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iLAST EDITION rhe Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News a EET. ef Humble Home Taxed on a Valuation Wealthy Man Is Taxed+=*Renton Hill as an Example. OF SSaS Sse EE * * TCM LENE LEME EES Y * * RENTON HILL ADDITION * * = * * den and well Ste, and Nineteenth and Twent 7 4 Betwenen Mor urth Ave. ‘ * Pi the Renton 1 have t 1 enles of proper. & : ty aorine | " wing 1 » $h400 & || ae Meee gy ae 4 Pe “ eat A *. pe and his . rt «e * a eer m t ket value prep . bs " « prices, as follows * ° Bale Price * . ‘ ° 1,900 e 1.800 * 1180 * 2.860 * 1,000 * a.180 1.400 2600 @ 1.000 2s0 @ 8.200 of * ‘Totals eeeeee a $26,560 $20.520 @ . SEE EE TEST EE EEE RE REE EH ERE EEE HD ny < much as the former but the taxes ay thereon are less than half . ail Two additions on Renton Mill are y used for the » we of this mes | parteor . Ke ' Hill, ) about nd gp fee Docks a» hese | by side homes, are assexsed at / one on whore of © pe ¢ the | streets are paved . Be towards the alley beyond Bilemer dete . Renton Addition. cent res te the they weg ome need by w + wit « modest tit ond h yea ot bet . a gre(ome « of the city ® pera » J at about wen permits him “ te tual valve a ie bimscif a large end * vec by enles ade during a urrent year home pays atar of fe that charaed @ | Renton Hill Addition, oe. i Reaton Hin addition * siteated le an Example. directly east of Re addition. | Get natanice, the laborer | lying between Marion nd Howell Ta taene the cost of Which| sta and Nineteenth and Twenty eaidence He te aasemned | fourth aoc thor of ee. of bs00. simplifying the fortunate fs Renton addition at twhee as) current year AY $25,000 NEXT YEAR —_ RAS AAAAAAAAAE STEVE VEE O NYY i property taxes of the Seattle Electric com ttle will be $24,703 less next year persona ‘ ‘the old limits of Sea ‘This year the amount of ta the aid limite wae $2,226,492. ‘The vatuation of all wires to show it. Here they are. levied on property in property in the old limite w the tax levy, for of! purposes, amounted to 5 i property valuation of the Geattic Electric wae $1,769,500. ig the Seattle Electric company pald to $61,049. or mext year UW will be necessary to as last year, viz. $2,226,402. ait property in the old limite ie amount) Suppose that if equal sum of monty ¢ aenessed valuation of the valuation is greatly Increased, the lowered : Talse $2,226,492 on a valuation of AAT mite wilt be required. D The personal property valuation of the Beattie Electric in the old limite this year is $1,674,040. a levy of 21.7 mille the Beattie Electric com @% personal property $36,346. «The Snel of the Geattie Electric com ‘ an last personal property t m the old limits wae $61,049. On the new assesement it to pay but $36,346 fe a reduction of $24,703. Assessor Peter sidestepe the responsibility for this ‘by saying that the Seattie Electric company's ae was fixed by the state tax commission. ‘The members of the state tax commission were appointed the recommendation of E. B. Palmer, chairman of the repub state centra) committe MP. Palmer is also tax agent for the Seattle Electric com fe of taxation f $102,649,212 « levy of my will Dees the ermal! taxpayer grasp this reason why hie te heavy? PTT ee Ree eee eee WIE. CASE. 1S } POSTPONED | el dee ee ee 2 ee {tenry Hicks Bond was hanged in at Idaho penitentia 11 min » past 6 o'clock this murder of Chart ght of October 6 ‘ Wetter, another condemned derer, was reprieved Rudolph mur MOB AIDING LYNCH (Soripps News Service.) SURINGFIELD, Mo, Aug. 10 # bill Of] eye sheriff today swore In 10 more CONSTANTINOPL Aug. 10 | The illness of the sultan of Turkey "ee has been confirmed by private ad ’ ittwater PB fg absent from | vices eval hasnt y attor otros ai EW YORK 6TATE Sfe anxious w find him to & few inconvenient papers on INDICTS BTANDARD, Bizarre person. Bill's friends fe oe he fa atill in Beattie, jt (Sorippe News Bervice.) ea ~ The federal grand jury today re MURDERER BOND HANGED. | turned several indictments against the Standard O1l company, the Pennsylvania railroad and the Vao- uum Ol company of Rochester. ) ’ fer'pes News Gervice.) Gaho, Aug 10.