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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-21

ceeding New Years big increase is ex-
pected, and 1t win no doubt continue to
do SO, az the time for the opening Of navi-
cation approaches.
The governments recent decision in re-
voking rule made by 1t in 1898 permitting
British bottoms to engage in the Alaskan
traffic in the sense that they could carry
American merchandise from Canadian
ports to Alaska, has given an impetus to
the Northland business. This decision. Il
adhered to, will bar a number of British
vessels which have been conditionally SELL
ing Cape Nome transportation for both
American freight and passengers for two
months past. One of these vessels is re-
ported. to have SO disposed of practically
all Of Its passenger space.
No small amount Of space Is going to be
required in the matter Of Cape Nome cat
tie and other livestock shipments. Dur
ing the season 1t il probable that from 1900
to 5000 head of livestock will be sent from
Seattle to Cape Nome and American Yu-
kon districts. The beef demands are GER
tainly going to be large If the rush at
tains anything like the proportions tha.
Cape Nome men claim for 1t. There are
$500 people wintering in the district. and
these will have developed a ravenous ap-
petite for beef and other fresh meat by
spring, to say nothing of the thousands go
ing into the district. Besides miners, busi-
ness men and others. the government VIII
have large military forces in the district
and on the Yukon. These. too, must be fed.
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KENT CUTTING ARRAY.
Peter Florida, Accused of Attempt
ing M. H. MilIer's Life, Found
Guilty Of Assault.

Peter Florida, young man, who has
not the slightest resemblance to typical
desperate man. was convicted In Judge
Jacobs department of the superior court
Yesterday afternoon of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent TO do bodily
harm. His victim, M. III. Miller. escaped
death by hair s-breadth, the knife pass
ing through his kidneys.
Alice Womax, very pretty girl, who
was working in the cooking department.
of a camp near Kent, was the cause Of
the cutting ARRAY but the evidence failed
to bring out that there was case or
jealousy between the Two men, aisnou ssa
aimed in this direction. Counsel for
Florida argued to the jury that his client
got drunk and made a fool OF himself,
The jury took this view of the case, and
cut down the charge from assault with
intent to murder to the lesser s offense,
the maximum sentence for which is TWO
years in the penitentiary.
Alice Womax was not willing wit
ness. Deputy Prosecuting "a, Attorney
ton by question She said, in substance.
that Florida came back to the camp. In
toxicated and commenced hothering her.
which was in a tent, and see that Florida
did not interfere with her while she pre-
pared dinner. A short time after that
around her, asking her to dance a cake
walk with him. She got away from him,
but he grabbed her and pushed her down
In q CHAIR.
Miller said he would not see a lady
abused in that manner and pulled Florida
away There is some dispute as to which
struck the first blow, but there is no
question about quarrel taking place
during which hard blows were struck.
Florida says he was knocked down with
a swing on his ear.
The jangle was continued outside of the
tent, and, according to Miss Womax and
Miller, Florida went back into the tent.
When he came out he walked up to
Miller and said: II am going to kill
you' With this remark he plunged q
knife into Miller's back.
Florida testified that he had been
drinking and that he put his arm around
Miss Womax, but explained that he
meant nothing improper, as he had held
her in high esteem. Without saying II
directly, he acknowledged an affection
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$S16 PER YEAR,

trict passenger agent, who was In the city
yesterday confirms the report and says
the announcement Of a double train service
the company has already taken steps TO
provide new rolling stock which will be
delivered soon after the new year.
1.-THE service will be superbly main
tained.v he said in an interview. "for at
least eight or nine months In the year.
1t Is Mr.. Mellen's policy to carry out
from the Coast to St Paul. There will
be delivered, possibly by the LIST Of Feb
ruary, ten new trains complete. These
er, an observation car. buffet and library.
baggage and luxurious day coaches. The
coaches win be UP to date in every par
t.cular, and will attract attention. I an
not definitely posted as to when they will
be put on the run, but 1t will be not later
than March /. The times demand 1t, and
the business which will certainly come
West in the spring will find US prepared
to care for our portion"
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NEW LINE TO NOME.
transport Centennial Leased-Other
Vessels Involved.


