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y compen ees Cents a Month By Mail or Carrier ALIST OF THE WILLING MEN Who Would Accept ot Republican County Nominations. THE POLITICAL POT NOW BOILING For the Fires Are Burning Briskly Beneath the Savory Mess of Pottage—Whilfs From the Inside,” Although the county election will not be aspirants are already canvassing the Bome of the Republican candidates who wilt fail In attempts t© secure nominations for city offices, will doubtless knock at the doore of the city convention The office of supertor judge will be o f the most eagerly sought. King county possesses numerous able lawyers, many of whom would ‘like to be judges, The county attorneyship is also a Job that many a worthy young barrister would Uke to secure. Prominent among the candidates for superior judge on the Re- Publican ticket is Mayor Thomas J. Humes. He would, of course, only want the judgeship in case he Is not re-elected mayor. He has already worn the ermine in this county in the eriminal court. The men at present talked of to oppose him in the event of his candidacy for judgeship are Boyd J. Tallman, John K. Bro Frank 8 GriMth and William RK. Bell, Taliman and Bell were both candidates before the last county convention, but failed to get nominated. The friends of Hermon Craven have also brought his name forward, but he is supposed to have congressional as- ttt mext fall, el For county attorney the one Republican who seeme to have the strongest support at present is P. D. Davis, a young lawyer well known al! over the county, He t one time mayor of Gt- man. W. H. White, who was defeated in the last election, has aise been mentioned, but it ts thought he is not a candidate and that he will support Davis. Ex-County Attorney Hastie has also Deen mentioned. For the office of county clerk, William G. Potts, who wae de- feated at the last election by something like 30 votes, Is again a candida Mr. Potts comes back smiling, and ciaime to be Stronger than before. Lon E. Smith, the present clerk of the county commirsioners, will give him, it In sald, a run fer the offire, Harry Gordon, who was deputy county clerk under his brother, and once acknowledged himeeif to be a candidate, has been ae the field by bis friends. He says now that he is not « it 4, will be no fight, for county treasurer. throw the jo8 at a man owing to the heavy bond req@ired. J. M. Bemoes, the harness man and an old timer, is the only Republican oo far on Possibly he may be opposed The county auditor's office promises a number of candidates. So far Ed L. Blaine, the abstractor, seeme to have the best show. His occupation has made him familiar with the records of the Opposed to him is George F. Meacham, a real estate ty assessor, the renomination of Wesley A. Bailey, a rs incumbent, has nat @° M4 sae galte For count -surveyer Ctarone: presen It fe hard to at the jaat election, but is aaid to be the teachers’ candidate ‘The Republican nomination for #heriff ta the most question able of them all. It wil! depend largely on whether Sheriff Van Gevanter and his deputy, Jim Wilson, defeat Humes tn the city convention. If they do there is every likelihood that Vandevanter Will be renominated. aad dela da da tnt dada da datndadededadedadednde te dndadadndatadedededed de dedadebdeindeedieieied SPOS EERE EEE ES ESE EEE SEES E REESE ESE RSE SESE Eee eee Ee PSO EEOC PE Oey Or PORN QUT AT LATONA) = MANILA HERE Detatie of the blowing up of the! tug Carita at Everett last night were given a Star reporter this af- ternoon by F. A. Peterson, a nephew of E. D. Peterson, who was the only man killed in the acciden ven in another column as Percy Coughlin. ¥. A. Peterson arrived this morning and proceeded to Latena to break The number of animals for ship ment to the army in the Philippines | is about complete. 