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ONE CENT
N OWT EDITION
TERRIFIC
ASSAULT
ON DALNY
RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD EXPEC TED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON
AS RESULT OF DESPERATE ATTACK MADE BY JAPANESE
ON LAND AND SEA
CHE FU, May 14.—A Japanese attack from both land and tea
on Dalny la in progrtaa. Early this morning five Japan*** erulssrs,
a battl*«Hip and a gunboat cleared the channel and entered th* har
bor at Dalny. They immediately opened a terrific bombardment on
th' A J. Bp.n.s* army. ■is ..tim.fd -of ».000 m'n- .lmult.r,.ou.ly
..P.ned an attack on the town on land. The Rua.i.na are ...d to be
c^al'iy .urrounded and th-re to ev.r, —- to bel.ev. that *•>
will yield to the aaaault this afternoon.
PORT ARTHUR FALLEN
PARIS, May 14.-An unconfirmed report ia in circulation her.
that Port Arthur haa laM.n. Th. r*port has It that th* Russian
,tr*r. B h.ld «ent down after a d.so*rat. cn o aoem.nt la.t.ng for many |
hour,, in la*-* th.r* v..re 10.000 ea.ualti...
PAWS. M»y 14.—A *p*v!al edition
of the newspaper I* rrmi • l*tnU
a St. Petersburg telegram r*U*ral
lng th* rumor that Port Arthur ha*
!.M.n. T*. ***** add. that Port
Arthur fell after flerc* M«hUna-. •"
• hi.'h It la e.tlmated that over IQ.tOO
PRETTY GIRL
IS MISSING
L*la Layrßan. ! I years old and re
markably pretty, her friends say,
dt»app*ar»d front the Munod hospi
tal wber* she lias been attending
her brother, who la a patient ther*.
. Nm has been mlstsioc *lnc« Thurs
day, but this wan not known until
Inquiries had been mad* for an
ctlicr young woman staying at the I
hospital, who had also mysteriously
disappeared. The girls w*r* frlend»|
and II ta thought they went away
together.
Mljs Layman won a Taluabl* dia
mond ring and >-*d la her possession
an uncut diamond valued »i tii.
Her mother, who Urea at Selling
bam. Is at a locs lo account tor th*
action of her daughter, who, she
says, displayed a. very marked affec
tion for her sick brother. She thinks
th« girl muat have been persuaded
to leave In torn* way or for some
purpose* against her better Judc
nent.
Tb* aae la In th* bands of the
rolfce.
STIFFEN WILL
TEST LAW
WnUa Steffen. charged with
setting luaaat m the Madison Park
pavilion without a license, volun
tarily gay* himself up to th* police
tats morning. Officers have b«en
b>Teatl(atlng th* plar# and a war
rut w»» sworn out for hU arr«t
Tnterday. Pteffen ha* been tried
twice before for similar offenses.
Ha will t>« tried on May II before
Jiwtie* Gordon. It la thought that |
*>• will make a teat cas* of this one.
as, he was successful In being
cleared about a year ago In th* su
perior court.
~ NOT GUILTY
I M. Klin, who was arrested yester
•»» by Officer Carr and charged with
•pitting" m th* sidewalk, waa re
»«*«d thi» laonlnf ty Jostle* George,
aa h* proved that h* exp«rtorated on
a croat walk Instead of on th* main
*•*- Th* board of health haa asked
'Mayor BalHnaer to have th* ordl
"■•M* against expectorating on the
'*•■■« enfon-«d and It la g-<ing to
« dona hertafur.
SINGING BISHOP
PRESIDING TODAY
' '
U« ANOELEP. Cal.. May 14.
--;* h#» c. Mcf.-ab-. th* singing blsh
*P, pr*«]iJed at today's conference of
"* MethodUt Episcopal church.
SIX DIVORCES GIVEN
The following divorces were
» "Bt*4 today in the superior court:
Amanda Dam*!* from Leßoy Dsn
»»». *n trouml of <l»wrtlon and n->n
"PPortj Eva M»url J», k»on from
««»rt Jacks/,n. ..,.,. ; Bnd non .
