The Seattle star., February 27, 1905, Night Edition, Image 1

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EXTRA!
-ISIQiTTKUITION.
HR MAKES SENSATIONAL ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP RES CRIED
hsa rir\nny c. Meri»Oe.D. who has sued him husband tor
pivOSCE. TAKES THE LAW INTO HER OWN HANDS AND
|(EKS TO ABDUCT HER LITTLE DAUGHTER—SHE IS NOW
in HIDING WITH HER CHILD
lit n.*-*
t_M *V Mefford, 11 month* old.
a kid Mi-ed from the home of A.
v llefford. Hat urday afternoon at
l M o'clock. The abduction *a»
•met* hr Mrs. Harry O. Matter-,
Leber «l U-* cllllJ- *bo *Wa mor°-
IM iPPI'eJ " * divorce from ber
'"„ Thorn* and Mr*. Kiddle, two
s.m-a *ho Ilv«* at l-sscht park. It
A sllegtd. acted aa accomplices In
**._-*_■ Mrs. Mcfford sllll has
la*»i-oJ-n of her daughter. I'nlll
|M* hour this afternoon her
a tMrts__BtS mAtIA not t>« aseer-
Igtßsd. although the la believed to
be la th* city.
W!t U reported that sh* la stay-
Is* st the rssldeoc* uf her ii. ther.
S"| Thotnat Msttsrn. SI" Se\«o
--„,,:-. oesua a .'.«!• Vailed
■I*l*B marshal having been guard
ian the premises to prevent any r«
_*ur* 5.: i • Saturday night. Mr*.
Mti'.soa •_*-..!• ■' the r**p«rt this af
agassß. although .li* virtually ad*
anted thai her daughter la In the
AST.
T*e kidnaping was carried out in
i hold and sensational manner, a
art* ftii of the neighborhood to
U* iktnity of Twenty-fourth av
er.:* and Cast Olive street, where
lie M-BH I home Is located, '*-*•'-■*
part In th* subsequent chase. Four
toxen were '■'-'- the house at the
lis*, hut the scheme was carried
Cat with such faclttty and boldness
thai they were completely off
mat
Harry C Meffnr.t. father of tbe
etlid. Utss at the home of his
tuner A. It Mefford. Both are
cat-ten tn the employ of the Seattle
Electric company, the son being a
grt-Bsr. on the Madison street line.
i—xritr aftarnoon there were In
the house when the mother ot the
l'.-nspe-l child called. ... . A. 11.
Miff ■"- Mrs K. J. Wilson. Mrs I
£ Phelps and Miss /_..■ M " .rd
Jtat prior to the episode W. E.
Prat*, a messenger hoy. bad detiv*
trad a telegram to Mrs. Wilson. A
Mm Birout.* later, acro-dlnc to a
US ait—get! plan. Mr* Thorn am!
Mrs. Riddle rang the front door helL
This served to bring everybody to
th* front nan..* of the house with
th* exee**t!an of the mother of the
child who had railed, as waa her
eMttotn to visit laea. All belns
dear Mr*. Mefford grab...-! her
23 MINERS
ENTOMBED
•Br Sertres New* Attn!
BLtrKFU.I_D. W. V*, Feb. 17.—
Twenty-three miners were burled In
shaft Ka. 1 of ihe t.'nlted ales
Coal i Coke 'ip*ny st Wl!*!.. yes
terday. Big miners were killed aril
the others escaped through I-..'
heroic work of the rescuing crews.
The explosion was terrtflr. Win
dows a mite away were shattered
sad the shaft ot tbe mine was
WTtcked. .Seventy-five miners are
nasally employed In the shaft, but
II was learned that not all the num
ber had rone to work. The cause
ef the explosion ta unknown.
All the miners already recovered
ar* Italian* and Hungarians
WANTED TO
TALK
i. M, LEBOY SCRAPPED WITH
HIS LAWYER BECAUSE HE
WOULD NOT LET HIM EX
PLAIN
Th* trial of J. 11. tarny. charged!
