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UNCIL WILL GIVE MOORE HIS F pouenTY PROMOTER PRACTICALLY FORCES SOLONS TO Af- CEPT BRAND NEW PROPOSITION THAT LOOKS LIKE A MIGHTY GOOD OFFER ———— REE E EERE ERE E EERE RRA RARER RRA RR i Term of I ise ‘ . 40 Years * N City’s Option Can Buy Sfstem in 29 Yoars at * Half Its Market Value # 4 Made by veedss wevecee JA. Moore * Firtually Accepted by + Corporations Committee * H What Councilmen Think of It Can't Bo Beat * - Bas OOOO OR On Moore-Gilman street car ‘our friends among the business jse witl be approved by the| men, and [ am sure that you will jon committee next w come to the conclusion to which I Will be passed by the council jhave come after careful conaidera- thereafter if th unciimen | tion, that the terms will be just ‘out what they declared to be/ both to us and the city.” fatention at the meeting of| In brtef, Moore's proposition was committee Wednesday after-|that the franchise should run 40 }years. At the end of 29 years, in deadiock between the com-| 1934, the city has the option of buy- and the railroad promoters | ing the system. The sum required was broken. Moore submitted a new | will be equal to the net earnings of pane ° the system capitalised at 4 per cent. | It will be paid to the company in 4 [kee ARAMA ARR RRR Moore's proposition struck the solons so forcibly that they could not belleve him until he had explatned the matter again and again. In order to nail him to the cross they instructed Committee Clerk Shrader to clearly put down the offer in ink. Even D. H. Gilman, Moore's partner, appeared to be thun- deretruck and to think that Moore was making altogether too much of a concession. “If he succeeds in enlisting capital on those terma he will be known as the most philan- thropie railroad man in the United States,” he said. Se eel * SRE EH ERR RR HE Who, Atter Months of Unremit- z per cent bonds secured on the earn- fag War in the Camp of the! ings of the system. It amounta to = Conte to teally | the city’s purchasing the system at JAMES A. MOORE, the Counei! to Give Him a@| t Railway Franchise, ition ve to the term of franchise which struck the com- men so favorably that they on the point of clinching the then and there. [t was thought by some of the members, , to cogitate over the new at more length before giving | consent, and, at Moore's sug mm, further action was post- until such a time as a meet- shall be called by the chair. © leaves tonight on an 1%- business trip to the east. ink over the proposition care. in the meantime,” he said to councilmen. “Talk it over with INTERFERED WITH CHIEF John W. Monroe, of Green Lake, was fined $50 Wednesday afternoon for interfering with an officer. The | who had arrested three young boys fon suspicion of having robbed a | Green Lake hardware store re- cently. The chief had learned that Mon- roe’s boy stood on the outside while the two juvenile burgiars looted the store, Monroe attempted to take his boy home and prevest bis de- j tention by the police. “I did not know who the man | was,” explained Monroe to Police | Judge Gordon Wednesday after- noon. “I'm deaf, and did not hear him say that he was chief of po- R FRIDAY y Shaving Soap, 10c size Se jars’ Bitters, $1.00 size ..83¢) jing ee BS PE we. ones Delaney told the court that Mon- piesa aeas ee” skin | roe understood his official capacity ounen s+ --I2%e! tutty, and deliberately attempted to Merck's German Liver Pills,| prevent the police from discover- site ...... 23¢/ing the eriminals and recovering 's Baby Food, large size S5e¢/the stolen hardware. Buchu Juniper Kidney Pills,| “Chief of Police Delaney sald h ieee <> wv --87¢ | knock my block off if I didn Bent Emulsion Cod Liver O11,| putting in, and that he ought to fine .. .--++ seresess.--870/ beat me over the head with his Bfe sole agents for Dr. Merch’s| gun,” said Monroe. and Skin Remedy, price per “If that’s the kind of a man you , -$1.25) are I guess the chief was about right,” said City Attorney De gal and the court fined Monroe RUPTURE IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS BELLINGHAM, June 15.