The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1899, Page 4

3 BY (LOSE BALLOT Municipal Owner- ship Is Defeated. IN COUNCHL COMMITTEE OF WHOLE Speeches Made Pro and Con by Friends and Opponents of Navin's Resolution. ‘The Navin resolution for municipal ownership of the street railways of the city was turned down by the eity council} last night Dr. Crieh- ton, a friend of the resolution, was absent when the final vote was tak- The matter had been made a en. special order for last night. and a large crowd waa present ¢o hear the discussion. The petition that had been clroulated for submeitting the question of municipal ownerahip to & Vote of the people, although the requisite nember of signatures had been obtainet, waa not presented. ‘The petition will be further cireulat- ed, aml as many signatures as pos- sible seoured, On a motion of Counctiman Jones, those dediring to address the coun- of] on the subject were given an op- pertunity. By mutual consent, the time altowed each side was limited to one hour and thirty minutes--one hour for argument and thirty min- utes for answering Prof. J. Allee Smith. Dr. H. F. Titus ard Judge Winsor, spoke tn favor, ami Jacob Furth, J. 8. Gold- amith, George Donoworth, Allen P. Mitton, Dr. BE. C. Kilbourne and Judge Thomas Burke eguinst the tzation of $5,000,000, or possibly §2.- $00,000 would be considered fair. ‘Thin would allow $ or $2.00 as the capital invested for every 1009 feet of preduct. Many planta under private ownership have tesa, but the average t» $945, or more three times as large as it should This added capitalization is due to dupiicution of plants and watered income te made 7 sg" BH res z ant i problem in Cleveland, O., capiral 920,000,000; authorized debt, cost of duplicating system, 37,000,000; gross annual earnings, §2.- 800,000; net earnings, $1,106,000, afford ing @ 4% per cent. income on $26,000,- In Gt. Louls, the cost of con- structing and equipping the street railways wae $89,406,000; their value ie $37,987,000. ‘The income gives a net return of 23 per cent. on the cost.” In addition, Prof. Smith took up Sireet raifway systems of Ptiladel- phia, Chicago and a number of other Cities. “We only ask that this matter be left to the people,” entd Dr. ‘Titus. “You can shift the matter to the people's bands and avoid the charge of being under inducements. sty a3 3" Friends of the franchise cannot ask | otherwise, Injunction proceedings ‘will be brought, and you will not be able to grant the franchise for sev- ral months at least. We have our petition present with the signatures of 20 per cent. of the voters, but wish to secure more signatures. These were secured In three days. I want to protest against the robbery of the many for the benefit of the few.” J. &. Goldamith opened the dicus- sion on behalf of the friends of the franchise, He said: “The man who pays the taxes isthe man who bears the burden. Tuxes are higher in Se- ettle than in any city on the const Workingmen Jo not cars whether fares are three or five cents. What they want are thelr wages paid regu- larly. Seattle cannot be compared a Glasgow, or any other city tn Burope. What we want is outside capital. The city is not ripe for this move.” Jace> Vurth sali: “I have been connected with the street railways since %, and I know what they cont ard what they earn. Only two lines earn operating expenses, They are kept out of the hands of receivers by stockholders paying the operating expenses cut of their own pockets. A private corporation pays clower at- tention to business than can a muni- cipalty.” “Tt ts 4 question of business with the counct!,” said Mr. Donworth “We want street railways, and not @ theory. The consolidated company will give us e@xtensions, and the city cannot do fit, Let older and Wealthier communities try this ¢ periment.” ‘Men who have invested money tn this city,” mid Mr. Milton, “should carry more weigh than those who have ro financtal Interest here. The council should consider names at- tached to the two petitions, before acting on them.” “If any man i# to advance money on this proposition, he must have a franchise to back him up,’ said Mr, Kilbourne. “If municipal owner- shtp le such a good thing, why don’t the large Eastern cities take it up?” Judge Winsor summed up the mat- ter in favorof municipal ownership, making a comprehensive argument, and Judge Burke closed for the other wide, stating that municipal owner- ship was only in vogue in despotic countries. He wanted to know why the citizen® were taking so much in- terest In the ownership of railways, when they di not have enough school room for the children now tn the city? Counctiman James then that the resolution be reported back to the