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« BEADY FOB BUSINESS. The Pnblic Library Opened With Ceremony. SPEECHES BY LEAOING MEN. ?Jtadr* Hanford. Mayor Phelps, Eben Smith and John B. Allen Mak* A ppropriftt# AddrtitH* The opening of the new «*eatt!e pnbiic library rooms last night developed into a public function, and the deep Interest of the was manifested by the number who attended the inaugural exercises. The spacious rooms were handsomely adorned with flowers, the jrift of the com- missioners and employes of the depart- ment. The rooms presented a brilliant apf»earance as the throng psssed admir- ingly through them, enlivened by the strains of the Kialto band. Upon a were sealed Mayor Phe'ps, United Btate« Judce Hanford. ex-Senator John P.. Aden, who had been invited to make addre*«es; er-Jndgi fcben >mith, chairman of the library board, and John I). Atkinson, chief librarian. Judge Kben -n»ith told the story of the endeavor* w itinily rrsu ted in the es- tablishment of the Kent tie Public Library and the manner in which it was sustained. He sa.d that the library commission had obta ned for the library most of the stand- ard works, notwithstanding that but one aoorce ol income was to be depended upon, which was the 10 per cent, of the lines, licenses and penalties as is provided for by the city cha-ter. He further stated that it was possible that a proposition would be submitted W> the peop.e in l.*i#s to issue bonds in the sum of $300,000, to bear 5 per rent. Interest and to run twenty years, for the purpose of buying a suitable ?ite, put np a pro f*»r building, and carry on the work that had been so well begun. He read a resolu- tion adopted by the commission just be- fore entering the library, which was as follows: "Ilrxftlvrd, That the library commission, on behait of themselves and the reading public of Seattle, sincerely thank the Indies' Llbrarv Association for their hand- some gift to the library of the complete furnishing of the ladies' room, at a cost of some $1,306** Hon. J. B. Allen sjK>ke in hopeful terms of the future of the public tibrarv in this city, and made comparisons between the old and the new locations. "We build )ail«." he said, "to confine men, but we build libraries to free men." Mayor Phelps said that for the real In- terest of society be knew of nothing more important than a well-patronised library, and as a servent ot the people of this city he should do everything in his power to aid the work. Judge C. H. Hanford said that his duties necessitated his traveling abmt to a con- siderable extent, and it gratified him yery much to hear words spoken by people in other cities, in the tone of a compliment, to the Improvements of Seattle, and her fine library. At other times, he said, he bas felt somewhat hurt upon hearing re- marks made by persons not acquainted with the facts that the peopto in Seattle were an energetic, money-making jteople, but that they were not refined. He re- membered tnat, when Seattle was but a Tillage and he but a boy, there was estab- lished what was known as a library asso- ciation?all association and no librarr. Newspapers three weeks old from the F.ast were considered valuable in those days, and now when tho people of Seattle had such a library as this they should not let it decline for want of a little aid. The rooms were then declared open, and tod»y the business of the library will be resumed. Upon entering from the elevator is the reception room, which in 11x20 feet in \u25a0ixv, and u»e<i for procuring books from the delivery desk* In the corner of this room are cases containing all current magsxln** and hooks for the use of the public. Opening off from this is the ladies' room, 13*34 feat in dimensious, and is the finest apartment of the whole library, being famished in elegant style. The floor i*covered with a rug of the finest Brtt**els carpet. Two large oak tables for magaxines, three very costly mahogany, leather upholstered pieces of furniture, one rosewood chair and a handsome antique oak settee add to the beauty of the room. The windows are hung with silk sasti curtains, and the nrch leading to the reference room is hung with tine drapery. Tl.e reference room, which is easy of ac- re** from ail parts of the library, is 24x44 feet, and contains all books of reference and the dally newspapers. This raom is separated from the main reading room by heavy oak paneling, and is furnished with oak book case* with glass doors. Three large oak tables, two oak writing desks and two dozen chairs are also placed in the room, with sufficient space to spare in cs*e more are needed. The men's reading room, which is the largest of all, being 44**0 feet, contains ten targe tabic* and eighty chairs, and if o?t.a- slon deiuan Is oyer persons can be \u25a0rated. The "stark" room, where the books are kept, cotit-tins 12.000 volumes. In the rear of this room is one 12xlfl feet, for the use ot the library commission. \parttnents for use in repairing books and otiier work are also conveniently situated Alt the apartments are well lighted, both by windows and skylights, and ventilated bv tines placed in the wails." The elevator sorvice wilt be woil main- tained during all the h urs ?h*> library is ?pen, SUP«' ss well is .ek days, VARIATION IN Miti.Vi.Nt. "two Coaspllcwtiag Narratives of a I «|. tiwtt Atfraf. J. J. Johnson, proprietor < f a lodging h-'Use at 4l"> Ferrac* *i!eet, stabbed in the left s.de and ila*hed ticr.>«-> O-e back -si the left hand yesterday morning bv Joseph Wi.khi, a bartender. wtio. with C*mpb*ll, a Taooma gsiubter. had been oiJfre<l out of the hous* on account of K^st. AVIS conduct. J.*hnaon lost con? ?Iderai .e M«*od, but owing to his str ng r .»n » uni. > t fried ly recover. W i,*.**and Caaipb*!', according to their ei«' *(t! to Q'N"*ii's ro "ii at J- ;i n lodtng house to se* if th* for- n>» f'» w ?e »as there. Sh* was wot. but v :« exjvc:«*d to arrive at any moment. T e hree commenced ta king on g«aeral top' -?*. and we-e s«rpr»»<sd to hear Mr. Jot.i ii rip »-n tie» * an t tell them to q t. Mr J»>bn». '» asserts that afi< r ti;- w m ed them to b* quiet, they not o!i.\ * iim I taU'irs.. but made the ?at >* > " a hvrs disagre*abl* bv <h«ir i ,*tef >us road act He *: o-t it \< -ng as | « coii.d, and then ran uj"ta rs u» order the men out. No had | e rapj>ed on the dior and taken hoW of tb* hand e than out {sipied Wils \u25a0«. ?" r de .a j*d ot htui what right he hid in th* at that hour of th? tuorntag and «rd*ret him oat. W lisoiv repued t iat he would sho* km what right he had there, and just then Campled ran v.i. \u25a0 f th* r> a and cried out "Yes. kill the 1 hen h* grabbed Mr. jctasja. Ui* tatter says, ar-d ahott :st t. c . siiHS, W a-a, taking ©i th* s;tutt«>a, <lea.t J vliiitvu two aharj» Uoa »oa the a. :e. Johnson's u« that things were getting too warm for him *nd iwi*ted oat of Campbell's grasp, iast In time to see Wil- son'* arm r)Me*ndiii( u if to sink® him in the upper part of the body, H# threw up bis hand and caught not only the blow, bnt the sharp blade of ? knife on the back of hi* hand. Quick as a flssh be sprang down the back stairs. closely followed by Wilson. When they reached the front of the hoaM Johnson picked up a piece of a child's chair and as Wilson reached him aimed two or three blows at him. In the meantime Campbell came down the front stairs, and. according to Johnson's ver- sion, rushed at him, yelling out: "Sow I will fix the Johnson struck at Campbell