The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 17, 1899, Page 2

j THE SEATTLE 8‘ Ay “THE SEATTLE STAR. NN ee ne oS. 4. Wrus & i aan Every Afternoon Exoept Sunde » WELLS Rprron During the carly eighties the City « &@ desperate sank f criminals, many Elections were a farce, honest tine n Hold polls, and ballot Boxes sto everyeda ocourrenc Vict, Crtme snapped its fingers tn The people rose up in thelr votvers and marched upon the number of officials and If protected murderers: over 100 persons being killed and out, and a bloody battle ensued wounded dominate the city, but the pr The city of Seattle is following inale are getting the upper hand. Bunco men The police department the streets boldly. is dismal. Juries were might courthouse and jail, The courthouse was burned to the ground, ce paid for immunity was frightful n the footsteps of Cine ©, PUBL ISHERS Telephone Pike 150 KF CHASK BUSINES Manaane f Cincinnatl was in the cluteh of of whom wore police uniforms na being driven boldly from the ups, robberies, and murders were juggled and boldly refused to con. the face of decency ned guns and re- intending te lyfeh @ The militia wae called Thousands Crime ceased to nnath Crim. thieves and thugs walk The outlook ts hypnot What foolishness ia this? A e@hould organt a company of t respondent suggests that Seattle em pole guards, He doesn’t seem to know that the legislature has made no provision for such a military organization ———_—__ The country papers are beginning to Josh about the totem pole, We were afraiy of this calamity There into which we have been plunged ure is no telling where the troubles going to stop ——— —— Uncle Sam may thank bis lucky Roers to fight Instead of the Spa not appear to have considered the proverb that “He who fights away will live to fight another day stars that he did not have the rds. Those African Dute —--———— The Northern Pacific owns two and Mas anybody here an idea that the City of Destiny Joined prosperity by such ownership? front of Tacoma water a half miles of the Registration frauds. may be expected next January with a thousand pro A dishonest election wilt crooks in town follow OF INTEREST ON THE COAST | Report of the the ippsieenee ter-General. WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. § Several matters of particular inter- eat to the entire Pacific coast are touched upon im the annual repert of the quartermaster-general of the army. Aside from the work and ex- penditures of that department on the Pacifie coast, much spate is de Voted to the army transport ser in the Philippines and Honolulu are all taken up and discussed The appropriation for military posts made by the t congress con- tained provision by the last congress contained provision for Fort Stevens. Or.. Magndlia “Bluff an@ Marrow- stone Point, Wash., and the quarter- Master's department has apportion ed to these posts the following amounts: Fort Stevens, $68,959. Mag- nolla Bluff, 315.005, and Marrowstone Point, $43,818. At Fort Stevens bar- racks are being constructed for two Datteries of artillery; at Marrow @tone Point..for one battery. In ad- dition to there provisions, there has Deen 140.000 avaliable for the n post near Spokane, Proposals were imvited for the construction of one double barrack and one double set of officers quarters there, but owing to the great rise In the price of ma-| terials and labor, the lowest bid was) much In excess of the amount appro- priated, and the controller of the treasury having decided that the special appropriation could not be supplemented by the general appre | Priations, it was deemed best to re- Ject all bids received, and to erect no more buildings until congress hadi appropriated sufficient money tor) the purpose. For roads, walks and/ crossings, however, there was allot ted