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RELIGIOUS FANATIC innie Pulitzer Was Murdered by Hooper Young, a Grandson of the Mormon Prophet, Said to be a Monomaniac on the Subject of Blood Sept. 0.—The cloth- Annie Pulitzer, whose , found tn Mortis canal wey City, on Thureday, was g fiat at No. 180 West 188th ‘Bight. The flat bad been by & young man named and the police affirm Rave 8 conclusive chain mee estadlishing the fact was Mrs. Pulitzer’s mur- ‘Young's Grandson pr Young is & grandson of the ‘Young. of the Mormon jo Utah. His father ts John ng. a capitalistic promoter, g mow tn France im connec- & sipdullding trust. pToang wes formeriy connect- ‘& Seattle newspaper. Re- ‘Was associated with the at Ho- " } that she knew Young before. ‘Admitted by the woman's hus- Med hist her character was not *feproach. Puiltzer says that told him early in the even- ® man had met her on the 8nd asked her to go with him 98 Mat on iath street. © Ble apparent that ine boay was | mit in Young's room unt!i Wednes- M7 tadt. Young then went to Ho- - Mred @ bugy and drove to | oY York. He tied the trunk con- ; taning the body behind the bugsy “MA drove back to tne Jersey side ang SM the doay into Morris canal, “Wicking the heavy iron weight to Sieg the hitching strap. The WSs One of the kind used for in the street and was iden- by the liveryman Supposed ie Appeared in the Street E 5 O'clock Wednesday even- ‘Sey fn the street in & boy as one taken to be Young, se saked. Ho states ery vy and {old thm it was full of books. Was tied on the hind part ay, and the man drove iS Crossed the Bridge says that a man in the bridge shortly Wednesday. The & trunk was tied to t Atonement the buggy behind, but that he could | fore the murder he came to the place ‘not eee the man’s face. On Thursday |and demanded the keys, which were morning Young reappeared at the |gtven to him. fat carrying the same trunk on his| The four young Mormon mis- shoulder. In the evening of the |sionaries who were also living in fame day he took the same trumk to the house are Lawrence Taylor, J the express office of Weille-Fargo & L. Woods, John K. Porter and Ciar- Co., of Sixth avenue near Fifty. jence Snow. They were asleep in the Binth street, and asked that it be|house when the murder was com. Shipped to Philadelphia. He waa mitted. told that the company did not ship| On Thureday morning Young called fo that city, and then asked that it on a friend in Brooklyn named be shipped so Chicago, which wae|E. Enger, whom he told that he was done. |ffeise to the Rocky | Mouctaine to live. Anser Was associated with ang |Young tn the publication of the Ho- paper. The two became ac Fiat in Disorder ‘The police entered the fiat found erything boke! cating & strugeie inside In the bed z 1 Dati, Tent. le 1908. bony ht Med. the sheets az | YOUNm was then traveling for a drug Were spotted with beat There (house Before living in Hutte Young Were several articies of female ap- | Worked on « ranch belongin parel in the room, and a stock was | pe father la” Montana, He went identified by Pulitrer as one worn by | 58** In 1904. wife when she left their house. Trunk Opened in Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. T trunk found, shipped here by Hooper Young was taken from the express office by the police thie morning. The nature of the contents have not been made public, but it is believed that they are the victim's clothing. The trunk wes returned to the ex press office with the contents undis- haler thinks \turbed. The secrecy maintained by with “knock- the police leads to the belief that the murderer important evidence was found, not ine body. | only concerning the murder of Mrs. how dif- | Puliteer, but also as to the probable a taken by Young to his eull Im an old Valise was iber of letters addressed ail from womea. On a Young in Svattic Detective A. G. Lane of the Seattle police department is of the opinion that Hooper Young, the New York his | murderer, Ie the samé man who fi Miss | ured prominently in the Comet incid- W. lent on Puget Sound tn 2890, with Waiter Irving, a convicted murderer enet now in