—Poll- tica and personal feelings have all but effected an open rupture In nor- mal school affairs. Beginning with a difference over salaries, the disputes from time to 30c | time engendered have gone along 39e/ until Principal EB. T. Mathes was 45c!on the point of accepting the presi- 600 dency of Whitworth colle and tng Phiera|}a8 only declined the honor, ac- 79¢| cording to popular report, because 5Gc\he learns that Professor Forrest ers|and Miss Tromanhauser will not 49 | be retained after this year. ine Neither Professor Forrest nor Miss Tromanhauser was aware of w PAYS TO DEAL AT LANG'S Fs L LANG DRUG C® COLMAN BUILDING. $7 FIRST AVENUE. Columbia and Marion Streeta ning’s Speciais leworthy bargains on trust- 'y merchandise. je cutting Pliers . atting Pliers . Pliers In. safety side cutting for 69 other barga’ | pliers Sruit Wrench ...+ Te it board of trustee's intent to papetel 750 | -emove them, and as the knowledge t raised back Sa ere 99e| has come to them rather late they , Cushion frame, cow teycle » take time for exer oF you h to take time ick, Bicy riding is @ pleasant Of exercts steceee D\ sitions with any other Institution for next year. Mathes and Forrest began two years ago over the question of salaries Next the principal had disputes with both pedagogues because they steadfastly refused to sign the di- plomas of pupils whose grades |were not up to requirements. Now comes Governor Mead and |announces that he will not appoint either Frank ©. Teck nor B. E. White to succeed Mr. Teck as trus tee, but inatead will confer the honor upon some outside man Teck, it is believed, expected the appointment because it is alleged it was promised him, and White ta declared. to have also received a WINNINGS SATISFACTORY STORE, 1310 SECOND AVE. Contemplating Buying a Wed- ding Present We can please you tn the arti We and the price. G.Beninghausen Jeweler and Optician. First Avenue, |holding their positions at the will of the governor, the term of each having Donovan doubt expired eee ER ee ee officer was Chief of Police Delaney, | | atop er\may find it difficult to obtain po-| The trouble between | |promise which led him to believe | ‘he would get the coveted honor. | {Both Teck and J. J. Donovan are} RANCHISE ee * * * The agitation that is going © *® on all over the country for # * municipal ownership ts causing ® * financial men to become timid * * who would otherwise be * * xious invest in street r * *® way bonds.—James A, Moot * * RK RRR RRR JACOB A. FURTH, At the Head of the Seattle Street Rallway Octopus, Whose Machina- | tions Were Not Powerful ouich }to Defeat the Proposed New Fran- chise. one-half ita market, or going value, as the real value of the system, on account of the fact that a sinking fund must be provided, will be a eapitalization of § Instead of 4 per cont on the net earnings As an ilustration Moore stated that {if the company's net earnings jim 1994 were $106,000 for the year, | the city would be able to take over |the system for 250,000, although | really paying only one-half of that | amount. The proposition comm)|tteemen. astonished the Tt does away with } the value of the system. leas will Be appointed to succeed himeelf OFFICERS RESTRAINED Rarnest Hutchinson and Hutchinson, representing the tional Stamp company, of Yipal) Mich. have asked Judge Hanf the federal court, order against L. C. Smith, sheritt King cousty; mneth Mackintosh, district attorney, and J. D. Atkin- fon, attorney general of the state, | to prevent them from enforcing the [law passed by the last legislature, making the giving of trading stamps & misdemeanor, Judge Hanford or- | dered that the officers be cited into |court to show cause why the re- | straining order should not be grant- }ed, and the hearing will be held in | Suty. j e * | WASHINGTON, June 15.