The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 10, 1899, Page 1

a Weather for Tomorrow THREATENING 929099 vol. I “NO. HE WASH ~ MANAND WOMAN HANGED They Were Executed on the Same Scaffold, Back to Back. Sam Parsiow and Mrs. Cordelia Poirer Pay the Penalty for Killing the Woman's Husband. At the Execution a Mob Fires Shots Into : the Jail and the Police Retaliate. St. SHOLASTIQUE, Quebec, March 10—The hanging | }t Justify the weatern trip of the ‘eat Northern autoorat, but recent jly new developments regarding his visit have b made According to authentle reports, Mr, | Hilt not only contemplates estab ' a pew attle - Oriental hip tin but also con® re) the pr jon Of tnallding them at! Seattle, He thinks it will be heap er to bulid brand new vensela than 4 purchane « already constru iron and steel ot which the he Veupela are to be bullt can be shipped from Pennaytvania, the steel manufacturing district of the enst, @ireet to Seattle over the Great Nor- thern, It t stated that thie will also in- volve the building of @ gigantic xhip- building plant, waieh will outrank nd Union tron works of Ban Fran- o% The plant i* to be lo- cated near Smith's Cove, Rumor also has it thal a large marine dry- doek it alse to be bullt ar Smith's * This k ie to be « wiving the largest Veasel entering the waters bed the Seine. To Give a SMOKER. | ‘The Seattle Athletic club wilt give of Cordelia Poirer and Sam Parslow occurred here this} a vexing exmipition in their gym. morning admidst scenes of great excitement, The jail yard was full of people and a great mob gathered out- side and tried to batter down the prison gates so as to get inside and view the hanging, were fired by persons in them ob directed at the jail -which were promptly answered by the police on the scaffold shooting over the wall. At one time the situa- tion became very critical and a riot of the most sanguan- ary and bloody description was narrowly averted. The double hanging was in many respects a most sensational affair, The man and woman mounted a double scaffold where they stood back to back with al p:- heavy black curtain between them. The woman met her fate bravely but Parslow had to be carried to the _ scaffold. Mrs. Poirer walked firmly up the steps of the . allows unabashed by the coarse jests of those who * on. Both dropped simultangously through the A number of shots] voxer of Seattle of Bt, Pat The feature nasiUMm on the eventne rick's day, Mpreh 17 of the evening with he a six-cound contest between Dan Cedfrey, the Austratian k,” and tke Hawk ins, the hard-hitting welterweight There will sino be four 4-round and two ¢-round ontomta. Gro SHATTLE STAR. FRIDAY EVENING MARCHE 10, ARE OW the steamer South Portland, holda certain papers granted him by the supervising = ine general if steam vexsels, and both Britinh vessels, When the South Portland |, Wan taken off the Alaskan run last Yr 1 year, Capt, Besley went to Man | i Francisdo, and Was given command of the Hritieh steamer Fastnet, VL which had been brought down from Victoria, B. C., and was to operate between San Francine nd Mexican ports in the fruit tra PRESTO, CHANCE! ‘2? " Now They Talk of Peace in Behind the Bars, China. Lenpyrentbhooninene LANDON, Mareh 10.—Russia rane DRASTIC ACTION OF JUDGE MOORE withdrawn her protest against China's acoeptance of the terms for the extension of Nut Chwang rail- road by and and the crisis in China is over for the prosent Colon news recetved here from Bo- gota is to the effect that Colombia has paid a million and a half in full settionent of all claims growing out of the utt! case, whieh at time threatened to involve Colombi ine hoattiities with [tat A NEW BUILDING. A large modern four-story house Wife of the Duped Kiondiker os Mot Pay Monoy Dom by the Court. ‘The case of Lou Van Alstine and Emma Norton came up this morning before Judge Moore, They were or- dered by the court te pay over $20, - 95 for the benefit of Con Van Al- te to be ballt on the northwest cor. | Se Bnd having failed to do bo, ner