The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 17, 1899, Page 1

Weather for Tomorrow ECCENTRIC THE WINE MEN ARE FROZEN TO DEATH SHAT TLE MARCIL 17, 1809. SEATTLE, Scores Dying of Scurvy in the Cop- per River Country. . Such Is the Story Brought Down by Passengers on the Excelsior. * & Prightful story of suffering and) have plenty of food, but It Is not ef Reath was brourht to this city by| the right kind. ‘There is a lack of Passengers on the steamer Excelsior | fresh veretables and canned gtuft which arrived in port last night, Ac-| SOME Men who Rave been extrcls- to their statements, nine | x Vigerously all winter are strick- cording 5 en with scurvy, se that it cannot be men are known to have perished on} ascribed to lack of outdeor alr, 1 Valdes glacier near Cook's tnict dur- | did not see any signs of gold in the ng the present winter, while others | Country, and so far as I could learn, ; have disappeared, mayo Sod eg ©) tortor back of the glacter, A num- return. Scores are suffering from per of prospect holes have been sunk, malignant scurvy, and ten have al-| some of them to bedreck, without re- ready died of the disease, while | vealing a single color. Still, there others are tn the last stages and wil! |! bo telling what may be there, It perish before the advent of spring. le such « diffeult country ft pros % ent Of SPFINE-| nect, Aw for me, I would not go Six men met death together on the | Naldes glacier during the last week | vores pp neh Hie he Peg in February, They belonged to a now im the Copper river region, and party encamped near by. ames were Rudolph Btterkamp, of | The Pacific Whaling company is the only line running boata to Valdes | Loulsvitie, Ky. Dr. Edward Logan, | now, and has refused to take miners of Lyons, New York, Alfred Atter-| away who could not pay their fares man, Maxmillian Miller, August | of $0 each. There are men now at Schulta, and Adolph Erhardt, alt of | Valdes suffering from the scurvy New York City. who cannot leave breause the t! steamboats will not carry them free, ‘The tragic story of their death was) 7.) quve 2 of there, C « told to @ Star reporter this morning | prow nm, has done ail in hie power to by FP. A. Ovborne, of Lynn, Mass,| help get the sick men out of the who was camped near the uofor-| country, but he say# that his hands tunate men at Veldes, and came bo) oon agen gel ng he cannot do this city om the Excelsior, | much, not having money nor suff pas autaeansitn jclent muthority. Same sick me Mow They Festehed, have succeeded in getting away, aa Ye says: “The mon were froten to| Brown went security to the steam- In sight of | boat people. Remored Geld Discoveries, nero. and over in the Mount Dram dis- the weurvy, and Dr. Logan had de-| 1 40 not know —vhat they found. termined to get them down to the nee fou ster a 90 NB ge wher | Drum explorers found gold, but there yeh mame they could #€t| nave been so many rumors that it ix shipping for home. Alterman) qimeoult to believe an: ything. My and Schults had volunteered to help, belief is that the reports of gold din- and the party started dragging the coveries in the upper Copper coun- sick men on sleds. While the storm | *T¥ are lke those at Valdes — the was at its height, Schulte ork of irresponsible men. The ve out! winter has been & comparatively and was compelled to stop. Eller-| mia one, an the snow was only six an@ Logan there-| fect deep, whereas in other winters for the reli station | it ts said to have reached fifteen and ahead, to get hetp,| twenty feet on the glacier. who had burrowed| “The Excelsior and Waleutt are aud thactwoclek men: the only boats now calling regularly J at Valdes. There is no,scarcity of that the doctor fell) provisions there of certain kinds, but as his body was) fresh vegetables are sorety needed.” ‘The sick men on the The passengers on the Excelsior Behultz froze to death | State that no party of miners has Jay. Some persons pass- the trail, but were un- as they were themacives stages of exhaustion. 