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VOL. 1. No. 89
JAPANESE ALLOW SIXTEEN WAR
CORRESPONDENTS AT THE FfIDNT
TOKIO, April I.—Sixteen newspaper
men. mostly British and American corre
spondents, left this morning for Moji. They
will leave there April 0 on a Japanese
transport tor a destination which is kept
secret.
Th's Is the first party of correspondents
freed. It is considered a sign that a big
land movement is nbout ready to be in
tuguiatcd. A large crowd assembled ni the
Bhimbashi station and cheered the com
ipoßdants on their departure.
LAUNCHING OF THE JEFFERSON
lX_ WILL BE ACTABLE EVENT
• A ■ large crowd is expected from all
(he Sound cities to witness of the launch
' Itig of the steamer Jefferson tomorrow eve
ning, Port Tow nsend and other Jefferson
county towns alone will send a delegation
" of'about' 1,200 people. They are expected
* to arrive at the Northwestern dock on the
steamship Dolphin at 4 o'clock.
, The visitors will.be met at the wharf
by Mayor (Janipbell and a committee from
'the Chamber- of Commence, composed of
T. K. Wallace, C. M. -Seeley, 0. I!. I lay
den,,, William Jones and C. P. Ferry. A
band .will also be at the wharf to greet
(the visitors. It is part of the program to
escorWs many of the visitors as care to
go, to, the Chamber of Commerce, to await
SECRET GF MARTINY S DOWNFALL
I The mysterious . disappearance of Dr. i
Martiny, of Katonville. who is wanted for
embezzlement, has been cleared up by a
Remarkable explanation. The report has I
been circulated (hat in connection with the |
search for Mai liny it mis found that he j
had served four y_ears in the San Quentin j
penitentiary lor forgery. After he got i
•lit lie came to Washington to make a
new «tart. He succeeded better than he
expected, and had made for himself a repu- \
table name in Seattle, Tacoma. and aubse- j
qeuntly at Entonville.' Several of his old I
associates in the California penitentiary 1
found him and threatened to expose his
record unless he paid them hush money.'
MRS. BQTKIN STARES HER
JURORS OUT OF COUNTENANCE
AND SWEARS SHE IS INNOCENT
§AN FRANCISCO, April I.—Mrs. Bot
kin took the stand in her own behalf this
morning and made a complete denial of
the crime charged against her. She proved
to be a poor witness, her own attorney
frequently being compelled to correct her
and hold her within bounds. She turned
a questioning gave up at the jurors sev
eral times and seemed on the verge of
Collapse. The jurors refused to return her
gaze, looking at anything and everything
but the prisoner.
At the beginning, Mrs, Botkin Raid, she
became acquainted with Dunning through
a flirtation in a p«.rk. Boon after she
met Dunning he importuned her to borrow
TAFT'S SUCCESSOR ON
PINO COMMISSION
Secretary Taft's successor on the Philip
pine commission is \V. Cameron Forbes, of
W CAMERON FORBES.
Massachusetts, He will head the depart
ment of commerce »nd police. He is a
:apable engineer.
RALLY OF SOCIALISTS
The Tacoma lodge of the Socialist party
The Tacoma Times.
Marquis [to returned from Korea today
und immedia'tel) had an audience with the
emperor. It is bclimed hip visit will re-
sult in furthering the cordiality between
the Korean und Japanese courta.
ST. PETERSBURG, April I.—Viceroy
Alexieff arrived ai Port Arthur from Muk-
ilen on Tlnu>da\ and m PBCeived by Ad-
■niral Makaroff and other officers. The
party then \isite ( | the ship... The harbor
was carefully inspected and repairs in
the ti"it% of the launching which is to
occur ut fi:l."i sharp.
