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eer One Cent oe the Northwest EDITION. CI IN DISREGARD THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE AgD SELFISH BAME ON MOORE AND GILMAN, WHILE THEY ATTLE ELECTRIC COMPANY WHAT IT WANTS ave 8 ° oo SERRE, EEE EEE EEE EERE EHH vee certain members of the counell trying to force J ae ee cnostruct a street railway on Third avenue, neces Bee ones of the foundation of the Washington pete? ee }, Councilman Rude 4 ‘fae and Olive street Sg Councilman i ae Pike ar % Councilman “ © street? application foT a franchise? xs 4 Sply, as thee and other councilmen claim, they want to construction of a tunnel under the hotel for the “ben people who will need it th years to come the last_pamed reason [# not the real motive behind the ‘Affair weeme positive from the action of the council night. At that time four franchises were granted ® Beaitle Electric company. which, had (he council really ‘anything for the rights of the people, Could have been fal ta club to compel the fattening cobra to i lesue transfers on all its own limes and all tickets. eM provide conductors with tickets to sell for the accommo. owns & lot on Third avenue between Benjamin owns « livery stable on Third av 1 Pine streets? allen leases a hotel at the corner of T! ‘od to vote againet i t : PEE ENO e Mulley Bee and tain, cutting off the whole north jhe come! waet J. A. | district from access to the city. Nat- to conmruct a urally the residents {n that section on Thin! avesue want to remedy this condition. | the Wediaooe koG! Uederstaed (hey held a meeting lam gputed a franchise to | might to consider the matter.” rict Stet om Kes ie any) “If you waeted to protect the te- pterests of the people,” Mr. Rude was It & Om bap ake” “why Gl wty nek object to counei mes the ¢ sama of they Shemale iieetrie the project Croce Comm pam y 6 Cram: buaedie nowy <tieebore | inoy @be ame ain, It people, until the competing SERED ERED ER EERE AEE EERE EEE ER ER RE ———— = gareeare |° om, HY TRrren STaTEe 12 i #3 ! f ? { i: i if if 4 it : ath i i i F i 5 i ge sbF igee fe ie how the money} i the investigation » SOUMAAtOnEr®. i honpital is at present reel v- | REBELLION BY AUSSIA NOW ing $450 a month from the city and! SERIOUS MENACE—REVOLU- fee : 3 ; ; t Nw YORE. Aprit 6—The thira) , |e of Mam Patterson will begin Moaduy before Becorder Goff Jorn BR Pattersen, Mther of the chorus hi, war costed with te grand Say an heur and 9 half thie mern- } By Serine Nown Aven) throwkag Iigit on the author of the it a 0 the Braves) aeLIR, April 8.—Diepatchun| Marterioms Wittort signed “HL Ls” | ir. Moere this morn the firet place, ar line on Third swenuc| bellion ts spreading throughant the | Ga Smith and wife at Cimcienati, | i T have one on Second | Caucasus. Bh is reported that 16,048) the cost of construct-| armed febele have gathered im the) CINCINNATI, € Brery | men frem Battoum wone| ris feree. Six othe: Be. en,” black eye. of brick or at North-| nabering 7,000, are operating in | They Was damaged by it. The|Gffersot parts of the Camceasus, | $2000 evah the Estabrook wiock,| MiNtmry autherities express the! “ HIS MOVE Yen) Midst a shower of bricks and & Mevoe Vremum, in an inaphned gx | Miku éross-tte® of titres, Gutd- tele, attacks the attempts of Boows- oe ge he bag ag on [ae oven volt at mediation and saye peace | We Loren vereate from qua Gt presemt ly lm poms lie. ty whiel: he hue pated pent mp umetil Wedaertay. The shab m at itil) ‘Third avemwe and is to be torn) he | doe, ae 8 mew building i to be pe agg Pr nb The tailor refused t charch, the Lin | opinien that 1 will taloe « deemie to) Aaa hot edn d the | fhelly peeity the Camsusad again. PROuEE house wore all aftees. | ST. PETRRSBT “A tunnel unthw the Washiwaten ee Uniboubwdly be fer | “ i The bull spore valine he | slippery. When ry to construct can be dome. The city | 4JAPB CGLEBRATE & Fight-of-way through TOKIO, April cfal celebration f the Victory Of) meve ned it was not wnsM bebe! in Fide, whe was warm Mukden is postponed until Mond Hing the tunnel, said Wed-jon account of rain, business men|*m@! large chamks of plaster’ was | Morning: and labor guilds held = Intre pro-|CO@lng through the row thm be Dt want to exact anything | cession, which marched from Hi-|™#4e up bis mind from Moore. I