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TE Only Paper ia Seattle That Dares to Print the News A A A THE SEATTLE STAR. _ MENSE COAL BINS DESTROYED BY FIRE ed to Be Work of Incendiaries--Owners and Strikers Point Fingers at Each Other W. Va. Sept. ‘coal Bins and ad- ef the Victoria PCo. at Capertown, wece fire this morning. The gima that the fire was the ~ ‘ef strikers. A car ted. goal was released on the i across the river, and 25CENTSA MONTH WASIIIN¢ THURSDAY EVENING PTEMBER 18, 1903. IT WAS'NT STEAMSHIP COMBINE PING PONG NEARLY PERFECTED o.ny"sinugatiacea"N"Nit Morgan Controls Majority of Stock in Trans-| ‘ Atlantic Companies ADAMS # BLANCHARD WEATHER FORECAS 1 T ra and § > ni ar nue atening - sewn ot Dotlae for Dollar t Beattie. | in Vlen’s Suits We give you an ho | Herbert S Upper |..." | 12 and 14 Geheverman block, | First Avenue and Cherry Street. NOTICE To Our Gusto M r ith 7 A good v at lar’s ve offer, r dol any other store in they Will probabiy carry around the world, Among a party who Visited ol yesterday was of perhaps 16 summers, she |the name Ping Suey on th prow ¢ boldly Chines him if that was pong. The to telling muches 1 che | in eve n mo y | | t | rt up vo the ‘ NEW YORK, SEPT. 18-——-ALL THE STEAMSHIP AND FINAN- Joran INTERESTS OF THIS CITY CONFIDENTLY BELIEVE THAT ne THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STEAMBOAT COMBINE HAS BEEN |PERFECTED AND THAT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THIG s prog: |EFFECT WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK. Suits that are Ie, pa de Suit 4ttended Suit an air of p-to-date in tt made All the that rt. cut jlik little | her y and sprung the i nd the abip, work ralis tro Five hatches are ntly, and although cars ¢ «|THE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKS OF A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE (shauna that thors is an almost |SMAREHOLOERS OF THE LEADING STEAMBHIP LINES WITH in the Yeuse!*| 5, PIERPONT MORGAN, HAVE BEEN PRACTICALLY COMPLET ED, MANAGER ISMAY OF THE WHITE STAR LINE, DENIES THAT Hi8 COMPANY HAS ENTERED THE COMBINATION, NOT- WITHSTANDING THIS ASSERTION, IT 18 UNDERSTOOD ON, WALL STREET THAT MORGAN ALREADY HAS A CONTROLLINGY INTEREST IN THE STOCK OF THE COMPANY. THE NEW COMBINATION WILL BE INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY, WITH AN IMMENGE CAPITAL, THE AMOUNT OF WHICH 18 NOT YET SYATES, BUT WHICH WILL DOUBTLESS BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, IT 18 EX- PECTED THAT THE OPERATION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC AMSHIP LINES UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COM. BINE, WILL BEGIN BEFORE THE END OF THE PRESENT YEAR. PEARY COMES BACK © Arctic Explorer Claims to Have Made Many Valuable Geographical Discoveries NORTH SIDNEY, N. 8., Sept. 18.— explorer has been on absent The Windward arrived from the|*ince May, 1697, In which ; “ has been promoted to be a cor horth at § o'clock this morning with | Pe" been bromoved to be @ command: Lieutenant Peary and Dr, Diedricks | are greatiy needed, thre being only an board. Although he failed to/21 tn the navy now, feach the pole, Ligutensnt Peary| Peary reports officially that he says that he has made scientific dis-| reached latitude S417, the highest coveries in the Arctic regions of | point yet attained on this continent greater importance than that of the|The dash was made under great pole would be. | handicap. ‘The Peary exploring party, while| Epidemica wei ft did not reach as far north me | the Of its predecessors, obtained an ac- curate Knowledge of geographical conditions in the region visited, which is the field over which moat of the recent exploring parties have Attempted to travel. Much Informa ned regarding the passes ih ward. ela ee expected, be has acquired fresh knowledge of the country which will gives the nes A York capitalints, and is one of the} largest In the state. y ititle work THE ARCTIC ted shoes, fit porte: | f over 4000 pi it | | carry Bes tly. large varie We are a to ch ing for this 108e