council with the recommendation THEATER in “The | THIRD AVENUB Helasco - Thal company | iret Born EEN indefinitely postponed carried by @ that it be ‘This teet motion w | vote of T to é | ‘The counell waa then called to or- der and the report of the committee of the whole was ratified by a vote of § to 4, Counctinan Crichton being The committee of one hundred wilt meet Friday night in the chamber commerce roma, the purpose of the meeting being to take up the matter of a more thorough organiza. | tion for the campaign for municipal | ownership, Now that the Navin resolution has been defeated, as many signatures as possible will be secured to the petition asking for the referendum in the mat The petition witt be presented the counet! at the meeting next Moaday night. The committe hopes to have the signatures of at least 40 per cent. of the voters of the olty by that time J. W. Godwin, chairman of committees of one hundred, has ap- pointed James Hamilton Lewts, Rich-/| ant Winsor and 4. C. Allen as « committee to have charge of all lewal steps. If the franchise is granted by the council, this committee will, in all probability, bring an injunction sutt MANILA, June 1—-The Fourth cavairy and North Dakota regiment are garrisoning Morang temporarily Schurman will leave Friday The gunboat Bennington is on a tour of the southern isands, and is to be gone about one month | Cupid's Fatal Shaft. | CHILLICOTHE, Mo., June 7.—im.- [ma Hrownley, aged 18, committed suickle at the home of her brother lin-law, Edward MeCaine, a few miles southwest of Chillicothe, by shooting herself in the head with | pistol, She had two sultere and re- jatives oppoend the one ehe loved the most. This was the cause of her sul- of LB ACCUSED Of Harshness t His Son. CHARGES AGAINST CITY EMPLOYE John Lamb, one of the members of the WITH HER HORSEWHIP Actress Attacks a Manager. | Involved » Mu Prominent Theatrical Stars of the Day. NEW YORK, June 7.- Mayer, formerty a San theatrical manager, wae he ped on the board the St barbor here today, by Ida Orme, a« we whip. tress, In the presence of a number was of prominent persons, Mayer conversing with @ party of friends, among them Ciga Nethersole, when Miss Orme pushed her way through the cvrowd, admintetered blows with @ lash with all her might moment the onlookers were ama and di not interfere, | were #truck directly across May | face, raising crimeon rhiges. and that, you seoundret!” | Netbereole and many of the spec- tatore rushed from the see (also escaped as soon a8 he could Misc Orme was arrested. Mayer re- fused to prosecute, PERSONAL MENTION ' J. W. Currie, @ well known shingle) The bank clearances today were monde, manufacturer of Ed: registered at the Diller. Wiltam Bishop, fr, SCENE ON THE LINER ST. Pah Mareus Franciseo Paul in the For a feven blows As the | blows fell, Miss Orme shricked, “You know me, Marous Mayer, you have hounded me for years, and had me put tn an insane asylum! Take that, Mine Mayer | of the lum-/ jacou Mf robbing Nick Hacht, an Tlalian, of $60, hae been released on ball, and will be tried on June 1. Akagway t Advices received from state that Lake Hennett te three fe | lower thie summer than Ht war inet | fo steamers can be launehed until or ebull have riven 6 or 6 ft Kdward P. Trempor, register of the land office of Beattie, give motive that } the plate of the surveys of the fo’ col ' jtowing townships have b v od at the office: Township 2% north |range & west; township % north range 22 west; township ol north | range 14 west; townehip 2 north | range 15 weet ‘The lands em od in th townships will open to lentry on and after August 14, 1890 a He H. W. MoNeli!, one of the bert [known ¢ mine operatora on th Pacific ov t, ie lying dangerously 1) at hie rew nee on the weet ste of Lake Washington, Mr, MeNelil's health hue been poor for several * and be was taken with «@ stroke of apoplexy Monday night His right side ie completely par alyned eee W. A. Mitehell, of the firm of Gray & Mitchell, owners of the steamer Alance, arrived in t etty re t y from Ban Franeta< He predicts a jarke rush of people to the Yukon this season, although not #0 Kreat as that of last year Detective Mike Powers left this morning for Ban Frar * te ane pany the remains of Molton Rogers. Mr. Powers wil about two wekks, and will also visit hin moth er, whom vas hot meen for 13 years He epond rasa Valley, Nevada, tefore ing. turn W. D, Wood, of the Seattle Yukon Transportation company, will leave on the steamer Lakme for ®t. Mi ohacl, where he expects to be gone one #ix months’ trip, He goes north to Investigate the condition of the jcompany's trading powty at Rampart es on the Yukon. City, and other piv . ‘The board of education meets