The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 21, 1908, Page 4

BY STAR PUBLISHING CO. 1807-1809 Seventh Ave, ERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, sea > 3 Main 1080, IND, 441, These are exchanges, and connect with alt @ Partments—ask for department or name of person you want, Ea at Seattio, Washington, a@ gecond clase matter THE JAN POUREN HYSTERIA® od at the Poxtort Seattle, with the rest of the large cities of the country is becoming keenly interested in the fate of Jan Pouren, a Lettish peasant, whose extradition is sought by officers of the Czar on charges of a criminal nature \ United States commissioner in New York Pouren is not a political refugee, ageney stops in, return to face his accusers. after hearing the evidence has decided that but a fugitive from justice, and unless some other Pouren will have to with any who escape from the tyranny of Russia, and the mere fact that a Russian official makes an assertion Public sympathy is entirely person is bountiful reason for an In the Pouren mat ter, the United States government is coming in for a full tide American to take just the opposite view of adverse criticism. Harrowing fears are expressed that this country will no longer be the refuge for those who are beaten down in the birth that the American which makes political prisoners immune from extradition is being abrogated. If these were the facts in the case, the situation would in land of their and law deed be worthy of serious consideration, but in the Pouren matter, it is entirely a question of evidence and not of dis United States Commissioner Shields says that not one serap of evidence has been produced to show that Pouren killed, burned and stole while taking part in an uprising, but that on the contrary he went out on his own hook and for his own profit was one of a band of revolting peasants, and that when he killed, burned and stole war on the government and as such his crimes are purely political, | The United States government stands ready and w iting| to refuse to return Pouren if it can be proven that he is a} political refugee and not a criminal. There is no question of the traditions of this country being upheld. There breaking down of the laws of the land in the interest of na-| tional policy as the Socialist Labor agitators would have the| people believe. It may be that Commissioner Shields is biased, or mis The Pouren defense league insists that Pouren he did it as a subject in revolt, waging is no taken in his judgment of the evidence adduced for and against} Hible | le Pouren, and if this is so, the fault lies entirely with one fa than and not with the government of international law and the extradition treaties are in nowise| affected. Pouren's friends are industriously spreading the report} ; that he is being sent back to Russia by the United States gov i erament in violation of our extradition law, when such is clear- : ly not the case It is simply an instance of where the evidence brought forth in favor of the prisoner is not sufficient in the opinion of the commissioner to prove that he is a political refugee “Our” Hotel Washington. “OUR” HOTEL WASHINGTON While unattended by municipal functions, the opening ‘ today of the New Washington is an event of more than ordi-} mary civic and commercial importance The magnificent | stratture that is now thrown wide for the entertainment of the traveling public will send the name and fame of Seattle from Pacific to the Atlantic, from Canada to Mexico and} wherever travelers gather and discuss hostelries, they will reverentially speak of the New Washington There is no assault being made on the law | can position. | THE SEATTLE STAR WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS—By F. R PLETS GO YO THE WERATER TONIGHT, JOHN” LILLIAN RUSSELL IS PLAYING SHAKESPERE MATESTIC id It “AND ANNA WELD is Going TO DANCE Thar AWFUL SALOME DANCE AT Tot STAR THE BLACK BALL BY STUART B. STO The theory and practice | with black crepe draping and hem THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1908. « STAR oO reep ae, ITE 18 PLAYING [@9EN AT we Lem pes A WORD FROM JOGH WISE. Nobody There, A Southerner hearing « grent gommotion tf bin chicken howse on a dark night took his revolver aud | weitt to Investigate, “Who's there?” he sternly de-| manded, opening the door. | No anewe | “Who's there? Answer or Ill shoot | A trembling voloe from the farthest corner “Deed sah, dey ain't nobody hyal doptia’ us chickens,”-—Every body's. | Dangerous Reptile. } After a scorching day's work old | Hon Smith Mghted bis corneob and | sat down on the little wharf to rent Near him lay an alligator, the vis-| [thle result of his labors. A tourist | from the North approached and loft | ily remarked: "Ah, | see you have an alligator.” | No answer it is amphibious, is it not?’ BY JOSE | soul | velle The tone nettied the old man | us, hel!” he growled. | "He'd bite yer ) off before ye could say Jack Robioson!"