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Evening journal., 1900-05-24
CONTEST WILL SOON CLOSE
Much Interest Taken in That Of
America Lodge

Much Interest Taken in That Of
America Lodge
AS the date of closing the voting con-
test given by America Lodge, Shield
OF Honor, draws near the interest in
creases daily.
The prizes will be exhibited in
Douglass Shoe Company's window this
week.
The vote from returns made is as
follows:
G. A. Riley, Delaware, No. 2... 1886
A. l.. Rawnsley, Delaware, No. g.. 32
G. NJ. Horn, Delaware, No. 2..... p
c. r. Martin, Sr., Delaware No. p. 5S
F. Gael, Corinthian, No. 1....l 100
n. r. Sommers, Corinthian, No. l.. 43
Samuel Hall, Wenonah. No. 3N.... SO
Samuel Hall, Wenonah, No. 3..... 80
A. L. Deakyne. Brandywine. ...... 81
f. A. Slower, America, No. &c.. 500
w. p. White, America, No 6..... $50
]. NJ Ferrier. America, No. 6..... 100
Ferd Clement America, No. g.. 200
E. E. Kershaw, America, No. 100
]. p. Sager, America, No. 6.....,. 100
Arrangements are being perfected
for an entertainment on June a.,
which will reflect great credit on the
lodge as the talent is first class The
winners of the contest will receive the
prizes ON that evening.
Evening journal., 1900-05-24

This is donation day at the Sarah
White Home
Evening journal., 1900-05-24
FOR RENT.

FURNIsHED ROOMS Tor rent No. sos
Market street.
FOR RENT. basement I'm the Cav
throp Building. Fourth and Shipley
streets. Immediate possession given.
Apply Evening Journal Office.
Evening journal., 1900-05-24
Fresh Daily

Fresh Daily
Ainscow. at SO2 Market street, is re-
ceiving daily fresh Holsters from Bos-
ton and soft she'll crabs, little neck
CLANS salt oysters, frog legs, finest
fake crab meat, and also prepares
daily dressed snapper and snapper
soup. Telephone orders promptly at
tended to. Both phones 673
Samuel l. Truax, Of Smyrna was a
Wilmington visitor yesterday.
Joel Seal has been visiting in West
Chester.
Evening journal., 1900-05-24
HELP WANTED

cent a word.
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Evening journal., 1900-05-24
PERSONAL.

SCIENTIFIC PALAIIsT.
Mrs. Adams reads your entire life Ny
power IL unsurpassed. Call and be con-
Wnced. / take no money until perfectly
satisfied. Onice. 203 Washington street
Evening journal., 1900-05-24
FoR SALE

Adveriisoments under this head, Que
ent word
FOR sALE.-Barhcr Shop doing business Of
$50 a week. Cause IN health. Address G. X,
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WANTED. "A good. nrst-ciass painter.
Apply Front and Justlson streets.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16
NHSOR MILL IS BURNED.
COMPLETELY DESTROYED ny FIRE
EARLY THIS MORNING.
Flames Not discovered Until They
Were Entirely beyond Control
Los. About s1e .ooo. Covered by In
surance--Incenatari Suspected.

The mill OF the winsor Lumber Com
pany, at Ballard, was destroyed by fire
early this morning. Nothing was saved.
the building and plant being completely
Quilted. The loss is about sloooo. which Is
well covered by insurance
The origin of the fire IS unknown. when
the mill shut down for the night yesterday
the fires under the boilers were put out.
There Is suspicion at Ballard that the
fire was the work of an incendiary.
The flames were discovered shortly af-
ter Midnight but had then made such head
way that II was impossible to control
them The fire spread quickly through the
building, and In less than an hour Il was
almost wholly reduced to ashes. large
crowd gathered around the blazing struc-
ture, but all were powerless TO act. and
had to watch its destruction.
A year ago the Ballard mill Of the same
company was burned to the ground. and
several weeks ago a new dry kiln which
had only been In operation short time
was also completely destroyed by FIRE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16
CHARTER WIS REFUSED.
APPLICATION or LAKE BENNETT
HALLWAY NOT GRANTED.
0Dpssssisn Messbess Attack the BRIT
ish CeIsMAsa osvernneat for Cut
siA~ on Cs.petfffsa TO the
white Pass ssA yukon.