—William gf Mere Than Twice That Upon Which the |: 4 92,000 and} Propert asseaned at $9 per | veseneed @t al cent of its aotual market value @ wen by sales made during the ning for | Daly on the} ~ling the next six months than has divorce | Pro-| deputies to ald during the trials of before Jadge| ‘™e, mon indfeted for lynchings at} a |Salisbury. Today state officials and was post! 1) confer with Governor Folk re ay in order tO} - ging the advisability of sending anawer the affl-| ore militia same etat husband TURKIGH RULER 18 ILL. his complalnt a porary (Scripps News Service.) THE SEATTLE STA WEAT ———_——— BIG YIELD | CAPTAIN PEABODY maxes} STATEMENT THAT CLEAN.) j UP WILL BE MORE, PROVID =D RAIN FALLS DURING NEXT TWO MONTHS, The Tanana district will yield statement by Capt Charies: Pea-| body, a well k Yu river] er, who has just arrived tr ty from the north, I will t | greater than that, he says, if «} yuld be sufficient rain during the at two months Peabody Captain eaye the 4 produ i ent tae re ter «ix | le golne 4 © the bucket EX-BAD MAN IS IN JAIL DAN M'MILLAN WHO WAS A HARD PROPOSITION IN HIS DAY, 18 ARRESTED FOR SWINDLING A WOMAN, Dan MeMitlan, at one time a bad} man im @ criminal way, but now a hopeless cripple, wae arrested yes terd afternoor solling 8 phony” diamond ring to a Mra. Ot son, rooming on Second av Reth | were arrested pending an investt hia prime, he wae con “ of the toughest proposit ® policeman ever tack . were very few men who could handle him Hie specialty at that time was stealing. but some time ago he became paralyzed from the hipe down, since which time he has made « misera through timising easy ewhat after the faahior which he is a lieged t ay ood Mra MeMitia addioted ¢ une of dru something of a fence” for t he HIND-ROLPH COMPANY WILL NO SEVERAL LARGE SHIPS TO PUGET SOUND FOR LUM BER CARGOES. A larger number of sailing vee sels will come to Puget sound dur ever been known. All of the vee sels will be prossed into the lumber carrying business. This statement was made this morving by James | Rolph, Jr, head of the Mind Rolph company, of Sam Francisco, which ywna or controls the greater part of the sailing fleet on the Pacific ocean Mr. Rolph arrived from San Fran morning and {# stopping | He came north} cisco this lat the Butler hotel lfor the special mission of looking! into the possibilities for increasing | hia fleet to this port. He has seen several of his! Seattle for lum-| Rolph is the local and now will send largest carriers ¢ ber. Ronald T representative of the company CHAPMAN 18 FINED. Wallace Chapman, a recent ar the city, was yesterday ) by Justice of the Peace WILL INGREAGE : HER FORECAST SEATTLE, WASHINOTON, FRIDAY, AUGUS SEER ee Fair Tonl OW THE POOR MAN PAYS Ree eee * eee ee eee ee eee TOUTS MADE A BIG HAUL ght oe ee ed » * RENTON'S ADDITION « * Between Marion and Howell St nd Fifteenth and Nineteenth # Ave . * « ' 4 ' 1 be e * * ! « price wing f ’ ' * ‘ he oon se “ he * wt o * ' t) . i* 1 + 1 © 1 ‘% ‘ f * * l® averag o F . am *. ' P 1 ‘ . * aecaned te » ' r " for 8 . 2 * t sare ae . * * lock Bale Agnemamne * * 4 ‘ $ 5.280 a1 * * 6 ‘ 0 * + 8 ‘ t 1 * . 8 3 0 ; * . . 1 © ne * * i fo 1 *. ew 0 5106 @ . ‘ ' i 0 1eue . *. 6 a2 oo Me * 7 1 ‘ ‘ 0 1 7 * 1 . oo 1 . * 6 000 1000 & ‘* . ° bm 6 . je 8 . Le * ie a ° Le * it 8 26 ° ° 1900 ® \* ‘ 36 : ° ‘ . \* * . ' mene ® * * * -e* # GOVERNMENT 18 NOW . AFTER ICE TRUST * * TOLEDO, 0 Aug 1¢ @ the first time the government @ has taken a hand in the fight # . ol ween he on 7. # too trust. Laut . @ who has been he . @ in the ote of * @ state oe commission, @ @ hes made « rt n loonl @ ® conditions, and the the # that a hearing baw been decid # @ ed upon for August 14, to ® # probe deeper into the trust's * @ business * * * . * n| TAKE $5,000 FROM MAN AT THE MEADOWS AND GET CHECK FOR 000 MORE — HAVEN'T CASHED CHECK, pt MY aces 1 alled uf nme Frank Kene the Puget # on whieh the check tenued yeate pr a arge tt te the be that the would-be not hare the nerve sente * almnos t a He t Ly and, hiews over » the bad at the © recured and ther he to c bit wea tie ite h h te hack for $1,000 begar er and appeared at police by drawn we ay had ne ef of the dune to cash tt DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE LONGER (Seripps News Service.) LOVELAND, 0. tella Bloomingdale & ©. flyer bound this morning bad! =I don't wan aped through the the train was goln hour. She was fats * NELSON AND G GOLDFIBLD. Billy Nolan and ¢ this articles hirds son's twot one-third ¢ win or und th third of Jome elub me eeeeeteee eee tees erted addition Nelnc Ang. 10.