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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-15

now prosperous Klondike miner. learned
the news the night Of its occurrence
through a telegraphic conversation with
the Dawson operator.
OF the incident he writes: ID. w. Sem
pie, editor of the Cleaner, was fined 81, 900
and $l6O costs yesterday for contempt OF
court.
1T appears that two weeks ago a con-
stable OF the mounted police, in citizens
clothes. went into gambling house and
sa. beside the dealer In game Of black
jack. When he noticed the dealer was
using marked cards. he seized the deck
and arrested the dealer.
"Semple in his paper denounced the au-
thorities and said this was piece OF pura
blackmail. and poured a torrent of abuse
on police and courts. When he appeared
In court yesterday he said all Of it was
hearsay, and told him by another.
Judge Dugas said in view Of the fact
that Semple vas an alien and not familiar
with Canadian law. he would let him OF
easy; His honor fined him $1,000 and costs.
or three months on the wood pile. Mr..
Semple asked for one day to collect the
money. which was refused and he was
ordered to jail. Inside of an hour Semple
was released by the payment In fun Of the
fine, He IL now martyr-hero with the
gamblers"
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The holdsrs Of the bonds Of tho Everett
Land Company. which was bought by a
reorganization committee at q chancery
sale at Everett last Saturday, will meet
at Everett the latter part OF the month to
decide what to do with the property. II II
believed that ct that time plans for ex-
tensiye improvements are 10 b. made, and
the affairs Of this company otherwise re.
facilitated. j. d. Farrell. member OF
the reorganization committee. which pur-
chased the property Of the company for the
bondholders. eave On interview to the Post.
IntelligeHcer yesterday, In which he con-
Armed the statements Of the article pub
In "a answer ID. the question a. to what tho
deal meant, Mr.. Farrell said:
ut simply. means. that the property OF
the Everett Land Company was sold under
Central Trust Company, Of New York. The
what was your connection with III" Mr..
y was member Z the reorganization
committee, with ". J. Rucksr, q Everett.
ana Mr. Gates Of New York. J. r. Mo-
Cheney was not . member OF this commit
ia in b. y. Francis II. Brownsil On bsSalf q
Mr.. Rucker, John ID. Rockefeller. Edwin H.
Abbott and other bondholders, who are
capitalists OF New York ana Bosfcn.''
rrssdsnt ' a q msa the Great solasS
II have no means Of knowing what their
connections are. Who these bondholders
are will BE- made pubic It . meeting to be
held at Everett near the close Of the year.
Tho committee acted under the instruc-
tons OF the attorney for the hondholderA
! DO not know whether Mr.. Hill - inter
ested or not. / never placed any Of his
money. and he never, placed any Of mine
don't know anything about his AFFAIRS"
Mr. Farrell said Mr.. McChesney was q
banker and capitalist Of large means, Of
New York I'VE understand that he Is a
ers," he said.
In answer to the question a. to what
was to be done with the property. Mr.. FAR
rell said: plans win not be- formulated
before the meeting OF the bondholders the
latter part OF the month; but I may say
that the property win undoubtedly be Inn
proved The sale included the Everett
water works several thousand acres Of up
land and tidslands, city lots and buildings.
wharves ana warenouses. ana even news ~
Everett Land Company"
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Saturday night a meeting of the special
council committee to consider and draft
needed amendment to the city charter
will be held In the council chamber at the
city hall. Hiram Gill, councilman from the
Third ward, il chairman OF the committee.
the other members being castleman. Dill
Ter, Rude and James.
Undoubtedly certain changes In the or
ganic law Of the city will be- recommended
81 the committee Among the most Inn
portant amendments which Will be con-
sidered, and IN all probability reported.
will be one providing that at the general
election next fail the people Of the city may
vote on the question of the establishment
OF municipal lighting plant.
Under the present charter, the council IL
directed to submit an amendment to the
people providing for the establishment Of
a city lighting plant, two years after the
completion OF the Cedar river system. II
this provision IL carried out, the people will
not have chance to vote on this propo-
sition until the spring election of 1902, be-
cause the Cedar river system will not be
finished till next summer.
1t IL the calculation Of certain members
Of the city council that the Cedar river
system will be completed next July. The
contention at the city hall Is that the vot-
ers may properly determine this matter
next fall. in time, perhaps, to secure the
installation OF city lighting plant, 20 as
to obviate the necessity for entering into
a lighting contract with the light COM
panies for the year 1901.
Other amendments relating to street Inn
provement assessments will also be pro-
posed In the committee, and likely submit
ted to the city council for its considera-
ton. The purpose of these proposed
amendments will be to make tire charter
provisions on this subject comply with the
state laws
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City Clerk Comparing Them With
Registration Books.
RESULTS ARE YET IN DOUBT.
Demand for submission Of Charter
Amendments Must He By Twenty
Per Cent. Of the Voters ReEis-
tired IT LAST Dlection-Tabling
Of Petitions Does Not Settle Mat
tex 81 snbmission Of Amendments.


