NE CENT A COPY — SIX CENTS A WEEK # # NO, 267. CARRIED TO Hi Funeral Services Over the Late Gov- emor John R. Rogers Marked by Mournful Silence Y DAY FOR THE OBSEQUIES iin Olympia and Along the Route Hundreds of ~ Grief-Stricken Friends Stand With Un- covered Heads-~5000 Persons in Tacoma § THE GRAVE last Journey, ‘There was something pathetic in the oery attitude of thos Who stood with bared heads, and watched the slowly moving column, ‘With Flattering Grape So perfect were the arrangeme: t that not th place whe: reached. mal to m ok train was In & very few minutes the art Was given, ivolosaly, with no clang of bell or hina of escaping steam the train pulled slowly sway from the station with fluttering crepe and drapery. ‘The silent spectators saw from the outside only closely drawn blinds, an open car with alient, soldiers anding guard around @ bler, and at Inst realized that John BR. Row- ere had gone from the capitol for- ever. ‘The Procession ‘The special left Olympia on time an previow % scheduled, but lost 10 minutes before feaching Tacomi ‘The procession was led by the Ta coma police and marched up Pacific enue to Ninth, thence to the court house, The building wa raped in black, and over the entrance hung & portrait of the lare aden bush fell over the watch. jere as a stir was seen at the doors jot eaidence, and In a few sec- jends the guard of honor issued and executive, A npecial squad of pole was neo- leumary to Keep the thong in line. | Men, women and child poor alik | takin, opened the way to the wailing hearse by standing | t moved, and out through With those (fog and gloom of the day started the Femains of the late executive on his ed about the bier. were most beautiful in design and | nature, ASHINGTON AT | ST. LOUIS EXPO. Chamber of Commerce AND PERU cm: The Spokane Chamber of Com- VALPARAISO, Jan. 1—It ts re- merce has a plan on foot to secure ce ee TAre have cutated iat| 88. ppropriation of $100,000 for Wasdington exhibit at the St. Louls offensive alliance awainst| world’s fair in 1903, It ts Inviting similar! the co-operation of all other cham- | bere of commerce and trade in the state. ts for each chamber to that purpose, FAMILY JAR ton A cow in the Cowley morning the father ii ‘ij son in the & F i 38 2 is two men, father and stated to it, and the the) wer aroused. " Poticeman | Hive near, and someone went for arrived at him He waa aroused and came out be-| andirrested the fighters. They were take to police headquarters, where disoderty conduct charges wer Pied against each of them. SMASHES JEWELERS WINDOW . ON CHERRY STREET AND GRABS TRAY OF DIAMONDS Excitement Prevails at Secmd aid Cherry Street—Thiet Secures Valuable Gens aid Escapes—Scat- ters a Fewas be Flees afte him and then walked through the jallway on First avenue. ‘Thn bis pursuers were at sea. By lockng the rear door he had effect- ual¥ cut off pursutt. Dropped Plunder Ater the thief had escaped crowds of pople gathered in the alley at the the Sullivan building to seath for rings that may have been droped, John Bec! avenues, on Chi last night. ‘The thief, wid pin, smashed tn the plat low, grabbed a tray full oj] made his eacapd esence of a crowd of full . ‘The diamonds are vatue: the erowd, for @ moment Stopping those after him. He the: Tan into the rear entrance of th aanlvan lock and escaped by goto throug: Rewards Oftered Joseh Mayer & Bros. have offered & reard of $400 for the recovery of the ings stolen from the window. Thed is supposed to be about 45 in ail, wued at from $1,500 to $2,000. A proprtionate reward has been of- feretfor the recovery of any portion of th rings. Améditional reward of $260 in of- feredfor the arrest and conviction of th thief or thieves who did the work © Phd Pinkde: the bufiding and ow th ia First avenue entrance: opristor Saw It All Joseph Mayer wag standing a feet trom the window when the thef! He heard the crack and! Sow the thief steal his Jewels. About » iBarnond a 8 Were taken. The of ¢ ase ate ffaeted almost ever; spentrian for Pets sound. Without a moment's tation the thtef geized the rings Fan to the all ind the Bul- an building, He met A. Shock and G,. Hancock at once realized that « thie tat excaping. They started to fol- him, bot he drew a revolver Iie pocket and fh t * a 4 fired at them, fm Det ty Amency will tke up tHe matter and circulars deserying the stolen articles and namiy the rewards will be scattered aroun the country. Thepolice are of the opinion that more ban-one