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Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13

Az AAouoNS 1OA
the well to do.
This is the literal
truth. Of houses
costing from $10,-
900 in Brooklyn to
$50, 900 in N e w
York there is a
constant demand.
But for the very
rich New York is
losing it's interest.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
THE NAVAL PROGRAMME.
by Secretary Long 1t VIII Cost
the Government $25, ,OOO,OOO.

Secretary Longs naval programme
will cost the government $25,Soo,0O0
if adopted by congress. The most con-
servative estimate by judicious naval
experts placed the total cost of the
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13

worth OF n e w
houses and busi-
ness structu r e S
this year.
For the first ten
months of 1 8 9 9
permits were is
sued by the build.
ing depar t m e n t
for the erection of
a round hundred
million doll a r s.
wo r t h, w h i c h
would indicate q
total for the wear
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
THE fashionables are all back in

'THE fashionables are all back i'm
Paris once more. Even those
who remained away for late
fall season in the Swiss mountains and
elsewhere are again at home, and Paris
is enjoying days and nights of unusual
gayety.' On the boulevards, and espe-
cially the Bois, there is a constantly
passing fashion show of unusual inter-
est, and then at the theaters at night
the show is again repeated, and all on
an elaborate scale that even Paris has
scarcely known before.
On the boulevards one sees the dev-
otees of fashion speeding along behind
handsome pairs, or more often in auto
mobiles, which are now the prominent
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13

ing houses.
Time there was
when the broker
lunched on a big
red apple; a t
least, that was the
humorous way of
express i n g b i S
comparative pow
erty. But now the
average luncheon
of a downtown
bus i n e S S m a n
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13

By the LIST of January, 1900, New
York will have built over $1O0,O00,O 900
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
The Price of a Meal.

One curious result of the influx of
lambs into Wall street is the prosper
ity of costly eat
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
Winter Life of the Rich.

said that small part Of New York's
for new buildings is for
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
The Jury DodSera.

The calling of J. Lee Taller as juror
during the trial of young Molineux was
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13
A Bull Market Exnected.

Since Secretary Gage began buying
bonds Wall street has been expecting
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-13

The ladies Of Kimberley, says the
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, are
no doubt giving lombard porch;
parties and bombardment teas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
Man Who Raided
Ramaker Store.
THE GOODS ARK ALL RETIRED
a Clever Capture E6seted By the
Seattle Police In the Music
Store Rosbsry.

when the police arrested Hober,
wesic0tt. the bicycle thief. they
made one Of the most important cap
tures that has taken place In Sc-
attic for several months. Weafcott
has not only confessed To stealing
over a dozen wheels In Seattle. but
ne aiso confessed % Detective VIII
liams as being one Of the burglars
who entered Hamaker Music com.
pany.s store at The corner Of Pike
street and F1fth avenue. about i've
months 400. and carried OFT several
hundred dollars worth % musical IN
strumenta
williams had charge Of the case
al that time. but he was taken sick
and nothing was done With the case
for nearly four months, whom ON
Ger Brcese arrested wcntcott at Ere
mont arrested Saturday. his dcscrip-
fi0n Tailed with that ~ one Of the
Ramaker robbers. and Detective VII
ilama soon Identified his man. who
confessed yesterday to dolnF the job.
westeott some Of the shrew dest men
the police have had to deal with for
some time. lie has been operating
successfully In this city for nearly
a year This afternoon Wsstcoit re.
vsaied the place where tho lnstru-
meuts taken from the music store
were concealed. and they have been
recovered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

SEATTLE NEWS.

Josie Carreau, a young lady about
IS years Of age. arrived here yes
terfay afternoon from Portland In
custody Of Deputy United States
Marshal strinEer. and r. now in the
county jail charged with violating
the United States postal laws. Miss
Carreau was arrested last winter.
but was released upon her own re-
coGnizances, on condition that she
appear before the federal court at
a specified time. This she failed
10 do. and up to this time has been
AZ large.
Deputy Marshal strinRer brought
over a chinaman from aumaa yes
terday charged with residing unIaw-
fully In the United States.
John Girard. a miner. age n years.
died on a Columbia a. Puget Found
railroad train between Black River
Junction ana Seattle today. from In.
Juries received in the mines at New.
castle yesterday. Glrard was work
inE In the BaRiey mine on Coal creek
and was struck by a failing masa
Of rock. one Of his limbs we're torn
on, and healso received Internal in
iuries. He leaves a wife at New
castle.
The Grand Lodge Of Maaona met
this afternoon at 1 o'clock In the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
Beers Have Seized British Officers on
Charges of High Treason.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF RUMOR
English Government at Once Orders Three
Batteries OF Artillery TO Leave for Africa.

