The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 30, 1904, Page 1

| Isn't This a Cinch>---See Page 6 1904 VOL. 6. NO. 33 25 CENTS PER MONTH NIGHT EDITION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH SAMUEL H. PILES’ FOND AMBITION NOW IS TO RESTORE THE snleocanr: “CHERRY STREET RING” TO POLITICAL POWER J twelve years age | the death knell of the Guerry street J. Hunt, Who Once Dominated Poli 7s IN B ATTLE AT CHONG JU tics in Washington, Declares Himself =: 22.25.23 | vate fortune vanished in the ’ | times which followed, the old feating the my in the ¢ | Cay Absolute Dictator--Demands Privilege <i..." 5% Companies of Russians Attacked) Os . = coment: § Fogt Squadrons of Japanese and) <9 os ese of Chong Ju. The enemy nur. ction of Wij and four others k * wounded. There were no cam Me of Nominating County Officers~Part SASUE ATA! Were Forced to Retreat STILL HOLD THE TOWN Nuicel power he had been forced to | relinquish. His firet effort was te hane the Post- Intelligencer from ent owner, In this he failed | ir Furthermore, he found that a strong 8T. PETERSBURG, Mareh The meager reports Jn yesterday's | ST. PETERSBURG, March 2.—In a supplementary report toda of his former business ase G@iapatches to the effect that a land , ent b General Kouropatkin, in commenting on the battle at Chong Ju, Mon. ¢ prominent among them Jsee®l Morea between the Cec and = de t Jay, says that according to the townspeople, the Japanese lost over 4) i fl 1 president of th atte Kleorl” aay were verified in an official and de ed rep oy killed and 100 wounded in the engagement. He states that 26 wouny tr 7 oma re a t te : uaet Sound Kouropatkin. | w mveyed to Anju by 00 Koreans and that the Japanese pres § a sonal quietly but firmly ¢ oP wing | Kouropatkir ounces that ® cavalry attack was made large number of horses one Rete - companies of Cossacks led by General Mishtehenko, agat Kouropatkin also reports that Captain Stepe who was wo J tain a seat tn the United States Ben-| Mlocked at « turn, Mr. Hunt teft] S@Uedrons of Japanesy cavalry at Chong-ju, @ milen to the t 4 in the attack, died y day ee ate, he would probably find but few! Seattle vowtng to revenge. Plang | Ward of Pingyang, The 5 © of the Jupanese in th Te a United States Senator from King County worth having. a mbling ks tn King mt i for retaliat were laid ww month Surprise to Mishtchenk “ belleved that they were & from the field Dr. J. Bmith, his{ nether for dim for the rullroad and to force the nomination of @ reil- ade # mo fierce that the Jap- + | his election entails sadd pon the ple a politica an, weit * admitted by a majority of the party] amo, when Samuel H. Piles, a forme@] amd near Anju. The Ituss outnumbered the Jap e and wt - H ulous and subservient only to the railroad that he is entitied to the endorsement | member of t herry street ring ane} od | tting a position where th 11d pour @ os f the county convention and to name] » 4 hie candidacy for Untied! gikado’s men, but the luck stood their ground an ' SERSESEEE SSSR TSEERSERE TS TUSMERARESRRREEEEEEER te } 7 r % left for New] moment three squadruns of Japane toined the others and the | t Mr. Pi a & higher ambition, | P adn Gare we Aerts temtasor soe 2 aiid -rapessngr doe — He aspires to take a solid delegation | : rk, it te mold, Me. 74 aT cede tenes = 3 er digs cone ag oie Bape «| Emboldened by Mis success In Griving put ne who have friendship) coming st vention et ome | mapped t » wucceeded In tering ¥ he third was repulsed in di . n t umon knowledge with many men and | | only rival for the Repubilcan dictator- | interest he represents. road tieket from top to bottom, Wiinon and Jacob | The fus f ship im King county, Samuel H. Pies, | the wing ef the Rep: i. MR. PILES [@ HEHMINI) A MOVE wenat i mit * | anese were unable t tive return, but Mishtchenk after j for more than a decade local attorney which Mr. Piles representa, | MENT TO RESTORE THE ALMOST Pile. Mr. Munt te now] an hour's fighting, was forced to withdraw and leave the Japanese in for the Oregon Improvement company | stands far larger state faction| FORGOTTEN CHERRY STREET | cutting Jor them powsension, the latter having been strengthened’ by additions! squad. | SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH HOWLING MOB IN THE STREETS OF and is successor, the Pacif! Coast | headed jov. Henry McBride, the RING