The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 22, 1902, Page 1

‘one. NO.206, ] LAST EDITION | WAL MINERS FIGHT WITH MILITIANIEN ing Celebration Over Return to Work Miners are Involved With - Soldiers--A Nonunion Man Killed--Men at Work who has acted throughout with the presidents of the coal roads, and was ‘event with them at the famous con- ference at the White House with President Roosevelt. Markle’s name was not signed to the arbitration agreement, but it has been stated by the coal presidents that the inde- pendent operators would accept the settlement WILKESBARRE, Pa. Oct. 22 Complete satingaction throughout the anthracite day. Reports are received co leries are swarming with men en- gaged in cleaning up preparatory for the resumption of work tomorrow. It annot be told in words how great @ benison to the many impov ished miners is the verdiet of th convention | yesterday. | Although ready and wtiling as the coal wor! ers were to stand out indefinitely it is certain that a much longer delay in providing work would result in actual starvation to hundreds and maybe thousands John Mitchell is regarded by the workmen of the coal districts as the greatest man Itving. Everywhere is the feeling expressed for him. His mail contains letters by the thou sand from all classes of people con- gratulating him on the outcome of the situation. Pa. Oct. 22.—Mass bonfires were ¥ t this district of the end ‘and the resumption many union miners act of building an im- ‘on the north hill of this ty of who had obnoxious during days of the strike, ap- ‘scene, and one Dury heard to remark that should Be used ‘& minute there was were surrounded that they should be to cause din- ‘A Serious situation had the president of the ‘and the best thinking Suspicious Actio’ HAZLETON, Oct. 22.—The Markle ‘Company posted notices thie morn- tng notifying employes to apply tn- Aividually for work tomorrow. Con- siderable excitement followed. ae the miners fear that they may be re- uired to renounce the union. At edéo and Drifton the men return- ing this morning were asked to sign jngreements to go back at the old ‘They refused and were sent J QULAR DEMONSTRATIO Oct. 22.—Five thousand Including scientists ‘ot the world, at 2 this afternoon witnesned uma demonstration of the earth's rotation. This fire since uld’s experiment in 1851. am $. pound weight from the dome of th theont By & wire 224 feet long. The deviation of the pendulum he dir ‘contrary to that of the earth's rotation was casily the spectators. who wildly cheered. It is regarded Gemonstration of popular astronomy ever given. TEL FIRE CAUSES SEVERAL FATALITIES School Teacher Missing and Supposed to Have Burned to Death BLL, Oot, 23,—A spe from Greenwood, B. ©. & large hotel at Fairview, &® Fairview ration, to ip ned at B o'clock ‘eral people were infared. A schoo teacher, Smith, of Enderby, is And it in feared she was death. The fire started in 4nd spread rapidly. PP Pe eSoee> ‘The guests on the first floor barely escaped from the burning building, and others had to jump from the windows. Man: Mathias was fatally injured and his wife badly burt. ‘The injured were removed to pr! vate dwellings, where they received medical attention, Several will di A search was instituted this morn- ing for the remains of the missing wel 1 teacher. x MINSTRELS) PATROL DRIVER Son of Mayor Humes Secures the Latest Police Appointment Jay Humes, son of Mayor Humes, has been appointed a patrol drive of the Seattle police department. For several days young Humes has been breaking in as driver of the patrol wagon, and today he donned a uni- form. ‘Heretofore there has been but two drivers—Jobn Weedin and “Daa” Caswell. Under the new police bill that recently passed the city eounc! allowed. Humes has re paintment. Jay Hury is very well known in Seattle. In his younger days he was one of the foremost athletes of the city, and even now holds several records. A great deal of the past few years be has spent in Alaska as a mail carr’ TO INVITE ATTENTION SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.