542 horses and mules tn the govern ment corral in North Seattle. The transport Sheridan is expected to wary 3 Nagasaki on Albert left age for the animals. @he has a capa-| city of 6,000 tons measurement. Th Port Albert will carry about 600 horses and mules. In the last voy ut the | aee t Btepliens ac the carried | Pacific she only lost five horses Mr. Peterson says that at the time Of the disaster his unc the cook and did deck w Carita, was eating his din cabin. The explosion & William Jackson, a returned Kion- @iker, has fatien a victim to the cot ored women crooks Seattle and he has been robbed of $599 In green backs. The alleged robbery occurred bow of the boat. Pie be made tomorrow. Petersen wan 62 | | _ a WAS ROBBED ere eg suicide. Ha nm was last seen on the! 1% yards away. Not a vestige of} years of Of his children two BY WOMEN Amund Hansen, a laborer, has dis j@preared from his lodgings in the | evening of December 23 at the Sta Peterson's remains were found An investigation into the cauves| Of the disaster will in all probability | HIS OWN LIFE _— attend the state univer-| sity. | Michigan house and his friends have reason to believe he has committed! | dard Rambling house. It is said he was playing the games heavily, fn a box in the Snoquaimle saloon on Since that night hia whereabouts Pike street near Third avenue, last | have been a mystery. Hansen, it in might. Jackson met the women on|*tated, had a considerable sum of money on his person, whigh he evi- dently lost while playing the big per centage games, which are permitted ish In that house of his friends have been at police quarters and they ex prensed the belief that he has ended | the street and was soon infatuated With their dusky smiles. ‘The potic are of the opinion that the was the work of the w hold forth tn the tendertot There are a number of t city at the present time robber district. | In the! t in ad, have’ been imp his life in a fit of despondency the purpose of rob The police department has been her claimed that they ha be tly invest ng Hansen's dia vomised police protection appearance but so far have learned Jackson was very reluctant about| Nothing new. Hansen ie but 22 ving the full particulara of the | ¥¢@'* of age and han had little ex ibbery. | Peri nee with the ways of the world MU RDERESS | Successor for Brumby 2 | WASHIN oN, D.C. De 27 It i# currently reported in navy cir F cles that Lieut, Theodore G. D will be appointed assistant fla eu Je tenan ym the ff of hie le, BRANDON, Man., Dec. 27.—Hiida |‘ paereneey “ MBiake, age 22, was hanged here thin| (2°80n of Admiral Dewey's oldest morning for murdering Mrs. Lane, "ther John. : her mistrees. Only a few persons ‘ Witnessed the execution. The «| TACOMA GIRL MISSING man Biake wae infat 1 with her vietim's husband | Pearl Clancy, a girl 14 yearn of oa — age, has run away from her home The protest against the Northern| at Tacoma and the Seattle police Pacific's propored wat front | have n notified to arrest her if scheme which was signed by nearly | she puta In an appearance here, Her all of those present at last night’s| mother went to police headquarters mass meeting wan filed with City| tnia morning and left @ description @lerk Coryell tod of her daughter, i ‘Wate iin THE There are now | © VuL, 1 SEAT! UF, WASHINGTON, Brererverererrerees e KONG, Deo, 81.—Senor @ cently @) @ from Paris, en route to the Phil- @ @ ippines to avenge the death of @ @ hin brother, Gen, Luna, who was @ @ avnansinated, it im alleged, by @ ew ders of Aguinaldo, was @ d dead in his bed this morn- @ ing. When last seen alive Luna @ @ was in excellent health. ° e POSOSHSOHOO HOO HEED CITY NEWS. E2laworth Boyles, the forger, was Yesterday sentenced to 30 days’ im- Prisonment by Judge Cann, on @ charge of Vagrancy. William Smith, arrested Saturday at Sumner on a charge of counter- felting, w given a preliminary hearing before United Gtates Com- minsioner M. L, Clifford, at Tacoma, this afternoon, This evening the Fraternal Order of Hawks gives \ts fret grand ball in Germania ball, Steamer Al-Ki, Capt. Nicholson, te due to arrive from Alaska at o'clock tonight. John Barneson hae filed a notice im the auditor's offiee to the effect that he is no longer connected