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oe A CHAPTER GRIM REAPER PT FOOLS POLICE! [ 447 AE TELA ( YOU A FUNNY A colored man, known aa “Junk THING LATTES was found dead in an WULLIe SAID ever the Montana stad’ LAST NIGHT s « x T lay nig y Patrolman B patrolman reeogn the us that a tu from yut death had already taken | out of his hands | city Jail “Junk” broke away and | eluded his pursuers. It ts believed | that he hid away in the opium den | for fear of recapture by the police | and practically starved himself to | death. Coroner Carroll was not! fied and the remains removed to] the Honney-Watson morgue. “Junk” had t under — for minor offenses a number of} — times, and the police say that bis} Teputation was bad He had a sister Beattle RAID CLUB CITY ROBB ‘The police raided the Colored Men's club, an alley joint between Beneca and University and Pirst @nd Second, shortly after 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, placing under} frrest May Ware and May Smith. and colored, and James Forney John Landers, white. The colored women are charged ‘with being prostitutes, while Forney and Landers are booked as disorder ly _ persons. The Colored Men’s club has been fm existence for many months and fs organized under a regular char ter. Tt Is frequented by colored men, t not until Wednesday morning Wid the police learn that it was be-| Properly Interpret the city ng conducted as a disorderly house. | PAnces, but It looks more itke Patrolmen Le Count and McClurg) !itical friendahip or something else Were the arresting officers and did| Dot discernable on the surface Rot enter the place until they were} Which has prompted City Comp- Satisfied that it was disorderly. | troller Kiplinger to allow the A visit to the place by a Star man) #pectacle known as the “Fall later found a well appointed bar,| Pompeli,” to be given on the Dut the porter in charge clatmed/ srounds in North Seattle with; that liquor could only be served to} Heense. Members of the club A billiard The city is not obtaining a cent table and several deal tables were| Ot revenue from the exhibition, scattered around. whereas if the city ordinance rogu- The quartet furnished bai! money | !ating such matters was followed tt fo the sum of $25 and will appear| Would secure approximately $760 a fm police court to answer the/ ¢4¥, or $3,760 for the five days on charges ed against them. which the exhibition ts given If the evidence warrants it the| The excuse given by Riplinge club's charter may be revoked and | that the show is given under th ° the place closed. reetion of John Cort, owner of the wubetti Grand opera house, and that the $200 annual Hoense paid by the the- NORTH SEATTLE EXHIBITION I A LICENSE, WHICH WOULD Tt may have been inability to is ater covers the North Seattle exht- bition. If Riplinger really thinks that such a procedure ts proper, 01 even lawful, he has been shame fully bancoed by somebody “The exhibition ls being given by Joha Cort.” he said Wednesday morning, “and is booked regularly CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—After being Qdrift on Lake Michigan since San- day evening in a small rowboat, John Chatres and Miss Zilda Stew- art, of Evanston, Ill, were rescued | by the theatrical association. I have yesterday. Both of them were in a! not seen the exhibition myself, but Precarious condition becanse of ex-|1 understand that it i« practically a posure and lack of nourishment. | theater attraction. Cort tells me Chatres sald that during a squall | that it would have been given on one of his oars was broken and thatthe opera house stage if the room hho had devoted ail of bis energic#! nad not been so cramped. The the- to keeping afloat and out of the) ater is dark this week {rough of the sea, wnich at times} “The ordinances do not clearly Was exceedingly rough. His strength | specity what sort of a license should [was about gove when he and Miss! he paid by such an entertainment, Stewart were found, and he do-| and | concluded that under the cir- clared that he could not have beld| cumstances the theater license out for another it. ould cover the case.” Why The ordinance is certainly The Lang Drug Co. keep the Purest and most reliable drugs on the market. Always cut the price ‘This is why our piaia DAN DEAN (Continued from Page One.) d Milk. $1.00 size at fun t ‘Ske steal away from home Be osees seeee « : 3¢ | with Charley or Frank and “jw Red Seal Sersapariiia, for the blood.