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The SEATTLE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL POT - PIE VOL. IX, NO. 30 Senator Ed. Palmer has gone East to visit with relatives during the holidays and will be absent some two weeks or more. Prior to leaving Mr. Palmer said to the Pie-maker, "I thought it a convenient time to leave the city prior to the convening of the grand jury, and were it not that Mr. Preston would need me in the coming senatorial fight I might prolong my stay indefinitely." Senator Palmer is one of Mr. Preston's most ardent supporters and feels very hopeful of his success. . . . The special election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. Martin of Centralia, Wash., resulted in a Democrat being elected to fill the vacancy, and that too despite the fact that the district is overwhelming Republican. What faction or element is responsible for the change of heart of so many voters has not been clearly stated. The Times, however, declares it to be the result of an anti-Wilson feeling in that section, while others declare it to be the result of the anti-railroad feeling in that section. It is plain to be seen, however, that it was the result of the Republican nominee not getting enough votes to be elected. . . . Considerable speculation as to the exact political status of the coming legislature has been indulged in by many of the leading papers of the state within the past week or more and all of them seem to give John L. Wilson the balance of power between the two leading candidates for United States senator. Further speculation has been indulged in the senatorial contest as to whether Mr. Wilson will throw his strength to Mr. Ankeny or Preston. By some it is predicted that he will throw the "golden apple" to Mr. Ankeny, notwithstanding the fact that he has opposed Mr. Ankeny in the past with more bitterness than any one else that has ever confronted him in the game of politics. Others declare he will throw the golden apple to Mr. Preston, because it will mean his probable election, if he remains in naked two years from now but on e points Mr. Wilson is perfectly Whatever he has in mind he sing his own counsel and is not putting his left hand know what he hand is going to do. Speaking about Mr. Wilson, the rumor that he is going to move to Seattle has developed almost into an actual fact, and while he has not said that he is going to move to Seattle in so many words, his actions would seem to substantiate the predictions in that direction published a few days ago. Last Saturday and Sunday an important conference was held in this city in which Senator Wilson, James J. Hill and other leading politicians and railroad magnates were present and participated in. It is quietly rumored that this conference talked matters over with Mr. Wilson and he was promised the railroad support two years from now if he would use his influence to elect Mr. Ankeny next January. It is further rumored that Mr. Wilson was given to understand that if Mr. Ankeny was elected he could dictate the federal appointments to be made in the state, such as fell to Mr. Ankeny's portion. As said above these are only rumors and whether or not Mr. Wilson looked on them with favor is not known at this time. It is thought, however, that he is inclined that way, as he shows no great amount of political love for Gov. McBride, which is practically the same as showing none for Mr. Preston, especially in the senatorial contest. . . . John L. Wilson has a number of warm personal friends in Seattle, who would seriously object to his making such a combination as that, and if he does, it is highly probable that many of his stanunch followers in this county under such circumstances would at once break away from him, believing that such a move on his part would be hostile to the commercial interests of Seattle and should he consummate the deal as mentioned above and subsequently move to Seattle, it is very doubtful whether he would be able to carry the primaries in Seattle even though he was a resident of the county. Mr. Wilson is a shrewd and sagacious politician, and if he moves here he will at once begin to organize for the coming fight, and with the P-I. at his disposal he would make an aggressive, if not a winning one in the primary election of 1904, which would nominate members of the legislature that will elect a successor to the United States senate to Addison G. Foster. In that fight Seattle would be up against a hard proposition if she determined to fight Mr. Wilson, for it would be handed to her Historical Society CURRENT COMMENT The following verses were contributed to the San Francisco Times, by Mrs. H. A. Deming. Each line is a quotation from a standard author, while the lines rhyme with each other and the sense is continuous: Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour? —Young. Life's a short summer, man a flower. —Dr. Johnson. By turns we catch the vital breath and die— —Pope. The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh. —Prior. To be is better than not to be. —Sewell. Though all man's life may seem a tragedy; —Spencer. But light cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb. —Daniell. The bottom is but a shallow whence they come. —Raleigh. Your fate is but the common fate of all; —Longfellow. Unmingled joys here to no man befall. —Southwell. Nature to each allots his proper sphere; —Congreve. Fortune makes folly her peculiar care; —Churchill. Custom does often reason overrule. —Rochester. And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. —Armstrong. Live well; how long or short, permit to heaven; —Milton. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. —Bailey. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see its face. —Trench. Vile intercourse where virtue has no place. —Somerville. Then keep each passion down, however dear. —Thomson. Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. —Byron. Her sensual snares let faithless Pleasure lay. —Smollet. With craft and skill to ruin and betray. —Crabbe. Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise; —Massinger. We masters grow of all that we despise. —Crowley. Then I renounce that impious self-esteem; —Beattie. Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. —Cowper. Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave; —Davenant. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. —Gray. What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat! —Willis. Only destructive to the grave and great. —Addison. that she could either elect Wilson or elect Foster, and between the two evils, as she might term it, she would be compelled from force of circumstances to support Mr. Wilson. . . . Hon. Allen Weir, former secretary of state and at present president of the Chamber of Commerce of Olympia, was on the streets of Seattle one day this week and talked entertainingly on the political situation of this state. "Whatever else may be said of Gov. McBride, he is a Republican, and whether he wins or loses his fight he will remain a Republican and will support the Republican nominees of the next state convention. Gov. McBride is satisfied that a railroad commission bill in some form will be passed by the next legislature, and if it does not, he realizes that the Republican party will be put on the defensive in the coming state campaign. The last state convention pledged itself to the passage of a commission bill, and an overwhelming majority of the countin in this state in convention assembled did likewise, and the campaign orators as well as the candidates went before the people and made their campaign on such a platform. Now, if the Republicans themselves, after having won the late election by the largest majority ever given to a party in this state, repudiate their own platform, then they will be to blame if the people turn them down at the polls at the next state election. For that reason I am inclined to think, as does the Governor, that the legislature will be compelled to pass some kind of a commission bill and thereby carry out its pledges to the people made by its various county conventions as well as its state