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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-24
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
MAYOR ORR TAKES UP THE WORK
OF PURIFlCATION.
Raid Made on Inmates of question
able Resorts-YounE Girl Sem
fenced to the Reform SCHOOL,
Legal Contest Begun Between the
COmmis sioner of Public Works
and the Civil Service Commission
--Railroad Men Anticipate Heavy
Travel.
Tacoma Bureau of the Post-Intelligencel
lI23 Pacific Avenue.

Tacoma Bureau of the Post-Intelligencer,
1923 Pacific Avenue.
TACOMA, April 23.-Today Mayor Z. S.
Orr took a hand in the process Of purging
the city from the low-class dives, which
have lately grown to such a number that
the old limits in which the unruly ele-
ments had been confined had grown too
small for them. Guvnor Teats. OF the
civil service commission, first brought the
fact that there WIS an extremely vicious
class OF dives in the city to the notice of
the public. and then used it as a means
of castigating Chief of Police Hoge. The
latter's theatrical raid on the gambling
houses followed, but the mayor, discern
ing that the keepers of the dives who pro-
fess the fusion faith had not been modest
ed to any serious extent. forthwith or
dered Chief Hoge to overhaul the Column
bia saloon and lodging house on Fifteenth
ana G streets Steinat and Christian, the
men who conduct the place. were arrested
this afternoon. charged with keeping a
house OF ill-repute. They were released
on $50 cash bail.
The police gave the place a thorough
cleaning out and brought into court a girl
Is years old. who has been frequenter
OF the resort for some time past. She Is
Barbara Holloway. and is the daughter of
a Mrs. Mckinney, living on the East Side.
The gIrl is we'll built and her short career
an vice has given her look beyond her
years. On complaint OF her mother, the
girl was sentenced TO the reform school
today by Municipal Judge Leavitt.
Mollie LumQuist, girl OF about the
same age as the Holloway girl. was lately
taken from the place and sent to her pa
rents. who reside in Sumner.
The Columbia saloon has borne a bad
name for some time. The men who con-
duct the place had recently taken out a
license. The dive was one OF those men
toned by Commissioners Teats In his re-
port of the workings of the police, as pub
Hshed in the Post-Intelligencer.
1t must not be supposed that in closing
up few gambling houses and -aiding
lodging house or two that the police have
exhausted the field. There Ia plenty for
them 10 DO yet and II Chief Hoge Is ener-
getically Inclined and has a weather eye
out for Commissioners Teats, he viii doubt
less close up d number of places in the
town that are run On the order OF the
Columbia.
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RITZvILLE NO LONGER DRY
Liquor Man secure a License After
a Prolonged Contest I'm the
Council.

Special Dispatch TO the Observation-Disclosures.
RITzvILLE. April 23--The Ritzvifle
town council has been enjoying a series
OF very lively meetings for the past few
weeks. 1t will be remembered that some
time ago the last saloon in town was
closed on account OF tho high license,
which was then 500 per year. and the
town has since been enjoying the distine-
ton of being run without saloon.
IL was a very noticeable fact. however
that there has been more drunkenness on
the streets since than there was before
the closing OF the saloons. Some three
weeks ago u. A. Darling. who was for
merly proprietor OF the saloon at this
place. sent In an application for license
and offered 500 for II. This caused con-
siderable discussion when II came up
and a motion TO amend the ordinance
and grant the license. was laid on the
table. as 10 had 10 come before three reg
ular meetings before II can pass
Last Tuesday evening was the third
meeting and the matter was duly brought
up and acted upon. Mayor Burroughs and
Councilman Staser opposing Il. After A
heated discussion e was Put 10 a vote
and carried three Of the councilman vot-
ing for the amendment and two voting
against II. The mayor then declared the
motion carried but refused TO sign the or
dinance. A motion was then made to pass
u over his head and have the clerk certify
II and pahlish Il accordingly. The mayor.
however. refused 90 put the motion 20 the
house, After another somewhat heated
discussion IL was decided by the council
TO take legal advice on the question. and
the meeting adjourned till yesterday.
when Attorney O r Holcomb was en-
ploycd 20 be present and advise them Ia
the matter. When the meeting was call
ed q was learned that the mayor had
signed the amendment having evidently,
come 20 the conclusion that 81 was use
less 90 postpone the matter any longer
as he Rad announced his Intention 20 frht
10 20 the end
Accordingly license will be issued to-
morrow.
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kL0sS GAME TO THE END
William Dead,'s Murderer Doe. Not
FIineh-Most Successful Hang
ing al San Quentin

SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Cal. April -
- Frank Cooney Kioss vas hanged
promptly at 1910 this morning for the
murder Of William Deadly over two years
ago. The execution was witnessed only
by prison officials. physicians and news
paper men.
A. Kloxs rad boasted. be died game. for
he was cool TO the last. Death was al
most instantaneous.
At 1910 O'Clock Warden Hale wen. ~
the cell OF the condemned man 10 read
the death warrant. The prisoner wzs
talking 20 Father Lagan. his spiritual al
wiser. az the same time smoking a cigar
cite. He told Warden Hale not 10 reaa
the warrant. TIE warden asked r. he
waived the reading. ~Ye@" he renlfsa
Tire guard at once strapped his hanas
close TO hig sides. ard put leather n-el+
about his ankles. Fathers Lagan ard
Eszu stood one or each side OF him ,ne
guards grouped themselves about ara
the march 10 ths gallowS was begun me
priests chsnted the prayers for the dying
Al exactly 1879 o'clock kIosz was PLACID
upon the trap. Father LAgan stepped for
ward and requested the attention OF the
spectators. he said that Eicss had asked
him TO deny ths assertion which APPEARED
lately In some % the newspapers regard
ing the brutal treatment % hEs mother nv
tas murderer. Father La.an asked the
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the Coast viii be the magnet that will
draw hundreds OF pleasure west
ward. The rate is s51, the lowest ever
made to the Coast. Ii is designed for the
national convention of the Young People $
Society of Christian Endeavor at San
Francisco. bat hundreds of people not
members of the society will doubtless take
advantage of the low rate TO visit the
most picturesque section of America and
seek relief from the torrid Eastern sum-
mer.
The sale of the low rate tickets Is re-
stricted TO the following dates: June q.
%. % and 80 and July l. and 3. They are
good to return until August 10. with ample
stop-over privileges. 1t is intended to
bring the Endeavorers TO San Francisco
over the southern routes. but they may
return East over any of the northern
routes. The rate was announced several
weeks ago by the Transcontinental Traffic
Association.
Manager Waterman. OF the Tacoma ho-
tel. said that the inquiyies for the accom-
mediation of tourists this season is greater
than ever The Raymond Il Whitcoanb
people announce that they will bring the
usual number of people to the Coast with
q good chance Of exceeding the record for
past years Besides the travellers bound
TO the national convention OF the Y. p.
s. c. E., at San Francisco, and the Ray
mond & Whitcomb parties. Manager Wa
terman says that number of large par
ties are being organized in the East which
will swell the number Of tourists to the
Coast beyond that OF any previous year.
For instance, the Brooklyn Eagle has or
ganzed a party of 100 tourists which it
will send TO the Coast In July. Another
party numbering over 100 has been or
ganized in New Hampshire and has been
routed to the North Pacific coast. A num-
Der OF smaller parties. ranging in size
from twenty to seventy-fiye, have in
Quired for accommodations.
The first Raymond & Whftcomb excur-
sion will reach the Coast early In June.
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DEPARTMENTS AT WAR.
Legal Contest Between civil Service
and Public Works.

TACOMA. April ss.-Legal hostslities
have again broken out between the civil
service commission and Commissioner OF
Public Works Arvid Rydstrofn. The last
row began this morning when Comrnls-
sioncr Tsats as the attorney for II.
Knowles and e. =. Young, fiume tenders,
obtained a temporary injunction restrain
ing Commissioner Rydstrom from car
rying into effect the provisions OF an or
d!nance passed Saturday authorizing him
TO let a contract for the care Of the water
nune al the Smith farm soutn Of the
city
The Smith brothers. who own the place.
have long threatened 20 sue the city for
damages 70 their land by reason Of the d.
version OF the waters Of Clover creek from
their farm 20 the cify's reservoir. A peace
fal relation with the Smiths has been
maintained by the city through an az
rangemens ~ which. the brothers we're
paid salary for tending the hume and
filter on their place. Lately the civil serv-
ice regulations have interfered with this
arrangement. and two raw men were put
20 work and the Smiths were relieved.
In order to save thu water that would
otherwise 30 20 waste on tire Smith place
and 70 reduce the pumping expense o. the
water plant from g 900 20 $500 per year.
the council PASSED m ordinance reducing
the number 81 fsigr@ tenders employed BY
the city az the Smith farm 20 one, wno -
a. work further out Commissioner Ryd-
strom was authorized ia let contract 20
the Smiths for the care Of the aITne for ss5
per month S less per month than was be-
ing paid 10 the civil service graduates. In
Us aTrangemenE contaminated BY Com
missioner Rvdssron. u was provided that
the City should Pc allowed 10 take more
water than formerly. and = great saving
In pumping vas made.
It il his srrangemens which TIA civil
service com mission wishes 20 break up
Last night Commissioner RydsJrom went
70 ire Smith farm and signed a contract
with ther for a year. Thus he stole a
march an fAa r~--- zSsn-
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STRAUB do NOT FALTER.
Continued From Page I.

