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The Pioneer One Cent
paper of the Northwest
-NIGHT EDITION.
Star's Suggestion
Meets With Favor
-rue Ltaist-ATURE WILL WITHOUT DOUBT PASS a BILL AP
pHOPHiAI MONEY «*<.q a OIFT TO THE NEW CRUISER
WASHINGTON
fir* |*gl*latur* will. without
•out,*. p»«s * H!l pi.it lilting !
money tor a suit*'*!.- gift fur th* new '
enAM feWUBftW.
■Til. Stir suss***! lo Oovernor
Uetll SUturd.*'- that this should ba
Jit, sad dirts ird letters ta IJeu
trrint Governor to.ii. |<t*sl.|rnt of
Iter aw*** 1 ***** Sl ,r *r-''r Megter of
■t« Souse, ..king thrin to u*e> their
mtt&At* on behalf cf such a ittcas
«rt
•e*»_.j afternoon Correspondent lain
jy»a wired The Star fiviii CHyniplc.
i^si aisay ef the senators were In
|,i.l ntrii-i'" c Jill i»tii>n 111
manner for the honor of having
B B*ns**»lv'' of Ih" Kvergreen *t»t*
a th* "R»w n*vy,"
A bUI *UI »>*>*• b* prepared and
h.trv-1 . : calling for on •, , ■ ■-. rid
ttaa
Jute -'' rnu.-h wilt be »pent for a
c I t* «*i« Washington I* rim known.
It will probably aa* be a* Urge ss
&»t expended In sotti* state*, owing
It th* fid that Ihe it!fi.*i"l itl-'ti*
t&vttiy si**!* by th* legislature ar*
4sng*r«i...v el*** 1o the Itmll now.
tat a*v.r*l of th* senators stated
Uat tkry f*U sure ,t,a * enough
*«a*v would be> appropriate t to
ftxitii* the new cruiser with a sil
v- eervtre. an organ, a s*t of tl.it*
aaj . .Iter iv or some •*»*■ appro
priate jrUt*. i
Murder and
t_ »* *. •_■
Suicide
YOUNG ITALIAN DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE KILLS THE OBJECT
0* HIS UNREQUITED AFFECTIONS ANO ENDS HIS OWN
LIFE AT GEORGETOWN
Ma Oerti* Aj*al*-i, a young Ital
ha aiuow, was shot and instantly
MM si th* hot - of A. floitalno. at
Gtortt'eva. last evening by Cas-
M* Valentine, . rejected suitor.
After h« had Mai a bullet directly
thnagh th* heart of the woman he I
acrid. Viieat-.n* placed the mutate j
at ii* r*»utv*r to his own .pie t
sad r.red . shot which Instantly
ended his 11!* ,'
Mrs Iwitta-aii who employed Mr. '
I—alto a* a doavrst-e, waa In an i
tdjotslßg room wtcn the shots I
wtrt fired, hat there was no actual
*lfae*t t.i th* trtgedy. -_. heard
ill that vis said, however
Mrs Assalto had b«*n in Am.
•st a few month*. SI..- was th*
aether of * :4-year-old boy. who
an beta in tat at the Holtaino
__■*
Valentin* *«_ violently lnfatuat
ti with th* young widow, but ah*
«**d nothing for him. She com
ftaiasd to II iloltalno "... i.. an
■M.'ed her sad tried to avoid seeing
to •*•*« he called on her 11.
•ai rtry sag,. *• ber treatment of j
Ma *vad ha! threatened to prevent ■
hw aM.rri.i_a to soyeme else.
Lai* yesterday .fiemoon V.len
th» <*.;*-; „ the Bot-aino home
__™* admitted him. Mrs.
-Auitu was at the time In the next
"*• pairing ... a mandolin
J** staging Valentine called to
Iw •ad the young .man
*7 f" singing and relur-
Jsf'U' went to him, Mra Bol
__■*! -eft the room. After t few'
•set's la Italian Valentine handed
FRIGHTFUL
EXPLOSION
CBy tcrlppa Niwi As* a)