with the firm of BRarneson & Chileott, and has not been since December 51, 1898, ‘The case of Harry B. MoGowan va W. A. Moyer, has been appealed to the supreme court. J. F. Priagint, a violently insane man, was committed to the asylum today by Judge Moore. Marriage lcenres were iseued to day to Christie Dow, 27, and Grace Keen, 4, both of Beattle, and to Joseph B. Evans, 43, Beattie, and Metta Chase, 36, of Pendleton, Or. Alten and Alien Inte yesterday af- om entered againet Dera Wells Trowtman for $78.25, balance On costs and lemal fers. Another sult for $925.20 was fied acainast D. Troutman and Deora W. Troutman on a promissory note, by W. T. Primrose, * al. ‘The cigar store at the entrance to the Eagle saloon on Becond avenue was burelariaed last night and sev~ oral boxes of Mavanas were stolen, A burglar entered the residence of W. H. Finck, the jeweler, Sil Bee~ eca street Monday night and stole several articles of clothing. John West, @ Scandinavian laber- or, Was arrested last night by Officer Hubbard on a charge of disorderly conduct. When arrested West drew & emall knife and made an attempt to tab the officer, Went claime he by Marie Andere of ‘he wornan Was held as a wit- ‘Will probably be renominated. Albro Gardner ar O. €. An- “ee, Gerson might be brought out by thelr friends to oppose him. say,’ Goalie, a elend caen,| For county schoot superintendent, William @. Hartrauft, of was arrested last hight by Detective the Latona school, is a candidate. He was defeated for the office lCudthee. on « charge of larceny. It| * claimed be erabbed a pocket-book ontaining $22 from a man several weeks ago. j Frank Smith and At Lone( who| charged with robbings Graham's | nery store, will be ararianed in ze Cann’s court thie afternoon. | Proceedings against | aoe The adultery | | Mr Mra. Wm. RB. Armatrong, | VICTIM LIVED ANIMAL Seca tte hfe | Judge Cann'e court this afternoon, have been postponed for several/ days | | The county commissioners will go | jover to Kirkiar nd this evening to hear | |@ petition from the citizens of that place asking for the appointment of wee Barteh, an engineer on the yunty'’s new ferry-boat which \# process of netruct now in There will be some opposition to this and the Kirkland peti- mmis appointment, thoners desire to show the « ners thelr anxiety on the Partsh i@ now engineer on matter, | the the news to Mrs. E. D. Peterson 11, and is expected to ar-| Mr | who, together with seven children, | tive here between now and Janu- | Gazelle. | was left by the deceased tary 1. The @heridan will carry for The city of Seattle has moved for | dismissal of the dam brows ainet it by Sarvator and Campon age mult! Newell bought two lots in| today for $1,100. George South Seattle Information wan filed by the pro ecuting attorney this afternoon | against Harry Ferguson, the alleged bber on the charge of grand| tt is charged that Fergu t of carpenter's tools | A. Conner, September train areeny son stole from G lith LYNCH FOR SECOND PLACE will undoubtedly candidate for the r “John J. Ly he the Demoer WEDNESDAY EVE iTeachers of the State, 27, IN » DECEMBER | | : PLOT TO BLOW UP CAPE TOWN FORTS Also to Capture Some Prominent British Officials, DISCOVERED AND FRUSTRATED. Winston Churchill “Cables the Story of His Thrilling Escape From the Boers at Pretoria, LONDON, Dec, 27.—Bouth African censorship is evidently some xed Dispatches, though delayed, are arriving more f The sitation appears unchanged. Duteh disaffection grows in the colonies, The needed artillery is arriving at Capetown. The transport Tantailon Castle has arrived with a number of Howitzers and quick-firer ‘The British colonists in Cape Colony are actively arming. Modder river dispatches dated Dee. 21 report intermittant firing on doth sides, with no results. The wireless telegraphy tents at tts place have been highly successful. Six Marconi outfits for the Foers were seized at Capetown, Commandant Demeilion, who was captured at Plan: . Ond escaped from the British Pen- elope at Simonstown, hy