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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-24
Graft and Doodle Are Rampant in
City and County Printing Contracts

he thought the f3.Of62 IS election job
vas graft. He also asserted that
he had not known Of the existsnes
Of the printers trust until bids wers
opened for the printing Of tar state
ments a few days ago At that time
II developed that nine OF the bid
dors made exactly the same price.
One firm was lower. but IL claimed
that the low bid was made by mis-
take aud refused TO take the work.
As nine Of tho bidders furnished
bonds. Rutherford was helpless. lie
has advertised for new bids. the
bidders this time being Obliged TO
furnish bonds The whole affair
has the unsavory aspect of some
carefully concealed plot of the prin-
ttrs trust When the next set Of
bids are opened still more astonish-
ing results may be expected
The method employed by the
Printers association Is unique. but
efficaelous. The association en-
ploys a secretary. termed an audi
tor" AS soon as any member makes
a bid. he is required to notify the
auditor OF the amount The audi
tor then gets busy with his tele-
phone and notifies the other men,
bers OF the amount of the bid. 30
that they will not bid lower TO the
party wanting the work done. This
Is the method used of preventing
cutting As a rule the work In
given 20 the firm that was lucky
enough 10 get the first bid on tho
Job
But within this association Is a
combination OF the larger establish
ments 20 crowd out the small ones
tn certain class OF work. so that
already considerable jealousy has
sprung mp among the erstwhile
friendly members OF the association.
This combination within a combina-
ton. together with the fact that in
diyidual members OF the trust are
working gratis in conjunction with
the city and county officers. partie-
ularly the latter. is responsible for
the large amount Of robbery that
has recently been pepetrated in pub
lie printing.
Prior 10 the special bond cleo
ton. said a member of the board
of works this morning the finance
committee Of the council had been
in the custom Of letting out all the
election printing jobs. This was
contrary 70 the charter and Il was
only by making a severe fight that
-
frs-..a..a -. ~ e
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only $40 600 slips The slips meas
ure four inches by five and three
quarter inches one side containing
simple printed form. The paper
IL Of the quality known as ledger
paper For the purpose Of securing
a far estimate Of the cost OF print
INK $40 900 Of these slips. The star
went 10 one Of the reliable printing
firms Of the city and asked the pro-
prletor for what price he could fur
nish the same number OF slips OF
the same style aud quality Of this
paper After a little figuring the
printer announced that he would do
the work az the rate Of Sll0 per
600 The auditors office Is paying
s. 25 per 1000. or a little over twice
A. much a. the printer thought was
necessary. The company doing the
work was paid in two warrants. one
for 1850 and the other OF s3l5. The
auditors office divided the Job up
into two lots. one OF 200 600 slips
aud the other Of 10000 slips. evi-
IDENTIFY with the purpose Of hiding
know ledge OF the eNorbitant price
charged The company Got s765 for
the work At the s1.i0 per 1000
rate e would only have received
s3Tt and still have made fair
profit
The job was lot out by the audi
tors office contrary TO law. OF
course. a l. Rutherford. the coun-
~ purchasing agent. should have
handed out the work. The same
thing was true OF the fan election
printing sob. done al the exorbitant
price OF S3.o46.25.
Il never knew anything about
either OF the Jobs" said M Ruther-
ford this morning Il maintain
that | am being paid for the special
purpose Of buying all county sup
plies. but II the county auditor
wants 20 exercise that authority
himself. I don't see how I can stop
him. ! believe. OF course. that the
only business method Of securing
material ia 20 call for bids
Mr.. Rutherford was careful not
10 say anything deroRatory about
the conduct OF the auditors office.
He would not state whether or not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-24
PA TRICIDE

