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ey : | Patt elt soe . 4 | s+ ae eta ramnarnersainest me am. ; : EXTRA! t and Tuesday—Rain snow; light to fresh NIGH EDITION WA SEATTLE SHINGTON, WEDNE SDAY, JANUARY 4 MANY SEATTLE WOMEN ARE READY TO DEFEND THEIR SEX AGAINST SWEEPING CHARGES OF DR. HAMILTON—-SEE PAGE 7 | MANY LIVES LOST IN BIG EXPLOSION CREW OF THIRTY-EIGHT MEN,ABOARD A BIG OHIO RIVER TUGBOAT, BLOWN SKYHIGH BY BURSTING BOILERS HUN N, W. Va, Jan. 4 They h 1 and can! give no det ident | Bearchers f ad and missing |” Ay es oe yg ed t ns 1, and one woman who 1, name unknown, is h e ft a number The steamer bur n hour, and the am w v . Ciret reg settled down just above bw wharf boat. The Defend bave 7 e and it is now wes pal by thc Monongah 1a | thoug t th list will not | River ¢ dated Coal and Coke | ny, of Pittsburg ex | victims recovered the — - | dinaste were taken to th diffe rent} HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Jan. 4—| hospitals and private houses LINER STICKS ON A MUD BANK TWO HOURS AF- Th Defender experieneed hard} ‘The boilers of the big towboat De-| weather when she set out, the river| TER LEAVING SEATTLE FOR THE ORIENT—EX- inde De in the Ohio river! petng filled with ice, As a result | nea tonight and of a crew of | she had all steam on and then was| PECTED TO FLOAT AT HIGH TIDE 3s ave been rescued | barely able to cut through the fee. | rescued are #0 rr explosion came without } —_— Yooy cauuin ding the whole! The steamer of they vestigation of the vessel forward es Se Set te Se Mereetes. f company, | after she struck and assert that she and wreckage into the lee | which let 2 o'clock yew |eustained no damage as the result the men were in thelt/terday afternoon, bound for the|of her accident. At a late hour last c te Jorient, piled up hard and fast on a| night the officers said she had not James Woodward was in| sand bar off West Point, just two|shown any signs of leaking and, in . ¢ e. He was hurled into | hours after leaving this city | thetr opinion, she was as sound as bir r ‘3 IN < ap Dall Good The vessel wa a easily, |the day she was bullt HORACE WETHE . =? erwise unin- | bows on, an mbers of her crew] Although the officers of the vee ren gg tte agge a state she will be able to ‘got off with | eel assert that the grounding of the ge en the afternoon t Capt. Connau- | steamer was to the fishing we men get ge ae | ton says the vessel will have little | sloop, yet those on board craft, who “_—_ trouble in floating as she ts loaded | were In the vicinity at the time she bec th dao ve light forward and with the assiat-|struck, say they did not nee any GEORGE KIDI th ance of a number of tugs, will very | craft of the nature described about at stains Pigg \ litkely be again in deep water at 4 ne express the opinion that the ~ sp tron ” - o'clock this afternoon. Tacoma was attempting to cut past Rote at Het | oo The tug Tacoma tied up along |too near the point, when she hit tere ny ol A side the vessel all night. She will |the bar, The fact that the vessel “— bont was f KS be ; by others thir afternoon, | does not head from Seattle, they e boat was of Cap-| ot v w attempt to float the|say, might bave resulted from het tain James R. Woodruff, of Pitts At 9 « \ this morning a jury | 1 vessel will be made. Capt. | being oweng with the itgoing tide burg, who was hurled into the river ei srthgey apr Dardngarelting: <A haga he outgoing tide. by the explosion, but was later | ayy epeindie geay ogg ere Somge, Bleep aot picked up, not seriously injured he bodies hay ympany, says he had left the | steamers lies about a half mile from Several bodies have bee for a short space of time,| the sand bar The # fficers ort Tastee tee ; the ship in the hands of the | stated that she could be brought to aon "Reamer : S fficer, It was while he was/a dead st within about seven a fireman. Another ' bodies, badly ch below that t cident occurred minutes. When going at full speed Pas ont oral j on the forwaré Geek. | The officers, when seen on board |the Tacoma takes nearly that > 7 a bedies are known to be aboard the | last night, refused to discuss the | length of time to cover a mile. Bs ans amy Sor sh ign x matter at all, other than to say that | These facts, the marine men say, (eae to epencene cg ie belteved that many bodies |the trouble would not hinder them | are puzzling to them eked up by the rescuing parties | were bi Into the river and will |after the vessel was floated. The} At a late hour the veasel showed