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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-19
COTTON ANSWERS MARTIN.
Legislature Listens to Minister of
Finance and Receives Another
Petition on EiEht-TInur Law.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
VICTORIA, Jan. 1S.--For two hours this
afternoon Hon. f. Carter-Cotton, minis
Ter OF finance, poured hot shot into the
Martin camp. scoring the Manitoba poll
tician right and left, for his course in
british Columbia affairs. The opposition
mas for days been haunting the govern
ment with inability to reply to their argu-
ments and have especially directed their
remarks to Cotton, whom, they accuse of
peing afraid to reply to the structures of
his former colleague.
The speech OF this afternoon was q suf-
ficiont reply to all these taunts. Cotton
mental and moral characteristics that he
could never be n force in the politics of
this or any other province. He was re-
}ectsed , said the minister In Ottawa re-
darkness In Victoria. Joe sat scowlng in
his seat while the. peppery member from
Vancouver dealt him back blow for blow.
for his speech few days ago.
A petition was presented this afternoon
from the mine owners of Silyerton. asking
for the repeal of the eight-hour law, but
brought before the creators of this OBJ
noxious legislation in a much more forci-
Bile way. During this afternoon ex-At-
torney General Eberts drew the attention
of the cabinet to a telegram received by
Mr.. Hussey, superintendent of the pro-
vincia police, the other day. 1t was from
the secretary of the Payne mine, and ask
ed and demanded police protection
II set forth that the miners of the dis
trlct finding the owners of the Payne
property importing outside miners, had
visited the property at midnight and
warned the owners to discharge these
men. The secretary of the Miners Assoc
ciaton had added: IF you want dirty
work, We will give you all you want"
Henderson, attorney general, said the
government anticipated no trouble. He
had telegram from the mayor of San
don, few miles from the mine, on the
very day on which the first telegram was
dispatched. in which the writer said that
all was quiet there. Prompt measures
were being taken by the government to
cope with any movement such as antici-
pated II it should arise
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SPOKANE SMALLPOX CASES.
EIGHT NEW ONES ARE REPORTED
IN ONE DAY.
Number Now Estimated mt From Fiji
~ to One Hundred, but Health
officers Refuse to Give Detniis-is
in a Peculiarly Malignant Form.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
SPOKANE, Jan. lS.-l1ight new cases OF
smallpox were reported in Spokane TO-DAY.
d.. Potter. the health officer, refuses 10
give out any further particulars concern
ing the contagion. Physicians report the
total cases now in the city at from hity
to one hundred.
A visit to the isolation hospital this
evening disclosed thirty patients under
quarantine. Most of them were out under
the trees within the Enclosure, quartette
of them entertaining their comrades with
singing the refrain There's Land That
Is B'airer Than This"
1t is said that malignant type OF black
smallpox has developed in one of the pa
tents at the hospital, but as the health
officer refuses to give out any informa-
ton, this report cannot be verified. The
local physicians are doing q rushing busi-
ness in the way of vaccination.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Winnipeg dispatch says petitions to unseat mem
bers of the legislature have been filed against six
Conservatives and four Liberals.
Count and Countess Boni de CasteIane are on
their way to this country, having sailed from Havre
They will be The guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Gould.
The Russian ironcad Poltava, of 10000 tons, is
dangerously ashore Libau. on the Baltic The
vessel was constructed at st. Petersburg in 1894, at
a cost of S5,i95,O00.
President G. p, Huntington denies emnhatically
that his holdings Of Southern Pacific stock have
been sold to Union Pacific interests, and that in
stead of selling he is buying.
Two masked men held up Golob's saloon, at Lead
VILE Col Jerry Ryan, the bartender, refused to
throw Up his hands, and was shot twice by one Of
the robbers, dying instantly. The robbers fled
The first freight of the year from San Francisco
for Nome left the steamer Bertha. The freight
viii be landed at Unalaska, aud when the ice be-
gins to break it Will be transferred to the steamer
Sadie and taken into Nome
small boat containing two Italian fishermen was
down the bay at San Francisco by the ferry
boat San Rafael. Gerolamo OLIVIER was drowned
and his companion, Andrew Castagnols. saved him
self hy clutching the steamers paddle wheel as
she slowed down.
sCTJTMES NORM NDVp toDirht
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WARNING TO SHIP OWNERS.
No Fines VIII he RENTED If ves-
wells Come without Hills of Health.

PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 1S.-Orders
were received here today from the treas
ury department that owing to the prevail
ence of bubonic plague in the Orient and
the large number of vessels arriving on
the Pacific coast from Oriental ports, in
future, on all vessels arriving at Pacific
coast ports and falling to bring from the
port of original departure in the Orient
proper bills of health, the extreme penalty
of 5000 will be imposed and under no
conditions will the fine be RENTED, as
has been the case heretofore.
Customs officers at this port have been
requested to notify owners and agents of
ships to this effect
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OFFICE SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
Robbers Secure 5000 Besidcs Wreck
ing Furniture.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer.
ELLENSBURG, Jan. 18.-The office Of
Tjossem & Son, mllers, three miles from
town, was burglarized last night. The
safe was blown to atoms. evidently with
ntroglycerin, and all It's contents taken:
The robbers secured $500 In cash and about
the same amount in checks.
In addition, they took or destroyed all
the papers In the safe, many of which
We're valuable. Pieces of the safe were
picked up forty feet away. A typewriter
was wrecked and the office furniture bad
ly damaged. The sheriff was notified by
telephone and Immediately set to work on
the case
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YAKIMA WOOL GROWERS.
Indorse Senator Fosters Bill For
Leasing Grazing Lands.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures
NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. lS--At the meet
ing of the Yakima Wool Growers Associa-
ton yesterday, the bill of Senator. Foster
relative to the leasing of grazing. LANDS In
the public domain, was Endorsed. There
was some opposition to the bill.
The sheepmen present favored plan to
store this seasons wool clip at Elensburg
and North Yakima until all sheep in this
section were sheared 1t Is believed .bet-
ter prices can be secured. committee
was appointed to attend to the details.
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HOW PLAGUE GOT IN.
Reached Honolulu In Dirt In Which
Duck Eggs Were Packed.

PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 1S.-According
to advices from Washington received here
today, the introduction OF the bubonc
plague at Honolulu was by means OF mer-
chandise arriving at that port from the
Orient.
1t is believed that germs of disease are
carried in dirt in which plants are shipped
and also in sort of muck composed of dirt
and manure in which duck eggs are packed
In China and shipped both to Honolulu
and this country.
So strong is the belief of the department
that it Is by this means the disease is in
troduced, that DIR. Foster, United States
quarantine officer here. has been instruct
ed by the department to make thorough
investigation of the matter and report to
the department.
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On THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Upton Wishes 70 Join Chtcago's
Great Commercial Body.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-sir Thomas j. Lip
ton, owner OF last yeAs5 .-.sI,----s,e v-7,
challenger shamrock has applied for
membership In the Chicago Board of
Trade. The rules of the board require
that applications be Endorsed by two mem
hers of the board. In Sir Thomas case
John c. Hately and Henry Botsford,
wealthy packers. are sponsors.
Sir Thomas Upton has owned and ope-
rated a meat preserving and pork packing
plant al the stock yards for several years
But he has had no membership In the
Board of Trade. being representing by the
managers Of his Chicago Office.
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stamp Tax on Bills of Lading.

PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 1S.--According
to decision of the United States attorney
general, the internal revenue department
has been charging an excessive tax on ex-
port bills of lading and receipts issued by
carriers from the United States by rail
to Canada and Mexico Heretofore. the
department has required 10-cent stamp
on such export bills of lading and receipts,
and the matter was taken before the Unit
ed States attorney general, who on the
18th inst, rendered an opinion that ac-
cording to the wording of the law i-cent
stamp on such bills and receipts was all
that was required.
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Now Cnmn of Modern Woodmen.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
CENTRALIA, Jan. 1S.-W. A. Hale, dis
trict deputy for the Modern Woodmen, has
returned from Napavine, where he has
just secured members for new camp of
that order. He has thirty-ope names. The
Modern Woodmen camp in this city has
received twenty-five new applications in
the past two weeks. A lodge of A. O. Y.
w. was organized at Dryad last week.
will thirty members.
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:
WILL BUILD NEW sCHOONERs.
Bellingham Bay Improvement Co.
VIII Own Fleet.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
4 WHATCOM, Jan. 1S--The Bellingham
Bay Improvement Company is making
vessels In the lumber carrying trade
The keels of two more vessels. of about
the same dimensions as those OF the
schooner recently launched, will be laid in
a few days at the company's ship yard
near the mill. The vessel referred to IS
q four-masted schooner. 200 feet over all,
3S.6 feet beam and 1873 feet draft. 1t has
a carrying capacity of $4,000 feet of tim
Der. 1t will require about six months to
complete the rev vessels
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Rev, C.. l.. Diven Dead.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 1S.--Judge Dunbar, of
the supreme court, today received q tele-
gram from Mrs. c. L. Owen, at st. Paul,
stating that her husband, Rev. c..
gational church IN this city, and well
known in religious circles on the Sound,
had died in that city last evening, after
weeks illness. Mr.. Diven was very
popular in this city.
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Awarded 81 800 Damages.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
MORT YAKIMA, Jan. 1S,--The jury in
the case of Archie Il, Little VS.. Frank
Burney, for damages, today awarded the
plaintiff the sum of $500. The defendant
failed to appear Little sued Burney for
So COO alleging that he mad DETAINED the
character Of Mrs. Little.
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New Mill i'm Operation.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
MOUNT VERNON. Jan. 1S.-The new
mill of the Skagit Shingle Company be-
gan operations today. This is a Inland
machine mill with a capacity of from
100000 to 10000 daily and is thoroughly
equipped with the best machinery that
could be procured, and will employ not less
than sixteen men, whose wages will ave-
rage SO per day, besides the men who will
be employed in the timber. The mill can
handle either logs or bolts
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LocaI Telephone Company.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
CHEHAL1S, Jan. 1S.--A plan is being
considered by some of our business men
to organize a local telephone company and
put in a system here. The town has about
sixty telephones in use, but the plant is
owned by the Sunset Company. 1t is be-
lieved that local company could lessen
the tolls so that the service would be much
greater and of larger benefit to the pub
lie The council may be asked TO grant a
franchise at an early day.
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CALL FOR STATE WARRANTS.
On General Fund and Military Ac-
counts for $S2 ,65O.3j.

