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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-16
KENDR|Ck Still FLOODED.
THE RIVER Is, HOWEVER, RECED-
ING SOMEWHAT.
Railroad Wreck Formed Dam,
Chanwing the Channel Of the Pot
latch, which II Now Running
where the Railroad Grade Was.

MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 15.-The water In
the big Potlatch river is receding, but a
large part Of the town Of Kendrick is sun
under water. The change of the river
current toward the town is said to be part
ly the result of a recent train wreck. Many
tons of steel rails were left in the river.
This caught the driftwood and formed
dam which diverted the channel and turn
ed It toward the main street Of Kendrick.
The stores-will lose thousands Of dollars
In ruined goods as in many of the build
ing the water was waist Deep The tracks
of the Northern Pacific railway for miles
between Vollmer and Lewiston are washed
out.
: Strange as II may seem, one OF the sorest
needs Of Hendricks is drinking water. as
the water works and wells are ruined. The
water Is all muddy and not fit to use.
An engine and passenger train lie on the
side track near the depot and can go
neither forward nor backward. For long
distance the river now runs where the
railroad grade was. 1t will take. In the
opinion of railroad men. three months to
repair the road.
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II 4 The PHILIPPINES.
..,rra COOK. LONG TIME
sorIxrxr IN sKAGIT co.
~. career of an Esteemed Cit
.- u rhis statement to PHIL
1920. 81 Last summer to Engage
u. Lumbering Business.

s, n,.nateh to the Post-Intelligencer.
2ecrrn.WOOLIEY, Jan. 5.-News mas
sE VA here from Iloilo. Philippine Islands,
flsc''.s sssh az Mortimer Cook. one OF the
4 " ssrr and at one time probably the
1880 $3.50 man in Skagit county. Mr..
seu~snt to the Philippine islands last
uoA !. WITH the idea Of engaging In the
fIn aaes,s business and was on a tour OK
..s.rsrt cities when overtaken by an
re e .,,scr OF dysentery. which resulted
sca's ssssh on November "a last. He was
2. ~ age, but notwithstanding his
ya vears was an extraordinarily
sa Nau nan mentally and up to the hour
Sag n. Ssnsrture from this locality, took
y ss,,vs interest In public and political
sfars. r.,ror~ah,a carear
!. ~ west. Three times ne made large
Z s., ~ and as many times was reduced
= comparatively Strengthened c,rcum-
s.rces BY a love for large speculations
"a rhilantfiropic gifts. He was born IN
Sssns6eld, O., and served with distinction
!. N Mexican war. The Fraser river goa
.sr,,suent brought him to the Pacinc
s.sr and he Joined the rush to British
cSs..,srhia. establishing Cooks ferry over
" TSnrnpson river. and making a for
u - Tween that and mining.
IN s;ucs then he figured as mayor Of santa
,Ssssrs' cal. and president Of the First
s.tcrsl bank OF that town. and afterward.
csrinr to this country, as the owner and
.vsssfor Of the first sawmill on the Sxasit
9ssr n he neighborhood Of which grew
= IN town OF Bug, subsequently changed
y ssdro. He also established a store at
w. has since washed of the face Of the
.svsh and, later on turned agriculturaltst
!. rhat is known as the Cook ranch.
II 4 state and county politics ne was 3
.,orinent figure. His answering loyalty
X ~ Republican party and Its principles.
w rs characteristic Neutrality-suspicious.
= unholding those principles, made him a
spVer in the ranks.
n this county and especially in this
,s~n. he was regarded with affectionate
s ~s and wherever he was known the
esme Of Mortimer Cook Is synonymous
In honor and Kindness Of heart. His
i.sth N the PARKWAY Philippine islands is
,orrowful blow to those who were honor
a NTH his friendship
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Brig Tanner, NOW at Olympia,
Brought Out Mercer Party.


Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
OLYMPIA, Jan. 1.-THE brig Tanner Ii
now loading lumber at the West Side mill
wharf, In this city, for San Pedro. Cal
The visit OF this vessel to this port recalls
recollections In the mind of one OF the
residents OF this city Of a sentimental
order Thirty-three years ago E. A. Stew
ems, manager OF the Western Union Of
nee In this city, arrived at Port Townsend
on the brig Tanner. The vessel was not
new even In those days, and no one con-
nected with her now seems to know just
what her age In.
The Tanner deserves a place in the his
tory OF Washington for the reason that on
the occasion Of Mr.. Stevens arrival he
with others OF her passengers, constituted
a portion OF the famous Mercer" party.
The Mercer party came around the
Horn to San Francisco In the old steamer
Continental. and made their journey north
in other vessels. Mr.. Stevens and the
party he was in took passage In the Tan
ner.
In this latter party were Mr.. Stevens
stepfather and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Manning, now dead; Mrs. d. K. Bax-
ter. Of Seattle. who has since died; Mrs.
John f. Convey, of Olympia, wife of the
consul general at Yokohama, and l.. A.
Treen. OF Seattle. There was one other
member OF the party, whose name Mr.
Stevens does not now recall. They landed
at Port Townsend on June l, 1866, after
a~voyage of three weeks from San Fran
cisco, and proceeded Mt once to Seattle
by tug. The old brig does not show
her age as much as would be expected.
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SINGLE MEN ELECT OFFICERS.
Pierce and ThurstOn County Manu-
facturers Meet at Tacoma.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA, Jan. 15.-The Shingle Manufac-
turers' Association of Pierce and Thurston
counties held its annual meeting today and
elected the following officers: President,
A. C. Young, of Tacoma; vice president,
II. G. Richardson, of Olympia; secretary,
Paul f. Page, of Buckley; treasurer, NJ.
l.. Card, of Sherlock; executive commit
tee from on PIERCE county q A. C. Young,
ton county, j. b. Flynn, of Little Rock,
H. G.. Richardson and NJ. L. Card The
executive committee comprises the Pierce
and Thurston county members of the State
Single Manufacturers Association.
The meeting today recommended to the
state association that the price of STARS"
be fixed at s1.35 and of Clears" at $1.55.
A resolution was passed recommending
that the state association Cooperate with
the dealers association for the mainte-
nance of prices. The meeting was largely
attended, and all present reported a splen-
did outlook for their particular mills. Vic
tor II. Beckman, secretary of the state
association, was present.
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JOSEPH MARTIN CORNERED.
PRESIDENT M'KECHNIE CHARGES
MS DISCRETION TO OPPOSITION.
Martin Denying II, IL Related ~
James Dunsmuir, who Says IL IL
True-Ex-Attorney General said
to he Losing Popular Favor.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
VICTORIA, 3. c., Jan. 15.-Joseph Mar
tin came a cropper this afternoon when
DIR. McKechnie, president of the council,
thrust fabrication down his throat.
Shortly after commencing his address the
president of the council stated that, while
the ministers had been true to their pre-
election pledges, Martin himself Mad gone
over, bodily, to the opposition. Martin
sprang angrily to his feet and denied any
such thing.
McKechnie then stated that in a CONVEX
sation in the Hotel Wilson, Joe Martin had
assured James Dunsmuir, the member for
Comox. that II the opposition would hang
together he, Martin. would assist them TO
upset the government. The members
looked to Mr.. Dunsmuir who, although he
never makes an address In the house, has
an unassailable record for probity. and
that gentleman answered unhesitatingly:
"All can say Is that 1t is perfectly true"
Tumultuous applause broke from the gov
eminent benches, during which Martin
subsidized into his seat The applause a was vas
chamber, when the president OF the coun.
Gil characterized Joe's attack on Semlin
as disgracefuI thing, adding that no man
in British Columbia had more honorable,
or stainless record that the Hon. Charles
Semlin. McKechnie also tainted Martin
with stamping Winnipeg in the interests
although he called an assembly Of gentle
men at Rossland white shirted hobos"
and had referred to some laborers at the
door as Ibis friends"
The tide seems to have set In against
Martin who, advices from Nanaimo state.
will not even get hearing when he at
