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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
HIRAM c. GILL.

The Republicans Of the Third Ward
nominated man for city councilman
who improves as you know him better.
Two years ago Mr.. Gill was defeated
for reelection by a number of persons,
who did not understand the work he
had done while a member of the city
council, but who has since learned
that they were mistaken in their opin-
ions of him, and for that reason the
men who worked the hardest against
the reelection of Mr.. Gill, worked the
hardest for his nomination last Friday,
and he was nominated without any op-
position whatever. While Mr.. Gill was
beaten by but three votes two years
ago those men who labored to defeat
him on that occasion will at the polls
next Tuesday work just as hard to
elect him to the position for which he
has been nominated Strange as it
may seem, Mr.. Gill is the only lawyer
nominated by any of the wards for
tration that at least one lawyer hold
a membership in its legislative body in
order to warn the members thereof
against committing overt acts in the
shape of legislation. Of course, this
is the duty of the corporation counsel,
but when there is lawyer in the body
his legal knowledge is always of much
service to the members of the council
in shaping up their ordinances. The
Republican hopes that the voters Of
the Third ward will not permit Mr.. Gill
to be defeated, and they will not, if for
no other reason than for his legal
knowledge and because he is the only
man of his profession that has been
nominated for a councilmanship in
the city. Despite the fact that charges
were made against Mr.. Gill two years
ago, he stands ready to refute them,
because he feels absolutely certain
that no one can show in a single in
stance where he besmirched his official
ermine while he was councilman from
the Third Ward one way or the other.
The Third Ward Republicans are salts
fed that Mr.. Gill was wrongfully NAL
igned two years ago, and this accounts
for them renominating him and will
account for them electing him by an
overwhelming majority next Tuesday.
He is a man of a positive character
and a man who speaks his opinion
without fear or favor, and if such men
are not the essence of good American
ism then good Americanism cannot be
found. Since early boyhood Mr. Gill
has been part and parcel of Seattle's
citizenship, and has always been high
ly respected by those who knew him
best, and those who learned to speak
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representative from that ward with de-
voting so much Of his official time to
the needs of the corporations desiring
franchises in the city that he has
completely overlooked the needs
of the people. In his circular he
claims that if he is elected he
will see that the Sixth ward in the
future will get it's share of the taxes
paid into the city treasury and to look
carefully after the interests of the peo-
pie not only in the ward, but through
out the city, which his opponent has
not done in the past. He promises to
stand squarely on his party platform,
which The Republican must admit, is
a most excellent document. Mr.. Boyle
closes his circular by making a per-
sonal appeal to the voters and his long
residence in the city will give weight
to his utterances in this fight. He is
a good business man, a heavy property
owner and is going to put up a good
hard fight for election.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
ALPHEUS BYERS.

