The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1899, Page 4

: } : HOW THE SEATTLE GAMBLERS FLEECE THEIR MANY VICTIMS Interesting Scenes Witnessed Nightly in a Tenderloin Resort Where Big Games Are Played. THE PATRONS ARE SELOOM ALLOWED TO WIN But Are Kept Playing by the Boosters Until All Their Money Is Gone. —A Large Number of Gamblers From British Columbia ; Now in the City Participating in the Games, The Star's ex ’ natural as Very nan who has has fou compelled t ed Th { Va v tittle money in order t n house) “Blac ik Jack” and of boosters, su let following, “Btayers at no time was ance The same * prev higher, and dur r In hudest ¢ . Klondiker at one trict. The resul And the game of the dealer “Probably 50 Star reporter. ere THREE RULERS ARE T0 MEET LONDON, Aug. 24 —The 8 burg correspondent of the Daily 7 egraph says “Barly in October the Emperors of Russia, Germany and Austria w Meet at Skierniwice, in Where the Czar has arranged a bent on & grand scale The foreign ar War ministers of Russia 5 Emperor Nicholas. and it that grave political mat discussed. NO SCARCITY OF BOX CARS The Northwest ratiroe have f fear of a lack of cars to haul th Present grain crop to the » ! A famine in boxes had b pated by exporters and ¢ Fatiroad officials sta M0 danger of such a condit The grounds for this pred n the orders for new ca Been placed by ern roads; the erop will n late and th moving it the cars neede Feleased before gram h Move, expect exporters, th to sell and to m before November A Union Pacific off mated it will require f to handle the at p of the W this year, Of this nu r Wa ington demand will b CAN OF CASOLINE BECAME IGNITED Peters CHIC: gar, ily death and Rose Saltsimar, 9 age, burned r t i ition, by the explosion \ Kasoline in th idence of the farmer gir «t A Viehted cand Y with the explosive futd as entered the enveloped in 1 INFORMATION ABOUT SEATTLE regardir igned t early days of Augu 1 with those of F . three times th business. The t Jottings of Infor 1 r nearly everyth 1 1 page is filied witt " of Seattle made by i if f East Church-Top Roof Garden 1 ‘ 7 ed to build ht Baptist chur t Ha i Brookiyn, whict I Ato $200,000, and which » ba me) garden on its top for th ilertalr ment of ite congregation, PEPE POOR OOS F808 08 080008) bic gambling umber of boosters, in Seattle created much comment, posted on the subject gamblers and bunco men in the was made known to the Star by @ gentie- Many smblers, and men w " tor amb arke ( gamblers a ng te per side of the game, Standard—last always (aided by « clerk negroes, mechanics, far north. id: “For many months gambling ho on account of @ lack of skill p there when the games were clos- when the city and police au- ng. Now every joint in the city nd sports here, They will remain a I don't hesitate to say that have arrived here from British are evening and philosophically dropped « heavy percentage in favor of the sailors, ‘The atmosphere of the s nearty all peenent wore gambling at some one of the ¥ fav Professional Y n seventeen ’ ntinga 1 ° Kamen, ne tained by three men re morning,” said one ot being ‘pulled’ now, “AFTER AMERICAN | MINE MACHINERY | HAZLETON, Pa., Aug. 4.-—-W. Ar- bens, consulting engineer for the Im | perta al mines, Westphaila, Ger many, is in thier wating nthracit nein the st of the aan government. | a tour of the world to numerous tmprow been made In min- a view of se- at fern American a for w nh the government works f FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY. lores beastie Being shippes| to the Philippines. N, D. ¢ He is mak nvestigate nery with WASHING “«— Aur ' partment is put t smual # to provide . n of food supplies h y and shipped r bs and Seattle. The sar ee bale stores of k le 2 wil required are at that few sone realize the and va ty The daily con army in the Philip are nstantly ) and whipped