The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1904, Page 1

ONE CE Fonight and Wednesday—Showers; wh Seuthwoat Winds, N GWT EDITION NT The Seattle SEATTLE BILL POSTING MONOPOLY DEFAGES GITY PROPERTY PLASTERS SIDEWALKS IN R WASHING POWDER ADVERT CITY QRDINANCE—UNSIGHT MAIN ENTON HILL DISTRICT WITH ISEMENTS LY PLACARDS LIKELY TO RE- IN DEFIANCE OF Beattle’s pul servants, ever striving for a city beautiful the device of frescoing the have nit upon . y sidewalk gutters of th e Jot with artistioall extolling the vir- a patent washing compound. Use Washo the best ot the greet the love turn in and sim the bear ‘ second ill ot these «days, thanks ful supervision exerci rations of the local monopoly by the esthetic m of the board of publi the employes of the city Hoense and revenue dopart- raid rouls who own prog the district mentioned have raised a vulgar ar” over this step toward making the public walks both useful and dea and the chances are that th ap powder signs will have to Until the protest was made the decorative artist with the bundle of placards and a tack had things all his own way and was making the city’s waste places gay with printed ¢ “Washo,” or whatever the ¢ the cleansing compound He bead Pp sstered a the vacant ce in wight with his souventr cards, with the sole exception of electric Mght telegraph, telephone and power poles. They don't need and besides the electric decoration, octopus wouldn't stand for It There is a city ordinance agal OWDEN 1 LEAD jthe adornment of poles with signs Jand naturally that ordinance was enforced as to the property of th | corporations. This ordt also prohibits the posting of signs on sidewalkes, bridges and other city property, But what rights have the public, anyway? ‘The ordinance says, in part “No person, whether loensed as in this ordinance provided or not, shall post, stick, stamp, paint or other wise fix, or cause the same to be done by another person, any notice, placard, Dill, card, poster or adver | tiserr ent or other device calculated to attract the attention of the pub- lio, to or upon any sidewalk, cross walk, curb or curbstone, lamp post, hydrant, shade tree or tree box, or }upon any fence, gate, gate post, or }upon any telegraph or telephone | pole, or upon any pole, box oF | ture of the fire alarm or police tele graph system & * * ‘Subdivision 6 Any person vio- lating any of the provisions of tht» fection shall be deemed guilty of @ misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by @ fir of not more than one hundred | tare, or by imprisonment in the city jail not more than thirty days, or by both euch fir and te son- ment.” Naturally enough that part of the @rdin ance referring to city prop erty has not been enforced mt te in the ds of city officials to en force. They say they are going to The man with AKES THE the tack hammer, IN ILLINOIS —_—— BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE STILL DEADLOCKED AND ARE AS LUSTY LUNGED AS EVER. —_—_—__—- SPRINGFIELD, May 17.--Tense, Deneen 884 was the feeling when the Republic-| Yates smiled confidently. He was an state convention began its fifth) apparently satisfied that his loss day's session in an attempt to nom- inate a candidate for governor, Yates passed the word among his followers that he expected « small break in two counties, but they need not be alarmed. It came on the Seth ballot, which was the first taken today, and produced no ma- teria? excitement at the time. Later, when the clerks began to figure the Lowden men began their first dem- @nstration for some time, and Yates’ cohorts followed with the result that pandemonium was tet loose. All the| Rolee records were fractured when the vote was announced. It was foliows Yates 437, Lowden 452, would be regal don the nest bal- lot, although he had lost the lead for the first time. The Bist ballot showed a decided gain for Lowden, his total being 473, Yates 431 and Deneen 382 ‘The 32nd ballot showed no change, but In the 33rd Lowden lost six votes. The 34th Ballot was the same as the dne preceding. On the thirty-ffth ballot Yates got back some lost strength, while Low- den lost. Deneen saw a steady ‘ain. The thirty-sixth ballot was: Lowden 41, Deneen 288, Yates 491. A recess was taken until § o'clock [this evening. WORK ———-BUNCO FOUND FOR ED LABORERS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF KANSAS CITY VICTIMS HAVE SECURED EMPLOYMENT—FEDERATIO N OF LABOR INVESTIGATING ‘About 100 of the 200 men stranded tm Beattie by the Kansas City Sharpers perpetrating the Alaska & Tukon Construction Company swin- le have found work. Others have Heft the city and the remainder are Being cared for. The investigation f the