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9 MB. SMITH REPLIES. He Denies Judge Burke's Charges Against the 0. L Co. THE ••EXCLUSIVE" FRANCHISE. Aaothor Costrtbstln to tha Terminal Controversy—'Great Northers at WesaUbM. The Interview with Jud?« Thomas Burke, counsel of the Great Northern rail road. on ther terminal controversy pub lished in Monday's PoeT-lsTntiOEsC*a, caused C. J. Smith, general manager of the Oregon Improvement Company, to make the following reply to a Porr-1 utelli «r?sc*»reporter yesterday: The Jnflga devotes the most of his rer»iy to the b-tghtenlng up of the dark age, wh ch, whi e interesting as an account < f the hloVirv that is made, does act seem to brine us any nearer to terminal plans. I will refer briefly to so ice of the historical Incidents. The Orag in Imorovraent Company's exten sion did not receive a subsidy to the extent of 9100,' M or 9150,000 or any other sum, as the Jndgg woaid hav* people Infer. It did hare a inn ranch smaller than the one mentioned advanced to It, which has since teen repaid with I per cent interest In regard to the Pnret Sound Phore road. I have scaroeiy ev#r read a historical stateme t consisting of so much rumor and » .ch a mix tare of name*. The Jndse has erMpntiy taken t J 'e na-ne of the Oregon Improvement Company and attached it to every lnci-ltnt that he cou'.d use to appeal to popnlar prejudice. The Oregon Improvement Company never owned a dollar's interest in the "Orphan road," directly or indi rectly, and, so far from being responsiblo for it or its failnres, St was the only company «* Individual to come forward and a franco the means to hire equipment and oner-to the road. The Oregon and Transcontinental Com pany built and owned the road, and the »M!m of the fmprovsment Company was ta»e:' wr.en that company either wouid not or could not find the ncce.»a-y funds, and was Boutin ed until the Pnget Sound - hore rosd perfected i's own organization and assumed control. Its ac tion in so operating the road t-a« taken directly in the interest o! fck-Ettie, and with a certainty of loss. The Jndge stves the water block between Main and HVashinirton street* was donated to the Improvement Comnsrtjr. As. we have deeds and vouchers in the office showing over MO,OOO waa paid for It by the company, I a - n forced Into the belief that the Judge meant some other block or po«slbly aotne other company. 7he Judge i» • hteh authority, but where z ft chases gift, and franchise follow* franchise, a* they must have rtone through the ju !g*'s mind In late Tear I *, a slight erroris ex< u*abta. Thet-o natters, however, are the dust thrown in the air t<> obscure the questions rno'e interestin* to the public and which I am sorry to see. the Judge either touches upon very Ugbtiy or ignore* entirely Su hia interview. lie denies w.th feeling that r-ant» r-n Rail road avenue are exclusive, and atts up the ian gusgeof the ordinance: That hereafter any other railway cornpany constructing a *tnndnrd sr*mrc railwnvto flat tie, oa receiving a franchise from th:s e ty, can have tbe rsirbt to tlie comnon use of said tr*< ks In the aiort-aald rights f-way for the running <.f Ita train* thi-reon, upon the payment to the *aid Pea'tSe A Montana Railway Company, ita «u<*- ©»*«ora an t a*s.pn*. of »ueh monthly or annual rental and compensation as may be just and »qlltable, and *ii*v<-et to an h r< aeonaMe rul'M • fid teen ati'-n« a» r-iv rr>-,,is!rnt trt'.h t'w prirr rink't of an. 4 sc.it: •• t Montana Ra; way «..'om !•»»*. aw«-M»»rtr« «ad assigns, aid pinch a* »h.;lt tin' inUrfn-f vvk or tht (fitpn'rh and Iwsnsoc* -m >.f the of the said SfatlU <fc Ji -ninna RailWif fbmjjiny. And in <-r.