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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
BETTER THAN THE KNIFE.
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Piles
Quickly, Painlessly, without
Danger.

People go along for years, suffering with
piles. They try this, and that. and the
other thing from carrying a buckeye 10
getting treatment from physician. 1hey
obtain temporary relief maybe. but they
are never quite cured. little strain In
lifting, excessive fatigue a little consiipa-
come back
They don't seem to amount TO much, but
they Danish sleep and appetite No posi-
ton is comfortable. There IS intense local
pain and that dreadful, agoniZing feeling
OF weight IN the Derineum.
Maybe in the early stages some OF the
many salves on sale Will AFFORD temporary
relief II the case is of long standing
there is only one speedy and sure rem
edy. 1t is Pyramid Pile Cure. Even in
light cases II is the safest thing TO use.
Other applications may cure and may not.
Pyramid Cure is always certain. always
reliable, always brings comfort at once.
Its prompt use saves months of severe
suffering. In extreme cases II VIII save
surgical operations and their attendant
dangers and dscomforts. 1t is better than
the knife. VIII cure easier. quicker and
safer. Thousands have used it.. Thous-
ands have been cured by 1t. The cost
is tri1ng compared with what It does.
The price is one dollar. Most anybody
would gladly pay ten dollars to be rid OF
piles.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure. If
yours hasn't 1t, he will get 1t for you
from the
PYRAMID DRUG CO.
Marshall. Mich. Sole Manufacturers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
ARE HELD FOR ROBBERY.
barrett and Harris Positively Identi-
fed by e. G. MiIler-Tbey Affirm
Entire Innocence.

c. A. Barrett, cook. and Robert Har.
ris, whose true name is ID. G. Johnson.
were bound over to the superior court
yesterday afternoon by Justice Cam on
the charge Of holding up and robbing r.
c. Miller, a tailor. on the evening of April
II. In default of $500 bonds each they were
committed to Jail. Miller positively iden-
tilted the defendants.
Harris testified that he was at the Snug
saloon when the alleged hold-up took
place. the state having fixed 10 o'clock
in the evening or shortly previous as the
time of the occurrence. His statement
was corroborated by Joseph Cations, the
bartender, August Johnson. the porter.
and a man named Brennan.
On cross-examination Deputy Prosecut-
ing Attorney Fulton made Harris admit
his true name.
Barrett said he was walking down
Fourth avenue when he heard some one
yelling stop. thief" and saw two men
running. II was a great surprise, he said,
to him when Miller accused him of being
implicated In the robbery.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
ACTOR WALSH CONVICTED.
Arthur Redwood. n Guest of Occi
dental. His Victim.

Edward Walsh, who Is well known in
variety theater circles in Seattle and other
cities in the Pacific Northwest was con-
victed in Justice Cams court yesterday
afternoon of stealing $3.50 from Arthur
Redwood guest at the Occidental hotel.
Redwood met Walsh late Tuesday night
on Second avenue south near Washing ton
street and invited him to have drink.
They eventually landed in the Lobby sa-
loon, where Redwood dropped asleep In a
back room. When he awoke he missed two
IS gold pieces and some silver. He report
ed the matter to officer Brown who ar
rested Walsh On the way to the station
Walsh tried to throw away a s. piece and
also dropped one in the police station.
Walsh strenuously denied the charge
and insisted that he did not try to throw
away money. He said that while he was
removing property from his own pocket
at police headquarters a Is gold piece,
which was his own property dropped from
his hand. Walsh said he was comedy
actor and hal Travelled with companies all
over the country. He Is short thick set
and has light blue eyes SO far as can
be learned his previous reputation ie good.
He insists that ne Is a victim of circum-
stances.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
NOME INFORMATION COSTLY
Clever Bunko Men Turn n Trick and
Disappear Before Victims Re-
port to Police.

According to two reports made to Capt.
Sullivan at police headquarters last even
ing a wel-known First avenue hotel was
the scene Of two clever bunko tricks yes
terday afternoon. The first victim was
H. II. Clay, who Is a guest at the New
England hotel He met a stranger on
First avenue south near Jackson street,
and was persuaded to go to the strangers
hotel to see some fine ore specimens.
There 1t cost him SSs. he alleges. to find
out how little he knew about poker.
Lon Hammond who arrived in Seattle
recently from Chicago on his way to
Nome, met a young man at the Rainier
Grand hotel yesterday afternoon who took
him to a hotel he says, to see about some
Nome matters. The colonel" was out
and a card game was introduced After
losing $40 Hammond concluded that Cape
Nome information was costly and quit
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
THEIR WAGES ARE ADVANCED.
Restaurant PrOprietors Yield to De
mands of Walters Union.

