The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 17, 1906, Page 1

PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE WEATHER FORECA Fair Tonight ai Saturday; Light Northwest Winds. [ast EDIT | THE SEATTLE STAR —_ 4 » Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906 VOL. 8. NO. 149 a5 CENTS PER MONTH The Only Paper BALLOT BOXES ARE BROKEN OPEN AND BALLOTS THEREIN ILLEGALLY MARKED { eee eee ee ee eee . . * SOME NOTABLE * . EARTHQUAKES #) It | . Place Date. Fatalities * 4 * Judea 318.6, 10,000 #| rt \* Antioch 526A.D. 260,000 # 1 @ Anitoch a7 30,000 * * Italy 1067 22,000 * |@ Sicily seen 16,000 * , @ Naples 1456 40,000 « l@ Lisbon 1631 30,000 * @ China 1662 300,000 #/ # Sicily 1695 100,000 # @ Pekin 731 100,000 « — — eens | Lima and Cal * PERE ag ayn 1746 18.000 ¢ | ————_—--—_—--— * ee . : o = epresents: |e Cairo 1784 40,000 * : s Tremors and Fire Create Devstation *"*;.\:. LS eeile an PS ‘Evidence Points to the Belief That Ballots Have Been Tampered With . . . worse than Valpar . 4 | | : 2% . j # Guatemala 1773 8000 * | i p and Great Loss of Life in Valparaiso-==| » eden & italy Hs ayo AS MUTINEERS Since the Official Count--Seals on Boxes Broken--Certain Candidates sted Four Mours 4 : : Western 80. *| } . . Disaster Resembles That of San Francisco---) wasmxoroy. b ©. Ave 0 America ,..1797 40,000 #| ieee + Given Benefit of Work of Tamperers. i North Amerien was shaken by the|@ Caracas 112 12,000 # ™ j A thquak b . | 4 a quake . h « * Routh | Mani \ Unable to Get Details Owing to Broken Cables. 00"... es: Mania (1008 10000) WiLAHINGTON, N.C. Aug —_—_—_— | nf thar de and obert Baw |, The soten eraph here gives Ecuador 1868 40.000 &l tuo of the three Bens Mya tehe Perr rr rrr rr rrr rere r eee ee eee eee eee ee ee | o'clock sere Ripe cap om Mie Bpeln bmn 2,000 #/ 64 of mutiny and murder on boar . ¥ a'One received thi tt a earth swayed « quarter) @ Italy ay 2,000 @l the Phitad my) 4 ~ * THE 6TAR WILL FURNISH PROOF * [One received thie afternoom says |of a: le Asiatic Tur | the Philadelph@s schooner Harry A.) [ nlal sgn HB me gop rie B,pe 7:29 o'clock|® key . 1903 Sab Glteaines’ Thole accom at © The Star is prepared to furnish Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh immediately upon his re- t in alt BIA sae Sameeene. 68. Shei vad oure be India 1905 470 a[Raneing: Their accomplice, Henry! 4 quest, and will furnish to him on ite own initiative at the conclusion of the pending recount of the # on | her RG brs be ruina. Upon) The rece that the] @ San Franc’co, 1908 6,000 * no Bane ast month. | & hellote, evidence of the most convincing character to prove that certain election officials were guilty # morning. oe entire | ps oe on ne See Fe | shook severe ati@ . # of criminal conduct in miscounting ballots in the recent city election * Information at hand i cnr | canal ences Agr ee eae ! life te Valparals Total ss... 1,186,470 #| * It Is alse prepared to furnish him with very positive evidence tending to prove that in at least # wae destroyed os se teeal te Brees, ‘bet Fues are parning The recording pen was not # * # three precincts in the city the ballot be have been opened and the ballots tampered with since # and resultant fre . ve LJ * of the city jmuch a <1 an Th Was during (he) @ #* #8 # ee eee ee! # the official count was made and returned. This evidence has been collected by a representative of * were topples a Buidings ie tees of iii ; = an Francisco ox r & The Star, who has checked the vote in every precinct thus far counted, and who has collected # ly caueing » ee , jothi rom Strick it ake ro ner r this latter fact cannot be). it ne ricken City | ee |Houth American earthquake. The ' . much reliable evidence from other sources. * untit cable ASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The ‘s trem here were comparativety eg narod stored, |Chilian legation ‘has recetved no Shocks Ceased at Midnight laiow, covering 18 te 40 seconds: Prerrrrrrrrreen CLP LSE L LSS Se Ee ee eee ih gemmanication with the city 6° 4 regarding the earthqueke.| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The| They finally coased about midnight j —— ‘but ene of the operators Neither has the state department| weather bureau has issued an offi-/ The tremors were the heaviest since eee eee eet ee RNR RR eH (heir party In almost every case, the coast, although re ve dvi om th } statement and full record of the }the San Francisco diaaater l* * | if not im every case, the crons marke a gone sent | @ RESULTS IN THE RECOUNT IN THE FIFTH PRECINCT, * ed in the square after a Republicaa before final com le * (candidate's name was an “x” Crotde wean lost that the cle GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CARO) 4 SEVENTH WARD * oid peasisiae® the terrible earth LINA TR ' 4 al vidence of Frau wane ot Francisco. Since ean ee VAIN FO -taaitded, * Republican Candidates * | The most palp evidence in ° news can be he NEGRO LEGALLY EXECUTED.| * Votes Vot Added # |Support of the theory that the bab | > \* Actually ott in the #& [lots have been tampe with sinee 7 —————— |* Cant Returned. False Count * | they were counted is that with ABUILOING ESCAPED | & Riplinger 167 , % |Teference to those in the Fourth fe — REN WwW . l@ Mullee 168 160 2 w# precinct of the Seventh ward. In Aug. 17.—Bulietin— — oS 8. C. Aug. 1 a ee 188 201 13 # | that ward the official returns show received here re { a or te + mafet go — ge tole M. ©. Candidates. that Riplinger rived 162 votem POU PRU OC CCCEE TS PEPE EEE ERE call a watee ote.) Deductedin # | In the recount ft is shown that he ED ON * ena A nrg - bed on « ed False Count ® receives exactly the same a a buliding In the city TAS OF ASSESSED VALUATIONS BY ADDITIONS, AS * ama ourweee © Stare Gers Dl @ Moore 10 7 35 w# but that, in addition, there are 2 Hany cesvelticn| A VALUATION OF $600 ON SHOWN BY SALES THIS YEAR « (er eter ae le Dow is 106 8 & jst t M. O. ballots containing pe ] listening reapec ully to ¢ crosses after the names of Riplin- a | PROPERTY F WHICH » * 7 “ uflty | ® * * i wr dispatch says the cables ore on ic bl Outlying Residence Districts. « eos ped gh Jthe culty |S pe wae eee eee eee arene ee eee eee eee we jeer and Mullen. If these ballots king as far an “Ve | PAIO $975. Pet. * owe 2 ed Fane gee i are counted for Riplinger thty Walla Walla Add, property worth $25,250, assessed at ee ennie Brooks was attend ——__—— would increase his vote 190. In guteide the city. All) $10,860, or AT a [oR Ber father's store when the) : 2 the same precinct the election te the interior are down. | -—_—_-oo Westinke Boulevard Add, property worth $3,100, assess e | neuro nprang at her with a knife.) Evidence of the most convincing ) are t by Commissioner Raine | judges returned Moore 100 votes, i” hut thinks | od at $1,600, or st girl attempted to defend her | osture that the ballots in three pre-|!® the r asilY In the recount it has zeen found selfewith an tron bi . / i Ross’ Second Add. property worth asssomed = at © tron bar, but the nexro possible to see that there was a" that he received 72 votes, besideg Mashed ber across the throat and| iets of the ctty have Deen 18) naugually large number of them in| the 2k 1 Gimest Severed-awo ef her’ fingers | pered with in the interest of Ke | these three precincts. - fe ye so dig me par | Afterward he went {0 a farm and | publican candid since they were} Ordinarfly there are not more » 28 votes could be counted for ovtraged a ityearcld negr Aj officially counted developed in the than from one to five ballots mark | yoor it would exactly verify thé posse of « thousand men started in| recount in the Dow Mullen contest led in this manner in a precinct of | count of the election judges. pereel! thie morning. |the average size. In the Second) While the same thing is shown “Pee negro | precinct of t Fifth ward there!» comparison or the original co: a and the recount in the other tw ia & fepetition of j Last Aprit Dentet Clark hed orded in the offt of the cou