The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1899, Page 1

ow the our 2 aye ~” And Twenty-five Cents a Month ESS (RT UGLY White Miners. | OME GP THEM WAS: PUMSHEB For Stealing Provisions From a Prospector. Trouble is Ex- | pected to Result, According to advices brought down from Copper river by the steamer Excelsior this morning, the Indians at Dry bay, near Yakutat, hatehed @iabolical scheme to massacre all ef the miners in that portion of the | country, because one of their number had been caught stealing from aj} miner's tent and had been severely Pusished. Some of the miners went to Sitka to notify the authorities there of the condition of affairs, and to ask for ald. Miners returning from the Copper river country, say that their lives have been made a burden on ac- count of the thieving of the dark- skinned Alaska natives. At every opportunity the Indiaas stole pro- Visions, guns, clothing and whatever they could lay their hands on. In one case they were so bold to go into a miner's tent while he was/ Standing just a short distance from the entrance and take everything | they could find. | At Dry bay several of the Indians ‘were caught stealing from the min- | er’s tents, and when told that such actions m: be punished, they tm Mediately showed Might. The In- dians got mad because they were finally forbidden to stel, and plan- ned & massacre. VERDICT FOR MRS. COLE —oe ‘Mrs. Oliver Cole was awarded a} verdict this morning for $1068.63 the Supericr court. She ts the widow of Thos, Oliver Cole, of Both- | @h, who lont his life at Sheep Camp | *'th considerable doubt upon cer in Alaska last summer. Just before | going north Mr. Cole applied for a payment, The company refused to settle at hin death, on the ground | that the polley was never in toree. | WILL NOT FIGHT | AT CONEY ISLAND. Fitzsimmons - Jeffries Affair May Go to ‘Frisco. | } | NEW YORK, April $—It is now Biated that the Fitssimmon-Jeffries fight will not come off at the Coney island club headquarters, as that club will not receive a license. Brady says he is willing to fight at the Lenox club, but Juljan says he/ ‘Will not fight there. It is sald that | the fighters may meet in San Fran- | eisco. | He Stoned the Queen. ROME, April &—A drunken man threw a stone late yesterday atter- | noon into the carriage in which | Marguerita was riding. The missile did not strike the queen. The man ‘was arrested. HESVENTURED TO TACOMA | | George Kincard, a motorman of this city. took a trip to Tacoma yea- terday and is now minus his silver watch and a valuable gold chain. Kineald was held up in that city last night on Railroad street. and re- | Heved of his valuables. The police | were notified, but no arrests have as yet been made. | ——— | Dewey Wants $ j ies. ASHINGTON, April §—Ad- miral Dewey has asked the Navy | department for six months’ engin- eering supplies to be sent to him im- mediately at Manila. The request is evidently an indication that it will be impossible to reduce the American fleet in the Philippines wa- ters for some time RYAN IS ASSESSED. James Ryan was fined $30 this morning by Judge Cann for beg«in Ryan stated that he has just finish- ed serving a term in the Tacoma jail for the same offense. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Licenses to wed were issued yeu- terday to Albert Anner, 31 Madison, and Annie Allen Luck Wickstrom, tle; William O. Spra tha Densick, 23, both of Se: SOLDIERS RETURN. Washington Sepe Reach San Francisco on a Transport. SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. - The transport Scandia arrived in port last night, having on board sever- | ai of the First ashington volun- teers from Manila, H. N. MeKer- ney was one of the men, and 8. P. Drake and Corporal M. J. Craig, of Ce 1y L, were two others ry good treatment on ind said that no new s#lck- joped on the way over, When the transport Arizona arriv- @d the soldiers complained very sev- erety of the treatment they recetv- ed, clatming that not a dollar's worth of medicine was used on the trip. | They are in the hospital at the Pres- idio, . Patrick fen, of Company L, | Plan to Kill: | |so | j outside in the U: jrecently haa been unparaiicied, and coe err yah rapane Grade n part | ea diteetly to the formation SIT TT Te RRR RRR Ee ROE ENTREES