The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1899, Page 1

ty “y a5 fed ee. - ‘i: = J Fine zs AR RO IRE ONS RT NEUEN FT PST TOE SAT BEE ET I TT I I TET II I STEAMSHIP DANUBE ASHORE AT CAPE MUDGE No Information Obtainable as to the Extent of the Disaster--Assistance Sent From Union, B. C. VICTORTA, B. C., May 22.—(Speec- | Jal to the Star}.—News reached here this forenoon that the Danube, the finest boat m the C. P. N. service from this port, hed run ashore at Cape Mudge, about 2 mites above Union. The intelligence of the ace!- dent was brought to Unton, but the extent of the damage ie not yet known. Capt. Myers, skipper of the Danube, is one of the finest naviga- tors on the coast, and it is hoped that the aciedent t# not serious. The Maud has gore up from Union to Tender al! assistance possible, and the Tees, which ves here tonight for the north, w and assist in Ughtening and me here of poesibie, Unit! the Maud returns to Union, it will be impossible to as- certain the extent of the damage. | The Danube wasbound up from th The Danube ts « steel steamer of About 10 tons. She has been on the Coast for many years, operating! Principally Victoria and ports on the Hirt tumbia const When the Alaska gold excitement degen, she was placed on the route Detween Skagway and Victoria, About a year ago she became in- yolved in trouble regarding the car- rying of passengers in American wa- term, and came near being pelned by the United States customs officials. Last summer she made several trips to St. Michael during the Klondike SEATTLE General John M, Wiaon, oblet of he United States corps of engineers at Washington, D, C., te expected to arrive here from Portland Wednes lay night. Me is a his wife, and is on a tour of inspec tion, having vinlted California porta Hoe t* at present in Oregon General Wilson, accompanied by Capt, Marry Taylor, who is in charge of the local engincering department, Will spend Thursdays Inapecting the i Lake Washington canal and my poste, and Friday they will na trip to the different fort «on the Sound BH. O. Graves haa received a letter from General Wilson, in which he speake in glowing lan+ wound The clone paragroph of the letter In a# follow "The main object of my viait to the Bound is to go over the route of proposed canal connecting Lake and Washington with Puget and to vieit the great fortia- ations now in progre and the * of those proposed, for the de- © most glorious Inland sea in the world. Tam deeply interested jin the great Mtate of Washington, ja rush, and wae later transferred to}and will do all in my power for tts the Lynn canal route. NANAIMO, B. rived from Departure bay last night) | welfare and prosperity Sound LITT. 6 ROCK Ark, May 22.-A mpanted by | wuage of Washington and Puget! Tecan only! |remain about four days on the! May 22.—(Spe- | ctl to the Btar)—The tug pilot ar-| FORTY WILL GRADUATE ‘From the Seattle High School. AT SEATTLE THEATER EXERCIS! | | | Seven Speakers Have n Selected List of the Large Giess of Graduates. The latter part of thie week will | witness the final examinations of | the Migh school students, prepara- and reported that the C. P.N. steam. | ‘ispatch from Mazen says that Bd-| 00 1. the regular clase and com- er Danube, Capt. Meyers, wae ashore at Cape Mudge, about 25 miles from Comex, When the pilot passed last evening the Danube was high and iry, and apparently discharging her | argo of coal The Pilot waited "| a signal of distress, but not recety- ing eny, #teamed south. Capt. But. r of the Pilot, is of the opinion that the steamer ie by po means in @ fangerous position, as no signa: were given, The Danube lett Nan aimo early Friday morning with « big passenger list and heavy cargo for Skagway, and muet have run ashore during Friday afternoon. Captain Meyers ts a pioneer northern navi or, amt hia le the first acei- dent since he has been in the Kioa- dike business. GAMBLING MAY BE Whirring of the roulette whee! may once more be heard In the Washing- ton street resorts. That the gamb- ling houses will be opened again} ‘within a few days and allowed to run, te claimed to be asqured. — A very Siguificant fact ls the influx tnto the elty within the past few days of 4 ,-Rumber of “dealers” and others con- * pecved with the late gaming resorts When questioned about the m. todey they would neither deny nor i HE WELD UP Wi BURKE According to Mrs. Richards’ Story. CHARGES AGAINST P, RICHARDS ‘The click, click of the tvory and mal Wow Confined in Jail Accused of Another Robbery in | This City. | Prank Richards, who ts confined in the county jal! on a charge of rob. Ding Reed Giddings, is now accused fo connection with the Wm. Burke affirm the report that the houses were to re-open, Dut stated that they understand the “clubs” would be do. ing business very soon. ik @ eup posed that the gaming house pro- prictore have been ted to believe that they would once more be allowed jo operate, owing to the alleged de- crease in revenues in the city, conse. quent upon the action of the councit in closing the places up, and certa: city officers have tly vemed the men to be on han McKINLEY IY DANGER Insane Woman at : White House. ALMOST REACHES HIS PRESETCE Seys She Came From Heaven to Bring Peace to the United States. WASHINGTON, May? 22.