—Hvery | body's | Berious Indeed. | “Just heard about your being ditebed, old fellow. Awfully sorry » Wife out of the hospital yet Nope.” | Pohaw, That's too bad, It must have been « pretty serious affair.’ j ‘Serious! | should say it was | serious. I wrecked the radiator and NE | to bring forth another white bail Twelve men sat at a dinner in an Hall gone, and black yet re | ¢fecked the front axie,” i upper room——12 chattering, excit-| mains,” whispered the president able men, and a woman. Two older there was an uneasy shuffling A Doubtful Bag. men stood guard at the door, and| among the other five. But the! Saleaman——Sorry, we're quite out [no one passed in or out without| president drew forth a ball of the | Of game, but I can recommend the [the exchange of cabalistic signs| White dagele. The next three men **teages. jand the muttering of mysterious!) drew rapidiy-—white, white, white! Mr. Von Sharpshooter-—H'm, yes! passwords. On the walls of the) ~-amid little whisties of amaze | Hut the wife would not believe I room the crown-weighted lords of | ment j shot ‘em Rurqpe reposed, head downward. Dainty little Aimee stood now! — A Job for the Hairtess. | before Brother Stathoff, the clean-| ming the pictures about. Kindly! cut. kindlyseeming young Hava Hilt Nye tm bie eartier days once | expressions of Death to Moo| ian. If the tf had noticed careful-|*pproached the manager of a leo arches!” and “The Dagger for Des.| !Y they might aave seen that the| tire bureau with an application for pots!” twined above and below) lady's red lips quivered the slight. |¢@ployment, and was asked if he the spectacle of the kings. The = had ever done anything in that line 12 men ate prodigiously, while the ‘Oh, yes,” said Hil. “What have lady, who wee most you done’ “Well,” replied Bin.) charming. to the ot they ate. At the head of the t buahy-whiskered, red-faced ual Brothers,” he began, “ & single purpose; ft only to ascertain which of w the instrument of the wrath of the people downtrodden and oppressed There was a pounding of clench ed fists on the table, a chorus of as doxen barbarous da pompadoured Swede uted, “Down with the usurper' senting fn a dialects, The speaker resumed shall now see who is to be the in| rument of righteous vengeance. <i and that her bosom bea¥ed. | Mademoiselle Aimee will the ballot and conduct the ing. we know that, ! think.” ravishingly fitted about from one or muttering smiling tm owndiarioms and passing the things The black ball meane—well, | my last job was in a dime museum, sitting in « barrel with the top of my head sticking out—posing as the largest ostrich exe in cap wae al | vity indtvid-| Feared Sudden Death | A Sedge in North Carolina was sentencing @ big, loose jointed negre who had been convicted of murder jing another negro. | "George Barley,” his honor said | “you have been found by « jury of 12 men tried and true to be guilty of murder tn the first degree, for having killed, In cold blood, Moses | Stackhouse, and it fe the sentence f thie court that on the 10th day of August the sheriff of Polk county take you to # place near the county spread] Hut they looked only at the maiiaj ai ‘suit yon die one oe draw| biue eyes of Stathoff of Bavaria, who reached for the fatal box. al-| 484 "#7 God have mercy on your mont had he obtained the bali wher | we have) remains abalt be! We DUST Have you anything to say for yourself?’ The negro shifted from one foot orkginal ontimate High Diplomacy. You Mra, Gramercy look ail tired ont Mrs, Park: Ne trying to find out f what they'd like to have for Christmas without conveying the impression that they may oxpect it from you r Ite wo your friends The Probable Reasen. "Papa, why do brides we * long conceal their satisfaction, I presume, my son.” Temporary. The political Jonah was to be heaved overboard. Pausing at the rail, he uddressed the leviathan of the deep about | “Understand,” he said, “that 1 am a stickler for precedent. This engagement of ours ts for only | three days.” if | Were a Collector— For collection is no snap And I'd mise my eate and similar | treats While I beats; 1d set a cunning trap For them to fall into. as trailing down dead Seen Out of Sight. | A certain regiment wae on the march fram Philadelphia to Gettys. burg and the companies were or dered to move with a few minutes interval between each and to keep each other in sight, the baod and) drums leading | The band soon got a long way) head, and on reaching a bend,| halted for a few minutes rest Presently up galloped a mounted officer in hot haste and shouted! for the band sergeant | “What do you mean,” he sald, | "by getting out of sight of the/ leading company “We were not oat of sight, air,” | answered the sergeant i “What do you mean by telting | me that?” exclaimed the officer, | in a rege. “You were out of sight.