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SEATTLE REPUBLICAN Historical Society POLITICAL POT - PIE --- VOL. IX., NO. 34 The first, second and third rounds in the senatorial mill have been taken, and nothing definite indicating an early settlement of the question is in sight. Those doing the voting have resigned themselves to a long drawn out contest, and with grim determination in their countenances seem prepared to fight it out along the lines they have pitched their tents, if it takes all summer. The preliminary skirmish was doubtless a bit disappointing to each of the three senatorial candidates. Levi Ankeny, who, it was thought, would have at least sixty votes on the first ballot, only got forty-eight on the first and fifty on the second, and with no prospects of increasing that number very much, although he seems to have the best show of being elected if any one is. Harold Preston, who it was generally believed would get what Ankeny got, only got forty-one votes on the first and forty-two on the second. Seattle is thoroughly aroused in behalf of Mr. Preston, and she might be able to turn public sentiment his way. John L. Wilson got twelve votes and is holding them, which thing, if he continues to do, and the other men hold their respective strengths, he will be the balance of power in the fight. * * * The senatorial line-up at present would indicate that a deadlock is in sight. The talk in King county that a dark horse from King is possible is silly. The injection of either Allen or Furth into the fight by King county would mean the election of Levi Ankeny at once. The members of the King county delegation are tied up to Harold Preston and will stay by him, but they are not tied up to any one else, and when they leave Preston they will either go to Ankeny or Wilson. Therefore, if King county expects to win at all she must win with Harold Preston as her standard-bearer. Swapping horses in the middle of a turbulent stream always was a dangerous proceeding, and, if King county attempts it in this instance, she will find the old adage still holds good. *** The question uppermost in the minds of those who know anything of the trend of political contests like the one now on in Olympia is, Does Senator Wilson hold the balance of power in the legislature? If he does, can he continue to hold it? There is no doubt but that if Senator Wilson can continue to hold the balance of power he will be the man of all men that the leading candidates would like to tie up with. Again, if he holds the balance of power, to whom will he throw his strength when he finds that his election is completely out of the question, if such a time ever comes? Levi Ankeny is his mortal political enemy. He is not much stuck on Harold Preston and McBride. It would be utterly impossible for him to do Allen any good. Now, under such circumstances, what will he do? is the oft asked question. If he helps Preston, would King county reciprocate in kind two years from now, or would she treat him as has Pierce county? If he helps Ankeny, would he not lose more than he could expect to gain? It perhaps is a hard question for even Mr. Wilson to settle in his own mind, even if he contemplates trying to settle it at all. --- The question naturally arises, Has Senator Wilson any show of being elected at this time, standing as he does with the fewest votes of either of the senatorial candidates? The Pie-maker believes that depends solely on how long he can hold the votes that are now standing by him. If Mr. Wilson can stand out and show to the railroad people that they stand a SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903 good show of losing their fight against the railroad commission bill and likewise lose their candidate for the United States senate, he may yet land right side up with care in the senate. If, on the other hand, Mr. Wilson can convince the Preston people later on in the fight that Preston's election is out of the question, the McBride people may take him up as a second choice, in either of which cases Mr. Wilson might be elected. His chance for being elected, however, at this time are not near so flattering as they are of his being elected to the senate two years from now. The Pie-maker is creditably informed that the entire Northwest will go to Mr. Wilson two years from now if certain arrangements can be made with him and his friends. * * * It has been nearly three months since Auditor Lamping has turned a leaf in his office except the leaf which contains his salary. George is in need of some good advice from his friends. --- Judging from the way Walter Easson sapsucks around to keep on the police force in some form or other, he has not got enough savvy to do anything else or he finds fat pickings for himself when he is on the force. * * * Councilman Mullen is patting himself on the back quite generously for going after the notorious dive on Third and Pike and having its license taken from it in a jiffy. Mullen is a fighter right when he makes up his mind to fight. Commercially speaking, Seattle never goes to sleep. Her business men are almost as active right now as they were before the close of 1902. In Seattle among the business men there is always something doing, using the street parlance. *** Judge George has been confined to his bed for the past week, and during that time Johnny Miller, who is said to be a lawyer, has acted as police judge. Judge George was recently appointed to succeed himself as police judge for another year. * * * Enthusiasm does not always boil over in the places that one would prefer it to boil over, especially when selfish interest is involved. This, perhaps, explains why some of the men who attended the mass meeting at the Seattle theatre got cold feet. C. J. Smith, one of Seattle's most successful dirt dealers, who has been wintering in California, is home again. Taking life easy did not suit Mr. Smith, his millions to the contrary notwithstanding. He was expected to be absent until next April. . . . Many are the compliments paid to The Seattle Republican of having issued the finest special edition of any publication ever turned out in Seattle. If that one was the best the management promise that it won't be anything in comparison with our next one. . . . The Standard Furniture Company is not only expanding its business to other towns, but it is making preparations to expand it at the fountain head in Seattle. It is to soon occupy the large brick building that is being erected by the side of its present building. . . . Councilman Crichton seems to be of the opinion that either the policemen never do what they are told to do or they are never told to do anything, and the great majority of the citizens of the city are of the opinion that there is method in the councilman's madness. * * * The grand jury has returned three indictments for gambling, viz., H. B. Dunbar and his two dealers, both of whom are now rusticating in old Mexico. It is very refreshing to get to a foreign land when you have that tired feeling, as one will occasionally get when a grand jury is in session. * * * Business was almost suspended for three or four days this week, so much interest was taken in the senatorial question, and so many of the business men being in Olympia. In case a dark horse candidate ever is seriously talked about, the name of John H. McGraw would take well with the voters of King county. * * * After seven years' waiting there have at last shown up in this city a few signs, "Offices for Rent," on the windows. While there are still no offices for rent in the prominent and popular blocks, nevertheless it