The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1903, Page 1

ww EATHER FORECAST—Tonight and ¢ row Probably east 40 CLOCK EDITION ONE CENT SEATTLE The Seattle Star WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, in” Seattle That The Only Paper Dares to Print the News “« “VOL ~ DECEMBER 259. a5 CENTS PER MONTH Old Armory Building in New York |». NE work FALLING W Collapses Without Warning--= Sn: Two Killed, Three Dying and rr Nine Others Badly Injured. to save thett Ww YORK, 1 $Y he bullding was belig tom 4 . men were burie . wall ‘ ' move 1t the old armory building at ‘ he workmen 1 el? dead t afternoon s x of their danger, and fourteer 4 t as | {= @ to save their lives. | effort LLS Phe bodies killed right y were almont £ the mer “WE NEVER DREAMED D THAT A GIRL OF 14 AND LAW BECAUSE THEY LOVED NOT WISELY BUT TOO WELL “He has cared so much for m Li aged 14 3 loved him so very, © much th now } I @idn’t think it was wrong. We b . Known each tor ye and we Playmates together We have been | a Being together f ne time an r vere have done he « Ged we are wen if w pt In the eyes of the law Buch were the words of a dark Mttle girl, bare her teens police matron at the statt sn ing. The girf's nam — FIRST WE WERE DOING WRONG” BANDIT ck |. A BOY OF 21 ARE IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE | he se >» be married. Perhaps was Maggie Sa U.S. MINISTER TO. REPUBLIC OF PANAMA ae DRETFUS Masked Men Hold Up Postmaster "vision commirres wit) at Ollala and Looted His Office RUSSIA PREPARES — FOR THE CONFLICT CZAR 18 THE RUSHING SUPPLIES AND MUNITIONS OF WAAR FORMER CAPTAIN TO THE SCENE OF DISTURBANCE IN FAR EAST -—— a " At this, one of the robbers fired PARIS, Dev ee pe : to poe Sante dow a doubt but preparing A ‘ in describes the bandite as] after rolbing the till, the thr al vege places, eae admires Ae it acrey be ae rr » Martin's store the men walked | Princess Alice, who several w Biggs and aintly liv | aE tne weak labdinh oa Weare-| sloped with the ocesbees, ctars *Canndite as mag ine} ha hthe daunch, departed werd ANE Guia oeleethee [rig thay at a Ith's logxing camp, nilnge 5 ‘ NOY | The case wan reported to She t er | € aire late thie aft by & powtal | REPLIES | ARMY OFFICER WRITES TO rial WAR DEPARTMENT IN AN. | SWER TO CHARGES MADE) AGAINST HIM ase MAYFLOWER PASSES COLOMBIAN MAN-OF-WAR WITH SOLDIERS BOUND FOR GULF OF DARIEN ABOARD WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee, 2 uboard. Titumati is in Colombian The navy department this morn full text of the dispatch is MERRY JESTER aived « cablegram from Rear Ad en Mt contained 200 Coxh at Colon, confirming ar leved, conveyed | WASHINGTON, D. C, De the news. that, the quahest t char- The war department this afternoor jombiar s BOLD HIGHWAYMAN COLLECTS $4000 IN COIN, THEN WISHES |made public '® letter from (Genera var ne oumeee 3 © to HIS VICTIMS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ESCAPES wae ritten in Me the war Gepartment to inv tant THE DALLES, Or, De A) the praprietor, forced him Seniors Wenn canes wate) 66 pour held up ands Bake and hand ove ite contehih Various exhibits inthe shape of af ane revs ‘Teoh be made the others vario 4 In the shape of of- | yt proprietor of the Need Fd belonging the wh ak-| hear Sananes ye r a large nu ofr i ude jests at the expense of the Cuba. | nkh th a » yi aT 4 | 5 5 + this morning. When be en-| SB ihally Re had gathered together) ered, th wae a crowd of men in| in, (he neighborhood of $1,000 in he place around the Jen, playing | méiniag. Me put it inte hie pockets i f rd any wishing all “A Merry Ch Hands up! be cried. ‘Then helma@e and a Happy New Year ned his vietima up sa@ainat the Mé@ tacked out of the door an‘ made ane OLR Foe Ee ened POLICE SERGEANT RIDICULES STORY TOLD BY “RED” COMYNS THE BURGLAR, WHO GAYS HE FEARS THAT THE OTHER CROOKS ON WHOM HE “PEACHED” WILL KILL HIM ‘ Every thief who knows his busi-)more of @ ‘stool pigeon’ than any ntool plae and the ther in the country would bw “MAYOR HUMES _ SEIS