The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1899, Page 4

PLAYED FOR GOLDEN STAKES AND LOST ALL Sad Plight of Alaskan Prospectors Re- Ae to Living With Indians. It ts not menerally known In civiliea of education and apparent refinement will winter in Alaska as the gueste of the Indians who live on the shores of the mighty Yukon They are, as a rule, men who, failing (o make “a stake” in the Klon dike or In Alaska started down the river in ematl boats or on rafts with very amall supplies of provisions. When thelr food gave out the unfor tunate miners struck some friendly Indian camp and If encouraged to reMain, did ao. They quickly fell Into the customs and habits of the na- tives, and in a num? ntent to forego the Pleasures of civilization Capt, Coffin, of this city, who took the up the river this summer, iv authority for the number of white miners have cast in their lo Al a for at least the winter “As I traveled slowly up the river,” he “I both saw and heard of whites living with the stances the Siwashes feet honored by the presence of white men in their camps, but it is not always emooth sailing f equaw men.” We p ed many wretched looking 2” rafts, and on my return trip Toh that they had dropped out of sight in some Indian village pp. What will ultimately become of them will probably be told next spring. ‘The lot of the men I refer to in the far north ts certainly unenviable..” of cases now seem quile ce barge Yukon part of the way atement that quite a with the Siwashes of Indians. In some in- or oa Peculiar Accident to a Steamer. steamer Douglas SAULT STR. MARIE, Mich., Houghton, the largest ship on the lakes St. Mary's river at the sailors the traffic of all Lake Superior commerce vised to wait here until something has ia eaki that it will take several days to raise the steamer. The Houghton, which belongs to the Bessemer Steamship Company. John D, Rockefeller’s fleet, was bound down from Lake Superior towing the big steel schooner Frits.. Both were deeply loaded with tron ore. As they reached the narrow passage at the encampment, where the current runs swiftly, the wheel chains of the steamer parted, and e swung around, grounding her bow on ahe bank. The current swung the stern across the channel. and the Frits, with all the impetus of 7,000 tons of fron ore, and 2,000 tons of ship, struck the Houghton on the side, cut- ting through the steel plates like a tin can. ‘The steamer sank to the bottom at once, In euch a position that the deep channe!ia completely biocked. The wrecking forces of the Thompson Mine were dispatched to the scene as soon as they could be gathered, and ‘work will proceed night and day. The cargo must be unloaded onto Ughters, pnd the hole in the side patched by divers. Then the water will be ingen out, but in the swift current tale will be a long and trouble- STEEL FAMINE THE NATIONAL CRIPPLES NAVY WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 1) CHICAGO, Sept. 12 ‘The navy ts beginning to feel sert Nati the effect of the heavy advance « steel market. Today the ship firm of Lally & Co., of Hos Sbaak & Giamened i & year’s extension from | gecond game 1 in building the torpedo) nati 4; at New York-—first game, New! De Long and Blakeley, now) York 5 Chicago 12; second game construction in their yards. New York 6 Chicago 5; at Brooklyn} Nixons, at Eliaabethport, N. J..) —pintsburg § Brooklyn 11; at Phila- are building the torpedo boats! deiphia—firet game, Clevetand and O'Brien, have stated | philadelphia 12; second game—Cleve- 10 naval offictals that it ts impossible | jand 4, Philadelphia §; at Boston, the them to get forgings and struts, game with St. Louln was postponed it ie expected that they wil) have! on account of rain. The standing ask for an extension. There are! of the clubs is as follows Sept. 12.