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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-17

out BY oxen, with fiatls. ETC.. and when Il
Il put into the mills II II not At for manu-
facture into nrst-class grades.
wn: b ~. q sspsR n
mill there, but found 1t would be Inn
practicable. and worthless for compete
ton with mills on this Side o. the Iac,ncd;
there, and then wheat would have 70 De
bought for cash In the United States
which would require an outlay q money
be returned. This continual shipping OF
wheat and being at the mercy. OF wheat
dealers 80 far away rendered the scneme
was not entered into.
Mr.. Thomson believes there. VIII be
plenty. OF shipping room to handle all the
ment turns ~ over the transports, which he
expects will be In the near future. 80
many Pacific vessels being In the employ
a shortage OF bottoms that has harmed
the exporting trade. but he now sees an
Improvement, and Is able to ind a tramp
Ss one
tle and will take 155. 900 sacks OF flour
from the Centennial mills to Yokohama
and Kobe.
salmon In Great Demand.
: washington salmon Is found every.
where" continued Mr.. Thomson. II could
not go into store without saw cans
OF it piled up on the shelves and people
buying 1t. There is such a demand for It
that the trade promises to be permanent.
and for an ever-growfng supply" He be-
lieves more attention should be paid to the
expectation of cotton and cotton piece
goods, which are some Of the most import
ant products used by the Mongolians.
There Is no sense In shipping our cot
ton to England and letting the. manufac.
turers make 1t up there and then sell 1t
In the Orient why should It not be
manufactured here, so that all this extra
expense In freight could be. saved? II the
Americans would only enter this field with
greater energy they could compete. for
that trade in way England could not
hope to meet. They are following the
old plan OF disposing OF goods on consign-
ment, which Is unsatisfactory and sure to
be conducted at a loss; when. II they
would establish their own agencies and
have. their own salaried men on the
ground to handle II in businesslike man
ner, the profits would increase and they
would find their trade growing. never
yet sold flour on consignment in that
country without losing on It,"
The affairs OF the Centennial mills are
prospecting in the Orient. The company
has agencies at Yokohama, Kobe. Hong
kong, Bangkok, Saigon and Singapore.
and is represented at Vladivostok.
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WERE THEY MURDERED ?
Fred II. CIaysOn and Lfneman
Named Olson MysteriOusIy Dis
appear ON Yukon Trail.

Fred II. Clayson, well-to-do Skagway
merchant, and a telegraph lineman named
Olson in the employ of the Canadian
government have mysteriously disappear
ed from the Yukon trail When the
steamer Farallon left Skagway grave fears
were entertained for the safety of both.
Clayson Is believed to have been murder
ed for his money. The disappearance of
Olson is considered very strange. The
men were last seen about the middle of
December.
Just before his departure from Dawson
for Skagway Clayson purchased a draft
for 5000 from the Canadian Bank OF
Commerce, and he is also believed to have
had several hundred dollars in cash on his
person. Olson was last seen at ninto.
where he was engaged repairing the Yu-
kon telegraph line.
The Northwest mounted police are dill.
gently searching for both men. Several
arrests have been made. but merely on
suspicion. One man taken into custody
ut Tagish post had draft for s1,315 in his
possession. He is supposed to have trav-
eled with Clayson coming up the Yukon.
The authorities are also looking for an
other man known to have been In COM
pany with Clayson on the Yukon. but
this man is believed to have. taken the
steamer Al-Ki, which arrived about a
week ago from Skagway.
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DEBATE ON BoER WAR.


