Seattle Republican

SEATTLE REPUBLICAN VOL. XI. NO. 43 POLITICAL POT=PIE With the revenues of the ensuing two years estimated at $2,500,000 for the general fund, the ninth legislature has appropriated out of that fund over three million dollars. The total sum appropriated, including miscellaneous and revolving funds, aggregates a grand total of over three and one-half million or a quarter of a million more than the most liberal of estimates made with in the last three weeks. The amounts when checked over exceed in totals all previous estimates and are $700,000 in excess of the appropriations from all funds tow years ago. The general appropriations bill, alone, carries nearly a million and a half, while the board of control bill carries another million. Miscellaneous bills bring the total to the above figures. Expressed in dollars and cents the total appropriation from the general fund is $3,-065,687.39. and from all funds $3,556,497.39. Two years ago the legislature appropriated about $600,000 in excess of the estimated revenue. Governor McBride used his veto power with such determination that several hundred thousand dollars were lopped off. Then the revenues exceeded estimates, so that the state squeezed through without creating any material additional debt. The revenues for the fiscal period as estimated by the state auditor will be $2,291,000. At the time this estimate was prepared, however, the legislature had not passed three bills that will add greatly to the state's resources. One of these bills is the administration measure providing that liquor licenses shall not be valid until the state treasurer has endorsed there on his receipt for the state's ten per cent. Then the general appropriation bill gives the state treasurer $3,000 to expend in collecting the percentage on liquor licenses due for other years. 8hese two items will add about $100,000 to the state revenues in the next two years. The other revenue producer is the tax commission bill, which it is believed will increase the state's receipts from taxes about $100,-000. In the bills yet to be approved by the governor are a few carrying minor appropriations. Some of the appropriations this year were not within his power to veto. They were from the legislature of 1903 and had been vetoed by Governor McBride. After the legislature passed them over the veto early in the session the appropriations were fixed. Among these vetoed bills passed by the legislature is the omnibus road bill carrying $110,000; the coyote bounty law carrying $50,000, and several smaller bills aggregating about $25,000. It is said the governor could still cut off the omnibus road appropriation by declining to appoint a road commission, but his views on the subject are favorable to the bill. While the legislature was appropriating money in excess of all revenues, it was also conducting its own affairs on a generous SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1905 basis. The record of the bills shows that three measures to defray the expenses of the legislature have passed. One is the initial $80,000 expense bill and there are two others of $10,000 each. In addition to these amounts, furniture, carpets, window shades, desks and many other miscellaneous articles were purchased for the use of the legislature and committee clerks and employes, before the convening of the session. They have been paid for by a deficiency of appropriation over $10,000, thus making the expenses of the ninth legislature about $110,000, a portion of which has gone for articles that will be available two years hence.—Olympian. * * * APPROPRIATIONS. PRICE FIVE CENTS The politicians of the state are much disturbed at present over the prospective appointment of Senator George H. Baker as United States marshal for the new federal court created in this state by the late congress, and also over the appointment of Joseph B. Lindesley as district attorney. Both of these names have been recommended by the senators from this state, but charges, the nature of which are not known to the general public, have been filed against both of them, which are being investigated by the department. If the charges are not sustained the names of both Baker and Lindesley will be sent to the senate within the next two weeks. * * * Different political factions are prevailing on Judge Ed. Whitson to name as clerk of the new federal court a man favorable to their side, and this is giving the new judge considerable worry just now. The name of George H. Stevenson has been suggested, and in fact, it has been given out that he is the man; however, the friends of Dr. W. H. Hare still have hopes to land the place for him. If Dr. Hare is not named there is going to be much political warfare in the Republican party of this state within the next four years. * * * A joint committee between the city council and the chamber of commerce has been named for the purpose of trying to arrive at some plan whereby a new city hall may be erected for Seattle. Thousands of dollars are recklessly spent on most any trivial affair, but when it comes to building a city hall, there is a world of hair splitting. That is something that the public sadly needs, and that probably explains why it does not meet official favor. * * * This paper is of the opinion that few cities have as enterprising a promoter and financier as James A. Moore, of Seattle, and he should be encouraged by the press, pulpit and the public in general, but he is asking too much when he wants the city to sell her municipal lighting plant, even at a fabulous price. The plant is not only a business proposition for the city, but it is a safety valve to prevent the citizens being overcharged for electric lights as they have been by the Seattle Electric Co. for the past decade or more. Give Mr. Moore all of the franchises he may reasonably ask for, but do not let him or any one else put the city at the mercy of heartless corporations, as it has been in this respect for many years. It would be just as unreasonable to sell the municipal lighting plant to a private concern or any one as it would be to sell the Cedar River water plant to a corporation or a private party. *: *: * The Fourth Anniversary Number of the Tacoma New Herald was a most excellent one and should be liberally sent East and to other sections of the country by the citizens of Tacoma. It is perhaps the best publication ever issued in Tacoma and reflects great credit on the proprietors of the paper, T. J. and S. V. Bell. coming, for he can see the men who meet the trains at their work in the office. Looking to see if it is coming does not bring it any sooner, and one would be greatly benefited to sit down and quietly wait for what they want inasmuch as it will come just as soon by so doing. All things come to him who waits. Some men in authority seem to think what they lack of having control of the entire world and the fullness thereof is not very much. We have in mind a certain conductor that runs out of Tacoma, south. He addresses the passengers as one would address animals or brutes, and for giving a passenger a decent reply to the simplest question, it is completely foreign to him. The man feels his importance, and feels it to the extent that if Jim Hill, the railroad magnate, was sitting in a train and saw him taking up tickets he would tremble like an aspen leaf lest the conductor do him bodily harm. He has been working on the train for many years. He will soon be too old to do that kind of work and will then be discharged, and when he is, he will be without money or friends, for he has not saved a dollar during all that time. You are only a human being, after all, regardless of your authority. Cigarette Law. Governor Hanley, of Indiana, on March 1, signed the Parks anti-cigarette bill, which will go into effect in June. It prohibits any person by himself, clerk, servant, employer or agent, directly or indirectly, to manufacture, sell, exchange, barter, dispose of or give away, or keep for sale, any cigarette, cigarette paper or cigarette wrappers, or any paper made or prepared for the purpose of being filled with tobacco for smoking, or to keep or own or be in any way concerned, engaged or employed in owning or keeping such cigarettes, cigarette paper or wrappers. For the first offense a fine not exceeding $50 may be imposed, and for a second offense a fine not exceeding $500, or a jail sentence of six months. At last the tailors of London have "gone and done it." They have given a new hue to male attire. Green is the latest thing "dontyerknow," and mankind may attire himself in nature's hue and look what he really is. Mr. H. R. Cayton, publisher of The Seattle Republican, a weekly issue, has compiled a "legislative manual" covering the Ninth Session of that body in Washington, and of considerable value. The manual is finely illustrated—giving a picture of the new State House in Olympia, the first Governor of the State, members of the Constitutional Convention and of the State Senate, together with the present Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, as well as pictures of members of the Supreme Court, the State Officials and other public men. Besides these, the names of the First Territorial Legislature, Territorial officials and the names of the members of every Legislature down to the present time are given. The manual is a compilation requiring much labor and has been well done. Copies of the above Manual can be obtained at this office, 214 Columbia St.