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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
LIGHT HALIBUT CATCH.


Alaskan weather conditions for halibut
fishing have been anything but favorable
this winter. For two months past the
storms have visited the Wrangel narrows,
whore the Seattle feet operates princi-
pally, with amazing regularity. Thus TAR
the catch has been very light The hall
but are there by thousands, but the
weather has been such that the fleet Ii
operated under the greatest difficulty.
There are about twenty-five small fishing
vessels trying for halibut in Alaskan
waters this winter. They are twenty and
twenty-five-ton vessels, some, smaller.
manned usually by q fishing crew of fve
men. Under ordinary conditions such an
outfit usually catches from 5000 to $1,000
pounds per month, the season lasting gem
orally from October to May Ii. But so
far this year tho vessels. local buyers say.
have not taken on an average Of more
than 5000 pounds per month.
viduals. Formerly the vessels were owned
by the larger fish dealers Of Seattle. But
now, and for two or three years past, In
dividual fishermen buy or charter the ves-
sells and sell their catches from time to
time to Seattle Gamers, wholesale. fish
merchants and retail dealers. This year,
owing to the conditions cited, local ship.
pers have been unable to supply the East
ern market.
The winter catch Of the Alaskan feet IL
shipped to Seattle on the various vesseIs
plying between this city and Lynn canal
Seldom does q schooner return from the
north without more or less of fsh cargo.
The steamer City OF Seattle, which ar
rived yesterday. brought sixty tons Of
fresh halibut.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
Three Hundred Thousand Tons Of
Coal to California.
ExTGnT or sourHEan TRADE.
San Frsneisse Receipts Have Dsen
Too short for ConsunDtion, aaa
Outlook There II. Dubious-Wfth
Greater Demand. suDpiy II Less
British Celumbia Leads In Tus-
aishing Golden Gate CITY Csa1s

Statistics showing the coal receipts Of
San. Francisco have just been issued ~
a prominent broker OF California, who
has followed the accurate gathering OF
such figures for the last twenty years.
In q recent circular issued by him the
following statement IL made:
ut Is singular to report smaller CON
sumption OF coal this year than last, IN
view OF the large quantity delivered to
the government transports and the gem
erai belief here that every branch Of
q large fuel demand. The most astute
calculators have been all ct sea this year
with their coal figures. Being assured
eo arS y that a large insx q ton.
mage would be required to transport our
cereals to Europe, the incoming tonnage
so S1d BE wiz n St PER stocSs nd
low prices should necessarily prevail.
Far from this being the case, two
thirds of our last grain crop y here IN
tons OF wheat ana 236.0OO tons Of barley.
To move this we have but eighty vessels
Qoading and en- route) chartered, capa7
se g short tUs ana here IL asns
December 81 sixteen vessels OF S. 900 short
tons capacity; In all, less than one-third
F Fur h, this Is s iii that can pos
sibly arrive here before next May, un-
less tramp steamers come to our rescue.
have made these figures to prove irrefu-
this port IN 1900. ana several months
hence We should be the recipients OF
lower-priced Goals. Fully 30 per cent. Of
by our Northern collieries, and Is under
the absolute control Of but i've local
managers. who could establish prices
within ono week % per cent above ruling
"The various sources from which We
have derived our supplies are as follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
face with certain senators; it e found that =.

face with certain senators, It IL found that
they have either changed their views In
many instances or have been misquoted.
1t is not possible now to make up the
requisite number of senators who will vote
to seat the former senator from Pennsyl-
vania. 1t Is for that reason the matter
was not pushed at the beginning OF the
session, as originally intended.
One senator who said last spring when
the question first was on In Pennsylvania,
speaking plainly in. the presence OF two
or three correspondents, that he should
certainly vote for Matthew Stanley Quay
II the came to the senate with the APP
y yesterday that me he ksG been looking into
this matter very closely since his return
to Washington, and, while he was still
that It would take great deal more evil
dence in Quay's favor than his friends
now seem to be able to bring before no
fos na Of voting b to seat Of
many other statements that have been
made to me in the past two weeks re-
gardfng the same matter.
Chances Against Quay.
While it was generally expected before
the beginning of the session that Quay
was going to return without much diff
Guilty, the reverse of that is true at the
present time. The best evidence of this
is shown in the appointment of other sem
Quay on important committees. If there
had been any probability that Quay would
be seated within anything like reason
able length of time this session no one
of the old members would have thought
for moment Of supplanting their former
friend and ally.
1t was pointed out on the opening day
of the session as a significant fact that
no other Republican senator had chosen
Senator Quay's seat, one of the best in
the chamber. But this was only for a
short time. The demand for seats be-
came SO great that a readJustment was
made. without considering the possibility
of the Pennsylvania senator's return
All things being considered, 1t seems
safe to say now that Pennsylvania will
session of congress. at least. with only
on senator, unless. indeed, Gov. Stone
should call q special session Of the Penn
sylvanfa legislature. Other governors of
states where vacancies exist may be
forced to the same action, or else be con-
tent with divided representation.
ALLAN b. SLAUSON.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
MANY ARE COMING.


