The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 17, 1904, Page 1

The Star Is Only One Cent Everywhere ww . The Seattle Star (== brick southwest winds TON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1904 ‘ VOL. 6. NO. 22, 25 CENTS PER MONTH NIGHT EDITION . SEATTLE, WASHING OEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK ee en een nw TEs ee er o e . GTENED SEATLE EDP cna | SENTENCED \. | | 2 BURGLARS H : Moore, of the Wash i was interviewed t the big shake Seismic Disturbances, Accompanied by: ) all the pleasures of rowel 0 Low Rumblings, Felt All Through the §--3-coe sg ames earns Puget Sound Country=No Damage Has #=: _ \ Beene Been Reported Eas en) | he this af~ penis tentiary. At 8:18 last night th stead of the vibr | WILL CONFER in some instance A large congrega of the ly panic. severely A woman's the congres: stampede for the boy's death, SHOOK THE CAPITAL Special to The Star) OLYMPIA. March "17" A> severe earthquake #b in this city at #222 k last night The disturb =» app ty] wan expertenced THEY OBJECT the stampede befo: wash at the s doors had become dangerous, At all the churches whe Wednesday night ing held there w riences, and at th which were open, the startied, although they remal thetr seats. In the large apartment houses and family hotel rn ran shrieking from th Into the street. and after the shock fright were gathered in the str hallways in f% of a repet county commissioners ar@j ng today the objections of thet s of the Chatauqua an@t ermaster Harbor school dis«: mm island, to the prow m of the north end of nbined districts to the Vashomt * above map shows in @ clear and concise manner the zone of disturbance during last night's cor AT PORT ANGELES | sca of the earth ee en — we f to The Gtar) | It waa felt from Victoria ELES, Mareh 17.—Al} of ndary Une of British Columbia on the north, to Columbia river the south, and from the Pacific Coast on the west to Ellensburg a: rth Yakima on the east, practica arthquake k Was) covering the western half of the State of Washington. . at #18 o'clock night ¥rom telegraphic dispatches from the many places where the eh were felt, It can be stated nd |The vibrations were three four} question that old Mount Hainier was In some mysterious way responsible for the ex | oe number and pronounced enough | For instance, in Beattle and V ria the direction of undulation was from northwest to henat in line with Kainier, In Tacoma and Olympia it was eastward and westward, appare ! ntain In Bellingham the earth- waves traveled more nearly north and south. © cant from Mount Rainier, the m= points on the m ap, |to shake bulldings to uunda- | |tions The shock ap y trav-| ™ hcorhane't o Sosa te Gavel | will be seen that they converge at Mov perhaps twel bration, ng rumor was on the etreet this morning that amoke had b | SEVERE AT BOTHELL peak of Rainiet It served to frighten many pec who belle ved 1 a active VYoleano and go into erup th but no then The fright of patients in the hos- a a. Sap cag | (Special to The Star.) nent ann be hed to 6 pert thie =e pitals wag pitiable, and in many|AT PORT TOWNSEND not « few thousand families realis DOTHELL Mareh 17 sever cases the condition of the sick was (Special to The Star) . more than ever, th t knew aft! earth she shock wae felt here at 4 much worse by the : TOWN March 17— re 2 ' ' that seized th nurses were k soothing the sick ny tients leaping fr f ror. , In the solid structures of the city the shock was most severe. brick butldiny mad them VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON SEEN OFF KOREAN COAST ‘The Elusive Russian Fleet Rounded Port! ° readily earth vi brations than do thé lighter and] Jower structures. In y of the OMe-story wooden houses the earth- me @ilake was felt but slightly, while in the tail of buildings the arb. efice was alagining In the New Por ond Wa buildings book "Canes were jostled from the walls and throw back again, and loosely placed books fell e floor, while chand and shook so se verely as to 4 break the| FIRLD HEADQUARTERS OF THE GENERAL 8TAFF—CHIEF OF STAFF AND OFFICERS WATCHING that a g 19 offic r the omen . about the fittings on the cell- LIGHT ARTILLERY PRACTICE FROM A DISTANCE. L ff y t d y ese Ad | T g { ast t ices was cracked, and in| the United § & correspondent of the Newspaper E rine Asmociation.) . bor t t ithdrawn a short tine Gollok Gren pede > Ord ed t ¢ Ch after the fight been thrown Into a panié shaken from the shelves . = er 0 lve ase | which even the r ips with the report thas on the floor. dist ut a few) In t ne shock th ~; rattled It was the most severe the Japar Z Many families were at b " tent experienced at this place SENS The food supply at Port Aruthur {s ent for the needs of dishes and bottles were t 3] 1 bus ik rain was) the garrison. Th are still no sig Russian troops sy-turvy, while the frightened diners| ness blocks a se king | PANIC AT EVERETT TOKIO, March 17.—What is believed to be the elusive Viadivestok are arriving by rail at the rate of 1 irs to the dame fumped to their feet and rushed ’ n som s — pecial to The Star) squadron has been sighted off Port Lazareff. Several warships were | axed warships are proceeding with al 4, but the Retvisan pope oghons = EVERETT, Wash, March 17.—A] sean rounding that point yesterday afternoon and it is believed to be and ¢ h are in a hopeless ¢ or orwegians insist that Many persons whe have } AUBURN JIGGLED evere earthquake shock was felt| Captain Reitzenstein’s squadron and colliers. when tt ft the Russian Meet had sailed with the view of n ) last night. ‘The Labor | Admiral Togo bh so lively th been given orde to detach a portion of his dash for Viadivost mented on the t the| fleet and go in pursuit. PaeoRet 2S Soe vA declare it to have beer Port Lazareff is on the north rn coast of Korea, near Gensan, . | vere one, even in cor | . s lee . x rate e cause. The Weyerhauser| and it was in that vieinity that the Viadivostok squadron was last ome of the shoeks in the equatort |e 4 Mb “ wig r bu ywn, the cre thinking sean two weeks ago. fone. A South Ca an tele ee proeraad z the n nery had t en. | Togo will attempt to crush the squadron and prevent it from * aie a rig Ha. ide ania econd shock threw k joining the Port Arthur fleet under Admiral Makaroff, @ belts bh turbance, in the earthqus cial to The Star) | March 17 1 shook he phoned The Star last night that the hock was such as would ha shock threw the | Shaken the teeth from an alligator | tn bis home state, ough earth Guakes are of pretty frequent oc-| bese alle ph yt tic linentne igo F we | NORTH YAKIMA, Merch 117) currence there, TACOMA, March 17.—Shortly after 8 At Pi ee Gabiank castnetie eee ston! West Sei ents were badly r t nig as felt ar ake shocks were felt | f eee te eats ate Sea Naty | eeiock last sight there was felt lee i waHaM FELT IT tn ity Inst night at 8:20 0'clow, ed from Port Arth Nock was felt mo and for the brief | | to The Star) hed from their that Admrial Togo's return to another bome yi t [ an in Seattle proper. § T six seconds the fur-| NGHAM, March 17.—A dia-| homes in cone thes the feet, which disappeared shortly bardment of Port Arthur, but tha - rf fe about tt after the naval engagement ti he was intercepted by dispatches sae n ° Thursday, was again sighted on the! trom Tokio conveying the ir a. eigen: : |horizon early yesterd ing, | t Se the buildings yelling fright (By Scripps News Aas'n.) earing rapidly toward the east. March 17.—The Ect i pondent at St at an official retation placed on thes@ of the Japanese fleet t Admiral Togo wa , } reports « bad shaking 1 ado ok of earthquake was felt) > Versele at he last night. The » kt =e y mor : tum ay or nm that the Viadivostok squadron out on the ™ seance is/nesrly @ minute and many houses! 4.1 steaming toward Arthur, but/had been sighted and that he ha@ steamer Rona! f giase-|were shaken. No damage was re-| Wing that before approaching within] been ordered to give chase, and the } * a ohaken otent} and r¢| ported March 17.—Three Norwegian steamers, Brand, Argo| menacing distance the squadron put| attack on Port Arthur was ten pos | wg caitagen 5 agpnedl sed hag —- artered by the Rus sians as coal transports, arrived here about and stood out to sea, dieap-|rarily abandoned. : a a at the 1 Lrg viation of PORTLAND ESCAPED ] ELLENaE the center o curtas 0 Bonrey (Special to The Star.) JA alight tr eatile, an the armea| PORTLAND, Ore., March 17.—The| easterly | after the fast few mi fy auake shock felt at different) felt i ing ripples that follow were two distinct shocks, ac- n Wes ii | Ing of m stone In the water the usual rumbling notee here ¢ " - 4 t were ined. ra k tr ' re| VICTORIA GOT IT 4 Ta (Special to The Star) NO PLACE FOR BOYS i ma ran VICTORIA, B. *, March 17 At —$$—$——— thr ed the) 8:18 last night ln earthquak j pvel J a rush out-| shock wan felt here. Clocks we who condu | nia f Mount Mat-| g¢ pred and oiher «#light damage] | n hI r if @ Jap-| way done ne outh an | |Port Arthur. Wh ae tae conn tl FIRST IN TWELVE YEARS morning by Patrolman John Huff o j As Affected se-| however, subterranean or otherwise, | otal tne, Ser), & charge of allowing minors to come | doors rattled | of the earth's are from the con-| SNOHOMIBSIT heame h 17.—Snoho-| into his pool se m. There is a ctty 1 trom. ahetvesl ventional, it 3 ttect of taking| Mish experienced two ve vere] ordinance and a state law @ at] erat — anemone a seine wi ‘ wn 7 oo ‘ » . | Ing sensation, Wkelthe local mind for the moment off| earthquake shocks last night. The] jt Huff ways that Stu | A DETACH MENT OF JAPANESE INFANTRY RETURNING TO CAMP AFTER SHAM BATTLE s xwerl 0 lea and transferring it t r| first came at 8°21 and lasted about! pri 1 trade comes from mere} (From a photogr tak Lal the ent grand n re of th J . rmy nd 1 for ex in J | F & nt maneuvers he Japanese army, and secured for « 1 in the United Stater or something equally different, and! two seconds, fo 1 almost linme-| boys, } by @ correspondent of the Newspaper Ent rprise Association.) . ; ae eee