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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-03
GOOD WORD FOR THE GREAT
NORTHERN.


heattie. jan Iw
10 the Editofs bince you nave prous,n
70 the notice OF Seattle citlzens 20 ioIcsns
the matter OF the proposed locauon OF tne
Northern Pacific passenger ana reisns
depots II has awakened the leennss ..
poor men. VINO Of necessary maicn ~ .m0
rear rank Just behind the prominent clu.
silence while the front rank arrange pup-
lie enterprises; but by reason OF some
oversight or omission on the part OF tnose
who nave spoken We are forced 70 ralso
voice from the rear rank. we al Know
now that the city made very serious
mistake In bestowing Rahroad avenue 20
lavishly upon the Few RAILROADS. ~ the city
az the time was aone-ienol'n ~. co, -,
pIetely the future wants Of me Guy ~
reason OF Its probable growth and the Ger.
tainty OF many more railroads wnscn must
be provided for. Without question .Haii-
road avenue should have been kept II the
absolute control or the city ana useo TOT
the best interests OF the city In the mu-
tual care OF all the RAILROADS now N ana
to come In. a. well as the water trans
portation business A. the present Time
the railways ohstruct the travei very et.
fectualiy at certain hours OF each DAY ana
subject the public to great inconvenience
needlessly, we believe For connrmauon
ask the West Seattle citizens VINO Use tne
ferry. Ask the Flyer, Greyhound ana an
other people who must pass from the
wharf to the city ana back. The CITY au-
thorities should remonstrate wltn torce.
What VIII the obstruction De wnen tne
Northern Pacific get all IT. passenger ana
freight business located ns proposed. Inc
Northern Pacific Il good factor IN us
business relations to Seattle, but greater
In Its business rehtions 10. Tacoma: Ine
Great Northern lie Of more value to Seattle
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ALI TRACKS SHOULD BE ELE-


3 Seattle, Jan. 2, d0Q. :,
To the Editor: Wholesale business,
such NJ awaits Seattle In the near future,
and manufacturing cannot be carried on
to the best advantage on a hillside hence
the same must gravitate toward our tide
flats. and all the heavy railroad traffic
Will ultimately center there where any
expansion will be hampered the least.
Railroad and street cr0ssings on the
same level should only be the exception.
A. sure as two bodies cannot be In the
same place at the same time. just az
sufeNs It impossible to use Railroad ave-
nue. as an efficient thor0ughfare for rail-
road ana street traffic, therefore a big
freight depot and yards, az contemplated,
would have to be either below or above
our streets. This. think, will Be made
the condition sine qua norl."
The expenditure Of 100000 for paesen-
ger depot II no sufficient Involvement in
itself to grant any favors. Hitherto we
had to put up with good many make
shifts. because Seattle was too young and
too poor, but now. with $20,00000O deposits
In our banks and world embracing com-
merce before us, we must Insist on having
any projected public improvements based
on the experience Of the worlds greatest
metropolises and harbor6.
If all railroads entering Seattle were
to be elevated. the city could AFFORD to
grant a good many favors for many rea-
sons, not the least Of which would be
the saving In haulage OF goods from the
railroad to the warehouse. Take, for
instance, the daily discharge OF 100 car
loads Of goods, the difference OF hauling
the same TO Front street now and then
would be at least $50 per car load; that
is, $3.50 per day, or t15,o0o per annunn,
which, capitalized at per cent. means
the value Of $90O,000
In conclusion, wish to say that every
citisen should always bear in mind that
In the wholesale business very often q
fraction Of a cent TURNS the scale in favor
of other communities, and that whatever
benefits our wholesalers will, In the long
run. benefit each and all of u In this
grand community.
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ernor seems to have had neither time
nor inclination to take up the matter.
The Warrington commissioners went
on with their work. nevertheless. using
old notes. maps. charts ana surveys,
and they have come to the conclusion
that the PEOPLE south OF the Columbia
river are in error when they claim that
stream a. part ana parcel Of the state
OF Oregon.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-03

The cancellation OF ali the indebted
ness d the yesins Mems Christian Assoc
cistien Of this city = : matter for pub
lie % well d private consratuiation.
The work Of this institution ID that Of
active christianity in its most practical
form, We have better citizens and bet
ter men because Of It. May this happy
event be the beginning Of long career
Of uninterrupted success and useful
ness.
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LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.

