The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 3, 1905, Page 7

‘| STORY OF THE GRAIN CORNER; io THE SEATTLE STAR—-WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1 | > TTS INVITATION 10 DEFALCATION 905. AN INDUSTRAL WIZARD AND HIS PROJECTS PROMOTER FRENCH HAD MANY LARGE PLANS, BUT THEY WERE NOT EXECUTED 4 | MURDER MYSTERY ON VASHON ISLAND | . CLEVELAND,—Chas. W. Froneh, As an in t of the steel and | COFFIN FOUND ON NORTH END OF ISLAND SHOWS SIGNS THAT OFFER ALLURING CHAN [RARER RAE Re eH PWwhile he is making his plunge he} yy one areer a@@ promoter ha coed BS oly ae Yrench took «| . ney 1% % | 1s discovered and tho world 1s bor |onecked by running into a cluster of|party of capitalists to the scene of THR BODY IT ONCE CONTAINED WAS DESTROYED BY ACID s > ET rified | uit « ee | conquest Ina ivate car. The Pull TO LIFT DEBTS OR © * ” e , |laweulte, was for two or thr na - \* ae it are aig | — : wing - years a ibis fligttre ja financ tal af man jompany 1 bin have oe oar NeK—HOW jecaune id down DY | fairs. e planned railroads (ola a day je used ‘or 106 pick =QuUUICK—He . * | wine legislatures that men of trade | iron, Otte and then, without {days The Pulimans sued him for| Myatery surrounds the finding of ris @ strong man, it took him fully * People Hike to be humbugged, they also seem to like to be #®. | oe ’ nlo mw hen , | A should not be allowed to improper | watting to wet them in operation, he |a sum equal to 36 multiplied by 196. | | an hour befere the.cover came loon AND BANKERS GET | # fleoved * | a to 1 a a n filled ith t y CHANTS bw Not ome corner te twenty te ie ly advance the price of the BeCe*® | proposed to dazzle California with|They figured the amout to be fill with gravel at | | During the interval the odor was bey <i arg vom * |saries of life. There is no law)y py ojer called for a/ $3,675. All that any branch of the | m Vashon point, about flvelso nauseating that Erickson was . yi* There is usually treachery tn a big deal & big project This called for \ yr THE GAME—NEARL " im & Og Gen * | against culation within feason . si . da|Pullman system received for this|lles above Aquarium, Wash., on] compelled to suspend operations inTO * tea found the situation One it was better to avold th Great stool mill at San Diego, and a| : | coms p p a Sg See ‘as better to avold than to . jAble mits, bared om conditions |raiirond to run from that city to|long tour through the | western | } ye istand, han oe Pric as “ltwiee, Erickson says that the odor - BIG «CORNEe HY . ye i | which make the action of markets | Denver, HM t the reputation in| states were the tips garnered by the | 1% nday he coffin, when! was not that of decomposed flegh, a oti > ee reat, tae the Deatation tor tha latent.corner. & | natural, The courts step in Ot | ewe en | porter and cook. Judgment was ren-| found by Erickson, was filled with | hue rather of some strong chemical eo VESFUNDS OF RUMER-|* 4, cae ao AS —— Ne speculative plunge asa pauper, * | times and define the limits between dered in court against French, but srevel and pebbles which trom | matter vou Se taee ee inane caeaen seratinn ba inet Uttte tion 2 | SPQeulation and robbery it has not been pald, oe ee ee a so Ge) On the side of the coffin was the | > are lowe mn corners, Dut Rane aguine e fish * | “Some things no exchange, no leg- French planned the construction | Composed that they could be crum-| inscription “Mark 20,” and on the US BIG BANKS--BASIS OF |» snes the whale r * | inlature, no court, attempts to regu- of & belt line railroad at Akron, O,| bled to atoms by @ slight pressure| end “Mark 30, cratches over the * A ware, in & commer, it Is the graewhorn betting on another # | hate vis: the desire of the little fish and bought a monster locomotive | Of the fingers. | writing bore evidence that at some BiG DEALS. 