Special Dispatch To the Post-Intelligencer.
VICTORIA. B. c.. Aug 15.-Almost the
whole afternoon was taken up with
wrangie over the report Of the railway
committee. recommending that the APP
pjication for = charter to the Lake Ben
nett railway, In opposition 10 the White
Pass road b not granted Stables. one
OF the members for Cassiar, and who
himself resides as AtIfn. moved that the
report be referred hack to the committee
to pass the preGmble. This gave Messrs.
Curtis and Mcfnnes an opportunity to at
dom tho charter was refused, the more
20 as the opposition road did not ask for
cent of subsidy.
Tho charge was made that the gov
eminent was wiifuIly throwing out the
bill to keep q richly Subsidized charter
by bo-caI9ed aIl-Canadjan road for some
favorftes. while II was also alleged that
the premier was not guiltiess IN the mat
ter as he hoped to extend his road, the
Eastern and Northern. to the north end
Of Vancouver island and TO connect with
kitimaat, the coast terminus OF the all
conssdcsable interest was manifested in
the attitude q Martin himself who has
Al along manifested very friendly spirit
to;s the white pass road who; i ,i e
said he stiif regarded the granting of
the charter. IN view of the attitude Of
ter, To b. expedieut. but, " the govern
ment persisted In refusing to state any
grounds for their opposition TO the char
ter. he wouid be. obliged 70 vote against
them, which he did. Needless to say, the
government was sustained.
Smith Curtis made a big election speech
during the afternoon. In an attempt to
get the members OF the house upon rec
ord IN regard to the eight-hour law. He
waded through the ante-elcction speeches
Of all the government supporters. showing
that there was division on the s1bjecs,
not only In the ranks. but among the
WIN endeavor to avoid the r.;L,te- COM
ing to q vote. which might resui; &. the.r
being injured IN the country, az they Will
be obliged to vote II down.
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Special Dispatch to the Post. fnteiligencer
TACOMA Aug. 1.-THE suit over the
IArchfnons. ditch promises 80 b. one of
the features % tha next term az court
This Is the ditch which has been several
times allied % by Herman Hsgelc n farm
sr. who claims mat the ditch brings down
a decd ef water upon hts lands. The OBJ
strsastiona placed In the ditch hy HeKcle
have been removed b. citizens who have
been fse8sd hy reason OF the asmmlng OF
the ditch and aimee Hexeie secured an
Injunction against any one mesldiing with
the dam the neighbors have blown 70 oAt
with dynamite.
There have been many midnight raids
on enc skie or the other for two years
mast untu the matter has become a neigh
horho0d feud Hegele has finally brought
suit against the county Tor damages Dor
the opening % the ditch. and now the
ceunty has answered. claiming 81 600 dam
ages against Hegeie for nlilng up the
ditch and flooding the county road
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16
FAWCETT WINS FIGHT
IN PIERCE PRIMARIES.
Has . Majority ~ Democratic Dele
gates Of Ferty-sevsa--Contes
May Slightly neauee IL.

Srecial Dispatch TO the Post InteIlixencer.
TACOMA. Aug. is--Fawcett won out
over Rogers In the Democratic primaries
tonight In tho hottest fight ever known in
the history OF the county. In the city
Rogers carries the First. Second, Seventh
and Eighth wards. and Fawcett the
Third, Fourth. Fifth and Sixth. the vote
IN tho city standing; Fawcett. ii2, Rogers,
IT,
Rogers carries Puysilup. ortins. Buck
ley. Stcilacoom, Fernhiii, Roy, Wilkeson
south Prairie and several small precincts
making the vote in the county stand .
Fawcett. sii Rogers, 1854
This may be changed by contested del
cgations to Fawcett. sis. ROGERS, liz.
though Fawcett claims much larger ma
jority, and the Rogers forces are claim
ing the county,
Fawcett was defeated In his own pre-
einct as was Col. Chichester. one Of Faw-
cetts supporters William WEIGH was
also defeated In his own precinct, and
several other local leaders. In the Third
ward the Fawcett vote was u to and all
over the citytke vote was the largest ever
cast at any primary In the Second ana
Third wards the nght was particularly
hot and a very large vote was poiied
The Rogers forces hope TO secure con-
troll OF the organization OF the popuiist
convention and thus get a majority In the
county. The fght viii be In the popGlist
convention.
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NEARLY WIPED OUT
BY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
COlumbia, d. c., Has Marrow Escape
-Presbyterian Church Blown
Up to Prevent Spread.