| what the inside of one of those $1.00 size sree . places looks like” Gloriana Face Powder (#711), t And made, Thc size 49¢| When she crawis up the stairs of Dr. Oliver's Skin Soap, a fine toilet) her home in the cold gray dawn of soap. 35c size .. . 19¢|\the morning, her brain befogerd a m, rests tired end © with an unforgettable memory and large can with the look of the hunted in her Dr. Merck's German Liver Pill eyes, she can say to herself Linseed Lotion, for tan and burn Satisfaction Guaranteed. “1 have seen, and I have paid!” Well, I don’t suppose there's any }use in moralizing. But, just to sat isfy ourselves, let's drop into one or | two of these resorts and see If con ditions have improved since that very commendable order of yours, Mr. Mayor, aa issued. You didn’t have much trouble in |placing the order Into execution, did you, Chief Delaney? I thought not. Of course, all your —|men had to do was to leave the word at the different places and the or | Proprietors immediately acquiesced 807 FIRST AVENUR. COLMAN BUILDING, Between Columbia and Marion. CONVINCING HARDWARE VALUES. gue on 0” $3500 bil “a barewere I did hear that the mayor had and another $4.00 on a $26.00 bin.|t° repeat his wish before your men not have done this had finally own to business, | Ait or deliver Il, I realize how busy the poltce 1 our profits ost without and how little times they have > devote to such trivial matters. ee a Ah, here we are at Mix & Rus Manse ‘Gumbioation § |sell's, on First, near eca, Wo'll Be Box Wire Brads .. ge | 89 through the rear entrance. Ye pr. Handle Bar Gripe ....§5@ | re enough, they havo taken off the Bicyele Bell Be | curtaina 1¢-in. Nicholson's Mill File Good work, chi 80¢} Thank you, I'll t a clgar. Cutter, Piter Where next? ¢| Let's see, We'll walk up to jond and visit the Germania on the corner of Seneca Here we are. umbers Right this way Bee window for othe | through the cafe door and to the Better take that bicycle ar jright. Lord! What a bunch of ing outing during this fine weather.| hooths—and every one of them has soared Basie Bicycle mus S35-80 a curtain to shelter its occupants 6.99 Coaster rake Vain $4900) trom view. That's wrange, th * | What about this case? 1310 Second Avenue. Oh lan't WE ARE BEST ete acc Equipped for doing the most |"). . it's & restaurant! I see. But Mix & Russell's also a restau- meals there an a What's that? Quite a nolay lot in accurate work. Eyes examined ere, eh? Just Heten to the die and glasses made. gusting language bellowed out by the men in that box. The wormen with them are evidently drunk We'll sit in here and watch the peo ple as they go out. There goes a prety 18-year-old | girl with a man old enough to know | better. Her face ts flushed from ldrink and she laughs hysterically | Right behind her walk two guadily attired women of the underworld. of them has just finished a Quick Repairing. paella ae Pee oe | So THE SEATTLE | her ow your </FR! 4 DIDNT Coma OVER WERE TO BE BORED THAT WAY. YOURE -IAKIN A_PEST OF YOURSELF TELLING ABOUT THAT BLAMED BRATS pT] Way A “ Py 7 3 ED OF ~ $750 EVERY DAY 8S ALLOWED TO RUN WITHOUT GIVE CITY A LARGE REVENUE jenough. Here it ts | “The Heense fee for every cireus, hippodrome or menagerie which charges a maximum admission foe in excess of 60 cents, whether such charge be for general admission or) reserved seats, or both, shall be not fess than 15 cents for each seat in such clreus, bippodrome or menag erle; provided, that in all cases whare the admission fee be {n excess jot 50 cents the license fee shall be not less than $500 « day.” The North Seattle show would probably be classed as a hippo- ome, although the exhibition ts something of a novelty and is not expressly provided for in the ordi nances. It is given in a tent with out a roof, the seats being arranged like an amphitheater, It haa a seat ing capacity of 5,000. At the rate of 1 cents for each the city should get a license of $750 a day from it | When Riplinger was told that the performance, like a theater attrac | ton, was generally given in a play |house, he was handed an awful | “tL” ‘The exhibition, which in- }eludes the setting off of many sky rockets and other