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PAY ONLY «a THE SEATTLE STAR = [exi.cis" WEATHER FORECAGT.-Fair Tonight and Bir: sarah pe watts Rain; Fresh Southeast Winds, rint the News SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDWESDAY, JAN. 95, 1907. VOL. 8 NO. 285, 25 CENTS PER MONTH, F [END AT WORK IN THE THAW CASE IN JENSEN'S GROVE Bringhurst Co st Co-operates With Police in Et) MARTELL 18 WANTED, to Find Mysterious Pyromaniac Who Is Al- gered ee Beets em as te. P. J. Martell, a contrac oup THOUSANDS ATTEMPT TO SEE HARRY THAW Man Accused of Murdering Stanford White Is Led to Tribune of Justice-Jurymen Called and Two ~ MUBICALE A A suce ¥ ES or The recital h t night in Chris tianson’s Broadway hall, which was given by the D. 8, Johnston com a el Fired Many Homes. powed to be living in Seattle and elt attend he hall y at ON tiny croma_ ‘te anince wes| Acvepted--Thaw’s Relatives in Attendanon representative and included many of the leading artists of the city John &. Gibbs, violinist, gave @ sonata in F, from Greig, and Miss Clara Lewys «ang, both being given hearty ovations. PORTLAND CARS » this, and that he had nothing of value |“! t ave an aunt by the name nber af| in it to steal of Mra. Ray Kellan, also living in the city, but neither of the names are in the city directory. (Seripps Telegraph Service.) great effort to retain his self com NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 23,-—| trol Charles Dryden, an engineer, the rowde thronged the streets At) a. catisman called, indicated that in the noighbor I have no enemies that | know Greve of,” he sald, “and have never had dreendiary origin and| the least trouble with my neigh a” Work of some firdé bors My house is not covered by ASKS $25 000 FOR with ’ teeurance. [ am alone here gad Fire Marshal Ket-) my wife and one little daughter, N’ ting this afternoon and ean think of no possible rea an early hour this morving|])6 had formed a biased opinion, in an en deavor to see Hurry K.| whieh Attorney Jerome thought Thaw enter the court buflding,| would not permit an impartial com Thousands of applications made for | "eration of the evidence. Unwritten Law Mentioned, tas OO € he son why ot te di t a y anyone should want to places in the court room were re Of persons burn down my home. t jected T L tred After the close of the ninae Bringburet has per Mr. Mann thea related how, a}. A #¥it for 625,000 damages was noengy WO DNBEIOR BOWEIOTE | 05 e ernptor hale ‘ rift men from thin country and Bu tion Dryden was peremptorily chat himeotf In the; week ago Sunday night, he ha@|Seaun in Superior Judge Pi was at his direction observed @ tian prowling about his | ° urt agninet the Independent Tele- Went out to investt-| house for nearly an hour, and how|Phene company by Anthony W, he had followed him around the | B@urten, father of Eimer, a T-year- '} m was sent out block and down to the street car | 4 boy, who was electrocuted ep! from | police headquar tracks, where the mysterious | tember 19, 1906, by coming in con- an ineendiary | stranger Jumped a fence and hid/ tect with « live wire, which had st W. F. Mann at) behind a tree. Mr. Mann declared | fallen across the sidewalk at the in the man went so far ae to go | tersection of Bighth ay. and Lane at ai Mibout 1 clock, Mr.| the porch and that he stopped be . be heart & noise in fore other houses in the wd be | a and kod out of hood before betug frightened away " prowl lenge: During the examination of Dryden, Jerome made the first ref- erence to the “unwritten law” when he asked the taleaman if he would allow such « law to enter into bis were admitted. Those, with at taches of the court and those di rectly connected with the trial were admitted to the exelusion of the general public. The Molineanx and Patrick trials are surpassed tn | #4ement. a public show of interest Thaw's counsel objected to the Shortly after 10 o'clock M question, but Dryden mid he would *. William Thaw, Mrs. Evelyn Thaw,|%* Suided by the direction of the the countess of Yarmouth, Mra |©ourt in law pointe George Carnegie and May McKen Dem B, Smith was accepted, ule were escorted by Edward Thaw | He wae sworn after a short exame- and George Carnegie to their desig-| ination. Smith is a retired manu- nated seats. *ltacturer. Thaw was ordered to The prisoner remained in the | stand while Bmith was being #wort, jury room during the call of the| Smith was then declared foremam talismen. When this was conclud-jof the jury. 64 District Attorney Jerome