The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 12, 1907, Page 3

theory. Clues which might lead to the apprehension of the parties con: cerned are practically minua, There seoma to be nothing tangible with which ene of the gang can be taken and convietod, Hut the police now believe that the work {a that of a number of you 1 Yeon, and possibly one woman, an ol whom ere at one time "MAY BE LEADING FE CRACKING GANG : ING ON THEORY took place In the Bailey butlding me ALeY aLock ROB joffices Sunday night? And is this loyes in the buildin, OMMITTED | unknown woman one of the leaders my ” on |of & gang of young men who have |oftions in" Beale” sels acne jturned professional safecrackers,| where the mysterious #afe-crack — and whose operations are extending at the bottom of the j from Beattle to Tacoma? . fe-crackings which The police are working on this INGER GOES TO NATIONAL CAPITAL Inge have ooourred. Tt ie thought that the gang til! t least one member working on the inside in one of the office buildinge—possibly the Hailey—and that he koopa the rest of the men: bers posted as to when the chance is ripe for a burglary, All the evt dence which the detectives ean father goes to show that the ang is One which has a perfect know! edge of the offices wherein they choose to RA. Ballinger lett “T am t sufficiently familiar operate. That one o' om om the | WHR elther thé situa or the ox. | 0#® safecrackéra ie a young wo shana, Ine | 8°t Pellow Of the president to be in man is now held to be a fet, for she hae been secon, and is being watehed by the poltoe. & position to express any opinion, A certain poliey may be wise under vertain conditions and too radical ge from there fo San either by way east wR Cay or over the wate othee sunaitions Disposing | & aabdiat % jchuret recently by denouncin : a ¢ public domain indisertm-/@ KING bridge whist and dancing and a» gor wuld to . Stor ri — may * & Wie policy while! enews APPRECIATION. % |serting her intention of aaver touch ye boarding © country te being & (Scripps Tel jing cards again. os . egraph Service.) # as Ebave two years where tm thie avtted parte # LONDON, Feb. 12—In open. # & serk 3 work before Tse Poise zo rhe policy might be fot« | # !ne parliament this morning # at the University Place Ch Jurindiction over & wore conservative | King Kdward VI sald [of Christ, conducted by Bvan Hie _ . _¥ - ae Weick -woute husband | “l recognie with gratitude «|. J. Wright, the sina of society Guiskie of the 13) our natural resources for the ben~/® the sympathy abown by the #| Were touched on. One evening he leg im which no lands |oflt of generations to come, would|# people of the United States | "Poke of the evil of card playing oy the over” —— oe feta: # and the assistance their naval @ |“! dancing and at the clage of the wea fer F e : e ou © the wiser) ® authorities extended in Ja. «| *@f™on, before an audience of 1,000 yards ane ether pub- [course to pursue at the present | @ mates.” a |Pertons, Mrs. Sims arose and made time le something I am not pre | @ | ber unexpected denunciation of the next two years the | pared to say until Tam more f-|@ @ Oe eee eke ee we ee | MO Ainusoments miliar with the situation. The poticy to be pursued wil, at all events, be determined by Prest- dent Roosevelt and Seeretary Gar- feild, my official superiors, and it will be for me to carry it out, My advice may be asked, and when asked, will be given,” Judge Ballinger intende to return to Beattle during the summer, The judge's family will remain here un- i next i, when they will jot him at Washington, e emer se MAKE GAY FESTIVE ARRAY spat of fire smell of in- of gally be) and ap atmos) the Chinese after midnight te the public . wilt prodably be Feed this will of course . of the office, Next @ffice the land office connected with It division of the de the interior.” lapinion tn reference to policy of withdraw from entry and fwstend of selling taht ee vl meet penberg and a Star reporter visit: ed the Oriental district last night, and entered the worst of the oplum dens. The rooms were dense with opium fumes, yet in every place were outward mans of the annual event, such as silken coverings, | banners, strange pictures and hiero- lop: } giyphics. f the Pacific (y¥. which struck starboard