The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 5, 1902, Page 1

THE § Pages yal. 4. NO. 35. {STS OF LOSSES ————— att With Delarey Proves Big One —— April 5A partial lst camualties im the fight with force near Vreikull was is- The list shows four Brit killed, 16 wounded, 25 and 110 wounded, Beer Lovers A, April 6—The Boers casualties in. the Vret- amounted to 137, including | of three and wounding of/ | g 3 Another Fight April 5.—An official dis. received at the war office @ partial list of the tn a fight which took place April L. in which 22 Mrs. Ida Stark tried to play the “dead one,” but her scheme did not work as well as ahe had expected. She had been married to George Stark about six weeks when he, be = im the navy, wae ordered to the Philippines. George eaid he had noticed his wife didn't seem to think as much of him as she once did, but he thought absence might make her heart grow fonder While in the Philippines he wrote to her three times a week and sent her money from time to time to the extent of $200. Her communications }to him, however, were mostiy postal canta, One day just as he waa writing her a letter telling her how he hoped soon to see her, how much he ‘ union, sald to-/ loved, ete, a telegram came telling Mt of the locked out men a < we sudden death at the ut wor The Elec- | home o' “r parents in Olympla 1 ons ump and | George was Almost distracted; he wept and tore his hair, and refused : bt to between ito be comforted. He remembered, half of the union. | however, to send her father a check ¢ Co. has taken on/|for $15 for funeral expenses, and others have been | s¢nt a cal to her parents say- fie Coast Electric | ing that if they needed more, to send there are more for it. More Flowers Nredea A few hours later a reply came, and 38 wounded. This not been previously report- ay F r sack containing four be- r men-—Will Nichols and r ds, looked suspicious to of the two men pair were acting a a M them until he became rea- Sure that all was not right. contained four large, fat With their heads wrung off. of how they camein pos- o the fowls, and were arrest- imed That Nearly All ) SAID Mi ehickens tn the possession of | Wilson last age wy manner, and the policeman Rarirncred, fhe tre they fen could give no satisfactory cians Are at Work to the electrical workers’ R. Cooley. secretary of | ty ths BIDS ARE OPENED | Board of Works Also Gives Permits to S. E. Co. mi to profit by the lock- because they can i electrical work and the work will be of the Z. C. Miles- today that his firm Work on electrical and #even electricians and Workers on our eapewes in no way by x work is being done Manner and expedi- ‘Trades Meeting meeting of the| The board of public works at Its coune!i last night it | meeting this morning opened bids for led that settlement of any | number of important street im- 3 @ union and yo provements, Two of these consist of 0 Re Bh yee bY | asphalt work. The first includes ‘ ee € COUN- | Dortion of Boren, Minor, Summit and ae greens: ‘sa | Boylston avenues, from Madison to Pick gaa 4 aU8€) University street. The second in- t, once having | cludes the district on Highland drive, x o in eupport of any locai i fre ym Second to Seventh avenues me, the final settierment should be | west. The completion of these two 2 on ee gl - contracta will do much toward beau- o Tra jan | Laat rhe tffying the first bili and Queen Anne SEATTLE SEATTLE, W ASHINGTON, WROTE THAT SHE WAS DEAD CRUEL PARENTS HE SENT MONEY FOR FLOWERS But When the Fond Husband Returned From the Philip- pines His Deceased Wife Met Him at the Door and Said She Was Tired—Now the Divorce : | | : as Beers. | hill. : made. id- | Bide were also opened this te ett Of the publication, | ing for the building of concre the Council that outside | walks on Second avenue west, from aie that The Bulletin | Roy street to Olympic place; build- to many union |ing a water main on Galer street, eouncit took action in| from Warren avenue to Nob Hill| Daper, favenue, and on Nob Hill avenue to ‘Work Resumea Howe street; to grade Sixteenth ave-| WAS resumed thin morning | DUC, from Crane's to Lawe’ addition; ings at Fifteenth ave | te fe «6©Thirty-seventh avenue, Keep street, being built |from Kast