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ATTEMPTS AT BLACKMAIL.
Offers to Raise Chinatown Qunrnn-
tine for Consideration.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.-Chinese
Consul General Ho Yew makes the state
ment that a proposition to raise the quar-
antine of Chinatown for $1,000 has been
made to the Chinese merchants associa-
ton. He says:
"A Chinaman, 4 prominent merchant. In
formed the association two days after the
last quarantine was declared that an Of
fetal had suggested the scheme. The White
man is known.
The Chinese merchants were willing to
pay the money. Almost the entire amount
had been collected and payment was TO be
who claimed TO represent the health off,
Gals told the mediator that the quarantine
had gone too far to be stopped and that
negotiations were Off
Il am investigating the affair. ana as
far as | have gone all these facts have
been verified. We are collecting evidence
and will probably bring this matter into
the courts"
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a gambling resort. securing considerable
coin. A few days ago they robbed two
prospectors, James Allen and Charles
Erickson, near Jerome, Of 500 and two
horses and stole four horses last week
from cattemen south OF Prescott. They
were last seen crossing the Arizona canal
Just north Of Phoenix. Two stopped at
a ranch near there and changed horses.
point
At the Thoroldsen ranch, three miles
further on, the other two tried the same
trick. Thoroldsen was away from home.
but his wife drove the raiders away. FIR
Ing five shots, killing one OF the horses
and wounding one OF the party.
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RAILROAD MEN CONFER.


NEW YORK. June s-The conf.rsncs
q the executive officers In the Westsrn
Not,nWeststn ana tran scontinentpl rail.
IoauF, which were In session ali aav vss
trrdaN adjourned shortly after noon 10
eNaS To meet again In Chicago Tune ia
me cor ni'toc appointed az vesterdav,s
conference to constdsr ,,ssssl.., ,ea Jay
Ireism rates reported 20 tho general 60
ierense today. Al the Adjournment the
lies!aent T. T Jerery made this state
ment OF Tho work OF the conference
The committee reported thar four can,
mites ot executive officers he organty.5
sach 70 have jurisdiction within cer,aI1
boundaries TO be defined later To-
committees are 10 report To tina rpnsya{
on June 10 80 N"'e~ko
olla WV" "A'"'"h-
.aheplf!ng 20 question. he said ths,
~ nltimhtum % thu Canadian Partes
.NS o.sh tNteffed 20 a committee which
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NEGRO HUNTING ~ Iours,,,,
several Whipped. Two KILLED and
. Posse Ia AFTER Mare

Nfw ONIrANs June A -. -.
IL hunting for Noah pr.tchari t,Niorss,s'
who shci AMI Killed. Ralph Norso~ :,
West BATON KouEe last night ma. rn,,r
inS deputy shcriT tu Tho posse, whose
name " not yet kNoW0 was sbot srs
perhaps Killed II " cNr~cted that -. - 80
killef FN" or
Yesterday neste was kilic3 a. ~. -
plantation, near Port Allen. 80 ~. s,,,-
svsr Of the plantation y n Fem
An Immense meeting ~ clttFen. s-,..
srt.raL patEh" vas held 81 pctaur'
hndlns tonight hsror- TIE close - -.
meeting several notorious nrer,.e ~, VIZ
p"Mciy whipped ana on. u~rre -
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BARK HARVESTER WRECKED.
Goes Ashore on Seal Rocks, Near
Newcastle, N. $. w.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9-The bark
Harvester, we'll known at this port. has
been wrecked on Seal rocks sixty miles
from Newcastle Australia
The news came in a cablegran received
today from Newcastle. The bark was
bound from Delagoa bay for Newcastle 10
load coal for Honolulu. She went ashore
on Seal rocks and is a total loss. The
crew OF the vessel was saved.
The Harvester was a familiar vessel to
shipping men at this port as she had been
in the Pacific coast trade for many years
She was owned by A. =. Lorentzen, of this
city. and was commanded by Capt. Ed
wardson, She was a wooden vessel OF ,37s
tons
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES

While cutting " h~.f-s liver. Joseph Paulus +.
iirTrinE hatcher found en- heided IA II steel rsYl.
ie'fn-t except slEht rust. n f. supposed the an.
NAL mast have pilhed IL up ia the streets While
era4uE
M Marsarst c lanes, m early pioneer ~ N.
'o"IR valley, died in Tacoma MAJ 81 Mrs. Jane.
wAs horn in vi'tiHs IN 1870 In is5t With bsv s1.-
band. vho did year ago she went 70 Oreser
sd ia 1881 the couple moved . Lewis county In
this stats ~" -
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:. M. RADCLIFFE. M. d., 10 Sea. ar
ACADEMY OF 70. Y Ann
Com pccment Enercises To he Held
June i5-Three Young Ladies'
10 Graduate.