CHEHAL1s. Wash. Dec. "a
Thomas Brown. aged N years. Last
night shot and killed his father on
a ranch ~ mllsa west OF here. They
had quaFfeisc over a horse. The
fatheT thsSssteued 10 kin the son.
Tbs hsta~v then secured a gun and
l4sssss sls father n he meant what
no sid. Receiving an affirmative
reply, he shot bis father twice.
killing him instantly. The boy
came to chehalis and surrendered.
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arc BUILDING HAS SLID AT LEAST AN INCH TOWARD THIRD
AVENUE AND MAY FALL IN EVENT IT CONTINUES TO SET.
TIE ANY noRE-THE TUNNEL TO BLAME

and that the owners Of the hotel
being aware OF this are planning
for big coup out Of the pockets Of
the local taxpayers.
Should the regarding necessitats
condemnation proceedings the LIN
coin owners. who are New York
men. vii. make a demand % not
less than $500 600.
II Is said that no demand vii Be
made on the Great Northern rail
road by the hotel owners for dam
ages already inflicted on the build
ing BY the Great Northern tunnel.
Within the past two weeks the
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VIII the taxpayers be called on to
buy the Hotel LfncOlu7
Rumor has Il that the owners Of
the Lincoln property. which Is To-
Gated on Madison street. between
Third and Fourth avenues. are
counting on forcing the city 70
take the property a. a Etiff price
when the proposed regarding Il
started on Third avenue
IL Is said that the peculiar for
nation on which the Lincoln
stands viii not be able TO hold up
the structure when the is or IS
feet OF adjacent land Ia cut away.
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lie will lead you into His king
dom Of infinite JOY. will bid you sit
at His right hand. and who will say
unto YOU:
Well done. thou good and faith
full servant
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calumny
When your life work is ended and
"Finis" Is written across the last
page of your noble record. then
your just reward will be fortheom-
ing-from One who knows.
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OFFERED To
SURRENDER

sured on the heights one and one
half miles south Of 3-Meter Hin.
The bombardment by the Japan
csc caused a great conflagration to
the north Of Fort HeIiayanF.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-24

The cashier OF the Lewis Con-
structlon company made a mistake
in paying the company's employees
today.
Zach Of the l6 employees found So
more than their regular pas I'm their
envelopes.
And thcy naturally supposed 10
was the cashiers mistake.
But Il was one OF those ION pur-
pose" errors. for santa Claus con-
tributed the extra "" spot. and. in
this case Santa Claus happened to
be the Lewis company.
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city Electrician Joslyn this after
noon completed arrangements for
Installing five new fire signal alarms
IN the following locations: Second
aud Columbia, Second and Madison,
Second and Pike, Third and colums
bia. and First and Mtdison.
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Mother Ryther
Will Stay At
The Home She
Has Built Up

THE STAR HAS THE ASSURANCE FROM MEMBERS BOARD
THAT The GOOD WOMAN WILL NOT DRIVEN INTO the
sTREEr-A VICTORY FOR the sTAR-cHRsTmAs AT
TIE HOME WILL bE HAPPY ONE
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Her Nerve
Fails Her
CIV soripps News Ass'ui

