The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 19, 1899, Page 4

RTPA ATET Steetiioial caren ceed dndeaae eee ie oes HReRRREN THE SEATTLE STAT. r HIS EXDNY Story of a Domestic Tragedy. IM WHICH A WOMAN FIGURED in on Hlinols Churchyard. RED BUD, Th, April 19.—"Thoa. Ryan departed this life Deo, 4, Bo reads a roughly carved ine tion upon a wooden slab at the foot of a grave in the town cemetery In the Ittle village east of FR Hud, TL Close beside t# another grave, un kempt 4 rough and overrun with wild w and driers, Not qven a wooden slab marke th but upon the trunk of an o! that stands nea som tudely carved “Ransom Subblefteld.” ‘The death of Thomas Ryan and his Durie! beside Ransom Subb the man he murdered waa ing act of & remarkable iif Thomas Ryan was born an gentleman and diet a broken-dowa outcast. Only a mnall pension for services in the Amorican Civil war kept bim from active bergary. Mis father was Sir Wilfrid Ryan, an Irish baronc and his mother was the daughter of Sir Bdwin Lansdowna, ao Eng- sh baronet. Both his parents were @evout Catholics, and it was their desire that Thomas, their only son, should be educated for the priest- hood. Accordingly, after a thorough pre- | paratory course in the best schools of Ireland, he was sent to Paris comple his = educatic TA the} French capital he was graduatiy | drawn into the society of a faust set of young men and his descent was! Por some particular wild escap- | ade he was expetied from school in disgrace, and came to America. He | landed tn New York tn 184, where he later secured @ position as tutor im the home of 4 wealthy family ‘Afterward he filled ao like position in Richmond, Va., and on the break- fing out of hostilities between the North and the South enlisted as | Volunteer and fought through the) war in the Army of the Potomac. At the close of the war Ryan came to Miinota and married an estimable woman and became the father of two sons. Ryan's wife died In few years and he again began the wild) life that had brought him to dis- grace in France. He was finally compelled to toll as a common la- borer. A few years ago he built a little cabin near the village of Baldtwin and lived on the products of a small truck patch and his pension. Not far from his cabin was the house of Ransom Stubblefield. Mra. Stubbie-_ field was 4 beautiful woman, and) Ryan persuaded her to leave her husband and live with him. Stub-) Diefield had @ reputation of being a) desperate man, and one day he crept up to the house in which Ryan Gwelt and attempted to shoot him) through the screen door. Ryan, how- ever, was on his guard, and before his enemy could use his gus, fred, Killing Stubblefield instantly. A few months later Ryan and Mrs. | Bie eld were quietly married. | Rye a few weeks ago, while on & rected spr and by a strange coincidence, was buried be- | ¢. side the man he murdered. THE FRIGHT = 3 PROVED FATAL No Reason Known tes the Act of His Enemy. \" CUMBERLAND, M4., Nathaniel H. Miller, v Civ r, having belong: M48 nsylvania who rexided just Redford county, P: fn his bed and is presur died from fright. Fis y child died some years Which time he he lived ; ¢ A few days ago Mi foun 1 Jowing notice on an outbuliaing, Aprit 19.—} which had been posted there during the night: “Miller you have been an enemy of mine ever since you ha this section of the country @—n your old skin, if you don’t leav in 2% days I will murder you and burn your old shel! up.” He was very much frightened in Tegard to the notice. After he was found dead in bed a coroner's jury investigated the matter rendered @ verdict that death was due to heart failure, superinduced by fright. The matter will be placed tn the hands of the commonwealth's at- torney. SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS Int sting Facts Brought to Light by the French. WASHINGTON, April 14. The attentior of the naval authorities has lately rected to the apparently consfull triala made in France with the Gustav Zade, and it is probable that the subject of the submarin boats will soon appear again before the construction board, the annual appropriation bill permitting construction of two sulmarin of the Holland type. The re of a number of experts on the o ation of the Hollan¢ : esived at the some of which #@ Dut ft is