Commencement exercises al tho AGA
denny Of the Holy Names will be hald
Friday afternoon. The Institution VII
confer houors on three graduates THIS
year. namely. Miss Jessie Hamilton. ~
Port Townsend, and Miss Susie McAr1le
and Miss Lillian Wright. 81 Seattle.
The following programme Viii he
rendered.
Muslc-tal Ginning IN June" .........
d. Caprice 30 Salon" .........-
Essay oman. as Developed BY
Christianity" ..... Miss SuEie McArdls
A Floral Ruundelny ...-......-....-....
Ssrenade-Ch De BeYoit Violin solo
......... Mss Jessie Hamilton
The Spinning Wheel NeyerbeaT
Essay Unconscious Builders" ..
.......-,.+......... Miss Jessie Hamilton
Bohemia ......... ...... E Boyd Wells
Mira l.. Wright s. McArdle
and J Hamilton
Cubats bream-N0cN ...... J. Tonslo
-.-. Misses r. McArdss and \. Gross
I'm Regret Plano solo ...........
Class Poem Miss Lillian Wright
CouferTiLg 20 graduating hogovH
Awarding 81 prize medals
Address, Rev. Taos. Brown. Q. g. q. r.
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DeminE's Sentence Approved.

WASHINGTON, June e--The president
today approved the findings and sentence
In the case of Capt. Deming. Of Buffalo.
assistant commissary OF subsistence. Y. 8.
V. This officer was tried at San FranciA-
co. on charges OF forgery and embezzl'ng
public funds. He was convicted and SEN
fenced 10 be dismissed from the army and
TO be confined in a penitentiary for a per-
tod Of three years. The president approved
this sentence and directed that It be car
rieu into effect.
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CHICAGO, June a-Investgations Of
the affairs of Adolph A. Kuhn, Junior
member of the mortgage brokerage firm
OF Kuhn Bros. who disappeared about
shortage Of between s700 900 and 100000,
resulted in the arrest today on charges
of conspiracy and forgery of John An
derson, formerly in kuhn's employ. An
derson admitted his guilt. So far as
known no trace has been found of
Kuhn.
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reform which Is being pushed IN Eng
land Il intended 20 tighten the burdens 81
the postnan. The people who write are
earnestly requested TO use light weight
paper and never two sheets where one
would be sufficient. The promoters Of
the reform have some formidable figures
to illustrate what The total reduction in
weight would DO II the suggestions were
carried cut.
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Delegate Fischer in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June e-An audi
ence OF 1900 greeted Abraham d. Fischer.
the South African envoy. at the expo
sition building today. Mayor Rose well
coined the envoy to Milwaukee. During
his remarks Mayor Rose took occasion
to say that the nations OF the earth should
Interfere and see that right prevails.
Resolutions were adopted denouncing tho
programme of determination and annihi-
lation OF the hitherto independent Boer
republics and extending sympathy to the
ROpr pnfesa rie9
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KANSAS CITY June 81 W. Rarkor
shot his son-in-law. Edward CaraU. Ia
the abdomen today causing : wound
that may prove fatal. Carall lived al
Barker's house ans had been out 81 work
When arrested Barker gave as HIS only
excuse for the shooting that he was
tired OF hayiug Carell around
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KANSAS CITY. JUNE s-One man
was killed and four were injured today
by the falling of a freight elevator IN the
Nichols & Shepherd implement building
In the West bottoms. John SIambough
aged "A. died a few hours after the aCci-
dent occurred Charles King and T.. G
Bailey were hurt internally. but will
probably recover Sam Morrissey and
Frank Hickman received slight bruises
and snraIus
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CHASING MEXICAN p,>p,r.
Fosse Close on the Heel. .t rs
Outlaws and Mart.rs

fhcESlN. Arts. June -The .Aarsr~.
posses N pursuit % the Four Nayt-r-s
who KILLED Anton Olsen and JAhn sts,y,,,
ara Toheet Their store AZ New Rivcr a.,
fugttiVes "t'" tN0
ms sam. NeN'cans recentlv rct,as "
" Nce IN NsVapst county ~ a ,,fa-,'t,-
os so'd dust AZ Globe they he'd NJ,
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SALT LAKE, June a.--Alexander ste
venson, line repairer Of the Utah Light
a Power Company, was instantly killed
tonight by electricity on Third. south Of
Main street. lie went up "A pole to 40
some work and took hold Of i've wire.
His body was suspended in Tho network
81 wires In the presence Of hundreds Of
pNouin
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MILLER, Wis. June s-The tannery
owned by Fayett-. shaw & CO was de-
stroyed by IRE tonight. Loss. Nn0,@o
work
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Death Roll Grows Larger.