and now in the city hospital. | never be recovered. officers of the tug boat Tacoma | no list. She has a cargo of $00 tons = : — latated, however. that they had been |of beef and @ consignment of steel EE |told by those om board the stranded (bara. The Tacoma ts a vessel of in a short time the whole three- | steamer that her grounding was due | 1.689 tons net, 316.2 feet in length. story structure was afire from en@ito the steartng gear becoming | 39.2 beam and has a depth of 187 bah my fouled. while attempting to clear @| She was built in Dumbarton, Scot The firemen put forth every en-|fishing sloop, which tacked direct-| land, in 1870 ergy to eave th {flees tn the front | iy und her bowa The silence matintal by the | y. but with poor| According to the officers of the | crew of the Tacoma is excelled in the fire had been |tug Tacoma, the sloop was bound | no degree by the reticence of the of . terior was | eastward across the channel. When |ficials of the Northwestern Steam | eiktinti es 5 |directly under the bows of the|ship company. J. D. Tresbolm ee - » ave orig mer she rounded to on the other | gene manager of the company se ge This, they made it nec- | stated this morning that he was at Hamette tron w way could be stopped she ran bard | th vesse! sai @y Secripes News Assn) : ke was in ry for the officers of the steam-/|a@ loss to understand the action of PORTLAND, Jas. 4—The cousty | “*"**" Sor & time Tacoma, to throw her helm to|the crew, It was reported today grand jury this afternoon returned |port. While the helm was almost | that a certain officer of the Tacoma indictments against Mayor G. H hard over, the stearing gear jam-| was seen to be somewhat under the eon Ba 1m at on od med and before the vessel's head-|influence of Hquor shortly before ed from this port yee: ermitt! nd licensing - oe cg fhusett: apease aan onto the mud bank terday Chief of Police Hunt was also in. At the time the Tacoma struck,| The work of lightering the veasel itched tor unditboadémes ta yeranittbe the tide had been going out some|was commenced this afternoon gambling, and also for reletsing the two hours or more, and all efforts |Several barges are receiving the to back her off proved useless, a ding to the officers of the vee | freight taken out of her hold for the purpose of relieving the weight orward. It ts thought whe will be floated without any great trouble. An investigation, for the purpose level of the |of ascertaining who was to biaror prisoners without trial Former City Engineer W. C. El Hott, who resigned last month, and Contractors E. M. and R. W. Riner were indicted for irregularities co’ AGAIN (Special to The Star) sel At low tide last evening the water line of the Tacoma at the bow was about 12 feet above the nected with the constru J sewers. Several ot minor {ORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 4.—A sec- | #ea, while her stern was well wn. | for the accident, will be held before ments were returned disastrous fire for the new year| The water at the bar during low |the local inspectors of hulle and Mayor Williams was formerly a| here last night. Morrison |tide is about four feet deep. and| boilers, probably before th member of President Grant's cab-| & Ferguson's frame buildings on| with @ 9-foot tide the sel stands | sails on her voyage acro: inet and he is of national promin- | West Yakima avenue were almost |@ good chance of getting off cific. A marine survey will also be ence. | totally r with the| The officers on board the Tacoma | made to learn if the vessel is strain | Krocery store of Lewis Kinney, the |stated that they made a rigid In-|ed to any great extent ctionery store of Frank Clark, and C. 8 Statz’s dry gods store. 1 eos ” ad Lose will probably foot up to] MRS. THOMPSON : special inspector to Idaho to in 000. vestigate what is said to be a eys- tematic defrauding of the govern ment in the matter of timber which lands, 000 blaze occurred here o IN COURT new Years er | geteesesrsrsssereesesens | ON TRIAL The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VOL CENTS PERK MONTH 190 + Signal Corps Officer Mysteriously Missing $96-096-9090-0606004604666%) SERGEANT BRYANT SAID TO HAVE DISAPPEARED IN ONE OF ther he was “frisked” of > > ' 1 told to “get” and Two girls, one not over 16 4 THE MOST VICIOUS DIVES IN THE REDLIGHT DISTRICT b eo * . rt the ve 5 eet oe ¢ LAST SEEN IN THE BELMONT CONCERT HALL, SUNDAY “a @ 20, pitked up two Filipino ¢ @ vallors last night about 7 « 7 where to recover # o'clock on