The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 26, 1899, Page 1

NRE: MITT — THE Cents a Month By Mail or Carrier Vou. 1 IG SENSATION MAY DEVELOP ¢ Uncle Sam's Officers Are Seeking for the Culprit ~ WHO WROTE ‘A WICKED LETTER Promise of a Social Denoument That May Cause Great Astonishment and Dismay, A most sensational accusation against a prominent society Woman of Seattic ix now being thoroughly Investigated by the Federal authorities, with a strong probability that court proceed ings wilt follow within three days. In that event the city will be torn wide open by a scandal, the like of whieh has not excited the community for many years. For eral days the Star bas been quietly following up the clues obtained and this morning Went to a person having knowledge of the in hand, and asked point blank for further information. When the official found that the secret was out he sald, “Well, you dare not pub Mah the story in full with names as yet. for the facts are not in your possession that would make you secure against heavy dam Sge sults for libel. Charges have certainly been made and the postoffice authorities are now conducting @ searching investign tion, aided by United States District Attorney Gay. We have at covered that a most obscene letter was sent through the matis alléged to have Deen written by a well known society woman. It war addressed to a man who ts also well thought of In thts com munity and contains language which would not cane bear publica even In the form of a aynopsis. This letter wan, for a cer tain reason, turned over to the postoffice authorities he re. cipient and is now in the hands of the district attorne: cane court proceedings are determined upon, the papers will filed in the Federal court within three days, “XP the present time we ab- solutely refuse to divulge further information.” When United States District Attorney Gay was agproached, be aid: “An obscone letter is being tnvestigated It ¥ slenedg * with a nome-de-plume, but we are comparing (t with the hand- ® writing of 4 certnin woman and propose to be wery careful in @ making any charges. The matter cannot reach the inside @ of three days. It ts possible that we will have to a From other sources the Star learns that there fs an underpin. @ ning to the whole affair that may be exposed when the proper time comes. * * Pr eee ewoesseesahatesae eeeeeeeteeeee ee ee tee eee eee + * * * * * * * * @ * * * * * « * * /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * = e A MANDAMUS Y.M.C.A. PLANS | WAS GRANTED Gecond @eee of Committee of! Ti Association witt Ha 10@ Against Council. | Mumereus Attractions. Another mandamus was granted The ¥. M. this morning by Judge Moore to ®°4 varied programme for the com A. J. Wetls and J. W. Godwin, repre. ine week. Thursday evening the ‘ @entatives of the Committees of One Juniors will give a reception to their Mundred, against the members of Parents and triends, exhibiting their the city council, made returnable | ®¥™mnastum work and winding up Trecember-28. The complaint ts sir! swimming contest Bir to the one filed Saturday in ail ¥ evening Prof. Edmond 8. Feapects, with the exception of the Meany will lecture on Isaac I. Stev ameniment petitioned for, which in *®* Saturday evening there will be ‘This case is to the effect that when. | @M athletic and basitrt ball carnival ever 18 per cent. of the voters peti-| #80 class work. tiomed for Prvposition to be put Next Sunday Mrs. Marion Maxter @ @ general election, the council ake on the “Royhood of Jesus shall put R. and if 20 per cent. peti-| Monday afternoon, New Years ‘he tion for it, a special election shall he '*4ire auxiliary give a reception @alled by the council in the evening the basket, ball ma oh ‘The complaint seis forth that 190 between Beattie and Portland, wil) Sigvatures were be pulled off obtained to the pe- tition. Black Diamond, where he has been conducting evangelistic meetings The night school has been cloned | for this week and reopens January | 2nd BURIED TODAY Recretary Allen’ announces that the $25,000 subseription for the as ai sociation debt has been pleted - William Dalton and eo. B. Var PasT NORTHFIELD, Mas... Dec 04.