GfoUSTEH. o. Jun- at "a row
stated that the dead from the explosion
or gas IN mine No. Yesterday viii num-
her sir or eight Two more ernloSions
occurred during the night.
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Rains I'm Mimi esOta.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 9.--The rains Of
last night and today extended from CEN
trail southern Minnesota northward
through the state and into British pos
sessions. They include the Red River
valley wheat fields.
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PEARY'S STEAMER READY.
THE wINDwARD PREPARING FOR
AN EARLY START NORTH.

VIII Sail a. an American Ship, the
First Arctic Vessel to Fly the
FIag-Supplies to He Taken to
Last During the Explorers Work.
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New York Evening Journal
The ice thieves arc being pushed day
by day farther and farther into their
hsiAA
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John Davis & Co.
700 Second Avenue.

sentence In each case TO twenty years
Imprisonment at hard labor in the IRE
sidio de Manila.
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corrugated iron, but the floors, roofs and offices
of wood. number Of precautions are taken
the piers, though to prevent and suppress
fire. A watchful eye is kept on shavings and
similar litter that may accumulate. ON the
newest piers there are several city hydrants
with hose attached In some cases chemical en-
gines and hand grcnades supplement the other
apparatus The White Star Line has powerful
steam pump. always ready for service. Indeed
this pump is used daily to supply steamers with
water for their boilers live stock that may
be shipped on them. 1t has a capacity of six
hundred gallons a minute. The majority of
the piers are provided with signal boxes of the
city Fire Department This is the chief reliance
in many cases. The Pennsylvania road has at
it's various freight depots a weekly fire drill
with a formal report on the time of the test. the
promptness of the mems response. the par
ticular apparatus usei and number of such
items. Fire Department officials have praised
this system highly
The situation in HobOken just before the
cent disaster was not quite equal to that at
Twelfth-st., on this side of the river, but the
sheds and piers there compared favCrably
with those under the control of the New-York
authorities. The spaces between the North Ger
man Lloyd piers We're 40, 100 and 200 feet
respectively, and between those of the Ham
burg American Line 125 and 100 feet. 1t would
be easy to find piers closer together than this
along the waterfront of the metropolis. with
superstructures that would appall the insurance
people. The North German Lloyd piers were
equipped with substantially the same fire fight
ing apparatus as those Of the other transatlantic
lines that patronize this port, and the com
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lie opposite sides of the same slip and tugs
coal boats or other small craft push in between
minister to them, 80 feet will not be too
much room.
SOME OF THE NEW PIERS.
The second part of the Dock Commissions
plan has been handsomely realized up near
Twelfth-st.. the North River. Five piers
completed there about two years ago, and
have been leased to the White Star, Wilson and
Cunard lines The piers project from 700 to 75O
feet beyond the bulkhead wall and the com
panies' sheds reach forty fifty feet inside that
boundary. The Cunard piers 10 feet wide
and those of the White Star Line %. The long
est and one of the newest piers in this harbOr
is that now occupied by the Hudson River road
at DesbrOsses- st for the distribution of freight
brought down by lighters. This is only eighty
feet wide but it extends $40 feet from the bulk
head. Very few of the other New York piers
are more than sixty or seventy feet wide,
five hundred feet long. Piers Nos I and >, on
the North River used by the Pennsylvania road
for a freight station, extend 40 feet beyond the
bulkhead line. These were constructed in 1873
but such good material and workmanship went
into them that they almost as good as
They afford striking contrast to the tumble
down structure next to them on the north.
The authorities are anxious extend
their new system between Twelfth and Twenty
third SITS Here they would have nine splendid
piers, at least eight hundred feet long. A board
of engineers under the Strong administration
QS95-'9O reported in favor Of most Of the sys-
tenn here outlined, 1t also recommended the
construction Of two story sheds at all steamship
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or not. in all OF these cities it takes and
ulSchafSes It's cargo at quays of substan-
IIaI masonry. Formerly the auays were
constructed entirely of stone. But of late vears
an extensive use has been made of concrete
sometimes the wall has a face of granite and
packing OF concrete, and sometimes it is all OF
concrete. This was the with the famous
Royal Albert Dock of London, completed i'm
lSNo. 1t was afterward deemed desira BILE to re-
place the coping with one of stone but other
wise the construction has stood the test of time
However, the newest docks at Liverpool were
built altogether of Scotch granite.
THE LIVERPOOL DOCK SYSTEM
There ninety docks on the Mersey.
quarter of them on the Birkenhead side but all
under the management of one Board OF these
siXty-seven are wetdOcks, for ordinary CONNER
cial use, and twenty-three are drydOcks The
latest wetdocks, completed within year or
two, Will accommodate a large number of ships
SUU feet long (when there are any a few of 800
feet and of $50 feet. The Oceanic is 705
feet long. The Liverpool docks are connected
that ship can pass from one to another
Some of these groups include a dozen basins
on the Liverpool side of the river the docks ex-
tend for distance of fully seven miles. but the
total length of the quays is nearly or quite thirty
miles.
on the quays are sheds and warehouses
The newest sheds have brick walls corrugated
iron doors and slate roofs. The warehouses are
much higher and more substantial They
composed of coarse dark brick and are prao-
tically fireproof Some of the warehouses
owned by the city, some by railroad and other
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SUNDAY, JULY Is. 1900.

waterfront Of this city about thirty years ago,
though it has been executed only to a limited
extent as yet. This plan was to remove the
hulkhead wall to a distance of 250 feet from the
eastern boundary of West-st-, thus affording a
much wider marginal way" than existed there
before. The Sheds" the structures on the
piers called to be removed nearly to
the bulkhead line. This scheme has been carried
into effect the North River from Cortlandt-
st. to Thirty -fourth-st.. except for a gap be
tween Twelfth and Twenty-third SITS. At pres
ent the sheds encroach about forty fifty feet
the street. that the latter is only about
two hundred feet wide. For the East River a
marginal way of only two hundred feet has been
proposed.
Another feature of the new system is to allow
a distance of 250 feet between adjacent piers.
The majority of these intervals now are from
125 to $50 feet The largest liners that come to
this port have a beam of from sixty to sixty
seven feet. Before many years there will be
ships fully seventy feet wide. When two Of these
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pany's sheds were Of corrugated iron. The Ham
g-Amercan Line without any cOmpulsion
from fortune. recently determined to undertake
extensive improvements. One pier is to be
moved and a new constructed far enough
away to widen the 125-foot gap to $50 feet. A
two story shed will be erected, too.
DOCKING AT EUROPEAN PORTS
Although many of the European ports having
the largest commerce are compelled to put their
ships in docks to load and unload this is not
the universal rule on the other side The tides
in the Mersey have a range of from twenty to
thirty feet and Liverpool must therefore always
rely on that system. At London the rise and
fall seldom exceeds twenty feet. but all vessels
that enter that port are docked Havre Cher
bourg and other French ports on the Channel
are even worse off than Liverpool in the matter
of tides; and at Bremerhaven, where the heavier
traffic of Bremen is handled. docks are regarded
as a necessity, although the situation is not
nearly so urgent on the Weser as on the Mer-
sey. Southampton is peculiarly fortunate. Her
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and ferry piers, so that the passengers could be
handled above the level of the teams. The
board advised that footbridges be stretched
across the street. This policy is already dictated
by the traffic in West-st.. but the board also be-
lieved that in the future four railway
tracks should be laid along the marginal way
to facilitate the exchange of freight by the water
and land lines of transportation. In this
spect New-YoTk is much worse off than many
other American and foreign ports 1t fur
ther suggested (possibly to give the Dock Com
missions name some justifcaton) that two or
three drydocks be built under the auspices of
the city for the repair of merchant ships that
come to this port.
SHEDS NOT FIREPROOF.
The structures on the New-York piers are
erected by the tenants. not the municipality
They are SHEDS" not warehouses The only
warehouses the waterfront belong to the
Federal Government These OF brick and
have iron shutters. They practically fire
proof. The sheds are not. Their sides are of
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PIERS, DOCKS AND QUAYS.
HOW BIG SHIPS LOAD AND TN1oAD
SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND
EUROPEAN METHODS MASONRY CON
sTRUCTION ABROAD.

