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allowed to LOCAL MIAN HELD FOR RANSOM DICE GAME HAS A SEN.| SATIONAL END. ING. Sam Pinschower Roughly Treated by Erstwhile Sports. Tmprisoned for head and throat out and to sign a check for ols, valued at $40 taken’ from him, Sam Pinschower, ex-tenderiota | king, and proprietor of a saloon at SI4 Sixth av. South, last Saturday Right was rescued from a room at the Country Inn at Georgetown just M bruised. $2,000, his jew hours, after he had passed over his heck to E. A. Hutchins, proprietor Of the Inn. This fs the atory that @evelops from a raid on Hutchings’ | Place by deputy sheriffs Saturday | night From Friday evening until Sat Uniay evening at § o'clock Pin sechower refused to sign the che when, suffering from druises in Micted upon him by Hatebins, tt ts/ alleged, Pinschower finally agreed | to algn the check providing he was Dice Game Framed Up. Pinschower from Seattle accompanied Tupper, one of was wy F. the partners of the Ford saloon, 522 Sixth av. South Tupper, accord. Ing to the story told the officers, Pravailed upon Pinschower to go Ont to Georgetown to the Country ton. Arriving there Hutchins, eer and Pinschower began shak ng dice for sums ranging from $50/ to $100 a throw With the end of the game late! Priday evening, Pinschower was in @ebt to the amount of $2,000. He ‘Was asked for the money by Hutch Tua, and when he replied that he did Rot have that much, Hutohins, tt is sald, forced Pinechower to give up bis - so gage Pinachower allowed the men to take his jewels from him.) but refused to sign the check for! $2,000, claiming that be did not owe | that much money bat that he would | bay it if he did, when he came to} Boattle. Wanted Security. ‘This would not do. Hutchins and ‘Tupper refused to trust Pinschower, and he was taken to a room and locked up, being told he could re-| main the wotll be signed the heck asked for. From the time be was locked up im the room Pinschower had noth-| ing to eat until lace Ssturday morn. | ing, when be was given a ham sand. wich. Pinechower eat the ae hungrity and asked for more. ‘was refueed and wid that he as better sign that check. ‘On Saturday afternoon Pinschow. et, growing hungrier and hungrier each moment. and wondering how long he would have to = . prisoner, finally agreed to al) check. A blank certificate was fur- nished him and he wrote a check on the Puget Sound National bank. CITY COUNCIL BRIBE-GIVER GETS HIS. CHAS, 8. CAMERON AND WIFE, TROLLEY MAGNATE CONVICT- ED OF PASGING OUT GRAFT, forced | PITTSBURG, Feb. Chas. the convicted bribe ont of the Pittsburg & Pa ‘ 8. Cameron, |aiver, prost Tube City Bleetric raitroad, who was remanded to jail without bail after having been convicted here re ntly, pending the decision on a plea 6 bar mace by his attorney, fim has been released on a $25,000 b Over a year ago he was in hiding in Canada, fo wing the big bribery on TRAIN IS STALLED PASSENGERS ARE IN DANGE OF SUFFERING—SCHED | ULES KNOCKED OUT. | ———— SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. §.—By P.—-A passenger train is «tatied ttt ja big anow drift on the Paru (tty branch he Rio Grande railroad 20 milles from here. The passengers are said to be in danger of suffering #@ y A west-bound freight train ran jinto a rock slide today near Raby and KBrakeman Orson Spencer was killed and Fireman M was fatally sonided. The engineer o# caped without injury All train schedules have be tically abandoned on acrount of he severe bilazard which ls aw ing th section of the try Traffic of all kinds Inte ‘LIVESLY FIGHTING EXTRADITION George Livesty, wanted tn Port land for grand larceny before Superior Judge A. W 2 fight extradition. Livesty charged by John Salagaber having misappropriated Amounting to $3,000. Deputy Sheriff Huckabay | peared in coort this moroing 4 the purpose of arresting Livesly Jand taking him back to vortons | The case waa contin by | Frater, by reason of the eee cast }tomorrow Acting Gov. Hay will ap-| iprove or deny the application for! la writ of habeas corpus by the @ | Portland authorities. ‘ALIENATION SUIT 1S ON TRIA with sums a fae TODAY | The suit for the recovery |mon Counctiman W. A | altercation in the rea: | saloon appeared | excess of the wm necexsary | Prater this morning on proceedings | new water ayetem. fo | discharged h Ce rtin was sent to the Western penitentiary for three years, after he had refused to squeal” on his alleged confederates scandal, aa ® reault of wt in the elty legislature During mother the were telal hie wite constant att ote of & ar the ape live ip a wealthy tatora palatial and ar POPE RECEIVES SAILORS. ROME, Feb. &.