fireworks, could not possibly be given under a rout | At least 250 people are engaged on | the stage at @ single time, so that the ordinary theater stage would be | totally inadequate. Tho tickets, which were printed before the exhibition started on its tour, bear indisputable evidence of the fact that the performance is an out-of-door attraction, as they state that in case of rain they can be ceed on a day when the sky is clear. Several counciimen are Interested in the matter and steps to ond the robbery may be taken. RR cigarette; she is tucking the half. used package in her purse. Come, we'll get out of here. Still, }'8 @ restaurant and they have « perfect right to keep the curtains up, ng the fact that the » apparently used al | most exclusively for drinking bou' Going to remedy that, mayor hope #0. Wonder why it is that respectable, STAR Tn? 7M SO ‘a PROUD, {GLAD WE FATHER A S/L4y PERSON ET behind the bart Upstairs first. Every room oceu pied by some of the worst types of womanhood you @ looked at rm on every Down stairs sam { guess that about completes our little walk, gentlemen Wouldn't it be a good plan to find out why Sutherlands et al. are allowed to go right on unmolested, while the other fellows are forced to obey orders? You'll investigate? Thanks! Good night! MILLIONAIRE FIREMEN W/N GLOR} N FLAMES NEW YORK, Aug 2%—'The mil- fire department of Larch jmont Manor had a chance to Gitq tinguish fteelf last night when (the fashionable Mitchell house took fire and the wealthy fire laddies gaye | remarkable per When tha alarm sounded the company elaht firemen started to the ec: ot the conflagration, but while on the | aire way six of them Glecovered they had forgotten their red shirts and Kem |mets and turned back to get then, | They arrived at the fire 20 minutes later, Though the blaze was in ‘the kitchen, the firemen began to hack away with axes at the walle and in- jald Moor of the dining-roem, Then it ocourred to them to try to remove the property from the burning ing. Al dashed up stairs and th a fow minutes the spectators saw ex- pensive garments being tossed out of the rooms of the second Moor and | fall on the branches of trees, where | became entangled and ruined. al thousand dollars’ worth of women gaests’ clothing was lost tn this way. The firemen threw ex~ enaive furniture of the win- we and ft smashed to pleces on the ground. Meanwhile the fire in the kitchen biasing § merrily. After some delay a hose was con- nected to a hydrant and the biase was quickly extinguished. WATER BILL WILL BE UP The ordinance p iding for the reduction of water ratés is cheduled to come bef the fire and water mittee at its meeting Wedaee- y night It provides for a 20 cent cut and a complete revision [high-class restaurants do not find|0f rates. A majority of the mem jit necessary to h rooma | bers of the « cil are in favor of it fe ning purpose for in - tance, the Rathskeller or the But }ler. They cater to the most exclu trade, to people |the moat Liab’ rivacy in |dining—still, these fashionable res. ‘taurants don't need boxes with doors or curtains Back we go again Jenue. The giering sign meets our gaze going through the front entrance we'll slip in by the alley route. This jtakes us directly Into the “ladiew dining room,” which consists of two rows of boxes, each one having a sliding door which completely ot structs from view the interior. Of ®, this & restaurant wonde many people in stuffy, poorly mpartments if served with Royal be s0 tt who would be to desire to First av Royal” cafe Instead of how the ittle not could And we wlar if the drinks } the be On the corner of First and Madi son, we find the Louvre, also a jsaloon and restaurant combined. | Here they have removed the cur }tains in accordance with instrue tions from you, Mr. Ballinger. But |if you can show me any difference | between the Louvre and the, Ger | mania or the Royal, I'll eat my hat! Getting tired. None of my bust ness, anyway? Now, what's the use| of losing your temper. Just look at the chief! He's as pleasant and| looks as happy as if he had just re-| ceived word that his detectives had signed the pledge. One more place and we'll go home | Down First to the alley this side of Yesler, Yes, I mean Sutherland's |the notorious Billy Sutherland's; | jrendezvous for bedizzened blondes | and painted brunettes who, after a| night of shame in the tenderloin, | |help swell Billy's coffers with their | sin-stained dollars. No wonder Billy jeould afford to open, in the Alaska bufiding, the most gorgeously ap pointed bar this side of Chicago in addition to his Yeeler dive. Every atick of that finely-polished mission oak is partly paid for by ‘some unfortunate woman who makes her home below the dead lime. Many @ fallen woman bas an interest in the beautiful cut gla taken BANKERS DENVER, Colo, Aug. 23.