eeeurred et 7:40| auditor a deed showing that he had we in ‘The cable oper-| purchased « email house and lote 9, | ® ‘the sity, last night,/ 19 and I, block wiew addi- the mein office thie tion, paying therefor the sum of that further | $275. This purchase price te copied $2,060, or 63 ison St. Add, property worth $9,751, assessed at $5,760, M or ‘ Central Seattle Add, property worth $11,790, ansossed at 158, o stock's Add, property worth 966,300, assessed at precincts In which this Y fi were 17 ballots so marked; in found in a ereek| ‘The Chilean contul om the aberrmct m the county $46,500, of bed He was tied hand | . “8s ee a ch’ 926.860, a at ono f and foot the Second precinet Me advices up| sasemsor's office, # 4 just opposite meme ony Add., property worth $26,0¢ ngereagee: see - and brought to the home of hie vic-|the Fifth ward, counted yesterday,| Third of the Seventh th foctored” precincts, it is BD lon tation, In the same tine - ’ Choice Residence Additions. tim for identification. The young eo the face of the returns indi-/33, and in the Fourth of the known so exactly for the rea PREVAILS. ben pagar Fe gg bevel “ ae Terry's Second Add, property worth $162,260, assessed at woman, lying on her bed with slcated that « wrongful count favor | Seventh 26 that the persons who tamper | netation thet the “ | $24,000, or 20 deep gash in her throat, turned to jing the M 0. candid had been| The very excess of ballots of this) with the ballots in thone precinct 9500, or 133 4 . ward the negroe as he stood be jreturned by the election judges particular character in these three | qiq it more skillfully The precinets raises a presumption that | who “doctored” the Fourth pr Park property worth $96,060, assessed captors It now appeare that the Judges in That's the scours she said. [th precinct returned an honest the ballote have been “doctored.” of the Seventh ward took straight 1 know him by his eves sea ht of the ballots as cast, but that| But there is other evidence substan-| ©. ballots and marked them for The negro wae removed outside the ballots have since been tam jtiating this theory Riplinger and Mullen only Denny Blaine La at $9,400, or . Observatory Add, property worth $33,500, assessed at $12,200, or .. oe ‘ tween hi is | sessed the property eee Aap. 17—Aa| per st of ite purchase price In ehook: in the! Apert. ie eneeee at 9 o'clock | Unjust Discimination. | | Stee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee te eee ” communt- | ) with Chili was interrupted Naturally, Mr. Clark feele that inside Business Propert tiie house : ‘ ht ted : jhe has deen discriminated against | David Maynard's Plot, property worth $640,200, askeased ner the govereet!” anid seme Jaye Republic + ragendinnony interested Difference in Crosses. Showed Same Skill I Beloved that no ceri-| when he learns that there le prope cpp li vs ’ , anh tnd tho chtet ensoutive began | The other precincts is which the| _./@. Many instances the aviginel ia the Third prectect of (hy an tmpasstoned appeal tampering appears to have oceur-| Marks placed on the ballots Dy t¥® | seventh ward the man who “dow yoters who voted them are heavy |toreq” the ballots took 30 straight wan done, 2 penic pre-| ty worth tens of militons of dollare the population in King county which is either left oft the rolle entirety or in assessed LIKE Frisco, [at from 10 to 2 per cent of ite — netual market value Not that he te le the most important | is making much of a kick, perhaps i Pacific coast of | it would not de mach good if he did Like Sen Francis: | so, because being a man of mode 1 Situated on andj menna he has come to expect. in pee bay. The business sec-| company with other men of modest i te the harbor front, ane, to bear more than bin fale | ‘err rrr Pee eee ee Pee PPR SE Tee MENTS, Here some men came up to the|are the Third and Fourth of the] © stand and sald | Seventh ward. mon = bonny we — M. ©. ballots, one Soctalist ball We appreciate what you say, but een, GUSEy