TENN AON TN eR ae SET SHATTLE is believed to be consumptive Two Spokane doys, John C. Kilen and John Pruitt, are suffering from severe wounds, Pruitt was wound ed in both thighs, and Kilen had part of his lower jaw torn by a bullet. Four other Washington boys are: Serg, C. W. Stewart, of Com pany B, sent home on account of malaria and rheumatiam; Swan Hi Heckman, of Company A, for deat news and mental trouble; First Sergt Witiiams, of Company K, Jona J. M. Lyon, of Com- pany FB, fever, asthe HIS FIRST WIFE WAS NO CORPSE a Former Philadelphian Got a Divorce NPWARK, N. J, April &—When Alphonse G. Helms was editor of a labor paper tn Philadelphia, and went home from work one day he found on the table a note from his Wife, Jane, saying ehe and her chil- dren had gone to France. Later a letter from bis brother-in-law tn France, told him his wife was dead. Heims then married Mrs. Margaret Stollemeerk, of Newark, and here to live, Recently his first wife, who was not dead after turned up in Brookiyn, Heimas promptly separated from his second wife, and today secured a divorce from the fret. came NTRONGER NEW YORK, April §.~The ook market openéd generally higher thin morning, but the resumption ted new weakness in spots. In several trust stocks, the losses extend- ed from 2 to 2 per cent. The prin- cipal characteristic of to-day's apec- Ulation was its feveriehness and ir- regularity, Trust Stocks Uncertain. NEW YORK, April &—There is stilt a sonenonagnaition of affairs In Wall street, ing to the shak- in |1E UP which the market received | | yeaterday. Operators have not yet recovered their equanimity and look ot investors into Wall street tain trusts stocks, The rush ot many so-called trusts to biewd the lamba. Wiideat industrial com. | dines have become remarkably nu- merous. The bubble came very near being pricked yeaterday. Chicago Operators Nervous CHICAGO, April & —The excite. | ment here among operators in in- Guetri*’ rtocks caused by the failure of hb ek & Co, in New York yea- terday. and the resulting tumble tn securities, hae, in a measure, sub- sided. There is still a nervous feeling apparent, and close watch le kept upon Wall street for further developments. Speculation has been running riot in Chicago, and many men are loaded down with securities which must maintain their present prices or ruin will result. JAP STEAMER HAS ARRIVED aru Brings a Cargo From Yokyhama. The Japanese liner Idgumil Maru, Captain Campbell, arrived this fore- noon from Yokohama and Oriental ports. She had on board thirty pas- sengers, only two of whom were traveling first class. These were It. T. Sitmett, formerly traveling freight agent of the Great Northern at Spokane, and W. P. Plants. The left Yokohama March -3. The trip across the Pacific was uneventful. ‘The Idzumi brought over a heavy cargo of rice, tea curios and matting. She also had a heavy shipment of silk. The cargo is being discharged at the Great Northern dock at Smith cove. ‘The Idzumi is about the of the Yamaguchi, whore place she now fills. Her officers are all strangers to Seattle. CHARITY FUNDS. The first quarterly report for 1899 has just been issued by the Charity Organization of Seattle. It shows that the receipts for the quarter have been $160.25, and the expenditures $40, leaving @ balance of $80.25, The report is very neatly got up and idzumi gives a complete review of the work | |done so far this year. RANG THE DOOR BELL Burglars Try a New Dodge in Seattle. the 408 They and or them noise Officer fore Rurglars attempted to enter ce of W. L. Thompson, adway, early this morning. first cut the telephone wires then rang the front door bell tunately Mrs, Thompson saw eut the wires and making a they were frightened away Adams arrested a man this noon giving the name of Me having In his possession a pair of wirecutters, and it is thought that he may know something about the matter, HE SEATTLE trust | dinn, | WASHINGTON, for the denoue ERV ANT | AUT A, if i} i || sreful rehearsing of Prof, A. 1, Cof | SATURDAY EV | Jeredit to th There time the until the taking part was not a hiteh from the ain rose on the first aot rtlclpants ath on ar the fp |fey was at all times evident It would be unfair to mention the work of one or two of the charac- | ter whe nh aid » well | The following wan the cant ‘Led Up to Andrews: «sis Sist’%satone"t arn | 1 igor F car tee fierd. 