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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
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Helsingfors, Finland: While other
countries are daily making progress
and seeing an extension of their liber-
ties, the people of Finland watch the
tragedy of their liberties being one by
one lost and retrogression instead of
progress made the policy of their Rus
sian masters. Everybody is mere or
less familiar with the Finnish cues
ton, but no one can fully realize it
without visiting the country and talk.
ing with. the people
There is nothing Russian about
Helsingfors except the soldiers in the
streets and great, new Russian
church which has been erected on the
highest point of land in the city.
There are also signs at the street
corners which are in Russian and Fin
nlsh, but the language of the city is
Swedish. Its appearance is that OF
the smaller swedish cities and it's
commercial development, civilization
and point of view are essentially
Swedish.
A native of Stockholm or even Min
neapolis or st. Paul would feel Der.
fectly at home in Helsingfors. The
streets are well paved and some of the
buildings are substantial, the hotels
good, and cleanliness characteristic
OF both people and city alike. But
While Stockholm is essentially cheer.
full city, bustling with profitable EN-.
ployment and gay with no shadow OF
national worry, Helsingfors impresses
you at once as being dull, gloomy and
depressed. The cafes are few and
somewhat poorly patronized, except
by tourists and German commercial
agents who find their way to this re-
mote place A fine group of public
buildings, erected when Finland as
grand duchy practically governed
herself, look almost deserted; in fact
they are merely Russian bureaus, car.
rying out orders from st. Petersburg,
There is a considerable commerce to
the port, and the shops seems on the
whole prosperous, because people must
live, and when all is said the material
life of the people goes on much the
same. 1t is the national life which is
dead and it is for this that there is
an indefinable but all-pervading mourn
ing.
Gen. BobrlKoff is the governor gen
eral of FINLAND and it has been his
policy which is making Finland more
and more an integral part of Russia
In Russia there is no constitution and
no legislature, ana a great deal Of
police government, and this is his
ideal for Finland. 4-e Finnish legis
lature has been continued, but its
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
PLUMBERS WANT
ORDINANCE CHANGED

The council committee on sewerage and
drainage met last evening 10 consider a
revision of the plumbing ordinance. A
number of local plumbers were in attend
ance and the meeting developed into a
free for all discussion of the subject Much
dissatisfaction has arisen over the present
ordinance, as it can be construed in sew
eral different ways, and as result there
have often been misunderstanding between
Plumbing Inspector Hill and the master
plumbers. The committee adjourned at
late hour without having reached an
agreement. Another meeting is TO be held
soon at the call of the chairman.
As the ordinances now stands the plumb
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
TRIAL OF HORSESHOER

Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys w. M.
Harvey and @. o. Bates have gone to
Olympia to participate in the case of Ro-
land Aubry against the State of Washing
ton, which is now pending in the supreme
court. Aubry was arrested for shoeing
horses without license, and was bound
over for trial. He succeeded in getting
the supreme court to issue writ of babe
as corpus hence the trial at this time.
Aubry was enjoined by the courts from
doing any shoeing, but by having the
case tried under writ of habeas corpus
he will test the constitutionality of the
law, and, perhaps, be able to go back to
his trade sooner than he would by letting
things take their usual course.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
FIGHT FIRE MIDST
BURSTING SHELLS

SEATTLE. Jan. 23.-With cartridges
and loaded shells exploding all around
them. fremen fought what promised, to be
building early this morning. Fire was dis
covered in the store occupied by the Hardy
&. Hall Arms company at o'clock. The
blaze started in the basement and burned
through the floor into the ammunition
room. AS the fremen carried the first
line of hose into the store there was a
hail of bullets and shots on all sides OF
them, but no one was hit.
The stock and building was damaged to
the extent of $4,000 before the first was
extinguished
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