by government * and commercial 7 f t order for the new netituted by additional ¢ ts ju mpleted has been s] : A na Commisary Gen. Weaton T « is niy preliminary. ' wed In rapid succes. + orders, One of the e liet * 7.000.000 With this will go anda f hard bread, 39.000 The firat order for! 1 sted together. Five f corned beet and ‘ Th anned goods 5 ler include everything «r e usually 1 . T atoes head the xtent f 1) tons, 2,0 t r rn ) cases of b. ‘ s of saimon, 600 cases 1 canned peaches ! ta quantities MEDAL AWARDED A MARINE HERO Aug. 24 has iasued a ing a I lelphian, Corporal 1 t marine corps, for rd the Brooklyn dur with Cervera’s fleet off nbed out on a in under the forecastle ned # af r 5 had falled as performed during the LF hock Ark Aug man was brutally ur spon ' uM ux be The + » took a revol ' t fieer and beat him tn n ibility, ‘The negro escaped ‘ Excitement is intense, who are known well in the tenderl medal of] dealers, ansisted by ne ake their coin by encouraging remarks like the The house is mot in it.” Several hundred people Jostied each other to but the stakes were somewhat ee use won heavily which poker was being played tm deep silence. A in aie y dawn dimmed the electric lights, and the money draw- of the frequenters of the place to the and this house ts always busy.” WATER SUPPLY FOR NEW YORK NEW YORK, Aug. %4-—-A_ great ymmotion has been raised here by the proposed city contract with the | Ramapo Water Company for 200,000, 000 gations of water a day, the con | tract to run for 40 years, and the annual cost to the city to be about $5,000,000, oF $200,000,000 in forty years | Put in this way the contract has ap- peared to be @ colossal job, and the press of the city ie, with practical } unanimity, opposing: See oat the acheme. ‘EASIER TERMS ARE REQUESTED PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug 4.~The | deal to buy out Andrew Carnegic’s ron, steel and other busin inter- ests here ie progressing, and | thought, will go through. nu. Cc Frick. eng of the Carnegie Steel Company, has been tn Scotland for some weeks, accompanied by W A. Mellon, a banker; Henry Phipps land George Lauder. Phipps and Lauder are large holders of Car negie Steel Company stock. | The delay t# said to be due to the failure of Mr. Frick and his asno- clates to false money as quickly as they hoped. The amount involved tn} the deal is $150,000,000. Mr. Carnegie | wants his $99,000,000 in first mort age gold bonds, bearing 5 per cént It te thought the visit of Mr. Frick and others to Scotiand ts to induce Mr Carnegie to change the camdi- tions of the male. If he does not make | the change J. Pierpont Morgaf, it in said, will be asked to finance the} deal ‘ MADE A QUICK RUN INTO TOLEDO TOLEDO, Aug. 4—Mr. and Mra John D. Davis, who arrived here last night on their automobile run from New York to San Francisco, left at 2 o'clock this afternoon with | their vehicle in good condition The run from Milan to Toledo was the fastest they have yet made, as they vered the 72 miles in 64 hours, the only stops being for wa- ter, oll and meals. THE LARGEST NEW YORK, Aug ~The first public exhibition of what ta dee) to be the largest American flag in the world, the one made by Mias J Mulford, of Madison, N. Ji, will take place in this city for the benefit of nome worthy object in the week of Admiral Dewey's arrival, The flag will be exhibited in some armory probably that of the Ninth regiment The fing is to be sold by subserip- tion and presented to the nation by the subseribers in honor of our vic |torious army and navy. Subscrip tions may be sent to Miss Mulford, in care of the First National Bank of Madison It is Miss Mulford's plan to present, as @ souvenir to each subseriber, an engraved reteipt, on which will be @ reproduction of the original fing design 25,000 atitches were taken in mak ing