Two years ago Mr. Byers defeated
H. G. Gill at the polls for the council
manship of the Third ward and since
that time he has been a prominent
member and active worker in the city
council. He has again been nominal
ed by the Democratic party and again
pitted against his former antagonist,
Mr. Gill, for the same position, which
he has so admirably filled for the past
two years. In speaking about his re-
election Mr.. Byers submits a brief
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The stewardess board of the A. NJ.
E. Church of this city will give
campaign supper at the G. A. R. hall
in the Collins block, Second Avenue
and James Street, March 3rd next, at
which time they will serve a most ex-
cellent dinner to the general public.
Everybody is cordially invited to be
present and partake of an old fash
Toned dinner prepared and served by
the best colored cooks in the city.
Rev. Scott of the A. NJ E. Church
says that the proceeds from the dinner
will be applied to the church debt,
which he hopes to soon have com
pletely cleaned up.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State OF Washington, for King County
Beulah H. Martin, Plaintiff, VS.. William
Martin, Defendant.-No. - Summons
for publication.
The State of Washington to the said
William Martin, defendant: You are here
by summoned to appear, within sixty 600
days after the first publication of this sum
mons to-wit: Within sixty 900 days after
the 2Sth day of February, 1902 and defend
the above entitled action in the Superior
Court Of the State of Washington for King
County aforesaid; and answer the complaint
OF the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your
answer upon the undersigned attorney for
plalntltf, at his. office below stated and in
case of your failure so to do Judgment
Viii WI be rendered against you according to
the demand of the complaint. which has
been filed with the Clerk of said Court.
The object of this action is to obtain
divorce from the defendant upon the ground
OF failure to provide.
W. r. HUMPHREY
Plaintiffs Attorney
Postofice address 604 The Mutual life
building, Seattle, King County, Washing
Feb. %, April IL
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evil Of him for fancied grievances have
long since learned the errors of their
ways, and on next Tuesday they will
show to him that they believe he is
made OF the proper material to repre-
sent true Americanism. Mr.. H. G. Gill
is the prince of good fellows wherever
he is known, and while he may not be
as easy to get acquainted with as
many other men, who are overloaded
with deceit, nevertheless when once
acquainted with him you will find him
to be just what he says he is. Let
every Republican and even Democrats
go to the polls next Tuesday and wipe
out the wrong that they committed
against Mr.. Gill two years ago.
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:. Sketch of Republican Nominees :.

ciate such citizens as Mr.. Gillian, who
are not always clamoring to hold an
safe in predicting at this time that
next Tuesday Mr.. Gillian will receive
two to one vote over his Democratic
opponent.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
MITCHELL GILLIAN.

Owing to the fact that the state of
Washington is practically in it's in
fancy it seldom ever falls to the pleas
ant duty of any convention of any
part in this state to nominate what all
Califarnians take so much pride in,
native son." for a high official posi-
ton either in municipal, county or
state affairs. However, the late Repub-
lican convention in this city found a
pleasant exception to the rule for there
was a gentleman asking the members
Of the convention for their respective
Endorsements who is a native Of the
state OF Washington, and such gentle
man is none other than Mitchell Gil
liam, who is now the Republican nomi-
nee for corporation counsel Mr. Gil
liam was born near Walla Walla in
1859 and has resided in the state dur
ing his entire lifetime. He studied
law in the Office of ex-United States
Senator John B. Allen, who now lives
in this city, and who is one of Mr.. Gil
liams most ardent supporters. He
was admitted to the bar in 1884, and
for number of years practiced law
in Yakima and Kittitas counties In
1890 he came to Seattle and engaged
in the practice of his profession with
Hon. William Lair Hill. Since that
time he has been a constant resident
Of King County, and has been one Of
Seattle's most successful practitioners
Never before did he aspire to a politi-
cal office, and the hearty Endorsement
he received at the hands Of the con-
vention shows that the people appre-
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avenue to Ross seminary. Other street
improvements are rapidly being push
ed in that ward at present, and all be-
cause Mr.. Murphy has looked out for
the interest of the Ninth ward. The
following shows the amounts that have
been paid out of the general fund for
the Ninth ward at the instigation of
Councilman Murphy:
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ing true Mr.. Kistler will be elected by
cent, and that is saying a good deal.
but he will be because the Second
Ward like all of the wards in this CITY.
have grown very paridly within the
past two years.
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II. p. RUDE.

For the past six years the Republi-
cans Of this city and perhaps even the
Democrats, have decided that Mr.
Rude is the proper man to be in the
city council, for he has twice before
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-28
w. j. CREEVEY.

