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The SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
VOL. VI NO. 47
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On the Washington
State Country Press.
MANY THINGS WELL SAID
By Those Who Build Up Our
Industries.
HORDES HUNTING HOMES
In the Fields and Forests of the
Evergreen State — Turner on
Woman Suffrage Snohomish's
Bike Path—Opening Colville
Reservation —Buckley Mill to
Reopen—Skagit County Fair —
Columbia River Open to the
Sea.
The Puyallup Chronicle says that
Carey L. Stewart will certainly be
the Republican nominee for state
senator from the 19th district, as all
opposition to him has been drawn off
b} r contending factions.
Wanted—The missing link be
tween wheat and silver. A liberal
reward givea to any one wh;- will
produce it, dead or alive. Address
the Bureau of Curios, Lincoln. Ne
braska—Sultan Journal.
The discovery of gold near Ta
coma proved no discovery at all. The
same old story, everything that Ta
coma takes hold of pans out in an
unsatisfactory manner. Wake up,
you sleepy beings, and see the w rorld
nn.ve.
Yakima papers report the acci
dental death of Hon. George S. Tay
lor, a noted pioneer of that county.
For the past thirty-four years he has
been staying by Yakima county and
had accumulated a fortune in cattle
and lands. His death is mourned by
the entire community.
The opening of the north half of
the Colville Indian reservation Octo
ber 10th next promises to be a great
time for those looking for homes.
Before it is time to make the mad
rush hundreds of home seekers will
doubtless be ready and waiting to lo
cate a claim.
Plans for the Skagit county fair
have begun to take definite shape
and it will be but a short time now
before active work will begin on it,
has been gleaned from the Mt. Ver
non Argus. Good county fairs are
splendid mediums for advertising
purposes, and Skagit county is in
need of just such an advertisement.
And now comes the Sidney Inde
pendent declaring that Kitsap coun
ty has excellent gubernatorial tim
ber growing wild there, and can be
had for the mere asking on the part
of the Republican state convention.
The same report would doubtless
hold good with every other county in
the state.
P. J. Smith is in Seattle this week.
Rumor hath it that Pete is making
connections with the political ex
change and laying a few new wires
in outlying districts. A judicious
wire or two in this vicinity will be
found very useful before all the cam
paign clouds have cleared away.— ,
Issaquah Independent.
It is estimated, so says the Tacoma
News, that there will be not less than
000,000 immigrants from Europe,
who will seek homes in this country
during the present year. If that be
true, then Washington state should
get the bulk of them, or get more
than any other state, because it has
more good farming lands, which they
can utilize for homes.
From the similarity of editorials
in many of the state exchanges it
would appear that the shears are
more often used by the brethren
than the pencil, but why not, since
it takes less time and mental labor?
And then again, no one but the ex
change editor ever sees those little
ii regularities, and he had as well
keep still about them.
A sermon in a nutshell can be
found in the following excerpt from
the Adams County News: "Unless
something is done this fictitious pros
perity is in, danger of becoming per
manent." It is barely possible that
already is has made up its mind to
become permanent; in fact, it has,
and that is what is giving the Bryan
it es bo confounded much trouble.
Paul Mohr, according to the Col
fax (Jazette, has about completed his
gigantic undertaking of opening the
Columbia river to the sea. He will
begin operating by June 15th and
will be able to handle the entire fall
wheat output. It will be a great sav
ing to the wheat growers, as well as
other farmers, along that famous
watercourse.
What can be the matter with the
editor of the Vineland Journal?
Di<! he fail to get a postoffice at the
hands of Senator Wilson, or is he re
ceiving his daily bread from the An
keny senatorial mills? There seems
to be no good and sufficient reason
for its tirade of billingsgate against
Mr. Wilson unless he happens to be
in one or the other aforesaid politi
cal conditions.
The recent influx of Japanese, in
wholesale numbers, into the Puget
Sound country has given the news
papers much to talk about for tne
past week, with more yet to follow.
This matter should be widely dis
cussed, and discussed to that extent
that, if there are no immigration
laws at present to prevent their com
ing into this country, there will be
at an early date.
It may be that the reason Senator
Turner has always been safe on the
"woman suffrage" question in this
state, was because he felt absolutely
certain it would never be a reality.
If the women of this state had the
right of suffrage they would certain
ly vote against Senator Turner to a
woman, simply because he resorts to
means of carrying elections that wo
men do not stand for a single
minute.
Tf ITon. S. G. Cosgrove is not nom
inated for governor by the next Re
publican state convention it will be
no fault of the East Washingtonian,
published at Pomeroy. Sam Cos
grove is a good man, and he has
many friends in other places in this
state besides Garfield county.
