The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1905, Page 7

CHOKED BY THIEF MRS, WERT HAS TERRIBLE STRUGGLE WITH HOUSE BREAKER Detectives Adare and Corbett mm the strugale with the robber ) Mra, West got a good look at hia Yiile afternoon arrested Jack La-| face. He ransacked the house and valle, who gained entra: by aj took two $5 geld pieces and key into the house of Mra./ one $10 pleog, He Was taken to the Apne West at South & ttle, home of Mra. West and identified Mrs, West was in the house with | by her her children, when a masked man She also WMentified a handkerchief entered and choke! her into Insen- | that wa his poswer: tn which elbility } the « i pleces were t PRICES OF BOQUETS GO WAY UP ON ACCOUNT OF HOLIDAYS wreaths, with their blush ke Holly “If you ‘ain't got no money you ing, riotous ribbons of red, go Meedn't come around,” ts the cheer | spray, while carnations with a lit j de garnishment of wild bridal Fealms of comfort and rest serene-| wreath commands from §1 to $2 per Ty om the heights of luxury this| dozen. d | Lilies, The prices on an average are . more than one-third bigher than| The rarest flower of the Christ- Reretofore, and the demand seems | mas market this season seems to to be in no way affected, auguring | be the wild Poinsetta of California, ‘well that the year has been a pros-| which grows in rank profusion on eroue one and that the average | the plains and mesas of the Orange @itizen is bound to have his Christ-| state—too common for the south- Was celebration unmarred by any) erners to pick for their own use. ‘ Market have gontiy soared from the Province of necessity, through the Taek of its daintier and more hu-| This exot { tropic climes is on the man touches. local market at $1 per blossom, and Christmas Trees. the California colony seem to be Christmas trees are going rapidly | the only ustomers, and that for tt anywhere from “two-bits” for | patriot! sons more than. for any the little baby shrub to several dol- | other Lites range from $2 a dozen up- wards, and there are not many on market the whole the florist, taking for the luxurious California | advantage of the general condition variety. lof prosperity, will reap the largest Four-bits captures a meager) harvest of shekels for his wares in of the dainty violet, while oa many & season. for the beat variety of De you wonder he is grown, Christmas comes around? INKS WILL PLAY SANTA CLAUS of dollars will this; stitution wu wings & Trust company ‘nion be given away by the dif-| wii) give its employes 6 per cont of Beattie banks in Christmas| their salary for one year, to their Nearly| The Seattle Nations! bank, which in the.city gives its aiso employs @ Itke method, gives the employes their money several days before Christmas in order that they may play Santa Claus with a more substantial backing. The Dex- ter Horton bank also liberally re- members its employes, although the officials do not care to state the method. The Puget Sound National plays Santa Claus by increasing the salary of its employes. The State bank will also give its force Christ- mas remembrances, ae es a for the larger and more dignt tree of the Sunday schol type. Chrysanthemums have soared to unprecedented price of $9 per lad that eR * % * * NEW YORK, Dec. 23.--Ar- ® ® nold Daly, actor, and Manager & * Samuel P. Cumberts are being *& % hold on $10@ ball each, for mis- *® demeanor in producing “Mrs. # & Warren's Profession.” i * * SEER RR of assaulting Guard Mur- while attempting to escape, in of last year, was sentenced to at Folsom, by Judge Hart morning. Finley, a second life- , will be sentenced Wednes- _ SKIPPED 4. Geniek, @ German butcher re- siding fm the Manhattan flate, with a shop on the corner of Howell and Minor, has not b seen for four : ey days, His wife tw still at the fate, a RIGne irreenere Cotte but will give no information con- 9 cerning his whereabouts. 4 ee ot porgrate ee id He i# said to be hopelessly in debt Dicaed = to various firme in the efty, and ed Midebipnian Jordan P. *| the opinion prevails in that com- oo ccongbeng at atlagel as sanused | munity that he has skipped to avoid _ & Ten coused ® | business complicatio LH. Jen- _ & compelled Kimbough to stand *| tng Merchants’ Protective % Om his head tntll he became #) pesociation, ix acting as trustee and & unconscious. *| will equitably divide the assets + og the creditor RRR J Rha a eae | YEAR IN THE PEN: * aga PORTLAND; Der. 23.