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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-07
NEW MEXICO'S
LEADING JEWELRY
...STORE...

DIAMONDS are going to be very much
higher. Buy now and save money.
Our stock is beautiful and complete
WATchES-we are acknowledged
headquarters for hne railroad
watches--eilher for cash or on
easy payments.
sILvERwARE-A very complete stock
for wedding or anniversary gifts.
Whist prizes and staple table
goods.
FINE WATCH REPAIRING and en-
craving a speciality. Stone setting
beautifully done.
HONEST GOODS at honest prices tOr
honest people to buy.
II. e. FOX, Albuquerque, N. M
Iii. e. Fox s. Co. winslOw. AT
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-07
IfYou want to Make Money


Get a Job In the mint. II you want to save
money Trade at the Iceberg.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-07

New York, Aug. 7.-Baring. Magoun
& Co. have arranged to ship f2,OOO'OOO
In gold to London tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12

transferred by sale Of a majority OF the stock OF
the coal Directors Of the latter said yes
terday in TO requests for information the
subject, that their lips were sealed. and repre-
sentatyes of the coal roads and their bankers
would not discuss the reports. 1t Is known, how
ever that conferences have been in progress for
several days, and i Is believed in Wall Street that
insuTes the Erie and the other coal roads, If not
absolute control Of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany. least voice in its councils sufficiently in
huental TO secure the abandonment of the plan of
constructns an Independent and competing coal
road to tidewater.
There has been significant and rapid advanc
within the last week in the market quotation fol
Pennsylvania Coal Company stock. This stock, al
though listed on the New-York Stock Exchange, Is
classed among the inactive issues" and has long
been quoted noninally at anywhere from 40 to 430
bid, with scarcely ever a recorded sale. A week
to-day its nominal bid price was 400 The next
day the quotation had jumped TO 4j0 and the
following day TO 475 bid 700 asked. On Monday
500 bid for it, and yesterday 600 II Is said that
a sale Of forty shares made the Stock Ex-
change yesterday 6l5, although the transaction
held by the Thornes and few other interests in
the companys MANAGEMENT, but IL is said that
there in all about nine hundred stockholders.
The stocks of all the coal roads except the Cen
tral OF New-Jersey We're strong and active yester-
day the reports that agreement had been
arrived al with the Pennsylvania Coal Company.
Erie common made net gain for the day Of three
quarters Of per cent, the first preferred 12s and
the second preferred three-eighths of ! per cent.
and Hudson per cent and Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western rs Reading gained
l the first preferred rs, and the preferred
27s per cent.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
WHAT IS GOING ON rn-n.v

Board of Managers New-YorL S,at. ,,,,,-.. ~.
ia - iieilcan Exposition, Murray Hin Hotel
East Seventy-sixth-st. 10 a m - 'e"h Dapus'e'
Health Board meeting II a. m
Opening Of exhibition of prints the Csr,era Chm,
80 20 70 west I"enty-nnth-st.. 10 a m. to p m;
-, annual M tea party OF the Third Unitarian Society
NO S4o Clinton-ave., Brooklyn afternoon and eTeS
Farmers Club and Horticultural Section ~ tho
American Institute regular meetip and ebit ot Tne
ST. TO p. m - west 'orty-iourth-
Public Library trustees. regular roee,,,, 49,
Library, afternoon. e Hee'iHs' Astof
afternoon oi Tuohe improvements regular meeting.
Board Of Trade and TRANSFORMATION
Alfd2 societys annual dinner. waldorf
seyenteen1h annual dinner New-york Irr,,..rs,.,.
p m. '''i" association Hotel Savoy.
annual dinner Of the Eleventh Army Corn. ".
trans fith Avenue Hotel 7:30 n m o'ips vet
Aew-York Credit Mems Associat,on ,,,,.,....
lain-st' evening uo' NO iOO Will
1,9 ,Dlnner for Assemblyman-elect Charles c Al
'0nN"y central Hotel, evening o Auler'
ballroom e2e,I ey Winston Churchill Waldorf Astoria
Meeting Of the City Club. evening
Aeeung OF Australians Reform CIuh e,,.,,,.
amess Mei5oSi9 Of the SEVENTEEN year OF s.
iIncI ~ anniverss; ana one
-. - DoI regular meeting d m
~ fot On - The Compass and Its Ad,,s,,,. o..
~ or yohR i Bliss. Yachtsmens Club No ~ 2
samuel sbSadT EeeJrieal G, Society lecture bv DR.
Peoples Institute lecture ~ NJ,
Rona0ti H1DeTt R5DeTt Louis Stevenson and the HSa
Poars Goseinent'' Cooper Union. D. m
Ha1 H919aFe 20 q Education free lectures n ~ c..
aye rhe hoP2g6 institute Eghths ana M Fo1r5
Won Nsr5roT,, l5 n Ialon OF Light, Professor ~ p
AN Young Mems Christisn A r., =, n n
The Rudmentst ~ N1I1D q
Sh sT christian Association Hall NJ f2nng 2
OF" NJ Mn5sbse Thomas Moore: Poet and PATTI
No 9s5 IS. sssssn! baron de Hirsch Trade ScbooiI
80 Easi SiNty-fourth-st s.fJes. f sscnool
ana Effects" +. W HuntinFton meat It's Sources
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
COFFEY DEAF TO OTERTURES.
REFUSES TO HELP TAMNANY IL NEXT
YEARS MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN.