*e »*t<i rauwar oor*panv can not acre* with aaid Ht attieA Montana Kai l war Com pany. ita < r assign*. upon the terms and compensation to paid for the n«e of said track* aa aforesaid, any controversy re*'<ectmg the amount to bs p»:| tr> *aid Seattle M n tana Railway Company, ita sncc?f«ors or a«- • srna. for the priTilegwof the n»eol *a'd trtieks, aud tto« condition*, te-ma and reealation oi anch n*e. auch controversy ahall !e *ut iii:tt»-d to arbitration according to the laws in f .rr - m the*t»teof Waahintrton, and *nch *ubnii«*ion ahall have the tame f »rc« atid bind;n? efT."t upon the pnrtiea hereto aa ahall N* provi l s .i by such lawa in other caaes of arbitration Mark the worda In lUllci: ' with the prtor rf<7.Mf of the Feattle A Montana Rail way Company." and aubject to rules "#wA at »'>a!lnot fnlerfcmeHhor imprtt the d"patch and tratuacfio* «t fV twin's* of the Seatt'e .t, Mon tana Railway Company." What company could ever hop# to the Seattle A Montana tracks !n the mo>t limited way without interfering with or Impeding the dispatch of to aome extent? This means, if it mean* anyhing, that if the Seattle A Montana Railway Company desires to Kraut trackage to another company, and get* the pri»*e it demands, it will do so; otherwise lt» hus;n«sswill beinicrlertid with or Impeded hr such us<«. J was wrong in calling: the grants exclusive. They am wor»« than exclusive. The p.-o Vie are juggled into the belief that the fraoehiso haa some restrictions. Every pood lawver am! evs>eri*nced railroad man knows in r"a'ity there are none. We eo?rv» now to the most intervsti'ig topic fti the discussion. In my former interview 5 H gked the Ju< i ere to endeavor to rectify the errors made in granting those franchises on Railroad av«- nue. and r >afer a rreat lenerit on the city hy l<tingiti(j his company into some terminal ar rangement. I a< arm in vain through the Judge's reply for a y express on of the attitude of hla company. Iledoea aay that It will build a depot of its own if tt enn obtain the t>roi«erty cheaply enough; but th>> vita! question, the matter in wtitch every one is Interested, the only question at issue—the formation of a ter minal company i.r the inaugration o' saute p m that would provda eo T>tn-»t» and e.jMs' rU'.ta to all railroa Is now here or to coaie—passed by in silence. Could anything i* rr>re \ column and aha'l he vie t •• Terminal F jbt," and not even a mention of t.' e subject New % nrlt-l'hlcago Trlephons I lne. Cifl<'*oo. Oct. I l *—A representative gathering from commercial, scientific and newspaper c.rcies assembled in the 4 hicago ofTi ea cf t.'ie I,ong liistance Telephone Company this afternoon to witness the formal opening of telephone communication between New York and Chicago. The main wire was tapped and each visitor was provided with a receiver an.! heard distinctly all t'-\t passed on the wire between Mayor Washbume and Mayor Gran t, and as, A musical pro gramme Nrw YORK. Oct Th* ion<:-d stance telephone line between this ctty and Chi cago was formally opened this afternoon in the presence of a distinguished com pany. President Hudson ripla nod the assembly before the t<-t t>e.-ui that be tween Now Yor* arid Chicago was tha lonpest telephone line in trie world. A cor net eolo/'Mar Sj ancled Banner," a a* then plavtvl, an 1 the m:hc tamiliar tune was repeated from Chica.->. The noes caine clear and distinct. "America" was sent •nd rcce-Ted to tint will WJ~. an i then Mayor r.ranf srwke t > Mayor Washburne, o! hi- i 1 '0 i'. \ \-i the citv of Nc* York." said Mayor Washburne. "The citv of New Y-t* returns the component an I wish.s you all success in the p rest celt oration vou are to have this week," was Mavor «tranl'» renlv. -The city of CklctfO »• tends greeting and congratulates « e a ». tion." Mid M ay.»r Waahbl eive'r, "on an American invention winch shall supplement the telegraph an ! enable the people of the continent t ,• •• . ins rat# where they now resort to t 0 p -t and telegraph." Mavor i-rim in e >n rluslon made a graceful personal exj a; on of regret a; Ins iitrto attend tie dedication exercises this »e«k. fl>i!ftn P»u*it«r tialn lititnrni. v'mu'so, 0 t. I-—Chairman Caldwell, ott -j Western 1 Association, t-v day put the tin-.s?or.