The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 2, 1899, Page 4

t é t VILL SHOOT PRISONERS Nicaraguan Authori- ties Aggressive. NATIVES CHARGED WITH TREASON Taken to Managua for Execution. Report of U. S. Co | Sor Just Arriv NEW ORLEANS, June 2—Mr. Borsby, United States consul at Bivefields, Nicaragua, arrived here port upen the condition of affairs on the Nicaraguan coast. The eitu ation at Hiuefielte was «till eome- what unsettied when he left Gen Torres, the governor of the coast province, left Bluctelds for Managua on May 27 with a large force of sol. diers amd 65 native prisoners charged with treason and complicty in the Rete rebellion. They are mostly Plantere and the best class of na- Vives, Their departure caused much ertef, as it was understood that 11 Prisoners would be shot as soon they arrived at the capital. DROWNED IN THE COLUMBIA ‘ASTORIA, June 2 — The fret @rownina of the season among gtll- het fishermen on the lower river, oc- curred Wednesday afternoon. The increased run of fish at the mouth during the past few days the men to venture close breakers, and many narrow have been reported. A gale blowing with @ heavy sea run- ‘and just as Abraham and Os- intt!, who had drifted down ebb thie, attempted to raine Tae es ij Ht si 5 38 i : t and suc. z i i i f combine. -—--— KENTUCKY HAS A BAD STORM Vast Damage Inflicted in the Blue Grass Region. LOUISVILLE, June 2—A terrific ‘wind and rain storm has sweptb over central Kentucky Outhouses and amd great CHEERED WILDLY When Baby Marion Appeared at the Window. NEW YORK, June 2.—This morn- ing the street in front of the Clark | house was again thronged with peo- pie anxious to catch a glimpse of the famous baby which was kitnapped May 20, amd just .ocund yesterday. Marion was brought to the winiow this morning by her grandmother, | and the crowd cheered wildly. Many flowers were left at the Clark home today. It is not positively known yet who will get the reward offered, ‘but it looks as if Mrs. Carry, the Postmistress would get the lion's MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS PARIS, June 2.~The Court of Cas- @ation is meeting today behind cios- @i doors, There is no official in- formation as to when a verdict in the Dreyfus case will be announced. ENGLISHMAN Was a Tourist and Jumped | Into Lake Michigan, CHICAGO, June 1.—Reginald Hy- er, an Engiistman traveling through the United States, ended his life tn Lake Michigan during the night while sailing a yacht with three com- panions, Near the four mile erth he leaped overboard, while intoxicat A SUCCESSOR TO LOCKHART Will be a Populist—Four Can- | didates After it. TACOMA, June 2.—There are four Prominent carlidates for the pori tion of superintendent of the Medic al Lake asylum, three Democrats and one Populist. The friends of all of these candidates are urging their claims strongly, but a close friend of the adpministration naively suggest ed yesterday that ¢ Populists are really entitied to the place.” That suggestion, if carr to its logical conclusion, means Dr. present assistant superintendent, bs the most promising of all the can- didates. Dr, MeLewn bes not filed an applic- SUICIDES: MeLean, the | | | AMUSEMENT BUELOTEIN THIRD AVENUR THRATER— Relasco-Thall company, in “Peace ful Valley.” tien or apeken to any of the mem- bers of the board of audit and con trol regarding the appotntment, He has not been involved in any of the soandale arieing from Dr, Lockhart's administration, and has the repute ton of being a man thoroughly fitted for the position. MeLean is u jtiet and a strong fr 1 to some of |} the men who #tand closest to Gov Rogers. | Two years ago Dr. McGee, of Spo- }kane, was one of the moat promin ent candidates for the appotntment intendemt, Me lost, and Dr. named through the in jone! Ridpath, Since ie reported to have gone but with the promised va- Joancy he te expe to return to Wehington and renew his applica- | Gon. He has maintained bie rest- Idence in thix #tato, and might be called a citizen of Washington, He | is @ Democrat Dr. Burns, of Spokane, ts a candid- j ate. Hiv friends are aotive in his betmlt, and It le expected a strong | showing will be made for him. He \ie a man of expertence in the hand ‘ling of Insane patients, and is betiev~ | then Mec to Idahe ed to be in close touch with some of | today en route to Washington to re-| (he powers who will name the new/ the sailings of May, with those of | leuperintendent, ‘The politics of Dr. | Burns is not known definitely here, but ie understood he is a Demo- crat, INSANE FARMER "KILLS HIS SONS | Horrible Affair Reported From | Thornton, Ind THORNTON, Ind, June 2.