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

Pe * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * o * * * * * * * * ® * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *® * * * * * * * * * * e * * * Cents a Month By Mail or Carri ry THE SEATTLE STA News Tips ubsoriptions, Etc., To PIKE 150 VoL. 1. DEN OF THIEVES IN A WINDMILL The Strange Discovery Made by Four Seattle Detectives. WHO WERE LOOKING FOR CROOKS § They Lie in Wait in the Old Mill and Make al Big Haul of Crooks for Judge Cann to Reprimand in Court. Wappenstein ev rnoon Detectives Cudihee, ted what they reason to bel @ gang of thieves who have been op thme. About 3 o'clock in the after noon a tip Was given to the police that a highwaym: name unknown, had taken up his abode In a shack near the corner of Sixth avenue south and King street The officers nt toward th ‘ sult of this Information, and almost the first person they met was the highwayman to suspect t his identity had been discovered, tween two old buildings. He wa Late yesterday aft Phillips and Williams has been the hiding place « erating in Seattle for some loca have k Chapel district as a re- we ® He seemed odged be Refore the officers had proceeded a block further they met Joe Gokten, the well known larceny thief. They stopped him and Asked where he had been. “Just up to see a friend,” was the evasive reply Joe passed on, but the officers decided to follow him, He took @ roundabout route and went back towards the place where he first met the officers. They quickly guessed that there was a ren desvous in the neighborhood, probably in the direction from whence Golden had come After a half hour's search the officers went to th mill at Maynard avenue south and King street Dilapidated steps led up to a door in the side of the structure Williams pushed It open ‘There was but one person found inside old wind He gave a start as the detectives fled into the place. They asked him questions but he was in such « sta of excitement that he could not an ewer. I think we'd better take this fellow to headquarters,” re marked Cudihee. The man was immediately handcuffed and the officers reated themselves about the room and quietly waited for the return of his confederates: About twenty minutes later a tall man walked into the room He stood amazed at the sight of the officers. The detectives then shut the door. The newcomer realized that the jig was up test when handcuffed and was told to keep quiet ‘The detectives had just about decided to take thelr two pris oners to headquarters when to their astonishment Joe Golden appeared. He smiled tn a sickty manner in seeing the detectives, while being handcuffed remarked, “Well. 1 guess its all off.” Within «a few minutes a fourth individual made his entrance. It was now getting dark and the detectives decided to take their batch to headquarters. ve Wappenstein went to the nearest police call and Yang for the patrol wason. At the station the first two men arrested gave their names as Chaties Clark and Frank Thomas. Golden is known to the po Hee and was booked under his present name. The fourth man said that he was Charlies Crane. ‘The police regret that they did not succeed in capturing the upposed tall highwayman whom they had first spotted on King street This morni¢ Detectives Wappenstein and Williams and a Star reporter visited the windmill Appearances indicated that during the night Nothing that could be used as evidence against the arrested men was found except an reoat with a skeleton key in the pocket. This was disowned by all of the prisoners Several decks of cards, a cigar . & pocket Gime novel entitled “The Bag of Diamonds,” headquarters. The arrested men will be given a hearing before Judge Cann this week He made no pro- and the place had recetved a visitor knife and a were taken to SPSS SESE EEE EEE EEEE EEE EES SEES SERS RECESS eee eee PRR RRR RSSRRSSRSRSISR SE SES SASS ERAS SS HAS THE LADYSMITH SEIGE BEEN RAISED? More Encouraging News for the British Is Received. CAPE TOWN, Dec. 7 ‘Walker has received an o' here that the Tugela river Patch from Methuen, date was #0 completely wrecked saying that he has resumed com purer even partial repaira will take mand of his column and is in night.| ** ks, An official noth pal was re ly communication with Kimberiey posives from the Orange Free State The health his troops is excellent, | to the effect that it has annexed the Some of the Boer 5 rs. who ar.