from the amount available $9,000. A satisfactory site for the arti! lery tn connection with the adopted | project for sea-coast defense has) been acquired at Chinook Point. Wash., and it ts expected that proper title will soon be acquired. At the beginning of the last fiscal! year there ware 14 vessels under | charter for service on the Pacifi ocean transporting troops ani sup Piles to the Philippines. During the fiscal year 15 other versels were chartered for service on the Pacific ocean. The.total amount paid dur- ing the lest fiscal year on account of vessels chartered on the Pacific was 93, 449,050.64. FISHERMEN ARE HAPPY’ The fall season has been a profit- able one for the fishermen at Gray's harbor. The seiners and gilinetters have profited most. The trap men have, as & rule, lost money The United States engineer in charge of affairs on the harbor deciared the presence of traps in- most localities to be @ menace to the shipping and the trap Gshermen were shut out of the beat Mashing grounds At oth er points their traps made srmail catches. A. D. Boardman, deputy fish com missioner, who has retur trip to Gray's harbor, says the fish buyers had spent about $40,000 for fish between August 4, the opening of the fall season, and N the day he left. Alb this money goes to the fishermen. Mr. Boardman es timates much the larger portior it was divided among the seiners NEWSBOYS’ BALL. | ‘The Seattie Newsboys’ union will hold their annual masquerade bali and cake-walk in the Armory tomor row evening. . The interior of the hall has been Handsomely decorated There will be $250 worth of prizes| awarded for the best dancers, con tumes, ete enone mel | BLAKE NOT GUILTY. Dave Blake, a Washington street saloon keeper was yesterday acquit ted in Judge Cann's court of charge of keeping bis galoon open on Bunday, July 22. Only three of the six Jurors summoned were pres ent. Thome were J. W. Allen, Jot E. Good and F. L, Jacobson. T jury returned a verdict of not gullty after being out for five min utes. ‘A COMBINE VANDALS ON THE OLYMPIA Article Stolen and Wood- work Stashed for Relics. BOSTON, Mass, Nov In good clothes m on Dewey's flagship the which lies out of commit navy yard docks, and itors are no longer a It was clearly demonstrated yester- day that respectable appearance ts not always a warrant of honesty for, although Captain Johnson was careful to give passes only to thone who appeared to be reliable, there was so much taken from the ship that it will cost the government a ood deal to restore what wae ten. Perhaps a hundred people were on board between morning and nigh and the damage they did will amount to many doil per capita Keys were stolen from doors, desks and lockers. Keys were preferred, and when they gave out bolts re taken, then door knobs, and at last Jacknives were brought into action. and the doors and other woodwork siashed and chipped for “relics.” The looting ended with pieces of 3- inch ie. tools, machinery and nails, They are wonder! yard where these people « mementos on their trips. Admiral Sampson iasued orders that no one be allowed passes to the ship till she was cleared of everything. Still the Visiting element continued to storm the office of the captain of the yard | today, and evidenced the usual sav age feeling at Delng refused passes Chicago Broker Missin BOONVILLE, Mo. Nov. 17.—D. 8 Williams, a wealthy Chicago grain broker, has been mysteriously miss img for the last ten days. Every train arriving from Chicago and &t Louis has been met by his wife, who is here. anxiously awalting his com ing. @he believes he hae met with foul play. He was here three weeks , and when he returned to Chi cago he promised to come back im- mediately after transacting some portant business dearaid yesterday Olympia. IN LUMBER ROSSLAND, B. C., Nov. 17.