The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 20, 1904, Page 8

P.H. Nelson, the preacher wh« @laims the Lord ap to him in a @ream and commanded him to de @ert his lawful wife and flee from Mhe city with the ith, te being tried in the super court today on a char Nelson hastened to ¢ divine in into wife of Barney jor ‘adultery What he thought to be a thei law struction, and y came conflict with the Nelson's arrest was the sensational evide against him in the divo instituted by his long-suffering and tadustrt ous wife. At that time Nelson had obeyed the h result of © sult ors given him tn his @ream regarding the deserting of hic Wife and the taking unto himself o Mra. Smith, but had neglected to flee, as per instructions. When he heard that a warr was out for his arrest, howeve BPrompily fled to Tacoma, where be Was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Jack William r Nelson's defense is prob: most novel ever advanced in a King county court. He does hesitate to admit his guilt, but claims he ts only obeying the Lord's will and ts ® martyr to his religion Neilson has been holding services| QROWNING A MYSTERY UNKNOWN MAN WENT TO DEATH IN THE BAY | LAST NIGHT IN SPITE BE RESCUER P. & Wilson, a fisherman who Hives about three blocks south of Bpokane avenue, on the Duwamish Fiver, was an eye-witness of the | @rowning of an unknown man in | Biliott bay at 11:50 o'clock last Wilson was returning home from the city, riding a bicycle, and had a Rearly crossed the bridge, when he > Beard a man splashing arownd in) | the water below the trestie. Jumping off bis wheel, Wilson ran to the railing, and through the dark > Bees canght sight of a man strug gling desperately and gasping out eties Which were unintelligible. Not fer off was « man in a smal! boat. ‘Wilson bailed him and directed bim | PAUPER'S 3 SUICIDE - James Steel, an aged inmate of | county hospital, died this morn as the result of self-inflicted wounds. The old man, who @ pauper, had been despond some time and wandered away the hospital Saturday evening Went to Nate McNatt’s saloon Georgetown. While sitting in barroow he drew from his pock an ugly looking knife and stab- himself in the abdomen four He aws taken back to the hosp! but only regained consciousness enough to state to his nurses if he recovered he would again kill himself. paupre and sick.” he “I'm no use to anybody will be sorry to see me be happier.” to have undergone a Operation soon and seemed the ordeal ‘The body was brought to the Bon- Bey-Watson morgue. BURGLAR'S WORK ' a Mike Murphy, woh lives on the Ss gandspit in the lower part of the eity, reported to the police that his @hack was broken into last night and his hunting outfit carried off. He lost a shotgun which he prized ‘h Very highly. Smart Clothes, Neral, 1329 For Men Only. Turkish Baths 50¢ HEADY'S, Pasement Dexter Hort Bank. cor. First ave. and Wa ton the White River Valle 8 acres of with interurba: eorner house and barn; for sii: th fotning Innd has recently sold for $20 per acre 4 acres of second bottom land two miles from Kent; 20 ncres thoroughly cleared; balance ir mer A, LAWRENCE 908% Second Avenue ALBERT HANSEN Rich Jewoiry 706 First Ave. mena Ne NN es a Ma NELSON INSISTS HE OBEYED DIVINE WILL| Jon the streets of attle for more than a year, assisted by Mra, Smith He claims that one reason why the Lord wanted him to leave his wife was because she would not assist] him in his work, and that she use to scold him because he said such long grace before breakfast that the ly the! esr sy trey meal would get cold Mra, Pauline Smith, Nelson's leged spiritual wife, entertains the si religious belief as does the c has left Barney th, who was a devoted husband and six small children, to link her fortune with Nelson's, and has re eae era rne Doe meer ee cently become the mother of a sev-| enth ehild, of which Nelson is the father 1 odd assortment of people gath ered in the surtroom this morning, land Nelson's children have, figur atively speaking, risen up and called him & scoundrel, and are the chief witnesses ag him while | Mrs. Smith's mother and sister will | also testify for the state in the mat t Nelson's former wife ts in the yurtroom, as is also the husband of Mra, Smith. The latter has in-/ etitu dive ep jing® against his fanatical wife and named Nel-/ son as co-reapondent OF EFFORTS OF WOULD- had gone down. The stranger came up again, and the boatman grabbed) him, but in the struggle that fol-| lowed lost his grip on his clothing} and he sank. The