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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24

Going to bed to tumble and toss and
dream; to pursue in vain the phantom
sleep through long weary hours and rise
to a new day unrested and unrefreshed.
That is the way with many woman, who
is tormented by the aches and pains re-
sulting from female weakness, and other
diseases of the delicate organs Of woman.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was
made to cure Just such cases and it does
what 1t was made for. 1t heals ulcera-
ton and Inflammation, dries facilitating
drains, cures female weakness, strength
ems the body, soothes the nerves and
enriches the blood. 1t gives lasting
strength for the day and sound sleep
for the night.
aFor three years suffered continually. . writes
Mss Z. ]. Dennis, Of s78 East College 81. Jack.
so1vllje, Ills ~ sox1Af relief amcmg ~ medical
fvgfssiss ssd fsssd sers, until indnce6 70 Try
hr. Yierse,s Faycite PfeseriRksoe. Whsn !
eolelced taking this msdados Eeghed
vsssx ess HUNDRED ana aNy.dx. pounds-,Inores
core and relieve my sufsring. had Internal
Inflammation, disagreeabic drain, bearing
down pains and such distresS every month. But
now never have pain-do all my own wotk
and am a strong and healthy woman Tnanks
10 your medicine"
Biliousnese u hanishe3 BY tho use Of
d, PasscS's PleespA H0stA
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FOR GEN. LANTON'S FAMILY.
PACIFIC COAST ASKED TO AID A
NOBLE CAUSE.
Brave soldier who Fell I'm the Phil
ippines Was . Poor Man--His
Family Left with . Mortgaged
Home-Americans to the Rescue.

Gen. Lawton, who recently fell ut the
head Of his troops at San Mateo, died
poor man. All no left to his family was
a home in California, which Is mortgaged
for half OF Its value. Soon after the news
of the generals death was received few
of his army friends took steps to raise
funds for the liquidation of this indebt-
edness in order that Mrs. Lawton and her
children might be provided with HON
free from incumbrance. But even with
the mortgage paid Off, the family Is prac-
tica1ly without means. and the friends ana
admirers of the dead soldier have under
taken to see that those he left behind
shall not remain In want.
Maj. Gen. w. r. Shafter has been APP
pointed by the war department to receive
such contributions as the people Of the
Pacific coast may see Mt to offer, as Is
indicated by the following telegram:
"San francisco. CAL, Dec. %. 1899.
Editor. the Observation-Disclosures: APP
Prom the people Of Paciac coast contri-
buttons of funds for Gen. Lawton's fam
lily. ! am confident that merely q state
ment Of the purpose will result snn,a IN f4 tb,s
Christmas season. Your aid Is requested
Contributions will be acknowledged by
letter and through press. Address me at
WILLIAM r.. SKATER,
Major General U. 8. Volunteers"
As indicated In the foregoing dispatch,
contributions may be sent to Gen. Shafter
at San Francisco, whence they will be
turned over to tho proper custodian. Any
amounts sent to or left with the POST
Inteliigencer will be Immediately for
warded to Gen. Shafter. Relief bills for
the benefit Of Mrs. Lawton have already
been introduced In congress, but provision
for her immediate needs will probably
have to be made by friends OF the FAM
lily or by those generous people who feel
free to come to the assistance of a gal
liant soldiers widow. The request for aid
appears to have been . general one. and
undoubtedly there will be substantial re-
sponses from all parts OF the country.
A similar dispatch was received by
President Il. o. Graves. Of the Chamber Of
Commerce.
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shafter Appeals for AID.
ALLEGED CROOK ARRESTED.
g. w. Young. Said to BE an Expert
sneak Thief From Sam Fran
cisco, Lodged I'm Jail.

G. W. Young, said by the police to be an
expert sneak thief who has given an inf
mite amount of trouble to the police OF
San Francisco, was arrested last night
by Detectives Wappenstein and Meredith
and lodged in the city jail. No charge
was placed against him, but he will prob
ably be taken before Judge Cam Monday
on a charge of vagrancy.
Some time ago Chief Of Police Reed re-
ceived information that an expert gang
of sneak thieves, composed of three men
and a woman, were headed this way from
San Francisco. and ever since that time
for them. Night before last Capt. John
Sullivan stayed up all night to catch
them, but they did not put in an appear
ance. Last night. however, Wappenstein
and Meredith caught Young In the Olym-
pus cafe, and arrested him. The others
are said to have left town.
Young Is said to be q thoroughly des-
perate character. He was implicated, 1t
Is claimed, with a man named Mathimie.
in the robbery of a bank in Oakland some
years ago. A policeman appeared on the
scene while the robbery was going on.
and was shot. Later Young and a man
by the police. held up q saloonkeeper
took $4,000 worth of negotiable bonds
from him. Both were arrested, and Ma
son was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment. while Young, after bitter trial.
was acquitted.
Some months ago 1t is said Young was
implicated in the robbery of $500 from
Capt. John Barneson, of this city. The
money was taken from a buggy in which
Capt. Barneson drove to the bank.
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y Is1roRrANT COURT TERM.
hrpest q District Attorney for Alas
4 u briefly Summarized.