When the Democrats in convention
assembled last Saturday unanimous
ly nominated w. J. Creevey for
councilman-at-large they placed be-
fore the voters of this city one man
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Water mains .............$3 3, 900
Interplay fire department. $500. 1000
Fremont fire department and
wagon Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Horses, names, etc. ..... 465
TWO-inch water mains, Interplay 700
Police protection ..... 1900
Ross sidewalk ....... $50
Brooklyn road ......... 900
Planking Ewing street. | $50
Complete grading, Whitman. 200
To grade 3O-foot roadway on
Fremont avenue, from Kill
bourne avenue to the north
city boundary ...... 1000
Received Of King county for
grading above street ........ 1000
Pro rata city expense. 10000
Bridge across government canal 465
Lumber and nails ....... 200
Labor on streets ... $500
Fire department labor. .. $500
Street lights ......... 1854
Team hire 1900
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-25
The Spider and the Tuning Fork.

The Spider and the Tuning Fork.
A gentleman was recently watching
some spiders. when 1t occurred to him
to try what effect the sound of tun-
Ing fork would have upon them. He
SUSPECTED that they would take 1t for
the buzzing Of a fly. He selected q
large. ugly spider that had been feast
ing on flies for about two months. The
spider was at one edge OF Its web.
Sounding the fork. the man touched q
thread at the other side and watched
the result.
Mr.. Spider bad the buzzing sound
conveyed to him over his telephone
wires. but how was he to know on
which particular wire 1t was travel
ing? He ran to the center of the web
very quickly and felt around until he
touched the thread against the other
end Of which the fork was sounding;
then. taking another thread along. just
as a man would take an extra piece OF
rope. be ran out to the fork and sprang
upon 1t. Then he retreated little way
and looked at the fork. He was puz-
zled. He had expected to find buzz
ing fly. Then. strange to say. he got
on the fork again and danced with de-
light Evidently the sound was music
to him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-25

airy party at the instant of absolute
clash? Well. If it must come, 1t were
better that it should come while we
and our horses were nerved up to fight
ing pitch.
Thee came time in our mad rush
when the road led through a bit OF
low. damp ground on which there was
no dust. so we could look along the col
umn. Dusty though we were. the spec
tacle was really inspiriting, with its
hundreds Of flashing sword blades and
its successive guidons-small flags, one
at the head Of each troop. We ascend
ed gentle slope near the top Of which
and perhaps n quarter Of mile IN ad-
vance rode man with broad felt
hat and very small horse. | asked
the lieutenant who he was and was
told:
Hes the reb we're chasing, s'pose."
What All that effort to catch one
man-a man who was apparently get
ting away? All the scare. the terror,
the wild thoughts, the helplessness,
the disorder. the suffering. merely to
overtake one man! felt angry enough
to desert. lost my temper and eX-
pressed my thoughts so loudly that the
lieutenant overheard me and. looking
angrily at me. said:
"Re quiet, you little fool. There's
no better way Of finding their main
body than by chasing a man who Is
trying to get back to 1t, Is there"
"No. Sir" replied meekly as flood
Of light descended upon my wits, and
| longed to shrivel within my uniform
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-25

it would save great deal Of unneces-
sary worry il the colonel would post a
notice before leaving camp for scout
or a fight to let us know where we
were going, how long we were to be
gone and what we were to do, but
Cloynp replied that the colonel would
first have to know all these things him
self. which seemed great deal to eX-
pect.
At any rate no such information had
been given out about our present trip,
nor did we ever get any about any trip
on which we started afterward, so in
time it came to be fun to ask when on
the road. "Whcre are we g0ing!' so as
to get a pleasing assortment Of improb-
able answers. At first it seemed too
dreadful to take part In some move
ment about which | knew nothing-not
even whether or not it was judicious.
But when I saw the older members of
the regiment calmly obeying all orders,
asking no questions. | endeavored to
be n veteran to that extent myself and
let the government manage Its own
business iD its own way.
AS had not made this resolve at the
time of our first scout and charge
was curious and anxious about many
things besides our probable route.
What would we do with our prisoners
should q regiment Of the enemy sud-
denly strike Us? Suppose we We're to
get into fight and have a lot Of
horses shot: how would the riders
reach camp?. How were our disabled
men to reach camp again, as 1t appear
ed we had no ambulanccs with US?
Was any one sure that the colonel had
calculated time and distance carefully,
so that we should reach camp In time
to save men and animals from starv-
ing? And. speaking Of starving. where
was | to get anything to eat during
the coming day or more?
This question slowly but surely fore
ed all others from my mind. for | had
eaten all of my hoecake that | had not
given away, had roasted my sweet
potatoes at dinner time and felt. as
ate them. so full that | wouldn't want
another morSel till morning. but an
hour of trot and gallop had caused a
radical change of opinion. | had no
more silver with which to buy should
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-25
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE WORLD.
Shows an Enormous Increase Dur
ing the Past 100 Years.