Special Dispatch TO the observation-disclosures.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 1S--Another large war;
rant call was made today by the state
treasurer. State general fund warrants
Nos. 1885 ia 50475 inclusive We're called,
as were also military fund warrants Nos.
1851 to 3,137 inclusive.
The amount of the former call is s70,929.4i
and of the latter $11,720.S7, Interest ceases
on the above warrants on January % of
this year.
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rrrinr to sunnress Hlghhinders.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.--Through me
Influence Of Consul Ho Vow, the Chinese
six Companies of this city. have agreed TO
assist the police In terminating the High
binder war which has been raging In
Chinatown for some time past. Today the
Six Companies subscribed St7 800 which Will
be offered as a reward for the apprehen-
sion of the murderers Chief Of Police
Buggy will guarantee the members Of the
Six Companies protection from the VEN
geance Of The .hlghbinders for the action
they have taken.
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woman RoDbed in Olympia.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 1S.--Mrs. j. Il. Fenton,
a. widow, was robbed on one of this city 3
streets al an early hour last evening, by
two men. She was carrying in her hand
q purse, containing $40 of her deceased
husbands pension money, when the men
came up behind her and grabbed the purse
from her hand. Today the police arrested
three men, two of whom are thought to
he The robbers
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Barge Company's Machinery Sold.

Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
EVERETT, Jan. 1s.-Word was received
yesterday by +. II. Brownell, of this city;
Barge Company had been sold to Alex
ander McDougall. 1t was at these works
that the whaleback steamer City OF Ev-
erett was built some five years ago.. Mr..
McDougal was manager OF the works at
the time.
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Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
TACOMA, Jan. 1s.A big log drift has
formed in the Nesqually river above the
county bridge, on the dividing line between
Pierce and Thurston counties. 1t accumu-
lated several weeks ago and has been
growing so large as to endanEer the bridge.
County Commissioner Dow has gone to
the scene of the trouble with several work
men. who will blast out the drift.
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snicide nt stcilncnnm AsxInm.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA, Jan 1s.-Wiliiam Behring, a
local horse dealer, committed suicide at
the Steilacoom insane hospital yesterday
by hanging himself with a rope. BehrinG
tried to kill several people in a saloon
last fall and was pronounced insane. He
had strong tendency TO do violent acts.
Though closely watched. he succeeded in
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snoaualmie Power in Everett.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellfgencer,
EVERETT. Jan. 1s.-Charles II. Baker,
president of the Snoqualmie Falls Power
Company was in the city today, accom-
panied BY his father. Hon. II. T. Baker,
late president Of the Worlds Fair commits
sion. He spent the day in our city look
ing over the various industries with a
view to bringing in the power of the
Snouualmie Company.
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yvhitmnn County Tax VaIucs.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
COLFAX, Jan. R-Audltor Corder has
lust turned over to the county treasurer
the tax rolls for 1880 from which the fol-
lowing summary is taken: Farm town
and railroad realty valuation, ss.4A'sl
personal property, 1929, a03. The total tax
levy is 49,, 792. "A.
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Town Officers Elected.

