The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1904, Page 1

ONE CENT and Wednesday—F fresh north to east winds. Tonight light to NIGHT EDITION WASHINGTON, TUES BTY OAOS COME TO THEN OENOtO UN Tht BOND loot a LECTION ORDINANCE POSTPONE ACTION ON CITY MALL PENDING THEIR AMEND MENT-—SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO VOTERS—ELEC~ TION CANNOT BE HELD NOVEMBER 7 » for the t The ordinances providing for the} it & SEVEN KILLED IN FIERCE FIRE voting of bonds for the erection of te to build archit ® new city hall and a jai! building eauty, with spacious grounds Were not reported on by the finance out the latter plan is gen-| committee at the meeting of the | ¢reily knowledged to be impra: . owt wir miy and by the council last night. Owing to the| cable at the present tiny BLAZE DESTROYS NEW YORK TENEMENT HOUSE DURING THE | time the firemen arrived these Moor publicity given the matter by The| |, Those who favor it, however, be- NIGHT—SLEEPING TENANTS AWAKENED TO FIND ESCAPE | 7°" “IMON & complete mane of Star the committee has decided to | eV? that It should be adhered i mus 3 consider the matter more carefully oreo = to _ in a with sine CUT OFFMANY DARING RES CUES me, > agrat wan + it and to prepare propositions for pre~ | -'"'"" hey claim that veland, ee soene nfus sentation. to the people which can | M. Lowle and other cities are now | ecenneesianisily carr aay tose ee a Ogi Be voted upon intelligently. It ie) (jy, Jere fe pantie ouakaaens | Grane aneued Uh the Greatest 4if also desirous of awaiting the Te | ornaments to the city who | (By Serippe News Aawn) ] Anton Connowits, Annie Connowits, | f fleulty, When the firemen arrived turn of Councilman Rude, chair | desire such a bullding want to have} NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Seven| hie wife; two twin babies, three | Women end children were hanging man of the committee, before de p buildings eF 2 around weeks ol4, and one man whose | out of the windows, crying in fright ciding upon its repo’ the proposed Yesie pune site were burned to death and) name te unknown; Antonio Trusse- | 4nd calling for help. Ladders were The failure of the committee to|or the federal building, on Third vita, Antonio Kaleceny hastiiy run up to the windows and Feport last night means that the Union in a fire which de Five were seriously injured the firemen, by heroic efforts, mar Special election cannot be held, as ft objection to bulld stroyed a five-story tenement house The fire i ed to have be aged to all fr the building was intended, on wember It on the present site is th at 6 wr reet early this! of incendiary cin, It os 1 to| with the exceptic of the seven held at all it will have to be called | will make [t necessary to rent qu morning. The dead break forth tn the three upper floors | kilked. later in order to allow sufficient | ters for a year or so while the time for the preliminary steps. | building Ix being completed. George Many of the members of the com- | F. Cotterill has a plan avoid this mittee are now convinced that the liffioulty and incidentally to relieve ple proposition will be killed if | jounty of the Yesier block, submitted to the people in its prea- | ¥ Dich has been a white elephant ] MF cat form, and it is proposed to|'t* hands for months He would amend it have ne ty Pp hase the Yerler Just what changes will be made k. by which method he fiaures | it is now difficult to predict. There | ‘* por 4 —_ os @ fin “+ ball, are about as many plans on foot | ))!! SIV) Dowpital on oe reaie sity as there are councilmen, and the | so con "" CMUAY Of Practically exact propositions that w eo sud i am fer trem tavertng the on- | mitted to the people will have to ot 6 cat Ge de threshed out laboriously with the large public | President Gill's scheme to erect heatnens etna | a new building on the present site the aty.” he sald this ts daily growing in favor, 144) morning, if one is to be built 1] strongest point is that it would jam in favor of purchasing the Yesler | gave a great deal of expense and & from the county commission ISLAND RAILROAD IN IOWA—BANDITS MADE THEIR E LY COMMITTED ON THE ROCK ARE IN PURSUIT do away with the necessity of buy The price paid for this block by | fng the remainder of the block from | the county commissioners two years the Great