TO POWER IN TH STATE! Mr. Wile . hie way back nr « of cavalry from the southward. T Russian loss was three killed - . BERLIN 7 rom a at w company, and one of the most promt | ave pion of the people againet| OF WASHINGTON. HIS AIM 18 TO! to Seatr to Europe, Mr} gna 16 wounded, and the retr S evéer Rent corporation lawyers of the state, | the anding for the ap-| REVIVE THE RULE OF THE) Furth # sawing wood. The official report of the #ktrmish by Kouropatkin, who is has stripped off the yelvet glove and| potntment of a rallr commixsion, | MOST UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICAL What will the next fow weeks bring] yo .04 to be either at Liao Ys in the vicinity of Newchwang, revealed the iron hand in King county | the reduction of freight rates. just) KNAVES THAT EVER WISGRACKD| forth?” axk the faithful, The + eet vi 1 politics. jtaxation of railroad property, and) THE NAME OF THE REPUBLICAN | program for the defeat of Mo- “7 have the honor to reszesttulty comenunieite te your majesty the Bride Republicans be more thas one trace of Mr. Hunt's fine Malian “See Sam Pilea If he says so, it/ other reforms which have up to the PARTY IN SEATTLE AND THR goes.” This is the only encourage-| present day been throttled by the rail- STATE OF WASHINGTON ews Ass'n.) ys 1 30.The depart-| again charged and repulsed the jeneral Mishtohenke, «4 th, at 10 p. m., which « BERLIN, ment the candidate for oftee now re-| road lobby at Olympia Proof of this assertion is the fact| hand. Yor inatance, Mr. Hunts For three consecut arma utposts attempted tO | ure of 309 reinforcements to German | bie, but the disturbers tore down cefves from the erstwhile honored| Two years ago Gov. MoRride car- t Mr. Piles’ foremost champions to-| brother-in-law, F. H. Brownell of By-| draw the Japanene cavalry tion, but their patrols, after conta Soutiwest Altea, tele; ceeiaiel fren basricts and reedied aan leaders of the Republican party In the] ried King county by a decisive ma- are FORMER MEMMoho OF | erett, a br at young corporatiog| Was established, retired beyond Chong Ju. serious rioting, An Anarchist mob| part of the station where they county. Piles has become the ring-| jority for the railroad commission, and CHERRY STREET RING, and| lawyer, wt tit reecnty, had ams Having learned that four squadrons of the enemy were posted | 1'c00 strong stoned the soldiers while| stroyed the signal bex, tore master in the G. 0. P. clreus and the| Harold Preston of Seattle for United if a rumor that comes from the| bitions to serve his state a beyond Chong Ju on March 27, #ix companies marched toward Kasan saaaieiee St tie btreat " it " : od up men who once met him on an equal| States Senator. The railroad lobby | throne itself is true, THE FORMER | greseman, now slated by Mr. Piles] ona on March 28 reached Chong Ju at 16:30 a, m. As soon as our | PAaeing in streets. and maltreated railway off footing Im the party councils are now) defeated Mr, Preston, by the aid of LEADER OF THAT RING 18 BE-| for governor, Dr. Smith having been ute approached the town the enemy opened fire from behind the The police were summoned to es-| The police finally drove them @ become his clowns. | traitors in the King county delegation, | HIND MR. PILES PRESENT CAM-| forced to retire from the race wail. Twe squadrons promptly dlamounted and occupied the heights | COT the troops to the station. The| after wounding many. They Craftily strengthening his position, | and killed the commission bi PAIGN AND 18 SUPPLYING HIM] In a nutshell, THE RAILROAD) 4, J..45 distant. An engagement er ‘ officers were compelled to charge|ed a number. The riot created seriq precinet by preci Piles = few days| Since then Gov. McBride's strength THE SINEWS OF WAR with which} PROGRAM [8 TO PUT FORTE! A In the town @ company of inf Aron of cavalry the mob, slashing with their swords|ous apprehension as an indi 4g0 modestly announced his desire to| and popularity in the state at large ¢ rry on bis rule or ruin tight FAVORITE BON” IN EACH COUN- royy te ous cig Soong veihtoe companies | before order was restored of the widespread discontent in name the legislative candidate in his| hae greatly increased. rinelpaily he story goes that L. & J. Hunt,| TY FOR #8OMEB IMPORTANT OF-j| Were lying in am ry =f — this The mob re-formed and made a/lin on account of the prole own ward, the Second. A few days| through the success of the ner” | personally an honest and upright cit-| FICK, AND BY 80 SWINGING TH@] and attacked the Japane bh a ore Notwithstanding th rush for Lehrter station. ‘The police | clashe later he peremptority requested the| suit the government against the | zen, but politically bekt and unserup-| COUNTY DELEGATIONS INTO] and our commanding position, Japanese gallantly held their samo privilege tn other districts, | Northern Securities comp: nm the| ulowm to the utmost degree, brought| LINE, WREST AWAY FROM GOY.