Seattle Republican

Historical Society SEATTLE REPUBLICAN VOL. XII, NO. 38 The Seattle Republican Established May, 1892 H. R. Cayton.....Editor and Publisher Susie Revels Cayton.....Associate 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. Single copies of The Seattle Republican ten cents. St. Valentine had a great run last Wednesday. Valentine day is rapidly becoming as expensive as is Easter, so far as presents are concerned. Ex-Officer Duel may be guilty of all he is charged but we are inclined to believe that it was neither patriotism nor virgin purity that prompted the policeman to make the arrest. Congress did not take any stock in the whipping post act for wife beating, which may be explained by stating that perhaps too many of the members have their wives with them in Washington City to take such chances. "Let the president know," says an exchange, "that you believe he is right by writing him a personal letter." Let the president do his duty as he sees it and he will not need any one to hold up his hands, as it were. If all the Napoleons of graft were banished to some St. Helena the island would have to be almost a continent, and this would be more especially true if the bribers and corrupters of officials and legislative bodies were sent to the same island. The business and professional men of Seattle will hold a meeting in the Grand opera house February 21st to discuss the telephone situation. If the municipality would put in its own telephone system such meetings would not be necessary. Gov. Brady of Alaska, about whom there has been a political storm center for the past two years, has voluntarily given up the job. Now, if Jim Wickersham would take a tumble and follow suit Alaska might feel like congratulating itself. As an adequate punishment for a man who is too much married we suggest that he be locked up in a room with the bunch of females who have been properly instructed to do their duty. If but a greece spot of him is left we would be surprised. The Fred Clifford Gasch, whom this paper SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1906 spoke of as having gone through bankruptcy proceedings, was not, as was alleged therein, Fred Gasch, the ex-county commissioner. Ex-Commissioner Gasch is, we are glad to say, still in a prosperous and healthy condition, but out of politics forever and one day after. Washington state, if half of the railroads on paper is begun, will lead any state in the Union in railroad building this year. And so far as Seattle is concerned every morning a new railroad scheme is reported. The citizens have seen Harriman's name in print so much that it is really nauseating. There is said to be an ulterior reason other than the care of his law practice why Mayor Ballinger would not consent to run for mayor again. You, dear reader, may be able to tell that reason, but we advise you to turn on the electricity before attempting it, which will throw the necessary light on the mystery. Tomorrow (Saturday) and the "high noon act" will be played for all it is worth at the White House. So much has been said about Miss Alice and so much fuss is being made over her nutpial knot that if Mrs. Roosevelt has really been jealous of her popularity in the past she has just reasons to feel daggers at her just now. A subscriber, who has not paid a cent for his paper for three years, took mortal offense at some article published in the paper and after stating his objections to the article asked that the paper sent him be discontinued, but said nothing about what he owed. We had suspected all along that that fellow was two-thirds Siwash, but we are now of the opinion that he is more than half of the other third. At the next municipal election in this city 21,539 persons are eligible to vote, that number having signified their willingness to do so by registering. The newspapers and the politicians had the devil's own time to get that many of the 35,000 eligible voters to register, but they did so and now if they will only vote on March 6th next they will show some faint signs of having sufficient interest in the public welfare of the city to be called worthy citizens. Castro seems to have not heard of the fate of Mexico, who went to war with the United States, nor the fate of the Boers, who rushed into war with Great Britain, or finally the fate of Spain, who blew up the Maine to get into a scrap with Uncle Sam, or he would not now be courting a conflict with France. The Monroe Doctrine means just what it says, no more and no less, and the South Americal guerilla government need not think the United States' Monroe Doctrine will for a single minute protect them in their high handed methods of preying upon European governments whom they have decoyed into doing business in their midst. PRICE TEN CENTS POLITICAL POT-PIE THE TICKET. Mayor, JOHN RIPLINGER. Corporation Counsel, SCOTT CALHOUN. Comptroller, H. W. CARROLL. Treasurer, GEORGE F. RUSSELL. Councilmen-at-Large, F. P. MULLEN and F. H. HURD. Ward Committees. Ward committeemen chosen for the new organization are: Frank Clancy, First Ward; Ivan P. Hyland, Second; Dr. E. C. Brier, Third; Lucius McGuire, Fourth; Chris Frasch, Fifth; Captain M. C. Jensen, Sixth; Edwin S. Gill, Seventh; Thomas Coombs, Eighth; E. M. Williams, Ninth; H. Perry, Tenth; T. W. Moss, Eleventh. * * * It's always music to the ear of the Republican politicians to hear the convention gavel fall, even though he is morally certain that, so far as he himself being honored by that particular convention is out of the question, and the fall of such a gavel is always echoed to the cheer of those present, whether they be delegates or spectators. The City Convention which assembled in Seattle today was no exception to the rule, and, as Chairman Case mounted the rostrum and rapped for "come to order," a round of cheers met his smiling countenance. The usual convention formalities were quickly dispensed with and the call for nominations for temporary chairman brought forth an eloquent plea for D. C. Conover, the man who defeated A. B. Stewart, to enjoy the honor. No one desiring to cross swords with Conover, he was unanimously elected. Conover was taken by snap judgment, and, not having made any previous preparation, the convention was spared a spread-eagle speech, so common to The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text or graphics. Therefore, no text can be extracted from this image. such an oeeasion, and for which every dele- gate semed exceedingly grateful. Bert Taylor and Tom Page were elected temporary secretaries. The usual commit- tees were appointed and the convention took a recess. On reassembling in the afternoon the vari- ous committees made their reports and the one most looked for was that from the committee on platform. Will H. Morris had been named as chairman of the committee, and, being anti-corporation in feeling, something good was expected. Mr. Morris did himself proud and nothing more clearly demonstrated that than the platform itself and his presentation of it to the convention. The platform is as follows: We congratulate the City of Seattle upon the able, upright and efficient administra- tion of public affairs by the present city of- ficials under the leadership of the Hon. Rich- ard A. Ballinger as Mayor, and in the itner- est of good government we pledge the nomi- nees of this convention to a continuance of the policies of the present administration. We demand of the city administration an economical, fair and wise disbursement of all public moneys; and further declare that the future welfare of the city requires that an adequate provision be immediately made for the acquiring and maintenance of play- grounds for. the children throughout the growing residence districts and in the imme- diate vieinity of the publie schools of the city; and we pledge the Republican party and its nominees to the fair distribution for such purposes of all publie moneys available for the acquiring and maintenance of parks, driveways and playgrounds. We commend the action of the present Republican administration in securing to the City of Seattle a reasonable rate of in- terest upon all municiapl deposits, and we hereby pledge our nominees to a continued and faithful execution of this policy. We are in favor of the adoption, at the earliest possible date, of a plan of making party nominations which will give to the peo- ple a better opportunity to express their will in the selection of candidates, and to that end we hereby indorse the direct primary system as a proper and necessary reform in that direction. We favor the establishment of permanent street grades to all parts of the city, at the earliest practicable time; and we demand that contractors for publi¢e work be held to a prompt and faithful performance of their contract. In order to economically provide for the maintenance and repair and the future pay- ing of our public streets, we pledge the Re- publican party and its nominees to the con- struction of a city asphalt plant. We commend the present Republican ad- ministration for the steps already taken tow- ard the construction of a garbage plant, and hereby pledge our nominees to the comple- tion of the same forthwith. We point with pride to the record of the Republican party in the construction and op- eration of the Cedar River Water System, and demand of the city administration the further perfection and extension of the same system; and we pledge the Republican party and its nominees to furnish to each consum- er an ample supply of city water at the low- est possible cost; and we condemn the propo- sition for the introduction of the meter sys- tem itno the homes of the people. We congratulate the people upon the in- auguration of the city electric lighting sys- kee! Be eet ae in) i cn ee nae ee hae THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN nomical and Dusinessike Construction, CALCH= sion and management of the city lighting plant, in order that each householder at the earliest practicable time, shall be afforded the privilege and use of city light at the low- est possible charge consistent with self-sus- taining and business principles. The best interests of the people. demand that exclusive franchises and rights in and upon public streets should not be granted to any individual or corporation, and we pledge the nominees of this convention to grant no exclusive franchises, and, further, that all franchises granted shall contain and be safe- guarded with joint user provisions upon an equitable basis to all. Every advancement in the direction of municipal ownership whach has been made in this city has been brought about by the Republican party, and we hereby pledge our nominees to the furtherance of this principle, and, in order that the will of the people shall be ascertained, this convention pledges its nominees to call for a popular vote at the earliest practicable time upon the question of the purchase or construction by the city of an adequate street railway system; and we further pledge the Republican party and each of its nominees to faithfully carry out the will of the people so expressed. * * * John Riplinger was unanimously nominat- ed for Mayor, and, in response to cries of “Hear him!’’ came forward and to an extent outlined his policy if he should be so fortu- nate as to be elected, and on this point he entertained not a single doubt. Seott Calhoun, like Riplinger, was unan- jimously nominated and made a few appro- priate remarks, The first. fight of the convention was over the Comptroller nomination, and if John Claney ever got busy in a convention, this was