—The President ts indignant over the way |the Chinese exclusion laws are be- |ing administered. Hoe Inaists that common sense should be used in administering the laws, which were Intended to exclude only coolies, and has written Secretary Metcalf to that effect. A lL Na- 1, 4, of for a restraining Vollel Bartosviere will not be able |to kill himself unless he can escape jthe vigilant eye of « Steilacoom guard. He was arrested on the waterfront for persistently trying to commit suicide, and sent to the jinsane asylum Wednesday after- noon. Mave you noticed the marvelous development of the district south of Yesler Way? Just take a half hour or so, ride |to the corner of Twelfth Avenue | Soeth and Charlee Street and take | @ look abowt you. See the immense area which has been grated down to the level of Tenth Avenue South. Bear in mind that this ts to be cut | down nearly fifty feet more so as | to give an easy grade up Dearborn | Street from the Tide Flats |. ‘Then go south one block and weat half a block to the end of Norman | Street and glance at the Tide Fiat | District. Note the now buildings | which are going up, see the railroad terminals and freight warehouses, |observe the Iand which has been jalrendy filled in and the district | which is now being improved in that way, trace the new streets | which the City ts buflding and then ask yourself whether this district will not be the center of Seattie’s wholesale and manufacturing bust- | nese Jn a very few yours. Then go two and one-half blocks east and examine the valley which Nes at your feet. Count the new houses, If you can, and see the wide stretch of level land which runs clear down to Renton, As you come down Twelfth Aw enue to the City, you can see what @ very narrow ridge separate: this bdenutiful valley from the immensely |Yaluable Tide Lands and, if you have any foresight at all, you will seo that this district In a fow years, with easy grade through the bill, is going to be worth at least ton times what it is today. Then gratia telephone before fomeone gets in ahead of you and arrange for at least two or three of the beet lote left in the RAINIER BOULBVARD ADDITION. the necessity of a board to arbitrate | THE SEATTLE STAR iT URSDAY, JUNE 15, 190. Women Parade Streets Clad in Night Dresses ia bar e ” very Drunken women, olad night dresses, drinking at with mon, and running about front of the satoon building, lavia ing caresses and embraces mancusne passersby, in the heart 6f the business district! These are some of the reasons set out by the incensed citizens of mly the lite town of Skykomish tn jthetr petition asking that the sa jloon Heenses of George C. Monroe jand G. . Warren be revoked cusdeentintesienndaninnss i Henry Gregg, the local colored poundmaster, and Conductor Hum phreys, in charge of car No. 200, of the Seattle Electric vompany, came to blows on Firat avenue Wednes day morning over the latter's right to put Grege off his car because he dtd not pay cash fare Gress insisted that a police # fF as & pane offictatiy given him by Ch Hee Delaney, be acoep' in ae lance with the company's francht which states that poliee-| men provided with patrolman’s badge ride free of charge. Grogs reasoned with the ce t- or, who, instead of taking the num- ber of the badge and reporting it pulled the poundmaster and started a “rough house first struck at the conductor in “These lawd and wanton women,” | the petitioners affirm, “may be seen any time of day or night, running about the premises and insulting and jeering at respectable women who are out shopping, It has be intulerable and it must The county comminsioners or- the two saloonkeepers to ap before them on June 2 to cause why thelr Hoenses should not be revoked. POUND MASTER AND STREET CAR CONDUCTOR HAVE "ROUGH HOUSE” Conductor Hur Humphreys bears the marks of the affray and succeeded tn landing sev eral stiff ones on the anatomy of the poundmaster, in spite of th play. Grege’s billy drew the in several places and the conduct or'a arms are swollen badly from contact with the hickory billy Buperint nt Kempater make a port of the Chief of Police Delaney and it look will trouble to as If the company intended backing Humphreys, who admits that, « cording the franchise, he was in the ng, but claime that, as far ag he knew at the time, he was act ing in accordance with the com pany's bulletin’s, The latest bulletir ued to at car men did t in Gregs’s badge, but the com- y had issued another bulletin in ae revolver, ap defense, then used his billy, and. @ last resort, drew hy cording to ® statement made by | luding Gree«’s which it fad fatled lintribute to its em- ployes number, CONFEDERAYVE LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jane 15. the events at the annual r at