A lively debate on the Transvaal war
between the members of the senate" of
the Y. NJ. c. A. was held at the associa-
ton hall last night The galleries OF the
auditorium were packed with an audience
that seized every occasion 10 hiss or ap-
plaud. The debate showed careful prep
aration on both Sides and often became
very spirited.
The subject of discussion was resolu-
ton offered by one of the senators" ex-
pressing, sympathy with the Beers Rob
ert F.. Booth opened the proceedings with
a strong speech In favor of the resolu-
ton. w. II. Lewis, the next speaker, ar
gued against the resolution, He scored
Mr. Booth for taking the yellow journals
as his authorities. Robert Erskine and
II. Wright followed speaking in favor of
and against the resolution, respectively.
George F. Cotterill followed He sympa-
thized with both sides, he said with the
Beers and the great mass of the English
people who had not been consulted by
Rhodes and Chamberlain in the present
war.
S. Higgins, the next speaker, made a
strong argument against the Beers
Mr.. Cotterill closed the debate. The res
olution In favor Of the Beers was s~ssat.
ed by q vote OF Z to 8.
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OBJECT OF JOBBERs' FIGHT.
In the Event Of Middle West Mer-
chants winning Their Point
prfcea WOuId Advance

Seattle jobbing houses are preparing for
the Interstate commerce hearing of the
application Of Middle West jobbers to
equalize carload and less than carload
rates to the coast. The hearing takes
place in San Francisco in March.
In speaking OF the approaching meeting
yesterday M. B. Augustine. well-known
grocer. said:
.'The real object Of the Middle West
jobbers is misunderstood. The fight is
not to have the railroads reduce the rate
on less than carloads to the rate on car
loads, but to have them put in an equal
rate. For instance. suppose coast jobbers
pay 81 hundredweight for carload lots
the rate for less than carload lots would
be about N.1o a hundredweight. Now, IL
the Middle West jobbers are successful
the Pacific coast tobber will be compelled
to pay for every carload of merchandise
he brings to the coast $40 hundred
weight
West jobber to ship 1000 pounds OF mis-
cellaneous merchandise here as cheaply
as coast jobbers pay for carloads of class
flied freight. These Middle West jobbers
would be satisfied to raise the freight rate
to 81 a hundredweight so long as there
was no differential
'They would be willing to raise the price
Of every article of trade so long as freight
rates would force coast jobbers to do the
same. and this is probably what 1t would
do.
"At the present time the profit of the
coast jobber is but the difference In freight
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DAWSON HAS ANOTHER FIRE
Heavy Damage Probably Done 10
Property I'm KlOndike Capital
Extent Not Known.

Dawson has had another serious fre. A
telegram received at Skagway on the
morning OF January 10 announced thar
confagration was then In progress, witn
every prospect of destroying large por-
ton OF the town. d. w. Semple, one OF the
Farallon's passengers, who heard OF the
news in Skagway. says subsequent mes
sage was exchanged between the two oper-
atdrs, the Dawson man reporting that the
fire was under control. The wires worked
badly, rendering 1t next to impossible for
the Skagway operator to learn full par
ticulars. He failed to gain information
either as to the locality Of the fire or the
amount of the damage.
One unconf1rmed report which was cur
rent in Skagway placed the damage at
$500 900, but that amount is probably an
exaggeration.
Semple is inclined to the belief that the
fire originated on First street, the water
front thoroughfare Of the Klondike me-
tropolis He says that when he left Daw-
son, December 20, the Thermometer reg
tstered 81 degrees below zero. This, OF
course, necesstated unusual fires In heat
Ing stoves and Semple thinks 1t was from
defective and overheated fiues that the
fire originated. There had been up to
that time during the month Of December
eighteen fires originating in nearly every
instance in defective fiues
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LATE KLoNDIKE ADvIOEs.
American Yukon Te1egraph-Daw-
sons Council In Trying to Reg
ulnte the Newspapers.

