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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
LOOKING FOR
KITTENS

The local order 81 Hoo iioaa have
beer notified % round up ali their
kittens and bring them 10 the big
concentration at Astoria. ore. u,s-
cemher p TO have their eyes OPENED
according 20 the rules. regulations
ana vaccinations Of the torture
committee. Editor Heiikef. Of the
Pacific fAmhsf Trade Journal says
several Seattle kittens viii be pat
Through the anion patch
Al The Astoria concentration an
other matter wiii also Dc taken up
A movement ta on foot among the
lumber and machine men 81 the
coast 60 have the next annual con
ratsuation Of the order meet iu
Portland during september This
Niil mean much % western lumber
men u &c can b. arranged Haa Uous
would Dc la attendance by tbs hun
dredH from all the lumber sections
~ the United States and Canada.
and splendid EXHIBIT would BE-
made
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JOHN n. ROCKEFELLER Is
THE GREATEST CRIMINAL
WALKING ON THE FACE or
THE EARTH, DIR. NJ. A. MAT
THEws. PASTOR oF THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The above remark was the climax
Of nr. Matthews lecture on the
Wealth OF Altruism. delivered two
nights ago to a large audience az
the Broadway church in helling=
ham. saws q special dispatch To The
Star from Belungham today The
above remark. as did many other
statements Of the noted divine. Gre
ated quite a tremor Of excitement In
the audience.
The speaker talked fully an hour
on what an altruist Is and the good
they can do IN this world
In leading up 90 the arraiEnmcnt
Of Rockefeller. DIR Matthews began
talking OF the selnshuess aud cor
ruption OF the capitalists IN this
country. how they use their I'M
mense wealth In securing privileges
that a poor man could not get how
they even get the immense throngs
% church people under their iuflu-
ence BY donating large sums Of
money. and then expecting and Sc
curing the support Of church people
20 carry out private enterprises that
brink them far more than they
gave.
The speaker also scored the meth
DDS Of some Of the churches and
said that Il was not the great mass
Of young people on the streets that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

niish n similar result for itself. The
f5oo. GOO which Il could derive from.
the sale q the present site would
BE- sufficient % erect fine city
ball. sufficient fer the needs % the
city Tor AZ least ten years n 500.
coo was not deemed a sufficient sum
the city could issue bonds FOR tz8e.
600 more That would certainly BE-
better than paving interest on a
tseo. zoe bond issue
And Il must be remembered that
when the present city hall site g.
sold the taxes that viii be derived
from Il VII be sufficient 10 pay the
rent for the block on the university
grounds. This IL because Of the re-
mark bly, low rent which Mr. Moore
Is payiHE the state Tor the So year
lease u the Whole tract He IL only
obliged 70 pay IS eco a year Tor the
whole tract Tor the first eight years
After that the rental VII be grad
uaiiy Increased IN accordance 20 an
appraisal that viii be made az fire.
qnent intervals.
A. he says. he only wished 10
charge the city the same rent Tor
is Hub-leaHe a. he must pay pro-
partiouately for the whole % the
grounds. that would mean that IN.
city would not have to pay to ex-
coed f2.0a9 year for the first eight
years, as its block would comprise
only about oue-fifth Of the entire
tract The maximum that this year
Is rental would reach IN 90 years
would probably be not more than
10000 and Il would average about
s. 200 The average tax derived
from the present city hail slte IN
the same time would amount to
about the same.
The proposition Of Mr.. Moore's TO
erect the hail for the city and
charge rent for IL does not appeal
30 strongly 10 business men. Il II
larrlng 20 the sentiments OF most
citizens to pay rent for a city hall.
even though the city might be able
70 secure equal financial benefits
from such a course. The proposl-
ton 70 lease the grounds from Mr
Moore. however. Is looked upon as
an excellent proposition. To obtain
AA' -th4AeH ARt tH' nAAht ftth 81
rent that Mr. Moore pays the state
Is manifestly a good bargain. Then
II must be remembered that the In
tereEts o. the city and state are
largely the same Seattle pays SIS
per cent Of the taxes Of King coun-
=. The latter pays p per cent Of
the taxes ~ the state. whatever
rent Mr. Moore and Indirectly the
city. might pay over to the state
then. will remain 10 a large extent
IN the hands Of the same taxpay-
era.
n the city should use a whole or a
part ~ the present city hall site
az a location. II Is using an asset.
which placed at interest at 4 per
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A splendid piece 81 office furui-
iure has been added 10 Judge e.
u flanford's equipment since the
federal building has been removal
Ell and made Hnieh and span with
sky blue tinting and pink plaster
Il adorus the judges library and IL
the center Of interest for the Law
yers and clerks about the building
II - a splendid globe on a patent
mount made IN Germany and draft
Ell by famous German scientists
The globe ia over three feet n
diameter and haR an ingenious
measuring coutrivance All the
steamship routes and railroad lines
are shown upon Il. and side maps
elaborate on an the hafhafs % tn
tereat II IL present 70 Judge
Hanford.
Steamer faquah. l. " Gray 4
Co. r. scheduled to sail for san
Francisco tomorrow She will take
100 e00 feet Of lumber. and 90 pas
ssuEsrA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
CONVICTED

