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Iax,nr SIEGE to Chin.tovn.

nese were arrested yesterday for violating
the ordinance requiring the removal Of
Chinatown. When the cases were called in
court this morning the defendants surren-
dered themselves into custody and had
their trials postponed until next Friday.
In the meantime the attorney who repre-
sents them will swear out writs of habeas
corpus in the United States court to effect
their release
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THE SLEEPING GIANT wAKENs.
Great Ranks 60 be Established In Chtua-
telegraph Opened.

Lcxros. May si.---A Shanghai dispatch
10 the Saaisrd says II is reported that an
important Chinese hank viii be started
with branches q, all the ports OF the coun.
try. An American bank is believed 70 be
chiefly interested in the enterprise and
promises have been received Of large
amount Of native capital to support the
new concern.
Hone kosa. May I.-Tae telegraph lire
connecting Toaqain and China by way of
ygnnsn, the capital % the province of the
same name has been ogsensd for business.
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LAID WASTE BY WAITE.
Thousands of California Acre. Flooded
hy Broken lete~SA

syocKroS. Nay a. -Four or hye breaks
occurred early this morning N the Union
island iev~es. flooding nex reclamation
fork. About 1900 acres wiii be flooded.
ons-A aif of which is IN wheat, belonging
principally 10 reatars from Williams and
BlsleF. Cross sevee vii probably hold the
water of from the Kidd ranch. The breaks
srs in she lever which has been Watched 50
esvefullv for several weeks nj an expense
Of sio.asn 10 SIC .oo
ylsAIsA. Cal. May zl.-Ihe break IL the
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CHICAGO. May 21.-The annual meeting
of the American Baptist Publication So
ciety was begun here this morning. The
report Of the board OF managers was read
at great length. 1t showed that during the
last forty years the average annual increase
Of membership was 81 900. and it was
pointed out that the publication society
was engaged In tracing these converts by
distributing religious literature. Receipts
in the book department during the year
we're s517,ss4; missionary department.
$l25, III; Bible department.. Sc, 240; total
number ofpublications. 1906. 200. a gain of
2,27i $50 over the preceding year. The
statement shows net assets of S., 474 COS,
and that the society is much more than
self-supporting
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PORTLAND. May 2i.--Beginning June 8
the Northern Pacific viii run two daily
trains from here 10 Chicago. No. will
leave at 10 p m. No. viii arrive here at
$50 .. m. and No. 3 at ESQ p. nj. No.
viii decrease the running time to Chicago
nine hours and No. sixteen hours.
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PoRrlAsr. May ai.-rhe Democrats sus-
rect that the Republicans viii open the
sack" in the coming election and today a
number 81 prominent ones reutioned
United States Judge Deadly Tor the appoint
mcnt Of special supervisors
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MONEY VERY TIGHT.
Presbyterians Stingy in Giving
to General Funds
PUBLICATION BOARD DISPUTE
4 Comnitfss Charged VITA Aisrsprs'
sensasass-Baptist Psblieatioa seci-
ety-Charitiss and Corrections.