-—Alfred Wells, a German farmer residing four miles northwest of this place, used a brick to crush the head of bie four sons, aged five, seven, nine and twelve, and then threw the boys in- to @ shallow well, Twe are dead, and another will die. He has been placed in jail at Crawfordsville. A jeudden attack of insanity was the | cause, | ‘WORKING ON MURDER MYSTERY ‘The police authorities are still at work unraveling the mystery sur- a “ rounding the murder of Kaite Taka, the Japanese woman, Foo Chung has been arrested and charged with murder in the fret degree, but stil! have the right man. Chung ie weathly, and it t# not thought prob- able that be would commit murder for $20 and « few gold rings. Another theory tn the case ts that whoever committed the deed, and knowing that there was the faintest hope of the woman reviving enough to give information about the guilty party. they would leave the city, ‘This case in the deepest one which the police department have had to wrestle with for some time, a and more arrests will probably be made. The commencement exercises of the graduating class of the High school was beid last night in the Se- atthe theater, At 7:90 o'clock the parquette, balcony and gallery was crowded, and fully as many people were turned away as those who gain- ed admittance. The program given in yesterday's Star was carried out Hon. A. F. MeDonad made the ad- dress to the class, and the presenta- tion of diplomas was made by Chas. E. Patterson, a member of the board of education. The western committee of the ‘American Boy Warehip” fur bas just been appointed. Menry M Frauenthal, of this city, ia second vice-president, and Sidney L. Brunn assintant secretary. An important real eetate transfer |was filed thie afternoun in the lcounty auditors office. It reade: R. L. Barnes amd wife to Thomas J Burke, L 10 amd 11, block M, A. A | Denny's adition to Seattle, #1. There |are $35 worth of revenue stamps on | the deed, which makes the valua- | thon of the property $25,500 Seattle and Vicinity —Tonight, oc- castonal showers; Saturday, fair; south to weet winds. A bigh pressure bas appeared on the Washington coast, which is an |indieation of better weather for this vieinity. It f rumored that several diven waged and “gingerbread” steamers which have been in service in former years on the Sound, will be towed soon to San Francisco, and i 1s stated that the steamer Sehome, which hae been tied up at West Se attle for the past year, will be one lof these craft. The recent quick and successful trip of the tug Richard | Holyoke in towing the steamer Ocean Wave from the Bound to Ban Francisco, has demonetrated that the towing of lightly-bullt eraft to | the California metropolis can be suc- cessfully done. | The inquest over the remains of the murdered Japanese woman, [Katte Taku, t# being conducted |by Coroner Sparting thie afternoon | Dr. Newlands was the first witness l called, and he testified that he made an examination of the murdered wo- man’s stomach and found traces of morphine, although her death was caused by strangulation. Several | Japane are being examined, and | the Japanese jacting as interpreter. wee A. Liebe, city comptrolier Yorthern la | of Spokane, is at the Hote | The Homeseckers’ Op nity. Pratt's Orchard Addition ts all in ge bearing fruit trees, lots are fte on especial terms to those who | want homes, by Holman & Robinson, Columbia street wm ——_—0——_— meseckers’ paradise. Pratt's Oreh. Add ee feo Holman & Rovinson for Pratt's