Walla Walla pent Outlat that time Young. with Irving, 35 | hired the sehooner Comet and delib- [rately planned to proceed to A: miralty head to murder an old | rancher for hia money. dastard- ly crime was thwarted by the cap- re- | tain of the schooner, who surmised an complete Against Hooper |that all was not right, and gained ‘oung. ing him to be the mur-|a confession from Young. hese Mra. Pulitzer. Witnesses | facts were ascertained by Detect! have been found who say that after |Lane while working on the Finlay - tying the trumk to the buggy he | Garrison murder, teh occurred in excited because he was attract-|1897. Irving, who was the compan- attention. He mounted hastily | ion of Young an the Comet, was con- and made « wild drive down Firoad-|victed of the murder of Garriso ‘way, colliding with a trolley car ana |an¢ is now serving 20 years for t several times striking the curb. | crime. Many pedestrians testify to his ap-| The published deseription of the mutferer wanted In Young, The autopsy shows that the wo- |New York talli-s with that given by man's death resulted from the ke Lane of the Young known here in wound in the abdomen. The head | 1890, except that the New York map shows marks of violent blows, but |ts descrived as being sallow-faced was not fractured. land hogxard-lookini The man t on 188th street was occu- | known here had a ruddy complexion ‘W. Young and several |and was apparently healthy. This his family until July 1, however may be explained by the der Young went to | fact that the man may have been liv- Young did not tive jing a fant | fe vince, In other ways About a week be- NOTED ARMY SCOUT IN JAIL THROUGH WHISKY SPOKANE, Sept. 20.—-George W. Harjan, better known to the boys of the First Washington rogiment in the war in the Philip- pines as “Buck” Harlan, was sentenced yesterday in the federal court to = term of three months in jell and a fine of 350 and costa, for selling liquor to Indians. Harian pleaded guilty to the rR. ner tne time he was séntenced Harlan only asked the Judge to be lenient, because he said he had been in the employ of the government asa soldier for many years. The officers wondered if this was nota game to get off easily, but clippings from new: papers, telling of Harlan's bravery on several occasions while with the Washington regiment. were produced. With one of thene clippings was a picture of Marian. There was now no mis- take about the man, and when Judge Hanford learned of his iden~ tity, he stated that axon, who had been in the regiment, had often told him about the bravery of “Buck” Harlan Many a Washington regiment boy of this scout, and recalls many of his brave acts. throughout the state by the soldier boys. ‘The offense which brought Herlan in| Indian at Yakima a bottle of whiskey fre had just come down from the mountains, where he had been working for the Yakima Coal Mining Co. and was enjoying bis stay in the town by getting on «tear. While in this eondition he Gave the Indian the Maver and now tm in jail to spend three Months reflecting on the peculiar turn of fortune which giv man*fame in adventures © life ts at stake, and nia in prison on more peaceable purauite. Harlan re- ftelved wo money for the whiskey, but gave {t to the Indian in = spirit of good fellowship. seovcessooccesoocsecsornns* BOTH SIDES STILL STAND FIRM IN BUTGHERS STRIKE WEEK ENDS WITHOUT MARKED CHANGE IN THE SITUATION— JOURNEYMEN FIND WORK IN FAIR GHOPS—BOYCOTT IS ON AT TACOMA great considerable strength during the weak onde Were strike situ- week, and are canfident Of ultimate ation. The Frye-Bruhn Co. st ds af the strike committ fuses to arbitrate, and the strikers meat markets in the still mand firm for the unioniaing of) ity and auburbs have been added the Frye-Bruhn Packing | bev. |to the fair list during the past 10 Karly in the week Ld C peing | (aye a8 a result of the boycott of coy: wy AR 4 ee goed of £\Frye-Brubn products by organt Feached, thro’ 4 ‘omces of | Phy John Fhe president of the see The jo yeeymes butchers who Coa, on bes ruc or were ked out at the he- re cna movement tailed. however, |Struina ve ene