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eeeoe CENTS A WEEK 3 £4 LH K Phone Main 1050 3 eeee errr) os dd VOL, 2. NO. aaa, ASHINGTON MONDAY SEATTLE EVENING, FEBRU ddadad ddidididdidedaded % Seattio thet dares § K e *& to print the Nowe. 3 4 ss a SORooneoous oOnonnOnwe 1901, ONK CENT A COPY. ARY il, URTHER REVELATIONS CONCERNING TELEPHONE FRANCHISE JUGGLERY BY THE SOLID SEVEN ‘The expose in Saturday's § the juggling features telephone fight sensation. of the created a decide Nobody read the artich with keener interest than did SOLID SEVEN tn the council. The councilmen did pot relish the article. They were smarting over it | this morning. But none of were inclined to let his temper carry | them him beyond the Iimits of pradence. | | Bast *-** Later on WE WILL BE IN|reached the SOLID SEVEN that A POSITIC TO GIVE CONS the measure would probably be ve Mr. McGroarty also was rather | ER. vy BH PATRONAGE TO 1 toed by the mayor. Probably they discreet. When interviewed for the 5T read the fact tn the Star, which aa} “P.-1." he said that he did not care “MeGroarty was nformed at usual was ahead of the other news to engage in A newspaper contro versy. It is one of Mr. McGroarty’s pleasantest traits that he does not Star's advertising and nts had no connection and that the Star would papers in reportin The SOLID BEV news. were aghast whatever he proapect of fhirat for @ controversy of any | Not suppresa news for the aake of |Ate ‘heise cn kind. In the nt fight Mr. dc- | advertising, legitimate or otherwise, | re, caine vetoed. 3 Groarty is not nearly so active Thereupon Mr. McGroarty spoke | mayor's » aa CMe weinea en 0 bis gupperters in coun- | Warmly Of the courege ar eaty not toe veto the bill, Their en the i Star had always . y was so ent that the mayor ve handling public questions = Agi a Seat a a ve \tnat Detrer Gran Mr. MoCroarty | taken aback. He had never soen Mr, MeGroarty’s insinuation tn the | pendent. yt mce- j anything like it In hie lite. t At first the LID SEVEN talked | “P.L” today that the Star's article see | was Not ali has been written of the history of the SOLID SEVEN in its great role of defending the peo- ple from too much telephone com- t and too many at a time to be coherent. ree ‘oun- |ecilman Vincent, who may be con sidered the leader of the McCiroarty rather too fi and not Mr. Hunt, out & Vision | petition. The scene at the mee forces, got the Moor and tg} ot patronage to et ass When te the board of public wan — that the mayor must not think of en Friday moraing, « gentle | lutely unique, was however equaled vetoing the MeGroarty franchise, eee ae Seaeesy in novelty by another scene in the feet ie wee the best franchise ever 4 od y me ” jee. pyaae Conone te ne Sa nics ot a Mais ‘They did not and could not make a) ‘our We cba | Tasrainance. Gecpite protests that it | single point in suppert of thie state. a weer t ke fe shall | was exactly what the Sunset com- y not one of the BOL, return from the /pany would like to have, news | SUVEN wil wit assert that the Me- steamboat wharves an? railroad sta tlons. WASHINGTON, D. Cc, Feb 11 Teed drinks constitute a form of lux. ury unknown in almost all of/ France. according to 4 report made SUCCESS MARKS MRS, As She Travels by Railroad, Great Crowds Cheer and Yell. Rous is atatic hae 150,000 5 no tee fs tory. people keep lee heir ceitare. Haynes says there is ket in the country for k freezers, soda fountains, refrigera tors, ice shavers and electric fans ‘The glowing prospect held forth by his report seems to promise a bushel | | the French cooled & } LONDON, Feb. 11—Chinese ad- pathway. All| Views assert that the famine in the province of Shans! and Shera is the —Mrs. | of the town cleared a Naichet, hes —s the railroad route the crowds grew in and at Jowa city | Worst in the history of China. Two- the record-breaker was reached. third of the he, are without suf! on Clent food. Bitterly cold weather Ad ary re uation adds to the suffering. For three ~ | shouted: “Women, get to smashing saloons and make reputations.” At Wilton college