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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-30
ncLEcTic MEpics MEET

ATLANTA. Ga. Mareh a8.- Prom .
lusnt medical men u al parts % the
state filled the assembly rpom ~
the kimbaiI house today at the
opening Of the thiftistn annual
meeting Of The Georgia Eclectic
Medical Association. Mayor Howell
welcomed the visitors after the
gathering had beer called 70 order
by the president. ". 81. Durham 81
Atlanta.
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Free conssr, Tonight

The second "PIANtsTA" concert
takes place tonight az " A ~
chesbro'a IsiHne House. 1891 second
avenue ktsn Moffatt will sing iu
accompaniment 70 the 'Pinniaia
piano player. No charges al the
door free to all
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Notice TO Subscribers

n. any evening. your copy Of The
Star has not arrived 1T 500 o'ciock.
eiephone-sunsst Main iet0. or In
dependent 1888, any time between
Geo ard 3o-and a copy VIII be sent
you ct once. by special messenger.
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WILL ARBiTRATE

A marine afhitta ton beard, com.
posed Il ueBrFa u king - = Affis.
tauea y Ashton q Tacoma ard -.
poiuh Of Portland. Nil meet on April
f8r the purpose ~ determining the
amount ~ salvage das the sfcassrr
Eureka FOR her services in towing the
steamer Meteor. which traka down
in haffnH Sra iast October 70 Duich
ttarfsev. The rekslau may last several
aaya
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hy ~ Richmond and his company.
Tomorrow night and for the balance
20 the week the AleaGar will offer
Prince Rninirn. a comedy that will
ceHiNuiae its audience with laughter.
9eeeiaitier OF pleasing character
vi be introduced between each act
sad there viii thus be no tedious
Waits.
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TIE Stage

PRINCE HOMfRO.
'BaFy cruekett' wiil be given ui
the AteaEaf for the last time tonight
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Were goiug "a have another con-
Cert tonight lie sure and be with
as We VIII guarantee pleasant
evening Mrs. Moftntt win be with
as again aud the pIaniaIa Piano
fiayer viii surprise you
BALE ON PiANIsTA PLAYE RS
Tbs sale al present going on here
also includes the 'fHnisfas anu
thare are several slightly used In
t1uuarnts 10 be sold al very close
pflCra.
PIANOS SIZE INSTEAD or $500
Ncvrv before In Seattle have high
efade pianoa been sold az prices az
Nhich they are nov To De had az
lhls atore. All the late STYLES In
The various woods are here 10 pick
Afau. Rosewood mahogany pretty
butlea walnut and quarter ayfed
hak cases. ana the finest makes on
Earth II win pay you TO buy your
piano nov the terms are very
kasy. quite within your yehchs-Sf0
Down ana S7.00 per month takes a
piano 20 your hetne
ORGAN SALE KEEPS Up
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nahafa'a MINISTRIES are giving a
Eoai show at the Third Avenue this
week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-30

