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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10
BUSINESS WAS VERY BRISK AT
COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT

extension Of water mains, and John Kelley
for the placing of a street lamp on Fifty.
sixth street, were referred to the fire and
water committe.
The clerk was authorized to renew the
licenses of the following stationary en-.
gineers: Nick Klovberg, Adolph Lam
brecht, Albert Lister, L. c. Neernberg,
William II. Wright, N. r. Neville and
George s. Kittridge.
The liquor ordinance did not make it's
appearance last night. Councilman Ham.
mond, chairman of the judiciary commit,
tee, was conspicuous by his absence. and
consequently no report was made. The
ordinance has been in the hands of the
committee for some time, and report was
expected two weeks ago. At that time
Councilman Hammond stated that there
were political reasons for not reporting the
ordinance. The feeling among the coun.
cilmen is that when the ordinance does
make its appearance number Of amend
ments will have been added
No one of the councilmen claims the
honor of having introduced the ordinance.
its purpose is TO impose more strict regu-
lations upon the saloon business and limit
the number of bonds on which one person
may become surety.
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Business was rushed through the meet
ing OF the council last night in a rapid
manner. A number Of the councilmen
were anxious for the meeting TO adjourn in
order that they might hear the mayors
speech before the Scandinavian club, and
there was no delay in proceedings.
The street car franchise did not make
an appearance, but when it does lively
time is anticipated.
An ordinance by Conrad, relative to
bicycling. was passed up its third read
ing. This ordinance provides for the tax
ing Of all bicycles at the rate of 30 cents a
year. and regulates the use Of the bicycle
paths.
An ordinance by Bellingham, confirming
the assessment levied on property owners
in local improvement district No. 1873 for
the cost OF constructing sewers in this
district, was adopted.
A communication was received from the
commissioner OF public works submitting
plans and specifications OF the new city
wharf and market. Councilman Roice
moved that the commissioners recon-
authorized to advertise for bids.
The claims committee recommended that
the claim Of S. II. Balkwill and others for
5000 be allowed, upon the o. X. of the
city attorney. This claim is for damages
resulting from the replatting of the Mig
ger tract.
The election committee recommended the
payment Of s. to NJ. Peters, Rudolph
Lyons. Charles +. Lewis and George II.
Borden for the use of their property for
registration purposes.
report was received from the city
librarian and the council coneurred in
his recommendation that 40 old books in
the possession Of the city library be given
to the Hillhurst library
The petitions received from Fred Zeller,
W. f. Zimmerman and Ole Olson, for the
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the United States, will cause the "Ameri.
can INVASION" like the British invasion, to
lose its identity in a common Canadianism
A few facts will illustrate the character
and growth of this great section. There
are now about 5000 miles of railway in
operation and over 5000 miles under con-
struction, not counting the projected
Grand Trunk Pacific. Manitoba exported
In 1902 55,000,000 bushels of wheat, and
its total grain crop last year was over 100
10000 bushels. The cash value of grain
in Manitoba and the Territories in 1902
was S6O,0000OO. In 1902 the income of
$4,000 farmers in Manitoba was $44, 493. IA
or an average of 81, 10. In 1896 the land
sales of the railway companies amounted to
lO8,0l6 acres at 1861 1888. In 1902 these
companies sold 2,20l, 795 acres for 81, TAG, 95S,
and there is said to be IS 100000 acres of
good wheat land left in the Northwest
These figures need no comment.
The city of Winnipeg, at the junction
OF the Red and Assiniboine rivers in Mani
toha, is the gateway of the West, and
fairly reflects the entire life of the region
In 1870 the population of Winnipeg was
2l5. In 1887, one year after the city had
obtained
ADEQUATE RAILROAD FACILITIES
its population was $4,000; its assessed prop
erty was nearly $20,000OOO, and it exported
$ll 100000 of the products of Manitoba
According to city census, just published
the present population of4Winnipeg is over
$4,000. There are doing business in the
city II chartered banks. representing a
paid up capital of nearly $50 900 900; "a fire
4
Y other guarantee companies. As finan.
cial center Winnipeg is third in Canada.
In 1894 the bank clearings were $50, 900 900;
in 1903 they had grown TO 5000, 900 900. Be-
tween October, 1902, and September 1903.
permits for l,l27 new buildings to cost
over $5,000,000 were issued. 1t is worth
mentioning that Winnipeg is the greatest
grain market in the British empire as evil
denced by the fact that in 1923 $4,000
900 bushels were inspected
Back of these truly remarkable material
conditions lies a solid, clean and progress
sive social life symbolic not only of the
Northwest but of the whole country. The
city of Winnipeg owns it's own street
lighting plant, asphalt plant and stone
quarry, and a great deal of attention is
paid to architecture and to identifying the
city by way of fine boulevards and parks.
Here is the seat of the provincial univer-
sity, with four colleges and other pro~~
sional schools affiliated. In Brandon. a
beautiful city overlooking the Assiniboine.
1870 miles west of Winnipeg, is Brandon
college and near by the Provincial expert
mental farm. Everything in
RELIGION AND CULTURE
characteristic of the highest Englsh-speak-
ing civilization is found in Manitoba. In.
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States is doubtless due to several causes,
among which was the visit of Prince Henry
of Prussia and the cordial feelings which
the visit aroused on both sides of the
water. The approaching worlds fair at
st. Louis has been a stimulus toward the
same end. Doubtless, interest in the his
torical development of the United States
has been somewhat quickened by events
connected with the war with Spain. The
now general, if perhaps somewhat belated,
recognition that the United States is a
world power has undoubtedly given new
incentive to the study of its natural
growth.
While it would not be expected that all
who write ON American topics as seen
from the German standpoint would fully
agree, or that all the conclusions reached
would be favorable, the general tone has
been friendly and appreciative.-From
United States Consul Harris, Mannheim,
Germany.
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some the month contained but % days, to
others it exceeded all previous efforts and
recorded 80 complete days.
To the former, the interval between
Februaries of 20 days has been IL years.
To the last, 1904 will go down in history
with the record of 1857 days
This confusion is all due to the topsy-
turvy tendencies of the l80th meridian,
that mystic line on the earth's surf,1a
that is ever point of deepest interest
to the traveller. That point where it is
found necessary to pick up or drop day
as the case may be, in order to make the
ships calendar conform 20 those Of the
continents between which she is sailing
Among the passengers aboard the Unit
ed States transport Sheridan, upon which
| sailed from San Francisco, the probabili.
ty of the women being deprived of leap
year privileges formed the central topic
of conversation. To them the month
brought but 2S days, owing to the lido.
syncrasies of the calendar.
The transport Thomas, which left Manila
February Is, for San Francisco, reached
the lS0th meridian February 20. As a
consequence those on board went to bed
on the night of February 30, and awoke
next morning when it was still February
20. gs 2dt
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GERMANY'S INTEREST
IN OUR AFFAIRS

