The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1899, Page 4

i eteeeeteeeteeeeeeeeeceqeeee OOS OS SS OF 6S SF FSS SE SE SESE SSSSESESESEEESEESSE ESS EE ERED ESE EEE S RET TTNT m T er NNN eEE A SCHEME OF COUNCILMEN To Prevent a Popular Vote on Muni- cipal Ownership. WILL IGNORE THE CITY CHARTER. Such is the Sensational Charge Made by Members of the Committee of One Hundred. ‘There ls much speculation about town as to the ultimate out- come of the present etrife among members of the counell over proposed submission to the people of charter amendments, Last Tuesday night & special meeting of the council! was calied by Crichton, Navin, McArdle, Crawford and Hill, under the proviso that three or more members may at any time call such @ meeting. The purpose stated was to receive and consider @ petition for certain charter amendments submitted by % per cent. of the voters registered at the last election, The petition had been circulated by the Committee of One Hundred, known | of municipal ownership of street railways, and i public charter provides that amendments prop: in thie man be presented to council ninety days before an election, De voted upon by the people. Last Tuesday was the Which the petition could be handed in and it custody of the clerk upon that day, signed by of voters. he advocates of municipal ownership that fon with the clerk and the calling of the the same day, fulfils all requirements of makes the presentation of the proposed amend- A the next election. inent attorney: “When @ petition ia fled with ¥ Presented to council, This fact ie shown the procedure im the case of vetoes handed In by must present his veto within ten days to the These ten days are always reckoned up to the time veto message to the city clerk. It is then technically in the hands of the counct! But the petitioners for these charter amendmen i. @ #2553 Felpet ils Eyis H ! j H i: wanted to make apseurance doubly sure, so they induced their friends tn eounell to call a special meeting for lont Tuesday evening in or- der to have their considered by the municipal law mak- ors that day. Eight of the members absented themeectves, ang are now attempting by high handed methods to pre- vent the submission of the amendments to the people at the next : z i nullify the provision tn the city charter. Buch revolutionary and should be roundly denounced sens. A laree endity increasing number of etty want the question of municipal ownership of Failways submitted to popular vote before any new con ia granted. They have a right to demand fair ihe revolutionary counciimen are making a great ing their constituents in such a contemptuous | £ l ee eel [ait aive legality drawn petition, presented by 1,000 reg- which is 69 more that the charter requires, should attention. of the amendments are claiming that the pro- raliway franchise is the real milk tn the co- the fact that Jacob Furth has just return he went to organize a big company to the street railways In Seatle to his recent interview in the “P.-1 in himeelf as president of the Seattle Electric has bought out the six principal reads. Mr to do great things for thi« city —“if the elty coun- ‘That means that Mr. Furth i# about to apply for a @-year Dianket franchise such as the committee of One Hun- in defeating last summer “Tt fe charged that the eight members of the counct! are locat- + Farth’s vest pocke 4 that he ts afraid to have the onythe municpal ownership amendments which pro- mo franchise shall be granted without a vote of the that no franchise shall exceed 20 years in any case the proposed amendments are submitted next March and adopted, Mr. Furth's company could never get a forty-yoar fran- ehise, of even « thirty-year franchise, and the time is inopportune before election to attempt to push any franchise measure through council. Fence all this fight and the refusal of eight councilmen attend a regularly called meeting “The minority seems to have the whip hand. They claim they only adjourn as the charter provides, ‘from day to day.’ } @ quorum f* secured, that they are holding a continuous » which began last Tuceday. when the proposed amendn Presented, and which will end whenever a quorum ts ‘They met again today at noon and took « recess till to- morrow, Saturday night. At that time they will give the public chance to be heard from the lobby. forme lively speeches may any of these members of council cannot a ti i i z i i te i: g z it ih i RE $ i unt! nts < “It does not appear that there ls any party politics In the pro- posed amendments. As a matter of fact, the submission of the @wnerahip question as a charter amendment takes It out of politics and gives the citizen a chance to vote without ref- to party candidates.” CARER AAHAHERe HHH hhhhhhheinhhee eee AN INJUNCTION HAD HIS FACE ON RAILROADS) BADLY SLASHED DENVER. Col, Nov. —Judge| A frightful cutting affray took Stimaon, of the district court of Tel-| place In the Big Bonanza saloon on ler county, recently issued three tem | Second avenue south, at 6 o'clock porary injanctions to prevent the | this morning. consolidation of the rafiroads now | ed three bad cuts on the face, the operating to the great gold district,| work of Harry Chester's pocket ender the title of the Denver & Knife es bated Or we ater. |™ as a bricklayer, but says he is SESE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE SEER EEE EE ESSE SE ESSE SESE ESE SESS ESE SSE SESE | oo | General Campbell, acting under the | 'T@¥eling for an insurance company at Hartford, Conn. Both men were intoxicated at the time. O’Coner refuses to say what led up to the trouble. The officers y the cutting was the outcome of a drunken quarre O'Conor’s wounds, which are not serious, were dressed b Dr. McKech- direction of Governor Thomas. The complaint alleges that the propored | consolidation i¢ for the purpose of creating a monopoly of the trans- portation to and from the Cripple Creek mining district. The compan- jes, which it is alleged are to be merged into the proposed monopoly are the Florence and (Cripple Creek Railway Company, the Midland Ter- | "'*. ‘minal Raliwky Company, the Golden| yr te wil be held in jall for sev eral days. Circle Railway Company, the Color- ado and Transfer Mining Company, the Metalic Extraction Company and the Labella Mill, Water and AN ADVANCE IN HOTEL SITE SOLD | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, & entire Baldwin hotel site sold irre bly t Jame — for $1,425,000. This time there can CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. §.—The | >* "0° backdown by the late owner feroom-corn trust has ordered an ad-|4* late Monday afternoon he signed vance Of $1.60 a dozen in the price|* '*eal document that binds the transfer of brooms, and is putting the screwe on small dealers #0 tightly that Cin cinnat! manufacturers expect to be driven out of business. The former! price of brooms ranged from $1.25 to| The Pope left his $3 a dosen. There are nine makers | bed today deapite the protests of his of them in Cincinnati, and the an-! physicians. nial output is over $00,000 of the old-| fashioned carpet cleaners. The trust | has aleo increased the price of broom The Pope Arises. ME, Dec. & Rr ————— AMUSEMENT BULLETIN, handles from 919 to $18 per thousand. | The combine is now #aid to be buy- SPRATT. THPATHR Black ing all of the broom-corn #« that | Patti Troubs ure can be found, #0 aa to control next] THIRD AVENUE THEATER year's supply. It already owns all of the available broom corn, and it making the smalldealers pay dear for the aid they wave the trust in » curing the monopoly. A Hot Old Time OLMYPIC THMOATER —~ Vaudo- ville and moving pictures Miniature Dawseoa City—1323% Second avenue, Jerry O'Coner receiv. | The latter gave his occupa- | THE SEAT’ The Strike En WILKESBARKE, Ta, Dec, & There ls great rejoicing in the town of Nanticoke over the rep that the miners strike there has been de clared off The conference between the oMelals of the Susqu Company and a ittoe of the strikers, which haa been in semmion the past two days, ended this morn ing, A new wage soale was arrang ed; the miners’ committee have sanctioned it, and the strikers have j ratified it Factories Must Be Ho Ithy LONDON, Deo, 8 — Representa Uver of 80,000 tton an rloth work ere have appealed to the Home so- | clety, declaring that they will go en @ strike unless the provisions of th law reg ting the sanitary tions of factories are enforced, They japecify unhealthful violation of the law committed by manufacturers A vigorous prosecution is promised, and as th men have apparentiy made reasonable demands, it is not tkely the threatened strike will oc cur IDE GETS HIS. MAN EAS NEW YORK, Dee, §.