|country between Dordrecht and its rived here, say that Kimberley 1#|0W" southern frontier. released many Free Staters, whol 2 Ripe ‘ are dissatisfied, will stop fighting LONDON, Dee Misgivings ore aroused by the orts received in | this city of the continued growth of LORENZO MARQUIS, Dec. 5.—| the spirit of rebellion among the Delayed—President Kruger ts an-| Cane Colony Dutch. The Boer laag xious to go to the front, but t# being | ory are fairly awarmed with farm dissuaded from the officials, move by Trans remain loyal to the queen | The rumor that the siege of Kim LONDON, Dec A Dalziel din-| berley would be abandoned, as it has patch from Durban, Dec. 5, asserts! heen proved groundless by the fact on KaMr authority, that the that the Boer investing force in ex made a final assault on Ladyemith| tending its redoubts and making Dec. 4, opening with « furious bom-| other preparations which point to bardment. The fritish met the| anything other than an abandon Boers and drove them back, the lat-| ment of the siege ter retreating with the hur ‘The re are working Ike beav dreds. The siege « t haslers in the vicinity of Spytfontein probably been raised. The st erecting breastworths and defences coming from the Kaffirs is looked of stone and earth, with suspicion ! _ | LONDON, Dec, 7.—Lord Methuen MODDER RIVER STATION, Dec. | # Teported at Modder river waiting rst and arma, The Kimberley %—Delayed—Gen. Cronje, who is con i ha. 6: aac canes centrating his troops at Spitfontein under Maj. $ ix Iniles north of here, haw been r the Boer pickets inforced by 2,000 Boers from Nata and rushed the redoubta at A new bridge over the Modder ts m, against a hail of lead being constructed by the engineers sera fired from under a white and is rapidly nearing completion ring this fight. The artillery Methuen is waiting this work to 4 joined In. The Brit get artillery across n he will be {sh could not hold the re in & condition to advance on the lant carried, on account t stage to Kimberley. Naval guns with lyddite she ure expected There is doubt as to whether Maj. Scott Turner waa killed at thin LONDON, Dee A Bloemfon- | sortie or befe In the latter cane tein dispatch, dated I 2, says that t ks like a movement und President Steyn has d the Boer Methuen An American who left forces at Modder river and that his | Johannesburg claims the pearance there was the cause of Stripes get no respect in Pr @reat enthwesiaen Methuen was t elfth Lan PRETORIA, Dev An American |t and atores he It je Newspaper correspondent was cap-| expected that the in tered inside the F at Lady-|forcements will be ¢ , fa mith, whither he had gone appar- | week Twelve British were wound emtly fer the purpose of affecting an ed yesterday. A few cases of fever y Artem 6 grmmers, It is an- have appeared probably because of ora who it had been expected would WASHINGTON, the corpses in the river, consequent ly the camp has been shifted back Te morals of the troops are excel lent Moat important news, if true reached here today from Natal. It # confirmed ina Frere dispatch dat ed Deo, 2, saying: “Clery has arriv ed Clery is commanding the second column of the Ladysmith relief foree and the dispateh indicates that this force has joined with Hilyard, Fur thermore, it Is reported that the en rineers ha ypleted a temporary bridge at Fre wer which the Brit. be \ artillery can be transported CITY NEWS. Faamannngnnaannn® ps T. HM, Weatby, a Yealer way butch. er, swore to a complaint yesterday, | j charming Wm. Rule, a driver in his ploy, with the embezzlement of | $61 Chas, N n, owner of the ® ler Cleveland, has Med an answer in | the ral rt in the sult of John Cravan and others againat the | He im- steamer hard exed hardships hipe we says the mal aginary Herr Mre Frank f amates ¢ hall, who days Lord and rmer pro n Quandt Laura Stant and the latter n Concert sted harce of by Judge © There is Seattle hamt teen fret gome ant matters t J several ago on a ar were discharged ann ye ony sterday me be reer mek of the at the ma this af bis in the ¢ board has had for and has several import attend to. a specia 1 estate f rm at 3:90 mme neomnlc tim Fx -Goev nK rehir ne real estate and gen under the “cer. Both Seattle and firms are making send up large shir to Cape N. | | The British ship Giendoon will |eeil for this port Saturday. Her }eargo conalate of 5,600 barrels of ce- | ment } In the ca of M. Seller & Co. againat t amer South Portland, Judge Hanford today issued di nh favor of intervening libellants as follows: fan Francisco Bridge com pany, $160.90, W. W. Watson, $200.25. THE