to- night, and the moet important busl- ness to come up will be the election {oe teaches for the coming year j see Wash, ia | $219,897.52, and the balances $66,- | Asa, eee T. McPherson, a laborer, was bering firm of Bishop and fone, of | struck by engine No. | of the Seattle Hadiock, ts & guest at the Diller. . Judge T. Ro Kershaw, of What-| com, ts registered at the Heattic WF. Robinson, a prominent fer. tilaer of Anacortes, is stopping at track, and did not hear the train ap-) the Seattle & International railway this morn ing, about eight miles north of the city and was severely hurt. He re levived a bad gash on the head and was G@lso internally tnjere Me | Pherson has fallen to sleep on the preaching. H. F. McKay. @ prominent business! On @ motion of City Attorney De man of Port Madison, is registered et the Seattle, . George W. Hagen, of the govern- ment secret service in San Francisco, ie a tthe Butler. eee Capt, B Biondi, a prominent ship- ping man, is at the Stevens. ‘The funeral services over the re- maine of Bolton Rogers were held at Pilke hall thie morning, Rev. J. (PD. Liwyd officiating. A large | Bruler, Judge Cann Gamissed the municipal court thie morning until 2 o'clock this afternoon, out of re- death of Holton Rogers. [spect of the eee | The Balvation Army will | big demonstration next Bunday, Col EB. J, MeDonal4, « Blaine cannery- gowton, the ohlef secretary of the) | foreign work in Amertoa, will vieit the city, and he wilt hold three pub lie services, In the morning et 10:30 o'clock he will cecupy the pulpit at the church, corner of Pourth av- enue and Pine atreet. At 2 o'clock in | the afternoon and at § o'clock in the evening, services will be held at the varmy ball, corner of Beoond avenue the board of education, and also an concourse of friends were present. and Yorier way employe of the city water depart- | ment residing at No, 6 Twenty-first avenue, has been aceused by reai- dents of the neighborhood tn which he resides, of crueKy to hie own json. An indignation meeting was ladies, gave testimony againet Mr. Lamb. Police Commissioner P. D. Hughes, Superintendent Youngs, of Waghts and water, and Attorneys Ran- |dotph and Lyson were present Mr. Youngs was tnformed of the Mr. Lamb, and he decked to call a | meeting of the to investigate them As an employe of the water department, ami under the civil service rule, thority to dismiss bim and then in- form the civil service department ‘That department will then tnvesti- gate the case, and if the accusations are true, they will acknowledge his diamissal, and, if not, they will ord- er him re-instated. Section 12 of the ofty charter, re- lating to removals under the civil service commission, reads as follows “Every officer or employe in the jclassified civil service holding an office, shall be removed or retired. | Any officer or employe tn such ser- | vice may be removed by the appoint- ling power, only upon the filing with | the commission a statement in writ- | ing of the reasons therefore. Any officer or employe so removed may, within 10 days after his removai, de- mand an investigation. The com- mission shall forthwith make such Investigation and ite finding and de- cisions shall be certified by the ap- poiting officer, and tf the removal ts not sustained thereby the officer or lemploye so removed shall at once be | reinstated,” The charges made tn the case by Mrs. Hardy and Mra. Lee at the | meeting held yesterday in the may- |or's office, were to the effect that | Lemb had given his 13 year old son, Gordon, extraordinary work to per- | form each day He was net able to do the work, and Mr. Lamb, it |was claimed, threatened to drive ‘him away from home unless he would sign a contract to do the work if he would, Gordon would pay him $1 per week for the work. Friday night, lit i# alleged, Lamb drove his son |from home. He stayed at the home of Mra. Lee that night, and then on Saturday and Sunday nights slept jin a shack used by the boys as a playhouse, On Monday the ladies urged Gor- don to go home aguin, but he refused, |saying his father hed instructed his | older brother to whip him. He fin- lally consented to go, and he went home and went to bed Mr. Lamb, | it is claimed, reached home about 10:40 o'clock that night, and finding the boy there, is alleged to have kicked him out of the house. ‘The boy told the neighbors of the treat- ment he had received, which result- ed in the meeting held yesterday. The board of public works will meet this afternoon and investigate the charges thoroughly. ——$— ——— Excursion to Tacoma Sunday Excursion steamer State of Wash- ington will leave Yesler wharf sun- day at #:15 a.m. Returning, leaves Tacoma at 6:15 p. m, Round trip fe, Tickets