The recent marked increased interest
among intelligent people of Germany in the
institutions, industrial conditions and his
tory of the United States is worthy of
note. This increase has manifested itself
in variety of ways. There has been, for
example, a considerable array of new and
well-written German books on purely
American topics. These books are found
in all the leading book stores and have
been widely sold and commented upon.
Among them are ''Das Land der Unbe-
grenzten Moglichkeiten" ('The Land of
Unlimited Possiblities"), by Goldberger;
"Das Land der zutunft'' (''The Land of
the Future'), by Polenz; "Die Vereinig
stem Staten Won Nordamerika" ('The
United States of North America'') by
Hotzsch. The latter is a small but well
written and handsomely illustrated history
of the United States. To these may be
added "Prinz Heinrichs Amerikafahrt''
("Prince Henry's Journey to America i,
by Laverrenz. TRANSACTIONS of recent
American books have also attracted much
notice. 1t is stated that a history of
American literature, by a prominent Ger
many professor, is now in preparation,
there being no such work at present in the
German language.
German newspapers and periodicals have
published within the past year an unusual
ly large number of letters describing
travels in the United States and leading
articles on educational, industrial and
other topics.
Engineering, architecture, the legal sta
tus of woman, prison reform, college and
university instruction and a wide variety
of subjects relating to the United States
have received attention at the hands of
newspaper and magazine writer's in Ger
many.
In at least two of the great German
iversities-Berlin and Heidelberg-dur.
ing the present university year lectures
are being given on the history of the
United States
This increase of interest in the United
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10
HOW JAPANESE MAIDENS
REVENGE THEMSELVES

