The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1899, Page 1

Pd ' : - t ‘ f om: TeudElt cca s nore five Cents a Month By Mall or Carrier Re SEATTLE ‘4 RT I TS ea I I 7 I I STAR. ODD Telephone Subscriptions to Pike 150 POO COPOOOOD eine I. | the mountaina, the White river jam Will be effectually removed, Measurements along the Stuck on the day after the explosion at the |Jam showed the river had gone down six inches, and it was belleved the j | water was receding #lowly, but sure- | ly, Last night it wae reported the I 1 | river was at its normal height, and this sgave rise to a rumor shat the jam had been restored. | Vellow Fever Victim. He is Too Choleric |. s2rseresinteasincttza | day of the death of Major Heatwole, chief commissary at Santiago, of yet low fever, yesterday, Meatwole was | born in Indiana. Fistcuffs in New Veork. i AY | NEW YORK, July 7.—Dal Hawk- 10 sult THE VANOOUVERITES ins, of ‘Frisco, Pale ‘rock O'Brien, of | New York, are scheduled to fight 20 rounds here tonight, DETROIT, Mich. July T.—Louls J Rush, of New York, is in jail on #us~ | picion of smuggling from Canada $20,000 worth of diamonds, which were found tied around hie ankles, Wire in a Cow's Stomach POTTSTOWN, Pa., July 1.—A cow on the farm of BE. HM. Walker, Limerick, has undergone a rema lable veterinary surgical operation by having @ coll of wire removed from jae 9 gene The aniumal is thriv- a Premieri Se They Propose to Run Him ot of Office Alas, for Joe Martin. ‘As foreshadowed exclusively in the Star several days ago, in an inter-| view with a prominent citizen of! Vancouver, B. C., a crisis is now at hand in British Columbia politics. Many people are now after the Balp of “Fighting Joe’ Martin, the Man that framed and caused to be passed the obnoxious alien mining Mr. Ludgate is now in the city with) the object of establishing bis big saw British Columbia government over-) thrown or suppressed in order that |™ent confirming the report that re- serve supplies and ammunition have attorney general, and his resignation bas been asked for by Premier Sem-) Ma, “Fighting Joe,” however, re-} fuses to resign, and he defies sant law, and his action tn regard to Mr./ Ledgate’s mill scheme ts not alto-) mill in this vicinity. A committee of 18, appointed in Vancouver, B.C. the mill might go up on Deagman’s ieland, in Vancouver harbor, been sent to South Africa. Eight |apecial service officers have been or- premier and his supporters. ‘Two causes are ascribed for Mar tin’s present difficulties, He ts the! KOR WAR gether satisfactory, The latter Cause interests Seattic people as) fmocn, pertans ar ihe former, «| With the Boers of South waited upon Mr. Martin the other day and asked him to take steps to Dave Mr. Ludgate's opponents in the | ny thie tng prints © A gentieman from Vancouver, who {= at present in the city, and Who) dered to go to Cape Colony and or- refuses | used, pinion of the arin ta a siak |aniae the residents, police and lo- er thie morning, sald: cal forces at various points on the afraid) Martin's political | frontier. The commander in chief career in ended. ft ts too late for | engaged tn completing the organ- he Ludgate | '#ation of @ large force whieh it will C it man te go-|be necessary to send to South Af- justry on Pug-| Tica tn the event of the unsuccessful allen law, it CUlminetions of the present negotia~ of Canadians, | tions with ith the Frepevest, ‘Transvaal. [KILLED £0 FOR © HIS MONEY Enumclaw Lumberman Has at the Seattle care to talk for tion at the present time. but says he will reach a decision in a few Disappeared. days as to what locality in the vic pNUMOLAW, Wash. July T= cinity of Seattic be will select a8 & tarry Lombard, an employe of the | White River Lumber company, age ©, mysteriously disappeared op the RY ARE ARE from Enumelaw, and has not been jseen since, He had over $500 on his |person, @ fact generally known jamong his associates, and tt is be- |Meved at Enumclaw that he hes been killed and robbed. | bard early in the evening on the way | to this place. He was then about three miles out on the road which leads through the woods on his way evening of July 4, about three miles ‘Three men going to work met Lom. home. ‘There are several places in White River Farm- ers Trapped. {tiveness | River Lumber company’s logg! camp for about 18 months. He w |sober and industrious and of a sav- ing disposition. Most of the em- | ployes of the company had gone to | Tacoma to celebrate the Fourth, and | Lombard waa left In charge of the EXPECT TO BE WASHED OUT “ leamp. ‘The suspicion that he might When the Next Freshet Comes jive left the vicinity of his own vo- | litien i# dismissed ae unworthy of Vyem the Mipting ‘Show co belief, for he could not have reach- the Mountains. #4 the ratiroad without being seen, Union Printers to Strike CHICAGO, July 7.—There ts « pos- sibility of another strike here tying | happened a no inclination to leave here. TACOMA, July 1.