SaRArosA, N. Y, May 2l.-In the Pres
byterian General Assembly today resoiu-
ton urging congress to pass the OH no"
before il for investigating the effects OF m
toxicating liquors was adopted. resoiu-
tion asking congress to pass an amend
ment to the interstate commerce bill 20 en-
able the states to prohibit or restrict the
liquor traffic was referred to committee.
Rev. DR.. Burrill delivered lengthy re-
port on foreign missions. The total re-
ceipss Of the board during the year were
1874 .066 from churches. SOL, 79l from sun
day schools, 6062 from woman's boards.
$3.50, 2s5 from legacies. and $751; from
miscellaneous sources. There was de-
crease of SIS, 749 compared with last year.
and there is at present deficit OF $6o.2so.
An urgent appeal is made to the assembly
to study the report and say why the great
falling of in receipts occurred. The strong
synods have not done as well in proper
ton as the weaker ones.
Rev. Dr. Ellinwood, the secretary. adj
vised system of weekly subscriptions,
and several other spirited addresses were
made. The Recommendations of the board
were adopted.
When consideration OF the publication
board matter came up, Dr.. Agnew. of the
board, said:
There had been considerable Misrepresentation
on the part Of the special committee. At the
first meeting called. only three members OF the
publication board could be present, and the
special committee sat rs an fnquisition and re-
fused to give the data on which they based the
charges. Simmons sent . circular all over the
land asking questions, the answers to which
were to be considered confidential, a. to tho
prevailing dissatisfaction with the board. We
assured Simmons that we did not propose to
vote q joint committee and not to overrule
his committee by our greater numbers The
special committee has rnisut derstood us, and
this has prevented confidence in its report
There are many Misrepresentation, doubtless
unintentional. We never saw 1t till the meet
ing Of the assembly.
Regarding the statement of the special
committee that . responsible firm had
offered to do the work for less price than
the board does. DR.. Agnew said the board
had tried all that twelve years ago, when
they gave the work to the three lowest bid
ders. Since then fifteen responsible Phila-
delphia houses had bid for the work and in
each case higher than we are now paying.
DR.. Agnew went on to defend the publ
cation board at great length, and in q
spirited manner. He censured the special
committee for making serious charges im-
plying careiessness or crookedness, with
out careful investigation. He asserted
that proper Investigation would show that
the publication board was all right.
After considerable further discussion, in
which DR.. Herrick Johnson, of Chicago,
and DR.. Howard Crosby took part, Gra-
hams motion of yesterday for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate the
matter was adopted.
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KILLED BY SORROW.
Millionaire Masterson's De-
serted Wife Drops Dead
HER HUSBAND CANE roo LATE.
The Rich Assssaisa's Missrsss Net II
An csseerned-Her Pasisrs
BrsgAssy LII IN the Evsning.