RAY Bfom. n fugitive from JUS
tice who was arrested In this city
last June. was convicted OF murder
tn Decatur. H.. November III and
sentenced To 20 years In the peni-
tentiary. Brom killed "A man Ia the
lunch rooms OF the Y. NJ. G.. a. az
Decatur last April. lie escaped from
the officers who held him and came
10 Seattle. lie was arrested here
on teleRrnphic description and
taken back 10 Decatur by sheriff
Thrift TO stand trial.
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WOULD SAVE GREAT DEAL TO CITY IN INTEREST AND
TAXES AND GIVE AN oPPo RTunIrv FOR COMBINED nv.
sclPAL AND COUNTY BUILDING AT SMALL COST

James A. Moore's city hall offer
viii be the subject taken up this
evening AZ the first meeting Of the
public buildings and grounds com
mittee Of the present council ever
held. Mr.. Moore will be present 10
personally explain the various prop
Ositions he intends to make and.
although he probably will not sue
coed in convincing the city fathers
that he wants 10 give them some
thing for nothing. he will come
pretty near showing the legislative
patriarchs that he can make bet
ter bargain for the city than they
can make themselves.
Unless the city dads show a dis
position 30 hastily throw aside afr.
Moore's suggestions before they
have been given proper conslderA-
ton. Mr.. Moore may be able 20
show them some points about high
finance that viii put Thomas W
lawson In the shade and make the
city soiOns ashamed OF themselves
Moore's offer may not be carefully
considered because some OF the
cOnncilmen are averse 20 throwing
away chance 10 make a real estate
deal FOR the city. An important
feature Of Moore's offer Is that II
wipes away all possibility OF the
couneilmen buying any properly.
and some OF the latter feel A.
though their eouucilmanlc dignity
and integrity we're being scandal
lied. II leaves no chance for them
% reap possible emolumeutH.
One OF the dazzling features OF
Mr.. Moore'e offer n that Il leaves
the city and county a chance 10
erect combined public building on
the university grounds. a consum-
nation that many citizens have
long wished for Ia vain. This can
be accomplished b. Mr. Moore's
plan without the Issuing OF a cent
OF bonds. He proposes 10 suitcase
a block IN TIE university grounds
20 the city The latter can tbeu
sell Its present city hall site. which
y worth Ia the market $3.50 900 or
$500 900.
The county can sell the Yseter
block. which has long been a white
elephant on It's hands. and h valued
IN the county auditors latest lnven-
tory at s275. 900. and realize the
same amount The sum derived
from both sales vii lamouuf 10
$500 600 or sg00 900. being auf0-
Gent to erect a combined emBntv
and city building adequate for the
needs OF offices for both for al
least 10 years. The block on which
y would be erected VIII be ~ least
14o feet square. 90 that there viii
De plenty of room for enlarging the
building al any time.
But should the county commits
sionera balk az such a proposition.
the city could 90 ahead and accom-
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Some Reasons Why MOore'S
Plan Is Favored by People

cent would amount 20 tia.e a year
on half the block and g.. 600 more
with the east haif added tn a. n
the property ls cold instead % kept.
the municipality will derive several
thousand dollars each year from
taxes on the property. The uulver-
HifY grounds. being owned BY the
state. are exempt from taxation.
That IL one reason why Il can be
leased so eheaply.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
The COMPLETE RETURNS CIV ROOSEVELT PLURALITY
or 7osR, WHILE TURNER 1888 ]