convention prior to the late campaign. "Olympia is in a flourishing condition and is enjoying a period of prosperity now equal to that of any other city of similar size in the state. Politically speaking, Thurston county is in better condition than it has been for some time. The old Scoby-Madge ring, which has run politics so reckless there for years is almost broken, and I predict that the ring will never rule another convention in Thurston county. The opposition to the ring is the people and they have fortified themselves against Scoby and Madge and their paper, the Olympian, which has been run as a personal organ, by putting in the field a splendid evening paper which is now backed up by all the capital that it needs, and it will either drive the Olympian out of the field or it will be run at a serious loss. The Record will soon cover the evening field of the capital city and it will put in a morning edition and likewise cover that, and thereby give the people of Olympia a first class newspaper without depending upon Seattle and Tacoma for such. Thurston county is not antagonistic to railroad interests by any means and no faction in the county is fighting the railroads, but the voters of Thurston believe in a fair deal in every respect and this a majority of the voters do not expect to get with Scoby-Madge-Falknor. get with Scoby-Madge-Falknor in the saddle. . . . In discussing the Deckebach venture in the newspaper field a well known Olympian said: "It is a losing venture from the very start, and no amount of money can make it otherwise. Soon Mr. Deckebach will tire of carrying the load and the paper will fall of its own weight. There is not sufficient room in Olympia for two daily papers, and the Olympian has the precedent and naturally the last in the field will be the first to fall by the wayside. I am of a different political faction to Mr.-Deckebach and I may, to some extent, speak my political feelings, but the business is not here for two papers and there you are." Hon. Frank G. Deckebach has assumed the active editorial management of the Record and proposes to make a success of it. As a shrewd sagacious politician Editor Deckebach te well known, both in Thurston, as well as Chehalis county, from whence he came prior to his appointment as register of the Olympia U. S. land office, and unless the Pie-maker misses his guess he will make the power of the press, from his political way of thinking very distinctly felt in the capital city before many months more roll round. The United States, according to the last census, has 3,536 persons who are 100 years of age or over. This, in a population of 76,000,000, is more than twice as many centenarians as are in Germany, France, England, Scotland and Servia, with a combined population of 133,250,000. Germany, with a population of 55,000,000, has 778; France, with 40,000,000, has 213; England, with 32,000,000, has 146; Scotland, with a population of 4,000,000, has 46; while Servia, with only 2,250,000 people, has 575 persons who have reached the age of 100 years. Of the 3,536 centenarians in the United States 1,289 are men and 2,247 are women. The native-born number 3,117. Of these 1,098 are males and 2,019 are females. The foreign-born number 419. Of these 191 are males and 228 females. The native white number 166 males and 304 females. centenarians had three children each. Only one centenarian or either sex had but one child. Only one centenarian, a woman, of the 120, was unmarried. Of 580 centenarians interviewed by American newspapers in the last two years practically all have given the same rules for long life. These are: Regular habits; hard work; plenty of exercise; simple food; marriage and avoidance of worry. According to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the average length of life in the United States is increasing. The most marked increase has been in the last ten years. In 1890 the average length of life in the United States was 31 years. Now it is 32 years. This increase can be better realized when it is remembered that from 1838 until 1890 the average child had just three and a half years added to his life. There are 118 Indian centenarians in the United States, two Chinese and one Japanese. These figures in the census are scheduled as for "the mainland of the United States." Lae Negroes comprise 72.8 per cent. of our human century-plant population. The Census Bureau, however, says that the returns of the colored people are subject to considerable discount, for it is noticeable that the old Negroes do not report their ages correctly, especially when they think they are in the neighborhood of 100. The proportion of male and female centenarians does not vary with the censuses. More than three-fifths of the total are women and more than one-half the entire number come under the head of colored. These proportions have held good for four censuses. Of the foreign-born centenarians in the United States 45 per cent. are Irish. 16.4 per cent. German. 8.4 per cent. Canadians. 6.6 per cent. English. 2 per cent. Japanese and 1 per cent. Chinese. The following table, compiled by the Hundred-Year Club, indicates the number of centenarians in the United States and the ages they have attained: Age. Number. 100 years old 1,506 101 years old 264 102 years old 251 103 years old 205 104 years old 212 105 years old 246 106 years old 174 107 years old 72 108 years old 90 109 years old 50 110 years old 215 111 to 119 years old 193 120 to 130 years old 86 130 years old 6 132 years old 2 135 years old 1 136 years old 1 137 years old 2 143 years old 1 145 years old 1 150 years old 1 The World recently interviewed twenty of these centenarians, ranging in years from 100 to 131. Twelve were women and eight men. They were asked to tell "how to live to be a hundred?" Each gave his or her rule for attaining a great age. All agreed: That excesses of all kinds should be avoided. That worry should be absolutely banished and cheerfulness promoted. That hard work in the open air was an essential rule. That regularity of habit was necessary. Ten, including four of the women, used liquor and tobacco and approved their moderate use. All insisted that the chief requisite for long life was hard work. Each of the centenarians had worked hard, fifteen of them in the open air most of the time, from youth to old age. The latter statement is borne out by recent American statistics relating to 120 cenentiarians. To thirty-nine women centenarians 367 children were born, or an average of 7.5 children each. To twenty-nine men centenarians 225 children were born, an average of 7.7 children each. Twenty women centenarians had four children each. Twenty-one men Only one centenarian, a woman, of the 120, was unmarried. Of 580 centenarians interviewed by American newspapers in the last two years practically all have given the same rules for long life. These are: Regular habits; hard work; plenty of exercise; simple food; marriage and avoidance of worry. According to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the average length of life in the United States is increasing. The most marked increase has been in the last ten years. In 1890 the average length of life in the United States was 31 years. Now it is 32 years. This increase can be better realized when it is remembered that from 1838 until 1890 the average child had just three and a half years added to his life. There is a close connection between longevity and occupation. The Census Bureau has now in preparation a bulletin which will show in a general way what the occupations of many of these centenarians have been and what has conducted to their longevity, but as yet the information from this source has not been tabulated. Certain localities are famous for the longevity with which their inhabitants are endowed. Plymouth, Mass., has eighteen residents whose aggregate ages reach one thousand seven hundred and forty years. Friendsville, Pa., with a population of 135, has twenty-seven inhabitants all of whom are more than 95 years of age. Ohio has more persons of exceptionally advanced age than any state in the Union—N. Y. World. TOPICS OF THE TOWN TOPICS OF