for sale at Lee's Phar- macy, and at wharf, and the floral offerings were beau- | fut, | ‘The active pallbearers today were mentbers of the police department. The honorary pallbearers were (Chosen from: among the Fike. The held in Mayor Humes’ office yeater- | ective pallbearers were Capt. John work in the United |day morning, and Mrs. Hardy and | @uilivan, Capt. D. F. Willard. Beret. to Reattie in behalf of the Seandin Mra. Lee, two well known Seattle Pwer, Detective Gam Corbett. Jalier avian work John Corbett and Patrolman John | Brennan. | "The Elke chose as honorary pall- bearers Mayor T. J. Humes, Harry |@haubut, George C. MeKee, City ‘Comptrotier Wilt MH. Parry, | de Vanter. er of Bike at Portland will meet |them there. The Elke will have \eiseo, Officer Powers accompanied | Mrs. Rogers to San Francisco. FALSE NONE WAS LOS And Mansfield Grew Wrathy. THEN SMASHED HIS VALET'S Arrested in ihie Cyrano nose, actor Richard Mansfield last night smashed the |nose of his valet and was arrested |The matter was smoothed over this | morning. SEATTLE INKLINGS. ‘The county commissioners have turned George and Thomas Murphy over to the Washington Children’s home. eee The Denny-Coryell company filed articles of incorporation yesterday with A. W. Denny, C. L. Andrews, C. K. Coryell, H, O. Holleneck, f. B. Mitchel! and EB. 6. Ingraham as the principal incorporators, The capital stock je 60,090, and a general pub- Hehing business will be conducted. ‘ee Patroimen Gam Hamilton who sent in his resignation several days ago, thie = nmorning. Hts friends on the force presented him with @ handsome gold wateh-charm, one Ida Burt, @ colored woman who |was arrested yewterday morning and | Yukon. Jules charges that had been made againet | Redetshelmer and Sherif! AT. Van corrent of the organimation NOSE | tet. He wae MILWAUKER, June 7.—Por losing left for hie home in Montreal, Que., | Coleone fowt will be | panied by Brigadier Marshall of them are interesting epeakere | The former has seen service in other countries, and now has charge of the Scandinavian, German and Itafian tates He comes | CLEVELAND, June 1—enator Hanna is going to Europe. He leaves Monday. SANTIAGO, June T.—Rumors are ¢ 0 cleties similar to the I a Mafia, to board of pubite works ‘The temeine were takes to fan assassinate those who are offensive Lamb is | Francisco thie morning, and the ord- 10 ig members of the reanization, LINGFIELD, Png. June 7—Th Superintendent Youngs has the au-|charg® of the funerel at Gan Fran. eo ie tick second Imperial stake of 1200 soversiqns today, was won by Pierre Lortilard’s Caimen Sloan was up; he also won @ te | | race, Be PRINCETON, Mo, June 7.—Peter Kimired was hanged’ this morning for the murder of Andrew Alley He was carried to the gallows, appar ently being unconscious from fear. |The noose did not work rieht, and |he bled The widew and |two brothers of the murdered man Withnessed the execution. ~ CHICAGO, June 7.--General And “4 instructions from orson recelved Washington to send Company F. | Seventh infantry, to Alaska. The troops will leave for San Francisco in a few dys. CHICAGO, June 7.--Martin Micler, la wealthy Swies, was fount 1 thin! morning In the Httle house he occu rdered. His wealth jamounted to $100,000. LONDON, June 7.—Stock exchange }fa in a eemt-pantey condition, the re-| | mult being the break of the Kruger | Milner negotiations, Rand shares |feM 2% points | STETTIN, Gerr June 7.—Hev len persons were auffoeated tn a fire in a residence here last night MANIVA, June 7.—Generat Matt captured several emall towns yester day between Morong and Taytay He met with almost no resiatance The Oregon volunteers have return jed to Manila ant are to sail home In a few days. The California, Color Jado and Nebraska regiments will leave shortly afterwards in the order | named | ATOHISOM, Kas, June 9—The panseng train on th Central | branch of the Miseourt Pacific rail | way, left the track while going at a |high rate of speed near Gort's, at | midnight. ‘The coaches were turned completely over. There were 50 pan sengere aboard, and few escaped be ing cut by the flying glares All were taken to Goff's and given med jieal attention, Twenty-three pas sengers Ww Injured and several seriously. Two coaches were wreck ed almost beyond repair. The cause has not been determined | French noblemen con | nected with the Blue Star Naviga tion company left today on the steamer Utopia for Victoria, en route to St, Michael ey will @o to | Dawson and visit other points on the hold al accom: | Both | FIGHTING FILIPINOS A Letter From Wm. Sickles. ONE OP THE W) ay Philippine Battlo Fields. An interesting letter has just been 1 in ypeon from recetve this city by Mra. Cora Th