The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1899, Page 1

| he 8 | Washington and other troops from northern states to Puget Sound 909909 0000900000: Twenty-five Conts a Month By Mall or Carrier PIPPOPSOSOOSOOOSO VOL. I SEATTLE, WASIII contained, to the Seeretary of the Navy, and to our senators and repre- senatives.” ‘The resolution was wired to Secretary Long and also to Benators ALG FR WIRES Turner and Poster, and to representatives Jones and Cushman, 3 The lowa i# expected to reach here during the latterpart of May, and will ive Fepaira. bard to reodive exte EVENING, MAY 16, THE SEATTLE STAR. COUNCIL TAKES NO ACTION ————— = =| Regarding a Street Railway Afterclap of the Princeton Riot, ‘The remarkable battle which took place yesterday morning on the) The city council 414 not take up eampus of Princeton University betw 700 students and the cowboys, | the questi @ consolidated street Indians and bola throwers of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, exclusively reported to the Star Monday in its eastern deapatehes, proves have been a very serious affair, and one without parallel in American college Hopes to Land First Washington Vol- |», 2 iene cern some gona nd more ise unteers In Seattle Instead PRINCET YN, N. J, May 16.—Im mediately following the battle of yeu San Francisco. terday between the Princeton students and Pawnee Bill's Wild Weat retinue of cowboys and Indians, the students held a Mass meeting under the trees and resolved to completely demoliah the Wid Weat outtt, tents and equippage as nh as night arrived provided that the show made an attempt to give ite advertised performance, President Patton, of the University, heard of this intention and at once summoned all of the un- | dergraduates to a second mass meeting at which he presided, und, by the use of persuasive eloquence and an implied threat Of punishment, syp- coeded in a sting the proposed movement against the show. The night | performance was an utter failure, the townspeople refusing to patronise it, and all of the students remaining away. There has been an unwrit- j tn law in Princeton for @ years that eo show should over exhibit there, To Ascertain the Facilities Here for Mustering |" -! "mn Svion. sv» on rprmln ts an a Out the Troops——Also Notifies Senator Turner Today to That Effect. } from the effects of the shock. Hisskull is crushed, however, and little hope is entertained that he will re-cover, The student Oscar Gardner is considered to be In a critical condition from the Wounda he received Others wounded are in a fair way W@ recover. Big Gold Discovery Near ’s Inlet. Sunrise City, Al- Reports of two important gold discoveries aska, have just reached this city, and hundreds of ‘# Inlet prospectors from a bola Early this morning The Star flashed two messages across the country to eee officers in ‘Washington. The first, addressed to| So) Siampeding to the new fields. ‘The gold te repelied an being found the Secretary of War, read as follows: in large quantities, and the finds promise to rival those of the Kion- SEATTLE, Wash., May 16, 1899, dike. 5 To Hon. R. A. Alger, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Capt. Johnson and Mate Harwood, of the General Siglin, which ar- was still continay Following are the answers received: To the Editor of the Seattle Daily Star, Seattle, Wash, , WASHINGTON, D. C,, May 16.—I have telegraphed Sen- ator Foster today as follows: ‘‘The only difficulty about sending Can you bring First Washington volunteers direct from Manila to|'**4 'a#t_misht fron Cook Inlet, brought the al 4s aiemlaibdan r “The first discovery wae made at Gaidovia by Ripetein, a vet- be guests of honor of big homecoming celebration arranged here ? | eran prospector. The gold was found in a within a few Kindly wire answer, Editor Seattle Daily Star. z 7 the discovery spread like wildfire, and miners a! everything else ail aah ta Séllowe: and rushed to the creek. In one day200 claims were @taked out, and the Secretary Navy Long. Washington, D. C. and when we left Sunrise the stampede to the tng. granted for battieship lowa to come here to assist in homecoming | sunrise City, and John Gmith, of the North A celebration upon arrival of First Washington volunteers from Ma-| @ Trading company's store at that place, located 5 . nugKete w being taken out. The new dig Editor Seattle Daily Star, come new omer aeen and shafte have poesy “The other @old discovery was made at ni of the Sim Mile Creek. near Sunrise City. This ed the exeltement, and many valuable elaima and 4 box Containing the ore w t down Captain Jol Seattle instead of by way of San Francisco, so that volunteers may MS can boas aia miles of Saldovi, and the colors were exceedingly \. ‘The news of The second message was sent to the