LONDON May 1.-THE critical
orea Britain and the
to public aitrnen
the immediate artillery
Africa The Monday.
are being rushed
The action 'akcs resarded highly
ported arrests Of British officers johannesburg
sui hsrs
rested are harxA with hsh
revolution
Of British
rested that he
It Is tesyea here Weuusormvd
British officers the
ra II suspected that the had
ina the
eraHaeHi. Il anything
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
FARMERS
AS SAILORS
Want Western Men
in the Navy.
CAPTAIN niWLEY AFTER THEM
Notes With Great sstlsfsetloa That
Thsy Are msss Of the Right
Kind Of stun.
CAPTAIN IliWLEY AFTER THEM

WASHINGTON, ID. G. May H.
Captain Henry fAwiey. assigned by
Secretary Long today TO command
the old cruiser Hartford. famous In
the war Of the rebellion an the nag
ship u Admiral FarraEut. has a plan
10 convert western farmers into sail
orr.
Captain fiawisy has noted with
satisfaction that Western men on
land and sea have distinguished
themselves during the war with
spain aud against the f1iiplnon. and
he has a notlon that a Western farm
~r. IL properly trained. win make a
tip-top sailor. About t3oo.so0 has
lresn spcn, In remodulIng and equip
ping the Hartford. and Capt. Haw-
ley viii sndeavur 10 man his old crul-
ser with weaterneFH
The Hartford IL nav being used
primarily ss a training ship. and nov
that IL has been turned over TO Capt
Iiawlsy. the latter viii have an op-
portunlty To put into effect some uni
que ideas he has about the Develop
rnent o. good sailors The Hartford
ia now at Mare island, Cal. and viii
soon b. ready for sailinx Several
naval officers are expected 10 be de-
tailed 10 travel through tho Western
States and recruit men for tn. navy
The officers viii not accept every
man who presents himself for enlist
ment. but viii pick out tn. bright.
who give promise Of making desir-
ahle sailors.
They viii he shipped TO Mare fsl-
and ard taken for a cruise on the
Hartford. after about 5so have been
recruited a cruise of four or sin
months IL expected 20 enable them
20 gain. their sea LEGS and acquire
the necessary nautical experience.
that Will make them valuable men
on cur baiii~ships ami cruisers
We intend To maize the cruise %
the Hartford al attractive as pos
nibie.' said Capt. Hawicy. -ant We
wfff foNvtryshinx 70 make the ssfv-
Ice Of the landsmen pleasing. have
been Informed by commanders who
have had recruits on board from Ne
braska. Kansas. Missouri. Illinois
and other western states that they
made the most temperate ana intel.
urent lot q sailors ever shipped BY
them They are weii-bchased. quiet
and orderly. and what they lack tn
asafariuK knowledge they make up
In real and Industry. when we had
only 1868 men e. supply for our
chips We found IL diffcuii 20 set good
saiiorss but now that the force has
been Increased "a iI.too. our troubles
have grown In proportion. ! have
hankerinR for Western men and
hope to corral a lot Of them before
I am through"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
Fortified tho Courthouse

BEVERLY. W. Va. May lion
learning that force Of 800 citizens
81 Elkins. W. Va. was on the way
here TO remove the county records
pending settlement % the question
OF the county seat. citizens under the
leadership Of Mai. J. y. Harding. a
Confederate soldier. fortified the
county buildings and prepared to re-
Stat the Elkins men. The latter re-
turned 10 Elklns on hearing OF these
preparations. The records are still
under guard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
SHINCLE MEN
ORGANIZE