—The funeral of the late Dwight L. Moody was held here this after- floon. ‘The services. though im pressive, were decidedly simp! Many distinguished men from near and far gathered to pay their last Feapects to the famoun evangelist ‘The remains during the early fore- | oon jay in state In the little Con- ney have returned from Index 1S LAID OVER FOR ONE WEEK The etery, near Moody schools, and int red in the Moody family plot There was no service save a short prayer, at the grave. tled between the committee Furth, It im possible that will be adjusted before and Mr committee has definitely SEATTLE, A BIG WEEK’ A. has an extensive Alex Mefregor has returned from | WASHIN CITY NEWS. Jack Dalton and Nick Burley have TATTLE GTON, | J | AS ARE ALSO MANY FARMERS : igned articles for @ 16-round go In| Whatcom January 6, the winner to ve 75 and the loser 25 per cent of the & mey Delton as re enuy in the cit ley has defeated all comers in go attle thus far A. G. Mafitride, formerly deputy Prosecuting attorney for King coun ty, now in Alaska, has been ap pointed « ymerator for the Maxth kan divtrict which tn cludes Dougias istand. Mr, MeRr wan recently appointed United States court commissioner for Cape Nome. case of Anthony Prue ve defendant's motion for a temporary restraining order regarding the ane child went over Luntil some date after January 12 In th Kate Prue, the Jennie Moynihan has filed auit for a divorce from her husband, Joseph on the grounds of abandonment and | non-support, asking the custody of the one onild. Piakeley petitions for « Miakeley, ai Bhe asks the Alice R | divorce from John W }leging non-support custody of three minor ebildren | Bertha L. Fairbaten has purchased |e let on Chestnut avenue, near Oak | wire for $8,000, from Horteare Leonard | e e° 4 | W. R, Chesley sold part of lot 17 | block 34%, Beattie tide lands, to the } Alaska company for $1,600, and the latter resold the property to Sidney 14.00. The land is | ne avenue, between Al j asks and Conneeticut etreeta W R nurches other part of he nn the wt © tor #InAt of County Bohools ling -exa t Qeate urthe sperintende Hith ie ho: day for estate ce om in the brary r arrested a with tor Hecharged, he hav amount he | Edwin Boyles, days ag has been good 34, the | three leery jing made obtained. Whetham Sh5e Go. Vimited, eal today fled @ claim in Fk el court acatieat R.A. Mae t. of Port Angeics, Wach.. for the feum of $2,464.20 The of M sae of ejectment was today te inst Irving Baruch. The plies for the possession of the concert hall. on Cherry } Awr | sued writ | Oberon |street. | J..W. White swore Sut a complaint in Jutige Cann’s court thip after |noon, charging Charles Atiderson | with thr ~— to = him. | Frances M ‘Lyman fuce George Lyman for diverce on the grounds of non-support: and aske the cus | tady of thelr onty « nid | Deputy T. D. "Finn brought in_an Insane trom Kent tedawpefitee pertifolar detoeton t that driven from Seattle by the land the Irtwh. He tok refuge in Ev whence some evil disposed be says, spirited by beat he wae pol | erett | enemies, | Kent An answer to Genevin agains the clatm the schoo Abbey F. Morris for $150 damages for breach of contract. was filed today In the Federal court Lovell Arms Co. Fails. ROSTON, Dee. M%—John Po Love Arm Co. has assigned. Charies Cole ately the president of the Globe Na tions’ Rank, has advanced this firm ver one million dottare. thereby breaking him and the bank ALONG THE WHARVES |; | The steam collier Mackinaw at » San Francisco inet nigh Bhe is loading coal at the south bunke le Steam anie arrived early thi orning from Gan Francisco Bhe J ear od little freight, and came up load alto relieve the ecar yun | Sen Francisco. = ° City, whieh Iwas to e4 today, wan de layed in loading on account of the holidays, and will not go till tomor WILL RETURN SPANIARDS D.C, Dec, Stepational church where Moody corporations committee will) and his family worsh pped for years. not report nm the street railway! After the services the remains, fo!- | franchiae this evening. There are lowed by a long funeral cortege, were |i" ts stated, several details about! conveyed to the Round Top Hill cem- extensione of present lines which are had under con on of the retarn the Spanish soldiers friars and civillane who h held a# prisoners by the FY been and who have been released by the | Amertean forces The particular question was to the extent of the Mability of the United States in the oa It wan decided that the moat Ilberal construction should be placed on the treaty be twee nin and the United Stat. ar the United States should send back, not only the @panizh sol diers, but the their wives - BiG CANADIAN BICYCLE TRUST villans ed of the proposed consolidat hime, it will not consider nern Pacific ordinances A large propertion of the uneil man atate thet they are very ar { Wi xious to listen to both sides of the question in the North Pacific JHA J} tena tonight's mass meeting at the Armory for that reason They ate as however, that there are mprovement resolutions The three superior judges held a must have a hearing at t night's counetl meeting, and th meeting this morning, at which it these matters will prevent their at WAS decided that the transfer of tendance at the public