The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1905, Page 2

é ~~ ay, 4 a ALL THE NEWS THAT'S RELIA WILL BE FOUND IN THE STAR. FIRST ON THE GTRERT WITH THE LATEST NEWS ote 18 ONE The ‘Pioneei-one Cont Paper of the Northwest ahiont DITION, he TTLE, WASHIN ‘ON, MONI Shameless Councilmen Vote City’s Rights Away WEET SUDDENLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ATTEMPT TO RAILROAD SECOND AND WESTLAKE FRANCHISE—MURPHY OBJECTS—FIGHT BEFORE COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT to ratiread, void of debate had it net been for the appearance ef Counciiman Mur phy m behalf of the Ninth ward Murphy said it would be little leas than a crime to grant the exclusive franchise on Westlake, going over various important reasens why the Tn a brazen attempt Trough the council two exclusive franchises for the Seattle Blectric company, the corporations commit tee Saturday afternoon officially acted upon the ordinances, and the fight over them will be brought be-| application should be turned down. fore the whole council Monday/ He said the 25,000 people living in night the Ninth ward were at the present Within 15 minutes after The Star} time the victims of a scandalous car with the account of the secret/servicea, and that te shut frame-up had appeared on. the/them off from the benefits of a streets, the committee met at the| competing system by the closing of eity hall and approved the Westlake! Westlake boulevard would be on franchise. Tho original intention Was not to convene until the regu lar meeting next Wednesday, but in view of the uproar that it was known woukl be created by The Star's exposure, it was thought more! jority of the council with him any- expedient to meet at once and dis-| way, He said the Seattle Blectric pose of the matter. }company could not afford to share Mullen, Zbinden and Benjamin/ its tracks with @ competing com Yoted for the Westlake franchise | pany, and that a single company Rade voting against it and Chair-/could furnish the city with a much Man Bowen not committing himself. | better service than two or more, Mullen and Zbinden made an at-/anyhow. When Murphy tempt to railroad the Second avenue | attention to the fact that all steam franchise through, also, in spite of|roads entering the city were com the fact that the committee had| pelied to submit to the common-use Promised to give citizens interested | clause, Furth said that the case was &n opportunity to express them-|very much different, but Murphy Selves at the regular meeting of the! replied that he could not see why committee Wednesday. A majority! Tho excuses given by Mullen, Of the committee, however, made a|Zbinden and Benjamin were pain stand for common decency, and/fully lame Benjamin said he could Mullen and Zbinden will be obliged] not bear to see the octopus in the to bring in a minority report at the/sad position of being obliged to council meeting Monday night. share its tracks with a competing The action taken by the commit-| company on the main arteries. He tee was exactly as forecasted by/did not think it was fair. The Star. As far as the committee! Zbinden and Mullen took the po Itself was concerned there was lit-| sition that a dozen or more property tle discussion, as the proposition{/owners on Westlake and Second. had been thoroughly gone over in| whose pocketbooks had blunted Secret onference. The petition| their sense of justice, should be the with th names of Second avenue|sole arbiters of the vital matter. Property wners who wanted the| Mullen had opposed the thing until earline and the exclusive franchise| the octopus had consented to extend Was presented. It did not bear the/the Broadway line into his neigh- Rame of J."A. Moore, as many mem-| borhood, and he was satisfied. He ders of the committee had hoped.| said he did not give a whoop under Had he signed it would have made| what conditions a carline was built unspeakable outrage him as best he could, but did not | appear to be very deeply interested & nice excuse for several of the|on Westlake as long as it was built folons to vote for the exclusive] Zbinden was simply representing franchises. himself and a few Sixth ward The meeting would have been de-| friends. N. P, Has to Dig Up Wages of Deputies SHERIFF SMITH FURNISHED PROTECTION, BUT MADE THE RAILWAY PAY INSTEAD OF INNOCENT TAXPAYER Sheriff Lou Smith has been doing; wanted any deputies to protect it ‘ittle frenzied financtering—but of | from itself it could furnish salaries & most commendable sort and transportation for every man In the past 19 days Sheriff Smith|sent out. This, he said, was final has saved King county just about! The result was that each of the $5,000. Better still, the $5,000 was | 40 deputies sent out was put on the paid by a corporation Northern Pacific payroll, and each It was all very simple. | was furnished with transportation When the Northern Pacific had as an employe of the road. The an internal rumpus and found it-|men were sent out August 2, and self with a string of striking op-|reported on Monday morning. To erators reaching from St. Paul to|each was due 19 days’ pay at $4.50 the Pacific on its hands it ap-|per day, the entire force costing the pealed to Sheriff Smith for depu- | octopus’ $2,420 for salaries. Trans- ties to protect its road in King | portation and incidentals, which county. The octopus thought it} would have cost King county up would require about 40 deputies to| ward of $1,000, brings the figure keep things dérderly and nice. saved to King county up to about Lou Smith sat down and figured | $5,000. it all out. He could not see that} “And the same policy will be fol- anybody's property other than that|lowed by this administration of the Northern Pacific was endan-|straight through,” said Sheriff gered, and the peril, if any there|Smith Monday morning. “So long was, came from the internal mech-|as corporations continue to have anism of the octopus itself. So the | trouble among themselves and bring eriff couldn't see just why King | about internal conditions that en county should send out 40 special | danger their own property, they can deputies at its own expense. He| pay for it themselves. It ian't going therefore told the octopus that if it|to cost King county a cent.” prove his right to buy the saloon and to run it The committee approved the I- cense when the name of Hemrich Brothers was substituted for that ot Lande. ISCUSS * WILL THE MAYOR FLOP? There is much speculation at the city hall regarding the ac leense and revenue commit The license and revenue commi tion which Mayor Ballinger take in the matter of Monday afternoon, discuss will tee is, Mon granting the exclusive fran shall allow eS SEER EE ee fng whether or not it the reopening of Frank Balocchi'# First and Virginia, the li- conse for which has been revoked, under new management. An application for a new license for the place has been made by the Hemrich Brewing company, which controls the property. Frank Lan dy, against whom the police have} previously had objections, alleging that his purchase was not bonafide, chises to the Seattle Electric company. The only intimation he has yet given of his position is in the%nterview which he re * * * * * * * * * * * contly gave The Star. Reading * * * * * * * * * * * between the lines, that inter: view looked a great deal as though the mayor was not in sympathy w sive franchises on thoroughfares like th granting exclu important Second and ‘ bi Westlake avenues, But the is trying to secure the es bos mayor has been known to money in the meantime being in change his mind. hands of the company. If the li conse is not granted to him ever, his money will be given back to him and another purchaser will be found by the brewing company. Fair tonight and Tuesday; Landy, however, says he will frech West winds. see See WEATHER FORECAST. how light to President Furth tried to answer) perhaps feeling that he had a ma-/ called his} | | | | BIG AND BITTER The Battleship Nebraska Will Have a $3000 Silver Service THE FINEST AND COSTLIEST GIFT EVER PRESENTED BY A STATE TO A WARSHIP WHICH BEAMS ITS NAME WILL BE GIVEN TO THE BIG SEAFIGHTER NOW BEING BUILT IN SE- ATTLE—GIFT WILL BE READY NOVEMBER 1 ERPS SAA ASERGAA HALE ES SESS ESEETOON * SILVER SERVICE FOR THE NEBRASKA Pd ® To be delivered November 1 * & Will cont $2,000 & & Will weigh 1.300 oun * ® Consists of .. « t Piece, Loving Cup, Punch & * How! Ladle, Walter and 18 ® » goblets * *. * RRR REE The new silver service of the bat-, centerpiece tleship Nebraska, the contract for | inche furnishing which hag been awarded the Reichenberg-Smith company, of Omaha, Neb, will be one of the fin st and most costly possessed by any ship in the navy or separately. It in 12 in height and has dolphin dies with shell border. An In- ne in etehed on one side and sther ix the heal of a buffalo, Ite weight in 100 our The puhch bow! stands 21 inches The service will consist of a cen-/|in height and is 16 inches in diam- terpiece, loving cup, punch bowl,|eter, inside measurement. It will punch ladie, silver waiter and eight-| hold five gallons and ts plated with een silver goblets. The al weight gold on the inmide. It has two of the service will be 1,200 ounces. | graceful handles with full modeled It would take the ail eagles wurmounting It. or of 1,200 4 th < lars to supply the me reals of the state and navy in its manufacture. It conta 83 n either ure ‘The service is to be delivered on) rounded by r, th November 1 and will be placed on! golden rod reliet Omaha and at Lincotn | work complete The manstve feet ng the lders and of buffaloes, B these ndeled relief heads of cat- ands on th Thé total length of the center-/| tle, the bull, sheep and antelope be plece is inches and its height 21 moet prominent. The punch inches. The lights have silver can- | bowl weighs 300 our Hleshades with the seal of the navy The p ch ladle is 18 Inches long and the seal of the state etched on |} and welghs 18 ounces, them. | The sliver waiter is to h the The “U. 8. 