The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1899, Page 1

et I = 0 toe > SQUADRON TO MEET DEWEY Arrangements for His Reception Made by the Navy Department. ADELAIDE, South Australia, May 9—Information has just reached this port that the bark Lochiley was wreeked April 24, on Kangaroo \al- and. Five passengers and twenty-five membere of the crew were drowned. One of the four survivors brings word that the other three Who escaped death are lost and wandering in the bush, They will Probably talt into the hands of hostile natives and be slain. ZANZIBAR, May %&—News has been received here that a vessel c: Fring a cargo of, slaves Was wrecked [mn a storm off the Zangibar coast, and that thirty manacted negroes were drowned. MANILA, May 9A battalion of Minnesyta volunteers led by Major Diggtes, was proceeding today towards San Miguel, about one mile ‘west of Calumpit, when an unexpected attack was made by Filipinos concealed in apparently deserted trenches. Several volleys were fred at the Americans, who charged and epeedily drove the enemy away, but not until Major Diggles had been shot in the head, and one private wounded. LONDON, May %.—Advices from Apta, under date May 6, according to @ cablegram from Auckiand, N. Z., reports that everything ts quiet in Samoa. Mataafa’s agreement to suspend hestitties pemling the ar- rival of the Samoan Joint high commiasion, bas nat been broken. WASHINGTON, May %—There has been no change tn the bellef of the Wer and State department offictats here, that the surrender of Ac. ulnalde Is now & question of but a short time, The President's actions also seem to Indicate the abkting faith In that proposition, and he said before leaving for Hot Spring that he expected to get word that Ag- uinaldo had surrendered unconditionally, No oMfcial advices received from Manila up to a late hour this afternoon. WASHINGTON, May 9.—The Navy department today tesued an offt- cial order detaching Rear Admiral Watson from the command at Mare island navy yard, and ordering him to retieve Admiral Dewey. The Navy department bas already begun to plan for @ reception to Dewey. On dis arrival In American waters he will be met at sea by the North Atlantic squadron, under the command of Sampson, and escorted to New York barber Other details of a rousing reception are being formulated. WASHINGTON, May 9.--Dewey cabled the Navy department today that he had ordered the cruiser Charleston to Aparri. in the northern- moat part of Luzon. He did not gtve the reagen for ordering the vemel there, but it ts betiewed the admiraisuspects that the place is being ulilized by insurgents as a Giibustering center, TANGIFR, Morotco, May 9—Rear Admiral Howlson, on board the Vaited States cruiser Chicago, now here, today demanded of the Sul- tan of Moreeco a settlement of claims against him by the American cit- fzens. The admiral gave notice to the Sultan that he would bombard the city if a settlement was not made within twenty-four hours. The threat was effective, and soon afterward the claims were settied. —— ee MEW YORK, May 9.—The grand jury today refused to indict Roland Bfotincaux for the murder of Mra. Kate Adama. ——— CHARLESTON, May 9.—One thousand confederate veterans have ar- rived here for the annual reunion. Thirty thousand visitors are ox- 2 pected. NEW YORK. May 9.—The funeral of Mrs. Wm. C. Whitney took place today in Garden City, L. 1. The burial was in the Whitney family burtal ground, WASHINGTON, May 9-—General Corbin thie morning recetved a message from Governor Thomas. of Colorado, deny the é@tatements at- tributed to him concerning the return of the Colorado volumteers, and his Intention to invite the eid of the court. Secretary Alger sent him « reply thanking him for the denial, and stating that every effort would be mmde to effect the speedy return of the volunteers now in the Philip- pies. CHATTANOOGA, May 9.