tempts to set himself right at public
meeting in the coal city on Saturday night.
A. E. McPhillips. one of the members
from the city Of Victoria, followed.
He was loudly applauded by. the oppose
ton when he condemned the alien Law as a
rank injustice to the American investors
in Atlin, and defied the cabinet to cite a
parallel instance by the government Of
any Of the other provinces. He also twit-
ted the government with its expressions
of per-fervid loyalty, Notwithstanding that
they had disenfranchised the sailors at
EsQuimalt and the soldiers at Work Point.
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OPENING OF POULTRY SHOW.
Numerous Entries From This and
Other States.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures
TACOMA, Jan. '15.-The poultry show
opens tomorrow morning at the old ath-
etic club rooms on Pacific avenue, near
the city hall. Birds are entered from Mon
tana, idaho, Oregon, California and Brit
ish Columbia, as well as from this state,
and the show promises to be the best ever
held here.
Among the birds that came In today are
entries by the following exhibitors: Mrs.
A. j. NJ. Hossom. Coupeville, bun wyan-
dottes: A. II. Wanamaker.. Coupeville,
andottes; Mrs. C. II. Forest, Oakyille,
white plymouth rocks: J. l.. Crab, Seattle,
white and silver laced wyandottes: A. A.
Osborne. Seattle, silver laced wyandottes;
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RATES NOT MAINTAINED.
Atlantic Steamships Forcing Rail-
road Concessions.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
ST. PAUL, Jan. 15.-Notwithstanding the
positive assertions that rates of every
character are being strictly maintained,
the st, Paul-Chicago lines are paying COM
missions of from 50 to S. on steamship
business. During the past two months
many Of the Northwestern steamship
agents have booked q great many tourists
for the Paris exposition. They have abso-
lutte control of this business, and recently
they have been looking up rates via the
railroads to New York and Montreal
The railroads have not been slow to dis
cover that the steamship men have them
in a corner, and have begun to offer con-
cessions. The 500 is known to have start
ed off with an offer of So commission, and
others have followed until now S. is re-
garded as the figure that will be paid for
this business. An unprecedented foreign
immigration Is also expected during the
coming season, and railroad men are has
tening to square themselves with the
steamship men and Eastern connections,
and 1t Is not likely that any standard Of
rates can hold for long.
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WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN.
Cars Derailed Across a TrestIc Near
Index.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
INDEX, Jan. IA freight wreck oc-
CURED at 10 o. clock this morning about two
miles east of here on the Great Northern.
The local accommodation train was run
ming about thirty miles an hour, when a
car Jumped the track and was deraiied
across long high trestle. Shortly after
reaching the end the car left the roadbed
entirely, another car went off on the other
side of the track, while a third was badly
wrecked coming out with three sets Of
trucks under 1t.
The caboose was also derailed. No one
was nhp as seit tbas , pn me Th IN
is torn up for a distance of 800 yards. and
an extra gang and wreck train crew are
repairing the damage. The road will prob
ably be opened some time tomorraw morn
ing.
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STRUCK BY A STREET CAR.
Farmers Wagon Wrecked and II.
Knocked Unconscious.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan. 15-Edward Hayes a
farmer living near Spanaway lake, was
struck by street car on the G street line.
between Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets,
this afternoon and his team and wagon
thrown sixty feet and the wagon wrecked.
Hayes was picked up in an unconscious
condition and taken In the city ambulance
to the Fanny Paddock hospital, where he
soon regained consciousness, and 1t was
The street cars, after having their down
The street cars, after leaving their down.
town passengers at Eleventh street, run at
a rapid rate down street to Seventeenth,
and the prediction has been frequently
made that a bad accident would occur there
some day.
Hayes was in a covered wagon and at
tempted to drive across the track when the
car struck him.
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Heavy RAINS AT PULLMAN.
p.lsuse River Ont Of Banks and
Town Inundated.