•It- haying assisted In holding up
the Red, White snd ttlue saloon on,
January if. is going on In the su
perior court today. Latroy himself
was en the stsnd this morning and
•ontt amusement was sffordeal the
•peclators by th* deportment of the
•stared rr,»r, on the stand, an i at*o
by the animated bout between him
and his attorney.
Altai i.a . Catty had hard work to
keep his ebony client subdued. The
black man knew sit about himself
en the nig of the holdup, and the
SB-Miaa of his speech and hi* anx
iety to talk plenty and fsst left n ,
room for doubt that he could have
esublishe 1 * dozen atabls If he had
been allowed. Just after he had said
thst ■' the time of the robbery
a* had "Jest set down to a stark
of he.teak. * 10 cents. If the cou't
•tat**, BSh, st lien Johnson*" —how-
ever, lh* attorney attempted to head
him off and keep him down to the
"te." and "no" style of answering
.uettions, and tb* eoior*d roan got
Or .
11* tried talking louder than his coffee from South American ports.
child and slipped out the rest dour.
It was several minutes be' « her
absence was discovered.
A wild chat, for the i_,.__ays
thru began Finally Mis. Mefford,
who ts an stlild li- young woman,
caught sight of the fleeting mother
** she ran down Twenty-fuurth at*
enue to the Cast iiiiti sunt car
line, accompanied by the other two
women.
"I loltowetl her for a "ear said
Miss Mefford this afternoon, "and I
would hare gotten back Inez had
her mother nut been protected by
the two other women. I am strong
and I am not timid. It waa not
long ago that 1 knocked down a
thug who tried to hold ma up. but
I did lint consider myself capable
of knocking down alt tin.*., women,
lustead, i tc.t . h..|i«u to my
brother '
Drake, the messenger boy, fol
lowed the fleeing trio In I lie t arllne,
six blocks .mm th- Mefford home.
in th* meantime James Martin, a
city poundmaster, waa placed on th*
trail, lie caught th* eat and tried
to sea-tire the child. Mrs Mefford re
fused to give her up, and as he did
not hat* a warrant to make an ar
rest hs concluded that tbs most
prudent course would he to keep his
band- ofl.
Mr Mefford. who haa been mar
ried about two years, applied for
a divorce about a month ago, Bile*
ing cruelty and non-support. Utter
ths differences between, the eoupt*
were patched up aad the sit was
dropped, hut of late a condition of
tie.! neutrality ha* again broken
out. Mrs, Mefford railed at ths
home ot her husl-si. about ones a
week to see> ber daughter. last
weak .ne mads several visits.
This morning she once more ap
plied for a divorce. H. I husband
filed a cross complaint, lie allegr*
that hi* wife, has not taken proper
cars of tin child. It being new**
ssry for hi* mother to perform that
duty.
Alphens rtyer*. attorney for Mrs
M. f'-.-.i stated thla afternoon that
Mra Mefford had taken the child
because her husband had driven her
out of the hntise and refused lo al
low her lo take the child with her.
He said he did not know where Mr*.
Meffnrd had taken th* child, al
though he presumed she wa with
relatives In this city.
own sttorney. and i*ey came hack'
at him with s high pitched i*nor tn
es|*nstulallcn. Ihe |.*ne of It showing
a ruffled temper. The court got s
. ! mi' to gel * wcrd In edgeways
once or twice, but It dldn'l phssw th*
lii; .-.|.i -.ti of many sltasea, who kept
right on-with hts.line of talk, and
ii..". so perturbed he couldn't hay*
told how many leave* crow on •
Bhamrock. wildly waved his hand*.
In th* air snd ordered his client
down off the witness stand.
