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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
By viii n. Bell. Special comrnis'
siener Of the Newspaper Enter
prise Auaoeiation in the Far East

TOXIC. Japan. Fsb. e. The streets
Of -Japan's capital are filled with sol
dlsrn. Almost every train that comes
into the city from the north l. fliied
with Fighting men. aud aHs can hardly
walk about the streets without step
ping on them.
The railroads are all under govern
rnant control and they have All bceu
taken ever for military purposes
Troop trains block all the lines and u
l. almost impossible 90 set anywhrre.
There arc now six trains a day be-
tween Toxic ard Yokohama. month
ago there were thirty. Between Toxic
and Kioto the runniuE time IL nov
thirty-seYeu hours. who're mouth
aso Il was twelve. On al the lines
sleeping and dining ears have been
taken of and travelling Il vcry uucoms
Portable.
Even under the best - eifeum-
stances. railroad travelling On Japan u
not pleasant. Tor the roads are ali mar
row ruags and the cars are small
With six or siFht seats along either
side. They are never heated. bat on
extremely cold days flat tanks q hot
water are placed on the floors - that
ones feet do not entirely frcs1e. And
to these usual discomfaffs the added
dlacomfarta % being switched around
and tied up on side tracks - that
troop trains may have the right n
way. and you can gain some slight
idea OF the uncomfortable time one
has IN travelling.
There IL very little information Oh.
taluable about where the troops ne
going. Thousands Of them are being
gathered al Nagasakl and transports
are sailing from there every day. But
that h. ali We know Where the troops
are going and how they are EettiuR
on when they arrive ia something We
know nothing about Il in said that
about 1000 - them have been landed
In Chemuipo. but that u only rumor.
As a matter Of fact. We IN Toxic
know less about what II going on In
this war than anyone else In the
world. except perhaps the people In
Russia.
The handling II the Japanese troops
ia done very quietly. when they are
brought to Toxic they are lmmcdi-
atsly bllleted on the inhabitants, Tor
the barracks. enormous aa they are.
have long since been filled. The ca
parity Of every house In the city IA
known By the mil tary authorities and
the men are divided up among the
residents ~ they can be cared for.
There seems 90 be no objection tn this
on the part OF the residents. The bill
letting Of company 81 soldiers II n
very brief operation and one Of the
most polite imaginable. The soldiers
present Themselves NJ the door Of the
house 10 which they are assigned and,
with many bows present their order.
IL r. received with more bows on the
part Of the householder Then the
soldiers bow again. the householder
bows back. and then they bow many
times together After five minutes Of
this poiiteness. the soldiers remove
their shoes and are shown Into ths
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
PhSCO MAY LOSE
COUNTY SEAT

C0NSET.f. March is.-Petitlons
VIII be put IN circulation inside Of
ten days in Franklin county FOR the
removal Of the county seat from
pasco 10 Conneii. marking the be-
ginning OF tho organized fight be-
impending for three years. ever since
Council attained pasco's size. Just
what resistance win be made by
pasco f. not yet known.
A bitter feeling already exists In
the county between the rival towns,
a feeling which was manifested by
Council In organization OF the
Franklin county chamber Of COM
merce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
KILLED BIZ TRAM

eiiEitALlH. March Is Joe Mllkui-
hu. ana empluye Of tie Mccormick
Lumber company. WAS KILLED "a short
distance west n 70 igii bstween ? hnd
. o'clock TurndRY night BY d North
efn Pacific gravel train. Coroner Mey-
or ~ Wlnlock returned from re Ell
yesterday and stated that he had held
no Inquest after having Investigated
the circumstances. Mlltuinm and a
friend had been to pe gii ana were
crossing the railroad river bridge when
tha gravel train backed iutne them.
Mlikuiahfa companion got of the
bridge. but ho wns not 50 fortunate,
The man was a Pohndsr and unmaf-
rlsd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
MMNAZZ
WAIlA MAlLA MAN is HEIR
TO 4 LARGE ESTATE IN CAN
ADA