is possible to get standing room to do business in some place, which has not been the case for many months. * * * There is still some random talk about building a new city hall, but such an undertaking will hardly be begun for quite a few months yet, if not quite a few years. The present city hall may look pretty bad, but not half so bad as a great big debt, with no revenue to pay even the interest, to say nothing of the principal, would look. --- Highland Drive, not where Col. Blethen lives, is to become a swell street just west of the main entrance to Volunteer Park. In that neck of the woods a number of high salaried men are to build homes. It was in this locality that a Swede owned a couple of lots for which he paid $250 apiece, sold to the big bugs for $3,000. "Me tank me go back to the country now." * * * Ex-Senator John B. Allen is getting seven votes for senator, while ex-Senator John L. Wilson is getting eleven. Here is a come seven, come eleven combination that gets the pot. * * * Uneasy rests the head that is waiting to hear the latest report from the grand jury. Of course the mayor and the chief of police have nothing to fear, but they keep their cars to the ground \* \* \* It was very generally supposed that H. B. Dunbar was a pretty high roller on general principles, but it comes like a clap of thunder from a clear sky to likewise be charged with being a swindler. CURRENT COMMENT Smoot of Utah. During the past week many United States senators were elected from those states whose duty it was to elect. Last Tuesday's senatorial contests resulted in the election of Reed Smoot, the Mormon elder, from Utah, to the United States senate to succeed Senator Rawlins. Smoot calls himself a Republican, though Mormon in religious belief, while Rawlins is a Democrat and is a gentle in religion. He will be fought as was Brigham H. Roberts. Senator Fairbanks has been mentioned in connection with the presidency of 1904, yet it is not at all probable that he will allow the use of his name against President Roosevelt, but will ask for the honor in 1908, which he will get almost hands down. Vermont Don't Change. Senator Jacob C. Gallinger has been returned to the senate for another six years by the Republicans of Vermont. Such is nothing unusual for Eastern states, for when they get a good man Jones is Lefeated. In Arkansas James P. Clark was elected to succeed James K. Jones, who has spent the past thirty years in one or the other branch of congress. As chairman of the National Democratic central committee Senator Jones was a conspicuous figure in the political affairs of this country when Bryanism was at large, and in the height of its glory. Vest Pulled Down. Down in Missouri William J. Stone was elected to the United States senate to succeed Senator George G. Vest, who has been in one or the other branches of congress almost since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary. Uncle George Vest has battled for Democratic falacies for many years and for that reason and that only, he will be missed by the nation's lawmakers. South Dakota Re-Elects. Senator A. P. Kittredge, from South Dakota, will succeed himself in the senate. He certainly has pleased well his constituency or he would not have been unanimously re-elected, for such is by no means common to Western states. North Dakota Follows. Senator Hansbrough will succeed himself from North Dakota, which is another surprise, for it was only a few years ago when that state was not only in the hands of the Populists and Democrats, but the Republicans were badly split up on factional differences. Perkins Cake-Walk. California has learned from bitter experience that it is best to send a good man to the senate and then keep him there, if the commercial interests of the state is to be constantly advanced, and perhaps for that reason only the legislature unanimously returned Senator Perkins to the senate. California has many things to ask at the hands of the general government and that she might not fall down in any of her undertakings she returns a man to the senate who is not only selfishly loyal to the commercial interests of the state, but is onto the ropes about the national capitol and will be able to accomplish ten times more than could a new man Uncle Billy Beaten. Congressman Hopkins will succeed Uncle Billy Mason from Illinois, who, it might be said, talked too much out of his mouth to hold on to his job. New men do not always get for their states as much as do old timers in the senate, but Mr. Hopkins, having been so prominent in the house for the past few sessions, he is pretty well next, and the state will not loose very much by the change, as Senator Mason did not stand very well with the Republican majority. Fairbanks Returns. When the state of Indiana returned Senator Charles W. Fairbanks to the senate a general amen from all over the country, especially from the North, East and West, was heard. While COMMENT Senator Fairbanks has been mentioned in connection with the presidency of 1904, yet it is not at all probable that he will allow the use of his name against President Roosevelt, but will ask for the honor in 1908, which he will get almost hands down. Vermont Don't Change. Senator Jacob C. Gallinger has been returned to the senate for another six years by the Republicans of Vermont. Such is nothing unusual for Eastern states, for when they get a good man in the halls of congress they keep him there. In other words, political tricksters do not cut much ice. It is by such means that the Eastern states always get from the government sooner or later all that they ask for. Platt Stood Pat. Connecticut, like Vermont, made no change in its senatorial delegation and the legislature elected Senator Orville H. Platt to succeed himself. Roscoe Conklin Protege. New York State, which of late years has turned its back completely on Democratic politics despite the crookedness and corruption practiced by Tammany Hall, returned Thomas C. Platt to the senate. Tom Platt is of the old Roscoe Conklin political school, but manages to hold his own among latter day New York politicians. That Colorado Squabble. In the state of Colorado a bitter senatorial fight is being waged between the Republicans and the Democrats, with the odds of winning in favor of the Republicans. Before the fight is over it is very generally believed that a great deal of dirty political work will be done on both sides. If the Republicans carry the day Wolcott will be elected, but if the Democrats win out Senator Teller will be returned. Simonds is Left. The Oregon legislature is in the throes of a deadlock and the fight is between contending Republican factions. It is hinted that the Democrats will help one or the other faction elect a senator, but the same was thought on previous occasions when the Republican members were too much divided among themselves to elect any one to the senate, as decent politicians should have done, hence the rumor is perhaps not well founded. There seems to be no doubt of the defeat of Senator Simonds. Addicks Troubles Nothing definite was reached by the Delaware legislature in its balloting for United States senator. The body is largely Republican, as has been the case for many years. Though Republican, there is entirely too much factional feeling to allow a Republican or a Democrat either to be elected. Addicks, who is at the head of the largest Republican faction, still stands pat and declares if he can not get it no one else shall. It is thought at this writing that the Democrats will join with the Addicks faction and elect some one, as the state is now without