boys gave their college yeNl and two empty kegs were laced on the car marked “Free rv.” Wednesday the little army leaves for Chicago. years the crops have es n failures. Canntbaliem ts practic erable and the their children for food, kill the litt ones rather than listen to thetr cries Infanticide ts increasing on @ ter- eespemernetree rible scale, and women are sold by thetr husbands, or sell themselves attend to routine matter, and once for food more vote upon the Smith's cove » ‘The Chinese government has been loon license, which was re-referred doing what it could for the suffer to that committee by the city coun-|ers, but this, because of the unset- cil. It has been a matter of con-|tied state of the country, l# but tention between the council mem- jj Pg emer’ Feb. Fo ag ae ged sgn bers as to the advisibility of grant-| | The population of Shansi ts 12 team ing the permit. The members of the | 099,000 and of Shensi 9,000,000 erganis-| Soles license and tevenue commit-|" °” — . | tee hold that 2 “blind pig” has been! PARIS, Feb. 11.—In a duet between operated unmolested in the vicinity | M. Ruchard, editor of Petite Rept —D. for @ long time, and that the city que, and Passien, editor of the | home, near ber, was destroy. snigiet aa well Gortve its fevenve fram |trincicecant, the reeult of an attack a legitimate saloon. Other members| by Ruchard in an article this morn- of the council contend that if the|ing, Passien was slightly wounded. Feb. * —A local — of affairs are such that the au- out ities cannot control them, they) DECATUR, Ind., Feb. 11.-Passen- ‘a day and pays|had better “throw up the sponge.” | ger tain No. 3 on the Chieago & Brie fat. was wrecked near Wren, ( early \this morning, The tender left the | track, followed by. five coaches fill jed with 150 persons. All of the oach en were demolished, one being cut In two. Only 15 gers could walk | to Ween, all of the rest bel badly | LISBON, Wis. Feb. 11-—-By the | crippled and some killed. Nearly al bursting of a milk separator this}were emigrants and their names morning, Edward Wirth and James | were unknown. Ten doctors hasten Pyburn, the latter manager of tho|ed to the scene. The wreck securred where a ditch on either side of WIRE TAPS. superintendent, removing 8. ¢. Roberts, who has held the piace for two years. Feb. 10.—Gheriff Harc- P| an attempt cane burgiars at it in his custody, has doubled corps of jailors. camery, we eye “ ones Alfie ag Killed, and seyeral) trick waa filled with water. Ice was pe QuEMPIA, Feb. 10.—The Chilberg broken by the coaches and many has been sold to the Olym- WASHINGTON, I D, C., Feb. 11.—| People were frozen before help ar- bank, which willshort-|The president sent in the nomina-|Tived x re 09 it, having sold its present quarters to A. C. Stevens. tions of Jas. H. Wilson, of Delawa and Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, to bi MANILA, Feb, 11.—Transport Rut- ~ i brigadier genera ®lford sailed with the Thirty-sev EVERETT, ¥eb. —A rancherlermy Trt im the regular lrogiment for hom eee tae oe iene “ een Radi he i from here, while driving home, near| PORTLAND, Me. Feb. 11~The|, BOSTON, Fev. 3 nxiety te) fe Buckley's stone, was thrown from| present attempt to enforce the pro- | |nere over ‘th gaye a trom | hia buggy and badly injured hibitory liquor law in Maine has be A pretning 6 ship rope aw i ERETT, again brought into use all kinds of | led mon Do velen 4 EV Feb, 10—The cham jevic quor ¢ eign waters. There were 200 Cb pe Fo ward on Jan, 2%, when she was sail- of commerce, by @ vote of 3% to 12.) In this city, where the prohibition a ing for Barbadoes has to suatain the city coun-| sentiment is strongest and a Fa o ia ptiet ie ci in its effort to raise the local| minister has been elected sheriff.) vreNNA. Feb. 11—Rx-King Milan w Meenae. Ita ehamber als0| pocket peddiers hang uround the| qisqcy tao today’ decided to not withdraw the invita-| qoors of _ssloage and accost custom- 4 — tion to the members of the loxisia- 1 neha | Apeeieit aaemiabtel 02 ut 4 ‘In there; but come with| steamer