To a landfinan there does not appear
to be much chance of the launch taking
place thiK week. Everything about the
lleatli shipyard seems to be confusion, but
out of tin 1 teeming chaos Constructor
Heath will bring order nnd the launch will
take place exactly on schedule time. The
wayn are Ixinn built, the launching cradle
put in position, and a crew of but-y men
are putting the finishing touches to the
hull. A special rig is being prepared to
check the way of the vessel after she
strikes the water, anil prevent any possi
bilily of the boat being injured by run
ninfl into the opposite bank.
Visitors will be allowed in all parti of
tlic yard, but no one except those invited
will be permitted on board the vessel.
Dr. Martiny did so, and once the tiling
\\iif-- begun they levied grinding blackmail
upon him that wai beyond his means. All
of the profits of his hospital at Katonville
wore absorbed and in addition he mis
applied the school funds in his bands,
When exposure became inevitable he fled.
Tt wa« learned recently that Dr. Martiny
was in Mexico. In view of the facts
which it is said led to his downfall at
Katonville, a number of his creditors will
not prosecute their claims against him.
Commissioner Mead eayg that ho far as
the officers are concerned, the case lias
not been dropped nor the offer of a re
ward for his capture withdrawn.
money from her acquaintance* to liquidate
some of bis debts, ilost of his visits to
her were for financial aid. She said Thin
ning was very poor. She bought liim
clothing and provided him with food. She
also gave him money secured from her hus
band. She did all his, she declared, out
of the kindness of her heart. She denied
writing anonymous letters to Mrs. Dun
ning or purchasing a box of candy or
arsenic, or mailing any candy.
She declared that while being interview
ed by Lizzie Livernssh, the woman re
porter, she became hysterical and may
I have said things tliat appeared incrimin
'at ing, but she had no recollection of
j them.
will hold a rally and mass meeting in the
Foresters' new hall, over the poirtoffice,
Sunday evening. April 3. at 8 o'clock.
Speakers from different parts of the state
will be present.
THE PROBLEM IS
STILL UNSETTLED
County Commissioner Handle was in Se
attle yesterday, endeavoring to arrive at
a settlement m regard to the handling
of the surplus water in the White and
Stuck rivers. L. C. Smith, the King coun
ty commissioner who has charge of the
matter for tliat county, was out of the
city, so the visit proved futile.
The commissioners of the two counties
tried to get together some time ago, but
failed. King county officials insisted, be
fore proceeding with the conference, that
Pierce county drop the suit pending ugainul
King county on account of damages sus
tained by the overflow of the Whito river.
This the Pierce county commissioner would
not do.
It is now proposed to divide the water
equally between the two streams, thus
greatly reducing White river and increas
ing Stuck river to three times its normal
size.
There will be special n*rviuet< at the
Swedish M. E. chin oorner J and EWr
entli streets, tonight at 8 o'clock.
TACOMA, WASH., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1904
progress WBTe noted, Vowels damaged dur
ing the bombardmaati were also visited,
likewise tl\e torpedo boat destroyer
Stilni, which distinguished itself in the
last naval battle.
Professor Yuzfowitseh, a Russian teach
er in Tokio university, has arrived liere.
He testities to the kindness of the Japan
ese. Students followed him to the station
and entreated him to remain. He stiys
that the Japanese public believe that
Port Arthur has fallen and that the
Japanese army will capture Moscow with
in a fortnight, thus bringing the czar
to terms.
LONDON, April I.—The Central News
has received a Tokio dispatch stating that
COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER COMING
Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salva
tion Army will be in Taeoma Monday,
April 11, with his two daughters, Motee
end Eva, and a party of ten continental
campaigners, and will deliver his lecture,
"Dramatic Scenes of Love and Sorrow," at
the Tacoma theater that evening. The
lecture will be illustrated by a number of
living tableaux. Actual incident! of Army
work are vividlyjind powerfully portrayed,
while the lecturer carries hi« audience
iwiftly from one field of Army operation*
to another, giving tome idea of their
magnitude and extent, a» well as the need
for such efforts.