1 and Allerman staggered FETT py REY A the Kuskokwim, and that the region lying around Mount Wrangell is yet practically unknown. The Wrangell country t# one of the most interest~ ing for many reasons, of any part the trail for about a mile and | °% Ab ay it . — ms no white man - er place joot upon the snd then got lost, sinking | gigantic volcano which was named Im the atorm some distance | after the Baron Wrangell of Funsia, from the road, where they | and yet the peak I presumably the frozen. The bodies, with the | hixhest on the North American con- exception of that of the doctor, were | tinent. Of the mineral Indications coheed in the neighborhood, very little is a. within a few days, and i own, but the geological formation Corpaes om Sleds. is regarded as favorable. A Tale of Diswster. A story of misery and weath is re- of five sleds, each with « corpee| inated by Mr. Chas. Paul Barrington, ‘upon it, and drawn by half a doren|of Chicago, who me down men. I tell you, it was a gruesome| the Excelsior. never went sight.” steamer Excelsior. never went through such an experience in my From other sources it t# ascertain-| iio por could I imagine such a ple- t 4 that four of Logan's party were | ture of sickness and woe had I 1 members of an fil-fated party that| witnessed it with my Jeft New York City months ago for|*aid Mr, Harrington. ‘the Copper river country. Nine men pre Reged of scurvy. rigor tongyl ta no formed the Scientific Prospecting | '™* how many are e © fromen to death or fail Into the cracks and company of New York. Six of them | ereviess in Valdes Glacter, it is have met death in the Copper river | safe to say that twenty-five out of country. Two of them returned 106 that go Im there will never disgusted with the Copper river) * out again. i helped bury Geuntty. Pook OC those frosen who) ***enteen poor fellows, some of belonged to it were Allerman, Miller, | he saved bent eyo ng i oan te - Schultz, and Ehrhardt. foes © wae 8 964 Sight. Ontore © Three others Gied from scurvy at|S%4! There ie hot a sign of color Twelve Mile and at Copper Center. | ' #mount to anything, and t Only one of the reven who remain-| © untry areumd Copper river has ed in the count orge Huber, of | Yet thoroughly prom You Dreckiye. has pe o ty alive. He | in’t go god em ¢ without finding a reached here on the Excelsior last / 4 Night, sick with scurvy, and he wili| ? * ge on home fust as soon as he in| 'S © fake, pure and simple, and It able to do #0. outrageous shame the way the Leper ke com pank are mis Another passenger on the Exe ansportat sior was D. A. Cashin, of Serant ople. We have a rep Pa. He has been at Valdes since of one the local’ com last September, and has seen many Fee he til own ey Hundreds - panies on board coming down, and he tried to persuade un to boom the sights. | “Ik of three onthe na have been froaen to| country; but his sugmestions caused Geath cn the clacwr during the|® shower of indignant p 3 which might have amou te osent winter,” sid he. “One of ag pepe - something more serious for him 1 them was named Cronin, and anoth- | er Smith. 1 do not know much) heh = Page <0 e+ gan gery abou! im, tmt there is no manner | One thing I can gay tn favor of the oe }eountry is, that there is no danger Vietims of Seurvy- | of starving, as there is lots of grub of doubt about thelr deaths. The! left by pectors who Te th scurvy is aleo very bad, apd i car- | country, a many of them with tying off many victims men out having crossed Valdes glacter PEACE TREATY SIGNED HALL OF ITS OWN Queen Regent of Spain Dis. solves the Cortes. MADRID, March 17 The queen regent signed the peace treaty today. tral Labor Union. Plans are being perfected whereby the Wem Central Labor union will have quarters of its own, It owed to erect a building for use and oceupaney, and ar ticles will be immediately drawn up incorporating the union, a step nec in order to undertake such (Bulletin. The queen ving th ariiament MADRID, March 17. 