The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1899, Page 1

3 & * o SSS | a m< | F3I78 | hii. —— 2 ee tad ° “4 ® Twenty-five Cents a Month By Mail oF Carrier : | vol LL A FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE Grant Street Electric Car Is Telescoped By a Pas- senger Train AT GRANT ST. CROSSIN One Passenger Killed and Many Others Wounded, Several Fa- tally---Accident Was Due to Carelessness. THE DEAD. Emanuel Broad, aged 35, laborer of South Seattle. Both legs broken, left foot mangled, crushed internally. Died in patrol wagon on the way to Providence hos- pital. Leaves a wife and one child. THE INJURED. E. E. Hope, of Georgetown. Left arm crushed. Clerk with Seattle Hardware Co. Duncan Brown, of Georgetown badly bruised about back and arms and cut over one eye. Partner in the Se- attle Bridge Co. George Brown, of South Park, slightly injured. Partner in the Seattle Bridge Co. Frank Hoffiditz, of South Seattle. Broken leg and _ Internal injuries. Driver for Frank Jobst. internal injuries. _S. McLean, of South Seattle, one of the members of the real estate firm of Sparkman & McLean, wrist Sprained, side injured, head and face cut. —— Braemer, of Georgetown, bruised about body, Harry F. Henry, aged 18, of South Seattle, bruised about body. Mrs. J. Peters, of South Seattle. Thrown in the , bay and severely shocked. George Lindoff, of South Seattle. Head cut, in- ternal injuries. W. Sumner, aged 35, of South Seattle, slightly bruised. Carl Fickeisen, of Georgetown. Head cut and in- ternal injuries. Employed by Benninghausen, the jeweler. Charles Fickeisen, of Georgetown. and bruised. Jake Newman, of Georgetown. ‘Clerk of Seattle Trading Co, Daniel Van Dewater, laborer, aged 40, of South Seattle. Cut on head. Martin Middlestead, of Georgetown, lineman of Sunset Telephone Co. Thrown in bay and bruised. Mrs. Ella E. Morgan, South Seattle. Thrown in water and severely shocked. Cut on head Cut and bruised. A frightful accident occurred at 7:05 this morning, at the point where the Grant street electric cars cross the tracks of the Northern Pacific Taljroad. A Grant street car, bound down to the city, was telescoped by the outbound Northern Pacific passenger train, en route to Olympta, One passenger on the electric car was fatally hurt, and has «ince died. ‘Ten other passengers were injured, some of them severely, and several deaths are expected. There were 25 passengers on the car ‘The cause of the accident is believed to be due to carelessness on the part of the Northern Pacific employes and the employes of the atreet rail way company. The Norther: ‘acific gate watchman, Robert Ward, was ten minutes late in getting ie post of duty, and arrived just a minute Or two after the accident had oceurred. He stated to a Star reporter that no watchman was on duty at the time. On the other hand, the motorman, Harry Sharp, did not slacken Speed until tin car was close to the Northern Pacific track. He then slowed up, but did not succeed in stopping until the car projected about 3 ft. on the track. A heavy mist had prevented the motorman from see- ing the approaching train. A curve and buildings at that point aleo in- terrupts an extended view. Just before the collision occurred Sharp saw the approaching train, and jumped for bis life, landing in the water. He was not much hurt. The Northern Pacthe train was running at a rate of 26 miles per hour, although only allowed to run 10 miles through the city. The locomotive struck the electric car near the front trucks, knocking it into a mass of splinters, The shock of Impact was terrific. Nearly every paswenger in the forw nd of the car was injured. Frank Hofiditz uff a broken leg and other injuries. E. E. Hope was caught in the debris and his left arm crushed. Another man, supposed to be Emmanuel Broad, was crushed intern aliy, both lege were broken and his left foot mangied. He died tn the patrol wagon while being conveyed to Providence hospital, Jim Grannia, an employe of the Washington Lron works, enld he was coming up Grant street to his work, when he saw the electric car com- ing, and as it seemed that the train would certainly collide with the car he ran up the street waving his hand to the motorman to #top. After the train passed, his view of the accident was shut off D. EB. Hedgburg, who had just crossed the track, and was going fnto the Washington Iron works foundry yards, looked around just as the train was crasbing into the street car. He paid it looked to him as if the car was standing still at the time It was etruck J. Harrigan, Willlam and David Cooper, who were also on their way to work, saw the rr man and one other man jump from the front plat form and run acr the Northern Paotfic track. The motorman was next n in the bay rdinance regarding the rate of speed at which shall be éarn of the G raltway company run in the city Minite, is a9 follows Section $~Toat the cars used on said railway shall not be run in the business and settled portion of the city at rate of speed exceeding tighs miles an hour, and that the Obty of Seattle reserves the right at SEATTLE SEA'TTLE, WASHINGTON, MONDA A EVENING, MAY 29, 1899. 