wALLA wAII.A. March Is
willfred J. Burns. instructor q the
waiia walla Athletic club. has re-
eeived word that he 10 sole heir TO
a large tract OF farm land near OF
tawa. Canada Burns ran away with
circus when years old. and for
twenty-five years has been a sol
der OF fortune. wire walker. aero
bat. trapeze performer and aeronaut.
Ten years aEo he was Injured BY
= fan from a balloon at Paimorton.
Australia. and word reached his
relatives at Ottawa that he was
killed
Meanwhile hts father had died.
leaving a tract q land 10 two sona.
The elder son died soon after. and
wnifred. supposed to be dead. WAS
the sole heir. Recently a sister at
Buffalo got trace OF her iong lost
brother through a travelling man
and wrote To him. As result Burns
viii return TO Ottawa In July and
claim his estate. lie IS a married
man without other property.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

r. understood that he desires the
change In location on account OF Ger
tain members Of his family being
residents Of Portland. Senator Foa-
ter has taken the matter up la be-
hair % Tacoma and has secured a
stay OF two weeks Ia the proceed
iusa Ia which time he vii secure
evidence aud arguments % show
died fron Tacoma than from the
oregon city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
If YOuPity a Sick Friend
Tell Me His Name-Let Me
Help HIM

Just wriic postal card-oniy the
cost - penny. All / ask u the name
of % ffIeud who needs help. Ieil me
Then i viii DO thias@f will arrange
Rlth a druHEtat near him 50 that he
may take six bottle Hf shaap'a Re-
sturatixv. tie may take % q month at
my rink II II succeeds. the cost tH
8 90 II % fails. : viii pay the drug
glHt mYHef And the sick ones mere
word shall decide Il.
Don't think that too fair 10 be pos
sihle. for ! DO Just aa Gay. do II
and 50 that everyone who needs help
have learned that tho cured ones
are fair have furnished my Re.
lucrative 20 hundreds u thousands OF
just those terms, and - out 81 each
- have paid gladly. because they were
cured have willingly paid for the
rest
the remedy before l ever offered Il
60 anyone. At thousands % bedsldea.
IN hospitals and homes. I have
watched ~ cure the muht difficult
cases that physicians ever meet
whore some cause.-The caueer-make
"a cure impossible,
My auercsn comes from strengthen
Ing the inside nerves Ny Restorative
brings back that nerve power which
alone operates every vital organ ~ the
body Common treatments merely doc
tor the organs. and the results % best
arc but temporary. Ny remedy re-
stores the nerve power that makes
these organs act No other treatment
does that and there IL positively M
other way 20 make weak vital organs
we'll
Ny book will explain this n tells
about the only remedy 30 sure that
any man dare offer IL on such "a piau
as mine Won't you tell me ~ n
friend who needs itf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
jCN17 Will
PROSECUTE
PREPARING INFoRmATloAs
CHARGING CONTRACTOR Err.
lcksoN AND PoWpERmAN
DUNCAN WITH mANsLAUoA.
TER

Prosecuting Attorney schott has do
cided 70 file infurmatioua charging
mansiagghtsr against g. ]. Erickson.
the contractor. ard G. = Duncan. HIS
powder man. who were blamed ~ the
curuner's jury for the death Of g-year-
Old florence Scott killed b. an sxpio-
sion of dynamite In North Seattle last
week.
The papers are being prepared this
afternoon. and viii be filed In court
today or tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

Alfred Allen fired three shots at
suicide this morning One bullet
from his revolver gfazed the top II
hin head and the other two entered
his chest just above the heart The
wounds are not considered danger
GUS.
Allen came from Alaska about a
week ago aud ls said 10 be in re-
duced circumstances financially He
has been dependent ever since he
arrived from the north.
At about 10 O'Clock this morning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
LANDMARKS
ARE DOOMED