NEW YoRK, May u---Mrs. Florence r
Masterson. wife Of ex-Judge Nurat Mas
terson, of Prescott, Arizona. the man whose
shooting affair in Mrs. Hopkinson's nat
recentiy brought him into nosoriesy. died
suddenly today at the Grand Union hotel
In this city. When Mrs. Mssterson heard
OF the shooting affair she started East from
Deming, y. NJ, her nome. to have an un-
derstanding with her husband On arrival,
she wrote to Mssterson. asking for an In
tervieS. There was no response and she
wrote again, with the same result.
Though her health was always good, ex-
element and grief drove her into . con-
dition of nervous prostrstjon and today,
"a she entered the elevator. she placed her
hand over her heart and fell to the Hoor
dead. Mr.. Masterson was Immediately
notified and was much affected by the
news.
DR.. Adams, Of ID East Thirtieth street, is
Q newhew Of Mrs Masterson. Upon her
arrival she fastened TO DR.. Adams. and
has been in consultation with him in refer
ence TO her husband. Yesterday morning
Mrs. Masterson sent to her husbands
Office in Wall street begging him to come
and see her. He did not put in IN appear
6uSS, 1Iu o0O0t y y CkCCA khto SvSAAAss6 49, .
Masterson went to her nephew's house and
told DIR. Adams that her husband had not
come TO see her. She was very much
grieved at his non-action in the mattsr, and
gave way to her feelings. DR.. Adams did
ali he could to console her.
About 7:30 O'Clock Mrs. Masters0n ex-
pressed o desire to 90 back TO the hO-
tel. DR.. Adams accompanied her. They
rode up on the elevated road to
Second street, where Mrs. Mastersofl's
room was. DIR. Adams stepped out first
and assisted his aunt out. Just as she
stepped into the hallway she gave shrek
and fell into the arms of her nephew. One
glance was sufficient to tell DR.. Adams
that she was dead. DR.. Adams started out
to find ex-Judge Materson and informed
him of his wife's death. Masterson was
much affected by the news and went at
once TO the Union hotel. AT the hotel, 1t
Is said. on DIR. Adams word, that the cause
of Mrs. Masterson's death was heart dis
ease Dr. Adams could not be found.
Masterson Is worth, he says, 1000 900
and owns mines at Mexico and in Chihua-
hua. He is IL years old and gray haired.
Mrs. Masterson was 80 years old.
Mrs. Alice Hopkinson. with whom Mas
terson had trouble, is q well known fire.
auentef at the race tracks. Tonight, when
a reporter went to Mrs. Hopkinson's fiat,
he was refused admission. Mrs. Hopkin-
son was seen inside in full evening cos
tune, and the house was brilliantly lighted.
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CoIrNSys. Miss. May si.--whi.e the
trial Of fraak Anderson, eolored for rape.
~as In progress today. crowd took him
from the courtroom and hanged hisa 10 a
fSex.
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New York. May 2l.-A Washington
special has it that at cabinet meeting
Tuesday it was decided to reject the British
propositions submitted three weeks ago
for the settlement of the Bshring sea qnes-
ton
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means that were not creditable. am not
: woman's rights man hy any means, but
Il il my observation that the women OF To-
day Who is put on her mettls surpasses her
hrf,ther ~
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An Old Mans Body. with Crushed Skull.
San FRANcrsco, May 2O.-The body OF an
old man was recovered from the bay this
morning. The skull had been crushed, APP
parentiy by blunt instrument, and the
head bore number Of cuts. On the body
was found . copy of an afternoon paper OF
Monday last and an envelope addressed to
c. NJ. Murray. Modesto.
Efforts have been made this evening to
discover the identity Of the body found
floating in the bay today. and which gave
every appearance of . murder having been
committed. Tho clerk at the Brooklyn
hotel identified the remains as those of .
man who had been stopping at the hotel
several days. and who gave the name of
j. H. Murray, OF San Rafael.
Inquiry in San Rafael developed
the fact that J. H. Murray owned . ranch
ct Tamalpais and was worth considerable
property. Inquiry was also made at
Modesto. as an envelope was found In the
pocket Of the deceased addressed to C. NJ.
Murray, Of that place. A special dis
patch TO the Chronicle from Modesto
this evening says that 9. NJ. Murray, who
is clerk at the Ross house. believes the
murdered man is Charles Kent. ex-state
senator from Nevada county. Kentwas in
Modesto last week. and Saturday he Sc
cured loan from Murray, who gave him
an envelope addressed to himself. as Kent
desired to return the money when he
reached San Francisco.
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PrrTsTos. Pa, May 1.-THE Waddell
colliery in the vicinity of Luzerue is flooded
and eleven men, who were working in the
mine. are shut in. The drowning out is
attributed to the breaking Of the drift in
an abandoned working Of the Broderick
colliery
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LcsnoS. May si.--E0mors Of tie serious
Illness u the queen are officially denied.
She has = slight cold.
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TIE spscssl Term ef tas Nsw rerk ssareuze
cert IasxlaY asssGsi that II. ". GRAFT. ne
esfeeg ct sSs NorsA Rlves sugar EssaSFy. las
no right - ste T-csss OF to ssz4r truSs-
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Pullman reservations mate for al points East
via fAe Sorthern Pacsac railroad. the vesaieaied
sleeper and dintng-car line. A. Chilberg e4ty
asekes agent, us seeond street. Bosfon bloch
Tomkia., eer.os tiekssseenf. seattle
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SAsare yuar taas "a sog shx Sslnstzy sx~srssen
sSsssss e sza &c Fsss Assa sssusE. gss tie n
- " steamer 49,.
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SOME OTHER COLLINS.
Tho Union Pacific Contractor Denies
That He Was Killed.

That He Was Killed.
PORTLAND, May ei.--C. w. Collins. OF
Fitzpatrick Bros. & Collins, the well-known
railroad contractors. who was reported In
the Associated Press dispatches yesterday
~ having been shot dead In Utah, Is In the
city. He says the man killed must have
been foreman bearing his name.
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Scents WOOL nESESS GOODS
ruvsss.ave ssas 81 wosa. 90 saSa 1sv. Sesas
gAts.rg t&Ssxy.
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Soc Ladies' muslin underwear garuesss
handsomely irsa4Eed Chester cisasy.
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SCHOOL NOTICE

Sealed bids will BE- received By dive
school district No. /, until Monday. June =
At p m, for school bonds each OF the g
'nation Of one thousand tsi,O0D co0X
whole OF the principal Of said bonds =
hundred and ffty thousand tSlaO.o0o) ecu
These bonds will bear interest - -
per aunum, payable scmi-annua'ly. -
Bonds viii run twenty years from JuIy I
both prime pal and interest payable q NJ 9 u
or San Francisco. at the option OF pafeee
Bonds will be sold to the person baodln ~
highest rate OF premium: each bid 80
the rate OF premium and accrued intefe
Isignedl VIC LATIMER. CO -
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nuELED down rnE MOUNTAIN.