At meeting u the single manu-
fac,urern in the chamber Of com.
merce yesterday afteruson. Il VAS de.
eliei to close al mills Of the state
for two weeks beginning May -.
Nearly all the mills sere repre-
eentsd AZ the meeting A ronsti-
tutson tyr the Sgalr aseoelxtaan Mas
NkAen % Aalf unanimously adopted.
II was provided in the Constitution
that central couamlttee composed
Of three members from each county
organization should have the power
70 hold meetings. appoint commit
tees print and circulate documents
In the Interest Of the association.
establish rules for grading. and a
system % uniform weights. regulate
prices. order tire ci0alnR down Of
mills. and to take aii other steps 10
eurtaii the output according TO their
Judgment.
IL was resolved that thsma nufae-
tgrers work In harmony with the
dealers association. and refuse to
cell To any but iesitimata dealers ana
70 those who cut prices.
II was decided 20 maintain the fol-
iowinE prices for fair shingles on
board At mills;
To wholesalers; AS" $3.50 per ":
81 clears. sf.t0 per ~ To retailers.
AS" si.so per NJ. clears. us. The
standard weights Of the association
were adopted a. follows s-rs. 10 lbs
per NJ b-Ts. 10. Eurska's. gpo. and
Perfection. g20 lbs. No uadsrwsiwhts
will be allowed the dealers.
The following officers % the state
associatiun we're elected. President
r. !. acSeeisy. of Tacoma. vice
president. Michael Eariea. Of what
com county: secretary. Francis
Rotch. o fNason county. treasurer.
David Mcvey. ~ Ballard
The committee on permanent or
Eanization TO draft constitution and
bye-iaws. consisted ~ Ralph Met
calf. Of Cowftz county. -. ~. DE
Can, of WhatcoFu county and G.
T.. Patten. Of SkaFlt county.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
FISH MAGNATES
ARE IN SEATTLE
Cudahy and Others Arrive in
Special Car.

John cudahy. Joseph q. snydect-
er and Henry -. Steele. who form the
executive committee Of the Pacific
American Fish company. accom-
panied by Roland Onmroy. general
manager and vice president. whose
headquarters are at Falrhaven. ar
rived in Seattle last night in the
private car Minnesota. These gentle
men have been in E'airhaven for the
past week looking over their can
merry interests with a view to eniarK-
ing the capacity o. the establish
msnts.
A conference was held in the priv
ate car last night IN which several
Of the leading Puget sound packers
took part Mr.. Ounfroy said this
morning that they merely talked over
matters relating to packing and
prices, but no agreement Of any kind
was entered into. except that pack
ers' names must appear on every can
OF FISH sold.
We have been 10 Fairhaven." said
Mr.. Cudahy," looking over our can
merry. We shsl probably enlarge our
plant. providing We can secure Ger
tain tide lands necessary for the ex-
tension Of the buildings. We are
very much encouraged ~ the outlook
for ths phcklng industry on Puget
sound. The source Of supply on the
found II greater than Ia the Column
bia or Fraser rivers"
The party viii leave tonight for
Chicago via Portland, spokane and
st. Paul. spending a short time Ia
each city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
COMBINE OF
CHURCHES
On the Tapis in
New York.
PREsYTEgIlSS TO JOIN FORCES
10 flight the evils Of Lie o. . sss,s
OF orssssr Strength bys
cembiastisa.
PREBYTEgIlN TO JOIN FORCES

NEW YORK. May iT--An extra.
ordinary movement 10 on foot look
ing 10 the consolidation Of Pre.hy-
terrain congregations In this city.
some - them among the richest in
the United States. The cnukrcga-
ton - the Madison avenue f'resby-
terrain church have unanimously de-
cided In fAyor Of consolidating with
the Philips Presbyterian church. the
former church 20 be sold.
Conditions which have existed In
the church for sone time past have
rendered II imperativviy necessary
that there shall be some radical
changes and a general Strengthening.
Probably Mt no time In lite history in
this city has presbyterianism been
so unrestful and perturbed as Il il
at the present moment. Internal
variAnces have depleted the com
congregations. and. consequently.
the whsrewithsi of existence In
many Of the churches Of this sect in
New YORK Moreover, the constant
ly increasing migration up to town
ha. left the churches which remain
In the lower portions ~ the city with
sadly diminished financial resources.
The majority Of them. In fact. md u
hard struggle 20 hold on, and Il IL
no secret that number Of them are
iaboring under monetary difflculties
of more less degree. II was this state
Of Affairs which led to the Fourth
avenue church inviting the Thi-r
teenth street Church 20 Join with IL.
Should the project fall. there II every
likelihood that negotiations will be
begun for the bringing together Of
the Spring street church and the
Thirteenth street church, The
Spring street church Is without n
pastor.
But consolidation Of much wider
seope and more important possibiil-
tIes that 20 being quietly urged by In
fiuential fresbyterians IL the com
hlnlne OF the Madison square church,
OF which Dr Parkhurst IL pastor. tho
Brick church. which DIR. vsndyko
will Leave In the near future to take
up the professorship he has accept
cd ut Princeton, and the Fourth av-
enue church.
The properties upon which these
churches stand. N Ia pointed out, are
extremely valuable. and could he sold
for asum that would provide for the
building of a great central Preshy.
terrain church and support branches
in various partH VI the city. such az
Trinity IL enabled 10 maintain with
rich funds 1t has in It's possession.
The establishment Of great
church movement Of this character
Ia being urged by prominent Preshy-
terians. for the reason. a. thdy as
sert, that It would tend not only to
lessen the financial strain ~ the
other downtown churches, but would
give PresbyterlaniEm the strength
and impetus which Il Ia agreed II
now stards much In need Of That
n consolidation of the three churches
will come about some time. perhaps
in a short time, Is beyond question.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
ANOTHER
COLD STRIKE