TOPICS OF THE TOWN TOPICS OF THE TOWN THE REPUBLICAN'S SOUVENIR NUMBER. The souvenir number of The State distribution by January 2nd, filling it will be on sale at the various m. 1414 Second Avenue. The "number" will be well illus. HUNDRED excellent half tones, lilies and industrial interest in this state. There will be over three hundred men in this state, both in the who have accomplished something a road to success. A splendid feature of the paper industries of the state in which the trated. The page which will show some now stationed at Walla Walla will be accompanied by a short and his company's experience in the Pl. Walla Walla's business men—therein—will be another very interest section of the state. Hon. Levi A. seen on this page. A highly illustrated page of the pla will make every citizen of the The state house official roster, the ness blocks, as well as some of her. Seattle's pages will be things of the most attractive features of the pl anything at all and it certainly has see for yourself. King county's l. Spokane has likewise made a nif that will appear on its page will Spokane steamer, presented by a n city. Tacoma and Everett will also be be highly commendable to both pla refuse to do anything for a Seattle is to the front. A general bird's eye view of the average citizen living in other states some idea of this great state. This souvenir number is chee public as a splendid thing to send the state can utilize it for it is not Seattle or any other distinct section given prompt attention. evenir number of The Seattle Republican will be ready for today January 2nd, filling the place of the next regular issue, as sale at the various news stands as well as at the office, Avenue. "number" will be well illustrated and will contain nearly FIVE excellent half tones, illustrating many places of commercial interest in this state. It will be over three hundred excellent half tone cuts of promo at this state, both in the financial and political world—men accomplished something in life and who are still on the high stress. A mild feature of the paper will be the pages devoted to the state in which the farms of Sunnyside will be well illus- the which will show some excellent cuts of the tenth cavalry at Walla Walla will be highly interesting. These cuts accompanied by a short article from Chaplin Priolieu relating its experience in the Philippines. Walla's business men—the cuts of many of whom appear to be another very interesting feature of that most prosperous state. Hon. Levi Ankeny's "home guard" will also be a page. Illustrated page of the most attractive points about Olympia, every citizen of the Evergreen State feel good all over, use official roster, the state house, Olympia's leading business well as some of her leading citizens, will all be shown. Pages will be things of beauty and will prove to be one of active features of the paper. Seattle always excels if it does all and it certainly has done so on this occasion. Wait and itself. King county's legislative delegation will be seen. has likewise made a nice showing and among the nice things appear on its page will be a cut of the silver service of the numer, presented by a number of prominent citizens of that land and Everett will also be represented and in a way that will recommend to both places. Tacoma may in some instances anything for a Seattle institution, but in this instance she will. Bird's eye view of the entire state will be given that the living in other states and sections of the world may glean this great state. Evenir number is cheerfully recommended to the general splendid thing to send East and persons in every section of a utilize it for it is not gotten out solely in the interest of any other distinct section. Orders sent in by mail will be a attention. regular army, tleman." Seen here interview and probably son's many stu to decency, it Mr. Thomas the Rainier-G have done me Santa Claus Golden treasury mark found things," a hand managed to get the kindness numerable number of more or less "The defeat date for the cancy cause tin is due so thy of the Out and vote, is county policy knew the legally Republic whether a R was elected. Republicans many advocacy all and leaves sent in the then again tha was a memb committee, evenly divide he cast a vote himself and the nation that great many of them actually that." It is utter newspaper ut sent pay for you are inde The souvenir number of The Seattle Republican will be ready for distribution by January 2nd, filling the place of the next regular issue. It will be on sale at the various news stands as well as at the office, 1414 Second Avenue. The "number" will be well illustrated and will contain nearly FIVE HUNDRED excellent half tones, illustrating many places of commercial and industrial interest in this state. There will be over three hundred excellent half tone cuts of prominent men in this state, both in the financial and political world—men who have accomplished something in life and who are still on the high road to success. A splendid feature of the paper will be the pages devoted to the industries of the state in which the farms of Sunnyside will be well illustrated. The page which will show some excellent cuts of the tenth cavalry now stationed at Walla Walla will be highly interesting. These cuts will be accompanied by a short article from Chaplin Priolieu relating his company's experience in the Philippines. Walla Walla's business men—the cuts of many of whom appear therein—will be another very interesting feature of that prosperous section of the state. Hon. Levi Ankeny's "home guard" will also be seen on this page. A highly illustrated page of the most attractive points about Olympia will make every citizen of the Evergreen State feel good all over. The state house official roster, the state house, Olympia's leading business blocks, as well as some of her leading citizens, will all be shown. Seattle's pages will be things of beauty and will prove to be one of the most attractive features of the paper. Seattle always excels if it does anything at all and it certainly has done so on this occasion. Wait and see for yourself. King county's legislative delegation will be seen. Spokane has likewise made a nice showing and among the nice things that will appear on its page will be a cut of the silver service of the Spokane steamer, preselected by a number of prominent citizens of that city. Tacoma and Everett will also be represented and in a way that will be highly commendable to both places. Tacoma may in some instances refuse to do anything for a Seattle institution, but in this instance she is to the front. A general bird's eye view of the entire state will be given that the average citizen living in other states and sections of the world may glean some idea of this great state. This souvenir number is cheerfully recommended to the general public as a splendid thing to send East and persons in every section of the state can utilize it for it is not gotten out solely in the interest of Seattle or any other distinct section. Orders sent in by mail will be given prompt attention. seattle Republican's HOLIDAY NUMBER Will Be Nice to The Seattle Repu HOU Seattle. Wash. BROTHER IN BLACK. Want Colored People. Want Colored People. I wish to call your attention to the fact of the need of colored help of all kind in this city and state. The whites are calling for them on all hand, and giving good wages, and they can't be had. Women cooks and house work, $20 to $35 per month and room Girls $15 to $25. Farm hands $25 to $55 and board. Brick masons $5 to $5.50 per day, and house work plasterers $3 to $4 per day. Carpenters, $3 to $3.50. Common laborers, per day $2 and $2.50. There is a great call for colored farmers. They can rent good rich land that will raise anything planted. They can buy good first class land cheap on the best of terms. Still better, they can take up 160 or 320 acres of U. S. government free land, the finest land I ever laid my eyes on. There is no end to the sale of the land. They can have their own farms, and keep all they raise on them. Why stay in the southern states and farm the white man's poor land