•JWort. J. r. I'lkua from Katie Ilk
Ir.v. ', y and Incurable Insanity;
e^L\ UckMn frotTl '^ur» Wrkaon. 1
„-*"^° n: En>!l* H«gon from Har
inela, *?*' deaertlon; Alb^-tJJur
«•ertiV" from Clara Burmelnter, HÄ-
were, killed. The new* was con
realed Ln official • H. lea, though a
personal friend of on* of Mi- *>fflc»r»
of tt* general staff t» reported to
hi\<- k«I4 lh*t »on»teinatlon la
p^l,.- 1 on th* faces of all govern
ment officials.
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
BCRANTON, Pa, May 14—A
tort**, hears*, two men And Iwo
horn-« went tumbling down a to
foot embankment at I>uryea this
mornlni. Driver ■ I.uvrnder was
fatally Injure!. Th- home* became,
1 frightened and ran away. Th* r»
rn»lt • of P*t*r Bovaaat. wblrh war*
In IIM hear**, wer* uninjured. They
wrrr linn) on a mn-rt car and the
funeral continued.
UISSOULA. Mont, May 14 —
Three new ca»e* of »potted fever, •
fatal ilieeoa* following the bit* of
wood tl< ka. were reported to lay.
Special K«vernn!<-nt | hy»t. -i.ins here
are inaklnc * etu>ly of the >llsraa«.
HAN FItANCIHCO, May 14.—
t'rsltctl State* Commissioner Ifea
cock thin MTt ■ « ordered K. A.
H> lo and 11. r. Dlgond held for
trial at Washington in connection
with land fran«l suits. They war*
released on 170,000 bonds **<
HITTE. Mont.. May 14.—An
anonymoua Utter received by tb*
chief of polk-« this rn->rnlng *-*y«
Kl-I Curry. the famous train robber
and outlaw, la In Ilurt« an 1 tbt
writer will guide the police to him
for halt of th* $5,000 reward offered
by the expreas company for bis cap
lure.
HOUOHTON. Mich, May 14.—A
heavy snow atarm envelopes north
ern Michigan. Three he* have
fallen at Calumet
NIBCII. Berrla. H*y 4.—Klnt
Peter and Prime r'eMln.ind mot to
day accompanied by their foreign
ministers. Their greeting* were af
fectionate.* An Important treaty Is
believed to b* the result*
VICTOniA, n. C, May 14.—Acting
Collector Newbury. of thla port, has
Imposed a fine of 1400 upon th« Pa
title Steamship company for each of
the two attempt* Mil by It" ■team
era to haul the Al-Kl off th» sand
bar. where, ahe waa stranded laat
week on her voyage up Beymeur
narrows. The Collar* City first
mad* an attempt to haul her off. but
failed. Later the Ilumboldt attached
a line and succeded In freeing the
stranded steamer.
■TON, Mas*.. May 14.—Two
hundred employe* of the I ionton *
Albany railroad were Indefinitely
suspended today as the result of an
order to 'it expanses, dv« to a lack
of business.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn, May 14.—
I The Jury cane of Dr. A. A. Am**,
former mayor, on trial for grafting,
disagreed today after deliberating
sliw* Thursday afternoon.
BT. PBTEJUTOUnO,* May 14.—
Ninety tub«s of serum have been
shipped to th* various war camps to
prevent a spread of contagloua dis
eases. A floating hospital of suffi- '
cient alia to accommodate 1.000 men
will it- established on the rtttr at
Harbin.
CHICAGO. Mar 14 The lmm»nae
felall dry good* bunlneaa of Srhl»«ln
t't It Mayat st «i.!« and Madison
*tr—-** was today sold to Harry O.
H.ifrl-!«r of Marshall Field * 1., tor
I' f«".■•••. H. '• \w- srrers his connec
tion with Marshal! Field It ('■•.
I-AHIH. May II -Colombia and Pert!
announced this afternoon that they
had ■)•■ 1.1..1 to sppnlnt Spain as the
arbitrator to arrange tha boundary
riur«tlons In the dispute between th*
twi countrlr*.
