The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 8, 1899, Page 1

PSS HOVOSOCOO. Twenty-five Conts a Month By Mall or Carrier PPOGHO OHO GOO9 9909 ee. SHE SAT BY His Own One of the most frightful stortes told, ts related by Dr. Leroy 8. Tow of Topeka several days ago Chartes Johnson and Peter Bens February to cross from the valley Valdes glacier. Whib gave way, precipitating Benson pletely immersed. but out making their int The temperature was about @ game is up! I must die!” “Don't give make 4 run for it!" Hoth were an creek. Within a minute Benson's ¢ stiff as a board. Gradually the dew Stopped running, staggered and go any farther,” he feebly muttered. or ‘Was indeed true, so he sar < silently awaited the end. of wood In the vicinity with which to bulld @ fire. Benson fe! ‘was doomed and as soon as he recovered breath, exclaimed. nerved, Stopping to think of their Dlankets, in which Benson might quickly have been rolled with his wet clothes off his person, the two ran down the then TH Terrors. . THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO MINERS ‘= rt te Who Were Attempting to Reach the . Coast From Copper River. ONE OF THEM REGEWED A FATAL WETTING And Met Death Sitting in.the Snow Story of Their Privation and Suffering as Told by the Survivor, of death on the Copper river yet who came down on the City on, (Woe prospertors, attempted last at the Copper to the coast by way of way along a creek the ice suddeniy > the water beneath. He was com- Johneon managed to drag the unfortunate man below sero and there was not a bit that he "Chartle, the eried Johnson, “Let's apparently, and without up, ma othes began to freeze and were soon fy chil! made iteeif manifest and he ink down tn the snow Johnson saw that the “I can't statement down beside Ais freeaing partner and both Ina few moments Benson's eyes grew heavy | % with the benumbing colt and he sank off Into his last long sleep, od Fouttering some incoherent sentences. ae. Johnson waited in the frightful silence for fully a quarter of an hour, ee ‘Until bis mind began to give way before the awful terrors of the 4 - tion around him and then, springing to his feet, he hastily scraped some snow over the corpse of his dead partner and ran away down the creek | toward the giaci for heip. He w fast becoming eft his partner buried in the « ow. tried to bend the corpse so tha Gnd placing it by his side. partialiy Pete! there for an hour. be dead if I didn’t move. and started down the creek. I however, directed my footate was co Partly covered with snow. 1 knew.” The sequel to Johnson's st: who rescued him. Coming Fegained partial consqiousness, John was heaven. boys, but I see that It When of it had gone to its final abode vidently were coast to a point on Copper river some weeks in the hoxpital at Copper the story @n related by him above. ALL AGAINST JOE MARTIN: People of Vancouver Want to Get Rid of Him. Dr. W. Me faughton, of Vancouver. of the best-known prac loners in the province, is a guest the Ralwler-Grand hotel. He came er to mpend the Fourth in Seattle 4nd has remained here for several days to see all that there is worth Seeing in the Queen efty Dr. McNaughton is thoroughly In- formed in reg present p Ntleat crisis in British Columbia, and fie confirms the report that the # @ament wil) probably “go to f fz of the > bulld a attitud anted t aver milf near Vane ad r. McNaughton says that the peo le of British Columbia are @uehly aroused over what they the ruination of the ‘Atlin dist the interfere smanagemen nd m oft ‘ poker Dr. M ut out of vincial elec FAREWELLS ON MONDAY Closing Events of the C. E. Convention. DETROIT, Mich. July # @uifoor enthering chiet the Chrietian Kona Will be held oe nm meetings Sunday ont forewe Who weather | hour” in ‘Vent P. this.snors ine was more jar coly attended than | ever. -The big n to a small mound @istance away, and which I discovered was a miners’ cache of provisions I sank down beside tt and that was the last curiously feeling of things about him ‘HE WAS TIRED OF TROUBLES . r | Cudahy Within a few minutes he stopped and ehrieked aloud maniac. Not a sound could be heard except his own voice. mockingly answering from a reverberating cli end after @ moment, he started torun back to the spot where Placed the Corpse Upright