man came up] once more, immediately sank from sight A at floating om the water was picked up by the boatman. The hat gives no clue to the identity of the man who lost it The tide will | noon, at which but be low this after time a search for/ the body will be made. It is thought to be a cane of suicide, as the trestle! | has a high railing on each side the entire length of the bridge. It would | be almost impossible for an intox feated man to fall off the bridge. Wilson reported the matter to the) and later to the coroner. ROBBED BY HER SON Mra. Whitehead street wants her arrested ot 724 Spruce 14-year-old son Sunday morning the boy home, taking all the money there was in sight, and everything else of value. His mother told the police that her som had been going with! bad companions lately and spending much of his time the lower part of the city NARROW ESCAPE the wife of a Mra. W. F. Pierce. well known Seattle bad a narrow escape from drowning at AL-Ki potnt shortly after tock yesterday afternoon wan jeweler She saved by the timely aid of Dr. Jobn | Richter and his wife, who happened along in a rowboat in the nick of me Mra. Pierce had just finished din ner and had walked down to the pier to watch the landing of the aemer Dix. While standing on the guard rail of the pier she be came dizzy and fainted, falling into the water. So quietly did she strike the water that no one with the ex | ception of Dr. Richter and his wife, who saw her fall, knew that she was in danger. Dr. Richter rowed to the spot where had sank and brought her ash when she reappeared Mrs. Pierce was prostrated by the shock, but vering POPULISTS GOING a 70 SPRINGFIELD | Th viist party of the state met convention at 6 o'clock day evening, in Elks’ | all, and ted delegates to the national convention, to be held at pringfield, Ii, July 4 Edward Claysor presided over the as are the delegates ©. Gibson, Lincoln H.+ Packard, Snohomish A. Taubeneck, Okanog Jorgense ohomish | 8, Turner, Kittitas coun imble, Whatcom coun ap; Edward | Walz, King | K unty ounty CUT DOWN REWARD The diamonds, valued at $100, lost} on Columbia street Thursday aft _|noon by Mrs. Peter Mutty of P Townsend, are now in her hands. J. L. Evans, who found the jowels, has been paid a $200 reward for thelr recovery by Mrs. Mutty. Mrs Mutty offered $400 originally, but lout the amount in half on Ciflef of Polloe Delangy's ad made a systematic clean-up of her | round saloons in| Tlentxin say theme penta et THE SEATTLI HARRIMAN BUYING TIDELANDS Wht It @ rather atranwe speoul move tt the at ne abs f any apectal r n Phe positive t in this reward comes from one who stands ry M in the local field, Mt to post hat Mr. Harriman is preparing pier Beatt Frot npla Mr, Harel s new line will wkirt th ant and enter Beatth o the south, ‘The present 1 ton the extenstve tly in the line of by ad and is the best place for ninade. t Harriman t# coming to the sound is now beyond question , here within the next few years is believed by those wh f ar with the situmtion, Hin terminal will be on th « First avenue south, Whatoo: Massachusetts and *% as here in where his agents are making their pur — PORT ARTHUR IN NO MMEDIATE DANGER RUSSIANS HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPLIES, AND BETWEEN 60,000 AND 60,000 TROOPS BEHIND NEW DEFENSES AND REPAIRED BATTLESHIPS WILL GIVE T HE JAPANESE A HARD FIGHT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind of the N June tent we his paper After apen five days im a t aboard a Chinese junk and sent to thi tiow at Port Arthur, spread by the supplies are constantly arriving at Chine ports. The Japa le ie garrison stn of between 60,000 and 60,000 troopa, and the health of Both soldiers and civilians ie good, The damaged battle« ships have all been repaired and b t " obetr tlona. . Immense new forts have bee natructed and, in me opinion the place is in no immediate danger of failing into the hands of the Japacse, The Japanese attack by land and sea made on the §th was easily repulsed Puller is the first corr ndent to enter the place since the blockade By Seripps News Ass'n) TOKIO, June 20.-Gen. Oku reports that after the battle at Tolle #u the Japanese buried 1,516 Russian soldiers, found dead on the bat tle field. The burials are net yet finished. The natives say the Rum pe buried and carried off many of their dead. The Russian alties are appalling Vice-Admiral Kamimura this morning expressed regret that he has failed to en: understands that the Russian by an offi unter the R w at Viadty al mensen gee, asian fleet. He natok LIAO YANG near Kal-Chou. June 20—A gen The first train b ew al engagement is ng wounded has passed here @ ing north ROME, June 2.