£ touches to a (treat piec*' of *ork. It amounts, jn fact to raisin: the rates Ktween ass-viati n i oints which ha 1 U i reduced for tr.e .a%t year and a ha *. i ;n«nns an increase in nrenueaTer.v a year, ion nee ting line* ui.l I># rr<j iwtcil to use t< e ti •UreJ JAits u r »u Uimucsj ticketed y.a Chicajro west-bound line?. Telegrams were sent out informing connecting iinee. as weli ti members of the association, that tba use of aii «o-caiied »t<ecial reduced rates, now in efTert between Chicago, St. Loais and Missouri river cities, wiil b* discontinued on October 31 and the old rates re-established. It had among the signers the Alton road. This terminates the war which has been on since the Alton left the association two years ago. Cili>» Back to Non Us*. C. W. Fchaber; has resignel as purchas ing agent of the Seattle Coal and Iron Company, to take a position with the Mon tana Improvement Company at M Jwou'.a, his former employers. He leaves today on the steamer Citv of Puebia for Fan Francisco, whence he goes to Stockton for a f«»w days, and on his retu;p will go to Missouia. Mr. Schaherg was for several years purchasing ag»r,t of the Lake Shore road, and h s departure will be regretted by many friends. He will be succeeded in the Coal and Iron Company's office hy C. O. Loomis, who was formerly in the auditor's office of the Lake Shore road. A rmifmioa to Whrst Hblppers. The following notice has been issued by the Northern Pacific offi-iais. taking effect at once and continuing until December 1: AV ra-t», r»g»rd!ess of leneth. may be loaded ASft) poanls above their marked capacity be fore -penalty charge for excess loading will be a?>p!ie4. F.xrent weizht aix.ve 4.X0 ponnds over marked capacity of car will bo subject to usual excels penalty charge. This is a concession to the wheat ship pers. who have been forbidden to load cars to their capacity in balk. Cars of 3**,000 pounds capacity or less have been chafged double rates for any overloading. Mont# Crl«to Grid* »srlr It#ady. The pradc of the Everett <t Monte Cristo railroad is practically completed as far as Bilverton, twelve miiesfrom Monte Cristo. and is progressing rapidlr fr r »m there east, so that it will be out of the way of the tracklayers. Earle <£ Donohue have ?ot a hole thronrh the SOO-foot tunnel, and the others are nearlv finished. Neither of the ships brmtrinc raiis has been heard from since the Cobarn was spoken in the Pacific ocean. <lreat Northern Const-qetlon. The City Jniirnnl of October 15 savs: J. O. will finish the open mud cut above Granite Point in about two wee ks. The timber? and iron for the per manent railroad bridge over the Sultan nvr at this place are being laid down. P. F. Con!ey, the superintendent of construc tion, says that a few days will suffice to complete the bridge, as the timbers are all framed and ready to be put together. K*tendln< Telephone System. The Sunset Telephone Company yester day bejjan building an exchange at Ever ett, where it will open with sixty suliscrib ers. The central otßce will be temporarily in Swalwell <t McCormiok's drusr store. The company is also rebuilding the line from \\ hatcom to Kairhaven by running severa metallic wires to overcome the in duction from the street railway wires. *» r **t Northern at Wenatchee. Th»» Great Northern tracklayers were ex pected to arrive at Wenatchee yesterday, and the occasion was to 1-e celebrated by thedrivineof a silver spike by one of the o.d settlers. Track was three miles awav on Saturday, and was being laid at the rate of a m;le a day. progress being slow i»ecau«»e material had to be transferred across the Columbia river. liailroarl ami Corporation Vntsa A. C. Mart n, general agent o' the t'nlon Paci fic railroad, went to Port fownsend yesterday. The Orecoo Improvement Company's wa'er coal bonkers at Portland are finished and t.'.e railroad bunkers are about two-thirds finished. Four miles of the Msple Valley extension of the Columbia A I'uget Sound road a;e ready for tr*'-k. 1 bough the f ;ree of bss bejn increased lately, there i* stfii room for more. Tb« American District Telegraph Company will hare a new cab's strung to its today ready to do business ai usual. Ssveral of its wires were burnt out by cro»*intt with the elec tric wires early on Monday morning, and busi ness baa aince been dona with tetnjforary wires. K I 1.1.E1> BY AN ENGINE. A Roy's Haste to < ross the Track Costa iliin Ilia I.ife. Mike Haschka, a boy living near the end of «iratit street bridge, in South Seattle, was fatally injured at the Commercial street crossing of the Northern l'acific railroad at about 1_':10 yesterday after noon. being run over by switch engine No. 6. The boy worked at the Hart Lumber Company's mill and was on his way up from the works t > get some tobacco at a truit stand just north of the railroad