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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
LAST EDITION.
q O'Clock.
To CLEAR
HIS name

NEW YORK May is,-The attor-
neya for Kirk stanley. the caiifora-
Ian held here IN connection with the
death OF the Rev. Father Phillips.
made a statement today to the cfrcet
that the dead priest was not guilty
Of immoral conduct. They also de-
clare that no women We're IN STAN
lcy's fiat. when he arrived there
with Father Phillips
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
MRS. MULLINS
PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Clara Lulu Mullins. "a. died
NJ Providence hospital at I o'cloc X
this morning from the efrrsts OF an
operation performed upon her Hev-
erai weeks ago. Mrs. Mullins IL a
daughter Of Mrs. Elizabeth v. Conk-
lin. who resides AZ the Rainier
Grand hotel 81 this city The re-
mains 81 the deceased viii he ship
ped TO slvorton. Ore, Tor luterment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

rested last nlght for Playing ball IN
the streets of Fremont. we're relchh-
cd by Judge George this afternoon.
W H. Hewitt. Of 1901 Pine street.
who disappeared yesterday from h.a
home, hha not been heard of since.
4 searching party viii probably be
sent out today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
POSTOFFICE
SUB-STATIONS

Postmaster Stewart has appointed
NJ. =. oLcary ana Joseph y, Mott.
as clerks OF Nub-ntnfions. station
No. n. tn charge Of Mott. will be In
the North seattle Pharmacy at the
corner 81 ffrst aveuu. and Battery
street. station No. ie. in charge Of
OLeary. u Al the corner OF East
Thomas street and North Broadway.
The new sub-stations 90 into effect
Jufy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING.
Yesterdays Publication Of the ManeWers to Defeat thu
Hlgh-License Ordinance Has Caused Uneasness
In Certain Quarter.

There seems to be little doubt that
trouble Il brewing among the city
eouneilmen over the reports az the
use OF money to defeat the hlgh IL
cenSe btu. The statement made by
Councilman James that hc had
heard that SsQoo had been raised 60
defeat the bln has caused ana Is stu
cansinE endless gossip aud rumors
are fyinE ia all directions about the
city.
At the present time the indtca.
tions are that an Investigation VIII
b. made and that Il VIII be demand
"a BY certain conncilmcn Who wish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Congressman Jones Here.

Congressman Jones n In Seattle
today attending meeting 81 the
appointed By the chamber
Of commerce 10 arrange for the en-
tertanment Of the committee on ~
erH and harbors. which VII pay this
city a visit on the End - July. Tn.
committee r. meeting this afternoon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
MURDER
CHARGED

Last evening William shelton and
Charlie Hook Indiana. charged with
the murder Of Judge David Te=usc.
were placed Ia the county jail. They
were brought from Everett. where
they received their preliminary hear
ing. by u. = Deputy Marshal Tyler.
Tommy Scott and George loksH.
who were also arrested on the 50 me
charge. we're released by CammiH-
alunar Il. A. Hurlbert shelton and
Hook were bound over. without
bonds. To- appear before the grand
fury early IN June
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

Go clear their own skirts.
Dave Gross. Of the Lexington s0-
loon. nc s23l ltke street. said today
that IN his Interview IN yesterdays
Star he had conveyed BY accident
the impression that be knew of Ger
tain action being taken by the
Liquor Dealers association.
= spoke IN considerable heat Yes
terday." he said. and l fear that /
dld not express myself very clearly.
I naturally could not tell Of any We.
ton taken by the association. Ter l
am not "A member OF " and have no
way OF knowing what u dia ar may
do"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
IN somRRE CONTRAST.

This Is probably the last day for
some time that these willy comrades
fn labor yin treet together 10 breath
action and life into the mammoth
establishment, for tonight. IN pur-
suance o. notice served by THEFT
union a year ago, Together with all
the machinists IN AL the machine
works % the nation. these Aeoe en-.
pioyes VIII iay down their tools and
quietly walk out-strlkinE fer a nine
hour day with 10 hours pay.
After being shown over the I'm
rnense plant the president was es-
eorted 10 the observation platform.
where he was silent witness 81 ths
ceremony that placed upon American
waters Americas most magnifeen;
fighting machine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
A MheeIman Lost.