ashe BAKER company IL appearing
In The Christian" al the Seattle
thoat~r and Is playing 20 crowded
h.sses every night.
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The little folks Of Queen Anne hin
VII give a novel entertainment at
the new church this evening Zoe
the benefit Of the building fund,
presenting a program with many
interesting features
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who's your tuilot7 HERALD.
fzga second avenue. 80
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CUT OFF RETREAT.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
part of the cargo as was consigned to
japanese ports. The foreign Office is
carefully considering the objections
raised abroad in regard to Russia s
list of contraband but no decision has
respondent of the Associated Press can
gather while the desire is to avoid
irritating neutral powers as much as
possible in regard to the Russian
declaration on the subject of food
stuffs, it is pointed out that when the
list was published no power objected,
Great Britain not raising even a for
NAL objection until several months
had elapsed.
Russias position, as stated to the
Associated Press by an official who
speaks by authority, is as follows:
Food stuff consigned to an enemy's
port in sufficient quantity to create
the presumption that 1t is intended Tor
the use of the governments military
or naval forces is prima facie contra
band and sufficient to warrant holding
it for the decision of a prize court
Even if consigned to private firms, the
burden of proof that it is now intend
ed for the government rests upon the
cOnsignor and conSignee. If 1t can be
proved that it is intended for nom
combatants it will not be confiScated.
Small consignments of food stuffs in
mixed cargoes will be considered pre-
sumptively to be regular trade ship
ments and will not be seized as con-
traband."
Russia has not yet replied to Great
Britain regarding the latter's protest
on the subject.
Notice to Foreign Vessels.
Washington, Aug. 6.-Mr. Griscom,
the American minister at Toxic, has
notified the state department that the
commander-in-chief of the Japanese
forces in Manchuria deems it neces-
sary that foreign war vessels should
not either enter Yinkow or anchor
therein until order has been entirely
restored in that region.
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was beautiful sight to see it work.
Inc other streams were very effective
We had down on an average or 600 Ieet
OF nose for each stream except the
steamer streams
Up Through Skylight.
The back part of the Curry building
is only one story high. There is a large
skylight located on the roof of this one
story portion. Almost directly under
the skYlight is the stairway leading
down into the basement The appear
ance of the building indicates that
when the explosions in the basement
occurred, the fire was hurled up through
this stairway and burst out through the
skylight. This gave it entrance to the
rear windows at the front part of the
building, which is three stories high
The result was that the rooms at the
rear of the Curry building were consld-
erably damaged, while those at the
front suffered little or nothing.
The skylights on the roofs OF adJoln-
ing buildings both took fire, and the
skylights in the Jensen studio next door
were broken out, but the work OF the
firemen was SO prompt that the dam
age was very slight. Most of the dam
age in adjoining stores was from smoke
and water.
The exterior of the buildings shows
no effects of the fire. The only thing to
indicate that any fire occurred is the
boarded windows at Greenwald's and
the crowd standing around the front of
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MARKETS TODAY.
Liberal Receipts Cause Weak
ness in Wheat.
Break In Wheat Also Effects
Corn.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Heavy Receipts of Cattle and
Prices Steady.
Hogs Are Five Cents Up in Kan
sas City.

Chicago, Ill, Aug. 6-WHEAT-General
commission house selling on lower cables,
liberal receipts, improved weather condi-
lions and bearish crop adv1ces from Man
1toba caused weakness in wheat today.
September opened AQ1Ac lower, at S612q
SC, sold off to 96Ac, and then rallied
against 247 cars year ago.
About the middle of the session the
market experienced considerable strength
resulting from active covering by shorts.
The cause OF the renewed demand was a
message from q prominent trader now IN
Minneapolis stating that the wheat crop
in the northwest was in a critical condi-
ton. On the upturn September rose TO
91Ac. Another reaction followed on proht
taking, the market closing easy with Sep
TENDER at 97140973sc.
CORN-Under the influence of the break
IN wheat the corn market was weak
September opened A@5sc to 5sQ34c lower,
at 5115Q517sc, sold up to 52Q52isc, and then
reacted to 517sc.
The market responded to the bulge in
The close was fairly steady, with Septem-
Der off a, shade, at 521sc.
ton of other grains, the market ruling
easier, with only light trade. September
opened Aq3sc lower at 33@S31sc, selling
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were weak in
sympathy with grains, there being con-
siderable selling by pit traders; Septem,
declined to $12571A; lard was off PIC, at
@6s5: ribs were unchanged, at 1922.
No. red, 9615a9s1kc: No. 2 hard. 500
9S1ac; No. hard, 95G961ac; No: L northern,
s1.1O; No. northern, S1.05; No. 3 spring,
CORN-No. 2, 52NG53c; No. 3. 521aM52azc.
oATs-.No. 2, 32q$Sc; No: 3, S114as21zc.
R F. = and Sept, Sc Sc. s171L.
TfMoTHY-Aug.,- sos; Sept. $40.
CLOVER-Aug:, $11.5o;
.ErY-CaSh. 37fI55C
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SLAUGHTER OF JAPANESE.
Is Reported in a Dispatch From Rus
sian Headquarters.

