The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 30, 1908, Page 1

MAYOR MILLER SAYS HE HASN'T HAD TIME # iicarst Loses FichT/ONTESTING HAS BEEN TOO BUSY FOR FIRST PLA ; FOR MAYORALTY (By United Press.) NEW YORK, !wne 30.—After a fight of over two years, which has been carried on im the legislature of the gate and w the courts, Mayor George B. McClellan was y declared by Supreme Court Justice Lambert to have properly cleeted mayer of New York ower William In the verdict today, which followed Randolph Hearst. to File Notices of Candidacy. Te-count of the ballots, Justice Lambert held that no This ends Hearst's fight for the “fraud had been proved. ymayoralty of New York. Three Men in Line Waiting | | @ ne eeeeeniiiaeiaaietinaeieiaiaiaiamememeemmmniemmamianel Pacing tes days of wear) waiting, three men took up| a tramce to the county audivor’s} D morning and will] morning file the camfidacy ottice "i wait until the wr seekers for wormima 1 a be primary election to het [September & | The men were }. H. Smithand J Fat Teast thane whieh they gave t fbat they ate absolutely Fon the question of who the A. NicGu the are hare © can the first one to fite get fivat place om the ballot It expected that jwould lead to some compe jtiow, but that a hee thi was jeer as powsible Only Wort Days. The rien in line say that the jare only eapposed to hold dow theit posts from 8 in the morn bia ontil 4 in the afternoon, tl MMB. GROVER CLEVELAND. Mim. Clrevtandl, prior to her marriage, was Mite Pramcem Fol i of Oncur Felxom, of Huffaie, whe at one time had ‘s law partner in that city. The nverriae, which ¢ reporters um| would be |started 10 dspnx before the opening of the books was lMardly tooked dor. In fact, the candidates for office about the court howe ridieeded the anx liety of the officeseckers wa are getting busy thus early }bat at the s@rae time it is Hthowpht that they will get | their representatives in hime as y v n piace en duce 2, 1886, during Clewetenil’s fest term. was the | reoutar business hours of the er sighillted in the White Meuse, Mra. Clewdund war a). gy enti their of Wells eolere, Aurora, %. Y., ant is one of im truntos, [A¢Ttor + office, getting the etiiMiren vere bern to Mr. anti Mrs. Chwetand, «f wbem | hoch at the court house func Rath died at the wme-ef 12. The others are ie J 41; Richard, 9, and 4. Other lewkna of ex-presidents are Mery. James A. Garfteld and Mee Beni Harrison. an ia in the corrplors, bet this wi mo doubt he necessary as oth ers fall into line and the con petition grows more bitter = Scare ES ee ee GATHERING The mépagers of the campain ot Judge Gray, of Delaware, wilt! jopen headgear tmartww. bie | th Gee faverion ef the epnmrvuttves: and they wit rafty aceund bie swtte in the Savoy hetel The main body of supporters of Gov. Johnsen, of Mintihesta, are | “peeted to arrive the evewing | | The @ryan gren ape confident) that tBey will be able to eemtro}| | the formavon of the platform, and | predict that it will be the lind of | peafores that Bryan desires Centasts Up Monday. TO RETURN who will return te Work t work temerrow, terme@ “Re-ampioe to The il June wm to The Mormon issue will be Brwght before the national democratic eam | mittee by Idaho next Mendwy whet | the committee takes up the cam / “ptests for seats. There are six bdwhe| B P k Wald e's"; and it is understeod that | # men, arker TED) fraud wit! be alleged in conseetinn | morrow after | with tbe election of detentes Reach There ltests from other states will be | Gceaston today jtaken up by the committee on Mog to te acer in ady as follows | @rede of little parti went on ¢ T \“fuimols 20. New York 11 and|euesrens. Prastieally every omerrow. | Penngytvanta 7. There will be sty | fous contests also from the District of | 6® at ‘ BN RRS ge | Columbia (been | Rabel Samuel Kech ef Snattic neen side: i Supporters to Open) ':'." 