In the Snow. After finding the piace by retracing his own trail, Johnson dug fran- tically down into the snow and exhumed the body of Benson. He then it would asaum, semi-sitting posture above the snow, he looked long and earnestly at the froaen features. “I did it for company,” he afterwards ex- plained. “Tt gave me reat comfort. I should have died of terror in that » Vent Arctic waste, if it hadn't been for the companionship of poor, dead Each timte as I felt the horror gathering look at Pete and talk fo Bim. as though he were alive Then I felt that I was my brain, I would I must have sat lowly freezing and would soon So | jumped op, buried Pete agein in the snow ompletely lost. A good Providence, hich I saw a short ¥ was told to Dr. Townsend by the miners up &% few minutes later with a sled loaded with provisions, which they intended to put in the cache, the miners discovered the unfortunate man lying Gneonscious in the pearly dead from cold. They wrapped him in biankets an4@ furs and goon had the satiefaction of seeing signs of returning lfe snow and # 800n AS he m reached out one hand and began Finally he spoke, “T thought this tent. Dm atti on the Copper.” The poor fellow actually believed that he had died and that his spir he sank off into that deadly slumber impending death. saved and is now carrying mati for Uncle Sam trom the He wae under Dr. Townsend's care for Center and there the doctor learned Suicide of Ex - Lieutenant CHICAGO, M1, July §.—Px-Lieut Samuel Pague, who attempted to kill Col. Crofton at Fort Sheridan tour years ago, for which he Aigmian ed from the army, committed duicide this morning in a cheap lodeing house by swallowing chloral. Pague suspected Crofton of Intimacy with | Mrs. Pague. WHERE IS J.C. BROWN? He Has Been Missing Since April 1. | - } been reported to the police Brown has J. Chas. in missing from his renidence, #18 Jackson street, and his brother, Ww Brown, of 292 Chureh street New York, has written to Chief Reed for information concerning him Krown had resided in Seattle for ten yoars and had for several months up to the time of his disappearance, pri 1, been employed os a shipping clerk by Cudahy Packing com pany It w as learned at the office of the Vacking company that Mr vwn left for Everett April i. 1 thoroughly competent and quit of his own accord, Mire Iphott, with whom he was hoarding, states that the day following Easter he told her | Anishing touches SEATTLE, ENGLAND'S to work as veual g hos deeh seen of vide foar foul play tat he was goin Sinoe then noth Mr * two Httle girts axed 1 4 years, and Mra. Inhoft Dw taking care of them Mr.| ae, 8 ~ And Talked Earnestly to It to Dispel is 4 & feet weighs 170 pounds. THE SYLVESTER unt yesterday ntord granted 4@ continu ribed an being 3 8 inches tall and ‘Sent today to the Boers. u ance inthe cage of L. Sylveater, who 1 with embesaling funda "North Dakota insurance . question as to whether or ater wii be surrendered to GIVEN SEVEN dD. vs ry GRAC orth Dakota will til next Tue decided A Fatal Landslide. “i are | CAPE TOWN, July &—Bleven men |Ualese Setistectery Pledges Are} ead and sixteen miasing, as a Given, 30,000 Tre wie result mine of a landslide In the diamond at Jagerfontein, Orange Free State, today | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July NEW YORK, July 8. Reddy James, 10, ie under ar charged with the murder of Charles >The Journal's London ees, wale ae hy = ‘NS Special today says: Eng- bave killed with « stone James be land has sent an ulti- matum to the Trans- ROBBED OF $220 Sest"vmechne ax IN NUGGETS lish government = re- ceives withinseven days , C i. § ory Jesse Robs rts Tackles a Sal- eplicitand satisfactor} oon inths Tenderloin. whom ‘ pledges that Traansval reforms will be made J Roberts. a resident of Olyart nia. rep J at the potioe headquar- 7 ve ” pia repo ted at ine police nestvar’ that will give Uitland romped of $229 Jo wold nueecl 2°) ers a voice in the gov- ab. Wie Ginned aerka is! ernment, thirty thou- Mug.” rook him 1oto nie peva’e ©” sand troops will be sent) ty. He remembers or spey quer yes criniees em to the Cape immedi- headuwarters he ecilt had $600, Chiet | BECLYs Reet aid this ™ that he io Enea tended a ster mmediately to B tohered by Tra pe. pect ELAZABETH. 