Nies. J. ]. owen OF Blaine has re-
quested the Seattle police TO help her
ascertain the whereabouts OF her
husband. Richard Owens. on May :
he started on a wheel for Seattle.
When last seen he was ON a road
near WhHtcnm. lie has not been
heard OF since.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
MARKETS..

Today winds up a week 81 not
very good local trade. business was
not exactly puor. and had not last
week and the one before bcrn sue
record breakers. The last ak days
would be counted very HattafaetorY
There IL no special reason wis
markets we're dull. except that much
Of the California produce received
Vas not firNt class.
About ths only feature on the
street today Il a box % two q Hood
canal ntrawhefries. They sold At
hiRh pricea.
Quotations stand the same as yes
terdaY. Fruit and vegetables bring
very fair prices. Butter. eggs and
poultry are selling well. with no
change ia prices,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Bah Game Postponed.

The date for the game ~ bail be.
tween the kiuK ami Pfefer county
employs. witch was - have cams
or on Decoration daY. has heen
changed Go June 4.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
ON WAVE
AND LAND

The Goldsbnrugh took spin
around the bag this afternoon.
The launch Fleetwing n being fit
Ted at the bOathouse at the foot Of
Spring street. From June 1 she Will
make a trip 10 West Seattle nightly.
after the ferry stops running, and
through the day win run 70 Al-Ki
point.
The crew on the transport Egbert
are busily engaged today cleaning
ship. All OF the paint and wood
work IS being scrubbed and the ves-
sci put in condition for inspection.
As soon as Some repairs are made.
sne VIII sail for Alaska ports, CALI
Ing at Skagway on the way Up.
The case OF Stella Nelson, charged
with saloon box robbery, has been
continued until next Tuesday on nc
count OF the non-appearance OF the
prosecuting witness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
LABOR Paws ATTRIBUTE.

Upon arrival AZ his destination.
president Mckinley was met BY =
delegation OF the employees % the
Ifnion Iron works. who presented
him with a beautifully engraved
gold plate. souvenir ~ the ocea-
sion. purchased by money raised
among the &eo0 workmen assembled
In the yards in honor of the event.
In few well chosen words, the pres
ident thanked the donors and ex-
pressed his appreciation OF the lab
orS Of the actual builders 81 the
Narld.e Krratest ahlna 81 var.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
S3,ooo,oo At LEAST.

The bill authorizing the building
Of the Ohio passed congress In 1897.
Since then there have been frequent
alterations In her plans. Her exact
cost on this account VIII not Be
known until the vessel is complet.
ed, but the builders state that II win
probably amount 70 more than a.
, 90. 900
The building Of the Ohio was be-
gun May 10, 1850.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Summit Avenue Paving.

At the meeting of the street corn.
mittee late yesterday afternoon Il
was decided to report faSorabiy On
the ordinance providing for the as
phalt paving q summit avenue from
broadway To- spring. and the two In
tsrseefinn blocks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Want Name Changed.

Residents Of nuwa minh precinct
are clrcuia ling n petition which viii
be forwarded TO the postofiire de-
partmeut az Washington. asking
that the name 81 their rostufflce be
changed from DuwamIsh 70 George
town
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
eclipse!

AMSTERDAM. May ia mem
Der OF the scientific expedition sent
to sumAfra b., the Dutch govern
m@nt. teIsgraphs that during tho
eclipse today the sun was partially
oh~cured BY clouds. Successful
photographs however were obtained
% the corona, with different rofract-
oru: and OF the Mpectra and the
chromnaphere.
Attempts at measurements Of the
polarization OF the light and heat
radiation Of the corona were uusuc-
ceasfui.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
NOW HE'S A
MILLIONAIRE

PHILADELPHIA. May ls.--It has
transpired thai former chief Justice
Edward Paxton bought d.p1O share
Of Northern Pacific several Yeas
ago ht Is a ghare. lie sold Il last
week a. t50. leaving him a net prant
Of fg.IGa 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Slot Machine Owners.

Detective Phillips has arrested Is
more Eaieonkeepefs for maintaining
slot machines. They were fined a.
for each machine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
sids orssred

Rida were ordered advertised faJ
to be opened In TIVE weeks for tbs
erection OF peHthouse according O.
plans ana specifications on Me. II
was not decided whether the pest
house viii be erected on the site OF
the one burned some time ago. ui
further south Ia the city's timber
lands. IL was ordered, however. tha
bids be advertised for for clearing
three acres OF land lyinK south OF
the present peathuuse. where u may
erected.
Numerous petitions Of the teis-
phone companies to erect new poles
we're granted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Alaska Excursions.

