The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1907, Page 1

THE: WEATHER | Alexander J. M’Kenzie Takes Terrible Brie on| Wile Who Divorced Him and Ends His Own Life —Woman Will Die From Wounds. | an with murder to his! daughter on the butt end of the pie | her uncon-| er, but the x he fact that hia wife Angered at the fa Conk oh had recently secured a divorce and fefused to tive with him k Alexander J. McKenzie, a ter, this morning shot and fata ‘wounded the woman, Mre. A his rf, |hoad with the tol almost knocking arpe followed a terrific which was struggle heard by ale, and then fired tw ba iuto his own brain, dyte ore for several doors on stantly. The tragedy occurred at the residerice, Alb | the family residence, 919 Jack \ a i, Mra. MoKenate at, and was witnessed by * ap & plucky Might for her life of the children, one of whom, A ae. @ith her hesband tor MeKenale, was hit oa the bead Knocked down by them enraged father while trying to defend her ifitltes over the floor o | Second Shot. | mother as y she became so weakened | ; ‘The tragedy was f i the wound tn the arm that) ALEX M’KENZIE Yesterday when the husband a " 5 h i at Luna Park, where Alma }*" ! meth a \ “wet amr eg wa, Who Killed Himself After Fatally rs * band placed the plato! a pew Wirma e ate e tong. (and sent the second shot through | Sheeting Hie Divorced Wife, | to shost bis wife and then do po gph aagen rhe g w a Pm — frequently and trying to have the These threats ey Rimself Ron srg so often that th family troubles straightened out atie turned the pistol on himself “ seat two bullets through his Made Threat Vesterday. fay nt nae wae Ro. res Both shots entered the} Only yesterday McKensle met | a side of the head just above | hie daughter, Alma, who ts > = Appears in the Kitchen. and a little forward of the ear, and| ployed at a candy rack in Lun iy before 11 o'clock this either would have been fatal Park, at West Seattle, and dis Mr. McKourle appeared at Neighbors m the adjotning | played the gun, With the explana back door of the residence on | houses heard the first scuffle and | tion that he was not only sols st. The mother and then the shooting and immediately to kill hie divorced wife, but we im the kitchen at the t telephoned to the police, W./ also take his own life. The family iieg firet learned of the di: Rowencranta and Myer Neft, of | talked thie over inst night, but con Reeband’s presence when be 213 Tenth av. south, were stand. | cluded that the husband was only laugh. Witering 4 word Mr. Mc making idle threate The McKenzies have lived In Be attle for the past five years, The couple were married tn Deer Lodge ing on the corner and were at tracted to the scene of the tragedy when some of the MeKenale chil dren ran screaming, through the 4 ii tront door, When these two men | Mont. on May 16, 1887, and there ontered the kitchen they found the/are seven children. Mra Wionle bushand, just gasping his last | Smtih, of this city, Ie the only one }breath.* sprawled across the body | of the children who le married. Of of the wife, who waa moanis the others. Alma, aged 18, and the younger childrens ~ at the house Rennes © Peeeeie. when the shooting occurred this Detective Clark was sent to the | morning Alma was in the kitchen from headquarters and he| with her mather and the others in turn notified the coroner and| tere pisyine around the ard called the ambulance to remove! Devnty Coroner Arnold found « the woman to the hospital. Dep | ite insurance poticy made out by uty Coroner Arnold Investigated | the West Coast Life Insurance cont | the shooting and had the body of |tany a marriage licenes and other MeKensie taken to the Bonney papers in the pockets of the sul Watson morgue The wounded |cide He had a few cents in woman Was sent to the Wayside Emergency hospital, where it was wald that she had very litte chance \for recovery An examination 'made at the howpital developed the fact that one shot had entered the | arm and a second had penetrated he brain. The latter will prob tably cause death. According to the stories told by the elder daughters the parents have been at loggerheads for some time, About four months ago the wife was granted @ divorce from her husband in this city and since that time it appears that McKenzie towards the father has threatened his former wife