—Ry U, P.—-The pope today received 14 under of floérs and a number of sailors from the supply ship Celtic. Pope Pius pratsét the American relief Rin following the Stetlian t _ STATE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE ASKED T0 DECIDE APPEAL County Superintendent of Se Story announced today that matier of the dixpate of the board of directors over the Berlin school chools “appropriation for $6,000 will very itkely be appealed to State Super intendent Dewey for settlement. The board recently voted that the ie indefinitely | sum of $6,000 be appropriated for improvements, in which ts includ jed the tnatallation of an improved water supply for the school chil drea George Brackhart, former clerk of the beard, who was discharged January 2, has raised the objection that the amount appropriated ts in and! school does not need a ruckhart was alleged jacow pe. that the for teney ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER Frank Paginett, thangs charged with man slaughter, for the killing of John King at South Seattle, was brought to trial before Superior Judge A. W Prater this morning. Poqnott ta a barber and is charged with having struck King during an of Werd's died King subsequently | from the effects of the blow. ) | defense, of | die from the effects of the blow Walter Fulton, attorney for the claims Usat King did not luichine “and Tupper, evidently |dstages in the sum of $10,000, in ree by Poquett. Pretty familiar with Pinschower's | affairs, would not take the check | on the Puget Sound National. Pin-| schower only had # small amount in thet bank and they knew ft. This check was refused and again Pin- schower was imprisoned. Finally believing there was noth- ‘thg to do but sign a check on his regular bank, Pinschower notified Matehine and Tupper that he was ‘willing to agree to thelr demands. Rescued by Deputy Sheriffs. Chanee afforded a means of res-| gue for Pinechower. As he waa be) fefustng to sign the check upon bis | fegalar bank, « musician, whom Pin-| achower knew, passed by. “Telephone my attorneys that Em held « prisoner,” he whispered, fe he passed the musician. ter immediately called up Attorney W. 1. Cumesings, who, in tern,) — the prosecuting attorney’ oa Sheriffs Peyton and Mills Wore detailed to investigate the ‘matter. in an automobile the dep- uty sheriffs hurried to Georgetown and swooped down on the Country Inn. Peyton found Tupper in Pin-| achower's room. Both Hutchins and Tupper admitted they had been throwing « with Pinschower; that they had taken the check and Jewels from the latter as security Hatebins and Tapper had depos Sted Pinschower's jewels in the safe | atid upon demand of Peyton they Were returned to Pinsehower. The eheck wan also returned by Hutch- ins, who first, however, tore it up. Today the check was placed with Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer Pinschower refesed to prosecute either Hutchins or Tupper, cial tng that he did not want the matter spread abroad because he had been) “stank in much the same manner only a short time ago. At the prosecuting attorney's of fice it was stated this morning that the matter is being further inveatt gated CHAMBERLAIN T0 SOON RESIGN GOVERNORSHIP BALE a Ove Keb. § 6 iy Pp. at ae, Chamberlain was today advined fon March 4 10 take part tn tho ox Fie ceasion of the United States sen fe. He will resign a® governor and is successor under the provisions of the constitution will ve Hecretary of State Frank Wl) Henson, who will then exercise the duties of hoth po sitions At the end of the 1907 there was in | the United States 24,412 miles of electric roads, Onio being far in the lead of other states with 4,450. miles PIANOS—419-421 TALKING MACHINES —1 The lat-} stigated by J. R. MeGee against 8. E Campbetl, in whieh the le, jalleges that the latter is guilty of alienating his wife's affections, was brought to