000 Telephone Subscriptions te Pike {50 2990 CSOOFOOOOS NO. 580. | any and all times to limit by ond inance the rate of speed maid carw hall yved through any of ite #tred f dinance regarding the rate of speed hich the Northern Pacific ratiroad traing shall be run through the olty Cn ‘That the said City of Beattie shall retain the same controbig the ate and alleys in which said raitroad shall be laid down r the other etreeta and alleys in the elty, and @#hal thave the right late the speed of trains within the mite of the right of way ntext, } and said grantees ana their assigne #hadl not run trains over right of way at a higher rate of speed than 10 miles per hour, of ag Bay here | after be presoribed by ordinance, The seotion of t “AGAINST: 4 FRANCHISE f the passengers in the wreek, and he said to @ re * [porter “rat war about the slowest shave Cover haa in ty tiie «4 «! TQ the Coesolidated |hope I may never have such another, It tsa terrible tilime to be and know will Company. | sitting in a car and see a train ap proaching strike your oar before you oan get safely out of harm's 1 wae | sitting near the front of the ear, talking to Alex Hantey, and Near ed the railway crossing the © parently with: inten- l ton of stopping, a8 if cust x " p | and the electric ¢ | crowning T was te it seemed to be moving at @ rapid rate of apeed, in a moment that there was going to be @ collision, and I feet exclaiming, ‘My God, Aleck, we are done for.’ an at the making @ Jump for the door, At that instant the crash came, | of the locomotive struck the car juetbehind the front wheels, rear end to Hft up, and the bettemte fall out. I climbed the opening of the car on to the tru: md then to the bridge ¢ lafterwards learned that th ductor and the motorman | off at the moment of the collision and were not injured. I | that the men from (he Washington Iron work were prompt on the scene, and acted lke heroce In reseulng the people ia and caring for the wounded.” i H. B. Bull, manager of the Horseshoe Printing company, f ot the Injored, said: "I was standing on the front of the car, iw the train approaching Fearing an accident, I rushed to the r but before | could escape | was thrown through the window In § the car, and was soon etrugsting in the water below. 1 a: about the head and bedy, It (# customary for the conductor car near the railroad crossing and go ahead and ascertain track i# clear, ‘This was net done thie morning, and the ning, | think, full speed when it wae struck by the trata. 1 a clear case of criminal carelessness. The meeting held at the chamber of commerve Paturday night, of citi- fens of Beattle who are opposed to the granting of the 49 year consotid- ated street car franchise, now pend- ing before the elty council, was a Spirited one. The gathering was strictly non-partizan, and Mepublic- Dved /an and Fusionins alike crowded the Fie | room, and wpecches were made by priving | J. W. Godwin, A. 8. Allen, Dr. ‘Tous oP 8" land many others. An executive cOMMIttee was apointed and te meet- ing thie afternoon to discuss the course that will be taken to prevent the counct! from granting the fran- chise, There will be a mans meet- ne ing held tn Armory ball next Satur- the | day night et § o'clock, at which ny the Re AMUSEMENTS. ‘The Beiasco-Thrall company now 4 the Third avenue theater for a two weeks’ engagement. makes an emphatic success in the popular drama, “The Girl 1 Lett Bebiad Me. Every member of the company docs excellent work and the scenic effects wre faultions George Osbourne ie above criticiem in the part of Gen. Kennion and his vupport te at all me good. The play will be given a. 2 until Thursday, when the bill will be + —— Matinee tomorrow at 2 S. Palmqulet said: “I wae conductor on the electric car 4 coming into town on the 6:55 run. Reaching the N. cromuing, I walked forward to the front platform of the ear! everything was ail right, but did net get further than the when I saw the motorman trying to stop the car, and the eiefi train coming. 1 exelatmed, ‘We can't stop the car!’ to crey out to the passengers ‘Jump for your lives.’ but time. ‘The passenger train was coming at the rate of fully i hour. Theard no whistle blown or bet! rung.” E: Two damage suite et least will be Immediately instit ; suit of the aceldent, H. L. Witheim has been retained by H. Bil | George Lindotl to bring these suite, and it is quite probable Henry, Daniel Van Dewater and W. @umners will also file ¢ the Grant Street Electric company Increased Interest in the Coming Fi NBW YORK, May 29.