The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 22, 1907, Page 1

Houses Pledged. . Preparing « cation. it Perviee.) mC. J Lord's nent of the use 2, a privilege to $20,000 a off by the present passage of a wtate MM, requiring banks to Interest on all de of the #en- d in cancus to Dill, and tte ~The jury on BP. Shee. of charged with the business of ® Co. tailed to img ext 33 hours. A ‘are kept In Mr.| When Lee A. Johneon bank of “Local Option.” Acquitta! and tive | Investment company, returned to- Rew trini hae been | day after a tour in California, He Prosecution states | Was accompanied by his family. Mr wp the new trial) Turner reports that everywhere in in Seattle That Dares Pit the Newt ISLATURE WILL END KER LORD’S GRAFT Passed Providing for the Payment of Two nt Interest on All Deposits of State Funds Crepe, or banks designated by im ‘Today deposits tn Lord's bank ox ceed $200,000, on which no interest is received. At 2 per cent intereet this would yield the state $14,000 a year Representative J. B. Gilbert of Spokane raised a storm in the house thie morning by introducing 4 resolution revoking the order of, the chief elerk that all house em ployes repert for duty on Sunday After a somewhat acriminous dts Johason, Halteman, Hutehingon and — the resolution was adopt ead sttighent&. ae be- lene oe week TURNER RETURNS ‘ROM GOUTH. HM. & Turner, of the H. & Turner the south Seattle ie the much die- cunsed city. The Washington Bible society meets tonight st the Plymouth Congregational church at § o'clock ‘The annual election of officers will dotnan. 7. of Rev. Sane! Greene will make ad- dreaaes. g. £2--The tm: | WANTS DEATH INFORMATION. Jan. 22-—The C. Hover, which Feacued by Capt Mar Spasia! Service.) et . Jan, 22-—-De Se @taminotion of Dr 4 of Seattle, the etpert witness, oc moruing session asked a regular jon prepared by Pattomeys, to which be answer “that such was conducted ince, and consisted ding the various The strong- Was reg the a ranolse after ood ‘Cader the impression that Was being persecut ated that he Apt to continue his Wred one instead of OWe personal safety. sl The crossexam by Attorneys fe ati gotn a crime while; fworings at Hover |iast night by Detectives Hubbard down the Co-| and McClurg on a charge of passing ey seager information has just Sergeant of Detectives | c gre ‘Tennant received a wire this ing from the J. B. Linahan ys ny, Winona, Minn. asking for full particulars of the death of Michaect Pinahan, killed in a collision on the OR & N. Linahan was pot killed fn thle county. wire cers ¢ DECREE. Supertor Judge ige Morris this morn ing signed a decree which severed the a es bonds yh oy Edith K. Oldham agatnat Roy Old harm. Desertion and nopsupport were charged by the wite. ALLEGEO FORGER ARRESTED. J, Carter, a tatior, wae arrested checks, BW. Cregan, « forged Brake and chauffeur, was held as witness, The | gvngmite of a dredge boat polices state that Carter has been guilty of passing & large number ot bes. create | nae a nat a email ameunte = N THOMPSON TRIAL near young man's conduct as being true. In the redirect examination by At- torney Vance for the state, the wit- ness stated, however, that from per- sonal obaervations and a close study ot the defendant he did not think Chee insane, The “substance of his teatimony, which hae occupied more time than that of any other witness, is that he does not person, ally believe the boy insane, although | ander conditions as described by the defense, if true, the Indications would point te insanity. Neither) side gnined very much by hts teati- mony, unless the defense proves the trot of it Miegations, in which case the state's witness will have scored @ potnt for the defense. Dr. Willlameon was followed on the stand by Mra. 6 rude Croan, the wife of Daniel Cr proprie of the hotel at which the Themp- non party stopped while visiting at Lake Oushman, Her evidence was introduced to refute that of the de- fense, aa to Chester's conduct while | gone on at the resort. She had noticed noth- mony Concluded. | ing unu I in the young MERE testimony of Dr WI | odes, and certainly nothing to Witness for the state, | indiente that he was of unsound Yeoterda In the | mind. mained un / Dr. A. Hl. MeClish was put on the Cross - «x ation. |atang to further refute the testi te & hypothers juee- | mony of the defense as to the plea WING defense the witness stat~| of insanity, He answered but a few HH & perso: 1 be in- | preiiminary questions previous to Pe MCePtIng the «10° tx as to} the closing of the court for the day PERSONS DIE BUFFALO GALE Is now estimated at $1 led to a great her damage is jany huge lake Mners high and dry Nich renulted t enormous. haw sul t nd fur the RARER Groat Britain desired or wan will: rere ecient ine to aocept further ald for the! TESTIMONIAL TO wafferers’ at Kingston, In reply to} ROOSEVELT, this @ @abdlegram was nent to Wash —_— that as the home LONDON, Jan, 22.--Arehe reeelved no communica shop Nuttall, of Kingston, Jamaica, the govern aceording to a dispatch, has ment Wae unable to fe the re Springs | perior and! THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST.-Pair To <eAtTLA WASHINGTON, TORSDAY, JAN, 22, 1907. |SWETTENHAM INCIDENT CREATES EXCITEMENT wired President Roosevelt the thanks of the commuaity for the assistance by RearAduwir al Davis. The diepateh saya the citixens are prepart: a tontimeontal to the president, OPP eee ee (Scripps Telegraph Services.) LONDON, Jan, 22.—Ginee send ing the eablegram to Governor Awettenbam, of Jamaica, British officials bere have received go further word from him concerning | tagamo, Cuba, announce that his version of the incident at Lo 3 full report of the Incident from ston. Yesterday the gor Tithe viewpoint of Admiral Davis cabled the home office asking that| have been forwarded to Washing thanks be extended to the Amert/tom by majl, No official reason for ean government, but in thie die) the departure of Admiral Davis patch no mention wes made of any) from Kingston has as yet been re existing uspleananiness between | cetved at Washington, The tnei- himself and Rear-Admiral Davia dont furnishes the chief tople of The action of Governor Swet-| conversation here in official cireles, tenham is incomprehensible to the| and the report of Admiral Davis home office, and word from him} is pwatted. explanation of the affair ts -- eagerly awaited. The first intima | APPROPRIATION BILL n tion of the trouble received here THE CRITTENTON HOME. was through the press, and no a ‘aceon sone were more surprised thao Yesterday at Olympia Hepresen- the government officlais who took) tative Rynek introduced a bill ap 0 immediate action concerning a full pre: $2,000 for the Flo: é explanation of the matter, Crittentan home at Dunlap, The A cablegram wan received from the British charge d'affaires at on appropriations com: tee, | betranom ret Jaquiring. whether a A Ye BOY IN AUTO RUN DOWN BY CAR own the grade and de ana the wh out of the tonnes See ewig Ca wement and severely but MENRY cAsay, 8on GON OF F. A See ewig CASEY, 18 HURT IN COLLI. to the peti = a bruised. He took « street ear home, after having sent BION AT BROADWAY AND hot | the remains of his car to the North: PIKE. west AGlgmobiie companys gar A Seattle Electric company coal age, train, on ite way te te James at.| Young Casey spent the biggest power house, last night at Broad: part of his spare time for two years) way and Pike st. ran down 13-year. building machine, end he put) old Henry Casey, aon of F. A. together detall of the mechan Casey, of 1417 Twentythird av.,/ tem, = with tearfilied eyes whe was riding in Kis miniature! that he viiwed the destruction of automobile, The coal.car wae com-! his NRC ITS NRE SO ct ea ce aR“ SER GARBAGE WAR: BREAKS quirenieots of the citizens of the atrickeam city. In this message the | thaake Of the British government and Die majesty the king, are ex tended to the Americans for ¢ reat Benintance rendered the #u! forers 4 time of need. ‘Davie Maile Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. qaueseueeee : Sete eeeeeeeeeee * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 * * * 22.