man is implicated tn the joand are working on the cane weally Theproken window today the jeenterof attraction for crowds of persons took up the|peopleyho have gathered around tt, Niet had planned his|Aiscusng the orime. No positive nf and easily goticlue hy yet beon found that in exe swiftly up th Ap len ectly to the captur fallivan bulidt bie Manes through the door, locking back | pect ig, | of ithe ti are working hard, area! TRUST WINS | Claim Clear but nevertheless the au- | | Af the head and foot stood guard | at “parade rest,” while on either | etood police sergeants. Two line people parsed the canket. | thing was orderly during th terval. Gov, MeRiride and staff took lunch- | con at a downtown as did also | soldiers and officers. | While the procession passed alon, the atreet crowds of at jana stood with, bowed heads. both | on Its initial and final journeys. | IN TACOMA TACOMA, Jan. 1.—-Over 5,000 peo ple passed through Pteres county courthouse today while the late governor's Tremaine lay in state and for the Iaat time features of John began. Promptly at schedule time the spectal A DECISION Injunction in the Merger Fight Disselved HILL MEN JUBILANT ithway for the Northern Securities Co. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Jan. 1— nction issued in ind the United States court, The injunction was & direct attack on the pr: ger of the railways of the After the decision was rendered, atterspt was made by the piain- | tiff’s attorney to secure an appeal, but the court refused to allow « su- | persedeas bond in any amount to be | given. mer: x kes Lochrea's Decision | ‘The court ruled that in retiring the preferred stock of the corporations, the tore were acting entire! within their authority, and that t issuance of common k in Place at par value, was made wit ny reference to the formation nether company which might come later. concluded by sa. me that the pre- ay all be retired with. out the Northern Securities Co, be- ing eich “tes if it te formed and je unlawful, that its uniawfuiness consists not in the re this stock, but in the acta which result in the formation of that company and placing other securities in that @ attorneys represent | HID claim the ruling setties tion to the last clause t sion. Attorney Bunn sal | pected a favorable ruling, facts in the case were all in our or; but the decision i rand broader than antioipa' e me ger cannot be stopped RETIRED THE STOCK ST. PAUL, Minny Jan, 1.—It was officially announced today that §7 000,000 of Northern Pacific prefer |mtock was retired by a midnight meeting of the directors, acting un- der the order of Judge Lochorn dis- dolving the Injunction issued to pra- vent such action, it is plainly demonstrated that the Heutenants of J. J. Hill do not pri pe in the game which is now being played. It is aaid the directors were ip walting for the deciston, go that | action might be taken immediately, His Liberty Was Brief Jas. MeCulloch, otherwise known as “Bootty,” a trusty at the city jail, couldn't stand to stay housed up in jail on New Year's, and broke hia He ended up on Washingt saloon, and was re-arrest- the dect. SEATIL | ger controversy, and refer with ela-_ IS JUST OUT Qn, W ASHING TO A BAN ON MARRIAGE Is the Effect of a New Law in New York | | NEW YORK, Jan. 1.~The new | marriage law which went into effect | today is the subject of much com- ment tn legal cireles, Among other things the new aw promises to de- prive ministers of the gospel | Justices of the peace of @ large Amount of profitable biwingss, U der ite provisions it will be no lon- ger necessary for marriages to be solemnised in the present mode ‘The mere making of 4 brief con- tract, signed by two witnesses, and fled at the county clerk's office within six months, will te the mar. riage knot. From the legal view point, the new law has many bad qualities. It te pointed out that if the bus- band who haa the marriage contract in his possession, does not choose to file it, the marriage at the end of six months ts not valid. though the wife, for that period, has public) knowledged. Hence man w wished to take advantage of & woman, could very easily turn the law to his own purpose, | CLUTCH Governors’ Conference Results in Pla Aid of the Law to allway HELENA, Mont feeling of work we the gov- ernors and attorney generals who have been In conference here to dis cuss methods nt e merging hweat into as the ad- With a They claim the remuits of the meet- Ing will be a “fight & finish,” on |lines which have met with the ap- Of ail those present, assisted ¥ the opinions of a galaxy of legal talent second = quietus the Ce my of le corsbinattone mace purpoee of destroying competition, ‘The firet ‘State Laws that was inion of merger fey, but in viola! the states through which the rall- interested run. MUMS apa ant titers. MAY AND ED CELEBRATE And the Latter Accuses His Fair One of Filching $300 May Dolan, o rather prepossessing young woman, was arrested by Po- Hiceman Cameron at an early hour hin morning on suspicion of having fobbed 4 Claul of m sum of money. ‘The evidence in the case ts very “H) alight against the woman and no definite charge has yet been placed against her. Gaul and the woman had been out together celebrating the advent of the new year’ ye he had money when | little was left when he finished this morning. At first he stated that May Dolan bad stolen his watch, | but later he made the startling accu sation that she had filch oe. Mh was considerably under the influence of liquor and until he gets his right | mind the matter cannot be tuvesti- gated. ‘SLAY 3000 PENDLETON, Or., Jan. great Bitter Creek rabbit drive y | terday 1000 biack-tafled rabbits killed. About 1000 more were car- ried away alive by the Ione Gun club that will have a live rabbit shoot in the near future. It in estimated that 900 men, wo- men and boys participated in, or followed the drive, which extended over an area covering three sq miles, Another drive will be held before Feb. 1, when it is thought as many more will be exterminated. FROM NOME Jack Leydon Says There's Lots of Work to Do ‘The last man out from Nome, so far heard from, is Jack Leydon, the well known miner who arrived on the Cottage City the night before last. Mr. Leydon made his way from Nome to St. Michael, then up the Yukon to Dawson elty, ‘and then to White Horse. He reports lots of work in progress at Nome, especially among the bench elaims on Anvil ereek, Dex- ter creek, Snow gulch, Dry ‘ereek, and ays that Nome ts buster this winter than at any time during his three years’ sojourn there, MORTALITY RECORD ‘The civil enginogrs in the office of City Engineer Thomson yerterday afternoon attended in a body the funeral of Martinious Stixrud The body of Chas. Heart will be embalmed by Bonney and Stewart and shipped to Machias, Wash,, for interment, and! FIVE STATES PLEDGED | TO FIGHT THE GRASPING re | SEATTLE N, WEDNESDAY EVENING, |B Brilliant A WASHINGTON, D, ©, Jan. 1 The New Year's sun # upon gay scones at the White MH w day. Beginning at 1 o’elock and) continuing until 1 o'clock @ proces tion of dignified statermen, dintin Gulahed diplomats, gold-iaced oM f the army and navy and modesily | Clad citizens passed tn review befc President and Mra, Roosevelt, # received from them best wishes for the new born year, Formed Procession As the clock struck LL President elt gave his arm to bis wife, ® members of the cabinet formed | into line behind and to the blare o from th Marine band th nded the stairease to the lor j prenident took the ue pi ‘The | neareat the door, with Mra, Roosevelt | by his and in order of rank! came cabinet officials with thelr wives and daughters i Hingham, superintendent buildings, introduced each visitor, Members of the dipiomath orpa, headed by Lord Pauncefor were resplendent in full court dress, of publi OF MONOPOLY to In Combat the Great Merger ment is given to any proper proceed ings that may be inetiruted, court having jurtediction matter, and in any of the # resented at thi ception of 14: said, do not apply directly point st issue, Co-operation of ail who were present is pledged. Appeal to Congress A second resoiution was passed! which La preamble states the details clase to the public the resolution ¢ te the general mubject and take suitable action thereon; “fecond, that power should be/ granted to the interstate commerce | commission to fix maximum rates | upon interstate traffic and to regu- late the name; third, that copy of| these resolutions be forwarded to the senators and representatives in congress of the Btates here repre sented. BEAUTIFUL GIRL JAILED | Her First View of the Tenderloin) | Results Disastrously | Lillian Gray, a beautiful young woman hardly 20 years of age, was Atrented by Officers Ryan and Mo- Clurg this morning for disorde:ty conduct. Walter Nellis was arrest- ed with her. nother case of too many New Year's re~ solves and a ‘wind up in the city Jail. was the king-pin in line on