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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
CITIES Are RUNNING
WITH HUMAN BLOOD
Battleships Are Being Sent to Port Au Prince, Where
New Minister Of the Interior Has Shot Down People
Without Trial, and Committed Unparalleled CrueIties

The British cruisers Indcfailg-
able aud Crescent left here before
daybreak. one 90 each port. and
the French cruiser d'Eatrecs II
sailing under rush orders from
Santiago de Cuba for Port Au
Prince
The trouble which has been brew
luR for some weeks was brought
10 a head on Saturday when Gen
eral tecOnte became convinced
that conBpirators against his af-
miniHiratiOn were operating from
the French consulate Under this
terms OF recent agreement POI
lltical foes OF Leeonie were grant
ed Immunity from prosecution, pro-
ylded they would leave the country
at once The agreement was made
with the French government and
the refugees were collecting a. tho
French consulate at Gouaiyes
Rumors Of Conspiracy.
Saturday a letter written by
General Firm. under date Of
March ! at the French consulate
aud addressed 10 n Massillion
Culeou. a prominent author and po-
lifical foe Of Leeoute.s fell into the
iatters hands In II were refer
enees TO the conspiracy against Le-
eonte and a list Of names.
The minister Of the interior gave
the list Of names 10 his brother.
chief Of staff 70 the president, with
orders that the eonsplrators be ar
rested and punished. The assassin
atoms followed Today Leconte re-
pddlated the killings and declared
that they were without his orders.
II IL believed. however. that he
sanctioned the action OF hla brother
II he did not actually inspire Il.
Rumoreo Officers Are Shot.
A cable dispatch reaching hero
this afternoon says that an uncon-
firmed rumor current in Port Au
Prince has II that Majors Leon
Caffaque and L. Fiflord and
lieutenant named la Roche we're
shot before sunrise this morning.
They were Implicated by Massilioh
Colcou one Of those aEeassinaied
yesterday, In an ante-moriem state
menf -Four other officers whose
names have not been learned. we're
also named by Cocoon but escaped
the officers sent tn arrest them.
81 Horno. the Hayfian minister
OF foreign affairs has served notice
on the French government that on
INK 10 the discovery Of a conspir-
aey among the refugees who had
promised TO leave the country
under French protection. the
agreement Is abrogated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
CHINA HAS
APOL0GIzED

nltimatum of March S. closes the
incident II is probable that the
release of the Tatsu Maru will take
place tomorrow. China taking over
her cargo aud paying the demur-
rage. When her japanese flag is
run up Chinese warship will greet
It with a salute.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

....,. 70 ealI for Wlleall
!. ! motion that this ceapeil
w y - fullest eohtdease lh
q sss.s,x az purpose and ia-
..-'ts q character q s go,
e., ,.s said Councilman u { TIN
= - .seasFs q a motion that ess
Z Y. ~ 40 act ~ the fe'ifins ele
~ 49, taksa msi PRIOR = ,ls
an ~ adjournment At !. ee'see %
believe that Al % ne NJ. =
- n this bs~iy ihlak taAi p -
: ,ensheu, bis dissatisfaction esl.
49, 4, n ii-ses aad IN ali matters
-, hoaesi and upriEei motives
r sss,. - asay havr ditiofed Al
So Il matters 81 policy Ne
e., - I've nm credit tar ths hlEb.
= sna hesi moilyes
a. Gnfs suggestion TIE eetiii.
4 ssassnonsiy adopted bis mo-
y. afser It had been adopted.
rs..v ussfe. Nho vas present tn
= ss.eell rhambcf. took The fleoF
"a sxpVssea his highest sfatift
80 : he unlform courtesy and
s.ss.ss ~ilh wh.ch h. had heaa
.sslsl ~ memhers of The eaaa
= ID al employees and officers
4 IL csffs
% eesnsil eoss ogs.
~ proceeding marked tie
- charter ~ the legislative
s..s,s 4 IL oaisoluk cify admin
s.ssasa TIE ontguiaE Council
- usxsaed II n oclock passed
. ~ district improvement and
ava He.ase ordinances and in
nesssl eisaaea % pcndirg leEia
.ass hasinexx Three veinea 81
r.svf Nouge ~xFe read aad aae 81
~ sssszlned whiir the other tvo
~ reEaFFsd % approximate com
ra.sss q The incoming council
ia appoihtea
Ms a'eio<s the old council aa
.npned size cir and tao minutes
a. thai hoar tho new euuneil
W. alssa 10 order b. Clerk II l.
xs~n. Oh mction pi Councilman
~ Councilman Resclls wHa eject.
4 president pro ten ~ the ueN
NJ - "a mption Of CouneiinlaA
xsnAf cusnsiiman cili vas uuanl
nzsiy zEeesed peguanent prssaldeat
4 summltsee consisting 81 Eoun=
case Nnlssa. NEgphy. WaF Var.
~ nd Reeeise vas arpointsd %
val o. MAYng Miller ant advise
Aim Ital ~ egancii was oeTaalssd
| sd serzred to rrc~lfe any com.
nnnlrsziaa - desired 90 transmit
len The committee. after calling
sssa Ne mzyor. repofied that that
sf1ssr bad ~ standardization tn
ffza<mft q tie euunril AZ this time
Prsslstszf Cd waA authorized q
sxne fnar members 10 act uish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
10y United Press.l

TOXIC. March i6.-The receipt
today by the Japanese government
OF China's formal apology FOR the
Tatsu Maru incident. and her com.
pllance with the terms Of Japan s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

wAI4LA WALLA. March Is THE
situation here Is serious. The gas
works are flooded. the o x q n.
depot II threatened, the Fourth 81.
byidR. Il washed out. and a part
Of the Third ~ bridge has been
blasted away to save the balance
of the structure from being
wrecked.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

TOXIC. March 10 a HouR
kong message Just necsa fed
here aaYa the TaiRu Mafu was
released this afternoon and
that q Japanese flax went 10
her peak Il received salule !
Of a Japanese gnuboat ou the !
Canton river.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
Willamette RIsIna.

PORTLAND. Ore. March f6-
A three-day rain storm. covering
the entire state, has tied up rail.
way traffic and caused an alarm.
Ing rise In the Willamette river A
landslide az Wyeth. Ore, has
Stocked all traffic on the o. X. a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

himself a. chairman a. rules
committee, and appointed SAWYER.
khindeu. Mullen aud Goddard The
new council then adjourned to meet
tonight at ; o'clock
Busy at City Hail.
The day was busy end inter.
eating one AZ The elty hall Soon
after his arrival az hla office az
80 o'clock this morning. Mayor
Moore accepted the resignation 81
Chief ~ Police { ". Wappenateln
which had been submitted to him
Saturday nighf ta take effect at
aoon today. aud the chief II po
licc retired from offico with the
retifiRs mayor
About the same hour Council
mauglcct A Goddard called on
Corporation Cauneii Calhoun aud
procured from him a legal opinion
that the charter provision requlr
lng the bonds IT incoming elected
officials 60 b. fiied within 10 DAYS
81 the election MAS directory oniY
aud that Il sas the duty of the
eomptfoiicg 10 Accept the proffcred
nond snd place Il On file
Mr. Goddard bad neglected to
file hla bond On Friday, aud the
Comptroller had refused on satur.
dAy to aceeps t. upou the opinion
of the corporation counsel. be- ac.
oeptod and filed IL this morning.
and q Was fs9ofably acted upon
b. The auditing committee ~ ths
council IN time To- AF Goddard "a
participate IN the first session II
thc ueW council
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
Warships Are Sent.

Warships ~ France and England
and Germany are Fastening 70 the
scene OF trouble and II IL expected
that Minister Fnrniss viii ask The
Washington government for proiee-
ton today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

city Treasurer elect W. =. Pros.
scr. whose official bond the Audit
Ins committee on Saturday had de.
eiiusa "a approve tiled a uoS bond
that aitegnooa and Il vas GA sat.
urday evening fasurahiy passed
upon hy the audltiak committee.
Early this morning be called at
the trvaNuFera offtcu and from
there WAS accompanied BY Georre
Russell. the aatknlnE treasurer. on
a round Ut hanks where the city
deposits hre kept zoe the purpose
% accepting the eltY funds A.
each % the banks NJ Russell had
arranged 10 have 81 81 the deposits
ready Ia cash e. te ceunfed by the
new official. provided he cared ca
count them. which Mr. prpasef did
not a. The total amnuut ~ money
transferred to the mes treasurer
uas t8.a5stNeef
One more RESIGNATION In the eits
trcasurrrs office was fiied sith
and accepted b. City TrvasHfrT
George Russell this mornlnE before
Mr. Russell wenf 8ut 81 office. Il
was that q naY II Lens. tai col.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16
10y United Press)

KINGSTON. Jamaica. March L..
Revolt. intrigue and assasslna.
ton are running riot today IN the
Hayiian cities Of Port Az Prince
and GonaiveH. according % cable
dispatches received here 4 hast.
ny lnaugurated censorship has
caused the greatest confusion and
accurate details are unobtaiuable
Tho widest ramors are Ia cirou-
latlon. following the policy Of
Wholesale assassination inaugural.
ed yesterday. when General Willard
ouhin Leoonte. the newly appoint
ed minister Of the interior had
10 Of the leading citizens Of the
country taken from their homes
and shot without The formailty Of
trial or a court martial They
we're suspected Of having consplr.
ed against f.econte The public
murder was followed by assaults
on a number Of other prominent
men and women. and the thrust
ing into iail Of score Of others
Are Shot ., Sight
a report received here today bY
an Engllnh fruit company, with q
branch office In Port Au Prince.
SAYS that e number ~ residences
have been burned Supposed con.
apiutnra are being shot on sight
General Leeonte has demanded that
the French consul surrender 10 him
"A number Of refugees who have
taken shelter there and have been
promised permission 90 leave the
island In safety II they will prom.
iae not 20 return The same com
pany In Ia receipt az dispatch
which ssys that a number Of sua-
poets arrested On Sunday were To-
DAY taken ont and shot
Foreign residents a. both Port
Al Prince and Gonaiyes are flock.
ing 10 the conHulates. There II not
room 20 house them all and the
grayoxt fears are felt II - said
that the homes aud places % bust
ness Of the foreign residents. de-
serted In the rush for safety are
belng pillhRed BY drunken negro
soldiers OF General Lsconts.
War.ksns Are Seat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-16

THE We kTHEH-FtlR TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY LIGHT FROST TONIGHT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
cTATUS OF SLOT MACHINES.

Following the commonsense construc-
ton of the law defining gambling,
Judge Whitaker holds that slot ma
chimes are gambling devices In his
opinion 1t makes no difference whether
man CANDLES for money or cigars or
any other article of value, the net re-
suit Is gambling and can have no other
construction. In this view ne opposes
the opinion OF Judge Diehl. who. by
on the slot machine is not gambling be-
cause merchandise, not money, is at
stake. By the same process of reason
ing two men who wagered a city block
of real estate on a poker hand would
not be violating the gambling law.
1t is understood an appeal will be
taken 10 the district court from Judge
Whittakers ruling, and that mean
while the city administration will per-
nit slot machine gambling to continue
as heretofore without payment OF
Incense or effort at suppression. There
seems to be no good reason why the
wholesale operation of the machines
should not be suppressed at once now
that the law is properly construed to
give the police authority to suppress
them. AT the present rate the final de-
cision in the case will probably not be
reached for a long while, and the atti-
tude OF the administration looks sus-
piciously as if the authorities were in
no hurry to enforce the law II. in a
similar case. the owner of a roulette
wheel were to appeal his case. would
the police feel compelled to await the
decision of the higher court before
they put the wheel out of business?
If the city administration is in ear
nest in its announced determination 10
suppress gambling in Salt Lake. it will
stop the slot machines. They are per-
nicious devices, they contribute moth
ing to the good OF the community they
stimulate the gambling passion and
have no more claim to liberation than
have faro or roulette or open poker
games.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
THE ONLY CONSOLATION.

Having announced a few days ago
that he would resign as postmaster on
Aug. II, William GIasmann of Ogden
now says he didn't mean it. That's the
trouble with this world; just about the
time something fortunate is promised
along comes an unkind fate and blights
the budding rose of promise, or words
to that effect.
Having known Bill for some years
We might have known better than to
believe him when he said right out in
meeting that he was going to quit a
good job without being kicked out. For
that matter. a man takes long chances
when he believes Bill about anything.
However, there is always the pros
pect that Ogden's postmaster will be
kicked out; which is some consolation
TO a long-suffering community.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
SIZE OF ANCIENT BABYLON.
london Chronicie.)

The report of the German Orientai
society on the extensive explorations
carried out on the ruins OF ancien.
Babylon. which has just been issued
under the editorship of DR.. F'riedrich
Delitzsch, is a document of more imam
usual interest
Perhaps one of the most astonishing
discoveries in the field OF Typographical
research has been the tracing or the
walls of the city and the ascertainment
or the true size. of the great city. WON
derful descriptions of the size or BABY
Ion have been given, based chiefly on
the hearsay evidence of Herodotus, IN
ancient times, and the theories OF the
late DR.. Oppert These writers made
the city a vast paralelogram. surround
eo py wall 80 miles long and 100 feet
nigh. with 100 gates, and bisected by the
Euphrates. According to them the area
was about as large as London and Paris
together. or some 40 square miles. All
this wild conjecture has been swept
away.
The exploration of the walls began
at the Babil fort, and here was found a
wall 20 feet thick, with butresses every
SO feet. The line of the wall was traced
10 the southeast angle, until il bends
to the west and joins the great quay
on the banks of the river This por-
ton was pierced by only one gate. the
gate of Isar. thanked by tall towers dec
GRATED with friezes of lions and dragons
in encaustic tile work On the north
II was traced to the river bank. The
whole Enclosure covered an area OF
little over one square mile, or roughly
that of our city of London.
In the kasr of palace" mounds were
found the remains of two great pal
aces. one built by Nabupalassar. the
other by Nebuchadnezzar. Both were
most complex In plan, containing hun
dreds of rooms for the accommodation
OF retainers, officials in the royal fam
lily. The two palaces are separated by
a street. The later or new edifice is
on the eastern side and consists of sew
eral groups of chambers arranged
around quadrangles separated by strong
walls and gateways. The largest of
these Is a royal quadrangle, entered by
double gateway.
On the south side of this square is
the northern facade of the royal audi
ence residence chamber of SelamIik.
This facade was 40 feet wide and had
been richly decorated with floral de-
signs in enameled brick in yellow. blue.
white and black. The audience hall
measured so by 20 feet and on the
south side is deep alcove with a dais
in front, where the royal throne was
placed.
What a historic chamber this is,
Here Nebuchadnezzar had sat and re-
ceived homage on his conquest of Je-
rusalem. Perhaps in this very cham
Der BelshaZZar's feast was held and
the plaster covered walls had received
the terrible message. Here Cyrus the
Conqueror was enthroned in June, 53S
B. c., and perhaps in this very cham
Der Alexander of Macedon held the IA
tai revels after his overthrow of the
empire of the east.
Nebuchadnezzar speaks of richly dec
GRATED palaces and temples, but the
one prevailing feature of all the build
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
WHEN FISH TASTE THE BEST.
CNew York Evening Telegram)


Bass (black). bass (sea). bass (striped),
good from June l to January l are the
bass Qake), while bluefish from May 10
November Though they can be obtained
as late as December). Butterfish are best
from October to May: Goldfish all the
year; carp (common), from July to No
vember; carp (German). from October to
May; eels. all the year: founders. all the
year; fresh mackerel, from April to No
vember; mackerel (Spanish). from April
to December: kingfish, from May to No
vember; mullet, from June to November.
perch. from September to June.
Pickerel is good all the year. while her
ring is best from March to April, and por-
giles from June to November.
Red snapper run from October TO April;
salmon (Kennebec). from May to October;
salmon (western), from August to June;
sheepshead (native). April to November;
skate. from September to July, and sal
mon trout most of the year.
Smells are excellent from August to
April; English sole. from November to
May; sturgeon. from June to October, and
brook trout from April to September.
Then the delicious weakfish are appe-
tiZing from April to December; whitefish,
from November to March; shad. in the
spring, and whitehall from May to April.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
ONLY ONE QUESTION.

The meeting of Fourth precinct cit
liens to protest against the bond is
sue would have carried more convic-
ton if it had not been called and d.
rected by Harry Joseph, satellite of the
Smoot machine and the one man who
is responsible for the defeat of an eff
fort TO improve the city government
of Salt Lake. Joseph defeated the Gal
weston bills in the house of representa-
tives in spite of the fact that they had
a majority ready to support them if
they could be brought to vote His
parliamentary rulings, made in def
ance of decency and fairness, prevent
ed a reform in the corporations form
of government which was desired by a
large proportion of the citizens, with
out regard TO party. For him to COM
plain that Salt Lake is misgoverned is
rificed the city in his capacity as rep
resentative and to admit that he is In
no sense qualified to speak for the peo-
pie whose confidence he betrayed for
partisan purposes.
Having been called 10 oppose the
bonds, the Fourth ward meeting OPP
posed them and appointed committees
10 defeat them at the election. They
offer no alternative, they do not show
how the municipality is TO escape a
confiscatory tax rate if the bonds are
beaten. Apparently they believe they
can beat the bonds and prevent an in
crease in the tax rate at the same time,
though any competent lawyer would
have advised them differently.
The sole question before the tax-pay-
ers is whether they will borrow 100000
with which TO pay for improvements or
stand an increase in the rate of taxa
ton; whether the city shall pay its
100000 in twenty years or raise it by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
GOOD FOR OGDEN.

So ogden believes In having good
building for its high school and ac-
cepted Hon. Fred ]. Kiesers generous
offer of $4,000 site. The majority in
favor of the bonds which will accom-
plish this purpose was decisive enough
to be entirely satisfactory to the pro-
gressive element in Ogden.
The result will be a splendid monu-
ment TO the public spirit of the city and
to Mr.. Kiesel: and the building will
contribute greatly to the success of
what is already an admirable public
school system. Either as an investment
or as an advertisement the money will
be well spent. returning a hundred
fold on its cost and pointing to the
splendid future of the city itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
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THE PUBLICITY PLEDGE.

announcement is made by the Re-
publicans that they will publish their
campaign contributions, and the treas
urer naively remarks that he thinks
II is going TO be a dry year for cam
paign funds. He thinks the publica-
ton will be honest. because the treas
urer's Office will be located in New
York, and the law there is very strin-
gent on this particular subject Re-
Numbering, however, the ordinary
sources of Republican funds. and re-
calling the insurance investigation, the
Hartman episode. the relations of the
corporations TO the Cortelyou commit
tee, one may be pardoned for doubling
the entire candor of the. announcement
Nor is this doubt unjustified. The
Republican national convention dis
tinctly refused to adopt a publicity
plank, while the Denver convention
made it feature of the Democratic
platform. The contributions to the ma
tional Republican committee may be
published: but there is nothing to COM
committees, congressional committees,
senatorial committees or any others of
a dozen distributing agencies.
We all recall the virtuous indigna-
ton with which Roosevelt and Cortel-
you scored Judge Parker for charging
them with soliciting funds from cor
porations; and we remember. too. the
revelations Hughes brought forth when
he went after Mr.. Perkins and the 9TH
er gentlemen who had been using the
funds of widows and orphans to pro-
mote the sacred cause of Roosevelt and
Cortelyou. The same combination con-
trolls the Republican committee now as
then, although the chairman is
changed, and it is only natural to sus-
pect the genuineness OF this sudden
conversion to the doctrine of publicity
after the national convention had re-
pudiated it,
The leopard may change his spots,
but Republican campaign committee
looking for funds-neverl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
TIT FOR TAT.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.)

II is satisfying to the soul occasionlly
to return favor in the same coin. In
the following Incident, told by Mr.. Put
nam in his History of the Twenty-Fifth
Massachusetts Regiment" such an ex-
change took place, the Yankees guess
ing" getting the better of the southern
er's reckoning"
Private Anderson was a tall Yankee re-
cruit. On one occasion he was taken pris-
oner in a thick fog. 1t was his habit
to carry a small Ratchet in his belt, and
one of the first things his captors said TO
him was:
well. Yank. I reckon we'll take that
Ratchet"
II suppose you will. Johnny" said An
derson,- giving up the weapon.
AS Anderson was being marched of In
order to join the captors' company he
noticed that they had completely lost their
way in the fog.
Look here Johnnies," he remarked,
coolly II was over this ground this very
morning: | know where we are and where
your men are. I'll show you. Come on!'
and he led off
The coafederates followed, and In less
than two minutes Anderson had led them
into the hands of the federals. They saw
the Joke but did not enjoy Ii.
Now Johnny said Anderson, II guess
III take the Ratchet"