representation in the senate. Clark vs. Heinze. In Montana, as in most of the Western states, there is a hot political fight on for the senatorship. In this state, however, the fight is between Democrats instead of Republicans. Montana, so far as the legislature is concerned, is still in the hands of the unwashed Democratic party. Senator Clark leads one faction and would-be-Senator Heinze leads the other and a deadlock is quite probable. Continued on Second Page --- The Seattle Republican Established May, 1894. H. R. Cayton.....Editor Susie Revels Cayton.....Associate SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....1.00 Three Months .....60 Entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second-class Mail Matter. Bona Fide Circulation.....2,500 Railroad building will doubtless take on a new lease of life this year. Judge Burke was talking along the right lines, but what he said fell on deaf ears. It begins to look as though the grand jury contemplates cooking Mine Host Dunbar's gose for him. Uncle Billy Mason, of Illinois senatorial fame, is now a has-been. Too much talk proved Uncle Billy's undoing. The game of electing a United States senator is being extensively played throughout this country just now. Patrickhenrywinston, the Spokane fosilitic political acrobat, is frothing at the mouth again and the immediate attention of his friends is quite necessary. From the number of Seattle business men who went to Olympia last Wednesday even that easy going old burg became greatly enthused at the "Seattle spirit." Some deep senatorial dealings are going on down in Olympia just now, but this early in the game it is hard to say who will ho'd the ace high at the final reckoning. A bank over in Texas the other day suspended and the United States marshal who took charge of it found ten cents only as a cash asset. Texas people seldom do things by halves. No one doubts but that the Oriental trade is a most lucrative one and that each of the coast cities is exceedingly anxious to control it, but, after all, it has its serious buconic drawbacks. This is a poor season of (1) year for coal troubles, which will either lessen the supply to the dealer or the consumer, and we surmise both of them will agree with this allegation. President Roosevelt is having calls galore to swing around the Western circles, but he is not inclined to break his neck to accept any of them. Politically speaking there is nothing in it. Having the national administration behind him, Governor Taft, of the Philippines, has an opportunity to either raise the devil over there or raise those people into good citizenship. The question is, which will he do? To demonstrate that wood gas is superior to water gas and vice versa a good deal of hot stuff is being used in the newspapers of this city at present, but after all such great gas controversies are of rather light natures. From the many notorious arrests that are constantly being made in Seattle one would hardly think that the citizenship hereof is made up almost completely of those who boast of being the highest types of Christian civilization. Only Mr. Ankeny, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Preston were nominated for the position of United States senator by the Eighth legislature of this state, but Mr. Deadlock is looming up in the distance as though he will be the most prominent figure in the whole affair. The souvenir edition of the Seattle Republican, issued on the 9th inst., has eclipsed them all. This order of journalistic enterprise was "pre-empted" by the Argus several years ago, and this has been instrumental in stimulating others to emulate the Argus. We think that "Chad" should give credentials to his latest apprentice, the Seattle Republican, if no others.—Seattle Patriarch. --- CURRENT COMMENT Continued from First Page Ankeny, Preston, Wilson. There is no probability of Senator George Turner being returned to the senate from the state of Washington, for the legislature is overwhelmingly Republican, but a sharp contest is on between the Republicans, which may result in a complete deadlock and leave the state with out one senator, and that a very poor one. Levi Ankeny is the leading candidate, however, and with the odds of election in his favor. Preston is a close second, with public sentiment coming his way. Ex-Senator John L. Wilson is asking the place, and though he has only a handful of men supporting him, if they prove the balance of power between the leading candidates, he will yet be a very important factor in the fight. FADING AWAY OF POPULISTS. People's Party Has Become a Political Nonentity. Ten years often bring about a great change in American politics, but it is to be doubted whether any similar period has seen so sweeping a change as marks the practical effacement of the People's party (Populists), organized in 1892. In that year the Populist candidate for President, General Weaver, polled more than a million votes. He was put in nomination at a convention held at Omaha on July 4, 1892, and the delegates who nominated him, impressed with the importance of the movement they were inaugurating, declared in their platform that, "assembled upon the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the People's party in America, in its first national convention, invoking upon its action the blessing of Almighty God, puts forth, in the name and on behalf of the people of this country the following declaration of principles." The 1,055,000 votes cast for the Populist candidate for President were well distributed throughout the states of the country, and in only two of them, Delaware and Vermont, no Populist electoral ticket was run. The party received its highest vote in Kansas, 163,000, and the states carried by the Populists were Kansas, Co orado, Idaho, and Nevada. In Oregon and North Dakota the Populist candidates received a portion of the electoral vote. No outside party for many years had polled so large a vote, and it was accompanied with Populist representation in both houses of Congress. In 1896 the Populists became a part of the fusion on Bryan. In 1900, after disastrous political experiences meanwhile, the surviving members of the organization nominated Wharton Barker for President, and he received 207,000 votes—one-fifth of the total cast for General Weaver. On the sliding scale of political dismemberment shown by the Populists during the past year, there will probably be no Populist party in the United States in 1903 and certainly none in 1904. It is very generally believed that there was considerable crooked voting done in the First ward of this city at the last election, and it was done at the instigation of a very crooked politician, which, if true, the grand jury might find food for thought in that neck of the woods. If the Colfax Gazette should perchance get another notice from another leading daily paper it is barely possible that the friends of the editor thereof would find it a good deal safer for him to be under the protection of the authorities of Medical Lake. Four years ago John L. Wilson elected a Pierce county man United States senator, which, to say the least, was a great favor to that county, and it is very remarkable that Wilson did not get a complimentary vote from a single one of the fifteen members of the legislature from that county last Tuesday. This does not look very much like political reciprocity. Booker T. Washington addressed a great audience in the Mechanics pavilion at San Francisco last week Thursday. There were some gems of thought and expression in his speech. Here is one of them: "The colored people must now rectify a mistake which they made after their emancipation. They tried to start in at the top; they bought a carriage to ride in instead of a wagon to work with. I am trying to teach my people that they must begin at the bottom—at the soil and work up. They must learn that they must follow the growth of all nations. They must learn that liberty is a conquest, not a bequest." —Tacoma News. 