THE 81 Louis contractors who are
At the southeast corner 81 Second
avenue aud Cherry street this after
noon filed plans with the building
inspector and secured a permit To
tear down the ancient one-Etory
frame structures now on the site.
Among the doomed buildings lie one
occupied BY Muiieu'H saloon.
The new building Ia 10 be Of brick
and stone fourteen stories high. II
wlil be L.shapcd 10 allow Of an adj
dillon being built when required. II
viii have frontage Of 10 feet on
Second avenue and 6s feet on Cherry
street. Its cost VIII be more than
t3so. 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
W0RK ENJ0iNED

W. u uufiua. the Centennial mill
and the Seattle Dock company today
euJoluSd the execution % The eltY con-
tract already let 60 J. A. Bailey.
which provides Tor the planklng q At
lantic Massachusetts, and MN streets
and Centennial place The suit was
filed IN the superior court this morn
ing They object only e. the opening
q Centennial place. which they claim
will uecdlssaly cut up aud damage
their property. but arr obliged 10 vn-
Join the whole contract In order 20
step tho plankins % that thurouEh-
farr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
THE JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE
rs AN ALL POWERFUL WEAPON

weapon which IL fully na powerful
aa either her army or her navy
IL IL certain that every move that
the Russians are making from st.
Petersburg To NiadiYoHtuk ana Port
Arthur H. reported with Incredible
speed nnd accuracy here. Maps.
charts aud plans are carried hun-
dreda of miles by peddlcrH ana
coolies apd Information IN passed
along by word Of mouth from the
remote interior % cable stations az
free ports or in friendly territory.
". ~. GOLNEH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
DEMANDS
$4,000

suit for damages by alleged
breach ~ contract in the sum al
80. 600 WRH commenced against the
Seattle Electric com pany IN the 81
periar court this afternoon by Frank
Connolly n contractor. Connolly al
irrfH shat IN the fan ~ 1909 he en-
tered into an agreement with tho
company 10 establish washing
plant a. thet rompuny's gravel pit
near Rcuton. and to deliver gravel
Co the company for 81 cubic yard
paying royalty Of 6 cents.
lie alleges that the plant would
have rost dim $4,000 and that he
would, hRvr unde a large profit had
tho aureslprut been carried out but
the company broke It's contract
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
LOOKS BAD
FOR TACOMA

WASHINGTON. p. C.. March Is
An effort Is being made here 10 have
the headquarters Of the coast life
saving service removed from Taco
ma 70 Portland. Captain Roberts.
the present chief of the service. II
at the head Of the movement, and II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
ECHO OF
BAT Tie
FRED FREED WANTS PAY FOR
GUARDING A COLONY OF
VOTERS IN SECOND WARD

Frederick Freed filed suit IN the su-
perfor court this morning against A.
J.. Jaffe. Herbert l. Jaffe and n.
t;oids0n 10 recover wages for services
as Waterman for a lodging house at
rs Twelfth avenue south.
Freed claimed TO have taken charge
% the establishment Cor = days. be-
tween January 8 and February y.
He claims that HIS wages amount To
tiss. ard have not been paid
Freed's lawyer. l. ~ Roaenhaunn.
says the lodging house was colonixesi
with voters b n. l. Jaffe during the
last city campaign. when Jaffe vas
seeking nomination for councilman
from the Second ward
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
GOT TON KING"
WENT BROKE
o J. sulLy, WHO RAN THE RECENT CORNER. FORCED TO
THE WALL


member Of all three,
The failure has caused tremendous
excitement. a. there was no lnumatlon
that sully waa In trouble. Under hts
resent mauipulationH cotton reached
the unprecedented price II ~ cents,
and suily MAS credited With having
wan several millions ~ dollars On the
cafnsr. II II presumed that he lost
all this iu trying 10 keep up the price.
Al the office u the company no
statement would be given out Al =
.. m. cotton slumped 30 points % - -
cents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
WOULDBE SUICIDE
A POOR MARKSMAN
ALFRED ALLEN roorTHRFE SHOTS AT HIMSELF AND STILL
LIVES, THOUGH SLIGHTLY woUHoeo-eRoKE AND DE-
ePoHoGHr. soUANoeRED F65 FOR REVOLVER AND
AMMUNITION