United States flag. or any man under its
protection. His action was taken only
after the receipt of written appeal from
the sherin,, setting forth the. circum-
stances and stating that he had no pos
stbie way TO convey the prisoners TO a
place of safety.
time of the murder, and his story, which
bore the impress of truthfulness indi-
Gated that Straub had compelled him, at
the crime. After the men had been i'm
prisoned Straub was heard TO coach the
boy a. 10 the testimony TO be given at the
trial and TO instruct him TO say that Ian
terman was the aggressor. But when
placed on the stand, Parberry made no eff
fort to conceal the truth and told the
entire story. including stra1b,s attempt
case went to the jury at O'Clock p. M
October ~, 1895, and resulted in a verdict
OF murder In the first degree shortly after
midnight. The delay in reaching a verdict
was caused by the scrupies of two jurors
against capital punishment Straub
eyinced no emotion.
Straub bore a bad reputation In the
lower Sound country. He was given some
prominence about three years ago, short
~ after the steamer J. c. Britain was
wrecked on Bell rocks. The steamer was
run up on the rocks in such a way that
she hung there some time. and the owners
failed 10 keep proper watch over her.
Finally they learned that she was being
stripped OF her rigging and valuabies and
one day on going out 20 the wreck they
saw boat leave toward the shore OF
Biakeley island. They gave chase and
were but a short distance In the rear
when the FIRST boat struck the beach That
boat contained Straub and az the second
boat came within hallng distance he
jumped out on the beach and demanded
TO know what the pursuers wanted at the
same time presenting a rife. After a
brief interview Straub comma nded them
20 return IN the direction whence they
came. and the request was complied with
Straub was not vicious appearing
man. was quite Intelligent and used good
language. He was about a. years OF ag..
and was born ia Southeastern Canada
He moved 20 Illinois when child came
IN Puget sound tn iss. went hack 20 MI
years later and lived In San Juan county
most OF that time.
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CHANGE In THE SALARIES.
board of Control Revfses Wages nj
the Penftenffnry-The Asy-
Iums Come Next.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-fnteIAgenesr.
OLYMPIA. April Zs.-The last legislature
made a reductions In the appropriation of
the maintenance funds allowed the state
Institutions under the jurisdiction OF the
state board of control Of So go. In order
90 meet these altered conditions the board
OF control has made a horizontal cut In
the scale OF wages paid to the employees in
the penitentiary. and will follow with q
like reduction In the Eastern and Western
Washington hospitals for the insane and
other institutions.
The comparative figures. per month. for
the peAiLentiary are.
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Special plsratch 20 tn PoSt-Tnt l'ixen~-r
EVERETT. April - --Preparati ous are
being made ~ The members 81 John b.
ford pest for the ohserx ance Of n corafton
dsy. The features 81 the programme Wtli
BE- the Grafton by Johnson Nlckeus % TIA
coma. and the 6riIl ~ the Girls Flag
Corps. which vii Surrsss in beauty and
intricHcY Of evolution the exhibition given
last year.
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BUSY SEASON ANTICIPATED.
Many Tourists to Visit Puget sound
This Year.