*REE._INO. Feb. 21.~Tw0 men
JW» killed tad six serlomly In-
Wat In the explosion of a boiler at
**■ Providence mine. na*ar St.
«l-e*v.. »' ,l * »'!«>. k thl* morn-
S*-,The dead are Frank Miller and
" Manty,
ATTEMPTED TO
BURN HOUSE
__!*■ ** **•'•"■ from a horrible
"»'» Iry fire, the wanton cleatruc
~*(1' » home and the probable
•PPr'henslon of an unidentified in
'H'liiry is due to tb* heroic worfc
-__£__"•■ A- Knowle* and CotV
'■"Tor MrKuen. of the* Mad'son
**m rable Un*. ttat f or their
g'»M action la»t .Saturday night
***• f*slUtnc. of J. S. Jen.en. at
Member* of the houia* -• ... i that
the tuggvsllon wa* a i ,i,i..". tm*
and tttiti no doubt a measure calling
fur »v. tt an appropriation WOttld be
favorably received by the house, i
The bill will 1-. ' ' . |>»v* In
the senate.
'I think The Hl.tr I* tight." sail
-*e»-r*tary Jam** 11, M.lkle. of th*
Chamber of c'oitimerce, Ihla after
nooli. "Tho *t.tt.* ccttrfinl) should
present th* new rrulter Wai.hlng.
lon with a *llver *ervlr*. or some.
other ii ; i.. 11 i.,ie gift. I cannot
si-e.-tk for the chamber, but t ran.
speak for myself, and I can any that
Ihete will surely be one vote In fa
vor of ii I. -... litis to tba legisla
ture* that an .| i ■ -..- i in..., i.. mad*
for the, putpo.e In vane the matter
come* up before' ihe chamber. I
think, however, that there wtll be
Utile nred to urs* such a ttlll or
lobby for It In any way, ss Wash
ington want* to do the right thing
by her new namesake, ami I do not
think there, would be any opposition
to a bill asking fur an appropriation,
t am quite sure. In cva* the Icglala
ture fail* to taka such action, the
peopt* themselves will raise? the.
money, and tn such a caae, I think
th* Chamber of Commerce would
•t*rt the subscription off right ami
«*# to tt that the present vvntil.l I, (
no *habby niie."
Mr* Aitsalto an alarm .-!•- '* wrap
ped tn paper. Why he did so Is
not known, but It Is thought he
msy hsve ■weal the timepiece
from Mrs. Aa.... n
Th* woman turn*.! to put th*
clock away and aa »he turned her
bark. Valentine drew a $*-ea!!ber
revolver and Hred at her The bul
let pas*. ,1 through her dresa, but
did not touch the .kin. She save
a cry of terror, but her raurderou.
lover caught her In hi* arm-., pre**
M the to nil 1' of the gun over her
heart and fired. Death was tnstan
taneotia. Valentine l*t the woman's
dead body fall to the floor and step
ping to tha cither side of tbe room
fired a bullet Into his brain.
Mrs. Roltatno rushed Into the room
just In lime to s.— Valentine fall
to the floor. Kb* ran out of the
houae to call for assistance. Mr.
Holtalno waa sick In bed an. could
do nothing to help.
Deputy Coroners 8. V. Wlfale and
Harry Arnold went at once to the
scene of the shooitog. Th* bodies
were brought to Seattle to tbe Bon
ney.Wstson morgue, where a post
mortem examination will I** held
tonight. The facts in the .aw am
so ■ar thaa no Inquest will be
held.
Mrs. Asaallo was *"■! years of age.
Befrir- coming In live with tha
Holtaino*. three weeks ago. she had
lived in Htselyn for two or three.
months. Mr*. Bollalno thought a
great deal of th* young woman and
Is prostrated. Tbe murderer llred
In .Heatt'e. but his address here Is
not known. He was a teamster.
•■: ■■ Madison street, would have
been burned to the ground and
Baby Jensen and the mother would
have perished. Kortunately both
wore awakened tn time and escaped
before the flame* had any head
way
The fire department wa* called
out ami the home saved. In the
basement was found the telltale
remnants of th* dastardly plot, a
pile of saturateel rags and a bottle
of roal nil Both conductor and
rna.-.ir man saw the man. who (tad
at the spproach of th* rescuers.
The police are unable to solve the
mystery. Who the man wn* and
what hi* motives rare I* still a
question of doubt. Jensen was not
at home. Attempt | murder auel
arson lies al the door of the file
fiend.
THEY OBJECT
city Rerlpp* Newt Ass'n.)
TOPEKA. Kan.. Keb. 20.—The c Ht
Producer** association ha* engaged
rlenator Kttspatrlck and Reprearots*
live IP - kn ii. to go to Waehtrigtnn
to opiio** the transfer of the Ko*ter
I lease -. In Indian Territory to tha
_ttand»re] cell company. The I a
delegation In e-ongr*** tvlll be .-k. I
ulsci to oppose tbe transfer.
