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CONGRESS THIS WEEK

Tke Unr ud Harbor Bill toPaathiSeute Today.

CUBAN QUESTION CROFPtNO UP

Wssktngto* City. NaT » -Tbo pnAsbd-ftiso sn that tlw QoMMtitUott of th# rt»wr

and tarter appropriation WD will be eon-

eladad Mooday. Aooordlng to Miatmant.this MU wffl b* toUowad by tte resolution

to Mat Mr. DaPspt as a senator from

IMawara. Witt tte DuPont resolutiondiapoaad ot tte bni asking appropriationstar tte District »f Columnla artll ba «»n---etdered and It win probably eonsasse tte

remainder of tte week. Only tte pror;.x>nIt tte rtrsr and harbor bill for tlx con-atruettoa ut a breakwater at Santa Moni-es, Cel.. fiikst to te acted upon. Therewin te «Wil witelm on thla question

Monday Senatora Barry. Vest and Per-kins will appose tte amendment and Sen-

ator Fry*. chairman of tlw committee oatrmmrrt- wIU aaplaln the reason for Ita

action. M*. White will reply bleUy to Mr.rrya After thla It la exp«*ted tbat thavote an tha amendment will lie taken, and

WMlner the fata of th'a amendment, thabill Win ba promptly pitted. It 1* not ex-pected to remain loos In conference, aathere I* a disposition manifested In bothhouse* to gat the bill to tha president ataa early a data as practicable. This Is dueto the fear of a veto and to tte determina-tion to remain In session long enough to

, give congress time to act In case of suchadverse indorsement by tha president

Tha agreement in regard to the DuPontcase is that It shall be taken up for da-hate Immediately aftsr the disposal of theriver and harbor bill, and that a vote stallte taken not later than t o'clock of thaaaoand day after the debate begins. It Isdoubtful whether the entire time allowedfor debate will be required. The result ofthe vote Is still In doubt. It depends uponana or two Populist senators who have notmade their position known so far as can

, be ascertained.There are several features In the district

Mil which are expected to arouse dehate,but If It should be passed before the closeof the week the committee on appropria-tions will have the fortification appropria-tion bill reudy to take up. and will pressIts consideration. There will, however, bestrong pressurs In that event to work onthe calendar.

The Cuban situation as presented by theImposition of the death sentence upon themembers of the Competitor party, bringsforward a decidedly Interesting conditionwhich may rmult In an attempt at actionon this question by the senate during thewsek. In .fart the outlook In that directionIs full «f poes.buttles. <

\u25a01 LIBA* PRISON.

Csssreet te Consider Aaerlesst laHavana Condemned to Deatk.

Washington City, May 10.?The Indlca-tlirns are that the house will drift along for\u2666he remainder of the session, giving con-feree e reports on appropriation bills Iheright of way and disposing of such Inci-dental matters as it can. There is a gooddeal if pressure from certain quarters forihe consideration of the Pacific railroadfunding bill and the Immigration bill,and while there is a probability that thelslter may be considered at this session,the leaders in control of the house seem tohave set their faces against the fundingbin for this session unless It la prolongedbeyond present anticipations.

The immigration bill can hardly comeup thla week, as the chairman of the com-mittee, Mr. Bartholdt, la at Ills home inMt. Louis attending the state convention.Tomorrow Is District of Columbia day.and Wednesday to pre-empted for the spe-cial order giving It up to the pension bills.It Is likely that the contested electioncases of Rlnaker vs. Downing and Mur-ray vs. Elliott, which were to have beer,considered last week, will, when confer-ence reports are presented, occupy the re-mainder of the time. The executive. leg-islative end Judicial, Ihe sundry civil andnaval bills are now In conference. It Isnot Improbable that a resolution regard-In* the protection of ihe two Americanssentenced to death by the Spanish author-ities at Havana may l»e presented andfurnish the text for a reopening of a dis-cussion of the -ntlre Cuban situation.

UCHHUr FCI.tT AKMED.

Enpervr V*llllam's Speech at Vraak-fort's Treaty Celebration.

