The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 11, 1899, Page 1

i | . ommeieee ‘ -~-; oles 3 ‘ f=] THE SEATTLE STAR f= a E eID ~ SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1899. NO. 39. OUNG VANDERBILT'S Milla.“ GRASS HOOKS pekgny Sop BES 25c, 35 and SOc. FIERY HONEYMOON Willie Flees With His Bride, From a Burning Villa at Oakdale, L. |. ESCAPED INJURY BUT BADLY SCARED New Yor«k City, April 11.—Following close upon } vice Becond Heutenant Moss, prom jot jley and Moss hav }with Company B for the last five lyears Lieutenant Gormley was educated at the Univers ington; Walter © ett was the ptains of th adet jat the University Crazed on Religion. that peace was restored, Downey provoked by the uttempted to nt avo miners from leaving their om- y ye the riot was ' Glassblowers’ Strike BRIDGETON, Conn. April 11 The glasshlowers who struck for union wages and union recognition are at mut, no satisfactory ar rangements having been made. AT WORK Fifteen Servants Reach the Open Air in Safety 2". 09995" lg. yo ~~Mysierious Destruction of W. K. Van- derbilt's Country Home. crucify his y and f iren jre WEATHER FORECAST. For Seat nity—Ton’ south to west the sensational fires which have occurred in this city rere gah rae a recently, resulting in the loss of many millionaires’ lives, 1 California comes news that Wm. K. Vanderbilt's elegant country home, “Idlehour,” at Oakdale, L. I., was destroyed by | (7 {unin fire at 4 o'clock this morning. It so happened that OT anal alge tas lives were lost, although there were many people in the | mountain and mi building asleep when the flames broke out in the cellar. Among the inmates were W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and his bride, nee Miss Virginia Fair, who were sleeping in gions PERSONAL MENTION one of the up-stairs apartments. died scacohaur eauek ot ie. Hart When aroused by the outcry of a servant, young | Aeron Trsntvoriauion & rratine Vanderbilt's first thought was for his wife and he hur- ried her out of the burning outside in safety. Structure, both reaching the Fifteen servants occupying rooms in the house also escaped without injury. The fire is said to have started accidentally from a furnace pipe in the basement, although there is con- siderable mystery svrrounding the affair. The fact that no one was hurt is considered re-| |ahortly for § & Kitidall and wife, of New What jeom, are registered at the Seatt! F. J. Coyle, of the Canadian Pa | ie at the Jeifie railroad of Vancouver Rainier Grand PF. 8. Goudey steamship G [the Rainier ¢ icted a Principal. NEW WHAT Aprit 11.—/ markable, in view of the hour at which the fire occurred | fists, was victtet prisetpat pester and the number of people exposed to peril. CUSPIDORS IN ALONG THE WHARVES | Norman school 2 os THE ARCHITECTS. The Was Architects | | lin President Boone's office tt THE STREETS Steamer Progreso arrived yester~ Now York | 4 mi day from San Francisco. She loads oral ~ tted si coal for that port. to membership, a wer ry — lo. Ww. Lawt rner tlanta Derides the Expecto- The revenue cutter Grant was tak- br wet Tide 4, and Norr A ration Law. ing on coal this morning at the Mad. | |), feop street bunkers preparatory Discussions m the a malty ATLANTA, Ga., April 13.— This |leaving on @ cruise around the paving ; . nn » city is about to stop expectoration | Sound. P dort im public places—if it can. On Sat-) 2.) 1g “Si, tenes hnical i ne u ° In ates «lighthouse Tr " u eae the spitting ordinance Went | steamer Mansanita, Captain Gres-|tude towards the ft . a to effect, ory, left this morning for Tulaliy jtion and ite advancer ' This prohibition of expectoration on the sidewalks, in hails and a few other places, is the talk of the town. Very few pe take the ordinance seriously out of the author and those who made it a |bay. near Everett, where she will | place a buoy, Ship Occidental is loading coal at jthe south bunkers. @he goes to San Francisco. gitimate lines, was als | upon, j All around the hotels and the cen- | C. G, Sanborn was & n judgment tral corners this piece of municipal Barkentine J. M. Griffith has been |in the superior court » rday legisiation is the theme of endiess| chartered to load lumber on the |againet E. W. Culver for $182 and pitiless “guying.” Down on South Prior street a mer- chant has placed a funny little old spittoon in the center of the side- walk facing his store, and suspend- ed from a rope spanning the sid Sound for the Orient. According to the officers of the steamer Dode, operating between Se- and the Hood canal, the four schooner Endeavorer ran | T. M. Daulton