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ONE CENT TtMlifht .tin! Saturday—Fair; Wanner. _TV>nigltt. Light 1,, i ie-.ii Win da NIGHT KDITtON REPORTS THAT PORT ARTHUR IS DOOMED AND FLEET DEFEATED BEING CONFIRMED Airxierr REPORTS TERRIFIC assault on PORT and vts- SELS OF PORT ARTHUR SQUADRON SHOW UP AT WIDELY SEPARATED POINTS. SOME OF THEM BADLY USED UP— RUSSIA PROTESTS AOAINST CAPTURE OF DESTROYER AT CHEFOO ___ , a . 18-. Script)* News Ass n ) BT. I'KTKRSUI lUI. Au|. IS. — A dlspalih from Viceroy Alrilrff iaays: has been sui ml "For four d«jr« IVrt Arthur hat been subjected to a bombard ment of atege guns." Nothlug official I, received regarding the outcome of the Russian s.iitie A dispatch from Man.httria report, that two Japant-ae dm sions are mot lug on Mukden. RERUN. Auk IS,—The foreign office confirms Ihe report of tha arrival last night at Kalchou of the Russian tiatllethlp 1 itri.wll cruiser North and unnatut-d torpedo boats. The Ottos Itch la In > eeaworthy condition. t>he was damaged tn Wednesday's fight. In Btrurtlona »er* wired the Herman authorttlr, at Tslngchuu that the North and torpedo boat must leav, th, harbor tsitl.iii :i hour*, a, praacrtbed by international It* PONDON, Ang. IS.—A table,ram to the Japanese legation here aa?t According to report, received th, Iluttlan squadron emerged from Port Arthur Wednesday. It 1., attacked by our fleet south of Ititiit' The .nil .1. Atkoll. North and another milter and a tie tttoTtf took refuge at Katuchau. Another destroyer took refuge at Chefoo August 11. I'D.- I; ■■ • sn battleships and one cruiser, prob ably the It'stiA. one hospital ttilp and several torpedo boat, and de stroyers seem to have regained I'ort Arthur. Our fleet, tt Is believed, em. si- without damage. IjONPON. Aug, 13 —The Ylnkow correspondent of Ihe (lacette re port, five Japanese dlrtllons coin isrncrd a frrth assault on I'ort Arthur Thursday. ; Th- Inh,blunt, are fiercely demanding capitulation. The ill,* patch conclude, that ansrhr reigns In i'ort Arthur. TOKIO. Aug. IS.—Admiral Togo report, that th, Russian battle ship Caret itch iii probably ruuk la the engagement outttde IVit Arthur. Wednesday. ST. PnTHRSniRO. Aug. 13—The rui has received a long tele gram from Ka Chou with the newt that four <«:m battleships are off Shanghai. It wss received with great satisfaction by the ad* gatralty, aa Indicating that th, bull of tha squadron escaped. RUSSIA PROTESTS TO POWERS ST. PETERSHI RG. Aug IS.— The Russian government ha, seat B rlgurous protest to the Japanese government and a copy to the power, against the attack on 'he Ilunlia destroyer llyrs.M!. Sni In the Cbeefoo harbor. CHEFOO. Aug. 13. 1:30 a. m—At 330 o'clock thlt morning tha Japanese torpedo-boat deatriM. • A.*.- and Katmiit. whl h inter. R.i the harbor under rover of darkness last Bight, tent a boarding party against the Kuasiaa torpedo-boat dettroyer Rveshtteln., which had prevloutly !■»• n ditrosniled by Ihe t'hlnrse. Afer a flerot fight the boarding party.hotated the Japanese flag on the It.)thltsin. and towed her out of tht harbor la a northerly direction. EIjONDON. An*. 13.—Tlve Chefoo correspondent r>f Ihe London lly T- • < ... n eabtea a bulletin lo hit paper limed i o'clock this rr-lr.g In which he accuses the Japanese of violating Interna, ial rules of warfare by firing on an enemy's vessel in a neutral t lie says: "At I o'clock this morning two Jtpar- destroyers sailed Into the ' : tier and attacked the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Itymbllrlnl. Ich reached here last Bight from I'ort Arthur with urgent ■: >• aat. • for Ihe Russian war minister. The Jnpnnes* swept the deeh af the lliish- with rifle fire and tried u> blow her up but failed, The Russian crew took to the Baler and swam for their lives. Th* Ilia then pabbsS a lint to Ihe Ryeshltelni and departed