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$100 Lots, Tee are the best cheap lots tn Two blocks east of end of yg ay Acne car Une, and of Rom. Wasy terma Inguire ‘ Bont formes Bothwell SRA [pans suRAnce- Renrs- gman gang HOW WES 4 LL PIANOS We beatin by putting oes lower than any dealer in Seattla We qean by this that qual ity must be considered with the price, We soll the best makes in the world STRINWAY A. B, CHASE BMERSON ESTBY RICHMOND HELLER WOODHURY GRAMER THAYER AND OTHERS We give our guaran teen ff everything ten’t just as we say we return the money. Can anything be fairer or safer. Pay by the month, if you prefer Sherman, Clay & Co. STEINWAY DEALERS. Ban Francisco, Cal, Oakland, Oal. U1 Second Ave, Soattle $500 Worth of One Acre QREAP—Five acres, new house houses, close to lake and good party. Over $500 worth o blackberries can be ralsed = nk King county and close in t Qoed wares to work this land ot Kenny or R. O. Smith at 3 in Times block, upstairs. going Fast 14 FIRST AVE. SOUTH Sunset, Pink 1751. In it 1751. Free Delivery at the OLD RELIABLE SPOT KLINE 4 ROSENBERG, 625 First Avenue. ‘We brass extension Curtain Rods | extends to 64 inches ......7¢@ Wo wire xem Lawn Rakes 39, $LSG grass Scythe and Suat ‘81.25 Be heavy Garden Trowel .15¢ yard black inches, natural ofl finish Me fai mill saw ; Files, sol Se $195 solid toot double bitted Ax, ing the government, | Japanese laborers to the | Japanese immigration | went, Raised on jand more reliable fruit and berries, only $775.) 4° Washington $25 down and $10 per he moar fornim. the influx of Japanene coolies | leotls of abundant halr that winds| sometimes beside ° | gration sect will T'can also use several men | fia» thie form of labor in the gen-| 30 men if | they will encourage the BUY GOOD | HARDWARE FOR LESS wire Window 69e a4 $1.00 steel bottom Grass Catcher 6 little solled ., oreo BO | i Spelger & Hurlbut Second and Union COOLIES FROM CHINA AND JAPAN! TO FLOOD THE EAST AND SOUTH iF THE WAR DEPARTMENT IMPORTS GREAT NUMBERS FOR WORK ON THE CANAL THEY WILL INVADE THE UNITED STATES ny Government Officials say that the Japanese Are Worse Than the Chin. ese and That Once in Panama They Cannot be Kept Out, _ Staff Special to the Reattle Star | panama the fire ation o: ° | WASHINGTON, D.C. June = the Unite 4 tates, ts Pasties A swarm of coolle laborers invading! An the tmmigration authoritt the southern and east states! Alcould do with the Japanese would menace to the standard of labor a8) be to subject them to the usual © ow established! ‘This te a threat- lamination at the ports of arrival. If 2 danger due to the decision toliney were found to have the re Nploy Japanese and Chinese cootles/ quired sum of money to excape the the Panama canal provisions against paupers, and to It would bring the workmen of] be free ¢ contagious dixeane, east and south, and of the mid- ‘ west, too, face to face with a ' m that has troubled the Pa- fie coast ever since the Chinese began coming to these shore An to the educated Japanese tn this country, it can be uid that they ompare favorably with new: from other countries. a high type of manhood. As to Japanese coolies, it is claimed by many who have known them In the west that they are as destructive | of American wage standards and American ideals as are the Chi- nese, By wnantmous vote, the California logistature adopted a resolution ask- by treaty or to restrict the coming of states. Such action may, if undertaken, be involved with great difficulty, be- cause Japan would not te mers >therwise, Mayor Schmitz, of San Franctsco, said in a recent interview: “I would | sooner see the bars let down to the Chinese than to witness unrestricted The Chinese are dangerous enough, but the Jap- enese, with thet Amert- an manners and ¢ would on drive all competition out of business at te the California view The ast may soon know rated. COOLIES TO BUILD CANAL. The war department has announc~ ea the Intention to bring 3.000 Chi- nede cCoolies to the Panama strip, and an equal number of Japaneag if it is exag- jcoolles, This importation, tt ts sald, | bs to be experimental If they work ether importations wil! follow until 10,000 yellow men are on the ground What Is to prevent this cheap bor drifting in to United States? This ts the nm which the Immigration o- are wondering about. As to the Chinese, there fe the exci ion law, making their entry more cult, but never keeping out all when they once get clone. As to the Japanese cootles, there te no exebusion lew, and it frank- ty admitted by the Immigration au- thorities that there ix no py ence between the Japanese and Chinese cooties, unless it is in faver of the Chinese, who is less quarrelsome On the F in the other and especially tes and coant, already regarded with alarm, and be for one to in-j eral exclusion. It im the belief of the immigration outhorities that the Mongolian la- borers