cross ing. Watchman McNaught was off, tak ing h's lunch in a near-by restaurant and bis place was taken temporarily i.y George Ketcher. The latter was standing nt the crossing on the north side of the track, signalling to the engine to come ahead as it approached f-oru the north. His back was *to the fruit stand out of which the boy came running, at tempting to cross the tra. k ahead of the engine. He was struck by the footboard and dragged ai.out thirty feet, his legs being so mangled that he died about three hours later. Two of the switch crew were on the foot bar ! and one of them. Switch man Trumbull, tried to reach forward and save the boy, but in vain. He was taken to Providence hospital and put under ti#o inliuence of anjesthetics but only lived about three hours. The body was taken to Uonney A Stewart's under! a'*in:" r >■ '7ns. The boy w s U years old ar.d was a son of Michael Kaschka, a laborer. KNOCKED DOWN ANI» KORREn. A l'llot's Early >lornlnit Adventure llilef and I'l under Captured. Capt. James Healy, the Alaska pilot, of Victoria. 11. C., was knocked down and robbed of a goid watch and chain at :* ' o'clock yesterday m<»rning on Commercial street, l>etween Washington nil 1 Jack-.on. In front of the Gottstein bntiding, fht thief, a man named Robert Miller, was ar retted ten minutes ..iter by Officer Powers wbile trying sell the stolen prot>erty for to a colore 1 man named John W.Uev, who sells hot corn at the People's theater, South Second ati 1 Washington streets. Miller w.i> at once taken to t! e p»!ice headquarters and searched. The officers divested him of nearly all his clothm* in the search, but apparently >n Tain, tonally it wa* noti. Ed thai he an ] eared to have a swelling n one of his cheeks and a little choking brought the *i«> en go 4s out in sh n order. Miller and an accomplice named Ilufus f t, who wis arrested ai> it alt hour later were arraigned before Justice Von io 1 y»-sterday af ern.vui, and the case w s c i tinned until 10 o'clock thts morn ing, b.M prisoners and. complaining wit i:es? he r»g bvked up meantime. Miller is know u to the pel ice as a daring criminal. T'.enj :s a msa :a Jss-a who mates a goad llvms ss a prophet lie has tsea paid lii % \k *r : >r f e i<t f.:teen yea-s -.'or n -t :reiucit c s tidal Wave w *i ** , ivct-p c.osr o*er is and." Ihecrr.ii. "Js nsuvt s ba'ueve that he has the power io aitra I a wav« taat w ii over w aelni the country. Choicest lots in Hill tract foror.lr ?!'>*>; corners :n proportion. Gardner .V Stratton. Haiiey but ding. MUHty io fao.ooo /jia.'f H 't'.n f.l, 2t*spicne oj. i TTTE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1!). ISM. TRANSPACIFIC TRADE Chinese Merchants Unite to Draw It to Seattle. WA CHONG'S GREAT WORK. Nertbsrs Pacific St»*men to Bring Goods Her* For All tho North- west— Benefits to Bsiilt As a result of the efforts of WaChong, the Chinese merchant, a highly profitable tra le with the Orient is likely to spring up here by means of the Northern Pacific steamers, which now stop here. Wa f'bong has just returned from a trip E ;«t as far as New York, working up busi ness for *he line. One of the conditions on which Ws Chong Uid this was that the vessels of the hne should come in here and handie the business he workvd up through this port. Speaking of the matter yester day. he said: Tae company sent me on a pass. I established two stores in Montana, one st Butte and another a: Helena. Tneaa stores will carry from 95.000 tof 10,00 worth of stock. We j ;«t ih.pped two car loads of goods to Butte from here, and will ship a like amount to Helena in a few days. T h.s is * :*t for a starter. A:! the Chinamen in Montana have been getting the.r goola ttroueh Ban Franc.sco, but now we will try to sret their tra ie here. Rtilroad transportation has oeen and is too high. The railroad pets about seven tentbs, the steamship li e two-tenths, and we about one-tenth of the profit. I did not arranre any definite plan of handling the through basiness here. Wo might organize a b:g arcdicate, but we are afraid. We don't know how tbii registration bueinoaa Is coming out It is probable the goods will be entered and the duty paid here. Ite company is also looting aiter she passenger traffic. The through fare between