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Prices are always the lowest and _ their READ THE PRICES: Men’s Holliday Slippers Men's Black and Brown Imitation Alligator Stiy pers Bie Men's Velvet Embroidered Fancy Slippers... .59¢ Men's Alligator Stippera and) Men's Red and Blue and Black Wine Kid Slippers, in all sizes nd Red and A wok end : a Tea‘the $116 and: Ones qua TOE! ity; a pat $1.50 Men's Black and Tan Leather M * Tan and Black Nullifter Slippers, all hand sewed, at, « Slippers, at sh ne S150) on $2.00 BOYS’ SHOES— CHILD'S SHOES— Boys’ Heavy All Solid Satin Calf! 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McGovern | declared, Callaghan and Behn fore- je@d him to ¢ town with the hol Bie Sacks es cores the | Tnowledge and tacit consent of Mr. e's Scott. Diing cases pending before Justice|" yey scott, Callaghan and Behn Cann, came to an ignominious fin-| went on the stand and denied each lah in Superior Judge Bell's court,/and every allegation of MeGovern'’s Inat night. petition. McGovern was outnum- ‘After the court had waded through|bered, and the court gave the de- & Small-sized sea of irrelevant evi-| cision to the side having the pre- @ence and emerged with the one ce of testimony. the merits of the habeas emall grain of material testimony. It) Os feature of the case, the court was quickly decided that as & mat-| jeg that Justice Cann had been ter of law, an attempt beg yg J without jurtediction to commit Me- matie to ae on costarity, Govern for contempt, under the et; » withow e a mg ingly, Chief of Police Sul- "Sa tee Jivan, in whose nominal custody om Rell. has no power to commit a per- Govern was, received orders to son for contempt without a hearing, Jeage his prisoner. nt of an tn-|Unless the contempt te committed Considered in the light Pe pe koa |i presence of the court. A magis- quiry iy I gg neler fir | trate’s authority ts still lens.” made o le joc tation L Beott and Deputy Sheriff Callaghar :| Belt sous om hae tye song aes ee gn =o Sei aememes| wern had admitted himself to be te iittle more than # simple affirm-|8,Srafter, and reterres te ee eieving ation and denial by eval gee gl charges against Mr. Scott and Nelved. Medav ee a erith Hughey \the others Involved by the charges tag a ep ema sire-thing| The court also said, among other Behn, and ss things ler, to blackmail certain gam-| “The petitioner t# contradicted tn and had — , + eer eplnncy [Practically all of his material tes- Govern) to ag nd m208 for awearing |Simony by a number of other wit- et cen [nesses He ts not corroborated ex- eT a a arn they wanted to|StPt In one or two isolated instance on ‘The main part of his story depends Durable Attire For Boys watinfied, upon taking the tes timony by a number of other wit- Have you & little fellow in your home? It is him that we ments of the petitioner in referen to his interview with the prosecut- ing attorney, Mr. Scott, and the want to sult. Your boy, like all boys, is hard on clothes. We sell for them # kind that inex made by him in the inter- view, with Mr, Callaghan, are un will show its supremacy over other makes sold elsewhere. true.” The court did not touch upon the It wit wear longer and better We are offering splendid lamentably weak efforts of Mr. Scott values in Sallor Blouse Sul and Callaghan to explain why Me- Govern was not brought back from Norfolk Suits, Single and Double Suits, and eholce va- Portland at once when news of his Presence in that city reached Se- GBriety of plain and taney Over- coats. Prices are, for— Suits $3.50 to $7.50 Overcoats $5 to $12.50 J. Redelsheimer & Co. Btrongest Overcoat House mention made of the still ffort of the prosecuting at- # office, to explain why Me- Govern, after his return to Seattle, wan not arrested until his presence In the city could not longer be over- looked. F. 8. Griffith, McGovern’s Inw- yer, had relied greatly upon the ap- parent unwillingness of the prose- cutor’s office to arr bolster up the charges again Scott and Callaghan, incorporated in MoGovern’s habeas corpus petition. He admitted that the other facts al- leged were beyond proof, since Me- Govern had no witness other than himself to substantiate his