sbows an Enormous Increase Dur
ing the Past 100 Years.
Tn 1901 the worlds debt amounted to
81. .OOO, 900, 900; in 1S4S, after the Napo;
leonic wars. it was IS, 400, 900, 900: in 1901
s3l 800 OOO, 900. 1t increased within the
last century by $2S.SO0, 100000; ou'
whereas during the first part OF this
century, Notwithstanding the gigantle
wars which then unsettled part OF he
world. It increased but at the ratio OF
to 1, the increase during the secoho
mart was at the ratio Of 10 to 1.
Toward this increase each nation mas
contributed With all its power. ohiS
two nations preserved their cold blood;
Great Britain, which during forty years
reduced it's debt by s1,OOO,0OO. and the
United States which reduced us hapi''
tiles by over $1.400,0O0,OOO.
The Austrian debt. which in 1850 was
but $500, ,0OO, 900, reaches at the present
time 81, 700 900, 900; the debt Of Germany
has grown from s116,OOO,OO0 in 1870 to
s55s. 900, 900; that of Italy, which In 1868
was 1,4OO, ,OOO, 900, is now $2,5S3, OO'Ooo;
the debt of Russia which In 1858 was
s4OO 900 900 exceeded in 1900 $3,OOO'OOO''
600. France is easily winner In this
contest: her debt, which in 1852 was lit
tie over 81 ,OOO, ,OOO, 900. amounts today to
about $500, 100000, or almost one-hftn
of the total worlds indebtedness.
The debts of the Germanic and SLAVIC
rroup of nations the last quarter or the
century have been due chiefly to the
purchase or construction of railroads
and they possess in these "physical
capital which almost equals their total
debt. and derive therefrom revenue
almost sufficient for the service OF the
debt. Quite a different picture Is pre-
sented by the Latin nations. These
have within the last twenty-five years
increased their debts by $4,000, ,OOO,OOo
Spain and Italy very nearly doubling
their debt. France almost trebline
hers. In return they cannot be said to
have acquired any we'll defined mate
rial assets. France particularly, which
nerhaps spent more money than any
other nation has on her railways VIII
have to wait until 1854 to acquire own
ership Of them.-Paris Matln.
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your company! There's only about half
of it in the ranks
The captain, who had ridden for.
ward to close the gap between him and
the company in front, fell back and
looked along the column, which had
lost all regularity of formation. Then
he screamed:
Lieutenant, why have you let so
many men fall out. sir?'
The lieutenant commanding the rear
platoon had been getting ahead Of bis
proper position. He turned his horse,
looked toward me and roared:
where's the sergeant of the left of
the line?"
"You ordered him to remount several
minutes ago, sir" replied.
"And he hasn't returned to his post?
Then twas your duty as noncommis-
stoned officer to keep the men from
struggling to the rear"
This sudden and new load Of respon.
sibility seemed more than l and my
horse could carry, but afterward
learned to bear similar infections bet
ter. for l found they were in accord
ance with military custom. When any
thing goes wrong during march, the
highest officer with whom fault is
found Immediately unloads the blame
upon the officer next below him in
rank. and so the scolding passes down
ward until it reaches some lowly non-
commissioned officer, who gets rid of it
by giving it to a private soldier.
But had no time to absorb this wis
dom during my first charge. for the
major suddenly ordered our captain to
hurry along with such men as he had,
leaving the stragglers to the tender
mercies Of the rear guard. 1t seemed
strange that we had not yet closed the
small distance between US and the
troop ahead of us, but as we hurried
OH we had the melancholy consolation
of learning that ours was not the only
new company whose men had come to
grief through Ignorance Of their duties
and by falling out had made many sue
cessive gaps in the column. Not all the
unfortunates were bad riders, but some
Of them had pricked their horses with
their sabers during spasmodic endeav-
ors to keep these weapons we'll in hand
and no self respecting korse could be
expected to he even tempered when
prodded with yard Of steel with n
sharp point ut one end and $50 pounds
of grepnhorn ut the other.
Such as were left Of us went faster
and faster. the horses, becoming ex-
cited, unconsciously taking the gallop.
This being gait ut which child could
keep the saddle, there was no more
struggling. Assisted by some vigorous
language from the captain, we formed
new sets of fours and went along in
really handsome style.
When our rush had lasted about a
quarter Of an hour. began to wonder
when we would strike the enemy. II
we had already suffered so severely,
what would be left Of us after we had
met the foe and been thrown into the
confusion which always befalls a cav
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-25
PECULIARITIEs OF BULLETS.