and then dodged into the door, which was held open by his wife. Mrs. Johnson had a police whistle in one hand and a revolver in the other, thinking that Mr. Johnson's life was in danger. Finallv Wilson and Campbell waiked down to Yesler avenue, crowed to .South Fifth and disappeared. Mr*. Johnson is sure, however, that she heard them say that they wonld cut Mr. Johnson's throat. After Mr. Johnson rushed into the house his wife noticed that he was co/ered with blood and upon male ng an examination it was found that his leu har.d was cut to the bone and the liesh of h:s left side close to the hip was laid open in one deep, long gash, from which blood was flowing freely. Tern- porary baodages were put in place, after which the wounded man went to the police station and reported the case. Wilson and Campbell had just gone into the Mirror saloon, at South Fourth and Washington streets, a point visible from the pohoe station. They were observed and immediately arfested by Sergeant WiUard and Jailer Surry. They were charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Johnson's wounds were done up by Dr. Emmons at the police stat on. The serious one was six inches long and throe-quarters of an inch deep. His trous- ers and suspenders were cut in several places. Wilson was «een by a.PosT-lKTEi.Liog!*- ceb reporter last evening in jail. He said he bad no recollection of cutting Johnson, but remembered of having his knife in his hand in the act of cutting some tobacco just as Mr. Johnson rapped on the door. "In fact," said he. "I was just about to go home, anyway. 1 did not think we were making any noise and don't see why Mr. Johnson made so much trouble about it. He swore at ine and ordered jne out of the house. I went down to the frontdoor and it was locked. Then I went back up stairs and followed Johnson down the back way. When we got to the front of the house Jobasoa clubbed mo on the head and I was only too glad to get away from him. See here," said Wilson, as he showed a bloody head, "perhaps you think I didn't cot it; and when Campbell camo down Johnson declared he would fix him. He did it, too. I don't know when I could have cut Johnson, but if I did I should say it happened on the sidewalk wheu be was clubbing me." SAT BLUM'S STORY. How Smugglers Planned to Sell Certificates in China. HOW COOLIES WERE ENTERED. Fatal Accident on the Cssadlts Paetie ?A Victoria Bartender Drowned? I'opaliau at Yakima. Portland, June 27. ?Nathan Blum con- cluded his testimony in the Chinese con- spiracy trial today, and passed through the ordeal of cross-examination without the least embarrassment. In his direct testimony he said that a number of times they were compelled to land Chinese through the courts. One instance was on the arrival of a steamer about November 2fi, 1 Blum went to San Francisco and Dunbar could not get the passengers landed by Lotan. He wired Blum and Blum wired back for Dunbar to see >eid Back and to employ an attorney and have the Chinese landed through the courts. "Thirty-two of them were landed," said Blum, ""by the court. It took just one hour's time, and cost Dunbar and Seid Back *WO. Through the ordinary chan- nels it would have cost sl,Hooto land the Chinamen, sp we saved about SI,OOO, and after that the custom housa people seemed sorry they had let this money slip througn their hands, and we did not have much trouble in getting them to land our China- men." A Suicide*# Identity. Regarding Seid Back's and Thompson's connection with the conspiracy, Biura test tied that Seid Back agreed, when Thompson's trip to China was in contem- plation, to give Thompson letters of in- troduction to parties in Hongkong, which were expected to enable him to dispose of 400 Chinese certificates and buy the steamer Zambesi. "V. e figured," "aid Blum, "that we would get about 1200,000 for the Chinese certificates and advance money for bringing Chinamen over. \V e expected to pay f'VO.OOO for the steamer and invest part of the money in Hongkong opium, clearing up about SIOO,OuO beside this. We had made an arrangement with n London shipping firm to buy the steamer Zambesi for s.**).ooo, and were to pay $12,- 500 down on the purchase price. Thomp- son took 400 certificates with him to China. We were to bring Chinese direct fr3sn China, 200 to be landed at Honolulu, the rest here, but our company became financially embarrassed and the scheme fell through. Thompson lett the certifi- cates over there, ile sold -them to Chi- nese, and received between SB,OOO and $9,000 for them." Cross-examination failed to bring out any material discrepancies in Blum's testimony. He said he had no promise of executive clemency or of a lighter sen- tence. He expected to receive one or the ovher, but he had no promise ot either. He admitted that since the former trial of the case he had been in the East and had adopted different assumed names. He bad met and traveled with Val Hastings in the Eist. He did not know whether or not she was a prostitute. Quite a flutter was created in court on the cross-examina- tion of Sig Baer, a notary public who put his seal on a large number of fraudulent Chihese certificates. Mr. Fulton asked him if he had any regard for an oath. Baer replied that be placed his seal on the certificates for what there was in it. He said be had a contract with Blum. Duubar and Seid Back to furnish certificates. When Mr. Fulton asked him why he was not indicted by the grand jury Baer re- plied that he did not know. He denied having been promised immunity from punishment by the government for testi- fying against the defendant. RECKLESS I *«£ OF A Ol'X. A Small Boy Sartoualv Injures Another In I'lay. Harry McNatt, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan McNatt, of Front street, was shot in the back of the head last evening at 0:30 o'clock by ltay Fetcher, aged 8 years. The shooting was done with a 22-caliber rifle, and was the result of a boy's ignorance of what he was doing. The wounded boy was on his way to see a man about picking peas when he came across a crowd of boys on est street, between Blanchard and Bell, shoot- ing at a target with a 2*J-caiiber nfie. Hay Fetcher owned the gun, and had recently purchased it from his cousin for a small sum. McNatt thought the boys were doing wrong to shoot in the city, and remarked to littte Fetcher: "You will catch it for that." "If you don't look out I will shoot you," replied Fetcher, and with that he aimed the gun at McNatt and fired. The bullet took effect in the back of the boy's head and he fell to the ground, gave one convulsive kick and lay quiet. As soon as Fetcher saw what he hart done he commenced to cry and ran home, crying all the way as if his heart would break. A Mr. Wheeler and some other men picked up the wounded boy and carried him to his mother's home, where he lay unconscious for a long time. l)r. Neville was called, and, upon examining the wound, found that the ball had entered just below and back of the left ear, pierced the skull, ranged upward, grazing the brain, and came out above the ear. After the boy recovered consciousness he told the story substan- tially as gtven above. La«t night he vom- ited considerably, and more blood came from the wound. Concussion of the brain is certain, but at present the chances are favorable for the boy's recovery. Mrs. McNatt told a Post-Isthj juicx er reporter last evening that she was sure little Fletcher had no idea of what he was doing, iu the sense of causing a serious In Miry. Mrs. Fetcher called upon Mrs. McNatt and expressed her sorrow and re- gret at the sad affair. Last night Ray Fetcner could not be consoled, and cried until it was feared he would go Into nerv- ous prostration. THE PORT IOWXSKNO ??LEADER." Its Former Editor Obtains a Judgment for salary. PORT TOWSPKNP, June 27.? [Special.]