The spun expressed his opinion. NJ.
Lopes IS quiet navai man. rarely
passing judgment upon anything of
the hind, suhich makes his statement
the sveiShner.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07
PROPHETIC nxruEns>cE.

FNUFHE ITO fFNf WHY
An er1e0ars aIna Indication of ins s1ts~-
ss.sr,. soceezs Was ths Snshasiassn of every"
gsssv. from Cap; T&hn.7 Oa ihs bridge. ca9s
Sfeasszou on rnAsa deck forward. Assistant
srasswsruefcss Fersassn ora af - trial
board aas aysrysredy sIss aaHn 20 ins en-
s!ueers 4n4 f1feu%n.' Il ss rafsiy shs; naval
ruArs ssagl,.s emotion. bat sAai th@ss on
efaAs were rlszsef win fns outlook vas
plain n. ssas Others aboard.
Ysy~ias The frss hear tns revolutions os
ths .awfue iaers2sea 20 rspttly sbo~e 10
~ rssssf~~ss sis@t saa@ vessel ass si0wed
snwy- ana thss aeeuess4 several sssn~s be-
r5ss ss@ vs4E was afsssei. a word oascsaa-
ssoa o. sns ve!~c4sx es tnis ssAs SsaiAA -,
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Bro.x>Ixa OF THE DAY.


For the preceding several days. Moran
Bros had been anxiousiY waiting for tho
breaking ~ the bad weather. that they
might take out their warship for her Sec
os.l onlciai trial. Three or four days ago
tne Ro%an stuck her nose into the hareor.
isat II wAs too misty. Ard SO ~ seemed
yesterday TIE morning dawned snosy
ard forbsdiiug, ard up unti o'ciocx 10
sss believed there would have 70 he an
other post tponrment. But the water was
too anloosh, and about that tisna the
fasgy we'll lifted from tha face 81 TIE
sound a little This Was enough for Capt
john u Libby. the experienced navigator.
yaho gas In charge for the builders. and
the officers. and ths signal 20 raise siean
was passed aboard.
At w1e THO torpedo boat slowly baSke1
out into the stream. and healed for down
sound II was evident from the fsst stroke
az he engines that she was In fne trim
They never moved 30 smoothly. ara
everything. even 20 me way the snifs-Bks
prnw cut tic water. betokensi that the
crucial tire had arsissa when the oo4s
waa TO saow wbat Sas In her.
Al 1875 The Rowan entered upen her
course. n iisfie beyond Aiki pctns. ane
fwelve r1snutss !afeT was pounding down.
asth tsgra called
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07
LEADS HER GLASS
N WORLDS NAV|ES.
Rowan Shows l.62 Knots
More Than Needed.
SPEEDY AS THE "FlYER,"
Few Railway Trains Go Faster
Than Seattle's Warship.
SPEEDY AS THE "FLYER."

On Her Second Omcial Trial Test
she Maintains an Average speed
of Twenty-Nfne Knots. or Over
Thtrfy-rhr~e Miles an Hour for
Thirty Minutes - Iieat. Lopea.
Who VIII Command Her. SAYS
He Never Saw such a Fine Craft
Coming Home she Races Like =
Scared woIf-Hundreds Meat Her.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07

LONDON. Jar. T.~TEs reply of Lori
Sasishnry - IRE proposal ct Emperor Mich
alaS for disarmament conference q the
s~yxsrs ws4leh - f;s<w p1hlisnfd promises
tAe cordial Cooperation - taa British gov
ersgrfene, ant asks for az indication e -.
ats ef ths 9gzcusssan NJ tne csusvreso@
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SENATOR sioRnIIL'> SUCCESSOR.
Ga~ Smish Tenders the sprointm~a {
to u. y. tlfiela.

MOS~TPEsg.IE-s. II. Jar s-~<fov Smith
has rendered fhA place E2 ths United
states senate len vacant hy the death
~ Senator NORTH. - Il. T. Fa9eiA of ta!s
cay. Nr ETfasl3 has ret yet accepted
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All Organization Ignored.