8. Nebraska” is etched | punch bow oblets. An etching on the central panel of the bat adorns the center On one aide is an etching of the | of the plate. The waiter has a shell Union Pacific bridge at Omaha, in-| border with entwined dolphin han dicating the first overland route to| ‘les, also the seal of the stnte and the west, On the opposite side in @|Pavy with floral oration. ‘The scene on the Platt river | head of a bear is shown in high re On the corresponding pancla on| lief on the side total weight of the re aide etchings the | the waiter is 260 capitol ding; a farm scene show The seal of the at is etched in ing stacks of hay and a skirmish | the yttom of each of the chteen with the In tween the vart- | CUPS handles are full model showing the products of the state, | “re gilded and weigh 100 ounces. including corn, wheat and cattle. | The trial trip of the Nebraska will An eagle holde im ite talons the| take place about November 1, and golden rod, the state flower, and the |!t 1# announced at Moran's ship laurel branch, indicating victory, yards that Governor Mickey, of Ne Seaweed is introduced in connec- | braska, accompanied by hie statt carrying | 4nd practically the same Thi¢ piece | Rests which witnessed the tion with the out the nautical design shell effect launch weights 500 ounces: ling of the battleship last fall, will | visit Seattle when tho trial trip is THE LOVING CUP. trade. The loving cup or flower vase is The plan now is to present Me used either in conjunction with the silver service to the battleship F THE STAR'S POL rty of| Seattle Star AUGUST a1 1905 Japan and Russia Face VOL THE STAR PRINTS THE NEWS, iT DOES NOT SUPPRESS IT, The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News a5 CENTS PER MONTH Deadlock in Negotiations eee eee tee eee eee eee eee [nile the distinguished party of} Nebraskans |x in the city, Formal ceremonies will attend the presen | tation of the gift, but the details of |the ceremonial have not yet been arranged UNCONSCIOUS FOR MANY HOURS Te be guddenly stricken down with epliepsy at 10 o'clock Sunday | night wag the fate of Mins ©. Hot | ton, who was heard moaning in the vicinity of 1118 Cherry by Attor ney Walter Fulton, who discovered the young woman lying hwipiess in the street. She was unconscious when pick ed up and did not regain conscious nen until Monday morning at the Providence hospital, where she was taken in the city ambulance, Dr Renninger worked over his patient for hours before he was certain [that she would recover. Bhe is a domestic in the employ jot Mra. J. C. Haines, and was on | hér way home when stricken {ll i Re * * *| |@ WASHINGTC Aug. 21 *) # The court of inquiry, which in- * # Yestigated the causes of the # # explosion on the gunboat Ben- * # nington in San Dtego harbor, * recommends that Ensign & | Charlies T. Wade, who was in # # charge of the engineering de * # partment of the ship, be court- #/ | # martialed * * *) Ree eee 2 el |" gudge Morris, in the superior | jeourt, is hearing an argument Monday afternoon on a motion by MIKADO'S ENVOYS FIRM IN BELIEF THAT TERMS OFFERED BY VICTORIOU® MATION ARE GENEROUS. VELT ATTEMPTS TO POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS PRESIDENT ROOSE ARERR RUA hth INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 21.—-A correspondent of the Portsmouth, says: “I am able to state authoritatively last few days have brought to a. focus the rtant phases nf @, and as @ reeult th developments m The Unite States will on its own initiative or through re quent of one of the belligerents, assume a protectorate over Sag halin island. It is reported that this was the subject of the con pnee between Baron Rosen and President Roosevelt, and that with Kanek Jentinel, at that the president discussed this phase of the situation today, It is not positive whether the proposition was of the president's origination or suggested by Russia or Japan INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 21.