wef one Soct we are not poing to do it. We have Marked the Tickets. latter the names of Republican can-|in4, ne Bocteltet iste esses. afte? atood this thing long enough rhe tampering, in each instance,|didates on the same ballots are! ihe names of Riplinger and Mullet Bo ine cuted for the guvernor to |consieted of taking straight tickets /light marks, marked with harder| n° to other poche of the On can und be conciuded his fruit-|voted for parties other than the/ pencils, and over a smooth surface. Haye there bees found Socialist OP epublic . ¥ park | ere . et - f IRepublican party, and marking| In several cases the voters im gociaist-Labor tickets split for Re ws appeal to prevent the lynching Sg — crosees after the names o' alien} making their original crosses On | Dubtican ndidates. On the side hills are| share of the tax burden chased in Augutt, 1906, for $50,000, aescesed at 95,400, or pd Riplinger, and in some im jthe ballots made upright crosses, inlicdionaisiehidiiaiaisingtmmnivininisiiiat of the richer classes. | Siything Contest. 1 Morite Thomeen’s, lots 3 and 4, block 42, Devid Ma: ances after other Republican ean-|both after the charter amendments ! om a tuclusively @ com ‘ ————— ‘Gity, and there is a great“ striking contrast with the valu- nard’s plet, purchased in June, 1906, for $80,000, « a Much of the | *tion placed on Mr. Clark's property sessed at 910.200, or 12% Haade of the British | * thown by that placed on much of le cable com.| the proverty of large property own. TROP PEPE COPE e PT eee the northern coast “* in an aceompenying table te ee ae ‘ee = an . “ inited States. These cation "PO" " his valuation and the valua- Im prove sold during the year. of property have been listed and F Ballots of this character voted for and in the party circle of « ef tetemicsion. due te] ie" of three pieces of j iproperty in the bt yeee section ‘ clam haw been offered thie| complied and the assessed = valua- 7 —— | pete aimeost at random from | series of articles that they are based | thor ompared with recent ° ‘Are Conflicting a hundreds on the rolls, show. |on teclated instances. On the con-| prices of the same property SEVERAL BIG) TRANSFERS ~ ing that much property of the lat-jtrary, they are the result of ox As a proof conclusive of the state. +" YORK, Awe 17 ME chase i@ assessed at from 10 to | haustive rch of the rolls in the| ment that outlying residence prop- | TAKE PLACE NEAR FORT ‘Valp SE ee ceint | $3 per cent of prices at which it has! course of which hundreds of pleces [erty weneraily ie assessed at higher! LaWTON—LOT® GOING ane valuations than property in cholce ’ | residence additions and property in} SUNCHES. | dewn-town b om distr a table ie presented herewith show Sedat : ling a compilation ¢ -—_—_———$—$$_$—_—_—_—__——_ a . coperty in nelect oe of the biggest advances in ee A par foe et oy et nalgtire ated be ear roe. aoe bethe ! ‘The county commissioners say 4 Pacing, gap Prbagarplagene baci try teak 2 * reser hat teal : that if Moore is able to sell some i Jing the year, as by runater gentered in property at Magnotlal Gounty Commissioners Seem Determined to oi ),c 22" from the canat exeuvar oe none ee auditor's of. fpiuft. It Je announced thn | tion for filling purposes that the [Poors sovestment Co. nas secure’) Prevent People of King County From Express |»:0vn: » secures spould go, co fw How the Poor Man Pays bernme w at oe te ca t » Seven of these additions are out-1°'s., lying resid additions and the. Te | ameessed 9 fone in them ranger. I from 47 to 80 per cent of the actual | eale price of the property sold this ’ ° FOUR SAMPLE AS! Daniel Clark's Home. pcr Howse and lets 9, 10, 11, block 7. Lakeview addition, pur- chased in April, 1906, for $375, sescssed et $500, or William E. Best's lot 6, block 6. Gerah A. Bell's addition, purchased in July 1906, for $20,000, assessed at $6,000, or C. Marier’s. lot 1, block 6, Sarah A. Bell's addition, pur- 8 =] Sr eteteteteeeee tear eee eee eeeeeee ee eeee 2 S ntinued on Page 7.) setae eet eeeeeeee sing Oscar Oliver, con-| | all of the money he can secur@ the real estate firm of} James A. Moore. |from such a source. ®. Thomas & Co., clos nd sold 60 lots, directly ric: Sideld pigsaailieds eke, the deal, b a hye Khe aa a to not been closed ing Themselves Upon the Proposal of| cunt’, to Mr Moore... ne retat of Fort Lawten, for Always it gets back to the sami proposition: Do the people of year. Three of the others lee 55 “ hee ur@hawers are HH. F. Fianle that James A. county could not ho! It has been suggested that these The prospects . ROAD oEEKS LAND. j residence a one and the property Fyyear Main, Many tran: H build 4 2 Peas in them ts shown to be aasessed ut lave been made during the *| Moore and his associates wil! build) It Das een ee eail publicity, so] Kins county consider the Lake That Russian Soldiers’ Victim Was| 1 sccoraance with an atreement| tom 20 to. ger cent of i malt Iq ftagnolia property and several|the Lake Washington capal aro opinions be given full publicity, | Washington canal as. worth 8600. s | [made with the county commission The other Is a down-town large sales will be reported day more remote than ever Laat i ecac snight be guided thereby. [0°?, 10, nem. amd are they wilt ? H era the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.| business addition, covering the dis jo rhere ie an evident determina , to take a chance upon being hel : of Former Resident of St. Louis, Paul road has instituted condemna:| trict immediately south of Vester (WIGL PRESIDE OVER SERVICES. | iin on the part of the county com People Vitally Interested Hable for damages for the change . P ‘ . tion proceedings against property| Way and the compilation shows je oe cre to kill the entire pro] Tt is a question In which the peo-| in the lake levels? fives in This Country Are Undecided==*|owncrn ‘sexs svvurn. The ‘com| that the eronerty which ‘han went] an |< frocks hae neoupiel missioners to i Bo eee eeentsemy are vitally inter-| That is the proposition pom pany claims that it necds the land| sold this year hax been assessed at Jnvitation to preside over the Hers\| ' io seen sad ‘om.| Which the county commissioner Russia Mi . S St eo ot J ; Av Yewteh | Ral 1 influences, it 1s said, are ested, and in which the county com ; os to transfer to the county for the per cent of ite welling value. leongregation at Jewish New] peing mught to bear, and thejmissioners are not interested ex.) Seem ¢ rmined that the peopl x in Minister couts ory. toad property which the rallway| Thus does the poor man pay the} Year's services to be held at Hiber bese Joa iectiy made in. some cept as voters in this community |shall not have an opportunity to ured as a right of way. [rich man’s taxes Gian hall September 19,20 and 21. | quarters that it is this influence! In spite of this the commission jexpress themselves Lou = = that is prompting the commission-|ers have taken it upon themselves | || Mr — - ye - sive = 19, Mo, Aug. 17-—Mille, | whi He says the Chevaliers are b event action to so surround the proposition with |the county @ bond which sha * 9. 1m nips. . ers to thelr present a m prop fe Smernott, the young wom pe ‘Cossacks but belong to a differ. $ WerrreCCCOee ee EPEC EES E ESE EES SEAS eee 4 james A. Moore has made a def-|impossible conditions so that it witt |fortetted in cane the bonds are = J . : s we 7 a: be accestabie tt i » and|sed and he does not bu was flogged by Ru: ent branch of the servi * RESULT OF THE DOW-MULLEN RECOUNT. a {lalte otter to ‘tie. Pereritee that his be acceptable torr. Moore and|Ton, "this bond to cover fully ‘& , Petersburg, may be «| Charlies Blow Doubts it. 4 Majority to @e Overcome by Dow, S47; > the shall build the Lake Washington * The v conditions | that My a in connection with thé of Henry T. Blow, of| NEW YORK, Ave 17--Charles| & —— — = angled = - canal of sufficient depth and width |Moore states most emphatically he | ple The girl has been living w, Blow, of St. Louis, whe is stay- *® . in J MULLEN. ij HURD DOW. *% |to be of practical use, and that/will not accept are those upon Throughout the entire count Parent, in Ruse! || ing at m hotel in Atinntic City, wtat-| # eel = os Sa xt - = upon its completion he is to be|which the county commissioners there is rapidly growing a feel the family in thie city| ed over the long distance telephone) 4g Se a | : | | |: # [given the proceeds from the sale/are insisting most serenuously jthat the county commissioners & ly awaiting further in-|that he doubted whether the Mile.) i a) =. | | | * lofa 11,000 bond issue. Mr. Moore says he wants from gr a very bad mess of a maw Mf the occurrence. The! de Smernoft mentioned in the Asso-| ; | | | * ie it Worth it? oe a 8 . 0 for the build vend py “a yon gf gs 4 me young woman waelciated Press dispatches from St.| 4 lal 3. | ¢ | = ‘The people of King county are} ie, ong t ee es BOT nA taueh money tn on effort te & low, whe was @ for-| Petersburg wae his cousin, the niece | | . | * [merely asked to say whether or not r ene : - | complis! whic r. M | lish that hich M loo belle of thi + Bh ; 4 b of Avo oe j | is : 2. given an opportunity to express v hh Moora A his oity | of Mra. Herbert Wadsworth of * | 3 | ¢ | : 5| 8 |¢ |d * Ithey believe this canal would b€|ihomselves upon this offer. now proposes to do Gmernotf, who was then N. ¥, apd Washington, D. C, ar | % 13%| 8 |@ |8 # [worth to them this amount of “ t , st propo Mary of the Russian embassy ‘sin of James W. Wadsworth,| # >a ji) >a) «@ (6 |4 Refuse to Allow Vote was ot first gropened that Ss u a cousin of Jam or - ide ae L | \ | | * | money . lelection upon (his bond issue shoul apenker of the mbly. Mr. Blow] £ First Ward 938 | O70 .. | 68 i} ea | 1 * The county commissioners seem] The county commissioners refuse [occur on September 12, at the same Mews be | plated that he received a letter from| # Becond Ward gaa) ata | 702 | . 4 & |dotermined that they shall not be|to allow the people to vote upon the | time as the special etty election, ‘on wn to Rosen the young woman yesterday, dated) w& Third Ward 1104 1179 | .. , 11 & |permitied to do this proposal as made, but insist that |By holding 1t upon this date the dA Aug. 17 in Fintand, in which she expressed) @ Pourth Ward 771 | Tee). 71 6¢ The question of the damage to lif the canal be built by Moore they |expense to the county would — are dor,|her Getermination to sall for the) w Fifth Ward a38 | Me } 26 w |lake property by the lowering of jaudit all of the bills for the con-| greatly reduced. The delay, atl oy) he hed never b 4 ot) United States and that she would) # Gixth Werd or oo) 66BB “ # |the water in Lake Washington and struction and pay him only what/ever, has almost precluded any pow mernotf, mentioned ag the goubtiess reach this country about) w © jeventh Ward 777; 175 @ |the raising of the water in Lake |these bills amount to, sibility of this arrangement of erusit i = _ . 1S erueltion by the Cheval eptember 1 san. aa 4 1% |Union has entered into the discus} Mr. Moore says that so far as} That the people of King county Nersbure, | Mfr. Blow Aaid it was poss eee emp ie oe hl mat sion of the Moore proposal. The|his investigation shows the canal | dosire an opportunity to vote upo ellers are the|had gone to Mt, Petersbu * jot Looe oe 8 *& {prosecuting attorney says there ts|will cost more than $500,000, but | the question there is no doubt. An: ; ee 4 carry swords|ever. Mr. Blow said he had rece! * Five Precincts Only, % |a possibility that the county might|that if he can build it for less than | that ft ts the duty of the count: BF; that the report weoma incredi.|no personal informa@on concerning! w % [be Hable for these damages. Other |that he will do so and will count |commissioners to grant them thi * * lawyers say that suits against the |the difference as profit on the job I pportunity is equally plain PTR CPP OUSSC EC SEES e eee eee eee PTR mettions the use of hors the ow