The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1906, Page 1

i IT i | The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News 10 rf rl TESTIMONY FOSS CAUSED WRECK estigation Begun by Coroner Carroll as to the Interurban Disaster--Train Orders Will Be Asked--Sratement Purported Given by En- gineer Wright Denied, 4 frpert wit! } 1 t walt f b — } oat ‘ . r a. . \ t t es « v N tha F men Not Given Leave. | - | m ‘ a fe 1 Be “Aaa Ross Guion w t the Se eerie r4 inquest Being Held. | roner began the inquest it h ver . . cu " La 4 ght, engi-| tn eh t « eam shovel atte at =» sald * 4 x told Ros eput re wretked tian. ¢ at ‘ » for v t ment ts «d by « att = RO conversation ame a.| fh Flece: ot Falk, J. C.F A Pees on Dingwail’s Train. re gy gee | bc an Dingw will testify} of the same trait boarded his train at Mil-| R na his fag. bound towar t a to stop passenger train! t ked , the train wreked, and watt asenger train: Motorman Stel, of fhe Exigewood siding for the e freight; Wright, of the steam | ing wild” gravel train sbov evidently, from what Dtr M will testify, mixunderstood his Funeral of Ross. for he stated to Dingwall] Punersl services fo: James @ he Intended to hold two switch} Ross, the conductor who was kille: m side spur tracks at/ in the interurban wre . for the passing of the) Rev. Denald A. Hoss, w a at in. Orders were to hold | «eh on from the fam. | ger trate, ty © traiumen, the gravel f the Piret| ‘was running behind passen . conducted tne 6 Wher a train is “roo a the following seted on Mila” the crew work on near Arthur Bradbury fr own orders, bearing | k Hoxdges and D, that they must keep out of na; Mr. Thoter, | Lee of Went #e- | Interment was at Lakeview | Dway of reguinr trains, Foss went out by the conductor of mvel train to stop train No chetory 5 } te thought that he became) “irity lodge No. 69, of the Ma- d and gave orders to the | >*, took charge of the funeral rit- | crews on the sidings at Edge-| 88!" at the cemetery and read the} the cand and logging trains| Hasenic services over the grave | Were to follow No. 3 into Ta-| Mr. Rose was o well known Mason. | Kent at bringing Masons from What Were the Orders. there whe attended e funeral ner Carroll, it is anderstond, | lask for the train orders which Guion Buried Tomorrow. } given Conductor Ross and he funeral of William D. Guton wo Guion. It is # that| whe died as a result of the Injuries Wore given to Aistorman) ne received in the interurt to meet some trai at Bdge) witli be held e'cloek to Whether it was the wild! at the residen father, Frank train or No. 6 will only bel at Guton, sser & » Lake boule oat im the investigation vard. Interment will be in Lakeview Cause of the wreck fe «im | cometery Kev. W. HH. Reea f th down to three proposition First Methodist church, wit! irew of the wrecked train} duct the services, Friends desiring forgot orders to wait at) te att the vices are advised to * Green Lake tod for the gravel trains, \\r S was instructed to stop train! | iT HIRKS - SEVEN CONTRACTS met off pect station ar at Pros | ARE AWARDED The beard of public works this morning awarded the contracts for the sewers on Twenty-second av, Fast Madison st. Thirty-ninth av and Seventh av. northeast, to P. Dineen & Co., whose bid was from v—— | = —— Ss — — 18 to 25 per cent lower than an: ae ot the ot x pps Telearaph Service.) The Seattle Electric compan: was granted permission to erect ERSF iE! L. B. Hicks today received {ron poles on Westlake Av., on con Propotals of marriage, both that they be used for trot M Southern California. He re only. The net Telophone to divulge the names, bat was granted permisston he intends looking for the vaduits on Queen Anne pattle Liguting company a permit to install gas a number of stree rger Concrete company requests a release from its contract put In concrete walks oh Sixth north. On account of a regrad om he completes his the tour. FARY BOAT. GOES DOWN (Seriops Telegraph Service.) YORK, Dec, 29.