with her la-toa, a pclte of war." WASHINGTON. t>. C Aug. ll—Consul General Ooodn-.w al! Shanghai cablet the state department that a H.Bala torpedo boat destroyer arrived today. More Russian vessels are expected to. B>ot-TOar. LONDON. Aug. 11—A dispatch from Shanghai this afternoon re ports the arrival there of a Russian torpedo-boat destroyer. presum ably one of the Port Arthur fleet. The dispatch adds Ihit tt It re ported at Shti.i ■ Inst four Russian battleships are in tbe in. borhood of Raddle Islands, seventy miles southeast nf Shanghai. RAISED IT A MILLION BOARO OF EQUALIZATION OAVE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD A TREMENDOUS BOOST The a»***t*d valuation of Ih* real estate of the Crest Northern railway In thl* city was given the biggest boost In Ihe history of Ih* county by Ihe board of equalisation thla morning. The board made s mdl. al and refreshing departure In Its method of taslng Ihe real property of the tig corporation, .tending It up lo Ih* earn* figures as lha! applied to surrounding private property. Attorney I_ C Oilman snd Tax Agent Hnapp. of th* Great North ern, made strenuous protest*, but In moat canes It was In vain. Coun cilman Mullen smashed Ihelr argu ments sgalnst the raise with logic of the force of which lh*r* could be no doubt. Th* other members of the board did not talk much, but when It can.* lo voting they stood by Mullen. They were also not a little veted by Hie Ihreat* which Ihe attorneys made yesterday that Ihey would contest In court certain ss- Bessmenls which the latter consid ered too high and up; it. nil willing to give the company a chance to try it. Itoughty estimated. th* r il- • made by Ih* board on Ih* rent prop. «rty of th* company over Ihe as. BMBOf'fl figure for this year together wllh Ihe Increase In Ihe assessed valuation In the peruana! property of th* company over last year mnd* by th* assessor, but whlrh Ih* board did no! rial-.-, will amount to close lo 11,0,9,000. 'i cannot help th» fact that you are being ratted," tald Mullen to the railroad attorneys when Hi* discus sion became rather heated. "Thus* little would-be Brgumenlt of yours don't go with me. When I waa In the employ of th* Orenl Northern a drum yenrt ago I used to make those some kind of atgutnertta to th* assessor that you do. %Ye used to make those same elalm, until w* actually believed Ihem. *o many lime* did w* tell them. Hut I'm on the other side of the truce now. "H.iy. 1.0U," he said, turning lo Commltsloner Lou Hmlth, "If you can think nf anything to nay In nur favor for the city's s.ik*. pleas* say it, because Hi my ■■ ..•!,■.• In The Seattle Star SEATTLE. WASIIINGTON.I'K!I)AY. AUGUST la. 1904. PREPARING TO LAND MARINES dealing with thla bunch thai we must get all w» can —that ws .in nol get Justice without fighting for IL" Ths argument by whbh Ihe rail. road attomeya had t i • 1 to In prtu tire Ihe BB.tnttSßt.fl_l board waa that proper! > i.■■ t by the .■ i ....li) for (•ii.. . t purpose* was nut worth as much as other property tn Ihe same locality. Air. llllman said that the big trael of land owned by tha titeat North* 'in. for the us* of lit terminal ground, was nol worth so much a, property around II owned by pri vate Individuals bemuse II rould nol be Improved by the err. Hun of rent able buildings, or be eol.t "The company Is simply obliged to hold II there fur future use —for railroad purposes. Il ts of no value whstever to th* company In Ihe meantime," waa Mr. Hitman's et cute for opposing the raise* made by the board. "Why dnn't you tell It then." re. piled Mullen, and the only answer lhat llllman could make wsa thai ih* cmapany could not. Another thing that mad* Oilman's argument t«>a sickly was a little Incident thai I.Kik plate while the discussion wt staking place. I . i.k lilacs, president ef Ihe Seattle Hardware company, which ownt two lot* on Ihe corner ef rtrti avenu* south and Kin, str**t, e[.