TACOMA. April gs.-Rallroad men here
look forward 10 a busy season when the
tourist travel westward begins. Local
hotelkeepers anticipate busy summer as
weu, ard X al the Indications are ful-
nIisd, more people wfII visit the North
Pacific coast this season than for 3 long
tine past.
TIRE tow roua1 Tr1p rate from Chicago 70
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Special Dispatch - the Posf-TntelItrencer
EVERETT April = -Maroueck. VINO
made the wurd~rous assault on sam Far.
land a short time since near Hartford
Junction. had an examination tbs week
ard was held FOR frfsl IN the sum 81 s. %
Farisnf's skull waz crushed art IL tooss
"a very aubious fer him for a y hiIe Ia.
be haA rafaNnFe.4
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kitfftss Bank Dividend.

specfal Dispatch 20 the Post-Inteiligencer.
ELLENSBURG. Wash, April 2s.-Re-
ceiyeF Huobell. Of the Kittitas Valley
National bank. has Just sent checks TO
ths COMPTROLLER 70 sign which Will pay
the creditors OF that Institution a ID Der
cent dividend Another dividend IN
doubtediy will be declared In the near 70
ture.
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FELi. Iea FEET AND LIVES.
Accident To Albert Croft. Mont.
Srg<to HFrer--I. san xn~,,...a

Accident Ao Abh~rt Croft. Monte
Cri<to siner-is StiiI Unconscious.
Special dispatch 20 the Post Intelileencer
MONTE CTlSTO. Wash. April z
About 70 o'cieck this morning gninrrs on
Gold hlil near the mouth Of Mystery nagne
ore chute. discovered the body OF a man
lying unconscious and stif. but sfiu ap-
phrcntiy aiive. TEs proved 20 be Aiber-
croft. miner ha3ling from near Liver
pool England
his lamp had apparently gone out. Raw
trE no matches. ~ started 20 rros,e his
way cut % the mine and fell ias feet down
~" orr chute. 81 an tncline % only aboat
Is degrees from q perpendicular
taola hfl uii1crS brought CroFr down 10
the company surgeons oalce. lie is stflr
unconscious tonight. h0t stgmuIauts are
eesnS given tNpodervricaii ard hts pulse
&c somewhat stronger
No examination can - made unsl con-
sctoEE1SsS returns.
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SESSION LAWS OF 1897.
Copies Resay for DtstrIhusion nv
the state rrtnter.

Special Dispatch 20 th. observation-disclosures
OLYMPIA. April ss.-Th- srst comics az
the session laws ~ iss7 have been re-
ccived at the office % the secretary Of
STATE, and hereafter State Printer waite
viii deliver them az TIA -ate OF about a
hundred a day. until they are All cut ~
his hands. The clerical forc~ IA the
auditors esTice Is sending then, 70 tbe
supreme ard superior Judges prosecuting
attorneys snd county officers throughout
the state. who are each entitled 10 a eonv
The laws Will then be on sale ~ the orics
ct Secretary Of State Jenkins AZ s. A
volume This - cheaper than they how
been selling IN former year~ htr, ~
volume T. - pages less than heretofore
The laws were iadexesi hy Iuase David
Bailey. 81 Olympia. and r. " Hsvxaos
clerk In the house last winter. ard a.
pronounced nv the lawyers who have seer
the work very eernplete and eouctse.
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WORK WILL PROCEED
JUDGE REED DECIDES THE Ev-
ERETT COURT House CASE.

TIE Fund Placed In the Hands - the
Trustees II the Absolute Property
of the Cosnty-Only Condition At
tacAinG In That the Money BE
Expended for the Court House
and yaiI-Trustees VIII Furnish
. Satisfactory BonA.
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TALLAHASSEE Fla. April --BsIfot-
fng Cor Unitea States senator today 49,
suttra as follows CaH 3 CnEr3ev -
FAney ~ HooSsr 4. Tsgshgars Darcy I.
Broouse l. Wolne / C.Asn1ey gained two
sEd Cal csc over tie last ballet.
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No VICE consul roa SEATTLE.
Rrauest Prom Citts~.s 60 ne Denied
hy VIZ. iaIaln~

PORTLAND. April ss-Brzsssh Consul
I.aid}aw Vas asked today II Re wouia an
ncsnt Vtec consul at Ssz stsa BE refused
10 Sivw Any &efintfe answer. trIsz freua
other sources e ts learned that ne vii nos
grant the request q Seattle citizens for
the reasNs that ne thinks tire vice eossSrf
al Tacoma can transact al CT the consular
business 90 the sound.
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GOOD ANTHRACITE COAL
Satisfactory Tests Of Samples From
the Great Northern Mine.