| 1 saw you myself.” . In this land of good living there is nothing quite so famous}, A low murmur went round the) the dainty Aimee stumbied, nearly as a famous hotel, for the hotel achiew fon by | One, {able Se the pretty Aimee pro-| falling : a ns hotel, for the hotel achieves its reputation by|cured 11 white balls and a black| “Merey!" she stammered, langh-| FUN FICTION | catering to that portion of the human animal which has the pe 7 ahe typed tn & wood) ing, but ft necessary for Stat: i . ‘i 2 len box, baying « opening at the! hoff to draw again. Greatest memory and power of gratitude, the stomach. Tow | top, iting the ld so that the) And this time as he reached for true this is can be determined by asking any man, from ey: “8 box were screened the ball—hidden to him, but fn jfrom the obwervation of the draw-) plain view of mademolselie—the lid T AN ¥ 7 HMIR'G clawhammered to the overall jumper, the names of the famous} ors, she approached the firet man, aaneel tx Gn Sy accident, andl hotels in the larger cities of the United States. That he will) # red-bearded Siav. The Russian! for the third time cant 9 th his 4 a the box must be ; ; | thrust hand into the t | F know the names of more hotels than he does presidents of|drew forth a white bail, > bon rose = = ye 4 ee a 5 : Se ioe . ho ow ¢ brown % the United States and only less than of prize fighters and base-| he ——— much relieved l eyes of Aimee following his every | WHEN WAS THE FIRST THANKSGIVING ? : a 4 i . “Lucky Alexieff,” said the Slav's| motion, the gentle Bavarian made . ball players, is some indication of the popular importance of | nearest neighbor, “The black ball oughenniel pA oem drawing & Ghee mine host. is certain death, for how can a maa) ing white ball } i es F : y & king and escape’ Yet the; “it is well,” murmured th ay Maud: You have no idea how|tender when warmed by an old : The hotel is generally the eye through which the traveler! work must be done | bearded Valmiraky, pag becught| Jealous my hushand is, dear. flame u first sees the city. If the hotel pleases his aesthetic and gas-| The speaker dived into the box/ forth the black bail of death. at Kitty (her dear friend): | tronomic tastes, an excellent start has been made. He goes | ta," Joo 4 and captured @ white |the pretty Aimee and young Hens|Pshaw, he's flattering you ‘wane leche + he . . | ball also, | Stathoff and all the other plotters| eee Yeacre tracts, $100 an forth in the morning satisfied with his breakfast and his night’s| The third man was Gerard, the! drew great deep breaths of relief.| When he marries, a man should acre, easy terms; close to > ay Parisian, his smile never changed) fut only the pretty Aimee ki |close his past and sit on the lid car line and lake; level, clear sleep and all the world is bright and rosy Jas be, too, drew a ball white asi how love. Seales Uslan tha eicae| oe ks ed; fine for chickens and ber In the Hotel Washington Seattle has that of which she | som | guarded halle of conspiracy, had| Sailors on a man-o’-war sleep in| Tes. . immel!” muttered a Ham | de i hi ork hair mat National & Co, may well be proud. For sheer magnifice " dealt life to a young Bavarian giant & hammock containing a hair ma’ ational Land Inv. Ine. NY “' 7 ect magnilicence iM Service SP-| burger by his side. “1 think the| and death to the worn graybeard (reas and two woolen blankets, and | 917 Firet ay. pointment, for comfort and refinethent, it is to be doubted | black ball Is to be mine.” But the of Little Russia jit is said to be as comfortable as 2 mii s German drew white ab wr rmsatcicsiran sitiinames me red whether it is surpassed by any on the American continent The fourth pore Y _— fifth of . mae Ses rae ea Alt pe elegance and ease that money can purchase has been |the conspirators—Finlanders, who Pay Little May: The bride nearly fainted ; vial Pe sib a . f knew something of Siberia ob- Or bia for what you buy here during the wedding and had to be shoWered with a lavish and tasteful hand. Princes, rulers and| tained white balls with never a ind your money to excel- Bi supported by her father until it the high and mighty generally may come to Seattle and there | sign of raffied nerve, but the sixth -. was over will be no need for any apology, and neither will there be a Hohemion, “whiverod ve T Federal Paint & Wall P Jim: Yes, and now I hear her 7 : jleast bit, requiring two attempts father ia supporting both of them. aught to fear that recollections of other places visited will| before he entered the fateful box 1816 Piset Ave. Arende Annes. ee obscure the memory of the stop in the metropolis of the great!