The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 28, 1902, Page 1

AND CHILD wth Sea Savages Kill White Woman and Her Baby _ find Leave Their Heads Hanging Upon IX FRANCISCO, Oct. 24—The @ehooner Neptune has hed this city after a five years’ ‘among the South Sea islands, ing & revolting tale of the mur- of the wife and eix et tenghter of Hermann | German trader. The trag-| jetted last June, when Wott, pad dleent from his home in New tm the Solomon group. The gree hed always been friendly, M be felt nO fear of leaving his a. walled at Mre. Wolffs . offered to sell a pig. He femme impudent, and when the man attempted to atve him away desea more savages jumped oars Game Layout Is e@ Police of @ quiet police in- police depart- ‘Was imperative. The own- cub room apparently | Pealized the futility of resistance and | z Bob ye toe, some time been “Kia" Cooper and two well known figures world. The order to Lopes ‘hot come as a surprise to| apect! Who are on the inside in the ‘cloth profession, a8 there have , Fumors in circulation tn 3 the Green Light for some that the police would hear ‘Sooner or later was mevit- some time, but the authort- ly became “wire” and de- all games dealt in the! ~The transport from Bombay, has arrriv- Several companies of gren- and Bombay rifles aboard, to ce akgressive operations the Bad Mulan. iN SQUALOR a poned to be @ miner Poem Alaska. died in a squalid Jap. ing house et 704 Maynard last night. He had been il) ene. but had not had « . The case was inv rat Deputy Coroner Wiltaie and! Temoved to Butterworth's An sutopsy will be held to| the caure of death. | URGE WHEAT SALES SPOKANE, Gc. 26—Btate crnin| her Arrasmith says that “Atths of thie your's wheat Aready been sold. thie th the earliest in the state of Wi THE NORTH lenicToRtA, RB Oct. 28,—Th Anioke has returned trom Walls of House the mother senseless, cut head open with an axe, Going Into the house they brained the infant, and cutting off the heads of the corpses, hung them before the fireplace. No trace of the bodies could be found, and it-ts supposed that they were eaten by the savages. Wolff retirned home some time after the tragedy took place. By careful inquiry among the neighbor- ing natives he wAs able to ascertain | the principal facta of the affair. The perpetrators having some admission to other natives. Wolff has com- pletely abandoned hig business and is devoting his entige time to a search for the murderers. He declares that he Will apend the rest of bis rife, if necessary, to find and kill them, WILL AID COMMERCE TIENTSIN, Oct. 24-—Yuan Shi kal has been apointed minister of), case of Victor Herbert, the well | lett wos wealthy. Years of disipa- commerce, with greater power than any previous viceroy possessed. Yuan will doubtiess endeavor to work teforms in Chinese commerce with Americas, a6 he in a ve Statesman, with @ warm friendship and admiration for the United in the —$—$$———__— ¢ltf were not on the square. That there wore curves in some of them cS very certain. The report that crooked em were being con- ducted reached Chef Sulitvan's cars two days ago and plans were laid to cateh the gullty parties. Laat night the Investigation of the mbling industry came to # head. jectives were sent out and also one of the police captains. All the gaming paraphernalia in each big club was #ubiected to ex- amination. The houses with the ex- ception of the Green Light pans - . ‘There, however, it ie stated on good authority,, a “double” faro box was found, It im said the owners of the houre admitted they dem the box was crooked and was @ cheating devic In playing faro a metal box from which the cards are dealt, ie used. These boxes are constricted in auch a why that but one card at « time should slip ont. Tt f* said that the Bering sea with news of the capsix- Ing of the schooner Annie E. Paint, and the loss of Harry Aaronson, a young Victorian, The Anioka also reports that @ boat belonging to the Umbrina, containing two Indians, had disappeared. STRANGE FATALITY PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.