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4 i 3 5 THE SEATTLE STAR. eS “ ' He WELLS & CO. PUBLISHERS, LLEN HN Rvery afternoon except aunday Telephone Pike EATLY oan Orte Lat the poste@oo, at Seattle, Washin r A CRY OF “SOUR GRAPES” BY THE “P.-I." not propose to get mixed up in quarrels with other Union Termina newsy rein th part of the yellow dog and begin barking and snarling through fence neighborhood pickets at all the yellow f ite atel The Star makes the going explanatory announceme tude, before volcing a complaint against the Post-Intelligencer That p published this morning a scurrtlous article in its local columne H C pli Th in Star yesterday faked a telegram from President 8 ompliments e vating that the pee J. Hill f the Great Northern railway Stating that he would with President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, for the purpose ting a union depot in this city T P.-L" sought to throw diseredit upon the Star for tus enterprise in securing an exclusive item of very important news, by printing the following We are most willing td « ' A telegram purporting to come from Mr. Hill, of the Great Northern was published tn this city yesterday to the effect that Mr, Hil would be | “te With the Great Northern raliw willing to enter into union depot plan, as outlined by President Mel- (in building @ fine union station ir vinw MyAOL and therreniy recurved Nest wlaht ptageg thatrtne bresigent | centile. t MOB: a rth of the Great Northern wae absent from the city and would not return | dea of Mr. MIN's views in regard until today the matter until | saw (hy dar The Post-Intelligencer very carefully refrained from mentioning the | telegram from bim ‘ Star in connection with this statement, fearing to give It some free ad aeat a ‘as eho 2 : vertising, At the same time ted to discredit the news secur bY Pacife Raliway . saying that President Hill “was absent from the city,” and hence the above statement resenta telegram purporting to come from Mr. Hilt" could not be substantiated. of the @tar immediately hia » ere was something very @mall about this proceeding on the part [rival in the city last evening of the "P.-L Tt wae not what would be expected from a newspaper con- a tour over the oe &@ le ducted upon a dignified basis, The “P.-1." showed petulance at getting | tonal op on the news by a youthful afternoon contemporary Such Hen's special train did t petulance makes people laugh. They cannot feel sympathet! » the depot until at w the Star will, de U-treatment which it hae received at p.m. The president was seated the hands of the “P.-L, some pointers on modern pite the modestly undertake to give that aged journal his private car, and wae talking to No charge will be | #*¥eral members of his party wt he wae given the following (elegran from President Mill, af the Great Northern, which was pablished in the Star yesterday ‘@t. Paul, Minn... July 31, 199 Pelitor the Star, Beattie. Wash The Great Northern will f erate in arranging for at Heattle, This should be dor Ve plan, looking to the future growth of the ty, both by ang and water —JAMBS J. HIL1 asking where he stood on the union depot matter After carefully studying thé dee thing to do, and did not cost much-—only @ few cents for the query pateh, Mir. Melleg made the stat at day press rates, Mr, Mill receiveed the telegram, and evidently | ment as quoted thought that people out here wanted to know what the Gre orthern | There might. He knew very little about the Star, it being a new pub- | hitch in the byilding of a union de de of securing news made for the pretiminary In the first place, when the “P.-I° recetved information last week from Preaidgnt Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, to the effect that he was willing to enter into a union depot enterprise in Seattle with James J Hill, of the Great Northern, it printed the news without taking the the matter } over the wire as to his views trouble Such a pi Star, feeling certain » query Mr. H ceding was something never dreamed of in its office ‘The would fail m long observation, that the “P.-I » news tip, printed a condensation of Pree yet xclus from the “P.-1 ne him of Mr. Melien’s attitude, and to follow up its own a comprehe and then. on last Saturday, wir dent Melien's statomer ed direct to Mr. Hill at @t. Paul It was a very simple he said, “be some proposed to do. Heation, while he did have full and complete knowledge of the “P.