Should King county not be able to
land this place, it is more than prob
able that she would throw her forces
to Sana Cosgrove for governor.
Tile Buckley Lumber Tompam
plant, which has h^en idle for some
months, will start to work about Ma) 1
Ist, so thinks the Buckley Banner.
This property was once owned by
State Senator Sargent, but legal
complications arose, and, since that
time, it has been lying idle. It will
be operated by the Page?, and they
have expended not less than $10,000
for new machinery and repairs, and
promise to begin operating it by the
above date, May Ist.
Already the Auburn Argus has
picked its candidate for sheriff of
King county in the person of Sena
tor John Wooding. It would appear
from the tone of the Argus last week
that it does not support Mr. Wooding
because it loves Mr. Van de Vanter
less, but wholly from circumstances
over which it has no control. That
state of affairs often happens to us
poor newspaper men, Brother Ran
kin, so do not feel bad over your
awkward political predicament.
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Pnget Sound People
Going to Spokane, Butte, Helena,
Minneapolis, St. Paul, or the East,
will enjoy the luxurious ease afford
ed by the Northern Pacific's new
North Coast Limited, in service on
and after April 29. Up-to-date
Standard Pullmans and the crack
tourist cars of the Northwest on this
new train.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900.
I! DRAMATIC
At the University Dur
ing the Past Week.
'EVERY BODY'S FRIEND"
Made a Decided Hit and Was a
Winner.
THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Makes Some Important Changes—
The Wave is to Be Managed by
the Assembly — Senior Class'
Commencement Preparations
Progressing Nicely Jnnior An
nnal Soon Ready for Distribu
tion.
The Dramatic Club of the Uni
versity of Washington gave their
second annual play last Friday even
ing. The play is entitled "Every
body's Friend," and to say that the
Dramatic Club interpreted it well
would hardly be doing justice to the
leading amateur artists who took
part, It was simply magnificent
from beginning to end, and the audi
ence showed its hearty appreciation
of their efforts. "Everybody's
Friend" is a three-act comedy and
has had great success in many of the
leading Eastern cities. The east of
characters was as follows: Felix
Featherly, Clarence M. Larson;
Frank Icebrook, Worth Densmore;
Major Wellington De Boots, Alfred
(Jiles; Trap, Ed McCammon; Eu-"
s^enia Featherly, Elizabeth B. Han
cock; Julia Swandown, Edna Rob
ertson; Auerlia Mandeville De
Boots, Florence Pearson; Fannie,
Sylvester. The music for the occa
sion was furnished by the university
orchestra. About all the students
and their friends attended the per
formance. Then, there were a large
number from town also present, so
that the club scored a financil suc
cess.
At a meeting of the student as
sembly on Friday of last week two
very importatn amendments were
made to the constitution of that
"august body." One of these em
powers the assembly to elect its oiii
eera two weeks before the close of
the spring term, instead of at the
beginning of the autumn term. The
other grants the assembly the right
of choosing the manager of the Pa
si fie Wave. Heretofore this import
ant personage has been appointed by
Lhe publication committee, to whom
it was his duty to report occasionally
on the financial condition of that
organ.
The Senior class is progressing
nicely with its; preparations for com
mencement day entertainments. At
a meeting of the class on Thursday
the various committees having in
charge the arrangements for that
rlay reported, and some careless
senior has permitted it to leak out
that the class intends to introduce
now as well as unheard-of hits and
jokes upon the faculty, regents and
students. The class has among its
membership some excellent material
and no one need fear but that it will
make the class day exercises interest
ing to all.
After the patience of the factuly
and students have been sorely tried
in waiting for the Junior annual, it
is now reported that that publication
will appear aY mt the end of the
week. It will be handsomely bound
in heavy cloth board and will bear
the university colors—purple and
gold. It will contain about forty full
pages of beautiful half-tone engrav
ings, histories of various student or
ganizations and fraternities. The
writing has been done almost entire
ly by the Junion class and is in a
someAvhat humorous style. Many of
the leading members of the factuly
have been cartooned by the student
artist*. On the whole it will far sur
pass anything that has ever appeared
at the university.
One of the most handsome books
ever issued by the Northern Pacific
company has just been sent out. It
is certainly the most splendid review
of the Northwest that has been issued
by any one for years. It is not only
replete with Northwest information,
but it is likewise pleasingly diversi
fied with historical reminiscences.
