The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1903, Page 1

| DENOUNCED IT ] RUSSIA WILL NOT ONE CENT “WEATHER FORECAST Tonight, fair ir, warmer. Herth to east Sunday winds probably f tomerrew, air) Hight to fresh 4&4 OCLOCK EDITION HAVOC WROUGHT The City of Gainsville Under Water and Thousands of People are Forced to Flee SEATTLE, ASHINGTON, FRII BY CLOUDBURST to the House-tops for Their Lives--The Whole State of Texas Is in the Path of the Storm DALLAS, Tex train mw whether the pa July 2—Late reporte show that the eterm damage will exeedd one million dollars. Gainaville reports no liv +A report received here this afternoon r Valley View wae wreeked-by « washout. ngers have been rescued. lost. to the effect that a Santa Fe It ie not known Laat night's reports from Southwestern Texas confirm the stories that a dozen or more lives were low SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 3A cloudby western section of Texas, causing the deatlt t yeuterday, yer the south- ‘weveral persons and en- tailing a heavy property less. Ne agcurate reports of the loss of life can be obtained as Dut eneugh is known te w ly Mexican laborers and farmhands, At Beeville one Mexican was ewept away. 2 telegraph wires are down in the etorm swept seetion; ‘ant the belief that at east 20 people, most» perished in the flood. Near Normana, 10 Mex- jean farmhande are reported drowned and 12 more ure said to have been drowned at Pettus. Antonie & Aransas and one large ase rs The heaviest damage was sustained by the San tread. Several thousand f ge were swept away, tof ite tracks A message from Victoria says Beeville was heard from at 5:90, and the Southern Pacitic spereter says there was ne lees of life, but « Me lean and & negro were missing. Preperty loss in the town is placed at $50,000, DENVER, Cols, Ing and wv Sante F uly 3—A special to ville, Tex.. says thas « cloudburst inundated that sity hat many lives are reported lost, passenger train was ditehed a few miles out of the elty, by local newspaper from Ge ly thie morn 't fe also reported that a €xsunty Commiss sioners Condemn Keeptii's “Sweating” System ute cou comminsioners, after a searebione +) “hearin into County Clerk Keeyti™® b por cent. graft de nownce bin ose wweating” bie requesting him to be pterview they ha: v ho resigned his ax deputy surrender § per cent. of lary te Mr, Koept AL the canct Avt the seasion the commissioners did not ark RECEIVE Foreign Office Says U. S. Would Invite a Slight by Sending It ST. PETERSEURG, July 2—The for- eign office hax made the following statement reaarding Président Roose- veit's determination tition in behalf of Russian Jews ‘The caar alour ean dee-se whether the petition wiki be recetyed. but Alex- ander Il. would never have received @ny such & petition. A petition frors © Guild hall meeting, calied by the lor€ mayor of London tm Ii. was re 4 AGAINST OTHER , mx aged farmer of ed a divorce from Caroline Elander, who is 68 years 4, by Supreme Jodge Hatch, this morning, on «Fr ot adultery. Martin J. Land, a well known young Attorney of this city, was named as to- respondent. Guat Flander, the son of the plain- it and defendant, swore that he * hed aban peaat of his mother's infatuation for the young lawyer. M e has never denied her allegations. been working as chamber- maid fn a Seattle hotel for several months past. Lund, who i# a married man and hes 4 young family, denies that he has ever been unduly intimate with Mrs. Elander. | ROBBED at é FOUR THUGS GAVE WABBLY PEDESTRIAN STRONG ARM Rowlsby told Patrolmen 4 Decker this morning four t hed him at the of First avenue south and Main street at 3 o'clock this mor ing. He told the officers the affair was a deliberate hold-up, but that no guns were used, Bowlsby lost ouly a few dollars. Two men directly implicated in the robbery are believed to be in custody. Two suspects were arrested and Bowisby identifies both of them. Fine others are stilt at Mberty. Kowlsby says that he was on way to the Grand Central hotel, As he panned the corner of First avenue south and Main street several men wers there, but he took little notice Of them. Just an he went by, one 4 the met, he says, grabbed him ij Se behind and held him. He was O feta t: kane hie mouth abut or met hurt. He