John Rosene arrived from San Francisco
yesterday, and Is a guest OF the Butler.
He left here about ten days ago to COM
plete arrangements for putting on q nne
Of steamers between Seattle and cape
Nome, and has. he says, been successful
I'M organizing a company with sufficient
capital to carry on the enterprise.
1--WE have organized the Northwestern
Commercial Company" he said YESTERDAY.
large steamers from this city to Cape
Nome. We will also erect and stock gen
eral stores at several points In the nortn.
The company is composed or John Hosene,
San Francisco; A. z. Williams, Tacoma;
J. ID. Trenhome, Fargo. N. D.: 4: Lennon,
Sedro- Woolley. and George T. Williams,
Philadelphia The head offices of the COM
pany will be in Seattle.
while in San Francisco secured a Pre-,
vessel Of 2.6oO tons gross, and l,2oo tons net
burden, owned by Charles Nelson, OF san
Francisco. The vessel is now In the serv-
ice OF the United States government as q
harbor shortly after the new year.
while the government lease expires on
January i may be renewed I,d from m nblch
case, of course. We could not get 1t: 1t Is
believed, however, that she will be re-
leased as soon as she gets back to San
Francisco, in which event she VIII at once
attic.
place her on the drydock- She will be thor
ougly overhauled and ready to begin the
ing for several other large boats, but as
the matters are not closed up We can say
nothing about them. Our line will control
the largest boats going to Nome: :. AZ.
1.-THE company is incorporated In this
state and all our business will be trans
acted from Seattle"
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MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
The Northern Pacific Has q Large
Amount ON Hand.

President Mellen. of the Northern Pa
cific, In an interview In New York, says:
Including the money from land trans
actions already completed or pending, the
Northern Pacific will have about $4,000 900
available for acquisitions and improvements
on January /. The Weyerhaeuser deal in
cluded only timber lands in Washington
west Of the Cascade mountains, and
between $5.O00000 and $6,OO0O0O from lands
east Of the Missouri river; then there are
$3,5O0.000 of prior lien bonds which we did
not sell. 1t has been provided, also. that
the company issue 81. 100000 worth of bonds
annually for Improvement work The
Northern Pacific today could add to its
mileage nearly 1900 miles without going
into its office for the money.
THE Weyerhaeuser purchase includes
only our patented land. and by no means
includes all OF our timber land.
1.-THE Northern Pacific has been adding
to its mileage about 200 miles year. and
will probably continue to do so. 1t will
certainly keep UP its Improvement work.
No very important acquisitions, however,
are in contemola ton"
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Railroad men. both local ana Eastern.
are firmly Of the opinion that the dis
pute between the Northern Pacific and
the Oregon Railroad q Navigation Com
pany over the Clearwater territory, II not
already settled, Is In such shape that
there will be no renewal Of the quarrel
when the truce expires on February l.
The general opinion IL that the Northern
Pacific will complete its surveyed line
into the wheat belt, ana the Oregon line
acquire, by concession from the North
crn Pacific, rights to q line covering the
southern portion OF the district. which
will enable the road to be extended east
ward to point In Montana that will
give line into the rich Bitter Root
valley.
This IL point in the mountain state
that the Oregon line has long had an
eye on, and which would have been Cow
cred by the Oregon Short Line year
ago had 1t not been for the opposition
of Marcus DAILY.
A well-infermed Eastern transconti-
mental official, who Is now in the city.
in speaking Of the matter yesterday said:
'Et. Paul officials who are In touch
with the Clearwater extension scheme
are free to express themselves in rail.
road circles that the Idaho controversy
has been settled. The Northern Pacific.
in completing and opening the Stuart
Urhncn, nau no iuea OF terminating tho
work there, which would have left them
little better on than before they began
the expenditure OF $2,OOO,000 to build
branch line from this state. From Stu
art. 1t IL understood. all IL In readiness
to begin construction work into Clear
water and thence on to meet new branch
lines in Western Montana just as soon
as the truce expires.
The survey work from Clearwater
eastward has not yet been done. but will
be begun as soon as the work on the
Stuart extension has been finished. This
work will probably not be finished for
two years. but when completed will cover
the rich agricultural territory east of
the Idaho wheat district, beside tapping
the great stretch Of Western Montana
coal lands"
In this same connection the Clearwater
Valley railroad. which early last spring
was Incorporated under the laws OF Ore
gon in the interests Of the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation Company, q few days
ago filed amended articles of incorpora-
ton which have q significant meaning.
They tend to show that the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation Company Is prepar-
ing for new surveys which WILL It il be-
lieved, mean the abandonment of the
original survey into the Clearwater coun-
try. The amended articles contemplate
the construction of the following lines:
From a junction Of the Clearwater and
Snake rivers, thence along Clearwater
river valley and of the south or middle
forks to point on the boundary line
between Idaho and Montana, near Lolo
pass. with a branch leaving the line at
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RAILROAD NOTES.