Oh Uu8uKhOS AttOHA1CS 80
n briefly Summarized.
YJhii>d states Attorney Friedrich, for the
Slrict Of Alaska. IN his report to the at
lIlnsy general makes the statement mel ma, dnas
- nogt important ever held In the dis
~ Huminarixing the report recently Tor
n i1aska paper. Attorney Friedrich SAID:
fiers have been more convictions OF
10y than at any previous term, show
RI Aat Alaska has reached point IN
~ career where thieves and cut-throats
- answer before the bar Of Justice for
M crimes There have been twice az
Ioay convictions Of murder as at any
d1er term. and for tho first time In the
Xl1fy Of the territory a white man has
- convicted Of murder in the first de-
~ and has been sentenced to capital
s0u( Of some 80 criminal cases and
~ admiralty cases. there have been
- Ne acQuittals, and they were cases
Il utnor Importance, except the case or
4lg IA Klssh. an Indian woman charg-
Z With the murder Of . child. This
IA Nitchcraft, and nothing but Indian
li1pony to depend on. did not con-
~ that the case warranted a convIc-
~ and only prosecuted 1t because she
w been indicted by the grand jury. but
I'D no expectation whatever OF convicttng
VI. md. taking all things into considers
III. was really glad the jury acquitted
There were about twenty-five civil cases
bofore the court during the term. While
I'D nothing to do with the prosecution
4 thsss. !, OF course, include them in my
npott to the attorney general. These
sases ] consider were most ably handled
WY bar. and most justly settled by the
couft and furies"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24
OREGON LAND CONTESTS.
Washington Claims Hang on Out
come of Northern Pacific Scrip
EilinGa In That Atat0.

In October last the Northern Pacific
Railway Company hlsd scrip on $40 pieces
OF timber land In Clark county. Oregon
on i'iSo acres Of land in the same county,
and shortly, or ~ soon n tho various
contests can be settled, the company viii
be in possession Of g fine body OF TIM
Probably, it is said, the most interesting
lanA contest that has ever come up In the
T ns w es sn oysr ns e ot 1GT
1t Is predicted. win be settled. Much inter-
est IL felt in the contest by theuegal ira
ternity. as 1t Is believed some quesuens
gree influence many OF the land contest
Attorney John. W. Martin arrived from
regarding the present status Of Northern
Pacific land in Oregon. said: :.
'The railroad company. has notified all
Is known nH a. the Tiilamook timber lands
that their claims will be contested; The
notification states that the principal
sons in whose names the various tracts
are recorded were not at the time citizens
Of the United States. either native or
pany viii alese Is that the entrymen
were not citizens or permanent residents
Of any particular place: but were compos-
ed to great extent Of that class q per
ants This fact, 1t will be alleged, was
Of public notoriety and was generally
known and understood at the time. The
entrymen, the company will attempt to
the city of Portland and other places by
certain parties and taken in great num-
bers to tho land office, where they filed In
the interest Of those by whom they were
NOW comes the interesting part. Sew
eral contests are on file from this state.
and practically the same charges are
made. In one contest, involving six quar-
ter sections, idenucally the same allega-
lions are made. and tho rights OF per
son even SO filing are. involved. The
Northern Pacific case will probably come
up shortly after tho New Year and its
outcome will be watched with q great
deal of interest"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-24

= o. Grace Tells of the Conditions
in Hawaii.