Special Dispatch to the Post-InteIligencer.
COLUMBIA, Il. c. Aug. l5-This town
had narrow escape from being wiped
out by fire today. As IL was. Escalrs
hotel and half dozen other buildings
were destroyed. The timely use Of dyna-
church, alone saved the situation. The
loss will exceed $4,000. insurance only
partial
shortly after noon flames burst forth
between the sidewalk and the ground floor
OF the han adjoining Escall's hotel, on
blowing from the southeast and In a mo-
ment both buildings were. ablaxe. The
Escall Is three-story wooden struc-
ture. so quickly did the flames spread
that the guests had barely time to escape
Many Of the guests lost their baggage.
is unprovided with water works and the
bucket brigade was practically helpless
The flames leaped to Kringie's biach-
smith shop and residence. next door and
leaped across the roadway to the Model
stable OF w: II. Henninger 4 Co. Flying
embers ignited the roof OF the presbyterf-
an church, three blocks away II was de-
cided to blow up the church This was
done. The force OF the explosion shattered
all the window glass in the vicinity The
explosion stayed the further progress Of
the fire and saved the residence portion Of
the town.
EscaHs hotel was owned by the Column
bia Townsite Company and Jen Lewis. 1t
was valued, with contents. at ~. 600. tn
sured for 5000. The proprietor. Escall
was uninsured. His loss h t7.00o Freern
Rogers. who owned the Model stable build
81 COO The other buildings were uninsured.
The loss upon them win be about 5000
The presbyterian church cost 81 800 and
was uninsured.
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DEADLOCK CONTINUES
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
A. the End OF 5O7 ballots No Result
u Observation-Disclosures Go Home
Leaving Their Proxies.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
/. PORT TOWNSEND. Aug. rs, The dead
lock over nominating q superior judge on
the Republican ticket for the district en-
bracing Jefferson, Island and Clailam
counties, continues, adjournment OF the
conversation tonight showing 50y ballots.
with no result.
The only change In the vote was a shift
made by Island county. of its three votes
from McClinton 20 SIN. OF Coupeviile.
The change Is only temporary and the
vote would at once go back to McCiinton
n there were any chance OF nominating
him. Indications point TO n deadlock, UNI
I'll adjournment. which will result in two
and possibly three candidates appear
Ing on the ticket as independents Most
OF the delegates have gone home, leaving
proxies with those who remain
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Special Dispatch 10 the post-inteiligeneer
PORT ToWNSEND. Aus. iS.~The Big
tng Tatoosh. recently completed hy Moran
Bros. al Seattle. and which inside the re-
markAbie record % four days from tire
Columsa river - Gan Francisco. with an
Unwieidy eigar-shaped raft co hsr maiden
TOW, Il returning from the south with the
rig ship John Eua trailing behind hsr
II Was the Href intention 90 hurry the
Tatoosh home here light. bot the tow
was offered Al good ag0re and the tug
ACCEPTED Tao Tat0osh and the EnA
should he here ~ Thursday morning. un-
Ter fnNoranle corsltlons.
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CHANGE THEIR HOME poRr.
Alaska Steamship Company's ves-
sells Enrolled nt Port Tow nsend.

Special Dispatch 70 the Post-Inteiligcncer
PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. is.--The tax
able property In jefferson county was
augmented today by the enrolment as
haiiuE from this place as a home port,
% the Alaska steamship Company's feet.
Including the Dolphin. hosalie, piriro and
Faralion. The change was made By the
company 10 benefit by the low rate OF
taxation In this county. All the vessels
above enumerated are on the Alaska
route. with the exception OF the Resale.
which Is soon to 40 on the sound Victoria
line
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Sc. Paul Mil Company Claims u II
Assessed Too High.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
TACOMA. Aug. i5.--Before the board
Company made application for reductions
in their assessments on all classes of their
property, from the real estate on the tide
fats at the mouth of the Puyallup river
10 the tools and equipment In their logging
camps and the timber lands owned by
them In the county. The real estate,
which is assessed AT $50 600, they ask TO
have reduced to SIG 600, and they ask q
reduction on timber lands OF $so, 900, ana on
personal property OF $4,000.
The board will hear the application OF
the Northern Pacific Railway Company
tomorrow for the exemption from taxation
Of Its main right-of-way. under the terms
OF the grant to the original company by
the United States.
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FEW or THEM ARE LEFT.
silver Republicans of Thur.toa OPP
posed Go NaGers.

special Daspaieh TO the Post. Integligencer.
pfyMPIA. Aug k--The Silver Repab-
leans of Thureton county viii hold a
meeting In this City on SATURDAY next.
Ia the county. bat what few there are
are anxious to lend thwir support to the
anti Rogers element OF the fusiOnlsts.
For this reason they Will meet and
elect 10 the state convention the eve
delegates 20 which they are entitled from
thls county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16
TACOMA IENMT GAMES.
TmB TENTm ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
PROVES A NOTABLE ONE.
Handicap Larger Than Ever
known In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the Crack Players Defeated.