Pike to Kast Spring . Union men 9 | streets, ip at peg the tro te with ae | Im almost every Instance there were four or five contractors and the prices were figured down very close lly. The disposition of the contracts will be made late this afternoon by} the city engineer. ‘The Beattie Electric Co. petitioned | the board for permission to build} temporary tracks at Fifth avenue jand Pine street, to accommodate the new cars which are expected, and at the same time avoid the proposed route of the Westlake Avenue boule vard. This was granted with the! proviso that the Seattle Electric Co, Shalt not charge the city for any | more damages in establishing the | boulevard on account of these tracks. 5S--Another ex-| The company was also given feature of Cecil Rhodes’ been settled yester- to P a a aatiefaction of ane_Trades 9 cvune: il. MEY GET MILLIONS, » April DO M as made public this afternoon.| TWenty-third avenue, from Fast , Karl Grey, Lord Mil-| Jefferson to East Madison sireets Beir, Jameson, L. L.| Woodland Park Mand B. A. Hawksio are execu-| A report from the parks and| heya heirs of the es-| boulevards committee of the coun Will divide more than a/| il Was filed referring the petition to Pounds steriing. | ote leature ts that as each|to the chief of police and the board te Dis shares goes to the|to make eatimates of the cost of Ns Until the surviving leg-|bullding barracks and guarding mn the tore legat ‘ prisoners while at work in the park nue; constructing a sewer on Haat lake avewue and other street; con- mission to bulld a single track along| clear Woodland park of underbruah, | i | ATE Rway ¢ ° l wi in which ft was stated that to have the handsome casket covered with as many flowers as they knew George would Uke, they must have $0 more. When the bereaved husband re- turned to Olympia, he went straight way to the home of hie father-in- law, in order that he might mingle his griefs with theirs, But he al- moet turned te stone when the door! was opened by the dear departed! herself. Never Had Been Dead She sald in answer to his query, that she was mot dead, and never had been dead at any time; but that she meant to say in the telegram, hearty dead; she refused to anewer when saked why she wanted to be buried when she wasn't dead; she just sald she was tired of her hus. band, and that waa all. Mr. Stark applied for a divorce to day in the superior court; he eays that he hat asked his wife twice to come back to him, and she has re- fused. Hoe thinks she fa inclined to be deceptive, The court has taken the case under consideration, and it will be browght up again next | Saturday morning. crete midewalka on i#th avenue from Yesler way to Cherry street; con- crete #idewalks, grading and gut- tering First avenue north from Mer- cer to Aloha streets. W. P. Trimble was @iven permis- sion to bulld a roadway on Oriental avenue to reach his property down “) _ Reed iand district. board ordered the removal of | the pbepacatien counsel'a telephone number from Will E. Humphrey's office to that of the new corporation counsel, M. Gilliam A number of permits to erect poles were grant- e Appointed Port Captain Capt. along the weter front, has been ap- pointed port captain for the Globe Navigation Co,, in place of Capt. F W. Brooks, resigned. Mr. Brooke, {t ia anid, will go to St. Michael to ac- cept a position with the Cc, Co, Y, M. C. A, BANQUET The banquet to Members of the Y.| M. C. A. night school held last even- ing in the aaseciation auditorium, was attended by about 60 graduates, Inatructora and directors The banquet marked the close of |a very successful year in the educa | tional department. When the night school opened in September there were but 77 puptis enrolled. At the clone of the educational year, inst | Thursday the achool attendance numbered 233. Prof. M, M, Moss was the toast- master at last night's festivities and many earnest and = entertaining speeches were made. The lint of | tomests was | “The Political Club,” EB. H. Childs “The Decimal Point and Other Points.” Prof. W. H. Thompson “Our General Secretary,” R, C. Er skine “How I Became an Expert Pen- man,” ©. A. Kirk “Young Men,” H. BE. Vaneas H. V. Whyborn B. M. Jonneson, “The Faculty,” “The Students,” “The