—The first seswion of the national police chiefs’ convention wae held bere this moruing. Business meetings be- gin tomorrow. Nearly every city of importance tn the United Atates is represented. A big delegation from the western states has arrived. PROTEST TO BE SENT TO SECRETARY OF WAR ‘The publication in yesterday's Star of the letter from Acting Secre- tary of War Meiklejohn, declining to bring the Washington volunteers di- fect from Manila to Seattle, has caused @ feeling of surprise and din- satisfaction throughout the community. ‘The Secretary's position tn the matter is generally ascribed to the hostile influence of Naval Constructor Endicott, who, for some reason best known to himself, le working per- sistently against the marine interests of Puget sound and tn favor of @an Francisco. Many expressions to this effect are heard on the » is personally well acquainted streets. Attorney J. P. Hartman, + with Mr. Metkiejohn, informed the Star this morning that he had just written direct to the Secretary, enclosing a copy of yesterday's Star and asking how it had happened that such erroneous conclusions had been arrived at by the War department in regard to the Port Orehard drydock. Mr. Hartman assured the Secretary that there was no reason why a transport could not be docked there after bringing the First Wash- Other protests by prominent men wilt ington volunteers to this city be made to secure @ reconsideration of the action taken by Secretary Meiklejohn. i E. O. Graves, president of the chamber of commerce, maid to a representative this morning: “The matter contained in your let- ter rec 4 from @. D. Meiklejohn, Acting Secretary of War, will be brought up in the chamber of commerce tomorrow, The officials a Washington seem utterly fgnorant of the fact that one of the larg dry docks in the United @tates is located on Puget sound, They seem to diwregard the fact that the Oregon, the ower of the navy, previously to being sent to Manila, was on the Port Orchard dry dock, and was put in condition to ma the mowt remarkable warship run on reoord. They om to forget that the United @tates cruiser lowa is now on her also # way to the dock to be overhauled ‘Th ialx ought to know that at Quartermaster harbor, near Ta coma, is a dock capable of holding large ships, and Esquimalt is a Brit wh dry dock that is accessible, not only to British warships, but also to United States boats, Then, again, the fact that one of the fastest torpedo boats, the Rowan # built here, and that a revenue tug, the t metructed here, keems also to be lost sight ¢ will send a letter about the drydock, supplementing the rin , Seattle as a great commercial center, In a few days to the Beeretary of War.” Griffith Davis, in speaking of therefusal of the reauest on the plea no ft Ues for docking and repairing the transports on that there w the Bound, said; “The Quartermaster General of the Army has several times given Seattle the #lap by refusing to recognize the fact that a dry dock suitable for almost amy boat,is situated at Port Orchard. Why don't th sie get a map and study the geography of the country, and then remember what is going on out here? SEATTL WASTING HOW THE STAR GETS THE NEWS Keen, the Foot Racer, Brings the Scoops. LONDON, May %—John Barret, ex-United States minister to Siam, brings back @ bunch of gocd Manila Motes, The only trouble teers,” he ald, stop.” The W ing out « detwot their with the volun- “te that they won't ymings were clear- nt of rebola when od a halt. ‘Oh, not now, Jimmy,’ remonatrated the mon, ‘Let's finish up the The colonel relented and the job was finished.” Four men were playing cards back of the firing line. A apent ball killed one of the After « decent in- terval for the removal of the body « Afth soldier stepped in and finished the game When a mat! arrives Admiral De- wey's first inquiry ls for papers with Dooley stories in them. The constant campaigning keeps the newspaper men on the jump. James Creelman has @ nervy way of lonel on strolling ng the firing line, as if he were commander-in-chief of the) on, the Serip whole outfit, K Mek pe wiation corr mt, Collins and others «| md their time between the Gring line and doir an races back to the cable o WOMAN'S LAST ACT. A miter Ys in the Town of Wausau, Wis. WAUBAU, Wis. May %-—-A prom- inent farmer of Frankfort, Marathon county, came to town this morning to demand the disintermest and ex- amination of