? A temporarv order haa been issued bv the superior court restraining the Leader Com- pany and its board of directors, C. P. Seal, Israel Kati J. Will Lysons, N. W. O'Kear and T. M. Hammond from disposing of the company's property pending issuance ot execution on a judgment for over $7.50 in favor of W. B. Dennis, the paper's former editor. The affidavit of Dennis, upon which the order was issued, alleges that on June If. the day the jury awarded him a judgment in accordance with a per- emptory order of the court the Leader Company, for the purpose of defrauding the plaintiff, executed what is termed a "blanket on the plant to liavtd Troy for |3,4.V1, The latter con- tends that the Leader was not indebted to him in any sum. that he had never made any demand on the company for payment of any portion of the alleged indebtedness, and that the mortgage in- strument has not been delivered to him. The mortgage was signed by C. F. Seal as president and J. Will Lysons as secretary. The affidavit alleges fraud in several par- ticulars and asks the court to restrain the and its agents from further action in the premises. The judgment obtained by Dennis and which was rendered today was for back salary. The leader people sought to blacken Mr. Dennis" personal character by introduction of evidence at a former trial, purporting to arTect his private standing in society. Today the Leader tiled a de- nial and asked the court to dissolve the in unction. The case will be heard next Saturday. Supreme Court Derisions. Ch.\sin\. June 27.? [Special. J? The su- preme court today han led down decisions in the following cases: City of -sattle, respondent, vs. L Liber- man, respondent, D. keeier. J. L. Taylor, appellants, judgment reversed. Judgment no ordered eutered in favor of Keeier against the city for the balance of money called for by the order. Costs of appeal will be recovered from the c.ty and from Fischer iV Maedonald. No costs were ailowed against the other respondents, who must bear the expense of their own briefs, the same being unnecessarily tiled. J. M. Buckley, nppeiiant, vs. tba Citv ot Tacouaaet at., respondeat. Kobert Win- gate et a! , appellants, vs. the City of fa- ce ma et al.. respondents, la reversing judgments in the two above cases the su- preme court »,»ys: "We regret to disagree with the learned judge who passed upon these in the superior court, bat either the point was not pressed, or the opinion fa..* to observe tna; the objection* raised by the appellants go t > the jur.adiction of the city to make improvements at a . at the expense of abutting property by reason of a complete t*i.ure to carry out the plain provisions of the charter ahich are conditions precedent to the exercise of the power. I'nder these circumstances tbeie is no greater legal or equitable right in the ctty to be reimbursed its out.ay than there is in a trespasser upon land « o made valuable improvements and is d.«: ;>»*«? >*ed by an ejectment suit. It has done what it «i d in its own wrong without previous y jm. fripg itself to have reirn- burs nent, and cow to dec are ta at because l e .aw uph >is local assessments on the theory of bwnects. a city which omits the steps necessary to bring it under the op. aticKt oi that law shall have the same right to enforce its assessments as one which takes those step* would be to de~ I r ee the pri perty owner of that which the charter ia distinct terms gives him. a right to be heard upon the quwstioo ot trie advisability of ih« improvement be- fore 1 1 is undertaken. Ttic re may be cases ti. which such circumstances exist as at.0u.14 »u>j> aa owcer treat objecting toaa Cannibalism In Polynesia. Officer Hutf and Officer Milan are trying to discover the person who sold the car- tridges to the child. Mr. McNatt is work- ing at Auburn. KKKVITIK*. \t the land office yesterday a homestead patent was recei*ed for ii*orge 11. Curtis, mining j«atents!or the Monte Cristo Com- panv and lor K. Walker and l\ Uuye, and a««wii patent lor John S. Crockett. The mming patent were located in the Monte Cristo and Summit district#. The Case of Peter Dahi.i, charged with cutting timber from J. K. Boyer'a land north of the citv. a as dismissed by Judge Glasgow Yesterday afternoon, the evidence and complaint not agreeing. Dahm was released on bonds subject to trial under a new complaint. In the municipal court yesterday the charge of burglary preferred a«rn:nst lames Hart, Maddi Johnson and Eddie M ifAfojr l>y <«<»org* l.'ns. the shoe dealer, j *is and one charging incor- rigibility entered. later the charge was j dismissed as to McAvoy. Frank Miller, | who wasmiv tup m the c«*e. has been re.eased on 5 -.*> bonds to appear July 27. S««nhla| fur a tost Nephew. Chief I'o.i e Rogers received a letter | yesterday from Isabelle Basclay, a milli- i ner at Bonn* Terre, Ma, asking if there was anv way to locate her nephew. Will- iam Basclay, a railroad man, aged 35 I years, who w.xs last hesrd of in Seattle three years ago. She aavs he order**! his ma 1 returr-d from Seattle to Bonne Terre. but ha* never arrived there himself. She is considerably worried about |BO and a go d watcb she says sbe sent him before he disappeared. Wiiham is de»crib*d as hav- ing gray eyes and dark hair, and several ! tears on his heao. I irunloi, Jwty 4. I Steamer s*hom* wili teav* Colmaa dork, Seattle at I t m. lor New Whatcom. Tick- *ts and Malmossi on sal* at dock. Dr. Frank Prooks. specialty paralysis | ail i>*rvoits disease*. o?fcc«, Uottste n t)l«<k. i.raniiated sugar, i) pounds for ll to- day. Newman's. 'l.' Fmnt street. Dt K >fas 11. Sruith- to Bark* block. T*le©hon* 1iW^. Cut flowers and plants cheap at Wash- j tagtoa F.aaa* Cotui acy, x*. sewad a treat. r&KM iNaL*. THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCE]?; THURSDAY. JUNE 2S, 1894. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. DsjtfeJ Baking A&SOIJUTELY PURE assessment in any event, bat we do not lind them in these cases." J. M. Buckley, appellant, vs. the citv of Tacomaet al.. respondents. Roberi Win- gate, appellant, vs. the citv of l'acoraa et al.. respondents. Above cases are sub- stantially the same as Buckiey vs. la- coma; reversed. J. D. McAllister et al., appellants, vs. the city of Tacoma et ai., respondents. Same as Bucklev vs. Tacoma; reversed. Phnene L. Black well et al., respondents, vs. Anaie M. McLean, et al.. appellants, from Lewis county; reverse«L Michael Cooney, respondent, vs. the Great Northern Railway Company, apoeUsnt, from Spokane; reversed. Stuart Rice, appellant, vs. Calvin Stevens et al., respondents, from Pierce county; atfirrned. MA ItIN E NIWS. FAS FRASCISCO. Juae 27.?Arrired Homer, from Yaquina bay. Cleared?Co- lumbia, for Astoria. Departed?Sch Marv and Ida, for Shoal water bay; sch Lila and Mattie, lor Coquille river; sch Del Norte, lor Coos bay. Freights "and Charters?Am bk High- land Light, coal, from Departure bay to San Pedre; Am sh Yosemite, coal, De- parture bav to San Francisco. HOQCIAN. June 25.?Special.j?Arrived ?Sch lowers, from Sm Francisco. ASTORIA, Or., June 27.?The ship Reaper, from New York for Portland, grounded on a sandbar near this city this afternoon. The vessel will be obiiged to lighter before she is tioatei. TACOMI, June 27.?