Nortbern, against which | ago, together with the accrued in puamene HOLDUP succEserUL plan the chief objection is now be- | terest the outstanding warrants | ing made. up to the present time, makes the in order to give the voters a | block worth about 000 | CAPE OW ENGINE—POSSES chance to adopt this scheme, if de Let the taxpayers of this city sirable, it is now proposed to submit | Who pay *6 per cent of the county ) Separaicly the proposition of buy- | tates. anyhow, vote to inaue $250,000 ing a site, which, as The Star has | of bonds to buy the site from the snty. Another $490,000 would put | (By Seripps News Asin) | Tepeatedly pointed oat, is the only op NE ae tne dn Web, DAVENTORE,. te, Sut. i 3 Pusiness ke method of dealing | 00" {00 Oy vate city Mail be- | Mashed bandits are with the subject. \easet ot 8 y Gill's plan carries with I the! cost the city #225.000. To build alfrom Rock Island train No 11, position to sell the Keerter) yi mun 1 court and em ney | which they held up aad robbed on Diock on Fifth and Yesler way, 4 | hospital butiding on the Keeser|@ sharp curve near Letts, Ia, at ing the funds so derived to erect wt only $125,000 The | 12:10 o'clock this morning & new and modern office building then, for a site for city When several miles away from of three or four stories on the pres-/ hati and jall building would be| Letts the train was flagged and as ent site. The jail he would put! $700,000. it came to a stop the engineer and on some cheap site outside the re- Inasmuch as the $250.000 paid for | firemen were covered with guas in tail business district of the city, or| the site would be merely a transfer /the hands of five masked men. The on property already owned by the| of debt from the county to the city, |engigemen were compelled to alight city on the tide flats which are practically the name, the |and accompany the bandits back to ‘ ‘There are many who favor bulld-| new debt ted would be only |the rear of the engine. There they : ing the city hall on the present site 60.000 were for to uncouple the engine but that differ fr Gill about sell Py thie plan the present bell from the reat of the cars. E ine the Keezer block. They would| could be occupied while the new one| While two of the robbers stood ‘ prefer to inmue bonds for the erec-| is being built. With the improve-| guard the others broke into the ex 4 tion of a city hall, deeming the made on Third press car and dynamited the safe Keeser block too valuable to dis would be ‘The force of the explosion was so pore © the present time. The $2 ould be either great as to wreck the car, Secur Keezer property is worth $150,000 r wid alway® | ing the contents of the safe and all ‘The 6 tion = pract y re eno ‘ * $200,000 the other valuables they could lay solves itself the questic ntracted leave® their hands on in the car, the bam whether the which the cHt¥ | dits mounted the engine and started plain design for pe by carrying |down the track with one of their ly ter we aaa number at the throttle The engi Fneer and fireman were left behind. The bandits drove the engine at top * rushing through Lett jwithout stopping f gnale or MENACED BY STARVATION RUSSIAN TROOPS ABOUT MUKDEN PUT IN BAD PLIGHT BY THE EXCESSIVE RAIN FALL (By Gerions News Ane'nd ! STERSBURG, Sept It ST, PETERSBURG 13. ff ally that there no ports f Mukde . rum that Prince te that the r * sh fe A ed the ft I RSBUR 1 ‘ RUSSIANS DEMORALIZED ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIANS WERE NOT CAUGHT Kuropatkin fe ha POTERSI v a have concentrated T a tory tha general staff denies th ath t Linesvitch A ng f * that 0 ivostok t t Kurok the K r Liao Yang H " t al of mor is ca consider 4 r neern here switches. They ran down the track Iie within a mile and « half of Co- —— out eomnide treseury and the camry pendently ‘The claim made that entirely respons the ing the commerce im preasion matter te an end ie that it in wi nde ollector and the departments te oy | THE ONLY PAPER IW SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS H ; H PER MONTH VOL. 6. NO. SIX GAMBLING HOUSES OPEN SOPEDEPE PEP DYDOSEEETEEE® POKER GAMES ARE RUNNING FULL BLAST IN BALOONS ABOVE 4 . @ Just so long as it in againet @ AND BELOW THE JACKSON STREET DEAD LINE—CHIPS @ the law of the state of Wash. ® ington to gamble there will be @ RATTLE AND MONEY CLINKS IN PLAIN HEARINGOF POLICE ® prevent it.