—The Seattle Republican. Tales of the Town. Said a rather matter-of-fact little tot of not to exceed four summers, while en route to her home on a railroad train, and who was making herself generally pleasant to the passengers, and especially to one gentleman passenger, who had a little girl with him: "Is that your little girl? Well, is she a boy or a girl?" The two questions came thick and fast and in a tone loud enough for most of the passengers to hear them, and as the man sat, puzzled for an answer, the passengers relieved the situation by a roar of laughter, which greatly puzzled the little inquisitor. But that little girl will some day make a most entertaining woman. \* \* \* "This transfer is no good!" exclaimed a street car conductor to a passenger from the Interurban. "Why?" asked the excited passenger, "it has not been over five minutes since I received it from an Interurban conductor." "Yes, but you have walked two blocks from where you are supposed to take this car, and, according to the rules of the company, a transfer is no good if the passenger walks up the streets before using the transfer." Now, was there ever more real interest shown in the "dear people" than this. The transfer is regular in every respect, but the passenger has walked up the street a couple of blocks in order to not stand still in the drenching rain, and that renders his transfer null and void. That the damphools are not all dead yet is plain to be seen. "No, I do not want to buy a legislative manual. I am not interested in such a publication one way or the other. It matters not what it contains, I do not want it. Well, yes, if you desire I will glance through it." The manual was taken and page after page was observed, and to his surprise a picture of himself was finally found among a number of other prominent citizens. The picture and its surroundings were carefully examined in absolute silence, and then the reading matter pertaining to the same was gone over, and without a word the price of the book was sought, which was not demurred to in a single instance. There is no doubt of the fact that the average man or woman is always pleased to see themselves associated with men or persons of distinction, and they are willing to pay for it. What is better proof of it than the above. *** In a street car jam, such as can be frequently seen on the street cars of Seattle, the hand of a male passenger, who was rather scrupulous about paying his fare, was seen to shoot up above the crowd with a nickel in the fingers. The conductor took the fare, but of course had no idea what the face looked like from whence the hand came. By and by the passenger congestion was relieved by a number of them getting off and the conductor, thinking that he had not collected the man's fare, asked for the same. In a rage he broke out: "Is it your custom to collect double fare for riding on this car? I paid my fare some time ago and if you demand another fare of me I will report you to the company." The conductor did not THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN lose his head amid this tirade of abuse, but calmly replied: "I do not remember of having collected your fare, but if you say I did your word goes." This was not sufficient for this over scrupulous fellow, but he continued to chaw on it until he got off the car. Had he simply said to the conductor, "I handed it to you some time ago when the car was crowded and you did not see my face," there would have been nothing more to it, but he wanted to show himself and he did it. That is an awfully poor way of advertising one's self, but some jackasses seem to delight in taking advantage of such an opportunity. Two families, who had ridden on a railroad train across the continent, became very well acquainted, and, from a train standpoint, became quite intimate. One family had two half grown girls and a son accompanied by the mother. The other family consisted of a little girl and the mother. Many pleasantries had been exchanged during the trip, but the end was nearing. The mother with the little girl had also made the acquaintance of a male passenger, and they too had talked very pleasantly together. The parting time would soon be upon them and the man proposed that they celebrate the occasion by having a bottle of beer together, which was accepted by the fair one, and so at the next station the beer was secured from a nearby saloon and the contents were ravenously devoured by the two. The mother and the girls of the other family saw the proceedings and looked on in holy horror. The "good-bye" time was close at hand, but that lady had at the last minute lost her friends, for they paid no more attention to her from that time on than if she were an animal. One can tear down in a minute what it takes a lifetime to build up. . * * * "Train on time," is asked the average station agent a hundred times a day or as many times as there are passengers who leave one station on the train, and that too despite the fact, there is always a bulletin in plain view telling whether the next train is or is not on time. The impatience of the traveling public is something most wonderful. The man or woman waiting for a train jumps up every few minutes to go out and see if the train is in sight and annoys everybody about the depot, when, if he would but use an ounce of reason, he would know it is not (From The Seattle Daily Times.) FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1905 * * * *** FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1905 Current Comment. A sentence imposed in the court of general session at Darlington, S. C., is unprecedented in the history of the county and perhaps heretofore unheard of in the history of the state of South Carolina. Two white men have been convicted of the murder of a Negro, and one conviction reads guilty of murder, the other guilty of murder with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. At the same session a Negro was convicted of murder. The sentence under the law for murder is death and for murder with recommendation to mercy is life imprisonment. The judge has no discretion in either case, and only a reversal of the court's ruling by the supreme court or the mercy of the governor can alter the sentences. The court records of South Carolina can doubtless be searched in vain for a case wherein a white man has been hanged for the murder of a Negro. The two men are Bob White, convicted of murder, and Bob Noll, convicted with recommendation to mercy. They killed Frank Scott, Negro, on the public highway four miles from Darlington on February 6—not six weeks ago. They met this Negro on a load of cotton seed for his employer, W. P. DuBose, with whom he had been working 12 years, which is a testimony to his good character. Bob Small hailed the Negro and after a few words shot him. His companion, Noll, drew his gun to shoot him again, when R. F. Howle, county treasurer, traveling this road, came up in his buggy. Knowing the Negro, he protested against the act and Noll turned his gun on Howle and fired, hitting him in the face with one shot and the horse receiving the