Th* colored man roue fmrn hie
■ h nr snd started to obey, then got
mad nnd sat down again
"Ah I**' guess I got a few war
t»h cay foil nta'se'f,* said h*. "an
I sln't gnln" l* hey ins ess* con-'
durtlcsted tn no sech may's this—"
hut ' -re a«) was rut off by th*
court, .rid he and ht* attorney had
It out tn fierce whispers st the table
bark by the rail.
SLEKS TO STOP
THE LICENSE
Joseph lioeelirh this morning
sued out an Injunction against City
Comptroller Itlpllnger and T. W,
huutli. owner Of th* Richelieu res
taurant. The order seeks to pre
vent Itlptlnger from Issuing a liquor
license to Smith, nn the ground thst
lloesi who owns the building.
has not given bis consent to Btntth
to sell liquor In the place. Hmlth
applied for the Ilrense nn February
10, and Itlptlnger was about to issue.
the license when the Injunction was
sued out.
PAROL PRISONLRS
MUST RE) URN
(By P-rlji* News Aea'n I
ST. PETEnSfIfRO, Fab _7 —
Yielding to the demand of Ihl Unit
ed Stales, Russia order. the of
ficers of the cruiser lent who vio
lated the parole, to return to Han
Francisco and reduced Hi. one
grade st punishment. The only ex
cuse offered was their youth.
MARINE NOTES
The steamer Rainier. la. H. Gray
A Co., anils for Ban Frnne Isco to
night with a cargo of 750.000 feet of
lumber and 15 passengers.
The steamer Norwextd.nf Ihe same
' line, arrived from Kan Francisco to
: day, with a large cargo of cement
and 20 passengers.
The Kosrnos line steamer Den
, derah Is due to reneh this port to
night, with a cargo of nitrate* and
The Seattle Star
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 37, 1905
4. WORKMEN
MASSACRED
ARMED ARMENIANS ATTACKED RUSSIAN LABORERS IN A BAKU
FACTORY AND MURDERED THEM IN COLD BLOOD- TH6
SITUATION IN CAUCASUS IS CROWING WORSE
111. Sertps* Saw* As* I
RT. rirrnit.Mlll'ltH. K*U 17.—The
situation In th* t'sueasus It grnw.
Ing worse *v*ry dsy. snd Is now
entirely beyond th* rontrel or th*
military |..r.». At lias today a
mob .-' well .ure.l Armenians In*
traded th* Mellknff fa-ten and
ni**s*rre<| I! Russia Workmen who
hsd refused to participate In the
revolutionary movement.
The i "ll' • *i. 1 troop* were eelleil
out to auppre** ths nit. The lat
ter rapidly dl*p*r*ed after murder
ing th* helpless workmen.
HOT FIGHT AT WARSAW
WARBAW, ii. 17.—Bitty pel,
VETOED IT!
OOVERNOR MEAD REFUSES TO PUT HIS SIGNATURE TO THE
CAPITAL REMOVAL .ENDS A SENSATIONAL MES
SAGE TO THE SENATE.
o!.rei|.rs B_'*«_
Baattla Oaelv Star.
Olympia, Wash-
Staff C*re**p*nd**>c* by Dan D..n
Oi.YMI'IA. Fsb. 27—As forecast.
Ed in The Star two weeks ago. Gov
amor Mead vetoed the capital re
■so.si bill this morning in a mes
sage sent to the senate.
After th* message had been read
ihe question of passing the bill over
the governor's veto was brought MP
and by a vote of IV to I- th* senate
I refused to pa** the capital removal
bill over the governor's veto Gov
ernor Mead vetoed the capital re
moval bill In a roeasage that «**
bordering on sensational, lie ac
cuses the advocates of forcing the
bill through by Intimidation. He
***a Tacoma gives only s promise
There I* no written sgreement or
deed. He concluded with the fol
lowing remarkable statsment:
"I in not convinced that the
passage of the hill was th* result of
calm meditation or detlberatloa of'
each and ail tnerabera who voted for
(t. From an Inception of the con
sideration of the measure, evidence
ha* been constantly accumulating
that the bill ws* forced through the
legislature by a pro. est bordering
close to the line of Intimidation and
roe rr ton.