ST. Petersburg, Aug. "a dispatch
to the Bourse Gazette from Lao Yang
says that another great battle has been
fought in the neighborhood of Hout-
siatze, on the railroad about IA miles
west of Lao Yang in which the Jap
anese losses are estimated to have been
from 10 to 1900, and the Russian
losses insignificant.
The diSpa tch to the BOurSe Gazette,
which is dated Thursday evening, says:
There has been fierce fighting,
Tuesday, Wednesday and today The
Japanese made a vigorous attack on
the center of the Russian position at
Houtsaitze. The enemy was 54 bat
talions strong, So of which were reg
ular troops and the balance reserve
men. General Kuroki employed the
reserve men in the attack while the
regulars carried out the feints intend
ed to delude the Russians. The re-
serve men attacked with desperation.
Their ranks were decimated by the
Russian fire each time they advanced
but the vacancies were quickly filled
up with fresh men. The Russians I'LL
timately slowly retired to suita BILE po-
sitions, whence they inflicted great
losses on the Japanese by heavy ar
tillery fire. The Japanese losses are
estimated at 10 to 1900 men. The
Russian losses were comparatively in
significant.
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BIG LOSS BY FIRE.
Continued from Page one.)

CONTINUED from Page One)
This stock was worth about $4,000.
1t cost good deal more than that,
but allowing a margin for deprecia-
ton, it was worth at least that
amount.
Mr. Greenwald had his basement
full of his winter stock of clothing
and underwear. A lot of new winter
underwear had just come in and was
standing in the store unpacked- There
was also a piano stored in the base
ment of the store owned by Doc New
man, county clerk. Mr.. and Mrs.
Greenwald's personal wardrobe of win
ter wear was also packed in the base
ment, together with a large number
of rugs from their house.
Origin of the Fire.
Fire Marshal Wilmarth made a
careful examination of the basement
of the building this morning, and af-
forwards made the following statement
to a reporter for the State Journal:
The fire originated about midway
of the basement, and in the ceiling.
There is no doubt that it was a ceiling
fire, and this indicates that electric
wires were the source. The wires lead
ing to the front windows came in
through the back end of the basement,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
80 YEARS IN OFFICE.
For the First Time I'm That Period
Judge Parker Is Not an Official.

| Esopus. n. Y, Aug. 6.-Judge Par
ker reached home just at s o'clock last
night and retired early. For the first
time in nearly thirty years he is not
an official.
Alton B. Parker ceased to be chief
Judge of the court of appeals of New
York at $3.50 p. m. Friday by handing
in his resignation after a two minutes
session of court in which he and five
associate judges disposed of sixty-six
cases remaining on the calendar
Without any intimation of his pur-
pose he went to Albany, took part
with five of the other judges in clear
ing up all but three cases which had
been argued before the court, and then
sent a messenger to file his formal
resignation in the office of the secre-
tary of state as the constitution and
law require
The judges were without the long
black silk robes which they ordinarily
wear because the robes had been
packed away for the summer
His business as chief judge being
thus completed, Judge Parker called
in all the newspaper men, took them
through the court chambers, private
Offices and. consultation rooms, and in
troduced each one of his associate
judges. In his own room, which he
looked out of the window to the dis
tant hills across the Hudson. His
voice trembled perceptibly as he said:
This room, boys, was mine" Slight
emphasis on the word was" gave
the first actual indication to reporters
of his intention to resign
Returning to the consultation room,
he took a long envelope containing his
resignation from a pocket and, turning
to Buell. c. Andrews, an official of the
court, said: Andrews, will you do
kindness for me? Just take this down
stairs and file it wit hthe secretary of
state"
Judge Parker spent the remainder
of the afternoon in conversation with
his former colleagues in the court. He
refused to make any statement or
comment in connection with his resig-
nation beyond saying: 1T speaks for
itself"
His fellow judges were not so reti-
cent and each one had something to
say. ali testifying to the esteem in
which they held him as a jurist and
man. Judge Celera Martin, whose
service is 500 nto expire by reason of
age, voiced the sentiments of all the
court when he said:
I'VE all regret very sincerely that
the necessity has arisen to separate the
members of the court. Judge Parker
takes with him from the court the
the profoundest respect and regret. 1
could say nothing bad if tried, ex-
cent that he is a Democrat. If he were
a good Republican tell you, he would
be an ideal fellow"
Judge Parker spent a quiet but busy
morning after the events of yesterday.
He arose about o'clock fully refreshed
from the WEAKNESS which he confessed
last night.
After breakfast Judge Parker went
into his library, and concentrated atten-
ton upon the very large correspon-
dence which has accumulated during
the last few days when he has devoted
all his spare time to his speech of ac-
ceptance. Later he went for a horse
back ride with Mrs. Parker. It was
said that no visitors were expected to-
day.
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Why He Didn't Know.