the time. He and George Piper suc- ceeded in stampeding the convention to Harry W. Carroll. The same kind of polities, only worse, was played when George F. Russell was nominat- ed for Treasurer, and so flagrant did it be- come that John H. Powell, who voted for Russell, rose and warned the Clancys that they were taking the thing too far for the good of the Republican party. Frank P. Mullen had no opposition, but H. P. Rude went down to defeat in front of F. H. Hurd, a Grand Army man. * * * The late primaries were not what politicians sometimes call a ‘‘warm baby,’’ but it left some strange streaks after all. For an in- stance, the A. B. Stewart push lost their precinet, which was the first time in the his- tory of the primary election law in this city that that push was shut out from a convention. On the Stewart ticket was A. B. Stewart, George H. Walker, Frank H. Renick and Dr. C. E. Kilbourn, every one of whom are men of integrity, honesty and a tower of personal strength in not only their immediate community, but throughout the county and state. Those who licked A. B. say he died game, and that if in the future he wants anything in the preeinet they will see to it that he gets it, but he must not be gredy. howe FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1906. other aspirants from entering the race, but now he has met a Waterloo, other Richmonds for the nomination of state senator are al- ready coming to the front, and Senator W. G. Potts has taken fresh political courage, and thinks he can win the fight in a walk, even if he has to run in a_ candidate in Renick’s bailiwick as a Potts’ helper. The Young Men’s Republican Club did some more effective work in the late pri- mary bout, and as a result it had a majority of the delegates in the city convention. If that aggregation of young men is able to make a few combination in the state in the coming state convention the leaders thereof will be able to hang out the sign, ‘‘None other but young men need apply.’’? Already every county office in King County is filled with members from that organization with the exceptions of the sheriff and the assessor. The former was nominated by joining issues with the club, and the latter was first nom- inated before the club was organized. * * * Whether or not it’s of any political sig- nificance in State Senator E. B. Palmer UNTIL JANUARY 15 25°|, Discount On all Cut Glass, European Art Goods and Imported Electric Lamps ALBERT HANSEN JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH Established $883 706 FIRST AVE, ne Union Savings & TUDE A) g ZS ps Trust Co. f >a heh Cor. Seeond Ave. | i and Cherry St. Ala § Hoge Building Seattle, Wash. THERE We Pay 4 Per Interest JAMES. D. HOGE, Pres. . B. SOLNER, Cashier Agents fer Alaska Banking and Safe Deposit Co. Nome, Alaska RESULTS That's what the ACME BUSINESS COL- LEGE is working for That is what we get—Results. Mr. Eugene Harris, now engaged in court reporting and lang office work in Walla Walla, came to the Acme a few years ago to study shorthand. Now he is in ar esponsible posi- tion, with good pay. Recently he said to afriend: “All my suc- cess I owe to the Acme Business College.” Not all. The Acme furnished the instruc- tion; he furnished brains—and work. If you will work we can set you on the road to success. McLaren & Thomson’s P.-1. Building, Seattle Amusements at the Theatres Next Week losing his precinct in the late primary contest as to him succeeding himself, only the future can reveal, but his friends think not. Senator Palmer supported the Revelle ticket in the Eighth precinct, and it was signally defeated, but his friends claim he went into the scrap without an organization, having been given to understand that there would be not contest made. It was also noised through the precinct that Revelle was the S. E. Co.'s candidate, and that cost the ticket thirty or more votes. For the first time in the history of the primary law in this city E. Heister Guie went down to defeat. King Dikeman mustered the forces opposed to Guie, and though the battle was fast and furious from the very minute the polls were opened until they closed, when the din of war had died away and the smoke cleared up, the lifeless political corpse of Guie measured its length in the mud and slush through which he so gallantly lead his forces in the engagement. It has been currently reported that Guie would be a candidate for the state senate, but his defeat leaves him in bad shape, though he is a politician of the usual nine lives, and though defeated last Wednesday, his opponents may have only showed him a FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1906 * * * CHAS. B. HANFORD. It is Charles B. Hanford's avowed ambition to present Shakespeare's plays as nearly as possible on the same popular footing that they had in the poet's own day. In order to do this the modern production must not be merely a replica of those that took place in the Globe Theatre centuries ago, but must have the spirit of our own time, just as they had of Shakespeare's day. The imagination of the adapter and actor must, in Mr. Hanford's opinion, strive to conceive what changes so keen a student of human nature as Shakespeare would have sanctioned if he could have supervised their preparation for the audiences of the twentieth century. Any hope of realizing this idea completely is, of course, absurd. But changes have been made which popular approval has sanctioned and Mr. Hanford believes that in accepting them he is doing his duty in presenting the works of the great poet as direct appeals to his fellow man instead or preserving them as mere archaic curiosities. The modern production demands splendid scenery and brilliant costumes and these Mr. Hanford has provided with a lavish hand. His company is regarded as the best he has ever assembled, his leading lady, Miss Marie Drofnah, having added this season to the triumphs she scored last winter. Mr. Hanford's engagement at the Grand next week will be of especial interest because it will give his admirers an opportunity to see him in three of his best characters. Coming to the Seattle Theatre next week for the usual week's engagement, starting Sunday with regular matinees and popular prices prevailing, the offering at that popular play house will be Kernan and Rifes own show, "The High School Girls" Co., "Forever Foremost", under the personal direction of THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN new way to defeat them in the next campaign. Will H. Lewis repeatedly declared he would take no interest in the city campaign, and so far as he himself is concerned he did not, but his political opponents declare that it was his fine Italian hand that was responsible for the surprises in the Seventh ward. The defeat of Guie, the defeat of the Revelle ticket in the Eighth, and the other surprises are all said to be the results of combinations his friends made in his interest. Guie was defeated to injure his general political standing in the ward, and the ticket Palmer was supporting was defeated to show that he was a dead one. Now the conclusion of the whole, it is claimed, is Lewis is to be the candidate for state senator and A. H. Beebee is to be the candidate for representative. Whether this story is true, or even part of it, the Pie-Maker does not know, but he does know the Lewis-Beebee combination has a strong organization in the ward that will have to be reckoned with in the next contest. Sir Conan Doyle was defeated for parliament. Perhaps Sherlock Holmes can unravel this mystery.—The Atlanta Constitution. ements at the Theatres T. W. Dinkins. "Hotel Stars and Stripes", a two-act musical comedy, will be presented, in which a bevy of beautiful and shapely chorus girls will be seen to great advantage, and the comedy is said to be of the high-class order. The olio, or vaudeville part of the programme, contains such well known artists as Sol and Nat Fields, brothers of the famous Lew Fields, Billy Hart and Emma Weston, Hughes and Hazelton, Gillman, Francis and Gillman, and the Six Flying Banvards. "WOODLAND." At the Grand, starting next Thursday, Henry W. Savage's beautiful bird opera "Woodland," will be seen for the first time since its phenominal success in the East and Middle West and especially in New oYrk, Chicago and Boston, in which cities it was the vogue for upwards of sixty weeks. The story of "Woodland" is imaginative and poetical, the characters are all chosen from the feathered tribe and furnish opportunities for a great diversity of suggestive costumes, from the broadly comic Blue Jay and the Rooster, to the gorgeous Peacock and pert Jenny Wren. The comedy of the piece is clean and refined and the action at all times sprightly, but the principal charm will perhaps be found in the music. The songs are delightfully lively, tuneful and catchy, and the ensembles and choruses have been declared to be the best Mr. Gustav Luders has ever written. As in the case of all Mr. Savage's offerings, the staging of the piece will be found elaborate, costly and artistic and when seen here will be the same in every detail as when it was originally presented in Boston, almost two seasons ago. "Woodland" is in two acts and both are laid in the cool shade of the forest and represent a scene in the woodland at early dawn. The characters repre- Theatres Next sent, by the colors and particular features of their costumes, the birds they are supposed to represent, as not a feather is used in any of the costumes. The well known funmakers and songsters who appear in this quaint musical conceit are Mr. Harry Bulger, who has the leading comedy role, that of a tramp politician, Blue Jay, with a fondness for brandied cherries and a penchant for stealing thrones; Miss Helen Hale, a young Wellesley College graduate, who has the part of the pert and saucy Jenny Wren; Walter Lawrence, Miss Magda Dahl, Sherman Wade, Miss Louise Tozier, Louis Casavant, Miss Ida Mulle, Charles W. Meyer, Miss Bertyne Mortimer, John Donahue, Miss Greta Risley, Miss Eva Fallon and Mattie Nichols. In addition there will be found some three score of young women, who as they all supposed to represent some feathered denizens of the forest, were selected for their daintiness, beauty and voice, and form one of the prettiest and best singing and dancing choruses ever seen. The company also carries its own orchestra in order to inspire a proper interpretation of the delightful music of Mr. Luders. "HUMAN HEARTS." Any play that teaches a great moral lesson, is bound to do good to a community. Some of the greatest sermons ever preached against evil deeds and associations are embodied in the plays of the stage. The lesson of life is presented to the listener in a way that makes an impression on the mind and gives him food for thought. While the spectator is listening to the text of the play, his visual sense is being attracted by seeing the scenes enacted before his eyes, that are being described in the words to which he is listening. In such plays as "Human Hearts" which will be seen at the Third Ave- --- * * * Joe Chamberlain is almost in the pathetic position where he can speak of his party as "me and another boy."—The Chicago Daily News. Senator Aldrich nominates either Mr. Hearst or Mr. Bryan for the presidency in 1908. Either of the gentlemen would probably be glad to make the race, if Mr. Aldrich would accept the nomination on the opposing ticket.