-Some member* freely stated that
they dared not oppose the measure
and expect lo receive favorable con
sideration of certain meritorious
bills In which their const.'
were vitally Interested,
"The highest and beat Interests
of th* government ran be best sub- I
served by later**! an executive ;
vote to the measure where there ex
ists In the mind of the excuttve *
doubt as to whether or not the Mil,
receiving an affirmative vote, »*"
the result of voluntary deliberation
on the part of the lawmakers, al
NOW NUMBERS 105
DLAD
(Br Scripts New* As*'nt
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Feb -c —
The bodies of two more victims of
tbe explosion at tti* Virginia mine
were recovered today, making the
total 10.'.. Six more bodies are In
sight. An official Investigation of
the cause of the accident begnn to
day. *■*
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 27,-Henator
Hunkers, who wss Indicted fir
boodling. surrendered to the sheriff
this morning for the purpose of s«.
curing a writ of lishens corpus to
go •■ire the supremo court on a
writ already prepared. The sheriff
will probably take Hunkers to San
Franc Isco this afternoon.
Judge George I."ft for Los An
geles yesterday morning, called
there by Ihe serious Ulnars* of his
wife.
cent ,af th* police fore* of this a Ity
struck 1.. 1... and openly Joined tb*
workmen and flirted strikers to te.
b»i. Th* policemen in .•: "I the
suburb* thl* lutiinlng, felling many
telegraph |*»le*. In » fight on No*
Vell|ikt street title -„1,1 • I in. I oh*
pull. en.l.ii were killed. Ten i-iill-Ssj
men a ere wounded.
FIREMEN THREATEN TO
STRIKE
WARSAW Feb. 27—The em
ployes of Hi* suburban steam rsll*
rosd "truck today. The ilt v fire
men untie.une. ti they would strike
today unless the) were given higher
wage*.
though It he a Question to be tr
ferred ill the elector* for de. islam.
"Tbe prater at alt times are en
titled to express a candid, voluntary
and honest Judgment upon all pub
llr questions and the selection of
public servants. I ask th. tb*
legisisture be accorded at all times
the same privileges and preroga
tive."
i..... • n ar Mead establishes » prec
edent in killing a bill, which by law
should go to the voter*, It Is espia
cially remafkabls when the tsroe
rents the state nttthlng III* oat lam
Is consider**! i**or politic* by tb*
most astute polltii lans. This wilt
line I'i-tea county against Mead In
tbe future.
As * - ti as tb*> veto was read Men
ator linker submitted * concurrent
reanlutia.il to put the capital removal
bill to the pesipls to vote on. Til*
motion ws* carried The resolution
Is now on the calendar. It will be
voted on next Wednesday, It does
not require a two-thirds vote. The
governor has no right to veto ii
If th* senate and hou**. paoa lb*
resolution, the rspltsl removal I.ill
| will reach the people.
There 1* a well defined rumor go
ing tbe rounds of the apllol that
the sdviecatca of the capital removal
measure are taking steps to retali
ate on (Jovemejr M.-ad for vetoing
tne bill, In rutting down li's salary
and that of hi* private secretary.
It Is claimed that I'll- bit of re
venge has slready been takt up
by the spproprlstlons committee of
the senate but the report cannot bs
verified at this hour.
The senate I* t ringing tinder the
whip held by the honest commission
„!-.,.. ... * The latter hold the.
most trumps. They glye the ultta
naalnm that the Umber Interests,
mill Interests »nd supporters of lh*
capital removal muat vote for s rad
ical commission bill or the bou«e
will kill all th* measures. last* Ihls
sftemoon the senste took up the
house substitute radical bill. «ft*r
wrttlrh lbs Kennedy hilt was killed.
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: The Weather *
* Spotter :
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Tonight and Tuesdsyt Generally ,
Fain Light to Fresh Esst Winds.
