The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1907, Page 1

RY G. FARMER, THE SEATTLE STAR’S SPECIAL RAILROAD COMMISSIONER IN EUROPE, TELLS ON PAGE 5 OF TODAY’S STAR, OF RAILROAD CONDITIONS IN BELGIUM THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAGT.Fair Tonight and Wednesday; Continued Cold; Strong Northeast Winds. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1907. PROPERTY OF © Publis [Abra PAY ONLY 7ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE — oe > s Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News FAMILIAR SCENES IN AND ABOUT SEATTLE--NUMBER 7 EXT WEEK - - VOL, 8 NO, 274 — AN® pr Me acct * NOTICE FRANZ AND HANZ WE RRRICNES OF (3) pra woRsd: SHALL gy ne ated No WHISTLING rae . evr- . FAMOUS FURIOUS FANCY FLoRIO 6 —" £ yYouRS- bay 1 THINK be — THO) ZYME FOOLISH FAST FETCHING SMOKIN ——— TAKE YOUR RRRE FUSE “ A lati So? Ol is avery /| EKKE AROLKSONE Fa/VOLOVS CAT-CALLING Hac Pt tat HAND OUN, or MY PocKeT FLIO-FLAM FARCE very very FRENZY FUDGE ’ VERY ROTTEN oF STOMPIN : 'M GOING Home IF I lye” CAN 6&T Ase / IF YOU'VE EV |TRIPLE TRAGEDY CAUSED BY DESIRE FOR REVENGE TAA OER eG ERk a AWHEDLRLELASEELAA LG AAEA DA RAKAARETREAA DRADER EE rrr ss | eee eer eee eee ls errrrs TW. Emmons Kills Gen. ©. W. Turner, Shoots} ¢ Andy T. Russell and Sends Bullet Into His| * “Own Brain, Dying This Morning--Russell’s| * ‘Condition Serious--Murderer Leaves Letters, Explaining His Act. eee eee eee ee eee LETTER TO POSTMASTER STEWART. Beattie, January 7. Me, Stewart, P.M. Dear Sirs | know that you have a kind heart for a poor bey, a& you told me about one dewn in North & Dakota, Now, will you kindly writ my bey. Me is & left entirely alone with not a rele Advise ® to stay on our old ranch, as | do not want him to come down & here, as he will be inclined to de, and oblige, His address is # ©. K, Emmons, Glenuilin, North Dakota, . T. W. EMMONS. (* ER ee ee be im Pete tee eee eee eee } seer eet ee ee ee EMMONS’ FAREWELL LETTER TO HIS SON. Seattle, 1-4 a bullet Inte | # He’ wheeted affair go to prove that not by any | tr } word or than that | nix ' the place and rent head My Dear Boy:— By the time you receive this | will be under the sod gf Because | have get into trouble with « bad man. He has B abuses and ch. i me for two months. | can stand it no feeger. | will enuff him out very soon and pase in my own at b ghecks at the same time. So do not grieve over me one min - ar ‘ we ¢ n Sm em. for | will die with my boots on, and | want you to do - Ee same. Stand up for your rights, be it much or email * tt t ' Bet above all, be honest and square, as | have always been. Do IB dieet come out here. Stick to the old ranch. It belongs to you ERE I i I i a a i ee ie ie ie i a a ieee te De ee Be De ee ee ed eee eee ete ete ete tee tet eee eee Ty now. There is no claim against it. Hadily Bean is te pay the taxes. Stay right thefe in old North Dakota. Get a nice ‘ ; : be . “ | & Mittie wife as soon as you are old enough and settle down. Go oa 4 # out and hunt up the stray horses. Stock up the old place a ® again and keep things moving and you will come out all right ° . ® Whatever ic left out of my shipwreck here will be sent to you « ® with my trunk and the box of clothing. Keep the old retice rn ’ - GEN. C. W. TURNER, T. W. EMMONS, ® in my trunk for your children, and now, to cut it short, after “f i . age outf t Victim of the Wrath of Emmons. Murderer and Suicide. & the many long years we spent alone among the horses and sed f . MEEAEL y hove to cay geeding forever, G0 be Mi, ond Ged be : r ; EERE Rah hhh @ with you, my boy (om . th ' no ony cate cn ae . * Your old Dad, was poe b. ‘ oad o cle dealer <i * T. W. EMMONS. Having ‘ ' | on ee ea Tre i . . 