—The steel les sunk acroes the channe encampment, and effectually blocks All down boats are being ad- with the wreck, and it on done i At Baitimore—Loutevilie © 3; at Washington—firat follows Balti 3 g if TH at twelve of the torpedo boats and | Clubs PC stroyers under construction tn vart-| prookiyn 2 ous yards, and all are affected by | Friiadeiphia 40 the steel famine and the heavy prices) poston eo that it is expected that extensions) attimore a. | CInetnnati WAS A FAVORITE o— rote le . ny IN THE FAMILY |S." Washington . ‘wit be asked on all of these craft. | at Louis Pittebure . Cleveland A building permit has been issued HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Sept. 12.| —William Mercer, of Raccoon creek, 16 miles from here, has married five! sisters. Not ail of them at once. | course, but when one wife died ‘Mr. | for @ two story brick addition to the Mercer married her sister. In a word | 2 Anne seh ‘The new aitdi- on is to comt $5,200. ‘Mr. Mercer fell in love with the clan Of Moffatt, and the Moffats agreed CAUSES A PANIC Mr. Mercer smiled when he came here to get his fifth marriage lieense. He today married Miss Anna Mof- JAMESTOWN trolley wire broke as an ¢ car.started down Main street today fatt, who ts 2¢ years old. In pureu- ance of the plan to keep Mercer tn the family, Mise Anna rejected a young man of Raccoon cr ke N. Y., Sept. 12.—A eetrie hr and the loone wire wound around the| HE HELD ON TO car, causing a brilliant display of electric t An | ensued | Hghting. panic |among the passengers who Jumped feral were badly injured. Among the | seriously hurt are: Mra. James Het 1, Biburn, IL; back of head se- verely bruixed by concussion of the brain; condition dangero Mrs. B Hart, Bradford, Pa,; arm badly in- | ‘gired; face and body bruised. GLASB8BORO, N. J Sept young man amed C. F by J. L. Davenport at Prickett's mi had @ narrow escape fr death to- ased day. His trousers caught in a co wheel, and he was rapidiy being| drawn in the machinery when he! managed to catch hold of a part of| the frame work | Wodvew Mr. Davenport in the lower part of | = as - the mill could not r Pter ry} t t for help. but noticing something was} S N wrong with the machinery, he made| a e ews. an investigation. He fo Pierce — Ty nearly exhausted by his efforts to} ‘ ‘ keep from being drawn betw the wheels, The young man had n| Shinglemen near Wahi complain in his perilous position ten min that they have not enough cara to before he was | ship their product s | The anti-bieyele flend has again acks, he now uses #ix-penny natis he sidewalk BANK'S FUNDS) “".2"""." lington state r ways the Wash- ibrary is the only pub- library in existence where me Copeland, for years + c presence of visiting women, of the Nebraska National Bank, | | cee accused of the embezzlement of $10,-| Commenting on the clatm put in 000 August 2, at which time bh | by Detective wd, of Portiand, the The theft was not discovered | Olympia Standard says, “It now nearly a month after land’s| #eeme provable that the state paid departure, suspicion arising only| the reward of $500 for the apprehen when he did not return at the “ft the former Evans, to the sion piration of his vacation. Det ealcas! wrong man, when it went to Tony are secking him. Last week he was| Wolfe Mt seers that Wolfe was in Washington. | paid the reward under the stipula tion of a former proclamation, which New Smelter for Denver! was to pay $00 tor information lea ne to the arrest and conviction of DENVER, Col. Sent 32. The| vans but it i# claimed that the Denver Smelting and milling Com-| second proclamation revoker the pany has let contracts for building| former one, and that a mere inform. | in thin city a new smelter which will| er had no right to the reward," We outside the trust. With the ex ception of F. W. Crocker and H. J all Kastern men Lion n Escaped and tore Men si Pieces Limb by Limb. THIS STATE | | If you have @ meritorious mining | property, A. L. Parker and cor rs Prof y Gannett, of the Unit- will underwrite your stock and put|e«d States geological survey, entt ‘ou to Work tomorrow Catch ‘em,| mates the quantity of standing tim- 423 New York biook. ber in