|..-att., 1 r.i tr-t »■ ewned by the Ureal North ern. tenl word lo Ih* board that he did not BSjBCt to the .. -. ... . i.i D f f'-.. -■ placed against them. Th* board i ... I the assessor's figure $17.*94 In make thlt amount. "Th* thing that deean't look good to me," . ' I Mullen. "Is thai rltltent like l ■ • •» Itlarh ar* making no romplalntt agtlntt the •■•-.. w* ar* dtilng on rur« |ro;*rly. while th* (in .• Northern railroad Is kick. Ing st Increases we have made against n, property not half so large" The attorneys rotetted that the board was making larger aatets menu again,! railroad property la thla county than la other* In this state where the people did not think a railroad had a "right to eiUt. They reminded the board that tha company was being assessed about the tame "high" rata per mile for Ita right-of-way In Cascade county, where land is of little value, lhat It Is la Seattle. Mullen told them that If their lands were better able to make money in th* Cascade moun tain,. In Everett, or Snohomish. that they had belter locate their railroad terminals there. In order to consistently adhere to the distinction they tried to make between "commercial" property and * isllroad" property, the Utter being of little use. they claimed, because It was not and rould not be put la use. the attorneys said they hsd no objections to the board's attesting the Inconsiderable amount of land aeattered over the city which could be nt*d for railroad purposes* the same amount as other property not owned by the company. Their protest, w*re centered on the asscstmenti made on the cow pany't big terminal ground, on the tide Hats south of King itreet. and the company', property at Smith Cove A few compromises were mad* on these Itndt. but the board almost Invariably ttoo<i by the l»ltc« It mad* over Ihe attestor's figures The latter were IS per cen! j larger than last year according t» UM attorney,. The board rslsed Ihe assessments on the company's SS lot* In block t_l, Kealtl* Tide l^nds. from tlO, --000 e,rh to Ill.fiOO, Th* same num ber of lots In block 2*5 opposite Wire raited from 13.000 to |«.500. The total Inrrcn** In these two block* alone, therefore, amounted to $175,000 In hick .Hit. II lots were raited 11.100 etch, a total In crease tn Ih* block's assessment of 113.200 Twelve ltd, In block 2M were raised from 11,200 tn I The tfreett whb h have been vacat ed by Hi* elly. lying between th* blocks, and many other lots were ratted. In block 200 of Maryland', plat the board made a reduction of 11.000 In Ihe three lota owned by the company. The board refuted In reduce Ihe I $70.<KH) astsessinenl placed m ilnst the company's dorks and warc i house at Hmlth Cove. Mullen said that the buildings were today worth i , aioa in 1G.*.0,000, Blthough Hll man maintained lhat h* could re build them for t1f.0,000. Council man Ilurnett look the trotibln to look up Ihe recordt and found that the buildings had been assessed nt 170.000 ever since they were built, si, years ogo. The attorneys alto wanted the It-ill.l to .■ i all tin terminal AMERICAN COMMANDER HACKING HIS DEMANDS ON PORTE c— WITH ARMED ULUEJACKETS— SQUADRON ARRIVED AT SMYRNA YESTERDAY (■» rises N.si Ass I | PAiiiH. Aug. i.- 11.. Tampa list ' a dtt(ttt.h ft. in I'onttanllrutplt staling thst Ihe tulltn hss Odir mined lo retltl Ihe Amerlcsn de mands, though his nilnlstsrs utt In favor of an amicable si 1 tiigstt »tai wllh th* slates. SMYRNA. Aug 13.—The Araerl. I can . , a*■ • Is preparing lo lend men. The squadron, emulating of Ihe cruisers (>lynipla. Baltimore and ■ . .. -.. 1 arrived ■■ • : : EAT STRIKE WILL SPREAD ACTION OF PACKERS IN REFUSING TO LISTEN TO MEDIATION HAS MADE IT A FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH tl'. BVrtrp* !