balance of the load in his head and neck. For such a sentence to be imposed in that section of our country is indeed worthy of comment. The supposition is that the man, W. P. DuBose, for whom the Negro had worked 12 years, is a man of influence and pushed the case against the murderers. Then again, the two white men had become a dread to the people in their community and their carousing when drinking endangered almost any one's life. The Negro was said to be a "peaceable, reliable workman." These facts taken together form a basis for conclusion. However, the half is not yet told: When the sentences were imposed on the prisoners in court Bob Small, white, was sentenced to hang on May 5. Sam Marks, a Negro convicted of murder for killing Hilliary Langston, a white man, was sentenced to hang on the same gallows with Small at the same hour on May 5. It is the first time in the history of the county that white man and a Negro have been sentenced to die together by the hand of the law, and is creating no little comment. It is hard enough to die on any scaffold, but to be hung for taking the life of a plain, simple Negro! The wonder is that the man Bob Small does not die of mortification before the day of his execution rolls around. And then the idea of a Southerner having social equality forced upon him just when he is transacting the most important business of his life time. But, greatest of all, what will the spooks in the world to which they are going say when they THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN behold him arriving in company with a Negro shade? Never was man so cruelly punished for deeds done in the body. * * * The Sweet Girl Graduate. The special committee of the school board of Malden, Mass., has recommended that the graduates of the high school wear gowns of white material and the four-cornered caps similar in style to the raiment of graduates of colleges, the whole to cost about $3.50. The school girls as a whole oppose the proposition, yet it is one of the wisest things that could be done. Many parents, who are not blessed with a great supply of this world's goods and yet desire to have their children complete the high school or college course, are oft times put to their wit's ends to maintain them in these schools and at the same time keep up the usual family expenses. Then, when the year's work is ended and their purses exhausted, commencement day rolls around and they face the stern necessity of purchasing a graduating gown, too elaborate for their station in life, yet in keeping with what the other girls of the graduating class will have. The gown is of but little service to the young girl graduate afterwards, for it embraces the remainder of her wardrobe and may draw undue criticism upon the wearer. For those who can afford it, and the commencement gown is but another such as she wears to evening functions, there would be no objection as far as the economic question is concerned, but is it fair to set the approved style of raiment so far beyond the average girl as to embarrass her? At quite a "swell" college not long since the favorite of the graduating class was a very poor girl. Commencement time was approaching and how or where she could get a gown to graduate in was more than she knew. Two of the richest girls in the class, who had an accidental insight into the state of their favorite's financial affairs, held a whispered consultation with a few other girls in the class. The next day the graduating class held a meeting and decided that they would dress in calico on commencement day. It could be made just as beautiful as hands could make it but it must be a small print calico. Was ever a kind act more thoughtfully rendered? Why need these poor girls attend such schools if they are not able to compete with the other girls? has been asked by those who just adore the sweet girl graduate robed in dresses only fit for brides. These schools are well established and have in their faculties men and women of rare ability. The association of the refined scholars, with the many opportunities which such schools afford, make them superior to any which the poorer class of people could establish and maintain. Let them dress as best they can, put on a bold front and go right on, says one woman whose daughter's elaborate graduating outfit for June is completed and waiting to be expressed at the proper time. Dressing different from others in a school, standing before the public, in a way labeled "poorer than the others," means more than might be supposed by those who have never tried it. Putting on a bold front when the heart is aching comes hard enough with older people who have battled with the world for some years, to say nothing of a sweet girl graduate who has not yet entered the real battle of life. Northwest Notes. The farmers of North Yakima who intend to plant their land to fruit trees this spring have had quite a disappointment. Sixty thousand fruit trees shipped to North Yakima for the farmers were infested with wooly aphis and have been burned. The trees had been inspected in Missouri and passed as clean, but Fruit Inspector Beck of Washington condemned them. * * * Olympia has made arrangements for building a new gridiron to be used by local steamers. It will be located just east of Percival's dock and will be of sufficient size to accommodate any of the larger steamers. * * * The good people of Centralia seem to think that Mother Nature has done wonderful things for them. They are well supplied with coal mines, which are being rapidly developed. There is iron in the mountains just east of them and they have splendid transportation facilities. No wonder they are growing a bit boastful. *** Centralia has an ordinance on her statute books for the working of any and all vagrants who are found around the city. She also has an over-supply of tramps. Enforce the former and it will surely exterminate the latter. * * * During the last three weeks in West Seattle several large sales of property have been made and contracts have been let for the building of nearly a dozen handsome homes. * * * The farmers of Whitman County took advantage of the favorable weather about a week ago and planted much of their grain. The wheat crop will be fully a month and a half in advance of what they were last year, if the weather does not go from one extreme to another. *** The city council at Prosser has decided to enforce the cigarette ordinance which provides for a fine of $25 and ten days in jail for any boy under 21 years of age smoking or having cigarette materials in his pockets. The same penalty prevails for dealers selling the goods to minors. * * * The Walla Walla land office has received a telegram from Washington ordering township 9, range 43, which is 15 miles south of Pomeroy, opened up to enable the squatters who have settled within 10 years on forest reserve to receive title to their homesteads. * * * A tract of land containing 720 acres near Black Diamond sold for $22,320, or $31 per acre. The land is all under cultivation and with a fairly good house and barn on it. Black Diamond is but a short distance from Seattle and the price given serves as an indication of how real estate in this section is selling. * * * Spraying outfits are the order of the day in various parts. Sulphur and lime are being used for San Jose scale. He who does not hasten to spray his trees now may repent at leasure this summer. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... .60 Published every Friday at 214 Columbia St. Entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second-class Mail Matter. What does the Washington girl look like? asks the Times. Well, that depends upon how much, shall we say tin, father has and how economic (?) he is about the use of it. * * * Seattle has to give her suspenders another hitch if she wishes to keep the lead in the Northwest. Ballard is the proud possessor of a baby girl which weighed $17\frac{3}{4}$ pounds at birth. Its mother is Mrs. Steele. The general opinion is, she is one woman who was rightly named. * * * To add to the many instructive and surprising facts that the public has learned of Japan and her manner of warfare, the Japanese government is planning to place as an exhibit in the Portland Fair a miniature representation of the Japanese soldier boys in battle with the Russians. * * * Two of the newest ideas in fashions for men are tight pants and hourglass waists. As milady walks down the street behind one who dares to follow these fads and views his bow legs and out of all proportion shoulders she may feel revenged for all smiles or slight remarks which have been cast by the stronger set at her straight front and new walk. * * * Princess Ena, daughter of Prince Henry of Battenberg, is about to be presented at the English court. She is very beautiful, tall, has a fine complexion, a perfect figure and of course a title; what more could she want. The homely woman who has none of these things can only hope that on seeing her face the world will at once consider her a woman of superior intelligence. * * * Quite a bit of revenue has been cut off from those who read the past, tell of the present, and prophecy as to the future—commonly known as fortune tellers. It is surprising how many people, secretly, openly or at some time or other seek the woman behind the deck of cards to have their fortunes told. But the term fortune teller is hereafter to be considered synonomous with the term vagrant and thereby hangs a tale. * * * Benjamin P. Welsh, an Allegheny druggist, lay in his bed in the Allegheny general hospital with a telephone receiver to his ear and listened to the funeral sermon over his wife's body at his home on Fairview Avenue of that city. This may be taken as a suggestion to other shut-ins in regard to hearing the Sunday morning sermon for which their hearts crave while their infirmities demand their absence from the houses of worship. * * * The city of New York has under course of erection a new police headquarters which when completed will be the finest and most thoroughly equipped headquarters in the world. Of course Seattle cannot compete THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN with the city of New York, but when the picture of the New York headquarters is seen it ought to make Seattle police headquarters seem less than the much talked of 30 cents with a hole in it. * * * A "really" love letter written 4,000 years ago has been found among the ruins of the buried city of Chaldea. It was spoony, too, and to a third party sounded as silly as an up-to-date love letter would. Of course it was written by a man. They always write them, if they have to vow that they must have been out of their minds at the time, when their wives persist in periodically bringing them out and reading them aloud. * * * The question of providing a suitable bride for King Alfonso is still exercising the minds of the Spanish court. Two lovely young girls have been suggested as suitable tamers for the adventurous and reckless natured kin g. Teaching a man what his mother either failed or was unable to teach him is sad work. Some hearts are not blighted by it and some women manage to smile after many years of it, but the ordeal is, to say the least, a trying one. * * * Richard Evans of Centralia has been arrested for attempting rape on three small girls. He gave them candy and some money and in this way managed to get them into the old Wingard place just east of the southeast corner of the park. If one would carefully note the various reports of rape and attempted rapes it would be found that they are peculiar to the species man, Americanus and not the exclusive characteristic of a portion of the American people. * * * Rev. Father Evan Dolinac, a scholarly Australian, who came to this country as the protege of two cardinals of Rome to found an Australian Catholic Church in New York, has handed to Bishop Quigley of Chicago his insignia and withdrawn from his work. The cause is found in the old, old story: Cupid shot his arrow and Father whispered words of love to pretty Anna Fratter. Now they are married. Who says that love is dead or Cupid deported? *** Sixteen-year-old Arthur Christenson, who lost two fingers while at work in a factory, sued for six thousand dollars and recovered the same. This is the largest verdict ever allowed by a jury in the superior court for the loss of any part of the hand, and was the exact amount asked for by his attorney. Now he is regretting that he did not ask for more. No matter how a man squirms before receiving a loan (from a friend) the minute he receives it he wishes he had asked for a larger amount. It's a way we have. *** President and Mrs. Roosevelt were recently the guests of honor at the wedding of the President's niece, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt. While in New York the President also attended two banquets and delivered an address at both. "The President speaks too much," remarked a thirty-cent critic. Mr. Roosevelt may deliver more addresses than some of his predecessors, for he is truly a progressive man. He investigates on all lines and therefore has something to say and is unselfish enough to say it. However, if the President even attempted to prepare and deliver all of the addresses that he FRIDAY. MARCH 24, 1905. is requested— nay, urged to, he would sleep neither day nor night. *** The marriage of Guglielmo Marconi to the Honorable Beatrice O'Brien, fifth daughter of Lady Inchiquin, drew forth many comments and it must be admitted it is out of the ordinary for an Italian, especially of such a class, to take for wife one other than his own countrywoman, hence the interest in the exceptional in favor of a daughter of the Emerald Isle. If the Great Father did not make all mankind of one blood and does not call "time" on this globe pretty soon it will take more than ordinary intelligence to tell which is which of them. * * * Sons of Zion, who have become estranged from Father Dowie, and now, instead of rendering up to him their tithes, call him Overseer John Alexander, have about decided to cast their tents on Puget Sound. "I like this climate. I do not believe," said one of them, "that there is a better atmosphere in the world in which to forget that we have been a lot of simple fools." He was all right about the climate, but the fool forgetting proposition is doubtful. That specimen of humanity is in evidence even up here on the sound and in many instances may be found walking the streets and posing for real men. * * * Marie Bowers, a young girl of 15 summers, was arrested and taken before Judge Gordon for loitering on the streets after dark and frequenting 10-cent shows in the company of men whom she never saw before. Judge Gordon heard the case in his private chambers so as to save her the embarrassment of the public court room. He gave her another chance and instructed the police who arrested her to keep a sharp watch on her class of young girls. Those found out late at night under suspicious circumstances will be sent to the city jail and perhaps to the reform school. There are dozens of girls about 16 years of age who are starting downward careers and if their parents can do nothing to stop them the city should. Fifteen and sixteen-year-old girls have no business out late at night with or without an escort unless one of their parents accompanies. Sad to say, there are unscrupulous men, beasts in human form, who stand and wait for these girls just to lead them astray. The idea of a man who has a fifteen-year-old girl at home tenderly cared for standing on the streets offering degredation baited with candy to some child. The majority of these little girls are "pert" beyond their years, yet have no criminal intentions. At the present way things are going, the time will soon come when if a man pats your little girl on the head the best thing you can do is to grab the child and run. Among the "fatherly old men," "the candy men," "the kind, smiling men," "the nice looking men" and the homely men, there are to be found some good men but they have to all be classed together, and the little daughter taught to have nothing to say to men and to just run and scream bloody murder if one that mother does not know touches her. Rather a deplorable state of affairs. The conclusion is, if these men will abuse the very name which they bear and the parents cannot keep their daughters at home, it is up to the city as to what class of women tomorrow shall bring forth. Items of Interest. Negro Department Store. Richmond, Va.