fraud is being continued Steps are also being taken by lo- €ai labor organizations to forestall ther bunko games of this nature ‘8nd to prevent ot workmen in the middle and eastern states from be- Ing shipped out to the coast by Smecth-spoken employment and im- Migrant agents on the promise of Work that doesn't exist | The Seattle Federal Union of the ‘American Federation of Labor Sur @ay turned its hall over to the Kan- fs City men, and yesterday the of- ficers of the union assisted in tak- ing affidavits, which will be used Sgainst the Kansas City man known 88 George T. Hall and others con- Rected with the mythical Alaska & Yukon Construction Company. If addition to this move the Seat- We Federal Union fs arranging a On the swindie. It will be BM to the headquarters of the ean Federation of Labor, The of that body will be re- Gested to send the report to every Mion in the middie west and east ting with the national or Ganization. Bach union will be asked to take to stop any sim swindle Poming under its + Same time notify the Coast unions, A tull report of the cas nt yesterday to the . s in- for this di ow at Spo- kane. This action was taken on the advice of local postal authorities, who stated that the chief inspector would take the titer up im diately with the postal officers at Kansas City. Another feature of the case is the probability of considerable side- stepping that the railroads and their immigrant and wenger agente may have to do. Local railroad men are of the opinion that certain pro- visions of the law have been ne- br So far ax known here made to the the Kansas not the npecial unfortunate City bunko advertised ten days it was put Into low rate tims of game was FIGHT FOR CONVENTION LOUIS, May 17 days ST. ond At Internation al) addressed by| ite mec- session the Presse Parliament was who presided, Committee reports) were read. B. B, Harbert ther spoke on the British institution for journalists Oklahoma California dele-| working hard for the next fix- | interstate commerce | who got In his work hardest on Fourteenth and Seventeenth ave- | nues, south of Madison street, was | an employé of the local bill posting | trust, which pays $900 yea for the privilege of disfiguring the city It's a shame,” said a mo r of the firm of Poster & K er, the | trust, this morning, in referring to the m or of the posting of the Woesho” gigna “You, we gave him a license, and | jhe says he didn’t know any etter | than to put ‘em up city property Ji don’t blame the people for kick | ing.” . Well, when are you going to take them down?’ ‘The Star man asked | “Oh, we atn’t going to take ‘em | down. That agent of the soap com pany will do t right thir He sald he was going to see Street Su perintendent Walters, and that hy | thought he could fix It up all right In order to avold trouble in future we have had printed a copy lof the clty bill posting }and with each permit issued we will |gtve out a copy a# instructions to the one ing the permit The manager of the washing pow der company, which Is a local con jeern, could not be found thie morn ing Superintendent Walters said he was not going to stand for the | marring of city property with signs | He said he had written a letter to Foster @ Kleiner yesterday saying muat 0 ordinance that the stgn torn down The city for | the arrest and punishment of the j have been up several weeks provides }hav ebeen up several weeks. The city code also provides for a city Meense Inspector, whose duty It Inar The ts to see that the license ws are ent 4 and obeyed cense inspector, ts Eben T. Mareh. | No arrests ahve been made by him in connection with the Wash affair BILL WAS MAD (By Scripps News Ass'n) BERLIN, May 17.—It has been learned that Emperor Wilhelm has been so incensed at the ministerial blunders in the conduct of German Southwest African affairs that he appointed General Trotha to direct further operations without consult- ing his ministers. When leaving for his present tour through South and West Germany, the kaiser remarked to Chancellor Buelow “I wonder what stupidities those blockhe: will perpetrate while 1 am away this time. DROWNED PRETTY WOMAN DEATH WITH STRAPPED ON LEAPS TO HER HER CHILD HER BACK COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 17.