trouhie, are nesriy ofl and since then there has been no work again in fatr shops, and change in the status of affaires. President Dur th of Yh al Strikers Gaining union saya that there is anid this city remembers He is known » trouble was giving an » his pocket. Harlan a CL ROROROAEGARELOLONND ‘The strikers claim to have gainss |for more butchers than the union ean supply business tothe increase of ¢ ¢ fair shops of the ol None Gone Back None of the packing ployes who struck or W kod out have gone back to work for th Prye-Hruhi and many of them are still idle, the nd for men in the falr packing # being . ed. The atri im that th Frye-Bruhn ¢ 1 them to w Aducement to retu rk, en contracts for a year but has not succeed ng any of the union men effect that the Prye was supplying the Car |tens Tiros’ packing house with ti }for distribution among the. fair re- | | tait markets of the city. “Upon in ber of cattle « f ad been sold the ‘Caratens plant by the ‘Frye: | Bruhn Co.. but no dressed beet. | Do Not Object 1 The strikers anys they do not ob- | ject to Carstens Bros. buying live} cattle from the Frye-Bruhn « tn that the Frye-fruhn kul alt Oh and that th at ates peop able to ttl they ive n alae a result of the Frye-Bruhn meat a representatives of the torn Central Labor Union report be y wuc Tin that { labor has taken up with a will, Few of estaurants and the city are ted prom Journeymen ma took In sat its last regul the ity the & the moat markets Proviaion — wte handling the boye The new union in Tac of new mem! meeting. PANIC IN A CHURCH Scores of Negroes are Killed in Stampede BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Bept. 20.4} stampede in the Shiloh negro Bap- Uist church last night, caused by al false alarm of » Femuited tn the} death of 19 pers while at least have ince died and many others! }are seriously injured. At noon onty 40 bodies of those killed outright in the stampede have deen identified. The 3 unidentified ere of visitors, A ‘eat crowd con- stantly surrounds the. undertaking shops. Ten of the injured dled In the hospita: this afternoon. Bev. eral have died at their homes, where they were taken after they were hurt, The death flet will reach 160 No white persona were killed. al- though several were injured, Pollon- man. Kit was toverely injured while trymg to quell the panic, | Among the dead strangers |Uhid morning were: Rev. & New Ort Montgomery, Ala; Will- jam Hilliard, of Texarkana, Ark.; al) prominent negro divines. The iittie lerowded to its ut ing room. At the close of an wn by Booker 1’. Washington, an ation occurred in the which led to a cry that a fight was| going on, In the audience it was changed to a ery of fire. The crowd | instantly rose and surged toward the door. were knock- je4 down and trampled under foot [At the entrance to the a apa de | there ix a long fight of stops, scending « distance of 15 feet to the sidewa! Dawn these steps the \growd buried Itself tn 5 frantic mob. | | Many people were trampled down, jand when the tumult subsided, 26 |dead bodies were picked up on the| jstepe alone, — Inaide. a strugeling | mass of humanity surged towards the exit, the weaker ones being kenecked down and disregarded by | |the frenzied multitude. A fire alarm had been turned in and the firemen) and a squad of police finally man- aged to clear the entrance and ultim- lately to subdue the excitement, The jinjured persons were, same of them, taken to hospitals, and others were taken care of by surgeons on the} ground. The dead were mostly | lernothered, though some expired | from injuries after they were taken out. Looked on Helplessly While the stampede was in pro- gress, the people on the platform and in the chotr were obliged to look | on helplessly. They at first tried) fo check the excitement by shouting that there was notjing the matter, | Dut could not make themaelves heard. None of thom were hurt. The list of dead now numbers 99, nd it is belteved tt will reach 11 as many of the Injured are in a mont eritical condition. Bighty-seven are now identified. T00 6000 FOR EARTH LOUISVILLE, Sept, 20.