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- LAST | EDITION, | | VOL, 9 NO. 155. CHARTER AMENDMENTS T BE FINALLY SETTLED M ° T igh! Gi Final C id ee | fill Hold Last Meeting Tonight to Give Final Consid- : 4 7 BANK CLEARINGS * eration to Amendments That Have Already Been * * o Seattle + U ® Clearities today $1,208,687.81 & pon. F Somace iaTseuey csidiamiaasnaetaiiad igen . Tacoma + ° , ® Clearings today, ..$ 907,163.00 ® (MENOMENTS AGREED UPON, |at f for thelr submission, for|% Balance 107'194.00 © the alling of a charter revision * Portland. * Peiherizing the city to maintain commission as provided by the state | ® Cloarings today...$ 905,484.00 # pablie markets and public scales law > Sabauoe 48:798.00 & Authorizing the city to acquire This will probably be the fate, so * P bd ate stone quarries and/ fur as the committee in concerned Lied Sons in connection with the of th Proposed direct legislation eee eee eee 2s att plant amendments, providing for direct Sma on planting of shade [participation by the © in city Onin a district street improve. legisiation. These a Aments are a” to be consitered t initter cI ing for a board of public | this eve and the oxtala. tavited, for the the ce rat ie, to ap CSHOPPING Days Bescignates by the mayor Sieviding for a superintendent of and defining his duties. f the amendt . Providing for a contingent fund The direct a Is¥oré ethe payment of discharged em-| ments have been indorsed by the ~ and the payment of con Central Labor Counet!, the Civic cash expenses. t the Seattle City Party, the iding for a health commie Workingmen's league, the Demo to be appointed by the mayor cratic pla m convention, and ga placing the health office under othe gyi service. The charter organte May Use Petition ations ne to sub eT egirnta charge will pro’ undertake to ped nee ads Re plan of DEATH DEALING “RIFLE he charter ft w fhe committer to « ple #4 its proposed amendme ~s IN POWERS CASE upon by the il during eateteation (By United Press) present me : a at to GEORGETOWN, Ky., De may be advertt the full Great se Was Qoecasione Bite provited aw , “Tl the trial of Oalet Powers toe No Radical Changes - the rifle that | He has been agreed upon as the Ket « used in the aw poliey of the ttee not to take Meommend any radical changes in , th @e Charter, and if such ch ary of th ME proposed and have \ ‘ an effort will be made t t ey ea | Wha Golden ¢ sonable facility for their we and Goebel Mteck them by providing, tr HERE'S THE ANSWER TO THE RAT AND . PLAYGROUNDS GRADED. aye the Pendleton-M und rteen cats” is right The folowing is an example of plat he pa ‘ rh of you solved the p @ correct solution received by The i is now engage he wor Pe rightly Star ading and pla tr Bat more of you did not. The Cat and Rat’ problem ts . ewers varied from 14 to 1,400, an Ss tover 40 ye fad then sor a It admit TJest how tt was it! practios] one and fen Gould tak to ny) As | 1 aich 100 in 50 was to kill 1 Mexpiained in the answers ats 50 mi The ¢ t method of solution t cate $ Be follows 49 minutes, thie leave "it 7 cats catch 7 rate in 7 min be pounced upon by 14 cats mm 1 cat will catch 1 rat in 7 tieal ca tes, and 1 cat will catch 71-7 ob in 50 minutes (rate 1 Te pe ae mets in 50 eo It will take ioe Admits It Tast e Any Uther Quail, But Says He sariniws was snowed to go Pe many cats as are contained 1 rat ° . e Rief, on the stand, sald that BI, The | WALTER ROCK WEL Did Not Know Season Was Over-—Waiter Is Fined, w= wyre vecwnen 208 sa 200 of the bones, some broken, some } gone, He “supposed. o 8 ques ised to marry her oon as his . ee ‘ thews had swallowed some of the » died © also < er to 1” eal ‘ ad three ye hi i sony pad ig tly dk ecaa hy - a her & e od 1 don't kn thing about how Missing bones (By United Press.) tv wa Hes wo manthe lent at het qual! « he Rathskeller The court fined the Rathsketle BAJUNTA, Colo., Deo. 17.