DEFENDS [7 222222 ESS ny 4, in shee | The taking of testimony in the | |Comyns trial was begun this morn- George _Fentanied. | Potice t Mike Powers so|ing, and Powers, who was the are ng officer, was the prin | dec Jare this morning In | res! - ATIS- Incursing of “Red” | witness for the s He testified r |THE PRESENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM 18 ENTIRELY SATIO Comyns, why jal in the wu-|that Comyns had confessed to him ‘ FAOTORY TO THE CHIEF E XECUTIVE—HE SAYS HE 1S OP- | i perter goat’ for. by a ee en greets: J is @ notorious oriminal, and for two same night as the m| POSED TO POLITICAL MACHINES years was & “stool pigeon,” oF in > ia being tried. he former, for Detectives Adams and is that he wes } ane Lane of the police department @ two other men to do the true to me I w Mayor Hu “There may be some defects in th | “In my 14 years’ experience in | job to turn them over to p napa 1 cigit service reguintions, but it must} oo w.| the poliee work ywerm continued Adaims and thus prevent mea memaemt Se batemembered that to devise « law) | PORTLAND, OF. Dec + T never knew ® real. professional | them from actomplishing a safe réb- Hayes 1] the present civil serv ANB will please everybody is a tank) Parker escaped from Detective Day.) ice who w sive his pais|bery Which they had planned for the 1, and HM the manner in which It which the greatent p Raye woven | cere, One Seeeniee, os Cnet antl away. it be sefit himself in| next night. Powers clakns he said searched mintetered during been able te accomplinh [it Is supposed took an outgoing train |, degree by doing x 1g about this motive at the Magrie has beer eid the off AY the system were abolished so| fram there 6a wealthy | TE belief in that thieves of his confession, and moreover | at Oooata and h hinted that he that 1 would be aiven more power in|, Parker, Ie He wealthy |» but this is not true.| admitted that he had buried the respected people at | Sais tne milking appointments, it,grould make |Deer le wage Bove | i o paver repens thal plunder wilder by trade | (itonee tor the abolition it [possible for me to bulld up a wo-| He wan being Drought to Portland) slightest confidence in each other.} The opening statement of James monea | and, 4 called polltios! machine. 1 de ro! eae Ae od aes ag sng | if ® fellow is caught acting as | Crotty, oa for | of cannot see the benefit te Be de) ait am not in favor of polit with turning many other similar | Pigeon,” the rest of the bunch make | pathetic in trem rived from a-chenge in the eyatem, chines, ee ee me ne Northecet| a8 awful holler and threaten to kill | Jurors were Nearly moved to teats is propased th the petitions that have! Pi am satinfied with the tv onrvt alee, Secenke ; him, but they ne mm do it , | when he pleaded for sympathy for nity chroulat ih that} fam satisfied with the three) . i -s | ery thief knows he is a ‘stool | en | | Soe eee ae Ireatated, st aiven | | Soi ad comuninst! Wi Sree ee Cee ee Pare himaelf. 1 never got a thief! Red’ has saved the lives of dom | wre wachinery for carrying out the | agmednteadto carry out thie law, When-|ciuine. “Mi te Crying to mettle the ut that I could get him to tell |ens of people by giving Information | service rules as provided in the| evar it hae been my duty to appoint | eT era large sum of money | me most anytbing I wanted to know |to the detectives.” Crotty sald, “and Avil serviog tule, cattefied with the | GGih @aéeP the civil services, I have ap- |frven, enn", aren oum of 8 bout any other erook, and large in-|it gems hard that he should be ar- ~ | poltted good, square citizens Tae ihe Geuseaiee dticements didn’t have to be offered, | rested for burglary in which he was pao . : either jtaking part solely for the benefit of This stuff that Comyns is talking |the community and in order to have werth of goods trom the Qu cay | labout being afraid Of being killed | his pals brought to justice.” ee Lee Son See on account of the facts which will| Comyns i charged with breaking