■'■" Ass B ) Ilßv Bcrtpt i N. a. a- CHICAGO. Aug. li-Pre,ld-»irt ttoanelly declared thlt morning that th* refusal of th* packers lo Itttrn 1 lo the plan fur mediation nn-it that the strike will b« loi rhl out lo th* last ditch. Iltsayj the men tsn make no n. ■ •>.• n f.om the stand taken. The strike will be evtendel over . every . last of labor handling park ing house product*, not only la Chi cago but all over Ihe Called Xl .at. •« Threaia are made that boycotts will be ordered anl every possible , measure will be ta«*i to hinder he packer, running their plants oa a non-union bsst*. "We are determined to win this strike and we are gulns to win it." tald ln.Bßtlly "tVc are prepared for a long • ■ r-: . and bflllofl Ch er tinltint and me general public will stand by us to the end " ll'taint .« Agent Kelty, of the Mar ket Ilrtverß' union. Is prrpsrtng a plan to rare for deliveries to retail ground at Rmlth Core oa the tame i j principle that they desired the' King street terminals lo ti* as sessed, but the board refused. It I, eren probable that they will raise Ihe assessment on all property not strictly In the right-of-way. These Hmlth Coy* lot* are attested only half what •' ' i ought to be In the cplnlon of the board. It will per sonally look over the ground before deciding the matter. The board this year will not rale* ' the company's persons) a BBS as ments, which most urgently n**d tstslng. The assessor, however, hss raised these Btnessnients nearly 30 per rent over what they were Inst year. DISPOSITION OF ESTATE IN DOUBT Attorney General titration ami the prntecutlng attorney will present a petition to Kupcrlor Judge Hell ti> morrow asking Ihtl the (let ree of the court em heating the Nellie Ij»w. ton etlate to Hie state be set a»ile. This Is lo be done to allow tho at torney general and Ihe rnunly at torney to present arguments to Hie court regsrdlng th* disposition of the property. The slat" 'ia'tint Ihil It SOOtlld have the handling of Hie etc heated estate and that the pio,i rrty Humid be used fur the benefit of all llin «(hools in the -'it The prosecuting attorney eOßtmfli Hist Hi* properly should puts through Hi* state lo King county lo be used only for Ihe benefit of King county schools. Th, I.ax lon < tali Ih the out) WA«HIN(JTiiS\ I>. C. Aug. 1J — The cabinet at Us mealing lodty dev-uted . • rialdti L. ■ lime to the ■ «••■(' I- 1 -■ • of Ihe Turkish slttia- Han. II Is Ihe liilerttinn of Ihe ad ministration lo proceed with dellli. HV.I 11 bul not lo countenance unr ii'tn a~" .1 > delay. Advices from S.tli.latrr 1., lat.nati 11 |-1... . a luoie favorable light on Ihe tituatlan. Il i. 1i,.... '• I it nt he has received iM'iin'i ' ii .1 the porta thai Mi reply will be entirely aatlsfßctory to tMs government. era, but will hand!, tn supplies from the packing boutr* Involved I In the ttrlke. A crowd of !■•" tinkers today ATTACKED A LA KB BHOItB THAIS' ' carrying to non-union negroc* from j Pittsburg. They Ihrew ttooes ,t th* ears and broke many windows A aegro drew a rerolver and fired sevrral shots Into the crowd, which scattered. The polle* failed to find tho man who fired Hi* shot, Cnn,ld*ralile rioting la aecom j ranylng the delivery of meat In th» \ down town dlttrict today, t.arge crow ,ia of strikers and eympathlxers surrounded non-union wagons snd I hurled missiles at the drivers. Berl ou, a. •.( it. were prevented by a large detachment of police Th* ' police ar. dtspcrtlng tha crowdt which gtther al Ihe markets. The temper of Ihe strikers Is ugly since Ih, decision of the packers i.i to sccept mediation. IHsturbancca are ' c. (.ta In, more general. which th* county rommstloners h,re been aeettted. In J democratic newspniier. of lllrgallr dividing ba twttti It. 11. lUtun and the (ounlv school,. 