special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
PULLMAN, Jan. 4.-Rain poured con-
tin,lally here for forty-eight hours ending
Yesterday. AS a consequence the south
iork Of the Palouse river has overflowed
rs banks and the lower part of the town
4 inundated. On parts of Main street
water Is two feet deep and occupants Of
several dwellings, were compelled to hast
III take up carpets and spend the night
among friends on higher ground.
Especial havoc has been played among
ddewalks, cellars and wood piles. The
seam laundry which was recently started
here lost q good portion of a carload of
wood that they had just unloaded. The
water II the highest known for years, and
vas never exceeded, with no snow in the
mountains There has been SO much rain
81 late that the ground Is thoroughly
soaked and cannot take in any more.
Farmers are generally hopeful over crop
prospects. At the present the rain has
esssed and It is believed the water will
tie no higher, unless the rain continues,
which there Is good prospect Of 1t not
ding
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TRIED TO KILL THE JUDGE.
Desperate Attempt of Disappointed
Litigant to Get Revenge.

ST PAUL, JAN 15--JaHes WEIGH made
n desperate attempt at noon to assass!-
nate Judge William Lochran, of the Fed
eral court.
WEIGH had a damage suit against the
Northern Pacific for being thrown off a
train at Mandan, N. D. After trial
lasting three days, Judge I4ochran last
Friday took the case from the jury and
delivered verdict for the defendant.
WEIGH appeared at Judge Lochran's
chamber today and leveled a revolver at
the judge. Court Crier Conway knocked
WEIGH was disarmed, but jumped from
the second floor window and ran. He
was captured and arrested.
WEIGH is a partial paralytic. 80 years
old.
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FRUIT GROWERS GATHERING.
Annual Meeting of Northwestern
Association.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA, Jan. 15.--The annual meeting
of the Northwest Fruit Growers Associa-
ton opens here in the United States court
rooms tomorrow morning. to continue
three days. DR.. N. G. Blalock. OF Waiia
this evening, and a great number Of fruit
men from east of the mountains and Idaho,
as well as s. L. Moore general freight
agent OF the Northern Pacific railway. and
party of fruit men from Chicago, st.
Paul and along the line Of the Northern
Pacific road.
The morning session Will be taken up
with the routine business of the associa-
ton. In the afternoon addresses and pa
pers will be presented by fruit men and
others, followed by open discussion. In
Is to be given at the Tacoma hotel.
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andottes, white leghorns; DR.. T. B. Gum,
North Yakima, buff plymouth rocks; j.. G..
Dixon. North Yakima, white cochins,
bronze turkeys.
Local fanciers that have put in their
flight brahmas; ]. Thomas, bronze turkeys;
Ralph C. Smith. barred plymouth rocks;
w. q. Rowland, white leghorns; w. II.
Reed, barred plymouth rocks and white
wyandottes Chas. Rancipher. B. G. game
bantams; Harry II. Collier bum wyan-
dottes; Thos. II. Hardy, pitt games.
Judge Theodore Hewes. of Trenton, MO-.
arrived on the train from Portland this
evening and will act as Judge of the ex-
hibit.
The show opens tomorrow morning and
continues -four days.
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NO OUTBREAK AMONG INDIANS.
Reports Of Threatened Rising IN
Canada Are Denied.