—A. F. Khil- |chinski has been landed in this city from Beattie by United Btates Mar jahal Ide, of Washington jarralgned before United States ¢ | miasioner Shields, who, on Oct last, issued a warrant for the man's arrest for for 4 larceny, at the request of Viadmer Teplow, | Kuselan consul to the United States panan Coal com cond. ding Fire. Pa., Dec. § The hosiery mill of Nellie & Horst Com- pany burned yesterday, destroying the plant. causing the death of one person and injuring 57 other employ ea of the company. The only person killed was Ming Louisa Clay, aged 48 years. Thirty-one of the injured were badly hurt; about 600 persons were employed. Many girls wer injured by Jumping from the wt dows, The fire was caused by an explosion of gasoline in the singeing room, The loss was about §275,000, the Insurance was about $150,000. Reports this morning give a lise dead and Injured in yesterday's fire at the hosiery mille as one woman dead and 75 injured, of whom 69 re ceived serious injuries. Those re ported missing have all been ac- counted for WHERE IS THE HERRON PARTY? Returning steamera from Cook's | inlet still bring no wews of the miss | ing Herron exploring 5 Lieut Joseph Herron, U. 8. A. and 11 oth ler started last June up the |Sushitna river, They were to go | thence by way of the Yetno river to | the headw of the Tanana. | Long before thie time the party should have reached a point on the! | Yukon where word could be sent out There is a chance that the party may have gotten into the valley of the | Kaskokwim Instead of the Tanana | This would bring them out tn the | Bering sea, several hundred milea jfrom St. Michael. and remote from Settlements or transportation facil thes, They probably had supplies enough to last them. | THE ROSALIE READY. steamer = Rosatie, rien, which has bee t Moran's undergoing repairs, 1 wall for the north again on the 13th. ft haa a new high preesure cylinder, a new crank shaft, and has had her engines lined up. She was thor ly overt SPIES FOR EMPLOYERS COLUMBUS. ‘The Manu- facturers’ Information bureay name of a concern doing business in Meveland in American trust building. J. K. Turner ts the man ager of the association, and, judging by the letter that Col. James Kil bourne, of this city, received a d of two ago, the object of the bureau je to furnish secret information employers regarding the | thete employes Capt Dec. & the meeting of In the letter referred to, Mr. Turner! | Offers to furnish Col. Kilbourne, who in the head of the well known firm of Kilbourne & Jacobs, of this city. one of the largest manufacturing in- stitutions In the #tate, secret in ation regarding the deliberations of the coming annual convention of the [American Federation of Labor that will be held in Detroit during the present month. | Col. Kithourne has earned a record as an employer of labor, and he in |dignantly denounces the proposition In a letter which he made puliic to- day, and which was written in reply to Turner's proposition, he takes that gentleman severely to task What ts more, Col. Kilbourne takes an opportunity to express his views on trusts and capitaliatic combina. tions, and he deciares that he does not believe such combinations inim leal to the public Interest, providing they are properly controlled and re gulated NEW INVESTMENTS. Local Inventors are putting a great deal of their money into delinquent tax certificates: Under the new law in thie state, anyone may pay de linquent taxes on any property, and recelve therefore a certificate, entit ling him to 18 per cent. a year Inter eat on hia investment Tf the unfor nate owner in unable to pay him the taxes and interest after {t has run three years. investor ma step In and, by foreclosure proceed ings, posses himself of the land Boats Arriving. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec, &~The overdue schooner Amethyst arrived yesterday, She was 50 days out from Tillamook. On November 12 she spoke the schooner Antelope, 51 Jays out from Coquille, for Port Ar geies. The barkentine Leslie D,, 29 days from Port Blakeley, wan sight ed off the G Inst night Wren Rendlemen, of Tacoma, a newcomer, thought to be losing his mind because of hin wife's di Appearance mber 21, She is be |Meved to be in Seattle. He was! LE STAR. DELEGATES WILL BE SENT EAST Real Estate Dealers Are for) At attle tow t ing Th et comm ar | Appol M or $6,000, w the a |der w | tons, | have | As been held only occa omit rere cH | SCNHOCL BOARD MEETS. | The night | Brien | | Boone and Corner plans Higt jthe # | Smict jota Sup tract on Giles Mt. | The | will o ater. b Od Tir fun that} | Avenue theater tomorrow 1 | matir | thone | pert performances seats | Sur thent traeti that has won ¢ | ready introduced attra New port Em t playtr phras pletel T In } finemt ttle most rend ! ly Lelnr r ditions, chamber of « ernoon, Milwauice whieh tat and mining count oct of mec special thon submitted by John Kanter chamber and and G rable in ‘aweon in nat 12 arming corne Active Work. eting held the special nm real estate board ngress, yesterd it was deeided to ates to the meeting tonal congrems, to be hi June next, the ot promote the & ry board also voted to end uring a f cannery f ritlee ConmlaL Yright and C,H. Fu nted to mm n cannery Walsh ts able to furniwh mount required. The t tt be raised by stock { which 2 5 cent to be pat the real entate 0 of giving nted and vot lown Thureday Pays for Mob Work. ICAGO. 8—The Burt C. BK. Patterson, Dr. ¢ F.C. Hughes wer and specifications seh siding, 9 : retary wer aint against Pact .n Grace M. Lung, Est le Nane AMUSEMENTS pen tonteh the Bent Ind) ations are that to standing room only. # | Jones has his sensor Tho Seattle's Noxt Show A Good Exhibition Miniatur Last of the Rays been ser n in Sea clone a re oe will be given t dewiring to a should The Third Avenue day night the Third nnew to the coast, bu 5 of theater goers Human Heart atic drama by Ha The Olympio Th Lyric Company at the ¢ atill provis trong ar ning excelled all | songs and r tle are and th pany 1 by ne Kerr dette t y won he performar of th r fonor und” has pr ne-nct play ¢ eer of the industries of farce ‘ A of the Se at the y af 1 fiv 1 1 In t of actur this neton It markably suc Third A row and Avenu n at ery SVVVCVCVSEVSTSEVEASVSAsIBSS8S | @POSL0 OD OO HOD OST TOOO EEO EE SESE OOOO ES FOSS DOSE SS TOEO DOSS OTE SO SEOOTS OO OCOEEESOOOEE, REAL ESTATE DEA Pho Cascade Laundry Company and ¢ Stone have purchased for $14,000, the property on the north weat corner of Third avenue south and Main street Holen Gould Wii! Assist NEW YORK, Dec oMfcer f the navy arch committee said to- day that Miss Helen Gould had promised to subscribe $5,000 to the fund as soon as the committee hall have rained a sum equal to one fourth the probable cost of the arch, Though the contributions are coming In slowly at present, the com expects large Increases when the varioun trades’ subscriptions ar handed in 4iov County | OLYMPIA, De LJ Rogers yesterday issued a proclamation de- luring the organisation of Spokane SALE wobXtraordinary, -™ Royal Japanese Art Pottery varieties eounty AUCTION Comprising many ateuma, Hiot Kutant Arema, and Awata *, Jardinieres, Koros, and Tea Pots, and many articles of high art Jap By order of conjunctic Chocolate Receiver, in with the bank t ntock of the New York eiry Co.'s stock of Dia monds, Watehos, Jewelry and Bilverware NO RESERVE OR LIMIT. LADIES: Be on hand t» par ticipate In this great offering of Japanese Ware tomorrow at 10 © and 7 » p.m aT THE EMPORIUM 817 Second Ave, POSHTSOHOSOSO OOOO OOOSD ° $ Keep out of the DARK Use $1 Welsbachs They Won't Go Ou, eattle Gas & Electric Co. SCHPOSCHSOOCHOSCOOOD i” Sf SCSSSHSSOSSOSOOSOEOSD Wavuveddddddd © COSTE SCOESCOEOOD PAY your Groceries is very important, But what you get for your money is infinitely more important The best is none too good for our eustomars and our prices are right. Wa. 8. MAYFIELD, PAMILY GROCER Phone tke fos Pike Street SAMSON Was the Strongest Man on Earth. Likewis For (3 _ Crescent Baking Powder The strongest Raking Powder on arth, Itis not only the strongest tit je the purest and highest in avening power /SBSCOVCVSEVSISOAOS S.