—The interest tn the Fit of has taken an upward Jump. All sorte of wagers are now and bets can be had for the asking at 2 to 1 and § to § on Frank D. Urgons bet $2500 on the Californian last night. He # Adent of the botlermarkers’ success, that he takes any odds [are made of $09 to 00 on Jeffries thet he will turn the rounds. Fite will have tn his corner on the night of the Julian, “Yank” Kenney, Dan Hickey and possibly Mitton said that Mre. Fitzsimmons will also have @ seat near her corner and advise him, as she did at Carson City. Much being intuleed in as to the difference tn the weights of the men enter the ring. aod the advantages to the heavier man. have at least 40 pounds the best of the Australian, as given at the Ge- Melbourne McDow- HiT He fai Het i ™ Injured, when 4 passenger train #truck a washout. On the Chicago | Great Western road, near Oelwein, lows, one man wae killed and sx in- in @ wreck, while on the Texas @ Pacific, near was killed and one fatally injured. Near Fijou Hill, D, fone were killed by « cyclone, and three injured, perhape fatally. Keswick, Iowa, five perscns were injured by « cyclone, one fatally, Chicago Visited by a Cloudburst. : wi KIRKSVILLE, Mo, May %—A wind storm did some damage to- |day and caused great elarm, @ repetition of the disaster of « few weeks| WABHINGTON, D.C, May 29.— jago having been predeted. A cyclone at Hamilton county, Neb. di4/It fe now certain that the presi-| damage to the extent of $600,000, In Mingo, Tampa and other coast cities | dent will attend « grand review of damage ts reported from wind aad hall. In Nebraska hail cut down the volunteer troops who served in the crops, breaking window-glass generally. Floods in the same etate are| Philippines. The affair has begun witespresd. A severe electrical storm visited fenson Harbor, Mich.|/to ahape itaclf so that it is now | In Chicago last night, in the short space of 20 minutes, over an inch | known dhat the review will take piace of rain fell. the business district wae flonted, many basements filled and tn Minneapolis and St. Paul. Nearly considerate damage done. It was Mttle short of a cloudburst. all volunteers regiments now in the — — Wwlands will be present as guests of President Issues Civil Service Order. the two cities named, The Washington regiment will WASHINGTON, May 29.—-The President this morning issued his long | start for home soon, detayed order amending the civil service rule. The following etatement ee | was given out with the order: “At the time of the tesuance of the civil! The Excelsior brought down the leervice order, 1896, bringing into clasaified rervice practically the whole of | following passengers: H. Lannart, H the executive civil service offices not heretofore chissified, there was a G. Nierman, Dr. Von Gunther, Wi. | widespread feeling that the order had gone too far and covered Many) Ham Bebelin, William J. Sullivan, | places, and thet it would be found to he tmpracticable to deal with other) Dr. F. W. Whitney, J. H. Rowland, ofvil service rules. The experience of the last three years hae shown | M. H. Dean, John Matthews, L. L. this feeling to be well founded. The order to enforce the civil service in| Heland, F. H. Randall, Ernest Wirt, [connection with many of these places has resulted in much disorder, and is| 4 Wood, F. A. Camel, William lembarraseing and irritating, causing delays and harm te the service, In| Herechberg, M. C. Gunatadt, Charies order as far as poenible to remove these causes of friction and delay,| Anderson, Ben Arden. Martin Babel, and to promote efficient and harmonious administration, certain amend-| Adam Babel, ». 8. Caldwell, Charles ments have been for some time in contemplation. Among those to be Brown, B. Taylor, E. Deyett. exempted, Indiana employed tn Indian service, not connected with In. —_—__ Cr - dian school service, and many places fn the engineer department, quar-| WASHINGTON, May 29. — Mra. termasters’ department at large, the subsistence department at large, the Maybrick, the American serving a ordinance department at large, and the war department.” jute sentence in an Engtieh prison for —_—_—- thé murder of her husband, must re-| MANILA, May 29.~Memorial day in Mantia will be observed tomor-|™aln in prison, Great Britain has row for the first time. There are 46 American soldiers’ graves S88in refused the request of the in Paco cemetery, and 287 at Battery knoll. ‘These will be decorated by United States for a parton, Thi the dead men’s comrades, with tropical wreaths. These are the only | Tequest and application for release decorations avaliable, as flags cannot be procured. In the morning WO* made by Ambassador Choate, solemn High Mase will be sald for the Catholic dead, The Protestant WhO has just cabied Becretary Hay | service will be held In the afternoon, the answer recetved from the Eng- Meh foreign officer. In July Mrs. i SING SING, May 29—Adrian Hraun, the wife murderer, was electro. |AMZRTCK Will Rave been ten years He i leuted this morning. A current of 1800 volte was turned on et 9:17, jk RN Roce, WARM New Lace Neckti | was pronounced dead a minute later. | Later.