-. Talbot. commercial agent u the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Do cir=
euintiuE "a handsome book recently
issued describing Alaska excursions
and northern scenery. II con-
tuluH - page. 81 rrpleta with In
formation and fall Of half-toue cuts.
the best uf which perhaps D. one II
Muir glacier. which DE- reached only
BY the bnata 81 the Pacific Coast
steamship Go.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
ALASKA MAIL.

Steamer Excelsior arrived last
nixht from Vaides with mail
The city 81 Seattle leaves tauior-
row night with mali for EknEwHy
and Way ports
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
BARTENDERS
Will Meet tuesday Night and Form
Union.

The hartenders OF Seattle viii
meet Tuesday evening al 1850 IN the
rooms of the Western Central Labor
union. under the "P.-L" building. Go
organize a union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

eountless throags. ana the nearby
roofs and fences were black with
people. while the adjoining streets
and fields were filled with a multi
tude o. pushing. showing. squirmins
humanity. whe sent NJ In deafcnins
cheers as the Siocum landed the
distinguished guests-a welcome that
was repeated heartily by the crowds
shanr.4 thu vessels near the wharf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
PEOPLE UP
AGAINST IT

Chas. HarcIton. confirmed dope
feuds was found In a helpless con.
dition on Pike street last night. He
waa nned 500 and committed 20 the
hospital ship Idaho by Judge George.
Ed Howard. who keeps a bath
house at Madison park. vas arrested
yesterday aftsi noon on the charge OF
ceiling liquor without a license.
Frank Warren. Who was arrested
last night on suspicion. was today
found 60 be "A desperate criminal. lie
has served time In several enaSt
peniteutiarieH and has also an East
srn record.
J. ". Dutton. Geo. Hopkins. John
Corbino. Chester Houaman. y. Bak-
err and q. v. knight. who were ar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
C. A. koennl IN.

County Clerk G. A. Koepni L. ~.
II - feared that he has appendicitis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Helnblo Drugu. Reasonable Prices

q. Is. Dry Dock excursions tomorrow
on the new steamer Athion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

Steamer Athlon u1ll make regular
excursion trips 10 4. .. Dry Dock
tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
BENEFIT OF
LABOR TEMPLE

ON Thursday evening at O'Clock.
at the q. A. X. hall. Ia the Collins
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

Port Orchard excursions on new
fast steamer Athlon ut $40 and lao
o. m. Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

We have received q complete nsw
stock - paper hhnEinEa. just IA,
Come 60 ieuk Star Paint Co. Soc
lol PIKE street. corner Third ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18
Now Is Your Chance for a
Bicycle Cheap

we have too many good second
hand wheels ON hand will close
them out al less than half what
they arc worth. Glance over
these prices
each. Phsuix. Dawron. on
chester. Sterling. Etearna. Crcn-
cent and q dozen others at sie
each
Ladies' Glrsy Queen %
Rambler. good condition .. .. tiao0
HaWthorue sssssa - .4ssrs.. 300
model ~ Columbia. y frame
{. - sss.as.sssssss.s.sst AQso9
- model chainiesa. - frame
1900 Iielvedcrc racer .....teo %
! ~ victor ...ss..ss...s...tie.
Cleveland. coaster brake,
ihH new ssssss*ssssssssssss A-s.to
- other wheels at all prices
The chainicHs Columbia. with
coaster brake. the finest OF
known inventions =. 49,. $40 %
1891 Columbia chain wheel go 90
The Hartford. a high grade
wheel O.. e. sss.s.t.s..-...ts $500
At4ettH 81 80 ssassssss.sst1agoo
Cleveland. 80 anf ..........iso.o %
We Ferais everything. Coed
wheels e. fgfs
CHRISTI PIER BROS.
IIIz '1sssnd Ave.
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90 10 SPINNING for bicycle rspalra

Lake Washington ryer. Str. CT
rene. between Madison a f.esshi
parks every - minutes from t-s = IA.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

Keep IN mind" ciina's piano hoas'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-05-18

Two dozen half-pint bottles de-
livered to any part of the city, 81.
Telephone Rainier 30.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
AUSTRALIAN FAILURES.
PART /.