Seattle, Jan. 2, 1900.
To the Editor: Referring to the North
ern Pacific Railway Company's plans and
to the statement published on page
IS in last Sundays Post-Intelligencer,
we think there is some mistake about "the
passenger business of all the railroads hav-
ing been transacted at the foot of Colum-
bia street for the past fifteen years and all
these years looked upon by the public as
the one place especially adapted for that
purpose"
some time after the great fire Of 1889,
the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern built
a cheap station at the foot of Columbia
street, and later the Columbia & Puget
Sound and the Northern Pacific removed
therefrom their depot at the foot Of Sec
ond avenue south. These were In the days
of our adversely; the sporting element also
took advantage OF 1t and crowded north Of
King street into the heart Of the city, but
are being pushed back again by the rapidly
growing demands of trade. Let us profit
by the costly experience Of other cities
Let railway terminals be placed where
business and commerce can never be OBJ
structed. that Seattle may expand.
1t is. asserted that the main arguments
Of the opposition are. first. that the pro-
posed Northern Pacific improvements will
cut Off the water front and create wall
against commerce. The answer is that
such an injury will not be created by these
proposed improvements, that sit already
exists and has existed ever since Railroad
avenue was laid out and railroad fran
chises granted thereon
Will adding seven more tracks. long
freight warehouse and freight yards I'm
prove tire situation or rather should we not
seek a remedy by abatinE present nuis-
ance as far as possible? Can we afford to
further obstruct Railroad avenue from the
heart Of our rapidly growing city along
the center of our best water fontage for
half mile and practically give control OF
Il q railways. Or = II possible that the
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President mckinley, too. likes to

President Mckinley, too, likes to go
where things are happening. He is COM
Ing to the Pacific coast this year. and
in no portion of the country will he re-
ceive heartier welcome. No execu-
tive has ever done more for the Coast
than his policy has accomplished. and
he will find that our people are with
him SO heartily that even party lines
cannot hold them back.
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The Wheat Outlook.

The wheat outlook IN Eastern wash
ington Is not 30 fair as It might be- The
crop was an average one, and In spite
Of q rainy August the quality II better
than was expected at one time. But
there has been no market and few sales
have been made. aside from those early
In the fall The year 1897 had not been
forgotten. and from the first there was
q disposition to hold until quotations
reached figure which would insure a
handsome profit The desired figure has
not been reached ana as result the
warehouses are flied with unsold grain.
It has been customary to have gen.
eral stock taking at the beginning Of the
year. when q good share Of the crop
would be sold and the charges for stor-
age, interest and Insurance cut on. No
such clearing up has occurred this year.
Since fall the price has been falling
steadily. with nobody anxious to buy
and the farmers unable to sell II they
would. With some old wheat still on
hand the supply seems to be greater
than the demand. and under present
conditions II IL doubtful II many farm
ers could sell and come out even.
While these are anything but happy
conditions the state Of affairs is not 40
serious when the prosperity Of the farm
ers generally II taken into considera-
ton. The matter of tiding over until
more propitious season IL not 80 de-
plorably urgent as II was some years
ago. During recent past seasons fair
prices have been realized and there are
few farmers who have not risen out
OF the straitened circumstances into
which they were plunged during the
era Of depression. Mortgages were paid
on, small debts taken care OF ana need
ed improvements made. A new lease
was taken Of life and there was more
hope and greater contentment through
out the entire wheat belt.
The present sluggish market. there
fore, finds wheat communities better
prepared to grapple with a bad year
than they were Ave years ago. They
have more capital and their credit Is
better. In consequence there seems to
be less OF q disposition to press collec-
tions, creditors holding to the belief
= -. =
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The commission appointed by Gov.
Rogers to determine the boundary line
between Washington and Oregon has
had difficulty in comforting with off,
Gals OF the latter state. Oregon APP
pointed no commissioners and her gov-
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FROM TIE PEOPLE.

