The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-03-01

Appropriately Bunched for the
Quick Reader Gathered from
All Points of the City's Compass
Council Notes.
Gov. Nash has come out on top,
and henceforth prizefghting will be
one Of the lost arts in the Buckeye
state.
W. J. Meredith began proceedings
last week against W. G.. Rartranft
which may lead to speedy settle
ment Of the matter at issue.
James and Rinehart were never
the disinterested patriots that some
people believe them to be. But one
year more and their faces will be
sadly missed.
A twenty-inch wooden water main
will be built to Green lake and Ere
mont. When completed, those SUI
burbs will be supplied with city wa
ter.
Jerome Catlin, at one time one of
the hop kings Of Puget Sound, died
at 2122 Fourth avenue, of heart fail
ure. Mr.. Catlin was an intelligent,
kindly man, such as one delights to
meet.
Helen Gould is building one of the
finest Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation buildings in the world at
Brooklyn, n. Y. 1t will cost $780,
900, and it is intended as a memorial
to her parents.
The Seattle and Lake Washington
Waterway Committee are now going
to work in earnest to build the South
canal. Gov. Semple said that con-
tracts would be let this week. They
have all the money they need.
The council passed the increase of
salary ordinance, and now some of
the best legal lights maintain that it
is illegal on the ground that the con-
stitution Of Washington expressly
provides that no salary shall be in
creased or diminished during his
term Of office.
The anti-saloon league is after the
slot machines that pay money and
show lewd pictures. When the ap-
preciate the fact that these devices
are even worse than the liquor sold,
they will take practical step for the
suppression of evil and will be a
practical element for reform.
The Seattle Central Railway Com
'pany, whose leading stockholders are
Frink, White, Meacham and Trem-
per, will try and make some import
ant changes in their route which will
make them important competitors Of
the Seattle Electric Railway Com
|pany.
j. A. Moore has removed the mask
and the halo which was supposed to
surround the immortal J. j. Hill.
The peculiar feature of the situation
was the fact that his sponsor, A. J.
Blethen, of the Times, allowed the
communication space in his paper,
following in an editorial which was
mournful in tone.
James and his penny evening sheet
are endeayoring to make the people
believe that the Automatic Tele-
phone Company is in no manner an
offspring Of the Sunset. James for
gets that he proved to the contrary a
few nights ago in a speech in the city
council. 1t isn't so much the interest
Of the "dear" people that James is
considering as it is his own.-Review.
The supreme court has handed
down decision in the somewhat no
ted case of the Charles Hopkins
estate against the American Loan &
Building Association of Minneapolis,
a defunct, fraudulent concern. The
amount involved was not very large,
but as test case for the numerous
other cases Of similar facts it is all
important. The plaintiff had paid
over $4,000 dues before the concern
became insolvent, and this amount
he wanted credited on the mortgage
note. Fred H. Peterson was the at.
torney for the plaintiff.