obeyed the commands of the strong arm mman end kept quiet while another of the party indus-| triously searched bis pocket. Ail the money he had was taken. him, and he told pulicoman =. oe ine inet happened to be Pa- Cameron. Bowlsby was trolman ee clerks rather than | » forward the pe- geners of the Washing any opinion from Mr. Boutt as to what jurtedietion they hed in ihe! matter, But told hind that they would consult him later after discussing reason of tite tracks having been washed away. It le said that the engi fir and an express messenger the wreeked tr were drowned, not known at the time the | dispatch wae whether there wae any loss of life among the pas sengers. it w nt ay DENNIGON, July L—The most serious rainstorms in OGRE are rag: ing over Northern Texas and Indian Territory, All water courses ere out of their banks, farming lands badly damaged, and railways | crippled. The first reports sent out from Gainaville this morning are correct, with the exception that no lives had been reported lost in that city up to_ noon In the Santa Fe wreck near Gainaville, the engineer, fireman and ox press m nger of the train and three other persone were killed tt section men were drowned A report from Normanda says that |mear there, DALLAS, Tex, July &—The city Gainesville was struck by @ Jeloudburet at 3 o'clock this morning, and while no lives are reported ltost, the property damage will be appalling, and many people had nar- received from there says that the water is run ning through the streets in a torrent six feet or more in depth. More than a thousand persons have been forced to take refuge on the house- tops, and the situation le momentarily becoming worse. The food came without warning , taking sleeping inhabitants by sur- Iprise, and maiing eseape from the residences by way of the streets Hl but impossible. ‘The ersek which passes through the center of the city, and whieh ‘ordinarily tittle more than a breck, is now @ raging torrent mere then a mile wide Other dispatches received here indicate that the storm wae gene | throughout th aeotion ef the state, and thet the stricken city of Gaine ville in threatened with anether flood that is now appreaching it from reotion of Joe. SMALL BOYS MU The Seattle Star AY, JULY 1903. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS WILL TRY TO BRING CONVENTION T0 SEATTLE |The Local Union Will Send Delegates to Denver N ternational Gathering to Come Here. in 1907 The Christian Endeavor societ AS Meaijie will whe effort t for being the Internatior onvention of the organisation, to be held ip \ 1007, to this elty lution de that effect will be hfistian Endeavor sogietion of the eity, to be held at 6:30 o'¢ hy " J evening at the United Pres 5 empt seu J church, at Sixth avenue and Beneva J the convention went t | wteeet . outtie will In four | In amnage of the ave every fuctilty be ' resolution, the union will welect tw and hotels and take ivlegaten to go to Denver of such & gathering at which any | international convention wil! be held| where from 25,000 to 40,000 usual |More Than a Score of Persons In- jured in Trolley Car Collision at St. Louis BT. LOUIS, Mo, July 2—Twe el ectric care collided at Jefferson and Olive streets, this merning. Twenty-five persons were injured and taken te the hospitals. Both care were totally wrecked, The Olive street var was struck in the middie, It was crowded with business men and women, Motormen Peck and Kellen were fatally possibly fataily, injured: Frank Noon, red. The following were seriously, ty a John Wessels. Others sustained conductor; Rogers and James Wise; broken limbs, cute and bruise. NOT BORROW “DAD’S’’ BIG GUN ’ Beate will celebrate the porlous |\Police Will be Strict Tomorrow-- men will enforce the order, ‘The police do not expéet much | } [ihe affair at greater length among apes avenge: pac gps niowed, trouble tn keeping order durtng the is @ay-at-home style, No attempt wil _ | erie jen tamortow, No extra men be made to surpass the celebrations C leb. F }have been put on duty mate sarane ne eenteme| Seattle to Celebrate Fourth | cnc: ‘is yes = 3 . ss a epee | Koepffi says it's nan ‘our busi. | Of the city united In one grand «! Uood Old > ay - will be duty at day ee eget wey oaing S = ee a ee in tr At