Lloyd, and a host OF minor writers, OF
the working of the Australasian expert
ments in state railways, irrigation works,
banks, loans to farmers, and state life
insurance, have had various serious
defects. They have failed to make
proper allowance for the fact that dur
ing the greater part of the period of the
states branching out into industrial and
commercial enterprises, wages and
profits in Australasia depended not upon
the resources of soil and climate, nor
upon the efficiency with which the
public enterprises were conducted, but
upon the rate at which money borrowed
upon public and private account flowed
in from Great Britain. They have failed
also to note the significance of the con-
centration of the people in the capital
cities, the problem of the unemployed
in the capital cities, and the practical
failure of the railways to aid in putting
the surplus city population on the land
They have failed to see that the expert
ment of state railways would have
broken down long since if the cessation
of the prosperity produced by the inflow
of foreign capital had not been followed
by the practical cessation of immigra-
ton, and rapid falling off in the mar
riage rate and birth rate.
In the case of New Zealand they have
failed entirely to note that the recovery
made in the last few years has been due
altogether to private enterprise; the de-
velopment of the export trade in foreign
mutton, and the admirable transporta-
tion facilities afforded by the large fleet
of coast vessels. They have overlooked
the significance of the fact that the state
railways, built at cost of el6, 400, 900,
in 1898 carried only 2,51S,000 tons,
whereas the vessels that cleared coast
wise and entered coastwise had tonnage
capacity of $500, 900 tons.
Costliness of Experiment.
Finally, the writers in question have
failed entirely to draw attention to the
costliness of the Australasian expert
ments in public trading. Of late years
the people of Victoria, 1,2O0,O 1000 in num-
Der, have had to raise each year by taxes
between e7OO, 900 and 100000 for the
purpose of paying interest on bonds
issued for railways and other ventures
that do not pay for themselves; the
Y,oOpla of Naxu Sonth Woloc hoya hod RI
raise about $500, 1000 year for similar
purposes; and in South Australia the
annual burden of interest not earned
amounts to 81 per man, woman and
child. In New Zealand, with popu-
lation of 100000 people, the deficit in
the railway department for the last ten
years has averaged eSl2,OOO a year.
Obviously, the taxpayer must bear the
- cA-A -, 1lx Co.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21

which yielded One-quarter OF the total
product of Australasia, were subsidiary
to the industries already enumerated.
They supplied the people with the COM
modities which all countries must supply
locally; and represented in addition,
some manufacturing, such as the appli-
cation of protective duties will bring
forth even in sparsely settled countries
Of the mining of iron ore there was
none. Nor, by consequence, was there
any of that kind of manufacturing
which depends on the production of pig
iron and steel.
Wheat covers more than half the area
in cultivation, and yields on an average
about ten bushels an acre. In the
United States and the Argentine Re-
public, on the other hand, the average
yield is respectively twelve bushels and
thirteen. The former of these countries,
also, is less subject to drought than is
Australasia. Wheat raised in the United
States, if exported, must be hauled by
rail some ten to fifteen hundred miles.
In Australia, on the other hand, the
maximum haul is little over two hundred
miles while in the Argentine it is still
less. The advantage of Australia over
the United States in the matter of
length of haul by rail thus far, however,
has been neutralized by the excessively
high charges upon the Australian rail
ways. To ship wheat distance of
two hundred miles over the railways of
Victoria, or distance of three hundred
miles over those of New South Wales,
in 1899, for example, cost as much as to
ship wheat from Chicago to Liverpool.
Finally, the Australian farmer thus far
has been handicapped by a comparative
scarcity Of farm labor, arising out of a
restricted immigration coupled with
government policy Of making work for
unskilled labor on public works at eight
hours day and minimum wage
dictated by trade unions. Public opinion
is so strongly in favor of the continua-
tion of this condition of things that the
comparative dearth of farm labor must
be deemed permanent factor, almost
as much so, as is the relative inferiority
of the soil. So far then as competition
in the worlds wheat market is concern
ed, Australia enjoys no particular
advantage, and may be said, even, to be
at some disadvantage. On the other
hand it has at last come to be admitted,
even in Australia, that the only means
of correcting the present abnormal dis
tribution Of the population between the
capital cities and the country lies in the
extension of agricultural operations.
The pastoral and mining industries
have not sufficient margin for expansion
to be able to aid materially in the prob
lem of putting the people on the land.
The Conservative, 1901-02-21
Tbe Conservative.

