The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1899, Page 2

<ooe ARREST SRA ~rige THE SEATTLE STAR. aN cS fb H, WELLS & CO, PUBLISHERS Every Afternoon Except Sunday Telophone Pike 150 BON, WEES, Rory OP CHAS isis Makaaee ‘One cent per copy Ax ¢ ‘te J F Week, OF IWenty-Hve cents per month delivered by | ailor carriers, No froe cop No. LOT Phivd Av om we ‘At Seattle, Washington, « ee a When the trusts firet began to be formed in constderable numbers some months ago, the plea was made in fay of them that a generall reduction in the prices of goods to consumers would eventually result, in asmuch as the cost of production would be cheapened or re said the promoters of the truats, “with the lopping off of useless expen: there must of neceasity follow a larger margin of profits, which we pro pose to divide with the public by reducing prives This pleasing promise hax not been kept. Prices have not been re duced to consumers. On the contrary, every article controlled by « trust hae sharply gouging the peop man greed is too strong to overlook such an unprecedented opportun vanced within the last three montha, The trusts are t ted from the outaet, fu It wae to have been exp ity to make money easily and rapidly The trusts are not doing business for the sole befefit of a half-dosen millionaires, nor a hundred of them, To be sure, the millionalres All have their fingers in the pie, but there are thousands of other per- os, who have a few hundred Invested in trust stocks ity of sons, many of them in moderate cireumsta dollars, or a few thousands, as the case may Not a few are farmers and craftamen The glittering pow doubl their savings opolists, All are alike greedy, All are willing to make as much money pie out of their fellow human beings, It Is safe to say that as drawn these men into the ranks of the mon- as p there are multitudes « had the cash. The large majority of persons have not Kot money to put into trust ‘ore, not subject to the temptation that besets others who would invest tn trust securities If they securities and are, ther their more fortunate feliows. They bave the right and privilege to say « have proved to that trusts shall not exist, Inasmuch as the combir unjust extortion of mone Tt Is surely pos- statue as to extertninate the trusts = I AiMcult, but let thie fact be ever appa There is no higher law on the ity. It trusts continue to exist and rob the consimers of goods, it will be be- be organizations for sible to so word a fe yers may say th Nothing exists in this country without the consent of the peor soil of erica than the law of the maje ations It seems that the cause the people so will rom present tnd trusts will not be permitt > political 1 to continue to do bu * and brigandage ty can be found to espouse their cause, much longer. The voters are in no humor olies organized in New Jersey. Trusts must go. The people so de- be longer | wed upon by the mon cree. + The reports today from the seat of Boer government in South Africa pace. As matt indicates a probable fatlure of the negotiations for p stand, the Hoers are willing to grant the franchise to Outlanders five years’ residence, and a larger representation of the Outlander ment in their legisiature; but this concession is accompanied by the eru- cial condition that Great Britain will not herenfter assume to regulate the internal affairs of the Transvaal. The Boers insist that the Engtieh are trying to secure a firmer grip on the Transvaal, while the English demand more’ liberal treatment as to political and civic rights for the Outlanders, who are nearly al! British eabjecta, The surrender mount authority in the Transvaal ments the impairment of Britten su ereignty in South Africa. The condition which President Kruger has attached to the granting of concessions to the Outlanders has touched the sensitive nerve of the British public, an therefore, in accord with the government in declining to discuss the ques- tion of suzerainty If the Boer government inflexibly insists upon the absolute abandon para- ment of suzerainty, as the price of material concessions to the Outland- ers, it is difficult to see anything but war in the situation. The sympathetic attitude of the Dutch in South Africa toward their kinamen in the Transvaal, and a possible upriving of the native tribes. men, are elements of the situation that give far-reaching importance to pending conferences and negotiations. GOLD IN PLENTY |DEWEY WAS AT CAPE NOME NOT PLEASED 1,500 Men at Work with ea aa Meaune to pe ers on the Beach. | of Asiatic Squadron. “The Cape Nome district is, 1 be-| WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15 Neve .the richest in the world, There Admiral Dewey will, after fe gold in it for everyone who cares) many public testin ala to his brav- to work, but I would a vise no one! ery are completed, be given a grand to ng up until next year” | dinner by his old friends at the Met Ea. Chilberg, the well known ship-| ropolitan club. The occasion will be ping man of Seattle, who returned