ulate the Newspaper
The following Kiondike advices were re-
ceived from the Farallon's Dawson pas
sengers:
public announcement has been made at
Dawson of a recommendation by MAJ.
Raw commander of the United States
military forces on the Yukon, to the gov
ernmert to build telegraph line from
Eagle City to the international boundary,
there connecting with the Dominion line;
as soon as 1t shall have been extended
from Dawson down the river.
An ordinance to require all newspapers
to register by name, with the name OF
the owners and all persons directly or
Indirectly interested in them, the name
of the editor and the business manager
and their allegiance. and an account OF
what they were engaged at for twelve
months prior to going to the country, has
been introduced before the Dawson coun-
Gil.
Louis Jergenson, single Norwegian,
fell down a mining shaft near Dawson
and was killed. He was buried at Daw-
son.
Harry Wagner. aged 50, of Burlington.
Ia, where he leaves a brother, James,
died in Dawson hospital December 20.
The Dawson City News prints a sensa-
tional story. claiming the Yukon Sun. OF
Dawson, has been printing stolen news
kilograms sent from Skagway to Daw-
son. 1t offers specimens claimed to have
been stolen and says irrefutable evidence
is secured: that the matter is In the
hands of the authorities. and as soon as
the derelict on the telegraph line Is To-
Gated criminal prosecution will be begun
All liquor licenses expired In Dawson
December IS, and fifteen new licenses
were issued at $500 each.
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FELL TO DEATH IN THE BAY.
Thomas A. Written, One OF Skag.
ways Leading Citizens, Drowned
From Whnrf In That City.

Thomas A. Written, proprietor OF the
Golden North hotel at Skagway, was
drowned there January 10 from the
steamer Farallon. The vessel lay along,
side the wharf when Written went aboard
to talk with some Klondike-bound friends;
One OF the men had some dogs along, ana
wished to go ashore. 1t was decided. ow-
ing to the difficulty OF climbing the stairs
with the dogs, to go to the hurricane deck,
from which the regular gangplank had been
run out on the wharf.
Whitten started to go across a freight
gangplank or foot-board, which had
been showed out from the main deck, rest
Ing at an angle Of nearly as degrees. The
board. had a thin covering of ice. Written
plunged into the bay. The officers 5f the
vessel went to his assistance. Though
they recovered the body within three min
utes, life was extinct when 1t was hofsted
to the deck of the steamer A physician,
who was summoned, was inclined to the
belief that the shock incident to the fall
had brought on heart failure, and that in
all probability Written was dead when he
hit the water
Written was one Of Skagway's most
prominent and enterprising citizens. He
was q member of the Chamber of Com
merce and delegate to the recent terrific
rial convention held at Juneau. He was
about 35 years old and leaves a widow and
one child.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-17
MYSTERY OF A SHIPWRECK.
Three Men Supposed to Have sBeen
Drowned From the SloOp Ruby
Ann, on Whidby Island.

The fishing steamer Grayling. Capt. Sui
livan, reports the probable drowning Of
three men, the crew of the Ruby Ann. a
small sloop which was found of WILDLY
island. The sloop. with all sails set. had
capsized. There were many evidences that
she had crew, and perhaps passengers.
Provisions clothing and other articles
were found in the boat. An examination
of the clothing indicated that at least three
men were recently aboard the sloop.
The probabilities are that Hans I. Han
sen was one of the occupants, as many
papers bearing that name were found on
the Inflated craft. The Ruby Ann was
hauled out onto the beach of WILDLY ISL
and. She will be brought to this port prob
ably on the next trip of the Grayling.
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SAYS HE WAS MIsQUoTED.
Everett smith Claims His lntervfcS
In the Times Was Not Corr
recfIx HepOrted.