The columns Of the Post-Ints.Ilesncsf
are alwAyu open. 20 ths. publtc Tor the
rent Interest. The conditions are that ail
letters must be concise, must b free
from personal attacks on lndtviduals, ana
must be signed for publication with tne
name Of the writer. Any letter that does
not comply with ali o. lhsse requirement
win not recofve consideration.
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The Democrats of Kentucky make a
serious mistake in substituting meteor
like Joe Blackburn for a man of SUBJ
stantial qualities like Senator Lindsay.
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In the capture Of Aguinaldo's wife the
better half of the real insurrecting gov
eminent has been taken care of. but
It is not the half which this govern
ment needs so sorely.
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original Intention 10 create an unobstruct-
ed thoroushfare through the city has been
abandoned and that the railways VIII con-
tinue to use RafIrtad avenue - they q.
ways have for the staIpng. switching and
making up OF freight and passenger trains
to the great danger and Inconvenience OF
other railways ana the publfcT
Let the people decide BY vote at the next
municipal election.
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Yesterday the sewage of Chicago be-
gan to run to the Mississippi river.
This is the unkindest cut of all for st.
Louis.
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Booker T. Washington very sensibly
observes that 1t Is idle to consider any
Siberian colonization scheme so long as
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About the only industry not in
fourishing condition is that of working
up attacks upon the Mckinley admin
is.ration.
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THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY.

Seatue' Jan. = ~.
TO the Editor: IL you are 10, suIlei'e.r
with dawn OF the century matter
would ike the privIIeee 81 placins pe,oro
your army OF readers the iohow'hs caicu-
lations: 49,
Two errors to my msnd occur IN your
quotation from the chicago rost anu from ~
the eminent astronomer fiaHhdfion' Lee
cember "A.
First-Tney potn seem 70 ignore the rae
that the christian era dio not peeih WIN
the year ]. but win the nrst hours ana
days OF Chriscs ME. Inc seconu error -
IN assuming tnat the year isOV VIII not DC
completed until twelve months hence.
No parent woul ia THINK o. re NO r;.,
ence. You would calculate your sons age
from the very nour IN winch ne came INTO
the world by pirtn. Ihen you count nis age
by birthdays IN weeks ana months. ~ ne
should die wnen eleven months oid' the
year one would never De wrilten ior ann i
but when the Twelve months are iuny com,
pleted you say my son IL one year Ola
That year Is past. Tnere remains Ninety
nine years OF MS century. Al ne ivss
through nose nneey-Ane yea,s ne "oulu
say: nave hveo iV *ears. Anu tney
would be all IN the PAST. ihen ne wound
count one month, nM months; zen n.on. n
and say, 4 am wv years ana zen montns
old. Wnen WE'VE months nave PASSED ne
would say nave nvso WA VESTS ne
would NOT say NOW opeh my seeono
century out, nave nveo one year IN
my second century ano u - sone.
Wnen Cnrist was porn me world began
counting. Wnen ne was SIX Ihoh,hs oio'
hali OF ms nrst year was sone. wnen
Twelve months were enueu, year ! hau
passed away compie.eN. wnsh our lore-
fatnels wrote i'oo tney seaieu VIE ecoIo
OF lSO years OF OUT era a. enureiy IN me
past note given IN ltos. FepIuary r.
fell que IN isV. july ~ the co"p'tauoa
would De written mus
MO. LAY. z.
lew ~
Hss
IN ike manner Wnen we wrote 'sss we
declared that 1873 years OF tnes christian
era were past. every banker ana business
man, every student computing accounts
would write the time as ishave written 1t.
Last 4th OF july would De written:
II: MO. Day.
ioss -
!. e., months ana days OF the year 1900
had passed away. At Christmas we would
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The Fenians who are storing dyna-
mite and lyddite should be mindful Of
the story of the man who was hoist
by his own petard.
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In spite Of bitter criticisms and sour
riious cartoons from Paris the British
are now rejoicing over French success.
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If there are any immediate or collat-
eral relatives Of Aguinaldp still at large
. they will be taken into camp presently.
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4 GUARANTEES.