New Yorx ar.d Honskong over the Canadian Pacific Hne isfiOO. I thins the North ern Pacific line will make a rate of 9-»j aeytow, but I don't itnow yet la about a month or two months 1 wiil probably go to China for the com pany to make arrangement* for the shipment of flour from htrre. We can ehip flour from h<re as cheap as Portland or San Francisco. Wa Chong held numerous conferences with other ieading shippers here before takms this step and they are all encourag ing him in his work. Of coarse the gen eral refusal of ail the heavy shippers to patronize the Northern Pacific line unless its vessels landed at Seattle has had great weight in inducing the company to yield, but it is doubtful whetner it would have had the desired effect for some time yet had it not been for this deal with \Va Chong. It is aimitted by a!l to be one of the most important moves in the interest of the city that has ever been made. James S. Goldsmith, of the Schwabacher Bros. Company, expressed the general senti ment in regard to it yesterday when he said: Tb's step on tbo psrt of w» Chonp means a dre&t deal Ciore thin it shows on t.ie surface. I do not imagine tL&t our house will rtap any di rect benefit from it for some tirai and it may be quite a while before the general edect of it on the commercial int-rests of Seattle will be felt, but it is laying a zood foundation for a business that is bound to jfrow. There is no reaton wl;y this business should not be done here just rs well a* at »an Kranc:sco and I believe that in a very »hort time Seattle can control just as much, li not more of it, than does San Francisco. Wa Chong ua* talked the whole thing over with me and he know* what he ia talkies about Deputy Collector of Custoni3 D. A. Mc- Kenzie said: It i* one of the most important moveg ever made in the interest of this city. It u just what I have been urging in a general way ior some time, tvery vtasel coming in here leaves more or less money, and %vhen they make thU tiie.r principal port and discharge all their through cargo here, «s they are bound to do in time, every vessel coming iu will bo worth at least |-,OJO to the city, 'lhen if the j-assenger tralfic amounts to anything, and it is sure to in time, it will nv.-an a great dea! more. The coo.li will have to be entered and probably the duty paid h -re through W'a Choag. It will necessitate ad ditional customs house officials after a whi'e, and benefit tr.e city in a thousand ways we never conceive of. TIG RIP VAN WINKLE KIUNED. Engineer nn<! Cook Narrowly Escape <»nly the Hull Kemtitis. T'.:g Rip Van Winkle was burned at Kingston at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and it was bv mere chance that Chief En gineer Frank Mails and the cook boy, who were asleep on the boat, were awakened in time to avoid being burned. The boat was w holly destroyed. Capt. Harry Gillespie and his mate, A. J. Holden. had gone ashore in the row boat to loosen up a boom of loirs the boat was waiting to tow out on the tide. Some time after they had gone they saw a sudden burst of liame rise from the boat, and they pulicd back as fa>t as they could. When they re ache I her she was ail ablaze, and the engineer and cook boy were still fa«t asleep. They just had time to awaken them and get them into the rowboat before* the flames burst into the room in which they slept, but none of the personal effects of the car-tain or crew could be saved. Th« boat burned to the water's edge and then sank in about three fathoms of water. She will probably he raise land her machinery taken out, but the hull is a total wreck. The boat was owned by D.N. Holden proprietor of the Zerlim* saloon at the foot of University street. Mr. Holden had her fixed up and painted recently and valued her at from f- ortu to ? 