3 KILLED fllr BcrtpM Nses l-a n » DEFIANCE, O, Aug. 12-A Hat llmore *■ Ohio switch engine ran Into a trolley car at noon today. Three persons wer* killed and three Injured The dead: HELEN UEIrfENIIEUOICII. of Cleveland. HOLANIi OAEDB. HELEN OAEDB. HE WILL QUIT A»e| Heneon. Ih* sailor arrested yesleiduy nt the Hiiinmlt house on that," of Insanity, was axamlnad by a lunacy commission this morn. Ing and found lo lie suffering only from delirium tremens. He was illsi-hargetl by Buptrlor Judge Al liertaiin mid said lhat be Intended In "ijuil drinking for a vilille, any how. " fir. Harry A. Hhaw, a well known 11. . , :.t of this lily, hits Joined the ranks of Hi* beneilli-ts. He was quietly marileil recently to Mis* lllrdle llarthnlet, of North Ynklmn. at tho lesldetite of h«-r parent*, lately. In. Hliuw lint kept the mut ter set ret and only a few of his closest f i lends know of Ihe reason of his late ttlp to th* land of big wain ii.• ;nil*. CORPSE SA T IN CAROUSAL While a patty of drunken li.ii.i --i .' drinking and (scouring In Hie lit.'i liin saloon, ..ii Occidental are titie and Main street, last night, the corps*, of Ed. Miichlcii occupied a test 111 th* circle of merrymaker, nnd for eleven lung hours gated with glared and eighties* eyes on Hi* revelers. Tilted back In his chair against the wall Ihe desd man, who was a logging camp COOk. tat through III* card playing, dancing and discord ant choruses bellowed forth from , the lungs of the living woodsmen, , as hard earned dollsr after dullttr vanished over the bar. "Ills pot kets have gone to sleep*" , "He'a a dead one. anyhow'" Jested the loggers wheu It tame Mai hlen', i turn to "buy," and he mad* no | move. tl ' I lead to tbe world, poor devil." I muttered th* bartender, as he re t move.] the ».;. i.t guest's glass un* 1 touched. Though the barkeeper knew It I not. his word, were literally true, Mai hlen h,d swallowed poison early In th* evening »nd wat dead. Not until the party broke tip did hi, (■•:■ 1 ii.i-n - realise th* fact. About ,50 O'clock last night Ma rblen atked W. 11. e*rralcr. a life long friend, to gel him a glass of wtter, and at the same time bor rowed a Ja(k-knlfe from him. Ills friend brotaght the water to him snd taw la in piiur a Utile while powder jlnlo it and swallow It. The pow. fier wss morphine and Macblen died unnoticed, a shntt time afterwards, from tbe effe.lt of the deadly dose, Carmter slated thl, morning that he did not know ,t the time thst the powder was morphine, though a little of || was spilled on the table and he picked It up and put It to his tongue. He supposed It was cither a addict, powd*r or quinine. "lietter not take much of thst ttuff. pal. It mlghl not b* g.Klti for you." remarked Machlen. who it! already drained the poison cup t. the last drop. I Bhortly after*»rd* Msrhlcn ap parently doled off and his com pai.bit.s ceased their tippling long I enough to place his chsir against the wall and place hiss hesd In an easy position. Several limes dur ing the night their attention was at tracted by the loud breathing of i Machien. but they failed to realize : lla true Import. Not until 1:45 O'clock tht, morning did they di«- I cover that Mtchlen wat dead. One of the gang came Into the sa loon, after eating bit hreakfatt at a nearby restaurant, and remarked to the bartender, "Why. Ed', asleep yet. ain't he? linens I'll wske him up and give Mm his morning's morning" "ll* »!cppcd to the deed man', tlile. aaylng 'Come. Ed. let', have a drink!" There wa, no answer and be re pealed the Invitation, at the same time giving the dead man a shake. Machlcn's head rolled from side to i side, and the hartrnder ran forward. "Roy,, that man*, dead!" he cx clslmcd. They placed their hands over his heart and listened In vain for Its beating. patrolman Itrown was notified, lie teli-honed police headquarter,. Ihe police notified Coroner lloye, nnd Deputy Coroner Austin v. ..a sent to make an Investigation. The body was removed to the llonney- Watson morgue. A searth of th* dead man's cloth ing resulted In the finding of one lone five cent piece, a collar button (.nil a cheap watch chain. No pa pers were found. On the small ta ble near where he sat In Ihe saloon a tan-ounce bottle, labelled "mor l lilne," wa, found. Coroner lloye thinks there I* smut tiling ttran. • about this uian'a death. ' II Is n hnrd mailer to believe that the loud snoring of this dying man would be unnoticed by every body In lhat ' .!'