4 the decree diner vening the new no one has found gold up in the in-| ‘Their | many of them are ready to come out. | yet crossed from the Copper river to! Future Plans of Western Cen-, | Parry's office lost evening, The | ladies chainioas bicycle presented by |Spelger & Hurlbut was accepted, |e “l the wheel will be dixposed of in }#ome manner to be decided upen| and the money #0 recetved will put in the fund for constructing | Magnolia biuff bioye path | The matter waa left in the hands} lot a t » KF. Meacham, win will ircular letter asking for sugres from the members ax to which is the beat way to dispose of thin wheel All communt a relative | to this matter should be mailed not }later than Monday, to A Tour | ville, secretary, 1823 Twenty-third | avenue. ‘WRIT OF HABEAS CORP: ‘The question of granting a writ f habeas corpus ta the Van Alatine case will be argued today in the | Mupreme court Messrs, Dore & Shepard, and attorney for Mra. Van Alstine, and Judge Winsen and! | Judge Ronald Con Van Alstine’s at torney for Olympta Shoutd th court refuse to grant the writ of habeas corpus, Lou Van Alstine will |g back to jail. Just what steps | witl be taken to get her out again {are hot known. | eect ‘PORT ALBERT COMING, j draft s. Steamer to Run Between Se- attlo and Honolulu. Steamer Port Albert, now in Aus }tratian waters, ix to run between j Beate and Hawall in the interests Of the Hritialt-American Stoamanhip | company. It ls understood that she! ‘in to operate permanently on the Honolulu route after the Garonne ts! taken off to run between Seattle and! St. Michael. “Dhlw wilt he about! May 1 Pur ee | The Port Albert is said fo be a! fine large vessel capable of carry- ing cargo In the nelghborheed of) | $000 tons dead weight She bas! triple expansion engines, and is said to be very spood. j ‘The Hritieh-American company also intends putting another steam- jer on the Beattle-#t. Michael route, to operate in connection with the Garonne KEATING TO BE GHOSEN. The clearing how mmitter wilt probably miwet today and elect a Manager to succeed Henjamin Bet. | tit, resigned. It ls believed In bank- ing circles that C. & Keating will be the faveared one. Mr. Keating ts lamistant teller of the Pumet Sound | National bank, and one of the most expert accountants in the ity. MUTUAL PROTECTIO A Building Trades Council is! Organized Here. The subject of a Building Trades’ council has forthe past three months been the chtet for discussion lin the meetit the Wentern Cen tral Labor union, Representa fram the different tradea we present at the and hav finally bound then ther in an organization ¥ ne Tradex which shall be under the jurisdiction of the Woeatern ntral Labor union. At the last meeting A, G. Siebert was lected president, and Harry Hale y and tr Joint sued to all Commencing th ings will be fat the Western hail on Thire membershtp card trades reprene firet of April meet held every Friday night otral Laber union avenue. | TROOPS AT PALMETTO Negroes Threaten to Avenge | Their Dead Fellows. | PALMETTO, Ga., March 17. ~ Alt} ia quiet here this ning after yeu terday’s excitement used by the] shooting of nine negroe Troops | a 1 last night, and the town is practically under martial law Th military guard is to be kept up as there is at now expressed | that the will cause trou Sunday ni fter the gathering at their church HIS MONEY GONE Ki ondiker Duffy Robbed in the Tenderloin. | Helen Clayton and Little HHatneid, | accused of robbing Jan Dufty, a Kic of $175, have been given Cann Duty rived from ka on the I In Wednesday | Alu | might, and wernt ber \tenderloin. the a quaintance of th carried Hing to 4 , They left a snug saloon ' drink uw 1 change and ¥ |The matte | Hee, and the two ¥ During xaminat od « Hatfield before him Cann called | and said i Now, didn't | money?” | Mi Mins Hatiela was held ov steal that man’s Clayton wa ugeal, but n $100 bail, | Cut in Railroad Fares. | ed that the and authorizing the payment of a wsition, Word has been r reurs of pay to the repatriated| A building committee has already| (reat 8 1 will mak troops. | been ointed, and is at present| ite second cla n aten of The Spanish government has con-| canvassing the Mld for a suitable] $25 sinailar to those current cluded a loan of 000 pesetan| site on whieh to butld other voast ‘ ti it apy with the banking house The money was handed o day, and will be devoted to paying the arrears due to the Spanish troops who have served én Cuba. Urquijo. | NEW BICYCLE PATS. The Queen City Good Roads Tub held a meeting in City Comptrolier the Kootenal or second clase was 640, Nortaern and cuunsry The fo rate to these place WASHINGTON, SLES ERTIES SANIT YET NPL ETI TE NI IT I EVENING PRIDAY BY LOCAL TALENT. “Ingomar will be presented by Paledantan anata oF Penny, March nhere nf the onal wht he Alen “MPM enete Mine MAAln Martin. mee “thee Tmetta Cement Minn & 0 Came Reet Caen Mont Pewee 1 t. Morrta and ethers Wanwnre Arnone the Fatal Tr Wreck. TOPPKA, Kas, Mareh 17.