n 0. Grace. q prominent merchant of
honolulu. arrived In the city yesterday
nom San Francisco. He Is en- route East
= spend the holidays in Minneapolis.
1here are two things we are looking for
waSd to" he said, when asked about the
pnditions In the Islands. Zone Is terri
tafat legislation by the present congress
"a the other Is Pacific cable from the
United Slater to the Philippines, with q
ce1lrai station at Honolulu.
The former will be a great boon for us,
= We will then be able to become settled,
g are the other territories In the United
sn!es but the latter will develop our
uaoe, build up our territory and make us
ms happiest people on the face Of the
Tho visit Of Robert, or, as we call him,
no6 Wilcox to America at this time has
uW particular significance. He Is after
w crown lands, but as rebel, and one
anno AFTER receiving every consideration
sner his first outbreak, chose to try It
sSam and Is entitled to nothing, II for no
wner reason than his conduct. But there
~ many other reasons.
g far as his political aspirations In
s manung 70 become governor of the Islands
ssaef territorial laws are concerned, there
IoS one-tenth OF the natives in the
nnoie Ok Hawaii who would want him.
efc0 At home"
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Il 1IR TOR DRYDDCk.
s ~ raosAsLr he START
IN - rARLY IN 1900.
&c - sna Plans Have DseA
e Os.pistsa az wssAi.sseA
a s,;.,sy II Availasls-Aany I.-
(. Il. :.,sS.ts Planned for next Yeas

n g. ~ OSCILLATIONS for the proposed
e y. - ~ ma Port Orchard naval sta-
La ss,se completed ct Washington
~ !. q Ssl1eyed that soon after the ART
~ srstruotions win be issued BY
"a a. me bureau Of yards and oocks
- r = 10 proceed with the work
~ u ~ contract for the CONSTRUCTION
=. nesn At least two years since con-
~ 49, e. reneral appropriations act.
~ s~ss3rion for the construction OF
~ - "a FEET long for the Puget SOUND
~! - me sum appropriated FOR the
.ssc - 10000. but owing to delays In
!. ~, - chat Endicott, no provision
\ "a ss..S. ~ the expenditure OF this sum
{..k, p -s,.,t tirne ego. 1t Is now given out
4 "a ~ Srreau chief has authorized tno
~ .-srt nrovIded by congress- ana Y
s'Svsd dat work Will be commenced
~ nszt XII IN command at Port Or.
IN. r,t,sr hotel Speaking OF the prob
y .S.,,sssy,,ction Of the steel pier ana otner
- A the station, he said:
III - - ~verv reason to believe that next
I'M b 1 busy one At the fuset sovn aa
SSul Ration, soon . a tsn. ' me Mans and
Iasstions Tor the proposed steel pier
- ssSt out and a contract will be iet.
eopriations for other imP PSs AMY Vii
49, ~ - ma made By congress at this 50
3ithcush the outlook, a. ! believe
- ~ncoura9ing for the station.
u 'sIssi nier will BE- Z valuable addition
z - 6cek 4 win extend from rom the an en-
!.s. y ~ tsst II will be built entirely
y .ksxi aS6 By it, agency heavy materials.
1S5 5tfines, machinery. etc., Tor use %
4 ~ s1siion Win be handled easily between
7asn9Fo and tho dock.
4 80 tie buildings which VII anns start
49, 81. sn,r,s asked for by the chief OF
bsrssu q docks and var yards c,s WI H. % sns
: :S1.s S n Sssxv ordnance. Tho latter
|:ss m n ecst upwards Of $4,000. When It
n osnpIstsd. supplies from the ordnance
srfnent viii be furnished BY the war
sifnent % that when battleships or
@si1sn come to the Puget sound naval ~
ssss M. they win DO able to secure here
nSedod articles.
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BIG GUNS FOB SOUND FORTS


The government ordnance department IL
furnishing the forts located on Puget
sound with some very heavy guns. Five
twelve-fnch mortars have arrived In Sc
attic consigned to the officer In charge of
the fortifcations at Fort Casey, Admiralty
Head.
The guns arc twelve inches in diameter
and are Of the very latest pattern. They
were first tested at the government prov
ing grounds at Sandy Hook. The freight
on the shipment was over 81, 900.
Upon their arrival here the guns were
placed in charge Of Capt. W. w. Robinson,
jr,, assistant quartermaster, who forward
ed them to the officer in charge at Fort
Casey. Tho contract for shipping the
guns down sound was let to Capt. p. =.
Game, whose steamer Rapid Transit, with
barges. conveyed the big destroyers to
their destination.
December the war department for
warded from Columbus, o., eight cars,
containing four carriages for as
many twelve-inch breech-loading NOR
tars. The shipment was billed
through to Point Wilson, being the first
shipment Of ordnance yet made to that
point The carriages are due January /.
The Notifications at Point Wilson, when
finished, will complete the chain Of forts
at the entrance to Puget sound. The chain
includes Fort Ffagler. on Marrowstone
Point; Fort Casey, on Admiralty Head,
and Fort Wilson, the three forming q
triangle Of impregnable defenses in the
opinion of the government engineers.
The shipment from Columbus will ag-
gregate 3S9. 800 pounds, the freight charges
on which will be approximately $3.50.
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PRESERVATION TO MISS BLAIR
She Receives Christmas Token
From Members of Her Company.