Bertha bas departed fre me. |¥a jes with 70 wengern and a The pocket peddier carries a bottle ry cargo of fretght. In her hold in his hip pocket and @ glass in his|was a shipment of stores from the coat pocket. He leads the customer |government, Including 10 head into an alley or a doorway, makes | livestock and 50 dogs. sure that he t# unobserved and then | BETTER A LICENSE produces the stuff. It is a case of| The W. F., a lareg steam Inunch T any port in @ storm, and #o the cua-|owned by Chas. Lake, of Baliard, HAN A BLIND PIG) tomer suis aown the dose with hia|londed with It duck hunters, was jel eons eyes shut and then hands out 16|run down “hy the ateamer Dode early § deat cents—an advance of 60 per cent over | yesterday morning, about half a mile ‘Thi afternoon the police license | regular prices. Other pocket ped- off Lighthouse point. A hole wae and revenue committee met at 3|dlers, eelling on their own hook, pa-|tove In the w of the little crafe, 4 o'clocg in the council chamber to|trol the streets and hang around | but she was towed to Reattle by the | | Dode and all of her pleasure hunters yescued P| CRADEC, Cape Colony, Feb. 11 a detachment of Naht borne encoun- tered the Boers on Feb. & near Klip plat junetion, on the Midland line. The Pritiah lows was two killed, 15 wounded and 16 prisoners. LONDON, Feb, 11 |han decided that court present Junder Victoria need not be r thus saving much trouble McKENZIE GETS ONE Ross Also Scathingly Denounced Judge Beno a King Kdward tions ed, Judge Mary IV. the true ruler, Mloyee--tlis Conduct Shameful. REDUX #7 Poh Ming queen's desire that the visit of the | Duke of Cornwall be taken to mark | the gretitile for the work in South cision was read by Justice Ross, and Africa was a scathing denunciation of | Judge Noyes, of Alaska, ever admin- SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.—In the United States ctreult court, Justices Gilbert, Morrow, Rows, en beque At istered from the bench. His c¢ Roon today, rendered a decision in| quct was declared sha out the conternpat proceedings against| rageous and without pr The Alexander McKenzie, the notorions| bench wae surprised that Alaskans| LONDON, Feb. 11.--British lead Tecelver of Nome mines, holding Mc-| did not ull summary ers believe the nation ts tn a atre Kensie guilty on two counts and|geance upon him. No appeal is pos-\er position than ever befo sentencing him to imprixonment for|sible, This also means the removal |are expecially pleased with t ne year in the county jail The de ot Noyes. | friendship of the German Hrmperor. fof money to thé man whe’ Grat ofters | drinks. Groarty fr was better than } the rival ec s franchise s** But what business have ¢ men, p to protect the city’s ests, to go before the mayor and ex eitedly Urge him to sign a me in the (iterests of one unk company? What business have counciimen to rush into @ mee of the board of annd that an ther company, having a prima cle franchise, be refused the Fhaht poles and string wi public works by that they strain astonish everybody to intimidate other departments the the te government into adopting | or P of favoring one concer | | and attacking the other Who are the SOLID SEVEN keenly interested in the MeGroarty | ceunpeny’? Why don't the SOLID SEVEN tn the council resent the articles in the Star? “| How the Mayor's Office Was Rushed by a Committee From the Seven = Who Wanted That McGroarty Franchise Approved Without Fail---Statements Made Today by Councilmen That Are Extremely Interesting. Why don't they demand an inves | tgatior the matter ee -| Mr. Blake laughe aa usual and nt me to Tam 1 ing to do anything Mr, Vincent aays he would do it all over again if necessary Mr, Byers says future wil show that the MeGroarty company is not @ creature of the Sunset com pany, and the councilmen were 9 too sealous Mr, Rude swears and says he has always been honest Mr, Muldoon saif that while the counclimen’s wetion in going } ° | the board of public works was v vaual it was because no had come up. He bell ltomatic company’s fra: ‘feed