would|biya park to Uyeno park, passing} Wry. Howard ® Wayden, who Is constrnet the t | the palace. The parade cheered the| well known in Seattle, died very Teradge of Third avenue, | emperor and cabinet commanders of | guddenty while on a visit to Onk- b And for that matter, som the arm ¥ exercises were eld | land, Cail The remates were Might own the franchise b Sipe e fr ise by | at Uyeno park ipped to her old home tn Sprin time. “Moore wimits tha: Kast. | - fel m bi sdloki y pot himself, will pat} TOKIO, April 6--A report trom| The “cleaner Seattle” committee Money for the present fran-| Manchuria, saye Part of our,appointed by the improvement te |Changti force drove the Russians! clubs, efty officials, school board os 1K on Third,|out of Teulu Shu, two miles north |and Chamber of Commerce, met Wt ender thats, ies want alof Chang, also out of Sumein- | Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber . The reste h ltoreach|eheng, nine miles west of Teulu! of Commeree. A report which will a fummit of a pst Bet a - ah u ; We ocenpled both places on ba submitted to the chantim was 8. On April 4 we drove the framed, 30LD ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP FRANCHIS Odo. kp CHICAGO, April 5.—Judge B4- | Sinalakt republican, was re-elected BWS ITEM, Asn) Naughty, Naughty, Uncle’ll Spank, ND PY AGREEMENT TO PROTECT PRESTDENT TO DOMINGO FROM THE REVELL TIONISTS.—N eel ward F Dunne wilh be Cuteago’s next mayor. Which meant that the city ts of- fictally committed to the quickest possible cessation of private fran- ehises for public utitities. Dunne was elected by « majority Of 24,248. and a all the votes cast. Thi vote ever cast in Chicago plurality ot %4 of the ereatenst for a mayoralty candidate. He was the ot eee ey wii votes out of & total Joba Maynard Harlan, eon of As- and comnty the | sociate Justice Harian, who hae oe bee S\anceesively won four biennial fights of independents against the r republican party here, re~ pininte af patients ceived 137.411; Collins, the socialist 20,223, and Stewart, pro- eundidate, hibitioniat, 2,980. Marian’s defeat is attributed to political revenge and up-to-date so- lively and ptoturesqne, and The campaign was most today the elty hae the appearance of cel- ebrating % fegulation Fourth of July =e is heard every where. one’s popularity mae — & vers peouliar channels. ii. supposedly for the puree OF) techer of 18 children, which made high as @ model family him stand The noise of cannon crackers The colored vote flocked I de not| from St Petersburg state the rm | ind aroun the affects of J. Mor | snout hin standard to the astonish- ment of the republicans, Dunne hud shown from the bench for years April A.—Jad#© | an unoxampled spirit of futrress to- funnel would be great. It| mouctoins and have chested a king. | Sith, af the comman ites conv | weed the negram, The prohibition the hotel, or at all| Blyht thousand revolutionury woris- | ile afternoon postponed the lrear- itn daserted thelr’ patty to voto Baku may joim | tw on the requisition fer J. Mor-| wouinet Harian, due to his action in contingents, hn Seotth amd wife until Mendy. | onncetion with lewal option mat- were pincod undis bond 42) tory white a member of the board | of aldermen some years ago. Ketimates of the strength of Col- line, the sochalint, 1 wortwity short “Pap” Ansen, the YELPED CHPPAGO, Agets 6.—A ball clique jinure was nota cook in the camp over his head, | causink Vantant } Seiad o death, The accident occarred in May whut, supposed to be hewa-|aBd the fire hal “oe Sh Ng the) front of the Bessly home 4 by Jobe W. Gates aad bis peo- |e" 1 will tirolantt 5 alre Mr. Nessly is the Whitman) ple, upset the cemilibriam of the | 078 - 1 ve on we county Spokesman-Review corre- wheat pit on the Board of Trade at tiiges they will be knowm as desert- | ®P°" ont in Pullman. noon today by hangiag on to that}, | - option in the face of a strong pres- |" dai |FATAL BERLIN DUBL sure from the “Shorts,” who are at-| | NASMIVILLE, April Sitiging | BERLIN, April 5.