when you can come here and own a first class farm, and pay no more rent, U. S. thrown open? All you will have to give for the land is to live on it five years and the United States will give you a deed. I know there are many of the Zion members who would like to better their condition and lay up some money for old age or to educate their children. If so, California is the place. There is room here for 2,000,000 colored families, and all can make a better living than they can dream of making in the Southern states. The land is much easier to farm, and a market open for everything they can raise. Colored men and women, up and come to a country where you can have a chance to make a living like any other race of people. Come. This is your last chance to get free government land, 160 to 320 acres. Be it remembered that he that owns the soil will rule the land. To the colored man and woman that have a few hundred dollars, this is the place for you. You can get business chances here you could not dream THE SEATTLM REPUBLICAN LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON APR 28 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS of there. Your money talks in California. Pasadena is a rich city. She has eighteen millionaires and other men of means, and they want colored help. Nine miles from here is the city of Los Angeles with her 175,000 population. Mr. Editor, can't you speak to the Zionites through the Star? I am no land or R. R agent. Only for the love of my race that I appeal. Bishop G. W. Clinton can tell of the chances here in the state for the right kind of colored people. If they have the money to get here, they are alright, for they can get all the work they need at good wages, and be treated as free men and women. Zion members should be encouraged to come to the west where they can get good wages and help to build up the A. M. E. Zion Connection. Right here in Pasadena I could get work for fifty men and women of the right kind—Rev. T. A. McEachen in Star Zion. Similar conditions exist in Seattle and all of the Puget Sound cities as well as the entire state of Washington, colored folk should come to the Pacific Coast, where good times await them. Not less than 500 colored women could get almost immediate employment in Seattle if they were here. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, has a son, B. R. Tillman, Jr., a lieutenant in the army, not in a South Carolina mob, where Jim Tillman is a captain, but in the army, which is captained by General Miles and wrote up by Root and politicalized by Corbin. To resume, Lieutenant Tillman recently returned from the Philippines with his restment, and while at San Francisco, he tendered a dinner to the officers of the army who happened to be there at the time. Invitations were extended and being an officer, Captain Charles Young of the 10th Cavalry received one. A friend, thinking Mr. Tillman was ignorant of the fact that Captain Young is a colored gentleman, imparted the information to the "worthy son of a mighty bad sire." "I know how your father feels about such matters, and I thought I would tell you, in order to relieve you of any embarrassment, that Captain Young is a colored man." And Lieutenant Tillman replied: "Oh yes, I know the captain is colored. I know him well. But color doesn't matter with me. Captain Young is a captain in the regular army, and he must be a gentleman." Senator Tillman has not been interviewed on the subject yet, and probably he will not be. His son's manly stand might win him over to decency, if such is possible.—Ex. Mr. Thomas Woods, head waiter at the Rainier-Grand hotel, seems to have done more business with old Santa Claus than the average person. Golden treasure reaching the $100 mark found its way into his "stockings," a handsome $60 suit of clothes managed to get into his room through the kindness of friends, as did an innumerable number of smaller articles of more or less value. "The defeat of the Republican candidate for the legislature to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. Martin is due solely to the general apathy of the Republican voters to get out and vote," said a well known Lewis county politician. "The Republicans knew the legislature was overwhelmingly Republican and it did not matter whether a Republican or a Democrat was elected. So unconcerned were the Republicans about the matter that many advocated holding no election at all and leaving the district unrepresented in the eighth legislature. And then again the Republican nominee was a member of the county central committee, which committee was evenly divided as to a nominee, and he cast a vote in the committee for himself and thereby secured the nomination that did not please a great many Republicans and some of them actually voted against him for that." It is utterly impossible to run a newspaper unless those to whom it is sent pay for the same. If the store you are indebted to The Seattle Republican it will be deemed a favor if you will come up to the office Tilman's Son. As a feast day Christmas beats them all and Seattle people in general will verify that from yesterday's feasts. Marconi pronounces wireless telegraphy a complete success. Perhaps Marc is correct, but we are from Missouri. Both Senator Turner and Col. Blethen voted the Democratic ticket at the last election, but you would hardly believe it from the final returns. Try as hard as he will or may Stanton Warburton of Tacoma finds it a difficult task to induce the politicians of this state to have a good opinion of him. Bryan is charged with being more Populist than Democratic. We always thought him more foolish than vicious, and this completely substantiates our idea of the man. If it be true that Chicago expended $45,000,000 in the erection of new buildings during the year just closing then there must be more than wind in the city by the lakes. Army titles in this country continue to accumulate. Uncle Sam may have no royal families to sputter and spew over, but he is working his army nuisance as a society hobby overtime. Santos Dumont, who has a longing desire to fly, got a medal the other day, but it was not stated whether he got it for flying or for not flying, but we guess it was for the latter. It's perfectly natural for the rivers of Kentucky to overflow their banks, inasmuch as Kentuckians are totally averse to the use of water, and under such circumstances the water naturally all runs to waste. --- And now comes the report that a woman in San Francisco was saved from death by her nerve. The human nerve must work differently in the two sexes, for it is frequently a man's nerve that causes him to lose his life. Morgan is now preparing to give the United States a banking trust. We have no serious objection to such a trust as that as we have never been able to get any bank to trust us, and the same is true of all poor men. "Burglaris are willing to enter almost any house—except the station house," says an exchange. Perhaps that is true of some towns, but in Seattle burglars will even enter the station house providing they get a tip that there is a wad laid away therein. Godfrey Hunter, a handy man with a gun, who hails from Kentucky, and who killed William A. Fitzgerald of Guatemala, declares he shot his antagonist in self defense, but the indications seem to point very strongly to the fact that he shot him in the back. General Prosperity, the gentleman whom William Jennings Bryan said would never put in his appearance under a Republican administration, has even called at Mr. Bryan's home and left a number of new mantles valued at $2,500 each. And thus are good men badly imposed upon. One Hiram Maxim, who boasts of great English titles, is coming to the United States to build a flying machine. The anxiety of those fellows on the European side of the Atlantic ocean to "fly to America" is wonderful. Uncle Sam must be an easy mark for those people over there. Seattle's hardware men are having a harvest in the sale of pistols to the citizens, owing to the fact that there is such an overflow of criminals in the city. We only hope that some of these pistols will be used with telling effect during