Frankf-irt-on-thc-Main. May 10.?Thetwenty-fifth anniversary of the signing ofthe Iri-aly of Frankfort, which concludethe Franco-Prussian war, was celebrates!her# today \u25a0> pont nuatlon of the fete# and.«let»ratk>r.a which havo be»n heldthroughout Germany In commemorationof the twenty-fifth ntinlver.-ary nf theevents of the war. The treaty was signedIn the Swan hotel In 'his city by Princotusmarrk and Jul>» Favre on behalf ofFrance.

The celebration of th» anniversary of thesi,ruin.-: of the trea'y today wss attendedby «f! !»nd!1 leather. Kmperor Williamand Kmpre*s Augusta arrived In the cityat 10 a m snd received an ovation from* great m fltiide of peoi I Klin had gath-er 1 «

, welcome them. The city was ms«-nltVer.iiy rK-orat«.l. gay colored huntingand elshorate designs of flowers andgreen l« ng everywhere manifest. Crowdsha ! gat he rod In the aty from outlying dls-tr\ ts and deputation* were also presentfrom all th unlversiMe* of Centra) and

iVrntarvA?;er the ofllcla! reception had been con-

chided tHetr i»*j"'tles. with a numerous' ! ' ? 1 a think»g;vtng service at

t< Cathertiu- hur-h Mlquel, Prtis-?' -n m'" »t»r f flrar -e. was present at

ur '' «»>» emperor with great ceremony?? * ??? ?fitment t<> Ms grandfather.

Wil' am 1 which represent* th*14 ' ' -'-. iV. a review of tn*tr.»'; « >r, i.Me.! [he cercm.wy

V mi r»-r \\ ' "mi in«l 1-nprrss \ugv.*-a

V' * s \u25a0 ... r \u25a0 'grave of Hwo.emtv. r telegraphed to Frlr.ce B!s-

--oai V * *"»rg a which he ex-' *?» »"* -"'tl* snd Vfieratlor. for

the gtcst han ellor t> !rtrg the lunch-eon r \u25a0 t- - g to burgomaster'staast "o th- healfh cf tfee emj-eror ar.d

?» rmpemr pr-> cedej ?» drawsr «' -Mjuers* r of the Cl>r , n atk»ft of« »m I ar.tl the toy of h » old sg» of* \u25a0 irg up.M. ihs three of ututed Gsr-many. Me then continued

I hcje al wtll unantmously uphold-or t ? :»TT*-e # a.*n -he - ati>m fun* arm-?.l I »w..er\ e** rears hence ;he»mp!-e wit! shier srih the .greatest splen-dor sr 5 tt*st frsMtf k» the wholeeatbw*. 's ? r~! to dea-e.' .y* i*w-tfa on* Of peace, with thank* 'to

arm* whtrh ?» ? gnarant** that -amy w'.n »w US lit I pmntion to «-

-b untawfttiiy tbs psscs of th«I trtr.k to tha prosperity Frtak'ort,"

ln>rl«as ?eesnilst Repressed.T 'ofv. May nvney tcarkat has-n in td* aam» easy condt'ica this

e;'h stock* rather Inacttva. and price*I -

It TVil r*yVOB tO UtMllflUTli» Meriti of th*

WELSBACHLIGHT

ioait Us ul Eklif Uii On

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Hood'sSarsaparilla

b Ik*On Ttw Blood ParlAar. A 1 drag-gists >L

MRU, on th« only pnis to Ukt withIMS Hood's BarssparlUs.

OUR PEERLESS CITY.

A Tidtor From PennsylranUWrites of Its Greataess.

SEATTLE'S MARVELOUS GROWTH

>? s~ TdUu l»lm«ll HW|

mt tk* Cttj ?* Twl« lukMi,

The Rcnuitcm. Pl, Trttrana tea recentlybr+a publisher a cr'fi of article* oa tbaWest, au4 particularly the Puget soundcountry. from the pen of J. E. Richmond.On* of them ta a well-written and Inter-esting description of Seattle. Of th« Cityof Twin Harbors be says:

"The far-eeeing statesman. William H.Steward, during the negotiations for thepurchase cf Alaska, aa-d: The greatesttriumphs of mankind will ha won on thegreatest of oceans.' Nowhere on this greatocean (Pacific), or even on this continent,do you And a harbor equal to Paget sound,which will eventually get the bulk of thecommerce of the Pacific coast. The geo-graphical position of both Tacoma andSeattle Is such that their future must beclosely identified with the development Ofthe commerce In the Pacific ocean, espe-cially Seattle, which is destined to be tbagreatest shipping point in the world.