trial before Superior Judge Wilson BR. Gay today. ‘WILL ASK FOR PARK IN KINNEAR’S ADDITION ‘The board of park commisstoners | $".",;. will request the city council, at ite) court deciai to authorize the | Collection of meeting tonight, purchase of a block of land in Kin- | block is to be used for park pur poses. | The park commissioners also ‘ions) | the council to pass ab ordinance | providing for certain property in Denny-Sherman addition, whielr is also to be used for park poroeem i pert ‘SEATTLE WILL ‘FINALLY | GET A SEAL Seattle is to have At the meeting of ef! tonight troduced pr. appoint on! orporat the committer shail * to determine upon the character and wh h will atyle of the seal ad by the city council 7 NEW ORIENTAL BILL. . Feb. §.-—By U.P A bill to segregate Japanese and Chinese laborers from white work | men In the factories and fields of | the state, wan introduced today in the state legislature by Rep. Jere | miah Howard of South Omaha. The wure provides that the yellow and the brown men muat not be nployed in company with Cau casians. Lupton Successor to Cheney WASHINGTON, Feb. %.—Stuart Lupton, of Tennessee, today was nominated American consul at Ca tania, Italy. Lupton was vice con ul at Messina at the time of the earthquake, in whieh Consul Ar thur &. Cheney and his wife lost itheir lives. Dog Guards Master's Body. ROCHESTER, N. H Feb. 8 | A faithful hound was found guard ling the body of his master, War ny Hanscom, who had been frozen to death. The dog had circled the \body until it had worn a path in the snow around it Goes to Tacoma. The United States transport Dix }went to Tacoma Saturday. The Dix |will return here Saturday or Sun day, and will leave for the Orient Monday Leaves for Alaska Steamer Penpsylvania left for Alaska ports this morning, The annua jn this cour averages from 40, 100,000 to 60,000,000 gallons ter be! / / | | erede fing taken buck to bis room after | near's addition for $15,000. The|on King #t he condemnation of | WORK ON REGRADE IS RESUMED TODAY Work on the Jackson at. req which hh on for some *. was tosumed thin morning caused by a supreme which prevented the aeoenments from per sons who were dameged by the re- ‘The work this morning wa: where the contrectors will be working for about one | month City —The Carman Manufactaring company to. {day filed @ claim agminst the city for |butiding in the having been flooded by water from { | per pound; om | | nod to be due ent of their south end dintrint $1,739.50, damages cin! as A rewult of the « broken water main some time aso. Files » Protest—The Knickerbock er company r of property on Dearborn has filed a ‘otest with the city net! against the ansces ment -oll for the Dearborn at grade. They allege that the city has ne jurisdiction to make any such as- nesamont Will Consider Petition Tomorrow the county commissioners will take Up the petition of the Seattle Light ing company to be awarded a fra: chine for lighting the district lying north of the city’s boundarte and south of section 12, township Advantages. sow ota ankod my of m playmate ‘One year old,” replied Johnny Hunt” exclaimed Touumy, “I've and he can at kid car replied Joh« PRICES PAID TO: PRODUCERS The following purchase prtoas coated on Weat pound; \ og 1.26 per don; ducks, spring pound; dreaeed, 1Te pat ber denen: turks: ote; Belgian hares, Local ranch, 206 h, she Veal, lara, " purren BOGS MEATS 180 are toca quotations his morning 6-160 pe fotlowing i veoerant Heta8 sie rs turnips: 60 per © por pound; oslery the | re-| A MAN DS FOUND DRUGGED AND TAKEN ON BOARD SHIP AT FRISCO. |A Nevada Mining Man Is Finally Located in Ta- coma Hospital. TACOMA, Feb, 8--By U. P Telling a story of having been jdrageed aod thén shanghaied }abourd an unknown vessel in Francisco on December 20, T. A Cox, a civil engineer, part owner nd general manager of the Art| zona & Pittsburg Mining company, | agonia, Aris. arrived in Ta | coma Saturday ofght, and is now in St. Joseph's hospital, where he is suffering from mental ex | hauation | Further than his word Cox can give nothing to substantiate his markable story. The name of the vossel on which he was kept @ prisoner for 48 days he does » jknow, nor dues he #eem to know whether it was a sailing whip or a steamer Kept in Ship's Hold. 1 was in & room tn the bold of the hip after T awoke from the fects of the druga given me I wan kept there constantly except for « short time each night, when 1 was taken out to get air, I was) put off the boat after midnight Pri} day at Des Moines, and in an at | tempt to get ® glimpse of the ves sol, to learn her name, I was in jured by my captors,” sald Cox ax he lay on a bed In the hospital to day Des Moines is a little settlement on the sound bet weeo cura and Seattle. From that place Cox says he walked to Tacoma, arriving | here without one cent. He sent « collect message to bis wife and | then went to the hospital, Drinks a Drug. | Cox says he left Tuceon, Ariz | December 16 for San Francisco, in |teonding to leave on December 20 for Pittaburg to see capttaliats who are interested with him in | the jmaine. On reaching the depot De jcember 20 he found that {miesed his train, and while there he bad met on the | two men. bom | train coming from Tucson, ap |pronched him, and together they j went to a cafe, where, after post jitvely refusing to drink any liquor, | he finally consented to take «| ley Con declares that the drink was | drugged for soon after taking it he became drowsy and remembered |nothing more until be awoke! aboard ship. At the time Cox bad about $150, a $100 wateh aad jfome jewelry, and this, he says, whe all taken, oven bis Elks’ jodge pin To Hunt for Abductor. One of the men whom he ae cuses of dragging bim Cox had known io Arizona, and he says he will not tell anything further, fear. ing it many prevent him from bring. | ing his alleged abductors to jus tee. Cox says the vessel on which he wae held @ prisoner for 48 days wilt again land in San Francisco, aod he declares ho will leave ‘0° Nata that city as soon aa he ts able. Con's dinappoarance, which be came known about December 26, when he failed to let the Pitts burg men know why he waa de. layed, has been a mystery, Bust ness friends in San Francisco om- ployed detectives to trace him, but they failed to find a clue, and until he appeared bere Saturday neither bin wife nor his friends knew any. thing about him. No Scandal in Case. | Cox, according to his own state ment, is not a drinking man, = bis friends here subetantia assertion in this respect. He * reputed to be wealthy, and has com: | plete control of a paying mine property. He is positive in his atement that there is no seandal | responsible for his strange disap- pearance, and he asserts that he can prove every detail of it as soon as he reaches Franctaco. | Cox is about 32 years of age. Mrs. | | Cox formerly lived in Tacoma, and} |has many friends here, She mot | | Mr. Cox in San Francisco through her brother, who is a civil engi neer, and was married here about 12 years ago. NEGRO BOY "I$ ABUSED ) is TURNED OVER TO THE Po. | LOK MATRON TODAY, With his back covered with livid inflicted by ao bingkenake have been used on him by. hts J mother, Mes. Per son, of oman ste, @ amall | |Coldred bay known hie play mates as Jim J but who says |iits real nar was | f t vay t still raw and 4 geen, exclamationa of horrors from the officers. A complain immediately sworn out and tl t 1 be held on a charge and “a aeo from at t years of age, 6. offloers hot t eltoraied on in hin frighten t. my 4 THE STAR-—MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4&4, 1909. SHANGHAL and |i he bad) SHOOTING AND ROBBERY [member of the Beattie potter fore [ine wa HOLDS oe ryt forme pl Under One Root Fureish (he Home ‘| FREDERICK & NELSON, Inc. | Store Closes Daily at 5:30. | The Spring Suits panama, prunella, armure, fancy vigoreaux and Three-piece Suits are much in evidence. detail below. — $39.50-——Three-Piece Suits of fancy serge. Coat 36 inches long, semiitting, with pointed back; trimmed with buttons covered with self{-material. ollar of bengaline silk, pipings of cream silk. Gown is jumper effect, with 2-inch tucks over shoulder. Plain gored skirt, with box plaits, which promote panel effect; trimmed with buttons, Colors, gray and ashes-of-roses. $39.50-—Imported Faney Worsted Suit. Coat 36 itiches long, trimmed. with bias self-straps; large imitation patch pockets, trimmed with horn buttons. Plain seven-gore skirt, with plaited sides. $35.00-—Navy Blue French Panama