Tho members Of the Eugene Blair COM
pany caused to be placed In her rooms at
the Rainier-Grand last evening beautiful
Blair found awaiting her as Christmas
token on her return from the theater.
Miss Blair. having heard some time ago
q few words which made her suspect that
some presentation project was on foot,
issued strict in5unctions against any such
demonstration, but the members of her
Company hope that their disobedience Of
orders will be forgiven in the present in
stance.
Miss Blair has as yet no particulars Of
whom she received letter. written In her
usual health, only two days before the
telegram arrived announcing her decsasa
M Hobaxt QoHnipE attended, 70 ~ WAtp
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HORSES FOR PHILIPPINES.


Another shipment of 160 horses from
Eastern Washington is shortly to be
made by Chief QuartermIaster ia
teS, Robinson, OF this city. These
animals have, lately been purchased from
shipped to Manila on the transport Port
Albert, which Is due to sail from Seattle
The Port Albert will probably take. 500
animals including 800 horses purchased II,
this state and Oregon, and 200 mules and
horses which survived the disaster to the
transport Victoria. The injured animals
at the government corral on Second ave-
nue. north are practically well, having re-
covered from their injuries. The surviv-
ors number altogether about $50.
It is stated that the Washington horses
purchased for cavalry use and which Will
20 to the Philippines on the Port Albert
are better suited for service In the tropics
than the high,bred Kentucky horses
which went with the Third cavalry last
summer. Cavalry officers state that It has
been demonstrated already. in the Philip
pines that the tough and wiry range horse
Of Washington Is more likely to stand
hard service in the tropics than the blue
biooded equines which the var depart
ment has purchased for many years for
the cavalry.
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Loss WAS HEAVY.
~ysnias Pacific Express Company
Assbers Secured About 100000.

saus tsu'y sheriff George Green, OF Fremont
r sss. wyoming. passed through the city
s sst en- route to visit friends at E,v-
M !, we have been working pretty
IN ~ our ONCE for the past two weeks"
IA ~. ~. 10 an interview, ION account Of
X ~ cHonery Of tho Pacific Express office
IA NEsnne on the night of December 9.
ec,s,e en'eses secured about $40, 900, a goodly
a Nv s o. which would have been delivered
A. ~ ,ct banks the following day. we traced
eye sup, rs INTO the Bad Lands, and there
hnSI.yy reason to believe that the lob was
~ us1, ,ss by soma OF the same groun thai
ssmn ~ inc Union Pacific in Wyoming last
innIsc ne q the men supposed to have been
s Sceo 70 this state, but the general belief
n ana wyoming officers is that the lead
H. a a. : majority of the bandits are still
AZ nav a Lands country. II they are
hd.hs can never be taken unless caught
. uoed outside Of that district"
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Fred g. Williamson, Of Everett, Or
dered to Dakota.

Fred G. Williamson, assistant superin-
tendent of the Cascade division of tho
Great Northern, with headquarters at Ev-
erett. has received an order to proceed on
the first of the new year to Larimore, N.
d. where he will assume the duties OF as
sistant superintendent of the Dakota divi.
sion.
Mr.. Williamson succeeds r. c. Morgan.
who has resigned his position under Super
dent Of the Arizona & Southwestern.
W. D. Scott, who has been assistant su-
perintendent of the Breckenridge division
OF the Great Northern, Will succeed MT.
Williamson at Everett.
MI. Williamson's departure from the
Coast will be a matter OF regret to all en-
ployes on this division. by whom he was
most universally liked. Mr.. Scott is ex-
pected to arrive here next Saturday.
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Report Of Great Lakes Business
shows an increase.

shows m increase.
Tho official report Of tho harbor commits
sion Of the Great lakes, issued at Duluth
and received by local railroad lines. con-
tains many points of interest. The busi-
ness for the past season has been very
heavy. The shipments from the West
have been but tribe short Of the ship
ments from the East.
During the season the loss Of life was
80. OF this number SO persons were lost
by laundering of ships, 81 were lost over
board and were killed by falling through
matches. etc. No passengers were lost on
any Of the regular lines. Among the most
important vessels lost were: Steamer Mar
garet Olivell, June 20. with 8 lives; schoon-
er Hunter Savidge. August 20, lives;
schooner Typo, October IA. lives; schoon-
er Nelson. May II, lives.
The record of 1895 was 66 lives; 1897 gave
s. lost. and 1893 gave 95 lost.
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LOGGING STREAMS ARE HIGH.
Small Amounts of Bolts and Timber
Have Gotten Adrift.