the western divison of Wash- said to a Star reporter today, | es | | fused her house she walked up the track and} nd Al | on that @ large number of men | Well known for ite durability | | | | | ' | LEAGUE GAMES Games in the| al league yesterday resulted | s159 said to have been stolen did not -Waahington 5, Cincin-| | ington Ot 103,024,376,000 feet in fir 16,000,000,000 cedar, 14,000,000,000 hem - lock, and 6,000,000,000 spruce He saye the wa deal of stand ing timber in Kaate Warhington, expecially on the eastern slope of the Caaca range of mountains and ip the r counticn of the theastern portion of the atate io variety is principally “bull Bel although wome fr and tama | rack Is found scattered through the growth Bull” pine te a tough, hard wood, adopted for Umbers and row | work, while tamarack is used for | sash and door work, being of a soft grade. Dougias fir, the variety mmon to the weetern countios, t* Itt mn and admirable both for construc | finishing work BALLARD GIRL IS MISSING. Kate Ross, a young woman who! resides with her parents at Ballard, has been missing since Monday, and fears are entertained that she hae been drowned. Tho girl was be Neved to be slightly demented. The matter was reported to the police last night She was last seen at T o'clock Mon- day night, when she applied at the Ballard boathouse for a beat. The keeper, knowing ber condition, re After leaving the boat- secured a boat from a f search has been made along the been found, BLOCKADE IS” NOT SERIOUS | The blockade, which has been re-| ported to exist on the White FP: ane & Yukon raliway, ie not so serio: & matter as has been said While there is @ congestion of freight be- tween the points named, things are by no means at a standstill Burne, formerly of this city, at pree- he has been over the ground very recently, He ie authority for the statement that tn all probability no | more than 1,500 or 3,000 tonsof freight le along the road and on the lakes This amount of freight has often been handied between Skagway and Whitehorse during the Mr. Burne, who boldt yesterday, will be in the city for several days, SPENT THE MONEY. Deputy Sheriff Leviece has brought back Harry Wilson, the Fre- mont lodging house thief, but the come back with him. Wilson, who claims to have been on his way to Juneau, vieited Vancouver nis way to Victoria, where he was ap- | prehended. He bought « revolver, jewelry, ete.. and adorned himeelf | with a new of clothes. Hence the mortage | in the amount. 610) ‘The work on the 579 | Cascade tunnel, on the Great N SS\ ern railway, has been somewhat de 511! amount of water in the tunne’ 0 necessitates the use 4%) the air from the © 421! pumpe on ing put up in the power-ty aT) WORK ON THE BIG TUNNE portal of the th layed lately owing to the lare Thix of nearly all mpressora by the A large compresror ts be - i jc of a will be In working order tn week, and then the drilling will on rapidly ‘The new stone crushers are in course of construction at both por- tals, and the work of lining the tun nel will commenc At present, about 7,500 feet of tun nel have been completed. The liength when complete will be 13,262|" feet. It ie the largest plece of un derground railroad work at present going on in the United States, and arouses much interest in engince: ing ctreles. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 12—A call Fas been issued for a convention of the fruit and produce growers of the United States, to be held in Kan sas City, Mo., January 16 next, for | the purpose of organising @ national association DUEL IN WHICH SHAMOKIN, Pa., Sept. 1%.