Seattle Republican

SEATTLE REPUBLICAN VOL. X. NO. 46 POLITICAL POT=PIE The much-talked-of conference between the senatorial aspirants from this county was held last Wednesday evening, and as was generally expected, came to naught. Regardless of this or any subsequent conference, there is but one thing for King county to do in order to get a United States senator, and that is to adopt the plan suggested by both Senator Wilson and Hon. Jacob Furth, which in substance is, that King county instruct her legislative delegates to the legislature to work and vote for a King county man, and for them to determine after reaching Olympia who that man is. If Mr. Wilson has more strength on the outside than Mr. Piles, and quite enough with the aid of King county to be elected, it is the duty of the members from King county to support him. If on the other hand, Mr. Piles has the necessary amount of strength on the outside, then it is Mr. Wilson's duty to withdraw from the race, and do all he can toward the election of Mr. Piles. If, finally, neither of them has the requisite amount of strength on the outside and it is found that Mr. Furth has, it is the duty of them both to support him. Under no circumstances should the next county convention pass resolutions tying up the delegates to the legislature to any one man, for if it does it means beyond the peradventure of a doubt the election of Addison G. Foster to succeed himself as United States senator from this state. \* \* \* Things political are rather quiet just now especially in King county, in view of the fact that the county convention is as near at hand as it is. The primaries to elect delegates will be held Saturday, April 30th, which convention will not only nominate the country ticket, but will to some extent, shape the political destinies of the next state convention, and yet there is a perfect calm on the political sea at the present time. The D I D DR. F. M. CARROLL, Candidate for County Coroner. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1904 Pie-maker is of the opinion that there are ten times as many aspirants for the various county offices as there are places to be filled, and so topsy-turvey is the situation that the various aspirants have ceased to give out figures as to their strengths, but are simply working, each in his own peculiar way, to make as good a showing in the county convention as possible, which good showing will, they hope, aid them in making trades for their own particular benefit. [Name] HON. A. W. FRATER, Candidate for Superior Court Judge. The biggest fight of the convention will be for the nomination of sheriff. At the present writing it is the field against Lew Smith, who, it is believed, has the Piles force at his back in consideration of Dr. Smith's withdrawal from the gubernatorial race. Dr. Smith's friends claim that he will not only have the south district solid, but will have the most of the north district with a strong following in the city. This statement, however, is denied by the other candidates for the same nomination. J. W. McConnaughey, who looks to be the next strongest aspirant in the field for this nomination, claims that he will be able to break into the south district, and secure therefrom in the neighborhood of fifty votes. That he will be able to get the majority of the votes from Pete Smith, who hails from the north district, and, finally, that he and the other candidate, not including Lew Smith, will be able to prevent the latter from getting a single vote in the city, which will eliminate him from the race, and make the fight between McConnaughey and Lamping, which would assure the nomination of the former on the first ballot. George B. Lamping and his friends firmly believe that he, Lamping, is the next strongest man to Smith, and make no hesitancy in declaring that, if Lew Smith has no show of being nominated, he Lamping, will get the great bulk of the south district. A majority of the votes in the city, they say, have already been pledged to him. He claims LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON APR 29 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS the First, Second and Eighth wards, solid, with a strong following in the Fourth and Fifth, which, if true, would mean his nomination. Jack Stringer does not, at this writing, show up with as much positive strength as do the other candidates, but as has been repeatedly predicted herein, he will have the Seventh ward with him and hopes to be the compromise candidate when the other three candidates make it impossible for either one of them to be nominated. He has not made that active campaign that the other men have, and, therefore, will not have the trading strength that they have, but, as already said, he will be a splendid compromise candidate. Each of the other three candidates are at present holding county offices, and having served the country as long as the law allows them in their present offices they are seeking other offices in order to continue in the service, but Stringer is a new man at the wheel, which is something in his favor. Mike Kelly, of the south district, still insists that he is very much in the race, and when the delegates have been named to the county convention he will have a good strong following from among the list of the south district degelates. If Kelly and McConnaughey can break into the south district, as they repeatedly assert that they can and will, it is very apparent that Smith is not half as strong as he thinks he is, but at this writing it is not believed that either one of the men will do very much among the delegates from the south district until Smith has been completely eliminated from the race. The next hard scrap in the county will be over the nomination for county clerk. There are more aspirants for this nomination than for any other, and none of them seem to have any very great amount of positive strength. The friends of Edgar C. Raine still insist that he is the most formidable candidate for this nomination, owing HON. E. H. GUIE, Candidate for Representative. to his great amount of strength in the country district, especially in the north end of the county. The friends of Raine have been making a fight on Brewster because they claim that he was at one time a Populist, and now come a number of the leading Republicans fmorlelB nnnnsu'rCerr(osAdubg publicans from Bellevue, which is the home of Mr. Raine, who declare that Raine, himself, was never a true blue Republican until he was elected to the legislature, and that even after he was first nominated he publicly declared "it would be better for Bryan to be elected than McKinley," and remembering that, they intended to defeat him in his own home precinct this year. As part proof of the above allegation they say that Mr. Raine's father is still a rabid Democrat—and that is the history of the family. James M. Brewster is making an active campaign for this nomination, and believes that he has more strength in the county than any other candidate that has been mentioned. Brewster is an untiring worker, and the Pie-maker is inclined to believe that he will at least make a splendid showing in the convention. * * * Otto A. Case is perhaps the third man in the race, owing to the fact that it is generally understood that he is Mr. Piles' choice for this nomination. Wherever the Piles committee can deliver to Mr. Case it is expected that it will do so, and this, of course, gives him more positive strength than any of the other candidates, although the Piles machine is not nearly so strong today, along this line as it was a few weeks ago. The opponents of Case say that he has never been able to even go to a county convention, owing to his unpopularity in his immediate precinct, and that it is an imposition on the Republican party to have him nominated because he is favored by a senatorial candidate, and happens to live at this immediate time in the Second ward. * * * Harold J. Lea declares by all that's good and bad, especially the former, that he is the leading candidate for county clerk, and that he will be nominated in spite of the multiplicity of candidates seeking the place. Lea may be correct, no one at this writing can deny it, but none of his opponents believe it. George N. Gilson has announced his candidacy for this nomination. He has many political friends throughout the county, and has much political backing in the city, which means, in case of a bad mixup, him being selected as a compromise candidate out of the much tangled web. \* \* \* There seems to be no candidate for county auditor save James Agnew; W. L. Dudley either having quietly withdrawn from the race or is making no effort to get any convention strength for himself. * * * The two aspirants for county treasurer are still working away, and the situation for that nomination has not changed a particle since it first began. Levy seems to have done a good deal of work in the city, and left the country to take care of itself, believing that he would get the delegates from the country without doing any work, which he may, but, to say the least, its poor politics. There will be nominated five superior court judges, and for this place eleven aspirants have announced their candidacy. It seems absolutely certain that Judge Griffin will be nominated, and it looks like the same can be said of Judge Morris and Judge Tallman. The odds seem to be against the re-nomination of Judge Bell and Judge Albertson, and in place of them, to the casual observer, it looks as though the fight will be between Frater, Miller, and Brown, all three of whom are highly spoken of in that connection. It is believed that Frater will be as strong in the next county convention as Judge Griffin or Judge Morris, and