Comptroller W. H. Parry Is busiiy engag-
ed in checking the signatures to the two
lretifions fIIcd with the citv clerk Decem-
Der s Tor the submission Of two charter
amendments covering the municipal own
ership OF the street railway lines and the
initiative and l, referendum I'M, ,s Under the ne
chatter amendments by the council must
nnrtsir ~. r.n,es ~ 81 laast an mar cent.
AZ the voters REGISTERED Al the last munici-
pal election.
The charter also makes It the duty OF the
city clerk to check the names signed to
w.r,tv they, srh,,, the revistration hoohs Al
uy y. e 1890. MI 81 49, 49, ,.,,,er
the iast eiec,.on. s sne Wy "oA
form at this time
At the city hail the fate Of the two petit
t,ona filed bv the representa- lives of the
committee o. one nunarea y no. con .s se
a. AZ al setueu, no.wNns.anu.ns .no a. "a,
that they were placed on the table py the
that the council, could do, considering the
fact that n is the dutv Of the CITY comp
tro,i.r who 10 az oficio citv CLERK. 10 check
the names ana ascertain Il they correspond
Th,s WORK will renuire some time. Mr..
par rs s.ii rastardsv That tha utmnst care
rsufy - sa nh:srved n the checkinr a. the
r. 81 Vii he given 10 eithsr side ~ the
sase ~" ala NJ psrrv 81 sy,,, he nv oho
jecs tc scrutnise the lists with the great
ma nav M he dome n an concerned. '1s''es
"Nlo taiiv l. teif1r kent during the check
Ing OF the lists. No one will know how
thew check M with the reristration hooks
mil the work Il finished and the results
placed in INV hands"
The two petitions are yet in the hands
of tho council. The mere fact that they
were placed a., the table does not in the
opinion Of lawyers who are watching the
progress of the matter, nor In the opinion
Of members OF the city administration. af-
feet them or the matters upon which the
signers Of the petitions desire action to be
taken by the council Whether the check
made by the city clerk will result favor
ably OF not to the petitioners is naturally
: question upon which little can now be
said The charter provision as to the mum.
Der of signatures required Is plain. There
must be at least the names of 20 per cent.
of the voters registered at the election of
1898 signed to the petitions. Naturally, 1t
is to be expected that errors would creep
in in the preparation OF the petitions. 1t
is the determination of the city comptrol-
Ter to ascertain with absolute exactness the
validity OF the petitions, so to speak. let
the result be what IT may
The following nave been invited to speak
at the meeting saturday night at the Sc
attic theater, called for the purpose OF
crystalizing pubic sentiment in favor OF
the submission of the amendments:
]. w. Langley, Judge w. d. Wood. ].
7. Ronald, W "A. white, Judge Richard
Winsor, Clark Davis, /. D. McCutcheon.
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DESERTED WITH A BABY.


A pitiful story OF desertion IL related by
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Stephens, formerly OF
Lawrence. Kan, in divorce suit fled yes.
terday afternoon in the superior court
against Nelson J. Stephens.
They were married at Lawrence, April
49, 1885, and according to Mrs. Stephens'
story, after her first child was born, and
while 1t was still nursing, Mr.. Stephens
would leave her alone and destitute for
periods varying from two days to four
months.
She says that he was cruel in his treat
ment, and that for the past five years he
has not contributed a penny to the sup
dren, Elizabeth. aged 49, and Nelson, aged
II.
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SALE OF SINGLE MILL.
Wisconsin Lumbermen Invest In
Washington Properties.