PARALYZED | ALASKA MAN THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, HE STRANGE CAREER | OF MAGGIE LOOMIS Who for Years Secretly Aided the Police in Capturing Criminals. Ry the death of Mageie Loomis in her shack In the Blackohap district yesterday morning, the Beattle police have lost one of their ost Valuable assistants, For years Maggie has kept the police posted regarding the arrival of thieves in this city, and has alded in the capture of many noted crooks. In speaking of her death today, City Detective Jack Williams nald Maggie Lomia in her younger days was of the shrewdert women. in the United States, Her husband is at pres ent In the second-hand business in Ban Francisco, and is said to be running @ fence “At one time Maggie knew every safe-blower and most of the professional thieves “About elght years age her residence in the tenderloin district was used as a place for concealing the plunder of thieves, and she had thousands of dollars to her credit During the early months of 184, Maggie was persuaded to enter tnt ret arrangement with Detectives Barbee, Phillips. and mys and through her ald we captured five of the mo of reputation, f the! were afternoon. | "REV. NAYLOR der on the coast At the Seattle police of cases of sa blowing "Maggie volunteered to bring the culprits to Justice “One night soon afterwards she notified the officers that sev- efal criminals would assemble in her house that very night Phillips, Barbee and myself took measures accordingly pout 16 Clock that night we “ideniy entered the Th eat Joe MeCowley ‘Red’ Thurston, a fellow by the James, and two o ra who names I do not remember ke that time were troubled with a number shack name of We had our guns drawn, and they made no resistance “When searched at headquarters, two revolvers, Jimmies, and | tools for safe-blowing were found on the men, They served short terma, nd were released. McCowley it now in the penitentiary at New Westminster. | Thurston in werving five years et Walla Wa | The arrest of thone five men stopped the aafe-blewing in Se- attle -| Maggie began drinking heavily and leading @ sporting life ut two years ago, which caused her death. “At one time she was a beautiful woman. years of age.” | | POSH HSOSH SOSH OSOOEDHOO OOOO OOOO OOOOD | STUCK VALLEY UNDER WATER Practically the whole of the Rtuck river valley is one vast sheet of wa She wee a POCSTOOS OOOH QOS OOOO SOOO SOSOSOOOOOOOOOD ae a SOSSCOCSCSCOOOSOOOOSD WAS DIVORCED Rev. 1 | evangetis ac Naylor, the liad that made such a favor- | able Impression here last spring 404 |ter, The valley iteelf is a raging summer, is the subject of @ grave | hood, destroying acres of the most jaccusation. Dr. Naylor came to Be- | productive land in the state and jattle with @ very faactnating wife, | threatening some substantial dwell | whom he had married tn California. ings. 1¢ is higher than ever before | | It now appears he had a divorced |known since the valley was settied | wife living in England. | by white men A letter from London containing | the vicinity this statement was received by Dr, W, 8. Marringten, of Whateom, ree cently. It is eald in extenuation that Naylor had secured a divor Several families tn of Sumner have been! ae to move to escape the tor} At the county bridge. just betow | town there by been recently | 1899, STYLE ~ ALL PAPERS Estimates given on all classes of work Star Paint Co. 300 Pike St Toy Watches Are small things, but our prices are amall, too. We've our business on «inal! articles at amall price y we show one of the finest lines of Toys in the joes haven't changed. THEY are still COON BROS., I417 Second Ave. BRUNNER & CO. Groceries, Wines and Liquors 502 Pike Street, os Fifth. ‘Phone Grees 794. On hand a fine line of whiskies in bulk and bottles as fol- lows: Monogram Rye, Canadian Club, Oscar Pe yong Burke’s Irish, Burke's Scotch, pesBraves "Bottled in 4, etc., etc. Hennessy and Martel Brandies, French Cordials and Imported Gin, DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE ETE Eee OE ta EAS M. CLAY & Oytcten, 1 Fit Ave THB... — Will be found in our Suits. We are ACME Tailors, and can cut, fit, and make “ Clothes that will stay in shape. Standard Tailoring Co., 1012 Third Avenue CHOICE LOTS seeeeee ~~ | Allen C. Fisk, who was brought r s back from Alaska ¥ last Beptem. | {OM bie English wife in Dakota /muitt a substantial breakwater for ber on the Humb paralyzed and | 1h Teltatous journals consider thie} the protection of the structure. A 2 » go back to