of Madison street and Fourth | SY Were arresied and the prope: avenue for the Moore Investment |. ¢f Bmme Norton seised and lev- company. The coat will be in. the | a apen. nelghberhood of $80,000, The ma- terials for bullding will be brick and Umentone The apartments will be arranged in five and six room multe. St evatora and other modern con veniences will be provided. an appeal the supreme court had been filed he was, not disposed to render @ decision as It would nece rily have t ibe a barsh one, and as | the validity of the Judgment was tn | dvestion his decision would likely be reversed in the supreme court Only for one hiteh in the my Van Alstine Woman ‘The court held that inasmuch an! NEW TIME CARO jvannown “Bopy FOUND. iment Coroner Sparting received a tele- gram from Black Diamond, whieh | Northern Pacific Posts It Up) stated that the boay of a stranger hy been disco i near a trestl for Perusal. ad be Rcovere- ie. of bonds, the case would undoubted~ ly have been passed over without the court rendering a dec! The attorney for the state suggented that the bonds already given were not | high enough and insisted that they be raised to each instead of The telegram was sent by Dr. Btone, A new time schedule of focal and and treine hae been recently ared by the Northern Pacific. It wil go into effect wohedule is ax follows tle mall, now departing at 4 p. and arriving at. 7 & mm, will, on} and after that dete, depart at § a. m. and arrive at 11:05 p.m. The Port- tand trains, now leaving at $:10 and 10.29 a. m., and arriving at $:59 and Pp. m,, Will leave at $ a, m. and pm. The Olympia train, now 10m The ctime for which the two were hanged was the]! "e uly, Shecpt shinny wi murder of Mr. Poirer, the husband of the woman. She} ms. at fam, and arrive at 640 was the organist at St. Canut church and last night as a _ final request asked that her parlor organ be brought to the jail that she might play and sing the musical part of her own death sentence. The request was denied, so she contented |.crself with singing without the organ ac- col paniment. crime for which the couple met death was a cold} «n¢ § blooded, brutal one. The woman was in love with Parslow and urged him to kill her husband so that she might be freed. Parslow was a frequent caller at the Poirer home anda few days before Thanksgiving the three were at Poirer's home drinking, Poirer fell asleep and while snoring heavily the woman gave her lover a a knife and asked him to kill her husband. Pars- low lacked nerve whereupon Mrs. Poirer seized the knife and plunged the blade into her husband's throat. After the arrest both confessed. CAPTAIN GARROLL A MURDERED INFANT "hte About the Boston & Body Foundby Ga Alaska Company. Coroner to Investigate. “Capt. James Carroll, recetver of| The body of a male infant was the Boston & Alaska Transpottation found near the north wall of the Co,, returned last evening from the; Vendome lodging house on Fi Bast, where he has been on business | &¥enue. Coroner Sparling was not! connected With the compary. Capt.| "4. ‘The matter ts to be thorough Carroll denies that the Hoaton &| ty Investigated, as murder may have been done, There is an abrasion on Alaska company ore making any m!-| the head and appearances show that antic preparations for handling the | death occurred four or five days ago. Alaskan business of the summer | In an Interview he said: “The Boston & Alaska company je at present devoting its attention to the affairs of its river steamers | now at St. Michacl. These are being overhauied so as to be ready for service as soon as the rive De. ‘The company in also making ar- Tangemente for the handling of its freight contracts when the summer season arrives, This ‘* about all that we are doing at present. “The reports that we were to send large steamers arctind from the At- SHOT THE WOMAN Colored Man Took Her for a Burglar. Mra. Jonnie Clark, a man who is visiting a second Ave., Walla Walla a was shot and seriously wound Joseph Berry also colored, Tu