Thus fAe Republican orga aixatioa has
tesn Antaxorixea. the rai&srai cassETlsiiee-
naan A&< sse<n lssaare2 AMI t-eiats.st- tsss
stats s,s<Azsf=zsss- As heea .a~GitsS. ara
,aa cauaty e-zassxaticx.s have been scsssesi
81
fseas Republicans -E-asn wAo- Aaye ~
ssgrexs g the ;sarey ash sAs e3ss1rs a. sAs
state az asarx--sssck uTca tsEs sx s. 13res;
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"HE Rowan has crowned herself with q
success that has never before been
known In the history az the United
states or any other navy. On her eecsnd
Official trial trip. held yesterday. she main-
talned an average speed OF s762ls knots an
hour for two consecutive hours, and then
came home under an Ordinary twenty
four Knot gait, which was her minimum
velocity In a period Of five hours and nifty
minutes the tsr,ep SHE was out
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-07
ISSUES Of THE Fight
CLEARLY DEFINED.
wisconsin Against Republi-
canism Is the Contest.
FEDERAL GANG ON HAND.
Their Opponents Believe the Party
Is Greater Than One Man.

Members Striving Earn.
estSy to Defeat the "Pers0nal
Organization" ~ Antagonistic to
the Best Interests Of ALBANY
Instances Of the Despotic Char
acteRisttcs OF the Present Senator
Never Recognized IN Applica-
tton for Appointment Unless Ac-
companied BY Exacting Pledge.
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NaxIMlM VI SPEED ESQ. KNOTS.

This Was f.s2is knots mere than WAS re-
quired under the contract With The govern
ment. which called for an average OF TWEEN
ty-s.x knots. But even this Was not all
the boat Is capable of. As Lieut.. Nichoi-
son. president OF the trial board. sad at
the end of the first hour. the Morans had
more trouble Ia holding the craft back TO
a reasonable dash than ia getting the re-
ou!red speed out NJ her.
At frequent Intervals OF the test. al
though the Rowan was rushing along at
the rate OF ai.si miles an hour, IL was
found necessary 20 notify the engineers TO
maintain less steam. and then the escape
valves would throw off unused power with
a noise like a locomotive waiting to beg u
n strong pull. For hait an hour. after the
frs, fifteen minutes OF the run. the indt-
Gator showed an average n 81 revolutions
or the whce. A minute. This WAS eaaivi-
len, TO 2s 81 knots an hour. Some idea ef
this may be realized when Il lis mentioned
that 1t is the same as 80 - miles an hour.
railroad sgesd. which In probably moro
rapid than tbs speed OF passenger trains In
the West.
The Rowan will be painted and cleaned
up, and then delivered 10 the government
at the Puget sound naval station, at
Breuaerton. The formal transfer viii take
place In about two weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
WRECK on rBE LAKE sHoKE.
Train bound for Detroit NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Loss Of Life Feared.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Nov o-The north bound fast
train on the Lake SHORE Railroad that left
Toledo for Detroit at I 10 O'Clock this evening,
was wrecked at La Sale, Mich. eighteen miles
north Of this city. The train consisted OF six
coaches, mail car and baggage car.
Tho engine jumped the track TAX
ing all cars with II. The entire train
IL piled up in the ditch beside the
track and until wrecking crews. which
were sent for at Detroit and Toledo. clear away
some OF the debris. the number OF killed and
injured cansot he learned.
Two special trains left this city with physi-
cians soon after the news Game and third
was being made NJ at 10 O'Clock. Physicians
were tslegraphed for at Detroit and Monroe.
II 10 thought to be the worst wreck on the
Lake Shore in years
Officials OF tho road are unable TO give an es-
innate Of tho number OF passengers. but II Ia
usually u heavy train.
A message. however. was received from
Alexis at 1890 calllng for more doctors and
undertakers A rumor soon followed that from
eighteen to twenty five had bsen killed asd
many injured.
Dispatches to the railroad people simply say
the wreck 10 n very bad one and that the track
will not he clear for hours. The train coming
In to- o ght over the Lake Shore ran over and
killed Dr Monroe. a leading phi siclan OF Mon
roe. Mich
The downtown telegraph and telephone Of
nces at ] ! 80 o'clock were besisged by friends
OF Toledo passengers on tho train. and several
carriage loads and couriers on horseback
started across the country to the sccne OF the
ufepk
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FREE STATE BOERs' PLANS.
Destroying Railroads and win Probably
Act Principally on tho Defensive.
SPECIAL cab. DapatcA I. The suu.

