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ONE CENT Tonight—Possib ly and weat Fair brisk Thureday to except near oo fresh ot; SEATTLE NiIGmT EDITION LAW AGAINST POOLROOMS IS NOT BEING ENFORCED —— TORONTO, CANADA SWEPT BY FLAMES FIRE WIPED OUT NEARLY THE ENTIRE WHOLESALE DiS {and Buckling Co. | The ware usea of W. TRICT—LOSS WILL BE $15,000,000--SEVERAL PEOPLE MISSING | Mackey & < | | Cockshutt @ ¢ and re, although | tem-| ng into the (By Scrivps News Asw'n) TORONTO, Ontario, April 20—At 8 o'clock this morning the great fire id, to prevent istrict. Chiet Thompson was cut off was under control. The flames | waste more than 150 buildings with @ property loss estimated at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,008. Montreal and Buffalo sent engines and men to JAPS SAID TO HAVE PLANNED)! help fight the fire. Shortly after 1 . DESTRUCTION OF NEW RUS e'clock this morning the wind | ° ope eee tats manent en WAREIES changed, sweeping the flames to the) At 5 lock this morn aoe was stl burning but residential portion of the city and/to be under contre PETERSBURG, April 20.—1t nange In the wind may ie reported that a plot ane been dis many homes were burned. | = alty - ie aes “ the covered for the blowing up of was eral people are reported mi: ¢ apparatus at that ships now building in Russia. In Several peep arrived from London, Hamilt fernal machines are said to have ing and are thought to have lost) Buffalo and joined the loca en found in the ship Jing y Le near the cruisers Almaz and their lives. | Currie warehor on} tshug, while Japa spies @ . atreet, where it originat t The final stand by the fire depart ; ported to have been taken in x sprgad with astounding | today near the battleship Borodino. ment was made at the Bank of|Tpidity to the west and then made |a clean sweep up Wellington street| Montreal, and with the shifting of!to the Queen's hotel. The thick fire| | walle of the hotel and the concen- the wind again at 7 o'clock the|trated efforts of the fire fighters stopped the r4 ames there, but in the! flames were controlled. Is wantime the fire had swept a ed | on_.| the street block of build jie from t west to the| I ‘Almost the entire wholes: ess » wiped out | isinesa houses de- | aualien ab th s at} 1 were: Gillespie, Ang : # hs ; Co.; Dignum & Moneypenny | By 0 Gre which . a neck-| tort Soap Works; Davis & He -| zs wear factory at 9 o'clock last night.|%0"; Jessup Steel Company's build- | ling, oceupied by R. B. Huteh nson & | EXPENSES OF WEALTH O&- In a few minutes, fanned by al ¢ Alcott, Sargent & Wertwood PARTMENT THOUGHT TO BE testi wind 1 ees Dodds Medicine Company; Western | strong 1, the flames had spread ship Company; Richard L.|-.TOO LARGE | to building on both| Baker Company; C. H. Westwood @/ | < arland Manufacturing Com ington street, where the ' H. Crage Rothschilds , and w utterly beyond | Bre a@¢ Cc. W. Bangard & Co. Sweeping changes are to b made { the fire department.| Ritchie & Ram Company; Thom-| 1" the health department of the city Appeals id we then w 1 to|as Hoskins; Kinielith Paper ‘om- | and the expense of running it to London, Hamilton and Buffalo and Andrew Moorehead; BE. W.|be cut down. As noon ne City Montreal, and emalier cities ir he| Giimour @ Bro. Ww HM. Payne &| Comptroiier Riptinger returns from| y ity | Ce M. Hater & ( Interna-| Olympia on a trip he has taken in It wan be 4 that the f tional kere; Gale Manufacturing| relation to securing the money ad under ¢ ‘ - Whitman & Frown «.; | vanced by the atate on the mun | wudden veering lok Smith & ¢ George He ipal lighting plant bonds a meet biowing almest « & Co; ¥ 4s Manufacturing |ing of the city auditing committee ail the eff ' H, F. Sharp & Co.;| consisting of Mayor Ballinger The flemes. Office Supply Com-| Comptroller Riplinger Chairman wept do t Westwood | Rude of the finance committee and nearly four bie Hond & Co.;! Treasurer Rathbun, will be held in; Alnslee & Co, Members of the health board wil WASHINGTON, WEDN SDAY, APRIL 20, 1904 PILES’ FRIENDS ARE ALARMED RECOGNIZE JACOB FURTH AS A SERIOUS OBSTACLE TO THEIR ts of the city hese facts have been brought the attention of the mayor » although he ts silent aa to the ts of his investigations up to dat t is known that he u ght nm earnest In a movement to ew Ae nneceswary expenses in th Jepartment BROWN IN TOWN BUNKO MAN RETURNS TO SE ATTLE AND GIVES HIMSELF UP TO SHERIFF CUDIHEE James Brown wpe net ps THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATRE | THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS ; The Seattle Star *= 2! I 5; CENTS PER MONT? VOL. 6. 