Mead 223. Haffey. the republican
candidate for sheriff received but
i63 In WaIla Waiia county. where
Roosevelt received 2.s2i votes and
Mead .s63. l.. = A Shaw. the re
publican candidate for county audi
tor received but l.Gsg and was de
feated
These figures show that between
Is and 30 per cent Of the electors.
who voted for Roosevelt voted indie
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
DECLARED OFF

PORTLAND. ore. Nov. ss-T-he
so-rouud boxing haut between
Jimmy Burns and Dave Barry.
scheduled for this city. il a. good aa
declared of. barry vas offered
change % date Tor the match at
Tacoma. but be asked for too big a
guarantee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
Allie for
A Life
KILLED BY
PLAYMATE
BoNe QUARREL AND FIGHT
WITH FATAL RESULT

SPOKANE. nov g - Henry
Couua aged Il years. and James
shannon. aged YEAR,. while play
ing marbles yesterday quarreled
Couut threw stone and HIT Shan
non To the back The shannon boy
walked home and was put to bed
About midnight bis father went a.
So The boy before retiring for the
night and found the little fellow
dead
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
S'Greatest Criminal On
the Face Of the Earth"
sN THOSE WORDS MATTHEWS. or THIS CITY CHARACTER.
! IN A LECTURE BELLlNeHAM

he was interested In. but the hypo-
critic who goes to church on sun
day morning. sits through the sery-
lee with an angelic expression on
his face. plays whist In the evening
and steals during the remainder Of
the week. lie said that the mission.
aries whose services the heather ia
the Far East are enjoying should
devote some OF their time "a the
masses Of young people who walk
the streets instead of attending
church
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Manned For Life
ByFellOw Students
ART STUDENT SUBJECTED TO ATRocous PUNISHMENT FROM
WHICH HE WILL NEVER RE COVER, WHILE BEING HAzeo
AT SAN FRANCISCO .##...f.tf


The current was used ON hour.
Deromo says the pain was horrid
at first, but after the firat few
shocks / felt no pain nt all"
The boys physician has but 81 -
hopes for the recovery 81 the uee of
his limbs.
Some time ago anoiher art gfu-
dent was stripped naked ami bound
and was then thrown into "a q 81 Of
female students.
Derome's father viii prosecute.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

DENVER. colo. Nov ss-tn the
supreme court today the republic E
ans received an order permitting
them 10 copy the names from the
voting liatE A canvass Of the city
will then be made TO learn hos
many OF these names are frnudu .
ient. IN the federal court war
rants have been sworn out Tor e
dozen democratic election officials
Nearly 90 democratic officials have
been arrested 20 date. There are
no signs % I'm outbffsk or ristinK
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Jimmy MiChaeIs
Is Dead
IN, arfier- N@~. A...nl

NEW YORK. Nov. IA Mar
conlKfAm announces the death Of
Jimmy Michaels professional b.
cyellst. on board the French liner
LasavoI. which Will arrive late THIS
afternoon. The death IL n surprise
He waa 10 have participated in the
SIX day race here next month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
CENSORSHIP ABOLISHED

TOXIC. Nov 25.-Thc imperial
government has raised the censor
ship on war news All newspapers
in the mikado's kingdom will be
allowed TO publish besides that
news given out officially by the
government. whatever unofficial
news they may be able to secure.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

pendently on one or more state OF
county officers. and that about "a
per cent OF them voted for Judge
Turner for governor This In q
larger percentage OF independent
voting than is shown In The returni
o. Massachusetts,, Missouri. Mime
sofa or Colorado. In which states
the election OF Roosevelt electors
and democratic governors has
caused such widespread comment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
NlHILlSTS
ARRESTED

BERLIN. Nov 25.-The Lokal
AnErIFef reports the arrest of 81
uthiliats al Warsaw. including
members OF a nihilist committee re-
Gently organized. This leaves the
Polish revolutienaries without n
leader.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Nov 25.-The
Roosevelt special arrived here at
2 q o'clock and left a. 50 O'Clock
this afternoon. A big crowd cheered
the president. who spoke a few
words. thanking the people Of Ohio
for what they did for him on No
vemher 3
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
RE-OPENED
By s,rIe-- News ASSN