—Mayor ye ea OFFICERS ° ° ee sersooe ee eer th t P pper of benefit, | The going tement in fro rm cattle I Firet enue Y i wer 1 Chief De- Jan thterview recent given @ local uth | e ple m of securing | ! The Magnolia, Piret ” 8 h ne nformation about | paper by the may it wa reg| The Snohomish, First avenue “ the city. by an attempt of a Tacoma #iot ma- | uth tement that so hine man to gui thes tt ambling tal filled with poker | long { the state in ity for a new mechani gambling | Players these places, except wt e « there will be none lee, The t t 4 the o.| the Monte be | of falle flat when con= hie thats 7 yor hip . th of thern part of erated in the city hat t from the tat erts that he out of 5 ' " z ¢ amt he can son t rman tainly b enough Not with wit a In fact |f etect > control n by Ma . nvite ” ' has an opportunity gambling * fe hig ength of the force ity openly ents a k « he gamblers . theese f site h t which the «r hare tat x is & surprise to ner , < code . r , aston to vieit day and nigh * © ed they hin dis t he ite in are not even though b Money w t as the Japanese gam- the not t ntit © little brown men have The only » « f 1 . rde nd an attempt houses ha we « st orters to visit them spesmnod pelr days of In * the door to the from the whert . administration. Policemen |! y to the gambling warrants sworn out b e ¢ tering the sa “ th r ns ned in the face of the The @ the open v of “ tors. ifted a band At « t * in the Sr Another hallw guarded by folations the Rar th aper men saw spoke ental, whe in- ow, Tint $100 pans to one playe ~ formed the visitors that their room feers vinit en There were #ix tables in th than their company. Om the saloons wit uce, all fi with players i hand, the doors to the | bling houses a ¢ number met hing th r of the white men | far an action te ace Wan wo great that the at r nvitingly open. ‘This ts pear as ier « # moved about the tabi the case also with several Chinese ever go sler Way Jiffieult ytteries, which the police never The raide under the direction of If th had be ny attempt at d. the Civic union have resulted in no| secrecy the inference might hav How the mayor can overlook this in ! © ane an n as | been drawn that the pm © were ondit { offaire te & conundrum. | the raid was over gambling was re- | tempting to carry out the pledges of | If he b t been informed of tt bis sumed again without apparent fear | the mayor. But the open manner in| chief of police is to blame. If the of further molestation. Affairshave| which the games were ru ws| chief has not found out how things now reached such a state that the | that the gamblers did not fear the are r g. his patrolmen are at gamble » not appear to fear any law which makes gambling felony one and have established a regularly | Those acquainted with the cor joe have made no organised ring ltions say that, leaving out fare ta on the evil. Several porters of The Star visited six | bier and roulette wheels, gambling ded under the diree- Pee gambling houses last night and | is Just as open in the city today as union, but the ety enw tab filled with men, who paid | it ever waa took no notice of the fact no tion to the entrance of ‘The city @ not get a cent mbling had been running. stra Theme places were of the law. The gamblers continur ve not apparently made an The jaho, Fifth avenue south, | revenue from these o vi tions | » to find out what effect corner “of Jackson. Jin their work, free from molestatic the deputy The Monte Carlo, on Fifth avenue from the polic at elty, at hk the navy te! le for the behavior | of the Russian vessel white in port! and for that reason is keeping © lumbus. There they abandoned Une | tremely clone watch on the visitor | number and size of the money baer left om the track indicate that the robbers made a rich haul The robbers had been encamped roms the Missiastpp! from Musea- tine for four days, The police have & R004 description of them and 100 armed men, including the officials of three countion are Bow in pur- eult A later report says two robbers got on the train at Muscatine and bid in the water closet. Their con federate built a fire along the track and when the train passed them th bell men on the train pulled the rope and stopped it, The robbers climbed aboard and immediatoly covered the train crew Two parties of detectives on the other side of the lowa river are tracing the men toward Wapello The robbers blew the safe with nitro-glye It in now believed they secured $20,000. It in believed the bandits had horses tied in the underbrush waiting for them, The country is thickly settled, and it is thought certain the men will be | captured CAN STAY AT FRISCO REPAIRS TO RENDER HER & EAWORTHY | (Ry Scripps News Ans'n) | WASHINGTON, Bept. 11.