The party will include Colonel French
of San Francisco, who has charge of the
Salvation Army; work went of the Rocky
mountain*; Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, na
tional secretary for the industrial homes;
Lieutenant-Colonel Annie Osborne, na
tional secretary for women's training
homes; Major R. Dubbin, divisional officer
for Oregon and Washington; Staff Captain
Wright, Knngn Hester Dainmes. a very
clever pianist; Ensign Bessie Dicker*, a
very sweet singer and guitar player; En
sign H«nsea, "Mysterious" Billy Smith,
ex-champion featherweight priaefighter,
and Mrs. Smith, a converted actress; Cap
tain Dorothy Graliam, a beautiful singer,
known M tha "Welsh Nightingale," and
Captain Nurraway,
Id. this city the Salvation Army op
erates two oorps. The one on Twelfth
street and Par-mo avenue, for the English
speaking people, is is charge of Ensign and
Mm. R. KiiJui who have been laboring
here for the last 14 months with good
success. The others oorps is for the Swed
ish psoplc a*4 is located on Thirteenth
street and Tacema avenue, under th«
Admiral Togo atticked Port Arthur last'
■Wednesday night. No detail* have been
received,, but it *i» understood that the
attack was for the Al>urpoie of taking
soundings and ascertaining the effects of
the last attack". r
TOKIO, April I.—■•laimnrse troops in ad
vance of the main body • are. pushing the j
advantage gained in the battle of (hung
Ju.
According to private advices receicved
here after dislodging } the -Russians at
Chung Ju, the Japanese rested 12 hour*.
and then marched!to Y.mj: Chun, 25' miles
distant. •-' ■ ; r,*, iV ,\
After a brief engagement, the Russians
retreated to Unsan, 80, miles northeast.
It is said the Russian CoMtacks in the
vicinity of Wiju are-. in great distress.
They are using the telegraph.poles for fuel,
while score* of horses ajrt- dying from the
lack of fodder. ,-:.. v-:,»: '•
| MONTREAL, j April 1 1. - Fire thin
morning in the Board of Trade district de
stroyed a building occupied by Watson,
Jack & Co. and nix other firm*/ Loss
$1000,000....;- .^:;-f*:|; ll*i ,
charge of Kntsign and Mr*, oood>,
Both corps have bettingx nightly nn<l
hundreds of people are/brought under the
influence of the through thene ser
vices, .Tail meeting* arc j held every Sun
day. The poor and needy'me looked after,
and the wok are visited, '
Last l lin-im.iK Ensign Kuhn distribut
ed provisions to over; W families in Ta
coma, and over WJO pie'cves: of clothing wero
given out us well. Since'then numerous
appeals for help havejbfen attended to,
PHYSICIANS COULD NOT AGREE
Word whs sent to The Times late last
evening that Mi-. Thraclfniorloii, a 'lii»h
theria patient, had been placed in qiiar
aiitine with her husband at 738 South
Taroiria avenue, and had been allowed to
suffer for want of medical treatment, while
the city and county physicians disputed as
to who was responsible for the care of
the patient.
Dr. . Schug, city pl>y*}fian, stated last
evening that he had placed Mr. and Mr*.
Trockmorton in quarantine and that th*
county had refused to furnish the neces
sary medicines. Dr. Bchug iuwntcd that
it was the duty of the county to furnish
medical attendance, while the county eom
mi«ioßci« held that the stat« j law re
quired th« city to ruir>i*h aid in such
cases.
In order th»t relief might be hastened,
Dr. Bchug took the matter up with the
Associated Charities. Manager Hover Kent
Dr. Spencer to tuke (-large of ; the case.
Upon examination, he found that instead
of iU bring diphtheria, it was merely »
BANDITS ARE
RE-SENTENCED
CHICAGO April I.—The car barn mur
dererg were this morning iweeiilsiu by
Judge Kerstcn. who included all of the
legal requirements and corrected alleged
error! which caused the appeal for a writ
of habeas corpus by Marx's counsel. No
change was made in the date. The bandits
appeared to be more cheerful.