SPECIAL Cdhs DsspatcA 10 The suu.
LONDON. Nov. GA despatch to the Times
from Queenstown, Cape Colony. says: "A run
nsr who arrived here last nisht via De har.
Rosmead and stornberg says he saw no sign
OF a concentration OF Boer troops on our
frontier.
There Is no Interruption Of com munication
between De Aar and Queenstown. 1t is be-
lievsd the ensmys inactivity 10 due to fear re-
garding the reported movements OF the
Basutos"
The Times correspondent at Naauw Poort
Cape Colony. teleEraphing on Nov. q. says: Il
went out from De Aar through Naauw Poort to-
day as far as the railway connection allowed
The Beers have destroyed Ianzyl Bridge. seven
miles south OF Norvals Point They have
made no further advance from Colesberg.
Everythlr9 is quiet at Naauw roort. The town
guard has been disbandcd. There 10 II
general conviction that the Beers ofthe Orange
Frss State intend to act entirely on the dsiea-
sive unless the Cape Dutch show active sympa
thy with them. Tho railway within the Orange
Free State is being absolutely wrecked. and
the British troops will be able to use hardly
any more OF It than they did In 1881. II Is ss-
timated that the damage up to the present
time could not be repaired in less than six
months"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
Wings TORN FROM LIVE GULLS
Baltimore Woman Charges Cruelty Against
CoIlsctnrs Of Hat Ornnmsnts.

Baltimore Woman Charges Cruelty Against
Collectors Of Hat Ornaments.
BosToS. Nov. Miss Ida Eckels 81 Balti-
more charges that mon At Woods Ho in col
Letting gulls wings for orn ents for women's
hats. tear them from the living birds and then
leave tho birds to live or die as thoy may.
Speaking OF a walk along the beach she says:
Every dozen steps or so We came upon one
Of those lovely white birds napping
upon the ground with one or both
wings torn off. We PICKED M the poor things
and examined them. Somstimes the place
had entirely healed M. showing that other
Dir lis Ind ted them and kept them alive. Tho
law Of Massachusetts proh bits even "A student
from pickI up an egg, and they lie all about
the ground as tho nest 10 but a mat Of dried
grass on a stone. but this cruelty stalks in
broad daylight"
When Informed OF Miss Eek sls's charges the
officials OF the Massachusetts b. J.. {. A said
that their agent in the town OF Falmouth
would b. notified at once and an effort made
to bring the men to Justice. II the gulls nre
killed nothing can he done. as gulls are pro-
trcted only between May and August, hut
manning and wilful cruelty are punishable ut
all times by fine or Imprisonment. Tho maxi
mum hne TO- $3.50 and the offender may be
imprisoned for one year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
orr RIGHTS IN CHINA.
Continental Powers Have Not Yet Made
Formal Pledges to Preserve Them.


WAsHISGTuS Nov. H.--Ths Russian Am bas.
sador. the Chinese Minister and the French
Charge d'Anaires saw the Secretary Of State
at different times to-day, but their visits
did not result In anything important concern
ing tho stand taken by this Government on the
proposed dismsm berment OF China. The for
mai pledges desired by the United States from
Russia. Germany and France that those
countries will not. N they carry out
their partition scheme. interfere In
any way with or curtail the rights in
China now possessed by the United States.
have ro' been rendered. although vsrbal as
surances have been given that the Continental
powers concerned have DO intoution of causing
the loss OF any commercial advantages pos
sessed by this country Ia The brient,
None OF the 4 iplOmatz VII Jaw he Secretary
81 state to-day has authority To act for his
Government 10 the Chinese matter. and they
are mrrrV participating IN The prsl.mi-
nary Conversations IN that subject. beyond
which stage the question 'annOt he said to
have passed The negotiations proper are
directly between the Govern mont 81 the United
States and the other Governments concerned.
IL was learned to-day that the atti-
tude 81 this Government in regard to-
the partition scheme had been expressed
In the form OF notes to the three Continental
power. No written answers t. these notes.
conced,ng what the United States desire,
have been received.