6 THE STAR'S NEW FICTION OFFERING, «IN THE GRASP OF SANTA ANNA,” WILL BEGIN NEXT MONDAY \ JAPS LAND AT EWCHWANG THERE IS A RIGID ORDINANCE AGAINST BETTING ON HORSE | thou { dollars, denptte the fact that PERNICIOUS METH CANDIDATE'S SENATORIAL ASPIRATIONS —WILL CONFER RACES, BUT IT IS A DEAD LETTER OD OF GAMBLING than betting on | horse races, as practiced in those THIS AFTERNOON resorts, was never devised by ay Eee THE CUNNING OF MAN pee anna i - Oe ee ee cee eae ob thew 1 Semanal be ly Increasing ing any confidence that Mr. Furth in| POOR UCCI | rms of gambling the pol proportions of Jacob Furth's senator-| in the race, although he himelf has] the East are to control, BUC) pies in hin fight for Benator pigued €2 an announcement of hia| | | they have never been able to break © will meet in Mr. Furth’s bank at | eandidagy, Ho in merely biding hin | ene ® gE t, ies Jown the ELABORATE SY8TPM | 4 o'clock this afternoon to muke t time, and although it may not come| MYSTERIOUS ENEMIES HAVE th M | t (0) t OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION | 4 in behalf of thelr candidate | wat af We Republi sen | H ORDINANCE No, 8863—Anordinance relating to the busi. bullt up by the pool room owners. sesee conference ta the Gut | SMM unbaembaeens te jue") TRIED TO KILL HIM, AND e | | ar pera 10ns I] of stock exchange, or any business of similar character, con. @ u a Bagge THE B ens os oe Wie snneuneen p ducted for the registration of bets or wagers on the rise or fall of 6 RED DORN ON eT oe of 5B pens cea ste ertainty Of the near future uh-| NOW HIS WIFE WANTS A B the prices of stocks, grains, oils or any mercantile article, and jw age crue 4 there. ef Mir. Piles’ ir oie gf Fy ee eee x ° B also where bets or wagers are made or registered upon the results @ | °*!* San Feaneis a. | Dorters made upor few site sulbictere clates te bavet Yoon inl r of horse races, and providing for the punishment ef any violation @ | °* * eral pur . | days ago for the 5 & | made « th ot Ganuans OF the entirat @ of this ordinance. fend wont the way Of shee, Teeter Tas atement from him regarding | stat, with the result that every. in ie an ned a Be it ordained by the city of Seattle as follows = |! ? old days «. Ut | his candidacy Gteation war found favorable to thelr Section 1—That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or @ |!" ¢ place has come the pox At that meeting they man. while it Is known, on the other! I+ Ueel the Its B corporation to conduct, carry on, contre! or be in any manner | “ Furth as nou-communica hand t the tour of Mr. ¥ the back recent ail orces B connected with any establishment or place where bets or wagers BM | poven TIMES MORE NEPA- ae es awe at quiszics he nager ©. Bullivan, brought | nem y and ie ° are registered on the rise and fall of the prices of stocks, grains, @ niovs 0 Fa ath that pe se a . Spt t to the Piles camp ee et anes @ oils or any mercantile article, and also where bets or wagers | puee’ conte ~a —_ Sheae ak tA * “ - ages A. hop the Piles | * pe then t B are made or registered upon the result of horse races; provided M@ | In its remulte, and fastened tt* TIP | write he was not at that time a cam | to met tome Pn urth ~ be par gl Drager that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the M jon the city so strongly that It can in opposition to Mr. Pilea, he iS We Ghke pater coe aie hilérea. ie Sarton thine dared purchase or sale of any stocks or collaterals on commission. not be shaken off. i nay that he would not be ot campaign, Mr. Piles’ backing ral attempts upon Ucci’s it Section 2—That any person, firm, or corporation found guilty UNL? ATLE ACT AT! The Pi pporters retired discom-|ié swoh that he cannot hope for Mr | ™ made recent and 1 Apr e ¢ t Ne on Pea of any