Suit. Coat 34 inches long, in semi-fitted, plain tailored effect. Collar and cuffs of light blue linen. Thirteen- gore skirt with bias fold on bottom $35.00—Three-Piece Suit, Made fine quality serge with made of trimmed in taupe shade, Princess style, with black bengaline silk, and three-inch lapel over shoulder. Gored skirt in circular effect, | 1 trimmed with buttons, Coat 36 inches long, semi- j fitted, and trimmed with fancy buttons; lined | throughout with good quality silk. Collar of ben- galine silk $27,50—Suit of self-striped prunella cloth. Coat 38 inches long, semi-fitted, strictly tailored; lined throughout with good quality messaline. Plain skirt with panel side effect, trimmed with buttons. Color, porcelain blue. $27.50—Suit of self-striped satin-finished ar- mure cloth, tan. Coat 35 inches long, semi-fitted. Collar, cuffs and pockets trimmed with satin and fancy ornaments. Lined throughout with mes- saline. Nine-gore skirt with panel front, orna- mented with buttons. alii GP tee ort eons INCORPORATED STILL A DEEP MYSTERY { Contral saloon bar, has vanished, | HELASSIS, THE GREEK BAR- jand it will now be necesmary to de-| ‘Tie bootdiack must go. His doom TENDER, CARRIES HI8 SE- velop the few meager clues Which] iiwe that of the horse with the oc CRET TO GRAVE. are available. ing of the heorsciess wagon, was it TRS Awaiting hope for fight on the iy cane, the inquest deemed necessary vented. will be postponed for several days, and the body held at Butterworths morgue ) Several sus Carrying with him to the grave in-| forroation for which Captain of De- tectives Charles Tennant and every it mnachine Kicks’ cleaned he dtopping of « penny in have already been arrested, but as t there is not suf- ficient evidence against them to) the » warrant charges being fastened up- on them. One of them named Her | gig of the i ue ring is known to ty been an in~| contrivance. timate of the dead man, and te have | your ey eat j been his companion tn carounals like | lo"--then you examine the one evidently jeon on the night of Helassis: mur- weuld have sacrificed a great dea! Harry Helasais, the Greek found Imyeteriously wounded on the Grant bridge lost Thuredey night, ex- pired inet night at Wayside Mmer- Rency hospital At no time did he regain con- sciousness for the fraction of a min- ute, and although detectives ins ferpestere stood |< onatantly at bi wide, cagerty awaiting a flicker of returning reason, he passed away wit In the same stupor in which he was found. dance one tx led to betiey At | that the machine is just another de- exploited weighing or held in the Contrat| ly and notice @ revolving brush at the of the device. This omposed of stiff bristies where mud and dirt te the sole of the shoe, and a felt buffer in the center for scabbard is the mark, nor has any | polishing purposes. While no black- lreport of the aale of a gun answer-|ing is applied. the great amount of With his demise all hope of tmme- | ing the description of the one found | hehenease Sood ts eulficient in most Aiate solution of the identity of his|in the mud beneath the body been | se murderer, and the looters of the | turned over to the police. 0 STOR MS FF bottom on the side hes not been learned of} encountered « it what firm the price mark on the yet ae sl RARER HERR S : ALASKA COAST FOO * BANK CLEARINGS. * Beattie. *| Snow storms are ene pond | aiong the coast of southeastern Alas BY 10 TOW LINE : i Bae Os Bie. ac ording to advices received by re ‘ — the United Wireless, An aerogram | Tacoma. *\from the steamer Northwestern, | ‘TWG CAPTAIN in 1s viowsn or alex Clearings today $918,199.00 &) which will arrive at Como Balances .. 74,720.00 @| this afternoon, mays a ve cae F ing, and the alr is thick with snow oni gs ens Portiang, *| The ateamer Buckman reported by His foot ® Clearings today . ..