The Seattle Star
SI- A 1 II I*. WASHINGTON. MONDAY. 1 I l.b'l'Al •''. jo. tgc.s.
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* Spotter :
A a
*,»♦*♦» M»««l**Mlj
Tonight and Tne.il*.. Occational
Raa.- t'.ii.i.i 1......j'-i, ■ a igh South ,
Will Wind*.
Wat till* hand—lt rnuve* and
trill i*il th* i.aav e-i i. mt , !.,t..i. fur |
Ih* p*tt Jl hours.
P3OW
45 r
_ Tha iiiiiiiiinifii »•
w temperature on A
3:* • Hie e.f filial thcr- .
munieta-r In th« 1
30 •'"* l *•* —Mr.
a-at registered ___J
25 *t 5 tl'rlcerk .Pi
ttil* iitnriiliig at
1 20rfl M v, wt«.*.
STOPPED
BOMBS
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SEIZED
SMUGGLED MISSILES IN
TENDED FOR ANARCHISTS
elli ae-eirr-a V... Asaal
I.OS'IHIN. .'tab. 20.—A dißjiatrh to
th« t.entral News Agency Ir.ini
I '. • ;-..-■■ :i no the. r..i. '. frontier,
stair*, that the Itumlan ..■■■-.
hat* »• -j; ■ '. a shipment of a large,
quantity of tinmha which were* uc-
Ing -in .. ■_.:• I across tb* bonier, ap
parently for ansr. Mitts.
CONFESSES
HIS GUILT
John Thoma*. a tool t - .... burg
lar, arrested by the i-h-.- |a*t Mat
ui-lnv aftetnesm. ha* been formally
accused of burglary, .III* ronfc*.
slim lo i'atrolmau Kelly will lead lo
a direct Information being fllecj
■gainst htm lv tbe superior it
Through description and ether in
formation Patrolman Kelly and
rti'titp-.. after several days of work
on Ihe rase, hounded the thief down,
and when he ateppad Inlet Hluinrn
that'* :. ;..,...,, i shop, he wa*
"spotted* snd taken Int.. . -.-'-• I •
Th* poll.* have on* wllnr*o
again*! Thorn**. IL K. Khancm in.
brother of Patrolman Bbannnan,
who was *hot and killed while at
tempting to arrest a lawbreaker on
Third avenue. *f»m* year* «gu.
Hhaiietnan ran positively Identify a
quantity of lead* found In the peat.
• ■.-•■ of Thoma* Bt tb* time h*
pawn- them. Thorruia idmlta the*
theft of toed* from various places.
tt. i: Khnn*tn«n I* at present „
councilman at South rnk t'atrnl
men Kelly and Phillip* hava rerov*
ered a lot of unlelentlfte.l tools
pawned by the tool house burglar.
WILL SHOW
THEIR HAND
The Ht. Elmo taalemn Ilren»e will
be placed on It* final pa**.tge to
night, and when the vol* la taken
It will become evlalent who la who
In th* council.
Iledge* lo vote for the llren**
have been obtained from many ol
Ih* .ounrllineti. All of them have
been seen once or more iturlng the
last two week* by Tenter A Mertt,
proprietor* of the saloon, the lodg-
Ing house and the Turklah buth
room*. or by .he attorney who hn»
been acting as it gci-bctneen.
The nttltud* taken by Ihe roun
cilmeri tonlglil will let I :■■ for nil
lime the po«ltlori I hey Intend to u«
«uine In the regulation of Vie. nut-
Ride the r**trlcled e_l»trlrt. If a
majority approve of the license it
I will mean that the council will In
the future take ihe sain* position
regarding Immoral resort* outside
th* re»trlctc.l district that doe* the
[mllce department.
Tenter & Melt* have been lll
•truet.'l to lamov* the slngl* closed
box to which Chief I ..•!..i.. v object.
anal will probably rejsirt tonight that
they have Complied with Ih* re.|iie*t.
Th* box Which Chief I>< >n*y want*
to have removed I*. tMlbapa. the
' least objecttotiiiblt! feature of I bt* re.
*ort.
Th* Hcen*e nnd revenue commit
tee will till* aftfrnoon once more
take up the Application nf T. W.
