The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1899, Page 1

YS on Coens actual. each, s ‘Bal 1e0 15) 1 | BE AUD Da Dee TDP CaP, BE RL RERREEY 1 Secseneconeed | Li | Sctescn A A A I Re LA NR A PR ME Twenty-five Cents a Month if | S S R hone Subscriptions to 8) Wait or Carver i ” |: 4 : A | | i I | i A Pike 150 = = VOL, 1 SEAT WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1899 NO. 70. and left for naitaral rner-atone of the ard wae jaid short Masonic Temple t2o'clock, ‘The « City hall of Ba ly aftor 3 o'clock, and the event w quite a notable one, many Ma attending the exercises e mille of Ballard shut down at nm, and or demonstrations were made in " 4 honor of the event ‘The federal court will be in session tomorrow afternoon, and several bankruptey and civil cases will be heard eee United States District Attorney Gay has just received a decision of jthe United States Treasury depart- ment to the effect that revenue stampa on mining stock certificates affixed to the certificate and e stub, as horetofore. see The chamber of commerce tm Boers Have Seized British Officers on Charges of High Treason. | | mut be not to The executive commit Press club wil hold a m afternoon at 4:30 o'clock the arrangements for the r of the visiting editors wh here in July thie to further! option | wil be English Government at Once Orders Three Batieries of Artillery to Leave for Africa. Tomorrow afternoon at 3:20 o'clock the joint committees having in| charge th ecelebration In he of! | the homecoming of the Washing voluntee will hold the first meet | ine at 3:90 o'clock, in the chamber | es commerce jo” is announced to take »morrow evening at the God's NDON y 17. eritic: cond + LOND |. May 17.—The critical condition of the relations between | pecuiar Army hall at 217 Second av- | reat Hritain and the Boers’ government in the Transvaal was brought enue south, and Rev. © ander to public attention here today by an order which was promulgated for |and Mra Purcey will be pre Reervits are to be sworn tn and the the immediate toh of three batteries of field artillery to South Africa. The ba jee are to leave on next Monday, and preparations @re being rushed in consequence The action taken i# regarded as highly significant in view of the re- | Ported errevts of British officers in Johannesburg. The Transvaal con- Paintings at Auctio aul Bere has received an offeial telegram stating that the officers ar. | CHICA‘ May %7.—-Wownrd Tested are charged with high treason, their alleged object being to create at nate pag Ng Bg ome © revolution and then selse the Johannesburg fort and await the arrival |for three years, will be wold at pn : of British troops, The dispaten further saya phat ane of the officers ar- | tion May 25 by order of the court rested Baye that he was acting under orders from the government of |The sale ® to satisfy a ton thousand eaak desea | dollar mortgage placed upon the col- seers ON a |lection by the violinist shortly before jeve re in well-informed circles that the arrest of the | his death British officers in the Transvaal hasatpped in the bud a second Jameson Tall. It is suspected? that the prisemers had arranged for a coup of wigantic proportions, The Colonial Office today received new confirm ing the reporied arrests Many Englishmen hall the arrests as giving ‘@n opportunity for England to forelbly interfere with the Boer gov- etament. if anything serious happens to the prisoners. _ SHINGLE MEN — ANOTHER ORGANIZE! GOLD STRIKE ‘At a meeting of the shingle manu-| Reports of an important gold strike facturers th the chamber of com-|on Gravina istand wi brought to Merce yesterday aftornenn, it was dd this city this morning by Purser ¢ided to close al mille of the state| Hush of the steamer AL-Ki Junt for two weeks beginning May 2./ before the boat left Metiahkatla, ‘Nearly all the milie were repre-| which is across from Gravina tet- and, the news reached there of ake ott gold vie : muntety adopted. lore bearing ledge. The boat was de- Provided in the constitution |tayed for a short time until a box ine metsceaee tos tase | soe ce Cone %\Man Who Raided report of the find caused great ex- Ramaker Store. organization should have the power cltement. to hold meetings. appoint commit- ‘The steamer Al-ki arrived tn port | THE GOODS ARB ALL RETUR tees print and circulate documents this morning at 4 o'clock with 43/ commander will farewell for Chicago | jand New York to open branches tm} the two cities. Students Took Ro Part. SPRINGFINLAD, Hi, May 17. ~—Gov) Tanner hae received a re t from} [the committee appolited to investi-| | wate the alleged buraing in effigy of the governor by the students of the} University of Mincis, This report ways the affair took t Weet |@ide park, more than a mile from] the university, and that the commit~- tee was unable to find that any etu- dent of the university took part. THE ROBBER TS CAUGHT, im the interest of the association; passengers, Col, Pat I who! establish rules for gradifig, and a system of uniform weights; regulate! went up on the Al-ki, accompanied | prices; order the ag down of|by his wife, for the benefit of hin! itis, and to take ali other steps to | heath, returmed, and he stated this eurtal! the output according to their| morning that he was very much im Judgment Pressed with the progress Skagway | it was resolved that themanufac-|was making in the matter of com- wnt vate in harmony with the|merctal importance. y amwociation, and refuse to| Reports from the Atif at | @rll to any Wut legitimate dealers and) very favorable. The nag ot hes ood pasion ip ede to those who cut prices. have been worked during the winter Seatti no ee It was decided to maintain the fol-|have showed up in splendid form, Store Robbery lowing prices for talr shingles on|and recently work has been done on board at milis several new claims and a good auan To wholesalers: " $1.20 per M:|tity and quality of gold has been 5-2 clears, $1.49 per M. To retailers: | taken out. “A's, The news is also browght down that Capt, W. W. Robinson, jr. of | When the pollee arrested Robert | Westcott, the bieyele thief, they the quartermaster’s department of | Mt one of the mont important cap- he United States army. who went |ture® that has taken place in Se- north to superintend the Atting out |*tt® fF several month. Westoott of the Cook inlet and Copper has not only confessed to stealing or expedition, in char over a do is in Boattle, but Tenn, has purchased = th he also confessed to Detective Wil Dakaasly, tor, tee wa of Gage tame s ing ene ot the bursiare} The passenger list of the Al-ki js |PAnY* sore at the corner ot tee as Seow Dr. C. W. Chambertain, |i onthe a i corried off several | HD. Gmith, Mra. . Brightman and |nundred doliare worth of musical Ine id, Mary Officer, Martha Omcer | pin tre) | and child, Hanna Officer, Dena OM- maa, Williams had charge of the cer, J. . ef, J. T. Jones, Col. Pat Donan, Mrs./ 4) that time, but he was taken # Donan, Helen Boehringer, Lena Kal nothing Was done with the case lamien, M. BE. Vatkenan, Geo Ker. (S06 Bo | |krader, and #1 nd second teorge Ker-| ror nearly four months. When OMm- lmont arrested Saturday, his descrip. 14 the Courthouse ii) iiiet with tat of one of the BPVPRLY, W. Va. May 17.-—On llearning that a force of 80 citiaens ned yeate Ramaker robbers, and Detective Wil- ams soon identified his man, who ARE IN SEAT TLE of Elkins, W. Va., waa on the way day to doing the job. |here to remove the county records | Westcott ! sone of the shrewdest men | pending settlement of the question |the police have had to deal with for jof the county seat, citizens under the |*ome time. He has been operating leadership of Maj. J. F. Harding, a | successfully In this olty for nearly |Confederate eoldier, fortified the | year. This afternoon Westcott re- county buildings and prepared to re.|¥ealed the place where the Instre t the Pikins men. The tatter re ments taken from the muaste store turned to Elkins on hearing of thene were concealed, and they have been reparations. The records are stil) | recovered were adopted as follows: 6-7. per M; 6-26, 18; Bureka’s, 20; and Perfection, 220 Ibn. No underweights ‘Will be allowed the dealers ‘The following officers of the State Association were elected: President E. J. MeNeeley, of Tacoma; vice- President, Michael Earies, of What com county; secretary, Francis Rotch, o {Mason county: treasurer, David MeVey, of Ballard. The committee on permanent or- Sanization to draft constitution and bye-laws, cons: of Ralph Met calf, of Cowitz county; D. H. De * Can, of Whatcom county; and C E. Patten, of Skagit county. Cudahy and Others Arrive in a Special Car. John Cudahy, Joseph G. Snydeck- er and Henry B. Steele, who form the executive committee of the Pacific rT 4 American Fish company, accom-|""**" @Uard, Trust a Pallur panied by Roland Onffroy, general Pr wru ¥ headquarters are at Fairhaven, ar . 000,000 sewer pipe trust in further pcieiesittinatien from realization today that it has rived in Seattle last night in the private car Minnesota. These gentle. en for months. Promoter John R. Possos, who engineered the pot- Josie Carreau, a young Indy about men have been in Fairhaven for the 18 years of age, arirved yes past week looking over their can-|terday afternoon from Portland in |‘°"%, rust to @ failure, seems to be nery interests with a view to enlarge oty of Deputy United States |" ’'"& no better euecess with the ing the capacity of the estabiish shal Stringer, and is now in the “°%*" Pipe Interests, Akron sewer ments. county Jail charged. with, violating |Pib@ men who returned today from A conference was held in the priv-|the United States postal laws, Minn Ne York are d aged and pr ate car last night Carreau was arrested last winter, | (000, cleeust with mnoe and his in which several of the leading Puget sounc but was rel m her own ae eee Se ee took part. Mr. Onnfr cognizances, endian thet the ies ree: eo BAe PRES sions morning that they merely talked over appear before the federal court at |¢?,4° With the deal until Dow Posso matters relating to king and |a specified time. ‘This she fated |PrOve® that he i# not “all wind Prices, but no agreement of any kind to do, and up to this time has been ' ers’ names must a; aronevery can eee of fish sold Deputy Marshal Stringer brought bi have been to Fairhaven,” said over a Chinaman from Sumas yea- Mr. Cudahy,” looking over our can- | terday charged with residing uniaw- | nery shal probably enlarge our fully in the United States plant, p an secure cer iat tain tide landa necessary for the ex John Girard, a miner, age %% years,| SIOUX FAL, Ia, May 17.~A tension of the buildings. We are |dted on a Columbia & Puget Bound |dinpatch received here #a that} very much encouraged att outlook railroad train between Black River |Coleabure, Delaware county, was for the packing industr m Puget Junction and Seattle today, from tn- practically destroyed by a storm to sound, The source of supply on the | Juries received in the mines at N ‘uy, and two men and one child were Sound {* greater than in the Colum le yesterady. Girard was work. killed. Dia or Fraser rivers.” neinthe Hagley mine on Coles ————— = af The party w ave tonight for|and was e@truck by a falling masa vdedysid Chicago + Portiand, Apokane nd of rock, One of his limbs were torn| Metals get tired om well as living ft. 1, spending & short time in joff, and healso received internal In-| beings. ‘Telegraph wires are bettor each city juries. He leaves a wife at New-| Conductors on Monday than on Sat- - castle urday, on account of thelr Sunday The number of bicycle ieense ta- | eer jrest, and a rest of three weeks added a to date, 2444, exceed the num The Grand Lodge of Masons met |10 per cent, to the conductivity of a ber issued last year by over 100, ithis afternoon at 1 o'clock in the | wire, jley will endea | primarily {that it haw been turned FARMERS AS SAILORS Want Western Men: in the Navy. CAPTAIN HAWLEY APTER THEM Notes With Great Satisfaction Theat They Are Made of the Right Kind of Stuff, WASHINGTON, D.C, May It— ‘on |Captain Henry Hawley, assigned by |19€ at 10 | Beeretary Long today to command \Jennie Munson presiding. the old cruleer Hartford, famous in the war of the rebellion an the flag- ship of Admiral Farragut, bas a pian | to convert western farmers into sall- | ore. Captain Hawley hae noted with satinfaction that Western men on | ‘nnd and ea have distinguished themecives during the war with Spain and againat the Fullpinos, and he has a notion that a Western farm- er, if property trained, will make a tip-top sailor. About $900,000 ping the Hartford. and Capt. Haw- | cnsirman of the evening. The team or to man his old erul- ser with Westerners, The Hartford i now being used a training ship, and now or to Capt. Hawley, the Intter will have an op- pertunity to put into effect some uni- que ideas he haw about the develop- ment of good sallors, The Hartford is now at Mare teland, Cal, and wilt soon be ready for sallingg Several navel officers are expected to be de- | tatied to travel through the Western States and recruit men for the navy. | The officers will not secept every man who presents himeelf for e ment, bul will pick out the bright, intelligent and earnest young men, whe give promise of making desir- able sailors. ‘They will be shipped to Mare Ist- and and taken for a cruise on the rtford, after about 350 have been recruited. A cruise of four or months ls expected to enable them to gain, thetr sea lees and acquire the necessary nautical perience that will make them vatua’ men on our battleships and cruisers. “We intend to make the cruise of he | deen informed by commanders who [have had recruits on board from Ne- braska, Kansas, Missourt, Tilinois and other western states that they made the most temperate and intel- Higent lot of eattors ever shipped by them. ‘They are well-behaved, quiet and iy, and what they * oI |meafaring Knowledge they make up jin lt and industry, When we had} 12.60 men to supply for cur | rhips we found it dificult to get good sailorss but now that the force has been increased to 17.800, our troubl have grown In proportion, I have }a hankering for Western men and hope to corral @ lot of them before Tam through.” REQUEST REFUSED For the Use of the! Battleship lowa. WASHINGTON, D.C. May It W. H. Parry, City Comptroiier, @e- attle Wash.: Department regret that it cannot grant the request con- tained In the resolution of the city counctl, that the battleship Iowa be at Seattle on July 4. Arrangements already made and orders issued to various branches of the service mak omible JOHN D. LONG. A TOLEDO HOTEL IS DESTROYED TOLMDO, Ohlo,, May 17. — A fire which threatened to destroy the Hotel Madison early this morning, and which it waa feared at one time would cause & holocaunt, we tinguished with nominal loss. guets had narrow escapes, bu are accounted for, The Madison was a fashionable apartment house. Troops for Idaho. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17 The War department received a tole- gram from Gen, Merriam, in charge of the troops at Wardner ,Obio, ask- ing for two troops of cavairy to be placed at Burke and Mullen to pre vent further disorder Royal Arcanum. WASHINGTON, D.C, May 17 The supreme court of the Royal Ar- anum if in @nnual seesion here. loe-Regent Apgar in slated to suc- eved Supreme Regent Bhryver, RECRUITING OFFICE woTes Corporal Leonard A, Cowles, who has been in charge of the local re« cruiting officer under Capt. O'Neil, left last night for Botne barracks, where he will Join his company, He in a member of Troop F of the Fourth cavairy, which has been ordered to Manila Capt. J, N. O'Neil left last night for Portland after spending two days looking over the affairs of the loc at recruiting office ighty-four men have been enlist at the local office since It wan! opened just two months ago today. | Eight of them have been sent away | within the last ten days, seven to Manila and one colored man the | | Twenty-fourth infantry at Fort | Spokane. | A report of the enlistment at the | various offices and stations In the United Btates for the month of March has been received from the} | Adjutant General's office of Wash-| jington, The total number of m Jenlisted for the infantry and cav airy | wae 8304. The New York City sta tion leads with @ total of 508, Phila deiphia ts second with 432. 1990 were rejected at the New York office, and | =, at Philadelphia t. O'Neil states that no orders have been received to clone up the oMfice here, and he is of the opinion that the office is permanent. Lopez jered Home. LONDON, May 17.—Lepes, the Filipino agent here, has been ordered to return to the Philippines. The wecond day's meeting of the Grand Lodge of Rathbone Sisters commenced tn Castile ball this morn~ o'clock, Grand Chief Mra. Reports were read, and commit tees were appotnted. A message of \ereeting was sent to the brother lodge, the Knights of Pythias. Only |routine work was transacted today |The grand officers of the lodge will |not be elected until tomorrow's ser- “ston. | ‘The Intercotlegiate debate between the University of Washington the Washington Agricultural € liege and School of Belence, will take | of ofc at the University is working hard to win the honors, and reports from Pullman indjeate that the students there are very enthusiastic over the matter. THE WAGU®, May 17.—Andrew D. White, United States ambaseador to Germany, and leader of the Ameri- | can delegation to the Peace Con-| ference, arrived here at midnight. | Other members of the delegation wit! arrive today. The conference opens tomorrow M. Destaal, Russia's chief delegate, who will preside at the Conferences, is indisposed with cold, but 1t te not believed that thin | — Jpaenionte with his duties —d COMBINE OF CHURCHES z the Tapis in New York. [PRENBYTERICNS To JOY FORCES | | To Fight the Evils of Life no Basis of ater Strength bye | Combination. NW YORK, May 17.—An extra- ordinary movement ie on foot look-| ing to the conactidation of Presby- terian congregations In this city, some of them among the richest tn | the United States, The congrega- tion of the Madison avenue Presby jterian church have unanimousty de cided tn favor of consolidating with |the Philips Presbyterian church, the | former church to be sold Conditions which have existed in the church for some time past have rendered it imperatively necessary that there shall be some radical changes and a general strengthening no time in ite history in Preabyterianiam been unrestful and perturbed aw it is the present moment. Internal) variances have depleted the con- congregations, and, consequently, |the wherewithal of existence tn many of the churches of this sect in New York. Moreover, the constant- ly increasing migration up to town has left the churches which remain in the lower portions of the city with jandly diminished financial resources. The majority of them, In fact, find it }a hard struggle to hold on, and it is) |no secret that a number of them are | laboring ander monetary diMeulties | of more lens degree. It wae this atate | of affairs which led to the Fourth venue church Inviting the ‘Thi-r) teenth etreet Church to join with it. Should the project fall, there is every Mkelihood that negotiations will be begun for the bringing together of the @pring street church and Bog Thirteenth street chureh. pring street church is stinduy “| stor. Rut o consolidation of much wider seope and more important possibill- | ties that is being quietly urged by in. |Auential Presbyterians is the com- dining of the Madison aquare church, of which Dr. Parkhurst Is pastor, the Brick church, Which Dr. Vandyke will leave in the near future to take up the professorship he has accept. | ed at Princeton, and the Fourth av- jenue church The propertion upon which these | churches stand, ft is pointed out, are lextremely valuable, and could be sold for asum that would provide for the building of a great central Presby- terian church and suppdrt branches in various parts of the city, such as Trinity i# enabled to maintain with rich funds It has in its possession. The establishment of a gr church movement of this chara ia being urged by prominent Preaby teriana, for the reason, an thoy as- wert, that it would tend not only to lessen the financial strain of the other downtown churfehes, but would give Presbyterianiam the strength and impetus which (t is agreed it now stapds much tn need of, That a consalidation of the three churches will come about some time, perhaps |! @ short time, Is beyond question, | t oT PAINT YOUR HOUSE »:::: | Telephone G seen TH. ‘Whels Wels, Whe GOOD JUDGES SAY WINNER LAWN MOWERS Are the BEST VALUE in town. These prices for this week: 1% enn0 i4 2.75 16 4.00 16 460 SPELGER & HURLBUT 1215-1217 Second Avenue it it if you v done WELL, and are willing to pay a fair price, let us figure with Yoo Third and Pike. STAR PAINT CO. ——, SERROED ° } A SNAP were —— _ Framed Pictures on Glass — From 26 Cents Up. | | GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. | } 2008-808 Firet mare: , Wines « Liquors BRUNNER & CU, wines ‘via Family Trade Solicited. Prices Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Table Clarets trom ie per gallon up.” Kept the Same as New Join Our Hospital Club A New Hil and Popular » oo * gg ein lere were Groceries Membership F Howard, Elgin, Walthan and Hamplea Watches At Low Prices, Ww. W. HOUGHTON'S 7O4 Firet Avenue. DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE EYE The most sensitive Of sense in the toy, is almost inexcusable ate We. for the relief of effective vision Gus cqutgment the execution of your orders is the beat nat Soom anyw NM. CLAY EVERSOLE, Optietan, 7H) First Ave. Buffalo Legal Tender Developing Company. MY overtook opportunity of your life. Two or three hundred dollars Ay ts tel Ts goa Roatatad aid shares will make you « fortane. You be done, or a are not the Jacky one, lor great is needed i# 4 little ambition, with the road to fortune. If Jucky, and you are bound stock at 5 cents per this is a grictly pot fortunes are a ting inate every post. All tbe common sense end stew EF © place Fou on esas ra “anlughy ip making Sg: ts, follow those who a care CF re iiinited time only. yal shire. Th This stock Will reach the M-cent mark before frat laae lnvestanent, apd wit i Feturpe for Yo Y tin, aad 6a iia Hees Buare Nine tela 7 on Ay J ‘yy oomtrolilt interest, or stock, oe jem, 68 FE | Wetton Heat ve Bua Sor maps ste. heat my Bg emit ty Dreher Money Onder. ie cttontel vo prompay, ws. NIGHOLS & CO o What to Do and | How to Do It. Tt may be nerve, but if you double money in @ certain In- veatment, it (# called good judgment. Funny what elas- tleley there is in the play of one's fancy! From little acorns tail oaks grow and from cheap, reliable per stocks fortunes are constanly being made. All this is liminary to telling you to takethe good od Quaker’s « “Got money, my son, and get it quickly’ How? Noth- jer if you will follow our wake and buy Lost Creek or Silver Creek etocks, the former at ten cents and the lat- ter at #ix cents per share. There is all of @ hundred per cent, profit in these stocks this summer. They come from @ Aigtrict—the Index-Silver Creek—which promises to make Futte look somewhat worried over the possibility of losing her proud position the copper-producing centre of the United States, There never was a bird which flew so high that it didn’t have to come down to water—and Butte is nothing but a copper bird after all. 7 JOHN E, McMANUS & SON, 918 Second Avenue The kind that sends you Fis hing Tackle home with a full basket. 12 foot rode # 06) Snell Hooks, per dosen, Ne to .. Ti foot rods 10 | Reels, Le, Kplit Bamboo tods 1 | Multipiving F Resin, Sis Better, ap : Baskets, 90 10........ Telescopic Steel Rod ‘ | Boosts. Be to. ITT. COON BROS. 1417 Second Ave. ARE YOU _ Going to Build? When preparing specifications and plan® for your w bubbil @r home, be sure to n to your’ plombing. ‘We make con- jor the compl ine with the latest Improvements, In open 7 bg ata iene au aur is beygnd © tition, and We are Iuasters of od traddin ail evade RAUTMAN PLUMBING co. Cor. Third Ave. and Spring St. ‘Phone Butt 471, WATER POWER trial Uses Delivered Electrically for Manufacturing and | Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Distributing Stations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Second Ave. and Main st. Moran Brothers Company ENGINEERS AND SHIP BUILDER plant Ineludes steal and wood construction and cove: «Mining and all Jassos of machinory butlt and re all branches of tha ents for " Worth and “Roberts” tube boilers and t Today has been taken up by the) WASITINGTON, May 17.—The fol- Knights of Pythias with the work of | lowing cablegram from Gen. Otis ar- the various committees, The grand /rived thie morning: “Lawton with officers will be elected this afternoon, | tact and ability covered Bulacon pros At this evening's session in Castle| vince with his column, and had hall, three candidates are to be in-|/driven the insurgent troops north. {tiated ward Into San Isidro, which he caps nniinsnecsncibieniiiiseti tured this morning. He is now driv. The steam schooner Jeanie, of the|!n@ the enemy northward into the Pacific Steam Whaling company, will| Mountains. He has constant eht- sail tonight for Orca and Port Valdes | ing, inflicting heavy losses and suf. with a large load of cannery sup- | ferink Sra tees. Tee appears ance o| # troops on the flanks of plies, consisting principally of boxes! tne enemy aleat the 7 oh <a : and tin for the company's canneries. |thrown up at every strategic point The fe will take north six or/and town has had a demoralizing in. eight passengers fluence upon the Insurgents,” wcities iat tlie cast