The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 4, 1902, Page 1

§ Pages THE —— Yol. 4 “HO. 34. yOTHING | alt RUIN % : +. ‘ilantic City’s Fire a Great Disaster _——- CITY. N. J. April 4 hae of diackened and smould. i ruins this morning along the ‘ mark the place where the " tever occurred in this al ad over $1,000,000 worth iw. Of the 12 hotel# that ita the devastated district, only 3 jonas of the Windsor Grande remain i were withdrawn from patre! duty this morning. of the fire is still a mys- | Waa stated yesterday that reagona for believing the | started from incendiar- | after conducting an inves- Insurance men are in. / bt the statement, or at te be hop aot proving was the case. One ren- it fads to the belief that the accidentally, ta that Bathhouse, where !t started, fully ineured. Losves Sustained wiest losees were as ful- Larayowned by J. 8. ° + the New Hoi- » J. Lide, $30,000; Strat | r W. Waldner, $40,000; | Bew Fros., $50,000; Bryn| a E. Keefer, $25,000; fe. 1. V. Stickney, $20, James T. Gorman, $20, de. J. P. Kilpatrick, $30, - . Bets, 000; Acad- Academy of Music, +, $25,000; Windsor, G. iy destroyed), $25,- . Keeler's drugstore, Freisinger, art store, other losses range from ay ca = BRIBERY April Sa ogy Rose- ~ WSS =. aa = =o ARAGUA CANA “BILL MAY Go [1s Passed--Chinese Exclusion Comes, %: tis tione wero” “Will Be Followed by Philippines Civil Service Measure Sargent May Accept Immi- gration Pisce April 4.—A meet- steering committee few days to decide legisiation. After) the Chinese exctu- | the Philippines | bi will be the first ‘Wp, taking precedence fua canal bill, which should go over) on account of) that have oc- situation. ‘Bil Pasecs Dill was passed those of a lively de-| MHto nN. The meas- the senate differs} its house pre- sentation. It provides that state laws shall govern when oleomargar- ine or adulterated butter is shipped into their jurisdiction, and that a tax shall be pald at the rate of 10 cents @ pound on all colored products and) one-fourth of @ cent on uncolored. | The manufacturers of process or of | adulterated butter shall pay an an- nual tax of $600, the wholesale deal- ere shall pay a tax of 0 and the retail dealers a tax of per annum. Revense Catter Bill The senate bili to grade and tm-| prove the revenue cutter service was < oi passed by a vote of 135 to 49. It pro- poe ona ey anys “ 3° ‘4 (olga vides ranking equalities with the of- ee fo ae Sense BOE, ficers of the United States navy and| Opium joint Im this city, whieh had ermy. & captain of the revenue cut-| hitherto remained unknown to the tef service equaling a Heuténant| police, was robbed by six masked commander and a major and so on| men. The joint ts situated at the up- down. Retirement age is 64 years| per end of Main street and almost on three-fourths pay. within a stone's throw of the old city LE ONES TAKEN FROM HER 2 Sie AEGAUSE SHE LIVED WITH A JAP and at the points of revolvers held up the inmates. There were 20 men Tallman Expresses a Decided Opinion on Social Law ~~“ Will Not Allow an American Child to Be HELD UP } MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4.—An ex- i and women smokers tn the room, which was luxuriously furnished. Those who were able to realize what was happening were compelied to STANFORD HAS ACCEPTED TERMS ‘ Humiliated,” Says the Jurist Will Have its Track Team in Se- Weetera Haraguchi nee Emily woman of 1, and says she ia fond | attle May 2 te not, of her children, and wil! work hard Person to have the |to support them, and that she is by | ,.©: 2. Gaches, athletic manager of| | the University of Washington, re her three little giris. Her | Profession a dentist eived word yesterday from Stanford oe fa not conducive to| The case excited considerable inter- | a te want’ tae Stanford manage | being of the children, and, | ¢#t in court this morning, and Judge tes “J 4 accepted the terms for the| ee She has taken to herself a| Tallman told the woman that though | ™*@t had accep be held in this city | eign phasband. | he would not allow her to have the| *thietic meet to be n this « | pe eliman said this morning to| children, he would allow her # voice ns ‘Kt owill start | be w whe appeared be.