"Seattle Is nearer the great markets ofAsia and Australia than the other Partitacoast ports, and the commerce now goingfrom New York via Liverpool and St. Pet-ersburg to Russia, will soon go direct fromPuget sound, and mainly from tba sea-port of Seattle, which is the extreme wast-ers terminus of the four transcontinentalrailroad systems.

were Irregular Owing to tte troubtosomepolitical outlook, especially la Africa,there has been a revived demand for in-vestment docks at an Improved price.Home railway securities were flat on profittaking. Foreign securities were ratherneglected but firm, especially Turkish onfavorable administrative reports. ' CoLNorth's death affected nitrate propertiesbut slightly. He bad been for a long timesteadily realising and therefore his hold-ings were comparatively small. There hasbeen an active professional boom in brew-ery shares. African securities were veryqjlet. but their tcne was tolerably firm.Fears that the government will revokethe charter of the British South AfricaCompany were practically dispelled. Lit-tle business is likely to be done, however,till the situation is cleared. The goldshipments and the political campaign havedepressed Americans all around. Never-theless the belief Is expressed In influen-tial quartets tbat the tlmo will yet comewhen American railway securities willAnd favor. Decreases for the week wereAtchison preferred Reading firsts 2,Chicago, Milwaukee £ St. Paul, DenverA Rio Grande preferred and LouisvilleIS. Atchison and Wabash 6s 1. others frac-tional.

"When the ere at Russian railroad, thatrans-Siberian railway from Vladivoetock.? Pacific cout seaport of Siberia, to Mas-cow Is built. Seattle will be nat-urally the greatest shipping point for thatcontinent. Russia intends to have thatroad completed in two or three years, andat the rate of its present construction itwould be considered rapid work even Inthis country. It means the open In* tocommerce and colonisation within thattime of a region fullytwice aa large as thaUnited Slates, and containing natural re-sources of probably equal value and vari-ety; a region Including not Siberia alone,but also |he vast Chinese empire.

"At present vessels leave Puget soundports for Guatemala. Chile. China. Ja-pan. England, Hongkong, Australia andBritish India. The trade of China aloneis *LSO.OOO,WW annually. While San Fran-cisco has a good harbor, the city is notlocated so that it can command the trade)of the interior. It is the same with Port-land. which Is a hundred miles Inland,and over a way which is often dangerousfor even large vessels. I repeat, nowhereon this continent do we find a harborequal to Puget sound. Our Eastern friendsdo not realise that the most beautifulportion of the great Northwest, the re-gion of the setting sun. Is really along thashorea of this, the finest body of water Inthe world, if real, natural beauty be thestandard. Do not charge me with beingan enthusiast. Once come here In sum-mer, and sail over these placid waters,and I venture to affirm that your summeroutings will henceforth be arranged forthe far West of our own native land, andnot for Europe. Nature has apparentlydesigned the city of Seattle to be the en-trepot of a vast ocean commerce. Theland-locked harbor, already commodiousand safe, will, when the vast improve-ments now begun ara complete, be with-out any question, tha finest harbor InAmerica.

"Another reason may be given that hasmade Seattle what she is as a seaport. Shenaturally has the trade of all this upperSound country, even Into the British pos-sessions and Alaska, and will hold Itthrough her unrivaled resources andshipping facilities. The well-nigh bound-less resources of this wonderful region areJust begtnnlng to be understood and de-veloped. Coal. Iron, timber, and soil"richer than all the gold mines of theglobe." and a mild climate that rejoices

tl«o hearts of shivering mortals who coinehither from colder climes, and a gloriousfruit country, all conspire to make theseat of empire.