Mounted patrelmen will do thetr le concerned ib oe - Mar "Beat! refuses to discuss the | EIn @ general way the, celebration Home Style beet to protect the suburbs trom matter until he has looked op the Mil De® tri-partite affair. Pike “ a bd aes cei ierd discovered whether or not merect Will witness big dotnan, hay-| The firemen will be on the alert can S¢ taken by the |I2e commenced festivities today ) vary tel night trouble ts expected Down town th % Humphries | by toca! business que. ‘There will: im apectal card includes seven run- fireworks in the residence dis- celebration Will be held, Be boat races, athielic contexts, ete., | waces ond @ tryout between | tricts. v Pduring the day, and dancing and harness, The the water PETITION tturmed through the foreten offiee a being Inconvenient. The foreign office hopes the Americans will not fnvite such @ slight. Amertoans would yesent anti-fynehing petition, The for office has no especial interest In queation, exéept & desire that in| ternat | petations remain unharmed, tinee the matter fs purely domestic} a8 to asother domestic de [cor iderably under the influence of Mower, but thanaged to tell « tuirty! straight story and give a deserip- thon of the thieves. | Soon after the report of the rob- lbery bud been made, Patrotman {Cameron arrested Frank Wilson on suspicion, Later Patrolman Decker arrested Thomas Jotineon, Howls [by identified Both men. He said that |the fret man arrested was the one who held him, and that the other searched his pockets. When search- led at the potice statton Johnson had 1973.80 In hie pockets An application was made at the office of the provecuting attorney for complaints against the two men, thie morning, but unt! a representative of the office investigates the case, | warrants will not be issued. MURDERED | PROMINENT MINING MAN SHOT 1N BACK BY MEXICANS . i LOS ANGELES, Cal,, July, 2 dispateh from Tucson says: "M, Le Dawson, a mining man prominent in Atizona and Re in murdered at Chihuahua by Mexi had invited to share his lunch was thot in the back. His partner ‘was shot at, but escaped. ‘The mu \derers werg captured by Mexican soldiers.” A | | POLICIE RENEWED commissioners today t house for the next thr re. all) important companies in the city amounts in all to $130,000, and were | all renewed. Forty per cent. of the insury the contents of the cour nt the bulldh on and 60 per t ne. | | CHARLESTON, July &-—The Ger« man cruiser Gazelle did not sail t day, as intended, but 4 her- y je |policies, which are distributed among | Officers of Bail Vessels, which has five-eighths of a mile, 6 ea- A new organization known as the saven-cighthe of a mile, 12 en- The} American Apsociation of Licensed five-elghths of 2-year olds, 6 entries; five and elghth its headquarters in San Francisco, | furlongs, 10 entries; five and on July 1 opened a local branch in| half furlongs, 10 entrie rooms 68 of the Safe Deposit build-| race, Harry Hurst, The Fi ing. Captain J. J. Parker, a well| Bill Frater, ‘| known Pacific coast mariner, is or a ganizer of the body, He came to| POST OFFICE EMPLOY | departure until tomorrow In order to ‘renin in port and fre a national salute on Independence day: the parade forming on Sevente enue and Union street af 10 ocho and passing through the principal | fireworks at night Although many visitors from other fowns will spe atrects jere from Fort Lawton, | cities aod marines and sailors from Hiremer th Beattie, no reguiar excursions wii militiamen, policemen. firemen and| be run, Excursion rates will be Various military and ¢ivic organiea-| made on all boats and trains, how tions wil! partictpat ¥ busl.lever, For the firet time in years ne steamers been chartered to carry excursions inte the elty the biggest crowde of the no doubt, assemble at The %. where the greatest racing f the present meeting will be te ness houses will have floats i Wil Ho Morrie will act as | grand reba) / On Lake Washington, at Madise ark. another smaller but no les «n- the day | twp) fest pacers in The work of putting | eaten ‘of, the day will be the Cele-| front in shape for tomurrow’s cele handicap, for which @ puree| bration was begun this morning bed |The larger docks were cleaned. To: 1 bey who borrows dad's| morrow the and who invests