wie | to shield her moth- | with violence. . calling at the house P.TO BEGIN WORK AT HOME chaoge a9 Wore a Stamp picture lof his wife on hia vest. The man is i believed 10 bave belonged to the {Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, aa he were emblems of both ders In @ search of the dead man's clothes this afternoon the following note was found, written on the back of business cards Miss Alma McKenzie You will find my clothes at the Wall st. house, if you want them Write Dank and John, my brothers. You (illegible) the — insurance money, as | told you. You get it “A. McKENZIE.” STATE NEWSPAPERS, | or MKENZIE iy Wounded in Murderous by Former Husband. Who held the pistol in hie fo Shoot, At the M shot, which struck the w!t« one the daughter Aima Last Saturday the Bremerton | Searchlight appeared under new management, R. 8. Hayward baving assumed the proprietorship. Th weekly ia one of the best on Puget sound ‘The Twicea- Week Kelsontan, of Kelso, started on ite second yeu with the edition of last Satardey W. P. Ely ts the editor and he has a bright, newsy publication man was en route to Tacoma and TACOMA, Aug 13.—Construc-| Seattle to inspect personally the WS Sek Spon the Union Pacific work of his lientenants in pre REMAKES FRIDAY DOOMSDAY SNS tH Puget Sound is to be ing for the construction of Mi a man terminals in these two ¢ OMAHA, Neb, Ang. 18-—Ta con which wntil recently were the im |trming the death sentence of Har preqnable commercial possessions Prete ot 2 J. Hill. Developments on | “9 den Wall Street interruy Mr. Harrk | ¥8 2,000 men will man's jourtey and made it imponsl- | We eteaged in constructing 6 ble for him to continue on his ve for the Union Pacific ext western trip farther than Salt Lake - eity At that point Mesers. Par At the Keutaford hotel, at Sait reli and O'Virien were instructed to! pte 4D. Parrelt, of Seattic, meet their chief. The consultation | Barge of the Harrir exten: | of three mon will result in} ” Paget Sound, and J. P. the carrying out of the plans for Tha General manacer of the extension of railroad lines in the| Harriman interesta ” north states of Washington and Oregon | & Best. are conferris, which have been In process of for Harriman, thetr chiet mation for the last two years. “THE ALASKAN” Kea Te, Katekerboe The produetion of “The Alaskan" | the iaiai Night the is the bi undertaking In the | “Abokan” Performance of “The | career of John Cort so a producer, | JUDGE A, L. SUTTON, v ; and @ large sum of money was) — y spent in its preparation. Mr. {~~~ “ay 1 Blethen, who wrote the book and | rison Clarke, the Omaha murderer, 4 rics, and Mr. Girard, who wrote |the supreme court has again made © has| the music, ha both been in New | Friday hangy # day in Nebraska eeption . $ of re | York attending the rehearsals, and In pronouncing sentence upon York of the opera hy a New | their friends here, as well as those | Clarke and his pal, Jay O'Hearn ne Beene? and nothing has|of Mr. Cort, have been anxtously | some months ago, Abraham L. Sut tant of te regarding the com-| awaiting word of the opening per- (ton, judge of the district court Hagie Ng jes. This | formance. What the critics say | changed doomsday from Friday to Ts be rak® came through to of the opera is the all important | Monday. In giving his reasons for Mat last night and veads as|thing. Only thelr verdict will re the chang the court eald: ; , 1 locs I believe it is a sacrilege to “cee d real with | friends of py Og iy ns make the day on which our Savior c =" Music particula th % 7 ie as crucified and put to death a Nghe fome of it wo ot; Miss Agnes Cain Brown, well| day for executing common crim P All Seattie Staging magnificent. | known in Seattle, is the primalinals, 1 think for many reasons TEM? Bit. Wa htDwent sauetied to donna; Harry Girard, the leading | that Monday te a better day Diberg 89S Verdict of morning | man in the Utle role, and Teddy| However, tho higher court re Vebb the comedian verses bins on that point, i SEAT FORECAST—FAIR TONIGHT AND @ Qo SEATTLE, WASH TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1907 i ed THE STAR'S TELEGRAPH GERVICE, Becau of the a@rike of the telegraphers throughout the country, The Star fails today te publigh the ordinary telegraph news of the day, This, however, is not due to any controversy between