EVERETT. April 23.-Recent tests of
the coal mined In the mines of the Great
Northern Coal Mining and Mineral Com
pany. OF Everett, at the mines in Skyko-
mish. were made at the laboratory of Alb
bot A. Hanks, in San Francisco. with the
most gratifying results. as follows:
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1he Mlnlng and Electrlcal n.

San Francisco. pronounced the specimens
shown by Secretary Weinheim on his re-
cent visit there 10 be good anthracite.
Eight coal measures have been found and
aced. running from southeast TO north
west. The veins seem 10 dip into the hills
to the west This would lead To the pre-
sumption that the body Of coal is large.
The coal measures are from two TO ten
feet IN thickness. Six tunnels have been
driven in different parts of the property.
from 20 10 40 feet each. one OF which Is
$40 feet from the Great Northern railway
complete steam plant has lately been
installed at the mouth Of the main tunnel
by the company. II Is estimated that IL
can hs delivered on tide water ri 81 per
ton The officers Of the company al reside
in Everett and are as follows Presi-
dent. Charles X. Greene. vice president.
William Bennison. secretary. z. Vein
helm treasurer. A. TeckIenberg
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Special Dispatch 60 the post-tniellixercrr
OLYMPIA April sz--rhe tncort,ora lions
Throughout tire state IN general are ~
spending - the rev law requiring them
e. pay Sc nceuse re- 70 the state. none
Of Tire large Interpretations having pro
tested much against paying. TIE North.
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SET NETS ARE Lawful
Ruling Obtained From the Attorney
General of the state.

General OF the state.
Special Disnatch 70 the Observation-Disclosures.
EVERETT. Arril 25.-James Crawford.
state FISH commissioner was in town to-
dsy RE has obtained from the attorney
general ruling on a question NJ much
Importance 20 NJ fishermen on the Sno-
horiSh river ard tn fact ali the rivers
erupfyfnc into Puget sound and Gray's
harhor ard that - that they have the
rlEht to fish with set nets. II is q great
relief e. the fishermen here 20 have this
liberal construction q the law
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axe

Care Of your health row. Do not aricw
your blood 70 remain IN that impure con-
citson IN which tire winter months are
sure 10 leave e. Take thorough course
OF Hoofs sarsepartZis and expei thee
impurities. Otherwise you viii De an eaxy
victim Of disease
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The Safe XdY

II 70 begin ia season 20 purify and en-
rich your blood. before ne warmer
weather comes. Hoods Sarsaparlla vii
overcome the isnguor and weakness
which n due 20 impoverished blood. II
viii purify your blood and give nerve,
mental and digestive strength
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Leave your order today for the
cpl" seventy-flve cents per month
after May 4.
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supreme Court Decisions.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA. April 22.--The supreme court
today filed opinions in the following cases:
Woonsocket Rubber Company. appellant,
VS.. Lowenberg Bros. ct al, respondents
Appeal from Spokane county: judgment
reversed.
George r. Victor ct al. appellants. VS.
j. Il. Glover ct al. respon6ents-Appeal
from Spokane county: judgment affirmed.
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sr>-lai T9vrafch - tNs pozt- f~tsl1t~s-ox-
EVERETT. ArTsl 5-(seneral Manager
Cr~oker. - fAe Everett Il Monte Crssto
railroad vent - Silverten to-day 20 mako
arrar EgSrents for the rev aepet bssgtsirx
there. work on which viii begin AZ oncs
ee railroad compaay Is pre- garsrz far
tae large business already setting IA there
E,erant ofaees fer rent low. Saliva,
Nssf1sz
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Duwarnish dairy Ice cream, 4oc a quart.
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Reduced tn 75c. per month. The
Daily and sunday .sP.-I-
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Appeal bond Filed.

Yesterday was the last day for filing the
papers for the appeal of the city marshal
contest between Frank Brewer and ~. j.
Chapman. Gen. Metcalfe filed a new bond
to carry the case TO the supreme court.
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Saturday Attractions.
Open Untn $3.50 This Eveuius.
Cloak Dent.

LADIES' Tan Cloth Cana
trimmed. NJ ssv
Ss' - and ss Each
Ladies Tan Covert Jack.,.
est cut and finish '&s>
Az ss.as EacA
Ladies' Dress Skirts. R,sea n
eades. ali sizes so-
AZ n.6S EaeA
Ladies' BLACK Moire sTk ~
skirts, new patterns
At $3.50 Ear