—~A Che Foo telegram states that the Ja P ¢ Japan bombardment of Port Arthur was to test the range the guns of the various forts. The Russians were of the greatest range SKRYDLOFF IS AT PORT ARTHUR rep lied to the ©. The Japanese guns SHANGHAL, June German Port Arthur in a fo last night, out advices by wireless telegraphy to witting the Japanese. During the the Russian Viedl- trip the Russians destroyed ten Yostok fleet of four cruisers entered transports TOKIO, June 2. —Firing wos heard off mised that the Fussian fleet has reappeared in Shimoseki, Tt t« the Ke wur ean straite A RADIAN ENGLISH DEBUTANTE. LADY JULAET DUF? ’ LONDON, June 00—Lady Julietsentations made out for many Duff of Fife, ts one of th ot *. At its head is Princess Alex test of soctal debutantes who will ander of Teck, a royal bride of two ‘ace the king's courts this season, months. Anothe the latest Her name is @ leading one im one American recruit to the Qritish of the most important lists of pre- p the ¢ Rouburabe considered the boat an excellent and had given the company low gure The church paid $360 for wwe of the boat | Jour Cokely, a deckhand, swore sat during the 18 days that he had | been ‘on the steamer he never saw | fire drill (By Bertpps Nows Ass - (r sand | First Mate Flannagan admitte NEW YORK, June 20.—The big} he never had been examined by the a , , | government officials and was not - ete at noon, WhOD | licensed. The mate had been chief the um inquest started, Frank | mate of the steamer for two years. Jeventy-two bodies w reco A, Barnaby, president of the Knick-| ered making the total ¢ erbocker Steamboat pany a THE LINCOLN county pioneers the first witness. Ho testified « go into thelr annual encamp-| to the equipment of the vessel. HI t next week at Crab creek, 10 waid the insuran southeast of Harrington ‘ STAR-<MO NDAY, JUNT a0, 1904 HUSBAND VANISHED | Mra, Lodie Peltier reports to the police that an unknown nian grab bed her watch and tried to. take | it away from her 1 nig.t In the scuffle that followed the watch } became unfastened and fell to the } ground The man ran away with } the chain The affair ¢ urred on | Oceidental avenue way and Yes MARRIAGE LICENSES Charles Kilebe, 82, and Emma Michoretia, both of Beattle James Nelson Sophey and Edna Locke, of legal age, both of Seattle BOY DROWNED : (Special to ‘The Star.) TIPSO, Wash. June Frank 0. Neal, aged ~ years, was drowned in a lake near here Saturday. He and several companions were bath ing and finally they swam their horses in Frank's horse com menced to plunge and flounder | searig the boy, and he ped off Into the water. He was unable to im and all efforts of his com pantons to save him, none of whon ould «wim, were in vain. His body |.was recovered two hours later LOST BOY FOUND | | Harold Lyman, the 16-year-old | ertps who ran away from his howe Rallard, wae found last | might. Hunger forced him to ask for food at a house-4n the | near Ballard. Though wure and lack of f lured the hardships | trip fairly well | it 1 he will soon recover his mental which turbed by iin | ANOTHER ROBBERY is believe balance was dis proceeding | M * Hane . or Scandinavian houre, on Fourth robbed of $11 while seeping off th effects of too much Iq ant PY fay night. Me claime th i lor « f Ww « ton street. W , mp } what occu |CHICAGO CONVENTION The Indiana delegation was or ganized this morning by electing F yanks chairman » action was taken on the vice presidency pmittoe to- ral al « meeting The expiring nat held probably its last and elected Postmaster ( mayne chairman for the unexpl term. Resolutions of thanks to the city local committees and Secretary Dover were passed. In the offort td KEEP POLYGAMY OUT Of the platform the” Utah delegates Jare declaring that the mention of } that subject ble to lose Utah to the repu We'll have a big fight on our | hands under the best of condition said J. H. Anderson, chairman of the delegation. ‘I know there ts a general impress here that the state is safely republican, but it is all wrong; there is no occasion t fon.” ‘TELEGRAPH BRIEFS | GREELEY, Colo, June 20.