—The Nock island train was wrecked near ‘eriand this morning; one killed! and twenty-six Injured. = Ptennatlhy OME, March 17.—Although the Pope bas rallied trom bis extrome weakness of two days ago, his vital- tty ts gradually diminishing In WEATHER FORECAST. “Tonight “and tomorrow fair weather, becoming cloudy to.| #eneral Mis recent tiness is bolieved in the weather prediction | to be the beginning of the end, His » by Observer Salisbury, Fair) holiness, however, Temaine cheerful, ed alao for Bust! a eager to reeum regular a MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST Guests in a New York Hotel Caught in a Fire Trap and Incinerated. Thousands View the Fearful Holocaust, but Are Powerless to Render Aid. NPW YORK, March 17. —~ The observed frantically running about Windsor hotel is burning, and a score] from room te foom, Several men of Hv@s haye already been lost, 11} 94 women Jumped, Others could in belleved that when the fire is|0* men at windows F-rachn cv out it will be found that many per- et as sled ter sont have been burned, When the henant and then they oat ‘ae fire broke out It gained headway with| pack out of sight to be burned to wonderful rapidity, and guests on| cinders, While thousands on the the upper floors were caught In a/ «treets below were herror-stricken trap, A number Jumped from win-| put powerleus to render assistance. STAR. Telephone Subseripti Pike 150 PRICK ONE CENT ((RESCENT BICYCLES High and Low Price Tell the Story for 1899. SPELGER & HURLBUT 1215-1217 Se | is right. TORPEDO BOAT Hi ‘The British torpedoboat destroyer, Virago, one of the fastest vessels of her class in the world, steamed In- to the harbor at 2 o'clock this after- noon and is tied up at the fret buoy, and will be re wntil Monday. Captain Ode Gatge ts in command, and the vessel will be here until Monday, Captain Ode Satge is In mimand. Her tonnage is 369 gross. The Virago has been out a year from Liverpool, and has been mak- ing & cruise around the world, tak~ Ing in the British cotontes in this country, and also in the Orient. AMUSEMENTS. Mise O'Neil appeared last evening in “New Bast Lynne.” and in the dual characters of Lady Isabel Vance and Madame Vine, was a rev- elation. Tonight and tomorrow will clone her engagement at the Seattle theater. Manche #toddard will appear at the Third avenue theater this even- ing and tomorrow evening in the “Lady of Lyons”; tomorrow's plays clqwes her engagement in Seattle. The “Spider and the Fly” company opens at the Third avenue Sunday night. WALL PAPERS We have a large stock to choose from, and the price it will pay youtocallonus . . . STAR PAINT GO. Third ang Pike WEARIV' OF THE GREE St. Patrick's Day Is Quietly Observed. Whet Some People Wore—There ‘Will Be a Big Time ext Year. St. Patrick's day is being gener- ally observed in the city, although in @ very quiet manner, the wearing of dows meeting @ shocking death on The hotel contained several hun- tran- Gouna and his band will be at the | the green and good humored hand- the fey pavements. The hotel 8) dred guceta many of them & mass of flames, and the fre) sents. The Rotel register was res- partment are unable to control It.| eued by the police, and this will be The Dullding is certainly doomed,| the means of identifying and ac- nd the fire is epreading, The fire-| counting for many persons who wil! men are working Hike Trojans, but! te found to be missing. ‘The police it now looke as thougtl the whole| wit pot give out the names on the block will go up in smoke 404 | register until they have had a flames. chance to thvedtigate the loss for ‘The origin of the fire is unknown. | themselves. When the fire was discovered on one of the central floors, the corridors, stairways, and elevator shafts serv- Bulletin) — The majority of the 1 ae channels to draw the fames| guests were women and children. upward, and in an incredible short | Many of them appeared at the win- Lime the whole apper portion of the| dows and Degged the people in the atructare-seaeow seething fase of|atreeta to sive them. A score or shooting, roaring red sheets of fire. | more Jumped, alighting on the heads A number of wornen were seen at the| of the people below, The Windsor and men could be | now in rutna, upper windo AGUINALDO READY 10 QUIT ey Rebel Chieftain Discouraged and. Many of His Troops Want to Lay Down Their Arms, MANILA,March 17.