side when she strack dag wight shortly after) again about cmaenaal, tape a wild ae (panic ensued stoorage ee ee ee inte | PNERECTR, many whom were arrived in port | Japanese. The stewards passed . a survey made Of among the passengers with reas fers venturing any fur-| wuring laughs and convinced them ‘ip to Prisco that everything wae eafe. Mated today that) After the beat was clear of the Bo signs of a rock! roek Capt. Alberts, together with He believes that) Capt. Cousing, held a hurried ¢oa- 08 an extension of | versation and Mt was determined to As the Spokene| put back to port to fully deter bottom, aed (he | mine the extent of the damage. per the outer bot- Upon the arrival of the steamer at litthe damage ~~ the passengers were al- | lowed to walt and take passage on of the accident the | the steamer Umatilla or have their that throughout | money returned. A ” “se ume ‘gp ome a ce , Curtains A Sale We will be ready for you to morrow with some very interest: ing specials in Lace Curtains. Some of these spectala consist of two and three and four pair lots which are mark ed low enough to insure of a quick disposal, the oth ers consist of an advantageous purchase which is likewise marked at very low prices. De tails follow: Special Purchase ‘These are spic span new, just the kindg you'll want to have, bought under price, on sale on | the same basta. Net curtains at...... 81-4 25 Renaissance curtains 85 Renaissance curtains | $4.75 Renaissance curtains } Renaissance curtains | $8.60 Renaissance courts | — em Lines = | there are 42 pairs | Arabian color. Two three of some and Priced Hike | | BESRESR noo - 25¢ 10 45¢ China Plates 20 Cts. We place on sale in the crockery store tomorrow Fancy Austrian and Bavarian China Ten Plates to various ptetty decorations at 2c each. They are worth from 26¢ to 45e. Nickel Plated Cuspidors ent store two styles They bave heavily asa We place on sale tomorrow in the bas Plated cuspidors at very low prices . , 80 will not be upset easily. The Me grade at Ihe grade at CHARITY BALL SWELLS FUND Ta Christiansen’s Broadwoy hall! last night, and to the strains of | Wagner's orchestra, two hundred couples of “fair women and brave men” pald their reapects to Terp sichore and helped along the cause of charity and the House of the Good Shepherd, for the benefit of hich the funetion was organised, tecetved a handsome finknctal in| crement. The room was daintily | decorated, and with the handsome | gowns of the Iadies present made |°C!OCk In the morning, preced & pretty picture, Rev. Nellie Dwight Hillis, D. BD. the successor to Lyman Abbott and Henry Ward Beecher in the pulpit) of the Pilgrim chureh in Brooklyn, N. Y¥., will lecture in Seattic under) the auapiees of the Y. M. ©. A Wednemiay evening, February 20, at Egan's Areade hall, Dr. Hillis will address the stu dents at Densy Hall Friday, Feb- ruary 22, and take for bie topic, “Jobn Ruskin's Message to the Twentieth Century.” SUDDEN DEATH. Mra. Mary Pittner, wife of Thos. Pittner, died at Bouth Seattle this) morning suddenly and mysterious ly. No physteian was tn attend ance, and Coroner Carrol) bas boon } hotified to make an investigation. “Change His Name. Reecause there were others who bore the same same, Oscar Eklund says he has been much annoyed and open several occasions mail| belonging to him has gone astray | Yesterday he asked Judge Frater | to allow him to change his name to Oscar Keland, which was grant ed, | HOVERING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH Mra, Jacod Steffier, the aged wo man whe was 80 seriously burned at Georgetown on Sunday by an oF plosion of creosote and tar, ts to day hovering between life and death. Attending physicians do not entertain any hopes for her re- covery. Does Not Want Drug Law. | Herman G. Rveretts today filed « | protest with Mayor Moore agaiust the proposed drug law now before, lor soon to be placed before, the ler lislature. Everette’ objections are | that there are many people who lcompelled to make use of © land who cannot afford to get & pre) scription filled every time they | lwant medicine of the kind. “Old) lsoldiers there are in the city,” he/ H } “who have used drugs of va-| rious forms for 30 years to allevi-| ate pain.” PRETTY FROCK. box. At this price we