the United Preas papere and the operators in their employ. Of the news agencies, only the Associated Press is having trouble with its operators. he United Press operat ore are atill in the employ of the various papere upon which they are engaged, but because of the general condition of af faire, it im impossibie to gather and to tranemit news. There fore, The Star, with ali other United Presse pap suffer for lack of telegraph news until the strike Is some arrangements are made for @ service. A very few dis patches hed The Star this morning, but before the noon hour the service had completey ceased. The Star ice le being matntained by long distance telephone. i* * * * * » \* i* * \* * *. * * - * . * * * * SSS ES SRE R EE RRR Ree ee ee ee in question, In order to force his mother to make @ satisfactory set tlement “it te atagug te less than $280. As there ie & ince of $420 in his hands belobging to mother, I thought | & case of my father against had right to draw against it my mother,” he sald Mother, who has money eno as The charges against me are be her ety Aberdeen are wealthy ing used merely for the purpose has to make good, but Mr of fe my to make a Hacitul of the National Bank of settlement satisfactory to my | Co and Washington State father Rank association, bas held off. My father and mother are living MY father wants mother to vet apart, mother living at Aberdeen tle upewith him. Bhe refuses. 1. with her folks, while father lMvee | pro fing me he belleves he at Newport, whore he ts president can her.” of the Piret National bask. Father Young Thomas te a pale and atek is anxious to have ma’ % setiled ly ieoking youth of or 22 years up as they can never live together | He weighs about 110 pounds. His again. They cannot agree on the wea” featares indicate nelther terms. Pather hates me for some brain mor Will power reason unknown 6G. § Thomas, who ts reported ‘Last tpring, while 1 way in Loe to be & millionaire, started the first Angeles, father and mother met in bank the Grays Harbor wntry Spokane and had an accounting, Both r. and Mra. Thomas have and $400 was found to be due to wealth? relatives tn Aberde } mother, She asked him tf [ could )quia@ and the surrounding coun draw checks against that amount. try ¢ He told her I could. 1 drow $180. Mra, Thomas is in Gentile to 1 came to Newport In May and@ilook miter the Interests of her son WM. BUDGE, OF NORTH DAKOTA FAME I$ IN THE an TODAY Wm. Badge of ad Bestest aieorn wilds of the state with a part | North Dakota politician and one.og ner, there was nothing b the bosses of the republican pa E caval og Bioux around. and in that state, was found roa: open trader's station and jaronnd the city today. + FS ge Mr. Dodge was for yeare + 4 ae name was Win right hand man of Alex Me sate throp.” On one side of the Mittle and 9 & close friend of James J. log mae owas inscribed “Win: Hill, Mr. Budge was one of the throp@ Tavern” and on the op ret gettiers of the territory long posite’ Hndge's Hotel Both men famous fn the country and “ght the traffie both go coming. before it developed into a state. beca| the very early days, it is told they oe Th went inte the north ing ear aae NEW POINT BRIBER (By United Press.) citte Bates Telophone & Telegraph SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—Re Compaay, end Wo 1. Bre fore adjournment last night the au a preme court issued an order di-\ Phe chief ground on which recting Superior Judges Lawler, writs of prohibition we Cook and Dunne to show cause be for ie that the Oliver grand jury fore the higher court, in bane, at hn Megal body, having ceased to 10 o'clock a. m. Mc ay, August 19. exist When the grand jury list for why they should not issue perman- the present year was drawn and ent writs of prohibition restraining certified by the county clerk, and them from proceed with the that hence the indictments it re trial of Rudolph Schmidt, indicted turned are null and votd and for participation in street car etrike be trie# in any court. It | violen, Assistant Counsel Wil voted of the prosecutle Ham M, Abbott, of the United Rail- grand Jury continues in power unti ronda, indicted on a charge of brib- fornialy discharged by the judge ing supervisors, and Theodore V. the sap@rior court who called it Halsey and Louis Glass, of the Pa into _Uping IN SUPPOR’ PUBLIC | t