—The Washington Post. The Co-operative Tropical Fruit Co., which owns a 10,000-acre banana plantation in Honduras, C. A., has completed arrangements with Booker T. Washington to employ 5,000 Southern Afro-Americans. The president of the company says they are adapted to the kind of work. This is the first practical effort of the kind in favor of the Afro-American from a purely business standpoint. The Co-operative Tropical Fruit Co., which owns a 10,000-acre banana plantation in Honduras, C. A., has completed arrangements with Booker T. Washington to employ 5,000 Southern Afro-Americans. The president of the company says they are adapted to the kind of work. This is the first practical effort of the kind in favor of the Afro-American from a purely business standpoint. Mississippi Afro-Americans have two banks at Vicksburg and one each at Greenville, Indianola, Hattiesburg, Jackson and Mound Bayou. An Afro-American student from the University of Wisconsin won the birthday anniversary oratorical contest before the Hamilton club of Chicago. --- nue Theatre next week, the contrast between virtue and vice is sharply drawn. The author has not minced matters in drawing his characters, and as the incidents of the play are based on real occurrences, he has not had to draw upon his imagination to invent a motive for "Human Hearts." The characters of 'Jeanette' and 'Frederick Armsdale' in "Human Hearts" should be carefully studied by everybody. We meet their prototypes in daily life, in nearly all large communities. How often do we see men and women, who, with all the advantages of education, comfortable homes, and the loving care of parents and friends still go astray, and sink lower and lower in the social scales, until they reach the lowest depths of degradation. We meet them every day. Another novel character drawing in this play is that of Jim Mason; a man born amidst the lowest surroundings, with no advantage in early life, knowing nothing of the difference between right and wrong; a criminal because he has had no opportunities to be anything else. But here is a character that conspires to better things. The inherent instinct to raise himself above the level of his surroundings, is lying dormant, but, when the realization of the difference between right and wrong is brought home to him, he chooses the proper path. "The Little Church Around the Corner," that is running at the Third Avenue Theatre this week, is proving the most satisfactory attraction that has yet been presented in Seattle by the popular Taylor Company. Crowded houses have prevailed at every performance and this last performance of this delightful and attractive play will be given Saturday night. THE PASSING THRONG Irony of Fate.—When the county assessors of the state were in session last month in Olympia three members of the body were named as a committee to invite Gov. Mead to address the organization, and it was a strange coincident of fate that the president should have named the only three assessors to whom the governor had promised appointive positions under his administration, viz: E. M. Allen of Snohomish, Dayton H. Stewart of Spokane and F. R. Archer of Chehalis county. The governor blushed to the roots of the hairs on his head as he received the men, who, it is claimed, he politically deceived, but it was only the irony of fate and it will always be thus to politicians who do not keep their promises. That Stone & Webster report which was "published exclusively" in the Times last Sunday was a scoop that the P.-I. and the other dailies of the city had no objections to the Times getting. We do not believe there is another paper in the Puget Sound country that would have published that article without starring it—so much per—but the Times, and it will publish anything from a filthy patent medicine advertisement to a country cock fight if it is only paid for doing so. The entire article was cheap clap-trap, bristling with prevarications and deceptions, all of which placed Stone & Webster, their agents and the Times in the lime light of either themselves being damphools or of the opinion that the citizens of Seattle are such. Who ever heard of a concern charging up the amount it pays out for improvements to "loss?" If that was admissible what the merchant pays out for the goods he is to sell to his patrons is loss; what the published pays out for the paper and material he uses in the issuing of his paper is all loss. And as in these instances so all through the article did that vein of deception run. Had the agents of Stone & Webster have taken that communication to the P.-I. it would have been consigned to the waste basket before the editor finished reading the first paragraph. When the Times will publish such flagrant articles for corporations because it gets big pay for them it can be readily understood why corporations willingly pay exorbitant prices for page ads in its special editions. No good citizen desires to see the plant of the Seattle Electric Company crippled or to see the financial promoters thereof driven into a corner, but they want to see the Seattle Electric Company give the city a square deal, and that tells the whole story. That African Methodist conference in Georgia which passed resolutions praising Gen. Joe Wheeler and denouncing Booker T. Washington as having robbed the race of every vestage of manhood that it gained under Frederick Douglas' leadership, with Gen. Wheeler disputing every inch gained by Douglas, displayed more ignorance than the average Negro seems capable of doing and that is saying a great deal. Judging from the way the Negro of this country, both in public as well as in private, spends his time and talent in abusing Prof. Washington, who is doing more for the upbuilding of THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN the race than all of the other Negroes in the United States combined, one is forced to believe that if the immortal Lincoln himself still lived the Negro, whom he imancipated, would now be abusing him in a similar way as he is the renouned Booker Washington. If Mr. Washington is able to rob a whole race of its manhood then after all he must be a most wonderful man, which is a splendid certificate of his great ability and high standing. When the Negro learns to let other people's business alone the whole race will have made a long step in the direction towards the goal of his own success. Cheaper Telephones.—This paper has for the past ten months or more been insisting that the telephone rates in this city are too high and now the business men of the city have come to the same conclusion and have demanded that a forty per cent cut in the rates be inaugurated by the company. Referring to telephones under municipal ownership the following statistics will be of interest to the telephone user: Over in the state of Oregon the farmers are putting in a telephone system. After the ownership of the telephone, which costs about $37.00, the service is less than $4.00 per year. Over at Wenatchee there is a cooperative telephone system owned by the farmers, furnished to the houses at $1.00 per month, and to offices at $1.50 per month, reaching all over Chelan county. There are 7,000 telephones in Glasgow furnished by a private company at $6.00 per year. Telephones in Indiana, under the statute, are furnished for $3.00 per month and less. Port Arthur, Canada, telephones cost $1.00 per month for houses and $2.00 per month for offices. In two years they expect to furnish telephones to houses for fifty cents per month and to offices for $1.00 per month, and no extra charge for extensions. Telephones can be brought within the reach of all at nominal prices. Why should the citizens of Seattle pay $6.00 per month for telephones, when the same company furnishes them to the city of Olympia for $3.00 per month? Why should the citizens of Seattle pay $3.00 per month for house phones, when in Olympia they are furnished at $1.50 per month? When we own the electric plant, and have the electricity, the poles upon the streets and the tramway systems now proposed to be constructed, the telephone rates can be reduced so that the house phones can be furnished for fifty cents per month party lines and one dollar per month single lines, and office phones can be furnished at not to exceed two dollars per month. And yet the people of Seattle are asleep, and are allowing certain persons to manipulate conventions, nominate candidates and see that they are not now in favor of municipal ownership. If they are not now in favor of municipal ownership, when will they be in favor of municipal ownership? If now is not the accepted time, when will be the accepted time? If they cannot manipulate political conventions so that the octopus cannot control the conventions and effect the nominations and control the elections, when can they do so. Will it be Seattle, or will it be Stone-Websterville? If we allow them to control at this time, then let us change the name. Let us admit that we are not capable of self-government and turn everything over FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1906. to the octopus and change the name of the city to what it should be, Stone-Websterville, not Seattle. Rudolph B. Scott, who for the past five years has been an inspector in the Chinese emigration service, has been summarily dismissed from duty by Chief Metcalf for official delinquency in his official duties. While Scott is a Negro there are very few Negroes in the state who regret to see him removed. During his office holding days Scott not only snubbed them socially, but it is said always had some unkind word to say about the race. He has a son in the State University at Seattle and it is reported that he instructed the boy that under no circumstances was he to speak to a Negro while in Seattle. There is no objections to any one pursuing such a course, only it is unnecessarily poisoning the minds of the young white students who, under ordinary circumstances, are much more favorable to the brother in black than the black brother is. Derelect to duty is a charge that any man should feel like a dog in the face to be dismissed from service under. Field's Big Estate. The high standards of personal and business morals that characterized the life of the late Marshall Field are shown, also, we are told by a few editorial writers, in the will recently made public in Chicago. Aside from an $8,000,000 bequest for the endowment and maintenance of the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago, and various other bequests aggregating $17,-560,000 to relatives, friends, employees and charitable institutions, the entire estate, conservatively estimated at $120,000,000, is to be kept intact until one of the two grandsons reaches the age of 50 years. The grandsons, Marshall Field, 3d, and Henry Field, are children of the late Marshall Field, Jr., and are now 10 and 12 years old, respectively. The will directs that the estate shall be administered and applied by the trustees in such a manner that Marshall shall receive a three-fifths portion and Henry a two-fifths portion. Estimators place the former's share at from $45,000,000 to $60,000,000 and the latter's at from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000. The business of Marshall Field & Company is to be maintained as a portion of the residuary estate. Various hospitals get $25,000 each, while some of Mr. Field's employees are handsomely remembered, bequests ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. A sum of $100,000 is placed in trust for the use of old employees, and the household servants receive sums of $1,000 and $2,000. The $8,000,000 for the Field Museum in Chicago is given upon the condition that within six years there shall be provided without cost to the estate a satisfactory