—Senor Mantilla, consul general from Peru to Avatralia, who arrived in is city today, says that General Cas- tile e 1¢ aboard the Peruvian ship at Pa na and told him (Mantilla) that tie had a commission from the vf | revotutionists to present their case to Oct, | 22—-Right | the Washington authorities, Castillo r “® were injured thin|ieft the ship at Ban Jose and pre in the collnpne of the third | ceeded overiand to the Atlantic side ~ old Binger hutiding,| where he will take a ship for New YORK, Oct. 22.—There was Hon in the Molineux trial when 4 new witness was ‘who testified that he was when the bottle was sold in i the poison was enclosed that the polson. The witness iL SLAG EXPLOSION from the melter ex- lental drop. * this morning. Six diy burned, two of them others ‘were burned » The injured men are D FLOOR | COLLAPSES THE SEATTLE STAR. SEATTLE K WELCOME E UNCLE SAM: THE BOTTOM OF THE B LYNCHED AFTER THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY ‘Two Convicted Negroes Taken From the Offi- “cers and’ Hanged By a Mob ITALIAN GUITA There is trouble in the Italian col- ¥, and all on account of the al- leged theft of a guitar. There Ina split in the ranks, and the much- prized musical instrument has dis- appeared. So hae Alberto Manci!- nellt, the man who is supposed to ave siolen the instrument from D. M. Narkovitch. ‘The matter was re- ported to the police this morning, and it has Deen ascertained that the man who is alleged to have. stolen the guitar, ie now in Tacoma TWO GHOSTS IN AGRAVE SCARE CHINK A Chinese ghost #0 badly scared George Manafield, a well known sea- faring tan at this port, that he suffered from nervous prostration for a week afterward. “It was when 1 was mate of the Santa Clara, he said this morning, “and we w lying at Port Costa, which ts miles up the #acramente river order to return to my ship from a dance I had been attending 1 passed through a graveyard tor & short cut. ‘The night wis dark and rainy and i slipped into a grave which had been dug for a funeral the next day. They dig graves deep in those warm coun Utes and I could not get out. "Now it seems that the Chinesc cook at the Hotel Nevada, which was situated in the direction of my ship, lived near the school house where we had held our dance, and was in the habit of passing through | the graveyard to his work. That dark morning he did not notice the newly-dug grave and feli in as I did. But being asicep in a corner I did not notice him until in his efforts to get out he fell upon me. I took his white garments for a ghost and let out an unearthly yell. The cola sweat poured out of me and I trem lke @ reed. Fut that yell put life into ¢ who went out the hole like a shot. He ran to the cellar in the hotel and nothing could fetch him out. He #wore by all the jorh and gods of China that he en & ghost and the hundred | guests of the hotel could get no breakfast I admit T was seared. 1 res. cued in the morning by the grave diggers, but was prostrated for a week.” SUPRISE IS SPRUNG The Friday evening before election a very novel performance is booked for the Grand Opera house. A mon ster benefit for the Retall Clerks union will be given Oct, The Political Minstrels will be a radical change from the old atyle black fac comedians, The characters, about 160 in all, will be dressed as Brown- fea, with’ facen made up in exact counterpart of well known local p iticlans, Special scenery has be: made, new songs written and or iginal jokes, all centering around the coming election, have been pre pared. Coming as it docs just be- fore voting tim@, will makes the per- formance all the more interesting. The rehearsals ate going well an promise one of the best amat shows ever presented at a local th FAKE ALARM A fire alarm from box No. #4 called the apparatus to Tenth aven and Lane street this morning. proved to be « false alarm. WEATHER FORECAST Seattle and Vieinity—Tonight and ‘Thursday, occasional rain with freah to brisk southeast to southwest winds. SAN FRAN Wheat, 126 6-8, 126 3-8, CHICAGO, Oct, 22. Oct. 22 Progress of demolition. | Orleans. He hopes to get recogni- the men were fatally hurt.| tion from the United Slates. 8 6. the south | Wheat, 73 3-4, WASHINGTON IN.” | HEMPSTEAD, Tex. Oct. 22.