The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1901, Page 1

Only Paper in Seattle That Dar print the News : :: 4 3, NO. TION---WHAT SHALL DONE ABOUT IT? ated by Clee & King, which te franchise from the city council, will, it t stated, push japon without delay he Star secured today further in pearing out Its statements of yesterday, Mpwm be Feealled that last December Mr,"Malone, of Denver, fer a gas franchise, but the application wes not pressed, in jens roped quictly, owing to tho serious tilness of Malone Recently h - fhe new ger gas company, repr } ee er awhile, Was thought to de at death's door, Re health to an extent that justified the taking up of ‘ ogain. This time, however, new capital has been on Sai the sebeme, including one very wealthy astern capitalint, ” Friday Pent to this cf & decisive letter, upon receipt Sceake immediate steps were taken by Clise & King to renow, ea new form, and with radical alteratio: tous * for & gas franchise pis yet too early to state exactly what the new company will Me city, in return for the franchise desired. Naturally Re aaked than will be granted, and perhaps no franchtee at all, The proposition ts one of vital interest to - of Beattie and ts not to bevhurriedly passed upon by _ = Monopoly of the Seattle Gas & Electric Co, must be femehow, fo that gas may be obtained at reas Rah & question Whether this resuit can best be a R Smother company to enter the feld, eeieal plant, which will sell g4s to the peopte at cost ‘ihe Rew company seeking entrance to this city is backed by mp igen, financially speaking, and can fulfil any obtigations pa may undertake. The question therefore resolves itself to the one point, will it be best to er OF proceed with the municipal piant? Mar Would like to hear from the people upon this point 4 Communications short and pointed # thelr pre te rates mpliahed or by erecting a SERRE EEE EE EEE ET EEE PERE E EERE EERE ERE E KR EER RR RR REE CISCO, May 22.—Mre. McKinley's doctors are allowing today. She is almost strong now he ever was. @eparts with Mes. McKinley for Washington this Sat- ‘@ drill by the Knights Templar at 2.90 this afternoon, at ‘Pailion, and this evening a cadet dril tainment of the visiting Knights At 7 o'clock this evening the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan will parade through the streets, and this procession promises to develop some startling features. i About & candidates for initiation tyros—are to be displayed, it is said, im steel cages, and otherwise made | cheerful Im the face of the populace. Following the parade initiatory ereises will be heid in Fraternal hail. RAMPAGE! There| CHATTANOOGA, Tonn., May 22.— tment in Everett |The Tennessee river went on a ram- this meident of the | Br last night, causing over $1,060,- Eight companies of damage in this vicinity. fank from outside! A number of children were drown- to be present | ed, and one man died from fright. ey We tet acon in a| More than a dosen bridges were at the fair grounds | washed away. WEATHER FORECAST. Scheduled for this] Seattle and vicinity—Tonight and Whitman college | Thursday, showers; fresh to brisk team, for the enter-! south winds. DN FACES JURY THAT WILL TRY HIM of Counsel Appears on Both Sides—Defense a Few Surprises—John Considine, a Star Witness, Fails to Show Up. May 22.—The Grand Kaights of Pythias me: | fing in Fraternn! hall, anc) st Sisters met in Odd) routine busi- fternoon the of Pythias) iom, by the of H.R. R. Cayton, the col- | of them indeed being past that age om a> ween ¥ newspaper | They are almost without exception tit eriminal libel, was|men of good mental capacity. ed in earnest today before in the court. x with lbel‘ing Pe leredith in the foi- paragraph: Chief Meredith to rid An Intelfigent Jury. made up as fo A. M. Peyner, rrutt rancher, fore- man; HM. A. Frederick Beatt! Alex graft lice- | Allen, ship bullder. of this ¢ 0. if that mere done | Baxter, farmer, Fall City; Jobn of Chief Meredith | Carr, real estate dealer; H. M. Ged dings, Seattle; John Hawkins, ship Convened at 9:90, and | ping business, Seattle: Fe. ented the gather- | Seattle; A. M. Col . of any size. The| Phelps, Seattle, and B. A. O. Rosen- was only about od ae waft ag : ss Judge .B. Hamer, proprietor of the ren WORE NPS | Cliey heues, Was | challenged per- Co emptorily by the defense after tak- ee Korly. ing the tenth seat. His place was into court shortly af-| filled by K. D. Phelps of this city. He was accompanied | Altogether the defense uned its en Judge Richard Win-|tire allowance of six peremptory Root. Cayton ap- | challenges. ay = oe Rumors Rife in Court Root at once. buried) Ty this time the court room was| = ot portentious | crowded and those present listened ov jonta, eagerly to every question put, in the ith Arrives. hope of getting some slight clue as Police Meredith came into|to what the defensd would be, but | EM. He wan foliowed al-| the examination of jurors was con iy by County Attor-| ducted in such a manner that no 8. Fulton, and the two| inkling of the defense’s plans feats at table re-| divulged. 