J. A. Nsttles, a business man OF Skag-
way, and DR.. NJ. F. Hall arrived from
Butler When they left that city, ten
days ago, the financial furry was nearly
over and there was talk Of President Cole.
of the Globe National bank, settling up
his shortage.
There are a great many people in Bos-
ton talking OF Seattle" said Mr. Nettles
yesterday. '"They can't conceive how a
Western city could grow to such import
ance in such a short time. A large num-
Der will come from Boston to- Seattle dur
ing this year
"The Gaze Nome fever is very general
throughout the whole OF the East and
many are preparing to come this way in
time to take the first boats to the north"
Mr.. Nettles is grand chief guide Of the
Arctic Brotherhood which order, he says
has grown in Alaska until at the present
time its membership reaches over 900.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10

state Dairy and Food Commissioner Nc
Donald still insists that he has acted ac-
cording to his best judgment In enforcing
the pure food law, and reiterates his belief
that no more effectual method could have
been pursued and justice have been done
to both seller and consumer. In speaking
OF the matter yesterday, he said:
IF the law had been enforced on April
l. every grocer in the state of Washington
could have been prosecuted and to have
been absolutely just to all, they should
have been prosecuted on the same day,
which would have been an impossibility.
II there are 1000 grocers In the state, and
they were all compelled to pay fine, there
fund 10000 The object of the law was GER
tainly not that the present grocers should
create fund for the enforcement OF the
law for the next ten years. That would
at would have been impossible. even
II the arrests were made and all the
enforcement 81 the pure food law, for
them to have tried the cases during the
year, so that you can see that some dis
The BEST he sf of he aw
go that adulterated food would be removed
from the market at the earliest possible
trade
steps to Enforce Law.
After the law was passed immedi-
ately, as the files of the Post-Intelligencer
will show, began work. The law is a gen.
eral one, and not specific, so that no
grocer could tell from reading 1t. what
goods were aduiterated and what not.
Immediately sent to the. department at
Washington and to all the commissioners
Of the states where they had similar laws,
for rulings and enforcement. in order that
/ might act intelligently. AS soon as
had boiled down these rulings ! published
a complete set of rulings to aid the grocers
who wished to live up to the law in regu-
lating their stock to conform to its pro-
visions. l knew It would only be few
months when the willful violators Of the
law would be punished.
Says He In Not Fanatical.
by this reasonable method have led
the grocers to believe that the law will be
a benefit to legitimate trade, as well as to
the consumer, as is evidenced by the ac-
ton Of the Retail Grocers' Association, of
Spokane, who have gone on record by
signing their names to series of resolu-
lions that they will not buy one dollars
worth Of groceries unless the jobber or
manufacturer will guarantee they will
pass the pure food law. hope such
course will be taken by all grocers in
every town in the state.
IF I had pursued the course which
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
GRAYs HARBoR LUMBER CUT.
Output of Mills I'm the Towns Cen
tering There.