4, Joy t- | William =D ¢ a mill hand, killed ie body. living in Rahway, N. J, © lagt evening by tramps and TWO ENGINES || MeKintey Won't Stur Stump Ohie WASHINGTON, D.C, July &— It i not the intention of President The beard of public works this morning and « number of pete tions were considered and referred t the @ifferent departments. The board McKinley to make aceepted the bid of the La France Ohio during the fail campaign, a¢ Fite Engine company for one new |@anounced. He may find it conven, lengine and the bid of the American ‘emt to wielt the state at an_oppor+) Engine company for an engine. The tune time, however, and lend the in- cost of each engine will be $4990. fluence his presence might have. HE SWORE = BIG OATHS WasHin D Juty & od from Gen. Otis this morning: “The jor dee of all volunteers In t | seelocee regiments are fairly well as- | sured.” WOMEN ADMITTED | TO THE BAR women lawyers were admitted to! practice today by justices of the ap- peliate division of the supreme court. Before the justices took their feats the clerk of the court announe- 2 ed: “Ladies are requested to re- move their bats WAS INSULTING TOA REPORTER |r “never meara_of auch a tning pald Miss Mary Coleman, one of the jeandidates, “You'll all have to r move your hats.” sald an assistant) clerk. A court attendant touched Wes Mot Vet Token @ Tums | one or two of the young women on) bie to His Own |the shoulder, saying: “Take your bat off, mise.” Off came the hate. Conseque: | ‘The seven young women members jof the New York bar are Louise Ba- \rigbt, Mary Coleman, Louise C |Hink, Mary H. Kenyon, Hatrice Maybaum, Martha V. Overland and Florence A. Sheftel Fiercely The new government steamer Gen M. Wilson. which was partially con tructed Ballard, is having the) HAVANA, July £—One new cane put on her in the lof yellow fever was reported today, Arlington and the iso @ number of suspected cases slip between the White Star docks When a Star re A petition was filed at the city hall this afternoon from the residents of the Ninth ward, asking for a divi. was almost cursed | 19m of the ward Into six precincts. the brine” by Walter MeV ener, t of constuction an Kastern man, he ts & choice and very wide vocabulary ot blood-curdling oaths and he ex- hausted It In hin attempt to express hausted it in his attempt to imprese the reporter with his importance Recourse waa had to Capt. Herbert Beecher, and almost before the re-| 91) the white pudd} employed at porter sin the cabin with that) Moorhead Bros. @ Co.'s Iron works | genial skipper, the air was a@ain at Sharpsburg were discharged to- sulphurous for McVesey had fotlow-|asy, and the places filled by negroea, ed with the object of thwarting the| who were brought from other place interviewer. He aid he did notiand taken to the plant last night want any blankety-blank newspaper |The frm has opposed the aMliation men on the hoat, and threatened tol or its employes with the Amalgam throw all that crossed the gangplank | gieq ansociation, and recently a large! the deep |number of puddiers joined the union. my nan spent be much time THE BABIES WERE ANXIOUS TO MARRY ST. LOUIS, Mo, Reck, 7. orter went abe i this morning to get a few necessary particulars In regard to the steamer for pubtication he into NEGROES IN THEIR PLACES PITTSBURG, Pa, July §— wial plank inte cultivating the vocabulary retorted to that the work of construction the boat is some months henind: | and there do. Thinks He Is B: witched. is still a lot of work to | July §&—Claude LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., July &— and Grace E. Frey, 6, apr} In a cell at the county house, n plied for a marriage license yester- Manchester, John Marquith, 82, i day. ‘The children have known each | confined. He has killed three peo-| other since babyhood. They con- Pichede imagines (hat he Is De-| santiy played at housekeeping, he! ate assuming the role of the head of Tite committer appointed to invent. | the household and Grace as his wee e the alleged acts of certain off. wife The children were sent home clala, Who have been charged with where the maternal slipper, judt- accepting: money from Chinese opium|elously applied, an end to the smokers, promising in return pollee romance. Frank “Richard and Frank Morris were taken to the pen at Walia Wal- ja today by