tkN htrih"s News Assn
BUTTE. Mont. Nov e5.-The n
closed last sunday by an injunction
secured by the Amalgamated inter-
eeta against T. Augustus Halnze.
WIS reapvued at noon today The
Injunction was dissolved uu the
ground that the AmsIgamated WAS
not getting in good mlth. Five hun
dred men are employed In the mine
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WASHINGTON. d C.. Nov. Is
Unofficial advices have been re
celved from what are believed 10
be a Trustworthy source 70 tho ef-
feet that the Japanese today are
making a supreme effort 10 cap
ture Port Arthur under orders from
Toxic.
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cratic candidates in this county and
state. according TO $. S Baily. Some
of the election judges were bought,
he surmiscs. neglecting TO count
split tickets This is Railey's latest
explanation OF tho republican land.
slide. He lost about $4,000 on
wagers on the election.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

= tEation In this complete aeeura. and apIsnatd foru
PeSs first article will deal with Preaident Rooaeyclta Bis
=
Watch
stsry MA prsetar, "
which begins Monday -
We have also Of War Correspondent Rra interest
Ing letters from
Lessons 20 be Learned from the Socialist
by two great specialists Ia today's star
sssttss 800 ..%ss.saa4sas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
STEVE HAS THEORY

Fraud in the counting Of the late
election ballots was largely respon-
sIble for the defeat Of the demo
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Allie for
Life

The new story. a Bid for
!, Freedom. which opens In The
Star Monday might also take
2 the title a Lie for "a Life
; Under the very thumbncrewa
] and branding irons OF an orl-
entail torturer. aud with slow
death the only promised relief
: from the torture. Gayeaauu
, promises. for his life. 10 dsilY-
, er a beautiful English girl 10
The harem OF a Mohhmmedan
pateutHte. Freed from hlH
; kiea. he sets out 20 keep
! hts word. but as he plots
" against the inoceut girl he
; begins 20 suffer pauga OF mind
= Tar worse than the screws and
the branding iron. Around the
: project the author. MIR. Guy
I lioothhy. has woven a story OF
: love and adventure that IL alb
I tnrhing 10 the last word.
Tho Seattle Star Will begin
; ita publication Boon. by ape-
Z cial arrangement with the au-
thor.
, u IL a story OF an oriental
: posentate and a beautiful Eng
Z liah woman. OF love Ina two
continents story OF absorb
! lng interest IA story that
, thrills
, Higgins November "A
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ny sorlppa News Assn,

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. 2E.-
Sixteen persons were injured. sew
eral fatally. In a collision between
a fast east-bodnd passenger train
on the Pennsylvania railroad and
q trolley car on the Akron, Bedford
& Cleveland interurhan line on the
grade crossing a mile beyond the
city limits at 500 o'clock this
morning.
Nine Of the injured have been
brought 70 the city and placed IN
The hospitals. OF these the follow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
SAN FRANCISCO. Cali nov a.

BAN fhAN@ll5N''t 1al.t nov @o.-
Az tho result Of brutal hazlng by
students at Mark Hopkins art instl4
tute Albert Derome Is paralyzed IA
his lower limbs. jerome after Hut-
fefing a terrible beafing. was strip
ped naked. strapped and bound 20 a
metal-seated chair and subjected to
an electric current. causing his legs
10 execute the muscle dance" sins
liar to that applied 10 dead frogs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
THE MAN VINO WROTE
"A BID FOR FREEDOM

Guy Boothhy. the author of our
now story. a Bid for Freedom Is
one az the most successful OF the
younger novelists OF the day.
He was born in Australia 81 Years
ago, being the eldest son OF Thos.
w. neothby, political leader IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
HANGED

+ By scrippa News ASSN
s. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nov 25.--
Drank Duncan. the notorious safe
fobbor who took the life OF several
officers. was hanged in the jaik
yard today. ...-L.f..l
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
SIXTEEN
INJURED
PAST Pennsylvania PASSENGER TRAIN cRAsHEs INTO IN.
TERURsAN TROLLEY CAR NEAR CLEVELAND .....
ing will probably die:
49, n-L- A L..

ing will probably die:
Arthur Briggs, OF Akron.
William Phrone. Of Cleveland.
Gustayus Richards, of Cleveland,
There Is a heavy grade extend
ing back from tho crossing for
some distance on both tho railroad
and the trolley line Each runs
out OF deep cut just before the
tracks cross. making st almost Inn
possible for the train on one track
70 see the approaching train on the
other track until the two we're al
most together.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

Australia.
Educated In Australia and Eng
land. he has wandered pretty nearly
all over the world. and has steadily
gained more and more recognition
as a writer Of stirring tales of love
and adventure.
The bid for Freedom is his lat
est and strongest work. IL has new
err been printed before, but Is being
published now In England. stimuli
taneously with its appearance In
this country. a.-.4-t4--44AlAl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
Things Coming to Star
Readers

The moment Il was given out
al Washington last month that
Secretary TAFT would go 10 Pana-
ma. the Newspaper Enterprise
association rushed MRrlen y.
Pow. manager OF the New YORK
bureau. 20 the lsthmuH on the
first ship
Pew has been over every foot
OF the canal zone and has talked
with natives. officials. Ameri-
cans army men. contractors and
hunka ateersrs HE HAS
LEARNED WHAT SECRETARY
TAFT WILL FIND OUT WHEN
lie GETS THERE.
The results Of his labors will be
published Ia The Star. beginning
in a few dayH What Pew says
will be true. unbiased and fresh
from the scene Of the trouble
The Star viii be the only
Newspaper In this locality 60
give the public the benefit Of the
......#FHM - zHa.a..Haaa.# - a. -
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TOXIC. Nov 25 Japanese guns
are Smelling the parapets Of Rih i
lung and Bunshu mountains. in
flicting heavy damage. The de-
fensiye works outside Of the para
pets have already been taken By
tho japanese. The occupation OF
the forts Is expected shortly Their
capture will likely he followed by
the fall Of the fortress
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25

PORT SAID. Nov 25.-The first
division OF the Baltic fleet. bound
from Llbau for the Far East. en-
tered suez canal today.
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ARE NEARING
THEIR GOAL
MAKING ANOTHER SUPREME EFFORT TO CAPTURE
PORT ARTHuR-Nool HAS ORDERS FIGHT

The order refers particularly 10
news Of the fight at Port Arthur.
which the government nov eousid-
ers practically ended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
COINS IN CORNERSTONES.
Origin of a Custom Rigidly Observed for
Many Centuries Past.

Very terrible in its sinister significance is the
of putting coins under the foundation stone
OF building about to be erected. for these pieces
OF gold and silver and bronze are the latter day
equivalents OF the human beings that would once
have been inundated there and there immured
They constitute the ransom for blood that by
rights should be she'd but IS not This latter ter
ribe at time weIlnigh universal and
traces of It survive almost everywhere. In many
parts OF Europe. for instance when the hole is dug
to receive this foundation stone the masons
will entice to the spot some stranger Then while
engages him in conversation another Will creep
behind and measure his shadow. the measure stick
being afterward buried and mortar stamped down
top OF IT, or they prepare a tiny coffin inside
which Is n doll. for use in tho way, or rude
images Of babies in swaddlng clothes are similarly
immured
And in not few out OF the way parts OF the
world whose inhabitants stand psychicaly about
where We did twenty centuries ago. the original
custom still prevails in all its primitive hideous-
ness Only last year, at Mosdok in the Caucasus
three builders were arrested for kidnapping and
numbering lad. whose body they afterward built
into the foundations of tower they were erecting
In 1860 two children. boy and "a girl. similarly
consigned to living grave by some laborers work
ing on a blockhouse at Duga, in Aslatic Turkey
A house that was being built at Scutari became
shaky- A wise man whose advice sought de-
creed that the defect would increase unless a
human victim were walled the foundations
agreed among themselves TO immediate and immune
the first OF their wives who came to the place 70
bring them food. Similar instances might be multi
piled indefinitely. In 1856. when Noteworthy Church
in Devonshire. England, was being restored,
skeleton with OF mortar plastered over the
mouth was found imbedded In angle OF tn,
building. That the castle OF Liebenstein might
stand impregnable a child was bought for hard
cash from its peasant mother and walled into the
don1on tower roll was given the little one TO
eat while the were at work. and the
natural parent stood by to quiet IL In 1t cried
out. Mother / can YOU laughed the child.
when the wall breast high. Mother.
little of you still" Then, wailingly: Mother
nothing OF you now
In the museum at Algiers is a plaster cast OF the
mould left BY the body OF one Geronimo who was
built into block OF concrete ia the angle OF the
fort In the sixteenth century-lSt- Louis Globe
Oemoorak,