morning, about 1 o'clock. Mra. Clark vlored wo- lantic coast to run to St. Michael ; this summer, is not true. When the | hM4 a down town, and on ber pring opens we will have one | Teun found the door locked. fhe amer running between Henttie | “tempted to craw! through the pantry window, and Berry, who 9 0 and St. Michael to connect with our river boats, but this wilt probably | COored cook rooming at tne he be ail. he steamer see havw teoet j thinking her a burglar at work, fre ow on the Pacific coast,” 08 & ROS Oe the Paris | The bullet toraga hole in the wo jman’® right We. Mra, Clark CUBAN EYE- OPENER |dropped to the @roehd. with wia leries of murder. Terry was almont as badly frightened as his victim, but HAVANA, March 10.~The Cuban | "¢, Pecovered hia wits suMictently to assembly will receive peremptory | pin dh bar Pp the house notice to accept the $2,000,000 tend-| Se cine ~t auromoned ered by the United States or place | ing will recover uflen® some Ur iteelf in ¢ ae er heen tall et Aesop ant a Americans rvan pre, | Pected complications sete In statement In which he aaye either’ hy rament will pay any nor the Ame atte cz) WHY HILL CAME to the assembly's recent decisions. Much uncasiness has been caused by the assembly and Brookes intends to a to it Story of Gigantic Possibilities o For the Future. put an ¢ Farmers ina Row. ‘The mysteries shrouding the min SPOKANE, Match 10.—A neigh-| sion of James J. Hill, president of horhood row among the farmers liv-| the Great Northern railroad, in hia| ing four miles from Marshall re-| recent visit to the Pacific northwe Pm. ‘The train for Aberdeen and South Bend, few, leaving Wt Weta. mm. and arriving at @:19 p. m. daily ex- éept Sunday, will leave at § a. m. and arrive at €48 p. m fhe Tacoma traina, wow leaving at | 540, 7, and 10:20 a.m. and ¢ and 7 m. and arriving at 7, #0, and 11-38 a. m., and 6)-10 and 9:29 p. m., will leave at 6:56, & and 1145 a. m and 10:29 yp. m., and arrive nd ni 0% a.m. and 2:99, 6.40, DIVER DEAD | Donaldson's Injury Proves Fatal, NEW YORK Donaldson, the jured in the plunge at Square garden Wednesday ied thie morning. SHORT 16 ACCOUNTS. YAKIMA, March 10—C nm has been relieved from superintendency of Bt. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company her nd- ing an investigation of his accounts, Miles Cannon is in charge March 106. diver . who Thomas wine in Madison night, RTH Ande ©. H. Jones of Menominee, Mich. ie nvestigating an alleged shor of $1200, Anderson In sec retary: of bliean county central com ) was a strong supporter fat Oly Anderson is sick and cannot be | neon. The shortaxe creates a sen sation in business circles. He waa a popular man, and much sympathy talk for publication. Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, March 10.—<€ Jones refusen to teoves, M.00@5.75; #tockers, 4.75; cows, $2474.60; ‘Texan, $1.00@ Light, | #5 rough 465; mixed, $3 4; heavy 92%; pigs, $3.16 p=<Natives, 83.40 west ern, $3.1004.60; lambs, 14.00% ‘Hop IN OuI0 SHAWNEETOWN, UL, March 10. Karly this morning Ohio river began to run into Bhawneetown, The people hastily removed their effects and watéhed the water rive into the , 1 house Ther be n H life, and amatl damage t pre us everybody was pre pared for the flood. It was feared that the city would meet with a divanteg 6 to that of Inet year when % ere drowned thousands of dollars’ worth of 4 age wan done SAILS FOR LIVERP Gm. sulted yesterday in the arrest of | are gradually clearing away, ‘Th + British ship Trantan will sail to Chria Dolph on a charge of trespass. | reason for his western trip was} night for Liverpool direct, with The complainant was George Dick-| made partially cle recently, @nen| of the largest wheat cargoes ever erson, and Offcer RK, B, Westfall| the report wae “dug up’ that the! taken from this port was called to take Dolph into « othern magnate wae on the! Is no under ehe tody, Dolph owna two 40-acre making ar. tions, separated by a atrip of land | rangements for the establishing of | owned Dickerson, His