Special Dispatch to the Post-1ntcIiigencer.
TACOMA. Aug. 15.-The tenth annual
tournament of the Tacoma Tennis Club.
which began yesterday, has outdone any
tennis tournament ever held here before.
The entries In the open singles number
thirty-four, and in the handicap fifty
three, something unknown before in
Northwest tennis circles. The notable
feature Of the day was the defeat Of sew
eral OF the crack Northwest players in
the handicap. A. II. Coward, of Victoria.
was defeated by Sherwood; Newton. of
Seattle. by G. Smith. OF Seattle; 8. l.. Rus
sell, OF Seattle. by ". Paschali OF Seattle.
and Il. II. Powell, of Victoria, by s. l..
Brunn, OF Seattle.
Among the open championship matches
OF note today must be mentioned the de-
feat OF Breeze by Russell, and Tidmarsh
by Freeman. In the former match Rus
sell had the first set. SIS. and Breeze had
So recorded for him In the second set.
when Russell took n remarkable brace
and won out the set by 10
In the latter match Tidmarsh was easily
disposed OF by Freeman, although he
played a remarkably good game Hurd
and Newton. both Seattle players. are do
Ing extra good work. and will probably
make the semi-final. Russell is also show
ing good form.
The Seattle players will contest In
doubles tomorrow, and some good matches
can be expected. Hurd and. Russell and
Freeman and Newton meet before the
finals on one end and the winner win I'M
doubtedly play against Foulkes and Co
ward In the finals This match will prob
ably occur Friday.
The weather was fine for tennis today
nice, gray day, but the wind was a
trins strong. The courts are III good con-
dition. and a large attendance was pres
ent. Among the Seattle people noted
Miss Minor. Miss r.. Thomas. Miss X.
Tyler. Miss Irene Graham, Miss PasohaIl.
Miss n. smith. Miss Lewis Miss Banks .
Messrs. Hurd. Russell, Ayers, ], Gray,
w Gray, G. Smith. ). l.. Rrunn, r. {.
Newton. N Paschali and J. Tyler.
Championship.
Russell beat Breeze. e-s. rs
Benham and Hudson beat Myers and
Paschan, cd Ga
H0rd beat J. Geary. 81. 60
Powell and Armstrong beat Fransioli
Newton beat HaIsted, rs. s-S
roulkes and Coward beat Hewitt and
Freeman beat TtImarsh. 81, s-s
Coward beat Hewitt, so. e-i
] Gesry heat Nareth, 30. ga, rs.
White beat Hudson. 50 "a.
Benharn beat SOhns 60 ga
Coward beat smith. SO, ~.
Powell heal W Geary. 80 Ga.
Hnrd beat FrREsiou, default
Handicap.
w. Geary. Sc. beat Waite. scratch, e-l.
Go
xmith beat Newton. sd ca
j Tyler bsat King As-iS. e-2 sc
Waite eea, S0haa, "a, sc s-4
nrunn beat Powell. 81. 40 e.
paSchAli beat Russell SIS SO sd
smith 0eai Robertson. 60. So. 81.
Newton beat Remington. Sc. ga So
Freeman beat Vanderbilt Sc s-a
Powell beat Armstrong;. Ca 50
Joe X yisr beat simpson. So sd 80
Myers beat MAcFariAnd 81. 81
Sherwood beat Coward SO, ga So
Myers beat LampmAn bV default.
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CHANCE FoR Iirs RECOVERY.


Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. i5.--Wiliam
Clark employed as donkey-enGlne driver
In Port Crescent logging camp. was
brought TO this city ON the morning
steamer, suffering from terrible injuries
sustained there Sunday by the breaking
of a cable, which was "snaking' mon
ster log The broken steel strands swish
ed through the air and caught Clark In the
back Of the head shattering his skull.
Despite his injuries, the man IL alive.
and there Is every hope for his recovery,
n blood poisoning does not set in.
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Passenger Train on Spokane Fails
a Northern.