—MeGoy- ern is booked for sparring exhibt tions next week at the Buckingham theater, ‘The announcement has jaroused th who suceessfully pre- jvented his fight with Corbett. It in now planned to combat even spar. ring and bag punching exhibitions, he sporting elements wields a big »litical influence in the city and the affair may influence state pilitics ‘The sporting sympathizers are pian ning to make a fight against Gov- ernor Beckham and Judge Field. WEATHER FORECAST Seattle and vietnityTontght Sunday; Fair, with Nght east frevh south winds. ON CAPITOL HILL 0. BP, Mason secured a building permit yesterday afternoon to ers an $6000 residence at 708 Fifteenth avenue, on Capitol HNL ONE WOMAN IS MISSING ‘MINOT, 8. D,, Sept sons who were th the ¢ Mice here 't iw thought to Fifte ing. and to 20.—All_per lapse of the are oman, in the ureday rains bullding without warn- e dend people ¢ the walle fell A DEFECTIVE ORDINANCE DELAYS WORK of the fact that th ering the work la de f Weatia’ gnd Pir » delay nee di passed by avenue street i wey not the env to Lake Union will ral weeks. follow the re anol The resolution provides t c half the coat of the Improvem shall be paid from the general fund, and the other half sh againet abutting Through an ove Was drawn Up #0 as lo Fe whole coat of the impro: be axtewsed against the abutting property owners. It was passed ip this fo It will not be necesmary to pase a dinance, repealing the pr ! providing for the ork as net out in the FILLING — “IN GAPS Mt the ordinance md that the he ement shall DETECTIVES GATHERING FUR- THER EVIDENCE IN BOOTH MURDER CASE Since a coroner's jury has found t James Tilton, William Levison, m Milton Frank Churehill, alias “Bailor Brown,” killed L.A Booth Sunday morning, Detectives Wappensiein and Phillips of the po toe force, have been, bit by bit, gath evidence In the cage, Al the t there were many details trom the testimony, and the re working bard to fill in all the gape Byer Rooth, from the time hy Saturday night from an. saloon, until he was murdered, will be traced. Whether he made a big winning in a gambling house before going to the Green Light saloon, has not been learned. ‘The testimony of L. M Thornton, at the inquest yesterday has given the police valuable namist- anes. Thornton swore that he saw several men “monkeying" with Booth's clothes after he bad been ‘arried into a box in the rear of the saloon, Churchill came out and told Thornton to “go along and get away from the box.” The robbery theory advanced was materially strengthened by this test- imony. ‘The men accured of the crime are now in the county fA. Al Baye been refused bail. They will prob- ably be arraigned before Justice Cann early next week. TUGS GO ASHORE HEAVY MORNING FOG CAUSES MARINERS TROUBLE Captain Jensen's tugboa Boyden {aground in morning at Point Hu 5 distance from Port Townsend. The hick fogs which a ry tail ave caused two other tugs to go ashore in the last two days. tJ. & fog this ‘short Captain Sem Thompson, will go on the ways at West Seattic tonight to repair @ broken nose, which she re ceived Thursday. She struck # cliff at Point Skeokum, four miles this side of Shelton, in the thick morning fog. She was going at half speed, but the tide, which runs at that int like a milil race, carried her vily against the hard bank. The baller was thrown forward and all the small pipes and the water tank were broken. Luckily the tug Harry &. L. Parker, happened along, and when the Yellow Jacket was floated at flood tide, towed her to Beat ‘The tug Lorne yeaterdsy hore near Victoria. RIGHTS OF CITIZEN “The refural to grant privat parties the privilege of erecting @ private electric plants t against @ public policy,” stated City En gineer Thomson, this morning when shown the publish statement that the committee. on corporations had decided to refuse permits for the conatruc tion of private plants, “1 do not believe that state ment is true,” continued Mr Thomeon, “but whether or not such if the Intention of the counell I do not think it tr right Public policy demands that if individuals think they can save money by the erection of thetr own lighting