The Parker-Graham single mill, a two
block establishment at Sedro- Woolley. was
yesterday sold to the firm of Clark. &
camps Of Wisconsin, for $4,000 The mill
was owned largely by Joseph Parker, Of
Big Lake. Skagit county, who was a mem
Der Of the lower house Of the legislature
last winter.
Mr.. Lennon is now here from Rhineland-
er. Wis. The firm has strong business con-
nections In the East It is understood, and
1t IL believed that the investment made AT
Sedro- Wolley is but the beginning of large
operations In this state by the firm.
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Assistant Fruit In.pector.

Fruit and Insect Inspector w. n, Brown
says that his duties are increasing rapidly,
the different calls as quickly as he desirea
He feels that an assistant irs~~ctor ought
TO be appointed and mad, such 4 request
OF the county commissioners yesterday Aft
ernoon. They were inclined to grant the
request. but doubted their authority. No
action was taken.
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WILLIAM RUDE DISCHARGED.


William Rude, the driver for Klennert e.
Co., proprietors of a meat market on Yes
Ter way, and who was arrested for embez-
cling $6l OF his employers money last
week, was discharged by Judge Cam yes
that the prosecuting witnesses did not
appear against Rude.
At the time of his arrest Rude frankly
confessed that he had been guilty Of EN-
bezxlement, but Deputy Prosecuting At
torney Hart, who was struck with the
young mans honest appearance, had the
case continued to see II something could
not be done, to save him from the peniten-
tiary.
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He SCORED OFFICIALS.

American Newspaper MAN I'm Daw.
SON Arrested and Heavily Fined,
Probably no bit Of K1ondike news ever
contained in a personal letter received in
Seattle yesterday, written by Thomas 8.
Cunningham, from Bennett City under
date of December s, telling of the impris-
onment the day previous OF d. w. Semple.
because Of certain structures on Klonidke
officials made in the Cleaner, OF which
meriy San Francisco teiegrapher, but
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BOIDAGDERS MIL MEET.
Buyers Of Everett Land Company
to Decide on Z Policy. 4
or ooMM,rrrr TALKS

,. D. Farrell says the Property was
bought II for the BondhoIdsrs,
Among whom Are >. u. Roekfel-
Ter, w. ,. Rucker and Edwin n.
Abbott-Does Not I<now ~ Psssi-
dent Ell, 81 q. n, u interested.
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winter 1t is understood, while trap men
are preparing to take up new locations
wherever there is a promise of a good run
of fish,
A remarkable fact is noted In connection
with the local market conditions. This is
the phenomenal advance in the price Of
dog salmon. These have been sold by fish,
erTnen at as high as rs cents each. 1t Is
said, in explanation, that Columbia river
fresh fish skipper. fearing that his mar
ket for steelhead salmon in Boston and
New York would be menaced by. the prev
alence OF dog salmon on the Sound, in
structed his Representatives here to corner
the market Although dog salmon bear
an unsavory record, yet as matter Of
fact they are held to be fine food fish. al
though Hight in color as compared with the
royal Chinook or the sockeye.
The Crosstown, Fackins Company has
been INCORPORATED IN this city BY F. :;
capital stock. OF $4,000. This amount Of
money, II is stated, is to be spent next sea-
son IN establishing a cannery at Port AL
thorp, on Prince William sound. Alaska
NAME put on leather goods free OF
charge. Denny Coryell Co., ZIG First ave.
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BUTLER HOTEL MoRTCAGED.
Chicago Owner, Henry schufeldt,
Borroyys 9lSO.OOO.

aire, has placed a $156.0Oo mortgage on the
Butler hotel property. in this city, to se-
cure loan OF an equal amount.
The pronlissory notes of which the mort
gage Is evidence, are held by the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company, OF
New York. and will become due January
!. 1906. Toe loan draws per cent. interest
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The stun That saves Children's
Lives.