— Doctor Daniel Hughes, one of the leading alieniats of America, and for 14 years chief physi- an of the Philadelphia hos. ‘tal, died this morning of tub: erculosis, the direct result, it Is claimed, of treating a patient afflicted with that malady. PROMPT TO FILE SUIT Ira Perry filed a damage quit in the supertor court today against the Seattle Electric Co. He asks for $2000 on the ground that he was #eri- lously injured when a car ran into | his wagon on Oct. 17. FATAL MINE EXPLOSION PITTSBURG, Oct. 28.4 ture blast in the Mount Washington tunnel this morning kille mine and injured three others. All of them | were colored, SAGASTA WILL QUIT MADRID, Oct. %—From a close friend of Sagasta the statement comes that the premier -will resign is office in November. Hie suc- censor will probably be Moret, the [present miniater of the Int@rior. health te assigned as the reason for Bagasta’s contemplated action, but it ls believed that dissatisfaction with the young king ts an addition- jal ground for the premier’s wish to retire. FIRE IN NORTH END Fire broke out in the residence of DM. F. Stamber at 60) Four Just how the blaze started tery. Damage to the exten’ $100 was done before the department extinguished the biaze. DAMAGES FOR LIBEL NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—The Jury in known musical composer, for dam- ages against the Musics! Courter, | which called him a musical pirate, | without originality, has returned |sea* tn favor of Herbert for $15, World Results in Clos- ing of the Green Light Club- OLD TENDERLOIN box in question was built in such a way that two cards or almost any card desired in fact, could be brought out. The police will ray little of the matter, and an exact description of @ box could not be had. That it had been ured in double dealing w tain, however. It's now tated on good authority that the men who owned the house that was closed up Inst night will be refused the privilege of ever again running games in Seattle the place owned by them will be re- opened by new men in not yet known, It is thought, how that a deal to sell the place ia now on, No arrests were made by the police after the crapked box was found Bo far as the police will admit the brace game had not chented any one person out of any late amount of one Host of “short money 4s must have lost small «ame, he J POINTED GOVERNOR WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28,— from | Phin commission as govern lof Isabella province Jest and ricite ‘ACTRESS IS VERY I | NEW YORK, Dreasier, the actress, ta in a condition from a sudden illness. H. | death this afternoon is momentart (ota ‘ oe one of the larg- Oct, 28.—3 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE UMBERLAND, » threatened t therr this ed to be Oct, 28 ‘oy the ¢ the city ¢ Fir r ire no for rnoor under t a here ed. which are of the flames. two plants narned ‘ir | om “4 ICAGO, Oct. 46.——Wheat, 7 18 8-4. north, at an early hour this morning. | Whe ther | ALASKANS SCORE POINT WASHINGTON, 28. President Roosevelt, in his annual morgage to congress will devote @ paragraph to urk~ ing better mint awe ond provisions governing the loca- ton ef public land A The delegation fro Alaska called at the temporary White Houne this morning, escorted by asman Woaten of Texas, tod spokesman for D.C, Oot aka. wh them, & Rpeach moo old and coppe from Alaska. was highly pleased with the presents, and will place the | moose head on the wall of the White House family dining room After the Alaskans left, President conferred with retary Cortelyou and dictat to him the Alaskan reecommen4- ation to be tneorporated in the annual message. CONTRABAND CHINESE Lee Ning wore four aut and a canvas Jumper aa he stood In the depot last night, waiting for the rtiand train. — But Customs In- spector Osborn knew he was & con= traband Chinese, for all that. When he asked to show his certificate, Ning said it was.in Portiand. In- Spector Osborne arrested him. This morning, in U, & Commis-| [sioner Bowman's court, Ning told « [different story, claiming that the lcertificate was in Anacortes, He waa lodged in jail and given three days to find ft.” Ir he fadia, he must go back to China. Dr, Re Willard this afternoon #e- loured @ building permit to erect president the of clothes MAKE LIGHT HAUL Six Men Get Small Sum From Office Safe PITTSRURG, Oct. 28.—The office [ot the Westmoreland Goal Co. was | Droken into and robbed x mapk~ ed men inat night, They struck the watehman over the head, knock | him down, then him and took | Bim out of the office. The robbers blew open the safe With dynamite | and took $800. | The thieves expected to met $40,- |000 which was supposed to be on | hand, thin morning being payday r the pay-roll, how- |ever, had not been drawn from the Bank, the sum in the fafe merely the usual amount current expenses. ‘There 1 | tothe robbers, BERNHARDT IN BERLIN BERLIN, Oct. 28.