reserva the right “55a to limit quantities. < LADIES’ PURSES. ter of Eve when ar | raid tor, the weekly. dancing class FANCY BELTING. matt stlen Sine argh | wears a bewitching sages Small Be ~~ ‘Take your choice of 59c sized leather Hand fe bee ates ene te material is 5c at least a dorén dif- Rags, in black only crepe. The skirt has two flounces, ferent patterns in each They come in wal which have the button hole edge, | a yard pretty colored ef- _$ ‘us and seal grain and the same hand work Je where LY fects in mercerized ed leathers and are Oe at the chouloor seams, Bive or silk fimished ~well made and finished. They sre es- velvet ribbon straps the vest and Belting. The regular prices are 15c, pecially good bargains at the regular Jaces the shoulders together. The aoc and 2c a yard. Tomorrow the price, 75c each. Tomorrow your pick sleeves are big puffs, and the belt special price wili be only &@. We re- of the lot at only 5O¢ each. “You save / and rosette are of the velvet | First Student: “Why do you al-| ways let the light in your study | burn, while you go down town on a spree.” fecond Student: “The old man measures the amount of study, I do, by the size of the gas bill.” Good tea and coffee go to the | spot—fichilling’s Best one DONT LET YOUR DOG Die! We can save him with Clayton's | and Dent’s Do Remedies. Dog col lars and chains. A. L. Hall, bill eee | First avenue, cards without regret |hours of 7 and § o'clock. Special x MRS. SIMS, CHAMPION AT BRIDGE, DENOUNCES GAME SHE HOLDS THE NATIONAL LOVING CUP OF THE GREAT SOCIETY CARD GAME, BUT SHE STANDS UP IN CHURCH AND PROM 6 THAT 6HE WILL NEVER AGAIN TOUCH CARDS—NOTHING BUT HARM, DES MOINKS, Feb, 12.--Mra. A.B. Sime, prominent in Des Motnes society and holder of the jpational whist champlonabip, cre lated 4 seneation in a Des Motner publicly, at I never will touch cards MRS. A. B. SIMS, national champion bridge player, who denounces cards and promises her church never to play whist again. deliberately, and I hy come to see the evil of card playing, especially in social circles, Nothing but harm can come from it 1 care nothing for the honors I have wou at the game and will abandon the do al! in my power to discourage it ment In Clevel as & form of social amuse t." |age, she won Mra. Sime won the national cham: | women. plonship loving cup at the whist! “I do not may that whist playing tournament in St. Louis a year ago,| i» always bad,” she atated, “but in in| With Mrs. Henry A. Crawford she| general it appears to me that more also won the doubles, At a tourna-' evil than good comes from it” (Star Bpecial Bervice.) EVERETT, Feb. 12--Capt. A. J and, O., the first two yourk prise “There is even more harm neing then in cards, and I shall LENT IS HERE The Lenten season will be appro priately opened tomorrow, Ash Weduenday, by services at the ¥ da: Jetal Toads, and thus make the bid- hag f keener If the usual method was followed, | half the work would be done before | the contractor got any money. The | role will be approved within 120 contracts are let.| shurehes he "elt and. Catholle TAT owe jobe are ecatimated to cost | D. Burbank, a well-known pioneer . 7 ere w be high mass at the cathedral at {| 9648,000 lof this section of the country, died 4 is eine by services and by mass at the | NEW ORDINANCE FOR will be buried Thursday from the MARINE REGULATOR®. | Riverside Catholic church. In early each ‘days he logged about Olympia an coegece Frid pone Sow Wednes| the new ordinance regulating the Tacoma, but Intely had made Gran Lenten season, during the | anchoring of sea going craft im the jt Falls, near which he owned 320 — [harbor and regulating the handling | acres of timber land, his headquar WILL APPROVE JACKSON of powder cargoes was passed by | He was « soldier of the civil AND FOURTH ASSESSMENTS, | {he ¢!’y council at its meeting last! war, enlisting from Maine, but be ina | night. The Dill is s long one, too | would never receive a pension from It bas been determined by the|!0BK to be read by the council, andthe government. He was eccentric city officials to approve the assess. |(h® committee which reported ment rolls for the Jackson st. and | Tecommended it as having reosived |jast two years is sald to have drawn the Fourth av. regrade jobs ahead | te