Judge Jonathan Dixon of the SUI
preme court of New Jersey has a
habit, we'll known to old practitioners
before him, of asking three questions
of counsel arguing at the bar. The
first one is usually simple, and the
lawyer answers carelessly; the sec
ond one is a little more drastic, and
the respondent replies with trembling
uncertainty; the third is bound to be
a poser fraught with humiliation
On one occasion Richard V. Linda
bury of Newark was presenting a case
to the court of errors. and when the
first question was innocently pro-
pounded, he said:
Il don't know"
Don't know" cried the Judge.
why don't you know?'
Because I haven't heard the other
two questions" said the willy advocate
New York Times.
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Aug. 6-CATTLE-Receipts to-
day, 800 head. Market nominal. Good to
81. coo 500; stockers and feeders, 81. OO94. 90:
cows, S1.2o04.00; heifers. 81. 00d425 can
ners. S1.5ca2.5Q; bulls, $2.ooG4,o0: calves,
s.. SOFAS. so; Texas fed steers, $3.o0G4. so.
HOGS-Receipts today. z. 900 head; esti-
mated Monday, so. 900 head. Market steady.
choice heavy, s.. 25d5 so; rough heavy, 81.
@51O; light, $5.2595.5o; bulk of sales, IS. 2o0
SHEEP-Receipts today. $500 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
wethers, $3.75d4.2o: fair to choice mixed,
s.. OOq3 rs: western sheep, $375d4.10; native
lambs, $4.00d6.75; western lambs, 5000
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a-ffoatin' on the water. He sticks in
his oar and he pulls in half a dozen.
They were strung together just like
beads, and we cut open one of the
cocoanuts to see what was inisde of
them, and we dug out a little square
tin with a Chinese label on it, and
when we open it we find a lot of black
stuff that smells like opium
They must have fioated in from
some shipwreck,' says Bill, and we
goes after the rest of the cocoanuts
that were floating around till we got
all in sight and fill up the bottom OF
that Their must be $40 or $50 worth
of opium in the load. Instead Of
cocoanuts, we find that the tins had
been wrapped in papers fun OF chi
nese characters, so that they d noat IN
case of shipwreck-
so we take the stuff to the wharf
and packs it to a vacant house on ore
gon street and puts 1t under the front
steps Then we buy a couple OF pack
ing boxes, dumps the nuts into them
and puts them under the steps again.
We take a can as a sample and go up 10
and they direct US TO a
Chink, who examines the stuff and tells
us he'll buy all we have of it If we
bring il to his store. Well we hire an
express wagon, put the boxes on board,
sit I'D on the seat with the driver IN
broad daylight and ride past the GUS
tomhouse into Chinatown. had no idea
that the stuff was struggled and was
thrown overheard to be picked up by
somebody on watch, or 1 wouldn't have
been on that wagon for $780, Well, to
cut a long story short, how much do
you think the Chinaman offered us?
You could have knocked me down with
a straw He says: I give you $1,750
for the lot Not worth any more than
that And he gave us the money in
500 gold pieces
Il suppose you invested the money"
suggested one of the hearers.
Invested? Well, that's what you call
it. We didn't do a lick of work for d
year. But we'd a gone to the pen il
the customs officers had caught onto
that wagon. They'd a had us dead in
the door, and we as innocent as babies
San Francisco Call.
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BOOKS AT DAWN OF HISTORY.
Every Civilized Nation Early in Pos
session of Art of Writing.