yesterday « walk ‘* a placard bearing in big |ashrore on Foulweather bluff, ne The ant ferer af th Black letters; Port Gamble, funday, and was | Methodist h of Puget “Stop and spit! passed by the Dode in the afternoon, | will be held at Y The rushing crows catch the joke |“hard and fast.” Whether she auc- | tomorrow and continuing ft once, and it Is amusing to watch | ceeded in getting off at high tide,|day. Bishop 1. «1 f Ala several pedestrians stop in @ bunch | or whether she is still there, is not) Cal, will be in charg and expectorate in @ chorus, alm-|known. It is likely, however, that | - ‘Ing strat at the s«pittoon, but | one of the tugs came along and pull- INK® taking good care just to miss it. Thejed her off. The Endeavor loads| ‘The bank clearances today were Tesult ix that the sidewala is -ltumber at one of the upper Sound | $244,967.06, and the balances were €4 and the apittoon only ove: ports for California $98,790.20. streaked —_—- “ A salooniat on Marietta wears a| Barkentine Skagit has been char THE SUPPLIES ARRIVE. Miniature painted jar around his|tered to load lumber at Port Gam- ; neck. Ever and anon he looks down | ble for Honolulu. fr are cont at the jar, takes, off the little lid, ‘ Ab r then puts it back and spits on the Copper river floor, in the doorway or wherever he ed Jay afternoon May happen to be PL PASO, Tex., April 11. — Two] pci A well dressed gentleman stopped | cowboys held up and robbed the) among the t . ntained tn & handsome lady on Whitehall, near!tumber camp of the Alama Gordo |the cars were the followin Alabama, and after talking to her| Lumber company at Alma Gordo 14,500 pounds of flour, 7841 pounds & moment said, with mock herotc|about seventy miles weat of here|of ealt and sugar-cured bacon; 2400 Politeness yesterday afternoon, It was pay pounds of sugar, 1600 pounds of r “Please excuse me, madam, while | day, and after most of the men had 1000 pounds ob » 1 ) pound Texpectorate!” and after waiking to| been paid off, the robbers rode into of homir 1244 pounds of potatoes the extreme edge of the walk and| camp, covered the cashier of the 1000 pound f onjons. 120 unds of daint rning the Belgian blocks | company with guns, and told him to jard, 220 pounds of I h break in ti reet, returned to the fair | pand over the money in his cha fant ten, 504 5 ‘ 1200 one, who laughed outright a# he | amounting to $50,000. The posse who | pounds of uch 19 pounds of @olemniy said started in jursuit have not overtaken | oatmeal, 40 pound f con ' You know the edict of our local) them yet. milk and Statesmen—nit—must be obeyed em - fe any arrests were made they ©*-| wuneeet of Jus Montana Floods Abate. ped observation. One policeman QLENDIVE, Mont. April 11.—1 faid WASHINGTON, April 1. — The), 0" gg sg 4 "I don't think there’s as much splt- | funeral of Justice Field will be held)” 1 at ting a2 usual. 1 notice some tt) Thursday morning at the Curch of | oi 4 ‘: to otmerve the law I'm warning the Epiphany. Mrs. Field has re-| 000 |) tai “ect People not to spit on the sidewalk, ceived many telegrams of condole wat. tae the tocere and think that the dispositl tO from all parts of the Mgr otors St empty their mouths In the street i" and from many of the foreign am Stowing. But we'll have to train passadors, The Supreme court ad | TROUBLES OF QUINN. “ein up to observance of the law. I) journed yesterday, bat are In sea-| Mei 3 3 don't belie snatching up every | gion today. The family tro an . man that forgets himself, as the law| * are again Mu : is @ dead new thing—but I'm warn court, About fo Q it just the same! ning his wife out , And so it pai a Dutcher -kn te Last t his cen fomernstbiasions OLYMPIA, April 11.—Gov Rogers | ii" p tha had . GOES TO ‘FRISCO. has made the following appointments | arunk and r off the in to fill vacancies in the First Wash-| upon which th 1 i Capt Pratt ‘ “- ington regiment . linto th 1 ft und ues ag hing = oer ile rd Firat Lieutenant M. H. Gormley, | judgo Can 1 Dan $20 f Survey office, wi shortly for to be captain of Company ee offence in \ fan Francine ere he will take | Capt. George H vertices 6 preg tg [Chance in the chain gar Command of the cous vodic| Second Lieutenant Moss, to honbiee atts ork arty | be first lieutenant Company B, “oe All Quiet at Pana. - shortly on a cruise in Alaskan | First _tpentenaat allt tctaianindd MP ‘ELD, Wh, April 1 aters. The object of the trip is to| promoted o | 'Adjutant . 