-1." | pot, owing to the differ th but the Star had wired him, and so the Mar got the news, | views of the two companys a8 to the Before the “P.-1." undertakes again to question the veracity of the | best site As you know, we hay tar, it would be wise to make an investigation. | already selected a site # hav oe | property purchased. Ou 1 WILL RUSSELL A ALGER BE “ EXONERATED"? lof course te materia ‘ should we share the new ‘The remarkable change of front.of many of the Eastern newspapers | station with the Great Northern p in regard to ex-Seecretary of War Alger since the latter retired from the cabinet, is causing considerable surprise to their readers. Now there Journals sgem generally inclined \to condone the alleged faults of thy | Ni 1 Michigan man while serving in an official capacity, and are placing \ odious responsibility for the bad management of War department de- tails upon both McKinley and Corbin. The attack made upon Alger was certainly one of the moat vindic ‘Over the Location of Harbor Lines. ative that has ever been made upon a government official In this coun try It took on for awhile the aspect of malignity, Many actual crimes were charged to his actount. and he was held up to public contempt as a | fiendish plotter against the lives of the soldiers under his charge ‘There were many conservative people, both Democrats and Republic ans, who discounted the stories told against Alger, from the outset, be Meving that they emanated largely from a destre on the part of certain yellow newspapers In the East to create a sensation. The latest de ¥elopments seem to substantiate this theory to a certain extent. It ix possible that the sudden eruption of Michigan enthusiasm tn favor of Alger has given the editors of the papers in question an inkling of the | fact that they may be placed in an embarrassing predicament by con-| To all appearances a fight is on b> tinuing their warfare on the ex-secretary It is @ pretty hard thing | tween the secretary of to make the public believe all manner of evil against a man, when the | State Land Comminsior people of hin native state rise up in unison for his defense. One's neigh. | AP grees — ms ater by was located by the. state e best of criti and when their criticiems are favor- | iiong) comvention and spprove 1 chance for the man criticised to be radically wrong. | the secretary of war. Heyond the spapers | {nner harbor lines wharves could p Jextend but the owner had t strip in front of hie wharf extending to the outer barbor line. In renting thin strip to the owner the #tate re tion. served the right to regulate wharf ‘The Star has all along contended that Alger was more sinned |Charses. Now the secretary of war T b be t hat th 4 hase seen fit to wipe out of ex here can be no doubt but what the man made |i siance the strip of land between th mis- | inner and ' we the from the place it in hands of private indtyiduais —_—___—_— State Land Commissioner Fridges Joes not ike the change. and he » THE NORDSTROM TRAVESTY UPON JUSTICE. llock horne with the wecretary Murderer Nordstrom has successfully evaded the extreme penalty of |on the change Assistant Attorr the law for many years, and has, by so doing. injured the courte and |General Vance while in Heat ’ the law of the land In the minds of thousands of good citizens The pea ~ bln Ae en by a Star fe at e gal The holding of thin strip 'by + state is not a burden on mre bors are usually t able, there Is sma For awhile it reemed as though the efforts of the Eastern n hostile to Alger, were being directedtowards the Dreyfusiaing of the se retary. It is pleasing to notice that the second editorial courtmartial now in progress indicates @ probable revocation of the first condemna against than sinning. mistakes as a public ofMfcia takes formed no basia for the charge that he was maliciously and and serious ones at that. but th Wickéedly imposiag upon the people people are dingusted with the technicalities and quibbles of legal pro Censes in thene days It seems strange that any reputable attorneys can be found who | for the rental charged is very ligh t to prolong the existence of a condemned wretch like Nord lea os ne ne the atr P t | prevent a burden being placed u m. He richly deserves the punishment that has been #0 long with- | merce. The