violation of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not M | ONCE THE POOL ROOMS WILI ed. but asked permission ay | Party's support said that he knows the names of his! ¢ t t ir tthe to exceed ome hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisened in the city RECOME §O FIRMLY EN ase before Mr. Furth at another) For that re the conference thie | a#allants but refuses to din then Japanese have landed in full force one 4 jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both fined and im- @ | TRENCHEDIN THIS CI THAT | conference The meeting today was) @@ternoon will pr t rumored that the whe & rt t rks the most tmp ‘ ent thus far in the prisoned. @ | WHEN THE PUBLIC AWAKPS | then arranged. ji more than nd 4 to kill him are far enste paign, Newchw being fertified strongly by the In effect when approved by the mayor, ete. TO THE EVIL THEY ARE DOING | 2t can now be stared without violat- [far the Piles facts this wits who resent the fa - fa ‘ the tase at th ou ae Paesed the council July 6, 1903. @ /ITWH.. BE FOUND IMPOSSIBLE - - at = pony ne | of tter in harb< 4s an apy Signed by Mayor T. J. Humes, July 8, 1903. @ | TO EXTIRPATE THEM reba i eile an ee } m 7 Geiel “uae gute ‘ proach P - A SERSRRSRSSRREERELRSEEEAS CEE EEREEEREEERSEEREEEEED ON TH SLOT MACTIINE TS) cccoe fn phe pmeantince moet at, fle the Tbepat ws . pe will « pt her k , f t spanese transports passed Port Arthur SO GREAT A HOCH 1 AMB-l the employes of th spartan ¢] ipeatative from the Fort bodily harm, She has re few “6 ed with Japanese troops, guns, ammunition an@ “i a LING, the pool rooms do Seattle ©) wondering and fearing if their jobs| WIG C. 8. Gleason, Jobn A é the muperior court restraining | t wan 1 nt spatches that the destination of st two bucket shops | 4 nd positive injury, iM that bare to be abolished next month. it} Mid a A. Wakefield are some of the | him from visiting nor om ngs ao Eh a ws ry tle, ur 7 , | the TAKE OUT OF THE ITY jin expected that a¢ least two Other candidates. . ee @uring th ties ba b these tr ps that have now made a landing. ey Wamatestes BY ISVERY DAY NOT TOON SHAN | nsores are to lone their pesttians ~ ult 1 ¢ at least 75 men could be ar- |‘? 'h seer ,| Ways been looked upon by the sted by Chief Delaney any after- | sonny a pil cag gts 1. | Authorities as the moat expen any art noon ani own into jal casey senna ygedicinene oportion to it usefulness of an demean under bonds to await tr YT LESS THAN $100 & DAY. _ a + During th passed for ¢ r imprisonment. But the amen af a mneetele adn " it Became } putting pool r NEVER BEEN ENFORCED and ae grvenia masbinia 6: Gh tle mo than a handy place whe out of business | there is no Indication that it ever tan tonbies hanes ane we ine ’ be for pe ‘The ord of will be lrun. This me *s EVERY CENT tA . o = e, has i he gamd houses of Beattle - - “. : acknowledged that the n court record ed for ith the know! be 7 : jem harmony =~ ee i saeae ks + pe omar nl aan | The pe I room ) have not even the} If the 1th board attempted RIOUSLY QUE « saloons under th begrry for extetence that —_ prone run the department with any ot HAS NEVER B 1 4 BA 7 the gen hou when Yl employes than those selectéd by tb An4 for jar big Pp a Y .%) ical heads the city the p for running the depa ment were threate The ; ment has never under ety service rulen as the other dep CHTTTT HE aved from Deputy Sheriff Hilt « nday night and fled acoma, F t 4 to the county § ant night himeetf up to Sheriff Cod telephoning to the latter's al times his intention # wn escaped from the custody of Hill, while he town ts ae bn We be onl ght-inch Krupp « b y the Japanese Jass cruiser Nisshin, recently purchased from hearing of Mt, Sherif t for in the thick of the Jast atta Arth Maud Sliverstet woman with whom Brown t en ving for some time. and that unk whe marriages and t s 0 law | investigatt by the police. Polieg persuaded Brown to return, he would of and he preferred to accept it| Clerk Easson made the arrest. } offer m reward for hin arrest and to man's law, He beifeved polygamy |} Gyy1CAGO, April The anowaterull WGas weleee saree dt an Be nd is 6 divi stitution. He} at gt # caused the postponement naw rennty