| On the matter as to where they shall Bo repgp er thi orie of this By Ad hat the county au-| ¥€ Placed. The matter will come up| rp will meet Oregon university at| Be made to give her her |aeain at 11 o'clock next Friday morn. | | Which they had taken from n- | ing. ” After kissing her little girls, Mra tagdbtl never, under any circum-| Haragucht left the court room, with ho Mibject an American child | her little Japanese baby in her arma, — of having to call | WetPing bitterly. os r,' o i She said to a Star report 488 be sup poria: to live in the @ said to porter that ted by a Japan- lehe was not a bad woman, but that | Haraguchi appeared when her hus-| “Just What 1 Mean” | band had deserted her, and she was| } sick and destitute; that he worked | by torne af ee attorney for|/ hard for her and for her children She said she lived with him because eg hg t consider! she hadn't another friend in the : “Phat te merioan, the | world. When she found that he be- eT mean” Just exactly |Heved they were married, ehe also | ne, WAS notified some time thought it might be legal. " ve. Emily Griffin was m living for a 2 3 ara a Japan not married, tre aim ae had a hait-breed this hs old. Upon inves he found to be true, 80 Judge Taliman | Bugene and Pacific university at) | Portiand. At the present time no; forecast of the meet can be made, as) but little ia known regarding the| | Stanford team. Special to the Star PALMER, Wash., April 4.—Much interest is taken here in the new coal and fire clay discoveries. Patrick i Gibons, superintendent of the Occi- dental Coal Mining Co., has discov- | ered four new veina of coal of supe- rior quality and In quantities exceed- | ing anything heretofore found In this | part of the state. He has also un th - covered a bed of fire coy Hy ia a orcad ur e both as to quality and quan- husband ett? giris ST. PAUL, April 4.—The state to- SP courationn are being made to — living | day began action in the Minnesota! develop both the coal and clay mines Taken Awey | courts against the Northern Securi-| on an extensive scale. ties Co. The complaint wae served “TTT ol at | T Were once taken NOVEL Sui on President Hill this afternoon, The Suthorits and the ~ ong ' case is the game as that in which the the cared that she could not| United States supreme court refused © American chil-| to assume jurisdiction. VERY RUDE Special to the Mar, when a kea to con-| Matter, waid th; hat he w re ara tha he honeatly be. i, ¢ married to the Stent BOC: to Japanese laws. | that he had « 1, and her children CHEYENNE, Wyo. April 4 The prosecuting attorney of Natrona county bas entered suit emainet 176 citizens of Caper, this state, for dam ages amgregating $100,000. The citi zens circulated and signed a petition PORTLAND, Or., April 4.—Stanley| asking that he employ an agsistant the b C, Ferris of Beattie had a street fight} in the Woodard murder trial, and Samar? of this morning with Deputy City At-| he alleges that his personal reputa en torney W. F, Davie, fig owt biped, | tion was thereby damaged in the ® 400d looking | wot bruised deces amd: um paued. . tine fter were the SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4 that he spent money to ~ Get sspatocial tandidacy Tacoma: “No cheatin’ now. Don't you stand on your tip-toes. TWO APPOINTMENTS - SOMNOLENT HOP-HEADS OH, MISTER, JUST LOOK AT EVERETT! RSS. Missus, he isn’t fair. Or. T. L. Flood Said to Be Eva $s WASHINGTON, Aus 4 Tt la re- ported this morning that Frank Sar- mt, chief of the Brotherhood of! weomotive Firemen, has accepted the place Of United @tates commis- Moner g¢netal of immigration. BY ROBBERS Inmates of Memphis Opium Den Aroused From. ‘Dreams by Masked Men | stand up and hand over their person: | al possession and then witness the) search which was conducted through | the attire of the more somnolent) ones. From one man, a stranger in the eity, who gave hie name at the po lice station as John Jones, $2000 In money and jewelry was taken, The loot obtained from the others amounted to $140. The proprietor of! the house, Chartes Buckr In the endeavor to protect his patrons, re ported the case to the police and was promptly thrown in jail to await trial. The men who committed the robbery are supposed to be denizens of the levee district in this city. S.A. C. Bliliard and Pool Tourna- | ments Arouse Interest The pool and billlard tournaments now in progress at the Beattie Ath letic club are proceeding somewhat slowly Not because there is any lack of interest, for