A japanese woman, when abandoned by
her lover, takes a peculiar and picturesque
revenge.
When she no longer has any doubt as to
his faithlessness she gets up in the middle
of the night and puts on pleasing dress
and wooden sandals. Attached to her
headdress she carries three lighted can
dies and suspended to her neck hangs a
small mirror.
She takes in her left hand a small straw
effgy of the faithless one and in her
right a hammer and nails.
Walking gravely to the sanctuary, she
selects one of the sacred trees and nails the
efigy securely to the trunk She then
prays for the death of the traitor, vowing
that if her wish is granted she will take
out the nails which trouble her god, since
they are fastened to sacred tree. Night
after night she comes to the tree. adding
one or two nails and repeating her pray
ers. persuaded that the god will not hesi-
tate to sacrifice the man to save the tree.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10
THE MARKETS

The following prices were quoted by
morning:
MEAT AND PROVISIONS.
Fresh Meat-Cow beef, TIC; steer beef,
7Ac; veal, s24lOc; pork, SIC; mutton,
S@81ac.
Provisions. Hams. l31a9l4c ID; break
fast bacon. Ice; bellies. fresh. l21ac.
VEGETABLES.
Yakima potatoes, $24Q25; carrots, 81;
sack; rutabagas, 75c saks; California cab
bage, 2Ae h.; California tomatoes, $500
box; celery, Zoe dOz.; radishes, 10 dozen
punches; lettuce, $l.609l.75 box; Oregon
onions, $3@3.25; Yakima onions, $2.259
$50 cwt.; green onions, l0c dozen punches;
Hubbard squash, &c Id; rhubarb, lOc h.;
dollhouse radshes, 35c doz.; dry Chill pep
pers, 25c h.; cucumbers, $l.50@l.75 doz.;
parsley, 25c edoz.
GREEN FRUIT. ETC.
Apples, cooking, 75c@$l box; Yellow
Newtown Pippins, 50; Baldwins, Wagners,
Northern Spies, ETC., $l.OO@l25 box;
Winesaps, $l50@l.75; Ben Davis, $l.OO
@L25; Red Cheek Pippins, $l5O@l.75,
Redlands oranges, $l.50@2.4O box; lemons,
$2.50(0300 box; cranberries, 5000; Persian
dates, SAGE Id; bananas $2.5O@3.00 bunch;
seedess grapefruit, $3.50 box.
NUTS.
English walnuts, No. l. l415c h.; Chili
Walnuts, l3c h.; Ganoble, l3c h.; al
monds, l2c ID; pecans, l2@l3c Id; Brazils.
l2c Id; filbers, l3c lb; peanuts, fresh roast.
ed. Sc 10; chestnuts, l2@l3c Id; cocoanuts.
79@90c doz.
Chickens, hens and springs, l2k0l4O
h. dressed turkeys, 20023c ID; ducks, live.
l4c; dressed. ll@l4c lb; geese, lO@l1c lbj
squads. scarce. s2.5003.O0 doz.
HAY. GRAIN AND FEED,
Oats, $26@265O ton; barley, s24.OO ton;
wheat $2s ton; chop $225O@23 ton; shorts
$50 ton; bran, $40 ton; oil meal, $50 tong
E. W. timothy, new, 500 ton; e. w. com.
pressed timothy, new, $27 ton; new wheat
hay, $l6@l7 ton; new alfalfa, $l3.5O@l4
ton; new Puget Sound hay, Sl5@l6 ton;
middlings, $3.50 ton.
FISH, ETC.
Halibut, &c. salmon, SEC; black cod.
7cy shrimp, Sc; CLAIMS, $l.4O sack; crabs,
$l.Oo@l.5O doz; rock cod, &c; herring, 4c.
BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE.
Butter. - Washington creamery. Csc.
ranch, l4@l8c; Eaetern tub, 23@z5c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, l6 cents.
Cheese.-Washington, l31ac; New York,
Sapho, full cream, 17@lSc; Edam, $3.50;
brick, tic; Swi-I, imported, 2393Ooj
Roquefort, 45c; Limburger, l6(Q2Oc; brick,
loo; Swiss brick, Tic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10

before the deputy shipping commissioner
this morning and the tug left for Bristol
Bay, Alaska, this afternoon. She makes
part Of her trip by the inside passage.
The Northern Pacific liner Olympia is
due at Victoria today from the Orient, and
this trip ends her career as a craft flying
that company's flag When the Olympia
arrives here and her cargo is discharged
the Chinese crew will be paid off and
transferred to one of the other steam
ships. The same course will be followed
when the Victoria and Tacoma arrive in
port, and the vessels will be taken over
by the Northeastern Siberia company and
the Northwestern Commercial company
The Ping Suey will take the place of the
Olympia and leave on her sailing date. The
Ping Suey will be followed by the Blue
Funnel liner Agamemnon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10
PAWNED LIVERY
TEAM FOR 81