10 0D lich chee | ercaperity, lenge, similar } one formed at St. Levis. r 4 Headquarters Bryan Playing Safety. LINCOLN, Neb 0 . Jens Bryan is a wary politician | railroaders in their old por Tonight. today. He wants to be sure be is! after eight menthe of idienes: | "im riamet,” and be perfectly certain . | which way the wind is blowigg, be *s Ka ReRORhaeeae fore he ties himself to a vice pres BY JOWN & NEVING, dential candidate. In talking * THEOMOMETER CLIMBS. varies boowis for the second place | * pe the ticket today, he laughingly | * wld * ER, Coto, Jume 20 With “Whew! mut It is not today.” Arriva tomorrew af Altow Bf About 100,009 peepie made rT, of New York, conservative | The niteation is not yet suffl-|* this statement at noe. today Pianos miives, barked vy (be big cleatly defined fo show where the | * = bry ene up the hills conti . —_ wagon is. Of egurse I don't jome to 7 _" 2 pogo the | WaK) OF) vant.t wait the fatal mistake of |}* And it was het. At neon it calls” in the democrationa | i scning myself to the wrong|* was 75 degrees abeve zero by convention will be on bouns. & the government thermémeter ery prospect points to aw old-| . # on the Alaska building. At 2 democratic fight to a finise,| & e'cleek this afterneon the mer Seoepent Simms to: be.piees| Gray te Seeene Plane. & cury had elimbxd up © mere to the lenders. The battle willl LINGOLN, Neb, June %—The| ® degree, making it 81 in the ® around the antiinjunction nites announ today that @ omade. Parker, a judge and a law. they are mot in the least frightened | Teday was the sasend het Swill oppose bitterly any stepfat the claims of Judge Gray's @ tewt Gay of the prosent yee Might be construed as an “at-| friends thi he will be a factor @ The hetteat day was en June 8 on the courts.” in the cc They declared | @ when it wan 83 degree aveve | The conservatives plan to make|that Gray possible Rope is t& sere. hot campatan all along the line, for place on the teket. Ar) @ On June ® last year the id even wik about beating Bryan ramg@ments already have been @ highest temp wature resorée the nomination, which appears made for mtifving Bryan of bir) @ was 70 degrees above. ® imwowibia. [Pomination at Vairview furs, CORDOFEOO ESS Lotter, Only a few steps away At present they do not con termplate spending the nights " Hl 1° months of erforced Com, i@iemene, are celebrating the happy Happy families are | the parks and hun rae roan in the United States will which has ent day” ‘py the enthuslaste, whe are organ iaing a local Branch of the Nationa! the [noise Central, whieh will Be among the largest cerperatiens to re-em ploy men tomerrew, wil! put 5,500 tions | SOSFSE SHR SEE EEE Hee EEE @/| ness district of Ve Frank Coyle,| ; Sent Auditor James P, Agnew i wav the first one pot the/ ‘pies and divine their parpo a they «sat quictly « t stools they had brought with | them, but he paid little siten-| thom to them. i July 10 Pirst Day. The law pros that the jtamdidates f the pomination }t the county offices at the primary « t file the | candindac y 10 to Ang wet 8 with the y auditor, TO KEEP PROMISES DELAYING WALL "PLANS Engineer. Appeal Beard Has Been Introduced. | ? Council Commitee Fails tl Get in Touch With ididates are whom they repre Ordinance Providing tor Action by the special comutitioe \ whieh was appointed to Investigated and repert upon the proposition of} & #uwali along the waterfront, bass been postponed fer another 20) da At last night's con ing, Counctiman Way, who ix elaine man of the committee, reported tlut they had been unable to meet, with the ol ngineer and cor poration counsel, as planned, and for that reason he asked for an! other month before reporting. The request was granted The seawall question has been dragging along for many months THOUSANDS TO WORK CHICAGO, June %0-—Thowsands ' | Ww. and notwithetanding the fact that City Engineer Thomson has ans and specifi some time r seoma aa if the counciimen cannot get in touch with his department « eulfic lenath of me to com sider the data he has gathered and or A number of tn pent ow ny inter have ure | the necessity be ted property own of hastening consideration of the sem question, and several of the counct!] members last night express committior ought do #omothing without bullder’e court of appeals, ing of » board of wy has the fret He oelerte the Second mam from a} the that the to get buxy detny Provides Appeal Beard. ordteance providing for opinion The be appoinied, was bh Commetionnn Zbiuden. ‘Th ap polmt ment epectal