—With & pretty 4-year-old blonde girl bound to her body with bands of linen a handsome brunette woman 25 years of age, who is yot uniden- tifled, leaped from the Rich street bridge this morning into the river Both were drowned after the woman had engaged in a fight with two men who sprang in and attempted to rescue her and the child Later this afternoon the woman was identified as Mrs, Malcolm Copeland. She and her hush quarreied last night. Copelan: missin, TOOK THE Sir Hugh Gilsean Read of London,| Working over the man for nearly an) until the settlen ention. It is Guthrie against na, The Guthrieites are 1,000 and offer Cattering induc | ments, including @ trip to California and the Portland exposition, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1904 | Group of War Cotieapondents at Né@wehwang: Wil B. Colver | Enterprise association, (9 shown seated In front and looking upward. Th tained by the Japanese in Tokio for two months, but In one Way and ar mikado’s country in order to “see thing#” from the other side GREAT NORTHERN PASSENGER jal to The Star.) May =} Northern Oveland No. 1, due Jerett at 7 ¢ k lust ever | ked at @:10 ¢ K at 16 miles east of here, by ranr 0 | to the siding at Holmquist's shingle | nd inte two freight cars being with shingles. Th ne baggage and are were badly wrecked THE DEAD CHARL®S MARSHALL of £ tle, head brakemar TOM DOWNING, fireman, of In terbay; married. THE INJURED Engineer George Zignia of Seattle, |ertourly brulsed by jumping | | | The pool rooms must gb. Police Judge George this morning gave the horse-race gamblers a chance toy make an attack on the pool-room ordinance from every standpoint, then upheld the law. As a result, Jullue Schneider, George Shurdy, R. Holmes and John Miller, who were arrested for making a “hand book” in the Standard pool room, were convicted and fined $100 each, | the limit under the ordinance, | Attorneys H. Bostwick and Will H. Morris, for the defense, attempt- ed to evade the ordinance by bring- ing In evidence to prove that the bets were really made at a pool] room in Tacoma, and not in Seat-| | tle, but Judge George could not see] it in that light, and held the de- fendante guilty. The pool room men will appeal. In the meantime, Mayor Ballinger | 4) and Chiet Delaney will attempt to keep the pool rooms closed. This will probably result in the pool room men bringing an injunction suit in the superior court to prevent a prosecution, pending their appeal, ROE AND TWO SEATTLE MEN ARE KILLED DOOMED —— ee POOL ROOMS HELD ILLEGAL BY POLICE JUDGE GEORGE— MAYOR BALLINGER WILL KEEP THEM CLOSED i \< Cc THEY SEE THE RUSSIAN SIDE " Newspaper up wan de of the majorit er managed th et #UMPED A SWITCH AT MON-| A. BH Pinckney of Seat 1 badly rote Mail tainable aad « pur gern slight y bruised The express « of the miil han ap the siding « Fireman rn er the tender. He lived until) 19:30 Gelock, | to those about apd gaye directions what to a Blucky_ manner, b died bet ould be extricated. It ts tire ls a mistake about M t ' nK c the wreck occurred after the mill had shut down One hour before the overland raid | 1 will arrest them as fast as Tc get evidence. I shall not let t continue in thie business if 1 ac upheld by the courte. OBIECT TO NUDE | Ne WwW. C. T. U. WOMEN AND OTHERS START CRUSADE AGAINST BILL BOARDS | A protest against the exp< the human form ine Boards in advertising tobacco, quer and other goods was filed w the this morning, The tithon is siened by Mra. A. F. president of the City Fed ouncli on the grounds that they are em the W. C. T. U., Rev, W nities gaged In a legitimate business. But, pastor of the Seventh Day A tint this will probably fail. \@horch, and fifty others. It is as ‘In regard to what action the How . gamblers are going to take or what) “Sn view of the growing tende they propose to do, I am unable to of many theatrical companies 1 say,” said Mayor Ballinger this aft-|@ealers in liquor and tobacco noon, “but I know what the city |fatteming foods t is going to do. Chief Delaney hag )@ines to disp’ is, |his orders to keep after the gam-/#tfeet care rm CHARLES THOMPEON MAY DIE piers and I have alt confidence int nthe city the him that he will, The men are}female for eae breaking the law and I intend to/@ffense a) ai stop them. The matter is now inp#eod te* | |the hands of the chief and the a ig ee | | In a fit of despondency, Charles | courts, and, as long as the orders SSS Re’ | ae pen | Thompson attempted to commit sul-| are carried out, 1 will not inter- | rude ‘ adver: | elde in a lodging house on First av-| fere.” Eidne purpose wh a ons enue south about 8:30 o'clock this These men can make an hones\!Gony for the advertisement of Ii morning. Thompson was up early |!!¥ing Just fame as any other auor and tobacco. this morning. The other lodgers, ™e> and is no reason Wh¥! ewe therefore tfully pet remarked his despondent condition, | h*y *hoe on that « nt Tor ar honorat co ts anaes He went out and ate his breakfast | ey give them a chance 0) a5 ord » prohibiting the adver at a restaurant, then returned to I ‘They tark about memecution og }pimements above specified | his room, He had not been in his eon Chem r - Foon jong When tes Masi OC GhtND*| ore Sette ake cre. eck ee ee eS ing gas was detected pee Shans FORKS Sneh OCF S| LANGHAM, May © 17.