It. Letters commending her pa | triotic work have been received from President McKinley, Secretary Long and Gen, Miles In the Medical News Dr. Getachelt eclares that cardiac lessons do not forbid the use of the bieycle, but It | must be preseribed. He believes that proper bicycle riding will materially strengthen @ weak heart, AMERICAN FLAG The fing in 100x65 feet in size and) | STAR. ‘A GIRU’S BODY THE SEATTLE Republican Split Prop WASHINGTON, DD. ¢ Aus ‘ A new political movement is for the Up @ presidential ticket in 1900, un der the name of the Continental Ie publican party, with ex-Mpeaker T TR. Reed at tte head, antens I M nley in his message to congress [repudiates the tm t polley the Wood dy of a girl about 10 | VALPARAISO, Aug Mo The tet | years old. The head was lying eb rifle gales and heavy foods continue.| by with the hat atill on, the strings Near Santiago de Chile « train fell|petng tied under the chin. The bedy into @ river from a railway bridge | had been mutilated, the breast cut, and Afty persons were drowned. A | gino arme J ieee The girl's cloth house has been washed away here/ing waa of a material and neatly and its nine upante drowned. |made After examining her, young - | uno, who t# aBout ten years old, ro Shot to Death. and the man from Auburn (name ATLANTA. Ga. Aus Am ya yeah left her there and return otal from Brantley, Ala., says: Chas | a1) boy told hie father, Joseph A at & ote? attempted to O* | iuno, but the father neglected to in jenelt Mrs. Mephon Batts, a w “| form the authorities, claiming tha sew rer i wae 1aker he was too busy. The neighbors fio from the Brantley ja nat alge ally beard of it and yesterday a Mr i. ne i ene Wenbred teen ng ae Westfall took the boy and went to to death in the woods, half a mile |) °" re ee it wae claimed. the away | When e body wae gone, but | CONSOLIDATION [ine trom, eho a missing girt girl's body was found they CHICAGO, Aug. M.—Detalls of the american rie aot toes om | IMPRISONMENT FOR pany prospectun were made public ST eessch sinitiie vost om: seen LIFE FOR A DEBT to exceed $10,000,000 6 per cent. bond $14,000,000 7 per cont. cumulative pre ferred stock and $12,000,000 of com-| lepw YORK, Aug. 14.—erdinand mon stock W Loehman te in Lodiow Street jail After outlining the advantages to)and, uniess the law shall be changed, be gained the pr tus proceeds * due to remain there the re thus ~ | mainder of his \ife. Charles Schurz ee to eotimated that 1 on btained a judgment against him for ie entimate hat by $00 for “wines, food and cigars dation the flerce and unreaseneble | 1 .ohman was fined $800 for contempt competition which has existed @ur- |. court, and he cannot pay his fine tng the last few years and which be® | tre nas a wife end five children who abnormally reduced the margin b& are said to be penniless tween cost of the raw material rs i gece ee th amount realis finished product will be @ saving of at least ars a year will That in the cone A vtase City ltems.. source | | entration | of manufacturing. the | | bor, the tribution of gr Beas! Bis se elimination of capital now ane carrying duplicate stocks, the store} and salesn onnes and other r mies will add an additional an nual average of $1,500,000 « year way ings, making @ tote! annual saving over present earnings of $2,600,000 In the Fi hy. of Ive Died a petition ip bankruptcy. Kee, of Bverett. another j APHORISMS aa has been discha ‘ged. . Mra. M. Ternan, son and daughter, al court Jerry McCar- Okanogan county, has Jonn bank Salinas City, Cal, ie visiting with An honest man nearly always|her sister, Mre Katie E. Gray, et thinks justly, Rousseau. 