—An In- |sane woman giving the name of! Sarah Sykes, and residence Pasad- em, Cal, called at the White House ward Dick, horse Crader, was shot through the head last evening by Rube Thomas, dying {nstantly | Thomas arrested Beth are prom- inent men. The shooting le the re- sult of an old feud OTIS HAS REFUSED To Grant Filipinos an Armistice. WASHINGTON, May 22, OTs Cabtes am follows: 32.—Condition Is as fellows: In Bula- oan province troops are maintained | at Quings, Halinag and fan Miguel. Lawton tx proceeding down the Rie Grande from San Isidro, He has driven the enemy westward from @an Antonio, Cariro and Areyat where be was joined yesterday by Kobbe's cotumn. He will reach San. ta Anna and Candaba today. MeAr thur is sti! et Fernando eupy the cities to the south and | westward, Insurgent forces are dis- | integrating daily Luna's force at Earias ie rouch diminished, but destroyed several miles of railway |A number of offcers of rank have deserted Luna and « few have eater- od Mantia for protection. In Pam- phanga and Bulacan the Inhabitants are returning to their homes. only fear is concerning Inwurgente’ south of Mantia, Insurgent |g sip ration & greening the: |thoush a lore foree is still mointaln: jed. Conditions improving daily. Will send battalion of troops and a gun. boat to ros tomorrow to allay excitement in the southern yertion of the island and on west coast of |Cebu. Have denied the request of | Aguinaléo’s commissioners for an | armistice. PURE FOOD CHICAGO, UL, May 22.—The sen- atorias pure food commission has again changed tte plans, Senator Mason will go to Washington to- hold-up last week, Monday. at Pike|this morning and almost succeeded | morrow instead of resuming the tn. street and Summit avenue Mrs. Richards i# also confined im the jail| #he was taken in charge and turned | urday. sa witness, and yesterday stated to Deputy Thomas Burke that her hus- band was out that night, and when he returned, told her that he had held somebody up on Pike street. This explodes the idea tha: the assault Was premeditated. Richards, she| claimed, had no idea as to whom he! ‘was holding up, but attacked the first man he met. Mrs. Richards re- vealed the whereabout of Mr. Burke's watch, and today it was lo- cated In a pawnbroker’s shop. Tho} chain, however, was not with the) wateh, it heving been thrown away! on the nant of the robbery | Word of a daring hold-up at Bal-| Yard last night was received at polic headquarters today. Two of the highwaymen are in jail at Ballard. and the potle searching for the third man. ry which a bar tender told Officer Sam Hamilton tn! that an old man was enticed into al aloon at and, after induced to several drinks, inveigied 4 thé ratiroad tracts and robbed of $80 in cash after be ing unmercifully beaten. The bar. , t know the victim's are at work on It was stated today by B, B. Beott, npany now run | | Mianager of the ¢ ning the rteamer Greyhour’d from in reaching the President office. over to the local authorities, When |taken away #he protested loudly for peace, and claimed it would have to be established, and she was on a heaven-semt mission to secure it ANOTHER blG TRUST Patent LeatherCom- bine Arranged. TO CONTROL ENTIRE OOU TRY the Price of the Leather will ance Smartly. Shiny vestigation here as announced Bat- He will confer there with Senator Harrison and other mem- bers of the commission, They will then de whether the investiga tton (# to be continued in Chicago or the cant The jury bribery scandal is having a rest today. Prosecuting Attorney McElroy said this morning that there would probably be « hearing tn a day or 0, but it rested with the court to order an investigation an do nothing more In this mat- ter,” said Mr. MeEiroy, “without the | court's summoning a grand Jury and ordering me to carry on the prose- jeution. If the court so orders, 1 shall proceed with the investigation Just the me as any other lawyer | would under the cireumatances. | There is no evidence to convict any- y of the jury- ed go-bet ween. | body nor associate a men with the | ‘Phe probab! the investiga- tion would the exoneration of the jury and the disbarment of the | attorneys who are alleged to have attempted the corruption.” OMAHA, May Admiral Schley was given a reception and luncheon jat the Commercial club at noon to |day. The vicinity of the building was completely blocked by a cheer- ing crowd, Thie afternoon the ad miral will go to Counet! Puffs, and | this evening Senator Manderson will lentertain 500 promineftit eltizens in | none ov of hiey at the Omaha club. Beattie to iverett, that a new fteamer will be built to take the -— . | WASHINGTON, D. GC, May 22. Place of the Greyhound » Grey | Neither the Navy nor State depart hound will stil be owned and oper NPWARK, N. » May 22.—The| ments ha received Information ated by the same company, an an| Patent leather manufacturers of this tending to confirm the rumor that extra ov wh ge ty is a per cent. vf comes via Colon, to the effect that ne output of the entire country,/the Detroit sunk the Nicaraguan The new steamer is to be built On! have a to combine thelr inter enna Sanjacinto, after the tutte the same style aw the Flyer h the | emts. mer U, 8. Senator Smith fired upon the Detroit. The report exceptions of being somewhat small-| ts aid to be engineering the project. | ja discredited er probably faster, The exact plans| The trust will be capitalized at bo —- oe and specifications have not yet been | tween $10,000,000 and $15,000,000, and it YORK, M 2. — Jefferies completed. The new boat wil coat|is not improbable that all manufac.| dropped largely in the betting to- About $20,000, and will be built either | turers in the country will be includ. day, Fits 4» regarded 2 to 1 and {n Beattie or at Everett, ied. | having the best chance, | #. Will oe- | COMMISSION |mencement exercives to be held on May 21 and June 1. The examina~ | lone will last four or five days, and the remaining time until commence. ment exercises will be taken up in examining the papers and preparing the programe for the class day and commencement exercises, both of whieh will be held in the Seattle theater, Seven of the graduating class have been named and they are Vivien M McDonald, Shirley M. Treen, | Donoghue, Bertha Diehon and Mabel Chilberg, together with a number of prominent citizens who have been invited to speak, Wagner's orches- tra bas alto been engaged for the vening. An inter-scholastic meet will form 4 part of the regular program thle year, The meet will be held at the | park next Saturday, and the com- peting teams will be from the High |wchools of the Bound chilies, The | eraduating clase will number at least The graduates are as fMown: | Marie Ames, Mabel Chilbers, Arthur P. Denton, Kiva Mae Harlan, Elisa~ | beth Madder, Anna Olivia Iverson, | Hugenie Levy, Don MeDonald, Allie B. Muldoon, Bilen Beatrice Quinn, Shirley M. Treen, Otis A. Breece, | Vivian M, Carkeek, Bjarne Haifdan | Graff, Clifton L. Lamping, George W. Sohne, Nellie kintosh Talbot, | Hattie Mabet tT Meta Vel- dora Hecker, Harriet Dut, Clyde Mortimer Gresham, Ettea! Moutrass Ingtias, Manche Kennedy, Newton Elisabeth B. Kious, Ettsa+ | beth Larimer, Maud Le Gate, Bertha May MeFate, Lieweltyn Morrison, | Karl Rowell, Benna Ste nia Torte, Minnie Georgia Laberee Foster and Walter Weedin. WRECK OF THE PARIS ‘Disaster Is Worse Than Expected. LATER REPORTS NOT REASSURING Fast on Rocks With Poor Prospects of Her Ever Boing Saved, FALMOUTH, Eng., May 22. — The steamehip Paris, bound from Bouth- ampton to New York, went ashor: on the lowland yesterday morning about 1 o'clock mm a dense fox, Just @ short distance from where the Mohegan was wrecked. There was no confusion, and all of the passen- goers were taken off in the boats and brought here Your correspondent arrived here from London at daybreak today and found the Paris which stranded high on the lowland point yesterday morn. ing, still hard and fast on the rocks, The officers of the vessel are dis- couraged over the prospects of say- ing her, but say they can only hope for the best. The St. Paul, a steam. er of the same line, which went ashore on Long Branch several years ago, Was saved under «imilar dis- couraging circumstances Peing Whit Monday, and a holiday, excursion boats carrying crowds from Falmouth and other points, are gathered about the Paris The ledge on which the ship rests! by jagged) je almost surrounded rocks, As one of the passenger plained: “We passed between the teeth of the jaws of death, and stranded on the back tongue,” ©. KR. Joliffe, of Low Angeles, Cal, who was a passenger in the second cabin, did not know of the aceident until the steward Knocked at the door, He protested for being dis turbed, but finally arose when the stewards threatened to amash in th door. Joliffe says no life preserv: were given out, There was no pantie except for a time among the steer age passengers, who knelt in a pray- er for deliverance. late.—The rth German Lloyd steamer Bremen sailed from South. ampton last night under orders to stop here, She may take some of the passengers of the Paris to New York. Most of them, however, have returned to London and will sall on the St. Paul Saturday LONDON, Eng., May 22.—A heavy snowstorm is falling Yorkshire and | Westmoreland counties today, WASHINGTON, BD. C., May 2 The ortticiame of Bhatter as made by Hirigadior General Adelbert Ames, the | New Hampshire scoretary of the| yr fat have reached the| var depar nt, and have divided! thie department into two camps, one! spplauding bie mentiment and the) ‘ther depreciating the utteranc quoted, Ames, however, te be the pale of offelal inf: has been mustered out and in at iberty to talk as he may pleane, Aman has been prominent enough in milttary and political life t sive hie w * considerab! weight. He was @ brigadier general during the Civil War, and oo 2 record of whieh ts friends are proud. ole HONG KONG, May 2 22.—The Brit ish colonial government completed preparations today to receive Dewey when he arrives tomorrow, with ceremony befitting his distinction. It has been arranged that # watch shall be kept closely on the rabid Filipino junta. be the guest of Consul General Wild. man. BUFFALO, May 2. The » strike is over and the #hovelers returned to the elevators this morning and the union freight handlers to the freight docks, Nin» elevators were busy this ed thie afternoon, The harbor will be cleared, which wea predicted by the more sanguine, by tomorrow night. The freight houses, as — an the elevators, present the busiew of scenes, All the men are Nrerniag the docks at the news Many ex- Preasions of satiafaction ie heard from the vesselmen. PLANES IN NEW YORK Lick Up Twelve Ten- | ements. INVOLVING A LOSS OP $500,000 Many Porsons Have Narrow Escapes From Incinesetion— One YORK, May 22.~—A fire oc- in the Green Point district ly thie morning and fully $500,000 Werth of property was destroyed Many families were made homelem ‘The biase started in a planing mill end spread like wildfire, Twelve) three story tenement houses were destroyed and many of the inmates hed narrow escapes. One fireman) Was badly hurt in rescuing a woman. A Mable containing six horees w destroyed, together with the ani-_ mals. A change in the dircetions of the wind kept the flames from spreading further, There were no) casualties. | MANILA, May 22.—A meeting took Place thie morning between the Phil- | ippine commissioners sent by Aguin- | aldo, to negotiate peace, and the members of the United Star mission ‘The latter presented the! scheme of government that President MeKinley offers to eetabliah pending the action of congress, The native are to be represented by an advisory counct}, elected by the people, and | also on the bench and im the chiew departments of the adminisiration. It js unofficially stated that Graeccio Gonsags, a member of the Filipino commission, and one of Aguinaldo’s cabinet, considers the scheme liberal. BUTTE, Mont., May 22.—A report from Miles City says the dudians on Cluyenoe retrvetion are resilor causing (CU bie for the gettlers, anc threa ing to kill thetr evattie. A few deye an0 an Indian attranted to assault the daughter of a ran h- man named Honsen. The settlers |are very much wrought up over the laftair, There are about 20,000 In- diane end 15 soldiers on reservation. STARTLING That Volunteers Go to ‘Frisco. retary of war has notified the Go’ ernor that the Twentieth Kan and all other volunteer regiments will be mustered out in San Fran- cireo. CHICAGO, May 22.—The grand #tand near the paddock at the Har- Jem race track, was destroyed by fire early this morning. At one time it threatened the adjoining stables, in which were sheltered many valuable hormes. The fact that the wind died down, saved the stables, Loss $100,- 000, No insurance. flercely four hours, It was fea that the wind would carry the Names to reaidences and a store buikting near by. Harlem's opening i# set for May 30. The grand stand was one of the finest in the United States The fire is thought to have been in- cendiary in tts origin THE HAG May 22.—-The Amer- lean nce delegates are r iving letters of sympathy and encourage ment from all parte of Americ: Fireman Hurt, i STATEMENT they have expressed surprise at the | | titerest shown in the, United Stater, | During Dewey's stay he will @oe morning, and others are being work. @ and there is general rejoicing about Rainier. ee $0 900 Telephone Subscriptions to Pike 150 NO. 74 FOR TUESDAY... o———— GLASSWARE. Table Set Cut Glass Pattern Four pleces...... wite Bight-inch Bowl 17 Seven-inch Bowl.,..... segs tess pinecone +13 Pour-inch Bowls, three £08 ...cccccececseecen cereeeene ee MO Two-quart Jug .... j A476 SPELGER & HURLBUT 1215-1217 Second Avonue a tt LL lh if you want it PAINT YOUR HOUSE yen oiderhohe and are willing to pay a fair price, let us figure with you —————— Third and Pike. 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