William L. Bick better known among the young peo pie a8 “Bilite’ Bickels, who is one f the Beattie boye with the Wash tom ¥ n the Philippines. unteers lam very well at present they keep working us much as they have been for the last I doulst if we will ever get We have not i been kept continuous- on the go, and in all The heat \ alive quarters sin 4, but we hav ly weather rible, be shad get shade. Capt. Forteon’s death this will reach you not love him gentioman and a soldier. | Every tme we get after those nig- gers we think of our boys who have been killed or wounded and there is nothing that can stop us. We had & very hot skirmish yesterday tng until 7 o'chock tm the evening, in a het boiling sun, without any din ner and all the afternoon we had water, There were about one thou: and tneurgents who attacked the Ta- wulg church, where companies D. F and L were quartered. We were or- drove the niggers from hilt to hill, Kiting and wounding about 120 of |them. Our lows was five killed and about 11 wounded. We a | most tired lot you could out in a rice field in a bolting leun about 700 yards from the nig | gers, who were on a hill in front of for nearly an hour, the persptr- jon just roiling off of us and the | bay jat Mauser and Remington bullets fying | It was a great retief for) ue when the order came for us to | around us. i charge up the hill. ‘The good luck which was with us on the outeet is oti) with us and although we have been through the hagiest of the fighting, taking part in all of the | patties, we have only had three men wounded Col. Wholley, of our regiment, has been acting the niggers from taking are town jot pr ber of driving another, hers. The boys took Calum- could easily have held out against 0.000 men. You can see what hard places the boys go up against continues Our regiment all lined up this morning to bit farewell to Gen. | King, who left for home. We are very sorry to lose him. from the center of it he will be tn Seattle in about six seven weeks, and if he gives a as be was the best general we had.” ALANKAN Conference. June 7.—An was held between LONDON, | conference Salieburg and Ambassador important Lord regarding the Alaskan boundary dis- pute reached a final stage. Arrangements are being complet- ed for the entertainment of the joint they high commission when acrive ‘Today the in Seattle. I. Nenagh A B. Stewart, J MacDougall, Jotn B. Agen, C. J. Smith, William P. Trimble, C. A, Harrison and W. R Gay Tenkian anctl, ¢ Japanese farmer last Sunday as be ing probably connected with the murder of the Japanese woman, was released this afternoon on account of insufficiency of eviden perior court were: John and wife to John Camden, covering lote in the elty; Mare Downs and wife to Untted Stat Mortgage & Trust compa blocks 6 and 6 on C. D, Bor fer of sale. G. Henry Whitcomb, of Worcester, manufacturer Mass., has purchased two lots on the corner of Second avenue and University street ‘The price was 000, and Mr. Whitcomb will erect a $40,000 { business block, MINGTON BOYS er in dated April 28 and is but if two beea in night of February kinds of omething ter- ng wbout 98 degrees in the and it is very sekiom that we in a place where there is any I suppose you have heard of x before It was a terrible diow to every one in the regiment as there was not a man in it who did He was every inch « ‘Our lows has been quite heavy.) but we have more than avenged ft./ (Dp ROPOBALS « We} were out from 7 o'clock in the morn-| dered out to reinforce them and we were the! imagine | | when we got bask ond this morning | | nearly every one had stiff legs, We brigadier general, in! the absence of Gen, King, who has/ been very sick, The boys of our line! / one | : a number! ners and killing a good num. | | pit the other day, which t# about the! strongest place the insurgents had. | The insurgents had plermy of am-/ munition and provisions and they | Under date of April 2 the letter) — - | — — We formed Is now offering another Diock of & hollot equare and he talked to u® treasury atock for 4%c asbare. This He saye that is a good purchase at this price, based upon the showing in the work | public lecture be sure and hear him, now in progress. Our advice is that ‘to get in early, for Jubilee stock te a safe and sure winner. When — You Want Reportof Important A Bargain BOUNDARY PIANO or ORGAN Choate last night, at which the negotiations Mortgages filed today in the su- Campbell $45,000, ‘Sherman, Clay & Go. y. $35,000; n's trans- & prominent Shirt Waist Weather is here, and our new line of White Waists have arrived in the nick of time. These are. the very latest, newest ideas in White Waist manufacture. 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