and a comeiaite | three aoe a weceg | WB o'clock amd appeared to have wayor Se drinkieg W himself Were no clothes on the body except liet submitted by the architects and the thint sae ber from & lint of paGw onto Ihe ledge and jumped or hamee offered by the buihterw’ err ganiaation tembers ts to be $16 a day while| the board i in seas and wot t eaceed a total of $1,060 per am} num An ordinance wae introdwced Carrying an app The salary of the | Wee unlocked ypriatton of $4,000 with whieh to iD a hompital for sek herses in the house that Hae heen constructed on Fourth ay. near Thomas #, At present the fire department has ho plice where ft can care for horses which have been injured er become Hl Petitions Are Referred. A petition, asking that x The Women's Improvement el howse movers be licensed by the.clty was intred¥ced and re POAt lows red to the oor ub auked the council to designate that eminenoe thcluding the district om WEALTHY MAN Lindstrom at Salem Telegram Found Indicates That Blackmail Was Attempted. (By United SALEM, Ore, June Jone Lindatrem, whe came to Gaiem yes HH mee terday fron Portland and whe was | mgietered from Aberdeen, Wash. committed wicide abo 2:50 Peo thie morning by leaping from the legge that passed directly pereath the window of his room in the Willamette hetel. His skull and were broken by the fall, from a fourstory win dow onto the pavement. A check on the San National bank, signed by HM. Higxins, for $700 was found in Wis clothes, There telegrams, one was from Aberdeen and was signed by C. R. Green. it Franctec Charles were also two “Cann#t accomplish anything without you. Hagen advises return at one@e ane commence action for ‘The other telegram was from the Beodiane Mhipbutiding company. of | Rureka, Cal. and wae as fellows | “One veoek notice required. Wil! ow foenting July 6, uniess this wire leaker cepted.” ‘The night clerk at the hotel says rom went to bis room about found, th: ® fight shirt. He had taken off everything, crawled from the win faliea off. The yor of his reom | EUREKA, Cal, June 30.—Jobn Lindstrom, who jumped to his death from « window af Salem, Ore, to | @y, was well known here. He was Geesigent of the Beadixen Ship few fire wuilting company of this city, a man af Wealth and positios. Nothing could be learned here of any black mail against him and officers of the firm were astounded to hear of his death. They could give no po | aible explanation for his deatR. ry j aid No Clue to Mystery. BAN FRANCISCO, June At the office of Charkes H. Hixains of thin city, it was said today that John Lindstrom was a prominent wealthy and substantial ship builder and Aberdeen braced betwoem Yeeler way nna fot Kureka, Cal, Deerbera st, and 284 av. cast tol’ the lake front, as Leschi Heighta|,.[¢ bad business dealings with The canmunication was referred | Higgins, who is ehgaped in the to the parks and boulevards conm/S*!Pstores business. This accounts mittee jfor the check for $700 sigeed by Av ordinance authorizing the Higgins, which Linéstrom had in boart of public works to baila] mls pocket. No possible clue to three hate wagons was referred te] the fire and water committee Seattle A petition was recetved from t Federation of clubs, asking for a number of ¢ he Women's me Ce mystery could be sugmosted by the Higgins firm Permer Mayer of Aknrdoon, ARERDEEN June 2 John who sulctded thie more fort stations at various Lindstrom about the city and was referre@|%ae at Saiem, was formerly mayor to the finance committee of this city. He is one of the beat CARP ee eee ee SOSH eee eee Seeeeee be TALLEST BUILDINGIN THE WORLD PLANNED. (By United Press.) NEW YORK, June 30 tatls of the construction the loftlest ballding in world are being arrang day by the architects for Equitable I ance society, The ure, ph whieh al ready been filed the buflding superintendent here will have, including the tower 62 stories, and t $10 De of the 1 to ting Ansur uet the « of have with eae oavrecessteae Lumber Town Fire Swrom. a0 RENO, Nov., June The rt t vowtoud GO| Fhe hone is eatimated at 850,000, eeeeteeeeeeeee 7 * * peer aver or) lime Known of millionatre ship owners and builders and is knawa ie every ity on the coast Todny