—As a rowult of the failure of the Denver Savings bank, warrants for the ar. rest of J. Hil, president; Franklin P. Jones, viee president, and R. A Brown and Joseph David. tellers, charging them with larceny as bankers, have been issued 100 DELEGAIES WILL ATTEND More than 100 delegates from ai! pected to attend the co tion p& Plumbers’ associat » be hel in Seattle on August 25 and 26, in the New York building A quet will be given at the Hotel Stander on Friday evening: | # P. Glennon, of thin city, h = charge of the entertainment of the guests. At the Retirement Sale Lewls & Co,, First You can bity clothing at astonish of H and Cherry. high grade prices that ing 6.00 Frock Suits for The sizes of th we have left goods that are only 33 and 34, so if yon wear a small size this will be your chance to get something good almoat for nothing at the retirement sale of WIS & CO and CHERRY n part of Iilinols was ab en by jthe most severe earthquake of re cent y * last might, the shock be ing perceptible as far north as Springfield and even Chicago. In WEDNESDAY, AWG. 23, 1905, FROM THE LIFE OF EVERETT TRUE | SHOOTS SWEETHEART | BOMBARDS DINNER | PART) ---SUICIDES NANAIMO, BG, Aue Driven to desperation by the relent loss Pursuit of officers of the law, and finding his escape blocked at every turn, Fred Beach, the con fonsed murderer of Joseph Bebeau at Mount Sicker on Sunday the little ing, yesterday startled mining camp by appearing on the scone carrying his deadly Winches ter, with the determination of wip ing out all those who had come be tween him and the woman with whom he was infatuated Barly last night, as the train bearing the body of his victim was winding it way down the mountain side, Beach appeared upon the scene aud, commanding the engineer to stop his train, went through the coaches in search of the pretty widow, Mra, Campbell, and those whom he had threatened with death in his letter on Sunday Inst. Being unsuccessful in his search, the mur derer allowed the train to proceed and at once disappeared in the woods. This morning brought him to the scene of his crime in the mining camp, when, after disguising bim self, he proceeded to search for Mrs. Campbell, At last catching « glimpse of his Intended victim, he rataed his rifle and fired three shots at the woman. The first two shots barely missed his victim, while a third tore away a portion of the woman's hair, stunning ber. She fell unconscious to the ground. Thinking be had killed the woman Beach proceeded to look for his other ima and at once went to the Mount Sioker hotel, where, as fate decided, the posse was having lunch, Beach announced his pres ence by firing three shots through the door of the dining room, Police and Indian guards rushed out and surrounded the murderer, who was hiding in a clamp of bushes in front of the hotel. Finding escape impoantble, Beach placed the muzsie of his gun to his head and blew his brains out. When the posse rushed to the spot they found the lifeless body of Fred Beach. POLICE COURT GRIND William McGee, of Riverton, while working in the vicinity of Utah and Connecticut, laid bia coat ide. When he put the garments back he missed bis watch and a check for $35. L. Olsen staid one night at the Leeland house aud the slumber cost him $23. He appeared at police headquarters and compiatned of the robbery Billy Madden, a “dope fiend," was arrested on Second for bexgtng Weinesday morning by Patrolman Mortrude and Driver Kane. Tues day Madden was given two days to leave the city after City Attorney De Broler had been properly soft ened by the guileless pleading of the “fieed.” Billy wanted to see the trees and the grase waving once more. “I've stayed in that place long enough, your honor; give me just this chance and I'll leave this time for good. Acting Police Judge Waters turned him loose, but now he will have to serve the original sentence of 30 days in the city jail ROBBER AILLS WOMAN CHICA Aug. %.