—Ad Eva Indians, and the ordiser Yankton are now at Guan CAPT. GEO. W. MORSE, The Oldest Member in the House, PSAP H RANA eawHe * : CANAL sono” HEARING, . * cooded in baving the Lake @ Washington canal bond case & ® set for hearing before the su # 5 preme court for Jan. 31. * * SRR FILES AFFIDAVIT AGAINST HARPER, Chief of Potiee Wappenstein and Heary A. Adamsa,eot, an he ts better knowa, Vincent Harper, socialist orator apd novelist, intend to fight thetr cases to a standeti!], accord tng to an affidavit filed in the wo- court this morning by the chief, Adame, or Harper, le not in elned to accept the ruling of the chief regarding the sale of bis phiet, “The Real Truth About Fringe.” tnfune- jon against the chief prohibiting him from interfering with the sale it filed this fecites that the book fx vadgar and immoral and unfit for distribution. A bond for $8,000 to pay damages sustained in arrests | eatet would fail of conviction ts offered by Chtet Wappeasteta BELOW ZERO IN ‘TWAS A BAD og FOR RAILROAD PEOPLE night and Wediiesday; Fresh Gout heast Winds. SERRA RARER ARBOR, “4 NO MORE THPOIN MISSOURI, JRFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan, 22--The house today passed the Tubbs antitipping bil, ‘The bill makes ft a mix demeanor to tip a walter, por ter or servant. A fine of from $5 to $600 may "be imposed for violation of the law sete tee eeeeee oe ee ee ee EW LIBRARY Io CROWDED Bince the opening of the new it~ brary the etroulation of books has wreatly increased. Last Saturday a total of L375 were teaued, of which 410 were juvenile books and the bal- ance general works. ‘The cireulation for the past week wan 6.29%, ae against 3,869 for the corresponding Week of last year, the gain being 1.4 ‘The patronage of the library has increased so rapidly in all depart- ments that aireedy the accomeda- tions and factiities are becoming tn- adequate. In the general reading room, which has a seating capacity of over a hundred, every seat is oo~ cuptied the entire day, a any are forced to other roome. The children's reading room taat week iseued 1,970 books, the number ot young readers having greatly In- oreased over what it was in the old dufiding. Better secomodations and the al attractiveness of the new he are greatly responsible for this increased popularity. LAND. GRAFTING [9 CHARGED (Star Special Service.) VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 22.-—~ The charge te publicly made here this afternoon that Robert Green, former minister of lands and works, whoee resignation prectpt tated the general election, was cor- ruptly offered $37,000 im shares of the TransContinental Syndicate, opereting in Northern Britieh Co- humbia, In exebange for favors he bas rendered in having their ap plications for coal lands pushed OUT ONCE MORE scavengers) Kitiott, We the Colman bullding, was! NORTHWEST The Italian garbage (Scripps Telegraph Service.) ning to the monopoly which ~ ST PAUL, Jan, 22-—tt ts ox had charge of hailing the city’s | eee yg erage tremely cold throughout the north | gartege for «0 long, have broket | pow Bast Mercer an se The thermometer registers| every promise made by them #8 | Roy stay Bnd Nineteenth and below sero here and 28 at! oral monthn ago bn Tewpect to thelr Devils Lake. Residents in many | tuture howling of garbage. Yester- sections of North Dakots are in dire] day and today complaints abows the | extremities on account of the lack} refuent of the Italians to take ger- of fuel. The Great Northern is send-|hege away come tn © Chiet gr P ing coal and wood on passenger | tice Wappenst thick and fat, and trains. today both the potlo® and the erty | toot et @H., and that the district | have again taken the whole garbage | surpos ix too foulte live in. | yuestian in hand. Two letters were received By the ‘The garbage men have complained | wnayor frato Mr. Huggins In re-/ that the ley condition of the streets | sponse to the first, signs were placed rendered it tmponttble fap thet | on the Meck In question, prohibiting | to haw! refuse for many of (HP reel- | the dumping of esrbege thereon, but) donee portions of the olty an@ have | inese signe were divobeyed, Today alowed it to acoumutate for dare | ORs? Whppenstein sent men out to Today Mayor Moore took under a4- | sap re from violating the visement the turning over of the re- | ofty's exter: : fee matter to the city and Hite not] rns parbage question.” said the improbable that he WH call Out the | cites, “Bbould be handied by the ity wagons to hadi the gurbexe| neaitty Gepartment. [t whifte all this) from how on. an to the police, wherear tt te the A letter received by Mayor Moore | ¢yty of tte Inepectors and officers from N. W. Hugging, of the feal es i wre have ecough to do without tend- tate firm of Retherford, sh ct & ling to Hsework Te IR ae SR a RE I RRM AS TO START POST OFFICE PROBE The inadequate service fubnished ned throm by the Seattle poetoffice will be) affal thoroughly threshed owt at a meet | for emergency fund of $800 to ing of the Chamber of Commerce | hire on. men to clean up de tomorrow afternoon. | layed mall. A recommendation to Much speculation has been excit- raise the salaries of the salaries ed as to the suggestion to be made of senators and congressmen from for the remedying of existing trou. $6,000 to §8,900 @ year will be made, blew In the delivery of mail. Numer) and a report by the Lake Washing: ous letters have come to the cham- ton canal committee will be heard ber, complaining of the present eye on the biflding of a wooden lock tem. Joseph Mayer & Bros, In a in the condult. The Humphrey bill, lengthy letter, deca: Juable or- pesoaain 760,000 acres of land in dere have been lost because of de- mountains for a ga lay In delivery reserve, will also be die Tee Chamber mater ae THE POLICE ARE REAL MEAN TO NELL Neill Pickerell, whose penchant td wearing men's clothing, made her appearance in the police court this morning and, after & shert hearing, was given the altefnative @ leav ing the city befor sundo®n or spending 30 days in the elty bastile cround je save the @arbeae men nate Guinped hundrede of loads of | aahes and 7efawe on th t aoe = tual ce of the ¢ ‘Pourteenth ay. potting a SK KILLED COLLISION (Scripps Telegraph Service.) CHARLESTON, 8. C., Jan. 22.-- If « head-on collision on the Bouth ern railroad near Yamasee, four train men were killed and two, whe are missing, are supposed to have | ond — by the fire which (Seripos Telegraph Service) CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo, Ji the committee on national feached here of the destruction by hae asked the government this morning. Twd workmen were killed, The International Harvest er company was digging @ drainage canal near here. HUNDREDS DIE IN TIDAL WAVE (Boripps Telegraph Service.) LONDON, Jan. 22.--A dispatch received here saye the tidal wave on Jan. 1 in the Dutch Kast Indies destroyed the island of Simalu and that 1,500 lives were lost The Simalu tidal wave was ac | companted by terrific earthquake |whocks, which still continue datly The civil governor of Atchin has | gone to the scone SOLDIERS. RIOT to of Commerce,! cunsed city with her parents, had over} stayed her furlough and was mab- bed this morning. Judge Gordon looked really provoked, as he men- toned the fact that Nell had a few sunpented sentences which she should serve; Dut on a promise from the chifef fo deport her with all pow sible banth,she was allowed to de in addition to paying « fine of $100 Bhe took her chance and made good rt. her escape. Nell, who had permis:| “I (iink*the police are real sion from Chief of Polioe Wappen | méan!* quoéth Neil, as she hurried stein to spend the holidays tn the’ away. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) COLUMBUS, ©, Jan. 22-—It te iithely that the preside ot will called upon to investigate the riot | jot soldiers here Inst night. Sen jator Foraker's friends declare that | Roonevelt will have to diemise the | rioters, However, the officers have levidence showing the guilt of thetr | men. “CAR RUNS AWAY ONE HURT ol jteok no setion at that time. “lis the most notable charge of cor tleth VR Harih, le dieraMe-mer™ |rustion im connection with public forward Green, it is alleged, named 4 fri i to receive the shares in jtrust for him, The ayndicate grew |diseatiefied with his actions and teday turned ever to Chief Wappen- lexposed the whole deal te the pre |mier of the province and the ex: which, however, This |ecutive council, lands ever made here. The decu ments to eee the charge are in ere (QUEEN ON THE EXCURSION RUN The Pacific Coast Steamship company snnounced this morning that the steamer Queen will be placed on the Alaska excursion run during the Christian Endeavor aa tional convention next summer, The Spokane will attend to the regular excursion business, while the Queen will be placed on the run in addi tion Officials announced this mort ing that the round trip rate on the Queen will be $80, the steamer making every port on the regular excursion run. The rates on the Spokane will be the same as for. merly, $100. ORDER 16 BEING RESTORED (Scripps Telegraph Service.) KINGSTON, Jan. 22.--The banks have resumed payment, but no at tempts have been made as yet to restart budiness. The car service has been re “|eumed, and it is thought that a newspaper will be published to- day Merchants fear that the insur anee companies will not pay the losses, because of the earthquake clause in the policies. The loss is now conservatively estimated at 916,000, 1008. ANKENY SEEKS APPROPRIATION (Seripps 5 Tel ‘aph Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C,, Jan, 22 Under the title “for the relief of the heire of Benjamin Holliday,” Senator Ankeny yesterday itro- duced a novel bill in the senate The bill states that Holiday, who has been dead for many years, wae a mail carrier during the Indian troubles, and that at great personal expense succeeded in having post James st. cabl@ car No. 10 made, right Rand was severely cut by the wh the bill between | glass. The line was tied up for |Second and Firat ave, last night, | over on hour owing to the snapping of a bra Disaster seems to xw the Cal! rod. The car brought up agains family. Several weeks ago} lthe frog at First ay. and the pas lahan’s father was on the! engers were piled up at gne end orson st. car which dashed! - Otho W. Callahan, of 1601 B. Jef-| down the hill between Broadway A. T. Rustell, the saloonkeeper|ferson st. standing on the front|and Fifteenth av. being thrown | shot by T. W. Emmo several|end, was thrown through a glas#| from the cat and having to | weeks ago, left the Providenc | window and his head brulted. His! over a ®pek in a hosy pital last night, fully recovered © SR POLICE DETAILED TO BERKELEY WINS THE AUTO RAGE, ENFORCE QUARANTINE | | (Soripps ‘Gabslel. Gervien:) (Scripps Telegraph Service.) and fourteen now came Infec DAYTON BBACH, Fla, Jan, 22 CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—-The epidemie ‘tions dt were discovered to Ideal weather prevails for the auto-| of infectious diseares ® so alarm G@riiers have been iseued that sable: Phe Thy first race wasting this morning that wniformed po hereafter official Nt pay not the won by Edward Berkeley, in an|licemen were sent to the houses o hteat aitention to the politieal American Mercedis 76-horacpower} families whore tofluence had pre in ee of elu snta for spectal | gasoline machine vented placarding. Two hundred | favors ° roads built, The measure asks that his heirs be mbursed for this ex diture,- The amount involved is 6,379 § SUSCESSOR UY (Scripps y Tolegranh 1 Service.) TOPEKA, Kan, Jan, 22-—-Chas Curtis was formally elected United States senatér this afternoon A bill was introduced in the ate today providing that press Jawsoclations shall furnish service }to any paper in Kansos willing to bill pro be the pay for the service, The ides that if the pre refused the state can tele rider phone not to deliver th offending press agsociation to any poner in the sat ° service of the and telegraph companies | PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL. 8 NO, 284. 95 CENTS PER MONTH. * Railway Commissioner Lawrence Lays Before Commissioner Lane Contents of Report to Be Made to Legislature by Washington State Rail- way Commission. Hines of transcontinental railway, dowble tracks for the roads | already operating, together with more passenger and side tracks, mo- tive power and cars—all these things are necessary before the present stagnation tn traffic, dub hed the “car shortage,” can be re Heved, according to the testimony of Jobn C. Lawrence, member of the state railway commission, be fore Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Lane this morning. Mr. Lawrence practically turn- ed over to the interstate commerce commission the report of the state railway commission in advance of ite publication. Holding a draft of the report in bie hand, Mr, Law rence made his statement to the; commissioner and agreed to fur-| nish the interstate commerce com misston with the entire report and evidence collected by the commis | sion, together with recommenda- tions as to possible systems of al leviating present conditions, Bad for Railroads. It wae.a bad morning for the rail roads. Not only did Mr. Lawrence | state on the stand that he thought that the car shortage was in a large measure due to the false policy of | economy practiced in the operation of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads pursuant to or ders from New York, but also Sen ator Paulhamas told of the ex peasive experience of the fruit growers of the state with the rail roads in the last year or #0, and RS NSE SE Ot ttt! More *! WHO WROTE ‘EM? * (Star Special Service.) CHICAGO, Jan. 22,-—-The expelled footballita are to ask for reinstatement by February 1. Letters have been re celved from the west estab- Mehing thetr good character. Kakereeaeeeeke WAS PUT OFF GN. TRAIN The Great Northern railway was this morning made defendant in a suit for damages brought by Mre. Nancy Turner, of Index, who charged the company with having roughly ejected ber from a train The complaint alleges that on Nov. 9 last Mra. Turner bought « tleket and checked two trunks from Index to Everett. Upon get ting on the train, it ts charged, the conductor demanded her ticket, at the same time saying, “I don't think you have got a ticket.” She looked for her ticket, it is said, and found rhe had either lost or misplaced it. Thereupon, the complaint sets forth, the conductor grabbed Mrs. Turner roughly by the arm and tn the struggle that followed her purse fell to the floor, She was not al- lowed to pick it up, it is averred, but was hurried from the coach as soon as the train came to a} standstill. Mrs. Turner sues for $1,91 eteteeteeeee * * *. * * * * * * * | | OPERATE | WILL OPERATE ALL CANNERIES, The Northwestern Fisheries company announced today that all of thetr canneries in Southeastern Alaska will be in operation next season. Several of their canner) jes have not been fn operation for the past two seasons, but as the salmon business is such an {m-} portant commercial factor all can- neries will be fitted up and run during the regular season. The canneries are as follows: Chilkoot cannery, near Halnes; ‘Taku cannery, entrance to Taka| river; Dundas cannery, Dundas bay, im ley straits; Santa Ana can nery, inside Deer island 40 miles south of Wrangel; Quadra cannery, Boca de Quadra iniet; Hunter's Bay cannery, outside Prince of Wales isiand, Jackson P.O. GO TO OLYMPIA. TOMORROW J. B. Chilberg and Henry B. Ree of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expost tion leave tomorrow afternoon for Olympia, where they will confer) with a committee from both houses | and the committee on appropria:| tions of the state logisiature as to appropriations to be made by the state to the big show. Gerge FE. Boos, special commissioner of the A-Y.-P. exposition in Idaho, reports a favorable conference with the ex) position committee of the legisla- ture of that state. HIS PLEA SAVED iM FROM JAIL of bis Httle «trl and For the sake widowed mother, whom he alleges he is supporting, George Howard. who was arrested as a hanger-on in saloons In the northern part of the was pardoned this morning by Police Judge Gordon. Howard jaime to be a painter. Judge Gor jon, after hearing the evidence, al- | lowed him his freedor the prom we that } ¥ hime in the future aoe | Sandford, he also blamed the failure of the roads to cope with the dewande of traffic to the greed of “some one in control” who was more interest ed in computing dividends than ip keeping the roads ap to the point of efficient service to the public Gen. Ashton and Attorneys Grif fith and Specht conducted the ex- amination for the lumber interests, who are the cause of the inquiry here, and Attorneys A. M. Cam of Spokane, and L. C. You crosvexamined iu the Interest the reflways. Wanted to Be Fair. In calling the session to order, Commissioner Lane explained that in investigating the car shortage he desired