moved| Frank P. Hall, a painter, the sec~ that Thaw be arraigned for trial on| ond juror, was selected at 12:08 the charge of murder, Judge Fity-| o'clock. An adjournment wae then gerald cautioned the spectatora}eranted until 2 o'clock this after- against any outburst or noise. The} noon. A fumber of the panel were clerk then calied Harry K. Thaw | absent and were fined $100 each. to the bar. Thaw, pale and nery-| Disorder marked the opening of ous, walked —* to Bang! and |the ease, Pollee reporters clashed, (Sorippe Telegraph Bervice.) PORTLAND, Ore, Jan, 2-—-A dense fog and green motormen we responsible for two trolley colli sions in this city this morning. Two care on the Irvington line were emashed. William Evans, & con- ductor, was seriously injured, and several passengers were cut and bruised, Another car on the Wa verly line was made into kindling wood. CONDEMNING PROPERTY. ‘The city of Haliard this morning began condemnation proceedin, against property owners in the dt triet of Leary av. and Broadway for the widening, extending and es- tablishing of Leary ay. Hallard. ‘The street now runs to Mroadway, but the city intends to extend tnd etrect to the Intersection of First av, and thence serom different le into the Gliman Park and Ballard Tideland additions. gee if night Other Suapicious Fires. “ber bat discovered) Several other fires in the vicinity ; of the Deany-Fubrman achool with- her win and! tm the last few days have been the Stew minute os he baxement burst cause of much speculation as to eeemaend wm Mr. Mann and bis their origin, and it te belleved that het t 20 or 40 dru the fire out with) the person responsible for firing Mr. Pht: eS necks confined in fire department. | Mann's house was also connected | lor county jail are being gathered tion, it wae found) with these. . . rded Thad been started in| Detective Rrown has been de}?! ane Ble gg Ral Mba the places in the base tatied to watch the neighborhood, | oisiative committees in an effort 1 off, ® Dox/and arrest any suspicious charac |)" age eae Rance to have a bill passed regulating the and an excelstor | tera. . sale of marcotic drugs, A hospital been used to kin ree, tamege to Mr Mans some where such cases cam be sent ts 4 not amount to muc! cycle | cieo wanted. was full of stove-/in the basement was destroyed, - WINDOW IN A CIRCLE GHOWS have berned lke] and the rafters and flooring badly Bilis got beon diacor-| charred soreage dant en rree be Be as CELL IN THE TOM RAUB LECTURE ATU, 6 mera there not being room for ali the cor« renpondents seeking admission. The series were forced to present the wirtetest credentials in order to se- Hose Away. ‘The butlding committees of the Bethe work of extingwish-| Jacob A. Rile will deltver s Sg First Baptist chureh will bold a incendiary had) ture before the University “|b Mar tomorrow nlght, Norman hose and flung It!c A tomorrow night, bis snbjert D, Marsh, an architect of Low An @ feet from the | being “Children in the Cities.” He} geles, haw arrived to take part in tw In the etty today, not being able | the conference, and it is expected there were no} to go to Wenatchee to fill bis en }the meeting with result In a sub Baving tried to! gagement there, on account of the | stantial furtherance of the plans imo the house, disordered train service. } tor the new Bescon i a I REE | License Bill Meets Rene Marshall was yesterday & CANNON COULDN'T |: *,t Paton aS es recently. ‘The defense attorneys stated that BURGLARS SENTENCED, F | DEATH OF MRS. CHAPMAN. ss ha — Senator George F. Cotterftt's bin, be ge fe Up Effort to Prove That Favoritism) sera acy i cuavman, wite ot| mircavced tn the senate poeterar SAID HE’D COME ribution of Cars Was Impossible~Ad-| 52"5" we Chapenan. died at the) ocoviding that the fee charged for! ¢ liquor Hoenses within five miles of Mra Myrtle Smith allemer her thie morning at the age of 44 years. BLP. Road Has Not Kept Up to Demands. The cause of death ie unknown, but | Re boundaries of any city of the Mrs. Chapman had beer itt for «| fret claes shall be the same as that . Geek. Ghe teives a hacband harged by such city, meets with husband took an Ingenuout way of getting rid of her in « divorcee sult brought by her this morning. q | eeneral approval among those whe ‘tat the Northern Pa j pampered by’ physical conditions| OR sun. The funeral will be Peta have made the drink problem « Bhe declares her husband direct- ed her to come to Seattle from bot kept up to| Fe said that at the present rate; Sftrately from the Bonney- Watson ie cemnierce ant je \of track batiding and equipping, the | Petiors Friday, The body will be | *tHiy trade, A. M. Cam | system. would be in condition to} ye sili while pot a rabid prohtbitiontat, has fee that railroad. | most the demands of traffic during / Sioux City, lowa, mying he would follow ber. Mra, Smith mays he did i not keep hie word and still te in Bloux City “having « good time.” jong been an advocate of temper- enewer to co geet on Cannon stated that sines 1908 SILVER STRI | KE ance legislation. te strongty tn favor ‘ ihe bill. shortage investi |the livestock traffic tn this eretion “ 7 dene testified before|had Increased 207 per cent, es sor cniten inte og y to drivel i Commissioner | lumber traffic had tncreased is ao: “eae. tn Goereneell RS Ss pict on cont, and the logging traffic 178 att oungstown and the untacorporated Why They Object. Paver nsin Lane what he}per cent. Most of this Increase had | {recor parts of the county near the Do- tg O. A. Maly, of the Winsor gro-| He answered a hypothetical ques- To Stop Oriental Control. Mr. Canon | cccurred since June, 1905, and thie! _ (Geriaps Telegraph Berview.) | | Caician river out of business,” paid come into the greater city | cory go1 Twenty-first ay., notified | tion by stating that the deseribed — SACRAMENTO, Jan, 23.—Aaseme biyman Drew today tntroduced @ bill prohibiting the Chinese and pom ogee from acquiring further Superia-|sreat inerease bad caused the! leat re teaaaa tm Bg Councilman Murd, “and to that ex- not — & higher Heense £9% | the police this Morning that » for- @ the Northern | trouble. bal af ailver Raro| tent Will operate not only in favor also & on ae fae mer employe of bis had suddenty Btemd and through Increase in Equipment. } south Rang — are | of temperance, but Indirectly be In| BY of the oy 2 the busines | disappeared with @ small amount of | Shipley, the doctor wave various pertatoing | Mr. Cannon stated that during speenet have favor of the Seattle Hquer deaiers 7 beacmen si money belonging to the firm He | symptoms of the disease of paronia = ly as Dig as & man’s head, was the clase that dows not! OOS nim located. Beyond a doubt the case will not th of commerce on the | ys, period the car increase In DUM) Jnr aircct to the mint, aw it Is| T° “te paving & 91.096 Heense, tion owt of business and eg the Increase | hers was 223 per cent and the In . pee a I SE thought to be pure. The property bill off the opposition to an- en oe] in engine capacity was “ 7] ite are paying lows than one-third as * demand. 793-10 per cent. Double tracks had ee ee Fed Damme | uch.” The newt thing, however, | of Shortage. lbeen built from Jamestown to St.| ©. ©. Reghty’e Vibes come & _ She copenition to ‘statement, Mr. Can-|Pasl, from Livingston to Logan.) THIEVES PRIED OFF DOOR. ak a! Giieam T ieaaanie Gh: ae | gop eenge ting to dag the ar shortage is | Missoula to Logan, and were under | eaten wo apt ae oe coe Waren ; way to the great construction between Spokane and| Thieves broke into the toot-hour oe made by the un Pasco, and Seattle snd Portland.|of the Rainier Fuet company, at| iri’ ip = mimlat Uiniier seal: eo wis cae cf cittees to fe the lamber in-| and yard tracks and passing tracks! Second av. and Vine at. M ere and the tiquer budiness as = an while those outside of the city iim fast two years. | had been greatly increased to factll} night, and soured 156 @rain sploye of the United States inter- opinions among both pub- —- the road, he | tate the handling of traffic. and 76 feet of binding chain. Er han th : he ; nal revenue service for 18 years, haa] the affieiates and business people co- | than can be met Mr. Cannon claimed that the road) trance wae gained by ‘ with the capreamé ty the hed tan fed to the Maehest! na off the) winced me that high ioense ts Mirek road. He said |had been opera 1 the hie doors of the house, N tee or and the other officials. Oeil Taeajoctty of Senate in Caucus Declare That Apro- this demand to the | lee! conditions, stating that om the) time. The police are investigating Pacific had pre. | point of efficiency under the phy®| value was in the bull woe at te | on tine mate nun othe - Hy. but had been! (Continoed on Page Seven) | the case a co A L IS AC G A IN (a CD ed Be le prep en mai SCARCE ARTICLE ‘The scarcity of cool te again being) tet&ll con! dealers, dectares that he It In Meattion. Although the situa- | ¢afimet fil any more'orders for sev jon became much improved during |éral days other than those he now ant week, loon dealers declare they | fap on the books Mr. Hall says have been unable to obtain more) 4h@ Pacific Coast company is or than one ton during the firet three] fedstving from three to five care faye of thin week @agh day, The many steamers and Last week from two to four tone} Gigboate along the waterfront is were being sold to each dealer a day exRausting the supply of mine run 4 the present cutting dowr [oot and little of it is being deity ant-| ated to loon) dealers ar Special Bervice.) OLYMPIA, Jan. 23.