N | fr ene uttered in Be: PLYMOUTH SHOE CO. 707 Second Avenue i b 1 line rexhaustible supply hold. TRIAL ON $10, $12.50, $15 (gm $17.50, $20, $22.50 ht | PAUL UNDERWOOD'S CASE WILL NOT B& CONTINUED—| NO DELAY ALLOWED down tramway by the lenders: on the | ‘that their ag connection wit to the fuct that ‘and the coal in the Ii Insured for practicaliy that the mine and ‘and connections guarded that ‘impossible for Assayers’ Materials Everything needed tor amateur or profes y laboratory. Blowpipe Outfits, Retort Crueibies and Gold Scales, We are headquarter * Paul Under wood, charged with the murder of his own child at Ballard iamt spring, will be Brought to trial | in the superior court Monday, des. | pite his efforts to obtain @ postpone- ent of the hearing. Nis motion for a continuance on the ground that his attorney, M. K Snell of Tacoma, had unexpectediy withdrawn from the case, leavin him without counsel at the ei nur, Was denied by Judge Grima ‘The court said he had always not- ed that when lawyers had » month prepare for ® trial, they generally S all the work x the last two or three days, Therefore, he thought Underwood would not be prejudiced to trial with new attorneys the reputation of W.L Douglas $3.50 shoes for style, comfort and wear has excelled other makes »: for $3.50. This «. cellent reputation hes been won by merit alone. coat bins, | ‘The Tapidiy, as the fire| ” was Inadeq the) “ ao | Schooner Nellie Coleman Arrives + ye ath dorning in the} from Far North With Much News ‘will smouider for days | to reach the bed ny Jend fourrmonthe, voraxe | b eoount +H e (WO-masted schooner Nellie Ce fan be sone wo |FRISCO Otvicial to Re-| mia" port Sl Whoa ae nish | |Gom Kotzebue sound [Captain Larse portonCoal Trouble | ss?s".ccapant t that he eer jexctting race to CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—J. 8. Parry,| the steamer Sadie, fire commissioner of San Francisco, | R€ver-meltiog who has béen in Chicago for some | Our luck, he worn time inspecting the systema of the/ °° fire department of this city, witl|le® for 12 days between. & lieave here tomorrow for the anthrac- | 8d Kotzebue round. The steamer | lite c€al fields. Hix object in visiting | adie, from Nome, was also caught }the coal fields is to gather date con-|!n the floes, but wriggied oye in time jeerning the strike, and tls causes. gch Candie three days ahead of| After investigating affairs in the leman. Her flour cargo wold | anthracite region, Mr. Parry will te-/for #13 8 sack and other merchandise | ; . but. by the | oa coal wae te coleman got in the miners we | mostly supplied froin the Sadte and the owners to ex-iregion. exploiting conditions in the Per cargo did not bring such high jc } Beiagsinet the strike. strike region and waliciting financial |PTSS 41... ine aiscoverer of the| Sahel ee mez | famous Lucky Star claim, §0 miles | y north of Candie, came to Beattie on the Coleman—by mistake. Slatter had intended to land at Nome i] ter facilities will be at to work | 3) seoms Captain Larson misunderstood | gid him. Siatter went to hel io vessel while anchored x: | bat pecting to land the n «| by goln ‘ » when he awoke it was to find | Monday | maelf far out on the wide, wide| Thomas D, Page and @ M. &hip- son. Blatter owns interests in Z| toy, of this city, and E. B. Shields of | claims on Cundie Creek. He brought | Aberdeen, will probably defend Un out & poke of $1,000. He says that |derwood. They have not definitely decided to take his ee, however. the Kobuck country is show up ee Griffin announced that if te | well and that Candle Creek will duce more gold next year when red counsel = Carmen are alleged to have ac-|py Mondey morning, he would ap- the dirt. HOTEL INA ercrremeee WAREHOUSE than other thoes because his tation for the et $3.50 18 HAVING A HARD TIME TO PROVE THAT THE ‘STOLEN IN LILA YOUNG'S HOUSE fs trying hard to that the defendant had been intoxi- fa innocent of the, cated, ‘from John ‘Degnan, | “Liles.” be said, “had not been testified tj drinking: in fact, I believe she and | doesn’t indulge in spirits.” ber} John Cossiaine was the next wit- wt the Prevalent among Ulmaux, almost depopulating | many villages. Poary esiablished a food depot 0 we charge. She ef DON’T MISS THESE Bargain Friday Specials Ir YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY. } miles north of Babine in February On April 1 he started on the dash northward for the Polar sea, accom- panied by Hansen and four Es- Guimaux With six sledges, O14. floee in tanes of young ice ‘were found ‘alinost from ‘the start | After stx days’ travel in open lanes. |foes in motion were encountered. nets called. He testified very smooth- iy to ail the dedandants’ attorney bad told the jury he would regard- the presence of the three in the People's thester om the night Of the robbery. He only fell Gown on one point, and that, it is said, was due to # lack xs They will be here in abundance for you, all plainly marked. his defence, admitted RICAN M of coaching. According to his story Carmen and Degnan were drunk and Lila wae more than cheerful. He hau not heard Morris’ statement e defence to the fury. never drank 0 much wine in my life.” Carmen sighed an she tried to recail the event of the evening. Case Exciting The case is exciting considerable interest as the amount stolen was considerable. ‘The plan of the defence ts to prove that Rent his money. The case will probably go to the J this afternoon. Acquittal is the gen- eral prediction of many who have listened to the sensational trial ARINES PRESERVING ORDER Insurgents Uncle Sam’s M D. C., Sept. 18. te) of the cruiser t eager dope the the 18.—The doors State Banking y were closed this morning ‘of the state superintendent ‘The reason given for the suspension is a recent Which may ultimately & half million. PIGTAILS AND _ HALF DROWNED CHINAMEN at typhoon during the passage of ‘fhe big steamship Ping Suey. from to Hongkong. made things Inconvenient for 300 Chinks Who were returning from to die in the Flowery “I wish I had had “- me scene. fatheson this Chinamen were hud- om the after-main ie. The big fearfully, and the over everything. vew tumbled over the Chinarnen would their feet, and until the “The Stop Monkeying When en Come Along and carrying @ machine gun. A ht train had been stopped by the Insurgents, but when the passen- ger train came on the menace wa: removed. Will maintain unobstruct- ed transit vigorously. home tonight. Mr. Bayles succeed- ed, an mayor in his town, Mra. F. N. Vedder, the only woman who ever held the highest municipal office. FOR FIGHTING John MeDonald, a cook, and Jim- my Jones, a waiter, became engaged In a fistie encounter on the wat) front this morning with the result that they were arrested by Police- man Helms. WASHERY IS KEPT OPEN MAHANOY, Pa., Sept. 18.—An army of strikers’ pickets assembied this morning, determined to prevent non-union men from reporting for work at the collieries. Troops were hurried forward on @ special train from Shenandoah, whose ar frustrated the intention of t ers, enabling the North Mahanoy washery to continue work. There | was no clash of the opposing forces, MARRIED ON THE ROLLING DEEP Col. Fred C. Anderson of Heattle, a heavy mine operator on Prince of Wales isiand, and Mra. Ida Kellogg of Dawson, were married aboard the steamship City of Seattle, which ar- rived from Skagway this morning. pamed out the port-hole Mould be visible but a con aed ee, pig- 4 Chinamen. that @ WAlt-aozen were not Most of their waa loat, the rest being sav Shrown forward. W. en trom Singn-| The re will not, as a ad i Inet trip. steame: t MAYOR HUMES SE Balen. mayor of | Yiaddarn, With hie wife, hae been teal MAYOR umes of Beattie for : He leaves for his Capt. Nicholson performed the cere- |mony last Sunday night. Thefe is some question as to the validity of | the marriags some of the pasnen- rs aay that the knot was tied out- wide the thr ™ Umit of Juneau. |A funny @ircumstance of thin deep- see marriage, w that the benedict forgot to pay Capt. Nickolson the 5 marriage fee. The Cottage City was pansed last Monday. At that time considerabie progress had been mate toward lt hing her up, and it was expect ed that she might be floated by next Saturday, The City of Seattle brought @ cargo of salinon Pacific Const Company Takes Care of Its Non-Union Longshoremen An exclusive set are the non- unton jongshoremen employed by the Pacific Coast Co. ‘They do bot leave the two warehouses at ail More than 70 bunks in the warehoure on Pier A give them ample sleeping accommodation, and three Chin: evening in cooking meals. They ha | previously lived on the company’s veanets ae they Iny at the docks. Sev- jeral of thelr number wear biack eyes 4s & result of encounters with the |strikers, and most of them are sii] afraid to leave the dock It is ¢laimed that about 40 slipped away last night, but the company official deny it. The non-union men are merally transients, it is said, who it leave the town fm a hurry goon as they have earned a few do! lars. There are two policemen con- mantly patrolling the wharf. By working their inexpertenced men sometimes as long a® 30 hour at @ stretch, the Pacific Coamt Co. has succeeded in getting its vessels off without much deta: TO LAUNCH DES NOINES DES MOINES, lowa, Sept. 1 Governor Cummins and his official Party, consisting of his staff and state officials, Des Moines last night for Quincy, Mase., x the launching of the United Sta cruiser Dex Moines. The party wi be necompanied by Mise Eisie M, comber, who will act as sponsor for the occasion. WILL BE BURIED ‘AT HOME WASHINGTON, D. Sept, 1 The bodies of ail American soldiers, "hilippines will be brought home and forwarded to relatives or friends for burial at the expense of the g ernment, A detachment of the Unit ed States burial corps left this city last night on their way to the Philip- pines, where they go to prepare the bodies for shipment. ‘The corps will proceed by way of Honolulu and Guam BARBERS MUST HAVE LICENSES Three toi icted and fined in Justice rge's court this morning for not complying with the state laws reg lating the practice of their trade H. Gagner, who owns the White Navy barber shop, was fined $20 for employing a barber who had not se cured a license, 8, Martell, the man he employed, was fined $10,'and J. P. Panteur, also charged with barber ing without a license in the Detroit |shop, was fined $1 and conts | ‘The cases against Gagner and Mar. tell were brought by F. C. Brown one of the state barber examiners | William Delfel, a local barber, swore lto the complaint against Pasteur | who had formerly been employed by him. WEATHER FORECAST nd threat ning ttle and Unaetth nit west winds, }men have been employed since last | rial artists were tried, | | \ I TOIT ALL PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS @ MUST BOW TO CORPOR- © Why is the city council 4 criminating againat private co porations and individuals by re- fusing them pernilssion to put in private electric light power plants? At @ meeting of the councti committee on corporations last might It was decided to deny J. A. Moore's petition for a fran- chise to put in a private electric power plant to furnish light for the Are and Lumber Exchan, Moore Investment Company are now bullding. Mr, Moore, knowing that he can produce power at less than half the cost of securing the same from the Seattle Electric Company, or any other electric corporation in the city, d that he be allowed to put up plant in the Arcade building and transmit the power to the two other buildings, and use it for his private use exclusively He also requested that he given permission to put in on heating plant and by piping transmit the steam for heating purposes to the other buildings. Hie would use the same conduit for both light and heat The lighting proposition summarily turned down, but the committee decided to report fo verably on allowing him to « tablish the heating plant The reason, assigned by some members for this action in that the majority of the committee thought as similar lighting propositions had been turned down this should go the san way It Is a fact that stmilar prop- ositions have been nipped in th bud, but it is elatmed the rea- it was that the electric npanies wished to furnish Heht to the buildings —them- eolves at a cost, aw was admitted by Thomas Fi. Hardin, attor for the Seattle Cataract Com- pany, in a meeting of the Manu 3 facturers’ Association, today to be twice as high ag that charged in other cities on the Pacific @ coast ‘The council te being severely © arraigned by the business men @ of the city, for, as is claimed, thus being @ party to the hold Sip torwhtch the Beattie electri e ° rn srporations subject the busi news men of the city. As & result of the agitation aroused over this lighting prop tion the questions are being od Vhat has become of the pro. posed municipal lighting p @ What has e of the that was appropriated to cover the initial expenses in arranging for th blishment of plant? ity voted t such a ple to know what Is being done anything, about it a Sept. 18.—It in stated warmer fresh to brisk south to, mak uested Lord Rob: t army ed great anxiety t te upon ~ favorable Impression the distinguished visitors, aimost insure success at th rt Speaking of the general rewuit, Peary said to the waiting hewspa- Two of the Exquimaux were then sent back. Each march became more perilous and the general course was necemarily deflected to the y| Governor M xeatward in order to follow the open h for the ole aa very | spaces. The party was finally com L_reached & latitude pelied to retreat. The return was much further north than #9 degrees even more difficult and 21 minutes which was my for-| Peary reached Sabine on May 16 mer record. All of my party are in| After he reached the Windward the excellent health except Mrs. Peary, | vesse! narrowly escaped being again who has been ill for # fortnight. She| caught in the toe is now recovering.” || Many aurveys wore made, The out WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—When fit abandoned by Gresley was Peary reports to the navy depart-| brought back on the Windward t ment he will probably be detatled for le records and duty within the United States, Thi Charges for All Electric Power Demand a Fail That Seattle manufacturers and|be taken looking to some means by other consumers of electric power! which a reduction in the power rates pay just double the price charged for| may be secured. power In other cities, was admitted Direct Charge Made by Thom: BK. Hardin, attorney for ‘The charge was made by L. the Seatt! ract Co. at the meet-| Wood, Thomas PB. Hardin and others ing of the Manufacturers’ associa-| that the city w partially respons. tfon today. ible for thp present condition, b The meeting was called to discuss) cause of its disertmination in favor the power and lighting proposition, |of the Seattle Electric Co. in grant- and after much discussion, in which | tng franchises Hardin claim- pungent fac were brought/ed that the city council had so r rong resolutions were adopted. | stricted the company he represents enolutions are to the effect|by clauses, in the franchine given {t, known fact that/that tt could not compete with any the and other con-|of the otherelectric companies. He sumera are forced iy exces-|stated that Bis company furnished sive price for eleatricity, a commit-|power at Tacoma at half the price tee consisting of five members shail | charmed in Seattle. be appointed to investigate the con-| R.&. Hopkins advocated the extab- ditions that make tt possible for the | lishment of emall plants private, and electric companies to thus hold up|leaving the big compantes alone un- the consumer, The committee is to til they would come to terma. report back to the association at a| The committee to take the matter special meeting to be held Tuesday, |tn hand will be announced at a late Bept. 30. Definite action will then er date. ~ BANKER FISH BURIED District Attorney Denies That There Was a Woman in the Case M. mutnufseture: YORK, Kent, 18—The fu- morning tnmued yman. |mance nor H ck oF ° St his eon, Hamilton Fish, on about cashing a Prominent men, including Fish cal Sharkey a vile Lorillard and Charles Peabody, ac’ which any decent man woud as pall-bearers. A large deleg: jresent. Then Sharkey struck Fish f various secret societies attended |too hard and he must suffer the con. the fu: | sequence. AB cw L of Nie f statement outiin rosecution. He saya lerstod that no ro. ner morning where he b u woman w r Louti “a on me this ANDONS THE GIRLS _ LOS AN WEW YORK, Sept, 1%—Grand] 1 2 puke Roris galled this morning on/|fields at the north end of the city the Lorraine, He was accompanied |4Fe on fire. “There are a number of to the dock by @ number of his ac-;8torage tanks near the producing Wells and part of them have already been con 18.—The “oil EUREKA DUE Globe Navigation Co.'s ates Bureka ts due to aertve fron tomorrow. She was to. h employed in carry:ng railroad struction timbers from. E Topolabopo, Mex; but er Meteor of the same taken her place RECEPTION TO REV. BELL . will be b 1 con- eka to e freight mpany has REWARD OLYMPIA, Sept. 18. the Tracy reward has b Bride by finch, the young man who gave in formation that the outlaw was at the Kiddy ranch, and by Bheriff Gardiner and four deputies, This claim is ad verse to that of Constable Straub and his posse, A claim for t to curate of St. Mark's church, in the rectory, next Tuesday evening, Rev. Tell is going to take @ parish in Omaha, Nek The standard has always been placed that the wearer recetves more tue for his money in the W. L. Douglas $3.90 shpes than he can get elsewhere. ‘This is the reason W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $3.9 shoes than any other two manufac- turers in the world, side with $5.0 and $6.00 shoes of other makes, are found to be just as good. They will outwear two pairs of ordinary $3.50 shoes, A trial will convince you they are the best in the world, W. L, Douglas $3.50 shoes are made tn all modern styles and kinds of American and imported leather: me as used in $5 and $6 shoes, Sold by 63 Douglas shoe stores tn American cities selling direct from factory'to wearer at one Profit: also by best shoe dealers everywhere. all wear W. 1 4 bunions, and have Perfectly natural feet. Style, comfort and wear guaranteed. iaiy or cap Time adhen he SEATTLE STORE Plymouth Shoe Co. 707 SECOND AVE. Mail Orders Filled from This Store at Factory Pri PROPOSE TO LOOSEN UP CONCORD, N. H., Sept. element opposed to the present pro- |hibitory law was in the majority in |the Republican state convention yes terday. ‘The advocates of a change tn the law carried thelr pomt after a warm debate. N. J. Batohelder was nominated for governor, 18,—The Bargain Friday has become @ notable bargain-giving event at THE LEADER, but TOMORROW will be one of exceptional interest. Our space will not permit us to enumerate the many bargains to be found here tomorrow. Read the few below, then come and satisfy yourself, You'll not be disappointed. %-inch Wool Suiting, all dark ¢ $200 Women's Oxford Gray shades, regular value $1.00; bar- Walking Skirt, with 5 rows of gain Friday .. 40e Fane around the 24-inch AM! Wool Corded Walst- $ grench Piannel Walsin ing, regular value 49c; Bargain and sizes, regular vai! Friday ‘ sD } | Friday special . For the cold weather which will soon be here. Put a Royal Pur- nace in your home, and you will be comfortable all winter. The good points of the Royal are seen ata glance. Don't buy a furnace until you have seen it. It is by far the most economic- al Furnace on the nlarket today —a point which will appeal to Main Store—First Avenue and Spring. Northwest Fixture Annex—313 First Avenue South Why We Qught to Have Your Custom We ceil only well-tailored garments, We have a New York representative who watches the market for new styles, We refund money if you are not satisfied We always give you what you pay for. We employ only expert fitters. 1 We never feel offended if you do not buys We give you stvie quality, workmanship and price—the strongest kind of an argument in ready-to-wear garments Thank you, Style, Quality Wotkmanship Price «eo 00

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