site for the permanent home of the museum. If the site is not provided within that time, the $8,000,000 is to become part of the residuary estate. Selected. Journalism is said to be the destroyer of literature, which is a mistake so far as this country is concerned. The get rich quick mania is not only the destroyer of literature, but the destroyer of almost every spark of honesty and integrity, which should be the guiding lights of every true man and woman. FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1906 POLITICAL NOTES. The question of having a representative in congress from Spokane has aroused considerable interest in the matter of the election of the governor. There are many who believe that Spokane should have that distinction even if it was necessary to forego the privilege of a representative in the upper house of congress. They point to the fact that Spokane has a number of strong men in both parties who are able and would fill the office with dignity. Among the republicans is D. T. Ham whose friends urged him to permit the use of his name in that connection during the last general election. He refused, notwithstanding some of the strongest Republicans in the state offered him their undivided support, and it is a question whether he could be urged to accept it two years hence. Among the strong Democrats mentioned as being good timber for that office is Warren W. Tolman, who withdrew from the race for the same office last year to give Ex-Senator George Turner a free field. The record made by Mr. Tolman while a member of the state senate endeared him to Eastern Washingtonians of all parties who believe in state control of freight rates and railroads. William H. Ludden, another strong Republican, has been mentioned for the office of congressman as well as that of governor. Among the many charges which the opposition press is making against Mayor Floyd L. Daggett is that his friends are planning to make him governor, and that he is doing all he can to help them do it. More than two years will elapse before the people will have an opportunity of settling the question, but nearly two years have elapsed since the politicians laid up the "fences" which will keep the people in "pasture." Two state senators and ten representatives is the quota which will be elected to represent Spokane at the next state legislature. The senators will hold over and will have a part in the election of a successor to Senator Ankeny two years hence. The vacancies occur this year in the districts represented by Will Graves and Huber Rasher, both Democratic, although some doubt is expressed about the ability of the Democrats to carry these districts again this year. It is not known whether these gentlemen will make the canvass this year, but if they do not the Democrats have strong men in both districts who would doubtless make excellent runs. The Democrats count on the "off" years in this state for their victories and many are looking forward to a number of "opportunities" for their friends. All politicians dread being in the "lime light" long before the election and consequently are keeping their plans as secret as possible. The Orator man, however, knows of many "arrangements" which are being made at this time, but cannot give them to his readers without violating confidences which even newspaper men should respect. Of the twenty or more candidates which will be placed in nomination for representatives fully three-fourths of them will be men who have not heretofore been elected to public office in this county. The probabilities point strongly to the election of several of them THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN upon the temperance ticket. The temperance people feel that their cause was injured by including certain other lines of business in the statute prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday, and many of them are in favor of eliminating everything except the liquor clause. Other reforms are desired by them and the agitation which is now going over the city will doubtless have considerable influence in the selection of the next representatives from Spokane county.—Spokane Orator. MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUNDS. It is estimated that a great deal more than a hundred million dollars, exclusive of the proceeds from general taxation for school purposes, has been donated and expended for the education of the Afro-American people in the Southern States since the War of the Rebellion. This money was donated mainly by Northern people, and mostly in small sums, as the Southern people were too poor, if disposed, to make any considerable contributions personally for this cause, although many have done so. This hundred and odd million dollars represents, perhaps, the largest benefaction for education in the history of mankind, and speaks more eloquently for the Christian character of the American people than any other single action in their annals. George Peabody was the pioneer philanthropist in the work of Southern education, setting apart for it, in 1866, $2,100,000, and, in 1869, $3,500,000 more, a total of $5,600,000. Because it was the first trust of its kind, and because it was wisely administered, it accomplished more good than any other trust of similar character. Mr. Peabody contributed a total of more than $10,600,000 for educational and charitable purposes in the United States and Great Britain, and left $5,000,000 to his heirs; this, although he started in life without any capital. His trust was distributed among white and black and colored people alike, although the whites benefited more than the others by it. After Mr. Peabody came John F. Slater, who gave $1,000,000, and David Hand, who gave a like sum, specifically for the education of Afro-Americans. Then came Mr. John D. Rockefeller, first, with a contribution of $1,000,000 to the General Educational Board, and, second, with $10,000,000 to the same board, for higher educational purposes. But neither Mr. Peabody, Mr. Slater, Mr. Hand nor Mr. Rockefeller selected any Afro-American as a trustee of his trust, and none such has been chosen to fill vacancies that have occurred in the boards from time to time. This necessarily has argued a distrust of the capacity of Afro-Americans to wisely share responsibility for administering such a trust. It is to the credit and the honor of Mr. Andrew Carnegie that he was the first of the philanthropists to recognize the change that has been wrought in the conditions governing in such matters during the past thirty years, by his donation of $600,000 to the endowment fund of the Tuskegee Institute. And this fetches us to the point of this article, that Tuskegee Institute has been a source of inspiring confidence in the capacity of Afro-Americans to administer wisely trust funds for educational purposes. That Dr. Booker T. Washington created Tuskegee Institute and the confidence in the capacity of members of the race to administer wisely great trust funds, is not the least of the many services which he has rendered the Afro-American people. It will be interesting from this point of view to know what have been the receipts and disbursements of the Tuskegee Institute during the twenty-five years of its existence. We have been furnished the following statistics on the subject by the authorities of the Tuskegee Institute: Receipts since foundation, revenue income, $1,770,567.29; buildings and equipment, $639,318.26; endowment, $1,056,664.00; total, $3,466,549.66. Expenditures, since foundation, current expenses, $1,504,207.29; buildings and improvements, $852,466.94. Cash investment, endowment, $1,056,664.00; special deposits, $53,211.32; total, $3,466,549.55. It is well to point out that while this account balances, the sum of $1,056, 644.00 (endowment fund) has not been expended. Nor does the total here given include the recent bequest of more than $600,000 to the endowment fund by the late Mr. Andrew J. Dotger, of South Orange, N. J. Adding this to the donations to Tuskegee Institute during the past twenty-five years, we have a magnificent total of $4,066,549.55. New York Age. AFRO-AMERICANISM Dr. Henry W. Furniss' salary as United States minister to Haiti is $7,500 a year. Mrs. Laura Avett, the wealthiest AfroAmerican woman in Southern Indiana, died January 15 at Princeton. Bobby Dobbs, who has been living in England for a long time, pulled off another victory at Cardiff, Wales, recently. He won over George Roach on a foul in eight rounds. Samuel Taylor graduated from Shortridge high school, Indianapolis, Ind., entered upon his freshman year in Depauw university and walked off with the oratorical honors of the inter-state debate. Stephen Bates, an Afro-American, has been chief of police and city sheriff of Vergennes, Vt., for 26 consecutive years. In one little town in South Carolina, with a population of 1,400 all told, there are 14 colored churches alone, to say nothing of the number of white churches. Cornelius Vanderbilt Washington, a farmer living near Durant, Miss., has become white. He had a strange illness about 12 years ago and began turning white, and with the exception of small spots on his body his skin is entirely white. His hair and other distinct characteristics remain. He is 45 years of age. Others near Durant are becoming spotted and it is believed they will also turn white. J. D. Ward, of Indianapolis, Ind., is said to be a master arheitect, a high class artificer and commands a great business in the most careful construction of plans for fine buildings. He is an acknowledged authority on all technical points. A well known Indianapolis contractor said recently: "I consider Ward an architect of the first water because I have handled his plans with so great a success that I think him capable of most anything in architecture." Proposed Charter Amendments for the City of Seattle A resolution and proposition to amend section 9 of article IV of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That section 9 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 9. The council shall meet upon the first and third Mondays of each month, or if either of those days be a legal holiday, then upon the next day, not a legal holiday, thereafter, and all its sessions shall be public, and it shall not adjourn to any other place than its regular place of meeting. The mayor, or in his absence or disability, the president of the council, or any three councilmen, may call a special meeting of the city council." And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the 6th day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, 1906. H. C. GILL. President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. Proposed Amendment No. 2. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 2 of section 11 of article VIII. of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. tie at the nec- Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: that subdivision 2 of section 11 of artihe VIII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Subdivision 2. The city council shall, by general ordinance, provide the manner in which the aforesaid improvements may be made, and prescribe all needful regulations for the exercise by the city of the power granted and contained in the foregoing subdivision of this section; provided, that in all cases in which the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement is to be defrayed by the collection of a special assessment upon the property specially benefited thereby, the following proceedings shall be taken, viz.: There must be presented to the board of public works a written petition setting forth the street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, squares or places, or parts thereof to be improved, the nature of the improvement, the mode of payment and the fact that the signers are the owners of the property to be benefited by such improvement to the aggregate amount of a majority of the special assessment to be levied therefor according to the transfer books in the office of the county auditor. If any such property stands in the name of a deceased person or any person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the signature of the executor, administrator or guardian, as the case may be, shall be equal to the signature of the owner of the property on such petition. If the board of public works finds the facts set forth in said petition to be true, they shall cause an estimate of the cost and expense of such improvement to be made and transmit the same, together with all papers and information in their possession touching such improvement, with the estimated cost thereof, and their recommendations thereon, a description of the property which will be specially benefited thereby and a statement of the proportionate amount of the cost and expense of such improvement which shall be borne by such property, to the city council. The city council shall have full authority to consider all matters in relation to such proposed improvement, and may authorize the same by ordinance or refuse it in its discretion; provided, that unless the petition for said improvement shall be signed by three-fourths (4%) of the property to be assessed therefor and specifies a greater percentage than fifty per cent., the city council, or board of public works shall not have authority to further proceed in the matter of such improvement whenever the cost of any work or improvement ordered, to be done by the city council and chargeable as a lien, under the provisions of this article, against the property specially benefited within such assessment district shall exceed fifty per cent. of the total assessed valuation of the lots or parcels of land contained in such assessment district as the same appears upon the last annual assessment roll, made for the levying of taxes for municipal purposes, in which case such improvement shall not be granted unless the same be so modified that the cost thereof shall not exceed such fifty per cent. of the aforesaid valuation. Said limit of fifty per cent. however, may be extended when any improvement shall be petitioned for by the owners of three-fourths (4%) of the property to be assessed for said proposed improvement, and such petition specified not to exceed a certain higher percentage. The action and decision of the city council as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to the rejection or the granting of such petition shall be final and conclusive. The city council may order the whole or any part of the streets, lanes, alleys, squares or public places of the city to be graded, regraded, sidewalked, residewalked, planked or replanked, paved, repaved, macadamized, remacadamized, graveled, regraveled, piled, repiled, capped, recapped, or may order any bulkhead, retaining wall, viaduct, tunnel, water main or sewer with manholes, catch basins and other proper connections, to be constructed or repaired therein and may provide for defraying the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement by the collection of a special assessment upon the property specially benefited thereby in the manner provided in this section without the presentation of any petition either to the board of public works or to the city council; provided, that unless a petition as hereinbefore prescribed be presented, such improvement shall not be ordered except by ordinance passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the city council, at a regular meeting, or at a meeting which is an adjournment of a regular meeting; provided, no street shall be ordered graded without petition, except by a unanimous vote of all members present; and provided that there may be established sewer or drainage districts in conformity to the requirements of the topography of the ground; and constructed in each of said districts a main or trunk sewer. Such district shall include real estate which can be conveniently sewered or drained into such main or trunk sewer, either directly or by means of sub-sewers, and which will be benefited thereby. There shall first be levied against the property immediately abutting and contiguous to such main or trunk sewer, and which can be conveniently sewered or drained into said main or trunk sewer, such amounts, in accordance with special benefits as would have been levied against such property in case there had been constructed, in the same place, a branch or sub-sewer for the service of that immediate neighborhood only, the remaining portion of the cost of said main or trunk sewer shall then be distributed and assessed equitably against all the land included in said sewer or drainage district in accordance with special benefits and in proportion to the area of the various lots, tracts or parcels of land therein. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the 6th day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL, President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and ex-Officio City RESOLUTION NO. 819. Proposed Amendment No. 3. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 3 of section 11 of article VIII of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be is resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 3 of section 11 of Article VIII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Subdivision 3. Every ordinance ordering any improvement mentioned in this section shall establish a local improvement district to be called 'Local Improvement District No. —', which district shall embrace, as near as may be, all the property specially benefited by such improvement. Unless otherwise provided in such ordinance, such district shall be deemed to include all the property between the termini of said improvement, abutting upon, adjacent or proximate to the street, lane, alley, avenue, place or square proposed to be improved to a distance back from the marginal line thereof to the center line of the blocks facing thereon; provided, that in any case the distance back from the street shall be at least ninety (90) feet; and provided further, that in the case of unplatted property, the distance back from the margin of the same, for purposes of assessment, shall be the same distance as that included in the assessment of the platted lands immediately adjacent thereto, and all property included within said limits of such local improvement district shall be considered and held to be the property specially benefited by such local improvement, and shall be the property to be assessed to pay the cost and expense thereof or such proportion thereof as may be chargeable against the property specially, benefited by such improvement, which cost and expense shall be assessed upon all of said property so benefited in proportion to the separate and special benefit conferred on such property by reason of its area and particular location within the district. Said local improvement district shall, for the purpose of assessing the cost of such improvement, in proportion to the separate and special benefits conferred, be divided into four subdivisions to be numbered respectively, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th subdivisions. The first subdivision shall include all lands lying between the street margin and a line drawn parallel therewith and thirty (30) feet therefrom. The second subdivision shall include all lands lying within lines drawn parallel with and thirty (30) and sixty (60) feet respectively from said street margin. The third subdivision shall include all lands lying within lines drawn parallel with and sixty (60) and ninety (90) feet respectively from said street margin. The fourth subdivision shall include all lands lying between a line drawn parallel with and ninety (90) feet from said street margin and the outer limit of said local improvement district, as hereinabove described. If the areas of each of the four subdivisions are equal, there shall be assessed against the first subdivision 40 per centum of the whole cost, against the second subdivision 25 per centum of the whole cost, against the third subdivision 20 per centum of the whole cost, and against the fourth subdivision 15 per centum of the whole cost. If the areas are unequal, the rates fixed for each subdivision shall be fixed on the basis that the benefits conferred on a square foot of land in subdivisions first, second, third and fourth respectively, are related to each other as are the numbers 40, 25, 20 and 15 respectively. The city council, at all hearings on assessment rolls, shall sit as a board of equalization in open council for the purpose of changing, altering or amending said rolls, that all assessments shall be made, as near as may be, strictly in accordance with special benefits, and the subdivision rate of assessment herein prescribed shall in nowise limit or abridge such powers of the city council. All notices of hearing on assessment rolls shall clearly specify that at such hearing the council will proceed to confirm all assessments shown thereon, or lower, raise or otherwise modify or alter the same, as in its discretion may be deemed just. All assessments levied upon lands of the city of Seattle shall be paid by the city of Seattle out of its general fund. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification at the next general election to be held the sixth day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL. President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 816. A resolution and proposition to amend section 1 of Article XVII of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: The city of Seattle That section of article XVII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1. The mayor shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable monthly. The annual salaries of the following officers of the city shall be payable monthly, and shall be as follows: Treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; city comptroller and ex-officio city clerk, three thousand six hundred dollars; corporation counsel, five thousand dollars; councilmen, one thousand five hundred dollars each. A deduction of ten dollars for each absence shall be made from the salary of each councilman who shall be absent from any regular meeting of the city council. This section shall apply to all councilmen holding office subsequent to the adoption of this amendment, including those holding office by virtue of an election held prior to the adoption of this amendment. All parts of the city charter in conflict with this section or any part thereof, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. And be it further resolved that the foregoing amendment be, and the same is, hereby, submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for the ratification or rejection at the next general municipal election to be held Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, 1906. PRES. PRO. TEM. J. E. CRICHTON. Of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of Jan- RESOLUTION NO. 813. Scanned and approved. No. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 14 of section 18 of Article IV. of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general municipal election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 14 of section 18 of article IV, of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Fourteenth—To provide for erecting, purchasing or otherwise acquiring, as the sole and exclusive property of the city, water works, within or without the corporate limits of the city, to supply said city and its inhabitants with water for any and all purposes, and to fix, alter, regulate and control the use and price of the water so supplied; provided, however, that the city council shall not enter into any contract or agreement whatever any person, company or corporation for its water supply or distribution, or for the joint or entire use of the whole or any part of the city water supply or distributing plant, including conduits, mains and reservoirs, without first submitting such proposed contract or agreement to a vote of the qualified electors of the city at a general election, or special election called for that purpose, and unless a majority of said electors voting at said election shall vote therefor; provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the city from selling to any consumer water for power or other uses, or the power manufactured from water, upon terms open to all consumers; and, provided further, that the city council may, in its discretion grant, by ordinance, to any institution which is supported in whole or in part by public charities, the free use of city water; and be it further resolved that the foregoing amendment be, and the same is, hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general municipal election, to be held Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authetication of its passage this 3rd day of January, 1906. H. C. GILL, President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. RESOLUTION NO. 832. Promoted Amendment No. 6 A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 37 of section 18 of article IV. of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 37 of section 18 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "37th. To project or extend or establish streets over and across any tide lands within the corporate limits of the city and along or across the harbor areas of the city, in such manner as will best promote the interests of commerce, and to excavate and improve, for use as public slips or wharves, any of said streets, and to use all or any portion of every street extending to or projecting into the water as a public slip or wharf. No street extending to or projecting into tide water shall be vacated, except and unless such vacation be made for the purpose of altering the location of any such street, and then only after there shall have first been deeded or dedicated to the city, in exchange therefor, land equally or better adapted to the uses of the city for street or municipal purposes. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held March 6th, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 3rd day of January, 1906. H. C. GILL. President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 831. A resolution and proposition to amend section 20 of article IV. of the city charter, and for providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That section 20 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 20. No street car, telephone, gas, electric or heating franchise shall be granted, extended or renewed to any date beyond December 31st. 1934, which does not contain adequate provision authorizing the city to acquire the plant and appurtenances built thereunder at their reasonable cash value at any time after said date; no value being assigned to any franchise right. Every franchise extending beyond said date shall contain definite provisions for ascertaining and determining such value and for submitting any differences to arbitration. No street car franchise shall be granted, reenwed or extended to or for any period of time along the routes herein described, which does not contain a provision that the city of Seattle or any person or persons or street railway company hereafter obtaining a franchise from the city of Seattle authorizing the operation of street cars for the purpose of carrying passengers or freight within the district or along the routes hereinafter described shall have the right to the common use with the grantee, its successors or assigns, for the running of the cars of the city of Seattle or of such other person or persons, company or commission as the case may be, upon paying to the grantee therein, its successors or assigns, such monthly or annual rental or compensation as may be just and reasonable, no value being assigned to any franchise right. Each such franchise shall contain definite provisions for submitting any difference respecting the proper amount of such rental or compensation, to arbitration in conformity with the laws of the state of Washington in that regard, or in such manner as shall be prescribed by the city council in the ordinance granting such franchise. The routes hereinabove referred to be as follows: Denny way from the west line of Warren avenue to the east line of Second avenue north, and Second avenue from Denny way to Pike street; Fourth avenue, Fourth avenue produced and Fourth avenue south from Denny way to the southerly city limits: Westlake avenue from Pike street to Denny way; Pine street from First avenue to Fifth avenue; Prefontaine place from Yesler way to Fourth avenue south, and such other routes as the city council may from time to time designate as canon or strategic routes. Every grant of a franchise, right or privilege shall be subject to the right of the city council at any time thereafter to repeal, change or modify the said grant if the franchise granted thereby is not operated in accordance with the provisions thereof, or at all, and every ordinance making such grant shall contain a reservation of the right of the city council to so repeal, amend or modify said ordinance. When the right, privilege or franchise has been granted, and has been accepted, the city council shall not extend the time for which such right, privilege or franchise is granted until within three years of the expiration of the time for which such right, privilege or franchise is granted. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the sixth day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 3rd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL, President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. JNO RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8. Notice is hereby given that on February 1, 1906, a petition and proposition to amend Article XVIII of the City Charter of the City of Seattle was filed with the City Clerk of said city, which said petition and proposition prescribes the respective terms of all elective officers of the City of Seattle and provides a method for the removal of any such officer. That there be and hereby is submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Seattle to be voted upon at the next general municipal election to be held March 6, 1906, the proposition to amend Article XVIII of the City Charter of the City of Seattle by adding the following section, which amendment is the same amendment petitioned for in the above-mentioned petition, to-wit: The term of all elective officers of the city of Seattle shall be two years (except councilmen-at-large, which will be four years), unless removed by a method hereinafter provided. In case of the removal of any such officer by the method hereinafter provided, the successor of said officer shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term unless said successor is removed by the method hereinafter provided. The procedure to effect the removal of an incumbent of an elective office shall be as follows: A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent, equal in number to at least 25 per centum of the entire vote for all candidates for the office, the incumbent of which is sought to be removed, cast at the last preceding general municipal election, demanding an election of a successor of the person to be removed, shall be filed with the city clerk; provided, that the petition sent to the council shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought. The signatures to the paper need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number. Any person competent to make affidavit may circulate such petition. The person circulating each such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths, that the statements therein made are true, and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereunto subscribed. Within ten days from the date of filing such petition the city clerk shall examine the register and therefrom ascertain whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified voters; and if necessary, the council shall allow him extra help for that purpose; and he shall attach to said petition his certificate showing the result of said examination. If, by the clerk's certificate, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The clerk shall, within ten days after such amendment, make like examination of the amendment to the petition, and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person filing the same without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If the petition shall be found to be sufficient, the clerk shall submit the same to the council without delay; and thereupon the city council shall order and fix a date for holding said election, not less than thirty days nor more than forty days from the date of the clerk's certificate to the council that a sufficient petition is filed. The city council shall make or cause to be made publication of notice, and all arrangements for holg- Ne Hr FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1906. ing of such election; and the same shall be conducted, returned and the result thereof declared, in all re- spects, as are other eléctions. The successor of any officer so removed shall hold office during the unexpired term of his predecessors. Any per- son sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and un- Jess he requests otherwise, in writ-. ing, the clerk shall place his name on the official ballot without nomina- tion. In any such election the candi- date receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. At such election, if some other per- son than the incumbent receives the highest number of votes, the incum- bent shall thereupon be deemed re- moved from the office upon the quali- fication of his successor. In case the arty who receives the highest num- Ber of votes should fail to quality within ten days after receiving noti- fication of election, the office shall be deemed vacant. If the incumbent receives the highest number of votes he shall continue in office, All parts of the charter of said City of Seattle in conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed. Witness my hand this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER City Comptroller and Ex-Officio city erk. Date of first publication, Feb, 9, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington for King County. The Acetylene Lighting Company, Plaintiff, vs, A. H. Kellogg, Mrs. A: H. Kellogg ‘and J. L. Derwent, De- fendants.