-Y. T. CO. Katablished 1897 10 DAYS TO CAPE NOME. Str. LAKME Will Ba af About May Ist, t900 NEW STEAMER SANTA ANA SEATTLE-YUKON TRANSPORTATION CO »f92 Columbia St. | Sander & Hayes Agent Pioneer Square, <eenssemsnensonemssninstssenominsanionassaieivinaiiansntitenansnenenttatreneenie Renan ~ 000000900305 00000000 06 000050000000 OOS COOL EMEC OS OO SSOO0EODOOOC® STORI Furnishing Goods Selling Is thoroughly appreciated, judging by the number of of patrons at the Departments. THI: | | Stap'e and High Quality of Furnishings a5 quickly as fast freight and express can bring them, at prices you'll find a pleasure to pay. | Fine§ Men's Fine Mocha Kid Gloves; alle | New by express today, Ladies lined, perfect fitting, grand wear- Satin Stock Collars, high points on > wide, beautifully platted; all ecol-? ing; @ pair, OMIT + ae eeeee nw ote, enoh ? tencesee ote { Men's Fine Imported Kid Glover; Ladies’ Fine Batin Btock Collars,) wilk Lined throughout; beautiful pointed sides, pretty chiffon trim-) fiting; #1.69 value; @ palr, only ming; all colors; beautiful styles; ( . te oe ne nee eooreecees + OL 28 fe value, each os 00 $ sten’s New Pattern Imperial and Teck Tien; latent Ladies’ Fine Satin Stock Collars, each, only.. chiffon trimed, wide end silk bow, ? New York ideas, chiffon trimmed, beautiful #tyle:? ay enormous assortment of New 900 value; each, only mS tye #ilk Windsor Ties; hem- | Ladies’ Fine Satin Stock Collars,$ stitched and pointed ends; each, edge with fancy ribon; rosette and . caer) ' ” the Pariwian, Gente Size Fine Fast Black Gloria Ince Fichu front; latest ideas; $1.25 values; each, only 860) [mbrelias; steel rod; pretty han- Ladies’ Four-Ply Linen Collars; new$ 4! MCN, OMY. oe ve eeee re OHO shapes, each, only 10¢) Gents’ Finest English Gloria Um- Handsome assortment of Fancy} relia; steel rod; paragon —_* Ribbons; any pattern; a yard..10¢? aa nae ae oe we Ladies’ Black Moreen Skirts; 8 rows of pretty cording, double ruffle; {Gents Fine New Style Pashe Hats; perfect fitting; cach, nly si. extra fine fur stock; each, only Ladies’ Fine Mack Italian Cloth eil-) ver Mluminated stripes; wid I Gents’ Fine Fur Fedora Style Hate; double ruffle cautifully finished Jatest blocks; each, $1.25, $1.60, $2.00 $2.96 value; each, only $3.00 and 62.90, Men's Fine Kid Gloves; splen¢ The New President Suspenders nev- wearing; a pair, only 2! er pull a button off; each, ....Wo THIS STORE 18 HEADQUARTERS FOR LADIES’ AND GENTS’ UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY AND MACKINTOSHES. O. W. PETERSON & BRO. 206, 208, 210 Pike St Popular Cafe for Gentiemen OUR HOUSE Occidental Ave. and Washington St. DIET EIIILI OE @ 1ORAN BROS. COMPANY Engine and Ship Builders LUMBER hain eobnaghe hcg e OU \ Wdvdteeccc.........cvaeue 100=— CHOICE LOTS EIN .orccosse Walla Walla Addition on Denny-Blaine Land Co. Dexter Horton Bank Building. AARARAAARANAAAPADBARADEABRARAR know the value Ot SS THERS cling to old a well-pleased cus- ANOTHER () methods of getting tomer, and never let DIFFERENCE «: their customers’ mon- him leave us until he is and often let them go pleased, so that he may ========—=— away displeased and de- tell his friends and thus Stantard Talloriag Co, nounce them to friends, our trade grows. 1012 Third Ave. ILMAN = COAL Makes Heat | ww AND.... | | Middle Window Saves Money We have displayed a hand- BACH INDIVIDUAL PIANO} some collection of framed A BK AYVERS D. MH. LYMAN Telephone Waite 331 ..PIPE .. BOILERS.. Building Went Seattle Peri Foot Marion Btreet PICTURES It's a singular taste that can't be suited in this most varied assortment of Medal- lions, Photos, ete. Bear these in mind. They would make an aceptable holiday gift, Holden & Wilson Farnitare C 1109-11-13 Seoond Ave. That ix bought here, for a Christ- mas present will be satisfactory to| the We set! pianos on | easy terms and cheaper than any receiver other store in the city. Sherman, Clay & Co. “STEINWAY” DEALERS * * teattie 514 Recond Avenue —_—— A hh he ee Ll That Will be fram- $|——— ; Holiday ed properly it | THE MARTIN Picture brought to us. $| THE N, B, CURTIS Pacific Picture Frame Co. ?) THE WASHBUR EWAW0 800000000008 00 4000 Are those in which the tone ts the | auy Sada bh bl | WANTED clearest, the workmanship of the econd-hand Pecond-hen highest order, and the material used Pianos and or- pans in_seonenee for new of the finest quality, We sell all of ones, W rite or call, those celebrated makes, and at prices Se “ ae which place a good guitar within the wis covont Ave Ramaker Music Co,| reach of anyone. Step in and make your selection, POOPOO GODS OOD OOO: YRES TRANSFER C0. Distributing Cars a Spectalty ‘Phone Main 360 Omics, cor, Oveidental Ave and Jackson stroot Winter & Harper Burke Butlding, Second Ave. and MarionSt, Seattle Wash, _ |