a coffin containing the body of a woman and the bones of another unknown perton. The woman came to Frankfort a short time ago with her husband. Recently she was taken tli, and when at the point of death begeed her husband #0 UP staire and bring | down to her certain bones, that she might clasp them in her arms as) she died. He left the rooms and neighbors were astonished to see him return with an armfut hu- man bones, including & skull, to) which some short hair wae clinging, all of teh he placed tn the dying woman's arms, and she wept over them until life passed away ‘The husband put the bones in the casket with the body of his wife and they were buried together last Friday. The coroner left for aes fort at neon today. —$——$ National League Game. CHICAGO, May 9--The National leaguce games resulted as follows yesteriay: At Boston: local 5, Brook~ lyn 6; at Chicago: local & Cleveland 7; at New York: local 4 Washington 2; at Pittsburg: local §, Loulevilie 6; no game at Philadelphia with Haiti- more, on account of wet grounds. DEATH OF A CAPTAIN. — AGvices recetved from @an Fran- cisco state that Captain Edward 8. Reynotia, former master of the bark Kate avenport, aied at Gan Fran cisco, youterday, age eighty years He was one of the most prominent ship masters on the Pacific const He was born tn Boston tn 1919, and in 1857 was sailing the waters of Puget sound in command of the bark Madonna Tn 1880 he became nected with the Port Blakeley Milt | company, a# master of the Kate avenport ‘WATSON WILL SUCCEED DEWEY WASHINGTON, May 9.—Admiral Watson, now fn cotrimand at the Mare tstand navy yard, was yester- day selected successor to Admiral | Deweq, just as soon as the latter fees that he can safely report off | duty at Manila. Watson ts senior to @chley, which accounts for his appointment. understood here that Watson asked Beeretary Long to be appointed as Dewey's successor, when i wan made | evident that Dewey would return to the United States. Admiral Dewey will undoubtedly relinquish hie command at once, but will stay in the Philippines to com- plete the commission's work, When he does return, he will go direct to New York New York residents have sent Dewey an invitation o present at a dinner in his honor, and the form- er has accepted. The dinner will be an elaborate affair, and prominent New Yorkers have already signified a willingness to subseribe $10,000 to wards it SAD CASE OF TWO CHILDREN The first complaint under the new law providing for the protection of ans and homeless children, wae y In the superior court youter before Judge Henson. John A Wentherg filed the complaint, In which he alleged that two children Thomas and George Murphy, aged five and eteht rs, who live with thelr father, Edward Murphy, on Twenty-first avenue, were being ne- glected and allow ed to Hve gs they consity required. heir mother i# dead and the father « a confirmed drunkard Judge Benson signed an order at recting the #he to secure the children and to turn them over to the county nineioners to be cared until a hearing can be had upon the complaint May #1 war the day fixed for the! hearing, and the father wan cited to} appear and show cause why the hildren should not be from him, taken away Jov," | It ta} ‘ TON, SHERMAN FOR _ SPEAKERSHIP be Has Strong Support From tho Eastern States. | NPW YORK, May %—In the Inst congress the Speaker of the house jand the chairman of the committee lof ways and means were Maine men. In the next congress there fs an ex cellent chance of both of there posi- |tlons being held by New Yorkers. The chairman of t ways and means committee will be Mereno F Payne, who succeeded to tat post itlen om the death of Mr, Dingley: Mr. Payne has an ambition to be speaker, but it is mot likely to be gratified. Me will have t@ be con- tent with the second place, Me out- ranks James § Sherman, Of Utica, in yeare and in length of servic but Mr. Sherman te the better par- Hamentarian, and, moreove®, has the | more powerful polttical backing, It js believed here that Mr, Bherman will have the support, no€ only of the New York delegation, but also of @ large number of cor men from the east and central it is sald here tonight that Senator Hanna will support Senator Platt tn Pushing Mr. Sherman for the 8peak- eredip. Certainly Mr. Sherman must have the assurance of the most powerful political #upport, or he woutd not have declined « life post dion as General Appraiser, at a year, for a mere shadow of @ new of the speakershtp. A TWELVE-DAY NAP When Awakened Was Ready to Go to Work. READING F May 9.