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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
MRS. GOULD DRANK
WATER, THAT'S ALL

Gould had told a carpenter TO
'nmaah that damn door" willis he
waa working on ono that refused
10 open. She aid further that Mrs.
Gould wa only a moderate drink.
err" She testified that Mrs Goald's
only drinks At luncheon were a
cocktail. a small bottle Of wine and
a cordial. She said she usually had
the same for dinner. but that Il did
not affect her IN any way.
Farnum for Her Lead.
The witness admitted that Mrs,
Gould had contemplated returning
10 tho stage. and that she naid aho
would like To have Farnum for her
leading man. QUOTING Mn. Gould.
she said that farnum was a good
actor. and that a brilliant future
was IN store for him.
Annie Conion. Mrs. Sells maid
for 10 years. was the next witnoss
She testified regarding Farnum'u
Walt TO Mrs. 0ould's apartments 10
her hotel. and said that on all oc.
casiona Mrs. Sells was present. She
said that she had never known OF
Farnum going 10 Mrs. Goald's apart.
msnts unless he was accompanied
by other persons,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
OTHER WITNESSES CLAIM FOR
mER scrRGss DRANK LIT.
TIE AND ssvNN swoHE.

NEW YORK. June 11.-Testi-
mony tending to disprove her hua.
bands allegation that che drank to
excess. was introduced today BY
Mrs. Howard Gould In her suit for
separate maintenance.
Edward Roman. superintendent
Of Madame Diamonds drossmaking
establishment. testified that he had
seen Mrs. Gould many times. but
had never seen her drink anything
stronger than water.
Mra. Mabel r. Bells. for many
years a friend Of Mrs. Gould. teatl.
fled that she had never seen tho
plaintiff give any evidence Of In
toxication. aud denied testimony TO
the effect that Mrs. Gould had quar-
rolled with her private secretary.
Jonea, at tho st. Regis hotel. while
under the influence OF liquor.
Did Not Even swear
Mrs. Sells also denied that Mrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
ELLIOT TAKES STAND
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE

George Elliot, tho defendant In
the case Of the state against 81
Hot. charged with criminal assault,
was placed on tho witness stand
this morning and put through q
stiff cross exarhinatlon BY Assist
ant District Attorney Perry. The
belt which was the only clew 10 the
porpetrat0r of tho crime was fitted
to Elliot and was found TO be much
too large. although dvtectiyou stat
cd that II was the same sire as the
band OF the trousers worn by Elliott
on the night Of tho crime.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
LUMBER TARIFF
IN THE SENATE

and eleven democrats supported
the higher rata.
McUumher then presented an
amendment reducing time differ
entiAl. designed TO cover tho ooa,
Of finished lumber. declaring the
dIfferontlais In the Aidrloh bill
were far In srooas Of tho difference
IN the cost In the United States
and Canada
The finance committee amend.
msnt reducing tho Dinslsy rates
and fixing the duty on dressed ium.
Dor. planned or finished On one aide.
at 80 cents thousand feet. was
adopted IN the senate thia after
noon by a vote Of 80 to o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
ALL WAYS MUST
REPAIR STREETS

Recently Superintendent OF Pub.
lie Utilities A, v. Bouillon brought
10 the attention Of tho board the
fact that IN several places through.
out the city the street car com.
panles were neglecting 10 conform
to the terms OF their franchises.
Several Indications were cited
whore the companies had torn up
streets and failed to put them In
proper shape The board members,
with the exception OF Mr. Bouillon.
stated they did not know whether
they had the right 10 take summary
action in the matter
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
GREAT NORTHERN
CALLED TO TIME

It's franchise will be revoked, Tila
street is at present In bad condition.
On June IL Mr. Boulll'n notified
the company that there were sewer
al places where conditions were a
menace to public safety. while In
others traffic was lmpeded. In re-.
ply to that letter the company asked
II II was meant that the company
should repair tho whole street, or
only those portions wherein its
lacks were lpiS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
WAGON 0V[nTURMs
KILLING THE DRIVER
UNDER HEAVY LOAD
THEODORE SCHMIDT CRUSHED
WHEN LOAD ovERruRNs
ON STEEP HILL.

Going down a steep incline half
way between South Point and
Mountain View Station. heavily
loaded wagon containing household
goods overturned and Theodore
Schmidt. the driver. was buried be
meath the load aud instantly killed
Schmidt was moving q load Of
furniture and II thought that the
brake became unmanageablo and
caused the accident
Schmidt Ia a bachelor about 20
years OF age
The body Of the unfortunate man
was found by O. Brown and II. Hop
kins. II was removed to the under.
taking establishment Of II. s. Noice
at Georgetown.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
ELECTRIC LINES MUST NOT
LEAVE STREETS IN BAD
CONDITION.

Corporations operating street
railways In the city Of Seattle will
have to keep to the terms OF their
respective franchises. which compel
them To maintain and keep In good
condition streets along their lines,
according To an opinion furnished
the board Of public works this morn.
ing by Corporation Counsel Scott
Calhoun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
MISSING MAN FOUND

Martin oioson. the young Scan.
dlnavian who was handcuffod and
iahen rom a gradlnE camp on W.
dOth 81 BY two unknown mon on
the msht Of April n, and for whom
a cvaselons search has been made
by tho father ever since, Ia alive
and well at Auburn, according 10 a
letter received at police hoadQuar
tors today,
In his communication young Ole,
son does not explain his mysterious
abduction, but simply asks tho
police 10 IND his father
He 10 at Auburn working for the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
HOLD RALLY TONIGHT

Tho final rally preceding the In.
ternatlonal convention OF the Ep.
worth League, which meets In the
Armory. July TIA, will be held by
the Seattle members OF the league
tonight In the First Methodist
church. AZ this meeting the con.
ycntlon committee VIII make ita re
port Of completed arrangements
and the ohalrmen Of the sub-com-
mittoos will receive their instruo-
lions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
c. ?. R. BOATS WILL
HAVE THE WIRELESS

Two more boats OF tho Canadian
Pacific Railroad company'a fleet
will 10 equipped with wireless telo.
graph Instruments at once. r. II.
Armstrong has signed a contract
With the Canadian Pacific for the
equipment with United Wireless In.
atrumeniA OF the Princess Charlotte
aud the Princess Royal. Work on
The Charlotte will start tonight The
Royal viii DO fitted with apparatus
when she arrives In Vancouver from
Bkagway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
NOTIFIED THAT FRANCHISE
CALLS FOR KEEPING UP
REPAIRS ON n. n. Az.

Superintendent Of Public Utilities
A. v. Bouillon today notified the
Great Northern Railroad company
that under the terms Of lia frIn'
ohise, which grants It permission
to operate on Railroad ay. II must
keep that thoroushiare in repair. or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
WILL STOP GAMBLING.

Police Chief Ward last night held
a conference with his captains and
sergeants. during which he notified
thom that gambling games OF every
character throughout the city should
DO stamped out at once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
THURSDAYS A.-Y.-P. E. PROGRAM
q. A. n. DAY
GRAND CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH mAsoss DAY
WASHINGTON. OREGON AND IDAHO STATE BANKERS
ASSOCIATION DAY.

500 m--Gatea open.
1000 m-conco wagners A.YsP band. Forea,ry building
band stand.
1000 mParade and music by Clan Fraser Of Highland
musicians WIN play various places fair
grounds and Pay slroak.
1880 D. m-filsht Of the Airahlp AsYsP.
i2t5 mAssemhy Of O. A n steps Of Auditorium Music
and speeches. O. A. r. headquarters back Of United
States government building.
800 mMadane seh,le and her trained Hons free n,trae
ton foot Of Pay Streak
400 p minforma luncheon Daughters Of confcdoraey wo
mans building
400 m-concsr wasners A-Y.P band Forestry building
band stand.
$50 D MT 8 life saving exhibition loo, Of Pay Streak
a.a0 D m--Coneeft lines band Music pavilion
$3.50 mLecturr Tho Hunters tho Australian Plain" Dr.
A c. HAddon. lecture hall Of the Fine Arts building.
1850 D m-Fiight Of the airshlp A-YsP.
T:ss p m--concert lines band. Music pavilion
$500 mMadamc schee aud her trained lions, foo, Of Pay
Streak
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
BllyalOt
Al &c Per Day

Can you afford ~ THIS Ia
the tcrma that we arn selling
Navy Yard city on Can you
better ~ We are the ownars
mot agcntsl. hence the above
terms Join the crowds that
we are taking To the nremertan
Navy Yard daily lat our cx.
pensel aud showing them that
they must make a large profit
on small investment In Navy
Yard City Nayy Yard Cltys
future Is guaranteed by Uncle
Sam. ~ he Is spending millions
Of dollars on HIS Navy Yard.
which ia alongside Of NAVY
Yard City To-day you can buy
large let's Tor $40 and up on
terms Of 81 down and s. month.
y, This beautiful property has
one mile OF water lots, and one
Of thcm may make you wealthy.
Call AZ our office and arrange
10 so with our statesmen lat our
cxpensel on tho fast new
steamer II n Kennedy. leaving
ColmAn dock ten trips daily.
They will show all tho battle.
ships and tho navy yard. Call
or write for maps and prices.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23

Ballard fitemen were called last
night 10 put out small blazs at
the residence Of Il. y. Gibbons. ggi9
!ith ay. y, W.. which was caused
by the children playing with
matches The fire wRa discovered
before Il was fairly started. There
was practically no damage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT.

The regions of space beyond our
planet are filled with hvins fragments.
Some meet the earth in its onward
rush. others, having attained incon-
ceivable velocity overtake and crash
into the whirline spi, ere with loud det-
onation and ominous glare, finding de-
struction In its molecular arrnor or
perhaps recochettine from it again
into the unknown Some come singly.
vagrant fragments from the intinity of
space; others fall in showers like
golden rain, all constituting a bonn
bardment appalling in its magnitude.
II has been estimated ttat every
"a hours the earth or its atmosphere
is struck by 400.D06.0o0 missiles of
iron or stone. ranging from an ounce
up TO tons in weight Every month
there rush upon the flying globe at
least 12,0d0.0D0.000 iron and stone
fragments, which, With lurid accom-
paniment, crash into the circumam-
bent atmosphere.
Owing to the resistance offered by
the air few of these solid shots strike
the earth. They move out of space
with a possible velocity of 30 or 40
miles per second and. like moths.
plunge into the revolving globe, lured
to their destruction by its fatal nttrac-
ton. The moment they enter our at
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
THE NEW SUPREME COURT Bu1 IDING AT SEOUL.

umes. making one think of a great for
est fire. The air was SO thick that one
could almost cut it and the passerby
had to cough.
Today Seoul has thousands OF similar
houses. OF the 100000 and odd which
make UP the native population, 90 per
cent live in such quarters. They have
no sewers. and the sops run out Into
the open bitches which have been cut
through the streets. The Japanese have
covered some of these bitches and they
are now putting in drains
AS TO the buildings. a new class of
structure is rapidly rising and the peo-
pie stand and gaze at them in open
niouthed wonder. The Young MEMS
Christian association has Just com-
pleted n brick home OF two stories,
is heated by steam. 1t is q Won
deraof wonders to the average Korean,
who cannot tell whence comes the heat
The bricks for that building are be-
Ing made outside the city. Yards have
been there constructed, which are now
turning out bricks by the millions. The
clay is excellent and a large part OF the
new Seoul will be built of these bricks.
There are other brickyards at Yong
San. the military city ON the edge OF
Seoul, and there is no lack Of fine build
ing material.
NEW sGOHEltS HoSIT BUILDINGS.
Among the large buildings are many
which are going up for the government.
These are noninally Korean, but are
really japanese. The cabinet ministers
act as the nominal advisers to the e,n-
peror, but under them are Japanese
vice ministers who really control and
whose clerks are almost all Japanese.
Not far from where am living in
the foreign section OF Seoul Is the new
finance department This Is a. fine two
story brick structure covered with
'stucco. 1t is built on an elevation, over
looking the palace in which the retired
emperor lives, so that the clerks can
see all that goes on inside the palace
grounds. This is very offensive to his
majesty, who has always objected to
anyone looking over his walls, and has
bought several foreign structures be-
cause they commanded such a view. He
paid 5000. 900 for the French legation for
this very reason and he has, am told.
several times tried to buy the American
consulate, which is on q hill, lower
down. Some men have even bought lots
and started buildings in order to make
his majesty buy them at high prices
Another fine government building is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
The KEITH DRUM.
" Is an Instrument That is Pretty ri,
fiCult to Handle.

i4Stst,g5 AAN-sthC w iAAaHulc.
The kettledrum has been so f,r5,a,
proved that it has a pitch; in fact 4
contains the large range of -four notos
1t Is. as its name shows. a copper kst
tie, or basin, covered over with dit,
which can be tiGhtened or oosenod ~
screws placed around the edge. Dr,,a,.
OF this shape We're used by the Rom.
ans and even earlier by the Greet,
and Etruscans But they were not
known in western Europe before tIa
crusaues. 'S
Although 1t may appear so, tho l,at-
tledrum Is not ut all an casv inSt-,,
ment to manage, for in order To ee,
each OF the four notes the PLAYER hss
to turn all the screws ana adjust ,ha
parchment anew. For this reason knt
tledrums are often used in pairs one
tuned to the keynote. the other ia tha
fourth below. Tn this way tho drum.
mer has always the two chier notes in
the scale to work upon. and IL tia,
composer has not exacted much from
him he will have quite an easy time
But when q change of key is an,
preaching 1t Is quite exciting to watch
the drummer screwing and unscrew-
ing the drum and lightly tapping ia
hear IL the pitch Is true. and If we rec
,ollect that he often has to tune his
drum while the whole orchestra Is
lifting UP its voice we realize that he
must be no mean musician; that he
must possess an exauisitcly sensitive
and well trained ear and q steady hand
and nerve as welI.--Jes sic X, Mac
Donald in st. Nicholas.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
CULTURE OF BANANAS.

Bananas We're first imported into E,l-
rope on large scale from the Canary
islands Until a few years ago they
successfully met the competition of the
Antilles and the coast OF Africa, says,
the Scientific American. But a disease
has spread In the banana cultures, and
expectation has fallen off in alarming
measure. AS the banana figures prom
inently in the food of the town popu-
lation of England, the British govern
ment appointed a commission to in.
restigata the causes of the dcsenera-
ton of this useful plant.
According to the report of this com
mission, the planters have. only them
selves to blame. They have given the
soil no rest for years past nor prac-
tsed any rotation of crops Confident
of the pruverbial richness of their soil.
they have applied no fertilizers The
enfesebled plants have fallen a prey 10
a disease known as cloesporiutn n,asa-
rlrn, which Is gradually gaining a foot
hold In all plantations. The report
closes with the observation that the
disease is successfully fought by a pro-
per application of fertilizer to the soil
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
FRESH AIR TABLETS.

In these modern days food or med
icine that can't be put up in a tablet
is almost a back number. Even the
air is prepared in compressed form.
a few days ago. when an apartment
in Washington's fashionable Connects.
cut avenue district became too warm
and the hostess complained OF the
stuffiness of the atmosphere. her Wis
itor. who was just back from Paris.
handed her q brown tablet and told
her to dissolve it in water. The tablet
dubbed away at a great rate, and the
hostess said she felt relieved. The stale
air seemed to become pure and brac-
ins-in fact. it was oxygenized. II
bought these tablets in France, said
the visitor. They are the invention of
the acetylene specialist. They are a
combination of chemicals that in water
give Off oxygen In abundance. The tab
lets are in winter Very popular in
France, where one is considered equal
to a window wide open for an hour"
Pathfinder.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
SAFETY on ENGnrsH RAILROADS

Once more, after an interval of SIX
years, the English railroads have
achieved the remarkable record of car
rying on their operations for whole
twelvemonth without the loss of a
single life. The last period in which
this was achieved was the year 1901
In 1902 six lives were lost, in 1903
%, in 1904 six, in 1905 80, in 1906 IS and
in 1907 IS, AS a matter OF fact. there
has been no loss of life for Is months
past. The relatively large number OF
fatalities in 1906 was mainly the result
Of three disasters which We're found
upon Investigation to be due entirely
to the failure of the human element al!
the mechanical arrangements on train
and track being found perfect.-scien-
tific American.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
a MODERN BANKING SYSTEM.

system for Korea. The central treas
ury is now the Dali Ichi bank, and there
are in addition industrial banks which
are loaning money against land to the
farmers. They make long loans at 1a
and LIS per cent q year, which are con-
sidered especially low rates for Korea.
These Industrial banks have savings
departments connected with them, and
there are also postoffice savings banks,
which have more than 100000 yen on
deposit. Many Koreans are putting
their money into these banks, although
the interest is comparatively low.
In addition to this the government
is now organizing a system of small
capital associations. These will have
a central head, with about one hundred
branches, and will issue small loans
to petty farmers. The loans will be as
low as $25, and may be secured by
crops and cllatte mortgages. All these
things will tend to create thrift among
the Koreans, which heretofore has been
impossible on account Of the squeezing
and insecurity of all money.
Indeed. one Of the common Korean
banks of the past has been old Mother
Earth and this especially so during the
winter. When a farmer sold his crops
and wanted to keep the money over I'M
til spring he would dig a pit six feet
deep and four or more feet square; and
at the first frost would put down 4
layer Of cash and sprinkle earth and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

that of the supreme court. This is
somewhat similar to the structure of
the finance department. 1t is situated
on the main street, which runs between
the east and west gates, and not far
from a big tWo-story brick which $ be-
ing built for a native Korean banls.
HOW THE OFFICIALS RAISED
MONEY.
That bank, by the way, marks one OF
the most wonderful changes which is
going on here Until lately no Korean
was supposed to have any right to
money that the king was bound to re
spect. Hvery official squeezed the man
below MIN, and If he did not give up
a share of his goods upon demand had
him whipped or tortured in some way
or other until he did so. The most
common persuader was a flexible pad
die about as wide as the palm of your
hand and 10 or 10 feet in length. The
man to be squeezed was stripped to the
skin and laid face downward on tho
ground and held there by men, or he
was tied to bench so that 1t was
impossible for him to move. Then the
paddlers would strike him SO many
blows on the thighs. The second or
third always brought blood, and 100
was supposed to mean death. Burning
and bone crushing were other methods
of torture, and men We're kept for years
In prison on false charges as means OF
extorHon. Under such conditions the
man whD showed he had money was
sure of persecution and all loans were
secretly made. The Japanese have done
away with this squeezing, and the
thousands Of officials who lived upon
1t have now gone to the wall
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

and in Japan to such an extent that it
fell to half its original value. The
Japanese have now introduced their
own coinage accepting the Korean
nickel at the market rate, and from
now on the country will be ON a gold
basis. Japanese bank notes are every
where taken and Japanese silver, nickel
and copper coins are in common use.
This reorganization Of the finances has
been one of the great problems that the
Japanese have had to deal with, but the
vice minister OF finance, Mr.. Arai, tells.
me that it is now practically solved,
and that he anticipated no further
trouble. He says the government has
lost money in taking the Korean nick
els at half rate and that the counter
feits they have had to accept have
amounted to millions. They have al
ready exchanged about 100000 yen of
them the average nickel being worth
something like three iftieths of it's
value instead of the twenty five flfti-1
eths at which it is taken.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

mosphere they ignite, and the air is
piled up and compressed ahead OF
them with inconceivable force, the re-
suftant friction producing an iminedi-
ate rise in Temperature. and the shoot
ing star, the meteor of popular par
lance. is the result
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
HOW THE CAPITAL OF KOREA is
CHANGING UNDER JAPANESE RULE.

which which he and the better class Jan, !. .
nave they would soon make th rat ss
leans l,s,i me strong friends of Japan an N.Y.,
powerful element for good III ths :. bi't
nese empire. 'apa-
FRANK c.. sC.ARPrNrrr
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
THE NEW CURRENCY.

The money is changed. During that
"trip across country to Seoul 1 had 20
have an extra man to carry the money
to pay the coolies at the end of the
trip, and for my expenses in the capital
got an order upon merchant in
Seoul. The coins We're OF copper with a
square hole in the center, and it took
1000 of them to equal the value of an
American dollar. They We're strung
upon strings of 100 each, and whenever
/ went out shopping I had to take a
servant along TO carry my purse Such
cash was in use here when I crossed
Korea in 1894. and it continued for
some time after the Japanese Chinese
war. Then the Korean nickel was made;
but this was counterfeited both here