and he did not want them t | tae He insisted that the pro cedure of the counciimen was per- | teotly business-like. | Dr. Crichton eaid he had forgotten | they knew noth what the article said, but that he "ected not ca: DOLPHIN MAKES QUIK Brings Latest News From Da The steamer Dolphin. of the Alnaka Steamship Co. arrived from Ska k r way today at neu three and one-half days on the tris Fine weather prevailed the entir way. There came gore including #everal In wh ed” out over the | o Da Among the passens a3. AE of the Mortbe founted whise bgogdair ‘ ! . striped smoungrs looked good ‘cour doughs’. wh wsemnbled on the wharf by th and u has been trans 1 to Ottawa Or n Da Stewart River. | Speaking of the mines Ball said: “I believe the Stewart river leountry, situated about three days ‘travel from Dawson, in going to op- en Up well. Good reports have come | from them all winter, and everything | points to the success of the looallty Of course the district will not prove @ bonanaa, but good pay at least will be taken out.” Late Skagway advices show that! TRIP FROM SKAGWAY wson—Pneumonia Prev: Richness of Roget ® River Country. the Tig @atmon stampede was hoot: Sred Fox, who hae just turned from ¢ at b would not give a 9% bill for the wh I Dawnon advices state that T Chisholm, known t n r Vialted that city in the Aurora « ving that on June a « Two Women Fight. D ng & dance at No, 17 Eldorad on nicht of Feb. 6, Mrs. M ’ ers and Mise Hi, Thornton engaged in @ fight, and conaide bleed flowed Both were arr Many people ate sta Dawson to Valdes b Dosens are the the Yukon metre greatly depopt Meh, aw th tive of the Dawson be * on his Way out to v | the interest of legisia’ | proposed to better the | Siraiem in Dawson, Geo, T. Mt. Cyr has been convict ed of murder in Dawson and sen tenced to be hanged, 1. her St. Cy went to the cabin of a cighbor named Davie and shot him ead as he Iny asleep In bed t Ottawa in on whieh is TRAVELING ~ THE GOBE |M. Schoffler Started Broke} | aud Must Return to Germany. After having visited nearly every principal city in the United States of | and Canada, and spending over three | foreign ¢ trot ugh ae years traveling thre countries, M. Schoffier ter, arrived In Beattie late Saturday night and was given a place to sleep at police uart He is er route to Germany via Sues, from whence he left five years ago in the interest of a publishing houes. Schoffler has been given permission to ride the ratiroad tracks on a vel ocipede which he constructe He} leaves today for Olympia, thence to San Franct Honolulu and t Philippine islands About five years ago @ well know publishing company of Germany ¢ tered into an agreement with Schof. fler that if he w make a tour of |the world, and at the same time write an account of his experience they would publith his book and giv him 2 per cent. of the profits deriv- 44 trom it Je. it was further agreed that Achoffer war to leave without a cent in his pockets and re-| turn in a like manner, | Hin outft| conalate of a camera, clothes and cooking utensils Today Schofier dith sign his name to a paper show ing that he had vinited this city. Hs minsion to Olympia ix to obtain the lelgnature of Gov. Rogers to the same day Schoffer sends back \p araph nanuserty He Jexpects to be back Jn th land that during hia four years of travel he has had no money on his person, had Chief Meroe | Who Stole $40,000 ? Three SIOUX CITY Feb. 11 |men are under on charge of ing £40,000 from ‘o, there, The a truck at the #t the snow ted wagon trac which were followed two miles into the country, where the empty saf wea found The tracks were then | followed to the homes of the men under arrest None of the money |has yet t n recovered. A Strange Accident. INTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 11.