overtures have been made to Senator Michael j.
Coney. Of Brooklyn, within the last week by IN
fueutial Democrats on both sides OF the Brloge
looking TO his realigning himself and his followers
with the regular organization for the Mayoralty
campaign.
when want 20 come back into the organiza-
ton or when ] want to go TO Albany as Senator.
III go back without asking Mr.. Mclaughlin or
Mr.. Shevlin," Senator Cofey's answer
AS Is well known. Senator Coffee never has had
any quarrel with the Tammany Han leaders IN this
county. but he Is against having the Kings County
organization become a tail 10 the Tammany kite.
The Senator's friends said yesterday that he pur-
posely put up weak fght at the last primaries
in order that his successor might be an out and
out machine man. Mr.. COfey's enemies admit that
he can carry the primaries I'm his Senate district
when he wants TO, and they were surprised when
ne decided 10 stay out OF politics for year or
two. Now the Mclaughlin Sheylin machine dis
covers that II has claim Coffey, and that
81 sOrely needs his support next year I'm the Mayor
atty night. When Senator Coffey was asked last
night al the Fifth Avenue Hotel whether he was
going TO antagonize the regular Democratic orsani
Eation the coming year he said:
Il shall take no hand in the fight for the Iext
year. But after that IN be back in the ring
again and I'm give them all the fight they want"
Asked II he and his friends intended 10 support
nothing
IN saying that the Brooklyn machine has COM
mitted the stupid blunder OF trying 20 XII CCney
OF just when they need his votes the most. and
.hat this fact will be clearly demonstrated IN the
Mayoralty fight year one Of them, in COM
pary with the Senator at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last night, said:
godd hard headed anti-Tammany, hard money
Democrat like Crimmns or Grace. 1ammany VIII
be whipped as easy rolling OF OF a log.
The Senator's friends say that he wants 10 see
q u0n-parriSan committee appointed hoy The Legs
lature 10 dispace the Commissioners now il charge
az the Departments Of Health and Buildings.
wei as Police until after the next Mayoral1y cleo
uon. when their SUCCESSORS are likely 10 Dr. sntl-
Tammauy men. Mr. COffey's friend said that
TammanY crOOkedness permeates an these depart
meuts and that one is bad another.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
COAL ROAD NAY NOT BE BUILT.
COMPANY SAID TO HAVE PASSED
TO TIE ERIE