evidence concerning the fneiiities for moving freight and the time consumed, and suge from either or both sides as to practical methods for retteving the present condition and preventing —_ recurrence, It was not re to embarrans the rail mo Pl he stated, but to find a rem- edy if he could which could be reported and recommended by the interstate commerce conmission, He agreed to give today to the shippers to establish evidence of their grievances, and tomorrow to the railroads to answer them. In giving his testimony, Mr. Law rence stated that the commission had been deluged with complaints from all over the state during its year and & half of existence and (Continved on Page on PURSUES GIRL WITH A KNIFE J. L, Scott, an old Alaskan miner, this morning, before daylight, chased his daughter, May, out of the house at 318 Becond ay. north in her night clothes and threatened her life with a handsaw and butcher knife, The girl's preference tor an objec- tionable suftor ts alleged to have caused the trouble. The frightened girl was first aroused by her father, still in his night garments, and with the saw land knife in hie hand, cursing his daughter and wife. She leaped out of bed and hid bebind a door while Scott attempted te demolish the pieno. Seeing her chance she bolted for the back door, and, pursued by her father, ran half a block In her bare feet. Scott returned to the house and locked his wife and children In @ room and told them that if they came out or screamed he would “cut! their hearts out.” He then finished dressing and left the house. In the meantime the daughter tel- ephoned the police and Detectives Adams and Corbett went out to the house at ence. They found both women terrified lest Scott should return and kill them. Sodn the man wan seen coming down the street and be was taken in charge by the and locked up tm the Scott claime a M rooms in his house and pays atten- tion to his daughter. He is 48 yeara old and says he was born in Ab: “You're a disgrace to that county,” he was told at police headquarters, WOMAN DRIVEN TO INGANITY (Star Special Service.) TACOMA, Jan. 22.-—-For a viola- tion of the postal |: in opening mafl addressed to Miss Eva M. Hall, | whom she suspected of improper ee — her husband, Mra. Corne! arter, of Hoguiam, is held at the Pierce county jail, in default of $500 bonds. Mrs. Carter is nearly 50 years of age, and domestic trouble has wor tied her to such an extent that it is feared she will become insane over her misfortunes. The woman is sick and distracted now, and her condition may ‘prove critical, unless her mind is disabused of the haunt- ing suspicion which worries her at present. DEAD WUNBERS. TWENTY-NINE TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan, 23.—~ Twenty-nine persons are dead, ac+ cording to the latest estimate of fatalities In the Big Four wreck at in which an entire pase enger train was blown to pieces by the explosian of a freight car load- ed with dynamite, the explosion be- ing caused by the concussion cre ated by the passing train DIES AT DOOR OF HOSPITAL (Star Gpecial Service.) WALLA WALLA, Jan. 22.—Wi- liam H. Hiigar, a laborer, was fatal- ly tnjured in a cave-tn yesterday afternoon, while working on the city waterworks system, three miles sbove Walla Walla. He was re- moved to a hospital, but died while ping taken from the valance SLASHED IN FIGHT. a cutting serape at 414 Fitth early this morning, & Japanese name of Yamamoto was se thé side of the with a knife in the In av by the ve y slashed head-and wrist bande of T. Kat a, who was al badly eut in the hand. Yamamo was removed to the Wayside hoe pital, and Kataska was placed in the city jatl he cause of the quarrel is not known RIS LECTURE TONIGHT. New tha ¥. slums of ieture. is one of rh A, ster at the hospital steps. ARREST ACTRESS HERE On a warrant sworn out by Terael | Katz, of the firm of Waterman & Kats, of Port Townsend. F Williams, an actress, was ested rly this morning by Detectives Byrne and Phillips and booked as @ fugitive at the police static: Mi Williams {ts charged with ng obtained a bill of goods, un jer fal pretense She is also thought to be wanted tn Seattle for « number of similar offenses e