The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1905, Page 1

most Gertain Advices were r this afternoon fre F ing that the posses were of the two robbers who looted the North Coast Limite and were closing In Local Officers Working Special Officer Stephen P. Col 4 of this city vet E sleuths in employ of the ern Pacific Railroad company are iq the vicinity of North Yakima running down every possible clew that will lead to the capture of desperadoes who held up the North oCast Limited e siding, in the Yakima « urday even-| a ing. As soon as the news of the rob- bery was received in Seattle Collins stat trail was dispatched to the 6 arrtv jng & few hours after the crime was 4 committed | 2 In Superintendent F. EK Wey mouth’s office this morning it was| aid that no information had been Tecefved and that there would prob-| it ts said, Js being superintended by | third vice prest tC. M. Levy and by Assistant General Superiatend ent B. E. Palmer, whose headquar ters are at Tacoma Just how much booty the robbers! Secured cannot be ascertained. It is} amount of currency there were] many valuables, upon which no es-| Identity Still Unknown, | The authorities have been unable} to get a description of the men Deyond that furnished by « youth mow in custody at Ellensburg, who de alleged to have been riding the ‘blind baggage when the robbers held up the train. His description of the two men is inaccurate, For this Teason the loca! police department has not been requested to assist In © the search for the desperadoes. | the sceme of the robbery. It is be- Hieved that they will be apprebend- @i within a few days as that terri- tory will be systematically searched ‘The theory is advanced by the Ipeal police that the perpetrators re not strangers to the scene of the fobery and that they are familiar the lay of the land. Passengers Were Scared. on the train soon that the train was being and all were thrown into a seramble was made by! their valuables and quiet only when the conductor them that they would not heard the ap- & freight train from the they made earnest en- to seramble out of the cars gut of the way of what they i to be a disaster. The freight train was halted al #hort-distance back of the limited. | NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 18—Five @8spects who have been arrested for taking part in the Northern eed fie holdup have been released. Raliroad Detectives James Hy- man and William Crummiers. of | Spokane, and 5. P. Collins, of Se} | Bittle, are in charge of the pursners. | The railroad has offered $2,000 re- ward. Bheriff Grant, head of a posse of 2) men has left here and is acting with Sheriff Thomas, head .of a posse of 20 men from Ellensburg. Eight special deputies from here fe scouring the cour try. It ts thought the roSbers are hit n this elty; join t rest pr up on Saturday nigh |North Coast Limited ne | Yakime | All such reports are forwarded to divisfon headquarters at Tacoma, thought that aside from a large| Bighteen miles ea Hillside siding, In the Yakima} the North Coast Limited of was} canyon timate bas been given | the Northern Pacific railroad held up by two masked robbers fing in Yakima or Esionsbure. The mail car was untouched. Farmers have stopped work to “ CUSTODY OF SON Biveee ares ‘The battle for the Sullivan for tune is still being waged In Judge} Prater’s court. Miss Marie Carrau,| claimant under the alleged non-cu- | stand all morning, telling the story | of her romance with the lonely o 4! bachelor, who was to have been her | husband, she claims, had he lived. | In English, but with a marked| French accent, the frail looking lit-| tle woman with the flashing black eyes which captivated John Suili-| van in his lonely old age, told the| the story of her aged sweetheart's wooing. It began with the lessons in French which Sullivan took from her preliminary to a trip to Paris. she said, and by his gentle affec tion and many pretty little atten tions John Sullivan quickly made known his love for her, following it up by a proposal of marriage. which ‘was accepted. Daintiest Bits for Her. of Sullivan's solicitude Carrau stated that he brother's place at the head | table, and in carving always! to it that the daintiest bits| fenerved for her. Sometimes aided, they would walk in the ; aod Monsieur Sullivan hold her hands. In speaking | first time she became aware f Was wubject to heart fins Carrau paid that one he seemed very ill, and ‘pointed to a white rone and why his cheeks were as Kept it Quiet. a dozen other incidents r r d the quaint how the honey- but was pre- the hunt, and Important ar The bey tramp held as jentify the rol are expected tox ays he is able to be No information has as yet been ived at