one rising to historical importance from Nome Wednes tay on the steam- as the sequel and twin affair to a er Chas. Nelson, made this statement| dinner giver m at the same etut to a Star representative this morn-| the night before he left Washington ing. He merely investigated the to y # ago to take command of the beach diggings. but says he talked | Asiatic squadron. with reliable men who had prospect-| The admiral always made his hore e4 throughout the district here when off duty, and it is here “About 1,500 men,” he said, “‘were)| that bis old cronies live and await working on the beach when 1 Ieft./ hie return with impatient pleasure I was informed by a most reliable) When he gets together with them man that $15,000 a day has been tak- aga at the Metropolitan club, or en from the beach for over two the still m exclusive Alibi club, months. There is gold in almost there «ill be a triumphant tone to every hole that ia sunk. Noclaims«|the interchanges quite different ere staked. A man simply sinks a from the deep diapason of denunci- hole, and when it i= worked out, gets ation that characterized the coterte another. A poor man has as good when Dewey received the orders, @ chance there a8 « capitalist. For about two years ago, that sent him miles along the beach miners can be to what was regarded as the Botany seen at work. Women, too, may be Bay of the naval service in far-off geen with the rocker, and the only Asia. It Is well known that Dewey cause for complaint is the shortness and his friends were highly indig- of the season. Some pecuilar inci- nant when he was given the dents have occurred on the beach ment that waa so unexpecte Giggings. Only a short time ago, lead to an admiral’s stars. He de men who had sunk holes too near 1, of course, to fly the flag of a the ocean were put to fight. by a]commanding officer at the peak of a heavy s¢a which swept over their squadron flagship, but he thought diggings, filled the holes with wa- the E ropean station was his due. ter, and washed the rockers, picks and shovels into the sea y= body then struck work, of A E and went to the nearest saloons to get drunk. You can see Cape Nome gold everywhere in the camp Men KUSKOKWIM who came down from Dawson broke month ago. now have sacks of from $600 to 41,000. There has’ been a great rush to the camp, Dawson miners actually crossed from the| “im district in Western Alaska will mouth of the Yukon to the Cape in| this winter be explored for gold by emall boats. jmeveral parties. Only a few ex- “Probably only 560 people will re-| Deditiona have ventured into the main in the district this winter, | COUDtTY and the territory covered Several thousand will be competiea| ¥85 not extensive 40 come out. The exodus has al-| + according to J. E. Chilberg, Feady started, and in my opinion not) Columbia Navigation com too soon. It is a most inhory 9| pany, who has just returned from St Country, and means death to a man| Michael, a party will soon leave the who femaine in it without a good| tussian mission and spend the win supply of provisions, a cabin, andi ‘*t in the heart of the Kuskokwim plenty of fuel. Next year will see a| ‘istrict. Dr. Romig, of the Mora- big rush to the new diggings 1| Vian mission, on the lower Kuskok ict that the Cape Nome district| ¥im. informed Mr. Chilberg that he Lohr had discovered gold on the bara of will send out more gold next year than the Klondike.” | the Kuskokwim river, about |from the mouth, The mer Scnke May cea A | the United States geological « | tion, which went into the country LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 15.—The | last year, reported that drainage gold Ohio river, which har f The practically unknown Kusko r wev-| was found In id 48 tha venees eral weekn at the lowest point that| near the Tordrillo mountains, Dr. has been recorded since 1544, | n= Romig said he wan con*dent that ning to rise. Rains throughout the! rich gold desposits would yet be valley of the Ohio and Kentucky riv-| found in the immense unexplored era have been helpful to traffic, and Kuskokwim tefritory should there be 4 continuance of rain| . the ferry and larger boats will soon be able to resume thelr tripa Tt is wala that Slain in Africa, the Ama ‘oates: American Thread Company has absorbed a BULAWAYO, Sept. 15.