1’ Ree returne Coast and waters ulong the coast. |be second lieutenant of Comp " | SEATTLE INKLINGS. | i Store on Second Av. The Chicago Furniture company's store on Second avenue, near Uni- street, Was nearly destroy 4 by fire early this morning. Th ed about 6.20 o'cloek ‘ough the roof at the ar of the building. An alarm wea nent In, and the fire department re ponded in very quick time When the engines arrived the ting was a m nes, and st was ‘ that the it very dificult to enter was blowing at the same me which fanned the flames, After about half-hour's work the fire was under control the first flour of the building all f the furnity mpletely de- stroyed. The second floor wad used living apartments, and every n the rooms were lort. Caryle, manager of the Chie ago Furniture company, caid tha he thought the fire caught from a stove in the rear of the store. The was ¢ surance of $12000. t yullding © ne third wooden ne on Becond a Jestroyed within the last two weeks by fire. “eS SENTENCED FOR TEN YEARS |day by the board of trustees of he Maney Guilford Gets Her Pun- ishment for Murder- mim ORT, Conn, April 1— Naney idford, accused of com- ity in the deash of Emma Gill, smembered ¢ found in a pond, pleaded yt anslaught this afternoon, and as ed to ten years’ ime ~ THREE KILLED, UNVYDALE Constable Darrow shot and killed a man, presumably Michael Hammti @ crazy person, at Sunnydale, about twelve miles southeast of this city last night. Cornor #parting recelv- ed very meager details about the affray, and thin, morning Deputy Coroner Will Powers went out after the body, He had not returned at 8 o'clock this afternoon, but it t» expected that he will bring the body to Seattle before tonight, and an in- quest will be held at Bonney & Btewarts. From information Georgetown, it seema ff Hammit had threatened Darrow's life, and when they met Darrow war too quick for his enemy and pulled his gun first and fired. Hammil ts known ag the Sunnydale maniac, and |for a long time has been conside dangerous. He has been living in a cabln in the woods near Sunnydale jand lately has been keeping fires go Jing around his cabin and shooting at Imaginary ene Last Fall H gerous that he was and sent to the asylum, but about six weeks ago he was released, It in supposed that owing to his late es Darrow secured a warrant Arreat on account of his in- , and started out after bim It in stated that Darrow found Ham mil, and the two started for Seattle Just before hing Georgetown, Hammill pulled a gun ahd held the nstable wp, telling him th wanted to kill him, Darrow o4 back to Sunnydale to get a re- volver, and Hammi! followed gathered at me #0 dan- The assumption is that they met | shortly afterward and when Hamil reached for hin guf, Darrow pulled his in self-defense and fred. | | THE KENNEL SHOW. ‘The kennel show, which opens to morrow tn Germania hall, ts sured succens, so far as the class of xhibits is concerned. The entry lint, whie names © some famous and valuable will be on exhibition, The Queen of Counts, an English setter and a prize-winner of renown, owned by H. A. Wegents, of Ban Francisco, will be here, and there will also be some numbers 198, contains the | Scythe Stones Hoe, Rake and Spade. Sc, 10c, 1§¢ 10C, 1§C, 2§C, 40€ SPELGER & HURLBUT 1215-1217 ond Avenue LOOK AT OUR SELECTION OF Wall Papers BEFORE BUYING 300 Pike Street. STAR PAINT CO. Moran Brothers Company I S AND SHIP BUILDERS. ant inclades steel and wi Mi «of the uction and covers inery bullt and repaired hinery, the “Mosber” and “Rober” ¢ Packing Company brano! water lube boilers and th One Patent Gas Lighter, «oe INCLUDING...... One Box Wax Tapers, 26 CENTS. | GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. 806-908 First Avenue. WATER POWER Delivered Electrically for 4 Industrial Uses Snoqualmie Falis Power Co. | Distributing Stations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Second Ave. and Main St. | REATTLE INCORPORATED. SW PORTLAND, |\DOWNING, HOPKINS & CO. BROKERS. jrain, Provisions and Stocks Market | ap tad Two snd s Heif Minutes Over Our wn Wire. H. W. AUGUSTINE, Mer., Revs 2.233, t he} ufacturi | | dachshunds from kennels of that | city. The story circulated tn Victoria that soloonkeepers were running the Se- attle Kennel show, apparently war not believed by the Rev. J. W. Fein- ton, of, Vietoria, for he has entered four fox-terriers valued at $600, $600, $400, and $100 respectively, These dogs have taken prizes at New York, Westminster, Toronto, and other places. One exhibit of considerable interest | will be that of a Chesapeake Bay jduck & bred by Mr. Callahan, of thie of It is peculiarly adapted to hunting ducks, because of its hardiness in the coldest kind of wa- and is never subject to rheum- jatiom. It's skin is thick and