NEW YORK, Dec. 2t-Nan Patter-
son spent restless night in tho
Tumhs She was quite depressed in
spirits today. After she arose at s
o'clock this morning she was seized
by a severe attack Of nervousness.
a physician was summoned. and
after he had given her a sedative
she became more quiet
Lawyer O'Renly, of Miss Patter-
SENS counsel. visited her this MORN
ing ana told here a new trial would
soon be granted and aoquittal was
assured. This had a consoling ef-
feet upon her. She received a large
number OF letters and telegrams ex-
pressing sympathy with her.
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by majority
Mother Hyther dismissal plans will
cd by which she VIII be allowed remain the
Statement by prominent member Of =
Ysts ssttt
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ny Hcrippa News ASSN
hACASbKl, Dec. 24.-b report
from Dalny states that the Russians
at Port Arthur offered 20 surrender
10 the japanese under Gen. Nogi on
condition that the sarrisons and
ships be allowed 10 return TO Russia.
The japanese rejected the offer.
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PORTLAND. Dec. 24.-The fed
eral grand jury adjourned at noon
today 70 meet again next Tuesday
when the investigation Of the land
frauds case will be resumed. No IN
dlctments were returned today.
Senator Fulton name IL the only
one in the Oregon delegation to con
Kress untainted By the breath Of
scandal IN connection with the no
torious land frauds
Rumors have been current for
several days implirating Congress
man J. y. Williamson. and II II IN
derstood that evidence involving
him is 20 be laid before the grand
Jury. II b. confidently asserted that
the government expects the indict-
rnent not only Of Congressman VII
hanson. but also Of Congressman
Hermann and Senator Mitchell.
Indictments are also expected
against s. u Ormsby, formerly su=
perintendent Of forest reserves. and
Inspector G. r. LOOMS In state
offielaldam State Senator = T..
Mays. Of Multnomah county. has
been indicted. the Indictment Of
George c. Browneli. president Of the
. state senate. is expected. as Is also
that Of ox-survey0r General Mel
drum.
As the investigations Of the grand
Jury proceed IT becomes more and
more evident that the full extent Of
The land frauds has hitherto been
unsuspected. Many men In hiEh sta
lions were involved and the number
Of fraudulent entries was legion. II
IA expected that the jury will not
conclude its labors before the mid
die Of January AZ the earliest.
Mays indictment has been tech
nicalIy Withdrawn. owing 20 a cler-
teal error IN the description OF the
land. It. however. will be immedi-
ately returned with correction.
The
CONFESSIONS
Of Puter, Mckinley and other who
were convicted In the first Of the
land farud trials have put the gov
eminent into possession 81 many
important details. The substance Of
the story told by these and other
persona is that Puter case 10 Mays.
whom he had known for nasY
years, and proposed to sir4 ts2sa
they should enter into ne arrasss-
uent 10 secure Gains In fowsssis
tl-7 puter represented that BE-
coeid get men, At small expense, 10
take up claims and provided pas res
=.
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GOVERNMENT PROMISES SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN
The INVESTIGATION LAND FRAUDS cAsEs-rsE
JURY WILL RESUME THE PROBING OF FRAUD CHARGES
AFTER CHRISTMAS
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TOXIC, Dec. 24--The japanese
yesterday stormod and now hold the
heights east OF Houyang shukou at
Port Arthur.
Prisoners report that the Rus
sian Generals K0ndratankO and
Lima have been killed. and Cen
sFal Eoek Is amOue the wounded.
isJssSng& resa. a4s-~ft8foH Hay
ssel. 10 ryvsav%taa th~ sQRfaFe ~
Hos Ysusa "a sss@s1 fs.aSlh1es @g4rsa ShS.
e.Hlssss. sssssa, q f-~fs "ossas&sr 10.
ss'@s. EOS vsss spa sss& ss.s 1se
..sss:..s:sssss..sg g. sew ss:ss,ss 20 y
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The TRUST. BY IT'S CROOKED mAslPULATIoNs HAS BEEN
RosBlHo TAXPAYERS or THOUSANDS OF ooLLARsIH THE
PAsr-sow GRAFT HAS woRkEo-oFFlcIALs
ARE IMPLICATED
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Of good wishes to his family a
home.
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500: - :s:::: -: {.
Millionaire Santa Claus T Barnes New York
Asoundcd Recipients Waiter Cook at Hotel Washington
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Continued on Page g.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Minor State Matters.