Special Dispatch to the acknowledgements.
ABERDEEN, Jan. 9.-The lumber cut
for the year 1899 from the six leading mills
Of the iiarbor is as follows:
West and Slade mill, Aberdeen, lumber
27,16400O feet; lath. 100000; shingles, 25l5.-
900.
Anderson & Middleton Mil Company,
Aberdeen, lumber, Is. 500, 35 feet; lath, s. $50,
800: shingles. 100000.
American Mill Company, Aberdeen, eight
months run. lumber. s.35053o feet; lath,
Grays Harbor Commercial Company,
Cosmopolis, lumber, 1S,52o,4i5 feet; shingles.
2O00.000
Wood Lumber Company, Hoquiam, lum-
Der. 2o,s20,75o feet: lath. 5,500O50; shingles.
2265,500
Northwestern Lumber Company, Flo
GUAM. lumber. 1850, $50 feet; lath, $3.50, 900;
shingles. 2,5O0.0 900.
There were forty-hve vessels cleared for
foreign ports during the year, carrying an
aggregate OF 100000 feet OF lumber; twen-
ty-four of which were to the Hawaiian
islands.
Thirty-six Of the forty-five vessels were
loaded at and cleared from Aberdeen. total
value OF cargoes being $156 IS; eight from
Hoquiam, valued at $40 715.13, and one from
Cosmopolis, valued at S2,631.48
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
Married ut Toledo.

Donald H. Smith. city passenger agent
of the Burlington route, yesterday re-
OF his step-sister. Miss Georgia L. Plumey
of Seattle, to William III. Birchall. a prom
inent business man OF Cleveland. O. The
ceremony was performed at the home OF
the groom's parents. in Toledo. o.. on
Christmas day, and the couple left immedi-
ately for Cleveland. where they will re-
side Miss Plumey lived In Seattle for
several years, and 10 well known In local
social circles.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
zoNIG BOUND ovEn-


J. C. Zonig. a jackson street cigar.
maker, was bound over to await the &C.
States Commissioner Kiefer yesterday. on
a charge of manufacturing cigars without
first giving a bond to the. government
Wsa lem ne nc' sha RG
by one +. c. Ehman, and that Ehman for
babe the use of his name and the sale Of
any stamps to Zonig in his name. De-
spite this. II Is claimed Zonig continued
to conduct the business.
Zonig's defense was that Ehman had
given him power OF attorney 70 conduct
sioner held, however, that case had been
made out, and held Zonig for examtna-
ton. His bond was fixed at $500, and, be-
ing unable to furnish sureties, he was
committed to the county jail.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10

EXCELLENT lunches served daily fru0
= - o'clock. Cafe HalbA. ~ Second,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10

TRY Mrs.. wsstcott's 5oc dinners ct Ho.
tel otsvsns from = ,. m. today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
NEW CANNERY PLANTS.
Installation of Two More Mt blaine
Contemplated.

Douglass Almond, OF Anacortes, arrived
season. he says. the fishery industry at
that place has shown wonderful increase
over any year in the past. 1t is expected
that this year the catch will be q large
one.
There is now talk Of putting in two new
canneries at Blaine. but as yet no definite
steps have been taken. One of the plants,
IL built, win be operated by Oregon men.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10

An enterprising correspondent of thu Ia
coma Ledger weaves a graphic story to
the effect that five iron bridges in What
com county have been destroyed by high
water in the Nooksack. Subtract three.
then take half away from each Of the two
remaining and. presto, something like the
naked truth will rambie out
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10

1t has been heretofore declared with
seeming truthfulness that Quay was al
most certain Of being seated, and an al
legged canvass OF Individual members of
the senate was said to have definitely set
tied the matter in Quay's favor.
Now that the senate is all here and the
question IL before the committee on privi-
leges and elections. and newspaper men
h6ve IN opDoytuatty 81 talking face -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
RESULTS OF TWO AUT0PsIEs.
Causes of Death Ascertained in Ba-
ker and Vineyard Cases.

An autopsy was held yesterday upon
the body of Edwin Baker. the old man
who committed suicide In the National ho-
tel Saturday afternoon. II developed moth
ing beyond what was already known.
namely. that death was due TO the de-
ceased having swallowed carboJio acid.
the bedy VIII pe nuried TO-DAY
of Nelson Vineyard, the coiored man who
committed suicide Monday afternoon. Tho
autopsy showed that vfneward was suf-
ferer from dropsy and liver complaint.
Death was due to the bullet wound in his
heart.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05

Col. w. ID. Dewey, of Idaho, for
merly New England Yankee, after
travelling Though thirteen states, has
tens TO put up $4,000 on BRYAN $
election, Richa d Coke, OF New
York, has already wageled 100000
on Bryan,s election.
The people begin 20 realize that
our republic is in great danger OF be-
coming the tail of the English k;;e,
and are deserving the Toy leaders
by thousands.
BY the time el ;Sion day arrives it
will be strange if every state in toe
Union does not vote for Brycl 4, in
order to escape the od'um that will
attach 10 vote against the Ameri-
can Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05
Democrats Beware.