EIghty-five per cent OF The restau-
rant proprietors. OF Seattle. have ac-
coded TO the demand of the walters
union FOR higher wages. The rest are
dered. Wages are advanced from IS
and $40 a week TO 1850 and si2
Having succeeded In obtaining higher
wages. the walters are redoubiing their
efforts TO drive out the Japanese res
taurants. They demand that the pro-
prietors of these places discharge their
Japanese employees, substitute white
help and raise wages To the union scale
An active boycott has been lnaugurated
against the Japanese, who SO far have
refused TO come TO terms. This move
ment IS reported 10 be the shadow OF
an approaching crusade by the labor
unions against Oriental and contract
labor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
hob PERRY STRUCK A SAILOR.
Wcll-KnOwn Sporting Man Fined
for Assault.

Bob Perry, one of the well-known
sporting men and unique characters of
the city, was fined S. and costs yester-
day afternoon by Judge Cam for strik-
ing Edward Finfay. a member of the
crew of the battleship Iowa. on the
check. As one of the witnesses de-
diately hit the sidewalk with his heels in
the air. 1t was claimed that the trouble
arose over Finlay's objection to Perry
taking a cigar from his blouse pocket.
Perry said he came out of the Totem
Pole saloon, and accidentally bumped
into a bunch OF six sailors. The next
thing he knew Finlay gave him a black
eve and he struck back. The sailors
went after him and he rushed to the bo-
som of policeman. The policeman
swore Perry ran the other way
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
ERNEST F. wURTELE DEAD.
Was Well Known I'm Local socis
and Railroad Circles.

Word was received at the Great North
ern offices yesterday Of the death from
pneumonia of Ernest +. Wurtele a young
man we'll known in local society, who has
been employed in the Vancouver B C)
offices of the road for the past three
years.
Prior to three years ago Mr. Wurtele
was employed in the offices of the general
traffic manager in Seattle While here he
was not in good health and secured n
leave Of absence and went to California.
On his return he was transferred 10 the
Vancouver offices, in which he was an eff
cient clerk. His brother, Charles wurtele.
is general agent of the Great Northern at
Victoria
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

the first time in thirty-six hours. 1t ap-
pears that he took a Turkish bath, be-
came involved In dispute with friend,
who in revenge stole certain portions OF
his wearing apparel. When Guam got
ready to 20 home his garments were miss
ing. II took Detective Wappenstein and
Detective Phillips until yesterday after
noon to discover the missing articles. 1t
was Quan's birthday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
Fighting sailor in Jail.

w Wood. one of the battleship Iowa's
sailors, was locked up in the city Jail
twice yesterday. The first arrest was
the result of a fine smuggling match with
Thomas Powell in Washington street
saloon. No sooner was he out of this
trouble than he assaulted Jailer Corning.
He was locked up again
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
sLuIcING our TuE LIME.
Willamette May lie In Commission
Again I'm a Few Days.

The water has been pumped out of the
collier Willamette and the lime is nov
being slutced out OF her In order 10
facilitate this work the ship Is stil held
With heavy list So that the lime viii
run out through the starboard mort
Superintendent Trowhridge saws the
exact damage is not known vet but
ho thinks it viii De small II Is expect ed
sion again In three or four days.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

ACCEPTS THE FRANCHISE.
Light and Water Plant to Re Erect
ed at West seattle This Summer.

the new electric railway now in process
OF construction between this city and
West Seattle, yesterday filed his formal
acceptance of the franchise recently
granted him by the county commission-
ers giving him permission to construct
an electric light plant and waterworks
at West Seattle.
1t Is understood that the plant will
be completed before the end of the pres
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

Capt ", W. Robinson. Jr.. local quar-
termGstcT. spent yesterday at Fort Flag.
Ter. who're be went to inspect one OF t6a
new officers quarters which has been
finished hy Contractor Mckay
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

Alexander Mckenzie was arrested hv
Detective Freeman Yesterday evening on
suspicion that he Was connected with the
SWtudH0e OF a French-Can0dIan out ~
81 .0NQ IN 9eorEetoMn q short Ilrne NO
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
CUTTER BEAR ARRIVES.
Comes From San Francisco and
VIII Soon Sail for Nome.

The revenue cutter Bear arrived last
evening from San Francisco and dropped
anchor in the bay. She will remain here
1t is said, some little time and then go to
Boring sea and to Nome.
1t has been reported from Washington
city to, be the intention of the govern
ment to keep at least one government
and the Bear is understood to be the yes
sci that has been selected to serve first
at the station.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

Mrs. Joseph Green, wife Of the former
colonel of the First regiment of the Wash
ington National Guard, died yesterday aft
ernoon at the Monod hospital on First
avenue. She had been Ill for the last week
with pneumonia. The remains will be EN-
balmed awaiting instructions from Col
Green, who is in Dawson. Mrs. Green's
native state was Maine. She was SO years
old
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
ALLEGED Wife Heater.

Frank Yokel a laundryman. was lock-
ed up I'm the city jail yesterday after
noon. TO be held pending a further in
Wife heater
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
Quaranttnes During AprII.

The records % the city health office
show that during the month OF Aprtl 80
cases ot conRgioUs diseases were quar-
Antlucd There were 50 cases u diph-
iberia, of smallpox, 81 OF scarlafina
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

The steamer Santa Cruz sailed last
night Tor TreadwcA Juneau and Skag-
way with cargo ~ powder. Coz
general merchandise. She does not carry
pSsSenEcrs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

sent of the defendants attorneys 1t was
set for November ~.
The amount of bail which the ac-
cused men will be required to furnish
will be fixed by Judge Benson on Satur-
day,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, Of West JEFF
ierson, O.. after suffering eighteen months from
Rectal fistula. he would die unless costly opera
ton was performed; but he cured himself with
Buctlens Arnica Saye the best in the world Surest
Pile cure earth. 25c box at
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
BANKER RoUTs A RoBBER.

J. r. Garrison. cashier Of the Bank Of Thorn
vile. o., had been robbed Of health by serious
lung trouble until he tried DIR. Kings New Dis
coyery for Consumption Then he wrote: 1T is the
best medicine ever used for a severe cold or a
bad case of lung trouble always keep bottle
on hand Don't suffer with Coughs, Colds. or any
Throat. Chest or Lung trouble when you can be
cured so easily. Only Soc and sl00 Trial bottles
free at
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
Joins the Battieship Iowa.

Lieut.. G. Il. Britton. L. $. y. yester-
day Joined the hattleship Iowa at the
Port Orchard drydock rs senior watch
officer
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

EMERALD rings. Mays birthstone.
William H. Finck, jeweler, sic Second
avenue.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
BLOOD
POISON.

In some cases the external signs OF con
tagious blood poison are 50 slight that the
victim IS firmly within the grasp uf the
monster before the true nature OF the dis
ease Is known. In other cases the blood
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03
His Raiment Was Gone.

Jack GUAM. n well-known sporting man,
appeared Yesterday among his friends for
Douglas Island news., 1900-04-25
I he NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Andrew Nordstrom of Juneau has announced his intentions of establish. ing a sash and door factory in Skag- way.
 The postofice department at Wash ington has arranged to provide first class money order system for Cape Nome.
 Armour & Co.,, the great meat packers, have completed arrangements for open. ing a wholesale supply house in Skag- way.
 The expressmen of Skagway have or ganized themselves into a transfer company and will operate on the syndi- cate plan.
 The cleanup on Hunker is estimated at S2,OOO,OOO; that on Dominion at S2,- 5OOOOO, and that on Last Chance at S2OOOOO.
 N. P. Shaw will deliver 40 head of cattle and 100 head of sheep per week at Skagway to supply the local and Klondike trade.
 The Haines-Porcupine trail has suc- cumbed to the influence of the weather and supplies from now on must be roped up the river
 Valdez has a population of 25O, and according to the editor of the Sitka Alaskan, there is not boy in the town and only three girls,
 The wages in Dawson for miners are 5 per day and board, or 80 cents per hour without board. The supply is equal to the demand.
 $50 and 800 pans are not of uncom- mon occurrence on No. B, Dominion creek, and on No. 16 $40 and $50 pans are frequently found.
 Alaska has already contributed 870,- UOOUUU to the udIIOu "ooACh, "hI 10 booked to double that amount within the next three years.
 The beach at Unalakleet, in the Nome district, was salted last winter for the purpose of decoying tenderfeet, but the scheme was discovered and exposed.
 The ore from the new strike on Cop per mountain, Prince Edward Island, assays from 35 to 40 per cent in copper and the values are very evenly distrib- uted
 A through passenger rate from Se- attle to Nome, via Skagway, of Sl85.0O has been announced. This includes berths, meals and 15O pounds of bag gage.
 The editor of the Sitka Alaskan re- gently made a trip to Valdez and while there was initiated into new fraternal society known as the Order of Alaska Moose.
Douglas Island news., 1900-04-25