[Special.]?Sh' An- dola, now at Port Townsend, g*bes to Seat- tle tomorrow to load with wheat. Coi.villk. June 27.?[Special.]?The fact has just come to light that William Wal- lace, who committed suicide on his ranch near Colville about a month ago was Will- iam Wallace Todd, of Shirley, 111. He left Illinois about a dozen years ago and ac- companied his brother-in-law to the Iron tier in the state of North Dakota. They had an altercation about ten years ago and Wallace Todd killed his brother- in-law. The authorities placed his bail at S3OO to insure his apyearance at the dis- trict court, but Wall9oe never appeared, and it was not until the address left by him in his last letter was followed np that his relatives knew anything aoout his place of abode. Wallace was considered a man of excellent qualities. He was about 35 years of age and was married to a Miss Ila*tie Campbell, the daughter of a promi- nent farmer living near here about two years ago. One thing peculiar about Wal- lace was that he had selected a ranch in the most isolated portions of the country. The tract of land claimed by him is surrounded by rugged mountains and is inaccessible except by foot or horse- back. Watrr Co. liefuaod Change of Venue. TACOMA, June 27.?[Special.] ?The Ta- coma Light and Water Company was de- nied a change of venue today in its suit for the recovery of water pipe seized by the city, as being a part of the water plant purchased by it, or the recovery of its value, which the company has placed at 113,000. The company tiled affidavits stating that it could not secure a fair trial of the case in this county and asked that the case be transferred to Thurston county. The attorneys for the city tiled counter affidavits, stating that a fair trial could be had here. The case will not probably come to trial until September. Accident on the Canadian Pacitic. PORT XOWXSENP, June 2& ?fSpecial,]? Arrived?Br sh Yerajean. from Yokohama, Royal roads for orders; Nor sh Dramen, from Honolulu, at roads for orders; sch Oiga, from San Francisco for Tacotna, to load lumber for Southern California; bktn Eureka, from Ban Francisco for Puget sound ports, laden with general merchandise, loads lumber at Tacoma for San Pedro; bktn Quickstep, from San Pedro for order*; Br sh Andola. from Santa Rosalia, charter expired by limita- tion. VICTORIA, June 27.?Passengers just ar- rived /rom the East give particulars of a disaster on the Canadian Pacitic railway near Ashcroft, which occurred on Sunday evening. The train was bearing a number of track repairers and was backing on to a sidetrack to allow a local freight train to pass, when a cloudburst occurred in the mountains above, causing a mud slide. The work train backed into the Slide and was overturned. Conductor A. C. Elliot, in charge, was instantly killed and nine men were seriously injured. A Victoria Bartender Drowned. VICTORIA, B. C., Juno 27.?William Hard, a bartender, was found drowned in the harbor today. He had been on a pro- tracted spree, ami it is supposed met his death by accident. Hurd was formerly purser on a steamer running between here and San Francisco, and lost his positiofe through excessive drinking. Br sh Coralla went from Victoria to Tort Biakeley today. Sailed?Nor bk Betrus, from Port Biake- ley for Melbourne. T'OBT TOW»ENP. Jane 27.?fSpecial.]? Arrived?Bk Germania, San Francisco, at Seattle; sh Rufus K. Wood, San Fran- cisco, at Nanaimo; Nor sh Dramon, Hono- lulu, at Vancouver; bk Forest Queen, San Pedro, at Tacoma; s sh Umatilla, from San Francisco via Victoria, for Sound ports. Sailed?S sh City of Topeka. for Southeastern Alaska; s sh Walla Walla, for San Francisco. The Populist State Couttnlton. NORTH YAKIMA, June 27.? [Special.]? Populists are here in large number today, and have spent most of their time in cau- cusing, considering the availability of can- didates, the appointment of officers, con- vention committees, etc. An "experience" meeting was held on the street this even- ing, which was addressed by various speakers. To THF EDITOR: Jn answer to numer- ous inquiries which have been made dur- ing the last few <lays rezarding cannibal- ism in the Pacific I will state that the South Sea Islanders who will arrive here tonight are all nominally Christians, and a number of those in our company can both read and write, of course in their own language. The members of the company are gen- erally good-temj>ered and pleasant to get on with, but they are prone to quarrel a little amongst themselves because of the difficulty of understanding one another, there being three distinct languages spoken by the members of the troupe. Cannibalism still exists in Western Polynesia in its most repulsive form, and it is only a short time ago that the practice was stamped out of Fiji, where it had existed for centuries. One old chief who lived on Vanua I.avu had a practice of eating a whole human body by himself. The meat would be cooked and recooked to keep it from spoiling until he had devoured the whole. Each time he had finished up a carcass he would deposit a littie white stone in a jar which he kept for this purpose. On his burial day. for they did not wait for h.tn to die in order to have the funeral, it was found that he had deposited over 4.*) pebbles in the jar. He was looked upon as a grand old man in Fiji, and when be began to fail in health and strength and get into his dotage, his sons appointed a day for his funeral, and officially declared hun dead. His grave was dug out the si/w of an ordinary room, it was lined with clean mats, and the old genlk-man was placed in the center. H;s d«j*en or so wives were quietly choked to death and laid on eiiuer s<d* of him, then the whole party were neatly covered with more mats, and the earth was filled in upon them amidst tbe expressions of the wildest grief on all sides. This nan had buried his own father in this manner, an.t so hit sons were paying to him a like attention. Today in it* New Hebrides and Solo- mon islands cann;fra.i;*tn >? daily prac- tical. In rajr eij<ertenre of twenty years in ttie Pacific. at least twenty whiles and half-castes whom 1 hafe personally know, hare been devoured by the savages living to the westward of Fiji. The Barnoaa people of oar party are par- ticularly bright and intelligent, and hold these western canniba<s in the utmost de- testation. H. J. M 00&*. Mr. George 8. Terry, of New York, it in the city. Lad es' blacc p.rnie or snn hats at 16 and 2u rents. The bon Marche, Front and Cedar atreeta. Hail L»aviS. Dungeaeas butter. New- Kan a, No. UU From street. The branch tivdrographic office received a consignment of pilot charts of the Pacitic ocean todav for distribution. This is the first issue of the charts ami shipping men say it will be very beneficial to Pacitic coast shipping. The charts will be issued monthly hereafter. Bark Forest Queen reports sneaking the ship Dashing Wave ton days ago. The Wave is over sixty days out from Salinas Cruz. WATEK FKOMT NOTES. The steamer Farralon will leave for San Francisco at 6 o'clock this evening. The steamer Utopia will. It is slated, be put on the Vancouver route next week. The City of Topeka sailed for Alaska yesterday morning with a number of tour- ists on board. Capt. Hatch states that the Island Belle has been sold, and will be placed on the Seattle-Whatconi route. The barkentine Eureka, in