—“It is stated that the president tent mages to every member of the foreign relations commit tee of the senate asking his opinion on what would be the re sult if thin country took this Cullom, chairman. stand, It is stated that received such @ telegram yesterday Senator SESE E EEE EEE EERE teak RR OYSTER BAY, L I Hefore Aug - POR place he|M. Wit SMOUTH, N. H Kaneko left this morn ia J idiotic to of subm! : : Hague tribunal the questions of in JAPAN HAS OFFERED RUB- | gemnity and Saghalin T TERMS THAT| Minister Sato, the Japanese RIOUB NATIO! spokesman. said today ‘There EXPECTED may be concessions and there may be @ final adjustment of details Although he did not say in so| bringing the negotiations to an end, many words, these terms constituted | but neither aide will submit an ultimatum and his manner b Hague any questions involving prin out the impression that the question |ciple. The Japanese and Russians| gan today of peace or war rested with Russia | will settle the present dif alone. without the aid of European coun: tries or there said Witte Kaneko was anked if he brought to the prenident ge trom Tek on the question of indemnity He anewered, “No, i aleo denied that the president had corm leat ed ything important to him. will be no settlement, men commissioners are unable may re it in a legal advisor. Secretary Loeb returned today |appointed by a belligerent which from a vacation in the Yellowstone | may decide upon the statute of con Pork. lcessions, remissions and kindred Partial arbitrations of points the| Kaneko made to settle} president One| lieved the commissioner thinks a board will be| secure greater concessions from Ja= th ingot, . f PORTSMOUTH, b . Aue t-~ 1M. Witte wtated this afternoon tha€ President Roosevelt had tendered hin good offices through Baron Rewer rest of peace AS hard as ene t may be, ar yielding as the Russiahe of the president is counted as ont powerful. There have been w number of situations oe the; the prene Jand the lover by believed thin apparently just aw hard At threatened deadioc! have stale beso aeereieal the t. It is that he do as much! president's wil PORTSMOUTH, Aug. The | peace envoys today are discussing by « with th overnments they cuggestions = mai by President Roosevelt. The president did not! interfere with the negotiations, but | whatever action he has taken has n upon the invitation of Japan. The reason for the circuitous route is @ natural hesitation of the Japa- e envoys to approach the Rus- |sians directly for fear their effortal might be misconstrued law Bal- | MAITt Aug. 21 Martial has been declared in the entire | tic province of Courtland. WARSAW, Aug. 21.—A general strike throughout Poland, as a pro= test againet the disregard of the The} rights of the Poles in the scheme for the representative assembly be- Vistula railway em ployes left the trains standing im tations at intermediate points. OYSTER BAY, L. L, Aug. 21.— his fifth visit to the thie morning. It is be- president asked him te | pan for Russia, notably the lower- ing of the demand for indemnity by, few millions. Stone Dressing Plant Latest Local Project FIRST OF KIND TO BE ESTABLISHED in NORTHWEST—INDI- ANA LIMESTONE CHIEF PRODUCT—MAY BE USED ON FED- ERAL BUILDING the first the into electricity The novel fe A stone dressing plant of its kind to be established in northwest, is soon to be put operation at Smith cove. almost exclusively the planing Frank H. McCann, of New York,|and finishing of Indiana limestone, an expert in the business, who is| which will be shipped all the way now in the city, has purchased half|to Seattle to be prepared. Wash- & block of land, a short distance | ington stone, however, will also be north of the Portland Cordage fac-|handled in such quantities as is tory, on which he is to erect a/ necessary Plant to cost at least $50,000. There! The main will be nothing like it on the coast The machinery will be moved by object is to start ture of the project | clusively is that the machinery will be used | that it can be shipped here and sol@ the} nino or Los Angeles stone in use of the Indiana stone in the con-| federal building by substituting the struction of buildings in this city./Indjana product. “ The large number of buildings now in course of erection here is re sponsible for the decision of Me- Cann and his associates to estab lish their business in Seattle. Indiana limestone is almost pure white, and is considered the finest building stone in use in the United States today. It is used to a large extent in New York and almost ex- in Chicago. It fs sald |as cheap as Chuckanut and Tenino, |which are native to this state. | It makes a building of beantiful |appearance, and it is possible that | the chamber of commerce will make an effort to end the controversy re- garding the use of Chuckanut, Te- the and some hair patied{ keocked the glass from his wife's “aptain Benkard and Lieutenan€ Parker, of the Twelfth New York, left the Taggarts with us and went into the cafe. We stayed about half was bruise biue. It had been previously testt- |fied to by another witness that )Mrs. Taggart had said Mrs. Poor [defeated her in a drinking bout at homas. Mrs. Poor said she “never heard of such a contest Taggart’'s attorneys say they will that Mrs. Tag WOOSTER, Ohio, Aug. 21.