Hmlth ror a llcenae at the Richelieu
cafe. The |lc*n«* wit* to be |n I
la*t Monday night, but at the re.
ijueet of Judge Emory, attorney for
the Belittle llrewlng AY Malting ceitn
pany, final passage wn» pnat polled
fur another week.
a a . . . . a . . ...... a a a . a . a .. a ... a a a a a a
* *
* CHARam AOAINBT Jl'l'til". HWAYNB *
A TUI.II IN A FEW llltll'l' WORMS »
* Tht* II . i:.n 11 on whtiti ..... triad lv Hie .
A senate are:
* I i i..ii ho is a nun -resident of li. n it.. wli.-r» his ]url*dlr- A
A lion Ih, leslilliig lv Htlawaie, thus i-aut>liig gn-at lm oiivctili'in« *
a to IttlgntH*, *
* X, That he litis a|i|siltite-el Improper perscina-hls ireaturi-* »
. —a* . tilllllllKaliilit'l H of hi* '"'ait *
. 3. Thai he ha* -In. gro*a Impartiality to hi* friend* ~ A
A particularly one lawyer —In (In .diuliilHtratloii of 111* Offlra, »
A the public linpretslon being that it Is necessary to employ this .
A lawyer In onter lo sutceeil In It u.ni Urn In his court. *
A 4 That he was guilty of upprewßlon and tyranny in iinprls- *
A onlng two men on fictitious < hsrgss of Contempt, *
* 5. That lie* la* malailiiilnli le-ird haiikrupt tim, illnsl[talliig *
A estates ill fee* 111 favorite*. .
* «, That he lib* ißiiectl the sulrld* of a man thiough an *
. oppressive ami tyrannical contempt pro. ceding. *
* 7. That he purchased a bouse and lot which wete In lltlga- A
* lion in hi* court, j *
A H. That he borrowed money a-t notes ,- ...... -t by sttor- .
* ni> anil litigant* in hi* court. - .
* tl. That he dlac-hsrged ptrtOOl guilt v of it line-. *
* tti That be i* Ignorßtit snd inrompeient. *
. tt. Tttst he charged Ihe government IHI a 'lay for eg. *
a prtt***. though hi* n ii io*t of iivin,- wa* only n .
* 1.. That he went on a long Jaunt tn the private car of a A
* ritllioiut In litigation In hi* court, the ear being tupplttd by *
. the rei oiver of Hie .aid ralliuad, whom he hud B|>|<eiluted. *
a *
.... a a . a a a a a aa. ...,,. „,.,,, „»,»,
JIT* CHAR. SWAYNE
"FRENZIED FINANCE"
EXTRACTS FROM THE MARCH INSTALLMENT OF LAWSON'S
STORY OF AMALGAMATED IN EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE
. .
* CHICAOO. K»b. .o,— diving *
. ih* ll* direct to Thomas W. a
* 1..-- „n, jam** 11. !> kl«-». *
* president of th* Commercial *
A National bank, today denied .
* !.->•!.- chatge lv hi* in«t .ill • *
:
A nient of "Kreinlcd "-"lnane*" In *
* Ih* March number Of Every. *
* body's Mligrvtlrie. that be, *
* Krkle*. while mtnptrellel of the A
A currency under President *
A Cleveland threw a 11*0.000.000 *
» bond I.so. to the Morgan-Ma - *
A lull syndicate. *
* I*iwson tlalm* that In .r»- *
* turn for handing the bond l»- *
* »v* over tn th* "rCystem" *
A Eckle* W.S offered Ihe ptesl- *
* clem y of any bank he might *
* nam. In this city, and that he *
* deal.led on the Ccuinnercbtl Na- *
* llonnl. w tn** heml be now I*. *
A and further that Krkle* I* now *
A one of Ihe powerful figure* In tr
* the "**ty*tem." *
* *
************************
The i--.ui. ■ of Amalgamated are
to the delinquencies of Hsy" Htate
! lis* a* the screaming of eagles to
the chirping of t rickets. A* I have
relterateel, my story natural be
gan with Addlck* ami hi* gas ten
tures, ami the recltsl of hi* trea
sein* and strategems ha.-i afforded a
standard proportion by which the
more flagrant and audacious set*
of s copper enterprise msy be meas
ured and reallred. From tb. In
ception of It* rarc*er there am Hl* I
practice, ami the Instance* thereof
constitute a .erics of fraud* so nu
iiia inus an,| mi formidable it to
startle even those calloused to Hi.
trickery of modern deal*. I pro
pose to deal with these In dun suc
cesslon.