--The dig lumber combine which wt!l prac- | fealty control the milling Ley meatyard | of Wert Kootenay and the Hound: | ary country, has Just been Incorpor- ated with @ capital of $600,000. " will include eight mille, having a dally capacity of over 500,000 feet and the timber reserves behind 't are estimated at 50,000,000 feet Louls Blue, P. Genelie, Pames Pou- pore and A. Fisher are the backers of the new orporation, which will be known as the Yale-Columbia Lumber company. The head off will be at Greenwood ‘There will be no raise in the price if dearr r said Mr. Blue n dis uswing the situation. The con chiefly to perfect our supplying the public and also to secure economy in man agement With the mills operated F y, it is often a dimcult mat ter to maintain supplies. With the combination. h mill will be in a tion to help any of the hy h, and the result wil vantages all around SPORTING NEWS. The All-Seattle football team go to Tacoma tomorrow to play the Puyallup Indians. The latter have mproved much since the game In |this city. The All-Seattles have been working more of late, and Capt. Al Jen has put considerable ginger in the line. It should be a lively gam The University of Washington | | play Wilson's Business colloge to fternoon atthe ¥.M.C_A morrow grounds Wilson's have a good team tn the field thin ye The ‘varsity boys ha t improvement and among the weeks line work Sur ne the past two 1 put ‘ their laat 7 Whitman fc ship in this city They lifferent game than anksg!\ the U. of W. play € state champion ~ MURDERER TASCOTT | IS UP IN ALASKA ‘He Made a Full Confession While III to William Rigler. THEN GOT WELL AND ESCAPED The Sensational Story Told by a Cape Nome Miner Regarding the Slayer of Mil- lionaire Amos J. Sneil. | Wille T t, the long-hunted murderer of Am J ® working as a miner somewhere in Alaska. TY at comes from Cape Nome, and it te told with so robora detalia that detectives who have studied ha true, During the eleven years that Tascott has beer hid many alleged clews have n Offered th t stance wan the evidence so t and kant * now sent from the gold 4 nen the ¢ Nome @ Report of the Minding of Tascott in ma y Wiliam ¥ a miner, who has lately returned from Cape N or r last fall a man too tll to work Was carried into Higter's cabin. H grew worse rapidly, and, under the fri ren t y ‘ dying, the stranger made what he wuy 1 was a deathbed fen He said that his name Was Ta and * he had been in hidir n the ¢ police, wh ed him for the murder of Amos J. Sr t y. He fu | @ maid that at that time there had been a reward of $60,000 for t capture, In the hope of earning Which detectives had visited a parts of the world y never got t n t y man added ecause I as the int f Alaska allt and nobody thought of looking for me tt Tascott gave many parti ae which ended In the murder of the aged naire, and told his story In @ manner whic Vinced his hearers that t ant long hunted man. Satisfied that he was going t *, and that ¢ good could be accomplished by sending out ar newa at the time, Rigier 1 his companiona kept at quiet. A few days after the niession was m . | suddenly better, His host saw that the was ac . | recovery, but did not put him under guard, as he * | parently too weak to make any «ttempt scape atd }®& Tapscott was missing. having left the camp im the midd | night Rigter and his partners at once took the trail and sent word | to all the nearby mining camps, but could get . t | @ missing man. It was plain that he had not taken ref nany of | the mining settlements along the coast or in the near-by Int me is oh the weacoast, and after a long, fruitiens # Rigier and his fellow tra * beca onvineed that Tascott had made his way out to nea in a ermal) > and boarded some pax ing whaler or trading vessel bound for the Aret He would hardly run the