bherion ta take aa admitted liv yeamous ©o-| of the Cleveland-St. Louis ball game joined him there. She Induced him to | habitatt n defiance of both the| ‘The games at Brooklyn an@ Phili iave Khanh uo And 100 ture sutra laws of God and man,” as the phia were called off on ac 9 the city on an interurban car last g ation wored it | aes eee ake evening pi abseaheegaad | ST. LOUIS, April 2%. The Silverstein woman has a record inches of snow fell in which prevents her from taking HAD HANDY Southern Missouri last night. It waa chanoes with the officers of the law. conn j Ee heaviest snow storm in April ig reliminary arin for next Friday. vere eek The preliminartes Brown's three| BREIGHAM ROBERTS TESTIFIES THAT HE KNEW HIS MAR- NAMESAKE pals has reset for May an they will be on hand at that time, de- epite the story that they have jumped i thelr bait 3 , f _ ‘Saar - WASHINGT( April 20.—Br marriage to Mra. Shipp, his third| Louls Cohen, who at one time ran al LEFT HER ann Miller, the Proprietor of the! nam Roberts, one of the seven first |wite, neither had the. other two hh ae ta AR Ateneo sieved eenae erat he ta ant teanctaliy at} presidents of the Mormon church, | wives, although they did not know | v4 arrested tls a \ckmeen Ont ee or-| (Special to The Star) sponsible as surety on the three g7to/@nd who was electe 1 to congress, but} of it at the time. derly pers J. Baird Cohen, a well| SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, e bonds declared forfeited yerterday, | prevented from taking his seat, was| And they did not learn it for] nown man about town, who lives ati Frances Bilbert, member ef al aie when Brown's pals failed to appear in| the first witness this morning at the |two or three years. He concealed | tye Lincoln, has suffered considerable | Spanish family of Los Angeles, ate ce | Feumption of the Smoot inquiry be- | the marriage chiefly for the purpose | of late by the misrepresentations of |tempted to asphyxiate herself las@ Nevertheless the records In the city | fore the senate committ He said | of relieving them of embarrassment. | his namesake, Louis Cohen, tt Is ra ht upon learning that her huss clerk's office show that his saloon! he had been married three tin Of course we knew the mar was in the hablt of geeting 0 ee eee hor. tae i 4 stands in the name of the Im | gig in 1877, second in 1886 and the | was illegal,” he said work done and then charging it to the | DAn® Geaer Ban dependent Brewing company ; oF » & pital in a precartous condition, third in 1890, By his second wife, This third wife formerly was the | Mr. Cohen of the I In. Ts * | colt Ju | s € t He ran against a snug when he had | 1s belteved her husband has gone te STOLE 1,500 PENNIES | Cella Dibble, who was his first plu-| wife of Dr. Shipp, He admitted] # et dew - Seattle, where his family ives, fal wife, he had eight children, some | that Wells knew he had a first wife, | @ leading chiropodist do sor ark ov Prema: Powe W. W. Ripple, of 1911 Thirty-nec- | of whom were born since his election| No action was taken by authori- | Mis feet. for which he reqiesthd (lat peep avenue south, reports hte house | to congre 1898. Me was married | ties of the church against him for eee ede ent tele Oe Colo. April 20.3 ntered on Tuesday night and $15 in| to hisc third wife by Daniel H.| marrying Roberts to the third wife. Ing evidence that Mr. Coben of the | cemere! Bell, accompanied By thre@ pennies and $9 tr ver taken from| Wel inaelior to the apostles, a When asked what reasons led him in had not had his corn patch | 0fticers and 17 men, left this morn: the premine The burg yok | Balt 1 There were no witnesses |to contract this marriage when he ted, as stated in the bill he was for Denver with President @ lady's gold wateh and chain. En-| nor was either of his previous wives | knew ft was against the law, he| requested to pay. oyer of the Western Federation, t trance was offected by prying open! present |wald that from hood he had beef! ‘This resulted in the arrest of at the habeas corpus proc ane of the windows. Wells made no objection to his| taught the rightfulness of plural Cohen, who will be held pend the supreme court tomorr Zs i . | vee