2% State's attorney. Aj rent as is later they were joined | of HL Faden, Mr. Fulton's | Considine, al charges Marked and interesting | lice, had been subp existe between counne! for | ated much interes 884 prosecution. Judge 1 by the report which 894 Mr. Root belong to the aprend rapid Aly that Considine could School of attorneys. | not be found. ate urbane. ro uave. | iniiher hend'se tite «| Have Mot Seon Considine. y bloodhound, lean, re It was reported that Considine 0 He ts a coid,| had left the county Inet night, in I machine. Nothing | spite of the fact that he was served ine, he moves inn di-| with a subjoena early yesterday Unless the occasion de-' morning. Wh The it finerse subject Jud Winsor sat 4 teas he {had not seen Considine and did no eee sptied i whether or not he had left | tion of jurors was E The atate merely as bias in elt and accepted an noon before the jury wan impanne' nf & recess was then baa until 1:30 p.m Mr, Root's ques on the same ine and only The Osse Rosumed | y ques Immediate’ after recess counsel ng the|for the defense requested Judge | iffin to isaue a mubpoenn duces te- + Humes, calling upon to bring into court the | ritten to him by John Considine Jernanding the dieminent of Chie Polles Meredith and other members conatituted of the police department y well welecte ‘The request was refused on_ the e without excep- ground that the testimony #0 offerea iinmaterii any way din THE | } minutes Mr As finally constituted the jury was SEATTLE, WASI taken and noted and sped bw Ful pople’s ¢ yrietty his “addres ran to the jury, laating exactly three Fulton read aloud the alleged Hbellous article and then briefly stated the law of libel and sald (hat it me ed upon the People to show article was lous, Chief Meredith Catted. Chief of Police Meredith was then d to the stand, After stating mon the force, he said in to Mr, Fulton's questions had known H. R, Cayton for e and knew him to be the of the Republican, a weekly aper of thie elt Hith then read the al ed lbeltous editorial aloud. Me ead at the request of the coun rey several oth editorials 1 the same newspaper In whieh Meredith was characteriged as 4 stool pigeon,” a “blackleg,” and other disreputable things, This was introdw w that matice had been the motive for the publication, and that Cayton had ely ot ul a long Aid this ‘gerartin pon you?” asked Mr Object,” sald Mr, Root, “it te im material Objection sustained What is the meanng of the word craft’ and ‘grafter? ‘Object. It is immaterial Objection everru 1 for th of arg was granted them lock Meredith was stil! on BIGGER THAN asked the ALL OF THEM WKINLEY IS SITTING 9°" "Nae" ap at Arlington dock at 1 lock this morning. She ts one of the largest vesmels that ever made this p and carriers @ crew of #2 men and £5 officers, The mi: mmoth vemmel im ¢ 10,800 tone, besides 2,000 tone of coal | her bunkers. § 469 feet In length with a 67-foot beam. she atter loading 6,009 tons more here she will sall for Manila. The ship i# in command of Capt Waiton, chief engineer, John Don. nelly. ©. C, Cole is the quartermast. er captain aboard. PETER LAUDE IN HARD LUCK Peter Laude, & Swede, was today the vietim of a buneo trick of some kind. He complained to OMeer Hi’ bard that Thomas Levina, @ miner, had steered him up against & game, and he had in some way lost $70. The mversation. Both Levine and Laude were locked up. EARL “BOBS” IS SICK. LONDON, May 22.—The health o of the Britieh army, ts giving his fri The South African campaign th of hia only son at Colenso, were an “MUST KEEP -EP AWAY. Mre. G, Thison tod. warrant before Judge ing her husband with disorderly con- duct. It appears that the couple were parted, and the wife had the custody of their child. Yesterda George Thison went to the residence of Mra. Thison and asked to eee the child. Trouble with his wife follow- ed, and he wae today cautioned to keep away from the residence of hit | Wife until after the case ts tried, next | Monday. swore out a . charg ret ‘$150,000 FOR PHILADELPHIA, May 22.—Th» eddress on home missions, by the Rev. Chas. O. Thompson, # retary of t home minal yard, b the Presbyterian general assembly here, lprovoked warm enthusiasm, whic |found vent In the thunderous ting: |ing of m national hymn, It was rec lommended that during the ensuing r the sum of $184,000, actually needed, be given the board by the urches, for the carrying on of th | The women's board of home mis- sions met in the Witherepoon build ing and re-elected the entire board f officers, and in addition, a vice- president from each state of the Union. EMPLOYERS News From All Along the Line Indicates sal Victory Will Perch Upon the Banners of the Striking Machinists. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22. Telegrams are still pouring into the executive offices of the Machininta’ neiation, a majority jcating @ general decrease in the number of n questioned on the | men out, and that all along the line, with few exceptions, employers are veking to arbitrate SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.—Sev- eral small shops have accepted the dernands of the striking machinista today Moulders in the large shops struck | yesterday 4 YEARS AT Hi SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 22. Four years of hard labor ts the sen tence imposad upon ex-Congress- An objection was | span Crowley's son, Harold Crowley, ' court. SEATTLE came into port from Ban Francisco | With 6,000 tone Of hay in cargo, and| IINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 228, 1901, KING EDWARD BARELY ESCAPES DEATH ABOARD SHAMROCK Ii, TODAY! |Watching Crowds Send | Up Cheers for the King’s Escape. | wn on the Terrific Squall Strikes) ee ee ena te tame teanes| the Cup-Challenger, se eee | Dismantling Her. | ave himaclf ard and y seed over! of the accident | KING LEAPS ASIDE)!» cern sere om GLOOMY YACHTSMEN | experts took a gloomy view of the} } chances of Shamrock IT, and freely | Just in Time to Save Himself | °Premet doubt that ultimately whe | cowld lft the cup. Freely Predict That the New | i Boat Will Fail to Lift | From Being Seriously King Edward came early to the| Hurt or Killed. race, and, knowing that he would the Cup. | pent, erent ¢ te had gath-| Pe | and ives alone the | COWES, Isle of Wight, May 22 shores the ent. Great preparn-| By quick dodging the king « ped | King Baward VII narrowly escaped | HOn# had been made for the day's | unhurt apin. The king came down from| The dismantled serious Injury, or death, on board | ¥ ar " te Landon on a special train early in r 1 >| | the new eup-chationger, Shamrock caobiien tied Ween Sth “in as. | to 0 by sir T 9 Lipton’s 1, today rival he boarded the Shamrock 11. | & bt Erin. When the news The Shanwock If had her sails And! wirnout detay the two boats be. | Bat the king wae unhurt reached | the people, there was loud and pro- | masts carried away in a equ fan maneuvering for the start : need cheering. | Ing a trial race with the old ehalien aly, Before the actual beg The Bhamrock drifted down the} ger. Shamrock I lost her topsails { the race, @ terrific squall! goient after nceident, looking Sting Baware \ Hwooped down on the Solent, #trik- | like @ total wreck. It will probably aw standing*on the | | ing both yachts with full force.| require several Weeks to make re- | deck of the new challenger, far aft. | wants wore wnatepped and knocked paire When the squall struck the boat, the | 4 and the salle were ripped off | ‘The old boat behaved much better Mass of shattered rigging, torn « ke py t wings from a windmt | than her rival In the squall THREEBABESINTHEWOOD —_||NSANE OR KILLED AND PARTLY EATEN DESPERATE: BY A WEST VIRGINIA BEAR | Engelke Flourishes Knife and De- SEARCHING PARTY FINDS PARENTS ARE DISTRACTED mands Money. THEMUTILUTED BODIES, BY GRIEF, AND IT Is (nee THEN HUNTS DOWN AND FEARED THE MOTHER KILLS BRUIN. | CANNOT SURVIVE. I JOB, W, Va, May 22—The partly - devoured children of Mr. and Mrs. HE. P. Porterfield, r found in the woods yesterday by a sear party that had been out | {pi pudwe be tince Gunday.. Tho children ranged in age from three to seven years. | that Iengelke approached Augustina ‘They had gone out berry-picking, and were attacked by a t Or & nurse attending Mra. Fubr- Their little bones were crushed like straws, and the Mesh had Man, who is tll, with @ request for stripped off by the eruel teeth and o eck kee ee ae Afterpthe bodies had been found, a eearch wae m ened to kill the terrified w which Was found and des 4 with one shot Ho has now been taken inte Thelthidren’s parents are distracted with grief. y by the police and will prob- te feared, will die of nervous prostra John Doe F perate man o gelke ither a des- eine Innane, The po- 4 to belleve the lat- D. Fubrman, who resides at t bodies of three emai | Washingt« ret and Twelfth av erg | Bue south iding near here 4 fore Judge ( are in de for the bear Mrs. Porterfield, 1 be examined to-ascertain the of hie mind, PROJECT. THE ANGEL | NEW YORK, May 2t.