Ber 1. c'clork last night. The b be Drought out in hie trial is the|into and robbing a tinshop on Jack= j | Siler, which is one of the boldest ever | tim Red’ knows that he is no!son street, owned by A. K. Churehtlt. | pempethated in Kea ttie awe, in- | - — Boe pam the Beate Riectr | ee Bway the goods. Five desen E istees held in this’ city, All shin- General Gudger was touted had @ narrow escape from death y im Rap gates Sige et ee ea ae Being siated for minister to Panama, the preskie A-nir at th ner of First a m mere atolen, A screen was | men will be invited to attend. ier to the-A can a eS saabatea ema ot @ ee coe an pered, though nothing tanide| interstate company: Chartes B. Pat- Sater to tne Argentine republ | He grasped the end of « 4 P ; : n nothing # state company: Charies B. Pat~ r= | before help came was ne "i ore Wenth. a fireman on the |wae ston cae Stil | , srosliges; Danan semeaaieectee wae matly| dhe uae ko thomas to] Alnakca, segmmer DoT avenee nortas| _— ary; & T. Smith, tre ne bene by the curre hin facg | with bia wife on First avenue north. | T. Smith, t Al E Wo| wee petit) scctened bet tnaietens Steen” “Binty-tourth and te The Star) ecAL EL ce " spark ty-fifth avenues, created a seit- } Pig yj Ol tage a the ongregation ot ithe First » Ave) Slater was working at the top of a n at Green Lake lant nig nt, by 4 : fies fet t Protestant church, at vt wantieee @ Ba Rorgjeerrs fi S w 4 his sick wife from her home, |i Fe, died at the Yakima | CONVENTION OF SHINGLE MAN- |r), bd Pine beeset, Wil bare ob WAN) and by mistake made @ cor r brutally beating her, Such ; Shed = old-fashioned Christmas celebration pkvonme ae ate girls and alway?! Sotween a dead wire and one that wes [at leas tory told by -netgh Sean, oon me, leer HELO! it ihe church in the chureh parlors, Rik icles celia’ ov Ee ot mer DUCT cant stand 4. But for the prem m. who notified the ‘palice’ and) / HERE WEDNESDAY, WILL DIS. |tomorrow evening. | There, will be " if his fe ~ rine ow ith Mticer udiow oe aoe real ¢ na ‘ee and a re Ley ‘5 [ialdinsts desasai deer & ces si? ole Upon investigation W was foun | CUSS PLAN TO EVADE ANTI-| Santa Claus, who will give the pres- GRAND JURY WITH INCITING | Christmas presents, but I am 1 aid quickly, how-|that the woman waa in destitute ents to the little ones of the Sunday~ a re oe Wd hive. analeircumstances, The health officer, | | | TRUST LAW m0 The Maardien Gal boos RIOTS | the first pla need the ene te Nad no authority to pro-| Wheifollowing resolutions were the | i ‘| promptly at'T o'clock een va money myne f " fainting to the| vide with food, and h cigh- loteome of a short executive meet nite pea gg wwe Gy ng A aig ye in take care of her until | (ag Of the Manufacturers’ Associa All thé shingle manufacturers ot i ee, Se oe Egg hg: , Hie was not| Mra. Wenth has been fil of scar fer, this morning, at the call of convention in this of xt-Wednes Miements against usion p Bac n't you , He was not] Mrs. Wenth hae Depting quaren-|@m tepaident, J. Mi. Fr Lenn | Pe day for the purpose of taking final | Charging them with ass: : jeanz omg a, Jums net in ly t 4 last eve a he husband, (Him 26 members we pr t The action on the jan proposed by the citing @ riot in the recent st ee a by nelghbors, came. 16 | peumon imited | HAVANA, Dec. 28.—The project| leading mill men for keeping up| oe nent] my, apparentiy intoxi.| SMamplved, That the boycott placed |to place railroad. atecl, sugar and| shingle prices without violating the ARDENT “ snr trove her out. |@ ¢® product of the Keattle Brew- |electric machinery on the free duty | anti-trust law si * KICKED OUT efuge in th (tig 688 Malting Company by the |hist, was voted down In the Cuban| For this purpose a selling corpora. | dath Central Labor Union is un- | congress today |tion, known as the Interstate Red 6 «of eT, Ward, nearby re aK followed her there and struck sist 8Bd outrage a nm inwuit | Rane cal Cedar Shingle Company, has t | bs _— tn the face, it in nald, (every Amer citizen, and is organi