An interview was printed In the Times
OF last evening with Everett Smith. In
which he was quoted as saying. among
other things:
'.To my personal knowledge, the Post
Intclligencer Is soliciting signed commit
nications for insertion in It's columns IA
yoring the Northern Pacific's proposition
OF establishing freight yards. under cover
OF the offer of a depot. on our water
front"
When seen by acknowledgements re-
porter at his home at Brighton Beach
last night. Mr.. Smith stated that por-
ton of the interview with him printed IN
the Times was Incorrect. Mr.. Smith SAID:
II did not say that the Post-lntelligen-
Ger was soliciting communications favor
able to the Northern Pacific proposition.
What I did say was that 1t was soliciting
Communications relative to the PROPOSE
ton, but made no reference to whether
the communications were TO be favorable
or otherwise.
When asked what he meant by the ex &,
preston ito my personal knowledge,
Mr.. smith. replied that his personal
knowledge" was based merely upon what
his friend told him. He admitted that he
knew nothing concerning the alleged COM
munication beyond that. He declined TO
give the name OF his friend.
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mThese figures are enough to show the
inroads Washington. flour is making IN
the markets of China" said Mr.. Thorn
sen in explanation. ut was not long ago
that California supplied all the -four that
went from the Pacific coast to China, but
In the last few years it has fallen down,
and Washington and Oregon are getting
heavy share of the business. 1t Is diff
cult to get ahead Of California in the ORR
entail field, for the millers of that state
have had years of experience and gotten
q patronage that belongs to them. One
popularity of Oriental consumers Is that
once they get to using product they will
stay with 1t regardless of the attempts of
competitors to get them to use others.
This of course is good for us as well as
California, as we are sure of our ground.
and when we build up trade we know 1t
is ours for certain"
California II Afraid.
Mr.. Thomson says the progress being
made by Washington and Oregon Touring
men in the past few years has caused the
California shippers to make an extra eff
fort to head them off. They formerly
shipped patent brands and got high prices
for them, but when competition opened
they were forced to reduce their rates.
and as they did not care to furnish patent
-four for cheaper prices they substituted
second grades, which are being sold for
the same prices cHarBeu py tHeir coinpetl-
tors for better class of goods There is
more gluten In the Northern flour, says
the miller which makes 1t superior to
the product sold by California, but the
latter is winter and as it has a trade
established 1t is difficult for the natives to
learn the difference.
The trade with Japan continues satisfac-
tory and Washington and Oregon are
retaining their control of the supply of
that nation, sending from 8S to 80 per
cent. of all the flour imported by the
Japanese The effect of the Japanese
building -four mills of their own has some
effect In reducing the increased use OF the
product of the United States, but they do
not have comparatively much of the bust
ness, as their plants are inferior. Some of
the mills in making their -four grind up
Japanese wheat, which Is threshed in
primitive methods. chiefly being treaded
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NEW DEPUTY COLLECTOR.
Ralph L. Ross Succeeds Frank Paul
as Deputy-Is sworn In by Col
lectOr Dunno, of Portland.

Ralph L. Ross, a well-known Republican
and formerly sergeant in the First Wash
ington volunteers, was yesterday appoint
Internal Revenue Collector Bowen, to sue
coed Frank Paul, resigned. The appoint
ment was made several days ago by Col
lector Dunno. of Portland. but the new
Mr. Paul. who resigned several days
ago, is well known in Republican city and
state politics. According to Collector
Dunno he performed his duties with fidel-
fly and great efficiency. II am sorry to
have lost Mr.. Pauls' services Collector
Dunno said last night at the Butler. HE
has been most valuable man and is
deservedly popular"
Mr.. Ross is said to be well fitted for the
duties which he has assumed.
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Washington and Oregon Beat
California in the Orient.
MAS NEARLY DOUBLE IN 1898.
President Thomson, Of the centen-
nisi Mills, Tells OF washington's
Increase In Dusiness with Chi
na-vessel Coming to Load CARGO
OF Flour-Chinese Navy Mobilised
4 10 Head orr the italian Pians.


California Is losing rapidly IN the com
parative volume Of trade OF her cnieI cum
merciai product-hour-7with the ORIENT
and giving place to Washington ana Ore
xon. Far from controlling the nour I'M
ports OF the far East as was the case on,y
few years ago, these TWO s.e.ss'
however handle mostly Washington nour,
have grown so that the Golden State Is
now a second. During 1898 the vaiue OF
the product shipped from Puget sound ana
Portland to Hongkong amounted 70 s1i,-
900 more than that sent from Caiirorn.a,
and for the first three-quarters OF 1873 INC
excess OF these Northern exports was ss41'-
600. The actual excess in barrels was "a
900 during 1888. ana isl'WV parre'' - VIC
nrst tnres-qnal 49, ah,a,,sd NJ Hong
Tnese nsurss ~. 800, ,ares,asnt ~ the
Kong py mo ,,ss...,sss ss,,,s Cnmnanv. who
Centenn'a. ~. -. TO-. ~ t,,a steamer
returned rom .ns ..s.saS A.. resnlt OF
Kio)un Maru en,s !. Ia. hsan yound
MS ianors n '''a. ns' snn.har steamer.
Necessary ,ss oso ,acks ~
wnicn VIII soon ps .',. az T.,an
nour az .ne iocas ' Sns,,,t ,nontb apo.
WINE ne was =. ns.. a. rta,,an war.
Mr. Inomsen says ne ss,,ar.i Vessels 81
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GROWTH or INTfpAAL REVENUE
4 CCORDING to statement
~ made last night by David M.