Seattle's Beautiful KsTlrosa."One says There Is a land of pure do-

light, and It Is n«t far from Puget sound,and the campers in that land are thesaints who dwell In the cities of Tacomaand Seattle.' Having visited and studiedthoroughly the former city and enjoyed itsattractions, of course the latter must bevisited also. Those who come from theEast are quite astonished at the grandeurof the scenery and the frame-work ofocean, lake and mountains encircling Se-attle a* a city. Rome Is known as the"City of the Seven Hills;' Seattle may bespoken of as the city of seven times sevenhills. The mountains and seashore arehere In combination. The snow-cappedOlympics and Cascades encircle the cllyand harbor, which gives It the name ofThe Toung Giant or Puget Sound.' Itmatters not whether the tourist enters thecity by daylight, when the details of amost picturesque scene are clearest, or atnight, when the electric lights of Iheentire city gleam across the bay, the effectIn either esse is most pleasing and impres-sive. This favorable impression isstrengthened when the city is explored indetail and Its public buildings and taste-ful residences are admired. In cither in-stance it Is a beautiful picture.

"Supposing the whole world and the restof mankind' to be as much Interested InSeattle as we are. we will tell you some-thing of wfiat we see in this young, enter-prising and matchless city. To begin with.S.attle is delightfully situated on theshore* of Elliott bay. an jrrn of Puget

AveMtCDetroit. May 10.?A riot was narrowly

averted today in and about the churchyardof St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic church.It has been cloeed for some time sgalnst

Its pastor. Father Matowski. against whomthe congregation had rebelled, chiefly onaccount of his deposition of Father Tter-skl. assistant pastor. This morning Bish-op Ricbler, of Qrand Rapids, with FatherMatowski. arrived in the city and gainedentrance to the priest's bouse. When ti.eyessayed to enter the church, however, acrowd of 1,000 had gathered. The landersdeclared their determination to keep Fa-ther Matowski out, slthough no objectionwas urged against the bishop. Finallythe bishop and priest retreated to theparsonage and sent for the sheriff andpolice officers. They ware advised not topromote the strife by trying to enter forc-ibly against the crowd and followed thisadvice.

Milled tke Depaty Sheriff.Fort Gibson, I. T., May 10.?A serious

shooting affray took place on Main streetof this city last night. In which DeputySheriff James Shanks was killed and Dob-son Rider, one of the Indian police, wasfatally wounded. Shanks, who has beenacting as sheriff during the sickness ofSheriff Adair, came to town andattempted to release a negro fromthe jail where be had beenplaced by City Marshal Ross Benge andDobson Rider on the charge of dlsorderlyconduct. The officers had been drinkingand some hot words were exchanged.Shanks became furious snd started to-ward the officers, when they opened Areupon him. Aboot six shots worn fired,four of which took effect effect In Shank*'body, snd he died in less than an hour ingreat agony. Warrants have been Issuedfor the arrest of both Rider and Benge.

Tke Cook Nearly Roasted.St. Louis, May I}.Fir» was di*oov%red

In the rear of the Metropolitan restau-rant. which occupies a thret-atory build-ing at 334 Olive street, at 1 o'clock thisMonday morning. Before the firemancould get to work the flame* spreadthrough the building and won destrayodIt. Jefferson Gardner, a cook rooming" onthe third floor, had a narrow escape fromdeath. He was burned about the far-)Eight flremen were injured by tho fallingof the front wall. They were all takento the city hospital. For a time thea ten-etory office building- adjoining, wasthreatened, but hard work by the flre-men saved 1U The loas is estimated at$75,000.

The Slob Iwsu lllm If.Fulton. Ky.. May W ?One of the three

negroes Implicated In the cutting of CityMarshal Walk»r last Saturday was ar-rest ed by the telegraph operator at Ar-lington. Ky.. a few mile* north of Ful-ton. this morning. who. In attempting toarrest htm. shot him Just above the leftlung. The negro was brought to Fultonand taken In charge by Sheriff Ferd i».tut the mob which had gathered at thedepot rushed maily upon the negro ar.dswung him up. The negro confessed hisgtiilt while under arres' at ArlingtonThe other two negroe* Implicated are stillat large.

Mr*. *. B. Gregg Dead.Walla Walla. May 10. ?Special.?Mrs. N.

n Gregg. secretary of the Women's Re-lief Oori>» for Washington and Alaska,.lied In th s city this morning of catarrhalpnemonla. She was K. years of age andwas the mother ef Mrs. W. H. Carr,.-?.deputy president of the relief corps: MrsOtis Patterson, wife of the proprietor ofthe Heppner Gazette, and H. C Gregg, oneof the publishers of the Walla Walla' U-nion. The Interment takes place on Tues-day afternoon under the auspices of theCornell's Relief Corps.