$1,289,768.00% | wirciens this afternoon off Cape ne wif * Balances 141,490.00 &| Fairweather, She is running into AR RRR AR Re | VETOES SALARY BILLS, heavy head winds and high seas. satnst ov, Yoo sy vv BURNED TO DEATH °|Gov. Chainberiain this atternoon| GARY, Ind., Feb. 8—By U [sent into the legislature two more | Stephen Reintz, 42 years old, of Tn- veto messages, ove against the raise |diana Harbor, was burned to death of the salary of the cirouit judge of| yesterday, and George Bonick, | the Baker City district, which was|idlso of Indiana Harbor, was fatal increased from $3,000 to $4,000. The |ly burned. The accident happened | other message was directed against! when the first open hearth f raising the salary of the clerk of|nace at the Indiana Steel company tue | Curry county. © mills was blown in. The men were thehtentng by the dy little tug Partch al “ to Jack in from « bre The accident day as the Parthia was towing the acow to the Pine st. dock. The tow new, and as all new lines, several times, are full of aptain Pits was watoihig vt wnt w kinks it AUTOPSY CORONER WILL sie UF THe Is a MUCH MY NUE Dp BE SOLV RE "What may prove to murder mystery culminat Heath of ner his at fore Spring Showing of Women’s Stylish Suits consist of new and pleasing style striped novelties. Some are described in FREDERICK & NELSON THE BOOTBLACK, LIKE THE ANTIQUATED HORSE, MUST GO—-HERE’S A SHNIING MA- P—| ] ot Dependable Dry Goods in serge, —Fint Floor cases to bring @ most ac brightness to the uppers, equals the usual Ife variety. “shin But one machine is installed im Seattle now, in a Third av. pool where {t bas been subjected to most severe asege imaginable, curtous throngs bent upon try! any novelty, when the cost ts bet cent The profits ity is u “ that 100 shines wil) cost just Ie juice used. The contrivance was invented by @ youth in Michigan, who. It is derstood, bas made a fortune ready from sales of the mac Several large rtm have ordered ‘onchines tor I tion im the ladies waiting where t wit ept ntinuously. free of charge, for | vertising purposes. — i burned by the flash of the furnace, Both were blown a distance of 30 feet. Reintz’ face and body were {burned to a crisp, and Boniek’s. face was badly burned. ANNOY MISS KELLER, PAWTUCKET, R. L, Feb. B= | Miss Hdien Keller, the ‘deat, dumb | and biiad celebrity, must rentham, Mass, to escape friends. The proximity of her present home to Bosten has regult- fed in a constant flow of jand has seriously interfered what she inteaded to be her work. With Mra, John A. | Miss Keller will make her perma. vent home near Brunswick, Me. DANVILLE, Ind. , Feb. 8. Accord- | ing to the Brownsville Record, Mitt, | Nancy Ridenour, who lives with her dsughter, Mrs, Lou Bolton, in Brownsville, is the oldest person th Hendricks county, being 106 years | of age. She has two sisters in Tem | nessee who are 107 and 109, respeo- tively and now I get along very well. Of when a new baby it practically monopolizes my time and T am um ; jable to do all the sewing that. ts needed for the other children, Now, the coming of the litle one by doing a great deal of sewing tn advance for all the other and in that way we get years old, and Their chil dren are equally divided as to sex the sidewalk at 1st ay. and Blanch mi on tee hand whieh ton about the face, whieh, fndicated that MP AND MRS CAVANAUGH AND DEIR TWO CRLLDDEN fe had been severely handled, In re Brnfo questions asked, him repeat ALAMEDA, Cal, Feb. 8-—Here;rewards that can be devised. wi to im lis the family of Patrick Cavan: | Mrs, Cavanaugh ts one of the|courge, performing {aueh, @ round dozen of happy,|most cheerful and optimistic little identy in| healthy young Americans. women tn the world for about half a year, fell to! Cavanaugh ts not only an en| “A family as large as ours is a aw it|thustastic supporter of Prestdent| great care,” she says, “but it ts} Roosevelt's antirace-suicide policy,/also a great joy. 1 only wish we/I prepare for but he believes he has a scheme to/had more. One can't have too Soe iao ot hia [encourage large families, |many ehildren, and a woman can | Cavanough would have the leg-|never do anything better for her | children cane develapmonts moe it, an lislature of every state pass laws |country than to give her healthy, /along fine.” es deteiitae Jexempting the fathers of large fam-|happy sons and daughters, At first) Cavanaugh is 45 tigation {lies from taxation, He says this |it was very hard work taking care| Mrs, Cavanaugh is 39 Watat at e128 " ., | will do more to populate this coun- of so many children, but, after a labece sere ; "|try than all the medals and cash |time, I got the work systematized,|a half doxen each, bovs and girls