—The ferry Patterson, of the Erie Ratt any. with pasnengers collided with a freight the North river thio i was sunk. All persons a were rescued, bet 18 teams drowned. The accident cecur- im @ heavy fog NOW CAUSES LOSS FOF LIFE. IN WRECK ay ing of the entire district the work cannot be done at the present time. LONDON MANUFACTURER WILL EXHIBIT AT EXPO. Henry BE. Reed, director of ex- ploitation of tne Alaska Yukon-Pa. eifie exposition, has received a let ter from Edmund 8. Meany, who is on his way east in the interest of the exposition, in @hich he states that he met Alfred Brookes and H H. D. Anderson, managing directors of the Associated Cement Manufac- turers of London, They expressed a desire to have an exhibit at .the exposition, and if so, they will have one of the iargest of any private enterprise strous storm as i# now raging ined Hin tere ng tegg is roughout France, Belgium, Swit- band im persona were killed and 29|%@fland, Germany and Austria- (Serippe Telegraph Service.) a wreck yesterday near | #¥neary. A heavy lose of life has! gr PAUL, Dee. 29—Jamen J on Edinburgh and|** a cvaryw nore. But for (*] win, the pioneer railroad builder, . the North Britiah | Wnderaround, wiring mymem which | yesterday officially announced his| id. The heavy fall of a0 ee ieee eet ity meaid be worn, | retiremest from the active man Bited the signals, and @ fast| On renee ott if ; y” lagement of his gigantic railroad in fing express train, thinking it| Pletely sho torests, His retirement has been the right of way, crashed in- | foun’ ™ ny vetetety [contemplated for some time, but ting train at Arbroath, | 10"! to Beotland, and northern (definite announcement was not f the victima being on |? vr n Bngiand. made until the present time. Mr.| hich w Ming wtih. | PO” gland alone, nine bodiew | Hill will retire on July 1, and will # accident occurre found buried in snow |be succeeded by his eldest son rsary of Scotland's v an s of the empire | Louis J. Hill, who 1s now first vice bh wou the Tay brt c in telling of |president of the Great Northern of 1879, in which the en-| ssetets ‘cna Railway company. shed through the | storios of wrecks off the ogy ms ° e ’ - - ast re coming tn, but the sea Denies Rumor, ving one is so Gangerous that ft is impos: ST. PAUL, Minn, Dec. 29.—J, J,| +. sible to launch rescue ts. Re-| Hill denies that he intends to re-| * e pr verte Bee Goenns of men freening |lian. He nays the rumors are ab- | to death aboard ship in the grasp |solutely untrue and due to a state E People Dying in Snow. of the storm, and It i# feared that |ment made two years ago that he 7 ONDON. Englar 29 with belter weather, it will be die. |}would like to throw the burden HEW HOTEL T0 b jy | harm THE SHOW | ee * * * TAFT MIGHT ACCEPT o * . * : ph Se °) * * * ' . t* * + * we * * * «ft ‘ * vr . ® iy * *,r * * . re HE (8 ANN AND GINS. READY ipps Telegraph Service.) but TONOPAH Gans Hert h Ne wit thre * off, b od thelr oun Gans weighed Hern but will ning usual jo * morning fe that the » 15th ¢ three-story hetel the went aide 120 tee south of Madison st, The building #i contain 160 roonia, in addition to the lobby, large dining room, | kitchen, bath rooms, ete. The hote will be built proved Ines of Uke buliding te $56,000. POLICE OFFICERS WANT PENSION A movement ts on foot, supporte the departments of Se m4 and elling jogistature at it xt seanions pags «a law providi * in cities of the er. The proposed law that whee any polloe offt at we rved 1 aitle, Spokane, hi the age of © years who lo > partment for f pay ve Sergeant Charley Ten the Seattle departmeat, and «nt MePhee, of the Spoke ment, are the active suppor this movement SHOW CAUSES TRAIN DELAY The Great Northern's Fast Mall due in Seattle at 7 o'clock this morning, has been annulled. No in formation |b inable from t local offic * a8 to the cause of the annuliment or the exact cause of | delays of other local trains | The hern Pacific's {City Express and the Bpokane both several hours late snows im the middle ow travel is sald to be | these trains being be j bind schedule time. JAMES J._HILL Ne Twin tra re heavy rendering jthe canse ¢ aT | WILL RETIRE GAMES U. HILL. te f in recent covered thet « terrible lows of Me has remulted. upon younger shoulders after a few years, DE Ham FORE ‘ THE NEW FIRE CHIEF <a HARRY W. BRINGHURST. ADMIRAL SAMPSON IS. PURCHASED havig@ been tn commission for only E. ©. CAINE, OF THIS CITY.) inredigiare Al present CLOSED DEAL FOR NEW ing ted between the West In STEAMER--WILL BE PUT ON New York city SEATTLE-NOM T Admire) Bampeon ie S-NOME ROUTE, Bhe will be broug' wt, around the mn, within Negotiations have beer “ at two montha, Nest neason in New York by E. BE. Ca nounced she will be placed jent of ~ Alagka.Dacttic Beattic- Now run { tttis city, for the. ates | jations are alko in progress miral Sampee The Admiral | by Caine for ancther steamer Sampson is practically a new boat, | to be the Admiral Dewey SUIT THREATENED (Star Special Services.) VANCOUVER, B.C, Dec 29 Chiet of Police Chisholm threatens vo sue the Dally World for ortminal hel, eaying that the paper called | the poliee eomn mere and alder men foole for removing women from the restricted district and allowing them to spread all over the city COMMITS ANOTHER OUTRAGE (Saripoe Teieareoh