Secretary of the Navy excitement reached fever heat Will r st wired Cou! pea yee’ hy. Peveee Coty ore feat tart be “Michael Bloch, agent for the Alaska Com nila? Kindly wire answer for publication. claims, While the value of the gold was not ki ported in pagdaah quantities.” and although requiring more labor to mine tham brough be assayed. This discovery was made by A. to this city to yor Vai ‘kK was the mont i ist : examined. He was closely question ed regarding alleged corrupt polltieal termaster, commissary and hospital stores at these points. It] practices of office-holders in New York, but nothing sensational was ellc- takes from three to four weeks to muster out a regiment after re. | ited. besa - 1am having the matter investigated as to the) 5 crersone, stay 1—Despatches from Vienna today assert that ex- feasibility of the care of these troops upon their arrival, If prac-| Prime Minister Badont, of Austria, attempted to commit suicide on ac- ticable would like to have them sent to their homes direct instead| COUnt of losses sustained at raorcourses, IH chad been plunging hedy: , 2 “4 fly and is supposed to have dropped gigantic sums, It is probable that of via San Francisco." R. A. ALGER, he will live, although In a precartous condition Secretary of War. PONCEN, Puerto Rico, May 1.—The United States transport Meade struck a hidden wreck last night Justoutetde of the harbor here springing a bad leak. ‘The vessel wae forced to return for repairs, The Nine- WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16, 1899. teenth infantry was aboard of the transport, en route to New York. ‘The accident will delay the boat several days, Editor Seattle Daily Star, Seattle, Wash.: > eseemataerd Request From Seattle City Council for lowa to assist in re- WASHINGTON, DP. C., May 14.—The health of Yice President Hobart a y ontinues to slowly Improve. He was able this mm ing to go about the ception First Washington Volunteers has not been received. houseand take his meals with hia family. ‘The Hobarts expect to soon CROWNINSHIELD., leave for their summer home at Long Branch. WASHINGTON, May 1€—The special committees which has charge of the work of raising funds for the celebration of the homecoming of Celebration Committee Meets Next Thursday | Amira! Dewey. x already at work with ite preliminary arrangements. | | rhe first step to be taken will be to appoint the governors of all the Mayor Humes issued a call this morning for the meeting of the joint | #t¢8 48 ex-officio members of the committee. Bach will be expected committee who have in charge the arrangements for the celeration for |t we to the contributions made from hie own particular state. It ts the homecoming of the Washington volunteers, to be held Thursday | Delleved that there will be a hearty reeponso from all over the Union. afternoon In the chamber of com-merce rooms at 3 o'clock, H. A. “ay egg G Chadwick has been appointed temporaray secretary by the Mayor, to CAPRTOWN, Africa, May 14—The report is confirmed of a large serve until a permanent selection is made, and he has been busy today | number of arresta at Pretoria. It te believed that most of the prison- notifying the different members, of the proposed meeting. Jers are British officers who have Incurred the displeasure of the Boers, Mr. Chadwick, in speaking of the aproaching celebration this morn- | Serious trouble ts threatened as the English government will certainly ing, said: “The citizens are fully awake to the importance of the event, | t@ke active steps to secure the re- lease of ite officers and indemnity for and hope for a favorable consideration of the proposition that the volun. | thelr arreste, teers shall be brought direct from Mantia to Seatle. Yesterday John Leary approached me and asked me when the committe was going to PHILADMLPHTA, Pa, May 14.—True bills of indictment were re- Meet. He stated that he was readyto contribute $100 to the celebration | turned here today By the srand Jury agatnet the eight men recently ar- fund.” lrested in connection with the Jacobe counterfeiting conapiracy case. Becretary Prosch, of the chamber of commerce, received a letter | They are all » of participating in the work of counterfeiting and from Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn this morning in reference to the | Circulating the bogus revenue stamps upon cigar boxes, and the counters Washington boys being brought direct to Seattle. It was in the exact | feiting of the Monroe Head $100 silver certificates Wording of one recetved by the Star two weeks ago and published. _ WASHINGTON, May 16.—Attorney General Monnett, of Ohio, gave ‘The celebration committee is as follows: Representing the city—T, |some sensational testimony today before the Industrial Committee J. Humes, Cyrus Walker, Daniel Jones, John A. Campbell, 1. A. Na. | Which I» Investigating the trusts. He declared that the secret of the deau, E. B. Piper, A. J. Blethen, jr, B .H. Wells, M. A. Chadwick, J, | present maintenance of trusts is that they receive favors from the rall- Redelsheimer and N. H. Latimer. roads in transportation rates, discriminations tn thelr Pe eens the epre e , rule. He declared that the trusts steal both atate and Federal power sr, A.M. Peoeeeh, 2 To tearton Sin Stoo, ide Dy eBoy with which to crush individuals. Alluding to the Standard Of company, cany, W. V. Rinehart, jr., E. W. Youn Monnett charged that combine with a criminal abuse of power, and de- paeny ras tieds Mw and Josiah Colina, clared that {t was throttling all com petitors by foul means. ——— ‘The public interest in the project for a grand celebration ins honor | of the Washington volunteers has by no means flagged because of the un- A rumor ts In circulation to the|erand keeper of records and grand certainty regarding the time and the way the boys will reach this city. |@ffect that the transportation of 200 | master of the exchequer followed, people have made up their mi 0 . |noldiers and a large quantity of sup-/after which the lodge adjourned for eee Fr mind and nothing will be allowed to stand | ise under command of Col, Philliuncheon. This afternoon a clam ds to give them a royal welcome, in the way. If it should happen that | Ray for the establishment of milit-|bake fs being held at Pleasant bay. the Fourth and the date for the arrival of the volunteers should come close |ary stations along the Yukon, will oe together, there is no doubt but what the city will turn its energies to- | start fr San Francisco instead of ebay hay oy Aang hg met ee c cele bra tio Heattle. It was published yester-| have just taken place, ¢ Moore ee ee te, day that Assistant Quartermaster|Investment company has purchased City Council Seeks to Get a Battleship. nishing the transportation end O08. |professors at the University, includ: ‘The city council, at ite meeting last night, passed a supplementary | huthority atates that an offort is be- ing President Graver, will erect resi- Fesolution, introduced by Crichton, regarding the celebration in honor |ing made to have the party equipped ences on the land as soon as it ts of the homecoming of the Washington volunteers. It was addrensed |at San Francisco, and considerable cleared. Mrs. J. Bruhne has pur- influence is being brought to bear in) chased the 60 ft. lot on Railroad av- the matter. enue and Post street from J. W. Goodwin for $25,000, orders to make preparations for fur- sity grounds at Brooklyn for $16,000, nishing the transportation and sup- | and It Is rumored that several of the to the Gecretary of the Navy, and read as follows: ‘Whereas, It is the manifest intention of the people of Seattle to cele- brate the homecoming of the Washington troops from the Philipp! , : patancetandaniahe — aan ippines by | The Standard Furniture company) woe ott alias Tom Campbell, the An appropriate celebration; and has commenced a replevin suit). re arrested by Officer Whereas, The national holiday will also be fittingly observed by a |*@ainst Con Van Alstine, and the ie at gremont yesterday, has celebration on the Fourth of July; and case |» being heard today before “Whereas, The prese confessed to stealing o a doren wheels in Seattle. He admits sell- ing the wheel to Albright at South Judge Benson of the superior court. of one of the battleships which have won |qne Furniture company claima a len « lorious ories for our count cor 7 ol ouschold effec fe! ere guch gloriow 1 r our country in the recent war with Spain |on the h W ia fects w mien w re Soattin whieh ons eesttaeed by oe would arouse the enthusiasm of our loyal people and add to the success | *0ld at auction ‘ih pel pune Of ice OMicer Downey several days ap pea ree 25:4 : Emma Norton on Washington stree 4 paler a sciagagy hamonabeasianes ee le auidi vlad The Furniture company in represent- | * ne “Whereas, The battieship lowa will, abou oro) y On °, er Aus te a ee » ip lows about the time of the proposed |eq by Osburn le & Aust, and) str», Katherine A Tingley, one of celebration, be in Puget seund water for the purpose of docking at the |Com Van Alatine by Richard Wine | in. jeading workers of the Universal therefore, be it sor, Ballinger, Ronald & Battle. Rrotherhood, will arrive in the city Puget sound naval station; 1 ‘ Thursday. “Ttesolved by the city council of the eity of Seattle, That the Secre- eS ap tary of the navy be requested to direct that the t ‘The Grand Lod this morning at 10 thians met k in Bike Steamer City of Seattle arrived in leship Towa, or some other representative ship of our navy, be sent to Seattle harbor to take man building, ‘The port late this afternoon from Skag- part in these celebrations; and be it further and Chancellor was| way with 29 passengera and no Inte “ftesolved, That our United States senators and representatives in |read, in which It was shown that the | news: tongress quent indurse this resolution to the Secretary of the | ‘ee! membership in thie state is a Oe is 4920, or a gain of 219 during the year, Aluminum thimbles form the big- al of the request, and that the city comptroller | ang that there is a balance of $8112.03 | gest proportion of the output of one reby directed to forthwith transmit the request herein |in the treasury. ‘The report of the firm of Connecticut manufacturers, Navy with their appr @ and he is he W. W. Robertson, jr, had received 4 acres of land adjoining the Univer- | jear franchise at ite meeting last |night. ‘This policy of non-action | Was in accordance with the state. ment made by Councilman James |and published in yesterday's Star, {that the corporations committee | Would have to take some time to look jinto the matter before the council jeould act A number of street rati- way men were present expecting ome sort of action to be taken which was all unnecessary on their part | An ordinance was pasred appro- priating $962.46 to pay for deedm ¢ jlands to the elty alone the Cedar river right-of-way by the Northern | Pacific | The Cedar river matter came up | In an ordinance authorizing City Bn | gineer Thomson to employ three sup- nt city engineers on contract, at $176 per | month each. | A proposition was received from Mra. Nellie Phinney to sell Wood land park to the ecity for $100,000. | A similar proposition from the own- lers of Ravenna park, for the sale of | that tract for $17,000, was received Both were referred to the finance committee , Hi suggested that the counct! ac- cept the invitation from the Rav- enna Park association to visit the vitation was accepted, the |time to be fixed Inter | Castleman's resolution requesting the beard of public works to allow bootbiack and other stands to do usiness in the alleys of the city Was taken from the table. Gill said: “Tn this , the quertion | weallow @ few rustiers to make a living and give the poor man who poses as the champion of the poor, unfortunate and down-trodden, |eeta up here and opposes the renolu- tion. Iam surprised and pained at ‘The news spread (OF Many miles around, |i. gentleman's attitude.” Crichton and Diller fought the rea olution, Cantieman battling for It Finally a motion by James, that the resolution be referred to a special committee consisting of Castleman, Ditier and Crichton was adopted. The committee met before the nee- tion was ended, and agreed to re- port the resolution so as to permit bootbinck stands alone to occupy space in from the abbutting property. Th amendment was adopted. on the theory that the counct! had already consented to the use of public thor- oughfares for business purposes in permitting merchants to use 2% in. “lot the walke to display their ~ Milb-offered a resotution ni the city librarian to give to the pwrights’ Cautkers’ and Joiners’ Union such books in the city lbrary ag have become worn and undestr- able for further circulation Crichton’s bill making it uniawfol for cemetery association to allow the burtal of human bodies without a certificate or permit from the health oMcer wan passed. FOR A CUBAN MAIL SERVICE Arrangements Are Being Completed. WASHINGTON, May 16.—Cuba fe to have a railway postal service ‘This matter of facititating the de- livery of jie throughout the island wil be inaugurated within thirty days. Bince the oceupation of Cuba by the American forces, great impetus has been given the ext bullding of railroads and a large area of territory has been placed tn communication with the principal cities, American and English capi- of the old roads and are now building new nes into all parts of the island. Major BE. G. Rathbone, director of porte for Cuba, has been assure all of the ratiway companie ing in the island that # regular schedule will be furnished for the transportation of mails. In view of this fact postofices are being estab- lished as rapidiy a# possible in all of the amalier towns and villages @everal postal cars have already been secured and a large num are now in course of construction, All that remains to be done is the jestadlishment of a system. The innovation in the rapid de- livery of mall will be Inspiring to the Cubans, as for over four hundred years it often required days and even weeks for mail to reach the smaller vil and plantations of the island. Little if any mail was carried by rail, and when it was sent at all was conveyed by a messenger on foot or in 4 cart drawn by slow- liy moving oxg@h. | Havana mqffiing papers may soon |be read by t¥% planters while enjoy- ling their breBkfast. The Havana and Santiago express will deliver and collect mail to and from all points | between the two eities, This train | will not make any stops except in lthe larger towns, and the system of leatching mail on the fly as in vogue lin this country, will be Inaugurated | In the selection of postmasters, na- | tives have been chosen in almost ev- ery case, except in the larger cities where the management of the offices | requires the knowledge of the tems employed tn this country. In the city of Havana over 80 letter carriers have een appointed from t na- ltive population. In the select! | of railway postal clerks it Is expect- lea they will be appointed from the employes of the service In the Unit- led States, aw it is thought that tt | will take too long a time to organize the department by the employment lof inexperienced men. | Little Harvey detgsts peas. He | wilt not eat them at home under any jetroumatances. ‘The other day he dined out, and on his return home his mother asked him, “Harvey, were | you polite at Mra, Chadwick's "Oh, yes, mamma,” replied Harvey let them help me to peas twi Harper's Bazaar, 1899, hall | a chance to get a shine for 6 cents, in-— ad of a dime? And now the gen-| men from the First ward (Navin), | | Fishing Tac oriptions to Pike 160 Telephone % Buy Wisely ~ And you'll buy here. We sell household and kitchen utensils cheaper, quality considered, | 4 than any store in town. he reason you'r } not interested in—-but the fact is what count | so prove it and see. 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You Cannot Be Too Quick About It. » succeed, the manipulators of the coming great ‘copper Trust must keep the price copper up, and to do this they must control the output the United States, but of the world.”—Herald. ‘The imagination reels at the promises held forth, yet if these things be done they will not be more surprising than the leap- ing, bounding advances of copper shares in the last year. it at all surprising that we are dumb-founded at your apathy? Of course you wish to make money-—ali sane people do—then why hesitate to risk a little In what must be obvious to the most thoughtless, is absolutely the cheapest and safest investment ever present ‘There is a kind of heaviness and ignorance that hangs u the minds of ordinary men which is too thick for knowle | to break through; but, as you are not of that class, we are simply unable to account for your seeming indifference. 18 Second Avenue JOHN E. MCMANUS & le The kind that sends y, e home with a full b t rod doren, We to $3 1 tox : plit Bamboo rods 1 ing Reels, S60 re Herter, up to am me to ie Telescopic Steel Rod 4 @ | Spears Bic (0 o COON BROS., 1417 Second Aveo. ARS OU se Going to Build? When pr nee, with the latest tz sanitary plumbing. work 1 beyond masters of our trac "\. RAUTMAN PLUMBING. C0, oth Fn} VN Cor, Third Ave. and Spring St. eeoraene SNS {0 471 WATER POWER Delivered Electrically for Manufacturing and Industrial Uses Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. | Distributing Stations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Sgoond Ave. and Main St Moran Brothers Company HIP BUILDERS. woo! construction and eo ory built and ipery, the“ Mosher” Packing Company. 4 nll branohes of the Mining Agents for “Worthington ” pumping am water tube botlers and the United States Metalite “and “ Roborte” ‘The schooner Gen. Siglin, arriv- 30 delegates present, and nearly every ing here last evening from ounty association is represented, ports, had the following passengers: |Glips are being taken towards organ- James N. Linton, James Cunlaff, J.| izing a state association in which all Bronson and Mr, Hoft. counties interested in the manufac- Captain Johnson, of the Sigiin tn-| ture of shingles will epresented, Aignantly denies that there was a! A warrant was 1s this aft race between his vessel and the| noon for the arrest of Frank Mor- schooner Nellt Thurston from | riss, George Richards and John Doe, Tyogak to Seattle on a wager of $50.| who are charged with robbing Reea Ho aiso denies that the Thurston] Giddings of $21 Saturday night. beat the sailing record by making| Chinese inspector F, B. Schuyler the trip in 12 days, He claims that] has filed complaints in the federal the record was held by the schooner | court alleging that 8! Ung and Ah Stella Briand, which vessel made the | Chew, two Chinese laborers were voyage In nine days. found April 28, residing unlawfully eatacebie shld jin the United States, having not A meeting of the shingle manufac. | been registered and even being pro- turers is eing held at the chamber of | Vided with the necessary certificates jcommerce this afternoon, There are granting them right of entry,