The new army post at Skagway will be located two miles north of that city, and will be asuburban feature to which the citizens of the Gate City may point with pride.
 The Frenchman's rapid transit auto mobile-gasoline motor cycle is being hauled to Dawson by horse, and even then has hard time keeping up with the animal.
 Geo. F. Fife, of the Fife-AIaska com pany, is doing considerable Dragging because he recently caught a three and one-half pound bull trout in the Skag way river.
 A new mining district has been dis covered north of Nome. It is called Kanewgok Mining district The streams of this section flows into the Boring sea.
 New strikes are reported on lower discovery, Jack Wade creek, on State creek. branch of the north fork of Forty Mile, and on Gold Run, branch of State creek.
 A party of KIondikers came out over the trail last week bringing S90,0OO.OO in gold dust with them. Most of the gold was the property of William Young of Seattle.
 Quartz claims have been located in the Kostina and Chittyna districts, Copper river country, 10 to 20 feet in width, that assay from $50 to Sl20 in gold and copper.
 The halibut catch for the season closing April 1st by the fishing fleet in Hecate straits and Wrangel narrows is estimated at from eighteen hundred to two thousand tons.
 A placer strike is reported on the Chistuchina, a tributary of Copper river, 225 miles from Valdez. The ground yields 75 cents to the pan and bed rock not reached.
 A quartz ledge, said to assay SlO to the ton, has been located within ten miles of Skagway, and now the citi- zens of that place dream of a city of smokestacks and smelters.
 Porcupine City now boasts of four saloons and two hotels, as well as two large dance halls with petticoat at tachments. Five saw mills are in op- eration and running full time.
 Frazer & Chalmers, the Chicago cap itaIists who own and are developing valuable copper properties at White Horse, will this season put in ten ton mating furnace at that place.
 VII. Rockefeller, a pioneer Alaska miner, has invented a gold saving ma chine that is guaranteed to save every thing in sight as we'll as that which is hidden. It is said to be success.
 The Berry Bros, of Fresno, Cal, who made fortunes in the KIondike, made another rich strike on one of their claims this winter, and have developed a pay streak that runs from S5 to 875 pan.
 There are 1000 men engaged in min ing on Bonanza creek, 75O on Eldorado, 450 on Sulphur, 400 on Gold Run, $50 on Dominion, $50 on Hunker, 250 on Last Chance, 300 on Quartz, l5O on Gold Bottom, and on other gulches 800.
Douglas Island news., 1900-04-25

Mir. Loyal L. Wirt, who left Nome on January 8th, arrived in Victoria last week, having come out by the Katmai trail. He says that everything within a hundred miles of Nome is staked,
 A specimen of pure copper weighing seven ounces has been found on Buck creek, a stream flowing into the Kot- zebue Sound. A permanent ledge is thought to be in the vicinity of the find.
 A cable telephone line between Skag way and Haines is one of the latest project to be advocated by the Skagway business men. The distance is twelve miles and the cost of construction is estimated at S3OOO.
 The Yukon is clear from ice from La Barge to the mouth of the Hootalinqua, and from Five Fingers to Selkirk, and the portages are bare and impossible. No more freight will go through until navigation opens.
 Parties who recently left Skagway for Seattle to engage passage by ocean steamer for Nome, were compelled to return, being unable to secure passage on any of the first class steamers ad vertised to sail next month.
 James B. Hogg is exhibiting some fine specimens of quartz in Port Town send taken from some mining clans in the Kitchikan district. One specimen assays 60 per cent in lead, one SlOO in gold, and another 300 ounces in silver.
 According to the new schedule an- nounced by the Klondike Cooperative company the fare from La Barge to Dawson will be $50, and from Daw- son to La Barge will be S1OOOO. This is an adaptation of the church fair system, makes it easy to get in but hard to get out.
 The following fleet of sailing vessels cleared from Seattle for Cape Nome this week: The schooners Gen. McPher- son, Fischer Bros, Frances Alice, Liz zie Colby, Rube l.. Richardson, Leslie D., Casco, Nellie Coleman, Fred E. San der, bark Hunter, barge Mercury, and the old whaler Mermaid.
 The Bennett Sun says that travel to that place is increasing every day. In it's issue of April 14th, it said that on Tuesday 50 people came in from the coast, on Wednesday 100 arrived, Thurs day brought 40, and Friday big crowd. 1000 strangers are now estimat- ed to be there waiting for navigation to open.
 H. M. Kaarsberg, Berry Bros mana ger at Dawson, says that Dawson, has been lively camp all winter and will be cracker-jaok this summer. Not only will bench, but creek claims be worked to their limit all season, and employment will be given to many men. So spake Mir. K. to the hired man of the Bennett Sun.
 A steam scow is being built at Ben nett for use in freighting railway ma terial for the White Pass road from Bennett to Caribou and other points beyond. She will be 100 feet long, 21 feet beam and have a capacity of 100 tons, She will have three screws and is expected to develop speed of from eight to ten miles an hour