his nomination is almost conceded by the entire Republican push. If this be true then the fight will be between Brown and Miller for the fifth place. Miller comes from the Eighth ward, which already has one superior court judge and Brown comes from the Seventh ward, which likewise has one superior court judge, and the one that gets it has got to do some good hustling. Mr. Brown is one of the best office lawyers in Seattle while Mr. Miller is one of the most successful practitioners in Seattle, which will give both of them splendid standing before the county convention. * * * "Say for me that I am still in the gubernatorial race and that I will continue to be until the Republicans have nominated the man that they want for governor at the next state convention," came from John E. Humphries one day this week. "King county has never gotten anything since she lost the governorship and she will never get anything else politically until she gets it again, and when King county throws away an opportunity to get the governorship she is throwing that away that will make her powerful in state affairs. If the delegation from this county to the state convention will secure for me the nomination for governor I will guarantee them a United States senator next year." * * * Some time ago the Seattle Rupublican predicted that Frank H. Brownell would get a large slice of the votes of the Southwest combination, and now comes the Pacific Journal with the assertion that "It commences to look as if Brownell, the Everett man, might go to Washington in place of Congressman Cushman. One good quality about Brownell is that he defies the political 'boss'". If Brownell should get the southwest and the northwest as has been predicted in these columns he will make it very interesting for some one of the three present congressmen in the next nominating convention. * * * David A. Shellabarger of the Eighth ward is a candidate for the office of coroner of King county. The Doctor has been a resident of this city for several years, and is well and favorably known both in the city and county. \* \* \* The report which has been pretty generally circulated among the politicians that Detective Frank Kennedy had withdrawn from the race for the nomination of sheriff is unqualifiedly denied by his friends. Kennedy is forced to be on duty from twelve to fourteen hours per day, and, therefore, is not able to stand around the street corners and talk politics like some of the other candidates, but he will be there when the roll is called, and will show up with almost as much strength as any of the other candidates. He is now in Montana to bring back a prisoner from that state, but is expected home within the next few days, and will continue his fight until absolutely turned down by the convention. * * * Thomas D. Page, whom The Republican announced for the nomination of the justice of the peace in this city, is still making an active and vigorous campaign, and is meeting with flattering success throughout the city. Mr. Page, if nominated and elected, will give the city a good administration, and will make a first-class justice. HON. E. H. GUIE. who wishes to represent the Forty-seventh representative district in the next legislature instead of Hon. W. H. Lewis, who has twice before represented the district, can be truthfully said to be no stranger to the voters thereof. In 1896 Mr. Guie was elected from that district, and was re-elected in 1898, and made a most brilliant record while serving the two sessions of the legislature. He is considered one of King county's ablest as well as most sagacious politicians and in every convention both state and county has made his influence felt. That Mr. Guie is exceedingly popular is seen from his being able to carry his precinct in every election contest. The fight for this nomination will be sharp, and, it is believed by Mr. Guie's friends, very decisive, for they hope to carry at the primaries the Second, Third, Fourth, and Seventh precints in spite of any opposition that may arise. They not only expect to carry the precincts herein mentioned, but they propose to "carry the war into Africa", and make a fight against Mr. Lewis in his own precinct, and owing to the alliances that have been made in his interest, the odds are quite in his favor of defeating Lewis at home. Already it is reported that Lewis is willing to withdraw from the race, providing Guie will do the same, but this Guie will not entertain for a single minute; because he believes he has won his fight and will be nominated whether Lewis continues in or withdraws from the fight. Should, however, the delegation be so divided that neither of them could be nominated without the aid of the Fifth precinct, there seems to be no doubt but that the Fifth would go to Guie rather than to Lewis, and thereby assure his nomination from that source. Guie is a twice time winner. JOHN W. PETER. Among those who will be unanimously renominated by the Republicans in the next county convention will be John W. Peter for county assessor. It has been the custom in Republican circles ever since the party was organized to give a second term to efficient and capable officials, and there is no disposition on the part of the Republicans of this county to deny Mr. Peter that privilege. Without further enconiums as to his merits in this conection, the Seattle Republican is prepared to announce that he will be without opposition in the next convention, and when nominated will be practically without opposition at the polls. DR. FRANK M. CARROLL. The Seattle Republican has been so thoroughly convinced that Dr. F. M. Carroll would be nominated for county coroner that it hardly felt the necessity of calling attention to his candidacy. He, however, has announced his candidacy for coroner, and while others have likewise done the same thing, yet it is firmly believed by a great majority of the Republicans of this city that he will be nominated by an overwhelming majority, either on the first ballot or by acclamation. Dr. Carroll was a formidable candidate for this nomination two years ago, and lacked but one and a half votes of receiving the nomination over one of the most popular men, Dr. Hoye, that ever ran for an office in King county. It, therefore, can be said that it is almost impossible to name a man that will run so well in the county convention as he. He is one of King county's most energetic Republicans, and has always contributed his part toward the success of the party. It has become customary in this county to give the nomination to a practicing physician, and Dr. Carroll is the one man of the medical profession who is politically popular and can win on his own merits rather than on that of some one else. There are a great number of Spokane persons living in Western Washington just now, and the following political forecast from the Spokane Outburst will be of much interest to them, and likewise of general interest to the politicians throughout the state, whether they are personally acquainted—or otherwise—with the situation in Spokane. The aspirants for political honors, at the hands of the Republicans seem, up to date, to be as follows: Superior judge, Spokane county (two to nominate)—H. L. Kennan (incumbent), W. A. Huneke, James Dawson, A. E. Barnes and John A. Peacock. Joint judge, Stevens and Spokane county (one to nominate))—Miles Poindexter and S. C. Hyde. Sheriff—H. B. Doak, Rolla C. Harbord, E. H. Dean and Charles G. Carpenter. Assessor—Dayton H. Stewart (incumbent), A. W. Strong and J. S. Thayer. Treasurer—E. K. Erwin, H. H. Hubbard and W. J. Nickerson of Plaza. Coroner—Dr. D. L. Smith (incumbent), Dr. S. Kalb and Dr. F. P. Witter. Commissioner, First district—G. H. Collin (incumbent), W. D. Knight, E. E. Burton. Commissioner, Second district—W. A. Coplen and William Connolly. The Legislative Aspirants. Following is the list of avowed legislative aspirants and possibilities, to date: Third senatorial district and Seceond representative district: For senator—Dr. C. G. Brown, W. J. Doust and H. W. Greenberg; for representatives, H. C. Olney and Dan Hoch. One senator and two representatives to elect. Fourth senatorial district and Third representative district: For senator—Walker A. Henry of Spokane; for representatives—W. D. Scott of Spokane, .W H. Darknell of Fairfield and C. A. Ley of Fairfield. One senator and two representatives to elect. Fifth senatorial district and Fourth representative district: For senator—E. C. Bratt of Plaza, Alexander Watt of Cheney and S. A. Wells of Spokane; for representative—E. C| Whitney of Beaver, W. H. Van Dusen and H. W. McNamar, both of Milan, and J. A. Fancher of Medical Lake. One senator and two representatives to elect. Fifth representative district—George T. Crane, J. H. Spear, Ed. Sanders and Sed Rosenhaupt. Two representatives to elect. Sixth representative district—Joseph B. Lindsley, Dr. G. T. Doolittle, Arthur J. Shaw and Dr. E. Pittwood. The senators in the Sixth and Seventh districts both hold over for the next session. Both are Democrats. STATE PRESS The Sumas News gets a little sarcastic when it speaks of the great railroad magnate as follows: "Jim J. Hill says that if Harriman gets into the Sound country he will sell out and let the Northwest fight its own battles. Now that it tough—but we have the Creator still with us, and we will manage somehow." The News can speak thusly after it has gotten what it wants. Prior to Mr. Hill's building the Great Northern through that section of the country, it was without railroad facilities, and was willing to do most anything to get a railroad outlet, but now that it has it, the newspaper paragraphers of that country can speak as flippantly of as if the people themselves had built