—The * I * Hil PRESENT \® cireuit court judges today #® ag |# unanimously sustained the will * Be lapntsinnanncosema |® of the late Amanda W. Reed, a Claus this srorning brought |% BO bequeathed | $1,500,000 to % ‘ aus this shorning brought)» found an institute in this city. # Eaward arene, a youth of 19, anl® This will was contested by & - unpleasant Christi: went In the|® Californt BENET S sentence to nerve ore yeor| 5 Orns bets. E im the penitentiary. Judge Griffin, 4 -* » in consideration of the of- ge Pa i in in i however, | fenders youth, and because it was| SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dee. 23.— | hile first crime, released him under) The jury trying Monk Gibson, ac- | Suspended sentence. lensed of murdering the wife and Willaims on November 25 stole «| four children of J, F. Conditt, was $60 sult of clothes from Gust An-| charged this morning, but were un- Gerson, and was convicted under a)able to agree. Retrial in February, wharge of grand larceny, | + - o_ — i ie iin eine eee ieee eee ‘Two answers were flied in the * fodera! court this morning in the|% EWING Ga., Dec. 23.—Ne- * cane of the United States vs. George | % groes last night tried to mob & B. Adams, defaulting cashier, in the manager of a turpentine * Feference to the 100 shares of stock | % still at this place. * he held with the real estate firm of | * Gulon & Co. BAAR AEE ED ful song of the Christmas floriat. | hot cakes at from $0 cents te “I wish’d I was a billionaire, Mistletob, with tts osculatory pre- @edly chortles the Christmas buyer | rogative, hits the plethoric cash * gm retort | register to the tune of from two to | Flowers, decorative plants, shrubs | four bits per spray and is rather Qed other holiday wares of the| scarce. Ferns are 76 cents per |M. A MUTUAL LIFE Eq ITADLE UNSURANCE cos MUTUAL LIFE FQUTABLE » insu Ran c & == me wid AND NOW YOU'RE WORSE OFF THAN BEFDRE SUNDAY TOPICS RRR * + * In order to insure publica- ® * tion, church notices for Satur- & * day's issue must reach The * ® Star office not later than 6 & % o'clock Friday evening. Those ® & reoelved r will not be pub- # * lished. * * * RRR Trinity Parish, Kighth and James ~—Rev, H. H. Gowan, At 11 & m., “Man, A Philosophy, A Gospel, An Ideal of Duty; 7:30 p. m, “The Song Out of the Night.” Ballard Firkt Presbyterian—Rev. KB. B. Thompson. At ll a m., “The Coming of the King to His Tem- ple;" 7:30 p. m., “The Clay, the Pottwr, the Furnace.” University Place Raptist-—Forty* fitth and Brooklyn. Rev. Frank A. Heath. At 10:20 & m.. “The An- them of the Angela—Glory to God fn the Highest, Peace, Good Will Man;" 7:30 p. m., “More Bleased to Give Than to Recetve— the Great Teachings of Christmas.” be song program has been pro- v son. , Re a. m.. John: Christ.” Liwyd. At Ib 5 ugar, st. = eRe ys ! and Mogdi-| from three to eight GLAD. Salvation Army headquarters, Sth/ and Washington, was the busigst place in the city today. | Adjutant Wolf stood tn the middle of the big hall, surrounded by mountains of sweet and Irish po- tatoes, celery, cranberries, tea, cof- fee, sugar, roast beef, chicken, duck and other provisions, directing « dosen hustiiag meh and women «l- diers in the work of dividing Christ- ™an groceries and supplies into packages for the filling of baskets which are to furnish Christmas din- ners for 1,500 poor people of Seat- tle. Salvation Army Werks. Barly this mornin preparing the baskets began. each basket went chicken, vant beef, Irish and sweet potatos, | cranberries, canned fruit, canned tomatoes, celery, tea, coffee and , wafficient to feed farnilies of For weeks past the Salvation According to 8t.|/ Army soldiers have been gathering Queen City Theosophical Soctety, | aystematically distribute an abund- “The Pioneer block—-At 7 p. m Secret Doctrine;" 8 p.m. “Natural Derelopment of Paychic Powers.” Haven M. EB. Church—floward ay north and John st.