Ist. Chicanery nml double-deal
ing which prci cdi d the formation
of the An,.i:. .1 ..ii' I company;
2d. Frauds perpetrated In th*
Amalgamated cimpatiy'a formation;
3d. Tho "hold up" of I.• wlsolitj
8r0..;
Ith. Malpractice connected with
Hie flotation of Amalgamated;
rath. Misrepresentation ami knav
ery lined In placing it upon th*
stock en finnic*;
6th. Hriitnl peniirloti«ne*H and
gresel wlib h dropped It the first
111!!'- and tbook "'" "*c public;
7th. Frauds perpetrated in form
ing the second action of Amalga
mated:
«r|t. Iniquities snd deceptions
i perpetrated in carrying the prti c of
| rapper, the metal, to IT eats, and
[then smashing It to II cents;
•*ih. Itevtltrles connected with
I M. Kiitli v . assassination; of K
lnth. Th. "Mafialng" of Keene;
llth. Fraud* and outrages con
nected with hsmttrlngtng the dlvl
ideot and scuttling the prle c from
i I > to .'.:.
i:ih. "One Million Hack J
, Grant;"
131b. "Helnje, of Montana.''
The period comcmcd Is that be
• twees 1*". snd l:"». and ml. r
j "iiv. •i with tho narrative of the
.happenings In Amalgamated will be
the liner history of such • onicm
aeaa* episodes as sff'-'tail Its
.araejr It I* a span of years
| crowded till, with event*, for it ts
ihe period of the greatest financial
' Jamboree" the world has ever
seen,, when American flnsncier*.
glutted, gorged and frenr.le.l with
millions. In the throes of their
golden delirium vied with one an
other in debauching the Industrie*
of the country, perverting the proud
and untarnished Institutions of an
honorable commerce Into wanton.
of Hi. stock market.
Within this period I'nlted State*
Sl'* I was Istinrhed. mill Mercantile 1
Marine, and t'ntted Htate* Realty;
the shipbuilding bag began her
brief, disastrous, fortune telling in-
Mansachtisetts Hs* companies were
reer: . American Tobacco and the
'spawned, and the Ixviilhv ill.. A
Nashville corner stnrllH the world
by lis revelation of Jobbery In
high placet.
Having successfully corruptee] th.
state of Delaware. Addle ks waa be
ing measured for the senatorial
tog*, when accidentally the blind
lady dropped her scales on hi* un
prntacted bead, whit h laid him out
long enough In enable another to
sneak the prize he had so long
.triven for.
"Talk about stealing a red hot
slove; tftl* I* a case where they
took iln* funnel Willi It 1., keep the
draught going until they set it up
In a new location!"
I
"Gold enn be found in n clay by
anyone with ryes; sliver In a week
try VI. in- with l. in'! on-i innii'-y
in a vi-iu Li one- Will He-use* e-nnugh
to save It, but no matt gat. Info
copper without capital, fortitude,
parh ii . iiint brsln.,"
Aa a matter of fid t It re*i|iii,i-tc.
even i.el,iv wllh all of today's fa
cilities and tush, f5.000.000 lii
in..in > and rive ye-ara of .pending
It ufi.-r a copper depo.lt 100 been
found before It eun hi' made, to
viehi return*.
is It i- ..I i mi- that a project re
i|uiiiiig ho ui'ii h money for ho long
II time aUUId Uppi-sl to lleistllli* re
garrl for eneliiinil' t, ex|ten*lveneaa
and »xcluslvenes»_ Could than ill
found an enlerpils* better eslcu
-1 ata-. 1 lii all-,,mirage the upstart?
liar, waa a gii-ar staple, copper, tt
net-easily eif Hie pe-iple, which lis.l
been lii utu. since linn hnd Ist-gun
to *lt up. ami would bt ui-e-cli.l un
til Father Time smttbed III* glass.
I raallied that copper, In that
year, IK'lll, would afford a groan
piofit of 100 ir-ntK cm .iirh %2 worth
produced! and thl* great groan prof-
It was legitimate,
Ariel yet lv the* obi mine* the cemt
of producing the metal sold at t.'.'s
cent*, la but g to 7H cent*, in sum*
C'lell lower.
