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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-20

~ HE bubonic plague, which from time
immemorial has been the black
terror of the Orient, and which
Is now raging in Honolulu, VIII not
gain foothold in Seattle II precau-
tions to be taken at once by the
local healtl. authorities can prevent
it. Health officer McKechnie yesterday
outlined policy by which he believes any
possibility of the plague coming to Seattle
will be averted. AS preliminary step,
DR.. McKechnie has decided to thoroughly
renovate and cleanse Chinatown, which
he describes as being In filthy condition.
after which he will proceed rapidly to
cleansing other sections of the city.
Two things caused Dr.. McKechnie to de-
eide on radical measures One was re-
quest from the United States board OF
health at Washington city for information
as to what steps will be taken to prevent
the spread of the plague from Honolulu
to this city The other was the alleged ar
rival of tho shin from Honolulu at Port
Townsend yesterday flying yellow flag
that told of the dire disease having found
victims on board. AT late hour last
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ent from the other plan proposed by Mr..
HILL Provision, Is made In Plan for the
construction OF a depot 30 feet long by
ninety feet In depth, two stories high. 10
Gated 200 feet south OF King street. The
plan also provides for the construction OF
train sheds 400 feet In length by T5 feet.
carrying twelve tracks instead Of four. as
contemplated in the main plans drawn up
by Mr.. Hills representatives.
In the arrangement of the switching
yards, too, there Is radical difference
between the two plans. although probably
the same result Is reached, namely tho
construction of ample switching yards and
tracks reaching the freight sheds of the
two companies, between which 1t Is pro-
posed to extend Third avenue south.
In the map OF plan, A. a comprehensive
system Of .switching yards for use ~
handling incoming and outbound freight
trains is laid out, One system OF
switches converge in the Great Northern
freight shed and another system con-
verges in the place allotted for North
ern Pacific freight depot.
Another difference between the two pro-
posals lies in the fact that the passenger
station as laid out In Plan A Is but 2f0
feet in length, while the depot provided
for in the main proposition submitted by
Judge Burke is 265 feet In length. $50
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Corporations Committee to Dis
ouss Plans Submitted.
pAAlRMAN JAMES STATEMENT.
VIII secure More Detailed Informa-
tion Before Taking Final Action
How the Terminal Facilities ~
Laid out In Plan A Differ From
Those In Mr.. Hilrs Main PROPOSE
tion-Comprehensiv Track Yards

Among business men and railroad om-
cials the supreme theme yesterday was
the submission OF plans and specific
proposition to the city council Monday
night by President Hill. of the Great
Northern, for the construction OF union
passenger station and freight yards. and
the rejection of the Northern Pacific's APP
plication for the vacation OF Western ave.
nue. and other streets on the water front.
The detailed statement Of Mr.. Hills pro-
posed new terminals ard the plans and
maps accompanying the proposition fled
by Judge Burke, as reproduced in the Post
Inteliigencer yesterday gave every one
interested an opportunity to study Mr..
HIPS terminal scheme. At the city nall
the matter was discussed in an informal
manner by groups OF councilmen and city
officials. The maps and formal proposition
filed by Judge Burr were placed in the
hands Of Chairman James, of the corpor-
atoms committee Of the council, to which
the whole matter was referred.
Asked when the committee would take
UP Mr.. HilPs offer for considera ton, Mr..
James last night indicated that before this
was done, the. committee would seek ,furth-
er light relative to Mr.. HIS Intentions
statement from the Great Nsrthern p as
dent as to his proposed terminals.
THE council Is now dealing with Presi-
dent Hill.". Mr.. James said last night in
speaking of the Great Northern's proposed
new terminals. I'VE would be Interested.
of course. in knowing II Mr. Mellen will
cooperate with Mr.. Fill In the 1atter's en-
terprtse. but as far as the council is con-
cerned there Is no business between the
city and the Northern Pacific at this time
We take the position that whatever ar
rangements are to be made relative to
the Northern Pacifc's use of the proposed
Great Northern terminals should be made
between Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Mellen The
city has no part in those negotiations"
Mr.. James concluded by saying that, 1t
would probably be week before the COM
rIpfttee took the Great Northerns commun-
icatton and plans, up for consideration IT
don't know that 1t will be necessary for the
council to pass any ordinances" Mr.. James
said. Mr. Hill is not asking any fayors
Of the city, as 1 understand the matter"
Among the maps and papers filed with
the council by Judge Burke relating to the
proposed Great Northern terminals is a
blue print showing the passenger station
facing the north, instead of fronting on
Occidental avenue, as is provided in the
map OF the terminals published In yes
terday',s issue Of the Post-Intelligencer.
Plan A is in many respects very differ
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MEETING OF sHiNGLE MEN.
Executive Committees Of Manufac-
turers' Association Decides Not
to Advance Prices.