Waii this hsnd —It memrnt »nd I
will tell th* |.i-ee.t temperature for ,
th* r**t II hours
i UJKlil Tin minimum ,
'w i temperature.ac- i
s-t- cording to it.' IJJ*
03 T official ther- T
# *- mometer, Bun
-0 0" WM g H degrees A
__ ■ time this morn- BAt,
55' day morning _
at 5 o'clock, and 8
50 at thn same _.
4s T3M R
t I .r\ to* WSS 47 de* " *
I \ yQ-fi gree*.
"SCOOPED" B) CUPID
MISS DOANE. OF THE STAR EeTAFF, AND MR BPOONCR, Ol'
THE TIMES, WHILE TRYING TO "BEAT" EACH OTHER ON
NEWS STORIES, FELL VICTIMS TO THC WILES OF THE
BLIND ARCHER
i*s* Cupid has snooped both The
Star and the Times.
Miss Olive A. thiaiie. whoso clever
Idlia. HKUIIKIIT C. IPOONEB
court house stories have animated
the p.«i;r-a of Tbn Star fur the past
three ymi*. has laid aside thn pencil
A $5,000,000 FIRE
I VISITS NEW ORLEANS
A MILE OF DOCKS ON THE RIVER FRONT WIPLD OUT AND
N&ARLY ONE HUNDRED HOMES LAID IN ASHES
I (At Serine* Wear* A**'s
NTTW OniaCANH, FEll .7.-AT
TEN I O'CLOCK TIIIR MOtiNlNtl
THE FIHK WAS HTII.I. SWEEP*
INtl AU>NU ELEVEN IIIA-CKH Ol*
DOCKB ALrONtl Till: ItIVEU
FHOKT. THOLGII II IS UNDER
CONTHO!..
NEW OItIXANH. Feb. 27.— Near
ly a doxen squatew of wharves and
frstght sheds, two fine grsln ele
vstorß. •.deeds of ears loS'lcl
with valuable frstght. _«•■'*• bslss of
iQt-ta and several saaall residences
wet* destroyed In on* of the most
disastrous fires that ever swept
this *liv The let** I* estimated »'
Bb-I.lt f. ea. IC, O
Ths toss Includes o**r WOO car
load* of grain. Including IS.OOo bar
ret* ■f sugar. .'■"" (ago bushels of
rorn. atx fire department horses and
three engine* mi houses belonging
lo tbe laboring rlsss and the steam
•hip' Roys), which was damaged to
he extent of 150.000 All destroyed
dorks will he rebuilt at once.
Whether any lives were toe! Is
unknown but several firemen and
dock employes Were seriously In
jured.
The fir* wag discovered shortly
after 1- o'clock last night In one of
the Btiiyve«*nt Bocks The building
was isgtiiptred 'th glgantl' water
JUDGE SWAYNE FOUND
NOT GUILTY BY SENATE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS ENDED IN EXONERATION—UN
,DERBTOOD THAT HE WILL RESIGN
iw.ssv *a»*M Btlell-iraj X||)
WASIIIM.H'N I' C. Feb. 27.—
The senate at 10 o'clock this morn-
Ing began voting ou Ihe asyn. Im
peachment caae, on the* charge nf
having mil" $230 for expense.
at $t<- per day for holding court at
Waoo, Texas, It —Hedged him not
guilty by n vote of 10 to 33, the
members voting on party line*.
I-tier, on Reticles 2 to ft, which
Included tbe charge* Of using a pri
vate ear the trots wits not guilty.
It is understood that Judge
' swat a will send his resignation to
the president without delay.
With the voting of not guilty on
article 12, a resolution was Imme
diately adopted declaring Judge
Swane to lie acquitted, and th sen
ate, ns a court of Impeachment, ad
journed Bine die.
The galleries were crowded and
every •actlttteii was In his seat. Judge
Bwayno paced tbe lobby awaiting
ml pad fnr tin more gerloua duties
of eh.me stlilly.