—White river far- mers have taken no action re- warding the dislodgment of the White fiver jam. They seem to be at a/ UP the newspape loss as to how to proceed, and seem Year ago. to be almost indifferent to the ac-| tion of the Stuck valley settlers in| low Mnotype machinists to work blowing out the big jam. with them unless they join the union Nearly all the farmers in the dis- trict have visited the site of the jam and have investigated the work of SELL T0 DAVIES the matter before the King sae of their own of nization, commissioners The White river farmers piace al great deal of confidence in the King county commissioners. In some way, they expect the whole matter to be Gettied as they would have it settled, and it is probable the commission- ers will be asked to investigate the There was a very lively meeting in Germania hall yesterday when a large the Renton Co-operative Coal com- SEA WASHIN TLE, FIRST STEPS ARE TAKEN To Secure an Ex- position Building The Geattie exposition butlding promoters met at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the chamber of com- merece, and the first steps were taken toward the establishment of an an- nual state exposition in thie city The attendance was large and was | composed of the following gentiemen | James @. Goldamith, L. A. Nadeau, F. A. Allen, lL. Cooper, R. C. Stevens, Mr. Hosam, H. BE. Holmes, P. F. Kelly, L. M, Wood and Thos. Prosch. Some discussion was made on the enlarge the Armory Mr. Holmes put up @ strong argument opposing euch a step, and the proposition was dis- minsed After some discunsion, it was deeded to Incorporate under the name of the Seattle Exposition for the sum of $25,000. Messrs. Gold- amith, Prosch, Kelly, Wood and corporators. Mr. Goldemith was ap- pointed a committee of one to con- sult an attorney regarding the ar- ticles of Incorporation, The articles will be so worded jo ma ock- holders responsible for only the stock subscribed. Active preparations will now be- gin for the completion of the expori~ tion building this year, Whether it is completed of not, a st expos tion will be held in Seattle next September. An effort will be made to absorb the pure food exposition. Arrangements will also be made to organize the counties to have their annual fairs at the same time, the Seattle exposition to follow a Rend later. By this means the Seattl expasition will be able to get the pick of the county exhibits. Tomorrow afternoon the meeting will be held at the chamber of commerce, and further plans will be developed. Bland's Successor. Cooper were elected to act as in-/ TON, FRIDAY men will also be furnished Ao petent and reliable telegraph vice Will be established betw attic and Neah bay, by wht jthe name of every v Cape Flattery will be r ely at the exchange. tis our plan to have the War change conducted by a membership of the shipping and commercial men of the city. We expect to have from 7h to © members. No informa Will be furnished to parties who are not members, We will also issue re ports of the commerce of San Fran- cinco, New York, and the principal shipping ports of rope, such aa London, Liverpool and others. Be- sides all matters relating to the mar- itime business of the city, a com- plete and accurate report of the com- mercial affairs will be given each day “The establichment of a Merchants’ Exchange in Seattle is a matter of much importance, and one which should be taken hold of by all the local shipping and business men. It Is something which Seattle has been wanting from the time her com+ ) means passing orted Imm mercial and shi “e relation with foreien ume such antic proportions, Up to this time, no reliable and definite communication has been had with Neah bay, and shipping men have long been con- jpcious the need of such an institu tion, Th it they will be ine formed constantly of the craft pass. ling in and out of Cape Flattery, and the time when their | sighted, returning from Alaska or Much annoyance and un- y will thus be saved.” NAMES OF THE VICTIMS Dr. Wileoxen and John Hughes, a commission merchant of this city, who arrived from the north on the steamer City of Topeka, bring the | particulare of the drowning the four men at Five Fingers on June 1 There were eight men on the scow which went to pleers on the rocks, Four of ita occupants were drowned Two clung to the rocks where they remained for 27 hours. The other two floated down the river two and one-half miles, The names of the drowned men were: L. Green, of Be- attle; Hallett Tingley, of Vietoria, B.C; William Hoffman, of Oak Mar- bor; M. Mahon, of Whidby Island. ——__ ANTI-TRUST CONFERENCE eccong| Governor Rogers Is Severely Criticised. AUSTIN, Tex., July 1.—Yesterday Gov. Bayres received a letter from C. G, Heifner, insurance commissioner EVENING, Vensols are) |the dense woods between that spot_ Lombard had worked at the White | The Typographical union will not) land the machinists refuse to leave | number of the shareholders of} SPDALIA, Mo., July T.—It te om. | of Washington, on the ewbject of the clally announced today that General | proposed anti-trust conference of Robert McCulloch of Cooper county | governors and attorney generals to will be a candidate for congress in Mi the cighth district, to mucesed the 12 | be eS ae cenwigeag ian at late R. P. Bland. 