|" © wp . py aa —=—=| The human sense can't realise / . difference in temperature beyond ; northwest | one-fifth of a degree, but a bar 4 The fact that three ordinances were introduced tn the city | as the skin, notes the difference of i cll providing for more frequent street car service didu't en any | @ millionth of & degree the buying of that new | of the reluctant cars from the barns about 5:40 last night About the H Little drops of wa Outfit “becomes if you ; ouse Little dropa of oll; only rémember (and act ; AIS Ee Raa a «Menai tances E Add a few choice letters upon it at yor ; | y Mow S, sounatinee ‘ cantilo intellect, ae you ean. | And watch the mixture boll pon it) that you may see by the prompt manner in which the tax levy problem and the . . open an account here and i selection of telephones for the city hall were settled OF upon your person there ts always nome Child found after 14-year absence pay aes nat element of risk. Loss of money by fire I There's still chance for Chartie! i Mr. Croker, of Ireland, formerly of New York, has sent Bryan fs & frequent occurrence; the newspa- /”™ eee } A Little Down and : $1,000, and up to date Mr. Bryan basn't shown any overwhelming curl | pers contain daily reports of losses by The Missiasipp! ts the only] A Little at a Time osity as to where “he got it.” theft strea »ptying into the gulf that in tide | ; ' ‘ris #6 Moreover, the cash in hand ts in itself i A UB for reine selected from ell, any if Bryan & ito the White House to stay . “Rastus, does Farmer Jones keep our rowing of down-to. there won't be large, abrupt, literary person named ft velt & constant nptation to spend—one so ghiaena? date apparel for Men \ asked to stay to dinne easily forgets how hard it was to earn it Well, boas, he do keep some of Women and Children 4 - Y : and how much it would ultimately signify ™ ‘ao | P Just #0 we could have it around handy if anybody should aak, | if added to the family savings Mies Mary Garden, who purpe | rices Right will some wellinformed person please tell us what a bureau of ex. | It fs @ fact that if the average man My.% "@¥ Salome dance, is describ ploitation is? | in the World as “seemingly wrap could over all, or even half of the MH ped up in her part | Eastern The ofly undisputed fact that is brought out by these elaborate | money that he would admit of having Gad to hear Itt Giad to be ns | and weil-advertised pc hat there is going to be an election tn | apent; Sootiahiy, he would th that sug Oe. prasad or futem, te wrapped! Outfittin November | alone possess a modest fortune—to silly wp in anything. —Life g Queer thing about that man who tried to burn his wife to death opm oe Toterent it Would Satp Sometimes a widow's heart Is Com an Is that at some time or the other she must have loved him |B scntcenidint.oness wise earned had it beon str aily deposited in Il a y y roan Ben as “- | bank. THE BEST SHOE REPAIRIN 2.34 Ine. he bowling season has begun and the sporting page looks like | We pick out all old 332- | 5 di “ “ B ki “(iaing, Only” Ben uing Second Av, Union St. Wo have sinanine Toor ter oy watt yasw witout ome | LCANdinavian American Ban “Gnattio'e Reliable Gredit ‘trusted employe” going wro i ” suattd employe” going Wong | Building, Seattle, U, S, A,cxmmmmm bse ie) aseneeananeraeauensecerieeeseanee tseteye gen . o> mm Baillargeon’s~™* Mome of tobe g Finished Underweat—10 Vea of Selling, and Never a Complaint, Lace band trimmings, special 25¢ a Br }to the other and twiated and un White ' twisted the old felt bat he held lite and ecru, two to pix inches wide: lin his bands, All eyes in the designs, new pieces of Venige Lace; ides h courtroom were upon him, Final trimmings, and worth regularly from 4g, Ps. \ “We easy | % ae his eyes up athe judge, | Aren't you intereste s Ye 10 75¢, iii sisi Look y'here, jedge, you-all don't iti , d | erg ane mean this comin’ Augist, does Wri in a an e - , | you.” --Kvery body's. aimed 8 p pe nve Opes, special ; | i Bier PA’ As We All Know. prices Fe tions Spector Your new house | r | doesn’t look much Ike the archi 120 Sheets of French Fabric ‘cait® Vie No, but It looks more | § oh? & inv to figoeP Mke it than the eost looks like Mis} mateh; Re @ package : 2 Fine \ Persian L, and 50 enve wn Vriting P, Per; 50 sheety ¢ at 35e a box, English cashmere hose, 43 a pai A eee rs | rgular SOc grade, full length, full g good English: all-wool cashmere, with double heels; sole and toe Wea and look well Flannels for kimonos wit wrappers Cotton Serge, 12%4c a yard ' Many pretty checks, + i é cnd figures; some in border designs; soft, reliable, prett ‘mate. rials. aes. Cotton Eiderdowns, heavier than the and printed on the fleeced side; 15¢ a yan i Bed muslins at low prices A soft, yard-wide, bleached, splendid Mustig, | 8 1-3c a yard Pillow Cases—45-inch size, of soft, muslin, are offered at the special price of ff j aid cle 2 J ; and 2% yards long, ce each. They're of good muslin, with ge center seam ; wider ones, 53¢ each; better, witl out seams, De and 70c Extra values in everyday towels A 34-inch White, Splendid-Wearing Unio Huck Towel, with hemmed ends, is but 1 These are wonders for wear, easil yards w ly washed, vegpl absorbent, and ideal for uses requiring frequemie changing. b. 48-inch Heavy Unbleached Turkish Towels, 7 with hemmed ends; a 25¢ grade, special 19¢ each j —that’s nearly 4 feet long A 45-inch pure white one, closely woven, 17¢ J. A. 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