trespass | % new line of steamships operating | in erossing this strip in| between Seattle and the @lent. This} anes. to seat bie pasture, in itself we of sufficlent importance being under ehs Guthrie & Co. The cargo tt value at $162,000, Phe vessel Ix commanded by Capt. A, Watt. Capt. feeley, who was master of and he asked permission to remove | & the body to @ place of shelter pend-) V Alstine's counsel, but to no ing an official Investigation. avall, as thd couft held that the sent Reourity war insufficient and they could put up mere or go on with the cast in the morning No new evidence was introduced. Deputy County Clerk Wallace, on the stand, teatified that no part of the $90,903 had been paid into the clerk's office. ‘This was objected to by Mra. CABLE FROM | OTIS WASHINGTON, March 10.—-Gen Ott: wired today, announcing the arrival of the Grant with troops and Gen. Lawton. He sayt the troops| Judge Moore then committed them are In good condition; alro reperte| to the gounty jail until they should that the transports Arizona and) pay over that money, and they were Newport leaye for San Francisco to- | taken tyto custody bys deputy sher- day. ifr. ‘ UNCLE SAWS NEW PROJECT ——— | Will Recruit Battalions of Filipino and =: Cuban Troops WASHINGTON, March 10—Secretary of War Alger) this morning cabled Generals Otis and Brooke authoriz- ing them to recruit a battalion of Filipinos and Cubans, | respectively, for service in the United States army. The| move is regarded in diplomatic circles as one of great | It a departure from anything the govern=| rie an hotel building om F aoe significance. jment has attempted since hostilites with Spain ceased. ‘It is said that a similar order will in a few days be sent the commanding general in Porto Rico. While it is not believed here for a moment that the} government is adopting suggestion volunteered by Eng-| land it will be remembered that six weeks ago Lord Beresford said that America in the Phillipines should) have a native army, just as England has a Sepoy reserve in India. The Sepoys are loyal, are good fighters, and | in internal hostilities have proven quite effective. The | principal advantage, however, looking at it from a cold- blooded standpoint, is that a native army under Ameri- can commanders, saves the shedding of, the blood of} Anglo-Saxon soldiery. RUSSTA HAS ENTERED INDIA LONDON, March 10,—An Allaha- {the danger threatened by Russian bad, India, dixpatch says: “A Rus-| interference in Afghanistan and in sian force is advancing into Afghan- | prepared to pour # e force of letan and threatening the town of | troops into the territory upon short Sariput. England is fully aware of | notice. A TIRED HEART | ANOTHER SKIRMISH — March 10.—Sena-| MANTUA, Mareh 10.—At San Pe who is suf-| ro Maeati today a band of insur » discovered bankment on the road 80 yards to e left of the Kansas giinent A npany of Kansas soldiers enarged the natives and drove them back Capt fdward Binith, of the First Idaho, waa wounded tn the wkirmiah WASHINGTON, tor Jones, of Arkansas, fering from an attack of heart trou- | ble, is slightly Improved this morn FEARS THE FUTURE “PARIS, March 10.—Paul ‘oult- do, who on the oecasion of President Faure’a funeral, was ested for | SAVED EXPENSE against the government, is seriously Murderer Hang d Himself in inl. New York. SYRACUBE, N, Y., March 10. Frank Sheldon, on trial for murder ing his wife prison this ir GLASGOW, » March 16. Franklin was hanged this mornin, for the murder of his mother-in-law, whom he blamed for causing the sep- between himself and wife, Admiral Oovisan. WASHINGTO! March 10,—Rear Admiral Howiso has been selected to command the Pi Auantic squardon, raing. Ts CHICAGO, Mareh 10.