—Rte | big increase in the salary roll aboard the B, | t tax ra will for New York, | be Increased to meet Ive beow ‘itures for the additional nt to live and Salaries ranging window, while | from $90 will be paid. It is} ng 60 miles an lexpected that about 20 men will be} ally burt l employe Resides this item, is the ANS SIGN FIGHT ARTICLES (Scripps News Service.) i Aur joe ( ernoon and signed ti op and G wet piet and 5 eh ng Re MT. BAKER HA t bee } the amount being found 4 each adtty re hie thinks 4 » The pe * RARER RH EH ine which It is estimated wil ** met Ane ne one ure * * . . * * o * o * * * * ‘YALLER’ ATTACK (Star Special cLLINGHAM, able volcante northwest side of ported by the M and boiling t crevices in the roe’ is cons being bare wate Service.) Aug. 10 activity Mount azamas is txening from / early ke nd sulphur | and Coyne returne 1 to the vessel | leponited on the | under the influence of Mquor and} picked a quarrel with Lewis. Lewis states that be remembers talking to the men, about 4 o'clock LUMBER RATES HIGH on lumber nd Califor a top note thousand Rate $8 The Globe Navigation company hat chartered the four-masted schooner | the schooner per Alex T. Brown and W. L. Smith to ca rate being $7.75 | Alexander for disorderly conduct and interfering with an officer. Villard in also under chaster for} rest, was handled lumber cargo, between nia ports h. As me has been rry lumbe The bark Henry |edge of the affair and, resisting ar | trip Baker Stoam | of cards on the boat last night, and Re the is Puget has ch a8 paid r, the agg Saturday ‘AWOKE IN Light Northwest Winds. 10, 1906 = | | | (Berly MANILA ® ave In & depperete hand to hand con flict with ®ulajanes near Jul tte, Island of Leyte, Piret Lieut. John P. James wae kill td, together with two privates of the Eighth infantry, Con Wact Surgeon Calvin D. Bny dor and Internal Revenue Col ‘eotor Williams. The natives greatly outnum bered the of which fought Details of the battie are until an official report is received Lieut. Jones was attached te Company F, of the Eighth In fantry, and been the Pr March of thie 10. | the detachment members bs | vely meager year “ * . * * . * * * * * . * * . * * * « . * * * . since * - . * eee eeee eee OUIT OF $50,000 FOR LOEB | WOMAN WRITER HOLDS PRESB! DENT'S RIGHT HAND MAN RE SPONSIBLE FOR HER ARREST | AT THE CAPITOL. | (Serippe News Bervice.) OYSTER BAY, Aug, 10.-—Bec , ooh was served thin u | ing with in a wuit for $50,/ 00, Inst by Madge Doree, the cane at all it ds] an be noth: | he arrest, which } outside of Bt. John's E tol. This te Mr ‘ not the pres dent's we ping place BANKS CLOSING. |PRES| OE NT STENSLAND) WOULD HAVE GOT TWICE AMOUNT OF SHORTAGE HAD) HIS PLANS MATURED, (Scripps News Bervice. CHICAGO, Aug 16.—Hundreds of motes, in blank a# to amount, bew jax Bllewed signatures rominer ‘hicagoans, were found today in the vaults of the Milwaukee Ay./ bank. The authorities declare that Premident Ste 1 inten to gulet the bank for half again « much as the present The signe traced from gen jthen worked over is RUSSELL WILL NEED MORE CITY TREASURER'S ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE IN CREASED BY REAGON OF RE GRADE WORK The big regrade movements which the city will undertake dur ing the year of 194 and those which are in progress now will materially inereare City Treasurer Rutsell's estim office ex penses for the year 1907 The fact that many additional fn that of ounting and will caune clerks will be employ fies, in the auditing, » sahier's departments, The} | printing bill for warrants and book very large | WE HOSPITAL | J. 0, LEWIS, OF STEAMER DOL PHIN, DION’T KNOW HE WAS UP UNTIL THIS | BEATEN MORNING. FG and P. Coyne, of the steamer Dolphin, were arrested urph this morning by