hia home | Proceeding unfair to the first wife, thaok eddy has been formed ther s near thee and the evangelist unworthy of theland the bank is already cut ave k } . cloth. If, = | ame down, his iden. | °° |for over 25 ¢ If this action of De Horton Bank Building. tity was shrouded in mystery. Ho], 12° Present location of Dr. Nay-| tne water continues a new channel xter a4 tne y the one word, “Yeu. |10F If unknown. He has mado n0| wit be formed and the large amourt Gradually hie speech returned newer to the charges. f rich land known as the fata will Bray Ha mus uke, | [eal divines have rendered no| he wiped out of existence. sa atin Chemeaeratal er [opinion against him They will 7 Coo ee eee ee : tel | make an effort to find him and wilt county hospital. Papers of | Gemand an explanation. While the; SOLD IRDIARS LIQUOR HE COMMERCIAL IMPORTING COMPANY'S Coffees are good. tor er tke Rk UO. tan no tran | Rev. MM. Randall was absent last ae Sacer ated hanes Sedan | Retail trade supplied by our wagons. | pg Pas cea f mer he filled the pulpit of the je Taceras Court today sucge “oe aes . atce a ihc ae Methodist church Sanford passed cantences on 1008 Second Avenue. 222 Pike Street a Naylor was confronted with |t¥o prisonére who pleaded guilty to - ; harces while in Whatcom | #¢lling liquor to Indians. The sen a and admit 1 the divorce from a/|tences were as follows: Geo. Wright We Are Offering One has a comfortable home asian Bpokane, two months and $100 and f before his Alaskan trip, a ——— Souka; Cosas Upencet: Spokane, tw of the Finest Lines of ===> nd wae in pr . ue cir |vea % $100 and « * om fo! * ’ ne wey Gre = ae, okane John Germain, Walla Wal ’ es a | H OX. a Age aol Kelley, Walla Walla, Ge | | Sanborne, Ana And at the Very Lowest Prices. A FIGHT ON | Nick Burley and Australian Bil - secesesees ALL KINDS OP se+sscsovese Smith meet at Germania hall t HERE IS THE : ain? \d | THE WL) ieee ne ewelry, Diamonds, Ladies and Gents Chains ah Tacoma sent over a large is mnber of mports today? some” by BLOMEFONTEIN? W. W. HOUGHTON, breil ‘ ad > fale rain @ he by bo wh ns ne im usical aces mpasinent wo| Serive onthe Oreat Northern thie] , : ning. Hoth men have sympath-| |The steamship Bloemfontein, of Pereereveeeererrnrerrrrrerere rs fa] on The ne w sek ta aaah Gnu the British-American line, which |& * ‘ saan the pectedion. | The weoestion a about town | was to have arrived here Deo. 3 trom de is no other house on the Pacific Coast » enne nin wi anc n ~ | is that the fight 1 lone to the | Aum , no) een reports foe" A, 7 Penner, bis wife, and an un-| iit. Both men look in excellent |Gtave fears are entertained for her carrying such a variety of articles suitable for ¥ own, were 2 not ors : pa, ieirteye chev and abil. |"afety, It im foared that she was . * ‘enner halla from San Diego. Two 2 : ree: ‘na disabled in the flerce gales which h T: G fts to take care of himself, and | ¢lsa h « nich yaataage he ct he posted iho] 7 fog ane cate, 2%, miment, and | clanbed te, the Sense guica seh | ic ristmas i > wo my n that y Six om nue amount of punishment and looking |#%* Salled, The vessel has not been x ry » ago she ;ist - rn ae oe ne to Se-| for more, atrengthen the hopes for|Mighted by any of the | incoming | ¢ : : * attle, | Later nt to Spokane. | A tong Aight ships, whieh ives credibitity to the|¥ Our stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, 4 lew days nner came this |” a, ahaa: it a . on| belief that she was blown out . tpn i city. “He met his alleged wite ‘They be on of the reteree takes | so regylar course. be left Aus : Cut Glass and Silverware, is complete in - pate o cdg Apher thie hing 88 | save delay the evening. The con- — Sy Aaa ing a9 ; 4 * every detail * 7 tegtants ha netructions to be | ne memrontein is a staunch They left the hotel and separated Pi gel gen ey rd GOLD AND SILVER SMITH cae . readineas to enter the ring at 9 ship and xceptionally seaworthy nite break ne The ty went! paddy Smith, Arthur Walker and| The British-Amertcan line had her ; : Albert Hansen 706 Fleet Av z wn-towr enner was suspicious a. ;|seheduled to sail from here on the ripe Denny Murphy will second Smith; ‘ and fall wes her. He met her with) vii. Jimmy Doyle, Barney Millen |fourth of this month Pebbbhibibanhnhannonaennnnnnedhnnen a tall, slender young man—name . | siento atone spake — os Mel and Dan McCausland will stand be- ——————___— daathe y amar, No| Charles Lee, of Montana, and Bib-| WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7 a ee