—A tel #0 Hrs. Seb ge ag ec . ate when aid the minixter on examin Waiter, Charles Rice, $100, The . B, trom Bi Paso Tex states Shere A eee pent te et Pes Astor's arts the forbi “ "om served Case Wan appealed irs. Pauline jo" a traine inh eaulte nh a we me delict were , last night shot and killed WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Juatice issued for th f{ the wa you know they were| SNG@AGE SPECIAL CLERK Schram in « hote! there b granted a temporary | Who had-served the game at of | qua’ asked counsel for the de ? REI he fefused to marry he aining the Amertc eason fense, Walter Fulton Pe sb ne og era prt ag legitimatizing the unborn eration of Labor from further pub 7 ald not t war Tasted Like Quail Giiohehediiek thin torning in or Schram was formerly a lishing its “We don't patronize” |was being » gally to t eek ta quail; there to expedite the outgoing Christmas ine ms masivond man of Lajunta. list in so far as it affects the Buc 1 moat certainly ab 1 have) = B ; + ti A number of special last July Mrs. Aloff! Stove company“of St. Louis we tt te We + wath 1 Bad Now, abe i. identify ¢lerks were added to the night and ¢ w mar es jin ond | wa the t Rief had ot in beste day force to handle the extra heavy RST BURNS-MOIR FIG MOIR FIGHT PICTURES meno fhe ee ana wrentie { the w Tk tke ee omy 1 ot order the « ! ’ The f flee wileve that he hidden husband ecured at th e ' age weler who | Mmerift Livesle " 1 heot - which »b ought nlm - . “ woman and the mar I a he ge fa " i Livesley heard a Mer * wa “ P he lat: turned to find himself posed Mye r the gua of the fugitive D atihe . 4 his sheriff ' Some of the Questions Did D AN K e ———<- ay Freq ning thten Hous Jers whd effect De D ive ¥ all the re thet , \ pre who are using ashe Round 1. Burns Lands First Blow. 1 De elr premis “ ; nee ee 1 S = ths ‘ a. 4 B the Ton I ; M ‘ j , i‘ Mat. | the . ( are consist t failure te “igs One cone ~ ‘ sped dans. b not p Lis Might, in the Pe the thant - no that wi t b By al ave ‘ nea Me ting were f f The 8 t ar ansigh ondition Sporting it 4 that . rt front ryine ! f er of » t he ad h af wi if Hert | at ha tered ' 8 nit P ‘ ane put t te f wlacken { threw the throttle wide | pokane 1 Tre © highwayt Pe na in ¥ THE SEATTLE STAR. SEATTLE, WA 1INGTON, TUBSDAY, D tC. ‘HENEY TO. HURRY TO WASHINGTON (By United Press.) 17, 1907, Heney will leave Portland for! PORTLAND, Ore, I 17. Washington tomorrow on a hurry-up Francia J. Heney appe ,|trip. The appointment of a special | } fo oye “ ane ar J 7 the proseeMor to handle the cases will | mderal cour nin morning and Bet he the principal object of hin vinit the Oregon land fraud casen for | It was reported in Portland today dunuary 13. The case of former |through private messages from | District Attorney John Hall will be} Washington that fH, D, Townsend the first on the calendar, Bingerjand A, B. Decker” special federal Hermann will follow « then attorneys, are now en route from Franklin Pearce Maye, and James | the expltol for Portland, Decker A. Rooth There were about 40/18 supposed to be engaged in the defendants in court qnd the attor-| Southern Pacific land grant cases, | heys defending were a lem but Townsend, who ts well known Practically every law firm prémt-| here, ison an unknown mission. He nent in Portland was represented may be the new pros uutor sabibsichion mtipeeintoueone: CITY COUNCIL MAY BE FOUR-FLUSHING While I have not received a copy | tranchine inap ook Into the | of the solution passed by the | Matter, and he 1 to me that | eben t hath onan the | Ce Original ordina Hiring the | street to be vacated when the tun enforcement of the ordinance Fe | ng} was completed has been amend: | quiring the md companies