First avenue and # wines énnnn effect a mystery to @ the party went to the Snug 4 fficers of the nside and the # saloon, at the corner Rall- @ | COOOdOOt+e4+14oreoroes $O0089410014-040 ott who w with b the @ road avenue and University | % . ¢ Belmont @ street, where several hours was ¢|® Last night two Star representatives visited ‘ , HILE vii t frink!n # district to see if the state law relative ¢ . BC HAP DA @ walkers” have been suppressed nen in the Belmont concert hall, Nebraska . k HA OMEN ARE NOT > @ * Street club, Army and Navy and several other owl LOITER IN BAe, $b6+0060046460000444044|% place the reporters were greeted at the door t On a heed : accosted them with the friendly introduction . ; Right on the heels of the state-| . Ka ©, of t field, w Ment of ( f Délaney in bie an SOB 6656660906666 FOSS OOOOH OTT e Tr errr. i d a ybed of §1 jnual report that women are no t 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, longer allowed to loiter in maloon ar eft unconscious on the sides comes the report from the officers| as if by 1 1 af t Two Star men 1 place | w by the thugs that turned the of the United States repair p| less search f bh th port ate r 1 © the } t An hour rhe covered Buenside Chat Sergeant Charles BR. | that he b r the shuf- |b ka M a dive fully a sness and mad his way & Bryant, of the U. 8 A anal | fle niq th nt h He wa two blocks frotfl COrps, has disappeared and that he| The where Bryant pen he police station when thugs Was last t company with | af ft t n of world n and, as he t havé some female ers in the Bel-| on th It tt te | gled {men In th time to recognize the i not mont conrert } 8 tricted | law and ole t barr king dance that| report the matter to the police ; Aistrtot « r n f Ta. ans -—— - The officers of the Burnel are nf wing in @ rea mueh alarmed over the wolutely no effort { 1 e apee of Bryant eh ad | the horities pp Q tches wh t a} considerable m« m his person, | t t ae ft stam saah +6 be 0 S if nd from the tno trace of| Aband women 1 loowe t the door 1 him can be fr ter 3 ¢ ek | about i ! h Th t 1 4 . on M drink , terous t \ e very eon made t and t the whole neig t C t locate him, bu mut avat and it 1 nly the ar eSSion Acourding + the t f t ne ke t twecompanions who were with him | tt will know th flow ‘ragged ¢ on Bynday night. th were | ishing in flagra f law know siidasscahdacleacha maBidg @ tour of the t dis-| = triet qnd that a few tore | 9 o.946-b4-0-44-4064-++1++-1-4-444-6008400-446040414440000004 (Special to The Star) 3 ofeigok in the morn! y “blew | ¢ . EVERETT, Jan. 4.—The State| inte” the Belmont cor t hall and} In the general effort to give the city an efficient adminis- @ Federation of Labor held the first hed a few rounds of drinks # tration from a police standpoint the following results have been ® |. ocion of its annual meeting thig Thal te the last that Bryant's) accomplished Street walkers and women tering in saloons pant About 250 de‘egates were | companions saw of him @ eliminated. r eport of 5 i * | present. The committee on credene | They insist that he wae with|® to * | tials was nar the Seattle me them moti! they entered this notort- | ¢ 6 en ee ee tar ae ous dive, but that he di Coe So ee ee ae This afternoon President Blacke n read annual report, the ted of which consumed two | is of greater magnitude than | the Oregon case Ps The charges, says Dubois, involve |\* MATTHEWS WON'T TALK @| four of the most prominent citizens NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Nan Pat- Be a |of Idaho, one of whom is a life terson, accused of the murder of|@ Or. M. A. Matthews, who has @|, The trial of Mra Charlotte! jong friend the senator. The Caesar Young, was taken before|® been invited by the city coun- @, Thompson on the charge of charge is accompanied by volum- Justice Greenbaum, of the supreme | @ cil to explain more specifically @ | ¥4* begun in Superior Jude inous affidavits alleging frauds to today of a rit of habe ® the charges he made against ® ™* ourt this morning. The the extent of nearly $1,000,000 " ured by counsel ® that body from his pulpit a few # | ¥a# red without delay and con-| "phe papers w song igh cle tirecting the di ' @ days ago, arrived in the city @ | siderable testimony against the wo-| pocident Rooseve Senator Du- to appear and show cause wh @ today from east of the moun- @ man had been taken before the| boi. and by the president forward should not fixed and accepted ® tains. He refused to talk on @/noon adjournment. Mrs, Thompron, | 44 tg secretary Hitchcock with in After ing the arguments Jus-|@ the subject of his charges, but @| who in well known in the city, 18] Structions to institute a thorough | erved his deci-|@ said he would say something @ accused of setting fire to a flat at| investigation and prosecutions if morrow, instructing @ interesting in a written state. @ 510 Y Way, in which she lived | 4 case warranted such action smit briefs mean.