"Wonderland," the title of the neat
new book, is certainly- a wonder in
its get up and is deserving of the
very highest praise. No book of its
kind has ever been issued by any
other railroad company in the North
west.
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-.. Those Going To
The Lewiston, Buffalo Hump, Big
Bend, Coeur d'Alene or Kotenai re
gions can enjoy the new North Coast
Limited with its electric lights,
steam heat, wide vestibules and Ob
servation Cars, after April 29, and
make close connections on the North
ern Pacific at Spokane for all morn
ing trains.
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Tom Dempsy's Daily to Beat the
Piper's Daily in the
Seattle Market.
: "Lining up for the coming cam
paign/ is not confined solely to the
man who has an itching palm for an
office, but it is likewise true of the
Seattle newspapers and newspaper
| men. Within the past week some
notable changes in the editorial
rooms of the Times have transpired.
Tom McGill, who has been city edi
tor since the retiring of O. M. Moore
from that position, has been fired
and he is now in Tacoma on one of
the papers in the capacity of re
porter. : J. A. Costello, who is said
to be one of the best reporters in the
city, is now city editor of the Times
f in^ad- r of MeGill.v'..r w v.;_.,^f . -K-:
The Post-Intelilgencer has also
lost a splendid man from its repor
torial staff in the person of D. K.
Larimer. Dave left the Times about
a year ago, where he was getting $10
per week, and accepted a position on
the P.-I. at $18 per week, but the
Colonel could not do without Dave,
and so he has succeeded in getting
him to come back and is now giving
him $20 per week. Here is an in
stance where quitting and getting
hired over paid and paid well.
Unless the Pipers get their papers
in the Seattle field pretty soon, it ap
pears that they will have another
daily, to buck, for it is being whis
pered about the streets that T. H.
Dempsy, who for years ran a daily
and subsequently a weekly paper in
Seattle, has a daily proposition up
his sleeve and has money to help him
pull it out at an early date. It was
positively given out one* day this
week that Dempsy would certainly
start an evening paper in Seattle in
the very near future, and that he had
already been making contracts with
well-known business houses for ad
vertising space.
The consolidation of the Saturday
Mail and Herald was the desideratum
for the two papers. Practically
speaking, they were of one opinion
before they consolidated, and there
was nothing else for them to do but
consolidate, that is, if they proposed
to do business instead of cut each
others throats. Messrs. Way and
Hampton are rustlers from the word
go, and there is no doubt but that
the new concern will put out one of
the most readable papers in the city,
and likewise one of the best paying
ones.
The Seattle Bee, owned by D. W.
Griffin, in its last issue promises to
Ibe on hand regularly every Monday
morning, by which it is understood
that it is now on a business basis and
will not have to get out this week
and try to get out next, with no ap
parent hope of success.
All of these changes show very
conclusively that the newspapers are
rapidly lining up for the coming
campaign, and a battle royal from
the newspaper forts can be looked
for.
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Told in Short and
Pithy Paragraphs.
THE NEGRO JOURNALIST
Is Spreading the News of His
Race.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
No Separate Schools in New York
—Tuskeegees Picture—A Negro's
Bravery -K. P.'s Benevolent
Work— St. Louis' Undertaking
Firm— Coleman's Cotton Mill-
Tanner, the Artist—Taylor, the
Musician—Ex-Confederate Sol
diers.
Mississippi has 114 colored ex-con
federate pensioners on its pay roll.
Wonder when they have last been to
the polls to vote?
Robert Thompson, the wealthiest
Negro in the vicinity of Carlisle,
Ivy., died recently, leaving an estate
valued at from $50,000 to $60,000.
The Walter Lippincott prize of
$300 for the best figure painting ex
hibited Ivy an American artist in the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
was awarded the gifted Afro-Ameri
can artist, Henry O. Tanner.
Miss Estelle Hawkins, of Cincin
nati, Ohio, has been elected class
poet by the members of her class in
Walnut Hill High School. She is
the first person of color whose true
worth has thus been honored.
A bill is now under consideration
in the New York legislature provid
ing that no person shall be refused
admission to any public school on ac
count of race or color and repealing
the law authorizing separate schools
for colored children.
John F. Dorsey, of Washington,
copyrighted his patent, a system for
burglar alarms. He is well up in
electricity, having for several years
been in the employ of an electrical
company. His invention will make
a valuable acquisition to the Negroes'
exhibit, if sent to Paris, France.
Within the last three years the
Knights of Pythias of Ohio have di
vided over $12,000 among the
widows and orphans of its deceased
members throughout the state. Al
ready this year $3,000 has been dis
bursed, with a surplus of $1,000 re
maining in their treasury.