fullest possible attention and| yp about a dozen wills, J. A. Theur Of theusual time. ‘This will be done |fAF@ 00 the part of the committer, | gr, Dr. C. A. Mead and St, Dominic's #0 that contractors will be able | 8e¢ the council so accepted It. to get payment for work done with: | odied hand lamps ibe | be the beneficiaries of his latest out having to carry too large finan at Spinning’s oor will, McCARTHY’S RealMoney Savers For Wednesday Shoppers The women who do the thinking, the planning and the buying for the home can always find some- thing of real interest in the McCarthy advertisements. Always something here that makes the expense of living a good bit lighter. Here are sample items. We've many others like them on sale tomorrow. LINEN CRASH. MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS. Men's fine big clev- Bleached Linen 1 Ic er sized Handker- c Crashes, full bleach- chiefs, with quarter ed, 18 inches wide inch hem stitched ard and finished with seine hems. They are ¥ red borders. This is a splendid grade of toweling and sells regularly at 1244 a yard. Tomorrow the special price will be only 8%@ At this price not more than 10 yards will be sold to a purchaser, warranted every thread pure linen and are unlaundered. Our regular price for these is 1ge each. Most stores sell the same quality at aoc and call them ase handkerchiefs. Tomorrow the price will be L1¢ cach. Six to a purchaser. CASTILE SOAP. 12 A pure, genuine ar- LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFPS. Ladies’ Uniaun dered Handker ticle that comes in 1% pound bars and chiefs of pure linen, a Ber. that we sell regu- every one of them Jarly at 17¢ a bar. warranted. They Tomorrow the spe- have eighth inch cial price will be only 1Z@. Find it hemstitched hems and are splendid jn the Druggists’ Sundry Department value at the regular price, 1s¢ each. on the main floor. We reserve the right On sale tomorrow at only @¢ each. to limit the quantity sold to a cus- At this special price not more than six tomer, handkerchiefs will be sold to any one customer. VALENTINES. HAIRPINS., Only two more ; 3 for days to buy them, The famots Beats- al : ; 10 f you want them 8c all bone Haitpins, ic mailed on time you put up imboxes of jo) will have to hurry dozen a dozen each The “~~ Tomorrow we will BEREAN regular prite for tet you choose from the many novel- ‘ this necessary, lit- ties which we have been selling at 5c tle article is 13¢ a box. Tomorrow they each at only three and a third cents or will be on special sale at only B¢@ a Reer of. sida aisle three for 10¢. the price of two trips down town oa serve the right to limit the quantity one of these. sold to any one customer, McCarthy Dry Goods Co. 1512 to 1522 Second Avenue Between Pike and Pine Streets Fi Qpremanenmenan ele grammed Zpamaerannmrsn nn), BURTON RUNS AGROUND. — Steamer Burton, of the Kitsap County ‘Transportation company ran aground at the Country club landing near Blakeley last night. The damage sustained was slight aod she was pulled out into the atream thie morning MAS, BROWNFIELD RELEAGED Mra. D. C. Brownfield, wife of Clyde Brownfield, now in jail charged with robbery, was arrested Sunday upon the finding of burg lar's tools in her room, has been reloased on $200 ball She wae booked on a charge of disorderly conduct, and her hearing was post poned yesterday by Judge Gordon AT THE BIER OF HER DEAD HUSBAND Mrs, Ruth Jackson, charghd with murder in the second degree for the killing of John Jackson, her husband, in their apartments in the Nicholas lodging house a week ago last Friday, was taken from the county jail at 3 o'clock thin after. noon by deputy sheriffs and allow ed to attend the funeral of her hus band The funeral services of the mur dered man were held from the Bon ney-Watson chapel at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, Interment was in Lakeview cemetery ANLROND MEN VISITING HERE pea aga William MeMurray, general pas- nenger agent of the Harriman Wi at Portland, and A, ©, Jackson, ad- vertixing manager of the O. Rh & N. and the Bouthern Pacific, arrived this morning and are stopping at the Savoy, Neither gen- theman will dincle the purpose of the vinit, though they admitted that jit wie on business connected with ithe road Mr, MoMurray