~ Chief Justice McClellan, of the Ala |Hama ‘supreme court, was shot and erely wounded early y morning. Jonne Th Phelan, went to McClellan’ search for John MeQueen jof abducting Jerse Beale's Seugnier McClellan was shot while resisting IN THE COURTS. { Judge Bell i# confined to his home with a slight attack of la grippe and » to attend court today Leary case was resum- 4 this morning in the library room f the superior court. The rebuttal i! ed toda and the plaintiff's opening argumer Ml be probably made late thin aft ernoon. Judge Tallman heard a number of ‘ex parte matters thie morning and adjourned court until 2 o'clock this afternoon, ] MINNEAPOLIB, Minn., Feb, 11.- | Today's opening of the Hamilton murder trial was more interesting |crowd of soctety people. At least ¢ hundred women filled the front at iam ©, Rennett a traveling man, testified of Chicago, that he didn't see the fatal encounter but saw Day dying on the floor only A. M. Barbe, another traveling man, was with him. While working over Day Hamilton and Guy Can fleld came back and Hamilton aided in reviving Day. After, Day died Hennett said: “Let us offer prayer ‘Hamliton knelt with him, condition of | ascarch. The Beales fired several |ashots in a closet In which McQueen was hiding. McQueen and the girls ere married later in the day, The| Reales are now under arrent ee That meeting of the board of pub le works was a unique affair, SEVEN admit that they a thing under @ prima fact At firnt e BOLID wanted it supposed that they ap 1 by er Ther they ally 1 that they were 1 ce lot on Thirty-firet aven ! at Mr. Muldoon « bargain, ented to him that they go down. Vincent admitted that he was HERBERT S Tiy” Wh it might not 4 at th menmage, he hi ren that they Mr. Vincen' | Mr. Byers anything about the Mc- | the meeting as o night” and works m done so, bu nber the answe: buch anf rks off who t. | her uid have been | te, he said tt might or Asked whether he had © tn ho the replied that he might see office x of repeatedly eoting.” ed that he it meeting In They said that referred curring Even t if no he aid not All of the councfimen seen denied tended the to Aaturday fter the board of pub- When remind ed that the meeting was not report ed ns occurring et night wurprined and anid that anid no, W t the word hought The article in the Star on Satur y calling attention to theme singu- ar featuren excited h discussion among the citizens of Seattle. Many of them had noticed the real of the | SOLID SEVEN and had wondered it Th fee! would have OLAD BF terest The ing that the woodptle m into a reneral hen night” the see to pat lonked EN } 1 be to exp and referer wae r she ort rhowed « wa0d he was er had siven Ye their naequently have re n the reporter. “there wana nig had begun to conviction waa found today that ined the at etved by » their MILES MADE LIEUT-GEN Others had not wondered at | agreement wan that the un | We have ays on hand a good California Sweet Wines icing in price from 350 up, by t the purity and We guarantee he wh bottle and $1.00 up by the gation, oe of our gooda, . Brunner & co. {Tet Main 1060. 502. Pike St and Liguors ADAMS & BLANCHARD 719 Sole Agents for the ¢ Cond Avenue, Hinckley Blook brated Hockenbothen Underwear Strictly All Wool and fully ¢ All Sizes at the guaranteed, Suit ue one block from Yesler car | 2 cons Up That ought to satisfy the keenest appetite. prices on the most desirable goods in our store. BLACK DRESS GOODS ALL WOOL HENRIETTA. 12 & inches wide, extra fine twill heavy goods; ‘In Jet and blue Diack, in a quality we have been selling at $1.0. Two days only, yard, 690. "EAU DE SOTE wide; no allk has become much in demand for a dress ag this sublime silk Ww 2 inches 60 rich our yard, goes at SATIN red very tal offer, DAMASK, all pretty p cheap at yard, 7% 72 inches tterns, con- $1.00, te % only, each, 2c. MEN’S M NECKWEAR in Four-in-Hands and = Tecks; We Have Prepared 2 Bill ri Pare for Mouday and Tuesday BLACK SILKS § SATIN DUCHESSE, 24 in, 5 ? LINEN DEPARTME FURNISHINGS eenegernognenenee serene”. “srt THE LE A DER & cy 70 manors ave. ALWAYS WI ALWAYS ALWAYS FULI FR : olates go. Stewart & Holmes Drug Co, 627 First Avenue, Foot of Cherry St. | | | Tempting ALL WOOL VENETIAN, 52 inches wide, one of the most popular of materiais; sponged and shrunk; sold all season at $1.25. Two days only, yard, 89c. wide; unusually rich, heavy quality; you cannot afford to miss this offer; regularly $1.50. 