OTTAWA. Ont, Jan. 15.-Reports have
become current of excitement among
the Cree Indians over the Transvaal. on
the alleged grounds that the grievances
of the Beers were similar to those which
provoked the rebellion of 1885 in the Can
adam Northwest. Hon. Clifford Sifton,
minister of the interior, ordered an in
uuiry, and the Indian agent at Edmonton
reports that he has visited five of the
reserves and found the Indians were even
ignorant of there being war in South
Africa.
He also met reliable man. who came
from Lesser Slave land, who gave a fiat
contradiction to the report. The Indians
were also quiet and contented.
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MEDICAL FRATERNITY PROTESTS.
Appeintment of DR.. James Creates
Stir In the Profession.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Jan. 15.-
The appointment of DIR. James. of Spokane.
as assistant physician at Medical Lake In
sane asylum has created a stir among the
medical fraternity of the state. DIR. James,
! = alleged, is not legally qualified to hold
such position from the fact that he has
rot received license from the state board
Of medical examiners.
Spokane County Medical Society having
called Dr. w. Grant fuckers attention to
The appointment of James, he, as secre-
lary OF the state board of medical exam
,ers, has filed vigorous protest against
James appointment with the state board
me appointment of an unlicensed physi-
can to medical position in the service Of
.ne state Is In violation of the state law
creating the state board of medical ex-
be cancelled.
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ROCK SLIDE ON RAILROAD.
Canadian Pacific Makes . Detour 10
Get Around 1t.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 15.--There
have been two serious cases of rock slide
up the line of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way. about seventy-five miles from this
city, and four miles from the little sta
ton of Spuzzum. The first slide occurred
on Sunday, and. to permit the passage of
the overland trains track was hastily
laid around the caved-in rock, This was
excavation in the rock providing for little
more than one track above the Fraser
river, hundreds of feet below. Today there
was a second and more serious slide of
rock, the continuous and heavy rains
having undermined the sandstone cliffs.
A large gang Of men was Immediately set
to work and trains were enabled to run
after a delay of six hours.
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UNITED MINE WORKERS.
Eighteen States Represented at the
Indianapolis Meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15.--A close ap-
proximate of the credentials committee
showed that at least eighteen states were
represented in the national convention of
the United Mine Workers of America
John Blue president of the Indianapolis
central labor bureau. welcomed the dele
gates 10 the city. p. J. keenan,, chair
that 1t would not be ready to report until
tomorrow.
The convention unanimously invited
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, to make an ad-
dress. Gompers spoke at o'clock.
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City Won the Salt.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
CENTRALIA. Jan. 15.-The city won in
the suit instituted by Frank T. McNitt
to compel the council to replace certain
electric lights in his block. Judge Elliott
sustained the demurrer OF the city attor-
ney, that the petition of relator was in
sufficient. Mr.. McNitt says he Will con-
tinue the case.
The council has advertised for lease Of
the plant. 1t has not paid the city any
profit since its purchase, four years ago.
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REESE NOT IN CONTEMPT.
Injunction Under Which He Was
Held Did Not Apply.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. I4-Judge Thayer, in
the United States court of appeals, to-day,
rendered a decision in the case OF John p.
Reese. a member Of the United Mine
Workers of America. who is now In jail
court. ordering his release. The conten-
ton Of Reese. that the Injunction under
which he was imprisoned, for addressing
striking miners did not apply to him, was
upheld By Judge Thayars
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Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures.
EVERETT, Jan. 15.-The barge Mer-
curry finished loading lumber at the Bell
Nelson mill yesterday, having loaded $685.
900 feet of dimension stuff for the Yukon
q Arctic railway. The cargo will be I'M
loaded at Skagway and taken TO- Lake
White Horse rapids on scows as soon as
the lake opens in the spring.
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BoY SHOT ny COMRADE.


Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
EVERETT, Jan. 15.-Yesterday after
noon while Roy Robinson. aged IL years.
was out hunting on the marsh across the
river near town with his friend, Oso Will
son, he was accidentally shot In the thigh
by gun in the hands Of the latter. which
was discharged while he was lowering the
hammer.
The injured boy was but few feet away
and received the charge In the thigh, the
fieshy part of which was exposed to the
clan. says the wound, while painful Is not
serious.
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Has Turned states Evidence.

EVERETT. Jan. 15.-The January term
of the superior court opened here today
before Judge Frank +. Reid. The case of
the state Of Washington versus George
Harper, the alleged forger, of Arlington,
in which case the jury disagreed last
term, will be tried. Frank Murray. the
accomplice of Harper, has turned states
tence until this trial Is concluded.
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Younx GIRL Runawax.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan. 15.-Fannie Van Sheldon.
15-year-old girl, living with her parents
on the Puyallup Indian reservation. has
disappeared, and, 1t is supposed by her
PARENTS with Frank Fetterly disso-
lutte young man Of the neighborhood, with
whom she has been keeping company. 1t is
thought the couple have gone to Seattle.
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SEATTLE BOY KILLED.
Accidentally Shot Himself While
Hunting Near WhatcOm.

Special Dispatch to the Post Inteiligencer
NEW WHATCOM, Jan 15.--Forrest
Charland, the fourteen-year-old son OF
John Charland, of Seattle, was killed while
hunting ducks on Lummi marsh, six miles
from Whatcom, on Saturday afternoon.
The boy was out alone and the position OF
his body, when found Sunday afternoon,
by a search party. indicated that the gun
had slipped from his hand, the hammer
striking on log and diseharging the gun
The charge Of one barrel went through