—Jim Westey and Reddyek Barton. ne- Jassault and murder, were taken from the offfe@rs Yesterday evening by the mob and banged to the arm of a telephone pe in the public equare. Last month another mur- derer was hanged to the aame pole. | The two men asmulted and killed |Mre. Susan Lawis, aged 63, on. € | tober Yesterday morning & ton @ put on trial and pleaded guilty, The jury, containing seve Toes, found him gulity and af the death penaity Ww ey tried in the afternoon. He also pleaded guilty, and while the state wae offering its teetimony in corrob- le ion & mob attempted to selec the overpowered. The to the governor | if militia. trial was concluded ) VEN “a |mroes, under eonvietion for criminal Wh oo ! "M MIGHTY GLAD YOU CAME, BOYS; I WAS CLEAR TO and Wesley was also found guilty, [with the death penalty alized ‘The prisoner was kept in the court- to await the arrival of the when a number of nen in the suddeniy rushed \pon the wheriff and overpowered bird and his assistants and ied Werley away. About the same time snother mob foreed the entrance to the jaf and | Barton was turned over to it without resistance. The two negroes were quickly tak- jen to the public square and hanged. re were suggestions of burning, but they were unheeded, the general desire being simply to get the wretches out of the world as soon ae possible. In the struggie in the courtroom Shertf Lipscomb’s back wan badly sprained, and a single shot fired struck Sheriff Sparks of ee county in the stomach, but the ‘ound is not serious, ro tr WASHINGTON, D. C., Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, the victim of a mysterious assault which bas ‘baffled detectives since Dec 10 of Inwt year, died at 4 o'elc | morning from her injuries, Revenge was believed to be the motive of the jerme, as consider | $1000 worth of dian Jundieturbed in th om when Mra, | Dennis was discovered ly |wctous in bed from repeat Jover the head with a plano sto |The best detectives of “America | Burope ¥ mployed by w \! Oct. 22.~ riends an ve worked upon case unceasingly without results. |vi never fully regained |eciousness after the attack |therefore was unable to give any tn- |formetion in aid of the search | Mra, Denni: was a milliner of con- In *, and was & woman ‘ con- and tim ARRESTED FOR THEFT Thomas Dawson, known on the | waterfront as @ boom man, was are rested this morhing by Detective | Wappenstein on suspicion of having |mtolen a quantity of copper strips jfrom the Pacific Coast Co. The steamers, When they are worn out |they are taken off and Jaid on the dock. It im alleged that a number of these were stolen, and Dawson was arrested on suspicion of the theft The officer who made the arrest says that the prisoner virtually admitted that he had taken some of the cop- per. It is probabie that before the case is finished the man who pur- hased the copper will be arrested for receiving stolen property ELECT OFFICERS of the company yesterday afternoon and oMfcers were elected for suing year, as follows: President Richard Oxborn; vice president, Aus tin E. Griffiths, secretary, Lyman app; treasurers, M.D. Far torney, Lyman BE. Knapp f the retiring ofc gratitying conditior ) was slightly |The annual announcement for public will be inmued for a few days. advanced. |ntripm are those used on the sides of ‘The annual meeting of the Rainter JOM & Fuel Co. was held at the office The! of the bits-| and the price the. LIVES UNCONSCIOUS FOR NEARLY A YEAR \Death of Mrs. Ada Dennis Leaves Famous Murder Mystery Unsolved reputation, She had 80 far as known, the difficulty of tive for the crime. night in her jot excellent mar no enon fixing wu) suftic attention, # thing was k of it t woman was found ly! in her own bed tally beaten and bi showed that it assault Mys, Dennis has lini in a hos- pital for more than 10 months, neve becoming fully consclous of her sur. roundings and never able to speak ‘The protraction of her life under the circumstances hag been @ myatery to the skilful physicians who have had the WILL HAVE STREET SIGNS Hereafter All Concrete Walke Wil! Have Street Names Countersunk in Them What ts said to be the most up-to: date and durable system of street signs will be installed tn Seattie in a short time. At the meeting of the elty council a resolution, introduced by Councilman Parry, was passed providing that Hereafter all concrete walks laid in