the road. Editor Kibbe, of the Centralia Chronicle, from a recent editorial in his paper is exceedingly anxious for a beet sugar factory to be established in that town, and uses the following very strong language in substantiation of his ideas: "What is the trouble with having a sugar beat industry started here? Experiments show that the soil is well fitted for the growth of beets and the moisture here would make it certain of being an industry that would be a financial success and open a wide and profitable field of work for the farmers and for the large numbers constantly coming from the East." The idea is a splendid one because it might furnish a sufficient amount of sugar to sweeten Editor Kibbe's cup of life to the extent that he would not continue sour on the whole world, as he has been in the past. Among the many things said by the weekly papers of the state in connection with the Bremerton fiasco, in which the Times takes the leading part, nothing has been said so apropos as the the following from the Port Orchard Independent: "The Seattle daily Times published on Sunday morning a lurid picture of Bremerton's condition that is enough to make a dyspeptic smile; it is such a bad lie." The Davenport Tribune (Dem.), declares that the Lincoln county Times (Rep.), proposes to rule or ruin in the next following campaign, as will be seen from the excerpt from the Tribune: "The Lincoln County Times will support a Democrat if McBride is defeated, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, well, it depends if the Democrat suits the editor, which is safe to state that he will not, commission or no commission, railroad dictation or no dictation, the Times will be what it is and more—a Republican vent." If the Times thinks for a minute that it is Republican, providing it has used the above language, it is very sadly mistaken. Partisan papers should support their party nominees, whether they are their choice or not, in short, party newspapers should have no choice prior to the convention. Winston's Weekly passes into history, the same having been absorbed by the Spokane Outburst. It can be truthfully said that under Patrick Henry Winston the Weekly was one of the brightest papers in the state, and it is to be regretted that it was so short lived. The Outburst is likewise one of the leading as well as best weeklies in the state and will continue the good work begun by Winston's Weekly. The Outburst in commenting on the Weekly says: "While we cannot expect to fill the place of the late Patrick Henry Winston, or even dance around in it, we believe that we can give the people of Spokane and Eastern Washington a paper that they will appreciate, and that will deserve their support." And the public is quite well aware of that fact. The following from the Waila Walla Union is the text of Senator Turner's speech delivered in that city on Jefferson Day, a few days ago: "The next Democratic platform should apply to living and vital issues. We might as well include the ten commandments as to renew a declaration on the silver question. I believe that nothing should be put in the platform that will drive a considerable proportion of our party into the ranks of the opposition. The silver question has ceased to be a living and vital issue, and its reaffirmation will have the effect of creating the impression that the Democratic party is not safe and sound."—What a change in the morning. Stanton, Wyo., April 11.—Laughlin G. McLean, a white man, and Miss Ellen M. Early, colored, were united in marriage by Justice O'Flynn Saturday. The bride made a fortune in the restaurant business in Seattle. McLean is a business man of Fairhaven, Wash. This couple appeared to be devoted to each other. They are about 45 years of age. If the above is correct, it's news to Seattleites. Such a person is not known here. For the most part, the King county courthouse is quite adequate to accomodate the county officials, but nothwithstanding this, there is one man in the county who is very confident that that edifice is sadly in need of a new Storey. --- Announcement Announcement Sherman, Clay & Co. are pleased to announce that their warerooms at 711 Second avenue have been completely renovated. The carpenters, decorators, painters and electricians have done their work so well that the store is not only pleasing to the eye but is now eminently satisfactory for the firm's extensive piano and music business. The management of the house is now in the hands of Mr. John C. Walling, who, for nearly ten years, was manager of the Oakland, Cal., branch. Mr. Eugene Keppler is in charge of the office. Mr. John Ramaker has been engaged to take charge of the sheet music and small instrument department. Our business is thoroughly organized; our stock is complete. We have capable men in every department, and we extend every courtesy possible in the business. On our representations as above, we believe we have a right to expect your patronage when in need of anything in our line. May we have the pleasure of serving you? ```markdown ``` The Seattle Republican Established May 1894 Established May, 1894. H. R. Cayton.....Editor Susie Revels Cayton.....Associate SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....1.00 Three Months ......60 Entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second- class Mail Matter. Office, A. W. Denny Bldg., 1414 Second. Tele- phone Main 305. Hill, Harriman and Morgan are busily engaged trying to break each other. It might be a blessing in disguise to the general public if they were all successful. Last Monday Hearst lost New York state and won Kitsap county of this state. Jumping Jehosaphat! what a victory for the Hearst syndicate! Some very elaborate spreads have been enjoyed by the Democrats this season, before attempting to explain to the assembled guests the "Jeffersonian simplicity." If the press reports be true, the Japanese have already sunk more Russian ships in the present war, than both nations have all told—and yet the sinking goes merrily on. It would seem that the P.-I. is shouting because it is out of the Woods, while the Times is rejoicing because it is in the Woods. Is this a case of "too much Woods" from a journalistic standpoint? Beer as a fire extinguisher is a new role for that liquid refreshment to play a part in From the effect it has on some folks it was very generally supposed that it is a feeler instead of an extinguisher of fires. "Florence Marven is known bu her works", advertises a clairvoyant. If by her works she means her face, there is no doubt of it; he who has once seen it will never forget. The "get-rich-quick-man" has been operating again in Seattle, and, strange to say, has found plenty of victims. The man who wrote that "a fool was born every second" was pretty nearly correct. What a laughable joke it is to still see Will Steel figuring in the deliberations of the State Press Association. The only way he can become a member of that journalistic body is to Steel in by the back door. The Sixth congressional district of Alabama has voted for a representative to congress, and, strange to say, the man selected was not "Hobson's choice." The osculator, therefore, will have to continue osculating among the giddy girls in lecture rooms. Both sixteen to one, and imperialism are dead issues, according to Senator Turner's ideas of the situation, and yet he did not state what is, or would be, a live issue for the Democrats of this state, or the United States, for the coming campaign. McBrideism in King county does not seem to have the Piles of votes that it anticipated and that too despite the fact that the Walker of the governor has been tramping here and there for month in quest of them. --- Mrs. Eddy, of Christian Science fake fame says she is a distant relative of General John McNeil, which may or may not be true, but, if it is, the General should not be censured, for freaks often come from the highest type of man as well as beast. Mormonism is threatening to turn Utah Democratic. If Democracy is a whit bit better than Mormonism, then the average citizen of the United States fails to see it, but whether Mormonism or Democracy its of little concern to the Republicans, for both of them must be stamped out. Mrs. Botkin of poisoned candy fame has not as yet been charged with sending the horses of Seattle poisoned candy, which has brought about an epidemic of mange among them, but this is doubtless only an oversight on the part of the Pinkerton detectives. Be of good cheer madam, for, "everything comes to those who wait." It is claimed that Chicago at her last general election voted by a overwhelming majority for municipal ownership of the street railways therein. That, however, is no indication that she will get what she voted for, unless she pays the courts and attorneys a good many millions to not defeat the will of the people. In the course of human events Jacob Furth may become a candidate for the United States senatorship from this state, but, if he does, he will hardly let the Times pull his leg for a few thousand, as did Senator Squires and Senator Ankeny. With this in mind, however, the Times has a commendable excuse for booming the Billionaire Banker for the Senate. Recent reports declare that one Captain Scott, during a two and a half years' expedition in the Antartic circle, reached within 500 miles of the south pole. Being so near it would seem that he would h able, with the aid of his field glasses, to have seen the floating flag of all nations on the topmost pinnacle of that much sought for terrestial terminus. On being branded as "a knocker", the Times becomes indignant, and devotes two whole pages of its valuable Sunday edition to refuting the charge. We remember it was but a few days ago that the Times boiled all over itself refuting the charge that Hearst owns the paper, and now it goes off half cocked again in refuting this charge, which makes one think, to the assembled Suppose The Seattle Republican had published one-half as much about Judge Cann as did the P.