Mllwsskee'i Strike Nearly Over.Milwaukee, Ms* l<!.~The day »u the

quietest Milwaukee has seen In month*No cars were run and was no rim nirT>»e strikers nearly 1 MS in number,

\u25a0.ded the .treets In the morning. and Ir.the afternoon a committee of the unorstated Its esse to the hoard of arbltra-t' ->n The s'Tike |« he!leved to he practicai-'T over. The company has all the men Itrequires to operate Its cars art re'-.ttes *ptreat with the strikers in any way.

fire la ana Franelseo.!.|S Francisco, May 10.?The Vulcan Iron

Works were destroyed by I<r* early thssmorning The long is estimated at Ji-v ->*. w'.th |S'MO Insurance. The flre cor.tl- ied to the third floor of tie R f :i»a.-eM«eh Works djmar i» the buildingslightly ant destroying considerable sto-k.The loss of the Reliance company i* raor*than covered by the C. .1M ir.surar.ee onthe plant.

air Jsks Mlllsli in.Tiftßdon. Mar It.?Sir John M'V.a-s, pre«i.

dent of tk e Rova: Academy, is retort ell tohe suffering from cancee of throat,ar.d surgeor.s were summoned to attendhim on Saturday at midnight. They oper-ated nw the dtstl-gu-ahed patient ar.dthe alar-.v.ng symptoms la h.s rase w. reBsu ?h raneveJL

Hltlemes's Usui tteet.Wtorts. May 1».-Sn«cla! ?The British

Cot imbia Rifle AssodttM has dseldM ?<>

hod its anr, >al prise meeting this yea-the Central J"«rk range ceir New We»minster nrovtded that range !* res.tr foruse by the Ist of June, or <Hh~rwis« on thfGo Istreaaa rsstr Tse me«-isng wtu be afixture ef rariy July.

i>i«iht( ni;s.

frank r ivb«ck - jmbrr rw«r-N»» Ser* fr « fcljl

Th. re went !h?- , fne»h of*' ?k-**aa-.-4r-a. Kgrpc, cr Fyviay

aJafl twepiy Jea: ha <r a- r^a:

H.FiJ, t» nty-flve miles from Tacoma. Itsformidable rival The sight on approach-in? the city from t'ie steamer is of a cityhullt on a hillside, like Ouluth, Vlcksburg.etc . every larer* building standing out byItself and affording the best possible viewof * large part of the city's area. There Isa continuous rnng» of buildings, fromSmi'h's cove on the north, to the hea.l ofthe harbor on the south, a distinc* of fiveor six nvVs At n'ght the scene from theharbor !s strongly r> mindful of San Fran-cisco. and the ere«oent-shtped harbor tothat of the M \u25a0 «*sippl r.ver at New Or»leans as it appeared to us in a formervisit. The firs: thlrg that attracts the no-tice of the \is tor as he nears the landingIs the we!!-oriered water front, with Itslen* rang« of wharves a-id slips, which«f r!s itn-'< wharfage room fo>- hundredsof vessels. Urge and small. The line ofwharves extends rorthwsrd almost as faras the eye c-in reach and the tide flat' en-t»rp-ise. when will provideacres, even miles, of water front.

Re«rmhte« a shoestring."The City Is letted upon a hilly strip

'* land far r.g the west an} the Sound.fr m tw» to three m>teg in width (betweenPt'cet «\u25a0 *nd and I.ake Washington andtwenty-five miles long, lying parallel with'h-1 Sound. The land lire f rms a semi-~i- ,e ri- -c n terraces from the waterfront. quite aim lar to her neighbor. Ta-

nu «nd .S ">drele.i In th» rear by Lakes" 'sh'ngton and t'nion. which are rnnwrl

hv « «mai: narr iw canal, virtually' "r.-.-.g a continuous water Lee in lis

"<>n 'ar.lng we are at one* Impressedw<h the vtm. «-lergy and -hnft of lhe peo-

* manifested on every hand We findnroad avenu-s nsf-ng parallel with the

laid out over the whin.«. whicha--- throrjfd with "*rays and convenienceso? every ktn*. and busy people hastening

an ' fr- wh. foirtiei and cars are rnc.v---\u25a0 e up and d-'-wa the numerous tracks,p.-- .v. fvnughfar*. which is o«iie4