The annual meeting Of the executive COM
mittee of the Washington Red Cedar
Single Manufacturers Association was
held yesterday afternoon at the Rainier
Grand hotel President E. j. McNeeley
was In the chair. Every county Of West
ern Washington was represented.
The session was In star chamber. II was
decided to continue the prices Mt which the
association closed down last fall. The
Eastern selling price consequently Is 81. IS
and $1.e5 for. clears" 1t was decided to
make no advance in prices
The annual election of officers was post
poned to be held at. another meeting. with
in three weeks Secretary Beckman said
that no other, business of interest to any
one but the association was transacted.
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ROANOKE TO SAIL MAY IS.
Over 1000 Applications For Passage
to Cape Nome ON File.

The North American Transportation
& Trading Company has decided upon
May % as the date of the first sailing for
Cape Nome of its steamer Roanoke.
Since the Roanoke's last return from the
North the company has had over 1000 ap-
plications for tickets. Probably not over
half that number can be accommodated
on the first trip.
The management has adopted the fol-
lowing passenger rate schedule:
F'irst-ciass main saloon deck, 500: first
class upper saloon deck, SIPS: first-class
upper saloon deck rooms, one and two
berths, each, $50; second-clas5 forward
cabin and saloon cabin, $50; steerage and
standees, $40
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TOWNSEND TO BE WITHDRAWN.
Steamer Has Not Proved n Money.
maker ON Lynn Canal Run.

The steamer Townsend. operated by the
Seattle Steamship Company, will be with
drawn from the Seattle-Lynn canal run
upon her return from Skagway, for which
port she sailed two weeks ago. She will
retire, having made but two round-trips,
the first of which, at least, did not prove
profitable from passenger traffic stand
point.
The Townsend will probably be laid up
for a month or so, when she will enter
the Cape Nome trade. in which she was
moneymaker last season.
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AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHIC WILL.
Held Not Sufficient to Pass Title to
Real Estate,

Judge Moore appointed Sam P. Weston
administrator of the estate of l. r. Wick
ersham yesterday and in so doing decided
that Photographic will made in California
was not valid in this state for the passing
of title to real estate.
Wickersham left property in King coun-
ty amounting to 5000 or 5000. His will
was what is known as Photographic, and
the question arose as to whether an execu-
tor of the will or an administrator under
the laws Of Washington should be APP
pointed
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80 Seneca street, reported to the police last
night that during temporary absence
from his room in the evening 1t was broken
open and two mandolins valued at SIS and
clothing valued at $50 stolen.
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big Payment Of warrants.

County Treasurer Whittlesey redeemed
yesterday $4,000 OF the $4,000 warrants
called recently. Most of the payments
were made to few banks which make
specially of buying warrants
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COMPLETE Treatment SIPS

Consisting Of CUTIcuRA Soar (25c.), to
cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and
soften the thickened cuticle, CUTIcURA
Ointment (50c.). to instantly allay itching,
irritation, and Inflammation, and soothe and
heal, and CUTICURA REsoLvENT (50c.), to
cool and cleanse the blood, is often sufficient
to cure the most torturing, disfguring skin.
scalp, and blood humors, rashes, and irrita-
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70 keep OUT TUE PLAGUE.
Local Health Department Will
Adopt Drastic Methods.
CHINATOWN TO BE cLEANsED.