—In a pistol duet tetmpting to cover. From the open-|“Ol@ Time Religion” a@ tHe drop|at Haxenhalde park today Baron ing of $1.14, May wheat jumped tol} fen, Andr Hibbett and James \Mobiineky fatally wounded Herr $1.17%, amid much excitement. A|Beudier, negroce, were hanged in Z%eipiitz, an enginger, who died two reaction followed, the price stead yard ¥. Seudder mur-fhours later. This is the first duet ing at $1.16, the time yelping for merey. of 60,000 veites, famows bail- jaieyer, wan cimuupeatto candidate FOR COOKS STRIKE AT FORT! Shorts” ell (be | The Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1905. bE Pied Reh eB ol hf alhaladbed The Weather * Spotter ERNE Tonight and Phursday: Partly cloudy; Fresh Southwest Winds, WASHINGTON, BD, C., April 5. The government, through Secretary | Taft, has cal », Great Britain and Germany, each to rec ommend ctvil engineers to serve on | the consulting board of engineers of the Panama canal | ae oO * * . * + * * * ° sai NAPL®S, April 6.—Hmperor Wil- | liam arrived this morning aboard | the Hamburg. King Victor Eman- | will uel arrive tomorrow to meet The official the kaiser, ‘ | mixer nays = i AT 2:30 A that signs TaHok like an ad that's used by Heinz, The weather's chief proper sity “OT variety!" GREAT | PRESIDENTS TRIP A GRAND OVATION—IN INDIAN TERRI TORY THIS MORNING AND TEXAS IN THE AFTERNOON Is eT. LOUIS, April At 8:30 | o'clock last night President Roose Yelt's wpectal traih started on its jong with a pilot en eine running five minutes ahead. MUSKOGEE, I, T., April 5.—Af ter an all-night journey from St Louis President Roosevelt was ac- corded a very enthusiastic recep- tion here this morning. Several thousand people were at the str tion when the train arrived, and they cheered the president when he appeared on the platform of his car and also at the conclusion of his brief address SOUTH M' ALLISTER, L. T., April 5.—This was Roosevelt day in the Indian ‘Territory, and at every | stopping place on the president's itinerary it was observed in Fourth of July fashion. The nation's chief executive was the guest of South Allister for half an hour, and the ple, regardless of political af- fillations, greeted him with a } warmth and heartiness of welcome : not to be exceeded. The city’s or dinary population, with hundreds of visitors from the surrounding coun : try, was massed about the callroad station, and every man, woman and } getting a good look at the distin- guished guest. The city had pro- claimed a holiday, schools and bust- ness houses were closed and abund- ant decorations were displayed. The president's speech was heartily cheered and at its conclusion the special train pulled ont amid a deaf Joba F-. | cning roar from whistles, bells and for city clerk and won out. city attorney by nearly 15,000 votes, | *"™* se jeg nal 88) SHERMAN, Texas, April 5— ow ¢ bhi be | Many visitors are in the. city to veliiiien. counell will probably be |e .ot President Roosevelt on his larrival here this afternoon. The program provides for only a brief stop here, but tt is expected the president will speak from the plat- j CHRVELAND, April 5.—Biated of the municipal ownership | | fightin Chicago and the slection Of | torn of his car aud that all will iF) Dunne, his friend, Mayor | Foe Naan eT Cleveland, | hSve AD opportunity of secing him From Sherman the prestdential spe- lolal will speed on to Dallas, where it is due to arrive early this even~ | ing. — | DALLAS, Texas, April 5.—The ~ serving his second term, but) og elaborate arrangements have been made for the reception of Pres- is @ candidate for re-election. ident Roosevelt and his party here CHICAGO, April 5.—Mayor-eiect | * M . |thia evening. While in Dallas the Bawaed F. Dunne, within an hour | peesident will be the guest of Col a acer Saplicty the eapressea {2088 M. Simpson, an old friend of - be | his ranching daye in Dakota, Col. Cee ee ae ieeretane ta con, | Simgaem will give & dinner for the « hn gnats bie to CDI | oresident and many prominent eitt- He sald: |zena have been invited as guests 7 zor of tron will.| The president is scheduled to leave and ie friendty council, the traction | hore qbout midnight, and will ar- int in Will recognize the inevi- | Ww. x ‘aco early tomorrow morn tabi, take a fir price for their fuog aad a progerty and «ive us a muntetpal | ourmrahip in two years. This is) PARSONS, Kan., April 5.