Tom Burke to serve a five years’ nentence each protection, is in ssssion thiw after. — noon taking testimony. Stanley, son of rich Kloadiker, ree today in the jor court from his wife Kila M Stanley. He alleges desertion and ir compatability of tem John 1 William brought R. Rénetine has been appointed by| sheriff Van DeVanter special depu } y at Renton. WASHINGTON, SA PURDAY Lump speeches in! The following cabiegram was receiv: | BV RBING, $ 000,000 Smelter Works ORONTO, Ont July Bed, W er, of Cleveland, and Louis A of Balem, 0, 1d today im thie elty ing & mite for a million dollar tr smelter and steel works, A wultable secured and if the city rants tax exemption and dredges 4 jock fourteen feet deep the works will go on, as there in pipnty of lo eal and Ohlo capital pind the | scheme WERE THE DOGS STOLES apent moat of lo | Last | arrested 8. Lundberg, who |s alleged | to have stolen two dogs from Julius Redelsheimer, Shunberg declares his innocence and states that the dogs followed him home MITIGATION OF SENTENCE | | | WASHINGTON c, July & |tn the ymanter Wii- ox, sentenced to dismissal for ac { dalous conduct, namely: betng in the © foated when he reported te mandant at Mare island, the presi dent, while, approving the findings of the court, will mitigate the pen tence in placing Wiloox at the foot of this list of paymasters and put him on tif pay for a year A PUGILIST BADLY INJURED MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.. Juy * It tm likely that Hawkins, the pug! ist, will never enter the ring again In the fight with O'Brien last night he sustained a fracture of the left | hand and collar bone, The doctors say be can never regain the strength in teh hand | Dal Hawkins wae defeated by O'Brien at New York ast night in one of the flercest 25-round battles ever fought, The fight although fast Was not satisfactory and the men had everything their own way as the referee was very cautious In having jam break away and fant clean THEE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION PORTLAND, July § Special |The meeting of the Nations! EAjtor jai Association adjourned yesterday after electing the following officers President—R. MH. Menry, Jackson Matt Parrott, ian Firat Vice President Waterioo, lowa Second Vice President—F. B. Bal- Lia, Clebourne; Tex j Third Vice President—Albert To sier, Portland. Or. Corresponding Seeretary—J. M Page. Jerseyville, 11 Recording Becretary—M. White. Mekico, Mo. Theasurer—James G. Gibbs, Nor- Orleans next year Tt is now cértain that the a a tion will arrive at Seattle about 6 | eure Wednesday, evening. There i} be undoubtedly between 400 $90 visitors to go to the Sound coun- j try same SPORTING NEWS... | ae | A meeting of the P. N. A. wil be held tonight at © {n the parlors at the KRainier-Grand. The clubs en- titled to send delegates are Mult |nomah Athletic club; Firet Regiment of Oregon Athietic club, Astoria Ath- |hete club, Tacoma Y. M.C. A. | tle Athietic club, and the University lof Washington Athletic association The most important matters to come }up will be to start the ball arolling or the annual fall handicap meet It wilt be necessary lo elect an of cial handicapper for the meet, and | alao to decide upon 4 time and place for holding the meet. There is « | talk that the time should be change |from September to August. The | Fourth of July meets are so much eartier that the men are al! out of training before the fall meets, At tbe fast meeting of the P.N. A. the Un versity of Washington Athletic club delegates made an effort to have these annual games changed from Beptember to June, ao the University team could enter, but them were not successful. Whether the present ef fort will be any more muccessful re iggy to be seen. eee ‘The two cups won by the 8, A.C In the meets of June Mand July 4, as | trophys in the relay race, are on ex- hibition at the club rooms. They are both fine specimens of the jewelor's are, the one for July 4 being expect ally worthy of mention. oe M. C.A. Baseball team had C. As park The Y & practice game at ¥.M last night | . The Y. M, C. A, will hold. handi- cap tennis tournament next week | The events will be both single and | double, and will be played at ¥. M A. park. The affair isunde r the | direction of a committee composed of