—Dr Charles Willard Lewis, president of the | { Wyoming, died last neun t “ | eat vate | of nati | WASHING The will of filed for pr 2 | widow and » named an exe | rs withe No cbarita bie or public bequests are made | The entire estate, val at $25 100,000 to § is tied dow or at least a generation of Leite The widow receives thre put her }ife a third of the net me | Meu of a dowry en hundred th t dollar | is e for Lady ¢ NEW YORK, June }seut the act who wo weeks ago from Rose ‘ an, died of bh Ninease t lay. Hie was 42 years of ag CHICAGO, UL Cha T. Netcher, m m died this morning after an tion for appendicitis x }ago he insured his life for a half million dollars, paying @ prer of $20,000 GIBRALTAR, June 20.—Rear Ad miral Barker quadron arrived here from Lisbon today, en route to Tangler | | smart Clothes, Herald, 1329 ‘HELD UP Stone, Fisher & Lane When Mr PP, Sehmidt, of & | | Third avenue, returned from a trip R of H r ngs into aiken cede) STE AME : | peoted to be weloomed with open | da arme by her husband, who had beén P left at home. Instead of U he! nent om ¢ r anced the # found the home deserted and ai} | Superintendent of Treadwell thing: like it ir tl No matter at the Thin Avenue hotel that her| Mines Refused Humboldt a u need for be or for the husband was last seen on’ May 27. | Sadie home | | He has not been seen wince that] . & | time, She asks the police to find } him / John MeDonald, superintendent of Ou fl BOLD PICKPOCKET | ini iri ind’ pussquners, ot the |} steamer Humboldt at bay any man who stepped off the gang lank, and Wis orders were obey A steerage passenger who tried to very indication poir r great throng oO ashore was pounded over the buy omorrow One ¢ y if it ie head with a revolver for his temer We Pile the Dress Goods on ity McDonald was placed under ar | rest and bound over in the sum of | $1,600 pear in the United States | Saaee Sgpeens & Go Suliet ste Great Tables | omized to the captain of the way liner for his rash cond 1 fabric im irwrnense has told friends that he was drunk } McDonald objected to the disem barkation of th aboard the vensel on the round that she had eailed Lot No. f Lot No. 3 Pas stenines had not stopped there Wool Berne canal Guttines. Gbtaa wide, Black Br Hopeacking 44-inch Bed rd Cords, 48-inch Serges \DEMOCAATS LEAVE riots, Mixed suiting, 8 1 Cords, 40-inch Serums and ool Mixture airs 4s-inch Novelty FOR ST. LOUIs rea Rig ord 60-ine eh Sicilians have already left for the Bast. John Worth 20c¢ to 30e. Worth 75e to $1.00. Y. Terry left last Thursday. He will in — attend to some personal matt be Lot No. fore going to St. Louls, L. C man and EB. C. Million will leave Lot No. 2 Broadelotha, S4-inch ext Saturday, While the delega pia Cloth 4 _o ml tion is not fully organized it has O-An Prunella” Cloth, 40 loth, 48-in< - | practically { upon the mem : an > Pooh prepuars eeded Volles, 48-inch bers of the s committees, and <o ly : and Wool Bouretted will euppo ret a0 long ae he viots, 54-inch Plannels, 4 «ts, Stinch Silk and hes © enanet inch Albatross, 40-inch Hen | Mannish Suitings, 58 Cravenette, Water 48-inch Silk 4sinch Ore 44-inch Imported i eean Mohairs, 4 40 riettas, 42-inch inch Scotch inch sitings th HURT AT BALLARD Panama ¢ Worth 50¢ to T5e. Worth to $2.00. after City Chem an ox — | arm ination of the water bas con Jemned the * ned by @ fam’ reaiding at Thirtieth avenue etree sea wat Second and University ighty Rush or Men’s Suits Saturday's avalanche of buyers unprecedented in this s' history, and we record-breaking crow previous sales The Sacrifice of the |. Gollands Sons’ Stock Will Continue the Balance of the Week. It the Best Buy We Ever Made. Everything Goes at 65c on the Dollar NOTICE i of the best hand! some All the “Golland” Suits are made very American and Imported Cloths—newest weaves—and strictly hand tailored through out. They fit most perfectly Men’s $25 Suits for $16. 25 ) Suite for ® $14.65 te for $13.00 8 for $11.70 Suite for ° ee . . ‘ . 0.75 Suits f eoveqgvese $9.75 t $8.15 $6.50 $5.20 Boys’ and Children’ 8 Suits ' ite fi $1.65 $3.75 4 $2.45 $ for $1.05 $4 t to $2.60 $6 f $3.90 $7.50 § $4.90 Startling Underwear Values The Golland purchase added to our own immense st gives the largest Men's Underwear 4 t ment on the Coast Every will be sold at 65 cents on the dollar Men's $ Underwear for Men's U nderwear for 65 Men's $2.00 Underwear for Men Und wear for 49e j Men's $1.25 Underwear for Men Und erwear f 33e Furnishings Less Notice Than Cost Tapia White and Fancy Di hirts pte 6 wpe eeecsee ¢ 650 t right. We wat ey Four-in-Hand Ties for 390 " to feel satiafied | $ bo Hata, soft and stiff, oh shap ‘5 ers seh dpa taamel Everything Goes at seven te Xie 65c on the Dollar A. BRIDGE & CO. 415-1417 SECOND AVENUE Next Door to the Bon Marche te | ones ot 4 ; 7 { TT a a