The heavy rains that have prevailed
throughout the Puget Sound district for
the past several weeks have caused high
streams. and within the past ten days a
heavy marketing of logs has begun. In
several districts considerable loss by logs
floating away has been reported, but the
damage has not been so great as to cause
any apprehension. Small amounts Of logs
and bolts have gotten adrift and efforts
are now being made to recover them
tained In the main and the demand is
good. The shingle mills are laying In a
good supply of log stock. preparatory to
beginning operations about January 10.
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GOVERNMENT BUYS FIR.
One Million Feet Ordered From
Washington for Boat Building.

The United States government, 1t il re-
ported. has just placed a large order for
fir in Washington. A. w: Waterhouse. a
who is guest of the Northern In speak,
ing of the matter yesterday said:
1.-THE government has just contracted for
900 feet of first-class fir, to be deliv-
cred In st. Paul as soon as 1t can be got
ten out. The timber, 1t Is understood, is
to be used at various points along the Mis-
sissippi river for the construction Of
scows and dredge boats to be used in gov
eminent work. 1t is the first time that All
order of this kind has been placed In this
state and is significant that much more
will be in demand as future needs of the
government require 1t"
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RAILROAD NOTES.

n. q. Stevens, general agent q the Great Nsrth-
ern has CONS to Spokans on businea.
H. A. Bchanb u the Burlinstcn freight ana
passensor office has gone 10 Portland to spend
Christmas.
r, z. Ferry, travelling passenger agent Of the
Southern Pacific, passed through the city yesterday
en- route to Vancouver.
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NEW DEMURnAGD ORDER.
Great Northern increases Its Time
Five Days.

The Great Northern has issued . circu.
lar order, which was received yesterday.
modifying the provisions OF the dem y e !.
The old order allowed only two days ON .
side track for loading and unloading cars.
after which time charge OF " per car
The new order increases the dsmurrags
to i've days
summer cars were very scarce, owine 70
press Of business. ana was Tor the pufposse Z
81 assistinr the congested situation. AZ
this time cars are more plentiful along tho
line. although none are even now IDLE
Lumber and shingle men on the COAST
will be most affected.
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RAISING THE LAwTON FUND.
Floods of Telegrams Received Con-
tanning subscriptions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. Secretary
Root and Adjt. Gen. Corbin received a
flood Of kilograms this afternoon subscrib-
ing to the I.awton fund. Among the sub
scribers was President Mckinley, who
contributed 500. The total subscriptions
for the day amount to S2,960
shafter Appeals for Aid.
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 23.-Mat. Gen.
Shafter today teleEraphed circular to
the presidents OF the chambers OF COM
merce in the principal cities Of oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas, inviting contributions to the
fund for Gen. Lawton's family.
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FOR FILIPINO CHILDREN.
Christmas Gifts for Them May BE
sent ON Transport Port Albert.

B6Mt On KEHHsVVHS w
Cant. w. W. Robinson. 1r., quartsrmas-
said yesterday that he would be glad to
receive and forward, free OF charge. pres
ents for the school children In the Philip
II believe that q good purpose will be
subseryed in sending presents from Amer
lean children to the school children OF the
Fflipinos in the far Eastern islands. The
TRANSPORT Port Albert will sail for Manila
early next month. and all desiring to send
Eemembrsncab may forward than TO khe
AI3i9glsn 6eeAa a4Asssssdr f. ma1
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The large spruce tree on Ralph Eiliost's farm,
known on the Elokomin As the Monarch Of the
Forest" which Mr.. Elliott has scrupuiously pre-
served from the woodlands AZ for over q genera
tiou was blown down IN the storm Il Thuryday q
iast vssk. Il xas ~ lszssst TN n wahhakum
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Illustrating In Japan.

The issue of December Q Of the Nagai
Shoji Shuho, q newspaper published In
Japan, copies of which have been re-
ceived, contains a half-tone illustration
of the Stimson lumber mills at Ballard.
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t ts f = me b' noms o. ME- rs 1s. snc Ell
give fuller news Of the sad and unexpsct-
Ad AYaYt =