—The board continued ite inspection ot | the packing plants this morning and went through the Swift and Morris packing houses ‘The members of the board seemed well satisfied with the method of the lous departments. hanged himself in Au- | ELIE OT MCLE ETI AF 1899. Monitor Ra nge You can use it before you pay, and it’s our risk if you don’t like it... } | | | RIE REPT RATE Telephone Subscriptions to Pike 180 00700 PRICK ONE CENT | SPELGER & HURLBUT John Haliday, a longshoreman, wan mixed up in a saloon row in the tenderloin district, and as a con sequence carries a cut on ton of the head made by a broken beer bottle, | whieh wae thrown at him. He was carried to police headquarters LANDED AT MANILA | MANILA, March 10.-/Transport | Grant, conveying the Fourth regi- ment, 4 battalion of the Seventeenth hand Gen, Lawton, arrived thia morn- ing | ‘The houses at Pand: terrorized natt with the ret | WILL 00 80 - SOUTH rebels fired a number of nm inst night and not In sympathy WASHINGTON, March 10.—All ar- fangements for the presidential southern trip has been completed, and the party, consisting of the president and Mra. Hobart and Sen- ator and Mra. Hanna, will leave Washington Me Thomasville, Ga, where they with be the guem Senator Hanna. The length of the stay haw not been de- elded on. DOWN AT MANILA Will Inaugurate a Personal Identification Card Plan. In response to numerous requests from people at Manila, the United States government officials station- ed there have decided to issue cer- tifcates of personal identity, or “Ceduia personal,” good for year 1899. Each person will be pro- vided with one of these certificates, which will contain Ris name, ad- | dream, age, ete. and will be ured as & means of identification. The sehem is described by « late Manila paper in @rcat detail, and appears to be « matter to which much local erate The uniform rate jeharge for the certificate will be , OF one peata for each person. B charge t# to be made to defray } attaches. the expense of the printing. Ai male inhabitants between the ages of eighteen and sixty are subject to | Women are at) this new move. liberty to take papers out if they wish, but will not be compelied to do #0. The Cedulos were delivered on February 15, and the printing was done by the Hacienda Publica, | logue, Binond This order w | signed by Major-General Otis | Cc. H. Murray, captain Fourth Cav- airy Ald, secretary. Judge John A. Ladd, who ts well known tn this city, died suddenly at oid Arlington hotel building on First avenue, of pneumonia He was a prominent Elk and a member of the K. of P. AMUSEMENTS. At the Seattle theater next week Mise Nance O'Netti will appear in a | repertotre of plays, Including “Mag- | da.” “The Jeweass,” “Camille,” “In- “Rast Lynn” and “Oliver Miss O'Neill in Known as one of the | greatost actors of the present day | and her supporting company is said PERSONAL MENTION. Arrivals at the Rainier-Grand this morning were: J. C. Glahbe, Hope, Idaho; M, C. Fish, New York; Ed- win MeKee, Rathdum, Idaho; Mrs. Wright, Rathdum, Idaho; James Robertson, Clarendon, Texa | Dr. PB. J. B, Le Blane, | Mich., arrived this morning and is registered at the Northern. Davis Sachs Levy, of Louisville, .. Is in the elty, stopping at the . of Fort Meyers, Rantell, of Inlet . are at the Stevens. Clarence J. Berry, of Klondike fame, and hin brother, H. F. Berry, | together with G, T. Edgar, made up la party at the Butler from San They Intend to leave Francisco | for th tomorn oa | KIPLING IMPROVES buflding an | NPW York, March 10.—Kipling continues to make rapld Improve ment has made repeated requests to see his daughters, particularly Joseph- | ine, the child who died | Cabinet’ WASHINGTON, Mareh 10.The cabinet held a farewell meeting to- | day before the president's departure | for the south. ‘The Philippine situa- tion was not touched upon as no dis | quieting news has been received | from Gen, Otis, ‘Tug Wanderer came up from the Cape last evening and is taking on | coat at the south bunkers Sug Rabboni is coaling at the rs preparatory to leav- Cafe Hatbe will be open for Inspection, Tomorrow we shall be ready for business.—520 See- ond avenue, Collins block, ny evening for) the | of Detrott, | north on the City vf Topeka | During the last few days he | Farewell Meeting | 1215-1217 Second Avenue ‘OPIUM SUED ‘ Federal Detectives Make a Haul. NEW YORK, March 10.