5 ate Bland. Gen. McCulloch is ‘The letter says: “We have also major general of the United Con- federate veterans of Missourt, Con-| Viewed with much chagrin the action | federate cavalry. We also served af-| Of the governor of thi sate inrefus- | | ter the w ate register of lands, |! to attend auch convention, either | | He owns a fine farm in Cooper coun. | '" Perton or by representative, ity and l@ very poplar with the ex- Confederates of the state. to represent the state who should be chonen and properly accepted by oth. ler atate ofictals. “The question t# one of such com- manding importance that the mere | whim of one man ought not to be allowed to place the Democrata of --—_— + thin at in @ wrong light before the people of this country. “I believe you are entitled to the suppii of all people who believe tn & government by the people against a govrnment by corpor: With This Enemy of Dreyfus, | Sstares tt j ernor alone excepted, desire to as- | sist you in every way possibile.” PRENCH CABINET ACTS DECISIVELY Peace Conference Recesses THE HAGUE, July 1.~The arbit- ration section of the peace conference will adjourn today for a week in order to allow the delegates to re- Repleces the Militery Governor ef ceive fresh instructions from thelr - governments concerning the arbitr: Poris by Dreyfus’ Friend t scheme which was finally Brugere. drawn up and presented to the ar- bitration section today, PROTEST OF - ENDEAVORERS this state, and he stands absolutely alone among the state officials. “I desire to inquire, therefore, if you would receive some other official PARIS, July 7.—The cabinet today replaced Gen. Zurlinden, military governor of Paris, with Gen. Brug- ere. |. The latter Is a Dreyfus revistoniat, | while Zurlinden was an enemoy of Dreyfus. of the Christian Endeavor society this morning adopted a resolution 9 protesting against the gates of any BRCHANTS | national exposition or fair being open on Bunday. Another resolution an- | nounced was a protest against seat- ing Congressman Roberta, of Utah, EXCHANGE SANTIAGO, July 1.—Tellow fever jis epidemic, and is causing a stam- among Americans here. Sev- hundred left for the United |Gtates yesterday “On this question the governor in| not in accord with an overwhelming | majority of the fusion mapority of | and to this end DETROIT, July 7.—The trustees | explosion. It will require a freshet to thor oughly complete the work of the Pierce county farmers. The dirt and fogs have been loosened, they will be carried away with the rising wa ters, and the torrent would be turn @4 into the White river. Those who have seen the work say the Pierce county farmers simply made it pos- sible for nature to open the old chan- nel. | Even though a@ portion of the erm- bankment had been biewn down, it} would wash out with a freshet ‘White river farmers believe the wa- ter will be turned into their stream, and are preparing to save their farms from inundation | There is certain to be a rising of the sivers soon, though the show on| the mountain ts melting much wlow-! er and much more evenly than us-| wel. Much of the snow had come down during the coo! weather with Out causing A Mood, vut residents in Wie valley beleve the warm weath- @ will cause ao flood soon. ‘When this water is sent down from pany met to decide whether a propo- sition made to them to sell should be pted. Griffith Davies, whe rep. nts a syndicate of New York peo- r ple, made @ proposition to buy the stock of the company at $125 per share, and to pay up all debte. A number of strong resolutions were passed protesting against the sale of the stock. Mr. Davies’ operations, in consequence, were given a knock.) out, nearly éveryone present being opposed to selling any part of the! property RECRUITING — OFFICE BUSY. The local recruiting office is busy today enlisting men under the new call for troops. Twelve men were enlisted yesterday, and it is expect ed th e new regiments will be mus- tered in shortly after the 10th of this month ‘One May Be Established in Seattle. A movement is being Inaugurated by certain business men for the os- tablishmentof amerchant’s exchange in Seattle. The parties back of the lecheme are well known citizens, whore names are witheld at present for various reasons. A. Z Wash- burn, formerly of the Western Union Telegraph company, has been select- ed as manager, He sald this morn- ing to a Star representative: | “We are making arrangements for ewtablishing a Merchants’ Exchange in Seattle, which will be similar to that of San Francisco in every re- aspect, It will furnish complete and jaccurate reports of the shipping cov- lering all ports along the Sound and British Columbia. All matters of interest to marine and commercial ANOTHER FINE STEAMSHI BREMDN, July 7.