—After | this morning at th riment bet Acting ary of State Adee, J Pen Pillsbury, os t chief of Ru } ¢ be y t | CLASH OF AUTHORITY AN FRANCIS pt. 13,—An ooourred Ae soon as the expected permis believed to | engine, and, after looting the money | All during the night a patrol was 000 It would really only | have secured from 008 to $20,000 | bags, left the railroad track. The maintained, but nothing untoward | of the Lene to make repairs arrives the yeasel will be hauled ente drydock t Union Iron works and work will be pushed with all viger under clone watch of gov erament and naval officials, In an Uctpation ef this order preparations for commencing work without 4 me being made at the ship yards ‘The excitement tn the Japanese Quarters over the pretence of the Lena te becoming meeting places the warship is the of convermation. sole topic mere radical are indulging in rab delay are AL all qT utterances. The police are keeping a close watch, hes Japanrns the Lena with explosives, and blow the Yease! op. tm having heard that a offered All day several hundred Japanese watch the warship from the wharves Arf application was made to Col lector Stratton this morning by an eleetric firm for permission to go aboard the Lena and repair the electric plant. Permission r fused It was learned this afternoon that while the inspectors found that the Lena's were leaking and that there was slight break in her eng The vemel otherwise is in go hape and it wouldn't take long to putt ba seaworthy jeundition. The rey na gree many ects w that mirel Goodrich's engin portends to increase the comps a tions ‘between the nay port official Two KILLED RUSSIAN CRUISER WILL BE AL LOWED TO MAKE i IN WRECK INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION HAS AN INTERESTING NEW FEAT- |) gre i 5 other | the RENO, N tralnmen were killed and per hurt in a collision or Santa Fe railroad near Laught springs yesterd: Two p dead are A. t i HW. L. Davie pas Shot by Friend BUTTE font 4 Wiita wa q al he hart by Matt \ 0 t i} hy yond did not realize mistake nt a f had fired tt fatal hot. nd Dc uS5ING | LUNE TTE THE FLYING LADY Loor THE Loor AN Now BE seen BY EVERYONE = have the contrivance put together in time. He will do the trick to- night | many will attend to see this one feature The sta ium has been completely ged. Several new attractions GREA ED P F | HT. been added and the place is now almost new. The fine work of the Japanese wire workers and jugglers is still to be seen. This ily worth the price of Manager Reiss has the people all they alone ca n, but URE EACH NIGHT AND IS STILL ATTRACTING BIG CROWDS [Want for their money, and them The crazy house still holds @ trong place in the hearts of the - ehas the as rr al ge People never tire The boys will climb the gr jof attending this show, and they pole at the Industrial Exposition have a good chance to laugh. It would drive away a case of tha night and plenty of fun is pr blues” and make a disgruntled cit- ‘ izen at fp with the world. ised, The prize offered for the v . - : who yoceed In making the ascent Dreamland is attracting & SreEs “9 erie mpeg Hind deal of attention The show is ja Bisticbent, te, Masect several steadily gaining {n popular estima nw " mh, woke tion as pe learn that ft ie no saab py Pod fake, but a stern reality “ye : ron : ail The w train robbery is another a attractive place and hundreds a Tt at a h tend there each night Dixieland % rections th ; calls for a big share of patronage. crowds are increasing The j I DERICHSRUHB, Sept. 13.— offered for the lucky one w Princ® Herbert Bismarck, is in a jraw the number with a ticket Y al The Countess inducing many to attend in h V Rant q his sister, has been that they will receive a ‘ 1 to Join the rest of the Someone get omething ever familly at the bedside . ET iS eS Ye cme sin eitillctna cei this