—Headed by Maggie L. Walker, a Negro, who is president of St. Luke's Bank, a flourishing institution of Richmond, twenty-two Negro women today secured a charter from the corporation commission and will at once open a big store to be known as St. Luke's Emporium. The authorized capital of the company is $25,000, but it is the purpose to largely increase it if the venture is successful. The shares are $10 each, and all of them are being purchased by Negroes. While one or two men are on the board of directors and a man, Joseph N. Meyers, is vice-president, the whole business practically is in the hands of women, and all of them live in Richmond. The head of the business, Maggie L. Walker, has been a leading figure in the business world here for some time. Under her guidance St. Luke's Bank has become a flourishing institution and the Negroes are being trained to save their money and to deposit it regularly. The women connected with the new store are the wives and daughters of leading Negro residents, many of whom own property and have comfortable bank accounts.—Ex. Children Sold in Marriage. Chicago.—Traffic in child wives in Chicago has been brought to light by Superintendent Lester Bodine, of the compulsory education department of the board of education. He has made an exhaustive investigation of the statistics of the marriage license department. Superintendent Bodine declares that the marriage laws of Illinois are inexcusably lax and permit children to be sold in matrimonial slavery by conscienceless parents. His investigation shows that the habit of marrying child wives has increased alarmingly in the last few years, that it no longer is confined to the Italians who plead the traditions of Italy as an excuse, but has spread among other nationalities until it has become a social menace. In the last two years 301 girls in Chicago under legal age have been married. The ages of these girls ranged from 14 to 16. No proof of age was submitted in any case except in the affidavit filed by the applicant for license—who generally was the prospective bridegroom. Superintendent Bodine found it was a common practice for men of the peasant circles to come from foreign countries especially from the southern provinces of Italy and Sicily, and give their 12, 13 and 14-year-old daughters in marriage in consideration for money enough to pay the passage of the entire family across the sea. Every fortieth person resident in England and Wales is a pauper, supported at the expense of the rates. In London one person in every thirty-six is a pauper. * * * Divorce Statistics of United States. The statistics tell a story of marital disruption that is almost incredible. Here are some of the figures of the United States: Divorces granted, 1867 to 1886.....328,716 Percentage of increase .....167 Percentage of increase in population. 60 The Mineral Possessions of Japan. Japan has discovered a gold mine in the Kezen district of Rikuzen, Iwati Province, on government property, which is expected to produce ten to fifteen million dollars yearly and to possess workable ore all told amounting to $500,000,000—enough, if expectations are realized, to pay the war debt twice over. The empire has only scratched the surface of its mineral possessions so far, but as soon as the war is out of the way, will push mining. * * * LEGISLATURE CREATES 2,500 POSITIONS. Thirty-two positions were created by the state legislature, to be filled by appointees of Governor Mead, and in addition more than 2,500 other jobs, carrying compensation for the incumbents, were provided for in new laws. Governor Mead has named men for thirteen of the thirty-two positions he is to fill. These include the two new justices of the supreme court, Milo Root and Herman D. Crow, at $4,000 salary; superior court judges for King, Kitsap and Stevens counties, at $2,000 each; seven Portland fair commissioners, who are paid per diem for attending meetings of the commission and expenses, and a highway commissioner, with a salary of $2,000, with $2.500 expense allowance. The governor has yet to name three railroad commissioners, at $4,000 each; three tax commissioners, at $4,000 each; a public printer, who is really a contract printer, being allowed certain prices for the work; a penitentiary chaplain at $1,200; an oil inspector at $2,400; four forest commissioners and three members of a commission for "the uniformity of legislation in the United States," all of whom are allowed only expenses, and three members of the state plumbers' examining board, who are to be paid $5 a day and traveling expenses. A number of sub-positions are provided for by the laws creating these new offices. The railroad commission is to select a secretary, at $2,000 a year, "other clerks" at $1,200, and experts, salary not fixed. The tax commission is allowed a secretary, at $1,200, and two clerks at $900. The forest commissioners are authorized to select a state fire warden, at $1,800; deputy fire wardens at $4 a day, for each timber county, and an unlimited number or forest rangers, to serve without pay. The Lewis and Clark fair commission has already selected an executive commissioner and an assistant secretary, and is authorized to select any number of other employes, the only limit being the amount of the appropriation. Other state positions created include an assistant, to be named by the commissioner of labor, at a salary of $4 a day and expenses, I II G is S co t y t e C co s t n 2 f c A I - I a C N 1 C f t d t g h t s p h t V a i C A n o J 6 p - I w 4 S i b f p w e d t t s u o w h w f T f a d a t b i C o c o t 3 P f v t a o h c o t E C t l o f t 4 t - S o o M t v N r p t t t o and a dairy commissioner, at a salary of $1, 200, to be named by the food commissioner. The state board of control, without limit as to the number or compensation, is authorized to employ suitable persons to convey persons from the several counties to the penitentiary, reform school and insane asylums. For such transportation and guards $49,000 is appropriated. The state fish commissioner is authorized to appoint a state deputy game warden at a salary of $1,500 and expenses. Deputy game wardens must be named in every county, to be paid from $25 to $100 a month from hunters' license fees. The Seattle Republican Wants 500 New Subscribers By the First Day of May Start the Ball to Rolling by Sending in Your Name The Seattle Republican Seattle, Wash. FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King.—In Probate. No. 5913. Notice to Creditors. In the matter of the estate of George G. Sunders, deceased. To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given and extended to the creditors of the estate of George G. Saunders, deceased, and to all persons having claims against said deceased, or his estate, that they are required to present said claims with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the date of this notice to the undersigned administrator of the estate of said George G. Sunders, deceased, at the office of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, corner of Occidental Avenue and Jackson street, in the city of Seattle, King county, state of Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of business for said estate. Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 27th day of January, 1905, the day of first publication hereof. Last publication February 24. 1905. IRA BRONSON & D. B. TREFETHE, Attys. for Administrator. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington in and for the County of King. In the matter of the dissolution and disincorporation of the Rival Clothing Company, a corporation. No. 45892. Notice. Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of January, 1905, the Rival Clothing Company, a corporation, filed its application in due form with the certificate of its officers for the dissolution and disincorporation of the said corporation, upon the grounds that all of the debts had been paid and that all of the stockholders had voted affirmatively, on the 16th day of January, 1905, to dissolve and disincorporate the said corporation. That the said application will be heard in the Equity Department of the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for King County, at the court room of said department, in the court house, in Seattle, King County, Washington, at 9:30 o'clock A. M., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, on the 24th day of March, 1905. Dated Seattle, Washington, this January 18, 1905. OTTO A. CASE, Clerk. By MAURICE THOMPSON, Attorneys for Corporation. 