II. f. Byram, superintendent Of the Cascade d.
vision Of the Great Northern arrived yesterday
.. J. Hitler, district baggage agent Of the Cana
The Western Express Company yesterday received
200 Christmas packages, the first large consignment
to arrive In the city this year.
George D; Rogers. district PASSENGER agent o. TIE
Frank L. Towne, city passenger agent. arrived at
the Rainier Grand yesterday. This is their first
visit to the Coast, which ID for the purpose OF
looking the situation.
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A WOMAN ENJOYS
Making Home Attractive-Don't Let
1890 Find You without One,

woman always enjoys pleasant sur
roundings, especially in the home. She
adr,res nice furniture, pretty carpets and
curtains. but above all she admires
beautifully finished and fine toned piano;
We are now selling all of our pianos and
organs from the fanciest down to tie
plainest at greatly reduced prices during
the holidays. Don't fail to step in and
look over our large and elegant stock of
You will agree with us that our offers
are unprecedented.
ID. s. JOHNSTON,
903 Second Ave, Burke Building.
adv
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MINISTERS. TAKE NOTICEl

One Of ths features Of tie nexf
Sunday issue Of tie PosflsteiN-
sences wdv be the publication 81 the
programmes Of tie Various churches
offtks CITY for thei, Christmas SER
1ices. Some Of tie churches are
making plans to hA1e tie observance
ofthe day tbs yea, more elaborate
than heretofore. and tie prospect q
that tie holiday uM Be one 81 tie
most noteworthy IN local religious
circles.
S1anistees and others hAbine these
arrangements n charge are re-
qoesfed to for7oard thed proorAmmes
at once. As It oil Be necessary for
them to Be h the Posi- lntelngencer
office not later Msn 8 o,ciock this,
Thursday. evening, for them to Be
efven place. They should Be de-
itvered to tie city editor.
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Trains Are snovvbound.

just as the transcontinenta1 railway ON
cials had begun to congratulate themselves
thN their lines were comparatively free
from snow blockades this year, a big one
appears. The Great Northern overland,
due Tuesday night, will not arrive until
today. A special from Spokane covered the
local business yesterday. The Northern
Pacific overland is also stalled in the snow.
Tho storm is in Western Montana and has
been very severe.
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CHANGES ON GREAT NORTHERN.
Rumor That Omcials Are to BE Shift.
ed ON the System.~

ed On the SYSTEM
An official circular Issued by the Great
Northern states that Vice President Clough
has been assigned to inspect the Sioux
City & Northern, which was sold few
days ago under the hammer and bid in by
J. Kennedy Todd, OF New York, supposed
~ for the Great Northern.
The announcement of Mr.. Clough's ap-
pointment Is surprise in railway circles
here, as II Is only a few weeks ago that
Mr.. Hill demanded his resignation, which
was refused, as Mr.. Clough has a long
term contract with the road.
There is a rumor In local circles. which
reaches here by way Of the East that
General Traffic Manager Clark will resign
on January /, and that Vice President Mil
Ter will become chairman of a board OF
directors such as is in vogue on some of
the Vanderbilt lines.
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Brakemen Can't Recover.