—No, 49955. Summons for Publication, State of Washington to said A. ‘H. Kellogg and Mrs. A, H. Kellogg, his wife, defendants: You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publi- eation of this summons, to-wit: with- in sixty days after the 26th day of January, A. D, 1906, and.defend the above entitled action in the above en- titled Court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer upon the attorneys for the plaintiff at their office below stat- ed, and in case of your failure so to do judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint which has been filed with the Clerk of this Court. This action is brought by the plain- tiff to recover judgment against the defendants upon a contract for the sum of one hundred seventy-five dol- lars, and attachement has been issued upon the property of the defendants. RICHARD WINSOR and E. 8, HADLEY, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and Post Office Address: 78 Sullivan Bldg., Seattle, Washington. Date of first publication, January 26, March 9. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for King County. es 7 Henry Brandt, Plaintiff, Vs. C. P. Miller,” Defendant——Publication of Summons. The State of Washington to the said C. P. Miller, Defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit, within 60 days after the 26th day of January, 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plain- tiff, at their office below stated. And in case of your failure so to do, judg- ment will be rendered against you, according to the demand of the com- plaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court, and a finding and judgment will be made and entered, finding and adjudging you to be in- debted tothe Said plaintiff upon two promissory notes, one for $100.00, ex- ecuted by you to Henry Brandt, and one for $200.00, executed by you to the Puget Sound National Bank, to- gether with interest upon the’ re- spective sums, and attorney's fees in accordance with the terms of said promissory notes, together with costs. And you are further notified that said plaintiff has caused attachment to issue in said case, and garnishment in aid of attachment to issue, and be served upon John Olsen and John A. Olsen, and John Olsen and John A. Olsen, co-partners doing business un- der the firm name of Olsen & Olsen, for the purpose of reaching the in- debtedness due to you from them, and the property in thelr possession, be- longing to you, and that in said cause finding and judgment will be entered, that the said indebtedness sued upon be satisfied out of said property, so levied upon by said attachment ‘and garnishment in the hands of said garnishees hereinbefore named, GRAY & STERN, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and Postoffice Address, No. 513 Bailey Building, Seattle, Wn, January 26—March 9. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In the matter of the estate of John S. Wincapaw, Deceased.—No. 6772. Notice to Creditors. To all Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given and extend- ed to the creditors of John S. Winca- paw. deceased, and to all persons having claims against said deceased, or against 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 executor of the es- tate of said John S, Wincapaw, de- ceased, at the place of residence of said executor, to wit: 226 Fourth avenue, north, Seattle, Washington, the same being the place of trans- action of the business of said estate. Dated at Seattle, King County, Washington, this 26th day of Janu- ary, 1906, the day of the first publi- cation hereof. GUY C. WINCAPAW, Executor of the Estate of John’ S. Wincapaw. E. C. KRIETE, Attorney. January 26—February 23. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In the Matter of the Estate of Laura Ellis, Deceased. No, ———. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that John W. Ellis is the executor of the ‘es- tate of Laura Ellis, deceased, and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned execu- tor, or to his Attorney, Gill, Hoyt & Frye, No. 427 Colman Building, Seattle, Washington, within one year from the date of the first publication of this notice. JOHN W. ELLIS, Executor of the Estate of Laura Ellis, deceased. Date of first publication January 19—Last, Feb. 23. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF King County, Washington. In the matter of the guardianship of John Nolan, an insane person. No. 6530. Notice to Creditors, Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned has been duly appointed and qualified, by the Superior Court of King County, Washington, as’ guar- dian of the estate of John Nolan, an insane person. All persons having claims against said John Nolan will please file the same in the office of H. E. Foster, Attorney for the Guar- dian, 606 Marion Building, Seattle. PATRICK NOLAN. Jan, 19—Feb. 23. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the matter of the estate of ULtO Sommer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned administratrix of the es- tate, of Otto Sommer, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them within one year after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix at 412 Pa- cific Block, this being the office of Nicholas Schmitt, attorney for gaid administratrix, the same being “the place for transaction of business of said estate, in the City of Seattle, King County. feoneaes: this 10th day of December, JOHANNA SOMMER. NICHOLAS SCHMITT, Attorney for Administrator. Room 412 Pacific Block. Jan. 13-Feb. 10. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Pearl Lockie, Plaintiff, vs. James Lockie, Defendant.—No. 49832. Sum- mons for Publication. The State of Washington to the said James Lockie, Defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 13th day of January, -1906, and defend the above entitled ac- tion in the above entitled Court, and answer the complaint of the plain- tiff, 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 said Court. That plaintiff's cause of action against you, as set forth in the com- plaint, is for divorce founded on non- support, desertion and cruelty. RONEY & LOVELESS, Attorneys for the Plaintiff. Office and Post-Office Address, Room 606 Oriental Block, Seattle, King County, Washington. Jan. 13-Feb. 24. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Puget Sound Savings and Loan Company, a corporation, plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth Brunner and _ Benedict Brunner, her husband; Lake Wash- ington Mill Company, 'a corporation; 8. W. R. Dally; W. P. Fuller Com- pany, a corporation; James McNa- mara and Jane Doe’ McNamara, his wife, defendants. No, 50,228. Sum- mons for Publication. The State of Washington to Eliza- beth Brunner and Benedict Brunner, two of the above riamed defendants: You are summoned to appear with- in sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to- wit: within sixty days after the’ 9th day of February, 1906, and defend the above entitled’ action in the above entitled court, and answer the com- plaint of the’ plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the under- signed attorney for the plaintiff, at his office below stated, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This action is to recover judgment upon a promissory note ‘made by Elizabeth Brunner and Benedict Brunner, her husband, through James McNamara, their attorney in fact, said note’ being dated at Seattle, Washington, December 14th, 1904) and being for the principal ‘sum of ten hundred fifty-five and 52-100 dol- lars ($1,055.52), divided in equal monthly payments of fourteen and 66-100 ‘dollars ($14.66), payable on the 10th day of each’ and every month, commencing with the month of January, 1905; the sum of seven hundred ‘fifty ‘and no-100 dollars ($750) being principal payment, and three hundred five and 52-100 dollars ($305.52) total interest for the full period of seventy-two months. THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN The further object of this action is to obtain a decree foreclosing a mort- gage upon the following described property, given, made and executed by said defendants, through their at- torney in fact, to secure the payment of said note, said mortgage being upon the following described proper- ty, to-wit: The north one-half (4) of lot sev- en (7), block two (2), of Seattle Homestead Association First Addi- tion to the City of Seattle, King County, Washington. Judgment is asked for the sum of eight hundred fifty-five and 5-100 dol- lars ($855.05), together with interest on said sum from the 22nd day of December, 1905, at the rate of twelve per cent per annum; for plaintiff's costs and disbursements, and in ad- dition thereto the sum of one hun- dred and fifty dollars ($150.00) as at- torney fee and counsel charges. A decree is prayed for foreclosing said mortgage, and ordering the sale of said property for the satisfaction of any judgment obtained, and a de- ficiency judgment, in case said prop- erty be insufficient to satisfy said judgment, is asked for against said defendants. A decree is also prayed for fore- closing and barring any right or claim that any of the other defend- ants in said action may have in or to said property, and decreeing that the claim or interest of any of the other defendants be declared subject and subordinate to the interest and claim of the plaintiff. WALTER S. FULTON, a for Plaintiff, Postoffice and office address: 306 Mutual Life Building, Seattle, Wash. Date of first publication, February 9, 1906; last March 23. IN. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, King County. In the matter of the estate of Nora Younggren, Deceased.—No. 6188. An order to show cause why order of sale of real estate should not be made. It appearing to this court by the petition this _ day presented and signed by David G. Younggren, the administrator of the estate of ‘Nora Younggren, deceased, that it is nec- essary to sell a portion of the real estate of the said decedent to pay the debts of the decedent, it is therefore Ordered ,by this court ,that all per- sons interested in the estate of the said decedent, appear before the said Superior Court on the first (1) day of March, 1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the court- room of the said court, in the court- house in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, to show cause why an order should not be granted to said administrator to sell so much of the said real estate as shall be necessary, and that a copy of this order be published four (4) successive weeks in the Seattle Re- publican, a newspaper printed and published in said County. Dated January 11th, i906 ARTHUR. E, GRIFFIN. Judge of said Superior Court. REVELLE, REVELLE & REVELLE, 646 New York Block, Attorneys for the Petitioner. January 12; February 9. IN| THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington for King County. May Kinne Byron, Plaintiff, vs. Al- bert 2. Byron, Defendant.