—The crime for which Braun waa electrocuted was one of the Ps moet brutal in the annals of the country. He was «large muscular man, Around the towering collars of the and his wife under-sired, and a frail creature, the mother of five children, | new allk waiets and their linen shirt | Braun was a wife-beater, He was arrested and sent to the etate privon collars the women who are first in |for two years. Mra. Braun, left to herself, earned a lving for her at the goal of the. mode are trium- | children by washing. On May 5 of last year, she went to Sing Sing to phantly wearing the loveliest hand- | visit her husband, taking with here basket of delicacies purch for! wraught duchesse point ito the ser- [him with her hard-earned money. Brawn, when his wife arrived in the | viceable and aimple Herre, there new | prison, stuffed a harp potnted knife he was using, into bis pocket, and scarfs will have a long lease of fa when conducted to his wife's presence, greeted her tovingly. They vor. Of course auch neckties are chatted for the elotted time and were about to separate when Braun, | sold already drawn into the approved while in the act of embracing his wife, drew the knife from his pocket | knot, for lace will not bear much jamd plunged it into her throat several times, The woman fell dead with. pulling and hauling. Their long ends Out wttering & ory. are wedge-shaped, and display love- ly p and occasionally their ermon yesterday upon “The | handsome tabs fall eight inches be Banks, of the First M. B.|/low the wearer's waist line, In the evening the same women ji#h ware. Following i# what he had to say of Roosevelt: “I do not pre.| Who patronize these new neckties |tend to great political wisdom, and Tam not saying what T am about to| have set the mark of their approval eference to the immediate future, but I want to say de-| on that long ignored ornament, the hat when the time comesand a great political party wants a| Jeweled crows, It is usual to wear idate a8 pure in character as George Washington, an) not the shape of cross popular 25 din mind as John Quincey Adams, as flery and dauntiess In spirit] Years ago but a Maltese, Celtic or apable of sacrifice as Abraham Lincoln, am brave|@ Jerusalem cross, and made of di Grant, and with the bull-dog tenacity of Grover Cleve-|amonds or pearls or semi-precious REVIEW OF CLEVELAND, May 29. In an eloquent | Giants of Modern Times,” Rey. Dr. L. A lchureh (formerly of Seattle), eulogized the heroes of the Civil and Span. as Ulyssus 8 jland, all In one man at the same time, they will find It in Theodore Roose.| stones, The Jerusalem cross is the to my judgement than any other man whose star| least commonplace form, consisting of four Jeweled bare arranged almost in diamond #hape. Whatever shape of cross you may have, don't hang WASHINGTON, May 2.--General Otis cables from Manila to thelie ahout your neck by anything but War department that the transports Ohio and Senator, with the Talr-!q narrow black velvet ribbon. The teenth infantry, have arrived, Private David R. Johnston, company F.| jewels in the ornament and the nock was drowned during the voyage, and five desertions occurred at Hono-lapout which It is worn, gain, by lulu, ‘The transports left San Franciseo April 28, and were just one| means of the simple velvet, double | ante on HUES ‘| brilliancy and whiteness velt more completely |ta# risen in the political horizon of American history.” | HAVANA, May 2.—Seven more Cuban soldiers received thelr pay at I Ponta today, There i# an increasing inclination on the part of the} England t# bragging about the per- soldiers to get thelr money, and thelr leaders are having difficulty in re-| formance of the battleship Renown straining em. The payment of troops in the Interior will begin Wed-|in making the 3000 milea from Ber newday Decoration day to be a holiday throughout the island, acy|muda at the rate of 15. knots an ie to the proclamation of Gen, Brooka ‘The graves of American|hour, It is chik’s play, though, soldiers, and of the Maine victims, will be decorated with great cere-|Wwhen compared with the Oregon's) mony. recond.New York Sun, | the | Cutlery That Will Cut....... And stay sharp when sharpened instead of grinding on it all the time, as you do on poor steel, is what you want around the house, Our ‘ (CARVING KNIVES, BUTCHER KNIVES and TABLE CUTLERY OF ALL KINDS ———._won | Is made from the best steel, highly tempered, finely fin- | ished, and put together by the best cutlers SPELGER & HURLBUT | 1215-1217 Seoond Avenue | Neal’s Bath Tub ENAMELS ™\ Acknowledged to be the best in the market. Third and Pike. STAR PAINT CO. e - -—@ Come and See Our New Line of em Crockery and Glassware } Just Received. 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