either thé local of # of the Northern Pacific rail 1 or of the Northern Pacific Ex ning the hold last of the ss COMpAny conce Railroad and express companies, p al instances of this kind ways averse to giving out part lars, espectalty as to the losses ined by blowing out the safes the expreas messenger sus Hersch finished his run to Portiand Sunday morning, arriving here o'clock He would give out no statement, and will not be back un The local pocice are working on the case ue is the sheriff's office, but no clews have been gath either department NORTH YAKIMA, Dec 18 Saturday night at 7 o'clock Using three sticks of dynamite. the bandits blew open the two ex preas safes, but, according to the officials of the express company, #¢ cured a very small amount of money, ranging in estimates from $40 to $800. The express car was completely destroyed With Winchester magazine rifies There is a feeling at police head- | leveled at the engineer and fireman. ers that the bandits did not) the robbers, after climbing over the F: this way, and, instead, are in| coal in the tender. commanded the 2 Ing: not a great distance from, *Mxine crew to detach the express, | baggage and mail cars from the bal ance of the train, and with these coaches to pull on ahead of the train. Crew Uncouples Cars. This was quickly complied with | aud after running on for about a| ordered to atop, and the bandits then climbed down, blew open the door of the express car with dynamite. then blew up the express safes, and, aft- half mile the crew was er rapidly gathering up the plun der in their arma, disappeared in the surrounding woods, where It is thought they were joined by con- federates. Euginee: George Howe had charge tor of the locomotive and Cond Jeise Huxtable of the train Howe stated yenterdy that the robbers fired several shots ot the fireman, because the latter was not fast enough in carrying out their hot was fired at orders. Another the head brakeman * he came run ning up to the engine to learn of the trouble. None of the crew w hurt, neither were any of the p serkern. When the train was once more leoupled up and hauled to EY burg, 26 mifex further on, Sheriff ‘Thomas, of this county, immedi ately organized two p guarding the country bo Columbia river near the crime, and the other ing the territory west of the Yakima river Every means will be token to cap ture the robbers, and the pursuers are hopeful of soon running the out laws to earth. The robbe by the engine medium height and build EXCITED MOTHER PLEADS FOR CHILD aa a MRS. BROWN CREATES SENSATION IN COURT IN ASKING FOR been married ‘Our engage quiet,” said Miss Carrau, “both be cause 1 wished {it so, and because Moneleur Sullivan feared his Dative will, was on the witness! friends would think it strange that he should marry at hin age. He said it would be better not to tell them until after the wedding was ever and we had gone to France When we came back, he said, his friends would see how happy h@| Hirpat would be with me, then it would be all right to tell them Miss Carrau is under cross exam- ination this afternoon. ARRAIGNED In Justice Davis’ court this morn- ing Leander Lemm was arraigned, | charged with selling intoxicating | liquor without a license, and with selling to a minor, T ing witne » complain in the case. man City. defrauding « boarding house. statement of the company. e CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The attempt ui ‘# death only ato secure a jury in the packers’ case re they wtre to bave continued today, e e ° VASHINGTON DECEMB (RUNAWAY BOYS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE COURT Offers Reward the Javenile R TRUST OUND ANOTHE IS F r North GUILTY d Char.es Hank at 8:10] cult, lagents ” BRIGADE RECRUITS TO RAILROADS WILI 1 by | ABOLI8H ALL of this city, at| manifesto bankrupt nifesto, prominent WASH of a Saritart, ly en and, with horses and bloodhounds, went in pursuit of the bandits, One party iw COSSACKS DYNAMITED Train Load of Czar’s Watch Dogs Dyna mited by the Rebels It 18 { numerous reported that a military train carry ing troops to Oret 200 Commacks we ce of ing trages the troops at Riga have barded and ts afire at many places Hundreds are fleeing to Germar An awful reign of is trying to sup) Assassination Sakharoff is certain A train bearing nt was kept ish rival -ktnedoms, night has not arrived guarded by soldiers but it Is feared Raging Everywhere. The governme Like a tiger upon its prey who have taken part directly « From Poland the tly in the recent riots movements, ri from the highest of ficials to the lowlleat seeking to escape from the clutches sent forth by th ond regiments to relieve the etty. The wires from tho capital of Po-f command wa Crar Strikes