till ther advancem pefore steps are taken to author wn 24ditional number of there bon In recent | matter. AMUSEMENTS NOEL THIRD AVENUE ‘THE. Cyrano de Bergao,” and : anka and her Dew of Performing = ATTLR THWATER (Tontaht) ‘Washington Boys at ‘ White, Bagles, or auspice int ing and novel facts have been brought to tht is und that a vessel completely #ub et as in the cane the sev eral vessels constry for the Freneh navy, and sup d by the water, as in the case of an ordinary oraft, acta 5 much as a bal loon suspended in the alr, Her cen tre of gravity is below the centre of buoyancy, and is praction hung up to it, A long, clgar-ahe Vea sel, lke the Morse, is very much saw suspended by ite cen of gravity wae found Alaplacement, like a ° relative welght o materint Ukely to be an a result, but little was sary to make het dex? the plar partially filled water tanks, be quite sufficient to send her down by the stern or by the head, a move ment which necessarily would be accelerated by the action of the pro- peller if it was im operation, It was found almost impossible to steer the Vessel with any degree of ao curacy between perpendiculars. The ontrolling engineer seemed never to know when the bow was going to stick in the mud or emerge in the alr Taken altogether, the future “lof the submarine boat is not regard ed by naval experts in Washington pecially bright Admiral Hich- always opposed the type of jeves there has been ped in the trials of hat warrants the type. FARMERS KILL A CHICKEN THIEF | Gov. | ‘Pursue Two Robt ers <P Shoot One Dead. TOLEDO, ©. Apri 19.—A poste of farmers and two chicken thieves of thie city had @ pite battle earty this morning only a few miles from Toledo, Martin Furnival, one of the thieves, wae shot and instant win. ed. The farmers of Monclova, six miles from here, have dost cattle, chickens and farm produce and tm- plements all winter long. Not long ago a Vigilance committee was or- ganized. During last night Purni val and « companion were caught jin the act of looting Farmer Hart- man's barn. ‘The two marauders drove away tn @ wagon, but the farmers caupsht them. A score of shots were fired, when the thieves again drove toward the city. The fi ers followed, and two miles out town drew close enough to the pursued to bring them within gunshot. Fur al was struck In the bask with a charge of buck shot, and he fell out of the wagon dead. His companion escaped. Three farmers, A. Wagoner and John and Henry Hartfeldt have been arrested om a charge of man- slaughter, The men are now con- fined tn fall, but it le not expected that they will be prosecuted. SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.—The newspaper signature law passed at the last state legisiature goes into effect today, but none of the local papers will pay any attention to the The law provided that ar- ticles published in papers, and which tend to hold up to rid je or con- Teflecta on the character of 4 person, must be signed wons writing it. The fine f the law tx $1000, CHICAGO, April 19. tions were held Town elec- im the state yeater day. Democrats carried Joliet, Al- on and many other smail towns. election was purely of local haracter and on local issues. TACOMA, April 19.—#enator Fost er and Congressman Jones work considertog sintmenta. political ap- to raise the wreck of Andelana, which nthe in Tacoma d States govern- , ' Th own up as & to n | e roads of Great Northern Northern be ren Se atile ar are reported to in good nd the trains running reg further de- y girl from Tonight the alleged actions Falls Power ¢ the of the ompany in mental in bringing the ary Injunction suit sing In- tempor- 8 reatraining the board of pr works from letting the Cedar river contract, will be held. It has been learned on good an- thority that this afternoon sub poenas will be is#ued summoning the ing persons to appear befo Albro Gardner, Ho Tracy Robertson, C , W. J. Grambs, and J ation Councillor Humphre: fter n that if th inv ing committee, he id insue rants for their ar The Investigating committee 1a composed of the following council men: Rinehart, James Crichton, Diller and McArdle The schooner Laurel, which ma « voyage last surmmer to Kotzeb vund, is alongside the Arling dock, where she is be Since her return f Laurel has mish river A