Every Filthy Section Of the City Will
He Thoroughly Renovated-Aid OF
Courts 10 he Invoked by Health
0mccr McKcchnie-The Disease
Thrives in Dirt-It Ii Very Com
tagious and Usually Proves Fatal.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Stock loan quotations
were: American Steel and Wire common Peo-
ples Gas. Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific
preferred, Rock Island, St. Paul. Union Pa
cthc common and preferred, American Tobacco
Continental Tobacco, Manhattan, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit and Federal Steel common and preferred
1914; American Steel and Wire preferred Atchi-
son common and preferred, Consolidated Gas Read
ing first preferred Sugar Refining Pennsylvania
Delaware and Hudson, Tennessee Coal and Iron
and Louisville and Nashville l; Chicago Burlng-
ton and Quincy and New-York Central, Il; Third
Avenue. Northwestern, Western Union, Jersey Cen
trail and Baltimore and Ohio. fat; Northern Pacific
common 1kq1. and Southern Railway preferred H.
EXCHANGE LOWER.-There was another de-
cline yesterday in sterling exchange Demand bills
were 4 cent lower. and sixty day bills and cable
transfers were "a cent lower.
DIVIDEND.-The Rio Grande Western Railwa =
has declared dividend of per cent on its common
stock out Of earnings in the year ended June 30
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT REPORT 1t is
said that the annual report of the BROOKLYN
Rapid Transit Company may be issued tomorrow
although its publication is not required by law until
August 20
A GOOD YEAR.-A director Of the Atchtson saws
that judging from the outlook the company in tina
fiscal year ending June 80 next will have the hest
results in its history.
WARD LINE DIRECTORs-D NJ the
New-York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company (tbe
Ward Line) were reelected without change at a
meeting of the stockholders yesterday The old
officers will proba bly, be returned.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
BUYERS AND SELLERS

The principal buyers and sellers of stocks were
E A. Fairchild 1000 bought American Tobacco.
Halle & Steglitz sold. Wassermann Brothers and
NJ. G. Bouvier co, bought Union Pacific. ne
Coppet & Lockhard G.OOW and Walker Brothers
sold. Sptegelberg, Pepper & Stern /. wormser
and G. A Harmed & Co. bought Sugar: A Da
Cordova & co. and J. J. Manning sold Coonar
Crsmp & Beadleston 1000 bought Federal Steel
T. A Fairchild G500 I'm alb bought American To
baceo H Zuckerman. +. w. SaVin & Co and A
l. Waggoner bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit Jobr
Muir Co. bought Southern Pacific HsIA 3
Sueglitz bought Manhattan. A. A. Housnan G. ~,
uSm bought Tennessee Coal and Iron; Boodv Mo
Lellan Co sold. Lockwood, Hurd & Co soIo
Lead common. !, J. Manning bought 81 To,,,
southwestern preferred William Evans sold :.
r. Quincy Co. about 2O0M bought ST To,,,s
southwestern common. H Howell sold Wassar
mann Brothers. Keech. Loew 4 Co, Edey q Sons
and g Bandy bought Northwest g G
Wormser bought 81. Paul; J. Goodchild sold Z
= Anness and NJ J. McAnerney bought Union Pa
enc j. NJ Amory & Son q ,OOO London 4
housman q Co, Taylor Cutting e. Co and tradars
oought Northern Pacific; Boody, Mcclellan g. On
!. r Mead Co. James Offenbach Halsted a
monster and Wassermann Brothers sold Haua
q Suesnrz bought Colorado Fuel and Iron Hal
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. AUGUST IA. 1000.

sted & Hodges q Oool. Street & Norton and Tracey
& Co bought St Paul: W. r Houghtaling Co
and Weaver Harris g. CO. sold. Honigman Broth
ers 2OOOl bought Rubber. F. F. Ames and T. D.
HOOPER e. co. bought chicago. Burlington and
Quincy J. Wallace & 60. bought Union Pacific
preferred W. II Whittingham sold. Halle e.
steglitz sold Sugar Refining Hopkins Brothers
sold American Tobacco. John Wallace & 60.
bought Delaware Lackaw1nns and Western L.
W Wormscr bid st. Paul up the highest: Street
& Norton and Halsted & Hodges bought 1000 each
supposed to be short covering John Goodchd
sold 200 A ne Cordova & co, u,OoM bought 81
Paul Flower & Co. NJ G. Bouvier g. Co and ] 9
Rearnes b Co n 0O0 bought Rock Island. NJ Q.
Bouvier g. Co and Mendham Brothers sold Was
sermann Brothers bought Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western s r. kmbail f2OG0) bought Union
Pacific. r H. Rissell e CO q nH0l sold
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
AMERICAS ECONOMIC POSITION.

London Aug. 1S-"The Times to-day prints a
long editorial dealing with the economic position OF
the United States evinced by the allotment OF
four years of the reduction of the American debt.
but maintains that the United States has not vet
ceased to be debtor nation It refers to the abun-
dance of capital accommodating in America and adds
Nothing could suit the Americans better among
the non American securities. than the obligations
of the British Government.
Not only have the Americans considera bly, re-
duced the permanent Indebtedness of Europe by
buying American railway and other bonds ana Sc
curities, but when. in the autumn of 1895 London
houses refused to renew masses of German bills
previously held here, the bulk after having been
domiciled for short time in Paris was transferred
to New-York where they have remained ever since
and have doubtless been added to.
The United States also lent money 10 Russia
It has been evident for eighteen months or two
years that American finance houses possessed large
funds which they have been unable to employ at
home satisfactorily and the higher interest rates e
present in Europe attract some of this money.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
NATIONAL LEAD.