MRS. CARRIE NATION IS
BARRED FROM CHURCH
Kansas CITY, April l.—Oarria Nslim
is an actress. Many theatrical MHia^Ctl
and people who have seen her on the stags
may not know it, but it is so officially d*
creed by no lens worthy a body than the
trustees el the United Presbyterian
church. ■ ;
Mrs. Nation wanted to deliver a temper
■Me lecture in a church here and permis
sion wan refused because the deacons decid
ed that she in a member of the giddy guild
of actresses.
Poor Carrie, on the stage she is no
octree* and off the stage, she is one!
MORTALITY NO r E I
Matthew H. Elder, aged 70 years, died
tfiis morning at 1418 South I street;. The
funeral will take place Saturday at 2 p. m.
at the residence, Rev. M." L. Rom officiat
ing, Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
and hardly a night piling that lodging haa
not to be provided for some unfortunate.
INJURED MAN IS
STILL UNCONCIOUS
I). McCaffrey, the one-legged man who
fell upon it nail that wax (ticking out
of the sidewalk on C street near Twenty
t| '.i|<tlll.->) H|l| '"in; )! XiijAr.4l |.i.i.l|.-i i[ljuoj
Mtlll Mil' CKIIII-.
J)r». Brown and LowfJl, who are attend
ing him, report today that, while he ha*
not improved, bo complication* Imvc nriHeti
and they think it poMibie that he may
live,
tevere attack of quins) and that the
I Throekmortou were not destitute. The
I quarantine was removed this moraine, en*
ahi ing tin- tainily to |>i<j\i<li wlmt tuedieal
attendance was needed.
TOOK $750 DEED
TO SECURE $120
Williamson &■ Williamson, attorneys for
.Tacky Smokalem, have commenced suit
against W. I' Sundberg and wife to have
a deed annulled which was given by SmoU
alem an guaranty for a loan of $120 made
by Sundberg to the Indian. The attor
ney* state that the ten acre* for which
the desd was given are worth $750 at leant.
They will attempt to have Simd berg's
claim construed as a mortgage on the
ground that the deed wan given under
a misapprehension arid mv »■<"■>.- only as i
guarantee of good faith.
THE PUYALLUP BRIDGE WILL BE
COMPLETED IN TWENTY DAYS
A report wan , circulate*) ycntorday that
J. 8.. TilloUon . of Portland, : who has
the contract for the Puyaltup river, bridge,
had jumped the con tract and. left the
city. .
It appears that the report was without
foundation. Mi\ TillntHcm li»» been .i«m>
from Thcoiim * Hevti'Hl • ilu.vh, arranging! for
the balance,of the iron work to complete
tin ' bridge/,': He Mate*,'' in I letter to
Commissioner of Public Works Clark, that
GENERAL BELL VENTS HIS SPITE
ON MINERS BY HIGH-HANDED ACTS
DENVER, Col., April 1.-Oemral Hull,
commanding the utale troopi at T»ll«rlde,
this morning telephoned to Chief of Police
Armstrong" to detail a detective to watch
every movement • of,. Secretary-Treasurer
Hey wood of the i Western Federation of
Aliiiei'n/ who la i.iuti" urre»t'on a warrant
isrued > by, the local court,. charging him
■ •j(r|i QSUMiny ■'!() jo uoj)B.iii»s»p tnr.u
General Bell tiiMixti'd that Hey wood bo
returned to Telluride, no matter how ninny
local wari'imtH were iuued, and'when the
time came a sufficient 1 number of soldier*
would bo sent I from the camp • to arrest
him. :..?■• ;.*:.^ *•.-■';-' ■'-■-.' ■■■■:
Bre»ident Moyer was last night removed
from the bull-pen in the Rid Men's.build
inn in Telluride,' to the new city jail and
locked in; « cell, i where Ihe was denied
all privileges, and is to be fed two IJtW
ing meals per day.';.