John A. Mitchell's barn. machine shed
and ice house in Chippewa Falls were
destroyed by fire.
Burglars entered the First Methodist
church III Racine and ransacked desk
i'll the study, but nothing of value was
taken.
The city of Appleton will fight the APP
rleton Water Works Company in the in
junction case regarding the Mason street
sewer.
Racine county has broken its cabbage
and onion RECORD, having shipped 1000
carloads Of cabbage and ninety cars of
onions.
Archie Christie, a pioneer Of Wiscon-
sin and former county treasurer, drop
ped dead just as he was about to shake
the hand Of Coy. La Toilette after his
sl'eech at Baraboo.
The new Swedish Baptist church was
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
III kenosha. The delicatory sermon was
preached by the Rev Z. c. Kun<le The
Rev. G. A. Hagstrom Of Chicago also
spoke.
Prof. G. L. Bowman of New London,
principal of the County normal school at
that place. has been elected to succeed
Principal W. l.. Morrison of the Dunn
county normal, who resigned on account
of i'll health.
Perry Forseluld, Il farmer committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn
near Grand Rapids. No reason is APP
parent why he should have committed
this act. He was As years of age and
leaves a large family.
For the time being the Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Ashland logging road is out
Of business. No trains will be operated
Until the ground freezes. The demorali-
Zation OF the road is due entirely to the
great amount of rain.
The funeral of City Marshal John 49,
gan was attended by 10000 people. It
was the largest funeral ever held in
GAINESVILLE. All places of business were
closed by order Of the Mayor during
the hours of the funeral.
The proposed deal which has been
mentioned relative to the sale of the
Howard paper mill at Neenah is expect
ed to go through in the near future.
John Strange. Of the Strange Paper Com
pany. has a thirty-day option on the
Howard plant for $275,000
While attempting to catch a horse
which was loose in field, Peter Hertz
nuth, 4 wealthy farmer of Witoka, was
kicked to DEATH
Peter Plack and Mary Koch. two pop
ula1 young people of Boomer, are said to
have eloped, and nothing has been heard
of them since. Frank Koch, father of
the girl, objected to their marriage.
A man was struck by freight train
north Of Evansville and instantly killed
A union card was found in his pocket is
sued to Franz Haberman by the Bakers
and Confectionery Workers Union of
Cleveland, Ohio.
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hands, I am 4lot near enough to avert inc
accident. With crash it falls, with all
its weight, on the Englishman's foot.
He sets up a yell, which terminates
in a groan, and falls insensible into my
outstretched arms The whole thing has
happened in a flash, and the norters
stand by staring stupidity. 1t is pass
ing stranger who stops and, quickly
stopping, removes the edge Of the chest
from the foot, and the same individual
orders q doctor to be brought.
II am a DOCTOR" l interpose, and to
the people who have focked round us.
"Will you make way, please!
Then I take the injured man as If he
were a child, and bear him back to the
station. For moment, my own great
anxiety has shrunk into the background.
1 direct my steps to the station masters
quarters, followed by the crowd to the
door. The station master takes IN at
glance the bearings Of the case, moves
quickly to open an inner door. Without
a question, he precedes me into his COM
Portable sitting ROOM where deposit my
burden on sofa.
where is he hurt2"
'His foot is crushed"
A certain number of curious onlookers
have followed-the station master po-
litely but firmly waves them back and
shuts the door on them. | cannot but
admire the calm self-possession of the
man, and his common sense, for while
I am loosening the Englishman's neck
cloth, end administering stimulant, he
opens the window, ascertaius from me by
a questioning glance whics is the bruised
foot, and proceeds to take off the ciotn
shoe and the wooden stocking, displaying
an ugly veal across the instep.
Already the old gentleman begins to
testify by deep-drawn signs that his
senses are returning. He opens bis eyes
presently, looks vaguely in my face, and
closes them again.
Have you any linen by you? l in
quire of the station master.
II have bandages, lint; in short, every
thing you require, DOCTOR" he replies. u
always have them with me, in case Of &C.
cidents."
Sensible man." I think; ''should have
been q doctor" And certainly no prac-
ticed surgeon could have lent more able
assistance than does he. He anticipates
my requirements, fetching water m
basin, unfolding and holding in readiness
the long strips of linen, until l am fain
to observe:
'You have mistaken your vocation,
Herr BahnhogsV erwalter.
He smiles with modest complacency.
81 have had a little practical training
in surgery" he responds. ut is useful
to a man of my position to know how
to bind up wound at least. | have
found it so. All the railway officials
bring their cuts and bruises to me-"
Ito be cnntinnedl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Look Out for Craw Craw-Woman Ban
dit Holds Up Three Men-W1doW
Fights for Estate of Iroquois Victim
Assessment Rolls Filed.

Craw craw, the new osculatory DIS
ease, has struck La Crosse in full force
according to DR.. Won Buest, practl-
toner of that city, who has seen the
disease in Africa Craw craw is dis
ease which destroys the white corpuscles
eli the blood and manifests itself in erup-
lions on the skin, not only on the lace,
but other portions of the body. 1t IS
akin to the old style itch. In cities
across the Atlantic the disease is so prey
alent that the health departments ire
quently issue circulars. The admonltlons
on the circulars are: Don't kiss any
one. Get vaccinated. Keep lips per-
fcctly clean. Before kissing wash the lips
with solution of copper sulphate or bo-
racic acid
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Bv Order of the Gar
A story of Russian Power
By MARCUs EASTLAKE
~O-~

| is VANS honest phiz looking at me with
his thoughtful, deep-set eyes, and Pavel's
firm and fiery one. There is poor Vasil
and those others who went with me to
the scaffold, but, unlike myself, returned
not to light and life again; and there
am |, In different stages of my student
existence. Lingering in contemplation
of these I note not the flights of time,
and before l have begun to expect Ro-
sens return he is there again. He puts
his arm through mine and conducts me
to the dining room.
''Thou art lucky fellow, Karlos," |
say, as l watch him dissecting a roast
duckling, ito drop into a thing like this
! just when the time WIS ripe for thee
to do 500
81 have nothing to complain Of" he
replies.
''And where is this uncle of thine
who has shown such wise discrimination
in his choice Of a successor
"At present he is at his country house
as eager in exterminating grubs and
snails as he used to be in doing battle
with disease. In the winter he lives
here, or rather should say, sleeps here;
for he spends his days between the
Medical Club and the Aquarium. At
the latter he has certain pets, the feed
ing OF which he always superintends.
In the evening he goes to the opera, or
plays whist at the house of an old bar
oness, whose devoted admirer he has
been for some fifty years. When he is
in town, what with his outdoor engage
ments and my own, we rarely meet, save
at meal times"
what fine old fellow he must be- l
exclaim. THAT is the sort Of uncle for
me-"
AS he fingers in my bedroom before
saying good night, he bursts into a sud-
den laugh, with his eyes running over
my person.
HERR he exclaims. what with thy
height and the strange costume together,
| thou 'fallest into the eye as we Ger
mans say. Truly thou couldst scarcely
walk abroad in the streets thus for fear
the 'Strassenjungen' should mob thee.
They might take thee for a paradins
advertisement to some show. To-mor-
row, first thing, thou must pay visit
to my tailor and allow him to encase
thee in civilized apparel"
with all my heart" I fervently re-
spond. ooh, Karlos, thou canst have
no idea what a relief it is to me to be
done with DISCUSSES and assumed names,
to be myself again"
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coming to the Tu

1t Is a most curious fact ~
may have escaped general s.0NS
that the approach of a tra,n a''eNa
mel may be easily ascertainpd u a
onds before it is visible to AZ sV'as'
cling towards it in an opnos, s'F ;
ton. The length of a tunno, ' 9
stacle to the realization ~ -. "
GUS phenomenon, and comnra.1
Is the medium which produces ', y
culiar underwater" Sensation y y
out any warning the drum of - W
pneumatically pressed inwaras y
ment the locomotive of the otbs. '
enters the tunnel (Which, for ~
teal purposes, is only a la,as
owing to the now limited e 0 y
Many persons must have rosa.
peculiar feeling in the ears w. ~
giving the matter second thoD.t'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Woman Bandit at Work.

A lone woman held up three men near
the town of Auburn. The men, whose
names were Woodbury., Vanderwede ana
De Young, were land buyers from ILL
nois. AS they were approaching Sc
cluded portion of the road masked
woman on horseback rushed from a
thicket and commanded them at the
point of a rifle to descend from the wag-
on and give up their valuables. She
carefully searched the pockets of each
man, but found no valuables. You are
not the party l was looking for, she
said as she left the frightened men and
hurried into the woods. There is no
clew to the identity of the woman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Widow Wants All Estate.

Mrs Anna Cooper, widow of Willis
W. Cooper, who lost his life i'll the 1ro-
quois fire. has filed notice in the County
Court in Kenosha refusing to accept the
provisions of her husbands will. 1t pro-
vided that the bulk of the estate,
amounting to 100000, should revert to
Lawrence university of Appleton. That
institution declined to accept the trust
imposed. The widow and one daughter
arc now striving to have the entire estate
turned over to them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Omaha R,1ys Branch Lines.

At the annual meeting of the Chicago,
ST. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha rail
way in Hudson, the purchase of the
Chippewa Valley and Northwestern and
the Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls and
Northeastern railways was completed
Both companies were organized by the
Omaha for the purpose of building
branch lines. Their purchase is largely
a formality but involves ninety-fve miles
OF completed road.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Assignment Rolls In.

The tax commission has filed the as
scssment rolls for 1904 and lists real es
tate in tIilwaukee at 1896 795,351; per-
sonal property at 93,005, 766; total,
$3.50, sol, III The next highest county
is Dane, its assessment being $84, O1S,S 31.
The smallest assessment is Burnett coun-
ty. being So 1913 99S
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-11-04
Commits Suicide i'll Bank.

James f. Latimer, vice president of
the Latimer bank in Delavan, shot and
killed himself in the bank with a re-
volver. He was II years old and thought
to be worth 100000. He had been very
i'll for some time with brain trouble,
which is supposed to be the cause of the
suicide.