•■.n last night. I nm going lo make n thorough In vestigation of this case and will make . post mortem examination this afternoon. If morphine was given to him nfler he had been drugged, I want to know It mid I think II Is necessary for me to know. "Entirely too many death, occur In resorts of this kind, where log gers am encouraged tn spend I heir Money nnd nftentlines gc, drugged ml tubbed In tptt, of the vigilance nf tlio police. Tills man's watch I, gone, lie lias no money. Where tt the pawn ticket. If he pawned the waltli. Nt one of Hi* logger, has ex plained. I will In), ni-.i" this death until I nm satisfied Hint M;i tlilen (Ihi commit suicide," M.iiiileii I i-i been living In this stale fur the past 111 year* nnd waa well know tn many luga.iiii cumua. THE ONLY PAPER in SE*rni THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS VOL. 6. NO, ll,* FOR ELEVEN HOURS THE BODY OF ED. MACHIEN, A SUICIDE, OCCUPIED A CHAIR IN A CIRCLE OF REVELING LOGGERS IN DOLPHIN SALOON HE DRANK MORPHINE EARLY IN THE GAME ' • here he hud been employed. He Bus .1 111 •■ 1. 1 ' .1, '1 .• slid Still here from tome loan In K.islrrn I'.in.t.l 1 where tt Is thought bit rel ative, live. A few days ago he came here ft' 1 1 Everett and had been bunting around the down-town saloons, drinking more or less. Ills friends think that despondency brought on b/ heavy drinking and a lack of LAID IN A SUPPLY The grovery ,nd merchandise store of J. E. Keefe, of Hlllman City, a suburb on Ihe Renton street car line, was broken Into tome time lust night and over 1 ■• worth of good, stolen. No one sleeps In the place at night **»i the burglar, evi dently took their time In looting tbe plate. They raited one of the win dows In Ihe rear part of tbe store, which had been Inset/tirely fastrned. [Vputy Sheriff Cudlhes? It Invetll gstlng Ihe robbery tbt, morning, but »o far no clue ha* been obtained In Ihe thieve,. Two strange men were teen hang ing i. round Ihe town yesterday aft ernoon. They are not in the place now. Tbe finger of autplclon point, •■..,... them. It I, thought by the proprietor that two gunny Back, were filled wllh the most portable rtuff and afterward, the burglar, made their way over the hill to wtrd, 1j.1.e Wathlnglon.where ther f^d a boat hid In the brush. About TOO cigar*. TS pounds of tobacco, 6 t.. ■- 9 .I .- t, porket knives. 3 dorm pairs of suspenders, a down pairs of sock,. SO shirt*. 6 pair* of shoes snd about I'- in pennlea were carried off. They left behind two chisels marked "A. I. M." with which the window had been pried i up. Drowned Himself fUr Bertnos News Ast'nl BAN FRAXOtSCO. Aug. ll—The ; ship Spartan, from Ilelllngham. I Wash,, arrived here today with Klrst Mate Holmtlrom In command. Captain I'Jcrem having Jumped overboard on th* morning of Au gtltt £. Ills body wut recovered fifteen mlnutet later and he was burled st tea. It Is tald he had been suffering from sickness. "BACK TO THE FARM" "ltvrr.es and Tennsnt, Mlnot, N. It.—Don't come back Hit you find him. lleltet go lo farming. "iti;i.ASKr." The foregoing laconic message flushed over Ih* wires last night from Ihe chief of police In Heattle lo two of hla tvvellett "fly cops" aralllfvg for order* In a North Da kota city. The message wa* In nntwer to one [which the iwo plain rlothea men bad sent In the early morning tell ing I'hlef IVelsne)- of Ihe escap* of Ike llorsell, Ih* would-be wife mur derer, nnd aslflng fur Instruct lons. I'hlef I Kinney I* 'nil broke up" over Ihe escape of Hnrsell. First he was turpi Isetl. then he was grieved, then he got innd. nint the more h* think, about the rlillculous blunder tiinile by Detective* 1!> me* im.l Ti'iiiinnt Ihe madder he get*. On learning that Horsed hail given til* officers tho slip by get tine prrnilsrli.n to go lo the toilet romti In the i ii,.. car nliuic, ntiil risking his ntch by jumpinß through Hie open window of the compart ment while tin* lm 111 Wit* i .;i".: ulolig ut a 15-liille-nii-liour gait, •$' CENTS PER MONTH funds caused hlro to take his '». lit wa, II yeara of age. Veaterdsf he teemed worried over lb* iocs of a !....,,»■ i.. ■ . and was afraid th, l,llway officials would not lit him hive hi, luggage If he did not find It. Th* coroner will endeavor to find Maiialm's relative, and I, tending telegrams to several different place, where It I, thought he met knows. Chief Ixlaney couldn't restrain hlra* Self. "There's utterly no excuse for such a thing." h* told Ihe ■ a-s --papal I lien. "Those fellows might as Hell stay there and go to ranch* Ing If Ihey can'! catch llorsell again. The trick he plsyed upon them Is a* old n* the city Jail, and I can'l tee how ■!...;•' -hen solves be lahi n In. "No, I haven*! offered any r* ward, but If 1 do and it ha* 10 b* pail. It will come out of Ihe t.-ilsrltt of Mr. Tcnnant at 1 Mr. Ilyrn**. Tou c»n bet on that." IN HOT WATER County Attestor Peter and tht county timlaslooers have run up against a snag In regard to th* re adjustment of 'ax assessment* and !.." been Informed tbat th* system they have long been employing la regard to lowrring ' . 1-- placed too high 1, illegal The matter was dla ■ ... ii Informally in tha board of i 'i'a.ni. .ii.. :i today. When County Asstrsor Peter learn, that real estate t.at. through misapprehension, been wrongfully assessed there 1* no legal redreaa for tbe taxpayer unless the mlilak* la .li- mi Md In time for adjust i • lit by the board of equalization, but to take the rase Into court. To avoid litigation, however, th* attestor^ a* been in the habit ot remedying the mistakes of his dep utles by calling such over aaaaaa* meats "clerical error*." The regu lar method of correcting clerical er rors on the Batsenment roll, Is for the county commissioners to rcbata the taxes as the .ate may Indicate. This, however. It 1, claimed, can b* legally done only In cane* whera an actual clerical error Is shown, ■ml the action of th* county I .- sor and the commissioner, In test ing mistake, of Judgment •* clerical error, la now being roundly criti cised. Although In some quarters an at tempt Is being made to «how ip tha system a, a "graft participated In by the coramlrsloner, and the as setfor. tioth Mr. Peter and Commis sioner P. J. Smith thl, morning de clared thai their action with . gard to ovcr-assetunent, had been taken under an honest misapprehension of the law ami their own power*, Girl .Accuses Rich Old Alan (Sptcltl to Th, Star.) ronTl.ANn. Ore.. Aug. 12.—A sitectrtl from Hlllshoro says the man arrested with H-yesr-old Mary lt..l.lnsi.n. of lleaverton. It Michael I'etets. tt years old and a capital is!. The girl sayß he threat I her nnl wanted to marry her. 11, took her to Facrumento and then teturned north. He promised to put her In school until of age. Hh* claims he was nssltled by six men to escape with her. EXPLOSION Illy Bcrtppß News Ass'n.) WIUCESOAItRS. Pa.. Aug. li.-a Another rxploaton occurred at th, Oliver powder mills, at l-aurel Run, this afternoon. ghl employes ara repotted terribly If not fatally burned. The mills caught fire. . HELENA, Mont.. Aug. 11—Offi cer Kroiirek. who »«, shot .ester day by Pi n.a.ill. i- Oruvell,, I, not expected to survive hi, wound,. _