1. 'y | . | Roger sake Stephen ¢ | | Fare air Hd | Joremy seed. Wy Pie THREATS OF ARSON WERE HABED Sie, erie ine Mine Neville Ella . Dougan | Kuphrosyne Cotchett j manager, B. J. Wright; mu- Police Say That tncendiaries Are sion! director, Aubrey Levy; aesiat. | Responsidle forthe Lossof = [22% Clarence Larson, Twelve Lives. Now Athletic Club. | DENVER, April &—The Colorado | 7 | Atiletic club, with a cash capital NEW YORK, April &—The pol f 3100,000, was organized today, It! and postot ro < xine Will make @ bid for ail important a clue which th eve | price fights, A law recently passed develop a horrits It is we by th intature made the forma asserted that the fire in the Andrews’ ton of the club possible was of Incendiary origin. The sux Venge growing out ¢ ty quar rel in the servants rend discharge Mary ¢ - The let PANIB, April &—The Figaro to- ee day prints the testimony of Major perished in the Gre. Hartman, artillery expert before the Court of Cassation. Me says Large dy of Insurgents the bordereau wan not the work of | WASHINGTON, April & — Gen, @ftllery officers, and contains noth- | MacArthur bh has ‘ne implicating Dreyfus been ree .w reew: os it northwar without d Hold Your Mose! lay. Information received from! New YORK, Aprit &—The as- Manila indicates tha ANoit Dine: eohinabiaen aneubels a ing parties have located @ large body noses “ * of insurgents belleved to be under Vestigate To any's admin y the command ft Aguinald tte f the maniet I government may make dem rations against York City began its work this southern bands of insurgents morning. | | The Star was the only paper in Seattle which | published facts yesterday concerning the fail- ure of Dimock & Company, the big stock ope- | tators New York City and the subsequent panic amcng the operat in trust | Wall Street and the stock | Chicago. } The Star was the only paper north of San Francisco which published yesterday the news | that Secretary Le of the navy had named all | of the new battleships and cruisers provided for i | of Ce The Star gave the | } names selected. in securities on on exchange in | by recent acts REMAINS OF © NEXT TRUST ELLERKAMP, ON THE TURF | Brought Down From Copper Owners of Racers May Have River on the Excelsior. to Pay Tribute. ' | The steamer Excetaior, belonging | 10, April &—Romancers of to the Pacific Ste Whaling com have started a story of a pany, arrived in port last evening |Proposed great western race track from Copper river, She left Valdes The plan is to form a cor- March 11 and mad ally mm heavily bonded to take In Fr yeather ¥ ms the principal race tracks in the he way é tor ver which the Turf Con- eh body | eress exercives jurisdiction. Every Ellerk who wa | have a representative In one of thr v mn wh ze to) th race death on the Valdes ¢ T " take out Faguains will ke shineed s home (6 trust's stock tn Louloviiia, ey before they « minimum The f . . " rs amount of stock to be en by one eam wher in to be set at a figure that Fritts | work no great injusti For D. Barrett y additional horse controtled by Backe wher a certain amount of stock fon. must t ttaken. Th idea is to Chart freeze cut the owner who is pot Johnaon. hunting for feed bills and a stray G. Dr '’ greenback Washburn, Hf aes eager ieee Kuiight Trying to Starve Himself Riggine, PO 310%] = Doll, 1. Johnert, Fr Sa a er cat FE. Conklin yung, H ve ge Rg gag > Ficekanh rings, Mo, has fe A thirty-nine ~ = Sokn WU 4 Pre hm ‘ t lays and ts in such @ weakened con- - u m that it is feared he will dle. aena, B. Storey, B. orien. | All that has passed his lips ts water | McConnell was sick when he began , but says that he Is tired of living, Chicago Marke! THIRTY HORSES CHICAGO, Arpll & Caattle - Meeves, 94.10475.80; stockers, $3.50@ r «, $244.00; Texans unchanged. And a Big Supply of Proven- © | Light, $3.65@85; rough un- der for Alaska. hanged; mixed Se higher; heavy, $4.76 pigs, $3.25@9 The ox fon In char f Cap-| Sheep tives, $2.00@5; western Abercrombie to t Copy unchanged; lambs unchanged € i} will leay on he ———e amer Excelsior about April 1 and for th hor be used iY for riding and pack ? t q npleted. ‘The will a part of th ewe weome Ce Proof That Army Beef [ete "soa. navientns' os Wag: Embalmed, | ‘ALL WENT , | WASHI IN, April &.