obtained for hay. The market demand.
have threatened a hay famine for the mast
Two Years. A combine of hav producers
last iall prevented the purchase OF all
taxable a.ie forage by syndicate for speeu.
io'ite purposes. 1t is argued that the silo
ing. 9'NN 4eeO-
Many farmers are taking advantage of
the short course in horticulture which
opened at the Washington Agricultural
coilege at Pullman, Monday The session
Is OF special interest to fruitgrowers and
nurseTymen.
several prominent property owners of
Spokane have been arrested for renting
building for immoral purposes. One of the
men arrested was j. ID. Findley, a promi-
neht member of the Presbyterian church.
city ordinance makes it misdemeanor
Ior any one to permit his building TO be
occupied by women for immoral purposes.
some time during last night burglars
entered the othce OF the Kennewick Land
company at Aennewick. The outer door
OF the sale was not locked, but the inner
door was blown open by giant powder and
the contents were strewn on the floor. All
valuable papers and documents We're kept
IN the bank, so it is doubtful if the burg
lar was paid for his efforts.
Suit has been brought by Councilman
John Hansen of Everett against the Ev-
erett Electric Light company for $4,000
damages on account of his 9year-old son,
who was run over by street car at the
corner of Hewitt avenue and Broadway a
year ago last July. According to the
verdict of the jury which investigated
the case at the time, the boy was struck
by an other boy on bicycle, who was
coasting down the hill, and thrown under
the moving car. The complaint alleges
that the car was moving too rapidly, that
the fender was inadequate and the brake
defective.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
WANTS $4,000

Frank b. Jones through his guardian,
Emery e. Jones. has brought suit against
the Tacoma Grain company to recover
$4,000 damages for injuries received while
working in a mill belonging to the grain
company.
Jones was assigned to the work of oiling
the machinery. 1t is alleged that he was
not warned of the dangers he must guard
against and as a result his left hand was
caught in bevel gear and badly mangled
and three fingers were taken off.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

ers say they can never tell when all its
provisions have been complied with, and
their work Is liable to be rejected WHEN
they have been conscientious in irving 10
hive up to it. They want an ordinance
that can be construed in only one way.
Inspector Hill, when asked for his opin-
ion OF the ordinance, said; The ordinance
is not sanitary in the first place, and in
many particulars cannot be enforced, as it
IS not explicit enough. | have contended
for new ordinance for the past five years.
but they always want to put the same
old thing through again"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
CARE YOU A MASON?"

A pretty little love story is interviewer
in the plot of the farce comedy, care You
a Mason" to be presented at the Tacoma
theater tomorrow night. Amos Bloodgood,
believe he is "worshipful grand master" of
lodge, when he is not, and in getting in
and out of embarrassing situations there is
no one equal to him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
NEW ROUTE rs
WELL RECOMMENDED

Rural Free Delivery No. will be the
name of the rural route that Il. G.
Clement, special agent of the United
States rural free delivery service, will rec
ommend to the department. to be estab-
lished between Tacoma and ParlSland.
Yesterday Mr.. Clement went over the
route with G. A. Snow Of bismarck, aud
at once saw the necessity of the proposed
ernoon for carrier to go on the route.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
ODE Ifa&e
Observation-Disclosures
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES.

The week Just closing has been one of
crowded houses at the Edison theater. The
wholesale peddlers of mirth" have done
a good business here, but have not in the
least exhausted their stock in trade. There
will be an entire new bill next week. COM
prising some of the best vaudeville spe-
cialties
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
"LOST RIVER. :"

Lost River" which comes to the Ia
coma theater tonight, holds many strong
situations. Joseph Arthur, the author. has
drawn his characters well, his farm folk
are true to life. The comedy features are
all that could be desired.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
STATE POINTERS