K ' "ad iveti-ie, !»;.1 out by the rlty for:? and comir»rr!aJ use Going from?He w arv.s w» soon emerge la a broad«*r««". lea4lig to a large ttangtii.tr" space

e".-.are. whkth is the "hub" of the eliyFrom thu Square (Occidental) the main

'raJßc radiate, and fmm her* Isthe t'stplaceto start to see the city.

Children Cm for Pitcher's Castoria.

TBS BCATIU POBT-INTKLUOTrcn. KOTO AT, JUT 11, ISM.

Test itway

and you willfind

PLUC^

piece of GOOD tobaccoever sold for 10 cents

"Tha appearance of Seattla on Commer-cial and Front streets la that of a city of100.000 inhabitants. There is a continuousstream of people on the sidewalks, whilacarts, drays, cabs, busses, carriages, wa-gons and also cable and electric ,cara arefound on all the main avenues.

Like a Westers Chicago.

"Almost the entire business section ofthe city, covering sixty-four acres, wasdestroyed by fire on June 6. 188J. when*20,000.000 worth of property went up inflame and smoke. The ashes were scarce-ly cold when the enthusiastic cltlsena be-gan to build anew, better, stronger andmore beautiful than before. Think of it!Within one year thereafter, over a mileand a half of business blocks, from threeto eight stories high, were built in thaburned district by her indomitable citi-zens?a record unsurpassed by any othercity of its size In the world. A city ofbrick, stone and iron has arisen, monu-mental evidence of the energy, pluck andperseverance of tha people, and of theirfervent faith In tbe future of a Seattle,giving It added beauty and stability. Itla impossible not to admlra the marvel-ous enterprise of this people. No evidenceof this disastrous Are of June 6. IW, re-mains today, unless It Is found in thegreat rows of magnificent brick and stonestructures of imposing appearance andmodern architecture, where once was amass of charred ruins and smoking debris.

Seattle's Marvelous Growth."Seattle Is. we think. Justly called the

'Queen City of the Sound.' for It leads allother towns In state in all things es-sential to prosperity, and will keep thatlead. The growth of the city has beensimply marvelous. Thirty years ago It wasa straggling village. In 1870 the town hada population of 1.100: In ISW the censusshowed 43.547: and In IS.'W it had over 65,100souls, who live In an atmosphere of excite-ment and thrift, and their business enter-prise. ptish and responsibility and 'goaheadlsm' would stagger the ordinaryEastern business man. This Is the placefor people to come who have pluck, sandand backbone, »nd come to stay. An ob-serving stranger wrould notice at once howfew gray hairs and bald pates are foundamong the cltisens. Yes. this Is a city ofyoung men. pre-eminently so; and the driv-ing er.ergy manifested on all sides showsthe material that they are made of It Isestimated that there are 15,000 young menhere. Young men. too. of a fine quality,many of Puritan stock, a large proportionof them being graduates of our best East-ern colleges. They have brought not onlytheir school training with them, but theirreligion also. Horv grandly this testifiesto the Influence of Christian training inthe families of the East.

"There Is an Impression among somethat In these far Western states the peo-ple are without much education, or cult-ure. I would say right here, that any onewho has such a thought will need onlyto take a tour through these states tohave his mind disabused. 'Both Tacomaand (>«\u25a0*ttie are composed of men andwomen of exceptions! rennement and In-telligence. with an agreeable and culti-vated society, and a tone of hopefulnessand confidence pervading all classes.1 here Is a sentiment here that ought tobe everywhere t 'Let us stand by ourtown, our people, our financial Institu-tions, and be willingto lose all we haverather than do anything to injure the com-mercial Integrity and honor of Seattle.*It Is this spirit that has made this citywhat it Is: If Is this spirit, as known toinvestors In the East, that led them tofurnish the mean* to develop this Westernmetropolis: and during all these monthsand years of commercial stringency every-where. Seattle, In spite of her setbackand Indebtedness. Is meeting her engage-ments, constructing n«"w business blocksand inaugurating enterprises fraught witftgreat possibilities for the city, and whichmark the dawn of a new era of pnospert'yfor its intelligent and enterprising peophs.Of these the construction of the LakeWas: trg-an ship canal anl the reclaimingof the tide flats will bs described In mynext letter."

