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By CARRIER 25 CTS. A MOJiTH , VOL. 1. No. 39 TROOPS HURRYING TOTHE FRONT AND SHIPS CLEARED FOR ACTION VLADIVOSTOCK, Feb. .">. The Rus sian tleet at this port has been prepared for immediate service at sea. All of the Wood litlings of the ships wen) re moved yesterday. The warship* here are (he CrOtnobeT, i:!..'!li(i tons: the Rossia, 12130 tons; the Bogatia, <i.7r>o tons: the fturfk, 10,938 tons, and the transport Lena, The harbor is being kept open by ice breakers. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3.- The proa rations for war, although made as secret ly as possible, can no longer lie disguised. Troops are being mobilized ■'■> large bodies and prepared for an active winter cam paign in Korea and Manchuria. The Rus sian soldiers are sturdy, line-looking men, inured to hardships and bitter cold and they think nothing of making winter marches through (he winter snows of Rus sia and Siberia. li is believed line now (hat Russia will be presented with an ultimatum from FORGED CHECKS ARE DRAWN ON TWO TACOMA BANKS Forged checks for $28 were passed last Saturday on Dege & MiliiAr, Rhodes Bros. and Herman Letter, The checks bore what was supposed to lie the signature of J. K. Bonnell, the; well known Tacoma contractor. Two of (lie checks were drawn on the Lumbermen's National bunk and one on the London & San Francisco bank. Tin forger went to the firms named, bought a small bill of goods of each, and tendered (he checks in payment. In each ease the cash balance wa.s handed to the purchaser. In no ease did the bill for the MARINE GLIMPSES It is reported that the steamer Greyhound, which broke down several days ago, will be taken from Olympia to Everett for an overhauling. Piston valves will replace the poppet valves on the engines. It will be several weeks before the boat resumes her run. The crew of the barkentine Robert Sudden will bo signed by Deputy Ship ping Commissioner Swift today. The steamship Robert Dollar arriv ed in last night and is loading lumber at the St. Paul mill dock. The steamer Capital City, which has been laid up since a breakdown some months ago, came out this morning on her regular Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia run. The collier San Mateo arrived in from San Francisco last night and is loading at the electric bunkers. STATfTpTEHS The body of a well dresied man was picked up floating in the bay about three miles from the foot of Clay street, Seattle, yesterday afternoon. His face was badly decomposed, so that it is impossible to tell how old a man he was. I'laiiM have .i»si been completed for a new 18,000 opera house and Odd Fellowi 1 hall at Oil inn. Alex l.oller of I liehalis has been ad judged insane and o remitted to the asy lum al Steilaeo ):n. Inez Russell, aged 2 years, was struck by an Everett street car yes terday and dragged some distance. Though cut and bruised and all her clothing torn off, the child escaped serious injury. A man by the name of Darrow was crushed to death in a logging camp near Snoqualmie yesterday afternoon by a log rolling over him. We-ya-lup, the Indian interpreter at Port Simcoe, and Enoes and Frank Micham, two other Indians, accom panied by their attorney, D. U Crowd er, left North Yakima today for Wash ington, D. C, to confer with govern ment officials relative to settling the dispute over land that has been up ever since the treaty was made with the Indians years ago. There are 357,878 acres of this land lying on the southern border of the reservation. The government has offered the Indi ans $250,000, but they want more. The Tacoma Times. Japan, and that the latter will dually strike (he first blow, which will precipi tate the Fastern conflict. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3.—The Seoul-Fusan railway, according to a dispatch from Vladivostock, has been occupied by Japanese troops. The Japanese have also taken guns to Seoul for the protection of their lega tion. LONDON, Feb. 3.—A letter from a leading man in Tokio to fiiends here states that everything is in readiness in Japan for war. and that an outbreak is inevita ble. Russia's concessions are not likely to suffice and this is the lust phase of the negotiations before a resurt to arms. Influential Japanese citizens in Furope. in cluding noted diplomats, have advised Japan thai now is the time to strike. TOKIO. Feb. 3.—An important council was attended by the mikado. Marquis I to. goods amount to over $3. The man who passed the checks looked like a well-to-do laboring man and as the checks appeared to have be|en issued by Mr. Ronncll in payment for labor they were all the more easily cashed. The forger bought only such articles a,s a laboring man would be expected to buy. The same day a i'orgud check for $10, drawn on the London & Sin Francisco bank, was passed on Frank Snyder. All the work on the cheeks was clever ly done and woul 1 almost deceive an ex pert. They have asked for $3,000,000. The land is now mostly owned by white settlers. The government acknowl edges the Indians' claim to the land. DANGEROUS SHOAL IN THE CHANNEL The British ship Lamorna touched bottom again yesterday afternoon while being shifted in to the dock to have a part of her wheat cargo re moved. This occurred just off the Commercial dock, and tugboat men READY FOR THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST Everything That Takes Place During Coming Struggle Will Be Noted for the Readers of The Times The crisis in the far east is now at it* height and the scales arc tilting between peace and war. It war breakj out the Times is prepared to care for ils readers. Capable newspaper men will be on the ground, ready to rush, direct from the front, the lies! possible news of the stnitf W. I!. COLVER, Who goes to the! far east for the \. i:. a. trie between the contending forces in th» Orient. Besides the, cable service the Tiinus will lie able to depend upon a corps of trained j special writers and photographer* who have already left for the far east. These, working in conjunction with special boss TACOMA, WASH., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY, 3 1904 three admirals and the war miniates to day, li is believed the Ruaßo*JajMUMte situation has reached a climax. The high est officiate make no effort to conceal their exasperations at the tardiness of Rus sia's reply. DEMOCRATIC ARRANGEMENTS ST. LOUIS, fob, 3.—The democratic national committee adjourned at noon tc meet again April 10. It was decided to make no reservation for seats in the con vention until the April meeting, when newspaper men will be appointed to take charge of the matter. The committee re lervdd the entire JlTerson hotel for eon vent ion headquarters, are of the opinion that the channel has shoaled at that point. Said a ship captain this morning: "i ne sand bar that was left mere is one of the worse pieces of business I know of, and that dredger can get it, and none too soon for the good of the harbor. "The trouble now is, they began at the wrong end of the channel to work. There have been times when there were a dozen ships at the warehouses loading. If a fire had started and tugs had tried to move them, the chances are that one would ground there, swing athwart the channel and block .the others in. The wheat ship ping industry would receive a blow then that would be hard to get over." The Lamorna was in charge of Cap tain Burley yesterday with the tugs Fearless and Falcon. The condition the ship's rudder is in made her hard to manage. But even with the rudder in good condition the ship would have had trouble, say the waterfront men. In their opinion, when Captain Burley cannot get a boat out there is some thing wrong. BEEF FOR SOLDIERS A call has bi»i issued from the United States quartc'i muster's department for 0600,000 pemnda of fresh frozen beef and mutton for shipment to the Philippines. Bids will be opened March 19. A certi fied check for the sum of $20,000 must ao company cyich bid. respondents who will be chosen at every strategic point in th<» vicinity of the com ing conflict, will form a vast news bureau which will rush, direct !•> the Times' read en, everything that will be of interest. There will l>c illustration*, descriptive mat ter and features, as well as actual news. WILL H. BRILL, Wlin goes to the far ea-t for the K. E. A. \i the bead of thu enterpriM are throe nedrepaper men who an already well known to the ic.hl.i- of the Tune*. Now on his way to the Orient is Mr. W. I!. Coiver, uliosi- trip through Central Amer [ea last year during the Panama canal agi tation ».i~ followed by a lerfa lent descriptive artidai, and who recently gave to the public the Bret anthentio newi ircini the Oripple Creek r<;gi»n in Color- HEALTH OFFICER SCHUG REFUSES TO GIVE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC CONCERNING TYPHOID CASES Claims That Many Have Been Brought to the City From Outside Points for Treatment, But Refuses to Give Exact List—Admits That He Recently Became Suspicious of the City Water and Made an Investigation But Discovered Nothing Wrong ' \o. sir, I must decline to giv* you the list." So spike Health Officer Schug, when approached by a Times reporter with the request th:\t the doctor furnish the public with an exaci list | the typhoid fever Clues reported to him in this city during the month of January just closed. "Let me say. further." continiull Dr. Sx'hug. "that I prefer this matter of ty phoid cases in Tacoma .should not be agitated. It does nut helji the town to have m. ill nutters discussed in the public prints." "But, doctor, is it not the right of th* people to know whether there is anything the matter with their water supply, and if there is. to demand that it be remedied? llcnw is public sentiment upon the subject to be aroused if facts are suppressed:" "I'heie is nothing the matter with the cty wi.wr. so far as I know, i recently went out to Clover creek and look.d up and down it for any evidences of typhoid condition*, | asked doctor! who practice^ in that vicinity, and was told there was no typhoid. I Carefully inspected the city MANY NEW BUILDINGS FOR TACOMA THIS YEAR That the present year will be a season , of prosperity for Tacoma there is little reason to doubt. All indications, point in that direction, and' material evidences of the fact that ■ Tacoma is awakening are be ginning to ap)xtu.r. One of the best evidences of good times in any community is the activity in the building 'if. 4ind jusi nt the present time Tacoma builders are (retting rt^uly for the heaviest season's work in many years. A canvass of the architects and contractors in the city gives some idea of the amount of building that is to be done here this year. The following list includes build ings now in course of construction or on which work is soon to be commenced: Reported by Nicholson &* Billiard: Residence for C. K. Hill, in Sixth nd dition, $2,500. ; New addition to the Grant school. Proctor & Farrell. 308 National Hank of Commerce building, report the follow ing: Plans are. under way for a modem resi denee to be built on Y'lkinm avenue for J. Knight. Double house costing $5,000 to be built on L street near Sixth avenue. This firm also report that they are in stalling a systom of new fire escapes in ado. Mr. Will B. Brill, another writer of experience whow name is well known, accompanies Mr. f'olver. Upon landing at Yokohama, Mi\ Culver and Mr. Jit-ill will lie governed by condi tions a.s they develop, but no expense v ill JOHN V'ANDERCOOK, Who will handle the European end of the Rufmo-Japan war for the N. K. A. be »pared to get all the news, and whether the jcene of conflict is union); the forcwtx of the Yalu river in Korea, at the ed|?en of Siberia, or in the vicinity of Port Arthur, they will be at the front. There will be much to watch in Europe while the struggle in on, ami this import ant end of the work devolves upon Mr. John Vandercook, one of the beet Ameri can newspaper men on this continent. Mr. Vandercook, who gave America the first news of the death of Queen Victoria, and beat out his rival- by over an hour, in now in Russia. Hi- letters are appearing ( in tin- Time*. These writers, together with photograph en and Rpecial correspondentH, arc all in the employ of the) Newspaper KnterprUo i association, of which The Daily Times I is * member. reservoir*, Further, I had an analysis of the city water made list I'riday, and no typhoid gemu were di.'Coy ci cd." "Then you did suspect something was wrong?" "I did not say that. For your informa tion I may add that the majority ol the typhoid cases ivpoitid t;i me during •Innu aiy came from tint of town fir treitment in city hospitals.'' Would you, then, ba willing to let the public have the list of these cases and the residence of ench patient?" ( "No, | will not give you the list. And how did you know that there weire 70 eases of typhoid (hiring .January? How did you get any information on that sub ject? You diil n>t get tin- number ex aclly r'ght. Nobody ixcept one or two persona in Tacomti knows the nxaci nun her of cases." No full and proper analysis of the city water has ever been made by experts pro vide:! with the latest modern equipment for the Work, Sum,' »i'l< ago an expert offered to give the city a full and com the hospital for the insane at Port Slcila room. C. A. Dormer reports the following: Three-story (took bomte for Pacific Brewing & Malting company, now being PTiCted on Jefferaon avenue and Twcnly liitli street at a com of 1*0,060. .1. «'. Wok inson is the contractor, Car Iwiik tor Puget Sound Electric Rail way company no* building at the corner of Twelfth anil A streets. Warehouse for the Continental Loan it Storage company, cost 0,000. 0. F. bar si/n is the contractor. Three-story brick building on lot 8, block 11(15. between Commerce and c streets. Three-story building, 100x130 feet, to bo erected on Pacific avenue near Twenty first for J. B, Stevens. .1. K. ISonncll is the contractor. Improvements at the baseball park are reported by I'usscll &, lleatlili 431 Califor nia building. About $2,000 will 1 \ peiided there. \c» grandstand anil bleach ers will be built, the former with a scat ing capacity of 1,800 and the latter with n eapac'ty of 'i.stto, making the total seating capacity 1,000, Besides th" above many other building enterprises are being considered. Real t ARREST OF GANG OF MURDERERS IN BUTTE IS FOLLOWED BY SOME VERY STARTLING DISCLOSURES BUTTB, F.I). 3.—The police hive ar rested the most d ■sperate gang of crim inalH ever know i in Montana. They ne cured information through an interrupt ed lettc written to a woman known as Ruby Taylor, disclosing a plot to murder i a well known Butte man an I another man j in Helena, for which the gang was to re-' ceive $5,000, to be paid by; gome unknown party. The police have the names of all the con tpiratorx «n1 their Intended victims but refuse to make them pubic until other or. e.-t ■ B"e mad". Ruby Taylor is in Denver, where the authorities have been wire I to arrest her. The men ho far arrest*'' her 1* give the nanies of Harry Taylor, John Law, Chas. Mooncy. ('. 1,. Warner ami William Har ris. Among those aiTe tel win a woman known in "l/inl •• Southern." Ano'her [ member of the gang known as "Lynch was captured in Anaconda after a desperate figlif. Two of h'n companion* escaped, Th i police say they have evidence of a most startling character that th; gang WILL OF J. P. AMY PROBATED TODAY The will of John P. Amy was ad mitted to probate this morning. Marl on L. Amy, his widow, is made execu j trix. The will provides that out of the ' moneys of the estate shall be paid all [ expense Incurred during his sickness 1 and by his death. It further provides j that $10 be given to each of the four I children, the residue of the property, without intervention, going to his wife. He further directed that his will be executed and the estate Bet tled outside of the courts. I/tBErEffDEffT im yiLL THINGS ONE CENT pletc analysis, but he wanted (350 for the job and the city council did not'nee til (hen to. pa) the money. In view of : the ■ widespread public , con cern over" the matter, It. ig quite possible thai the council will again take the mat ter . up and ascertain, ■ once ■ for. all,' the exact quality of the fluid'which is ".being; served up to Taconia'people. Dr. 11. W. D^vey,' when Mind today in regard to dome typhoid fever oases in. his ' care, said: "I do not know.of anything else to at-; tribute this typhoid fever to but the city water. Daring the past full '■ and, •rfnter ' I have hud from oneto tWO eases all; the ( time. | They . were all people , who live lien- 1 in the city, and 1 cannot si-.whore 1 the' disease cairn)'from if not from:the water.'•!; To say the least, the city Avuter. *upply is open to; very grave suspicion) i and: my nil- ■ vice is to boil all the drinking water."; ■. Phier gets :;; LONG SENTENCE CLEVELAND, 0.. Feb." ;i 3~Georgo Rom, cashier of the Produce '<■ Exchange bank, who embezzled #I(M).ikm), was '.today.■ senlenceil iii ten year* in the I peniten- : tiary. . - •■''.'■■ ■■•'. '■""'■ •' '' estate men, architect* ■ and:contractor!*: all I express the opinion that if only a part of the proposed p!an« are wirried' out: thin., year Taeonia will we one of I lie busiest ■ .wars in the, history of : the town. SmjILLED HALIFAX,, N. S., Feb, 3.—The, Ca nadian , Pacific , express on the Inter- ■ colonial •''■; railway/; was, wrecked ■;.. near hero this morning,; Seven persons are • reported: killed, '...;, ,'-'.',' ■■''■'<; "_' r y"""-~\ — ■■"-■'-;-' "-•■•' -,r ■;,■■.;, >'.■■ t, ' v;, MEMORIAL CONCERT Tonight at the First Presbyterian church will be given a , concert as, a tribute to the memory of the late Prof. Gibbons.'. The program" for the: eve-' nlng will Include some' One selection's rendered by the Tacoma Saengerbund under Professor Hermann the St. Ce- ; cilia club, and such vocalists as Miss' Grace H. Bradley, Mr. (S. V Magnus ; Schutz and Mr. Henry Haul in. Organ numbers will be.contributed by Mr. Alexander, of, Seattle, and a string trio composed of Messrs.-New-' ell and Dull and Miss Foster. : The steamship Centennial, left out ■ for San Francisco this morning. ,■ - ; : ' .■■■■■ --■■ . ■ was regularly organ tot the bu*inefw murder for pay. : : HANNAJQUITE ILL _ WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 3.—Th!< i afternoon a rumor was circulated that , Senator Sanaa wa» dead, and it created a • small pmic in the corido* of the capital and th ■ pincipal hotel*. It wu quieted ■ by the announcement at Hie Arlington , hotel that lliuniii'H condition since morn ■ Ing {had been lincll.iMHi'l. He. wan Itill . Tritable and weak, Dr/'ltlxey is coiMtanl ly ut his bedside. 'ii,,. latter! »till liu)«ti that ili' iv is tin Immediate danger. • NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-A special to n i local ni/hvn agency ujri that a close frl ml ■ of Mark ITanna'a tliiH afternoon'laid that hi<* .temperature > wan 101% and/ n-y, one . had been allowed^io Ml him during the ! past two days. ;~'. - ■ , - , ■'■. ' : •"■ .:'', The will was mado January 2fith with C. M. Riddell and U. W. Rusboll aH wltnoßses. THESE TWO TIBED OF EACH OTHER Ernest L. Zimmerman has sued Mary L. Zimmerman for divorce on the grounds of infidelity. The plain tiff alleges that his wife has treated him cruelly and subjected him to false charges. He states that they have not lived together since December 20, 1903. They were married in Tacomn In February, 1895. Ernest Hoppe is the attorney for Ernest L. Zimmer man. .. * ' ■ '■ ' ■ . - - . ■./.*'■ ■.".-■ f. . I , ■ • : ' . ■ . .' -■' ■ i.■ -■■■■ r