War has again been declared between
the lumbermen and shingle manufacturers
of Spokane. A failure to keep an agree
ment relative to the selling price OF shln-
giles is the cause of the trouble.
When the city council of Oakdale tried
to cut the salary of the city clerk down
to $85 a month, the clerk dug up an o1o
ordinance which fixed the salary at $lZO
a month, Another provision of the Ordin-
ance was that the salary could not be in,
creased or decreased during the term o1
office. The council could not go back ON
fine ordinance and the clerk is ahead goo
a month.
Wenatchee is entering on an era OF pros
perity unprecedented in the history OF the e
town, and the business men look Ior gT Tia
things before the end of the year Inc
postoffce business last year Increased
nearly 80 per cent over l9OZ.
Alexander Snyder, aged 30 years; farm
er. living near Colfax, was found dead III
watering trough yesterday. lie mad DeeI
drinking heavily the night before ana \
is supposed that he fell into the trough
while drunk.
The farmers of the Yakima valley are
making preparations for building seVera
silos during the coming season to On stor'
forage for winter stock raising. This j
necessary because of the increasing mum
Der of small farms and the high price,
There will be meeting of the Tacomgii
Democratic Club at l34l Commerce %
Tuesday evening at s o'clock. Az Demo
Gratis invited j. +. M HAN,
FRANK LA WALL. Secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
"HApPY HOoLlGAN.D

Speciality artists and pretty costumes
are features of Happy Hooligan," which
will be presented at the Tacoma theater
next Wednesday night. Seats will be on
sale Monday at 10 a. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
GRIP VAN WINKLE."

Beginning with a matinee Sunday after
noon and continuing for three nights. RIP
Van Wrinkle" will be presented at the Ly-
ceum theater, with George ID. McQuarrie
in the title role.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
BLUES WON

The "Blues' entertained last evening in
the parlors of the Y. NJ C. A. Many
were present and everybody had good
time. The "Blues" won the basketball
game from the Reds by the score of 10
to S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23
STARTS WEDNESDAY

The West Coast Lumber company's
plant which has been closed down for
repairs. win resume operations Wednesday
morning with full crew.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

Huyler's Hot Chocolate and Armour's
Vigoral all the time, at both stores. NAL
strom Bros, Gas Psc. Ave. and cor. 9Th
and o stg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

Grand Vocal and instrumental Concert
of the Tacoma Saengerbund Sunday, Jan.
"a. at Germania Hall. Admission 25c
person. Commences at 8 p. m. After the
concert, ball. +4T
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

Wait for the Butchers Second Annual
Ball. Washington's Birthday, Feb. %, at
Fawcett Hall. Three prizes given. A good
time assured and that IL not all. "S1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-23

Special sale every day at JOlEs', 044 Pa
si6e Avenue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
PRESENT IN A COFFIN.
Grewsome Method Used to Remembel
 Popular Manager.

Grewsome Method Used to Remember
 Popular Manager.
 A coffin is not very pleasant holi- day gift, especially when it Is present. ed while resting on bier with lighted candles, says a Baltimore dispatch, and thus the feelings of the recipient can be imagined when he is told that the coffin contains the remains of a close friend.
 Yet this odd method was recently used by some of the employees of a tobacco company at Baltimore in pre- senting one of the managers with a costly clock.
 A few minutes after noon the mana ger was summoned to private room, where he beheld what appeared te be a coffin resting on bier draped with black drapery and lighted candles fiickering around the casket in the semidarkness. He was informed the coffin contained the. remains of one he liked very much, and the cover was re- moved to give him a last look.
 AS the manager stopped over he saw not the face of corpse, but very handsome clock, which she employees had purchased as gift for him. The presentation was then duly made, and suitable remarks followed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
Nn,r Fad Nh .JcTycIa.

Opals are again coming into favor with women who can afford to carry a stock of gcms, says the New York Press. Ever since the Princess of Wales set this fashion last spring the fad has been growing and market has been opened for the inferior opal stones of central Mexico. The appearance of a neck strand Of these gems on a Inatron ill the Metropolitan Opera House in New York caused much comment. The stones have had most of their recent use set with diamonds in q ring, but now they are seen in combs, garter clasps, bracelets and even in the backs of costly hairbrushes. It is difficult to match opals, and fine sets of these stones are rare.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
PITTsBuRG's PLAID CRAZE.
Many Residents of Scotch Descent
 Hunt Up Histories of Clans.