—Meet ing on the road near Brady last night M. D. Brennan, 4 ratiroad watchman and Timothy Kennedy, ex-Auditor of CG quarrel. The men drew and exchanged shota. Brennan fell with a bullet in his left thigh, while his antagoniat's left and only arm was shattered. Before the duel could be resumed some men jhearing the firing, hurried to th revolvers scene and separated the enraged pair. They were brought to this place, where doctors dressed their wounds. PHILADELPHIA AS FLAGSHIP 8AN FRANCISCO, Sept, 13—As soon as repairs on the cruiser Phila- deiphia are completed at Mare Ist and, she will be made the flagship of the Pacific squadron, and Admira: K from the Iowa, Rumors have in ecireulation of late that the lowa | will soon leave for Puget Sound, and then will sail to Santa Bart the squadron for target practice and review. Admiral Kautz wald yester. day that the Towa would not leave | this port, In his opin until the | Philadelphia is made ready. He had not heard of any plans of the navy department to assign to the Pucitic coast two squadrons, He eaid: “We have not enough vessels yet to make one squadron,” No tntimation has reached the admiral yet that the De troit or any other warship now in | Pastern waters Is to be assigned to| | his command, ee Special Sale—Fine note paper, in shore, but no trace of the boat has) Prank | t at White Horse, is in town, and} summer, | rrived on the Hum-/ in the near future. | BOTH WERE HIT. 1 Township, became engaged in a/ utz will transfer his flag to her! en} ra with! boxes, Denny-Coryell Co., 716 int ave | THE SEATTLE SPAR JEWISH DAY | wilt Be Observed This Even- ing and Tomorrow. | At sunset today begins Yom Kip pur, the Jewish Day of Atonement At @ o'clock all Jewish stores will | clome, not to reopen until @ o'clock to | morrow afternoon, Yom Kippur ts the 10th day of the month of Tishrt in the Jewish calendar year 6660. The congregation of Bikur, which is th Jewiwh church, w worship at Morris hall, ‘The ser. vices tomorrow will begin at day« light, Again at noon the worship will commence, lasting antl 3 o'clock Immediately after the evening ser and this Is followed by | r closing pervice The | will be conducted by Dr. L. Brooks, of the congregation of Dikur | Chotem | congregation of the Temple de Hirsch celebrates Yor Kippur in Jefferson theater Rabbi Theedore Joseph will conduct the services which will begin at 7:80 o'clock this evening with the t i | Nidre, wht three times, du choir will render ap the prayer the | propriate selections, accompanied by a violin obligato by Aubrey Levy Tomorrow morning's service beg ns at 9:90 o'clock, lasting unttl 12:89 | when an hour's recess will be taken During the service J. V. Grunbaum will render an obligato. At 1:30 the afternoon service will begin. The musical program is arranged as fol lows Solo—"Day of God” (Bulzer) | Miss Clara Tester Violin solo—"Kot Nidre Mr. Aubrey Levy] fong—"Kol Nidre”.. Mr. Michael fall Solo—'"The Heavenly Dream” (Tr harne) Mr. Frank Barsard Solo—"Be Thou Near Us’ (Millard) | Mise 7 ' | Violin obligato by Mr. J. V. Grun baum. Bolo and chorus;"The Holy City | (Adama) | Mise Edna Wittler and chotr Chorue—"The Lord ty in This Hot Temple" (Mendiessohn) Choir Be Do Not Forsake Us" (itod- | ney) Mr. Ben Grodjinsky With the Lord” Miss Lillian Hard- man and Mine Tester Come Thy Found” (Millard) Mise 1 Nace Bass solo—"One Sweotly Solemn Duet —"Forever (Gounod) | Bole Thought” (Ambrose) Mr. Martin Grass Al lo-"Hut the Lord Is Mind- (Mendeiasotn) Mins Kdna Wittler ful AN OPPOSITION FOR THE TRUST PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Sept. 1 The Union Cement Company, with} a capital of upwards of 32,500,000, has/ been organised fn this city in yoni = | tion to the recently formed cement combine gable property in the heart of the cement field near Nazareth, Pa hin mater a making high class cement | A plant will be erected at once with a capacity of more th day. This output * Ktated, nh contracted for by a New 1 1,009 barrels York fi English producers were active bidders for the property whi finally came into the possession of | the Union Company. Ex-Gov. W Runn organised the new concern and will be activ in ite management ANNUAL REPORT ON ‘=| MARINE ACCIDENTS ITON, D. € | WASHIN . Sept. 13 report of Gen nt sing inspect neral of inspection, shows that the | tot nus r of accidents to steam ng the year was 48, of were from fire, thirteen Histon, eight breaking steam pipes two explosions and eighteen fror snags, wrecks and sinking. The lows wf fe wae 44, an Increase r the | previous year of 128. Of the whole | number 168 wer belonged to crews of veawels | Must Supply Pure Milk. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 12.—H Adams, the state dairy and food commissioner, arrived in the elty to jay. He unces t he intends to rigidly the law against the use of ¢ ie. It has been found that a compound jhas been in in various parts of |the state and a number of arrests |have been made STREET CARS: RAN TOGETHER CLEVELAND O., Be pt 1.—In a collision between two « an nfore homicals to preserve the tric cars on Ontario street early today six per ms were seriously injured, a® fol lows; Christopher Schreupback, leg crushed; M, A. Webber, arma in jured; Miss Nora Scanion, leg crush ed; George Schumann, legs injured Noble Hotehkias, legs crushed * Miller, leg fractured. Hot Summer in London. LONDON, Sept. 12.—So for as ts known thie te the un ever experienced In London. Meteor “ajgal records go back only 27 | yea nd #how a maximum of 90 degrees in the shade, The heat is accompanied by full humidity WILL DEVELOP MINES IN CHINA PRKIN, rt. 1.—The Dowager Empress of China yesterday caused a telegram to be sent to Pritchard Morgan, M. P., to proceed immedi ately to China and begin his mining 1 commercial operations in the province of Sxech Mr. Morgan h epiied that he will leave Genoa, September 19, reaching | Pekin at the end of October, bring with him a large staff Arr ean capitalints, who are int the Morgan enterprises AMUSEMENT NULILETIN THIRD AVENUE PH (Tonight) —"The Last Stroke THR OF ATONEMENT The company has secured | passengers and 246/ THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT I WE ARE Headquarters for Gloves- |\Ladies’ Kid, Dress and Bicycle Gloves. 'Men’'s Dressand Work Gloves. Boys’ Work Gloves and Mitts BOOKS Line of Text Supplies for University Students, yet A Full, Books and os Denny-Coryell Company H Printing Dept Stationery Dept 2221 First Ave 60 Wiret Ave. | | CAREFUL 89LNECTING, SELIANG KEEPS AT 6MALL MARGIN, | THIS DEPARTMENT GROWING BACH DAY |@BALL GLOVES FITTED BY EXPERIENCED GLOVE FITTERS. | FRENCH KID Men's Fine KID GLOVES, excele fastened, new scal-|lent wearing; ¢ @ pair Men's Fine Dog-Skin DRESS GLOVES, soft, grand wearing; $1 | Ladies Fine | GLOVES, 2-clas loped wrist, all new fall whades, and biack; $1.26 v , only $1.00 @ pair, ot PRENCH TO BE GIVEN AWAY Lad Fin KID] value nly $1.00 « pair. Every purchaser who bays one GLOVES, 2 patent clasp fastened,| Men's Fine Imported Kid DRESS dollars worth or more has an new fall shades of biue, reds, browns,| GLAYVES, finett kid skins, beautle equal opportunity to get 50 Bedroom Suite A $45 Star Estate Range Or a $5.00 Rocke Nothing to Do Nothing to Collect me presents are now to 1 windows greens, grays, and cream and black;| fully made; $2.00 vaiue, only $1.60 @ $2.00 value, only $1.50 4 pair pair Bieyele Riders Take Notice—We| Men's South American Goa€ place on sale today New Gauntlet|GLOVES, ofl tanned, grand weare | BICYCLE GLOVES, built especially] ing; only Ze a pair |for hard service wheel wear; $1.25) Men's South American Capra Goat value, only #Se a pair GLOVES, welt sewed, oil tanned | Ladies’ Fine Cashmere GLOVES,| grand wearing; TSe value, only ood exceptional values; at 26c, 36¢ anda pair 4be 4 pair. n's Fine Caribou WORK Men's Genuine Hog Skin WORK| GLOVES, weit sewed, perfect fite Holden & Wilson Purnitare C0. Bl atoves, unexcetied tor hard ser-! ting, grand wearing; $1.00 value, only, fi Altic to Basement.’ view, welt sewed, saranac cut; only Tbe a pair {00-11-19 Seeend Ave |$1.00 & pair Men's Finest Cordovan GLOV Boys’ Ot) Tanned Goat GLOVES, fire-proof tanned, grand wearing; | Splendid wearing, 26c a pair, | water resisting; $1.00 a pair. a ities bird let loose from eastern skies,’* | Before returning home, GET OUR PICES ON ANYTHING YOU NEED IN GLOVES; THEY ARE MONEY-SAVERS FOR YOU. Oft stoops his wing to earth and hies O. W. PETERSON & BRO. 206, 208, 210 Pike St. Well knowing all we promise good, By word or deed, in type, 6000 COAL | on wood, “THE OWNERS, H, H. Dear- born & Co., | Sell tide land jots and up- This will make you think of the rainy months to come. You should make ready for it. If you fill your bin with | ROSLYN COAL Room C, ground floor, Hal- jer's beehive, You may feel certain you have Established eighteen sixty- Go hon aS the tide land | kings, j _A cornucopia it brings, it brings. In the market. Roslyn Lump costs $4.00 per ton at the bunkers. Queen Lump costs $3.50 “$20.00 at the bunkers. In ten-ton lots these prices GRA MOPHONE will be cut 50 cents per ton. A. S. KERRY, | From $7.00 to 4 Sherman, = gd Uptown Office, Room C, Bailey Building. BUNKERS--Foot of Second Ave. South. “STEINWAY" TELEPHONES--Main 588 and Main 659. These hand be seen in Recond Avense =~ LIGHTNING _N A GRAND STAND CAMARGO, TL, Sept. 1A fash | of lightning, terrid! In Its conse- quences, struck among a body of men on the grounds of the Fair asso. ation here at 7 o'clock last evening | while the fair was in progress, Ten! persons were thrown to the ground, | wo being instantly killed. The dead} Robert Myers, Champaign, T11.;) ¢ Bonfield, Woodruff, Il. The y injured are: George Ader, Champaign, 1ii., and John Griest, Ur- bana, Ul. The sii¢htly injured are: George Ranch, Urbana, Ti; Bud Mullen, Urbana, I.; Orin Bromfeld Woodruff, 1; J Cambridge, Fic- Spe lin, Ti; Loula Cambridge, Ficlin, I; William Butcher, Camargo, Ml Physicians were at once summoned | from Tuscola and a tent was used as) a hospital for the injured. Many wo- men were shocked and stunned. The bolt struck on the north end of the grand stand, which waa full of people Just a short time previous. Nearly all of the killed and injured | were young men, and they were at j*upper when the bolt came. The | Hehtning took one man and left his er, _ wh >was evated by his side. | ‘TH, Minn., Sept. 12—The passenger steamer Peerless, of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior j line, was sunk in the harbor today by a collision with the schooner A wart. Both boats were in charge ae. The riess had nq pase- engers on board at the time, as she was bound up the river for freight Her cargo aboard consisted of lum- ber and plg fron, so the damage wil! be confined to the break In the bows, SAVED FROM THE FLAMES CENTRALIA, Mo,, Sept. 12.~A big fire occurred here today, burning a Uird of the business section of the town. Sixteen buildings, including | » livery barns containing seventy sen and fifty buggies, were de- ryed, A woman became pante- |stricken in the Merchants’ hotel, | | which was burning, and locking the door, refused assistance. The door |; was forced and she was rescued from the flames. Etght firemen were over- | come by the intense heat To Command Veterans. | Sept, 13.—Gen. J.| Cc. Wiley, of Pennsylvania, bas been jelected commander of the Soctety of Service men in the Spanish War, at) |a meeting of the charter members| held last night, to Ml the vacancy | Q@ feet d by the resignation of Col, R, HE SHREWD HOUSEWIFE Knows that the aver- age Baking Powder costs too much, “ OOo! R Crescent Baking Powder Js the best at any price. One Pound, 25 Cts. CHICAGO, Ul, SEATTLE TRANSFER on Frelght, Passenger and Baggage STORAGE Spot Cash | eae lot conan ak a) FOR... og Tut Mala d~th Ofied 623 First aventy | ‘rwenty eighth rowtea nt, U8. V Md : Gold Dust s vad in Se (8 JOSEPH MAYER & BROS. §| § | galling Dead in Seattlo Like SEPH MAYER & BROS. afe Deposit Boxes Men and women, when they ex- amine thelr bundle of mining stocks and find that they have not got a Valuable Articles and Papers dor rent at Ba » You carr; une bey. Z rate & STEWART certifieate oft he Pacifle Coast Gold Directors and Kmbalmore, ; Aird Ave. and Columbia #e Mining company's stocks in their ded vay He Rae, Safe Deposit Vaults wallet. AW, Columbia 85, ‘SHORROCK, ‘