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THIRD AVENUE THEATER.-"At
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snArTLn. WEDNESDAY,. JAN. 8
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
THEATRICAL news
Success of a LeavenWOrth Girl
in Comic Opera.
Miss Hilda Clark Engaged as
Prima Donna of BOstonians.
HAS HAD MANY ROLES.
Her Voice Has Added to Many
Big Productions.
Left a Church Choir for the
Stage Five Years Ago.

Several years ago a Leavenworth girl
went to Boston to study music. AS is
probably true of the majority of girls
with promising voices she thought re-
motely of an operatic career, but it was
not with this purpose in view that she
set about to develop her vocal talent.
Before her education was finished she
was singing in church choirs in the
Massachusetts metropolis. When she
left that city it was to become a mem
Der of the choir of st. Marks church In
New York. There her voice attracted
so much attention that when the tune
full and highly successful opera "Pr1n-
cess Bonnie" was produced she was
rendered a place as one of the principals
and accepted.
That was in 1895. Since that time the
operate stage has entirely claimed the
Leavenworth girl. She is Miss Hilda
Clark, and next year she will be heard
as the prima donna of 1.-The Bos-
tonians."
In the five years of her stage career
Miss Clark has been heard in a number
of comic opera roles After leaving
Princess Bonnie" she Joined The Bos-
tOnianS' for the first time, and alter
mated in the part of ''YVOnne" in The
Serenade" with Alice Nielsen, the now
successful comic opera star She also
sang Maid Marian in robin Hoo0~
and airline in THE Bohemian Girl
From the "BostOnians" she associated
herself with Camille D'Arville in THE
Highwayman" and the next season be-
came a member of the company pre-
senting John Philip Sousa 1.-THE Bride
Elect" last summer she was with JEFF
ferson De Angels in The Jolly Muske-
teer' and prior to that sang with De
Wolf Hopper in SOusa's opera THE
Charlatan."
Miss Clark is pretty and has a par
ticularly pleasing manner of singing.
Topeka people viii have the opportunity
to see and hear her when THE Bos-
tonians'' visit this city next season.
Relatives of the young prima donna
| still reside in Leavenworth. The family
| is originally from the SOUTH and an
| cestors of Miss Clark won distinction
in the revolutionary war and the war
! of 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

bad actor, as compared with the other
members of my supporting company. He
back only ten dollars each salary day.
But Augustus Hell was the inventor and
quite unlike Professor Loisette's. When
Augustus studied a certain role he drank
a certain liquor. When he wished to play
that role he drank the same liquor, and
without any mental exertion whatever he
would be letter perfect In theory the
system was founded upon scientific facts,
SO Augustus said, and in practice it never
gloriously, but it was not the fault of
the system 1t came about in this way:
twenty-ifth birthday at a town called
the company decided to give a dinner in
her honor after the performance. But
the hotel keeper refused to stay up so
late and we were obliged to have the
dinner at in the afternoon. The affair
was planned upon an elaborate scale. We
had three kinds of meat, four kinds of
pie, and a huge bowl of Fish-house
punch, brewed by our first old man, who
claimed to have obtained the recipe from
the resident physician of the Actors Fund
at Denver. That punch contained
sample of every liquor to be found in the
town, yet it tasted as mild as unferment-
Our leading lady forgot that it was
the hit she made in the first production
of the Black Crook. Augustus He'll drank
deep and radiated brilliantly in fifty con-
versational directions. We rose from the
table just in time to reach the theater
before the hour set for the evening per-
Torrance.
The bill was Hazel Kirke. and the
company was in the pink of condition.
In all my experience have never seen
so spirited an opening. Before ten lines
had been spoken the local manager want
ed to book US for another week. And then
Augustus He'll made his appearance. He
never looked better, he never walked so
gracefully. He spoke his opening lines
vigorously, splendidly-but they were not
his lines in Hazel Kirke- They were
lines from his. role in The Lady of Lyons.
| The leading juvenile, true to the habits
! of repertoire minds. caught the cue and
| continued The Lady of Lyons. The
| ingenue followed suit. Then il came Au-
gustus Hell's turn again. BY that time
another CT the ingredients OF the Fish
house punch had gained empery in his
| BRAIN and he delivered a speech from A
/ Texas Steer. That brought on the low
comedian. \ Texas Steer held the boards
for ten minutes. introducing the full
strength of the company, and then Au-
gustus led up into She Stops TO Con
! quer with 4 few well chosen speeches
/ from which we closed the act.
The effect upon the people in front
was eIectrifying. They dared not hiss
to laugh they were afraid. The house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
MIME. BERNHARDr's TOUR.
How Famous Actress and Edmond
Rostand Will Profit by It.