and is now signing up ” | h he wae put out of the d@teugtive of individual r Jeontracts with the various mill own \~ hy Ward. The neighbors, in- | MBSE ers. It is expected that new i” Sing Rev. Benjamin of the Green| “Me it further resolved, That the company will be able to control 9 cpetneaeloaictitn ; | Method! Mech. then took |M@iufacturers’ Ansociation of Seat per cent of the output and pay the | ae ee work and will see ltl Rereby endorses the stand taken | manufacturers for their product at Every ng at 6 @clock, @ that obs ta property cared tor jy the Seattle Brewing and Maiting [least 10 per cent more than they are The residents of Green Lake ! Company and condemns ed ow recely the open market. | strange man stands on my front ly the attitude of the Western Cen The « it ain in | jthet the quarantine rules 0 thet ltr aaber Union.” | |for ¢ r. Whether they will be | doorstep and shouts an offer of mare "Go away, girls, go away! | ioe ae, eo : sic om ewed at the end of that time @on't like you. 1 don't r | Ther wo OF % e os THEY GOT OFF EASY [depends upon whether the arrange-|'ioge to my servant girl The girl with you in castle in the moun- | | f genrlet fever in the netehborhood,| Peter Medica, Antone Lazette, | Jinent proves satisfactory to all par ud of him, and so am 1, and tains. Go on back, now!” shoute {but tt ts ¢ i that the quarantin- | Charlies Bunkinero and Thom , TOLEDO, ©. Dec. 23.—~After a! ties 1 put an end to ruinous com. | We want him arrested. Joe Aub @ lanky youth ed families leave the house at will. | vino, who were charged with as-| five weeks’ seasion, the special grand | petitio: | ‘This is the complaint which Mra ran down Third avenue, this rm Heaith Officer Ludlow said today it with attempt to murder John | jury today returned 19 Indictments,| The new company will supr wm Rhodes, who lives at 108 ing, With one shoe off and on oe | |that the allegations ground: |Sebrato at Black Diamond, in ae ex-city offictals| the Washingt ed Cedar Fifteenth uvenue, made to the po- om, and clad only in hie under gar BALT LAKE, 1 LAN Is | lees, the rule being enforce Green }dance row on November were | charged noliciting and accept-| A ation, wh in spite ice this moming. A po n has ‘ | quiet the G take i. ame in ot rt fined n Tabtice, Cann's curt, this ing brit. | fact that it was onst been deta i to Investigate the uke them away! lis b ne city Arnon edica wan fined $2 tacked under the anti-trast 1 case, and take taps to compel + ened gs Neo Bi aceygs: tobe 306 9, land the others $10 each. ‘The charg Ke Ransch 4235 Fourth|never been able to effectually ¢ " a Romeo to explain, tie. yy Se ane t 7 ten were changed to read assault and | Ave northeast, complains to the| trot the shingle output by fix metnoae' of we is een me met near the police will in| THEY LEFT Battery, if that Charles Brown, who re-|ing prices end ordering ahvut Sean sericea | ppiit. Go away, girls; I's 6 Phe steacathip Barta Warbara, L.| been enanatne ia target meets | Te, euingic ‘ Rhodes says that her hand« : ' gain, ¢ r i 5 . ial p ra, 1. engaging target practice | about 36,000 car annum, ‘The len met the man at @ dance, fin't no use!” he yelled aga nw H. Gray & Co., sailed from this port) with a small rifle, since Sunday af-| ne ing t Y seemed to fall violently im o Ww back an imag ens rk an engine 1 oa n y Ww sellin , y in $y, to w : alee - ; “ tw fof Ban Frar and Low Angeles,)ternoon, Ramach # the bullets|tract for the purchase of at with Ger. Sle proposed afte a"; beautiful dareels tv : pe i ex t n| - a i i 3 1, the rele a wee of rnoe Santa Barb whiaz past the heads of pedestrians, | 33,000 cars. it n the conventional way, bi *- t il service com ie running over his b near thin a stone's throw of p , } 8 and 660,000 and « e them discomfort, to say! ‘The new company issued the A refusal did not seen n Grabbing the officer's arm, he ran mis cutting him in two. haldeunriete t pg ; SEe of sums SF sees y a » Rew company fssued the call @ refusal did Hot seem to Gaimpey a