Mr.. Hardin Norris, clerk of the drug
store Of r. Shoemaker. Perry. Ill. says:
"a man came into our store the other day
and said, Il want a bottle OF that stun
that saves children's lives / read In the
News about It, The children may get
sick when we cannot get the doctor quick
enough. It's the medicine you sell for
Group" He alluded to Chamberlain's
he left the store For sale BY all dealers.
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TURQUOISE rings in many styles to
choose from. w. II. Ftnch. Sls Second
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HOLIDAY gifts. We show the largest
and finest line of opera glasses In this
city. H. Clay Eversole. TAO First avenue.
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LADIES' combination purse and card
case. Denny-Coryell Co., ne First avs,
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70 AMEND CITY CHARTER.
Change in Organic Law That May
Be Submitted.
CITY NEEDS 4 LIGHT PLANT.

Special Council Comnittee May Rec
ommend That the Question Ne
submitted to the Voters Mt the
Coming Fail EIection-ChAnges
Needed sin street. Assessment Sec
homework of the Committee.
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FINEST whistles. Haggerty's. 100 Sec
ond avenue south.
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NAME put on leather goods free of
charge Denny-Coryell Co., 716 First ave.
The record-union., 1899-09-20

different song because the departments
at Washington are largely substituting
men for women in the Government SER
vice. The reason given is that men can
be worked overtime if need be without
difficulty and they are more easily
changed from one service to another
if desired. The question should not be,
and probably is not, one Of sex, but of
eInc1ency IN the Government service.
Those should have places who can rem
der the best service. But it is not alone
In the Government service that changes
or this sort are being made AS times
improve and better wages can be paid
men are preferred in other departments
OF commercial activity and not few
OF them are finding places in doing
h0useWork all the same as Cinnamon
and Japs. However, society will still
nave some use for women and it is not
worth While to worry because a few
have been displaced by men. A gen.
GRAFTON ago there were no women to
speak Of in commercial life. Now there
are millions of them. Every first class
hotel has it's woman bookkkeeper and
cashier and the toniest ones have wo-
men for hat keepers at the doors OF
the grill and dining rooms.
BOYCOTT.
Redding Free Press: Assemblyman n.
T. Conroy Of this city to-day stated
that there is quiet movement on foot
among the Jews of this city to- influence
legislators provided an extra session is
held, to ask the Governor to request the
Legislature to repeal the act of the last
Legislature appropriating $13O,O00 for
the Paris Exposition.-Los Angeles dis
patch, September 18th.
The Jews of Los Angeles should un-
derstand that the California people
deprecate religious retaliation, as they
hate religious intolerance. They believe
that Dreyfus is innocent of the crime OF
treason; and despise the Judges that
called hm guilty. Not because Drey-
fus is Jew, but because he is man
prosecuted because of his. religious SEN
timents.
BRYAN'S IMPRESSION.
Woodland Mall Mr.. Bryan made no
impression at the State Fair. Perhaps
it was because the people did not be-
| Heve he was sincere. It may be they
were anxious to see the next horse
race, which was being delayed. Certain
it was that it was a frost. The day
after, when the rollicking travelling men
had their day. and made rather ridi-
culous work Of playing a game of ball
before the grand stand, there were
twice the number of people present. A
man who was discussing it said that
Bryan was not interesting as a politi-
cal speaker, and just escaped being a
| bore. We doubt If his California trip
has given him much comfort.-Alameda
Argus.
We heard numbers of people express
the same opinion while in Sacramento,
but it is real naughty for Brother Dan
iels to make it so public.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Ketty Green Takes a Vacation.