Many Residents of Scotch Descent
 Hunt Up Histories of Clans.
 Pittsburg is threatened with an in- vasion of the vogue of Scotch plaid. Cravats, neckties, shirt waists, mitts, tailor made costumes and bows fash toned after the patterns of the tartans of Scottish ancestors are fast taking a firm hold in Pittsburg.
 Pittsburgers whose faefathers min gled with the clansmen. and wore the time honored kits revere the striking colors of the old tartans and with the growth of family pride comes a still greater admiration for the bright hued costumes of the Scots. Tn Scotland this reverence for good name and a dis tinguished lineage finds expression in the adoption of the tartan's colors in modern apparel, and among the Scot tish descendants in the United States, same veneration for ancestry is shown by many families.
 The consequence is that Scotch-Amer. jeans and the descendants of Scotch Americans are ransacking books on heraldry and the history of the clans in search of the patterns of the tartans which the highlanders wore in the days of Wallace and Bruce. In this they have little difficulty. In Scotland the same plaids are worn today, and the weaves are similar in most minute de- tail to those worn in the days when the tartan was the badge of courage and undying patriotism.
 Of course the kilt would hardly be accepted favorably in the Fifth avenue promenade even if the lovers of the plaid could be constrained to risk rheu- matism and influenza. However, the colors of the tartans are adaptable in hundreds of ways to the latest cuts of clothes for men and women, and the feminine descendants of Flora McDOn- aid are especially alert to see how fetchingly they can be used.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
LADIES' CLUB TOO POPULAR
Young Men Retaliate by Organixin8 c
 sWedding Tour Association"

Young Men Retaliate by Organizins .
 "Wedding Tour Association"
 The Quail club of Clayton, N. J., which was organized among the society ladies few weeks ago as a social or ganization, has become so popular that desperate efforts are being made by the boycotted young men to break it. says a Clayton dispatch. A clause in the clubs bylaws compels every member to se- cure her escort from out of town, i'm posing a fine for each violation of the rule. The weekly banquets given by the club proved so popular that almost every eligible girl in town is now a member.
 But the young men assert they have a trump card to play in the game against the Quails. The other evening they organized the Wedding Tour as- sociation, with nearly fifty members. Weekly receptions are to be held at the homes of members, and the dues are to be used in paying the wedding tour ex- penses of the members. Each one as he is married will receive enough from the treasury to pay all expenses at some popular resort for one week. The rules of the club further state that if the girl is member of the Quails the couple will receive handsome we'd ding present in addition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02

"I guess it's just as well we hears this," said the latter. It all came out--the loan to Carpen. ter, with a hint at the motive-the machinations of the rival firm on the board of trade; the notes. the mort gages, the necessity of a big seasons cut; the reasons the rival firm had for wishing to prevent that cut from ar irving at the market; the desperate and varied means they had employed. The men listened, silent. Hamilton, his eyes glowing like coals, drank in every word. Here was the master motive he had sought: here was the story great to his hand
 "That's what. Ue ought to get!' cried Collins, almost weeping. And now we're gone and bust just because that internal river hog had % fall off a boom! It's shame! Those scalawags have done us after all!'
 Out from the shadows of the woods stole Injun Charley. The whole bear ing and aspect of the man had cha Issss ed. His eye gleamed with a dist @,, farseeing fire of its own, which took no account of anything but some re- mote vision. He stole along almost carriage of his neck, a backward tilt of his fine head, distension of his nostrils. that lent to his appearance d panther-like pride and stealthiness. No one saw him. Suddenly he broke through the group and mounted the steps beside Collins.
 ''The enemy of my brother is gone." said he simply in his native tongue, and with a sudden gesture held out be- fore them-a scalp.
 The medieval barbarity of the thing appalled, them for moment. The days of scalping were long since past, had been closed away between the pages of forgotten histories, and yet here again before them was the thing in all its living horror. Then a growl arose. The human animal had tasted blood.
 All at once, like wine, their wrongs mounted to their head. They remem- bered their dead comrades. They re- membered the heart breaking days and nights of toll they had endured on ac- count of this man and his associates. They remembered the words of Collins, the little bookkeeper. They hated. They shook their fists across the skies. They turned and with one accord struck back for the railroad right of way which led to Shingleville, the town controlled by Morrison &c Daily. The railroads lay for a mile straight through thick tamarack swamp, then over a nearly treeless cranberry plain. The tamarack was a screen between the two towns. When half way through the swamp Red Jacket stop ped, removed his coat, ripped the lining from it and began to fashion a rude mask.
 Just as we'll they don't recognize us.' said he.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
items of Health and Beauty.