Dr. ©. B. Ford, Dr, ©. A. Smith and CW. Smith, They will also be the |handicappers for the tournament ‘The date ashe he ‘the tennis tour | nament for the championship of the | Northwest is August 9 The meet | will be held at Tacoma. Following that on August 15 & tournament will be held for the champtonship of the state. This one will be held in Se- attle, Both of these events promise | some Interesting work | Arrangements have been made for a game of baseball between the bat tleship Iowa team and the Seatle Na tlonals tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 s'clock. The game will be played at | Madison park grounds has begun F. K. Btruve, receiver, |muit against I, A. Maltby f | session of the Tremont hotel gUL night Deputy Sheriff Wilson | Y 8, 1899. SCHURMAN IS PLEASED With Conditions on the Islands. FILIPINOS ACCEPT INBYITABLE it of They Words of This @ public ef Our Willing to Bee tm WASHINGTON, D. C., July #8 Dinpatches have been received at the state partment from President Schurman of the Philippine commis sion, giving an nt of bis jour ney inspecting the islands, He found the conditions extremely gratifying There was a disporition almost ev- an sover- erywhere to accept Amer enty and take advant better condition of thin American occupation bolds out Bchurman expects to arrive in San Franciacc arent Al Angus COLUMBIA WINS SECOND RACE a Clear- cut Vietory Over the Defender. LARCHMONT, N. ¥., July &—The yachts Defender and Columbia got off in their second race at 12:40 this afternoon, the Defender crossing the line fret. They turned the firet ing atl2%. The Columbia wae apparent ly leading | ‘The Columbia won, crossing the finish line 2% minutes ahead of the | Defender “CAP” BREES MISSING, TOO Has Not Been Seon: Since the Evening of July 4 T. KR. Brees, better known as “Da » ie mineing and the police partment received notice to make concerning his whereabouts y afternoon. Brees has been employed around the Seattle wharves for years and hae lately conducted @ cigar store in the West Seattle ferry building at the foot of Marion street, He disappeared in the evening of July 4 about € o'clock leaving bis store locked and he has [not been seen since. The report was | brought in by F. W. Goodhue. Brees is about 55 years of age, 5 feet 6 inch es tall and weighs about 135 pounds. ‘VICTORIAN | ALMOST READY, |To Take Her Place on the Kingston's Old Route. G. F. Thorndyke, of Dodwell & Co, stated today that the steamer Vic- torlan has completed repaire at Quart Tacoma where her engines are being adjusted. She will begin operating n the Seattie-Victoria route about August t. Mr. Thorndyte also states that the same officers who were in charge of the steamer City of King- ston at the time she was wrecked, will be installed on the Victorian. WANT NEGROES IN HAWAII WASHINGTON, D. C, A gentieman from Honolulu, Mr. M. Ringdon, now visiting Washing- expresses the opinion that the n islands are a good country laborers, and that if ~ number of negroes of the United States could be prevailed on to go there it would prove greatly to their advantage, Already there ts talk among owners of sugar plan tations In Honolulu of making an effort to get negro labor from this country. It i* true, said Mr. Ring- don, in ® conversation on this sub+ ject, “that the Chinese and Japanese we hav there make fairly good plantation hands, but there is a sen. timent that we have enough of the ‘Ortentals, and if a good number of industrious blacks from the South could be induced to come out they would be heartily welcomed. It is an ideal country for the negroes, be- bause the mild climate would suit them, and many of them would un- doubtedly ter their condition by migrating would be able to get far better wages in Hawail than in the southern cotton flelds, If they came In any numbers their presence would operate check on further importations of Chinese and Japan- ene ton. Haw ney A Valuable Dollar. CHICAGO, July &—A special to the Chronicle from Racine, Wis. A. Altman, clerk in a leading says dry sods house in thia city a week » received a silver doliar in pay- ment for goods that brought him him $1000, ‘The coin is dated 1804, and very valuable, there being only a few ‘of that denomination tn existence. 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