-I. and the Times, it would now be facing a dozen or more criminal libel suits, and Cann would have fixed a cash bail of $500 on each count and at midnight to keep it from being raised, that the editor might actually be sent to jail. It makes all the difference whose bull is gored. The contract for paving Harvard Avenue has been let, and the city is to pay $160,000 for the work. This bid, with others in the same neighborhood, was considered exhorbitant by the board of public works, but finding that the city was up against a trust in which all of the contractors were interested, it was compelled to let the contract for this amount, which, to say the least, is $80,000 too much. In other words, the city treasury and the property owners on Harvard Avenue are being robbed of $80,000 on account of there existing in this city a trust, which amount is divided, if reports be true, between the various concerns engaged in that kind of business. It would thus seem that the disposition to rob and plunder the public treasuries of this country, in other words, "get in their graft", is common to every state, county, and hamlet in the country. After long months of waiting the contract for the building of the city library has been finally let, and ground was broken for the same last Wednesday morning. This building is to cost not more than $200,000, and evidently it will cost that amount, inasmuch as the city authorities wish a building that will be adequate to accommodate the city for the next quarter of a century. The Japanese and Chinese at the St. Louis exposition may want to associate exclusively with the white folk, but do the white folk want them? It takes two to make a bargain. Germany's expansion ideas are having an uphill pull in South Africa, for between the natives, the varmints and the aligators, her soldiers are dying faster than they are expanding. Said a prominent divine from his pulpit last Sunday: "I believe America was set aside by the Creator for the home of the greatest people on earth." That depends solely upon what you base your degree of greatness. If it is on the acts of the "greatest people" boring corkscrews into the bodies of live men and women and tearing out great chunks of quivering flesh, the burning of an innocent woman at the stake, and being guilty of mobbing hundreds of people every year, then we agree with you. you. "Roosevelt Fears Investigation" is an almost daily announcement in Democratic papers. If Roosevelt fears investigation in this particular, it is the only time he has feared such since he has been in the public eye. He was recently instrumental in having a Republican United States Senator convicted for fleecing the United States treasury out of funds, and he has likewise been instrumental in exposing the postal frauds, and yet he is charged by opposition papers with trying to dodge an expose. Roosevelt is not "built that way", and no one but a liar will say that he is. Henry Watterson, the famous Southern editor, who is travelling in the Northwest lecturing in the various cities, was in Seattle last Thursday, and talked entertainingly to those who were fortunate enough to be present. As editor of the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., he has been the foremost journalist of the South in moulding public opinion, and for almost half a century he has led the political vanguard of the South. So radical was he in the Hayes-Tilden contest, that he offered to lead 100,000 men to Washington to force Tilden into the presidential chair; but in this, however, he lacked 99,999 men, he being the only one to show up. The editorial in Mr. Waterson's paper that has attracted the greatest amount of attention in recent years was an attack on the society "400" of this country. This editorial was a scathing rebuke to the "400," and was widely copied throughout the entire country. He is by odds the greatest journalist in the South, as well as one of America's very best. 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Diamond Ice Leaves no slime in the refrigerator, because it is is made from distilled artesian water . . . . . . TELEPHONE PINK 159 MORAN BROS. CO. Manufacture and Sell LUMBER For All Purposes SEATTLE, - - WASHINGTON IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King County. John A. Wilson, plaintiff, vs. J. S. McCallum and Jane Doe McCallum, his wife, whose true Christian name is unknown, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, defendants. No. ——. Notice and Summons. State of Washington, to J. S. McCallum and Jane Doe McCallum, his wife, whose true Christian name is unknown, who are the owners, or reputed owners or, and 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, John A. Wilson, is the holder of a delinquent tax certificate, No. B 18836, issued by the Treasurer of King County, Washington, embracing the following real property situated in King County, Washington, and more particularly described as follows: to-wit: South half (½) of Lot Six (6), Block Six (6), Young's Addition. That said certificate was issued on the 7th day of May, 1903, for the sum of $1.93, for the delinquent taxes for the year 1899, that the taxes for the following years have been paid by the plaintiff, to-wit: the year 1898, the sum of $1.30; the year 1900, the sum of $1.30; the year 1901, the sum of $1.40; the year 1903, the sum of $1.26; which several sums bear interest at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum from said date of payment. You and each of you are hereby directed and summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this notice and summons exclusive of the date of first publication, to-wit: within sixty days after the 15th day of April, 1904, in the above entitled Court, and defend the action or pay the amount due, together with the costs. In case of your failure to do so, plaintiff will apply for judgment, and judgment will be rendered foreclosing the lien of said taxes and costs against the real property, lands and premises herein named. JOHN A. WILSON, Plaintiff. WM. C. KEITH, Attorney for Plaintiff. Room 46 Starr-Boyd Bldg., Seattle, Wash. April 15-May 27. PROBATE NOTICE.—IN THE SUPERIOR Court of the State of Washington, for the County of King, State of Washington, County of King ss State of Washington, County of King, ss. County of King.—Guardianship. In the matter of the estate of George H. Grose, Insane. No. 5397. Notice of Settlement of Final Account. Notice is hereby given that Aurora E. Grose, the Guardian of the estate of George H. Grose, an insane person, has rendered to, and filed in said Court her final account as such Guardian, and that Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1904, at 10:00 o'clock, a.m., at the Court Room of the Probate Department of our said Superior Court, in the City of Seattle, in said King County, has been duly 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. Witness, the Hon. W. R. Bell, Judge of said Superior Court, and the Seal of said Court hereto affixed, this 8th day of May, 1904. (Seal) C. A. KOEPFLI, Clerk. By D. K. SICKELS, Deputy Clerk. April 15-April 29. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King County. Krist Knudsen, Plaintiff, vs. O. M. Odsero and Jane Doe Odsero, his wife, whose true first name is to plaintiff unknown. And all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, defendants. No. —. Notice and summons. State of Washington, to O. M. Odsero and Jane Doe Odsero 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 hereinafter described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff Krist Knudsen, is the holder of one certain delinquent tax certificate, numbered as hereinafter stated, issued by the County Treasurer of King County, State of Washington, embracing the following real property situated in King County, Washington, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Delinquent Tax Certificate, Number B21, 002, Section 21, Township 26, Range 5, W. $ \frac{1}{2} $ of N. E. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of S. W. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of N. E. $ \frac{1}{4} $ That said certificate was issued on the 14th day of November, 1903, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B21002, for year 1899, amount, $ \frac{1.9}{5} $ That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to-wit: Delinquent tax certificate No. B21002, Section 21, Township 26, Range 5; description, W. $ \frac{1}{2} $ of N. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of S. W. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of N. E. $ \frac{1}{4} $ That said certificate was issued on the 14th day of November, 1903, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax certificate No. B21002, for year 1899, amount, $ \frac{1.9}{5} $ That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to-wit: Section 21, Township 26, Range 5; description, W. $ \frac{1}{2} $ of N. E. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of S. W. $ \frac{1}{4} $ of N. E. $ \frac{1}{4} $ ; amount 98c; for year 1902. Which several sums bear interest at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum from said date of payment, and are all the unpaid and unredeemed taxes upon and against said real property. You and each of your (including said person, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the day of the date of the first publication to-wit: within 60 days after the 15th day of April, 1904, in the above entitled Court and action, and defend this action and answer the complaint of said plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated, or pay the amount, together with penalty, interest and costs. In case you fail so to do, 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 costs, or ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of 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. KRIST KNUDSEN, Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT, Prosecuting Attorney. By JOHN C. MURPHY, Deputy. Attorney for Plaintiff. Office Address: 501-506 Marlon Block, Seattle, Wash. First publication April 15-May 27, 1904. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Mann & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. Seven Days' Current Comment and Observation THE "MOST PATHETIC STORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC." "The Old Folks at Home," or "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River," as it is often called, probably enjoys a greater popularity, all over the world, than any other American song. It is characterized by Mr. Louis C. Elson, of Boston (in his newly published "History of American Music"), as "the chief American folk-song," and its composer, Stephen Collins Foster, is declared by the same authority to have been "as truly the folk-song genius of America as Weber or Silcher have been of Germany." Foster wrote about one hundred and sixty songs in all, including "My Old Kentucky Home," "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground," "Old Uncle Ned," and "Nellie Bly." "The utmost simplicity," as Mr. Elson remarks, "is in all these songs, the harmonies seldom go beyond the three chief chords; yet when one tries to imitate this simplicity, it is found to be most difficult to acquire. Some of the greatest composers might try for it in vain." He says further: "The Old Folks at Home' sold very close to one million copies, and appeared in dozens of different arrangements; yet the composer received almost nothing for it. * * He lived unhonored and unrecognized, he died poor, he was one of the gentlest and sweetest of natures; but he was too convivial and too easily led by his companions. His love for his parents was pathetic in its intensity, and his reverence for the memory of his mother, whom he idolized in life, bordered upon mania. His business abilities were about on a par with those of Schubert, and like that composer he would rush his manuscript to the publisher almost before the ink had dried. Many of his later songs were, therefore, 'pot-boilers' of the most pronounced type. Yet some publishers paid Foster larger royalties than greater composers have received. Pond & Co., of New York, sent him checks aggregating thousands of dollars, for royalties, during one part of his career." Foster's later years, mostly spent in New York, are described as "most pathetic and painful," and his marriage, in 1854, to Miss Jennie McDowell, a lady of good family, was followed by a separation. "Foster's irregular habits," we are told, "were growing upon him, and he was the last man in the world to build up a home." We quote, in conclusion: "The New York days were Bohemian enough in all conscience. Foster's appearance was not unlike that of a tramp, during "The Old Folks at Home," or "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River," as it is often called, probably enjoys a greater popularity, all over the world, than any other American song. It is characterized by Mr. Louis C. Elson, of Boston (in his newly published "History of American Music") as "the chief American folk-song," and its composer, Stephen Collins Foster, is declared by the same authority to have been "as truly the folk-song genius of America as Weber or Silcher have been of Germany." Foster wrote about one hundred and sixty songs in all, including "My Old Kentucky Home," "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground," "Old Uncle Ned," and "Nellie Bly." "The utmost simplicity," as Mr. Elson remarks, "is in all these songs, the harmonies seldom go beyond the three chief chords; yet when one tries to imitate this simplicity, it is found to be most difficult to acquire. Some of the greatest composers might try for it in vain." He says further: "The Old Folks at Home' sold very close to one million copies, and appeared in dozens of different arrangements; yet the composer received almost nothing for it. * * He lived unhonored and unrecognized, he died poor, he was one of the gentlest and sweetest of natures; but he was too convivial and too easily led by his companions. His love for his parents was pathetic in its intensity, and his reverence for the memory of his mother, whom he idolized in life, bordered upon mania. His business abilities were about on a par with those of Schubert, and like that composer he would rush his manuscript to the publisher almost before the ink had dried. Many of his later songs were, therefore, 'pot-boilers' of the most pronounced type. Yet some publishers paid Foster larger royalties than greater composers have received. Pond & Co., of New York, sent him checks aggregating thousands of dollars, for royalties, during one part of his career." Foster's later years, mostly spent in New York, are described as "most pathetic and painful," and his marriage, in 1854, to Miss Jennie McDowell, a lady of good family, was followed by a separation. "Foster's irregular habits," we are told, "were growing upon him, and he was the last man in the world to build up a home." We quote, in conclusion: "The New York days were Bohemian enough in all conscience. Foster's appearance was not unlike that of a tramp, during Three candidates for Congress, Kittitas Two candidates for Supreme Judge, Klickitat One candidate for Governor, Lewis One candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, Lincoln One candidate for Secretary of State, Mason One candidate for State Treasurer, Okanogan One candidate for State Auditor, Pacific One candidate for Attorney-General, Pierce One candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. --- CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION. A Republican Convention for the State of Washington is hereby called to meet in the City of Tacoma, on Wednesday, May 11th, 1904, at the hour of ten o'clock a.m., for the purpose of electing ten delegates and ten alternate delegates to attend the National Republican Convention to be held in the City of Chicago on June 21st, 1904, and the nomination of five candidates for presidential electors to be voted for at the presidential election to be held in November, and to cast the vote of the State of Washington in the electoral college for President and Vice-President of the United States, and the placing in nomination of One candidate for Commissioner of Publs Lands, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the said convention. The basis of representation will be two delegates at large for each county and one delegate for each 100 votes or major fraction thereof cast in each county for the Hon. Hiram E. Hadley, Republican candidate for State Supreme Judge at the general election of 1902, the apportionment of each county being as follows: much of this time; a shabby coat, a cheap glazed cap, a scar upon his upper lip, one would scarcely imagine this to be the chief folk-song composer on this side of the Atlantic. "He had a great love for poetry, and it is is not surprising to learn that Poe was his favorite poet. He could recite pages upon pages of this author from memory, and his declamation evinced a keen appreciation of the subtleties of the works. He had another and very different source of inspiration; he was always incited to composition by a trip in one of the Broadway stages, and would often ride up and down the great thoroughfare in one of these public vehicles, thinking of new melodies as he journeyed. Spite of the amount of money he received during these years, his was a hand-to-mouth existence, and he and his friend George Cooper, the poet, would often concoct a song in the morning, sell it at noon, and not be a penny the richer by night. "The end came suddenly. He was staying at the American House, one of the most inexpensive of lodging-places, and there one night he fell (while in his room) and cut himself severely. An artery was severed, and he was too faint to summon assistance. By the time he was discovered he had lost so much blood that there was no hope of recovery. In the common ward of a New York hospital this genius died. Unidentified at first, his body was taken to the morgue, but the speedy advent of friends prevented, its being buried in the potter's field. The accident occurred January 10, 1864, and Foster's death took place three days later, he being at that time only thirty-three years old. He was buried at Pittsburg, beside the father and mother whom he loved so dearly. At his grave a band played 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming' and 'The Old Folks at Home'—a most fitting requiem. His daughter was his only descendant. * * * * "In thus raising the curtain upon the unhappy life of Foster, the most typical of all American song-composers, we feel that the reader will perceive that one may not here apply an ordinary standard of judgment; that censure must be mute. It was said of Burns that 'the light that led astray was light from heaven,' and surely this gentle, sensitive, and most diffident nature caught something of the celestial gleam. The busy American life was not a pleasant environment for such a poet. He should have lived the dreamy, lazy life of the Southern plantation, of which he has given us such ROLL. County— Voters. Delegates. Adams 699 9 Asotin 407 6 Chehalls 