risk of remaining in Alaska known all over the coun when his story was * + + - * . * * * * * * * * * * . * o - * * * * . * + * * * * 7 * * * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * * The Snell murder te one of the most seneational tr history of this « occurred in February, 1888, ar t the fact that W tt Wan known to be one of the F ‘ pals, the sharpest and most persistent kind tect . falled to disclowe any further pertioulars Th en of many k some of they of a most pecullar nature. have t ivanced, but no real evidence to warrant them has been brought out Amos J. Snell was a ho man well adva jin years lived In an old-fashioned mansion at th ner of Ada and Washington boulevard. He was a larg: er of real esta in the immediate vicinity, the renting of which was in an office in the basement of his house. One night in t part of February, 1888 three men broke t he Sr by boring a hole through @ pane! in the ar a tt floor and then slipping the wan oak open and rifle a small safe n which it wae supposed Mr. Snell had considerable money taken in for atals Next they went upstaire to the parlor where, in mo arour they were heard by Mr. Snell. Tre man, came down from his bedroom in his nix robe and cried out ha. Wio's there? Ab, you 4 1 scoundr As he spoke Mr. Snell fired a « which was answered alos from the burglars parior. charke * * * * * . * *. *. * * * * « * * . . . . . * * . * * * * « * * * * * * * & Cape > * o a * . * * * . * e * * e * @ * © o « e * * e * * * o * « f bullets in bis body * * tee eee eee eee eee ee ee RRA AAAATEAEEH AEE EEE EEE EERE EEE TO DEVELOP ‘LIBERIA PAYING ESPLIN id JAIL. Sheriff Van a: Venter and D herift Witron tu torte terday aftern In custody Allan Kat Nped his bail in thin elt rT Hie wae arrent Mcintyre Bound Over. WATIONVILLE Nov, 1 bound over to the Decer n to answer to charge His bath y wt $2,000 He wan repre Col Ke WH. Lindsay, of Beat eal attorney The promecut nly Introduced sufficient evidence secure the bonding over of the fendant. Gen. Mcfntyre and bis « torney left for Beattie RAILWAY NOTES. Over 500 miles of track Up to N ber, th n miles of f wok durir 1 The t Fort , \ the ¢ wn & lines ar suse of thin ne of the consuls of the | Ireland. It is @ combination of ra more or len nventior », With flanged wheels and, drawn J.D. Metntyre, of Seattle, ha % THe BON MATONE 4 THE HON MAKOHE PPT TTT TTT OR OCOROOe “EVENTFUL! | The Bon Marche store news is like a contin- | ued story—brimful of interest to thousands of rig economical women. Space is limited and costly, so we confine ourselves to notice of events that are of the greatest good to the | greatest number. For example: | Toy Land is Open Welcome 7 Capes and Costumes are Strikingly Reduced Millinery Prices are Halved a and those noteworthy events are augmented by the events scheduled for tomorrow and the following days. VERY FINE HOE VALUES ” A very rare collection of bargains from the shoe store greet you today The most unusu Hi re ts in th m leaning up ot lot / Zz ° when the start , Women's Dongola Bhoes with) Men's Satin Ca 1 @ ® ning, dow { oak ~s laced and t ned—# ath slidog toe, usus Loe Tha 149) Womer ff kid, laced 1 Mies ond Children's u ia a* 1 buttor eh » 4 ' shay ail sizes P f 7 usual $1.50 s, for ws Maida at the baste ot Another bargain as good as the one you bought so eagerly onsul. a hundred and fifty rence? This: Newer style. A little lot Top Coats for boys of from 7 t week ay a of 15, in the pop- Pho grange 4 meer and ular Herringbone Covert ( ihe, are ready for you at Pamnenger line 18 built of steel ral $3.75 Instead of $6.50 staid f and ad r 7 sa we e poh ay i. Tt a ne Since there are only a hundred and fifty why not hasten? nh on the tower outside ra e ‘Tis a rare buying chance uter raile to » the wagons, keepin rofitable on FIERCE FIGHT