—A_ robber hot ' ntly killed Mre. 8. E Mixe on Tuesday night at tempting to hold her up on one of th t fashionab residence ® f the South side. Mra, Mize was a resident of New York, but had been stopping for some time at the Del Prado hotel, Fifty-ninth and Midway, and start 4 out Monday evening, in company | with Mra. R. F. Wilson, for a walk They hed reached the cx of Fifty-ninth and Washington, two blocks from the hotel, when a man suddenly ordered them to h and} give 8p their money. All along on| both sides of the street, people were sitting on their verandas or in their front yards, and Mra. Mize, evident~ ly expecting help, resisted and ed loudly for help. Mra J and ran back towa her Wilson 4 the Mize struggled with the man for but a minute, as he immediately her thro the heart, killing The nd made ng been Wilson, who was » that she could gt fled nd hin em wee! pody prow but Mra. trated no scription. Although a and ont policemen ground in a after the tragedy good his ape and n found. thers were y few minutes CHICAGO, A police are inc Effie H. Fxe, the wealthy New widow who was shot and t night was the victim of a search is being made on the clews that revenge may have caused Several arrests were The police think none in securing good evi a robber also tragedy made today will result dence EARTHQUAKE IN ILL. Aug. 23.—The south CHICAGO. southern towns it was severe enough to rattle dishes and canse children to aw nand cry, Im many in tan houses creaked and the ox upants rushed out in terror, A. Bridge & (¢ Popular Price Clothiers Only Two More Days HALF PRICE SALE MEN’S SUITS Closes Friday Night Your free choice until then of 500 of the most desirable Suits in the store, this season’s late styles, at half the regular prices: Sults for $6.25 | $13.50 Suits for $6.75 Sults for $7.50'$16.50 Sults for $8.25 $18.50 Suits for $9.25 All Suits bought here pressed and kept in repair free of charge. A. Bridge & Co. Next Door to Bon Marche 1415-1417 Second Ave. $12.50 $15.00 WANTS TRUTH (“You're the Limit,” Said Inspector gee to Indignant Mr. Burke CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—Upon his re- turn from his summer home at Al Mich, yesterday afterno Rev, Myron W. Haynes went at once to Ben, P, Branham, president of the board of trustees of his church, | and demanded a full investigation! (0. 'i2 seattle last Sunday of the charges made against him, | ™n 'M collie ompanied by his He refused to discuss the matter for| , : publication, but stated that he would ae = vA age ' pa = make formal reply within the next; *Peet the day a bs id two days to the charges, and has en- |‘? S¥imming tank Mr. and Mrs. oo ypndies cet Burke attracted considerable atten- The call to Rev. Dr. Haynes, of | 20% inasmuch as Mrs. Burke is a Chicage, to the First Baptist church | 847 Of senerous proportions, bor- Seattle will not be withdrawn be. | {eras on the 200-pound class, while ee | her husband tips the scales at about ee As ; | 95 pounds in his stocking feet Edward Burke, retired furniture polish manufacturer, who resides at Fifth and Blanchard, was the sorest getting aboard(” Th ger lifted the edge of his coat and showed a government im spector’s badge. “The legal limit of the number of passengers on this boat has been reached,” said the inspector, solemm> ly. “You can’t board.” “Toot, toot,” shrieked the whistle, “All aboard!” yelled the first mate. Burke quickly ran to the fore end of the vessel and had just started to climb aboard wheu he was jerked ciation has biackiia | _— ‘The party had just donned their| back to terra firma ee ae thas fine raiment again when the “toot|. “You're the limit,” calmly reites een mm [toot of the steamer Manette’s| ated the inspector. whistle warned Whereupon the rest of the Burke them to hurry.