—(Late Bulletin)—Company G, of the Washington volunteer regiment, took about a hun- dred and fifty prisoners today. Most of the prisoners had disposed of their arms. The same company also seized some ammunition. WASHINGTON, March 17.—Manila advices. indicate that a crisis may be reached at any time, and that hos- tilities will soon cease, The insurgents are reported to be on the point of capitulating. Aguinaldo is known to be greatly discouraged. President McKinley. has been informed of the situation. : MANILA, March 17.—(Bulletin)—The insurgents have occupied Taytay and strongly entrenched themselves there. A gunboat shelled Binangoman, driving the in- surgents from the city. NTRIKING PTALLANS DEFIANT DENVER, Col, March 17.—The la-| rived this morning, and a detach- porta from Lake City are to| ment will be started for Benson this afternoon to demand the surrender of the rioters, If they resist a bat- conveying troops ar- tle in expected to enuse. BLOODY ARKANSAS TRAGEDY When the firing ceased It was found that Louis Hinkle, a noncombatant, had been slain, algo Toler, Hart, Gosiee, and John Williams, sons of the sheriff, Spears and one other man were wounded, test re the effect that the Italian miners are e and defiant \ SPRINGS," Ark, M bh iy eat he took “ly turn yesterday death of five men, wounding of two hort Feeling has been running ind culminated when shots) Govesnor Jopes was summoned ere exchanged in front of the elty | and arrived on seone this morn- hall between ‘Thos. Toler, who ising placing Sheriff Williams and chief of police, J. B. Hart, city de-) several others under arrest. Al- tective, Thos, F. Goslee, police ser-| though intense excitement prevails, weant, one one side, and Sheriff Wil- no further trouble is agprehended, Hams and his two sons on the othe Hor The » serious b in the serious mayoralty ting nd the NEW YORK, March 17, — (Late! Armory on the afternoon and even- ing of March 2%. The solol Miss Reese Davies, sopranc:; Miss Dorothy Hoyle, violiniste, and Mr.| came attention or Arthur Pryor, trombone, RUMBER OF CARS. The United States Treasury de- partment hae recently teamed a state- ment of the number of freight cars entering the United States by way of | Canada, en route to points tn the Dominion. ‘The figures for the year TSOE how a total of 10,966 cars enter. ing the United States. This inclades | j ! { ‘ shaking and friendly greetings con- * ST®) stituting the only excitement. A man on aven’ attracted time by riding about on a bedecked horse. The rider was attired in red than an Some of the warm-hearted sons of Erin sent shamrocks and green rib- bons to their friends. W. D. Mo- Carthy, the genial manager of E. W. -| Newhall & Co."s big emporium, hon- ored a few of his more intimate 47 care entering at Vancebore, ficnas with green ties and leaves of Me. According to the table, 22% cars entered at Port Townsend; 2402 at Pembina, N. 1.; 610 at Port Huron, Mich.; 4 at Newport, Vt; 67 at Rurlington, Vt; 63 at Niagara Falls, and §7 at Detroit. SHE COT THE MONEY Woodmen Pay a Widow in Double-Quick Time. ‘Mre. & H. Peters received $3000 insurance from the order of Wood- men today. Her husband was an employe of the Union Electric com- pany for some time, and died in Los Angeles, Cal, where be has been for several months, Peters was a member of Seattle Camp No. 69. It has just been seventeen days since the certifieate of death was signed, and the money is here from Denver, Col. ——— ALONG THE WHARVES Steam collier Progreso sailed last evening for San Francisco loaded with @ cargo of Black Diamond coal. ‘Tue Richard Holyoke was coaling at the south bunkers this morning. She towed the bark Oregon to Port Townsend from the Cape, The Oregon comes from Honolulu, The fire boat Snoqualomie went down to the south bunkers this morning for a supply of coal, Collier