A it |by, the Honotutu cyclone meet in|The house had a brief session to TT oh the vent the curtain raiser at §:20 sharp. day No 1 ortant by ene * by the linen he wears. s appearance depends e jundry. | G, WN. OFFICIALS MERE ‘The Hawthorne club wish to an-| transacted gy oh Pr nan. | Our work is done to please the most fastidious, Domestic Anish if 1 ta “ |nounce that {t has spared no pains) nounced as hia associateson the com ASKED FOR. General Supt. F, F. Ward, of the |in putting the hall in shape and get-| mittee of rules: Dalzell and Grosven- | Sixth and Pike PALAC T Great Northern, accompanied by|ting everything ready for a first-|or, Republicans; Richardson and| ‘Phone Main 177 General Western Superir ndent | class contest It guarante it# pa-| Bailey, Democrats. | Downs and party arrived this morn-|trons an evening of clean, enjoyable ie ‘ | bial x on their trip of Inspection Dow na he ns ” ton oat by ih BUILDING PERMITS. | “They Looked So Neat | Shields | he fallowing building permite And they dressed so sweet” that ev- he party spent the day visiting | were lasted today: Wm. Lit eryone in Seattle knew that they | th vat and docks mith's Twenty rth avenue, 1% story] must have had their linen and fine shirt waists laundered at the Queen | In the ¢ of the ted States against the steamship Laurada Carroll, receiver, and A. B. Cro t and other Wbellants, Judge | Hanford today issued an interiocu tory decree awarding Judgments as| fo eat: A. EB, Crone ndinavian-Amer Rn. Vv. Ankeny $6,272.61 Frye-Bruhn Company $706.52; Pacific Coast Company, $75: | Seattle Hardware Company, $197.20 Puget Sound Machinery D $106, 0; Moran Bros. Compa p2i.4 White Star Transportation Com pany, $148.40; North American Com mercial Company, $2,206:60; W. P. Fuller ( any, $179.28; George H. Fu Desk PANY, $459.68; F. Meyer & ¢ ny, $292.13:; Gen I Electric Company, $960. The tn terest on th Aggregates $ 081.60. MANILA, Dec, 7.The native po: Hee of one of the towne on the Island of Negros mutinied. On lean officer was killed, ‘The nar town has not been received, Kaufman, 706 Twelfth avenue south 1 sas thi mea 7 > ne story frame, $100; Florence J. | | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7 McClinton, 622 Broadway, two y When Chairman Taylor called the | ¢rame, $1,650; Solengulst and I | first meeting of the apectal commit-| jag. 719-715,717 Seventh avenue, tw | tee appointed to cons Roberts’ | story brick th 4 Sasement Jenne, all the mem preser + : 4*. | $10,000; aame, 1732 urteenth avenue nev eres Seen ic oo be eanary two story frame, $2,800; same, 1720 jto send to Utah for witnesses ond | Fourteenth avenue, two story frame, | records and on account of that no | go 960 ‘ |report can t xpected for a month lor more. Others are of the pinion that Roberts may admit all that ts neces LANSING, Mich,, Dec, 7.—Edwara | rary to enable the committee to ar- | J. Adams, of Grand Rapids, speaker | rlev ata a and that the con of the house of representatives, was be i may e reached by NeXt larraigned yesterday afternoon un an echconlilan GAihiiend ai der two grand jury indictments to meet again tomorrow, Little charging him, respectively, with re mpliahed except to hear the in- | ceiving $20,000 and $6,000 In the al- | idual views of the members as to | lesed boodling law Hbrary transac » course of procedure to be fol-|tons. Mr, Adama pleaded not gull of ty, reserving the privilege of chang There was a general discussion on |!ne the plea if ro advised by counsel this without any definite derision | He wave $3,000 ball being reached. Chairman. Taylor says Roberts cannot be barred from | The steamer Dirigo, Capt. George floor of the Roberts, is expected to sail for Lynn house pending the invenignton ' * canal ports about midnight tonight Vine © Indicted for Bribery. | MANTELS ) City Laundry, for they were immac- ulate in their cleanliness, Shirts, collars, cuffs, shirt waists, under- wear and everything. Our call trade prices—No bundles de- livered at these Shirts, Locr with collar, daige; shirte go} Collars, 20; cuffs, 40. Tel ol Pike 83 Queen City Steam Laundry 1426-28 Fourth Avenue, dstweed Union and Pike PRCA PRDRCRURETOTUT0008 MUHL 219 Pike Street Between Becond Third Aves, WR WRPURRCRCRCUDETEEEEEEE OF Wall Paper 8000 of the Twentieth Century patterns to select from. We cater to those who want their homes beautified, en ean ae carve] designed and made to order by first-class eastern workman. Open evenings. ART FURBITURE & Gas C' 1105 Third Avenue, opp, Teephame ~~