The report current last week, and denied then by
representatives Of both interests, that the project
for building the Delaware Valley and Kingston
Railway would never be carried into execution.
the explanation then advanced being that control OF
the Pennsylvania Coal Company. its principal pro-
noter. had been purchased by the Erie Railroad
Company was revived yesterday although in
rather different shape. and this time there seems 10
he good ground for belief that it is substantially
correct
The Pennsylvania Coal Company is the largest
and richest OF the independent anthracite concerns.
II is capitalized ar SOO0OlO. and for many years
has been paying from y 10 l6 per cent annual dvi-
den6s its S. 000Oo capitalization the for the
present year being le per cent The company
owns thousand acres Of anthracite coal
lands and twenty thousand acres Of surface
lands near Port Griffith. Penn. and a forty-eight
mile gravity railway. The output Of its seventeen
colieries in 1889 about 24o000 tons. the mines
working half time.
Early this year interests identified with The com
pany. In cooperation with other independent oper-
ators. organized the Delaware Valley and Kingston
Railway Company. 10 construct an independent line
Of railway from LackawaXeE. in the anthracite re-
gions. through Port Jervis TO udewater al King
ston. on the Hudson River. This road would be
only eighty-one miles IN length and would have
easy grades following for a considerable distance
the abandoned line Of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal. which had been bought by the Pennsylvania
Coal Company. Including the Pennsylvania Coal
company = output lnefe Was IN slghi Tor the pro-
1ected railway company when IL should be ready
20 accept business, estimated annual traffic %
least 50000j0 tons OF anthracite from the inde-
pendent operators. The ooal roads" naturally took
alarm az the prospect Of the diversion OF so large
a part OF their business and for months waeed a
determined contest In opposition 10 the constrIc-
ton % the Delaware Valley and Kingston road
Recently the New-York. Ontario and Western
one OF the coal roads most yitally Interested pur
chased number of important collerIes from in
oividual operators thus removing the possibility NJ
The output from those mines going 10 the nev,
railroad, as well as securing the business for 4,
self; and this stroke is supposed 10 have had sn
influence upon the negotiations which. aocorsiy, =,
report have resulted in the passing of control ~,
puionase OF tease OF the Pennsylvania Coal Com
Dany 20 the group of anthracite roads ,r,l,sas a
which Is the Erie. u is the prevailing opinior A.,
the Street that that control has not actualI,, bse
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
HONE NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
ALBEMARLE-Surgeo A. F. Magruder, Z. s. A
reured). ASTOR-R. Birnie L. s. A. EMPIRE
Dr. Jacob Goldberg, Of Buffalo. FIFTH AVENUE
senator William Lindsay, OF Kentucky, and
Governor L. A. Woodbury. of Vermont. GRAND
AdJutant-General r. NJ. Hoffman, y. c. N ";
George l. Darte, United States Consul at Patros
Greece; Captain A. =. Berry. L. s. A. and Colonel
j. , Farley, L. 5. A. HOFFMAN-Ex- Senator
EDWARD Murphy, jr., Of Troy. HOLLAND-E Du
Font Of Wilmington. Del; Murray Hendrie OF
IiaIallton ont, and Captain II. S. Whpple l.. S. A.
lMPERlAL-Colonel Watson J. Miller Of Water
bury and I. f. Ross, Of Philadelphia MANHAT-
TAN-S- H. Abernethy. of Chicago; Richard Sears
OF Boston, and II. A. Tlinghast of Providence.
fl-AZA-Daniel hiefer, of Cincinnati; d. D. NAL
Tory, OF Baltimore: A J. Du Pont of Wilmington
DEL, ana DIT George Fales Baker of PHILADELPHIA
SANol-Justee NJ l. Slower. Of the New-York
StaIe supreme Court NICTORIA-Marquis and
Marqulse de San Carlos de Pedrosa Of Spain
MALDORF-Decatur AXtell. OF Richmond: c De
AoGns, OF san Francisco; Vicomte Ide Bancourt
OF Paris; Boardman Hall, of Boston and Comte de
Chambrun Of Paris.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12

Upstart'" an adaptation from Moere's lie Bour-
geois Gentilhomme"
The Board of Foreign Missions Of the Presby-
terian Church reports additional contributions to
the Fund for the Relief Of Native Christians in
China amounting to $31 S. making a total fund
of S9.4s72.
At the New-York Credit Mems Association busi-
ness meeting and dinner, to be held at the Drug
CUB, No 100 William-st., this evening there will
be present Dick s. Ramsay president Of the
Hide and Leather Bank; Richard Young and Will
lam r. Corwine. Of the Merchants Association.
Two important changes in the State laws will be
discussed.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12