stated that Port+ land 1s rapidly getting over the ef- fects of the recent floods and the sleet storm, and busines is getting back to normal condition, He #aid that everybody in the “Webfoot* city put himself out to entertain the Tacoma chamber of commerce par- ty, which stopped over at Portland for a time on it# way to California, The party, which includes a ta number of Seattle people, w shown every possible courtesy. They were the guests of fhe Portland Commercial club, taken through the [business section of the town and line “Heights.” Saturday evening a banquet wee given in their honor In the club rooms, Mesera. MeMurray and Jackson intend to leave Seattle thia evening. for) Bunday at Providence hospital end) it! to « certain extent, and during the/ academy, of this city, are said to) FALSE ALARMS CAUGE RUNS. FAMOUS PAINTINGS ARE STOLEN (Scripos Telegraph Service.) | LONDON, Feb. 12—-The moat jwensational art burglary since the Bearcely able to see 100 feet be fore them, @ portion of the fire de partment was called out last night in the dense fog to answer several false alarms. TELEGRAPHERS MAY STRIKE TONIGHT theft of the Gainesborough “Duch= in 1876, occurred ——— the residence of CHICAGO, Feb. 12—Tne opera- | Charles Wertheimer. . ere | Park Lane canvanses, worth tors of the Western Union be at noon preparing ballots to take a vote & strike. A conference at i@ this afternoon will be held to consider the wer of the Wentern Union offi ln that they would not reinstate men, may re- sult in & strike by tonight CAN FILE ON LANDS, $175,000, were cut from their frames and carried away. They were #0 unekilifully cut out that they are ruined, even if recovered. BANQUET TONIGHT. The Young Men's Republican club will celebrate Lincoln's day with a banquet at the LAncoln hotel A telegram w received at the tonight. The speakers will be }ioeal United States land office thix | King Dykeman, H. A. Ogden, R. 8. | morning instructing the receiver, | Pierce, J. R. Falknor, of Olympia, | Prank A. Twitehell to again open | and George H. Walker. Hermon 8. | the homestead land in Whateom | Frye will act as toastmaster, county recently drawn from filing gree by an act authorized by the depart- | [ment of agriculture at Washing Do SPOKANE WILL PROCEED. CABLE CAR BREAKS DOWN. ‘Traffic on the James st. cable line was blocked this afte leaused by a broken axle on one | the dummy cars. The aceident bap- pened when the car was at the | west end of the line, making !te re- moval from the line a difficult af- fair. | Hi A survey th afternoon of the | Bpokane which bumped a rock at | Cape Flattery Sunday afternoon, resulted in the diver finding but several dents in the false bottom. | | No other Injury was found and the | Spokane will undoubtedly sali late this afternoon for San Francisco. j MADRID, Feb. church will bold its annual congre- jauake shoc ting seven seconds gational meeting tonight at 8 were felt at Athama, in the province o'clock tm the lecture room of the lof Murcia, today, ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING. The Westminster Presbyterian Matchless Values in Silk Petticoats We are offering our immense stock of highgrade Bik Petticoats at greatly reduced prices. Absolutely every Petticoat In the house is included in this special offering that should merit your immediate attention by reason of the unparalleled values given. Visit this sale and examine the greatest assortment of special values ever offered at a sale. SEE COLUMBIA STREET WINDOWS J. REDELSHEIMER & CO, Strongest Ladies’ Waist House In the State $4.25 Couch Covers For $2.75 | inches wide, in Oriental J These Couch Covers are 72 72 designs and fringed all around. Very beautiful color- ings. Cut Prices on Cut Glass Fight-inch Cut Glass Bowls, in different patterns; $3.50 Jelly Comports, which always sell for from $5.50 to $8.00, $3.98 Cut Glass Vinegar Crewets, with handsomely cut stopper; regular selling price is from $4.25 to $6.00; special price .. handsomely cut; regular $6.00 value for FOF cowrocvovicstortvarertvccceseovens $6.00 Cut Glass Water Bo Handsome Cut Glass Water Glasses, which always sell fog $8.50 for a set of six, for.... Above Prices for Wednesday Only. Century Furnrrure Srconp Avenve & Spring Srreer 9; --aee RAO Sa