—A new & f Bart Roberts, commanter-in-chiet | river tunnel project fe annour t ends serious concern. | It embraces a steel tube r @ con Wwhicts he pedecd. and the 1 necting Manhattan and Hrookly rough which he passed, and thé loss | The project hope to complete it t ‘ | : eRtreme tax upon dis ox itution bse two years, MURDERED SON 1S FOUND CLASPED CLOSE IN DEAD MOTHER'S ARMS | ated y | tate | Mrs. Francis E. Enos Passes Away—Last Summer's Story Recalled. Frances F. Mnos, age 18 years, at 1422 Fifth avenue this morn TACOMA, May 22.—A distress. [held clasped in the dead mother’s|ing @t 1:15 o'clock, The deceased ing tragedy, doubtless the outer mepor Her lips were pressed so clone| Was the wife of Sherman P, Enos of & mother’s tomporary fiwainest his cheeks that flory | Of this city, and the daughter of M¢. has been discovered near he notd, trickling from her had| end Mra, A. C, Barrow, of Twens dee of Mrs. Chas. F. Gun: urned the dead boy's face. ty h avenu , Mrs. Gungert waa the ¢ t re-old son wer 5 Enos will be remembered as found 1®| Jonn H. Anderson, proprietc t Lake Park sta-! Third House saloon and af r had fired four bul-{ politician, Mr. he young girl who eloy with Enos on horses hir Montana stab! <t inet June 1 from the woods n her son's back and #ide,| Wife's mind had been wande b him, and then herself had| months. ‘The mother had Invited her| tbe #on carbollco acid and taken o|son for a walk, mingly for tha| {bis city and ts f etryebr purpose of committing her awful | Where affair pr ee son's ly wan | deed men J rh STRIKE wi TODAY and claim s th After eluding law for several ully caught near f Easton, the other of Snoqualmie pays, ‘They w ught back to Beattle; the horses ored to thelr owners and tha couple married and netted ‘ Until the present sadness, their lives were happy and full of contentment. The body of the de- ceased girl is at Butterworth’s, The machinists’ strike is in the! down, fame condition that it has been since | re The machinists, boller= | fro moulders and allied mechan- | tc fos are still out, and claim that they | ¢ will stay out until the employers | make the concession they ask. Many of them have left town on hunting and fishing expeditions and seer to | enjoy the lay-off, as @ vacation, | Pinces co! All of the machine-shop propriet- | ped, and expenses running up during [ors still have their places cloned | the trouble, It is learned that man | of them are anaious to sign the me | ehante Agreement and once mor |see their wheels turning. | Already all branches of business tn | feattle have felt the effects of | strike. With 1,000 men out, manny oe | whom, anticipating possibly a lon fight, ‘are not spending the money they did while at work, and as a It the #tores of the town feel the of trade Some of the merchants are dis cussing: the advisibility of prevall- to take the matter up and see if some| PARIS, May 22.—The Mamburg- rettlement cannot be reached. | The| American liner Ascania is ashore at merchants realize that the strike is Pe r Partha the trade ef the city ant| Afeala, near the Gulf of Aden. they are desirous of bringing theaf-| She has § feet of water in her at they will not chanics reced esponding redu employers hold a recret meet ing tonight in the parlors of the| Butler hotel for the purpose of div Cussing the situation. With thetr loned up, thelr profits stox ing upon the chamber of commer | fair to an end as #00n As possible, | hold, No conference has been held be- tween the employers and the work-| “rcs, sig ome ew ACCIDENT OR DEVILTRY = change in the strike situation be yond the refusal of outstanding | | shops to furnish castings to Ollard| raat sunday the King County fer- (that the theory of malice seemed to Bros. and the Tacoma Brass & Tron! py boat, which pligs between Kirk- [be strengthened by the fact that Works, whioh planta are the only Madison street, on Lake! shut-off in the exhaust pipe, seldom Ones running here. They have an | om, wae erippled for some| touched, had n tampered with hand more orders than they can the partial burning out of|and apparently caused the accident handle. They are putting on extra A horrible accident waa| There has always been much feel j Bon-unton machiniats, | by the blowing out of|ing among the crew This fact soft-plug in the end of the boller,|might lend grounds for a theory Someone allowed th tler to be-| which would bring the affair nearer | come almost dfy. Whether the en-|home. On the other hand, the com- | tire affair was done out of malice, is] petition between the pointa on the th juestion now perplexing the|iake is very reat, and thi« fact missioners | would give grounds for attributing | County Commissioners L, C. Smith |the trouble to another source {convicted of misappropriating post. | and J, Amith this morning took! The matter will probably remain Ja! funds. 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