number of #h rk on } Miesourt npany, Tt ia Laurel on of freight will be ttle. pew French sitbmarine boat Morse jin the north during the summer, are hard i chit Gntoow: otbenias! mittee of council will institute mqualmie | 4 nd | body of @ man suppesed to be that experiments with the |The schooner will probably remain |Marcus about #ix weeks ago, has THE MILK IN THE COCOANUT. HE Snoqualmie Falls Power Company is fight- ing to the death the Union Electric Company of Seattle, which is a branch of the General Electric Company, of New York. The Union Electric Company, backed by the General Electric Company, and working under the guise of the Washington Power Company, is attempting to destroy the Snoqualmie Falls Power Company, so as to prevent its entrance to this city ¢ competitor. At the present time the Union Electric company has nearly all of the local power busi- ness tied up in contracts running from one to five years, the most notable exception being in the case of the Centennial Mills, the proprietors of which have given the Snoqualmie Company a contract for electric power and pending its delivery, are making the necessary operating power on the mill premises, at the exper the Snoqualmie people. The game of freeze-out being thus cleverly worked by the Union Electrie Company, is de- signed to make the fight for patronage in Seattle an up-hill one for the Bakers when they finally get their Snoqualmie plant in working order. The latter evidently realize this fact and know that their best counter stroke will be to prevent the Union Electric from getting a foothold on Cedar River under the guise of the Washington Power Company, where it will be possible to generate electricity at a much smaller expense by the use of water falls instead of steam. If the Snoquolmie Company can accomplish this result it will then be in a position to under- sell its rival by furnishing power from running water at cheaper rates than the Union Etectric can afford to continue to furnish power made by steam. With this great advantage the Sno- qualmie Company calculates to be able to eventually force its rival out of the field and probably buy up iis plant and contracts. Then the Snoqualmie people—the Bakers—will have a monopoly. But supposing the Washtngton Power Company, the Union Electric or the General Electric, which is one and the same under three different titles, should be given the privilege by the city to establish itself on Cedar Riser. It will then be in a position to say to its rival: “We've got you now just where we want you. Unless-you sell to us the Snoqualmie plant and get out of the country we will go to Cedar River, build a plant and run you out. We have the Seattle business now and you will not be able to cut under our rates for power.” The expectation is that the Bakers would see the advisability of selling and then the General Electric, alias the Union Electric, alias the Wash- ington Power Company, would purchase the Snoqualmie Plant, make no further move towards placing a plant on Cedar River and would have the wished-for monopoly of power on Puget Sound. Cedar River would be undis- turbed by the turbine wheels that grind out electricity and the polluted water scare would be a memory of the past. All of these facts have an important bearing upon the investigations which the special com- this evening. The city cannot afford to be used as a cat's paw to draw out chestnuts from the fire for either of the contending companies. ise of | RAIROAD PE RS ON ALA) PHILADELPHIA, April 19 Frank Sheagreen, formerly super-| wae defense day Intendent of the Cascade fon of trial of Quay, and the the Great Northern raiiroad, ie in the ex-senator r the from Willmar, Minn. thelr op KH. H. Brown, superintendent of the expert a Cascade division of the Great North. | tinual ern, is In the city from Everett. question m , ers for the defense partially pr a that the figures of the expe contained really no dence, From the lawyers f iv resulte of t this morning, yesterday in the damaging evi day's proceedings, the blame for the tug Tacoma, The whole matter was practically placed brought down from th on Hopkins, and Quay was the vic an San Juan by the Bri | tim. at which place sho was met by the ‘Tacoma and taken to Tacoma. ee eee wre 1) 19.