—Cap-|Tenew the motion tain Taggart's attorneys this morn | Bart ® cross bi iy be thrown ~— ing filed a motion to throw his| Mrs. Fannie Saffront, wife of ( wife's cross petition out. Antici-|tain Saffront, of Fort Logan, Co! She con- pating such motion Mrs. Taggart’s| testified this afternoon | husband; an hour. Mrs. Taggart and I drank lemon and selzer, Taggart entered, wearing a heavy overcoat, although the night was warm. Mra, Taggart stood up, glass in hand. Taggart kgocked it to the floor, Mrs. Taggart went home with her officers accompanied me It is not true 35 years. She told of the! a few minutes later. attorneys recalled the captain and|f to 35 years. She told of the/a few m naked tares questions Fimt. “bo|seene in the cafe at Matanzas, Cuba, | the officers were drunk. Mrs. Tag- you want a divorce should your} When Taggart is aid to have! gart hadn't taken intoxicants all grounds prove sufficient?” It ts} day.” known that both are fighting for} of the children rather| than divorce. Hoe hesitated, and an swered “You.” Next If you can not have a divorce and your vite has grounds, do you want a divorce?” Taggart “aot ab lowed to answer Answering a third question, T aggart said he wanted the decree granted accord. ing to the evidenc court re-| 4 to dismiss the cross bill | Th jeposition of Captain hed the trouble] the custody was read concerning A. Moore and the city of Seattie to have the {njunction modified | which was secured some we 0} By Pr. Nelson, stoppi 1 regrade after he home, He of a st had tak Mra. Taggart) cg said he heard the sound and loud voices, which Next morning Mrs. | v sed of att of little girls npting to ruin a the num ving in inity of 1814 Sixth, Dennis Sulll- Little Girls His Intended Victims is n has intimidated and tried to erce children {nto his snare. He will be held pending a rigid is investigation of the complaints made Work on the south side of Virginia} r went to Taggart's home and I) van, is at the city jail with no ainst him. Street north of Third avenue. J alled to procure protection for|charge against his name, although A. Moore and the city are asking| Mrs, Taggart. I reported to Col.| the police have obtained sufficient that the work be allowed to pro-| Mine art sald he was nearly | evide to hold him for an alleged coed |erazea and feared he had used vio-|attempted assault upon several ele tt RASA ENS te areas He asked condonement and | his intended victims. * elelohahelaholahoioholohelel Att: mined never to repeat the of City Detective Charley pineal tars FOOL BEEF TRUST bs * KEOKU Ia %| fens was summoned to arrest Sullivan] » * aa Saline fever patie *| The day when Poor saw nd learned from the mother on one) CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—It has & aah Staina et-be % | at the hospital he said t girl the methods the man used to/% developed that butchers, ho- # # dered not to stop at ¢ # | cried. “He asked me to take a let-}Jure the girls to his room * tel men and restauranteurs & % Workmen who were exposed w| tr 10 his wife, begging her not to| Candy and money in sums ranging | have organized in 20 cities to # # are quarantined. {take the children from him, I told | fro: cents to as high as $5 were! erect and operate packing * Ite jhim I would take the message, but| offer 4 and Sullivan even grabbed|% plants in opposition to the #e Reese we tees eee kien | Would use my influence to have her| one of the little giris by the arm and | w beef trust. Prants to cost over # }leave, so both might think over the/attempted to drag her into his) half a million are planned for # | William Woodcock, an old man, is | events and decide what was t|room, She cried and then he re-| this city, It is sald that plants # being tried Monday afternoon for|for them. Taggart drank about t leased her |® have already been quietly ®& jinsanity before the in ity com-| same as the other officers. Mra.| Su when he! & erected at San Francisco, New *& mission. He was arrested Monday | Poor told of her visit to Mre, Tag- was b The an-|w York and other centers, a morning, his principal defect being| gart on the morning after the quar- gry reside t * * a tendency to melancholy, rel and said Mrs. Taggart’s body city say the KKH a it cl aR waa ead