Leclanaw is receiving a new coat of paint, She is expected to sail Sunday night for San Francisco. Schooner Edna Watts was dis- charging a load of cord wood this morning the ite Star dock. She comes from Sourld ports, — ‘The steamer Greyhound laid over her morning and noon trips to Everett yesterday, on account of the heavy swell running in the harbor. Along the shore the wind was quite calm, but the Greyhound is a long, narrow boat, flat-bottomed, and drawing but in the neighborhood of four feet of water, the agents fear- to allow her to venture out. The eyhound went to Everett on the evening trip. pany has been incorporated with a capital stock of $590,000, divided into 500,000 she res. Geo, W. Brogdon, A. D. Hi, M P. Brenton, John Shoenbar, 1. C. Gilman, and J. M. frompkins are the Incorporators. ‘The principal office of the company will be In Seattle. P. L. Allen, C, W. Frankland, and %. F. Hickman have filed articles in- corporating the Metropolitan Print- ing and Binding company, with a capital stock of $12,000, divided into 120 shares, Peanuts ac Vote Gettars. Several candidates, realizing that liquid refreshments are not indulged in by all voters, inaugurated the novelty of carrying about with them peanuts and capdy, with whieh ev- one they met werg treated. Sev- eral ladies were observed bartering away votes for candy and peanuts,— Mena Press, ete tl ean The-Helen Bay Gold Mining com- | ‘W. M. Russell, man- shamrock. | ager of the Third avenue theater, i | though himself a Swiss and a lineal Gescendam on his father’s side of the Helvetia, has been sporting around all day with a yard of faring green. He admits he ts not Irish, but says ft is not his fault. Aaron Cohn, the tallor, is wearing a tle composed of, as many colors as Joseph's coat, red, green, white, orange, purple, Diack and blue in dazzling confusion. It is quite the most taking thing that was ever put together. “I have friends among all nation- alities.” said he, “and so you see I am trying to make a hit with all of them. It is business.” Dr. Sparting, the coroner, who on sunny days always wears a faring red tie, in accused of having ap- peared in 4 green tie this morning. It is said that he put bis tie on in the dark, and that some miscreant swtiched ties on him. The doctor's wide of the story has not been re- lated. St. Patrick’s day has never been an occasion for parades or kindred demonstrations in this efty, but a prominent Irishman and a good cit- izen said this morning that next year there will be such @ wat-> time here that the shade of St, Patrick itself will be greatly moved. IN FROM ATLIN Man Who Is Reconciled to the Conditions. iH. E. Smith,of this city, who hag mining interests in the Atlin dis- trict, arrived here Tuesday from Alaska. He has been looking over his claims and preparing for spring work. He says that Atlin city is being killed by the exclusion law, “The law is unjust, and ought never to have passed,” said he. “Of course, Americans who hay claims in that district are put to < great deal of inconvenience, and feel that the law is very harmful, both to themselves and the Atlin coun try as a whole, still they are going to make the best of the matter, and go ahead working claims, whenever permitted, in the spring.” “There were twelve feet of snow on the ground when Mr. Smith left Atlin city. He says that the strike on the White Pass & Yukon rail- road was still on when he left, The men are all in Skagway, he says, and are having @ gay time, Mr, Smith is on his way to Portland. He will return to Atlim in four or five weeks, NEW BRASS FACTORY. ‘The Seattle Brass & Bell Foundry company has been incorporated for the purpose of making brass goods for water, gas, and steam work, also making a general Ine of machine work and repairing. ‘The tncorpor- ators are H. Lutsch, M. W. Ryan (the latter formerly proprietor of the Seattle Brass & Bell foundry); and Geo. Theayer. Capital stock, $3000. The company will make a specialty of copper, brass, zinc, and aluminium castings. Beof Board at Work. KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 1%. The beef board began its investiga- tion of the stockyards and packing houses this morning. The board will examine witnesses this afternoon,