—Rev Drake. At Il a. m. and 7:30 p. m., spesial song and prayer services. First Spiritualists Soctety—Py- thian hall. At 8p. m., “Jesus’ Place in History.” Special literary and musical m and a Christmas tuncheon will follow the sermon. Westminster Presbyterian Church —Broadway and Columbia. Rev. J. M. Wilson. At tle. m., “The Star of Jacob and His Ascendency in the Chris 7:45 p. m., “Christmas- tide Gri Joy to All Men.” cial sdng services after sermons. North Baptist Church-—Rev. Geo. Cairns. At 11 a. m., “The Birth of a Star;" 7:20 p. m., “The Great Ar bitration Care.” Theosophical Soctety—1118 Third | ay. Rey, J. H. Wilson. “The Mental Plane.” Immanuel Olive. Rev. H. A. Stub. Religions services with musical program at 11 a. m. and § p. m Germania Hall—May E. Stevens lecturer. At 2:30 p. m., Divine Al tar and childrens’ Christmas serv fee; subject, “Do Our Departed Chil- dren Enjoy Life With the Living First Preabyterian Church—Rev. Matthews. At ll a m “Three Great Facts in_ the Christ mas Joy;” 7:30 p. m., “The World's Cradles. Thursday evening, 7:20 o'clock, “The Cup. of Love for Our New Members.” A apectal song service will be the program at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning and even- ing, in addition to the regular ser- mons. First Church of Christ, Selentist 812 Sixth. At ll a.m. and § p. m., ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETINGS. Cathedral chapel, Terry § ay Masses at 6 a. m., 7:30 a. m., 8:30 a. m,, and 8:30 p. m. St. Mary's Parish—Rev. W. J Metz, Early mass and sermons (children’s mass 8:20 a. m.); Sun- Atip. m day school at 9:30 a. m. and 2:80} p. m. High mass and sermon at 10:30 a. m. Instruction and bene diction at 3:30 p. m, Sacred Heart Church--Rev. Geo. A. Hild. At 6:30 a. m. and 8 a. m., low mass; 7:30 p. m., vespers, ser- mon and benediction Church of Immaculate Conception —Rev. A. Sweere, At 7:30 and 8:20 a. m., low mans; 10:30 a. m., high mass and sermon; 7:30 p, m., bene- diction Lutheran—Minor and | ance of Christmas cheer to each needy family on the Itet. By individual effort and solicita- tion, groceries and game enough to F. B.| feed the 1,500 men, women and chil-|sapplied with good, dren on the lat have been gathered, | the voluntary donations this year being very small, NO INQUIRY Marine Inspectors Whitney Fon, Turner this morning announced that | ho investigation would be m: into tha accident which disabi the steamer Athion yesterday. Friday, | whl coma. Ta- n route to Seattle from the Athlon broke her piston | rod. Her steam chest was subse. | |quently broken by the revolving shaft An examination of the machin- ery was made by the tnapectors to- |day, They ted that Chief Engi- Hale was not to bla The whers of the vexsel will repair the| «e immediately. She may be} equipped with more modern machin- | ery. LEAR ESSE TERNS SO ES! &% CHICAGO, Dec, 23.—It Is re- |# ported In financial circles that ® * the Walsh banks will be fully # | & reimbursed. It te said Walshow * has given assurances that if'® | he is allowed to personally di-,# | ® rect the properties now held asu® & securities, he would be able to * * protect all against probable *) * loss. . *| * Mla lalelalatietteteMelial COLRI NOTES Because he threatened her life and | that of her baby, ts the reason Mra, | Amelia Lacey gives in her complaint | filed this morning for desiring a di- vores from George P. Lacey. John Burnell has brought sult for divorce against Susie Burnell on tho charge of unfaithfulness. Judge Griffin this morning decid ed that W, P: Kelly, who sought to | have the charge against him of practicing medicine without a Heense dismissed on the ground that seme months ago he was acquitted of a) similar charge, had no proper! ground for his motion to dismiss, jand Kelly must stand trial XMAS: IS NIGH REAR * * * 6 HANK CLHARING *) * 24, 1906 UK | * 28, 1904 605,627.10 #| * | «date lant year,...8 478,671.09 % \* * holieliialctcleteicelcdedalel P T0 ROSS Mr, W. P, ‘Trimble, when seen to y in regugd to what @tepa he in od taking relative to the action the state land joner in commtn oling bis leases to Beattle tide lands, sald 1 have filed my application with » ¢ + for a reinstate am watting deciston ofthe commissioner, If} action js adverse to my inter ents, T will then walt until a de clxion in the mandamus preceeding» instituted by Mr HM. Broith ts | rendered, and if the decision ta ta-| | able un 1 shell ail Hike sim procee KR WASHINGTON, Dec, 24,—It is announced that the disap- pearance of Puter and McK ley, withewes in the land fraud cases, is not cause of thé postponement of the trial of Representatl Herman, of also implicat eee ee eee eee ee ee | MARRIAGE LICENSES | Marriage licenses were |nsued this morning as follows: William Finke 43, and Lucy Skykes, 40, both of Fife, Wash.; Gentaro Hort Fow ler, Cal, and Tsuri Hort, 26, of Kumamoto, Japan; George C. Hop-| per, 21, Le