SEATTLE, March l0.--J. w. Wooten is
the name Of a young man who needed the
money, and in order to secure it hired a
team from the Union livery stable in this
city and drove to Kent, where he left it
as security for a loan of $4 He then
took an Interurban train for Tacoma, and
is now numbered among the lost, strayed
or stolen. His description has been sent
to the police of all nearby cities and towns
Wooten had been doing some special
work on a weekly paper of this city and
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BUSINESS STREET
is UNDER WATER

DAVENPORT, Wash. March TO-
Davenport is experiencing the annual
spring flood. The business section of the
city is located in canyon, and stream
of water flowing through it, which ordin-
srily is only few inches deep, is now a
raging torrent. The stream is now about
$50 feet wide and six feet deep.
The lower end of Morgan street, the
principal business thoroughfare. is two feet
under water. No damage has yet resulted
as the flood was anticipated. 1t is thought
that the water viii rise still higher.
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wormed himself into the confidence of the
proprietor of the stable by displaying a
letter purporting to be signed by the pro-
prietor of the paper, and also check for
S2I. With these as credentials he got the
team from the stable and drove TO Kent.
There he put the outfit in livery stable
and, telling the proprietor that he needed
81 for few hours until he could collect
it in the town, he got the money and
left the team as security. The sheriff To-
Gated the team at Kent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10
ORDERS A CHANGE
IN MAIL SERVICE

Beginning tomorrow morning better
mail service viii be established between
Tacoma and Electron. An order has just
been received at the Tacoma postoffice to
establish closed mail service between
these two points. Heretofore all the mail
for Electron has been sent to Kapowsin,
and from there to Electron, but under the
new provision a sack Of mail will be made
up here and go direct to it's destination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10

Six logging cars near Williamson's log
ging camp, south of Olympia, broke loose
yesterday morning while being loaded and
ran down the grade for a mile and a
half, where they were badly damaged
No one was injured. The cars were stopped
finally by a tree which had been blown
down and was lying partly across the
track.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10

l-IRANI Ol4AClEhJ Dhl1loI1 W.
LUMBIA. 2.-PARLIAMENT BUILD
ING, VICTORIA, B. C.
deed, until the people are known one
wonders how so stable and permanent a
social structure could have been reared in
a single generation.
The future of the Northwest, and
therefore the future of Canada, is assured.
This vast fertile land, cold in winter, but
clothed in sunshine $50 days out of every
1865, is to become chief granary of the
empire and of the world. AT the present
rate of progress a billion-bushel harvest is
not far distant. The polyglot population,
prosperous and therefore contented, will
become fused into the noble religious and
intellectual life that has had time to es-
tablish itself before their coming, and the
resultant peoples, like those of the Ameri-
can West, will conserve and strengthen all
that is most healthy and hopeful in mod
ern life.
CHARLES AUBREY EATON.
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from the residence. Burial will be in
the Tacoma cemetery.
The fve-months-old child of Mr., and
Mrs. Edward Kellner died this morning
at 9lO South Thirteenth street The flu
neral will be held at 10 O'Clock Saturday
morning. Burial viii be in the Tacoma
cemetery.
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STATE POINTERS

Frederick Johnston, employed at the mill
of the Northern Lumber company of Ev-
erctt, was dangerously injured at the mill
yesterday afternoon. He was struck over
the heart by board hurled from the
edger His injuries are internal and it is
not known yet whether they are fatal.
The Walla Walla city council has de.
cided to accept the gift Of three residence
lots near the center OF the city. offered by
MIR. and Mrs. T. c. Elliott, for the Car
neg'e library site. 1t is expected that work
on the erection of the $4,000 building
viii be commenced as soon as Mr.. Carnegie
can be informed that the site has been
selected.
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WHERE FEBRUARY
HAD THIRTY DAYS