1410 Sixth avenue We live no more of our time here] wiitieam Aomatsene, through his than we live well-Cariyle attorneys, Donworth & Howe, has One ought to have a good memory| filed his notice of appeal in the su- when he has told a lie—Fuller perior court Kindness i the goiden chain by] The funeral of Lena Ethiyn Burns which society is bound together=-| was held from the family residence Geome | 421 Boren avenue north at 2 o'clock The fruit derived from jab ® the| this afternoon The funeral services of Mra. C Hiracken were held this afternoon at mean® and)» o'clock from Freed’s hall ont Vanvan argues of all pleasures He that wants money content im with three good friends ° Ahakeapeare Mail for Manila from Seattle can ¢ highest manhood resides in| ®? 0m the transports which are yet Ph i ‘ rm ; n “yet ntellect.|% *@4 from the Sound. A Wash- H.W. Me |ingtom dempateh states that the post- master general's order to thi Unbecoming has been insued | Proceeds from ignorance than impu see | dence. —Grev Grace L. Cooper has asked the su- | Of all the fa perior court to grant her @ divorce from Geo, 8 Cooper. The alleged effect forwardness oftener tles of the mind the Memory is the first that flourishes “ 4 then aUse® are crue] treatment and fall- and the first that dies n : lure to support. She also alleges that The desire of knowledge, like the | ne hase violent temper. They were thiret of riches, ine reases ever With | married April 22, 1896, and both are the acqu om of it.-Bterne well known young people of the city. 1 never knew a man who could ae ® The board of equalization today hanged that following asscsements rtunes of another per Gil & Gil, reduced from $3,020 to | Spare moments are the gold dust) 9) 60: FR. van Tuyl, reduced from of time; the portions of life most] ters to $475; Cudahy Packing Co. fruitful in good or evil; the @ DY] raised from $3,500 to $4,000. The which temptations enter. — Mr®./ hoard will finish ite work Saturday. Thrall. a Gareta Karje, Hawthorne clu, Angeles Bunday ——-——_—_—_—_ —- Secretary of the pees will leave for Los WAY He goes south for the benefit of hie health, and will be The Water Front. |“ ow “See Hi. H. Nash would like the superior 1 » urt to help him collect @ $2,000 note avin from Wm. J. Wilson, et al, and he filed papers to that effect today Ship Blairgowrie, from Antwerp eee in now on} At the Seattle clearing house to- harter t | with « cargo of cem the Sound She ts under | Balfour Guthrie & Co., to} for the United Kir and the balances amounted to $83,- | 818.47, ad wheat gdom The steamer City of Aberdeen | which Is now undergoing « thoroueh| To Take Church Mort, overhaul will be in shape to re Jaume her route between Seattle and | NEWARK, N. J.. Aug. 24—Bishop Olvansit neat Mendes Wisger has received notice of the | oes formation of a syndicate of Euro | Quite a number of fiehing smacks| pean capitalists, representing mil Jand scows loaded with salmon, ar ma of dollars, which proposes to rived In port terday and today, | take up all the mortwages of Roman | and the canneries are now very buay.|Cathollo churches in this country, The work of ing several thous-|and carry them at the uniform rate and salmon in shape for packing at|of & per cent, Many of the churches the Pacific Fish company's dock this| pay from 6 to 7 per cent i> orning wae an animated one and nencemcrean meas | attra ted many spectators NORTHWESTERN STOCKS | TROUBLE OW THE HEIGHTS | A: the Northwestern Mining Fx. change today quotations and bids Mra. Selena Vine yesterday awore| Were as follows Jto a complaint before Judge Cann LISTED STOCKS |eharging Mary Keller with assault| Asked. Bid and battery. Both ladies are resi-| © San Poll tees 2 1 | dents of Rair Heights | Golden Tunnel .... 60.66 5 oon | Miller River ....sceseeee % — |Copper Vault ....cc0600. 8 = To Restrain a Boycott, | Iniex Horseshoe | 1 Biack Hall v KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.