The gtael Truat In 190 l elld -
groaa t- , n.. - of f4M.000.0M, upon
which they made a profit of $71,
--400,040, and yet thl* vast amount
wa* only f per cent upon the trust's
Inflated eupltal off 1,400.000.000 oeld |
ltd as the "System," In regulating
Ihe capitalization arrangetl that lb.
preferred steak (ami bondsl. which
tepreaente-d the "Hyatem'*" profit,
shoiilel receive 7 pe-r rem. there* waa
not a eloilar in dividend, for tin*
fS_O.OOQ.OOO of common ttock which
li.nl |m*ch sold to the people for, It,
round figure-*, 1300,004,000.
At the same time the Calumet eS
lle-ela Copper company producad
ami wild over 110,000,000 worth of
copper, upon which It earned, net,
over 13,009,000, that enabled It to
pay to the people who Invested in
Ita ICiii.tHiu chaii.-a of stock (par
value, f_Sl, 160 t>er re-m, or a total
of 14,000,000, anal, at the- nam.* time,
tarry an enormous ariieiunt of Irs
surplus.
In the commerrlal wurbl ccipper
.- • ...i. .an Impregnable position,
And new cei|ijtc*r deposit* are a* rare
and few ami fsr between a* l.ln
eolns and HiKiaevelt* in politics, or
t.ranta and l.a- In warfare.
It seemed to nie. then, a curious
anomaly that, whllee capital wa.
chasing Iniestinenl* which promis
ed but 4 per rent. It eschewed cop
per, which yielded 18 to tj per rent,
and my Investigations told me that
a producing copper mine Is the sur
est business venture a man engages
In, for, by the time It begins to
produce proflisbly, It must be to far
developed that Its owners are n-r
--r.i.n of ore lo work on for :••.'-«
ahead A good copper mine I* really
a ■«'> deposit vslut of stored up
dlvlali-nai*. which cannot be stolen
or ilestroyed by file, flood or fam
ine. Calumet A Hccia. for Instance,
though it cost It* first owners but
a eloilar a share 1... paid out IST.*
, 000.000, or $*70 per share, or 3,4*0
I ■ r cent on Its par value of 1... and l
while it has been paying dividends
over li year*. it paid last year l»<)
per .hare, and has more in sight
than it has yet psld. And Copper
Hang.- though but six years old.
will be producing soon a* much as
Calumet a II- la and has In sight
now ore to keep It going So or to
years.
1 did not pursue the argument, for
I knew he Inherited 111, his fortune
a (In* of Iloston reaauinlng. and I
remembered onre having wstrhed a
country boy put hi* tongue to a
! fro»ty door knob, ami I knew !>eltcr
than to Invoke again the wintry
Iloston smile, which In a Western
or Southern community would bt
need for frsppe mint-Juleps or cold
storsge hog* with
NEVER IN ALL TIIK HISTORY
OK BUSINESS WAS THEKB AK
KOKDKII CAPITALISTS SO KAMI
AS* OPPORTUNITY Tt) MAKE
HONESTLY AND LEGITIMATELY
St) VAST A SIM OK MONEY M'
AT THE SAME TIME TO I»0 SO
MICH Edit Tin: PEOPLE. NOR
WAS THERE A MORE HONOR
ABLE undertaking: nor one
WHICH A MAN COULD BE MOKE
JI'HTLY PKOl'I) OF CARUYINH
TO SUCCESS.
I Continued Tomorrow.)
DEFEATED
PORTUGUESE REBELS IN AN
GOLA REPULSED WITH
HEAVY LOSSES
tllr Bcrlpp* New* Ass n 1
ÜBBON. 1.1. SO.—-Attack, by
rebel upon Kort Marlpnrla, In Por
tuguese South Angola, have bftß re
pulsed with heavy losses. The gov
ernor of the ' "lull, lm- made nil ur
gent appeal for reinforcement..
stating thai further outbreak, arc
feared. The governor state* that
the natlvr* are discontent! and re
bellion Is bring sllrred up in ninny
quart era.
HE GOT $60,000
City Scrim* New* As.nl
BUTLER, Mo.. Kcb. 20—The trial
of Charles Kratz. .1 SI I-oul* abler
man scented ol accepting a 160,000
bribe, wnn begun before Judge Don
ton till* morning. The Jury will
probably bo .elected this at( noon.
The Only Paper in Seattle
That Dares to Print the Hews
VOL. 6. NO. 312
PEACE!