Or hard Addition ————-0- Pratt's Orehard very lot in fruit trees. Addition nn) Take Codar St. car to Pratt's Orchard Add. ard Ad | — — Lots only 9250 eneh in Pratt's Ore t's Orehara Add sible from Pratt's and cer line | Orchard addition (iierininipretticman property offered is Pratt's Or. tions The be chard Ad neul, Goro Narita, is} \CREASE IN TRAVEL ‘From Seattle to Alaska Ports. /MAY BOATS HAD GOOD BUSINESS | Month of June Will Show @ Still More Marked increase in Ale Trede. | With the advance of the summer season the passenger travel to Alaska) grows steadily, The comparison of/ April, together with the number a | Passengers transported north from thie pert, shows a decided increase, and Seattle can truly make the as- eertion that she handies the Alaskan traffic, During the past month 26 vemvels) jeft for the north, 23 of which were/ steamers. On theese 1410 persons) | were taken to the goldfields, The figures of the preceding month| shows 4 record of 21 veesela, 19 of | which were steamers, and a total of |1387 people as leaving for the north | A comparison of these figures with | those of May shows an increase of |S saltings, 4 steamers, and 1 sallin veusel, and many passengers ‘The increase in travel is owing |hargely to the development of prop- lerties in the vicinity of Ketchikan, Dougtes teland and Kodiak island.) Many new quarts strikes have been found, and this serves as another | | feet that only a small portion of the) gold in Alaska has been found. ‘The coming of June will undoubt- edly witness a much larger northern travel than that of the preceding months. Within the next two weeks the steamers will begin leaving for St. Michael bearing crowds of gold seckers eager to make their fortunes in the Yukon, Cape Nome and Goto. nin bay districts, Many steamers) are scheduled to leave for those potnts, while at the present Ume) leleven sailing Yoesels are Miting out | for St. Michael, Golofnin bay and Cape Nome, and almost every day | amother craft te added to the list | A year ago Kotsbue sound, Cook were, aside from the famous Tukon country, the meces of the amtatious fortune-hunters. This season very little je spoken about them. While! it t* true that many discouraging | reporta have come from thove places to the effect that little or no gold has been found, other reports have stated that the gold te there. That portion of Alaska has been worked only on @ @mall @cale, 0 ts more than Hkely that news of « gigantic discovery of the yellow metal at Kotabue sound will one day reach INQUIRY INTO JESSIE DISASTER It te probable that one of the fleet) of revenue cutters which t# now en route to the Bering Sea for patrol | duty, may be detailed to investigate | the mystery attending the probably ii-fated Jessie expedition which diseppeared on the Kushokwim river last summer. The supposition hes recently arisen among friends of the members of the party in this city, thet they were massacred by the natives, While none of the cutters have received orders to investigate | the matter, It le ponsible that either the Grant or the Corwin may recetve them at Port Townsend, tn which case the matter will be thoroughly sifted, and the mystery revealed. Advices received from Vancouver state that the steamship Garonne ran into a wharf at that port yester- day and made a complete wreck of it for « distance of 60 ft. ‘The dam age to the wharf is estimated at between $200 and §800, The steamer escaped tnjury. . . John Goodman, who lives on | Hourth avenue, near Madiaon street, asked the police last night to arrest William Heath for aswault and bat- tery. Goodman says hie wife pur chased furniture from Heath on the instalment plan, and when the first payment came due he refused to take it and tried to make her sign some sort of a paper. @he refused and Heath knocked her down. °..e 9 ‘The eentor clase of the University gave the annual ball in Ranke hal) |iaet night, and the students and | their friends were wat to gtve the fin- |ishing touches to the last of school- \day exercises, About one hundred couples were present, and