—The ex ¢ T Ariination of witnesses by the beef | PAOSTHY Se re oe under Powell, who is said to be | = the inventor of @ preserving process, “She Stoops to Conquer”) rit si treted a car of Armours | n Chicago, and that this was Captured the Audience. beef the meat tested on Denn hall at the Un al He de crowded last night by studer 1 or lie abld was u their friends to w ’ i} n 1 that ht perforty mn | “She Btoops the transporte | that barock 1. He said 44 wan based on fum! ulphur was one of the | r 3 | to Conquer’ ance wae a ingredients us 5 tia tn ae See ST ne eT ih tae ones aed E ee | weeks A Sur lake. ‘The troops were loaded on | ea Carter, the Mayfield man who craft which were taken In two by Plays a Joke on His Father at was sont to Jail last Week on @ gunboats, The beginning of the Own charee of false sweartng because he up the Pasig river was His Ex ense. swore hie sweetheart was twenty- only by the cheering of the Comedian “Joe” Hart telis a good one when she wasn't, told the sher- | comrades left behind. The men story at the expense of his father. “La y," said the marshal, |running out of a faucet. Lamothe | and took special delight in the fact “T to go f replied le Vayer had nervous convulsions at |that it cost but $15. | carter I'm the man hearir any musical instrument “A few days later he came home He was taken back to Mayville | But the most extraordinary of all) without it, and when T asked whero STA WN FIR »=Fishing Tackle There is a reason, Good Goods, Low Prices. Planned by Seattle Architects. ephono Subsoriptions to Pike 150 $09 O40 400000 PRICE ONE CENT —PIVE CENTS ON ALL TRAINS Split Bamboo Rods, $1.00. Snell Hooks, 10¢ per dozen. Silk Line, 25 yards, 25c. Leaders, 5c and 10c. SPELGER & HURLBUT 1215-1217 Second Ave | LOOK AT OUR SELECTION OF" Wall Papers BEFORE BUYING. 300 Pike Street. STAR PAINT CO. List of Citizens Who Are About to Provide Fine Houses for Thomselves. | | - Wek STI | _ Moran Brothers Company Bullding industry in Seattte this year promises to break ail records ; LE D SHIP BUILDERS, Architects report @ most excetient 5 ad epvers elt ranohes of the outlook, and in thelr offices @ rush and ail other P ry built and repair : of work ts in progress. Many new Worthington” og machinery, the M and © Koberts buildings are under way, and others otallte Packing Comp of Importance are projected or are planned, so that the present searon Will see large and valuable etructur- 4) additions to the city A conservative estimate places the number of bulldings now under way, or that are just completed, as fully Frames; Mirrors Made toorder. Cheaper and as good as any house in the state 00. From early morning to iate at GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. night the click of hammers and the 906-908 First Avenue. bum we can be heard. = On Queen Anne bill, Rainier Ty kak Meeeieds soasthonwrite the WIRE TAPS. SEATTLE INKLINGS. bill tracts and numerous r ad- ditions, residence: being erected. Down on the bus! streets sever- al new blocks are contemplated. Many of the bulidings in course of construction ‘¢ cottages ranging in value from $500 to $1500, and two! —_—_ story houses ranging all the way from $2000 up to 87500, In January there were ninety-one permits ismued with a stated valua- tion of $24,311. In February, ninety- seven permite were issued with @ Valuation of $78,693. March was t ‘The list of speakers at the $16 Jef-| was to be hi ferson dinner of the Democratic club | office last evening to be given in New York City, has | block, was postponed until thi been arranged. we ing which Newland’s ‘The jury which will try the case of Mra. George at Canton, O., was com- pleted yesterday afternoon. Andrew Michaels was tortured by | having his feet held over a red hot fire by robbers, nears Colville yes- banner month, with 121 permi terday, in hopes that he would give sued, estimated in valuation at $i21,- information leading to where he kept bit So far this month, fifty-six | his money. permits have been granted with a Valuation of $37,885. Sheriff Van De Vanter went to the Medi Lake In: Asylum yester- day with J. C. Schopp, the insane murderer who was convictel a short Ume ago. New suits filed this morning in the Superior court were: N. C. Ros- enfeldt, et al, va. Geo. Jensen and wife, to recover on @ promissory note; Anna D, McNair Weils va. Frank Wetmore and wife, et al fore- It i* stated that John L. Wilson is sinted for the presidency of a new Reveral large residences will be under way within’ a few weeks, bank to be established at Spokane. | closure. among which ie a residence for C. J. — Smith, on Summit avenue. near Col-| The Jury in the case of the Sta' The Seattle Cataract company hms umbia street, to cost $7600. #. vs. George Brown, at Everett. for)teen incorporated with a capital robbing a store, disagreed yesterday. | stock of $100,000, Charles H. Baker, H. R. Clise and Thos. R. Shepard are the incorporators. The bank clearances today were $243,270.65, and the balances $109,- 526.73. timer has let the contract for a $10,000 dwelling on Tepth avenue m Columbia street. Paul Singer- man will commence the erection of an $8000 renidence on Sixteenth av- enue, near Denny way, within a few Dr. W. A. Skannon has let the contract for a residence to cost $5500, to be built on Madison street near Summit avenue. A. A. Ells- worth has let @ contract for a $2500 house at 531 Howard avenue Dr. W. A. Phillips wilt soon commence the construction of a $4000 residence at the corner of Denny way and Broadway J. A. Moore, of the Moore Invest- ment company, states that work on the larg riment house on Madt- son street near Fourth avenue will be commenced tn about three weeks The work has been delayed on ac- count of the uncertain title of the property The plans and spectfications for | the new Sacred Heart church are in the hands of the architect. Nothing definite has been given out in rela- tion to the building, with the excep- | tion that ft will be larger than the | church burned, and will have a greater neating capacity. It Is alno known that several of the bide tendered for postoffice nite made specifications for new build- ings. In the events of one of them being accepted, the bufiding erect ed will cont In the neighborhood of at least $15,000, TWO FIRE ALARMS. A still alarm about 2.30 o'rlock this afternoon called the fire department to Yesler dock. A box of chemicals ploded in the bonded wareho but no damage was done. Just a few minutes after a false alarm was rang in from box 21 The Knights of Brotherhood or- ganized a lodge at Tacoma last night composed of fifty-three members. The Green-Smith fight at San Francisco last night w. a flasco. “Mysterious Billy” Smith refused to engage in the bout, saying that there was not enough money in sight When the announcement was made, the 2800 people present made a wild uproar, but to no effect Inspectors of hulls and botlers Bryant and Cherry have returned from Quartermaster harbor, where they have been inspecting the steam- er Dirigo. They report the steamer damaged to the extent of $20,000, the hull being badly ripped and torn, and the machinery battered up. The bout briween Tomb White and “Kid" Goulette was declared a draw at Memphis last night. LAWTON IS ADVANCING American Army Moves on the Miss Katharine EB. Oliver, of New Filipinos. | York, the noted elocutionist, is at MANILA, April &—Gen. Lawton | the Stevens hotel. Miss Oliver gave tonight began his advance upon the|© Very interesting recital lest night in the ¥, M. C. A. rooms. Filipino army south of Manila, The expedition consists of 1500 picked men | jthree army gunboats. The troops toms officer at Port Townsend, is at with him were selected from the |the Rainier Grand. Fourth cavairy, Fourteenth infan- | Pls try, North Dakota, Idaho, and Wash-| 4 p. Calder, Canadian Pacific ington volunteers. All these men /agent at Tacoma, is at the Rainier are tried fighters, and an aggressive Grand. campaign is looked for. | Two mountain guns were taken along. Lawton’s first objective Joint | ia the southeast shore of Laguna The recruiting office has been doing good business since it opened In this elty. So far forty-eight recruits e been accepted. Yesterday Capt. O'Niel sent twenty-two men to the Presidio at San Francisco. PERSONAL MENTION Thos. J. Johnston, of Chicago, chief engineer of the Snoqualmie Falls Power company, is at the Butler. 