The United States court Of Ohio has Just
handed down q decision which IL being
circulated among Western trainmen, and
10 one OF the most important affecting this
class Of workmen ever rendered. The case
suing an Eastern line for $4,000 damages
for the loss Of an arm. The court holds
that a brakeman cannot recover from a
railroad company for negligence on the
part of either its engineer or fireman.
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STRIFE IT END
Northern Pacific and O. B. 4 N.
Have Probably Agreed.
roaMsa TO EXTEND .rs LINE.

Work VIII he Begun shortly After
February 4, With = View to TAX
ing the Branch Into Montans-
Oregon Line Amends Articles NJ
Incorporation of the Clearwater
Rsilroaa to Permit New Work.
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NEW DOUBLE SERVICE.
Northern Pacific VIII Put One ON to
tho COast About March 1.

Some four weeks ago the Post-Intelli-
gencer published a report that In the
general improvements contemplated along
the line the Northern Pacific would prob
ably inaugurate a double service. equipped
with new and modern coaches, to the
Coast In the spring. G. d. Rogers, dis
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|lllE NONE RUSH.
Conditions Relating
i shs Traffic.
u s5xrr 70 coNTR'surE.

- reads 70 the conciu-
~ ne Movement WIN ne
.;.s rhaa That Of the Menu
80 vIIsnSiks Rush Of is01-s-
~ DRAFTS From the Dis
EI wSst sf the siississippi.
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FINE opera glasses in pearl and cheap
er, % per cent less than regular San
Francisco prices for holiday gifts II.
Clay Eversole, opician.
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IMMENSE stock calendars. Denny-Cor-
yell Co., TIC FIRST avenue.
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NAME put on leather goods free @
charge Denny-Coryell Co. 71S First ave
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CHRISTMAS perfumes. Smith g. Ken
Dedy's.
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put his arm around her about one hun
bred times during their acquaintance.
As to cutting Miller he did not remem-
Der anything about, the incident. He
was kicked during the fight and did not
recall what took place after that. He
had no reason to attempt Miller's life,
had never before had trouble with him.
mitted that he had been drinking, but
insisted that never before In his life had
he been In trouble:
into the tent and got a knife without
asking Miss Womax for one. Florida
replied that he had been invited by Ada
friends, and IL Miss Womax had known
about It she would not have let him
have the knife at all.
The Jury was out only half an hour.
rendering the verdict at 4:5o o'clock.
THERE is only one kind of finish being
worn on linen nowadays, that is Do
nestle If your work is not being done
that way send 1t to Cascade Laundry
Co. and you win have nothing else. Main
2l0
BURNT leather work in unique designa
Denny-Coryeli Co., 7le First avenue.
MUSIC rolls. travelling cases. toilet sets.
Denny -Corycil Co.. ZIG First avenue.
-----------------
PHOTOGRAPH albums. Denny-Coryell
Co.. 716 First avenue.
PERFUME atomizers. Smith & Ken
nedy's.
The stun That Saves ChiIdren,s
Lives.
Mr.. Hardin Norris, clerk of the drug
store OF r. Shoemaker, Perry. ILL.,, says:
IA man came into our store the other day
and said 4 want a bottle of that stuff
that saves children's lives I read in the
News about II. The children may get
sick when we cannot get the doctor quick
enough. It's the medicine you cell for
GROUP" He alluded to Chamberlain
70 let the store. For sals By all dealers.
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GRAND ball. Ranke hall. Sunday eve.
Dec, "a
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BURNT leather work in unique designa
Denny -Coryell Co., 716 First avenue.
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MUSIC rolls. travelling cases. toilet sets
Denny -Corycll Co.. ZIG First avenue.
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PHOTOGRAPH albums. Denny-C oryell
Co., 716 First avenue.
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PERFUME atomizers. Smith & Ken
nedy's.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-19