The decline IN the shares Of the National Lead
Company has elected a statement from Vice-Presi-
dent Stevens In which he says
Portions of the business show a falling off COM
pared with last year, owing TO the restriction in
building arising from high prices for building ma
teral. labor troubles etc. The business, a whole
however Is better than I expected in the circum-
stances. We not pressed for money,
would think. We ready to discount
any bills which may be presented. The company
is always borrower of money in conducting its
business, that runors that need money have
special significance. The rumor that the COM
pany intends to issue securities however. is
matter I want to deny promptly, because such
rumor may do mischief The rumor IS not true
We do not intend to issue any new securities. There
is need of it. AS to dividends on the preferred
stock. the next is to be declared the 18th
the regular rate. On August the company be-
gan to produce pig lead from its lands in
Missouri. BY September l we expect to be making
forty of pig lead day.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
NORFOLK AND WESTERN.

Henry Fink. president of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad, says.
The increase of e42.500 in the company's earnings
ir the first week of August while satisfactory is
not by any means abnormal such increases are
getting to be rather common. They not
due to any one thing in particular being the result
OF better general business. The greatest factor.
however, has been the better coal rates and the
larger coal movement. The coal trade is in very
satisfactory position The export demand Is very
large. and the firms which handle the larger portion
of the coal transported over our lines have a
greater demand than they FILL Foreign orders
have had 10 be turned down in consequence
There is no doubt whatever that there is now
quite a little reaction in business. So far 1t may
not be evident in railroad earnings, but 1t will ap-
pear later. The trade conditions which enjoyed
last year were abnormal and 1t was too much to
expect that they should last all the time. but It
must not be forgotten that last year when praC-
cally every other line of business experienced
usual prosperity. soft coal rates were unsatis
factory indeed.
1t seems to that steel rails and other iron and
steel supplies largely used by railroad companies
are coming down in price. and while do not
anticipate wants in this direction, but always
buy supplies from year to year, we are now in
A position to get along for some time without
huying very much.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
OUTSIDE SECURITIES

The outside securities market was dun. The new
Excheauer loan closed slightly off about f5oOOO
were traded in from = 70 s.. closing AZ ss9l,
premium. Bicycle bonds offered down 10 so
Standard Oil closed at 5S6q54O against 5s2a5s5 on
Saturday. Last prices of other prominent issues
were; Havana Commercial. S12@9; preferred, 37ass.
Baking Powder. e01zq92. Bay State Gas. 1G1Js.
Markeen Copper. 4q6: Amalgamated Conner $3.50.
Interstate OIL, $685.; National Salt Ss2G1: pre
ferred. 6419q6612: Amsterdam Gas 1st 6s 1O54a1OS1
Rubber Goods. 271ad2s preferred 761za7s Dstillin9
Of America, 41@q5; preferred. 1920: Storage Power
1915 General Carriage, 4a4a6I4; New-York Trans
portation. 7lsGSl4 General quotations follow.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
EARNINGS IN LrLY.

Out of hundred railroads only twent,--tw
showed decreases in earnings In July The de-
creases, in the main, small The largest de
crease S164151. by the St Paul road. Some Of
the increases were: Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg d95.165 only 472 miles of road; Chesapeake
and Ohio $111417: Oklahoma and Gulf. S34.OO0.
Denver and Rio Grande S2i6 100, Illinois Central.
S471S5; Missouri Pacific system, 1852 S64 Norfolk
and Western. S161 sS6; Northern Pacific, S245 1S9.
New-York Central. $144 46O. and Southern Railway.
$92,S1O For six months only five out of los roads
showed decreases in earnings. The increases Of
thirteen roads exceeded 81 G00GOO each. and in the
cases of four roads the increases exceeded sON0O0
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14