Kaliroad Men Narrowly Kscape Death ny
IN Avalanche.
SAcRAMExTo. May 2l.-This morning .
large force Of men who were ut the long
snow shed. mile and half east OF Emf
grant Gap. removing the snow and repair
ing the shed. were overcome by IN ava
lanche OF snow which crushed $50 feet OF
heavily timbered shed and carried the men
down the hillside some distance. All, how
ever. escaped serious injury. though sew
erai were badly cut and bruised. The men
escaped death almost by . miracle. The
track was blocked for five hours.
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BREvrTIEs.

Measles is prevalent at Ballard. Only
one death has occurred.
Morrill, 4 Merrill will show the ladies
their fine millinery tomorrow at the Rain
Ter.
Trinity Guild, st. Mary's Chapter, $50
p. m. today; Kings Daughters, 30 p. m,
at the chapel.
There were eight pre-emption filings,
three homestead entries and timber entry
at the land office yesterday.
Justice Rivers fined William Woodward.
n teamster, who was arrested by Officer
McCuen. = for beating his horses.
Porter Bros. & Gage have struck an
artesian well at Ballard of the same capa-
city as that OF the Stimson Mill Company's.
Thomas oleson mashed the third finger
OF bis right hand yesterday by catching it
between q log and chain at the Mechanics
mill. DIR. Grant dressed the wound.
The county auditor yesterday issued H.
censes TO wed for William cochrane aud
Katie A. Msdigan. of King county. and
Jacob Blum and Amalia Randto, of Seattle.
Clerk of Superior Court M. NJ. Holmes
yesterday turned over to the county treas
urer the amount OF fines and costs collected
by him from November Is, 1850. to April 6,
lsn. Fines collected amount TO $s22J, and
costs 10 SIS. 30; total. 81 $3.50.
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BLOOD AT BALLARD.

A Drunken Row Ends In u Stabbing
Array.
A stabhing ARRAY. which may result fa-
tally. occurred at Ballard at an early hour
Yesterday forenoon, John Ray. laborer,
being the victim of James Johnson, a bar
tender.
Johnson, Ray and others had been
spending drunken night together in the
Acme saloon, in which Johnson is
a barkeeper. AS they filled up with
bad whisky they grew guarrelsome
and at midnight they started in
OH general fight Johnson grabbed
beer bottle and threw 1t at Raw, the bot
tie cutting painful cash in his head. The
crowd rushed in and pulled Johnson OFF
and carried Ray out of the saloon. John
sons anger was still unappeased and he
hunted up q revolver and started down
street TO md Ray. He was disarmed inn
mediateiy. however, and went back into
the saloon. returning moment later with
two big knives, one OF which hc concealed.
Coming on the crowd again he
was quickly relieved of one knife
and allowed his liberty. By this time he
had come up to the party with Ray. Rush.
ing upon his victim he sank the knife in
his left side about six or eight inches below
the heart, and his knife Was descending for
a second stab when Ray caught the blade
In his bare hand and wrenched it from
Johnson's grasp
Bystanders then secured Johnson and
kept him under guard all day yesterday.
Rays injuries though at first considered
serious. will probably not prove fatal.
Talk OF iynching Johnson was INDUCED
in yesterday by the citizens of Ballard. but
no move in that direction was made. He
is unmarried. and was lately . partner in
the grocery firm OF Johnson & Hill.
Ray has had several fights lately. and is
regarded as a very quarrelsome fellow
He was employed in a brickyard
Johnson. when brought before Justice
Emerson. demanded counsel, and as be
was unable 10 obtain il yesterday. the case
went over until tosay.
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PEgsoNAl.