—In a sense tional caucus of a majority of the state mate held this afternoon, a ations were made and gener ally approved that the Seattle ex position appropriation must be cut jto half a million and absolutely | divorced from any connection with the state university | The plan was favorably discussed to compel the students at the uni versity and state college to pay tul tion, and also to cut down normal | the supply t# causing much news and trouble among the local] Patrolman Oden has put 12 apecu schools so that they will not con lealers tatrs out of tine during the past flict with high schools. | George BE. Hall. one of the largest i daye Graves of Spokane sald the uni Versity, colleges and normal schools | | are the most rapacious corporations in the country, being Insatiable in their demands, and this sentiment SCORE OF MEN KILLEDC 4X, "Ghosh > . gestion was made that state bond | IN OSION Speaker of the House In 1905 and | for gx 000,000 be given to provide | , Interested in Fish all the Time. 41) institutions a needed building. ae mrt but this was opposed by Venees of a Lewis, The caucus adjourned with TRINIDAD, Colo, Jan. 2%) €hd Wirst recovered. Hobart was| Gat formal action being taken on | Twenty persons are known to be) S@m@ near the entrance dead. Be any matter discussed. 1 were infu in| yond him in profusion the timbers’ | dead and scores J A nv er of new bills were in an explosion at the Prir mine | fad been shattered, bringing down teadheed th both hetein taotetian | peat 2 this morning a i — be = and 1. Rescuers are work billa for the resubmission of the GEN, GEORGE W. TIBBETTS, — he penetrate the shaft, and learn o' m tm the smoke and dust until constitutional amendments which! He's from tssaquah and Buye Pe: ] 2 b - r the exact extent of the disaster.| @he ®ans are started. It is feared} ere voted down last Novemb , 5 Ea HARRI The day enift was fant going WilMNRONENG mar afd to the be _ were vot wn last November nuts for Himself and Sam Coles. work at the time }@ mpecial train of offiginis and phy The injunction suit ht b Only those near the entrance ¢@:| sitiahe has been sent to Primero. | y ba t Junction sult be Chiat of E. caped unharmed The body of| te believed that a windy shot! pojioe w appenstein to prevent h B B IN Frank Hobart, a timberman, wa#|.was the cause of the explosion | trom prohibiting the sale of the au | + . — thor’s k on marriage, ts being | | IGARETS FOR tofacce dealers in the whole dis | heard this afternoon in the superior trict from Wall st. on First av. to} court | SMALL BOYS | Sixth av, and Pike st. refused to} — | oleic’ {ott “the makings.” Today the two | i tt 2 —_——=- ft ol > § an e| ar dihay edt netind a Ei Grey sue Ys " STA AY nore yw oy One of the men arrested y : . satan atneaded the} . Speaker Falconer explained that " , house this morning amende where! Madison st. against whom an ad | be” te . t all thelr Bille is day wes B. B. Garland, of a concurrent tu there may be ample time vanl charge is to be made b t for th ation. The resolur otive Corbett (Seattle Star Special Service.) that no LA GRANDE, ¢ 2.) after Fobrea {pent now goes back to the senate Truant TACOMA, Jan Lack of coke | W. Hunter, president of the Grande aE val or rejection of the » thor-|has forced the Tacoma smelter to| Ronde Electric Light compa wan | comment of two-thirds of the Jelowe down the copper plant. | kt! y an oxy n of dynamite | bers, and passed It unant his afternoon the legislature of t Righty men are thrown out of em-| which waa being thawed out by | and without debate. nt session to hold mer decoys, and as a result tobaceo ia| ployment until the coke supply is] workmen, three of whom were tr | Usually billa may be ir 11 services in honor of the | to be obtained by be inder | re 1 from the coke ovens at}jured. Hunter was passing and had | duced the last ten d f who have died since the Yosterday but six | Wilkeson stopped to talk to the men. jon, and this amen t last session #6 years of age.