We are reliably Informed that a
prominent Republican approached
a Democrat in this county i few
days ago aud proposed that he, the
II publ can, would vote for Bryan
If the Demos at would vote for
Walker. Just bow many Demo-
Gratis will receive this proposition
from this bartering Republican,
no one can tell. Let Democrats
beware OF this method of cheating
them out OF their votes. Mckinley
has no hope OF carrying Virginia
and the Democrat who can be fool
Ell by such proposition as the
, the above must be light in The
upper story. Stand by you colors
Vote right, as your conscience die
ia 'eS, even though you lose The
game. The Democrats have moth
ing to lose and everything to gair
by straightforward, earnest, pro
gresSive campaign.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05
Warning to Democrats.

If the Democrats of Tazewell and
surrounding counties think tnat the
Republicans a-e not taking any Is
terest IL the present campaign they
are very much mistaken. The in
difference shown by them in this
campaign is only apparent They
are v ide-a wake, and are mcking au
e9rnest and united effort to defeat
Judge Rhea and elect General Wall
ker. As proof that we know what
we are talking about we cite the fol
lowing:
A short time ago a prominent
citizen of Tazewell met leading
Republican of Russell on ,he cars.
The Russell Republican took the
Tazewell gentleman to be a Republi-
can, and unbosomed himself 'let
the cat out" He se'd that the he
publicans had purposely made the
impression that Walkers chances
for election are poor so as to deceive
the Democrats, that they had pur
posely circulated this report through
Russell, Wise and Dickinson, but at
the same time we're on still hunt,
and, to use his own words, intended
'to give Rhea the deyil in Russell -
and much more such talk 1t is a
plausible story, and no doubt word
has been passed elopg the entire line
to this effect. The apparent apathy
of the Republicans in this sect n
has been noticed, and some weIe at
loss to know how to account for ii.
1t cannot be due to over coufdeu.' :,
or to Indifference 10 the election of
Walker, for while many of tue Re
publicaDs care nothing for Walker
they care less for Rhea, and cannct
GLOW bis reelection e possible to
prevent it. The ''still hunt is the
game now--aDd an effective hunt it
will be unless the Democrats tr'Ie
warning, and orgspize to meet It.
To Zee fOrewai ned is to be forearm4d.
If the Democrats allow themselves to
be strnck below the belt, they will
have no one to blame but then selves.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05
Tins Wcs One Supper.

Today went TO rsnuiDg. IT was
the story OF keen want Men hagga,d.
vhkernpt, S"iwy; women wan aud
pale with apxious grief ADD worry:
children thin, wOra Of featnic. ema-
Gated az limb; foodIess, hungry.
STAY ng children. these Here is a
story OF he Barni6g district. IL is
81 u2e. There was in this howell a
m'Ler, BIS wLe aud little children.
The little ones W. &c dying Of hug, r
-st-~v ng! They were worn almost
TO transpare, ey | stopped and gave
Them dollar. The man all but
6roLe down. L wa the fls st money
he bad seen in three months. | saw
some meat of queer sort in the one
room. What is that meat asked
The ma looked discoDcerted and
abasbed. He said nothing; the
woman with a baby at her breast
began to weep silently. What was
:? logs meat? This is as true a.
we live; their supper was the fe5l
OF a dog.-A. L., in Verdict.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05
IF The People Only Knew.

