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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
SUES NORTHERN PACIFIC.

George McMurchy has filed suit
against the Northern Pacific Rail.
Nay company. asking for s2i .00e
MeMufchy VAS crossing the track
Of the railroad company last April
wheu he VAS run down b. an en-.
gine. sustaining permanent injuries
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.

suit vas instituted IN the federal
eeart this morning BY Mary Nc
CURE against the Canadian Pacific
railroad % recover damages iaf IN
}urisa which are alleged TO have
happened 20 her while she VAS
passenger on the train between Al
herni and Medicine Hat on october
fs. 1895. She asks for $4,000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
CHEF TO The WOODS.

chief wappenatoin win leave to-
morrow FOR weeks vacation NJ
Lake Kaohes. near Easton on the
Northern Pacific Tho chief has
been working very hard Of late. md
feels for from well. and leaves for
the mountains iu tho hope that his
condition VIII be speedily bettered.
Mra. wnppenstein aud family viii
the chief.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
CASE is POSTPONED.

The case against tho Tacoma a
Roche Harbor Lime company, the
evidence Of which Judge Rodger 8.
Greene IN hearing, has been post.
poned for two weeks. Yesterday
the stock books and minute books
we're introduced to show the author
lzation aud contracts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
ROBBED
ON LONELY ROAD

ORoVlLLE. Cal. Aug. 25--A. N,
Anderson. a iewelry peddler, was
robbed last night By two highway
men on a lonely mouniain road He
lost $3.50 and some iewelry, The
sheriff this morning captured Ben
SALVATORE and L. Lawrence In oro-
Vile. The booty was found In their
possession. They were Identified
hy Anderson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
M nnnu Man Taken Eastern Point and There SwndIed Out
4 s3 900 by Hartman and BrOwnMade Two Trips the Second
an Effort to Win Back Sl50OS Lost First Journey
raroed in Seattle Since Last June.

to postInte
yhavema absolute
dsht in probably creates,
s,,6ea the the scoop OBJ
the published The Star last
Instead securing
s but confirmation of statement made The Star ehsdned
o
one they
che story.
- s,.d entirely the biggest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
? ALMA
HIDES
Cuban President PraC-
tically a Prisoner
in Havana
Palace.


. TAMPA. Fla. Aug. "a .
. According 10 private sdviess .
. received here President Palma A
q 10 virtually a prisoner In the .
q palace Il havana. ara he has .
q not left Il for a week. indies .
. tions arc that the situation ~ .
. Cuba 10 much worse than tire .
. outside world has any IDEA. =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
"a Ennaat Gutrra.

HAVANA. Aus IS - Colonel
naceailao and go artillegmcn.
With 60 recruits. left this morning
TO meet Pho Huorra
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
BLASTING STOPPED

Otto ]. Nelson has asked for an
injunction restraining the Lewis
Construction company from eNea-
waiting and blasting along 18th ay.
on Deacon Hill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
BANK SUES ON NOTE.

The seandinavian-American bank
IL suing G. II. Converse Tor sl,ooo
on a promissory note.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
TITUS WILL SPEAK.

Dr. Herman r, Titus will speak
on the Moycr-Hsywood case tomor'
row night at the Labor Temple.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25

NJ siolyplp succeeded N. Goremy-
lin aa premier u Russia. He vas
minister Of the interior IN the
Goremykin cabinet and he retained
that portfolio ia addition 20 his du-
ties aa premier
Premier stolyp pin was regarded as
one 81 the most popular officials Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25

: VANCOUVER. D c Aas'
: ~Tns stars confidence
! osns sspsss srss.se = sfss'
-..,,sn n sportins circles
. 80 Themss Peters. enc o.
- x,eslms ~ss sssn - a :
. s,sr representative, eas aese-
/, Isssly refused TO 'sls. n's
. ,-.sns. hessstF. aeHf re
!. .ss.,s . kae~n 10 tntfse. aad
/. -. vnssrsssre thss several
! rtssr vsneesxsrsses sp
/. -,esxhss." ssyend tnls snsy
! s@ellss 10 say snythins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
BOARD or EQUALIZATION WAS
GOING TO MAKE IT AN EVEN
HALF MILLION, BUT TOOK
PITY ON MR.. FuRTH.

After a hearing granted 20 the
company last night the county
board Of equalization voted 20 In
crease the assessment on the street
railway system Of the Seattle Esc-
trio company BY 100000, bringing
the total on that portion Of the COM
pany's property up TO si,Sss,5Es and
the compauy's total personal prop
erxt assessment mp to t2,zsb,4o7.
This IL an assessment ON about -
per cent Of the actual value 81 the
property represented
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
ONE FROM OGDEN

Than Ogden. Utah. sent lts victim
in tire person Of ore a. 5. seVsiie.
VINO brought with him $1,000 10
wager en- a wrestling match. This
~as on J0iy Q.
on about the sane date n. Fiord,
o. Vancouver. .. C.. was brought 10
,o~r By one Alexander mepherson,
~ho told Mr.. Floed ne had sure
thing in . wrestling eontss, mrs
Flord vas Induced IN this Way 10
cart with the sum Of 5000. and
n. went home that much poorer.
PLENTY IN VANCOUVER
on JuIy II Vancouver again cor
,rlbutsd. Iris time W. a. Watkins
brought over 5000 in good Car.
adam money. He YEAS handed a
psixs fight. and just ss the man he
vas backing had his opponent ell
hot cut an accident happened and
mr. Watkins lost his money.
North Dakota cane next IN the
list o. contributors. when n. o.
Wood. OF Grand FORKS. arrived IN
town with leon Losisr ard o. n.
Mcleod. This was on August !.
nr. wood was good for $4,000, and
ineidentzny witnessed a wrestling
match.
Then ots Msrsh, alias Joe Carroll,
the wrestler. brought Hans hndsri
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25

81, ~~s sirs Before Rssasll 3
a,,vs~,. sn1 3. ". are~n came
!, seattle e eesin ire eserhsion o.
n.;r hss sriss fights ara wres
~, ssrs.ss vieems we're taken
s,~ tea elss To Eastern towns
.ss-. nsrfsmsa sne srS~n Ssrs
e,~ sssrstns ard In tnets 'e~us
ss., we're ,arnsa ,has nsttsd ne
,,~asses msn Iasss sums %
runsy.
l,t,rus ershsrs. az Alaskan
~,..~s nan. made i've tries n Ire
.srsssy u -ssssrers On tee first
4 sk1es ~ ~as s~inelec sgf Of
szac ard ss tire seeera $4,000
WENT VITA RiEs.
esss~ .n fsssn from seattle ~
ssss ssss tie iseal race nerss rnan,
nd srssnsr ssserer. ~ssss name
m star has sssn snsels 10 sse0rs.
Anr sssins beer s~lnaisa en- TIRE
s-ss sris Ne rstgrred 10 seattle &C
ss-ssrsss ~ ire tee -ssssrers-
Aeks- 4 shsrs tif-e after RE re
mrs " ~ss spprssehsa ire second
srs so . prssositon sha' prem
-. ssssreirg e tire ~stssrsrs. 10
ss<ss . fstsrn % nors than the
s~uss # nsnsy hs mad los, or ths
fr tss
zoos AsorHEE CHANCE"
rss ~ssssr sss Diseases AZ Sons
snssh are erahsm finally consent.
= = tsss snether chance. tss hsa
f'ssay ted the starr of ne less and
~ srssssse sseons tfip 10 local
tisots ~hs tried 10 sissuaas rim
tsr sssin sslns cas-, But ,hs
pne n the -sseefers- appesiso 10
IN and he Trough, he sac a sure
nsrg"
To second journey Sss made
I'D saain shs mar whom Graham
~ ss<ssd loss through an ~sesi-
ssrt" ard another $4,000 went to
s~s's NE eoffsrs of aessfr. Brown.
rsrimsr. Res. 81 al. On the sec
I'd ssrtsss ershsm ~aesrsd siss
~ sth ne ides Of securing his
1900 sna earning an extra thou
ssns 10 cover al the expenses Of
ne s~a srips-
OTHERS WENT EAST.
ofh~ msn we're taken from Seat.
's 70 Eastern poln,s ard ssindisd.
~ W. game ftnaily locked 50 good
nsss and hls friends that Il was
s1sfrlas6 TO begin operations
'5A v Seattle, securing the vic
hrs from ,,sssks, British celvmbis
M ne Western states
y ne fail o. the year. November
" December, hartman and Brown
40 ssslf gang Of sfesrsrs arrived IN
ssa'ns' " sirssdy told In Ire star.
sec undertook 70 proyids the scene
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
Is Not So Severe.

Under the assessment as lncreas-
ed by the board the company Will
stiil pay Far less taxes than II paid
on the assessment Of last year. This
IL due to the reduction In the levy
which will be made possible by the
vast increase IN the value of prop
erty generally throughout the city
and county
The board rejected this morning
the application OF the Sunset Tele-
phone company for the exemption
from taxation Of its telephone fran
chlse, and the assessment on the
franchise will be permitted 10 stand
at $50. 600. almost ns much as the
assessment on the Seattle Electric
compnny's street railway franchises.
Most 81 the public service franchises
held under grant by the city are not
assessed OF ell.
Owned Outside State.
The board decided TO cancel al
a. n...a.ua.f,ta an The fniie Of de
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
Fur,h Was There.

II had virtually been decided by
some Of the members Of the board
10 make the increase S5eo. goo. but.
after a lengthy session with fresi-
dent frurth 81 the company. assisted
and supported by George ponworth.
the eompanys attorney, and SEN
ntor T.. n. Palmer. the eompany's
tax agent. this was modified to
t4oo 600.
IN his argument to the board
Furth argued very strongly against
any Increase aud cited the increases
made IN the values on the company =
real estate. as reason Why none
should be made. Later he expressed
his complete satisfaction with the
psrsonaI assessment as fixed by
Assessor Peter aud the state tax
commission. oven TO the extent OF
eansenting to an Increase OF s2o0.-
GOO. County Commissioner smith
and Councilman Muilin 81 the board
held cut for 100000. but as a con-
cesriau to other members Of the
board agreed 10 make It 100000 In
stead
senator Palmer and Mr.. Don
worth argued TO the board that the
increase IN valuations on the COM
pany's real estate holdings amounts
70 s5s1.ooo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25

BANK cLgARlNos.

|. Increase over same
) date last year . l380f62b .
' +s@x ~FEH '
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
MANY KNEW OF osaE.

since tire eompirss exposure IN
Tire ssar last THURSDAY % TIRE de-
rigs % this pane a 70 fosnd ,hsi
a great number Of ths men vine cen.
arssats ~ the saioens ARD either
plsess pssroniree ~ sporting rsn
have knevn o. THESE eontssts ard
we're aware that eonfidsnee men
~evs operating IN seattle.
In vss~ Of thls u seems strsnss
shas re rnsrsbsr ~ TIRE police de-
.psr,msnt should have been intern
ed o. these operations Stree June
last al leas, sss fake contests have
beer held. During tire ronsn %
June Thomas Dean. 81 Te~nsend.
aont.. ~ss s~Indlsd cut % s1.ooo
through q fake fight Al aees' the
same tire N. ). Church. Of Ia
orande. Ore. was Induced 90 come
10 seattle, and invested $4,000 In a
wrestling match. Mr.. Church vert
home uinus the price 81 his invest
uens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25

o. the contests 10 be held ard the
beat house was built ara te~sd
around 10 TIA present location.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
Owned Outside State.

The board decided TO cancel all
III. assessments on the rolls Of de-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-25
THREE A MONTH";.


Then, with everything prepared,
the "s,serers" began their epsra
tons ard since that tine en- an Az
srass Of about three victims
raenth have been taken cut 70 Lake
wsshinsten snd there s~indlss on,
% amounts ranging frem 5000 20
s42.eoo.
The complaint made b. Morton.
u Sacramento. Cal 20 the peliee
served to quiet operations fer 'e~
weeks ard alse esmons,ratsd tire
aasisabilitY o. euttins Matt aiss
out % any active participation N
future operations. Risa u ~as
figured was toe well sre~r n Sc
attic. ara IA was sneVgst better 20
leave the entire charge 81 affairs
IN the han6s Of hartman ard
Bre~n. ~he ~ers strangers here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27

picturesqueness or even in quantity that which
Is now hllIng up the shores OF this vast northern
continent.
Social changes often come on rapidly at last
while yet they have been long preparing. As early
as 1920, a political party was formed in New York
whose resolutions opened follows. The appro-
priatiOn of the soil OF the State private and ex
elusive possession eTnnently and barbarously
unjust Elsewhere, IN the same document. the
hereditary transmission of wealth is described as
"a prime source of all calamities and this move
ment we are told strong enough TO establish
newspapers in at least four different States
In 1884 two thousand men appeared in line during
an agitation for labor reform in Boston In the
same year, in Massachusetts, three thousand women
were on strike If there We're few milhonares in
those days, it is to be remembered that all wages
were lower and hours OF labor were everywhere
longer. 1t the incomes of great manufac turers
were smaller can remember when in the neighbOr-
hood OF Boston, women servants or help. as thew
were then Called-sOmetlmeS too hatteringv-
could be obtained without difficulty for dollar and
half week to do work for which four or FIVE dollars
must now be paid There was then only one man
in the neighbOrhOod of Boston who could be re-
garded as a millionaire and even in his case il was
doubted as being impossible. Now the rich are
richer, but the poor are less poor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
The Fruit of American Energy

THE very obstacles which we are enCOunterIng
are the fruit which comes of the enormous energy
which the American people have thrown into the
ordinary business of life 1t is not a question
of art poetry, or refinementS of life, is it queS
ton of the preservation of the Puritan conscience,
but of the simple fact that energetic and hard
working people has not vet hit upon the proper
relation between it's methods and its duties How
shall these be organized, how arranged9 On the
one side the constant engagements and re-
organization of capital railroad managers hold
mems futures in the hollow of their hands y hand
full of men control the whole flour trade, the whole
coal trade, of great cities
On the other side, there are combinations of
labor in every direction; there organizations
that control the whole mining of great States.
The Supreme Court denies the COnstitutiOnalty of
an income tax. The courts deny TO striking miners
the right of assembly free speech. The President
of the United States is himself called to interfere
for the settlement of local quarrels, TO send
military force to protect the United States mail
through Chicago
How great these obstacles seem in themselves,
How soon they adjusted by the very forces that
created them When 1t comes TO the point,
more and more happens, the representatives of the
two sides, capital and labor, find some common
ground After once encOuntering an evil so vast
tuition of slavery. every other struggle slight.
enduring patriotism carries the American people
through.
Human history has been defined as being "a
compendium of the migration OF races and
never before has this migration equaled in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
Some Forceful Music

az one occasion in Il social party gathering where
~ Jerrold was a somewhat disagreeable young man
who had made himself a decided bore remarked of
a certain piece OF music, that 1t is perfectly delight
tul. Whenever hear it am quite carried away
For gracious sake them" said Jerrold won't
somebody please play it,
In our country invariably think of Holmes
SAKE. and Prentice masters of the punnng trick
SAKE, who was once our counterpart OF the English
poet Praed, filled his poems with double-word mean
Ings which thoroughly avoided far-fetchedness-
though some say that the pun is, the better
1T is
Perhaps IT is not so well known that p. L. Barnum
and l. ii Chaplin, respectively pastor and pewman,
were particularly apt this word play and the like
When the Snowman a little thirty wears ago.
purchased a Fifthave., New York residence, Chaplin
hrst went there with only proXmate knowledge
OF ITS number After arriving, he asked how
he happened to find 1t, without consulting the drec
tory. Well" said Chaplin, Il saw . p. T. b on
the door, and found it with its invitation to walk
IN; for l supposed the letters meant, Pull the
Bell. '"
On visits to Barnum's Bridgeport home, Chaplin
and Barnum invariably kept up perfect fuSillade
OF punmng Once, when the chicken being
served there, the words pulet pul it, neck (necksD
leg deg See), and its whole anatomy gone over
with, with pretty even result TO personal sue
cess. Finally Barnum said to Chaplin; Il guess we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
Problems Will Be Solved

so long as the changes thus reach different classes
the situation IS not so alarming Ii there are the
perls OF the stOCk-eXChange, the one side there
is anchorage in the increasing deposits in the saw
ings-banks. The tendency OF most thinkers. IN
spite OF all immediate anNieties. Is on the whole
hopeful The nation whose organizing energy has
gone on creating larger problems viii be able TO
solve these and shall be able 10 live up to the
standard proclaimed by Corporal Prince Lambkin.
IN my black regiment tSo1 when he said, adj
dressing the dusky soldiers from a barreltOp: Wen
neber desert de ole flag, bows. neber We hab lib
under 1t for eighteen hundred and siNty-two years
and we die for It now
With some such overpowering discharge OF chro-
nology at long range every political speech might
we'll end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
SOME PUNS AND "PUNDITS"

TO one knows when that eXasperatng duplcitv
N in language called punning began. Adam
= and Eve doubt had time for 1t and the
builders OF Babel had than sufficient supply
of its necessary materias-sinCe all languages give
IT its opportunity. The Oldest Sanskrit writings are
said to be full of puns There some who say the
punning habit Is disease In England Douglas
lerrold, Hood, Praed, Theodore Hook, and Sydney
Smith have been its eminent and most constant
practitioners.
1t was of the Aldermen of London that Sydney
Smith made game by his famous double dealing
remark when they discussing the merits of a
wooden pavement for the streets of that city. The
comment upon their plan and deliberations was that
they could no doubt make the scheme a success by
carefully putting their heads together.
Hood kept up his habit to the last, and even at
his last illness, when he remarked of it, and of his
other Joking, that he did these things in order to
a lively Hood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY ~, 1900

very poor will be conspicuous, and cOmpre-
bend a more formidable host of the latter
Liberty has vet lasted long IN a democracy;
nor has it ever ended in any thing better than des-
potis1n. With the change of our government our
manners and sentiment will change. As soon as our
emperour has destroyed his rivals and established
order in his army, he will desire to SplendOur
in his court, and to occupy his subjects with the
cultivation of the sciences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
Remembered His Verse

MOT bad one was that of the poet CampbeT's
visitor, who, on leaving Campbens upstairs
room. tell from the top OF the stairs the bottom
The racket made called Campbell To the head of the
STAIRS, who asked What Is the matter. '-" Oh.
sir, said his friend It's /, sir rolling rapidly.
y rlmlng pun Is the one that follows
\ famous american preacher
SAID The hen Is a beautiful creature
The hen after that
Land egg his hat.
And thus did the Henry Ward Beecher
There must be many readers who do not forget-
and who VIII recall, whenever the present topic is
lntroduccd-Dr. Holmes ESSAY of forty wears ago
and more, on ~ Visit TO an Asylum for Aged and
Decayed PunSters Published IN The Atlantic
Monthly, january, 1907, and not to bc found I'm
ms published works. This ASYLUM was endowed
by y T. Dow. The directors were 70 select a super
VISOR anyhow they pleased and y f. Howe was
therefore chosen 10 that office. When the doctor
arrived at the door he raped on it with his cane.
Whereupon one OF the inmates put his head out of Che
window. and SaId Oh. YOU prefer Cane To A Bell
Another sand Is III G.. Really editor of The \ Y
Tribune, One asked, Why is stephen A. Doug
las like the earth, and the reply came Because
he was hattened at tie polls -
The institution had rules somewhat stringent
Certain puns could not be used AT any time and
certain hours were exempt from the punning ok
erclSe- Perhaps. though, the most striking lea
tuTe OF the institution was thar there were mo
female punsterS there y woman VIII make a
single pun sometimes, but IL Is sporadic and
there IT ends Whoever knew one to keep az ill.,
the doctor asks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27

into the water. The next morning he had this con-
versatIon with the Swan Chambermaid
Jerrold: - suppose these accidents happen often
off here
Servant: oh yes, sir, frequently, but its not
the season vet
Jerrold, surveying himself ~lh, l suppose its all
owing to a backward spring
Servant, sharply That's it, SIT
y favorite pun of Charles Lamb was that of an
Oxford scholar, who met porter carrying hare
on his shoulder. Is that Your hare, said the
scholar "Or a wig,
y good pun however was made by the English
General HavelOck, when he won his great battle IN
India. After he took Lucknow. ne telegra phed To
the English office: " We are in Luck now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
By Joel Bent on

have used that fowl; if not 'foully, pretty well
up At any rate, defy YOU TO make fresh pun
upon it. - Well then said Chaplin pushing back
his chair, Sha mt | clear
y wel-knOwn writer asked at a dinner
table If he would not take a little champagne.
Why, certainly, said he; 1T gives real pain
to omit champagne
As Shakespeare Punned vOluminously in his PLAYS
and with considerable guStO, there IS much hkei-
hood that he did not omit this verbal exercise when
he met Ben DonsOn and his other tavern friends in
Their blbulOuS bouts. He also Satrized bv his
Jealous rivals, with punS that certainly poor
enough to justify any modern pun amateur in his
difficult word practice.
George d. Prentice, the famous Louisville editor
knew very well the force of word reperCussionS
and old files of his paper TEEN with them He once
sand am never quite certain that a lady knows
what KISS Is. until have 1T from her own hips "
Ills rival editor in Louisville had reason to know
his skill IN torCetul commentary when they had
their political tits. This rival said at the end
OF long article intended to combat Prentice that
The Democratic party knows how the land hes
ON tins question Whereupon Prentice. quoting
me remark SAID: Yes, and the land knows how
the Democratic party lies this question"