| ground, and it was only after @ flerce fight of half an hour s dui anion Today he asserts the right to name, | bringing of which Gov. MeBride was a| out Mr, Piles as a senatorial candi-|M' BRIDE TE FRUITS OF HIS} that the Japanese ceased fire and sought refuge in the houses. The not only the legislative candidates, | prime mover. In King county the Mo-| date and ia backing him to make a| LABORS DURING THES PAST] Japa holated the Red Cross flag at two points on tobacco and cigar packages. but some of the county ticket well. | Bride forces, though still strong, have | winning fight for the sole purpose of | BIGHTER MONTHS. foon afterward three squad s of th emy were seen The senate committee on inter ‘The next few weeks will show whether | been weakened through the # a of restoring hie former friends to power| The Piles’ program for the county} yanctng along the Kasan road a gallop toward the town, which eanic canals heard Senator More he has bitten off more than be can| the railroad faction of the Republican | and “downing” the enemies he left tion has not yet been fully ar=] two of the squadrona succeeded 4n entering, while the third fell back gan this morning in favor of his maaticat party in the city campaign behind bim when be shook the duat| ranged. It is known, however, that! , aisorder under repeated volley* from our troops. A number of men proposing that the canal zone of In face of the stinging rebuke ad-| Sam Piles’ progrim has one great | of Seattle from his shoes in the early| it will be full of bitter surprises to} 0” Shireen were ween to fa f isthmus be made a military reset ministered the railroad ring of the Re-| end in view—the annihilation of the| nineties. In this he is being aided by| loyal Republicans, many of whom laid oi tes an tamed neleewied OOF commen seitnieeh 06 ties aa les tion, Ff ean party at the recent city elec-| anti-rafiroad wing of his party in the railroads for selfish purposes aside their prejudices and voted Lo} . +. onoge in the town, preventing the S sasetee 48s Sala eed| the raliroad candidate for m n Jud 8 er, | King county; and masking himse.: be-| Mr. Hunt ts now In Egy yor bey See die apie han tn ate ae en ae rad An hour nd a« half after the beg im of the engagement four . yor by the corpora-| hind the popular demand for # sen-| in an irrigation scheme of enormous n @ month ago. i : tion Interests, was knifed to an ex-| ator from King county, he ia now lay-| magnitude and Investing the miliions| Mr. Piles has gone about his work} companies were seen on the Kasan road, hastening to attack, I gave tent never before dreamed of, Sam/| ing his plans to gobble up the entire| he made in Korea in gold mining con-| with a cold-blooded assurance that] the order to mount, and the entire force, with @ covering squadron A forr Ths Piles has outlined a program and will| county ticket, willy nilly, and in-| cessions, after leaving Heattle broken | seems to have paralyzed his oppon-| advanced tn perfect order ar ed line behind the hill thirty-three days from today attempt| trench himself for all time. in fortune and politically discredited. | ents, His method has been write] wounded were placed in front and the retirement was carried out with MUCH MONEY to cram it down the throats of 100 Were Mr. Piles’ only object to at-| For years, Mr. Hunt, being then the| any candidate to whom he Is opposed liberation of a parade. & letter, informing him in courteous “The Japanese equadron which was thrown Into disorder wan ev! terms that he is one too many in the! gently unable to occupy the hill which we had just evacuated, and (By Scripps News Ass'n.) Colo., March 30.— WHAT HAPPENED AT CHEMULPO |. 