Special Dispatch to the .Intelligencer.
SPOKANE Aug is.-The local officers
of The Spokane Falls a Northern road re-
ceived word from Springdhle tonight that
the sgufh-bognd passenger train. due here
At ITO tonight was wrecked eight miles
north 81 that place. The Dispatch con-
tanned q request 70 send Up the vrecking
crew 10 huHA a temporary track around
the wreck No particulars OF the aec.dent
are ohtaiuahle here tonight. The officers
ol the company say no one was inlured
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scheei rad Ia the Treasury.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures
OLYMPIA. Aus i5--There Is In the
state treasury. subject 20 superintendent
counties. the sum OF Ss0i, 7S710 for the
quarter ending June 81. This sum Will be
apportioned during the present week.
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Special Dispatch 10 the Post Intelhgencer
LAKE CESHMAN. Aug. f1-- Recent ar
rivals az the Antlers include the following:
Edward ]. HRH and Mrs. Hail and son
Tacoma. w. " Kunlana and wife. shell
ton Or. Wesley Clark and wife Mrs D.
Harris. Miss Harris. santa Rosa Cal.
Frank Pierrepsnt Graves. Seattle Mr. and
Mrs Frank Kelley. Miss Ruth Kelley and
maid, Frank ~ KELLEY r.. Mr. and Mrs
A. r Albcrtson Mise Martha Albertson
and maid. Mrs Pete VOORHEES,, Tacoma.
y. y. Swsrfhoui 4 Getty. Shelton. T.. "
Fisher. Miss c. J. Fisher, DR. f. ]. Fisher
and wife. Tacoma: =, X Reynolds. I'd u.
Stevens and George q. Mills. Olympia
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Appeint@d University Resent.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
appointed Mayor James r. Bell. of Ev-
erett. regent Of the University of Wash
ington. vice l.. ID. Godshall. also of Ev-
erett resigned.
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said to Have win Him $500 Of other
PEOPLES Money.

VICTORIA. h. c.. Aug 15-Eli Frank,
formerly q merchant OF Victoria, Is miss
ing with esoo which he collected In Daw-
son for Leyfz 4 Ieiser, OF this city He
failed to come TO Victoria on his return
from Dawson. The police traced him to
Portland, and lost the trail there.
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|IIllBobh FIELD Day.


.-xsr. rnaeaverers Close Their
lrxsrsfses to give Way Today TO
800 rssnpIarr and ON Friday 20
w. G. r. g. and other rsrees-
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GO to Spinning for bicycle repairs.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-02-01
POLITICAL
GOSSIP IN
NEW YORK.

New York. Feb. 1.--Senator Marcus A.
tional committee. was at the Waldorf
Astoria last night II. C. Payne. ma
tional committeeman from Wisconsin.
was asked whom he favored for Presi-
dent Mckinley's running mate to be
nominated at the convention. Three
weeks ago he said he was in favor of
New Yorker, whose political life is ended.
Mr.. Payne said last night he had talked
with this man and that now he no longer
regarded him as a possibility.
but we western men, he added,
"think the nomination should go to New
York
1t was suggested that there was only
one avowed candidate in this state.
DO you favor Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff" was asked.
Il must refuse to discuss the matter
any further said Mr.. Payne, with some
emphasis.
Senator Hanna was asked what he
thought of the statement made by Will
liam j. Bryan that he would stick to the
Is to / policy. He reflected moment
and said:
ASK John Nj. Allen of Mississippi"
"I'll tell you what l think said Mr..
Allen. 1T is my guess that 16 to l is a
sure winner. We have other cards. too,
up our sleeves and it is those cards that
Senator Hanna is afraid Of"
Bryan is right in one way broke in
Hanna. 'If he is nominated it will be
the old thought over again. and 1t looks
as if Bryan would be nominated. That
is about all there is to the question"
Daily inter mountain., 1900-02-01
The Rights Of Aliens.

Chicago. Feb IA special to the TIL
bune from Victoria. B. c., says: Premier
Sen1lin today presented to the legislature
the answer Of his government to the pc
tition of the American miners III Atin to
President Mckinley against the alien ex-
clusion act. The premers letter to the
secretary of state says the statement in
the petition that four fifths of the claims
in Atlin We're prospected and located by
Americans and that citizens of the United
States lost millions through the passage
Of the act are exaggerations and mis-
statements.
Continuing the premier said: we
would say any rights acquired by the pc
titioners have been preserved to them.
The legislation complained of specifically
exempts all claims recorded prior to it's
passage and provides for the unmpeded
working of such claims by the holders,
although aliens. A reference to the min
ing laws will show that their whole tenor
is as it necessarily must be, that no right
is acquired until a claim is recorded. AS
already stated all such rights are scrupu-
lously respected. 1t may be we'll to note
this as a casual reader of the petition. un-
acquainted with the facts might natur-
ally suppose that claims had been confis-
Gated.
The government holds that men taking
out miners licenses did not acquire vest
ed rights