The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

,saseitr he Rad charge OF he purchase %
rea. estate es- az 1an.fc buildings and
ra-Es ard has used ass Official ncsit3on
70 sa-.er h.s OWE purse. 4. las ,eea 6is-
covered fhat - has made Z Il practice %
exact 4 commission from t1s g-antnrs. II
ore instance ne xas paid tie neat nSt.a
sum ~ Sd, sH erowy-s- TIE sandal has
caused great CONSIDERATION - political cir
cz@s. and many politicians rest uneasy.
ee4-fng at investigation which may cause
Ing downfall of popular labor leaders wno
have been looked upon as tsmi-go.as aa.f
garaga-s Of r~ef31aGa ard non0r. Whe1
the bubble broke Nj Holm VIA evident
~ 1new that sCmetasry 1as coming was
IN S.lkerhorg. When the scandal Was
made pubic, MIR. Holm ieft Si.keuss8-g
accompanied as-isis wife, bound prsSsar1<-
by fer Copenhagen - order TO meet saEs
refure RE charges brought against him.
and which re Denounced Is Infamous and
fabricated s0r political effect. Bat 9aen
the train stopped e.; FaGsagup station Mr.
Holm and wife lei. their c34pe ard
boarded the soutb-D1vno fTai1 for Ham
burg. The police authorities Immediately
tsiegrap le3 IT, German detectives. wa1o
boarded Inc tram as so0a IS e passed
across the Danish boundary line Mr.
Holm waS Swallowed 70 private hote! n
the outskirts al Eaes city. AS scun IS
Danish detective arrived ne was arrest
81 and extradition papers applied for Be
EFT Hamburg far Copenhagen with an
explanatory letter from her husband 20
his political associates Upon her ar
rival In Copenhagen she y as arrested, and
the letter was taken from her.
The Ho,m scan1sl has been greeted with
glss by tie conservative papers while me
sociahsf'c and liberal papers condemn
Holm and court q fun invests ton, hint
lag vaguely that some Of TIE leading eoa-
Se4sa.iVes. who xtara high 81 ~Durt. have
bat beaten the path for Mr.. Holm. and
tsat tAere Is z great socsAl-gclirlca. ear
hEncie fostering tbs body polite which
should be proheJ- 10 re roots and cut of.
The town Of EalsDar has decided TO
mount a certain number Of its policemen
on bicycles
The city OF Bergen 3 about 20 lose ore OF
its most curious ANA interesting historical
landmark. The quaint collection OF
wharses. s1orsa3aseS. deg5ata and mysseri-
ots-looklns. many-stoEied warehouses
used sor dry stockIEsh II HE vicinity of
the public mart on the east SIDE of the
fjord. 81 familiar 20 tourists and known
as Tyskearyggsn CHE German wharTes} Is
10 De torn down. The present building
boom Is The cause ~ X all The property
haa Zeen bought ny real estate syndicate
OF progressive business n9eH. wuo propose
TO construct modern business books along
the east strand. The work OF deynosshing
ins relies of Har=eatic rule In commerce
viii commence this fall. and tourists VIII
no longer have an opportunity u 20 sight
seeing among those cnriousiy shaped anj
fantastic looking buildings known az
praasshuF. LeppeG. GyIGens<ho etc. nor
enjoy the peculiarly strcng aroma from
old stockiisil in the warehouses; The whole
district Was rebuilt in 1862, after the big
fire and are true copies Of the original
medieval structures huilt by the Hanseat4c
League. when the German merchants and
Gees,ien carried on their trade AID life in
them during the paiIny davs = ,he league
As historical landmarks d3ey have inter-
est and have been permitted 10 stand by
Their forrser coMsorvat.ve oWnsrs but The