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Only at the Bunkers of the Pacific Coast Co Phone Main 92. : as BROTHER IN BLACK 4 Seeded deobeobeebeodeodeebeobe deeded bobbed bbb bebe bbebebb bbb bbb bet The appointment of Dr. W. D. Crum as collector of customs at Charleston, S.C. by the president has called forth a great deal of comment both pro and con throughout the country. Ben Tillman, the senior senator from that state, threatens to fight the con: firmation of Dr. Crum in the senate purely on the grounds of his color, but Tillman's opposition will go for naught because of the fact that not even a majority of the Democrats, let alone the Republicans, favor the radical and unreasonable stand that he and his cohorts of South Carolina have from time to time taken on the color question, President Roosevelt appointed Dr. Crum for his fitness as a Republican rather than for his color, for, under the circumstances, even with the president Dr. Crum’s color must have been against the appoint: ment, and therefore it is purely a meritorious partisan appointment. Democratic politicians of the Tillman stripe are rapidly passing and though they may bob up here and there like Pritchard of North Carolina and Win: ston of Washington, nevertheless, they will soon be things of the past and may God speed the day. Speaking abut the appointment of Dr. Crum by President Roosevelt in spite of the great opposition that was brought to bear on him reminds the writer that President Roosevelt has shown more manly spirit on the color question than any man who has oc- cupied the presidential chair since Abraham Lincoln, and this is said despite the fact that the editor here- of was an ardent admirer of the late lamented William McKinley. If more men in power and at the head of af- fairs would take the stand that Presi- dent Roosevelt has there would be a great deal less color bugbear discus: sions going the rounds of the country press, Men both in or out of office get “cold feet” and refuse to do what they know is their duty toward the Negro race, and that which is: abso- lutely right for fear that they would be censured and criticised by their fellow men. There is altogether too much disposition on the part of the press of this country to overlook all meritorious deeds of the Negro, and yet paint in glittering colors any miis- deeds that he may be guilty of. Not to exceed seven months ago a col- ored man was chosen as the secre- tary of a county convention in this state, which, by the way, is the largest county in the state, and yet not a sin- gle daily paper made mention of the fact. It was an honor such as no other colored man west of the Mis: souri river had ever received arid yet it was of, not enough consideration to the daily papers to make known the fact, and so far as the public..was aware of that convention was without a secretary. The same man was sub- sequently arrested on the charge cf criminal libel, which under the laws of this state is mbthing more than a misdemeanor, and yet “the daily pa- pers devoted columns a'ter columns of their valuable space to the affair, and as in this case so in every other. Thus it will be plainly seen that the daily papers are inclined to suppress the good inclinations of the Negro and prominently bring out his bad inclinations for the benefit of the read- ing public. In proportion to his num- bers the Negro may commit more crimes than the whites, but when he oes one good thing that should be held up as a ray of hope that there is something good even in a Negro. tone Patrick Henry Winston, who hails from North Carolina, the home of Senator Pritchard, who was the found- er of the lily white Republican party of the South, is making much of the proposition in this state and is dis- cussing it as thongh it was absolutely necessary to be put in force in the state of Washington, In comparison to a great majority of the whites of this country the Negro is not up to the standard -of civilization, but it would be pretty hard to find a Negro in the United States any more inferior on general principles than Patric. We would consider him a rather low type Fee COREE Ce a oe Patrick Henry Winston, his coior to the contrary notwithstanding. This man Winston, who is nothing more or less than a political acrobat, has skipped and jumped from party to party ever since he has been in this state for the sake cf the few paltry dollars he would get therefrom by office holding. If he has ever been true to any party or to any person save Patrick Henry Winston, no one remembers it. Now if Mr. Winston can point to a single Negro in the state of Washington that lays any claim to respectability, that has played traitor to any of the various political parties of the state as has he, then he might have some excuse for saying the Negro is unfit to exer- cise the right of suffrage. Certainly no such political turn coats as Patric is fit to exercise the right of suffrage whether white or black. RR RA ne re Sate ie eae ST eee legislature of Colorado is having a ‘monkey and parrot time over the or- ganizations thereof, which involves ‘the election of a United States sena- tor. There, perhaps, is nothing un natural in such a modus proceedure and it is only mentioned in this con: nection to compare public sentiment on it with public sentiment when leg: islatures were domineered by colored men of the South during the “radical days.” Until this day papers reter to those legislatures of the South as the most outrageous farces that were ever perpetrated on a civil government, and yet they were mild agregations in com- parison to the Colorado legislature now in session. If the governor of Colorado does not have to call out the national guards of that state to pre vent a bloody rict between the con- ‘tending tactions’ of the legislature, ‘then the writer hereof will be greatly ‘surprised. If there were a half dozen | colored men members of that legis- ature the whole affair would be ‘charged up to them, but all of them ‘being Caucasians, pure and simple, the public press is absolutely silent on the monkey and parrot time they are havitig, . Governor Tillman, of South Caro lina, who brutally shct down Editor Gonzales a few days ago, because he dared to criticise his public acts is a fair sample of the wretches who are fighting the political rights of the Negro, Such men as Tilman, whether Democrat or Republican, whether Seuth, North, East or West, are the scoundrels who are always breeding disturbances between the races. Sen- ator Tillman and Senator Pritchard are their official mouthpieces and both of them are public disgraces. Dr. Crum, whom the Tilmans are fighting in the U, S. senate, is as much the superior of either of those senators as he is the superior of a Hotentot. ROASTS TILLMANITES. How does it lie in the mouth of any South Carclinian to object to the putting of Negroes in office on the ground that they are an inferior race? How are they warranted in objecting to the invitation of a gentleman like Bcoker Washington to 2 table at which a beast of a Tillman has sat? A people is judged by the representa- tives it puts forward to speak and act in its name. The Negroes put forward Booker Washington and Dr. Crum. ‘The people ot South Carolina put for: ward these Tillmans—the loathsome spawn of clay-eating, snuff-dipping “pore white trash”—bullies and black guards, coarse in speech and violent in act, breakers of the law they are sworn to uphold, ruffians under the dome of the capitol and assassins in the shadow of the state house. South Carolina takes offense, for- sooth, at the social recognition of Booker Washington and the political recognition of Dr. Crum. South Caro: lina sends to the United States sen: ate and makes lieutenant governor of the state men not fit to black the boots of Booker Washington and Dr. Crum. What big, black buck nigger wallowing in a South Carolina rice swamp is not the social superior of the senator whose rufflanism drags the national capitol down to the level of a low waterside dive;, is not_more ‘fit for the company of gentlemen than be murderous bully of a lieutenant governor, who shoots an unarmed citi zen in the back in the streets of Co ee . It is net necessary to judge the Ne ‘gro race by its best to make the com: pariscn shameful to South Carolina. The humblest and mest ignorant Ne gre day laborer, who behaves himself and obeys the law, is the superior of the men South Carolina chooses tor high state and national cffice, Till these Tillmans shall be kicked back into their native mud, let us hear no more from the people of South Caro- lina about the inferiority of the Negro race, The above is clipped from the P-L. While it is a reproduction, even in the P.l. it clearly shows where the sympathies of the P-I. are on the race question of this country, If the Till- man devils ever got a worse editorial drubbing than the above it has es- ‘eaned our notice. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ” THE State of Washington for King county,— Emily Brung, plaintit, vs. Louis Bruns, defendant. No. 36801," ‘The State of Washington to the said Louis Brons, defendant : You ate hereby siinmoned to appear with- in sixty (G0) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty (60) days after the 16th day of January, 1908, and defend the above entitled action In ‘the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintim, and serve a copy of your answer upon thé undersigned attorney for plaintit™ at_his office below stated; and in cage of your failure to do so, ‘fudgment will be ‘ren. dered 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 that plaintift may obtain a divoree from. the defendant by ‘reason of and on account of defendant's piiitul allure “to suzport, plaintit and tat plaintif? be given the custody and, con- trol of the minor children of plaintitt and defendant, P. D. HUGHES, Plaintiq’s Attorney 1, O, Address, 533.5 Burke Building, Se- atte, King County,. Washington, ‘Jan. 16-Feb, 27, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION, EEC, In. the Superior Court, of 'the Siate of Washington for the County of King. In the matter of the estate of P. J. ‘thor- sen, deceased, In Probate. No.” 3897. ‘The ‘above entitled “matter and” estate having come on for hearing on the petl- ton ef Emma i, ‘Thorsen, the administra- trix of the estate of "J. ‘Thorsen, de- ceased, for an order to show cause” why the said ‘estate ‘should not. be wound” up tnd closed and a distribution made-and the Administratrix discharged, and tt duly ap- pearing to the Court trom said petition, that the said administratrix has caused a notice tothe creditors. of said deceased. Aid ‘ls state to be published ‘ay required hy law, and that all of the debts and claims against the said estate, have been paid. In. ‘eluding the expenses of ‘the Jast-iliness of Said deceased, and the funeral expenses and the costs and. expenses of administering the estate of said deceased, and that the time for presenting clalms against the said estate has long since expired and that the Sald estate isin a condition to. be closed, and A distribution made, the administra: ‘tix discharged from her ‘trnst and the es- tate wound up, and it further duly appear: ing to the Court, that the only assets whlel ‘have come into’ the hands of said_-admin- istratrix ave the household furniture be- lonsing to. the said deceased, and. the. said administratris, and the north halt of the South half and the south half of the north alt of. the northeast quarter” of Section 35 In Township 2h, North and of Range 2 Fast. W. ML, “in King County. State. of Washingion, “all of which said real and personal property ‘haw been ‘duly inventor led and ‘Appraised herein as Fequired by law, and that the only hers at law of the sald deceased are ‘the said administratrlx, Fmma it. Thorsen, ‘widow, aud Doris. be ‘thorsen, John’ Budd Thorsen, and Vani Lorrimer ‘Thorsen. minor children of, the sald deceased and cae sald administritrix, and it further duly appearing to the Court that all of said real and personal pr: is "exempt. from ‘sale ‘on exeention, + further duly appearing tthe Court that Administrattix’ is-entitled to" have all of sald real and personal property set. aside to her as the Widow of sald. deceased. "Now. ‘therefore, It Is by the Conrt. being ‘duly davised in’ the “premises, considered. ordeved, ‘adjudged and decreed that all. per ‘sons whomsoever Interested in the estate ‘of said Ty J. Thorsen, deceased. be and Appear before this Court, at, the King County Court House, Inthe. City of Se ‘attle, In said County and State, in the Pro- hate’ Department. tnereor, on” Friday, the 1th day of February, AL D. 1902, ‘at the hour ‘of nine o'clock’ and thirty ‘minutes ‘past, ‘in ‘the morning “of said day, and show canwe, Ie any. they have, why, the pe. tition ‘of said administratrix: should not ‘be ‘granted, and the said estate closed, and the aiid real and personal property ‘above furntiened be set aside to the widow, the administiatrix dlecharged and ‘the. estate Wound up according to law. and it ts fur- ther ordered that @ copy of ‘this order be published once a week at least. four weeks prior to. sald day. and- that three copies Revenge ‘posted ‘la ‘three public ‘piace in the county” for. the same length ‘of time, Acording to law and the practice of this Court. Dorie in open court this 6th day of Jan- vary, 1003. OYD J. TALLMAN, Judge. NOTICE, Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders 6¢ the. Spokane ‘Grain Company will be held at the office of the said company _at 1211 Western Avent In the City of Seattle, King County, Wash: ington, on Saturday, hte 7th day of March, ifs, at 2 p.m. of that day. the object And “pitrpoye” of ahd. stor whniders “meeting being to'incrense. the capital stock ‘of sal Spokane Grain Company. from. ten. thous: and alares of he par valle Of one doliat fach ‘to-one hundved thousand shares of the par value of one dollar per share. he. SHEDS, CHAS. HL. SHiIRLDS, WoOM, LIVENGOOD, JOS. LIVENGOOD, ‘Tenstees of the Spokane Grain Company. Jan. 9, March: 6, UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. Seattle, Wash. Dec. 4, 1902, ‘Yo whom tt may concern : Notice is hereby given that the Northern Pacific Railway Company has filed in this Office a list of lands situated. In the town: ships deseribed below, and has applied, for a patent for sald lands: that the list 1s Spent the pubile for “inspection. and a chny thereot By’ descriptive. subdivisions, has been posted ina. convenient place In this office, for the Inspection of all per- sons interested and to the public generally. Within the next sixty days following ‘the date of this hotlee, protests or. con: tests against the ‘claim Of the company {ovany tract of subdivision. within any. sce tion or part of section, described inthe list, on the ground that’ the same. 1s. more valuable for mineral than for agricultural purposes, will be received and noted for Feport to the General Land OMice ‘at Wash: pkton. . € ° ais de and W. ih of 8 Foie of Sec. 5, "Twp: 20N, HB Bast | J. HENRY SMITH, Raslater. Taper designated at Seattle, Wash.: Re- oablicns: ) IN, THE, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE | State of Washington, for King County. No. Ui271. “Notlee of Hearing. |. In’ the “Matter of “the dissolution and Ais-incorporation of the Maple Valley Log: ging Company, a eoiporation: Notleg is féraby given that the petition of the Maple Valley Logging Company, corporation, of the dis-incorporation and Aissolution ‘of sald corporation, will come oh for hearing before the ion. Goyd J. ‘Tallman, one of the Judges of the above en: tidied Court In Department 4 of the Supe: nor Court of King County, on the 20th day of February, 1908, at 0:30. o'clock In the morning of sald diy or a3 soon there: after as the matter can be heard. ‘The petition hereinabove referred to shows that all claims due or owing by | said’ corporation -have been paid in. full and that all of the monies and other as: Sets belonging to. said corporation have been divided among all of the stockholders Jof ‘the "eaid corporation in, proportion ‘to he number of shares held by each, except that enough money has been retained to pay the costs and charges of dis-incor- Doiating said company. Dated this 26th day of November, 1902. (Seal) ©. A. KOLPREL, Clerk of the Superior Court of King Coun- ty, Washington. By J. W, BREWSTER, Depinty. SHERIPE'S SALE OF REAL Esrare, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF ee ES ee ee, ee King, 8s.—Sherift’s Office. by virtue of an execution issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of King Coun: ty, on the Ist day of December, 1902, by the clerk thereof, ‘in the case of M. J.’ At kinson and David Zerwekh, formerly’ part ners doing business as Atkinson & Zerwekh, plaintiffs, versus John H. Nesary and Jane Doe Nesary, his wife, whose real first name is unknown, defendants, No. 32976, and to me, as sheriff, directed ‘and ‘delivered : Notice Is Hereby. given that I will pro ceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, within the hours prescribed by law for sheriff's sales, to-wit: at 10 clock a. m. on the Sist day of January, ‘A, D,. 1003, before the Court House doot of said King county, in the State of Wash: ington, all of the ‘right, title and interest of the said defendant, John H. Nesary, in ‘and to the following described property, ‘sit: dated In King County, State of Washing: ton, to-wit: Lot twelve (12), in block four (4), in H. E. Holme's Addition to the CHYy of Seattle, levied on as the property of ‘defendant, John i. Nesaty, to satisty 4 judgment amounting to eighty-elght, and 25:100 dollars, and costs of suit, in favor of the plaintit Dated this 18th day of December, 1902. ED CUDINEE, Sheriff, By, Wm. Corcoran,’ Deputy: Dec. 26-Jan. 23. NOTICE OF SALU OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. In, the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the Ceunty of King—In Probate, No. 4026, Im the matter of the estate of Madge O'Brien, deceased, ‘Yo all persons whom it may concern : Notice \Is hereby given and extended, that I, the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Madge O'Btlen, deceased, prr- suant’ to and under and by virtue Or an order of the above entitled court, in the above entitled matter and estate, duly made and entered on the 27th day of October, 1902, will sell, at public auction, on, Sat: urday, the 29th day of November, A. D. ivuz," at the hour of 10 o'clock’ in’ the morning of sald day, at the front door of the King County Court House, in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Wash- ington, to’ the highest and best bidder for cash ‘all of ‘the right, title, Interest and estate of the sald Madge O'Brien, deceased, being a community, Interest therein, in and to ‘the following “described real estate, to wit: Lot 28 in block 6 of Ross’ Second Ad: dition to the City of ‘Seattle; also lots 1 and 2 in block 4 of Williams’ Addition to the City of Seattle; also lots 3 and 4 in block 17 of Madison Street Addition to the City of Seattle, all in King County, State of Washington. Dated at Seattle, Washington, this the 27th day of October, A.D, 1902. W. "?. O'BRIEN, Administrator of the Estate of Madge ‘O'itien, deceased. Oct. B1—Nov. zi NOTICE OF THE SALE OF REAL ES. TATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, ‘The above sale will be held and is hereby continued tothe 1th day of December, 02 W. 'T. O'BRIEN, Administratotr of the’ Estate of Madge O'Brien, deceased. NOVICE! OF CONTINUANCE OB SALE "The above sale will be held and is hereby continued to the 27th day of December 190%, at the same hour and place, W. T. OGRTEN, Administrator of thé Estate of Madge ‘O'Brien, Deceased. NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF SALE, “he above sale will be held and is herebs continued to” the’ 10th day “of January 1903, at the same hour and place. W. fe OGRIEN, Administrator sof the, Wstate of Madge O'Brien, Deceased, NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF SALE. ‘The above sale will be held and is here by continued to the 24 January, 1903, af the’same hour and plage WT. O'BRIEN, Administrator of the Estate of — Madge O'Brien, Deceased, aN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. | tn the matter of the Estate of Nicholas ‘Long, deceased, “No, 3013. Admlalstra tors Notice of Sale, ‘Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, tne th Gay" of Januaisy 1Od8, comment ing at the hous of Tlovdek, A.'My of sald day ‘and ‘continuing trom said’ day, to ‘day Thereafter until completion af. the sale, the Undersigned administrator of the Estate of Nicholas long, deceased, will, pursuant to an order of the above vatitied Court, made Ana’ entered on the ith day of November, 1902, gell at public auction for. cash to. the highest’ bidder, In one parcel, the" following described ots) ad "parcels of land, ait Ae Inthe County of ing: Stace ot Wash ington, and. particularly described ax fol lows, to-wit: Vote 1S amd 13 in Smith's Supplemental piat ‘ot Block 12 of Burke's Second Addl: tion to. the City ‘of Seattle, property of sald Hstate. ‘he Lennie of ald sale will be Sty es cent, thereof must accompany the said Did and’ the remaining fifty per. cent. of sich Bid to be’ pad upon the execution and de fivery” of a’ deed. ‘Tite sald sale will be had at the wes door it being the main door) of the King County Court Houge in the City ‘of Seat ties"Ring County, State of Washington. abated’ this 4th diy of December, A: D., rahe of first publication, December 12Uh, 00% EDWARD P. LONG, Administrator of the Estate “of Nicholas Tong, deceawed ‘ence nn oe antec, Be eo eee eee ee ne all other, persons haying claims against. the estate of Samuel C. Hall, late of South Park, in the county of ‘King, State of Washington, to present the same with the proper ouchers, within one year from, the Inte of ‘this notice to the ondersigned at 806 Globe Block, Seattle, in King County, State of Washington, ROBERT W. PRENTICE, Administrator of the Estate of Samuel ©. Hall, deceased. JOHN E, RYAN, Attorney for Administrator, "303° to’ 306 Globe Block. Seattle... Wash. popated at Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8th, A. D, 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE TRapE MARKS Desions Copyricts &c. Aanrome sending m sketch and desertion may qulekig'uveertait our opinion free whether aa thventfon is prowably patentable. Communica: Uonsstriedy Gonddental: Handbook on Patents ‘out fron, Oldest agency for securing patent: Bacenta taken through Munn fCo. recelve speatal notice, without charge, in the, Scientific American, Ahandsomely illustrated wookly. Tarsest ott duhetton‘or ny eetentifg journal Kerns; $90 Fear tour mozths, #l. Sold yall newsdeslors: MUNN & Go,set2:sdwas, New York Branch Omoe, €25 F St., Washington, D. QTHES R oO” +2 2 Z\ U / \o o/ N | XN | Ycikt Ss | 10 THE EAS Leaving Seale AF 9/00 9, ma 6:20 Bm FAMOUS NORTH COAST LIMITED ta Beal ae PULLMAN & TOURIST | SLEEPING (ARS SUPERB DINING CARS | : St Paul | thay Minneapolis Duluth 1 To Fargo sa Winnipeg 2 Helena Butte ‘The Short Line to ansas City and All Southern Points, with Through Car Service. iiuuUileiasRUMTalaekdCakian for information, tickets, ete., call or write to I. A. Nadeau, Genl, Agent, Se- attle, Wash., A. D. Charlton, A.G. P. A, Portland, Ore. TO ALL POINTS EAST —vIA— SHORTEST AND QUICKEST LINE 70 St. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis, Chicago AND ALL POINTS BAST Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoking Library Cars. Dally ‘Trains, Fast ‘Time Service and | Scenery Unequaled. For Rates, Folders and Full Information Re Barding’ Eastern ‘Trip, call on or address 8.G. YERKES, A. B, C, DENNISTON, C.PL& TA G.W. PLA. 612 FIRST AVE., SEATTLE, WASH. : The Short Line To Chicago and East 18 THE an Trough Trains from North Pacific ‘Coast connect with Trains of this Line | IN UNION DEPOT, 8T PAUL. ae ‘NORTH-WESTERN LIMITED Is THE FINEST TRAIN el CHICAGO. | F. W. PARKER, Gen. Agt. |151 Yesler Way Seattle The Last Week The Last Week of our January Sale. The last opportunity to secure the "Red Tag" reductions. Here is a rocker hint. $3.40 Standard Furniture L. SCHOENFELD 1012-14 SEATTLE_____TACOMA PERSONAL. Standard Furniture Company 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. A BIG EVENT OUR JANUARY SALE $3.40 Solid seat, oak odd rocker; well finished, odd spindles; large embossed panel back; very strong and and a regular $5.50 value; special priced for the January Sale $3.40. TACOMA SEATTLE PERSONAL. Mrs. Powell Barnett of Rosiyn is visiting friends in the city. Mrs. E. J. Anderson has removed from 720 Pine street to Sixth and Cherry. Mr. I. Allen, messenger at the postoffice, is suffering from an attack of inflammatory-rheumatism. Mesdames W. J. Gudger and Phil Nelson, who have been very ill at the Providence Hospital, are convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. John Ritter entertained Rev. J. Gordon McPherson at a sumptuous dinner last Tuesday evening. Rev. S. S. Freeman made Miss Emma Moore of Portland and Mr. Reuben Richardson one last week. They will live in Seattle. Special evangelistic services at the A. M. E. Church, on Fourteenth avenue. Rev. S. S. Freeman pastor. The public cordially invited to attend services each evening. Mr. Frank Abrams is no longer employed at the court house, and a rumor has it that the present Republican administration has nothing for a colored man to do. Mr. R. H. Taylor, of Roslyn, has been employed by the senate of the Eighth legislature as janitor. He held a similar position in both the Sixth and Seventh legislatures. Young men, why not organize an Odd Fellows' Club? There is plenty of timber. The Queen City should have a strong Odd Fellows' lodge. Now, don't all speak at once. The insurance companies would do well to give some of our energetic young men a position as collector in recognition of the large patronage they are receiving from the Afro-Americans in the city. Don't you think your friends in the East would appreciate a copy of the Souvenir Number of the Seattle Republican? More information could be gained by such friends in an hour from perusing the paper than you will write and tell them in a whole year. Already quite a number of Afro-Americans are making inquiries about Valdes, with the view of being on the ground floor in the spring rush. George Lyons, the well known caterer, is already there and Billy Wilson is thinking seriously of starting at an early date. Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rev. J. Gordon McPherson pastor. Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "The Redemption of Mankind." Evening subject, "The Restless Young Man." This sermon will be of special interest to young men. The public is cordially invited to attend all services. Invitations are out for the annual roll call and a banquet to be given by the members of the Mount Zion Baptist Church next Thursday evening. The affair promises to be one of the grandest ever given in the Baptist circles of this city. An elaborate programme will be rendered, including STANDARD short addresses by many of the city pastors. Connubial infelicities at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Barrington caused Mrs. Barrington to take a shot at her husband last Monday night and severely wounding him in the head. Going to the shop where he is employed she no sooner laid eyes on him than she raised a 22 calibre revolver and fired, wounding him as said above. Mrs. Barrington is now in jail charged with attempted murder, while he is held as a witness. The Rainier Club, whose stewart is John T. Gayton, is giving employment to a number of colored caterers and it is Mr. Gayton's intention to give more of them employment when good reliable men can be found who will always be on hand and not mixed up with questionable characters when not on hand. Colored men must expect to be employed on account of their merit and fitness and not on account of their color, as has been so frequently done in the past. If a few colored men could get together and organize a company nothing would pay better than to invest a small sum of money into a lodging house proposition. If $3,000 or $4,000 were expended on such a proposition and a house containing 50 or 60 rooms secured it would be a paying investment from the very beginning. There are at least a dozen men or more in this city who could raise at least $500 and not hurt himself for such an investment. AMUSEMENTS There is a very good minstrel show at the Third Avenue theatre this week. It is not the biggest nor is it the best that has ever been in Seattle, but it furnishes a good evening's entertainment. The usual matinee will be given Saturday, and the minstrels will continue all week. Next week the Third Avenue theatre will have for an attraction, commencing with the matinee Sunday, the second tramp play of the season, "Weary Willie Walker." The newspapers en route to the coast describe it as a clever musical comedy presented by an exceptionally good company. PENSIONS FOR EX-SLAVES. The National Industrial Council and ex-Slave Congress will begin active work in support of the Blackburn bill now pending in Congress for the pensioning of aged ex-slaves. The council will probably be in session here for ten days. During that time the delegates will call on President Roosevelt, and will make every effort to bring their measure to the attention of members of Congress. The council has its headquarters at 503 D street northwest, and the officers, all who are in the city, are as follows: S. P. Mitchell, Kentucky, president; C. B. Bartley, Florida, vice president; I. L. Walton, Arkansas, secretary and treasurer; D. C. Powell, Louisiana, supreme dictator. The Rev. Smith Frampton, and S. H. Johnson, of South Carolina, are among the delegates in attendance. Another organization, known as the Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association, whose purposes are the same, has headquarters at 1609 Eleventh street northwest. An attempt will be made this week to consolidate the organizations. The National Industrial Council and ex-Slave Congress was organized at Madison, Ark., in 1897, while the other association was formed a year later. Attempts, hitherto, have been made to consolidate the associations, but so far it has been impossible to reach an agreement, as to which organization shall be absorbed by the other. The Blackburn bill, in which the organizations are so much interested, provides that the government shall pension all aged ex-slaves. It stipulates that each ex-slave over sixty years old is to have $300 and a pension of $12 a month. Ex-slaves between fifty and sixty years of age are to have only $100 and a pension of $8 a month.