■ Governor Peabody. has ordered General
Hell to refuse to ; accept ■ the service Vof
a; writ of habeas corjiug for the raleAM
of Moyer, and the head of the Federation
must stay in juil j until , th« case 'cull Ibo
taken/ to the supreme court, i
TRINIDAD, Col., April 1 .—Fully i Aoa
en ■ influent in! j men | among the -strikers |in
Imh , Animus:; county \ have been; deported
during the last three days *, by order jof
Major Hill, commanding the ■ troops" hero.
Wholesale eviction* of striker* on Gray
VLADIVOSTOK, SOVEREIGN OF EAST,
THE OASIS OF SIBERIAN DESERT
Vladivostok, "Sovereign of., the Ka«t,"
which has just, been bombarded • by, the
Japanese fleet, is pre-eminently a fortri'M.
It is also the chief town of East Siberia—
in fact, it may be said.to be the most Im
portant Hint of Russian influence in the
Far -East.'-
It in ho much more fomidabie than Port
Arthur, bo much more magnificent than
Delay bo much larger than Khabarovsk,
and it possesses such an admirable harbor
that it i'm not surprising that the Rueiian*
regard the town and its surroundings as
the hub of .Greater Russia in the Kast.
The town is nituated on the Hlopes of a
Imkli ridge, forming a tapering peniniula,
which projcitK into mi Irregular land locked
bay. Thfl entnuiM in commanded liy Uus
m:i inland, where there it an Important
fort, and on the cmtl "f (lie liimi Incited
hill loir, itretcbing for mile.s to (he en»t
yard, und known us thu Qoldwn Horn,
tlwre art oilier conl iniioiin ehuins of earlh
works und del'enxive pONitionu.
'I'lie lofty hilln on tlic riorthwi^l protcol
the port from tin: land hide ami in the deep
wuU;r of the Golden Horn, which in four
ON THE WATKB FltoNT AT VLADIVOSTOK.
milei long and half a mile in width, fillip**
ride comfortably at anchor, comparatively ;
free from the menace of attack, and wholly
beyond the reach of the weather. Cluster*
of suburban residences are •cattered about
the hilltide, even deeoending in place* to
the level of the water.
The main rtre«t, BvetUnd named
after the frigate upon which the Grand
Duke Alexis stilted the port in 1873, fol
low* the curve of the Golden Horn. Ly
ing between the street and the dhore, on
riling ground, ire the residence! of the
commandunt of the port, the public gar
den*, the admiralty gardens, the museum
of the Oeographical »<ot:iety, the residence j
of the governor of Piiniot>k. the ground*
of the Maritime dab, . the tiativn bazars
mi the uteamboat quay..
At one point there i- a nmgriificent
granite inonuuieiit nmnounted by a limhi/p
globe, on which perches! an eagle with
outstretched icing*, Thin inonuraenl com
memorateij the memory of j»tiniral tit
veleki, who made eevera! rajmges to the
Independent
in Ail Things
25 CENTS PER MONTfI
i all the, iron .work except the turntnbk
i will be shipped > here :in'h lew day*.*,• TIM ; ;t
turntable; is ; due,to; nrrive_ inwile. of,, tet,
1 ilayi and a large [ore* of men «iH hurr| ;
tlie ; wink to imiiiiicl ion.
• Ii is expected tj M the limlut' will be fin
inlied ■ in, About twentj !<liiy».*,-.Tht*; afwniM *i,
of (the 'bridge/ to travel, will immediately '.