W'ASHINOTOK. V. '• . Mny 14 —
MlrttiUr Const! at I'rklns; cable* th«
mats drpartmrnt that the Chlne«<i
«t«.v«ri:rni-iit has »|lv»r) htm renewed
and mtiatmetorj a«mr«nre of it« neu
< trality ■fir ■ il.«- rontlniiancn of th*
I war between Japan and Itusala.
SAN JI'AN. May 14 Th« ITnltod
The Seattle Star
SI All! ) WASUINGTON.SATUKI)AY, MAY 14. 11*04
SCENES IN A RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD
JOE GANNON TAKES
DRASTIC MEASURES
•AVB HE EXPECTED H-L AND HE DOESN'T INTEND THAT
ANLBODY SHALL BE HURT IN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CON
VENTION
npiUNomaj}. ni.. Mar i« —
Grim *«• th» mull- r-«tln« on the
! features of various Republican
gubernatorial leaders this morning
when th» convention inn for th*
third days' «r*alnf) of « hat ha* b««n
th« moat notatil* political battle In
th« «Ut«'« hlntory.
When th« convention w»a ralli to
or-It It tat opon » volcano.
••Thorn way b.i hell h»r» this
mom inf. and I don't propoa* that
any one shall tip hurt." p.ii.i Chair
man Joe Cannon, na he (ayr or !<-i»
for tha potlc* to clear dM aide*,
tAkltir control from Yale*, th* «<■:
ltr;int-.it-arrni>.
Tb« slttctnth ballot waa then
called It »h<»»fl but en-' table
rh»n(t-. whii-h w.ia m gain of IS
rotea t.y 1/nrd'n.
Th« 'Ir»nry roll c«lla continued un
til V> ballota had t>»»n tak«-n without
material change, at th« conclusion of
which the convention took a recess
until 3 p. m. Th* last ballot atood:
m m
HUE! emu
—
Th" report of it,.- finding of little
IT- »»tl Jl«k*r near Olympla. which
wan i in uuii'ti I.t«t night, turned out
-l.iv to !>«■ another utory without
foundation, and llm officer* "' the law
Hti.l th* parrnta of th« ml»n.« buy
■r* !■•• ntar^r a aolutton of the prob
lem of th* Ji'iy'p <lia.ip[K urniirn today
than thry mm HiH da>a vi,". «he>n
b* • ■■ text alcht of.
Th« drowning Ihi n la Irrnmlni
mure trnerally bellevad. ami ii. »r
-->m»'iii« «r«> h*tng complrt*'! to
day for th* »i .ir, Ii tnniorrow of tha
cnait on th« >• . «i.tlv ald« <•! th<*
Round, ex • t|.l.ilti»<l lii yi-'ilrrdnv ■
Htar. Th« '■•■llli « of MM bay »l
' Kite I« Harbor la being completed to*
day. Ii until iio'in today the anarch
had been fr'.lll. Ml
Chl«f of Coll, a l>»lan»y tlil» morn-
Ing rind ■ rnnvrsatlon nv«r thn long-
Ul«titit>.« itUj-h -i,» mli Hhviitf Me-
Til X MAIN HTHKKT OF NK\A t'MWA N'J
TMEMV. ' NT AT WKWi ll» A NO.
Tate* lit l»*rd*n 40». Deeneri'tTJ.
| ll.uf.lin ll», Warner Si. Hherman 61,
rierr* || tlniulp I* tttong of >
'"i',Mn» between Dunn anil Ham
tin « nil frillßriNWr H. .v «or ,|,.
other dark hor»e to r*c*lv« th«
gubernatorlaj nomlnntlon.
Th» aeaalun y*«terday afternotm
wo* attended by Mnwttlofial feat
ure*, a* ballot after ballot « .. an
nounced with no changw In tha r»
•ult tha exclii-ment In. i. ,*-,\ Again 1
and ajrain Chairman Cannon had
great difficulty In reiitorlng order,
cnualna: th« Inimitable <»; I Iliinol*
cungreaaman to remark: **
"Thla I* th« d—dem 1 rot. || erer
Mir."