his Fourth | sprinkied tn money in blank cart | The revenue cutter MeCulloch will hb the gun end shells if | make the principal marine dimplay tn der a.poligemans eye) the harbor, The 3 The order that wae in| Paul and Senator foreg innt your prohibiting the use of | canal liner Fara: firearms with blank cartridges in-| port during the side, the city limits hae been re-| crews may have iswael by the chief of potice and hin! celebrate. and the Lynn n will remain tr day so that their an opportunity tw thus fon will be held = > plied ls to make amatior vessels than are now required to carry lorneed officers to carry them. |_“At present only vessels of 760 tone or over oF Ywenels carrying passen- \* are compelied by law to carry Hcensed officers. For the better jsafety of the passengers and the veescls we would have the law changed so ¢ i vesscls on the ocean and hat the Threatened in Spokane Timale on the * than 16@ tons employ licensed men Strike |""Swe have Already eecured the in | doeeement of the matter from the San Francisco Chamber of om . which has directed Califor SPOKANE, July %-The trade ongtessional representative counci! has tified the telephe the project, and we expe shortly to obtain « similar f company that If terme are not made ment from the Seattle Cha: with Ite striking operators by Mon day noon a boycott will be declared on the company throughout Bastern Washington. Man: ympathiners Sy ordert removal h thie le the firet attempt nine officers of sailing ves prejeet has been carried successfully, there being | a 1 members of the ¢ if BANK CLEARINGS through now more t ammociation.” telephones WARM AND PLEASANT Mank clearings today 9166, 784 ial “ This date a year ago oe | “FINE WEATHER FOR THE Increase 3 aoe 8! Suauusussnsescenssceness FOURTH,” SAYS SALISBURY “Well.” mused Forecaster Salk bury a» he threw down the volume on ‘are of Infante, as the Star Man entered his office, i think i THE BEST OF { have got Young July started on the| | right way to a proper bringing up.} I used soothing syrup, paregor tonics, warm applications, and thi he is smiling and laughing, an you please. FINE LIST OF RACES AT THE “I don't think hell squall any more, so I feel safe in saying thet MEA M we will have fine & day for a| eowe YEnonqow roaring, good ce tomorrow a as anybody could « It is go- * # j ing to be fair and warmer, and 1| Th King County Fair Association have Just heard from the wind works and nothing but some light breenes are headed this way. has a card for the Fourth of Jaly, f the season biggest and best be fair Sunday to] The card will comprh ieht run- fresh north to east winds ning races of all distances, ae ~ : ‘The celebration handicap, second only in importance to the derby, will be decided For the harness patrons a # 1 [race between Harry Hurst, the prop- | A. T. Van de Vanter; the] owned by Captain EB. E | Caine, and Bi) Frazer erty of Julius Redeisheimer, has been | e scheduled. This race will be called | ‘ * 1 o'clock sharp and the other | # will follow in quick suc on. | FORM SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL owing ia the complete program: | | entries; Land a quar-| ENEFIT AND roe | ter miles, 9 entries; one mile and 100] | yards, 12 entries; “Celebration han~ ‘The postotice employes have o ganized & band of 30 players gna Paget sound a month ago, and sinee that time he haw seewred 40 mem- \wete 1013 Beventh avenue, last night |The job was the work of men w kena Uheir business, Of course no \have been novices. came FIRE, GAR An old-fashioned camp fire will be given by John F. Miller Post, No #1, G. A. RK, on Saturday- evening July 4, at ite new headquarters in Pythian ball, tn he of the 40th niversary of the Battle of Gettys DEUCED CLEVER bure. Invitations have been ex- tended to Stevens and Sexton poste, H ili OU jand to all of the Women's Rellet leorps, Ladies of the G. A. BR. and LARS DID A REALLY NEAT | Sone of Veterane Patriotic ad Ce OF WORK drenmes, liter and musical exe ¥ eines will Be given, and refreshment» [will be werved. fever burglary was committed | hicago Grocery & Meat Mar- FOILED AGAIN arreste have been made. "The thieves pasted « sheet of fy paper om the outside af the store | Window fo tnAl & deep fold was left oe @ Kind of.» handie, Around