ana cabin passengers Busk Arrived at the
Steamer Cyrene CBr Amey Santos November IS and St
Lucia ; December 2 with coffee Busk Jevons. Ar
Steamer PHILADELPHIA. Chambers Porto CabeIo Noveu-
Juan > mdse and il cabin passT r1nGe re o and
steamer Adrondac 1T OWEN me cSp s9F AZ Hs M 1oh
2s 4G4 Csyes ~ Jac@ so S. and 5 3 Marc Mar 2s Js5smi
Black River 4 and KINGSTON 9. with mdse cabin
Bar at s 20 n m f'r"00d keoek Arrived at the
Steamer Athos C'r. Lund Kingston November "a Bar
with mdse and cabin passengers to PIN. Forwood &
STEAMER N Mount & Vernon S9r2 FaIsen
Aux Aux Csyes December Jacme g. Port Antonio St Ann's
mdfe and cabin passenger to the Cameron SIS Co Ar
FiESd G, al lhe bar bar az I:So p m, m
in ballast to W Munson at The Bar at II 80
Steamer y MezsG Ss Stevens. Havana December $ with
Arrived a the Bar at 1915 a m -'-' r "'id a Co
steamer Fl sud Higgins, Orleans December O.
steamer Gpyand9tte Hitler. Newport News and Nor
sandy Hook. }. Dee II. $40 D m~Wind west: fair
SAILED
steamers ii Faso New-Orleans: jefferson Norfolk and
dcb Cbaesa5 and S9s sSnt9Rde Finance Colon
MacAsy-BenneSt !5r, Halifax; Excelsior tGer savona
empton; Picqua a3p. Venice. etc; Indlanic C3r Phia
Go!dsboro. Philadelphia anu
THE MOVEMENTS or STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS
London Dec II-Auived. steamer Aesaba (I3r). Lowe
NeW-YOrk.
ri PIy%9ai9 5.., Dee T. 80 sseq steamer Peun.y
Lizard Dee II, 6:l0 m-Passed. steamer Can FriO
Ger. Won Holten NeW-Youk for Hamburg
Rotterdam, Dec II, 6 m-Arrived steamer Statendam
Dutch. Van der Zee, NewNOrk via BOulogne.
Havre. Dec 1i-Arryed. steamer ~ Regulus (Brl Nc
Mullen. NeW-York.
81 Miehaels. Dec 10-Arrived, Tartar Prince
(Br McFarlane NeWYork for Naples etc. iith steamer
Claudius GER Schwaner. Calcutta for NewYork (for
coaD- w.
Gibraltar, Dec l-Passed Buceros ,Flr, Dur
din. New York Via Madeira. for Bombay
HueVa, Dec sailed steamer MoOnstOne CBrl Foster
New York ''
Cardin. Dec 1I-saed. Ferndsne tBr, Jones
Algers; Dec Sailed. steamer Inchmaree (Brl. Purse
from Calcutta). New-YOFk
Palermo Dec 9-Arrived steamer PoWhatan (Br, Harm
den Venice, etc. for New York.
Genoa. Dec H. 10 a m-Arrved steamer AIer tGer1
Wilhelm, New York via Naples
IseghOrn Dee ARRIVED Hesueria
ley. NeW-YOrk Naples.
Pernamhuco 1O-Saed.
Partridge tfToEa
Adelaide Dec ll-Arrtved previously. knight
OF ST George t8ri. Biliet 81 Vincent q v
for Melbourne etc knight TemplaT (Brl. Finis, New
York via ~ Vincent q V, for sydney ) ",
y Thomas. u w i, Dec H. m-Ssiled. steamer
Madana tBrl Fraser 0rom Antigua Kits etcl New
York.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
RIvEs TO ENTERTAIN oDELT.

Governor-elect odell will tonight be the guest Of
Georse L. Rlves chairman of the Charter Revision
commission, at Mr.. Rives's house No. "A West
Thirty-eighth-st. The members of the Commission
VIII also be present and after the dinner there will
be an informal discussion of different recommended
IonS or the report of the Commission and II il
likely likely that there will be a number of short ad-
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEw-roRK-rUEsDAr. DEG. !, ,.oo

FORT OF YoRK-TUEsDAY DEC, !, ,ooo
ARRIVED.
IN boIit Iinst Lneiter tI, Prowse IAyerpool ~,
Bar at 40 D m. v" company Arrived Al the
q, steamer steamer Trojan CBrl. ThorkiIdson sbi.ls y,
u W arrived at the Bar AT IN ~
ana s,IHaM wells city UiD. Carey. Bristol Noys, -
HaLsed - with mdse James Arksti l'-r II
Ftsed al the RaT AZ $40 = m ~ NiAeh 90. Ar
-Steailer BurgeTmeiEter Petersen oc.-,
november p and Shields 2s in baaSt siege bantzic
arrived a. the Bar a a m W 'n'ilp Ruprechs.
steamer Hossetu tBr new 4 10 -,
~ november 20 and 81 Lucia December a y5,s san
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
GRAHAuS POLICY MUST PAY STOKES

Judgment was entered in the Supreme Court yes
terday In favor of Edward S. Stokes against
nIahahs VI FoIey the treasurer of the Hoffman
House In an action brought by the plaintiff for
the recovery Of the value of certain stocks in the
corporation. The amount of the judgment is S3S-
cradle time '9'N
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
SHEPARD on CHARTER REPORT.