The Oldest books in existence are
doubtless, those of the Babylonians;
but the great permanency of these is
explained by the material of which they
are composed, and it does not neces-
sarily follow that they were the first
books to be made. We know that the
Egyptians employed a papyrus roll
from the earliest historical periods, and
that the Hindoos made their palm-leaf
books at a very early day In short. ev-
cry civilized nation is discovered at the
very dawn of it's history in full pos
session of a system of bookmaking-
1t is impossible to decide the question
as to whether one nation borrowed
from another in developing the idea of
bookma king.
Limiting our view strictly to the his
toric period, we find, as has been said,
the five types of books in general use.
We have now to consider briefly the
these types before going on to note the
steps of development through which the
modern book was evolved.
First let us give attention to the
papyrus roll of the Egyptians. AS has
been said, this type of book was en-
ployed in Egypt from the earliest day
OF the historical period. AS is we'll
known, papyruS is a species of primi-
tive paper-the word paper being, in
deed, derivative of ''papyruS
was made of strips of the papyrus pla at
placed together to form two thin lay
ers. the hbers of one crossing those of
the other, and the whole made into
thin, firm sheet with the aid of glue
and mechanical pressure. The strips of
papyrus were usually from eight to II
inches in width, and from a few feet to
several yards in length.
This scroll was not used, as might
perhaps have been expected, for the in
sertion of a single continuous column of
writing. A moments consideration will
make it clear that such a method would
have created difficulties both for the
scribe and for the reader; therefore the
much more convenient method was
adopted of writing lines a few inches
in length, SO placed as to form trans
verse columns which followed one an
other in regular sequence from the be-
ginning to the end of the scroll.-Har-
per's Magazine.
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Another decision of the Paris cour,.
suggests mixed reflections. man is saI
ton arises-,Ought she to be penaiizdad -
she gives him away?" French law ~ -
cldes tnat sne ought. A young ros,,
whose identity is not revealed by The ri
porterS became engaged to a yo11np IL a.,
worth while to gain a glimpse of the IN ~
ner life of his prospective son-in-laU IL IL
accordingly called in French s'SIater.I q
the agency pumped" the concierge ,7,d
the latter told stories which so shoci iSt,4
papa that he dismissed the tJoi NJ
scapegrace in the hackneyed fo oc,lls
e nla OF me mde d of past gem
yours Burning for revenge, the reion 70
court bas s sWen t9e o GGonGierg and the
ages for breach of discretion.Efo ndn,-
Globe. LONDON
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New York Suocks-

Wall Street, New York, Aug. e.
STOCKS-The opening dealings in the
stock market today were of nominal value
and the changes were insignificant and ir-
regular. Many stocks were unchanged
from last night. There was a rise OF y
point in United States Steel preferred ana
Pennsylvania and Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Sault Ste Marie lost II point.
Prices made distinct progress in
either direction in the dull business, but
the undertone was firm. A number OF
specialties scored good gains. Cotton Oil
rose 2ss points, Pacific Coast points and
the second prefer red. st. Louis and San
Francisco first preferred. General Chem
ical and Sugar q to ~ points.
Minneapolis and st. Louis, Detroit Uni
ics1 rose about a point' but the the general
market was practically motionless. The
hank statement failed to stimulate any
movement. Small realizing affected the
insignificant gains, but there was final
rally and the closing was firm.
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sNIUGGLERs, BUT INNOCENT.
Two Men Realize a Handsome Profit
in n Cocoanut Deal

The slabs were empty and business
was dull one Saturday night in the
morgue and Deputy Coroner Charles
Meehan grew reminiscent.
III never forget how near I was
to getting into serious trouble without
having the slightest suspicion of it,
he said as the humorous crows feet
at the corners of his eyes opened and
closed like fans. 1T was some years
ago and I and my chum. Bill Smith,
were out of work. business being dull
in the plumbing line Well. we took a
rowboat along Meiggs' wharf one af-
ternoon just to kill time, when Bill
gees > lot of things like cocoanuts