—A pussiing case to medical and secientifie men ie that of William ¥. Moyer, the twenty-two year old sen o fRueben KR. Moyer, who was in « comatose conditien for twelve daya Two weeks ago the family moved from | Binteboro to Riverside, @ Beading suburb. On the way up with « wagon lond of goods the young man rested by tying on a chaff bag, He was seen to be sleeping, but as it | was thought he was merely tired, no attention was paid to him until Riverside was reached. Then the family were unable to awaken bim. | He was lifted from «he wagon and |watked up and down. Every means |to awaken him that could be thought of Wan tried, but without success. He was finally placed in bed and a porgden eummoned. Little could be done. He remained in this con- dition twelve days, until today, when be a awoke, as suddenly ap be fell a sad wen reedy 40 9am 10 £9 to work. IS HE IE A FUGITIVE... _ FROM JUSTICE? Jobn E. Foye, the fugitive from Justicef rom Boston, has been re- manded to the custody of Michael J. Morriasey, who came here last week from Poston for the purpose of ap- lprehending Foye. All day yesterday Judge Jacobs listened the argu. ments on the reply to the return of | Prosecuting Attorney Hert to the lapplication of Foye for a writ of | habeas corpus, | The state argued that the pro loeedings leading up to the arrest of Foye here in Seattle were regular and legally carried cut. In their re = | ply Mesars. Dore and Jenner, who |represented Mr. Foye, alleged that lhe was not a fugitive from justice; that he tad Hved and done business in this state for over a year and }that the requisition papers were not properly attested. They went still |further and said that the prosecu- |tlon was based on the temtimony of @ man charged with perjury Mr. Foye wae released on $300 ball |pending an appeal from the court's decision | TO RAISE THE SHIP The work of raising the sunken | Briti#h abip Andelana from the bot- ltom of Tacoma harbor is progress- ing favorably. Dy means of a grap- |nel, fifteen fathoms of her chain cable have been taken up. A #ec~ tion of sixty fathoms of cable now Hes between the scow and the ship, \which is in water of @ depth of thir- ty-four fathoms, I is expected that when the entire length of the cable has been taken up, the Andelana can be towed into shallow water, where the work of raising her will be com- (paratively easy. | ae | Desperadoes Captured. | BL PASO, Tex., May 9.—Officers have arrived here with George and Voley Musgrave, Daniel Johnson, and an unknown man, deaperndoes joaptured tn the Organ mountains George Musgrave is believed to be |the notorious “Mack Jack.” Sixteen printers In it. 1W YORK, May &—There were en starters in the seventy-two hour go-as-you-please race yester- day afternoon. Hagelman, the New | York German started in the tead and |has maintained ft #o fn aix | To Map Out the Lines. MILWAUKEDB, May 9.—Governor Stone, of Missouri, and J. G. John- son, of Kansas, have issued a u ltor a conference in St. Louis, May 25, of the Democratic committee, for the purpose of discussing and of mapping out the next campaign, LOB ANG ’ . May 9.— Mrs, W. T. Heinemann, formerly of Chicago, was injured by @ street car this afternoon, causing death an hour later, She to @ friend a the was approaching, and turned around to leave for her home, when she was run down and 4ri |eed « considerable distance, ‘ekull wae fractured to striking the car ratte, Mrs. Hetnemann was the wife of a Chicago drug manvufactarer, who, | with his family, came to Los Angele lov about x years ago, TUESDAY EVENING SEATTLE STAR. MAY 9%, 1899, MURDERED AT BIRTH Eugene Officers. Unearth a Suspicious Ca BUGIENRE, Or, May © about 12 o'clock Chief of Police Stiles and Sheriff Withers went to the home of « girl named Maunevan, aged about elahteen years, and on searching under clonet in the back of the yard, found the body of a babe weighing about eight pounds, It had a good head of hair, Onger-naile were formed. and it was well wrapped in clothes and buried to a depth of about one foot. Every appearance lodicated that the child had been naturally born, and then Killed in some man ner and the body disposed of. The officers learned of something wrong several days age, but on questioning the girl and her people were told the child w Premature, having been born dead, and that there was nothing wrong, Not being satisfied with these statements, however, they made @ personal examination last night, unknown to any one else, with the above result A coroner's Jury today investigat ed the cane. the ehild was born alive, but me to Ite death by means unknown to the jury. The evidence of witness em. and also of the port-mortem ex- amination w inconclusive. ATTEMPTED MURDER Mrs. Willard of Springfield Lottie SPRINGFIELD, Mo., May 9.--DBe- tween 1) and 12 look t night at Sparta, there was an attempt made 10 aeransinate ex-Mayor David Gail- ley, which seems to be shrouded tn some mystery. While he was at home in bed and asleep some person fired into hie room through a win- dow, the ball taking effect in his left lem, inflicting onty @ painful flesh wound. Tracks leading both ways between Mr. Gality’s house and a boarding house near by ted to the arrest of Mrs. M, BE. Willard, who te now held for « preliminary examination. A freshly exploded M-caliber cart- ridge was found on @ table in the room of the accused. A clatern near the house of the accused was emp- tied and at the bottom was found a B-caliber pistol with one empty chamber, There ts said to be oth- or ciroumsmtantial evidence. Mrs. Willard i» 65 years old, the wife of one of the most reapectabie pioneers of Swan creck. Pa-Mayor Gallly was attorney for Mr. Willard in @ recent MMeulty with his wife. A Laundry Trust. TRENTON, May &—The United Laumiries company, With an author- iaed capital of $1,000,000, wae incor porated here today. The corporat ore are James D. Trathen, Wiliam Moff and Thomas J. B. Frank. all of Haworth, N. J. ORIENTAL MAIL. Mati for the Orient from the east by way of Seattic, has been stead ily increasing in quantity since the | Great Northern secured the contract) for carrying the mails from Chicago to Seattle. Postmarter Meem rays that quicker time t*# made from this port to Japan than by any other route, and ff the Nippon ¥ Kaisha pute on new fast steamships, Beattie will take the lead in the equipment and the efficiency of the mail servic TO TEACH SPANISH. The Government to Assist the| Puerto Rico Teachers. BAN JUAN, May 9.—General Eat- on desires, in order to give the pub- lie schoo! teachers of Puerto Rico « futter knowledge of American life and institutions, to have as many as possible visit the United States during the coming summer vacation from July 1 te Oetober 1. With this in view it has been suggested that in many towns young people and others interested might form classes for a ten weeks’ course in Spanish | thie summer, with teachers provided from this island. The government | will provide traneportation to and from New York to Ban Juan, and the expense of a class would there- fore be confine’ to rafiway fare to, and from New York and the board of the teacher during the time the clagn was held. Whenever this is guaranteed by reeponsible parties a | be rent by| teacher will education at competent the bureau of Juan. San The schooner Mary, another vee sel of the Alaskan fishing fleet, ar Laat nleht | » SPELGER The verdict was that! wen | Telephone Subscriptions to Pike 160 MENT # ; NO. 63, GARDEN HOSE —. That 1s Old Is Not Good, & Citods are 1899 Stock, ‘RUBBER OTTON $3.00 50 feet......84-7§ | 4.50 50 feet 4.00 | 3.75 50 feet. 5.00 GO feet...... 475 | 50 feet, 6.00 50 feet . 6.50 & HURLBUT 1215-1217 Second Avenue . If you want it done WELL, AINT YOUR HOUSE :: and are willing tof t us figure with you STAR PAINT CO. a fair price, let Third and Pike. Moran Brothers Company ENGINEERS AND SHIP BUILDER Oar plent in 4 ail branches of the 7 <aeuie ¥~ be aad "Roberts water tule boilers au If A SNAPS | Framed Pictures on Glass , ; From 25 Cents Up. | GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. | $ 906-908 Firet Avenve 4 At Low Prices, Ww. W. HOUGHTON’'S 7O4 First Avenue. | 200 ; ‘pone HOPKINS & CO,, Sowrver. 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The Boston market, where copper stocks are largely owned, has boen given over almost exclusively to copper, with the result that enormous fortunes have been made tn a very few months. In view of the poasthilities—nay, t ongest probabill- ties——would it not be well to Invest a little money in Lost Creek stock? At ten cents a share—present price would seem that this stock is an investment which should not overtook, In sympathy slone—say the work which is being done on the property advance may confidently be expected JOHN E. MoMANUS & SON, 918 Second Avenue @ material | Keep your ch.idren at home | by furnishing them a splen- om wut-door game; 4-ball, SPG-pall, goc; 8-ball, $1.15; 8-ball sets, better finish, from $2.50 to $3.50. COON BROS. 14i7 Second Ave. STEAM FITTING In New Houses | fitting, ts our t, and we will ehalle fentific and pert ou e either old | eciding who wil Oiees fatisfactory ws our Work RAUTMAN PLUMBING cO Cor. Third Ave. and Spring St. one Rutt 47 WATER POWER rived in port last evening from Wrangel and Mary island fhe | brought down 20,000 pounds of hall but The vennels of the cet, which re mill in Alaskan waters, are the tot, Aleedo, W. T. Tickle, and orning @tar, The Pilot and the Morning Star are expected to arrive at any time. The trial of a MeFall, charg od with picking the pockets of Ft. W. Rice, ts being heard today before Judge Jacobs, in the criminal depar ment of the @unerior court, = Mr Rice alleges that on February 14 Viola MePall touched him for a roll of bills of $190 value Licenses to wed have been issued to Fred Ray Putterworth, of Seattle, and Anna Mand Seott 20, of Green River; John W. Red ding, aged 40, of Arlington, and Tra Durall, age 2%, of Seattle W. 8, Pitman, an exp siding in North Heattle, re police headquarters thie morning that some one le making a practice of stealing things from hin waco Laéat night several bolts ant nuts were taken off his wagon, ow dave ara he reported that a piano scarf had been stolen from the wag- on. aman re | Delivered Electrically for Manufacturing and Industrial Uses Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Distributing Stations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Second Ave. and Main $t Fifty thousand miles of the earth's surface is being covered by two well | Section Hands Hurt. | RAVENNA, O., May -“Two hand Pree af ag hig on hela j knew _Auaieine Journatists — Ing each other, came together three |) °**"* Se ae miles east of here thie morning es Wie ee Uneeine et Coe Suaer hotel. ‘They recently arrived ¢ There were ection hands on the) Manita, and are on their way EB cars, Fortuato Pultano and Ange-|intendng to stop off at Chieage and liola Valla Jumped in front of the}New York, ‘They are on a tour of moving cars and received fatal in-| sight-seeing, and write up thelr ob |servations for the daily press of t |Jurles, being #0 wound up In the cog |Feryations for the i. ; rBierpe Rea tpaatine eA? g cities of the work uring wheels that their clothing had to be] inoir travels through Japan, Chine stripped off In order to release them. {and the Philippines they have vole Hiaso Serpa and Regmondo Mariano jected many curios and rare colns jumped to the aide and were cut| avout eighteen months wi} be spent badly. The others were uninjured. |5n this trip, taking In the countries | - -— of the old world and returning to Investigating Trusts. = [Ausiraiin by way of Canada and WASHINGTON, May 9.—The in. | Hovolulu, 4 dustrial commission will begia tts| —_———_———— investigations of trusts May 11, The! George Oliver, of Victoria }Standard off, sugar and whisky |ed to the police this afternoon that trusis are among the first combines|he had been buncoed out of $117 at fo be probeb into. New ersey laws | the State hotel. will be Investigated, Sharpers did the work, wali