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r Minute Soap 10-Cent We Dixte Crank T-In, Semi-Po: live Trays Second and Union Bargains Every After6 Jap Rose Totlet 7c 15e Good Quatity Whisk c reelain Plates ‘ 0c Assortment Glass Fruit Dishes, Custard Wine Glasses 5c Ie 2-quart Yellow Mixing eC How! nr 10-Cent Behoot 5c Tablet . ‘vie GITY FINANGES MUCH INVOLVED CITY DADS NOT AGREED AS TO HOW OLD SPRING HILL WATER BONDS SHOULD BE PAID OFF RATE QUESTION DEPENDS ON A SOLUTION OF PROBLEM On the manner in which the spe) 1890, The tasue consisted of | clal water rate committee construes|000 for the purchase of the plant feertain ordinances will depend! from the private any that then | whether or not consumers can be|owned it and of $110,000 for the |given a reduction of more than 10 struction of sewers. A special per cent in rates at the beginning | tax levy of 34% mills on all the tax of the year, A 10 per cent reduction | able property in the city was levied ean unquestionably be made by re-|to pay for it ducing the amount annually paid on| This ts what Daulton and others} |the principal and interest of the|claim to be wrong. They state that | to $100,000. A saving of $50,000 by|clally provided that the interest this plan will allow of a 10 per cont) should be paid by general taxation reduction in order that there should be no The question of whether or not) doupt of payment. It is claimed | the annual interest of $52,600 on the| that it ls egal to make the pay jold Spring Hill plant bonds has been| ments out of the water fund. The paid legally out of the water fund In| city officials take th wition that past years will have to be decided | ti ts not illegal, because the city before a reduction of 20 per cent can| charter and an ordinance passed a be made. The 20 per cent reduction | few months later nullified the orig- plan is based on the proposed pay-| inal ordinance, giving the elty the | ment of this Interest and $120,000) right to make such payments out of |into the sinking fund on this old | the water fund if it desired | debt annually out of the general in The sinking fund enters only tn- stead of the water fund | directly Into the merits of the ques Daulton, Murphy, Crichton and/ tion. It is now the intention to “let other counciimen belleve that the) it slide” and refund the bonds when payment of this $52,600 interest and| they are due in 1912 Tate will $120,000 principal om the old debt, avold the payment of anything into © in all, out ofthe water fund|the «inking fund for several years Comptrotler Riptio: to come, although ft will not do Treasurer Rathbun and other coun-|away with the necesstly of paying elimen claim it is not If a major | the annual interest. }ity of the couneil decide that thi A feeling amor isl mm be and should be paid| councilmen that the entire city in out of the water fund it * that/ stead of the consumers should be only « slight water rate reduction | obtiged to pay for the construction can be made. |of the Cedar river water system and | The bond issue providing for the |the new lighting plant ts Hkely to purchase of the Spring hill plant | ewing the unci! into Hine in favor | Was ratified at a special election. It|of hereafter paying the $52,500 out | was formally approved April { the genera) fund | | Cedar river warrants from $150,000| the purchasers of the bonds espe | many of the! } | { TERRE HAUTE, tnd, Sept. 17 Speaker Joe Cannon last night} jopened the republican campaien [Of Earl Plummer are satisfied that After a consultation with Proee- jeuting Attorney Scott, Coroner Hoye tes decided to give up holding an skeleton found {Inquest over the uried several miles east of Kirk and a few days ago. The relatives How are you fixed for aChristie Bread Knife? We are giving away for « lim- ited time, or as long as they last, a Christie Bread Knife with each box of the well known brand of Queen Bees Soap at 250 3 cakes of 15¢ Soap, and bread knife, for a quarter Stone's Pike St. Pharmacy BOTH PHONES—MAIN 933 MURDERER WRITES FAREWELL LETTER JAMES HOFFMAN COOLLY PREMEDITATED THE MURDER OF A BRIDE OF A DAY AND Hi OWN SUICIDE with an address on the tissues, of it is bis body and will bury the re the day, in which he made a ar | mains at Port Townsend tomorrow. astic arraignment of the demo-|Any evidence of guilt or circum eratic party for its raising the-ery stances that may be secured tend ot “militariam” im asccusstfod }tng to show that murder was com against President Roosevelt and his )mitted and by whom will be filed }large and increasing navy was the tia . VERDICT diminiatratic Pwith the prosecuting attorney. surest guaranty of peace, and hence Holy Roller coun | Revabdle Family and Preserip- tion Druggists, 419 Pike Street. — b o “f Between Fourth and Fifth Ave. 417 PIKE, across from Ranke hall. are 90 per cent of Headaches caused by Eye Strain. Cured permanently by our scien tiffeally fitted lenses. H. A. LINDAUER, Bye Spectaliat DENTAL (Sperclal to The Star.) jbeionged to Camp 41, Pendleton SPOKANE, Sept. 17.