2 are Gam * |to follow in the wake of the whale, before any rails had been laid, It| Erickson firmly believes that &/ time an attempt had been made to * eee wee * |the frensted erase of the pigimics was kept on an Erie sidetrack, but | murder has been committed and (he | remove the figures and inseriptions. a Reeanane exe EERE EER EHR HEHE [to play the Kame of the giants, the the storage charges were heavy and | body destroyed by being placed 11 | Whether the inscriptions were the gambling instinct of men in trust French, to get some return, leased | ‘he coffin, after which an attempt | chipping marks on the lumber when py W. F. RAY ed positions to fores or recoup the locomotive in succession to two was made to remove all traces of} sent from .some mill, or the coffin Se Pinanciel Setters: of | paren ons se tatture | CADE Which have to be written | woalth and fortune by betting on or three railroads. ‘They soon re- | ‘he crime with the aid of quicklime. | itself had’ been shipped on some Dean of & ° nm KS, and the success or failure | of the downfall of men who have | another man’s game turned it, The locomotive rested on|Th® coffin measured Gi feet in| veanel and thrown overboard is not i etence of the Seat- [24 the corner, may depend on | been bright and shining Mghts and| As for corners, there ts but one & sidetrack for months and was| length by 2% feet in width, and| known fpecial Corresp: whether or not those Banke Wilt! pillars of strength in the financial |dire cure-the ability of this finally sold to Nathan Berk, an|¥8* about 1 foot in depth. The most popular belief is that ; ‘te Star. titi saan furntea the sinews of war after it | wortd country after it is raked clean of all Akron loan agent At the head of the coffin the sana }some crime has been committed and GHICAGO—A — mgr looks as though the deal was get Comment on this subject would | viasible supplies to yet dig op French led the agents of several | ¥® discolored in large blotches, | the body placed in the coffin, after fo to the gene’ Ver te to, the | 7g, neer the danger point | be incomplete without reference to |enougu hidden wheat or corn oF of the big insurance companies a = "h as would have been made by| which the sand and lime followed, ) e There is usually treachery in &| the desperation players. ‘The man |oate to pile mountain high on the dizzy chase by promising to take | the a a trunk of a human/|the coffin then nailed up and taken j Q thi amiaati big deal somewhere before it }up to his chin in a flood of debts | head of any man, no matter what Out policies to the amount of $1,000,-|%04Y. Near the lower end two dark | off shore in a small sloop and ; & something spectaciisr jended. If there are two or three | hatis with delight the big specula- | his millions, who dares to attempt 000. He made one payment on a|*treaks were plainly visible, indieat-| thrown overboard, which attracts the public | pig interests im a deal at the start, | tive deal into which he can plu: to control the price for an unnat- policy for $26,000 and then allowed |!88 the position of the lower limbs.| Deputy Coroner Arnold and the a rat place. , the chances are that some of them /ay « pauper and come out as 4@| ural period at an unreasonable it to lapse. The coffin, Erickson says, contain-| police state that such measures are te is something very promis: | will take advantage of the others | prince. If the stream dries up | level In all French projected a dozen |@4 the body of either a small man| known to havé been employed to ‘ the way of profits about It) and sell out ata time when the| CHAS, W, FRENCH, failroads and @ construction com-| OF 4 Woman remove traces of crime in the past, attracts that portion of the | greatest financial strength ofall Ohio promoter who has been sued) pany tn this state. The latter is| Erickson ts postmaster at Aquar-|and give much credit to Brickson’s which has money to burm— | concerned is needed. It often hap 'y. for thousands and who is al- bankrupt with claims against it to|/“m, and while towing jumber in| theory that some one has been foul- fe the same thing as money | pens that powerful people fn fight- loged in one suit to be the amount of nearly $400,000. the vicinity of Vashon point last/ly dealt with. Erickson brought a ; ing a speculative deal have greater y misaing. French ts sald to have debts to |Monday discovered the coffin lying| sample of the gravel with him to = too, there fs something | ianuence with the banks, the insur arene ee jth amount of several hundred thou- |" the sand. He at once went|Seattle, and on his arrival here it which holds the men | ance companies, the elevator own Une far weat of being a multi-mil-|sand dollars Suits have been | hore to investigate. On approach-| Wednesday morning at once noti- fm it very much as the | ors who have the storage capacity Wonaire and an industrial wiserd.|brought against him for amounts |!"# the object which had attracted | fied the coroner and the police of * flies. at their command, than the man ‘The payers whooped up French and | ranging from a few handred to $10,-| >!" attention, he was horrified to| his discovery Ww many corners | who is running the corner. the thtags he was going to do. 000. find, instead of what he at first| The problem, the police say, is one thought to be a harmless wooden box, a coffin of medium size half buried fn the sand, rickson then excavated the box, and with the ald next one that as big an at- public as the prev- Perhaps there is a little The latest enormous wheat deal, sineered by John W. Gates, dif fered from many others in this re- aspect, that there was no time of the most intricate in the history of the Seattle department. Cnief Delaney will detail a number of his most skillful detectives to solve the idea in the street man who bets on the game 230 Pilla, per 100 300 ¥8 TO DEAL AT LANG'S FREE DELIVERY jfrom the beginning to the end of bia operations when there waa nét money enough and to spare for everybody who had orders to fill, Commission men and brokers had only to say how mach they wanted, and it was an easily obtained as water. This deal still tr im th minds of the public did not reach the stage of acuteness in finances, fnsurance or storage tncidental to the handling of the cash property. Tt wae ao clear case of a man find- omg that he was facing @ situation to try to surmount. Big grein deals or corners have their origin In various conditions. tion of some leading crop. ruination of the quality of the grain which will sot permit it being thrashed and stored. will be a significant cause of fear ing world. winter wheat states and the terri- ing 1904 which laid the foundation tor the and loat within the past week. How does the public become in volved tn the iripeol of specula tient HOW DO SHREWD BUSI-)| NBSS MEN AND BANKERS BS. COME INTERESTED DANGER POINT LN FOLLOWING SUCH OPERATIONS? First, deal is always well advertised. IS CAUGH TAX COLLECTOR SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, 18 ARRESTED IN; } ST. LOUIS—-HE MAKES A FULL CONFESSION (By Bertpoe News Assad whieh it was better to avoid than} or Lows, Mo. May &—Kdward | J. Smith, of San Francisco, « tust- | Nine times out of ten the disturb-|at the Union station taat night. ance in prices atarts with some in-|'* charged with having emberaied hterference with the usual produc- | $285.000 as city tax collector in that it may be wet harvests, it may be | “ount* | wnt ft is harvested by weather | Smith says that he spent sev and excitement Im the wheat trad- [het refu It was a moderate de- | The sum of gree of winter killing over the soft Pockets at the time of arrest ble blight of rust over the spring | ‘*¥o dey*. wheat states of the northwest dur- | | | | bad weather, the crop shortage, the | unnatural conditions which cause the disturbance in production—all these aro well advertised to begin with. The public begins speculating in its own mind as to what the effect will be. Grain men in touch with the farm on the one hand and the big central market on the other hand are the first to show a lively interest. Nearly all grain handlers become speculators because it is often necessary for them to buy or sell in the open market for the future against the cash property which they are handling. Grain buyers at every hamlet over the country are in close touch | | DEMOCRATS tive from fustion, was arrested here He etty. He admitted hie identity and He im willing to return te without California & requisition. al weeks in « senitartum in New York City and that he isa physical wrecks, Dating from 1904 the word “rust” | He ran ewy with a woman nasmed Lena Hreoks from gan Frencieco, to state hor whereabouts 6 was found in his Smith had been In St, Louls for He registered at the Jet- forson hotel as H. Senith, and ofter his arrest ted that he had been itement which has pre-|"!ting for some friends who were naid, be Was going to communicate with relatives and the suthorities im San Francteco, The friends did not arrive as ex~- pected and Smith told the police that TO THE | Me then decided to go west by him- seit, He wae atrested as he wa boarding « ‘Frisco train at Unioh The | station. Chief of Police Kiely and two of- fleere with a circular deacrtptian of Smith had been watching Unien sta- SPOKANE, May &-—-This_ city, yesterday, elected « mayor pledged to the cause of union labor and the eight-hour day. F. L. Daggett, dem- oerat, and present city comptroller, tion for several days As Smith boarded the train he was accosted by Kiety and at first denied hie identity. Almost immediately after~ ward, however, he admitted that he was the man for wham the police were watching, and atated that he would go with them while they ar- tanged for taking him to Ban Fran- mand by the California authorities, / Me was taken to the local police headquarters and @ telegram w gent to San Franciace notifying the pollee of the arrest. Smith is beld here awaiting the arrival of officers, He makes no de- nial of the shortage which he hays Goes not exceed $54,000, and he de- Glares no other person le involved in the stealing, Blanche Smythe, the woman arrested with him, broke | down this morning and admitted her | relations with Smith. T have known Smith four years,” | me on an av of $200 a month Four weeks before he left Ban Frane elsco | went to the Hot Springs with & woman friend. Smith gave me $250. I left there when he wired that he was here.” She said she knew Smith was married man, She saye he told her he wae short. He said he lost money on stocks and bonds on Wall street. The women is held pending devel- | opments enlt in the Pacific block. Prof Reed of the Minor school will lecture and business of importance will be car- ried on by tho residents, CAMPAIGN WILL START Judge John EB. Humphries Thurs day night opens his campaign for the municipal ownership of local street car lines, The meeting takes Bunday RE-ORGANIZED. {The Weatern Central Labor anion wil become the Central Labor Counett of Seattle and Vicinity at a iteeting Wednesday night. The pre ‘dnt officers of the Western Central will give piace to the officers to be body. Nearly in the efty will be affiliated with the new body. The work of reorganization has been in progress for montha TELEGRAPH BRIEFS TACOMA, May %--A public re- ception will be tendered Senator hese interests of the city, COLVILLE, May 3.-—-The remains of George Simmons, an old soldier, who was found dead hia cabin, near Ad@dy, on Saturday morning, Were interred at Colville Saturday afternoon, The man was 60 years of « Tt wae first thought that he had committed suicide, but after an Investigation instituted by the sheriff it was found that he died « naturel death. here by Judge Whitson, Tuesday. ‘Thte next court will be held in Spo- kane on May 10, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., May 3.—The president moved camp for hunting. He will probably come here Saturday evening. instead { Sunday, an at first planned. A suite | at the Hotel Colorado. Secretary Loeb says the president is in good health. BRIEF CITY NEWS R. W. Blythe, alfas Smiley, form- erly employed at the Montane Stables of this city was convicted on a charge of disorderly person and sentenced to 90 days in the city jall by Police Judge Gordon Wed~- nesday morning. Blythe beat and robbed Nellie Gannon in an empiy Reuse over the Snowshoe saloon The woman was found half naked and almost dead from Of rooms has been selected for hin & 10 yoar sentence for selling whis key to Clarence Johnson, an Indian, intends to file an application for a } f an ax attempted to remove the cover. new trial May 6. Habeas corpus In spite of the fact that Erickscn Proceedings are under way to get Smith out of the committed at North Yakima, Feb- Puary 6, 1904, The Ballard fire department had ® pretty time for a while Tuesday @rening. They were called out om ® false alarm to the Salmon Bay Sehool district and had no sooner ar rived at the barn when they were called to attend a fire in the ehicken coop of H. Neudenbeker. Wednes day morsing there were a lot of chicken bones laying around the fire headquarters, and the boys were all talking about “that swell chicken supper last night. ichard L. Dunn, ager 28, Olympia, and Maude [| THE BIG STEAMER FORCED TO ON ACCOUNT OF A BROKEN “TROUBLES” ot Coulson, The bark Coryphene, L. H. Gray & Ce.. will go to Union Bay, Comax Where she will take on a cargo of coal for Port Clarence. The vessel Will leave for the north soon an her cargo is loaded. he will start early owing to the fact that there te feported to be but Httle coal left in that district. Telegrams which have rived from Nome of iate stating that the fce has blown out to sea, in- dicate that the bark will, providing she has falr weather, be the first aeel, with the possible «: HOW THE MIN Following are 13 instances o} boat 3—Fierce fire in by 4—Mutiny of crew 7—Death of Chief Steward. 5—Clash between ( ception of vatied in the trade for months and | ‘© Jot je 604 ONE w o stated,“ s eens Age iar Sneek enue oe the cuarict pen cn eR a occa 13 “een ~<¥ at ee tm have sad heeded fur 1a An Ha = m riet of | tric Seri > which caused fortunes to be made | Y*# going to Los Anavles, where, he) gan paying me ution. He wave! oo stern Weshingten was ergenieed le aceident to junior officer. eee eee eee eee eee et eee HILt. TELLS HOW ‘ (fy Bortyps News Aan) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3.— dames J. Hill told the senate com- mittee at the interstate commerce Session this afternoon that the re- strictions placed on the railroads by the interstate commerce commixsion Were killing the export trade by compelling the reads to file public schedules of the division rates. He said that while the development of the export trade meant prosperity for the country, it resented an actual lone to the rafirc PLANS ARE COMPLETED The “hoodoo ship,” Minnesota, ex- pertenced ite thirteenth misfortune Tuesday when, while off Port Cres- dent on its second trip to the Orient, its piston rod broke and the big boat was forced to put into Port Town- send for repairs. It is probable that the vessel will be obliged to lay at anchor for sev- eral days while the break is being repaired and while the boat's under- writers are Investigating. During this time the passengers, instead of enjoying a trip on the briny deep, may study the shore ef- fects of Port Townsend and vicinity, Since the launching of the Min- nesota a series of reverses have be- fallen the vessel which have result- ed im its being dubbed by seafaring men as “The White ephant of the Deep.” Ite first misfortune occurred when the boat ran aground at Hampton SERRE EEE EERE RRR SOTA'S “HOODOO” WORKS. 1—Ran aground at Hampton Roada 2—Caught fire at Newport News, kere on thfp around the Horn. hile crossing equator. 5—Arrest of Captain Truebriige at Sam Francisco. 6—Captain Truebridge resigns his command. tain Rinder and American jcers, 10—Rebellion of American officin Orient. ee %—Insult to American shippers ers and men. 13—Breakdown of machinery on second trip. ehhh eee eee eee ete ee ee — mystery. The coffin will be brought to Seattle by Deputy Coroner Ar+ nold Wednesday night. Minnesota’s “Hoodoo” Is Working Overtime LAY UP AT PORT TOWNSEND PISTON—THE STORY OF HER | . Somuel H. Piles at the Tacoma | aged 28, of Olympia, were granted a In wheat it may be winter killing, | **knowledgrad to the officers here/civeo. He told the police that he hotel, W 1 " pms + 9008.00 tm bis ace a ol * | hotel, ednesday evening, by the |Heense to marry Wednesday mor A it may be insects, it may be floods, | that he was short § Gos] weels go Rack without farmal de- Ii. cner of Commerce the busi. | ing. f bad lucky attending the big KEE EE EKER ED ERE officers resigned when the boat — Seattle. londay Second Officer James Dreary fell and his was badly fractured. ow 3 The last of the series of accidents occurred Tuesday when the Minne- etre piston rod broke and the big t was obliged to temporaril ug" gon her trip. Bi it is said that many of the men on board the Minnesota are badly frightened at the “hoodoo” which seems bound to follow the vessel, and that several of them have threatened to desert at the first op- portunity, be Bacco: of the Great Northe ern Steamship company ar turbed over the affair. iis ‘KILLED } 7 % Sane than gen Prog et | defeated W. Ht Acatt republican, by | place ta the Renton min club hous seg ayer oP og gg de se eer pagr gene) are being com- Roads, Later aba fire in her hota experiment with your stght. merchants, their a plurality of 246 votes. on Eighteenth avenue, w’ wi z ~ | ple for the dedication of new | caused serious damage while ie — Tt us ft you with proper [| Views on what is going on at the| An amendment to the city charter | probably bo filled to overflowing} © sroiman Frank Keefe sent her to /hall and lodge rooms of the Elks| boat was at Newport News. This} WF. Hoggard, 35 years old, who @anees. We have the experience, big speculative market are soon ac- FOR BICYCLE REPAIRS §00d values in Hardware. 