gathering un-| courts between Judges Jacobs and t!! after counc I meeting, at ieast BROWN IS STILL IN TOWN Fruit Im, ecte of a letter from M. P. hardist of Lakenide. commending the Benson ehould The judges will simply change dock ets, retaining their old court Judge Benson Ville today TROUGHTS WERE HEAVY The effects of Christmas were everywhere evident this morn ing. Stores were Inte opening, cleris take place at once. leaves for Water r Brown ts in receipt Wiison, an o Washington nd taken by the cheer were late getting down to busines nepector keainat the fruit pests be and all the world wore that look of | ing imported Into the atate, and an eennui which indicates the debilita ring him of the support of the ing presence of “that tire@ feeling . ers in his section As a result, there was not ny t T Inepector has fumigated the much business done. Many t shipment of 2,000 boxes of lawyers and other professional men me oranges which came trom are spending the holidays elsewher jent, He will also ca n ble & g00d indication of th leonsigninent of shrubs whic r Gent condition of business affa ed @ few days ago to be fumigated INDIANAPOLIS, The Ind,, Dec. 2 trust has begun the work of moving the bicycle machin ery from the Indiana plant in this city to Toront the combine has established a plant to control the m » Canada \ F. Atkins of Chicago, aseietant to the second vice-president of the mmpany; @ 8. Smith, of Milwaukee n charge of the department control ling the manufa vf parts, and Jonn F. Deedee, of Detro » has charge of the business in Canada, ere in the city Saturday picking OUL the different machines to be re | moved from this city Those ma chine ere taken whore loss will not nte with the manufacture ot sutor bilesw, to th yuliding f which Jevoted, 2 ° him to} of Sonn! together with | British Threatened With a Revolt on the SPHSSHSHHTSHSSHEHSHSSHSSOHSOSOSSOSOOSD | ¢ | ¢ eo ° @ e le < ie \e ig Is 4 renee |g. ° ° ° ° ° e le e 'e ooo \¢ o ° | : 3 ie eo ° e ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° e o e ° ° ° e e ° e ° ° o 7 e e ° ° ° e o o ca . 7 ° od ° ° ca ° WASHINGTON, D.C Secretary a . . TUESDA DECEMBER ae IN CAPE COLONY Four Members of the Parliament Are 1” Aiding the | Boers. Cape—Trouble Between Free Staters and Boers. DURBAN, Deo. &—Keports from Jacobedal say that recent arrivals there tell of growing Alsaffection among the ranks of the Free Staters, who, despite the recent Boer Peet ultimate victory, Frée Staters complain of. the of Gen. Cronje's men posted in the eafest places. Transvaaniers aré said to have threat ened to shoot Free Staters if they waver, The latter regard vic tory for the Tragavaal as more to be feared than subjection to Great B do not «x overbe victories conduct whom they say are fed bet ain CAPRTOWN, Dec, 10--Delayed on i spreading in Cape Colony. Four members of the Cape Cape pariiament are known to be aiding the Boers, and many said to be assisting the invaders ‘The transport Tentalion Castic, with a siege train and three companies of siege artillery, arrived here today. There is no doubt that sed wealthy farmers are also LONDON, Dec. B—Advices from Chiveley dated December 19, say: “The Briti#h naval guns have deatroyed Colenso footbridge, preventing the Boers from holding any position south of Tugeia river. The my are taking fresh positions on the Eastern side. nearer the British camp, The Tugela river is rising. The Britieh Pp on at Friere is being strengthened. A two-hour bombardment of Ladysmith has been heard from here. According to reliable native reports, the Boers bad 200 killed tn the Cotenso fight Hinta of a serious epread town, Cape Colony and N ‘The Times thie morning anco take no more troops from India unless unforseen difficulties arise An undated Ladyamith heliograph messecge says the garri le no. way daunted by Buller’s reverse, and can hold owt indefin ¥ of Duteh Aisaffection in Queens al come, despite strict censorship unces that the government will The correspondents, in their mall advices, all comment on the superiority of the Boer artillery Concerning the conteaband question and the ac ited States government, the Graphic says “We believe that every provision has been made in Britian treaties with the United States for dealing With this matter. In the special circumstances of the prosent war, the government ls bound t& regard food as contraband, No doubt the question can be satiotagtorily eettied by paying compensation for the seizures on of the Un- of Ameriagn four, ‘ ° “The question of neutrality, however, is more serious, and Great Britain's duty is to have the Lorense Marqués - Transvaal railway watched by capable agents, and to warn Portugal that she will be held Hable in