At MM time he threatened to ad
journ the convention to the nlat«
capltol hull-lit. and esf*lu<!e all
apnrtatora.
Heveral Ineffectual attempt* wer* 1
made to atun;ped« th« convention,
which yum finally.adjourned to 10
o'clock la*t Qlght until thl* morning.
Clotty of Thurstoo county, during I
which th* latter a**tired th* chief I
that, there, ww nothing In th* »l.»r>- of |
th* child having ti#en found near
oirmpa*
Bherlff McClotty «.ll the m«n who
had reported having found a boy,
whom h* thought mi r..»tt Maker,
■tnppml at a irttler** home In a lonely
■ •pot »everal ml!e» out from Olympla
; ye»t«rday. ll* t .ii. .-,i a Hut* Iw.y
about the lUtu-r child* age runnlna;
about, and rtmnrkrd that he win a
1 bright little r««o« Th* woman at
th* houan repllnd that h* wan that;
that he had been Iher* but a wrek.
and that they wer* already In I'm
with him.
Trill wayfarer, »i,.> lil •■ .[.|.. it In
, for dinner. Immediately cnlled to
mind th* dlaupp'aranre of Prewrtl
llnkrr. II- iked again at th* child
and thought ho drtertrd a rr»»rnlil»nr# ■
l-twiti him and th* |iu!>ii»he,i |.lr •
ture* of thn tnlniilrig boy.
11. aalii nothing of II al II.<• time.
but ii« ■....!, «• tin bad rtten hl» <lln-,
ncr h" ru-li. .| off lo torn hunted'
up the ah*rlff an reported that I*
h«d found the ml*«lng hoy.
Hherlff MrOlotty went ..ill l.i th*
aeiilira pHMN with th« man tht*
WUfllllM and found that th* settler,
*«« one of th* i:i«>»t rraperted null
bent known *ettlera of i buroton
. lointv. mid that tt\\ rhllil wna a lit"
tle orphan taken from an orphan*.*
•n fc-it-.i. Th* cottier nnd bU wlf*
had adopted thp Ultl* f»l ■
GIVE HIM A
GLAD HAND
flßl.Ll.VnilAM, Mar II >Altxrt n.
Hm Iho !Ui-.ihlit-»n i,..n,!i." fur
gavernor of Wathtnfton. and ih«
Kliilcuin rount)- .1rin»!l'«. return-
Ing from it.' i •mm convention,
mm •*■>■' >•' enthuvUsth- reception
on lf.».r arrival i>>m« yesterday. Ap
l«r*«t> half of tii« population of th«
town wrrtol out and proc*fd»< to th*
(Jriiot, t»her« tb«y nn-t the train.
Th* prnrenlon maxliH u»- i>—u
•trwrt i* 11. corner of llollr. i"«r Hi*
b«*la«*« c*nt«r at th* town, where •
h» «j» fnail' and In rr«pon*« to
the gMKtal clamor Mesd nad* a few
feUcltlfi* remark* to th* crnttd. rx»
ptraring'ht* appreciation of th* great
!<•< , '!•• »iv»i him. Th* parade then
pro«*«<ik« to Mead* re«ldmo«.
ToAlafM a Ui ratification meeting
will '.. hel4, la Ilirk • theater. In
which fwo;il« of the c«imty and '■!■
--iiii>ld|f from Hkadt and Man
Juan ißalln will jiirtl ij*t«..
1200
KILLED
CONSTANTINOPLE, May II.—A
report t*achert her* today that 800
'J'utka and »00 Armenians wer*
killed In » fight In th» Baaauun .ll>
trlcS Jlilitliiß haa been reported
In 1 hi* .Ulatrlct on a*v*r»l 0,, .1 «..,■.■
la • •!> *
COSSACKS SOUTH
OF YALU RIVER
! i .NIM'K May 14. Th.- l*»nlr»l
Newt (snrreapondent nt Peoul report*
I thai '2,«0 «'irk« have renrhed
K)it Nang| provlnc* of Haiti R l«nSi
In NiJrthca»l«rn Korea. The corre
npnndent farther report* that a body
of < '•«*«■<■*> rout a band of Chi-
ItMf tnlC*nd* at >■ vi, a few mile*
/ ■ -ill. ■)[ the Thlu.
Japane** g«intiii nip* have )>••< v
dl*pntrhed to quell dlaturbanOH
ajain the Urn. of the fteoui-Huaan
rntlwar,
EN ROUTE TO THE FRONT
IHKITTBK. May 14—Admiral Hkry.l-
I !"ff poa*ril through hot* todHy en
ruut* to th* Far KaiU
"WE'VE GOT THE FRANCHISE
ALL SHOT TO PIECES NOW"
"We might m writ give Vtn n. few
i.mm .•«»i' |ii'i'iiuN<i we'vn Mil?
Hit l|,. 1 I ,1. 1.,. ■ Ull !■■'! '" pieces."
lii thin iniiffUMtrt* Councllmini Mul -
len . : ,Himiil/. .1 11.. dnlnga <■' the cor
poration* committee ut ii« turning
y**terduy afternoon, irb« It* mem
bers, finding that ii.. -. ••>ui.i not
bluff out iii» American Improve
ii,. I.i company by proponing piohlb-
Itlv* ri.mtii h and <t«-i.«>ltiw nation, fi
nely showed a wllllngne»s to rotn
|.|.m ■ • mutte-ra *oinewlii*tar»il «rrr
u[>nn a II franchla* v.iii would M
suitable to Hi-- committee.
•1 i,,, franc-tils* u» It no* Hlaii'ln la
not satisfactory t» th* -officer* of
Hi" Ainerfvurt , Improvement com
pany, him! whether they will (I. ri-p'
It remain* to be seen. However, by
Uif tlm« the corporations i mum.
irtintl» l.i»« k to the council Hi ut body
may agree to »trlk* out the m»r«' ob
jectionable- feutuif* agreed upon by
tll# ciilllllllltrr
11 ... hupprns that tl>f eoiinc-llmeii
who I ... . been moat untngonliitlo to
giving away ft finwhlM! by mean*
of win. the people of (In «-H> <«"
g*t i hi ■„(. (it ar« member* of the
corporations romlttee, Councilman
Murphy. > >.i<- ■•■• i ■ '"• '>'■■» have al
ready riuiiii 11..11 denim to gr«nt
the fnnchlM •• It originally atood.
and other*, who have not hfi4 «> op
portutilty to offlclnlly conaldrr th«
mutter. »r* knuwn to ire aimllarly
iiim....-! Thrr« hi hardly a doubt
hut that ii,. fr»»ichla» m It now
• Illlnli t-.iul'l )>'• pUMWiI 11.-.lllt-'ll it'■!>'
by thf counrtl.
Howrver. th<» ooipnratloniroinnilt
t««p will h»ve on* mor* opportunity
for <it»a*ctlon. The <l<«-uii)«-nt inu^t
l.» drawn up In proper form »nd
whtn It ta again <•.' ki'V I the rn<>re
a,ntagnnl*tla mrmbera of the com
mitt"- may tak« a4vant«g<- of the
opportunity to Inject otb«r objrc
ttonable fi-HlurM.
The aallent ft«tur«« of th* fr«n
rhl»<-, «« ««re«»d upon by the com
mlttM r**l#rda> afternoon, «r« th«»
follow g
. Th#.prtc«« charg*<l will b« Jl for
lllumlrailiK a;a» and H wntu for
ru«i ■•■ for "••• nr«i I* jmtm dur
ing Ihe fie»t to yeatw Ii will b« r«
--doce-d to W r*r,i* and *5 r*tit» r»
--«p"-tw.!) t ami »t th» »"1 of If"'
p«r!od It will b* reduced lo to tents
for Illuminating irn* and <S cr,ln
tot f"' jraa. Om to b« furnlahed
th» till will >>» given front th* be
g'.nnltiK for W r,.r,1» an.l will >•* r»
dttfed In proportion to th» other re
ductions.
Th* city rtwrrw the rig-ht'to pur
cbaa# th« i ]»• ' and main* nt the ex
piration of IS )-t*r» nt an appraUed
value
Th» plant I* forfeited to the city
If It Ma* Mir Tor »l* morttha. Nu
merous other provUlan* provlrje for
It, forfeiture !o the city If the plant
U net operated properly, i.i t» """I
to • rtrnipeting company.
The <^.ii,|.«i iiiu»< put up within
CO day* trier th* pAsaag* of '••" or
dinance l».o<w of government bonds
• nil »K>MO of surety bond* to "'i'»
th» eonatmctlon and operation of
the plant.
The fiar I M expire* Ii SO ■*•!•
Th* company tnu*t b* at work In
#very ward In th» oily laying malna
wlthtn »0 day* after the granting of
tn» fr*nchlM, Ii mu*t Uy » mile*
of main* by TVcetnber. IM «i>d
ere^-t a plant with a capacity of
1,000,000 cubic fsol dally. Within vi
ilayt from th» time th<*a« « mllet
ar* rompiet^d the company la com
pelled to furtilah can to any hnut«
owner or tenant upon th« written
application of not lew than 10 other
person* living in 40 »rr»>a of eontlg
uoua territory, and within a r»i»!u»
of half • mile.
Any pennon overcharged la a,t!ow#\l
to cotlect from th» company upon
proving it. to times th« amount of
th* overcharge.
The go* mu«t be of r-c»nd?e pow
er and a. «tui ln«|»»"-t«r will be ap
pointed to •*• that It la
Th»M provUlona wer» agreed upon
after a#\#ra! hour* of dl*cua«lon and
after Judge noger 8, arecpe. repr«
*«ntlng th" American Improvement
company, had scored th# committee
for proposing th« many outrageoti*
amendment* that were planned Mil
In ••■■ r.t meeting* of the commlt-
la*.
From the Winning tIM feature of
th» m*tter that ha* i"'*''"l onil
dumfounded the '•■ lit.* mo*t In
111'- wllllrtgne** Of th* company. an
linu'iul In MMI corporation*," to
■tibmit to any rensonahl* reatrle
tlon*. At 11. rnf^ttnr yeaterday af
ternoon tht company m .-»!<• • tIU more
o.>nif««l'»i» to iihow Itf iroo'l filth
and th*-member* of the committee
concluded to give up the attempt to
•lay the matter further.
Councilman Itudu and Mullen i
*eeme<l to take it fl"tull«h 4<'llßht In
jumping on the franchl** and ln«i*t-
In* ■!" th« unju»t provision* that the
committee had proposed. For n
while It looked ■• though Rude
might break a Mood ve»»iel. nil he
vlgoroualy >i-«.iil<-J the grunting of
liny cnnreacloim that would give the
company i fair ahow.
Up denounced the method* of cor
poration* and the giving nwav of
franchises—a speech which would
hnve *oun«le<l very good had not he
with other member* of the commit
tee, but a (imv hour* Iwfnre defended
the Heattle Klactric company nk-nlnM
th* chnrge» made agitlnul It* nervlee
by I'rmldent Gill and SUilronu
11.-i(ci.t- citlcem.
Th» company* representative* had
'<■> fight nil the other Ulljiixt amend
ment* proposed. One of them, for
Instance, provided for the rlty'gpur
rliniiiiK the plant at any time de
■lrabl*.
"We absolutely cannot content to
puch a prnpuKltlon," Mid Judge
Or»ene. "it would make It Impo*
»lMn to mII our bonda, "Who wants
to invest $1,000,000 In financing,
VOL. 6. NO. 73.
COUNCILMAN MULLEN SO SPOKE FOR THE COR
PORATIONS COMMITTEE YI.S'l EKDAY — DOL
IAK GAS COMPANY HAS PSOIABLY HKCEIVED
IIS I'INAL KNOCK FkOM ill'- OPPOSITION
Hturtlng mid I<ull<!liik ii plant, know-
Ing that It cmi i.i- tttken nv.il> from
him ut M»y time? If you trixUt uih.ii
xii< ii .< provision you ■■■■ 111 be killing
the gnoae that lux the golden egg.
Any J.ruvlalofi thut i!.itn.>« the
flnaiiclal worth of thla fran< hIM will
net to th* city* detilniPiit. The
» bela prnponltlon tnuat have flnan
<■!«! f'.iiiiiiy. Whit you want I*
jUtrung coni|i< tllluii und to y t It you
■ inunt get mmtlirr atrong r.unp.iiiy
lln the field. \\ ■ 1.1 .< blieudy uan
j»i»-iit'-J in h. fi..i.. l.lm- in.lie liberal
itliun any otl»r ever taken lii the.
jl'iiltf.l Mated."
In itla<uai>liiK the aj|iipifllluil to
iii.ilo- the company turn ovt-r t y r
'•■lit of the compnny'a annual earn
ing* to the city Ho urn cprung th*
report Unit a Cleveland t:n com
pany «ii» rurntshlnf gas at 71 cent*
Mini atlll giving a p^rcentag* of lta
re<rlpta \. t the clly. A little quf-B
tlonlug, however, brought out the
fact thut the company li.m a monop
oly an.l that It had been catubllnhi-d
ii year*.
-, who la not n
wmM
CUT TO
PIECES
EVEIIETT. M,-,> K.-W'inUm A.
i:rlck*on. aged 25. mat i!.-uth In v
horrible Till ..I McNeeley's No. 2
•hlngU mill at 4 o'olo mlwialj
afternoon. While pulling bolt* from
a drajr a*» hta houk slipped and he
fell backward directly upon th» huge
bolter clrruUr saw, and the m-xt
Inntant hi* head and alt his limbs
wrrc cut from hi* body and scat
tered upon the mill floor, lie. was a
man of family and had several chil
dren. Kil.k- had not long been
employed at the .Mr.NV.-Uy mill. Th*
Inqueat will be held tomorrow.
HESism
PRESIDENT C. E. FOWLER OF
THE PARK BOARD IS OUT
C K. Fowler returned from the
|<*rk board at It* ininmit lan night,
rivinif •■ his reason m presa of pri
vate bualncs*. llr «aid he regretted
that he could not devote auffldent
time to park board work and
thought It would be better for the
city M well an for hlmaelf to with
draw In favor of another. He man
president of the board.
Mayor Ilalllnjcer teveral daya aso
tendered a place on the bout'l to C.
J. Fmlth. who »an accepted.
UNDERTAKERS
STRIKE
MAI.OA.May 14.—The undertaker*
atruck her* today becau*« high
ta*es hiivt reduced their income, to
practically nothing.
DIED SUDDENU .
Mr*. I.uoy Campbell -lied audden*
Iv In her room at £310 Third avenue
of heart dlaeaae aotne time last eve
ning;- Her hutband, J. M. Camp
bell, on returning to the room last
night at 11:10 o'clock discovered the
body. Mm ■■!■•■, a roomer In the
same hou«e, heard aorneone moaning
but thousht it 111 Mr. Campbell,
who had been alck. Deputy Coroner
Arnold Ml notified and took charge
of the remalna.
HAD FUN
WITH THE
EMPEROR
;
i
st ri 11 i:snn:n, M. 14.—A
i to employed In the palace of the
c«nr ha» been placed under military
reitralnt becauae M han been play-
Ing ] ranks on the emperor. The lad
Ila iutld to have kept his Imperial
majeaty In a fretdtlniost continuous
ly. One of hi* chief amuftcmenta waa
to place ,i large army of toy Jap
aoMlera on his inajcaty'a wilting
| ile»k and then hide behind a door
and watch the cxara dlacomfiture
v Inn hln m.ij. «■ laid , ),* upon the
tin aoldiera.
Another diversion tli 11 aeemed to
appeal to the puce was to fill the
csar'a bed will) buttons rut from the
< mparoi ■ >>« n uniform.
1 Tim piige'a mind U aald to be un
balanced.
THE ONLY PAPER IN 3EATTLI
THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS j
•5 CENTS PER MONTI
present at the meeting, all«if»«l th*
committee, members on that propo
•ltton wry suddenly when b* asked
th- (juemion: if th« gas can be
manufucturrd In Cl«v«land at'7S
«.iii». why Is it that the ONtMWr
Light and rovi<-r company cannot
manufacture ,i for |MI than ll.'jiV
"Th« old company," he continued,
"was granted a franchise to charg*
thla price and was charging It pre<
vloua to Its consolidation with th*
f'i ittli- ..a and Klectrio company.
The '"iii...|i! csumpany reduced
Urn prtot an noon a* It saw th*
American Improvement company
was liable to «rt In here, but that
waa through fear of competition.
"Thi-re la a provlaton, however, in
both franchlaes now owned by th*
Be.ittl* IJtchtlng company giving th*
council th« power to fix th* rates at
■ny flicur* which can be proven No>
» .ii.ihli. Aitiiouirh the councllmen
»r« aware of thin provision they
huv* taken no step* to tnforc* It,
although they hay* been vary care*
ful to se that th» AmerVian Im
provement company shall not ovrr
< li«rK- consumers."
GOLDEN WEDDING PARTY
Mr. .iii.l M:«. BMsi H. Otborti en
tertained a number of frlenda i at
night at their r<■«: !<n «• near Laks
Washington ■ honor of the 'oir<i an
niversary of the wedding of Mrs.
Onborn's parents, Mi. and Mrs. Uzr*
Meeker.
SPIRITED
HER AWAY
The <-.:«• of Victor GoMrich, »
French vagrant, ■ charged with liv
ing from the earnings of fallen wome
n. Ml flat In the police court this
morning. The state wan confident
of proving the charge against <;, ;]
--rich, but at the last minute the main
witness for the prosecution. Mar»-n
--ret Doe, an Inmate of the Kittle
Purls house, a brothel In the re
stricted district. could, not '- found.
Mm had been spirited away. Th«
whole lower part of the city was
K-nrched. but no clew to h«r where
fil.'.iitu could be obtained.
Without the temlmony of th«
woman, who la on* of Ooldrieh's
slaves, ■ convtctlon wan impossible.
Goldrich is the reputed king of the
monsters of this type. He la claim
ed to have had a political pull with
the Uit administration and denlrt*
in retain It with the present. Mayor
Dalllnrer, however, says the French
men »hall not remain In the city.
TURNER
TALKS
HI. KANr.. May It-Former Sena'
tor (2M>rse Turnrr, who baa been 1 re
<;u. Nt mentioned as a candidate (of
governor on the Democratic ticket.
Mid tonight In an Intenrlew:
"1 have been honored by th* Demo
cratic party of thin state aa Its chotc*
for the vice presidential nomination.
1 believe, with i'rt-aldrnt Lincoln, that
It Is bad policy to swap horse* in
th* middle of the stream. Moreover.
while It Is flattering to have, friends
susirest that I am the only Democrat
who could carry the state, I am not
vain enough to believe it. There, ara
scores of Democrats who can be suo
cessful this fall, any one of whom
would make a macnlflcent governor.
On* of them ought to be, and no doubt
will, be nominated."
Mai-v of Turner's friend* had pre
<li. t«<l that be would be a eandidat*
in the event that McDride failed to to
nominated by the Rrpubllcam. Tur
in r »v..',.,! making a statement on
tlir matter before the Republican coo
vention met.
The Bpokectnitn-Revlew announces
editorially that It will not support th*
' state Republican ticket.
EXPLOSION
CHICAGO. May -Five men
ware seriously Injured, one of whom.
Captain Conway, of the fire depart
ment, probably fatally. In the ex
plosion of gasoline In the basement
of the fashionable Monterey apart
ments this morning. The tenants,
panic-stricken, fled from the build
ing, which was not seriously dam
aged.
BLEWSAFE
NEVADA, Mo, May 14.— Burr
blew the snfe of the Farmers bank
at Met* this morning. They en
oap< .1 nil 12,000.
Superior Judge TaJlman today
granted ii divorce to Mm. Kimn.i
Tinker on ground of non-support for
ten years.