tow ol the tug Magic, came into port and yesterday unloaded 150 tons of freight, going to Ta- corna last evening, where she will load lumber lor San Francisco. The Steamer Umatilla arrived in port at midnight with the following rassengers for Seattle: 11. Hershberg, Rose Ban- croft, Mrs. J. Chnstensen, Florence Ash- ley, Mrs. L. M. Bonner, Miss F. Critten- den, Mrs. I. Korn, J. P. Henderson, G. Hart, A. Fortlouis. Mrs. Aif new and child, Mrs. Morrison. O. A. Giles, lira. E. C. Nenfelder, Lizzie M. Browning, Mrs. A. M. Evans, Miss Griffiths, R. M. Hughes and wife. Miss Cathcart, Mrs. Bowen, Miss Bowen, J. E. Campbell, Mrs. M. M. Vail, Mrs. C. S, Moses, Mrs. T. H. Brooks, L. Eliiott, Dr. M. Jenner, C. H. Tetft, M. P. Dingley, J. D. Strong, Harry Brown, Mr. Epperson, R. llauser, G. B. Engle, M. H. Roberts. King County Bar Association. To the members of the King County Bar Association and the members of the bar of this county generally: There will be a meeting of the Bar Association and members of the bar of this county at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Seattle Na- tional Bank building, on this (Thursday) evening at 8 o'clock sharp, for the trans- action of important business preliminary to the meeting of the State Bar Associa- tion in this city July IS, A. I). 1394. O. JACOB*, I'resident. Jon* ARTHCR. Secretary. t'KIMI.NAL ISOTICS. Judge T. C. Gutierres, of Albuquerque, N. M., shot and killed Bolois Chavez, one of four burglars, in his house Tuesday night. The others escaped. Zimn Dwiggins, president; W. W. Bent- ley, vice president, and John Green, as- sistant cashier of the Columbian National bank, Chicago, which failed a year ago, have been indicted on a charge of receiv- ing deposits when they knew the bauk was insolvent. Judge Payne, of Chjcago, will instruct the Prendergast jury that the defense must prove that the assassin had become insane since his last trial, otherwise tbe former verdict must stand, even though Prendergast be found insane at the pres- ent time. William Piukerman, a married man, 25 years old and a companion named Bowan outraged a young Lithunian woman named Brosowski at Spring Valley. 111., last Friday. Their trial was begun Tues- day. A mob of Lithunians burst into the courtroom and beat Pinkerman until they supposed he was dead, the outarged girl smashing him with a pick handle till he was insensible. He wi'l die. Bowan wss badly wounded but escaped, and the mob is hunting him. The best way to avoid scalp diseases, hair falling out and premature baldness is to use the best preventative known for that purpose?Hall's Hair Kenewer. The Pullmau strike will not effect the North- We*iern Line, as they run tb» famous Wagner cars Purchase your tickets via the ab->ve line toCblraifo, Milwaukee and ail points Kul and tk)uth. F. W. Parker, I'uget souud agent, 111 Cfcerry sires t. Screen door 11. Pacific Hardware Co., 311 Yesier avenue. Ladies' white trimmed sailors, 40 cents. The Hon Marche, Front and Cedar streets. Awarded Highest Honors?World's Fair. Dit w CREAM BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of T artar Powder. Free from Ammonia, A turn or any other adulterant 40 YEARS THE STANDARD ?fIOTHERS Cheaper than you can buy the material is the price we are asking to- day for the very latest styles in BOYS' SHIRT WAISTS and BLOUSES. St-Wt qS CV\etyy,^^l r &'» JW THE w ~~~ SOUTH c«uiitiig «fs?»riT... rerformen | SEA ISLANDERS Hvt Bmi BsfWfd kj tk» liupr #f Madison Street Park .= \ \ F*r Oae Wwk Os!j, Ctuntaf Jaw 28. ih. Midwinter Fair! Where It Has Been Cor. sidered lfinWAV PI HClVfl? tii* Greatest l'«tura of ir.e 3111' nal I LilO.l.Hu. EVERY AFTERNOON A Free Aquatic Exhibition/ Codsliilojc of Swimming, ni.ine >n<t Canoe SkUbi Will be given on Lake Washington. 4 I Commencing at 2 p. re. daily a continuous entertainment will be given ntkttfr villon, to which mi admission of iic for adults and 10c for children will be charged T>» Native Songs of S»moa and Tonga and Weird aud Grotesque War Dsocee of Fit , FarUw and the Gilbert Islands will bo produeed with storting effect, together with Ciubaat Spear Drills, making a novel, original, instructive and attraetivo entertainment Evening entertainment will cominenee at S o'clock, and will be accompanied by st explanatory iecture. This eomrauy l< far more complete than the WORLD'? FAII COMPANY which wst presented at Chicago by the same management last year with* j traordiuary success. SALE 21 THE SEASON AT AUCTION Elegant H'nrniture! No. 412 Olympic Avenue, Qiieei Anne Town, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, _A-T 1:30 M. No necessity to enumerate the high-grade goods. Please call aad la* i epect goods Thursday from 10 to sp. ni. No reserve. North Seattle electric car which puts you down at the mention. SCOONES & CO., Auctioneers. DAMAGE BY THE FLOUDR. It Gr«w Storlfi Tratfled-ColumbU'i Mouth Not Choked. George T. Myers, the salmon canner, and William Stewart, bis Seattle manager, yes- terday returned from a trip through the scenes of the recent floods, in the course of which thcv investigated the damage done to the canneries. In the course of an in- terview Mr. Mvert said: "Wtf left Seattle for the north a week ago, and noticed a good deal of damage had been done in the Skagit delta, the country between Mount Vernon and Stan wood being under about four feet of water. We \u25a0topped at Blaine and visited the Point Roberts cannery at Semiahmoo, where we found the men actively engaged in manu- facturing cans and making nets for the season's catch. We then went down the Fraser river and visited all the canneries, and found them ail preparing for a large pack. One cannery, five miles below New Westminster, bad been two-thirds washed away, tbe current having washed out the piling and dropped the wharf into the river. Considerable machinery and 5,000 to 6,000 cans were lost. We saw notices at all the towns that the Canadian government would furnish supplies to all applicants who have suffered loss by the Hood, and two steamers left New West- minster for the upper Fraser with sup- plies. In some places the people are suf- fering for food and shelter where their houses have been washed away and they have been driven to the hill". At Friday Harbors large cannery has been built, with a capacity of about cases, by John A. Devlin, quite a wealthy man of Astoria. "We left Portland on June 20, and th« further we KOt away the more exaggerated we found the reports of the damage. The tlood may make new cnannels in the Columbia river, but from what I know of its mouth tbe freshet will make a deeper channel than there has b*en hitherto, and from what I learned before leaving Port- land there has not been much damage to the jetties. At Astoria the river is fifteen miles wide, and from this cause the flood was hardly noticeaoie, except that the water was muddier than usual. Tne talk about the channel being tilled up is all nonsense. The steamer Columbia, which carries I,OJO tons, is still going in and out to San Francisco all the time without any trouble. It is not freshets which damage the jetties, but the winter storms, and about 3JO teet wa? washed out last winter and is now being repaired." A Well-K srned Vacation. City, June 27.? [Special.]