the yepaper n 2-foot circle was acratch- edowith a diamond or glass cutter. piece of glass ide the ae ” wi ut neat! wit! it Sete acts! Bunke Man Roberts then cary. ‘The burglar or burgiare ransacked Gets Habeas Cor thd etere §=From the cash drawer,/ ba between 112 and $14 was stolen, and| & small amount of provisions was t we fob ix the firet of its kind done im Henttle in several years The butgiars who have been doing moat; Attorneys for George Robert Of the work In the city recently,| confidence man who was turned Windows have|0ver to the San Francisco authori- been smashed with bricks and aafes| tie this morning by Superior Judge biown with enough powder to wreck | Bell. bewan another battle tn thetr A vault. In cases where akeleton| “e*perate fight to prevent the ex- keys wouldn't work, doors have been |*?adition of their client this after Knocked down. |noon by suing out a writ of habeas | _pus in Tacoma the ee is ie eailih wok orpus in the Pierce county eourts m1 umery eh im 4) ordering Officer Ryan of San Fran: Tk aie to produce his prisoner in court and show cause why he PRESIDENT mhould not be releaned from custody. Roberts has n in the King leounty jafl for weeks pending the his peti writ of p restraining Judge Bell fro: OYSTER BAY, July %—President| #2 Order delivering him, to the San Roonewelt and farnily are plenicing | Pfanciseo authorities tathiiyam the Long Island coats, The|, The Cupreme court having denied pmegident for once since his return |'0 rant the petition, Jud Eo eee dition to be longer de A Allison & Crotty, attorneys for Roberts, asked for another writ of habeas corpus in every one of the five ®uperior courts, but all the judges refused to grant it |. As @ last resort the attorneys, wh pie — |had gotten wind of the fact’ that emmonon fireman on the Rock Island | caged the + Secured the rand, was kilied and three others in-| Vy Jased $0 @ Read-end collision in the| trey ut am loen! yards, this morning. A freight!” Rober ban Interw in the Pierce temin sinashed Into a switch eng yanty Jedd. and both were huried from the track.| Mrs, Roberts, the young wife of Twenty care were smashed Into) the alleged bunce man, kindling wood. Joined hin WILL DISCUSS ORDINANCE in Tacoma this afternoon ROANOKE’S A xpectal meeting of the Produce n will be held tonight ters’ hall at 818 First) avénue. new city ordinance, | greatly. increasing the license for) street Rawkern, will be discussed, | LD antl some plan for resisting of the new fee will be fo ; tate LieendeSs TO WED « ®, dees i & & . ot tthe “Our object, pain Parker «nid| morrow. To raise funds for buying today, ls to make @ home for of-|untforms the band will give a ball flcers of sailing stipeswhen they are| tonight at the Armory, which” will fn port so that they will have some|be in ‘charge of Prof. M. Minor, dt other place than rh| rector; Charles Wold, planiat; R. at which to spend thelr time and to| Hartley, secretary; W. Y, Makety, Fred Morte, librarian; and ANAGET, improve our condition generally. One! treasurer thing which we will try to accom E. A. Hartley, floor come ce ek a a vy ‘Uand, te flenrg Lienrance, 62, of Seattle,| Nome and St. Michael Inst nigh and, Eigle Ty 49, of Belleview; | with 16 passengers and $100,000 of| Lew ‘Palmer and Cecial Lamg,|Nome trearure consigned fn about 21, both of Beattie; ©. R. Dy 21,/equal amounts and and Hannah M, Loyd, 21, both of Francisce by th & T Renton; Arped 8. Grossmap and! She left the northern port the same | Emma McAllasty, of legal age, both| day as the St, Paul and-brought no of eattle. later advices: ) nl) FREE FOUNTAINS oo She said in her | the oecaston. nlish waate tear that it would be f Ginn@itea BOuimane aactoty t er in Seattle That int the News. «. E Only P. Dares to T# VOL No 110 5 xt Week to In- om Al 4 4 tie, and ition with tea tia, ed ta ta | conven~ it will portant, n thig ti held ' wilt | re city. HE’S A BROTHER OF effort jety SMASHUP GOEBEL'S ASSASSIN James Bradley, who ix under ar- fone of the men who heard the story sone’ Sk Che al Sue on; m-abneme-of eee we Bradiey, after he had axeaulting Ernest Loughry in the} Weken eas beet: ee Seattle Bar, Wednesday night, with who & intent to murder him, told a few | am, Why, my brother. personal friends the night