Mr.. John Arthur returned yesterday
from Tacoma
Mr.. r. NJ. Palmer leaves today on q bus
mess trip TO Kansa, City.
Mr.. II. Ii. Burnett is seriously i'll at his
home, Fourth and Columbia Streets
Architect c. A. Alexander returned from
business trip 10 Tacoma yesterday.
Mr. q. T. NJ. Pratt returned yesterday
from two weeks visit 10 Chicago and
other Eastern points.
George L. Smith, manager of James
Nell Monte Cristo Company, was in the
city yesterday arranging for the appear
ance sG his company here.
Mrs. G. II. Snow and children have re.
turned from their visit to Spokane Falls.
Their stay was considerably shortened hy
the illness of the eldest daughter.
Mrs. :. T. Hall started for New York
yesterday, where she will take the steamer
for London. She viii travel In Europe on
pleasure trip for about eight months. ac-
compansra by her sister. Mrs. L. E. Peters,
Miss Lnella Hall and Mr.. Frank Hall.
Professor K T. Chapel. Of Chicago, has
been secured as the tenor soloist in the
Market street Baptist church. lie i AT
present singing in the -. James Episcopal
church az Chicago, and is oue Of the best
senors in that city. He vii arrive on the
Iesh.
Officer Charles Arlington snd his wife
sailed on the steamer City of puehis for
san Francisco Yesterday. Mr. Arlington
exp%css 10 eorsummase business arrange
naenis IN that city which may necessitate
hts resignation from the Seattle police
fNrrs
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Tragic Ead OF Once wealthy and Re.
spectcd Man.

Tragic knd OF Once Wealthy and Re
spectcd Man.
]. +. Russell, a workman in the Western
mill at Lake Union. was found dead In the
lake Union saloon early yesterday morn
ing. lie bad gone into ths saloon in an
intoxicated condition few hours earlier
with some friends and had been put in a
side room TO sleep oil hts dcbauohery.
Alter being left alone Tor several hours an
employee. who went into the room to wake
him mp. found him lying apparently asleep,
hut perfectly dead. The physicians eerti-
heate Of death puts the cause az hemorrh-
age Of the lungs.
Russell was a man OF about - years OF
age and well bailt, and had full red
heard. He came TO Seattle from Kansas
several months ago. and Is supposed TO be-
long 10 wealthy family 10 that state,
where he .as formerly a prominent COM
mission merchant Drink pulled him down
and he finally drii,ed 10 Seattle, where he
met his death. From letters founa on his
person and in his trunk. il Is learned that
he has Eve children living on farm near
~ George, Kansas, and a sister at Dor
chester. Mass. These relatives have beer
wired the news of the death, and the BODY
viii be held a; Beaney & Stewards 10 await
instructions.
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A RETRaCTIoN.
STATE % WAsHfS.roN.l
goS MY OF KING.

STATE oY wasufSsroxl
COUNTY oE KING,
sEsrTLE, Wash, Aprsi 8. 1850
l. Andrew Hierrild, being in nv RICH, mind
aud in possession OF al my faculties DO SOL
emnly swear thai the Published statements in
the kssuSss 7sagfs and the PcSr~ISTErLfGExcxR
81 April and S respectively. wherein the narne
OF John libby is used In connection with thar
Of rnT wife in a scsa1Alous manner e salse.
whsshcr such e statement was made either BIZ
myself % by others, snd If have been guilty Of
making Use Of any scaudalous refaasSs shout
Mr. LIBBY 10 conneetion with my wife,
they are also false. The separation az
my wife AID myself vas hroaght ahurst
by other csrses OF which Mr. Libby
has 20 knowledge whatever raaks shts
gref very EQch thSs Aay previous state
meats hare been made hy uae. for.
making the statements IS printed
in the papers Above neatensa. / usst
have been sseoring un4er uaGan excitement OF
under the influence OF arasx Ii Is true thai I
tet agxrscysi By Captain IEheys ssrsksnx nas
a. tae tire that ssfs tse com;anys esnF.scrv %
waieA as IL tie manager. bar | aass &c Other
ressoa thaz TIA. cs bis striking me s0x say con-
p1atck CT Whatsoever nxrE-x
cssSFs TAI e q statement usy bs published
n "a tie papers ia waseA ny rs-esica.s STATE
rnenfs were psaiishs9. n orsssr tAst raay A.
Tar 50 rsssieae repair the wroag have done 70
Capsain Libby. A IL uxysxrrn
Subscribed sss5 sworn 70 seFare ar tals 9Th
3ay Of April. isao. IL Ixxsv
SosAry Pnhsse In and go- wasAsp~xux.
The sesvc statement Was s.sse Is NJ
Hierrssa n cur pFes<aceL sY RxIyx.
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