1,000. She was in sured for $-l,oi "0. The origin of the fire could not be dis covered. as it w as too far along when Oapt. Gillespie reached the boat to tell much about where it started. His opinion, how ever, was that it started somewhere around the boiler. It burned like kindling wood, the fresh paint adding to the fury of the flames. lne Kin Van "Winkle was quite an old tug boat, having been built at Astoria in 1*77. but she was in very fair condition. >!ie was fifty-seven feet long, sixteen feet beam and seven feet hold and her net ton na e was twentv-one. She had thirty horse power compound engines. GONE TO TIIK DCV |i(M K. The TVl!Umrtl» t.i lie Repalre.J-Cargo Thrown ln*»—The inquiry. Steamer Willamette, in accordance with the order of the board of local .n«r*"*tors, wen: to V v »nartermas:er harbor yesterday to i l e paced in the l>e Lion dry dock f«r a survev an 1 temporary repairs. She kei t on About >-»> tons of coal, the balance hav- t-een discharged »n scows and a por t; n onto the steamer rmatiila. Most of i w.iat w a** p..t on the > v? screenings nn 1 a eo<d deal of it was heated. I: was t icV it would not pay to rehandle it so it was throw n . <V under Stetson A Post M i Company's wharf. i le Uwd oi surveyors appointed br 31 ->:.accr iJ. Smith has n>t fully decided 1 i» i.ether to make a formal report or not b t it is probable some kind of a report w id he made. The investigati >n of the cause of the collision will he begun betore the board of inspectors Saturday. As is the custom of the board, the investigation will be ccn d icted in secret. TIIK tiAT/KKT (OME3 BACK. * | Uf*thtr Too Thrraieniu{ for Her t« tentnre tint to !»e*. Steamer Bailey Gatrert. which started around J.»r the Columbia river about a inontn ag.\ returned to this port yester- ' day. havi; j lam in N.\ah hay all tr.e time I w n::n; for an opportunity to start j around. Bat tbe weather was too threat- i Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rti&J IX'jßws Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ering ali the time and Capt. Gilmore finally brought her back. Capt. H. M. Hughes, who took the Hiissaio around for the Union Pacific Company, started out with the Gaisert Capt. Hughes is noted for being a very cautious navigator, and, when he reached Neah bay, he waited for a smooth sea and a rising g : a3s, not being disposed to t3ke any chances with a stern-wheel boat in a heavy sea or a storm. Bat a wait of nearly two weeks brought no taore favorable weather than when the boat first reached Neah bay, and Capt. Scott, presi dent of the company, becoming impatient, sent Capt. Gilmore out to relieve Capt. Hughes and take her around. C3pt. Gil more proved to be quite as cactio-ia as Capt. Hughes, and now, after waiting two weeks nure. he brings the vessel bacit. not being disposed to keep her out uader heavy expense any longer. All the old "skippers" predict good weather now. as the glass is rapidly rising, and it is probable Capt. Gilmore w.il tuake another start to-day or tomorrow. TROUBLE OVER A XOS-fXIOS Cf.EW Captain of the Katie Flickirger at War With bailors aad Longshoremen. Cant. Mcßae. of the barkentine ?Catia Fuckinser, now loading lamber at Smith's cove, has complained to the Chamber of Commerce and to the press that the ;ong» shoremen's 3nd sailors' onions havs be tween them driven away his non-nnion crew and intimidated men he has hi?i?d to discharge and load the ship. Representa tives of both unions deny the captain's al legations. and ?ay his crew deserted be cause he did not treat them decently. Be that as it may. the crew is gone. Capt. Mcßae says they were all good sea men. and that they only left the ship be cause on the second day in port they were warned by the representatives of one of the unions that it woaid n-st be safe for non-union sailors to remain on the ship. The two mates who re mained with the captain s-.y that the crew were well treated and fed. and that they hart no cause to desert, and that the men said they would etay if the captain would secure protection for them. Both unions deny emphatically inter fering in any way with the crew, and say they defy the captain to prove that they have. Captain Mcßae says he has been warned by the union that he can never leave this port with a non-union cr«w on board. He says he intends shipping a non union crew and will leave the port with it in spite of the unions. Catch of th« Whaler*. Fa* FsAif Cisco, Oct. !«.—The whaling schooner Allen arrived from Fox island this afternoon with 4.100 pounds of bone. She reported the catch of the Arctic fleet up to date as follows: Xo | V/v Whale* Vfttrl Tr'ui'fs. Alloc Knowles .'Jraiat us (?tr.) 3 Alaska SjVewport. ... 