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Historical Societies SEATTLE REPUBLICAN The SEATTL POLITICAL POT-PIE The strongest candidates for senator in the State of Washington today are John L. Wilson and Sam H. Piles, both of Seattle. The fight now lies between them, as to which will control the King county delegation, and the man who wins that fight stands an excellent chance of election, provided nothing of great import occurs between this time and the next session to take away his strength.—Spectator, Spokane. The above is neither true in part or otherwise. There is no fight on between Senator Wilson and S. H. Piles for the control of the King county delegation. Senator Wilson will make no fight to have the legislative nominees ratified by the next county convention instructed to vote for him in case they are elected. It will be up to the members themselves to say whether or not they want a King county man for the United States senate and act accordingly. It can be predicted even at this early stage in the game that Senator Wilson will appear at the bar of the next legislature with more supporters outside of King county than King county will have, including whatever Democrats there may be in the bunch. If King county then wants a senator she can have one by giving Mr. Wilson the solid support of the county. If on the other hand she does not want a senator she can scatter her votes to the wind as she has in the past. Granted that Mr. Piles will have the entire seventeen members from King county instructed for him, it is hardly possible that he can get as many more votes outside of the county, and even if he does he would then have but thirty-four votes all told, which would be in the neighborhood of twenty votes shy to nominate in caucus, and where would he make up the deficit. On the other hand, Mr. Wilson, as stated above, will come to the gates of King county with votes enough to nominate him in caucus if King will only be good. The Pie-maker has watched the drift of things in this county and he has also heard Senator Wilson's friends express their views of the senatorial situation and therefore he believes he knows whereof he speaks when he says John L. Wilson under no circumstances will enter into any factional fight with Mr. Piles or any one else for the control of the various district conventions that will nominate the Republican members to the next legislature either in his or any one else's interest, but will leave the whole matter to the King county people as to whether they really want a United States senator or not. If they want one they can get one, but if they really do not want one, then they do not have to have one. Governor McBride must not lose sight of that excellent appointment he made last summer, said a politician to the Pie-maker, for it has unquestionably made him many friends (?) in King county, "friends" that will reciprocate, when the opportune time arrives. "I mean Charley Reed as successor to Mr. Westendorf as superintendent of the State reformatory at Chehalis, for Charley will certainly be able to deliver the goods (of defeat)." "Do you know," he continued, "that this appointment was a direct affront to the entire Scandinavian vote of this state, and also a direct rebuke to the party workers? Charley Reed never was known to be a delegate to any convention, nor capable of carrying or manipulating his own precinct in which he resided, and of a very selfish disposition, so much so as to even refuse to come out and openly assert himself politically or otherwise, and if the Governor thinks for a moment he will be able to get any support through 'Charley's' efforts he is certainly on the wrong trolley line, for he is a dead one, this man Reed." The Seattle Daily Times, which, by the way, is fast developing into a fac-simile of the "Hearst organs," editorials, etc., is endeavoring to manufacture a new "Moses" for Seattle Republicans, judging from a recent item which appeared therein, and dilates extensively on the name of that former boss, George U. Piper, a "has-been" who is fast endeavoring to regain his evaporated prestige, through the Young Men's Republican Club, and, thanks to the "Colonel," he is certain to realize his ambition, for it is rumored quietly --- VOL. X. NO. 26 LE REPU SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1903 GREATER SEATTLE EDITION. To the Public: After two months' continuous work laying the foundation for the issuing of a Christmas Holiday Edition of The Seattle Republican, the management hereof feels sufficiently warranted in announcing at this time that enough has been accomplished to guarantee its success beyond expectation. Regardless of the fact that eight other weekly and daily papers will issue holiday editions on or about the same time, nevertheless The Seattle Republican will be the edition of editions that you will want to send to your friends at a distance if you desire to advertise the Queen iCty and at the same time send them a pleasant souvenir of yourself and business associates. The edition will contain the faces of FIVE HUNDRED well-known persons in Seattle, which will be printed on the finest as well as most unique paper ever used by any publication in the West, and the press work and make-up will be as good as artists can turn out. The strong feature about our Greater Seattle Edition will be the presentation of Seattle as it will be in a few short years, and, best of all, this presentation in a brief, terse manner, liberally interspersed with the faces of those men who are first and foremost in making it Greater Seattle. In purchasing, either for yourself or some one else, it is but natural that you purchase the best article that the amount of money set aside for said purchase will get, therefore do not overlook the fact that The Seattle Republican's Greater Seattle Edition, which will be sold for the same as the other publications, will be a hundred times more pleasing and satisfactory than any or all of the others. The Edition will be all wrapped and ready for mailing by not later than December 19th, in plenty of time to reach any point in the United States by Christmas. THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN, Main 305, A. W. Denny Building. that "George" recently regaled a score of his allies at a down-town rotissiere, and the coming campaign discussed, and the value of an astute mind to take up the baton and direct affairs politically, this seemed to just suit those assembled, but as the night wore on some of the gentlemen began a discussion as to whom would be a proper one to head the ticket for sheriff, and of course it was promptly shown that "George" would listen to none other than Lamping; this caused an immediate jar, for it developed that Lamping was not in high favor, for both J. W. McConnaughey and Frank Kennedy had their supporters, and instead of the placid wave of approval passing over the assemblage, as the suave manipulator of the gathering expected, it proved to be the reverse, and it is quite probable that another will be selected to lead who is not so unpopular with the younger element. Recent successes in certain of the most prominent cities throughout the country has inspired the local Democracy with new vigor, and they have already began to grow restless, and while one would presume that they would confine themselves to their own affairs, such is not the case, for they are already interesting themselves in certain precincts in the outer wards of this city, in framing up sentiment for two Republican aspirants for the shrievalty nomination, believing that if either Captain Irving Ward or George Lamping can secure that honor at the hands of the next Republican county convention, that a certain prominent attache connected with the present sheriff's force and who is slated as the Democratic nominee, with the opposition that the nomination of either of the two former would cause in their own party "Republican," would make the latter's election a certainty. However, these individuals, who are at this work, are not as formidable as they may presume, and while there may be a few malecontents ready to support them in their efforts, Bulgaria offers 30% discount to customers of Bulgarian companies. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON APR 29 1952 BLICAN PRICE FIVE CENTS yet the party will take good care to see that a nomination for sheriff is made that will meet with approval and support of every Republican, and not one of the fancy of certain Democrats. Dr. Samuel Burdette announces emphatically (that means that the ponderous medico intends doing things) that he will make the race for the coming legislature from the second ward, and what the genial gentleman wants will have to go, for the "doctor" would certainly make an ideal representatives, and King county would secure the senatorial toga for one of her favorite sons, if the gentleman goes down to Olympia in her interests, that is certain. Senator Will G. Potts has been missing from his accustomed haunts for several days past, and upon inquiry it was ascertained that the Senator was over near Winona hunting geese, and was making such a slaughter that he had wired his associate, at the Hotel Diller, to forward more ammunition as the geese were flying so thick that they resembled an Ohio majority, and he must shoot or collapse. Harry J. Lea, one of the most popular young business men in King county, is an avowed aspirant for the office of county clerk, and will put up as formidable fight as any candidate yet named for that honor. If a certain ex-Populist, or Republican as he now claims to be, surmises that he can conceal his former political record in his race for office he is decidedly mistaken, and when the time comes his condi- dacy will be a flat failure, for we are on, said a knowing one, one day last week, to the Pie-maker. There is an old saying about having to go away from home to hear the news. There is considerable truth in the statement, too, as to certain kinds of news. In the matter of political news about the situation in King county, some of our exchanges have much to say, and what they don't know is exceeded only by what they profess they do know. Some of the Tacoma papers are especially busy in giving out as facts, with regard to the political situation here, statements they wish were true; and as a lie will travel faster and go further than the truth, they are hoping to make political capital out of what they report is a chaotic condition here. Of course, the United States senaorship is the bone of contention, and from the fact that Pierce county's present candidates are reduced to one—it is not at all improbable, however, that Frank Cushman will not have to be reckoned with when the time comes—and King county has two, the efforts of one of Tacoma's publications, which essays to be a great political light, is being spent in trying to show how badly rent asunder is King county politicians. Then the bold statement is made that "When one stops to think of King county's politicians they are confronted with the fact that everybody that is anybody (politically) in King is dead." That is news, truly, and we of King county would never have known it, or even guessed it, but that it came to us from this "away from home" process. But it is all right, and if these Tacoma people can get any satisfaction out of believing King county is "hopelessly torn asunder," our generosity forbids an effort to disabuse them. This same well informed journal, "The Forum," has a lot to say about county affairs and politicians, also. It places Geo. U. Piper upon a pedestal of power among the "young Republicans," and stands Postmaster Stewart at the head of the list as the "whole thing" in local affairs. Then it tells us about the wonderful strength Governor McBride has in King county; that "he has a machine in that county that is going to do business," and that he is a "dangerous factor" therein. We are glad to get all this news, even if it has a slight fishy smell, by having traveled so far by water. While it is not in the power of man to forecast, accurately, just what will be done in King county, when the time comes, yet our contemps need lay no flattering unction to their souls that they will win out, over dead men's bones, in this section of the state. King county, has made mistakes in the past, and it is not becoming to boast; but well, just wait and see. ; tented Tales of the Town Bartlett Goes Free. Michael Bartlett, the accused wife murderer, is now a free man, a jury in the superior court having found him not guilty last Wednesday after listening to a trial covering three weeks or more. Bartlett and his friends and relatives can thank their lucky stars that they employed ‘‘Big Bill’’ Morris as the leading coun- sel in the case, or he might now have either a death sentence or a long term in the state prison hanging over him for his rash act. There is no doubt but that Bartlett was out of his right mind at the time he com- mitted the deed, but whether it was from drink or in- sanity was the question, and his attorneys seem to have convinced the jury that it was the latter instead of the former. In this connection The Republican rises to remark that Will H. Morris is unquestionably the leading criminal lawyer in the Northwest at the present time. Many in Seattle remember when Bill Morris was a police court practitioner, but he was born for bigger things, and he is now rapidly rising to that station in his profession ‘which he is destined to fill. Dunbar’s New Troubles. It begins to look as if Horace B. Dunbar, he of grand jury fame, is destined to lose the famous hostelry which has returned him such heavy revenues for the past few years on account (if all reports are true) more for the erooked gambling games that were run therein than from the hotel yenture. The Noyes heirs have already begun ejectment proceedings against him and done other things in connection with the prop- erty looking forward to putting Uncle Horace on the rollers. Dunbar manages to.always have trouble with the owners of the hotels that he rents. It is said that he lost a fomous hotel in Gincinnati because of differ- ences arising between himself :and the real owner of the property, and now he is experiencing similar trouble in Seattle: Get out of the business, Uncle. Many Court Complications. If King county. is not.a place of legal complications it would certainly so appear from the number of super- ior court judges that are,now daily grinding away on Profanity Hill. With the view of assisting the five regular judges of this county three visiting judges are now trying cases in this county, and even with that help it is thought’ by* some of the court officials that it will be utterly: impossible for the judges to get the dockets anyways near up by the time the court takes its regular sitmmer-vacation. ‘There seems to be a greater disposition onthe part of the citizens of this city to rush into ‘court with petty differences than anywhere else in the Northwest. Do Not Loiter There. ~ ~ L Taking a drink of aleoholie liquors is perhaps not half so bad in any respect as loitering around saloons. ‘The patron of a saloon that loiters about the same after he or she has gotten what they went there after is a dangerous character to the community in which he lives, and more because he, entices others into the place than anything else.” That he is taking his own life into his hands as well as that of Others is likewise true, for if a disturbance arises and there is any shooting done an innocent man is just as likely to get killed as the other fellow. Had Emit Desmit gotten his drink of whiskey and gone homé he, pérhaps, would now be a living man, instead of a déad’one. The Maple Leaf saloon at Van Asselt has been the scene of a good many desperate holdups and guii plays, but the one there last Wednesday night was perhaps the most fatal of any since the place has been in operation. Sep ieind ae Officer Peterson’s Error. When Officer Peterson rushed into the home of Fletcher Olliver and arrested him and then repeatedly knocked him down after he had been handeuffed, he not only exceeded his duties as a police officer but demonstrated the fact that he was a good deal more brute than human in his makeup. That there was family differences no one denies, but if police officers rush into every home where there are family differ- ences, arrest and handeuff the man of the family, the most of us would get a free ride to the station house periodically. The actions of Peterson reminds the writer of the actions of Officers Gill Phibrick and Chip- man, who some years ago peat a helpless woman in- sensible without cause, justification or exeuse, except her color and nationality. While the management of this paper counsels the Negro’s submission to the laws of the lands, yet when such dirty whelps resh into the homes of persons because they are of a different na- tionality to themselves and act as did Officer Peterson admit on the stand that he did, The Republican advises to shoot the brute to death in his tracks and abide other colored people, if the same is attempted on them, . ‘THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN. _——— OOOO the consequences of either the mob or the law. No one but an ignorant foreign whelp would have ever acted as did Peterson, and the sooner the colored folk of this country teach them a salutary lesson by shooting the heart of them the sooner will such acts cease to happen. Try to Live Honest. Whenever a jury gets hold of a slot machine operator he is found guilty immediately if not sooner. Jessie W. Lowery is the last slot machine opérator to go the wall, as he was found guilty, and got a fine of $10 and cost in Judge Cann’s court last Wednesday. Now a slotless slot machine is put on the carpet with a view of defying the law. Let every operator of such a robbing device be dosed with the same kind of medi- cine as was Lowery, for it is the same old game, only sugar-coated, Why men will stand up and proclaim to be honorable men and yet openly defy and break the laws of the land, is a question. The man who persists in running a slot machine when he knows it’s a violation of the law to do so, is no better than the man who insists on committing highway robbery or anything else that is contrary to the laws of the land and the one is as dangerous to society as the other. If one man can live by obeying the laws of the land the other man can, and all should make up their minds to do so, even though you have to quit robbing your fellow man and go to work with your hands as other men for the support of your wife and family. There Are Plenty Laborers. There is a great excavating machine at work on the federal building, which, to say the least, does the work of fifty or more men, and this is done despite the fact that a thousand able bodied men could be found, who would willingly go to work tomorrow, if given an op- portunity. While inventions are great things under certain conditions, yet there are times and conditions when to operate such time saving machines is detri- mental to the community and shows weakness on the part of the officials having charge of such things. There is absolutely no need of saving labor when labor is in abundance. The men are here to do the work and if the government desires to distribute the money it has to put out for such internal improvements it should see to it that as many of the citizens as possible receive a share of it. There is no excuse for the operation of such a machine in Seattle, considering the number of idle men ready and willing to work in the city and that, too, at moderate wages. Prospective Fuel Famine. With wood selling at prices that verges di gerously near onto a hold-up proposition and a coal famine al- most in sight, Seattleites would do well to keep a weather eye on their fuel consumption during the pres- ent winter season. Notwithstanding the fact that Se- attle is situated in one of the greaest coal belts and in one of the largest timber belts in the world, it is an actual fact that wood and coal are higher here than anywhere else in the United States. With millions of cords of wood wasting in the timbers not over five miles from Seattle the folk in the city are compelled to pay from $6 to $7 per cord for wood by the cord lots and from $10 to $12 per cord for it by the small lot. It is much cheaper to burn cpal and on the whole coal is sold at a very reasonable price, but in view of a coming famine of the coal output it will be impossible for the poor people to use fuel at all for the most part of this winter, which may cause untold suffering. Expressed Himself Too Freely. The young white man who was before Judge Cann for striking a young colored man in the face with a shovel and dangerously cutting him, will have plenty time, while serving out a thirty-day sentence and a hundred dollar fine, to repent for his rash act. When questioned by the judge as to why he struck the man with the bludgeon instead of slapping him with his hand, when he was so much stouter than the colored man, he replied: ‘‘Do you think I would use my hand on a nigger?’’ He was in the wrong court to use such language, and the judge promptly replied, ‘‘well, I’ll use the full extent of the law on you,’’ and he did it. Even if you think such things it is not always well to express them out in this Western world, for you do not always know the feeling of the other fellow on the Negro question of this country. Vote Against Titus. Next Monday the election for two directors of school district No. 1 will be held and at the same time to vote on the proposition of the erection of eight new school buildings. The two candidates that are before the peo- ple are Rey. Smith and Mrs. Dr. Titus. From a Demo- Republican standpoint there is no polities in the elec- tion, but from a Socialist standpoint it is all polities. The Titus family stands for and represc:.t. the inust demagougle doctrines ever advocated by sane people of this country, and in squelching the efforts of the Titus gang next Monday the Seattle people will show their good senses. The Tituses run a newspaper in this city that is a disgrace to the community and the citizens of the state would be doing the right thing if they would rise up in their might and prevent its dis- tribution. It is presumed that Mrs. Titus is heart and soul with the movement, for her husband is the editor thereof, and he is working night and day for her elec- tion. Undet such conditions as surround the Tituses ‘The Republican can not see how it is possible for Mrs. Titus to get a hundred votes, for even Socialists must know that the Titus teachings are revolutionary and nothing is ever accomplished by revolution except graves and debts. Parry Is Correct. The proposition of Councilman Parry to call a halt in public works is timely and well taken by the general public. If the same steps had been taken months ago Seattle’s streets would not now be impassable, in every direction. One ean not go north, south, eact or west in the city without meeting streets all torn up and practically impassible, and they will so con- tinue during the long winter season, and all because either too much work was let at the approach of winter or the contractors have been direlict in their duty and the latter is perhaps the real cause of the whole trouble. Erickson’s Newspaper Merger. i It is noted that John Erickson, the well known Swede, who came from the Klondike bringing much money as a result of his labors up there, has purchased both of the Scandinavian papers of this city and will combine them and give his countrymen a splendid weekly newspaper... The above is very commendable on the part of Mr. Erickson, and it should be highly appreciated by those of his countrymen in this coun- try, as well as by those in the old country, who have relatives and friends in America. His actions in that ‘is an example that might be emulated by the colored folk of this country, who spend so much of their valu- able time trying to tear down instead of build up some newspaper or periodical run by a colored man. If the colored folk would but lend a helping hand in such undertakings and then insist that the paper be run on business principles, all concerned would reap much more benefits therefrom. M. K. Robinson died last ‘Thursday morning and his funeral will be preached at the Bonney-Watson parlors Sunday at 2.30 p. m., Rev. J. M. Webb officiating. ‘At the rate claims of various kinds are being filed against the city it looks as though some one was guilty of a good deal of carelessness or else people consider the city treasury a public instead of a private graft. Judge H. G. Struve, who has but just returned from a four months’ tour of Europe, is regaling his friends with accounts of his trip, and incidentally enjoying again the many pleasant sights and sounds and impres- sions of the old world. Short ceremony should be used with one R. J. Garner, a confessed procurer, in applying to him the full ex- tent of the law, in such cases provided. If there is one vile criminal more represensible than another, and one less entitled to be at liberty, it is such as he. The Union street tunnel proposition is meeting with favor, especially with the teamsters and draymen. That it would be of vast benefit cannot be denied. In a city located upon and among hills, as Seattle is, the tunnel is the only solution of the heavy grade question. Seattle must come to it, and why not first as last. It is a happy conelusion of an unpleasant predica- ment whereby Mr. John Erickson, the owner of the northwest corner of First avenue and University street has agreed with the city with reference to the repair of the street at that place, made necessary because of a settling of the same as a result of excavation for the foundation. It is now expected that the very large and fine building under contemplation will be erected without further delay. From time out of mind the question of city printing has been a fruitful source of contention between rival newspapers. Seattle is just now getting an overdose of this sort of edifying literature. The Daily Times and the Daily Bulletin are the warring journals. The Bulletin has the law and right on its side, but the ‘Times has the work, and is still drawing down the fat pay, but.as the year is about up and. new bids must be submitted soon, the thing has broken out again in a virulent type, and the usual form of pet epithets are handed back and forth. Will such foolishness never cease? THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN Publishes the POLITICAL NEWS AND COMMENTS of this state every week. The prognostications of the Political Pot-Pie Column is admitted by all partisans and factionists in the state to come nearer hitting the "bull's eye" than any other in the state. Many of the leading politicians of the state keep a complete file of THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN, and hardly a week passes but that some politician writes to the office adding his testimony, which corroborates the above allegation. that covers the entire state as does no other publication in the state, and those persons in the state who are deeply interested in the politics of the state are beginning to learn that fact and are slowly but surely increasing the subscription list of the paper. YOU certainly are not posted on the politics of the state unless you are a regular and careful reader of The Seattle Republican. You certainly will not be able to make a successful candidacy for any state office unless you are posted on politics, and if you do not read THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN, the only paper in the state that makes a specialty of Political Prognostication both in and out of season, you certainly can not think for a minute that you are posted on politics. Regular, Reliable, Readable, Republican which can not be said of a great many papers for which you spend your money, and being, perhaps, far removed from the political center, you have no means of either verifying many of their wild statements, or, hearing a contrary opinion, you naturally are ignorant of the real situation, in which condition you absolutely would not be if you were a constant reader of the best political paper published in the state. It's up to you. neighbor whether you do politics on BUSINESS PRINCIPLES or like a school boy. If on business principles you intend to work on, start out properly by subscribing for The Better Way Success Not Always Honor. We are too much inclined to put the crown on the head of success. We say "Nothing succeeds like success." But that is not always true. Success by wrong methods is essential failure. A man may push his way to the front by crowding superior merit out of his path. By chicanery he may steal his bases and make his score. By so doing he has won place, perhaps, but not honor. Nor is he entitled to praise who in the spirit of selfishness has compelled recognition, not because of merit, but through a persistent ambition. The real honors of life are found along the path of self-abnegation in devotion to duty. "Act well your part, there all the honor lies."—Selected. Progression of Truth. Upon the mind of a devout believer new truths and principles of action are sure to dawn. No man embraces the whole round of truth in the moment of conversion; but if true to the consecration of that hour, new light will ever and again break out of the Word upon his soul. And if true to the heavenly vision, with ever accession of truth will come an uplift and enlargement that will distinctly add to the beauty and the charm of the life he leads. Truth, any truth, has in it a transforming and ennobling power. He who welcomes a new truth receives as a guest a princely friend who brings a dear companionship and bestows royal gifts. He Could Do Too Much. Chief Engineer Parsons, of Rapid Transit Tunnel repute, was one day visited by a young man who bore with him letters of introduction from certain Chicago notables. In consequence of this, Mr. Parsons gave him audience. "You wish a position?" said the chief engineer. "Yes, sir," replied the visitor. "What can you do? Have you any specialty?" "I can do almost anything." "Well," remarked Mr. Parsons, rising to end the interview, "I have no use for any one who can 'almost' do anything. I prefer some one who can actually do one thing thoroughly." THE SEA Publishes the POLITICAL M Pot-Pie Column is admitted by all pa the state. Many of the leading politi passes but that some politician writes It's that covers the entire state as does m politics of the state are beginning to l certainly are not posted on the politi certainly will not be able to make a su THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN, the season, you certainly can not think for Regular, Re which can not be said of a great many center, you have no means of either ve of the real situation, in which conditi lished in the state. It's up to you ne business principles you intend to work The SEA Telephone Main 305 THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN President Roosevelt to Young Men at Oyster Bay August 16. I do not want to see Christianity professed only by weaklings; I want to see it a moving spirit among men of strength. I do not expect you young men to lose one particle of your strength or courage by being decent. I desire to see in this country the decent men strong and the strong men decent, and until we get that combination in pretty good shape we are not going to be by any means as successful as we should be. There is always a tendency among very strong men and among boys who are not quite young men as yet to think that to be wicked is rather smart; it shows that they are men. Oh, how often you see some young fellow who boasts that he is going to see life, meaning by that that he is going to see that part of life which it is a thousandfold better if it remains unseen. I ask that every man here constitute himself his brother's keeper by setting an example to that younger brother which will prevent him from getting such a false estimate of life as that. Example is the most potent of all things. If any one of you in the presence of younger boys, and especially the younger people of your own family, misbehaves yourself, if you use coarse and blasphemous language before them, you can be sure that these younger people will follow your example and not your precept. It is no use to preach to them if you do not act decently yourself. Just as I was driving up here a friend who was with us said that in his experience the boy who went out into life with a foul tongue was apt so to go because his kinsfolk—at least his intimate associates—themselves had foul tongues. But while the life in the family cannot do everything, while the associations of friendship cannot do everything, still the friends, the father, the elder brothers, can do most toward seeing that the boys as they become men become clean and honorable men. I have told you that I wanted you not only to be decent, but to be strong. These boys are not going to admire virtue that is of a purely anaemic type. They admire those who have the quality of being brave, the quality of facing life as life should be faced, the quality that must stand at the root of good citizenship in peace or in war. If you are to be effective as good Christians you have got to possess strength and courage, or your example will count for little with the young, who admire strength and courage. I want to see the young fellow able to do a man's work in the world, and of a type which will not permit imposition to be practiced upon him. I want to see him too strong a spirit to submit to wrong, and, on the other hand, ashamed to do wrong to others. There is no good of your preaching to your boys to be brave if you run away. There is no good of your preaching to them to be unselfish if they see you disregardful of others yourself. In the last analysis, the whole future of the state depends upon the average citizen having in his nature the mixture of strength and honesty which make in their sum what we call good citizenship, to the making up of which go many qualities. In the first place, the quality of honesty—honesty, including decency in private life, cleanliness of word, cleanliness of speech as well as of life; decency toward the state, including honesty, which, if it is really possessed, stands as the basis of patriotism itself; that is indispensable. I do not care how strong a man was or how brave he was, if he was crooked. If he did not have in him the love of his country, then his other qualities made him a curse. The man who had no love of country was a traitor; and if he was strong and able and brave he was only the more formidable and dangerous traitor. So in civil life; the greater a man's ability, if it is not combined with the moral sense, the more dangerous that man is as a citizen, the worse he is as a citizen. Unless there is a spirit of honesty in a man, unless there is a moral sense, his courage, his strength, his power but make him a dangerous creature. With the holding up of a citizen under the University street viaduct, on Western avenue, attention is called to the fact that there are many dark and lonesome corners within the very heart of the city, where thugs can easily ply their vocation. With sufficient light illuminating these places, such holdups would be less frequent. Especially dark and gloomy is the stairway leading from University down to Post street at the rear of the postoffice. BLICAN are prognostications of the Political the "bull's eye" than any other in REPUBLICAN, and hardly a week above allegation. er ate who are deeply interested in the subscription list of the paper. YOU of The Seattle Republican. You on politics, and if you do not read Prognostication both in and out of Republican aps, far removed from the political opinion, you naturally are ignorant order of the best political paper pub- LES or like a school boy. If on BLICAN Seattle, Wash. THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN Established May. 1894. H. R. Cayton ..... Editor Susie Revels Cayton ..... Associate Entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second-class Mail Matter. Bona Fide Circulation ..... 2,500 Office, A. W. Denny Bldg., 1414 Second. Telephone Main 305. It is too late to do any more kicking, now that the football season is over. That being the case, those wives who, for fear of the "kick," have delayed purchasing that needed winter coat and hat, can do so with impunity. No one need feel any alarm because Dowie has placed his ban on kissing. This is the age when laws are simply made to sound well, not to be obeyed. The lovelorn will be billing and cooping just the same; they may be a little shy about it when Dowie is near, however. It is a deplorable state of affairs that obtains in Colorado and Utah, because of the coal miners' strike. The miners and taeir families are threatened with want and suffering, if indeed these are not already their position, and the states are placed at an enormous expense in keeping armed forces in the camps to maintain order and protect property and individual rights. The return of the surviving remnant of the Liberian negroes to this country, after the abject failure of the The Puyallup Valley Tribune is "the brightest and most up-to-date country weekly issued in the entire north-west." At least, that is what that paper modestly(?) says of itself, and as it ought to know, being no doubt an impartial judge, we must accept its statement as true. The Dreyfus case is to be opened again. If the Associated Press and other news services desire to keep the good will of the reading public, they will be very brief in their reports, or "cut it out" entirely. This generation has had about enough of Dreyfus. It prefers new news The turkeys that escaped being sacrificed on the altar of our national Thanksgiving day will have time only to come down from their high perches for one or two good gobbles before they will have to scoot for tall timber again, owing to the rapid oncoming of Christmas, and a returning turkey appetite. It is unofficially announced that the United States contemplates the invasion of the new republic of Panama with a large armed force, in the not distant future. The weapons will be pick and shovel, and the way they will dig that ditch and change the geography of this continent will be a sight to behold. An augury of better things is promised in the almost wholesale indictment for crime and arrest of persons in high places. They are not always proven guilty, but that high position is no immunity from arrest for real or suspected wrong doing is the thing that is full of promise. The Renton Reporter says: "A young lady correspondent wants to know how to remove surplus hair from the upper lip," and for answer suggests "make him shave." If he will not make him sit at the other end of the lounge. It is much easier to keep it off the lips than to remove it when once tried on. Congressman Cushman has thrown the weight of his influence against the appointment of Hal Cole as receiver of the Spokane land office, who is the choice of both senators, but bitterly opposed by Secretary Hitchcock. The indications are that Cole will not be appointed, and the senators will be thwarted in their efforts to pay a political debt. Judge Rankin of Yakima county refused a divorce to a couple recently and reproved them for seeking a separation on such frivolous pretexts. He told them they should be spanked for their foolishness and to go home and live together in peace. The judge should have gone a step farther and administered the spanking. It might have had a wholesome effect. Dr. Bayard Holmes of Chicago declares that all teachers should be married. In many places in this western country, a woman who is married is barred from teaching. There is the difference between theory and practice. It is possibly fair to the lady teachers, however, to say that it probably is not their own fault that they are not married. The Hearst syndicate papers, including the Seattle Times, are still nursing the lonesome boomlet of their patron saint for the Democratic presidential nomination. This country may be degenerating along some lines, but it has not come to the time or place yet when it wants a "Willie boy" for president; or yet his nomination by a party that has no hopes of winning. It is a deplorable state of affairs that obtains in Colorado and Utah, because of the coal miners' strike. The miners and taurir families are threatened with want and suffering, if indeed these are not already their portion, and the states are placed at an enormous expense in keeping armed forces in the camps to maintain order and protect property and individual rights. The return of the surviving remnant of the Liberian negroes to this country, after the abject failure of the scheme to settle the race question by deporting them to their native heath, The death of a greater portion of those who went out and the story of hardships endured by all, as told by these survivors, will not help the wild deportation plans that are being urged in some localities. It is an acknowledged fact that the best guarantee of national peace is an abundant preparation for war, and, in view of the action of other nations in enlarging their navies, the United States does well to be active, but the proposition of Richard P. Hobson, that congress shall appropriate $2,750,000,000 to be applied during the next fifteen or twenty years in piling up engines of war in the shape of naval equipment, is altogether too much of a good thing. The proposition to give Alaska a delegate in congress is good, is proper, and should meet with no opposition. That of giving it two delegates is far better. Large as is the territory, diversified as are its interests, and as widely sundered as are the two leading parts thereof, the southeast and the western, it would be a physical impossibility for one man to properly represent the whole of that vast land. A'aska's interests, as well as that of this state, so closely allied with it, demands two delegates in congress. There is a vast deal of difference in human nature after all. Andrew Carnegie made his millions, but says it is a crime to die rich, and is trying hard to give away his vast wealth. A down east man who recently died made provision in his will for a monument that will consume all the fortune he left, and his wife is left practically penniless. Senator Ankeny of this state is said to have said that he does not propose to give of his wealth to charity. What his ideas are as to its ultimate use remains to be seen The matter of a parcel post is receiving considerable attention of late. While it would be of convenience in many instances, yet conditions do not seem to justify such an increase to the postal expense of the nation. The class that would be most largely benefited would be the department store doing a mail-order business, and to the positive detriment to the dealers in the smaller cities and towns. If the desire is to drive these to the wall and concentrate the retail business to mail-order houses, pass such a bill and encourage another trust. Time and tide wait for no man. Tides come and go with regular precision, and time sweeps by as on wings of the wind. Last summer Seattle celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. A few days ago at Walla Walla, the fifty-sixth anniversary of the massacre of Dr. Marcus Whitman was celebrated. A half century and more has passed since they who builted better than they knew first set foot on the soil of this grand commonwealth. In no way are we reminded, however, of the flight of time more than by the accounts that fairly burden the pages of the public press of late in accounts of the death of these early pathfinders. Here and there they are dropping all around us, the fathers and mothers who, forty, fifty and sixty years ago hewed their way into the then wilderness and laid the foundation of the greatness we today enjoy, and are to occupy for a time until, in our turn, we, too, will be reported as not. All honor to those noble, hardy pioneers. The memory of their lives and achievements will ever be an inspiration to those who yet live in the flesh. A Method of Economy A Method of Economy Watch our windows for practical demonstration of the fact that your light bill is in your own control. See small cost of lighting, if your necessities are carefully handled. We carry lamps in sizes to suit every condition of lighting, and cheerfully suggest economical methods. Seattle Electric Co. 907 FIRST AVE. Capitol Hill... Nature's most favored spot for lovely Residences. One hundred new residences within the past 12 months :: Moore Investment Co. LUMBER EXCHANGE BUILDING PHONE MAIN 60 Call on us for YOUR PIANO as OUR PRICES and TERMS ARE THE LOWEST Pianos sold as low as $6.00 Per Month Sherman, Clay & Co. STEINWAY DEALERS THE NETTLETON LAUNDRY TONGS BOTTLE MAN YES SIR! HERE'S THE BEER, SIR! RAINIER- THE ONLY BEER, SIR! SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. SEATTLE WASHINGTON. L. C. SMITH, Pres. J. W. CLISE, V. Pres. C. R. COLLINS, General Mgr. UP-TO-DATE GAS UP-TO-DATE METHODS 1425 FIRST AVENUE Phones: Sunset Main 1186 Ind. 75 BONNEY-WATSON CO. UNDERTAKERS Preparing bodies for shipping a specialty. All orders by telephone or telegraph promptly attended to. Telephone Main 13. Diamond Ice Leaves no slime in the refrigerator, because it is made from distilled artesian water. TEL PIKE 159 Peoples' 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. R. H. Denny, Vice-President. J. T. Greenleaf, Cashier. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT The National Bank Of Commerce H. C. HENRY, Pres. R. R. SPENCER, Cashier. Head Office, Toronto. Established 1867. Capital ..... $8,700,000 Surplus ..... 3,000,000 London Office ..... 60 Lombard St. New York Office ..... 18 Exchange Place. Over 100 Branches in Canada and the United States, including DAWSON CITY, ATLIN, WHITE HORSE, and ANCOVER IN Canada, and SAN BRANCIOSC, PORTLAND, SEATTLE, and SKAGWAY in U. S. Drafts, Letters of Credit, and Commercial Credits issued available in any part of the world. Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Seattle Branch G. V. HOLT, Manager. THE PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE. Capital stock paid in.....$528,000 Surplus ..... $5,000 Jacob Furth, President; J. S. Goldsmith, Vice President; R. V. Ankeny, Cashier. Correspondence in all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK. Capital Paid up ..... $ 300,000.00 Surplus ..... 150,000.00 Deposits ..... 2,250,000.00 Interest on time and Savings Deposits. Drafts and money orders issued on all pages of the world. parts of the world. Cor. Yesler Way and First Ave. South. JAMES A. MURRAY, President. J. P. GLEASON, Manager. M. M. MURRAY, Cashier American Savings Bank & Crust Co. Cor. Second and Madison Capital Stock $200,000.00 4 per cent interest paid on deposits. A general banking business transacted FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE, WASH. Paid up capital.....$150,000 JAMES D. HOGE, JR., President. LESTER TURNER, Cashier. MAURICE M'MICKEN, Vir's President. F. F. PARKHURT Asst. Cashier. A general banking business transacted. Letters of credit sold on all principal cities of the world. Special facilities for collesting on British Columbia, Alaska and all Pacific Northwest points. We have a bank at Cape Nome. CLAYEVERSOLE Fitting Glasses is our exclusive business. You can rely on our method of fitting. We can also testify to our ability. The Eversole Optical Co. 708-second Ave., Seattle New York Building H.CLAY EVERSOLE Printing We are better equipped for turning out satisfactory printing at satisfactory prices than any other office in Seattle, and we do it Acme Publishing Co. Phones: Red 1971. Ind. 130 214 Columbia St. Flat Rates Per Annum For Continuous Service 2000-Volt Alternating Current Delivered at Customer's Premises Under Term Contracts, Sundays Excepted. H. P. 10 Hours. 24 Hours. 