W | reating kinds of | &t once, and her arrest RUNAWAY ON ~— JAMES STREET Tom Considine'’s Shetland Ponies Collide With Car A team of little Shetland ponies, driven by Tom Considine and his little girl, ran away down the steep James street hill between Third and Lil dinturbing She w Second avenues shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. The buggy and ponies crashed Into a Second av- | enug car at the foot of the hill and tiTup ended their mad fight. ocoupant was injured, Mr, Considine and his little daugh- Nelther OFFICIALS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RECEIVES | embiage of Diplomats and Officers Pre-| code a Multitude of Piain A Citizens | | Dlazoned with JANUARY Y HIGH ADAMS & BLANCHARD 759 Second Ave., Hinckley Block ‘An Unexcelled Opportunity Is found in our Semi-Annual Clearance for the buying of anything in the clothing line at actual cost. The past sales have been so successful in keeping the store cleaned up that there is not a thing in the store that is old or out of date. It is hardly necessary to state that we do not mark up goods for these sales to ad- vertise them down—those who have dealt with us know the absolute fair dealing of the firm—those who have not made our acquaintance will know it if they come here once. Any Article in the Store many orders and tne slgnia of ofiioe. | The Reception The fret visitor president was ft Juntioe Mel peoctate Ju wenn tora who in turn gave ¥ vilice Th of lowed. | whi in Veterann Then came the “plain p- standing for two blocks Sccret Service Men Finborate preparations had been Except E. & W. Collars and Cuffs and Stetson Hats, the a m sana hist or eramke.| at actual cost, beginning Monday, January 6th. In waiting and statiines’ wear the Alfred Benjamin Suits Gloves Wives pessoa (Erpeah and feorives Oral Cahn Wampold Suits Suspenders James Parker, the. negro” who| Overcoats Ssits at besKiniey: woe semaamnniedy” Umbrellas Hats Valises Boys’ Suits Sait Cases Boys’ Overcoats STRIVING FOR ANNEXATION Chamber of Commerce to Forward Proposition to Attach Baliara Tomorrow's meeting of the Cham- ber of Commerce promises to be a very Snteresting one, Several sub-| jects of public importance are to} i come up for discussion. | Chief among them will be the|ll question of annexing Ballard and other suburbs to Beattie, A spectal commitios has been invertigating the matter for nearly a week. An- other meeting was held yesterday, and while the committee did not com. mit itself as favoring the sebeme, yet the members admit that-they |i are tnciined to recommend that steps || be taken to bring about the consoil- |i] dation of Ballard and Seattle. The} committee tomorrow wit! t progress and ask to sit again to other suburbs. The strong Ragians Boys’ Caps Cravenette Rain Coats Boys’ Waists Neckwear Etc., Etc, 719 Second Ave., Hinckley Block Our First Annual Clearance Sale © ——— In the pew More begins Monday, January 6th, convey a8 idea of the cuts in price. aor Be ‘Heaters, 22.per_cent. off. — he All Carvers and Cutlery, 25 per cent. off. 10 to 2% per cent, off on every article in this immense stock. Watch the Papers for Prices utr erate] ZC, Miles & Piper Comp’y veatignte American trade in the| 1021-1023 First Avenue, Cer. Spring. Orlent will Ikely be revived at to- Chas. G. Holcomb morrow’s meeting. The plan is to on the Transalaskan railway Trani Alasuan Ratiways Two companies, the Transalaskan and Transalaska, are both asking the chamber (0 use its influence with | congress In getting through {ts espe- chal echeme fot the raliway proposed. ‘The committer mecta at noon to- morrow and fepresentatives of both companion will be before it. Trade Commisates ‘The proposition that was before appoint a commission of five mem- bers, (wo from the Pacific coast, one from the South, one from the East and one from the Middle Weat. Joseph Shippen may recommend that the chamber take steps to have established several market places tn Seattle. THE WAVES TO 2. ===" FIRE! FIRE! Fathor Time Changed Partners ‘The Sea King made obetsance to the new year and outdid himeelf in his humility.” Not a ripple waa! visible on the bay was placidly calm. Is at an chor In the offing looked like phan- tom ships upon @ ay If Jncques Bergen, who at to walk on the Chicago 11 years ago, his feet encas ondoilers, had beheld the would have wept for very joy had long ere this made the ret trip to West Beattle on the of the bay. TO VACCINATE THE CHILDREN All Who Do Not Hog Certificates Must Submit Before Monday one of the most sensational Ever held in Seattle. THE LEADER, ALWAYS atree Ye ter were driving at the top of the in some way and the flery little ani- mals became frightened. They rushed madly dowt the steep hill. A car was crossing Jamen street) as the team came down. Into this the ponies ran, Neither horse was hurt, but the little carriage was damaged, The occupants suffered nothing more than @ shaking up, | DEATH FROM A DRUNK CLEVELAND, ©. Jan. 1.