-~The Breaking down the door, the lodg-| gion mon connot be “ ial discovery of a w alking eane on the ers found the man writhing on the) “whether these men will attempt tideflats yesterday with the name bed in convulsions, Dr. Wither-|to obtain an injunction to restrain | of [0% Inscribed on It leads to the spoon was called im and, after) the city from interfering with them Dellef that its owner has made away of the pehding| With himself or has met with foul hour, brought him te semf-con-| cases, { cannot say and have no| Play: Bootz came here about six- sciousness, He was removed to the! opinion to express. I have not con- | em months ago and started a small | Wayside Mission hospital, where he| sidered the matter In this way, but| lar factory, announcing at the now lies in a dying condition jit would m atrange to me if aj {me that he contemplated expend- Thompson is but 26 years of age|man should ask the courts to allow| {bg $30,000 on the plant. He sud- and no cause can be assigned for | him to eak th \ f the etate, | @enly disappeared and no trace has his rash deed, except lack of funda,| While some other fellow is betng|Fet been found of him. Tobacco —_— - — | tried.” shipped to him in bond was finally The transport Dix sailed from) When asked what action he would, Gonfisca by the government, He Manila yesterday and will come di-! take if the Standard poo! room con- Ig known to have carried the cane rect to Seattle. tinued to sell pools, Chief Delancey found FLYER WRECKED | THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE HEWS | «<3 VOL. 6. NO. 73 25 CENTS PER MONTH NEWCHWANG ABANDONED ANOTHER a! | RUSSIAN FORCES FROM STRONGHOLD WITH DRAW (By Scripps Néws Ass'n. LONDON, May 17 { Thieling. miles north of News chwang, will be the next point of retirement if the Russians are de- Heuter’s New 7 4 hey - weal sacks will harass the the Japanese ie uation of Newchwang has been | communications. The Japanes@ completed |now are within fifteen miles of | The evacuation was made in per-| Hal Cheng fect order, General Kondratzviteh| Newchwang is now guarded by, leaving with the last regin t. The | 300 Chinese police and everythin; Japanese ad will inte is quiet. The Japanese at K. at Hal Cheng and Li ng,|Chow are reported to be ae | where 70,000 men are en ped. ) strong. rd | ADVANCING ON MUKDEN | (By Scripps News Ans’n. for den egress from the city toe MUKDEN May 17.—Courlers wards the points of operations. Thé bring word that the Russian fight-| Japanese are known to be almost ame through a freight had picked} ine line ts steadily nearing Muk-| within striking distance and are ip some » loaded with shingles| den, where Viceroy Alexieft liv ing in three columns 30 miles m this « It is believed the| maintains his headquarters he | to the north east itch was st the pas- | Commanding officers will not com- Numerous small engagements ar@ ger train the widing at that) ment the reports, | being fought without decisive ree ©. ‘Phe train passed through aper rrespondents are) sults. Everett at 11-o'clock tonight bound] for Seattle | A. R. Pinckney of Seattle was in | terviewed when the train stopped at Kyerett. “He has a badly bruised! left arm and hin face is cut. Mr.| Pinckney accounted for the report] that one of the r hands was mise- ing by the statement that the feet and part of the legs found tn the wreckage were those of Brake | man Marshall, who was riding in) t B. I. Boyington, superin- | of boarding h 4 hin rlously t by sticking it] hats, ugh a window in an effort te extricate Mail Clerk Johnson, whose back was seriously burt. The ex-| ARMY OF UNKNOWN SIZE DISEMBARKS UNDER preas messenger in alive and well STANLEY’S FUNERAL THE FAMOUS EXPLORER'’S RE- ‘ MAINS ARE LAID TO REST (By Scripps News Ars'n) LONDON, May 17.—Henry M Stanley's funeral was held today at Westminster Abbey tn the presence of a crowd of notab'es, including King Edward, King Leopold of Belgium, Ambassador Choate, Amer- ican Consul General H. C. Evans. The procession entered the abbey at) noon and marched down the aisle to & dirge played by trumpets and trombones, The purple covered cof- fin was placed on a catafalque sur- rounded by hundreds of floral wreaths. After the clerical services the body was taken to the London cropholis. BRIDGES MUST STAND TRIAL Charles Bridges, arrested for shooting and dangerously wounding Northern Pacific station agent at Snoqualmie recently, was exam- ined by a lunacy commission in the! superior court yesterday and found to be sane. Bridges has had sev- eral epileptic fits elnce he has been in jail and seemed irresponsible. Physicians decided, however, that the affection of his mind was only that he should stand mpted murder, WIN IS GONE COR rwin, the first pas- the season, sailed Nome at 12:30 , rning. She was scheduled to go at §& o'clock last night, but was delayed in Joading freight. Captain BE. L. West ts of the opinion that he will be able to make the voyage to Nome without interruption from ice. Cervera Is Ill MADRID, May 17.—It is reported that Admiral Cervera, the com- mander of the Spanish squadron during the Spanish-American war, is seriously {1] at Port Santa Maria, in Andalusia. His physicians ox- press little hope for his recovery. ‘The junk that has been collecting e police station for the last was noldsat tion Sat ny afternoon and brought the sum of $183.45. COVER OF BOMBARDMENT OF WARSHIPS (By Scripps News Ass'n) NEWCHWANG, May 17.—A force of Japanese of unknown strength appeared at Kal Chow, twenty miles south of Yin Kow, yes- terday. Under cover of a Japanese fleet, nine transports landed 1,000 troops last night, and the remainder will probably land today, The warships shelled the shore all day yesterday, but did little dam- age ‘ The Russians are rapidly evacuating the town, im the belief that a strong force of Japanese will reach here tomorrow. (By Scripps News Ass'n.) LONON, May 17.—A @ispatch has been received here stating that the Japanese are besieging the Port Arthur fortresses night and day, both by land and sea. More than sixty Japannese warships and transports have been sighted in Blackny bay, and heavy firing | has been heard in the vicinity of Kin Chow. A rumor has been received by the officials here to the effect that a APS SHELL TOWN | big battle is imminent at Liao Yang. | AND LAND TROOPS The rumor cannot be traced to ite source. (By Scripps News Ass'n.) i | NEWCHWANG, May 17.—Japan- ese warships and transports ap- | peared off Kai Chow, twenty miles southeast of here, today and shelled the place, while troops were being lanfed. The strength of the land force is not known. Japanese are expected here tomorrow. LITTLE WAR TALES SEOUL, May 17.—The field guns captured by the Japs from the Rus- sians at the battle of Yalu are found to be in good shape. The Russians fled too hastily to destroy CHARGES OF FRAUD |STOCKHOLDERS OF DENNY« CORYELL PRINTING COM. PANY SUE FOR A RECEIVER them —— The Denny-Coryell Printing Come LIAO YANG, May 17.—General | P®ny was placed in the hands of @ Kuropatkin’s position is considered |Tecelver yesterday by Superior Ito be Judge Bell. The action was taken perilous, inasmuch as he is in great danger of having his line | 0 the application of W. H. @hepand, of communication cut off by the| W. R. Watson, C. E Lawson and Chinese rebels. Pdward & Ingraham, stockholders, In the petition for an appointment SEOUL, May It is reported | Of ® Teceiver sensational charges of here that «tone of Japs has cor- fraud are made against A. W. Den- ny, manager of the concern, | It ts alleged that he is trying to “freeze out” the stockholders, and dispose of the property on First av- enue at an {inadequate price. The plaintiffs to the suit demand an ace counting and disincorporation of the concern. J. A. Paine was named as tempos rary recelver by Judge Bell. WILL CLOSE POOLROOMS nered 200 Russians north of Anju and will endeavor to starve them into surender. SBURG, May 17.—The Sviet understands that the war office will shortly be re- formed, the changes to include the making of the independent au- thority of the general staff. Med-| jeal authorities deny the alarmist | stories of smallpox among the Man- churian troops, and declare there have been only thirty-two cases since the opening of the war. ST. PETERSBURG, naptha train baschli, near Baku, today ST. PETE newspaper May was deralled at It ¢ A} Ala-| ught pectin sot NEW YORK, May 17.—President jfire and was omy 6 stroyed. Clowry of the Western Union Tel af pepe : egraph Company today issued | ROME, May 17.—General Gart- one shutting off all vouin pe baldi, in a published interview, at-|/4 subscribers In New York ety. It tributes the disasters that have /j. expected this action will close thus far overtaken the Russians to! eyery pool room in the city. ‘The Ja lack of good generals, but be-| order caused dismay to speculators |ieves Russia will come out vie 1 is the result of agitation on the torious in the end, because of her} part of the authorities, who claimed |inexhaustable resources the company could stop horse gamy ! ‘bling if {t would cease to be a party WASHINGTON, D, C., May 17.— to the tr nt jon of racing news