Hlie. was eiuiriiy married ta«t Hut
urday evening to Herbert ('. Bpoon
er, a member of the* Time* staff, by
Or. J. p. W'llw.n. pastor of the
Westminster Prssbyterlan church.
Tito hrlile and rreieitii left Ittinic
rllately after tho knot was tied em
tin* tireat Northern Overland at 7:M
p. ni. for Boston, altera a brief
honey mo ni will be spent with lha
groom's parents. A trip through
the east villi follow the visit la. New
England and In aim six weeks the
young couple will return to Heattle
snd make ihl* city tbelr future
home.
Mrs, Hpootier Is. wlltttittt doubt
the most talented newspaper woman
the north ho* produced, she be
ing particularly gifted In feature
story •anting
Mr. Bpoonsr Is s Harvard man.
and while covering I lie court house
beat on a rival nap* he became ac
quainted with Mis* Ileum*. Friend
ship grew In spite ..I lh*lr continued
efforts to "scoop" each other, and
betrothal fulloweal In the due
course of time.
The bride and groom are among
th« must peipular newspaper writers
of Beat lie.
Mr*. Hiawmer's mother la nialrnn
of the Florence Crlttenton home of
thl* city.
I tank* and fire extinguishing ap
! paratiities. but the fire soon became
Jso ii.t.t. " that nothing could stop
It. On account of the condition of
th* 5n.... in the district, the fire
apparatus bad considerable diffi
culty In reaching ihe scene.
An Immense amount of Improve
ment la going on In the district and
|th* streets were tillered with ma
'tertal for building snd. In several
j places, fenced. The fire spread
j rapidly and soon communicated
i with other warehouses si. . tbe
'surrounding docks, where a great
I a ..miut of cotton and valuable
ifretgh! waa stored.
A* soon a* the extent of the fire
[was learned, tug* rushed to the
! wharves and removed the vessels
(tied there. In this way a large
, number of valuable teasel* and
thrlr csrgnes were saved. The fire
spread to the residences and many
-; poor people were rendered home
less.
The fire is a great blow to the
shipping of the rlty. Atlde from
tbe flnsnrlat •as. th* loss In de
layed shipping I* tmmenae. The
warehouses and wharves were al
i money had been expended there
moat new and a gteat amount of
wtthtn the last ten year* in Im
provements.
the verdict, which was carried to
him immediately on Ihe final vote.
The announcement of the acquit
tal was made to tin- house by the
sergeant -at alius of the senate at
12:3 d and was received In silence.
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* *
* OLYMPIA, Feb. 27.—The re- *
* movitl of the supreme court to *
* Tat umn was defeated In the *
* senate this morning, following a
* the veto of the capital removal *
« bill. *
» *
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WILL FAVOR ADAMS
't. Serine* Ne-** A as'- »
.VIII I.!. 27.—The legisla
tive committee, appointed to hear
thn evidence in the (libera
content, mot this afternoon. It re
viewed lhe briefs submitted in
1 Adama ami Peebodjr. Tho Impres
sion prevails that n report favoring
Adams will It* ail pled, but not
g unanimously.
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MUKDEN IS
BOMBARDED
JAPANESE ARE HAMMERING AWAY AT RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD
WITH MORTARS AND DOING TERRIBLE EXECUTION
'111 V I IN Feb, _7.~-Iler,ort»
from the. front, by Newchwang,
say 'i ii the 11-lncli mtirtars us<<d
by the Japanese* In Ihe bombard
ment c.f Mm. la ii. canned great dam
ago and hat a general engagement
is lii i-i' nn' with the heaviest
fighting on the in a... . right. Gen
eral Kurnkl Is said to be threaten
ing to drive the Ituatisia back on
the railroad.
In th* fight fnr tbe |iosa.*s*lon of
the '.I arid th* parse*, nn Sunday,
lhe. Itusslans were greatly out
numbered. They sustained severe)
losses, some of the nulls lotting a*
high SB TO tier cent killed ami
GENUA*. TREPOFF.