4 CCORDING to a statement
~ made last night by David M.
Dunno. internal revenue col
lector for the district including
Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
the receipts of the district in in
ternal revenue for the fiscal year
ending June &c. 1900. will be nearly
$500 900 greater than in 1898.
Collector Dunno said, in speaking
Of the great growth in internal
revenue collections in this district:
"A little over two years ago the
collections on internal revenue ac-
count in the district amounted to
less than 5000 for the fiscal year.
They have grown wonderfully since.
as the figures in my office show. 1
estimate the collections for the ifs
cal year ending June 80 next at
about s1.400.000.
This is considerable gain over
1898, in which the collections were
only small amount over $1,000.000."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-17
FIRST BATTALION INSPECTED.
Ordnance Property and AccOuter-
ments in Good Shape.

An inspection of the First battalion, N.
G. W., made UP of Companies B and D..
Seattle, was held in the Armory last night.
Col. II. e. Weymouth, engineer corps, was
j. d. Mcintyre reviewing officer.
1t had been three months since the last
inspection. during which time the battalion
has been in command of Capt. Crane, act
ing major. vice Maj. J. Y. Young. who is
in the East.
1.-THE guns and accouterments of the
battalion" said Col. Weymouth, at the
conclusion of the inspection last night. II
find in the best possible shape. The MEM
bers of the companies deserve great credit
for the showing they have made"
Gen. Mcintyre said: There Is very
decided Improvement in the drill of both
companies over the showing of three
months ago. There is much credit due
the commanding officers of the companies
and battalion"
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TO DISCUSS PUBLIC QUESTIONS.
Mass netting VIII he Held at Collins
Hall TOnicht

A mass meeting will be held at G. A. r.
hail. in the Collins block, tonight to dis
cuss various questions that have been be-
fore the public during the last several
weeks. IT will be held under the auspices
of the Citizens Nonpartisan League.
The leading subjects to be introduced
are proposed consolidated street rail-
way franchises and the proposed vacation
OF streets leading to the water front to
the Northern Pacific.
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charges for carload and less than car
load lots. We are satisfied with this profit
so long as we can have this territory
which belongs to us. We cannot do BUSH
ness east of the. coast very far as freight
rates will not permit us to compete with
Middle West houses"
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E.uIe CITY Gambling CLOSED.

Gambling, according to advices received
by the steamer Farailon, has been closed
Il Earle City. tina Amartcan Xukaa nAA-
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tropolis. by order OF Maj Ray, commander
Of the United states military forces AZ
that point.
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NOT IN CITIZENS LEAGUE.
Prof. Lippy Says he Will Work
Inside Of Party Lines.
ALL FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT.

Members Of Secret Organisation
Hold n Meeting to Lay Plans Cor
Ward and Precinct Work-Dcle-
gates to He Voted for Who Are
Pledged TO tho Cause-Members
Say They Are Not Fusionists.
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yTOMEN and Women Only especially mothers competent
w appreciate purity decacy
emoen cleansing
purifying properties derived from CUTcURA the
emoents, warrant purifying identifying
annoying iraions, chngs nhmmaion and chafng
the of weaknesses
ansepc which readily
said of
Ointment which should be used after the
cases, the
Complete External Internal
Boston.
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