—Sarm Bernhardt played in Bertin en it for the first time since 187 ie had & great audience of notables. The piay M'KINLEY MEMORIAL CLEVELAND, 04 Oct. 24—Ryer son Ritehie, treasurer of the McK. ley memorial fund, today reported that he has $500,000 on hand. The memorial chapel Will not be built, however, until an additional endo ment fund approaching $100,000 has been mecured. EXPAND SEATTLE FAME Mr. ‘White has gone to Mon- | |The money fo: 194200 fint building 1138 By tion Then Follows the Michael Bartiott killed his wife and attempted to end hin own life inet evening lo hie rooms, &¢ 1496 Sixth avenue, ‘The desd body of the woman is MGW at Batterwortn’s morgue and the man is @ prisoner in Mhartlett te but atientiy’ 4, A * . small scalp. wound’ was all hein Nicted on hit if in attempting to -ormmit sul At one-time Bart- th set him hie fortune and made him a tyrant In his home. A couple joe weeks ago he w arrested on compial of his wit who feared for her life and that of their 2-year- oid aon. At that time he made threats that he would kill his wife and also the officer who arrested him. He was taken before Justice Cann and put under bonds to keep the peace, Drove Her from Bed Last night he drove his wife from w she iny tll While i from him to escape shot her. The shots | ended her life of misery. One of the bullets pterced her brain and an- other entered her bri . She fer | dead in the alley between Sixth and nth avenues near F it rest, GARRISON UTINIES MADRID Oct. 28.—The garrison at ‘alencia mutinied this morning, and 4 out cheering for a repub- They were arrested and taken | back to the army quarters, w: they were aeverely flogged and af terwards piabed in the guard house The men were dipnatiefied with the | fare they ha@ been receiving, an with the rigorous discipline e forced. Thera haa been unrest among troops for some time, and all are sullen VENEZUELA'S: | NATAL DAY | CARACAS, Oct. 28.—Today was Venezuela's day, the anniversary of of Simon Bolivar. Owing urbed political condition n Was leas general than custom, about the only ein the capital being the decoration of the famous liberator’s tomb. lv SMUGGLING CHINESE | ELPASO, Tex., Oot officials have unearth able smuggling conspt |getting Chinese to Ca lappears that the Celestialn have eon brought across the border from Mexico to this city, and taken t in box cars in large numbers. trainmen have been in the con- dorai ark- for It 1 here, nla BRYEN IN COLORADO wW \" | | sthern Grand Junction losing at Dur Bryan wa | pines be limited to two year na n Oregon upon a th avenue. business trip. DRINK-CRAZED |Weak Attempt at Self-Destruc- After he had shot his wife bait, samyeene pund. He wae at first ree Moved (0 Providence hospital, but later, at the order of the coroner, taken to the county Jaf, ‘Whisky was the cause of the trage 4y, The desire of the man to drink ied him to take everything that hie family bad and to leave them in want. With her little bay Leo the mother lived in dingy back moma at 1428 Sixth avenue. They had once had good rooms on Sev- nth avenue, but the woman salt that she could not live In a good house and endure her sufferings Sinister Prediction At T o'clock last evening the man left the house, saying that when he turned there might be somethii oing. While Rariett was away sev, eral neighbor children were in the house and to them Mra, Martlett said that the was afraid of her hus- band. Bariett returned @ short time after he had left and ordered the Children out of the back room in which his wife was at that time, The ehildren obeyed him, Boon they heard a noise In th room they had just left and woman driven from ber bed into the street, followed by t AMERICAN - PLAN GOES PARIS, Oct. © 24.—Premier Combes has received the assent of two of the largest coal com panies to hie plan for arbitra~ tion of the matters in controv- erey which ied to the coal strike, It Is belleved that the example will be followed by other companies shortly, as ail of them have the matter under advinemen The pressure in favor of ttiement is very strong, as a long continuance of the strike at this season of the year would entail a coal shortage which might lead to TELLS OF MARINES WASHINGTON, D. ©. Oct The annual report of Gen. He commandant of the United marine by t v department. He urges an increase of the corps to 1054 men, and @ material Increase of officers. Heywood gives a detailed ace count of Maj. Waller's Samar ex- pedition, put makes Ho comment up- on either Waller or Gen. Smith. He recommends thet the term of service of the officers assigned to the Philip- .0n ae= count of the Climatic conditions, which