and power they should be allowed .to do ao, whether to light one or bulldings belonging to them. NEW CHURCH BALLARD, Sep The corner stone of the new Catholic church ts to be laid tomorrow afternoon at § o'clock. ‘The edifice 1» to be on the corner of Main and Pine streets, and ia to cost $10,000. The dimensions are 46x120 and the tower ja to be 126 feet high. A parsonage costing $3,000 has already been built The services tomorrow will be conducted by Bishop O'Dea, Father Feveere, Father Hild and others. The Hallard Candy Co. has start- ed in on the wholesale manufacture of sweets FIGHT IS ENJOINED LOUISVILL Corbett-Medovi court of appe ent Ky., Sept. 20,—The rm fight is off. The ®& has upheld the rul- ing of Judge Field of the circuit court, granting af injunction to re- strain the contest from taking place. Manager Gray of the Bouthern Ath lotic club, states that the fight Is off so far aw hin club te concerned, and that the money paid for tickets will be refunded. Thirty thousand dol lars’ worth of tickets had been sold. It Is not decided yet whether any at tempt will be made to pull off the fight elsewhere. ROBBERS DEFEATED ‘Raid on Bank Stopped by Citizens aI8T Four RVILLE, ake w. n Va. & attempted pt n off the he ine them battle, A fw fired, and the r [side the bank unted their horses and jidly away, returning fire citizens as they went. One Is believed to be wounded, as he neen to reel in his saddie, but re- covered himeelf, and all made their ‘The robbers obtained no booty, be inw prevented by the quick attack made by the men of the town, which for them to with- nt of money ey quick with dynar could break the ns bad bled Jad bers robber became too hot 4. « was in the af RAILROAD FATALITY OKLAHOMA, CITY. freight train on the Choe Oia homa & Gulf road collided with « elreus train near Che this morn ing, killing (Wo persona and injuring twenty-f HELP FOR Sept A STRIKERS | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 26. ~The Brotherhood of Lecomotive Firemen today voted $1000 for the re- Nef of the striking miners. ‘The bro- therhood siso passed resolutions of leneouragement and sympathy . ALLEGED | SEDUCER IS SHOT | DES MOINES, Iows, Sept. 20. | | Claiming that Harry Clark, 19 years eld, had ruined her 13-year-old |daughter, Mra. Maude Smith this morning fired five shots at Clark, | |four taking effect ik ts dying. |The mother and daughter have both | ROOSEVELT IN OHIO | CIN ATI, Sept. 20.-—President Roosevelt's special train arrived at 110 o'clock thin morning. The presi- dential party was met by a recep- tion committee, headed by Benator Foraker and Mayor Fleischmann. The city = nificently decorated with flags and buntings. The pres. Ment held a few hours recept the St. Nicholas hotel. ‘Trem erowds 1 the streets and a larg ‘number of people were presented t it reatdent. After lunch the pres. Hident will address the Business Men's Association at th jo hail. | Bers KNOX COMES HOME NEW YORK, Bept Attorney General Knox arrived today on the steamship St. Paul from Paris where he has been for #everal weeks ex- amining the titles of the Panama Canal Company. Mr. Knox de- clined to make @ staternent of what he had found in the matter or what | recommendations he intends to make to the administration, MAY FLY THIS WAY | n Sept. 20.—Aeronaut | Spencer contemplates making a visit | to Amerioa with his alr-ship for ex- hibition purposes in the near future. | | will make another flight over | London some time in the coming week LEADER OF TAMMANY, NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Chartes F Murphy was elected leader of Tam-| many hall at a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee yesterday. The credentials of Wm. 8. Devery from | the Ninth district, were referred to the committee on elections. ‘They were objected on the ground of fraud | tn the election, LICENSED TO WED marriage toenses John Tofter, 49, 40, of Beattie: Wit: | and Kate Johann, | of Beattie; William Hamilton, 22, and Josie Waters, J, of Whatoom. || The following have been issued and Carrie Lest am Wright, @ SALISBURY art and #6 nue, near f $32 of lots in Went