—It in sald leading Belgian firm and intends to that an exvloring party which re over others with a view to con- cently left for Lake ‘Tanganyika, in! trolling the South American mar Central Africa, has, with one ex-| kets, now supplied by Belgium ception, been murdered by the na tives. | The erratic action of a church eloc at Harborne, England, was trac Sir Jung Babadur, an Kast Indian| to a swarm of bees that had deposit- potentate, owns a $10,000 hat [4 honey in the machinery and dial, ‘ all parties In England are. | LEO IT TT RTT ERE NT TT TT eT TT TE Te eT TET Te TMNT LT ET TET TE TO ETNA TIN TTS OTT TTT I TT IE A A TIE TR TT Tee Pen — ces . FIRE DAMAGES i abe THE LAST CHANCE | Fire broke out in the Cotta any on the I in about Midnight la » e the wer rol between and jamage wan done, Th in a large drier in the center yards, and several theo en as to how it start 1 Brick, Tt THE SEATTLE STAR, - ——————————— WOMEN AND MEN; EI ECTROZONE *: i cure you. It is curing thousands. If you are not feeling check your aifment at once. Go and get a PREE Sample of le trozone at (6514 Firs t fave. This remedy con tains no drugs or -alcohe . and will I! auickly and ey code tly eure. iny case of Rheumatism, Stomach Trouble, Dyspepsia, Indiges- yards of & 1 mht ard To Invest Your Money 4. The fire lown, contalmed $7,000 w« ed brick. The fire depa ceeded in preventing a race ta an edie Pasar over ine The Richest Free Milling Gold Discovery brick furnades, The « not yet termined bh tows is, but it Will be ¢ surance. a Amusements 4 The first assays near the surface run $112 and $142 per ton. The latest assay just made by Ae ” Bogardus showed $456.80 per ton, $428 of this amount being gold, $7.74 in silver and $21.06 The opening here Bunday evening in lead. for a week'® stay, of Lyric Opera company prove among the mont gageme of the Pasha,” the opening ¢ favorite here, and wh to re ! comedia the Lyric npany Many of the operas in he repertoire wattle audiences, among progress are new to 8 whieh are “La Belle He tana,” and "Trebiaonde Decse'ey ms Mf Southeastern perth of fp ompany have Alaska. the Hosten ls Likely t The group, consisting of eight claims, runs to ths water’s edge, and is therefore favorably located for development at the minimum of expense. The development at present represents 152 feet of tunnel, the ore body thus far showing richer and larger with increased depths. Now is the ne hase «alore time to sec e share An investmerit will bring you large returns. Development work still in nen BS a ahah a hehe | — Fifteen Thousand Shares Offered at 15¢ FOR ONE WEEK ONLY BEGINNING SEPT. 16 | ~ on A sh hd hd Call at the Office of i, | wj.GREEN & GRIFFITHS... JOHN HENDERSON } Cometion with Boston sy and “Il Trovatere.” w ~e«e | Washington Building, ist Ave., Bet. Cherry and Columbia presented during therweek. have not ||) Or at Seattle Hotel. Call at hotel from 10 to 12a. m., 2 to § p.m. and7to8p.m. Inquire at been heart here for a | be time, and are sure of a cordial greeting. Hotel Office for Jos. Hamblet, manager of Sea Breeze Mining Co. This superb ageregat comes under the pers of Cal. Thompec y drilled and capabs every respect. Appropriate and —_ en gant ¢ theater tonight apd to novel attractions whic been offered to the Be The play. which with t ‘The Knight and the of Kawakami, who ts adi singuiahed tobacco etand He will ant a good » and a thorow: a € uming has been made feature, and all kinds of ecen 7 $5 o FoR 7 TUCKER. produce the best effect 11s “dies the Seattle Corp. Tucker, who wes wounded to n of t t pany in THE BIG EVENT the service of his country, and is now helpless state, is " sc 4 jin @ comparatively * pel ey aes sey oe ba man pe ee A in @ position ¢o establish himeelf in Tokio, furnishes one of the mont business. The Corp. Tucker fund) Takes place Saturday afternoon, h have y | Was started by Louis Levy. of Coop-| September 16, at 2:90 sale. tle public jer & Levy, in whose employ Mr. t Ye rene ne | | | Tucker had been previous to his en- We give away the presen istment. The amount raised is handsome hers Palm off the Meat of Old GOLD playwright as well a These two performers a foremost actors of Jas supported by a capable 20, who were also of t theater. This aggregat to thé Paria exposition. at but few places on t complete synopsis will to each person in the abling them to unde tive of the act the dialogue. Th play ie magnific panted by app t nd cot nt, an : THE Last Stroke” w an 4 souiS Nags Upon Their Customers, iotsc® Suse SW AT OH an, and are company of w ashington re veogint as : vate |The Methodist Conference ane “SOME DISCOVERIES JUST MADE "(SST Sau he roa |} Puget Sound Methodist conference, he ftuseeaiad | which is in session here, the candi. and uming of the Officers Investigating a Slaughter House by !sv-:%mai"sia society, mpoke on iB the work of the church with particu- ve tacts = Moonlight Find Seven Dressed Horses | svinieiutimittta nie Sant report on RING_ premiding elder of Tacoma. After And Eight an presen the Thi o theater lant eve} H 8 8 Up R d f Mi k adjournment of the conference, a ae A pong Sty Frannie angin eady for Markel. Seatae on imestiteh <9e | wertees Other Valuable Milton Noble's teat play ° a : church soctetios were held tn differ- Presents Phoenix. will be the attraction. ent part of the city This is said to be the strongest pr SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.—-Probably few San Franciscans are aware « FREE duction that the Shaw company has ee many of m have for the past few monthe dally eaten horsefesh Anchor Works Burned. . ° yroduced dur . or and relished uch a state of affairs really exiets and there is docu- APRAAD AA gooreth- Lonieoe an ver v4 mentary evidence to substantiate It | GLOUCESTER, Mass., Sept. 15.