Reports OF an Important gold strike
on Grasina island was brought "a
this city this morning by rurssr
lush Of the steamer Ai-Kt Just
before the beat left MeslahkatlA.
which l. across from Gravina isi !.
and, the newa reached there Of the
ansst-w ~ ~ ~. rofs nnf copper
nts bearing ledge. The boat wss de-
iayed for a short time until a bon
81 the ere was packed % be ship
ped 90 this city 20 BE- sssaycf rns
report of the Ind caused great ex-
element
Tho steamer Ai-kf arrived In port
this morning at o'clock with a.
passengers. Cot. Pat Doran. who
utat M on tho Ai-ki. sccompa nIed
by his wife. for the beneft % his
health. returned. and ne stated this
morning that he Was very much I'm
presscd with the progress ssaEway
was making in the matter OF COM
msrcssl Importance
Reports from the Atiin district are
very favorable. The eiaimn that
have BEEN worked during the winter
have showed up in splendid form.
saf recently Sork has been done on
several new claims and a good auAn.
tity and quality Of gold has been
taken out
The news IL also brought down
that Capt. ". W Robinson. IT.. %
The quariermasssr's department Il
he United States army. who went
a0rtb 70 superlntend the fitting out
- the Cook inlet and Copper riv-
er expedition. In charge Of Capt
Glenn. has purchased the steamer
bgchansey. for the use Of Capt
Glenn.
The passenger list % the Ak is
az follows: Or. G. W. Chamberlain.
u. ID. Smith. Mrs. l. RriRhtman and
child. Mary Onicer. Martha ofncer
and child. Hanna ofioer. Dana ON
Ger. J. r Jones. Col. Pat DOMAIN. Mrs
Donsn. Helen Boehringer. Lena Kal-
lamicn. VI. y. Naikman. George Ker-
kradsr. and n second class.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

'fiNtsf'IEI.D. III. May iT-Gov
Tanner has received report from
the committee arpd-giei to inNesti-
gate the alleged hufaing IN effiEy II
ths governor BY tbs students OF the
University II Iiiinain. T'hls report
ssys the analr took place at West
side park. more than a mile from
the university. and that the commit
tee was unable t. and that any stu
dent of the university took part.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
wAsr1N,g1,oN NAV t--rhe ~,

WAslilNGTON. May i7.--T'he fol-
lowing cablegram from Gen. otis arr
rived this morning: "Lawton with
tact and ability covered Bulacon pro.
vince with HE column. and had
driven the insurgent troops north.
ward into san 1sdro. which he cap-
tured this morning. He is now driv-
ing the enemy northward into the
mountains. lie has constant flght-
ing. INJECTING heavy losses and SUI.
fering few casualties. The appear
anee of his troops on the nnnks ut
the enemy behind the treanchea
thrown up at every strategic point
and town has had a demoralizing in
tluence upon the insurgents"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

looking over the affairs Of the local
recruiting office.
isiEhty-faur men have been enlist
cd at the local office since II was
opened just two months ago today.
Eight Of them have been sent away
within the last ten days, seven TO
Manila and one eoiored man 10 the
Twenty fourth infantry at Fort
Spokane.
A report OF the enlistment at tho
various Offices ana stations IN the
United States for the month %
March has been received from the
Adjutant Generals office Of wash
lnEton. The total number Of men
enlisted for the infantry and cavalry
WAS $500 The New York city sta
ton leads with a total ~ SOS, Phila-
delphiA IN second with is2. 1890 were
rejected At the New York once, and
i7is at Philadelphia.
Capt. Omen states that no orders
have been received TO closs up the
once here. and he is OF the opinion
that the Office IL permanent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

CHICAGO, III. May tf.@Edpuard
Henenyl's calteetia Of paintings.
which have been In the art institute
fof ihree yeaFs. viii be seld Ht auc.
ton MAY - BY order II the court.
The sale IL q satisfy ten thousand
dollar mortgage placed appn the COD
lection b. the xlollaiai shortly before
IDS death
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