The Deutschland, the Oceanic and the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse are about nine times as long
as the craft in which Columbus crossed the
ocean, and displace from $50 to 275 times as
much water But these magnificent creations of
marine architecture would be Of little avail
III there had not also been important even
III less snowy, improvement in facilities for
landing people and freight from ships. Four
centuries ago a rowboat served this purpose
fairly well; to-day elaborate products of engi-
neering skill are required. of which the nature
and form are dictated largely by local conditions
In different parts of the world. In many Euro
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rivars have muddy beds. Down near Tue
Batterv. for instance. the rock lies only about
eft,, feet below high water level; but up
=. r,.-cIavat this distance increases to 81.
80 C,brietonher to 124, and at Fourteenth-Sl'
. 900 foot Above Thirty-fOurth-st the rock
-. o,ein Now. a bulkhead wall must with
stand a considerable horizontal PreSSuie o-
,Ao to,d side. and a bed Of mud affords very
sIjpnery foundation. Ihls dl'iicut'' W
e. authorities more than building the piers IN
mud for the latter sustain only perpeh''io uiai
Load The trouble has been overcome however.
rrna wall is built of masonry on rounoalloh oi
Milling and a large number OF addItohai plieS
are driven in at an angle
Tho niers in New-York Harbor. with one eX-
cen,top rest on wooden piles. Ihelr tops are
.a NTH heavy tirnbers. Sometimes heavy
..ore &c d,rnped between the rows OF piles 70
,,art further stability. In this and other coun-
tries stone and iron have been used in the con-
,.,,,o+ior Of piers The only venture OF TINS
,i,1 IN New-York was undertaken about
t,,e,tv-fve wears ago in North River, near the
Iattery II is known Pier A the result
,,,as highly satisfactory so far durability was
concerned, but Mr. Cram, Of the Dock Commis-
SION said that it cost about ten tunes aS hiu'i
ae a wooden pier The latter would last about
thirty years and the stone pier VIII ooupueSs
stay forever Mr Cram believes that iron piers
might be constructed which would COST OhlS
two and a half times as much as wooden ones
and last for a century. He would pave them
with asphalt instead OF planlting them, ike
those now in service in New-York.
A new policy was initiated in regard to the
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tides range only from
eight to twelve feet.
P ar tly because OF
established precedent
perhaps. and maybe
because it is consid-
cred good policy, but
certainly not from
necessity. She has two
or three gated wet
docks. But she Is also
provided with other
Enclosures, whose en-
frances are never
shut. One of these
open docks" is used
by the steamships Of
the American Line.
Antwerp is another
important port which
has both closed dockI
and open quays along
side which ships can
lie at any stage of the
tide. The latter afford
the Red Star Line It's
terminal facilities, AMI
that company owns
I h e biggest vessels
that enter Antwerp
Harbor. Marseilles ha
a magnificent break.
water. four thousand
feet long. to keep the
waves from her quays.
but the latter are
simply recesses In the
shore line. not gated
basins. The port of
hamburg. a costly
new work of engineer
ing made necessary
by joining the In
perial Customs Union
twelve or fifteen years
ago. is also devoid OF
docks. except for pur-
poses Of repair. and
yet the tides 1t Ham,
burg are almost az
great as at Lon ion.
But whether ship
ping is compelled to
enter gated inclOsurea
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Pcdu pOIlS, lot IN
stance, where the tide
rises and falls from
twenty to forty feet,
IT is necessary to keep
q vessel at practically
the same level while
loading and unload
ing. If when the tide
is out she rests on the
bottom Of the harbor
she is likely to be-
come badly strained.
Hence she is put into
an artificial basin, a
dock having stout
watertight g at e s
W b 1 C h are opened
only at high water.
But where, as is the
case In American har-
bors. the tidal range
rarely exceeds six
feet. no such Drecau-
tons are required.
Again. IL only a few
vessels are to be ac-
cOmmodated they can
lie alongside a shore
wall; but the building
OF a series Of long,
narrow platforms at
right angles with this
wall, at proper inter
Vais, makes it pos
sible for a larger
number of ships to
load and discharge.
This plan is as char
acteristic of America
as the closed dock is
Of Europe.
In New-York, where
the piers are under
the control of a bu-
reau known as the
Department of Docks
and Ferries, one OF
the great problems to
be dealt with has
been the construction
OF a stable bulkhead,
or shore wall. Both
the North and East