Grand, Ore and Lucy Reardon, 17, Edgwood, Wash.; Gus-| torf O. Goderstran, 00; and Elen Walden, 48, both of Sent Peter Uhier, 23, Kent, and Lizz Wine berg, 19, Kent; Edmund Ellis, 38,) and Jennie nier, 2 Beattle Eimer Plough, 42, of Wilbur and Manda Bedford Wash.; Edmund Gr tle, and Frances Mart 30, ¢ bber Wash.,| | “* : NEW YORK, De * ® Thomas Laweo ~_* ® ed & high -* ® per securities show unusual & ® buoyancy ausing at & to the Lawson pool to drop off. * Ana hed the low rece & ® ord price f $2.16, net guin @/ Aside from the provisions, the] * fr the day 232-2. The Amal- #/ Salvationists, also looked after the|® amated ehjoyed a nltce of the #| children, and @ great mountain of| * 4! boom * toys is waiting In one corner of the : ba hall, for another big event on Mon day evening. At that time an enter- talament will be given free for the benefit of children who did not re colve toys, and provision has been made to give presents to several hundreds of lithe ones whom Santa Claus may have overlooked. Bach of these toys cost not lees than 75 cents, and many of the dolls have been prettily dressed while mid- night of! burned, by the patient and unselfish hands of the Salvation Army sisters. Many Toys Presented. Along with the toys wil! go about 300 books and pictures, and the good men and women of the army mean to send at least 500 little ones back to their homes Monday night happy aod with faith restored in the good saint. Shoes Given Away. Still more practical ts another work being done. Measurements have been on of the feet of many little ones whose shoes have been worn to tatters, and these will be stout, little beots, Last year more than $400 worth of shoes were given awny, and tho Saivationists expect to pay as much for footwear given away this Christmas The names and addresses of sev eral poor families whom readers of The Star have called attention to, were turned over to Adjutant Wolf this morning, and he at once sent out needa The branch headquarters in Olym pia hall, Second avenue, was just. busy a place as the main. hi assistants to discover their fest until Tuesday Colletions were taken up today in several ofice bulldings of Seattle, for) the elevator boys and janitors, At the Hotels, For Yuletide the Lincoln has some wery pretty decorations of holly, ferns and a Christmas tree. The hotel will furnish a special dinner and an informal dance in the even ing At the Rainier-Grand, Stander jand Butler hotels preparations are being made for thelr usual Christ- moans celebrations. Uncle Sam, Too, Every corner of the distribution room of the postoffice was filled with Incoming mail packages. In ithe registration department pack- jages were piled on ¥ counter with the mail from China this morning. The employes will not have a very merry Christm: as they will have to work, The general délivery win- dow will be open from 8 to 10 Sun- day morning. The carriers’ depart- ment will be open Sunday and Mon- day morning from 9 to 12 o'clock There will be but one delivery Mon- day. ELLS ABOUT CALEB POWERS BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Dee. 28. B. C. Enler died In the county. hos. pital yesterday from supposed self-inflicted wounds In the myster fous shooting of Dec. 7, He admitted to the superintendent of the hospital that he had toforma- tien which will clear Caleb Pow of Gov. Goebel's marder, Kentucky authorities hase: been notified. : and the army workers will take no! 6 a i Made Mel td oon Tae PONS For two days past Game Warden Rief has been playing Santa the H Claus to the little orphans of elty. Upward of 1,000 other game have been confiseated by | the game warden recently from} various packing houses which Ille-| gally had them in cold storage, and these were on Wednesday, by order! of Juatice Gordon, turned over to} | Rief to dispose of according to his| | judgment. The game warden sug- | gested that the game be given away | to the poor for Christmas, and Jus, tice Gordoy commended the idea. Acting under the order of the court, Warden Rief took charge of | the ducks and other birds, and re- | placed them in cold storage pending | investigation as to where they were most needed. He sought out about 16 deserving families {n distress, and supplied them with ducks, then} distributed a Hberal number of the} birds to the various homes for chil- dren in the city. An average of 50 birds each were given to the Ryther home, the