Loulevilie, June 14-16 of honor. The two dau« ficen this year are Mins N chief maid. ‘Two of the princ re the sponsor-in sof the South Leach. Both are residents of Fort Worth, RECKLESS ‘‘SCORCHER” RAGES a TWO BEAUTIFFUL PARTICIPAN T6 IN THE REUNION AT LOUISVILLE, Ky. 1 participants in on of the United Confederate Veterans 1 the chief maid who act In these of- sponsor, and Mixx Ada Darter, INTO THE POLICE STATION To be arrested twice In one night within an hour, and in different sec- tions of the city, fe what happe te Chauffeur F. G. Case, in the em- ploy of the Broadway Automobile company ! The first arrest was for violating | the recent state in regard to the speed of an automobile in the city limits, The second time Case was charged with intoxication Pa- troiman Mayou sent him in from the restricted district shortly after 13 o'clock midnight Wednesday. He was booked for « violation of the autemobtiie law and held for a short time in the city jail. He pleaded #0 pathetically with Captain Laubecher that he was released In order to locate his machine and take it back to the automobile company'p barn. Chase found the machine and speeded up Second avenue at a rate of 66 miles an hour. Patrolman Me- Clure stopped him tn the upper th me) law of the city, during one of his “stunts,” and sent him back to tip? station on a charge of drunkenness, | at 1:30 o'clock Thursday morning Case put up $5 bail and was rey Jeased. Ho gave bail of $20 on thw} first charge. i A representative of the Bi iwayh Automobile company was th the field looking for the $4,000 “de vp. cart” and the reckless chauffeug./} According to the company's side/ of the story Case was discharged men i NOTICE TO WA CONSUMERS Your attention is called to Sectioh}} 12 of Ordinance 4443, which readsl} as follows Section 12. The use of wa- ter for irrigation is prohibited, . || except en the hours of six | and f e m., and six and nine | For violation of this « ' y of two dollara | shall be 1 and taxed | against th on supplied with | the service um In such irriga- tion, and the w r shall be turned off nth the same ta | paid. j The irrigation season shall include only the months of May, June, July, August and Septem- ber | Water consumers living in dis triets where the supply is inade-| quate during the regular irrigation hours, and persons who find it im- pomiblc to make use of the water) during such hours can obtain a spe | cial permit to use water outside the LEWIS- LITTLEFIELD €0. AGENTS 22 HALLER BLDG. rat. $4! 297 regular hours by personal applic tien at the water office from its employ on Wednesday] morning and came back that even- ing to try out one of the new mm- chines. He broke several records on the smooth « Jtum of Broadway in the residence district before tour- ing the restricted district and the ympany wae unable to catch him, it feared emulating Barney Old- field tm the city Iimits. “We think that Case was endan- «ering the lives of citizens,” said the company’s manager. “We did ot know that he had the autormo- bile until we witnessed his bursts of speed on roadway.” The chaffeur was discharged in police court Thursday afternoon Judge Gordon said that he approved of the course taken by the patrol man, but would give the automaniac another chance. DIED WHILE HE SLEPT Tho death of M. C. Bartholomew, 60, of Georgetown, calied for an dmvestigation by Coroner Carroll Who detailed Deputy Coroner Arn aid to look into the matter “Mrs. Freda Bartholomew, the dead man's wife, awoke early ‘Thursday morning and to her hor ror discovered that her husband was dead ‘The remains were removed to the Ronney-Watson morgue. Death is supposed to have result- #4 from stomach trouble. A post Mortem examination will be held upon the remains Thursday after- On HURLED BRICK William Evans, laborer, and C. 1. Metcalf, contractor, started an al tercation on Washington street, Wednesday morning Both men aced under arrest by Patrol men 0’Connor and Carleton. Metcalf is charged with assault and battery and was released on bail, while Evans is beld as a wit- ness. Tho patrolmen say that Met calf hurled a brick at vans, whose head was patched up at police headquarters, WASHINGTON, June ~The onitor Puritan, having on board naval