pTOlGdDlo NcIltuTcS, IIle utcTudtlNc Is
the perpetual payment of the interest,
which has not been earned. In this re-
spect public industrial ventures differ
from private ones. For the losses con-
sequent upon misdirected investments
made by private individuals or stock
companies are borne in part by the
lender. For example, in 1890 the
indebtedness of the Australasian colonies
to Great Britain on account of borrow
ings by private individuals and joint
stock companies amounted to e115,OOO,-
600; by 1897 that indebtedness had been
reduced to e85, 100000. A comparatively
small part of the shrinkage was due to
the withdrawal of British capital, but
by far the greater part must be at
tributed to the fact that large sums had
been written off as irrecoverable. More
than that, the British investor had lent
his money with the expectation of an
average interest return of five or six per
cent. Yet, in 1897, he was receiving on
an average only 81 per cent upon that
part of his capital which had not been
wiped out
Australasia as community of busi-
ness men had been relieved of some
ESQ 900, 900 Indebtedness, and upon the
rest of what it had borrowed it was pay
ing such interest as it could. On the
other hand, Australasia as group of
states, in 1890, had borrowed some
e215 100000, and had agreed to pay
therefor on an average of 4.0S per cent
interest. A considerable part of the
money had been misspent, and in 1898
was yielding little or no return. But in
this case the entire loss had to be borne
by the taxpayer. The British investor
in Australasian state funds continued to
receive the stipulated interest ON the
full sum advanced.
Recent Industrial History.
The following account of the resources
of Australasia, and of the recent indus
trial and commercial history of that
country, will enable the reader to judge
for himself whether the conditions war
rant the rose-colored and superficial
accounts of matters Australasian which
have been put before him in the past.
Australasia is eminently pastoral
country; primarily because about one
half of the habitable area is unfit for
agriculture ;secondarily, because it lacks
population willing to 60 upon the land.
In the year 1s96-97 the value of the pro-
duce of the pastoral industries was thirty
per cent of the value of the product of
all Industries, even though three sue
cessive years of drought had reduced
the number of sheep from 1876, ,OO0, 900
in 1891 to lO4 100000 in 1897. In the
same year agriculture yielded twenty
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-03-21
Herbert Robertson in the CdSS County
Jail Charged with H.
fantjCide.
Placed Body of Child in a Straw
Stack and Applied the
Torch.
Afterwards Denied to NeiQhberS That
the Child Had Been Born.
At All.

Buffalo, n. D., March 1S.-Hebert
Robertson is in jail charged with in
fanticide. He was chief factOtum on
the farm of Mrs. Emma Jasmer, in
Howes township, south of Buffalo.
She is a widow with six little children.
On the night OF March ?, it is alleged,
she gave birth to baby girl for whose
paternity Robertson is charged with
being responsible. DR.. Salvage OF
Wheatland attended her and was TAX
en- home at midnight by Robertson.
Early the next morning the neigh
bors saw Robertson burning an old
straw stack. investigation led to
the denial of the birth Of the child by
the woman. despite the doctors state
ment.
Robertson admits the birth of the
child, but says it was dead on his re-
turn to the farm and he buried it IN a
four-foot grave under the straw stack
and accidentally set the latter on fire
from the ashes of his pipe.
The hearing is set for Thursday and
Robertson is in jail in default of bail.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-03-21
HORSE famine.
Prices of Horses Going Up on Account
of War Demands.

Omaha and Kansas City report a
horse famine owing to the large num-
Der OF horses and mules sold to the
British government and to this gov
ernment for war purposes. A dis
patch from Omaha says that on ac-
count of a horse famine, the sending
of the first battalion Of the Fourteenth
cavalry to the Philippines may have
to be deferred for two or three months.
This regiment is one Of the five caval-
ry regiments provided for in the new
army bill and is in the course Of organ
izatiOn at Fort Leavenworth
OF the six bids received for horses
for this regiment, the average was
Sl4S per head. as against $40 to $50
which the United States government
has heretofore been paying. The bids
were all rejected and new proposals
made, which are not confined to the
territory covered by the department
OF the Missouri, but are to extend
over the entire Middle West. Owing
to the urgent need for the animals,
bids are to be received by telegraph.