with good vie ke Union, Twenty-fourth ave "“ ‘On Twenty rtt wth of Madiaon A number wlahtly each, Herbert S Upper | 12 and 13 Geheuerman blook, First Avenue and Cherry Street. fe LION CLOTHING HOUSE Manufacturers’ Sale of Sample Overcoats Don't Wait Until the Best Ones Are Gpne. MEN'S OVERCOATS AT HALF PRICE. $10.00 Overcoats . $15.00 Overcoats 7.50 $20.00 Overcoats 810.00 All siaes, every style from the um to the up-to-date long 5.00 Bee them in our window, We'll take one out for you. R. 1. SHANNON GROCERY CO. nome pore tne 4820-1223 2nd evs Phone, Main A few itenrs picked out here and there in stock for your special benefit, and to induce you to visit our store Saturday and Monday. The tincet high-grade 400} and Java Coffee, per Ib.. Five pounds Fancy Whole New Evaporated Apricots, three POURGE TOF cenryecseee eye OE R, T. Shannon Grocery Co. Wholesale and Retail Outfitters Some exceeding good values in business sults; made up splendidly, with strong Italian linings, sewed seams and hand- made button holes. p " eb \e — ty ie ; ae we Don’t Hide Your Savings Behind « picture or in an unused stove in suminer time--you're apt to give “Uncle Sam” than is com- ing to him. Let us use tt and you'll be drawing Interest-—doing yourself | and others good We pey 3 per ceni. interest on sav- ings accounts and 2 per cent. on check accounts | | Northwest Trust & Safe Deposit Co. | 90-94 ‘est Columbia Street. | (Below First Avenue) | Seattle, Wash | | IS BETTER LUCERNE, Sept. 20,—Tr mal: | tion of Lord Ballebury is grea! | coved, Lt is expected that he will | r be out in a few days, HE Only Paper tn Seattle That Dares to Print the News A # A 25 CENTS A MONT ADAMS & BLANCHARD WEATHER FORECAST. th UNDERWEAR For These Cold Days Now that the wenther has commenced to take on the fall ang winter ehi t heavier Underwear, We have two bargaine to offer you. Both splendid vaiues for the money, made right, all wool garments that will give you exceptionally good wear, you'll wa Natural Gray and Tan Alf Wool Garments in winter weight $1.00 per garment Vicuna Wool Underwear at . $1.00 a garment Both lines guaranteed to be just @ little better else you can buy in the city for the same money. ADAMS & BLANCHARD 719 Second Avense, Hinckley Block. than anything EE: Lowney’s Chocolate Bon Bons DELICIOUS. SUPERB. Take a box along, and watch the sm the bon-bons go. Always fresh. weight. Eastern price les come as Always full Stewart & Holmes Drug Co 627 First Ave. Grand Millinery Opening At The Leader Grand Millinery Opening MONDAY, TUBSDAY AND THE FIRST SHOWING OF NEW FALL r. Come and enjoy the fine assortment of Hats. We have all the new ideas in shapes and combinations of Velvet, Satin, Ribbons and Plumes, White and Colored Beavers, Smart School Hats for Misses, Nobby Walking Hats in the new grees, white, officer's rea. royal blue, and black, are shown in this immense collection. Our shew- ing is one of the most extensive ever seen fn popular-priced Hate, You are most cordially invited to come and view this elaborate show- ing of New Fail Hats and Millinery Beauty. it’s Time to Prepare For winter.. By coming now and selecting a Hi Stove, you get your choice cs Rew, unbroken line | Many pea- ple have not invested for several years, and be greatly surprised at the as- tonishingly low pri make on this season's Don't let the cold catch you unprepared. Z. C. MILES @ PIPER CO. MAIN STORE First Avenue and Spring Street, N. W. FIXTURE ANNEX 313 First Avenue South. BIG BUILDING BOOM AT BROOKLYN 200 Lots For Sale Cheap VERY EASY TERMS We are sole agents for 200 lots in Brooklyn, including hole loca- tions in-nearly every block. Lay of land ts perfect, drainage good, location is high and healthful, lots are large, alleys in every block, streets are grading and water mains building in every street. Prices $200 to $300 Terms $50 Cash, $10 Per Month ‘Where else can you find so many attractive features combined in one location in which te build a home? Where ean you invest meney with such a guarantee of large returns? Pettit & Son, 523 New York Bik.

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