—Summons. The State of Washington to said Albert E. Byron, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- year within sixty (60) days from the date of the first publication of this summons, that is to say, within sixty (60) days from the 5th'day of Janu- ary, 1906, and defend the above en- titled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaitiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attor- ney 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 said complaint, which has_ been heretofore filed with the Clerk of said court. The object of said action is to ob- tain an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony heretofore exist- ing between yourself and the said plaintiff, sala” divorce being asked upon the grounds of non-support, cruel treatment and personal indig- nities rendering life burdensome. J. L. FINCH, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office &nd_postoffice address, 220 Colman Building, Seattle, Wash. ‘The date of the first publication of this summons is January 5, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, in and for the County of King. Myrtle Masser, plaintiff, vs. Amas ‘W. Masser, defendant. No. ———. Summons. The State of Washington to the said Amas W) Masser, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons, to- wit: within sixty (60) days after the 13th day of January, 1906, and de- fend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the eo7laint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the un- dersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you accord- ing to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the above entitled action is to procure from you an ab- solute divoree on account of non- support. JOHN L, NEAGLE, Plaintitt’'s Attorney. P. O, Address: Room 306 Bailey Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ‘and particularly to the stockhold- ers of the Coast Carton Cempany: Notice is herepy given and extend- ed to any and all persons in any and all ways concerned with the Coast Carton Company, a corporation or- ganized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Washington, with its principal place of business in the City of Seattle, King County, Washington, that a meeting of the stockholders would be held at the office and principal place of business of said corporation, No. 614 Colman Building, in the City of Seattle, King County, Washington, on the 26th day of January, 1906, at the hour of 10 a. m., the object and purpose of which meeting is to in- crease the capital stock of said cor- poration from $20,000.00, which is the present capital stock, to the sum of $80,000.00 of the par value of $100.00’ per share, to be fully paid and non-assessable preferred stock bearing 8 per cent cumulative divi- dends, which stock shall be retirable at the election of said corporation at which time and place a vote of the stockholders of said corporation will be held for the purpose of determin- ing whether or not the capital stock of said company in the amount and manner and form aforesaid shall be so increased to the amount of $30,- 000.00. ‘And furthermore, that any and all persons interested in such’ proceed- ings are now and hereby notified and requested to be present at said meet- ing to present any objection which they may have thereto or to present cause, if any they have, why said capital stock shall not be increased to such an amount in the manner and at the time as aforesaid. Dated at Seattle, King County, Washington, this ‘1st day of De- cember, 1905. Signed— EDWIN E. ELSTON, HOWARD W. ROWLAND, JANE C. ELSTON, IRA BRONSON. , Es OO cn a Se Altech pom aod IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington for King County. In the matter of the estate of Hans Askar Hoglund, deceased.—No. 6699. Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, Andrew Chilberg, admin- istrator of the estate of Hans Askar Hoglund, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, or against said estate to present them, with the necessary vouchers, within one year after the first publication of this no- tice to the said administrator at 16-17 Dexter Horton & Co. Bank Bldg., Se- attle, Washington, this being the of- fice of Israel Nelson, attorney for said administrator, and the same be- ing the place for transaction of the business of said estate. Dated this 18th day of January, 1906. ANDREW CHILBERG, ISRAEL NELSON, : Attorney for Administrator. Room 17 Dexter Horton Blk. Jan, 19—Feb, 16. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for the County of King.—In Probate. In the matter of the estate of Ella La Pointe, deceased.—No. 6675. Or- der to Show Cause. On this 19th day of January, 1906, Peter La Pointe, administrator of the above entitled estate, having filed herein his petition, duly verified, al- leging that said Peter La Pointe and Ella La Pointe, his wide, did on the 16th day of March, 1905, contract in writing to sell lot ten (10), block four (4), Madison Heights Addition to the City of Seattle, to P. P. Juul and Anna M, Juul, his wife, and that said P, P. Juul and Anna M. Juul, his wife, are now willing to pay the balance of the purchase price on said contract; and praying that a decree be ‘made by this Court authorizing and directing said Peter La Pointe, as administrator of the above en- titled estate, to execute and deliver to said P. P. Juul and Anna M. Juul, his wife, a good and sufficient deed of the right, title and interest of said Ella La Pointe, deceased, in said premises in pursuance to said con- tract. It is therefore ordered by this Court that all persons interested in the estate of Ella‘La Pointe, de- ceased, be and appear before the above ‘entitled Court at the Court ‘Room of the Probate Department of said Court in the County Court House of King County, in the City of Seattle, Wednesday, ‘the 21st day of February, 1906, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M. of said day, then and there to show cause, if any’ there be, why the said petition should not be’ granted. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published for four successive weeks in The Seattle Re- and in general circulation in sai-l publican, a newspaper published in King County, State of Washington, county and state. Done in open court this 19th dav of January, 1906, ARTHUR E. GRIFFIN, Judge. Jan, 19Feb. 16, ISRAEL NELSON, Attorney for Administrator. __Room 17 Dexter Horton Bik. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. Seattle, Washington, February 1, 1906. Notice is hereby given that the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Alaska Central Railway Company will be held in the office of the Com- pany at Rooms Numbered 304 and 305 of the Denny Building, No. 1408 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday, the 6th day of March, A. D, 1906, at ‘Pwo o'clock in the after- noon. JAMES A. HAIGHT, Secretary of Alaska Central Railway IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, KING County, Washington. Lucile Sutherland, Plaintiff, vs. Walter R. Sutherland, Defendant.— No. ....... Publication of Summons, ‘The State of Washington to the said Walter R. Sutherland, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service, and defend the above entitled action in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for King County afore- said, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attor- ney for plaintiff, at his office below stated. In case of your failure so to do judgment will bé rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which is filed with the Clerk of said Court. (Action divorce prayed for.) H. E. FOSTER, Attorney for Plaintiff. Post Offive Address, 606 Marion Building, Seattle, Washington. First publication, January 26, 1906. Last publication, March 9, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington in and for the County of King. In the matter of the estate of Ar- thur L, Davis, Deceased.—No. 6755.— In_Probate.—Notice to Creditors, Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned administrator of the estate of Arthur L, Davis, 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 first publication of this notice, to the undersigned administrator at 633 Pioneer Building, Seattle, King Coun- ty, Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of the busi- ness of said estate. This notice is given under and by virtue of the order of the above en- titled court, made and entered on the 27th day of January, 1906. Dated this 1st day of February, 1906. JOHN L. YOCUM, Administrator. 2 ate, of first publication, February sere? of last publication March 2, ee Oe ee LANDS. Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of February, 1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon on said day, at the door of the Court House in King County, Washington, the following described escheated land will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder therefor, to-wit: No. 2923: Lot 1, of Block 17, Sec. 17, Twp. 23, Range 5 E, W. M., appraised at 3250/00; improvements appraised at $10.00. Lot 2, of Block 17, Sec. 17, Twp. 23, Range 5 E. W. M., appraised at Be improvements appraised at 5.00. Lot 19, of Block 17, Sec. 17, Twp. 23, Range 5 E. W. M., appraised at a improvements appraised at Said escheated land will be sold for not less than the appraised value and subject to the improvements sit- uated thereon, and as appraised by the Board of State Land Commission- ers in the manner provided by law, a statement of which is now on file in the office of the Auditor of said Coun- ty, Terms of sale are: Under contract, one-tenth to be paid on the day of sale, and one-tenth annually there- after on the first day of March of each year, with accrued interest on deferred balance at 6 per cent. per annum: Provided, That any pur- chaser may make full payment at any time and obtain a deed. The pur- chaser of such Iand will be required to pay at the time of sale the ap- praised value of any improvements or valuable materials on such land in full, in addition to the one-tenth of the sale price, The above - described escheated lands are offered for sale by virtue of an order of the Board of State Land Commissioners, made on the 11th day of August, 1905, duly certified and on file in office of said County Auditor. J. P. AGNEW, County Audit’ 7. Dated at Seattle, Wash., this + itti day of January, 1906. Jan. 12-Feb. 9th. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF The State of Washington in and for the County of King. In the matter of the Estate of Mary Ella McCutcheon, an Insane Person. Notice to Show Cause. To Mary Ella McCutcheon, an in- sane person, and to all whom it may concern: You and each of you, are hereby notified that on the 15th day of March, 1906, at the hour of 9:30 a. m., or as soon thereafter as the said matter may be heard, there will be brought on before the Honorable Ar- thur E. Griffin, one of the judges of the above entitled Court, in Depart- ment No. 4 in the King County Court House in the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, the pe- tition of Mary L, Macdonald for the appointment of F. T. Fischer as guar- dian of the estate in_the State of Washington of Mary Ella McCutch- eon, an insane person, non-resident of the said State of Washington, at which time and place all persons in- terested in said estate are hereby cited and notified to be and appear if they have any objections to the hearing of said petition. Dated at Seattle, Washington, this 19th day of January, 1906, the date of the first publication hereof. IRA BRONSON & D. B. TREFETH, Attorneys for Mary L, Macdonald. Jan. 19, Feb, 23. PERSONAL. Dr. David T. Cardwell has opened an office at 1321 Yesler Way. Allen Day was observed at the A. M. E. Church of this city last Wednesday evening by the rendition of a musical and literary program. Mrs. Sarah Grose and her granddaughter, Miss Carrie Dizon, were delayed in their departure for California and did not leave until last Wednesday. For some years past many of the Afro-Americans of this city have been complaining that The Seattle Republican did not publish the news, and now they are complaining because another weekly paper is publishing "the news." A district conference and a Sunday school convention of the A. M. E. Church in this section will be held at Lee's Chapel on Fourteenth Avenue February 28th, March 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with Rev. S. J. Collins presiding. A splendid program has been arranged for the occasion by Rev. F. L. Donohoo, the pastor in charge at Lee's Chapel. 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