Seattie shail have the names of the streets countersunk in them at street intersections. ‘The resolution instructs the board of public works to immediately secure Information as to the cost of putting in such #lgna In explanation Mr, Parry state that he was informed that sucr |a nyatem of street signs was now in vogue in & nuthber of the cities ¢ he that they had been found rable and in every way filled the purpose for which they were piace in the walk, and most of all could be established with but a miaumu cost. was the w INESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1902, DEATH IN THE FIRE Many Men Perish in a} Holocaust CCHICAGO, lives w tially de refinery bank about midnight started with an exy ¢ lost | went of jomperate fight by the firemen, waa though badly damage A belonging to the y destroyed with ‘The loss is not ie the drying house than $500,000. Heat Was Awful The plant stood close to the Taylor ptreet bridge over the river, and the fire wan ro hot t for # time ft | appeared that the ide ight not be waved, but the hard work of the | firemen prevented the flames from | reaching it. The drying howe was down in & heap of biasing coals ar after the explosion. | n the three lower floors Quickly ran out and saved them Relves, but thore on the floors above | by | ana They were were cut off from the fire em the smoke and flames. Four jumped from the fourth floor were frightfully injured. taken to the hospital and may re cover, The men on the seventh floor were absolutely cut off, Bome of them wipted to craw! out of | the window glong the sills to « of safety, but could not proceed anf were compelied to turn Into the boliding Two men Jumped from the ee floor and wer horribly man when they struck the pavem their bodies could not be identified. One man who jumped for the net | from the fifth floor mined it and! his skull was crushed by the fall Two other men broke through the net and one of them was ao badly | hurt that he max not recover. | With five known to be dead as the result of the fire, efforts are being made today to cool the ruins suf- ficiently to permit a search for the bodies of seven more who are also} believed to have perished. Otto Trapp, Edward Steinke and Andrew | Wor are the only ones whose hodies are identified. ‘The latter t were antiy Killed by sumping trom ‘the fifth vtory. Others who were infured by @ #imilar jump died at daylight thie morning. reat of the injured are recover. ROOM WORKER A room robber wes at work tn the ‘Terrace howe lnet night. RN, 2. Johnson, who liver there, reports that the lock of Kir door had becn pried open and his mackintosh stolen. far. | back | TWO MORE QUIT Two more hon-union Mnemen quit y of the Sunset Telephone | Company this morning, according to | the statement of Business Agent! Brown, of the Linemen’s Union. He| says that one of the men came from | Ellensburg, and the other, named | Hogan, from Portland, but that both stopped work on being Informed or the strike that Is on with the com- pany. LE COUNT TO APPEAL Former Patrolman Ernest Le Count will appeal to the superior court from the decision of the police commission, The commission yes- | terday sustained Chief Police n Sullivan in expelling Le Count demanding and accepting money n & prostitute informally charge with larceny from the p , Attorneys Bhipiey & Page this the statement that fount, petition | superior court for a writ of re- view for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings had before thi capacity the view the pro f determining Upc The charge virtually accu ficer of wrongfully recelvi in the nature of a bribe, 9? monly styled, of ‘grafting.’ comminsion tried r the theory, not that he h money personally, but ha mitted the woman to pay It back to the com- plaining witness instead of making &n arrest, and he was virtually con- vineted by the commission on evi- Jence absolutely at variance with the charge filed against him While it i# generally understood that the charge preferred against Le Count was illegally accenting the money, the official decision of the commiasion is #0 carefully worded that im no piace does it directly state that the commission found Le Count guilty. FREE AS AIR Jensie M. Wilton has been divore- ed from C. D. Wilson, who In at pre ent with Primrose & Dockstader minstrels The plaintiff succeeded in proving that she had received no support from her husband for more than five years, CARNEGIE IS MADE RECTOR LONDON, Oct At St. Andrews today Andrew Carnegie was installed s rector of St. Andrews University 2 the presence of a notable gath ng of educators, litterateu men in public life. Following natallation ceremonies the L. D. was conferred on Mr, Choate | ssn Btates ambassador to Great their regularity i the of. s money th | Britain, and Andrew D. White, the United Btates ambassador at Bertin, Bargains! $125 Well located lots at West Seat-| tle; fine view Green Lake district ;| cleared and has pr good well. Herbert $ Upper , 11 and 12 Bcheuerman Block, t avenue and Cherry street. F LION CLOTHING HOUSB 220-222 tet Ave. Bo, cor. Main. We carry Shoos and sell them cheaper than Bhoe stores. Our celebrated Walkon Shoe $3.00 Every pair warranted; see our leader $2.50 Shoe; you'll third on Shoes here. i OTHING HOUSE We have just received anoth- er shipment of these garments, dark colorings. splendidly made | handsome colorings. | 'W.B.Hutchinson Co, R. T. SHANNON GROCERY CO, Ineurperated, 1220-1222 2nd ae Phone, Mais A CAR EASTERN FANCY APPLES ‘ed fancy Spitzber per box Bl. A_ splendid lot Arkansas Reds, WH vas sassiae $1.50 Missouri Pippins, good cookin, and eating, per box...@1.1 Genuine Snow Apples, exquisite flavor, per box... #1.26 Willow Pe ghey and other fine Apples, per box... R. T. Shannon Grocery Co. Wholesale and Retail Outfitters WATCHES, DIAMOND: NE JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE Aibeort Hansen 7 \"* | avenue, ‘The largest jewelry house in the Northwest WANTED FOR THEFT Inex Perry, a young colored wom- an wanted th 1H . Mont., on charge of stealing $500 from a man in a saloon box there, by Detectives Lan | | | was arrested and Adams last ged in the city jail, Sh e a clever wor! und to have been traveling westward in the wake of the Florodora company It is probable that an ofMfcer from Helena will arrive in the olty tomer- row to take her back, HE Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News # * 26CENTS A MONTH Wien’s Fancy Rough Cheviot Swits .$52.50.. Wool Goods, medium and dark color- and Italian hand hand-made st linings, dg padc butt ADAMS & BLANCHARD CLOTHIERS & FURNIS 739, Second Avenue, Hinckiey Block. HERS, Assayers’ Materials Everything Needed for Amateur Field or Laboratory. ot Professional, BLOW PIPE OUT FITS, FURNACE: AND GOLD SCALES. Stewart & Holmes Drag Co., 627 First Avenue . CRUCIBLES Nowest Arrival of Coats and Skirts. THURSDAYS’ SPECIALS We call your attention specially to the greatest money-saving opportunity we have ever had the pleasure of offering the public “in the wey of @ great sale of Women’s and Misses’ Jackets, Reg- lans, Silk and Dress Skirts, also an extensive line of Walking Skirts. Misses’ Fall Jackets, in all col- ors, worth $4.00; tomorrow spec- tal $1.66. ON THE FIRST FLOOR New Arrival of French Flannel Ears. Below we mention a . lew. Misses’ and Children's Jackets, § wasoting, in different colors, nicely trim- : med with stitching, black velvet collar and Cuffs; spectal $4.00. in all the latest colors, Elegant All Wool Fiannel Waisting, in all the latest colers, worth S0c; special 29, The good off kind, made of heavy cast iron—the kind thas any old thing—barka, ebunks—anythit stoves are made with or without swing top, have swii feed floor with sliding éraft, they will last for years. Main 8t Fi Avenue and Street. None ee ek Mee ta Pitat Avenne Bout, HOLMES GOOD FURNITURE (ireat Enlargement Sale You can buy all the Furgi- ture you need at splendid re- ductions from prices, already the lowest in the Northwest. Remember every .price is “marked dow! while the contractors are enlarging our store— China Cabinet, like picture, 5 feet 6 inches high by 40 inches wide ; the wood used in its constrpction is quar- ter-sawed oak, highly tet ished; it has bent glass ends and glass door; four adjustable shelves; regular price $28, enlargement sale price . * $20.35 GLHOLMES FURN ITU RE CO. nowt 105" SEGOND AN :, A LINDAUER JEWELER AND OPTICIAN Moved to 306 Pike street, betwee: Wied and Beurta. : 4 " |