Chicago. Aug. Is (SPectaD-Whest in the nrse
hour to-day lost 1c bushel feeling the enormous
Western receipts and the weak cables In the ia@'
hour claims OF damage from the Northwest ~ eN-
traordinary rainfals regained all OF the early oss
September opened from 74l4c to 74sc, sold between
14'sc and 5Sssc. sellers and closed al 'Sis3'S+t'
The Liverpool weakness was fine weather. INC
English market closing 1Ssd 10 1led lower kansas
city receipts broke all records. oNno bushels A.
the primary points there ISS)0o bushels
compared with $500 bushels last wear The vsio'e
was something of surprise and helped the closins
rally. increase OF only $4,000 bushels Althousa
the primary points last week received 6SSV"
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
FLorR MILL1NG REoRGANIzAT1oN.

ton Committee Of the United States Flour Milling
Company. SAYS that the holders of four-ffths Of
the securities have agreed the modified plan of
reorganization. which insures It's success II is
said that when the property is sold under fore
closure it will be bought in by the Reorga nization
Committee and will become the Standard Flour
Company. TO be organized in New-Jersey with
Of s17 250 90
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
IOWA cENrRAL's DIVIDEND PASSED

The action Of the directors of the Iowa Central
Railroad Company who decided yesterday to pass
the regular seni-annual dividend OF III per cent
on the preferred stock. caused surprise both
in Wall Street and railroad circles. The aggregate
amount Of this dividend is less than 500 0O0 and II
has been regularly declared for a long time. A
statement saying in effect that the dividend would
be applied to betterments. ETC., was given out
after the regular meeting. In 1899 per cent an
nually was paid. and IN March of this year IL per
cent was declared.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
THE DAYS OPERATIONS N BONDS.
GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-Market strong Ftna,
quotations follow:

RAILROAD BONDS.-Market firm Total sale.
amounted in par value TO s5o3 Co., against s5o75oO on
Saturday The heaviest dealings were in the Atchi
son ana Baltimore and Ohio Issues. Central Of
Georgia 0s Louisville and Nashville IS. Missouri
Kansas and Texas % IS. Norfolk and Western
Is, St Louis and Iron Mountain IS and IS ST Iouis
Southwestern 2ds, Union Pacific IS and Wisconsin
Central general zs.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
STEEL CoMPANY's NEW PRESIDENT.

f. o. Hopkins yesterday elected president OF
the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. sue
ceedng Solomon Haas, who resigns because of Ill
health Mr. Hopkins from Evansville. Ind
and was receiver of the Peoria, Decatur and Esv-
ansville Railroad Company. He has had pre-
Vious official connection with the company of which
he ia now the executive head.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
GRAIN TRADE COMMITTEE NAMED.

Vice-President Andrews of the New-York Produce
Exchange has appointed this committee of the
grain trade to formulate rules governing carload
shipments: James Simpson, chairman; T. B. Chase
Samuel Ingersoll. NJ B. Jones, A. c. Field, F. NJ
Turnbull and l. A. Morey. The committee will
submit it's Views to the trade at meeting TO be
held in the near future.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
AMERICAN SECURITIES ARRoAn

London Aug. ls, p. m.-Atchison. zH; Canadian
Pacific so|; St Paul, u4ss; Illinois Central 12o.
Louisville and Nashville. 78s; Union Pacific pre-
1erroo n%4 New-York Central 1S2; Erie 111s: Penn
sylvania, Sc; Reading s4s: Erie first preferred ga
Northern Pacific preferred. 78&; Grand Trunk. sss
and Anaconda, sk
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
MONEY AND EXCHANGE

MONEY RATEs-Money on call N per cent
Time money 2lz per cent for sixty days 3A per
cent for three months. per cent for four months
ana per cent for sly months railroad cola tero
commercial psper 4g5 per cent for three four and
six months for the best names and abo,,A g.
names not well known
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Nark vesL ,.,.7
closing follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTs.-Customs receipts
reported from Washington $6f7 1852; internal reve-
receipts. 81 44794S; miscellaneous receipts s21s-
l57 Total receipts for the day. s2S14o59: expendi-
lures. S219OOOO. Receipts for the month to date
S2 23O: expenditures $23 S55 900; excess of ex-
penditUres, 81 2202770- Receipts for the fiscal year
to date 81 S07 $780, expenditures $77S3465S excess
of expenditures, $6,527 263. Receipts Of National
bank notes for redemption, $542 SIS
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE SALES.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14

Bankers posted rates were

DOMESTIC EXcHANGE.-NeW,-orlea s. ro-,
rnercial 1oc discount; bank. 81 premium San Fra
cisoo-sight, nc; telegraph iGc Ctnc,nnatt a.
tWeen banks loc discount: over the counter 5oo
premium. Boston-Par and &c premium. Chicago