|® ment he will prepare in a few ® last October, for the burp of ee * uring the insurance on her arn Shag $ | ture DISMISSED Cb aE ea tad eree0| The fire rtment succeeded In aie before any| The fire information charging 1 was Tall ol COURTS FAILED SO Hel Rons lon showed, however. |utased hy ‘Superior “Sage 7 1OOK LAW IN HIS. ein, 28 ss’ tier Nadhoem warted | ot Prowecating Attrary fect In on the bed in Mra. Thompeor a statement filed in sup of the - apartment in the closets and on| motion for dism alleg (Special to The Star) that Ethel Cresswell, the prosecut ing witness, is over the x f com 1 Meat 1 0 this morning that Henry Loomis, lw. J. Casey and Samucl Marthe the block bounded « n who last night shot and killed | charged with abilag, were alse Fourth and Fiftt Frank Fritz, murdered his wife and IDAH | dismissed and also an old grand Streved by fire ght. The loss then committed suicide by cutting | jury indictment against Samuel ” 4 ’ nd his th A or, ape j Pinchower. P r ' is || i y recently, in | me an at pt to get it to take action | ‘By Beriops News Aas'n) The sal of the condemned Ab 1 k th ® t against his wife and her paramour WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4.—| he on the sposed Westlake 4 ered 1 w , bie | Failing in this, he tried to secure a| On @ complaint filed by a prom-|b ard began this morning. | awit he flame ugh | warrant at the police station, and |{nent firm of attorneys in Idaho, until noon the indications were that | the ‘ pork ith ther a last step, took the law } through Senator Dubo the secre- the city would not get much out of Wh @ was filled, until in his ¢ and tary of the interior has dispatched the property. Gua! JAPANESE TAKE ~ Case, who had charge of! ive work, also reported, Attorney H. D. Cooley, of} Governor Teets, of Tacos REVENUE ss INGREASED » iz others will speak t Aberdeen will probably get the » next convention. be } TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND RUSSIANS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS = °° er he eee | AT PORT ARTHUR AND GET THE FIRST SQUARE MEAL | Shout t re d exper | THEY HAVE ENJOVYEO FOR MONTHS that ' plete ‘s ' mains crease ( t lone, ~NEW YORK, Jan, 4—The worst : blizzard since 188% swept New York 4.—Gen. Ne f the harbor, where they t - i the surrounding country last nuary 2 the y rex » until mmends 1 a | t te h ‘nme. night and this morning. Traffic is ene armament is completed one badly tied up. All trains are late concluded the Eighty thousand tons of coal and ¢ a sche . tied tare axe opemnted’ wal ferenee two months’ rations of + ¢ f fons ur . ae ee . On the morning of January 4 the| taken by the Japanese at Port Ar- | which me « to be sold. uity: trannier of war materta! at thur. Out of 250 of the Russian |The municipal lighting system will | | The streets are coated win ie Arthur, proposed by the J naval officers at Port Arthur since be ready { peration January 10. 4 gue as blowing o oe ip eer: se Bovernment, commenced. the ng of the war, 180 were |the fifth anniversary of the corr A milk and food famine is thr ene took 25,000 ners atleither killed or wounded. of the Cedar river water )eped as a result of the failure of 7 as = | ‘ i ‘ arr ‘The ferryboat sere Port Arthur, The total number of ayster trains rriv y inhatMtants i* 35,000, of whom) WILLING TO TALK PEACE | ——_—_— ven sic oe the departure 20,004 are nick ips prevented. When the Russian soldiers, many | ,..MANCHI | a of them crippled and wounded, and — a | FATAL WRECK IN BLIZZARD ) Stl e@aciated from the lack of food, |) gador at Lon er tg nog . » vate) marebod out from the fort through | Pete | Np eee ae a erecta the Japanese lines they were given The deal between the Northwest- | /"% "® tne a m frnppthenyyae the tout respectful attention, and - shee sai : t uring the blizzard this mi A ern Com r company and Cap i After making five miles in whed they reached the prison quar tain E. E. Caine, president of the | {; chouieh tha tela seennae ae ters et aside for them they mere Alaska Pacific Navigation company, (r,-\ and toppled into a creek given the first wholesome meal they wing that it is the disposition of | for the sale of the latter company's | 5 Firer had @njoyed for months oe ae Ge eae cae ae f recipe Engineer Swank, Fireman Turner e the fessine ¢ | busin and vessels, was practica { Rrakeman Mecgamer were | S deters the mar eigen spacings carson |ly completed this afternoon. The! sy rieq under the wreck an nd Killed, | an lore the meal was completed papers, which were to be signed by gies the Japanese guards were fraternal- | TO HAVE AND TO HOLD | Captain C b hav izing with the prisoners in the most| _. e a the friendly manner |, TOKIO, Jan. 4.