OF JARKET Counctiman T, P. Revelle's plan theré is First av., with ite probit for a permanent market at the foot ory hie rool - 7 Y * 6 Fesult has been that a mor of Pike st., published in The Star | oF has been created. During th exclusively last Thureday, ia meet-| just seven years, while the pop ing with general support, not only tion he creased from 80,000 among producers, but also among | 240,000, thove has hardly be consumers, The sentiment among | increase in the numt af comm th former was today vol 1 b ‘. elon hous thu i R, Graham, until recently the owner |to do three times the business rae fof a 60-acre farm in Redmond to stifle competition You ask me if 1 am in favor of On the other hand, the farm 4 public market,” said Mr. Graham, | frult raiser and gardonor has been this morning, “You might a# well | ground down because of the Malt ask a parched duck, if she t* te ed market he had in whieh to sell favor of gotting a supply of water. (his product. With hin, it has been It ia the only thing that will de jseli iton Western ay,, or let it rot velop the pousibilities of King|#ome have 5 ! rotting to} county ta frult raising, dairying and) W. av Othe have the raising of vegetables and gure|gone out of business, or have sold | owt in Aeguet at conditions are bound to With one or possthly two public worse The commission markete we can drive into town muses are couped up within a small either each day of once or twiee along W m av rh can each week and sell our vegetanle not be tnere d by expansion to! fruit and dairy products for at least alther north or south, ca account | living prices, and the consumer can of theetiormous land values, while | thus get them at fig that w t 'to «the west the watertront pre: | me him feel that he I» fiving} venta axvansion, and to the east | abo bis means TLE STAR , f oO ONE CENT @ PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH. DOUBLE CRIME COMMITTED SEATTLE OPERATORS _ ~ ALL GO OW STRIKE ATTEMPTS T0 SUICIDE | | | 3 Local operators for the Associat- ing the night force at Local Telegraphers Join the Conse Movement and | Wire Business Is Tied Up--Manager Reid of Western Union Getting Siriké Breakers. the Westers (Star Special Service.) ed Press, the Western Union and m walked out, after two hb |} JUNEAU Alanka Aug. 13 the Postal Telegraph companies t discharged for refusing te Job &, hold in the Federal Jal joined in the general telegraph h business of the company here for robbery, committed at strike last night and the telegraph with non-union operators at Los Skagway, atetmpted suicide early facilities of Seattle are practically Angeles. The mar asked each {this morning by hanging himeelf | ted up today. man in turn to handle the message with strips of hin blankets which! ‘This action was precipitated 1 each refused. he had torn to ploces. The guards shortly after & o'clock last night out midnight the night foree hoard bin death struggios and cut) @ telegram from Los Angeles, filed Postal offices, consistt him down before life was extinet.' at the local Western Union office, quit work. Others fol He will live. The wan shows signs was the direct cause of the strike of their fellow work Q. L. Thom the young man father wanted me to go to work | !nsanity The operator to whom It was giver 1 by noon today practically brought back from Tacoma by in a Brickyard. J rifoved, as my refused to send to Los Angeles, operators in e city Had |Deputy Sheriff Belding on ths health fe such that | am uuable to ALASKA REPUBLICANS which is on the unfair list and he in the trike. & charge of isgulng checks op the do aay bard work. | told him that was discharged by the manage a amount of had to Firat National bank of Newport,|1 was willing to do any kind of | ARE GETT The telegram was handed to each be turned down last night and to Wash, which were subsequently | work Iwas fitted for. He got angry ING BUSY of 16 operators in turn with the day all business that was received dishonored, claims that the erin jand would have nothing further to| same result. was taken subject to indefinite de inal proceedings are being backed do wi® me, 1 then came to Reatile. | The Western Union men com by his father, president of the bank The @ecks | have drawn since! (Star Special Service.) munieated with all the other opera nticipating the strike Jast