Board of Directors,” A, 1 Griffiths “A Vision of the Future,” A. 8 Alien, Mr. Grout Complimented | of the civil eer. | has received a let Secretary Grout viee commission, SATU RDAY EVENING, ‘AN ATTEMPT TO THROW COLD WATER OVER IT R. Williamson, well known | S APRI Chief Semple: “Pump harder, boys, pump harder. The stream won't reach unless you do. is cheap.” We must drown out that Government Canal while Cedar River water! BALLARD The city engineers’ report for the month of March shows there were 35 building permits issued for the month, aggregating a coset of $19,476, nearly all of which were for dweil- ing houses, = Mesers, Shonkwilder & Haberly recently from Walla Wall about to commence the manufacture of soda water in this city. They have secured a location on Crawford street, near Third avenue, and will be in operation as soon as thelr ma- chinery arrives eee Fire in a amall unoecupted shack near the city hall last sight at 10:30 caused an alarm to be turned tn and) the fire boys to turn out. The biase Was soon extinguished. The bulld- ing was owned by Thomas Houlston. ee The fishing schooner Vida, which came tn from flahing banks of Cape Flattery cinestay with « broken stem and boweprit, having had & collision In the recent storm. Bhe wae hauled out on Banderson & Miller's ways and repaired. She left today for Cane Fiattery. . The Salmon Bay Shingle Co. and the King Mili Co., have closed down | their milis for an indefinite pertod on account of the ecarcity of jogs. There are others of the smatier mills of Ballard that will probably be fereed to do likew - ‘ARTHUR AND MINERVA | The Wile Got an $11, 000 Rake-Off | at Any Rate Last fall Mre, Minerva Hess won her sult of $11,000 againet Schrage, whom she accused ating her husband's affections. To- day she appeared in court and se jeured a divorce from the irrepressi- ble Arthur Mrs. Hess ia a very handeome and astyli#h young woman and she stated to the ¢ t that #he had supported alien herself ever since her husband went | to Nome, twe ares ago. She had witnesges to t fy that Arthur was | }* gay young sport aod thoroughly | unreliable Minerva said that she }told him before he went to, Home that if he wor e & good, kind |husband to her would 6 with him, and he told ber he didn’t care r | whether she did or not Mra. Hens was given the right use her madden name, FARALLON TO SAIL The Alaska Steamship ( to a vennel Faralion saila from Schwabacher Wharf at 7 o'clock tonight for Ketchikan and Skagway Her « | #0 conaiata of 159 tonsa of general freight, among which im 40 tone mining machinery for Kasaan bay The machinery ts being Hobert Alilson of tb ing Co., and will t oping large mining a Kasaan bay, W. J. Broderick is an other passenger Hle ia taking up to Prince of Wales isiand a large amount of machinery to be used on his farm there The Farraden will also carry #0 Chinese and some can nery supplies to Ketchikan SEVEN YEARS BAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—Ulyse es Baer of Oakland Was sentenced by the federal court today to seven years’ imprisonment in San Quentir and to pay a fine of $1000 for coun terfeiting silver dollars Mishap to Skagit Chief While on her regular run between | Beattle and Bremerton this morning a break in her eccentric road di abled the Skagit Chief for a coup of hours, Her passengers, who v bound for Beattl vere transfer 1 to the Athlon and brought here witt out much dela The Skagit Chief arrived in Seattle at ll a.m, The re pairs she needs are slight, The following estimates on street ter from H. G. Chapman, editor of \irmprovementsa were filed by the city the Roster of Good Government engineer okay af . eceip 0 f Bidewalks on 24th avenue and wth pees we nga Weald p> rhe ef tne javenue north from i. Madison to I.