1310 Second Ave cepted by those they associate with. When the grain buyer, the retir- ed farmer, and the merchant get in- terested enough to go to the local bank and draw a few hundred dol- lars each to put up with some com- {mission house nw & margin on | grain, it fe but one step further un- ‘til the COUNTRY BANKER, SEE- ING HIS PATRONS MAKE [MONEY BY USING THEIR |MONEY, DECIDES THAT He Ia |IN THE MONEY-MAKING BUBI- |NESS AND HE QUIETLY SLIPS }AWAY TO THE |\MAKES HIS PLANS TO BE AS |SMART AS THOSE ABOUT HIM. | that vicinity to Seattle who |The resolutions are addressed to has @ big salary and lots of leisure, | the county commissioners and point lin another who will soon find him-|out that the present road is unfit prepared | to be used, that the Bothell produc- |to make profits from speculaticn. | ers are desirous of securing a stall Tho clever county official, | {self opening an account When a big grain deal ts engineer | for his victories in Wall street and [high financ: Nant mov properties In and building up which attracts some of the bright- est financial minds of the country. | From this bright pletare and bright prospect there is too often the lawakening that the big speculative onture is not a succens. | Then comes th come discioss » come famous for his bril- | acquiring rallroad | ferry ® | urated across Lake Washington for fortune in a day, the thing takes the express purpose of accommo- on @ glamour and a brilliancy | dating farmers from Eastern Wash- providing for the referendum on/| with the local disciples of Mayor, franchises and a propesition te bond | Dunne of Chicago. the city for $4 tem were carried overwh 000 for a water sys- Imingly. ASK BETTER ROADS At the meeting of the Bothell Im- | CITY AND | provement club Tuesday night reso- lutions toward a better road from re passed. in the Central Market, that they } lea by & man of millions, revowned | cannot do so unless the road is put into such shape that they can haul thetr own produce; that already a) been ina system bas ing, and that until the said road ts improved the benefits of this ferry system cannot be had by the Both- ell producers. t club The Maynard Improvem R will be the first occasion of which the municipal ownership af; street car lines has been advocated in this eity. Judge Humphries hap been busy collecting information relative to the operation of streat railways in other cities, as well as in Glasgow, where municipal own- ership prevails, and he will prob ably spring all kinds of facts and figures relative to his new hobby. Incidentally, he will take occasion to express his uncomplimentary opinion of the Seattle Electric com- pany, the service of which he @ clares to be a disgrace to a civilize city. The judge believes that, with the help of the municipal lighting plant, the city could operate its street cars economically for t benefit of the people, providing a cheap and efficient service tha would go far towards developing the city into a great metropolis, | Ho believes that the city could re- duce fares to three cents and otill operate the system profitably, The third annual faree by the junior class, to be given Thursday ‘at 8:16 p. m,, will be full of snappy songs and novelties, The players have been rehearsing under the dir ection of lL. M. Daggy. teacher tn } crash, then will mest at 8 o'clock Wednesday joral expression, who is an instruc f the evening in the office of J. B. Met- tor of recognized ability, police hea‘quarters and Police) 6 Gordon suspended judgement a charge of drunkeness. Ben Elsworth, an aborigine, fired | ip Tuesday on fire water and broke we in front of Claussen & Kelly’ fig store at the corner of Occidental Avenue and Wasbington street. The bows belonged to his blood rela- tions and they notified Patrolman Ww. ® Carr. Police Judge Gordon fined Elaworth $20. B. Bredioff, arrested Tuesday by Patrolman Frank Keefe, failed to relate where he purchased a lot of slothing which was found