state- mente. | The rebuttal testimony offered jlast night was of small consequence and the time was to a large extent taken up by the arguments of the lawyers. — \ Gloves Make Nice Holiday Gifts Be sure you get the right kind— Dent's, Fowner and Perrina are the best Imported Gloves. You can find |these and the reliable domestic makes at King Bros, 914 Ist ave; reasonable prices, $1.00 to $2.60. | | Plymouth Shoe Co. 707 Second Avenue “Don’tStopMe” I’m going to the ‘SPLYMOUTH SHOE STORE.” of record,” said Judee| *** Lane's store, yesterday afternoon, THE SEAT Their footwear the best. PLYMOUTH SCHOOL SHOES FOR CHILOREN Shoes for your children that will stand up in this climate, th one pair will outwear two pairs of ordinary shoes, ‘Try a pair Price, sizes 5 to 8 $1.00 TLE STAR. Price, # 8% to 10%... 89 Be Price wie $1.50 LADIES’ $5.00 SHOES, FOR $3.48 We offer Ladies’ Wxtra Hand Welt Patent Ideal plain and tip ea; ( cowboy military and heel, in all the newest styles all sixes and all widths: price $3.48 CHILDREN’S SLIPPERS Child's All Felt Bedroom Slip- pers, up to ladies’ sine, at are anxious to sell our best | Ade the stock to the lowest px Children's Slippers. bound pay you to come here tomer with + ation fur; to advant ing you gifts at price to make a Dollar do the work them ov per pair K, the price te, 69e Te Houdotr Be Women's Fett Fur T her Sole Juliets; « Ladies’ Red and Bla Sipps SL.00, and Bee them Child's and Minse room Sitppers, all hand made. With beautiful silk pompons Bizes up to 2; all go at, a pair Be LADIES’ FANCY SLIPPERS In great vartety at prices rang ROBBED MR. ROBERTS | Tob Roberts this morning swore out @ complaint in the prosecuting jattorney’s office charging Otto ( and Ole Johnson with petty lar ny. Aceording to Robert's story |he paid for a room in the Oregor }iodgting house for himself and his Last night he left the INNOCENT when returned thie e had ~—---- hea belong! him and The case of John MeNevin, yard foreman of the Great Northern, who was arrested some Ume ago on the disappeared. MAY LEARN DIFFERENT RUSSIAN PAPER SAYS AMERICA 18 TOO WEAK TO MAINTAIN OPEN DOOR IN MANCHURIA WEIRD ST. PETERSBURG, Deo. 17.—The }Nova Vremya today says America ee ee eee te ae esa |MAN PICKED UP IN EVERETT, i beyond a possibility of doubt) here. Hier navy i too week and her| TELLS STRANGE STORY OF ADVENTURES AT SEA mercantile fleet too small - | j bahar” ii NOT YET (Special to The Star.) | EVERETT, Dec. 17.—The po! Frede station charge of stealing freight from « oure of which he had charge Justice Cann tion. developed that M: y taken goods that around the freight house for r with no claimant. A communi was received from L. ©. Gtiman, at- ey for the railway company, asking that MoNevin be released, as it was thought no crime was In tended when he took the goods, He ts to be reinstated In his former po- | | itton with the company | came to the | He telle & most} home te tr hn atreet. | lant thing he remem: koe he wan walking | ning in Beptem- | € he remembers RUSSIA'S NOTE HAS FAILED TO | CLEAR WAR CLOUDS IN THE) FAR EAST om the street one ber, 190; the next he was on board « ahi | Ever since that time, Fredericks saye. oz he oa he has been « prisoner on board «a | Dec. 17.—It is generally He says he never hat Far Eastern situation jhas taken a more serious aspect was engaged tn. | At a meeting yesterday a number of| On one oe om he heard big guns elder statesmen were unable to/ fired over his head. but id not learn jcome to any conclusion, a# Russia’s| what the trouble was. Part of the | proposal is not acceptable. time the steamer was In troplo seas, and part of the time In a colder sone. nip |MORE TALKING NECESSARY » var days ago, Fredericks says, he ] LONDON, Eng. Dec. 17.—Reuter's| was transferred to @ emailer ship. Jagency says Russia's reply to Japan| The exchange was made at night near | | has not resulted in solving the Bant- | « ern dimput 4 that further nego-| } tation wary DENIED DAMAGES shore. He wan kept a prisc 4 eraft until he was land rowboat on the shore near | | | now wan in t Milwaukes he seemed perfect at all excited, except that when ling bie story today | natural, and eked whether he had r4 lately from his wife, he broke (own and cried, and) FOR POOR TRIXY'S END UNDER AUTO m0 Vow" coi ao no whew About two hours’ time was taken up this morning over a cocker span- | fel dog, in Justice Cann’s court.