ADOPTED.
Edward NJ. Shepard believes that the report OF
the Charter Revision Commission should be adopted
and that all its recommendations should be ac-
cepted by the Legislature He particularly COM
mends the idea of centrng the responsibility upon
the Mayor. Among other things he said yesterday:
The wise and statesmanlike report of the Char
ter Revision Commission presents inv
Tor immediate and practical work to improve munci-
pal conditions, which should not be neglected
think the practical thing to be done is clear
The various committees which have been formed
or are 20 De formed TO promote good government
IN the city, whether the Chamber of Commerce
committee or the Citizens Union, any other
Dody, Wlthput abatement by any of its Darticu-
Lar ACTIVITY in its particular field, should join to
FORM one great representative committee whose
purpose would be to secure the passage of the
revision and for that purpose to arouse. consol-
date and direct public sentiment. This committee
would, OF course welcome aid from any source
Republican Democratic
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TODAY
Vessel Mau.
Deutschland. Hamburg Hamb-Am. C.on essel sails
tiermanic. Liverpool, White ~ lu'OO a m
Guyandotte, No-fok. Old Dominion - ~ III y Ol
NeW-York. Southampton American q ~. 800 . m
Orizaba Havana y Y * t,uhs 80 a m 1000 n,
Sabine. Galveston Mallory ''-'l<'SO m 300 . mn
TyTan Inagua. Cameron. .....--' a.9o 800 D m
THURSDAY. DECEMRER 70 -'' IN
Er der Crosse. Bremen. y G. Iloyd
Fernheld. Azores, Am-Austrl lu;O0 a IN
Hamilton Norfolk old Dop.nto-, -io'OO 1900 m
la Bretagne. Havre. French. -. 90 S7UO . m
FprDAv ,,l-.,-.-'--- ''uS a m 1000 a m
Kong Erode. Inagua, Dutch ,o.oo
Seneca Tampco y Y q Cube i5,Oo m 200 m
colorado, Brunswick. Mallory. 4-'N' . m 300 m
Iroquols Charleston. Clyde 500
trlncess Anne. Norfolk noutnton 800
1900 p m
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12

A gentleman of saving pro-
pensity named Shylock once said
that we'll lined pocket was the
warmest possible covering.
We can pile on outside
warmth in the shape of a heavy
suit without much cooling of
pocket warmth. Certain of our
heavy winter sack suits have
been touched with a price prun-
ing knife within the last few
days.
Three kinds of head covering
are needed in Winter. The :
kinds are here. Correct. Guar
anteed.
There's a time for everything,
even Christmas shopping-time
now to choose; time to be waited
on; time to change your mind.
The big and little things for
mems socks and boys stockings.
ROGERS, PEEr & COMPANY.
and and warren ST.
,seS seS Broadway cor Prince We fill orders
and 81 West 3Sd ST.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
NEw-YoRK CITY

College. No. 40 West sixteentb-s+ % NaVler g
present on December q the college theatrs TO 20
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
GRAND Oi-r.kA SEASON IOOO-I9OI
Under the Direction OF MR.. MAURICE GRAZ
Opening Night. Tuesday. Dec. Is. al :.
RnMEN FL. LI-I.IEIrEL, ~ - ~.

ROMEO Ell JUIIETFE Gn French
Nine Meloai NM. Ed de ReszNe, Plancon and Salezl-
Conductor Mancineli
Wed Ev'g. Dec. 49, S-EANNHAESER lin Ger
Mines Ternina and strong. Van Dvck
Plancon Bertran. Conductor DamrOsch
Fri. Ev'g Dec q. - S-LOHENGRIN din Gernan,-
Mines NOrdica and Schumann IN Heink NM Dippei ser
Ed de Reszke. Conductor Danirosch
Aft. Dee 20. a ROMEO ET .yUIIFTTE
FRENCH. Mime. Meiba: NM Ed, de Reszke saleza
Conductor. Mancnelll
Ev'g Dee -. a 8 Popular Prices-AIDA Din
Italian). Mines. strong Homer. NM ScottL
Journet and Imbart de Ia Tour. Conductor. Flou.
sun Ev'g, Dec. 23-First Grand Popular Concert
The Office the sale for the hrst week
Will be open O-MORROW MORNING az o O'Clock Tick-
purchased BON OFFICE RATES at
Tyson and r. Rulman's. III Broadway.
WEBER PIANOS USED
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12

=, when the hair is thin and gray. Parker's
HAIR Balsam renews the growth and color
GreVe's Ointment makes a healthy skin 5Oc
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
NEv.yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER H. 1900
Art Dept.
End Floor.

