The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1903, Page 1

ONE CENT Tonlpht RECAST oul feast to southeast winds, COAL and tomer THE SEATTL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH ar, 1903. sMINDINGS OF ANTHRACITE COMMISSION ss Are Granted Liberal Increase in Wages, Shorter Hours of Labor and Improved Conditions of Employment RECOMMENDS THAT IT BE FORFEITED BOARD OF WORKS WILL REPORT AGAINST TWENTY-THIAD AVENUE STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE F OM, D. C., March j ripe ae tee nodes was made pul fm geners! an to ‘ gam. in the rate es eefnere av! day to © engingers will work | fw your shifts with a Lat trerease where (hey Nay | y Deretofore |" esis cat pome 0 8 per een, Serer” get cight-boor shifty only im pays Other mine ‘are to be paid the @ a desis af & nine-bew pave deen receiving for such same day Gaputes ariving out or application awards consists of By Operators, three by 2 and an umpire ee case of a disagree- ; pe the cre Jodens por kekouts are to take feeb adjudication eclines to recog- Mine Workers of | by compelling op- into an agreement ton, but modifies as above stated, that the organten- ® band in the ma- the Sndings of the be put into effect. nd of the miners paid for by weight able ts refused, the and making an n declined to fix a coal is pald for imposing on where coal is car any obliga- it and make therefore check employed when Majority of con- wages to be paid of wages is pro- may tnerease to any in- price of coal ‘SWarded, being in Be discrimination Decause of his bership in Bor shail there Wy union men ‘men. | shall continue in 1, 1808. te laid on the fact Were unanimous. fequires #7 print- $0,900 words. One deals with losses Strike, which ag- $100,900, 000, Of imerease under the # work done between et, and April 1, 1908, vith in a separate clause ‘that it shall be paid 1903, tapter in the sum- a of life yn ebony Mot fully [ re Ju Steady im- the miner's home, and are good. The per- le above the anthracite cox! min- than thowe paid to snitiers, and th Of earnings vo other industries amount of skill annua! earnings | are between $560 continues the re 88 & dangerous in With the mort taz-| Uewlexenens, the report Wan justified tn but “the mine are, as a whole, | citizen boycott as im- Johnson, | tentiary. moral, « ty 1, eruel and coward plied to defensele Hidren. Ht says the “ually bad and ab et down by all honor It condemns the py employing deputies upon request and at the expense of employers. practices Irritates the men and «+ * the of many unprin ipted characters and is againat the wetrine that the county and state vfficers are abundantly able te pre: ve the peace and protect 5 The employment of coal and ti services that government provide machinery for what may be ¢ investi gation of controveries when such | arive. Inferentialty the report condemns operators not agreeing to arbitration when they first decided that they cou helr way to make con- ‘COMMENT ON THE REPORT |: INDIANAPOLIS, March 21.—The official Journal of the mine workers today says that on the whole the de cision is pleasing. It says that « practical recognition of the union is made, WILK ESBARRE, Pa, March 2t ‘The Increase in Wager granted by the strike commission te miners for back wagre will amount te hearty one miltion dollars. ‘The coal com- panies hope to pay before May ! DETROIT, March, 21.—Presi¢ent Mitchel) today declined to discuss the finding® of the coal commission un tl he had gone over them thorough- ly, His manner indicated that he was highly pleased NEW YORK, March 21.—President Rogsevelt declines to discuss the findings of the coal comminsion. He appeared to be displeased. SCRANTON, Pa. March 21.—The miners are well pleased with the findings of the coal commission. SHAMOKIN, March 21.—Minere are enthusiastic and are giving cheers for the commision and Pres- ident Mitchell. A big celebration is being Dianned. ORAGGED HER BY HER HAIR Suste Erandon and Barbars Harrison, twa Indian women, arrested by Patrolman ging another Indian woman around the sand eplt by the halr of her head. ‘The cries of the woman who was being used as * drag attracted & crowd of peopie and the policeman. The women, who were arrested, were under the influence of liquor and had beaten their vietin un- mercifully The Brandon woman has been arrested six times within past two weeks. Her record Is now almost equal to that of Annte Rooney FAMILY IN THE EAST R. W. Prentice of South Park Mentified the bedy of the man whe committed suicide in the Dereg hotel, versal days ago, aa that of Victor whe worked for him until recently @® his grocery store. He stated at the morgue that Johnson wet been & preacher at one time Pg had spoken of a wife and two chil- Gren somewhere tn the Kast. Me had Intended sending for them when he came to Beattie Tt is probable that uniess news from his rélatives is recetyed John- son will be buried in Seattle He bad enough money to pay funeral expenses TERM HAD EXPIRED rmour Meffort pleaded guilty to petty larceny in the superior court, this morning and waa sentenced by Judge Bell to 30 days in the county Jatt. The man had already been in jafl more than « month awaiting trinl, and ap time so served was to apply, he was released at once. Meffort stole a diamond pin and @ small sum of money from Jan, 16. OVERHAULING THE FISHING FLEET The salting fleet of the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company is now beimg overhauled at Eagle har- bor, preparatory to going to the company’s Alaska neries with Ti have been hauled ov street dock. The Guy jean, J, D, Peter port are still will shortly be Gers FOURTEEN YEARS Wilitam Latham, found gulity rome a ago by @ #yperior court merge of robbery, was this morning sentenced by Judge Hell to 1¢ years’ imprisonment tn Uy D Latham robbed W of $8 in the Diethond ships Harvester and St. Paul to the Broad ome, Arner Daven Grayson saloon, FLOUR FOR AUSTRALIA ‘The Malian steamer Dora Bolten sailed to Australia Jast night with a cargo of 100,000 sacks of Minneapol and Seattle flour. aid | etice of} Buer. | The board of public works today decided to recommend to the city counet! the forfeiture of the fran obise for 4 street railway on Twenty. third ‘ture te the efty of $2, the electric company as a Of good faith. : wan taken on the report Tnapector Walter & e@tated that oording ine the should had conatructe ten a ate on that str ble routine business w the board. ‘The Beat e pany Was granted « permit to fill in and pave that part of First avenue south between tracks. bt and Power ted a permit to pipe on Bastiake avenue from Howell street to Denny way, which ‘esidents on that mtreet 80. The Citiser Company wa! ”. m the specificatio tract with & DB. Hicks & Bons Company te put buoys in the ite | harbor was approved. ALLEGED WATERFRONT PIRATE IS ARRESTED : FRANK HARLAN ACCUSED OF ALING HIDES FROM KAUF- MANN AND DAVISON'S WAREHOUSE Frank Marian, an alleged w: front pirate and burglar, wae old rested by Po! Rergeant Powe this morning on a char ing the w and $12 Raliroad avenue, broken into three time past two months. T' was entered, § alen Twe im entered and hides Last night the but only $12 worth burglar came in unde -use In @ rowboat, and gained entrance to the building through « trap door in the floor, which was formerty used by the owners of the building In leading email boats. The trap door bas been out of repair for gome time, and the burgter easily forced it open. — Fascia while mating his SPRING scHooL VACATION The spring school vacation of the puptia of the county schools will be- gin Apri! 13, immediately after Bas ter Sunday, April 12 The annual County Teachers Institute will be held during that week. PERSONAL MENTION Frank PF. Speiger of Spelger & Hurlbert, returned yesterday from & business visit to New York City. RECEIVER 18 APPOINTED A. B. Graham was yesterday ap- pointed by Superior Judge Taliman to act as receiver for the Golden ‘Tunnel Durango Mining Co, which in mid to be insolvent. The alleged Indebtedness im $16.000. WARNERS ARE DIVORCED Florence Warner was granted o divoree from her husband, Jamer Warner, by Superior J Tallman, yesterday. She alleged rtion. METEOR IS SAFE ‘The Globe Navigation Company re- ovived a telegram frem Captain John Roberts of the freight steamship Meteor this morning, stating that the Meteor hed arrived at Topolobampo, Mexico, March 19. The Meteor sailed from Bureka, Cal, with 1,700,- 000 feet of tien, and it was rumored that she had been lost off the Colum- bla river. George Avery, aged 29 years, died at the Seattle General howpttal last night. The body ts in charge of the Hoaney-Watson Company _ | Ou dexeription later found that other skin said | to have been stolen from the Kauff man & Devise warehouse had ves | sole the who ine belie they were the lawful property "e Marian. Harlan is not known to the police aa @ crimina «have mi that he would tien, but further net talk. GUILTY OF BURGLARY TWO BOYS ENTER THAT PLEA TO CHARGE OF ROBBING A sTore Burton Edgar and Bert Hollings. worth pleaded guilty to burglary in the superior court this morning. They will be sentenced Monday morning. Both the defendants are Under age and for this reason Jud, Mgi) stated that he wanted time to consider whether he was Justified in them to the penitentiary. The boys entered the store of Piper & Taft, tn January, and stole s large = hed rag which were after. thelr possession ager has been arrested for bure lary four times in the last three YOare, and twice sentenced to the re- form school. Hollingsworth is from New York, and this is thought te. be his first serious transgression 01 law. Edgar's father, whe le over ‘s yours of ag 8 in court thie morn- ing and begged the judge to be easy with his bey and mot sentence him te the penitentiary. Attorney John Arthur and Rees P. Daalle also ree~ ommended Edgar to the mercy of the court. Judge Teil stated that he did not know the boy's record, but would look it wp and temper justice accord ingly than that would ARE NOW READY FOR WORK ON THE TUNNEL GREAT NORTHERN WILL GET 100 MORE MEN AT WORK NEXT WEEK ATH THE MOUTH OF PROPOSED TUNNEL Attorneys for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company this morning filed & formal acceptance of the terminal franchises granted several months ago tn connection with the proposed extensive railroad tunnel, depot and inal improvements, All the 7 franchises have now been ac cepted and work bas commenced preparatory to digging the tunnel. An official of the Great Northern road stated today that in addition to those now employed in North Seattle Clearing the ground at the mouth of the proposed tunnel, 100 men will be put to work, by the middie of next week. If the proposed ordinance providing for the use of city water by the Great Northern Ratiroad Company ja panned Monday night, the company proposes to begin actual construction of the unnel at once. ‘There quite a knoll at the place ° @ tunnel wil enter the hill orth Seattle, It is proposed to use the efty water in removing this y ile procenn. outh of the tunnet in ¢@yels in charge of the <+ tre hydraulte nro will ee eLande..°d and the com ot pany wil have no further use of city water for this pw Superintendent water departinent, stated today that if the Great Northern should use a great deal of water it would be nec- emmary to cut down the supply fur nished the Heattle & Lake Warning. ton Waterway Company. The water Way company haw been using 12 990 xalions per day for the past months. The waterway company pays at the rate of $6.66 per 1,000,000 gallons, and the railroad company wil pay $15 per 1,000,000. BANK CLEARINGS The bank clearings for the week past show an increase of 46 per cent. over the clearings of the corresponding week of last ye Today's clearings were $601,782, an increase of $63,412 over the clearings of the same day of March, 1902, ur BNIOUN KO 1418 WI rm FROM ANG OUT Hi8 Wisk els, “ib Vit} FROM RR VONCE ‘oungs, of the ofty |© SOCIALIST LECTURER REV. THOMAS J, HAGHRTY ‘The Boctaliats of Beattie will have the pleasure tomorrow of hearing | one of their greatest lecturers, Fath- | er Thomas J. Hagerty, Father Hax~ erty is now touring the Pacific coast and hae arranged to lecture in Beat. | tle at the Grand opera bh | row afternoon, at 2:80 o'ctock | The Soctaliat press of the West epemke in hij et terme of Father Hagerty, ‘The following te from the |rome time colorado Boctalist “Amertoa may have men, who by ;| thelr oratory have won wider re lnown, but we doubt if any excel | Father Hagerty in the power to im. | preme, even fascinate an audience with that rarest of all gifts, the moe netiam of eloquence, polished, clas steal; his gems of beautiful creations are strung like pearia upen a golden thread of logic, and ail so simple, plain and true, that the most Hitter ate understand him.” ‘| WEALTHY, BUT IN PAUPER'S GRA € ~ ries G, Nagle, « Ban Francisco Visiting Beattie, believes that | Wolf, who disappeared from ranciseo tm 185%, committed | tp Clancy's saloon in Beattie t time later, Wolf left Ban Srabetece under 6 cloud. He was geen by friends in Seattle after he had disappeared. That wae the laxt ween of him, In order aim her husband's fortune of $40,000, hia waar must prove hie death. | | to search the records here! that Oe sent Attorney Nagle to Be jattie. He was armed with an ae- of the missing mam, Qnd after a thorough search « MAM enawering almost perfectly t if jon of Wolf, committed #ui- ote drinking jsudunum here. |The-aktendants at Butterworth & morgue Mentify the photo e pomession of the at ae that of the dead man ibe in the Potter's feld as un- | known. |FARMING WILL PAY IN ALASKA , o Grorgesen, who has of the agricultural experi+ Stations estabiiahed by the fed eral government in Alaska, ie in the city om his way from Washington, D, Gy to Bitka. Prof. Georgesen hax faith the agricultural ities of Alaska. and carries we J some very fine specimens of near Rampart City, | \omt Georgenen believes that tne! ities for guccessful farming Alaska are equal lo thaws of the states. Not only the but all kinds of hardy vee grow well and command hich There are drawbacks to in that country, as there are : but on the whole the }® profitable, be saya, MAIL CAR FOR ’ THE INTERUR wi uthorities have Tangements with | read te run a United | i car between this etty im connection with the wervice furnished by the Pacific raiiread. The car fun at #ech hours the are not covered by run bel the Norther cha te in we te day ning 10 THE COD BANKS The Alaska “Fish Company's gchaower Nellie Coleman, Captain Jacobs. sails to Bristol bay, April i, the firet sailing vesnel to leave ing wen thie season. She wil! cod fishing. from is where she was Plans and specifications have been completed for a new building the Mutual VAfe Inwura: company pro- panes to erect on Yesier way, in the reer of the company's present build- ing at First aven it is proposed to e the new cture almost a ay te of f 4 Mutual LAfe bull The cont will be $100,000. It if met yet decided when work will be commenced. CRUSHED HIS FINGERS While repairing the Washington street counterweight yesterday af- ternoon, D. W. Brown, superinten- dent of the Renton electric line, several fingers of his right He was removed to the feat- Ue general hospital where an oper- ation was performed. ‘The injury While not serious, te very painful. BURNED AT HONOLULU | aes from Honolulu via San 0, repert the burning of the) schooner Mahukona in the harbor of | Honolulu. Maroh 18. The damage done by the fire war great. ‘The, Mabuhona had arrived at the iand! pert from Shanghal, Bhe ia well) known on Puget sound. WM, MURRAY | Wiliam Murray has b jea eity botier tnapector jerented by the city ebarter In 1896, |but-one that has never been ales up to the present time Murray was |the only appile for the = AP a to muccenefully paen the ecfvil | Vice qxaunination \FROM HALIBUT BANKS E fikhing schooners Doncaster | and Mary arrived from the halibut bane last night with «a of 40,000 pounds of halibut, cargo STAR. $4,089,29 2,191,251 $1,292,04 BANK CLEARINGS FOR THE WELK BANK CLEARINGS FOR WEEK A YEAR AGO...... INCREASE VOL, No. a5 CENTS PER MONTH 5. ar, ot BOTH WHITTLESEY AND PADDEN ARE INDICTED Grand Jury Votes True Bills Against Ex-County Treasurer and His Deputy--Embezzlement the Charge---End of the Session Now in Sight jeral belief that the #u perior court grand Jury will adjourn | wine die some time during the ing week, probably Tuesday jury adjourned yenterday Untll Monday morning at 9 Bx-Foreman M. C, Pigott in expected to be from Ban Francisco by | that time, and it is thought that the Jury may at once proceed to’ make up | its report, Heveral Jurors have stated | that there seems to be nothing else before them which wit! justify their remaining tn sexeion longer The grand jury voted yesterday te indict ex-County Treasurer Charles F. Whittlesey and his chief deputy, P. P. Padden, upon the charge of embexz! on account of the $3,800 shortage found when they left the office. The matter has been under inyestiguiion at intervals but @ part of the to the tndletment Twelve votes were finally. secured yesterday. The indictments will be returned early next week | About a dozen other indictments will be returned at the time Keveral of these are against property owners accused of renting houses to | be uned for immoral purposes It is an accepted fact now among | the wine onew that the indictments voted against Mayor Humes, Chief Sullivan and ex-Proseeuting Attor- ney Fulton, will never be returned into court. Influences have been! brought to bear which have induced the jury to reconsider the whole mattor. A minent friend of Chief Bulitvan, who has been one of the most active supporters of the grand} jury, said on the street yesterday that the indictment against Sullivan was dead If this i» true, the Againet Humes and # be killed. It is an open secret that the Indictment of Fulton was insist ed upon by at least two jurors be- fore they would consent to favor true bills against Chief Sulltvan. John Wooding was called tn the late afternoon to teatify concerning statement which Frank Clancy in alleged to have made in his heart on an Interurban car a few weeks ago, The jury had been informed that Claney stated that he and his brothers had been paying Chief of Police Bulltvan $660 a month for spe- privileges in tenderloin graft, and that Sullivan had failed in part of his contract Wooding was on the car at the! time. When he appeared before the | jury yesterday he admitted that he had he of some such stat by Clancy, but could not remember whether he hea lancy make it or The clock was opposed indietments ton will also nent Trousers $3.00 All Woo! Cassimere Trousers Splendid Weight, long Wearing and Handsome Garments. Ww o B. Hutchinson Safe Deposit Boxes $3.00 A YEAR Open 6 to § Saturday night. Northwest Trust & Sale Deposit Co, 0-04 West Columbia &t Colman Building REAL ESTATE $175— Lote @n110, 2% Madinon street; $10 & month. $500 256x100, on Spring street, one block from Madison; terms un ~ eres improved, fine kenm; adjoins city lots, " s Turner & Co. 232 Globe Bik. blocks from $25 cash and for LITTLE WILLIE BNJOINS M4 FROM LICKING IY ning | time ago to rer n the county ume the grar leht get through with hi whether it had } by a third person Hugh Cunningham office adjoining the I Goldberg on Monday berg is the slot-machi wae placed under a $1, | HERBERT | §. UPPER DEALER IN TIMBER and FARM | | LANDS | CRACKERS Best Quality Fresh 3-Lb. Cartons 22 cts. ADAMS 921 Becond Ave e of timber list it if you have land for with us a pic sale, call and 12and 13 Scheuer | man Block, First av, and Cherry st. i ad near Madison. Dollar for Dol- lar in Men’s Suits We give you an honest dollar's worth in every Suit or Overs coat we offer. We give you more for your doilar than most Suits that are up-to-date in cut, material, patterns— All the little details attended to A large variety to stores. made like a tailor-made Suit. that gives a garment an air of smartness, choose from— $10, $12.50, $15 to $30 Adams @ Blanchard One-price Clothiers and Furnishers 719 Second Ave., Hinckley Block DAVIS ADDITION The Gem of the Beautiful Broadway District High Lots, With Superb View, $150.00 to $350.00, es Easy Terms For a dozen years we have been anxious to secure a beautiful tract in the Broadway district, owned by non-residents; but have only recently secured control of it It is that peculiarly beautiful property at the end of the Broadway car line that commands a view both ways—embracing the Olympic, Cascades, Puget Sound, Salmon Bay, Lake Union, Lake Washington, the State University, Brooklyn, Latona, Fremont, Sallard, etc. The tract is known as Davis’ Addition, and we shall put it on the market, commencing to- morrow, at $150 to $350 a lot, on terms of $50 cash and $10 a month. The title is perfect and every pur- chaser is given a complete abstract. Our representative will be on the ground all day tomorrow. Take the Broadway and Pike car to the end of the line, and walk due north two blocks. This property almost adjoins the beautiful tract recently purchased by J. D. Farrell, Samuel Hill, H. C. Henry, John Leary and N. H. Latimer as the location for a manificent home for each jot & ; MIOTO ¢ wi 202 and 203 New York Block largest Stove House in the Northwest FIXTURES From the Hicks Tacoma Stock Sell at 1-2 Their Value Every Size, Design or Finish. Are You Taking Ad- vantage of This Opportunity DON'T FORGET OUR SPLENDID SPECIALS IN LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT TONIGHT tore First Aven: ™: ing Street N.W. Fixture Annex - Ew: ectrieal~ 313 Ist Ay. 8. ROYAL KEEL SOAP SOAP 5¢ : bars Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. Gives @ healthy tone to the skin, Removes all unpleasant odors. 627 FIRST AVE. Seattle's A FEW OF THE MANY GREAT FIRE SALE BARGAINS FOR TONIGHT “AF 6° AND MONDAY FORE- NOON'S 1 jet Ladied” Kid Gloves, in biack, white and colors, slightly damaged by water, $1.00 to $1.50/values; your cholce, while they last, per pate 1 [ot Ladiow® Weta Tamibatkin, lined Walking Bloves, $1.06 last, per patr 0 Paite Women's Heavy Fleece Tiined 60’ Hose, tops only” ‘damaged slightly, pair 5 Aino 00 Men's and Boys’ Fancy Dress Shirts, Wilson, Cluett, Man- hattan other well known brande White and latest colored de- kigns, regular $1.00, $1.60 and $2.00 Shirts, many not even softed: great fire sale price 5He Moca ‘and the latest Pique Bewn Bt to $2.00 values; your cholce, while thay