—James 1. |Oregon, nine years, where I am well | Hoffman. who murdered his former |*2own and in good standing sweetheart, Mra Henry Hofft, a “JAMES L. HOFFMAN | bride of one day, and then blew “P. 3.—I am hear ‘oben. 1 hi were premeditated, and ex- | thought it grandly granted, and this plaining the motive. The letter was | Yow @ surprise to me is more than found last night. It says Tecan stand | “Ackley Bullding, Main street,| The letter te written on the re | Spokane, September 4. In my room | Verse wide of @ receipt from the in the Ackley block, this is to cer-|Pendleton Woodman camp for the} tify that this act and deed ts of re- | dues of Hoffman for August i and and betrayal of love af In addition to the letter, and In me envel ¥ an election ween myself and Emma the now Mra. Hoft. She and me | Card of Al Rounds, democratic can ere the same as man and wife too |didate for commissioner for lyears now. To throw me down | First district. on the reverse side of | when I am sick and broke to marry | Which was written @ man for a home and throw me| “All persons who may read this down simply for a home is more beware of treachery and deceit; all than I can stand. My nerves are (traitors should meet death, and wrought to such a degree that there sometimes it ts not good for the ex is nothing left for me and there ccuttoner to be known, and as I will NEW YORK S 8 shall be none for her, unless she is | be known death to me also Q worthy of eternal life the God of| “Bury me in my best suit of | Heaven; which I kn¢ Tam not. |clothes in my grip in my room. My “All 1 ask of the Woodmen is to | life ts spent. Nothing more for me. give me a Woodman’s burial. | have! “J. L. HOFFMAN {My Beripps News Ass'n) j Joshua Creffield, the high priest and head roller of the Holy Roller | sect, was yesterday afternoon sep jtenced to serve two years in the Sent to Jail | defendant in the damage | Rowley against the _|company. Re PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 17.—| $5,000 damages for | A superior court fury yeaterday returned @ verdict in favor of the oft 8. rattle Klectric *y sued to recover juries he sus tained when knocked down by a Ja. y. 1903 The feattle Klectrt mopany alleged contributory negligence as a de nes street car | Denttentiary for adultery, The trial | tense. was without dramatic incident and was held bebind closed doors owing to the charncter of the evidence SHANTYTOWN A DISGRACE. Tt develope in the arrest of John Wren and George Watts, charged a tisorderly persons and brought be- fore Police Judge George this |morning, that the federal law against the sale of liquor to Indians | ts being broken constantly within | the city limits, and more eapecialty TOUCHED HIM A Howard, of 709 Fifth avenue, aa robbed of $15 and « diamond | atua & colored wom him near | the « nbia street and Fifth avenue last Thursday night le walked around with her for awhile, but to his ai money and her vaiuabies oiating after parting company with her. good description of the dusty aie pocket was given the police and Howard says that she seemed very well acquainted fn that ay found his| (ealetentahead | Me il it a a a or oy ae ae ae aa PARLORS The only Dental Partors in Beattic whe Teeth are ex- tracted and filied absolutely without pain. Our own ape- ¢ial method. No sleep-pro- ducing agents. No cocaine. Porcelain crowns abeo!:t undetectable from the nat F~ th. Graduated dent every department with front ute years expert ence iol Crowns and Ph Work « specialty spect we thowt Hea Durable work. kr rotession. The (oo good In dentistry else will charge you lent. It fa impossible (0 do good work Hours: $:39 «. m. to 6 p. m Sundays 1 a m. tot N ‘ \ N N N N N fa 4 ‘ ‘ be ee ee INTERBAY PHARMACY ITALIAN TROO CHINESE SOLDIERS ON PAR- Trouble at Pekin ADE GROUND (By Scripps News Assn) PEKIN, Sept. 17.—Troops at the} yet been recetved. Agree to P ight | ATTACK ported to have left Port Arthur about the time of the Russian naval sortie of August 10, Ee been heard from since BIG FLUME IN DANGER (By Beripos News Ass'n) ANACONDA, Mont., Sept. 17 Forest fires threaten to destroy the {flume which supplies water to the Italian ttacked two| big Washoe smelter. If the flume S > were hing | <n eaaenarcaey ond anne | coon 6,000 men will be thrown out ie are ihe Italians chased them |of Work. A large force of men are oD into the resider of the com- f frncon the flames mande ef and fired se — — NEW YORK DENTAL shots Into the house. ‘The dist PARLORS * ‘ 5 have r ste] ,. APPRECIATE tAGP «WHICH HAS Opposite Inter etoftice Btation 1 (Ry Sertops News Ass'nt | QUALITY AS WHLL AS FLAVOR Full and f Drugs aod! BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 17.