Allen went 10 the Seattle Hard ware
Company'H store and bought . re-
vOlver for 81 Hrd box of eariri iges
Tor c. couts. Then be went - his
room ln the North Western hotel.
near the Northern Pacire depot. and
turned the gun against himself Tho
shots attracted attention and tho
police were notified
OFFICER CIark WIS sent 10 inveati-
gate ana took the injured man 10
the Wayalde Mission hospital
80 far as 10 known Allen has no
relatives Ia this part u the country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

Those who are opposing cant. Jsu-
sens appointment say that hey want
"a man who will be more emerge tic ln
building W the commercial interests
81 the city=Wh0 will encourage All
kinds 81 shipping % come here They
nny that one ~ the reasons Tor a.
c0man superiority over Seattle IN
shipping facilities f. that the city on
destiny employs an efficient harpor-
master al a good salary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

NEW YORK, March iN='rhe great
est sensation Wall Street has known
Tor many months came this morning
Whea the firm ~ 4 J sully 4 Co. OF
which Cotton king Suily Il the PRES
idrnts was forced - suspend opera
lions on the Cotton exchange sulB
n the famous bun operator who ran
the RECENT corner IN cotton.
Following the suspension IN the cot
tor eNchanEe. the firm announced it,
failure Ia beth the Stock exchange
and the SUGAR exchange. Sully vas a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

Joe Bernier. formerly Of Forest.
this county. is IN the county Jail AZ
Chehalis and viii have a hearing
Monday on the charge Of robbery
from the person. lie is alleged 10
have robbed John Lundeeu OF Dryad
OF ~ Saturday night Bernier came
home from the state pcnitentiary At
wolla walla a few days ago, hav-
ing completed a term for burglary
committed on Newaukum prairie.
Three more cases OF smallpox In
different parts Of the city were dis
covered by Health officer Ludlow
today. The patients were sent 10
the penthouse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
RE-APPOWTED

Corporation Counsel Gillian today
rcapapluted Ellis De Bruler a. city at
toruey. and So deputies, Hugh A. TAFT
and william Parmefiee. All the newly
elected officials have now taken their
oatha and filed their official bonds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

e. q Plough told the police this
morning that thieves had broken Into
his tool chcst. at isi5 Ninth avenue
north. and had stolen a large number
uf yal4ablr tools.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
CIVIC UNION MEETING

The Civic union will hold a meeting
at Elks hall In the Colman building.
on Monday evening An attempt may
be made to have tho union endorse
"a King county man for United States
senator. Tho committee that watched
for fraudulent registration and voting
at tho recent election will make It's
feport
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
spREcKELs' HOME BURNED

Vk1LfEfo Cal. March Isl. u.
spretk cla' hummer mansion nj So-
bre tinek sonomR county, was
burIfsa tlns morning. The fire start
ed by thu explosion OF hcetylenc gas.
The building was formerly known
as the Hooper mansion. but WAS
bought several years aEo by Hu-
dolph sparckeis and used aa a sum-
mer home The Waterman was the
only person in the building when
the explosion occurred. The entire
structure with all it, contents was
destroyed. The total loss may reach
1900 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
To BUILD
RAILROAD

The county commissioners today
granted the application u Abner Grif-
lin. president Of the Apex Gold Min
Ing company. for a franchise for that
company 20 construct a line Of steam
railroad along the Money creek county
road from Berlin TO the Apex mines,
a distance q six miles. The purpose
a. the road ia 20 bring ore out to ths
fmeltsr. d
Stylish Clothes. HERALD. i1s zn&
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

Mrs. NJ X. Morrell announces that
she IL no longer a party to a con-
tract with the Boys and Girls Aid
Society 10 give an entertainment at
ChristeHaen's hall on the evening
Of March 30 for the benefit OF the
society. and IL no longer soliciting
or collecting for the society. but that
the entertainment viii take place az
arranged.
The trial Of John Franklin for
burglary. which was 20 have been
begun In the superior court today
has been continued 20 allow a new
Information 90 be filed against him.
The information on which he was
arrested was found this morning 10
be defective.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
iBSEN'S BIRTHDAY