For the Holiday Season, an Art
Department is arranged on the
Second Floor, where a very large
variety of h an d ONE Kn C k
Knacks, suitable for Gifts and
Souvenirs are displayed.
Work Baskets, odd shape, -
lined with cOIOred satin,
$1.OO and $1.35 each.
Clipping Book s,-with hand
painted wooden covers,
S1.OO each.
Hand-painted photo frames,
S1.25.
Scrap Baskets,-made of Fibre,
picturesque shape,-green, red
or brown,
1925.
Pin CushiOns-obIong and square-hnnd-
painted and embroidered.
Ribbon embroidered Glove and Handkcr-
chief CRses,-JeweI Boxes--Sofa Pillows
folding Scrap Baskets.-and numerous
range of Novelties exauisiteIy decorated, are
included i'm this stock.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sunrise 1913 Sunset 4:33 Moon rises nm II 111o,, .
HIGH WATER
A.M-Sandy Hook Ii 80 Gov Island 19.o-f Nh - . . -
PM.-Sandy Hook 1855 Gov Island I2.21 Ii dte e ZIG
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
Upholstery Dept
Sale of
Ladies' Silk Hosiery.

Clearance of of Fine French Goods.
400 hand mae pureth Stockings.
quaity-sheer or weight-Open work, lace
or embroidered designs.
white back.-bIack white, delicate and novel
shades of color represented.
stitches, meshes and cOOrs lar TOO
exten to adj o enumeration
S2.s5 per pair.
$3.50 o $500.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
Announcements

Prince Albert No. z.
Fun Dress Shirts.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-12
Silk Department.

Ten Thousand quality. wide
of design and cOOrs,
So, D and 30 cents yard.
Recommended for elaborate and waists.
sIOO& a
c
Broadway nth Street.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-01
MEETS DEATH BY BURNING.
II. w. Poor. Formerly of Seattle.
Killed fn Gasoline Explosion
mt San Pedro.

A letter received from san Pedro, Cal,
yesterday, dated November g. gives mea-
ger details of the horrible fate by burn
ing that overlook former resident Of
seattle, II. W. Poor. who was well known
on Fidaigo island and other points on
Puget sound, poor's death wsx the re-
suit OF an explosion OF gasoline stovs.
which hred the ou4.s.sng, the flames over
coming him before he could get out.
N. w. Poor was a veteran OF the civil
war. In which he lost his leg. This. In
addition 10 his advanced age IS years.
prevented his making hts escape after the
explosion He and his brother, Chauncey
Poor. occupied the house in San Pedro.
and the two men we're cooking and close
to the stove al the time the gasoline
exploded ChAuncey POOR not being a
cripple, and younger by sixteen years
Than his brother. succeeded IN making his
escape from the burning building, but
the are spread with such rapidsfy tina;
he was unable 10 help hts brother wno
persisted within his sight. After the IRE
the eharred remains were removed from
the ashes,
While IN Seattle H. w. Poor kept a
newsstand on Pike street. and was well
known in that locality.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-01

drapings were hung over each of the
broad doors The tall windows We're half
filled with smilax and ferns. While ported
The catafalque was draped with the ma
tional colors, and the coffin was sur
rounded with floral tributes AT Its heau.
on an easel rested an oil portrait OF the
dead statesman: at its foot the sword
he carried through the civil war.
The escort formed in double column at
once and the waiting assemblage OF peo-
pie, representing all classes of society,
raised slowly by the open coffin to take
a last look at the man who had hon.
ored his state while serving IL.
At 3 o'clock the line of people seemed to
be without end, and II was found neces-
sary to close the doors. turning thousands
away. The coffin was then again carried
to the hearse by the stalwart artillery
men. and the same simple escort proceed
ed back to the sena tors late home