are éxtremély unfavorable to men from colder countries. VAGRANT | TORPEDO BAN FRANCISCO, Oot. 28. bay wood, States Some. where in th torpedo 4 ate toes re ceived from lost from the reve: at Mare Island It was Perry nt e cutter he governn has offered a ite recovery. reward for Michael Bartlett, a Klondike Pioneer, Last Night Shoots and Kills His Wife. HUSBAND'S CRIME corps, has been made public! a deadly Whitehead | WANTS FIRE PROTECTION HH. A. Chadwick today filed tion with the city council for better fire protection on Capitol Hill, Mr Chadwick states that at this tine there are more than 60 residences in that district, and while there are wa- ter tinins in the streets, there ar fire hydrants nor fire alarm boxes, DIES AT HOSPITAL Mra, Hite Young, aged 20 years, wife of Angus W. Young, died at the Senate general hospital this morn. ing. ‘The body was removed to But+ terworth & Bon’ morgue, The fu- neral will be held from the family residence, 1418 Ninth avenue wert, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, TO BAPTIZE NEW SCHOONE On November 6 the new schooner Wilbert 6. Bmith, which Is being built at Ballard for the Globe Navi- gation Company by the Globe Con- struction Company, will be launched Her master will be Captain A, 8 Tons, but it Is not decided yet where she will make her first trip, She will carry about 1,000,000 feet of lum- ver. ‘The four-masted sche Her length js 206 feet overall, beam 42 feet. She is buflt on almilat lines to the Not tingham IT. and Willis A. Molden, which have recently been launched ‘Two more schooners are under con- struction for the Globe Navigation Company at the Rallard shipyards, SUNSET LINEMEN STILL ON STRIKE Two weeks ago today the lin employed by Bunset Telephone | Co. stuck for the reeognitt: union, and higher wages, but o ho steps tending towards ment have been taken. ‘The strikers are confident of se- curing their demands, even before the week Is ended, while on the other hand the Sunset officials #iate that the strikers back. LATONA After having for repairs, the Late thrown open to public travel night. ‘The bridge wae ‘actically reoonstructed, with great rapidity. Smith ix a ner of 710 net tons. crazed husband, Ax she passed through the front room her husband fired tne rst shot at her from a 4- caliber “revolver. ic wot went wild. out Into the street and murderer then turned the gun on himeeif and fired twice. Qne of the shots infiteted the wound on th right side of his hea Patrolman Near Mounted Patrolman Bannick was pacsing and saw part of the affair. He called the patrol wagon and the/ man was takén to the hospital and the body of the dead woman to the morgue. When arked if he had shot the woman, Bartlett denied that he had. After he had been removed to the hospital he muttered incoherent- yan’ often used the word “Shorty.” ‘7. he was saying no one could tel After the tragedy the little boy was carried to the police station in en |i} have no intention of taking the | the arms of 8 nt Leighton. There he wna turned over to Matron Chapin. Bartlett w into the Ki stampede | ‘one of the first to go} dike during the great | He made a fortune of| About $100,000, but has gone through | it all. His wife had © to earn | the famtly bread. She tried to keep | & lodging house, but war finally | forced to store the furniture ard abandon the project. Lately she had meditated selling the furniture, giving Bartlett his half and leaving him. Deputy Coroner Wiltsie dressed the acif-inflicted wound of Michael Rartiett at the county jail this morn Jing. The wound is very slight and | may not even leave a scar. | Bartlett Interviewed | When interviewed in bis « lett refused to make any state) All questions he refused to ane | Coroner Hoye asked him if he want- 4 to be prewent at the Inquest that In| to be held tomorrow. Bartlett re. 1 that he did not kno 1 that would not talk of the case in any y until he had consulted with his | onda. Rartiett appeared weak and ne thie morning and had to in stimulants. His hands eb e appeared greatly agitated ight he paced the f He evidently fully r rmity of his terrribl ‘coroner Hoye will hold an tnquent | at Butterworth's morgue tomorrow | morning over the body of the mur-| fered woman. | COURTS MAY | REACH THEM 8AN PRA? United state penis has de: military sery are amenable to the civil ffenses in violation of olvil side from infract ot army | ‘The decision was in the case of tenant Neill, who was convict forgery in 1898 and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Neil's attorney contended that as all the parties were in the army and the joffense was committed in the res- Jervation the prosecution should |have been by court-martial SLACK IS MOKELESS det 28.