in his possession by the arresting officer, He was convicted on & charge of | being « disorderly person and will spend the next 10 days on the cham gang. His plea was that he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing. Police Judge Gordon did not consider this an ex- tenuating circumstance and entered the sentence on his docket, The Seattle Shoo Works, at Rast James street and Twenty-first av- enue, was broken Into sometime be- tween 10 o'clock and 7 o'clock Tues- day morning. The door was forced, Thieves carried off a silver watch, a 28 caliber revolver and $5 in mon- Tine ause the United States Su- preme court haa recently held that Indians allotted land and becoming government wards are citizens, Frank C. Smith, a convict, serving in the Alaska building Thursday | was followed by a fierce conflagra- evening, May 4. The committee has tien in the bunkers, which lasted for Joration will be delivered by D. Solis been busy at work for several weeks and has arranged the details so that it will be an event long to be re- membered by the Elks who attend. Jays and was only extinguished at- ter a hard fight To make matters worse, the crew, or a large portion of it, mutinied| The rooms will he thrown opem at/against Captain Truebridge, who! 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and 3,000| was arrested later when the boat invitations have been jasued. touched San Francisco for not hav- The reception will last from 4/)ing proper papers. o'clock until 6:30. At 8:30 @ men's} Then came the death of Chief octal will be given. The dedicatory| Steward F. W. Weber, one of the mont popular officers on board the Hill boat. The “hoodoo’ did not stop its work. Tustead it did things to Captain Truebridgo, who quit the vessel in a huff and handed in his papers. Truebridge was succeeded by Cap- tain Rinder, who tmmediately made himself #0 mpepular with the American officers that the Iatter were in constant hot water during the maiden trip to the Orient, Another of the peculiar workings of the “hoodoo” was referred to in The Star recently in an article de- ribing how the big American ship- pera in the Orient were slighted by Traffie Manager Sutherland and/ Captain Rinder. | On her return trip the Minnesota | Cohen, of Portland, Grand Pxalted Ruler William J. O’Brien, jr., will not arrive here in time to attend the ceremontes, but will arrive in this city Saturday night and remain over Sundity. A borate program has been ar- ranged for his reception, ¥. M. C, A. MINSTRELS The ¥, M. C. A. will make its first venture into minstrelay next Satur- day night when they will give a grand show tn Christensen’s hall. The chorus which ts composed of 60 picked ve has been in training for the past several weeks under the supervision of Professor Parks, @ well known local instructor. The end men have their parts learned al-|Was the scene of what practically ready and promise to be the main| amounted to an open rebellion on feature of the evening. The major-|the part of the American officers, were incensed at what they “Rinder’s British snobb! As a result a numb who ity of the performers are high school students who have establish enviable reputation as minstrels, an is supposed to have a wife and child at Rochester, Minn. fell from 60-foot pole at the corner of Utah avenue and Massachusetts street at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, and, striking on his head, was instantly killed. Hoggard was working near the top of the pole and in some way lost his hold and fell. COURT NOTES The sult for $20,800 alleged dam- ages brought by Robert Thompson against the Issaquah Shingle com- pany is being heard before Judge Gilliam. Findings of fact, consisting of 112 | typewritten pages, were filed by Judge Frater Wednesday morning in the case of King county agninst the Vashon College assoc an action for delinquent taxees. Judg- ment was given the plaintiff, Informations were Wednesday morning filed against J. ©. Vincent and H. Sweeney for grand larceny, and against Charles Carleson and James Murray for burglary. The suit of David Kelsy against the county to recover for alleged mages claimed to have been suf- ed through being struck by @ piece of rock thrown by a blast on the county road near O'Brien, is be- ine heard in Judge Albertson's eourt.