—Optum valued at $30,000, wae seized here to- day, The dtug was brought here b a gang of amugelers who had been operating eros the Canadian bor der for several months SEATTLE INKLINGS. William Gitely and Ferd Lenman, miners, were arrested by OMmeer | Chipman this morning for Mhting. Gitely had $80.20 in his posscasion when arrested, | The trial of William Povranski and Bernard Hoffman, charged with receiving stolen goods, is set for this afternoon, before Judge Jacobs in the aunertor court. The city comptroier has sent out notices to property ownern on Fourth avenue north, calling upen them to pay sewer assessments, The tax will become delinquent thirty days from today. The horses used on enrine No. 9, that is now out of nervice, have been transferred to headquarters to assist in pulling the heavy trucks | up the hit! on thefr return from fire calls. ‘The bond of Chas, W. Ellis, who has the contract for the improve- ment of Thirteenth avenue, har been signed by Mayor Humes and Will- jam Perry, city comptroiier. The bond is for 1000 dollars, and Julius Wegert and W. L. Childs are his bondamen. W. W. White, a porter in the Benton saloon, sent a report to police headquarters of an encounter with two highwaymen. White was going home and was attacked at the cor- ner of Pike and Terry avenue. He resisted and was shot at in the scuf- fle. A telegram haa been received by the police from Lead, S. D., inquiring as to the whereabouts of Lee Ful- ton. He left Lead for the Klondike by way of Seattle, on March 6th. The telegram stated his wife is very sick and wishes him to return. ‘The Great Northern announces that it will make a further reduction in the second-class immigrant rates, whereby the fare from St. Paul and other points to the coast will be $25 instead of $26, This will take effect at once. A. C. Shelton, general agent of the Burlington, with headquarters at Portland, is in Seattle. Herman Haskell, the boy who was dangerously crushed in an accident at the Centennial mill some weeks ago, was taken from his home at 110 Eighteenth avenue to Provittence hospital this morning, His condition is very serious. WIRE TAPS Stove manufacturers met at the Auditorium hotel at Chicago and de- clared that owing to the increase in prices of raw material they were compelled to advance prices 10 per cent. The president has appointed Evan L. Barry, of Colorado, consul at Tunis. The minister of the interior today xaid that he delegated the authority to award Yukon liquor licenses en- tirely to the discretion of the local counclt at Dawson. Applications therefor would have to be made di- rect to Commissioner Ogtivie. By the explosion of gas today tn the Mahony City coll r Potts- ville, Pe., thirteen men were more or leas seriously burned, two prob- ably fatally. A vast quantity of rock overhang- ing the village of Rucuerja, near Al- baceto, In the province of that name in Spain, fell, destroying many houses and killing eleven people. Regarding the Vancouver story to the effect that Dewey is In tll health, Secretary Long says he has no offi- cial Information on the subject. Dewey has the president's permia- sion to return to the United States at any time he deems such a course necersary. Gen, Jiminez Cast governor general of ( | appointed captain gene the taet has been al of Madrid. | ‘The cruiser Ch » has arrived at Havana from Hampton Roads, The American squadron will sail today. Gen, Ludlow has cabled to the war department from Havana that the deaths in that city for Febry 1899, are 51 per cent, less than for February, 1898, the Wells: Fargo express with absconding ith $50,000 in his Bessler, messenger, charged from San Antonio charge, has been captured at Busta- mente, Mexico. ‘The naval department has tn- structed the commandants of recety- ing ships along the Atlantic coast to resume the entistment of ordinary seamen, holding honorable dis- charges for services rendered during the Spanish war, oak