From Paris comes the statement of
the terms of the contract under which
Nine Bernhard and NJ. COquelin will be
toured through the United States by M
Grau the coming season, says a Chicago
exchange. NJ. COquelin will receive $4O0
for each performance besides l21z per
cent of the receipts over a fixed aver
age. That seems liberal figure, but II
sinks to insignihcance in comparison
with the amount Nine Bernhardt Will
receive every time she faces an audi
ence.
The actress will be given $1,000 for
each performance, will also receive
percentage of the receipts over GER
tain average, and in addition Will nave
all of her personal expenses paid, the
last item including the defrayment OF
the cost of maintaining two personal at
tendantS. The tour is announced TO
comprise between 200 and 300 perform
ances, meaning the certainty that she
will take home across seas between
5000, 10000 and 100000, even If her acting
does not excite sufficient enthusiasm to
draw the extra percentage. She VIII
play "L'Aiglon," Hamlet" and one or
more Sardou dramas, and is apt to ap-
pear as Roxane in Coquelins perform
ance of "CyranO de Bergerac."
With "LAiglOn" and "CyranO" both
in use NJ. Edmond Rostand is expected
to profit from the tour in a fashion al
most as sensational as that conceded to
the PLAYERS 1t may be unWiSe to count
dollars in advance, but the Partisan
friends of the oet-dramatist evidently
have no fear of offending the fates. They
also reckon on the amount of the future
Paris receipts of both pieces. Calculat-
ing 24O performances of ''L'AiglOn, from
it's production to the close of the expo
sitiOn November p at an average of
81 600 a performance, NJ. ROstandS dues
at u per cent of the gross receipts will
amount to $57 500. It is estimated that
the piece will be performed 20 times in
the United States, the receipts averag-
ing SO, 500 a performance, the figures be
ing based on the record of former Bern
hardt tours. For presentation outside
Of France NJ. ROstand's royalties will be
| 10 per cent of the receipts, an arrange
ment which will assure him, if every
thing goes according to schedule, re-
| turns of $25, 200.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

You're not New York boy. are
you?"
Nope Cincinnati"
Cincinnati? They have some good
papers out there"
You bet they have"
zone of the best newspaper men in
New York came from Cincinnati"
'Did?"
yep"
who's that?'
"Murat Halstead."
'H-h-h-h?"
Ever hear of him?"
Yep
''Wel, he's all right"
DO you know him?"
yep
There was a silence. He pulled two
or three times and then threw the
cigarette away. Then he whistled
softly.
DO you know him?" asked.
He whistled little interlude. I could
see he had something on his mind
Say he said, IF you'll promise I'll
tell you something"
Promise what?"
THAT you won't tell you saw me
smoking a cigarette"
"Oh, l wouldn't tell"
"Murat Halstead's my father"
"H-h-h-?"
yep"
Doesn't he like you to smoke
C4SdI CUES
''Nope-and the worst of it is he
catches me every time! Why, I got on
a car in Washington with another fell
low and we both had cigarettes. And
a man got on and could only see his
feet in the crowd. And I said. I'll bet
those are my fathers feet!
And were they?"
yep"
Just here the train puffed up to the
station, and I got on, feeling like con-
spirator.