3 Au'irew Hicks. < >*i»a (jtr.j 10 F. A. Barttow. 1: rt: rasher (Str.) 11 J. H. Freeman (str.). 2!Ba!anafitr.) 9 K'lsarlo. i'f Beluga (Str). 12 Mars : Mmdm (Btr.) ... 10 Percy Edwards I'Bounding Billow .. "> Kea Breeze . : Hunter 10 Boa&nza J Narwaai (?ir.) ...... 9 Helen Mar )i James Alien . 1 i Total 101 I.a Ninfa li A Gift for the Steamer Seattle, In recognition of the compliment raid to this city in the naming of the Seattle, which was launched on Lake Michigan a few weeks atro. President Graves of the Chamber of Commerce has had a beautiful {.holograph of the city Iramed for presentation to the stenmer. The photograph is about three feet long and the view was taken from the Ripley house, looking down Front street. Shipping; Intelligence. TATOO«H. Oct. IS.—5 p. m.—Cloudy; fre»h west w ad. CLALLAM KAY, Oct IS.—5 p. M.—Cloudy; 1iß..t west wind. PORT CRESCENT, Oct I&—s p. m.—Coudy; liv'ht northwest wind. PORT ANGELES, Oct. 18.—5 p. ra.—CU.ndy; light west wind. Sh Mylomene, Mt end tu£ Kaiu.er in the harbor. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IS.—Arrived—®tr'Well ington, from Departure bay: atr Umatilla, from Victoria; I*. ?. str M •''Arthur, from Tacoma: str Romulus, from Nanaimo; str Costa Rica, from Nanaimo; str Areata, from Coos bay. Trie Cnited .-;atc» lifsmer Mc Arthur, srhich wis r-' r'.td in distresa yesterday, was towed i:ito p rt t.>lay by the steamer Crescent City. Tii ■ M \rth ir t wheel came off in a b-.-avy sea, and when f.l by the Crescent C.ty si * was raj-.diy driiiia* on the Humboldt county shore. JOUTH IMP.O*, Oct, IS. —pe d, New VorJt. BHKMEHAVKV, Oct. lv— E.b«\ New York. ANTWEHP, i)ct. Li—Pennsylvania, i'hf;adel pirn. NEW YORK. Oct f —Circassia, Glasgow. I/OSDOS, Oct IN—Groat uneasiness ■& f«lt !n shipping and S;i->uraace circles resrarliraj the Briti*h ahlp liniqht Commander, Capt aT-ir d -ck. which »a:';ed from San Francisco 03 Ju'.y 30 for Q i-en-t «wn. It is believed she has founder'd o*l Horn. [The Knizht Commander is an Iron s.'sip of 3.1 ■ > ;< • s. Kill uris cnoorned tot «rKv,.:h a cargo of asJ.Ow fee; of lumber va.ued ti WATER FRONT NOTES. Steamer Al-Ki aails for Alaska Monday. Pteamer Mabel came off the ways at yesterday, after hnv.ng her "oottom cleaned, re cauikrd and paintdd. T 'IMV 's«Teim«hip day. The W.illa <» due from San Frais-iseo this raorn'n* a•• 1 the «'ity of i'ue ia f r San Francisco at 5o f «iock tbin evening. British ship Annealey was docked at the 'Com meri .a; wnarf yesterday and a small p >rt : -.n of htr carjro of cement discharged. She wilt now r > to i' e elevator on the West Side to »:i»c>iiirge about h*:f the remainder and then tu Tscoaa w;*h the balance. Cap.. Bcrgamn has flna ly succeeded ir ; cet t.n* his steamer Misado down from t >e r v.-r. wbcre she »rc»i stuck ;u coming d«>w& from iU«h:cg; -i some time a<r>. C*:>t. Berg man t'.en c"utemplafed putting her on lbs run bctweva Everett and Snohomish. >tcarner W. F. Munroe had twenty tcina of frviphtou oa the Snohomish route; thtr Fair havea -a i twenty to3s in aud fifteen oit the 1 » C-at-er n -re. the Ma:«et had fifty tO:sa -utoa t :e Snohomish routa; the Wasco had thirty five tons <v,;t f r \\ .atcom, and the had t-ventv tons out ;"or For; Angeles. D R PRICE'S /tpalß,Baking US_iiPowder: The only I'ure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Humes— 40 Years the Standard. SAVED BY THE CANAL. A Skipper Shows the Many Economies It Wonld Make. LESS FREIGHT RATES CERTAIN. Very Great Advantages to Ocean and Sound Shipping of a Fresh Water Harbor—A Profit to All. Capt. S. N. Greenleaf has been a sea faring man for thirty years, most of which time he was master. For years he was encased in the Puget sound trade, his last ship oeing the Fanny Tucker, engaged in the lumber business. He has retired and now lives in Seattle. "I cannot imagine." he said yesterday, "why any man who expects to do bus;ness in Seattle or work for wages there, or who owns the smallest piece of ground there, not being most enthusiastic in favor of the Lake Washington canal. It wiil make for Seattle the finest harbor in the world. "Let me te'.l you a few of the advantages the fresh water harbor will afford not only in building up Seattle but in reducing freight rates so that the Sound trade will be sought by ocean vessels. A ship can make just one!