hefore the | Killed the governor of Kentucky an@ he wasn't near as bad a man an B jabbing that he rother of lam. 1 had to leave the country afs Howa a, wh i}ter the killing back there, and to erner William | from them sli I joined the ey January Len iim If a @eket might be rented for} let- i » noldier NOW away 0 of his lite and they | all back there di rd, appeared to be proud! know where Tam and they ain't i po good an} either 2 in the Kentucky | people may think! penitentiary the murder of the|all that, but my brother showe@ governor state {™ t he had in him, and 1 will dq Hiradiey was arrested after the! the same if f time com ” murderous aeanult in the Seattle Bar| It was in this strain that he wen@ and since hax refused to tell any- | told all about hime thing about his personal hi He ity jail he ix a ver, has not jed his itentit | prisoner 2 and sur + | but simply clomes to himselmn and seldom smy@ anything about ht & werd to any of the other prisons) According 0 the statements of | ers. \ neveral persons who were in the} When Patrolman Mayou started te | saloon when Bradley or Howard was|arrest him In the sal after telling bis right mame, he told «| stabbing affair he made « lunge coberent story/of himself that cor-| the officer with a knife, but responded with the facts of the fa-! policeman The story was told | and ant Powers today by | ser WARRANTS OUT ~ FOR GRAGKSHER Beiges was, rntl) recently, bookee! keuper for Smith. and Wismer te @ newspaper man well known her! Both bore good reputations. ; The police have positive evidencd , that the safe was robbed before t charge of bia®k powder that biew at to atoma, Whe fired "i BALLARD ~ PIONEER aged 69 years, Ballard, dropped caught hold of his army bly saved himself tron | ary. re y Warrants were issued from Jus- tice Cann's court late this afternoon charging je Brigge and Frank BK. Wismer blowing the safe in C, B. Smith's tinshop. on the tide fate week ago. Both men left the city, a the police claim, to avoid arrest CLERKS ‘IN LEAD Peter Hessler old resident ¢ at his hon in that suburb this MISS TRUCKEY HAS 146 VOTES! fuiiune,” ‘rhe becis has Deon’ vaben Sa charge by J. W. Whitlock, ao FOR CARNIVAL QUEEN oner Hoye notified of the death. Mat Heasier leaves a widow and a growg! daughter. ae Miss Marie Truckey, the candidate mo 4 ot the Clerks’ union, te im the lead in the race for carnival queen, today. ‘The first count of votes was made at ceiiaiihaie sada 3 noon. Mies Truckey had 146 votes, The Mies Guanie Blane, the candidate of { ee, 5 Pel ay of the Waittreeses union, has recetvéd! an unknown man w found on t 116 votes. and Miss Lena M. Imboff,| river bank under the Monroe st the nominee of the United Brewery| bridge this morning. His head ha@ Workers’ unton, $0 been crushed by blows from an irony e ittee In charge of the] bar which was found by the corpee. farnival has set aside Wednesday,| The pockets of his clothing were ine August 6, aw Washington day. At that time Gov. MeBride and his «taff wil be present It i planned have siate and city offte: police and fire ri side out. Indicating that robbery was the motive for the murder. Th to] body had evidently been dragged is und thelsome distance, He ts mapped jepartments im th sold de_on Washington da: —— wr © Store Cloned All Day Saturda. July éth. After Six Bargains On Sale Tonight men's and Children’s Lace Cape Collars, value up to $1.50; men's Plain Hematitehed al chiefs, va Bho; cholce Hand- 12%e - ite Corsets, In blue, pink, drab, black and white, value, $1.25; ‘ eseew tebee - B50 nd Fancy Embroidered Linen 200 Girls 150 J. B choloe and Boys Fancy Waisis, vaiue choice . 100 Women’s Wash Skirts, value 500; choice B50 Vests, trimmed with silk ribbon, 50¢ value; 200 Women’s Linen Stripe cholee LARGRST STOVE HOUSE IN THE Lamp Shades of Quality We have recently IRTHW EST, rec ived a shipment of very fine amp Shades in Tiffany Favrile Glass. These are goods est beauty and finest quality fit to adorn any, asonable prices offered will soon gov” Come in and see them. of the grea anc the re home ; ese Piper (%. tre Micctrt fie Wiectrical—atatst Av. 3, 350 for 36 tat Cure tain Tapestry, TR ge ng @iKe for 50-in. Teble Damask, 1Q0 for 18¢ Plain Colored Or- gandles, 4 “|| @erine a nat NTS PER MONTH