Bl, RENO, Okie, lowtdg upon the shooting of Cap tain Mecktin, and the areault upon | Mes? 8. Clifton, Thureday after noes, another outrage has been per pet by a negro in the uniform jot the Untted States army, who linet Bight shot and fatally wound led Kee Sang, a Chinese lnandry lmany who resisted an attempt at Cc (Serppe Telecreph Service) NEW YORK, De Sir Henry | robb The negro entered the Mortimer Durand, retiring Britie | tea and when refused the ambasaador, and family, sailed for |mondy, drew his revolver and fired. Mngiand today jae be made his escape lntenee feeling has been aroused jand should the guilty negro be {foun ts feared that lynching A warrant has been sworn owt for the arrest of J. B Moss, of Ti4| will Mt is anderstood that Majar Primrose has information First av W., for eatting down trees | which ts expected to lead to the for Chrietmas in Kinnear park. De-|arreatot the guilty party, but that tective Corbett seeured the evl | offieg® has refused absolutely to dence which lead to his arrest. The | maké @ statement other than to say park board of the elty will prose-|that everything ts being done to cute cappire the neg ROBERT MERCHANT IS BEHIND BARS WILL ARREST J. B. MOSS. WELL KNOWN COMMISSION) “At the time of auditing the MAN ARRESTED ON SERIOUS | books he found nothing wrong with CHARGE—PROTESTS HIS IN. | thom Hie charge that I secured NOCENCE ithe ment for stock In the sum of 989000 i» false. The total amount did not exceed $13,000 Making vehement protestations | “| my position as pres! of his innocence, Robert Merchant | dent of packing coneern Oct. 4, ix today behind the bars of the|when | anw that things were not north tank of the county }. Mér | going on as harmoniously as they chant, for whose arrest a warrant | shor have. Adams immediately was yesterday isaued by Deputy | dendasded a receiver, and the com Prosecuting Attorney Vandeveer|panyeds now involved in bank for alleged felony in eweartng false: | rupley proceedings ly an to the assets of the Nations!) Merchant lives at Twentieth and Brokerage company, was lodged in| Fir gt, and hae been a resident the jail this morning at 4 o'elock,|of Beattle for 20 years and has having been arrested by three dep jbeen in the commission business uty sheriffs | during that time. it's an infamous mistake.” de-| Sheriff Lou C. Smith will leave clared the imprisoned man thie |Mondmy for Salem, Ore, to take morning to a reporter for The Star. |Johni, Wentworth, the partner of It's the work of a man by the|Merchant, into custed; Went name of Adams, who knows that | worth was arrested there last night books were straight, for heland King county's sheriff advised. f helped me take my trial| Merehant is making strenuous st os, and he i# an expert ne |tempia to secure fis release on bonds. DR. MIRACLE TO BE ARRESTED MARITAL TROUBLE BETWEEN; Dhring the past two days Dr. TWO PHYSICIANS CULMIN. | Mithole haw appeared a» the defend- ATES IN ANOTHER UNEX.| *t 1) & Charge filed againat him by Dr, Russell charging him with PECTED CASE the .@inbextlement of two diamond him last February. The countant Adivd to the long ilat « } riminal complaints fied inat Dr, | o€.the Peace Davie yesterday, and George W. Miracle by his alleged | at the conclasten of the sesxton the former wife, Dr, Ap K. Russell, | two’ parties left the court room. and which have resulted in arrests| Dr, Miracle was going up Cherry and many airings before the courta,| st. between Firat and Becond ave. When he met Ject of his noon. White with rage, Dr. Miracle loud- ly de@iared: “I will fix you.” Dr. Rossel avows in the complaint that hy is afraid Uhat Miracle will arrest will be made carry his threat into execution, and vis’ court this afternc aks protection, Eg DUR EEERmaemaneeeeeet eee eee eee eee eee ee eo another Information was made today calling for the arrest of Miracle, charging him with attempting to an aemault complaint wae t#eued by Dep uty Prosecuting Attorney Whitham at 11 o'clock this ing, and the face to face, the « troubles of the after- This property was purchased by the golf olub for $30,000, * * * * * GOLF CLUB WILL MOVE, * * - * * The Geattic Golf club hae closed negotiations for the pur * # chase of 300 acres of land north of Ballard and overlooking #* # tie sound, to be used for golf club purposes. * - The present golf club groundd on Lake Washington north * *% of Laurethuret will be sold for the sum approximating $100,000, * * * * * * * Oe ee ee ATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL. 8. NO. 264 ER MONTH ee eS = EN sen nS TY, HARRY BRINGHURST THE NEW FIRE CHIEF Well Known Fire Protection Engineer Named