—Aurella | you WILL APPRECIATE s tntasaon . rera and Kid Goodman have HN H. CASTBER |eigned an agreement to meet in @ Graduate of Pharmacy and Chemistry. round fleet here Cotaber 17 | zy | LADIES’ AND GENTS R INGS ty the the Thousands Houghton & Hunter Jowslors 704 First Avenue ALBERT HANSEN Rich Jewelry 706 First Ave. WANT NEWS OF ATTACHE TOKIO pt. 17.—The French mbassador ha ested t Jap t the Ru: at Port { they have had any of the French |FPRENT AND GOOD. I om | |ATES AND SATISFT NONI \I 2 dozen half pints delivered for 90 Phone Ex. 26. and who has| in that section known as “Shanty-| hood. He reported the “touch” yes. town,” In the lower part of the city, | terday afternoon. Wren and Watts both made falter- ing admissions of their guilt In court ‘ this morning. In the case of Watts the court suspended judgment, but Parker Decides Wren was sentenced to serve 18 ¥ days in the city jail. Heth men were arrested by Of- og Peterson and Heilma, who NEW YORK, Sept. 17.Judge Parker is said to have settled sev- have watched the proceedings ana|¢T!! important questions in regard are firm in their belief that Naor | *°. we handling of his campaign is being constantly dealt out to the emetans or ———, po age 4 bucks who Il . wim Boattlo while on{felative ponition of the big party their way to the hop fields preggers Mthpanes nd oo is to < ~ Shantytown” itaeif is a dingrace part campaign. to the city and ite dark retreats | '* not to supersede Chairman Tag- and tumble-down hovels are a ren. | rt dexvous and safe hiding place for| criminals. Many police officers maintain that {t is dangerous for wa LAY CORKER STONE fficer to go into this re jon algne | for the purpose of making an arrest. This clans of people are clannish and will protest their kind Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock [the congregation of the Swedish Pr R S 0 } Baptist church will lay the corner | mone for the new church building Pow being erected on the corner of Bine street and Ninth avenue Ad will be given in both the Swedish and Hnglish languages. | CHICAGO, Sept. 17.—Despite the | creenstanneneteen a Naation, eaniaete aa weed | ees of es at al « the building Inepector today | J. M. Jobs _— t Fs at ad SS ee ee eee ae ned to the 1 that he had sea 1 + oped We been knocked and robbed of ‘ : cd $2 in the low f the city by] a. oly fF ed . . by name the many achoone f beer they } imbibed. Without any warning bi \ hin 4 a went Q | were 1 with ad | Concert and Dance ‘ vei land ih ; Plon: it s., Sept. 1 1 Have I I P t } t of tt \ \ trip luding | one OF NEW CHURCH THE OFFICIAL PAINTER AND HIS PICTURE. “JOE” ROASTS|7 #010 no movesr| MONEY 18 DEMOGRATS | | SHORTAGE FOUND IN P' BLIC| ACCOUNTS |the investigation of the They charge a shortage o: 000 against 11 county of. six of whose terms have ex | booka. | nearly | ficial pired. Protects Japs ST. Craven, $10,965 received on a car last March. says she injuries from area i which she never recovered. THE BIG SALE CONTINUES AT MISSING © TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR (ty Beripes News Assn) PORTLAND, Sept. 17 ats bave filed thelr report of PETERSBURG. Ambassador McCormick, as custo- dian of Japanese \nterests, has made inquiries regarding the two suspect ed Japanese spies. tori and Macher Tokakt, arrested here. Constantino Sa- He ascertained the authorities only contemplated de- porting them. ST. LOUIS, Sept the fair Californian, has sued the St. Louls @ Suburban for damages for personal injury She|cured. Sold by G@ O. GUY, Inc. The Star's carriers and newsboy car last king over until the sho and {broke up. Promptly at 40 o'clock the big procession ted from The Star b « th avenue, and with the band tn the lead marched down Seventh to Pike, down Pike to md, down Second to Union. up Union’ under cia aren to Third and thence up Third to the carnival grounds, where they astonished the “barkers with a tustier nolse than even those ex perts could manufacture on mega phones, all marching and cheering lwhile the band swelled in the apirited harmony of “What Right | Has a Man With Whiskers to Put | Butter on His Corn? | h management of the carnive al | | re 4 the bunch with cordial hos. pitality and told them to take pos | sension of everything, to view them }iean mirrors, to gaze gratis upon |a special performance of the loop |the-loop stunt n for thelr ex | press benefit, and to hie themselves where some extra tonches would be | | put upow the us |thetr ewelosive benefit The boys accepted the invitation | with alaerity, and whooped things up with confett! apd peanuts to their hearts’ content, taking fn all the “huxtras” and having @ big} | time generally. | The contingent of ordinary citi |zens taking in the carnival at the hour were at first frightaned to r, thinking a savag@@iind of iwashes overloaded with firewater |had broken loose, tomahawk bucks and the Mother |Hobbard ki hman of the car nival side-show, but when they dis- good tir they timidly came forth ae watched the fun. | The boys, after taking In every | thing, made their exit with as | much aplomb us had marked their entrance, their farewell cheers and tigers for the carnival management and for The Star jarring the dead lights of the submarine battleship which the deep sea diver was just ¢|metting ready to raise in Captain Sorcho's show. Woman Justice Of Peace COLFAX, Wash., Sept. 17.—For the first time in its history Colo- rado Springs has appoitned a wom- an for Justice of the Peace, She is Mrs. W. N. Ruby, formerly of Col- tax. She is well known here. Fat Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you If you used Dr. King’s New Life Pills, Thou- jean 4s of sufferers have proved their | matchless merit for Sick and Ner- | vous Headaches. They make pure blood and build up your health. Only &% cents, money back If now st, Second Avenue and Yes- RIVERSIDE INTERURBAN TRACT MANY MORE HOMESEEKERS VISIT RIVERSIDE YESTERDAY LL ARE DELIGHTED AND MOST OF THEM WILL HENCEFORTH CALL IT Enjoyable Excursion Parties Ar- ranged for Tomorrow FREE OUTING FOR ALL INTERESTED agents upon EVERY RENTON C 3 don't have ti tri self knowr It is a fine little excursion and it except that you will be t ave on the half hour, property at this w. SQUIRE, President. Yesterday was the second day of the sale of the “Riverside” Sub- urbi ension already There was not a single Inquirer whose expectations were not more and that is sayt ay and tomorrow the Union Trus ted in only increasing the good im- made by this prox on everyone who saw it, a teal! t Company will have its « on the ‘nterurban Elee- to the office, make your- of you. 1 you nothing to see this ted to buy! y. If you cannot go today, call " ments for tomorrow ATt UNION TRUST COMPANY Incorporated 1892. 31 AND 32 HALLER BUILDING. Phone Main 653. CE eee a ane Se Rm ee atm era | loop. | selves free of charge in the fat and| lto the land of Dixie under canvas, | 1 performance for | headed by the} pvered that it was only The Star’s| carriers and newsboys out for a/ SHIVER LESS Ae FY eT You don't have to struggle with the stove in the morying, and you dress in warm, cheerfal rooms if you use Cole’s Oriyinal Hot Blast Stoves FIRE 18 NEVER OUT Rooma Heated in Morning With Supplied the Night sefore. | SEE US ABOUT Thus. We have every size, and you save the cost of the stove in one winter. ERNST BROS. Sole Agent. 506 PIKE 8T. Phones—Main 1158; Ind, Individual Instruction Short- elie. 1150. Bookkeeping, Gre hand, Typewriting, BE Day sessions, 9 to 4. Evening Sessions 7 to 9, Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. Seattle Commercial School 1414 Second Avenue. Phone 5874. | | Seattle Dental Parlors Rooms 11, 12, 13, 14, Hinckley Bik, + 417 Second Avenue. Thé largest and best equipped dental office on the Pacific We have all the latest and most scientific methods of modern and | painiess dentistry. We crown, il and extract teeth without the least No students employed, but perience. We examine your teeth and tell you in advance just what your work will cost. We make no charge for extracting teeth when plates are ordered. Lady always im attendance Full Set of Teeth. Bridge Work . os Crowns Pint Sliver Fillings. Painless Extracting: Reamination - Pretty little Tailor-mades from -$10.00 UP Little Misses’ Coata, warm and natty, from $4.50 UP Pretty Bear Cloth Coats. .§@8.00 CASH OR CREDIT. Westhberg& Childs Cloaks, Suits and Millinery OPPOSITE ARCADE BUILDING 1312 Second Ave. TEETH SPECIALS Brown’ s Painless Dentists e are the only dentists In Se- etal having the late botanical dis- covery to apply to the gums for Painless Extracting, Filling ané Crowntng Teeth, and guaranteed for ten years. TEETH THOUT PLATED A sptciaulY mg MODERN DENTAL PARLORS Sitver Filling .. ' Full Set Teeth People’s Bank PLATES Gold Fillings . Gold Crowns .. $3. REQY Crowns and Bridge Work at low Rep prices a specialty, Our Patent Dou- ble Suction will hold your teeth up. NO STUDENTS. ne in at once and take advan- “ f low rates, All work done by specialists without pain and guar- teod for 10 years. $5.00 GROWN'S PAINLESS DENTISTS, 1 $5.00 713 First Avenue. w $5.00 | Parters 1, 2, 8 4 6 6, Union Block, Gold F $1.00 | next to MacDougall & Southwick s r F 500 J ggOétien hours, 6 to 6; Sunday, 9 \@