—| Anchor Works, nee To those parties who have at- Message by Wire’ will Tonight will be the last fits for thevhospttal w« son Relief Corps Joseph Muller Chili” company t* anne press as the brightent ganization that hae visi season, Everyone spea and the press througho try is loud in thelr pra play and players Th Chit” company will appear at the suspiciously built in the center of the natural Third avenue theater next week, b ginning Sunday night said to be the most ever written, out-clam the “Charley's Aunt” o veloping an entirely w humor Throughout the there is not COURT CLO BY A & of the Fort.| !t clearly demonstra ‘The Girl from) worth learned that immature veal and diseared cows were being taken | duil moment in tt ef Ban nied, The report of Dr, O'Rourke, the veterinarian, who has volunteered | his services gratuitously to the local board of health, has been filed, and es that the reailents of t have eaten for months, unconsctously, portt Several weeks ago Dr, O'Rourke and ¥ be pre: of the ben n Squam river, tended our sales. Be sure and were totaly ee ee OF care ttls| be on hand, | We-are still selling pany estimate the loss at $35,000 on| Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware whick there was an insurance of/and Howard, Waltham and Elgin unced by the| to thie city ddily from a sutlying slaughterhouse and sold. A watch on | Watches comedy @r- the Mission and San Bruno roads waa immediately established a 5 ae nd an ted here this, investigation was inaftute) by the tw Meer, The officers worked A 1 kn well of it, night to evade suspicion and detec-ti f both San Mateo counties and noticed in the adjoining county, Just across the rl from) Mission road @ deep ravine. A barn shaded by enero hshoory was COTTON MARKET Daily at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. nidnight the whee ofa w mand the sound of hor h br ko PECIAL SALE Butter. | the monotonous «tiliness, The driver of the’ vebicle, by appearance a butcher, drove in the direction of the barn in the ravine, lle « lis- | CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—A appeared in the trees. Two San Francisco health offittals stood in| the Times-Herald from Washington ’s SILW der amd de.) the onlight. ‘They had solved the mystery; their long chaso had been | says: Senator Morgan, of Alabama of ROGER’S SILVERWARE at 3:00 ew phase rewarded, Jovialiy they returned to the clty and informed Dr. Lawlor | prophesises th xpansion will be P. M. Daily. entire plece| of thein findings. That might, with Butterworth, he drove to the border | the salvation cotton, and he is|* é teo county and clad as two hunters, shortly after 12 o'clock | about to ctart a crusade in the south| red the |to spread the new gospel. In his Coupons will be given free to the two en #tealthily made thetr way to the barn They buildin all was quiet within. A Heht and the story w told | prophetic vision he sees Manila, in-| those in attendance a i y a ance at 2:3 nd SED ung upon the rafters were the carcasses of seven horses dressed for | stead of Liverpool, the great cotton|y:3q P, M. daily. Ch = kot: the flesh ag black a@ coal, The meat was charred and deranged | market of the world, He predicts /° a Sey WeHRte® TC ind so badly dressed that Father Time threatened all who partook of | that the time is coming when Am served for ladies, D E it. In dne carnenof the room was # large number of skins of juines, |ericans in an American city tn th whi h #atiafied the off *« that other horses had been slaughtere@ un Pacific istes will handle two-thirds r similar elreur stances. They waited In vain for the butcher who lof the cotton of the world and save| The } H to enter the building, but he had evidently been ap- | billions to the cotton growers of aie smporium ned th anim: LONDON, Ky., Sept. 18—An unt-| prised of the fact that the health offictals were in the building, and | America | que reason’ tor. cloning the Kegon | came not. The hots of immature calves were found tn the ravine in ——_—__-- | S17 Second Avenue county court yesterday at McKee front of the barn Seonte Sere Deraee Sr eet ett et ti enoreriage Beye: 6, Raper Clark went out and fought a street i | SAN JOSE, Ca),, Sept. 15.—Chi in| duel with three of his enemies and A New Orleans man ts sald to have “Daughter, If you marry Mr. Per-|M. Shortridge, formerly proprietor of ROSLYN COAL was so badly hurt that he could not invented a sugar cane planter, in the! kins are you sure you won't quarrel Mercury here, and later of the attend court, and as he the defense of every ¢ calendar, the court was adjourned presented form of, a wagon, that with three on polities or religion?” “Oh, yes; T/San Francisco Call, has purchased se on the men and four mules will do the work don't know @ thing about polities|the controlling Interest in the acc rrdingly | hith prto done by nine men and nine see he doesn't Know very much | Jore Herald and terday assur —Telephones— | mule s About religion. jthe entire management of the paper.| Main 588, Main 659,