—The president's party arrived in this city what I expect, but if they want fhe, we will give i to them im) a 7-36 o'clock, four minutes ahead | of time. end-eut of court.” | ‘The party made only one stop in owed railway fare idea, says Cleve- land fs going to have'a municipal o ¢ampaign if he has his way ip the fall election. Johnson Gu fhe other hand, friends of the sifest railway corporations expres® | gonsas, while the engines were 0, fear that the municipal owner-| changed. Fully 5,000 people gath it en will be carried out. They | ered at the station and cheered the nr upon the nell aw a safe neu- | president, who made @ brief speech. tratiniag agent of any mwnieipal | - CHNFMEHIP goheme brought forward, Wipe out that practioaliy the eine mon are in control of the | pireent councll as have all along filvor#a a renewal of franchines to treet car companies, but with the provinion fer eventaul publte ewn- enh. WHEELS {Special to The Sturt COLFAX, Wash., April 5.—-Bertie | Neasly, aged 7 y youngest som lof Mr, aod Mrs. J. B. Nessly, while ridiag on the tongue to the trailer of a dirt wagon, slipped off and fell 8, Pe cooks at Fort Lawton have wowe on a little atrike of thelr own, | because they id not want to drill in addition to, their regular routine \ devear-old crippled won, and a Wis mother-indew, In Berlin in five years with a fatal [ebild embraced the opportunity of | The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News % MONTH VOL. 7. ESE MAJESTE IN Tho CITY FRANK WAITE, A MAIL CARRIER, LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE JOKED ABOUT A PICTURE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NO Lese majeste in the United States —yen, right here in Seatth Sounds strange, but a remarkable One morning, just before the last jelection, Waite delivered « letter at the house and noticed Roosevelt's instance of that form of throttling | thograph in the window. He, be free speech has just been recorded |ing a democrat, remarked that the in the & le postoffice. picture would look jist as well in Frank Waite, a mail carrier on a|the back yard, or something to that Beacon Hill rov is the victim. effect Waite was “fired” from the pos-| The remark cost him his job tal service, Tues-| The woman formally complained bag and baggage day, because he jokingly made a re-|to Postmaster Stewart Stewart mark about a picture of President | took the matter up with the depart- | Roosevelt last fall ment at Washington. The affair Among the many people whom hed the president's ear and, | Waite served in his capacity as | after months of officlal red tape, the ja mail carrier was & woman who|order came back to Seattle for | displayed her loyalty to party by | Waite’s discharge. putting a picture of “Teddy” in her And today Waite has no more job front window than @ jack-rabbit. JOE. BLETHEN ALSO TELLS HOW IT FEELS TO BE GREAT THE ELDER OF THE “BLETHEN BABIES,” WHO IS AMBITIOUS TO BE A LITTERATEUR, INTIMATES THAT IT 18 NO HAN~ DICAP TO BE THE ILLUSTRIOUS SON OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS SIRE , Pr in the newspaper inent Mmelight of (do it.” and journalistic publi-| “Oh, that’s nothing!” replied the city today ‘stands the name of |youthful phenomenon. “Why, only Joseph Blethen, one of the editors | last night at the club I had nothing of the Seattle Times, and son of the| to do for a few hours and so 1 just ilustric Hon. A. J. Blethen, the| Wrote this without any effort at Horace Greeley of the Pacific coast. | all Young Mr, Blethen’s remarkable |“ “When the church bells strike their success in the world of letters has | chimes, been so marked of late that an {n-| Read the Sunday Morning Times,’ lterview with him is of exceptional) “That poem accomplishes two interest, not only to the average ends. First it is the apogee of jreader, but especiaily to the young thought-beauty; second it appeals | to the heart of everyone, for who | is it who does not love our paper? “But,” continued the irrepressibie litterateur, “my masterpiece is still to come. I have composed several | verses and If you give me your sac- | red word not to inform Austen, who is rather jealous, you know, I'll read them to you.” The Literary Digester was incap- | able of speech, but solemnly wagged | his head in an affirmative inclina- tion. And the poet read: “The night was dark and dreary, }man who is striving to grasp the elusive hand of Dame Fortune on the steep road to fame. The Literary Digester called on Joseph Blethen recently in the lat- ter's