Mr. McKinley's censor in the
Philippines doesn't let anything
get through ''that will hurt the ad
Illustration" when he knows it,
bur occasionally something escapes
him. aud then we get an interest =
ing glimpse Of the truth.
Here, for example, is a brief ex-
tract ION a private letter written
by soldier in the Philippines. 1t
is vouched for by re ,ponsible peo-
pie and it is stated that the writer
was al active supporter Hof Maj.
Mckinley in 1896. His name is
Herman He'll, and his home is
in Carol, La. He appears to have
a very poor opinion of some of Maj
McKinley's benevolent assImilators
and he pays his respects to them
in the following manner:
"TheIe IS also company of vol
unteerS of the Twenty-siXth regi-
men5 here. A worse baud of
fellows than these volunteers !
never saw in my lie, and if Ameri-
cans are hated worse than the
Spaniards these brave (?) men are
largely to blame. In their eyes
every Filipino is free plumber, no
woman'S honor is safe from them.
The regulars are no angels. but
they have discipline add sense of
honor enouga TO be Mortified at
the greatest excuses. am Ger.
tain that if the people of the United
States knew how the war here is
bei1g carr led on, they would quick
~ he done with Mckinley aud his
couqu Il. L, at least, cannos see
what good can come of the unnec.
eSSary buIning and ravaging
which is being carried on
But unio~t0dately the people of
the United States L1Ow now mighty
little of what is going on in the
Philippines. The censor keeps
close watch on the news dispatches
and the soldiers in the field know
better thau to write the truth home.
They have a wholesome fear of
the" superiors.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-05
Progress Toward an Empire.

The administration of William
Mckinley, President of the Republic
OF the United Sales, is making zap.
nj strides toward changing our form
OF COVE bment f ON republic TO an
empire. tie does not show vhe cour-
age * lifted by him who made the
coup d'eia', violated the Freach Con
stiIu;ion and made himself Napoleon
III. He differs from tina. Emperor
in Other par iculars. He does not
exhibit for a ., or science, or liSera-
tnre the ADM alton shown by the
last F-elch Emperor. He has none
O. the personal vices which usually
attaches themselves TO men who
seek to crafty unholy ambition,
though in doing SO he must destroy
The ARREST GabI' C ever erected for the
government of men, He is possess
ed of natural inclinations which
would lead him 10 the practice of
public vntue, but. unhappily he lacks
intellectual ma 'ow, and he is pulled
and dragged from the performance
of his b9tinr impulses by men who
neither fear God nor regard man.
President Mckinley violated the
pledged faith given to Spain in the
p'o;ocol. He did "intrude United
States Power in the Philippine Is
lands" before the treaty gave the
United Sites Government sover-
eighty over ben Congress has not
been requested TO provide ''the civil
'iah;s a1d political statos OF tic ma
t'ye Inhabitants Of the territory
coded 10 the United States" Not
onlo the p O.ocol, bus The Constitu-
son of the United States provides
that duty on Congress.
F.esident Mckinley is testing the
10 bcarance Of all the people. He, is
violating the constitution He is
usufping the power of Congress.
loStead of appealing to Congress TO
perform It's functions he has per
mit'ed a full session OF Congress to
pass without requesting it to perform
is duty. The President prefers 20
govern by mili~a~y authority -aihe1
than thaS properly organized civil
Sovei nment shonld be Instituted.
Mr.. Mckinley is anxious 20 use the
military power. He is in love with
it. He might want TO use it one of
these days on what he or his mana
gers may deem a provocation.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer:
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/mpeGrHism-KM 1t Now,

Imperialism, in attaining place,
does not MAKE spasmodic moves. 1t
does not br rst on people who are
L. the enjoyment of free institutions
with he suddenness of an earth
quake. nor With the violence of a
hr ricaDe. 1t is the result of we'll
matcred plans, which have not been
entertained by very large number
of Inc people who are to Be affected
by It's inauguration. Even those who
looking forward to a change in
the form of COVER, ment s"e not will :
'Hg to acknowledge that they have
The slightest intention OF assaulting
liber' y. To be even suspected of
a desire TO destroy free institutions
is erevious efront, which is re-
plused with seeming virtuous plo-
testat'cn o. 'lgar profanity. The
interest of the people-the comnoa
pcoI le-become, p'Ofessed'y, the
special charge of those who hold
them "a sovereign contempt, aud who
are anxious to tlae from th d Their
rights ana 'edoce them to the CON
cition Of ohedient serfs.
La all the ages al has been suf,
ferer froSi tie icsincerity, dupl;city
and hypocrisy of that class O.. his
fellows who have The disposition to
be masters instead of equals. 1t is
not new thiog for man to prey upon
his fellow men. There is scarcely a
page Of history which does not tell
sto of oppression, brought about
10 prove that birth makes q vast diff.
ference between men. IN ever, land
In every CLINE, the Midas blood sits
NJ Honor's chais. The children of
Lazarus must lie at the gates, with
dogs Tor companions The feaster
~ purple and fine linen, shall fare