cade the fieeal year of the , ane oo) customs lections of tae Pr mee@ & very fave | badness conditions of [meveh as Seattle dase #0 per la the curtoms buwinoma of wowrd dietrict tant Mca! year 100,000 an can be learned Seaitic disiricd t@ the country dave eaceedad departm the the rereipta of the being exomeded ly As fi ie the vply waone collection: Guame of last year. | Clabs. LEAPS T0 _ DEATH SEATTLE BOAT WINS Traveler Beats All Rivals, ia International Race. (By United Press.) BELLINGHAM, June 30—Trav- cling at a rate of 19) miles hour for 182 miles, the fast Seattle motor boat Traveler won the tong ance international race between tle and Vancouver. The lead ing boats were not expected to ar rive in Vancouver until about 10 o'clock this morning, ®ut at 1:51 m. the judges, who waited all night on the Vancouver Vacht club's float, heard the rapid chug ging of an engine, and, with a cheer from Traveler flash fer left the Elliott float at Seattic yester- day afternoon, and at 4:45 crossed the starting line. The Alanbee and t the finishing fi the Traveler, and were given a big ovation. MRS. MOORE _ ELECTED Lindstrom Wealthy Man. | HEAD Chosen President of Fed- eration of Women's (By United Press.) ROsSTON 10 The defeated today in th the Federation which is in bi. session here Mrs. Phillip of St. Louis defeated Mre. May Alden Ward of Boston for the presidency by a vote of 516 to 390. This was the only contest and fe ing ran high among the delegates. June regu, elec of rs for Women's Clubs. Mra. Moore was supported by the Western club women. Her oppo- nent, Mrs, Ward, was the chotee f the nominating committee and/ ire. Moore's adherents carried the fight to the floor of the convention and nominated ‘her there without the recommendatiqg of the nomi nating confmittee The fight for the presidency was one of the hottest fn the history of the organizatiog. Mrs. Ward is a well known authoress of Boston and had the support of the entire New England delegation. The bal loting-began at 2:30 o'clock yester day afternoon, but the final result | was not known until this morning. | With the exception of Delaware, New England and the Middle At jlantic states voted solidiy for Mra, | Ward, The support of West the Middle West and the South however, elected her opponent As this was the only contest, the other recommendations of the nom inating committee were ratified by the delegates. The other officers elected as as follows Mrs. Josiah E. Cowles of Lon Angeles, Cal., first vice president; Mrs. Belle King of Tiltnois, second vice president; Mra William Johnson, Kansas, board of directors; Mrs. Frederick N. Shieck Whentiané, Wyo. corresponding jeccretary. MANY Brick Wall Falls and Buries a Dozen Working | Accident Occurs in Heart ot City of Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 30— |A dozen workmen were buried at 3 o'clock this afternoon when a threettory brick wal! fell on to @ bakery and in the {heart of the business center. It is believed that eight or nine dee dead. Seventy-five werkmen are work- ing at the debris trying to rescue The brick. wat! was but newly constructed. Work- men were on the roof of the bakery and livery stable adjoining the new buliding when the wal! toppled over ‘on them without warning. All were carried dewn from the roof to the basement by the crash. The crash raised an immense cloud of dust and made the work of ree cue difficult. The cries of weumded men could be heard for blocks and a squad of 75 men were at one put to work to remove the victimes, So far three have been remeved alive. It is believed that the @ed@ies jof at least nine dead men are in |the debris. | livery stable the entombed men. |e eee ee ete eee eee * \* BANK CLEARINGS. \* \* Seattle. } * Clearings today | ® Balances $1,566,296.91 338,356.25 « *® Clearings today * Balances Tacoma. of * Portland. |& Cloarings today... * Balances 3 Is * * * 0 i Ee ee Ba dt ta WANTS BALM FOR HURTS. John Westerlund ts suing Henry Rothschild-apd William Jones, do ing business as Rothschild @ Co., before Judge Tallman in the su perior court for $1,500 damages for injuries sustained while working on | the water front on July 18, 1867 DYING ‘Bishop Potter Believed