would begin drifiing into the, United States very after their arrival in the canal strip. Even supposing therm to be in debt to the contractors when they ar- rived, it would not be long before) they would, with their economic habit, have mor ahead. Then they would set their faces toward the United States, and nothing on} th would keep them out. If the amahip owners are like the com- jee whose ships ply the Atlantic, ortentals to pa ome. Reerults would continually coming to the canal tone to fill the places of those going north, and thus a steady stream, year after year, be 25¢ can Kopoline, thing .. $6.50 80-feet Acme br ber Hose, 3-4-in. 50 G0-ft, %-inch Rubber Hose, 3 ply $2.98 $2.50 large size Hammock, fancy design close woven Valance.. paints any- $2.50 high a Crescent Lawn Mower, 12-inch, self sharpen- or.. $2.98 ‘They are of} ef Jép laborers would find} they would enter, At? Gelveston, Baltimore, and even at the port and Boston, this tmportation cheap ortental labor would dy entra The Uniti ow Orleans, Philadelphia, of New York find | re. nee. 4 States ia always goal of the coolie laborer, He heard of this country high wages and abundant work, and jevery city and town of the Misnts th has Plucky Wife ot} the place of| jot valley and the New England: ee states, would soon have Ite contin gent, Buch is the belief of thone who are farmiliag with the dimpost tion of these people, and with the labor sttuation CAN'T KEEP THOM OUT Mardiy less trouble is anticipated from the Chinese, Reporte of the commiasioner of immigration show | that It is even now impossible to keep out the Chinese who come to the United States through Mextoo, In mpite of the fact that every vos | wel in reported and watched, they] jcome to that country, landing at | Bahia del Magdalena, Ban Jose del Cabo, Guaymas, Maxatian, Ban Ti | Mansaniilo, Puerto Angel and ot places, Kvery Moxlean town elty now has its Ohinese contingent; jand the al of every one of these |Chinamen te the United States They come to Mexloo ostensibly to work in the mines, and in other forms of employment; but they become dissatiafied with conditions head for the states, almost every day, ets across the bor and wages, « Every week, an: | a box car load der 16 are headed off by the army of inspectors, but others oa- cape the vigilance of the govern- ment, and get in. On « tong wild frontier b Jer it is almost imp Operates Mine While Husband Lies in Jail Mire.Cherles Gayman Special to Star. of ile, = TTR, Mont., June 14.—Clad in . OVeralla and jumper, with a pend for a belt, and weartng a big jslouch hat over the glossy black ‘about her head, Mra. lL. Gey “Yankee Boy” mine and works all day among her husband's force of directing them and super- intending their duties. Her husband ts in the Silver Bow county jail, charged with taking ore through an underground tunnel | }from a neighboring mine. The charge was brought ageinet him by | the Am mated Copper company | For several weeks Chas Geyman bas been in jail, but never since his incarceration, have his interests been allowed to suffer, or the much | needed profits of his little mine to deteriorate, for took Geyman Into custody his wife took charge of the “Yankee Boy.” A typical woman of the west, with physical strength and vigor as/ | well as a brave spirit and diversi | fled capabilities, Mra hold of the work with earnest and so capable has her management been that the “Yankee Boy” is now on a splendidly paying basis. In all AT THE THEATERS EEE ] Y OF THE HIGHWAY |® Third Avenue * * * * * os |® POLITE VAUDEVILLE—Star. ® * * [PSHE EERE RE EEE | ‘The sale of seats for “Tho Finan- cler,” with Barney Bernard tn the title role, began Wednesday morn- ing. The play, which is a new will be the offering at the Gr Friday and Saturday. “The Girl Wngineer” takes the {boards at the Third Avenue next Sunday. It will be produced by the same company that is making such ta success with the “Queen of the Highway” this week Hellman, the magician, will do some new tricks Wednesday night, jand the illustrated song will be changed, at the Star. Reginning tonight and continu- ing for the remainder of the week the Watson company at the attle will present “Red Cat Ine a comedy from the versatile pen of Mark Swan. “Red Cat Inn” ta said to be filled with bright, clever dialogue and in- teresting situations. * which ran the first helt when the sheriff] Geyman taid | parts of the mine the figure of the courageous woman who is saving her busband’s property from laps- ing into ruin is familiar, sometimes at the throttle of a hoisting engine, big stone- lerushing plants in the mill above, ¢ of the most urgent demands for|man descends every morning tnto|and again among the men giving acre of this land. The Hichest | qinendement of the present immi- orders and single glance the situation Mrs. Geyman is now and then called upen to circumvent a clever plece of maneuvering on the part of the enemy, or by actual foree of jarms to defend the rights of the “Yankee Boy.” “Why, spies of the Amalgamated have actually tried to go down “Into the ankee Boy” right under my noes,” sald Mra. Geyman, indig nantly, “One day I saw a number | of them standing on the cage, ready to go down into the shaft. I notic jed that they were not our men, and I had to act quickly. I grabbed up a gun and gave them just 20 sec- onds to get off the “Yankee Boy” You should have seen them comprehending at the requirements a of Geyman is not yet 3#and her beauty is such as would attract attention in any fashionable draw- ing room. of the week, pro to be a good drawing card, and the Watson pany have firmly established th selves with Seattle theater patrons, NAGASAKI, June 14.—The Rus- sian hospital ship Kostroma, cap- tured during the battle in the Sea of Japan, was released today, and sail- ed for Shanghai. The hospitaiship Orel, captured at the same time, will be taken before the naval prise court at Sasebo, PORTLAND, June 14.—Today flag day at the exposition. The ercinen are under the auspices of t Daughters of the American Reve tion. Senator John Mi Thurston is orator of the day. . Great Northern Railway Will sell greatly reduced row excursion tickets to St. Paul, City, Kansas City, 8t. Louts cago, Milwaukee and other impor- tant tern cities on June 14, 15, 16 and limited to ninety days. ary Ucket office First and The Northern Pacific will sell on June lith to 17th tr elusive, round trip tickets to all Eastern points at tly reduced rates. For tickets and a informa tion call at N. P. City Office, Seat tle. eee ee Special Rates to Portland Monday, June 19th, train leaving at 8:40 wm. only, Call at N. P. City ose Oftice at once for particulars. loarn that the Japanes rate of about 14,000 a year the year ending July 1, 1904, records of the department of coi to be 14,883, Since July 1, up to the end of February, he Ru n-Ja ve ports. han caused a tempor: the thou nent. SERRE AN OLD WOMAN CANNOT LIVE IN PEACE IN HOME PROVIDED FOR DECLIN- ina YEARS Ve gave them our hore on promise that they would take ¢ of us in our old age, but they have abused the pledge. After my husband died then they began to treat me as a burden. They took pos- seanton of the house. They hu- goiliate and torment me.” Such is the story of Mra. Olina Dawley, an aged and en feebled woman, who began ay im the superior court against Ole ©. Erickson, to whom she says she and her pusband deeded thelr Ball homestead in 1900 on the con- Sitions named. The property wes given in trust, she says to John W. Peters and W. D. Wood, but after her husband's death, Prickson sent for his own family and on the rs *** fF SAF 2 RPS tReet FS 2 Se Fe gb higdindinalbedlneclindladie Miia WASHINOTON, D. G., Jane 14- meree and labor showed the arrivals 1904, and there were 6,560 Jupanese arrivals at our panese war uk of the movement to this country, but with|fived at the navy yard last night the cessation of hostilities, and the| from Cavite, Manila. nde who have the mikado's armies, it ta | 0 & complete overhauling that there will be a ver- table food to the American conti- * * * »nopelized & A frand order has been issued by the postoffice department against | > the People’s Home Purchasing com- DIED BEFORE AiD COULD REACH HIM William Krant died Wednesda; | morning shortly after Dr. Buckley | had been summoned by Patrolman | Dolphin, who reported the condi tion of Krant, who was a roomer in the Atlantic house, 115 Wash Ington street sible to keep Be lines drawn tightly Phe case was reported to Coroner one. she Os are willing t0 m8k6) Garroll, Deputy Coroner Arnold tong journeys and to undergo ber@ | investigating. ‘The body was re ships to arrive at thelr destin moved to the Bonney-Watson (ton. morgue. With thousands of Chinese in the!” Heath wag the result of a long canal strip the task of the Imm! | ijiness, and no inquest will be station authorities would be sreat-| held, It has been learned that py With the many wiles) friends were intending to remove | with which the race is familiar, and] Krant to a local hospital, but they | aided by gubsidined steamship lines, | iq not realize his serious condi it in said by the tnapectors that al tion certain number would be sure to! Phe wife of the deceased is #up-| escape the vigilance of the author-| nosed to reside at 1418 Twenty ities and get into the United States. | thing 8. It will surprine some people to pecans laborers are coming to the United States at the During the BREMERTON NEWS NOTES BREMERTON, June 14.-—-The United States transport Zafiro ar- She will re main here several months to under A num- ber of minor repairs will also be made on her, ‘The torpedo boat destroyer Perry SSS EEE took a trip around the bay yester day for the purpose of testing her engines and machinery to seo if she was in seaworthy condition. She then coaled at the bunkers and left - * *& | for Portland at 3 o'clock this morn- jing. Last night Captain Schofield, *& | of the Perry, gave a clambake on & | the beach at Charleston to his fol % | low officers and their wives, and to % | the officers of the navy yard and «x |thetr wives. * The Perry goes to Portland to the & | roview at the fair. 7 * # | od bere any day from Portland # | Will replace the Perry. The cruiser Marblehead ts expect- She Word was received at the navy yard yesterday from San Francisco that the cruisers Chicago and Bos ton left Mare Island for Portiand the 13th and will visit the yard af- ter a short stay at the world’s fair elty, * * - 7 * * * * * * Word has been received at the navy yard that Captain V. L. Cott- man, formerly attached at the Mare | lsinand yard, will leave there June » | 18, and arrive here June 21, to be come captain of the local navy yard, to succeed Captain Bleecker, de- talled for sea duty on the Atlantic STOCKHOLM, “June 1 a —The for- pany, of Gan Francisco, LOBS/cign minister has instructed the Beach, San Pedro, and Pasadeba./ consuls of Sweden and Norway Cal. ° that Sweden does not recognize the Electric Batteries For the physician or the family for rheumatism, sleaplessnens, |trouble and all nervous diseases, clal— $12 $5 M40 Braces For Boys and Girls. @ | INC. to $1.50, for kidney Tomorrow, between 9 and 6, ape- Batteries $9.9) Batteries —_-_s Shoulder Two dozen slight ly solled Braces, worth from The nd | Try our home made Bread—6 loaves | provisional government of Norway, and directing them to continue to exercise their functions as before the separation was announced. Great Northern Railway Will sell greatly reduced round-trip exeursjon Uckets to St. Paul, 8 City, Kansas City, St. Louisa, Chi- cago, Milwaukee and other tmpor- tant Eastern cities on June 14, 15, 16 and 17, limited to ninety days. Temporary ticket office First and * For Teachers Going East the No own ‘acific has arranged for specially low rates to St. Paul, Chicago, ete. Tickets on sale June 1éth to 17th tnelustve. Call at N. P. Ticket Office, Seattle, and arrange for your trip. eee om » 7 G. A. R. Excursion to Portland June 19th, leaving Be only. Call at N. P, all particulars. Monday, tle 8:40 a m. City Offic Leaders 36c value Bleached Table Da mask, full width, good firm cloth; special for 22: Apron Check Gingham, width, standard qualtty ; celal for Aic 50 pleces Pilgrim Mills Un- bleached Sheeting, full 36 inches; specially priced for... | 3:¢c ful spe Bee Hive 2615-2617 First Ave. Between Vine and Cedar. Union Bakery and Cafe handy and prac@cal seasonahle articies-- the interested camp furnisher will cottage er be n picture here-practical articles, Many, many were of the like are here to select from, Note Standard pricing atop ladder chair-- A splendid camp maple tolding chalre-«# $1. convenient 5 A most article have about the camp or home chair ta quickly formed into a stepladder 3 feet high; is well made, strong, good. The Stand ard price, each to Handy about the the most practical made; of solid maple, natural finish, strongly matieable iron braced, takes up very little space when folded, extra strong; each eamp; solid comfort’ reclining $2.95 For summer use at home or at camp; of solid maple, cane seat and back, but footboard is of slats instead of caned, as pictured; folds very compactly, extension foot rest; extra strong and well made. Price $2.95 Camp Chair, canvas seat, frame fs hard wood. The Standard price is 30¢ 20¢ Folding Camp Stool, light and good. The Stand- ard price A handy little hardwood stool for outdoor use, strong and well made, 18 inches high .....55¢@ Standard Furniture Co. L. SCHOENFELD & SONS 1006 to 1016 First Ave. SEATTLE BELLINGHAM ———-—- 1 Any Size Plain Screen Doors for ERNST BROS.— Both Phones, 1158. 506 PIKE STREET. 1,000 Lace Curtain remnants, regular prices $2.00 and $2.50 a pair, hardly any two alike, all will go on sale for balance of this week ~ “THE KING'S HIGHWA’ TO THE GATEWAYS or COMMERCE THROUGH TH CENTERS OF POPULATION Adding greatly to the interest of your journey, without increasing its expense beyond what you would ex- pect to pay for the “best,” which you secure if you travel by the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES For information and rates apply to W. C. SEACHREST. Nor, Pac. Coast Agent, 132 Third St, Portland, Ore. L. F. JONES, Pass. Agt., 151 Yesler Way, ttle, Wash, RELIABLE TRANSFER CO. Baguage, Furniture, Storage Office and storage room, 1215 First avenue, Postoffice building. say nee 902; Independent, __|Chicago LoanOffice HARRY SILVER, Prop. No stooping or back breaking. Economical and durable. We sell on time, and take your old stove in ex- change, GEO. H. WOODHOUSE CO. 1405 Second Ave. ALBERT HANSEN ewouY olass 706 Ist Avenue 117 Yesler Way. | & genteet place to borrow money om @iamonde and all kinds of jewelry, Btrictly confidential