602 Mutual Life Bldg., Seattle, Wash. First publication Jan. 20, 1905; last publication March 17, 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Matilda Hendy, Plaintiff, vs. Edward A. Hendy, Defendant—No. 46,-490. Summons by publication. State of Washington to the said Ed- 490. Summons by State of Washington to the said Edward A. Hendy, Defendant: In the name of the State of Washington you are hereby summoned to be and appear within sixty (60) days from and after the date of the first publication of this summons, towit, within sixty (60) days from and after the 17th day of March, 1905, 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 offices 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. The object of the said action set forth in the complaint is as follows: To secure in favor of plaintiff and from defendant an absolute divorce, and an attorney's fee of one hundred dollars and costs and disbursements, and twenty dollars a month alimony, and to divest defendant of all right, title and interest in and to lot 10, in block 6, and lots 1 and 2, in block 7, in northern Addition to Seattle, King County, Washington, as per the recorded plat, and to divest defendant of all right, title and interest in and to all of block 27, being lots 1 to 30, both inclusive, in block 27, in Puget Sound Park Addition to the town of Des Moines, King County, Washington, as per the recorded plat thereof, and that the title of plaintiff therein and thereto be quieted as against any claims thereto in favor of defendant and for other proper relief in the premises, including a decree of ownership in favor of plaintiff of two (2) little houses situate at the corner of Van Buren Avenue and Highland Drive, in Seattle, King County, Washington, together with the personal effects and household belongings therein situate, and that defendant be decreed to have no rights therein. FRANK B. WIESTLING, Attorney for Plaintiff. Postoffice address: Rooms 421 to 423 Boston Block, Seattle, King County, Washington. NOTICE—SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUN- ty of King—ss. Sheriff's Office. By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of King County, on the 23rd day of March, 1905, by the Clerk thereof, in the case of Ed. S. Keene, plaintiff, versus Armstrong Turner, defendant, No. 45378, 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 10 o'clock A. M. on the 29th day of April, A. D. 1905. Want A Home? If you want a home in either the City or the Country, you can get an excellent bargain on Easy Terms at the Gilson Investment Co. 73 - 74 Sullivan Block at the Acme Publishing Co. 214 COLUMBIA ST. BRIEFS our Specialty Telephones: {Sunset, Red 1971 Independent, 1306 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 following described property, situated in King County, State of Washington, towit: Lot 25, and the south half of lot 26, in block 14, West Seattle First Plat, constituting altogether a triangular tract of land bounded on the east and south by Rainier Avenue, according to said plat, levied on as the property of said defendant, Armstrong Turner, to satisfy a judgment, amounting to one hundred sixty-two and 30-100 dollars ($162.30), and costs of suit, in favor of plaintiff. Dated this 23rd day of March, 1905. L. C. SMITH, Sheriff. By EDW. DREW, Deputy. IN THE JUSTICE COURT BEFORE Honorable John B. Gordon, Justice of the Peace, Seattle Precinct, King County, State of Washington. Leanna M. Hemen, administratrix of the estate of Frank P. Hemen, deceased, plaintiff, vs. John Krum, defendant. In the name of the State of Washington you are hereby notified that Leanna M. Hemen, administratrix of the estate of Frank P. Hemen, deceased, as plaintiff, has filed a complaint against you in the above entitled court, which will come on to be heard in my office in the Municipal Court room in the City Hall in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, on the 7th day of April, 1905, at the hour of 8:30 o'clock a. m., and unless you appear and then and there answer, the same will be taken as confessed and the demand of the plaintiff granted. The object and demand of said complaint is that there is due and owing from you as rental, to the present time, under and by virtue of a certain lease entered into by and between you and the plaintiff herein, whereby you should pay the sum of $75.00 per month, as rental of certain premises described as a restaurant situated at 2017% First Avenue, in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, the sum of $20.00, together with a further sum of $79.95 claimed as damages for acts of yourself and of your agents in and about the premises. JOHN B. GORDON, Justice of the Peace in and for Seattle Precinct, King County, State of Washington. Complaint filed March 3. 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF State of Washington for King County. In the matter of the estate of Albert Clawson, deceased; notice of settlement of final account and of distribution. Notice is hereby given, that Mrs. Sarah E. Clawson, administratrix of the estate of Albert Clawson, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in the Superior Court of King County, State of Washington, her final account as such administratrix, coupled with a petition for the distribution of the said estate to the parties respectively entitled thereto, and that Thursday, the 30th day of March, 1905, at 9:30 o'clock a. m., at the Court Room of said Superior Court in the city of Seattle, Washington, in said King County, has been duly appointed by said Superior Court for the settlement of said final account, and the decreeing of distribution of said estate to the heirs entitled thereto, --- at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to said final account and contest the same, and be heard as to the final distribution of the said estate. Witness the Hon. A. W. Fratie, Judge of the said Superior Court, and the seal of said Court affixed this 3rd day of March, 1905. OTTO A. CASE, County Clerk and Clerk of the Superior Court. By D. K. SICKELS. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington for King County. G. Beninghausen, Plaintiff, vs. H. C. Wahlberg and —— Wahlberg, his wife; N. Anderson and —— Anderson, his wife; Nills Tobias Anderson and —— Anderson, his wife, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, Defendants. No. 46336. Notice and Summons. State of Washington to the above named defendants, 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 is the holder of a 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. B27744, Lot 26, Block 7, Salmon Bay Second Addition to Seattle. That said certificate was issued on the 1st day of October, 1904, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax Certificate No. B27744, for year 1897, 87 cents. That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to-wit: Lot 26, Block 7, Salmon Bay Second Addition to Seattle, 32 cents for year 1898, 38 cents for year 1899, 36 cents for year 1900, 39 cents for year 1901, 36 cents for year 1902, 33 cents for year 1903, 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 you (including said persons, unknown, if any), are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the day of publication of this notice, the exclusive of the day of first publication, 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 amounts, 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. ERNEST B. HEROLD, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address 226-30 Colman Bldg, Seattle, Washington. First publication dated March 3. 