HONOLULU, March lO.-During Feb
ruary, voyagers upon the Pacific were
treated to a calendrical monstrosity, with
nut parallel in the century. While to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10

The steamship Umatilla arrived from
San Francisco this morning and has about
$50 tons of freight for this port. Her
outward cargo amounts to l,40O tons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-10

The remains of Benjamin Steele, who
died in Los Angeles where he had gone
for his health, arrived in the city yester-
day and were taken TO Hoska's undertake
ing parlors MIR. Steele was prosperous
raneher of Cottonwood, Idaho, and was
4S years of age He is survived by a
brother and i've sisters, two Of whom, Mrs
r. A. Devereaux and Mrs. Edwin Clarke,
live in Tacoma. The late Colonel Steele
was a brother Of the deceased. The funeral
will take place at 1880 o'clock Friday aft.
ernoon from Hoska's chapel. Rev ID. L.
RAIDER with ofhciate. Burial viii be in
Tacoma cemetery.
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Nearly all the streams in the Walla
Nalla valley have fallen until they are
about at their normal heights. Reports
received from all sections of the flooded
district show that large amount of grow
ing wheat was damaged. Many OF the
wagon bridges CROSSING creeks in the valley
are IN a dangerous condition and the
county has large force at work making
repairs.
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MORTALITY RECORD

The funeral Of Mrs. Margaret OFarrell
of orting was held yesterday at o'clock
from st. Leo's church. Burial was in
Tacoma cemetery.
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The Str. Greyhound is now on the run
from Tacoma 10 Olympia.
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The four boys arrested for robbing the
postofhce boxes at Ballard have confessed.
A few money orders for small amounts,
time checks from one of the mills and a
check for $40 were taken by them. The
youthful thieves took the officials to a
place where they had thrown away some
of the letters and pay checks and the pa
pers were discovered The boys were re.
leased upon their parents guaranteeing 20
have them in call when needed.
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A financial statement just issued by the
Everett board OF education shows that the
cost Of running the Everett schools the
present year viii be sos ,126.29. That repre-
SCENTS the value Of the warrants issued,
with the expenditures for the last three
months estimated In three years a saving
OF over S2l, 900 has been effected
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The crew d ne. tug Miami was sigued
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The fishing steamer Edith left out for
the halibut banks this morning.
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il is rumored that the British ship For.
teviot, now undergoing repairs at Esqui-
malt. has been chartered to load lumber
for Port PIrie.
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st. Patriek's Night Dance, Elksi Hail,
Thursday, March Il. Dancing until morn
ing. gentlemen, soc; Ladies. free. sss
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Walla Walla is considering the PROPOSE
tion Of establishing a new water system.
Two plans have been proposed. One is
to put in pumping station and utilize
g number Of springs near the city, and
the other is to put in a gravity system.
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The Crompton tows to Port Blakeley or
Port Gamble tomorrow morning TO load
lumber for Australia.
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MARINE GLIMPSES
TIDES FOR FRIDAY.

If the barometer tells the truth, the
biggest storm Of the season is due. Along
the waterfront the steamboat men are
hooking out for a blow. and, as one ex-
pressed il, "the glass has gone clear down
below decks The reading this morning
was 2s,s5, the lowest registered this winter.
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The following prices were quoted by
the wholesale men to the jobbers this
morninO.
The Irish standard., 1904-08-27
SOUTH DAKOTA

Bishop O'Gorman has made the fol-
lowing ecclesiastical changes lately in
his diocese. Rev. ]. ]. O'Neill of Pierre,
who was assigned to Bryant some
weeks since, is now located ut Bercs.
ford, and Father John O'Hora from
Aberdeen to Bryant; Rev. James Nc
Nally, late of Centreville, has been
moved to Dell Rapids; Rev. P. v.
Coyne, formerly assistant Mt Elkton,
goes to Gettysburg, from which he
will attend lebanon and Seneca; !;
Rev. f. O'Reilly, lately ordained, has
been appointed pastor of Orient, with
Faulkton and Polo as missions.
The ladies of st. Thomas church,
Madison, held a lawn social on Fri
day evening of last week at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Lannon. There was
large attendance.
The Right Rev. Bishop O'Gorman