—The SEES arren will The Japanese steamer Tdeumi-| vay. ke afternoor Maru, Capt. Curnow, sailed at 11 Manin was to have eatled Jock this morning for the Orient, | jase night, b to the non ving on board thirteen passengers, | arrival of the tr 8 was de en of whom were steerage. The | tained. She will carry 800 men of | passengers were J. O. Mc-/the Sixth artillery and 600 detach Intosh and N. G, Davis, led troops The Idgum! took out @ heavy cargo) ‘phe expedition ix in command of of miscellaneous freight. The prin- | prigadior General Williston, and tho| cipal items were 49,400 sacks of flour artijiery is commanded by Lieut. P, | and 2225 bales of cotton, the latter (©. March, formerly of the Astor bat being valued at $73,425. The next tory, vessel due is the Riojun, which {9 pemeas ? expected to arrive on May & CHICAGO, April 19—When Gen ——$—<—_————. Shafter passed through here yeste HARRISBURG, Pa., April 19) any, ho said in regard to the Philip legislature adjourned today sine die, tion does finally take place. Body Washed Ashore. COLVILLE, Wash.A pril 19—The nr reneeaes April 19.—Yest charged this morning a writ Jacobs. who was drowned at|day was « nenses connecte — the case of Mra, George. of A. Bartell, jbeen washed up at Harvey. pine question: “If @ without electing a United States sen- | ton states that 100,000 1 ator to succeed Quay. The final oq to bring the insure ' ballot taken resulted as follows:); would say that it must b ‘6 y 9%, Jenks 85, Jones 69. ¢ the army place foe ne Quay factton is jubilant In in Lawton's judg naequenes, They look for the ac- ; = quittal of their chief of the charges . : of conspiracy now being tried in| uth Dolan and Nania Wrightson, e|court, and say that he has good) 20 {wo morn mine county ay rl . {chances for the seriate when an elec | ree nena an een ain habeas corpus signed by Judge has practically |We will be open until 9 Ful (das Ranges ERAON CITY, Mo., April 19. ‘The Parria insurance bill was yes terday returned to the senate, ing ed by Gov, Stephens. Anti-trust law now applies to ouie and Kansas City, and Heally destroys be wf tire erweltors In those cities | | WASHINGT® Gov. Lord has t ter to Persia April 19. en appointed Hints s-| Arthur 8, Maredy, | nister to Persia been appointed to succeed W w Rockhill, who has resigned his post s minister to Greece. IN, April 19- WASHIN Seore- jtary Long has issued orders to the cruiser Marblehead to accompany the Newark to the and ter Kauts's command, The ‘Texas will also be yaltion whereby she ea to the fe command BAN FRANCTSCO, April 19.—Reh fold, the proprietor of the saloon that wae burned by the soldiers Sat urday night, was unable to iden tify any of the men under arrest for the deed, and the investigation ting ¢ the Alaska Steam- ship stion i* being held today at Vancouver, B.C. Among ane me present at the meeting are Perl, representing the Seunbobes Th: Steamship company; Charles Stew art, of the Washington & Alaska pany; F. A. Rell, of amship company, and be the question an Alaska going steamers will touch hereafter at Canadian porta. Aw have been received at the Northern office stating that trains left Havre, M ana, re ently for Seattle, and, barring de- lays, will arrive here tomorrow even- ing. MANILA, April 19.—Cleneral King, who has been il! for some days, will be Invalided home on the first trana- port leaving this port A scouting party of American/ had @ skirmish with rebels ar Malolos today, with the usual) results, The enemy ran away, and the Americans met with no losses. WASHINGTON, April 18.—The fol- | lowing deapateh was received from | General Os thie morning: Géneral Lawton return from the Iske coun- | eventeenth, bringing cap- | i. Ineurgente « They retreat befor forces, but awalt opportunity te tach detachments, The better class fe are tired of war, and de- | omy build hopes upon | junteers to the nited | ¢ Ite army te much demoral- and lonees by death and deser- | sare large. Will probably prose- eute a guerrilla warfare, by looting | and burning towns. Health and epirite of troops good. Volunteers | will begin to return home about May & Embarkation will continue through June and July. Reports | from Visayan islands continue very j | encouraging,” -YOU. fee Your Wife | Come to See Us, p. m., and we want to show you