—The Federal courte will probably be ask . pig ware: led at once to Intervene in the freight polly - boycott declared against the Kansas! south Half .. City, Pitteburg & Gulf road by the | grandard Missour! Pacific, Santa Fe, Minsourt sper Vault ... Kansas & Texas, and Rock Island | joe etane ce roads. | Lost Creek ....... | - s | Cuba Gold | Deer Trait | Lone Pine Against Anti-Trust Law. Surprine ...... -| uit ROCK, Ark., Aug. 24 pper Vault Attorney General Jeff Davis has giv.| Eldorado M. & M en out a statement to the press in which he says he will advise all cor te porations who refer the matter to] AMUSEMENT him not to furnish to the secretary | “ind Avenue Theater—Tonlel Jof state the affidavit required of ecien Giant" i ables ae: them by the Rector anti-trust law, | ain He rays that if they decline to fur This Afternoon and Bvening—Dog | nish the affiidavit there is no law to| and Pony Show, Second and Battery punish them that can be enforced, girt ts! Jay bank clearances were $288,991.87, | oes Lab New Fall SHOWIN... “= T Ladios’ Kid Gloves 7 MIDLAND Mic Aue Be A Raise Price of Meals. mysterious crime was reported from CHICAGO, Auw M The advance Hubbard, this county, today About | : emant pricen by the Dashing BOUe- | me weakh age a bey Samed L40 Direct from the Best Maker in the Great Kid thie city to raise menu prices, as the|Runo and a man from Auburn weee Glove Manufacturing City of Glenoble, France. men say they can make no money at|huckiaberrying south of Hubbard, the old figures | when they sw oat nly came, apes a i | - horrible sieht. Lying beside a log | | Sidueas tate the River. |= with blood, was the de Or ir Sa es ad ies Will take pleasure in showing you these new beautiful Kid Glove creations. All Gloves fitted by experienced fitters. Ladies’ Fine FRENCH KID| Ladies’ Finest Quality FRENCH |\G@LOVES, new improved gusseted| KID GLOVES, improved gusseted | | ers, made of the first selection of fingers, more perfect fitting and bet-| fing tm | me re other ot |fine kid skins; in new beautiful ee ee oe yi¢)| shades of gray, red, biue, lemon, Jin beautiful shades of tans, browns! shy browns, white and black. If rede, gray, blue and black; $1.36] you want the best, this quality will value, only $1.00 a pair sult you; $2.00 value, only $1.6 4 pair, We place on sale today 50 pieces Army and Navy Skirt Lining, beautiful fast colored stripes, dots and \figured patterns, splendid for linings, skirts, etc. 1§c and 20¢ values only 12%c a yard. O. W. PETERSON & BRO. 206, 208, 210 Pike St. H. E. Weymouth & Co. Have removed to «1207 First Avenue... If you want to buy or sell mining stocks or rent or buy real property, callon them i : ; Orders Taken for Wedding and Party Ge ‘Spactal Rajes We Restaurauts, Hotels, & Sitambet* Union Bakery. All Kings of Bread, Cake and Pt Manulacturers of Hardtack and Toast P. A. HALLBERG, Prop. 119 Pike St. Q. S. GOLD, M. & S. CO. C.E. Therstes & Co., OMcial Brokers. 109 Cherry St. owns W claims Patents 8 foot development worn. Tenited Bamber shares wock conte per share. . INCORPORATED. Mines Experted and Beportet 02 Cavie Western Union Service Address: SEMINEX em DAILY QUOTATIONS BY TELEGRAPH From All Mining Centers | You are Cordially Invited to Attend Daily Call ‘ 1 to 2 p.m. eee eee Mines and MiningStocks 609 First Ave, Basement Matual Life Building, SEATTLE, U.S. A. Telephone Main 273 JOHN A. CLARK, Secretary and Manager. Has ‘Declared a Dividend...... The Weatherby Bonanza Gold Mining and Milling Co, Has Declared a Dividend of 5 Per Cent. A First-class Investment. ‘We have a few thousand shares of this stock, which we offer for a few days at 17%. For all particulars call on. WwW. |. B. NICHOLS & CO 6 and 62 Sterr-Boyd Building Lengercenaaesseretee : SMALL FACTORIES = - : Can Secure neat and Electric Power ° Adyantageou: ly in hs eae Building now being constructed, Main street hs Hy CATARACT CO. & 2 equaimie Light 3 \s aime Ligne |e ADI tesa SRR gesewges> SED aon ae - ‘ea,