night after night large numbers of spectators watch the games, but because of the delay on the part of some of the leas akill ful players, who realize that they Cannot by any possibility win the match in playing out their atring of games. The managers of the tourna ment are anxious to push it to com tion as soon a6 possible, so that another may be commenced In the pool tournament Paterson leads, with Stimeon second and M¢ Donald third. The greater interest is taken in the billiard games, as the game is looked upon generally as more acientific than pool The bowling alleys at the club are crowded nightly. The player being tr for places the club t ww. Wednesday is ladies night, and on thia night the fair sex are much In evidence at the alleys The gymnasium and handball courts have their regular number of pa trona. SECURES FREEDOM AND A HOTEL Mrs. Bruokhart Also Is Given Two} of Her Children In the suit of Clara M. Bruckart for a divorce from her huaband, War ren Bruckart, Judge Emory decided in favor of the plaintiff Mruckart contested the case y strongly, but aa he could prove none of his allega tions, and Mrs, Pruckart could prove of hers, every one the d{vorce was granted, and Clara got the custody of two of their three children and a little hotel at Berlin, which was own. ed by the defendant, | as SEATTLE STAR. 1902, , You've got to watch him.” BATTLE ii 1 Cent 25 CENTS A MONTH EXPLOSIVE GOT BUSY Made Skyrocket Out of Thaw Williams EVERETT, April 4.—Thaw Wile ine of this elty, while using giant powder to clear away the stumps from @ tract of land yesterday, de- ed the powd was too wet te une It had po exp to the weather, #0 Thaw took it to an open fire to dry. There wae a considerable quantity of It. He started away from the fire after carefully Glepos- of the explosive, and had had ing gone about 16 feet when the powder ertook him, It thawed too soon Thaw went up into the air in the explosion like a skyrocket. When he landed he broke his right arm and as considerably bruised and perfo- rated with rubbish, He was brought |} to the hospital, where his Injuries were pronounced not rerious, the bro- ken arm being the worst As #0u- venire of his experience, however, he will carry many scars for the re- mainder of his life D. Eggen war struck by a street € ye rday afternoon while at- tempting to board it. He was y red and last night it was decided that hin left leg must be amputated, The operation was successfully pete formed and it In be ed he will r@- cover, A number of the employes in the bagenage 1 a of the G North- ern ratiway have quit work. The men were baggage handlers and give as their reason the statement that the company does not pay them wages enough to support them, It fe not regarded a a etrike, the men maying they can do better In almost any other avoceation POOR HORSES ~ WERE STARVING Humane Officer Ridgway found two half-starved horses in a barn near Fourth avenue and Y er way yesterday that had for two days been neglected by their owner and left without food or érink. The ant- is were taken to a livery stable 4. It has been ascertained that they belong to a man named Graham, but efforts to find him have proved fruitiees, 'DELAREY LOSES IN A WITH BRITISH His Shattered Forces Are Compelled to Re- treat With Heavy Losses LONDON, Aprtl 4.—Gen. Kitchener today repor a heavy engagement near Drelkull, Western Transvaal, on March 21, in which 1600 Boers under | Gens, Delarey and Kemp, were oom-/ pletely routed by a British force un-| der Gens. Cookson and Keir. j The diapateh reads: “Our forces were reconnoitering teward Mart river when they #truck gun tracks. They caught up with the Boers and carried on a running fight with them for eight miles through the brush. On emerging tn the open country the British were edvanced upon by larce Roer reinforcements, who attacked our flanks, foreing them to hastily | entrenoh their position. Fighting at clone quarters ensued until the en- emy Was repulsed on all sides ‘Delarey and Kemp and other Hoer leaders vainiy attempted to rally! their men, who retreated northweat and south, suffering heavy losses Our carualties were aleo severe. List of loenes will be sent as soon as official! reporta are received from the front. thin time selther numbers or vee have been sent me.” Botr Resources AMSTERDAM, April 4.