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At the Seattle The rollicking and good natured “Rip Van Winkle” will be charac Johnny Pringle and his the Seattle theatre next week, starting the matinee to morrow afternoon, Pringle has not appeared in the cast since coming to the city, and as “Rip” ts one has been induced | Ann Phillips at the Seattle, to play the part. Miss Aon Phi! lips, the new leading woman, will be neen as Meénie. At the Lois. * With a number of new faces and @ list of prime favorites, Sa: and Stockdale begin a seas stock at the Lois theatre Sueday afternoon with a presentation of “Arizona.” The company fnclules « Myrtle , Kernan Cripps, Cart dale, Clara Beyers, Edward “Lawrence, Lioyd Ingraham, Eva French, Rhea Mitchell, Er- mitpe Seavey, Ralf Belmont and a » long list of real artists. At the Orpheum. i Beason, a gifted and — .. French actress, will bead: fs he bill at the New Orpheum | soloist with Cohan & Harri,’ YOU'LL FIND IT HERE NEWS OF THE DAY CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE Rev. Luther Little, the new pas tor of Tabernacle Baptist church, _ will occupy the pulpit tomorrow Rev. Little was pastor at Fort * Worth, Tex., until he accepted the feattle call. “What is beer?” doesn’t sound ” near 80 attractive to some folks as _ “Well, here's beer.” berg, OF., 18 ex-| _ pected to be regular Puget of the Friends’ ) which opened at the meetin: av, and E. Spruce st. RRERRAARKAREH * » band of 50, hailing from Lutheran college at , Will give a concert hight at Arcade. hall boys will be welcomed to city by Mayor Dilling. A fon will be given them wal Lutheran church. H. A. Stub of the chureh himself a member of the in 1900 during bis coll Fh r F i gereat? * * * * * * * * : * * * * * SERRE REE EEE More Women Students. With 285 students registered, 135 "more than last year, the eighth an- nual suramer school of the state university closed yesterday, after six weeks’ seasion, breaking all pre- vious records. Women students out pumbered the men more than two to one. . n will not be called to the oe. stand. Investigators say he “seems to be busy in Europe.” Anyhow, they made a good bluff. Barge May Sink. The barge Big Bonanza of the Alaska company is reported to be in distress at Oyster bay, to the north of Cape Mudge. She is be- Neved to have hit the rocks In Sey mour Narrows, where the Spokane recently met disaster. No lives are in danger. KEKE KHKHHH * The dying request of Mrs. % Bernice Ratcliffe, who commit % inhaling chloroform, was car. % ried out by Dr. Matthews when % he preached the funeral ser- % mon over her body at the % Noice undertaking parlors yes- % terday afternoon. She left a w letter asking that Dr. Mat- %& thews officiate at her funeral * SHEESH EEE ESSE Pee eee eae eee Thomas A. Edison is to take his first vacation in 20 years. Judg- ing from what he has done what will he do after a rest? The funeral of Concentia Giebel, who died at ber home, 416% 10th av., Thursday, at the age of 61, will be held tomorrow afternoon at But- terworth’s, under Liederkrantz aus-| pices. She was a resident of Seat tle for 25 years. Judge H. A. P. Meyers, who has been appointed by Governor Hay to take the place of the late Judge Prigmore, will begin his duties on August 19. The Rainier Heights Impro ment club, at a meeting in Oltman's hall last night, which was ad- dressed by Commissioner McKen- wie, endorsed the proposed court house bond issue, to be voted on September 5.. The second 10-day outing party’ of the Y¥. M, ©. A. at Orcas island left yesterday on the launch Don- Gelia, 68 boys making the trip. ae Washington Chap: sr, Rose Croix , Wi conduct the funeral ser- vices iomorrow afternoon for } will THE SEATTLE STAR ee IS THIS SEATTLE “OLD MAN” READY coming week in ® sketch by|minstrela; Fred Russell, Joo Me the late Victor Smalley, “The Wom: | Gee and Harry W, Smith. Rayone an Who Knew A’ quartet of | Whipple, a former star of “Nii grand opera singers called “The | and Nine,” assisted by three capa: Cadets de @ ne,” will offer se-| ble players, will present a pictorial lections from the famous and popu-| play, “Harmony Discord.” lar grand operas. Corcoran and] Howard, assisted by Lee and Shaw, Dixon, two black-face comedians,| have a singing and dancing rot will present a burnt-cork offering} An equilibrist act will be the off of winging and softwhoe eccentric|ing of Mile., Serand and Prof dancing. A well-Known foather-| Welda, Lew and Lillian Orth have wolght boxer of England, Georgo| a skit ealled “Touring Egypt.” The Welch, and Maine Crouch, known| Austrian violinist, Frans Metsol, as “That Livety Pair,” from coast] makes his tnitlal American vaude t coast, have an acrobatio, singing | ville tour over the 8, & and dancing act, Two Burop an! - gymnasts will present an athletic) At the Grand. offering of hand balancing and! Six exctusive first run photo- ———-=—=—=-—=—=—= plays and three vaudeville acts ts tne program at the Grand opera house which opens tomorrow. ‘The vaudeville ia head acrobatic In Gomer, colored comedians, er Levy belleves that he has booked some: hing quite different from the ordi- | the musical piece, Tw pretty girls and a man comprise th ect of Holmes, Wells and Finlay At the Empress. An old-titae minstrel in tabjoid form will be the headline attraction at the Empress next week. Sone} bt of the real old-time favorites of|nary run of acts, Misa eZn i minstreisy are members of Russell)son, @ lyric soprano, claims t & Smiths offering—such men 99 reach a top note seldom heard. George T. Martin, who was tenor! From the Pathe studios comes s big double reel containing drama and educational subjects. The first, “Blue Wing and the Violiniste,” ts a story of love and music, “Amert- can Field Artillery Maneuvers gives the audience seme idea of | what the American troops are cap- jable of doing George S. McLaren, who died of} ptomaine poisoning Thursday night, at the Scottish Rite cathe: | dral. The remains will be cre mated. At the Pantages. With & company of seven, three ee Now they say Taft dragged | into the Alaska scandal. Whoever | did that ought to be kept in at re) cess. Andrews Left $150,000, Mathew Page Andrews of Balti- fn attendance at the More, Md., a brother of George R.| Sound quarterly | Andrews, who was killed In an aw! chureh, | tomobfle accident near the Golf and | ‘a threeday session | Country club on July 12, yesterday gf house, | petitioned that Robert C. Saunders, & Seattle attorney, be appointed ad-| ministrator of the estate, which tu} valued at $150,000. Andrews left no/| His helrs are-two brothers | aod a sister. j } The Undertakers’ union, official fly known as the Washington State | Funeral Directors’ association, is going to fight for full pay. The} treasurer was last ‘night empowered | to set aside a fund to employ coun-| sel in their fights for having full | charges allowed on undertakers’ bills, Today the delegates embark | on the Umatilla to look over their business in the Sound cities, Artist Valentine's Conception of th Composite Picture Made From Natio in Public Schools. | Will all the races and nation jalities gather in America from all August 1864, Admiral Farra.|4tound the world be melted into gut sailed past Forts Gaines and|one people, harmonious physically Morgan, at the |and mentally? mouth of Mobile| Mayor Gayndr of New York, in bay, and Cap ian address in New York, assert tured the Con-/that they will, and ‘says that the federate tron | American schools will be the melt clad Tennessee. | ing pots Admiral, Farra-| “In our schools,” he said, “the gut watched the/|children have the same teachers, fighting from the |the same books, the same songs, rigging of the|and I have always said that the Hartford, and schools would make us all a unit school readers| “For my part, it seems to me say he was lash-|now that the children of all na. ed to the rigging |tionalities in the schools come so be would not fall off at his gay | anions and kittenish age of 63, Farragut’s | Tecumseh collided with a torpedo| and sank, The Brooklyn showed some hesit n, and signaled “Torpedoes. torpedoes! |Go ahead,” sald the admiral, Luckily | it turned out the things were not torpedoes, but merely boxes that had held torpedoes. TRCRES TELS Y HS 5 Little Land” or a dose of “Three Acres and Liberty” is about what the average city man and his better half need. It would set them wthinking good and hard. From that thinking their happiness might evolve. Years were when to go back to the soil meant to a farm of many acres. Bolton Hall has preach ed his gospel of a little land and a good living #0 earnestly that many a city man has been tempted to try it, with excellent success in many cases. Mr. Hall is 57 today. The steam shovel which is * working on the regrade of * Fifth av. forced city council ® committees to adjourn yester- ® day to adjoining rooms, # where they could hear them- * selves talk. * HIKER According to complete plans sub- mitted to the park board yesterday, the new Queen Anne scenic drive- way will cost $298,000 for grading, | paving, rétaining walls and bridges. | Plans for a 20-foot board walk at Alki beach, to cost $4,421, were also approved by the board SESS SEE EE Big Miners’ Convention. Opening next Monday, a conven- tion of the coal miners of the state will meet in the Labor Temple About 5,000 men will be represent ed. Constitutional changes will take up the greater portion of the deliberations of the convention — | Delegates and visitors to the San Francisco convention of the Typo- graphical union will be royally en- tertained by thelr fellow printers in this city next week when they are on their way to the convention cit city “ RRR KK * * WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE. * Water will be shut off in * the district north of EB. Mer- * cer st. from 86th ay. N. to ® Lake Washington, Mon- * day, August 7, from 9 a. m. me until 5 p. m. * * Cece eee ee eeeee POLICE GUARD CAR LINES. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Police re serves are on duty through@ut most of Brooklyn today, juarding two Mabel | re ce \IS THIS THE NEW AMERICAN FACE? RACES MIXED IN MELTING POT OF OUR SCHOOLS To devise plans for the further. ance of the port undertaking, the finance and campaign committee met at noon today in the Commer- clal Club, lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran- sit company, whose men have struck for more pay Practically no notite of the action was given the company of whom are pretty girls, the Three Brothers Marx ara bringing to Pan }tages for the coming week's head |tine offering, “Fun tn Hi Sie a funny sketeh of amall town high achool days, Of course there will jbe the dunce, the bright scholar, the irrepressible bad boy and the professor, for @ school without |those characters would not be a lachool. The Mastroff Troupe are Russian stingers and dancers with a big Buropean reputation; William Fiemen and company are down for a comedy sketch titled “Back to Boston"; dainty Allie Leslie Haw n is a clever child impersonator, and Monsieur Herbert is a versa: |tile musician who styles himself |The Musical Waiter” At the Coliseum. Hitting the bullseye by way of popular fancy seems to be the | proper of | of vaudeville jie being offered at the Coliseum. | Heading the bill will be the two Russells, one-man and friend wife, in a comedy, entitled, “Robbing a Burglar.” It's the story of 4 hus band who has linbibed too freely Returns home with unsteady step. Fe, the wrath of friend wife. Bayone Whipple at the Empress. |Pn‘ors the house. Scares friend | fran nearly to death. Then acts the } in_ frightening the int-u- 4 y. Friend wife tumbles to the deception. She disguises her- self as a burglar. =a ¢ American School Face Today—A Study of Children of Various out with a different kind of face {to thetr forefathers, ‘The noses |of some of them are a little short |er and of others @ little longer, and |the high cheek bones go down a ttle tn others, and an American face is even now coming out of the public schools, because the jmind, you know, does affect the | body, without any doubt whatever, and in that way also we are getting 4 sort of uniform mind. “Surely we are not getting a uniform face without there being |4 untform mind with it, and in that way we will become one peo |ple. A great many people have misgivings about that. I may say that I have none, fuiinrS-Hiiee—“Saeeeee eee The city is willing to violate t! law in working ite employes more than eight hours, but the finance committee yesterday refused to recommend that they be paid for the extra time. Councilman Hes- keth’s bill to allow certain lice- men who worked overtime during the Potlatch (and some are still doing it) was recommended for tn- definite postponement, on the grounds that the charter forbids policemen to receive any compen- sation beyond their salary. But the same charter also prohibits policemen from working more than eight hours. Councilman WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-Prac- tloal confirmation of reports here that P, ident Taft will veto the wool tariff revision bill and the fe mers’ free list bill came thie aft noon when Congreseman John W, Dwight, whip of the house, after c@ at the execut! offices, hurry oall for absent re- After an tliness of but one day, David B. Davies, who for 30 years had been superintendent of the Pa- cific Coast Coal company’s mines at Black Diamond, died yesterday at his home, 152 22nd ay. He is sur- vived by one son and three daugh- ters. The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon from the resi- dence, Col. Astor is to marry a girl named Force. A lot of us would be scared to tackle a proposition like that. SEATTLE’S VETS Z: ROUTE YET? ob W. &, COULTON AND THE BIG APPLE RANCH THAT HE CULTIVATED BINGLE-HANDED AT 6 If Dr, Onler is still of the opinion ;the Northwest that @ man is ready for a dose o! quieting chloroform when he is 60) E. years old, he ought to see W Coulton of 804 25th av. 8. & veteran of the Civil war, ie just & few past 60 years, JUDGE W. H. WHITE Judge William H, White, past commander of Btevens post, was born on May 28, 1842, in Wellsburg, Vie He wan attending school at Vermillion Institute, Ohio, when the Civil War broke out. In May, 1862, he gave up his studies and enlisted in company B, 102nd regt- ment, Ohio volunteer infantry. In three months he was promoted to first sergeant of his company. Hin services were in the Army of the Cumberland under Gene Buell Rosecrans and Thomas. wi seriously wounded at Athens, Ala bama, In a fight with General For rests cavalry in the fall of 1664 Comrade White studied law in Virginia, and was admitted to the bar fn 1868. He wan elected re corder and probate judge in his na tive county that same year, and re ected in 1870. He then resigned and came out to the Pacific Norte west in July, 1871, when Seattle numbered but 1,200. White w lected prosecuting torney in . and member of the legislature in 1878. He was |potnted United Staten district at torney by President Cleveland in 1885. In 1900 he was appointed Justice of the supreme court. He also served one term as city attor- ney of Seattle. On account of his eloquence and aggressivenens, Judge White has beco pop known as “War Horse White. THE LADY. Say, I'm the classy lady ® family of three. Feed: Ami she peddies piles of basa, Bhe and Sadie make a point Now, of garnering the cash. But miser stuff je mix, kid; Me for the gladsome raga, They make a louder noise, kid, Than moulding money begs! SPRING WHEAT FIELDS jUFFER FROM HOT BLAST ST. PAUL, Aug. 6—The big ring wheat area of the Northwest has suffered severely from dry weather, Especially is thie true In North Dakota, northern Minnesota, western South Dakota and portions of Montana. Local showers have relieved northern Wisconsin, south- ern Minnesota and most of South Dakota. That the city comes under the employers’ Mability ect, and must furnish the state Insurance com- mission with tts pay folle, is the opinion of the corporation counsel. “Why, I'm just starting in life,” he said today, And he looks it Coulton came to Seattle 21 years He wanted a good town to krow up with and selected Seattle traveled through ago. For 20 yours —— Coulton, YEARS OF AGE. time to settle down. He and his good wife settled that land in a little from the 12 acres. have a glance at this pleture his rich looking apple orchard ing goods and fj about two years ago decided it was shack and! Coulton (remember he was 65 and) will yield. had never done any real strenuo’ work) started in to wrest a fortune That was two years ago, Just did all the work on it bimeelf and there area full thousand flourish ing trees on the place now. Two years from now they will be in full At 65 he went down to, Okanogan | hearing, Coulton says, and there jecounty and bought 32 acres of jand.| will be about $1,500 coming that boxes trees more these on|year for the 1,000 or of fancy apples that “And my wife and I are going to squander every dollar of that money just having @ good time,” says Coulton. Say, do you think this kin “old man” is ready for the form yet? of an hlorG of He aah THE NORTHWEST NORTH YAKIMA—The Pacific Power & Light Co, has been crim-| lon has not been comp! inally charged by the city health | P department with allowing polluted ater to be dumped into the city| The outbreak of typhoid fever in May ts attributed to the alleged misconduct of the company mains OLYMPIA—Wilder w York architects, will tol commission, ABERDEEN—O. H. B. Wiley, a ince 1880, died is survived lent of thia city the age of 62. H by his wife and four children HOQUIAM—George A. Lee, chair | man of the industrial commission, addressed Prose aseociation yesterday on the employers lability Renator John L. Wilson also spoke, dcnouncing progressive legislation the Washingtot rested on the no-treating ordinance, were discharged because tectives could not identify the bar the HEROES siz naval heroes were given medals and praised in highest terms by President Taft, who to them that their heroism in saving the battleship North Dakota from destruction was worthy of the b traditions of the American A North Dakota September 8, 1910, and brought out the dead bodies of three comrades, after which they” fought the fire so successfully that probably the ship was saved from complete destruction by their efforts. @ They are, reading from left to right: Holtz of St. Louls, Thomas Stanton of Rhode Island, Harry % ace ™ be 16 a ac Patrick Reid of New York, Karl West of Massachusetts and Charles C. Roberts ol jewton, jaan. 4 Orop every. thing and eome Men- day mern- Ing. Clip those iteme that most Interest you. Bring them with you to the store WOMEN’S $1.25 OUT- ING GOWNS—Plain col- ors or striped; extra good quality and well made ... BOYS’ 50c BALBRIG- GAN SHIRTS AND DRAWERS—Sizes 24 to 34; a dollar will keep the boy clad until snow SILKOLINES—Best 15c grade of 36-inch Silko- lines, in plain colors; also full line of figured styles; every pattern a pret- 9 ty one. Until 12, yd .. ec PEARL BUTTONS—1 dozen on card; all -sizes; of real domestic manu- facture. Till noon FULL SIZE 10¢ LEGAL CAP TABLET—Blair's No, 529 U. S, Mail; full count. In London’s new Stationery Section, WOMEN’S COAT SWEATERS — Red. or Oxford gray; not all wool, but "twould take an expert to find it out. 95¢ Until 12 WOMEN’S 25c HERMS- DORF BLACK STOCK- INGS—Hermsdorf is the best-known dyer in the world. These 1 Stockings till 12 12 75¢ WOMEN’S PRIN- CESS OR ‘ MOTHER HUBBARD APRONS— These hide every- thing. Till noon ..39e $1.00 WOMEN’S WAISTS — White lawn, in plain tailored and fancy models; also ginghams, percales, madras and sateen; dozens of pretty & White, have ree of the building of the new capitol and temple of justice, ac cording io the decision of the capt Binte Former de- until noon .......... patterns. All 49 le Girl- SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 6 Because the grand jury investiga the eliminary bearing of Mra. Annie leted, |Gaffney Langley, on a charge |having murdered her husband, Langley, which was scheduled | August 10. by her mother, arrived at th tende |{ar resulted out of 42 arrests: |has taken under advisement the a writ of mandate against y a change of venue in the Nel: |compulsory to grant a change venue, which was introduced Sepator Bryan, is being tested. LONDON.—A naval officer *| bride, Gibraltar terminus. Wife Faints ‘at Hearing Jas ¢ held before Police Judge Deasy |this morning, was postponed until The young widow, accompanied ourt «. Two convictions hav> thus OLYMPIA—The supreme Court | | pl'eation of Senator J. W. Bryan for Jadge | key to compel the latter to grant) Glvorce case. The law making {t Gibraltar has written the registrar | asking the easiest way to get mar. TACOMA—Eleven saloon men ar-| ried by cable He asks the registrar to officiate at this end, with the with the minister at the/and says if robbers come he will at 7] house garbed in deepest mourning, Just as she was about to enter t court room she «beame tryst and was taken into an ad) room in a state of complete lapse. After being revived suffic to walk into the court room girl's caso was called, Ans District Attorney Roche urged postponement and Judge agreed, of to the nt SULTAN I VIENNA, Aug. ceived here today from ( pty P |seriously {Il of hardening arteries. He refuses to see a spe ctalist and expectation is general that he will not long survive. FORT COLLINS, Presbyterian church placed 75 Bibles in the rooms at the Northern hotel. hotel room in the city is pl on of by | at ced GLENCOE, McArthur has a burglar proof sys tem of bookkeeping all his own. He writes his balances on the walls, least know his loss. HONORED FOR BRAVERY IN NAVAL EXPLOSION — They rushed into the boiler room following the explosion of of! on t August Till noon Monday, WILL- IAMS’ SHAVING SOAP —A whole ship load at the public’s mercy. OILCLOTH—Best grade Table Oilcloth; plain white and fancy styles; got enough for every fam- ily in the state. 15e Until 12 WOMEN’S KID GLOVES — Guaranteed; all colors and sizes; 98c always. Please come early. Till 49c LARGE BOTTLE BAY RUM—A _ good tonic; for external use only. Special till noon ,...... De INFANTS’ ORTHOPE- DIC SHOES—Button or lace; patent or kid; black or colors; smooth as glass inside. A wonder, and, until noon, a pair . These sales beat any- thing we ever knew. If you can’t come, pass the good word along to a neigh. bor. CHILDREN’S 75¢ MUS- LIN GOWNS—Any size to 12 years, and a girl is nearly grown then. Until noon . GINGHAMS — Apron Ginghams; staple checks. Studied the cotton market recently? If so, you'll ap- preciate this bar- gain. Until 12 FLOUNCING EM- BROIDERY—Lace and tucked edge; 10 wide. Till noon, a yard ... inches 10¢ LA BLACHE FACE POWDER — Doubtless the widest known pow- der; any shade. Till noon These Sales Stop Promptly at 12 Deasy, | SILL Colo.—The! yesterday | A Bible for every ©