the GAS su STOVES , We know you lanl have time during the day, and now oe warm weather coming on, we think the Gas Stove is just what you) want. SAVES Labor, And | ness where promotes happi- in every household used, 126 in. Wide Aleantara Cle # Furnishings * lWe PE LON ARIAT RE ON REY ROE TINE Ure ER RRP eres a ee ne eae Seren inc ae oe ae cameaek camel rene ares tt core pcre: sense ati enema rey TI ERTS te tes ie TS a PI -_ place on Sale Today ¢ a 1 Large Invoice of New Spring Site Wash Coots ‘THE LATEST CREATIONS ms In Fine Cotton Wearing. Compared to Quality, Prices are surprisingly Low. th, fine firm cheap at 0c, olored fabric, a yard. % tn. Wide Brandenburg Cloth of Fine Combed Yarn, beautiful pattern, cheap at ibe, only 1246 a yard 46 in, Wide fastec only Sea Isiand Percalen, lat » pattern, new effects, not remnants or short lengths, only 12%ye a yard %2 In. Pekinade, fine solid fabric, beautiful dark pattern, only 10 “ yard Dewey Fabrie, the firmest, cot fabric woven, expec! ri able for 4 *, we shirt waists, etc., value, only loc « yard. Imported French Inverie Cord, @ beautiful fine sheer fabric, han‘. some coloring, cheap at 10, only fe ».yard Satanella Stripes, a beautiful fine handsome color- only We wa sheer fabric, ings, cheap at 15:, yard. | New French Dimity, in new beauti- ful patterns, the acme of fine | printing art, fast colors, 26¢ value, only Ie a yard. New @ilk Striped Linen, so ex- tremely popular east. We ad- vise early purchase of these goods as the supply t* practic~ ally bought up, te value, oniy 26e a yard. For Tomorrow's Selling Only~ 3000 New Patterns Scotch Lawns, cheap at 5c and 6c, Tomorrow only 334 a Yard. O. W. PETERSON & BRO. 206, 2 208, eb mike s Our Rental Pla Enables every home in the elty tw ENJOY Beveees Piano or - Organ You are cordially invited to eal and investigate tue sane. Sherman, Clay & Co. “STEINWAY” DEALERS 14 Second Avenue =~ “ STELLA . is THE Greatest Music We Sel! 7. WINTER & HARPER Burke Buliding Seattie. Wash. see THE mm Largest Stock AND Greatest Variety SAN DIEGO FROM COS 415 Pike Street. When —» You Want A Bargain In a New, Slightly Used or Second-hand PIANO or ORGAN Remember we have the Largest and Most Com- plete Stock in the City, Call or write for prices and terma. D. S. JOHNSTON 903 Second Art. Burke Building See Our Windows This Week for Bargains in Clothing, And Hats. H. LEWIS & CO. First Avenue and Cherry Sts. Headquarters for Alaska Viows, = “= La Roche d Floor Stadio | Up-to-Date Gr Cor. Beoond Avo. and Union 8t, Seattle Artistic Photos at Prices to Sult Everybody Acme Publishing Co. Sold at Manufactur- er’s Prices, freight deducted, and con-| nected FREE of CHARGE, Seattle Gas AN () iene Electric Co. 7 214-216 Cherry Street PRINTERS P. 0. Alley. Telephone Rea 1064 For Sale cash, $1200 in three ner lot, with new nis that rent for 0, Please | figure the interest on this investment, Inve rents Room 605 New Youre Buoox, s girl is credited |with havin; n engaged seventeen times. She has been dubbed the | “Queen Of Fiancee” oo ae A Los An LUDWIG PIANO Por Pine Tone at 2 Reasonable Price, The Ramaker Music Co. 1415 Becomd Avenue. SCRAP IRON And Metals, Foot of Yesler Ave. Yesler Dock. hk ” seg satin aa "SEATTLE TRANSFER (iL Freight, Passenger and Buztuge STORAGE. "Phone Main 41-46, OMoe 629 Furst Avena BANKS. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF -FOR....., Paid. 000 Maurieg Mo Vice President RF. Assistant Beane tite ms PUGET SU as BAN “omega null the prinetpal cities ta SCANDINAVIAN AMIE AN BANK Comer Yestor F wer and First Avenue, Capital, . 0 875,000 Andrew Chilberg : President A. H. Soelberg «Cashier Transacts a General Banking = sori atau FENANCIAL. [JAMES ROTHWELL loans and tnguranoy a | 28 Boston block; telephone Main 400. FOR SALE-CITY REAL ESTATE. FOR BALK Holyoke, Block qa other fore closed city property an Jamon Both well, loans" and’ insurance, 8 DANCING ACADEM Dest and only thorough Dan city} day and ovening, 7th CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. ALR Randall & ee et yd ia Folumbiast VLUMBENG, HOT WATER HEATING Rautman Plambiny High comer Third and. Spi fag. Bhd MILLINERY. — Mrs. Hansen, comer Fourth and Ping Complete Stock, Moderate prices. ne CLEANING. ttle Clot walng Co clothes in shapeto | soak eases ier: