The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 18, 1899, Page 1

wk gt Oe ay ee SEATTLE, SEATTLE STAR. WASHI THURSDAY EVENING 1899, THE PEAC CONFERENCE Opened Today at) The Hague. MANY TRUE SPEECHES DELIVERED President McKinley Wires the Czar of Russia His Congr jation THE HAGUE, May 18.—The Uni Versal Peace Conference opened this afternoon. Owing to the indigposl- tion of M. Destral, the Duteh Mints- ter of Foreign Affairs Beaufort prea- ided. In a well worded speech he felicitated the Caar upon his efforts to secure the peace of Christendom Several detegates followed with sim tlar speeches, and there was a mu- tual exchanges of courtesies. WASHINGTON, May 18.— Preal- ent McKinley today sent the follow- ing telegram to the Cuar “On this day of good omen I send my heartfelt congratulations on the opening of the conference at The| Hague, which had its origin in the enlightened and generous nature of your majesty.” THE EPWORTH CONVENTION ‘The second annua! convention of the Seattle district of Epworth league will meet in this city, bexin- ning tonight and continuing until evening. The meetings witli be held in the Battery street M. BE. church, and preparations have been Made for at least 100 delegates. The district consists of the yey in the towns north of Seattie aa the Ddoundary line and all Seed of the Mountains. Tonight the session will open. John Palmer, president of the Bat- tery M. E. church branch of Epworth league, will make the address of w come, to which A. E. Cornelius, o the First church at Whatcom, will respond . dW. Kendall, of Blaine, will preach a short sermon, jg which @ social session will fol- the real work of the con. ference will commence, and the pro- gram given exclusively im the Star May 10 will be carried out. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Convenes Today in Minneapolis. Question of Finances of the Mis- sionary Boards Will Occupy Much Attention. MINNPAPOLIS; May 18 — The Presbyterian General Assembly of the United States convened here this morning with about 0 delegates Present. Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, the | Tetiring moderator, opened the ses- sion, delivering the annual sermon There are several active candid for the moderatorship, but Sample seems to be in the lead de- cisively, with Dr. Haines mentioned as second choice ‘These annual meetings of the gen- eral assembly, composed of minis- ters and elders selected from each Presbytery In the United States, are given supreme power in legislating | for the interests of the Presbyterian | church. Since the famous Briggs’ heresy trial before the general as- sembly in Washington, no para- mount matters have ocupled the at- tention of the annual assembiles with the exception of the one ques tion of revision of the creed. This assembly will perhaps devote con #iderable time to the consideration of the financial condition of the mis- Gionary boards, which are very much in need of funds, the contributions from all sourcés having fallen off to an alarming extent Bore Bogus Stamps. WALLA WALLA, Wash, May 18 Deputy Internal Revenue Collector H. C. Gregg has unearthed a fraud against the government and has seized 1600 cigars bearing bogus rev enue stamps, One thousand was seized from a merchant in this elty and 660 from a cigar dealer in Pom- eroy. Other seizures are expected here at any time N ot Built ‘for Spite. NEWPORT, RK. 1, May 18.—Mrea. Herman Oeirichs’ alleged spite fence row turns out to be a tame affair Mra, Oelrichs’ immediate neighbors are Perry Helmont on the north, H Payne Whitney on the south and G, Parkman, of Boston, on the weat, with all of whom she is on the most intimate terms, The cliffs bound the ertate on the east. Jt i# true that a 16-foot fence is being erected on four sides of the site of Mra. Oevirichs’ new house, but it is only a barrier to keep out the thousands of excursioniste who p c ade the ollffs in the summer m and the unemployed who visit the place dally seeking work Colored Preacher Drowned HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. May 18- The Rey, Peter Bronaugh, one of the beat known colored Baptist preach. | ers in this region, and bin little! grandson, were swept from = their bugey and drowned while attempt ing to ford a swollen stream within the city limite here today. Killed by Lightning. NEW AURANY, Ind, May 18 Harry Stacy w truck by Nghtning today on his farm, four miles north of this city, and was Instantly killed. dvance in Prices. CHICAGO, May 18.—Representa- tives of firma t control the manu facture of hay press machinery in the western sta’ have met and decid ed to advance prices from 15 to 20 per cent, ‘The recent advance in raw material and higher wages are given as the reasons for the « i Has Turned Catholic. | NEW YORK, May 18—Rev. W. c | De Lyon Nichols, assistant rector of St. Luke Protestant Episcopal eburch, has been received as a com municant at &t. Stephen's Roman Catholic church. He ta the author of the “Greek Madonna.” A new work, “The Decadents,” will, Mr | Nichots says, lay bare the social in- |fauity and folly among ¢ fashio | sinners. 1 ultra bie folk and the hardened MUDDLE AT NKAGWAY Caused byPostmas- ter’s Illness, ‘ | ACTION TO HAVE HIM DISPLACED, Taken by Merchants of Shogway parks throughout the city and also/ and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. i | At the meeting of the chamber of commerce yesterday «a letter w read from the Skagway chamber of commerce asking the Beattie cham. — (ber to aasiet in demanding of the | Postoffice department at Washing- ton, the removal of the present powtmaster at Skagway, and the op- |pointment of another, ‘The reason | set forth is the fact that the pres. ent postmaster has been sick for a liong time and allowed the post- oMfice to run down. By reason of the present condition of the office, the business Interests of both Skag- | way and Seattle have suffered. The authorized to take the | Washington. ‘The matter of celebrating the com- pletion of the Snoqualmie Falls Jow- ler Company's work at Snoqualmie | Falls w. n up, and a commit. tee consisting of Mesars. Grimth, Daniels, J. W. Clise and Morite Thomeen was appointed to look into the matter. A communication was read from the British Columbia Board of Trade, stating that lights at certain dan- | merous pointe on the route to Alaska would be replaced, United States Senator George Turner se: letter to the chamber stating thas would be pleased at some future time to appear before the chamber and talk on matters particularly interesting to Seattle. P. P. rroll, George F. Meacham, and Frank A. Fredericks were re- ceived into membership. Qnarreled and Sulcided MANNINGTON, W. Va., May 18.— A man and woman, registering as L. \M MeMillan and D. B. Hollands, of | Mobile, Ala. arrived here Iast night. Accompanied by a driver, they drove |to Joetown, the woman getting out there, the two having quarreled alt lthe way. MoeMilian then drove to Line, Wetzel county, where, before |the driver could prevent, he shot himself dead. Refore exptring, Me- murmured: “Mobile! Oh, TO INSPECT | THE STEAMERS A. E. Chilberg, of the Columbia | Navigation company, will leave for the north on the atéamer City of Se- attle, sailing tomorrow night. He goes to Dawson and from there to the principal ports along the Yukon, including Circle City, Rampart, and St. Michael. The object of his trip in to Investigate the condition of the company’s river steamers, the Mon- arch and the Soverelen, together with ne «barge Admiral These boats are at present in sloughs along the Yukon, and are in danger of be ing destroyed when the ice breaks up, and the spring freshet# come, Mr. Chilberg will probably be gone about four months, J. B. Wood, of the Columbia Navigation company, who recently came down fron Dawson, will return shortly to that place. For Three Years. MARYSVILLE, 0., May 18.~Police | Judge Barnhart of London, just |aduth of this elty, sentenced John Coffee and John Kelly to the work- house for three years each on the jcharge of habitual drunkenness. |‘This is the heaviest sentence ever | infiloted in a police court. Coffee and Kelly were town characters and were known at police court the “regu. | lars ENROUTE TO CAPE NOME Party Will Leave _ Seattle Friday. WILL GO BY WAY OF THE YUKON When the steamer City of Seattle leaves for the north tomorrow night, |” she will have among her passengers who, Col, J. 8 Wiliany party of 12 men, nett with a to Hen rty will whed Mama and proceed to and then down the Yukon to St. Michael, thence ape Nome jonet Williams is aid t claims at that place, and the party will be thoroughly equipped with mining machinery for the develop- |ment of these claims, SEATTTLE "NEWS. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Johnson, died at the family residence at 1618 | Dexter avenue yesterday, of pneu- monta. see The local inspectors of steam vee- |eele, Bryant and Cherry. are in Bv- lerett today Inspecting some steame! jat that ce eee ‘The funeral services of Mateuro Tomimole, were held at Butterworth |@ Sons’ chapel at 2 o'clock this aft- | efnoon. eee Mies May tle, daughter of F. n.! Little, superintendent of streets and parks, who is now nl Gan Fri letsco, received @ letter from her father yesterday tn which he # that hin health te improving rapidly | He intends to inspect the different | the street improvements | E. P. Cooper of Chicago, ts a guest lat the Butler, Me owns | Property near Indes. . | _¢. W. Bunn, of Ht, Paul, one of the directors of the NoFthern Pacific, is stopping at Re. Butler. oe Dr. de Soto. Pe the Raptiet assock tion, called at the chamber of com-! merce this morning and secured 100 souvenire of Beattle recently Ineued by the chamber. The Haptist asaoei- ation will meet at @an Francieco and many of the eastern will return by way of Se- It le Dr. de Soto's intent atte to take the souvenira and have a leather cover placed on them and given them to thoes visiting this city, Mr. Upper, of the association was also at the chamber of com- merece rooms this morning asking for cute iMustrating Beattie Tt ls the intention of the axsociation at San Franciaco to teeue a dally paper dur- ing the convention, and Mr. Upper desired to have an illustrated article on Beattie. CAUGHT ON THE HOOKS Painter Hanged Up By the Wrists. HE PELL FROM A HIGH LADDER | by Market Who Sew Him When He Tumbled. The Wounds Serious. George Dargenn, a colored painter, met with a painful accident while painting the front of a meat market at the corner of Third avenue and Yosier way this mapning, The lad- der on which he was working slipped and fell. He grabbed ai wire screen over the 4 fall- ing, but he missed a firm « . and his two wrists caught on two meat hooks at one side of the door and there he was hung. His screams at- tracted the attention of marketmen, and they took him down. Although hin wrists are lacerated, the wounds are not thought to be dangerous, Lost in His Own Home. PHILADELPHIA, » May — Lost in his own hi almost two days and almost all that time within a few feet of his father and mother i* the peculiar experience of 2 years old Johnnie Walker, who has been discovered, almost famished, \after imprisonment in a third story front room of his father's house, On |Monday afternoon the child disap- peared, The police were notified, but no trace of the missing boy could be found. When the ehild was found he was unconscious, The noise of a mill next door had drowned his cries. | Rabbi jot Failed. might procure dukes and things for|your sleep, Henry?” asked Mrs. BRYAN, ©., May 18—Three ho- | sons-in-law, This fable teaches that| Peck. “Well, do you begrudge me bos robbed the harness store of W.| there are almost an many ways of those few words, also?” he snapped HL Riley yesterday and were pursued | paying taxes as of dodging the same. | back. | Chartea Johnson, the four year old | mining | Wh 1 to halt, and the marehal fire, One of the tramps was |re ne instantly killed, ‘The others sur- |rendered and were placed in jail. |The dead man carried a rabbit's | foot, Glass Workers Striko. | NWNDK BY, Ind., May 14.—The blow- |ers and gatherers in twelve shops of | the forty-two embraced in the Mari. Jetta glass works, struck yesterday. Their demand is for pay for all ware which is culled by the company. The | factory will continue to operate with | thirty-seven shops, and the company also gives notice that it will intro- duce machines, as It owns patent covering @ successful blowing Mm chine tern Men in the Army. all of the men from the West who have been fighting in the Philippines have been taken from civil Ute, Most of the volunteer oM+ re and all of the privates have been drawn from farms, factories and even from professional life. |them, regular soldiers others, have been fighting under con. | new.) ditions which were entirely ‘They have been living in an allen been confronted with cireumstances which are strange, and have an entire enviran« ment which has been unfriendly. Yet they have triumphed over all of the hostile conditions.—6t. Louis Globe- Democrat TO CORRUPT THE JURY ‘Attempts Made and | Frustrated. ‘gpg NEW DISCLOSURES TODAY Integrity ef Cortsin Attorneys | Proved toe Much fer the | Corrupter. ‘The dismissal of the 18 jurors in | the civil department of the superior court before their term of service was Up, Sas brought to light the fact ‘that for the past ex weeks at ‘nave been mace at jury” | Rumors have been in circulation for some time past among the prominent j attorneys at the bar, but the matter has only recently been called to the attention of BE. D, Benson, presid- ing judge. who immediately took official cognizance and nipped the heme in the bud by discharging the jury. The attorneys who have vainly approached are all cmuat ent, and some are coufisel for large corporations. They are Frederick usman, EB. ¥. in, Wilmin ©. and John H. Powell. An attempt was made to keep the! matter secret, as there is no evidence implicating any of the jurors, and no suspicion rests upon any one of them Judge Benson, however, thought it would be best, under the |cireumstances, not to allow them | to sit longer in judgment. | The whole matter was carried on by a go-between who ts said be an) | attorney. | The lawyers approached are mem- bers of high standing. and indignant- ly resented the advan ™ ‘They jconsulted together and decided to carry the matter to the presiding | | Judee. The discharged jurors are: 8. C. Roe, M. Powers, BE. P. White, BR. E, Bridges, Wm. Horan, M. P. El M. B. Smith, Frank C, Steve: Knighton, H. L. Olmetead, G. 8. Railey, Wm. Blackburn, F. J. Grib- bin, L. HH. Craver, J. F. Van de ter, A. H. Wintrode. y. & Jennings excused two days | ago, at hin request. NEW VERSION OF | BURKE ASSAULT | Mrs, N. MH. Young, has reported to |the police that she was pr iy jan eye-witness to the alleged rob- \bery and assault on William Burke, at Summit avenue and East Pike , last Monday night, and that r as she knows th were no shots fired, and Burks could not have been wounded by a gun shot as he has alleged. “My husband and I had not been to bed very long Monday night, said Mra, Young, “when Tf acreams. I ran to the window and saw a man lying on the sidewalk in front of our house, I told my hua- band, who, In company with my brother, hastily dressed and went to what had happened. They found the man was Burke, who sald that he had been shot In the head and robbed. They examined his wounds and at the same time thought It very unlikely that they were caused by a shot, but that the wounds were caused by a knock on the head with fome instrument My husband and brother carried Burke to his home, and the matter was then reported to q v the police. am sure that no shots were fired, as I would have heard them.” The police are still at work on the case, but so far there have been no} new development: Once upon a time an American taunted an Englishman. “How can you endure to be taxed to support your idle nobility?” exclaimed the American warmly. Then the Amer~ ican paid $10 @ ton for his coal in order that the directors of the trust All of} 4 all acts of violence and the destruc- ALL SANG “AMERICA” ‘Closing the Norwe- gian Festivities. (MELD AT MADISON PARK PAVILION |The Sons of Horway Then tn Dancing and Feasting | te End the Dey. The Norwegian citizens of Beattle brought to @ fitting clone last night the celebration in honor of the eighty-ffth anniversary of their country's independency, During the afternoon at Madison street park the levents scheduled tn yesterday's Btar |took place. Last night the pavilion was packed to hear the speeches and to enjoy the dancing It was the intention to have Gov, Rogers and Mayor Humes present, but certain! engagements prevented. Frank Ole- json, chairman of the committee on entertainment, made a short speech The address of the evening was made by C. M, Thuland in Norwes- jan, followed by a few remarks by }0. B. Barbo, of Whatcom. At the conclusion of his remarks the lare , chering the Stare and Stripes, the Gancing began. ‘The pavilion never looked prettier. Maneger Steffen had spared neither pains nor money in making the dec- orations both beautiful and elabor- ate. The pavilion was a mass of Japanese lanterns and umbrelias; and the different colored lights made seene exceedingly brilliant. RUMORED SALE OF S$. 48. It is rumored that the Seattle & Northern ratiroad, running from An- acortes to Hamilton, in the north- ern part of the etate, has recently | been purchased by Michigan lumber men who are said to have consum- mated the deal in the interest of President J. J. Hill, of the Great | |Northern. ‘The railroad is the prop- erty of the Pacific Coast company, but as J, D. Farrell, president of ithe company t# out of the city, the rumor cannot be confirmed. ANIFESTO BY GOMEZ Issued to Quell the | Rising Anger. |URGES THEM TO LAY DOWN ARMS | | Wer Clouds Seem te be Gathering | Agein Cver This Unhappy Little Isle. | | MAVANA, May 18. — Gomes today issued a manifesta to the ‘urging them to lay down the! in compliance with the American de mands and to accept the money ten-| dered. The anti-American feeling among the people has suddenly de-| veloped to an alarming extent one grave disorders are feared. PROTEST OF | | LABOR UNION ‘The members of the Western Cen- tral Labor Union passed a resolution the meeting last night, protesting ‘ainat the order of Gen. Merriam |in prohibiting the employment of union miners at Wardner, Idaho, At the meeting of the union last week, committee w pointed to draw |up the resolution, and, pursuant to) ‘the instructions, the resolution was | Drought up last night tion states that while the local union in opposed to the act of violence at the Bunker Hil mines, and deprecate tion of property, they protest against the action of Gen. Merriam in de- claring that no union miners will be | allowed to work In the mines, In| view of the facta the local union| pledges their moral and financial sup pledges their moral and financial support to the miners of the Couer| 4’ Alenes district in their right to or- ganize against unlawful arrest. ‘DID ANDREE WRITE IT ? PDINBURGH, Scotland, May 18.— The Norwegian ship Viking brings |the news of @ letter written by An-| Aree, the Arctic explorer, which was} found in April by @ farmer on the |northeast coast of Iceland, The let ter wan addressed to the Polar ex- pedition at Gothenburg, Sweden, and bore Andree’s own stamp. a “Do you know that you talk In ma WATER POWER Telephone Subscriptions to Pike 150 3 : ’ NO. 71. e e Icy cleSundries Large Foot Pump. $ .33 Twentieth Century Gas Li amp. 3.00 Twentieth Century Oil Lamp. pao Pe Bells, best quality, 23c, 23¢ ‘ HOD 47 Toe Clips... . «10 SPELGER & HURLBUT | | 1215-1217 Second Avenue want it done WELL, PAINT YOUR HOUSE : andare witting to pay a fair price, let us figure with oa ————-—- | a Third and Pike. STAR PAINT CO. 4 Come and See Our New Line of 8 am Crockery and Glassware i Just Received. It Will Pay You. } | COLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. SOe-SO8 Firet tr hdr e 502 Pike Str pe Pamily Trade Solicited. Prices autre and Satisfaction Gruaranteed elephone Uieen 704 Kept the Same as New Join Our Hospital Clad Mempberenhip Fe 1.00 @ Month Auditorium Bicycle Riding Academy i Howard, Elgin, Waltham and Hampden Watches At Low Prices, at 704 Firet Avenue DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF 1HE EYE inexousabdie in these days, for the vellet of effective visiou. Our See. for the execution of your orders is the best were Groceries ' Wie « Liquors Wheels, Wheels, Whee A New Hil and Popular Third Ave. and M. ry St. WwW. W. HOUGHTON'’'S The most sensitive of sense in the boty, ts simon HK. CLAY EVERSOLE, Optician, 72 First Ave. Buffalo Legal Tender Developing Company. NY overtook the ity of your Life, he three hundred doliary properly in mining shares s You @ fortune bs eed not ‘one, for great itle common wens, and 4 jean are ee in making investments, follow i pro re offering, for » limited time only, fre PES will reach the Scent mark before many weeks ay, ment, and Boe me rely ‘and only 368) feet distant from the tamo' wn claims on tame vein, from the “Lucky toe ag recently sold ior rng NICHOLS & CO. Great Wealth | Producers. Distant pastures aways sbi a green, especially to the man whore pathway through life has not been over a bed of roses, To him any change must be for the better, and yet, how oft oes he keep on failing to the bitter end. are going to Alaska; hundreds, perhaps, may ecessful, while other hundreds wil signally fail — not because the gold is not there, but because those who bunt and fail to find ft, lack the training, the endurance neces- sary to be successful. This is true, is it not? Back here in the hill are veritable mountains of gold— gold because their wealth of mineral will produce it—and plainly where all can see and become part owners of them No uncertainty shrouds this wealth—it’s there in all its im- posing massiveness. How many hundreds of dollars will it take for you to prospect Alaska? Four, five, seven, ten, mayhap twice ten. Are you sure you will get anything? Take the advice of experience and put a few dollars where you can get them in an emergency. Nothing surer to make money for you while absent than Lost Creek or Silver Creek mining stock, JOHN E. McMANUS & SON, 918 Second Avenue Fishing Tackle 7. %%3, 3) 28." 12 foot vote § | nell Hicette. i per doren, 10¢ to $23 17 foot rode 10 | Reels, 35 it Bamboo rode 109; | Meltptviag Reels, Sse 65 iter, up to 8, $08 10 16 ‘elescopte Stee! Rod H {0 | Bpeare to 65 . 1417 Second Ave. COON BRO ARE YOU Going to Build’? When preparing specifications and plan for your new building or home, be sure to RAY, tpecial atten tion to Four. plumbing Your health depends upon ft make con for the complete fitting ull - it beyon RAUIMAN PLUMBING CO. Cor. Third Ave. and Spring St. ‘Phone Buf 471. trial Uses Delivered Electrically for Manufactu Snoqualmie Falls awe Co. Distributing Stations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Second Ave, and Main st. Moran Brothers Company ENGINEERS AND SHIP BUILDERS. des steel and wood construction and covers all branche: of the hinery bailt and repaired. mac hiner, the@ Mosher” and “ Roberts” Metallic Packing Company. In France there are 6,000,000 smok-| A German paper gives the follow- ers, and of every fifteen there are | ing method of detecting small cracks eight who amoke a pipe, five smoke | in steel tools, The tool, near the cut- | elars, and ¢ y two use cigarettes, | ting edge is to be dipped in p |Still, they use more than 800,000,000 |leum, which must be rubbed off clean |cigarettes a year, or enough to go|and the surface then wiped with | around the world 500 times jf they|chalk, The petroleum, which has were placed end to end in a line, — /entered the fine cracks, sweats out on Seaenenereareiee: the chalk, and the rent {s visible in There are magnificent churches in] its whole extent. thix country, but nothing to compare with the Church of Oud Savior in tro. The elm tree is ful grown at the Moscow, whicn cost more than any] age of 160, ash at 100 and the oak at other church in the world. It was}200 years, The growth of an elm is bullt to celebrate the deliverance of}about two and a half feet per an= Moscow from the French, and $4,000,- num; that of the oak jess than one Mees Was spent on it _ foot.