to e@ by the council, extending the | vacate Railroad av, for day traffic, | tine #0 a8 to make it effective when nor hed to th matte recen oe in other tracks are completed it b 4 wah the nell might by th roade The franchise In be flushing,” sald Mayor Moore spector reported that those other thi ning tracks bed not then been complet A « ime ago | asked the | ed. NO CHECK KEPT ON CITY COLLECTIONS = ‘ds kept by county officers in order “a ) aatisfy ourselves that cash Ollected by those officers has been properly turned over to the ci Ever since he came into office ( ox Treasurer Russel! han t urgt , the eounetl to authe he empl ered in the bookkeeping | ment by him of twe ke to keep methods the ex * express moja cheek on the tax jons of pir on t atter, but merely |the county treasurer as an ine ' he fact that the matter hat lates against any city collection go bee heecked by them, they \ing astray. He bas thi neee the | Che good faith of ar « cial or upon the will of understood | bit Merely as a plain busines » ed the ree | caution “DR. MATTHEWS ONE CENT WEATHER--LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT AC COMPANIED BY LIGHT EAST WINDS. NEGRO BEATEN WITH PEAVY MAY DIE peeeeeeeeeeee*** Marshall Combs Found in Chair Car, in Railroad Yard * » Marsha mi ound in Unair Var, in Kallroad tard, * MISSOURI FOR TAFT * , ; t P * * Nearly Be Death--Evidences of a Severe * (By United Press.) . early ‘aten 10 0 *® ST, LOUIS, Mo, Dec * Ny | * tion favoring the nomination * Bee od of Seeretary Taft for the pres * 2 9 # idency will be introduced thin # Terribly beaten about the head u'huh,” but could not ® afternoon at a meeting of the ® ang pody and covered with blood, | t4!) * Republican state committee, * |, ' te entified a letter in * * hall Combs, a well dressed), oh aadneaaned to aii ak Ue jPPPOREERESRRYS 4H ¥ negro, who, up to yenterday, Hyed addre is the home of ut 2618 KH. Madison st, was found sin, B. Duval, night wateh Pacific chair car in the yards nes “4 ' 4 called police station by Officer John Huff.| that he was going to Minneapolis he GS Later he was taken to the Wa with porter on a Northern Pa (By United Press.) . b- | cific car. H ain left at 9:15 last NEW YORK, Dee. 1 August | #ide Emergency hospital, where he) night, and it is supposed that the Kuhne, chief of Brooklyn's detec was operated m this afternoc ght red before that time tives, felt the bitter sting of the | for a fracture of the #k He ma een ti: thd. Mee law today, when Justice Burr of the | dle pe eager apseenine ot supreme court sentenced him to 40 Evidences of Struggle bist ain nian deen pte days in nd imposed @ fine Of) Gombg tn pide Wiekdew' | etme ies Sith dacos aa $250 had xroused the] tained his injuries in a fight with | negrown 1 It is supposed anger of the court: by faillog| ciner negroes in the chair car some|ther bis tr ere received in to obey 'a writ of habeas corpu Seas laak he wae eae thawed Brahe. yhped t. prt ‘ evidences of vege. One companions. The that his there was « n ging from his v led mar bbed, but when undressed at the peay “Nandi « 1 with hospital a mone was found (By United Press.) Ex had evidently been used mn him, containing $70 and some PORTLAND, Ore Lee 1 grow > m " : heap jewel a 3 manag erriman J lto the hospite When asked if he to leave the city last died today tn this city from] (° the Oe BG Bi geccagattend hey aw kidney trouble. He was 76 year 0 “inje im, he could | nigh’ old and one of Harrima most trusted me ANOTHER WALK-OUT CAUSED BY NEW YORK STOCK WAGE REDUCTION MARKET (By United P: ) Determined to force the The Building Exchange 1 NEW YORK, De The | ized bulidin semen and nprepared to make a public liquidation of yesterda: mer. | ere into an openshop cont on ment of ite plans for e proposed. fly forward in copp t ¢ building