Back. But while this scramble for safety je going on to resist every s, Arthur Cameron, 18, as well as other witnesses for the | city, appeared to give reluctant tes. timony. It is said that the boy's father has been the moving spirit revolutionist as entreated the em peror to revoke his order of martial law, an they state | government |are disaffected, and every blow dealt by those in control will be returned The nobility t this law but pople the more. Rebels Dictate Terms. ' Rebels at Riga are in communica® government and arg ‘They demand tha) return of prisoners, and the astab- Lemm runs a pool room in Hil! gues have isxued im perative orders for a-genaral strike, and the total paralysis of every im League of Li tion with the dictating terms, J. H, Weber was charged with MISS EDMER ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18.—Miss Edmee looked for almost any day. Anheuser, well known In society and By imperial mandate, the emperor has declared all cities in tm révola- tionary district to be In a m@te of war and has given all @es@’aors ind other in command absolut lib- ay they soo fit in *omge pressing the rebellion, ‘This was done without cons either his ministers or his NEW YORK, Dec, 1%.—Henry Moir, actuary of the Provident Say- ings Insurance company, was a wit- news in the insurance cases this morning. He prasented the financial fishment of @ republic in Lithunta, The abolition of martial law ts al80/ Worth a million in hor own right @manted, and tho clargy mre dé | was victorious in a suit for $104.95 brought by @ photographer for ple im tures he took in October, 1904, Miss Anheuser had in all 56 ple tures taken by Kenkeler Bros, for @. Gh (HO Christmas prosents, and returned 12 fores them. Bhe paid $930 on a biW of Reelin thee tepulsiow ef all Rus Sruatese ier it ea? Wrige “One Cent--Last Edition” “he Seattle Star POSSES ON THE TRAIL. Sheriff's Forces With Local Officers Are) Closing on the Men Who Held Up North Coast Limited and Their Capture Is Al- \: “HIST, plicated in enorm kovernment follow shortly Terrible bloodshed n Moscow tomorrow prayer servic square_at the Rebels issue Mani One of the yet taken by the Al re terribly scorched by th d charges of w it is feported that plans are under/ talking foot to capture Count Witte, and to| over the plan (hit morning and as him in hiding until the presen les are Count Ignatieff is still spoken of a 1 in being held in reserve by New York “Whereas, the people of the Unit «, animated by the sympa common humanity deep sorrow | miseration the the cas en classes or indire als in Russia fc continue that yathies, of the plores the territ MILLIONAIRE GIRL GBJESTS TO PHOTOS THAT SHOW HER CROSS-EYED ANHEUSER, $404.35, declaring that the charge esnlve, I did ni testified. look like I was 35 yes 12 1 took back are cross-eyed.” Miss Edmee Is the daughter of the weekly, besides her income, $600 us pin money, us thefts from the and their arrests when @ publ important step: revolutionists is a laring the government] and withdraw their deposits from | the banks and to refuse to pay their] tals| feature in thé successful operation gli] telephone exchange in the have printed the| Would soon ‘go to the dogs. and several of the more} win BE. We have jdependent T m will be in Representative Sulzer | ing rene | chairs, lounges, lbent r unwarranted assaneinations eitts sa widespread and p ng that e terrible crimes. ities, and these wilful murders Jews in Russia are connived the Russian government incited by the by high offi political purpo to such an ex and shocked the tes of the be it olved rensentativer house of rep-| distance from the center @f the #, the brutal) condemns and | bey« DESCRIBES — COURTSHIP | MISS CARRAU TELLS IN DETAIL HOW SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE WON THE HEART OF JOHN SULLIVAN like the pictures,” VOL BELIEVE IT A HOLD UP “| Take Your Railway to Tacoma” Is Reply ° Councilmen Make to Attorney Kerr’s Threat to Move Terminal of North Coast « t brougt t 1 1 for the mole 4 * bet et en t Ko, M kee & ' tated several “Ko in ‘The James J. Mi behind it 1 ' ‘ h th rying ‘ t " t , , " ony 8 y &« May Be a Speculation Buch # spe * Telephone School Discipline Iq the most essential of a large telephone exchange. With t it the best equipped, up-to-date world These are the words used by Ex ster, thanager of the In-| yhone company, in to a St if possible, why the differ- ween the service rendered by the Sunset company and the In- depend company is 0 ¢ Lockers for Girls. The reporter was shown through the plant by Mr. Webster. From th basement, where the electricians | were at work, to the top floor, where the huge ewitebboard and ap piances take up the entire floor rything