7 F. D. Huestis, United States cus- A TALE OF A COAT. »-Enough “Warm Baby” “The old gentleman is always very generous with his family, but inclin- pan ha od to be very frugal in his personal Antipathies of Celebrated Men expenses. He remarked one day that he would purchase a new over- Antipathy, like fear, is something coat for himself, but wouldn't pay were in excelent spirits and eager for the fray. {ff he was “the warmest old baby in town” when arrested, says the Mur- when Ed first started out in his career of crime, he skipped out with a char . housebreaking against him, Going Unreasonable; it is an instinct, and | over $15 for it. IT argued in vain he eluded the om- therefore absolutely unconquerable. | that he should get a better one, and, over in Minsourl, cers until his money and whisky gave out and then began trying to devive means of getting more. Fin- ally he got hold of a paper offering ward of $10 for him, and immedi- ately sought out the marshal of the town ay.” he began at men have suffered from nge antipathte King Henr nuld not remain alone in a room with a cat The Duke of Epernon fainted at the sight of a leveret. Tycho Brahe was all in a tremor at} the sight of a leveret or a fox. The | Marshal of Albret was made 1! if a young wild b or a sucking pig was served at table where he nat ar, Scaliger, |fatling to convince him, T determin ed to see that he got a good one at |my own expense. So I told him I knew where he could get an excel- lent one made for $15, and he agreed to go with me the next day. “I saw the tailor and arranged | with him that he ehould show my |father the best cloth he had tn his store and agree to make up a coat from it for $16, 1 to pay the differ- ence. Father went down with me, wae shown the cloth, was delighted with it, and was measured, and a |few days later the coat was sent * | home. He was quite proud of tt Gre: str i. “I know where there is a man wanted. There is a reward of $10 for him. And If you will give me half I'll take you to him.” The marshal acquiesced, and Car- ded the $5 then and there, handed over to th The famous sehe shook all over at the sight of water- Racon swooned away at an © of the moon. Bayle went In- nvulsions at the sound of wat ter dema and it was finally him |was King Ladislaw of Poland, who his coat was, he replied, “Oh, I made fled precipitately at the sight of ay and sentenced to the penitentiary for | $15 on a splendid trade with that 18 months sii ple. Had he only been in’ the |ooat, You see, I met Stevens, the A me around the |place of 1, the temptation of /Hroker, who admired my coat greatly corner y awiftiy and ran into -a|Hve would have been of no avail, lang wanted to try it on, and It just little ragged newsboy, Stopping as —_— ——_—_—_ fitted him toa T. He asked mo quickly as she could she turned to | Paper Hanging by Machinery where T got jt and what I paid, and him and said. “I beg your pardon, | I told him.’ Indeed, I am very sorry.” | r can now be hung by ma-|" «well, it's the best coat I ever That was the very first time in The device has a rod on/saw for that money,’ said Stevens, hi wife that anyone ever begged his|which a roll of paper is placed, and|‘and I'll give you $30 for it." You |bet I took him up, afd so I cleared pardon, and the little newsboy was|a paste reservoir with a |a cool $15 on the trade—just doubled at first so surprised that he did not der put on so as to engage the wrong side know what te say Rut he knew he _ |my money. must he polite to any one who had |f the paper, The end of the paper! ‘+ «why, you precious old fool,’ sald been #0 nice to him, so, with a smite |! fastened to the bottom of the wall/q, irreverently I must admit, but T of delight on his freckled face, he |and held in its place by the operator. | was really ‘hot.’ ‘Why, I was bound jerked off his hat and sald |A roller follows the paper as it un-|you should have a decent coat, and “You may have my pardon and| winds and presses it against the |I paid $45 out of my own pocket to welcome, nies and you may run|wall, When the top of the wall is/accomplish It, That coat cost $40,’ gin me and knock me clean aver |reached the operator pulls a etring | Well, you ought to have seen the old gentleman, “That's t coat trade he made, however, Jast any time you want to and I will not | which cute the paper off from the say @ word,” [rote . + . 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