te Be on Death Bed. | | After ly June ing at the point of death throughout NEW YORK the night, Bishop Henry Codéman Potter, who has been ill et Bis Cooperstown home sin June had not improved today, amé s is feared that he will be uastle to survive. When the bishop's liver, and stomach trouble, aggravated by the heat, forced hit retire to his bed, Dr. J. B. Jarvin, of New York and Dr, Bassett, of Cooperstown, were called, and have mn in al most constant attendance since A bulletin tssued by Dr. Jarvir today announces that the bishop's condition remains unchanged and ['s extre mely critical seeeeeeeeeee ANOTHER30 DAYS 1S to Say What He Will Do. In the Meantime He Won't Have Anything to Say. Mayor Miller has not had time to determine upon a new location for the leted district, He said so himeelf as late as today, and he ought to know. The chief executive's administra- tive policy to date has not em- braced the removal of the objec tlonable section, which war so em- phaticalfy and generously prom ised by him preceding his election. How can you expect me to do something in 36 days which my pre- decessors in office could not ac- complish in six years,” replied the mayor this morning to‘# question. “Inside of auother month,” con- tinued Mayor Miller, “I expect to have made ail do.” “Will you give a statement as to just what you Jntend to do?” the mayor was thet asked. | Couldn't Make Statement. “1 am not prepared to make any statement,” was the qualified with an ex there were so many railroads and street cars that the mayor simply @ouldo’t make up his mind until a lot mere franchise matters bad been detfded upon. How can the people exec. me to take snap judgment, as it were, in this case?" said the mayor. 1 am not tm a position to give ny statement. lam going to move district. The Inhabitants have already been moved out on that block between Jackson and King st. Start at It Earfy. “| started to work figuring on this proposition the very day after I took office. The red light dis- trict wil) be moved. l)expect to be in a position within the nest 30 days where I will know exactly what I can do about it ‘There have been so many radi- cal improvement project# under way in the tide-flat district and so much uncertainty about railroad and street car franchises that it has changes to date.” | Yesterday a committee fromthe Beacon Hill Improvement club Call- |ed at the mayor's office to pin him down to a statement as to what he intended to do with regarg to moy- ing the restricted district Busy With Private Practice. The mayor was not at his office, |He was in the superior court at- |tending to his private legal busi- ness. He said today that it wae 4 measiey little suit which had been hanging fire for years. But the mayor felt that it was a duty he owed to his client to represent him jin court. The conduct of the office lof the chief executive was left to |the efficient secretary, Jack Blat- tery, who is called “Slats” by in- j timate friends, | Frequently the mayor feels call upon to leave his office and appeal in court. They are all hangover cases, which have been fiddling along for years, the mayor says. Are All Hold-Overs. Invariably the mayor’ present legal practice involves cases which antedate his election. He has even found it necestary to make one trip diympla , mayor pledged himself to re- the restricted district if he jected, and to do so in quick Some of his critics age un- kind enough to believe that he did not take his pending legal business nto consideration when making | those promises. ~ MAY CONTEST PRIMARIES, MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 29.—Fok lowers of former U. 8. Senator Car mack re today discussing the probability of contesting the pri- |mary gubernatorial election in two interior counties on the ground of fraud, The returns today show that Governor Patterson's popular ma- jority over Carmack is about 9,000, It ts pointed out by the Patterson dherents that, even if Carmack win the two contests, the dele- gates thus taken away will not af- |fect the results as far as Pattes | son's victory is concermed, Then He Will Be Ready up my mind as to what ° been impossible to undertake any() : 5 ‘ f ij