by|*"***"*********"% | Mayor Moore to Succeed Ralph Cook---Ap-|+ Mayor & pointment to Be Filed With City Comptroller’ : rales: © : 4 This Afternoon. ; ts 1 * P ve Harry W. te t * « jo he 7 * i . ' * * an for th * * omptrolier by or W 1 t r Tee ee ee eee ee ee eS » frou f t “ . f tant ¢ Marlow the on c Fire Fighting Crank ret y Among bis friends at < ' Tacoma and I Mr Bringhurst nown ax alerett. The result was a te between made of every important ef Pe Mr. Bring? it 1, etl " having Holse cent, but w that bh person. f a City were to have had been tend and had eccept ed improvements | been in the meet, but failed to enter, ed the onition t atus 1 | Man of Information on few fires in Be ‘STRIKE In RUSSIA There ia no man in Seattle more resid that familiar with fire department af nde y in| sie faire than ie Mr. Bringhurst. In at uring | (Scripps Telecraph Servies.) his bayhood days hie father and |the administration of Fire Chief} Lopz, Russia, Dec. 29.—Twentys his uncles were members of the|Gardner Kellogg Mr. Bringhurst’*\one thonsand factory employes are department of Phil-| wide knowledge of fire department |on strike. Manager Bebiebler, of since he has been | affairs was constantly sought by |the cotton mills, was killed by for whuret has fol-| Chief Kellogg, and the two were | mer employes. lowed the fire Ind, he volusteer fire wards aldin a pale asstetant chief From Logansport he In Logane er of the tment, after nization of of which he } and still ar@ close personal friends. | It ts believed that Mayor Moore |intends that Chiet Bringharet shall — be more of iministrative head| The steam schooner Oskland f the depar ot than an active |leaves tomorrow morsing for San fire fighter. It is known that the | Prancisce with « cargo of lumber, | mayor believes Seattle has reached! The Oakland {8 to be weed a2 © OAKLAND GOES SOUTH. port went to Bie marck, N. D., as city engineer and!a point requiring something more|freighter between Frisco and was there a member of the volun-| than a mere fire fighter at the|Bureka during the winter, but wild teer fire nt. From Bie ihead of the fire department. It is |return for the Nome trade the first marck Mr wt came to Be understood that Chief Bringhurst | week im March. LONELY MIDNIGHT WALKS OF YOUNG THOMPSON DESCRIBED NEPHEW ROBS UNCLE’S HOME Special Service.) Captain Elliott Tells of Youth's Strange Habit | of Pacing Along the Waterfront--Had Also Seen the Boy Lying in the Grass at Lake bec #-When a) Washington at Unreasonable Hours, te * Monaghan, father of | the inte Resign James Robert t.ce (Star Special Service.) |rheumatishm, but had recetved se aghan, teutified against Charles! TACOMA, Wash. Dec. 29-——More| reply Perking, alian Thomas Bernard. 9c \testimony ax to Chester Thomp| Wiliam R. Hogle, ambulance cused of burglary, in the police iriver, was next called. Hogle ts court yesterday afternoon, he was |*®'* pecullar babit of wandering |. hoy 'of 19 years, amd bad attend- ignorant of the fact, alleged by the |over the city of Seattle at all hours| ed school with Thompson police, that the accused is hisjof the night, again characterized| He testified to having seen the nephew the session of Judge Snell's court | ‘defendant wandering around the Officers at the station may the! 11. morning city at all hours of the day and privoner ie the wayward son of 7 jnight. He had seen him on the |Bwing MoCool, of Walla Walla, a| W. J. Elliott, captain of the fire| night before the shooting in the jbrotherinJaw of Mr. Monaghan. |boat Snoqualmie, was the first wit-| vicinity of the Bmory home bee er had never seen his|/ ness’ He had known Chester for|tween the hours of 11 and 18 and therefore did not recog o'clock seven years and had often seen him nise him under the name assumed. to the effect that A statement " tridi alot a ‘ond « j " The accused was discovered by |*triding along Railroad ay. return-| ne nad seen Chester walking on ® Mine Margaret Monaghan in her jing to his home in the early hours| rainy night about a year ago in the father's room in the family rest-jof the morning. He had seen him| vicinity of Lakeview cemetery dence, the night before Christmas |daring the winter lying on the|brought forth about am hours She and her brother beld him until |rass near the shore of Lake Wash crowe-examination from the prose the arrived mgton. He ki warned him ath a EVERETT TRUE’S TRIP TO NEW YORK---NO. 2 wu 1009 WE NEW YORK RUSH, 18 ITF EVERY STREET A GRIDIRONE JSOSTLE ME SOME MORE f/ +] Somesady Bum ME AGAIN, TOO BIG A HURRY TO BE DECENT, EHE Sih SEE IF CAN'T BE STRENUOUS FOR A MINUTE OR Two!!! BRING ON YOUR AMBULANCES HUY Qn, pe