Harsh and Tyrannical Governor General of St. Petersburg. held re
sponsible by Revolutionists for recent massacre*. He has beea
warned that he will goon be as sasslnated, - -
TWO WERE
EXPELLED
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
DECiDES THAT CALIFORNIA
BOODLERS MUST LEAVE THE
I
SENATE
SACRAMENTO Cal.. Feb. 27.—
The senate this afternoon adopted
tho committee report recommending
the exptilrlon of Senators Emmons,
\v right. Hunkers anel French for ac
cepting bribes. Immediately upon
the adoption, which wns unanimous,
tho ie "iiluilim to formally expel!
the accused men was Introduced. On
a separate vote, French and Hunk
ers were unanimously expelled. The
vote ln the Emmons ami Wright
cases will tie taken later ln the day.
FORCE MINES
TO CLOSE
(Br Scrip Near* Ann.)
TCCSON, Feb. 27.—A dispatch
from Opodt i • Mi I states that .1
band of Yaquls held up ii wagon
train at Katarlon. I'oxei. and secured
silver bullion valued nt 11,500 and
other booty. All mines In that 11
--cinity, tome of »iii' it are operated
by Americans, are closed down tem
porarily on account of tho great
activity and JeprcdaUous of the
Yaqula.
NEW TORK, Feb. 27.—Mrs. W. A.
Clark, wife of Senator Clark, of
.M. ut.iii.i. Is seriously 111 here and
ha* b-.n I"*' to v private hospital.
25 CENTB PER MONTH
' wounded In lbs hand-to-hand itiug*
gle-s. At nlghl tin JC . „i. were
still In possession ol the two pusses.
FIGHTING AT THE SOUTH .
TOKIO, Feb. 27,—1 lls . " i •,'.'. J
here today that the I'.uarl.uis a -.tin.
Ileal the ll"lll,lta I -dOPMI BOUth of Muk
ileu on hatuid.i) snd Sunday. TitS
wenther continues very cold lllld It
I* enow-leg.
BT.PETEI_-81.1-0, Feb. 27.—Gen
eral Kuropatkin reports that the
Jsp«ne»e have commenced cannon
ading the HtiKslsn partitions ht < • u
tallne arid ' .'illn.
LICENSES SUSPENDED
I The blame for the accident to the
Northwestern Steamship company's
ste*ainer Olympia, which became dis
abled in the strait of Juan de Kucg,
a few a auks ago. which resulted In
tin* death of Third Assistant Engi
neer Vatitn.-sc I and severely injur
ing Chief Engineer Border, waa
found to be due to the - ssnaaa
of the chief, first and second as
sistant engineers. The licenses of
Chief Engineer Snyder and First
Assistant Engineer Frank A. Aick
tti weer revoked, and the license sf
Second Assistant Engineer George
G. Murphy was suspended until its
expiration.
THE DALLES, 0r... Feb. 17.--
The Veigt Mink was almost totally
destroyed by fire yesterday. Thai
fire eil_ln..ted In the basement 01
the building from some unktiotvrl
cause. The lost Is estimated at
|30.00 ft,
WASHINGTON. D. C Feb. 27.—
The house today agreed to the COT*
ference report on the army appro
priation bill.
WASHINGTON. D C Feb. 27.—
Senator Dubois Introduced lata the
senate today a Joint resolution pro
viding for a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting polygamy.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 27 —
Governor General Trepofl today an
nounced that Maxims Gorky, the
author, would be released tomor
row,
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NOTICE!
All North Seattle property own
ers who have signed tin petition
protesting attain.t tho Second Av
enue regrade, please call nt the
Queen Anno pharmacy or the* Sum
mit pharmacy and pay their $2
court cost tax by tomorrow- noon, as
It Is necessary to have the protest
filed with the clerk of the court
before 5 o'clock tomorrow night. ••*