the carnival of crime that reigns supreme in this city at present. "Youth and debt are the world's greatest stimulants," says an exchange. As to the former we agree, but as to the latter there is room for argument. Nothing, it is claimed, weighs so heavily on the human mind as debt, and, if that be true, then pray tell us where does its stimulating effects come in. --- To prevent the public from viewing some twenty pictures dealing with Napoleon's Russian campaign the Czar of Russia bought the lump lot of them at a public auction the other day in New York, paying the painter $100,000 for the. Paint some more Mr. Painter, for it pays to paint such pictures. At last the truth is out and the great gain in the Socialist vote at the late election was due to the fact that the old line Democrats, unwilling to vote the Republican ticket and being utterly disgusted with the Democratic party, voted the Socialist ticket to show their contempt for all forms of civilized government. Is it possible that Uncle Sam is going to chastise San Domingo as are England and Germany chastising Venezuela? An ultimatum from Washington city has been sent to the San Domingo republic, which is very threaten ing in its tone. Little republics are having a hard struggle to keep their heads above the waves from the powerful governments just now. Because an attorney earned a $25,000 fee he has been having a high old time in Kansas City for the past two weeks trying to either spend or give it away or do both, but at last accounts he had done neither. Who would have thought Kansas City to be as slow and poky as that? If the attorney had been in Seattle he could have dropped his roll in one hot night One would hardly think that the Daily Times of this city would plagiarize the columns of the Seattle Republic, only a weekly contemporary, for editorial material, and yet it did it. Some three weeks ago there appeared in the columns of this paper an article on the Smith family of this country and last Friday, December 19, that self same article verbatim et literatum appeared in the columns of the Times and without giving credit to any one for it. It's all right for the Times to swipe editorials from Eastern papers without giving credit, but when it swipes from local weekly papers it should give due credit for the same even though the weekly paper is not of the stripe that please a reversible Democratic editor. ITEMS OF INTEREST: The census of 1900 report 14,000 farmers engaged in growing beets for sugar and the total value of the product was $3,320,240. Smallpox which is almost an epidemic in Rochester, N. Y., at present, completely ruined the Christmas trade among the merchants. To own an automobile in Washington City is now a fad among senators and representatives. President Roosevelt, however, refuses to ride in one of the machines. King Edward VII. who inherited a fortune in plate both from the Buckingham and Windsor palaces, was notified not long since that the jewels had been appraised at $5,000,000. During the year 1902 the City of Chicago expended about $45,000,000 in new buildings. Had all of the new buildings now under construction been completed $60,000,000 would have been expended in that direction. According to the superintendent of the various societies of New York City, there are 20,000 persons out of work in that great metropolis, the majority of these, however, are unemployed, not because they can't find work, but because of either their disparity or unwillingness to work. Statistics from the United States army show that during the past year 10,081 soldiers deserted, 846 left the garrison without permission, 760 were intoxicated while on duty, 477 were found guilty of robbery, 262 found sleeping on posts, 65 committed murder and 2,645 dismissed from the service. This record is higher than that of any other nation of similar power and influence. According to the report of the chief labor correspondent of the board of trade of London on trades unions for 1901, there are 1,236 separate unions in the city with a total membership of 1,922,780. During the year the unions decreased 16 in number, but the membership increased 12,166. The income to the unions during the year was $10,310,000, and the expenditures were $8,280,000. During the year 1902 over 206 persons died in London leaving estates valued at over $500,000 each, the aggregate $290,225,710. The average age of these persons was about 73 years, one-fourth of them were 80 or over, and six were over 90. The Chancellor of the Exchequer reaped death dues from the deceased amounting to $92,585,780. Almost one of the above fortunes were solely gained by people who made careful investments. Little trace could be found of fortunes which had been quickly acquired by speculation. A Dozen Different Ways When the ordinary citizen intends to go east, or send for friends or relatives to come West, the choice of routes is a question that always bothers him. He wants to know if the same route he used once, some time ago, makes the same time, same connections, if the price is the same, if it costs the same to go East as it did to come West. Possibly he has heard or read of famous points of interest in the West or Middle West that he overlooked on the trip he made. Did not see them because he had not time; did not know he could for the same money; did not know he could get a stopover. There are hundreds of questions he would have asked, many things he would like to have seen and many accommodations he could have enjoyed, only, he did not have to look into the subject, and it was too much bother anyway. J. HENRY SMITH, Register. Paper designated at Seattle, Wash.: Re-publican. Send It East The Seattle Republican's Special Christmas Number And Please Your Friends Out Dec. 30th. Tel. Buff 1456. GEO. W. DILLING Real Estate All Kinds of Residence Property a Specialty. 420 New York Block. J. Redelsheimer & Co. Leading Clothiers of The Northwest. 800-2 First Ave. J. Redelsheimer & Co. You Feel Bet You Feel Better 1 The Best Xmas Ap Best Xmas Apples New Crop Oranges Orange Blossoms Honey at SAN DIEGO FRUIT C 415 Pike Street Lighting and Power Ra ...Reduced... FRUIT CO. Street Power Rates uced... SAN DIEGO FRUIT CO. 415 Pike Street Lighting and Power Rates ...Reduced... are first 30 hours per month use national consumption, subject to a prompt payment. POWER RATE. are first 60 hours per month use of national consumption, subject to rats for prompt payment. ... 10 per cent. ... 20 per cent. ... 25 per cent. ... 30 per cent. ... 35 per cent. ... 40 per cent. determined by interpolation. years call at office Electric Company First Ave. 909 First Ave. you all that trouble, vexation and regret. The Illinois Central Railroad Company runs east and south from St. Paul, Omaha and St. Louis, and north from New Orleans. At these points, it connects with ALL the western trunk lines, and through them, with all T. R. western connections. The Illinois Central does not care which line you use in the West, Northwest, Central West or Southwest, because it connects with all of them, and is absolutely impartial to all. All you have to do is to drop us a note; tell us your destination and starting point. Is there anything in the whole glorious West that you want to see on the way? Mention it. We will arrange for it if it can be done. Perhaps you will want a stopover. We will arrange that, too, if it is possible for anyone to do it. Just make a suggestion as to the Western line and we will elaborate it for you; tell you the time you should start, when you should arrive at destination, what accommodations you will enjoy, what it will cost you, an itinerary for the trip, and will do anything that we possibly can to make your journey pleasant and comfortable. That's what we are here for. We have headquarters in Portland, agents in Portland and Seattle, and traveling agents that will come and talk it over with you any time and at any place in the Northwest without its costing you a cent more than a pastage stamp. Chicago business is a specialty with us, but we have our own rails in a dozen differ- and New Orleans, and can ticket you ent States east of St. Paul, Omaha to these gateways over a dozen different routes. Write us. By the way, do you want a nice wall map of the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico. Send me six cents to pay postage. B. H. Trumbull, Commercial Agent, Illinois Central R. R., 142 Third St., Portland Ore. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given to creditors and notices persons whose claims against the estate of Charles W. King, of Park, in the county of King, State of Kentucky, to present the same with the proper notice of the notice of the date of this notice to the undersigned at 306 Globe Block, Seattle, in King County, State of Washington. BORENT W. PRENTICE. Administrator of the Estate of Samuel C. Hall, deceased. JOHN E. RYAN. Attorney for Administrator, 303 to 306 Globe Block, Seattle, Wash. Dated at Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8th, A. D., 1902. YOU KNOW YOU DRESS RIGHT WHEN YOUR SUIT IS MADE BY US Get acquainted. We're good fellows and need the money and we will give you more for you money then the other fellows. IRVING & CANNON TAILORS 2nd Floor Colonial, Bldg. 2nd Ave and Columbia St. OUR PRICES and TERMS ARE THE LOWEST Pianos sold as low as $6.00 Per Month Sherman, Clay & Co. STEINWAY DEALERS Coal all Coal The Best Coal Newcastle LUMP COAL. Only at the Bunkers of the Pacific Coast Co Phone Main 92. Telephone Main 1191. Engineers' Supply Co., Inc. GENERAL ENGINEERS' SUPPLIES. 110 Railroad Avenue Between Yesler Way and Washington St. SEATTLE, WASH. Roslyn Coal... TIME TRIED and FIRE TESTED After two years' use in Seattle it stands alone the favorite Domestic Coal. Phone Union 24, Deliveries North of Pike Phone Main 588, Deliveries South of Pike Seattle Clothes Pressing Co. Ladies' and gents' clothing cleaned, dyed and ramed. We call for and deliver promptly. Phone Red 4484. 1007 Third Avenue WALL PAPER C. F. Stolting, 816 Third Ave. Next to the First M. E. Church. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT The National Bank Of Commerce H. C. HENRY, Pres. R. R. SPENCER, Cashier People's Savings Bank Second and Pike. Capital $100,000. Deposits received from $1 to $10,000 4 per cent interest allowed on savings deposits. E. C. Neufelder, President. James R. Hayden, Manager. J. T. Greenleaf, Ass't Cashier THE PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BAN K OF SEATTLE. Capital stock paid in.....$528,000 Surplus ..... 35,000 Jacob Furth, President; J. S. Goldsmith, Vice President; R. V. Ankeny, Cashier. Correspondence in all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. FIRST BANK OF SEATTLE, WASH. Paid up capital .....$150,000 JAMES D. HOGE, Jr. President. LESTER TURNER, Cashier. MAURICE M MICKEN, Vice Pres. R. F. PARKHURST, Asst. Cash. A general banking business transacted. Letters of credit sold on all principal cities of the world. Special facilities for collecting on British Columbia, Alaska and all Pacific Northwest points. We have a Bank at Cape Nome. H. O. SHUEY & CO., BANKERS 231 Pike Street. Paid up Capital..... $20.00 0.00 Curplus..... 55.00 0.00 Transacts general banking business issued exchange, pays interest, any public savings banks loaned to all who want to open saving accounts. Real estate loans a specialty. THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK. Capital Paid up..... $ 100,000.00 Deposits..... 2,250,000.00 Interest on time and Savings Deposits. Drafts and money orders issued on all parts of the world. Veselle and First Ace South. With which is amalgamated THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Head Office Toronto. Established 1867. Capital paid up... $8,000,000.00 (Eight Million Dollars.) Surplus... $2,000,000.00 Assets May 31, 1901... $67,553,578.13 Accounts of Banks, Corporations, Firms and Individuals solicited. Drafts issued available in any part of the World. Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Having established branches at DAWSON, WHITE HORSE, SKAGWAY and ATLIN, This bank has exceptional facilities for handling YUKON and ALASKA business. A General Banking Business transacted. Seattle Branch G. V. Holt, Cor. Sec. Ave. and James St. Manager. Best Equipped Plant in the City. Phone Mahe 797 American Dye Works Dry cleaning a specialty. Lace Curti- nains, Portiers, Tapestries, Fine Fabrics. We call for clean press, repair and de- liver your clothes. Plant and Works 1316 Western Ave. Main Office 216 Union St. Seattle D. B. SPELLMAN Practical Plumber and Gasfitter. Sanitary Plumbing a Specialty. 212 Columbia Street. ALBERT HANSEN JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH Dealer in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Rich Cut Glass, Etc. PHONE BUFF 642 Agne "The Printer" 214 Spring Street Seattle, Wash Uncle Joe Plenty of money to loan on diamonds, watches and all kinds of Jewelry and valuables Phone John 1031 517 Second Avenue. E. R. Butterworth & Sons UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS Telephone Main 949. 1426, 1428 Third Ave. SEATTLE. Diamond Ice Leaves no slime in the refrigerator, because it is made from distilled artesian water. TEL PIKE 159 Hair Cut As You Like It, Stylish and Up-to-Date. Frank's Place 84 West Madison Street Near Western Avenue. NORTHERN PACIFIC YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE RUNS THREE TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST Leaving Seattle at 1:10 p. m., 6:20 p. m. and 11 p. m. FAMOUS NORTH COAST LIMITED is again in service. PULLMAN & TOURIST SLEEPING CARS SUPERB DINING CARS St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Fargo Winnipeg Helena Butte The Short Line to ansas City and All Southern Points, with Through Car Service. Tickets to all points in United States and Canada For information, tickets, etc., call or write to I. A. Nadeau, Genl. Agent, Seat- tle, Wash., A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A. Portland, Ore. Tickets TO ALL POINTS EAST VIA GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY SHORTEST AND QUICKEST LINE TO St. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis, Chicago AND ALL POINTS EAST Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoking Library Cars. Daily Trains, Fast Time Service and Scenery Unequaled. For Rates, Folders and Full Information Regarding Eastern Trip, call on or address S. G. YERKES, A. B. C. DNISTNIST, C. P. & T. A. G. W. P. A. 612 FIRST AVE., SEATTLE, WASH. The Short Line To Chicago and East IS THE North-Western All Trough Trains from North Pacific Coast connect with Trains of this Line IN UNION DEPOT, ST PAUL. THE.... NORTH-WESTERN LIMITED IS THE FINEST TRAIN ENTERING CHICAGO. F. W. PARKER, Gen. Agt. 151 Yesler Way seattle BUILDING MATERIAL Of all kinds. The very best. delivered on short notice. STETSON POST MILL CO. Established 1875. Tel. Main 3. MONEY MAKER Good Stock is always that and nothing equals a block of stock in the INTER-STATE FISHERIES CO. Pacific Block, Seattle, Wash. John H. McGraw Geo. B. Kittinger REAL ESTATE Fire and Marine Insurance Boom B, Bailey Building Telephone Main 696 J. M. Frink, Pres. and Supt. WASHINGTON IRON WORKS Founders, Machinists and Boilermakers. Works Grant Street Bridge, Seattle Wash. Telephone 94. Tailor Made Suits, Skirts, Waists on Easy Weekly Payments. SUMMER HATS The Newest, Neatest and Nobbyest Hats of the season. We Always Fit You. SEATTLE HAT FACTORY 1111 Second Avenue. THE TOGGERY CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING Suit Pressing Club, $1.50 per Month. Phone Main 1269. 