reserves of the District of Columbia, is hard aground at Point Lookout, in the Potomac, and will be unable to participate in the ne val operation as planned THE PRUGAL HOUSEWIFD WITH A LEANING TOWARD f { | 1 Boynten’s Wonder Buck Saws One-Man and X Cuts are the best Saws in the market Buck Sawa, each $1.00 |] OneMan and X Cuts, per ft. .500 It-inch Stearn's Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers $7.00 16-inch Stearn’s Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers $6.00 60 ft. % good quality Garden Howe $3.50 26 ft. % good quality Garden Hose $1.75 |] Gur $5.00 Cotton Hose reduced to | $4.25 jf Our $6.00 %xb-ply Howe, reduced to $4.25 Our $8.50 %x7-ply Howe, reduced iq to $7.00 Our $1.26 Hove Sprinklers reduced | to 906 House Jacks for sale, $2.60 each, or rent 106 day O. K. Washer—best washer tn the world — $10.00 — $2.00 down $1.00 week—d red free to your house in the elty or on boat for out of town shipment Special sale on Spoons, Ta ble Spoons, Knives and Forks Prices will surprise you | C. W. Boynton | Saw & Hardware Company 300 Pike St., Cor. 34 Kellogg, Fire Marshal Ralph Cook, C. F. D., have issued & special retail permit exclusive for Pike Street Woodcock’s Pharmacy, 604 Fireworks! | Fireworks! Fireworks! |} 1¢ © $2.50 4 $5.00 plecen. to near Sixth) for NEWS OF THE STATE | OLYMPIA—The Idaho Brewing \« Malting company, of Spokane, filed articles of incorporation. Cap- ital stock, $200,000, Articles of incorporation of the Emptre State Athletic club, of Spo- were also filed EVERETT — Fred Peterson, a miner, fell 60 feet down a mining | shaft at Monte Cristo, and not only | lives to tell the tale, bot has only @ | few sprains to show for tt. While being raised In a bucket the rope broke and Peterson took a drop that jonly a miracle made otherwise than fatal. Charles Anderson, who was waiting at the bottom of the shaft, got burt worse than the man who | fell. His shoulder was knock of place and he received a blow on the head BELLINGHAM — Spokane was unanimously selected for the place lof meeting of the Masonic grand lodge, next year, in the new Mason\ temple, which fs to be dedicated In August of the present year. CONNELL—Construction work on the Eastern Washington railroad, the new line from Connell to Filet cher, will be commenced within the next two weeks TACOMA—A. Van Holderbeke. | state commissioner of hortteulture | says the apple crop this season will | be one of the best {n the history of the state of Washington. The crop is already assured, he says, and will be especially heavy west of the mountains, Cc TRALIA—The H. H. Martin Lumber company, of Centralia, has announced the purchase of 30,000,000 feet of standing timber in the Han ford valley, north of Centralia and tributary to the Hanaford creek and the mill. The price paid for the timber was $27,000 or nearly $1 per thousand feet stumpage, which is | considered a very high price to pay for timber at present, unless it is very desirable, The timber was purchased from Susan Thompson, of Olympia. ARCHITECT AWARDED DAMAGES FROM GOULD MINBOLA, La, June 15 jury in a suit for damages brought by Abner J. Haydel, architect, against Howard Gould, for services in drawing. plans for Castle Gould, brought ‘In a verdict for 9,183.75, less $5,000 paid on account. Special Rates to Portland Monday, Juno 19th, train leaving at 8:40 m. only, Cali at N. P, Clty | Office at once for particulars . EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PIKE sTR and | | ‘The SAVING } FAIL TC rae MAN WATH THE MY, SHOULD NOT wT Camping dae ic Oak nair, cane spectal regula S5e¢ Red Front Furniture Company ) PIKE STREET. For Friday and Saturday Y%-eal Wine j } | | bottle of 12-year Port $1.00 The Whisky | Ye-eal. Old Angelica .,. | Full quart Old Glendale |} 1 gal. Old Robin on Whisky 3.00 The Murphy Wine & Liquor Co. 308-10 PIKE STREET, | Alaska Sweet Peas, % lbs. 15¢ | Telephone Peas, 2 Ibe.....15¢@ | Wax Beans, 2 Ibs. he New Potatoes, 10 Ibs 2he Sour Pie Cherries, 2 Ibs. ... 7 5@ Strawberries, Marshals, 2 boxes ; 9 aphVeon be Walnuts (sweet meats), 2 Ibs ‘ 5 Almonds (not the stale kind) 2 Ibs. ovannr et | Supply Fresh Dairy Butter, Sat- Urday, 2 IDB .eereereeees She WM. S. MAYFIELD FAMILY GROCERS. 