| Fred & Stimson was sued by Mr.| and Mra James Lawler, to recover | 399, to be the value of the do« whi was run over by Mr. Stimeon's automobile on Virgina street, be-|'2AHO MAN CHARGED WITH tween Second and Third avenue, SWINDLING PROMOTOR OUT | October 28 | Mra. Lawler, weeping coplously,| OF $7500 jaald the dog was worth hundreds to ~enunmean camera her, and that Stimson, who was) : YO = na A |Inwful rate of epeed, had wilfully jaho Boy na te rally 0 killed “beautiful litle trixy.” . ustin, tr Justice Cann dismiased the case, | OmPlaint urer of th er com Mins Bushnell, of 906 Jackson, has| who claime that he advanced H to get back to funds, but Sweetheart, it will pay you well to take notice of the fact that we are selling Clothing and Furnish in for Men at less than regular price clos ing out all our high grade Suits a Owver- coats at prices that are identical with the cost We ines before Christmas—reduce ble notch That is why it will row or Satur for we are giv ag making it possible for you of two—@lmost. Buy SUITS for Gifts Buy OVERCOATS for Gifts Buy FURNISHINGS for Gifts And Come to Us for Low Prices The Blue Front Clothing 812-814 First Avenue House BLACK NAMEb .....“** GRANO ARMY COMMANDER 8&6. | of ga.00. ‘The blaze was dince LECTED AS VU. & CIVIL GE VICE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C, Deo was Roosevelt had tendered the posttion civil service commissioner, vacated the death of John KR PF ral John Black, of Chicago, 0 mander-in-chief of the Grand Army the Repubite. ‘The war department It sunewd at noon that President ctor, to Gen- The Bloe Front Clothing House Gift Seeking Sale of F. L. Jacobson Proprietor which originated tn a Chinese tene ment located In the heart of the busl- bees Gistrict of this city at midnight last night, @i¢ damage to the amount ered in Rn. | it lower part of a three-story brick “| buliding on the went side of Second street, between Stark and Oak, occu- | pled by Chinese merchants on the low jet floor and @ tod houre tn the Upper stories, The flames soon en Yeloped the whole building and spread to the butiding eccupied by the Amert can Typefounders’ company ot | by n- ot confirma the news that Governor General Taft and the Philippine (riare have reached coment for the chureh tar the governmen: of @8 eption of [L00 acres. eluding @ farm near Manila, which b | been sold to the United States, and| | tise one sugar plantation The pr reed upon te 7 .260,000. The friars or! Governor Taft SPAIN IS Louis Exposition, Because Her Fhtred for America { ‘ MADRID, Dec, 17.—The cabinet day goth to send an official n onthe merica that Spain wil te In the Bt. Louls expont reason for t action is Spanish merehante’ | for Amertea. KAISER GOES HUNTING German Emperor Is Able Go Off on Pleasure Trip @ two days’ hunt. He w attend reported to police headquarters the| $7,500, with which to develop mining theft of an umbrelia, valued at $20,| property, to now learns. It was taken In Stone, Fisher &|Hobbe had no title. Hobbe called his leoncern the Comstock Mines company. and see us, EN: 1341 4d ave, Arcade bidg. The settlement po buildings of the friars, ally amked $12,000,000 ftered them #,000,000. ae She Won't Participate in St. not “| PROTESTS hatred Brooks & Co., en * i | UGLY CHARGES OF CORRUP- “|| TION PLACED AGAINST ABER. in| DEEN POLICEMEN nae | te se toe (Special to The Star) ABERDE Deo, 11.—Chief of | Police Anstie, against whom a fight was made in the recent municipal with the result that he will 4, has brought a rmer Offteer with extortion. to be heard tn Hoquiam cane is likely to open on of the entire police eleotios ng bin Saturday | an Investig department, which has been in dis- | favor for some time. Two former officers are under sur. pension pending an investigation of charges that they received money for allowing prisoners to go. The charwes were made by a special of of|ficer named Hill, who has been ar- rested on the charge of criminal Ubel, = OLYMPIA LABOR UNIONS THERE THINK BEER BOYCOTT UNJUST OLYMPIA, Dec. 17.