? Surg. Maj. James C. Merrill is one of those aflected by Secretary o! War Lament's de- termination to send away from Washing- ton City a lot of the superfluous army officers who Lave been enjoying them- selves here for a long term of years by means of political influence. Maj. Merrill bas been in the office of the surgeon gen- eral. and Secretary I.amont says there is nothing tor him to do here, lie is, there- fore, ordered to report to the commanding oflicer at Fort Sherman, Idaho, lor duty at that station. However, Maj. Msal j has been granted three months leave * j absence in consideration of his arduo® j duties here, and will not get out to Fm Sherman until October 1. BnohomUh to Celebrate the Fewrtlfc Siohomish, June 27.?(Special]?9*" j homish is to have a complete celebratlea j this year. A joint committee on arraM*" j meats has had the matter in charged* i several weeks and has slighted nodettfi that would add to the event. Thejr met with good success in the way offish and have made a general outline*? programme, as follows: TbietMUM ! will cover two days, July 4audJ. ft* first day will open with the custo?ff cannonade, to be followed later byapw parade of civic and military orgsniaalW* including brass bands and the fire depa** ment. The parade will finally bringup# the Kink, where there will be plesV® music and literary entertainment Fannie L. Churchill, of this city, the Declaration of oration will be delivered by Charitt* Fishback, of Seattle, who has coos#*** to be present on this day. lnthssf**" noon will follow the regular Idi** aquatic sports, prists baring besn for excellence in each. July 5 will &**j pecially devoted to horse racing at W View driving park. Ponrth of July si Port lewSH*. Pout Tosskind, June 27. The Townsend Athletic Club lenged the Victoria nine to piajf Port Townsend on the Fourth The challenge was accepted. l"he Rosalie will bring over abouttfvffljHj alomats. Preparations are being hafl?i made to entertain the visitora. Rlrycle Hares on tte Peart** The Seattle Cycle Club has prep«*Jf list of bicycle races for the day which promises to be lnterssW Entries are now open and should be to tbe club secretary, W. E. Uolwnfc Third street, this city, not later I! 2d. The list of events is as folio**- mils (novice), one-quarter mi'*, ?> n# (handicap), one-haif mile nii.es (handicap), one mile, opes, ( pionshtpof Puget sound), one n» stacle), one-half mile (dying niiie team race (three tneofc (handicap), open. p Gold and silver medals will winners in eitch event, Already riders from Victor* Townsend, Everett and CM entered. ~ Tbe club now haa its quarter-n» > track at Woodland park ready, ai racers w.ll be allowed the using it to train on. $ * tft» Managing Editor?Bo TOO but 1 will improve in time. ajeak*** Editor--Why. my dear sir, * migiit deve.«»p into a better than you niiieur be s poe*."- imgu
Transcript of BEADY FOB SAT BLUM'S STORY. Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. … · 2017. 12. 21. · Wilson was «een...
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BEADY FOB BUSINESS.
The Pnblic Library OpenedWith Ceremony.
SPEECHES BY LEAOING MEN.
?Jtadr* Hanford. Mayor Phelps, Eben
Smith and John B. Allen Mak*
A ppropriftt# AddrtitH*
The opening of the new «*eatt!e pnbiiclibrary rooms last night developed into a
public function, and the deep Interest of
the was manifested by the number
who attended the inaugural exercises.The spacious rooms were handsomelyadorned with flowers, the jrift of the com-missioners and employes of the depart-ment. The rooms presented a brilliantapf»earance as the throng psssed admir-
ingly through them, enlivened by thestrains of the Kialto band.
Upon a were sealed Mayor Phe'ps,United Btate« Judce Hanford. ex-SenatorJohn P.. Aden, who had been invited tomake addre*«es; er-Jndgi fcben >mith,chairman of the library board, and JohnI). Atkinson, chief librarian.
Judge Kben -n»ith told the story of theendeavor* w itinily rrsu ted in the es-tablishment of the Kent tie Public Libraryand the manner in which it was sustained.
He sa.d that the library commission had
obta ned for the library most of the stand-ard works, notwithstanding that but oneaoorce ol income was to be depended upon,which was the 10 per cent, of the lines,
licenses and penalties as is provided for bythe city cha-ter. He further stated that itwas possible that a proposition would besubmitted W> the peop.e in l.*i#s to issuebonds in the sum of $300,000, to bear 5 perrent. Interest and to run twenty years,for the purpose of buying a suitable?ite, put np a pro f*»r building,and carry on the work that hadbeen so well begun. He read a resolu-tion adopted by the commission just be-
fore entering the library, which was asfollows:
"Ilrxftlvrd, That the library commission,on behait of themselves and the readingpublic of Seattle, sincerely thank theIndies' Llbrarv Association for their hand-some gift to the library of the completefurnishing of the ladies' room, at a cost ofsome $1,306**
Hon. J. B. Allen sjK>ke in hopeful termsof the future of the public tibrarv in thiscity, and made comparisons between theold and the new locations. "We build)ail«." he said, "to confine men, but webuild libraries to free men."
Mayor Phelps said that for the real In-terest of society be knew of nothing moreimportant than a well-patronised library,and as a servent ot the people of this cityhe should do everything in his power toaid the work.
Judge C. H. Hanford said that his dutiesnecessitated his traveling abmt to a con-siderable extent, and it gratified him yerymuch to hear words spoken by people inother cities, in the tone of a compliment,to the Improvements of Seattle, and herfine library. At other times, he said, hebas felt somewhat hurt upon hearing re-marks made by persons not acquaintedwith the facts that the peopto in Seattlewere an energetic, money-making jteople,
but that they were not refined. He re-membered tnat, when Seattle was but aTillage and he but a boy, there was estab-lished what was known as a library asso-ciation?all association and no librarr.Newspapers three weeks old from the F.astwere considered valuable in those days,and now when tho people of Seattle hadsuch a library as this they should not let itdecline for want of a little aid.
The rooms were then declared open, andtod»y the business of the library will beresumed.
Upon entering from the elevator is thereception room, which in 11x20 feet in\u25a0ixv, and u»e» f'» w ?e »as there. Sh* was wot. butv :« exjvc:«*d to arrive at any moment.T e hree commenced ta king on g«aeraltop' -?*. and we-e s«rpr»»bn». '» asserts thatafi< r ti;- w m ed them to b* quiet, they noto!i.\ * iim I taU'irs.. but made the?at >* > " a hvrs disagre*abl*bv us road act He*: o-t it \< -ng as | « coii.d, and thenran uj"ta rs u» order the men out. No
had | e rapj>ed on the dior andtaken hoW of tb* hand e than out {sipiedWils \u25a0«. ?" r de .a j*dot htuiwhat right he hid in th* at thathour of th? tuorntag and «rd*ret him oat.W lisoiv repued t iat he would sho* kmwhat right he had there, and just thenCampled ran v.i. \u25a0 f th* r> a and criedout "Yes. kill the 1 hen h*grabbed Mr. jctasja. Ui* tatter says, ar-dahott :st t. c . siiHS, Wa-a, taking ©i th* s;tutt«>a,eid
Back and to employ an attorney and havethe Chinese landed through the courts."Thirty-two of them were landed," saidBlum, ""by the court. It took just onehour's time, and cost Dunbar and SeidBack *WO. Through the ordinary chan-nels it would have cost sl,Hooto land theChinamen, sp we saved about SI,OOO, andafter that the custom housa people seemedsorry they had let this money slip througntheir hands, and we did not have muchtrouble in getting them to land our China-men."
