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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-05

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EAsrL.AKE AVENUE CONNER
iiIn1au Etfh Substantial house. room
faf additional buildings place Tor :
stufei rlaht on car Inc uaar lake
offered Vefr cheap. utn revinK
seed Income on this basis could -
largely Increased at small aaat In.
mediate sals demanded - the uwuer
I'D efper sd u -
CHARLES sUNERa COMPANY.
s-s Alaska bulidins
Furm acres ana GROOM maasfn
house cheap Owner. Dos - Dee
Aetusr. Wash Il
iess.zt-room house. price made low to
DOUGLAS hoss Ercson nlag II
ron fALE-N ow. modern Groom
house un corner let turtNI one block
from ear iino See owner az sfig
Ihiuney sFsnur. Fremont Phone
ofegsry ssofs aua haii near station
LHat Us Take HHffrurEau car O.
Foster station. Inquire a. Posters
err water Observable ara stree,
Tshs car en- waahiartsa stF.st =
Hsathssst seattle
lots II
Southeast Seattle = the only spot on
TIE thors = AXE Warrington. is
uinytss ride from tho husineps cen
tsf, Nhsfe Yog can by lots With cts
water plpad O. every iot sidewalks
ard street lights. a - up terms d
pei week no one offers lots 80 clars
W - cssap ~ come today. tan.
eEsu utui m sveIy day.
kEATTtsE nOMEETkKERs co.
CITY -stsf. s,aswsiks ana stree,
llKhts Lots ~ up q per Week
TAXI car On Washington street te
southsss; Seattle
CHEAP chicken ranch. s-ruom house
and iarse tract % land. only RIO.
8 down $50 Der month Take car
o. WashinEtan, street 70 southeast
Seattle. zee = 4 Cole only fs min
utss' ride on the car line. on the lake
ACREAGE.
500 for tive acre. q tho hest kind q
land. close IN. terms 80 down and
IL 10 uer month
b Il NICHOLS Room o. linton nik
" 10 - acres on skaGit Flats. new
living house. ana large new barn.
hest device Tor taking care o. hay.
Food ouihgtldinEh. I cows s heifsra
wagon. hayriok. mower niowa. sep.
orator churnff etc
EAsts 7 IT faNAflNaaN = MN LII.
&c Kinney. ioe Columbia ST -
tTIF-rY DOLLARS DOWN and so per
month buEn one If our choice acre
tracts ht Hivcrtun. level land. coed
\ soil. easily cleared.
ROBERT MALTBY.
eiq-gp-Hzi Alaska Building 3
lRIPE ron PLATING 80 acres
close IN. south Of city also 10 acres
at Green Lake.
! ROBERT MALTRY.
nle-ssn-sa Alaska Building 81
FIVE ACRES CLOSE
| Only $40 per acre. $50 cash. balance
SO per month 3 blocks from car
line splendid black cider land EASILY
cleared also some fine acre tracts
on terms If a. cash and ~ Der month
v y PATrEN. za Pacific nk. .
FoRTY ACRES ont near the Inter
urban level land. good soil g. go
WBHEHT MAITHN5
aia-e1=a1i Alaska Building "a
| s. 200 Groom house ] block from car.
client must cell. no agents. terms.
building. If
500.
| Pretty little cottage. 3-rooma and
pantry: city water and sewer. near
~ new. on Madruua ear line Close
] In. East 9aH 3
FOR sALE-Ownor will sell cheap for
cash lots tu EdReWHtcr Second add
dition. an cleared and good picket
' fence one block south ~ new high
school site Phone Nurth itid 10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-05

CITY -atsf. sidewalks ana stree,
IRhta Lots Us up 81 per ueek
Tax car on Washington street te
Southeast Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-05

FoN SALE oit EXCHANGE
10 acres fine alder land in excellent
location I acres under cultivation,
good orchard. small house. harm aud
we'll good Trad direct 10 Seattle
CHARLES - ADAMS.
40 gulmhu building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13
AMUSEM ENTS.
OCTOBER BILLS.

OCTOBER BILLS.
14-BrittNeIson Moving Pictures.
15-Under Southern Skies.
17-Wiel's Band.
1S-kolb and Dill in 81. o. u"
21-The Hayward Son.
22-Fstal Wedding.
25-EhIers' Stock Company.
His Hishness the eey.-At the Hi
nois last night the musical coined!
His Highness the Bey," was again
seen and enjoyed by a fairly well file,
house. This is a production full O
jokes and all kinds of fun. in line witt
of this kind. This com
pany was up to the standard. with plen
~ of people and variation of costume
giving brilliancy to every appearance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13
BARNS BURN DOWN
FIRE RACES Among Buildings in
Alley East of twentieth
Street.
ORIGIN OF BLAZE UNKNOWN
Department Deceived by Alarm ana
Loses Time N Reaching Scene
of Fire.

Fire which ragged in the group Of
barns and sheds along the alley be
tween Twentieth and Twenty first
streets just south of the alley between
Fifth and Sixth avenues. totally de-
stToyed two large barns and seven
smaller buildings and sheds, and dam
aged TWO other large barns so that
they are almost a total loss. The dam
age will exceed $1,000, but Chief Tubbs
has not been able as yet 10 accurately
estimate the loss, owing 10 the large
number of property owners interested.
The fire originated in small shed
in the rear of |. l.. Snyder's home. on
Twenty-first street When it was dis
covered the building was all in flames.
Everyone in the neighborhood who had
a telephone sent in d call to the de-
partment, there being no alarm box
convenient The result was confusion
and the incident afforded another ex-
ample of the need of an adequate alarm
system. The first calls received at
the fire and police headquarters offices
was Ninth avenue and Twenty-fourth
street, and the wagons were hurried
south to Seventh avenue. On reach
ing Twenty-first street, the members of
the Central company saw that the
flames were on the other side, and as
Stunning that the alarm had been mis-
stated. they turned about, and reached
the scene of the fire over five minutes
later than they would have had the
alarm been accurately given The first
alarm was given at sos.
Spreads During Delay.
In the meantime the barn on Mrs. z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Gardner and Mrs. Stocking.
Eymn-'I Need Thee Every Hour
Prayer.
Roll Call Responsibility | Do. OF
Do Not. Take the Friend"
Personal Influence - Mrs. o. E
Child
Extracts from our special work let
tiers.
Memorial Hour Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. E
b. McKeever. Moline; other departed
ones. by delegates.
Reports of committees.
Unfinished business
Reading of minutes.
Closing service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Colligan's place, adjoining the Snyder
residence. and of Mrs. NJ. f. Larkin
also on the east side of the alley. hal
caught fire from the flames of the sheds
on the Snyder place. G.. Nebels barn,
on the opposite side of the alley, had
been set afire in the same manner, and
the flames were rapidly spreading to
the other sheds and barns adjoining on
both sides of the alley.
The buildings destroyed were located
on the properly of I. l.. Snyder Mrs. e.
CoIligan. Mrs. NJ F. Larkin. G. Nobel
n. T. Brown and Mrs. NJ. J. Smith. The
last two named reside on Twentieth
street.
The members Of the department,
though handicapped by the loss of time
occasioned by the incorrect alarm.
were able to prevent further spread
Of the flames. and managed 10 save
small portion of the contents of the
sheds. Seven horses stabbed in the
four barns were taken from the burning
buildings. and saved. John Huntoon,
a teamster, lost considerable house
hold goods and furniture, stored in the
Colligan barn. The loss on the entire
property damaged is but partially COW
cred by insurance.
Origin il Unknown.
The origin of the fire is unknown
for the buildings were in flames when
the fire was discovered. The barn of
Mr.. Gansert. on the alley extending
from Twentieth to Twenty-first streets.
was in danger, and the results would
have been serious had the flames
reached this building. for it was filled
with a large quantity of fireworks.
An incipient blaze was discovered
later in the evening in the barn In the
rear of William McEniry's residence.
on Twenty-third street. Officer Sexton
who made the discovery, promptly ex
tinguished the flames. and prevented
another serious confiagratioD.
Matches Cause Trouble.
The fire department was summoned
to the rear of 1909 Second avenue this
afternoon at lis. dense smoke hay-
ing been discovered issuing from
small shed. II was found that piece
OF tar paper had been set afire. The
shed has been used as club house by
some boys of the streets, and among
other things in the shed was a cigar
box filled with matches. This was the
cause of the trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13
FOREIGN MISSION
Topics Discussed by Women Of
Rock Island District in
Ceneseo.
SESSION TO OPEN OCT. 10
Continues for Two Oays-SeveraI Rock
Island and Moline People on
Proeram-Hear Reports.

In its eth annual session the Wo
mans Foreign Missionary society OF
the Rock Island district of the Central
Illinois conference will meet at the
Methodist church in Gencseo Oct. -
and 90. Following is the program:
Thursday Auernoon-I:3O.
Devotional Service - Miss Belle
White.
Roll Cal Rcsponse-What DO | FIX
poet from This Convention?
Reading of minutes.
Five-Minute Talks on Practical Sub
Jccts-Thank offerings. Christmas of
fering, mite boxes, our publications,
itineraries, tithing, reports.
Report of work at camp meeting.
Review of "Dux Chistus"- Mrs. A.
II. Carnahan.
Outlook and Need in Rock Island
District-Mrs. \. l.. Stocking.
Kings Heralds' Work in District and
Childrens Hour Miss NJ. ID. Cook. of
Rock Island
Appointments. introductions, appoint
ment of committees.
ClOs'nS hymn.
Thursday ching. 80.
District officers conference.
Prayer SCrvicc-Nrs W. r. Kcnnish
Reports of Auxiliaries by Delegates
--Alcdo. Bradford. Cambridge Galva
Epworth. GcncsCo. Illinois City. Joy
Kcithsburg. kcwanee, Mineral. MiIlcrs-
burg Moline FIRST church. Moline Sec
ond church. Ncponset. Presumption. Rey-
nolds. Rock Island Sheffield. Sunbeam,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

In the meantime the barn on Mrs E
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

ever waged in this country attracted
more attention in the public prints
than the fight Britt and Nelson waged
at Gonna, Cal. No contest ever received
more space in the daily press. and GER
tainly none ever had more brilliant and
elaborate word-painiings than were law
ishod on this struggle. But all the
word paintings ever drawn. all the fas-
cinating descriptions flowing from the
pencils of the ablest scrbes. fall short
of the real things. the genuine article,
rs shown in the moving pictures of the
fray. which will be seen a. the Illinois
tomorrow matinee and night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

First Under Another Name. Tn
der Southern Skies" which appears in
this city Sunday is one of the series of
plays by Lottie Blair Parker. which
portray life in different sections of orr
country. The first, depicting New Eng
land life was called Way Down East."
The second one. Under Southern
Skies" was first copyrighted as Way
Down South" II was produced in Lon
don at Messrs. Gatti & Frohman's the
alter on Oct 90. 1901. under the caption
Way Down South. or Under Southern
Skies" In this country. although
known under both titles. Under South
ern Skies" has finally come To be used
exclusively, as sub-titles are not so
much in favor as a single name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13
H & H.

Each week doing better, each
day getting new customers, and
every hour and every minute
watching most carefully the
wants and interests Of every
new and old customer. II you
are not already a customer of
this progressive store, tomorrow,
Saturday, is a coca lay to start.
We don't say this s your ias1
chance. but It S coed chance.
HERE ARE SOME SUCCESS
TONS:
FRUITS - California Grapes.
Michigan Peaches by the basket.
eating Pears and Oranges. Flor
ida Grape Fruit. New York Con
cord Grapes. Florida Oranges.
Rockford Melons Lines. Lem
ons. CrauhcrriCs. Bananas. etc;
BClltlower Apples. Greetings,
King Winesap. Gano. Baldwins.
Greca P.ppins. 20-ounce Pippins,
Dominic Red Wintersweets. Ben
Davis, Junathaus. etc.
VEGETABLES - Green Corn.
Green Beans. Cabbage. Cauli-
flower. Head Lettuce, Summer
Squash, Hubbard Squash. Gel
cry. Turnips. Rutabagas. Rad
ishes, Leaf Lettuce. Egg Plant.
Parsley. Horse Radish Root. Gar
lie. Bermuda Onions, etc.
POULTRN-Dressed Turkeys.
Dressed Chickens. SQUAD. Fresh
Fish. etc.
CHEESE - Fresh Waukesha,
Roqucfort. Camenbcrt. Imported
and Domestic Swiss, Fancy New
York Cream.
Finest Elgin Creamery Butter.
SATURDAYS SPECIALS.
Young Chickens. III. ......14c
New York Grapes, our
price. per basket &C.. ...... C0c
a lot of fine house Brooms.
one To a customer ...1Or
\ carload of extra fine Jonathan
apples just being unloaded from
the car Prompt orders for bar
rel lots will be sold
at ...-.... ..-...-..- $3.50
This price good for Saturday
only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Great Audience of Editors. - Well.
band played the opening of the Hall o
Congresses. worlds fair. on April 10
1904. on the event of the assembling O
the National Editorial association This
was the first concert ever given in the
great hail. The audience numbered
thousands, and was of remarkable. dis
stinction. The most eminent editors
and writers, and hundreds of CORE
spOndents and contributors TO press
magazines and fiction. were present
and people eminent in other callingS
also. Director We'll gave a special pro
gram. and he and his famous Organi
cation received an ovation. which they
earned fairly. During the entire term
of the exposition. Wells band played
the chief functions, official and social
at the administration building, state
buildings, foreign buildings. exhibit and
SPECIAL buildings The band will be at
the Illinois Oct. Il. next Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

All the news all the time-THl
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Praise for Kolb G Dill. The ST.
! Louis Globe-Democrat makes the fol-
lowing comment on Kolb & Dill. who
appear at the Illinois in Il o. T." next
Wednesday,: 1T would be something
less than the truth TO say that Kolb and
Dill made the acquaintance of St. Louis
audiences at the Grand yesterday
These clever comedians were here
some years ago. when they appeared
in Fiddlc-Dce-Dee or some other Weber
and Fields production. But they az
rived in every sense of the word yester-
day in |. o. L.. a musical comedy which
supplies them with an opportunity TO
do team work of the Weber and Fields
variety The two comedians in Ques-
ton have accomplished wonderful
things since they appeared here last,
having appeared III standard burlesQue
shows along the Pacific coast and in
Australia with the greatest success
They have an alI-weStern company
here. and their work is so good thai
one wished we might have more com
panies from the west and fewer from
the east"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

MantelI Cancels. - Manager Taylor
of the Illinois received word las even
ing that Robert MantCll had Cancelled
his engagements throughout the Hi
no!s-Iowa circuit which includes, OF
course. his date at the Illinois. The
great actor will remain in the east FOR
the present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Taylor In His New Office. Manager
Taylor of the Illinois is now comfort
ably located in his new office in to
thea;eT proper. II is conveniently ar
ranged and neatly furnished
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-13

Reserve Seats. - The reserve seat
sale for the lyceum course of Angus
tana college opens tomorrow morning
al the Harper House Drug store and at
Josephson's jewelry store. The first
number is the Bohunir Kryl Concert
company. which appears next Tuesday
evening.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
GERMAN MINERS GET
AID FROM AMERICA
Operators Declare the Great
Strike is Result of John
Mitchell's Visit.
German Coal Miners Appreci-
ate Efforts Of American
Miners in Strike.

Berlin. Jan. 12.-The coal mine own
ers in the soft coal district where more
than 100000 miners are on strike, as
sert that the men would long ago have
given in if they had not only received
encouragement but also substantial as
sistance from their brethren in the
United States.
To the commission which the i'm
perial government has sent to the at
fected operators they have stated that
they are in possession Of evidence
which proves that the present condi-
tions are direct result of John
Mitchelps visit to the mining district
last year, and that the strike leaders
have been in constant communication
with the miners of Pennsylvania ever
since.
There is, of course, considerable suf-
fering among the strikers, but the
strike funds are by no means exhaust
ed and every family receives some as
sistance from the strike committee
every week, and this, the mine own
ers declare is due to money received
from America.
There Is no prospect of an early
settlement unless the Kaiser forces the
coal barons to give in.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
NEW MACHINE AFFECTS
SEVENTY WORK PEOPLE

An automatic packing machine has
been invented in Paris. by means of
this apparatus, which is almost human
in its action, says Scientific American.
lit Is possible to fashion the package.
charge it and then seal it, ready for
transit. The appliance is a combina-.
ton of a weighing machine and a pack.
er. First the machine cuts off the
requisite length of lead, paper, or what
ever is utilized for the envelopes, from
a continuous travelling band, pastes and
folds into shape, leaving the mouth of
the bag open. The package then passes
along, stopping in its passage for q
moment to receive it's contents of tea,
sugar or cereals through q funnel. It
makes another forward movement, and
an electric pressure piston comes into
action and rams down the contents to
the minimum volume. BY further
series Of operations the bag is shaken
into shape. pressed, and the ends are
folded down, pasted and then labeled.
Not once during the operation is the
bag or its contents touched by hands,
The inventor has been engaged for
three. years upon the Device When
perfected it will perform the work Of
seventy people and complete the whole
cycle Of operations at speed of forty.
packages per minute, thus effecting rs-
markable saving In time and expenses.''; =;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
ENGLISH LABOR SUFFERS
MUCH FROM DEPRESSION

London correspondents continue to
send accounts to American daily pa
pers of terrible distress among the
workers in British cities. From every
borough and parish in London come
cries for help to keep the poor from
starving and freezing, and things are
much the same in Liverpool, Manches-
ter, Birmingham and other places. The
organized workers are clamoring for
special session of parliament to con-
slider the situation and provide relief,
but the callous-hearted politicians turn
them a deaf ear or make vague PROM
ises Of giving the matter their pro-
found attention. They eat regularly
and so are not already disturbed, but
officers of charity organizations fear
that the bitter feeling among the poor
engendered by ill-treatment may start
mobs to move through the streets and
result in bread riots. The authorities,
however, would "preserve, the peace"
at anv cost
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
FINNS SAY AMERICA
IS WORSE THAN RUSSIA

The following cablegram from Co.
penhagen, Denmark, might we'll be
preserved in the archives containing
accounts of slavery conditions in this
country half a. century ago: Firms by
the hundreds are returning to Finland
from the United States. They are tell
ing tales of woe. They declare that
thousands of Firms in America are
praying to get back home, and only
waiting to raise enough money to do
so. Those just returned say that the
American treatment Of workingmen
and the American official government
is far worse than the Russian. Several
hundred hired out to railroad contrac-
tors in the west and Northwest. They
declare they were i'll fed, i'll housed,
forced to pay exhorbitant prices to the
contractors for food, clothes and neces-
saries, the amounts being deducted
from. their pay, and even say they
were driven at work like slaves, task
masters with whips standing over
them.'' - ~ .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
Never More Than a. Working
man-He Always Under
stood His Own People.
Money, Politics Nor Position
Could Ever Induce Him to
Leave the Work of his Life.

| the immigration of Chinese laborers
| and of foreign 1abOrers under contract.
While interested however, in political
reforms, he has steadfastly refused po-
litical preferment. In 1886, while still
| working at the bench as a cigarmaker,
he declined the honorable and remun-
erative position of commissioner of the
New York state board of mediation and
arbitration, and he subsequently re-
Jected joint nomination for state SEN
ator made by both political parties, as
well as the offer of nomination for
congressman. During President Nc
Kenley's administration, Mr.. Gompers
declined an invitation to become a
member of the industrial commission.
| and at various times in his career in
the American Federation Of Labor, he
has been besieged by business offers
which would have been tempting to
any one to whom wealth was a consid-
Grafton.
The principal activity of Mr.. Comp
ers and the work with which his name
is most intimately associated is the
| creation and development of the AM
erican Federation of Labor This or
ganization was formed in 1881, largely
as protest against the knights Of La
Dor, then the dominant labor feder-
alton. From the beginning, Mr.. Comp
ers was prominent in its development.
In 1882, he was elected president, and
from 1885 onward he has been annually
! reelected, with the exception of
single year. Up to the year 1886, Mr..
Gompers performed his work entirely
gratuiously, earning Journeyman's
wages at his trade. His latitude of
action was circumscribed by the re-
sources of the organization. In one
year, during which he drew no salary,
his entire expense account amounted
to $13 The organization was extremely
| weak. = The knights of Labor exhibited
an uncompromising hostility, and the
| infant Federation was weakened by
the detection Of many of it's members.
In 1886, it was reorganized, and the
president, who was henceforth to de-
vote his entire time to the organiza-
tion, was accorded an annual salary
of $1,000. This year also marked the
decline of the knights of Labor, and
from 1886 on. the American Federation
Ct Il; Labor e sleyly but continuously ExsM
/ ins power, and gradually occupied the
position once held by the Knights.
Within the last eighteen year, the
Federation has grown to a position far
more prominent than any ever held by
| the Knights Of Labor, or. in fact, by
any other labor organization in the
history Of the world.
THE GREATEST LABOR ORGAN
IZATION IN THE WORLD.
The American Federation of Labor
as it exists today, is in some ways one
fthe most impressive organizations in
the world. With two millions of union