ns,another fight. The committee appointed again this morning, resultir in actor, BE. J. Re forced a st week to report plans did not arp decline, of over a point walk- esterday by announcing a make a report at the meeting of here i much | reduction of $1 a day in the wages the exchange this afternoon, as anm- garding the |of some of the building laborers | ticipated ou n the First M. E. cb party re-| employed ch local building trades and la- garding dividends ¢ ally that| The workers in question promptly bor situation will be considered by f Amalgamated. The next declar-| walked out 2 ion Thursday night, ation in due in Jar and| Work on the fe¢ p will be addressed ‘ are of a reduction from | weeks in still deration of Labor. 4 te per cent a year—that in a quarte ate of 1-2 per cent. Th coe’ STRIKE BREAKERS AT advance in the ppe eta Belling of Smelter was based ov footed by reduced operations in eos per mining. A check to the “dem asics br, | ona Ema a. oo “ (By United Press.) General Funston and Governor casuals + gt Ein fen GOLDFIELD, Dec. 17.—The first Sparks are feeling the effects of port, whieh 4 shortly after | consigument of strikebreakers, x od beeen climate ni dday un whie " i suffering from severe c oe ba ay , rights sisting of 45 men, arrived here ston fears he has a slight touch of port Aen Further | @#¥, Without the least bit of de pneumonia and is keeping weil th and activity tm the bond | CP*tratic The men went quietly within the doors of his hotel. division had a good effect on senti-|'® ‘ferent mines and were as | The general had intended to me as well as on the general | *!sned to their positions. Fift spend a few days at Governor at market, and the currency |“tonal strikebreakers are expected | Sparks’ country home, but he will premium market was merely nom-|tomorrow. One of the biggest mills have to forego this pleasure on ac inal, with transactions at a stand. |'* !® operation with three shifts a count of pressing business in San still, The market closed firm iad Prancjeco. WILL APPEAL CASE | Attorneys represer the city| will appeal the decision of the su: | perior court compelling City Treas Russe accept warrants at value in payment of an The action instituted by Guye, to compel Russel! to accept warrants as part payment on t Hed fn a writ of mandamus being issued by| the superior court yesterday, in| which the city treasurer was com. | SSenEEEEEEEEEREEEEE mnnded Se asvegt proferred| sh-h-h! change, because when the effect warrants Don't you dare make @ bit of! wears off he’s afraid he'll have « ." SSCTESRSS VISAS He's seein’ airship And besides it’s fatal when you Mr. Richter { niix "e tf WASHINGTON SENATORS */ Ang he's afraid and The Times . pe sa . GET CHAIRMANSHIPS ® trald that tt gy nd th one port anes mixed * * I on. em, for t that produces gut * (By United Press.) * Rich “sry bets tersnipe ver produce an air * WASHINGTON, D 1 */da 1 i *® Senator Ankeny was assigned * A one and a le one : ~~ air Mr. Richter saw *# to the chairmanat of the * They we e wether faded away kne about * comn of ation today ®] And the ed Alki Point 0 o'elock: afternoon we Mr. Rict t * ee of # | Alaska " * t . Rick t t he ' w th he * * - Rend T , eaders last * * Or f ea o ARR RH Mr eh! A he was t t WILL IS FILED irop into the ‘bay : ee] ecure a carr it w he t ne th b w d and over The “ f k 1 " f t t r “ et h orm a few ' ©, gene f th ne Mr. Rick vet ' was filed ‘ Mr. R t ‘ a ‘ r get a pre per r Ja be w nd w f h e and of Tee e eee eee ee * . * BURNETT WILL RUN * * * a H. Burne * * f th ne a. . k As * uve * | No a . a at sia aks! Pave * 1 f wiA h . ‘ iblica * lard and ¢ * wim. Cc. A n INJURED MAN FOUND. he my ORDINANCE DELAYED : ed tt rep ag A r it ire? me 2S : m h CONTRACTOR SUED i fi t i H h M \ \ A W ked d r 1 af the lebtedr t the ¢ “ r