dancing was enjoyed until after midnight. The hall was most artistically decor ated In senior colors, and Wagner's merry scene was presented by the whirling couples of young people “ee It i reported from authoritative sources that the combinaton of the cracker factories of the Pacific coast has fallen through ow!ng to the fail ure of the trust to make the princip- al payment, which was to have been made May 31, ee The Christian Endeavor chorus concert to be given at Armory he |next Friday ‘evening will be a bie | musioal event for the city. VYerter day the sale of seats opened at 785 Second avenue, and thereo was quite a rush for tickets. The proceeds w go toward the fund for the state con vention ti be held here from June 22 THE SEATTLE | summer doing «pect STAR. Goets, $7400; T. Myan, $600; 1 «.| MeConahan, $6041; 1. J. Mrickson. eo; KOM M Baltrd, $5100 Nichols & Crothe $6420, Water system—L. H, Young, § Hriek#on, 6750; Pacific Heat company, 4211; and Nichols & uh ward ne ors, 4970. ‘The bide will be f A to Washington city, an quartermaster general will award the contracts, eee Prof, Meredith ts holding an exam. | | ination for #tate certificate A life diplomas th the librarians room at} court house today. Similar ex nations are held today by Supt, Brown, at Olympta; Gupt and Prof. J. L. Pro Friare at Whatcom, Dumes, at Walla ¥ Bikes, the Afth mer board of education, went the atate, and he no ex amination, Supt, Meredith will take the manuseripta to Olympla next Tucwiay, where the #tate board of education will examine them. ee The divorce mill has been in good ‘king order “lay, and the fol lowing divorces w granted by Judge Jacobs; Bether Woods ve Ramuel B. Woods, divorce granted by default; Mary A. Huff va. James Huff, divorce granted by auit and Ella G. Hart ve. John Hart, dt vorce granted by default Supt. Meredith reports that the dis triet directors © the different echools in the county are rapidly! ¢ niments h making their ay ers for Oy ing year, very few changes are reported. ‘The manus oripts of examinations (n the eighth grades are now coming into the sup erintemlent’s office, and show that a very hiyh grade of work bas been done during the past year, Supt Meredith ts greatly pleased with the marked Improvement in the schools. | . . Ptephen D. Grey, an ineane man, was brought down from Skagway on the steamer Mumbokit this morning, | and he was turned over to the coun} ty short, see W. W. Seott was fined 5 by Judge! Cann thie morning for riding « horre | at « fast galt through the pubilc streets, see The funeral eorvic over the re mains of Francie MeGourty held from the Gacred Heart church at 10 o'cloek this morning were Detective Powers recetved a letter this morning from hia courte, Wi Mam J, Collins, who rewides at Grass Valley, Cal., this morning, in whieh he states that they are having their winter weather there now. This see tion of California usually experiences fine weather at this time of the year ore Potice Officer Hurkman sent tn hie resignation yenterday afternoon. Mr. Burkman intend leaving for the Munecok district within 4 few days, the potice are not certain that they | inet and the Copper river districts) to work several of his claims wee ‘Today ie a day of fasting and pray ing with the colored people of the United States, in view of the recent trouble in Georgia. The onter was went out several weeks ago, and Sun day, Junet, was also set aside as a day for special services. This even- ing Rev. George A. Baileys pastor of the African M. E. church, will con! duct spectal services, and next Sun- day his sermon subjects will be WILL GO EAST Prof. E. @& Meany, of the Univer sity of Washington, will go east tn a few days to «pend summer He will vieit the Chicago University Cornell, Washington City, the Van-| Jerbilt experiment station tn fores ¥ at Baltimore, University vonsyivania, Columbia University f Yale, Harvard, and return to the University of Wisconsin ab t June 3, where he will take a special courre in history. | Prof. Arthur Ranum will leave for Rerkley in a few days, where win! attend