| Cammiasion and complimenting Mr | Union, $4200; sidewalks on ave-| Grout highly upon the completness ruesouth from Dearborn to TMA | of the report fle sugwents that the | streete 100; parking, sidewalking report should be printed for dis nive and guttering 24th avenue #OUTH | tei puto yn in Bastern cities on, who cut his @| from Yesler to Norman, $7700; grad-| OO & train wisi rent ing 24th avenue from EH. Madison to| feuilding permits were tasued in the & Very serio ndi | Rengstorff's addition, $5700. leity engineer's office today to J. M violent at Plans and epetifications were filed| Daw ley for a one-story frame addi the most by the engineer for grading,| tion at 1014 Pike street, to cout $450 He seema jn aidewalking and parking Valley |to J. Krueger for a one and a halt} Aestruction and ee street from Queen Anne avenue to | story frame house ap 1412 North For- | attempts to open @| Lake Union; regrading Union street | ty-elahth street, to cost $400; to &.| @| from Fourth avenue to Seventh S, Batley for a two-story lodging house at 823-27 First avenue south, to coat $6600. TELYOU WASHINGTON, April 5.—George B, Cortelyou, secretary to the presi dent, is slated for the secretaryship of the department of mines when the bill creating that department be- comes @ law, * May | TAR. L 5, ALASKA 1902, 1 Cent MONTH 25 CENTS A 5 GOOD ‘Three Very Important Bills Are Introduced in Congress Today | Bpecial to | WASHINGTON, BD. C., April 6 | today introduced a bill granting ar Yukon Railway Co,, organised in W } to Bagle City, Alaska, and the right grants the company each alternate s le of the road Representat! Heldier of Ohio to president to negotiate with Great B the fur 1 industry, In Alaska, a dus vivend! pending such an agreem Qeorge and 8. P McLachlan of Ca seals except on Bt Representative the Star. Iepresentative Jenkins of Wisconsis to the Alaskan Guilt & ashington. It is to run from Valdes of way is 200 feet wide. The bill also ectlon of land for 10 miles on either ight of way day introduced a bill authorizing the ritain looking to the preservation of nd authorising him to proclaim @ mo- ohibit the killing of all fur ent, to 7 aul islands lifernia introduced a bill authorizing | the Judges of Alaska to divide the district into three recording divisions and appoint the necessary commiss tona, TAKES BOODLE 10 GET ST. LOUIS FRANCHISES Grand Jury Report Sets Many Millionaires and Aldermen ST. LOUIS, April 6. ~The most startling report ever made by a Bt Loule grand jury waa returned thie morning by the body which has been investigating the municipal boodle scandie, True bills were reported for millionaires and members of the municipal assembly who have been arrested from time to time on charg- ea of bribery and perjury. | ‘The report recites that combines jhave been made for purposes of joribery and perjury. The report recites that combiner have been made for purpoees of brib- lery, that they exiet in both branches wf the assembly, and that tn recent lyears few ordinances have been | paaeed without the use of money. | it aaserte that assembiymen seem regard bribery as a legitimate CORBETT IS to SUSTAINED. . Judge Tallman Returns Him to the | Detective Force Judge Tallman late yesterday af- ternoon, signed an order which rein states Samuel J. Corbett to his form. | from which he; jer rank of detective, had been reduced to third patrolman by Chief of Police livan Corbett was alleged to have scarch- e4 the house of J. H. Brownies, without a warrant, in company with & French woman who #aid that & quantity of dress goods were there) which belonged to her, The detective appealed his cane to the civil service commisstoners, which sustained Sullivan's action Corbett then appealed the case to the superior court, where it was ar- gued yesterday. Judge Tallman decided that as Bul- | livan reduced Corbett on one charge | and the civil service commission sus | | j grade) Sul-| tained another, though app ing of the action of the chief, that the enly thing to do was to grant Corbett's appeal “It In,” nald the judge, “a very aim- | ple question of law, For inatance, a man cannot be accused of burglary, and then because of evidence in the case, be convicted of murder I & not eay that he did not act wrong fully in doing what he did, but ac cording to the law, I had nothing elae to do.” Corbett | tive, time | | | | j ia again a regular detec and will claim pay from the of his r ction, HARRY MALIN DISAPPEARS | a | When Harry Malin, a tailor, a the ahop of Btone Bros, at 7 o'clock ast Saturday night he disappeared as omplete t? arth had al 1 him here he has gt or why, can only be imagined by his friends and relatives Mrs. Malin at $194) Washington