2 days only, yard, $1. T DINNER NAPKINS, 24 in, 10 different patterns, all dou- ble satin damask, present val. 3 and $4.50. Monday and Tuesday, dozen, $2.50. RINGED DOYLIFS, nm, white with red and borders, the usual fe limit 2 dozen. Special dozen, 25 kind; offer, MEN'S LINEN COLLARS, 4-ply, good styles, standing OSLO COTE SHOOT OH OD OL HOODH IO OSES HO FTOEEDS 0909909 50900000000 000000. choice of our regular + Ae line; Monday and Tuesday, and turn-Gown, the 13%¢ Rind, 12% while they last, Sc WASHINGT . D. C, Feb. “eN " 76 > hominat Miles’ to be ite CENTER TABLES t general the army, and of We place on them from time to time goods we wish to close new major general Young, out. Look them o h MacArthur, ° confirmed ‘ Dy ie mn. Action Laces Hose Supporters or <aldanie pemmuathan'th tes ote | Thirty pieces white and ; All sizes, the hold fast, eas ate, interrupted Caffery's speech o1 cream Laces, all widths and ~ catch, rubber tip kind oe subsidy bill Nominations of | kinds, worth I6¢ and 20c¢. Price d ways sold Special « prigadier generals held up temp. 0 olese . ) president will consent to placing If you are in need of a Jacket, Cape, either ladie Gen nard Weod at the foot ren’, a wool Waist, a Fleeced Wrapper or a dress Skirt, you the 3 buy them at almost your own pr me p Lanne nennnn hanson nnembeh. anesreresecsecsoeoeoos MAY WHEAT. rTTTTLILITISELILI LISTE eer ee TIT Tes TTT e = . Has two First-Class Second-Hand Steel Ranges, one 6-hole |. X. L., one CHICAGO, Feb. May wheat, vole ©: r 4 ee (a 4a hole Oxford 2all and see them, 507 PIKE STREET Mr, and Mrs, Frink, Mr. and Mra. Gerald Frink who onan were recently married in Seattle POSHSHOSOESOOHOSOSOOOOSSS C4000 000000000, hav e returned from their trip to Cal Ry Moving into otr new building we have Increased our ca- events int the ¢ ttle, or, toth are prominent young and theif arrty ion of a number ALASKA oats, Corner Third Ave. and Main St. Upsown Office, 817 Second Avenue pacity about four times over what it was formerly. f Cascade Laundry co., Telephone Main 210, Telephone Main 493, ; SOCHOS OTTO SSOOOES Sage eS AE uct Ibs. Fancy Clusters le the taking of the Alaska, and who has a national rep A stamped Domini¢ neveral pe is report ed On Lower » 6 above high as 8 ce been taken the British or's desk, In a change Of) by reason of the presence of a large |adians and mixed up, and the An had to be called in to amicably ad just the difficulty, Nearly all of the heavy machinery sent into Dawson just before navig is being. hauled to the available | mines |summer wi is suffering the flour, $16 @ wack, pay ho ation closed, so as to be rk commences, and at 00 pounds, from Dawson to non Jan » being hat quite Dominion as bed right out been pinned dew aver tos tetast: | | Py Aged the stove, All the Ca Yankees in the place For the oure of Liquor, Morphine, One last which he of merit, frozen, was mar- M Low M4 resulted in and it a. few perish nts to the wa erioan consu | age of food at Cirele City man he pan having which he did but no There was fun in one of the public schools in Dawson on the lat inst, A Canadian boy threw a small Am can flag, which had when | It is reported that there is a short on: last census in| Of bet: KEELEY Habite—Th Phone Main 657 on ether optiel ins’ work in OCAY eVERsoL nly genuine Keeley ini $a, pene ~ ae Se 4. P. Ot. INSTITUTES: fee 3 ‘~ suuttvan Butlding. Tel, Main. 835, Seattl A nice quart bottle of ZIN FAND. with every purchase of Port, Muscatel at $1, $1.50 or $2agallon. Special delivery. MIGLIAVACCA WINE CO. | for 25 Gents AT ———_ | San Diego Fruit Comp’y back of Daw- | i 415 PIKE STREET DEOSSSOOSS OOOO OO FSOOOOOO SOOHH OOOO OO OOOOO OOO OOD Whe experimented on, onll on us the Sera ot making « sale. m™ You Get Tired We don't sell a patr ot ‘@ don’t allow th pont time an¢ can and do improve ‘708 2d wy, Seattle tum and Tobsece cute in Washing Mer. Institute 5 SR h ta the, best Sherry, Angelica or 109 Main Street fer phe fre ore foo: