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CKS PACIFIC ON, D.C, Nov. &— D Gee anaual report of General ggm, which was made public today, sensational statements for these expensive coast defenses. The report then reviews conditions in the Department of the Columbia, where Genera! Miles urges large im: provements. He advises the division searding Pacific coast defenecs, and | of propriations for buildings, pring ‘et army life in the | STOunds and transportation beween | ot » By eG geographical departments in propor- Deart a} tion to the number of troops in cach. urges that more at- ‘ ae me Living in Huts ator Be given to coast ‘patticulariy oon =the} Gen Miles suys that three com- care used [Panties of artillery are now living In tentd and some officers are living in ‘huts not suitable for the shelter of animals, This, he saya, is discour- ‘aging to the troops, injurious to the health of garrisons and {= no doubt the cause of many desertians. ‘The report calls attention to the tact that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being used for cavalry, while an exceedingty small amount ts devoted to the shelter of artillery- men exposed to a trying climate on the Pacific coast. The troops are required to be located adjacent to fortifications, hence Miles believer s Champez, the Murderer Cool When Told That His ed. “How badly is she burt eget Dry. badly Wart.” wes a Labor Union that the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Com- , & wealthy tion, employs young girl In of iris in service of ih West: Company, was last it at the the "synerm by ‘® strong set of BMopted by unani- Preamble stigma- of girl messen- ‘against public Was denounced by the every standpoint tain objection was upon ind that the messenger ¥ if and ignorant ory of which they hothing, and by tamil- all sorts and conditions to destroy their fer- it was also urged that are employed at lower the men and boys, there- ng labor end throwin Sut of employment Business Mer Disapprove Stated that many business @ shown their disapproval Practice by notifying the not to send gir! mes. to ther establishments. a is enid, have even gone #0 Em te notify the company that ink une ite wires while ! oyed as mensengers. It th practice is so great that ptamped out in every other Amert- city, and, ‘Whereas, Both local pride and the DIES OF APOPLEXY WASHINGTON, D. ©, Nov. 6.-- George G. Vest, jr., son of the Mis- ca: it the u~ that public opinion in has promptly stamped Whenever it has been} Ollie I. Halbert, a young man 21 years old, is seeking to repair the injury which he claims has been tn- flicted upon his reputation through fs charge of Gishonesty, by bringing an action iv the superior court for $10,000 damages against his former employer, ® prominent Second av- enue merchant, ‘This step in the vindication of Hal- bert’s character follows the recent arrest of one L. M. Rogers upon the charge of an attempt at criminal ex- tortion of money. Flowers, who was a “spotter” or detective in the store of which Halbert was an employe. and who made a charge of petty theft against the latter, has been bound over to answer the charge of blackmail against himeelf in the wo perior court. ‘The specific acouration ainst Rogers is that he sought to ‘extort money from Halbert through threats of criminal prosecution for the theft alleged to have been com mitted ber the latter. of the Western Union iris are paid leas than He says that the girls are & month and that this is the Fate for new boys. This #radually increased for fervice, so that the best experienced messengers $5 @ month. that the men who aa high as $1.60 0 4 it Femembered that at the be. Of the fall term of arhoot mer boys quit the serv. their places had to be filled lly by men. A few men are ‘Text of Resolutions Fesolutions adopted by Central are as follows It has come to the Of the Western Central the REPUTATION $10,000 Slander Suit--- His Business Prospects back through ® hall, Knife out and struck her with it. I @ian't mean to kill her, that's the was faine to me, however, and Struck her. the inquest which Coronor Hoye will hold tomerrow at the morgue of the Pom Undertaking Co. morning and found been caused by the entered the drawn from the eye to the center of the ear. COAST DEFENCES yal Report of General Miles Says That Vast Sums » Have Been Spent For Fortifications Which are Poorly Maintained, While Officers and Men are Miserably Housed that bulidings should be properly will be re- it the Incomplete condition of fortifiea- tlona, especially on the Pacific coast. he says that millions bave been ex- pended in engineering and ordinance work, an? yet commands are not Properly supptied with ammunition, electrical plants and other appliances eesential to the effective use of the fortifications in actual warfare. Ignores the Cantoen General Miles’ report is re- markable for the absence of any discussion of @ subject waich it had Deen thought would be handied at considerable length and emphatical- ly, Before Miles left Ban Francisco he wes reported to have said that he Would come out tn favor of s can- teen law, Dut the report does not mention the matter. Miles closes by paying a high tri- bute to the Integrity and hepor of the officers and men compr! the army at the present time, Victim Affer any Hours Dies Of Knife Wound in Her Brain- ACT WAS FATAL and she put me off fora year. She said that she would leave the coun+ try if I would follow. “She did leave, and I then came down to Seattle, When the year wp I at not ask her to marry me. @idn't know whet! with whieh to buy something to eat. She refused. Juat an she was 1 pull truth. 1 didn’t want her (o die, ihe wisoner will not be formally with the murder until after The Autopsy yaician Ostrom made a mor examination of the this that death had \cnite wound. ‘The blade, about 3% Inches long, tight temple on « line The blade went in down- the back of the IRLS MUST NOT BE EMPLOYED Company’s System Denounced as Detimental to Public Resolutions Passed demands of common decency require that the stain of such a custom should not be allowed upon this city; therefore, be it ‘Resolved, That the Western Cen- tral Labor Union formally invites co-operation of the le of this elty in united effort to obit te thi historically infamous practi sourt senator, who was brought to his hotel yesterday evening fooling xtremely {Il and was put to bed by the night clerk, was found deadin his bed this morning. An autopsy was held and the coroner, after an investigation, issued a certificate of death from apoplexy. Mr, Vest was 2% years old and was his father's private secretary. of Ollie 1. Halbert, a Clerk Involved in “INJURED ‘The complaint In Halbert against D. 1B. Frederick, hi employer, sets up that Halbert h always borne @ good reputation for honesty until Rogers in his capacity as “spotter” employed n sporting woman to charge the young clerk with theft in failing to turn into his firm $6.76, which she claimed to have paid him’ for goods purchased. Upon this charge Halbert dismissed from the service of the houre, — Ho alleges that the accusation was wholly false, and that the woman made no purchase whatever from him. Halbert complains further that he unable to obtain employment leither in thie city wr in Taeoma, be Jeause of the fact that whenever be lanks for a place he Is required to teil where he worked previously, and that after an investigation of his history his prospective employer in Zorme him that bis services are not require” “SEATTLE, W REPUBLICANS STILL CONTROL CONGRESS Will Have 24 Majority in the Next House Close Gubernatorial Vote in New the precincts yet to be ‘om will Inerease Pardee's he: gisiature iw strongly Ke pubile n, The Republicans carried the Third, Sixth, Seventh and Kighth eougres- ts. The two Ban Fran , now represented by publicans, were by the labor Th ‘and Second din are stil with the chances favoring the Republicans in the First and the Demoerats in the ane, Democratic fee for governor, Insiats that h been counted oul, and saya that will cont Chairman York and California WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. &—j1o congressional committee this Returns received up to 10 o'clock this | morning concedes the election of c voce | Republican hou yo morning indicate that the next! 14 ‘The Republican committee still house will be composed of 206 Re- | ciaims 26 majority. publicans and 181 Be nocrats, Sev-| 3 eral districts @re still in doubt and | , may slightly we these totals. | Lg yt The figures by 4 are as follo’ pee ore ae ptate Dem. Kep- | Phe latest returns indloate the elec- —- . tion Or Cross, Democrat, Arkannal Demon Californi é Colerade : H | Nevada | Connecticut 5), RENO, Nov, 6—The Fusion state | Delaware ., i “Ycket, with the ption of Bray, | Florida 3 + miperintendent of schools, was Georgia ....ss0 sacs nu aI, “John Bparks, for gover- Idaho ‘ 1} nor, was elected by 1,700 majority, | Litnols 9 16) Van Duner te elected Indiana 4 1! 1,600 majority. ‘The lowa i 10} @ safe Fusion majority. Kansas. ’ po on Kentucky ... Baie Louisiana | 7 New York Maine 4| NEW YORK, Noy, €—The official Maryland Fi sere ’ 4 returns made by the county clerk Masnachusette vise. s+ + wel ebow that Ogell jority in the Michigan .. 1 Li | state Je 11,268, Coler’s majority tn Minnesota 1 $| Greater New York city w: Missineippt 5 He carried thre Misnourt .... ae} i|state by an aggregate majority o Montana i|1,0LL. ‘The remaining counties av Nebraska i 6| Odell a majority of 185,97: Nevada i majority un the New Hampanire was 11) New gersey i 5 | The lemtaiature Repubiican by a New York 17-20 | reduced majority. The contest for rth Carolina 0 | Judue of the court of Appeals ix 90 North Dakote d] clone that the result will not be det- Onto ‘ Oregon ‘ 2 Pennaytvai * Rhode Island South Caroitna South Dakota Tennesse Texas ion Weat Virginia Wisconain .. Wyoming . Chairman Griggs of the Democrat- carpenters, The a candidate. has for Mitchel! is due solely to hin ful conduct of KAISER GOES VISITING BERLIN. Nov. 6—-Emperor Will fam embarked at Kiel today on the imperial yacht Hohengollern en rouse for England, where he is to ei: vinit of several days to King ward. LONDON, Nov. 6.—-Emperor Witt- Jam's present visit to England is to be strictly private. The emperor is expected to arrive at Sandringham Saturday. After a stay there for a week he will pay @ visit to the Kart and Countess of Lonsdale at Low- her castle, before returning to Ger- many. It is reported that the Bart of Lonsdale has expended an enor- mous sum in preparige for the re- ception and entertainment of his imperial guest. WASHINGTON ELECTION a@ht to One Returns from all over the state indicate that Judge Hpdiey, for jus- tice of the supreme edlrt, and Jones, Cushman and Humphrey, Republic. an candidates for congress, are elect- ed by wt least 15,000 majority. The legislature, according to the latest figures, will have 3% Republicans and 9 Democrats in the senate, and #4 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the house. Five of the 10 house Dem ecrats are from Spokane county, Four of the Spokane senators are aiso Democrats, two of them being hold-ov legislative result in Spokane ‘county anti- Wilson, which ie regarded a going far to- wards eliminating the Spokane can- didate from te senatorial race. consensus of opinion is that Levi An: ‘Walla banker, ha fight for cess in the the senatorship. ‘The vote throughout the state was very light. SPOKANE, Nov. 6.—Republicans elect thelr entire county ticket ex- cépt treasurer. ‘The Republican ma- jority on the state ticket was 1,300. The Democrats elect both state sen- Atore chosen this year and five of the 10 representatives. TACOMA, Nov. 6.—In a very light vote Republicans carried Pierce county by @ poll of nearly $ to 1, electing every candidate on the county and legtslative ticket, Nov, count 6 by their enti OLYMPIA, carried this majority, electin Republicans pat 700 ticket WALLA WALI Republicans carried ‘this county by a vote of nearly 2 to 1. Ankeny Republicans were elected to the leg- ialature from every district, A, Nov. 6.—The NOT THAT THEY LOVE United Mine Workers, who is supported by what Ww, , D, Cy Nov. probabitit, sul Gompers deney of U ‘ican Federation Mitchell, af is known as the industrialist faction. merger of all smaller organizations into larger ones, thus expand- ing the smaller unions in size. The faction is made up of miners, ters, brewers and plumbers. will be bitterly fought out at the approaching annual convention, which meets at New Orleans on November 15. It will require 2,470 votes to elect Mitchell. The industrials claim that they already have 2,000 votes pledged to the support of their ‘There is littie personal ways been popular with his follow! |initely known until all the returns are ‘The general impreasion around Demeocretic headquarters this morn- ing i* that there will be no contest the gubernatorial election. The it investigate the up-state voting, however, California SAN FRANCISCO, _Nov._6.—The test returns Indieat® that George ‘ardee, Republican, ts elected overnor over Franklin K. Lane, Bemocrat, by about 000 ty. Lane's majority in Ben Francisco te 6% Returns from the state out- side have already overcome this ma- There in said to be a stro may De defeated for the presi- of Labor by President John ‘The industrialists want « to pers, who but the movement unbounded popularity growing the anthractte strike, Atagoniam Complete official returns from King county, show that the Republic- ane gained & signal victory, electing all candidates on thelr county and ticket except the sheriff a 4 The Repud- rages h Hiram 42, Hadley, tor justice of & supreme court, leads the state ticket in the county by @ majority of 5,427. Willlam E. Humphrey, for congress, leads the congressional ticket, secur: ing & majority of 42%, The con- gressional ticket fell ‘behind that of the rest of the state ticket on ao- count of the Democratic candidate from King county, George F. Cot- trill, running ahead of his ticket by 1,600 votes. While the Republican majority on the state Ucket Is large, the leaders on the county tieket were elected by even larger majorities. Dr. C. B. Hoye, Republican candi- date for re-election as coroner, leads ; the tate and county ticket. Of the total vote polled he received 11.27 a majority of 6118, George B Lamping, Republican candidate for re-election a# auditor, received the fext highest majority. He also leads the te ticket, securing «@ majority of 5,627. The smaiteat Republican majority as in the contest for the superior rt. bench. George I, Morris, the wi elected Emory, the majority of liean over Judge G. present Incumbent, by but 8,722. Sheriff Cudihee’s personal follow- ed him sheriff, he being y ing re-el the only Democrat on the cow ticket to pull through. The city Cudihee majority 6f 1,500, whil Wobding came in from the county ide of the city with a majority of but 666, thus electing Cudihee by fa total majority of 834 ‘The Republicans lected the county legislative ticket in every district except the Thirty-fourth, where George U. Piper was beaten out by Judge William Hickman Moore, the Democratic candidate. Judge Moore's majority was 76, ‘The other legislative candidates elected are ns follo ‘Thirtieth Senatorial District—J. J. Smith, Republican, over 1. P. Cat. houn, Democrat, by a majority of 167, ‘Thirty-first Senatorial District—A. 7, Van de Vanter, Republican, over F. G. Smithers, Democrat, a jority Mmahicty-aecond Senatorial A, Pucker, Republican, Land, Dernocrat, by 749 majority ‘Thirty-third Senatorial Dintriot Andrew Hemrich, Republican, over Tames Conway, Democrat, by 108 magority. irty-fourth Senatorial District— Jud Willem Hiskman Moore, oO. COMPLETE RETURNS DO NOT CHANGE THE POLITICAL SITUATION Caminetti, itlc_ com mittee, also inmia has been elected the acoomplished |b werta? that nu voten were thrown 0 clsoo and that the é meda and Los Angeles £ withheld and padded. from Ale untles were A legal committee of Denwerain Ain med today the advisability 2’ contesting Pi tion. It was Jecided to get more evidence regard- ing the votes thrown out in Alameda and fan Bernardino counties. Chairman Caminettl, of the state committee, has instructed county chairmen to rush in all evidence of election Ulegalities. Utah ‘ov. 6.—The Repub- state for justice of prewe court and congressinen er 4,000 majority, The Repub- re have a large majority in che ture and it ls expected that Bmoot, poatle of the M. mon church, will be elected United States senator. Idaho BOISE, Nov. 6—The Repub! et their entire ticket in this 6,000 majority. The legisiature Republican, Insuring a Re~ nator in place of Heitfeld, Democrat Montana HELENA, Nov. 6—Dixon, for congress, t# elected and Holloway, Republic for justice of the supreme court, hi 10,060 majority. The house of rep- resentatives # Republican. ‘The va ate remains Democratic by virtue of hold-over senators. Colorado ‘ov. 6—Indications are Republican, in elected Republican, is from DENVER, that Peabody governor. Hogg, elected to cor diatrict. gresemen-at-large are in doubt. The legisiature is Democratic on joint ballot. NEW PAPER IN SPOKANE SPOKANE, Nov. 6—The Daily Putnam, forme: manager of the Association. It McRae news — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 6.— Indiandpotis’ “new stock’ exchange, the first in the history of the city, was opened for business today. The institution, which owes its existence to the fact that the business of the local stock brokers has almost dou- bled in the Inst year, opens with a large membership and promises to be a gTeat muccens. Democrat, over George U. Piper, Re- publican, by 76 majority. Thirty-fifth Benatorial District— R. M. Kinnear, Republican, over H, James, Democrat, by 618 majorit: Thirty-seventh Senator Distris —E. B. Palmer, Republican, over William Piggott, Democrat, by 683 majority. ‘ The Republicans elected all the Tepresentatives from King county. ‘The complete returns show the fol- lowing results: Fortieth District—W. F ected by a plurality of & Brown by plurality of 947 rill, by a@ plurality of 90: Forty-firat, Distriot—W. A. Carle, Clark el WwW. W. Mor- by Syed of 670; Geo, W. Tib- bitts, by a plurality of 643. Forty-second District—F. W. Com- | stock, piorality 261; Lewis Levy, piu- rality Forty-fourth District—James Wier, plurality 687; Irving T. Cole, plural- ity. 678. Forty-fifth District—George WwW Dilling, plurality 871; G. W. Jeffries, plurality 214, Forty-sixth District-C. 8, Gleason, harality 684; Joseph Lyons, plurality Forty-seventh — District —- Reuben Jones, plurality 1098; W. Lewis, plurality 1083. ‘The complete returns show the following resuits on the state and county tiokets: For Justice of the Supreme Court Hiram E, Hadley, 11,248; Reavis, 6,819. For Representatives—Jones, 10,614 Cushman, 10,406; Humphrey, 11,246. Cotterill, 7,016; Holoomb, 8,480; Cole, 891. Wor Sheritf—Wooding, 8,274; Cual hee, 9,108, For Auditor—Lamping, 11,143; Drees, 5,516. | For Treasurer — MoConnaughey, 10,911; Schram, 5,817. For Clerk—iKoepfit, 10,822; Pike, 5, For Attorney—Scott, 5,704. For Coroner—Hoye, rock, 5,162. For Assessor—Peter, ley, 5,347. Yor Superintendent of Schaole— artranft, 11,235; Campbell, 5,924, lurveyor — Wright, Judge of the S 10,316. 10,855; Wood, 278; Sher- 11,216; Lives. 11,134; verior Court— 504. Morrii it For County Commissionere—Third dintrict Firat Amith 11,059; Trimble, 6.449 district, Raker, 10,865; Daul- 6 r Wreckmaster—Wallace, 10,974; 5,150. eof the P Seattle precinct, George, 6,684; Cann, 7,262; Rochester, 4,668, For Constable—IKaufman, 1,264; bes, 2,541 } | Becond | irst district and con- | | $500 | Lot 60 x 110, 15 minutes from equare, 0 view of Lak Bice slope to iak - Herbert S Up 10, 11 and (2 Gcheverman LION CLOTHE $2.00 Mackintoshes $6.00 Mackintoshen 910.00 Mackintoshes . $15.00 Cravettes FOR FRIDAY BOYS’ SWEATER 75¢ Friday W. 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