House of Good Shepherd, |the Florence Crittenton home, the | Wayside Emergency hospital and | other inatitutions. | A small reserve of the game was retained by Warden Rief for late }calla, and three of these were this | afternoon sent out to the Roth fam-| fly on West Fifteenth st whore | | pitiable condition is described in| | another column. RRR PUDDING FOR SHERIFF. Sheriff L. C. Smith reeeived notice of bis firet Christmas present this morning, when a local express company called him up by telephone. “Send dowm a stout express wagon, or a dray,” said the ex- press office clerk over the tele phone, “There is a plum pud ding here for you as big and as thick as the hind wheel of an automobile. We'll have to charge you storage for it by the yard; if it stays here long, as we can hardly crowd anything else into the office.” Sheriff Smith chartered a van and sent for the pudding early this ‘afternoon, * * * SSSA EEE EE EEE Re * ‘$eeeeteeenee Dl ll i a in ie ie a Ai i a tid OPEN SUNDAY FROM 9B. Mi. to 2 P.M. This will help you make se lections for those you overlooked in the rush. 1810 Seeond Ave. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 346 Broadway, New York By direction of the Board of Trustees of the New York Life Insur- ance Company, the following informa- tion is published for the benefit of the policy holders and the public : New York, December 11, 1906. GEO. W. PERKINS, Esq Chairman of the Finance Committee, 246 Broadway, City, Dear Sir: 1 herewith submit to you, in accordance with your request, the following information as to the operations of the Finance Committee of the New-York Life Insurance Company sine® you became its Chairman five years ago. On December 27, 1900, the Company was possessed of bonds and stocks, the cost value of which approximated $160,000,000, During the five year period there have been offered to the Fi- nance Committee for purchase se- curities to the amount of. seeeseee $1,565,947,671 Out of ‘these offerings the Com- mittee has selected and pur- chased bonds representing ovor 550 specific transactions, amouning to. $284,505, 584 Of this latter amount the pany still owns and holds...... $190,869,477 The remainder, OF ....-...-c0see00 representing over 600 specific transactions, bas been sold dur- ing the five years at a cash profit Of .....66 During the same period the Company has received, from par- tictpations tn bond syndicates to which it has been a subseriber for the purpose of obtaining bonds at the original issue price, from joint . accounts and from other sources, & total cash profit of $93.626,107 $1,185,225 $1,812,108 During the same period the Fi- , nance Committee has sold bonds out of the above referred to $160,- 000,000 of bonds and stocks which it held five years ago, realizing from such sales a cash profit of.......... During the same period, this Board having determined to in- vest the policy-holders’ ey in vonds only, the Finance Commit- tee sold the Company's bank stocks, -trust company stocks and railway shares at a profit of.,... $1,070,674 $4,700,000 Making the total cash profits from the four sources...... . $9,318,001 During the same period losses Have been sustained on five transactions involving securities in the possession of the Company five years ago, and on five trans- actions involving securities pur- chabed during the past five years, representing an aggregate loss of Making a NET cash profit real- ized for the policy-holders dur- ing the past five years of.. These cash profits are over and | above and exclustve,of interest on the Company's secnrities, which rate of interest during this period has averaged over 4% per cent market value cost value of the above referred to $190,869,477 bonds pur chased during the last five years end now held in the company's assets ts . pe ‘The present In this $190,869,477 item ts includ- ed the Company's participa of $3,200,000 In the Internatfonal Navigation Bond Syndicate at a valuation of 80, although the se- * ‘ curtties therein have now an ag gregate market value of over 90. $10,019,996 “Making a total five profit in rs of . The Company fs now possessed of approximately $312,000,000 of bonds, which have an average of fifty years to run, at an average rate of interest of over 4% per cent, and which are worth on the market vpwards of $10,000,000 more than was paid for them, Yours Respectfully, F. H. ®HIPMAN, Asvietant Treasurer,