Miscellaneous Sporting Sews.

The Country Club Is preparing to pat ingolf links at Its home across the Sound.

The S- A. C. senior four Is having littleopportunity to prscttee. owing to the dis-agreeable weather «ti»afe having goneto Alaska hss place la being filled byLiner, a Trinity oarsman

Letter* have been sent out from the SA. C to ail member", announcing the"musical" for next Wednesday evening.

Allen Esplln. formerly of this eity. wasa recent competitor as an amateur Ingam»s held at Central park San Fran-cisco. and represented the Olympic Club,taking third place In the lift-yard dash.

Waahlnatoa I'ateats.Washington City. April 19 ?Special

Patents have been issued to Charles Wand J. A. Mohr. Spokane, boiler furnace.James T. McDowtll. Artlighter.

Jul an Hawthorne !s the son oS N«-was u> rn is I**.,

STATE MINIM BOOM

Large Number of Mining Com-panies Incorporated.

THI REVENUE FROM THE FEES.

Alasaat Esosgn «? P»iy the Whole

\u25a0\u25a0?\u25a0 lag Eiftues of the oats?f Secretary ?( State.

Olympla, Mar As an Indication ofthe unprecedented mining activity In thestate. the record* In the office of the secre-tary of state show that there have beenfiled for record In the last three month#articles tor elghtey-three mining Incor-poration*. These, in connection with oth-ers. have netted to the Mate an amountfor recording fees little short of the run-ning expenses of the secretary of state'soffice for the same time. The followingarticles, mining and others, have been filedin the week last past:

Maria Beard, Deaconess Home, of Spo-kane.

Sookane Bakery and Confectionery Com-pany. of Spokane; capital, $1,500; Incor-porators. E. P. Bolton, C. L. Bolton. JohnSer.gfelder.

Shenandoah Mining and Milling Com-pany, of Spokane; capital. 1600.000; Incor-porators, C. M. Durland. Samuel Douglassand others.

The Little River Farming Company, ofPort Angeles: capital. $1,000; Incorporat-ors. G. C. Hatch. M. L. Hatch.

Maude S. and Ben Haasen Mining Com-pany, of Spokane; capital. JSOO.O®; incor-porators, I. B. Sanburn. John Empey andothers.

Monte Cristo Gold Mining Company,Limited, of Spokane; capital. 11.000,009; In-corporators, W. D. Cujrler. J. P. Gravesand others.

Spokana Copper Mining and SmeltingCompany, of Spokane; capital. I1.WO.000;Incorporators, J. E. McCall. F. Malleryand others.

Lummi Island Packing Company, ofNew Whatcom; capital. H90.0®; Incorpor-ators, Edward Heyes, W. C. McKee.

Eclipse Fishing Company, of NewWhatcom; capital, 110.WO; Incorporator a,Frank Wright. E. J. Hill

The Commercial Mining and SmeltingCompany, of Spokane: capital. IWIO.WB; in-corporators. William Lynch. W. J. Harrisand others.

Rambler and Cariboo Consolidated Goldand Sliver Mining Company, of Spokane;capital. ll.Oi*Umo: Incorporators, J. B. Mc-Arthur. J. C. Davenport and others.

Martin & Hubbard Company, of Cheney;capital. IJO.joO; incorporators, F. M. Mar-tin w. P. Hubhard.

The Cllne Fruit Company, of Tacoma;capital. ro.OW); incorporators. A. V. Cllne,M J. Cllne.

The Aberdeen Athletic Club.The Pacific Mrson Publishing Company,

of Seattle: capital. II.MO; incorporator*W V. Rlnehart. John Arthur.

Pullman Drtned Meat and Live StockCompany, of Pullman: capital. 12.500; ln>corporators. Nell Stewart. P. H. Krens

Stupendous Special SaleOP m FOPTUR "S. C." AND "KOSMO" CORSETS.