the summer school of the Un- | versity of Californta Prot. A. Hi. Full will spend the ork in the Stanford summer echool Pref. D. A. Lyon i» at Stanford now, doing a e@pecial None of work Prot. Homer R. Foster will leave Monday for his old home at Ann Ar- bor, Mich. GROWTH OF THE WOODMEN, C. W. Wheeler, chief lecturer of the Woodmen of the World, Pacific comet jurisdiction, is In the city, and met night he lectured to a large audience of the Wootmen at Armory hall The names of 134 applications for memberwhip were handed fn, and after the lecture a soctal time fol lowed, and dancing was the order of the evening. Mr. Wheeler reports that the Pa cifie coast jurisdictton was never tn a more prosperous condition, and that the membership is ner at an average of about 1500 1 bers per month. Mr. W ler will make hie headquarters in Seattle for the next four or five months, and at present he is located at the Hotel Butler ROME, June King Humbert hae granted a general amnesty to the polftical prisoners, numbering 1900, In honor of the 40th annivers ary of the creation of the Italian parliament | Here Are the Figures Wish you could see the qu Every Boy to June 26. F. W, White, city passemrer agent for the Pacific Coast Steam#hip com- y, was called to Davenport, Io., yesterday by the death of his father Bide were opened yesterday for the water and sewer system at Mag- nol Biuff, and #ix bide were re- ceived for the sewer system and four for the weter system. They are s follows; Bewer syster—Hirratt & Should H Over 1500 Suits at the Above Price To Escape the Se-| IT. Carr’ was signed on the receipts. ality, the make, the pattern. DONEY HA ONE CHA 1 verest Penalty. Our Saturday's Sale of...... y Gent’s Furnishing Goods Will interest all of you who like Up-to-Date Wearig Apparel meme And are economically inclined. Below we quote a few HE SIGNED RECEIPTS J.T. CARR | MEN'S Canvas Hota, all #isem, worth — ~ - i i0c, our | BEN'S Linen Canves Hats, fancy | check or plain colors, just the Instoad of Using the Name of Judge | 4. T. Cann-The Ruestion of Prosecution. thing, worth Tbe, our price Se. BOAT Quality Men’s Bik Buripe Can- vos Hata, the latest style, worth $1, our price Gaturday Th BOYS’ Linen Hate, all sizes, made to | #tay with you, worth 4c, our price There will not be an accusation of MI N’S Beamlees Gocks, fast colora, forgery placed against Bpecial OM black or brown, worth 1c, our harged | price 10 a pair. cer Downey, but he may b with obtaming money under false pretenres. The na instead receipts given Judge ¢ proper persons to prosecute De 1 be the persons from whom he fraudulently ed the money. The Judge was inter viewed by a Star reporter tht ina and he desired to be qu we When I first heard the news of he alleged forgery of my name it dis- | turbed me, As to the matter of prosecuting Mr. Doney, I find, on} further tnveetigation that my name was not used, but the name of "J » the Japanese prow nn thinks that the! titutes Apancee obtain- | ‘The promecuting attorney be i gested that the Japanese who kk “| the money ehould sign # complaint, | and not me. 1 don't know what/~ course they will take, ‘The matter ie in Mr. MeBiroy’s hands.” The sole te of conversation in police ctreles his morning wae Don, ey's downfall, The different officers say that they do not know what Doney meant by sacrificing his honor and g008 name for the small sum of B25. WEDDED ON A STEAMBOAT A wedding of a somewhat roman- tie nature took place on the Hum- boldt on May 28, while the steamer was en route to Skagway. The con- tracting parties were H. G. Torrance of Oakland, Cal, and Mre. Punty, of | one of the teading cities of the Past. | It was a case of love at firet right. Hardw Tinware Plumbing The couple met in an introduction and by Capt. Bonnifield, and a day or Tin Work v. two later the couple went to the aaeceeanae genial akipper with the request that he Join them in wedlock. ‘This he obligingly consented to do, and the ceremony was performed tm the pres. ence of the following witnesses: Purser J. 4. Carroll, Engineer J. & Hughes, and Mra. Brooks, one of the passongers. An Claborate dinner was served afterwanis in wheh large quantities of chawpairn played an important part. Torrance js eal to be quite! wealthy, being the possessor of large} mining properties in the Klondike. | The newly wedded couple left the! mer at Skagway en route to Dawson. STEAMSHIP DISASTER 1331 Second Avenue. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., June 2—The| Spanish eteamer Orlen, of New York, for Gopenhagen, while going at full) speed, drove on the rocks, beating in| her bows almost to the foremast. | A heavy sea wae on and the ad | abored and etrained heavily The} engine pipes exploded, scalding sev- iV juab! For Safe Deposit Boxes For the safe keeping of le Articles and Papers tat Be You carry t Safe Deposit Vauits % W. Columbie St. E. SHORROCK, Manager eral men. The crew lashed them- selves o the rigging unt) the sea abated. After terrible experiences a bout got off to the shore. Fish- ermen, who went to the help of the drowning men, saved 2 At an informal meeting held ven! Jubilee Gold Mining Company terday by the reprosentatives of the several Yukon steamship companies, ft wae agreed that they would main. |! now offering another block of tain a specified rate of transporta- | treasury stock for 44cashare. This tion on their steamers from Seattle fe a good purchase at this price, to St, Michael, and from St. Michael to Dawson. The rates to be adopt-| based upon the showing In the work ed by the Seattle companies this! pow in progress. Our advice is that season, including those of the Hritieh American company, are as follows: | ¥°" should not lose an opportunity From Seattle to St, Michael, first|to get in early, for Jubilee stock te class, $75 and Seattle to Dawson City|q safe and sure winner. and points on the Yukon, $150, ‘These rate include meals and berth SLATER & SMITH, Official Brokers 4 freight rates from Seattle to bg e wm. mes St, Yukon fiver points have been fixed| ‘Phone Main Oil. 126701 Seettie, at $150 per ton. The rate per ton to St. Michael ts $35. | WASHINGTON, June 2.—A state was printed this morning in a decided to allow the Hipino actors now i at San Francieco, to enter the United @tates, and give exhibitions, is denied at the Treasury depart ment, and no decision has yet been reached in the matter. | GO TO.... Sparkman & McLean FoR DARGAING IN REAL ESTATE Vhone Red 1706, 6 Bailey Bldg. ment which it w — We offer a nent, six-room house, jaily built, im good neigh. Jot ®x100} small pay t down, balance in payments to suit. ow | $2.00 $3.00 $2.50 $3.50 in Seattle Painting, Paperhanging, Kalsomining Fieture Frames Made to Order, Lock» mith Kepairing of All Kinds, iw7rethave, 406 Pike Street ave One. | Reside In the marketover thirty years—the pitske nner BIGGEST AND BEST IN THE STATE. DOMESTI J. REDELSHEIMER & CO, |, sewne machine. : | Pricesjreasonable. Tike St. 800-802 First Ave. Cor. Columbia, [*Stetepicie biny as MICKELSON, Agt y 206, 208, 210 Pike St = Grand Peoples’ Rally at i Armory Hall Tomorrow Night. No Monopoly. ~~ Reduced Fares. Good Music. Good Speakers. Telephone 50 - CENT | Specials. MEN'S Complete Line Fur Math latest block (they are warm yet), price to suit your purse, from Sc ta $3 each. MEN'S White Laundried Shirts, linen bosom, good enough for Hy our price The. COMPLETE Line Men's Neckwear, atyle ant colore strictly up to date, the to 66e each. haat SF" GQ. W, PETERSON & BRO. GEO. H. WOODHOUSE Successor to Woodhouse & Longuet WATER POWER Snoqualmie Falis Power Co. Distribating tations at GILMAN, RENTON, SEATTLE. Second Ave ant Hats &. The Proper Finish FOLIOS MUSIC om OT OER Sent WINTER & HARPER 903 Second Ave. Seattle, Wase, ‘WILL BUY A.... GRAMOPHONE ‘Tho Finest Talking Machine Bate, REGINAS ~~ From $7.00 to $300 Sherman, Clay & Co. “STEINWAY” DEALE! 514 Becond Avenue + + Seattle When —- You Want A Bargain In a New, Slightly Used or Second-hand é PIANO or ORGAN Remember we have the Largest and Most Com- plete Stock in the City, Call or write for prices and terms D. S. JOHNSTON 903 Seownd Ave, Burke Bulling