100 $40.00 per H.P. $50.00 per H.P. 200 37.50 per H.P. 47.50 per H.P. 300 35.00 per H.P. 45.00 per H.P. 400 32.50 per H.P. 42.50 per H.P. 500 30.00 per H.P. 40.00 per H.P. 1000 35.00 per H.P. Intermediate Loads Take the Rate Next Preceeding. Seattle Cataract Co. CO. Office and Works: Seventh Ave. and Jefferson St. Seattle. MORAN BROS. CO. Manufacture and Sell LUMBER For All Purposes SEATTLE . . . . . WASH. John H. McGraw Geo. B. Kittinger REAL ESTATE Fire and Marine Insurance Boom B, Bailey Building Telephone Main 666 BUILDING MATERIAL Of all kinds. The very best. delivered on short notice. STETSON POST MILL CO. Established 1875. Tel. Main 3. Founders and Machinists J. M. FRINK, Prep. and Supt Washington Iron Works J. M. FRINK, Prop. and Supt Works, Grant St. Bridge, Seattle Phone Main 94 Finest Suits, the finest Hats, the finest Skirts, Fall Millinery Waists and Silk Peticoats in the North- west at the M. D. Pease Suit and Millinery House 1305 Second Ave. Arcade. R. M. Kinnear A. L. Brown Phone Main 822 KINNEAR & BROWN Investment Brokers Real Estate and Mining 205 Cherry St Seattle, Wash. Phones Black 8022. Ind. A 1911 Agne "The Printer" 214 Spring Street Seattle, Wash ALBERT HANSEN JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Rich Cut Glass, Etc. U. R. NEXT Opposite Bismarck Cafe FRANK'S BARBER SHOP F. T. ANDERSON, Prop. Expert Hair Cutting and Shaving Corner Post and Madison Streets Columbia St. FINE CLOTHES FOR GENTS D. B. SPELLMAN Practical Plumber and Gasfitter. Sanitary Plumbing a Specialty. 212 Columbia Street. It is wonderful how much energy some people are putting forth to try and prove that a spade is not a spade. The slot-machine gamblers are determined to die hard if die they must, but with the speed manifested by officers of the law in delaying or refusing to prosecute, and their degree of higher education that enables them to understand that legislators mean, in some cases, just what they did not say, or just opposite to what they did say, it looks very much as though vain is the hope of man when he expects justice and wisdom from modern-times official sources. We wonder if that was genuine socialist doctrine expressed by Mrs. Titus the other evening, when she declared if she were elected on the school board she would do all she could to have the board spend double the amount it did last year for school purposes, because "it is not the socialists, but the people who own property, who pay taxes. I would spend as much of their money as possible," says she. Only one thought seemed to dominate, and that was to despoil the property owners, with no thought of the interests of the children or the economic use of money. She made one true statement, however, and lucky 'tis, 'tis true, and that was that she would not be elected. Because "none of the socialists pay taxes," as declared by Mrs. Titus, the candidate of that cult for school director, at last Sunday night's meeting, it does not follow that all persons who do not pay taxes are socialists, but because socialists do not pay taxes and have no part in the maintenance of the government, may be a good explanation of why they are socialists. They will not, at least do not, according to Mrs. Titus, help support the government, but want the government to support them. In other words, they want those who have been thrifty and have that which pays taxes, to turn the same over to the government, that they who are too shiftless, indolent or improvident, to provide for themselves, may be provided for. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1904 Almanac The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1904 Almanac. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1904 is now ready. It will be mailed to any address for 30 cents. It is surprising how such an elegant, costly book can be sent prepaid so cheaply. No family or person is prepared to study the heavens, or the storms and weather in 1904, without this wonderful Hicks Almanac and Prof. Hicks splendid paper, Words and Works. Both are sent for only one dollar a year. Word and Works is among the best American magazines. Like the Hicks Almanac, it is too well known to need further commendation. Few men have labored more faithfully for the public good or found a warmer place in the hearts of the people. Send orders to Word and Works Publishing Co., 2201 Locust st., St. Louis, Mo. Bring the Children To see Buster Brown and the Elevated Electric Street Car --- Visit our Toy Shop and see .the vast array of toys and .dolls. .Nowhere in Seattle .can you find such an .immense variety of playthings. Early .purchasing is desirable. .Crowds will increase .from day to day. We'll hold .your toys until you .wish .them delivered. SPELGER & HURLBUT SECOND AND UNION --- While we are wont to boast of this, our proud city of Seattle, of its size, its rapid growth, its business, its general aggressiveness, and of the "Seattle spirit" back of it all, and are disposed to sneer and poke fun at our old rival, Tacoma, yet there are some things in which we might emulate Tacoma, to great advantage. One thing in particular Tacoma has decided upon, the like of which is very much needed here, is a permanent exhibit of manufactured articles. It is not necessary to elaborate upon the benefit and advantage of such a display, for it is apparent to all. In connection therewith could very properly be kept a display of natural products, fruits, grains, etc., etc., evidencing the vast variety of possibilities of the city and country tributary hereto, reaching out even to Alaska. To longer delay in this matter will be to fail to live up to all that the "Seattle spirit" implies. SCIENTIFIC The highest temperature at which a living organism can exist is probably 89 degrees centigrade, or 103 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the temperature of hot springs, in which filamentous microorganisms have been found by Professor W. A. Setchell. He searched carefully for life in the geyseys of Sonoma county, California, which are still hotter, but was unsuccessful. The limits of life in water containing silica are considerably lower, and they are lower still in water containing lime. No organisms were found in acid waters, and all the strictly thermal organisms are of very low grade. The cell structure is peculiar, and the protoplasm must be different from the ordinary kind, for that would be coagulated by the heat. The exact nature of this difference, however, is yet undiscovered. In children at the "growing period," we are assured by a recent medical writer, weight is quite the most important indication of general health that we can have. The importance of keeping a careful and systematic record of weight at this time can not be exaggerated. Such observations, taken, say at intervals of two weeks apart for several years, are of great value to the physician in furnishing information regarding the child's real condition of health. A growing child, the writer goes on to say, should weigh, at five, about a pound for every inch of its height, and after this the increase should be about two pounds per inch of growth, or a little more. When weight exceeds this it is rather a sign of good health than otherwise. Insurance companies now regard persons below normal weight as bad risks, as they are considerably more liable to contract infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. In a recent series of experiments to test the accuracy of observation and memory, different persons were shown various combinations of figures, colors, lines, etc., and called upon to reproduce or describe them after the expiration of certain stated periods. Experiments on consecutive days showed a steady increase of error, apparently due to persistence of old mistakes, with the addition of others. The feeling of certainty in the subject's mind was found to bear no relation to the real accuracy of his answers. An interesting point is that, where combinations had been carefully committed to memory, the percentage of error decreased with time, the memorized combinations "turning up" in the mind spontaneously. This evidently accords with common experience. Paving flags are now made from a mixture of clinker and cement in the proportion of four to one. The two substances are mixed in mixers, and subjected to hydraulic pressure of about a thousand pounds to the square inch in molds; they are then taken out and stacked in open air for two or three months, after which time they are ready for use. Another handicraft is being done by machinery. It has always been thought that gun-setting, or the final adjustment of rifle barrels, could only be done by hand. Barrel-setting is an exceedingly delicate operation, and on its perfection depends the accuracy of the gun. The barrel, after being bored and polished, looks perfectly straight to the ordinary observer, but this is far from being the case; and so carefully has the inaccuracy to be remedied, that it has always been done by hand. The barrel-setters sets a straight line as a gauge, and sights through the barrel as if it were a telescope; any slight inaccuracy is then shown by a crooked reflection in the polished bore. This has to be remedied by topping the barrel. To know where and how hard to top requires great skill, and only now has a machine been invented which will do it. This machine is being used by the British government in setting army rifle barrels. Its design and operation are carefully kept a secret, and for the present will only be used for government work. Many scientists are working on the problem of producing efficient artificial light. All our present methods of lighting by electricity are exceedingly wasteful of power, practically all of it going to the production of heat. The object, then, is to produce a light, electrically, without a large heat loss. The most promising lamp just now is the Nernst incandescent, in which the present incandescent carbon filament is replaced by a pencil of magnesia and other similar earths. These are kept in a state of incandescence by the passage of an electric current. Unfortunately, the "glower," as the pencil is called, is not a conductor of electricity until it is hot, so that some form of preheater is needed to bring the glower to such a temperature that will conduct, and so give light. It has been proved that X-rays can be produced directly in air without the aid of the familiar Crookes vacuum tube. If two parallel metallic plates, separated by a short distance, are charged with electricity, what is known as a field of force is produced between them; if, now, a pencil of ultra-violet rays be directed on one of the plates, X-rays are produced. The activity of the rays so produced is dependent on the strength of the field of force and on the intensity of the ultra-violet rays. The rays so produced have all the properties of the ordinary X-rays, produced by the vacuum tube. The ultra-violet rays used in the production are obtained from various sources, such as the electric arc, electric spark, and other types of discharges. SMILES. A Unique Scrap Book. An East Side druggist is preparing a unique scrape book. It contains the written orders of some customers of foreign birth, and these orders are both curious and amusing. Here are some that are copied from the original: "I have a cute pain in my child's diagram. Please give my son something to release it." "Dear Docther, ples gif bearer five sense worse Auntie Toxyn for garle baby's throat and obleage." "My little baby has eat it father's parish plaster. Send an anecdote as quickly as possible by the inclosed girl." "This child is my little girl. I send you five cents to buy two sitless powders for a groan up adult whi is sike." "You will please give the leetle boy five cents' worth of epacac for to throw up in a five months old babe. N. B.—The babe has a sore stummick." "I haf a hot time in my insides and wich I would like it to be extinguished. What is good for to extinguish it? The enclosed money is the price of the extinguisher. Hurry, pleas." Three of Them Tom-I asked old Goldman for his daughter last night. Dick—What luck? Tom—Well, it was what you might call a run of luck. I got away. She—They haven't found a name for that baby in the flat upstairs yet. He—The one that cries so? She—Yes. He—Well, that's strange. The neighbors have called it everything they could think of. Muggins—They say cigarettes will turn the skin yellow. Buggins—I should say that's right. Every time I catch my boy smoking them he gets tanned. Fashionable Life. Mrs. De F.—My dear, I have picked out a husband for you. Miss De F.—Very well; but I want to say right now, mother, that when it comes to buying the wedding dress I am going to select the material myself; so there!" E. R. BUTTERWORTH & SONS E. R. BUTTERWORTH & SONS Now occupy their new building, The Butterworth Block, 1921 First Avenue, two blocks north of Pike Street, where they have a very complete establishment and everything under one roof. Call and see the place. TELEPHONES: SUNSET, MAIN 949 : : : : : INDEPENDENT 949 Of Men and Women. Man admires woman, but loves himself; woman loves man, but admires herself. He who thinks to please her by taking her at her word is either a born fool or a self-made one. Man is logical, but unreasonable; woman, irrational, but convincing. If a man observes a woman carefully, he will learn everything about her—that she wants him to know. The best cure for a man's conceit is woman's laughter. Why He Was Sad. "What air ye lookin' so downhearted about—with good craps, good health, an' plenty o' money?" "Well, you see—with ever'thing so prosperous, they ain't nuthin' in the world to growl about." Airy Persiflage on the Sound. The big launch groaned. But the giddy young thing who was talking to the man at the wheel was a good sailor and didn't mind a bit of rough weather. "Doesn't it seem unnecessarily cruel, captain," she said, "to box a compass?" "Not any more so, miss," he replied, grimly, "than to paddle a canoe." And the launch groaned some more. A West Virginia Gem. A Woman, in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy and hard to please. Yet seen more oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Parson White—Bruudah Jones, dis chicken am sahtinly fine; 'may I inquire if dere am any moah fo' sale whar yo' got him? Deacon Jones—Dere am only; one moah, pahson, an' it would take nuffin short of a Langley airship to get him. How foolish it is for a man to expect his wife always to look like the blushing bride he buncoed at the altar. The Beggar—Kind, sir, would you please help a poor man; I have a wife and— The Gent—So have I, old boy, and you know the rest. First Kid—Say, Billy, is there a skeleton in the closet at your house. Second Kid—Yes, two of them, but you would never think it when they dress up and go out on the street. Modes.t "Remember," said the serious man, "that money is not the only thing to be striven for in this life." "Maybe not," answered Senator Sorghum, "but a whole lot of people think it is, and I am not egotist enough to try to set any new fashions." Defined. Who is wise? He who can learn from everybody. Who is strong? He who can control his passions. Who is rich? He who is satisfied with his lot. Who is honorable? He who honors others. Of the latest and best makes. Photograph supplies. Washington Dental Co., Seattle, Wash. Walker Portrait and Picture Co. 1424 Third ave. Frames made to suit you. Agts wanted. Wheeler & Wilson son and Domestic tic. H. Hansen, 215 Columbia. Phone Blk 1621. R. W. BUTLER Contractor and Builder All work guaranteed and all contracts lived up to. Phone Buff 1267 2022 Eighth Ave E. R. BUTTERWOR A silent tongue shows a wise head. Don't grumble. If you can't see anything good in this world, keep the bad to yourself. Learn to avoid all ill-natured remarks and everything calculated to cause friction. "How shall I dress tomorrow?" is the all-important question that fills the mind of a woman in a sleeping car for the first time. Nothing can be insignificant upon which God has set his seal. An approving conscience is better than an applauding world. Nicely Furnished Rooms, by the day or week. Rates reasonable, at 515 James Street. Mrs. Sarah Grose, Proprietress. If you want to borrow money on your diamonds, jewelry or watches at low rates, don't hunt up your "friends." Go to the American Watch and Jewelry Co., 908 First Ave., private offices, and business strictly confidential. **** MANAGER WANTED: Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for well and favorably known house of solid financial standing. $20.00 straight cash salary and expenses paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address Manager, 610 Monon Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Uncle Joe's SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR THE HOLIDAYS ARE NOW ON. WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, CLOCKS, UMBRELLAS AND OPERA GLASSES WILL ALL BE SOLD AT PRICES UN- EQUALED IN THE CITY. Phone John 1031 517 Second Avenue. STYLISH STATIONERY ARTISTIC PRINTING DENNY-CORYELL CO. 716 First Ave. Seattle Clothes Pressing Co. We sponge and press one suit each week for $1.50 per month. WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER PROMPTLY Phones: Sunset, Green 921; Independent, A 678. 