After a ten years business education
Hetty Green thinks her son, Edward II.
r. Green, President of the Texas Mid
land Railroad may be left awhile with
out her protecting care and she will
take a vacation, leaving her vast busi-
ness interests in his hands.
Several years ago Mrs. Green had an
apparently worthless bit of railroad in
Texas. 1t was part of the old Houston
and Texas Central system, and con.
nected Granette and Roberts. 1t was
only sixty-five miles long, and was dis
carded by the receivers. Mrs. Green
thought it would be a good education
for her son to build UP this old road.
So in 1892 she made him President of it
and let him go ahead.
To-day the road is about one hundred
and thirty miles long. connecting Paris
and Ennis, two hustling, prosperous
towns, and is equipped with the best
that money can buy. Mr.. Green has
opened up new and rich territory.
founded thriving towns. banks, and SO
on. He knows all his employees per.
sonally and never has had a strike.
His mother is extremely proud of him
and feels now that she can turn over to
him the management of her estate, es-
timated at about S60000,000. New
York Press.
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ard Orange Grove tract, has 100 Va
lencia Late and 60 Washington Navel
trees, all ten years old During the
past season he delivered at the Pomona
exchange packing house 32, ITO pounds
of fruit. for which he received 81, OBS. .36
Up to the past year, when it was
treated with potash and superphos-
phate, the orchard had been fertilized
with stable manure.
THE OLIVE INDUSTRY.
Los Angeles Times: In the discussion
that has been going forward during
the past few months as to whether or
not olives may be profitably raised in
Southern California. comparatively lit
tie has been said in regard to the ques-
ton Of manufacturing OIL That. the
olive can be grown in this section we
all know. That it may be grown with
profit under proper conditions has by
no means been disproved. We also
know that good oil can be made from
the olive in California. for it has been
done. Why, then. many ask, is it that
1t is found so difficult to purchase
really good California olive oil in our
stores?
There are two leading reasons for
this. The first is carelessness in the
manufacture of the oil and lack of
perfect cleanliness. In the manufac-
ture of olive oil cleanliness is as neces-
sary as it Is in dairy work A few
moldy berries will spoil the flavor of
"a large quantity of OIL
The second reason why oil sold at
the stories is frequently "off'' in flavor
is that the dealers frequently leave the
oil on the shelves exposed to strong
light, under which conditions it rap
idly becomes rancid
1t is not to be expected that pure Cal
ifornia olive oil can ever be sold at a
price to compete with the adulterated
oils that are offered on the market, but
there should always be in this country
sufficient market for all the pure
olive oil that California is likely to
make after supplying the demand for
picked Olives
1t has ever been admitted by the
medical profession that the olive oil
manufactured in Southern California is
the purest, cleanest and the most
wholesome made.
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How the Treasury Department
Checks Waste at the Minis.

In one corner of the melting room
at the New Orleans Mint is large
iron tank in which the newly cast sill
yer bars are dropped. kissing, to cool
off. At the end of a hard days work
the surface Of the water shows a faint
rainbow hued scum, like the metallic
lustre of stagnant pools. seen near a
dyehouse. 1t comes in part from mic
rOscopic flakes of silver that have
scaled off in the cooling. The water,
when changed. runs down a pipe that
terminates in the bottom of a. cistern
which contains layer of mud couple
of feet deep. AS the water seeps up
and through, the mud acts as q filter
and catches the particles of precious
metal, SO in time it becomes an arti-
fetal silver mine Once every quarter
the stuff is scooped out and passed
through a reduction process. The re-
suit is silver brick. worth maybe $50
When it comes to money making,
Uncle Sam can beat the world for
stinginess. The articficial silver mine
in the yard of the old mint premises
is only one of the numerous schemes
for checking waste. When the casters
raise their glowing ladies from the
melting pots a shower of sparks fly
from the molten surface. They are
mostly incandeseent particles of car
bon, but among them are pin points of
silver almost gaseous. Some fall
among the ashes and clinkers beneath
the furnaces, and when the fire boxes
are raked out at night the contents
are scrupulously preserved. Down be-
low, in the basement. is great revolv-
ing crusher that grinds the debris into
fine powder, and when enough accu-
mulates it is sold by sample to a
Northern smelter and treated like ordi-
nary ore. Nor is this all. Every even
ing the floor Of the melting room is
swept far more carefully than ever
lady's parlor, and the sweepings are
preserved along with the ashes. Once
in three months or SO the SCOT is scraped
out of all the fues and chimneys, and
finds its way to the same receptacle
From the ashes. clinkers, sweepings
and SCOT of the New Orleans Mint
Uncle Sam derives a larger income
than the average bank president The
crucibles used in melting are good for
about three charges: then they are
wheeled down to the basement, crushed
pores Of their earthern sides are full
Of virgin silver, and the gritty brown
powder into which they are ground
yields an average of 5000 a ton. A
worn out crucible is really worth more
than a new one-New Orleans Times
Democrat.