A Suicide*# Identity.
Regarding Seid Back's and Thompson'sconnection with the conspiracy, Biuratest tied that Seid Back agreed, whenThompson's trip to China was in contem-plation, to give Thompson letters of in-
troduction to parties in Hongkong, whichwere expected to enable him to dispose of400 Chinese certificates and buy thesteamer Zambesi. "V. e figured," "aidBlum, "that we would get about 1200,000for the Chinese certificates and advancemoney for bringing Chinamen over. \V e
expected to pay f'VO.OOO for the steamer andinvest part of the money in Hongkongopium, clearing up about SIOO,OuO besidethis. We had made an arrangement with
n London shipping firm to buy the steamerZambesi for s.**).ooo, and were to pay $12,-500 down on the purchase price. Thomp-son took 400 certificates with him toChina. We were to bring Chinese directfr3sn China, 200 to be landed at Honolulu,the rest here, but our company becamefinancially embarrassed and the schemefell through. Thompson lett the certifi-cates over there, ile sold -them to Chi-nese, and received between SB,OOO and$9,000 for them."
Cross-examination failed to bring outany material discrepancies in Blum'stestimony. He said he had no promise ofexecutive clemency or of a lighter sen-
tence. He expected to receive one or theovher, but he had no promise ot either.
He admitted that since the former trial ofthe case he had been in the East and hadadopted different assumed names. Hebad met and traveled with Val Hastingsin the Eist. He did not know whether or
not she was a prostitute. Quite a flutterwas created in court on the cross-examina-tion of Sig Baer, a notary public who puthis seal on a large number of fraudulentChihese certificates. Mr. Fulton askedhim if he had any regard for an oath.Baer replied that be placed his seal on thecertificates for what there was in it. Hesaid be had a contract with Blum. Duubarand Seid Back to furnish certificates.When Mr. Fulton asked him why he wasnot indicted by the grand jury Baer re-plied that he did not know. He deniedhaving been promised immunity frompunishment by the government for testi-fying against the defendant.
RECKLESS I *«£ OF A Ol'X.
A Small Boy Sartoualv Injures AnotherIn I'lay.
Harry McNatt, the 15-year-old son ofMr. and Mrs. Nathan McNatt, ofFront street, was shot in the back ofthe head last evening at 0:30 o'clock byltay Fetcher, aged 8 years. The shootingwas done with a 22-caliber rifle, and wasthe result of a boy's ignorance of what hewas doing. The wounded boy was on hisway to see a man about picking peas whenhe came across a crowd of boys on eststreet, between Blanchard and Bell, shoot-ing at a target with a 2*J-caiiber nfie. HayFetcher owned the gun, and had recentlypurchased it from his cousin for a smallsum. McNatt thought the boys weredoing wrong to shoot in the city, andremarked to littte Fetcher: "You willcatch it for that." "Ifyou don't look outI will shoot you," replied Fetcher, andwith that he aimed the gun at McNatt
and fired. The bullet took effect in theback of the boy's head and he fell to theground, gave one convulsive kick and layquiet. As soon as Fetcher saw what hehart done he commenced to cry and ranhome, crying all the way as ifhis heartwould break. A Mr. Wheeler and someother men picked up the woundedboy and carried him to his mother'shome, where he lay unconscious fora long time. l)r. Neville was called, and,upon examining the wound, found thatthe ball had entered just below and backof the left ear, pierced the skull, rangedupward, grazing the brain, and came outabove the ear. After the boy recoveredconsciousness he told the story substan-tially as gtven above. La«t night he vom-ited considerably, and more blood camefrom the wound. Concussion of the brainis certain, but at present the chances arefavorable for the boy's recovery.
Mrs. McNatt told a Post-Isthj juicx erreporter last evening that she was surelittle Fletcher had no idea of what he wasdoing, iu the sense of causing a seriousIn Miry. Mrs. Fetcher called upon Mrs.McNatt and expressed her sorrow and re-gret at the sad affair. Last night RayFetcner could not be consoled, and crieduntil it was feared he would go Into nerv-ous prostration.
THE PORT IOWXSKNO ??LEADER."
Its Former Editor Obtains a Judgmentfor salary.
PORT TOWSPKNP, June 27.? [Special.]? Atemporarv order haa been issued bv thesuperior court restraining the Leader Com-pany and its board of directors, C. P. Seal,Israel Kati J. Will Lysons, N. W. O'Kearand T. M. Hammond from disposing ofthe company's property pending issuanceot execution on a judgment for over $7.50in favor of W. B. Dennis, the paper'sformer editor. The affidavit of Dennis,upon which the order was issued, allegesthat on June If.the day the jury awardedhim a judgment in accordance with a per-emptory order of the court the LeaderCompany, for the purpose of defraudingthe plaintiff, executed what is termed a"blanket on the plant to liavtdTroy for |3,4.V1, The latter con-tends that the Leader was notindebted to him in any sum. that he hadnever made any demand on the companyfor payment of any portion of the allegedindebtedness, and that the mortgage in-strument has not been delivered to him.The mortgage was signed by C. F. Seal aspresident and J. Will Lysons as secretary.The affidavit alleges fraud in several par-ticulars and asks the court to restrain the
and its agents from further actionin the premises.
The judgment obtained by Dennis andwhich was rendered today was for backsalary. The leader people sought toblacken Mr. Dennis" personal character byintroduction of evidence at a former trial,purporting to arTect his private standingin society. Today the Leader tiled a de-nial and asked the court to dissolve thein unction. The case will be heard nextSaturday.
Supreme Court Derisions.Ch.\sin\. June 27.? [Special. J? The su-
preme court today han led down decisionsin the following cases:
City of -sattle, respondent, vs. L Liber-man, respondent, D. keeier. J. L. Taylor,appellants, judgment reversed. Judgmentno ordered eutered in favor of Keeieragainst the city for the balance of moneycalled for by the order. Costs of appealwill be recovered from the c.ty and fromFischer iV Maedonald. No costs wereailowed against the other respondents,who must bear the expense of their ownbriefs, the same being unnecessarily tiled.
J. M. Buckley, nppeiiant, vs. tba Citv otTacouaaet at., respondeat. Kobert Win-gate et a! , appellants, vs. the City of fa-ce ma et al.. respondents, la reversingjudgments in the two above cases the su-preme court »,»ys: "We regret to disagreewith the learned judge who passed uponthese in the superior court, bat eitherthe point was not pressed, or the opinionfa..* to observe tna; the objection* raisedby the appellants go t > the jur.adiction ofthe city to make improvements at a . atthe expense of abutting property byreason of a complete t*i.ure to carry outthe plain provisions of the charter ahichare conditions precedent to the exerciseof the power. I'nder these circumstancestbeie is no greater legal or equitable rightin the ctty to be reimbursed its out.aythan there is in a trespasser upon land« o made valuable improvements and isd.«: ;>»*«? >*ed by an ejectment suit. It hasdone what it «i d in its own wrong withoutprevious y jm. fripg itself to have reirn-burs nent, and cow to dec are ta at becausel e .aw uph >is local assessments on thetheory of bwnects. a city which omits thesteps necessary to bring it under theop. aticKt oi that law shall have the sameright to enforce its assessments as onewhich takes those step* would be to de~Ir ee the pri perty owner of that whichthe charter ia distinct terms gives him.
a right to be heard upon the quwstiooot trie advisability of ih« improvement be-fore 1 1 is undertaken. Ttic re may be casesti. which such circumstances exist asat.0u.14 »u>j> aa owcer treat objecting toaa
Cannibalism In Polynesia.