night, Mh ane rpg at ae tors In reach and a meeting of the |R. T. Reid, superintendent of the izing in Southeatern Alaska to ge.) L&™Ple A strike was determined |several men in reserve, whom he loure delegates to boost thelr cause |2PO" 87d action was taken request-|sent for at once and also induced in the Republican convention, which |'"@,th® day operators to jain. Several: former telearepht Spvaean which be held bere in November The meeting tasted until mid-| who had not worked at the profes There will be a mighty struggle Meht when the Western Union men, \sion for years, to come down and for supremacy in the convention WP? had taken part in the meeting, |take charge of the keys, ei |an@ the Territortalista now are in | “et 9 @ body to the office of the |them double salaries and bij the lead Postal Telegraph company where | bonuses, until he had 13 men. \" a the signal was given by the blow This morning six men went to ng of a whistle. Instantly all of work on the day shift at the West the Postal operators ieft their|ern Union and a few were secured ) se 8 and the tie-up for the night | later in the day by the Postal. How- complet jever, ~both companies are badly 2 crippled. jac oti At a meeting of Local No. 40 of the Superintendent Reid of the West peg corr Tengen ia lan mercial Telegraphers’ uni rn Union éaid today, in nee | FAIRBANKS, Alneke, Aue. 12.~|S#0°Uy_ before noon today at the |of the situation that be ex Ye tay Saaee fee president Labor Temple, President J. W, Mo-|additional men by Wednesday, an@ ef the Rete Ones k. went ont GUlre issued an order for a gen hoped to be able to take care of on ote worked by Henry ©! Strike, ratifying the action |the major part of the business by Crock and J. A. Williams and liter. '*@2 during the night and early that time ally held them up to the tune of ‘8! morning by both the day and| “We are able to handle the more 96,000 alleged to be due on a | #ht operator |important messages today,” sald mortgage, Warrants were sworn This means that 75 telegraph op- | ™ Reid, “and we have so far out chergiog robbery. There js tors in Seattio are today on a been able to take care of the bust sasesth ome nent over the high Strike, 40 having left their keys ness with reasonable promptness.” handed procedure. in the Western Union office and | have just received \telegrams } 29 in the Postal, tncluding all mem from various cities in the North 1 ere of the union and several non- west which indicate that the op union operators. erators are stili working at the . Although no orders were received smaller offices, such ag Everett, from President Small of the inter- Bellingham, Vancouver, Victoria national union, members of the lo and North Yakima. The chief oper nion decided to walk out with. (Ster Special Service.) ator at Portland says he has enough PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 12 aiting them. The first ac- men to handle the present business, The second explosion at Lrondale en by the Associated “Spokane, also, is not seriously Sunday, though {t caused a slight Press operators, acting in concert |crippled. The force of four opert inc ence about the plant un With Associated Press operators tn tors is still at work in Tacoma, a® til the bricks could be replaced, in Various western states shortly afjer | cording to a telegram this after nowlse ioterfered with t work. | § o'clock Monday afternoon. About| noon from F. E. De Parcq, manager ing of the plant and the workmen ® hour later the 20 men com of the Tacoma office. at the smelter continue to turn out substantial quantities of fron. Moore has enough orders abe j keep the plant going for a y | come and ore has been coming so rapidly that sufficient to keep the furnaces going four months is now | WHY TELEGRAPHERS HAVE GONE ON STRIKE on the ground and other large ship-| ments are arriving every few days. | eaeeeeeekh ee ene By P. A. COOK. mercial operator today ts $88 for * *| Chairman Presa Committee nine hours day work, seven ang lw CLOCK ONA STRIKE. «|! C.T.U. of A. ; one half hours night work aa * * 3 4 eight hours for a split trick. % The big clock in the county & A walkout was, precip! 