was explained. On the ground floor is a waiting room, furnished with comfortable all the latest and ding matter and rows of | lockers along the walle—a locker | for each girl Free Lunchroom. Adjoining the waiting room ie a} lunch room, where tea, coffee and milk is furnished to the girls, free of charge. by the telephone manage- ment The top f where the dozens of | girls are at work on the switch board, is probably the most inter esting place in the whole exchange From 26 to 30 girls are constantly at work on the board Constant! ing back and forth behind the girls as they work at | the rd is a “monitor’—a girl | who has been promoted from the board This “monitor” watches the girls carefully to see that they do not talk sharply to subseribers, talk | imnecessarily long to one party sip with the next door neigh- or neglect their duties in any | way Hears All That In the middie of the Said. floor, a short hboard, sits the chief 6; ‘a tor man. At his desk he has an arrangement by which he can at tach h be able to h what any one gir! —— denounces these awful £ these shocking assassina and these appalling atrocities great international crimes against a com mon humanity, that must. be stop ped, and stopped quickly by the Russian government, otherwise Rus sia, in the opinion of mankind, | will and m nd indicted t the judgement bar of the world pale of its civilization. The Only Paper in Seattls That Dares to Print the News NOW, — D’YE HEAR?”’ Manager Webster of Indopendent Tele- phone Company Describes ‘Sneak Box” With Which He Keeps Tab on Hello Girls---Must Flirt Under Difficulties on the entire board ts saying and the office of there is also one of these attachments, which is called * and also one at the home of the chief operator. working on the board does not. at any time know but what every word she utters goes Mito her superiors ar man sent to look | ear. And, as Mr Webster says, it fs among the that makes a su telephone exchange. A better dise inetituted what are taught, free eration of g telephone switchboard ed by the Independent om the many girls whe arge, the ops |learn on ‘this t |to have the requisite y for the making of goed ope 2 selected and their name® placed on file. qualities nec= lulated voice, pere nper—from experi knows that telephone ope this—and a wills |ingness to werk and work hard, are the essentials in the make-up of @ | good operator ; ors must have Cash Prizes. From this list of on the main board If they can keep lary is raised, hs until the maxt- month is red mum of $35 |the operators with th NEW BUILDING As soon as the work of grading instrument so that he Will |ang improving Westlake boulevard four-story brick building will be It will be batit on the southwest corner of Westlake and The building will be used s and will cost D, W. West owns the A dramatic scene took court this ‘morning when Judge Frater made his ruling in tt case of Brown ys. Brown, in which a bitter legal battle had been waged for the custody of Harold Brown the S-year-old little son of the par- ties to the suit Preliminary to ruling, Judge Fra tor stated that the mother could not expect leniency from the court whose decree she had disregarded in marrying another man before the expiration of the six months after her divorce. At this point, anticipating that Judge Frater would award the cv tody of the child to her former by band, Mrs, Brown, weeping hyster- feally, rushed forward and threw herself in an attitude of supplica- tion upon the steps of the bench. Oh, Don't Judge! “Oh, don’t Judge Frater,” she cried, “don't take my boy from me! Just listen to one word from me before you decide, I love my child, judge. He is flesh of my flesh, and I cannot bear it if you take him from me,” ce in court, motioning the weeping womt-~ an back to her as I think best \have made some personal investiga- tions in this case, and I will award | the custody of the child to the father alternately, that is, the child “l- shall rule months at a time shall be absolutely in the custody of the father for the next three months, }and the three months following, | that of the mother, this to cont | until the boy is 14, when the | will be given permanent custody, | do this partially because the mother |has seen fit to disobey the injunc~ tion of this court, and partially be= ~ |cause she is now the wife of Weeps Still weeping, the mother of the boy was led from the room by her — present husband, in why wept bitterly in the tort . The original suit was that vorce brought by Etta Belle against Charles H. Brown, but | present proceeding was under a tition brought by Brown against former wife, now Mrs. Foster, have the decree modifi “Calm yourself, madam,” said the} mony and the custody of,