BERLIN PA PI M CLAIMS THAT THE ANTIWAR PARTY IS IN THS
ASCENDENCY IN RUSSIA /
t____u_____m____m_________.
cicr ic.-ri|.|.a News A..'n)
■■RUN, FED. JO.—THE TAGEBOLATT REPORTS THAT THe
PEACE PARTY HAS GAINED THE UPPER HAND IN THE RUS
SIAN COU I" ECLIP6I '•. THE HITHERTO PROMINENT WAR
PARTY.
•PEACE,'' SAYS THE PAPER, "IS NOW IN SIGHT IN THR
FAR EAST."
PEACE TALK IS STRONG
HT. PETKIUtHtJRO. Feb. 20.—From •eml-offtcial snuner. ii l* .jef.
Irilteiy le-itritrii unit th«- a. tlvity of the. | c-«. h party lln* resullecl In
placing It rto.**r to the counsel* of tba sttita- than tlie formerly pre*
dominating war party, tvhlch waa l"l ley the- One- giarni duke uncle,
of Ih* cxitr Binl dictated by M. Rle Witt*.
Tb* sarsHsalnatlon of Kerglus has had » tremendous effect and the
In ,ia * party lm* taken advantage of It on.l are m rultlng sttengih to
l»i Ing pressure to bear on Ihe rzar to take ttie initiative In emllng tha
war In the far ea*t.
Whll* no memorial to th.-vt effect will be mad. to the emperor. It
lii confident,]* s*aertsd that peaca i.reei*.*ai« .1 formulated at a
cabln.-t m.-..||ng In the near future.
'Ilv IVrti.il. Stai A**'n.i
TOl.ru, Feb. tO.—A r.-i*e..t has
been rc-eelv.-d he-re» that the Japan
ese patrol fle.-t lilockacilnK Vladi
vostok liitrbcir has captured the
Itritlt.li rollier I'aiwili rliain, bound
from Harry to Vltdlvoatok. The
collier had a cargo of fu.-l for the
i: -.-.- nn a] attempted to run the
blockades when seized.
c:tii'i;.vilAt;KN, Feb. 20.—Four
Ituaslan Ijaltlitstiliw, three cruisers
and five* trsiiMpcirtM. ccimiirlr.lnK the
third Baltic fleft. which hailed from
Lilian lait wtH-k. anchored under the
Island of Ijingelsnei this morning.
This sflernoon the fleet weighed
anchor and Is now procceellng
tlirotigli the flreai Ib-lt. nucntwl liy
Danish tt»r|n*do l-i.ti- While pswe
ing through the llaltl.- tea a squad
ron of fiemian Ironclads etcorttx)
tlio fl«*t.
MALTREATED PRISONERS
TiaKlei. I.la tt.—lt I* reported
here that 121 Japanese who were
r-nptured at llel Keiu Tal were
bounal together ami paraded through
Ihe »ire*l* «f Mukden, recently. The
Jupaiie** government. It I* salt!. I*
milking nn official Inquiry Into tha
mailer with a view to uiiekng a pro.
I»»t.
HUM*-", Keb. .o—The force of
Itustlan secret agents In Italy has
been largely augmented for Ibe pur
i a -.- of srarchlng for Katber Ciojion,
IS NOT A PRIZE
STEAMER TACOMA IS AT MORI. BUT WAS NOT CAPTURED BY
THE JAPS, SAYS DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON
The official* of the Northwestern
Sfeara*hlp c-ompsny, owners of the
•learner Tsroma, reported to have'
been taken in custody by the Jap
anese, received a cablegram from
Nagasaki, via Washington, this
morning which stated that the ves
sel had not Iwcn captured by the
vessel* of the mikado's nnvy. The
cablegram stated that the Nagasaki
prlie ttitirt were responsible for th*
statement that the- Tacoma had not
l*een taken by the Japanese naval
force.
In effect that message ran thus:
"Nagasaki Prlre Court say* Tacoma
ha* not be-en captured." Tbe mas
sage Wat receive.! as the result of
an Inquiry dispatched by the offi
cial* of the Northwestern Steamship
company to their Washington repre
GUILTY
CALIFORNIA SENATORS AC
CEPTED BRIBES. ACCORDING
TO INVESTIGATING COMMIT-
TEE'S REPORT
PACRAMKNTO, "Feb, It.—Tho
*ennte tiooalllng Investigation coin
mlttee reported thl* mint that
Senator* French. I Minimus, Wright
and Hunker, were guilty of accepting
bribe, a* charged and recommends
their expiilslt.il foilhwith.