street h reported the matter to the police arch te being made for the x mar He i ! years of age, inches in height, stout of dark complexion and wears He wore a dark sult en, with a black hat, SHOOTING TIE BROKEN 25-Bird Event Nears a Sat- tlement at Last Squirming business cocupation an@ frequentty receive from 1100 t6 $100,000 for votes. The report saya a regular scale of prices for bribery has been discover- ed, and that it # even pow existing in the assembly Among the true bille reported ts one against Robert Bnyder, the Kan- sas City multi-millionaire, who is charged with offering a councilman \s o for his vote on the traction bill, Geo. Kobuach, also a mililon- aire, is charged with perjury. The report is such that ft is be- Heved there will be a wholesale flight of prominent men here within the next 24 hours, although many of those who are named are defiant ad say they will not only fight the cases, but will also prove their inno- cence. ‘SKAGIT CHIEF — CHANGES OWNERS teamer Skagit Chief wae sold wets terday to the La Conner Trad yo Transportation Co, and H. B. Ken- nedy for about $12,000. The Skagit | Chief was formerly owned by the Pa- cifie National bank of Tacoma and Ladd & Tilton, bankers, of Portland, and was operated by the Merchants Navigation Co, of Tacoma Capt, Peter Falk haa been given the com- mand of the Skagit Chief. Her pur- | Chase terminates a bitter cut rate war on the Bremerton run, as she will be operated In connection with the steamers Inland Fiyer and. Atn< lon, FORTUNE OF MRS. PONTIUS Estate Worth $200,000 Left to the Children In the will of the late Mra, Mar- garet J. Pontius, filed in the probate department of the superior court yesterday, Mra. Mary Byer, her | daughter and Frank A. Pontius, her | #0n, are named as executors, togeth er with Everett Smith as counsel and associate executor, Her estate ts valued at $200,000, and consists for the most part of real eat Mra. Dyer, Frank Pontius, ntius, Lincoln Albert Pontius, all children, Frank Pontius, Jr, and Alice Irene | Pontius are the legatees The will was made Be pt 4 1901, WEATHER FORECAST Seattle and vic inity: ‘Tonight and Sunday, qocasional showers; light te fresh east to south wind RENTON STRIKE 1S ABOUT OVER Nearly All the Miners Have Re- turned to Work | The strike of the miners at the Se- attle I t o.# coal mines at tenton is practically settled. Twen- ty-five men returned to work yester- day, severals returned today and | the arm balance will probably re- turn Monday The trouble grew out of & misunderstanding between Bupt. Fr. J, Hill and the miners, When Mr. | Hill announced that the price paid | to miners for a carload of coal would | be reduced from 90 cents to 76 cents, ; but that the men would be allowed | to work 7% feet instead of 40 inches of vein No, 2, most of the men thought that their wages would be maiderably reduced, but now that the proposition has been thoroughly | explained almost all the miners have heey essed a willingness to go back to’ work | | | ROB BANK | PENNVILL®, Ind,, April 61 | Bank of Pennville was burglart | this morning, It 1s believed the robs | bers secured about $3000. More Flower Thieves Another gang of flower thieves have been reported to the police, rhe vandals operate in the neigh. | borhood of Bixteenth avenue and Yeeler way. Several flower gar. dena in that vicinity have been al- | moat ruined by the depredations of | the gang An effort will be made by ite police to put a stop to the work, Room-Workers ni | Burglars John se entered the room of J on at 1800 Ratiread avenue las | night A valise containing a new s CITY, April Fourteen main of those who tiled j-bird event in the Grand shoot-off, and who ¢ach more straights in the shoot 1 this morning to continue! ff tt tle At the end of the nineteenth round eight men were out, leaving six con testante Mires hey Wins Later—Hirach of Minneapol won the Grand American shox in the fifty-third round | | | NEW YORK, April 6.—Plane ro, | the reception of the Prince of Wales| by the Chamber of Commerce on his ; almost assured visit here are under | way. They will not be made publi | until his official acceptance is re | celved, ult of clothes and a leather bel i set with pearls, were stolen, Hg