—From an authoritative source tt is learned that the Colony an hav Hoers now claim that in Cape the two republics they @ 30,000 men in the field and 10,- m furloughy with further un- ed recruiting resourtes among ¢ Cape Dutoh The British forces number 280,000 men and 30,000 armed natives, the latter being used mainiy for garri- soning the blockhoures. The Hoers here claim the remount question is becoming extremely grave for England. The available European supply tf almost exhausted, while the ArgentM®e horses cannot stand the climate s opinion here ta that if the Unit States should stop suppiy- ing horses and mules to the British the Boers would get acceptable terms within six months. Leslie Payne Missing | Leslie Payne has been missing from his home, 423 Beneca «treet, since April i Hila friends have asked the | « to find him If possible. Payne | in 38 years old, five feet 10 inches in | helght, weighs 160 pounds, haa a fair | complexion and wears a mustache, | He walks with a #liight imp. WANT TO SELL THEIR HORSES Clanoy Brothers Object to McE!roy’s Treatment The four Clancy brothers filed a petition yeaterday in the clerk's of fice, asking that the administrator of their father’s estate, J. F. McK! roy, be made to show cause why he should not let them sell the two race horses, Freddy C. and Direct C J. J. Lawrence, a New York stable | man, has offered a good price fof the horses if he can get them in time to put them on the Cincinnatl racing circuit The petitioners claim that the horwes were willed to them by their | father, Thomas Clancy SHORN LAMBS REBELLED the Special t ar Wagsh., BLACK DIAMOND. April! 4.--Intense excitement extated here and mob law was desperately near for a time yesterday. Two men came} to town and commenced operating | book agents, collecting a dollar} and agreeing to deliver a book and | a quantity of fine silk goods at a future date After working industriously and | collecting a dollar from nearly every man in town, the men were discover ed by the real agent for the book and thelr game was exposed. They were compelled to return the greater part of the money and are now un dev arrest, but the ople for a time were wrought up to such a frenzy that they were threatened with vio-| lence | Robbed of Her Jewels | Room workers broke into the] apartments of Mrs. Wm, Curtis at fis Fourth avenue, sometime yester day afternoon, and stele a quantity of jewelry A jewel box was broken open and thre ring a gold watch and chain, and several articl t | value taken, The police have been | potified, THE JOKERS WERE LUCKY Young Ayerst Held Up by Friends if He Had Shot Ry the return of a watch and hain, taken from Alfred Ayerst at the polat of a revolver early in the morning of April 1, a rather serious pr cal April Fool Joke has been re- vealed Hurglars did not hold up Mr. Ayerst in his room as he thought at the time, but he was merely visited by a couple of his frie . Will Sawin and Alex. Jonea, ised ag highwaymen two young we entered Mr, yerst's home ¢ y Hastiake ave- nue and held him up last Tuesday morning At the time Mr. Ayerst belleved that he 49 Up againat the genuine article, but the watch stolen |from him has been returned, and the joke explained, Dangerous as We% Few April Fool pranks worked as well a8 thie one, but the risk the young men ran was great, and as Ayerst said this morning, if he had beard them a few moments sooner, b would have procured a revolver, and jous results might have fol- lowed The hold-up iteelf was very well plar considering that the work was done by amateurs, They enter- the house by a rear door, and proceeded at once to the room oo coupled by thelr friend. Ayerst jamp- ed out of bed just as they entered, but they backed him up against the wall and leveled the revolver, while the other secured the wetch an chain The police were notified the affair, but they did not look in the right place for the “erooks,” The joke is on Ayerat, and he takes it in good part BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued in? city engineer's office today to J¢ Vassar for a two-story frame he? at 6806 Highth avenue northwee? cost $450; to B. G. Baker for an a tion at 34 Woodland Park av@ to cost $450; to the Vulcan ?8 Works for a one-story shed @ Lane street, to cost §600, WEATHER FORECAST For Seattle and Vicinity.—Trht, fair; showers in afternoon; ft t@ brisk south to west winds,