-fourth better time be tween Puget sound and Great Britain by having a clean bottom. Sailing shins coming from Europe are often becalmed, and this gives the worms" —this is the nautical term for the teredo—"a fire chance to ear their way in. Now, if on its arrival a ship could lie in fresh water, they would ail be killed and drop off On the next journey they would see new places, but would not touch the old ones. "Besides this, take the large number of stern wheelers and other Sound boats. In stead of havin? to be constantly re-covered and often having their entirely de stroyed in a few wears, they would last as long as the timbers would hold together. Ships lying in fresh water lose all their barnacies and other parasites. It is true a fresh water grass grows on them, bat .hat dies 08 in salt water. '•Then look at the saving in freight rates, dockaee and handling. I believe a ship of 2,000 tons, coming from Europe or other long voyage, by going into fresh water would save $-500 on the journey. It is not only the cleaning, but the rise and fall of the tide makes it very expensive to dock. Now, in a fresh water harbor the ship is towed in and there she remains as at first tied to the dock. As it is now. the ship on the Sound is chafed and strained by every tide; in loading frequent chances have to be made so as to get the freight in and out. In winter this is especially bad. There would be no fear of violent tides, of storms such as that of I*9o. All these risks and damages go to make freight rates higher. 'Then the immense dock room in the lake would save delays in discharging or tak ing on cargo. The wharf owners, having to pay less for the wharves, as they would live almost for a hundred years instead of, as now, having to be renewed every three years, could alford to handle freight and store goods at considerably lower cost. All this, too, would help to make better rates for wheat and every other bulky ca-go. "When ships load ccal at the Sound bunkers, either for export or for use, if the tide is low the fall of the coai from the chutes is much greater than it should be. It seems a small thing, but the breakage in loading a cargo of coal cuts quite a figure. The same is true in the loading of wheat. There would be in the lake harbor a perceptible saving in every item that goes to make up the cost of dockage, wharfage, wear and tear, risk and bottom cleaning. 4, 1t is in all these many small savings that the gain would be felt, aod they mount up in the course of a year." How Pr. Smith tiecame a Tarent. Pr, 11. F. Smith was greatiy surprised yesterday when a policeman called at his residence on Broadway and informed him in the most c urteous manner possible that he had Peen intrusted with the un pleasant duty of serving a warrant of ar rest on his ft**? doctor's) son for breaking windows in the synagogue. I)r. Smith told the officer he was sorry to disappoint such a gentlemanly member'of the force, but that as he was not a father he could not supply a son to be entwined in the meshes of police court law. Then the truth leaked out. Some urehtns had been seen in the act of breaking the windows of the synagogue, and one of them, when asked his name craftily answered that he was Pr. H. F. Smith's son. When the warrant w?.s sworn out the boy's word was taken fori he truth and the officer went there to make the arrest. The New Magazine Rifle. WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. K—Ths board of ordnance, which has had the duty of adjusting smaller caliber rifle sights and other details of the new magaz;ne gun for the army, haa handed in aa interesting report. The new weapon, which is a modification of the Krug- Joruensea gun, will he made at tlie M»'i, national armor* for the army and ma ins corpa. The nary will alio change itsrif!* to correspond. It is hoped to have some of the new weapons ready by January 1. Tne caliber o£ the army r tie w;U be reduced to ..m. Rn j ttle weight o? tho bullet w-11 ha grams; the charge will be thirty-six to forty grains oi | atnokeiesi powder. or such less weight as will ; give the ballet a rnuzi.e velocity of about 2,s)uo ■■ feet per second. 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