1 in| spitt trick means four hours on, # comuilesionors’ room, which & the local office of the Western four hours off and four hours on, * Western Union t * Union Telegraph company at 6 The split trick is another thing the * went on strike by # * last evening, when Operator J. R. Operators want abolished 7 at exactly §$:40 this # Jandorf was requested to man the; The sliding scale is worked by * ing, presumably out of ® Oakland wire, His refusal to work | filling $88 vacancies with men by * sympathy with the striking &/) with an unfair office resulted raising them to $82.50 or $77 from ® telographers. The commission- # his i diate dischar Ov the lower grades and abolishing *® ere do not mpathixe with # R. MeCauley was next ree the $88 vacancy entirely. Very few ® strike breakers. 4 the clock * t the wire. also ref men are being put to work at the ® is still out of commission. # and was discharged maximum rate of $88 n they * Many clocks have been knewn # other operators lud-| are, it is only when mpan: * to st many regularly, but # ir non-union ere ask- needs @ man and he won't worl # this clock’s strike was unex- ® od turn how they Th for less. #® pected ® all (ook the view and were| We also demand the right to om * + i f without furth ere ganize without discrimination ee by Night Chief Operator against our members. We want 0 This left him the sole « eight-hour working day, time f the operating roc and a half for overtime, Sundaya n ade i to and legal holidays. in An operator is com pelled to work Temple 1 notifying as far a jay hours and idays half members of ne or full time as the condition force of th t of business require. Overtime tp | xecting was lowed for Sunday but not for hol | a i by local Pre days. | » and %5 members re The typewriter question is one | psc ‘Speci Service) , call, The ac the operators want adjusted. They er cet art in * was unanimous: /do not believe they should be come be Bip ay: ae aoa the meeting, and|pelled to own or rent them, any age heaps thers jag Rag d to make the strike | more than they would the other agp * ter yg A rm Union office gea-| furniture of the office beng pine A yay Ay morning The company does furnish the 100 whieh be ie sup The c journed to meet | ribbons, although they are of such, Shey odlf otiion a BT mornin lw |a cheap make that many operators is phaake lo slac alan {eater 7 perfect prefor buying thelr own at a dotiag riggs snag oA ( , P r rather than turn out “muddy’ , ope went out inst |eopy, as by his “copy” is the opera evening upon the refusal of Presi-|tor’s ability. judged » ASSISTANTS HAVE dent M. B. Ste to immedia The demand is also made that comply with their demands for an| Woman operators receive the same: increase in salary wages pro rata as the men, whea, / fi a fulfillment of the 10 per|The maximum salary paid woman ; : eee inere promised by the| operators at the present time is Corporation Counsel Scott Cal ph panies #0 timo | $71.50, irrespective of their ability, houn said today that it was not While the increase The adjustment of personal true that he had made any @D|ocay granted at the time zrlevances between the operator p of edtintants to eucdeed wle has been used in such jand his direct employer, the chiet . i and Thorgrimson, who}. manner since, that the aver operator or manager, has proven will shortly retire from the offlee| yacos paid at this time is prac|to be impossible, The only hope to take up private practice tieall back to the original seale is to force arbitration of these dif |, Among those whose names are rhe highest salary paid a com. | ficulties. being conside for assistants is a | het of Howard Hansen meniber!” UNDERTAKER®’ MEETING NEW FAIRBANKS TRAIN. of the legisaltrue. Mr. Hansen has ae op = dagen Hea tar (Star Special Service.) (Star Special Service.) ee eee ee TACOMA, Aug A three} FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug, 13.— | days’ session of the State Puneral| Sunday an excursion’ train, the | Ballard Ledge incorporates, | fivectora’ association le on i thus |firat aver the wow aibisinn’ wan } Court Creseent, No. 8 ters | city Today President Whiteside run on the Dome City-Valut City, of America of Ballard has been in-| delivers his annual addr The /extension of the Tenana Railway |corporated by T. R. John, chief/ convention will take up all items|system, Within the next month ranger, and Horace &, Roberts,| bearing upon the conduct of fun-|the line will be extended to Cleary i financial secretary erals, ete 1 ereet