matt : held. Yet on one pretense or another eloquent lawyers continue to ap- | caretu onsidered in th al convention and this pear in hie behalf to make efforts to prevent the execution of the death A th n Was ne p wharf charges under iff has become diggusted and will no longer make », “I'l walt sentence Tre s t a hanging at the jail. He simply sa any preparat trol awhile and what they propose to do about It.” The strip between the inner 1 It is to be sincerely hoped that Nordstrom will be hanged by the | outer harbor lines can pas sheriff within the next 10 days, and the good name of the law vindicat has arrived at San Do-| biles probably will first be put into in the pomtal service of ut of the state's jurisdiction. It can rented but never sold, In rent “ ling a few feet in front of a w eel the state at the same time res |the right to regulate charges, The THE MACHIAS AT |AUTOMOBILES pecretary of war, by thin act, uf | bes ringing the inner and outer harbor es together, has taken possensic of the water front and eit | | sible for large companies to cor | the eity'’s harbor and ” burdens they see fit on their compet WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The gun-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Automo- 'toTs “This is the only state in the erating union © re the conatitut n haar mingo. Commander Logan, in cab-| regular 1 served such control and r ling the announcement, makes no|the United States in Porto Rico. The the people will see t and the official pre-| first assistant postmaster general, | such provision. In many is quiet and| Heath, said today that it was quite! arse cities it has been found ne other comment sumption ts that a peri New Orteane| probable that a New York express | ***Y t? uy back the water front for | © protection of commerce. In N will arrive there tomorrow mpany, which had secured the york. for instance, the city and state mye - - ! t for carrying the maila be-) combined and purchased large har an Juan on the north of! bor areas for just thia reason. In | 1897 the bar committee of Massachs A Tribute. the ietand, and Ponce, eighty mil distant on the south side, would use #¢tt# took this matter up and dwel particularly on the wisdom of our | young commonwealth in keeping a The model for the Winnie Da memorial monument ts completed automobiles It a figure of the Angel of Cirief tight grip on harbors In the pose are blended dignity and Getting too Rich. When the state of Wash n snAness, while in the face of the an-| teas sold ite tide lands 4t was rel ar “ue n express ef unfathom-| MARYSVILLE, 0., Aug. 2.—M. T.\ abiding property. But if the #6 row. It is a touching trib-| Flaherty, mayor of Milford Center,| tary of war can change the oute th ved Daughter of the| has tendered his resignation to the! harbor line at his will such Is not Jera When completed, the| counctl because that body of gentle-| the cane. It is very doubtful if he raonument will be unveiled at Rich | me n reduced his salary from $40 to has any power at all in locating it mond [%12 per year, Flaherty says he tn not) and if he haa, it certainly I# not an - Pree Ld, and will not sub-| abiding power, and he cannot ¢ Kion-| mit to it. He was elected this spring| cate it unless the ‘overs from 1,000 to! on the Democratic ticket by an over-| by a legislative body. If he can re 2 wheiming majority. year mayc area of t 1,309 square mite Expression of Mr. the Proposed Depot. | locate it once without asking any | SSeS ete - HILL'S TELEGRAM Spend a Million for Is in This City. Star for Securing an Hill's Views on ‘ However, 1 think: this difeult ld ¢ be settled af nl ' h Mr H w that is rather a difficult 1 a" rae v Mr Hf ‘ tant enough y Ny. and t aiiwe i has reached Jars Proportions w u confer with Preatdent *t assuredly, should anything be arranged. Ur questions heean do it as often as bh pleases and dock owners will neve Lt rat pe are in a plat of new outer harbor lines not. T ©” hed Ps " 7 th T ‘ f State Land or Je , ate, w ‘ When acer r he said: “We w enine th by & fe lands, and we think It is time for the atate to have a say A DUSKY ROBBER. Li Everett, a colored woman per vurt t Aust hare of alin $280 from Frank Zipman tt Hig Bonanaa ra Monda ning 6 Hild brand M A ' . sed a . plices tn arKed $$ o———$—$$$—=__.. Drag Co, Vitth aed Pike. 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