722 Third Ave. ...A Great Trade Event... A BIG EVENT OUR JANUARY SALE Each January this store through the entire month pose of readjusting the s new season's goods. This year the January ever before. There will be money-saving opportunity lect from than ever before look over the chances, an Standard Furn ary this store has a great sale—lasting entire month. This sale is for the pur-justing the stocks to take care of the goods. The January sale will be greater than there will be more value-giving, more opportunities and more goods to se-an ever before. Arrange to come and be chances, anyway. Welcome. Each January this store has a great sale—lasting through the entire month. This sale is for the purpose of readjusting the stocks to take care of the new season's goods. This year the January sale will be greater than ever before. There will be more value-giving, more money-saving opportunities and more goods to select from than ever before. Arrange to come and look over the chances, anyway. Welcome. Standard Furniture Company 1012-14-16-18 First Avenue Senator E. B. Palmer will visit with his parents in Kansas during the holidays. Hon. R. A. Hutchinson, a Spokane politician, did business in the city this week. Mr. John Davis of Tacoma spent Christmas day in Seattle with friends returning the same evening. Miss Emma Houston Cayton returned from school last Tuesday afternoon to spend the holidays at home. The souvenir number of The Seattle Republican is nearing completion, and it will be a success in every particular. Mrs. J. H. Ryan of Spokane is spending the holidays with her husband in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan spent Christmas day in Everett. Mr. John Bruce, a popular young society gentleman in Afro-American circles, did the Queen City Christmas day and made quite a few calls while here. Miss Mable G. Walker of Tacoma has been visiting with friends in the city during the holidays. Miss Walker is a very talented young lady in both vocal and instrumental music. Rumor has it that the proposed new paper—the Afro-American Searchlight will neither be a searchlight nor an ordinary light. It died a-borning. It takes money to make the mare run. Mr. Santa Claus, the old Christmas benefactor, had a good many calls to make in Seattle yesterday, but he managed to make them all in time to bring happiness to the World and his family. Mrs. H. P. Lawnorn of Tacoma is the guest of Mrs. H. G. Jones. She came over Christmas day and will remain in the city for a few days. Mrs. Lawnorn's husband has been connected with the Tacoma police department for many years and is one of the most progressive Afro-Americans in the Northwest. Mr. I. L. Walker, one of the pioneer colored men of Dawson City, who made a trip to his old home in South Carolina some weeks ago to see his aged mother and other relatives, has returned and is making preparations to leave for the North one day next week. Mr. Walker has some valuable claims up there and thinks they will do nicely by him during the coming working season. Mr. Clifford C. Hancock was the recipient of a surprise on Wednesday evening which resulted in a very pleasant evening of entertainment. The most interesting and entertaining feature of the occasion to Mr. Hancock was the game of Goo Goo Eyes, at which Mr. John Fort proved himself an expert. Miss Alma Clark proved her ability of superiority at the ping pong table. The pleasant affair was the workings of two great minds in the persons of Mr. A. Purnell and Miss Margaret O'Brien. The New York Herald says: "There are some beautiful solos in Maid Marlan. The snake charmer's song, 'Under the Mistletoe Bough' and 'Tell Me Again, Sweetheart' are perfect gems." Love and war are the themes on which "Maid Marian" is based with rollicking comedy enlivening the leading issues of the story. H. C. Barnabe as the sheriff and W. H. MacDonald as Little John reappear with "Maid Marian" sharing the adventures of "Robin Hood's merrie men." The Bostonians will appear at the Grand, starting New Year's matinee. Robert Downing. In the history of the American stage there cannot be found another instance where an actor has so suddenly become prominent as Mr. Downing. Perseverance has done much for him, --- --- SEATTLE AMUSEMENTS The Bostonians. MA WHATCOM but all the perseverance in the world would have amounted to nothing intellectual power Mr. Downing is truly great, for the fine intelligence that marks his work is marked, tempered and qualified by the modesty of a sound judgment. Manly in whatever he does, earnest, sincere, conscientious, always seeming to think the character greater than himself. Downing has done excellent work, and his A man is sitting on a bench in a park. He is holding a book and looking at the ground. There is a small dog lying on the ground next to him. The background shows a city street with buildings and a train station. success as "The Gladiator" is too well known to go into detail here. He will play at the Grand four nights, starting Sunday next, and our citizens wi. have an opportunity to judge to themselves. While he will only produce "The Gladiator" here, Mr. Downing has over twenty-five classical and standard plays in his repertoire, in the 17 years of his starring tours, he has always produced from one to two plays every year. Pickings From Puck. "Pickings From Puck," which opens at the Third Avenue Theatre next Sunday matinee for a week's run, is a bright and cheerful and all around entertainment. It is full of life and action with one humorous incident crowding so closely upon another that the audience has but little time to catch a breath between laughs. From the rising of the curtain until the close there is not a dull moment. The play is staged with care and the pretty, graceful chorus girls, with their snappy dancing add much to make it a go, introducing some quick changes in costume and the "Ping Pong" dance will no doubt be the talk of the town. Do not forget that The Seattle Republican will issue a neat souvenir number about January 1st, which will be an excellent thing to send East to those of your friends, who are interested in this section of the country. Alfred Beit, a Kafir king, is now building a great block of offices on a eighty-year lease in the city of London, which will concentrate all the big South African companies under one roof. The purchased money, construction, ground rent and maintenance of the building, are estimated at $9,200,000, while the investment will return to the Blet estate $25,000,000. It is reported that Emperor William's favorite jewel is a mascot ring of his ancestors. The legend connected with the ring is, "once a frog entered the chamber of Elector John of Brandenburg one day and placed a little stone on the bed and then disappeared mysteriously." The stone was carefully preserved by the family and the father of Frederick the Great had it set in a ring and since that time the ring has always been worn by the head of the house as a sort of mascot. STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF King, ss.-Sherif's Office. By virtue of an execution issued out of the honorable Superior Court of King County on October 1, 1871, he clerk thereof, in the case of M. J. Arkinson and David Zerwinker, formerly chief clerk of the plaintiffs, versus John H. Nesary and Jane Doe Nesary, his wife, whose real first name is unknown, defendants, and to maiden and deliveries. Notice is hereby given that I will provide a position to the highest bidder for court within the State of Washington by law for her/sales's sales, to-will: at 10 o'clock a. m. on the 31st day of January, 1871, to the court of said King County, in the State of Washington, all of the right, title and interest of the plaintiff, in the Court, and the following described properties situated in King County, State of Washington, to-will: to take twelve (12), in block four of the City of Seattle, on the property of City of Seattle, leveled on as the property of defendant, John H. Nesary, to satisfy a judgment amounting to eighty-eight and costs of suit, in favor of the plaintiff. Dated this 18th day of December, 1902, to the 19th day of December, 1902. Mr. Corporean, Deputy. Dec. 26-28 Jan. --- ss rence berts the attle theatre Miss Florence Roberts At the Seattle Theatre Buy Your Christmas Goldr Lowest Priced for High Grade Corner Second IN BUYING YOUR Diamonds Jewelry Remember my First Annu- worth of Unredeemed Pledges, co. Jewelry, etc., at your own价 ished and worked over by expe- new and will be sold for one-ha- cost. Fifty per cent. saved by carry the largest stock of Diam- complete stock of new goods. Silverware, Jewelry, Canes, U many other articles suitable for can save from 40 to 50 per cent. "I have been in business s thing as represented." Come in trouble to show goods. THE DIAMON UNCLE JOE'S our Christmas Gifts AT Lowest Priced House in