oily. TWENTY HURT peel a ain ma Wheaton Repulses Another Filipino : ? Attack—Lawton’ s Success Was Greater Than Reported. WASHINGTON, April 11—The following cablegram was received from General Otis this morning; “Lawton’s success at Santa Cruz was more complete than yester- day’s dispatches indicated. The enemy left 93 uniformed dead on the field and a number seriously wounded. Lawton captured the city without destruction to pro- perty. except two. Lieut. Elling w and he but a slight wound retired eastward. Lawton morning. His loss was ten wounded, all of them slightly as the only officer wounded, in the hand, The enemy was in pursuit early this “The insurgents attacked MacArthur's line of rail- way communication last night in considerable force. | Could Detect Nothing Nauseating About That Army Beef---So He Testifies Before the Board. —” | WASHINOTON, April 11.—General Shafter was examined by the beef board today. He stated that he heard no complaints about the can- ned roast beef until he returned from Cuba. He ate it himself and | found no fault with it. He said that if the rough riders had nothing to eat but what they captured from the Spaniards, it was their own RIOTS IN PAN, ILL, FINALLY QUELLED PANA, Ul, April 11.—All ts quiet here this morning. The stores have reopened, but there is little business to transact. Small knots of men are standing on the street corners discussing yesterday's tragedy, but |no further trouble is anticipated. Many negroes are on the streets, | Carrie Felix, the waitress who was shot in the back while standing tn |a hotel kitchen, is in a critical condition, and will probably die. The coroner said this morning that he had received word that more dead bodies would be found on the outskirts of the elty. PROOFS OF INNOCENCE OF POOR DREYFUS | PARIS, April 11.—The Matin today claims to ived information that the agreement implicating Dreyfus, alleged to have been sent by o | former Itallan attache at Paris to his government, was written by | Esterhazy and Du Paty de Clam, and was used against Dreyfus at his | trial. ‘ lair today publishes evidence toshow that Esterhazy wrote the Bor- document on which the conviction of Dreyfus was chiefly based, not yet stated their Intentions to Secretary Oleson sent out 250 bid. Uons, They were repulsed by Wheaton with heavy loss. Wheaton’s casualties were three killed and twenty wounded.” MANILA, April 11.—The Filipinos made an attack in force on the Minnesota volunteers early this morning. The latter were spread out along the railroad on both sides of Bocaye. Three Minnesotans were killed and General Wheaton, who was up north was notified of the attack and brought With ten wounded. toward Malolos reinforcements to the scene on an armed train. Wheaton’s arrival the Filipinos were quickly routed. Their loss was over fifty killed. The Minnesota boys had their hands full before the arrival of reinforcements. A patroling squadron of Oregon volunteers was am- bushed along the line of railroad near Malinta during the night. Two Oregon men were killed and three wounded, bicycle was badly smashed, the frame being broken by the heavy wheels of the wagon passing over it. The rider escaped unhurt. A bicyclist, who gave his name ag \ A] Brinkwater, collided with a garb- age wagon on the county road ws- K terday with disastrous results. The WASHINGTON, April 11.—The | treaty was signed at 3.28 this noon by Secretary Hay for| An enjoyable program is to be pre- ed States, and Ambassador |sented at the meeting of the Young Cambon, of France, for Spain. This | Men's institute to be given in the jome jally closes war with Spain, Pioneer building Thursday evening. _— J. Buxbaum, chairman of the enter | The board of public works will|tainment, received today from New meet tom yw afternoon to open) York City, a num of the very bids for the construction of the /jatest musical selections, which will Cedar River water system. There |pe rendered at the entertainment, is considerable interest being taken among contractors, and the author- ities say they would not be surpris-| A stay of execution of the sentence ed to receive twelve or fourteen bids. of Charles W. Nordstrom has been City Engineer Thompson sald| granted again. Sataes * Bandiiin this forenoon that it was too early opinion as to the letting | L@W!s Is expected to arrive some day of the contract, Contractors from (ls week from the east, and as he Minneapolia, Portland, and San|has handled the case from the start, Francisco have given the matter a|the execution is postponed until his great deal of consideration, but have | retursy i give