—The Jiji, discuss- time ail jing the « of Port Arthur, r ‘ | views th paid in lives it is und signed short | CHEFOO, Jan. 4—The crulser | to keep Port fore noon today. = Akdten#hima and four torpedo boat r ha e as our| ,, “aptain J. F. Trowbridge, former destroyers and two torpedo boats existe. Port Arthur is the| 2, ener perintendent ¢ from the Japanese navy > peace in the far east and it| Alaska-Pacific Navigation compan: siamiiey guard off this port tonight. The| duty to keep the key In our| # BOW In the service of ¢ Nort — Russian destroyers withdrew to the western Steamship company. Whi ‘ Sins us é the exact figu entailing the pur tippe News Ass —_ Jehase of the vessels and bus 70, Jan. 4.—Theodore REDUCTION UP AGAIN J diate affirming their de-| ¥8% 80t mentioned, it has been ne world-far orchess The proposed red of the] si chiefs in all rea- | S'ven t that the rests of t tral ler, who for 14 years was at Sunset Telephone company's tolls | sor If emp jem. | COMPANY we for $450,000. | the head of Thomas’ Chicago ore will, be eonsidered again by the cor- | onstrate their incompet Ate | ves ed are the | ch died at 6:30 o'clock this porations committee at its meeting | lect during the first three months of na, Dora, Ex-/| morning, of pneumonia, at the age | thim afternoon. Manager Corcoran | employment, while the mp Je of 69 years. will beepresent with t bation, the commiss e REFUSED TO MAKE GOOD APPOINTMENTS E premised to furnish the committee |that they be dis at once Moran E have Watson) WASHINGTON The fole | relative to the rates charged in| —~——- ford & ( I and po pent to th [otter cities, He claims that he ca | Corporation Counsel Gi! a ineacin 4 tt a poate show that the rates here r el Gilliam re ‘ |ports that the city was oblige promise notes rovided | of 1 the d ment po on if as high, as those in other pay 0147 last ae heen + | that 1 n I nl of bor, J. Hampson ‘Tee ® «rates, how. |4#make sults br tt at of M feasor of ‘The Sunset company's rates, how r - car a fae | build f the Net th mat? naval academy, over, are dera higher than , » " A ; was $124 Fr al injury n c 1 c MeL. P. those charged by the Independent Parnes Oty | ae mate veteeal % , : >t navigation for Telephone company. It 1s not cor * Pa “ Rear ceed sidered likely, even under these con- | hese : “! | RECOMMENDS PATROL hens chief the ditiona, that the council will ever a Port Warden Jensen renewed his ae : oat pick up the rage to demand a | recommendation for a harbor patrol | o¢ renr-admiral, term of four years uction | in the report which he submitted apt, Newton i. Manon; dudes ene The sheriffs-elect of the different | the council Monday. He sug ie € ‘oO ear ASK STRICTER ENFORCEMENT | countios in the state are in that a tug of sufficient size to ¢ cy Sry ani etvie for the laxity with which they deal | headquarters. Mar ut- | constructe rpose. He be Ps pe) with lazy, careless and tnconipetent ters are being the | Iievea t will be abundantly |} wae ta: employes, in the report which the |hody, and arrang for | repaid in Hott ear § eivil service commissioners handed | the holding of prisoner the ety fr ent | 1 SHOWS BIG INCREASE to the counci! Monday night | ithe bay. ticular stre laid upon the habit The Washington Children’s Home| A ling to th orts the P rtal trolmen of getting | soctety instituted proceedings in Timothy Evans was restraine fice for year there drunk while on duty, or lounging in | superior court this morning to have| Superior Judge Boll this morning | has t 1 of $45,458.87 aloons. the th motherles children of |f nm cost ting y daw 1 f yea In 19¢ Un- The civil ser » commissioners | George ¢ na tak away from| White or Green r wh k $335,023.96. The urge the heads of the departments | him on the ground that he is neg- | cause tho 1 his neig 1 1904 shows the total res t t off such practices by imme- | lecting them, to be damaged ceipts to be $383,477.37, ] /