—The North Ger- |man Lioyd Steamship company has determined to build a boat that will surpass the Kalser Wilhelm der Grosse in point of speed and in many other respects, The vessel will be constructed by German shipbulld- ors. i AWHEEL TO SWITZERLAND Joun Maller, a prominent sewier of Chehalis, has been spending a tow days in Seattle, and left on his wheel this morning for Aarau, Switzerland, | He will make the entire land. trip on! his whee], While in Europe he will! visit all the different countries. Mr. Haller will ride a wheel of his own | made, the “Haller,” and expects to je gone about @ year and a half, JULY 7, 1899, NTORY OF THE DEBTS Which McKinley Contracted WHEN HE WASGOVERNOR OF O10 sational Chairman Finley. COLUMBUS, O., July T—At the Meeting of the Ohio Democratic clubs today, Chairman Pintey creat led = sensation by declaring that he | had been investigating the matter of the collection taken up for McKinley when he wan governor, to relieve him from financial embarrassment alles ed to have been due to indorsing a| paper for a friend. Finley assert- ed that MeKiniey did not tndorse for thie friend, but that the debt was a; partnership one of McKinley and| Walker, and that part was for money borrowed for use in MoKiniey's con-| gressional campaign. He deciarea| the money raised by Hanna Kobisaat and others was not used to pay Me- Kinley's debt, but that the notes were bought and are now held by Manna as a club over McKinley. THE RACES AT HENLEY HENLEY, July 7.—-Howell, the American, won the finals in the Diamond Sculls. This is the third successive year that the trophy has been won by the American. ‘The Grand Challenge Cup was won by the Leander eight. The Oxford four captured the Visitors’ Chalienge Cup. The Thames Challenge Cup was won by the Firat Trinity crew. ‘The Wyfold Chatienge Cup was won by Trinity Mall. THE DEATH OF ‘ROBERT BONNER NEW YORK, July t.—-Robert Bon- ner, & prominent horseman and the publisher of the New York Ledger, died last night at hie home after an | Uiness of several months, Mr. Bon- | ner was aiways.in the beet of health up to about a year ago, when his | Iifelons friend, Rev. John Hall died. The death was @ sever shock to him jand he gradually broke down. EXPLOSION KILLED tt The Tragic Death of | - Mrs. Dickins, THE WIFE OF A NAVY OPPICIAL at Her Washington ® it Fire With WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.— Mre. Marguerite Dickins, the wife of Capt. Dickins, assistant chief of the navigation bureau, was killed this morning by an explosion of naptha ‘at her residence, 'TO REBUILD THE RAILROAD | Recent developments point to the buliding, in the near future, of the fverett & Monte Cristo ile road, and the ning of the erett & Monte Cristo mines. T opinion is constantly growing in the circles that before enc railway houts which occurred about a t ago. When Mr. Bond, genoral saeenger and freight agent, was in |Beattle, he made arrangements for a clerical force to carry on that part lof the work, and also left orders for the shipment of miners to Everett and Monte Cristo. The road will be rebuilt over 60 miles, and new equip ment throughout will be supplied The contract for the reconstruction of the road is said to have been let} to Foley Bros., of Bt. Paul, and work | will commence at once According to Dame Rumor, John D. Rockefeller and James J, Hill will work together in the construc tion of a steel rail plant to be built on the grounds of present rail works at Everett WASHINGTON, D, ©. July Senator Chandler, of New Hamp shire, announces that he will not | make a contest to be returned to the senate. | | of this year the road will be In better | OR Jeondition than it was before the] \* anne NO. 114, FREEZERS... White Mountain a-quart, $1.85; 3-quart, $2.25; 4-quart, $2.75 Aroetic I-quart, $1.10; 2-quart, $1°35; 3-quart, $1.50. SPELGER & HURLBUT (21b-1217 Avenue PA INTERS’ SUPPL ES Glass, Wallpaper, Etc. STAR PAINT CO. Third and Pike. Come and See Our New Line ———— Crockery and Glassware i Just Received. It Will Pay You. GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. > Soe wt Fives a screener ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? H. N. RICHMOND PAPER CO. | Sell Sheathing Paper; 500 Square Feet of Paper for 34 213-215 Occidental AYe BRUNNER & CO. 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I have been advised that you ar are honest in your opinion, bat altogether too enthusiastic,” This is an extract from a@ co: munication received within a day or two. We'll wager a big epple that the man who wrote it came in contact with the Smart Alec to whose absurd utteranceg we have been calling your attention lately, After 24 years in this business we claim to know something about it and yet, in the estimation of our correspondent, must take @ back seat for this fellow who is of that class spoken of in the following lines “Some tell what they have heard, or tales devise; Bach fiction still improved with added lies.” In the green years of our fe we were taught that “truth was stranger than fiction,” and doubtless so were you, yet when we dare to tell the story of the great mineral deposits of the Index-Silver Creek mining district we are confronted with such idiotic statements as heads this advertisement If we could only meet that laborious fool with his dark and melancholy views of human nature, we'd endeavor to correct his tempers in a way which would redound very much to our Satisfaction if not to his JOHN E McMANUS & SON, 918 Second Avenue GEO. 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