—Colored American. Comparatively few people realize of what remarkable speed dogs are capable. Some remarkable statistics in regard to this have been gathered by M. Dusolier, a French scientist. After pointing out the marvelous endurance shown by little fox terriers, who follow their masters patiently for hours while the latter are riding on bicycles or in carriages, he says that even greater endurance is shown by certain wild animals that are akin to dogs. Thus the wolf can run between 50 and 60 miles in one night, and an Arctic fox can do quite as well, if not better. Nansen met one of these foxes on the ice at a point more than 70 miles northwest of the Sanikow territory, which is 480 miles from the Asiatic coast. Eskimo and Siberian dogs can travel 45 miles on the ice in five hours, and there is one case on record in which a team of Eskimo dogs traveled six and one-half miles in 28 minutes. According to M. Dusolier, the speed of the shepherd dogs and those used in hunting ranges from 10 to 15 yards a second. English setters and pointers hunt at the rate of 18 to 19 miles an hour, and they can maintain this speed for at least two hours. Fox hounds are extraordinarily swift, as is proved by the fact that a dog of this breed once beat a thoroughbred horse, covering four miles in six and one-half minutes, which was at the rate of nearly 18 yards a second. Greyhounds are the swiftest of all four-footed creatures, and their speed may be regarded as equal to that of carrier pigeons. English greyhounds, which are carefully selected, and which are used for coursing, are able to cover at full gallop a space between 18 and 23 yards every second. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for the County of King. In Probate.—No, 3932. In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth S. Gilbert. Decased. Order to Show Couse on Final Account, Distribution, Etc. The above entitled matter having come on for hearing this day upon the petition and final account of Sarah A. Kendall, the administratrix herein, praying that said account be approved, the estate distributed, the compensation said administratrix and the costs paid to the bondsmen discharged and her bondsmen released, and it duly appearing to the Court from said petition that the said estate is in a condition to be closed and that the costs and expenses of the compensation except the compensation to said administratrix and her attorney, and it further duly appearing to the Court that the time for presenting claims against said estate has long since expired and no claims of any kind have been filed or presented here- Now Therefore, it is by the Court being duly advised in the premises, ordered that all persons interested in or concerned with the above mentioned estate, be and appear before this Court, on the 27th day of April 1900, the hotel of the Monkton on said day, in Department No. 4, at the King County Court House, in the City of Seattle, in said County, and then and there show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be approved, the said estate distributed, and the compensatory damages due to the attorney allowed, and the administratrix discharged, her bondsmen released, and the estate closed and wound up according to law; and it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in some weekly newspaper published in Seattle, once a week thereafter, and that the notice herebe posted in three public places in the county for the same length of time prior to the date of said hearing according to law and the practice of this Court. Done in open Court this 23d day of IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States, for the District of Washington. Northern Division. In Bankruptcy. No. 2603. In the Matter of Heckmann & Hanson, copartners, Bankrupts. To the creditors of the above named bankrupts, individually, and as members of the estate of the above named bankrupts. Take notice that the above named bankrupts have petitioned this court for a full discharge from all debts provable against their estate, and the estate of each of them, from the estate of the estate of the copartnership of Heckman & Hanson, under the acts of congress relating to bankruptcy. Cresent Cream Coffee TRAD CRESCENT HARVEST CRESCENT CREAM COFFEE Painted and Decorated Crescent Dairy Co. importers of HIGH OMNI COFFEE SEATTLE MONTANA Strictly High Grade; Used by all Lovers of Really Good Coffee and Recommended by the Leading Chefs. MORAN BROS. CO. Manufacture and Sell LUMBER For All Purposes Seattle Clothes Pressing Co. Ladies' and gents' clothing cleaned, dyed and repaired. We call for and deliver promptly. Phone Red 4484. 1007 Third Avenue Call on us for YOUR PIANO as OUR PRICES and TERMS ARE THE LOWEST as TERMS Pianos sold as low as $6.00 Per Month Sherman, Clay & Co. STEINWAY DEALERS E. R. Butterworth& Sons UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS 1426, 1428 Third Ave. SEATTLE. and that a hearing will be had thereon, before the District Court of the United States for the District of Washington, at Seattle, in the Northern Division of Salem District on the sixth day of February, 1903, at ten o'clock in the foremonor; at which time and place you may appear and show cause, if any you have, why the prayer of saletitioners should not be granted. Dated Seattle, Washington, January 21, 1903. (Seal) R. M. HOPKINS, Clerk. By H. M. WALTHEW, Deputy Clerk. Jan. 23—Feb. 13. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. You and each of you are hereby directed and summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this notice and summons, exclusive of the date of first publication, to writ, within sixty days after the 23rd day of January, 1903, in above entitled Court, and defend the action or pay the amount due, together with the costs. In case of your failure so to do, plaintiff will apply for judgment, and judgment will be rendered foreclosing the lien for said taxes and costs against the real property, lands and premises herein named. LIBBIE BEACH BROWN. Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT. Attorney for Plaintiff. Room 11! Washington Building, Seattle, Washington. Jan. 23—March 6. RAINY DAY STORE 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 Largest Stock of and small musical instruments of all kinds in the city. We make a feature of low prices and easy terms. Now closing out our sheet music department at less than cost. D. S. JOHNSTON COMPANY 903 Second Avenue, Burke Building. The Removal Sales The greatest success of the year now in progress. Hardware - 1-4 off Granite Ware - 1-3 off China and Bric Brac - 1-3 off Wooden Ware - 1-3 off Baskets - 1-3 off You pay your bill and clerk takes the discount off; everything marked in plain figures. 1215-17 SECOND AVE. 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 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. WESTBERG & CHILDS Tailor Made Suits, Skirts, Waists on Easy Weekly Payments. 1312 Second Ave.