888 a ee | ee ce a a two hours in order to give attent 0 ov Kasan, where we halted for two hour rder to « r to our | to be pre aon GS In a majority of cases the cold bluff ~ - worked. Some of the strongest] Wounded. At 4 p 4 Be Me ree Sepahnd. Ney an minutes’ notice al trains have A beggar with certificates of dee posit on Montana and Tacoma Aggregating $700 was arrested morning. Deputy Sheriff John Cu anes? had heavy losses in men and hi *, however, have defied Mr. It te sup been engaged res ption ’ ial baker thant ty eonbendidia |. ened? and Arooke In the chest, and Vasselvitch in the st ares dad tink Biss oleate, Saba tion where Captain Laubscher die be Nanteful to the waak| Sohiintkote was lesa seriously Wounded in the arm, but did not prong: heen om cary covered several suspicious cireume file of the party fo Mn Pilee an the fh ‘ stances about him. From his nounced intention to support Seattle's Three Comnacks were killed and 12 were woun Including five the police captain learned that Ji publie procrastinator, W Boom! gor ‘ Williams, the name given by the 7 for a second term. “General Mishtchenko bears w ellent conduct and man, was not the only one unde® Except for Mr. Piles’ ald, it is doubt allantry of the officers 1 ally praises the third which he did business, ful if Scott's name would have be@@) Company of the Argunsk regiment, r y Krasnostanoff, The checks were under anotheg | mentioned in connection with the pram * EE name and as a peddler he had pure ao hg prem kige nea Hon ro F, August Heinze Punished for | 2°: He was intoxicated whem . been locked u ycked up in the city jail and until seamed and scarred with blunders and bh ce scandals, and except for a few per THE JAP REPOR | Contempt of Court oe oe cuered no, Bia oe See sonal friends, he stands without « real supporter in his party hasnpaplgahontiats a OF THE BATTLE BUTTE, Mont. March 90,—F. Heinze, the Montana mine ¢ rator,| was fined $20,000, Al rank and J H. Ther $1,000 each for contempt . of court by Ke Beatty of Idaho TOKIO, March 2 1 infan. | this morning, The fines must be try attacked and panese cavalry ar iock Thursday. The ahs near Ping. Yang, Sut paid by 11 0 > A Jefer ted ‘4 a force of ( k cavalry, estimated in 8 maihes at visement. The fines were imposed Oy serene Seek ee TWO RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS! wo. for violation of the injunction, Thi STOCKTON, Cal., March 30.—Jene | The Japanese attacked in considerable ‘for The Russians of. | prosecution claims th fendants| sey Isle, a reclaimed island a few BUMPED TOGETHER AT PORT] ...04 0 strong resiatance at first, but finally fell back, abandont removed $1,100,000 worth of ore from] miles up the San Joaquin river from ARTHUR their posttion. ‘The Japan ustained n loa of one officer and o the Michael Davitt mine in violating] Antioch, was flooded last night. 7 sergeant killed an two officers and 10 privates wounied. «ae R Judge Beatty's injunction, San Joaquin ts rising at the rate éfane.are reported to bs aft three dead behind, bat te have evo: —- an inch an hour Other reclamationg ceeded in carrying off a number of wounded. The Japanese force en- are in great daner, ¢RSBURG, SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.—The@ arch 0. . Mareh 90.—-A food situation in northern and cene tral California is ring a erisie private dispatch today states that | , | today, According to the local weatha during the maneuvers in the inner . * in er bureau predictions the worst will harbor at Port Arthur the Rus@lan ia * pareed Uy tamnoere te | (By Scripps News Ass'n.) kat Coluan, th river coms battleship tropaviovak collide entenctnciienemsnestn tinues to rise, No further damage t@ WASHINGTON, D, C., M . howéver, as little rain fell ” with and r isly damaged the bat By a te of 8 to 4 th ways t and it is too cold for RUBIA? Stedm@er “Fooredrd , EL Lire dad Sdak |" saciina , Qy Berlpps News Au'ny rneane comeatttee ot the house teday| enaw in the tacuntsiua-t ae eship Sevastor ne navy depa : a3: be LONDON, March ®.—Tho Japanese legation haa. issued the following | refused to authorize a favorable r Tomorrow morning, it Is believed, Febh* 9 iipesei5 ment has no contirmation of the reel escount of the Russian repulse at Chong Ju March 9 port on the Tawney bill to prevent will mark the beginning of the dee Copyright, 1904, by the paper Enterprise Association. port “A portion of our cavalry and infantry ocoupied Chong Ju, after de- the placing of tags or prize coupons cline of the waters, is wry