—The of ap in_ the States ISCO, Oct elreult court ded that men ice of the Unit AND, Ohio, oin tu ining 8 i tried at a this stand this is f n automatic The dust # wit of ail and pro One ton of work of two eding when pray rising heat slack is sald to do the used in the old way. |Albert Hansen 7: SPECIALS $375 Six lots and house of two} rooms, Green Lake district, | fenced and well on the prop-| erty. | $1,900 | House of five rooms on Spruce |there m street, between rith and 12th | avenues, easy walking dis- | tance, Owner must sell. | Herbert S. Upper | 10, 11 and 12 Schewerman Block, irst avenue and Cherry street. LION CLOTHING HOUSB |]! 220-222 tet Ave. Bo. cor, Main. You'll save money at every step to come here for your ‘Worth from $15.00 to $20.00. Atl wines In lot and every up-tordate styles and cloth, Look in Our Window. R. T. SHANNON GROCERY CO. Incoryorates, 1220-122 tnd ave. Phone, Male 1081. Fancy Yakima Burbank Pota- toon, 100-pound sacks....000 Choice Burbank Potatoes, 100- pound sacks ... 7 R. T. Shannen Grocery Co, Wholesale and Retail Outfitters. (RAVENETTES (RAVENETTES (RAVENETTES $12.50 For a long time there has been a strong demand for lower priced Cravenettes, so we have worked very hard in securing some. The real Cravenette Waterproof Overcoats? $12.50. W.B. Hutchinson Co. Corner Second and Union & GOOD PIANO On Easy Payments $6.00 MONTHLY You want a plano—you've it_for a long time You want a good one-one will give satisfaction You want It at a reasonable price =—not a cheap piano, but a lows priced one, You want to get it on easy pay- ments, but don’t want to buy from an irresponsible dealer. Then you want one of our new pianos on our rent-contract plan—at $6.00 a month New Pianos at § needed that} $200, $250 up to $1,500. Some good bargains in second-hand Planos., SHERMAN, CLAY & CO STEINWAY PIANOS. ANGELUS PIANO PLAYERS, 711 Second Avenue. Only a few vacancies left In RICHMOND PIANO CLUB,” $200, terms $4.00 per month ter hu Pp. the Be & WATCHES, DIAMONDS, FINE! JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE venue. house in the The largest jewelry Northwei HE Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News # # “Experience Keeps a Dear School’”’ There are numerous men in this city who are paying @ good deal more for their clothes than is justified by their clroumetances. They are pay- ing about half for clothes and about half for experience. Some day they will open their ©: to the fact that makes of ready-made cloth ing whieh cannot be distinguish from their taitor’s, except by the dif- ference in prices. This is not more talk—it is cold fact. We make no claims that we cannot substantiate, We will show you the clothing and leave it to you to decide as to the merits of our proposition. ‘Suits and Overcoats $10, $12, $15 and up to $30 ONE PRICE. PLAIN FIGURES. DAMS BLANCHARD 49 2d Ave., Hinckley Bik. Hot Drinks First Today, remember that DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE All on Today, Stewart & Holmes Drag Co., 627 First Avenue Just a few words about this sale of Linens. We want to interest you right , #0 you will be on hand early tomorrow. Will men- tion @ few to suggest the showing: 3c Cream Damask, 52 inches wide; special .. #c Cream Damask, 58 Inches wide; special 58c Bleached Damask, 62 inches wide; very special . 79 Bleached Damask, 66 inches wide; special ... 12% Unbleached Bath ‘Towels; tomorrow special 400 Bleached or Unbieached Rath Towels; tomorrow, each. 18e Unbleached Bath Towels, 45x19; tomorrow, each 4 15e 12%¢ Huck Fringed Toweis, 38x18; tomorrow special, each lee PUMPS Of every description and we handle them in sufficiently large quantities to make our prices the lowest to be found anywhere in the Northwest. Let us figure with you on your Pump needa, We have handled Pumps for years and can give you just exactly what you want at a moment's notice, Main Store, First Avenue and Spring St Northwest Fixture Annex, 38 First Avenue South, Ladies, note the following! IDEAL RAINY-DAY SKIRTS AT CALMER’S Prepare for the coming rainy season. Our assortment of Rainy Day Skirts is complete. For Wednesday and Thurs- day we are offering a superior quality of oxford and green mixtures, seven-gored with slot seams, artistically construct- ed Tailor-mades, at $7.50, and don’t forget, your money back if you're not satisfied.