603 PIKE STREET. Main 998; Ind, A 998. LITTLE HAPPENINGS A gospel tent meeting will be held in a large tent on the old Yesler property, Third and James, commencing on Friday evening. Dr. P. F. Bresee, Los Angeles, will have charge of the meetings. Rev. H. D. Brown, of this city, is making the preliminary arrangements. Serv- joes will be held each day at 2:80 jand 7:30 p.m. Three services will | be held on Sunday. | Frank Richards, who was arrest- ed in Georgetown a short time ago and charged with counterfeit- ing money, pleaded guilty to the charge Wednesday in Judge Han- ford’s court. The court returned a verdict of not guilty Im the case of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel MeDenald, charged with counterfeiting, the tools being found in their posses- sion. Mrs. MeDonald is a sister of Richards. The latter, in order to save her took all the blame on him- self. His sentence has not been | paased Fire Marshal Kellogg announces that he will not allow the sale of fireworks to take place in wooden buildings within the first fire dis- trict. Several business men, in or- der that they may not be prevented on that account from accommodat- |ing the Fourth of July trade, may try to stop the fire marshal from carrying out his intentions through appeal to the courts. FORT HUNT, Va., June 15.—The double turreted monitor Terror and converted gunboat Stren were theo- retically put out of action by the guns of Fort Hunt early this morn- ing. Sixty shots were fired from the eight-inch guns across the river. Theoretically only 10 shots were re- quired to sink the Terror, The | Siren’s attempt with small boats to jlitt the mines below Marshall's | Point also fatled, the boat being constantly under fire from the fort. | | | | Clark Exposition. Spe- and | Only $6.60 for the round trip. Jolal N. P. train leaves Seattle 8:39 To Lewis a. m, Friday morning, June 9th | re with you, | Opposite Arcade Most Reliable Dentist: | Set of Teeth .... Gold Crowns, 22K, Bridge Work Gold Fillings Other Fillings SEB US. We wi years’ guarantee. ,Lady Attendant. R. ZIMMERMAN, Mgr. the p.m. ma Pp Open tii 8 MERCHANTS--FOR FRIDAY 1c Matting, per yard....4O¢ 36e Matting, per yard 20¢ Camping Tents, 8x10, 8-02. duck $1.00 | HOT AIR FURNACES We carry a high grade kind and put them up properly. GEO, _H, WOODHOUSE CO. DENTAL 1314 SECOND AVENUE . $3.00 to $5.00 ... 850, BOe t Pike St. Shopping Guide {ABIT,” OR, IN FACT, ANYONE ) READ THE BARGAINS MAD AND SATURDAY SILLANG Olympic Market | and Grocery Main 1009. 2909. Marche. Ind. 118 Pike, Opp. Bon SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY California Tomatoes, 2% tb. cans, 4 for ios os 25e¢ Logs of Mutton, Ib. ........ 116 No. 1 Japan Fice, Ib. 5e Shoulders of Mutton, Ib. . | 7 lbs. Good Broken Rice for 25 @ | Beet Pot Roasts, Ib. Te 10€ | Gallon cans Sugar Byrup | FR DELAVERY. Ib. brick Creamery Butter ABE 45¢€ Ibs. Full Cream Cheese 25¢ ib. Signal Blend Cotter. .25@ -lb, can Defiance Baking Pow- 2 dozen Ranch Kegs .... 2 1 1 3 cans best Corn Pacific Import Co. Witsoe The Stationer 207 PIKE STREET Near Second Dennison'’s Crepe Paper, slightly damaged, per roll ........-5@ Fine line of Shelf Paper, pack- age : Regular 10c Toflet Paper, 4 rolls | ST. PAUL, Minn., June 15.—The Great Northern rafiroad has re- duced rates on shingles from the Pacific coast to castern points to enable American lumber- men to compete with the mills British Columbia. The th rate announced makes a reduction of from 1% to 2 cents to eastern Canada. See our display of Men's Ow Suits. The prices ra from 96. to $15.00. An inspection is all we ask, for we know that you will buy, These goods are made by the best tailors and are of the best q of goods at the prices. H. Co., lst Ave. cor. Cherry. —ag——aae Great Northern Railway Will sell round-trip tickets to Mle waukee on June 14, 15, 16, for $60.70, Good white cups—just the thing for summer camp, Dinner 5e Plates Each White Semi-Porcelain, fancy pattern; special prices for | FRIDAY at the 10c Store 1325 SECOND AVE. Arcade Block. Let us 1405 SECOND AVENUE co. Entrance s in the West eossesees $5.00 00 $1.00 0 TSe 12 rico right. Sundays, 9 to 2, Phone Main 67

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