1,714 19 Chelan 710 9 Clallam 708 9 Clarke 1,539 17 Columbia 821 10 Cowlitz 1,123 13 Douglas 761 10 Ferry 399 6 Franklin 222 4 Garfield 526 7 Island 322 5 Jefferson 717 9 King 11,276 115 Kitsap 1,108 13 Kittitas 1,070 13 Killckitat 913 11 Lewis 1,903 21 Lincoln 1,517 17 Mason 544 7 Okanogan 565 8 Pacific 846 10 Plerce 5,607 58 San Juan 431 6 Skagit 1,945 21 Skamania 182 4 Snohomish 3,787 40 Spokane 4,691 49 Stevens 1,273 15 Thurston 1,323 15 Wahklakum 355 6 Walla Walla 1,814 20 Whatcom 3,289 35 Whitman 2,205 24 Yakima 1,705 19 Total.....660 All County Conventions in electing delegates to the State Convention will also elect alternates, and it is also deemed best that the County Conventions to elect their delegates to the State Convention be held at least 10 days prior to May 11th, 1904. It is recommended that at the time of selecting delegates to the State Convention the County Conventions in those counties which are included in judicial or senatorial districts composing two or more counties also select delegates based on the same apportionment as delegates to the state convention are elected to judicial or senatorial conventions for such districts, to be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Republican County Central Committees of the counties in such districts. The State Central Committee recommends that all voters who believe in the principles of the Republican party and endorse its policies and will support the nominees of the party at the November election, are cordially invited to participate in the primaries. Attest: ELLIS MORRISON Attest: ELLIS MORRISON, Chairman Republican State Central Committee. M. E. HAY, Secretary. JOHN L. NAGLE, Ass't. Sec'y. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for King County. In the matter of the application of the San Juan Fish & Packing Company, a corporation, for voluntary dissolution. Notice of Application for Voluntary Dissolution. graphic pictures. Foster's is the most pathetic story of American music, the tale of a tortured and troubled career, extinguished in misery."—Literary Digest. Moses Druxinman, who, the police claim, has maintained a "fence" for many years in this city, is now in the county jail with a two-year's sentence ahead of him. He is not deserving of any sympathy, for the average second-hand man pays such a small sum, at best, for anything he buys that when he deliberately sends a man out to steal in order to get goods that his profits may be still greater, two years in the penitentiary would do a whole lot better than that amount of time in the county jail. Among the many damage suits the Seattle Electric Co. of this city has to face, not one of them is attracting as much attention as the one filed by Robert Abrahams, the old pioneer, who a few months ago was severely beaten while on his way to the city in one of the company's cars, by the conductor and motorman. Mr. Abrahams is suing for $26,000 damage, and those who have heard the case say he is fully entitled to every cent of it—not that the company was derelict in duty, but for having such men in charge of a car. The company may not have known that the men were of this character when they were hiring them, but this will teach it in future when hiring employees, to pay some attention to the feature of their fitness to hold the position the same as they do for their fitness to collect and turn in the money. A bill has passed the lower house of congress, having for its object the removal of the customs house from Port Townsend to Seattle. The secretary of the treasury has recommended this purely as a matter of economy, and not that he loves Port Townsend less or Seattle more. If the customs house is moved to Seattle it will be a saving of fully $30,000 per year to the government, to say nothing of the convenience it would be to the department in the operation of vessels entering and leaving the Sound country. The shipping from the Sound is done from Seattle and Tacoma, and in order for vessels to clear from these two places it must go through a long line of red tape in Seattle and Tacoma, and then duplicate this at Port Townsend, which is an annoyance almost out of reason. The saving to the government, as has already been said, would simply be enormous, and if Seattle doesn't open her mouth in favor of this move, the government will, it is believed, make the change. Notice is hereby given that a petition has been duly filed with the above court, praying for the dissolution and disincorporation of above named corporation formed under the laws of the State of Washington, that such petition, together with the certificate is duly signed and executed by the proper officers of sald corporation. That the 11th day of May, 9:30 a. m. 1904, or as soon thereafter as a hearing can be had, any and all parties in interest will be heard before Hon. W. R. Bell, judge of the above entitled court to show cause, if any there be, why such corporation shall not be dissolved, and at sald time sald court will proceed to consider the application for dissolution and disincorporation, and will make such order as to sald court seems right and proper in the premises. Whereof take due notice. (Seal.) C. A. KOEPFLI, Clerk Superior Court. By J. M. BREWSTER, Deputy. Date 1st publication March 11, 1904. BOGLE & RICHARDSON, Attorneys for Petitioner. Downs Block, Rooms 40-42. Mar. 11-May 6. For the purpose of nominating a president to be voted for next November a National Convention of Negroes will be held in St. Louis, July 6th. Dix Samuel Burdett of Seattle may be the nominee for the presidency. AFRO-AMERICAN From a leading European paper it is learned that the leader of the Imperiad Band of Berlin is a Negro, and France's greatest writer of waltz music is likewise a colored man, who enjoys all of the social advantages of the royal families of that country. Tyler, Texas, boasts of a photograph gallery, which is the leading establishment of the kind in the city, which is under the management of a Negro. Concentrated and united efforts on the part of the colored citizens of Omaha, Neb., has induced the merchants of that city to employ colored lads as errand and messenger boys in all of the leading establishments. Paris, Texas, boasts of one of the strongest building and loan and investment companies among the Negroes of any city in the United States. The best and most up-to-date livery barn in Charleston, S. C., (the home of Dr. Crum, who was recently confirmed as collector of customs of that port, after being bitterly fought for the past two years) is owned by Parker & George, who are the leading Negro men of their race (from a business standpoint) in that section of the country. Perhaps for the first time in the history of the state of Mississippi, an Anglo-Saxon has been convicted and sentenced to be hanged for having assaulted an Afro-American girl. The spirit of industrial education has caught Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt and she has established in Asheville, N. C., a well equipped school of science where colored girls are given practical demonstrations of how to do all sorts of housework. She maintains the school at her own expense. The boycott is a weapon that can be very effectually used, if properly directed. For instance, in Beaumont, Texas, a white merchant objected to his mail being delivered by a colored mail carrier. His objections were favorably considered by the postoffice department, and he was allowed to call for his mail, but some fifty colored families, who had been trading at his store took exceptions and at once ceased trading with him, and as a result he is now a bankrupt! In Kalamazoo, Mich., lives Mary A. Kidder aged fourteen who has startled that city by giving forth some wonderful revelations. She often makes as many as three trips to heaven a day during her trances and on returning to earth gives correct descriptions of persons whom she never saw on earth. Miss Kidder claims that when she enters the two immense white pearly gates she knows from the beauty of the whole that heaven is before her; but that there are no houses, no streets and the angles do not wear wings. This latter statement if believed is SEATTLE ENGRAVING CO. "Wemake PRINTER'S PLATES that print" EVERY STYLE OF ENGRAVING IN HALFTONE & ZINC ETCHING. 145 117 THIRD AVENUE, 900m SEATTLE WASH. very discouraging to those who all their lives have looked forward to walking on streets of gold and flying bird-like through regions celestial. All the men and women in Korea whatever their age or station smoke tobacco. The coolie carries his pipe thrust down his neck between his coat and his back; the Korean gentleman carries his in his sleeve. The custom of pipe carrying differs greatly from the American method and yet it might not come amiss to some of the politicians who are so often accused of carrying knives up their sleeves. Governor Vardeman was in St. Louis one day this week and as is his custom rushed into print and could talk of nothing but the Negro. If the Governor does not cease abusing the Negro some one will declare him to be tainted with the blood and he is only saying thief to attract attention from him. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. J. H. Titus, plaintiff, vs. Edward M. Harrison and Jane Doe Harrison, his wife, whose true first name is to plaintiff unknown, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, defendants. Notice and Summons. No. — State of Washington to Edward M. Harrison and Jane Doe Harrison, 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 hereinafter described real property. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff, J. H. Titus, is the holder of one certain delinquent tax certificate, numbered as hereinafter 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. B6307, Lot 7, Block A, Crow's 1st Addition to Kent. That said certificate was issued on the 18th day of January, 1901, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B6307, for years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, for the amount of $8.65. That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff, upon said above described lots, to-wit: 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 this notice, exclusive of the day of the date of the first publication, to-wit; within 60 days after the 22d day of April, 1904, in the above entitled Court and action, and defend this action and answer the complaint of said plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer on the undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated, or pay the amount, together with penalty, interest and costs. In case you fail so to do, 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 costs, ordering a sale of each parcel of said property for the satisfaction of 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. J. H. TITUS. Plaintiff. W. T. SCOTT, Prosecuting Attorney. By JOHN C. MURPHY, Deputy. Attorney for Plaintiff. Office Address 501-506 Marion Block, Seattle, Wash. First publication, dated April 22, 1904. Last publication, June 3rd, 1904. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. Elizabeth C. Wilde, plaintiff, vs. William Wilde, Defendant. No. ——. Summons for Publication. State of Washington, to sald defendant, William Wilde: You are hereby summoned to appear, within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit, within sixty (60) days after the first day of April, 1904, 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 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 has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. This is an action brought by said plaintiff against said defendant, to dissolve the bonds of matrimony existing between said plaintiff and defendant upon the grounds of neglect or refusal to make suitable provisions for his family, or any provision at all, and upon the ground of habitual drunkenness of said defendant, and for costs of this action. H. R. CLISE, Plaintiff's Attorney. Postoffice Address: Room 416 Globe Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. NOTICE.—SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL Estate. Sheriff's Office. State of Washington, County of King, ss. By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of King County, on the 25th day of March, 1904, by the Clerk thereof, in the case of H. W. Austin, plaintiff, versus Helen E. Velle, Harry M. Velle, John C. Velle, Anna L. Velle, J. B. Maxon, Maria Maxon, Springbrook Trout Farm, incorporated, A. G. Keene, Lura E. Keene, George E. Adams, B. B. Allen, Lucy A. Allen, Maggie Wells, George M. Wells, Marian A. Wells, J. D. Iddings and Rebecca Iddings, defendants, No. 37,122, and 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 sales, to-wit at ten o'clock a. m. on the 7th day of May, A. D. 1904, before the Court House door of said King County, in the State of Washington, all of the right, title, and interest of the said defendants, in and to the following described property, situated in King County, State of Washington, to-wit: The northeast quarter (N. E. 1/4) of Section six (6), Township twenty-two (22) north of Range five (5) East (E.) of the Willamette Meridian, excepting twenty (20) acres more or less off the northwest corner previously sold and conveyed by John Webster and wife to John Krumm; also the southwest quarter (S. W. 1/4) of the northwest quarter (N. W. 1/4) of Section five (5), Township twenty-two (22) North of Range five (5) East, excepting a tract of about ten (10) acres belonging to, or at one time sold to, J. D. Iddings and Rebecca Iddings, his wife, and described as the southeast quarter (S. E. 1/4) of said southwest quarter (S. W. 1/4) of the northwest quarter (N. W. 1/4) of said Section five (5), Township twenty-two (22) North of Range five (5) East, and containing altogether, exclusive of said Iddings tract, 159.9 acres more or less, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances hereunto belonging, levied on as the property of defendants to satisfy a judgment, amounting to Thirty-four hundred twenty-eight and 95-100 Dollars, and costs of suit, in favor of the plaintiff. Dated this 30th day of March, 1904. ED. CUDIHEE, Sheriff. By WM. CORCORAN, Deputy. April 1-April 29. PROBATE NOTICE.—IN THE SUPERIOR Court of the State of Washington, for King County. In the matter of the estate of Alexander McLean, deceased. No. 3602. Notice of Sett- ment of Final Account. State of Washington, County of King, ss. Notice is hereby given that W. H. Vincent the administrator of the estate of Alexander McLean, deceased, has rendered to and filed in said court his final account as such administrator, and that Thursday the 21st day of April, 1904, at ten o'clock A. M., at the court room of the Probate Department of our said Superior Court, in the City of Seattle, in said King County, has been duly appointed by said court for the settlemen 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. Wintntss, the Hon. W. R. Bell, Judge of said Superior Court, and the seal of said court hereto affixed this 31st day of March, 1904. (Seal) C. A. KOEPFLI, Clerk, By D. K. SICKLES, Deputy Clerk. April 1-April 15. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KING County, State of Washington. In the matter of the estate of Daniel W. Clark deceased. No. 5469. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Daniel W. Clark, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit, within one year from the second day of April, 1904, to the undersigned administrator of the estate of Daniel W. Clark, deceased, No. 301 Marlon Building, in the City of Seattle. King County, Washington, that being the designated place for the transaction of the business of said estate. SAMUEL K FAULK Administrator of the Estate of Daniel W. Clark, Deceased. KENNETH MACKINTOSH. Attorney for the Administrator. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, 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 for the opening, widening and altering of Pike Street, from Fourth Avenue as the westerly limit of such opening, widening and altering, to Melrose Avenue, on the northerly side of Pike Street, and Minor Avenue, on the southerly side of Pike Street as the easterly limit of such opening, widening and altering, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 10051 of said city, approved September 9, 1903, be ascertained by a jury or by the court in case a jury be waived. No. 41394. Summons by Publication. The State of Washington, to John Hoefler and _____ Hoefler, his wife; Nellie Phinny, T. W. Griffith, C. Hanson and _____ Hanson, his wife; W. P. Hawley and _____ Hawley, his wife; Joseph E. Merton and _____ Merton, his wife; John B. Waddell and _____ Waddell, his wife; A. Nash and _____ Nash, his wife; Jacob Oldernes and _____ Oldernes, his wife; Carrie Diller Shindler, Mary A. McCoy and ____ McCoy, her husband; Joy Mills and ____ Mills, his wife; Fred Thornton and Thornton, his wife; Peter Holmes and Holmes, his wife; Grace D. Stevens and Stevens, her husband, and Mary A. Higgins. 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 15th day of April, 1904, and defend the above entitled action in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for the County of King, 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 petition, which has been filed 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, and to ascertain the just compensation to be paid for lands taken, and the damages, if any, to the lands, property and property rights necessarily damaged, to open, widen and alter Pike Street, in the City of Seattle, from Fourth Avenue, as the westerly limit, to Melrose Avenue upon the northerly side of said Pike Street, and Minor Avenue upon the southerly side of said Pike Street, as the easterly limit, so that the width of said Pike Street, between the limits hereinbefore defined, shall be eighty-six (86) feet; being forty-three (43) feet wide on both sides of the present center line of said Pike Street, and for a release from all liability to the owners of such property or others having any interest therein as may be damaged or injuriously affected by reason of the appropriation thereof by said city, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 10051 of said city, approved September 9, 1903. MITCHELL, GILLIAM, WM, PARMERLEE, HUGH A. TAIT, Attorneys for Petitioner. Office and P. O. Address: Room 40 Haller Building, Seattle, Washington. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. Pearl J. Clark, Plaintiff, vs. Charles C. Clark, Defendant. No.——. Summons. The State of Washington to the said Charles C. Clark, defendant: You are summoned to appear within sixty days (60) after the date of the first pub- lation of this usmams, to-wit, within sixty days after the 15th day of April. 1904. and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff at his address below stated, and defend the above entitled action in the court aforesaid; in case of your failure so to do judgment will be rendered against you according to the praver of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the foregoing action is to dissolve the bonds of matrimony existing between you and the plaintiff, upon the grounds of desertion and cruel treatment, all of which have rendered the life of the plaintiff burdensome. DANIEL LANDON. Attorney for Plaintiff Post Office and Office Address: Room 9, Bexwell Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. Date of first publication, April 15, 1904. Last publication, May 27, 1904. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King County. A. F. Bickford and C. C. Bickford, his wife, Plaintiffs, vs. Erwin M. Stewart, Lizzie Stewart and Minerva Northway, Defendants. Summons by Publication. State of Washington, County of King, ss. The State of Washington, to Erwin M. Stewart, Lizzie Stewart and Minerva Northway, defendants above named; You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty days after the 15th day of April, 1904, 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 attorneys for plaintiffs at their office below stated, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will me rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. The object of this action is to quiet the title of plaintiffs in the real estate hereinafter described and to adjudicate the title of the plaintiffs to be good and valid and the claim of the defendants to be invalid and groundless, and to enjoin the defendants from setting up any adverse claim to said real estate. The said real estate is situated in the City of Seattle, King County, Washington, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Tract No. 5 of the Stewart Estate Tracts, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Madison Street 72 feet south 58 degrees 10 min. 10 sec. west of the intersection of Madison street and the westerly line of 20th avenue; thence north 31 degrees 49 min. 50 sec. west 100 feet: thence north 58 degrees 10 min. 10 sec. east 19.05 feet; thence south 89 degrees 56 min. 20 sec. east 27.04 feet; thence south 31 degrees 49 min. 50 sec. east 85.72 feet to Madison street; thence south 58 degrees 10 min. 10 sec. west 42 feet to the place of beginning. Also Tract 9 of the Stewart Estate Tracts described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of 20th avenue said point being 40 feet south 30 min. 20 sec. west from the north line of section 33 township 25 north, range 4 east, thence south 30 min. 20 sec. west along the westerly line of 20th avenue 60 feet; thence north 89 degrees 56 min. 20 sec. west 88.24 feet; thence south 58 deg. 10 min. 10 sec. west 35.23 feet; thence north 30 min. 20 sec. east 78.61 feet; thence south 89 degrees 56 min. 20 sec. east 128 feet to the place of beginning; all in the City of Seattle. KERR & McCORD, Plaintiff's Attorneys. P. O. Address: 301 Mutual Life Building, Seattle, King County, Wash. Date of first publication April 15, A. D. 1904. April 15-May 27 PERSONAL Miss Turner and Mr. Black of Trace- coma were guests in our city last Sunday. Miss Eliza Granger, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, is a recent arrival in our city. The mother of Messrs. James and Arthur Radlin died on Thursday and was buried Wednesday. The Unique Social club held a busi- ness meeting Wednesday at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gayton. Mrs. IB Oxendine, who has been visiting Mrs. George H. Grose for the past three months, has returned to her house in San Francisco. The Booker T. Washington Literary society meet as usual. Wednesday, the program being in keeping with the reputation of society "Good." Rev. W. M. Beelham, field secretary of the National Baptist union, arrived in the city on Thursday and will be the guest of Rev. and Mrs. H. T. Walker. Mr. C. A. Hughes, editor of the Iroquois, was one of a number who were baptised and confirmed on Easter Sunday at St. Peter Claver's Catholic church.—The (St. Paul) Iroquois. The wedding bells rang three times this month within ten days, and of the contracting parties there are more popular than Mr. and Mrs. Finley, who were married the 7th inst. Mr. Reuben Miller was happily and quietly married on Thursday evening at his parents' residence, 2608 East Valley street, to Miss Emma Hood, the daughter of Mr. and Miss. F. Hood of North Seattle. Only intimate friends were present at the ceremony. The Crescent Lawn Mower IS EASY TO RUN 12 inch $3.25 14 inch $3.50 16 inch $3.75 Spelger & Hurlbut second and third Mrs. George Rideout will leave next Sunday evening for Belfast, Ohio, to join her husband, who is now engaged in business in that city. Her many friends regret very much to see her leave the city, and more especially the young mother, to whom she has continued herself. Miss Wood of Grand Rapids, Mich., who spent the winter here with her brother, left this week for Kansas City. Mo., to accept a position as teacher in the city schools. Prior to coming here she taught for a number of years in the kindergarten at her home. During her stay here she made many friends who regret to see her go.—Pontiac Advocate. Rev. S. S. Freeman, pastor of the A. M. E. church of this city, complains bitterly of not being supported in his work by the educated ladies of his race. If such be true, it is, to say the heist, discouraging, and if the ladies have no excuse save that of indulence and apathy in spiritual matters, then they should be ashamed of it, but if, on the other hand, there is an excuse for this, then the matter should be looked into, and some kind of an agreement reached between the pastor and the lay members, as well as the well-wishers of the church. A very pleasant surprise was given to Mrs. George Rideout last Wednesday evening at the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Clark, by the friends of the Silverleaf Musical club, of which Mrs. Rideout was one of the prime movers. It was a complete surprise and the lady admitted the same in a neat little speech. The evening was joyfully spent with speeches, songs, and parlor games. Mr. R. A. Clark, in behalf of friends of the club, presented Mrs. Rideout with a beautiful wrist-bag, after which all departed for their homes with kind wishes and a safe journey for the honored guest. THIE BLACK MAN ASLEEP ON A COTTON BALE. (New York Age) Once upon a time, as the story is told, a distinguished foreigner was waiting about the city of Richmond in company with Mr. Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, when, in an out of the way place, they came across a lot of hailed cotton; on the top of one of the hales there was a great big Negro, fast asleep. The conversation naturally turned upon this sleeping "Black Samson" and the question of slavery, about which the great war had been precipitated. The views of the foreigner were gloomy enough, as well they might be, but Jefferson Davis, who knew better than the foreigner, was cheerful enough. The foreigner could not understand this attitude of the Davis mind, and said as much. "But the Negro is asleep," said Mr. Davis. "Very true," said the foreigner, "but suppose he wakes up, what then?" "But he will not wake up!" exclaimed Mr. Davis. That was more than forty years ago. Slavery was abolished and the Negro was clothed with equal civil and political rights by the adoption of the three war amendments to the Federal Constitution, and the old generation of black people and white people has passed away, only a few here and NOW READY! Spring Novelties in Wearing Apparel for Everybody. ALL CARS TRANSFER TO THE BON MARCHE MAIL ORDERS FILLED there remaining; but the Negro is still fast asleep; has not waked up yet and shows no encouraging signs of awaking. Are we right in our conclusion? We think we are. Let us see. In every state of the old slave-holding South the Negro has been re-enslaved by the adoption of lien and service laws that make peonage slavery a horrible fact in his life, especially in the agricultural districts where a majority of them live and toil and sweat for white men, even as in the days of slavery, with little more protection of the law and with about as little right to appeal to the law when wronged and outraged and robbed of his wage or the independent proceeds of his labor; his right to vote has been denied and abridged by constitutional enactment of these same old slave-holding states, so that he can neither vote nor be voted for except in isolated cases and his right to hold Federal office by appointment of the president of the United States has been questioned and denied upon the floor of the Federal senate, with a large majority of Republican senators sitting as dumb as clams, too cowardly to speak out for the great principle involved—the principle which brought the Republican party into existence, in 1856, and has watered the life of it ever since, despite the fact that capitalism has succeeded at last in poisoning the waters so that the party, standing on the eve of a presidential election, staggers like a man drunk with whisky and may wall into the ditch of defeat on the idees of November, which have neither come nor gone; and every civil right justly the inalienable right of the Negro has been denied and abridged, by laws sustained by the Federal Supreme court, in all avenues of life, with inequality of rights and benefits everywhere becoming firmly rooted in law and public opinion, is staring the race in the face—laws and public opinion that make them vulnerable in the Nation, who are legitimate victims of persecution by officers of the law and by mobs that the officers of the law dare not restrain and often aid and abet. This is the actual condition of affairs; but the Negroes, even the leaders of them, are fast asleep; and after twenty years of agitation and effort at civil organization to combat this condition it is impossible to raise $1,000 out of the 10,000,000 of them to fight for justice and fair play in the courts. People who refuse to stand up for their own constitutional and manhood rights must not expect other people, who have troubles of their own, to do it for them. If you want to borrow money on your diamonds, jewelry or watches at low rates, don't hunt up your "friends." 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