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF King County, State of Washington. Charles C. Burrows, plaintiff, vs. Alice L. Burrows, defendant. No. 46598. Summons for Publication. State of Washington to Alice L. Burrows, defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty days from the 24th day of March, 1905, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein, and serve a copy of your answer upon the attorneys for the plaintiff, 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 complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This action is brought by the plaintiff for the purpose of obtaining a divorce from the defendant upon the ground of desertion. R. WINSOR AND EDGAR S. HADLEY, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and postoffice address; Room 78 Sullivan Bldg., Seattle, Washington. Application No. 3916. APPLICATION NO. 3546 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE SECOND CLASS SHORE LANDS Office of Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia, Washington. Notice is hereby given that Francis Doran, of Seattle, Wash., has filed an application in this office to purchase the following described second class shore lands, situate 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 upon that portion of the government meander line lying in front of lot 1, section 16, twp. 24, N., R. 5 E. W. M., and having a frontage of 14.20 lineal chains 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, Washington. The above shore lands appraised at $5.00 per chain, or a total of $71.00. Any person desiring to protest against said application may do so within 10 days from and after date of last publication of this notice. Date of first publication, 24th day of March. Last publication, 21st day of April. E. W. ROSS, Commissioner of Public Lands. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington in and for the County of King. In the matter of the Estate of Edward P. Beeman, deceased. No. 2892 This cause having come on for hearing this day Ivan L. Hyland as administrators of the estate of Edward P. Beeman, deceased, appearing by his attorney, and it appearing to the court from the petition on file herein that there is not sufficient profits and estate in the hands of the said administrator to pay the debts and expenses of administration, and that it is necessary to sell the whole or some portion of the real estate to provide for the payment of said expenses at private sale, and all things having been duly considered by the court; NOW THEREFORE it is hereby ordered, considered and adjudged that all persons interested in the estate of Edward P. Beeman, deceased, be, and they are hereby ordered to show cause to this court on the 27th day of April, 1905, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock, A. M., on that day why an order should not be granted herein to the administrator to sell the whole of the real estate of the said deceased, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the charges and debts against said estate. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in the Seattle Republican, that being a newspaper printed and published in King County, State of Washington, for at least four successive weeks, prior to the date of said hearing. Done in open court this 17th day of March, 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington in and for King County. Ella Heilig, formerly Ella Lachmund, plaintiff, vs. Margaret Morrow, Clarissa Powell, Kate Morrow, John Kenneth Morrow, a minor, F. Alva Morrow, Mary Girdsall, Anna White, Bel Leed, Henry L. Morrow, Ollie Griffin, formerly Ollie Cruikshank, Lucia L. Long, formerly Lucia L. Morrow, Effia Morrow, a minor, F. A. Morrow as administrator of the estate of John C. Morrow, deceased, Mont Morrow, defendants. No. — Summons for Publication. The State of Washington to the above named defendants, Mary Birdsall, Anna White, F. A. Morrow and Mont Morrow, and F. A. Morrow as administrator of the estate of John C. Morrow deceased. You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summon, to-wit, on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1905, 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 the plaintiff 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 complaint which has been filed with the Clerk of the above entitled Court. The above entitled action is brought by the plaintiff, the owner of the following described real estate situate in King county, State of Washington, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point 390 feet west of the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 25, North of Range 5 East, of the Willamette Meridian; thence running north 20 rods, or one half way across the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 17; thence west 666 feet or to the angle in A. W. Pratt's property; thence south 20 rods or to the south line of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 17; thence east along said line to the place of beginning, containing five acres, more or less, for the purpose of quieting title in said plaintiff against the defendants and each of Attorneys for Plaintiff. Postoffice and office address 26-29 Dexter Horton & Co. Bank Bldg., Seattle, King County, Washington. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY. Emma Caldwell, plaintiff, vs. T. Ellis Caldwell, defendant. No. 46152. Summons. The State of Washington to the said T. Ellis Caldwell, defendant: 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 17th day of February, 1905, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for the said 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 said complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of this action is to obtain a decree of divorce, dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant, on the ground of desertion. BRUCE C. SHORTS. Attorney for Plaintiff. P. O. address 377 Colman Building, Seattle. Date of first publication Feb. 17, 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. G. Beninghausen, Plaintiff, vs. H. C. Wahlberg and —— Wahlberg, his wife, N. Anderson and —— Anderson, his wife, Nils Tobias Anderson and —— Anderson, his wife, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, Defendants. No. 46335. Notice and Summons. State of Washington to the above named defendants, 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 is the holder of a 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. B 27743, lot 25, block 7, Salmon Bay 2nd Addition to Seattle. That said certificate was issued on the 1st day of October, 1904, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax certificate No. B 27743, for year 1897, 87 cents. That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lot, to-wit: Lot 25, block 7, Salmon Bay 2nd Addition to Seattle, 32 cents for year 1898, 38 cents for year 1899, 36 cents for 1900, 39 cents for year 1901, 36 cents for year 1902, 33 cents for year 1903. 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 you (including said persons unknown, if any) are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the day of first publication of this notice, exclusive of the day of first publication, 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 amounts, 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. Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address, 226-30 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Washington. First publication, dated Mar. 3, 1905. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. G. Beninghausen, Plaintiff, vs. H. C. Wahlberg and ———— Wahlberg, his wife; N. Anderson and ———— Anderson, his wife; Nills Tobias Anderson and ———— Anderson, his wife, and all persons unknown, if any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, Defendants. No. 46337. Notice and Summons. State of Washington to the above named defendants, 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 is the holder of a 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. B 27745, lot 27, block 7, Salmon Bay 2nd Addition to Seattle. That said certificate was issued on the 1st day of October, 1904, for the following sums and for delinquent taxes for the following years, to-wit: Tax certificate No. B 27745, for year 1897, 87 cents. That the taxes for the following subsequent years have been paid by the plaintiff upon said above described lots, to-wit: Lot 27, block 7, Salmon Bay 2nd Addition to Seattle, 32 cents for year 1898, 38 cents for year 1899, 36 cents for year 1900, 39 cents for year 1901, 36 cents for year 1902, 33 cents for year 1903. 