The intercollegiate debate between
the University Of Washington and
the Washington Agricultural Cot
iexe and school Of Science. viii take
place Friday evening in Denny hall.
Judge y. A. Mcdonald viii act az
chairman Of the evening. The team
ed the University IL working hard %
win tho honors. and reports from
Pullman Indicate that the students
there are very enthusiastic over the
fnatteF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

AKRON. %. May 1.-THE t2s.-
900 900 sewer pipe trust r. further
from realization today that Il has
been for months. Promoter John II.
Dos Possas. who engineered the pot
terry trust 10 n failure. seems 10 he
h. ing no better success with the
sewer pipe interests. Akron sewer
pipe men who returned today from
New York are discouraged and pro-
fess disgust with DOS Posaoa and his
methods. Several Of them declare
that they viii have nothing more
to do with the deal until Dos Posnos
proves that he IL not "ali wind"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

To-day has been taken IN by the
Knights Of Pythias with the work OF
the various committees. The grand
officers will be elected this afternoon.
At this evenings session In Castle
hall. three candidates are to be In
itlated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

THE HAGuE. May iT--Andrew d.
white. United States Ambassador 60
Germany. ana leader Of the Ameri-
can delegation 60 the Peace Con-
ference. arrived here NJ midnight.
other members n the delegation VIII
arrive today. The conference opens
tomarfow. II pestaai. Russia'n
chief delegate. who Will preside az
the Conferences. 10 tnaispptsd with
cold. but IL 10 not believed that this
will interfere with his duties tomor-
row.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
RECRUITING OFFICE NorEs

Corporal Leonard A. Cowies. who
has been In charge Of the local re-
cruitlng officer under Capt. o'Neii.
left last night for Boise barracks,
where he will Join his company. lie
IL n member Of Troop u Of the Fourth
cavalry. which has been ordered 10
Manila.
Capt. j. N. O'Nell left last night
for Portland after spending two days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

The second days meeting OF the
Grand Lodge 81 Rathhone Sisters
commenced In Castle hall this morn
ins at 10 o'clock. Grand Chief Mrs.
Jennie Munson presiding. Reports
% officers were read. and commit
tees were appointed. A message o.
greeting was sent to the brother
lodge. the knights ~ f'ythias. Only
routine work Was transacted today.
The grand officers ~ the lodge will
not be elected until tonorrow'a ses-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

The steam schooner Jeanie, of the
Pacific steam Whaling company. will
sail tonight for orea and Port valdes
with n large load OF cannery sup
plies, consisting principally of boxes
and tin for the compnny's cannories.
The Jeanic will take north six or
eight passengers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
REQUEST
REFUSED
For the Use Of the
BattIeship Iowa.

wAaHfNGTNpS. u. C., May IL
W II. Parry. city Comptroller. Sc
attic Wash. Department regret
that IL cannot grant the request con-
tained In the resolution OF the city
council. that the battieshlp Iowa be
at Seattle on July I, Arrangements
already made and orders issued TO
various branches of the service make
II impossible. JOHN ID. LONG.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
A TOLEDO HOTEL
IS DESTROYED

TOLEDO. Ohio. May ~. - A fre
which threatened 10 destroy the
Hotel Madison early this morning.
and which II was feared at one time
would cause holocaust. w.. en-
tlnguished with nominal loss. a
giietH had narrow escapes. but IN
are accounted for. The Madison was
a fashionable apartment house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

WASHINGTON. d. c.. May it,
The War department received a tele-
gram from Gen. Merriam, in charge
of the troops at wardner Ohio. ask
inR for two troops Of cavalry 10 be
placed Al Burke and Mullen 10 pre-
vent further disorder.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
IOWA TOWN
DESTROYED

SIOUX FALLS. Ia, May IA
Dispatch received here says that
COiesburR. Delaware county. was
practically destroyed by q storm to-
day. and two men and one child were
killed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

Metals get tired rs we'll as living
beings. Telegraph wires are bettor
conductors on Monday than on SAT-
urday. on account Of their Sunday
rest. and a rest Of three weeks added
10 per cent 10 the conductiyity OF "A
wire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

WASN'T NOTION. u. c., May IT,
The supreme court Of the Royal Ar
canum Ia In annual session here.
Vice. Regent Apgar In slated TO sue
coed Supreme Regent shryvar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17
Lopez Ordered Nome.

LONDON. May iT.-inpsx. the
Filipino agent here. has been ordered
TO return to the Philippines.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-17

The number of bicycle license Is
yued 10 date. 244l. exceed the mum
Der issued last year by over 100.