Seattle or High Grade Goods . . . ner Second and Main IN BUYING YOUR CHRISTMAS Diamonds Jewelry Watc Number my First Annual Clearance Sale of Unredeemed Pledges, consisting of Watches, etc., at your own prices. These goods have be worked over by expert jewelers, are just a will be sold for one-half the price that new ty per cent. saved by buying Diamonds of the largest stock of Diamonds in the city. I al- stock of new goods, consisting of Watches, Jewelry, Canes, Umbrellas, Silver Novel articles suitable for Xmas presents, on to from 40 to 50 per cent. we have been in business since 1886 and guarant represented." Come in and see what I am off show goods. THE DIAMOND PALACE UNCLE JOE'S LOAN OFFICE Lowest Priced House in Seattle for High Grade Goods . . . . Corner Second and Marion IN BUYING YOUR CHRISTMAS Remember my First Annual Clearance Sale of $100,000 worth of Unredeemed Pledges, consisting of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, etc., at your own prices. These goods have been repolished and worked over by expert jewelers, are just as good as new and will be sold for one-half the price that new ones will cost. Fifty per cent, saved by buying Diamonds of me, as I carry the largest stock of Diamonds in the city. I also carry a complete stock of new goods, consisting of Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Jewelry, Canes, Umbrellas, Silver Novelties, and many other articles suitable for Xmas presents, on which you can save from 40 to 50 per cent. "I have been in business since 1886 and guarantee everything as represented." Come in and see what I am offering. No trouble to show goods. 517 Second Ave., between James and Yesler HOLIDAY GIFTS That are Useful and Sensible WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOLIDAYS SOME VERY SELECT AND F HOLIDAY GIF That are Useful and Sensible WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOLIDAYS SOME VERY SELECT AND WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOLIDAYS SOME VERY SELECT AND EXCLUSIVE STYLES IN LACE AND CHIFFON NECK PIECES. NEW SILK WAISTS, NEW SILK PETTICOATS, NEW SILK TEA GOWNS, NEW SILK DRESSING SACQUES, EIDERDOWN ROBES, EIDER KIMONOS, EIDERDOWN BREAKFAST JACKETS. 1212 Second Avenue, Between Seneca and University THE FILM MAKES A SUCCESS IN THEATRE. A Ha Ne Ye Daulton Ca --- DENNY-CORYELL CO. 716 FIRST AVE Best Books of the Year The Virginian The Leopard's Spots Hearts Courageous Dorothy Vernon Dorothy South The Hound of the Baskervilles In the Country God Forgot Temporal Power The Kentons The Conqueror Ranson's Folly Eagle Blood The Fortunes of Oliver Horn The Pharaoh and the Priest A Speckled Bird The Iron Brigade Captain Macklin Bayou Triste The Fighting Bishop The Misdemeanors of Nancy ... The Mississippi Bubble Beishazzar Jezebel The Strollers Chanticleer The Spenders 13th District The Battleground The Lady Paramount The Castle Craney Crow DENNY-CORYELL CO. XMAS FOR EVE The choicest and land now to be seen question of "what to it" is quickly answer RYELL CO. 1215-17 SEC AS GIRL FOR EVERYBODY noicest and best to be found to be seen at McCarthy if "what to get and whe kly answered here. TOYS AND GAMES. XMAS GIFTS FOR EVERYBODY The choicest and best to be found in the land now to be seen at McCarthy's. The question of "what to get and where to get it" is quickly answered here. These are the specials in the Toy Department for today: A series of twenty-five popular games, such as "Dewey's "Victory," "Train to Boston," "Wide Awake"-games that sell regularly at 25c each, today only ..... 13c Crookinole Boards, finely polished and worth $1.25, will sell today at each ..... 89c A lot of Iron Toys, consisting of Patrol Wagons, Engines, Coal Wagons, Milk Wagons, etc., the size that sell regularly at 75c each, will be on sale today at ..... 49c Doll Cabs with iron wheels, a top that every little girl wants, and one which generally sells at 50c will be sold today at only ..... 39c Mechanical and Automatic Toys in large variety, the size that always sells at 50c will be sold today at each ..... 39c DOLLS! We have the lar- ment in the North- the word of those These are the s Kid Body Dolls, 2 moving eyes an DOLLS! DOLLS! We have the largest and best assortment in the Northwest, if we may trust the word of those who have seen. These are the specials for today: Kid Body Dolls, 20 inches lon, with moving eyes and long curling hair —dolls that are worth $1.25, for 89c Nicely Dressed Dolls, with long hair and moving eyes, regular price BOOKS. $1.25 each, special today ..... 89c Children's Story Book, with board covers, containing 300 pages, fully illustrated, regularly sold at 25c, now on sale at, each ..... 19c McCARTHY D RTHY DRY GOOD (Formerly Newhall's) --- --- To All Our Many Friends and Patrons We Wish A Happy New Year Daulton Carpet Co. Cor. Spring and First Ave. Seattle's Oldest Carpet House GOOD RULE in Looking for Work is to prepare yourself beforehand THE ACME BUSINESS COLLEGE prepares students and secures positions for its graduates. : : : Write or phone us to-day Phone Main 591 McLaren & Thomson, SEATTLE, WASH. Special Removal Sale Our special sales have long been popular—it is because we offer honest values at honestly reduced prices. Removal sale means prices reduced all over the store prices just a little lower for the same values than you can get elsewhere. For the holiday trade prices, we offer tables—each table a price for itself—the best of the stock of unusually low Christmas prices. Spelger & Hurlbut's 1215-17 SECOND AVE. GIFTS EVERYBODY best to be found in the at McCarthy's. The get and where to get ed here. D GAMES. DOLLS! best and best assort. best, if we may trust who have seen. specials for today: inches lon, with long curling hair RY GOODS CO. Newhall's) --- 1307 Second Ave. Arcade Building Over 1,000 Umbrellas sold the first week our prices do the work. We will save you one-quarter your money Each and every umbrella guaranteed. Repairing and Covering a Specialty. COLE'S HOT BLAST SAVES ONE-THIRD YOUR COAL BILL We are the Seattle Agents for the Cole's Hot Blast Original Coal Stove. Ernst Bros. 506 PIKE STREET Phone John 2831 Ind. 1151 NO NICER PRESENT Only two and a half weeks more till Christmas! Avoid the Xmas rush by sealing up your cellar and doing so you will have a more complete assortment from which to choose; you will have a shorter minute; besides, it makes it possible to have better satisfied than if you wait till the minute; besides, it makes it possible with a stock so large and varied as is ours. We have a large number of decorated toomers clear through and explain fully the difference between the various makes we offer, including the celebrated Chuckering & Sons, Kumailh, Bumailh, Pease, S. J. St. Johnston Co., and Hinz Plate. We are also a specially attractive piece at a special meant is moving the stock rapidly. Seven Pieces of 25c Music for $1.00 Eight Pieces of 35c Music for $1.50 Net Closing Retail Out Price. Price. Carcassi Guitar Method ... $1.10 $0.65 Carcistro Mandolin Method. ... $1.00 $0.60 Lebart & Stark Plano Forte Method. ... $2.00 ... 75 Kohler Piano Forte Method Vols. II, III ... 75 ... 25 Dozens of other standard methods all instruments reduced in same proportion. 5 Regular 50c Folios for $1.25 These are for piano or voice and by standard composers, such as Carl Bohm, Lange, Sidney Smith, Chaminade, Modern French, etc. D. S. JOHNSTEIN COMPANY GENERAL MUSIC 903 Second Avenue MORAN BROAD Manufacture and Sel- LUMBER For All Purposes SEATTLE WASH SURETY BONDS When you want a bond as Admini- trustee, Receiver or Trustee, phone our office, Our business is to arrange boads of them in the office. Bonds axe- cured here in Seattle. JOHN A. WHALLEY & CO. GEN. AGT. Fidelity & Deposit Co., of Maryland Phone Main 611. Colman Bldg. Seattle FROST CRESCENT TEA CRESCENT CREAM COFFEE Brewed and Packaged Crescent Milling Co. Institute inside COFFEE SAFETY CODE Cresent Cream Coffee Strictly High Grade; Used by all Lovers of Really Good Coffee, and Recom- mended by the Leading Chefs. Ask your Grocer Date of first publication, December 12th, 1902. EDWARD P. LONG. Administrator of the Estate of Nicholas Long, deceased.