--Five minutes after the clook struck mid- night, Mrs, Frank Bayes and her| niece, Lucy Below, were fatally burned, the latter dying. an hour later from the effects of a lamp of oll thrown by Frank Baye The party was hilar' ole brating the advent of New Year, Bayes refused further drink, but his wife insisted and he threw a iight- ed lamp at her, which exploded, Bayes, who was in/his undercloth- Ing preparing for bed, was arrested hill when the reins became caught! | onary Ready-to-Wear Garments, etc, gether with our Last night the board of health in- structed Health Officer Carroll to is-| | sue an order to the principals of the public schools of the city that every pupll must be vaccinated befor Monday. Those children who hold a physician's certificate of suc / Vaccination within the last two will be passed. The order js given as @ precau- measure to preyent the of ITSELF B’ COME A SAT ATTRACTIO: have NEVER BEFORE ENJOYED. spread of smallpox. In addition the We need neither mention articles nor p t o lc prices here, school rooms throughout the city are Bankrupt and Fire Sales and our good name are guarantees of the to be thoroughly fumigated. enuineness of this OUR GREATEST SALE, If you have Parents are urged to see that their | children are vaccinated at once. Dr. W, L, Ludlow, city phyatctan, wili ationd to all of those who apply to him. now in OYALTIES DAWSON, N. W. $381,~ rduo- only, and many as good as new Fire Window Display and BE 710 Second Avenue tion of gold that alty in the sum of % Race Prejudice ‘Tom Worden was arrested by De teotive Adams during lust night for later wandering about the street in \* dased condition, smashing in the window of a Chinese restaurant on Washington street. ADAMS& BLANCHARD | The following will Tomorrow, Thursday, the first business day of the new year, the second day of the second year of the Twentieth Century, we inaugurate the new year with FIRE, AUCTION AND CLEAR- ANCE SALES Starts the ball rolling tomorrow morning by placing on gale part Of the $500,000 fire stock of Jas, F. White & Co. of 54 and §6 Worth also the big auction purchase of Edward Ridley & artment store stock, consisting of almost everything in the line of Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Women's and Children’s These two immense purchases, to- «ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Which in the short space of two yeras of our existence in Seattle has |, will afford the peo ple of Seattle and vicinity such a harvest of DRY GOODS as they fore gotten bargains at THE LEADER come prepared to get them Towels, Crashes, Doylies, Napkins, Table Damasks, Pattern Cloths, Curtains, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Wash Goods, Domestics, Ribbons, Neckwear, Laces, Notions Ladies, Men’s and Children’s Underwear, Ladies’ Misses’ and Chil- dren’s Jackets, Cioaks and Capes, Fascinators, Millinery and Millinery Trimmings, Boys’ Clothing, Etc., Etc. Some of these goods are badly burned, others slightly burned, but the majority damaged by water but ALL MUST GO at a mere fraction of their real value, AMONG THE FIRST TO SECURD THEN BARGAINS. THE LEADER ” HE Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News # 25 CENTS A MONTH Five Dollars tty i el jot fifteen min- ‘Twelve monthly payments dollars each, no interest pay in full for a good | on electric car line utes’ ride from Pioneer Square, Herbert $. Upper THIS AD. SAVES YOU 10 PER CENT Cut this “ad.” out and present it in payment towards any article in our store before January 1st, ai will allow you a 10 per cent. dis- count. Winter & Harper Co. 903 SECOND AVE. Burke Bidg., Seattle, Wash. LION CLOTHING BOUSE vr A Happy New Year to sll our patrons, and many thanks for the big business you have given us. For Thursday We offer you Simon Bros. Best $1.00 Cassimere Overshirt for er EN RS on Covent tel es Teo toor (oleas biork, farmes 60 dnd 2ad hue, Ody end everung 3 FIRE! IN THB LEAD, our former rer be- ‘See our 0 Second Avenue