It also find* that the San Fran
cisco Examiner assisted In prepar
ing the investigation of the Con
tinental Untitling & Loan lias,Hl.i
tton. which resulted In the bribery
•I'll!, nnd it exonerated Lieuten
ant Governor Anderson from the
Charge of knowingly selecting a,
committee alleged tube "packed"' fur
the* puriMi«e of "holding up" the
building and loan associations.
Senator Knimcvn* was the only- one
■if Ihe quartet present when Ilm
senate* wa* called to order. Itiiine
dlately upon convening the* chair
man of the Investigating committee
banded in tb. report, which was
read by the secretary. Tin* rinding
of th.* committee i* that the appoint
inetil of the evirate committee on
commissions nnd rrtreni bment ami
35 CENTS PER MONTH
vvlia. i. .-ap.*. r.-ij In thl* cliy toclrtjr
wllh n iitiii.ii.-• of Rusatan studenta
who fie.i rinitt ihe country to cscapa
iirn-*t tin caaiirnttli.il with th<* recent
labor outbreaks.
GOPON UNFROCKED
r.
TO SETTLE TROUBLE
HT. rCTKItr-IIClw;. Keb. .O—M.
Schldleresky. president of the* cum
mls»iian appointed tay vie- caar to In
ejulr.. hit', th- grievnners of Hut*
stan workmen, ha* completed «r
--rangettients with th* owner* of fac
tories fur the appointment Of 15 del
egate*. The workmen have been In
viteai to ihiKti". nun representatlv.
for each leirj rti*n. Tln-se lv turn will
elect 10 dcipgate* to the commit*
•lon.
RUSSIANS MOVE
TciKln. Keb. ;o — Marshal Oyamtf
r*|-ort* that the Hue* yesterday,
moved a division from the front of
the Japan**, center to the front of
the left, and advanced from Ta
mountain. Several column, moved
15 mile* westward to Han Chla Ta|
T«u.
Th* Russian* continued to shell
portions of the Japanese lines Fat
unlay without effe-ct.
sentativ* with (i request that ha
ask the Japanese minister for la
formation regarding Ihe fate of the
T. 1..1. Word was then dispatched
to Nagasaki from Washington to
the la. court. Baking whether or
not the Tail.ma had been raptured.
The message also stated that the
Tacoma was not a Mojl, but was
very likely at Mini
The owner* of the vessel were at
a loss to understand the cause of
the vessel being reported from a
Japanese laort. They were also un
able to give any rea*on as to why
the master of the Tacoma should not
have eommunle-nted the fact to then!
ns soon n* the ve*sel arrived in the
port. So far the only news th»X
have had of the steamer Is that
givrn them by the Seattle Marina
Exchange.
-— -- ■ _^r~-a~r__raßßßS*m_s^
the plai Ing of llniimma. Krinch,
Hunker* nnd Wright thereon, came
about In due course of the senate or-.
ganlxntion and without ulterior mo
tive, nnd that the Kan Krancl.oo
Bgamtner had no part in the cram*
tlon of the Institutions of said com*"
mittee or the nppointment of said
•cnutor* thereof. It declared that
no agreement - .led whereby"
Bunkers was to receive municipal
appointment or other preferment If
he would .In hi* utmost against rhe
Continental iissoeliitloti; that the.
Hun Francisco Kxamlner, through
It* repiesc-ntittlve*. actively assisted
tlie ccvmniltlpe in preparing for Iho
Investigation of the affair* of th*
Continental try advising with f-ena
lor Krench.
'I'll' ' follow, the finding that Em.
inotia. French, Hunker* nnd Wright
SCCpt.d 135(1 each from Josorh X,
Jordan upon the undemanding that
they would favor ami protect the In
terest* of the Phoenix nnd Ilenters*
Until : 'A Loan association, which!
I* about tn be Investigated by tll'l
committee on retrenchment.
In conclusion, the committee rec
ommend.* thai Senator* I-iiimavn*.
Hunkers, French ami WHght be ex
pend from the senate. The iniislil
erntlnn of the* report will be nuitls
special order for Thursday morning.
In the* superior court this morn
ing the district attorney began his
reply to tha* demurrer filed by Sen
ator* Wright atnl Hunker*. He nr
irucl that the acceptance of money
waa a crime, h respective of the pevs-a
■elbillly of the recipient, voting on
th. measure* for which the monc}*
hut] been pnM.