—A special dis- pateh to The Star from Olympia t Gay states that the Olympia Trades uuncil will hold a special meeting a of the Beatth tere and WW Union tn declaring a boyoott on the product of the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. The feeling among union men here is strong POTSDAM, Deo. 17.—The Kalrer, ae-|against the boycott, which Is held companied by Grand Duke Viadimir|to be unjust and prejudicial to the of Runsia, left for Gehrden today, for | interests of organined labor the| military festivities at Hanover. ¢ Deo, 17. 800 to $3.60 Each | Senator Neckwear beau: come early |ically that he would continue the e*elof the senate, | | fight against Gen, Wood on the Moor | heart AMC utiiysy Ladies’ Neck wear CHRISTM That Are M Great Who cannot have when is quote dred treet uch a 1 oO 98c More Gift Collar and Cuff Boxes Of leather and celluloid e te; on male at 506 Comb and | Brush Sets | Of celluloid and black | ebonold, $1.49 value on sale at, each., 119 Poetical Gift Books ‘The works of each of the most popular poets, in padded seal binding, put lisher's price $1.25 a yot ume; our price 7060 Fine | Stationery Hurlbut's high-grade High land Linen Stationery, in decorated boxes, te and $1.19 on sale at, the The kind valued at $1.49, on wale at, each.. $1.19 Four-Wheel Carts | Four-wheel Wooden Carts, | regular Ife values; on wale Friday at the very | special price, each....100 | SPECIAL RAT Schools for livered by special arrangeme: Special Prices A New Hat for Xmas | Dressed Dolls | G | Wooden | Stand-tablee, and Decorations SPECIAL DELIVERY |All articles bought now can be left with us and de- McCarthy Dry Goods Company iiinsn4 Glove Certifi cates AS NEWS eeting With Favor Bargains Linen Books Size 10x12 tn sand womely r ree sale at, each 196 Framed Pictures Beautiful colored and black ‘and white etchings, in handsome gilt and oak frames, $2.49 values; on fh wale at, € $1.69 1 large-sized doilies, with handsome costumes, r 4%¢ values; on at, each 390 Board Games games, size 10x18 Lost Diamonds Board Inches, at l0e, day at, each Furniture Kitchen Chairs, Arm Chairs, Beds and Stools, 19¢ values; on sale at, cach 106 Glove and Handhk’f. Sets ‘Two boxes in the set, made Of celluloid, $1.49 values, on sale, each......@1.18 ES to Sunday Xmas Gifts nt Christmas eve. Second Ave. and DIAMOND RINGS FROM $5 TO $500 And Ladies’ a yatchen from Gents’ mas presents in Seattle. Houghton & Hunter First Avenue TEETH Silver Fillings Gold Crowns, 22k... Bridge Work, per tooth Full Set Teeth ... 500 Porcelain Crowns .....+ $3.50 $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 Our famous Corrugated Suction OHIO PAINLESS DENTIST No Student. All operators are grad- uates and Licensed TES No fen tes will fit when others fall. 307 1-2 Pike Street Abbot Bik., Cor 3rd. All work guaranteed for 12 years. LADY ATTENDANT HOURS—Dait ALWAYS PRESENT. » evening tl & Sundays, 9 a m. to 3 p. m. & YOU WOULD ‘8 me Guene-werk in sur method of Mtting. EVERSOLE P08 Becend avenue, AVOIDDISAPPOINTMENT you to call on us i me fe tavite Remember tbat wlishmant te the enly up-to-date exclusive rane New Yor bicck Phone James 1004, KILLED MICHAEL SWEENEY WAS SHOT DOWN BY STRAY BULLET FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE (Special to The Star.) ANB, Deo, 17,—A® Michael foreman of a railroad graders’ camp a few miles from Hope, Idaho, started out from his shore of ton the Lake Pen Hanna today said emphat- | d'OreMe to call the men to work yer- terday afternoon, he was hit over the by a stray bullet, Clasping GET THE HABIT STACY SHOWN, the Watchmaker, will fix your watch to sult you m@ Collins block, second floor. pouring from his mouth, ered into the tent, dying in a few minutes, The bullet was from a small caliber gun. Who fired the sh not known, ce, & carpenter who residem at 822 Twenty-elghth ave- nue, wa ed of petty larceny in Justice Cann’s court, this morn- ing, and fined $25 and costs, In de- fault of payment, he was committed jto jail. ‘Tom was arrested by Special Of- ficer Clarke, on Monday, with tools belonging to the city in his possess his hands over his stomach and with sion, ee eee