Special Dispatch to the Post Inteligencer.
MOUNT VERNON, Jan 1S,-The new
city council held their first business ses-
elected city marshal and T.. w. Ferris city
clerk j. X. Chambers was elected city
attorney.
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UNITED NINE woRKERs.
various Radical Resolutions Are
Smothered in Committee.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. s.--Presi-
dent Mitchell presided at today's session
OF the United Mine Workess OF America:
The committee on resolutions reported
three resolutions One was referred 10
the committee on constitution. the second
denounced Federal courts and asked the
miners TO use their political influence In
elections. Tha enmmittas did not concur
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Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan lS- Representatives OF
all the Masonic organizations in the city
today elected the following board of re-
lief to care for needy members: Presi-
dent ]. II. Read; vice president, ID. Il.
Murry; treasurer, David Levin; secretary,
III. f. Norris.
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Reported sale of Hops.

Special Dispatch to the PoSt-Intelligencer.
CHEHALIS Jan. 1S.--The sale of b0
bales of hops belonging to Pearson, at
OakviIle, was reported here yesterday by
III. Klaber He paid MR.. Pearson IA cents,
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prizefghter In Jail.

Special Dispatch to the Post
cOLFAX, Jan. 49,. A. Black. for a
long time a resident of Seattle, and who
followed prizehghting for a livelihood. is
lodged in the county Jail awaiting trial
on charge Of defrauding a hotelkeeper.
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Special Dispatch to the acknowledgements.
NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 1S:-Judge Da-
wilson today pronounced the following
pententary sentences: Ross Mars, for
gerry, eighteen months; Addison. larceny,
one year: Frank Lee. burglary. five years;
Harry Wilson, burglary, five years.
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Guilty of Criminal Assault.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
tVDREIr, Jan. 1&--The jury in the case
of the state of Washington VS.. Charles e.
Edwards brought in a verdict of guilty Of
an assault with intent to commit rape.
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eluding the attendants and ending his life.
He was single man, 80 years old.
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diction was tried today before Chief JUS
tice McColl. The action was brought by
CHARLES 5. Dean. seaman, against Il. r.
Med. Russell. as registered owner and
Charles Il. Crockett as master OF the
steamship City of Columbia, for wages.
the court giving him $50 per menth for six
months.
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CHIMES OF NORMANDY" tonight,
Seattle theater Matinee o'clock today.
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member that We have still an arduous
although probably a prosperous and vic
torious task before us.
Il do not desire rs touch upon any OF
the political aspects OF the war, but rather
to remember what We have gained al
home In the first place. ] think that the
countless incidents In which the queen has
Identified herself With the people N the
matter of the Shamrock. in her visits TO
London and TO Ireland and in others that
are fresh in our minds. make her not ON y
an object OF reverence and affection. but
almost OF idolatry,
I'm the next place, the demeanor of our
people during adversely is a matter for
pride and has Impressed the world more
even than our military successes. This
war has been fought under totally new
conditions. against Invisible enemies who
use smokeless powder. This In itself will
give the great military much TO nonder
over ! think we may derive this comfort
and strength-that our forces OF defense
have proved greater than our forces Of at
tack This is consolation to those In
terested in defense who are dispersed along
the frontiers OF our empire"
He concluded as follows: Even II the
war shall result in great extension OF
our empire. all our sacrifices will be in
vain II We are too swollen by the pride
of triumph to profit by the sad Lessons
OF November, December and January and
TO revise in the times Of peace in tho light
OF what we learned in those dreary, dis Z.
NAL months"
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Quay's friends is plain. That Is all de-
sire 10 show. | have no objection 70 the
senate either adiourning or going Into
executive session. but consider the
unanimous agreement at an end
II don't know how the senator from
Massachusetts Classics himself, ftort-
ed Mr.. Wolcott, whether as friend or as
an enemy OF Mr.. Quay II Is hard to tell
who are his friends or who are his enc
mics. But when any suggestion or in
timation is made that theirs Is any I'M
worthy or unrlghteous purpose In press-
ing the consideration OF that case as a
matter OF highest privilege, the person
who makes that statement goes far out
OF his way to state that which Is uu-
quallfiediy false"
Mr.. Lodge made no charge against
any enc. | said that | had been deprived
OF the right which | thought clearly
had. | am not going to press 1t and |
am not going to hold the senate. II the
unanimous consent is broken OF course
that Is the end OF II. II can not be bind
ing in one case and not binding in all.
Mr.. Chandler = Unanimous consents
would better come 10 an end II they mean
what senators now declare them to m an.
With the situation still strained and
senators looking pale and serious, the
senate. at 5:55 D. M, adjourned