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 you (including said persons unknown, if any) are hereby further notified and summoned to be and appear within sixty days after the day of first publication of this notice, exclusive of the day of first publication, 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 amounts, 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 b" law, and as prayed in plaintiff's complaint now on file in this cause and Court. ERNEST B. HERALD Attorney for Plaintiff. Office address, 226-30 Colman Bldg. Seattle, Washington. First publication dated Mar. 3, 1905 Mr. Ben Hendricks, a Singing Comedian. Mr. Ben Hendricks, who is now starring in "Ole Olson," is possessed of a delightful high barytone voice, which he knows thoroughly how to display to the best advantage, for he receives nightly ovations in the rendering of his stirring and popular melodies, introduced during the action THE FIREMAN'S LADDER of the story. Probably the most taking numbers are, "Fair Land of Sweden," "A Game of Philope," "Northland Lullaby" and "A Swagger Swedish Swell." "Ole Olson" will appear for a week's engagement at the popular Third Avenue Theater, starting with the usual Sunday matinee. It has become the fashion with certain journalists, or dramatic critics (?) to ridicule the melo-drama. "The Virginia Girl," at the Third Avenue Theater this week, is a melo-dramatic play, but it teaches an excellent moral lesson and its lines are applauded to the echo whenever the numerous virtuous saying permeating the play are spoken by the actors. The discomfiture of the villain and the triumph of justice is greeted with vivacious applause, and it doesn't all come from the gallery, either. Among all the plays the embellish the stage, none is more wholesome than the melo-drama, and this was the class of plays that Dr. Joseph Silverman had in mind when he said, "the stage was an outgrowth of the pulpit and part of the paraphernalia that belonged to the dramatic presentation of religion." You will not learn anything evil from seeing "The Virginia Girl," or such dramatic presentations, but you will learn something good, unless you are a natural born degenerate—and they are not very plentiful, thanks to the melo-drama. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for King County.—In Probate. No. 5531. Notice to Creditors. In the matter of the estate of Roswell Scott, deceased. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of Roswell Scott, deceased, and to all persons having claims against said deceased, or his estate, that they are required to present said claims, with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the date of this notice, to the undersigned executrix of the last will and testament of said deceased, at the office of her attorney, J. M. Wiestling, 422-3-4 Boston block, in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of business for said estate. Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 3rd day of March, 1905, the day of first publication hereof. Last publication, 31st day of March, 1905. J. M. WEISTLING, Attorney for Executrix. ```markdown ``` THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. In the matter of the estate of Joseph Livengood, Deceased—No. 5290. Order to Show Cause Why Distribution Should Not Be Made. W. M. Livengood, the administrator with the will annexed of Joseph Livengood, Deceased, having filed in this court his petition setting forth that said estate is now in condition to be closed and is ready for distribution of the residue thereof among the persons by the terms of the will of said deceased, entitled thereto, and it appearing to the court that said petition sets forth facts sufficient to authorize a distribution of said estate, it is therefore ordered by the court that all persons interested in said estate be and appear before said Superior Court of King County, State of Washington, at Department Number Four (4) thereof, at the Court House in the City of Seattle, Washington, on the 20th day of April, 1905, at 9:30 a. m. of said day, there and then to show cause, if any they have, why an order of distribution should not be made of the residue of said estate among the devisees in said petition mentioned, according to law and the terms of said will. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be posted in three of the most public places in said county and published once a week for four successive weeks before said 20th day of April, 1905, in the Seattle Republican, a newspaper printed and published and of general circulation in said King County, Washington. Done in open court in Seattle, King County, Washington, this 16th day of March, 1905. A. W. FRATER. Judge. JAMES McNENY. Attorney. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County.—In Probate. In the matter of the estate of Joseph Livengood, Deceased.—No. 5290. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Joseph Livengood, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said court his final account of his administration of said estate, and that Thursday, the 20th day of April, 1905, at 9:30 a. m., at the Court House, in the City of Seattle, Washington, in Department No. Four of said court, has been fixed for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file exceptions in writing to said account and contest the same. Witness the Honorable A. W. Frater, judge of said Superior Court, and the seal of said court hereto affixed this 16th day of March, 1905. (Seal.) OTTO A. CASE, Clerk. D. K. SICKELS, Deputy. JAMES McNENY, Attorney. 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Foot of Dearborn St. Phones: Exch. 99,-Coal office-Ind 92 Get LORRAINE'S High Grade We make a Specialty of Good Drink Goods. Spices of all kinds. 1211 E. Madison St. Phone Red 406, L 8108. We are Selling 20-year Gold Filled Elgin or Waltham Watches this month for $12.00, and Ladies' Watches from $12.50 up. Lowest prices for good, honest watches ever offered. HOUGHTON & HUNTER, Jewelers 704 First Ave., Seattle. 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. E. E. Spencer, Cashier. The Canadian Bank of Commerce Head Office, Toronto. Established 1867 Capital .....$8,700,000 Surplus .....$3,500,000 London Office .....60ombard St New York Office.....16 Exchange Place Over 100 Branches in Canada and the United States, including DAWSON CITY, ATLIN, WHITE HORSE, VICTORIA and VANCOUVER in Canada and SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, SEATTLE and SKAGWAY in U. S. Accounts of banks, corporations, firms and individuals received on favorable terms. 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 Capital stock paid in ..... $528,000 Surplus ..... 35,000 Jacob Furth, Pres.; J. S. Goldsmith, Maryland, Gap. VICE- Pres.; R. V. Ankeny, Cash. Correspondence in all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE, WASH. Paid up capital.....$150,000 LESTER TURNER, President. F. F. PARKHURST, Asst. Cash. A general banking business transacted. Letters of credit sold on all principal cities of the world. Special facilities for collecting on British Columbia, Alaska and all Pacific Northwest points. We have a bank at Cape Nome. OF SEATTLE. ```markdown ``` FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1905. Fashionable Finery URBAN'S Ladies' Suits, Cloaks, Jackets and Skirts Exclusive Agency for Henderson's Corsets. Fine Line of Millinery in Stock URBAN'S 1204 Second Av. Seattle Come and see for Yourself BONNEY-WATSON CO. Preparing bodies for shipping a specialty. All orders by telephone or telegraph promptly attended to. Telephone Main 13. John H. McGraw Geo. B. Kittinger Fire and Marine Insurance. Room B, Bailey Building. Telephone Main 695 Building Material Of all kinds. Delivered on short notice. STETSON POST MILL CO. Eestablished 1875. Tel. Main 3 J. M. PRINK, Phone Main 94 Prop. and Supt. Washington Iron Works Founders and Machinists. Works, Grant Street Bridge Seattle E. R. BUTTERWORTH & SONS E. R. BUTTERWORTH Mgr Professional Funeral Directors and Embalmers 1921 FIRST AV. SEATTLE Albert Hansen JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH. Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Rich Cut Glass, Etc. Diamond Ice Leaves no slime in the refrigerator, because it is made from distilled artesian water. TELEPHONE PINK 159. Moran Bros. Co. Moran Bros. Co. Manufacture and Sell Lumber For All Purposes SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. R. W. BUTLER All work guaranteed and all contracts lived up to. Phone Buff 1267. 2022 Eighth av. ```markdown ```