THE ENTIRE STOCK Of THE WELL-KNOWN CORSET XAMQ.FACTCRERS. LEWIS BCHIELE * CO.. BP.OADWAT. NEW TOR*WHICH WE SECURED FROM THE ASSIGNEE, MR. HENRY ROSOf.BLATT,

At 45 Per Cent. DiscountFrom Regular Cost Prices.

NO HATTER WHO LOSES MONEY, OUR PATRONS BENEFIT RTHE LOS&

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO SECTTRR 4SUPPLY OF WELL-KNOWN, DESIRABLE AND HIOH CLASS CO®.SETS AX

Surprisingly Low Prices.

IfcEXTRA LONG WAISTED. j

Tin 'to' 1 Corsets. ! H». "S. C." CorsetiThis Corset Is a substantially I This Corset, also manufactory

and well made corset of fine Sk j by Lewis Schlele A Co., comateen, extra heavily boned, extra J In short, extra long and medlualons waists, fine boned bust, i waists, fine French sateen body,trimmed with French edging; heavily boned, double boned aa4most durable hip manufactured. ( double steels, latest FtwMfc

Comes in several grades; also shape; lengthens the waist aaito summer and ventilating Cor- 1 beautifies the form, colors, black,sets, all aiM* < A drab and white,

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On Sale Today.There are In this huge purchas. 4*7 dosen Corsets, assorted SISM fUMI

IIto 30? exactly 5.544, or much less than will supply all the ladles In SMiMaand therefore well to bear In mind that an early visit will he advantagmah

The prices will be 40c. 60c. Wo, 75c, 90c, SLSS and f1.29 a pair.

E. W. NEWHALL CO.Cor. Seoonc) AT. and Madison St

The First (Holland) Christian ReformedChurch, of Oak Harbor.

La Center Grange. No- 4*. Patrcrt* ofHusbandry.

Anderson Gas Engine Company, of Seat-tle; capital. Incorporators. L. A.Treen. E. W. Andrews.

The Grey CHIT Mining and SmeltlnrCompany, of Spokane- capital, COH.OOO; In-corporators. E. F. Boyles, D. B. Stowart.

Orient Consolidated Gold Mining Com-

pany of Spokane; capital. 1750,000; Incor-porators, P. Gilbert. E. J. dough and

others.Central Electric Manufacturing Com-

pany, of Tacoma: capital. incor-ooratora. E. E. Salisbury. A. E. Dean andothers. .

M. E. Weix Company, of Tacoma; capi-

tal, incorporators, M. «eix, w.L. Khoies, Sam Wllkeson.

Her NlMllttkBlrtMay.

Dewatto, May 10.? Special.?Mrs. B. F.Rlnes, who attained her ninetieth birthday

on Wednesday. May «, gave a large party

In honor of the occasion at the home ofH. 11. Miller. Dewatto. Her oldest son,John Rlnes. of Seattle, was present, andgave a brief history of family fromthe time that his great-grandfather ar-rived In Boston from France in a smallship of about HO tons. The old lady Is stillhale, ami was going about among herguests and -njoying their hilarity till 1o'clock In the morning, when the company,after a moi=t pleasant night's enjoyment,took their departure.

raatkrrs Grswlag Aggressive.

Victoria. May 10 ?Special.?Panthers aregrowing so aggressive In the neighborhoodof Port San Juan, about thirty miles fromthis city, that one particularly large catattacked Thomas Deacon, a lad of 14. afew days ago when he endeavored to drivethe animal from one of the family porkers,on which It had commenced to dine. Thetoy's cries of alarm brought assistance,but the panther has not yet been killed.Another very large specimen of the Van-couver Island panther was shot only aweek ago within the fortifications at FortMacaulay, not half a mile from the city,by one of the $

Five Millions From Seattle.Victoria. May 10?Special.?One of the

largest and most Important foreign com-panies that has yet been registered to as-sist In the development of the mineralwealth of tills provlca la the Van AndaCopper and Gold Company, of Seattle, theIncorporation of which was announced Inthe official Gazette of yesterday. Thecapita! stock Is given at *3,000.000. and theOperations of the company are to be chief-ly In the Kootenay and Albernl districts.

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