fraternal intentions of the govern
ment at Washington towards the peo-
pie Of Cuba. 1t was the purpose Of the
president TO depend largely upon
Gen. Garcia for the formulation and
Development of a stable government,
gradually bringing the people to a
state Of civilization and appreciation
OF liberty.
Marti, Maceo and Garcia are names
that will linger in the grateful mem
ories of the friends of free Cuba
throughout generations. They are the
great martyrs who were foremost in
the conflict and fell before they saw
the full fruition of their heroism and
sacrifice.
Marti was the leader of the Cuban
revolution. He was the youngest of
all, but he planned and put into execu-
,ion the beginning of the war that
swept the flag and power of Spain from
the lovely isle. He fell in one of the
earliest skirmishes of the war, and was
the first of the great martyrs whose
blood gave Cuba independence.
Maceo was the Stonewall jackson of
the Cuban rebellion. He had won the
respect even of Spain by his heroism
and skill as a military leader in the
Ten Years war, and he fell by the hand
OF an assassin just when the battle Of
Cuban independence became hopeful
one. He. will rank in history as one Of
the few men who have taught the world
that the negro can stand abreast with
the wE.se man In the line OF great war
riors.
Garcia, like Maceo. was one OF the
great heroes of the Ten Years rebel
lion, and he never bowed to Spanish
authority. Once, when wounded and
unable to make his escape from the
Spanish soldiers. he fired his pistol into
his own mouth, the bullet emerging
from his forehead, leaving a ghastly
mark TO tell the story of his undying
hostility 20 Spanish rule. Being left
on the field as dead, his powerful con-
stitution enabled him to recover. He
played most conspicuous part in the
late insurrection and united his forces
with the American army at Santiago,
but escaped the perils of the field only
TO bring with him the dregs of disease
which ended his great life on the very
day that the news of peace between
Spain and the United States, including
the independence of Cuba, was pro-
elsimed TO the world.
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to make his proposed international
peace conference at least something of
a success.
Although Russian officialdom. from
the throne down to the rural police Of
flee, has always denounced the press
as an agency Of evil, yet it recognizes
its power, and the emperor has not
disdained to make a confidant of Will
liam T. Stead, the London editor who
a few years ago achieved considerable
fame, or notoriety, for exposing the
vices of high British society.
To Mr.. Stead the czar confded that
after studying nineteenth century civ
ilization. he has found it not entirely
good. He sees nations engaged in seiz-
ing, or trying to seize. all territory not
yet occupied by European powers, and,
looking at the results. discovers them
10 be unsatisfactory.
For the native races what does i'm
perial expansion mean?" asks the
czar; and then answers his own ques-
tion as follows: Too often opium, al
great gulf between the governed and
those who rule; and crushing taxation
upon the natives for the blessings of
this civilization. And for the nations
who seize II means continual increase
of suspicion, jealousy and rivalry; the
keeping up of fleets and armies in or
der TO take part in a scramble with the
world, with the result that the army
and navy are swallowing up more and
more millions that should be used for
the welfare Of the people and the ad-
vancement of the world"
Speaking of the social effects of this
state of affairs, the czar is inclined to
think that ION top are a few rich and
comfortable. Down below, with an
eyer-increasing pressure Of taxes for
armaments, is the great mass of poor
people whose position is not good.
There is an ever-increasing multitude
OF those below, with their brooding dis
content ripening into socialism and de-
veloping into all kinds Of anarchy. We
have at the present time arrived at the
stage when our best manhood is in the
army. So much is this the case that
the whole of the troops in European
countries cannot be modified without
dislocatlng the whole social fabric.
Moreover, war has become so expensive
that no state can stand the strain of