| Burke led the van in the chase to the dock, and gallantly assisted the} members of the party aboard. No ¢ noticed a sharp-eyed young man who counted each passenger ascend- ing the gangway Just as Burke was about to board the boat, the young man tapped him on the shoulder and emarked party were obliged to descend and console the indignant gentleman until the next steamer hove in sight. Which explains why all of Mr, Burk friends ¢ him the Mmit nowadays, and why he doesn’t think much of steamer trips. “What riled me,” said he, “wae that the smart young man had to GIRL KILLS HERStLF BEFORE THE WEDDING VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 23. With her wedding dress made, and within three days of the time set You can't get on you're the) pick out the smallest man on the for her marriage, Viola Moorey | mit! | boat. Holy smoke! I coulda’t sink committed suicide last evening at] “1 know I'm there, young man,”|a peanut shell, anyway. I admit the home of her parents, near! replied Burke, very much puzzl Amboy, in this county, by swallow-|°Mueh obliged for the complim ing & dose of strychnine but what in the name of Greater § that the missus might have tipped the craft a mite, but my 95 pounds wouldn't have made any apprecia- For some little time Miss Moorey | attie has that got to do with my ble differenc: had been rather intimate with an- other man than the one to whom) her faith had been pledged. This vlan tate oy erties Lost---A $3,000 Torpedo peective groom some days ago and resulted fm a quarrel. Saturday ing thin was patched up and| Is @ loose torpedo more danger- / $3,000, it is worth finding, and the engaged couple started for a . — Perry, together with se dance at Yacolt bus than « whale rmment tugs from Bremerton, were The couple never attended the} iy is a « tram which {s|/00king for it on Wednesday morn- dance, and the next the parents of ing, but according to last accounts the girl saw of their daughter was! racking the brains of sound steam t yet found it. the discovery of her dead body near seeming their home. boatmer as they do not know ceaeamernaans cmeans whether to stay off the water or not SKELETONS TELL OF The cause of it all te this: ‘The orpedo boat destroyer Perry, now in | discharge a torpedo at DEADLY COMBAT | vr gular practice on Tuesday after- noon, but instead of staying on top| of the water as all good torpedoes ABERDEEN, Aug. 23.—A ghastly] do, it dived down to the bot | find was made yesterday by Robert 0 yards from the ship, and Forduey, who was looking for tim- ome up again. As soon as ber land. He came upon a pile of « known that @ torpedo was bones near which lay an old great consternation fashioned rifle, a rusted axe, a tin ne erfront, but it was} cup and a jackkni Shreds of arned that the thing was clothing and two heavy-soled shoes rat rmiess, as the gun- | were scattered about with which it te loaded, had | The bones proved to be those of a} t behind man and a bear, That th n and the te is worth about beast had fought a battle to death was evident. The man had, in all probability, been set upon by the bear and in defending himself had managed to fatally wound the beast JUDGE BATTLE DILS rested vesnde Cun Flin '9Y) Judge Nicholas Williams Battl: Boys’ Shirt Waists, light and 85, father of Judge Alfred Battle and dark colors, special for 19¢@ Edgar Battle of this city, di at COLLIDE HEAD-ON his home, 1114 Fourth avenue, T Men’s Working Pants, strong, day night from paralysis Judge Battle was born in Georgia and had a distinguished career as « rip, soldier and jurist before coming to | Seattle with his sons in 1885, since whon he has appeared little in pub firm cloth, guaranteed not to 89e Men's Heavy Denim Blue Over- with bib, spectal for 23.—A wheat special for passenger train Rossville on o'clock this TOPEKA, Aug train erashed into a at a sharp curve near the Union Pacific at 1 alls, |lte Ife In 1846 he married Miss morning, both engines being demol-| ie Ife 1 a iched. William H. Gibson, engi-| Mary A. Cabania wae Ged in 1899 <ieuns aeasi eoeaam 49¢ hoor: Clarence Reese, conductor, |! 1901 he married Miss Jessie Mac and Oleson, fireman, were killed Kellar, who survives him | ae we VICTORIA, Aug. 2 A mob of 1,000 Lama’ priests, in Yunan OCEAN LINER AFIRE 10 French Catholic churches on ¢ coast of Sawko on August 6, killiag and injuring scores of missionartes The news was brought here on the steamer Empress of China. The French minister has protested to the Chin government against the outrage. | Bee Hive 2615-2617 First Ave. Between Vine and Cedar. LIVERPOOL, Aus broke out this morning In the ser age of the White Star liner Ocea Captain Cameron, which was sch uled to safl for New York today. | The vessel was badly gutted