Officer Hutf and Officer Milan are tryingto discover the person who sold the car-tridges to the child. Mr. McNatt is work-ing at Auburn.
KKKVITIK*.
\t the land office yesterday a homesteadpatent was recei*ed for ii*orge 11. Curtis,mining j«atents!or the Monte Cristo Com-panv and lor K. Walker and l\ Uuye, anda««wii patent lor John S. Crockett. Themming patent were located in the MonteCristo and Summit district#.
The Case of Peter Dahi.i, charged withcutting timber from J. K. Boyer'a landnorth of the citv. a as dismissed by JudgeGlasgow Yesterday afternoon, the evidenceand complaint not agreeing. Dahm wasreleased on bonds subject to trial under anew complaint.
In the municipal court yesterday thecharge of burglary preferred a«rn:nstlames Hart, Maddi Johnson and EddieM ifAfojr l>y *rvoits disease*. o?fcc«, Uottste n
t)l«n»Native Songs of S»moa and Tonga and Weird aud Grotesque War Dsocee of Fit , FarUwand the Gilbert Islands will bo produeed with storting effect, together with CiubaatSpear Drills, making a novel, original, instructive and attraetivo entertainment
Evening entertainment will cominenee at S o'clock, and will be accompanied by stexplanatory iecture. This eomrauy l< far more complete than the WORLD'? FAIICOMPANY which wst presented at Chicago by the same management last year with* jtraordiuary success.
SALE 21 THESEASONAT AUCTION
Elegant H'nrniture!No. 412 Olympic Avenue, Qiieei Anne Town,
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, _A-T 1:30 M.
No necessity to enumerate the high-grade goods. Please call aad la* iepect goods Thursday from 10 to sp. ni. No reserve.
North Seattle electric car which puts you down at the mention.
SCOONES & CO., Auctioneers.
DAMAGE BY THE FLOUDR.
It Gr«w Storlfi Tratfled-ColumbU'iMouth Not Choked.
George T. Myers, the salmon canner, andWilliam Stewart, bis Seattle manager, yes-terday returned from a trip through thescenes of the recent floods, in the course ofwhich thcv investigated the damage doneto the canneries. In the course of an in-terview Mr. Mvert said:
"Wtf left Seattle for the north a weekago, and noticed a good deal of damage hadbeen done in the Skagit delta, the countrybetween Mount Vernon and Stan woodbeing under about four feet of water. We\u25a0topped at Blaine and visited the PointRoberts cannery at Semiahmoo, where wefound the men actively engaged in manu-facturing cans and making nets for theseason's catch. We then went down theFraser river and visited all the canneries,and found them ail preparing for a largepack. One cannery, five miles below NewWestminster, bad been two-thirds washedaway, tbe current having washed outthe piling and dropped the wharfinto the river. Considerable machineryand 5,000 to 6,000 cans were lost. We sawnotices at all the towns that the Canadiangovernment would furnish supplies to allapplicants who have suffered loss by theHood, and two steamers left New West-minster for the upper Fraser with sup-plies. In some places the people are suf-fering for food and shelter where theirhouses have been washed away and theyhave been driven to the hill". At FridayHarbors large cannery has been built, witha capacity of about cases, by JohnA. Devlin, quite a wealthy man of Astoria.
"We left Portland on June 20, and th«further we KOt away the more exaggeratedwe found the reports of the damage. Thetlood may make new cnannels in theColumbia river, but from what Iknow ofits mouth tbe freshet will make a deeperchannel than there has b*en hitherto, andfrom what I learned before leaving Port-land there has not been much damage tothe jetties. At Astoria the river is fifteenmiles wide, and from this cause the floodwas hardly noticeaoie, except that thewater was muddier than usual. Tne talkabout the channel being tilled up is allnonsense. The steamer Columbia, whichcarries I,OJO tons, is still going in and outto San Francisco all the time without anytrouble. It is not freshets whichdamage the jetties, but the winter storms,and about 3JO teet wa? washed out lastwinter and is now being repaired."
A Well-K srned Vacation.City, June 27.? [Special.]?
Surg. Maj. James C. Merrill is one of thoseaflected by Secretary o! War Lament's de-termination to send away from Washing-ton City a lot of the superfluous armyofficers who Lave been enjoying them-selves here for a long term of years bymeans of political influence. Maj. Merrillbas been in the office of the surgeon gen-eral. and Secretary I.amont says there isnothing tor him to do here, lie is, there-fore, ordered to report to the commandingoflicer at Fort Sherman, Idaho, lor duty
at that station. However, Maj. Msal jhas been granted three months leave * jabsence in consideration of his arduo® jduties here, and will not get out to FmSherman until October 1.
BnohomUh to Celebrate the FewrtlfcSiohomish, June 27.?(Special]?9*" j
homish is to have a complete celebratlea jthis year. A joint committee on arraM*" jmeats has had the matter in charged* iseveral weeks and has slighted nodettfithat would add to the event. Thejrmet with good success in the way offishand have made a general outline*?programme, as follows: TbietMUM !will cover two days, July 4audJ. ft*first day will open with the custo?ffcannonade, to be followed later byapwparade of civic and military orgsniaalW*including brass bands and the fire depa**ment. The parade will finally bringup#the Kink, where there will be plesV®music and literary entertainmentFannie L. Churchill, of this city,the Declaration oforation will be delivered by Charitt*Fishback, of Seattle, who has coos#***to be present on this day. lnthssf**"noon will follow the regular Idi**aquatic sports, prists baring besnfor excellence in each. July 5 will&**jpecially devoted to horse racing at WView driving park.
Ponrth of July si Port lewSH*.
Pout Tosskind, June 27.The Townsend Athletic Clublenged the Victoria nine to piajfPort Townsend on the FourthThe challenge was accepted. l"heRosalie will bring over abouttfvffljHjalomats. Preparations are being hafl?imade to entertain the visitora.
Rlrycle Hares on tte Peart**The Seattle Cycle Club has prep«*Jf
list of bicycle races for theday which promises to be lnterssWEntries are now open and should beto tbe club secretary, W. E. UolwnfcThird street, this city, not later I!
2d. The list of events is as folio**-mils (novice), one-quarter mi'*,
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(handicap), one-haif milenii.es (handicap), one mile, opes, (
pionshtpof Puget sound), one n»stacle), one-half mile (dyingniiie team race (three tneofc(handicap), open. p
Gold and silver medals willwinners in eitch event,
Already riders from Victor*Townsend, Everett and CMentered. ~
Tbe club now haa its quarter-n» >track at Woodland park ready, airacers w.ll be allowed theusing it to train on. $
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