WITH KENTUCKY OUTLAWS =, MIDDLESRORO, Ky Informat has reached t stlawe, ting the county. In th { the outlaws were kille net Boy s Suits Cheaper al te oo Hoye’ Reefer Suits of fine Went of Outing Flannel Wairts, usw England cloth, in dark browns tort, all sizes. You pay..12%c Svasy acum ts silk sewed, s Biue Serge Blouses « linings, fauitices styles, T xen 3 t0 15, at ooo 1, Sine 6 to 15 MORE SUITS SWEATERS A very pretty sult for am Another lot of fine Sweaters will be} quite “cute gray and b wf red or Mf with black all wool, to be tweeds, collars the morn 4 Navy with? broadcloth, set ready! sure, and fast colors ey white borders, and m with white soutache braid a white—fairiy worth $1.00. As long from 2 to &—walues fairly at $3.54. as these new h well them at ......+0+5-88 lots last $100, Wee | NEWS OF COTTONS sell cottons as we sell everything else things just as we sell cottons = € and we sell the finer for gathering and distributing. Pereales, in ore, 1FMgc quality Cotton Eiderdowns light ) 36 and dark F @ yard, ace he ©! All woot Bid ings. are priced this way pe reian effects t ne in pretty color German Calicoes, 27 2 worth 8 1-3 cents, for.... inches wide, 6%e —very prosaically, a fair wage Incidentally these quotations are fa a fine tribute to the store’s buying power: . and dark 1 weness TO nl gp oment : Se ) Figured Dress Satines, 20 inches ae ne the 2% ( wide, a pretty colored flower on ® egulators, | American Shirting Prints, usual Se) black grounds, worth Iéc, for ..100 wh nked women, | sort =f RI 5 amed m initind Gate Maen th Good Cot OD narsvonstoes eevee 1 usual Sc sort Comforter TITAG ..ccccvcceccccoeces 4a FREE! TOMORROW a ad _—THENORTH UP HER DEBTS ! Now’ { Forel Canadian and Pennsylvania America’sColonyProfitsFrom $ Capitalists in a Scheme. Rubber Industry. We Give Away a Dress Goods Cheaper stined to worthy stuffs, Some goods that are d notice we tell of today. Fine, all of them. A tableful of French Flanne ght and dark colors, 27 In arked for quick clear- »wered to go q wide, are here, 56 inches wide and worth &® a yard. You pay 69 39 Among the Linens | Upholstery Bargains Bakin KING pow. ene J =e Mrs, E. H. Johnson, Mgr. 1000 S cond Av. cor. Madison ' Matu od W.M Russell, esse and Manager TONIGHT-—ALL THIS WEEK, find owners at very short Hints: dark Tweeds and ke ee th ly All are 36 inches wide and fe ‘sand ; quite sty stuffs for children's 65 Sort, B0c } dresses; usual rt, LOT ccc eeee . vn. @ } 19¢ 75e Sort, 59 : ed Dress uffs, 28 sof navy blue or black Boucle fete . ie taoheg Oc qua B cssce ‘7 HIRD AVENUE THEATER e r ° * e e ; e e ° ; e e e e e e e ry : ° e e A Washington dispatch to the ON, Nov. 17—Liberta, the $ Montreal Herald says. Senator M y of t 1 States, has @ 3 Mill F f Indian Head 4-4 wide, ( Cretons at half price; they're Milian, of Michigan, in enthusias- | found 1 3 3, usual 12% sort, for nches fe and worth 10c @ tie Just now in describing a mov able has ‘ vig 3 all are marked .......s.0.008 « ment by which, he asserts, Sault Ste et ~ . 7 Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste Ma-| © pailga Fre es 3 ry irie, Ontarto, will soon become one | SY ® adjus a : : lof the great manufacturing centers | '** : A .e e be | of the continent, and by which the 90%. 