■ res\ilt in bringing ', increased 'trade: to ■ Ta« "j^
■ coma,'• m it ■ will i afford tiaujr. approach'■ t« r»|:
■ the city from a 'ilistrict,that• baa hereto* '-rti
fore been practically cut off."»
creek will begin immediaely. . . •
:. Tin military are refusing; to . allow; the |";
miners to nettle: in oilier parts; of ; the
county.'. ''
Almoot penniless men and ' their families *
arc ■ cnm]"'llo<l ■to walk i hundred* \of mile*
to reach I points ' where iiHniHtanre run be v
Heeured, . .• :.-').'; .■-. „ -■*;,:..■". ;'■■• "■ ■ \ \
Many evictions 1 are;; reported :. in 1 th»
. .ini|i. ,of f the ■ ci>a] compuuies i and ■' much
auffcrinß dm " ensued. ' ' ',' •'. " '
EXALTED RULER
OF ELKS IS HERE
; Joseph ■T. Fanning, grand exalted ruler '-'
of the ' Klkl, "' arrived in - Taeoma this v
■fternoon . from ;' Seattle. .Ho enjoyed •
pleasant, drive over the city in*, company,
with the exulted jruler of Tacoma lodge,
Major C. 0. Bates, and • other prominent,
lornl:Klk«.v llr will dine,with the offloert "■'
of ■ the ' local lodge lat V the To coma " hotel
this" evening at 6 o'clock. At : 8 o'clock'
he will iltilivrr an • addresa :to the Elks at
their i hull,', to .he followed sby, a' banquet. J 1
Mr. f Fanning -in on "a, tour) of the coast ,"
lodges in I lie ■ intere»t»:of; the order and .'
will leave tonight at • 11:30 : for Portland
and California cities ,
1 cast In the early '.10s. "-, ....
■■ 'Die Svttlandekaya i» crossed by the
AliMit«l,,iy,i, ami the point at which thus
two ttrettl intersect ;i« th« ; commercial
(•onter of the „town. .<.'."The ;.main ;• •ti-««i
in well paved with granite, and I it. is " ef
ficiently drained. The sidewalk* ar« rals«d
and- asphalted, the bous«* an; imposing and
lofty structures of brink. :.'• ,
Sin li architectural beauty m* Vladivostok
poascsaoi—and it jin i much compared witb
the . untidy wiisUh of Siberian ■ town*—
duo to the cheapness of Chinese workman
•hip, Chinese labor in re»iK>n«ible for th«
promt condition •of '. the ; street*, for ' tin!
constructioni of .the naval <|ii.iy«. while tin j
Chinese artiflow is the most reliable work.'
man iin the VladivoHtok 'i dockyard. 'f, Th« '-
fortre«H powewti oh large drydock, a tea.
tional floating I dock near j the cum tern ««'
tremlty at j the Golden Horn, and 11 »up.
piemen tary drydot k, wliich | was in icourg*
of. construction when ; the .. war broke; out.
I The trade of Vludivostok is "comprehen
give. Its Importi include most of the pro.
ducts of the wp*t, while its: export* an
characteristic |of , ii" | position," and | quiUt
local aa regards' their destination.if As tl
i commercial center, Vladivostok, is superior
I to '■!. l>nliiy, although ,■: the $' wonderful"; <m\ !•
which ik in procetsH Ci completion in th(
I vicinity of Port vf ( 1 1<11 threaten* one <lnj
to ecliptic its northern &i»ter.' ■ * ; :
. Tlie native population,' though very linn*,
i- orderly and contented, but there in i
very oonnopol tan population 1 in Vladi
voetok, lade up o( adventurers from al,
clime»— l'iikli.-Ij, French, Ovrmnn . and
Arnci iciii. busi&eot men from the west ;ini
a Kprinkling of;pretty women from , Sub (
I'Viiricisio. ' Upon tho whole, it i* a motley,
unihviting community,>. inn,, which.; thr
principle* of mortality aie it,i -tjrly ii lit
ing. However,.. the days «pce«l iu<--i!;
enough In Vladivostok; there \ i». no little
Bocial gayety, and although the'place Is i
[ military and naval center, there in liUltf
lihiklmk's* of discipline and mt'Va good feel'
ing. In tin: Will round the harbor Uicn :
■in good sport. The stranger is welcomed
no lon i hi he exeicißCs tact and coiioei •_
--hU caiu«i'a.
▲NOUS HAMILTON.
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