A list of about 1,100 books and
pamphlets by colored authors has
been secured by Mr. Daniel Murry,
of the library of Congress. These
will be used in the Afro-American
exhibit at the Paris exposition. Mr.
Stoddord has been requested by Mr.
Murry to make a note of this fact in
a future edition of his Cyclopedia of
American Literature.
The undertaking firm of Russell &
Gordon, of St. Louis, Mo., is the
largest of its kind in America owned
and conducted by colored men. They
have in their stables some of the
most blooded of Kentucky's animals,
six of the finest rubber-tired car
riages, two up-to-date hearses, and
their drivers are always dressed in
suitable livery. Russell & Gordon
are members of the City Undertaking
Association and employ regularly
twelve men, paying over one hun
dred dollars per week for labor.
J. H. Tucker, Company H, 24th
infantry, writes from the Philippines
that the question, "What shall we do
with our Negro graduates?" has been
answered by the Spanish war, and
that their place and opportunity in
life is in the Philippines. He further
says: "This is certainly a fine field
for young Negroes, both as teachers
FRIGE h'Xh CENTS
iiul preachers. Thousands of Fili
pino children are growing up
throughout this island as wild as
deer, and have not the least idea that
there is any other church than the
Catholic."
Mr. S. Coleridge Taylor, the son
of an African father and an English
mother, is today the man before the
public's eye in the musical circles of
London. Mr. Taylor has set to
music Longfellow's great poem,
■'Hiawatha." This he has done in
three sections: "Hiawatha's Wedding
Feast," "The Death of Minnehaha,"
and "Hiawatha's Departure." The
newspaper criticisms were favorable
indeed, and it is said that the three
selections contain some of the truest
and best music of the present cen-
I v iy.
Concord, North Carolina, has a
new establishment in the way of cot
ton mills. Warren Coleman, a Negro
and one of the industrial leaders of
that section of the country, after
much work on the mill scheme has
succeeded in forming a company,
and they now have in operation "a
first-class, up-to-date cotton mill.
The enterprise has attracted much
attention, owing to the fact that it
originated in the mind of a Negro
and is owned and conducted by Ne
groes. The mill contains 5,200 spin
dles, 140 looms and 22 cards, besides
other necessary machinery.
An excellent lithograph of Tus
kegee Normal and Industrial Insti
tute of Tuskegee, Ala., has been sent
jut by that famous institution.
There are fifty-seven buildings on
the grounds, all of which were de
signed and constructed by pupils of
that institution under the direction
:>f their worthy president, Booker F.
Washington. The picture is a re
minder of what, worth and intelli
gence can do—a grand monument,
as it were, to the success of Negro
production. Every Afro-American
home would be better ornamented
had it one of the pictures on its
walls. The sum of 60c sent to Mr.
Washington will secure the picture,
post-paid.
A Negro during a recent fire at a
flat house in New York distinguished
himself and proved that the Negro's
bravery is not "born of desperation
only." He was on his way to work
and detected the fire, which soon
gained much headway. On the sec
ond floor a man with his six little
children stood completely cut off
from all escape by the flames. This
Negro, M. S. Anderson by name,
with two passersby ran into the
building next door and on up to the
third floor. With his two companions
holding his legs, Anderson swung
head downward, and swaying his
body backward and forward managed
to reach the children as the father
held them up to him. And all were
rescued from a horrible and speedy
death. . J
(Roslyn Miner.)
The entertainment given to raise
the traveling expenses of the pastor
of the A. M. E. Church as a dele
gate to the General Conference to
be held in Columbus, Ohio, May 7,
1900, was a grand success both finan
cially and as a literary effort. The
Silver Leaf Club, an auxiliary of the
church, furnished the refreshments,
and the Literary and Musical Club
furnished the literary and musical
treat. Both were perfect. The net
proceeds amounted to more than $60.
The thanks of the pastor and church
is gratefully returned to all who con
tributed to the grand success
GEO. A. BAILEY, Pastor.
The Seattle friends of Rev. Bailey
are quite pleased to learn that he will
soon leave for the General Confer
ence of his church at Columbus, and
that the good folk of Roslyn sent
him there in proper shape, financially
and otherwise. Rev. S. J. Collins
will also be a delegate to the General
Conference, and he and Rev. Bailey
will leave together.
Mining Men
Going, to the Kootenai country
Rossland, Coeur d'Alene country, or
Buffalo Hump, will find the North
Coast Limited on the Northern Pa
cific just the thing. In service after
April 29. Close connection' made at
Spokane with all outgoing trains.