0 t - & lon ry AND 3) Japanese Tinsel Drapery whole commerce of the inkes from rl bio 3 . $ Table Damasks are Cheaper wide, worth 10¢ | rhe a yeare la ailed t ° ANE 3] | Duluth to Buffalo w il Be enormously | oo. and this condil has pf 1/3 $| Here's a 66-inch unbleached Damask jinereased. Incidentally. no ever since. Now Lit f res 10 @ worth 45c @ yard, Is to be sold at Be | Canada will be incateulably benef tiling aan relate Speer 7 e 3 nu § ed, though not at the expense of Pieechts Lin dan anOUn ; | 29c¢ the United States. The wenator r xi Gre ; eee ees roading ©) Full bleached Table I wee Ene! Denims %6 inches wide, | turned to Washington several days 7 PO"! i : omg | eee @ee ru Pragater capt Ratuamag K. 68 in.) worth 18c a yard ago from a trip which he made t hey ® aa stipe endered pons ‘ by 3 " for .. sad | the morthern paninevia of Michigan, | phe nem wouree of revenue a ws 1 ot other presents at the : ORe 12: and he Waa led ww describe briefty fp ade # shape of royaltion |& | anwar nent at that time the project by which | Paid by the Liberian rul “rhe $ $ | Mted. Later he added to this dercrip- sail. aie aie. eames 3) M | dion some tntereatin ie ae acceat Wades ci cecioiene 3 gon = Very few persone seem to he | y : at | 3| aware of the monumental railwa Sh ane 3 to be connected with ‘the Hudson Meanwh / 3 H bay. More exactly, the railway line Fs : s 14'9 to 1429 SECOND AVE., and 115-117 PIKE ST # to extend from Sault Bte. Mart . 3 3 " Mich., to James Bay, the lower end n e = : sy . ° of Hudson Bay Fewer persons | | -.9rTT Pb 4 a dase even have beard that w part of thin) © H 817 Second Ave Beer etn es eee ees QEATILE THEATER line is already Completed. Vast wa R > * J. 0. Howe, Manager ’ ailroads Combine. . Rr ter facilities have been made ava bine x e % A WEEK AT POPULAR PRICES, able at Sault Ste. Marte, and thee ALT LAKE, Nov. 17.—The ¢ @ % | Six nights and Saturday matine will be enhanced In proportion hy | ado & sou and the ¢ & * To our REMOVAL to the #* commencing , reason of the connection Midland : none As wh pte the great mineral and lumber + 1 dag 4 : 5 New York Block a MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 The railway line forme a most tr ¢ meni 4 stock of . eres project. Not only im it t ha aney’s grea Daste pigs hth eat tales at th SEATTLE In the race for « MII I INER Y = 4 fcaet oe with the Hudson pay, but It wh INDUSTRIES supremacy ing, ® + ae ee Z|. pricrs—1 r, hoe and Te; tersect the Canadian Pi railroad the Baking§} * Regardless of Cost %|> y, 36c and gallery, Ie and ata point where ready access will be| The Peertess Mill Co. Offers a First Powder lir * A had to the great mineral and agri Class Opportunity for ™a E sh : Come in NOW and Get et Seats on sule on and after Sunday, J eult 1 regions of British Colu wr itu | Investors won) ay Crescent | + THAT HAT. ss i x aa * * * * * * * * * | ee T ganization of Ve M npar h SNYDER WAS SLUGGED : atest and most k H. W. Snyder, whone renider i he ¢ unknown, reported to F Th J A joan geods \eilkes inet night that he had ha roe areat, tha slugged and robbed n VYeasler f nt . 4 ; between Fifth and Sixth avenu rad Snyder does not know the exa Cognae time the robbery occurred He|M K F , \ : claime that he had $18 on his person an an ex , vf Inv wae taken. : ” a Inquisitive Gir’ eit si Pil i se WILKESBARRE, Pa 1 Annie Eslish and Hattie ga la I ha ' 17 and 18 years respectively at t % bef United States Commissioner with a 1 1 ) la Hahn today charged with opening a At y t "I etter addressed n Mian Ar 1 It! qu k Ir ' nnn in alleged that they steamed the let- ration except a feu "i ter and read the conte at par, and It fet y tha parties reside in Luzerne borougt na st ne the litt k of The girls were held for trial in $500) I’ Mill company t ! | Dail, jon the market ibscribed a Leads them all. Makes the food pure and wholesome. Try it. For Sale by All Grocers. Por Quick Sales... property with W. D. Fle 1D & G. A VIRTUE Real Estate, Mines, Loans $ 226 BAILEY BLDG PHONE MAIN 397 Oe ee i ie ie ie eee ee ed T famous «inal Irish comedian Murray & Mack Presenting “FINNIGAN'S BALL MUHL o——One Car Load Latest Patterns 219 PIKE ST, det, Second end Tuird S.. i Other Specialties and the Dreyfus Trial d s, rh rah comedy that has cone 1900 SEASON'S A Punt A ‘sunshl 31 all Paper) oo. OLYMPIC Just Arrived——o — RR Aid eee ST. LEONS