1005 Third Ave. The Short Line To Chicago and East IS THE North-Western Line IS THE 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 seattl. TH & SONS ERS AND EMBALMERS building, The Butterworth two blocks north of Pike very complete establish- er one roof. INDEPENDENT 949 NOTICE OF SUMMONS. No. 4055%. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County. J. W. Brown, plaintiff, vs. John L. Miles and Mrs. John L. Miles, his wife, if any, and L. A. Gassaway, and all persons unknown, if any, having colored an interest or estate in and to the hearer described real property, defendants. State of Washington to John L. Miles and Mrs. John L. Miles, his wife, if any, and L. A. Gassaway, who are the owners, or r. reputed owners, who are unknown or unknown due to or having an interest or desire in and to the hereinafter described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named proprietor J. W. Brown, is the owner of the certain deed certificates, numbered as hereinafter stated, issued by the County Treasurer of King County, State of Washington, embracing the state of real property situated in the King County township and more particularly described as rollows, to-wit: Delinquent tax certificate No. B191621 lot 7, block 45, Salmon Bay Park Addition to City of Seattle, Washington, as described in the town of Bellard). King County, Washington. Delinquent tax certificate No. B191621 lot 8, block 45, Salmon Bay Park Addition to City of Seattle, Washington, as described in the town of Bellard). King County, Washington. Delinquent tax certificate No. B19141, lot 9, block 45, Salmon Bay, lodon, OH. Not otherwise described as being located in the town of Ballard), King County, Washington. That said certificates were issued on the 19th day of September, 1903, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: for the Tax certificate No. B19612, for year 1988, 78 cents. 18 Tax certificate No. B19613, for year 1898, 73 cents. 1895, 7 Tax certificate No. B19614, for year 1923, 23 cents. 18 That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to-wit: Lot 7, block 45, as aforesaid. Lot 9, block 45, as aforesaid. Lot 9, block 45, as aforesaid. Total to September 19, not including cost of this action, $2.19. Which several sums bear interest at the rate of 15 per cent, payable annum from said date, and all are the unpaid and unredeemed taxes upon and unpaid said real property. against him and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and vice of this notice, by publication of the first day of publication, to-wit: 10 days after the 23d day of October, 1904 after the above entitled court and action, and defend this action and answer the complaint of said plaintiff the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with the fees inter- do, judgment will be rendered against real property for the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, im- parcel of said property at the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against it, respectively as provided by law, and we imposed in plaintiff's com- court, now on file in this cause and complaint, and for other relief as prayed in complaint. J. W. BROWN, Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT, Prosecuting Attorney. By JOHN MURPHY, Deputy. Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address: 501 and 506 Marion Once address Building, Seattle, Washington. First publication October 23, 1903; last publication December 4. 1903. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. No. 40709. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of King, Flora M. Emery, plaintiff, of L. Emery, is known as Harry L. defendant. Emery, defended. The State. Washington to the said Horace L. Emery, otherwise known as Harlan L. Emery, defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summonetwitt: within sixty days after the 23d day of October, 1903, and defend the above entitled action of Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of King, which county the plaintiff designates as the place of trial, answer the defendant of the plaintiff in said action, and serve a copy of your answer upon his office and post office address below stated, and in case of failure so to do judgment will be rendered against the plaintiff's complaint, which has been filed with the court of said Court. The nature of object of said action is to obbounds of matrimony heretofore existing between you, the said defendant, said plaintiff, upon the grounds of abandonment and desertion of abanlso that plaintiff awarded the custody of the minor child of said plaintiff and defendant. Robert D. R. Emery, the costs of this action. and for the Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 23rd day of October, 1903, the day of the first publication hereof. D. B. TREEFTHEN. Attorney for Plaintiff. Office and post office address: Rooms 77-80 Saef Deposit Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. Oct. 23-Dec. 4. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. No. 40642. Notice and Summons. J. W. Brown, Plaintiff, vs. Chas G. Reynolds and Jane De Reynolds, his wife, whose true christian name is unknown, if any, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or claim in and to the hereinafter described real property, Dedendants. State of Washington to Chas, G. Reynolds and Jane Doe Reynolds, whose true identity is unknown, are the owners or reputed owners of, and all persons unknown, claiming or having an interest orEssay in and to the herelinafter described real property. And each of you are hereby notified that the above named plains J. W. Brown, is the certain delinquency certificate, numbered certain or stated, issued by the county Treasurer of King County, State of Washington, embracing real property situated in said King County, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: larry deasert Delinquent Tax Certificate No. B19625. Lot 48, Inblock 2, Green Lake Electric Motor Addition, Seattle, King County, Washington That said certificate was issued on the 19th day of September, 1903, for the Probably babies talk that way because they want to guy their lady friends. following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B19625, 1898, 80 cents. That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to wit. Lot 48, Block 2, as aforesaid, $1.32, 1899-1900-1-2. To total to September not included, $2.12. With several sums bear interest at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum from at date of payment, and are all the unpaid and unredeemed taxes upon and withholding. You and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service, not later than the day of publication, to-wait: sixty days after the 23rd day of October, 1903, in the above entitled Court and action and defend this action and answer the service that you give to the copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with penalty, interest and costs, will be filed against you and against you rendered against you and against each parcel of said real property for the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, including costs, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the sums charged and found against it respectively as provided by law, and as prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and Court, and other relief as prayed in said complaint. J. W. BROWN, Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT, Prosecuting Attorney, and JOHN C. MURPHY, Deputy, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address: 501 and 506 Marion Building, Seattle, Wash. First publication October 23, 1903. Last, December 4, 1903. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. In Probate. In the Matter of the Estate of John W. Wilson. Deceased. No 5561. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given to all creditors of John W. Wilson, deceased, and to all persons having claims against said John W. Wilson, or against his estate, no present then, or against said deceased, or against his estate, together with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the date of this notice, to the undersigned, administrator of the estate of John W. Wilson, deceased, room 509 Kluight Lifes Building, King County, Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. Wilson, Deceased. BALLINGER, RONALD & BATTLE, Attorneys for Administrator. Oct. 23-Nov. 20. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE SHORE LANDS. Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia, Washington. Notice is hereby given that Jacob Furth filed an application in this office to purchase the following described shore lands of the second class, situate in King County, Washington, to-wit: All shore lands of the second class owned by the State of Washington situate in front of, or on upon that portion of the government meander line in front of the uplands described as follows— All that portion of lot 1, section 13-25-4 E., W. M., which lies south of a line parallel to the south line of said lot 1 and distant 14.19 chains north thereof; having a frontage of 28.52 linear chains; also in front of lot 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 and the north half of lot 8, section 24-25-4 E., W. M., and having a frontage of 123.39 linear chains; Also in front of lot 1, 2, 3 and 5 sections; E. having a frontage of 80.42 linear chains; The several descriptions together have a total of 223.32 linear chains more or less, measured along the meander line according to a certificate copy of every ermine file of every theremember file in the office of the commissioner of public lands at Olympia, Wash. Appraised at $10 per chain. The application for and appraisement of the above described shore land shall stand approved and confirmed if no notice of the filing within the time prescribed by law. Date of first publication, 23rd day of October, 1903. Last, November 20, 1903. S. A. CALLVERT, Commissioner of Public Lands. NOTICE AND SUMMONS. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for King county. Alice J. Ely, plaintiff, vs. W. H. Fife and Jane Doe Fife, his wife, whose true Christian name is to plaintiff unknown, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in the later after described real property defendants. State of Washington to W. H. Fife and Jane Doe Fife, his wife, who are the owners or reputed owners of, and all persons unknown, claiming or having an interest or estate in and to the later after described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above found plaintiff, Alice J. Ely, is the holder of four certain delinquent tax certificates, numbered as hereafter stated, issued by the County Treasurer of King County. State of Washington, embracing the following real property situated in said King County, Washington and more particularly described as follows, to wit: Delinquent Tax Certificate No. B1616—Lot 16, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Club Park Add. Delinquent Tax Certificate No. B1617—Lot 16, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Club Park Add. Delinquent Tax Certificate No. B1618— Lot 17, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Club Park Add. Delinquent Tax Certificate No. B1618— Lot 18, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Club Park Add. Both certificates were issued on the 13th day of March, 1900, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to wit: Tax Certificate No. B1616—For years Tax Certificate No. B1617—For years Tax Certificate No. B1617—For years --- Lot 18, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Park Add.; amount, 19 cents; for 1900. Lot 15, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Park Add.; amount, 24 cents; for 1901. Lot 16, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Park Add.; amount, 24 cents; for 1901. Lot 17, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Park Add.; amount, 24 cents; for 1901. Let e, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Park Add: amount 23 cents; for each Lot 18, block 10, Tacoma Yacht Club Park Add.; amount 23 cents; for year 1902. Which several sums bear interest at the rate of 15 per cent per annum cost of the sums charged and found against all the unpaid and unredeemed taxes upon and against said real property. You and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service of the sums charged and found against the date of the first publication, to wit, within 60 days after the 21st day of August, 1903, in the above entitled court and action, and defend this action and answer the complaint of said plaintiff and answer the request of the undeigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with penalty, interest and costs. In case you fail so to do, judgment will be rendered against you and set forth in your behalf, and pay for the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, including costs, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against you and set forth in your behalf, and prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and court. W. MURPHY, Prosecuting Attorney, JOHN C. MURPHY, Deputy, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office address, 501 and 506 Marion Block, Seattle, Wash. First publication, dated August 21, 1903. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE TIDE LANDS. Office of Comismstoner of Public Lands, Olympia, Washington. Notice is hereby given that Seattle and Shanghai Investment Co. filed an application in this office to purchase the following described shore lands, of the second state in King county, Washington, to wit: All shore lands of the second class owned by the state of Washington situate in front of adjacent to, or abutting upon those portions of the government meaning the shore lands located in 2 and 3 of section 8 and lot7 of section 19 in Twp. 25 N. R. 5 E. W. M. The above described shore lands have a total frontage of 96.62 lineal chains, more or less, measured along said meander line and are appraised at $10.00 per cubic foot. The application and appraisal of the above described shore land shall stand approved and confirmed if no notice of contest is filed within the time prescribed by law. Date of first publication, second day of October, 1903. S. A. CALLVERT, Commissioner of Public Lands. Oct. 2; Oct. 3. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for King County. Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, Petitioner, vs. The State of Washington, Mary C. Kittinger and George B. Kittinger, her husband, the Puget Sound National Bank of Seattle, Wash. J. R. Lake The Lake Washington Land Company, of Everett Leander T. Turner and wife, John H. Corliss and Estella Corliss, his wife, The Merrimack River Savings Bank, a corporation, organizer, and existing union, the laws of New Hampshire, Emma C. Nevin, and — Nevin, her husband, and Kittle M. Glenn, and M. Glenn, Cleivants, Notice of Petition for Condemnation. To the above named: State of Washington, Mary C. Kittinger and George B. Kittinger, her husband, the Puget Sound National Bank of Seattle, Wash. J. R. Lewis, the Lake Washington Land Trust, and Elisie Turner, his wife, John H. Corliss and Estella Corliss, his wife, the Merrimack River Savings Bank, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of New Hampshire, Emma C. Tevin and — Nevin, her husband, the Glenn and M. W. Glenn, her husband; You will please take notice that the Northern Pacific Railway will on the 27th day of November, 1903, at the hour of 9.30 a.m. of, said day, at the time of the departure of the train before the Honorable George E. Morris, judge thereof, in the City of Seattle, in said county and state, present to the above named court a petition for the condemnation and appropriation of a right particularly described as follows: to walt: All those portions of the shore lands of the second class in Lake Washington, King County, Washington, lying and being included in the railway, have been built and having for its boundaries two lines that are parallel with and 50 feet distant from, on each side of the center line of the Seattle Belt Line Branch, of the Northern Pacific Railway, of the Pacific Northwest, and to be constructed over and across such shore lands, the center line of which railroad is more particularly described as follows: the point of intersection of said center line with the north boundary line of section 20, Township 24 North, R. five East W. M.; whence the northeast corner of said section 20, Township 24 North, is situated in a southwesterly direction along one degree, curve to the right 259.9 feet to --- Said 100 foot strip of land embracing the following areas of shore lands in front of each of the following government subdivisions: In front of lot 3, section 20, Township 24 North, Range 5 E, W M, 0.18 acres. In front of lot 4, section 20, said township, range 0, 0.20 acres. township and range, 0.07 acres. Lot 42, 32, said township and range, 0.08 acres. In front of lot 1, section 6, township 23 north, range 5 east W. M. Comprising altogether a total area of 7.86 acres. The object of said petition is to condemn and appropriate said right of way and appropriate the whole or said strip of land particularly described premises for the purpose of a railroad to be constructed and operated across the same by said petitioner and as a right of way for said railroad. The railroad to be constructed thereon is a branch of petitioner's railway line known as the Seattle Belt Line in King County, Washington, and said petitioner will ask that said right of way be condemned and a possession to be paid therefor be ascertained and determined by a jury, or in case a jury be waived, by the court or judge thereof as by law provided. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. By JAS. F. McELROY, Its Attorney. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In. Probate Department No. 4. No. 5105. In the Matter of the Estate of John Buchanan, deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Henry Burchard, administrator of the estate of John Buchanan, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against said estate to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the date of the first publication of this notice, to the administrator, new law clerk, Hugh Hirbrules and Bostwick, 601-602 The Mutual Life Building, Seattle, Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate in King County, Washington. All claims not presented within the past one year from the date of the first publication of this notice, will be barred under the laws of the State of Washington. Dated, Seattle, Washington, September 17th, 1903. HENRY W. MARKKEY, Administrator. HUMPHRIES & BOSTOCK Attorneys for Administrator. Date of first publication September 19th, 1903. 5 publications. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King County, C. W. Sharples, Plaintiff, vs. J. M. Lyon and L. M. Lyon, his wife, D. B. Lyon and Jane Doe Lyon, his wife, whose true name is to plaintiff unknown, Davis Brothers, Bergmann & Company, a corporation, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in any to the hereinafter applicants. No. 40170. Notice and Summons. State of Washington, to J. M. Lyon and L. M. Lyon, his wife, D. B. Lyon and Jane Doe Lyon, his wife, whose true name is to plaintiff unknown, Davis Brothers, Bergmann & Company, a corporation, who are the owners or reputed owners of, and all persons unlawful citing or having an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff, C. W. Sharples, is the holder of a certain delinquent tax certificate, numbered as hereinafter stated, issued by the County Measure of the State Washington, embracing the following real property situated in said King County, Washington, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Delinquent Tax Certificate Number B 17732, Lot 6, Block 3, Addition, Clarence Hanford's First Addition to the City of Washington. That said certificate was issued on the 10th day of April, 1903, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B 17732, For Year 1898, Amount, three dollars and five cents ($3.05). Which several sums bear interest at the time of payment, from said date of payment, and are all the unpaid and unredeemed taxes upon and against said real property. You and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service of the date of the first publication of this summons and notice, to-wit: within 60 days after the 11th day of September, 1903, in the above entitled Court and action and defend the action and assert the defence of plaintiff in triff and serve a copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with penalty, interest and costs. In case you fall so to do, judgment will be rendered against you, and insist for each the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, including costs, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against it respectively, and prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and court. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King County. C. W. Sharples, Plaintiff, vs. J. M. Lyon and M. Lyon, his wife, George Garrett and Jane Doe Garrett, his wife, whose true name is to plaintiff unknown, Davis Brothers, Bergmann & Company, a corporation, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property. Defendance and all persons unknown, Suzanne State of Washington, to J. M. Lyon and L. M. Lyon and wife, George C. Garrett and Jane Doe Garrett, his wife, whose true name is to plaintiff unknown, Davis Brothers, Bergmann & Company, a corporation, who are the owners or reputed owners of all persons unknown, claiming or having an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff, C. W. Sharples, is the holder of a certain delinquent tax certificate, numbered as hereinafter stated, issued by the County of Washington, State of Washington, embracing the following real property situated in said King County, Washington, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Delinquent Tax Certificate Number B 17735, Lot 9, Block 3, Addition, Clarendon Borough of Seattle, King County State of Washington. That said certificate was issued on the 10th day of April, 1903, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B 17735, For Year 1898, Amount, three dollars and five cents. $3.05) which several sums bear in addition to the amount from said date of payment, and are all the unpaid and unreceded taxes upon and against said real property. You and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service of the notice and summons, to-wit: within 60 days after the 11th day of September, 1903, in the above entitled Court and action and defend the action and serve the claim of said plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with penalty, interest and costs. In case you fail so to do, demand the payment of said real property and against each parcel of said real property for the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, including costs, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against, re-issuing the notice and served and prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and court. C. W. SHARPLES, Plaintiff. E. M. FANKEL, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address, 638 Burke Building, Seattle, Wash. The Clothes Make the Man. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) "Why, Jane; that fellow Smithers is one of the homiliest cubs I ever laid eyes on." "Ah, but he's just magnificent in his football clothes." No man is really bright who shines for himself alone. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. To the Public: Harry Miller of the firm of Sledge & Miller has bought all of the interest of Lawrence Sledge in said business and will assume all obligations of said firm. NOTICE. In the Superior Court of King county, Washington. In the matter of the application of the firm of chemical company, to be dissolved and disincorporated. To Whom It May Concern. Notice is hereby given that the Griffin Chemical Company, a corporation organized by the law of the state of Washington, and having the office and principal place of business in the city of Seattle, King county, Washington, has presented to Hon. Boyd J. Johnson one the judges of the stock court, a petition for the dissolution and disincorporation of the said corporation accompanied by a certificate of its principal officers setting forth a meeting of the stock court called for because it was decided by unanimous vote of all the stockholders to dissolve and disincorporate the said corporation, and the court having met February 5, 1904, for the hearing of the stock court, the office is therefore given that the said application will come on for hearing pursuant to the order of sald judge on the 5th day of February, 1904, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. in the office in the city of Seattle, county of King, state of Washington. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said court this 27th day of November 1903 (Say) Ct. K. K. PELLI, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Superior Court of King County, Washington. By J. M. BREWSTER, Deputy. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE. In the matter of the Estate of C. Montmayer, deceased. Under authority of an order of sale granted by the Superior Court of the State of Kentucky, dated November 3rd, 1903, I will sell at private sale the following described real estate: Rengstofft Add. to the City of Seattle, King County. And one piece, commencing at the S. E. corner of lot 4, block "B", of the acre tracts of Julius Horton situate on the east side of the river in L. M. Collins Donation Claim, in Section 28 and 29 in township 24 North, Range 4 East, in King County, Washington; thence running northerly along the east line of said lot 45 feet, thence westerly along the east line of said lot, 112 feet; thence south parallel with the east line of said lot, 45 feet; thence east along the south line of said lot 112 feet, to place of beginning, according to the east line of said lot of record on record in the Auditor's office of King County, Washington. The sale will be made on or after December 5th, 1903, and bids will be received at the office of Thos. J. Murphy, Port Angeles, Washington. Terms of the sale will be ten per cent cash upon acceptance of bid and balance upon confirmation of sale by the court. W. J. DYKE, Administrator of the Estate of C. Mont- mayeur, deceased. First publication, Nov. 20—Dec. 4. NOTICE AND SUMMONS. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for King county, Susan Perry, plaintiff, vs. Ernest Sawyer and Irene Sawyer, the plaintiff's Christian name is to plaintiff unknown, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the heresafter described property of the State of Washington to Ernest Sawyer and Jane Doe Sawyer, his wife, who are the owners or reputed owners of, and all persons unknown, claiming or having the heresafter described real property: You and each of you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service of the date of the first publication, to-wit, within 60 days after the 18th day of September, 1903, in the above entitled court and action, and defend this action against you, and the court, the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amounts, together with penalty, interest, cost, and court fees, for the judgment will be rendered against you and against each parcel of said real property for the sums and amounts due upon and charged against each, including wests, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against it by law, and as prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and court. SUSAN PERRY, Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT, Prosecuting Attorney, and JOHN C. MURPHY, Deputy Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address 501 and 506 Marion block, Seattle, Wash. First publication, dated September 18, 1903. SUMMONS No. ..... The State of Washington to the said defendant, F. L. Steward: You are hereby summoned to appear with you 60 days after the first publication of this case 40 days after Within sixty (60) days after the 2nd day of October, 1903, and defend the above entitled action in the above enclosed court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the case of answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you in the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of the said court. The object of the above entitled action is to obtain a dissolution of the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant, which action is brought on the ground of desertion and abandonment of plaintiff, as provided by the statutes of the State of Washington. Date of first publication, October 2, 1903; date of last publication, Nov. 13, 1903. T. D. PAGE, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office and postoffice address, 616-17 Marion Bldg., Seattle, King County, Washington. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, KING County, State of Washington. C. J. SULLIVAN vs. MARY R. POLLOCK. No. 40,185. Summons by Publication. The State of Washington to the said Mary R. Pollock, defendant; Mary R. Pollock, defendant: within sixteen days after the date of the first publication of the lawsuit, owit: within sixty days after the 25th day of September, 1903, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the complaint the plaintiff and serve a copy of your annuity upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff and below stated, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand the complaint which has been filed with the court of said court. The object of said court is the judgment on account of the defendant the sum of Three Hundred and Seventeen ($317.00) Dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent per annum from October 20th, 1901. Upon issuance note of the defendant given upon the notice, to secure a lien upon the real estate the said defendant of King county, Washington, which has been attached by virtue of a writ of attachment issued in this cause. JAMES KIEFER. Plaintiff's Attorney, Postoffice address and Office address, 512 Bailley Bidg, Seattle, King County, Washington. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph Cicero, Deceased. In Probate Department No. 4, No. 2285. Notice of Sale of Real Estate at Public Auction. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance in order of sale, made and entered in the Superior Court of the State of Washington and for King County, on the 24th day of April, A. D. 1901, in the matter of the estate of Joseph Cicero, deceased, the undersigned administratrix of said estate, will sell at public auction, subject to confirmation by the said court following described real estate, to-wit: The south half of the southeast quarter Section nineteen, Township twenty-six, north of Range six east of the W. M., King County, Washington. Together with the appurtenances and improvements thereon and thereunto belonging. Notice is also hereby given that in pursuance of an order of sale made and entered by the Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for the County of King, on the 29th day of October, A. D. in the matter of the estate of Joseph Cicero, deceased the undersigned administratrix of said estate, will sell at public auction, subject to confirmation by the Court, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot Four of McNaught's Supplemental Plat of Judkins addition to Seattle: Also Lot Twenty-two, Block Four, of the Motor Line Addition to Seattle, King County and State of Washington, together with the appurtenances and improvements thereon and thereunto belonging; The said sale will be made on the 28th day of November, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the front door of the court house in Seattle, King County and State of Washington. Terms of sale as follows: Ten per cent of the amount bid cash in gold coin of the United States at the court house in Seattle, King County and State of Washington. The balance, ninety per cent, in cash, gold coin o the United States, upon confirmation of sale by the Superior Court of King County, State of Washington. Dated October 30th, 1903. DORA E. CICERO. Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Cicero, deceased. Oct. 30—Nov. 20. IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF SEAT- the Precinct King County, Wash- ington, in R. R. George Justice of the Peace. Justice of the Peace. Complaint filed August 19th, 1903. Date of first publication September 25th, 1903. THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO FUR CHASE SHORE LANDS. Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia, Washington. Notice is hereby given that Emmorilla J. McGee, Flora McGee and Laura Kenney filed an application in this office to purchase the following described shore lands of the second class, situate in Kentucky in the highest grade. All shore lands of the second class, owned by the state of Washington, situate in front of, adjacent to or upon the U. S. government meander line lying in front of the following described land. Lot No. 2 of Section No. 6, Township 23 north of range 5 east, W. M., having a total frontage of 17.50 lineal chains, more or less. Appraisal $5.00 per chain or $87.50. The application and appraisement of the above described shore land shall stand confirmed and approved if no notice of contest is filed within the time prescribed by law. Date of this publication, second day of October 1803 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE SHORE LANDS. Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Washington. Notice is hereby given that C. A. Cummins filed an application in this office to purchase the following described Shore Lands, of the second class, sit-in in King County, Washington, to-wit: All shore lands of the second class owned by the State of Washington, sit-in to, or upon that portion of the government meander line described as follows: Beginning at the meander corner to fractional sections 18 and 19, township 25 north, range 5 east, W. M., which upland the meander with the northward plupland 6, section 19; thence run S. 5 deg. W. 4.01 chains along the meander line in front of lot 6 to a point on said meander line where a line run parallel to and near the meander south of the northward 6 said meander, the meander said meander line, and the terminal point of this description, having a total frontage of 4.01 lineal chains, more or less, measured along said meander line according to a certified copy of the government office described in the office of the Commissioner of Public Lands at Olympia, Washington. Appraised at $10 per chain. The appraisal of and application of the above described meander shall stand approved and confirmed if no notice of contest is filed within the time prescribed by law. Date of first publication, 16th day of October, 1903. S. A. CALLVERT. Commissioner of Public Lands. Oct. 16, N. S. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE SHORE LANDS. Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia, Washington. Notice is hereby given that Seben S. Osborne filed a complaint in the office to purchase the following described Shore Lands, of the second class, situate in King County, Washington, to-wit: All shore lands of the second class owned by the state of Washington situate upon that portion of the government meander line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the meander line in front of lot 6, sec. 19, tp. 25, N. 5, to the north and distant 3.99 chain south of the north line of said lot 6 would intersect said meander line, and from which point of beginning the meander corner to sections 18 and 19 bears N. 5, deg E. 4.01 to N. 5, deg W. 2.54 chains along said meander line to a point where a line parallel to and distant 2.53 chains south of the aforesaid line would intersect said meander line, and from which point of beginning the meander corner, being a total frontage of 2.54 linear chains, more or less, measured along said meander line, according to a certified copy of the government field notes of the survey, thereof on file in the office of the commissioner of public lands at Olympia, Wash. Appraised at $10 per chain. The application for and appraisement of the above described shore land shall be made by the commissioner of public lands of contest is filed within the time prescribed by law. Date of first publication, 16th day of October, 1903. S. A. CALLVERT. Commissioner of Public Lands. Oct. 16, Nov. 13. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE KING OF Kingston, in and for the Country of King. In the Matter of the Petition of The City of Seattle, a city of the first class, that just compensation, to be paid for the private property to be taken or damaged by the regrading of Pine Street, in the City of Seattle, from First Avenue to Fourth Avenue, in said city, from Pike Street to Pine Street, as provided for and specified in Ordnance of said city, approved July 7th, 1903, be ascertained by a jury, or by the Court in case a jury be waived. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO The Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Protestant Church, a corpora- tion James Potterhead, a Heussy, and Heussy, his wife, Edward Hyams and — — Hyams, his wife, W. B. Morse, A. Fassbender, Columbus S. Cardwell, Mattie J. Williams (formerly Fleece), C. A. Leighton, Henry G. Struve, individually and as executor of the estate of Laccala Struve, deceased Gertrude Maude Grasse, Eva L. Grasse, Erland Peterson, Josie E. Lane and L. C. Lane, her husband, Wm. J. Twiss, Charlotte her husband, Jm. J. Twiss, Clark, Smith, Philadelphia Securities Company, a corporation, the Oregon Mortgage Company, Limited, a cor- poration, Alice S. Kellogg and — — Kellogg, her husband, John Dillon Kellogg and Kellogg, his wife, Marie C. Kellogg, and A. Kellogg, her husband, R. Kellogg, her Kellogg, her husband, Chester R. Kellogg and Kellogg, his wife. which may be damaged or which may be injuriously affected by said improvement are particularly described as follows: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12, in Block 22; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 11, in Block 23; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, in Block 26; Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12, in Block 27, Lots 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12, in Block 45, Lots 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11, in Block 52, all A, Denny's Addition to the City of Seattle. MITCHELL GILLIAM. Office and P. O. Address: Room 40 Haller Building, Seattle, King County, Wash. Oct. 16-Nov. 27. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In the Matter of the Petition of The City of Seattle, a city of the first class, that just compensation to be made for the private property to be taken or damaged by the laying off, extending and establishing of a public street, in the City of Seattle, over and across Blocks Seventeen-four (74), Seventy-five (75), Seventy-six (76), Seventy-eight (78) and Seventy-nine (79), Denny & Hoyt's Addition to the City of Seattle ascertained and specified in Ordinance No. 9522 of said City, approved April 15, 1903, be ascertained by a jury, or by the Court in case a jury be involved. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO Timothy O'Conners and — O'Conners, his wife; Julia Hahn Klindt and George Klindt, her husband; Matilda Larson and Larson, her husband; her husband; her husband; worth, her husband; Walter Belknap, Nora Fousl, Jessie E. Sunderlin, Nellie Rhoeder, R. McIntyre and — McIntyre, his wife; Nancy M. Gilbert and Gilbert, her husband Dutton and Dutton, his wife, C. Holden Truax and — Truax, his wife; Martha A. Truax and — Truax, her husband; Leslie A. Truax and Truax, his wife; Frank E. Sanborn and Johnson, his wife; Frank E. I. Colson, Pearson, his wife; Frances J. Colson, J. Farnsworth, Jessie C. Farnsworth, Sadie M. Farnsworth, Mary C. Knowles and — — Knowles, her husband; Annie Glaster and — Glaster, her husband; Frances victoria Bate and Bate, Frances iii; Dana Richards and Richards, Richards, his wife; J. W. Jacobs and — — Jacobs, his wife; Tom Farnsworth, Mary J. Wright and — Wright, her husband. You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty (60) days after the 16th day of October, 1903, and defend the above entitled accords of Superior Court of the State of Washington, and of Court and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for petitioner, at their office below stated, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered according to the demand of the Court, and been filled with the Clerk of said Court. The object of this proceeding is to procure land, property and property rights by appropriation and right of eminent domain, necessary for the laying of public straddling and estates, public straddling and estates of Seattle, over and across Blocks Seventy-four (74), Seventy-five (75), Seventy-six (76), Seventy-eight (78) and Seventynine (79), Denny & Hoyt's Addition to property, and a please from all liability to the owners of property or others having any interest therein as may be damaged or injuriously affected by reason of the appropriation thereof by said City, as pro-posed or specified in said Ordinance No. 9532 of said City, approved April 15, 1903. Attorneys for Petitioner. Office and P. O. Address: Room 40 Haller Building, Seattle, Wash. Oct. 16-Nov. 27. NOTICE—SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. State of Washington, County of King Sheriff's Office By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of King County, on the 18th day of November, 1903, by the clerk thereof, in the case of John E. Humphries, plaintiff, versus Abbie D. Brown (now Abbie D. Beach), defendant, No. 39266, to me, as Sheriff, directed and delivered: Notice is hereby given, that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, within the hours prescribed by law for Sheriff's witch-wait, of a block A, m. on the 2nd day of January, A. m. on the 2nd day of January, A. m. before the Court House door of said King County, in the State of Washington, all of the right, title, and interest of the said defendant in and to the King County description of the building in King County, State of Washington to-wit: All of her undivided interest in fractional block eighty-seven (87) of Terry's Second Addition to the City of Seattle, and the southwest quarter of notheast quarter of Jackson third (39), to the south (twenty-three) (23), north of range four (4) east, all in King County, State of Washington, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, the bounty of defendant as the property of defendant Abble D. Brown (now Abbie D. Beach), to satisfy a judgment amounting to seventeen hundred twenty and 97-100 dollars, and costs of suit, in favor of the plaintiff. Dated this 25th day of November, 1903. In the superior court of the state of Washington, for the county of King—in probate. In the matter of the estate of Lysander Mathews, deceased, Carrie C. Mathews, administrator of the county of King, deceased, having filed in this court her petition setting forth that said estate is now in a condition to be closed and is ready for distribution of the residue thereof among the persons entitled by law thereto, and it appearing to the court that said person had four facts sufficient to authorize a distribution of the residue of said estate: It is therefore ordered by the court that all persons interested in the estate of the said Lysander Mathews, deceased, be and appear before the said superior court of King county, state of New York, to prove that the probate department of said court in the city of Seattle, on the 31st day of December, 1903, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock a. m. of said day, then and there to show cause, if any they have, why an order of distribution should not be made of the residue of said estate among the heirs and persons and petition men belonging to law. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week for four successive weeks before the said 31st day of December, 1903, in the Seattle Republican, a newspaper printed and published in said King county and of general circulation therein. Done in open court this 21st day of November, 1903. BOYD J. TALLMAN, Judge. State of Washington, county of King —ss. A. KOEPFLL county clerk of King county and of office county perior court of the state of Washington, for the county of King; do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true order to show cause, made my any original order to show cause, made my the 21st day of November, 1903, in the matter of the estate of Lysander Mathhews deceased. With my hand and the seal of said court this 21st day of November, 1903. (Seal) C. A. KOEPFLL, Clerk. NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the superior court of the state of Washington, for the county of King. State of Washington, county of King.—ss. In the matter of the estate of Lysander Mathews, deceased, notice is hereby given. Mathews, C. Mathews, the administratrix of the estate of Lysander Mathews, deceased, has rendered to, and filed in said court her final account as such administratrix, and that Thursday, the 31st day of December, 1903 at 1:30 o'clock p. m., at the court room of the probate department of our county, in the city of Seattle, in said Court, in the city of Seattle, appointed by said court for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to said account, and contest the same. The Hon. Boyd J. Tallman, Judge of said superior court, and the seal of said court hereto affixed this 21st day of November, 1903. C. A. KOEPFLL, Clerk. By D. K. SICKELS, Deuty Clerk. E. H. Gule, Attorney. Nov. 27, Dec 25. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. No. 40913. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for the County of King. DBLB. Brayford, plaintiff, vs. Frederick W. Brayford, defendant. V. BRYAYORD, *derendant.* You are hereby summoned to appear with the plaintiff, and serve after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit, within sixty (60) days after the 6th day of November, 1903, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff at his office below stated and in case of your failure so to do, in connection with the action against according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of this action, set forth in the complaint, is as follows: To secure an absolute divorce from the defendant absolutely dissolving the bonds of matriarchal Welfare between the defendant upon the grounds of desertion and upon the further ground of failure to support the tiff. JAMES L. CROTTY Attorney for Plaintiff. P. O. Address: 109- Washington Bldg., Seattle, King County, Washington. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. No. 40682. Summons for Publication. Frank P. Church and Eliza A. Wales, Plaintiff, vs. Lydia Christine Nelson, a single woman, Defendant. The defendant Washington to the said Lydia Christine Nelson, the above named defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to appear before the court of the county day of November, 1908, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs and serve a copy of your complaint to the court of the county for plaintiffs, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the court, with which been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the above entitled action is to exclude you from all interest in and to lots two (2) and three (3) in block one hundred and ninety-one (19) the Borough of Kirkland to the King County, Washington, according to the plat thereof as filed for record in the office of the Auditor of said County, and to cancel and set aside of record a Treasurer's deed for said property to George M. OBRadovich to yourself. And to have the plaintiffs declared to be the owners of said property against yourself and all persons claiming by, through or under you. BROWNELL & COLEMAN, Attorneys for plaintiffs; office and Post Office address, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. Nov. 27—Jan. 8. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for the County of King. No. 114, 166. Summons. Lucy Shortall, Plaintiff, vs. John Shortall, Defendant. The State of Washington to the said John Shortall, defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, inclusive of the day of said first publication to the court, and may after the 21st day of November, 2003, defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plantiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned, attorneys for plaintiff, at room Washington; and in case of failure, Seattle, Washington; and in case of failure, Seattle, to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of the said Court. The object of the said action as set forth in the complaint, is as follows: For divorce, the grounds of desertion and non-support. Attorneys for Plaintiff. P. O. address: 502 Mutual Life Bldg., Sessatte, King County, Washington. First publication, Nov. 20, 1903; last Jan. 1, 1904. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. No. 41072. Summons. Laura Wilhelm, Plaintiff, vs. William I. Wilhelm, Defendant. The State of Washington to the said Wilhelm, Wilhelm, the above named d defendant; You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to answer the complaint of November, 1903, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer to the complaint of the plaintiff at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which been filled with the clerk of said court. The object of this action is to dissolve the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant, and define the ground of defendant's willful failure to support plaintiff. Date of first publication November 20th, 1903. JOHN F. REED Attorney for Plaintiff. P. O. Address: Seattle, King County, Washington. Office address, 609 Burke Bldg. Passing Events Passing Events Aggressive Negroes. The Democratic attitude on the Negro question is, first, the Negro is so inferior to the white man that he should not have the right to vote; and second, the Negro is making such progress that the whites are threatened with Negro domination. In this connection it is interesting to know that while forty years ago no Negro in the South owned a foot of ground, there are now 130,000 farms valued at $350,000,000 and owned by Negroes; besides this, 150,000 homes valued at $265,000,000 and personal property worth about $265,000,000. After the war not one per cent of the adult Negroes could read or write; today forty per cent can do so. Fifty per cent of the children are attending school and more could do so if there were facilities. There are 800 colored physicians, 300 lawyers and 30,000 school teachers. The colored people own and publish 450 newspapers and magazines. In view of the handicaps under which they started and the limited opportunities they have had, it seems that their progress has been quite in keeping with that of the great nation to which they belong. Those who are not jealous of their prosperity and do not fear their competition, congratulate them on what they have accomplished. What arrant folly to spend millions in missionary work upon the Negroes of Africa and yet try to repress their prosperity at home! A Southern Possibility. An instance of man's inhumanity to man is brought out by the efforts of certain parties in Tennessee to 'deprive a widow, whose husband recently died, of her property rights. The husband died being possessed of considerable property; designing relatives, seeing no way to get it by fair means, have resorted to the foulest, most dastardly tactics conceivable—a plan compared with which murder would be honorable. In that state there is a law, wise or otherwise, making it a felony for a white person to marry one of color; and all persons are counted as colored who have the remotest strain of Negro blood in their veins. It matters not how white one may be—and many such are far lighter of skin, hair and eyes than many of the "blue blood"—nevertheless they are all Negroes before the law. So in that state it behooves one to look well to the ancestry of a possible matrimonial alliance before embarking, or else, as James Whitcom Riley has it, "the sheriff may catch you if you don't watch out." In the case before us, there is no evidence that the widow was a Negress; in fact it is positively stated, as a matter of fact, that she was not. She had always been received on the best of terms; was a leader in society and a favorite with the very relatives who now try to despoil her of her property rights. But to get possession of what is not theirs, they go before the courts with the statement that she is a Negress, consequently was not a legal wife and had no right to her husband's property. With the sentiment as it is there, it is easy to suborn false witnesses and prove (?) their statements. Oh, Law! what crimes are committed in thy name! A Leaf From History. At Three Saints in 1785 was made the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska (then Russian America). It became quite a village, and was the capital of the territory. In 1796 Baranof, a noted Russian merchant, settled at Kadiak and removed the capital from Three Saints to that place. Soon after this, the furbearing animals had so rapidly decreased in Western Alaska that Baranof turned his attention to Southeastern Alaska and at the point where Sitka now is, established a settlement and transferred thereto the seat of government from Kadiak. "Under the indomitable will of Baranof" Sitka became not only the political capital of Russian America and the headquarters of the Russian-American Company, but also the commercial metropolis of the Pacific coast, possessing docks, shipyards, brass, iron and bell foundries, machine shops, saw and flour mills, brickyards, woollen cloth mills, besides manufactories of agricultural implements, a copper engraving establishment, large warehouses, an observatory, hospitals, a public library, Russo-Greek and Lutheran schools, a theological seminary, schools, the bishop's residence and officers' clubhouse. During this period San Francisco was simply a Roman Catholic mission to the Indians. Shipbuilding was carried on and at the time of the transfer of the territory to the United States, there was a fleet of fifteen sailing and two ocean steamers plying to and from its docks. Before the American occupation of California, the Sitka foundry furnished the Roman missions of California with their chimes of bells, and Sitka manufacturers' supplied the California ranchmen with their agricultural implements. For a short time after the transfer (1867) Sitka had a boom, as wide-awake speculators rushed in, anticipating the creation of a great city. A large tract of land extending up the mountain side was laid out, on paper, into town lots, streets, parks, etc., a municipal government was organized, a weekly paper, the Sitka Times, was published for a year and a half, but the speculators failing to realize as rapidly as they hoped, one by one left for other fields, and the withdrawal of the government garrison in 1877 seemed to be the death knell of the city. The Sitka of today is but a small village with but little remaining of its former prospective greatness. The special objects of interest in Sitka are the valuable museum of the Alaska Society of Natural History and Ethnology (the best exhibit of the ethnology of the natives outside of Washington and New York City), the Russian-Greek church, with its pictures and gorgeous vestments, and Indian River, with its totem poles, representing the past; the Presbyterian training school, the model natives' houses, the agricultural experiment station and Governor Brady's garden, representing the present. An Omaha exchange says: The "Race Issue" is inviting the sober thought and attention of the best minds in the nation. The recent National Sociological convention has taken a wise step in creating a special commission, composed of three white and three Negro sociologists, to carry the plans and conclusions of the convention into effect. In matters that concern himself the Negro ought to be taken into consultation and this is what these students of sociology intend to do. It has been said that if the earth was flattened out the sea would be two miles deep all over the world. Thinking of this an Oklahoma editor was lead to remark: "If any man is caught flattening out the earth, shoot him on the spot. There are a whole lot of us in Oklahoma who can't swim." We are willing to be neighborly and go loaded for such fiends, but you must come again and wise us as to what part of the anatomy is referred to. The Danish West Indies. "Expansion" is to be credited with one benefit which is offset by no evil. The movement for the acquisition of the Danish West Indies by the United States was defeated. The failure of the treaty brought no disaster to this country; it resulted greatly to the advantage of the Danish colonists. They are to have two members of the parliament at Copenhagen. A steamship line connecting the islands with the mother country is to be established. Their sugar is to be admitted into Denmark at a reduced rate of duty. Dock and other improvements are to be made at St. Thomas. Danish farmers have taken up land in the islands. In short, the benefits resulting from the failure of the treaty with the United States are perhaps as great as annexation would have brought to them. Suicidal Folly in Support of Crime. In the history of organized labor there can be found no example of greater folly than was seen in the action of the building trade unions of New York during the last six months. From the beginning of their contest with the employers they were clearly and persistently in the wrong. Permitting themselves to be led by corrupt walking delegates, whose chosen industry was the blackmailing of contractors, they lost more than $20,000,000 in wages and tied up $100,000,000 worth of building projects before the conviction of Samuel J. Parks. It should be borne in mind that neither the rate of wages nor the hours of labor were involved in this controversy, and that they were fighting, under the leadership of their walking delegates, against the adoption of a fair arbitration agreement proposed by men who bind themselves to employ only members of the unions. When, owing to the returning sanity of the workmen and to the conviction of their rascally leader, the end of the wretched contest seemed at hand, a national convention took place in Kansas City, where this leader—a convicted blackmailer, temporarily out of prison, soon to be tried on four additional indictments—won a notable victory over the honest men of his organization and was raised to the rank of a hero. He returned to New York, breathing threatenings and slaughter, and promised to cause strikes on all the building projects where work had been resumed; but the courts very properly cut his career short, and within the walls of Sing Sing he will have time to meditate upon the error of his ways. A Wholesome Girl. "She is such a wholesome girl!" The phrase lingered in memory. It is beautifully descriptive of a type of girlhood that we love; of the natural young girl, who puts on no silly airs and graces, who is jolly and cheery with other young people, who has no foolish self-consciousness when with boys, and who is an all-round pleasant companion in her home. Such a girl usually has good health, bright eyes, a clear skin and a merry laugh. Her father is proud of her, and her mother leans on her for help and receives from her sympathy. The wholesome girl is very patient and pleasant with little children. Wherever one finds her, she is an hon- est, straightforward, good-natured girl, with a cool hand and a steady head, and a heart in the right place. She fears God and keeps his commandments in the days of her youth. If she marries after a while she deserves the best of husbands, and if she remains single, she will be the idol of her circle. The cities of Whatcom and Fairhaven may now pass without delay to the goal of their ambition. The supreme court has decided that the bill as passed by the legislature, and not as erroneously engrossed, is the law, and they can proceed to elect officers for the new consolidated city, Bellingham, and take their rank as the fourth city in the state, in point of size. Is Land Law Appeal Necessary? The passage of the National Irrigation Act by Congress was a great boon to the West, and a statesmanlike enactment for the Nation; but the coming Congress will confer an equal benefit upon the country by investigating the present land laws and taking summary action thereon. In fact, unless this is done the good effect of the irrigation law must be largely nullified. Concluding a discussion of the Desert Land Act, the Timber and Stone Act, and the commutation clause of the Homestead Act, the New York Evening Post says: "If, as Mr. Roosevelt says, this irrigation work is one of the greatest public undertakings ever begun in any age, there should not be a moment lost in overhauling the land laws. Otherwise the country will have to face the reproach of having spent millions upon millions in the interest of speculators and syndicates with but slight regard for the home-builder." Tally One for Cortelyou. The Anarchist group in this country were stricken with consternation not long since by the arrest of a noted English anarchist who had recently arrived, and was a guest of the fraternity in this country. The arrest was made at a public meeting in New York. He is said to be the most conspicuous anarchist in England, and he was in this country to lecture and expand and extend his doctrine. He had just concluded his first speech at a meeting held in his honor, when an inspector of immigration appeared and told him he must return to Ellis Island, where an order for his deportation was awaiting him. The order was from Secretary Cortelyou and was peremptory. The anarchists in New York were eager to give bail for him, and to employ the best lawyers to defend him, but they were told there would be no trial, and that he would simply be sent back to his own country as an undesirable immigrant. The visitor and his friends claimed the protection of the law, and insisted that as he had committed no offense his detention was illegal and an outrage. They were told, however, that as an alien he was not entitled to the protection of our laws, and as he was an avowed anarchist he had placed himself outside of the benefits of law and the government was justified in refusing him to remain. The anarchist has now an opportunity to take his own medicine. It looks a little strange to see a denouncer of all law threatening to appeal to that which he denounces, for protection in his nefarious work of denouncing that same law. In other words, wanted the law to protect him while he tore down that by which he was protected. Secretary Cortelyou could not see it that way. A Simple Remedy. A foreign medical journal is authority for the statement that a tablespoonful of glycerine in hot milk or cream will at once relieve the most violent attack of coughing. This is a simple, easily obtained and harmless remedy, and if it keeps good its promise will prove to be of great value. Equally simple and quite as effective is the use of glycerine spray through an atomizer. This is applied directly to the inflamed or irritated surfaces and gives almost instant relief. In attacks of influenza, colds in the head, sore throat and like troubles, glycerine, mixed with three times its bulk of water, boiled and cooled, is an invaluable remedy. A little practice will enable the patient to fill the lungs with the spray, and the soothing and cooling effect is remarkable. Mixed with an equal amount of acid glycerine it is an almost unfailing remedy for throat troubles of all kinds, and being harmless, can be used by all people. It must, however, be freshly made, as it keeps but a short time after mixing.—Stove and Hardware Reporter. Ballard, just now, is a warm number, politically. There are four or five tickets in the field, for the city election, which will be held next Tuesday. The Republicans have a full ticket in the field, as have also the regular Democratic organization. The Socialists have gone through the form of nominating a ticket and a citizens' movement was fathered by a bolting faction of the Democracy. The Democrats have always been able to elect a part of the council and there seemed to be too many leaders for that possible honor this year, coupled with some other motives, possibly not so honorable, to permit harmony to rest on the back of the donkey, so one part of the load sluffed off and a rump convention followed. Every indication is that the Republican ticket will be elected.