4 : Peete ee - _ mond " b * j te ° ‘ @ VICTIMS OF LAST NIGHT'S #) “ps re * THPLE TRAGEOY * . f hie wour nat taretched ¢ * . I! Russell's Conditio @ tide, rether than breast thie . : urns ‘ Gar sscws cneresys of , Neroon It wie will Carry Out Its Threat and Take a rent, and in this instance it hap- | Public schools of Bes a * shot and instantly # | . cae Ruse . “ s " "Re " nes Sea afternoon by Secretary Jones of $ hilles. * Piven’ heiathee: Ghat wae Him the Power to Approve or Disapprove Of pottuce” te rerresents tne Univers {the neneo beard * W. Emmons, the murder. @ ' . b ' “ ry Weak fr y district, the h ward ‘3 3 hk inflict r r abia and Capitol Hill schools , died of his self-inflicted K and wh Saloon License Bonds. He has proven an easy victim of the | , Columbia Pasi wound at 12:20 k this ® = triepearad closed for tw this morning Ue afterncon at the Wayside @ he t t ot ack of f @ Emergency hospita * * ne a evenue committee At present the schools are only a? a ~ Since he has been mayor of Seattle, William Hickman | + a the best ex € lacie "heenthed seit: eneuat auld a ee : pained = Moore has given to this city a clean administration r Dy ea Le tie ded Tee tripie erage, pons | Bs He has stood in the way of the lawless, in the council (37°00 » Pagetsttrgg at abo The University of Washington the breast. In a * and out of it |e " to run for the re DR condition at Providence ~* | He has denied to disreputable men the privilege of oper * week, @ large. o8b ® pital . ating saloons een re i the past Reta eeteeteeeawe He has vetoed legislation passed by the city council, that Ew. “ Pass on the face of it was bad. » be cule aes "He has denied the council.the right to say that a saloon | MINSTREL SHOW ened er shall be opened on property owned by the county Emmons’ Intended V Shot, But Not Fatally URDERER In doing these things he has antagonized the city coun cil, and has made enemies of men out of the council who thrive the better when lawless conditions exist in the city For this reason the council has combined against him to _ (Scripps Telegraph ‘Bervice) « . LAWRENCE POIZNSK, WHO,* ' today by "¥! block his work. In taking from him the right to approve or ve SHOT AND KILLED ALECK : disapprove of bonds furnished by saloon men seeking k J Strouse won SKROUPA AND WOUNDED . licenses, the council will rob him of a g power for good " “ nie 5 Seattle i MIKE SKROUPA, NARROWLY The word has gone forth from the nc amber that ge rs ' ESCAPES BEING STRUNG UP Mayor Moore is to be checked up suddenly ther ways i a tliat he is not to be permitted to “make himself strong with ' ' P ane C es Stor | the peor le.” i 5 . The suggestion has been made that an application by the i F . t voters of the “recall” in one or two wards might have a good ; ; i effect upon the council i : Why not try it? i . h f- ‘ . 7 « | COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE OF P 1 i . *\ apr ' MURPHY—MAYOR MOORE RE i \ . : enim APPOINTS MALONEY AS 8U M , t , « _ E PERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 7 - Male Po PRT ahh . alect \ I , 4 I * + ‘ * * & we r * © i * «J y * x im Of Mr. Mike * ° ps rt f n me : Mt TM | * ' t. | want you to take # . i ® my fact ant to be # . | t of the wreck # * in w . . * an t KE s * 4 ww * * om * © we * ’ * F * r * ‘ 4 * nm he . Phas PR a ea ”