been recaptured ‘The Times fears international complications in Delagoa bay if the draatic policy advocated by some in reference to Boer importa- tions were adopted without the consent of Portugal. It (* sald there are 6,000 Buropean officers and men in the Boer army at Pretoria as a reserve. Capetown advices say the New Zealanders at Naauwpoort, un- der Gen. French, were, on Dec. 14, nearly surrounded by Boers, and barely egeaped under a heavy fire. Newspaper correspon- dents have fome to Capetown from Modder river, strengthening the belief that there will be an immediate British advance, An official report from Methuen dated yesterday, says the ene- mys force le increasing and continues to work on the trenches. Mounted infantry drew fire yesterday from four Boer cannons and two machine guns Four horses were hit. The Morning Post, in a second addition, giver the particu tare of the q@ecape of ite correspondent, Winston Churchill, from Pretoria. Churchill'® dispatch waa dated Lourenco Marques, which place he left yesterday for Durban. Churchill sealed the wall at Pretoria while the sentry's back was turned, and then walked the h the city past the town pickets. He was not dis- gulsed, and passed along unmolested. On the edge of town he boarded a freight train bound for Delagoa bay, and hid under coal sacks until next morning. when he left the train and follow- ed the tracks for Ove days, making a detour about the towns and stations, During this time he subsisted on water and chocohate. On the sixth day Churchill boarded « train beyond Middleburg. and again hid-under the coal sacks. Though the train was sereh- od, Churchill was not discovered. He did not leave the train til! it arrived at Deiagoa bay, six hours iater. The American mba: Presents the appearance of a ware- house, Hundreds of boxes have arrived, which Mr. Hay, the new Americam consul at Pretoria, te requested to take with him for the Britishprisoners now at the Boer capitol. The atuff would fil two transports. Hundreds of relatives of prisoners call at the embassy daily and ask Hay to take personal Messages bead fathera, re andgines now, at Pretoria 6 mew SOSH SSHSSSOSSHSHHSHSOOOHHOSSOOHEHOSOSOOOOD BPRLIN, Dec. 27.—German authorities in Damaraland, the Weat African coast, have stopped Boer recruiting in the colony, which they 4 ered had been going on quietly for some time All persone suspected of an intention of joining the Boers have been forbidden to cross the border t1.—feveral arresta are expected here in to seize the Cape Town forts and explode of the Christmas festivities. >» have wide ramifications, w eyaliete had also intended ¢ CAPE TOWN, Dee connection with @ plot magazines during the progre The plot, which ts believed unearthed in the nick of time. D POCOHOCOOEEOOOO OD srercescrcoreoessoooooooes SOSSHSSHSSHSHSHSHSSSSHHHSHHSHOHOHOOOOOOSOE OO @ seize Gen. Forestier-Walker and Gov. Gir Alfred Milner. The @ affair caused intense excitement. e pasennane e GIBRALTAR, Dec, 27.—Gen. Kitchener laat night Joined Gen ° ard the steamer Dunottar ning for Capetown Roberts ab which sailed m Castle, this DUNBAR, Dec. 27.—The transport Palamacatta arrived here today with reinforcements for the Indian contingent serving in Bouth Africa. ° eee SOSSOSOSOSOSH SOHO SOSOOOH OOS eeoeoeoe Kidsap county, City Superintendent Ringam, Tacoma, Susan L. Currier, | W. B. Turner, of the State Normal school at Cheney, T. N. McCully, Jensburg Normal school. F. T. Hab- yok has charge of the local com- mittee. FRASCH AFTER JAFFE. ©. R. Frasch, of the local board of health, filed @ somewhat sensational charge against Louis Jaffe, the wholesale liquor dealer, in Judge Cann’s court this morning. The na ture of the charge is that Mr. Jaffe has violated an ordinance and fur thermore that he refused to comply | with the orders of the health de of the! partment. Asso-| Recently Mr. Jaffe had two new elation convened today at the Firat | Inks placed in his liquor store, The paca pt ho Ape hia| PIPes leading from them ran only Methodist