damages for assistance to the Boers by means of the railway.” The Morning Post argues that the government would be mad to treat food a hands of all po The Standard says contraband, as “such action would play into the bie future en of Great Britain We do not doubt that th mies matter re celving the government's attention As the case develops it may become neceseary to seiae the railway at Komatipoort It is not Rkely that by blowing up the road bridge across the Tugela that Buller by entrapped the Boer force south of the river, as they oan easily withdraw ndrth by the fords in the river above and below Colenso. Diapatches from Ladysmith show that Boers have renewed a sharp bombardment of that place. ' Advices from the beleagured rarrison, however, are meager, and relate al dispatch from Ladysmith dated December vate of the Tenth Mountain Battery was killed, « Gloucestershires were killed and nine w and two men of the uaities, An off @ays that a pri ht men of th unded and five officers Fifth Lancers were wounded in the bombard ment Monday, Another dispateh from Ladysmith, dated yester Gay. enys that three men were wounded and three others had died Tt t* reported that another American ship inden with Roer es, has been intercepted by a British crulwer and taken to Port Elisabeth, Cape Colony. Thies would make the fourth Amerioan ship seized for carrying food stuffs to the Boers. CHIPVELEY CAMP, Dec. 20—Delayed today again bombarded the Boer trenches along the north bank of the Tugela. The Boers did not reply to shelling and are be- leved to be shifting thetr position The British artitiery LADYSMITH, Dec. 16--Delayed —The loera carried on a heavy canonading today. One of the garrison was killed, and two wounded LADYSMITH, Dec. Delayed —The Roers renewed the bom bardment today, and the unfamiliar bark of naval quna was heard for the firet time against the Britieh These guns ate believed to be those captured from Puller. MODDPR RIV PR, Dec. 20—Delayed.—The naval brigade got range of al! the Roer tranches today, compelling the enemy to stop work on them in the daytime PARIS, Dec. 2% —The Journal prints a letter from a French man at Johannesburg, saying that the Irish briwade serving with the ter BERLIN, Dec, 8A consigament of 40,000 Mauser rifles which left Germany for the Transvaal before the wart broke out, reached Lorenzo Marquez a few days ago Iabelled “furniture,” was duly forwarded to Pretoria CAPETOWN, Dec 26.—An oficial report saye that there has been no change in the military situation Methuen is wel! in trenched at Modder river and undisturbed. Gatacre reports that 1) colonial poltee occupied Do®drecht, in the @tormberg district Boers retiring before them PRETORIA, Det, 18—Delayed.—Gen. Joubert hae returned to the front. He has entirely recovered from his recent indisposition GIBRALTAR, De 26.—43en Kitchener arrived here on the ruleer Dido today, en route to Madiera, where he will join Gen. Roberts on the steamer Dunottar Castle and proceed to Capetown SHSHHSSHSSHSSHSSOHSSOOSOHOOO OOOO doocees LONG WILL A cee ve. 8 FI & = decidedly lively Aeht took place street and Second avenue fast night |@ about 7:30 o'clock Dee, %--| FE. Flanahan, John Hast of the Navy Long, in re-| Runstetter, rh, swore that they would give the British soldiers no quar ings, and two others who ¢ STAR. 1899. Wr escccsecrecccesoevooosooesoooeoeyy emo Train a Boy 3 : In the way he should go. $ gine, @ steamboat or other mechanical more in mJ J : Five Minutes” “> $ Than t ke. would teach him in PS o ° We are in the Toy Business. @ years, and hope to be for nine more e We have a splendid variety ° a 4 WE DELIVER PROMPTLY if, 1417 Second Ave, lows: etc, etc. and Imported Gin. Holiday Packages ready for delivery. 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SS ® | Popular Cafe for Gentiemen “ OUR HOUSE |. eect Made to order; paras floors; floors poly ART FURNITURE & GRILL CO, aponse to question as to the truth of |Caped in the melee, refused to | . |for drinks. In the argument that the report that he intended to re-| i len, said today: “Unies the heaith| followed one of the Simpron broth: | Occidental Ave. and Washington St. | lof my daughter makes it necessary,| eT Used a hammer, putting Hast cs | 1 shall remain tn the cabinet until] !ng® to sleep and the other two hors reo | the end of my term. T have yielced|de combat, Three of the combatants | te the #olicitations of President | were taken to the police station. Dr McKinley, who has been kind| McKechnte dreased the wounds, The ished and guaranteed. enough to express his desire that 1| Simpson brothers have a hearing for should not reslynf j assault tomorrow afternoon, 1105 Third J eottete opp, Telephone Bulldiae @