Patrolmen Huff, | Hurkman and Applequist, charged jowith assaulting J. D. Lewis, a mom three | a game of the Dolphin crew, Th engaged in a row over ber | men Goodmurphy | this morning this morning, but remembered noth ling after that until he woke up at! the Wayside hospital at 7:30. His} head was beaten out of shape, from l@ blow on the jaw, which, however, was not broken Goodmurphy admitted having quarreled with Lewis, but Coyne, | who ja a fireman, denied all know! e too gently before belng landed in the city jail nme” eeeeteeeess AS TIMELY BOY HURT BY ° VOL ORGANIZE TO THE LUMBE aR * BANK CLEARINGS * ee ee SETTLES FOR HALF MILLION (Goripps News Service.) MANCHESTER, N. H., Aug The New Hampshire Fire nee be settled for about LARGE SALE PENDING «= DOUBLE CORNER NEAR 68EC OND AV. AND PIKE 6T. WILL} BE 60LD FOR $325,000 The 4 will be startled within a few daye by the ule of # ¢ le corner near | being $22 t jeal is one of he tant take 5 ” he, 6 although the practical closed, part t be giver t Lewis th wotil ae y de 1 wenbaum bas & days purchase being the Doug Mrs. Sar proved 4 iilding © f Bur ne on FREIGHT RATE 10 ORIENT STEAMSHIP COMPANIES HOLD PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE 8. NO. CENTS PER MONTH BREAK R TRUST 143 San Francisco Capitalists to Buy Canadian Timber, Cargoing It in British Vessels, and Selling in Open Market at Reasonable Prices---Trust Sits Up and Takes Notice, (Star Special Service.) BA FRANCISCO, Aug ‘ cos 8 Phat the tghten » ‘ ct ' t re organized f to bu ntities of lumber | in Brith t carr i 1 at a te o thi tish veune pay | t nn the duty an on market| almost to we be the f » will Vessels Cornered ferring he people vy eeyine Trust Weakens Already Phelan seid, “A Among the men reported as lead-| the to contrac eru of this syndicate Thomas | tire ut of B lager, a ‘ er D r The ye os D. Phelan, and to San F ive of the relief corp we At n ve “ cornere ——— CANAL QUESTION TO GO BEFORE PEOPLE — | | COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DE of Commerce comm and the hamber h TERMINE TO CALL ELECTION | « ng attorn TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEM-| 7 process he ss0e,e00 be - ver to Mr. Moore upon the accepte BER 12. - : the governe Mr. Moore will give a bond to ine ople of King county will] demnify the county for the cost of h opportunity September | the election in case he falls to carry 2 of voting upon proposed | out ! 2s neue O60 1 i fo ne < , bor r the build COMMISSION APPOINTED. ing of the Lake Washington canal The ‘ ty commissioners t 4 In the or of the petition of « 08 ae i ‘ a put an be the cit ttle to condemn and " ontro i ling ne | appropriate € property for exg m the above date, leaving | tending ablisbing a highwa: pe ay whether OF | Jione Ei Judge Grifft vote this | has as mmission, con responsibility | posed of A. E. Parker, Rt « Washing) Crocker and R. A. Wright, to maki roperty sessment and pay for all 0 the ele the com-| , incurred to property b wi cure the full and/ iy y© expected that the establisl pinion o! wecuting At-} ment of the highway will cost abot ackintosh ax to the possl-| ¢11 990. bility of damage suits and will lay| all of this Information before the OHIO OFF FOR NOME. people through the press The action of the county com Owing to beavy freight ships er Ohio did not sail missioners was taken without wait-| ments the ste MEETING IN SEATTLE AND! jing for a conference which had been | for Nome last night, as cxpentogs DECIDE THAT NO CHANGE| Called for tomorrow morning, at| and steamed ont of the harbor thi which there were to be present the morning at 10 o'clock. IN SCHEOULE WILL BE MADE. | The rate schedule for freight fron the Orter route, which has ended Its semslor Seattle. The " as wae held in the officer of ¥ we & in the jing, and ali agents were For the flour has beer arried t ports at 4 per ton, $4.50 xkong and % te Shanghal asked for a reductlo foodstuff, but e ed not grant for # reduction In the ‘ ing rate wan also unheeded, Min« rates were discussed, but rr hanges made. FALL ON STONE Eleht-yearold Stewart Coolin, | who lives at 2505 Yesler way, ¥ teasing a milk who was ® ing by his home th morning at 11 o'clock and, the driver jumped m hin w mn wtth whip in hand, | boy started to run Into the] 4, In ing his abdo | nd striking his avement He wa remove o hi some, where be i iffering from con jon of the; brain | PASS THIRD AVENUE. | Owing to the regrade work now being done on Third ave. the Madi son st, cars, both inward and out ward bound, will, until further no tice, make no stops for passenge at Third ave. BITTEN BY DOG. FOR M. 0. CAMPAIGM is, x AAS 3 ADVOCATES PLAN TO GET $1] At the conclusion of the came SUBSCRIPTIONG—WILL PUB. | PAIN and before ihe volt he made LISH NAMES OF CONTRIBU- | Public, showing Where the money, jhas come from and what it wag lexpended for The publte count is a chi | organization to do Likewise, TORS AND ITEMIZED EX- PENSE ACCOUNT, tion of the campaign age lenge of the oppositiong ould one be perfected, showing who cons Subscriptions of $1 wil invit-ltrtputes and who receives thé ed to the fund for carrying on the raised to defeat municipal npaign for the adoption of the ip in Seattle plans for municipal street ratl- way syste which campaign will Whirlwind Campaign. a orm meager pon ry cag The M. O. ates are planning a ee to make a whirlwind campaign. ey ri ‘ publicity bureau will be pony Oe | who favor . » which Iterature will be libere plana, regardless Of pe clreulated, and a speakers? px ign i A will be ed to hav io os : A harge of pub nes. comma s the campal wantegty | prominent republican orators hav@ One of Many joffered their sevices as stun rhe plan to raise the necessary |epeakers during the campaign, ani paign fund or lollar sub-| the leaders of the movement ha scription {dea t of the|been overwhelmed with offers meang which will t Jopted to| the voluntary services of municlps popularize the ve lownership advoc WOMEN WOT IMMUNE FROM RUSSIA'S GUNS eas e FINNISH GOVERNOR GENERAL | koverp PROMULGATES CRUEL oRDER|. wd order followed the stabbl: —COS8ACKS ONLY TOO WILL LSS savest thes woos npr pene ING TO OBEY ITS MANDATES. neral is directed again: | dressing a crowd of workingmen it |the market square of a Finish towm |As the trooper placed his hang jupon the arm of one of them, sh jturned and, drawing a dagger thal had concealed in her hair, ram into his heart. With her come (Star Special Service.) Fo 2 ag ts: Ag age ht, COPENHAGEN, Aug. 10.—Legal-|panions she escaped, and has noe wygrtdigectly Ae Nie morning | iged slaughter of Finnish women 18| been apprehended. ‘Other reports Me AR sateen ane wee orm nised, if the troops on guard /of similar occurrences have . ane be Y talneed. Whe tél ee ee out the orders given to them | received during the last three days re Shs aulinat removes, Pus | OU t ie nine tis al in) and acting, it is understood, under Sn webaek 6 tae ed, The | Finland issued yesterday, He issued | orders received from St. Peterabur log | a }a proc ke aes to the/the governor general has deters " commanding officers of the troops, | mined upon the strictest represst¥@ DOLPHIN DION’T RACE instructing them that all persons | measures. According to Capt. John Johnson, | Ceased In ay and sions Sacrifice Their Lives. i i olutionary propaganda must wong nae Goose All Finland {s seething with re master of the steamer Dolphin,} yo" snot, without regard to age or there was no race down Lynn ca-| Joy volt, and practically the entire pop: nal with the C, P. R. ateamer Prin ulace is ready to sacrifice lives and coss May. “The Princess May Women Bpreading Revolt. property to deal blows at the mill- Skagway after we did,” said Capt Inasmuch as for the past week/tary oppressors. The Russian aw Johnson this morntng, “and went | t 1 Finnish women have dress-|thorities realize this and are by wwhooping. The Dolphin was not in her usual good trim this At Skagway there was no in timation given that the Princess May intended to test speed.” strengthening the garrisons of all Finnish towns, Half a dozen at- stopping passersby and forcing | tempts on the lives of Russian offl- their way into factories and shops,|clals have occurred recently, but it Is evident that the order of the! none succeeded, ed themselves in garments of fam: tng red and paraded the streets,