church. The meeting this) iaerneath the building instead of Are in Session, The 13th annual Washington Gtate Teachers femnion morning was participated in mostly being connected with a cesspool by members of the council, and was! pullt for that purpose. It is alleged presided over by Prof. Wagner, of|that the place ‘4 in an unsanitary Tacoma. Thie councll consists of | condition 62 teachers from the larger tons in| Mr. Frasca claims that be gave the state, the state board of educa-| Jaffe due warning but he practically | tion, and the heads of the depart-| refused to abate the nuisance. A ments of the untversity, and other! warrant has been sworn out for the recognised colleges rrest of Mr. Jaffe and his trial wilt | The report of the committee of P.|come up Judge Cann vice presidency of the United States next fall. Judge Lynch has a very large German acquaintance all over the country. He stands in with the Democratic push so solidly that his chances are considered excellent from that point also. These facts were obtained in an Interv this morning with If. ff Dunbar, a well known Eastern hotel man, who has just arrived from Washington and who has an exten kive acquaintance among #tatesmer congresmen and men of larg fairs. ‘MOVEMENT OF MAILS. ireat Northern overland was a half hours late last even Today’s Northern Pacific was on time. eamer Al-K1 is due with Alaska mail The Cottage City sailed this morn ing with a good northern mail BROPHY CASE uP. Arthur Griffin was this morning appointed to hear the arguments in the cas James Brophy va. th City of Seattle. It is a damage suit for $10,000 for injuries received from falling into @ hole In a Washington street alley last winter, After hear Griffin took the advisement, ing the pleadings Mr case under [®: Brown, Superintendent Finch, of f. 8.C., upon the action of N. FA. in| reference to college entrance afternoon SEATTLE STAR. SSbscbsGessesaeTebeNCa 3 eo . al Prof. Wilson, of the Ellensbur Normal achool, addressed the meats ing on the value of an early begin ning In “Ne Study and Allied | Sciences.” U pon the suggestion of | | Supt. Trown it wae decided to 94-lirne gtatement published in the Journ the meeting until afternoon, in| o order that a larger attendance might | Stat yesterday to the effect that the United States authorities are in have the benefit of dis on this afterne ussing Prof ventigating th on Was) scene letter sent through the malls authorship of an ot presid . ba sig ~ be ee _ several daya ago, created a wide State ersity, Preside on belt aL. he council prograrn |SPread sensation. Many requests being very (Il. Phe council progratn | was carried out inning with Prof,| have come to this office for further Wilson's report in nature study. The| information, but pending action by reat of the program waa as follows: | United States District Attorney Gay Investigation Child Study: (1), ations can be ma Primary number work (based on}, The district attorney left for Spo payeh y of numbers), Hattie Mc-| Kae last evening, to be gone for Seren dgion, sacous ten y.|Several days. Before his departure 1 he stated that court proceedings in Ta 1, W. J. Hughes; (2) Child study from a prych cal stand-|comnection with the letter, would be point. FW. Colegrove, U. of W. Dis | commenced, if at immediately nasion: W. E. Wilson, EB. T. Mathes, | @fter his return to this city W. B. Turner Preliminary-(1) Some thoughts|SCHOOL CONTRACT LET school economy, J. 8. MePhaill -- | (2) Report of committes| The board of education met this | @ of P C. upon action of N. E noon and awarded the contract for in reference to college entrance re-|the addition to the Minor school to quirement Cawsey & Carney, at $9,200. The re Among those who are in atten-| were six other firms bidding danee are State Superintendent J.| will probably commence in a weeks ms ten days, ° News Tips, 4. phy Ete, Te PIKE 150 Torepnas 1899, REMEMBER PAR PAINT C6 That our Wall Paper is all White Blanks full 48 feet. 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