The Tbsen club win give con-
cert Sunday evening In Chriaten-
sens hal in honor Of the seventy
sixth birthday Of the Norwegian
dramatist. Muyor-elect T. A. Bal
llnRer. Hon. a. a. Anderson and
Hon. Joseph Shipper viii make at
dresses. Tho Norwegian Singing
society. Miss Stella BRAND, e. r..
Enaeihart. Miss Georgia Seh1otz.
Miss Jennie Jensen. Mrs. John Abel
seth and James Eggan will take part
IN the musical and literary program.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18
clEvELANo's BIRTHDAY

TNINCEION, n. J., March IL
Former President Grover Cleveland
was 81 years old today In ac-
cordance with his custom he spent
the whole day ut his home on Bay
ard lane with his wife and children.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-18

bright. new. pretty stvios in NIL
uneFy, Grand Spring Opening Setur-
day. the 18th. 1916 Second ave. 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-08
REV. JOHN STAFFORD DIES
Had Long Served the Methods
Church in MINNEAPOLIS.

Rev John Stafford, who has just
died at Los Angeles, Cal. long served
the Methodist church in the north
west. He was presiding elder Of the
Minneapolis district for six years and
when he left here two years or more
ago on account Of his wife's health he
was pastor Of the Franklin Avenue
Methodist church. Fifteen years ago
he was pastor of the First Methodist
church. and had been pastor Of sew
eral churches at st. Paul. At one time
he was presiding elder Of the Man
kato district and he represented Min
neapolis once at the general confer
ence.. At Los Angeles he was presid-
ing elder Of a new district in southern
California and pastor Of the Central
church. DR.. Stafford was born in Stat
foldshire. England. and was about 81
YeaTA old. 49, - 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-08
BRIDGE OYER
R. RS NEEDED
SOUTHEAST N1NNEAPOLTTAN
URGE NEED AT OAK STREET.
Mass Meeting to Be Held and Alder
men to Be Asked to Attend
Bridge Would Be Long One With
Approaches and Would Be Ex-
pensiVe.

Southeast Minneapolis has begun an
agitation in favor of a bridge across
the railway tracks on Oak street. In
terested citizens are moving for a
mass meeting to which the aldermen
of the city will be invited in order
to have them catch the spirit Of that
part of the city.
The plan raises some very embar-
RAISING questions.
From Fifteenth avenue Sc to st.
Anthony Park, for distance Of about
one and a half miles, there is not a
single crossing over the tracks. The
section of the city beyond the tracks
is almost entirely cut off from COM
munication with the remainder of the
city except by the Como Interurban
line and Fifteenth avenue.
Until recently this has not caused
any great inconvenience to individ-
uals or business interests, but with the
establishment of the Wabash Screen
Door plant and the Albert Dickinson
concern and other enterprises, the
situation has changed. There are
about a, thousand people already en-
ployed on these factories, and even
after the construction work has been
completed there will be fully that
many engaged permanently, and as
new enterprises are located in this
1dVOIeo OlSLilCI4 lie 1l1lIlDGT OIL EN-
| ployes will increase. All these peo-
pie must now cross the railway tracks
and, as trains are standing on some
of the tracks all the time, the ia
| vorite plan of getting over the tracks
is to crawl under or between the cars.
The only other way to pass is to
make a long detour by way of Fiji
teenth avenue Sc.
It is expected that the manufacture
ing interests will join in the demand
for bridge. They need shipping ia
cilities which the railways naturally
cannot give them, and then they re-
quire better access to their plants by
customers and the fire department
While only a few blocks away from
the Oak street engine-house, the ap.
| paratus would have to make detoul
Of over a mile in order to reach the
plants.
It must be determined in some way
whether it is the duty of the railway
companies to construct and maintain
the bridge. The bridge will be {
long one, with approaches, and viii
cost considerable money, and then il
must be decided whether there shall
be a bridge over the tracks or wheth.
er the street shall run under the
railway.