Fresh air and plenty of sunshine ara absolutely indispensable to give the bloom of health to the skin.
 Tn endeavoring to improve the com plexion it is good plan to sometimes substitute boiled fish or eggs for meat and to eat raw apples, grapes and figs regularly.
 If womankind half realized the beau ty benefits of plenty of restful, refresh ing sleep all femininity would be crawl ing into bed at sunset.
 Insufficient air, rich diet, overcloth- ing and even want of cleanliness are too often the aause of the muddy, un- wholesome complexion.
 A daily bath in cold or tepid water is an indispensable aid in keeping the skin of the body in good condition. The complexion also very often suffers from insufficient washing ill pure water, or. for preference, in rain water.
 The bedroom windows should be kept open little even during the coldest winter nights. Whether the weather be wet or fire quick walk in the fresh air should t,e. taken at some part of the day, even if it involves risk of catch ing cold.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
l: 6be BIQ<ed
 By STEWART VAXA -@@ EDWARD WHITE .
cesyriSAs. Is02. By %ss~arf Edward vbiss se ee es ee ee

pairing that the seasons cut should have netted a profit of $2oo,O00 enough to pay the interest on the mortgages, to take up the notes and to furnish a working capital for the ensuing year. These things be knew in the strange concrete arithmetical manner of the routine bookkeeper. Other men saw desperate phase of firm rivbAry. He saw struggle 10 't..N .,-, -..ui,t. Oth- CT men cheered rescue. He thrilled over the magnificent gesture of the gambler scattering his stake in largesse to Death.
 1t was the simple turning of the hand from full breathed prosperity to life less failure.
 His view was the inverse of his mas ter's. To Thorpe it had suddenly be- come very little thing in contrast to the great, sweet, elemental truth that the dream girl had enunciated. To Collins the affair was miles vaster than the widest scope of his own narrow life.
 The firm could not take up it's notes when they came due; it could not pay the interest on the mortgages, which would now be foreclosed; it could not even pay in full the men who had worked for it-that would come under courts adjudication.
 He had therefore watched Thorpe's desperate sally to mend the weakened chain in all the suspense of a man whose entire universe is in the keeping of the chance moment. It must be re- membered that at bottom, below the outer consciousness, Thorpe's final de- cision had already grown to maturity. On the other hand, no other thought than that of accomplishment had even entered the little bookkeeper's head. The rescue and all that it had meant had hit him like a stroke of apoplexy, and his thin emotions had curdled to hysteria. Full of the idea he appeared before the men.
 With rapid, almost incoherent speech he poured it out to them. Professional caution and secrecy were forgotten. Wallace Carpenter attempted to push through the ring for the purpose of stopping him. A gigantic river man kindly but firmly held him back
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-02
The Shovel on the Walk.


 What joy some winter morning When suddenly awake, And just the thought of getting Up will make the covers shake When chilly drafts inform me That the furnace fire is low, And, looking out the window, can see the falling snow, What joy it is to listen Z To my neighbor's cheerful talk And the merry, merry chatter Of the shovel on the walk. I make a mental picture
 Of the Snowdrift on the street, And sleep at once becomes Blessing more than twice as sweet Oh. how I hug the pillow
 Fen more tightly than before And make all kinds of wishes That relate to sleeping more! know that "duty calls'' me. But m much inclined to balk When hear the merry chatter Of the shovel on the walk. Give me the good old summer, When the snow is at the pole And I don't have to shovel Any ashes, snow or coal. Let any man that wishes
 Spend his morning pushing sn3w, But not for me the labor
 When the biting blizzards blow. The stuff about the pleasure Of the. work is dippy talk, And I don't like to hear the chatter Of the shovel on the walk ...-+ -Albany Times Union.