oueer Antics of Lumps OF Lead
When Projected From Gun.
When General William Grocer. chief
of ordnance, was before the Philippine
committee there was very interesting
discussion concerning the effect OF bull
lets when striking different substances
General Crozier showed there was
marked difference in the effect of the
bullets used by the American troops IN
the Philippines upon different occasions.
"It is characteristic Of the modern
bullet when fired with high velocity
said General Crozier, that when 1t
strikes in a semi-liquid mass it Is likely
to produce an effect very much like an
explosion. For instance, soon after the
adoption Of the present service rifle IN
the United States army, an escaping
prisoner at Chicago was shot In the
head by a sentinel, and the top OF his
head was blown off. Sometimes SIM
liar effects are produced by striking In
the bowels or other soft portions OF the
DOQy. In the case W "hiSh ehNo>' -
course, tie range was very close.
IAN instance occurred in Porto Rico
of exactly an opposite kind in the ac-
cidental shooting Of an officer at very
close range" continued General Gro
zier. HE was fired at by sentinel.
The bullet passed through the bowels,
ranging downward, as he was dropping
TO his knees when struck. The officer
was we'll within a week, and yet the
man at Chicago had his head blown
off, also at close range. These actions
are difficult to account for. Not only
does the bullet produce these curious
effects in the soft portion Of the body,
but they are observed in the firmer
portions Of the body. I myself, In the
Philippines. examined Filipino who
had been shot at thirty yards, imme-
diately after shot. The bullet entered
the left side below the shoulder and
passed out on the right side at the
neck. Where the ball entered the hole
was very small, while where 1t passed
out It left a cash four inches long. 1t
could only have been accounted for by
something like liquid mass having
been forced out. The cash was longer
than the longest dimension of the bull
let"
The peculiar characteristics of the
bullet used in the Philippines, called
forth an experience of Senator Deit-
rich.
II was up the Big Horn Basin," he
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said, ION hunting trip. I saw jack
rabbit sitting on the mound which was
thrown up around his hole. AS he saw
me he settled down into the hole. and
fired at him. presume he was about
300 yards away. The bullet struck the
earthen mound the jack rabbit flew
up into the air, dropped to the ground
and remained motionless. An exami-
nation showed that the rabbit was
/ dead and yet the bullet had not struck
him-he had simply been killed by con-
cussion."
Senator Carmack laughingly re-
marked that he did not believe the
story at all.
Your prowess as hunter Is we'll es-
tablished." added Senator Beveridge as
he nodded to Mr.. DIETRICH, when you
can kill game without hitting it,
Washington Star.