handsome office, and, after waiting but a few scant hours, was) ushered into the presence of the} | fountain-pen prodigy. The itustrious son of an {iustri- ous pater familias received the, in- terviewer graciously, and kindly submitted himself to the ordeal, “some men are born great,” he remarked, “some achieve gpeatness and some have greatness thrust vias Geeadd Vhs te Sates upon them, steed, “Tam particularly fortunate in x! To fight for maiden fair. His eyes flashed like a meteor And he curled his dark mustache, With a noble frown, He sped through town, On Cupid's gallant dash. ‘The streets were full of pavements And the gutters madly whirled. The path was bad, But his heart was glad, And his mustache proudly curled.~ “Ahem!” interpolated Joseph, “that line about the mustache might be changed—but, never mind. Now, this next verse is something I anr very proud of. “In castie yon, there waits a dame Sel, fair and sweeter, Than any flower in the land, Oh, would that I could meet her, On the back of this faithful hack, I'd never harm or beat her, We'd never part—she's got heart, And her name it Is Papita’ “Now,” said the noble scion of the Blethenites, “let me tell you some- thing about how I became a famous poet, as well as a foremost fiction writer.” Hé gazed thoughtfully over his manuscript at an empty chair, The Literary Digester had flown. belonging to all three classes, was born great, because my father is a greet man; I achieved greatness by the wonderful fertility of my mind and the cunning of my pen; greatness was thrust upon me by the absolute confidence my father gives me and the freedom he allows me in publishing the children of my brain ir the columas of our paper. “My particular forte is short-story writing. It only took me about twelve years to become recognized. For instance, my latest story which appeared in McClure’s is, in my opinion, as good an example of fic- tion as has been given the public within a decade.” The remarkable young man here- with extracted a fresh cigaret from a diamond-studded case, struck a wax taper on the edge of a mono- grammed box, and continued: “Although one of my artistic ten- dencies and delicate mental mechan- ism finds it hard to associate him- | self with the common, vulgar life of | newepaperdom, I believe it my duty not to sever my connections with my father’s paper. The name of Blethen |is a household word throughout the country and it would be doing the paper a great injustice for me to withdraw from its staff. Virility, versatility, the art of glorious word painting, all of which I possess to a remarkable degree, are of inestim- able aid to a metropolitan newspa- my, THAW WEDS ACTRESS (By Beripps News Ass'n.) be PITTSBURG, Pa., April 5.-—At @ o'clock yesterday afternoon occurred the marriage of Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, son of the late William Thaw, mutitismilliona: [steel manufacturer, and baling Nesbit, the New York actress. The marriage is a sequel of a sen- {sational attachment between the couple which began about a year jago in Europe, where Thaw and |Miss Nesbit are alleged to have ltraveled as man and wife. Wheat they arrived in New York thoy were “Do you ever conipose peetry,” young Mr. Blethen was asked. A modest blush suffused the au- thor's cheeks. “ tially, you know,” sald Ps a secret drawer in his desk aad pulled fo a pack- age of manuscript, tied with a blue silk ribbon, “I am dipping a little iato the wells of the Muse. Here is a bright bit I dashed off the other day: “Whee you eat and eat and eat, ‘Till your stomach sadly fills, With swertest viands, choicest meat, Tate Tarter’s Little Liver Pills.’ “Now,” said Mr, Blethen, “there is A unique, striking meter about the | verse that appeels to the heart | Here is aaother which, I flatter my- | wei? is worth remembering: |refused admittance to a fashionable “*The ques of the firmament, |hotel because they were under sus- Lane. |picion and could not produce a mar i jriage certificate, G « € a e jot a cold from her head to her)" rie wedding makes Miss Nesbit ja relative of the Duke of Yarmouth, wel! bot of Teruna Mt eldared hor dear gun >|who married Alice Thaw a year Wonderful!” gasped the Literary orts were made In vain to keeg Digester. “I don't see hew you can the Thaw-Nesbit marriage a secret